EXHIBIT 4.3
CTI INDUSTRIES CORPORATION
AND
CONTINENTAL STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY
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WARRANT AGREEMENT
Dated as of ______________, 1997
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WARRANT AGREEMENT, dated this ___ day of ________ 1997 [the effective
date of the Registration Statement], by and between CTI INDUSTRIES CORPORATION,
a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and CONTINENTAL STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST
COMPANY.
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, in connection with (i) the offering (the "Offering") to the
public of 1,333,333 units (the "Units"), each Unit consisting of one share of
the Company's common stock, ____ par value per share (the "Common Stock"), and
one redeemable warrant (the "Warrants"), such redeemable warrant entitling the
holder thereof to purchase one share of Common Stock, (ii) the over-allotment
option granted to ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & Company, Inc. (the "Underwriter"), in the
public offering referred to above, to purchase up to an additional 199,999 Units
(the "Over-Allotment Option") and (iii) the sale to the Underwiter of warrants
(the "Underwriter's Warrants") to purchase up to 133,333 Units.
WHEREAS, the Company desires to provide for the issuance of
certificates representing the Warrants; and
WHEREAS, the Company desires the Warrant Agent (as defined in Section
1(r) hereof) to act on behalf of the Company, and the Warrant Agent is willing
to so act, in connection with the issuance, registration, transfer and exchange
of certificates representing the Warrants and the exercise of the Warrants.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual
agreements hereinafter set forth and for the purpose of defining the terms and
provisions of the Warrants and the certificates representing the Warrants and
the respective rights and obligations thereunder of the Company, the
Underwriter, the holders of certificates representing the Warrants and the
Warrant Agent, the parties hereto agree as follows:
SECTION 1. Definitions. As used herein, the following terms
shall have the followingmeanings, unless the context shall otherwise require:
(a) "Act" shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
(b) "Commission" shall mean the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
(c) "Common Stock" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
8(d) hereof.
(d) "Company" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in
the first (1st) paragraph of this Agreement.
(e) "Corporate Office" shall mean the office of the Warrant
Agent at which at any particular time its principal business in New York, New
York shall be administered, which office is located on the date hereof at ▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇.
(f) "Exchange Act" shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended.
(g) "Exercise Date" shall mean, subject to the provisions of
Section 5(b) hereof, as to any Warrant, the date on which the Warrant Agent
shall have received both (i) the Warrant Certificate representing such Warrant,
with the exercise form thereon duly executed by the Registered Holder (as
defined in Section 1(m) hereof) thereof or his attorney duly authorized in
writing, and (ii) payment in cash or by check made payable to the Warrant Agent
for the account of the Company of an amount in lawful money of the United States
of America equal to the applicable Purchase Price (as defined in Section 1(k)
hereof).
(h) "Initial Warrant Exercise Date" shall mean __________,
1997 [the effective date of the Registration Statement].
(i) "Initial Warrant Redemption Date" shall mean __________,
1998 [the date twelve (12) months after the effective date of the Registration
Statement].
(j) "NASD" shall mean the National Association of Securities
Dealers, Inc.
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(k) "Purchase Price" shall mean, subject to modification and
adjustment as provided in Section 8 hereof, $__________ per Share [150% of the
IPO price per Unit].
(l) "Redemption Date" shall mean the date (which may not occur
before the Initial Warrant Redemption Date) fixed for the redemption of the
Warrants in accordance with the terms hereof.
(m) "Registered Holder" shall mean the person in whose name
any certificate representing the Warrants shall be registered on the books
maintained by the Warrant Agent pursuant to Section 6(b) hereof.
(n) "Underwriter's Warrant Agreement" shall mean the agreement
dated as of __________, 1997 between the Company and the Underwriter relating to
and governing the terms and provisions of the Underwriter's Warrants.
(o) "Subsidiary" or "Subsidiaries" shall mean any corporation
or corporations, as the case may be, of which stock having ordinary power to
elect a majority of the board of directors of such corporation or corporations
(regardless of whether or not at the time the stock of any other class or
classes of such corporation shall have or may have voting power by reason of the
happening of any contingency) is at the time directly or indirectly owned by the
Company or by one or more Subsidiaries, or by the Company and one or more
Subsidiaries.
(p) "Transfer Agent" shall mean Continental Stock Transfer &
Trust Company, of New York, New York or its authorized successor.
(q) "Underwriting Agreement" shall mean the underwriting
agreement dated _______________, 1997 [the effective date of the Registration
Statement] between the Company and the Underwriter relating to the purchase for
resale to the public of ________ Units (without giving effect to the
Over-Allotment Option).
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(r) "Warrant Agent" shall mean Continental Stock Transfer &
Trust Company of New York, New York or its authorized successor.
(s) "Warrant Certificate" shall mean a certificate
representing each of the Warrants substantially in the form annexed hereto as
Exhibit A.
(t) "Warrant Expiration Date" shall mean, unless the Warrants
are redeemed as provided in Section 9 hereof prior to such date, 5:00 p.m. (New
York time) on __________, 2002 [the 60 month anniversary of issuance] or, if
such date shall in the State of New York be a holiday or a day on which banks
are authorized to close, then 5:00 p.m. (New York time) on the next following
day which in the State of New York is not a holiday or a day on which banks are
authorized to close, subject to the Company's right, prior to the Warrant
Expiration Date, with the consent of the Underwriter, to extend such Warrant
Expiration Date on five (5) business days prior written notice to the Registered
Holders.
