EXHIBIT 10.3
NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THIS SECURITY IS EXERCISABLE
HAVE BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE
SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM
REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES
ACT"), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN
EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN
AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION
REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE
SECURITIES LAWS AS EVIDENCED BY A LEGAL OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE TRANSFEROR
REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY TO SUCH EFFECT, THE SUBSTANCE OF WHICH
SHALL BE REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY. THIS SECURITY MAY BE PLEDGED IN
CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT WITH A REGISTERED BROKER-DEALER OR
OTHER LOAN WITH A FINANCIAL INSTITUTION THAT IS AN "ACCREDITED INVESTOR" AS
DEFINED IN RULE 501(a) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.
COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT
To Purchase __________ Shares of Common Stock of
eResource Capital Group, Inc.
THIS COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT (the "Warrant") CERTIFIES that, for
value received, _____________ (the "Holder"), is entitled, upon the terms and
subject to the limitations on exercise and the conditions hereinafter set forth,
at any time on or after the six-month anniversary of the date of issuance of
this Warrant (the "Initial Exercise Date") and on or prior to the third
anniversary of the Initial Exercise Date (the "Termination Date") but not
thereafter, to subscribe for and purchase from eResource Capital Group, Inc., a
corporation incorporated in the State of Delaware (the "Company"), up to
____________ shares (the "Warrant Shares") of Common Stock, par value $0.04 per
share, of the Company (the "Common Stock"). The purchase price of one share of
Common Stock (the "Exercise Price") under this Warrant shall be $____, subject
to adjustment hereunder. The Exercise Price and the number of Warrant Shares for
which the Warrant is exercisable shall be subject to adjustment as provided
herein. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the
meanings set forth in that certain Securities Purchase Agreement (the "Purchase
Agreement"), dated October ___, 2003, among the Company and the purchasers
signatory thereto.
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1. Title to Warrant. Prior to the Termination Date and subject to
compliance with applicable laws and Section 7 of this Warrant, this Warrant and
all rights hereunder are transferable, in whole or in part, at the office or
agency of the Company by the Holder in person or by duly authorized attorney,
upon surrender of this Warrant together with the Assignment Form annexed hereto
properly endorsed. The transferee shall sign an investment letter in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Company.
2. Authorization of Shares. The Company covenants that all Warrant Shares
which may be issued upon the exercise of the purchase rights represented by this
Warrant will, upon exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant,
be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from
all taxes, liens and charges in respect of the issue thereof (other than taxes
in respect of any transfer occurring contemporaneously with such issue).
3. Exercise of Warrant.
(a) Exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant may be
made at any time or times on or after the Initial Exercise Date and on or
before the Termination Date by delivery to the Company of a duly executed
facsimile copy of the Notice of Exercise Form annexed hereto (or such other
office or agency of the Company as it may designate by notice in writing to
the registered Holder at the address of such Holder appearing on the books
of the Company); provided, however, within 5 Trading Days of the date said
Notice of Exercise is delivered to the Company, the Holder shall have
surrendered this Warrant to the Company and the Company shall have received
payment of the aggregate Exercise Price of the shares thereby purchased by
wire transfer or cashier's check drawn on a United States bank.
Certificates for shares purchased hereunder shall be delivered to the
Holder within the earlier of (i) 5 Trading Days after the date on which the
Notice of Exercise shall have been delivered by facsimile copy or (ii) 3
Trading Days from the delivery to the Company of the Notice of Exercise
Form by facsimile copy, surrender of this Warrant and payment of the
aggregate Exercise Price as set forth above ("Warrant Share Delivery
Date"); provided, however, in the event the Warrant is not surrendered or
the aggregate Exercise Price is not received by the Company within 5
Trading Days after the date on which the Notice of Exercise shall be
delivered by facsimile copy, the Warrant Share Delivery Date shall be
extended to the extent such 5 Trading Day period is exceeded. This Warrant
shall be deemed to have been exercised on the later of the date the Notice
of Exercise is delivered to the Company by facsimile copy and the date the
Exercise Price is received by the Company. The Warrant Shares shall be
deemed to have been issued, and Holder or any other person so designated to
be named therein shall be deemed to have become a holder of record of such
shares for all purposes, as of the date the Warrant has been exercised by
payment to the Company of the Exercise Price and all taxes required to be
paid by the Holder, if any, pursuant to Section 5 prior to the issuance of
such shares, have been paid. If the Company fails to deliver to the Holder
a certificate or certificates representing the Warrant Shares pursuant to
this Section 3(a) by the third Trading Day following the Warrant Share
Delivery Date, then the Holder will have the right to rescind such
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exercise. In addition to any other rights available to the Holder, if the
Company fails to deliver to the Holder a certificate or certificates
representing the Warrant Shares pursuant to an exercise by the third
Trading Day after the Warrant Share Delivery Date, and if after such day
the Holder is required by its broker to purchase (in an open market
transaction or otherwise) shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction
of a sale by the Holder of the Warrant Shares which the Holder anticipated
receiving upon such exercise (a "Buy-In"), then the Company shall (1) pay
in cash to the Holder the amount by which (x) the Holder's total purchase
price (including brokerage commissions, if any) for the shares of Common
Stock so purchased exceeds (y) the amount obtained by multiplying (A) the
number of Warrant Shares that the Company was required to deliver to the
Holder in connection with the exercise at issue times (B) the price at
which the sell order giving rise to such purchase obligation was executed,
and (2) at the option of the Holder, either reinstate the portion of the
Warrant and equivalent number of Warrant Shares for which such exercise was
not honored or deliver to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock
that would have been issued had the Company timely complied with its
exercise and delivery obligations hereunder. For example, if the Holder
purchases Common Stock having a total purchase price of $11,000 to cover a
Buy-In with respect to an attempted exercise of shares of Common Stock with
an aggregate sale price giving rise to such purchase obligation of $10,000,
under clause (1) of the immediately preceding sentence the Company shall be
required to pay the Holder $1,000. The Holder shall provide the Company
written notice indicating the amounts payable to the Holder in respect of
the Buy-In, together with applicable confirmations and other evidence
reasonably requested by the Company. Nothing herein shall limit a Holder's
right to pursue any other remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in
equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance
and/or injunctive relief with respect to the Company's failure to timely
deliver certificates representing shares of Common Stock upon exercise of
the Warrant as required pursuant to the terms hereof.
(b) If this Warrant shall have been exercised in part, the Company
shall, at the time of delivery of the certificate or certificates
representing Warrant Shares, deliver to Holder a new Warrant evidencing the
rights of Holder to purchase the unpurchased Warrant Shares called for by
this Warrant, which new Warrant shall in all other respects be identical
with this Warrant.
(c) The Company shall not effect any exercise of this Warrant, and the
Holder shall not have the right to exercise any portion of this Warrant,
pursuant to Section 3(a) or otherwise, to the extent that after giving
effect to such issuance after exercise, the Holder (together with the
Holder's affiliates), as set forth on the applicable Notice of Exercise,
would beneficially own in excess of 4.99% of the number of shares of the
Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to such issuance.
For purposes of the foregoing sentence, the number of shares of Common
Stock beneficially owned by the Holder and its affiliates shall include the
number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant
with respect to which the determination of such sentence is being made, but
shall exclude the number of shares of Common Stock which would be issuable
upon (A) exercise of the remaining, nonexercised portion of this Warrant
beneficially owned by the Holder or any of its affiliates and (B) exercise
or conversion of the unexercised or nonconverted portion of any other
securities of the Company (including, without limitation, any other
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Warrants) subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to
the limitation contained herein beneficially owned by the Holder or any of
its affiliates. Except as set forth in the preceding sentence, for purposes
of this Section 3(c), beneficial ownership shall be calculated in
accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act. To the extent that the
limitation contained in this Section 3(c) applies, the determination of
whether this Warrant is exercisable (in relation to other securities owned
by the Holder) and of which a portion of this Warrant is exercisable shall
be in the sole discretion of such Xxxxxx, and the submission of a Notice of
Exercise shall be deemed to be such Holder's determination of whether this
Warrant is exercisable (in relation to other securities owned by such
Holder) and of which portion of this Warrant is exercisable, in each case
subject to such aggregate percentage limitation, and the Company shall have
no obligation to verify or confirm the accuracy of such determination. For
purposes of this Section 3(c), in determining the number of outstanding
shares of Common Stock, the Holder may rely on the number of outstanding
shares of Common Stock as reflected in (x) the Company's most recent Form
10-Q or Form 10-K, as the case may be, (y) a more recent public
announcement by the Company or (z) any other notice by the Company or the
Company's Transfer Agent setting forth the number of shares of Common Stock
outstanding. Upon the written or oral request of the Holder, the Company
shall within two Trading Days confirm orally and in writing to the Holder
the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding. In any case, the
number of outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be determined after
giving effect to the conversion or exercise of securities of the Company,
including this Warrant, by the Holder or its affiliates since the date as
of which such number of outstanding shares of Common Stock was reported.
The provisions of this Section 3(c) may be waived by the Holder upon, at
the election of the Holder, not less than 61 days' prior notice to the
Company, and the provisions of this Section 3(c) shall continue to apply
until such 61st day (or such later date, as determined by the Holder, as
may be specified in such notice of waiver).
(d) If at any time after one year from the date of issuance of this
Warrant there is no effective Registration Statement registering the resale
of the Warrant Shares by the Holder, this Warrant may also be exercised at
such time by means of a "cashless exercise" in which the Holder shall be
entitled to receive a certificate for the number of Warrant Shares equal to
the quotient obtained by dividing [(A-B) (X)] by (A), where:
(A) = the Closing Price on the Trading Day immediately preceding the
date of such election;
(B) = the Exercise Price of the Warrants, as adjusted; and
(X) = the number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the
Warrants in accordance with the terms of this Warrant.
