Right to Purchase up to Shares of Common Stock of eLEC Communications Corp. (subject to adjustment as provided herein) COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT
| THIS WARRANT AND THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE | ||||
| UPON EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED | ||||
| UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR ANY STATE | ||||
| SECURITIES LAWS. THIS WARRANT AND THE COMMON STOCK | ||||
| ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT MAY NOT BE SOLD, | ||||
| OFFERED FOR SALE, PLEDGED OR HYPOTHECATED IN THE ABSENCE | ||||
| OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT AS TO THIS | ||||
| WARRANT UNDER SAID ACT AND ANY APPLICABLE STATE | ||||
| SECURITIES LAWS OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL REASONABLY | ||||
| SATISFACTORY TO eLEC COMMUNICATIONS CORP. THAT SUCH | ||||
| REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED. | ||||
| Right to Purchase up to Shares of Common Stock of | ||||
| eLEC Communications Corp. | ||||
| (subject to adjustment as provided herein) | ||||
| COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT | ||||
| No. | Issue Date: May 1, 2007 | |||
| eLEC COMMUNICATIONS CORP., a corporation organized under the laws of the State | ||||
| of New York (“ELEC”), hereby certifies that, for value received, , or their | ||||
| assigns (the “Holder”), is entitled, subject to the terms set forth below, to purchase from the | ||||
| Company (as defined herein) from and after the Issue Date of this Warrant and at any time or | ||||
| from time to time before 5:00 p.m., New York time, through the close of business May 1, 2009 | ||||
| (the “Expiration Date”), up to fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock | ||||
| (as hereinafter defined), at the applicable Exercise Price (as defined below) per share. The | ||||
| number and character of such shares of Common Stock and the applicable Exercise Price per | ||||
| share are subject to adjustment as provided herein. | ||||
| As used herein the following terms, unless the context otherwise requires, have the | ||||
| following respective meanings: | ||||
| (a) | The term “Company” shall include ELEC and any corporation which shall | |||
| succeed, or assume the obligations of, ELEC hereunder. | ||||
| (b) | The term “Common Stock” includes (i) the Company’s Common Stock, | |||
| par value $0.10 per share; and (ii) any other securities into which or for which any of the | ||||
| securities described in the preceding clause (i) may be converted or exchanged pursuant | ||||
| to a plan of recapitalization, reorganization, merger, sale of assets or otherwise. | ||||
| (c) | The term “Other Securities” refers to any stock (other than Common | |||
| Stock) and other securities of the Company or any other person (corporate or otherwise) | ||||
| which the Holder of this Warrant at any time shall be entitled to receive, or shall have | ||||
| received, on the exercise of the Warrant, in lieu of or in addition to Common Stock, or | ||||
| which at any time shall be issuable or shall have been issued in exchange for or in | ||||
| replacement of Common Stock or Other Securities pursuant to Section 4 or otherwise. | ||||
| (d) | The “Exercise Price” applicable under this Warrant shall be $0.27. | |||
| 1. | Exercise of Warrant. | |||
| 1.1 | Number of Shares Issuable upon Exercise. From and after the date hereof | |||
| through and including the Expiration Date, the Holder shall be entitled to receive, upon exercise | ||||
| of this Warrant in whole or in part, by delivery of an original or fax copy of an exercise notice in | ||||
| the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Exercise Notice”), up to shares of | ||||
| Common Stock of the Company, subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 4. | ||||
| 1.2 | Fair Market Value. For purposes hereof, the “Fair Market Value” of a | |||
| share of Common Stock as of a particular date (the “Determination Date”) shall mean: | ||||
| (a) | If the Company’s Common Stock is traded on the American Stock | |||
| Exchange or another national exchange or is quoted on the National or SmallCap Market | ||||
| of The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. (“Nasdaq”), then the closing or last sale price, | ||||
| respectively, reported for the last business day immediately preceding the Determination | ||||
| Date. | ||||
| (b) | If the Company’s Common Stock is not traded on the American Stock | |||
| Exchange or another national exchange or on the Nasdaq but is traded on the NASD OTC | ||||
| Bulletin Board, then the mean of the average of the closing bid and asked prices reported | ||||
| for the last business day immediately preceding the Determination Date. | ||||
| (c) | Except as provided in clause (d) below, if the Company’s Common Stock | |||
| is not publicly traded, then as the Holder and the Company agree or in the absence of | ||||
