EMERGE ENERGY SERVICES LP WARRANT TO PURCHASE COMMON UNITS
Exhibit 10.1
NEITHER THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THESE SECURITIES ARE EXERCISABLE HAVE BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED (I) IN THE ABSENCE OF (A) AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR THE SECURITIES UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR (B) AN OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE HOLDER (IF REQUESTED BY THE PARTNERSHIP), IN A FORM REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE PARTNERSHIP, THAT REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER SAID ACT OR (II) UNLESS SOLD OR ELIGIBLE TO BE SOLD PURSUANT TO RULE 144 OR RULE 144A UNDER SAID ACT. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, THE SECURITIES MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER LOAN OR FINANCING ARRANGEMENT SECURED BY THE SECURITIES. THE NUMBER OF COMMON UNITS ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT MAY BE LESS THAN THE AMOUNTS SET FORTH ON THE FACE HEREOF PURSUANT TO SECTION 1(a) OF THIS WARRANT.
EMERGE ENERGY SERVICES LP
WARRANT TO PURCHASE COMMON UNITS
Warrant No.: W-1
Date of Issuance: August 15, 2016, (Issuance Date)
Emerge Energy Services LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the Partnership), hereby certifies that, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, SIG Strategic Investments, LLLP, the registered holder hereof or its permitted assigns (the Holder), is entitled, subject to the terms set forth below, to purchase from the Partnership, at the Exercise Price (as defined below) then in effect, upon exercise of this Warrant to Purchase Common Units (including any Warrants to Purchase Common Units issued in exchange, transfer or replacement hereof, the Warrant), at any time or times on or after the Issuance Date, but not after 11:59 p.m., New York time, on the Expiration Date (as defined below), 887,099 (subject to adjustment as provided herein) fully paid and non-assessable Common Units (as defined below) (the Warrant Units). Except as otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms in this Warrant shall have the meanings set forth in Section 17. This Warrant is one of the Warrants to Purchase Common Units (the SPA Warrants) issued pursuant to Section 1 of that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of August 8, 2016 (the Subscription Date), by and among the Partnership and the investors (the Buyers) referred to therein, as amended from time to time (the Securities Purchase Agreement).
1. EXERCISE OF WARRANT.
(a) Mechanics of Exercise. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof (including, without limitation, the limitations set forth in Section 1(f)), this Warrant may be exercised by the Holder on any day on or after the Issuance Date (an Exercise Date), in whole or in part, by delivery (whether via facsimile or otherwise) of a written notice, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the Exercise Notice), of the Holders election to exercise this Warrant. Within one (1) Trading Day following an exercise of this Warrant as aforesaid, the Holder shall deliver payment to the Partnership of an amount equal to the Exercise Price in effect on the date of such exercise multiplied by the number of Warrant Units as to which this Warrant was so exercised (the Aggregate Exercise Price) in cash or via wire transfer of immediately available funds if the Holder did not notify the Partnership in such Exercise Notice that such exercise was made pursuant to a Cashless Exercise (as defined in Section 1(d)). The Holder shall not be required to deliver the original of this Warrant in order to effect an exercise hereunder. Execution and delivery of an Exercise Notice with respect to less than all of the Warrant Units shall have the same effect as cancellation of the original of this Warrant and issuance of a new Warrant evidencing the right to purchase the remaining number of Warrant Units. Execution and delivery of an Exercise Notice for all of the then-remaining Warrant Units shall have the same effect as cancellation of the original of this Warrant after delivery of the Warrant Units in accordance with the terms hereof. On or before the first (1st) Trading Day following the date on which the Partnership has received an Exercise Notice, the Partnership shall transmit by facsimile or electronic mail an acknowledgment of confirmation of receipt of such Exercise Notice, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B, to the Holder and the Partnerships transfer agent (the Transfer Agent), which confirmation shall constitute an instruction to the Transfer Agent to process such Exercise Notice in accordance with the terms herein. On or before the third (3rd) Trading Day following the date on which the Partnership has received such Exercise Notice (or such earlier date as required pursuant to the 1934 Act or other applicable law, rule or regulation for the settlement of a trade of such Warrant Units initiated on the applicable Exercise Date), the Partnership shall (X) provided that the Transfer Agent is participating in The Depository Trust Company (DTC) Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, upon the request of the Holder, credit such aggregate number of Common Units to which the Holder is entitled pursuant to such exercise to the Holders or its designees balance account with DTC through its Deposit/Withdrawal at Custodian system, or (Y) if the Transfer Agent is not participating in the DTC Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, upon the request of the Holder, issue and deliver (via reputable overnight courier) to the address as specified in the Exercise Notice, a certificate, registered in the name of the Holder or its designee, for the number of Common Units to which the Holder shall be entitled pursuant to such exercise. Upon delivery of an Exercise Notice, the Holder shall be deemed for all corporate purposes to have become the holder of record of the Warrant Units with respect to which this Warrant has been exercised, irrespective of the date such Warrant Units are credited to the Holders DTC account or the date of delivery of the certificates evidencing such Warrant Units (as the case may be). If this Warrant is submitted in connection with any exercise pursuant to this Section 1(a) and the number of Warrant Units represented by this Warrant submitted for exercise is greater than the number of Warrant Units being acquired upon an exercise and upon surrender of this Warrant to the Partnership by the Holder, then, at the request of the Holder, the Partnership shall as soon as practicable and in no event later than three (3) Business Days after any exercise and at its own
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expense, issue and deliver to the Holder (or its designee) a new Warrant (in accordance with Section 7(d)) representing the right to purchase the number of Warrant Units purchasable immediately prior to such exercise under this Warrant, less the number of Warrant Units with respect to which this Warrant is exercised. No fractional Common Units are to be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant, but rather the number of Common Units to be issued shall be rounded up to the nearest whole number. The Partnership shall pay any and all transfer, stamp, issuance and similar taxes, costs and expenses (including, without limitation, fees and expenses of the Transfer Agent) that may be payable with respect to the issuance and delivery of Warrant Units upon exercise of this Warrant; provided, however, that (i) the Partnership shall not be required to pay any tax which may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issuance or delivery of this Warrant or of the Warrant Units in a name other than that of the Holder at the time of surrender, and until the payment of such tax the Partnership shall not be required to issue such Warrant Units, and (ii) the Holder shall be responsible for any income tax due under federal, state or other law as a result of owning this Warrant or any Warrant Units issued upon the exercise of this Warrant. Notwithstanding the foregoing, except in the case where an exercise of this Warrant is validly made pursuant to a Cashless Exercise, the Partnerships failure to deliver Warrant Units to the Holder on or prior to the later of (i) three (3) Trading Days after receipt of the applicable Exercise Notice (or such earlier date as required pursuant to the 1934 Act or other applicable law, rule or regulation for the settlement of a trade of such Warrant Units initiated on the applicable Exercise Date) and (ii) one (1) Trading Day after the Partnerships receipt of the Aggregate Exercise Price (or valid notice of a Cashless Exercise) (such later date, the Unit Delivery Deadline) shall not be deemed to be a breach of this Warrant. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Warrant or the Registration Rights Agreement, after the effective date of the Registration Statement (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) and prior to the Holders receipt of the notice of a Grace Period (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement), the Partnership shall cause the Transfer Agent to deliver unlegended Common Units to the Holder (or its designee) in connection with any sale of Registrable Securities (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) with respect to which the Holder has entered into a contract for sale, and delivered a copy of the prospectus included as part of the particular Registration Statement to the extent applicable, and for which the Holder has not yet settled. From the Issuance Date through and including the Expiration Date, the Partnership shall maintain a transfer agent that participates in the DTCs Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program.
(b) Exercise Price. For purposes of this Warrant, Exercise Price means $10.82, subject to adjustment as provided herein.
