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VOID AFTER 5:00 P.M., NEW YORK CITY

TIME, ON JULY 22, 2007

(UNLESS EXTENDED PURSUANT TO SECTION 2 HEREOF)

THIS WARRANT AND THE SHARES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT") OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION. THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR THE SECURITIES UNDER APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS UNLESS OFFERED, SOLD OR TRANSFERRED PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THOSE LAWS.

Certificate Number 1 Right to Purchase 100,000 Shares of 

Common Stock (as defined below)

Date: July 22, 2002

MASUBI LLC

COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT

THIS CERTIFIES THAT, for value received, MERLIN SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL, INC., a Nevada corporation, or its registered assigns, is entitled to purchase from MASUBI LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the "Company"), at any time or from time to time during the period specified in Section 2 hereof 100,000 fully paid and nonassessable shares of the Company's Common Stock, as such term is defined in the Company's Operating Agreement (the "Common Stock"), at an exercise price per share (the "Exercise Price") equal to $20.00. The shares of Common Stock purchasable hereunder (the "Warrant Shares") and the Exercise Price are subject to adjustment as provided in Section 4 hereof. The term "Warrant" and all references thereto, as used throughout this instrument, shall mean this instrument as originally executed, or if later amended or supplemented, then as so amended or supplemented.

This Warrant is subject to the following terms, provisions and conditions:

1. Manner of Exercise; Issuance of Certificates; Payment for Shares. Subject to the provisions hereof, this Warrant may be exercised by the holder hereof, in whole or in part, by the surrender of this Warrant, together with a completed exercise agreement in the form attached hereto (the "Exercise Agreement"), to the Company during normal business hours on any business day at the Company's principal executive offices (or such other office or agency of the Company as it may designate by written notice to the holder hereof), and upon (I) payment to the Company in cash, by certified or official bank check or by wire transfer for the account of the Company, of the Exercise Price for the Warrant Shares specified in the Exercise Agreement. The Warrant Shares so purchased shall be deemed to be issued to the holder hereof or such holder's designee, as the record owner of such shares, as of the close of business on the date on which this Warrant shall have been surrendered, the completed Exercise Agreement shall have been delivered, and payment shall have been made for such shares as set forth above or, if such date is not a business date, on the next succeeding business date. The Warrant Shares so purchased, representing the aggregate number of shares specified in the Exercise Agreement, shall be delivered to the holder hereof within a reasonable time, not exceeding two business days, after this Warrant shall have been so exercised (the "Delivery Period"). The Company shall deliver to the holder physical certificates representing the Warrant Shares so purchased. Any certificates so delivered shall be in such denominations as may be reasonably requested by the holder hereof and shall be registered in the name of such holder or such other name as shall be designated by such holder. The holder hereof acknowledges that the Warrant Shares have not been registered under the Securities Act or other law. If this Warrant shall have been exercised only in part, then the Company shall, at its expense, at the time of delivery of such certificates, deliver to the holder a new Warrant representing the number of shares with respect to which this Warrant shall not then have been exercised.

2. Period of Exercise. This Warrant is immediately exercisable, at any time or from time to time on or after the date of initial issuance of this Warrant (the "Issue Date") and before 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on July 22, 2007 (the "Exercise Period"). The Exercise Period shall automatically be extended by one (1) day for each day on which the Company does not have a number of shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance upon exercise hereof at least equal to the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise hereof, or otherwise fails to deliver shares of Common Stock in the names set forth in Section 1 hereof upon exercise hereof.

3. Certain Agreements of the Company. The Company hereby covenants and agrees as follows:

(a) Shares to be Fully Paid. All Warrant Shares will, upon issuance in accordance with the terms of this Warrant, be validly issued, fully paid, and nonassessable and free from all taxes, liens, claims and encumbrances.

(b) Reservation of Shares. During the Exercise Period, the Company shall at all times have authorized, and reserved for the purpose of issuance upon exercise of this Warrant, a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock to provide for the exercise in full of this Warrant.

(c) Listing. The Company shall promptly secure the listing of the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant upon each national securities exchange or automated or electronic quotation system, if any, upon which shares of Common Stock are then listed or become listed (subject to official notice of issuance upon exercise of this Warrant) and shall maintain, so long as any other shares of Common Stock shall be so listed, such listing of all shares of Common Stock from time to time issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant; and the Company shall so list on each national securities exchange or automated or electronic quotation system, as the case may be, and shall maintain such listing of, any other shares of capital stock of the Company issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant if and so long as any shares of the same class shall be listed on such national securities exchange or automated or electronic quotation system.