(e) Subject to the provisions of this Section 3, if after the
Effective Date each Closing Price for any fifteen consecutive Trading Days
(the "Measurement Price")(such period commencing only after the Effective
Date) exceeds $4.80, subject to adjustment for reverse and forward stock
splits, stock dividends, stock combinations and other similar transactions
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of the Common Stock that occur after the date of this Agreement (the
"Threshold Price"), then the Company may, within two Trading Days of such
period, call for cancellation of all or any portion of this Warrant for
which a Notice of Exercise has not yet been delivered (such right, a
"Call"). To exercise this right, the Company must deliver to the Holder an
irrevocable written notice (a "Call Notice"), indicating therein the
portion of unexercised portion of this Warrant to which such notice
applies. If the conditions set forth below for such Call are satisfied from
the period from the date of the Call Notice through and including the Call
Date (as defined below), then any portion of this Warrant subject to such
Call Notice for which a Notice of Exercise shall not have been received
from and after the date of the Call Notice will be cancelled at 6:30 p.m.
(New York City time) on the 44th Trading Day after the date the Call Notice
is received by the Holder (such date, the "Call Date"). Any unexercised
portion of this Warrant to which the Call Notice does not pertain will be
unaffected by such Call Notice. In furtherance thereof, the Company
covenants and agrees that it will honor all Notices of Exercise with
respect to Warrant Shares subject to a Call Notice that are tendered from
the time of delivery of the Call Notice through 6:30 p.m. (New York City
time) on the Call Date. The parties agree that any Notice of Exercise
delivered following a Call Notice shall first reduce to zero the number of
Warrant Shares subject to such Call Notice prior to reducing the remaining
Warrant Shares available for purchase under this Warrant. For example, if
(x) this Warrant then permits the Holder to acquire 100 Warrant Shares, (y)
a Call Notice pertains to 75 Warrant Shares, and (z) prior to 6:30 p.m.
(New York City time) on the Call Date the Holder tenders a Notice of
Exercise in respect of 50 Warrant Shares, then (1) on the Call Date the
right under this Warrant to acquire 25 Warrant Shares will be automatically
cancelled, (2) the Company, in the time and manner required under this
Warrant, will have issued and delivered to the Holder 50 Warrant Shares in
respect of the exercises following receipt of the Call Notice, and (3) the
Holder may, until the Termination Date, exercise this Warrant for 25
Warrant Shares (subject to adjustment as herein provided and subject to
subsequent Call Notices). Subject again to the provisions of this Section
3, the Company may deliver subsequent Call Notices for any portion of this
Warrant for which the Holder shall not have delivered a Notice of Exercise.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Warrant, the
Company may not deliver a Call Notice or require the cancellation of this
Warrant (and any Call Notice will be void), unless, from the beginning of
the 15 consecutive Trading Days used to determine whether the Common Stock
has achieved the Threshold Price through the Call Date, (i) the Measurement
Price equals or exceeds the Threshold Price, (ii) the Company shall have
honored in accordance with the terms of this Warrant all Notices of
Exercise delivered by 6:30 p.m. (New York City time) on the Call Date,
(iii) the Registration Statement shall be effective as to all Warrant
Shares and the prospectus thereunder available for use by the Holder for
the resale all such Warrant Shares (and the Company in good faith believes
that such effectiveness shall continue uninterrupted for the foreseeable
future), (iv) the Common Stock shall be listed or quoted for trading on the
Principal Market (and the Company believes in good faith that such listing
or quotation shall continue uninterrupted for the foreseeable future) and
(v) such issuance would be permitted in full without violating the
limitations set forth in Section 3(c).
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4. No Fractional Shares or Scrip. No fractional shares or scrip
representing fractional shares shall be issued upon the exercise of this
Warrant. As to any fraction of a share which Holder would otherwise be entitled
to purchase upon such exercise, the Company shall pay a cash adjustment in
respect of such final fraction in an amount equal to such fraction multiplied by
the Exercise Price.
5. Charges, Taxes and Expenses. Issuance of certificates for Warrant Shares
shall be made without charge to the Holder for any issue or transfer tax or
other incidental expense in respect of the issuance of such certificate, all of
which taxes and expenses shall be paid by the Company, and such certificates
shall be issued in the name of the Holder or in such name or names as may be
directed by the Holder; provided, however, that in the event certificates for
Warrant Shares are to be issued in a name other than the name of the Holder,
this Warrant when surrendered for exercise shall be accompanied by the
Assignment Form attached hereto duly executed by the Holder; and the Company may
require, as a condition thereto, the payment of a sum sufficient to reimburse it
for any transfer tax incidental thereto.