(c) Partnerships Failure to Timely Deliver Securities. If the Partnership shall fail, for any reason or for no reason, on or prior to the Unit Delivery Deadline, either (I) if the Transfer Agent is not participating in the DTC Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, to issue and deliver to the Holder (or its designee) a certificate for the number of Warrant Units to which the Holder is entitled and register such Warrant Units on the Partnerships unit register or, if the Transfer Agent is participating in the DTC Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, to credit the balance account of the Holder or the Holders designee with DTC for such number of Warrant Units to which the Holder is entitled upon the Holders exercise of this Warrant (as the case may be) or (II) if a Registration Statement covering the resale of the Warrant Units that are
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the subject of the Exercise Notice (the Unavailable Warrant Units) is not available for the resale of such Unavailable Warrant Units and the Partnership fails to promptly, but in no event later than as required pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement (x) so notify the Holder and (y) deliver the Warrant Units electronically without any restrictive legend by crediting such aggregate number of Warrant Units to which the Holder is entitled pursuant to such exercise to the Holders or its designees balance account with DTC through its Deposit/Withdrawal At Custodian system (the event described in the immediately foregoing clause (II) is hereinafter referred as a Notice Failure and together with the event described in clause (I) above, a Delivery Failure), and if on or after such Unit Delivery Deadline the Holder purchases (in an open market transaction or otherwise) Common Units to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Holder of all or any portion of the number of Common Units issuable upon such exercise that the Holder is entitled to receive from the Partnership (a Buy-In), then, in addition to all other remedies available to the Holder, the Partnership shall, within three (3) Business Days after the Holders request and in the Holders discretion, either (i) pay cash to the Holder in an amount equal to the Holders total purchase price (including brokerage commissions and other out-of-pocket expenses, if any) for the Common Units so purchased (including, without limitation, by any other Person in respect, or on behalf, of the Holder) (the Buy-In Price), at which point the Partnerships obligation to so issue and deliver such certificate (and to issue such Common Units) or credit the balance account of such Holder or such Holders designee, as applicable, with DTC for the number of Warrant Units to which the Holder is entitled upon the Holders exercise hereunder (as the case may be) (and to issue such Warrant Units) shall terminate, or (ii) promptly honor its obligation to so issue and deliver to the Holder a certificate or certificates representing such Warrant Units or credit the balance account of such Holder or such Holders designee, as applicable, with DTC for the number of Warrant Units to which the Holder is entitled upon the Holders exercise hereunder (as the case may be) and pay cash to the Holder in an amount equal to the excess (if any) of the Buy-In Price over the product of (A) such number of Warrant Units multiplied by (B) the lowest Closing Sale Price of the Common Units on any Trading Day during the period commencing on the date of the applicable Exercise Notice and ending on the date of such issuance and payment under this clause (ii) (the Buy-In Payment Amount). Nothing shall limit the Holders right to pursue any other remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in equity, including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief with respect to the Partnerships failure to timely deliver certificates representing Common Units (or to electronically deliver such Common Units) upon the exercise of this Warrant as required pursuant to the terms hereof.
(d) Cashless Exercise. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary (other than Section 1(f) below), if at the time of exercise hereof a Registration Statement (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement)) is not effective (or the prospectus contained therein is not available for use) for the resale by the Holder of all of the Warrant Units, then the Holder may, in its sole discretion, exercise this Warrant in whole or in part and, in lieu of making the cash payment otherwise contemplated to be made to the Partnership upon such exercise in payment of the Aggregate Exercise Price, elect instead to receive upon such exercise the Net Number of Warrant Units determined according to the following formula (a Cashless Exercise):
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Net Number = (A x B) - (A x C)
D
For purposes of the foregoing formula:
A= the total number of units with respect to which this Warrant is then being exercised.
B = the quotient of (x) the sum of the VWAP of the Common Units of each of the ten (10) Trading Days ending at the close of business on the Principal Market immediately prior to the time of exercise as set forth in the applicable Exercise Notice, divided by (y) ten (10).
C = the Exercise Price then in effect for the applicable Warrant Units at the time of such exercise.
D = the VWAP of the Common Units at the close of business on the Principal Market on the date of the delivery of the applicable Exercise Notice.
For purposes of Rule 144(d) promulgated under the 1933 Act, as in effect on the Subscription Date, it is intended that the Warrant Units issued in a Cashless Exercise shall be deemed to have been acquired by the Holder, and the holding period for the Warrant Units shall be deemed to have commenced, on the date this Warrant was originally issued pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement.
(e) Disputes. In the case of a dispute as to the determination of the Exercise Price or the arithmetic calculation of the number of Warrant Units to be issued pursuant to the terms hereof, the Partnership shall promptly issue to the Holder the number of Warrant Units that are not disputed and resolve such dispute in accordance with Section 13.
(f) Limitations on Exercises. The Partnership shall not effect the exercise of any portion of this Warrant, and the Holder shall not have the right to exercise any portion of this Warrant, pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Warrant and any such exercise shall be null and void and treated as if never made, to the extent that after giving effect to such exercise, the Holder together with the other Attribution Parties collectively would beneficially own in excess of 4.99% (the Maximum Percentage) of the Common Units outstanding immediately after giving effect to such exercise. For purposes of the foregoing sentence, the aggregate number of Common Units beneficially owned by the Holder and the other Attribution Parties shall include the number of Common Units held by the Holder and all other Attribution Parties plus the number of Common Units issuable upon exercise of this Warrant with respect to which the determination of such sentence is being made, but shall exclude Common Units which would be issuable upon (A) exercise of the remaining, unexercised portion of this Warrant beneficially owned by the Holder or any of the other Attribution Parties and (B) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or unconverted portion of any other securities of the Partnership (including, without limitation, any convertible notes or convertible preferred units or warrants, including other SPA Warrants) beneficially owned by the Holder or any other Attribution Party subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained in this Section 1(f). For purposes
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of this Section 1(f)(i), beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the 1934 Act. For purposes of determining the number of outstanding Common Units the Holder may acquire upon the exercise of this Warrant without exceeding the Maximum Percentage, the Holder may rely on the number of outstanding Common Units as reflected in (x) the Partnerships most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, Current Report on Form 8-K or other public filing with the SEC, as the case may be, (y) a more recent public announcement by the Partnership or (z) any other written notice by the Partnership or the Transfer Agent, if any, setting forth the number of Common Units outstanding (the Reported Outstanding Unit Number). If the Partnership receives an Exercise Notice from the Holder at a time when the actual number of outstanding Common Units is less than the Reported Outstanding Unit Number, the Partnership shall (i) notify the Holder in writing of the number of Common Units then outstanding and, to the extent that such Exercise Notice would otherwise cause the Holders beneficial ownership, as determined pursuant to this Section 1(f), to exceed the Maximum Percentage, the Holder must notify the Partnership of a reduced number of Warrant Units to be acquired pursuant to such Exercise Notice (the number of units by which such purchase is reduced, the Reduction Units) and (ii) as soon as reasonably practicable, the Partnership shall return to the Holder any exercise price paid by the Holder for the Reduction Units. For any reason at any time, upon the written or oral request of the Holder, the Partnership shall within one (1) Business Day confirm orally and in writing or by electronic mail to the Holder the number of Common Units then outstanding. In any case, the number of outstanding Common Units shall be determined after giving effect to the conversion or exercise of securities of the Partnership, including this Warrant, by the Holder and any other Attribution Party since the date as of which the Reported Outstanding Unit Number was reported. In the event that the issuance of Common Units to the Holder upon exercise of this Warrant results in the Holder and the other Attribution Parties being deemed to beneficially own, in the aggregate, more than the Maximum Percentage of the number of outstanding Common Units (as determined under Section 13(d) of the 1934 Act), the number of units so issued by which the Holders and the other Attribution Parties aggregate beneficial ownership exceeds the Maximum Percentage (the Excess Units) shall be deemed null and void and shall be cancelled ab initio, and the Holder shall not have the power to vote or to transfer the Excess Units. As soon as reasonably practicable after the issuance of the Excess Units has been deemed null and void, the Partnership shall return to the Holder the exercise price paid by the Holder for the Excess Units. Upon delivery of a written notice to the Partnership, the Holder may from time to time increase (with such increase not effective until the sixty-first (61st) day after delivery of such notice) or decrease the Maximum Percentage to any other percentage not in excess of 9.99% as specified in such notice; provided that (i) any such increase in the Maximum Percentage will not be effective until the sixty-first (61st) day after such notice is delivered to the Partnership and (ii) any such increase or decrease will apply only to the Holder and the other Attribution Parties and not to any other holder of SPA Warrants that is not an Attribution Party of the Holder. For purposes of clarity, the Common Units issuable pursuant to the terms of this Warrant in excess of the Maximum Percentage shall not be deemed to be beneficially owned by the Holder for any purpose including for purposes of Section 13(d) or Rule 16a-1(a)(1) of the 1934 Act. No prior inability to exercise this Warrant pursuant to this paragraph shall have any effect on the applicability of the provisions of this paragraph with respect to any subsequent determination of exercisability. The provisions of this paragraph shall be construed and implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this Section 1(f) to the extent necessary to correct this
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paragraph or any portion of this paragraph which may be defective or inconsistent with the intended beneficial ownership limitation contained in this Section 1(f) or to make changes or supplements necessary or desirable to properly give effect to such limitation. The limitation contained in this paragraph may not be waived and shall apply to a successor holder of this Warrant.
(g) Taxes. The Partnership and the Holder agree (a) the Warrant is properly treated, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, as a noncompensatory option (as defined in U.S. Treasury regulation section 1.721-2(f)); (b) the Warrant will not be treated as exercised, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, upon issuance and, thus, the Holder will not receive any allocation of income, gain, loss or deduction prior to the receipt of Common Units acquired upon exercise of the Warrant; (c) to follow the U.S. Treasury regulations regarding the exercise of noncompensatory options (as defined in U.S. Treasury regulation section 1.721-2(f)) with respect to the U.S. federal income tax treatment of the Warrant and the capital account treatment with respect to the Common Units acquired upon exercise of the Warrant, including with respect to a capital account reallocation in connection with the revaluation of property in accordance with U.S. Treasury regulation section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(s) and (d) if, as a result of the exercise of a Warrant, a capital account reallocation is required under U.S. Treasury regulation section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(s), the General Partner shall make corrective allocations pursuant to U.S. Treasury regulation section 1.704-1(b)(4)(x).
