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Exhibit 4.21
WARRANT AGREEMENT dated as of March 12, 1993 between CRYENCO SCIENCES,
INC., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and MEZZANINE CAPITAL CORPORATION
LIMITED (the "Holder").
1. GRANT. Subject to the terms of this Agreement, in consideration of $10
and other good and valuable consideration the receipt and sufficiency of which
is hereby acknowledged by the Company, the Holder is hereby initially granted
the right to purchase, at any time and from time to time from March 12, 1993
until 5:30 p.m., Denver time, on March 11, 1998 (the "Exercise Period"), up to
an aggregate of 30,000 shares of Common Stock at an initial exercise price of
$7.90. The adjusted exercise price shall be the price which shall result from
time to time from any and all adjustments of the initial exercise price in
accordance with the provisions of SECTION 6 hereof. The term "Exercise Price"
herein shall mean the initial exercise price or the adjusted exercise price,
depending upon the context.
2. WARRANT CERTIFICATES. The warrant certificates (the "Warrant
Certificates") delivered and to be delivered pursuant to this Agreement shall be
in the form set forth in Exhibit A, attached hereto and made a part hereof, with
such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as
required or permitted by this Agreement.
3. EXERCISE OF WARRANTS. The Warrants initially are exercisable at the
Exercise Price (subject to adjustment as provided in SECTION 6 hereof) per share
of Common Stock, payable by certified or official bank cashier's check payable
to the order of the Company; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Holder shall have the
right, at his or its election, in lieu of delivering the Exercise Price in cash,
to instruct the Company in the form of subscription to retain, in payment of the
Exercise Price, a number of shares of Common Stock (the "Payment Shares") equal
to the quotient of (i) the Exercise Price multiplied by the number of shares as
to which the Warrant is then being exercised divided by (ii) the "Average
Closing Price" as of the date of exercise and to deduct the number of Payment
Shares from the shares to be delivered to the Holder. "Average Closing Price"
means, as of any date, (x) if shares of Common Stock are listed on a national
securities exchange, the average of the closing sales prices therefor on the
largest securities exchange on which such shares are traded on the last ten (10)
trading days before such date, (y) if such shares are listed on the NASDAQ
National Market System but not on any national securities exchange, the average
of the closing sales prices therefor on the NASDAQ National Market System on the
last ten (10) trading days before the date of exercise of the Warrants or (z) if
such shares are not listed on either a national securities exchange or the
NASDAQ National Market System, the average of the sales prices therefor on the
last twenty (20) trading days before the date of exercise of the Warrants. Upon
surrender of a Warrant
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Certificate with the annexed Form of Election to Purchase duly executed,
together with payment of the Exercise Price for the shares of Common Stock at
the Company's principal offices (currently located at 0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 80216), the Holder or any subsequent registered holder
or holders of a Warrant Certificate (any such subsequent holder or holders also
reference to herein as the "Holder" or "Holders") shall be entitled to receive a
certificate or certificates for the shares of Common Stock so purchased for the
Warrants so exercised. The purchase rights represented by each Warrant
Certificate are exercisable at the option of the Holder thereof, in whole or in
part (but not as to fractional shares of the Common Stock underlying the
Warrants). Warrants may be exercised to purchase all or part of the shares of
Common Stock represented thereby. In the case of the purchase of less than all
the securities purchasable under any Warrant Certificate, the Company shall
cancel said Warrant Certificate upon the surrender thereof and, unless the
Warrant has expired, shall execute and deliver a new Warrant Certificate of like
tenor for the balance of the securities purchasable thereunder. With respect to
any such exercise, the Holder shall for all purposes be deemed to have become
the holder of record of the number of shares of Common Stock evidenced by such
certificate or certificates from the date on which the Warrant was surrendered
and payment of the Exercise Price was made irrespective of the date of delivery
of such certificate, except that, if the date of such surrender and payment is a
date on which the stock transfer books of the Company are closed, such person
shall be deemed to have become the holder of such shares at the close of
business on the next succeeding date on which the stock transfer books are open.
4. ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES. Upon the exercise of the Warrants, the
issuance of certificates for the shares of Common Stock shall be made forthwith
(and in any event within ten (10) business days thereafter) without charge to
the Holder thereof including, without limitation, any tax which may be payable
in respect of the issuance thereof, and such certificates shall (subject to the
provisions of SECTIONS 5 and 7 hereof) be issued in the name of, or in such
names as may be directed by, the Holder thereof; provided, however, that the
Company shall not be required to pay any tax which may be payable in respect of
any transfer involved in the issuance and delivery of any such certificates in a
name other than that of the Holder, and the Company shall not be required to
issue or deliver such certificates unless or until the person or persons
requesting the issuance thereof in a name other than that of the Holder shall
have paid to the Company the amount of such tax or shall have established to the
satisfaction of the Company that such tax has been paid.
The Warrant Certificates and the certificates representing the shares of
Common Stock shall be executed on
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behalf of the Company by the manual or facsimile signature of the then present
Chairman or Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors or President or Vice
President of the Company under its corporate seal reproduced thereon, attested
to by the dual or facsimile signature of the then present Secretary or Assistant
Secretary of the Company. Warrant Certificates shall be dated the date of
execution by the Company upon initial issuance, division, exchange, substitution
or transfer.
5. RESTRICTION ON TRANSFER OF WARRANTS. There shall be not more than
five (5) Holders of record of Warrants. The Holder of a Warrant Certificate,
by its acceptance thereof, covenants and agrees that the Warrants may not be
sold, transferred, assigned, hypothecated or otherwise disposed of, in whole
or in part, except to or among wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Holder or
officers, directors or employees of the Holder or any successor to the
business of the Holder, who also shall hold the Warrants subject to the
restrictions contained in this SECTION 5. Certificates representing the
Warrants shall bear a legend setting forth the foregoing restriction.
6. ADJUSTMENTS TO EXERCISE PRICE AND NUMBER OF SECURITIES.
6.1 COMPUTATION OF ADJUSTED EXERCISE PRICE. For the purposes of this
SECTION 6, the term Exercise Price shall mean the Exercise Price per share of
Common Stock set forth in SECTION 1 hereof, as adjusted from time to time
pursuant to the provisions of this SECTION 6.
6.2 EXERCISE PRICE ADJUSTMENTS. In case at the time of any advance under
the Funding Agreement dated as of March 12, 1993 (the "Funding Agreement"),
the average closing price of the Common Stock in the NASDAQ National Market
System on the ten (10) trading days immediately preceding such advance is less
than the Exercise Price, the Exercise Price shall be reduced and be equal to
such average closing price of the Common Stock on the ten (10) trading days
immediately preceding such subsequent advance.
6.3 SUBDIVISION AND COMBINATIONS. In case the Company shall at any time
subdivide (for example, a stock split or stock dividend) or combine (for
example, a reverse stock split) the outstanding shares of Common Stock, the
Exercise Price shall forthwith be proportionately decreased in the case of
subdivision or increased in the case of combination.
6.4 ADJUSTMENT IN NUMBER OF SECURITIES. Upon each adjustment of the
Exercise Price pursuant to the provisions of this SECTION 6, the number of
securities issuable upon the exercise of each Warrant shall be adjusted to the
nearest full amount by multiplying a number equal to the Exercise Price in
effect immediately prior to such adjustment by the number of
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shares of Common Stock (or other securities as provided in Section 5 hereof)
issuable upon exercise of the Warrants immediately prior to such adjustment
and dividing the product so obtained by the adjusted Exercise Price.