| agreement by arbitration in accordance with the rules then in effect of the American | ||||
| Arbitration Association, before a single arbitrator to be chosen from a panel of persons | ||||
| qualified by education and training to pass on the matter to be decided. | ||||
| (d) | If the Determination Date is the date of a liquidation, dissolution or | |||
| winding up, or any event deemed to be a liquidation, dissolution or winding up pursuant | ||||
| to the Company’s charter, then all amounts to be payable per share to holders of the | ||||
| Common Stock pursuant to the charter in the event of such liquidation, dissolution or | ||||
| winding up, plus all other amounts to be payable per share in respect of the Common | ||||
| Stock in liquidation under the charter, assuming for the purposes of this clause (d) that all | ||||
| of the shares of Common Stock then issuable upon exercise of the Warrant are | ||||
| outstanding at the Determination Date. | ||||
| 1.3 | Company Acknowledgment. The Company will, at the time of the | |||
| exercise of this Warrant, upon the request of the Holder hereof acknowledge in writing its | ||||
| continuing obligation to afford to such Holder any rights to which such holder shall continue to | ||||
| be entitled after such exercise in accordance with the provisions of this Warrant. If the Holder | ||||
| shall fail to make any such request, such failure shall not affect the continuing obligation of the | ||||
| Company to afford to such Holder any such rights. | ||||
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| 1.4 | Trustee for Warrant Holders. In the event that a bank or trust company | |||
| shall have been appointed as trustee for the Holder of this Warrant pursuant to Subsection 3.2, | ||||
| such bank or trust company shall have all the powers and duties of a warrant agent (as | ||||
| hereinafter described) and shall accept, in its own name for the account of the Company or such | ||||
| successor person as may be entitled thereto, all amounts otherwise payable to the Company or | ||||
| such successor, as the case may be, on exercise of this Warrant pursuant to this Section 1. | ||||
| 2. | Procedure for Exercise. | |||
| 2.1 | Delivery of Stock Certificates, Etc., on Exercise. The Company agrees | |||
| that the shares of Common Stock purchased upon exercise of this Warrant shall be deemed to be | ||||
| issued to the Holder as the record owner of such shares as of the close of business on the date on | ||||
| which this Warrant shall have been surrendered and payment made for such shares in accordance | ||||
| herewith. As soon as practicable after the exercise of this Warrant in full or in part, and in any | ||||
| event within three (3) business days thereafter, the Company at its expense (including the | ||||
| payment by it of any applicable issue taxes) will cause to be issued in the name of and delivered | ||||
| to the Holder, or as such Holder (upon payment by such Holder of any applicable transfer taxes) | ||||
| may direct in compliance with applicable securities laws, a certificate or certificates for the | ||||
| number of duly and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock (or | ||||
| Other Securities) to which such Holder shall be entitled on such exercise, plus, in lieu of any | ||||
| fractional share to which such Holder would otherwise be entitled, cash equal to such fraction | ||||
| multiplied by the then Fair Market Value of one full share, together with any other stock or other | ||||
| securities and property (including cash, where applicable) to which such Holder is entitled upon | ||||
| such exercise pursuant to Section 1 or otherwise. | ||||
| 2.2 | Exercise. Payment may be made in cash or by certified or official bank | |||
| check payable to the order of the Company equal to the applicable aggregate Exercise Price for | ||||
| the number of Common Shares specified in such Exercise Notice (as such exercise number shall | ||||
| be adjusted to reflect any adjustment in the total number of shares of Common Stock issuable to | ||||
| the Holder per the terms of this Warrant). Upon receipt by the Company of any Exercise Notice | ||||
| and proper payment of the aggregate Exercise Price, the Holder shall thereupon be entitled to | ||||
| receive the number of duly authorized, validly issued, fully-paid and non-assessable shares of | ||||
| Common Stock (or Other Securities) determined as provided herein. | ||||
| 3. | Effect of Reorganization, Etc.; Adjustment of Exercise Price. | |||
| 3.1 | Reorganization, Consolidation, Merger, Etc. In case at any time or from | |||
| time to time, the Company shall (a) effect a reorganization, (b) consolidate with or merge into | ||||
| any other person, or (c) transfer all or substantially all of its properties or assets to any other | ||||
| person under any plan or arrangement contemplating the dissolution of the Company, then, in | ||||
