EXHIBIT 10.6
COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT
THIS WARRANT HAS BEEN, AND THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK WHICH MAY BE PURCHASED
PURSUANT TO THE EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT (THE "SHARES") WILL BE, ACQUIRED SOLELY
FOR INVESTMENT AND NOT WITH A VIEW TO, OR FOR RESALE IN CONNECTION WITH, ANY
DISTRIBUTION THEREOF. NEITHER THIS WARRANT NOR THE SHARES (TOGETHER, THE
"SECURITIES") HAVE BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED
(THE "ACT"), OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS. SUCH SECURITIES MAY NOT BE SOLD,
OFFERED FOR SALE, PLEDGED OR HYPOTHECATED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR
AN OPINION OF COUNSEL SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY AND ITS COUNSEL THAT SUCH
DISPOSITION IS EXEMPT FROM THE REGISTRATION AND PROSPECTUS DELIVERY REQUIREMENTS
OF THE ACT AND OF ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS.
NO. 4
VOID AFTER FEBRUARY 5, 2008
UTSTARCOM, INC.
WARRANT TO PURCHASE SIXTEEN THOUSAND (16,000) SHARES OF COMMON STOCK
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THIS CERTIFIES THAT, for value received, Lintech Ltd., a corporation
organized under the laws of Hong Kong (the "HOLDER") is entitled to subscribe
for and purchase from UTStarcom, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "COMPANY"),
16,000 shares (as adjusted pursuant to Section 3 hereof) of the fully paid and
nonassessable Common Stock, $.0025 par value (the "SHARES"), of the Company at
the price of $5.00 per share (the "EXERCISE PRICE") (as adjusted pursuant to
Section 3 hereof), subject to the provisions and upon the terms and conditions
hereinafter set forth.
This Warrant is subject to the following terms and conditions:
1. METHOD OF EXERCISE; PAYMENT.
(a) CASH EXERCISE. The purchase rights represented by this
Warrant may be exercised by the Holder, in whole or in part, from time to
time at the principal office of the Company, by delivering a completed and
duly executed Notice of Exercise (attached hereto as EXHIBIT A) and by the
payment to the Company of an amount equal to the Exercise Price multiplied by
the number of the Shares being purchased, which amount may be paid, at the
election of the Holder, by wire transfer or certified check payable to the
order of the Company. The person or persons in whose name(s) any
certificate(s) representing Shares shall be issuable upon exercise of this
Warrant shall be deemed to have become the holder(s) of record of, and shall
be treated for all purposes as the record holder(s) of, the Shares
represented thereby (and such Shares shall be deemed to have been issued)
immediately prior to the close of business on the date or dates upon which
this Warrant is exercised.
(b) STOCK CERTIFICATES. In the event of any exercise of the
rights represented by this Warrant, certificates for the shares of Common Stock
so purchased shall be delivered to the Holder within a reasonable time and,
unless this Warrant has been fully exercised or has expired, a new Warrant
representing the shares with respect to which this Warrant shall not have been
exercised shall also be issued to the Holder within such time.
2. STOCK FULLY PAID; RESERVATION OF SHARES. All of the Shares
issuable upon the exercise of the rights represented by this Warrant will, upon
issuance and receipt of the Exercise Price therefor, be fully paid and
nonassessable, and free from all preemptive rights, rights of first refusal or
first offer, taxes, liens and charges with respect to the issuance thereof.
During the period within which the rights represented by this Warrant may be
exercised, the Company shall at all times have authorized and reserved for
issuance sufficient shares of its Common Stock to provide for the exercise of
the rights represented by this Warrant.