6.5 DEFINITION OF COMMON STOCK. For the purpose of this Agreement, the
term "Common Stock" shall mean (i) the class of stock designated as Class A
voting Common Stock, $.01 par value, in the Amended and Restated Certificate
of Incorporation of the Company as of the date hereof, (ii) the class of stock
designated as Class B non-voting Convertible Common Stock, $.01 par value, in
the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company as of the
date hereof, (iii) any other capital stock of any class or classes (however
designated) of the Company the holders of which shall have the right, without
limitation as to amount, either to all or to a share of the balance of current
dividends and liquidating dividends after the payment of dividends and
distributions on any shares entitled to preference and (iv) any other
securities into which or for which any of the securities described in clauses
(i), (ii) or (iii) above have been converted, exchanged or combined pursuant
to a plan of recapitalization, reorganization, merger, sale of assets or
otherwise. In the event that the Company shall after the date hereof issue
securities with greater or superior voting rights than the shares of Common
Stock outstanding as of the date hereof, the Holder, at his or its option, may
receive upon exercise of any Warrant either shares of Common Stock or an equal
number of such securities with greater or superior voting rights.
6.6 MERGER OR CONSOLIDATION. If any capital reorganization or
reclassification of the capital stock of the Company or any consolidation,
merger or other transaction of the Company with another corporation in which
the Company is the surviving corporation, or the sale of all or substantially
all of the Company's assets to another corporation shall be effected in such a
way that holders of Common Stock shall be entitled to receive consideration
(including but not limited to stock, securities or assets) with respect to or
in exchange for Common Stock, then, as a condition of such reorganization,
reclassification, consolidation, merger or sale, lawful and adequate
provisions shall be made whereby each Holder shall thereafter have the right
to receive upon the basis and upon the terms and conditions specified herein
and in lieu of the shares of Common Stock of the Company immediately
theretofore so receivable upon the exercise of each Warrant or Warrants, such
shares of stock, securities or assets (including cash) 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 so receivable had such reorganization, reclassification,
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 such
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holder to the end that the provisions hereof (including, without limitation,
provisions for adjustments of the Exercise Price) shall thereafter be
applicable, as nearly as may be, in relation to any shares of stock,
securities or assets thereafter deliverable upon the exercise of such exercise
rights. In the event of a merger or consolidation of the Company or other
transaction in which the Company is not the surviving corporation or in which,
as the result of the transaction, no trading market will exist for the Common
Stock, the Company shall give notice regarding the transaction in accordance
with SECTION 12 as soon as practicable (and in no event less than twenty (20)
days prior to the record date fixed for the transaction or, if none, the
closing date for such transaction) in order to afford the Holders the
opportunity to exercise their Warrants and receive after exercise the same
consideration as is payable in the transaction to other holders of Common
Stock. This Section 6.6 shall similarly apply to successive reorganizations,
classifications, consolidations, mergers or other transactions contemplated
hereby.
6.7 NOTICE OF ADJUSTMENT. Upon any adjustment of the Exercise Price, the
Company shall give written notice thereof to each Holder in accordance with
Section 12, which notice shall state the Exercise Price resulting from such
adjustment, setting forth in reasonable detail the method of calculation and
the facts upon which such calculation is based.
7. REGISTRATION RIGHTS.
7.1 REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933. The Warrants and the
shares of Common Stock have not been registered for sale under the Act. Upon
exercise of the Warrants, in part or in whole, certificates representing the
shares of Common Stock shall bear the following legend:
The securities represented by this certificate have not been registered
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended ("Act"), and may not be
offered or sold except pursuant to (i) an effective registration
statement under the Act, (ii) to the extent applicable, Rule 144 under
the Act (or any similar rule under such Act relating to the disposition
of securities), or (iii) an opinion of counsel, if such opinion shall be
reasonably satisfactory to counsel to the issuer that an exemption from
registration under such Act is available.
7.2 PIGGYBACK REGISTRATION. (a) If, at any time commencing after the
date hereof through and including the fifth anniversary hereof the Company
proposes to register any of its securities under the Act (other than in
connection with a transaction contemplated by Rule 145(a) promulgated under
the Act or pursuant to Form S-8) it will give written notice by
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registered or certified mail, at least fifteen (15) days prior to the filing
of each such registration statement, to the Holders of the Warrants of its
intention to do so. If the Holders of the Warrants notify the Company within
fifteen (15) days after receipt of any such notice of its or their desire to
include Common Stock underlying the Warrants in such proposed registration
statement, the Company shall afford the such Holders of the opportunity to
have any such Common Stock registered under such registration statement.
