-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, RiHBvhbYX40+ETYcFasSWlfVeI92BJaZzr0C/CrTQ2NtvU0rM4E6ykbHEts6y/ZZ OX5tu9VqNLb597cxHUEy/g== 0001193125-08-078766.txt : 20080410 0001193125-08-078766.hdr.sgml : 20080410 20080410124648 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-08-078766 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-A12B PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 FILED AS OF DATE: 20080410 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20080410 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: CRESUD INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001034957 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: AGRICULTURE PRODUCTION - CROPS [0100] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 FISCAL YEAR END: 0630 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-A12B SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-29190 FILM NUMBER: 08749422 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: AV ROQUE SAENZ PENA 832 STREET 2: 8TH FL CITY: BUENOS AIRES ARGENTINA STATE: C1 ZIP: 1388 BUSINESS PHONE: 5413287808 8-A12B 1 d8a12b.htm FORM 8-A Form 8-A

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

Form 8-A

FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES

PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR 12(g) OF

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

CRESUD SOCIEDAD ANÓNIMA COMERCIAL, INMOBILIARIA,

FINANCIERA Y AGROPECUARIA

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

The Republic of Argentina

(State of incorporation or organization)

Not applicable

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

Moreno 877, 23rd Floor, (C1091AAQ)

Buenos Aires, Argentina

+54 (11) 4814-7800

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act:

 

Title of each class to be so registered:

 

Name of each exchange on which each class

is to be registered:

Warrants, exercisable for Common Shares   The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12 (b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c), check the following box:  x

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12 (g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d), check the following box.  ¨

Securities Act Registration statement file number to which this form relates: 333-146011

Securities to be Registered Pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act:

 

 

 


Item 1. Description of Registrant’s Securities to be Registered.

On March 19, 2008 and March 25, 2008, Cresud Sociedad Anónima Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria (the “Registrant”) issued an aggregate of 180,000,000 warrants (“Warrants”) to purchase 60,000,000 common shares of the Registrant, par value Ps. 1.00 (the “Common Shares”). Each Warrant entitles its holder to purchase 0.33333333 Common Shares for an exercise price of US$1.68 per Common Share. A more detailed description of the Warrants is contained in a prospectus, constituting part of the Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No.1 to its Registration Statement on Form F-3 (File No. 333-146011) filed under Rule 462(c) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, on March 12, 2008 (such prospectus, the “Prospectus”). The description of the Warrants contained in the Prospectus under the heading “Description of the Warrants” is hereby incorporated by reference into this Form 8-A. Copies of such description will be filed with the NASDAQ Stock Market LLC.

 

Item 2. Exhibits.

The securities described herein are to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended on an exchange on which other securities of the Registrant are currently registered.

 

3.1    By-laws (Estatutos) of the Registrant, which serve as the Registrant’s articles of incorporation and by-laws, and an English translation thereof (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form F-1 (File No. 333-06548) filed with the SEC on March 3, 1997).
4.1    Form of Deposit Agreement among the Registrant, the Bank of New York, as Depositary, and the holders from time to time of American Depositary Receipts issued thereunder (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form F-1 (File No. 333-06548) filed with the SEC on March 3, 1997).
4.2    Warrant Agreement dated as of March 19, 2008 among the Registrant, The Bank of New York, as warrant agent, and Banco Santander Río S.A., as representative of the warrant agent in Argentina (including a form of the Warrants).

 

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Exchange Act, the Registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.

 

Cresud S.A.C.I.F. y A
By:   /s/ Eduardo S. Elsztain
 

Eduardo S. Elsztain

Chairman of the Board of Directors

(Principal Executive Officer)

Date: April 10, 2008

 

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EX-4.2 2 dex42.htm WARRANT AGREEMENT Warrant Agreement

Exhibit 4.2

EXECUTION COPY

CRESUD SOCIEDAD ANÓNIMA COMERCIAL,

INMOBILIARIA, FINANCIERA Y AGROPECUARIA

and

THE BANK OF NEW YORK,

as Warrant Agent

and

BANCO SANTANDER RÍO S.A.,

as Representative of the Warrant Agent in Argentina

 

 

WARRANT AGREEMENT

Dated as of March 19, 2008


Table of Contents

 

          Page
SECTION 1.    Certain Definitions    1
SECTION 2.    Issuance, Form, Execution, Delivery and Registration of Warrant Certificates.    3
SECTION 3.    Terms of Warrants; Exercise of Warrants    10
SECTION 4.    Payment of Taxes    11
SECTION 5.    Reservation of Warrant Shares    11
SECTION 6.    Obtaining Stock Exchange Listings    12
SECTION 7.    Adjustment of Exercise Price and Number of Warrant Shares Issuable    12
SECTION 8.    Statement on Warrants    19
SECTION 9.    Fractional Interest    19
SECTION 10.    When Adjustment Not Required    19
SECTION 11.    Escrow of Warrant Stock    19
SECTION 12.    Challenge to Good Faith Determination    20
SECTION 13.    Treasury Stock    20
SECTION 14.    Notices to Warrant Holders    20
SECTION 15.    Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Change of Name of Warrant Agent    21
SECTION 16.    Warrant Agent and Representative of the Warrant Agent in Argentina    21
SECTION 17.    Resignation and Removal of Warrant Agent; Appointment of Successor    26
SECTION 18.    Registration    28
SECTION 19.    Reports    28
SECTION 20.    Notices to Company and Warrant Agent    29
SECTION 21.    Supplements and Amendments    30
SECTION 22.    Severability    30

 

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SECTION 23.    Successors    30
SECTION 24.    Termination    30
SECTION 25.    Governing Law    30
SECTION 26.    Benefits of This Agreement    31
SECTION 27.    Entire Agreement    31
SECTION 28.    Counterparts    32
EXHIBIT A       A-1
EXHIBIT B       B-1

 

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WARRANT AGREEMENT dated as of March 19, 2008 (this “Agreement”) among Cresud Sociedad Anónima Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera Y Agropecuaria, an Argentine corporation (the “Company”), The Bank of New York, as warrant agent (the “Warrant Agent”) and Banco Santander Río S.A., a bank duly incorporated under the laws of Argentina, as Representative of the Warrant Agent in Argentina (the “Representative of the Warrant Agent in Argentina”).

WHEREAS, the Company proposes to issue warrants, as hereinafter described (the “Warrants”), to purchase shares of its Common Stock (as defined below), in connection with the exercise of rights by holders of its shares of Common Stock (“Common Share Rights”) and American Depositary Shares (“ADSs”, each of which represents 10 shares of Common Stock) (“ADS Rights” and together with the Common Share Rights, the “Rights”).

WHEREAS, each share of Common Stock held of record at 6:00 p.m. (Buenos Aires, Argentina time) on February 27, 2008 entitles its holder to one Common Share Right. Each Common Share Right will entitle its holder to subscribe for 0.561141 new shares of Common Stock and to receive free of charge, for each new share of Common Stock that it purchases pursuant to such offer, one Warrant to purchase 0.33333333 additional shares of Common Stock.

WHEREAS, each ADS held of record at 5:00 p.m., New York City time on February 27, 2008 entitles its holder to one ADS Right. Each ADS Right will entitle its holder to subscribe for 0.561141 new ADSs and to receive free of charge, for each new ADS that it purchases pursuant to such offer, 10 Warrants, each of which will entitle such holder to purchase 0.33333333 additional shares of Common Stock.

WHEREAS, the Company desires the Warrant Agent to act on behalf of the Company, and the Warrant Agent is willing so to act, in connection with the issuance of Warrant Certificates (as defined below) and other matters as provided herein.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual agreements herein set forth, and for the purpose of defining the respective rights and obligations of the Company, the Warrant Agent and the Holders (as defined below), the parties hereto agree as follows:

SECTION 1. Certain Definitions. The following terms shall have the following respective meanings:

“Affiliate” of any Person means any Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such Person. For purposes of this definition, “control” when used with respect to any Person means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise, and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

“Capital Stock” means any and all shares, interests, participations, warrants, options, rights or other equivalents of or interests in (however designated and whether voting or non-voting) corporate stock of a corporation and any and all equivalent ownership interests in a Person (other than a corporation), in each case whether outstanding on the date of issuance of the Rights or thereafter issued, including any preferred stock.


“Commission” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

“Common Stock” of any Person means Capital Stock of such Person that does not rank prior, as to the payment of dividends or as to the distribution of assets upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of such Person, to shares of Capital Stock of any other class of such Person.

“Company” means Cresud Sociedad Anónima Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria, an Argentine corporation, and its successors and assigns.

“Convertible Securities” mean any shares of stock or securities which are convertible or exchangeable, either immediately or upon the occurrence of a specified date or a specified event, for shares of Common Stock.

“Distribution” has the meaning specified in Section 7(c).

“DTC” means The Depository Trust Company, a New York Corporation.

“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (or any successor act), and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

“Exercisability Period” means, with respect to any Warrant, the six-day period from and including the 17th through the 22nd day of each February, May, September and November (to the extent such dates are business days in New York City and in the City of Buenos Aires), commencing with such period from and including May 17 through to May 22, 2008 and expiring on the Expiration Date.

“Exercise Price” means the purchase price per share of Common Stock to be paid upon the exercise of each Warrant in accordance with the terms hereof, which price shall initially be US$1.68 per share, subject to adjustment from time to time pursuant to Section 7.

“Expiration Date” means, with respect to any Warrant, 5:00 p.m., New York City Time on May 22, 2015.

“Expiration Time” means the last time tenders or exchanges may be made pursuant to a tender or exchange offer.

“Holder” means the registered holder of a Warrant.

“Majority Holders” means the Holders of Warrants exercisable for in excess of 50% of the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock then receivable upon exercise of all Warrants, whether or not then exercisable.

 

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“Issue Dates” mean March 19, 2008 and March 25, 2008, which are the dates upon which the shares of Common Stock and ADSs will be delivered in connection with the exercise of the Rights.

“Nasdaq Global Select Market” means the Nasdaq Global Select Market.

“Officers’ Certificate” means, with respect to the Company, a certificate signed by any two of the Chairman, the First Vice Chairman, the Second Vice Chairman, the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Administrative Officer, the Chief Financial Officer or two officers of the Company (including any respective Attorney in Fact) duly authorized in writing to take actions on behalf of the Company (as applicable) and delivered to the Warrant Agent.

“Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, government or any agency or political subdivision thereof or any other entity.

“Purchased Shares” has the meaning specified in Section 7(e).

“SEC Reports” has the meaning specified in Section 19(a).

“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

“Time of Determination” has the meaning specified in Section 7(g).

“Transfer Agent” has the meaning specified in Section 5.

“Warrant Agent” has the meaning specified in the recitals above.

“Warrant Agent Office” has the meaning specified in Section 2.10.

“Warrant Certificates” means the certificates evidencing the Warrants to be delivered pursuant to this Agreement, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto.

“Warrants” has the meaning specified in the recitals above.

“Warrant Shares” has the meaning specified in Section 2.1.

SECTION 2. Issuance, Form, Execution, Delivery and Registration of Warrant Certificates.

2.1. Issuance of Warrants. Warrants shall be originally issued on the Issue Dates. Each Warrant Certificate shall evidence the number of Warrants specified therein, and each Warrant evidenced thereby shall represent the right, subject to the provisions contained herein and therein, to purchase from the Company at the Exercise Price (and the Company shall issue and sell to such Holder of the Warrant) 0.33333333 fully paid and non-assessable shares of the Company’s Common Stock during the Exercisability Period (the shares purchasable upon exercise of a Warrant being hereinafter referred to as the “Warrant Shares” and, where appropriate, such term shall also mean the other securities or property purchasable and

 

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deliverable upon exercise of a Warrant as provided in Section 7 at the price specified herein and therein, in each case subject to adjustment as provided herein and therein). Each Holder may, in its sole discretion, convert the shares into ADRs according to the terms of the Deposit Agreement between the Company and the Depositary (as defined below) dated as of March 18, 1997.

