EXHIBIT 10.25
WARRANT AGREEMENT dated as of _________ ___, 1997 between
Nexar Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and Sands
Brothers & Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as the "Representative").
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Company proposes to issue to the Representative,
in its individual capacity and not as representative of the several Underwriters
(defined below) warrants ("Warrants") to purchase up to an aggregate of 250,000
shares (the "Shares") of common stock of the Company, $0.01 par value (the
"Common Stock"); and
WHEREAS, the Representative has agreed, pursuant to the
underwriting agreement (the "Underwriting Agreement") dated _________ ___, 1997
between the Representative, as representative of the several Underwriters named
in Schedule A to the Underwriting Agreement (the "Underwriters") and the
Company, to act as one of the underwriters in connection with the Company's
proposed public offering (the "Public Offering") of 2,500,000 shares of Common
Stock at an initial public offering price of $_____ per share of Common Stock;
and
WHEREAS, the Warrants issued pursuant to this Agreement
are being issued by the Company to the Representative or bona fide officers or
shareholders of the Representative, in consideration for, and as part of the
Representative's compensation in connection with, the Representative acting as
one of the underwriters pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, the payment
by the Representative to the Company of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100.00), the
agreements herein set forth and other good and valuable consideration, the
receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto
agree as follows:
1. Grant.
The Representative, and/or its designees who are officers or
shareholders of the Representative in connection with the Public Offering, are
hereby granted the right to purchase, at any time from __________ __, 1998
[FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF EFFECTIVE DATE] until 5:00 P.M., New York City time, on
_______ __, 2002 [FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF EFFECTIVE DATE] (the "Warrant Exercise
Term"), up to 250,000 Shares at an initial exercise price (subject to adjustment
as provided in Article 8 hereof) of $_____ per Share.
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2. Warrant Certificates.
The warrant certificates (the "Warrant Certificates")
delivered and to be delivered pursuant to this Agreement shall be in the form
set forth as Exhibit A, attached hereto and made a part hereof, with such
appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as
required or permitted by this Agreement.
3. Exercise of Warrants.
3.1 Cash Exercise. The Warrants initially are
exercisable at a price of $_____ per Share purchased, payable in cash or by
check to the order of the Company, or any combination of cash or check, subject
to adjustment as provided in Article 8 hereof. Upon surrender of the Warrant
Certificate with the annexed Form of Election to Purchase duly executed,
together with payment of the Exercise Price (as hereinafter defined) for the
Shares purchased, at the principal office of the Company in Massachusetts
(presently located at 182 Turnpike Road, Westborough, MA 01581) or at the office
of its transfer agent, the registered holder of a Warrant Certificate ("Holder"
or "Holders") shall be entitled to receive a certificate or certificates for the
Shares so purchased. The purchase rights represented by each Warrant Certificate
are exercisable at the option of the Holder
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hereof, in whole or in part (but not as to fractional Shares). In the case of
the purchase of less than all the Shares purchasable under any Warrant
Certificate, the Company shall cancel said Warrant Certificate upon the
surrender thereof and shall execute and deliver a new Warrant Certificate of
like tenor for the balance of the Shares purchasable thereunder.
3.2 Cashless Exercise. At any time during the
Warrant Exercise Term, the Holder may, at its option, exchange this Warrant, in
whole or in part (a "Warrant Exchange"), into the number of Shares determined in
accordance with this Section 3.2, by surrendering this Warrant at the principal
office of the Company or at the office of its transfer agent, accompanied by a
notice stating such Holder's intent to effect such exchange, the number of
Shares to be exchanged and the date on which the Holder requests that such
Warrant Exchange occur (the "Notice of Exchange"). The Warrant Exchange shall
take place on the date specified in the Notice of Exchange or, if later, the
date the Notice of Exchange is received by the Company (the "Exchange Date").