6. Closing of Books. The Company will not close its stockholder books or
records in any manner which prevents the timely exercise of this Warrant,
pursuant to the terms hereof.
7. Transfer, Division and Combination.
(a) Subject to compliance with any applicable securities laws and the
conditions set forth in Sections 1 and 7(e) hereof and to the provisions of
Section 4.1 of the Purchase Agreement, this Warrant and all rights
hereunder are transferable, in whole or in part, upon surrender of this
Warrant at the principal office of the Company, together with a written
assignment of this Warrant substantially in the form attached hereto duly
executed by the Holder or its agent or attorney and funds sufficient to pay
any transfer taxes payable upon the making of such transfer. Upon such
surrender and, if required, such payment, the Company shall execute and
deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in the name of the assignee or assignees
and in the denomination or denominations specified in such instrument of
assignment, and shall issue to the assignor a new Warrant evidencing the
portion of this Warrant not so assigned, and this Warrant shall promptly be
cancelled. A Warrant, if properly assigned, may be exercised by a new
holder for the purchase of Warrant Shares without having a new Warrant
issued.
(b) This Warrant may be divided or combined with other Warrants upon
presentation hereof at the aforesaid office of the Company, together with a
written notice specifying the names and denominations in which new Warrants
are to be issued, signed by the Holder or its agent or attorney. Subject to
compliance with Section 7(a), as to any transfer which may be involved in
such division or combination, the Company shall execute and deliver a new
Warrant or Warrants in exchange for the Warrant or Warrants to be divided
or combined in accordance with such notice.
(c) The Company shall prepare, issue and deliver at its own expense
(other than transfer taxes) the new Warrant or Warrants under this Section
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(d) The Company agrees to maintain, at its aforesaid office, books for
the registration and the registration of transfer of the Warrants.
(e) If, at the time of the surrender of this Warrant in connection
with any transfer of this Warrant, the transfer of this Warrant shall not
be registered pursuant to an effective registration statement under the
Securities Act and under applicable state securities or blue sky laws, the
Company may require, as a condition of allowing such transfer (i) that the
Holder or transferee of this Warrant, as the case may be, furnish to the
Company a written opinion of counsel (which opinion shall be in form,
substance and scope customary for opinions of counsel in comparable
transactions and reasonably acceptable to the Company) to the effect that
such transfer may be made without registration under the Securities Act and
under applicable state securities or blue sky laws, (ii) that the holder or
transferee execute and deliver to the Company an investment letter in form
and substance acceptable to the Company and (iii) that the transferee be an
"accredited investor" as defined in Rule 501(a) promulgated under the
Securities Act.
8. No Rights as Shareholder until Exercise. This Warrant does not entitle
the Holder to any voting rights or other rights as a shareholder of the Company
prior to the exercise hereof. Upon the surrender of this Warrant and the payment
of the aggregate Exercise Price (or by means of a cashless exercise), the
Warrant Shares so purchased shall be and be deemed to be issued to such Holder
as the record owner of such shares as of the close of business on the later of
the date of such surrender or payment.
9. Loss, Theft, Destruction or Mutilation of Warrant. The Company covenants
that upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory to it of
the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant or any stock
certificate relating to the Warrant Shares, and in case of loss, theft or
destruction, of indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to it (which, in
the case of the Warrant, shall not include the posting of any bond), and upon
surrender and cancellation of such Warrant or stock certificate, if mutilated,
the Company will make and deliver a new Warrant or stock certificate of like
tenor and dated as of such cancellation, in lieu of such Warrant or stock
certificate.
10. Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays, etc. If the last or appointed day for the
taking of any action or the expiration of any right required or granted herein
shall be a Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday, then such action may be taken or
such right may be exercised on the next succeeding day not a Saturday, Sunday or
legal holiday.
11. Adjustments of Exercise Price and Number of Warrant Shares.
(a) Stock Splits, etc. The number and kind of securities purchasable
upon the exercise of this Warrant and the Exercise Price shall be subject
to adjustment from time to time upon the happening of any of the following.
In case the Company shall (i) pay a dividend in shares of Common Stock or
make a distribution in shares of Common Stock to holders of its outstanding
Common Stock, (ii) subdivide its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a
greater number of shares, (iii) combine its outstanding shares of Common
Stock into a smaller number of shares of Common Stock, or (iv) issue any
shares of its capital stock in a reclassification of the Common Stock, then
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the number of Warrant Shares purchasable upon exercise of this Warrant
immediately prior thereto shall be adjusted so that the Holder shall be
entitled to receive the kind and number of Warrant Shares or other
securities of the Company which it would have owned or have been entitled
to receive had such Warrant been exercised in advance thereof. Upon each
such adjustment of the kind and number of Warrant Shares or other
securities of the Company which are purchasable hereunder, the Holder shall
thereafter be entitled to purchase the number of Warrant Shares or other
securities resulting from such adjustment at an Exercise Price per Warrant
Share or other security obtained by multiplying the Exercise Price in
effect immediately prior to such adjustment by the number of Warrant Shares
purchasable pursuant hereto immediately prior to such adjustment and
dividing by the number of Warrant Shares or other securities of the Company
resulting from such adjustment. An adjustment made pursuant to this
paragraph shall become effective immediately after the effective date of
such event retroactive to the record date, if any, for such event.
