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Exhibit 4.17
AMENDMENT NO.1 TO WARRANT AGREEMENT
This Amendment No.1 to Warrant Agreement is made as of this 31st day of
July, 1997, by and between Xx. Xxx X. Xxxxxxx (the "Holder"), Cryenco Sciences,
Inc., a Delaware corporation (f/k/a Cryenco Holdings, Inc.) ("Cryenco") and
Chart Industries, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Chart").
WHEREAS, the Holder and Cryenco are parties to a warrant agreement or
agreements (the "Warrant Agreement") dated as of March 13, 1993 and January 26,
1995, pursuant to which Cryenco granted the Holder a warrant or warrants (the
"Cryenco Warrant") to purchase an aggregate of 75,000 shares of Cryenco Class A
common stock, par value $.01 per share (the "Cryenco Common Stock");
WHEREAS, Cryenco and Chart entered into a Plan and Agreement of Merger
dated as of April 30, 1997 (the "Merger Agreement") providing for the merger of
an affiliate of Chart into Cryenco (the "Merger") and the conversion of all
issued and outstanding Cryenco Common Stock (other than dissenters' shares) into
cash in the amount of $2.75 per share;
WHEREAS, in Section 5.4(b)(iii) of the Merger Agreement, Chart has
agreed to offer to grant a substitute warrant (the "Chart Warrant") to purchase
shares of Chart's common stock, par value $.0l per share (the "Chart Common
Stock"), in exchange for the Cryenco Warrant; and
WHEREAS, the Holder, Cryenco and Chart now desire that, in satisfaction
of Chart's obligations under Section 5.4(b)(iii) of the Merger Agreement, the
Cryenco Warrant be amended to provide the Holder with the right to purchase
Chart Common Stock in substitution for the right to purchase Cryenco Common
Stock;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, and the respective
agreements and undertakings set forth herein, the parties hereby agree as
follows:
1. DEFINITIONS. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall
have the meaning ascribed to them in the Merger Agreement.
2. AMENDMENT. As of the effective time of the Merger (the "Effective
Time"), the Warrant Agreement and the form of Cryenco Warrant referenced therein
are hereby amended as follows:
(a) CHART COMMON STOCK SUBSTITUTED FOR CRYENCO COMMON STOCK. All
references to the right of the Holder to purchase shares of
Cryenco Common Stock shall be deleted and the right to
purchase shares of Chart Common Stock shall be substituted
therefor.
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(b) ADJUSTMENT TO NUMBER OF SHARES UNDERLYING WARRANT. The number
of shares of Chart Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the
warrant shall be the product of (i) the number of shares of
Cryenco Common Stock that were issuable upon exercise of the
Cryenco Warrant times (ii) a fraction (the "Exchange Ratio")
the numerator of which shall be $2.75 and the denominator of
which shall be the average of the closing sales price of Chart
Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange as reported by the
Wall Street Journal for the ten trading days preceding the
Effective Time; provided, however, that in no event shall the
Exchange Ratio be less than .165 nor more than .206.
(c) ADJUSTMENT TO PURCHASE OR EXERCISE PRICE. The purchase or
exercise price per share of Chart Common Stock subject to the
Chart Warrant shall be equal to (i) the purchase or exercise
price per share of Cryenco Common Stock divided by (ii) the
Exchange Ratio.
(d) NOTICES. Any notices, requests, forms, certificates or other
documents or communications deliverable to Cryenco under the
Warrant Agreement shall be required to be delivered instead to
Chart at 00000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000, to the
attention of the Chief Financial Officer, with a copy to
Xxxxxx, Halter & Xxxxxxxx LLP, 1400 XxXxxxxx Investment
Center, 000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000, Attention:
Xxxxxx X. XxXxx.
(e) SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION. Any provision in the Warrant
Agreement requiring that any action, claim or proceeding
arising out of, or relating in any way to, the Warrant
Agreement be brought exclusively in a jurisdiction located in
the State of Colorado shall be deleted in its entirety.
(f) SUBSTITUTION OF WARRANTS. Chart and the Holder agree that any
and all Warrants and/or Warrant Certificates issued pursuant
to the Warrant Agreement shall be amended in a manner
consistent with the provisions of this Amendment No. 1 and
that, upon the Holder's presentation to Chart of such Warrants
or Warrant Certificates, Chart shall deliver to the Holder, in
exchange and substitution therefor, new Warrant or Warrant
Certificates.
3. FULL COMPLIANCE; ASSUMPTION OF CRYENCO'S OBLIGATIONS: REFERENCES TO
CRYENCO. The Holder acknowledges and agrees that, as of the Effective Time,
Cryenco is in full compliance with all of its obligations under the Warrant
Agreement, the Cryenco Warrant and any related agreements pertaining to
registration rights of the Holder with respect to the shares of Cryenco Common
Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants. As of the Effective Time, Chart
assumes all of the obligations of Cryenco under the Warrant Agreement as amended
hereby, and all references to Cryenco in the Warrant Agreement shall be deemed
to be
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references to Chart. To the extent that Holder is party to a separate
registration rights agreement relating to Cryenco Common Stock, promptly after
the Effective Time, Chart and the Holder shall enter into such supplemental
agreement as may be necessary to provide the Holder with equivalent registration
rights relating to Chart Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Chart
Warrant.
4. RECEIPT OF CHART DISCLOSURES. The Holder acknowledges that it has
received copies of Chart's 1996 Form 10-K Report and Chart's Form 10-Q Report
for the three-month period ended March 31, 1997.
5. NO RIGHT TO PURCHASE CRYENCO COMMON STOCK. At and after the Effective
Time, the Holder shall be deemed to have surrendered any and all rights under
the Warrant Agreement and Warrant to purchase Cryenco Common Stock.
6. CONSENT TO AMENDMENT. By the execution and delivery of this Amendment
No. 1, the Holder shall be deemed to have consented to the terms hereof in
accordance with the terms of the Warrant Agreement.
7. NO OTHER AMENDMENTS. Except as specifically provided herein or as
otherwise necessary or appropriate to effectuate the intent of this Amendment
No. 1, the provisions of the Cryenco Warrant shall remain in full force and
effect without any alteration or modification thereto. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, the date of grant and the date of termination of
the Cryenco Warrant shall continue to be such dates as were in effect
immediately prior to the Effective Time.
8. SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS. This Agreement and all of the provisions
hereof shall be binding on and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and
their respective successors and permitted assigns.
9. GOVERNING LAW. This Amendment No.1 shall be, and the Warrant Agreement
shall be amended to provide that it shall be, governed by and construed in
accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to
principles of conflicts of law.
10. SEVERABILITY. if any one or more of the provisions contained herein,
or the application thereof in any circumstances, is held to be invalid, illegal
or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of any such
provision in every other respect and of the remaining provisions contained
herein shall not be affected or impaired thereby.
11. COUNTERPARTS. This Amendment No. 1 may be executed in one or more
counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original
and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Amendment No. 1 as of
the date first written above.
CHART INDUSTRIES, INC.
Attest: /s/ Xxxxxxx Lines /s/ Xxx X. Xxxxxx
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By: Xxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: CFO & Treasurer
HOLDER
Attest: /s/ XxXxxxx Xxxxxxx /s/ Xxx X. Xxxxxxx
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XXX X. XXXXXXX
CRYENCO SCIENCES, INC.
Attest: /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxx /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
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By: Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title: VP & CFO
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