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EXHIBIT 10.3
THIS WARRANT AND THE SHARES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT HAVE
NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR
THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER
JURISDICTION. THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR
SOLD IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR THE
SECURITIES UNDER APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS UNLESS OFFERED, SOLD OR
TRANSFERRED PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION
REQUIREMENTS OF THOSE LAWS.
FRANKLIN TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP.
PROTECTIVE WARRANT
THIS CERTIFIES THAT, for value received, ___________ , or registered
assigns ("Holder"), is entitled to purchase from Franklin Telecommunications
Corp.,a California corporation (the "Company"), at any time or from time to
time during the Exercise Period (as defined in Section 1 hereof), up to a total
number, determined in accordance with Section 2.2 hereof, of fully paid and
nonassessable shares of Common Stock, without par value, of the Company (the
"Common Stock"), as the same may be adjusted from time to time pursuant to
Section 7 hereof, at the Exercise Price (hereinafter defined), as the same may
be adjusted pursuant to Section 7 hereof.
SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS.
"Agreement" shall mean the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated the
date hereof, between the Company and the Investor.
"Capital Shares" shall mean the Common Stock and any shares of any
other class of common stock whether now or hereafter authorized, having the
right to participate in the distribution of earnings and assets of the Company.
"Effective Date" shall mean the date on which the Registration
Statement required to be filed under Section 2.1 of the Registration Rights
Agreement is declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
"Exercise Date" shall mean the date this Protective Warrant, the
Exercise Notice and the Aggregate Exercise Price are received by the Company.
"Exercise Notice" shall mean the exercise form attached hereto as
Exhibit A duly executed by the Warrant Holder.
"Exercise Period" shall mean the period beginning on the Effective Date
and continuing for a sixty-day period thereafter
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"Exercise Price" as of the date hereof shall mean $0.01 per share of
Common Stock, subject to the adjustments provided for in Section 7 of this
Protective Warrant.
"Per Share Protective Warrant Value" shall mean the difference
resulting from subtracting the Exercise Price from the closing price of one
share of Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately preceding the Exercise
Date.
"Registration Rights Agreement" shall mean the registration rights
agreement, dated the date hereof between the Company and the Investor.
"Subscription Date" shall mean the date on which the Agreement is
executed and delivered by the parties hereto.
"Warrant Holder" shall mean the Investor or any assignee or transferee
of all or any portion of this Protective Warrant.
Other capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have their
respective meanings set forth in the Agreement.
SECTION 2. EXERCISABILITY.
2.1 Timing. If the closing price of the Company's Common Stock on
the American Stock Exchange, or such other principal securities market or
exchange on which the Company's Common Stock is traded, is lower than $1.50 per
share on the Effective Date (the "Effective Date Price"), this Protective
Warrant shall become immediately exercisable as provided herein. If the
Effective Date Price is $1.50 or greater, than this Warrant shall expire on the
Effective Date.
2.2 Number of Shares. The number of shares of Common Stock, if any,
for which this Protective Warrant is exercisable (the "Protective Warrant
Shares") shall be determined by subtracting (x) the Investment Amount divided by
1.50 from (y) the Investment Amount divided by the greater of (A) 75% of the
Effective Date Price, or (B) $1.00.
SECTION 3. EXERCISE.
3.1 Method of Exercise. This Protective Warrant may be exercised in
whole or in part (but not as to a fractional share of Common Stock), at any time
and from time to time during the Exercise Period, by the Warrant Holder by (i)
the surrender of this Protective Warrant, the Exercise Notice and the aggregate
Exercise Price to the Company , or (ii) the delivery by facsimile of an executed
and completed Exercise Notice to the Company and delivery to the Company within
three business days thereafter of this Protective Warrant, the original Exercise
Notice and the Aggregate Exercise Price.
3.2 Payment of Aggregate Exercise Price. Subject to Section 3.2
below, payment of the Aggregate Exercise Price shall be made by check or bank
draft payable to the order of the Company or by wire transfer to an account
designated by the Company.
