EXHIBIT 4.1
WARRANT AGREEMENT
THIS WARRANT AGREEMENT ("Agreement") is made and entered into as of this
___ day of ________, 1997, by and between NEI WebWorld, Inc., a corporation
organized and existing under the laws of the State of Texas ("Company"), and
AMERICAN STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY, a national banking association, as
warrant agent ("Warrant Agent").
WHEREAS, the Company proposes to offer and sell a maximum of 1,150,000
shares of common stock ("Common Stock"), $.01 par value per share, (which
includes 150,000 shares of Common Stock pursuant to the Underwriters' over-
allotment option) at a purchase price of $____ per share and 1,150,000
Redeemable Common Stock Purchase Warrants ("Warrants") (which includes 150,000
Warrants pursuant to the Underwriters' over-allotment option) at a purchase
price of $____ per Warrant pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form SB-2
(the "Prospectus"), File Number 333-23023, filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission; and
WHEREAS, the Company desires the Warrant Agent to act on behalf of the
Company, and the Warrant Agent is willing so to act, in connection with the
issuance, registration, registration of transfer, exchange and exercise of the
Warrants;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual agreements
herein set forth, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1. Appointment of Warrant Agent. The Company hereby appoints the Warrant
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Agent to act as agent for the Company in accordance with the instructions
hereinafter set forth in this Agreement, and the Warrant Agent hereby accepts
such appointment.
2. Form of Warrants. The text and the terms of the Warrants, and the
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form of election to purchase shares of Common Stock appearing on the reverse
side thereof shall be substantially as set forth in Exhibit A attached hereto
and made a part hereof. The Warrants shall be executed on behalf of the Company
by the manual or facsimile signature of the Chairman or a vice Chairman of the
Company and by the manual or facsimile of the secretary or assistant secretary
of the Company under its corporate seal, affixed or in facsimile.
The Warrants shall be dated by the Warrant Agent as of the initial date of
issuance thereof, and upon transfer or exchange, the Warrant shall be dated as
of such subsequent issuance date.
3. Registration and Countersignature. The Warrant Agent shall maintain
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books for the transfer and registration of the Warrants. Upon the initial
issuance of the Warrants, the Warrant Agent shall issue and register the
Warrants in the names of the respective registered holders, and upon subsequent
issuance, such Warrants shall be registered in the names of the respective
succeeding registered holders. The Warrants shall be countersigned by the
Warrant Agent (or by any successor to the Warrant Agent then acting as warrant
agent under this Agreement) and shall not be valid for
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any purpose unless so countersigned. Warrants may be so countersigned, however,
by the Warrant Agent (or by its successor as warrant agent) and be delivered by
the Warrant Agent, notwithstanding that the persons whose manual or facsimile
signature appear thereon as proper officers of the Company shall have ceased to
be such officers at the time of such countersignature or delivery. Until a
Warrant is transferred on the books of the Warrant Agent, the Company and the
Warrant Agent may treat any registered holder of Warrants as the absolute owner
thereof for all purposes, notwithstanding any notice to the contrary.
4. Registration of Transfers and Exchanges. The Warrant Agent shall
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transfer any outstanding Warrants on the books to be maintained by the Warrant
Agent for that purpose, upon surrender thereof for transfer, properly endorsed
or accompanied by appropriate instructions for transfer with proper documentary
stamps affixed thereto, if requested. Upon any such transfer, a new Warrant
shall be issued to the transferee, and the surrendered Warrant shall be canceled
by the Warrant Agent. Warrants so canceled shall be delivered by the Warrant
Agent to the Company from time to time. Warrants may be exchanged at the option
of the holder thereof when surrendered at the office of the Warrant Agent, for
another Warrant, or other Warrants of different denominations, of like tenor and
representing in the aggregate the right to purchase a like number of shares of
Common Stock. The Warrant Agent is hereby irrevocably authorized to countersign
and deliver the Warrants in accordance with the provisions of this Paragraph 4,
and the Company, whenever required by the Warrant Agent, will supply the Warrant
Agent with Warrants duly executed on behalf of the Company for such purpose.