2. ADJUSTMENT OF EXERCISE PRICE AND NUMBER OF WARRANT UNITS. The Exercise Price and number of Warrant Units issuable upon exercise of this Warrant are subject to adjustment from time to time as set forth in this Section 2.
(a) Unit Dividends and Splits. Without limiting any provision of Section 2(b) or Section 4, if the Partnership, but excluding any Distributions made to the Holder pursuant to Section 3 below (or held in abeyance in accordance with Section 3 below), at any time on or after the Subscription Date, (i) pays a unit dividend on one or more classes of its then outstanding Common Units or otherwise makes a distribution on any class of units that is payable in Common Units, (ii) subdivides (by any unit split, unit dividend, recapitalization or otherwise) one or more classes of its then outstanding Common Units into a larger number of units or (iii) combines (by combination, reverse unit split or otherwise) one or more classes of its then outstanding Common Units into a smaller number of units, then in each such case the Exercise Price shall be multiplied by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the number of Common Units outstanding immediately before such event and of which the denominator shall be the number of Common Units outstanding immediately after such event. Any adjustment made pursuant to clause (i) of this paragraph shall become effective immediately after the record date for the determination of unitholders entitled to receive such dividend or distribution, and any adjustment pursuant to clause (ii) or (iii) of this paragraph shall become effective immediately after the effective date of such subdivision or combination. If any event requiring an adjustment under this paragraph occurs during the period that an Exercise Price is calculated hereunder, then the calculation of such Exercise Price shall be adjusted appropriately to reflect such event.
(b) Adjustment Upon Issuance of Units of Common Units. If and whenever on or after the Subscription Date, the Partnership issues or sells, or in accordance with this Section 2 is
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deemed to have issued or sold, any Common Units (including the issuance or sale of Common Units owned or held by or for the account of the Partnership, but excluding any Excluded Securities issued or sold or deemed to have been issued or sold) for a consideration per unit (the New Issuance Price) less than a price equal to the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such issuance or sale or deemed issuance or sale (such Exercise Price then in effect is referred to herein as the Applicable Price) (the foregoing a Dilutive Issuance), then immediately after such Dilutive Issuance, the Exercise Price then in effect shall be reduced to an amount equal to (x) if such Dilutive Issuance occurs prior to the later of (1) the 90th calendar day after the Issuance Date and (2) the Effective Date (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) of the initial Registration Statement filed pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement (such later date, the Trigger Date), the New Issuance Price or (y) and if on or prior to the Trigger Date the Partnership shall have failed to consummate the transactions contemplated by that certain Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated June 23, 2016, by and among the Partnership, Emerge Energy Services Operating LLC, Susser Petroleum Operating Company LLC and Sunoco LP (collectively, the Sale Transaction), the product of (A) the Applicable Price and (B) the quotient determined by dividing (1) the sum of (I) the product derived by multiplying the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to such Dilutive Issuance and the number of Common Units Deemed Outstanding immediately prior to such Dilutive Issuance plus (II) the consideration, if any, received by the Partnership upon such Dilutive Issuance, by (2) the product derived by multiplying (I) the Applicable Price by (II) the number of Common Units Deemed Outstanding immediately after such Dilutive Issuance. For the avoidance of doubt, if the Partnership shall have consummated the Sale Transaction on or prior to the Trigger Date, from and after the Trigger Date no further adjustments to the Exercise Price shall occur pursuant to this Section 2(b). For all purposes of the foregoing (including, without limitation, determining the adjusted Exercise Price and the New Issuance Price under this Section 2(b)), the following shall be applicable:
(i) Issuance of Options. If the Partnership in any manner grants or sells any Options and the lowest price per unit for which one Common Units is at any time issuable upon the exercise of any such Option or upon conversion, exercise or exchange of any Convertible Securities issuable upon exercise of any such Option or otherwise pursuant to the terms thereof is less than the Applicable Price, then such Common Units shall be deemed to be outstanding and to have been issued and sold by the Partnership at the time of the granting or sale of such Option for such price per unit. For purposes of this Section 2(b)(i), the lowest price per unit for which one Common Units is issuable upon the exercise of any such Options or upon conversion, exercise or exchange of any Convertible Securities issuable upon exercise of any such Option or otherwise pursuant to the terms thereof shall be equal to (1) the lower of (x) the sum of the lowest amounts of consideration (if any) received or receivable by the Partnership with respect to any one Common Units upon the granting or sale of such Option, upon exercise of such Option and upon conversion, exercise or exchange of any Convertible Security issuable upon exercise of such Option or otherwise pursuant to the terms thereof and (y) the lowest exercise price set forth in such Option for which one Common Units is issuable upon the exercise of any such Options or upon conversion, exercise or exchange of any Convertible Securities issuable upon exercise of any such Option or otherwise pursuant to the terms thereof minus (2) the sum of all amounts paid or payable to the holder of such
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Option (or any other Person) upon the granting or sale of such Option, upon exercise of such Option and upon conversion, exercise or exchange of any Convertible Security issuable upon exercise of such Option or otherwise pursuant to the terms thereof plus the value of any other consideration received or receivable by, or benefit conferred on, the holder of such Option (or any other Person). Except as contemplated below, no further adjustment of the Exercise Price shall be made upon the actual issuance of such Common Units or of such Convertible Securities upon the exercise of such Options or otherwise pursuant to the terms of or upon the actual issuance of such Common Units upon conversion, exercise or exchange of such Convertible Securities.
(ii) Issuance of Convertible Securities. If the Partnership in any manner issues or sells any Convertible Securities and the lowest price per unit for which one Common Units is at any time issuable upon the conversion, exercise or exchange thereof or otherwise pursuant to the terms thereof is less than the Applicable Price, then such Common Units shall be deemed to be outstanding and to have been issued and sold by the Partnership at the time of the issuance or sale of such Convertible Securities for such price per unit. For the purposes of this Section 2(b)(ii), the lowest price per unit for which one Common Units is issuable upon the conversion, exercise or exchange thereof or otherwise pursuant to the terms thereof shall be equal to (1) the lower of (x) the sum of the lowest amounts of consideration (if any) received or receivable by the Partnership with respect to one Common Units upon the issuance or sale of the Convertible Security and upon conversion, exercise or exchange of such Convertible Security or otherwise pursuant to the terms thereof and (y) the lowest conversion price set forth in such Convertible Security for which one Common Units is issuable upon conversion, exercise or exchange thereof or otherwise pursuant to the terms thereof minus (2) the sum of all amounts paid or payable to the holder of such Convertible Security (or any other Person) upon the issuance or sale of such Convertible Security plus the value of any other consideration received or receivable by, or benefit conferred on, the holder of such Convertible Security (or any other Person). Except as contemplated below, no further adjustment of the Exercise Price shall be made upon the actual issuance of such Common Units upon conversion, exercise or exchange of such Convertible Securities or otherwise pursuant to the terms thereof, and if any such issuance or sale of such Convertible Securities is made upon exercise of any Options for which adjustment of this Warrant has been or is to be made pursuant to other provisions of this Section 2(b), except as contemplated below, no further adjustment of the Exercise Price shall be made by reason of such issuance or sale.
(iii) Change in Option Price or Rate of Conversion. If the purchase or exercise price provided for in any Options, the additional consideration, if any, payable upon the issue, conversion, exercise or exchange of any Convertible Securities, or the rate at which any Convertible Securities are convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Units increases or decreases at any time (other than proportional changes in conversion or exercise prices, as applicable, in connection with an event referred to in Section 2(a)), the Exercise Price in effect at the time of such increase or decrease shall be adjusted to the Exercise Price which would have been in effect at such time had such Options or Convertible Securities provided for such increased or decreased purchase
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price, additional consideration or increased or decreased conversion rate, as the case may be, at the time initially granted, issued or sold. For purposes of this Section 2(b)(iii), if the terms of any Option or Convertible Security that was outstanding as of the Subscription Date are increased or decreased in the manner described in the immediately preceding sentence, then such Option or Convertible Security and the Common Units deemed issuable upon exercise, conversion or exchange thereof shall be deemed to have been issued as of the date of such increase or decrease. No adjustment pursuant to this Section 2(b) shall be made if such adjustment would result in an increase of the Exercise Price then in effect.
