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EX-4.22 3 a06-8619_1ex4d22.htm WARRANT TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK

Exhibit 4.22

 

WARRANT

 

THE WARRANT EVIDENCED OR CONSTITUTED HEREBY, AND ALL SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE HEREUNDER, HAVE BEEN AND WILL BE ISSUED WITHOUT REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”) AND MAY NOT BE SOLD, OFFERED FOR SALE, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED OR HYPOTHECATED WITHOUT REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT UNLESS EITHER (i) THE COMPANY HAS RECEIVED AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, IN FORM AND SUBSTANCE REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY, TO THE EFFECT THAT REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED IN CONNECTION WITH SUCH DISPOSITION OR (ii) THE SALE OF SUCH SECURITIES IS MADE PURSUANT TO SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION RULE 144.

 

WARRANT TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK OF SPESCOM SOFTWARE INC.

 

NO. C - - 01

 

THIS CERTIFIES THAT, for value received, Liolios Group, Inc. or the permitted registered assigns thereof (the “Holder”) is entitled, subject to the terms and conditions of this Warrant, at any time or from time to time after the date this Warrant is issued (the “Effective Date”), and before 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time on the third anniversary of the Effective Date (the “Expiration Date”), to purchase from Spescom Software Inc., a California corporation (the “Company”), Three Hundred Thousand (300,000) shares of common stock, no par value (“Common Stock”) of the Company at a price per share of $0.10 (the “Purchase Price”). Both the number of shares of Common Stock purchasable upon exercise of this Warrant and the Purchase Price are subject to adjustment and change as provided herein.

 

1.             CERTAIN DEFINITIONS. As used in this Warrant, the following terms shall have the following respective meanings:

 

Effective Date” shall mean March 31, 2006.

 

Market Price” of a security, as of a particular date, means the average, on the five trading days prior to such date, of (i) the closing prices of such security’s sales on all securities exchanges on which such security may at the time be listed or (ii) if there has been no sales on any such exchanges on any day, the average of the highest bid and the lowest asked prices on all such exchanges at the end of such day or (iii) if on a day such security is not listed on any exchange, the average of the representative bid and asked prices quoted in the NASDAQ System as of 4:00 pm Eastern Time or (iv) if on a day such security is not listed on any exchange or quoted in the NASDAQ System, but is traded over the counter, the closing bid price or (v) if on a day any security is not listed on any exchange, quoted on the NASDAQ System, or traded over the counter, the value as determined in good faith by the Company’s Board of Directors.

 

HSR Act” shall mean the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended from time to time.

 



 

Registered Holder” shall mean any Holder in whose name this Warrant is registered upon the books and records maintained by the Company.

 

Warrant” as used herein, shall include this Warrant and any warrant delivered in substitution or exchange therefor as provided herein.

 

2.             EXERCISE OF WARRANT

 

2.1.          Payment. Subject to compliance with the terms and conditions of this Warrant and applicable securities laws, this Warrant may be exercised in whole or in part at any time or from time to time, on or before the Expiration Date by the delivery (including, without limitation, delivery by facsimile) of the form of Notice of Exercise attached hereto as Exhibit 1 (the “Notice of Exercise”), duly executed by the Holder, at the principal office of the Company, and as soon as practicable after such date, surrendering:

 

(a) this Warrant at the principal office of the Company; and

 

(b) payment in cash, certified or official bank check in same-day funds, or by wire transfer of an amount equal to the product obtained by multiplying the number of shares of Common Stock being purchased upon such exercise by the then effective Purchase Price (the “Exercise Amount”), except that if Holder is subject to HSR Act Restrictions (as defined in Section 2.4 below), the Exercise Amount shall be paid to the Company within five (5) business days of the termination of all HSR Act Restrictions.

 

2.2           Net Exercise. In lieu of the payment methods set forth in Section 2.1 above, the Holder may elect to exchange all or some of the Warrant for shares of Common Stock equal to the value of the amount of the Warrant being exchanged on the date of exchange. If Holder elects to exchange this Warrant as provided in this Section 2.2, Holder shall tender to the Company the Warrant for the amount being exchanged, along with written notice of Holder’s election to exchange some or all of the Warrant, and the Company shall issue to Holder the number of shares of the Common Stock computed using the following formula:

 

X = Y (A-B)

A

 

Where X = the number of shares of Common Stock to be issued to Holder.