5. Exercise of Warrants. Subject to the provisions of this Agreement,
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each registered holder of Warrants shall have the right, which right may be
exercised as in such Warrants as expressed, to purchase from the Company, and
the Company shall issue and sell to such registered holder of Warrants, the
number of fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock specified in such
Warrants, upon surrender to the Company at the office of the Warrant Agent, with
the form of election to purchase on the reverse side thereof duly completed and
signed, and upon payment to the Warrant Agent for the account of the Company of
the Exercise Price for the number of shares of Common Stock in respect of which
such Warrants are then exercised. Payment of such Exercise Price may be made in
cash or by certified check, bank draft, or postal or express money order,
payable in United States dollars, to the order of the Company. Subject to the
provisions of Paragraph 8 hereof, upon such surrender of Warrants and payment of
the Exercise Price as aforesaid, the Company, acting through the Warrant Agent,
shall issue and cause to be delivered with all reasonable dispatch to or upon
the written order of the registered holder of such Warrants and in such name or
names as such registered holder may designate, a certificate or certificates for
the number of full shares of Common Stock so purchased upon the exercise of such
Warrants. Such certificates shall be deemed to have been issued, and any person
so designated to be named therein shall be deemed to have become a holder of
record of such Common Stock, as of the date of surrender of such Warrants and
payment of the Exercise Price, as aforesaid; provided, however, that if, at the
date of surrender of such Warrants and the payment of such Exercise Price, the
transfer books for the Common Stock purchasable upon the exercise of such
Warrants shall be closed, the certificates for the shares in respect of which
such Warrants are then exercised shall be issuable as of the date on
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which such books shall next be opened, and until such date the Company shall be
under no duty to deliver any certificate for such shares; provided further,
however, that the transfer books aforesaid, unless otherwise required by law,
shall not be closed at any one time for a period longer than 20 days. The right
of purchase represented by the Warrants shall be exercisable, at the election of
the registered holders thereof, either as an entirety or, from time to time, for
only part of the shares specified therein, and in the event that any Warrant is
exercised in respect of less than all of the shares specified therein at any
time prior to the date of expiration of the Warrants, a new Warrant or Warrants
will be issued for the remaining number of Common Stock specified in the Warrant
so surrendered, and the Warrant Agent is hereby irrevocably authorized to
countersign and to deliver the required new Warrants pursuant to the provisions
of this Paragraph 5 and of Paragraph 3 of this Agreement, and the Company,
whenever required by the Warrant Agent, will supply the Warrant Agent with
Warrants duly executed on behalf of the Company for such purposes.
Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, no Warrant may
be exercised if the issuance of Common Stock in connection therewith would
constitute a violation of the registration provisions of federal or state
securities laws.
Upon thirty (30) days prior written notice to all holders of the Warrants,
the Company shall have the right to reduce the exercise price and/or extend the
term of the Warrants in compliance with the requirements of Rule 13e-4 to the
extent applicable.
The "Exercise Price" of the Warrants shall mean the exercise price
specified in the Warrants until the occurrence of a re-capitalization or
reclassification that, pursuant to the provisions hereof, shall require an
increase or decrease in the exercise price of the Warrants, and thereafter shall
mean said price as adjusted from time to time in accordance with the provisions
hereof. No such adjustment shall be made unless such adjustment would change
the then purchase price per share by ten cents ($.10) or more; provided,
however, that all adjustments not so made shall be deferred and made when the
aggregate thereof would change the then purchase price per share by ten cents
($.10) or more. No adjustment made pursuant to any provision hereof shall have
the effect of increasing the total consideration payable upon exercise of any of
the Warrants.
6. Adjustments in Certain Cases. In case the Company shall at any time
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prior to the exercise or termination of any of the Warrants effect a re-
capitalization or reclassification of such character that its Common Stock shall
be changed into or become exchangeable for a larger or smaller number of shares,
then, upon the effective date thereof, the number of shares of Common Stock that
the holders of the Warrants shall be entitled to purchase upon exercise thereof
shall be increased or decreased, as the case may be, in direct proportion to the
increase or decrease in such number of shares of Common Stock by reason of such
re-capitalization or reclassification, and the purchase price per share of such
re-capitalized or reclassified Common Stock shall, in the case of an increase in
the number of shares, be proportionately decreased and, in the case of a
decrease in the number of shares, be proportionately increased.
