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EXHIBIT 4.3
FORM OF UNDERWRITER'S WARRANT AGREEMENT
by and among
SOUND ADVICE, INC.,
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & CO. INC.
and
▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇ & CO.
UNDERWRITERS'
WARRANT AGREEMENT
Dated as of __________, 2000
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UNDERWRITERS' WARRANT AGREEMENT dated as of __________, 2000, by and
among SOUND ADVICE, INC., a Florida corporation (the "Company"), ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ &
CO. INC. and ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇ & CO. (each hereinafter referred to individually as a
"Holder" or "Underwriter" and, collectively, as "Holders" or the
"Underwriters").
W I T N E S S E T H :
WHEREAS, the Company proposes to issue to the Underwriters or their
designees warrants ("Warrants") to purchase up to an aggregate of 200,000 shares
of common stock, par value $.01 per share, of the Company ("Common Stock"); and
WHEREAS, the Underwriters have agreed pursuant to the underwriting
agreement (the "Underwriting Agreement") dated as of the date hereof among the
Underwriters, the Company and the Selling Shareholders named therein to act as
Underwriters in connection with the Company's proposed public offering of up to
2,472,500 shares of Common Stock at a public offering price of $____ per share
of Common Stock (the "Public Offering"); and
WHEREAS, the 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 Underwriters in consideration for, and as part
of the Underwriters' compensation in connection with the Public Offering;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, the payment by the
Underwriters to the Company of an aggregate of two hundred dollars ($200.00),
the agreements herein set forth and other good and valuable consideration,
hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1. GRANT. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & Co., Inc. is hereby granted the right to
purchase, at any time from __________, 2001, until 5:30 P.M., New York time, on
__________, 2005, up to an aggregate of 100,000 shares of Common Stock at an
initial exercise price (subject to adjustment as provided in Section 8 hereof)
of $_____ per share of Common Stock subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement. ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇ & Co. is hereby granted the right to purchase, at any time
from __________, 2001, until 5:30 P.M., New York time, on __________, 2005, up
to an aggregate of 100,000 shares of Common Stock (together with the Common
Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants referred to in the preceding
sentence, the "Shares") at an initial exercise price (subject to adjustment as
provided in Section 8 hereof) of $_____ per share of Common Stock subject to the
terms and conditions of this Agreement.
2. WARRANT CERTIFICATES. The warrant certificates (the "Warrant
Certificates") delivered and to be delivered pursuant to this Agreement shall be
in the form set forth in Exhibit A, attached hereto and made a part hereof, with
such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions, and other variations as
required or permitted by this Agreement. Except as set forth herein, the Shares
issuable upon exercise of the Warrants are in all respects identical to the
shares of Common Stock being purchased by the Underwriters for resale to the
public pursuant to the terms and provisions of the Underwriting Agreement.
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3. EXERCISE OF WARRANT.
Section 3.1 METHOD OF EXERCISE. The Warrants initially are
exercisable at an aggregate initial exercise price (subject to adjustment as
provided in Section 8 hereof) per share of Common Stock set forth in Section 1
hereof payable by certified or official bank check in New York Clearing House
funds, subject to adjustment as provided in Section 8 hereof. Upon surrender of
a Warrant Certificate with a duly executed copy of the annexed Form of Election
to Purchase, together with payment of the Exercise Price (as hereinafter
defined) for the shares of Common Stock purchased at the Company's principal
offices in Dania Beach, Florida (presently located at ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇.) the
registered holder of a 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 Warrant Certificate are
exercisable at the option of the Holder thereof, in whole or in part (but not as
to fractional shares of the Common Stock underlying the Warrants). Warrants may
be exercised to purchase all or part of the shares of Common Stock represented
thereby. In the case of the purchase of less than all the shares of Common Stock
purchasable under any Warrant Certificate, the Company shall cancel said Warrant
Certificate upon the surrender thereof and shall execute and deliver a new
Warrant Certificate of like tenor for the balance of the shares of Common Stock
purchasable thereunder.