(b) In the case of an underwritten offering, if the managing underwriter
of the offering determines and advises the Company in writing that inclusion
of the Common Stock of the Holders requested to be included would interfere
with the successful offering of shares by the Company there shall be excluded
from such offering, to the extent that the managing underwriter deems
necessary, shares of Common Stock owned by the Holders on a PRO RATA basis.
7.3 COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY WITH RESPECT TO REGISTRATION. In connection
with any registration under Section 7.2 hereof, the Company covenants and
agrees as follows:
(a) The Company shall pay all costs (excluding transfer taxes, if any,
and fees and expenses of Holder(s)' counsel and any underwriting or selling
commissions), fees and expenses in connection with all registration statements
filed pursuant to SECTION 7.2 hereof including, without limitation, the
Company's legal and accounting fees (including the costs and expenses of any
special audit or other procedures), printing expenses, blue sky fees and
expenses.
(b) The Company will take all necessary action which may be required in
qualifying or registering the Common Stock included in a registration
statement for offering and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of such
states as reasonably are requested by the Holder(s) provided, however, that
the number of states in which qualification or registration shall be required
shall not exceed five (5) and in no event shall the Company be required to
effect such qualification or registration if such act would require the
Company to qualify as a foreign corporation or to file a general consent to
service of process in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or
required to file such a consent.
(c) Upon any registration becoming effective pursuant to this SECTION 7,
the Company shall use its best efforts to: (i) keep such registration
statement current for a period of ninety (90) days; (ii) prepare and file with
the Commission such amendments and supplements to such registration statement
as may be necessary to comply with the provisions of the Act and the
Regulations of the Commission with respect to the disposition of all
securities covered by such registration
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statement; (iii) cause all the Common Stock registered pursuant to such
registration statement to be listed on each exchange or automated quotation
system on which the Common Stock is then listed; (iv) provide a transfer agent
and registrar for all stock registered pursuant to such registration statement
and CUSIP number for all such stock, in each case not later than the effective
date of such registration; and (v) otherwise use its best efforts to comply
with all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission.
(d) The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless the Holder(s) of the
Common Stock to be sold pursuant to any registration statement and each
person, if any, who controls such Holders within the meaning of Section 15 of
the Act or Section 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the "Exchange Act"), against and from all loss, claim, damage, expense or
liability (including all expenses reasonably incurred in investigating,
preparing or defending against any claim whatsoever) to which any of them may
become subject under the Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, arising from such
registration statement.
(e) The Holders of the Common Stock to be sold pursuant to a
registration statement, and its or their successors and assigns, shall
indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its officers and directors and each
person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of
the Act or Section 20(a) of the Exchange Act, against and from all loss,
claim, damage, expense or liability (including all expenses reasonably
incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against any claim
whatsoever) to which they may become subject under the Act, the Exchange Act
or otherwise, arising from information furnished by or on behalf of such
Holders or its or their successors or assigns, for specific inclusion in such
registration statement.
(f) Any person entitled to indemnification under this SECTION 7 will (i)
give prompt written notice to the indemnifying party of any claim with respect
to which it seeks indemnification and (ii) unless in such indemnified party's
reasonable judgment a conflict of interest between such indemnified and
indemnifying parties may exist with respect to such claim, permit such
indemnifying party to assume the defense of such claim with counsel reasonably
satisfactory to the indemnified party. If such defense is assumed, the
indemnifying party will not be subject to any liability for any settlement
made by the indemnified party without its consent (but such consent will not
be unreasonably withheld). An indemnifying party who is not entitled to, or
elects not to, assume the defense of a claim will not be obligated to pay the
fees and expenses of more than one counsel for all parties indemnified by such
indemnifying party with respect to such claim, unless in the reasonable
judgment of any indemnified party a conflict of
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interest may exist between such indemnified party and any other of such
indemnified parties with respect to such claim.
