WARRANT AGREEMENT
___________, 1998
TEJAS SECURITIES GROUP, INC.
As a Representative of the Several Underwriters
c/o Tejas Securities Group, Inc.
1250 Capital of Texas Hwy. South
Building Two, Suite 500
Austin, Texas 78746
Gentlemen:
Transnational Financial Corporation, a California corporation (the
"Company"), hereby agrees to sell to you, and you hereby agree to purchase from
the Company at an aggregate purchase price of $100, stock purchase warrants (the
"Underwriter Warrants") covering 100,000 shares of the Company's Common Stock,
no par value. The Underwriter Warrants will be exercisable by you as to all or
any lesser number of shares of the Company's Common Stock, no par value, covered
thereby, at the Purchase Price per share as defined below, at any time and from
time to time on and after the first anniversary of the date hereof and ending at
5:00 p.m. on the fifth anniversary of the date hereof.
1. Definitions.
As used herein, the following terms, unless the context otherwise
requires, shall have for all purposes hereof the following meanings:
The term "Act" refers to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
The term "Affiliate" of any Person refers to any Person directly or
indirectly controlling, controlled by or under direct or indirect common control
with, such other Person. A Person shall be deemed to control a corporation if
such Person possesses, directly or indirectly, the power to direct or cause the
direction of the management and policies of such corporation, whether through
the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.
The term "Commission" refers to the Securities and Exchange Commission.
The term "Common Stock" refers to all stock of any class or classes
(however designated) of the Company, now or hereafter authorized, the holders of
which shall have the right without limitation as to amount, either to all or to
a part of the balance of current dividends and liquidating dividends after the
payment of dividends and distributions on any shares entitled to preference, and
the holders of which shall ordinarily, in the absence of contingency, be
entitled to vote for the election of a majority of the directors of the Company
(even though the right so to vote has been suspended by the occurrence of such a
contingency).
The term "Current Market Price" on any date refers to the average of
the daily Market Price per share for the 30 consecutive Trading Days commencing
45 Trading Days before the date in question.
The term "Exchange Act" refers to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended.
The term "Market Price" refers to the closing sale price on the
American Stock Exchange ("AMEX") or, if no closing sale price is reported, the
closing bid price of the Common Stock, as quoted on the Nasdaq National Market,
or, if the Common Stock is not quoted on the Nasdaq National Market, as reported
by the National Quotation Bureau Incorporated. If Market Price cannot be
established as described above, Market Price shall be the fair market value of
the Common Stock as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors whose
determination shall be conclusive.
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The term "Other Securities" refers to any stock (other than Common
Stock) and other securities of the Company or any other person (corporate or
otherwise) which the holders of the Underwriter Warrants at any time shall be
entitled to receive, or shall have received, upon the exercise of the
Underwriter Warrants, in lieu of or in addition to Common Stock, or which at any
time shall be issuable or shall have been issued in exchange for or in
replacement of Common Stock or Other Securities pursuant to Section 6 below or
otherwise.
The term "Person" refers to an individual, a partnership, a
corporation, a trust, a joint venture, an unincorporated organization and a
government or any department or agency thereof.
The term "Purchase Price" refers to the purchase price, per share, of
the shares of Common Stock subject to this Agreement. The Purchase Price shall
equal to 120% of the initial offering price to public of the Common Stock in the
Company's initial public offering, subject to adjustment as provided in Section
6 below.
The term "Registration Statement" refers to a Registration Statement
filed with the Commission pursuant to the Rules and Regulations of the
Commission promulgated under the Act.
The term "Trading Day" shall mean a day on which the Nasdaq National
Market or the principal national securities exchange on which the Common Stock
is listed or admitted to trading is open for the transaction of business.
The term "Underlying Stock" refers to the shares of Common Stock (or
Other Securities) issuable under this Warrant Agreement pursuant to the
exercise, in whole or in part, of the Underwriter Warrants.
The purchase and sale of the Underwriter Warrants shall take place, and
the purchase price therefore shall be paid by delivery of your check,
simultaneously with the purchase of and payment for any shares of Common Stock
as provided in that certain Underwriting Agreement dated ___________, 1998,
relating to the public offering of shares of the Common Stock pursuant to a
Registration Statement filed under the Act.
2. Representations and Warranties.
The Company represents and warrants to you as follows:
(a) Corporate Action. The Company has all requisite corporate power and
authority, and has taken all necessary corporate action, to execute and deliver
this Agreement, to issue and deliver the Underwriter Warrants and certificates
evidencing same, and to authorize and reserve for issuance, and upon payment
from time to time of the Purchase Price to issue and deliver, the Shares.
(b) No Violation. Neither the execution nor delivery of this Agreement,
the consummation of the actions herein contemplated nor compliance with the
terms and provisions hereof will conflict with, or result in a breach of, or
constitute a default or an event permitting acceleration under, any of the
terms, provisions or conditions of the Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws of
the Company or any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, note, bank loan, credit
agreement, franchise, license, lease, permit, judgment, decree, order, statute,
rule or regulation or any other agreement, understanding or instrument to which
the Company is a party or by which it is bound.