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3.3 Cashless Exercise. As an alternative to payment of the
aggregate Exercise Price in accordance with Section 3.2. above, the Warrant
Holder may elect to effect a cashless exercise by so indicating on the Exercise
Notice and including a calculation of the number of shares of Common Stock to be
issued upon such exercise in accordance with the terms hereof (a "Cashless
Exercise"). In the event of a Cashless Exercise, the Warrant Holder shall
surrender this Protective Warrant for that number of shares of Common Stock
determined by (i) multiplying the number of Protective Warrant Shares for which
this Protective Warrant is being exercised by the Per Share Protective Warrant
Value and (ii) dividing the product by the closing price of one share of the
Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately preceding the Exercise Date.
3.4 Replacement Protective Warrant. In the event that the
Protective Warrant is not exercised in full, the number of Protective Warrant
Shares shall be reduced by the number of such Protective Warrant Shares for
which this Protective Warrant is exercised, and the Company, at its expense,
shall forthwith issue and deliver to the Warrant Holder a new Protective Warrant
of like tenor in the name of the Warrant Holder or as the Warrant Holder may
request, reflecting such adjusted number of Protective Warrant Shares.
SECTION 4. DELIVERY OF STOCK CERTIFICATES.
4.1 Subject to the terms and conditions of this Protective Warrant,
as soon as practicable after the exercise of this Protective Warrant in full or
in part, and in any event within five Trading Days thereafter, the Company at
its expense (including, without limitation, the payment by it of any applicable
issue taxes) will cause to be issued in the name of and delivered to the Warrant
Holder, or as the Warrant Holder may lawfully direct, a certificate or
certificates for the number of validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable
Protective Warrant Shares to which the Warrant Holder shall be entitled on such
exercise, together with any other stock or other securities or property
(including cash, where applicable) to which the Warrant Holder is entitled upon
such exercise in accordance with the provisions hereof; provided, however, that
any such delivery to a location outside of the United States shall also be made
within seven Trading Days after the exercise of this Protective Warrant in full
or in part.
4.2 This Protective Warrant may not be exercised as to fractional
shares of Common Stock. In the event that the exercise of this Protective
Warrant, in full or in part, would result in the issuance of any fractional
share of Common Stock, then in such event the Warrant Holder shall receive in
cash an amount equal to the closing price of such fractional share within five
Trading Days.
SECTION 5. REPRESENTATIONS, ADDITIONAL WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS OF THE
COMPANY.
5.1 The Company shall take all necessary action and proceedings as
may be required and permitted by applicable law, rule and regulation for the
legal and valid issuance of this Protective Warrant and the Protective Warrant
Shares to the Warrant Holder.
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5.2 At all times during the Exercise Period, the Company shall take
all steps reasonably necessary and within its control to insure that the Common
Stock remains listed or quoted on the American Stock Exchange.
5.3 The Protective Warrant Shares, when issued in accordance with
the terms hereof, will be duly authorized and, when paid for or issued in
accordance with the terms hereof, shall be validly issued, fully paid and
non-assessable.
5.4 The Company has authorized and reserved for issuance to the
Warrant Holder the requisite number of shares of Common Stock to be issued
pursuant to this Protective Warrant. The Company shall at all times reserve and
keep available, solely for issuance and delivery as Protective Warrant Shares
hereunder, such shares of Common Stock as shall from time to time be issuable as
Protective Warrant Shares.