(d) Certain Actions Prohibited. The Company will not, by amendment of its charter or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, dissolution, issue or sale of securities, or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms to be observed or performed by it hereunder, but will at all times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all the provisions of this Warrant and in the taking of all such action as may reasonably be requested by the holder of this Warrant in order to protect the economic benefit inuring to the holder hereof and the exercise privilege of the holder of this Warrant against dilution or other impairment, consistent with the tenor and purpose of this Warrant. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company will take all such actions as may be necessary or appropriate in order that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of this Warrant.

(e) Successors and Assigns. This Warrant will be binding upon any entity succeeding to the Company by merger, consolidation, or acquisition of all or substantially all of the Company's assets.

(f) Blue Sky Laws. The Company shall, on or before the date of issuance of any Warrant Shares, take such actions as the Company shall reasonably determine are necessary to qualify the Warrant Shares for, or obtain exemption for the Warrant Shares for, sale to the holder of this Warrant upon the exercise hereof under applicable securities or "blue sky" laws of the states of the United States or any other jurisdiction, and shall provide evidence of any such action so taken to the holder of this Warrant prior to such date; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required in connection therewith or as a condition thereto to (I) qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to qualify but for this Section 3(f), (ii) subject itself to general taxation in any such jurisdiction or (iii) file a general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction.

4. Antidilution Provisions. During the Exercise Period, the Exercise Price and the number of Warrant Shares issuable hereunder shall be subject to adjustment from time to time as provided in this Section 4.

In the event that any adjustment of the Exercise Price as required herein results in a fraction of a cent, such Exercise Price shall be rounded up or down to the nearest cent.

(a) Subdivision or Combination of Common Stock. If the Company, at any time during the Exercise Period, subdivides (by any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, reorganization, reclassification or otherwise) its shares of Common Stock into a greater number of shares, then, after the date of record for effecting such subdivision, the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such subdivision will be proportionately reduced. If the Company, at any time during the Exercise Period, combines (by reverse stock split, recapitalization, reorganization, reclassification or otherwise) its shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, then, after the date of record for effecting such combination, the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such combination will be proportionately increased.

(b) Adjustment in Number of Shares. Upon each adjustment of the Exercise Price pursuant to the provisions of Section 4(a), the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant at each such Exercise Price shall be adjusted by multiplying a number equal to the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such adjustment by the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant at such Exercise Price immediately prior to such adjustment and dividing the product so obtained by the adjusted Exercise Price.

(c) Distribution of Assets. In case the Company shall declare or make any distribution of its assets (or rights to acquire its assets) to holders of Common Stock as a partial liquidating dividend, stock repurchase by way of return of capital or otherwise (including any dividend or distribution to the Company's stockholders of cash or shares (or rights to acquire shares) of capital stock of a subsidiary) (a "Distribution"), at any time during the Exercise Period, then the holder hereof shall be entitled upon exercise of this Warrant for the purchase of any or all of the shares of Common Stock subject hereto, to receive the amount of such assets (or rights) which would have been payable to the holder had such holder been the holder of such shares of Common Stock on the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to such Distribution. If the Company distributes rights, warrants, options or any other form of convertible securities and the right to exercise or convert such securities would expire in accordance with their terms prior to the expiration of the Exercise Period, then the terms of such securities shall provide that such exercise or convertibility right shall remain in effect until 30 days after the date the holder hereof receives such securities pursuant to the exercise hereof.

(d) Notice of Adjustment. Upon the occurrence of any event which requires any adjustment of the Exercise Price, then, and in each such case, the Company shall give notice thereof to the holder hereof, which notice shall state the Exercise Price resulting from such adjustment and the increase or decrease in the number of Warrant Shares purchasable at such price upon exercise, setting forth in reasonable detail the method of calculation and the facts upon which such calculation is based. Such calculation shall be certified by the chief financial officer of the Company.

(e) No Fractional Shares. No fractional shares of Common Stock are to be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant, but the Company shall pay a cash adjustment in respect of any fractional share which would otherwise be issuable in an amount equal to the same fraction of the Market Price of a share of Common Stock on the date of such exercise.