3. Compliance with the Act.
(a) Transferability of Underwriter Warrants. You agree that the
Underwriter Warrants may not be transferred, sold, assigned or hypothecated for
a period of one (1) year from the date hereof, except to (i) persons who are
officers of you; (ii) a successor to you in a merger or consolidation; (iii) a
purchaser of all or substantially all of your assets; (iv) your shareholders in
the event you are liquidated or dissolved; and (v) persons who are officers of
participating broker-dealers.
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(b) Registration of Underlying Stock. The Underlying Stock issuable
upon the exercise of the Underwriter Warrants have not been registered under the
Act. You agree not to make any sale or other disposition of the Underlying Stock
except pursuant to a Registration Statement which has become effective under the
Act, setting forth the terms of such offering, the underwriting discount and the
commissions and any other pertinent data with respect thereto, unless you have
provided the Company with an opinion of counsel reasonably acceptable to the
Company that such registration is not required.
(c) Demand Registration. At any time and from time to time after the
first anniversary of the date hereof but prior to the fifth anniversary of the
date hereof, the holders of Underwriter Warrants shall have the right to make
written request of the Company on one occasion to register under the Act at
least fifty percent (50%) of the Underlying Stock which would be issuable upon
exercise of the Underwriter Warrants pursuant to the terms and conditions
hereof. The Underlying Stock specified in such request or a request pursuant to
Section 3(d) hereof is referred to herein as the "Subject Stock." Promptly upon
receipt of such request, the Company shall file with the Commission a
Registration Statement on the applicable form for the registration of the
Subject Stock and use its best efforts to cause such Registration Statement to
become effective (including, without limitation, filing post-effective
amendments, appropriate qualifications under applicable blue sky or other state
securities laws and appropriate compliance with the Act and the Rules and
Regulations promulgated thereunder) as soon as practicable to permit or
facilitate the sale and distribution of the Subject Stock. Immediately upon
receipt of a request for registration pursuant to this Section 3(c), the Company
shall notify each of the holders of Underwriter Warrants of such request.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 3(c), if the
Company shall furnish to the holders of Underwriter Warrants a certificate
signed by the Chief Executive Officer of the Company stating that in the good
faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company it would be seriously
detrimental to the Company and its stockholders for such a Registration
Statement to be filed and it is therefore essential to defer a filing of such
Registration Statement, the Company shall have the right to defer such filing
for a period of not more than one hundred twenty (120) days after receipt of the
request from the holders of Underwriter Warrants to effect such a registration;
provided, however, that the Company may not utilize the right more than once in
any twenty-four (24) month period; and, provided further, that the holders of
Underwriter Warrants may, at any time in writing, withdraw such request for such
registration and therefore preserve the right provided in this Section 3(c) for
the holders of Underwriter Warrants to request such registration.
(d) Inclusion in Registration of Other Securities. If at any time after
the date hereof but prior to the fifth anniversary of the date hereof, the
Company shall propose the registration on an appropriate form under the Act of
any shares of Common Stock or Other Securities, the Company shall at least 30
days prior to the filing of such Registration Statement give you written notice,
or telegraphic or telephonic notice followed as soon as practicable by written
confirmation thereof, of such proposed registration and, upon written notice, or
telegraphic or telephonic notice followed as soon as practicable by written
confirmation thereof, given to the Company within five business days after the
giving of such notice by the Company, shall include or cause to be included in
any such Registration Statement all or such portion of the Underlying Stock as
you may request, provided, however, that the Company may at any time withdraw or
cease proceeding with any such registration if it shall at the same time
withdraw or cease proceeding with the registration of such Common Stock or such
Other Securities originally proposed to be registered.
Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the
contrary, if any holder of Underwriter Warrants exercises such Underwriter
Warrants but shall not have included all the Underlying Stock in a Registration
Statement which complies with Section 10(a)(3) of the Act, which has been
effective for at least 30 calendar days following the exercise of the
Underwriter Warrants, the registration rights set forth in this Section 3(d)
shall be extended until such time as (i) such a Registration Statement including
such Underlying Stock has been effective for at least 30 calendar days or (ii)
in the opinion of counsel satisfactory to you and the Company, registration is
not required under the Act or under applicable state laws for resale of the
Underlying Stock in the manner proposed.
(e)
Company's Obligations in Registration. In connection with any
offering of Subject Stock pursuant to Section 3(c) or 3(d) above, the Company
shall:
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(i) Notify you as to the filing thereof and of all
amendments or supplements thereto filed prior to the
effective date thereof;
(ii) Comply with all applicable rules and regulations of
the Commission;
(iii) Notify you immediately, and confirm the notice in
writing, (1) when the Registration Statement becomes
effective, (2) of the issuance by the Commission of
any stop order or of the initiation, or the
threatening, of any proceedings for that purpose, (3)
of the receipt by the Company of any notification
with respect to the suspension of qualification of
the Subject Stock for sale in any jurisdiction or of
the initiation, or the threatening, of any
proceedings for that purpose and (4) of the receipt
of any comments, or requests for additional
information, from the Commission or any state
regulatory authority. If the Commission or any state
regulatory authority shall enter such a stop order or
order suspending qualification at any time, the
Company will make every reasonable effort to obtain
the lifting of such order as promptly as practicable.
