Exhibit 10.3
SP ACQUISITION HOLDINGS, INC.
FOUNDER'S SECURITIES
PURCHASE AGREEMENT
THIS FOUNDER'S SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this "Agreement"), dated as
of March 22, 2007, is entered into by and among SP Acquisition Holdings, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the "Company") and Sp Acq LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company (the "Purchaser").
WHEREAS, the Company intends to file a registration statement (the
"Registration Statement") for the initial public offering of units (the "Initial
Public Offering"), each unit consisting of one share of the Company's common
stock, par value $0.001 per share (a "Share"), and one warrant to purchase one
Share at an exercise price of $7.50 per Share.
WHEREAS, concurrent with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the
Purchaser desires to purchase and the Company desires to issue and sell, upon
the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, for an aggregate purchase
price of $25,000 (the "Founder's Units Purchase Price"), 7,500,000 units (the
"Founder's Units"), each unit consisting of one share of the Company's common
stock, par value $0.001 per share (the "Founder's Shares") and one warrant to
purchase one Share at an exercise price of $7.50 per share (the "Initial
Founder's Warrants").
WHEREAS, concurrently with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the
Purchaser desires to purchase and the Company desires to issue and sell, upon
the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, for an aggregate purchase
price of $5,250,000 (the "Additional Founder's Warrants Purchase Price"),
5,250,000 Additional Founder's Warrants to purchase Shares (the "Additional
Founder's Warrants").
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises contained in this
Agreement and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency
of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties to this Agreement hereby agree as
follows:
Section 1. AUTHORIZATION, PURCHASE AND SALE; TERMS OF THE FOUNDER'S UNITS,
FOUNDER'S SHARES, INITIAL FOUNDER'S WARRANTS AND ADDITIONAL FOUNDER'S WARRANTS.
A. Authorization of the Founder's Units, Founder's Shares, Initial
Founder's Warrants, Additional Founder's Warrants and Shares Underlying each of
the Initial Founder's Warrants and Additional Founder's Warrants. The Company
has duly authorized the issuance and sale to the Purchaser of each of the
Founder's Units, Founder's Shares, Initial Founder's Warrants, Additional
Founder's Warrants and Shares underlying each of the Initial Founder's Warrants
and Additional Founder's Warrants (collectively, the "Securities").
B. Purchase and Sale of the Founder's Units and Additional Founder's
Warrants. Concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, in the
case of the Founder's Units, and concurrently with the closing of the Initial
Public Offering, in the case of the Additional Founder's Warrants, or as each
such date may be extended from time to time by mutual agreement of the parties
(in each case, the "Closing Date"), the Company shall issue and sell to the
Purchaser and the Purchaser shall purchase from the Company, the Founder's
Units, Founder's Shares and Initial Founder's Warrants for the Founder's Units
Purchase Price and the Additional Founder's Warrants for the Additional
Founder's Warrants Purchase Price, respectively. On the applicable Closing Date,
the Company shall deliver certificates evidencing the Founder's Units, Founder's
Shares and Initial Founder's Warrants, or the Additional Founder's Warrants, as
the case may be, to be purchased by the Purchaser hereunder, in each case
registered in the Purchaser's name, upon the payment by the Purchaser of the
Founder's Units Purchase Price or the Additional Founder's Warrants Purchase
Price, as the case may be, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to
the Company in accordance with the Company's wiring instructions.
C. Terms of the Founder's Units, Founder's Shares, Initial Founder's
Warrants and Additional Founder's Warrants.
i. Founder's Units: Each Unit of the Founder's Units shall consist
of one Founder's Share and one Initial Founder's Warrant and shall have the
terms set forth in the Unit Certificate attached as EXHIBIT A hereto.
ii. Founder's Shares: The Founder's Shares shall have the terms set
forth in the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company and the Founder's Share
Certificate attached as EXHIBIT B hereto. Without limiting the foregoing, the
Purchaser hereby expressly agrees that if the Corporation consummates the
Initial Public Offering, then (i) in connection with the stockholder vote
required to approve a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition or other
similar business combination with one or more businesses or assets (a "Business
Combination"), the Purchaser agrees to vote the Founder's Shares in accordance
with a majority of the shares of common stock voted by holders of shares of
common stock issued in the Initial Public Offering and (ii) the Purchaser agrees
to waive any right to participate in any liquidation distribution to the extent
set forth in Section 3.D of this Agreement.