2.2. Form of Warrant Certificates. The Warrant Certificates will initially be issued either (i) in global form (the “Global Warrants”), substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto (including the DTC legend thereon) or (ii) in registered form as non-global definitive Warrant Certificates (the “Definitive Warrants”), substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto (but excluding the DTC legend thereon). Such Global Warrants and Definitive Warrants shall represent such of the outstanding Warrants as shall be specified therein, and each shall provide that it shall represent the aggregate amount of outstanding Warrants from time to time endorsed thereon, and that the aggregate amount of outstanding Warrants represented thereby may from time to time be decreased or increased, as appropriate. Any endorsement of a Global Warrant or a Definitive Warrant to reflect the amount of any increase or decrease in the amount of outstanding Warrants represented thereby shall be made by the Depositary (as defined below) in the case of a Global Warrant in accordance with written instructions given by the Holder thereof. DTC shall act as the Depositary (the “Depositary”) with respect to the Global Warrants until a successor shall be appointed by the Company. Upon written request, and subject to Section 2.8, a Holder may receive from the Warrant Agent Definitive Warrants as set forth in Section 2.8.

2.3. Execution of Warrant Certificates. The Warrant Certificates shall be executed on behalf of the Company by any two of the Chairman, the First Vice Chairman, the Second Vice Chairman, the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Administrative Officer, the Chief Financial Officer or two officers of the Company (including any respective Attorney in Fact) duly authorized in writing to take actions on behalf of the Company (as applicable). Such signatures may be the manual or facsimile signatures of the present or any future such officers. Typographical and other minor errors or defects in any such signature shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any Warrant Certificate that has been duly countersigned and delivered by the Warrant Agent.

In case any officer of the Company who shall have signed any of the Warrant Certificates shall cease to be such officer before the Warrant Certificate so signed shall be countersigned and delivered by the Warrant Agent or disposed of by the Company, such Warrant Certificate nevertheless may be countersigned and delivered or disposed of as though the Person who signed such Warrant Certificate had not ceased to be such officer of the Company; and any Warrant Certificate may be signed on behalf of the Company by such Persons as, at the actual date of the execution of such Warrant Certificate, shall be the proper officers of the Company, although at the date of the execution and delivery of this Agreement any such Person was not such an officer.

2.4. Countersignature and Delivery. Subject to the following paragraph, Warrant Certificates shall be countersigned by manual signature and dated the date of countersignature by the Warrant Agent and shall not be valid for any purpose unless so countersigned and dated. The Warrant Certificates shall be numbered and shall be registered in the Warrant Register (as defined in Section 2.7).

 

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Upon the receipt by the Warrant Agent of a written order of the Company set forth in an Officers’ Certificate and shall specify the amount of Warrants to be countersigned, whether the Warrants are to be Global Warrants or Definitive Warrants, the date of such Warrants, the names, addresses and tax identification numbers, if any, of those Persons in whose name such Warrants shall be registered, and such other information as the Warrant Agent may reasonably request, without any further action by the Company, the Warrant Agent is authorized, upon receipt from the Company at any time and from time to time of the aforementioned Officers’ Certificate and the Warrant Certificates, duly executed as provided in Section 2.3, to countersign, if applicable, the Warrant Certificates and deliver them. Any such countersignature shall be by a duly authorized signatory of the Warrant Agent (although it shall not be necessary for the same signatory to sign all Warrant Certificates).

In case any authorized signatory of the Warrant Agent who shall have countersigned any of the Warrant Certificates shall cease to be such authorized signatory before the Warrant Certificate shall be disposed of by the Company, such Warrant Certificate nevertheless may be delivered or disposed of as though the Person who countersigned such Warrant Certificate had not ceased to be such authorized signatory of the Warrant Agent; and any Warrant Certificate may be countersigned on behalf of the Warrant Agent by such Persons as, at the actual time of countersignature of such Warrant Certificates, shall be the duly authorized signatories of the Warrant Agent, although at the time of the execution and delivery of this Agreement any such Person is not such an authorized signatory.

The Warrant Agent’s countersignature on all Warrant Certificates shall be in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit A hereto.

2.5. Temporary Warrant Certificates. Pending the preparation of definitive Warrant Certificates, the Company may execute, and the Warrant Agent shall countersign and deliver, temporary Warrant Certificates, which are printed, lithographed, typewritten or otherwise produced, substantially of the tenor of the definitive Warrant Certificates in lieu of which they are issued and with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as the officers executing such Warrant Certificates may determine, as evidenced by their execution of such Warrant Certificates.

If temporary Warrant Certificates are issued, the Company will cause definitive Warrant Certificates to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive Warrant Certificates, the temporary Warrant Certificates shall be exchangeable for definitive Warrant Certificates upon surrender of the temporary Warrant Certificates at any office or agency maintained by the Company for that purpose pursuant to Section 2.10. Subject to the provisions of Section 4, such exchange shall be without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Warrant Certificates, the Company shall execute, and the Warrant Agent shall countersign and deliver in exchange therefor, one or more definitive Warrant Certificates representing in the aggregate a like number of Warrants. Until so exchanged, the Holder of a temporary Warrant Certificate shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Agreement as a Holder of a definitive Warrant Certificate.

2.6. [Intentionally omitted]

 

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2.7. Registration. The Company will keep, at the office or agency maintained by the Company for such purpose, a register or registers in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall provide for the registration of, and registration of transfer and exchange of, Warrants as provided in Sections 2.8 and 2.9. Each Person designated by the Company from time to time as a Person authorized to register the transfer and exchange of the Warrants is hereinafter called, individually and collectively, the “Registrar.” The Company hereby initially appoints the Warrant Agent as Registrar. Upon written notice to the Warrant Agent and any acting Registrar, the Company may appoint a successor Registrar for such purposes.

The Company will at all times designate one Person (who may be the Company and who need not be a Registrar) to act as repository of a master list of names and addresses of the Holders of Warrants (the “Warrant Register”). The Warrant Agent will act as such repository unless and until some other Person is, by written notice from the Company to the Warrant Agent and the Registrar, designated by the Company to act as such. In the event the Registrar is not the repository, the Company shall cause the Registrar to furnish to such repository, on a current basis, such information as to all registrations of transfer and exchanges effected by the Registrar, as may be necessary to enable such repository to maintain the Warrant Register on as current a basis as is practicable.

2.8. Registration of Transfers and Exchanges.

(a) Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Warrants. When Definitive Warrants are presented to the Warrant Agent with a request: (i) to register the transfer of the Definitive Warrants; or (ii) to exchange such Definitive Warrants for an equal number of Definitive Warrants of other authorized denominations, the Warrant Agent shall register the transfer or make the exchange as requested if the requirements under this Agreement as set forth in this Section 2.8 for such transactions are met; provided, however, that the Definitive Warrants presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instruction of transfer in the form of Exhibit B hereto and satisfactory to the Company, duly executed by the Holder thereof or by his attorney, duly authorized in writing.

(b) Restrictions on Transfer of a Definitive Warrant for a Beneficial Interest in a Global Warrant. A Definitive Warrant may not be exchanged for a beneficial interest in a Global Warrant except upon satisfaction of the requirements set forth below. Upon receipt by the Warrant Agent of a Definitive Warrant, duly endorsed or accompanied by the instrument of transfer, attached hereto as Exhibit B in form satisfactory to the Company, together with written instructions directing the Warrant Agent to make, or to direct the Depositary to make, an endorsement on the Global Warrant to reflect an increase in the aggregate amount of the Warrants represented by the Global Warrant, the Warrant Agent shall cancel such Definitive Warrant and cause, or direct the Depositary to cause, in accordance with the standing instructions and procedures existing between the Depositary and the Warrant Agent, the number of Warrants represented by the Global Warrant to be increased accordingly. If no Global Warrant is then outstanding, the Company shall issue and the Warrant Agent shall countersign a new Global Warrant in the appropriate amount.

 

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(c) Transfer and Exchange of Global Warrants. The transfer and exchange of Global Warrants or beneficial interests therein shall be effected through the Depositary, in accordance with this Agreement (including the restrictions on transfer set forth herein) and the procedures of the Depositary therefor.

(d) Transfer of a Beneficial Interest in a Global Warrant for a Definitive Warrant.

 

  (i) Any Person having a beneficial interest in a Global Warrant may upon written request exchange such beneficial interest for a Definitive Warrant. Upon receipt by the Warrant Agent of written instructions or such other form of instructions as is customary for the Depositary from the Depositary or its nominee on behalf of any Person having a beneficial interest in a Global Warrant and upon receipt by the Warrant Agent of a written order or such other form of instructions as is customary for the Depositary or the Person designated by the Depositary as having such a beneficial interest containing registration instructions, the Warrant Agent will cause, in accordance with the standing instructions and procedures existing between the Depositary and the Warrant Agent, the aggregate amount of the Global Warrant to be reduced and, following such reduction, the Company will execute and, upon receipt of a countersignature order in the form of an Officers’ Certificate, the Warrant Agent will authenticate and deliver to the transferee a Definitive Warrant.

 

  (ii) Definitive Warrants issued in exchange for a beneficial interest in a Global Warrant pursuant to this Section 2.8(d) shall be registered in such names and in such authorized denominations as the Depositary, pursuant to instructions from its direct or indirect participants or otherwise, shall instruct the Warrant Agent in writing. The Warrant Agent shall make available such Definitive Warrants to the Persons in whose names such Warrants are so registered.

(e) Restrictions on Transfer and Exchange of Global Warrants. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement (other than the provisions set forth in subsection (f) of this Section 2.8), a Global Warrant may not be transferred as a whole except by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary or by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or another nominee of the Depositary or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary.

(f) Countersignature of Definitive Warrants in Absence of Depositary. If at any time:

 

  (i) the Depositary for the Warrants notifies the Company that the Depositary is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for the Global Warrant and a successor Depositary for the Global Warrant is not appointed by the Company within 90 days after delivery of such notice; or

 

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  (ii) the Company, at its sole discretion, notifies the Warrant Agent in writing that it elects to cause the issuance of Definitive Warrants in place of the Global Warrant under this Agreement;

then the Company will execute, and the Warrant Agent, upon receipt of an Officers’ Certificate requesting the countersignature and delivery of Definitive Warrants, will authenticate and deliver Definitive Warrants, in an aggregate number equal to the aggregate number of Warrants represented by the Global Warrant, in exchange for such Global Warrant.

(g) Cancellation and/or Adjustment of a Global Warrant. At such time as all beneficial interests in a Global Warrant have either been exchanged for Definitive Warrants, redeemed, repurchased or cancelled, such Global Warrant shall be returned to or retained and cancelled by the Warrant Agent. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any beneficial interest in a Global Warrant is exchanged for Definitive Warrants, redeemed, repurchased or cancelled, the number of Warrants represented by such Global Warrant shall be reduced and an endorsement shall be made on such Global Warrant, by the Warrant Agent to reflect such reduction.

(h) Obligations with Respect to Transfers and Exchanges of Definitive Warrants.

 

  (i) To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Company shall deliver to the Warrant Agent, upon execution of this Agreement and from time to time thereafter, sufficient inventory of executed Definitive Warrants and Global Warrants.

 

  (ii) All Definitive Warrants and Global Warrants issued upon any registration, transfer or exchange of Definitive Warrants or Global Warrants shall be the valid obligations of the Company, entitled to the same benefits under this Agreement as the Definitive Warrants or Global Warrants surrendered upon the registration of transfer or exchange.