SECTION 6. ADJUSTMENT OF THE EXERCISE PRICE. The Exercise Price and,
accordingly, the number of Protective Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of
the Protective Warrant, shall be subject to adjustment from time to time upon
the happening of certain events as follows:
6.1 Reclassification, Consolidation, Merger or Mandatory Share
Exchange. If the Company, at any time between the date of issuance of this
Warrant and the Effective Date (i) reclassifies or changes its Capital Shares or
(ii) consolidates, merges or effects a mandatory share exchange with or into
another corporation (other than a merger or mandatory share exchange with
another corporation in which the Company is a continuing corporation and that
does not result in any reclassification or change, or as a result of a
subdivision or combination of Capital Shares issuable upon exercise of this
Protective Warrant), then in any such event the Company, or such successor or
purchasing corporation, as the case may be, shall, without payment of any
additional consideration therefore, amend this Protective Warrant or issue a new
warrant providing that the Warrant Holder shall have rights not less favorable
to the holder than those then applicable to this Protective Warrant and to
receive upon exercise under such amendment of this Protective Warrant or new
warrant, in lieu of each share of Common Stock theretofore issuable upon
exercise of this Protective Warrant hereunder, the kind and amount of shares of
stock, other securities, money or property receivable upon such
reclassification, change, consolidation, merger, mandatory share exchange, sale
or transfer by the holder of one share of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of
this Protective Warrant had this Protective Warrant been exercised immediately
prior to such reclassification, change, consolidation, merger, mandatory share
exchange or sale or transfer. Such amended warrant shall provide for adjustments
which shall be as nearly equivalent as may be practicable to the adjustments
provided for in this Section 6. The provisions of this Section 6.1 shall
similarly apply to successive reclassifications, changes, consolidations,
mergers, mandatory share exchanges and sales and transfers.
6.2 Subdivision or Combination of Shares. If the Company, at any
time between the date of issuance of this Warrant and the Effective Date, shall
subdivide its Common Stock, the number of shares of Common Stock issuable to the
Investor hereunder shall be proportionately increased as of the effective date
of such subdivision, or, if the Company shall take a record of holders of its
Common Stock for the purpose of so subdividing, as of such record
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date, whichever is earlier. If the Company, at any time between the date of
issuance of this Warrant and the Effective Date, shall combine its Common Stock,
the number of shares of Common Stock issuable to the Investor hereunder shall be
proportionately decreased as of the effective date of such combination, or, if
the Company shall take a record of holders of its Common Stock for the purpose
of so combining, as of such record date, whichever is earlier.
6.3 Stock Dividends. If the Company, at any time while this
Protective Warrant is unexpired and not exercised in full, shall pay a dividend
in its Capital Shares, or make any other distribution of its Capital Shares,
then the Exercise Price shall be adjusted, as of the date the Company shall take
a record of the holders of its Capital Shares for the purpose of receiving such
dividend or other distribution (or if no such record is taken, as at the date of
such payment or other distribution), to that price determined by multiplying the
Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such payment or other distribution
by a fraction:
(i) the numerator of which shall be the total number of
Outstanding Capital Shares immediately prior to such dividend or distribution,
and
(ii) the denominator of which shall be the total number of
Outstanding Capital Shares immediately after such dividend or distribution. The
provisions of this subsection c. shall not apply under any of the circumstances
for which an adjustment is provided in subsections a. or b.
6.4 Adjustment of Number of Shares. Upon each adjustment of the
Exercise Price pursuant to any provisions of this Section 6, the number of
Protective Warrant Shares issuable hereunder at the option of the Warrant Holder
shall be calculated, to the nearest one hundredth of a whole share, multiplying
the number of Protective Warrant Shares issuable prior to an adjustment by a
fraction:
(i) the numerator of which shall be the Exercise Price before
any adjustment pursuant to this Section 6; and
(ii) the denominator of which shall be the Exercise Price after
such adjustment.