| each such case, as a condition to the consummation of such a transaction, proper and adequate | ||||
| provision shall be made by the Company whereby the Holder of this Warrant, on the exercise | ||||
| hereof as provided in Section 1 at any time after the consummation of such reorganization, | ||||
| consolidation or merger or the effective date of such dissolution, as the case may be, shall | ||||
| receive, in lieu of the Common Stock (or Other Securities) issuable on such exercise prior to | ||||
| such consummation or such effective date, the stock and other securities and property (including | ||||
| cash) to which such Holder would have been entitled upon such consummation or in connection | ||||
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| with such dissolution, as the case may be, if such Holder had so exercised this Warrant, | ||||
| immediately prior thereto, all subject to further adjustment thereafter as provided in Section 4. | ||||
| 3.2 | Dissolution. In the event of any dissolution of the Company following the | |||
| transfer of all or substantially all of its properties or assets, the Company, concurrently with any | ||||
| distributions made to holders of its Common Stock, shall at its expense deliver or cause to be | ||||
| delivered to the Holder the stock and other securities and property (including cash, where | ||||
| applicable) receivable by the Holder of this Warrant pursuant to Section 3.1, or, if the Holder | ||||
| shall so instruct the Company, to a bank or trust company specified by the Holder and having its | ||||
| principal office in New York, NY as trustee for the Holder of this Warrant (the “Trustee”). | ||||
| 3.3 | Continuation of Terms. Upon any reorganization, consolidation, merger | |||
| or transfer (and any dissolution following any transfer) referred to in this Section 3, this Warrant | ||||
| shall continue in full force and effect and the terms hereof shall be applicable to the shares of | ||||
| stock and other securities and property receivable on the exercise of this Warrant after the | ||||
| consummation of such reorganization, consolidation or merger or the effective date of | ||||
| dissolution following any such transfer, as the case may be, and shall be binding upon the issuer | ||||
| of any such stock or other securities, including, in the case of any such transfer, the person | ||||
| acquiring all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company, whether or not such | ||||
| person shall have expressly assumed the terms of this Warrant as provided in Section 4. In the | ||||
| event this Warrant does not continue in full force and effect after the consummation of the | ||||
| transactions described in this Section 3, then the Company’s securities and property (including | ||||
| cash, where applicable) receivable by the Holders of the Warrant will be delivered to Holder or | ||||
| the Trustee as contemplated by Section 3.2. | ||||
| 4. | Extraordinary Events Regarding Common Stock. In the event that the Company | |||
| shall (a) issue additional shares of the Common Stock as a dividend or other distribution on | ||||
| outstanding Common Stock, (b) subdivide its outstanding shares of Common Stock, or (c) | ||||
| combine its outstanding shares of the Common Stock into a smaller number of shares of the | ||||
| Common Stock, then, in each such event, the Exercise Price shall, simultaneously with the | ||||
| happening of such event, be adjusted by multiplying the then Exercise Price by a fraction, the | ||||
| numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately | ||||
| prior to such event and the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Common | ||||
| Stock outstanding immediately after such event, and the product so obtained shall thereafter be | ||||
| the Exercise Price then in effect. The Exercise Price, as so adjusted, shall be readjusted in the | ||||
| same manner upon the happening of any successive event or events described herein in this | ||||
| Section 4. The number of shares of Common Stock that the Holder of this Warrant shall | ||||
| thereafter, on the exercise hereof as provided in Section 1, be entitled to receive shall be adjusted | ||||
| to a number determined by multiplying the number of shares of Common Stock that would | ||||
| otherwise (but for the provisions of this Section 4) be issuable on such exercise by a fraction of | ||||
| which (a) the numerator is the Exercise Price that would otherwise (but for the provisions of this | ||||
| Section 4) be in effect, and (b) the denominator is the Exercise Price in effect on the date of such | ||||
| exercise. | ||||
| 5. | Certificate as to Adjustments. In each case of any adjustment or readjustment in | |||
| the shares of Common Stock (or Other Securities) issuable on the exercise of this Warrant, the | ||||
| Company at its expense will promptly cause its Chief Financial Officer or other appropriate | ||||