(iv) Calculation of Consideration Received. If any Option and/or Convertible Security and/or Adjustment Right is issued in connection with the issuance or sale or deemed issuance or sale of any other securities of the Partnership (as determined by the Holder, the Primary Security, and such Option and/or Convertible Security and/or Adjustment Right, the Secondary Securities), together comprising one integrated transaction, (or one or more transactions if such issuances or sales or deemed issuances or sales of securities of the Partnership either (A) have at least one investor or purchaser in common, (B) are consummated in reasonable proximity to each other and/or (C) are consummated under the same plan of financing) the aggregate consideration per Common Units with respect to such Primary Security shall be deemed to be equal to the difference of (x) the lowest price per unit for which one Common Units was issued (or was deemed to be issued pursuant to Section 2(b)(i) or 2(b)(ii) above, as applicable) in such integrated transaction solely with respect to such Primary Security, minus (y) with respect to such Secondary Securities, the sum of (I) the Black Scholes Consideration Value of each such Option, if any, (II) the fair market value (as determined by the Holder in good faith) or the Black Scholes Consideration Value, as applicable, of such Adjustment Right, if any, and (III) the fair market value (as determined by the Holder) of such Convertible Security, if any, in each case, as determined on a per unit basis in accordance with this Section 2(b)(iv). If any Common Units, Options or Convertible Securities are issued or sold or deemed to have been issued or sold for cash, the consideration received therefor (for the purpose of determining the consideration paid for such Common Units, Option or Convertible Security, but not for the purpose of the calculation of the Black Scholes Consideration Value) will be deemed to be the net amount of consideration received by the Partnership therefor. If any Common Units, Options or Convertible Securities are issued or sold for a consideration other than cash, the amount of such consideration received by the Partnership (for the purpose of determining the consideration paid for such Common Units, Option or Convertible Security, but not for the purpose of the calculation of the Black Scholes Consideration Value) will be the fair value of such consideration, except where such consideration consists of publicly traded securities, in which case the amount of consideration received by the Partnership for such securities will be the arithmetic average of the VWAPs of such security for each of the five (5) Trading Days immediately preceding the date of receipt. If any Common Units, Options or Convertible Securities are issued to the owners of the non-surviving entity in connection with any merger in which the Partnership is the surviving entity, the amount of consideration therefor (for the purpose of determining the consideration paid for such Common Units, Option or Convertible Security, but not for
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the purpose of the calculation of the Black Scholes Consideration Value) will be deemed to be the fair value of such portion of the net assets and business of the non-surviving entity as is attributable to such Common Units, Options or Convertible Securities (as the case may be). The fair value of any consideration other than cash or publicly traded securities will be determined jointly by the Partnership and the Holder. If such parties are unable to reach agreement within ten (10) days after the occurrence of an event requiring valuation (the Valuation Event), the fair value of such consideration will be determined within five (5) Trading Days after the tenth (10th) day following such Valuation Event by an independent, reputable appraiser jointly selected by the Partnership and the Holder. The determination of such appraiser shall be final and binding upon all parties absent manifest error and the fees and expenses of such appraiser shall be borne by the Partnership.
(v) Record Date. If the Partnership takes a record of the holders of Common Units for the purpose of entitling them (A) to receive a dividend or other distribution payable in Common Units, Options or in Convertible Securities or (B) to subscribe for or purchase Common Units, Options or Convertible Securities, then such record date will be deemed to be the date of the issuance or sale of the Common Units deemed to have been issued or sold upon the declaration of such dividend or the making of such other distribution or the date of the granting of such right of subscription or purchase (as the case may be).
(c) Number of Warrant Units. Simultaneously with any adjustment to the Exercise Price pursuant to this Section 2(a), the number of Warrant Units that may be purchased upon exercise of this Warrant shall be increased or decreased proportionately, so that after such adjustment the aggregate Exercise Price payable hereunder for the adjusted number of Warrant Units shall be the same as the aggregate Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such adjustment (without regard to any limitations on exercise contained herein).
(d) Holders Right of Alternative Exercise Price Following Issuance of Certain Options or Convertible Securities. In addition to and not in limitation of the other provisions of this Section 2, if at any time the Series A Preferred Units remain outstanding the Partnership in any manner issues or sells or enters into any agreement to issue or sell, any Common Units, Options or Convertible Securities (any such securities, Variable Price Securities) after the Subscription Date that are issuable pursuant to such agreement or convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for Common Units at a price which varies or may vary with the market price of the Common Units, including by way of one or more reset(s) to a fixed price, but exclusive of such formulations reflecting customary anti-dilution provisions (such as unit splits, unit combinations, unit dividends and similar transactions) (each of the formulations for such variable price being herein referred to as, the Variable Price), the Partnership shall provide written notice thereof via facsimile and overnight courier to the Holder on the date of such agreement and the issuance of such Convertible Securities or Options. From and after the date the Partnership enters into such agreement or issues any such Variable Price Securities until such time as no Series A Preferred Units remain outstanding, the Holder shall have the right, but not the obligation, in its sole discretion to substitute the Variable Price for the Exercise Price upon exercise of this Warrant by designating in the Exercise Notice delivered upon any exercise of
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this Warrant that solely for purposes of such exercise the Holder is relying on the Variable Price rather than the Exercise Price then in effect. The Holders election to rely on a Variable Price for a particular exercise of this Warrant shall not obligate the Holder to rely on a Variable Price for any future exercises of this Warrant.
(e) Other Events. In the event that the Partnership (or any Subsidiary (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement)) shall take any action to which the provisions hereof are not strictly applicable, or, if applicable, would not operate to protect the Holder from dilution or if any event occurs of the type contemplated by the provisions of this Section 2 but not expressly provided for by such provisions (including, without limitation, the granting of unit appreciation rights, phantom unit rights or other rights with equity features), then the Partnerships board of directors shall in good faith determine and implement an appropriate adjustment in the Exercise Price and the number of Warrant Units (if applicable) so as to protect the rights of the Holder, provided that no such adjustment pursuant to this Section 2(e) will increase the Exercise Price or decrease the number of Warrant Units as otherwise determined pursuant to this Section 2, provided further that if the Holder does not accept such adjustments as appropriately protecting its interests hereunder against such dilution, then the Partnerships board of directors and the Holder shall agree, in good faith, upon an independent investment bank of nationally recognized standing to make such appropriate adjustments, whose determination shall be final and binding absent manifest error and whose fees and expenses shall be borne by the Partnership.
(f) Calculations. All calculations under this Section 2 shall be made by rounding to the nearest cent or the nearest 1/100th of a unit, as applicable. The number of Common Units outstanding at any given time shall not include units owned or held by or for the account of the Partnership, and the disposition of any such units shall be considered an issuance or sale of Common Units.
(g) Voluntary Adjustment By Partnership. The Partnership may at any time during the term of this Warrant, with the prior written consent of the Required Holders (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement), reduce the then current Exercise Price to any amount and for any period of time deemed appropriate by the board of directors of the Partnership.
3. RIGHTS UPON DISTRIBUTION OF ASSETS. In addition to any adjustments pursuant to Section 2 above, if the Partnership shall declare or make any dividend or other distribution of its assets (or rights to acquire its assets) to holders of Common Units, by way of return of capital or otherwise (including, without limitation, any distribution of cash, units or other securities, property, options, evidence of indebtedness or any other assets by way of a dividend, spin off, reclassification, corporate rearrangement, scheme of arrangement or other similar transaction (a Distribution), at any time after the issuance of this Warrant, then, in each such case, the Holder shall be entitled to participate in such Distribution to the same extent that the Holder would have participated therein if the Holder had held the number of Common Units acquirable upon complete exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations or restrictions on exercise of this Warrant, including without limitation, the Maximum Percentage) immediately before the date on which a record is taken for such Distribution, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of Common Units are to be determined for the participation in such Distribution (provided, however, that to the extent that the Holders right to participate in any such Distribution would result in the Holder and the other Attribution Parties exceeding the
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Maximum Percentage, then the Holder shall not be entitled to participate in such Distribution to the extent of the Maximum Percentage (and shall not be entitled to beneficial ownership of such Common Units as a result of such Distribution (and beneficial ownership) to the extent of any such excess) and the portion of such Distribution shall be held in abeyance for the benefit of the Holder until such time or times, if ever, as its right thereto would not result in the Holder and the other Attribution Parties exceeding the Maximum Percentage, at which time or times the Holder shall be granted such Distribution (and any Distributions declared or made on such initial Distribution or on any subsequent Distribution held similarly in abeyance) to the same extent as if there had been no such limitation).
4. PURCHASE RIGHTS; FUNDAMENTAL TRANSACTIONS.
(a) Purchase Rights. In addition to any adjustments pursuant to Section 2 above, if at any time the Partnership grants, issues or sells any Options, Convertible Securities or rights to purchase units, warrants, securities or other property pro rata to the record holders of any class of Common Units (the Purchase Rights), then the Holder will be entitled to acquire, upon the terms applicable to such Purchase Rights, the aggregate Purchase Rights which the Holder could have acquired if the Holder had held the number of Common Units acquirable upon complete exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations or restrictions on exercise of this Warrant, including without limitation, the Maximum Percentage) immediately before the date on which a record is taken for the grant, issuance or sale of such Purchase Rights, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of Common Units are to be determined for the grant, issuance or sale of such Purchase Rights (provided, however, that to the extent that the Holders right to participate in any such Purchase Right would result in the Holder and the other Attribution Parties exceeding the Maximum Percentage, then the Holder shall not be entitled to participate in such Purchase Right to the extent of the Maximum Percentage (and shall not be entitled to beneficial ownership of such Common Units as a result of such Purchase Right (and beneficial ownership) to the extent of any such excess) and such Purchase Right to such extent shall be held in abeyance for the benefit of the Holder until such time or times, if ever, as its right thereto would not result in the Holder and the other Attribution Parties exceeding the Maximum Percentage, at which time or times the Holder shall be granted such right (and any Purchase Right granted, issued or sold on such initial Purchase Right or on any subsequent Purchase Right held similarly in abeyance) to the same extent as if there had been no such limitation).