Section 3.2 EXERCISE BY SURRENDER OF WARRANT. In addition to
the method of payment set forth in Section 3.1 and in lieu of any cash payment
required thereunder, a Holder of Warrants shall have the right at any time and
from time to time to exercise the Warrants in full or in part by surrendering
the Warrant Certificate in the manner specified in Section 3.1 in exchange for
the number of Shares equal to the product of (x) the number of Shares as to
which the Warrants are being exercised multiplied by (y) a fraction, the
numerator of which is the Market Price (as defined in Section 3.3 below) of the
Shares less the Exercise Price and the denominator of which is such Market
Price. Solely for the purposes of this paragraph, Market Price shall be
calculated either (i) on the date which the form of election attached hereto is
deemed to have been sent to the Company pursuant to Section 12 hereof ("Notice
Date") or (ii) as the average of the Market Prices for each of the five trading
days preceding the Notice Date, whichever of (i) or (ii) is greater.
Section 3.3 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
Common Stock is listed or admitted to trading or by the Nasdaq National Market
("NNM"), or, if the Common Stock is not listed or admitted to trading on any
national securities exchanged or quoted by NNM, the average closing bid price as
furnished by the NASD through NNM or similar organization if NNM is no longer
reporting such information, or if the Common Stock is not quoted on NNM, as
determined in good faith by resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company,
based on the best information available to it.
4. ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES. Upon the exercise of the Warrants, the
issuance of certificates for shares of Common Stock and/or other securities,
properties or rights underlying such Warrants, shall be made forthwith (and in
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any event within three (3) business days thereafter) without charge to the
Holder thereof including, without limitation, any tax which may be payable in
respect of the issuance thereof, and such certificates shall (subject to the
provisions of Sections 5 and 7 hereof) be issued in the name of, or in such
names as may be directed by, the Holder thereof; provided, however, that the
Company shall not be required to pay any tax which may be payable in respect of
any transfer involved in the issuance and delivery of any such certificates in a
name other than that of the Holder, and the Company shall not be required to
issue or deliver such certificates unless or until the person or persons
requesting the issuance thereof shall have paid to the Company the amount of
such tax or shall have established to the satisfaction of the Company that such
tax has been paid.
The Warrant Certificates and the certificates representing the Shares
underlying the Warrants (and/or other securities, property or rights issuable
upon the exercise of the Warrants) shall be executed on behalf of the Company by
the manual or facsimile signature of the then Chairman or Vice Chairman of the
Board of Directors or President or Vice President of the Company. Warrant
Certificates shall be dated the date of execution by the Company upon initial
issuance, division, exchange, substitution or transfer.
5. RESTRICTION ON TRANSFER OF WARRANTS. The Holder of a Warrant
Certificate, by its acceptance thereof, covenants and agrees that the Warrants
are being acquired as an investment and not with a view to the distribution
thereof; that the Warrants may not be sold, transferred, assigned, hypothecated
or otherwise disposed of, in whole or in part, for a period of one (1) year from
the date hereof, except to employees of the Underwriter.
6. EXERCISE PRICE.
Section 6.1 INITIAL AND ADJUSTED EXERCISE PRICE. Except as
otherwise provided in Section 8 hereof, the initial exercise price of each
Warrant shall be as set forth in Section 1 hereof. The adjusted exercise price
shall be the price which shall result from time to time from any and all
adjustments of the initial exercise price in accordance with the provisions of
Section 8 hereof.
Section 6.2 EXERCISE PRICE. The term "Exercise Price" herein
shall mean the initial exercise price or the adjusted exercise price, depending
upon the context.