 

Y = the number of shares of Common Stock purchasable under the amount of the Warrant being exchanged (as adjusted to the date of such calculation).

 

A = the Market Price of one share of the Company’s Common Stock as of the date of exercise of the Warrant.

 

B = exercise price hereunder (as adjusted to the date of such calculation).

 

2.3.          Stock Certificates; Fractional Shares. As soon as practicable on or after such date, the Company shall issue and deliver to the person or persons entitled to receive the same a certificate or certificates for the number of whole shares of Common Stock issuable upon such exercise, together with cash in lieu of any fraction of a share equal to such fraction of the current

 

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Market Price of one whole share of Common Stock as of the date of exercise of this Warrant. No fractional shares or scrip representing fractional shares shall be issued upon an exercise of this Warrant.

 

2.4.          HSR Act. The Company hereby acknowledges that exercise of this Warrant by Holder may subject the Company and/or the Holder to the filing requirements of the HSR Act and that Holder may be prevented from exercising this Warrant until the expiration or early termination of all waiting periods imposed by the HSR Act (“HSR Act Restrictions”). If on or before the Expiration Date, Holder has sent the Notice of Exercise to Company and Holder has not been able to complete the exercise of this Warrant prior to the Expiration Date because of HSR Act Restrictions, the Holder shall be entitled to complete the process of exercising this Warrant in accordance with the procedures contained herein notwithstanding the fact that completion of the exercise of this Warrant would take place after the Expiration Date.

 

2.5.          Partial Exercise; Effective Date of Exercise. In case of any partial exercise of this Warrant, the Company shall cancel this Warrant upon surrender hereof and shall execute and deliver a new Warrant of like tenor and date for the balance of the shares of Common Stock purchasable hereunder. This Warrant shall be deemed to have been exercised immediately prior to the close of business on the date of its surrender for exercise as provided above. However, if Holder is subject to HSR Act filing requirements this Warrant shall be deemed to have been exercised on the date immediately following the date of the expiration of all HSR Act Restrictions. The person entitled to receive the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant shall be treated for all purposes as the holder of record of such shares as of the close of business on the date the Holder is deemed to have exercised this Warrant.

 

3.             VALID ISSUANCE; TAXES. All shares of Common Stock issued upon the exercise of this Warrant shall be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and the Company shall pay all taxes and other governmental charges that may be imposed in respect of the issue or delivery thereof. The Company shall not be required to pay any tax or other charge imposed in connection with any transfer involved in the issuance of any certificate for shares of Common Stock in any name other than that of the Registered Holder of this Warrant, and in such case the Company shall not be required to issue or deliver any stock certificate or security until such tax or other charge has been paid, or it has been established to the Company’s reasonable satisfaction that no tax or other charge is due.

 

4.             ADJUSTMENT OF PURCHASE PRICE AND NUMBER OF SHARES. The number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant (or any shares of stock or other securities or property receivable or issuable upon exercise of this Warrant) and the Purchase Price are subject to adjustment upon occurrence of the following events:

 

4.1.          Adjustment for Stock Splits, Stock Subdivisions or Combinations of Shares. The Purchase Price of this Warrant shall be proportionally decreased and the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant (or any shares of stock or other securities at the time issuable upon exercise of this Warrant) shall be proportionally increased to reflect any stock split or subdivision of the Company’s Common Stock. The Purchase Price of this Warrant shall be proportionally increased and the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant (or any shares of stock or other securities at the time issuable upon exercise of this Warrant) shall be proportionally decreased to reflect any combination of the Company’s Common Stock.

 

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4.2.          Adjustment for Dividends or Distributions of Stock or Other Securities or Property. In case the Company shall make or issue, or shall fix a record date for the determination of eligible holders entitled to receive, a dividend or other distribution with respect to the Common Stock (or any shares of stock or other securities at the time issuable upon exercise of the Warrant) payable in shares of any class or series of capital stock of the Company, then, in each such case, the Holder of this Warrant on exercise hereof at any time after the consummation, effective date or record date of such dividend or other distribution, shall receive, in addition to the shares of Common Stock (or such other stock or securities) issuable on such exercise prior to such date, and without the payment of additional consideration therefor, the shares of the Company to which such Holder would have been entitled upon such date if such Holder had exercised this Warrant on the date hereof and had thereafter, during the period from the date hereof to and including the date of such exercise, retained such shares and/or all other additional stock available by it as aforesaid during such period giving effect to all adjustments called for by this Section 4.

