EX-10 10 a8kwarrant-07302001.txt WARRANT ANTI DILUTION AGREEMENT (SWARTZ WARRANTS) WARRANT ANTIDILUTION AGREEMENT THIS WARRANT ANTIDILUTION AGREEMENT (the "Agreement") is entered into as of April 17, 2001, by and among Providence Capital IX, Inc., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Colorado (the "Company") and Swartz Private Equity, LLC (hereinafter referred to as "Swartz"). RECITALS: WHEREAS, pursuant to the Company's offering ("Equity Line") of up to Ten Million (10,000,000) shares of Common Stock of the Company, excluding shares issued paid upon exercise of the Warrants, of Common Stock of the Company pursuant to that certain Investment Agreement (the "Investment Agreement") between the Company and Swartz dated on or about April 17, 2001, the Company has agreed to sell and Swartz has agreed to purchase, from time to time as provided in the Investment Agreement, shares of the Company's Common Stock ; and WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of the Investment Agreement, the Company has agreed, among other things, to issue to Swartz Commitment Warrants, as defined in the Investment Agreement, to purchase a number of shares of Common Stock, exercisable for five (5) years from their respective dates of issuance. TERMS: NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises, representations, warranties, covenants and conditions set forth in Agreement and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows: 1. ISSUANCE OF COMMITMENT WARRANTS. As compensation for entering into the Equity Line, Swartz received a warrant convertible into shares of the Company's Common Stock, in the form attached hereto as EXHIBIT A (the "Commitment Warrants"). 2. ISSUANCE OF ADDITIONAL WARRANTS. On each six month anniversary of the date of issuance of the Commitment Warrants (each, a "Six Month Anniversary Date"), the Company shall issue to the Investor additional warrants (the "Additional Warrants"), to purchase a number of shares of Common Stock, if necessary, such that the sum of the number of Commitment Warrants and the number of Additional Warrants issued to Investor shall equal at least "Y%" of the number of fully diluted shares of Common Stock of the Company on such Six Month Anniversary Date, where "Y" shall equal 7% for the first Six Month Anniversary Date, and shall be reduced by 0.5% for each Six Month Anniversary Date beginning on and following the second Six Month Anniversary Date. The Additional Warrants shall be in the form of EXHIBIT A hereto, and shall initially be exerciseable at the same price as the Commitment Warrants (as most recently reset), shall have the same reset provisions as the Commitment Warrants (which resets shall occur on each six month anniversary of the date of issuance of the applicable Additional Warrant throughout the term of the applicable Additional Warrant), shall have piggyback registration rights and shall have a 5-year term. 3. OPINION OF COUNSEL. Concurrently with the issuance and delivery of the Commitment Opinion (as defined in the Investment Agreement) to the Investor, or on the date that is six (6) months after the date of this Agreement, whichever is sooner, the Company shall deliver to the Investor an Opinion of Counsel (signed by the Company's independent counsel) covering the issuance of the Commitment Warrants and the Additional Warrants, and the issuance and resale of the Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants and the Additional Warrants. 4. CHANGE IN CORPORATE ENTITY. The Company shall not, at any time after the date hereof, enter into any merger, consolidation or corporate reorganization of the Company with or into, or transfer all or substantially all of the assets of the Company to, another entity unless the resulting successor or acquiring entity in such transaction, if not the Company (the "Surviving Entity"), (i) has Common Stock listed for trading on Nasdaq or on another national stock exchange and is a Reporting Issuer, (ii) assumes by written instrument the Company's obligations with respect to this Warrant Antidilution Agreement and the Additional Warrants, including but not limited to the obligations to deliver to the Investor shares of Common Stock and/or securities that Investor is entitled to receive pursuant to this Investment Agreement and upon exercise of the Additional Warrants and agrees by written instrument to reissue, in the name of the Surviving Entity, any Additional Warrants (each in the same terms, including but not limited to the same reset provisions, as the Commitment Warrants originally issued or required to be issued by the Company) that are outstanding immediately prior to such transaction, making appropriate proportional adjustments to the number of shares represented by such Warrants and the exercise prices of such Warrants to accurately reflect the exchange represented by the transaction. 5. ARBITRATION; GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Georgia applicable to agreements made in and wholly to be performed in that jurisdiction, except for matters arising under the Act or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, which matters shall be construed and interpreted in accordance with such laws. Any controversy or claim arising out of or related to the Transaction Documents or the breach thereof, shall be settled by binding arbitration in Atlanta, Georgia in accordance with the Expedited Procedures (Rules 53-57) of the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association ("AAA"). A proceeding shall be commenced upon written demand by Company or any Investor to the other. The arbitrator(s) shall enter a judgment by default against any party, which fails or refuses to appear in any properly noticed arbitration proceeding. The proceeding shall be conducted by one (1) arbitrator, unless the amount alleged to be in dispute exceeds two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000), in which case three (3) arbitrators shall preside. The arbitrator(s) will be chosen by the parties from a list provided by the AAA, and if they are unable to agree within ten (10) days, the AAA shall select the arbitrator(s). The arbitrators must be experts in securities law and financial transactions. The arbitrators shall assess costs and expenses of the arbitration, including all attorneys' and experts' fees, as the arbitrators believe is appropriate in light of the merits of the parties' respective positions in the issues in dispute. Each party submits irrevocably to the jurisdiction of any state court sitting in Atlanta, Georgia or to the United States District Court sitting in Georgia for purposes of enforcement of any discovery order, judgment or award in connection with such arbitration. The award of the arbitrator(s) shall be final and binding upon the parties and may be enforced in any court having jurisdiction. The arbitration shall be held in such place as set by the arbitrator(s) in accordance with Rule 55. Although the parties, as expressed above, agree that all claims, including claims that are equitable in nature, for example specific performance, shall initially be prosecuted in the binding arbitration procedure outlined above, if the arbitration panel dismisses or otherwise fails to entertain any or all of the equitable claims asserted by reason of the fact that it lacks jurisdiction, power and/or authority to consider such claims and/or direct the remedy requested, then, in only that event, will the parties have the right to initiate litigation respecting such equitable claims or remedies. The forum for such equitable relief shall be in either a state or federal court sitting in Atlanta, Georgia. Each party waives any right to a trial by jury, assuming such right exists in an equitable proceeding, and irrevocably submits to the jurisdiction of said Georgia court. Georgia law shall govern both the proceeding as well as the interpretation and construction of this Agreement and the transaction as a whole. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Agreement as of this 17th day of April, 2001. PROVIDENCE CAPITAL IX, INC. SUBSCRIBER: SWARTZ PRIVATE EQUITY, LLC. By: ________________________________ By: ________________________________ Richard Nadeau, Jr., President Eric S. Swartz, Manager 1250 Turks Head Building 300 Colonial Center Parkway Providence, RI 02903 Suite 300 Telephone: (401) 272-5800 Roswell, GA 30076 Facsimile: (401) 272-5858 Telephone: (770) 640-8130 Facsimile: (770) 640-7150