Certificates for the Shares issuable upon such Warrant Exchange and, if
applicable, a new warrant of like tenor evidencing the balance of the Shares
remaining subject to this Warrant, shall be issued as of the
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Exchange Date and delivered to the Holder within three (3) days following the
Exchange Date. In connection with any Warrant Exchange, this Warrant shall
represent the right to subscribe for and acquire the number of Shares (rounded
to the next highest integer) equal to (i) the number of Shares specified by the
Holder in its Notice of Exchange (the "Total Number") less (ii) the number of
Shares equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (A) the product of the Total
Number and the existing Exercise Price (as hereinafter defined) by (B) the
current market value of a Public Share. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
exercising Holder must pay the nominal value of each share of Common Stock that
is issued by the Company pursuant to any such exercise.
4. Issuance of Certificates.
Upon the exercise of the Warrants, the issuance of
certificates for the Shares purchased shall be made forthwith (and in any event
within three business days thereafter) without charge to the Holder thereof
including, without limitation, any tax which may be payable in respect of the
issuance thereof, and such certificates shall (subject to the provisions of
Article 5 hereof) be issued in the name of, or in such names as may be directed
by, the Holder thereof; provided, however, that the Company shall not
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be required to pay any tax which may be payable in respect of any transfer
involved in the issuance and delivery of any such certi ficates in a name other
than that of the Holder and the Company shall not be required to issue or
deliver such certificates unless or until the person or persons requesting the
issuance thereof shall have paid to the Company the amount of such tax or shall
have established to the satisfaction of the Company that such tax has been paid.
The Warrant Certificates and the certificates repre senting
the Shares shall be executed on behalf of the Company by the manual or facsimile
signature of the present or any future Chairman or Vice Chairman of the Board of
Directors or President or Vice President of the Company under its corporate seal
reproduced thereon, attested to by the manual or facsimile signature of the
present or any future Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the Company. Warrant
Certificates shall be dated the date of execution by the Company upon initial
issuance, division, exchange, substitution or transfer.
Upon exercise, in part or in whole, of the Warrants,
certificates representing the Shares shall bear a legend substantially similar
to the following:
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"The securities represented by this certificate and the other
securities issuable upon exercise thereof have not been registered
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), and may not
be offered or sold except (i) pursuant to an effective registration
statement under the Act, (ii) to the extent applicable, pursuant to
Rule 144 under the Act (or any similar rule under such Act relating to
the disposition of securities), or (iii) upon the delivery by the
holder to the Company of an opinion of counsel, reasonably satisfactory
to counsel to the Company, stating that an exemption from registration
under such Act is available."
5. Restriction on Transfer of Warrants.
The Holder of a Warrant Certificate, by its acceptance
thereof, covenants and agrees that the Warrants are being acquired as an
investment and not with a view to the distribution thereof, and that the
Warrants may not be sold, transferred, assigned, hypothecated or otherwise
disposed of, in whole or in part, for a period of one (1) year from the date
hereof, except to officers or shareholders of the Representative.
6. Price.
6.1 Initial and Adjusted Exercise Price. The
initial exercise price of each Warrant shall be $ per Share. The adjusted
exercise price shall be the price which shall result from time to time from any
and all adjustments of the initial
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exercise price in accordance with the provisions of Article 8 hereof.
6.2 Exercise Price. The term "Exercise Price"
herein shall mean the initial exercise price or the adjusted exercise price,
depending upon the context.
7. Registration Rights.
7.1 Registration Under the Securities Act of
1933. The Warrants and the Shares have not been registered for purposes of
public distribution under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act").
7.2 Registrable Securities. As used herein the
term "Registrable Security" means each of the Shares and any shares of Common
Stock issued upon any stock split or stock dividend in respect of such Shares;
provided, however, that with respect to any particular Registrable Security,
such security shall cease to be a Registrable Security when, as of the date of
determination, (i) it has been effectively registered under the Act and disposed
of pursuant thereto, (ii) registration under the Act is no longer required for
subsequent public distribution of such security or (iii) it has ceased to be
outstanding. The term "Registrable Securities" means any and/or all of the
securities
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falling within the foregoing definition of a "Registrable Security." In the
event of any merger, reorganization, consolidation, recapitalization or other
change in corporate structure affecting the Common Stock, such adjustment shall
be made in the definition of "Registrable Security" as is appropriate in order
to prevent any dilution or enlargement of the rights granted pursuant to this
Article 7.