(b) Anti-Dilution Provisions. During the Exercise Period, the Exercise
Price shall be subject to adjustment from time to time as provided in this
Section 11(b). In the event that any adjustment of the Exercise Price as
required herein results in a fraction of a cent, such Exercise Price shall
be rounded up or down to the nearest cent.
(i) Adjustment of Exercise Price. If and whenever the Company
issues or sells, or in accordance with Section 11(b)(ii) hereof is
deemed to have issued or sold, any shares of Common Stock for a
consideration per share of less than the then Exercise Price or for no
consideration (such lower price, the "Base Share Price" and such
issuances collectively, a "Dilutive Issuance"), then, the Exercise
Price shall be reduced to equal the Base Share Price. Such adjustment
shall be made whenever shares of Common Stock or Common Stock
Equivalents are issued.
(ii) Effect on Exercise Price of Certain Events. For purposes of
determining the adjusted Exercise Price under Section 11(b) hereof,
the following will be applicable:
(A) Issuance of Rights or Options. If the Company in any
manner issues or grants any warrants, rights or options, whether
or not immediately exercisable, to subscribe for or to purchase
Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents (such warrants, rights
and options to purchase Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents
are hereinafter referred to as "Options") and the effective price
per share for which Common Stock is issuable upon the exercise of
such Options is less than the Exercise Price ("Below Base Price
Options"), then the maximum total number of shares of Common
Stock issuable upon the exercise of all such Below Base Price
Options (assuming full exercise, conversion or exchange of Common
Stock Equivalents, if applicable) will, as of the date of the
issuance or grant of such Below Base Price Options, be deemed to
be outstanding and to have been issued and sold by the Company
for such price per share and the maximum consideration payable to
the Company upon such exercise (assuming full exercise,
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conversion or exchange of Common Stock Equivalents, if
applicable) will be deemed to have been received by the Company.
For purposes of the preceding sentence, the "effective price per
share for which Common Stock is issuable upon the exercise of
such Below Base Price Options" is determined by dividing (i) the
total amount, if any, received or receivable by the Company as
consideration for the issuance or granting of all such Below Base
Price Options, plus the minimum aggregate amount of additional
consideration, if any, payable to the Company upon the exercise
of all such Below Base Price Options, plus, in the case of Common
Stock Equivalents issuable upon the exercise of such Below Base
Price Options, the minimum aggregate amount of additional
consideration payable upon the exercise, conversion or exchange
thereof at the time such Common Stock Equivalents first become
exercisable, convertible or exchangeable, by (ii) the maximum
total number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise
of all such Below Base Price Options (assuming full conversion of
Common Stock Equivalents, if applicable). No further adjustment
to the Exercise Price will be made upon the actual issuance of
such Common Stock upon the exercise of such Below Base Price
Options or upon the exercise, conversion or exchange of Common
Stock Equivalents issuable upon exercise of such Below Base Price
Options.
(B) Issuance of Common Stock Equivalents. If the Company in
any manner issues or sells any Common Stock Equivalents, whether
or not immediately convertible (other than where the same are
issuable upon the exercise of Options) and the effective price
per share for which Common Stock is issuable upon such exercise,
conversion or exchange is less than the Exercise Price, then the
maximum total number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the
exercise, conversion or exchange of all such Common Stock
Equivalents will, as of the date of the issuance of such Common
Stock Equivalents, be deemed to be outstanding and to have been
issued and sold by the Company for such price per share and the
maximum consideration payable to the Company upon such exercise
(assuming full exercise, conversion or exchange of Common Stock
Equivalents, if applicable) will be deemed to have been received
by the Company. For the purposes of the preceding sentence, the
"effective price per share for which Common Stock is issuable
upon such exercise, conversion or exchange" is determined by
dividing (i) the total amount, if any, received or receivable by
the Company as consideration for the issuance or sale of all such
Common Stock Equivalents, plus the minimum aggregate amount of
additional consideration, if any, payable to the Company upon the
exercise, conversion or exchange thereof at the time such Common
Stock Equivalents first become exercisable, convertible or
exchangeable, by (ii) the maximum total number of shares of
Common Stock issuable upon the exercise, conversion or exchange
of all such Common Stock Equivalents. No further adjustment to
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the Exercise Price will be made upon the actual issuance of such
Common Stock upon exercise, conversion or exchange of such Common
Stock Equivalents.