(b) Fundamental Transaction. If after the date hereof the Partnership shall enter into or become a party to a Fundamental Transaction, then, and in the case of each such transaction, proper provision shall be made so that upon the basis and the terms and in the manner provided in this Warrant, the Holder, upon the exercise hereof at any time after the consummation of such transaction, shall be entitled to receive (after giving effect to the payment of the aggregate Exercise Price in effect at the time of such consummation) for all Warrant Units issuable upon such exercise immediately prior to such consummation), in lieu of the Warrant Units issuable upon such exercise prior to such consummation, the greatest amount of cash, securities or other property to which such Holder would actually have been entitled as an equity holder upon such consummation if such Holder had exercised the rights represented by this Warrant immediately
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prior thereto, subject to adjustments (subsequent to such consummation) as nearly equivalent as possible to the adjustments provided for in Section 2.
(c) Black Scholes Value. Notwithstanding the foregoing and the provisions of Section 4(b) above, at the request of the Holder delivered at any time commencing on the earliest to occur of (x) the public disclosure of any Fundamental Transaction, (y) the consummation of any Fundamental Transaction and (z) the Holder first becoming aware of any Fundamental Transaction through the date that is ninety (90) days after the public disclosure of the consummation of such Fundamental Transaction by the Partnership pursuant to a Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC, the Partnership or the Successor Entity (as the case may be) shall purchase this Warrant from the Holder on the date of such request by paying to the Holder cash in an amount equal to the Black Scholes Value. Payment of such amounts shall be made by the Partnership (or at the Partnerships direction) to the Holder on or prior to the later of (x) the second (2nd) Trading Day after the date of such request and (y) the date of consummation of such Fundamental Transaction. Notwithstanding the foregoing, payments made under this Section 4(c) shall not be duplicative of payments made under Section 4(b) above.
(d) Application. The provisions of this Section 4 shall apply similarly and equally to successive Fundamental Transactions and shall be applied as if this Warrant (and any such subsequent warrants) were fully exercisable and without regard to any limitations on the exercise of this Warrant (provided that the Holder shall continue to be entitled to the benefit of the Maximum Percentage, applied however with respect to units or other securities registered under the 1934 Act and thereafter receivable upon exercise of this Warrant (or any such other warrant)).
5. NONCIRCUMVENTION. The Partnership hereby covenants and agrees that the Partnership will not, by amendment of its Limited Partnership Agreement or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, scheme of arrangement, dissolution, issuance or sale of securities, or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms of this Warrant, and will at all times in good faith carry out all the provisions of this Warrant and take all action as may be required to protect the rights of the Holder. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Partnership (a) shall not increase the par value of any Common Units receivable upon the exercise of this Warrant above the Exercise Price then in effect, and (b) shall take all such actions as may be necessary or appropriate in order that the Partnership may validly and legally issue fully paid and non-assessable Common Units upon the exercise of this Warrant.
6. WARRANT HOLDER NOT DEEMED A UNITHOLDER. Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, the Holder, solely in its capacity as a holder of this Warrant, shall not be entitled to vote or receive dividends or be deemed the holder of units of the Partnership for any purpose, nor shall anything contained in this Warrant be construed to confer upon the Holder, solely in its capacity as the Holder of this Warrant, any of the rights of a unitholder of the Partnership or any right to vote, give or withhold consent to any corporate action (whether any reorganization, issue of units, reclassification of units, consolidation, merger, conveyance or otherwise), receive notice of meetings, receive dividends or subscription rights, or otherwise, prior to the issuance to the Holder of the Warrant Units which it is then entitled to receive upon the due exercise of this Warrant. In addition, nothing contained in this Warrant shall be
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construed as imposing any liabilities on the Holder to purchase any securities (upon exercise of this Warrant or otherwise) or as a unitholder of the Partnership, whether such liabilities are asserted by the Partnership or by creditors of the Partnership. Notwithstanding this Section 6, the Partnership shall provide the Holder with copies of the same notices and other information given to the unitholders of the Partnership generally, contemporaneously with the giving thereof to the unitholders.
7. REISSUANCE OF WARRANTS.
(a) Transfer of Warrant. If this Warrant is to be transferred, the Holder shall surrender this Warrant to the Partnership, whereupon the Partnership will forthwith issue and deliver upon the order of the Holder a new Warrant (in accordance with Section 7(d)), registered as the Holder may request, representing the right to purchase the number of Warrant Units being transferred by the Holder and, if less than the total number of Warrant Units then underlying this Warrant is being transferred, a new Warrant (in accordance with Section 7(d)) to the Holder representing the right to purchase the number of Warrant Units not being transferred.
(b) Lost, Stolen or Mutilated Warrant. Upon receipt by the Partnership of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Partnership of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant (as to which a written certification and the indemnification contemplated below shall suffice as such evidence), and, in the case of loss, theft or destruction, of any indemnification undertaking by the Holder to the Partnership in customary and reasonable form and, in the case of mutilation, upon surrender and cancellation of this Warrant, the Partnership shall execute and deliver to the Holder a new Warrant (in accordance with Section 7(d)) representing the right to purchase the Warrant Units then underlying this Warrant.
(c) Exchangeable for Multiple Warrants. This Warrant is exchangeable, upon the surrender hereof by the Holder at the principal office of the Partnership, for a new Warrant or Warrants (in accordance with Section 7(d)) representing in the aggregate the right to purchase the number of Warrant Units then underlying this Warrant, and each such new Warrant will represent the right to purchase such portion of such Warrant Units as is designated by the Holder at the time of such surrender; provided, however, no warrants for fractional Common Units shall be given.
(d) Issuance of New Warrants. Whenever the Partnership is required to issue a new Warrant pursuant to the terms of this Warrant, such new Warrant (i) shall be of like tenor with this Warrant, (ii) shall represent, as indicated on the face of such new Warrant, the right to purchase the Warrant Units then underlying this Warrant (or in the case of a new Warrant being issued pursuant to Section 7(a) or Section 7(c), the Warrant Units designated by the Holder which, when added to the number of Common Units underlying the other new Warrants issued in connection with such issuance, does not exceed the number of Warrant Units then underlying this Warrant), (iii) shall have an issuance date, as indicated on the face of such new Warrant which is the same as the Issuance Date, and (iv) shall have the same rights and conditions as this Warrant.
8. NOTICES. Whenever notice is required to be given under this Warrant, unless otherwise provided herein, such notice shall be given in accordance with Section 9(f) of the Securities
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Purchase Agreement. The Partnership shall provide the Holder with prompt written notice of all actions taken pursuant to this Warrant (other than the issuance of Common Units upon exercise in accordance with the terms hereof), including in reasonable detail a description of such action and the reason therefor. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Partnership will give written notice to the Holder (i) immediately upon each adjustment of the Exercise Price and the number of Warrant Units, setting forth in reasonable detail, and certifying, the calculation of such adjustment(s), (ii) at least fifteen (15) days prior to the date on which the Partnership closes its books or takes a record (A) with respect to any dividend or distribution upon the Common Units, (B) with respect to any grants, issuances or sales of any Options, Convertible Securities or rights to purchase units, warrants, securities or other property to holders of Common Units or (C) for determining rights to vote with respect to any Fundamental Transaction, dissolution or liquidation, provided in each case that such information shall be made known to the public prior to or in conjunction with such notice being provided to the Holder, and (iii) at least fifteen (15) Trading Days prior to the consummation of any Fundamental Transaction. To the extent that any notice provided hereunder constitutes, or contains, material, non-public information regarding the Partnership or any of its Subsidiaries, the Partnership shall simultaneously file such notice with the SEC (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) pursuant to a Current Report on Form 8-K. If the Partnership or any of its Subsidiaries provides material non-public information to the Holder that is not simultaneously filed in a Current Report on Form 8-K and the Holder has not agreed to receive such material non-public information, the Partnership hereby covenants and agrees that the Holder shall not have any duty of confidentiality to the Partnership, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective officers, directors, employees, affiliates or agents with respect to, or a duty to any of the foregoing not to trade on the basis of, such material non-public information. It is expressly understood and agreed that the time of execution specified by the Holder in each Exercise Notice shall be definitive and may not be disputed or challenged by the Partnership.
9. AMENDMENT AND WAIVER. Except as otherwise provided herein, the provisions of this Warrant (other than Section 1(f)) may be amended and the Partnership may take any action herein prohibited, or omit to perform any act herein required to be performed by it, only if the Partnership has obtained the written consent of the Holder. No waiver shall be effective unless it is in writing and signed by an authorized representative of the waiving party.