7.3 Piggyback Registration. If, at any time
during the five years following the date of this Agreement, the Company proposes
to prepare and file any new registration statement or post-effective amendments
thereto covering equity or debt securities of the Company, or any such
securities of the Company held by its shareholders (in any such case, other than
in connection with a merger, acquisition or pursuant to Form S-8 or successor
form), (for purposes of this Article 7, collectively, a "Registration
Statement"), it will give written notice of its intention to do so by registered
mail ("Notice"), at least thirty (30) business days prior to the filing of each
such Registration Statement, to all holders of the Registrable Securities. Upon
the written request of
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such a holder (a "Requesting Holder"), made within fifteen (15) business days
after receipt of the Notice, that the Company include any of the Requesting
Holder's Registrable Securities in the proposed Registration Statement, the
Company shall, as to each such Requesting Holder, use its best efforts to effect
the registration under the Act of the Registrable Securities which it has been
so requested to register ("Piggyback Registration"), at the Company's sole cost
and expense and at no cost or expense to the Requesting Holders; provided that
the Requesting Holders shall bear all selling commissions and fees and
disbursements of counsel, if any, for the Requesting Holders.
7.4 Demand Registration.
(a) At any time during the Warrant
Exercise Term, any "Majority Holder" (as such term is defined in Section 7.4(c)
below) of the Registrable Securities shall have the right (which right is in
addition to the piggyback registration rights provided for under Section 7.3
hereof), exercisable by written notice to the Company (the "Demand Registration
Request"), to have the Company prepare and file with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission"), on one occasion, at the sole expense of the
Company, a Registration Statement and such other documents,
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including a prospectus, as may be necessary (in the opinion of both counsel for
the Company and counsel for such Majority Holder), in order to comply with the
provisions of the Act, so as to permit a public offering and sale of the
Registrable Securities by the holders thereof, for twelve (12) consecutive
months.
(b) The Company covenants and agrees to
give written notice of any Demand Registration Request to all holders of the
Registrable Securities within ten (10) days from the date of the Company's
receipt of any such Demand Registration Request. After receiving notice from the
Company as provided in this Section 7.4(b), holders of Registrable Securities
may request the Company to include their Registrable Securities in the
Registration Statement to be filed pursuant to Section 7.4(a) hereof by
notifying the Company of their decision to include such securities within ten
(10) days of their receipt of the Company's notice.
(c) The term "Majority Holder" as used
in this Section 7.4 shall mean any holder or any combination of holders of
Registrable Securities, if included in such holders' Registrable Securities are
that aggregate number of Shares (including Shares already issued and Shares
issuable pursuant to the exercise of outstanding Warrants) as would constitute a
majority of the
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aggregate number of Shares (including Shares already issued and Shares issuable
pursuant to the exercise of outstanding Warrants) included in all of the
Registrable Securities.
7.5 Covenants of the Company With Respect to
Registration. The Company covenants and agrees as follows:
(a) In connection with any registration
under Section 7.4 hereof, the Company shall file the Registration Statement as
expeditiously as possible, but in no event later than thirty (30) days following
receipt of any demand therefor, shall use its best efforts to have any such
Registration Statements declared effective at the earliest possible time, and
shall furnish each holder of Registrable Securities such number of prospectuses
as shall reasonably be requested.
(b) The Company shall pay all costs,
fees and expenses in connection with all Registration Statements filed pursuant
to Sections 7.3 and 7.4(a) hereof including, without limitation, the Company's
legal and accounting fees, printing expenses, and reasonable blue sky fees and
expenses.
(c) The Company will take all necessary
action which may be required in qualifying or registering the Registrable
Securities included in a Registration Statement for offering and
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sale under the securities or blue sky laws of such states as are reasonably
requested by the holders of such securities, provided that the Company shall not
be obligated to execute or file any general consent to service of process or to
qualify as a foreign corporation to do business under the laws of any such
jurisdiction.