 

  (iii) Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer of any Warrant, the Warrant Agent and the Company may deem and treat the Person in whose name any Warrant is registered as the absolute owner of such Warrant, and neither the Warrant Agent nor the Company shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

(i) General. The Warrant Agent shall be under no duty to monitor compliance with any federal, state or other securities laws.

2.9. Lost, Stolen, Destroyed, Defaced or Mutilated Warrant Certificates. Upon receipt by the Company and the Warrant Agent (or any agent of the Company or the Warrant Agent, if requested by the Company) of evidence satisfactory to them of the loss, theft, destruction, defacement, or mutilation of any Warrant Certificate and of indemnity satisfactory to them (which may include posting a bond) and, in the case of mutilation or defacement, upon surrender thereof to the Warrant Agent for cancellation, then, in the absence of notice to the Company or the Warrant Agent that such Warrant Certificate has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser or holder in due course, the Company shall execute, and an authorized signatory of the

 

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Warrant Agent shall manually countersign and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of the lost, stolen, destroyed, defaced or mutilated Warrant Certificate, a new Warrant Certificate representing a like number of Warrants, bearing a number or other distinguishing symbol not contemporaneously outstanding. Upon the issuance of any new Warrant Certificate under this Section, the Company may require the payment from the Holder of such Warrant Certificate of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, stamp tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Warrant Agent and the Registrar) in connection therewith. Every substitute Warrant Certificate executed and delivered pursuant to this Section in lieu of any lost, stolen or destroyed Warrant Certificate shall constitute an additional contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the lost, stolen or destroyed Warrant Certificate shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to the benefits of (but shall be subject to all the limitations of rights set forth in) this Agreement equally and proportionately with any and all other Warrant Certificates duly executed and delivered hereunder. The provisions of this Section 2.9 are exclusive with respect to the replacement of lost, stolen, destroyed, defaced or mutilated Warrant Certificates and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) any and all other rights or remedies notwithstanding any law or statute existing or hereafter enacted to the contrary with respect to the replacement of lost, stolen, destroyed, defaced or mutilated Warrant Certificates.

The Warrant Agent is hereby authorized to countersign in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, and deliver the new Warrant Certificates required pursuant to the provisions of this Section.

2.10. Offices for Exercise, etc. So long as any of the Warrants remain outstanding, the Company will designate and maintain in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York: (a) an office or agency where the Warrant Certificates may be presented for exercise, (b) an office or agency where the Warrant Certificates may be presented for registration of transfer and for exchange (including the exchange of temporary Warrant Certificates for definitive Warrant Certificates pursuant to Section 25), and (c) an office or agency where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Warrants or of this Agreement may be served (other than the types of demands or notices contemplated in Section 2.5 of this Agreement). The Company may from time to time change or rescind such designation, as it may deem desirable or expedient; provided, however, that an office or agency shall at all times be maintained in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, as provided in the first sentence of this Section. In addition to such office or offices or agency or agencies, the Company may from time to time designate and maintain one or more additional offices or agencies within or outside The City of New York, where Warrant Certificates may be presented for exercise or for registration of transfer or for exchange, and the Company may from time to time change or rescind such designation, as it may deem desirable or expedient. The Company will give to the Warrant Agent written notice of the location of any such office or agency and of any change of location thereof. The Company hereby designates the Warrant Agent at its corporate trust office in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York (the “Warrant Agent Office”), as the initial agency maintained for each such purpose. In case the Company shall fail to maintain any such office or agency or shall fail to give such notice of the location or of any change in the location thereof, presentations and demands may be made and notice may be served at the Warrant Agent Office, and the Company appoints the Warrant Agent as its agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.

 

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SECTION 3. Terms of Warrants; Exercise of Warrants. Subject to the terms of this Agreement, each Holder of a Warrant shall have the right, which may be exercised during the Exercisability Period, to receive from the Company the number of fully paid and nonassessable Warrant Shares which the Holder may at the time be entitled to receive on exercise of such Warrants and payment of the Exercise Price then in effect for such Warrant Shares. Each Warrant not exercised prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Expiration Date shall become void, and all rights thereunder and all rights in respect thereof under this Agreement shall cease as of such time. No adjustments as to dividends will be made upon exercise of the Warrants.

Each Warrant may be exercised at any time during the Exercisability Period for such Warrant, upon surrender to the Company at the Warrant Agent Office of the certificate or certificates evidencing the Warrant to be exercised with the form of election to purchase on the reverse thereof duly filled in and signed, which signature shall be guaranteed by a member of the “Medallion System” or, in Argentina, notarized by a public notary, and upon payment in U.S. dollars to the Warrant Agent for the account of the Company of the Exercise Price, as adjusted as herein provided, for each of the Warrant Shares in respect of which such Warrant is then exercised. In the case of a Global Warrant, the DTC participant holding the interest through the Depositary shall present a duly completed and signed election to purchase to the Company at the Warrant Agent Office along with payment in U.S. dollars to the Warrant Agent for the account of the Company of the Exercise Price, as adjusted as herein provided, for each of the Warrant Shares in respect of which such Warrant is then exercised; provided that, subject to the requirements of the Depositary, such election to purchase may be completed by or on behalf of a DTC participant of such Depositary with an interest in the Global Warrant registered in the name of such Depositary or its nominee, as the case may be, and a DTC participant shall be entitled (subject to the provisions of the Global Warrant) to deliver or cause to be delivered to the Warrant Agent, at its own expense, a duly completed election to purchase. If payment in U.S. dollars as provided in this Section 3 is legally prevented in Argentina, Holders of Warrants will be entitled to pay the Exercise Price directly to the Company, in Argentine Pesos in an amount equal to the Argentine Peso equivalent of the U.S. dollar Exercise Price of the Warrants determined on the basis of the seller’s reference exchange rate (tipo de cambio vendedor published by Banco de la Nación Argentina, or if such information is not available, by Bloomberg, for the purchase of Argentina Pesos in exchange for U.S. dollars on the business day preceding the payment date of the Exercise Price of the Warrants. The Warrant Agent shall have no liability or responsibility with respect to the determination of the exchange rate for the Exercise Price payable in Argentine Pesos or whether any such amounts have been paid.

Subject to the provisions of Section 4, upon surrender of Warrants and payment of the Exercise Price as provided above, the Warrant Agent shall thereupon promptly notify the Company, and the Company shall transfer to the Holder of such Warrant Certificate appropriate evidence of ownership of any Warrant Shares or other securities or property (including any money) to which the Holder is entitled, registered or otherwise placed in, or payable to the order of, such name or names as may be directed in writing by the Holder, and shall deliver such evidence of ownership and any other securities or property (including any money) to the Person or Persons entitled to receive the same, together with an amount in cash in lieu of any fraction of a share as provided in Section 9. Any such evidence of ownership shall be deemed to have been issued and any Person so designated to be named therein shall be deemed to have become a Holder of record of such Warrant Shares as of the date of the surrender of such Warrants and payment of the Exercise Price.

 

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The Warrants shall be exercisable during the Exercisability Period, at the election of the Holders thereof, either in full or from time to time in part and, in the event that a certificate evidencing Warrants is exercised in respect of fewer than all of the Warrant Shares issuable on such exercise at any time prior to the date of expiration of the Warrants, a new certificate evidencing the remaining Warrant or Warrants will be issued, and the Warrant Agent is hereby irrevocably authorized to countersign and to deliver the required new Warrant Certificate or Certificates pursuant to the provisions of this Section and of Section 2.3, and the Company, whenever required by the Warrant Agent, will supply the Warrant Agent with Warrant Certificates duly executed on behalf of the Company for such purpose.

All Warrant Certificates surrendered for the purpose of exercise (in whole or in part), exchange, substitution or transfer shall, if surrendered to the Company or to any of its agents, be delivered to the Warrant Agent for cancellation or in cancelled form, or if surrendered to the Warrant Agent shall be cancelled by it, and no Warrant Certificates shall be issued in lieu thereof except as expressly permitted by any of the provisions of this Agreement. If the Company purchases or acquires Warrants and if the Company so chooses, the Company may deliver to the Warrant Agent for cancellation and retirement, and the Warrant Agent shall so cancel and retire, the Warrant Certificates evidencing said Warrants. The Warrant Agent shall destroy such cancelled Warrant Certificates, and in such case shall upon the written request of the Company deliver a certificate of destruction thereof to the Company. The Warrant Agent shall account promptly to the Company with respect to Warrants exercised and concurrently pay to the Company all monies received by the Warrant Agent for the purchase of the Warrant Shares through the exercise of such Warrants.

The Warrant Agent shall keep copies of this Agreement and any notices given or received hereunder by or from the Company available for inspection by the Holders during normal business hours at its office. The Company shall supply the Warrant Agent from time to time with such numbers of copies of this Agreement as the Warrant Agent may request.

SECTION 4. Payment of Taxes. The Company will pay all Argentine documentary stamp taxes attributable to the initial issuance of the Warrants and the Warrant Shares issuable upon the exercise of Warrants; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to pay any tax or taxes which may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issue of any Warrant Certificates or any certificates for Warrant Shares in a name other than that of the Holder of a Warrant Certificate surrendered upon the exercise of a Warrant, and the Company shall not be required to issue or deliver such Warrant Certificates unless or until the Person or Persons requesting the issuance thereof shall have paid to the Company the amount of such tax or shall have established to the satisfaction of the Company that such tax has been paid.

SECTION 5. Reservation of Warrant Shares. The Company will at all times reserve and keep available, free from preemptive rights, out of the aggregate of its authorized but unissued Common Stock or its authorized and issued Common Stock held in its treasury, for the purpose of enabling it to satisfy any obligation to issue Warrant Shares upon exercise of Warrants, the maximum number of shares of Common Stock which may then be deliverable upon the exercise of all outstanding Warrants.

 

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The Company or, if appointed, the transfer agent for the Common Stock (the “Transfer Agent”) and every subsequent transfer agent for any shares of the Company’s Capital Stock issuable upon the exercise of any of the rights of purchase aforesaid will be irrevocably authorized and directed at all times to reserve such number of authorized shares as shall be required for such purpose. The Company will keep a copy of this Agreement on file with the Transfer Agent and with every subsequent transfer agent for any shares of the Company’s Capital Stock issuable upon the exercise of the rights of purchase represented by the Warrants. The Company shall notify the Warrant Agent in writing of the name and address of any Transfer Agent appointed by the Company. The Warrant Agent is hereby irrevocably authorized to requisition from time to time from such Transfer Agent the stock certificates required to honor outstanding Warrants upon exercise thereof in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. The Company will supply such Transfer Agent with duly executed certificates for such purposes and will provide or otherwise make available any cash which may be payable as provided in Section 9. The Company will furnish such Transfer Agent a copy of all notices of adjustments and certificates related thereto, transmitted to each Holder of the Warrants pursuant to Section 14.

Before taking any action which would cause an adjustment pursuant to Section 7 hereof to reduce the Exercise Price below the then par value (if any) of the Warrant Shares, the Company will take any corporate action which may, in the opinion of its counsel, be necessary in order that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and nonassessable Warrant Shares at the Exercise Price as so adjusted.

The Company covenants that all Warrant Shares which may be issued upon exercise of Warrants will, upon issue and payment of the Exercise Price therefor, be duly and validly issued, fully paid, nonassessable, free of preemptive rights and free from all taxes, liens, charges and security interests with respect to the issue thereof.