6.5 Liquidating Dividends, Etc. If the Company, at any time while
this Protective Warrant is unexpired and not exercised in full, makes a
distribution of its assets or evidences of indebtedness to the holders of its
Capital Shares as a dividend in liquidation or by way of return of capital or
other than as a dividend payable out of earnings or surplus legally available
for dividends under applicable law or any distribution to such holders made in
respect of the sale of all or substantially all of the Company's assets while an
exercise is pending, then the Warrant Holder shall be entitled to receive upon
such exercise of the Protective Warrant in addition to the Protective Warrant
Shares receivable in connection therewith, and without payment of any
consideration other than the Exercise Price, an amount in cash equal to the
value of such distribution per Capital Share multiplied by the number of
Protective Warrant Shares that, on the record date for such distribution, are
issuable upon such exercise of the Protective
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Warrant (with no further adjustment being made following any event which causes
a subsequent adjustment in the number of Protective Warrant Shares issuable),
and an appropriate provision therefor shall be made a part of any such
distribution. The value of a distribution that is paid in other than cash shall
be determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company.
6.6 Other Provisions Applicable to Adjustments Under this Section.
The following provisions will be applicable to the making of adjustments in any
Exercise Price hereinabove provided in this Section 6:
(i) Other Action Affecting Capital Shares. In case after the
date hereof the Company shall take any action affecting the number of
Outstanding Capital Shares, other than an action described in any of the
foregoing subsections a. through e. hereof, inclusive, which in the opinion of
the Company's Board of Directors would have a materially adverse effect upon the
rights of the Warrant Holder at the time of exercise of the Protective Warrant,
the Exercise Price shall be adjusted in such manner and at such time as the
Board of Directors on the advice of the Company's independent public accountants
may in good faith determine to be equitable in the circumstances.
(ii) Notice of Certain Actions. In the event the Company shall,
at a time while the Incentive Warrant is unexpired and outstanding, take any
action which may result in an adjustment of the Exercise Price, the Company
shall give to the Warrant Holder at its last address known to the Company
written notice of such action ten days in advance of its effective date in order
to afford to the Warrant Holder an opportunity to exercise the Incentive Warrant
prior to such action becoming effective.
(iii) Notice of Adjustments. Whenever the Exercise Price or
number of Incentive Warrant Shares shall be adjusted pursuant to Section 6
hereof, the Company shall promptly make a certificate signed by its Chief
Financial Officer, setting forth in reasonable detail the event requiring the
adjustment, the amount of the adjustment, the method by which such adjustment
was calculated, and the Exercise Price and number of Protective Warrant Shares
purchasable at that Exercise Price after giving effect to such adjustment, and
shall promptly cause copies of such certificate to be mailed (by first class and
postage prepaid) to the Warrant Holder.
SECTION 7. NO IMPAIRMENT. The Company will not, by amendment of its
Articles of Incorporation or By-Laws or through any reorganization, transfer of
assets, consolidation, merger, dissolution, issue or sale of securities or any
other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of
any of the terms of this Protective Warrant, but will at all times in good faith
assist in the carrying out of all such terms and in the taking of all such
action as may be necessary or appropriate in order to protect the rights of the
Warrant Holder against impairment. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, the Company (a) will not increase the par value of any Protective
Warrant Shares above the amount payable therefor on such exercise, and (b) will
take all such action as may be reasonably necessary or appropriate in order that
the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and nonassessable
Protective Warrant Shares on the exercise of this Protective Warrant.
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SECTION 8. RIGHTS AS STOCKHOLDER. Prior to exercise of this Protective
Warrant, the Warrant Holder shall not be entitled to any rights as a stockholder
of the Company with respect to the Protective Warrant Shares, including (without
limitation) the right to vote such shares, receive dividends or other
distributions thereon or be notified of stockholder meetings. However, in the
event of any taking by the Company of a record of the holders of any class of
securities for the purpose of determining the holders thereof who are entitled
to receive any dividend (other than a cash dividend) or other distribution, any
right to subscribe for, purchase or otherwise acquire any shares of stock of any
class or any other securities or property, or to receive any other right, the
Company shall mail to each Warrant Holder, at least ten days prior to the date
specified therein, a notice specifying the date on which any such record is to
be taken for the purpose of such dividend, distribution or right, and the amount
and character of such dividend, distribution or right.
