EXHIBIT 4.1
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HOME SECURITY INTERNATIONAL, INC.
AND
NATIONAL SECURITIES CORPORATION
REPRESENTATIVE'S
WARRANT AGREEMENT
Dated as of June ___, 1997
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REPRESENTATIVE'S WARRANT AGREEMENT dated as of June , 1997, between
HOME SECURITY INTERNATIONAL INC., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and
NATIONAL SECURITIES CORPORATION and its assignees or designees (each hereinafter
referred to variously as a "Holder" or "Representative").
W I T N E S S E T H :
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WHEREAS, the Representative has agreed pursuant to the underwriting
agreement (the "Underwriting Agreement") between the Representative and the
Company, to act as the representative of the several underwriters listed therein
(the "Underwriters") in connection with the Company's proposed public offering
of 6,000,000 shares of common stock of the Company, par value $.001, (the
"Common Stock"), at a public offering price of $6.50 per share (the "Public
Offering").
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, the Company proposes
to issue warrants to the Representative to purchase up to an aggregate of
600,000 shares of Common Stock (the "Representative's Warrants").
WHEREAS, the Representative's Warrants to be issued pursuant to this
Agreement will be issued on the Closing Date (as such term is defined in the
Underwriting Agreement) by the Company to the Representative in consideration
for, and as part of the Underwriters' compensation in connection with, the
Representative acting as the representative pursuant to the Underwriting
Agreement.
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NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, the payment by the
Representative to the Company of an aggregate of Sixty Dollars ($60.00), the
agreements herein set forth and other good and valuable consideration, the
receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto
agree as follows:
1. Grant. The Representative is hereby collectively granted the
right to purchase, at any time from June __, 1998 until 5:30 p.m., New York
time, on June __, 2002 (5 years from the Effective Date of the registration
statement and any supplement thereto, on Form S-1, No. _________), at which time
the Representative's Warrants expire, up to an aggregate 600,000 shares of
Common Stock (subject to adjustment as provided in Section 8 hereof), at an
initial exercise price (subject to adjustment as provided in Section 11 hereof)
of $9.10 (140% of the public offering price) (the "Exercise Price").
2. Representative's Warrant Certificates. The Representative's
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. Registration of Warrant. The Representative's Warrants shall be
numbered and shall be registered on the books of the Company when issued.
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4. Exercise of Representative's Warrant.
4.1 Method of Exercise. The Representative's Warrants initially
are exercisable at the Exercise Price (subject to adjustment as provided in
Section 11 hereof) per Representative's Warrant set forth in Section 8 hereof
payable by certified or official bank check in New York Clearing House funds.
Upon surrender of a Representative's Warrant Certificate with the annexed Form
of Election to Purchase duly executed, together with payment of the Exercise
Price for the shares of Common Stock purchased at the Company's principal
offices in Delaware (presently located at
________________________________________) the registered holder of a
Representative's Warrant Certificate ("Holder" or "Holders") shall be entitled
to receive a certificate or certificates for the shares of Common Stock so
purchased. The purchase rights represented by each Representative's Warrant
Certificate are exercisable at the option of the Holder thereof, in whole or in
part (but not as to fractional shares of Common Stock underlying the
Representative's Warrants). In the case of the purchase of less than all of the
shares of Common Stock purchasable under any Representative's Warrant
Certificate, the Company shall cancel said Representative's Warrant Certificate
upon the surrender thereof and shall execute and deliver a new Representative's
Warrant Certificate of like tenor for the balance of the shares of Common stock
purchasable thereunder.