SECTION 6. Obtaining Stock Exchange Listings. The Company will from time to time take all action which may be necessary so that the Warrant Shares, immediately upon their issuance upon the exercise of Warrants, will be listed on the principal securities exchanges and markets (including, without limitation, the Nasdaq Global Select Market) within the United States of America, if any, on which other shares of Common Stock are then listed.

SECTION 7. Adjustment of Exercise Price and Number of Warrant Shares Issuable. If any corporate restructuring or action regarding the Company’s Common Stock is approved other than those mentioned in this Section 7 and which may have an impact on or represent a reduction of rights to the Holders of the Warrants, the Company will use its best efforts to negotiate with the Holders of the Warrants to set forth new exercise conditions, seeking to preserve the rights originally granted to the Warrants, their economic and corporate value, the amount of underlying shares and their Exercise Price. The Company shall notify the Warrant Agent in writing of any adjustment in the Exercise Price.

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(a) Stock Splits, Combinations, etc. In case the Company shall hereafter (A) pay a dividend or make a distribution on its Common Stock in shares of its Capital Stock (whether shares of Common Stock or of Capital Stock of any other class), (B) subdivide its outstanding shares of Common Stock or (C) combine its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, then (i) the number of shares of Capital Stock purchasable upon exercise of each Warrant immediately after the happening of such event shall be adjusted so that, after giving effect to such adjustment, the Holder of any Warrant thereafter exercised shall be entitled to receive the number of shares of Capital Stock of the Company which such Holder would have owned immediately following such action had such Warrant been exercised immediately prior thereto, and (ii) the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such action, shall be decreased to a price determined by multiplying the Exercise Price then in effect by a fraction (x) the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock purchasable upon the exercise of the Warrants immediately prior to such adjustment, and (y) the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock so purchasable immediately thereafter. An adjustment made pursuant to this paragraph shall become effective immediately after the record date in the case of a dividend and shall become effective immediately after the effective date in the case of a subdivision, combination or reclassification. If, as a result of an adjustment made pursuant to this paragraph, the Holder of any Warrant thereafter exercised shall become entitled to receive shares of two or more classes of Capital Stock of the Company, the Board of Directors of the Company (whose determination shall be conclusive) shall determine the allocation of the adjusted Exercise Price between or among shares of such classes of Capital Stock.

(b) Reclassification, Combinations, Mergers, etc. In case of any reclassification or change of outstanding shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants (other than as set forth in paragraph (a) above and other than a change in par value, or from par value to no par value, or from no par value to par value or as a result of a subdivision or combination), or in case of any consolidation or merger of the Company with or into another corporation (other than a merger in which the Company is the continuing corporation and which does not result in any reclassification or change of the then outstanding shares of Common Stock or other Capital Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants (other than a change in par value, or from par value to no par value, or from no par value to par value or as a result of a subdivision or combination)) or in case of any sale or conveyance to another corporation of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, then, as a condition of such reclassification, change, consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance, the Company or such a successor or purchasing corporation, as the case may be, shall forthwith make lawful and adequate provision whereby the Holder of such Warrant then outstanding shall have the right thereafter to receive on exercise of such Warrant the kind and amount of shares of stock and other securities and property receivable upon such reclassification, change, consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance by a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of such Warrant immediately prior to such reclassification, change, consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance and enter into a supplemental warrant agreement so providing. Such provisions shall include provision for adjustments which shall be as nearly equivalent as may be practicable to the adjustments provided for in this Section 7. If the issuer of securities deliverable upon exercise of Warrants under the supplemental warrant agreement is an Affiliate of the formed, surviving or transferee corporation, that issuer shall join in the supplemental warrant agreement. The above provisions of this paragraph (b) shall similarly apply to successive reclassifications and changes of shares of Common Stock and to successive consolidations, mergers, sales or conveyances.

 

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In case of any such reorganization, reclassification, merger, consolidation or disposition of assets, the successor or acquiring corporation (if other than the Company) shall expressly assume the due and punctual observance and performance of each and every covenant and condition of this Agreement to be performed and observed by the Company and all the obligations and liabilities hereunder, subject to such modifications as may be deemed appropriate (as determined by resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company) in order to provide for adjustments of shares of the Common Stock for which a Warrant is exercisable which shall be as nearly equivalent as practicable to the adjustments provided for in this Section 7. For purposes of this Section 7(b) “shares of stock and other securities” of a successor or acquiring corporation shall include stock of such corporation of any class which is not preferred as to dividends or assets over any other class of stock of such corporation and which is not subject to redemption and shall also include any evidences of indebtedness, shares of stock or other securities which are convertible into or exchangeable for any such stock, either immediately or upon the arrival of a specified date or the happening of a specified event and any Warrants or other rights to subscribe for or purchase any such stock. The foregoing provisions of this Section 7(b) shall similarly apply to successive reorganizations, reclassifications, mergers, consolidations or disposition of assets.

(c) Issuance of Options or Convertible Securities. In the event the Company shall, at any time or from time to time after the date hereof, issue, sell, distribute or otherwise grant in any manner (including by assumption) to all holders of the Common Stock any rights to subscribe for or to purchase, or any warrants or options for the purchase of, Common Stock or any stock or securities convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock (any such rights, warrants or options being herein called “Options” and any such convertible or exchangeable stock or securities being herein called “Convertible Securities”) or any Convertible Securities (other than upon exercise of any Option), whether or not such Options or the rights to convert or exchange such Convertible Securities are immediately exercisable, and the price per share at which Common Stock is issuable upon the exercise of such Options or upon the conversion or exchange of such Convertible Securities (determined by dividing (i) the aggregate amount, if any, received or receivable by the Company as consideration for the issuance, sale, distribution or granting of such Options or any such Convertible Security, plus the minimum aggregate amount of additional consideration, if any, payable to the Company upon the exercise of all such Options or upon conversion or exchange of all such Convertible Securities, plus, in the case of Options to acquire Convertible Securities, the minimum aggregate amount of additional consideration, if any, payable upon the conversion or exchange of all such Convertible Securities, by (ii) the total maximum number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of all such Options or upon the conversion or exchange of all such Convertible Securities or upon the conversion or exchange of all Convertible Securities issuable upon the exercise of all such Options) shall be less than the Current Market Price per share of Common Stock (determined pursuant to Section 7(g)) on the record date for the issuance, sale, distribution or granting of such Options (any such event being herein called a “Distribution”) then, effective upon such Distribution, the Exercise Price shall be reduced to the price (calculated to the nearest 1/1,000 of one cent) determined by multiplying the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such Distribution by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the sum of (i) the number of

 

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shares of Common Stock outstanding (exclusive of any treasury shares) immediately prior to such Distribution multiplied by the Current Market Price per share of Common Stock on the date of such Distribution plus (ii) the consideration, if any, received by the Company upon such Distribution, and the denominator of which shall be the product of (A) the total number of shares of Common Stock outstanding (exclusive of any treasury shares) immediately after such Distribution multiplied by (B) the Current Market Price per share of Common Stock on the record date for such Distribution. For purposes of the foregoing, the total maximum number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of all such Options or upon conversion or exchange of all such Convertible Securities or upon the conversion or exchange of the total maximum amount of the Convertible Securities issuable upon the exercise of all such Options shall be deemed to have been issued as of the date of such Distribution and thereafter shall be deemed to be outstanding and the Company shall be deemed to have received as consideration therefor such price per share, determined as provided above. Except as provided in paragraphs (k) and (l) below, no additional adjustment of the Exercise Price shall be made upon the actual exercise of such Options or upon conversion or exchange of the Convertible Securities or upon the conversion or exchange of the Convertible Securities issuable upon the exercise of such Options.

(d) Dividends and Distributions. In the event the Company shall, at any time or from time to time after the date hereof, distribute to all the holders of Common Stock any dividend as provided for under section 234 of the Argentine Corporation Law, in cash or other distribution of cash, evidences of its indebtedness, other securities or other properties or assets (in each case other than (i) dividends payable in Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities and (ii) any cash dividend from current or retained earnings), or any options, warrants or other rights to subscribe for or purchase any of the foregoing, that exceeds 3% of the Current Market Price (as defined in Section 7(g)), then (A) the Exercise Price shall be decreased to a price determined by multiplying the Exercise Price then in effect by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the Current Market Price per share of Common Stock on the record date for such distribution less the sum of (X) the cash portion, if any, of such distribution per share of Common Stock outstanding (exclusive of any treasury shares) on the record date for such distribution plus (Y) the then fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company) per share of Common Stock outstanding (exclusive of any treasury shares) on the record date for such distribution of that portion, if any, of such distribution consisting of evidences of indebtedness, other securities, properties, assets, options, warrants or subscription or purchase rights, and the denominator of which shall be such Current Market Price per share of Common Stock and (B) the number of shares of Common Stock purchasable upon the exercise of each Warrant shall be increased to a number determined by multiplying the number of shares of Common Stock so purchasable immediately prior to the record date for such distribution by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to the adjustment required by clause (A) of this sentence and the denominator of which shall be the Exercise Price in effect immediately after such adjustment. The adjustments required by this paragraph (d) shall be made whenever any such distribution occurs retroactive to the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such distribution.

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all or any portion of the Common Stock to the extent that the cash and value of any other consideration included in such payment per share of Common Stock exceeds the first reported sales price per share of Common Stock on the trading day next succeeding the Expiration Time, the Exercise Price shall be reduced so that the same shall equal the price determined by multiplying the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to the Expiration Time by a fraction the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding (including any tendered or exchanged shares) at the Expiration Time multiplied by the first reported sales price of the Common Stock on the trading day next succeeding the Expiration Time, and the denominator shall be the sum of (A) the fair market value (determined by the Board of Directors of the Company, whose determination shall be conclusive and described in a resolution of the Board of Directors) of the aggregate consideration payable to stockholders based on the acceptance (up to any maximum specified in the terms of the tender or exchange offer) of all shares validly tendered or exchanged and not withdrawn as of the Expiration Time (the shares deemed so accepted, up to any such maximum, being referred to as the “Purchased Shares”) and (B) the product of the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding (less any Purchased Shares) on the Expiration Time and the first reported sales price of the Common Stock on the trading day next succeeding the Expiration Time, such reduction to become effective immediately prior to the opening of business on the day following the Expiration Time.

(f) Issuance of Additional Shares of Common Stock. If at any time the Company shall (except as hereinafter provided) issue or sell any additional shares of Common Stock for consideration in an amount per additional share of Common Stock less than the Current Market Price, then the number of shares of Common Stock for which a Warrant is exercisable shall be adjusted to equal the product obtained by multiplying the number of shares of Common Stock for which a Warrant is exercisable immediately prior to such issue or sale by a fraction (A) the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such issue or sale, and (B) the denominator of which shall be the sum of (1) the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such issue or sale, and (2) the aggregate consideration received from the issuance or sale of the additional shares of Common Stock divided by the Current Market Price. For the purposes of this paragraph (f), the date as of which the Current Market Price per share of Common Stock shall be computed shall be the earlier of (a) the date on which the Company shall enter into a firm contract for the issuance of such additional shares of Common Stock or (b) the date of actual issuance of such additional shares of Common Stock. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no adjustment shall be made under this paragraph for issuances of shares of Common Stock (i) with respect to options issued under the Company’s stock options plans as currently in effect or (ii) upon exercise of the Warrants.