SECTION 2. Warrants and Issuance of Warrant Certificates.
(a) One Warrant shall initially entitle the Registered Holder
of the Warrant Certificate representing such Warrant to purchase at the Purchase
Price therefor from the Initial Warrant Exercise Date until the Warrant
Expiration Date one (1) share of Common Stock upon the exercise thereof, subject
to modification and adjustment as provided in Section 8 hereof.
(b) Upon execution of this Agreement, Warrant Certificates
representing 133,333 Warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 1,333,333 shares
of Common Stock (subject to modification and adjustment as provided in Section 8
hereof), shall be executed by the Company and delivered to the Warrant Agent
(c) Upon exercise of the Over-Allotment Option, in whole or in
part, Warrant Certificates representing up to 199,999 Warrants to purchase up to
an aggregate of
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199,999 shares of Common Stock (subject to modification and adjustment as
provided in Section 8 hereof) shall be executed by the Company and delivered to
the Warrant Agent.
(d) Upon exercise of the Underwriter's Warrants as provided
therein, Warrant Certificates representing 133,333 Warrants to purchase up to an
aggregate of 133,333 shares of Common Stock (subject to modification and
adjustment as provided in Section 8 hereof and in the Underwriter's Warrant
Agreement), shall be countersigned, issued and delivered by the Warrant Agent
upon written order of the Company signed by its Chairman of the Board, President
or a Vice President and by its Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer or its
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary.
(e) From time to time, up to the Warrant Expiration Date, the
Warrant Agent shall countersign and deliver Warrant Certificates in required
denominations of one or whole number multiples thereof to the person entitled
thereto in connection with any transfer or exchange permitted under this
Agreement. No Warrant Certificates shall be issued except (i) Warrant
Certificates initially issued hereunder, (ii) Warrant Certificates issued upon
any transfer or exchange of Warrants, (iii) Warrant Certificates issued in
replacement of lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated Warrant Certificates
pursuant to Section 7 hereof, and (iv) Warrant Certificates issued pursuant to
the Underwriter's Warrant Agreement (including Warrants in excess of the 133,333
Underwriter's Warrants issued as a result of the antidilution provisions
contained in the Underwriter's Warrant Agreement) and (v) at the option of the
Company, Warrant Certificates in such form as may be approved by its Board of
Directors, to reflect any adjustment or change in the Purchase Price, the number
of shares of Common Stock purchasable upon the exercise of a Warrant or the
redemption price therefor.
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SECTION 3. Form and Execution of Warrant Certificates.
(a) The Warrant Certificates shall be substantially in the
form annexed hereto as Exhibit A (the provisions of which are hereby
incorporated herein) and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of
identification or designation and such legends, summaries or endorsements
printed, lithographed or engraved thereon as the Company may deem appropriate
and as are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement, or as may be
required to comply with any law or with any rule or regulation made pursuant
thereto or with any rule or regulation of any stock exchange on which the
Warrants may be listed, or to conform to usage. The Warrant Certificates shall
be dated the date of issuance thereof (whether upon initial issuance, transfer,
exchange or in lieu of mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed Warrant
Certificates).
(b) Warrant Certificates shall be executed on behalf of the
Company by its Chairman of the Board, President or any Vice President and by its
Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer or its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary,
by manual signatures or by facsimile signatures printed thereon, and shall have
imprinted thereon a facsimile of the Company's seal. Warrant Certificates shall
be manually countersigned by the Warrant Agent and shall not be valid for any
purpose unless so countersigned. In case any officer of the Company who shall
have signed any of the Warrant Certificates shall cease to be such officer of
the Company before the date of issuance of the Warrant Certificates or before
countersignature by the Warrant Agent and issue and delivery thereof, such
Warrant Certificates, nevertheless, may be countersigned by the Warrant Agent
and issued and delivered with the same force and effect as though the officer of
the Company who signed such Warrant Certificates had not ceased to hold such
office.
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SECTION 4. Exercise.
(a) Warrants in denominations of one or whole number multiples
thereof may be exercised commencing at any time on or after the Initial Warrant
Exercise Date, but not after the Warrant Expiration Date, upon the terms and
subject to the conditions set forth herein (including the provisions set forth
in Sections 5 and 9 hereof) and in the applicable Warrant Certificate. A Warrant
shall be deemed to have been exercised immediately prior to the close of
business on the Exercise Date, provided that the Warrant Certificate
representing such Warrant, with the exercise form thereon duly executed by the
Registered Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, together
with payment in cash or by check made payable to the Warrant Agent for the
account of the Company of an amount in lawful money of the United States of
America equal to the applicable Purchase Price, have been received by the
Warrant Agent. The person entitled to receive the securities deliverable upon
such exercise shall be treated for all purposes as the holder of such securities
as of the close of business on the Exercise Date. As soon as practicable on or
after the Exercise Date and in any event within five (5) business days after
such date, the Warrant Agent, on behalf of the Company, shall cause to be issued
to the person or persons entitled to receive the same a Common Stock certificate
or certificates for the shares of Common Stock deliverable upon such exercise,
and the Warrant Agent shall deliver the same to the person or persons entitled
thereto. Upon the exercise of any Warrants, the Warrant Agent shall promptly
notify the Company in writing of such fact and of the number of securities
delivered upon such exercise and, subject to Section 4(b) hereof, shall cause
all payments in cash or by check made payable to the order of the Company in
respect of the Purchase Price to be deposited promptly in the Company's bank
account or delivered to the Company.