(iv) During the time when a Prospectus is required to be
delivered under the Act during the period required
for the distribution of the Subject Stock, comply so
far as it is able with all requirements imposed upon
it by the Act, as hereafter amended, and by the Rules
and Regulations promulgated thereunder, as from time
to time in force, so far as necessary to permit the
continuance of sales of or dealings in the Subject
Stock. If at any time when a Prospectus relating to
the Subject Stock is required to be delivered under
the Act any event shall have occurred as a result of
which, in the opinion of counsel for the Company or
your counsel, the Prospectus relating to the Subject
Stock as then amended or supplemented includes an
untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state
any material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein, in the
light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading, or if it is necessary at any
time to amend such Prospectus to comply with the Act,
the Company will promptly prepare and file with the
Commission an appropriate amendment or supplement (in
form satisfactory to you).
(v) Endeavor in good faith, in cooperation with you, at
or prior to the time the Registration Statement
becomes effective, to qualify the Subject Stock for
offering and sale under the securities laws relating
to the offering or sale of the Subject Stock of such
jurisdictions as you may reasonably designate and to
continue the qualifications in effect so long as
required for purposes of the sale of the Subject
Stock; provided that no such qualification shall be
required in any jurisdiction where, as a result
thereof, the Company would be subject to service of
general process, or to taxation as a foreign
corporation doing business in such jurisdiction. In
each jurisdiction where such qualification shall be
effected, the Company will, unless you agree that
such action is not at the time necessary or
advisable, file and make such statements or reports
at such times as are or may reasonably be required by
the laws of such jurisdiction. For the purposes of
this paragraph, "good faith" is defined as the same
standard of care and degree of effort as the Company
will use to qualify its securities other than the
Subject Stock.
(vi) Make generally available to its security holders as
soon as practicable, but not later than the first day
of the eighteenth full calendar month following the
effective date of the Registration Statement, an
earnings statement (which need not be certified by
independent public or independent certified public
accountants unless required by the Act or the rules
and regulations promulgated thereunder, but which
shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the
Act) covering a period of at least twelve months
beginning after the effective date of the
Registration Statement.
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(vii) After the effective date of such Registration
Statement, prepare, and promptly notify you of the
proposed filing of, and promptly file with the
Commission, each and every amendment or supplement
thereto or to any Prospectus forming a part thereof
as may be necessary to make any statements therein
not misleading; provided that no such amendment or
supplement shall be filed if you shall object thereto
in writing promptly after being furnished a copy
thereof.
(viii) Furnish to you, as soon as available, copies of any
such Registration Statement and each preliminary or
final Prospectus, or supplement or amendment prepared
pursuant thereto, all in such quantities as you may
from time to time reasonably request;
(ix) Make such representations and warranties to any
underwriter of the Subject Stock, and use your best
efforts to cause Company counsel to render such
opinions to such underwriter, as such underwriter may
reasonably request; and
(x) Pay all costs and expenses incident to the
performance of the Company's obligations under
Section 3(c) or 3(d) above and under this Section
3(e), including without limitation the fees and
disbursements of the Company's auditors and legal
counsel, of legal counsel for you and of legal
counsel responsible for qualifying the Subject Stock
under blue sky laws, all filing fees and printing
expenses, all expenses in connection with the
transfer and delivery of the Underlying Stock, and
all expenses in connection with the qualification of
the Subject Stock under blue sky laws; provided,
however, that the Company shall not be responsible
for compensation and reimbursement of expenses to
underwriters or selling agents for the included
Subject Stock.
(f) Agreements by Warrant Holder. In connection with the filing of a
Registration Statement pursuant to Section 3(c) or 3(d) above, if you
participate in the offering of the Subject Stock by including shares owned by
you, you agree:
(i) To furnish the Company all material information
requested by the Company concerning yourself and your
holdings of securities of the Company and the
proposed method of sale or other disposition of the
Subject Stock and such other information and
undertakings as shall be reasonably required in
connection with the preparation and filing of any
such Registration Statement covering all or a part of
the Subject Stock and in order to ensure full
compliance with the Act; and
(ii) To cooperate in good faith with the Company and its
underwriters, if any, in connection with such
registration, including placing the shares of Subject
Stock to be included in such Registration Statement
in escrow or custody to facilitate the sale and
distribution thereof.
(g) Indemnification. The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless you
and any underwriter (as defined in the Act) for you, and each person, if any,
who respectively controls you or such underwriter within the meaning of Section
15 of the Act or Section 20(a) of the Exchange Act, against any loss, liability,
claim, damage and expense whatsoever (including but not limited to any and all
expense whatsoever reasonably incurred in investigating, preparing or defending
against any litigation, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever), joint
or several, to which any of you or such underwriter or such controlling person
becomes subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such loss, liability,
claim, damage and expense (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are
based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact
contained in (i) a Registration Statement covering the Subject Stock, in the
prospectus contained therein, or in an amendment or supplement thereto or (ii)
in any application or other document or communication (in this Section
collectively called "application") executed by or on behalf of the Company or
based upon written information furnished by or on behalf of the Company filed in
any jurisdiction in order to qualify the Subject Stock under the securities laws
thereof or filed with the Commission, or arise out of or based upon the omission
or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the
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statements therein not misleading; provided, however, that the Company shall not
be obligated to indemnify in any such case to the extent that any such loss,
claim, damage, expense or liability arises out of or is based upon any untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in
reliance upon, and in conformity with, written information respectively
furnished by you or such underwriter or such controlling person for use in the
Registration Statement, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any
application, as the case may be.