3. ADJUSTMENT OF EXERCISE PRICE AND NUMBER OF SHARES. Subject to the
provisions of Section 12 hereof, the number and kind of Shares purchasable upon
the exercise of this Warrant and the Exercise Price therefor shall be subject to
adjustment from time to time upon the occurrence of certain events, as follows:
(a) RECLASSIFICATION, CONSOLIDATION OR MERGER. In case of any
reclassification of the Common Stock (other than a change in par value, or as a
result of a subdivision or combination), or in case of any consolidation or
merger of the Company with or into another corporation (other than a
consolidation or merger with another corporation in which the Company is a
continuing corporation and in which the Company's stockholders immediately
preceding such consolidation or merger own at least 50% of the voting securities
of the Company following such consolidation or merger and which does not result
in any reclassification of the Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant),
or in case of any sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company,
the Company, or such successor or purchasing corporation as the case may be,
shall execute a new Warrant, providing that the holder of this Warrant shall
have the right to exercise such new Warrant, and procure upon such exercise and
payment of the same aggregate Exercise Price, in lieu of the Shares of Common
Stock theretofore issuable upon exercise of this Warrant, the kind and amount of
shares of stock, other securities, money and property receivable upon such
reclassification, change, consolidation, sale of all or substantially all of the
Company's assets or merger by a holder of an equivalent number of shares of
Common Stock. Such new Warrant shall provide for adjustments which shall be as
nearly equivalent as may be practicable to the adjustments provided for in this
Section 3. The provisions of this subsection (a), subject to Section 12 hereof,
shall similarly apply to successive reclassifications, consolidations, mergers,
and the sale of all or substantially all of the Company's assets.
(b) STOCK SPLITS, DIVIDENDS AND COMBINATIONS. In the event
that the Company shall at any time subdivide the outstanding shares of Common
Stock, or shall issue a stock dividend on its outstanding shares of Common
Stock, the number of Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant immediately
prior to such subdivision or to the issuance of such stock dividend shall be
proportionately increased, and the Exercise Price shall be proportionately
decreased, and in the event
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that the Company shall at any time combine the outstanding shares of Common
Stock, the number of Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant
immediately prior to such combination shall be proportionately decreased, and
the Exercise Price shall be proportionately increased, effective at the close
of business on the date of such subdivision, stock dividend or combination,
as the case may be.
4. NOTICES.
(a) Upon any adjustment of the Exercise Price and any increase
or decrease in the number of Shares purchasable upon the exercise of this
Warrant in accordance with Section 3 hereof, then, and in each such case, the
Company, within thirty (30) days thereafter, shall give written notice thereof
to the Holder at the address of such Holder as shown on the books of the Company
which notice shall state the Exercise Price as adjusted and, if applicable, the
increased or decreased number of Shares purchasable upon the exercise of this
Warrant, setting forth in reasonable detail the method of calculation of each.
(b) Any written notice by the Company required or permitted
hereunder shall be given by hand delivery or first class mail, postage prepaid,
addressed to the Holder at the address shown on the books of the Company for the
Holder.
5. TRANSFER OF WARRANT. Except in accordance with the conditions
contained in Section 6 hereof, this Warrant and all rights hereunder are not
transferable. In order to effect any transfer of all or a portion of this
Warrant or the Shares, the transferor shall deliver a completed and duly
executed Notice of Transfer (attached hereto as EXHIBIT B).
6. CONDITION OF EXERCISE OR TRANSFER OF WARRANT.
(a) Unless exercised pursuant to an effective registration
statement under the Act which includes the Shares so exercised, it shall be a
condition to any exercise or transfer of this Warrant that the Company shall
have received, at the time of such exercise or transfer, a representation in
writing from the recipient or transferee in the form attached hereto as EXHIBIT
A-1 or EXHIBIT B-1, respectively, that the Shares being issued upon exercise, or
this Warrant (or portion hereof) transferred, as the case may be, are being
acquired for investment and not with a view to any sale or distribution thereof.
(b) It shall be a further condition to any transfer of this
Warrant, or of any or all of the Shares issued upon exercise of this Warrant,
other than a transfer registered under the Act, that the Holder shall have given
written notice to the Company which shall describe the manner and circumstances
of the proposed transfer and be accompanied by a written opinion of ▇▇▇▇▇▇'s
legal counsel or a "no-action" letter reasonably satisfactory to the Company
stating that such transfer is exempt from the registration and delivery
requirements of the Act and applicable state securities laws.