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(b) At any time upon the exercise of any Warrants after one
year and one day from the date hereof, the Warrant Agent shall, on a daily
basis, within two business days after such exercise, notify the Underwriter, its
successors or assigns of the exercise of any such Warrants and shall, on a
weekly basis (subject to collection of funds constituting the tendered Purchase
Price, but in no event later than five business days after the last day of the
calendar week in which such funds were tendered), for services rendered by the
Underwriter to the Registered Holders of the Warrants then being exercised,
remit to the Underwriter an amount equal to five percent (5%) of the Purchase
Price of such Warrants then being exercised unless the Underwriter shall have
notified the Warrant Agent that the payment of such amount with respect to such
Warrant is violative of the General Rules and Regulations promulgated under the
Exchange Act, or the rules and regulations of the NASD or applicable state
securities or "blue sky" laws, or the Warrants are those underlying the
Underwriter's Warrants in which event, the Warrant Agent shall have to pay such
amount to the Company; provided, that, the Warrant Agent shall not be obligated
to pay any amounts pursuant to this Section 4(b) during any week that such
amounts payable are less than $1,000 and the Warrant Agent's obligation to make
such payments shall be suspended until the amount payable aggregates $1,000, and
provided further, that, in any event, any such payment (regardless of amount)
shall be made not less frequently than monthly.
(c) The Company shall not be obligated to issue any fractional
share interests or fractional warrant interests upon the exercise of any Warrant
or Warrants, nor shall it be obligated to issue scrip or pay cash in lieu of
fractional interests. Any fractional interest shall be eliminated by rounding
any fraction up to the next full share or Warrant, as the case may be, or other
securities, properties or rights.
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SECTION 5. Reservation of Shares, Listing, Payment of Taxes, etc.
(a)The Company covenants that it will at all times reserve and
keep available out of its authorized Common Stock, solely for the purpose of
issuance upon the exercise of Warrants, such number of shares of Common Stock as
shall then be issuable upon the exercise of all outstanding Warrants. The
Company covenants that, upon exercise of the Warrants and payment of the
Purchase Price for the shares of Common Stock underlying the Warrants, all
shares of Common Stock which shall be issuable upon such exercise shall be duly
and validly issued, fully paid, non-assessable, free from all preemptive or
similar rights, and free from all taxes, liens and charges with respect to the
issuance thereof, and that upon issuance such shares shall be listed or quoted
on each securities exchange, if any, on which the other shares of outstanding
Common Stock are then listed or quoted, or if not then so listed or quoted on
each place (whether the Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc., the NASD OTC Electronic
Bulletin Board, the National Quotation Bureau "pink sheets" or otherwise) on
which the other shares of outstanding Common Stock are listed or quoted.
(b) The Company covenants that if any securities reserved for
the purpose of exercise of Warrants hereunder require registration with, or
approval of, any governmental authority under any federal securities law before
such securities may be validly issued or delivered upon such exercise, then the
Company will file a registration statement under the federal securities laws or
a post-effective amendment to a registration statement, use its best efforts to
cause the same to become effective, keep such registration statement current
while any of the Warrants are outstanding and deliver a prospectus which
complies with Section 10(a)(3) of the Act, to the Registered Holder exercising
the Warrant (except, if in the opinion of counsel to the Company, such
registration is not required under the federal securities law or if the Company
receives a letter from the staff of the Commission stating that it would not
take any
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enforcement action if such registration is not effected). The Company will use
its best efforts to obtain appropriate approvals or registrations under the
state "blue sky" securities laws of all states in which Registered Holders
reside. Warrants may not be exercised by, nor may shares of Common Stock be
issued to, any Registered Holder in any state in which such exercise would be
unlawful.
(c) The Company shall pay all documentary, stamp or similar
taxes and other governmental charges that may be imposed with respect to the
issuance of Warrants, or the issuance or delivery of any shares of Common Stock
upon exercise of the Warrants; provided, however, that if shares of Common Stock
are to be delivered in a name other than the name of the Registered Holder of
the Warrant Certificate representing any Warrant being exercised, then no such
delivery shall be made unless the person requesting the same has paid to the
Warrant Agent the amount of transfer taxes or charges incident thereto, if any.
(d) The Warrant Agent is hereby irrevocably authorized as the
Transfer Agent to requisition from time to time certificates representing shares
of Common Stock or other securities required upon exercise of the Warrants, and
the Company will comply with all such requisitions.
SECTION 6. Exchange and Registration of Transfer.