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In case the Company shall at any time prior to the exercise or termination
of any of the Warrants distribute to holders of its Common Stock cash, evidences
of indebtedness, or other securities or assets, other than as dividends or
distributions payable out of current or accumulated earnings, then, in any such
case, the holders of the Warrants shall be entitled to receive, upon exercise
thereof, with respect to each share of Common Stock issuable upon such exercise,
the amount of cash or evidences of indebtedness or other securities or assets
that such holder would have been entitled to receive with respect to the Common
Stock as a result of the happening of such event, had the Warrants been
exercised immediately prior to the record date or other date fixing shareholders
to be affected by such event (without giving effect to any restriction upon such
exercise).
In case the Company shall at any time prior to the exercise or termination
of any of the Warrants consolidate or merge with any other corporation or
transfer all or substantially all of its assets to any other corporation
preparatory to a dissolution, then the Company shall, as a condition precedent
to such transaction, cause effective provision to be made so that the holders of
the Warrants, upon the exercise thereof after the effective date of such
transaction, shall be entitled to receive the kind and amount of shares,
evidences of indebtedness, and/or other property receivable on such transaction
by a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock as to which the Warrants
were exercisable immediately prior to such transaction (without giving effect to
any restriction upon such exercise); and, in any such case, appropriate
provision shall be made with respect to the rights and interests of the holders
thereof to the effect that the provisions of the Warrants shall thereafter be
applicable (as nearly as may be practicable) with respect to any shares,
evidences of indebtedness, or other securities or assets thereafter deliverable
upon exercise of the Warrants.
Whenever the number of shares of Common Stock or other types of securities
or assets purchasable upon exercise of any of the Warrants shall be adjusted as
provided herein, the Company shall forthwith obtain and file with its corporate
records a certificate or letter from a firm of independent public accountants of
recognized standing setting forth the computation and the adjusted number of
shares of Common Stock or other securities or assets purchasable hereunder
resulting from such adjustments, and a copy of such certificate or letter shall
be mailed to each of the registered holders of the Warrants. Any such
certificate or letter shall be conclusive evidence as to the correctness of the
adjustment or adjustments referred to therein and shall be available for
inspection by the holders of the Warrants on any day during normal business
hours.
In the event that at any time as a result of an adjustment made pursuant
hereto the holders of the Warrants shall become entitled to purchase upon
exercise thereof shares, evidences of indebtedness, or other securities or
assets (other than Common Stock, then, wherever appropriate, all references
herein to Common Stock shall be deemed to refer to and include such shares,
evidences of indebtedness, or other securities or assets, and thereafter the
number of such shares, evidences of indebtedness, or other securities or assets
shall be subject to adjustment from time to time in a manner and upon terms as
nearly equivalent as practicable to the provisions hereof.
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7. Redemption. The Warrants may be redeemed at the option of the
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Company, at a redemption price of $.05 per Warrant, upon not less than thirty
(30) days nor more than sixty (60) days prior written notice, if the closing
price of the Common Stock, as reported by the principal exchange on which the
Common Stock is traded, the Nasdaq Small Cap Market or the National Quotation
Bureau, Incorporated, as the case may be, for seven (7) days during any ten (10)
consecutive trading day period ending not more than fifteen (15) days prior to
the date the notice of redemption is marked equals or exceeds $__.00 per share
(200% of the Share Offering Price), subject to adjustment under certain
circumstances during a period of thirty (30) consecutive trading days ending not
earlier than ten (10) of the date of the Warrants are called for redemption and
provided there is a current registration statement under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, with respect to the issuance and sale of Common Stock upon the
exercise of the Warrants. Any redemption of the Warrants during the one-year
period commencing on _________, 1997 shall require the written consent of First
London Securities Corporation the representative of the Underwriters. On and
after the date fixed for redemption, the Registered Holder shall have no rights
with respect to the Warrants except to receive the $.05 per Warrant upon
surrender of this Warrant Certificate.