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(c) Each certificate evidencing the Shares issued upon exercise
of this Warrant, or transfer of such shares (other than a transfer registered
under the Act or any subsequent transfer of shares so registered) shall be
stamped or imprinted with a legend substantially in the following form:
THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED FOR
INVESTMENT AND NOT WITH A VIEW TO, OR FOR RESALE IN CONNECTION WITH, ANY
DISTRIBUTION THEREOF, AND HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "ACT") OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS. SUCH
SECURITIES MAY NOT BE SOLD, OFFERED FOR SALE, PLEDGED OR HYPOTHECATED IN
THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL SATISFACTORY
TO THE COMPANY AND ITS COUNSEL THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED
UNDER THE ACT.
Subject to this Section 6, the Company may instruct its transfer agent
not to register the transfer of all or a part of this Warrant, or any of the
Shares, unless one of the conditions specified in the above legend is satisfied.
7. REMOVAL OF LEGEND. Upon request of a holder of a certificate
with the legend referred to in Section 6 hereof, the Company shall issue to
such holder a new certificate therefor free of any transfer legend, if, with
such request, the Company shall have received either an opinion of counsel or
a "no-action" letter referred to in Section 6(b) of this agreement to the
effect that any transfer by such holder of the shares evidenced by such
certificate will not violate the Act and applicable state securities laws;
provided, however, that the Company shall not be obligated to remove any such
legends prior to the closing date of the Public Offering.
8. FRACTIONAL SHARES. No fractional shares of Common Stock will be
issued in connection with any exercise hereunder, but in lieu of such fractional
shares the Company shall make a cash payment therefor upon the basis of the
Exercise Price then in effect.
9. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY. The Company
represents and warrants to the Holder as follows:
(a) This Warrant has been duly authorized and executed by the
Company and is a valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable in
accordance with its terms;
(b) The Shares have been duly authorized and reserved for
issuance by the Company and, when issued in accordance with the terms hereof,
will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable;
(c) The rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions
granted to or imposed upon the Shares and the holders thereof are as set forth
in the Company's Certificate of Incorporation, a true and complete copy of which
has been delivered to the original Holder of this Warrant; and
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(d) The execution and delivery of this Warrant are not, and the
issuance of the Shares upon exercise of this Warrant in accordance with the
terms hereof will not be, inconsistent with the Company's Certificate of
Incorporation or Bylaws, as amended.
10. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES BY THE HOLDER. The Holder
represents and warrants to the Company as follows:
(a) This Warrant is being acquired for its own account, for
investment and not with a view to, or for resale in connection with, any
distribution or public offering thereof within the meaning of the Act. Upon
exercise of this Warrant, the Holder shall, if so requested by the Company,
confirm in writing, in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Company, that the
Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant are being acquired for investment
and not with a view toward distribution or resale.
(b) The Holder understands that the Warrant and the Shares have
not been registered under the Act by reason of their issuance in a transaction
exempt from the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Act
pursuant to Section 4(2) thereof, and that they must be held by the Holder
indefinitely, and that the Holder must therefore bear the economic risk of such
investment indefinitely, unless a subsequent disposition thereof is registered
under the Act or is exempted from such registration. The Holder further
understands that the Shares have not been qualified under the California
Securities Law of 1968 (the "CALIFORNIA LAW") by reason of their issuance in a
transaction exempt from the qualification requirements of the California Law
pursuant to Section 25102(f) thereof, which exemption depends upon, among other
things, the bona fide nature of the Holder's investment intent expressed above.
(c) The Holder has such knowledge and experience in financial
and business matters that it is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of
the purchase of this Warrant and the Shares purchasable pursuant to the terms of
this Warrant and of protecting its interests in connection therewith.
(d) The Holder is able to bear the economic risk of the
purchase of the Shares pursuant to the terms of this Warrant.