(g) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed as requiring
the Holder to exercise his or its Warrants prior to the initial filing of any
registration statement or the effectiveness thereof.
(h) The Company at its expense shall deliver promptly to each Holder
participating in the offering and requesting the correspondence and memoranda
described below copies of all documents proposed to be filed with the
Commission, all correspondence between the Commission and the Company, its
counsel or auditors, and all memoranda relating to discussions with the
Commission or its staff with respect to the registration statement and permit
each such Holder at its expense to do such investigation, upon reasonable
advance notice, with respect to information contained in or omitted from the
registration statement as it deems reasonably necessary to comply with
applicable securities laws or rules of the National Association of Securities
Dealers, Inc. ("NASD"). Such investigation shall include access to books,
records and properties and opportunities to discuss the business of the
Company with its officers and independent auditors, all to such reasonable
extent and at such reasonable times and as often as any such Holder shall
reasonably request.
8. EXCHANGE AND REPLACEMENT OF WARRANT CERTIFICATES. Each Warrant
Certificate is exchangeable without expense, upon the surrender thereof by the
registered Holder at the principal executive office of the Company, for a new
Warrant Certificate of like tenor and date representing in the aggregate the
right to purchase the same number of securities in such denominations as shall
be designated by the Holder thereof at the time of such surrender.
Upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory to it of
the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of any Warrant Certificate, and, in
case of loss, theft or destruction, of indemnity or security reasonably
satisfactory to it, and reimbursement to the Company of all reasonable
expenses incidental thereto, and upon surrender and cancellation of the
Warrant Certificate, if mutilated, the Company will make and deliver a new
Warrant Certificate of like tenor, in lieu thereof.
9. ELIMINATION OF FRACTIONAL INTERESTS. The Company shall not be
required to issue certificates representing fractions of shares of Common
Stock upon the exercise of the Warrants, nor shall it be required to issue
scrip or pay cash in lieu of fractional interests, it being the intent of the
parties that all fractional interests shall be eliminated by rounding any
fraction up to the nearest whole number of shares of Common Stock or other
securities, properties or rights.
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10. RESERVATION AND LISTING. The Company shall at times have and keep
available out of its authorized shares of Common Stock, solely for the purpose
of issuance upon the exercise of the Warrants, such number of shares of Common
Stock or other securities, properties or rights as shall be issuable upon the
exercise thereof. The Company covenants and agrees that, upon exercise of the
Warrants, and payment of the respective exercise price therefor, all shares of
Common Stock and other securities issuable upon such exercise shall, at the
time of delivery thereof, be duly and validly issued, fully paid,
nonassessable, not subject to the preemptive rights of any stockholder and
free from all taxes, liens and charges with respect to the issue thereof. The
Company will take all such action as may be necessary to ensure that all such
shares of Common Stock may be so issued without violation of any applicable
law or regulation, or of any requirements of any national securities exchange
upon which the Common Stock of the Company may be listed. The Company will not
take any action which results in any adjustment of the Exercise Price if the
total number of shares of Common Stock issued and issuable after such action
upon exercise of the Warrants would exceed the total number of shares of
Common Stock then authorized by the Company's Amended and Restated Certificate
of Incorporation. The Company has not granted and will not grant any right of
first refusal with respect to shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants,
and there are no preemptive rights associated with such shares. As long as the
Warrants shall be outstanding, the Company shall use its best efforts to cause
all shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of the Warrants to be
listed (subject to official notice of issuance) on all securities exchanges,
if any, on which the Common Stock issued to the public in connection herewith
may then be listed and/or quoted on NASDAQ.