iii. Initial Founder's Warrants: The Initial Founder's Warrants
shall have the terms set forth in the Warrant Agreement set forth as EXHIBIT C
hereto.
iv. Additional Founder's Warrants: The Additional Founder's Warrants
shall have the terms set forth in the Warrant Agreement set forth as EXHIBIT C
hereto, as such terms may be amended prior to the applicable Closing Date with
the consent of the Purchaser, which consent shall be evidenced by the purchase
of the Additional Founder's Warrants on the applicable Closing Date.
v. Transfer Restrictions: In addition to the restrictions on
transfer set forth in Section 9 hereof, the Purchaser shall not sell or transfer
the Founder's Units, Founder's Shares, Initial Founder's Warrants and the Shares
underlying the Initial Founder's Warrants for a period of one year from the date
the Company completes its initial business combination except to a Permitted
Transferee (as defined in the Warrant Agreement) who agrees in writing with the
Company to be subject to such transfer restrictions, vote the Founder's Shares
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as provided in (ii) above; waive any right to participate in any liquidation
distribution as provided in (ii) above and agrees to the forfeiture of the
Founder's Units, Founder's Shares and Initial Founder's Warrants as provided in
(vii) below. During this period, the Purchaser and its Permitted Transferees
shall retain all other rights of holders of Shares, including, without
limitation, the right to vote their Shares (except as described above with
respect to a Business Combination) and the right to receive cash dividends, if
declared. If dividends are declared and payable in Shares, such dividends will
also be subject to the restrictions contained in this Section 1.C.(v). In
addition to the restrictions on transfer set forth in Section 9 hereof, the
Purchaser acknowledges that the Additional Founder's Warrants and the Shares
issuable upon exercise of the Additional Founder's Warrants are subject to the
restrictions on transfer set forth in the Warrant Agreement.
vi. Registration Rights: In connection with the closing of the
Initial Public Offering, the Company and the Purchaser shall enter into an
agreement (the "Registration Rights Agreement") granting the Purchaser
registration rights with respect to the Securities.
vii. Forfeiture of Founder's Units, Founder's Shares and Founder's
Warrants: In the event that Steel Partners II, L.P. fails to purchase an
aggregate of 3,000,000 Units at a price of $10.00 per Unit ($30.0 million in the
aggregate) in a private placement that will occur immediately prior to the
consummation of a Business Combination (the "Co-Investment") by the Company
pursuant to the terms of a Co-Investment Agreement to be entered into among the
Company and Steel Partners II, L.P., Purchaser agrees to surrender and forfeit
all of its Founders' Units, Founder's Shares and Initial Founder's Warrants to
the Company; provided that if the Purchaser purchases the Co-Investment Units,
the Founder's Units, Founder's Shares and Founder's Warrants will not be subject
to forfeiture.
Section 2. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY.
As a material inducement to the Purchaser to enter into this Agreement and
purchase the Founder's Units and Additional Founder's Warrants, the Company
hereby represents and warrants to the Purchaser that:
A. Organization and Corporate Power. The Company is a corporation duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of
Delaware and is qualified to do business in every jurisdiction in which the
failure to so qualify would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse
effect on the financial condition, operating results or assets of the Company.
The Company possesses all requisite corporate power and authority necessary to
carry out the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Warrant
Agreement.
B. Authorization; No Breach.
(i) The execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Warrant
Agreement, the Initial Founder's Warrants and the Additional Founder's Warrants
and performance of this Agreement and the Warrant Agreement have been duly
authorized by the Company as of the applicable Closing Date. This Agreement
constitutes the valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable in
accordance with its terms. The Warrant Agreement, and upon issuance in
accordance with, and payment pursuant to, the terms of the Warrant Agreement and
this Agreement, the Initial Founder's Warrants and the Additional Founder's
Warrants, constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable
in accordance with their respective terms as of the applicable Closing Date.
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(ii) The execution and delivery by the Company of this Agreement,
the Warrant Agreement and the sale and issuance of each of the Securities and
the fulfillment of and compliance with the respective terms hereof and thereof
by the Company, do not and will not as of the applicable Closing Date (i)
conflict with or result in a breach of the terms, conditions or provisions of,
(ii) constitute a default under, (iii) result in the creation of any lien,
security interest, charge or encumbrance upon the Company's capital stock or
assets, (iv) result in a violation of, or (v) require any authorization,
consent, approval, exemption or other action by or notice or declaration to, or
filing with, any court or administrative or governmental body or agency pursuant
to the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company or the bylaws of the Company,
or any material law, statute, rule or regulation to which the Company is
subject, or any agreement, order, judgment or decree to which the Company is
subject, except for any filings required after the date hereof under federal or
state securities laws.
C. Title to Securities. Upon issuance in accordance with, and payment
pursuant to, the terms hereof and the Warrant Agreement, as the case may be,
each of the Securities will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable. Upon issuance in accordance with, and payment pursuant to, the
terms hereof and the Warrant Agreement, as the case may be, the Purchaser will
have or receive good title to the Securities, free and clear of all liens,
claims and encumbrances of any kind, other than (a) transfer restrictions
hereunder and under the other agreements contemplated hereby, (b) transfer
restrictions under federal and state securities laws, and (c) liens, claims or
encumbrances imposed due to the actions of the Purchaser.
D. Governmental Consents. No permit, consent, approval or authorization
of, or declaration to or filing with, any governmental authority is required in
connection with the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this
Agreement or the Warrant Agreement, or the consummation by the Company of any
other transactions contemplated hereby.
Section 3. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE PURCHASER.
As a material inducement to the Company to enter into this Agreement and
issue and sell the Founder's Units and Additional Founder's Warrants, the
Purchaser hereby represents and warrants to the Company that:
A. Capacity and State Law Compliance. The Purchaser has engaged in the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement within a state in which the offer
and sale of the Securities is permitted under applicable securities laws. The
Purchaser understands and acknowledges that the purchase of Shares upon the
exercise of the Additional Founder's Warrants and the Initial Founder's Warrants
will require the availability of an exemption from registration under federal
and/or state securities laws and that any sale of such Shares shall require
registration or the availability of an exemption from registration under federal
and/or state securities laws.
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B. Authorization; No Breach.
(i) This Agreement constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the
Purchaser, enforceable in accordance with its terms.
(ii) The execution and delivery by the Purchaser of this Agreement
and the fulfillment of and compliance with the respective terms hereof by the
Purchaser do not and shall not as of the applicable Closing Date conflict with
or result in a breach of the terms, conditions or provisions of the certificate
of formation or limited liability company agreement of the Purchaser or any
other agreement, instrument, order, judgment or decree to which the Purchaser is
subject.
C. Investment Representations.
(i) The Purchaser is acquiring the Securities for its own account,
for investment only and not with a view towards, or for resale in connection
with, any public sale or distribution thereof.
(ii) The Purchaser is an "accredited investor" as such term is
defined in Rule 501(a)(3) of Regulation D.
(iii) The Purchaser understands that the Securities are being
offered and will be sold to it in reliance on specific exemptions from the
registration requirements of the United States federal and state securities laws
and that the Company is relying upon the truth and accuracy of, and the
Purchaser's compliance with, the representations and warranties of the Purchaser
set forth herein in order to determine the availability of such exemptions and
the eligibility of the Purchaser to acquire such Securities.
(iv) The Purchaser did not decide to enter into this Agreement as a
result of any general solicitation or general advertising within the meaning of
Rule 502(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act").
(v) The Purchaser has been furnished with all materials relating to
the business, finances and operations of the Company and materials relating to
the offer and sale of the Securities which have been requested by the Purchaser.
The Purchaser has been afforded the opportunity to ask questions of the
executive officers and directors of the Company. The Purchaser understands that
its investment in the Securities involves a high degree of risk. The Purchaser
has sought such accounting, legal and tax advice as the Purchaser has considered
necessary to make an informed investment decision with respect to the
Purchaser's acquisition of the Securities.
(vi) The Purchaser understands that no United States federal or
state agency or any other government or governmental agency has passed on or
made any recommendation or endorsement of the Securities or the fairness or
suitability of the investment in the Securities by the Purchaser nor have such
authorities passed upon or endorsed the merits of the offering of the
Securities.
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(vii) The Purchaser understands that: (a) the Securities have not
been and are not being registered under the Securities Act or any state
securities laws, and may not be offered for sale, sold, assigned or transferred
unless (A) subsequently registered thereunder or (B) sold in reliance on an
exemption therefrom; and (b) except as specifically set forth in the
Registration Rights Agreement, neither the Company nor any other person is under
any obligation to register the Securities under the Securities Act or any state
securities laws or to comply with the terms and conditions of any exemption
thereunder. In this regard, the Purchaser understands that the Securities and
Exchange Commission has taken the position that promoters or affiliates of a
blank check company and their transferees, both before and after a Business
Combination, are deemed to be "underwriters" under the Securities Act when
reselling the securities of a blank check company. Based on that position, Rule
144 adopted pursuant to the Securities Act would not be available for resale
transactions of the Securities despite technical compliance with the
requirements of such Rule, and the Securities can be resold only through a
registered offering or in reliance upon another exemption from the registration
requirements of the Securities Act. The Purchaser is able to bear the economic
risk of its investment in the Securities for an indefinite period of time.
(viii) The Purchaser has such knowledge and expertise in financial
and business matters, knows of the high degree of risk associated with
investments generally and particularly investments in the securities of
companies in the development stage such as the Company, is capable of evaluating
the merits and risks of an investment in the Securities and is able to bear the
economic risk of an investment in the Securities in the amount contemplated
hereunder. The Purchaser has adequate means of providing for its current
financial needs and contingencies and will have no current or anticipated future
needs for liquidity which would be jeopardized by the investment in the
Securities. The Purchaser can afford a complete loss of its investment in the
Securities.
D. Waiver of Right to Amounts in the Trust Account and Indemnification.
(i) The Purchaser hereby waives any and all right, title, interest
or claim of any kind in or to any distribution of the trust account established
by the Company for the deposit of proceeds from the Initial Public Offering and
the sale of the Additional Founder's Warrants, as a result of any liquidation of
the trust account, with respect to the Founder's Shares ("Claim") and hereby
waives any Claim it may have in the future as a result of, or arising out of,
any contracts or agreements with the Company and will not seek recourse against
the trust account for any reason whatsoever except for any amounts to which it
may be entitled upon liquidation of the Company in respect of the Purchaser's
ownership of Shares other than the Founder's Shares.
(ii) The Purchaser acknowledges and agrees that the stockholders of
the Company, including those who purchase the units in the Initial Public
Offering, are and shall be third-party beneficiaries of the foregoing provisions
of Section 3.D. of this Agreement.
(iii) The Purchaser agrees that to the extent any waiver of rights
under this Section 3.D. is ineffective as a matter of law, the Purchaser has
offered such waiver for the benefit of the Company as an equitable right that
shall survive any statutory disqualification or bar that applies to a legal
right. The Purchaser acknowledges the receipt and sufficiency of consideration
received from the Company hereunder in this regard.
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Section 4. CONDITIONS OF THE PURCHASER'S OBLIGATIONS.
The obligation of the Purchaser to purchase and pay for the Founder's
Units and Additional Founder's Warrants is subject to the fulfillment, on or
before the applicable Closing Date, of each of the following conditions:
A. Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of
the Company contained in Section 2, shall be true and correct at and as of the
applicable Closing Date as though then made.
B. Performance. The Company shall have performed and complied with all
agreements, obligations and conditions contained in this Agreement that are
required to be performed or complied with by it on or before the applicable
Closing Date.
C. No Injunction. No litigation, statute, rule, regulation, executive
order, decree, ruling or injunction shall have been enacted, entered,
promulgated or endorsed by or in any court or governmental authority of
competent jurisdiction or any self-regulatory organization having authority over
the matters contemplated hereby, which prohibits the consummation of any of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Warrant Agreement.
Section 5. CONDITIONS OF THE COMPANY'S OBLIGATIONS.
The obligations of the Company to the Purchaser under this Agreement are
subject to the fulfillment, on or before the applicable Closing Date, of each of
the following conditions:
A. Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of
the Purchaser contained in Section 3 shall be true and correct at and as of the
applicable Closing Date as though then made.
B. Performance. The Purchaser shall have performed and complied with all
agreements, obligations and conditions contained in this Agreement that are
required to be performed or complied with by it on or before the applicable
Closing Date.
C. Corporate Consents. The Company shall have obtained the consent of its
Board of Directors authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement and the Warrant Agreement and the issuance and sale of the Founder's
Units and the Additional Founder's Warrants.
D. No Injunction. No litigation, statute, rule, regulation, executive
order, decree, ruling or injunction shall have been enacted, entered,
promulgated or endorsed by or in any court or governmental authority of
competent jurisdiction or any self-regulatory organization having authority over
the matters contemplated hereby, which prohibits the consummation of any of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Warrant Agreement.
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Section 6. TERMINATION.
This Agreement may be terminated at any time prior to the applicable
Closing Date as it relates only to the Securities to be purchased pursuant to
this Agreement on and after such Closing Date upon the mutual written consent of
the Company and the Purchaser.
Section 7. SURVIVAL OF REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.
All of the representations and warranties contained herein shall survive
the applicable Closing Date.
Section 8. DEFINITIONS.
Terms used but not otherwise defined in this Agreement shall have the
meaning assigned such terms in the Registration Statement.
Section 9. MISCELLANEOUS.
A. Legends.
(i) The certificates evidencing the Founder's Units and the
Founder's Shares will include the legend set forth on EXHIBITS A AND B hereto,
respectively, which the Purchaser has read and understands. The Initial
Founder's Warrants, the Additional Founder's Warrants and Shares issued upon
exercise of the Additional Founder's Warrants and the Initial Founder's Warrants
(as defined in the Warrant Agreement) will include the legend set forth in
Exhibit B to the Warrant Agreement in the case of the Warrants and in the
Warrant Agreement in the case of the Shares, which the Purchaser has read and
understands.
(ii) By accepting the Securities, the Purchaser agrees, prior to any
transfer of the Securities, to give written notice to the Company expressing its
desire to effect such transfer and describing briefly the proposed transfer.
Upon receiving such notice, the Company shall present copies thereof to its
counsel and the Purchaser agrees not to make any disposition of all or any
portion of the Securities unless and until:
(a) there is then in effect a registration statement under the
Securities Act covering such proposed disposition and such disposition is made
in accordance with such registration statement, in which case the legends set
forth above with respect to the Securities sold pursuant to such registration
statement shall be removed; or
(b) if reasonably requested by the Company, (A) the Purchaser shall
have furnished the Company with an opinion of counsel, reasonably satisfactory
to the Company, that such disposition will not require registration of such
Securities under the Securities Act, (B) the Company shall have received
customary representations and warranties regarding the transferee that are
reasonably satisfactory to the Company signed by the proposed transferee and (C)
the Company shall have received an agreement by such transferee to the
restrictions contained in the legends referred to in (i) hereof.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Purchaser also understands and
acknowledges that the transfer of the Founder's Units, Founder's Shares, Initial
Founder's Warrants and the Additional Founder's Warrants and exercise of the
Initial Founder's Warrants and the Additional Founder's Warrants are subject to
the specific conditions to such transfer or exercise as outlined herein and the
Warrant Agreement as to which the Purchaser specifically assents by its
execution hereof.
(iii) The Company may, from time to time, make stop transfer
notations in its records and deliver stop transfer instructions to its transfer
agent to the extent its counsel considers it necessary to ensure compliance with
federal and state securities laws and the transfer restrictions contained
elsewhere in this Agreement and the Warrant Agreement.
B. Successors and Assigns. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein,
all covenants and agreements contained in this Agreement by or on behalf of any
of the parties hereto shall bind and inure to the benefit of the respective
successors of the parties hereto whether so expressed or not. Notwithstanding
the foregoing or anything to the contrary herein, the parties may not assign
this Agreement.
C. Severability. Whenever possible, each provision of this Agreement shall
be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law,
but if any provision of this Agreement is held to be prohibited by or invalid
under applicable law, such provision shall be ineffective only to the extent of
such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the remainder of this
Agreement.
D. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed simultaneously in two or
more counterparts, none of which need contain the signatures of more than one
party, but all such counterparts taken together shall constitute one and the
same agreement.
E. Descriptive Headings; Interpretation. The descriptive headings of this
Agreement are inserted for convenience only and do not constitute a substantive
part of this Agreement. The use of the word "including" in this Agreement shall
be by way of example rather than by limitation.
F. Governing Law. This Agreement 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 internal laws of said State. The parties agree that, all
actions and proceedings arising out of this Agreement or any of the transactions
contemplated hereby, shall be brought in the United States District Court for
the Southern District of New York or in a New York State Court in the County of
New York and that, in connection with any such action or proceeding, submit to
the jurisdiction of, and venue in, such court. Each of the parties hereto also
irrevocably waives all right to trial by jury in any action, proceeding or
counterclaim arising out of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated
hereby.
G. Notices. All notices, demands or other communications to be given or
delivered under or by reason of the provisions of this Agreement shall be in
writing and shall be deemed to have been given when delivered personally to the
recipient, sent to the recipient by reputable overnight courier service (charges
prepaid) or mailed to the recipient by certified or registered mail, return
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receipt requested and postage prepaid. Such notices, demands and other
communications shall be sent:
If to the Company: SP Acquisition Holdings, Inc.
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Fax No.: (000) 000-0000
With a copy to: Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Frome Xxxxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP
00 Xxxx 00xx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Fax No.: (000) 000-0000
If to the Purchaser: SP Acq LLC
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Fax No.: (000) 000-0000
or to such other address or to the attention of such other person as the
recipient party has specified by prior written notice to the sending party.
H. No Strict Construction. The parties hereto have participated jointly in
the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement. In the event an ambiguity or
question of intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement shall be construed
as if drafted jointly by the parties hereto, and no presumption or burden of
proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any party by virtue of the authorship
of any of the provisions of this Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Purchase
Agreement on the date first written above.
SP ACQUISITION HOLDINGS, INC.
/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxxxx
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By: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxxxx, Chairman of the Board of
Directors, President and Chief Executive Officer
SP ACQ LLC
/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxxxx
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By: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxxxx, Managing Member
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SPECIMEN OF UNIT CERTIFICATE
SP ACQUISITION HOLDINGS, INC.
No.__________ INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF _______ UNIT(S)
DELAWARE
UNIT(S) EACH CONSISTING OF ONE SHARE OF COMMON STOCK AND ONE WARRANT TO
PURCHASE ONE SHARE OF COMMON STOCK
SEE REVERSE FOR CERTAIN DEFINITIONS
THIS CERTIFIES THAT ____________________________________________IS THE OWNER
OF____________________________________________________________________________
UNIT(S). EACH UNIT ("UNIT") CONSISTS OF ONE (1) SHARE OF COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE
$0.001 PER SHARE ("COMMON STOCK"), OF SP ACQUISITION HOLDINGS, INC., A DELAWARE
CORPORATION (THE "CORPORATION"), AND ONE WARRANT (EACH, A "WARRANT"). EACH
WARRANT ENTITLES THE HOLDER TO PURCHASE ONE (1) SHARE OF COMMON STOCK FOR $7.50
PER SHARE (SUBJECT TO ADJUSTMENT). THE COMMON STOCK AND WARRANT COMPRISING EACH
UNIT REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE NOT TRANSFERABLE SEPARATELY PRIOR TO
FIVE BUSINESS DAYS FOLLOWING THE EARLIER TO OCCUR OF THE EXPIRATION OF THE
OVER-ALLOTMENT OPTION OF THE UNDERWRITERS OF THE CORPORATION'S INITIAL PUBLIC
OFFERING (THE "IPO") AND THE EXERCISE IN FULL BY THE UNDERWRITERS OF SUCH
OPTION. THE TERMS OF THE WARRANTS ARE GOVERNED BY A WARRANT AGREEMENT (THE
"WARRANT AGREEMENT") BETWEEN THE CORPORATION AND ITS TRANSFER AGENT TO BE
ENTERED INTO UPON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE CORPORATION'S INITIAL PUBLIC
OFFERING, AS AMENDED, RESTATED OR SUPPLEMENTED FROM TIME TO TIME, AND ARE
SUBJECT TO THE TERMS AND PROVISIONS CONTAINED THEREIN, ALL OF WHICH TERMS AND
PROVISIONS THE HOLDER OF THIS CERTIFICATE CONSENTS TO BY ACCEPTANCE HEREOF.