(f) Other Notices. In case at any time:

(i) the Company shall declare any dividend upon the Common Stock payable in shares of stock of any class or make any other distribution (other than dividends or distributions payable in cash out of retained earnings consistent with the Company's past practices with respect to declaring dividends and making distributions) to the holders of the Common Stock; 

(ii) the Company shall offer for subscription pro rata to the holders of the Common Stock any additional shares of stock of any class or other rights;

(iii) there shall be any capital reorganization of the Company, or reclassification of the Common Stock, or consolidation or merger of the Company with or into, or sale of all or substantially all of its assets to, another corporation or entity; or

(iv) there shall be a voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Company;

then, in each such case, the Company shall give to the holder of this Warrant notice of (a) the date or estimated date on which the books of the Company shall close or a record shall be taken for determining the holders of Common Stock entitled to receive any such dividend, distribution, or subscription rights or for determining the holders of Common Stock entitled to vote in respect of any such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, dissolution, liquidation or winding-up and (b) in the case of any such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, dissolution, liquidation or winding-up, notice of the date (or, if not then known, a reasonable estimate thereof by the Company) when the same shall take place. Such notice shall also specify the date on which the holders of Common Stock shall be entitled to receive such dividend, distribution, or subscription rights or to exchange their Common Stock for stock or other securities or property deliverable upon such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, dissolution, liquidation, or winding-up, as the case may be. Such notice shall be given at least thirty (30) days prior to the record date or the date on which the Company's books are closed in respect thereto. Failure to give any such notice or any defect therein shall not affect the validity of the proceedings referred to in clauses (I), (ii), (iii) and (iv) above.

(a) Merger, Sale of Assets, etc. If at any time while this Warrant or any portion hereof is outstanding and unexpired, there shall be (i) a reorganization (other than a combination, reclassification, exchange or subdivision of shares otherwise provided for herein), (ii) a merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another corporation in which the Company is not the surviving entity or a merger (including a reverse triangular merger) in which the Company is the surviving entity but the shares of the Company's capital stock outstanding immediately prior to the merger are converted by virtue of the merger into other property, whether in the form of securities, cash, or otherwise, or (iii) a sale or transfer of the Company's properties and assets as, or substantially as, an entirety to any other person, then, as a part of such reorganization, merger, consolidation, sale or transfer, lawful provision shall be made so that the holder of this Warrant shall thereafter be entitled to receive a substitute Warrant that would provide that upon exercise of such Warrant, during the period specified herein and upon payment of the Exercise Price then in effect, the holder shall be entitled to receive an equivalent number of shares of stock or other securities or property of the successor corporation resulting from such reorganization, merger, consolidation, sale or transfer that a holder of the shares deliverable upon exercise of this Warrant would have been entitled to receive in such reorganization, consolidation, merger, sale or transfer if this Warrant had been exercised immediately before such reorganization, consolidation, merger, sale or transfer, all subject to further adjustment as provided herein. The foregoing provisions of this Section 4(g) shall similarly apply to successive reorganizations, consolidations, mergers, sales and transfers and to the stock or securities of any other corporation that are at the time receivable upon the exercise of this Warrant. If the per share consideration payable to the holder hereof for shares in connection with any such transaction is in a form other than cash or marketable securities, then the value of such consideration shall be determined in good faith by the Company's Board of Directors. In all events, appropriate adjustment (as determined in good faith by the Company's Board of Directors) shall be made in the application of the provisions of this Warrant with respect to the rights and interest of the Holder after the transaction, to the end that the provisions of this Warrant shall be applicable after that event, as near as reasonably may be, in relation to any shares or other property deliverable after that event upon exercise of this Warrant.

(b) Reclassification, etc. If the Company, at any time while this Warrant or any portion hereof remains outstanding and unexpired, by reclassification of securities or otherwise, shall change any of the securities as to which purchase rights under this Warrant exist into the same or a different number of securities of any other class or classes, this Warrant shall thereafter represent the right to acquire such number and kind of securities as would have been issuable as the result of such change with respect to the securities that were subject to the purchase rights under this Warrant immediately prior to such reclassification or other change and the Exercise Price therefor shall be appropriately adjusted, all subject to further adjustment as provided herein.

(c) Certain Events. If, at any time during the Exercise Period, any event occurs of the type contemplated by the adjustment provisions of this Section 4 but not expressly provided for by such provisions, the Company will give notice of such event as provided in Section 4(d) hereof, and the Company's Board of Directors will make an appropriate adjustment in the Exercise Price and the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon exercise of this Warrant at each such Exercise Price so that the rights of the holder shall be neither enhanced nor diminished by such event.

5. Issue Tax. The issuance of certificates for Warrant Shares upon the exercise of this Warrant shall be made without charge to the holder of this Warrant or such shares for any issuance tax or other costs in respect thereof, provided that the Company shall not be required to pay any tax which may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issuance and delivery of any certificate in a name other than the holder of this Warrant.