 

4.3.          Reclassification. If the Company, by reclassification of securities or otherwise, shall change any of the securities as to which purchase rights under this Warrant exist into the same or a different number of securities of any other class or classes, this Warrant shall thereafter represent the right to acquire such number and kind of securities as would have been issuable as the result of such change with respect to the securities that were subject to the purchase rights under this Warrant immediately prior to such reclassification or other change and the Purchase Price therefore shall be appropriately adjusted, all subject to further adjustment as provided in this Section 4. No adjustment shall be made pursuant to this Section 4.3 upon any conversion or redemption of the Common Stock which is the subject of Section 4.5.

 

4.4.          Adjustment for Capital Reorganization, Merger or Consolidation. In case of any capital reorganization of the capital stock of the Company (other than a combination, reclassification, exchange or subdivision of shares otherwise provided for herein), or any merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another corporation, then, and in each such case, as a part of such reorganization, merger or consolidation, lawful provision shall be made so that the Holder of this Warrant shall thereafter be entitled to receive upon exercise of this Warrant, during the period specified herein and upon payment of the Purchase Price then in effect, the number of shares of stock or other securities or property of the successor corporation resulting from such reorganization, merger or consolidation that a holder of the shares deliverable upon exercise of this Warrant would have been entitled to receive in such reorganization, consolidation or merger if this Warrant had been exercised immediately before such reorganization, merger or consolidation, all subject to further adjustment as provided in this Section 4. The foregoing provisions of this Section 4.4 shall similarly apply to successive reorganizations, consolidations or mergers and to the stock or securities of any other corporation that are at the time receivable upon the exercise of this Warrant. If the per-share consideration payable to the Holder hereof for shares in connection with any such transaction is in a form other than cash or marketable securities, then the value of such consideration shall be determined in good faith by the Company’s Board of Directors. In all events, appropriate adjustment (as determined in good faith by the Company’s Board of Directors) shall be made in the application of the provisions of this Warrant with respect to the rights and interests of the Holder after the

 

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transaction, to the end that the provisions of this Warrant shall be applicable after that event, as near as reasonably may be, in relation to any shares or other property deliverable after that event upon exercise of this Warrant.

 

4.5.          Conversion of Common Stock. In case all or any portion of the authorized and outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company are redeemed or converted or reclassified into other securities pursuant to the Company’s Articles of Incorporation or otherwise, or the Common Stock otherwise ceases to exist, then, in such case, the Holder of this Warrant, upon exercise hereof at any time after the date on which the Common Stock is so redeemed or converted, reclassified or ceases to exist (the “Termination Date”), shall receive, in lieu of the number of shares of Common Stock that would have been issuable upon such exercise immediately prior to the Termination Date, the securities that would have been received if this Warrant had been exercised in full and the Common Stock received thereupon had been simultaneously converted immediately prior to the Termination Date, all subject to further adjustment as provided in this Warrant. Additionally, the Purchase Price shall be immediately adjusted to equal the quotient obtained by dividing (x) the aggregate Purchase Price of the maximum number of shares of Common Stock for which this Warrant was exercisable immediately prior to the Termination Date by (y) the number of shares of Common Stock or the number of shares or other units of securities of the Company for which this Warrant is exercisable immediately after the Termination Date, all subject to further adjustment as provided herein.

 

5.             CERTIFICATE AS TO ADJUSTMENTS. In each case of any adjustment in the Purchase Price, or number or type of shares or securities issuable upon exercise of this Warrant, the Chief Financial Officer or Controller of the Company shall compute such adjustment in accordance with the terms of this Warrant and prepare a certificate setting forth such adjustment and showing in detail the facts upon which such adjustment is based, including a statement of the adjusted Purchase Price. The Company shall promptly send (by facsimile and by either first class mail, postage prepaid or overnight delivery) a copy of each such certificate to the Holder.

 

6.             LOSS OR MUTILATION. Upon receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of the ownership of and the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant, and of indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it, and (in the case of mutilation) upon surrender and cancellation of this Warrant, the Company will execute and deliver in lieu thereof a new Warrant of like tenor as the lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated Warrant.