If any action is brought against a person in respect of which
indemnity may be sought against, the Company pursuant to the foregoing
paragraph, such person shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the
institution of such action and the Company shall assume the defense of the
action, including the employment of counsel (satisfactory to the indemnified
person in its reasonable judgment) and payment of expenses. The indemnified
person shall have the right to employ its or their own counsel in any such case,
but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such
indemnified person or unless the employment of such counsel shall have been
authorized in writing by the Company in connection with the defense of the
action or the Company shall not have employed counsel to have charge of the
defense of the action or the indemnified person shall have reasonably concluded
that there may be defenses available to it or them which are different from or
additional to those available to the Company (in which case the Company shall
not have the right to direct the defense of the action on behalf of the
indemnified person), in any of which events these fees and expenses shall be
borne by the Company. Anything in this paragraph to the contrary
notwithstanding, the Company shall not be liable for any settlement of any claim
or action effected without its written consent. The Company's indemnity
agreements contained in this Section shall remain in full force and effect
regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of any indemnified person,
and shall survive any termination of this Agreement. The Company agrees promptly
to notify you of the commencement of any litigation or proceedings against the
Company or any of its officers or directors in connection with the Registration
Statement pursuant to Section 3(c) or 3(d) above.
If you choose to include any Subject Stock in a public
offering pursuant to Section 3(c) or 3(d) above, then you agree to indemnify and
hold harmless the Company and each of its directors and officers who have signed
any such Registration Statement, and any underwriter for the Company (as defined
in the Act), and each person, if any, who controls the Company or such
underwriter within the meaning of the Act, to the same extent as the indemnity
by the Company in this Section 3(g) but only with respect to statements or
omissions, if any, made in such Registration Statement, or any amendment or
supplement thereto, or in any application in reliance upon, and in conformity
with, written information furnished by you to the Company for use in the
Registration Statement, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any
application, as the case may be. In case any action shall be brought in respect
of which indemnity may be sought against you, you shall have the rights and
duties given to the Company, and the persons so indemnified shall have the
rights and duties given to you by the provisions of the first paragraph of this
Section.
The Company further agrees that, if the indemnity provisions
of the foregoing paragraphs are held to be unenforceable, any holder of an
Underwriter Warrant or controlling person of such a holder may recover
contribution from the Company in an amount which, when added to contributions
such holder or controlling person has theretofore received or concurrently
receives from officers and directors of the Company or controlling persons of
the Company, will reimburse such holder or controlling person for all losses,
claims, damages or liabilities and legal or other expenses; provided, however,
that if the full amount of the contribution specified in this Section 3(g) is
not permitted by law, then such holder or controlling person shall be entitled
to contribution from the Company and its officers, directors and controlling
persons to the full extent permitted by law.
4. Exercise of Underwriter Warrants.
(a) Cash Exercise. Each Underwriter Warrant may be exercised in full or
in part (but not as to a fractional share of Common Stock) by the holder thereof
by surrender of the Warrant Certificate, with the form of subscription at the
end thereof duly executed by such holder, to the Company at its principal
office, accompanied by payment, in cash or by certified or bank cashiers' check
payable to the order of the Company, in the respective amount obtained by
multiplying the number of shares of the Underlying Stock to be purchased by the
Purchase Price per share.
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(b) Net Exercise. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in
Section 4(a), any holder of an Underwriter Warrant may elect to exercise the
Underwriter Warrant and receive shares on a "net exercise" basis in an amount
equal to the value of the Underwriter Warrant by delivery of the form of
subscription attached to the Warrant Certificate and surrender of the
Underwriter Warrant at the principal office of the Company, in which event the
Company shall issue to the holder a number of shares computed using the
following formula:
X= (P)(Y)(A-B)
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A
Where: X= the number of shares of Common Stock to be
issued to holder.
P= the portion of the Underwriter Warrant being
exercised (expressed as a fraction).
Y= the total number of shares of Common Stock
issuable upon exercise of the Underwriter
Warrant.
A= the Current Market Price of one share of
Common Stock.
B= Purchase Price.
(c) Partial Exercise. Prior to the expiration of the Underwriter
Warrants, upon any partial exercise, the Company at its expense will forthwith
issue and deliver to or upon the order of the purchasing holder, a new Warrant
Certificate or Certificates of like tenor, in the name of the holder thereof or
as such holder (upon payment by such holder of any applicable transfer taxes)
may request calling in the aggregate for the purchase of the number of shares of
the Underlying Stock equal to the number of such shares called for on the face
of the Warrant Certificate (after giving effect to any adjustment therein as
provided in Section 6 below) minus the number of such shares (after giving
effect to such adjustment) designated by the holder in the aforementioned form
of subscription.