(g) Current Market Price. For the purpose of any computation of Current Market Price under this Section 7 and Section 9, the Current Market Price per share of Common Stock at any date shall be (x) for purposes of Section 9, the closing price on the business day immediately prior to the exercise of the applicable Warrant pursuant to Section 3 and (y) in all other cases, the average of the daily closing prices for the shorter of (i) the 20 consecutive trading days ending on the last full trading day on the exchange or market specified in the second succeeding sentence prior to the Time of Determination (as defined below) and (ii) the period commencing on the date next succeeding the first public announcement of the issuance, sale, distribution or granting in question through such last full trading day prior to the Time of

 

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Determination; provided that in the case of a firm commitment underwritten public offering, the Current Market Price shall mean the closing price of the Common Stock on the day of the pricing of such offering. The term “Time of Determination” as used herein shall be the time and date of the earlier to occur of (A) the date as of which the Current Market Price is to be computed and (B) the last full trading day on such exchange or market before the commencement of “ex-dividend” trading in the Common Stock relating to the event giving rise to the adjustment required by paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d). The closing price for any day shall be the last reported sale price regular way or, in case no such reported sale takes place on such day, the average of the closing bid and asked prices regular way for such day, in each case (1) on the Buenos Aires Stock Exchange (Bolsa de Comercio) or (2) if the Common Stock is not listed on the Buenos Aires Stock Exchange (Bolsa de Comercio) or a comparable system, selected from time to time in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company for that purpose. In the absence of all of the foregoing, or if for any other reason the Current Market Price per share cannot be determined pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this paragraph (g), the Current Market Price per share shall be the fair market value thereof as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company.

(h) Certain Distributions. If the Company shall pay a dividend or make any other distribution payable in Options or Convertible Securities, then, for purposes of paragraph (c) above, such Options or Convertible Securities shall be deemed to have been issued or sold without consideration.

(i) Consideration Received. If any shares of Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities shall be issued, sold or distributed for a consideration other than cash, the amount of the consideration other than cash received by the Company in respect thereof shall be deemed to be the then fair market value of such consideration (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company). If any Options shall be issued in connection with the issuance and sale of other securities of the Company, together comprising one integral transaction in which no specific consideration is allocated to such Options by the parties thereto, such Options shall be deemed to have been issued without consideration; provided, however, that if such Options have an exercise price equal to or greater than the Current Market Price of the Common Stock on the date of issuance of such Options, then such Options shall be deemed to have been issued for consideration equal to such exercise price.

(j) Deferral of Certain Adjustments. No adjustment to the Exercise Price (including the related adjustment to the number of shares of Common Stock purchasable upon the exercise of each Warrant) shall be required hereunder unless such adjustment, together with other adjustments carried forward as provided below, would result in an increase or decrease of at least two percent (2%) of the Exercise Price; provided that any adjustments which by reason of this paragraph (j) are not required to be made shall be carried forward and taken into account in any subsequent adjustment. No adjustment need be made for a change in the par value of the Common Stock. All calculations under this Section shall be made to the nearest 1/1,000 of one cent or to the nearest 1/1000th of a share, as the case may be.

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paragraph (c) above, or the rate at which any Convertible Securities referred to in paragraph (c) above are convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock shall change at any time (other than under or by reason of provisions designed to protect against dilution upon an event which results in a related adjustment pursuant to this Section 7), the Exercise Price then in effect and the number of shares of Common Stock purchasable upon the exercise of each Warrant shall forthwith be readjusted (effective only with respect to any exercise of any Warrant after such readjustment) to the Exercise Price and number of shares of Common Stock so purchasable that would then be in effect had the adjustment made upon the issuance, sale, distribution or granting of such Options or Convertible Securities been made based upon such changed purchase price, additional consideration or conversion rate, as the case may be, but only with respect to such Options and Convertible Securities as then remain outstanding.

(l) Expiration of Options and Convertible Securities. If, at any time after any adjustment to the number of shares of Common Stock purchasable upon the exercise of each Warrant shall have been made pursuant to paragraph (c) or (k) above or this paragraph (l), any Options or Convertible Securities shall have expired unexercised, the number of such shares so purchasable shall, upon such expiration, be readjusted and shall thereafter be such as they would have been had they been originally adjusted (or had the original adjustment not been required, as the case may be) as if (i) the only shares of Common Stock deemed to have been issued in connection with such Options or Convertible Securities were the shares of Common Stock, if any, actually issued or sold upon the exercise of such Options or Convertible Securities and (ii) such shares of Common Stock, if any, were issued or sold for the consideration actually received by the Company upon such exercise plus the aggregate consideration, if any, actually received by the Company for the issuance, sale, distribution or granting of all such Options or Convertible Securities, whether or not exercised; provided that no such readjustment shall have the effect of decreasing the number of such shares so purchasable by an amount (calculated by adjusting such decrease to account for all other adjustments made pursuant to this Section 7 following the date of the original adjustment referred to above) in excess of the amount of the adjustment initially made in respect of the issuance, sale, distribution or granting of such Options or Convertible Securities.

(m) Other Adjustments. In the event that at any time, as a result of an adjustment made pursuant to this Section 7, the Holders shall become entitled to receive any securities of the Company other than shares of Common Stock, thereafter the number of such other securities so receivable upon exercise of the Warrants and the Exercise Price applicable to such exercise shall be subject to adjustment from time to time in a manner and on terms as nearly equivalent as practicable to the provisions with respect to the shares of Common Stock contained in this Section 7.

(n) Other Action Affecting Common Stock. In case at any time or from time to time the Company shall take any action in respect of its Common Stock, other than any action described in this Section 7, then the number of shares of Common Stock or other stock for which a Warrant is exercisable and/or the Exercise Price shall be adjusted in such manner as may be equitable in the circumstances. If the Company shall at any time and from time to time issue or sell (i) any shares of any class of common stock other than Common Stock, (ii) any evidences of its indebtedness, shares of stock or other securities which are convertible into or exchangeable for such shares of common stock, with or without the payment of additional consideration in

 

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cash or property or (iii) any Warrants or other rights to subscribe for or purchase any such shares of common stock or any such evidences, shares of stock or other securities, then in each such case such issuance shall be deemed to be of, or in respect of, Common Stock for purposes of this Section 7; provided, however, that, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, if the Company shall take a record of the holders of its Common Stock for the purpose of entitling them to receive a dividend payable in, or other distribution of, common stock other than Common Stock, including shares of non-voting common stock, then the number of shares of Common Stock for which a Warrant is exercisable immediately after the occurrence of any such event shall be adjusted to equal the aggregate number of shares of such common stock and of Common Stock which a record holder of the same number of shares of Common Stock for which a Warrant is exercisable immediately prior to the occurrence of such event would own or be entitled to receive after the happening of such event.

SECTION 8. Statement on Warrants. Irrespective of any adjustment in the number or kind of shares issuable upon the exercise of the Warrants or the Exercise Price, warrants theretofore or thereafter issued may continue to express the same number and kind of shares as are stated in the Warrants initially issuable pursuant to this Agreement.

SECTION 9. Fractional Interest. The Company shall not be required to issue fractional shares of Common Stock on the exercise of Warrants. If more than one Warrant shall be presented for exercise in full at the same time by the same Holder, the number of full shares of Common Stock which shall be issuable upon such exercise shall be computed on the basis of the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock acquirable on exercise of the Warrants so presented. If any fraction of a share of Common Stock would be issuable on the exercise of any Warrant (or specified portion thereof), the Company shall direct the Transfer Agent to round down any Warrant exercise submitted for fractional, new shares of Common Stock to the nearest whole number of new shares of Common Stock. The Holders, by their acceptance of the Warrant Certificates, expressly waive any and all rights to receive any fraction of a share of Common Stock or a stock certificate representing a fraction of a share of Common Stock. As a result, Holders must exercise three Warrants to purchase each share of Common Stock.

SECTION 10. When Adjustment Not Required. If the Company shall take a record of the holders of its Common Stock for the purpose of entitling them to receive a dividend or distribution or subscription or purchase rights and shall, thereafter and before the distribution to stockholders thereof, legally abandon its plan to pay or deliver such dividend, distribution, subscription or purchase rights, then thereafter no adjustment shall be required by reason of the taking of such record and any such adjustment previously made in respect thereof shall be rescinded and annulled.

SECTION 11. Escrow of Warrant Stock. If after any property becomes distributable pursuant to Section 7 by reason of the taking of any record of the holders of Common Stock, but prior to the occurrence of the event for which such record is taken, and the Holder exercises a Warrant, any additional shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise by reason of such adjustment shall be deemed the last shares of Common Stock for which this Warrant is exercised (notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary herein) and such shares or other property shall be held in escrow for the Holder by the Company to be issued to the Holder upon and to the extent that the event actually takes place. Notwithstanding any other

 

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provision to the contrary herein, if the event for which such record was taken fails to occur or is rescinded, then such escrowed shares shall be cancelled by the Company and escrowed property returned.

SECTION 12. Challenge to Good Faith Determination. Whenever the Board of Directors of the Company shall be required to make a determination in good faith of the fair value of any item under Section 7, such determination may be challenged in good faith by the Majority Holders, and any dispute shall be resolved by an investment banking firm of national standing selected by the Company. The fee of such investment banking firm shall be paid by the Company, unless such fair market value as determined by the investment banking firm is more than 90% of the fair market value determined by the Board of Directors of the Company, in which case the challenging Holders shall be jointly and severally liable for such fee.

SECTION 13. Treasury Stock. The sale or other disposition of any issued shares of Common Stock owned or held by or for the account of the Company shall be deemed an issuance thereof and a repurchase thereof and designation of such shares as treasury stock shall be deemed to be a redemption thereof for the purposes of this Agreement.

SECTION 14. Notices to Warrant Holders. Upon any adjustment of the Exercise Price pursuant to Section 7, the Company shall promptly thereafter (i) cause to be filed with the Warrant Agent a certificate of a firm of independent public accountants of recognized standing selected by the Board of Directors of the Company (who may be the regular auditors of the Company) setting forth the Exercise Price after such adjustment and setting forth in reasonable detail the method of calculation and the facts upon which such calculations are based and setting forth the number of Warrant Shares (or portion thereof) issuable after such adjustment in the Exercise Price, upon exercise of a Warrant and payment of the adjusted Exercise Price, which certificate shall be conclusive evidence of the correctness of the matters set forth therein, and (ii) cause to be given to each of the registered Holders of the Warrant Certificates at his address appearing on the Warrant Register written notice of such adjustments by first-class mail, postage prepaid. The Warrant Agent shall be entitled to conclusively rely on the above-referenced accountant’s certificate and shall be under no duty or responsibility with respect to any such certificate, except to exhibit the same from time to time to any Holder desiring an inspection thereof during normal business hours upon reasonable notice. The Warrant Agent shall not at any time be under any duty or responsibility to any Holder to determine whether any facts exist that may require any adjustment of the number of shares of Common Stock or other stock or property issuable on exercise of the Warrants or the Exercise Price, or with respect to the nature or extent of any such adjustment when made, or with respect to the method employed in making such adjustment or the validity or value (or the kind or amount) of any shares of Common Stock or other stock or property which may be issuable on exercise of the Warrants. The Warrant Agent shall not be responsible for any failure of the Company to make any cash payment or to issue, transfer or deliver any shares of Common Stock or stock certificates or other common stock or property upon the exercise of any Warrant.

The Company shall, in addition, promptly notify the Holders of the Warrants of any determination of its Board of Directors pursuant to Section 7(n) that any actions affecting its Common Stock will not require an adjustment to the Exercise Price or the number of shares for which a Warrant is exercisable, and shall specify in such notice the reasons for such

 

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determination. In the event that the Majority Holders shall challenge any of the calculations set forth in such notice within 20 days after the Company’s delivery thereof, the Company shall retain a firm of independent certified public accountants of national standing selected by the Company to prepare and execute a certificate verifying that no adjustment is required. The Company shall promptly cause a signed copy of any certificate prepared pursuant to this Section 14 to be delivered to each Holder in accordance with Section 20. The Company shall keep at its office or agency designated pursuant to Section 2.10 copies of all such certificates and cause the same to be available for inspection at said office during normal business hours upon reasonable notice by any Holder or any prospective purchaser of a Warrant designated by a Holder thereof.

