WARRANT AGREEMENT between UQM TECHNOLOGIES, INC. and COMPUTERSHARE INVESTOR SERVICES Dated as of _______ __, 2002
EXHIBIT 4.1
WARRANT AGREEMENT
between
UQM TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
and
COMPUTERSHARE INVESTOR SERVICES
Dated as of _______ __, 2002
This Agreement, dated as of _______ __, 2002, is between UQM Technologies, Inc.,
a Colorado corporation (the "Company") and Computershare Investor
Services, a _________ corporation (the "Warrant Agent").
The Company, at or about the time that it is entering into this Agreement,
proposes to issue and sell to public investors shares of its common stock along
with warrants. For each five shares of common stock purchased in the offering,
investors will receive a warrant(a "Warrant") to purchase one share of
common stock of the Company ("Common Stock"), subject to adjustment in
certain circumstances, all on the terms and conditions set forth in this
Agreement.
The Company wishes to retain the Warrant Agent to act on behalf of the Company,
and the Warrant Agent is willing so to act, in connection with the issuance,
transfer, exchange and replacement of the certificates evidencing the Warrants
to be issued under this Agreement (the "Warrant Certificates") and the
exercise of the Warrants;
The Company and the Warrant Agent wish to enter into this Agreement to set forth
the terms and conditions of the Warrants and the rights of the holders thereof
("Warrantholders") and to set forth the respective rights and
obligations of the Company and the Warrant Agent. Each Warrantholder is an
intended beneficiary of this Agreement with respect to the rights of
Warrantholders herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual agreements
herein set forth, the parties hereto agree as follows:
Section 1. Appointment of Warrant Agent
The Company appoints the Warrant Agent to act as agent for the Company in
accordance with the instructions in this Agreement and the Warrant Agent accepts
such appointment.
Section 2. Date, Denomination and Execution of Warrant Certificates
The Warrant Certificates (and the Form of Election to Purchase and the Form of
Assignment to be printed on the reverse thereof) shall be in registered form
only and shall be substantially of the tenor and purport recited in Exhibit A
hereto, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification or
designation and such legends, summaries or endorsements printed, lithographed or
engraved thereon as the Company may deem appropriate and as are not inconsistent
with the provisions of this Agreement, or as may be required to comply with any
law, or with any rule or regulation made pursuant thereto, or with any rule or
regulation of any stock exchange on which the Common Stock or the Warrants may
be listed or any automated quotation system, or to conform to usage. Each
Warrant Certificate shall entitle the registered holder thereof, subject to the
provisions of this Agreement and of the Warrant Certificate, to purchase, on or
after ____________, 2002 and on or before the close of business on _________,
2004 (the " Expiration Date"), one fully paid and non-assessable share
of Common Stock for each Warrant evidenced by such Warrant Certificate for $___.
The exercise price of the Warrants (the "Exercise Price") is subject
to adjustments as provided in Section 6 hereof. Each Warrant Certificate issued
to the public as described in the recitals, above, shall be dated _____________,
2002; each other Warrant Certificate shall be dated the date on which the
Warrant Agent receives valid issuance instructions from the Company or a
transferring holder of a Warrant Certificate or, if such instructions specify
another date, such other date.
For purposes of this Agreement, the term "close of business" on any
given date shall mean 5:00 p.m., New York time, on such date; provided, however,
that if such date is not a business day, it shall mean 5:00 p.m., New York time,
on the next succeeding business day. For purposes of this Agreement, the term
"business day" shall mean any day other than a Saturday, Sunday, or a
day on which banking institutions in New York, New York are authorized or
obligated by law to be closed.
Each Warrant Certificate shall be executed on behalf of the Company by the
Chairman of the Board or its President or a Vice President, either manually or
by facsimile signature printed thereon, and have affixed thereto the Company's
seal or a facsimile thereof which shall be attested by the Secretary or an
Assistant Secretary of the Company, either manually or by facsimile signature.
Each Warrant Certificate shall be manually countersigned by the Warrant Agent
and shall not be valid for any purpose unless so countersigned. In case any
officer of the Company who shall have signed any Warrant Certificate shall cease
to be such officer of the Company before countersignature by the Warrant Agent
and issue and delivery thereof by the Company, such Warrant Certificate,
nevertheless, may be countersigned by the Warrant Agent, issued and delivered
with the same force and effect as though the person who signed such Warrant
Certificate had not ceased to be such officer of the Company.
Section 3. Subsequent Issue of Warrant Certificates
Subsequent to their original issuance, no Warrant Certificates shall be reissued
except (i) Warrant Certificates issued upon transfer thereof in accordance with
Section 4 hereof, (ii) Warrant Certificates issued upon any combination,
split-up or exchange of Warrant Certificates pursuant to Section 4 hereof, (iii)
Warrant Certificates issued in replacement of mutilated, destroyed, lost or
stolen Warrant Certificates pursuant to Section 5 hereof, (iv) Warrant
Certificates issued upon the partial exercise of Warrant Certificates pursuant
to Section 7 hereof, and (v) Warrant Certificates issued to reflect any
adjustment or change in the Exercise Price or the number or kind of shares
purchasable thereunder pursuant to Section 22 hereof. The Warrant Agent is
hereby irrevocably authorized to countersign and deliver, in accordance with the
provisions of said Sections 4, 5, 7 and 22, the new Warrant Certificates
required for purposes thereof, and the Company, whenever required by the Warrant
Agent, will supply the Warrant Agent with Warrant Certificates duly executed on
behalf of the Company for such purposes.
Section 4. Transfers and Exchanges of Warrant Certificates
The Warrant Agent will keep or cause to be kept books for registration of
ownership and transfer of the Warrant Certificates issued hereunder. Such
registers shall show the names and addresses of the respective holders of the
Warrant Certificates and the kind and number of Warrants evidenced by each such
Warrant Certificate.