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| designee to compute such adjustment or readjustment in accordance with the terms of this | ||
| Warrant and prepare a certificate setting forth such adjustment or readjustment and showing in | ||
| detail the facts upon which such adjustment or readjustment is based, including a statement of (a) | ||
| the consideration received or receivable by the Company for any additional shares of Common | ||
| Stock (or Other Securities) issued or sold or deemed to have been issued or sold, (b) the number | ||
| of shares of Common Stock (or Other Securities) outstanding or deemed to be outstanding, and | ||
| (c) the Exercise Price and the number of shares of Common Stock to be received upon exercise | ||
| of this Warrant, in effect immediately prior to such adjustment or readjustment and as adjusted or | ||
| readjusted as provided in this Warrant. The Company will forthwith mail a copy of each such | ||
| certificate to the Holder of this Warrant and any Warrant agent of the Company (appointed | ||
| pursuant to Section 11 hereof). | ||
| 6. | Reservation of Stock, Etc., Issuable on Exercise of Warrant. The Company will | |
| at all times reserve and keep available, solely for issuance and delivery on the exercise of this | ||
| Warrant, shares of Common Stock (or Other Securities) from time to time issuable on the | ||
| exercise of this Warrant. | ||
| 7. | Assignment; Exchange of Warrant. Subject to compliance with applicable | |
| securities laws, this Warrant, and the rights evidenced hereby, may be transferred by any | ||
| registered holder hereof (a “Transferor”) in whole or in part. On the surrender for exchange of | ||
| this Warrant, with the Transferor’s endorsement in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto (the | ||
| “Transferor Endorsement Form”) and together with evidence reasonably satisfactory to the | ||
| Company demonstrating compliance with applicable securities laws, which shall include, | ||
| without limitation, if requested in writing by the Company, the provision of a legal opinion from | ||
| the Transferor’s counsel (at the Company’s expense) that such transfer is exempt from the | ||
| registration requirements of applicable securities laws, and with payment by the Transferor of | ||
| any applicable transfer taxes) will issue and deliver to or on the order of the Transferor thereof a | ||
| new Warrant of like tenor, in the name of the Transferor and/or the transferee(s) specified in | ||
| such Transferor Endorsement Form (each a “Transferee”), calling in the aggregate on the face or | ||
| faces thereof for the number of shares of Common Stock called for on the face or faces of the | ||
| Warrant so surrendered by the Transferor. | ||
| 8. | Replacement of Warrant. On 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 of this Warrant, on delivery of an indemnity agreement or security | ||
| reasonably satisfactory in form and amount to the Company or, in the case of any such | ||
| mutilation, on surrender and cancellation of this Warrant, the Company at its expense will | ||
| execute and deliver, in lieu thereof, a new Warrant of like tenor. | ||
| 9. | Warrant Agent. The Company may, by written notice to the Holder of this | |
| Warrant, appoint an agent for the purpose of issuing Common Stock (or Other Securities) on the | ||
| exercise of this Warrant pursuant to Section 1, exchanging this Warrant pursuant to Section 7, | ||
| and replacing this Warrant pursuant to Section 8, or any of the foregoing, and thereafter any such | ||
| issuance, exchange or replacement, as the case may be, shall be made at such office by such | ||
| agent. | ||
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| 10. | Transfer on the Company’s Books. Until this Warrant is transferred on the books | |
| of the Company, the Company may treat the registered Holder hereof as the absolute owner | ||
| hereof for all purposes, notwithstanding any notice to the contrary. | ||
| 11. | Notices, Etc. All notices and other communications from the Company to the | |
| Holder of this Warrant shall be mailed by first class registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, | ||
| at such address as may have been furnished to the Company in writing by such Holder or, until | ||
| any such Holder furnishes to the Company an address, then to, and at the address of, the last | ||
| Holder of this Warrant who has so furnished an address to the Company. | ||
| 12. | Miscellaneous. This Warrant and any term hereof may be changed, waived, | |
| discharged or terminated only by an instrument in writing signed by the party against which | ||
| enforcement of such change, waiver, discharge or termination is sought. This Warrant shall be | ||
| governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of State of New York without regard to | ||