SECTION 15. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Change of Name of Warrant Agent. Any corporation into which the Warrant Agent may be merged, converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Warrant Agent shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to the business of the Warrant Agent, shall be the successor to the Warrant Agent hereunder without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto, provided that such corporation would be eligible for appointment as a successor warrant agent under the provisions of Section 17. In case at the time such successor to the Warrant Agent shall succeed to the agency created by this Agreement, and in case at that time any of the Warrant Certificates shall have been countersigned but not delivered, any such successor to the Warrant Agent may adopt the countersignature of the original Warrant Agent; and in case at that time any of the Warrant Certificates shall not have been countersigned, any successor to the Warrant Agent may countersign such Warrant Certificates either in the name of the predecessor Warrant Agent or in the name of the successor to the Warrant Agent; and in all such cases such Warrant Certificates shall have the full force and effect provided in the Warrant Certificates and in this Agreement.

In case at any time the name of the Warrant Agent shall be changed and at such time any of the Warrant Certificates shall have been countersigned but not delivered, the Warrant Agent whose name has been changed may adopt the countersignature under its prior name, and in case at that time any of the Warrant Certificates shall not have been countersigned, the Warrant Agent may countersign such Warrant Certificates either in its prior name or in its changed name, and in all such cases such Warrant Certificates shall have the full force and effect provided in the Warrant Certificates and in this Agreement.

SECTION 16. Warrant Agent and Representative of the Warrant Agent in Argentina.

16.1. The Warrant Agent undertakes to perform only the duties and obligations imposed by this Agreement upon the following terms and conditions, by all of which the Company and the Holders of Warrants, by their acceptance thereof, shall be bound, and no implied covenants or conditions shall be read into this Agreement against the Warrant Agent:

(a) The statements contained herein and in the Warrant Certificates shall be taken as statements of the Company and the Warrant Agent assumes no responsibility for the correctness of any of the same. The Warrant Agent assumes no responsibility with respect to the distribution of the Warrant Certificates except as herein otherwise provided.

 

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(b) The Warrant Agent shall not be responsible for any failure of the Company to comply with any of the covenants contained in this Agreement or in the Warrant Certificates to be complied with by the Company.

(c) The Warrant Agent may consult at any time with counsel satisfactory to it (who may be counsel for the Company) and the Warrant Agent shall incur no liability or responsibility to the Company or to any Holder of any Warrant Certificate in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with the opinion or the advice of such counsel.

(d) The Warrant Agent shall incur no liability or responsibility to the Company or to any Holder of any Warrant Certificate for any action taken in reliance on any Warrant Certificate, certificate of shares, notice, resolution, waiver, consent, order, certificate, opinion, direction or other paper, document or instrument believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or presented by the proper party or parties.

(e) The Company agrees to pay to the Warrant Agent reasonable compensation, as agreed in writing from time to time, for all services rendered by the Warrant Agent in connection with this Agreement, to reimburse the Warrant Agent for all expenses, taxes and governmental charges and other charges of any kind and nature reasonably incurred by the Warrant Agent in connection with this Agreement (including, without limitation, reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) and to indemnify the Warrant Agent and its agents, employees, directors, officers and affiliates and save it and them harmless against any and all losses, liabilities and expenses of any nature whatsoever, including, without limitation, judgments, costs and counsel fees and expenses, for any action taken or omitted by the Warrant Agent or arising out of or in connection with this Agreement and the exercise by the Warrant Agent of its rights hereunder and/or the performance by the Warrant Agent of any of its obligations hereunder except as a result of the Warrant Agent’s negligence or bad faith or willful misconduct.

(f) The Warrant Agent shall be under no obligation to institute any action, suit or legal proceeding or to take any other action likely to involve expense unless the Company or one or more Holders of Warrant Certificates shall furnish the Warrant Agent with reasonable security and indemnity satisfactory to the Warrant Agent for any costs and expenses which may be incurred, but this provision shall not affect the power of the Warrant Agent to take such action as it may consider proper, whether with or without any such security or indemnity. All rights of action under this Agreement or under any of the Warrants may be enforced by the Warrant Agent without the possession of any of the Warrant Certificates or the production thereof at any trial or other proceeding relative thereto, and any such action, suit or proceeding instituted by the Warrant Agent shall be brought in its name as Warrant Agent and any recovery of judgment shall be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Warrants, as their respective rights or interests may appear.

 

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(g) The Warrant Agent, and any stockholder, director, officer or employee of it, may buy, sell or deal in any of the Warrants or other securities of the Company or become pecuniarily interested in any transaction in which the Company may be interested, or contract with or lend money to the Company or otherwise act as fully and freely as though it were not Warrant Agent under this Agreement. Nothing herein shall preclude the Warrant Agent from acting in any other capacity for the Company or for any other legal entity.

(h) The Warrant Agent shall act hereunder solely as agent for the Company, and its duties shall be determined solely by the provisions hereof. The Warrant Agent shall not be liable for anything which it may do or refrain from doing in connection with this Agreement except for its own willful misconduct, negligence or bad faith.

(i) The Warrant Agent shall not at any time be under any duty or responsibility to any Holder of any Warrant Certificate to make or cause to be made any adjustment of the Exercise Price or number of the Warrant Shares or other securities or property deliverable as provided in this Agreement, or to determine whether any facts exist which may require any of such adjustments, or with respect to the nature or extent of any such adjustments, when made, or with respect to the method employed in making the same. The Warrant Agent shall not be accountable with respect to the validity or value or the kind or amount of any Warrant Shares or of any securities or property which may at any time be issued or delivered upon the exercise of any Warrant or with respect to whether any such Warrant Shares or other securities will when issued be validly issued and fully paid and nonassessable, and makes no representation with respect thereto.

(j) Before the Warrant Agent acts or refrains from acting with respect to any matter contemplated by this Agreement, it may reasonably require:

(1) an Officers’ Certificate stating that, in the opinion of the signers, all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Agreement relating to the proposed action have been complied with in all material respects; and

(2) if reasonably necessary, an Opinion of Counsel for the Company stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent have been complied with in all material respects.

 

  (A) Each Officers’ Certificate provided for in this Agreement shall include:

 

  (i) a statement that the Person making such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition;

 

  (ii) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based;

 

  (iii)

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enable him or her to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and

 

  (iv) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such Person, such condition or covenant has been complied with.

 

  (B) The Warrant Agent shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on any such certificate or opinion.

 

  (i) The Warrant Agent is hereby authorized and directed to accept instructions with respect to the performance of its duties hereunder from the Chairman, the First Vice Chairman, the Second Vice Chairman, the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Administrative Officer, the Chief Financial Officer or any officer of the Company (including any respective Attorney in Fact) duly authorized in writing to take actions on behalf of the Company (as applicable) and to apply to such person for advice or instructions in connection with its duties, and it shall not be liable for any action taken or suffered to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with instructions of any such officer.

 

  (ii) The Warrant Agent shall not have any duty to calculate or determine any adjustments with respect either to the Exercise Price or the kind and amount of shares or other securities or any property receivable by Holders of Warrant Certificates upon the exercise or tender of Warrants required from time to time, and the Warrant Agent shall have no duty or responsibility in determining the accuracy or correctness of such calculations.

 

  (iii) The Company will perform, execute, acknowledge and deliver or cause to be performed, executed, acknowledged and delivered all such further acts, instruments and assurances as may be required by the Warrant Agent in order to enable it to carry out or perform its duties under this Agreement.

 

  (iv) The Warrant Agent may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon any document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper Person. The Warrant Agent need not investigate any fact or matter stated in the document.

 

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  (v) The Warrant Agent may act through agents and shall not be responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any agent appointed with due care.

(k) Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, in no event shall the Warrant Agent be liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations hereunder or under this Agreement because of circumstances beyond its control, including, but not limited to, acts of God, flood, war (whether declared or undeclared), terrorism, fire, riot, strikes or work stoppages for any reason, embargo, government action, including any laws, ordinances, regulations or the like which restrict or prohibit the providing of the services contemplated by this Agreement, inability to obtain material, equipment, or communications or computer facilities, or the failure of equipment or interruption of communications or computer facilities, and other causes beyond its control whether or not of the same class or kind as specifically named above;

(l) The rights, protection, immunities and indemnities applicable to the Warrant Agent shall apply to the Warrant Agent in each other capacity it is acting hereunder, including Registrar and repository, and each other agent appointed to act under this Agreement.

(m) The Warrant Agent shall (i) not be responsible for the payment of any interest with respect to amounts held by it and (ii) have no obligation to invest or reinvest any amounts held by it.

(n) In no event shall the Warrant Agent be responsible or liable for special, indirect, consequential or punitive loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including, but not limited to, loss of profit), irrespective of whether the Warrant Agent has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action.

(o) Nothing in this Agreement shall require or obligate the Warrant Agent to advance, expend or risk its own funds or otherwise to incur personal financial liability in the performance or exercise of any of its duties or rights hereunder.

16.2. Representative of the Warrant Agent in Argentina. (a) The duties of the Representative of the Warrant Agent in Argentina shall be determined solely by the express written provisions of this Agreement or as it may agree from time to time in writing with the Warrant Agent, and the Representative of the Warrant Agent in Argentina need perform only those duties that are specifically set forth in this Agreement and those agreed in writing with the Warrant Agent. No implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Agreement against the Representative of the Warrant Agent in Argentina. The Representative of the Warrant Agent in Argentina shall have only the faculties and powers stated below. It is further acknowledged that the Representative of the Warrant Agent in Argentina is not and shall not be considered as if it were a Warrant Agent’s general attorney.

(b) The duties and faculties of the Representative of the Warrant Agent in Argentina as of the date hereof are only: (i) to receive from the Holders, the Company, agents, and any governmental or regulatory authority or entity any and all letters, claims, requests,

 

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memorandums or any other document directed to the Warrant Agent, (ii) transmit, deliver or notify the Warrant Agent by facsimile of the reception of any and all of the mentioned documents, within 72 hours of such reception, and (iii) respond or answer such letters, claims, requests, memorandums or documents, following the express written instructions of the Warrant Agent and only if such instructions are given by the Warrant Agent. The Representative of the Warrant Agent in Argentina shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take, provided that it has acted diligently and within its rights or powers.

(c) The Company shall pay to the Representative of the Warrant Agent in Argentina from time to time, and the Representative of the Warrant Agent in Argentina shall be entitled to such compensation for its acceptance of this Agreement and its services hereunder as the Representative of the Warrant Agent in Argentina and the Warrant Agent shall from time to time agree in writing. The Company shall reimburse the Representative of the Warrant Agent in Argentina promptly upon request for all reasonable disbursements, advances and expenses incurred or made by or on behalf of it in addition to the compensation for its services. Such expenses may include the reasonable compensation, disbursements and expenses of Representative of the Warrant Agent in Argentina’s agents, counsel and other persons not regularly in its employ.

(d) The Company agrees to indemnify the Representative of the Warrant Agent in Argentina for, and to hold it harmless against, any loss, liability or expense, including, without limitation, the fees and expenses of legal counsel, incurred without negligence or willful misconduct on its part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance of its commitments hereunder, the performance of its duties hereunder and/or the exercise of its rights hereunder, including, without limitation, the costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder.