4.2 Exercise by Surrender of Representative's Warrant. In
addition to the method of payment set forth in Section 4.1 and in lieu of any
cash payment required thereunder, the Holder(s) of the Representative's Warrants
shall have the right at any time and from time to time to exercise the
Representative's Warrants in full or in part by surrendering the Warrant
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Certificate in the manner specified in Section 4.1 in exchange for the number of
shares of Common Stock equal to the product of (x) the number of shares of
Common Stock as to which the Representative's Warrants are being exercised,
multiplied by (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is the Market Price (as
defined in Section 9.3 (e) hereof) of the shares of Common Stock minus the
Exercise Price of the shares of Common Stock and the denominator of which is the
Market Price per share of Common Stock. Solely for the purposes of this Section
4.2, Market Price shall be calculated either (i) on the date on which the form
of election attached hereto is deemed to have been sent to the Company pursuant
to Section 15 hereof ("Notice Date") or (ii) as the average of the Market Price
for each of the five trading days immediately preceding the Notice Date,
whichever of (i) or (ii) results in a greater Market Price.
5. Issuance of Certificates. Upon the exercise of the
Representative's Warrant, the issuance of certificates for shares of Common
Stock, properties or rights underlying such Representative's Warrant shall be
made forthwith (and in any event within five (5) business days thereafter)
without charge to the Holder thereof including, without limitation, any tax,
other than income taxes, which may be payable in respect of the issuance
thereof, and such certificates shall (subject to the provisions of Sections 7
and 9 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
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the issuance thereof 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 Representative's Warrant Certificates and the certificates
representing the shares of Common Stock or other securities, property or rights
issued upon exercise of the Representative's Warrant shall be executed on behalf
of the Company by the manual or facsimile signature of the then present
President or any Vice President of the Company under its corporate seal
reproduced thereon, attested to by the manual or facsimile signature of the then
present Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of the Company. Representative's
Warrant Certificates shall be dated the date of execution by the Company upon
initial issuance, division, exchange, substitution or transfer.
6. Transfer of Representative's Warrant. The Representative's
Warrant shall be transferable only on the books of the Company maintained at its
principal office, where its principal office may then be located, upon delivery
thereof duly endorsed by the Holder or by its duly authorized attorney or
representative accompanied by proper evidence of succession, assignment or
authority to transfer. Upon any registration transfer, the Company shall
execute and deliver the new Representative's Warrant to the person entitled
thereto.
7. Restriction On Transfer of Representative's Warrant. The Holder
of a Representative's Warrant Certificate, by its acceptance thereof, covenants
and agrees that the Representative's Warrant is being acquired as an investment
and not with a view to the distribution thereof, and that the Representative's
Warrant may not be sold, transferred, assigned,
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hypothecated or otherwise disposed of, in whole or in part, for the term of the
Representative's Warrant, except to officers or partners of the Underwriters, or
by operation of law.
8. Exercise Price and Number of Securities. Except as otherwise
provided in Section 10 hereof, each Representative's Warrant is exercisable to
purchase one share of Common Stock at an initial exercise price equal to the
Exercise Price. The Exercise Price and the number of shares of Common Stock for
which the Representative's Warrant may be exercised shall be the price and the
number of shares of Common Stock which shall result from time to time from any
and all adjustments in accordance with the provisions of Section 11 hereof.
9. Registration Rights.
9.1 Registration Under the Securities Act of 1933. Each
Representative's Warrant Certificate and each certificate representing shares of
Common Stock and any of the other securities issuable upon exercise of the
Representative's Warrant (collectively, the "Warrant Shares") shall bear the
following legend unless (i) such Representative's Warrant or Warrant Shares are
distributed to the public or sold to the underwriters for distribution to the
public pursuant to Section 9 hereof or otherwise pursuant to a registration
statement filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), or
(ii) the Company has received an opinion of counsel, in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to counsel for the Company, that such legend is
unnecessary for any such certificate:
THE REPRESENTATIVE'S WARRANT REPRESENTED BY THIS
CERTIFICATE AND THE OTHER SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON
EXERCISE THEREOF MAY NOT BE OFFERED
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OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO (i) AN EFFECTIVE
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF
1933, (ii) TO THE EXTENT APPLICABLE, RULE 144
UNDER SUCH 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 FOR THE
ISSUER, THAT AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER
SUCH ACT IS AVAILABLE.
THE TRANSFER OR EXCHANGE OF THE REPRESENTATIVE'S
WARRANT REPRESENTED BY THE CERTIFICATE IS
RESTRICTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REPRESENTATIVE'S
WARRANT AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.