(a) Warrant Certificates may be exchanged for other Warrant
Certificates representing an equal aggregate number of Warrants or may be
transferred in whole or in part. Warrant Certificates to be so exchanged shall
be surrendered to the Warrant Agent at its Corporate Office, and the Company
shall execute and the Warrant Agent shall countersign, issue and deliver in
exchange therefor the Warrant Certificate or Certificates which the Registered
Holder making the exchange shall be entitled to receive.
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(b) The Warrant Agent shall keep, at such office, books in
which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, it shall
register Warrant Certificates and the transfer thereof. Upon due presentment for
registration of transfer of any Warrant Certificate at such office, the Company
shall execute and the Warrant Agent shall issue and deliver to the transferee or
transferees a new Warrant Certificate or Certificates representing an equal
aggregate number of Warrants.
(c) With respect to any Warrant Certificates presented for
registration of transfer, or for exchange or exercise, the subscription or
assignment form, as the case may be, on the reverse thereof shall be duly
endorsed or be accompanied by a written instrument or instruments of
subscription or assignment, in form satisfactory to the Company and the Warrant
Agent, duly executed by the Registered Holder thereof or his attorney duly
authorized in writing.
(d) No service charge shall be made for any exchange or
registration of transfer of Warrant Certificates. However, the Company may
require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental
charge that may be imposed in connection therewith.
(e) All Warrant Certificates surrendered for exercise or for
exchange shall be promptly cancelled by the Warrant Agent.
(f) Prior to due presentment for registration or transfer
thereof, the Company and the Warrant Agent may deem and treat the Registered
Holder of any Warrant Certificate as the absolute owner thereof of each Warrant
represented thereby (notwithstanding any notations of ownership or writing
thereon made by anyone other than the Company or the Warrant Agent) for all
purposes and shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary.
SECTION 7. Loss or Mutilation. Upon receipt by the Company and the
Warrant Agent of evidence satisfactory to them of the ownership of and the loss,
theft, destruction or
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mutilation of any Warrant Certificate and (in the case of loss, theft or
destruction) of indemnity satisfactory to them, and (in case of mutilation) upon
surrender and cancellation thereof, the Company shall execute and the Warrant
Agent shall countersign and deliver in lieu thereof a new Warrant Certificate
representing an equal number of Warrants. Applicants for a substitute Warrant
Certificate shall also comply with such other reasonable regulations and pay
such other reasonable charges as the Warrant Agent may prescribe.
SECTION 8. Adjustments to Purchase Price and Number of Securities.
(a) Subdivision and Combination. In case the Company shall at
any time subdivide or combine the outstanding shares of Common Stock, the
Purchase Price shall forthwith be proportionately decreased in the case of
subdivision or increased in the case of combination.
(b) Stock Dividends and Distributions. In case the Company
shall pay dividend in, or make a distribution of, shares of Common Stock or of
the Company's capital stock convertible into Common Stock, the Purchase Price
shall forthwith be proportionately decreased. An adjustment made pursuant to
this Section 8(b) shall be made as of the record date for the subject stock
dividend or distribution.
(c) Adjustment in Number of Securities. Upon each adjustment
of the Purchase Price pursuant to the provisions of this Section 8, the number
of Warrant Securities issuable upon the exercise at the adjusted Purchase Price
of each Warrant shall be adjusted to the nearest whole number by multiplying a
number equal to the Purchase 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 Purchase Price.
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(d) 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 Certificate of Incorporation of the Company as may be
amended or restated 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. In the event the Company shall after the date
hereof issue Common Stock with greater or superior voting rights than the shares
of Common Stock outstanding as of the date hereof, each Holder, at its option,
may receive upon exercise of any Warrant either shares of Common Stock or a like
number of such securities with greater or superior voting rights.
(e) Merger or Consolidation or Sale.
(i) 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 surviving such 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, merger, sale or transfer 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 this Section
8. The above provision of this subsection shall similarly apply to successive
consolidations or mergers.
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(ii) In the event of (A) the sale by the Company of all or
substantially all of its assets, or (B) the engagement by the Company or any of
its affiliates in a "Rule 13e-3 transaction" as defined in paragraph (a)(3) of
Rule 13e-3 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Exchange Act or (C) a
distribution to the Company's stockholders of any cash, assets, property,
rights, evidences of indebtedness, securities or any other thing of value, or
any combination thereof, the Holders of the unexercised Warrants shall receive
notice of such sale, transaction or distribution twenty (20) days prior to the
date of such sale or the record date for such transaction or distribution, as
applicable, and, if they exercise such Warrants prior to such date, they shall
be entitled, in addition to the shares of Common Stock issuable upon the
exercise thereof, to receive such property, cash, assets, rights, evidence of
indebtedness, securities or any other thing of value, or any combination
thereof, on the payment date of such sale, transaction or distribution.
(f) No Adjustment of Exercise Price in Certain Cases. No
adjustment of the Exercise Price shall be made if the amount of said adjustment
shall be less than ten cents (10(cent)) per share of Common Stock, 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 ten cents (10(cent)) per share of
Common Stock.
SECTION 9. Redemption.