(C) Change in Option Price or Conversion Rate. If there is a
change at any time in (i) the amount of additional consideration
payable to the Company upon the exercise of any Options; (ii) the
amount of additional consideration, if any, payable to the
Company upon the exercise, conversion or exchange of any Common
Stock Equivalents; or (iii) the rate at which any Common Stock
Equivalents are convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock
(in each such case, other than under or by reason of provisions
designed to protect against dilution), the Exercise Price in
effect at the time of such change will be readjusted to the
Exercise Price which would have been in effect at such time had
such Options or Common Stock Equivalents still outstanding
provided for such changed additional consideration or changed
conversion rate, as the case may be, at the time initially
granted, issued or sold.
(D) Calculation of Consideration Received. If any Common
Stock, Options or Common Stock Equivalents are issued, granted or
sold for cash, the consideration received therefor for purposes
of this Warrant will be the amount received by the Company
therefor, before deduction of reasonable commissions,
underwriting discounts or allowances or other reasonable expenses
paid or incurred by the Company in connection with such issuance,
grant or sale. In case any Common Stock, Options or Common Stock
Equivalents are issued or sold for a consideration part or all of
which shall be other than cash, the amount of the consideration
other than cash received by the Company will be the fair market
value of such consideration, except where such consideration
consists of securities, in which case the amount of consideration
received by the Company will be the fair market value (closing
bid price, if traded on any market) thereof as of the date of
receipt. In case any Common Stock, Options or Common Stock
Equivalents are issued in connection with any merger or
consolidation in which the Company is the surviving corporation,
the amount of consideration therefor will be deemed to be the
fair market value of such portion of the net assets and business
of the non-surviving corporation as is attributable to such
Common Stock, Options or Common Stock Equivalents, as the case
may be. The fair market value of any consideration other than
cash or securities will be determined in good faith by an
investment banker or other appropriate expert of national
reputation selected by the Company and reasonably acceptable to
the holder hereof, with the costs of such appraisal to be borne
by the Company.
(E) Exceptions to Adjustment of Exercise Price.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no adjustment will be made under
this Section 11(b) in respect of (1) the granting of options to
employees, officers, directors or key consultants of the Company
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pursuant to any stock option plan duly adopted by a majority of
the non-employee members of the Board of Directors of the Company
or a majority of the members of a committee of non-employee
directors established for such purpose, (2) upon the exercise of
or conversion of any Common Stock Equivalents or Options issued
and outstanding on the Original Issue Date, provided that the
securities have not been amended since the date of the Purchase
Agreement except as a result of the Purchase Agreement, or (3)
acquisitions or strategic investments, the primary purpose of
which is not to raise capital.
(iii) Minimum Adjustment of Exercise Price. No adjustment of the
Exercise Price shall be made in an amount of less than 1% of the
Exercise Price in effect at the time such adjustment is otherwise
required to be made, but any such lesser adjustment shall be carried
forward and shall be made at the time and together with the next
subsequent adjustment which, together with any adjustments so carried
forward, shall amount to not less than 1% of such Exercise Price.
12. Reorganization, Reclassification, Merger, Consolidation or Disposition
of Assets. In case the Company shall reorganize its capital, reclassify its
capital stock, consolidate or merge with or into another corporation (where the
Company is not the surviving corporation or where there is a change in or
distribution with respect to the Common Stock of the Company), or sell, transfer
or otherwise dispose of its property, assets or business to another corporation
and, pursuant to the terms of such reorganization, reclassification, merger,
consolidation or disposition of assets, shares of common stock of the successor
or acquiring corporation, or any cash, shares of stock or other securities or
property of any nature whatsoever (including warrants or other subscription or
purchase rights) in addition to or in lieu of common stock of the successor or
acquiring corporation ("Other Property"), are to be received by or distributed
to the holders of Common Stock of the Company, then the Holder shall have the
right thereafter to receive, at the option of the Holder, (a) upon exercise of
this Warrant, the number of shares of Common Stock of the successor or acquiring
corporation or of the Company, if it is the surviving corporation, and Other
Property receivable upon or as a result of such reorganization,
reclassification, merger, consolidation or disposition of assets by a Holder of
the number of shares of Common Stock for which this Warrant is exercisable
immediately prior to such event or (b) cash equal to the value of this Warrant
as determined in accordance with the Black Scholes option pricing formula. In
case of any such reorganization, reclassification, merger, consolidation or
disposition of assets, the successor or acquiring corporation (if other than the
Company) shall expressly assume the due and punctual observance and performance
of each and every covenant and condition of this Warrant to be performed and
observed by the Company and all the obligations and liabilities hereunder,
subject to such modifications as may be deemed appropriate (as determined in
good faith by resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company) in order to
provide for adjustments of Warrant Shares for which this Warrant is exercisable
which shall be as nearly equivalent as practicable to the adjustments provided
for in this Section 12. For purposes of this Section 12, "common stock of the
successor or acquiring corporation" shall include stock of such corporation of
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any class which is not preferred as to dividends or assets over any other class
of stock of such corporation and which is not subject to redemption and shall
also include any evidences of indebtedness, shares of stock or other securities
which are convertible into or exchangeable for any such stock, either
immediately or upon the arrival of a specified date or the happening of a
specified event and any warrants or other rights to subscribe for or purchase
any such stock. The foregoing provisions of this Section 12 shall similarly
apply to successive reorganizations, reclassifications, mergers, consolidations
or disposition of assets.