6. No Rights or Liabilities as a Stockholder. This Warrant shall not entitle the holder hereof to any voting rights or other rights as a stockholder of the Company. No provision of this Warrant, in the absence of affirmative action by the holder hereof to purchase Warrant Shares, and no mere enumeration herein of the rights or privileges of the holder hereof, shall give rise to any liability of such holder for the Exercise Price or as a stockholder of the Company, whether such liability is asserted by the Company or by creditors of the Company.

7. Transfer, Exchange, Redemption and Replacement of Warrant.

(a) Restriction on Transfer. This Warrant and the rights granted to the holder hereof are transferable, in whole or in part, upon surrender of this Warrant, together with a properly executed assignment in the form attached hereto, at the office or agency of the Company referred to in Section 7(e) below, provided, however, that any transfer or assignment shall be subject to the Company's prior written consent and the conditions set forth in Section 7(f) hereof. Until due presentment for registration of transfer on the books of the Company, the Company may treat the registered holder hereof as the owner and holder hereof for all purposes, and the Company shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary.

(b) Warrant Exchangeable for Different Denominations. This Warrant is exchangeable, upon the surrender hereof by the holder hereof at the office or agency of the Company referred to in Section 7(e) below, for new Warrants of like tenor of different denominations representing in the aggregate the right to purchase the number of shares of Common Stock which may be purchased hereunder, each of such new Warrants to represent the right to purchase such number of shares (at the Exercise Price therefor) as shall be designated by the holder hereof at the time of such surrender.

(c) Replacement of Warrant. Upon receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of the loss, theft, destruction, or mutilation of this Warrant and, in the case of any such loss, theft, or destruction, upon delivery of an indemnity agreement reasonably satisfactory in form and amount to the Company, or, in the case of any such mutilation, upon surrender and cancellation of this Warrant, the Company, at its expense, will execute and deliver, in lieu thereof, a new Warrant of like tenor.

(d) Cancellation; Payment of Expenses. Upon the surrender of this Warrant in connection with any transfer, exchange, or replacement as provided in this Section 7, this Warrant shall be promptly canceled by the Company. The Company shall pay all taxes (other than securities transfer taxes) and all other expenses (other than legal expenses, if any, incurred by the holder of this Warrant or transferees) and charges payable in connection with the preparation, execution, and delivery of Warrants pursuant to this Section 7.

(e) Warrant Register. The Company shall maintain, at its principal executive offices (or such other office or agency of the Company as it may designate by notice to the holder hereof), a register for this Warrant, in which the Company shall record the name and address of the person in whose name this Warrant has been issued, as well as the name and address of each transferee and each prior owner of this Warrant.

(f) Transfer or Exchange Without Registration. If, at the time of the surrender of this Warrant in connection with any transfer or exchange of this Warrant, this Warrant (or, in the case of any exercise, the Warrant Shares issuable hereunder) shall not be registered under the Securities Act and under applicable securities or blue sky laws, the Company may require, as a condition of allowing such transfer or exchange, (I) that the holder or transferee of this Warrant, as the case may be, furnish to the Company a written opinion of counsel (which opinion shall be in form, substance and scope customary for opinions of counsel in comparable transactions) to the effect that such transfer or exchange may be made without registration under the Securities Act and under applicable state securities or blue sky laws (the cost of which shall be borne by the Company if the Company's counsel renders such an opinion, and up to $500 of such cost shall be borne by the Company if the holder's counsel is required to render such opinion), (ii) that the holder or transferee execute and deliver to the Company an investment letter in form and substance acceptable to the Company and (iii) that the transferee be an "accredited investor" as defined in Rule 501(a) promulgated under the Securities Act; provided that no such opinion, letter, or status as an "accredited investor" shall be required in connection with a transfer pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act. 

8. Notices. Any notices required or permitted to be given under the terms of this Warrant shall be sent by certified or registered mail (return receipt requested) or delivered personally or by courier or by confirmed telecopy, and shall be effective five days after being placed in the mail, if mailed, or upon receipt or refusal of receipt, if delivered personally or by courier, or by confirmed telecopy, in each case addressed to a party. The addresses for such communications shall be:

 

with a copy simultaneously transmitted by like means to:

 

Stephen T. Burdumy, Esq.

Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

One Logan Square

18th & Cherry Streets

Philadelphia, PA 19103

Facsimile: (215) 988-2757

If to the Holder:

 

Merlin Software Technologies International, Inc.