9.2 Piggyback Registration. If, at any time commencing after
the effective date of the Registration Statement and expiring five (5) years
thereafter, the Company proposes to register any of its securities under the Act
(other than in connection with a merger or pursuant to Form S-4 or Form S-8 or
successor form thereto) it will give written notice by registered mail, at least
thirty (30) days prior to the filing of each such registration statement, to the
Holders of the Warrant Shares of its intention to do so. If any of the Holders
of the Warrant Shares notify the Company within twenty (20) days after mailing
of any such notice of its or their desire to include any such securities in such
proposed registration statement, the Company shall afford such Holders of the
Warrant Shares the opportunity to have any such Warrant Shares registered under
such registration statement. In the event that the managing underwriter for said
offering advises the Company in writing that in its opinion the number of
securities requested to be included in such
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registration exceeds the number which can be sold in such offering without
causing a diminution in the offering price or otherwise adversely affecting the
offering, the Company will include in such registration (a) first, the
securities the Company proposes to sell, (b) second, the securities held by the
entities that made the demand for registration, (c) third, the Warrant Shares
requested to be included in such registration which in the opinion of such
underwriter can be sold, pro rata among the Holders of Warrant Shares on the
basis of the number of Representative's Warrant Shares requested to be
registered by such Holders, and (d) fourth, other securities requested to be
included in such registration.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 9.2, the Company shall
have the right at any time after it shall have given written notice pursuant to
this Section 9.2 (irrespective of whether a written request for inclusion of any
such securities shall have been made) to elect not to file any such proposed
registration statement or to withdraw the same after the filing but prior to the
effective date thereof.
9.3 Demand Registration.
(a) At any time commencing one (1) year after the effective
date of the Registration Statement and expiring five (5) years from the
effective date of the Registration Statement, the Holders of the
Representative's Warrants and/or Warrant Shares representing a "Majority" (as
hereinafter defined) of the Representative's Warrants and/or Warrant Shares
shall have the right (which right is in addition to the registration rights
under Section 9.2 hereof), exercisable by written notice to the Company, to have
the Company prepare and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission"), on one occasion, a registration
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statement and such other documents, including a prospectus, as may be necessary
in the opinion of both counsel for the Company and counsel for the Holders, in
order to comply with the provisions of the Act, so as to permit a public
offering and sale by such Holders and any other Holders of the Representative's
Warrant and/or Warrant Shares who notify the Company within fifteen (15) days
after the Company mails notice of such request pursuant to Section 9.3(b) hereof
(collectively, the "Requesting Holders") of their respective Warrant Shares for
the earlier of (i) six (6) consecutive months or (ii) until the sale of all of
the Warrant Shares requested to be registered by the Requesting Holders.
(b) The Company covenants and agrees to give written notice
of any registration request under this Section 9.3 by any Holder or Holders
representing a Majority of the Representative's Warrants and/or Warrant Shares
to all other registered Holders of the Representative's Warrants and the Warrant
Shares within ten (10) days from the date of the receipt of any such
registration request.
(c) In addition to the registration rights under Section 9.2
and subsection (a) of this Section 9.3, at any time commencing one (1) year
after the effective date of the Registration Statement and expiring five (5)
years from the effective date of the Registration Statement, the Holders of a
Majority of the Representative's Warrants and/or Warrant Shares shall have the
right on one occasion, exercisable by written request to the Company, to have
the Company prepare and file with the Commission a registration statement so as
to permit a public offering and sale by such Holders of their respective Warrant
Shares for the earlier of (i) six (6) consecutive months or (ii) until the sale
of all of the Warrant Shares requested to be registered by
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such Holders; provided, however, that the provisions of Section 9.4(b) hereof
shall not apply to any such registration request and registration and all costs
incident thereto shall be at the expense of the Holder or Holders making such
request. If the Holders have exercised their rights under Section 9.3(a) then
the Holders may not exercise their rights under Section 9.3(c) for a period of
six (6) months following the effective date of any registration statement filed
pursuant to Section 9.3(a).