8. Payment of Taxes. The Company will pay all documentary stamp taxes,
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if any, attributable to the initial issuance of securities upon the exercise of
the Warrants; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to pay
any tax or taxes that may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the
issuance or delivery of any securities in a name other than that of the
registered holder of Warrants in respect of which such securities are issued
and, in such case, neither the Company nor the Warrant Agent shall be required
to issue or deliver any certificate representing such securities or any Warrant
until the person requesting the same has paid to the Company or the Warrant
Agent the amount of such tax or has established to the Company's satisfaction
that such tax has been paid.
9. Mutilated or Missing Warrants. In case any of the Warrants shall be
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mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Warrant Agent may countersign and
deliver in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation of the mutilated
Warrant or in lieu of and substitution for the Warrant lost, stolen or
destroyed, a new Warrant of like tenor and representing an equivalent right or
interest, but only upon receipt of evidence satisfactory to the Warrant Agent of
such loss, theft or destruction of such Warrants and indemnity, if requested,
also satisfactory to them. Applicants for such substitute Warrants shall also
comply with such other reasonable regulations and pay such other reasonable
charges as the Company or the Warrant Agent may prescribe.
10. Reservation of Common Stock. Prior to the issuance of any Warrants,
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there shall have been reserved, and the Company shall at all times keep reserved
out of the authorized and unissued Common Stock, a number of shares of Common
Stock sufficient to provide for the exercise of the rights of purchase
represented by the Warrants, and the transfer agent for the Common Stock and
every subsequent transfer agent for any of the Company's Common Stock issuable
upon the exercise of any of the rights of purchase aforesaid are hereby
irrevocably authorized and directed at all times to reserve such number of
authorized and unissued Common Stock as shall be requisite for such purpose.
The Company agrees that all Common Stock issued upon exercise of the Warrants
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shall be, at the time of delivery of the certificates representing such Common
Stock, validly issued and outstanding, fully paid and non-assessable. The
Company will keep a copy of this Agreement on file with the transfer agent for
the Common Stock and with every subsequent transfer agent for the Company's
Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of the right of purchase represented by
the Warrants. The Warrant Agent is hereby irrevocably authorized to requisition
from time to time from such transfer agent stock certificates required to honor
outstanding Warrants that have been exercised. The Company will supply such
transfer agent with duly executed stock certificates for such purpose. All
Warrants surrendered in the exercise of the rights thereby evidenced shall be
canceled by the Warrant Agent and shall thereafter be delivered to the Company,
and such canceled Warrants shall constitute sufficient evidence of the number of
shares of Common Stock that have been issued upon the exercise of such Warrants.
All Warrants surrendered for transfer, exchange or partial exercise shall be
canceled by the Warrant Agent and delivered to the Company. Promptly after the
date of expiration of the Warrants, the Warrant Agent shall certify to the
Company the total aggregate amount of Warrants then outstanding and, thereafter,
no Common Stock shall be subject to reservation in respect of such Warrants.
11. Disposition of Proceeds on Exercise of Warrants. Unless otherwise
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instructed by the Company in writing, the Warrant Agent shall account promptly
to the Company with respect to Warrants exercised and shall promptly deposit in
an account for the benefit of the Company, in a bank designated by the Company,
all moneys received by the Warrant Agent for the purchase of Common Stock
through the exercise of such Warrants.
12. Merger or Consolidation or Change of Name of Warrant Agent. Any
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corporation or company that may succeed to the business of the Warrant Agent by
merger or consolidation or otherwise to which the Warrant Agent shall be a
party, or any corporation or company or otherwise succeeding to the business of
the Warrant Agent shall be the successor to the Warrant Agent hereunder without
the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of
the parties hereto; provided, however, that such corporation would be eligible
for appointment as a successor Warrant Agent under the provision of Paragraph 14
of this Agreement. In case at the time such successor to the Warrant Agent
shall succeed to the agency created by this Agreement or in case at any time the
name of the Warrant Agent shall be changed, and any of the Warrants shall have
been countersigned but not delivered, any such successor to the Warrant Agent
may adopt the countersignature of the original Warrant Agent and deliver such
Warrants so countersigned; and in case at the time any of the Warrants shall not
have been countersigned, the successor to the Warrant Agent may countersign such
Warrants, either in the name of the predecessor Warrant Agent or in the name of
the successor Warrant Agent; and in all such cases, such Warrants shall have the
full force provided in the Warrants and in this Agreement.