The Warrant Agent shall, from time to time, register the transfer of any
outstanding Warrants upon the books to be maintained by the Warrant Agent for
that purpose, upon surrender of the Warrant Certificate evidencing such
Warrants, with the Form of Assignment duly filled in and executed with such
signature guaranteed by a banking institution or NASD member and such
supporting documentation as the Warrant Agent or the Company may reasonably
require, to the Warrant Agent at its stock transfer office in New York, New York
at any time on or before the Expiration Date of such Warrant, and upon payment
to the Warrant Agent for the account of the Company of an amount equal to any
applicable transfer tax. Payment of the amount of such tax may be made in cash,
or by certified or official bank check, payable in lawful money of the United
States of America to the order of the Company.
Upon receipt of a Warrant Certificate, with the Form of Assignment duly filled
in and executed, accompanied by payment of an amount equal to any applicable
transfer tax, the Warrant Agent shall promptly cancel the surrendered Warrant
Certificate and countersign and deliver to the transferee a new Warrant
Certificate for the number of full Warrants, transferred to such transferee;
provided, however, that in case the registered holder of any Warrant Certificate
shall elect to transfer fewer than all of the Warrants evidenced by such Warrant
Certificate, the Warrant Agent in addition shall promptly countersign and
deliver to such registered holder a new Warrant Certificate or Certificates for
the number of full Warrants not so transferred.
Any Warrant Certificate or Certificates may be exchanged at the option of the
holder thereof for another Warrant Certificate or Certificates of different
denominations, of like tenor and representing in the aggregate the same kind and
number of Warrants, upon surrender of such Warrant Certificate or Certificates,
with the Form of Assignment duly filled in and executed, to the Warrant Agent,
at any time or from time to time after the close of business on the date hereof
and prior to the close of business on the Expiration Date relating to such
Warrant. The Warrant Agent shall promptly cancel the surrendered Warrant
Certificate and deliver the new Warrant Certificate pursuant to the provisions
of this Section.
Section 5. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Warrant Certificates
Upon receipt by the Company and the Warrant Agent of evidence reasonably
satisfactory to them of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of any
Warrant Certificate, and in the case of loss, theft or destruction, of indemnity
or security reasonably satisfactory to them, and reimbursement to them of all
reasonable expenses incidental thereto, and, in the case of mutilation, upon
surrender and cancellation of the Warrant Certificate, the Warrant Agent shall
countersign and deliver a new Warrant Certificate of like tenor for the same
kind and number of Warrants.
Section 6. Adjustments of Number and Kind of Shares Purchasable and Exercise
Price
The number and kind of securities or other property purchasable upon exercise of
a Warrant shall be subject to adjustment from time to time upon the occurrence,
after the date hereof, of any of the following events:
A. In case the Company shall (1) pay a dividend in, or make a distribution of,
shares of capital stock on its outstanding Common Stock, (2) subdivide its
outstanding shares of Common Stock into a greater number of such shares or (3)
combine its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of such
shares, the total number of shares of Common Stock purchasable upon the exercise
of each Warrant outstanding immediately prior thereto shall be adjusted so that
the holder of any Warrant Certificate thereafter surrendered for exercise shall
be entitled to receive at the same aggregate Exercise Price the number of shares
of capital stock (of one or more classes) which such holder would have owned or
have been entitled to receive immediately following the happening of any of the
events described above had such Warrant been exercised in full immediately prior
to the record date with respect to such event. Any adjustment made pursuant to
this Subsection shall, in the case of a stock dividend or distribution, become
effective as of the record date therefor and, in the case of a subdivision or
combination, be made as of the effective date thereof. If, as a result of an
adjustment made pursuant to this Subsection, the holder of any Warrant
Certificate thereafter surrendered for exercise shall become entitled to receive
shares of two or more classes of capital stock of the Company, the Board of
Directors of the Company (whose determination shall be conclusive and shall be
evidenced by a Board resolution filed with the Warrant Agent) shall determine
the allocation of the adjusted Exercise Price between or among shares of such
classes of capital stock.
B. In the event of a capital reorganization or a reclassification of the Common
Stock (except as provided in Subsection A. above or Subsection D. below), any
Warrantholder, upon exercise of Warrants, shall be entitled to receive, in
substitution for the Common Stock to which he would have become entitled upon
exercise immediately prior to such reorganization or reclassification, the
shares (of any class or classes) or other securities or property of the Company
(or cash) that he would have been entitled to receive at the same aggregate
Exercise Price upon such reorganization or reclassification if such Warrants had
been exercised immediately prior to the record date with respect to such event;
and in any such case, appropriate provision (as determined by the Board of
Directors of the Company, whose determination shall be conclusive and shall be
evidenced by a certified Board resolution filed with the Warrant Agent) shall be
made for the application of this Section 6 with respect to the rights and
interests thereafter of the Warrantholders (including but not limited to the
allocation of the Exercise Price between or among shares of classes of capital
stock), to the end that this Section 6 (including the adjustments of the number
of shares of Common Stock or other securities purchasable and the Exercise Price
thereof) shall thereafter be reflected, as nearly as reasonably practicable, in
all subsequent exercises of the Warrants for any shares or securities or other
property (or cash) thereafter deliverable upon the exercise of the Warrants.
C. Whenever the number of shares of Common Stock or other securities purchasable
upon exercise of a Warrant is adjusted as provided in this Section 6, the
Company will promptly file with the Warrant Agent a certificate signed by a
Chairman or co-Chairman of the Board or the President or a Vice President of the
Company and by the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer or the Secretary or an
Assistant Secretary of the Company setting forth the number and kind of
securities or other property purchasable upon exercise of a Warrant as so
adjusted, stating that such adjustments in the number or kind of shares or other
securities or property conform to the requirements of this Section 6, and
setting forth a brief statement of the facts accounting for such adjustments.
Promptly after receipt of such certificate, the Company, or the Warrant Agent at
the Company's request, will deliver, by first-class, postage prepaid mail, a
brief summary thereof (to be supplied by the Company) to the registered holders
of the outstanding Warrant Certificates; provided, however, that failure to file
or to give any notice required under this Subsection, or any defect therein,
shall not affect the legality or validity of any such adjustments under this
Section 6; and provided, further, that, where appropriate, such notice may be
given in advance and included as part of the notice required to be given
pursuant to Section 12 hereof.
D. In case of any consolidation of the Company with, or merger of the Company
into, another corporation (other than a consolidation or merger which does not
result in any reclassification or change of the outstanding Common Stock), or in
case of any sale or conveyance to another corporation of the property of the
Company as an entirety or substantially as an entirety, the corporation formed
by such consolidation or merger or the corporation which shall have acquired
such assets, as the case may be, shall execute and deliver to the Warrant Agent
a supplemental warrant agreement providing that the holder of each Warrant then
outstanding shall have the right thereafter (until the expiration of such
Warrant) to receive, upon exercise of such Warrant, solely the kind and amount
of shares of stock and other securities and property (or cash) receivable upon
such consolidation, merger, sale or transfer by a holder of the number of shares
of Common Stock of the Company for which such Warrant might have been exercised
immediately prior to such consolidation, merger, sale or transfer. Such
supplemental warrant agreement shall provide for adjustments which shall be as
nearly equivalent as may be practicable to the adjustments provided in this
Section. The above provision of this Subsection shall similarly apply to
successive consolidations, mergers, sales or transfers.
The Warrant Agent shall not be under any responsibility to determine the
correctness of any provision contained in any such supplemental warrant
agreement relating to either the kind or amount of shares of stock or securities
or property (or cash) purchasable by holders of Warrant Certificates upon the
exercise of their Warrants after any such consolidation, merger, sale or
transfer or of any adjustment to be made with respect thereto, but subject to
the provisions of Section 20 hereof, may accept as conclusive evidence of the
correctness of any such provisions, and shall be protected in relying upon, a
certificate of a firm of independent certified public accountants (who may be
the accountants regularly employed by the Company) with respect thereto.
E. Irrespective of any adjustments in the number or kind of shares issuable upon
exercise of Warrants, Warrant Certificates theretofore or thereafter issued may
continue to express the same price and number and kind of shares as are stated
in the similar Warrant Certificates initially issuable pursuant to this Warrant
Agreement.
F. The Company may retain a firm of independent public accountants of recognized
standing, which may be the firm regularly retained by the Company, selected by
the Board of Directors of the Company or the Executive Committee of said Board,
and not disapproved by the Warrant Agent, to make any computation required under
this Section, and a certificate signed by such firm shall, in the absence of
fraud or gross negligence, be conclusive evidence of the correctness of any
computation made under this Section.
G. For the purpose of this Section, the term "Common Stock" shall mean
(i) the Common Stock or (ii) any other class of stock resulting from successive
changes or reclassifications of such Common Stock consisting solely of changes
in par value, or from par value to no par value, or from no par value to par
value. In the event that at any time as a result of an adjustment made pursuant
to this Section, the holder of any Warrant thereafter surrendered for exercise
shall become entitled to receive any shares of capital stock of the Company
other than shares of Common Stock, thereafter the number of such other shares so
receivable upon exercise of any Warrant shall be subject to adjustment from time
to time in a manner and on terms as nearly equivalent as practicable to the
provisions with respect to the Common Stock contained in this Section, and all
other provisions of this Agreement, with respect to the Common Stock, shall
apply on like terms to any such other shares.
H. The Company may, from time to time and to the extent permitted by law, reduce
the Exercise Price of the Warrants by any amount for a period of not less than
20 days. If the Company so reduces the Exercise Price of such Warrants, it will
give not less than 15 days' notice of such decrease, which notice may be in the
form of a press release, and shall take such other steps as may be required
under applicable law in connection with any offers or sales of securities at the
reduced price.
Section 7. Exercise of Warrants
The registered holder of any Warrant Certificate may exercise the Warrants
evidenced thereby, in whole at any time or in part from time to time at or prior
to the close of business, on the Expiration Date relating to such Warrant,
subject to the provisions of Section 9, at which time the Warrant Certificates
shall be and become wholly void and of no value. Warrants may be exercised by
their holders as follows:
A. Exercise of Warrants shall be accomplished upon surrender of the Warrant
Certificate evidencing such Warrants, with the Form of Election to Purchase on
the reverse side thereof duly filled in and executed, to the Warrant Agent at
its stock transfer office in New York, New York, together with payment to the
Company of the Exercise Price (as of the date of such surrender) of the Warrants
then being exercised and an amount equal to any applicable transfer tax and, if
requested by the Company, any other taxes or governmental charges which the
Company may be required by law to collect in respect of such exercise. Payment
of the Exercise Price and other amounts may be made by wire transfer of good
funds, or by certified or bank cashier's check, payable in lawful money of the
United States of America to the order of the Company. No adjustment shall be
made for any cash dividends, whether paid or declared, on any securities
issuable upon exercise of a Warrant.
B. Upon receipt of a Warrant Certificate, with the Form of Election to Purchase
duly filled in and executed, accompanied by payment of the Exercise Price of the
Warrants being exercised (and of an amount equal to any applicable taxes or
government charges as aforesaid), the Warrant Agent shall promptly request from
the Transfer Agent with respect to the securities to be issued and deliver to or
upon the order of the registered holder of such Warrant Certificate, in such
name or names as such registered holder may designate, a certificate or
certificates for the number of full shares of the securities to be purchased,
together with cash made available by the Company pursuant to Section 8 hereof in
respect of any fraction of a share of such securities otherwise issuable upon
such exercise. If the Warrant is then exercisable to purchase property other
than securities, the Warrant Agent shall take appropriate steps to cause such
property to be delivered to or upon the order of the registered holder of such
Warrant Certificate. In addition, if it is required by law and upon instruction
by the Company, the Warrant Agent will deliver to each Warrantholder a
prospectus which complies with the provisions of Section 9 of the Securities Act
of 1933 and the Company agrees to supply Warrant Agent with sufficient number of
prospectuses to effectuate that purpose.