(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained
herein, if the Company shall not have filed a registration statement for the
Warrant Shares within the time period specified in Section 9.4(a) hereof
pursuant to the written notice specified in Section 9.3(a) of the Holders of a
Majority of the Representative's Warrants and/or Warrant Shares, the Company, at
its option, may repurchase (i) any and all Warrant Shares at the higher of the
Market Price (as defined in Section 9.3(e)) per share of Common Stock on (x) the
date of the notice sent pursuant to Section 9.3(a) or (y) the expiration of the
period specified in Section 9.4(a) and (ii) any and all Representative's Warrant
at such Market Price less the Exercise Price of such Representative's Warrant.
Such repurchase shall be in immediately available funds and shall close within
two (2) days after the later of (i) the expiration of the period specified in
Section 9.4(a) or (ii) the delivery of the written notice of election specified
in this Section 9.3(d).
(e) Definition of Market Price. As used herein, the phrase
"Market Price" at any date shall be deemed to be the last reported sale price,
or, in case no such reported sale takes place on such day, the average of the
last reported sale prices for the last three (3) trading days, in either case as
officially reported by the principal securities exchange on which the
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Common Stock is listed or admitted to trading, or, if the Common Stock is
not listed or admitted to trading on any national securities exchange, the
average closing sale price as furnished by the NASD through The Nasdaq Stock
Market, Inc. ("Nasdaq") or similar organization if Nasdaq is no longer reporting
such information, or if the Common Stock is not quoted on Nasdaq, as determined
in good faith by resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company, based on
the best information available to it.
9.4 Covenants of the Company With Respect to Registration. In
connection with any registration under Sections 9.2 or 9.3 hereof, the Company
covenants and agrees as follows:
(a) The Company shall use its best efforts to file a
registration statement within ninety (90) days of receipt of any demand
therefor, and to have any registration statements declared effective at the
earliest possible time, and shall furnish each Holder desiring to sell Warrant
Shares such number of prospectuses as shall reasonably be requested.
(b) The Company shall pay all costs (excluding fees and
expenses of Holder(s)' counsel and any underwriting or selling commissions, and
excluding roadshow expenses if the only shares to be registered in such
Registration Statement are Warrant Shares), fees and expenses in connection with
all registration statements filed pursuant to Sections 9.2 and 9.3(a) hereof
including, without limitation, the Company's legal and accounting fees, printing
expenses, blue sky fees and expenses. The Holder(s) will pay all costs, fees and
expenses
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(including those of the Company) in connection with the registration statement
filed pursuant to Section 9.3(c).
(c) The Company will take all necessary action which may be
required in qualifying or registering the Warrant Shares 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 that
the Company shall not be obligated to execute or file any general consent to
service of process or to qualify as a foreign corporation to do business under
the laws of any such jurisdiction.
(d) The Company shall indemnify the Holder(s) of the Warrant
Shares 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 ("Exchange
Act"), against 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 but only to
the same extent and with the same effect as the provisions pursuant to which the
Company has agreed to indemnify each of the Underwriters contained in Section 7
of the Underwriting Agreement.
(e) The Holder(s) of the Warrant Shares to be sold pursuant to a
registration statement, and their successors and assigns, shall severally, and
not jointly, indemnify the Company, its officers and directors and each person,
if any, who controls the Company within
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the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20(a) of the Exchange Act,
against all loss, claim, damage or 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 their successors or assigns, for specific inclusion in such registration
statement to the same extent and with the same effect as the provisions
contained in Section 7 of the Underwriting Agreement pursuant to which the
Underwriters have agreed to indemnify the Company.
(f) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed as
requiring the Holder(s) to exercise their Representative's Warrant prior to the
initial filing of any registration statement or the effectiveness thereof.