11. RIGHTS OF STOCKHOLDERS. No holder of this Warrant shall be
entitled, as a Warrant holder, to vote or receive dividends or be deemed the
holder of Common Stock or any other securities of the Company which may at any
time be issuable on the exercise hereof for any purpose, nor shall anything
contained herein be construed to confer upon the holder of this Warrant, as
such, any of the rights of a stockholder of the Company or any right to vote for
the election of directors or upon any matter submitted to stockholders at any
meeting thereof, or to give or withhold consent to any corporate action (whether
upon any recapitalization, issuance of stock, reclassification of stock, change
of par value, consolidation, merger, conveyance, or otherwise) or to receive
notice of meetings, or to receive dividends or subscription rights or otherwise
until the Warrant shall have been exercised and the Shares purchasable upon the
exercise hereof shall have become deliverable, as provided herein.
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12. EXPIRATION OF WARRANT. This Warrant shall expire and shall no
longer be exercisable as of 5:00 p.m., California local time, on February 5,
2008.
13. MISCELLANEOUS.
(a) This Warrant is being delivered in the State of California
and shall be construed and enforced in accordance with and governed by the laws
of such State. The parties expressly stipulate that any litigation under this
Warrant shall be brought in the State courts of the Counties of Santa ▇▇▇▇▇ or
San Francisco, California and in the United States District Court for the
Northern District of California. The parties agree to submit to the
jurisdiction and venue of those courts.
(b) The headings in this Warrant are for purposes of reference
only, and shall not limit or otherwise affect any of the terms hereof.
(c) The terms of this Warrant shall be binding upon and shall
inure to the benefit of any successors or assigns of the Company and of the
holder or holders hereof and of the Shares issued or issuable upon the exercise
hereof.
(d) This Warrant and the other documents delivered pursuant
hereto constitute the full and entire understanding and agreement between the
parties with regard to the subjects hereof and thereof.
(e) The Company shall not, by amendment of its Certificate of
Incorporation, or through any other means, directly or indirectly, avoid or seek
to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms of this Warrant and
shall at all times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all such terms
and in the taking of all such action as may be necessary or appropriate in order
to protect the rights of the holder of this Warrant against impairment.
(f) Upon receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the
Company of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant and, in
the case of any such loss, theft or destruction, upon delivery of an indemnity
agreement reasonably satisfactory in form and amount to the Company or, in the
case of any such mutilation, upon surrender and cancellation of such Warrant,
the Company at its expense will execute and deliver to the holder of record, in
lieu thereof, a new Warrant of like date and tenor.
(g) This Warrant and any provision hereof may be amended,
waived or terminated only by an instrument in writing signed by the Company and
the Holder.
(h) Receipt of this Warrant by the holder hereof shall
constitute acceptance of and agreement to the foregoing terms and conditions.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be signed by
its duly authorized officer.
Issued this 5th day of February, 1998
UTSTARCOM, INC.
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇
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Title: President
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FOR AND ON BEHALF OF
Acknowledged and Accepted:
/s/ ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
_________________________________
Warrant Holder AUTHORIZED SIGNATURE(S)
By: ▇▇. ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Title: Chairman
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EXHIBIT A
NOTICE OF EXERCISE
TO: UTStarcom, Inc.
▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Attention: Chief Financial Officer
1. The undersigned hereby elects to purchase __________ shares of
Common Stock of UTStarcom, Inc. pursuant to the terms of this Warrant, and
tenders herewith payment of the purchase price of such shares in full.
2. Please issue a certificate or certificates representing said
shares of Common Stock in the name of the undersigned or in such other name as
is specified below:
_________________________________
(Name)
_________________________________
_________________________________
(Address)
3. The undersigned hereby represents and warrants that the
aforesaid shares of Common Stock are being acquired for the account of the
undersigned for investment and not with a view to, or for resale, in
connection with the distribution thereof, and that the undersigned has no
present intention of distributing or reselling such shares and all
representations and warranties of the undersigned set forth in Section 10 of
the attached Warrant are true and correct as of the date hereof. In support
thereof, the undersigned agrees to execute an Investment Representation
Statement in a form substantially similar to the form attached to the Warrant
as EXHIBIT A-1.
_______________________________
(Signature)
By:____________________________
Title:_________________________
Date:________________, 19__
EXHIBIT A-1
INVESTMENT REPRESENTATION STATEMENT
PURCHASER : _________________________
SELLER : UTSTARCOM, INC.
COMPANY : UTSTARCOM, INC.