(d) The Company shall indemnify any
holder of the Registrable Securities to be sold pursuant to any Registration
Statement and any underwriter or person deemed to be an underwriter under the
Act and each person, if any, who controls such holder or underwriter or person
deemed to be an underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or
Section 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended ("Exchange
Act"), against all loss, claim, damage, expense or liability (including all
expenses reasonably incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against
any claim whatsoever) to which any of them may become subject under the Act, the
Exchange Act or otherwise, arising from such registration statement to the same
extent and with the same effect as the provisions pursuant to which the Company
has agreed to indemnify the Underwriters contained in Section 7 of the
Underwriting Agreement and to provide for just and equitable contribution as set
forth in Section 8 of the Underwriting
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Agreement.
(e) Nothing contained in this Agreement
shall be construed as requiring any Holder to exercise his Warrants prior to the
initial filing of any Registration Statement or the
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effectiveness thereof.
(f) If the Company shall fail to comply
with the provisions of this Article 7, the Company shall, in addition to any
other equitable or other relief available to the holders of Registrable
Securities, be liable for any or all incidental, special and consequential
damages sustained by the holders of Registrable Securities, requesting
registration of their Registrable Securities.
(g) Except as set forth in Section
7.5(i) hereof, the Company shall not permit the inclusion of any securities
other than the Registrable Securities to be included in any Registration
Statement filed pursuant to Section 7.4 hereof, or permit any other registration
statement to be or remain effective during the effectiveness of a Registration
Statement filed pursuant to Section 7.4 hereof, without the prior written
consent of the Majority Holders, which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld.
(h) The Company shall deliver promptly
to each holder of Registrable Securities participating in the offering in which
such Holder's shares are being registered pursuant to Section 7.3 hereof and
requesting the correspondence and memoranda described in this Section 7.5(h) and
to the managing underwriter,
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if any, copies of all correspondence between the Commission and the Company, its
counsel or auditors and all memoranda relating to discussions with the
Commission or its staff with respect to the Registration Statement and permit
each holder of Registrable Securities and underwriters to do such investigation,
upon reasonable advance notice, with respect to information contained in or
omitted from the Registration Statement as it deems reasonably necessary to
comply with applicable securities laws or rules of the National Association of
Securities Dealers, Inc. Such investigation shall include access to books,
records and properties and opportunities to discuss the business of the Company
with its officers and independent auditors, all to such reasonable extent and at
such reasonable times and as often as any such holder of Registrable Securities
or underwriter shall reasonably request.
(i) Upon the written request therefor by
any holders of Registrable Securities, the Company shall include in the
Registration Statement covering any of the Registrable Securities any other
securities of the Company held by such holders of Registrable Securities as of
the date of filing of such Registration Statement, including, without
limitation, restricted shares of Common Stock, options, warrants or any other
securities
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convertible into shares of Common Stock.
7.6 Covenants of the Requesting Holders With Respect to
Registration. In connection with such Registration Statement, the
following shall be applicable:
(a) Any holder of Registrable Securities to be sold pursuant
to a Registration Statement, and its successors and assigns, shall severally,
and not jointly, indemnify, the Company, its officers and directors and each
person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the
Act or Section 20(a) of the Exchange Act, against all loss, claim, damage or
expense or liability (including all expenses reasonably incurred in
investigating, preparing or defending against any claim whatsoever) to which
they may become subject under the Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, arising
from information furnished in writing by or on behalf of such holder, or its
successors or assigns, for specific inclusion in such Registration Statement to
the same extent and with the same effect as the provisions contained in Section
7 of the Underwriting Agreement pursuant to which the Underwriters have agreed
to indemnify the Company and to provide for just and equitable contribution as
set forth in Section 8 of the Underwriting Agreement.
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(b) In connection with such Registration Statement, each
Holder will:
(i) furnish to the Company such information regarding such
Holder, the Registrable Securities and any other securities of the Company
beneficially held by such Holder as the Company may reasonably request in
writing and as shall be required in connection with any registration,
qualification or compliance referred to in this Agreement; and
(ii) if, after a Registration Statement becomes effective,
the Company advises the holders of Registrable Securities that the Company
considers it appropriate for the Registration Statement to be amended, the
Holders of such shares shall suspend any further sales of their Registrable
Securities until the Company advises them that the Registration Statement has
been amended.