(g) The Company shall not permit the inclusion of any securities
other than the Warrant Shares to be included in any registration statement filed
pursuant to Section 9.3 hereof, or permit any other registration statement to be
or remain effective during the effectiveness of a registration statement filed
pursuant to Section 9.3 hereof (other than registration statements filed prior
to an exercise of registration rights by a Holder of Representatives Warrants
and/or Warrant Shares pursuant to Section 9.2 hereof), without the prior written
consent of National Securities Corporation or as otherwise required by the terms
of any existing registration rights granted prior to the date of this Agreement
by the Company to the holders of any of the Company's securities.
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(h) The Company shall furnish to each Holder participating in the
offering and to each underwriter, if any, a signed counterpart, addressed to
such Holder or underwriter, of (i) an opinion of counsel to the Company, dated
the effective date of such registration statement (and, if such registration
includes an underwritten public offering, an opinion dated the date of the
closing under the underwriting agreement), and (ii) a "cold comfort" letter
dated the effective date of such registration statement (and, if such
registration includes an underwritten public offering, a letter dated the date
of the closing under the underwriting agreement) signed by the independent
public accountants who have issued a report on the Company's financial
statements included in such registration statement, in each case covering
substantially the same matters with respect to such registration statement (and
the prospectus included therein) and, in the case of such accountants' letter,
with respect to events subsequent to the date of such financial statements, as
are customarily covered in opinions of issuer's counsel and in accountants'
letters delivered to underwriters in underwritten public offerings of
securities.
(i) The Company shall as soon as practicable after the effective
date of the registration statement, and in any event within 15 months
thereafter, make "generally available to its security holders" (within the
meaning of Rule 158 under the Act) an earnings statement (which need not be
audited) complying with Section 11(a) of the Act and covering a period of at
least 12 consecutive months beginning after the effective date of the
registration statement.
(j) The Company shall enter into an underwriting agreement with
the managing underwriters (in the case of registration rights exercised pursuant
to Section 9.3 hereof, selected for such underwriting by Holders holding a
Majority of the Warrant Shares requested to
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be included in such underwriting, which may be the Representative). Such
agreement shall be satisfactory in form and substance to the Company, each
Holder and such managing underwriters, and shall contain such representations,
warranties and covenants by the Company and such other terms as are customarily
contained in agreements of that type used by the managing underwriter. The
Holders shall be parties to any underwriting agreement relating to an
underwritten sale of their Warrant Shares and may, at their option, require that
any or all the representations, warranties and covenants of the Company to or
for the benefit of such underwriters shall also be made to and for the benefit
of such Holders. Such Holders shall not be required to make any representations
or warranties to or agreements with the Company or the underwriters except as
they may relate to such Holders and their intended methods of distribution.
(k) For purposes of this Agreement, the term "Majority" in
reference to the Representative's Warrants or Warrant Shares shall mean in
excess of fifty percent (50%) of the then outstanding Representative's Warrants
or Warrant Shares that (i) are not held by the Company, an affiliate, officer,
creditor, employee or agent thereof or any of their respective affiliates,
members of their family, persons acting as nominees or in conjunction therewith
or (ii) have not been resold to the public pursuant to a registration statement
filed with the Commission under the Act.
10. Obligations of Holders. It shall be a condition precedent to
the obligations of the Company to take any action pursuant to Section 9 hereof
that each of the selling Holders shall:
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(a) Furnish to the Company such information regarding themselves,
the Warrant Shares held by them, the intended method of sale or other
disposition of such securities, the identity of and compensation to be paid to
any underwriters proposed to be employed in connection with such sale or other
disposition, and such other information as may reasonably be required to effect
the registration of their Warrant Shares.
(b) Notify the Company, at any time when a prospectus relating to
the Warrant Shares covered by a registration statement is required to be
delivered under the Act, of the happening of any event with respect to such
selling Holder as a result of which the prospectus included in such registration
statement, as then in effect, includes an untrue statement of a material fact or
omits to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances
then existing.