SECTION 9. REPLACEMENT OF PROTECTIVE WARRANT. Upon receipt of evidence
reasonably satisfactory to the Company of the loss, theft, destruction or
mutilation of the Protective Warrant and, in the case of any such loss, theft or
destruction of the Protective Warrant, upon delivery of an indemnity agreement
or security reasonably satisfactory in form and amount to the Company or, in the
case of any such mutilation, on surrender and cancellation of such Protective
Warrant, the Company at its expense will execute and deliver, in lieu thereof, a
new Protective Warrant of like tenor.
SECTION 10. NOTICES. Any notices required or permitted to be given
under the terms of this Warrant shall be sent by certified or registered mail
(return receipt requested) or delivered personally or by courier or by confirmed
telecopy, and shall be effective five days after being placed in the mail, if
mailed, or upon receipt or refusal of receipt, if delivered personally or by
courier, or by confirmed telecopy, in each case addressed to a party. The
addresses for such communications shall be:
If to the Company:
Franklin Telecommunications Corp.
733 Lakefield Road
Westlake Village, CA 91361
Telephone No.: (805) 373-8688
Facsimile No.: 805-373-7373
If to the holder, at such address as such holder shall have provided in
writing to the Company, or at such other address as such holder furnishes by
notice given in accordance with this Section 10.
SECTION 11. GOVERNING LAW; JURISDICTION. This Warrant shall be governed
by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California
applicable to contracts made and to be performed in the State of California.
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SECTION 12. MISCELLANEOUS.
12.1 Amendments. This Warrant and any provision hereof may only be
amended by an instrument in writing signed by the Company and the holder hereof.
12.2 Descriptive Headings. The descriptive headings of the several
Sections of this Warrant are inserted for purposes of reference only, and shall
not affect the meaning or construction of any of the provisions hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be signed by
its duly authorized officer.
Franklin Telecommunications Corp.
Date: March 16, 2000 By:
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Name:
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Title:
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EXHIBIT A TO THE PROTECTIVE WARRANT
EXERCISE FORM
FRANKLIN TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP.
THE UNDERSIGNED (THE "REGISTERED HOLDER") HEREBY IRREVOCABLY EXERCISES
THE RIGHT TO PURCHASE __________________ SHARES OF COMMON STOCK OF FRANKLIN
TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., A CALIFORNIA CORPORATION (THE "COMPANY"), EVIDENCED BY
THE ATTACHED PROTECTIVE WARRANT, AND HEREWITH MAKES PAYMENT OF THE EXERCISE
PRICE WITH RESPECT TO SUCH SHARES IN FULL IN THE FORM OF (CHECK THE APPROPRIATE
BOX) (I) CASH OR CERTIFIED CHECK IN THE AMOUNT OF $________; (II) WIRE TRANSFER
TO THE COMPANY'S ACCOUNT; OR (III) THROUGH THE "CASHLESS EXERCISE" PROVISIONS
THEREOF.
THE UNDERSIGNED REQUESTS THAT STOCK CERTIFICATES FOR SUCH PROTECTIVE
WARRANT SHARES BE ISSUED, AND A PROTECTIVE WARRANT REPRESENTING ANY UNEXERCISED
PORTION HEREOF BE ISSUED, PURSUANT TO THIS PROTECTIVE WARRANT IN THE NAME OF THE
REGISTERED HOLDER AND DELIVERED TO THE UNDERSIGNED AT THE ADDRESS SET FORTH
BELOW.
DATED:
SIGNATURE OF REGISTERED HOLDER
NAME OF REGISTERED HOLDER (PRINT)
ADDRESS
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NOTICE
THE SIGNATURE TO THE FOREGOING EXERCISE FORM MUST CORRESPOND TO THE
NAME AS WRITTEN UPON THE FACE OF THE ATTACHED PROTECTIVE WARRANT IN EVERY
PARTICULAR, WITHOUT ALTERATION OR ENLARGEMENT OR ANY CHANGE WHATSOEVER.