7. REGISTRATION RIGHTS.
Section 7.1 REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933. The
Warrants, the Shares, and any of the other securities issuable upon exercise of
the Warrants have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the "Act"), pursuant to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1
(Registration No. 333-_____) (the "Registration Statement"). All of the
representations and warranties of the Company contained in the Underwriting
Agreement relating to the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and
Prospectus (as such terms are defined in the Underwriting Agreement) and made as
of the dates provided therein, are hereby incorporated by reference. The Company
agrees and covenants promptly to file post-effective amendments to such
Registration Statement as may be necessary in order to maintain its
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effectiveness and otherwise to take such action as may be necessary to maintain
the effectiveness of the Registration Statement as long as any Warrants are
outstanding. In the event that, for any reason, whatsoever, the Company shall
fail to maintain the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, upon exercise,
in part or in whole, of the Warrants, certificates representing the Shares
underlying the Warrants, and any of the other securities issuable upon exercise
of the Warrants (collectively, the "Warrant Securities") shall bear the
following legend:
The securities represented by this certificate have not been
registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
("Act"), and may not be offered or sold except pursuant to (i)
an effective registration statement under the Act, (ii) to the
extent applicable, Rule 144 under the Act (or any similar rule
under such Act relating to the disposition of securities), or
(iii) an opinion of counsel, if such opinion shall be
reasonably satisfactory to counsel to the issuer, that an
exemption from registration under such Act is available.
Section 7.2 PIGGYBACK REGISTRATION. If, at any time commencing
after the date hereof and expiring seven (7) years from the date hereof, the
Company proposes to register any of its securities under the Act (other than in
connection with a merger or pursuant to Form S-8) it will give written notice by
registered mail, at least thirty (30) days prior to the filing of each such
registration statement, to the Holder and to all other Holder(s) of the Warrants
and/or the Warrant Securities, if not previously sold pursuant to this Section
7, of its intention to do so. If the Underwriters or other Holder(s) of the
Warrants and/or Warrant Securities notify the Company within twenty-five (25)
days after receipt of any such notice of its or their desire to include any such
securities in such proposed registration statement, the Company shall afford the
Underwriters and such Holder(s) of the Warrants and/or Warrant Securities the
opportunity to have any such Warrant Securities registered under such
registration statement (sometimes referred to herein as the "Piggyback
Registration").
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 7.2, the
Company shall have the right at any time after it shall have given written
notice pursuant to this Section 7.2 (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.
Section 7.3 DEMAND REGISTRATION.
(a) At any time commencing after the date hereof and expiring
five (5) years from the date hereof, the Holders of the Warrants and/or Warrant
Securities representing a "Majority" (as hereinafter defined) of such securities
(assuming the exercise of all of the Warrants), not previously sold pursuant to
this Section 7, shall have the right (which right is in addition to the
registration rights under Section 7.2 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 Underwriter
and Holders, in order to comply with the provisions of the Act, so as to permit
a public offering and sale of Warrant Securities for the period necessary for
such Holders to effect the proposed sale or other disposition of the applicable
Warrants and/or Warrant Securities.
(b) The Company covenants and agrees to (x) give written
notice of any registration request under this Section 7.3 by any Holder to all
other registered Holder of the Warrants and the Warrant Securities within ten
(10) days from the date of the receipt of any such registration request and (y)
include all the Warrant Securities, not previously sold pursuant to this Section
7, in such registration statement unless it receives notification from a Holder
within five (5) days following the Company's notification of registration that
such Holder does not want its Warrant Securities to be included in the
registration statement.
(c) In addition to the registration rights under Section 7.2
and subsection (a) of this Section 7.3, at any time commencing after the date
hereof and expiring five (5) years thereafter, any Holder of Warrants and/or
Warrant Securities shall have the right, exercisable by written request to the
Company, to have the Company prepare and file, on one occasion, with the
Commission a registration statement so as to permit a public offering and sale
for the period necessary for such Holder to effect the sale or other disposition
of the applicable Warrant Securities provided, however, that the provisions of
Section 7.4(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 that participate in such sale or disposition, including the
Company's reasonable legal and accounting fees, printing expenses and blue sky
fees and expenses, making such request.
(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein,
if the Company shall not have filed a registration statement for the Warrant
Securities within the time period specified in Section 7.4(a) hereof pursuant to
the written notice specified in Section 7.3(a) of a Majority of the Holders of
the Warrants and/or Warrant Securities, the Company shall have the option, upon
the written notice of election of a Majority of the Holders of the Warrants
and/or Warrant Securities, to repurchase (i) any and all Warrant Securities at
the higher of the Market Price per share of Common Stock on (x) the date of the
notice sent pursuant to Section 7.3(a) or (y) the expiration of the period
specified in Section 7.4(a) and (ii) any and all Warrants at such Market Price
less the Exercise Price of such Warrant. Such repurchase, if elected by the
Company, 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
7.4(a) or (ii) the delivery of the written notice of election specified in this
Section 7.3(d).
Section 7.4 COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY WITH RESPECT TO
REGISTRATION. In connection with any registration under Section 7.2 or 7.3
hereof, the Company covenants and agrees as follows:
(a) The Company shall use its best efforts to file a
registration statement within forty-five (45) days of receipt of any demand
therefor, shall use its best efforts to have any registration statements
declared effective at the earliest possible time, and shall furnish each Holder
desiring to sell Warrant Securities such number of prospectuses as shall
reasonably be requested.
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(b) The Company shall pay all costs (excluding fees and
expenses of Holder(s)' counsel and any underwriting or selling commissions),
fees and expenses in connection with all registration statements filed pursuant
to Sections 7.2 and 7.3(a) hereof including, without limitation, the Company's
legal and accounting fees, printing expenses and blue sky fees and expenses. The
Holder(s) will pay all costs, fees and expenses, including the Company's
reasonable legal and accounting fees, printing expenses and blue sky fees and
expenses, in connection with any registration statement filed pursuant to
Section 7.3(c). If the Company shall fail to comply with the provisions of
Section 7.4(a), the Company shall, in addition to any other equitable or other
relief available to the Holder(s), be liable for any or all incidental or
special damages sustained by the Holder(s) requesting registration of their
Warrant Securities.
(c) The Company will take all necessary action which may be
required in qualifying or registering the Warrant Securities 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
Securities to be sold pursuant to any registration statement and each person, if
any, who controls such Holder within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or
Section 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange
Act"), against 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 Securities 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 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 Holder, 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 Warrants prior to the filing of any
registration statement or the effectiveness thereof.
(g) The Company shall not permit the inclusion of any
securities other than the Warrant Securities to be included in any registration
statement filed pursuant to Section 7.3(c) hereof, or permit any other
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registration statement to be or remain effective during the effectiveness of a
registration statement filed pursuant to Section 7.3 (c) hereof, for a period of
thirty (30) days, without the prior written consent of the Holder of the
Warrants and Warrant Securities representing a Majority of such securities.
(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 holder" (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 deliver promptly to each Holder
participating in the offering requesting the correspondence and memoranda
described below and to the managing underwriters, copies of all correspondence
between the Commission and the Company and between the Commission and the
Company's counsel or auditors and all reasonable memoranda relating to
discussions with the Commission or its staff with respect to the registration
statement and permit each Holder and underwriters to do such investigation, upon
reasonable advance notice, with respect to information contained in or omitted
from the registration statement as it deems reasonably necessary to comply with
applicable securities laws or rules of the National Association of Securities
Dealers, Inc. ("NASD"). Such investigation shall include access to books,
records and properties and opportunities to discuss the business of the Company
with its officers and independent auditors, all to such reasonable extent and at
such reasonable times and as often as any such Holder or underwriter shall
reasonably request.
(k) The Company shall enter into an underwriting agreement
with the managing underwriters selected for such underwriting by Holders holding
a Majority of the Warrant Securities requested to be included in such
underwriting, which may be one or both of the Underwriters. 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 Holder shall be
parties to any underwriting agreement relating to an underwritten sale of their
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Warrant Securities 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 Holder.
Such Holder 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 Holder and their intended methods of distribution.
(l) In addition to the Warrant Securities, upon the written
request therefor by any Holder(s), the Company shall include in the registration
statement any other securities of the Company held by such Holder(s) as of the
date of filing of such registration statement, including without limitation
restricted shares of Common Stock, options, warrants or any other securities
convertible into shares of Common Stock.
(m) For purposes of this Agreement, the term "Majority" in
reference to the Holders of Warrants or Warrant Securities, shall mean a
percentage in excess of fifty percent (50%) of the then outstanding Warrant
Securities (treating all such securities as fully exercised for Shares for
purposes of such calculation) 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 and (ii) have not been resold to the public pursuant to a
registration statement filed with the Commission under the Act.