(a) Commencing on the Initial Warrant Redemption Date, the
Company may (but only with the prior written consent of the Underwriter), on
thirty (30) days' prior written notice, redeem all of the Warrants, in whole and
not in part, at a redemption price of five cents ($.05) per Warrant; provided,
however, that before any such call for redemption of Warrants can take place,
the (i) average closing bid price for the Common Stock, as reported by the
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National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System, or (ii)
if not so quoted, as reported by any other recognized quotation system on which
the Common Stock is quoted, shall have for any twenty (20) trading days within a
period of thirty (30) consecutive trading days ending on the fifth (5th) trading
day prior to the date on which the notice contemplated by Sections 9(b) and 9(c)
hereof is given, equalled or exceeded 150% of the then exercise price per share
of Common Stock (subject to adjustment in the event of any stock splits or other
similar events as provided in Section 8 hereof).
(b) In case the Company shall exercise its right to redeem all
of the Warrants, it shall give or cause to be given notice to the Registered
Holders of the Warrants, by mailing to such Registered Holders a notice of
redemption, first class, postage prepaid, at their last address as shall appear
on the records of the Warrant Agent. Any notice mailed in the manner provided
herein shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given whether or not the
Registered Holder receives such notice. Not less than five (5) business days
prior to the mailing to the Registered Holders of the Warrants of the notice of
redemption, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the
Underwriter or its successors or assigns a similar notice telephonically and
confirmed in writing, together with a list of the Registered Holders (including
their respective addresses and number of Warrants beneficially owned by them) to
whom such notice of redemption has been or will be given.
(c) The notice of redemption shall specify (i) the redemption
price, (ii) the date fixed for redemption, which shall in no event be less than
thirty (30) days after the date of mailing of such notice, (iii) the place where
the Warrant Certificates shall be delivered and the redemption price shall be
paid, and (iv) that the Underwriter is the Company's exclusive warrant
solicitation agent and shall receive the commission contemplated by Section 4(b)
hereof and (v) that the right to exercise the Warrant shall terminate at 5:00
p.m. (New York time) on the
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business day immediately preceding the date fixed for redemption. The date fixed
for the redemption of the Warrants shall be the "Redemption Date" for purposes
of this Agreement. No failure to mail such notice nor any defect therein or in
the mailing thereof shall affect the validity of the proceedings for such
redemption except as to a holder (A) to whom notice was not mailed or (B) whose
notice was defective. An affidavit of the Warrant Agent or the Secretary or
Assistant Secretary of the Company that notice of redemption has been mailed
shall, in the absence of fraud, be prima facie evidence of the facts stated
therein.
(d) Any right to exercise a Warrant shall terminate at 5:00
p.m. (New York time) on the business day immediately preceding the Redemption
Date. The redemption price payable to the Registered Holders shall be mailed to
such persons at their addresses of record.
(e) The Company shall indemnify the Underwriter and each
person, if any, who controls the Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of
the Act or Section 20(a) of 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 the registration statement or prospectus referred to in Section 5(b) hereof
to the same extent and with the same effect (including the provisions regarding
contribution) as the provisions pursuant to which the company has agreed to
indemnify the Underwriter contained in Section 7 of the Underwriting Agreement.
(f) Five business days prior to the Redemption Date, the
Company shall furnish to the Underwriter (i) opinions of counsel to the Company,
dated such date and addressed to the Underwriter, and (ii) a "cold comfort"
letter dated such date addressed to the Underwriter, 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
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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, including, without limitation, those matters covered in Sections
6(d), 6(e) and 6(j) of the Underwriting Agreement.
(g) The Company shall as soon as practicable after the
Redemption Date, and in any event within 15 months thereafter, make "generally
available to its security holders" (within the meaning of Rule 158 under the
Act) an earnings statement (which need not be audited) complying with Section
11(a) of the Act and covering a period of at least 12 consecutive months
beginning after the Redemption Date.
(h) The Company shall deliver within five business days prior
to the Redemption Date copies of all correspondence between the Commission and
the Company, its counsel or auditors and all memoranda relating to discussions
with the Commission or its staff with respect to such registration statement and
permit the Underwriter 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 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 the Underwriter shall reasonably request.
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SECTION 10. Concerning the Warrant Agent.
(a) The Warrant Agent acts hereunder as agent and in a
ministerial capacity for the Company and the Underwriter, and its duties shall
be determined solely by the provisions hereof. The Warrant Agent shall not, by
issuing and delivering Warrant Certificates or by any other act hereunder, be
deemed to make any representations as to the validity or value or authorization
of the Warrant Certificates or the Warrants represented thereby or of any
securities or other property delivered upon exercise of any Warrant or whether
any stock issued upon exercise of any Warrant is fully paid and non-assessable.
(b) The Warrant Agent shall not at any time be under any duty
or responsibility to any holder of Warrant Certificates to make or cause to be
made any adjustment of the Purchase Price provided in this Agreement, or to
determine whether any fact exists which may require any such adjustment, or with
respect to the nature or extent of any such adjustment, when made, or with
respect to the method employed in making the same. It shall not (i) be liable
for any recital or statement of fact contained herein or for any action taken,
suffered or omitted by it in reliance on any Warrant Certificate or other
document or instrument believed by it in good faith to be genuine and to have
been signed or presented by the proper party or parties, (ii) be responsible for
any failure on the part of the Company to comply with any of its covenants and
obligations contained in this Agreement or in any Warrant Certificate, or (iii)
be liable for any act or omission in connection with this Agreement except for
its own gross negligence or willful misconduct.