 

7.             RESERVATION OF COMMON STOCK. The Company hereby covenants that at all times there shall be reserved for issuance and delivery upon exercise of this Warrant such number of shares of Common Stock or other shares of capital stock of the Company as are from time to time issuable upon exercise of this Warrant and, from time to time, will take all steps necessary to amend its Articles of Incorporation to provide sufficient reserves of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant (and shares of its Common Stock for issuance on conversion of such Common Stock). All such shares shall be duly authorized, and when issued upon such exercise, shall be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, free and clear of all liens, security interests, charges and other encumbrances or restrictions on sale and free and clear of all preemptive rights, except encumbrances or restrictions arising under federal or state securities laws. Issuance of this Warrant shall constitute full authority to the Company’s officers who are charged with the duty of executing stock certificates to execute and issue the necessary certificates for shares of Common Stock and Common Stock upon the exercise of this Warrant.

 

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8.             TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Warrant and compliance with all applicable securities laws, and upon the prior written consent of the Company, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, this Warrant and all rights hereunder may be transferred to the parent, subsidiary or affiliate of any Registered Holder, in whole or in part, on the books of the Company maintained for such purpose at the principal office of the Company referred to above, by the Registered Holder hereof in person, or by duly authorized attorney, upon surrender of this Warrant properly endorsed and upon payment of any necessary transfer tax or other governmental charge imposed upon such transfer. Any attempted or purported transfer of this Warrant or any of the rights hereunder that does not comply with the provisions of this Section 8 shall be null and void and of no force or effect. Upon any permitted partial transfer, the Company will issue and deliver to the Registered Holder a new Warrant or Warrants with respect to the shares of Common Stock not so transferred. Each taker and holder of this Warrant, by taking or holding the same, consents and agrees that when this Warrant shall have been so endorsed, the person in possession of this Warrant may be treated by the Company, and all other persons dealing with this Warrant, as the absolute owner hereof for any purpose and as the person entitled to exercise the rights represented hereby, any notice to the contrary notwithstanding; provided, however, that until a transfer of this Warrant is duly registered on the books of the Company, the Company may treat the Registered Holder hereof as the owner for all purposes.

 

9.             RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER. The Holder, by acceptance hereof, agrees that, absent an effective registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) under the Securities Act, covering the disposition or sale of this Warrant or the Common Stock issued or issuable upon exercise hereof, as the case may be, and registration or qualification under applicable state securities laws, such Holder will not sell, transfer, pledge or hypothecate any or all such Warrants or Common Stock, as the case may be, unless either (i) the Company has received an opinion of counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to the effect that such registration is not required in connection with such disposition or (ii) the sale of such securities is made pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act.

 

10.          REGISTRATION RIGHTS.

 

10.1         If the Company shall determine to register any Common Stock under the Securities Act for sale in connection with a public offering of Common Stock (other than pursuant to an employee benefit plan or a merger, acquisition or similar transaction), the Company will give written notice thereof to Holder and will include in such registration any of the Registrable Shares (as defined below) which Holder may request be included (“Included Shares”) by a writing delivered to the Company within 15 days after the notice given by the Company to Holder; provided, however, that if the offering is to be firmly underwritten, and the representative of the underwriters of the offering refuses in writing to include in the offering all of the shares of Common Stock requested by the Company and others, the shares to be included shall be allocated first to the Company and any shareholder who initiated such registration and then among the others based on the respective number of shares of Common Stock held by such

 

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persons. If the Company decides not to, and does not, file a registration statement with respect to such registration, or after filing determines to withdraw the same before the effective date thereof, the Company will promptly so inform Holder, and the Company will not be obligated to complete the registration of the Included Shares included therein. The Company will pay all costs and expenses of such registration other than underwriting discounts or brokerage fees or commissions in connection with the sale of the Included Shares and fees and costs of accountants, attorneys or others retained by Holder. For purposes of this Warrant, “Registrable Shares” shall mean the shares of Common Stock (or such stock or securities as at the time are receivable upon the exercise of this Warrant) issuable upon exercise of the Warrant and any shares issued as a result of stock split, stock dividend or reclassification of such shares; provided, however, that any share shall cease to be a Registrable Share if and when (a) it has been effectively registered under the Securities Act and disposed of pursuant thereto, or (b) the holder may sell such share (or in the case of a share not yet issued under this Warrant, the holder may exercise this Warrant and sell such share issued upon such exercise) in the market on which the Company common stock is then traded without registration under the Securities Act.

