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Exhibit 99.7
Number: W_______________
NEITHER THIS WARRANT NOR ANY SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON THE EXERCISE
HEREOF HAVE BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 OR ANY OTHER
SECURITIES STATUTE. NO SALE, TRANSFER OR OTHER DISPOSITION HEREOF OR THEREOF,
OR OF ANY INTEREST HEREIN OR THEREIN, MAY BE MADE OR SHALL BE RECOGNIZED UNLESS
IN THE OPINION OF COUNSEL TO OR REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY SUCH
TRANSACTION WOULD NOT VIOLATE OR REQUIRE REGISTRATION UNDER SUCH ACT OR OTHER
STATUTE.
WARRANT TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK OF
AMERICAN ECOLOGY CORPORATION
THIS WARRANT CERTIFIES that, for value received,
_______________________, (the "Holder") is entitled to purchase from American
Ecology Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), at a price of
$1.50 per share, subject to adjustment as provided in Section 4 hereof
("Purchase Price"), at any time after June 30, 1997 up to and including June
30, 2003 (such period, the "Exercise Period"), _________________
fully paid and non-assessable shares of the Company's Common Stock, par value
$.Ol per share ("Common Stock"), subject, however, to the provisions and upon
the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth.
1. Exercise of Warrant. The rights represented by this Warrant
may be exercised by the holder hereof, at any time or from time to time during
the Exercise Period, on any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or public
holiday under the laws of the State of Idaho (such day being hereinafter
referred to as a "Business Day"), for all or part of the number of shares of
Common Stock purchasable upon its exercise, by (i) delivery of a Subscription
Notice (in the form attached to this Warrant) of such holder's election to
exercise this Warrant, specifying the number of shares of Common Stock to be
purchased, (ii) payment of the Purchase Price for such shares by certified
check or bank draft payable to the order of the Company and (iii) surrender of
this Warrant (properly endorsed if required) at the Company's principal office
or such other office or agency of the Company as the Company may designate by
notice in writing to the holder hereof.
In the event of any exercise of the rights represented by this
Warrant, certificates for the shares of Common Stock so purchased shall be
delivered to the holder hereof as soon as reasonably practicable, but in any
event within twenty-one days, after the rights represented by this Warrant
shall have been so exercised, and unless this Warrant has expired, a new
Warrant representing the number of shares of Common Stock, if any, with respect
to which this Warrant shall not then have been exercised shall also be issued
to the holder hereof within such time. Each person in whose name any such
certificate for shares of Common Stock is issued shall for all purposes be
deemed to have become the holder of record of the Common Stock represented
hereby on the date on which this Warrant was surrendered and payment of the
Purchase Price was made, irrespective of the date of issue or delivery of such
certificate.
2. Transfer. The Company will maintain books for the
registration and transfer of the Warrants, and any such transfer will be
registrable thereon upon surrender of the transferred Warrant to the Company's
main office, together with a duly executed assignment thereof and funds
sufficient to pay any required stock transfer taxes. Upon such surrender and
payment, the Company shall, subject to Section 9, execute and deliver a new
Warrant or Warrants in the name of the assignees and in the number of shares of
Common Stock specified in the assignment and this Warrant shall promptly be
cancelled.
3. Certain Covenants of the Company. The Company covenants and
agrees that all shares of Common Stock that may be issued upon the exercise of
the rights represented by this Warrant will, upon issuance, be fully paid and
non-assessable and free from all taxes, liens, charges and security interests
with respect to the issue thereof. The Company further covenants and agrees
that during the period within which the rights represented by the Warrant may
be exercised, the Company will at all times have authorized, and reserved free
of preemptive or other rights for the exclusive
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purpose of issue upon exercise of the rights evidenced by this Warrant, a
sufficient number of shares of its Common Stock to provide for the exercise of
the rights represented by this Warrant. The Company shall take all such
actions as may be necessary to assure that all such shares of Common Stock may
be issued upon the exercise of the rights represented by this Warrant without
violation of any applicable law or governmental regulation or any requirements
of any domestic securities exchange upon which shares of Common Stock may be
listed (except for official notice of issuance which shall be immediately
delivered by the Company upon each such issuance).