COPIES OF THE WARRANT AGREEMENT WILL BE ON FILE AT THE OFFICE OF THE
CORPORATION, AND WILL BE AVAILABLE TO ANY WARRANT HOLDER ON WRITTEN REQUEST AND
WITHOUT COST.
THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS, AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED,
SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF UNLESS REGISTERED UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, AND ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR
AN EXEMPTION FROM SUCH REGISTRATION IS AVAILABLE. THESE SECURITIES ARE ALSO
SUBJECT TO FORFEITURE AND ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER OR SALE PURSUANT
TO AN INITIAL FOUNDER'S SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT DATED MARCH 22, 2007, A
COPY OF WHICH CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE COMPANY AT ITS EXECUTIVE OFFICES.
SECURITIES EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE WILL BE ENTITLED TO REGISTRATION RIGHTS
UNDER A REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT TO BE EXECUTED BY THE CORPORATION.
WITNESS THE SEAL OF THE CORPORATION AND THE FACSIMILE SIGNATURE OF ITS DULY
AUTHORIZED OFFICER.
DATED: , 2007
SP ACQUISITION HOLDINGS, INC.
_______________________
CORPORATE SEAL AUTHORIZED OFFICER
DELAWARE
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The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of
this certificate, shall be construed as though they were written out in full
according to applicable laws or regulations:
TEN COM as tenants in common Unif Gift Min Act - _____ Custodian _____
TEN ENT tenants by the entireties (Cust) (Minor)
as joint tenants with Under Uniform Gifts
right of survivorship and to Minors Act:
JT TEN not as tenants in common _____________________
(State)
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
SP ACQUISITION HOLDINGS, INC.
The Corporation will furnish without charge to each stockholder who so
requests the powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating,
option or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof of the
Corporation and the qualifications, limitations, or restrictions of such
preferences and/or rights. This certificate and the Units represented hereby are
issued and shall be held subject to the terms and conditions applicable to the
securities underlying and comprising the Units.
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, HEREBY SELL, ASSIGN AND TRANSFER
UNTO
PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER
IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
(PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME AND ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE, OF ASSIGNEE)
UNITS REPRESENTED BY THE WITHIN CERTIFICATE, AND DO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY
CONSTITUTE AND APPOINT _________________ ATTORNEY, TO TRANSFER THE SAID UNITS ON
THE BOOKS OF THE WITHIN NAMED CORPORATION WITH FULL POWER OF SUBSTITUTION IN THE
PREMISES.
DATED __________________ BY:
NOTICE: THE SIGNATURE TO THIS
ASSIGNMENT MUST CORRESPOND WITH THE
NAME AS WRITTEN UPON THE FACE OF THE
CERTIFICATE IN EVERY PARTICULAR,
WITHOUT ALTERATION OR ENLARGEMENT OR
ANY CHANGE WHATEVER.
Exhibit B
[SPECIMEN INITIAL FOUNDER'S COMMON STOCK CERTIFICATE]
NUMBER SHARES
CUSIP
SP ACQUISITION HOLDINGS, INC.
INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE
COMMON STOCK
SEE REVERSE FOR
CERTAIN DEFINITIONS
THIS CERTIFIES THAT
IS THE OWNER OF
FULLY PAID AND NON-ASSESSABLE SHARES OF THE PAR VALUE OF $0.001
EACH OF THE COMMON STOCK OF
SP ACQUISITION HOLDINGS, INC.
TRANSFERABLE ON THE BOOKS OF THE CORPORATION IN PERSON OR BY DULY AUTHORIZED
ATTORNEY UPON SURRENDER OF THIS CERTIFICATE PROPERLY ENDORSED. THIS CERTIFICATE
IS NOT VALID UNLESS COUNTERSIGNED BY THE TRANSFER AGENT AND REGISTERED BY THE
REGISTRAR. WITNESS THE SEAL OF THE CORPORATION AND THE FACSIMILE SIGNATURES OF
ITS DULY AUTHORIZED OFFICERS.
Dated: SP Acquisition Holdings, Inc.
CORPORATE DELAWARE
SEAL
_________________ _________________
PRESIDENT SECRETARY
DELAWARE
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The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this
certificate, shall be construed as though they were written out in full
according to applicable laws or regulations:
TEN COM as tenants in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT - _____ Custodian _____
TEN ENT tenants by the entireties (Cust) (Minor)
as joint tenants with Under Uniform Gifts
right of survivorship and to Minors Act
JT TEN not as tenants in common _____________________
(State)
Additional Abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
SP Acquisition Holdings, Inc.
The Corporation will furnish without charge to each stockholder who so requests
the powers, designations, preferences and relative participating, optional or
other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof of the Corporation
and the qualifications, limitations, or restrictions of such preferences and/or
rights. This certificate and the shares represented hereby are issued and shall
be held subject to all the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation and
all amendments thereto and resolutions of the Board of Directors providing for
the issue of shares of Preferred Stock (copies of which may be obtained from the
secretary of the Corporation), to all of which the holder of this certificate by
acceptance hereof assents.
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THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS, AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED,
SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF UNLESS REGISTERED UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, AND ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR
AN EXEMPTION FROM SUCH REGISTRATION IS AVAILABLE. THESE SECURITIES ARE ALSO
SUBJECT TO (I) FORFEITURE, (II) ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER OR SALE AND
(III) VOTING REQUIREMENTS AND HOLDERS OF THE SECURITIES WAIVE ANY RIGHT TO
PARTICIPATE IN A LIQUIDATION DISTRIBUTION IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, IN EACH CASE
PURSUANT TO AN INITIAL PURCHASER'S SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT DATED MARCH 22,
2007, A COPY OF WHICH CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE COMPANY AT ITS EXECUTIVE OFFICES.
SECURITIES EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE WILL BE ENTITLED TO REGISTRATION RIGHTS
UNDER A REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT TO BE EXECUTED BY THE CORPORATION.
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________________________________________________________________________________
For value received, ______________________ hereby sell, assign and transfer unto
PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL
SECURITY OR OTHER
IDENTIFYING
NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE
____________________________
____________________________
_________________________________________________________________________
(PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME AND ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE OF
ASSIGNEE)
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________ SHARES
of the capital stock represented by the within Certificate, and do hereby
irrevocably constitute and appoint
_______________________________________________________________________ ATTORNEY
TO TRANSFER THE SAID STOCK ON THE BOOKS OF THE WITHIN NAMED CORPORATION WILL
FULL POWER OF SUBSTITUTION IN THE PREMISES.
Dated__________________
_____________________________________________
NOTICE: The signature to this assignment
must correspond with the name as written upon
the face of the certificate in every
particular, without alteration or enlargement
or any change whatever.
Signature(s) Guaranteed:
______________________________________________________________
THE SIGNATURE(S) SHOULD BE GUARANTEED BY AN ELIGIBLE GUARANTOR
INSTITUTION (BANKS, STOCKBROKERS, SAVINGS AND LOAN
ASSOCIATIONS AND CREDIT UNIONS WITH MEMBERSHIP IN AN APPROVED
SIGNATURE GUARANTEE MEDALLION PROGRAM, PURSUANT TO S.E.C. RULE
17Ad-15).
Exhibit C
WARRANT AGREEMENT