SECTION 17. Resignation and Removal of Warrant Agent; Appointment of Successor. (a) No resignation or removal of the Warrant Agent and no appointment of a successor warrant agent shall become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor warrant agent as provided herein. The Warrant Agent may resign its duties and be discharged from all further duties and liability hereunder (except liability arising as a result of the Warrant Agent’s own negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith) upon not less than 45 days’ prior written notice to the Company. The Company may remove the Warrant Agent upon written notice, and the Warrant Agent shall thereupon in like manner be discharged from all further duties and liabilities hereunder, except as aforesaid. The Warrant Agent shall, at the Company’s expense, cause to be mailed (by first class mail, postage prepaid) to each Holder of a Warrant at his last address as shown on the Warrant Register a copy of said notice of resignation or notice of removal, as the case may be. Upon such resignation or removal, the Company shall appoint in writing a new warrant agent. If the Company shall fail to make such appointment within a period of 30 days after it has been notified in writing of such resignation by the resigning Warrant Agent or after such removal, then the resigning Warrant Agent or the Holder of any Warrant may apply to any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a new warrant agent. Any new warrant agent, whether appointed by the Company or by such a court, shall be a corporation doing business under the laws of the United States or any state thereof, in good standing and having a combined capital and surplus of not less than $25,000,000. The combined capital and surplus of any such new warrant agent shall be deemed to be the combined

 

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capital and surplus as set forth in the most recent annual report of its condition published by such warrant agent prior to its appointment, provided that such reports are published at least annually pursuant to law or to the requirements of a federal or state supervising or examining authority. After acceptance in writing of such appointment by the new warrant agent, it shall be vested with the same powers, rights, duties and responsibilities as if it had been originally named herein as the Warrant Agent, without any further assurance, conveyance, act or deed; but if for any reason it shall be necessary or expedient to execute and deliver any further assurance, conveyance, act or deed, the same shall be done at the expense of the Company and shall be legally and validly executed and delivered by the resigning or removed Warrant Agent. Not later than the effective date of any such appointment, the Company shall give notice thereof to the resigning or removed Warrant Agent. Notwithstanding any resignation or removal of the Warrant Agent or the failure to exercise the Warrants, the Company’s obligations under Section 16(e) shall survive for the benefit of the retiring Warrant Agent.

(b) Any corporation into which the Warrant Agent or any new warrant agent may be merged or any corporation resulting from any consolidation to which the Warrant Agent or any new warrant agent shall be a party or any corporation to which the Warrant Agent transfers substantially all of its corporate trust or shareholder business shall be a successor Warrant Agent under this Agreement without any further act, provided that such corporation (i) would be eligible for appointment as successor to the Warrant Agent under the provisions of Section 17(a) or (ii) is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Warrant Agent. Any such successor Warrant Agent shall promptly cause notice of its succession as Warrant Agent to be mailed (by first class mail, postage prepaid) to each Holder at such Holder’s last address as shown on the Warrant Register.

 

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SECTION 18. Registration.

18.1. Warrant Shares Registration Statement. The Company agrees with and for the benefit of the Holders of Warrants that for a period of four years commencing on the first anniversary of the date of issuance of the Warrants, the Company will have registered (the “Warrant Shares Registration Statement”) or otherwise qualified all Warrant Shares pursuant to the provisions of the Securities Act, and the Company will file such amendments and/or supplements to any registration statement under the Securities Act covering the issuance of such Warrant Shares, and supplement and keep current any prospectus forming a part of such registration statement, as may be necessary to permit the Company to comply with the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, and to permit the Company to deliver to each Person exercising a Warrant a prospectus meeting the requirements of Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act and otherwise comply therewith; and the Company will deliver such prospectus to each such Person. During such four-year period, the Company shall, upon the request of any Holder of Warrants that may be required pursuant to the Securities Act to deliver a prospectus in connection with any sale or other disposition of Warrant Shares, include within the plan of distribution section of the prospectus and in such other places in the prospectus as may be necessary, all information necessary under the Securities Act to enable such Holder to deliver such prospectus in connection with sales or other dispositions of such Warrant Shares, and the Company shall also take such action as may be necessary under the Securities Act with respect to the related registration statement to enable such Holder to effect such delivery in connection with such sale or other disposition. The Company further agrees to provide any Holder who during such period may be required to deliver a prospectus upon the sale or other disposition of such Warrant Shares, such number of copies of the prospectus as such Holder reasonably requests.

18.2. Registration Expenses. All expenses incident to the Company’s performance of or compliance with this Section 18 will be borne by the Company, including without limitation: (i) all registration and filing fees and expenses; (ii) all fees and expenses of compliance with federal securities laws; (iii) all expenses of printing (including printing certificates for the Warrant Shares and printing of prospectuses), messenger and delivery services; (iv) all fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company; (v) all fees and disbursements of independent certified public accountants of the Company (including the expenses of any special audit and comfort letters required by or incident to such performance); and (vi) the Company’s internal expenses, the expenses of any annual or other audit and the fees and expenses of any Person, including special experts, retained by the Company.

SECTION 19. Reports.

(a) So long as any of the Warrants remain outstanding, and to the extent such documents are required to be sent by the Company to the holders of its outstanding Common Stock, the Company shall cause copies of all quarterly and annual financial reports and of the information, documents, and other reports (or copies of such portions of any of the foregoing as the Commission may by rules and regulations prescribe) which the Company is required to file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (“SEC Reports”) to be filed with the Warrant Agent and mailed to the Holders of the Warrants at their addresses appearing in the Warrant Register, in each case, within 15 days of filing with the Commission. If the Company is not subject to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the

 

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Company shall nevertheless continue to cause SEC Reports, comparable to those which it would be required to file pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act if it were subject to the requirements of either such Section, to be so filed with the Commission (but only if the Commission permits such filings) and, to the extent it is required to send such SEC Reports to the holders of its outstanding Common Stock, with the Warrant Agent and mailed to the holders, in each case, within the same time periods as would have applied (including under the preceding sentence) had the Company been subject to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.

(b) The Company shall provide the Warrant Agent with a sufficient number of copies of all SEC Reports that the Warrant Agent may be required to deliver to the Holders of the Warrants under this Section 19, and any such cost of delivery will be at the expense of the Company.

(c) Delivery of the above reports to the Warrant Agent is for informational purposes only and the Warrant Agent’s receipt of such reports shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein.

SECTION 20. Notices to Company and Warrant Agent. Any notice or demand authorized by this Agreement to be given or made by the Warrant Agent or by the Holder of any Warrant Certificate to or on the Company shall be sufficiently given or made (i) five business days after deposited in the mail, first class or registered, postage prepaid, (ii) one business day after being timely delivered to a next-day air courier or (iii) when receipt is acknowledged by the addressee, if telecopied, addressed (until another address is filed in writing by the Company with the Warrant Agent), as follows:

Cresud Sociedad Anónima Comercial Inmobiliaria, Financiera y

Agropecuaria

Moreno 877, 23rd Floor, (C1091AAQ) Buenos Aires, Argentina

(C1086AAF) Buenos Aires, Argentina

Facsimile: (212) 815-5603 or (212) 815-5390

Telephone: (54)(11) 43-23-7449

Attention: Gabriel Blasi, CFO

In case the Company shall fail to maintain such office or agency or shall fail to give such notice of the location or of any change in the location thereof, presentations may be made and notices and demands may be served at the principal office of the Warrant Agent.

Any notice pursuant to this Agreement to be given by the Company or by the holder(s) of any Warrant Certificate to the Warrant Agent shall be sufficiently given or made upon actual receipt thereof, addressed (until another address is filed in writing by the Warrant Agent with the Company) to the Warrant Agent as follows:

The Bank of New York

101 Barclay Street, Floor 4 East

New York, New York 10286

Facsimile: (212) 815-5603/5390

Attention: Corporate Trust Department

 

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SECTION 21. Supplements and Amendments. The Company and the Warrant Agent may from time to time supplement or amend this Agreement without the approval of any Holders of Warrant Certificates in order to (i) cure any ambiguity or to correct or supplement any provision contained herein which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision herein, or (ii) make any other provisions in regard to matters or questions arising hereunder which the Company and the Warrant Agent may deem necessary or desirable and which in the case of this clause (ii) shall not materially and adversely affect the interests of the holders of Warrant Certificates. Any amendment or supplement to this Agreement that has a material adverse effect on the interests of Holders shall require the written consent of Majority Holders representing a majority of the then outstanding Warrants. The consent of each Holder of a Warrant materially and adversely affected shall be required for any amendment pursuant to which the Exercise Price would be increased or the number of Warrant Shares purchasable upon exercise of Warrants would be decreased (except pursuant to Section 7). The Warrant Agent shall be entitled to receive and, subject to Section 16, shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Officers’ Certificate and/or an Opinion of Counsel as conclusive evidence that any such amendment or supplement is authorized or permitted hereunder, that it is not inconsistent herewith, and that it will be valid and binding upon the Company in accordance with its terms.

SECTION 22. Severability. Wherever possible, each provision of this Agreement shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Agreement shall be prohibited by or invalid under applicable law, such provision shall be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the remainder of such provision or the remaining provisions of this Agreement.

SECTION 23. Successors. All the covenants and provisions of this Agreement by or for the benefit of the Company or the Warrant Agent shall bind and inure to the benefit of their respective successors and assigns hereunder.

SECTION 24. Termination. This Agreement (other than the Company’s obligations with respect to Warrants previously exercised) shall terminate at 5:00 p.m., New York City time on the Expiration Date, except for Section 16(e).

SECTION 25. Governing Law. (a) THIS AGREEMENT AND EACH WARRANT CERTIFICATE ISSUED HEREUNDER WILL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK EXCEPT FOR THE RIGHTS RELATING TO THE UNDERLYING SHARES OF COMMON STOCK, WHICH WILL BE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF ARGENTINA.

(b) Service of process on the Company or Holder in any action arising out of or relating to this Agreement shall be effective if mailed to such party in accordance with the procedures and requirements set forth in Section 20. Nothing herein shall preclude any Holder or the Company from bringing suit or taking other legal action in any other jurisdiction.

(c) Any suit, action or proceeding against the Company or its properties, assets or revenues with respect to this Agreement or the Warrants (a “Related Proceeding”) may be

 

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brought in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York, or in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, as the Person bringing such Related Proceeding may elect in its sole discretion. The Company hereby consents to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of each such court for the purpose of any Related Proceeding and has irrevocably waived any objection to the laying of venue of any Related Proceeding brought in any such court and to the fullest extent it may effectively do so and the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of any Related Proceeding or any such suit, action or proceeding in any such court.

(d) ALL PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVE ALL RIGHTS TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE) ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, THE WARRANTS OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY.

SECTION 26. Benefits of This Agreement. (a) Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to give to any Person or corporation other than the Company, the Warrant Agent and the Holders of the Warrant Certificates any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Agreement; but this Agreement shall be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the Company, the Warrant Agent and the Holders of the Warrant Certificates.

(b) Prior to the exercise of the Warrants, no Holder of a Warrant Certificate, as such, shall be entitled to any rights of a stockholder of the Company, including, without limitation, the right to receive dividends or subscription rights, the right to vote, to consent, to exercise any preemptive right, to receive any notice of meetings of stockholders for the election of directors of the Company, to share in the assets of the Company in the event of the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company’s affairs or any other matter or to receive any notice of any proceedings of the Company, except as may be specifically provided for herein.

(c) All rights of action in respect of this Agreement are vested in the Holders of the Warrants, and any Holder of any Warrant, without the consent of the Warrant Agent or the Holder of any other Warrant, may, on such Holder’s own behalf and for such Holder’s own benefit, enforce, and may institute and maintain any suit, action or proceeding against the Company suitable to enforce, or otherwise in respect of, such Holder’s rights hereunder, including the right to exercise, exchange or surrender for purchase such Holder’s Warrants in the manner provided in this Agreement.