11. Adjustments to Exercise Price and Number of Securities. The
Exercise Price in effect at any time and the number and kind of securities
purchased upon the exercise of the Representative's Warrant shall be subject to
adjustment from time to time only upon the happening of the following events:
11.1 Stock Dividend, Subdivision and Combination. In case the
Company shall (i) declare a dividend or make a distribution on its outstanding
shares of Common Stock in shares of Common Stock, (ii) subdivide or reclassify
its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a greater number of shares, or (iii)
combine or reclassify its outstanding shares of Common Stock
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into a smaller number of shares, the Exercise Price in effect at the time of the
record date for such dividend or distribution or of the effective date of such
subdivision, combination or reclassification shall be adjusted so that it shall
equal the price determined by multiplying the Exercise Price by a fraction, the
denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding
after giving effect to such action, and the numerator of which shall be the
number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such action.
Such adjustment shall be made successively whenever any event listed above shall
occur.
11.2 Adjustment in Number of Securities. Upon each adjustment
of the Exercise Price pursuant to the provisions of this Section 11, the number
of Warrant Shares issuable upon the exercise at the adjusted Exercise Price of
each Representative's Warrant shall be adjusted to the nearest number of whole
shares of Common Stock by multiplying a number equal to the Exercise Price in
effect immediately prior to such adjustment by the number of Warrant Shares
issuable upon exercise of the Representative's Warrant immediately prior to such
adjustment and dividing the product so obtained by the adjusted Exercise Price.
11.3 Definition of Common Stock. For the purpose of this
Agreement, the term "Common Stock" shall mean (i) the class of stock designated
as Common Stock in the Articles of Incorporation of the Company as amended as of
the date hereof, or (ii) any other class of stock resulting from successive
changes or reclassifications of such Common Stock consisting solely of changes
in par value, or from par value to no par value, or from no par value to par
value.
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11.4 Merger or Consolidation. In case of any consolidation of
the Company with, or merger of the Company into, another corporation (other than
a consolidation or merger which does not result in any reclassification or
change of the outstanding Common Stock), the corporation formed by such
consolidation or merger shall execute and deliver to the Holder a supplemental
warrant agreement providing that the Holder of each Representative's Warrant
then outstanding or to be outstanding shall have the right thereafter (until the
expiration of such Representative's Warrant) to receive, upon exercise of such
Representative's Warrant, the kind and amount of shares of stock and other
securities and property receivable upon such consolidation or merger by a holder
of the number of shares of Common Stock for which such Representative's Warrant
might have been exercised immediately prior to such consolidation, merger, sale
or transfer. Such supplemental warrant agreement shall provide for adjustments
which shall be identical to the adjustments provided in Section 11. The above
provision of this subsection shall similarly apply to successive consolidations
or mergers.
11.5 No Adjustment of Exercise Price in Certain Cases. No
adjustment of the Exercise Price shall be made:
(a) Upon the issuance or sale of the Representative's
Warrant or the Warrant Shares;
(b) Upon the issuance or sale of Common Stock (or any other
security convertible, exercisable, or exchangeable into shares of Common Stock)
upon the direct or indirect conversion, exercise, or exchange of any options,
rights, warrants, or other securities or
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indebtedness of the Company outstanding as of the date of this Agreement or
granted pursuant to any stock option plan of the Company in existence as of the
date of this Agreement, pursuant to the terms thereof; or
(c) If the amount of said adjustment shall be less than two
cents ($.02) per share, provided, however, that in such case any adjustment that
would otherwise be required then to be made shall be carried forward and shall
be made at the time of and together with the next subsequent adjustment which,
together with any adjustment so carried forward, shall amount to at least two
cents ($.02) per Representative's Warrant.
11.6 Exchange and Replacement of Representative's Warrant
Certificates. Each Representative's 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 Representative's Warrant Certificate
of like tenor and date representing in the aggregate the right to purchase the
same number of Warrant Shares 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 Representative's 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 Representative's Warrant, if mutilated, the Company will make and deliver a
new Warrant Certificate of like tenor, in lieu thereof.
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12. 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 Representative's Warrant, 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.