In case at any time the name of the Warrant Agent shall be changed and at
such time any of the Warrants shall have been countersigned but not delivered,
the Warrant Agent may adopt the countersignature under its prior name and
deliver Warrants so countersigned; and if at that time any of the Warrants shall
not have been countersigned, the Warrant Agent may countersign such Warrants
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either in its prior name or in its changed name; and in all such cases, such
Warrants shall have the full force provided in the Warrants and this Agreement.
13. Duties of the Warrant Agent.
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(a) The Warrant Agent undertakes the duties and obligations imposed by
this Agreement upon the following terms and conditions, by all of which the
Company shall be bound:
(i) The statements contained herein and in the Warrants shall be
taken as statements of the Company, and the Warrant Agent assumes no
responsibility for the correctness of any of the same, except such as describe
the Warrant Agent or action or actions taken or to be taken by it. The Warrant
Agent assumes no responsibility with respect to the distribution of the
Warrants, except as herein otherwise provided.
(ii) The Warrant Agent shall not be responsible for any failure of
the Company to comply with any of the covenants contained in this Agreement or
in the Warrants to be complied with by the Company.
(iii) The Warrant Agent may execute and exercise any of the rights
or powers hereby vested in it or perform any duty hereunder, either itself, or
by or through its attorneys, agents or employees.
(iv) The Warrant Agent may consult at any time with counsel
satisfactory to it (who may be counsel for the Company), and the Warrant Agent
shall incur no liability or responsibility to the Company or to any holder of
any Warrant in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder
in good faith and in accordance with the opinion or advice of such counsel,
provided the Warrant Agent shall have exercised reasonable care in the selection
and continued employment of such counsel.
(v) The Warrant Agent shall incur no liability or responsibility
to the Company or to any holder of any Warrant for any action taken in reliance
upon any notice, resolution, waiver, consent, order, certificate or other paper,
document or instrument reasonably believed by it to have been signed, sent or
presented by the proper party or parties.
(vi) The Company agrees to pay the Warrant Agent reasonable
compensation for all services rendered by the Warrant Agent in the execution of
this Agreement; to reimburse the Warrant Agent for all expenses, taxes,
governmental charges and other charges of any kind and nature incurred by the
Warrant Agent in the execution of this Agreement; and to indemnify the Warrant
Agent and save it harmless from and against any and all liabilities, including
judgments, costs and reasonable attorneys' fees for anything done or omitted by
the Warrant Agent in the execution of this Agreement, except as a result of the
Warrant Agent's negligence or bad faith.
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(vii) The Warrant Agent shall be under no obligation to institute
any action, suit or legal proceeding, or to take any other action likely to
involve expense, unless the Company or one or more registered holders of
Warrants shall furnish the Warrant Agent with reasonable security and indemnity.
All rights of action under this Agreement or under any of the Warrants or in the
production thereof at any trial or other proceeding relative thereto, and any
such action, suit or proceeding instituted by the Warrant Agent shall be brought
in its name as Warrant Agent, and any recovery of judgment shall be for the
benefit of the registered holders of the Warrants, as their respective rights or
interests may appear.
(viii) The Warrant Agent and any shareholder, director, officer,
partner or employee of the Warrant Agent may buy, sell or deal in any of the
Warrants or other securities of the Company or become pecuniarily interested in
any transaction in which the Company may be interested, or contract with or lend
money to or otherwise act as fully and freely as though it were not the Warrant
Agent under this Agreement. Nothing herein shall preclude the Warrant Agent from
acting in any other capacity for the Company or for any other legal entity.