SECTION 27. Entire Agreement. This Agreement, between the Company and The Bank of New York, as the Warrant Agent is intended by the parties as a final expression of their agreement, and is intended to be a complete and exclusive statement of the agreement and understanding of the parties hereto in respect of the subject matter contained herein and therein. Such agreements supersede all prior agreements and understandings between the parties with respect to such subject matter.

 

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SECTION 28. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and each of such counterparts shall for all purposes be deemed to be an original, and all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed, as of the day and year first above written.

 

CRESUD SOCIEDAD ANÓNIMA COMERCIAL,

INMOBILIARIA, FINANCIERA Y AGROPECUARIA

By  

/s/ Oscar Pedro Bergotto

Name:   Oscar Pedro Bergotto
Title:   Apoderado
By  

/s/ David A. Perednik

Name:   David A. Perednik
Title:   Apoderado
THE BANK OF NEW YORK, as Warrant Agent
By  

/s/ William Potes

Name:   William Potes
Title:   Assistant Vice President
BANCO SANTANDER RÍO S.A.
By  

/s/ Oscar Ameghino

Name:   Oscar Ameghino
Title:   Gerente Departamental
By  

/s/ Gabriel J. Ribisich

Name:   Gabriel J. Ribisich
Title:   Gerente Principal

 

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Exhibit A

THESE WARRANTS HAVE BEEN OFFERED AS PART OF A COMMON SHARE RIGHTS AND ADS RIGHTS OFFERING. EACH COMMON SHARE RIGHT ENTITLED ITS HOLDER TO SUBSCRIBE FOR 0.561141 NEW SHARES OF COMMON STOCK AND TO RECEIVE FREE OF CHARGE FOR EACH NEW COMMON SHARE THAT IT PURCHASED PURSUANT TO SUCH OFFER, ONE WARRANT TO PURCHASE 0.33333333 ADDITIONAL SHARES OF COMMON STOCK OF CRESUD SOCIEDAD ANÓNIMA COMERCIAL, INMOBILIARIA, FINANCIERA Y AGROPECUARIA (THE “COMPANY”). EACH ADS RIGHT ENTITLED ITS HOLDER TO SUBSCRIBE FOR 0.561141 NEW ADSs AND TO RECEIVE FREE OF CHARGE FOR EACH NEW ADS THAT IT PURCHASED PURSUANT TO SUCH OFFER, 10 WARRANTS, EACH OF WHICH ENTITLED SUCH HOLDER TO PURCHASE 0.33333333 ADDITIONAL SHARES OF COMMON STOCK OF THE COMPANY. EACH WARRANT IS INITIALLY EXERCISABLE TO PURCHASE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK OF THE COMPANY AT AN EXERCISE PRICE OF US$1.68 PER SHARE. THE WARRANTS ARE FREELY TRANSFERABLE AND WILL TRADE ON THE BUENOS AIRES STOCK EXCHANGE.

Unless and until it is exchanged in whole or in part for Warrants in certificated form, this Warrant may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary or by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or another nominee of the Depositary or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary. Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation (“DTC”), to the Company or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange or payment, and any certificate issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or such other name as requested by an authorized representative of DTC (and any payment is made to Cede & Co. or such other entity as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY Person IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein.

 

   CUSIP No.

No. 1

   Warrants

 

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Warrant Certificate

CRESUD SOCIEDAD ANÓNIMA COMERCIAL,

INMOBILIARIA, FINANCIERA Y AGROPECUARIA

This Warrant Certificate certifies that [Cede & Co.], or registered assigns, is the registered holder of [            ] warrants expiring May 22, 2015 (the “Warrants”) to purchase shares of Common Stock (the “Common Stock”) of Cresud Sociedad Anónima Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria, an Argentine corporation (the “Company”).

Each Warrant entitles the registered holder, upon exercise during the the six-day period from and including the 17th through the 22nd day of each February, May, September and November (to the extent such dates are business days in New York City and in the City of Buenos Aires), commencing with such period from and including May 17 through to May 22, 2008 and expiring on 5:00 p.m., New York City time on May 22, 2015, for such Warrant, to purchase from the Company (and the Company shall issue and sell to such holder of the Warrant) 0.33333333 shares of Common Stock, subject to the conditions set forth herein and in the Warrant Agreement referred to on the reverse hereof. The Exercise Price and number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants are subject to adjustment upon the occurrence of certain events as set forth in the Warrant Agreement. The Warrants are freely transferable and will trade on the Buenos Aires Stock Exchange.

The Warrants will automatically expire on 5:00 p.m., New York City time on May 22, 2015.

Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Warrant Certificate set forth on the reverse hereof and such further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as though fully set forth at this place.

This Warrant Certificate shall not be valid unless countersigned by the Warrant Agent, as such term is used in the Warrant Agreement.

This Warrant Certificate shall be governed and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Cresud Sociedad Anónima Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria has caused this Warrant Certificate to be signed by its Chief Administrative Officer and by an Attorney in Fact.

Dated:

 

CRESUD SOCIEDAD ANÓNIMA COMERCIAL, INMOBILIARIA, FINANCIERA Y AGROPECUARIA
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

 

Countersigned:

THE BANK OF NEW YORK,

as Warrant Agent

By  

 

  Authorized Signature

 

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[Form of Warrant Certificate]

[Reverse]

The Warrants evidenced by this Warrant Certificate are part of a duly authorized issue of Warrants expiring May 22, 2015 (or such earlier date as specified in the Warrant Agreement) entitling the Holder on exercise to receive shares of Common Stock of the Company (the “Common Stock”), and are issued or to be issued pursuant to a Warrant Agreement dated as of March 19, 2008 (the “Warrant Agreement”), duly executed and delivered by the Company to The Bank of New York, as warrant agent (the “Warrant Agent”), which Warrant Agreement is hereby incorporated by reference in and made a part of this instrument and is hereby referred to for a description of the rights, limitation of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Warrant Agent, the Company and the holders (the words “holders” or “holder” meaning the registered holders or registered holder) of the Warrants. A copy of the Warrant Agreement may be obtained by the Holder hereof upon written request to the Company. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning set forth in the Warrant Agreement.

The Holder of Warrants evidenced by this Warrant Certificate may exercise them by surrendering this Warrant Certificate, with the form of election to purchase set forth hereon properly completed and executed, together with payment of the Exercise Price in cash at the office of the Warrant Agent on or before 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the relevant exercise date. In the event that upon any exercise of Warrants evidenced hereby the number of Warrants exercised shall be less than the total number of Warrants evidenced hereby, there shall be issued to the Holder hereof or his assignee a new Warrant Certificate evidencing the number of Warrants not exercised. No adjustment shall be made for any dividends on any Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant.

The Warrant Agreement provides that upon the occurrence of certain events the Exercise Price set forth on the face hereof and/or the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of each Warrant shall, subject to certain conditions, be adjusted. No fractions of a share of Common Stock will be issued upon the exercise of any Warrant, but the Company will pay the cash value thereof determined as provided in the Warrant Agreement.

The Warrant Agreement provides certain registration obligations of the Company with respect to the Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants.

Warrant Certificates, when surrendered at the office of the Warrant Agent by the registered holder thereof in Person or by legal representative or attorney duly authorized in writing, may be exchanged, in the manner and subject to the limitations provided in the Warrant Agreement, but without payment of any service charge, for another Warrant Certificate or Warrant Certificates of like tenor evidencing in the aggregate a like number of Warrants.

Upon due presentation for registration of transfer of this Warrant Certificate at the office of the Warrant Agent a new Warrant Certificate or Warrant Certificates of like tenor and evidencing in the aggregate a like number of Warrants shall be issued to the transferee(s) in exchange for this Warrant Certificate, subject to the limitations provided in the Warrant Agreement, without charge except for any tax or other governmental charge imposed in connection therewith.

 

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The Company and the Warrant Agent may deem and treat the registered holder(s) thereof as the absolute owner(s) of this Warrant Certificate (notwithstanding any notation of ownership or other writing hereon made by anyone), for the purpose of any exercise hereof, of any distribution to the holder(s) hereof, and for all other purposes, and neither the Company nor the Warrant Agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary. Neither the Warrants nor this Warrant Certificate entitles any holder hereof to any rights of a stockholder of the Company.

THE WARRANTS MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE, PLEDGED, HYPOTHECATED, SOLD, ASSIGNED OR TRANSFERRED AT ANY TIME EXCEPT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE WARRANT AGREEMENT. THE WARRANTS WILL NOT BE TRANSFERRED OF RECORD EXCEPT IN COMPLIANCE WITH SUCH WARRANT AGREEMENT.

 

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(FORM OF ELECTION TO EXERCISE)

(To be executed upon exercise of Warrants during the Exercisability Period)

The undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to exercise      of the Warrants represented by this Warrant Certificate and purchase the whole number of Warrant Shares issuable upon the exercise of such Warrants and herewith tenders payment for such Warrant Shares in the amount of $             in cash or by certified or official bank check, in accordance with the terms hereof.

The undersigned certifies that the Warrants elected to be exercised hereby are duly exercisable at this time in accordance with the terms of the Warrant Agreement pursuant to which they have been issued.

The undersigned requests that a certificate representing such Warrant Shares be registered in the name of                      whose address is                              and that such certificate be delivered to                      whose address is                     .

Dated                     

Name of holder of Warrant Certificate:                     

(Please Print)

Tax Identification or Social Security Number:

Address:

Signature:

 

  Note: The above signature must correspond with the name as written upon the face of this Warrant Certificate in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever and if the certificate representing the Warrant Shares or any Warrant Certificate representing Warrants not exercised is to be registered in a name other than that in which this Warrant Certificate is registered, or if any cash payment to be paid in lieu of a fractional share is to be made to a Person other than the registered holder of this Warrant Certificate, the signature of the holder hereof must be guaranteed as provided in the Warrant Agreement.

Dated                     

Signature Guaranteed:

 

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[FORM OF ASSIGNMENT]

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 full power of substitution in the premises.

Dated                     

Signature:

 

  Note: The above signature must correspond with the name as written upon the face of this Warrant Certificate in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.

Signature Guaranteed:

 

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SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN GLOBAL WARRANTS

The following increases or decreases in this Global Warrant have been made:

 

Date of Transfer or Exchange

  

Amount of decrease in

Number of Warrants of this
Global Warrant

   Amount of increase in
Number of Warrants of
this Global Warrant
   Number of Warrants of
this Global Warrant
following such decrease
or increase
   Signature of authorized
officer of Warrant Agent

 

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EXHIBIT B

CERTIFICATE TO BE DELIVERED UPON EXCHANGE

OR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER OF WARRANTS

Re: Warrants to Purchase Common Stock (the “Warrants”) of Cresud Sociedad Anónima Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria

This Certificate relates to          Warrants held in*          book-entry or*          certificated form by          (the “Transferor”).

The Transferor:*

has requested the Warrant Agent by written order to deliver in exchange for its beneficial interest in the Global Warrant held by the Depositary a Warrant or Warrants in definitive, registered form of authorized denominations and an aggregate number equal to its beneficial interest in such Global Warrant (or the portion thereof indicated above); or

has requested the Warrant Agent by written order to exchange or register the transfer of a Warrant or Warrants.

In connection with such request and in respect of each such Warrant, the Transferor does hereby certify that Transferor is familiar with the Warrant Agreement relating to the above captioned Warrants and the restrictions on transfers thereof as provided in Section 2.8 of such Warrant Agreement.

 

 

    (INSERT NAME OF TRANSFEROR)
  By:  
Date:                 

 

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