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As Filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission May , 1996
Registration No. __________
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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Form S-2
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
GATEWAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
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Delaware 33-0637631
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(State or other
jurisdiction (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
of incorporation or
organization)
Robert W. Forman, Esq.
c/o Marsel Mirror & Glass Greenberger & Forman
Products, Inc. 1370 Avenue of the Americas
101-01 Foster Avenue New York, NY 10019
Brooklyn, NY 11236 212-757-4001
(718) 272-9700
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(Address, including zip code, (Name, address, including zip
and telephone number, code, and telephone number, including area
including area code, code, of agent for service)
of registrant's principal
executive office)
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APPROXIMATE DATE OF COMMENCEMENT OF PROPOSED SALE TO PUBLIC: As soon as
practicable after the Registration Statement becomes effective.
If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on
a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of
1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest
reinvestment plans, check the following box. [ x ]
If the registrant elects to deliver its latest annual report to security
holders, or a complete and legible facsimile thereof, pursuant to Item 11(a)(1),
check the following box. [ ]
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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class of Amount offering price aggregate Amount of
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Common Stock,
$.001 par value.. 2,070,026* $4.00* $8,280,104* $2,848.55
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/*/ Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the Registration Fee.
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SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED MAY , 1996
Information contained herein is subject to completion or amendment. A
registration statement relating to these securities has been filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission. These securities may not be sold nor may
offers to buy be accepted prior to the time the registration statement becomes
effective. This prospectus shall not constitute an offer to sell or the
solicitation of any offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of these securities
in any state in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior
to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such State.
PROSPECTUS
_________ SHARES
GATEWAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
COMMON STOCK
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Gateway Industries, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), is
distributing to holders of record of shares of its common stock, $.001 par value
per share (the "Common Stock"), as of the close of business on __________ (the
"Record Date"), transferable subscription rights (the "Rights") to purchase
additional shares of Common Stock (the "Basic Subscription Privilege") at a
price of $____ per share (the "Subscription Price"). Stockholders will be
entitled to ____ Rights for each share of Common Stock held on the Record Date.
Each Right will entitle its holder (a "Holder") to purchase one share of Common
Stock (collectively the "Underlying Shares"). No fractional shares of Common
Stock will be sold, and fractional interests will be rounded down.
Upon exercise of the Basic Subscription Privilege, a Holder will also be
entitled to purchase at the Subscription Price a pro rata portion of any
Underlying Shares that are not otherwise subscribed for pursuant to the exercise
of Basic Subscription Privileges (the "Oversubscription Privilege";
collectively, with the Basic Subscription Privilege, and the sale of shares of
Common Stock in connection therewith, the "Rights Offering.")
The Underlying Shares are currently traded on the OTC Bulletin Board. On
June ___, 1996, the closing bid price of the Common Stock as reported on the OTC
Bulletin Board was ____ per share. The Company believes that the Rights will
also be traded on the OTC Bulletin Board; however, no assurances can be given
that a market for the Rights will develop. In addition, the Company has applied
to list its common stock (including the Underlying Shares) and the Rights on the
NASDAQ Small Cap Market. There can be no assurance that such Shares or Rights
will be so listed before completion of the Rights Offering or at all.
THE RIGHTS WILL EXPIRE AT 5:00 P.M., NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON ___, 1996,
unless extended by the Company (such date, as it may be extended on one or more
occasions, is referred to herein as the "Expiration Date"). In no event will
the Expiration Date be extended beyond ____________, 1996. If the Company
elects to extend the term of the Rights, it will issue a press release to such
effect not later than the first day The Nasdaq National Market is open for
trading following the most recently announced Expiration Date. Funds provided
in payment of the Subscription Price will be held by American Stock Transfer &
Trust Company, as the Subscription Agent, until the closing, which will occur
promptly following the Expiration Date. The exercise of Rights is irrevocable
once made, and no interest will be paid to Holders exercising their Rights.
AN INVESTMENT IN THE COMPANY'S COMMON STOCK INVOLVES A HIGH DEGREE OF RISK.
SEE "RISK FACTORS" BEGINNING ON PAGE 6 FOR A DISCUSSION OF CERTAIN FACTORS
THAT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED BY PROSPECTIVE INVESTORS IN THE SECURITIES OFFERED
HEREBY.
THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION,
NOR HAS THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE
SECURITIES COMMISSION PASSED UPON THE ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY
OF THIS PROSPECTUS. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
NO PERSON HAS BEEN AUTHORIZED TO GIVE ANY INFORMATION OR TO MAKE ANY
REPRESENTATIONS OTHER THAN THOSE CONTAINED IN THIS PROSPECTUS, AND, IF GIVEN
OR MADE, SUCH INFORMATION OR REPRESENTATIONS MUST NOT BE RELIED UPON AS
HAVING BEEN AUTHORIZED BY THE COMPANY OR ANY OTHER PERSON. THIS
PROSPECTUS DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER TO SELL OR A SOLICITATION OF AN
ANY OFFER TO SELL OR SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY SUCH SECURITIES IN ANY
CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH SUCH OFFER OR SOLICITATION IS UNLAWFUL. NEITHER THE
DELIVERY OF THIS PROSPECTUS NOR ANY SALE MADE HEREUNDER SHALL, UNDER ANY
CIRCUMSTANCES, CREATE ANY IMPLICATION THAT THERE HAS BEEN NO CHANGE IN THE
AFFAIRS OF THE COMPANY SINCE THE DATE HEREOF OR THAT THE INFORMATION
CONTAINED HEREIN IS CORRECT AS OF ANY TIME SUBSEQUENT TO ITS DATE.
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The date of this Prospectus is __________________, 1996.
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AVAILABLE INFORMATION
The Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") a Registration Statement on Form S-2 (together with any amendments
thereto, the "Registration Statement") under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the "Securities Act"), with respect to the Rights and the Underlying
Shares. This Prospectus, which constitutes a part of the Registration
Statement, does not contain all of the information set forth in the Registration
Statement, certain items of which are contained in schedules and exhibits to the
Registration Statement as permitted by the rules and regulations of the
Commission. Statements contained in this Prospectus as to the contents of any
contract or other document referred to herein or therein are not necessarily
complete, and, in each instance, reference is made to the copy of such contract
or other document filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement, or
incorporated by reference therein, for a more complete description of the matter
involved and each such statement shall be deemed qualified in all respects by
such reference. Such additional information may be obtained from the
Commission's principal office in Washington, DC.
The Company is subject to the informational requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and in accordance
therewith files periodic reports and other information with the Commission. The
Registration Statement and the exhibits thereto, as well as such reports and
other information, filed by the Company can be inspected and copied at the
public reference facilities maintained by the Commission at Room 1024, 450 Fifth
Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20549, and at the Regional Offices of the
commission located at 7 World Trade Center, New York, NY 10048 and Citicorp
Center, 500 Madison Street, Suite 1400, Chicago, IL 60661. Copies of such
material can be obtained upon written request addressed to the Public Reference
Section of the Commission at 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20549, at
prescribed rates. The Common Stock is traded on OTC Bulletin Board and reports,
proxy statements and other information concerning the Company may be inspected
at the offices of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., 1735 K
Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20006.
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DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
The following documents filed by Company with the Commission are
incorporated herein by reference:
(i) the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 1995;
(ii) the Company's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter
ended March, 31, 1996; and
(iii) the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated December 7, 1995, as
amended on February 7, 1996.
Copies of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for its fiscal year
ended December 31, 1995 and its Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB for the quarter
ended March 31, 1996 accompany this Prospectus. All documents filed by the
Company pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act,
subsequent to the date of this Prospectus and prior to the termination of the
Rights Offering, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference to this
Prospectus and to be a part hereof from the respective dates of the filing
thereof. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any
such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so
modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Prospectus.
The Company will provide without charge to each person, including each
beneficial owner, to whom a copy of this Prospectus is delivered, on the written
or oral request of such person, a copy of any or all documents incorporated by
reference into this Prospectus that are not delivered herewith, except the
exhibits to such documents (unless such exhibits are specifically incorporated
by reference in such documents). Requests for such copies should be directed to
the Company's principal office: Gateway Industries, Inc., c/o Marsel Mirror &
Glass Products, Inc., 101-01 Foster Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11236, Attn: Paul
Barlow, Tel. 718-272-9700.
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PROSPECTUS SUMMARY
The following material is qualified in its entirety by the information
appearing elsewhere in or incorporated by reference into this Prospectus.
THE COMPANY
Gateway Industries, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), through
its wholly owned subsidiary, Marsel Mirror & Glass Products, Inc. ("Marsel"), is
a manufacturer of mirrors and related glass products and framed art principally
sold to mass market retailers throughout the country. The Company's principal
executive offices are located at 101-01 Foster Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11236 and
its telephone number is (718) 272-9700.
THE RIGHTS OFFERING
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Rights..................... Each holder of Common Stock will receive ____
transferable Rights for each share of Common Stock
held of record on the Record Date. An aggregate
of ___________ Rights will be distributed pursuant
to the Rights Offering. An aggregate of _________
shares of Common Stock will be sold if all Rights
are exercised. The exercise of Rights is
irrevocable once made, and no Underlying Shares
will be issued until the closing following the
Expiration Date.
Basic Subscription
Privilege................. Holders are entitled to purchase at the
Subscription Price one share of Common Stock for
each Right held. See "The Rights Offering -- The
Rights" and "Subscription Privileges -- Basic
Subscription Package."
Oversubscription Privilege. Each Holder who elects to exercise his or her
Basic Subscription Privilege may also subscribe at
the Subscription Price for Underlying Shares, if
any, remaining unissued after satisfaction of all
subscriptions pursuant to the Basic Subscription
Privilege. If an insufficient number of
Underlying Shares is available to satisfy fully
all elections to exercise the Oversubscription
Privilege, the available Underlying Shares will be
allocated on a pro rata basis among Holders who
exercise their Oversubscription Privilege based on
the respective numbers of Underlying shares
subscribed for by such Holders pursuant to the
Basic Subscription Privilege. See "The Rights
Offering -- The Rights" and "Subscription
Privileges -- Oversubscription Privilege."
Subscription Price......... $____ in cash per share of Common Stock.
Shares of Common
Outstanding
after Rights Offering..... Assuming that all Rights are fully exercised,
____________ shares will be outstanding after the
Rights Offering, based on 1,035,013 shares
outstanding on the Record Date. The final number
of shares of Common Stock that will be outstanding
after the Rights Offering is dependent upon the
extent to which Rights are exercised.
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Transferability of Rights... The Rights are transferrable, and it is
anticipated that they will trade on the OTC
Bulletin Board until the close of business on the
last trading day prior to the Expiration Date. In
addition, the Company has applied to list its
common stock (including the Underlying Shares) and
the Rights on the NASDAQ Small Cap Market. There
can be no assurance that such Shares or Rights will
be so listed before completion of the Rights
Offering or at all. The Basic Subscription
Privilege and the Oversubscription Privilege are
only transferable together, and any transfer of
Rights will be deemed a transfer of both the Basic
Subscription Privilege and the Oversubscription
Privilege. There can be no assurance, however, that
any market for Rights will develop. See "The Rights
Offering -- Method of Transferring Rights."
Record Date................ ________________, 1996.
Expiration Date............ ___________, 1996, unless extended by the Company
from time to time, provided that the Expiration
Date shall not be later than ___________, 1996,
unless the Board of Directors determines that a
material event has occurred which necessitates one
or more further extensions of the Rights in order
to permit adequate disclosure of information
concerning such event to Holders. See "The Rights
Offering -- Expiration Date." If the Company
elects to extend the term of the Rights, it will
issue a press release to such effect not later
than the first day on which The Nasdaq National
Market is open for trading following the most
recently announced Expiration Date. In the event
Company elects to extend the term of the Rights
Offering by more than 14 calendar days, it will,
in addition, cause written notice of such
extension to be promptly sent to all Holders of
record on the Record Date.
Procedure for Exercising
Rights.................... Rights may be exercised by properly completing the
certificate evidencing such Rights (the
"Subscription Certificate") and forwarding such
Subscription Certificate (or following the
Guaranteed Delivery Procedures, as defined below)
to the Subscription Agent on or prior to the
Expiration Date, together with payment in full of
the Subscription Price for each Underlying Share
subscribed for pursuant to the Subscription
Privileges. If the mail is used to forward
Subscription Certificates, it is recommended that
insured, registered mail be used. The exercise of
a Right may not be revoked or amended. If time
does not permit a Holder or transferee of a Right
to deliver its Subscription Certificate to the
Subscription Agent on or before the Expiration
Date, such Holder or transferee should make use of
the Guaranteed Delivery Procedures described under
"The Rights Offering -- Exercise of Rights."
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If paying by uncertified personal check, please
note that the funds paid thereby may take at least
five business days to clear. Accordingly, Holders
who wish to pay the Subscription Price by means of
uncertified personal check are urged to make
payment sufficiently in advance of the Expiration
Date to ensure that such payment is received and
clears by such date and are urged to consider
payment by means of certified or cashier's check,
money order or wire transfer of funds.
Persons Holding Shares, or
Wishing to Exercise Rights
Through Others............ Persons holding shares of Common Stock, and
receiving the Rights distributable with respect
thereto, through a broker, dealer, commercial
bank, trust company or other nominee, as well as
persons holding certificates of Common Stock
personally who would prefer to have such
institutions effect transactions relating to the
Rights on their behalf, should contact the
appropriate institution or nominee and request it
to effect the transactions for them. See "The
Rights Offering -- Exercise of Rights."
Closing and Issuance of
Common Stock.............. The closing will occur and certificates
representing Underlying Shares will be delivered
to subscribers as soon as practicable after the
Expiration Date and after all prorations have been
effected. See "The Rights Offering --
Subscription Privileges." No Underlying Shares
will be issued until the closing. Funds delivered
to the Subscription Agent for the exercise of
Subscription Privileges will be held in escrow by
the Subscription Agent until the closing. No
interest will be paid to Holders on funds held by
the Subscription Agent. In the case of Holders
exercising Oversubscription Privileges, any excess
funds will be returned to the Holders as soon as
practicable following the closing.
Use of Proceeds............ It is anticipated that the net proceeds to Company
will be approximately $8,000,000 if all of the
Underlying Shares are purchased in the Rights
Offering. If less than all of the Underlying
Shares are purchased, the proceeds will be
correspondingly reduced. Proceeds will be used
for general corporate purposes and working
capital, to fund potential future acquisitions and
internal expansion, and possibly, to repay certain
of Marsel's indebtedness. See "Purpose of the
Rights Offering and Use of Proceeds."
Subscription Agent......... AMERICAN STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY
The Nasdaq National Market
Common Symbol............. GWAY
The Nasdaq National Market
Rights Symbol............. GWAYR
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RISK FACTORS
The purchase of Rights and the purchase of Common Stock in the Rights
Offering involves investment risks particular to the Company, and risks
particular to the Rights Offering. Investors are urged to read and consider
carefully the information set forth under the heading "Risk Factors," beginning
on page 6.
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THE COMPANY
Gateway Industries, Inc. (the "Company") has been engaged in the
manufacture and sale of mirror and glass products since November 24, 1995. The
Company was incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware in July 1994
for the purpose of effecting a reincorporation of Gateway Communications, Inc.
(the Company's predecessor), a California corporation. To effectuate the
reincorporation, Gateway Communications, Inc. was merged into the Company on
September 22, 1994. Immediately preceding the merger, Gateway Communications,
Inc. effected a one-for-five reverse stock split whereby each outstanding share
of common stock of Gateway Communications, Inc., no par value, was automatically
converted into one share of the Company's Common Stock, $.001 par value ("Common
Stock"). The Company's headquarters are located at 101-01 Foster Avenue,
Brooklyn, New York 11236, and its telephone number is (718) 272-9700.
Prior to September 1994, the Company's principal business was the design,
development, manufacture and sale of local area network ("LAN") communication
products for use in IBM and compatible personal computers. On September 14,
1994, the Company completed the sale of substantially all its assets relating to
its LAN business. During the second quarter of 1994, the Company had ceased
revenue producing activities in anticipation of the sale. From the second
quarter of 1994 until November 24, 1995, the Company had no operating business.
THE MARSEL ACQUISITION
On November 24, 1995, Glass Acquisition Corp., a wholly-owned subsidiary of
the Company, acquired (the "Acquisition") substantially all the assets and the
business of Marsel Mirror & Glass Products, Inc., a New York corporation ("Old
Marsel"), and the related real estate interest of Barlow Associates, a New York
general partnership ("Barlow"), from which Old Marsel conducted its business.
Subsequent to the closing of the Acquisition, Glass Acquisition Corp. changed
its name to Marsel Mirror & Glass Products, Inc. ("Marsel").
As part of the Acquisition, Marsel entered a new loan agreement with one of
Old Marsel's lenders, replaced its other lender and entered into a composition
agreement (the "Composition Agreement") with substantially all Old Marsel's
trade creditors who were owed approximately $2.9 million. Pursuant to the
Composition Agreement, such creditors agreed to accept, and Marsel agreed to
pay, approximately $540,000 upon closing of the Acquisition (the "Marsel
Closing") and $100,000 on each of the four anniversaries following such closing.
All Old Marsel's trade creditors were sent bulk sales notices and were to
receive no payment unless they signed the Composition Agreement.
The consideration for the purchase from Old Marsel was (i) the assumption
by Marsel of an obligation to the New York City Industrial Development Authority
(the "IDA") of approximately $4.78 million, (ii) the satisfaction of
approximately $1,575,000 of debt owed by Barlow (which was secured by a second
mortgage on the real estate interest), and (iii) the satisfaction of
approximately $2.4 million of short term debt owed by Old Marsel, which was
replaced with a loan and security agreement with another commercial lender.
Simultaneously with the Marsel Closing, the Company invested $2.8 million in
Marsel.
MARSEL
Old Marsel was incorporated in New York in 1952, and had engaged in the
manufacture and sale of mirrors and related consumer glass products since its
inception. It was one of the originators of mass producing mirrors for
consumption across the country. Barlow was formed in 1985 by the then owners of
Old Marsel. Barlow's sole business was the leasing of the premises from which
Old Marsel conducted its business.
Before the Acquisition, Old Marsel's financial condition had substantially
deteriorated as a result of declining sales and large operating losses. It was
in default under its loan agreements, its accounts payable were all overdue, and
virtually all its suppliers were shipping only on a C.O.D. basis. For 1994 and
1995
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(including the six-week period that Marsel has been owned by Gateway), the
combined revenues of Marsel and Barlow were $29,733,916 and $21,910,706,
respectively, and their combined losses before taxes were $353,354 and
$1,688,483, respectively. Revenues and income were negatively impacted by the
sluggish retail environment and the bankruptcy of several of Marsel's customers.
Marsel's deteriorating financial condition caused its suppliers to limit
shipments of raw materials, resulting in inventory shortfalls and an inability
to fill customer orders in a timely and complete manner. In addition, the
reduced supplies caused operating inefficiencies and increased Marsel's cost of
goods sold.
RECENT DEVELOPMENTS
The Company reported a loss of $452,000 for its fiscal quarter ended March
31, 1996 primarily due to declining sales. Such losses has caused the Company to
not be in compliance with certain financial covenants contained in its loan
agreements with its lenders. See "Risk Factors -- History of Operating Losses"
and "Potential Loan Agreement Defaults," and "Management Discussion and Analysis
of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" incorporated by reference from
the Company's quarterly report on Form 10-QSB for the quarter ended March
31,1996.
RISK FACTORS
Prospective investors should carefully consider the following risk factors
in addition to other information set forth in this Prospectus before making a
decision to purchase any of the securities offered hereby.
HISTORY OF OPERATING LOSSES AT MARSEL AND DECLINING REVENUES
The Company's sole operating business is that of Marsel, which was acquired
on November 24, 1995. Before the acquisition, Old Marsel's financial condition
had substantially deteriorated as a result of declining sales and large
operating losses. It was in default under its loan agreements, its accounts
payable were all overdue, and virtually all its suppliers were shipping only on
a C.O.D. basis. For 1994 and 1995 (including the six-week period that Marsel
has been owned by Gateway), the combined revenues of Marsel and Barlow were
$29,733,916 and $21,910,706, respectively, and their combined losses before
taxes were $353,354 and $1,688,483, respectively. Revenues and income were
negatively impacted by the sluggish retail environment and the bankruptcy of
several of Marsel's customers. Marsel's deteriorating financial condition
caused its suppliers to limit shipments of raw materials, resulting in inventory
shortfalls and an inability to fill customer orders in a timely and complete
manner. In addition, the reduced supplies caused operating inefficiencies and
increased Marsel's cost of goods sold.
For the three months ended March 31, 1996, Marsel incurred losses of
$452,000 on sales of $4,431,000. Management anticipates that Marsel [will
__________] for the quarter ended June 30, 1996. Continued losses could
negatively impact its working capital and the extension of credit by its lenders
and could cause such lenders to declare a default under the Company's loan
agreements. See "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition
and Results of Operations" contained in the Company's Form 10-KSB for the year
ended December 31, 1995 and for its Form 10-QSB the quarter ended March 31, 1996
incorporated herein by reference; and "Risk Factors--Potential Loan Agreement
Defaults".
POTENTIAL LOAN AGREEMENT DEFAULTS
Marsel is party to a loan agreement (the "Commercial Loan Agreement") with
a commercial bank (the "Commercial Lender") providing for revolving loans of up
to $4 million and a term loan of $500,000, which expires on October 31, 1996. As
of March 31, 1996, $2,938,000 and $475,000 were outstanding under the revolver
and term loan, respectively.
Marsel possesses a leasehold interest in approximately 314,000 square foot
facility located in Brooklyn, New York from which it conducts its operations.
The building and improvements on the real property are subject to bonds issued
by the IDA (the "Bonds") which, as of December 31, 1995, had an outstanding
principal
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balance of $4.78 million. Interest on the Bonds accrues at the rate
of 7.5% per annum and is payable semi-annually on May 15 and November 15. In
addition, principal payments of $450,000 are due on November 15, 1996, 1997 and
1998 and a final principal payment of $3,430,000 is due on November 15, 1999.
Marsel's obligations under the Bonds are secured by an irrevocable letter
of credit (the "L/C") issued by National Bank of Canada (the "L/C Bank")
pursuant to an Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement (the "L/C Loan
Agreement" and, collectively with the Commercial Loan Agreement, the "Loan
Agreements") between Marsel and the "L/C Bank". Marsel has agreed to reimburse
the L/C Bank for all payments made to or on behalf of Marsel, including drawings
on the L/C. Marsel's reimbursement obligations are secured by a lien on all its
real estate related assets.
The Loan Agreements contain various covenants relating to Marsel's
performance and financial condition. Marsel was not in compliance with certain
of such covenants as of March 31, 1996. Such non-compliance constitutes an event
of default under the Loan Agreements. The Company is negotiating with each of
the Banks to waive such non-compliance or to modify the covenants. If such
waivers or modifications are not received, each Bank could declare all
outstanding amounts immediately due and payable. The Company does not currently
have the financial resources to make such payments and there can be no assurance
that it could obtain financing to do so. The Company is seeking to obtain a
mortgage loan with a 25 year amortization schedule, in an amount sufficient to
repay all amounts due under the Bonds. The Company may use a portion of the
proceeds of this Rights Offering to reduce amounts outstanding under the Bonds.
POTENTIAL NON-RENEWAL OF THE L/C
Marsel's obligations under the Bonds are secured by the L/C, which expires
on December 1, 1996, and the L/C Bank is obligated to renew it only in certain
circumstances. If the L/C is not renewed, all outstanding payments (currently
aggregating $4,780,000) under the Bonds become due and payable.
The L/C Loan Agreement provides that the L/C Bank must renew the L/C
annually if Marsel (a) meets certain financial covenants and reporting
requirements, (b) has met all L/C reimbursement obligations, (c) either (x)
renewed the Commercial Loan Agreement, or obtained a new loan agreement (in
either case on terms reasonably satisfactory to the L/C Bank) to finance its
working needs for at least one year past the then expiration date of the L/C, or
(y) has deposited cash collateral sufficient to make the next annual payment
under the Bonds with the L/C Bank. If the L/C is not renewed, all amounts due
under the Bonds will become due and payable. The Company may use a portion of
the proceeds of this Offering to reduce or repay amounts due under the Bonds.
The Company is seeking to obtain a mortgage loan with a 25 year amortization
schedule, in an amount sufficient to repay all amounts due under the Bonds.
DEPENDENCE ON MAJOR CUSTOMER
For 1995, sales to Wal-Mart represented 40% of the Company's revenues. The
Company has no contract for the future sale of products to Wal-Mart. If, for
any reason, Wal-Mart ceased purchasing merchandise from Marsel or if it
significantly reduced its level of such purchases, the Company's business and
financial condition would be materially adversely effected. While Management
knows of no plans by Wal-Mart to reduce its purchases from the Company, there
can be no assurance that it will continue its purchases at prior levels.
DEPENDENCE ON KEY SUPPLIERS
Approximately 98% of Marsel's single most important component, glass, is
provided by P.P.G. Industries. While other sources of supply are available,
their pricing, terms and reliability are less advantageous. Its other principal
raw materials are corrugated and framing materials. Two suppliers represented
68% and 21%, respectively, of Marsel's purchases of corrugated materials in
1995. Marsel does
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not have any significant long-term purchase commitments with
any of its suppliers. While Marsel has long-term relationships with its key
suppliers, there can be no assurance that such suppliers will continue to do
business with Marsel. The loss of any such supplier could have a material
adverse effect on the business and financial condition of the Company.
COMPETITION
Marsel's principal competitors for its mirrors are Monarch Mirror, a
division of Stanley Works ("Stanley"), and Silverwood Industries, based in
Arkansas ("Silverwood"). Stanley's pricing structure is usually higher, and its
products tend to focus on wardrobe mirrored doors, sold at retail, primarily in
the home improvement market. Stanley is a much larger company with greater
financial resources. Silverwood is smaller than Marsel, with a similar, but
more narrowly focused, product line, and is relatively new to the industry.
The dominant competitors in the framed art category are National Picture &
Frame Co., Decorel, Impulse Graphics, and Crystal Art Galleries. Each is larger
and has greater financial resources than Marsel and provides products that are
decorative, sell at competitive prices and in packages that are well suited for
mass merchandising. Marsel competes in this area by incorporating mirror or
screen printed accents into its framed art products. The lower barriers to
entry in this market tend to attract a higher number of competitors.
NEW OPERATING MANAGEMENT TEAM; MANAGEMENT OF GROWTH
When the Company acquired old Marsel's business, it was in need of new
senior operating management. Immediately following the acquisition, the Company
installed an interim president in an attempt to turnaround Marsel's
deteriorating results and financial condition. In February, 1996, the Company
hired a permanent president for Marsel. There can be no assurance that Marsel's
new management will lead it to profitability.
Depending on the extent of its future growth, the Company may experience a
significant strain on its management, operational and financial resources. The
Company's ability to manage its growth effectively may require it to continue to
implement and improve its operational and financial systems and may require the
addition of new management personnel. The failure of the Company's management
team to effectively manage growth, should it occur, could have a material
adverse effect on the Company's financial condition and results of operations.
POTENTIAL CONTROL BY WARREN G. LICHTENSTEIN
Warren G. Lichtenstein, a member of the Board of Directors, individually
and through entities controlled by, or affiliated with, him beneficially owns
370,016 shares of Common Stock in the aggregate, representing 35.2% of the
currently outstanding shares of Common Stock (excluding options for 100,000
shares of Common Stock exercisable after 60 days). By virtue of such ownership
and his position with the Company, Mr. Lichtenstein may have the practical
ability to determine the election of all directors and control the outcome of
substantially all matters submitted to the Company's stockholders. Such
concentration of ownership could have the effect of making it more difficult for
a third party to acquire, or discourage a third party from seeing to acquire,
control of the Company. In addition, Mr. Lichtenstein has advised the Company
that entities whose Common stock purchases he controls currently intend to
exercise all Rights distributed to such entities. If not all Rights are
exercised by other Shareholders, entities controlled by Mr. Lichtenstein will
increase their pro rata ownership of the Company's common stock. (See "Certain
Rights Offering Considerations -- Dilution.")
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ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS
The Company's manufacturing operations are subject to environmental laws
and regulations which govern waste water discharges, air emissions, the handling
and disposal of solid and hazardous wastes and the remediation of contamination
associated with the disposal of such wastes. The failure to comply with such
laws could result in substantial fines, penalties or other liabilities.
POTENTIAL ANTI-TAKEOVER EFFECTS OF DELAWARE LAW; POSSIBLE ISSUANCES OF PREFERRED
STOCK
Certain provisions of Delaware law could delay, impede or make more
difficult a merger, tender offer or proxy context involving the Company, even if
such events could be beneficial to the interests of the stockholders. Such
provisions could limit the price that certain investors might be willing to pay
in the future for shares of common Stock. In addition, shares of preferred
stock can be issued by the Board of Directors without stockholder approval on
such terms as the Board may determine. The rights of the holders of Common
Stock will be subject to, and may be adversely affected by, the rights of the
holders of any preferred flexibility in connection with possible acquisitions
and other corporate purposes, such issuance may make it more difficult for a
third party to acquire, or may discourage a third party from acquiring, a
majority of the voting stock of the Company. See "Description of Capital
Stock."
FUTURE ACQUISITIONS
The Company's current revenues are derived from a business acquired in
November 1995. The Company intends to continue to pursue acquisitions of
businesses and product lines which the Company believes have a significant
growth possibilities. A portion of the proceeds of this Offering may be used
for such acquisitions. There can be no assurance that future acquisitions if
made will be profitable.
MERCHANDISING
The Company's success depends to a large degree on its ability to introduce
in a timely manner new or updated products which are affordable, functional in
purpose, distinctive in quality and design and tailored to the purchasing
patters of the Company's customers. Misjudgments as to customer interest in new
or updated products could lead to excess inventories and markdowns and could
have a material adverse effect on the Company's financial condition and results
of operations.
NON-LISTING OF UNDERLYING SHARES IN NASDAQ SYSTEM
The Company has applied to list its common stock (including the Underlying
Shares) and the Rights on the NASDAQ Small Cap Market. There can be no
assurance that such Shares or Rights will be so listed before completion of the
Rights Offering or at all. If such listing is not obtained, trading, if any, in
the Company's Common Stock would continue to be conducted in the over-the-
counter market on an electronic bulletin board established for securities that
do no meet the NASDAQ System listing requirements or in what are commonly
referred to as the "pink sheets". If this were to occur, an investor might find
it more difficult to dispose of, or to obtain accurate quotations as to the
price of, the Company's securities.
POSSIBLE VOLATILITY OF STOCK PRICE
The Company's Common Stock, is thinly traded and may experience significant
price and volume fluctuations which could adversely affect the market price of
the common Stock without regard to the operating performance of the Company.
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CERTAIN RIGHTS OFFERING CONSIDERATIONS
NO COMMITMENTS TO PURCHASE AND NO MINIMUM SIZE OF RIGHTS OFFERING
Although Warren G. Lichtenstein has indicated that entities whose
securities purchases he controls current intended to exercise their Rights, the
Company does not have a commitment from any person to purchase any shares of
Common Stock pursuant to the Rights. In addition, no minimum amount of proceeds
is required for the Company to consummate the Rights Offering. Accordingly, no
assurances can be given as to the amount of gross proceeds that the Company will
realize from the Rights Offering. See "Purpose of Offering and Use of
Proceeds," "the Rights Offering," and "Plan of Distribution."
DILUTION; DISCOUNT FROM MARKET PRICE
Holders who do not exercise their Subscription Privileges in full will
realize a dilution in their percentage voting interest and ownership interest in
future net earnings, if any, of the Company to the extent that Rights are
exercised by other Holders. Mr. Lichtenstein has informed the Company that
entities whose Common Stock purchases he controls intend to exercise their Basic
Subscription Privilege. Assuming such entities fully subscribe to their Basic
Subscription Privilege, and no other Rights were exercised, they would
collectively own approximately ___% of the Company's voting Common Stock. In
addition, the Subscription Price represents a ___% discount from the market
price and could result in a reduction in the market price for the Company's
common stock.
LIMITED LIQUIDITY OF SECURITIES AND TRADING ACTIVITY
The Common Stock is thinly traded. Approximately 35.7% of the Company's
voting Common Stock is beneficially owned by entities affiliated with Mr.
Lichtenstein. While the Company anticipates that the Rights will be traded on
OTC Bulletin Board, no assurances can be given that an efficient market for the
Rights will develop or, if developed, be maintained. In addition, the Company
has applied to list its common stock (including the Underlying Shares) and the
Rights on the NASDAQ Small Cap Market. There can be no assurance that such
Shares or Rights will be so listed before completion of the Rights Offering or
at all.
POSSIBLE EXTENSION OF EXPIRATION DATE
The Company has reserved the right to extend the Expiration Date to as late
as __________, 1996. Funds deposited in payment of the Subscription Price may
not be withdrawn and no interest will be paid thereon to Holders.
REASON FOR THE OFFERING AND
USE OF PROCEEDS
Management believes that the proceeds of this Offering will provide the
Company with adequate capital flexibility to address its financial needs
including its desire to grow through acquisitions. Although the Company intends
to pursue acquisitions, it has no current contract or commitment with respect to
any particular acquisition. Because of Marsel's operating losses, the Company
may use a portion of the proceeds to infuse Marsel with capital or to reduce its
debt levels.
The net proceeds from the Rights Offering is estimated to be approximately
$8,000,000 after the payment of expenses associated with the Offering and
assuming the Rights Offering is fully subscribed. Such proceeds will be used
for general corporate purposes and working capital, potential acquisitions and
internal growth and possibly to reduce certain of Marsel's indebtedness.
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DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL STOCK
COMMON STOCK
The authorized capital stock of the Company includes 10,000,000 shares of
Common Stock, par value $.001 per share, 1,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock,
par value $.01 per share. Holders of Common Stock have no preemptive rights.
The outstanding shares of Common Stock are fully paid and non-assessable.
Holders of Common Stock are entitled to dividends when, as and if declared by
the Board of Directors of the Company out of any funds legally available to the
Company for that purpose.
Holders of Common Stock are entitled to one vote per share held of record
with respect to all matters submitted to a vote of the stockholders. There is
no cumulative voting for the election of directors, who are elected annually to
one-year terms. Directors are elected by a plurality; all other matters require
the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast the meeting.
PREFERRED STOCK
The Company is authorized to issue 1,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock, par
value $.01 per share, and to establish and issue shares of Preferred Stock in
series and to fix, determine and vary the voting rights, designations,
preferences, qualifications, privileges, options, conversion rights and other
special rights of each series of Preferred Stock. As of the date of this
Prospectus no shares of Preferred Stock were issued and outstanding.
CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF DELAWARE LAW
The Company is subject to Section 203 of Delaware General Corporation Law,
which prohibits a Delaware corporation from engaging in a wide range of
specified transactions with any interested stockholder, defined to include,
among others, any person or entity who in the previous three years obtained 15%
or more of any class or series of stock entitled to vote in the election of
directors, unless, among other exceptions, the transaction is approved by (i)
the Board of Directors prior to the date the interested stockholder obtained
such status or (ii) the holders of two-thirds of the outstanding shares of each
class or series owned by the interested stockholder.
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PRICE RANGE OF COMMON STOCK
On November 17, 1994, due to the Company's lack of revenue producing
operations, the Common Stock was delisted from the Nasdaq National Market System
("NMS") where it had been traded since 1985 under the symbol GWAY. The Common
Stock has since traded over-the-counter using the same symbol, GWAY, in what is
commonly referred to as the Bulletin Board. On September 22, 1994, the Company
effected a one-for-five reverse stock split. The following table sets forth (i)
the range of high and low last sale prices for the Common Stock prior to the
delisting, as reported on the NMS, and (ii) the prices after the delisting as
quoted on the Bulletin Board. Prices after November 18, 1994 are bid and ask
prices which represent prices between broker-dealers and do not include retail
markups and markdowns, or any commissions to the broker-dealer. The prices do
not reflect prices in actual transactions. All sale prices prior to September
22, 1994 have been adjusted to give effect to the reverse stock split.
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CLOSING SALES
1994 HIGH($) LOW($)
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<S> <C> <C>
FIRST QUARTER 5.31 3.75
SECOND QUARTER 5.63 3.44
THIRD QUARTER 5.16 3.13
OCT 3 - NOV 17 4.00 3.75
<CAPTION>
BID PRICES ASK PRICES
HIGH($) LOW($) HIGH($) LOW($)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
1994
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NOV 18 - DEC 30 3.50 2.50 5.00 3.50
1995
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FIRST QUARTER 3.50 2.75 4.44 3.75
SECOND QUARTER 3.44 2.00 4.44 3.63
THIRD QUARTER 3.63 2.00 4.63 3.63
FOURTH QUARTER 4.25 2.88 4.75 3.88
1996
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FIRST QUARTER 8.25 3.50 9.50 4.50
APRIL 1 - ________
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DIVIDENDS
The Company has not paid dividends on the Common Stock and does not
anticipate doing so in the foreseeable future.
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HOLDERS OF RECORD
At June ____, 1996, the approximate number of holders of record of the
Common Stock was _________.
THE RIGHTS OFFERING
THE RIGHTS
The Company is distributing, at no cost, to the record holders of its
outstanding Common Stock as of ____________, 1996 (the "Record Date")
transferable Rights to purchase additional shares of Common Stock (the "Basic
Subscription Privilege") at a price of $____ per share (the "Subscription
Price"). The Company will distribute ____ Rights for each share of Common Stock
held on the Record Date. Each Right will entitle its Holder to purchase one
share of Common Stock. The Rights will be evidenced by transferable
subscription certificates (the "Subscription Certificates"). An aggregate of
_________ shares of Common Stock (the "Underlying Shares") will be sold if all
Rights are exercised.
No fractional Underlying Shares, or cash in lieu thereof, will be issued or
paid. The number of Underlying Shares distributed to each Holder will be
rounded down to the nearest whole share in connection with the exercise of
Subscription Privileges.
SUBSCRIPTION PRIVILEGES
Basic Subscription Privilege. Each Right will entitle the Holder thereof
to receive, upon payment of the Subscription Price, one share of Common Stock.
Certificates representing shares of Common Stock purchased pursuant to the Basic
Subscription Privilege will be delivered to subscribers as soon as practicable
after the Expiration Date, irrespective of whether the Subscription Privilege is
exercised immediately prior to the Expiration Date or earlier. Holders
exercising their Subscription Privilege will not be shareholders of record with
respect to the shares issuable pursuant to such Subscription Privilege until the
closing, which it is anticipated will occur five business days after the
Expiration Date.
Oversubscription Privilege. Subject to the allocation described below,
each Right also carries the right to subscribe at the Subscription Price for any
Underlying Shares not subscribed for through the exercise of Basic Subscription
Privileges by other Holders (the "Excess Shares"). If the Excess Shares are not
sufficient to satisfy all subscriptions pursuant to the Oversubscription
Privilege, such Excess Shares will be allocated pro rata (subject to the
elimination of fractional shares) among those Holders exercising the
Oversubscription Privilege, in proportion, not to the number of shares requested
pursuant to the Oversubscription Privilege, but to the number of shares each
Holder exercising the Oversubscription Privilege subscribed for pursuant to the
Basic Subscription Privilege; provided, however, that if such pro rata
allocation results in any Holder being allocated a greater number of Excess
Shares than such Holder subscribed for pursuant to the exercise of such holder's
Oversubscription Privilege, then such Holder will be allocated only such number
of Excess Shares as such Holder subscribed for and the remaining Excess Shares
will be allocated among all other Holders exercising the Oversubscription
Privilege. Only beneficial holders who exercise the Basic Subscription
privilege in full will be entitled to exercise the Oversubscription Privilege.