13. Voluntary Adjustment by the Company. The Company may at any time during
the term of this Warrant reduce the then current Exercise Price to any amount
and for any period of time deemed appropriate by the Board of Directors of the
Company.
14. Notice of Adjustment. Whenever the number of Warrant Shares or number
or kind of securities or other property purchasable upon the exercise of this
Warrant or the Exercise Price is adjusted, as herein provided, the Company shall
give notice thereof to the Holder, which notice shall state the number of
Warrant Shares (and other securities or property) purchasable upon the exercise
of this Warrant and the Exercise Price of such Warrant Shares (and other
securities or property) after such adjustment, setting forth a brief statement
of the facts requiring such adjustment and setting forth the computation by
which such adjustment was made.
15. Notice of Corporate Action. If at any time:
(a) the Company shall take a record of the holders of its Common Stock
for the purpose of entitling them to receive a dividend or other
distribution, or any right to subscribe for or purchase any evidences of
its indebtedness, any shares of stock of any class or any other securities
or property, or to receive any other right, or
(b) there shall be any capital reorganization of the Company, any
reclassification or recapitalization of the capital stock of the Company or
any consolidation or merger of the Company with, or any sale, transfer or
other disposition of all or substantially all the property, assets or
business of the Company to, another corporation or,
(c) there shall be a voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation
or winding up of the Company;
then, in any one or more of such cases, the Company shall give to Holder (i) at
least 20 days' prior written notice of the date on which a record date shall be
selected for such dividend, distribution or right or for determining rights to
vote in respect of any such reorganization, reclassification, merger,
consolidation, sale, transfer, disposition, liquidation or winding up, and (ii)
in the case of any such reorganization, reclassification, merger, consolidation,
sale, transfer, disposition, dissolution, liquidation or winding up, at least 20
days' prior written notice of the date when the same shall take place. Such
notice in accordance with the foregoing clause also shall specify (i) the date
on which any such record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend,
distribution or right, the date on which the holders of Common Stock shall be
entitled to any such dividend, distribution or right, and the amount and
character thereof, and (ii) the date on which any such reorganization,
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reclassification, merger, consolidation, sale, transfer, disposition,
dissolution, liquidation or winding up is to take place and the time, if any
such time is to be fixed, as of which the holders of Common Stock shall be
entitled to exchange their Warrant Shares for securities or other property
deliverable upon such disposition, dissolution, liquidation or winding up. Each
such written notice shall be sufficiently given if addressed to Holder at the
last address of Xxxxxx appearing on the books of the Company and delivered in
accordance with Section 17(d).
16. Authorized Shares. The Company covenants that during the period the
Warrant is outstanding, it will reserve from its authorized and unissued Common
Stock a sufficient number of shares to provide for the issuance of the Warrant
Shares upon the exercise of any purchase rights under this Warrant. The Company
further covenants that its issuance of this Warrant shall constitute full
authority to its officers who are charged with the duty of executing stock
certificates to execute and issue the necessary certificates for the Warrant
Shares upon the exercise of the purchase rights under this Warrant. The Company
will take all such reasonable action as may be necessary to assure that such
Warrant Shares may be issued as provided herein without violation of any
applicable law or regulation, or of any requirements of the Trading Market upon
which the Common Stock may be listed.
Except and to the extent as waived or consented to by the Holder, the
Company shall not by any action, including, without limitation, amending its
certificate of incorporation or through any reorganization, transfer of assets,
consolidation, merger, dissolution, issue or sale of securities or any other
voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of
the terms of this Warrant, but will at all times in good faith assist in the
carrying out of all such terms and in the taking of all such actions as may be
necessary or appropriate to protect the rights of Holder as set forth in this
Warrant against impairment. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
the Company will (a) not increase the par value of any Warrant Shares above the
amount payable therefor upon such exercise immediately prior to such increase in
par value, (b) take all such action as may be necessary or appropriate in order
that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and nonassessable
Warrant Shares upon the exercise of this Warrant, and (c) use commercially
reasonable efforts to obtain all such authorizations, exemptions or consents
from any public regulatory body having jurisdiction thereof as may be necessary
to enable the Company to perform its obligations under this Warrant.
Before taking any action which would result in an adjustment in the number
of Warrant Shares for which this Warrant is exercisable or in the Exercise
Price, the Company shall obtain all such authorizations or exemptions thereof,
or consents thereto, as may be necessary from any public regulatory body or
bodies having jurisdiction thereof.