(d) Company to Reaffirm Obligations. The Company will, at the time of
any exercise of any Underwriter Warrant, upon the request of the holder thereof,
acknowledge in writing its continuing obligation to afford to such holder any
rights (including without limitation any right to registration of the shares of
the Underlying Stock issued upon such exercise) to which such holder shall
continue to be entitled after such exercise in accordance with the provisions of
this Agreement; provided, however, that if the holder of an Underwriter Warrant
shall fail to make any such request, such failure shall not affect the
continuing obligation of the Company to afford to such holder any such rights.
5. Delivery of Certificates, etc, on Exercise.
As soon as practicable after the exercise of any Underwriter Warrant in
full or in part, and in any event within twenty days thereafter, the Company at
its expense (including the payment by it of any applicable issue taxes) will
cause to be issued in the name of and delivered to the purchasing holder
thereof, a certificate or certificates for the number of fully paid and
nonassessable shares of the Underlying Stock to which such holder shall be
entitled upon such exercise, plus in lieu of any fractional share to which such
holder would otherwise be entitled, cash in an amount determined pursuant to
Section 7(g), together with any other stock or other securities and property
(including cash, where applicable) to which such holder is entitled upon such
exercise pursuant to Section 6 below or otherwise.
6. Anti-dilution Provisions.
The Underwriter Warrants are subject to the following terms and
conditions during the term thereof:
(a) Stock Distributions and Splits. In case (i) the outstanding shares
of Common Stock (or Other Securities) shall be subdivided into a greater number
of shares or (ii) a dividend in Common Stock (or Other Securities) shall be paid
in respect of Common Stock (or Other Securities), the Purchase Price per share
in effect immediately prior to such subdivision or at the record date of such
dividend or distribution shall simultaneously with the effectiveness of
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such subdivision or immediately after the record date of such dividend or
distribution be proportionately reduced; and if outstanding shares of Common
Stock (or Other Securities) shall be combined into a smaller number of shares
thereof, the Purchase Price per share in effect immediately prior to such
combination shall simultaneously with the effectiveness of such combination be
proportionately increased. Any dividend paid or distributed on the Common Stock
(or Other Securities) in stock or any other securities convertible into shares
of Common Stock (or Other Securities) shall be treated as a dividend paid in
Common Stock (or Other Securities) to the extent that shares of Common Stock (or
Other Securities) are issuable upon the conversion thereof.
(b) Adjustments. Whenever the Purchase Price per share is adjusted as
provided in Section 6(a) above, the number of shares of the Underlying Stock
purchasable upon exercise of the Underwriter Warrants immediately prior to such
Purchase Price adjustment shall be adjusted, effective simultaneously with such
Purchase Price adjustment, to equal the product obtained (calculated to the
nearest full share) by multiplying such number of shares of the Underlying Stock
by a fraction, the numerator of which is the Purchase Price per share in effect
immediately prior to such Purchase Price adjustment and the denominator of which
is the Purchase Price per share in effect upon such Purchase Price adjustment,
which adjusted number of shares of the Underlying Stock shall thereupon be the
number of shares of the Underlying Stock purchasable upon exercise of the
Underwriter Warrants until further adjusted as provided herein.
(c) Reorganizations. In case the Company shall be recapitalized by
reclassifying its outstanding Common Stock (or Other Securities) into a stock
with a different par value or by changing its outstanding Common Stock (or Other
Securities) with par value to stock without par value, then, as a condition of
such reorganization, lawful and adequate provision shall be made whereby each
holder of an Underwriter Warrant shall thereafter have the right to purchase,
upon the terms and conditions specified herein, in lieu of the shares of Common
Stock (or Other Securities) theretofore purchasable upon the exercise of the
Underwriter Warrants, the kind and amount of shares of stock and other
securities receivable upon such recapitalization by a holder of the number of
shares of Common Stock (or Other Securities) which the holder of an Underwriter
Warrant might have purchased immediately prior to such recapitalization. If any
consolidation or merger of the Company with another corporation, or the sale of
all or substantially all of its assets to another corporation, shall be effected
in such a way that holders of Common Stock shall be entitled to receive stock,
securities or assets with respect to or in exchange for Common Stock, then, as a
condition of such consolidation, merger or sale, lawful and adequate provisions
shall be made whereby the holder hereof shall thereafter have the right to
purchase and receive upon the basis and upon the terms and conditions specified
in this Warrant Agreement and in lieu of the shares of the Common Stock of the
Company immediately theretofore purchasable and receivable upon the exercise of
the rights represented hereby, such shares of stock, securities or assets as may
be issued or payable with respect to or in exchange for a number of outstanding
shares of such Common Stock equal to the number of shares of such stock
immediately theretofore purchasable and receivable upon the exercise of the
rights represented hereby had such consolidation, merger or sale not taken
place, and in any such case, appropriate provision shall be made with respect to
the rights and interests of the holders of Underwriter Warrants to the end that
the provisions hereof (including without limitation provisions for adjustments
of the Purchase Price and of the number of shares purchasable and receivable
upon the exercise of the Underwriter Warrants) shall thereafter be applicable,
as nearly as may be, in relation to any shares of stock, securities or assets
thereafter deliverable upon the exercise hereof (including an immediate
adjustment, by reason of such consolidation or merger, of the Purchase Price to
the value for the Common Stock reflected by the terms of such consolidation or
merger if the value so reflected is less than the Purchase Price in effect