 

10.2         In connection with any registration under this Section 10, the Company will:

 

10.2.1      furnish to Holder a copy of the registration statement and each amendment to the registration statement and such number of copies of the final prospectus included in the registration statement as Holder may reasonably request in order to facilitate the distribution of the Included Shares owned by Holders; and

 

10.2.2      notify Holder of the issuance of any stop order by the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with the registration statement.

 

10.3         As a condition to including Registrable Shares in the registration statement, Holder must provide to the Company such information regarding itself, the Registrable Shares held by it and the intended method of distribution of such Shares as shall be required to effect the registration of the Registrable Shares and, if the offering is being underwritten, Holder must provide such powers of attorney, indemnities and other documents as may be reasonably requested by the managing underwriter.

 

10.4         Following the effectiveness of the registration statement, upon receipt from the Company of a notice that the registration statement contains an untrue statement of material fact or omits to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in light of the circumstances under which they were made, Holder will immediately discontinue disposition of Included Shares pursuant to the registration statement until the Company notifies Holder that it may resume sales of Included Shares and, if necessary, provides to Holder copies of the supplemental or amended prospectus. In such event, Holder will deliver to the Company all copies, other than permanent file copies then in Holder’s possession, of the most recent prospectus covering the Included Shares.

 

10.5         The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Holder, and its officers, directors and agents, and each person, if any, who controls Holder within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) from and against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities caused by (i) any violation or alleged violation by the Company of the Securities Act, Exchange Act, any

 

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state securities laws or any rule or regulation promulgated under the Securities Act, Exchange Act or any state securities laws, (ii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any registration statement or prospectus relating to the Included Shares (as amended or supplemented if the Company shall have furnished any amendments or supplements thereto) or any preliminary prospectus, or (iii) caused by any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in light of the circumstances under which they were made, except insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities are caused by any such untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission based upon information furnished in writing to the Company by Holder or on Holder’s behalf expressly for use therein.

 

10.6         Holder agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its officers, directors and agents and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Company to Holder, but only with respect to information furnished in writing by Holder or on Holder’s behalf expressly for use in any registration statement or prospectus relating to the Registrable Shares, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any preliminary prospectus.

 

10.7         In case any proceeding (including any governmental investigation) shall be instituted involving any person in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to this Section 10, such person (an “Indemnified Party”) shall promptly notify the person against whom such indemnity may be sought (the “Indemnifying Party”) in writing and the Indemnifying Party shall assume the defense thereof, including the employment of counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Party, and shall assume the payment of all fees and expenses; provided that the failure of any Indemnified Party so to notify the Indemnifying Party shall not relieve the Indemnifying Party of its obligations hereunder except to the extent (and only to the extent that) that the Indemnifying Party is materially prejudiced by such failure to notify. In any such proceeding, any Indemnified Party shall have the right to retain its own counsel, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Party unless (i) the Indemnifying Party and the Indemnified Party shall have mutually agreed to the retention of such counsel or (ii) in the reasonable judgment of such Indemnified Party representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between them. It is understood that the Indemnifying Party shall not, in connection with any proceeding or related proceedings in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the reasonable fees and expenses of more than one separate firm of attorneys (in addition to any local counsel) at any time for all such Indemnified Parties (including in the case of Holder, all of its officers, directors and controlling persons) and that all such fees and expenses shall be reimbursed as they are incurred. In the case of any such separate firm for the Indemnified Parties, the Indemnified Parties shall designate such firm in writing to the Indemnifying Party. The Indemnifying Party shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), but if settled with such consent, or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the Indemnifying Party shall indemnify and hold harmless such Indemnified Parties from and against any loss or liability (to the extent stated above) by reason of such settlement or judgment. No Indemnifying Party shall, without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified Party is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such Indemnified Party, unless such settlement includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Party from all liability arising out of such proceeding.