17. Miscellaneous.
(a) Jurisdiction. All questions concerning the construction, validity,
enforcement and interpretation of this Warrant shall be determined in
accordance with the provisions of the Purchase Agreement.
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(b) Restrictions. The Holder acknowledges that the Warrant Shares
acquired upon the exercise of this Warrant, if not registered, will have
restrictions upon resale imposed by state and federal securities laws.
(c) Nonwaiver and Expenses. No course of dealing or any delay or
failure to exercise any right hereunder on the part of Holder shall operate
as a waiver of such right or otherwise prejudice Xxxxxx's rights, powers or
remedies, notwithstanding all rights hereunder terminate on the Termination
Date. If the Company willfully and knowingly fails to comply with any
provision of this Warrant, which results in any material damages to the
Holder, the Company shall pay to Holder such amounts as shall be sufficient
to cover any costs and expenses including, but not limited to, reasonable
attorneys' fees, including those of appellate proceedings, incurred by
Holder in collecting any amounts due pursuant hereto or in otherwise
enforcing any of its rights, powers or remedies hereunder.
(d) Notices. Any notice, request or other document required or
permitted to be given or delivered to the Holder by the Company shall be
delivered in accordance with the notice provisions of the Purchase
Agreement.
(e) Limitation of Liability. No provision hereof, in the absence of
any affirmative action by Holder to exercise this Warrant or purchase
Warrant Shares, and no enumeration herein of the rights or privileges of
Holder, shall give rise to any liability of Holder for the purchase price
of any Common Stock or as a stockholder of the Company, whether such
liability is asserted by the Company or by creditors of the Company.
(f) Remedies. Holder, in addition to being entitled to exercise all
rights granted by law, including recovery of damages, will be entitled to
specific performance of its rights under this Warrant. The Company agrees
that monetary damages would not be adequate compensation for any loss
incurred by reason of a breach by it of the provisions of this Warrant and
hereby agrees to waive the defense in any action for specific performance
that a remedy at law would be adequate.
(g) Successors and Assigns. Subject to applicable securities laws,
this Warrant and the rights and obligations evidenced hereby shall inure to
the benefit of and be binding upon the successors of the Company and the
successors and permitted assigns of Holder. The provisions of this Warrant
are intended to be for the benefit of all Holders from time to time of this
Warrant and shall be enforceable by any such Holder or holder of Warrant
Shares.
(h) Amendment. This Warrant may be modified or amended or the
provisions hereof waived with the written consent of the Company and the
Holder.
(i) Severability. Wherever possible, each provision of this Warrant
shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under
applicable law, but if any provision of this Warrant shall be prohibited by
or invalid under applicable law, such provision shall be ineffective to the
extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the
remainder of such provisions or the remaining provisions of this Warrant.
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(j) Headings. The headings used in this Warrant are for the
convenience of reference only and shall not, for any purpose, be deemed a
part of this Warrant.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be executed by
its officer thereunto duly authorized.
Dated: October __, 2003
ERESOURCE CAPITAL GROUP, INC.
By: ____________________________________
Name:
Title:
NOTICE OF EXERCISE
To: eResource Capital Group, Inc.
(1) The undersigned hereby elects to purchase ________ Warrant Shares of
eResource Capital Group, Inc. pursuant to the terms of the attached Warrant
(only if exercised in full), and tenders herewith payment of the exercise price
in full, together with all applicable transfer taxes, if any.
(2) Payment shall take the form of (check applicable box):
[ ] in lawful money of the United States; or
[ ] the cancellation of such number of Warrant Shares as is
necessary, in accordance with the formula set forth in subsection
3(d), to exercise this Warrant with respect to the maximum number
of Warrant Shares purchasable pursuant to the cashless exercise
procedure set forth in subsection 3(d).
(3) Please issue a certificate or certificates representing said
Warrant Shares in the name of the undersigned or in such other name as is
specified below:
________________________________________
The Warrant Shares shall be delivered to the following:
________________________________________
________________________________________
________________________________________
(4) Accredited Investor. The undersigned is an "accredited investor" as
defined in Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.
[PURCHASER]
By: ______________________________
Name:
Title:
Dated: ________________________
ASSIGNMENT FORM
(To assign the foregoing warrant, execute
this form and supply required information.
Do not use this form to exercise the warrant.)
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the foregoing Warrant and all rights evidenced thereby
are hereby assigned to
_______________________________________________ whose address is
_______________________________________________________________.
_______________________________________________________________
Dated: ______________, _______
Holder's Signature: _____________________________
Holder's Address: _____________________________
_____________________________
Signature Guaranteed: ___________________________________________
NOTE: The signature to this Assignment Form must correspond with the name as it
appears on the face of the Warrant, without alteration or enlargement or any
change whatsoever, and must be guaranteed by a bank or trust company. Officers
of corporations and those acting in a fiduciary or other representative capacity
should file proper evidence of authority to assign the foregoing Warrant.