11. NOTICES TO WARRANT HOLDERS. Nothing contained in this Agreement
shall be construed as conferring upon the Holders the right to vote or to
consent or to receive notice as a stockholder in respect of any meetings of
stockholders for the election of directors or any other matter, or as having
any rights whatsoever as a stockholder of the Company. If, however, at any
time prior to the expiration of the Warrants and their exercise, any of the
following events shall occur:
(a) the Company shall take a record of the holders of its shares
of Common Stock for the purpose of entitling them to receive a dividend
or distribution payable otherwise than in cash, or a cash dividend or
distribution payable otherwise than out of current or retained earnings,
as indicated by the accounting treatment of such dividend or
distribution on the books of the Company; or
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(b) the Company shall offer to all the holders of its Common Stock
any additional shares of capital stock of the Company or securities
convertible into or exchangeable for shares of capita 1 stock of the
Company, or any option, right or warrant to subscribe therefor; or
(c) a dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Company (other
than in connection with a consolidation or merger) or a sale of all or
substantially all of its property, assets and business as an entity
shall be proposed
then, in any one or more of said events, the Company shall give written notice
of such event at least fifteen (15) days prior to the date fixed as a record
date or the date of closing the transfer books for the determination of the
stockholders entitled to such dividend, distribution, convertible or
exchangeable securities or subscription rights, or entitled to vote on such
proposed dissolution, liquidation, winding up or sale. Such notice shall
specify such record date or the date of closing the transfer books, as the
case may be. Failure to give such notice or any defect therein shall not
affect the validity of any action taken in connection with the declaration or
payment of any such dividend, or the issuance of any convertible or
exchangeable securities, or subscription rights, options or warrants, or any
proposed dissolution, liquidation, winding up or sale.
12. NOTICES.
All notices, requests, consents and other communications hereunder shall
be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly made when delivered, or
mailed by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested:
(a) If to the registered Holder of the Warrants, to the address of
such Holder as shown on the books of the Company; or
(b) If to the Company, to the address set forth in SECTION 3
hereof or to such other address as the Company may designate by notice
to the Holders.
13. SUPPLEMENTS AND AMENDMENTS. The Company and the Holder may from time
to time supplement or amend this Agreement without the approval of any
subsequent Holders of Warrant Certificates (other than the Holder) in order to
cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision contained herein
which may be defective or inconsistent with provisions herein, or to make any
other provisions in regard to matters or questions arising hereunder which the
Company and the Holder may deem necessary or desirable and which the Company
and the Holder
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deem shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Warrant
Certificates.
14. SUCCESSORS. All the covenants and provisions of this Agreement shall
be binding upon and inure to the benefit the Company, the Holders and their
respective successors assigns hereunder.
15. This Agreement shall terminate at the close of business on March 11,
1998. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the indemnification provisions of Section
7 shall survive such termination until the close of business on March 11,
2001.
16. GOVERNING LAW: SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION. This Agreement and each
Warrant Certificate issued hereunder shall be deemed to be a contract made
under the laws of the State of Delaware and for all purposes shall be
construed in accordance with the laws of said State without giving effect to
the rules of said State governing the conflicts of laws.
The Company, the representative and the Holders hereby agree that any
action, proceeding or claim against it arising out of, or relating in any way
to, this Agreement shall be brought and enforced in the courts of the state of
New York or of the United States of America for the Southern District of New
York, and irrevocably submits to such jurisdiction, which jurisdiction shall
be exclusive. The Company, the Representative and the Holders hereby
irrevocably waive any objection to such exclusive jurisdiction or inconvenient
forum. Any such process or summons to be served upon any of the Company, the
representative and the Holders (at the option of the party bringing such
action, proceeding or claim) may be served by transmitting a copy thereof, by
registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid,
addressed to it at the address set forth in SECTION 12 hereof. Such mailing
shall be deemed personal service and shall be legal and binding upon the party
so served in any action, proceeding or claim.
17. ENTIRE AGREEMENT: MODIFICATION. This Agreement (including the
Funding Agreement to the extent portions thereof are referred to herein)
contain the entire understanding between the parties hereto with respect to
the subject matter hereof and may not be modified or amended except by a
writing duly signed by the party against whom enforcement of the modification
or amendment is sought.