(c) The Warrant Agent may at any time consult with counsel
satisfactory to it (who may be counsel for the Company or the Underwriter) and
shall incur no liability or responsibility for any action taken, suffered or
omitted by it in good faith in accordance with the opinion or advice of such
counsel.
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(d) Any notice, statement, instruction, request, direction,
order or demand of the Company shall be sufficiently evidenced by an instrument
signed by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, President or any Vice
President (unless other evidence in respect thereof is herein specifically
prescribed). The Warrant Agent shall not be liable for any action taken,
suffered or omitted by it in accordance with such notice, statement,
instruction, request, direction, order or demand.
(e) The Company agrees to pay the Warrant Agent reasonable
compensation for its services hereunder and to reimburse it for its reasonable
expenses hereunder; the Company further agrees to indemnify the Warrant Agent
and hold it harmless against any and all losses, expenses and liabilities,
including judgments, costs and counsel fees, for anything done or omitted by the
Warrant Agent in the execution of its duties and powers hereunder except losses,
expenses and liabilities arising as a result of the Warrant Agent's gross
negligence or willful misconduct.
(f) The Warrant Agent may resign its duties and be discharged
from all further duties and liabilities hereunder (except liabilities arising as
a result of the Warrant Agent's own gross negligence or willful misconduct),
after giving thirty (30) days' prior written notice to the Company. At least
fifteen (15) days prior to the date such resignation is to become effective, the
Warrant Agent shall cause a copy of such notice of resignation to be mailed to
the Registered Holder of each Warrant Certificate at the Company's expense. Upon
such resignation the Company shall appoint in writing a new warrant agent. If
the Company shall fail to make such appointment within a period of thirty (30)
days after it has been notified in writing of such resignation by the resigning
Warrant Agent, then the Registered Holder of any Warrant Certificate may apply
to any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a new warrant
agent. Any new warrant agent, whether appointed by the Company or by such a
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court, shall be a bank or trust company having a capital and surplus, as shown
by its last published report to its stockholders, of not less than ten million
dollars ($10,000,000) or a stock transfer company doing business in New York,
New York. After acceptance in writing of such appointment by the new warrant
agent is received by the Company, such new warrant agent shall be vested with
the same powers, rights, duties and responsibilities as if it had been
originally named herein as the warrant agent, without any further assurance,
conveyance, act or deed; but if for any reason it shall be necessary or
expedient to execute and deliver any further assurance, conveyance, act or deed,
the same shall be done at the expense of the Company and shall be legally and
validly executed and delivered by the resigning Warrant Agent. Not later than
the effective date of any such appointment, the Company shall file notice
thereof with the resigning Warrant Agent and shall forthwith cause a copy of
such notice to be mailed to the Registered Holder of each Warrant Certificate.
(g) Any corporation into which the Warrant Agent or any new
warrant agent may be converted or merged, any corporation resulting from any
consolidation to which the Warrant Agent or any new warrant agent shall be a
party, or any corporation succeeding to the corporate trust business of the
Warrant Agent or any new warrant agent shall be a successor warrant agent under
this Agreement without any further act, provided that such corporation is
eligible for appointment as successor to the Warrant Agent under the provisions
of the preceding paragraph. Any such successor warrant agent shall promptly
cause notice of its succession as warrant agent to be mailed to the Company and
to the Registered Holders of each Warrant Certificate.
(h) The Warrant Agent, its subsidiaries and affiliates, and
any of its or their officers or directors, may buy and hold or sell Warrants or
other securities of the Company and otherwise deal with the Company in the same
manner and to the same extent and with like effect
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as though it were not Warrant Agent. Nothing herein shall preclude the Warrant
Agent from acting in any other capacity for the Company or for any other legal
entity.
(i) The Warrant Agent shall retain for a period of two (2)
years from the date of exercise any Warrant Certificate received by it upon such
exercise.
SECTION 11. Modification of Agreement.
The Warrant Agent and the Company may by supplemental agreement make
any changes or corrections in this Agreement (a) that they shall deem
appropriate to cure any ambiguity or to correct any defective or inconsistent
provision or manifest mistake or error herein contained, or (b) that they may
deem necessary or desirable and which shall not adversely affect the interests
of the holders of Warrant Certificates; provided, however, that this Agreement
shall not otherwise be modified, supplemented or altered in any respect except
with the consent in writing of the Registered Holders holding not less than
sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66- 2/3%) of the Warrants then outstanding;
provided, further, that no change in the number or nature of the securities
purchasable upon the exercise of any Warrant, and no change that increases the
Purchase Price of any Warrant, other than such changes as are specifically set
forth in this Agreement as originally executed, shall be made without the
consent in writing of each Registered Holders affected by such change. In
addition, this Agreement may not be modified, amended or supplemented without
the prior written consent of the Underwriter or its successors or assigns, other
than to cure any ambiguity or to correct any defective or inconsistent provision
or manifest mistake or error herein contained or to make any such change that
the Warrant Agent and the Company deem necessary or desirable and which shall
not adversely affect the interests of the Underwriter or its successors or
assigns.