8. Adjustments of Exercise Price and Number of Shares.
The following adjustments apply to the Exercise Price of the Warrants with
respect to the Shares and the number of Shares purchasable upon exercise of the
Warrants.
8.1 Computation of Adjusted Price. In case the
Company shall at any time after the date hereof pay a dividend in
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Common Stock or make a distribution in Common Stock, then upon such dividend or
distribution the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such dividend or
distribution shall forthwith be reduced to a price determined by dividing:
(a) an amount equal to the total
number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such dividend
or distribution multiplied by the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to
such dividend or distribution, by
(b) the total number of shares of
Common Stock outstanding immediately after such issuance or sale.
For the purposes of any computation to be
made in accordance with the provisions of this Section 8.1, the Common Stock
issuable by way of dividend or other distribution on any stock of the Company
shall be deemed to have been issued immediately after the opening of business on
the date following the date fixed for the determination of stockholders entitled
to receive such dividend or other distribution.
8.2 Subdivision and Combination. In case the
Company shall at any time subdivide or combine the outstanding shares of Common
Stock, the Exercise Price shall forthwith be proportionately decreased in the
case of subdivision or increased
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in the case of combination.
8.3 Adjustment in Number of Shares. Upon each
adjustment of the Exercise Price pursuant to the provisions of this Article 8,
the number of Shares issuable upon the exercise of each Warrant shall be
adjusted to the nearest full Share by multiplying a number equal to the Exercise
Price in effect immediately prior to such adjustment by the number of Shares
issuable upon exercise of the Warrants immediately prior to such adjustment and
dividing the product so obtained by the adjusted Exercise Price.
8.4 Reclassification, Consolidation, Merger, etc.
In case of any reclassification or change of the outstanding shares of Common
Stock (other than a change in par value to no par value, or from no par value to
par value, or as a result of a subdivision or combination), or in the case of
any consolidation of the Company with, or merger of the Company into, another
corporation (other than a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the
surviving corporation and which does not result in any reclassification or
change of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, except a change as a result of
a subdivision or combination of such shares or a change in par value, as
aforesaid), or in the case of a sale or conveyance to another corporation of the
property
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of the Company as an entirety, the Holders shall thereafter have the right to
purchase the kind and number of shares of stock and other securities and
property receivable upon such reclassification, change, consolidation, merger,
sale or conveyance as if the Holders were the owners of both the Shares
immediately prior to any such events at a price equal to the product of (x) the
number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Holders' Warrants
(y) the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to the record date for such
reclassification, change, consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance as if such
Holders had exercised the Warrants.
8.5 Intentionally Omitted. The number of shares of
Common Stock at any one time outstanding shall include the aggregate number of
shares issued or issuable upon the exercise of options, rights, warrants and
upon the conversion or exchange of convertible or exchangeable securities.
8.6 Dividends and Other Distributions with
Respect to Outstanding Securities. In the event that the Company shall at any
time prior to the exercise of all Warrants declare a dividend (other than a
dividend consisting solely of shares of Common Stock
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or a cash dividend or distribution) or otherwise distribute to its shareholders
any monies, assets, property, rights, evidences of indebtedness, securities
(other than shares of Common Stock), whether issued by the Company or by another
person or entity, or any other thing of value, the Holder or Holders of the
unexercised Warrants shall thereafter be entitled, in addition to the shares of
Common Stock or other securities receivable upon the exercise thereof, to
receive, upon the exercise of such Warrants, the same monies, property, assets,
rights, evidences of indebtedness, securities or any other thing of value that
they would have been entitled to receive at the time of such dividend or
distribution. At the time of any such dividend or distribution, the Company
shall make appropriate reserves to ensure the timely performance of the
provisions of this Subsection 8.6.
8.7 Subscription Rights for Shares of Common
Stock or Other Securities. In the case the Company or an affiliate of the
Company shall at any time after the date hereof and prior to the exercise of all
the Warrants issue any rights to subscribe for shares of Common Stock or any
other securities of the Company or of such affiliate to all the shareholders of
the Company, the Holders of the unexercised Warrants shall be entitled, in
addition to the
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shares of Common Stock or other securities receivable upon the exercise of the
Warrants, to receive such rights at the time such rights are distributed to the
other shareholders of the Company.