immediately prior to such consolidation or merger). In the event of a merger or
consolidation of the Company with or into another corporation as a result of
which a number of shares of Common Stock of the surviving corporation greater or
lesser than the number of shares of Common Stock of the Company outstanding
immediately prior to such merger or consolidation are issuable to holders of
Common Stock of the Company, then the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior
to such merger or consolidation shall be adjusted in the same manner as though
there were a subdivision or combination of the outstanding shares of Common
Stock of the Company. The Company will not effect any such consolidation, merger
or sale, unless prior to the consummation thereof the successor corporation (if
other than the Company) resulting from such consolidation or merger or the
corporation purchasing such assets shall assume by written instrument executed
and mailed or delivered to the registered holder hereof at the last address of
such holder appearing on the books of the Company, the obligation to deliver to
such holder such shares of stock, securities or assets as, in accordance with
the foregoing provisions, such holder may be entitled to purchase. If a
purchase, tender or exchange offer is made to and accepted by the holders of
more than of the outstanding shares of Common Stock of the
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Company, the Company shall not effect any consolidation, merger or sale with the
Person having made such offer or with any Affiliate of such Person, unless prior
to the consummation of such consolidation, merger or sale the holders of
Underwriter Warrants shall have been given a reasonable opportunity to then
elect to receive upon the exercise of Underwriter Warrants either the stock,
securities or assets then issuable with respect to the Common Stock of the
Company or the stock, securities or assets, or the equivalent issued to previous
holders of the Common Stock in accordance with such offer.
(d) Effect of Dissolution or Liquidation. In case the Company shall
dissolve or liquidate all or substantially all of its assets, all rights under
this Agreement shall terminate as of the date upon which a certificate of
dissolution or liquidation shall be filed with the Secretary of the State of
Texas (or, if the Company theretofore shall have been merged or consolidated
with a corporation incorporated under the laws of another state, the date upon
which action of equivalent effect shall have been taken); provided, however,
that (i) no dissolution or liquidation shall affect the rights under Section
6(c) of any holder of an Underwriter Warrant and (ii) if the Company's Board of
Directors shall propose to dissolve or liquidate the Company, each holder of an
Underwriter Warrant shall be given written notice of such proposal at the
earlier of (x) the time when the Company's shareholders are first given notice
of the proposal or (y) the time when notice to the Company's shareholders is
first required.
(e) Notice of Change of Purchase Price. Whenever the Purchase Price per
share or the kind or amount of securities purchasable under the Underwriter
Warrants shall be adjusted pursuant to any of the provisions of this Agreement,
the Company shall forthwith thereafter cause to be sent to each holder of an
Underwriter Warrant, a certificate setting forth the adjustments in the Purchase
Price per share and/or in such number of shares, and also setting forth in
detail the facts requiring, such adjustments, including without limitation a
statement of the consideration received or deemed to have been received by the
Company for any additional shares of stock issued by it requiring such
adjustment. In addition, the Company at its expense shall within 90 days
following the end of each of its fiscal years during the term of this Agreement,
and promptly upon the reasonable request of any holder of an Underwriter Warrant
in connection with the exercise from time to time of all or any portion of any
Underwriter Warrant, cause independent certified public accountants of
recognized standing selected by the Company to compute any such adjustment in
accordance with the terms of the Underwriter Warrants and prepare a certificate
setting forth such adjustment and showing in detail the facts upon which such
adjustment is based.
(f) Notice of a Record Date. In the event of (i) any taking by the
Company of a record of the holders of any class of securities for the purpose of
determining the holders thereof who are entitled to receive any dividend (other
than a cash dividend payable out of earned surplus of the Company) or other
distribution, or any right to subscribe for, purchase or otherwise acquire any
shares of stock of any class or any other securities or property, or to receive
any other right, (ii) any capital reorganization of the Company, or any
reclassification or recapitalization of the capital stock of the Company, or any
transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company to, or
consolidation or merger of the Company with or into, any other person or (iii)
any voluntary or involuntary dissolution or liquidation of the Company, then and
in each such event the Company will mail or cause to be mailed to each holder of
an Underwriter Warrant a notice specifying not only the date on which any such
record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend, distribution or right
and stating the amount and character of such dividend, distribution or right,
but also the date on which any such reorganization, reclassification,
recapitalization, transfer, consolidation, merger, dissolution, liquidation or
winding-up is to take place, and the time, if any, as of which the holders of
record of Common Stock (or Other Securities) shall be entitled to exchange their
shares of Common Stock (or other Securities) for securities or other property
deliverable upon such reorganization, reclassification, recapitalization,
transfer, consolidation, merger, dissolution, liquidation or winding-up. Such
notice shall be mailed at least 20 days prior to the proposed record date
therein specified.
7. Further Covenants of the Company.
(a) Reservation of Stock. The Company shall at all times reserve and
keep available, solely for issuance and delivery upon the exercise of the
Underwriter Warrants, all shares of the Underlying Stock from time to time
issuable upon the exercise of the Underwriter Warrants and shall take all
necessary actions to ensure that the par value per share, if any, of the
Underlying Stock is, at all times equal to or less than the then effective
Purchase Price per share.