10. SEVERABILITY. If any provision of this Warrant is prohibited by law or otherwise determined to be invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, the provision that would otherwise be prohibited, invalid or unenforceable shall be deemed amended to apply to the broadest extent that it would be valid and enforceable, and the invalidity or unenforceability of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of this Warrant so long as this Warrant as so modified continues to express, without material change, the original intentions of the parties as to the subject matter hereof and the prohibited nature, invalidity or unenforceability of the provision(s) in question does not substantially impair the respective expectations or reciprocal obligations of the parties or the practical realization of the benefits that would otherwise be conferred upon the parties. The parties will endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace the prohibited, invalid or unenforceable provision(s) with a valid provision(s), the effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the prohibited, invalid or unenforceable provision(s).
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11. GOVERNING LAW. This Warrant shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with, and all questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and performance of this Warrant shall be governed by, the internal laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of Delaware or any other jurisdictions) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdictions other than the State of Delaware. The Partnership and the Holder each hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof to the Partnership or the Holder at the address set forth in Section 9(f) of the Securities Purchase Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. The Partnership and the Holder each hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in The City of New York, Borough of Manhattan, for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein thereby (except for any disputes arising under the Limited Partnership Agreement and the LP Amendment, which shall be adjudicated exclusively in state court in the State of Delaware), and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum or that the venue of such suit, action or proceeding is improper. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted by law. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed or operate to preclude the Holder from bringing suit or taking other legal action against the Partnership in any other jurisdiction to collect on the Partnerships obligations to the Holder, to realize on any collateral or any other security for such obligations, or to enforce a judgment or other court ruling in favor of the Holder. THE PARTNERSHIP AND THE HOLDER EACH HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO, AND AGREES NOT TO REQUEST, A JURY TRIAL FOR THE ADJUDICATION OF ANY DISPUTE HEREUNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH OR ARISING OUT OF THIS WARRANT OR ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
12. CONSTRUCTION; HEADINGS. This Warrant shall be deemed to be jointly drafted by the Partnership and the Holder and shall not be construed against any Person as the drafter hereof. The headings of this Warrant are for convenience of reference and shall not form part of, or affect the interpretation of, this Warrant. Terms used in this Warrant but defined in the other Transaction Documents shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms on the Closing Date (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) in such other Transaction Documents unless otherwise consented to in writing by the Holder.
13. DISPUTE RESOLUTION.
(a) Submission to Dispute Resolution.
(i) In the case of a dispute relating to the Exercise Price, the Closing Sale Price, Black Scholes Consideration Value, Black Scholes Value or fair market value or the arithmetic calculation of the number of Warrant Units (as the case may be) (including, without limitation, a dispute relating to the determination of any of the foregoing), the Partnership or the Holder (as the case may be) shall submit the dispute to
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the other party via facsimile (A) if by the Partnership, within two (2) Business Days after the occurrence of the circumstances giving rise to such dispute or (B) if by the Holder, at any time after the Holder learned of the circumstances giving rise to such dispute. If the Holder and the Partnership are unable to promptly resolve such dispute relating to such Exercise Price, such Closing Sale Price, such Black Scholes Consideration Value, Black Scholes Value or such fair market value or such arithmetic calculation of the number of Warrant Units (as the case may be), at any time after the second (2nd) Business Day following such initial notice by the Partnership or the Holder (as the case may be) of such dispute to the Partnership or the Holder (as the case may be), then the Holder may, at its sole option, select an independent, reputable investment bank to resolve such dispute.
(ii) The Holder and the Partnership shall each deliver to such investment bank (A) a copy of the initial dispute submission so delivered in accordance with the first sentence of this Section 13 and (B) written documentation supporting its position with respect to such dispute, in each case, no later than 5:00 p.m. (New York time) by the fifth (5th) Business Day immediately following the date on which the Holder selected such investment bank (the Dispute Submission Deadline) (the documents referred to in the immediately preceding clauses (A) and (B) are collectively referred to herein as the Required Dispute Documentation) (it being understood and agreed that if either the Holder or the Partnership fails to so deliver all of the Required Dispute Documentation by the Dispute Submission Deadline, then the party who fails to so submit all of the Required Dispute Documentation shall no longer be entitled to (and hereby waives its right to) deliver or submit any written documentation or other support to such investment bank with respect to such dispute and such investment bank shall resolve such dispute based solely on the Required Dispute Documentation that was delivered to such investment bank prior to the Dispute Submission Deadline). Unless otherwise agreed to in writing by both the Partnership and the Holder or otherwise requested by such investment bank, neither the Partnership nor the Holder shall be entitled to deliver or submit any written documentation or other support to such investment bank in connection with such dispute (other than the Required Dispute Documentation).
(iii) The Partnership and the Holder shall cause such investment bank to determine the resolution of such dispute and notify the Partnership and the Holder of such resolution no later than ten (10) Business Days immediately following the Dispute Submission Deadline. The fees and expenses of such investment bank shall be borne solely by the Partnership, and such investment banks resolution of such dispute shall be final and binding upon all parties absent manifest error.
(b) Miscellaneous. The Partnership expressly acknowledges and agrees that (i) this Section 13 constitutes an agreement to arbitrate between the Partnership and the Holder (and constitutes an arbitration agreement) under the rules then in effect under § 7501, et seq. of the New York Civil Practice Law and Rules (CPLR) and that the Holder is authorized to apply for an order to compel arbitration pursuant to CPLR § 7503(a) in order to compel compliance with this Section 13, (ii) a dispute relating to the Exercise Price includes, without limitation, disputes as to (A) whether an issuance or sale or deemed issuance or sale of Common Units occurred under Section 2(b), (B) the consideration per unit at which an issuance or deemed issuance of
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Common Units occurred, (C) whether any issuance or sale or deemed issuance or sale of Common Units was an issuance or sale or deemed issuance or sale of Excluded Securities, (D) whether an agreement, instrument, security or the like constitutes and Option or Convertible Security and (E) whether a Dilutive Issuance occurred, (iii) the terms of this Warrant and each other applicable Transaction Document shall serve as the basis for the selected investment banks resolution of the applicable dispute, such investment bank shall be entitled (and is hereby expressly authorized) to make all findings, determinations and the like that such investment bank determines are required to be made by such investment bank in connection with its resolution of such dispute (including, without limitation, determining (A) whether an issuance or sale or deemed issuance or sale of Common Units occurred under Section 2(b), (B) the consideration per unit at which an issuance or deemed issuance of Common Units occurred, (C) whether any issuance or sale or deemed issuance or sale of Common Units was an issuance or sale or deemed issuance or sale of Excluded Securities, (D) whether an agreement, instrument, security or the like constitutes and Option or Convertible Security and (E) whether a Dilutive Issuance occurred) and in resolving such dispute such investment bank shall apply such findings, determinations and the like to the terms of this Warrant and any other applicable Transaction Documents, (iv) the Holder (and only the Holder), in its sole discretion, shall have the right to submit any dispute described in this Section 13 to any state or federal court sitting in The City of New York, Borough of Manhattan in lieu of utilizing the procedures set forth in this Section 13 and (v) nothing in this Section 13 shall limit the Holder from obtaining any injunctive relief or other equitable remedies (including, without limitation, with respect to any matters described in this Section 13).
14. REMEDIES, CHARACTERIZATION, OTHER OBLIGATIONS, BREACHES AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF. The remedies provided in this Warrant shall be cumulative and in addition to all other remedies available under this Warrant and the other Transaction Documents, at law or in equity (including a decree of specific performance and/or other injunctive relief), and nothing herein shall limit the right of the Holder to pursue actual and consequential damages for any failure by the Partnership to comply with the terms of this Warrant. The Partnership covenants to the Holder that there shall be no characterization concerning this instrument other than as expressly provided herein. Amounts set forth or provided for herein with respect to payments, exercises and the like (and the computation thereof) shall be the amounts to be received by the Holder and shall not, except as expressly provided herein, be subject to any other obligation of the Partnership (or the performance thereof). The Partnership acknowledges that a breach by it of its obligations hereunder will cause irreparable harm to the Holder and that the remedy at law for any such breach may be inadequate. The Partnership therefore agrees that, in the event of any such breach or threatened breach, the holder of this Warrant shall be entitled, in addition to all other available remedies, to specific performance and/or temporary, preliminary and permanent injunctive or other equitable relief from any court of competent jurisdiction in any such case without the necessity of proving actual damages and without posting a bond or other security. The Partnership shall provide all information and documentation to the Holder that is requested by the Holder to enable the Holder to confirm the Partnerships compliance with the terms and conditions of this Warrant (including, without limitation, compliance with Section 2 hereof). The issuance of units and certificates for units as contemplated hereby upon the exercise of this Warrant shall be made without charge to the Holder or such units for any issuance tax or other costs in respect thereof.