9. Exchange and Replacement of Warrant Certificates.
Each Warrant Certificate is exchangeable without expense, upon
the surrender hereof by the registered Holder at the principal executive office
of the Company, for a new Warrant Certificate of like tenor and date
representing in the aggregate the right to purchase the same number of Shares in
such denominations as shall be designated by the Holder thereof at the time of
such surrender.
Upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably
satisfactory to it of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of any Warrant
Certificate, and, in case of loss, theft or destruction, of indemnity or
security reasonably satisfactory to it, and reimbursement to the Company of all
reasonable expenses incidental thereto, and upon surrender and cancellation of
the Warrants, if mutilated, the Company will make and deliver a new Warrant
Certificate of like tenor, in lieu thereof.
10. Elimination of Fractional Interests.
The Company shall not be required to issue certificates
representing fractions of Shares upon the exercise of the Warrants
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nor shall it be required to issue scrip or pay cash in lieu of fractional
interests, it being the intent of the parties that all fractional interests
shall be eliminated by rounding any fraction up to the nearest whole number of
Shares.
11. Reservation and Listing of Securities.
The Company shall at all times reserve and keep available out
of its authorized shares of Common Stock , solely for the purpose of issuance
upon the exercise of the Warrants, such number of shares of Common Stock as
shall be issuable upon the exercise thereof. The Company covenants and agrees
that, upon exercise of the Warrants and payment of the Exercise Price therefor,
all Shares issuable upon such exercise shall be duly and validly issued, fully
paid, non-assessable and not subject to the preemptive rights of any
shareholder. As long as the Warrants shall be outstanding, the Company shall use
its best efforts to cause all shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise
of the Warrants to be listed on or quoted by the NASDAQ National Market, or
listed on such national securities exchanges as requested by the Representative.
12. Notices to Warrant Holders.
Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed as
conferring upon the Holder or Holders the right to vote or to
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consent or to receive notice as a shareholder in respect of any meetings of
shareholders for the election of directors or any other matter, or as having any
rights whatsoever as a shareholder of the Company. If, however, at any time
prior to the expiration of the Warrants and their exercise, any of the following
events shall occur:
(a) the Company shall take a record of the
holders of its shares of Common Stock for the purpose of
entitling them to receive a dividend or distribution payable
otherwise than in cash, or a cash dividend or distribution
payable otherwise than out of current or retained earnings, as
indicated by the accounting treatment of such dividend or
distribution on the books of the Company; or
(b) the Company shall offer to all the
holders of its shares of Common Stock any additional shares of
capital stock of the Company or securities convertible into or
exchangeable for shares of capital stock of the Company, or
any option, right or warrant to subscribe therefor; or
(c) a dissolution, liquidation or winding up
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of the Company (other than in connection with a consoli dation
or merger) or a sale of all or substantially all of its
property, assets and business as an entirety shall be
proposed; or
(d) reclassification or change of the out
standing shares of Common Stock (other than a change in par
value to no par value, or from no par value to par value, or
as a result of a subdivision or combination), consolidation of
the Company with, or merger of the Company into, another
corporation (other than a consolidation or merger in which the
Company is the surviving corporation and which does not result
in any reclassification or change of the outstanding shares of
Common Stock, except a change as a result of a subdivi sion or
combination of such shares or a change in par value, as
aforesaid), or a sale or conveyance to another corporation of
the property of the Company as an entirety is proposed; or
(e) The Company or an affiliate of the
Company shall propose to issue any rights to subscribe for
shares of Common Stock or any other securities of the Company
or
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of such affiliate to all the shareholders of the Company;
then, in any one or more of said events, the Company shall
give written notice of such event at least fifteen (15) days
prior to the date fixed as a record date or the date of
closing the transfer books for the determination of the
shareholders entitled to such dividend, distribution,
convertible or exchangeable securities or subscription rights,
options or warrants, or entitled to vote on such proposed
dissolution, liquidation, winding up or sale. Such notice
shall specify such record date or the date of closing the
transfer books, as the case may be. Failure to give such
notice or any defect therein shall not affect the validity of
any action taken in connection with the declaration or payment
of any such dividend or distribution, or the issuance of any
convertible or exchangeable securities or subscription rights,
options or warrants, or any proposed dissolution, liquidation,
winding up or sale.