| principles of conflicts of laws. Any action brought concerning the transactions contemplated by | ||
| this Warrant shall be brought only in the state courts of New York or in the federal courts located | ||
| in the state of New York; provided, however, that the Holder may choose to waive this provision | ||
| and bring an action outside the State of New York. The individuals executing this Warrant on | ||
| behalf of the Company agree to submit to the jurisdiction of such courts and waive trial by jury. | ||
| The prevailing party shall be entitled to recover from the other party its reasonable attorney’s | ||
| fees and costs. In the event that any provision of this Warrant is invalid or unenforceable under | ||
| any applicable statute or rule of law, then such provision shall be deemed inoperative to the | ||
| extent that it may conflict therewith and shall be deemed modified to conform with such statute | ||
| or rule of law. Any such provision which may prove invalid or unenforceable under any law | ||
| shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of this Warrant. The | ||
| headings in this Warrant are for purposes of reference only, and shall not limit or otherwise | ||
| affect any of the terms hereof. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision hereof shall in | ||
| no way affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision hereof. The Company | ||
| acknowledges that legal counsel participated in the preparation of this Warrant and, therefore, | ||
| stipulates that the rule of construction that ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting | ||
| party shall not be applied in the interpretation of this Warrant to favor any party against the other | ||
| party. | ||
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| IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has executed this Warrant as of the date first | ||
| written above. | ||
| eLEC COMMUNICATIONS CORP. | ||
| WITNESS: | ||
| By: | ||
| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
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| EXHIBIT A | ||||||||
| FORM OF SUBSCRIPTION | ||||||||
| (To Be Signed Only On Exercise Of Warrant) | ||||||||
| TO: | eLEC Communications Corp. | |||||||
| ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ | ||||||||
| ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ | ||||||||
| Attention: | Chief Financial Officer | |||||||
| The undersigned, pursuant to the provisions set forth in the attached Warrant (No.____), | ||||||||
| hereby irrevocably elects to purchase shares of the Common Stock covered by such | ||||||||
| Warrant. | ||||||||
| The undersigned herewith makes payment of the full Exercise Price for such shares at the | ||||||||
| price per share provided for in such Warrant, which is $___________, in lawful money of the | ||||||||
| United States. | ||||||||
| The undersigned requests that the certificates for such shares be issued in the name of, | ||||||||
| and delivered to whose address is | ||||||||
| ___________________________________________________________________ _. .. | ||||||||
| The undersigned represents and warrants that all offers and sales by the undersigned of | ||||||||
| the securities issuable upon exercise of the within Warrant shall be made pursuant to registration | ||||||||
| of the Common Stock under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or | ||||||||
| pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Securities Act. | ||||||||
| Dated: | ||||||||
| (Signature must conform to name of holder as | ||||||||
| specified on the face of the Warrant) | ||||||||
| Address: | ||||||||
| A-1 | ||||||||
| EXHIBIT B | ||||||||||
| FORM OF TRANSFEROR ENDORSEMENT | ||||||||||
| (To Be Signed Only On Transfer Of Warrant) | ||||||||||
| For value received, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns, and transfers unto the person(s) | ||||||||||
| named below under the heading “Transferees” the right represented by the within Warrant to | ||||||||||
| purchase the percentage and number of shares of Common Stock of eLEC Communications | ||||||||||
| Corp. into which the within Warrant relates specified under the headings “Percentage | ||||||||||
| Transferred” and “Number Transferred,” respectively, opposite the name(s) of such person(s) | ||||||||||
| and appoints each such person Attorney to transfer its respective right on the books of eLEC | ||||||||||
| Communications Corp. with full power of substitution in the premises. | ||||||||||
| Percentage | Number | |||||||||
| Transferees | Address | Transferred | Transferred | |||||||
| Dated: | ||||||||||
| (Signature must conform to name of holder as | ||||||||||
| specified on the face of the Warrant) | ||||||||||
| Address: | ||||||||||
| SIGNED IN THE PRESENCE OF: | ||||||||||
| (Name) | ||||||||||
| ACCEPTED AND AGREED: | ||||||||||
| [TRANSFEREE] | ||||||||||
| (Name) | ||||||||||
| B-1 | ||||||||||