4. Adjustment of Purchase Price and Number of Shares.
The number of shares of Common Stock with respect to which this Warrant is
exercisable (the "Exercise Rate") shall be subject to adjustment from time to
time as follows:
a. In case the Company shall (x) pay a dividend in or
make a distribution of Common Stock on outstanding Common Stock, (y) subdivide
outstanding Common Stock into a larger number of shares of Common Stock by
reclassification or otherwise, or (z) combine outstanding Common Stock into a
smaller number of shares of Common Stock by reclassification or otherwise, the
Exercise Rate in effect immediately prior thereto shall be adjusted
proportionately so that the holder of this Warrant thereafter exercised shall
be entitled to receive the number of shares of the Common Stock that such
holder would have owned after the happening of any of the events described
above had such warrant been exercised immediately prior to the happening of
such event. An adjustment made pursuant to this subparagraph (a) shall become
effective retroactively to immediately after the record date in the case of a
share dividend or distribution and shall become effective immediately after the
effective date in the case of a subdivision or combination.
b. In case of any capital reorganization or
reclassification of the shares of Common Stock (except as provided in
subparagraph (a) above), or in case of any consolidation or merger to which the
Company is a party (other than a merger in which the Company is the surviving
corporation and which does not result in any capital reorganization or
reclassification of Common Stock), or in case of any sale or conveyance to
another corporation of all or substantially all of the property and assets of
the Company, and if, in connection with any such consolidation, merger, sale or
conveyance, shares or other securities or property shall be issuable or
deliverable in exchange for shares of Common Stock, provision shall be made as
part of the terms of such capital reorganization or reclassification,
consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance that the holder of this Warrant
thereafter exercised shall have the right upon such exercise to receive the
same kind and amount of stock and other securities and property as would have
been receivable upon such capital reorganization or reclassification,
consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance by a holder of the number shares of
Common Stock with respect to which such Warrant might have been exercised
immediately prior thereto. In any such case, appropriate provision (as
determined to be equitable in the business judgment of the Board of Directors)
shall be made for the application of Section 4 with respect to the rights and
interests thereafter of the holder of this Warrant to the end that such Section
(including adjustments of the Exercised Rate) shall be reflected thereafter, as
nearly as reasonably practicable, in all subsequent exercises of this Warrant.
The Company shall not effect any such consolidation, merger or sale, unless
prior to the consummation thereof, the successor corporation (if other than the
Company) resulting from consolidation or merger or the corporation purchasing
such assets assumes by written instrument (in a manner determined to be
equitable in the business judgment of the Board of Directors to the holder of
this Warrant), the obligation to deliver to such holder such shares of stock,
securities or assets as, in accordance with the foregoing provisions, such
holder may be entitled to acquire.
c. In case the Company shall issue (other than pursuant
to a Rights Offering as defined in the Company's Certificate of Designation,
Preferences and Rights of Series E Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock) pro
rata to the holders of shares of its Common Stock rights or warrants entitling
them, during a period not exceeding 30 days after the record date mentioned
below, to subscribe for or purchase only shares of its Common Stock at a price
per share less than the average of the Current Market Price (as defined in
Section 6) of the Common Stock for the 30 consecutive trading days commencing
45 days before such record date (the "Average Market Price"), the number of
shares of its Common Stock with respect to which this Warrant is exercisable
thereafter shall be determined by multiplying the number of shares of Common
Stock with respect to which this Warrant was exercisable theretofore by a
fraction, of which the numerator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock
outstanding immediately prior to such record date plus the number of additional
shares of Common Stock offered for subscription or purchase, and of which the
denominator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding
immediately prior to such record date plus the number of shares of Common Stock
which the aggregate offering pr ice of the total number of shares being offered
would purchase at such Average Market Price. Such adjustment shall be made
whenever such rights or warrants are issued and shall become retroactively
effective immediately after the record date for the determination of the
stockholders entitled to receive such
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rights or warrants. To the extent that shares of Common Stock are not
delivered after the expiration of such rights or warrants, the Exercise Rate
shall be readjusted to the Exercise Rate that would then be in effect had the
adjustments made upon the issuance of such rights or warrants been made upon
the basis of delivery of only the number of shares of Common Stock actually
delivered.
d. In case the Company shall issue (except pursuant to a
Rights Offering as defined in subparagraph (c) above) pro rata to the holders
of shares of its Common Stock rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase
only (x) shares of its Common Stock except as described in subparagraph (c)
above, or (y) units consisting of shares of Common Stock and warrants to
purchase shares of Common Stock, the number of shares of its Common Stock with
respect to which this Warrant is exercisable thereafter shall be determined by
multiplying the number of shares of Common Stock with respect to which this
Warrant was exercisable theretofore by a fraction, of which the numerator shall
be the Average Market Price for a share of Common Stock determined as of the
record date mentioned below, and of which the denominator shall be such Average
Market Price less the fair market value (as determined in the business judgment
of the Board of Directors) as of such record date of the rights or warrants
distributed pro rata to one of the outstanding shares of Common Stock. Such
adjustment shall be made whenever such distribution is made and shall become
retroactively effective immediately after the record date for the determination
of stockholders entitled to receive such rights or warrants.