(ix) The Warrant Agent shall act hereunder solely as agent, and
its duties shall be determined solely by the provisions hereof. The Warrant
Agent shall not be liable for anything that it may do or refrain from doing in
connection with this Agreement, except for its own negligence or bad faith.
(x) The Warrant Agent shall keep copies of this Agreement
available for inspection by holders of the Warrants during normal business hours
at its principal office in New York.
14. Change of Warrant Agent. The Warrant Agent may resign and be
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discharged from its duties under this Agreement by giving notice in writing to
the Company and by giving notice by mailing to holders of the Warrants at their
addresses as such addresses appear on the Warrant register of such resignation,
specifying a date when such resignation shall take effect, which date shall not
be less than 30 days after the mailing of said notice. The Warrant Agent may be
removed at the discretion of the Company by like notice to the Warrant Agent
from the Company and by like mailing of notice to the holders of the Warrants.
If the Warrant Agent shall resign or be removed or otherwise become incapable of
acting, the Company shall appoint a successor to the Warrant Agent. If the
Company shall fail to make such appointment within a period of 30 days after
such removal, or after it has been notified in writing of such resignation or
incapacity by the resigning or incapacitated Warrant Agent or by the registered
holder of a Warrant (who shall, with such notice, submit his Warrant for
inspection by the Company), then the registered holder of any Warrant may apply
to any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor to the
Warrant Agent. After appointment, any successor Warrant Agent shall be vested
with the same powers, rights, duties and responsibilities as if it had been
originally named as Warrant Agent without further act or deed, but the former
Warrant Agent shall deliver and transfer to the successor Warrant Agent any
property at the time held by it hereunder, and execute and deliver any further
assurance, conveyance act or deed necessary for the purpose. Not later than the
effective date of any such appointment, the
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Company shall give notice thereof to the predecessor Warrant Agent and each
transfer agent for the Common Stock, and shall forthwith give notice to the
holders of the Warrants in the manner prescribed in this section. Failure to
file or mail any notice provided for in this Section 14, however, or any defect
therein, shall not affect the legality or validity of the resignation or removal
of the Warrant Agent or the appointment of any successor Warrant Agent, as the
case may be.
15. Identity of Transfer Agent. Forthwith upon the appointment of any
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transfer agent other than the Warrant Agent for the Common Stock of the Company
issuable upon the exercise of the rights of purchase represented by the
Warrants, the Company will file with the Warrant Agent a statement setting forth
the name and address of such transfer agent.
16. Notices. Any notice pursuant to this Agreement to be given or made by
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the Warrant Agent or by the registered holder of any Warrant to the Company
shall be deemed to have been sufficiently given or made if sent by certified
mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed (until another
address is filed in writing by the Company with the Warrant Agent) as follows:
To the Company: NEI WebWorld, Inc.
North Tower, Plaza of the Americas
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To the Warrant Agent: American Stock Transfer & Trust Company
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Any notice pursuant to this Agreement to be given or made by the Company or by
the registered holder of any Warrant to the Warrant Agent shall be deemed to
have been sufficiently given or made if sent by certified mail, return receipt
requested, postage prepaid, addressed (until another address is filed in writing
by the Warrant Agent with the Company) to the Warrant Agent as set forth above.
17. Standard of Conduct. Notwithstanding any implication to the contrary
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elsewhere herein, whenever the Company or the Warrant Agent are required or
permitted to make any judgment or to take any action, no such judgment or action
shall be made or taken in bad faith or in any arbitrary or capricious fashion.
18. Supplements and Amendments. The Company and the Warrant Agent may,
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from time to time, supplement or amend this Agreement without the approval of
any of the holders of the Warrants in order to cure any ambiguity or to correct
or supplement any provision contained herein that may be defective or
inconsistent with any other provision herein, or to make any other provisions in
regard to matters or questions arising hereunder that the Company and the
Warrant Agent may deem necessary or desirable, that shall not be inconsistent
with the provisions of the Warrants, and that shall not materially adversely
affect the rights of the holders of the Warrants.