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15. PAYMENT OF COLLECTION, ENFORCEMENT AND OTHER COSTS. If (a) this Warrant is placed in the hands of an attorney for collection or enforcement or is collected or enforced through any legal proceeding or the holder otherwise takes action to collect amounts due under this Warrant or to enforce the provisions of this Warrant or (b) there occurs any bankruptcy, reorganization, receivership of the Partnership or other proceedings affecting Partnership creditors rights and involving a claim under this Warrant, then the Partnership shall pay the costs incurred by the Holder for such collection, enforcement or action or in connection with such bankruptcy, reorganization, receivership or other proceeding, including, without limitation, attorneys fees and disbursements.
16. TRANSFER. This Warrant may be offered for sale, sold, transferred or assigned without the consent of the Partnership, except as may otherwise be required by Section 2(g) of the Securities Purchase Agreement.
17. CERTAIN DEFINITIONS. For purposes of this Warrant, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
(a) 1933 Act means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder.
(b) 1934 Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder.
(c) Adjustment Right means any right granted with respect to any securities issued in connection with, or with respect to, any issuance or sale (or deemed issuance or sale in accordance with Section 2) of Common Units (other than rights of the type described in Section 3 and 4 hereof) that could result in a decrease in the net consideration received by the Partnership in connection with, or with respect to, such securities (including, without limitation, any cash settlement rights, cash adjustment or other similar rights).
(d) Affiliate means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person, it being understood for purposes of this definition that control of a Person means the power directly or indirectly either to vote 10% or more of the units having ordinary voting power for the election of directors of such Person or direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person whether by contract or otherwise.
(e) Approved Unit Plan means any employee benefit plan which has been approved by the board of directors of the Partnership prior to or subsequent to the date hereof pursuant to which Common Units and standard options to purchase Common Units may be issued to any employee, officer or director for services provided to the Partnership in their capacity as such.
(f) Attribution Parties means, collectively, the following Persons and entities: (i) any investment vehicle, including, any funds, feeder funds or managed accounts, currently, or from time to time after the Issuance Date, directly or indirectly managed or advised by the Holders investment manager or any of its Affiliates or principals, (ii) any direct or indirect
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Affiliates of the Holder or any of the foregoing, (iii) any Person acting or who could be deemed to be acting as a Group together with the Holder or any of the foregoing and (iv) any other Persons whose beneficial ownership of the Partnerships Common Units would or could be aggregated with the Holders and the other Attribution Parties for purposes of Section 13(d) of the 1934 Act. For clarity, the purpose of the foregoing is to subject collectively the Holder and all other Attribution Parties to the Maximum Percentage.
(g) Black Scholes Consideration Value means the value of the applicable Option, Convertible Security or Adjustment Right (as the case may be) as of the date of issuance thereof calculated using the Black Scholes Option Pricing Model obtained from the OV function on Bloomberg utilizing (i) an underlying price per unit equal to the Closing Sale Price of the Common Units on the Trading Day immediately preceding the public announcement of the execution of definitive documents with respect to the issuance of such Option or Convertible Security (as the case may be), (ii) a risk-free interest rate corresponding to the U.S. Treasury rate for a period equal to the remaining term of such Option, Convertible Security or Adjustment Right (as the case may be) as of the date of issuance of such Option, Convertible Security or Adjustment Right (as the case may be), (iii) a zero cost of borrow and (iv) an expected volatility equal to the greater of 100% and the 30 day volatility obtained from the HVT function on Bloomberg (determined utilizing a 365 day annualization factor) as of the Trading Day immediately following the date of issuance of such Option, Convertible Security or Adjustment Right (as the case may be).
(h) Black Scholes Value means the value of the unexercised portion of this Warrant remaining on the date of the Holders request pursuant to Section 4(c)(i), which value is calculated using the Black Scholes Option Pricing Model obtained from the OV function on Bloomberg utilizing (i) an underlying price per unit equal to the greater of (1) the highest Closing Sale Price of the Common Units during the period beginning on the Trading Day immediately preceding the announcement of the applicable Fundamental Transaction (or the consummation of the applicable Fundamental Transaction, if earlier) and ending on the Trading Day of the Holders request pursuant to Section 4(c)(i) and (2) the sum of the price per unit being offered in cash in the applicable Fundamental Transaction (if any) plus the value of the non-cash consideration being offered in the applicable Fundamental Transaction (if any), (ii) a strike price equal to the Exercise Price in effect on the date of the Holders request pursuant to Section 4(c)(i), (iii) a risk-free interest rate corresponding to the U.S. Treasury rate for a period equal to the greater of (1) the remaining term of this Warrant as of the date of the Holders request pursuant to Section 4(c)(i) and (2) the remaining term of this Warrant as of the date of consummation of the applicable Fundamental Transaction or as of the date of the Holders request pursuant to Section 4(c)(i) if such request is prior to the date of the consummation of the applicable Fundamental Transaction, (iv) a zero cost of borrow and (v) an expected volatility equal to the greater of 100% and the 30 day volatility obtained from the HVT function on Bloomberg (determined utilizing a 365 day annualization factor) as of the Trading Day immediately following the earliest to occur of (A) the public disclosure of the applicable Fundamental Transaction, (B) the consummation of the applicable Fundamental Transaction and (C) the date on which the Holder first became aware of the applicable Fundamental Transaction.
(i) Bloomberg means Bloomberg, L.P.
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(j) Business Day means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in The City of New York are authorized or required by law to remain closed.
(k) Closing Sale Price means, for any security as of any date, the last closing trade price for such security on the Principal Market, as reported by Bloomberg, or, if the Principal Market begins to operate on an extended hours basis and does not designate the closing trade price, then the last trade price of such security prior to 4:00:00 p.m., New York time, as reported by Bloomberg, or, if the Principal Market is not the principal securities exchange or trading market for such security, the last trade price of such security on the principal securities exchange or trading market where such security is listed or traded as reported by Bloomberg, or if the foregoing does not apply, the last trade price of such security in the over-the-counter market on the electronic bulletin board for such security as reported by Bloomberg, or, if no last trade price is reported for such security by Bloomberg, the average of the ask prices of any market makers for such security as reported in the pink sheets by OTC Markets Group Inc. (formerly Pink Sheets LLC). If the Closing Sale Price cannot be calculated for a security on a particular date on any of the foregoing bases, the Closing Sale Price of such security on such date shall be the fair market value as mutually determined by the Partnership and the Holder. If the Partnership and the Holder are unable to agree upon the fair market value of such security, then such dispute shall be resolved in accordance with the procedures in Section 13. All such determinations shall be appropriately adjusted for any unit dividend, unit split, unit combination or other similar transaction during such period.
(l) Common Units means (i) the Partnerships common units, no par value per unit, and (ii) any units or other securities into which such common units shall have been changed or any units or other securities resulting from a reclassification of such common units.
(m) Common Units Deemed Outstanding means, at any given time, the number of Common Units outstanding at such time, plus the number of Common Units deemed to be outstanding pursuant to Sections 2(b)(i) and 2(b)(ii) hereof regardless of whether the Options or Convertible Securities are actually exercisable at such time, but excluding any Common Stock owned or held by or for the account of the Partnership or issuable upon exercise of the SPA Warrants.
(n) Convertible Securities means any unit or other security (other than Options) that is at any time and under any circumstances, directly or indirectly, convertible into, exercisable or exchangeable for, or which otherwise entitles the holder thereof to acquire, any Common Units.
(o) Eligible Market means the NYSE MKT, the Nasdaq Global Select Market, the Nasdaq Global Market or the Principal Market.
(p) Excluded Securities means (i) Common Units or standard options to purchase Common Units issued to directors, officers or employees of the Partnership for services rendered to the Partnership in their capacity as such pursuant to an Approved Unit Plan (as defined above), provided that (A) all such issuances (taking into account the Common Units issuable upon exercise of such options) after the Subscription Date pursuant to this clause (i) do not, in
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the aggregate, exceed more than 5% of the Common Units issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Subscription Date and (B) the exercise price of any such options is not lowered, none of such options are amended to increase the number of units issuable thereunder and none of the terms or conditions of any such options are otherwise materially changed in any manner that adversely affects any of the Buyers; (ii) Common Units issued upon the conversion or exercise of Convertible Securities (other than standard options to purchase Common Units issued pursuant to an Approved Unit Plan that are covered by clause (i) above) issued prior to the Subscription Date, provided that the conversion price of any such Convertible Securities (other than standard options to purchase Common Units issued pursuant to an Approved Unit Plan that are covered by clause (i) above) is not lowered, none of such Convertible Securities (other than standard options to purchase Common Units issued pursuant to an Approved Unit Plan that are covered by clause (i) above) are amended to increase the number of units issuable thereunder and none of the terms or conditions of any such Convertible Securities (other than standard options to purchase Common Units issued pursuant to an Approved Unit Plan that are covered by clause (i) above) are otherwise materially changed in any manner that adversely affects any of the Buyers; (iii) the Common Units issuable upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Units or otherwise pursuant to the terms of the LP Amendment (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement); provided, that the terms of the LP Amendment are not amended, modified or changed on or after the Subscription Date (other than antidilution adjustments pursuant to the terms thereof in effect as of the Subscription Date) and (iv) the Common Units issuable upon exercise of the SPA Warrants; provided, that the terms of the SPA Warrant are not amended, modified or changed on or after the Subscription Date (other than antidilution adjustments pursuant to the terms thereof in effect as of the Subscription Date).