 

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11.          COMPLIANCE WITH SECURITIES LAWS. By acceptance of this Warrant, the Holder hereby represents, warrants and covenants that any shares of stock purchased upon exercise of this Warrant or acquired upon conversion thereof shall be acquired for investment only and not with a view to, or for sale in connection with, any distribution thereof; that the Holder has had such opportunity as such Holder has deemed adequate to obtain from representatives of the Company such information as is necessary to permit the Holder to evaluate the merits and risks of its investment in the company; that the Holder is able to bear the economic risk of holding such shares as may be acquired pursuant to the exercise of this Warrant for an indefinite period; that the Holder understands that the shares of stock acquired pursuant to the exercise of this Warrant or acquired upon conversion thereof will not be registered under the Securities Act (unless otherwise required pursuant to exercise by the Holder of the registration rights, if any, previously granted to the registered Holder) and will be “restricted securities” within the meaning of Rule 144 under the Securities Act and that the exemption from registration under Rule 144 will not be available for at least one year from the date of exercise of this Warrant, and even then will not be available unless a public market then exists for the stock, adequate information concerning the Company is then available to the public, and other terms and conditions of Rule 144 are complied with; and that all stock certificates representing shares of stock issued to the Holder upon exercise of this Warrant or upon conversion of such shares may have affixed thereto a legend substantially in the following form:

 

THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “ACT”), OR UNDER THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE. THESE SECURITIES ARE SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFERABILITY AND RESALE AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED OR RESOLD EXCEPT AS PERMITTED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND THE APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, PURSUANT TO REGISTRATION OR EXEMPTION THEREFROM. INVESTORS SHOULD BE AWARE THAT THEY MAY BE REQUIRED TO BEAR THE FINANCIAL RISKS OF THIS INVESTMENT FOR AN INDEFINITE PERIOD OF TIME. THE ISSUER OF THESE SECURITIES MAY REQUIRE AN OPINION OF COUNSEL IN FORM AND SUBSTANCE SATISFACTORY TO THE ISSUER TO THE EFFECT THAT ANY PROPOSED TRANSFER OR RESALE IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS.

 

12.          NO RIGHTS OR LIABILITIES AS SHAREHOLDERS. This Warrant shall not entitle the Holder to any voting rights or other rights as a shareholder of the Company. In the absence of affirmative action by such Holder to purchase Common Stock by exercise of this Warrant, no provisions of this Warrant, and no enumeration herein of the rights or privileges of the Holder hereof, shall cause such Holder hereof to be a shareholder of the Company for any purpose.

 

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13.          NOTICES. Any notice required or permitted by this Warrant must be in writing and must be sent by facsimile, by nationally recognized commercial overnight courier, or mailed by United States registered or certified mail, addressed to the other party at the address below or to such other address for notice (or facsimile number, in the case of a notice by facsimile) as a party gives the other party written notice of in accordance with this Section 13. Any such notice will be effective as of the date of receipt:

 

Notices should be addressed as follows:

 

(i)                                     If to Holder, to:

 

Liolios Group, Inc.
2431 West Coast Hwy, #205
Newport Beach, CA  92663
Attention: J. Scott Liolios
Facsimile:  (949) 574-3870

 

 (ii)                               If to the Company, to:

 

Spescom Software Inc.
10052 Mesa Ridge Court, Suite 100
San Diego, CA  92121
Attention:  Chief Executive Officer
Facsimile:  (858) 625-3010

 

14.          HEADINGS. The headings in this Warrant are for purposes of convenience in reference only, and shall not be deemed to constitute a part hereof.

 

15.          LAW GOVERNING. This Warrant shall be construed and enforced in accordance with, and governed by, the laws of the State of California.

 

16.          NO IMPAIRMENT. The Company will not, by amendment of its Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws, or through reorganization, consolidation, merger, dissolution, issue or sale of securities, sale of assets or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms of this Warrant, but will at all times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all such terms and in the taking of all such action as may be necessary or appropriate in order to protect the rights of the Registered Holder of this Warrant against impairment. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company (a) will not increase the par value of any shares of stock issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant above the amount payable therefor upon such exercise and (b) will take all such action as may be necessary or appropriate in order that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock upon exercise of this Warrant.

 

17.          NOTICES OF RECORD DATE. In case:

 

17.1.        the Company shall take a record of the holders of its Common Stock (or other stock or securities at the time receivable upon the exercise of this Warrant), for the purpose of entitling them to receive any dividend or other distribution, or any right to subscribe for or purchase any shares of stock of any class or any other securities or to receive any other right; or

 

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17.2.        of any consolidation or merger of the Company with or into another corporation, any capital reorganization of the Company, any reclassification of the capital stock of the Company, or any conveyance of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company to another corporation in which holders of the Company’s stock are to receive stock, securities or property of another corporation; or

 

17.3.        of any voluntary dissolution, liquidation or winding-up of the Company; or