The foregoing provisions for adjustment of the Exercise Rate shall
apply in each successive instance in which an adjustment is required thereby.
No adjustment in the Exercise Rate resulting from the application of the
foregoing provisions is to be given effect unless, by making such adjustment,
the Exercise Rate in effect immediately prior to such adjustment would be
changed thereby by 1% or more, but any adjustment that would change the
Exercise Rate by less than 1% is to be carried forward and given effect in
making future adjustments; provided, however, that each adjustment of the
Exercise Rate shall in all events be made no later than three years from the
date such adjustment would have been required to be made except for the
provisions of this sentence. All calculations under this Section 4 shall be
made to the nearest one-hundredth (1/100th) of a share. Shares of Common Stock
owned by or held for the account of the Company shall not be deemed to be
outstanding for the purposes of any computation made under this Section 4.
Whenever the number of shares of Common Stock deliverable upon the
exercise of this Warrant shall be adjusted pursuant to the provisions hereof,
the Company shall forthwith file at its principal office and with any transfer
agent for the Common Stock a statement, signed by the President or one of the
Vice-Presidents of the Company and by its Treasurer or one of its Assistant
Treasurers, stating the adjusted number of shares of Common Stock deliverable
with respect to this Warrant and setting forth in reasonable detail the method
of calculation and the facts requiring such adjustment and upon which such
calculation is based, and shall mail a notice of such adjustment to the holder
of record of this Warrant. Each adjustment shall remain in effect until a
subsequent adjustment hereunder is required.
In the event:
(x) of the occurrence of any of the events referred to in
subparagraphs (a), (b), (c) and (d) above; or
(y) of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company
(a "Liquidation");
then the Company shall cause to be mailed to the holder of record of this
Warrant at least 20 days prior to the applicable date hereinafter specified, a
notice describing the event and stating the effect, if any, that such event
will have upon the Exercise Rate, and (A) the date on which a record is to be
taken for the purpose of a distribution referred to in subparagraphs (a), (c)
or (d) above, or, if a record is not to be taken, the date as of which the
holders of Common Stock of record to be entitled to such distribution are to be
determined, or (B) the date on which any subdivision, combination or other
capital reorganization or reclassification or any consolidation, merger, sale
or conveyance referred to in subparagraphs (a) or (b) above or such Liquidation
is expected to become effective.
The Company will at all times during the Exercise Period reserve and
keep available for issuance upon exercise of this Warrant the number of shares
of Common Stock that is equal to the Exercise Rate; provided, however, that
nothing contained herein shall be construed to preclude the Company from
satisfying its obligations in respect of the exercise of this Warrant by
delivery of shares of Common Stock that are held in the treasury of the
Company. The Company covenants that all shares of Common Stock that shall be
issued upon exercise of this Warrant will, upon issue, be fully paid and
nonassessable and not subject to any preemptive rights.
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The shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant when
the same shall be issued in accordance with the terms hereof are hereby
declared to be and shall be fully paid nonassessable shares of Common Stock and
not liable to any calls or assessments thereon, and the holders thereof shall
not be liable for any further payments in respect thereof.
"Common Stock" when used in Section 4 with reference to the Common
Stock with respect to which this Warrant is exercisable, shall mean only Common
Stock as authorized by the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the
Company, as amended to the date hereof, and any shares into which such Common
Stock may thereafter have been changed, and, when otherwise used in Section 4,
shall also include shares of the Company of any other class or series, whether
now or hereafter authorized, that ranks or is entitled to participation, as to
payment of assets upon Liquidation and payment of dividends, substantially on a
parity with such Common Stock or other class of shares into which such Common
Stock may have been changed.
The Company will not, by amendment of its Certificate of Incorporation
or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger,
dissolution, issue or sale of securities or any other voluntary action, avoid
or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms to be
observed or performed hereunder by the company, but will at all times in good
faith assist in the carrying out of all the provisions of this Section 4 and in
the taking of all such action as may be necessary or appropriate in order to
protect the conversion privilege of the holders of this Warrant against
dilution or other impairment. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, the Company (1) will not increase the par value of any shares of
stock receivable upon exercise of this Warrant above the Purchase Price then in
effect, and (2) will take all such actions as may be necessary or appropriate
in order that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and
nonassessable shares of stock upon the exercise in full of this Warrant from
time to time outstanding.
5. Fractional Interests. The Company shall not be required to
issue fractional shares on the exercise of a Warrant. If any faction of a
share would be issuable on the exercise of a Warrant (or specified portion
thereof), the Company shall pay an amount in cash equal to the Current Market
Price per share of Common Stock (as defined in Section 6) multiplied by such
fraction.