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SECTION 12. Notices.
All notices, requests, consents and other communications hereunder
shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been made when delivered or
mailed first-class postage prepaid or delivered to a telegraph office for
transmission, if to the Registered Holder of a Warrant Certificate, at the
address of such holder as shown on the registry books maintained by the Warrant
Agent; if to the Company at CTI Industries Corporation, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇,
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, Attention: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, President, or at such other
address as may have been furnished to the Warrant Agent in writing by the
Company; and if to the Warrant Agent, at its Corporate Office. Copies of any
notice delivered pursuant to this Agreement shall be delivered to ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
& Company, Inc., ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, Attention:
▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, Chief Executive Officer or at such other address as may have
been furnished to the Company and the Warrant Agent in writing.
SECTION 13. Governing Law.
This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with
the laws of the State of New York without giving effect to conflicts of laws
rules or principals.
SECTION 14. Binding Effect.
This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the
Company, the Warrant Agent and their respective successors and assigns and the
holders from time to time of Warrant Certificates or any of them. Except as
hereinafter stated, nothing in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed
to confer upon any other person any right, remedy or claim or to impose upon any
other person any duty, liability or obligation. The Underwriter is, and shall at
all times irrevocably be deemed to be, a third-party beneficiary of this
Agreement, with full power, authority and standing to enforce the rights granted
to it hereunder.
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SECTION 15. Counterparts.
This Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, which taken
together shall constitute a single document.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be
duly executed as of the date first above written.
CTI INDUSTRIES CORPORATION CONTINENTAL STOCK TRANSFER &
TRUST COMPANY, INC.
As Warrant Agent
By:________________________________ By:____________________________
Name: Name:
Title: Title:
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EXHIBIT A
No. W ___________ VOID AFTER ____________________, 2002
_________ WARRANTS
REDEEMABLE WARRANT CERTIFICATE TO
PURCHASE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK
CTI INDUSTRIES CORPORATION
CUSIP _________
THIS CERTIFIES THAT, FOR VALUE RECEIVED
or registered assigns (the "Registered Holder") is the owner of the number of
Redeemable Warrants (the "Warrants") specified above. One Warrant initially
entitles the Registered Holder to purchase, subject to the terms and conditions
set forth in this Certificate and the Warrant Agreement (as hereinafter
defined), one fully paid and non-assessable share of Common Stock, $____ par
value per share, of CTI Industries Corporation., a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), at any time from _____________, 1997 [the effective date of the
Registration Statement] and prior to the Expiration Date (as hereinafter
defined) upon the presentation and surrender of this Warrant Certificate with
the Subscription Form on the reverse hereof duly executed, at the corporate
office of Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, ▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ as Warrant Agent, or its successor (the "Warrant Agent"), accompanied
by payment of $__________ [150% of the initial public offering price per Unit]
subject to adjustment (the "Purchase Price"), in lawful money of the United
States of America in cash or by check made payable to the Warrant Agent for the
account of the Company.
This Warrant Certificate is, and each Warrant represented hereby are,
issued pursuant to and are subject in all respects to the terms and conditions
set forth in the Warrant Agreement (the "Warrant Agreement"), dated __________,
1997 [the effective date of the Registration Statement], by and between the
Company and the Warrant Agent.
In the event of certain contingencies provided for in the Warrant
Agreement, the Purchase Price and the number of shares of Common Stock subject
to purchase upon the exercise of each Warrant represented hereby are subject to
modification or adjustment.
Each Warrant represented hereby is exercisable at the option of the
Registered Holder, but no fractional interests will be issued. In the case of
the exercise of less than all of the Warrants represented hereby, the Company
shall cancel this Warrant Certificate upon the surrender hereof and shall
execute and deliver a new Warrant Certificate or Warrant Certificates of like
tenor, which the Warrant Agent shall countersign, for the balance of such
Warrants.
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The term "Expiration Date" shall mean 5:00 p.m. (New York time) on
__________, 2002 [the 60 month anniversary of the issuance of the Warrant]. If
such date shall in the State of New York be a holiday or a day on which banks
are authorized to close, then the Expiration Date shall mean 5:00 p.m. (New York
time) on the next day which in the State of New York is not a holiday or a day
on which banks are authorized to close.
The Company shall not be obligated to deliver any securities pursuant
to the exercise of this Warrant unless a registration statement under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), with respect to such securities
is effective or an exemption thereunder is available. The Company has covenanted
and agreed that it will file a registration statement under the Federal
securities laws, use its best efforts to cause the same to become effective, to
keep such registration statement current, if required under the Act, while any
of the Warrants are outstanding, and deliver a prospectus which complies with
Section 10(a)(3) of the Act to the Registered Holder exercising this Warrant.
This Warrant shall not be exercisable by a Registered Holder in any state where
such exercise would be unlawful.