13. Notices.
All notices, requests, consents and other communications
hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly made when
delivered, or mailed by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested:
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(f) If to a registered Holder of the
Warrants, to the address of such Holder as shown on the books
of the Company; or
(g) If to the Company, to the address set
forth in Section 3 of this Agreement or to such other address
as the Company may designate by notice to the Holders.
14. Supplements and Amendments.
The Company and the Representative may from time to time
supplement or amend this Agreement without the approval of any Holders of
Warrant Certificates in order to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement
any provision contained herein which may be defective or inconsistent with any
provisions herein, or to make any other provisions in regard to matters or
questions arising hereunder which the Company and the Representative may deem
necessary or desirable and which the Company and the Representative deem not to
adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Warrant Certificates.
15. Successors.
All the covenants and provisions of this Agreement by or
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for the benefit of the Company and the Holders inure to the benefit of their
respective successors and assigns hereunder.
16. Termination.
This Agreement shall terminate at the close of business on
__________, 200_ [TWO YEARS AFTER LAST DATE OF EXERCISE OF WARRANTS TO GIVE
SUFFICIENT COVERAGE FOR REGISTRATION OF THE SECURITIES AND PERIOD OF SALE.]
Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement will terminate on any earlier date
when all Warrants and Underlying Warrants have been exercised and all Warrant
Securities have been resold to the public; provided, however, that the
provisions of Section 7.4 shall survive such termination until the close of
business on _________, 200_ [TWO YEARS PLUS THE TIME PERIOD ABOVE IN THIS
SECTION 16.].
17. Governing Law.
This Agreement and each Warrant Certificate issued hereunder
shall be deemed to be a contract made under the laws of the State of New York
and for all purposes shall be construed in accordance with the laws of said
State.
18. Benefits of This Agreement.
Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to give to any
person or corporation other than the Company and the Under-
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writer and any other registered holder or holders of the Warrant Certificates,
or Warrant Securities any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this
Agreement; and this Agreement shall be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the
Company and the Under writer and any other holder or holders of the Warrant
Certificates, Warrants or the Shares.
19. Counterparts.
This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts
and each of such counterparts shall for all purposes be deemed to be an
original, and such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same
instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this
Agreement to be duly executed, as of the day and year first above written.
[SEAL] NEXAR TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
By:________________________________
Name:
Title:
Attest:
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SANDS BROTHERS & CO., LTD.
By:________________________________
Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT A
THE WARRANTS REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE AND THE OTHER SECURITIES ISSUABLE
UPON EXERCISE THEREOF HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933,
AS AMENDED (THE "ACT"), AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT (i) PURSUANT TO AN
EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE ACT, (ii) TO THE EXTENT APPLICABLE,
PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER SUCH ACT (OR ANY SIMILAR RULE UNDER SUCH ACT RELATING
TO THE DISPOSITION OF SECURITIES), OR (iii) UPON THE DELIVERY BY THE HOLDER TO
THE COMPANY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO COUNSEL FOR THE
COMPANY, STATING THAT AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER SUCH ACT IS
AVAILABLE.
THE TRANSFER OR EXCHANGE OF THE WARRANTS REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE IS
RESTRICTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE WARRANT AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.
EXERCISABLE ON OR BEFORE
5:00 P.M., NEW YORK TIME, _________, 2002
No. W- _______ Warrants
WARRANT CERTIFICATE
This Warrant Certificate certifies that Sands Brothers & Co.,
Ltd. or registered assigns, is the registered holder of _______ Warrants to
purchase, at any time from _______, 1998_ until 5:00 P.M. New York City time on
________, 2002 ("Expiration Date"), up to _____ fully paid and non-assessable
shares ("Shares") of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share ("Common Stock"),
of Nexar Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), at the
initial exercise price, subject to adjustment in certain events (the "Exercise
Price"), of $_____ per Share, upon surrender of this Warrant Certificate and
payment of the Exercise Price at an office or agency of the Company, but subject
to the conditions set forth herein and in the warrant agreement dated as of
____________, 1997 between the Company and Sands Brothers & Co., Ltd. (the
"Warrant Agreement"). Payment of the Exercise Price may be made in cash, or by
certified or official bank check in New York Clearing House funds payable to the
order of the Company, or any combination
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of cash or check.