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19. Successors. All of the covenants and provisions hereof by or for the
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benefit of the Company or the Warrant Agent shall bind and inure to the benefit
of their respective successors and assigns hereunder.
20. Merger or Consolidation of the Company. The Company will not merge or
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consolidate with or into any other corporation, unless the corporation resulting
from such merger or consolidation (if not the Company) shall expressly assume,
by supplemental agreement satisfactory in form to the Warrant Agent and executed
and delivered to the Warrant Agent, the due and punctual performance and
observance of each and every covenant and condition of this Agreement to be
performed and observed by the Company.
21. Texas Contract. This Agreement and each Warrant issued hereunder
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shall be deemed to be a contract made under the laws of the State of Texas and
for all purposes shall be construed in accordance with the laws of said state.
22. Benefits of this Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement shall be
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construed to give any person or corporation, other than the Company, the Warrant
Agent and the registered holders of the Warrants, any legal or equitable right,
remedy or claim under this Agreement, but this Agreement shall be for the sole
and exclusive benefit of the Company and the Warrant Agent and their respective
successors and of the holders of the Warrant Certificates.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be
duly executed and their respective corporate seals to be hereunto affixed and
attested, all as of the day and year first above written.
NEI WebWorld, Inc.
By:
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Its:
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ATTEST:
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AMERICAN STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST
COMPANY
By:
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Its:
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ATTEST:
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EHXIBIT A
No. W ____ VOID AFTER _______, 2002
_________ WARRANTS
REDEEMABLE COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT CERTIFICATE TO
PURCHASE ONE SHARE OF COMMON STOCK
NEI WEBWORLD, INC.
CUSIP _________
THIS CERTIFIES THAT, FOR VALUE RECEIVED the holder hereof or registered assigns
(the "Registered Holder") is the owner of the number of Redeemable Common Stock
Purchase Warrants (the "Warrants") specified above. Each Warrant initially
entitles the Registered Holder to purchase, subject to the terms and conditions
set forth in this Certificate and the Warrant Agreement (as hereinafter
defined), one fully paid and nonassessable share of Common Stock, $.01 par
value, of NEI WebWorld, Inc., a Texas corporation (the "Company"), at any time
between __________, 1997 (the "Initial Warrant Exercise Date"), and the
Expiration Date (as hereinafter defined) upon the presentation and surrender of
this Warrant Certificate with the Subscription Form on the reverse hereof duly
executed, at the corporate office of American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, ▇▇
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successor (the "Warrant Agent"), accompanied by payment of $___________ subject
to adjustment (the "Purchase Price"), in lawful money of the United States of
America in cash or by check made payable to the Warrant Agent for the account of
the Company.
This Warrant Certificate and each Warrant represented hereby are issued
pursuant to and are subject in all respects to the terms and conditions set
forth in the Warrant Agreement (the "Warrant Agreement"), dated ________, 1997,
by and between the Company and the Warrant Agent.
In the event of certain contingencies provided for in the Warrant
Agreement, the Purchase Price and the number of shares of Common Stock subject
to purchase upon the exercise of each Warrant represented hereby are subject to
modification or adjustment.
Each Warrant represented hereby is exercisable at the option of the
Registered Holder, but no fractional interests will be issued. In the case of
the exercise of less than all the Warrants represented hereby, the Company shall
cancel this Warrant Certificate upon the surrender hereof and shall execute and
deliver a new Warrant Certificate or Warrant Certificates of like tenor, which
the Warrant Agent shall countersign, for the balance of such Warrants.
The term "Expiration Date" shall mean 5:00 p.m. (Texas time) on ________,
2002. If each such date shall in the State of Texas be a holiday or a day on
which the banks are authorized to close, then the Expiration Date shall mean
5:00 p.m. (Texas time) the next following day which in the State of Texas is not
a holiday or a day on which banks are authorized to close.