18. SEVERABILITY. If any provision of this amendment shall be held to be
invalid or unenforceable, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect
any other provision of this Agreement.
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19. CAPTIONS. the caption headings of the sections of this Agreement are
for convenience of reference only and are not intended, nor should they be
construed as, a part of this Agreement and shall be given no substantive
effect.
20. BENEFITS OF THIS AGREEMENT. Nothing in this Agreement shall be
construed to give to any person or corporation other than the Company and the
Holder and any subsequent registered Holder(s) of the Warrant Certificates or
Warrants any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Agreement;
and this Agreement shall be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the Company
and the Holder and subsequent Holder(s) of the Warrant Certificates or
Warrants.
21. COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed any in number of
counterparts and each of such counterparts shall for all purposes be deemed to
be an original, and such counterparts shall together constitute but one and
the same instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be
duly executed, as of the day and year first above written.
CRYENCO SCIENCES, INC.
By: /s/ Xxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Name: Xxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title: Vice President
Attest:
/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Secretary
MEZZANINE CAPITAL CORPORATION
LIMITED
By: /s/ Xxxxxx ????
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Attorney-In-Fact
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EXHIBIT A
FORM OF WARRANT CERTIFICATE
THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED ("ACT"), AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD
EXCEPT PURSUANT TO (I) AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE ACT, (II)
TO THE EXTENT APPLICABLE, RULE 144 UNDER THE ACT (OR ANY SIMILAR RULE UNDER
SUCH ACT RELATING TO THE DISPOSITION OF SECURITIES) OR (III) AN OPINION OF
COUNSEL, IF SUCH OPINION SHALL BE REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO COUNSEL TO THE
ISSUER, THAT AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER SUCH ACT IS AVAILABLE.
TRANSFER OR EXCHANGE OF THE WARRANTS REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE IS
RESTRICTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE WARRANT AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.
EXERCISABLE ON OR BEFORE
5:30 P.M., DENVER TIME, March __ 1998
No. W-1993__ _______ Warrants
WARRANT CERTIFICATE
This Warrant Certificate certifies that ________________, or registered
assigns, is the registered holder of ______ Warrants to purchase initially, at
any time from March __, 1993 until 5:30 p.m. Denver time on March __, 1998
("Expiration Date"), up to ______ shares of Class A voting common stock, $.01
par value ("Common Stock") of CRYENCO SCIENCES, INC., a Delaware corporation
(the "Company"), at the price per share of Common Stock equal to the Exercise
Price set forth in the Warrant Agreement dated as of March ___, 1993 between
the Company and ____________ (the "Warrant Agreement"), upon surrender of this
Warrant Certificate and payment of the Exercise Price at an office or agency
of the Company, but subject to the conditions set forth herein and in the
Warrant Agreement. Payment of the Exercise Price shall be made by certified or
official bank cashier's check payable to the order of the Company; provided,
however, that the holder hereof shall have the right, at his or its election,
in lieu of delivering the Exercise Price in cash, to instruct the Company in
the form of subscription to retain, in payment of the Exercise Price, a number
of shares of Common Stock (the "Payment Shares") equal to the quotient of (i)
the Exercise Price multiplied by the number of shares as to which this Warrant
is then being exercised divided by (ii) the "Average Closing Price" as of the
date of exercise and to deduct the number of Payment Shares from the shares to
be delivered to
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the holder hereof. "Average Closing Price" means, as of any date, (x) if shares
of Common Stock are listed on a national securities exchange, the average of the
closing sales prices therefor on the largest securities exchange on which such
shares are traded on the last ten (10) trading days before such date, (y) if
such shares are listed on the NASDAQ National Market System but not on any
national securities exchange, the average of the closing sales prices therefor
on the NASDAQ National Market System on the last ten (10) trading days before
the date of the exercise of the Warrants or (z) if such shares are not listed on
either a national securities exchange or the NASDAQ National Market System, the
average of the sales prices therefor on the last twenty (20) trading days before
the date of the exercise of the Warrants.