13. Reservation and Listing of Securities. The Company shall at all
times reserve and keep available out of its authorized shares of Common Stock,
solely for the purpose of issuance upon the exercise of the Representative's
Warrant, such number of shares of Common Stock or other securities, properties
or rights as shall be issuable upon the exercise thereof. Every transfer agent
("Transfer Agent") for the Common Stock and other securities of the Company
issuable upon the exercise of the Representative's Warrant will be irrevocably
authorized and directed at all times to reserve such number of authorized shares
of Common Stock and other securities as shall be requisite for such purpose.
The Company will keep a copy of this Agreement on file with every Transfer Agent
for the Common Stock and other securities of the Company issuable upon the
exercise of the Representative's Warrant. The Company will supply every such
Transfer Agent with duly executed stock and other certificates, as appropriate,
for such purpose. The Company covenants and agrees that, upon exercise of the
Representative's Warrant and payment of the Exercise Price therefor, all shares
of Common Stock and other securities issuable upon such exercise shall be duly
and validly issued, fully paid, non-assessable and not subject to the preemptive
rights of any stockholder. As long as the Representative's Warrant shall be
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outstanding, the Company shall use its best efforts to cause all shares of
Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of the Representative's Warrant to be
listed (subject to official notice of issuance) on all securities exchanges on
which the Common Stock issued to the public in connection herewith may then be
listed and/or quoted on the Nasdaq National Market.
14. Notices to Representative's 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 Representative's 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
(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 capital stock of the Company, or
any option, right or warrant to subscribe therefor; or
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(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 entirety 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.
15. Notices. All notices, requests, consents and other
communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been
duly made and sent when delivered, or mailed by registered or certified mail,
return receipt requested:
(a) if to the registered Holder of the Representative's
Warrant, 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 4
hereof or to such other address as the Company may designate by notice to the
Holders.
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16. Supplements; Amendments; Entire Agreement. This Agreement
(including the Underwriting Agreement to the extent portions thereof are
referred to herein) contains 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. The Company and the Representative may
from time to time supplement or amend this Agreement without the approval of any
holders of Representative's Warrant Certificates (other than the Representative)
in order to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision contained
herein which may be defective or inconsistent with any provisions herein, or to
make any other provisions in regard to matters or questions arising hereunder
which the Company and the Representative may deem necessary or desirable and
which the Company and the Representative deem shall not adversely affect the
interests of the Holders of Representative's Warrant Certificates.
17. Successors. All of the covenants and provisions of this
Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Company, the
Holders and their respective successors and assigns hereunder.
18. Survival of Representations and Warranties. All statements in
any schedule, exhibit or certificate or other instrument delivered by or on
behalf of the parties hereto, or in connection with the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, shall be deemed to be representations and
warranties hereunder. Notwithstanding any investigations made by or on behalf of
the parties to this Agreement, all representations, warranties and agreements
made by the parties to this Agreement or pursuant hereto shall survive.
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19. Governing Law. This Agreement and each Representative's 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.
20. Severability. If any provision of this Agreement shall be held
to be invalid or unenforceable, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not
affect any other provision of this Agreement.
21. 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.
22. Benefits of this Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement shall be
construed to give to any person or corporation other than the Company and the
Representative and any other registered Holder(s) of the Representative's
Warrant Certificates or Warrant Shares 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 Underwriters and any other Holder(s) of
the Representative's Warrant Certificates or Warrant Shares.
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23. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any 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 OF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be
duly executed, as of the day and year first above written.
ATTEST: HOME SECURITY INTERNATIONAL, INC.
___________________________
By:
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Name:
Title:
NATIONAL SECURITIES CORPORATION
By:
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Title: Chairman
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EXHIBIT A
[FORM OF REPRESENTATIVE'S WARRANT CERTIFICATE]
THE REPRESENTATIVE'S WARRANT REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE AND THE OTHER
SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE THEREOF MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT
PURSUANT TO (i) AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF
1933, (ii) TO THE EXTENT APPLICABLE, RULE 144 UNDER SUCH 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
FOR THE ISSUER, THAT AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER SUCH ACT IS AVAILABLE.
THE TRANSFER OR EXCHANGE OF THE REPRESENTATIVE'S WARRANT REPRESENTED BY THIS
CERTIFICATE IS RESTRICTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE WARRANT AGREEMENT REFERRED TO
HEREIN.