 

17.4.        of any redemption or conversion of all outstanding Common Stock;

 

then, and in each such case, the Company will mail or cause to be mailed to the Registered Holder of this Warrant a notice specifying, as the case may be, (i) the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend, distribution or right or (ii) the date on which such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, conveyance, dissolution, liquidation, winding-up, redemption or conversion is to take place, and the time, if any is to be fixed, as of which the holders of record of Common Stock or (such stock or securities as at the time are receivable upon the exercise of this Warrant), shall be entitled to exchange their shares of Common Stock (or such other stock or securities), for securities or other property deliverable upon such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, conveyance, dissolution, liquidation or winding-up. Such notice shall be delivered at least ten (10) days prior to the date therein specified.

 

18.          SEVERABILITY. If any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Warrant is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, void or unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated.

 

19.          ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This Warrant contains the entire understanding of the parties, supersedes all prior agreements and understandings relating to the subject matter hereof.

 

20.          COUNTERPARTS. For the convenience of the parties, any number of counterparts of this Warrant may be executed by the parties hereto and each such executed counterpart shall be, and shall be deemed to be, an original instrument.

 

21.          SATURDAYS, SUNDAYS AND HOLIDAYS. If the Expiration Date falls on a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday, the Expiration Date shall automatically be extended until 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time on the next day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Warrant as of the Effective Date.

 

LIOLIOS GROUP, INC.

SPESCOM SOFTWARE INC.

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ J. Scott Liolios

 

By:

/s/ John W. Low

 

 

 

 

J. Scott Liolios

 

John W. Low

Printed Name

 

Printed Name

 

 

 

President

 

Chief Financial Officer

Title

 

Title

 

 

SIGNATURE PAGE TO WARRANT TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK

 

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EXHIBIT 1

 

NOTICE OF EXERCISE

 

(To be executed upon exercise of Warrant)

SPESCOM SOFTWARE INC.

 

WARRANT NO.      

 

The undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to exercise the right of purchase represented by the within Warrant Certificate for, and to purchase thereunder, the securities of Spescom Software Inc., as provided for therein, and tenders herewith payment of the exercise price in full in the form of cash or a certified or official bank check in same-day funds in the amount of $                      for                   such securities.

 

Please issue a certificate or certificates for such securities in the name of, and pay any cash for any fractional share to (please print name, address and social security number):

 

Name:

 

 

 

 

 

Address:

 

 

 

 

 

Signature:

 

 

 

Note:  The above signature should correspond exactly with the name on the first page of this Warrant Certificate or with the name of the assignee appearing in the assignment form below.

 

If said number of shares shall not be all the shares purchasable under the within Warrant Certificate, a new Warrant Certificate is to be issued in the name of said undersigned for the balance remaining of the shares purchasable thereunder rounded up to the next higher whole number of shares.

 



 

EXHIBIT 2

 

ASSIGNMENT

 

(To be executed only upon assignment of Warrant Certificate)

 

WARRANT NO.     

 

For value received, hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto                                                   the within Warrant Certificate, together with all right, title and interest therein, and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint                                                   attorney, to transfer said Warrant Certificate on the books of the within-named Company with respect to the number of Warrants set forth below, with full power of substitution in the premises:

 

Name(s) of Assignee(s)

 

Address

 

# of Warrants

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And if said number of Warrants shall not be all the Warrants represented by the Warrant Certificate, a new Warrant Certificate is to be issued in the name of said undersigned for the balance remaining of the Warrants registered by said Warrant Certificate.

 

Dated:

 

 

 

 

 

Signature:

 

 

 

Notice:  The signature to the foregoing Assignment must correspond to the name as written upon the face of this security in every particular, without alteration or any change whatsoever; signature(s) must be guaranteed by an eligible guarantor institution (banks, stock brokers, savings and loan associations and credit unions with membership in an approved signature guarantee medallion program) pursuant to Securities and Exchange Commission Rule 17Ad-15.

 

Pursuant to the terms of Section 8 of the Warrant to which this Assignment pertains, this Assignment shall be null and void and of no force or effect unless a duly authorized officer of the Company indicates the Company’s consent to this Assignment by signing below:

 

Spescom Software Inc. hereby consents to the sale, assignment and transfer unto                                                   the within Warrant Certificate, together with all right, title and interest therein.

 

 

SPESCOM SOFTWARE INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

 

Title: