Exhibit 4.2
Commitment Warrant (Swartz)
Document is Copied.
THIS WARRANT AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE HEREOF HAVE NOT BEEN
REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"),
OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAW, AND MAY NOT BE SOLD, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED,
HYPOTHECATED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF OR EXERCISED UNLESS (i) A REGISTRATION
STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS SHALL
HAVE BECOME EFFECTIVE WITH REGARD THERETO, OR (ii) AN EXEMPTION FROM
REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS IS
AVAILABLE IN CONNECTION WITH SUCH OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER.
AN INVESTMENT IN THESE SECURITIES INVOLVES A HIGH DEGREE OF RISK. HOLDERS MUST
RELY ON THEIR OWN ANALYSIS OF THE INVESTMENT AND ASSESSMENT OF THE RISKS
INVOLVED.
Warrant to Purchase
1,500,000 shares
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Warrant to Purchase Common Stock
of
TIDELANDS OIL & GAS CORPORATION
THIS CERTIFIES that Swartz Private Equity, LLC or any subsequent holder
hereof pursuant to Section 8 hereof ("Holder"), has the right to purchase from
TIDELANDS OIL & GAS CORPORATION, a Nevada corporation (the "Company"), up to
1,500,000 fully paid and nonassessable shares of the Company's common stock,
$0.001 par value per share ("Common Stock"), subject to adjustment as provided
herein, at a price equal to the Exercise Price as defined in Section 3 below, at
any time beginning on the Date of Issuance (defined below) and ending at 5:00
p.m., New York, New York time the date that is ten (10) years after the Date of
Issuance (the "Exercise Period").
Holder agrees with the Company that this Warrant to Purchase Common
Stock of the Company (this "Warrant") is issued and all rights hereunder shall
be held subject to all of the conditions, limitations and provisions set forth
herein.
1. Date of Issuance and Term.
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This Warrant shall be deemed to be issued on September 7, 2000 ("Date
of Issuance"). The term of this Warrant is ten (10) years from the Date of
Issuance.
Of this Warrant to purchase one million five hundred thousand
(1,500,000) shares of Common Stock of the Company, the Warrant is exercisable as
to five hundred thousand (500,000) shares of Common Stock of the Company after
the fifteen (15) business day document review period (the "Review Period")
referenced in the Equity Line Letter of Agreement dated on or about September 7,
2000, between Holder and Company (the "Letter of Agreement") has ended, shall be
further exercisable as to an additional five hundred thousand (500,000) shares
of Common Stock of the Company upon the execution by the Company and Swartz
Private Equity, LLC of an Investment Agreement, pursuant to the Letter of
Agreement ("Investment Agreement") and shall be further exercisable as to the
remaining five hundred thousand (500,000) shares of Common Stock of the Company
upon the earlier of (i) the date of effectiveness of Company's registration
statement (the "Registration Statement") to be filed pursuant to the Investment
Agreement and related documents, or (ii) March 7, 2001.
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Anything in this Warrant to the contrary notwithstanding, if the
Company delivers written notice to Swartz Private Equity, LLC, at 200 Roswell
Summit, Suite 285, 1080 Holcomb Bridge Road, Roswell, GA 30076; Telephone: (770)
640-8130, Facsimile: (770) 640-7150 (or such other address and number as
requested by the Holder), prior to the expiration of the Review Period that the
legal documents for the transaction are unacceptable and the Company wishes to
terminate the transaction (a "Company Termination Notice"), Holder shall return
this Warrant to the Company and all of Holder's rights under this Warrant shall
be null and void and of no effect, provided that, if the Company has not
delivered a Company Termination Notice to Swartz Private Equity, LLC, prior to
the expiration of the Review Period, ownership of this Warrant shall irrevocably
vest to the Holder, regardless of whether a Company Termination Notice is
delivered anytime thereafter.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the applicable portion
of this Warrant shall not be exercisable during any time that, and only to the
extent that, the number of shares of Common Stock to be issued to Holder upon
such exercise, when added to the number of shares of Common Stock, if any, that
the Holder otherwise beneficially owns at the time of such exercise, would equal
or exceed 4.99% of the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding, as
determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act (the "4.99%
Limitation"). The 4.99% Limitation shall be conclusively satisfied if the
applicable Exercise Notice includes a signed representation by the Holder that
the issuance of the shares in such Exercise Notice will not violate the 4.99%
Limitation, and the Company shall not be entitled to require additional
documentation of such satisfaction.
2. Exercise.
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(a) Manner of Exercise. During the Exercise Period, this Warrant may be
exercised as to all or any lesser number of full shares of Common Stock covered
hereby (the "Warrant Shares") upon surrender of this Warrant, with the Exercise
Form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the "Exercise Form") duly completed and
executed, together with the full Exercise Price (as defined below) for each
share of Common Stock as to which this Warrant is exercised, at the office of
the Company, Attention: Michael R. Ward, President & CEO, Tidelands Oil & Gas
Corporation, 13330 Leopard Street, Suite 26, Corpus Christi, Texas 78410
Telephone: (361) 241-2244, Facsimile: (361) 241-5292, or at such other office or
agency as the Company may designate in writing, by overnight mail, with an
advance copy of the Exercise Form sent to the Company and its Transfer Agent by
facsimile (such surrender and payment of the Exercise Price hereinafter called
the "Exercise of this Warrant").
(b) Date of Exercise. The "Date of Exercise" of the Warrant shall be
defined as the date that the advance copy of the completed and executed Exercise
Form is sent by facsimile to the Company, provided that the original Warrant and
Exercise Form are received by the Company as soon as practicable thereafter.
Alternatively, the Date of Exercise shall be defined as the date the original
Exercise Form is received by the Company, if Holder has not sent advance notice
by facsimile.
(c) Delivery of Shares of Common Stock Upon Exercise. Upon any exercise
of this Warrant, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to deliver,
or shall cause its transfer agent to deliver, a stock certificate or
certificates representing the number of shares of Common Stock into which this
Warrant was exercised, within three (3) trading days of the date that all of the
following have been received by the Company: (i) the original completed and
executed Exercise Form, (ii) the original Warrant and (iii) the Exercise Price
(if applicable)(collectively, the "Receipt Date"). Such stock certificates shall
not contain a legend restricting transfer if a registration statement covering
the resale of such shares of Common Stock is in effect at the time of such
exercise or if such shares of Common Stock may be resold pursuant to an
exemption from registration, including but not limited to Rule 144 under the
Securities Act of 1933. Shares of Common Stock which may be qualified for public
resale under Rule 144 will have their restrictive legends removed in accordance
with Rule 144(k). Any request for removal of legend before the expiration of the
two year holding period must be handled through an NASD licensed broker dealer.
The Company will cooperate fully in connection with any broker/dealer Rule 144
sale.
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(d) Economic Loss Due to Late Delivery of Shares. If the Company fails
for any reason to deliver the requisite number of shares of Common Stock
(unlegended, if so required by the terms of this Warrant)(the "Warrant Shares")
to a Holder upon an exercise of this Warrant within fifteen (15) business days
of the Receipt Date (the "Late Delivery Deadline"), the Company shall pay such
Holder (in addition to any other remedies available to Holder) an amount equal
to ("Non-Delivery Payment") the number of Warrant Shares for which delivery is
late, multiplied by the difference of:
(x) the highest closing price for the Company's Common Stock for any trading day
during the period beginning on and including the Date of
Exercise and ending on the earlier of (i) the date that the
Investor receives from the Company certificates (unlegended,
if so required by the terms of this Warrant) representing the
Warrant Shares of Common Stock issuable in conjunction with
such Exercise, or (ii) the date that the Investor receives the
full amount of the Non-Delivery Payment, whichever is earlier,
minus
(y) the Exercise Price per share (which, in the case of a Cashless Exercise,
shall be deemed to equal zero), or, if the Investor has
received the Warrant Shares (unlegended, if so required by the
terms of this Warrant) from the Company prior to the payment
of the Non-Delivery Payment, the lowest closing price of the
Company's Common Stock for the five (5) trading days
immediately preceding the date that such Warrant Shares are
delivered to the Holder.
Non-Delivery Payments shall be payable, in cash or cash
equivalent, within five (5) business days of the Late Delivery
Deadline.
(e) Liquidated Damages. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that
the sums payable as Non-Delivery Payments shall give rise to liquidated damages
and not penalties. The parties further acknowledge that (i) the amount of loss
or damages likely to be incurred by the Holder is incapable or is difficult to
precisely estimate, (ii) the amounts specified bear a reasonable proportion and
are not plainly or grossly disproportionate to the probable loss likely to be
incurred by the Investor, and (iii) the parties are sophisticated business
parties and have been represented by sophisticated and able legal and financial
counsel and negotiated this Agreement at arm's length.
(f) Cancellation of Warrant. This Warrant shall be canceled upon the
Exercise of this Warrant, and, as soon as practical after the Date of Exercise,
Holder shall be entitled to receive Common Stock for the number of shares
purchased upon such Exercise of this Warrant, and if this Warrant is not
exercised in full, Holder shall be entitled to receive a new Warrant (containing
terms identical to this Warrant) representing any unexercised portion of this
Warrant in addition to such Common Stock.
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(g) Holder of Record. Each person in whose name any Warrant for shares
of Common Stock is issued shall, for all purposes, be deemed to be the Holder of
record of such shares on the Date of Exercise of this Warrant, irrespective of
the date of delivery of the Common Stock purchased upon the Exercise of this
Warrant. Nothing in this Warrant shall be construed as conferring upon Holder
any rights as a stockholder of the Company.
3. Payment of Warrant Exercise Price.
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The Exercise Price per share ("Exercise Price") shall initially equal
(the "Initial Exercise Price") the lowest Closing Price for the five (5) trading
days immediately preceding September 7, 2000, which is $0.375. If the lowest
Closing Price of the Company's Common Stock for the five (5) trading days
immediately preceding the date, if any, that Swartz Private Equity, LLC executes
an Investment Agreement pursuant to the Letter of Agreement (the "Closing Market
Price") is less than the Initial Exercise Price, the Exercise Price shall be
reset to equal the Closing Market Price, or, if the Date of Exercise is more
than six (6) months after the Date of Issuance, the Exercise Price shall be
reset to equal the lesser of (i) the Exercise Price then in effect, or (ii) the
"Lowest Reset Price," as that term is defined below. The Company shall calculate
a "Reset Price" on each six-month anniversary date of the Date of Issuance which
shall equal the lowest Closing Price of the Company's Common Stock for the five
(5) trading days ending on such six- month anniversary date of the Date of
Issuance. The "Lowest Reset Price" shall equal the lowest Reset Price determined
on any six-month anniversary date of the Date of Issuance preceding the Date of
Exercise, taking into account, as appropriate, any adjustments made pursuant to
Section 5 hereof.
For purposes hereof, the term "Closing Price" shall mean the closing
price on the Nasdaq Small Cap Market, the National Market System ("NMS"), the
New York Stock Exchange, or the O.T.C. Bulletin Board, or if no longer traded on
the Nasdaq Small Cap Market, the National Market System ("NMS"), the New York
Stock Exchange, or the O.T.C. Bulletin Board, the "Closing Price" shall equal
the closing price on the principal national securities exchange or the
over-the-counter system on which the Common Stock is so traded and, if not
available, the mean of the high and low prices on the principal national
securities exchange on which the Common Stock is so traded.
Payment of the Exercise Price may be made by either of the following,
or a combination thereof, at the election of Holder:
(i) Cash Exercise: cash, bank or cashiers check or wire transfer; or
(ii) Cashless Exercise: The Holder, at its option, may exercise this
Warrant in a cashless exercise transaction under this subsection (ii) if and
only if, on the Date of Exercise, there is not then in effect a current
registration statement that covers the resale of the shares of Common Stock to
be issued upon exercise of this Warrant . In order to effect a Cashless
Exercise, the Holder shall surrender this Warrant at the principal office of the
Company together with notice of cashless election, in which event the Company
shall issue Holder a number of shares of Common Stock computed using the
following formula:
X = Y (A-B)/A
where: X = the number of shares of Common Stock to be issued to Holder.
Y = the number of shares of Common Stock for which this Warrant is
being exercised.
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A = the Market Price of one (1) share of Common Stock (for
purposes of this Section 3(ii), the "Market Price" shall be
defined as the average Closing Price of the Common Stock for
the five (5) trading days prior to the Date of Exercise of
this Warrant (the "Average Closing Price"), as reported by the
O.T.C. Bulletin Board, National Association of Securities
Dealers Automated Quotation System ("Nasdaq") Small Cap
Market, or if the Common Stock is not traded on the Nasdaq
Small Cap Market, the Average Closing Price in any other
over-the-counter market; provided, however, that if the Common
Stock is listed on a stock exchange, the Market Price shall be
the Average Closing Price on such exchange for the five (5)
trading days prior to the date of exercise of the Warrants. If
the Common Stock is/was not traded during the five (5) trading
days prior to the Date of Exercise, then the closing price for
the last publicly traded day shall be deemed to be the closing
price for any and all (if applicable) days during such five
(5) trading day period.
B = the Exercise Price.
For purposes of Rule 144 and sub-section (d)(3)(ii) thereof, it is
intended, understood and acknowledged that the Common Stock issuable upon
exercise of this Warrant in a cashless exercise transaction shall be deemed to
have been acquired at the time this Warrant was issued. Moreover, it is
intended, understood and acknowledged that the holding period for the Common
Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant in a cashless exercise transaction
shall be deemed to have commenced on the date this Warrant was issued.
4. Transfer and Registration.
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(a) Transfer Rights. Subject to the provisions of Section 8 of this
Warrant, this Warrant may be transferred on the books of the Company, in whole
or in part, in person or by attorney, upon surrender of this Warrant properly
completed and endorsed unless such transfer is prohibited by applicable
securities laws. This Warrant shall be canceled upon such surrender and, as soon
as practicable thereafter, the person to whom such transfer is made shall be
entitled to receive a new Warrant or Warrants as to the portion of this Warrant
transferred, and Holder shall be entitled to receive a new Warrant as to the
portion hereof retained.
(b) Registrable Securities. In addition to any other registration
rights of the Holder, if the Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant
is not registered for resale at the time the Company proposes to register
(including for this purpose a registration effected by the Company for
stockholders other than the Holders) any of its Common Stock under the Act
(other than a registration relating solely for the sale of securities to
participants in a Company stock plan or a registration on Form S4 promulgated
under the Act or any successor or similar form registering stock issuable upon a
reclassification, upon a business combination involving an exchange of
securities or upon an exchange offer for securities of the issuer or another
entity)(a "Piggyback Registration Statement"), the Company shall cause to be
included in such Piggyback Registration Statement ("Piggyback Registration") all
of the Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant ("Registrable
Securities") to the extent such inclusion does not violate the registration
rights of any other securityholder of the Company granted prior to the date
hereof. Nothing herein shall prevent the Company from withdrawing or abandoning
the Piggyback Registration Statement prior to its effectiveness.
(c) Limitation on Obligations to Register under a Piggyback
Registration. In the case of a Piggyback Registration pursuant to an
underwritten public offering by the Company, if the managing underwriter
determines and advises in writing that the inclusion in the registration
statement of all Registrable Securities proposed to be included would interfere
with the successful marketing of the securities proposed to be registered by the
Company, then the number of such Registrable Securities to be included in the
Piggyback Registration Statement, to the extent such Registrable Securities may
be included in such Piggyback Registration Statement, shall be allocated among
all Holders who had requested Piggyback Registration pursuant to the terms
hereof, in the proportion that the number of Registrable Securities which each
such Holder seeks to register bears to the total number of Registrable
Securities sought to be included by all Holders. If required by the managing
underwriter of such an underwritten public offering, the Holders shall enter
into a reasonable agreement limiting the number of Registrable Securities to be
included in such Piggyback Registration Statement and the terms, if any,
regarding the future sale of such Registrable Securities.
5. Anti-Dilution Adjustments.
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(a) Stock Dividend. If the Company shall at any time declare a dividend
payable in shares of Common Stock, then Holder, upon Exercise of this Warrant
after the record date for the determination of holders of Common Stock entitled
to receive such dividend, shall be entitled to receive upon Exercise of this
Warrant, in addition to the number of shares of Common Stock as to which this
Warrant is exercised, such additional shares of Common Stock as such Holder
would have received had this Warrant been exercised immediately prior to such
record date and the Exercise Price will be proportionately adjusted.
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(b) Recapitalization or Reclassification.
(i) Stock Split. If the Company shall at any time effect a
recapitalization, reclassification or other similar transaction of such
character that the shares of Common Stock shall be changed into or become
exchangeable for a larger number of shares (a "Stock Split"), then upon the
effective date thereof, the number of shares of Common Stock which Holder shall
be entitled to purchase upon Exercise of this Warrant shall be increased in
direct proportion to the increase in the number of shares of Common Stock by
reason of such recapitalization, reclassification or similar transaction, and
the Exercise Price shall be proportionally decreased.
(ii) Reverse Stock Split. If the Company shall at any time
effect a recapitalization, reclassification or other similar transaction of such
character that the shares of Common Stock shall be changed into or become
exchangeable for a smaller number of shares (a "Reverse Stock Split"), then upon
the effective date thereof, the number of shares of Common Stock which Holder
shall be entitled to purchase upon Exercise of this Warrant shall be
proportionately decreased and the Exercise Price shall be proportionally
increased. The Company shall give Holder the same notice it provides to holders
of Common Stock of any transaction described in this Section 5(b).
(c) Distributions. If the Company shall at any time distribute for no
consideration to holders of Common Stock cash, evidences of indebtedness or
other securities or assets (other than cash dividends or distributions payable
out of earned surplus or net profits for the current or preceding years) then,
in any such case, Holder shall be entitled to receive, upon Exercise of this
Warrant, with respect to each share of Common Stock issuable upon such exercise,
the amount of cash or evidences of indebtedness or other securities or assets
which Holder would have been entitled to receive with respect to each such share
of Common Stock as a result of the happening of such event had this Warrant been
exercised immediately prior to the record date or other date fixing shareholders
to be affected by such event (the "Determination Date") or, in lieu thereof, if
the Board of Directors of the Company should so determine at the time of such
distribution, a reduced Exercise Price determined by multiplying the Exercise
Price on the Determination Date by a fraction, the numerator of which is the
result of such Exercise Price reduced by the value of such distribution
applicable to one share of Common Stock (such value to be determined by the
Board of Directors of the Company in its discretion) and the denominator of
which is such Exercise Price.
(d) Notice of Consolidation or Merger and Warrant Exchange. The Company
shall, prior to effecting a merger, consolidation, exchange of shares,
recapitalization, reorganization, or other similar event, as a result of which
shares of Common Stock shall be changed into the same or a different number of
shares of the same or another class or classes of stock or securities or other
assets of the Company or another entity or there is a sale of all or
substantially all the Company's assets (a "Corporate Change"), obtain a written
agreement from the resulting successor or acquiring entity (the "Resulting
Entity") assuming the Company's obligations under this Warrant, including but
not limited to the Exercise Price reset provisions as provided herein during the
term of the resultant warrants, and agrees in such written instrument that this
Warrant shall be exerciseable into such class and type of securities or other
assets of the Resulting Entity as Holder would have received had Holder
exercised this Warrant immediately prior to such Corporate Change, and the
Exercise Price of this Warrant shall be proportionately increased (if this
Warrant shall be changed into or become exchangeable for a warrant to purchase a
smaller number of shares of Common Stock of the Resulting Entity) or shall be
proportionately decreased (if this Warrant shall be changed or become
exchangeable for a warrant to purchase a larger number of shares of Common Stock
of the Resulting Entity); provided, however, that Company may not affect any
Corporate Change unless it first shall have given thirty (30) days notice to
Holder hereof of any Corporate Change.
(e) Exercise Price Adjusted. As used in this Warrant, the term
"Exercise Price" shall mean the purchase price per share specified in Section 3
of this Warrant, until the occurrence of an event stated in subsection (a), (b),
(c) or (d) of this Section 5, and thereafter shall mean said price as adjusted
from time to time in accordance with the provisions of this Warrant. No such
adjustment under this Section 5 shall be made unless such adjustment would
change the Exercise Price at the time by $0.01 or more; provided, however, that
all adjustments not so made shall be deferred and made when the aggregate
thereof would change the Exercise Price at the time by $0.01 or more.
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(f) Adjustments: Additional Shares, Securities or Assets. In the event
that at any time, as a result of an adjustment made pursuant to this Section 5,
Holder shall, upon Exercise of this Warrant, become entitled to receive shares
and/or other securities or assets (other than Common Stock) then, wherever
appropriate, all references herein to shares of Common Stock shall be deemed to
refer to and include such shares and/or other securities or assets; and
thereafter the number of such shares and/or other securities or assets shall be
subject to adjustment from time to time in a manner and upon terms as nearly
equivalent as practicable to the provisions of this Section 5.
6. Fractional Interests.
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No fractional shares or scrip representing fractional shares
shall be issuable upon the Exercise of this Warrant, but on Exercise of this
Warrant, Holder may purchase only a whole number of shares of Common Stock. If,
on Exercise of this Warrant, Holder would be entitled to a fractional share of
Common Stock or a right to acquire a fractional share of Common Stock, such
fractional share shall be disregarded and the number of shares of Common Stock
issuable upon exercise shall be the next higher number of shares.
7. Reservation of Shares.
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The Company shall at all times reserve for issuance such
number of authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock (or other securities
substituted therefor as herein above provided) as shall be sufficient for the
Exercise of this Warrant and payment of the Exercise Price. The Company
covenants and agrees that upon the Exercise of this Warrant, all shares of
Common Stock issuable upon such exercise shall be duly and validly issued, fully
paid, nonassessable and not subject to preemptive rights, rights of first
refusal or similar rights of any person or entity.
8. Restrictions on Transfer.
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(a) Registration or Exemption Required. This Warrant has been
issued in a transaction exempt from the registration requirements of the Act by
virtue of Section 4(2) of the Act or Regulation D and exempt from state
registration under applicable state laws. The Warrant and the Common Stock
issuable upon the Exercise of this Warrant may not be pledged, transferred, sold
or assigned except pursuant to an effective registration statement or unless the
Company has received an opinion from the Company's counsel to the effect that
such registration is not required, or the Holder has furnished to the Company an
opinion of the Holder's counsel, which counsel shall be reasonably satisfactory
to the Company, to the effect that such registration is not required; the
transfer complies with any applicable state securities laws; and, if no
registration covering the resale of the Warrant Shares is effective at the time
the Warrant Shares are issued, the Holder consents to a legend being placed on
certificates for the Warrant Shares stating that the securities have not been
registered under the Securities Act and referring to such restrictions on
transferability and sale.
(b) Assignment. If Holder can provide the Company with
reasonably satisfactory evidence that the conditions of (a) above regarding
registration or exemption have been satisfied, Holder may sell, transfer,
assign, pledge or otherwise dispose of this Warrant, in whole or in part. Holder
shall deliver a written notice to Company, substantially in the form of the
Assignment attached hereto as Exhibit B, indicating the person or persons to
whom the Warrant shall be assigned and the respective number of warrants to be
assigned to each assignee. The Company shall effect the assignment within ten
(10) days, and shall deliver to the assignee(s) designated by Holder a Warrant
or Warrants of like tenor and terms for the appropriate number of shares.
9. Benefits of this Warrant.
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Nothing in this Warrant shall be construed to confer upon any
person other than the Company and Holder any legal or equitable right, remedy or
claim under this Warrant and this Warrant shall be for the sole and exclusive
benefit of the Company and Holder.
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10. Applicable Law.
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This Warrant is issued under and shall for all purposes be
governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the state of Georgia,
without giving effect to conflict of law provisions thereof.
11. Loss of Warrant.
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Upon receipt by the Company of evidence of the loss, theft,
destruction or mutilation of this Warrant, and (in the case of loss, theft or
destruction) of indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to the Company,
and upon surrender and cancellation of this Warrant, if mutilated, the Company
shall execute and deliver a new Warrant of like tenor and date.
12. Notice or Demands.
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Notices or demands pursuant to this Warrant to be given or made by Holder to or
on the Company shall be sufficiently given or made if sent by certified or
registered mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, and addressed, until
another address is designated in writing by the Company, to the address set
forth in Section 2(a) above. Notices or demands pursuant to this Warrant to be
given or made by the Company to or on Holder shall be sufficiently given or made
if sent by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, postage
prepaid, and addressed, to the address of Holder set forth in the Company's
records, until another address is designated in writing by Holder.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Warrant as of the
____ day of September, 2000.
TIDELANDS OIL & GAS CORPORATION
By: ________________________________
Michael R. Ward, President & CEO
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EXHIBIT A
EXERCISE FORM FOR WARRANT
TO: TIDELANDS OIL & GAS CORPORATION
The undersigned hereby irrevocably exercises the right to purchase
____________ of the shares of Common Stock (the "Common Stock") of TIDELANDS OIL
& GAS CORPORATION a Nevada corporation (the "Company"), evidenced by the
attached warrant (the "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.
1. The undersigned agrees not to offer, sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of
any of the Common Stock obtained on exercise of the Warrant, except in
accordance with the provisions of Section 8(a) of the Warrant.
2. The undersigned requests that stock certificates for such shares be issued
free of any restrictive legend, if appropriate, and a warrant representing any
unexercised portion hereof be issued, pursuant to the Warrant in the name of the
undersigned and delivered to the undersigned at the address set forth below:
Dated: _________
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Signature
_____________________________________________________________________________
Print Name
_____________________________________________________________________________
Address
_____________________________________________________________________________
NOTICE
The signature to the foregoing Exercise Form must correspond to the name as
written upon the face of the attached Warrant in every particular, without
alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever.
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EXHIBIT B
ASSIGNMENT
(To be executed by the registered holder
desiring to transfer the Warrant)
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned holder of the attached warrant (the
"Warrant") hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto the person or persons below
named the right to purchase _______ shares of the Common Stock of TIDELANDS OIL
& GAS CORPORATION, evidenced by the attached Warrant and does hereby irrevocably
constitute and appoint _______________________ attorney to transfer the said
Warrant on the books of the Company, with full power of substitution in the
premises.
Dated: ______________________________
Signature
Fill in for new registration of Warrant:
_________________________________________
Name
_________________________________________
Address
_________________________________________
Please print name and address of assignee
(including zip code number)
_______________________________________________________________________________
NOTICE
The signature to the foregoing Assignment must correspond to the name as written
upon the face of the attached Warrant in every particular, without alteration or
enlargement or any change whatsoever.
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