This Warrant Certificate is exchangeable, upon the surrender hereof by
the Registered Holder at the corporate office of the Warrant Agent, for a new
Warrant Certificate or Warrant Certificates of like tenor representing an equal
aggregate number of Warrants, each of such new Warrant Certificates to represent
such number of Warrants as shall be designated by such Registered Holder at the
time of such surrender. Upon due presentment and payment of any tax or other
charge imposed in connection therewith or incident thereto, for registration of
transfer of this Warrant Certificate at such office, a new Warrant Certificate
or Warrant Certificates representing an equal aggregate number of Warrants will
be issued to the transferee in exchange therefor, subject to the limitations
provided in the Warrant Agreement.
Prior to the exercise of any Warrant represented hereby, the Registered
Holder shall not be entitled to any rights of a stockholder of the Company,
including, without limitation, the right to vote or to receive dividends or
other distributions, and shall not be entitled to receive any notice of any
proceedings of the Company, except as provided in the Warrant Agreement.
Subject to the provisions of the Warrant Agreement, this Warrant may be
redeemed at the option of the Company, in whole and not in part, at a redemption
price of $.05 per Warrant, at any time commencing __________, 1998 [twelve (12)
months from issuance] provided that the average closing bid price for the
Company's Common Stock, as reported by the National Association of Securities
Dealers Automated Quotation System (or, if not so quoted, as reported by any
other recognized quotation system on which the price of the Common Stock is
quoted), shall have, for any twenty (20) trading days within a period of thirty
(30) consecutive trading days ending on the fifth (5th) trading day prior to the
date on which the Notice of Redemption (as defined below) is given, equalled or
exceeded 150% of the then exercise price per share (subject to adjustment in the
event of any stock splits or other similar events). Notice of redemption (the
"Notice of Redemption") shall be given not later than the thirtieth (30th) day
before the date fixed for redemption, all as provided in the Warrant Agreement.
On and after the date fixed for redemption, the Registered Holder shall have no
rights with respect to this Warrant except to receive the $.05 per Warrant upon
surrender of this Certificate.
Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer hereof, the
Company and the Warrant Agent may deem and treat the Registered Holder as the
absolute owner hereof and of each
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Warrant represented hereby (notwithstanding any notations of ownership or
writing hereon made by anyone other than a duly authorized officer of the
Company or the Warrant Agent) for all purposes and shall not be affected by any
notice to the contrary, except as provided in the Warrant Agreement.
This Warrant Certificate shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of New York without giving effect to
conflicts of laws.
This Warrant Certificate is not valid unless countersigned by the
Warrant Agent.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant Certificate to
be duly executed, manually or in facsimile by two of its officers thereunto duly
authorized and a facsimile of its corporate seal to be imprinted hereon.
Dated: ___________, 1997
CTI INDUSTRIES CORPORATION
[SEAL]
By: ________________________________
Name:
Title:
ATTEST:
By: ________________________________
Name:
COUNTERSIGNED: Title:
CONTINENTAL STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST
COMPANY, as Warrant Agent
By: _________________________
Authorized Officer
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SUBSCRIPTION FORM
To Be Executed by the Registered Holder
in Order to Exercise Warrant
The undersigned Registered Holder hereby irrevocably elects to exercise
_____ Warrants represented by this Warrant Certificate, and to purchase the
securities issuable upon the exercise of such Warrants, and requests that
certificates for such securities shall be issued in name of
PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY
OR OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER
-------------------------------
-------------------------------
(please print or type name and address)
and be delivered to
-------------------------------
-------------------------------
(please print or type name and address)
and if such number of Warrants shall not be all the Warrants evidenced by this
Warrant Certificate, that a new Warrant Certificate for the balance of such
Warrants be registered in the name of, and delivered to, the Registered Holder
at the address stated below.
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IMPORTANT: PLEASE COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING:
1. If the exercise of this Warrant was
solicited by ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & Company,
Inc. please check the
following box
2. The exercise of this Warrant was
solicited by
--------------------------
3. If the exercise of this Warrant was
not solicited, please check the
following box
Dated: ______________________ X_________________________________
_________________________________
_________________________________
Address
_________________________________
Social Security or Taxpayer
Identification Number
_________________________________
Signature Guaranteed
_________________________________
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ASSIGNMENT
To Be Executed by the Registered Holder
in Order to Assign Warrants
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, __________________________, hereby sells, assigns
and transfers unto
PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR
OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER
----------------------------------
----------------------------------
----------------------------------
(please print or type name and address)
________________________ of the Warrants represented by this Warrant
Certificate, and hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints
____________________ Attorney to transfer this Warrant Certificate on the books
of the Company, with full power of substitution in the premises.
Dated: _______________________ X__________________________
__________________________
Signature Guaranteed
THE SIGNATURE TO THE ASSIGNMENT OR THE SUBSCRIPTION FORM MUST CORRESPOND TO THE
NAME AS WRITTEN UPON THE FACE OF THIS WARRANT CERTIFICATE IN EVERY PARTICULAR,
WITHOUT ALTERATION OR ENLARGEMENT OR ANY CHANGE WHATSOEVER AND MUST BE
GUARANTEED BY A COMMERCIAL BANK OR TRUST COMPANY OR A MEMBER FIRM OF THE
AMERICAN STOCK EXCHANGE, NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE, PACIFIC STOCK EXCHANGE,
MIDWEST STOCK EXCHANGE OR BOSTON STOCK EXCHANGE.
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