EXERCISABLE ON OR BEFORE
5:30 P.M., NEW YORK TIME, JUNE ___, 2002
Representative's Warrant No. _____
__________ Shares of Common Stock
WARRANT CERTIFICATE
This Warrant Certificate certifies that ________, or registered
assigns, is the registered holder of Warrants to purchase initially, at any
time from June ___, 1998 until 5:30 p.m., New York time on June ___, 2002
("Expiration Date"), up to _______ shares of fully-paid and non-assessable
common stock, par value $.001 ("Common Stock") of Home Security International,
Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company") at the initial exercise price,
subject to adjustment in certain events, of $9.10 per share (the "Exercise
Price") upon surrender of this Representative's 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 Representative's Warrant Agreement dated
as of June ___, 1997 among the Company and National Securities Corporation (the
"Warrant Agreement"). Payment of the Exercise Price shall be made by certified
or official bank check in New York Clearing House funds payable to the order of
the Company.
No Warrant may be exercised after 5:30 p.m., New York time, on the
Expiration Date, at which time all Representative's Warrant evidenced hereby,
unless exercised prior thereto, shall thereafter be void.
EXH A-1
The Representative's Warrant evidenced by this Warrant Certificate are
part of a duly authorized issue of Representative's Warrant issued pursuant to
the Warrant Agreement, which Warrant Agreement 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
Representative's Warrant.
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 Representative's
Warrant; 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.
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 Representative's Warrant 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.
Upon the exercise of less than all of the Representative's Warrant
evidenced by this Certificate, the Company shall forthwith issue to the holder
hereof a new Warrant Certificate representing such numbered unexercised
Representative's Warrant.
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.
EXH A-2
This Warrant Certificate does not entitle any holder thereof to any of
the rights of a shareholder of the Company.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant Certificate to
be duly executed under its corporate seal.
Dated as of June ___, 1997.
ATTEST: HOME SECURITY INTERNATIONAL, INC.
______________________ By:
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Name:
Title:
EXH A-3
[FORM OF ELECTION TO PURCHASE PURSUANT TO SECTION 3.11]
The undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to exercise the right,
represented by this Warrant Certificate, to purchase _________ Shares of Common
Stock and herewith tenders in payment for such securities a certified or
official bank check payable in New York Clearing House Funds to the order of
Home Security International, Inc. (the "Company") in the amount of $_____, all
in accordance with the terms of Section 3.1 of the Representative's Warrant
Agreement dated as of June __, 1997 among the Company and National Securities
Corporation. 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
__________________________ ______________________, and if said number of shares
shall not be all the shares purchasable hereunder, that a new Warrant
Certificate for the balance of the shares purchasable under the within Warrant
Certificate be registered in the name of the undersigned warrantholder or his
assignee as below indicated and delivered to the address stated below.
Dated: __________________________
Signature: ___________________________________
(Signature must conform in all
respects to name of holder as
specified on the face of the
Warrant Certificate.)
Address: __________________________
__________________________
___________________________________
(Insert Social Security or Other
Identifying Number of Holder)
Signature Guaranteed: __________________________________________________________
(Signature must be guaranteed by a bank savings and loan association,
stockbroker, or credit union with membership in an approved signature guaranty
Medallion Program pursuant to Securities Exchange Act Rule 17Ad-15.)
EXH A-4
[FORM OF ASSIGNMENT]
(To be executed by the registered holder if such holder
desires to transfer the Warrant Certificate.)
FOR VALUE RECEIVED __________________ here sells, assigns and transfers unto
[NAME 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.)
Address: _______________________________
_______________________________
________________________________________
(Insert Social Security or Other
Identifying Number of Holder)
Signature Guaranteed: __________________________________________________________
(Signature must be guaranteed by a bank savings and loan association,
stockbroker, or credit union with membership in an approved signature guaranty
Medallion Program pursuant to Securities Exchange Act Rule 17Ad-15.)
EXH A-5