The Company shall not be obligated to deliver any securities pursuant to
the exercise of this Warrant unless a registration statement under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), with respect to such securities
is effective or an exemption thereunder is available. The Company has
covenanted and agreed that it will file a registration statement under the
Federal securities laws, use its best efforts to cause the same to become
effective, use its best efforts to keep such registration statement current, if
required under the Act, while any of the Warrants are outstanding, and deliver a
prospectus which complies with Section 10(a)(3) of the Act to the Registered
Holder exercising this Warrant. This Warrant shall not be exercisable by a
Registered Holder in any state where such exercise would be unlawful.
This Warrant Certificate is exchangeable, upon the surrender hereof by the
Registered Holder at the corporate office of the Warrant Agent, for a new
Warrant Certificate or Warrant Certificates of like tenor representing an equal
aggregate number of Warrants, each of such new Warrant Certificates to represent
such number of Warrants as shall be designated by such Registered Holder at the
time of such surrender. Upon due presentment and payment of any tax or other
charge imposed in connection therewith or incident thereto, for registration of
transfer of this Warrant Certificate at such office, a new Warrant Certificate
of Warrant Certificates representing an equal aggregate number of Warrants will
be issued to the transferee in exchange therefor, subject to the limitations
provided in the Warrant Agreement.
Prior to the exercise of any Warrant represented hereby, the Registered
Holder shall not be entitled to any rights of a stockholder of the Company,
including, without limitation, the right to vote or to receive dividends or
other distributions, and shall not be entitled to receive any notice of any
proceedings of the Company, except as provided in the Warrant Agreement.
Subject to the provisions of the Warrant Agreement, this Warrant may be
redeemed at the option of the Company, at the redemption price of $.05 per
Warrant, on not less than 30 nor more than 60 days written notice ("Notice of
Redemption") if the closing price for the Common Stock for seven trading days
during a 10 consecutive trading day period ending not more than 15 days prior to
the date notice of redemption is mailed equals or exceeds $____ per share (200%
of the initial offering price to the public) subject to adjustment under certain
circumstances and provided there is then a current registration statement under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, with respect to the issuance and sale of
Common Stock upon the exercise of the Warrants. On and after the date fixed for
redemption, the Registered Holder shall have no rights with respect to the
Warrants except to receive the $.05 per Warrant upon surrender of this Warrant
Certificate.
Under certain circumstances, First London Securities Corporation
collectively shall be entitled to receive an aggregate of five percent (5%) of
the Purchase Price of the Warrants represented hereby.
Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer hereof, the Company
and the Warrant Agent may deem and treat the Registered Holder as the absolute
owner hereof and of each Warrant represented hereby (notwithstanding any
notations of ownership or writing hereon made by anyone other than a duly
authorized officer of the Company or the Warrant Agent) for all purposes and
shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary, except as provided in the
Warrant Agreement.
This Warrant Certificate shall be governed by and construed in accordance
with the laws of the State of Texas without giving effect to conflicts of laws.
This Warrant Certificate is not valid unless countersigned by the Warrant
Agent.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant Certificate to be
duly executed, manually or in facsimile by two of its officers thereunto duly
authorized and a facsimile of its corporate seal to be imprinted hereon.
Dated:__________________, 1997
[SEAL] NEI WEBWORLD, INC.
By:
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By:
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COUNTERSIGNED:
AMERICAN STOCK TRANSFER
AND TRUST COMPANY
as Warrant Agent
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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FORM OF SUBSCRIPTION
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(To be signed only upon exercise of Warrant)
TO: NEI WebWorld, Inc.
North Tower, Plaza of the Americas
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The undersigned, the Holder of Warrant Certificate number ____ (the
"Warrant"), representing ______________ Warrants of NEI WebWorld, Inc. (the
"Company"), which Warrant Certificate is being delivered herewith, hereby
irrevocably elects to exercise the purchase right provided by the Warrant
Certificate for, and to purchase thereunder, _____________ shares of Common
Stock of the Company, and herewith makes payment of $____________ therefor, and
requests that the certificates for such securities be issued in the name of, and
delivered to, ____________ _____________________________ whose address is
____________________________________, all in accordance with the Warrant
Agreement and the Warrant Certificate.
Dated:
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(Signature must conform in all
respects to name of Holder as
specified on the face of the
Warrant Certificate)
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(Address)