No Warrant may be exercised after 5:00 P.M., New York City
time, on the Expiration Date, at which time all Warrants evi denced hereby,
unless exercised prior thereto, shall thereafter be void.
The Warrants evidenced by this Warrant Certificate are part of
a duly authorized issue of Warrants issued pursuant to the Warrant Agreement,
which Warrant Agreement is hereby incorporated by reference in and made a part
of this instrument and is hereby referred to in a description of the rights,
limitation of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the
Company and the holders (the words "holders" or "holder" meaning the registered
holders or registered holder) of the Warrants.
The Warrant Agreement provides that upon the occurrence of
certain events, the Exercise Price and/or number of the Company's securities
issuable thereupon may, subject to certain conditions, be adjusted. In such
event, the Company will, at the request of the holder, issue a new Warrant
Certificate evidencing the adjustment in the Exercise Price and the number
and/or type of securities issuable upon the exercise of the Warrants; provided,
however, that the failure of the Company to issue such new Warrant Certificates
shall not in any way change, alter, or otherwise impair, the rights of the
holder as set forth in the Warrant Agreement.
Upon due presentment for registration of transfer of this
Warrant Certificate at an office or agency of the Company, a new Warrant
Certificate or Warrant Certificates of like tenor and evidencing in the
aggregate a like number of Warrants shall be issued to the transferee(s) in
exchange for this Warrant Certi ficate, subject to the limitations provided
herein and in the Warrant Agreement, without any charge except for any tax, or
other governmental charge imposed in connection therewith.
Upon the exercise of less than all of the Warrants evidenced
by this Certificate, the Company shall forthwith issue to the holder hereof a
new Warrant Certificate representing such number of unexercised Warrants.
The Company may deem and treat the registered holder(s) hereof
as the absolute owner(s) of this Warrant Certificate (notwithstanding any
notation of ownership or other writing hereon
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made by anyone), for the purpose of any exercise hereof, and of any distribution
to the holder(s) hereof, and for all other purposes, and the Company shall not
be affected by any notice to the contrary.
All terms used in this Warrant Certificate which are defined
in the Warrant Agreement shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Warrant
Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant
Certificate to be duly executed under its corporate seal.
Dated: ___________, 1997 NEXAR TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
[SEAL] By:__________________________
Name:
Title:
Attest:
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[FORM OF ELECTION TO PURCHASE]
The undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to exercise the
right, represented by this Warrant Certificate, to purchase _________ Shares and
herewith tenders in payment for such Shares cash or a certified or official bank
check payable in New York Clearing House Funds to the order of NEXAR
TECHNOLOGIES, INC. in the amount of $______ , all in accordance with the terms
hereof. The undersigned requests that a certificate for such Shares be
registered in the name of , whose address is __________________, and that such
Certificate be delivered to __________________, whose address is _____________.
Dated: Signature:_________________
(Signature must conform in
all respects to name of
holder as specified on the
face of the Warrant
Certificate.)
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(Insert Social Security or Other
Identifying Number of Holder)
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[FORM OF ASSIGNMENT]
(To be executed by the registered holder if such holder
desires to transfer the Warrant Certificate.)
FOR VALUE RECEIVED _______________________________________
hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto
____________________________________________________________________________
(Please print name and address of transferee)
this Warrant Certificate, together with all right, title and interest therein,
and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint _______________, Attorney, to
transfer the within Warrant Certificate on the books of the within-named
Company, with full power of substitution.
Dated: Signature: ___________________
(Signature must conform in all
respects to name of holder as
specified on the face of the
Warrant Certificate)
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(Insert Social Security or Other
Identifying Number of Assignee)
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