(n) Adjustments to Exercise Price and Number of Securities.
8. ADJUSTMENTS TO EXERCISE PRICE AND NUMBER OF SECURITIES.
Section 8.1 SUBDIVISION AND COMBINATION. In case the Company
shall at any time subdivide or combine the outstanding shares of Common Stock,
the Exercise Price shall forthwith be proportionately decreased in the case of
subdivision or increased in the case of combination.
Section 8.2 STOCK DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS. In case the
Company shall pay a dividend in, or make a distribution of, shares of Common
Stock or of the Company's capital stock convertible into Common Stock, the
Exercise Price shall forthwith be proportionately decreased. An adjustment made
pursuant to this Section 8.2 shall be made as of the record date for the subject
stock dividend or distribution.
Section 8.3 ADJUSTMENT IN NUMBER OF SECURITIES. Upon each
adjustment of the Exercise Price pursuant to the provisions of this Section 8,
the number of Warrant Securities issuable upon the exercise at the adjusted
exercise price of each Warrant shall be adjusted to the nearest full amount by
multiplying a number equal to the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to
such adjustment by the number of Warrant Securities issuable upon exercise of
the Warrants immediately prior to such adjustment and dividing the product so
obtained by the adjusted Exercise Price.
Section 8.4 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
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may be 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.
Section 8.5 MERGER OR CONSOLIDATION. In case of any
consolidation of the Company with, or merger 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 Warrant then outstanding or to be outstanding shall have
the right thereafter (until the expiration of such Warrant) to receive, upon
exercise of such 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 of the Company for which such
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 8.
The above provision of this subsection shall similarly apply to successive
consolidations or mergers.
Section 8.6 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 Warrants to the
Underwriters or the shares of Common Stock issued upon the exercise of the
Warrants;
(b) If the amount of said adjustment shall be less than one
cent ($0.01) per Warrant Security, 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 one cent ($0.01) per Warrant Security.
9. EXCHANGE AND REPLACEMENT OF WARRANT CERTIFICATES. Each Warrant
Certificate is exchangeable without expense, upon the surrender thereof by the
registered Holder at the principal executive office of the Company, for a new
Warrant Certificate of like tenor and date representing in the aggregate the
right to purchase the same number of Warrant Securities in such denominations as
shall be designated by the Holder thereof at the time of such surrender.
Upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory to it
of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of any Warrant Certificate, and,
in case of loss, theft or destruction, of indemnity or security reasonably
satisfactory to it, and reimbursement to the Company of all reasonable expenses
incidental thereto, and upon surrender and cancellation of the Warrants, if
mutilated, the Company will make and deliver a new Warrant Certificate of like
tenor, in lieu thereof.
10. ELIMINATION OF FRACTIONAL INTERESTS. The Company shall not be
required to issue certificates representing fractions of shares of Common Stock
upon the exercise of the Warrants, nor shall it be required to issue scrip or
pay cash in lieu of fractional interests, it being the intent of the parties
that all fractional interests shall be eliminated by rounding any fraction up to
the nearest whole number of shares of Common Stock or other securities,
properties or rights.
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11. 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 Warrants, such
number of shares of Common Stock or other securities, properties or rights as
shall be issuable upon the exercise thereof. The Company covenants and agrees
that, upon exercise of the Warrants and payment of the Exercise Price therefor,
all shares of Common Stock and other securities issuable upon such exercise
shall be duly and validly issued, fully paid, nonassessable and not subject to
the preemptive rights of any shareholder. As long as the Warrants shall be
outstanding, the Company shall use its best efforts to cause all shares of
Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of the Warrants to be listed (subject to
official notice of issuance) on all securities exchanges on which the Common
Stock issued to the public in connection herewith may then be listed on a
National Securities Exchange and/or quoted on NNM.
12. NOTICES TO WARRANT HOLDER. Nothing contained in this Agreement
shall be construed as conferring upon the Holder the right to vote or to consent
or to receive notice as a shareholder in respect of any meetings of shareholder
for the election of directors or any other matter, or as having any rights
whatsoever as a shareholder of the Company. If, however, at any time prior to
the expiration of the Warrants and their exercise, any of the following events
shall occur:
(a) the Company shall take a record of the holder 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 holder 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
(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
shareholder 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.
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13. 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 Warrants, to the address of
such Holder as shown on the books of the Company; or
(b) If to the Company, to the address set forth in Section 3
hereof or to such other address as the Company may designate by notice to the
Holder.
14. SUPPLEMENTS AND AMENDMENTS. The Company and the Underwriters may
from time to time supplement or amend this Agreement without the approval of any
holder of Warrant Certificates (other than the Underwriters) 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 Underwriters may deem necessary or desirable and which the Company and
the Underwriters deem shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holder of
Warrant Certificates.
15. SUCCESSORS. All the covenants and provisions of this Agreement
shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Company, the Holder and
their respective successors and assigns hereunder.
16. TERMINATION. This Agreement shall terminate at the close of
business on __________, __________. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
indemnification provisions of Section 7 shall survive such termination until the
close of business on __________, ___________.
17. GOVERNING LAW; SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION. This Agreement and each
Warrant Certificate issued hereunder shall be deemed to be a contract made under
the laws of the State of New York and for all purposes shall be construed in
accordance with the laws of said State without giving effect to the rules of
said State governing the conflicts of laws.
The Company, the Underwriters and the Holders hereby agree that any
action, proceeding or claim against it arising out of, or relating in any way
to, this Agreement shall be brought and enforced in the courts of the State of
New York or of the United States of America for the Southern District of New
York, and irrevocably submits to such jurisdiction, which jurisdiction shall be
exclusive. The Company, the Underwriters and the Holders hereby irrevocably
waive any objection to such exclusive jurisdiction or inconvenient forum. Any
such process or summons to be served upon any of the Company, the Underwriters
and the Holders (at the option of the party bringing such action, proceeding or
claim) may be served by transmitting a copy thereof, by registered or certified
mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed to it at the address
set forth in Section 13 hereof. Such mailing shall be deemed personal service
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and shall be legal and binding upon the party so served in any action,
proceeding or claim. The Company, the Underwriters and the Holders agree that
the prevailing party(ies) in any such action or proceeding shall be entitled to
recover from the other party(ies) all of its/their reasonable legal costs and
expenses relating to such action or proceeding and/or incurred in connection
with the preparation therefor.
18. ENTIRE AGREEMENT; MODIFICATION. 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.
19. 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.
20. 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.
21. BENEFITS OF THIS AGREEMENT. Nothing in this Agreement shall be
construed to give to any person or corporation other than the Company and the
Underwriters and any other registered Holder(s) of the Warrant Certificates or
Warrant Securities any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this
Agreement; and this Agreement shall be for the sole benefit of the Company and
the Underwriters and any other registered Holders of Warrant Certificates or
Warrant Securities.
22. 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.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this
Agreement to be duly executed, as of the day and year first above written.
SOUND ADVICE, INC.
By
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Name:
Title:
Attest:
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Secretary
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & CO. INC.
By /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Senior Vice President
▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇ & CO.
By /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Managing Director
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EXHIBIT A
[FORM OF WARRANT CERTIFICATE]
THE WARRANTS 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, AS AMENDED
(THE "ACT"), (ii) TO THE EXTENT APPLICABLE, RULE 144 UNDER THE ACT (OR ANY
SIMILAR RULE UNDER THE 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 THE ACT IS
AVAILABLE.
THE TRANSFER OR EXCHANGE OF THE WARRANTS REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE IS
RESTRICTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE WARRANT AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.
THIS WARRANT IS EXERCISABLE ON OR BEFORE 5:30 P.M., NEW YORK TIME,
________________ , ________
No. W- Warrants to Purchase
________ 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 __________, 2001 until 5:30 p.m. New York time on __________, 2005
("Expiration Date"), up to _________ fully paid and nonassessable shares of
common stock, par value $.01 per share ("Common Stock") of SOUND ADVICE, INC. a
Florida corporation (the "Company"), (one share of Common Stock referred to
individually as a "Security" and collectively as the "Securities") at the
initial exercise price, subject to adjustment in certain events (the "Exercise
Price"), of $_____ per share of Common Stock upon surrender of this Warrant
Certificate and payment of the Exercise Price at an office or agency of the
Company, but subject to the conditions set forth herein and in the warrant
agreement dated as of __________, 2000 among the Company, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & CO. INC.
and ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇ & CO. (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.
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No Warrant may be exercised after 5:30 p.m., New York time, on
the Expiration Date, at which time all Warrants evidenced hereby, unless
exercised prior thereto, hereby shall thereafter be void.
The Warrants evidenced by this Warrant Certificate are part of
a duly authorized issue of Warrants issued pursuant to the Warrant Agreement,
which 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 holder (the words "holder" or "holders" meaning the registered
holder or registered holders) of the Warrants.
The Warrant Agreement provides that upon the occurrence of
certain events the Exercise Price and the type and/or number of the Company's
securities issuable thereupon may, subject to certain conditions, be adjusted.
In such event, the Company will, at the request of the holder, issue a new
Warrant Certificate evidencing the adjustment in the Exercise Price and the
number and/or type of securities issuable upon the exercise of the Warrants;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the failure of the Company to issue such new Warrant
Certificates shall not in any way change, alter, or otherwise impair, the rights
of the holder as set forth in the Warrant Agreement.
Upon due presentment for registration of transfer of this
Warrant Certificate at an office or agency of the Company, a new Warrant
Certificate or Warrant Certificates of like tenor and evidencing in the
aggregate a like number of Warrants shall be issued to the transferee(s) in
exchange for this Warrant Certificate, subject to the limitations provided
herein and in the Warrant Agreement, without any charge except for any tax or
other governmental charge imposed in connection with such transfer.
Upon the exercise of less than all of the Warrants evidenced
by this Certificate, the Company shall forthwith issue to the holder hereof a
new Warrant Certificate representing such number of unexercised Warrants.
The Company may deem and treat the registered holder(s) hereof
as the absolute owner(s) of this Warrant Certificate (notwithstanding any
notation of ownership or other writing hereon made by anyone), for the purpose
of any exercise hereof, and of any distribution to the holder(s) hereof, and for
all other purposes, and the Company shall not be affected by any notice to the
contrary.
All terms used in this Warrant Certificate which are defined
in the Warrant Agreement shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Warrant
Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant
Certificate to be duly executed under its corporate seal.
Dated as of __________, 2000.
SOUND ADVICE, INC.
By
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Name:
Title:
Attest:
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Secretary
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[FORM OF ELECTION TO PURCHASE PURSUANT TO SECTION 3.1]
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 Sound Advice,
Inc. in the amount of $____, all in accordance with the terms of Section 3.1 of
the Underwriters' Warrant Agreement dated as of __________ __, 2000 among Sound
Advice, Inc., ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & Co., Inc. and ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇ & Co. The undersigned
requests that a certificate for such securities be registered in the name of
______________ __, whose address is _______________________________ and that
such Certificate be delivered to ________________ whose address is
________________________ .
Dated:
Signature__________________________________
(Signature must conform in all respects to
name of holder as specified on the face of
the Warrant Certificate.)
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(Insert Social Security or Other
Identifying Number of Holder)
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[FORM OF ASSIGNMENT]
(To be executed by the registered holder is such holder
desires to transfer the Warrant Certificate.)
FOR VALUE RECEIVED _________________ hereby sells, assigns
and transfer unto
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(Please print name and address of transferee)
this Warrant Certificate, together with all right, title and interest therein,
and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint ____________ Attorney, to
transfer the within Warrant Certificate on the books of the within-named
Company, with full power of substitution.
Dated:________________ Signature:_________________________________
(Signature must conform in all
respects to name of holders
specified on the face of the Warrant
Certificate.)
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(Insert Social Security or Other
Identifying Number of Assignor)
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