C. In case the registered holder of any Warrant Certificate shall exercise fewer
than all of the Warrants evidenced by such Warrant Certificate, the Warrant
Agent shall promptly countersign and deliver to the registered holder of such
Warrant Certificate, or to his duly authorized assigns, a new Warrant
Certificate or Certificates evidencing the number of Warrants that were not so
exercised.
D. Each person in whose name any certificate for securities is issued upon the
exercise of Warrants shall for all purposes be deemed to have become the holder
of record of the securities represented thereby as of, and such certificate
shall be dated, the date upon which the Warrant Certificate was duly surrendered
in proper form and payment of the Exercise Price (and of any applicable taxes or
other governmental charges) was made; provided, however, that if the date of
such surrender and payment is a date on which the stock transfer books of the
Company are closed, such person shall be deemed to have become the record holder
of such shares as of, and the certificate for such shares shall be dated, the
next succeeding business day on which the stock transfer books of the Company
are open (whether before, on or after the Expiration Date relating to such
Warrant) and the Warrant Agent shall be under no duty to deliver the certificate
for such shares until such date. The Company covenants and agrees that it shall
not cause its stock transfer books to be closed for a period of more than 20
consecutive business days except upon consolidation, merger, sale of all or
substantially all of its assets, dissolution or liquidation or as otherwise
provided by law.
Section 8. Fractional Interests
The Company shall not be required to issue any Warrant Certificate evidencing a
fraction of a Warrant or to issue fractions of shares of securities on the
exercise of the Warrants. If any fraction (calculated to the nearest
one-hundredth) of a Warrant or a share of securities would, except for the
provisions of this Section, be issuable on the exercise of any Warrant, the
Company shall, at its option, either issue the required fractional Warrant or
share or purchase such fraction for an amount in cash equal to the current value
of such fraction computed on the basis of the closing market price (as quoted on
the Company's principal stock exchange) on the trading day immediately preceding
the day upon which such Warrant Certificate was surrendered for exercise in
accordance with Section 7 hereof. If the Company's common stock is not
quoted on a stock exchange or in the National Association of Securities Dealers
Automated Quotation System, then the value shall be the highest bid price quoted
for such day as reported by the National Quotation Bureau pink sheets. If
there is no active public market, the value shall be the fair market value
thereof as reasonably determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the
Company. By accepting a Warrant Certificate, the holder thereof expressly
waives any right to receive a Warrant Certificate evidencing any fraction of a
Warrant or to receive any fractional share of securities upon exercise of a
Warrant, except as expressly provided in this Section 8.
Section 9. Reservation of Equity Securities
The Company covenants that it will at all times reserve and keep available, free
from any pre-emptive rights, out of its authorized and unissued equity
securities, solely for the purpose of issue upon exercise of the Warrants, such
number of shares of equity securities of the Company as shall then be issuable
upon the exercise of all outstanding Warrants ("Equity Securities").
The Company covenants that all Equity Securities which shall be so issuable
shall, upon such issue, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and
non-assessable.
The Company covenants that if any equity securities, required to be reserved for
the purpose of issue upon exercise of the Warrants hereunder, require
registration with or approval of any governmental authority under any federal or
state law before such shares may be issued upon exercise of Warrants, the
Company will use all commercially reasonable efforts to cause such securities to
be duly registered, or approved, as the case may be, and, to the extent
practicable, take all such action in anticipation of and prior to the exercise
of the Warrants, including, without limitation, filing any and all
post-effective amendments to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-3
(Registration No. 333-75520) necessary to permit a public offering of the
securities underlying the Warrants at any and all times during the term of this
Agreement, provided, however, that in no event shall such securities be issued,
and the Company is authorized to refuse to honor the exercise of any Warrant, if
such exercise would result in the opinion of the Company's Board of Directors,
upon advice of counsel, in the violation of any law.
Section 10. Reduction of Exercise Price Below Par Value
Before taking any action that would cause an adjustment pursuant to Section 6
hereof reducing the portion of the Exercise Price required to purchase one share
of capital stock below the then par value (if any) of a share of such capital
stock, the Company will use its best efforts to take any corporate action which,
in the opinion of its counsel, may be necessary in order that the Company may
validly and legally issue fully paid and non-assessable shares of such capital
stock.
Section 11. Payment of Taxes
The Company covenants and agrees that it will pay when due and payable any and
all federal and state documentary stamp and other original issue taxes which may
be payable in respect of the original issuance of the Warrant Certificates, or
any shares of Common Stock or other securities upon the exercise of Warrants.
The Company shall not, however, be required (i) to pay any tax which may be
payable in respect of any transfer involved in the transfer and delivery of
Warrant Certificates or the issuance or delivery of certificates for Common
Stock or other securities in a name other than that of the registered holder of
the Warrant Certificate surrendered for purchase or (ii) to issue or deliver any
certificate for shares of Common Stock or other securities upon the exercise of
any Warrant Certificate until any such tax shall have been paid, all such tax
being payable by the holder of such Warrant Certificate at the time of
surrender.
Section 12. Notice of Certain Corporate Action
In case the Company after the date hereof shall propose (i) to offer to the
holders of Common Stock, generally, rights to subscribe to or purchase any
additional shares of any class of its capital stock, any evidences of its
indebtedness or assets, or any other rights or options or (ii) to effect any
reclassification of Common Stock (other than a reclassification involving merely
the subdivision or combination of outstanding shares of Common Stock) or any
capital reorganization, or any consolidation or merger to which the Company is a
party and for which approval of any stockholders of the Company is required, or
any sale, transfer or other disposition of its property and assets substantially
as an entirety, or the liquidation, voluntary or involuntary dissolution or
winding-up of the Company, then, in each such case, the Company shall file with
the Warrant Agent and the Company, or the Warrant Agent on its behalf, shall
mail (by first-class, postage prepaid mail) to all registered holders of the
Warrant Certificates notice of such proposed action, which notice shall specify
the date on which the books of the Company shall close or a record be taken for
such offer of rights or options, or the date on which such reclassification,
reorganization, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer, other disposition,
liquidation, voluntary or involuntary dissolution or winding-up shall take place
or commence, as the case may be, and which shall also specify any record date
for determination of holders of Common Stock entitled to vote thereon or
participate therein and shall set forth such facts with respect thereto as shall
be reasonably necessary to indicate any adjustments in the Exercise Price and
the number or kind of shares or other securities purchasable upon exercise of
Warrants which will be required as a result of such action. Such notice shall be
filed and mailed in the case of any action covered by clause (i) above, at least
ten days prior to the record date for determining holders of the Common Stock
for purposes of such action or, if a record is not to be taken, the date as of
which the holders of shares of Common Stock of record are to be entitled to such
offering; and, in the case of any action covered by clause (ii) above, at least
20 days prior to the earlier of the date on which such reclassification,
reorganization, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer, other disposition,
liquidation, voluntary or involuntary dissolution or winding-up is expected to
become effective and the date on which it is expected that holders of shares of
Common Stock of record on such date shall be entitled to exchange their shares
for securities or other property deliverable upon such reclassification,
reorganization, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer, other disposition,
liquidation, voluntary or involuntary dissolution or winding-up.
Failure to give any such notice or any defect therein shall not affect the
legality or validity of any transaction listed in this Section 12.
Section 13. Disposition of Proceeds on Exercise of Warrant Certificates, etc.
The Warrant Agent shall account promptly to the Company with respect to Warrants
exercised and concurrently pay to the Company all moneys received by the Warrant
Agent for the purchase of securities or other property through the exercise of
such Warrants.
The Warrant Agent shall keep copies of this Agreement available for inspection
by Warrantholders during normal business hours at its stock transfer office.
Copies of this Agreement may be obtained upon written request addressed to the
Warrant Agent at its stock transfer office in New York, New York.
Section 14. Warrantholder Not Deemed a Stockholder
No Warrantholder, as such, shall be entitled to vote, receive dividends or be
deemed the holder of Common Stock or any other securities of the Company which
may at any time be issuable on the exercise of the Warrants represented thereby
for any purpose whatever, nor shall anything contained herein or in any Warrant
Certificate be construed to confer upon any Warrantholder, as such, any of the
rights of a stockholder of the Company or any right to vote for the election of
directors or upon any matter submitted to stockholders at any meeting thereof,
or to give or withhold consent to any corporate action (whether upon any
recapitalization, issuance of stock, reclassification of stock, change of par
value or change of stock to no par value, consolidation, merger, conveyance or
otherwise), or to receive notice of meetings or other actions affecting
stockholders (except as provided in Section 12 hereof), or to receive dividend
or subscription rights, or otherwise, until such Warrant Certificate shall have
been exercised in accordance with the provisions hereof and the receipt of the
Exercise Price and any other amounts payable upon such exercise by the Warrant
Agent.
Section 15. Right of Action
All rights of action in respect to this Agreement are vested in the respective
registered holders of the Warrant Certificates; and any registered holder of any
Warrant Certificate, without the consent of the Warrant Agent or of any other
holder of a Warrant Certificate, may, in his own behalf for his own benefit,
enforce, and may institute and maintain any suit, action or proceeding against
the Company suitable to enforce, or otherwise in respect of, his right to
exercise the Warrants evidenced by such Warrant Certificate, for the purchase of
shares of the Common Stock in the manner provided in the Warrant Certificate and
in this Agreement.
Section 16. Agreement of Holders of Warrant Certificates
Every holder of a Warrant Certificate by accepting the same consents and agrees
with the Company, the Warrant Agent and with every other holder of a Warrant
Certificate that:
A. the Warrant Certificates are transferable on the registry books of the
Warrant Agent only upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement;
and
B. the Company and the Warrant Agent may deem and treat the person in whose name
the Warrant Certificate is registered as the absolute owner of the Warrant
(notwithstanding any notation of ownership or other writing thereon made by
anyone other than the Company or the Warrant Agent) for all purposes whatever
and neither the Company nor the Warrant Agent shall be affected by any notice to
the contrary.
Section 17. Cancellation of Warrant Certificates
In the event that the Company shall purchase or otherwise acquire any Warrant
Certificate or Certificates after the issuance thereof, such Warrant Certificate
or Certificates shall thereupon be delivered to the Warrant Agent and be
canceled by it and retired. The Warrant Agent shall also cancel any Warrant
Certificate delivered to it for exercise, in whole or in part, or delivered to
it for transfer, split-up, combination or exchange. Warrant Certificates so
canceled shall be delivered by the Warrant Agent to the Company from time to
time, or disposed of in accordance with the instructions of the Company.
Section 18. Concerning the Warrant Agent
The Company agrees to pay to the Warrant Agent from time to time, on demand of
the Warrant Agent, reasonable compensation for all services rendered by it
hereunder and also its reasonable expenses, including counsel fees, and other
disbursements incurred in the administration and execution of this Agreement and
the exercise and performance of its duties hereunder. The Company also agrees to
indemnify the Warrant Agent for, and to hold it harmless against, any loss,
liability or expense, incurred without gross negligence, bad faith or willful
misconduct on the part of the Warrant Agent, arising out of or in connection
with the acceptance and administration of this Agreement.
Section 19. Merger or Consolidation or Change of Name of Warrant Agent
Any corporation into which the Warrant Agent may be merged or with which it may
be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger or consolidation
to which the Warrant Agent shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to
the corporate trust business of the Warrant Agent, shall be the successor to the
Warrant Agent hereunder without the execution or filing of any paper or any
further act on the part of any of the parties hereto, provided that such
corporation would be eligible for appointment as a successor warrant agent under
the provisions of Section 21 hereof. In case at the time such successor to the
Warrant Agent shall succeed to the agency created by this Agreement, any of the
Warrant Certificates shall have been countersigned but not delivered, any such
successor to the Warrant Agent may adopt the countersignature of the original
Warrant Agent and deliver such Warrant Certificates so countersigned; and in
case at that time any of the Warrant Certificates shall not have been
countersigned, any successor to the Warrant Agent may countersign such Warrant
Certificates either in the name of the predecessor Warrant Agent or in the name
of the successor Warrant Agent; and in all such cases such Warrant Certificates
shall have the full force provided in the Warrant Certificates and in this
Agreement.
In case at any time the name of the Warrant Agent shall be changed and at such
time any of the Warrant Certificates shall have been countersigned but not
delivered, the Warrant Agent may adopt the countersignature under its prior name
and deliver Warrant Certificates so countersigned; and in case at that time any
of the Warrant Certificates shall not have been countersigned, the Warrant Agent
may countersign such Warrant Certificates either in its prior name or in its
changed name; and in all such cases such Warrant Certificates shall have the
full force provided in the Warrant Certificates and in this Agreement.
Section 20. Duties of Warrant Agent
The Warrant Agent undertakes the duties and obligations imposed by this
Agreement upon the following terms and conditions, by all of which the Company
and the holders of Warrant Certificates, by their acceptance thereof, shall be
bound:
A. The Warrant Agent may consult with counsel satisfactory to it (who may be
counsel for the Company), and the opinion of such counsel shall be full and
complete authorization and protection to the Warrant Agent as to any action
taken, suffered or omitted by it in good faith and in accordance with such
opinion; provided, however, that the Warrant Agent shall have exercised
reasonable care in the selection of such counsel. Fees and expenses of such
counsel, to the extent reasonable, shall be paid by the Company.
B. Whenever in the performance of its duties under this Agreement, the Warrant
Agent shall deem it necessary or desirable that any fact or matter be proved or
established by the Company prior to taking or suffering any action hereunder,
such fact or matter (unless other evidence in respect thereof be herein
specifically prescribed) may be deemed to be conclusively proved and established
by a certificate signed by a Chairman or co-Chairman of the Board or the
President or a Vice President or the Secretary of the Company and delivered to
the Warrant Agent; and such certificate shall be full authorization to the
Warrant Agent for any action taken or suffered in good faith by it under the
provisions of this Agreement in reliance upon such certificate.
C. The Warrant Agent shall be liable hereunder only for its own gross
negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct.
D. The Warrant Agent shall not be liable for or by reason of any of the
statements of fact or recitals contained in this Agreement or in the Warrant
Certificates (except its countersignature on the Warrant Certificates and such
statements or recitals as describe the Warrant Agent or action taken or to be
taken by it) or be required to verify the same, but all such statements and
recitals are and shall be deemed to have been made by the Company only.
E. The Warrant Agent shall not be under any responsibility in respect of the
validity of this Agreement or the execution and delivery hereof (except the due
execution hereof by the Warrant Agent) or in respect of the validity or
execution of any Warrant Certificate (except its countersignature thereof); nor
shall it be responsible for any breach by the Company of any covenant or
condition contained in this Agreement or in any Warrant Certificate; nor shall
it be responsible for the making of any change in the number of shares of Common
Stock for which a Warrant is exercisable required under the provisions of
Section 6 or responsible for the manner, method or amount of any such change or
the ascertaining of the existence of facts that would require any such
adjustment or change (except with respect to the exercise of Warrant
Certificates after actual notice of any adjustment of the Exercise Price); nor
shall it by any act hereunder be deemed to make any representation or warranty
as to the authorization or reservation of any shares of Common Stock to be
issued pursuant to this Agreement or any Warrant Certificate or as to whether
any shares of Common Stock will, when issued, be validly issued, fully paid and
non-assessable.
F. The Warrant Agent shall be under no obligation to institute any action, suit
or legal proceeding or take any other action likely to involve expense unless
the Company or one or more registered holders of Warrant Certificates shall
furnish the Warrant Agent with reasonable security and indemnity for any costs
and expenses which may be incurred. All rights of action under this Agreement or
under any of the Warrants may be enforced by the Warrant Agent without the
possession of any of the Warrants or the production thereof at any trial or
other proceeding relative thereto, and any such action, suit or proceeding
instituted by the Warrant Agent shall be brought in its name as Warrant Agent,
and any recovery of judgment shall be for the ratable benefit of the registered
holders of the Warrant Certificates, as their respective rights or interests may
appear.
G. The Warrant Agent and any stockholder, director, officer or employee of the
Warrant Agent may buy, sell or deal in any of the Warrants or other securities
of the Company or become pecuniarily interested in any transaction in which the
Company may be interested, or contract with or lend money to or otherwise act as
fully and freely as though it were not Warrant Agent under this Agreement.
Nothing herein shall preclude the Warrant Agent from acting in any other
capacity for the Company or for any other legal entity.
H. The Warrant Agent is hereby authorized and directed to accept instructions
with respect to the performance of its duties hereunder from a Chairman or
co-Chairman of the Board or President or a Vice President or the Secretary or
the Controller of the Company, and to apply to such officers for advice or
instructions in connection with the Warrant Agent's duties, and it shall not be
liable for any action taken or suffered or omitted by it in good faith in
accordance with instructions of any such officer.
I. The Warrant Agent will not be responsible for any failure of the Company to
comply with any of the covenants contained in this Agreement or in the Warrant
Certificates to be complied with by the Company.
J. The Warrant Agent may execute and exercise any of the rights or powers hereby
vested in it or perform any duty hereunder either itself or by or through its
attorneys, agents or employees and the Warrant Agent shall not be answerable or
accountable for any act, default, neglect or misconduct of any such attorneys,
agents or employees or for any loss to the Company resulting from such neglect
or misconduct; provided, however, that reasonable care shall have been exercised
in the selection and continued employment of such attorneys, agents and
employees.
K. The Warrant Agent will not incur any liability or responsibility to the
Company or to any holder of any Warrant Certificate for any action taken, or any
failure to take action, in reliance on any notice, resolution, waiver, consent,
order, certificate, or other paper, document or instrument reasonably believed
by the Warrant Agent to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or presented by
the proper party or parties.
L. The Warrant Agent will act hereunder solely as agent of the Company in a
ministerial capacity, and its duties will be determined solely by the provisions
hereof. The Warrant Agent will not be liable for anything which it may do or
refrain from doing in connection with this Agreement except for its own gross
negligence, bad faith or willful conduct.
Section 21. Change of Warrant Agent
The Warrant Agent may resign and be discharged from its duties under this
Agreement upon 30 days' prior notice in writing mailed, by registered or
certified mail, to the Company. The Company may remove the Warrant Agent or any
successor warrant agent upon 30 days' prior notice in writing, mailed to the
Warrant Agent or successor warrant agent, as the case may be, by registered or
certified mail. If the Warrant Agent shall resign or be removed or shall
otherwise become incapable of acting, the Company shall appoint a successor to
the Warrant Agent and shall, within 15 days following such appointment, give
notice thereof in writing to each registered holder of the Warrant Certificates.
If the Company shall fail to make such appointment within a period of 15 days
after giving notice of such removal or after it has been notified in writing of
such resignation or incapacity by the resigning or incapacitated Warrant Agent,
then the Company agrees to perform the duties of the Warrant Agent hereunder
until a successor Warrant Agent is appointed. After appointment and execution of
a copy of this Agreement in effect at that time, the successor Warrant Agent
shall be vested with the same powers, rights, duties and responsibilities as if
it had been originally named as Warrant Agent without further act or deed; but
the former Warrant Agent shall deliver and transfer to the successor Warrant
Agent, within a reasonable time, any property at the time held by it hereunder,
and execute and deliver any further assurance, conveyance, act or deed necessary
for the purpose. Failure to give any notice provided for in this Section,
however, or any defect therein shall not affect the legality or validity of the
resignation or removal of the Warrant Agent or the appointment of the successor
warrant agent, as the case may be.
Section 22. Issuance of New Warrant Certificates
Notwithstanding any of the provisions of this Agreement or the several Warrant
Certificates to the contrary, the Company may, at its option, issue new Warrant
Certificates in such form as may be approved by its Board of Directors to
reflect any adjustment or change in the Exercise Price or the number or kind of
shares purchasable under the several Warrant Certificates made in accordance
with the provisions of this Agreement.
Section 23. Notices
Notice or demand pursuant to this Agreement to be given or made on the Company
by the Warrant Agent or by the registered holder of any Warrant Certificate
shall be sufficiently given or made if sent by first-class or registered mail,
postage prepaid, addressed (until another address is filed in writing by the
Company with the Warrant Agent) as follows:
UQM Technologies, Inc.
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx, XX 00000
Subject to the provisions of Section 21, any notice pursuant to this Agreement
to be given or made by the Company or by the holder of any Warrant Certificate
to or on the Warrant Agent shall be sufficiently given or made if sent by
first-class or registered mail, postage prepaid, addressed (until another
address is filed in writing by the Warrant Agent with the Company) as follows:
____________
____________
____________
____________
Any notice or demand authorized to be given or made to the registered holder of
any Warrant Certificate under this Agreement shall be sufficiently given or made
if sent by first-class or registered mail, postage prepaid, to the last address
of such holder as it shall appear on the registers maintained by the Warrant
Agent.
Section 24. Modification of Agreement
The Warrant Agent may, without the consent or concurrence of the Warrantholders,
by supplemental agreement or otherwise, concur with the Company in making any
changes or corrections in this Agreement that the Warrant Agent shall have been
advised by counsel (who may be counsel for the Company) are necessary or
desirable to cure any ambiguity or to correct any defective or inconsistent
provision or clerical omission or mistake or manifest error herein contained, or
to make any other provisions in regard to matters or questions arising hereunder
and which shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of the Warrant
Certificates and which shall not adversely affect the interests of the
Warrantholders. As of the date hereof, this Agreement contains the entire and
only agreement, understanding, representation, condition, warranty or covenant
between the parties hereto with respect to the matters herein, supersedes any
and all other agreements between the parties hereto relating to such matters,
and may be modified or amended only by a written agreement signed by both
parties hereto pursuant to the authority granted by the first sentence of this
Section.
Section 25. Successors
All the covenants and provisions of this Agreement by or for the benefit of the
Company or the Warrant Agent shall bind and inure to the benefit of their
respective successors and assigns hereunder.
Section 26. New York Contract
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.
Section 27. Termination
This Agreement shall terminate as of the close of business on the Expiration
Date, or such earlier date upon which all Warrants shall have been exercised,
except that the Warrant Agent shall account to the Company as to all Warrants
outstanding and all cash held by it as of the close of business on the
Expiration Date.
Section 28. Benefits of this Agreement
Nothing in this Agreement or in the Warrant Certificates shall be construed to
give to any person or corporation other than the Company, the Warrant Agent, and
their respective successors and assigns hereunder and the registered holders of
the Warrant Certificates any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under
this Agreement; but this Agreement shall be for the sole and exclusive benefit
of the Company, the Warrant Agent, their respective successors and assigns
hereunder and the registered holders of the Warrant Certificates.
Section 29. Descriptive Headings
The descriptive headings of the several Sections of this Agreement are inserted
for convenience only and shall not control or affect the meaning or construction
of any of the provisions hereof.
Section 30. Counterparts
This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which
shall be an original, but such counterparts shall together constitute one and
the same instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly
executed, all as of the day and year first above written.
UQM Technologies, Inc.
By:
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Title:
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By:
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Title:
EXHIBIT A
VOID AFTER 5 P.M. NEW YORK TIME ON _________, 2004
WARRANTS TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK
WA_____
_________ Warrants
UQM Technologies, Inc.
CUSIP ________________
THIS CERTIFIES THAT
or registered assigns, is the registered holder of the number of Warrants
("Warrants") set forth above. Each Warrant entitles the holder thereof
to purchase from UQM Technologies, Inc., a corporation incorporated under the
laws of the State of Colorado ("Company"), subject to the terms and
conditions set forth hereinafter and in the Warrant Agreement hereinafter more
fully described (the "Warrant Agreement") referred to, (A) at any time
on or after _________, 2002 and on or before the close of business on
__________, 2004, one fully paid and non-assessable share of Common Stock of the
Company ("Common Stock") upon presentation and surrender of this
Warrant Certificate, with the instructions for the registration and delivery of
Common Stock filled in, at the stock transfer office in New York, New York, of
Computershare Investor Services, Warrant Agent of the Company ("Warrant
Agent") or of its successor warrant agent or, if there be no successor
warrant agent, at the corporate offices of the Company, and upon payment of the
Exercise Price (as defined in the Warrant Agreement) and any applicable taxes
paid either in cash, or by certified or official bank check, payable in lawful
money of the United States of America to the order of the Company. The Exercise
Price shall be $___. The exercise price is subject to adjustment as set forth in
the Warrant Agreement. The number and kind of securities or other property for
which the Warrants are exercisable are subject to further adjustment in
certain events, such as mergers, splits, stock dividends, recapitalizations, to
prevent dilution. All Warrants not theretofore exercised will expire on the
Expiration Date.
This Warrant Certificate is subject to all of the terms, provisions and
conditions of the Warrant Agreement, dated as of __________, 2002 ("Warrant
Agreement"), between the Company and the Warrant Agent, to all of which
terms, provisions and conditions the registered holder of this Warrant
Certificate consents by acceptance hereof. The Warrant Agreement is incorporated
herein by reference and made a part hereof and reference is made to the Warrant
Agreement for a full description of the rights, limitations of rights,
obligations, duties and immunities of the Warrant Agent, the Company and the
holders of the Warrant Certificates. Copies of the Warrant Agreement are
available for inspection at the stock transfer office of the Warrant Agent or
may be obtained upon written request addressed to the Company at UQM
Technologies, Inc., 000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx, XX 00000, Attention:
Chief Financial Officer.
The Company shall not be required upon the exercise of the Warrants evidenced by
this Warrant Certificate to issue fractions of Warrants, Common Stock or other
securities, but shall make adjustment therefor in cash on the basis of the
current market value of any fractional interest as provided in the Warrant
Agreement.
In certain cases, the sale of securities by the Company upon exercise of
Warrants would violate the securities laws of the United States, certain states
thereof or other jurisdictions. The Company has agreed to use all commercially
reasonable efforts to cause a registration statement to continue to be effective
during the term of the Warrants with respect to such sales under the Securities
Act of 1933, and to take such action under the laws of various states as may be
required to cause the sale of securities upon exercise to be lawful. However,
the Company will not be required to honor the exercise of Warrants if, in the
opinion of the Board of Directors, upon advice of counsel, the sale of
securities upon such exercise would be unlawful.
This Warrant Certificate, with or without other Certificates, upon surrender to
the Warrant Agent, any successor warrant agent or, in the absence of any
successor warrant agent, at the corporate offices of the Company, may be
exchanged for another Warrant Certificate or Certificates evidencing in the
aggregate the same number of Warrants as the Warrant Certificate or Certificates
so surrendered. If the Warrants evidenced by this Warrant Certificate shall be
exercised in part, the holder hereof shall be entitled to receive upon surrender
hereof another Warrant Certificate or Certificates evidencing the number of
Warrants not so exercised.
No holder of this Warrant Certificate, as such, shall be entitled to vote,
receive dividends or be deemed the holder of Common Stock or any other
securities of the Company which may at any time be issuable on the exercise
hereof for any purpose whatever, nor shall anything contained in the Warrant
Agreement or herein be construed to confer upon the holder of this Warrant
Certificate, as such, any of the rights of a stockholder of the Company or any
right to vote for the election of directors or upon any matter submitted to
stockholders at any meeting thereof or give or withhold consent to any corporate
action (whether upon any matter submitted to stockholders at any meeting
thereof, or give or withhold consent to any merger, recapitalization, issuance
of stock, reclassification of stock, change of par value or change of stock to
no par value, consolidation, conveyance or otherwise) or to receive notice of
meetings or other actions affecting stockholders (except as provided in the
Warrant Agreement) or to receive dividends or subscription rights or otherwise
until the Warrants evidenced by this Warrant Certificate shall have been
exercised and the Common Stock purchasable upon the exercise thereof shall have
become deliverable as provided in the Warrant Agreement.
If this Warrant Certificate shall be surrendered for exercise within any period
during which the transfer books for the Company's Common Stock or other class of
stock purchasable upon the exercise of the Warrants evidenced by this Warrant
Certificate are closed for any purpose, the Company shall not be required to
make delivery of certificates for shares purchasable upon such transfer until
the date of the reopening of said transfer books.
Every holder of this Warrant Certificate by accepting the same consents and
agrees with the Company, the Warrant Agent, and with every other holder of a
Warrant Certificate that:
(a) this Warrant Certificate is transferable on the registry books of the
Warrant Agent only upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Warrant
Agreement, and
(b) the Company and the Warrant Agent may deem and treat the person in whose
name this Warrant Certificate is registered as the absolute owner hereof
(notwithstanding any notation of ownership or other writing thereon made by
anyone other than the Company or the Warrant Agent) for all purposes whatever
and neither the Company nor the Warrant Agent shall be affected by any notice to
the contrary. The Company shall not be required to issue or deliver any
certificate for shares of Common Stock or other securities upon the exercise of
Warrants evidenced by this Warrant Certificate until any tax which may be
payable in respect thereof by the holder of this Warrant Certificate pursuant to
the Warrant Agreement shall have been paid, such tax being payable by the holder
of this Warrant Certificate at the time of surrender.
This Warrant Certificate shall not be valid or obligatory for any purpose until
it shall have been countersigned by the Warrant Agent.
WITNESS the facsimile signatures of the proper officers of the Company and its
corporate seal.
Dated: _____________
UQM Technologies, Inc.
By:
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Chief Executive Officer
Attest:
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Secretary
Countersigned
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By:
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Authorized Officer