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(b) Title to Shares. All shares of the Underlying Stock delivered upon
the exercise of the Underwriter Warrants shall be validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable; each holder of an Underwriter Warrant shall receive good and
marketable title to the Underlying Stock, free and clear of all voting and other
trust arrangements, liens, encumbrances, equities and claims whatsoever; and the
Company shall have paid all taxes, if any, in respect of the issuance thereof.
(c) Listing on Securities Exchanges; Registration. If the Company at
any time shall list any Common Stock on any national securities exchange, the
Company will, at its expense, simultaneously list on such exchange, upon
official notice of issuance upon the exercise of the Underwriter Warrants, and
maintain such listing of, all shares of the Underlying Stock from time to time
issuable upon the exercise of the Underwriter Warrants; and the Company will so
list on any national securities exchange, will so register and will maintain
such listing of, any Other Securities if and at the time that any securities of
like class or similar type shall be listed on such national securities exchange
by the Company.
(d) Exchange of Underwriter Warrants. Subject to Section 3(a) hereof,
upon surrender for exchange of any Warrant Certificate to the Company, the
Company at its expense will promptly issue and deliver to or upon the order of
the holder thereof a new Warrant Certificate or certificates of like tenor, in
the name of such holder or as such holder (upon payment by such holder of any
applicable transfer taxes) may direct, calling in the aggregate for the purchase
of the number of shares of the Underlying Stock called for on the face or faces
of the Warrant Certificate or Certificates so surrendered.
(e) Replacement of Underwriter Warrants. Upon receipt of evidence
reasonably satisfactory to the Company of the loss, theft, destruction or
mutilation of any Warrant Certificate and, in the case of any such loss, theft
or destruction, upon delivery of an indemnity agreement reasonably satisfactory
in form and amount to the Company or, in the case of any such mutilation, upon
surrender and cancellation of such Warrant Certificate, the Company, at the
expense of the warrant holder will execute and deliver, in lieu thereof, a new
Warrant Certificate of like tenor.
(f) Reporting by the Company. The Company agrees that, if it files a
Registration Statement during the term of the Underwriter Warrants, it will use
its best efforts to keep current in the filing of all forms and other materials
which it may be required to file with the appropriate regulatory authority
pursuant to the Exchange Act, and all other forms and reports required to be
filed with any regulatory authority having jurisdiction over the Company.
(g) Fractional Shares. No fractional shares of Underlying Stock are to
be issued upon the exercise of any Underwriter Warrant, but the Company shall
pay a cash adjustment in respect of any fraction of a share which would
otherwise be issuable in an amount equal to the same fraction of the highest
market price per share of Underlying Stock on the day of exercise, as determined
by the Company.
8. Other Holders.
The Underwriter Warrants are issued upon the following terms, to all of
which each holder or owner thereof by the taking thereof consents and agrees as
follows: (a) any person who shall become a transferee, within the limitations on
transfer imposed by Section 3(a) hereof, of an Underwriter Warrant properly
endorsed shall take such Underwriter Warrant subject to the provisions of
Section 3(a) hereof and thereupon shall be authorized to represent himself as
absolute owner thereof and, subject to the restrictions contained in this
Agreement, shall be empowered to transfer absolute title by endorsement and
delivery thereof to a permitted bona fide purchaser for value; (b) each prior
taker or owner waives and renounces all of his equities or rights in such
Underwriter Warrant in favor of each such permitted bona fide purchaser, and
each such permitted bona fide purchaser shall acquire absolute title thereto and
to all rights presented thereby; (c) until such time as the respective
Underwriter Warrant is transferred on the books of the Company, the Company may
treat the registered holder thereof as the absolute owner thereof for all
purposes, notwithstanding any notice to the contrary and (d) all references to
the word "you" in this Warrant Agreement shall be deemed to apply with equal
effect to any person to whom a Warrant Certificate or Certificates have been
transferred in accordance with the terms hereof, and where appropriate, to any
person holding shares of the Underlying Stock.
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9. Miscellaneous.
All notices, certificates and other communications from or at the
request of the Company to the holder of any Underwriter Warrant shall be mailed
by first class, registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, to such address
as may have been furnished to the Company in writing by such holder, or, until
an address is so furnished, to the address of the last holder of such
Underwriter Warrant who has so furnished an address to the Company, except as
otherwise provided herein. This Agreement and any of the terms hereof may be
changed, waived, discharged or terminated only by an instrument in writing
signed by the party against which enforcement of such change, waiver, discharge
or termination is sought. This Agreement shall be construed and enforced in
accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of Texas. The headings in
this Agreement are for reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect
any of the terms hereof. This Agreement, together with the forms of instruments
annexed hereto as Schedule I, constitutes the full and complete agreement of the
parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant Agreement to be
executed on this ____ day of ________, 1998, in San Francisco, California, by
its proper corporate officers thereunto duly authorized.
Transnational Financial Corporation
By:________________________________________
▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Chief Executive Officer and
Chief Financial Officer
The above Warrant Agreement is confirmed this ____ day of ________, 1998.
Tejas Securities Group, Inc.