No Warrant may be exercised after 5:30 p.m., Denver time, on the
Expiration Date, at which time all Warrants evidenced hereby, unless exercised
prior thereto, hereby shall thereafter be void.
The Warrants evidenced by this Warrant Certificate are part of a duly
authorized issue of Warrants issued pursuant to the Warrant Agreement, which is
hereby incorporated by reference in and made a part of this instrument and is
hereby referred to for a description of the rights, limitation of rights,
obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company and the holders
(the words "holders" or "holder" meaning the registered holders or registered
holder) of the Warrants.
The Warrant Agreement provides that upon the occurrence of certain events
the Exercise Price and the type and/or number of the Company's securities
issuable thereupon may, subject to certain conditions, be adjusted. In such
event, the Company will, at the request of the holder, issue a new Warrant
Certificate evidencing the adjustment in the Exercise Price and the number
and/or type of securities issuable upon the exercise of the Warrants; provided,
however, that the failure of the Company to issue such new Warrant Certificates
shall not in any way change, alter, or otherwise impair, the rights of the
holder as set forth in the Warrant Agreement to purchase the number of shares
for the exercise price as so adjusted or any other rights set forth in the
Warrant Agreement.
Upon due presentment for registration of transfer of this Warrant
Certificate at an office or agency of the Company, a new Warrant Certificate or
Warrant Certificates of like tenor and evidencing in the aggregate a like number
of Warrants shall be issued to the transferee(s) in exchange for this Warrant
Certificate, subject to the limitations provided herein and in the Warrant
Agreement, without any charge except for any tax or other governmental charge
imposed in connection with such transfer.
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Upon the exercise of less than all of the Warrants evidenced by this
Certificate, the Company shall forthwith issue to the holder hereof a new
Warrant Certificate representing such unexercised Warrants.
The Company may deem and treat the registered holder(s) hereof as the
absolute owner(s) of this Warrant Certificate (notwithstanding any notation of
ownership or other writing hereon made by anyone), for the purpose of any
exercise hereof, and of any distribution to the holder(s) hereof, and for all
other purposes, and the Company shall not be affected by any notice to the
contrary.
All terms used in this Warrant Certificate which are defined in the
Warrant Agreement shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Warrant
Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant Certificate to be
duly executed under its corporate seal.
Dated as of March __, 1993
CRYENCO SCIENCES, INC.
[SEAL] By: _________________________
Name:
Title:
Attest:
__________________________
Name:
Title:
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FORM OF ELECTION TO PURCHASE
TO: Cryenco Sciences, Inc.
The undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to exercise the right,
represented by this Warrant Certificate, to purchase:
__________ shares of Class A voting Common Stock;
and herewith [tenders in payment for such securities a certified or
official bank cashier's check payable to the order of CRYENCO SCIENCES, INC. in
the amount of $________ therefor] [instructs you herein, in payment of the
Exercise Price, to deduct ______ shares of Class A voting Common Stock and to
deliver the net number of shares, being ____ shares of Class A voting Common
Stock]. The undersigned requests that a certificate for such securities be
registered in the name of ______________ whose address is ______________________
and that such Certificate be delivered to _________________________ whose
address is _________________.
Dated: Signature:______________________________
(Signature must conform in all respects
to name of holder as specified on the
face of the Warrant Certificate.)
(Insert Social Security or Other
Identifying Number of Holder)
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FORM OF ASSIGNMENT
(To be exercised by the registered holder if such holder
desires to transfer the Warrant Certificate to the extent permitted
by Section 5 of the Warrant Agreement.)
FOR VAlUE RECEIVED ______________________________________________
hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto
___________________________________________________
(Please print name and address of transferee)
this Warrant Certificate; together with all right, title and interest therein,
and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint _____________ Attorney, to
transfer the within Warrant Certificate on the books of the within-named
Company, with full power of substitution.
Dated: Signature:____________________________
(signature must conform in all respects
to name of holder as specified on the
face of the Warrant Certificate.)
(Insert Social Security or Other
Identifying Number of Assignee)
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