6. Definition of Current Market Value. The "Current Market
Price" on any given day shall be: (i) if the Common Stock is listed or admitted
to unlisted trading privileges on any exchange registered with the Securities
and Exchange Commission as a national securities exchange" under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (a "National Securities Exchange"), the last sales price
of the shares of Common Stock on the National Securities Exchange in or nearest
the City of New York on which the shares of Common Stock shall be listed or
admitted to unlisted trading privileges (or the quoted closing bid if there be
no sales on such National Securities Exchange) on the most recently completed
trading day prior to such day; or (ii) if the Common Stock is not so listed or
admitted, the closing sales price of a share of Common Stock as quoted in The
Nasdaq Stock Market on the most recently completed trading day prior to the day
in question; or (iii) if the Common Stock is not so quoted, the mean between
the high and low bid prices of the shares of Common Stock in the
over-the-counter market on the most recently completed trading day prior to the
day in question as reported by National Quotation Bureau Incorporated or
similar organization.
7. Taking of Record; Stock and Warrant Transfer Books. In the
case of all dividends or other distributions by the Company to the holders of
its Common Stock with respect to which any provision of Section 4 refers to the
taking of a record of such holders, the Company will in each such case take
such a record and will take such record as of the close of business on a
Business Day. The Company will not at any time, except upon dissolution,
liquidation or winding up of the Company, close its stock transfer books or
Warrant transfer books so as to result in preventing or delaying the exercise
or transfer of any Warrant.
8. Restrictions on Transferability. This Warrant was originally
issued in a transaction exempt from the registration requirements of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and neither this
Warrant nor any shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise hereof were
then registered under the Securities Act. Unless this Warrant or such shares
were subsequently registered under the Securities Act and sold by the holder
thereof in accordance with such registration, this Warrant or such shares, as
the case may be, may not be sold by the holder hereof or of such shares unless
this Warrant or such shares is or are subsequently registered under the
Securities Act or an exemption from such registration is available. The shares
of Common Stock issuable hereunder will bear an appropriate restrictive legend
as is required by the Securities Act or any state blue sky laws. The holder of
this Warrant, by acceptance of this Warrant,
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agrees to be bound by the provisions of this Section and represents to the
Company that it is acquiring the Warrant and the Common Stock issuable
hereunder solely for its own account, for the purpose of investment and not
with a view to distributing or selling it or any part thereof in violation of
the Securities Act, but subject, nevertheless, to any requirement of law that
the disposition of such holder's property be at all times within its control.
9. Replacement. Upon receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory
to the Company (an affidavit of the registered holder shall be satisfactory) of
the ownership and the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant,
and in the case of any such loss, theft or destruction, upon receipt of
indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Company (provided that the holder's
own agreement shall be satisfactory), or, in the case of any such mutilation
upon surrender of this Warrant, the Company shall (at its expense) execute and
deliver in lieu of this Warrant a new warrant of like kind dated the date of
such lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated Warrant.
10. Notice Generally. Any notice, demand or delivery pursuant to
the provisions hereof shall be sufficiently given or made if sent by first
class mail, postage prepaid, addressed to the holder of this Warrant or of the
Common Stock issued upon the exercise hereof at the holder's last known address
appearing on the books of the Company, or, except as herein otherwise expressly
provided, to the Company at its main office, Attention of the President, or
such other address as shall have been furnished to the party giving or making
such notice, demand or delivery.
11. Voting Rights, Dividends. This Warrant does not grant the
holder hereof any voting rights or other rights as a stockholder of the
Company. No dividends are payable or will accrue on this Warrant or the shares
purchasable hereunder until, and except to the extent that, this Warrant is
exercised.
12. GOVERNING LAW. THIS WARRANT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THE
LAW OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be duly
executed this ______ day of November, 1996.
AMERICAN ECOLOGY CORPORATION
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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SUBSCRIPTION NOTICE
(To be executed only upon exercise of Warrant)
_______________________________________, being the undersigned
registered owner of this Warrant irrevocably exercises this Warrant for and
purchases ______ shares of the Common Stock, par value $.Ol per share (the
"Common Stock"), of American Ecology Corporation, constituting all or part of
the shares of Common Stock purchasable with this Warrant, and herewith makes
payment therefor, all at the price and on the terms and conditions specified in
this Warrant and requests that certificates for the shares of Common Stock
hereby purchased (and any securities or other property issuable upon such
exercise) together with, if such certificates do not represent all the shares
of Common Stock purchasable with this Warrant, a new Warrant, identical to the
cancelled Warrant except with respect to the number of shares of Common Stock
evidenced thereby, for the remaining unsold shares of Common Stock, be issued
in the name of and delivered to the undersigned at the address set forth below.
Dated:
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Name of Warrant Holder
By:
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Title:
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