SECURITY : COMMON STOCK ISSUED UPON EXERCISE OF THE COMMON STOCK
PURCHASE WARRANT ISSUED ON _______, 199__
AMOUNT : __________ SHARES
DATE : ____________, 19__
In connection with the purchase of the above-listed Securities, I, the
Purchaser, represent to the Seller and to the Company the following:
(a) I am aware of the Company's business affairs and financial
condition, and have acquired sufficient information about the Company to reach
an informed and knowledgeable decision to acquire the Securities. I am
purchasing these Securities for my own account for investment purposes only and
not with a view to, or for the resale in connection with, any "distribution"
thereof for purposes of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities
Act").
(b) I understand that the Securities have not been registered under
the Securities Act in reliance upon a specific exemption therefrom, which
exemption depends upon, among other things, the bona fide nature of my
investment intent as expressed herein. In this connection, I understand that,
in the view of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), the statutory
basis for such exemption may be unavailable if my representation was predicated
solely upon a present intention to hold these Securities for the minimum capital
gains period specified under tax statutes, for a deferred sale, for or until an
increase or decrease in the market price of the Securities, or for a period of
one year or any other fixed period in the future.
(c) I further understand that the Securities must be held indefinitely
unless subsequently registered under the Securities Act or unless an exemption
from registration is otherwise available. Moreover, I understand that the
Company is under no obligation to register the Securities. In addition, I
understand that the certificate evidencing the Securities will be imprinted with
a legend which prohibits the transfer of the Securities unless they are
registered or such registration is not required in the opinion of counsel for
the Company.
(d) I am familiar with the provisions of Rule 144, promulgated under
the Securities Act, which, in substance, permits limited public resale of
"restricted securities" acquired, directly or indirectly, from the issuer
thereof, in a non-public offering subject to the satisfaction of certain
conditions.
The Securities may be resold in certain limited circumstances subject to
the provisions of Rule 144, which requires among other things: (1) the
availability of certain public information about the Company, (2) the resale
occurring not less than two years after the party has purchased, and made full
payment for, within the meaning of Rule 144, the securities to be sold; and, in
the case of an affiliate, or of a non-affiliate who has held the securities less
than three years, (3) the sale being made through a broker in an unsolicited
"broker's transaction" or in transactions directly with a market maker (as said
term is defined under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) and the amount of
securities being sold during any three month period not exceeding the specified
limitations stated therein, if applicable.
(e) I agree, in connection with the Company's initial underwritten
public offering of the Company's securities, (1) not to sell, make short sale
of, loan, grant any options for the purchase of, or otherwise dispose of any
shares of Common Stock of the Company held by me (other than those shares
included in the registration) without the prior written consent of the Company
or the underwriters managing such initial underwritten public offering of the
Company's securities for one hundred eighty (180) days from the effective date
of such registration, and (2) I further agree to execute any agreement
reflecting (1) above as may be requested by the underwriters at the time of the
public offering; PROVIDED HOWEVER that the officers and directors of the Company
who own the stock of the Company also agree to such restrictions.
(f) I further understand that in the event all of the applicable
requirements of Rule 144 are not satisfied, registration under the Securities
Act, compliance with Regulation A, or some other registration exemption will be
required; and that, notwithstanding the fact that Rule 144 is not exclusive, the
Staff of the SEC has expressed its opinion that persons proposing to sell
private placement securities other than in a registered offering and otherwise
than pursuant to Rule 144 will have a substantial burden of proof in
establishing that an exemption from registration is available for such offers or
sales, and that such persons and their respective brokers who participate in
such transactions do so at their own risk.
_______________________________
(Signature)
By:____________________________
Title:_________________________
Date:________________, 19__
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EXHIBIT B
NOTICE OF TRANSFER
(To be signed only upon transfer of Warrant)
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers
unto _______________________________________________ the right represented by
the attached Warrant to purchase ____________* shares of Common Stock of
UTStarcom, Inc., to which the attached Warrant relates, and appoints
______________ Attorney to transfer such right on the books of UTStarcom, Inc.,
with full power of substitution in the premises.
Dated: ____________________
______________________________
(Signature must conform in all
respects to name of Holder as
specified on the face of the
Warrant)
______________________________
(Address)
Signed in the presence of:
____________________________
* Insert here the number of shares without making any adjustment
for additional shares of Common Stock or any other stock or other securities or
property or cash which, pursuant to the adjustment provisions of the Warrant,
may be deliverable upon exercise.
EXHIBIT B-1
INVESTMENT REPRESENTATION STATEMENT
PURCHASER :
TRANSFEROR :
COMPANY : UTSTARCOM, INC.
SECURITY : COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT ORIGINALLY ISSUED ON _______,
199__
AMOUNT : SHARES
DATE : ____________, 19__
In connection with the purchase of the above-listed Securities, I, the
Purchaser, represent to the Seller and to the Company the following:
(a) I am aware of the Company's business affairs and financial
condition, and have acquired sufficient information about the Company to reach
an informed and knowledgeable decision to acquire the Securities. I am
purchasing these Securities for my own account for investment purposes only and
not with a view to, or for the resale in connection with, any "distribution"
thereof for purposes of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities
Act").
(b) I understand that the Securities have not been registered under
the Securities Act in reliance upon a specific exemption therefrom, which
exemption depends upon, among other things, the bona fide nature of my
investment intent as expressed herein. In this connection, I understand that,
in the view of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), the statutory
basis for such exemption may be unavailable if my representation was predicated
solely upon a present intention to hold these Securities for the minimum capital
gains period specified under tax statutes, for a deferred sale, for or until an
increase or decrease in the market price of the Securities, or for a period of
one year or any other fixed period in the future.
(c) I further understand that the Securities must be held indefinitely
unless subsequently registered under the Securities Act or unless an exemption
from registration is otherwise available. Moreover, I understand that the
Company is under no obligation to register the Securities. In addition, I
understand that the certificate evidencing the Securities will be imprinted with
a legend which prohibits the transfer of the Securities unless they are
registered or such registration is not required in the opinion of counsel for
the Company.
(d) I am familiar with the provisions of Rule 144, promulgated under
the Securities Act, which, in substance, permits limited public resale of
"restricted securities" acquired, directly or indirectly, from the issuer
thereof, in a non-public offering subject to the satisfaction of certain
conditions.
The Securities may be resold in certain limited circumstances subject to
the provisions of Rule 144, which requires among other things: (1) the
availability of certain public information about the Company, (2) the resale
occurring not less than two years after the party has purchased, and made full
payment for, within the meaning of Rule 144, the securities to be sold; and, in
the case of an affiliate, or of a non-affiliate who has held the securities less
than three years, (3) the sale being made through a broker in an unsolicited
"broker's transaction" or in transactions directly with a market maker (as said
term is defined under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) and the amount of
securities being sold during any three month period not exceeding the specified
limitations stated therein, if applicable.
(e) I agree, in connection with the Company's initial underwritten
public offering of the Company's securities, (1) not to sell, make short sale
of, loan, grant any options for the purchase of, or otherwise dispose of any
shares of Common Stock of the Company held by me (other than those shares
included in the registration) without the prior written consent of the Company
or the underwriters managing such initial underwritten public offering of the
Company's securities for one hundred eighty (180) days from the effective date
of such registration, and (2) I further agree to execute any agreement
reflecting (1) above as may be requested by the underwriters at the time of the
public offering; PROVIDED HOWEVER that the officers and directors of the Company
who own the stock of the Company also agree to such restrictions.
(f) I further understand that in the event all of the applicable
requirements of Rule 144 is not satisfied, registration under the Securities
Act, compliance with Regulation A, or some other registration exemption will be
required; and that, notwithstanding the fact that Rule 144 is not exclusive, the
Staff of the SEC has expressed its opinion that persons proposing to sell
private placement securities other than in a registered offering and otherwise
than pursuant to Rule 144 will have a substantial burden of proof in
establishing that an exemption from registration is available for such offers or
sales, and that such persons and their respective brokers who participate in
such transactions do so at their own risk.
_______________________________
(Signature)
By:____________________________
Title:_________________________
Date:________________, 19__
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