(q) Expiration Date means the date that is the sixth (6th) anniversary of the Issuance Date or, if such date falls on a day other than a Trading Day or on which trading does not take place on the Principal Market (a Holiday), the next date that is not a Holiday.
(r) Fundamental Transaction means (A) that the Partnership shall, directly or indirectly, including through subsidiaries, Affiliates or otherwise, in one or more related transactions, (i) consolidate or merge with or into (whether or not the Partnership is the surviving corporation) another Subject Entity, or (ii) sell, assign, transfer, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Partnership or any of its significant subsidiaries (as defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X) to one or more Subject Entities, or (iii) make, or allow one or more Subject Entities to make, or allow the Partnership to be subject to or have its Common Units be subject to or party to one or more Subject Entities making, a purchase, tender or exchange offer that is accepted by the holders of at least either (x) 50% of the outstanding Common Units, (y) 50% of the outstanding Common Units calculated as if any Common Units held by all Subject Entities making or party to, or Affiliated with any Subject Entities making or party to, such purchase, tender or exchange offer were not outstanding; or (z) such number of Common Units such that all Subject Entities making or party to, or Affiliated with any Subject Entity making or party to, such purchase, tender or exchange offer, become collectively the beneficial owners (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the 1934 Act) of at least 50% of the outstanding Common Units, or (iv) consummate a unit or stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination (including, without limitation, a reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off or scheme of arrangement) with one or more Subject Entities whereby
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all such Subject Entities, individually or in the aggregate, acquire, either (x) at least 50% of the outstanding Common Units, (y) at least 50% of the outstanding Common Units calculated as if any Common Units held by all the Subject Entities making or party to, or Affiliated with any Subject Entity making or party to, such unit or stock purchase agreement or other business combination were not outstanding; or (z) such number of Common Units such that the Subject Entities become collectively the beneficial owners (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the 1934 Act) of at least 50% of the outstanding Common Units, or (v) reorganize, recapitalize or reclassify its Common Units, (B) that the Partnership shall, directly or indirectly, including through subsidiaries, Affiliates or otherwise, in one or more related transactions, allow any Subject Entity individually or the Subject Entities in the aggregate to be or become the beneficial owner (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the 1934 Act), directly or indirectly, whether through acquisition, purchase, assignment, conveyance, tender, tender offer, exchange, reduction in outstanding Common Units, merger, consolidation, business combination, reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off, scheme of arrangement, reorganization, recapitalization or reclassification or otherwise in any manner whatsoever, of either (x) at least 50% of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by issued and outstanding Common Units, (y) at least 50% of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by issued and outstanding Common Units not held by all such Subject Entities as of the date of this Warrant calculated as if any Common Units held by all such Subject Entities were not outstanding, or (z) a percentage of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by issued and outstanding Common Units or other equity securities of the Partnership sufficient to allow such Subject Entities to effect a statutory short form merger or other transaction requiring other unitholders of the Partnership to surrender their Common Units without approval of the unitholders of the Partnership or (C) directly or indirectly, including through subsidiaries, Affiliates or otherwise, in one or more related transactions, the issuance of or the entering into any other instrument or transaction structured in a manner to circumvent, or that circumvents, the intent of this definition in which case this definition shall be construed and implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this definition to the extent necessary to correct this definition or any portion of this definition which may be defective or inconsistent with the intended treatment of such instrument or transaction.
(s) Group means a group as that term is used in Section 13(d) of the 1934 Act and as defined in Rule 13d-5 thereunder.
(t) Options means any rights, warrants or options to subscribe for or purchase Common Units or Convertible Securities.
(u) Parent Entity of a Person means an entity that, directly or indirectly, controls the applicable Person and whose common stock or equivalent equity security is quoted or listed on an Eligible Market, or, if there is more than one such Person or Parent Entity, the Person or Parent Entity with the largest public market capitalization as of the date of consummation of the Fundamental Transaction.
(v) Person means an individual, a limited liability company, a partnership, a joint venture, a corporation, a trust, an unincorporated organization, any other entity or a government or any department or agency thereof.
(w) Principal Market means The New York Stock Exchange.
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(x) Registration Rights Agreement means that certain registration rights agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, by and among the Partnership and the initial holders of the Notes relating to, among other things, the registration of the resale of the Common Units issuable upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Units (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) or otherwise pursuant to the terms of the LP Amendment (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) and exercise of the SPA Warrants, as may be amended from time to time.
(y) SEC means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission or the successor thereto.
(z) Series A Preferred Units shall have the meaning as set forth in the Securities Purchase Agreement.
(aa) Subject Entity means any Person, Persons or Group or any Affiliate or associate of any such Person, Persons or Group.
(bb) Successor Entity means the Person (or, if so elected by the Holder, the Parent Entity) formed by, resulting from or surviving any Fundamental Transaction or the Person (or, if so elected by the Holder, the Parent Entity) with which such Fundamental Transaction shall have been entered into.
(cc) Trading Day means, as applicable, (x) with respect to all price or trading volume determinations relating to the Common Units, any day on which the Common Units is traded on the Principal Market, or, if the Principal Market is not the principal trading market for the Common Units, then on the principal securities exchange or securities market on which the Common Units is then traded, provided that Trading Day shall not include any day on which the Common Units is scheduled to trade on such exchange or market for less than 4.5 hours or any day that the Common Units is suspended from trading during the final hour of trading on such exchange or market (or if such exchange or market does not designate in advance the closing time of trading on such exchange or market, then during the hour ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York time) unless such day is otherwise designated as a Trading Day in writing by the Holder or (y) with respect to all determinations other than price or trading volume determinations relating to the Common Units, any day on which The New York Stock Exchange (or any successor thereto) is open for trading of securities.
(dd) VWAP means, for any security as of any date, the dollar volume-weighted average price for such security on the Principal Market (or, if the Principal Market is not the principal trading market for such security, then on the principal securities exchange or securities market on which such security is then traded) during the period beginning at 9:30:01 a.m., New York time, and ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York time, as reported by Bloomberg through its HP function (set to weighted average) or, if the foregoing does not apply, the dollar volume-weighted average price of such security in the over-the-counter market on the electronic bulletin board for such security during the period beginning at 9:30:01 a.m., New York time, and ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York time, as reported by Bloomberg, or, if no dollar volume-weighted average price is reported for such security by Bloomberg for such hours, the average of the highest closing bid price and the lowest closing ask price of any of the market makers for such
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security as reported in the pink sheets by OTC Markets Group Inc. (formerly Pink Sheets LLC). If the VWAP cannot be calculated for such security on such date on any of the foregoing bases, the VWAP of such security on such date shall be the fair market value as mutually determined by the Partnership and the Holder. If the Partnership and the Holder are unable to agree upon the fair market value of such security, then such dispute shall be resolved in accordance with the procedures in Section 13. All such determinations shall be appropriately adjusted for any unit dividend, unit split, unit combination, recapitalization or other similar transaction during such period.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Partnership has caused this Warrant to Purchase Common Units to be duly executed as of the Issuance Date set out above.
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EXHIBIT A
EXERCISE NOTICE
TO BE EXECUTED BY THE REGISTERED HOLDER TO EXERCISE THIS
WARRANT TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK
EMERGE ENERGY SERVICES LP
The undersigned holder hereby elects to exercise the Warrant to Purchase Common Units No. (the Warrant) of Emerge Energy Services LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the Partnership) as specified below. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Warrant.
1. Form of Exercise Price. The Holder intends that payment of the Aggregate Exercise Price shall be made as:
o a Cash Exercise with respect to Warrant Units; and/or
o a Cashless Exercise with respect to Warrant Units.
In the event that the Holder has elected a Cashless Exercise with respect to some or all of the Warrant Units to be issued pursuant hereto, the Holder hereby represents and warrants that (i) this Exercise Notice was executed by the Holder at [a.m.][p.m.] on the date set forth below
2. Payment of Exercise Price. In the event that the Holder has elected a Cash Exercise with respect to some or all of the Warrant Units to be issued pursuant hereto, the Holder shall pay the Aggregate Exercise Price in the sum of $ to the Partnership in accordance with the terms of the Warrant.
3. Delivery of Warrant Units. The Partnership shall deliver to Holder, or its designee or agent as specified below, Common Units in accordance with the terms of the Warrant. Delivery shall be made to Holder, or for its benefit, as follows:
o Check here if requesting delivery as a certificate to the following name and to the following address:
Issue to:
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The Partnership hereby acknowledges this Exercise Notice and hereby directs to issue the above indicated number of Common Units in accordance with the Transfer Agent Instructions dated , 201 , from the Partnership and acknowledged and agreed to by .
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