4370 Dominion Street, 3rd Floor

Burnaby, British Columbia

Canada V5G 4L7

Facsimile: (604) 320-7277

Attn:  Chief Executive Officer

 

with a copy simultaneously transmitted by like means to:

Virgil Z. Hlus
Corporate Finance and Securities Department
Clark, Wilson
800 - 885 West Georgia Street
Vancouver, BC

Canada V6C 3H1
Phone: (604) 891-7707
Facsimile: (604) 687-6314

9. Governing Law; Jurisdiction. This Warrant shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware. The Company irrevocably consents to the jurisdiction of the United States federal courts and state courts located in the State of Delaware in any suit or proceeding based on or arising under this Warrant and irrevocably agrees that all claims in respect of such suit or proceeding may be determined in such courts. The Company irrevocably waives any objection to the laying of venue and the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such suit or proceeding. The Company further agrees that service of process upon the Company mailed by certified or registered mail shall be deemed in every respect effective service of process upon the Company in any such suit or proceeding. Nothing herein shall affect the holder's right to serve process in any other manner permitted by law. The Company agrees that a final non-appealable judgment in any such suit or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on such judgment or in any other lawful manner.

10. Miscellaneous.

(a) Amendments. This Warrant and any provision hereof may only be amended by an instrument in writing signed by the Company and the holder hereof.

(b) Descriptive Headings. The descriptive headings of the several Sections of this Warrant are inserted for purposes of reference only, and shall not affect the meaning or construction of any of the provisions hereof.

(c) Business Day. For purposes of this Warrant, the term "business day" means any day, other than a Saturday or Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in the State of New York are authorized or obligated by law, regulation or executive order to close. 

(d) Market Price. For purposes of this Warrant, the term "Market Price," as of any date, means (I) the volume weighted average price for the Common Stock as reported on the OTC Bulletin Board (the "Bulletin Board") by Bloomberg Financial Markets ("Bloomberg") or other nationally recognized reporting service, at the option of the holder hereof, for the ten consecutive trading days immediately preceding such date, or (ii) if the Bulletin Board is not the principal trading market for the shares of Common Stock, the average of the reported bid prices reported by Bloomberg or such other nationally recognized reporting service on the principal trading market for the Common Stock during the same period, or, if there is no bid price for such period, the last sales price reported by Bloomberg or such service for such period, or (iii) if the foregoing do not apply, the last bid price of such security in the over-the-counter market on the pink sheets for such security as reported by Bloomberg or such service, or if no bid price is so reported for such security, the last sale price of such security as reported by Bloomberg or such service, or (iv) if market value cannot be calculated as of such date on any of the foregoing bases, the Market Price shall be the average fair market value as reasonably determined by an investment banking firm selected by the Company and reasonably acceptable to the holder, with the costs of the appraisal to be borne by the Company. The manner of determining the Market Price of the Common Stock set forth in the foregoing definition shall apply with respect to any other security in respect of which a determination as to market value must be made hereunder.

(e) Trading Day. For purposes of this Warrant, the term "trading day" means any day on which principal United States securities exchange or trading market where the Common Stock is then listed or traded, is open for trading.

[Signature appears on following page.]

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be signed by its duly authorized officer.

 

MASUBI LLC

By:/s/ signed

Name:

Title:

FORM OF EXERCISE AGREEMENT

(To be Executed by the Holder in order to Exercise the Warrant)

To:

 

 

Facsimile:

Attn:

The undersigned hereby irrevocably exercises the right to purchase _____________ shares of the Common Stock of MASUBI LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the "Company"), evidenced by the attached Warrant, and herewith makes payment of the Exercise Price with respect to such shares in full, all in accordance with the conditions and provisions of said Warrant.

The undersigned agrees not to offer, sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any Common Stock obtained on exercise of the Warrant, except under circumstances that will not result in a violation of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any state securities laws.

The undersigned requests that a Warrant representing any unexercised portion hereof be issued, pursuant to the Warrant, in the name of the Holder and delivered to the undersigned at the address set forth below:

Dated:_________________ _____________________________________

Signature of Holder

_____________________________________

Name of Holder (Print)

Address:

_____________________________________

_____________________________________

_____________________________________

 

FORM OF ASSIGNMENT

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns, and transfers all the rights of the undersigned under the within Warrant, with respect to the number of shares of Common Stock covered thereby set forth hereinbelow, to:

Name of Assignee

Address

No. of Shares

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints _____________________________________ as agent and attorney-in-fact to transfer said Warrant on the books of the within-named corporation, with full power of substitution in the premises.

 

Dated: _____________________, ____

In the presence of

___________________________

Name: Merlin Software Technologies International, Inc.

Per: Trevor McConnell

Signature:

Title of Signing Officer or Agent (if any): 

Chief Financial Officer and Secretary

 

Address:

Note: The above signature should correspond exactly with the name on the face of the within Warrant.