By:_________________________________________
▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇, III
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SCHEDULE I
TRANSNATIONAL FINANCIAL CORPORATION
Stock Purchase Warrant
Certificate Evidencing Right to Purchase 100,000 Shares of Common Stock
This is to certify that Tejas Securities Group, Inc. ("TSG") or
assigns, is entitled to purchase at any time or from time to time after 9 A.M.,
San Francisco, California time, on ___________, 1999 and until 9 A.M., San
Francisco, California time, on ___________, 2003 up to the above referenced
number of shares of Common Stock, no par value, of Transnational Financial
Corporation, a California corporation (the "Company"), for the consideration
specified in Section 4 of the Warrant Agreement dated ___________, 1998 between
the Company and TSG (the "Warrant Agreement"), pursuant to which this Warrant is
issued. All rights of the holder of this Warrant Certificate are subject to the
terms and provisions of the Warrant Agreement, copies of which are available for
inspection at the office of the Company.
The shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant
have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Act"), and no distribution of such shares may be made until the effectiveness
of a Registration Statement under the Act covering such Shares. Transfer of this
Warrant Certificate is restricted as provided in Section 3(a) of the Warrant
Agreement.
This Warrant has been issued to the registered owner in reliance upon
written representations necessary to ensure that this Warrant was issued in
accordance with an appropriate exemption from registration under any applicable
state and federal securities laws, rules and regulations. This Warrant may not
be sold, transferred, or assigned unless, in the opinion of the Company and its
legal counsel, such sale, transfer or assignment will not be in violation of the
Act, applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission,
and any applicable state securities laws.
Subject to the provisions of the Act and of such Warrant Agreement,
this Warrant Certificate and all rights hereunder are transferable, in whole or
in part, at the offices of the Company, by the holder hereof in person or by
duly authorized attorney, upon surrender of this Warrant Certificate, together
with the Assignment hereof duly endorsed. Until transfer of this Warrant
Certificate on the books of the Company, the Company may treat the registered
holder hereof as the owner hereof for all purposes.
Any shares of Common Stock (or other securities) which are acquired
pursuant to the exercise of this Warrant shall be acquired in accordance with
the Warrant Agreement and certificates representing all securities so acquired
shall bear a restrictive legend reading substantially as follows:
THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF
1933 OR UNDER ANY APPLICABLE STATE LAW. THEY MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR
SALE, SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR PLEDGED WITHOUT (1) REGISTRATION UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 AND ANY APPLICABLE STATE LAW, OR (2) AN OPINION
OF COUNSEL (SATISFACTORY TO THE CORPORATION) THAT REGISTRATION IS NOT
REQUIRED.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant Certificate to
be executed on this ____ day of ________, 1998, in San Francisco, California, by
its proper corporate officer's thereunto duly authorized.
Transnational Financial Corporation
By: _______________________________ Attest:__________________________
▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Chief Executive Officer and
Chief Financial Officer
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SUBSCRIPTION
(To be signed only upon exercise of Warrant)
To: AutoBond Acceptance Corporation
The undersigned, the holder of the enclosed Warrant Certificate, hereby
irrevocably elects to exercise the purchase right represented by such Warrant
Certificate for, and to purchase thereunder, _________________ shares of Common
Stock, no par value, of Transnational Financial Corporation and either tenders
herewith payment of the purchase price in full in the form of cash or a
certified or official bank check in the amount of $______________ therefor or,
if the undersigned elects pursuant to Section 4(b) of the Warrant Agreement to
convert the Warrant into Common Stock by net issuance, the undersigned exercises
the Warrant by exchange under the terms of said Section 4(b), and requests that
the certificate or certificates for such shares be issued in the name of and
delivered to the undersigned.
Date: ______________________________
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(Signature must conform
in all respects to name
of holder as specified on
the face of the Warrant
Certificate)
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(Address)
Please indicate in the space below the number of shares called for on
the face of the Warrant Certificate (or, in the case of a partial exercise, the
portion thereof as to which the Warrant is being exercised), in either case
without making any adjustment for additional shares or other securities or
property or cash which, pursuant to the adjustment provisions of the Warrant,
may be deliverable upon exercise and whether the exercise is a cash exercise
pursuant to Section 4(a) of the Warrant Agreement or a net issuance exercise
pursuant to Section 4(b) of the Warrant Agreement.
Number of Shares:__________
Cash:____________________
Net issuance:______________
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ASSIGNMENT
(To be signed only upon transfer of Warrant)
For value received, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto
____________________________________ the right represented by the enclosed
Warrant Certificate to purchase ____________________ shares of Common Stock, no
par value, of Transnational Financial Corporation with full power of
substitution in the premises.
The undersigned represents and warrants that the transfer, in whole in
or in part, of such right to purchase represented by the enclosed Warrant
Certificate is permitted by the terms of the Warrant Agreement pursuant to which
the enclosed Warrant has been issued, and the transferee hereof, by his
acceptance of this Assignment, represents and warrants that he is familiar with
the terms of such Warrant Agreement and agrees to be bound by the terms thereof
with the same force and effect as if a signatory thereto.
Date:___________________
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(Signature must conform
in all respects to name of
holder as specified on
the face of the Warrant
Certificate)
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(Address)
Signed in the presence of:
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