Certificates representing Excess Shares purchased pursuant to the
Oversubscription Privilege will be delivered to subscribers as soon as
practicable after the Expiration Date and after all prorations have been
effected.
EXPIRATION DATE
The Rights will expires at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on ___________,
1996, unless extended by the Company from time to time. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the Expiration Date in no event shall be later than __________, 1996,
except that the Company reserves the right to extend the exercise period on one
or
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more occasions if the Board of Directors determines that the occurrence of a
material event necessitates an amendment of the Registration Statement or
recirculation of the Prospectus that forms a part thereof in order to permit
time for the distribution of such information. After the Expiration Date,
unexercised Rights will be null and void. The Company will not be obligated to
honor any purported exercise of Rights received by the Subscription Agent after
the Expiration Date, regardless of when the documents relating to such exercise
were sent, except pursuant to the Guaranteed Delivery Procedures described
below.
EXERCISE OF RIGHTS
Rights may be exercised by delivering to the Subscription Agent, on or
prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Expiration Date, the properly
completed and executed Subscription Certificate evidencing such Rights with any
required signatures guaranteed, together with payment in full of the
Subscription Price for each Underlying Shares subscribed for pursuant to the
Subscription Privileges (except as permitted pursuant to clause (iii) of the
next sentence). Such payment in full must be by: (i) check or bank draft drawn
upon a U.S. bank or postal telegraphic or express money order payable to
American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as Subscription Agent; or (ii) wire
transfer of funds to the account maintained by the Subscription Agent for such
purpose; or (iii) in such other manner as Company may approve in writing in the
case of persons acquiring Underlying Shares at an aggregate Subscription Price
of $500,000 or more, provided in each case that the full amount of such
Subscription Price is received by the Subscription Agent in currently available
funds within five Nasdaq National Market trading days following the Expiration
Date (the payment method under (iii) being an "Approved Payment Method").
Payment of the Subscription Price will be deemed to have been received by the
Subscription Agent only upon (a) clearance of any uncertified check, (b) receipt
by the Subscription Agent of any certified check or bank draft drawn upon a
United States bank or of any postal, telegraphic or express money order, (c)
receipt of good funds in the Subscription Agent's account designated above, or
(d) receipt of good funds by the Subscription Agent through an Approved Payment
Method.
If paying by uncertified personal check, please note that the funds paid
thereby may take at least five business days to clear. Accordingly, Holders who
wish to pay the Subscription Price by means of uncertified personal check are
urged to make payment sufficiently in advance of the Expiration Date to ensure
that such payment is received and clears by such date and are urged to consider
payment by means of certified or cashier's check, money order or wire transfer
of funds.
The address to which the Subscription Certificates and payment of the
Subscription Price should be delivered is:
American Stock Transfer & Trust Company
40 Wall Street
New York, New York 10005
If a Holder wishes to exercise Rights, but time will not permit such Holder
to cause the Subscription Certificate or Subscription Certificates evidencing
such Rights to reach the Subscription Agent on or prior to the Expiration Date,
such Rights may nevertheless be exercised if all of the following conditions
(the "Guaranteed Delivery Procedures") are met:
(i) such Holder has caused payment in full of the Subscription Price for
each Underlying Share being subscribed for pursuant to the Subscription
Privileges to be received (in the manner set forth above) by the Subscription
Agent on or prior to the Expiration Date;
(ii) the Subscription Agent receives, on or prior to the Expiration
Date, a guaranteed notice (a "Notice of Guaranteed Delivery"), substantially
in the form provided with the Instructions as to Use of Gateway
Communications, Inc. Subscription Certificates (the "Instructions")
distributed with the Subscription Certificates, from an "Eligible Institution"
(as defined in Rule 17Ad-15 under the
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Securities Exchange Act of 1934), stating the name
of the exercising Holder, the number of Rights represented by the
Subscription Certificate(s) held by such exercising Holder, the number of
Underlying Shares being subscribed for pursuant to the Subscription
Privileges and guaranteeing the delivery to the Subscription Agent of any
Subscription certificate(s) evidencing such Rights within three Nasdaq
National Market trading days following the date of the Notice of Guaranteed
Delivery; and
(iii) the properly completed Subscription Certificate(s), with any
required signatures guaranteed, is received by the Subscription Agent
within three Nasdaq National Market trading days following the date of the
Notice of Guaranteed Delivery relating thereto. The Notice of Guaranteed
Delivery may be delivered to the Subscription Agent in the same manner as
Subscription Certificates at the addresses set forth above, or may be
transmitted to the Subscription Agent by facsimile transmission (telecopy
number (718) 236-4588). Additional copies of the form of Notice of
Guaranteed Delivery are available upon request from the Subscription Agent,
whose address and telephone number are set forth under "Subscription Agent"
below.
Funds received in payment of the Subscription Price for Excess Shares
subscribed for pursuant to the Oversubscription Privilege will be held in a
segregated account pending issuance of such Excess Shares. If a Holder
exercising the Oversubscription Privilege is allocated less than all of the
Excess Shares that such Holder wished to subscribe for pursuant to the
Oversubscription Privilege, the excess funds paid by such Holder in respect of
the Subscription Price for shares not issued shall be returned by mail without
interest or deduction as soon as practicable after the Expiration Date.
A Holder who holds shares of Common Stock for the account of others, such
as a broker, a trustee or a depositary for securities, should notify the
respective beneficial owners of such shares as soon as possible to ascertain
such beneficial owner's intentions and to obtain instructions with respect to
the Rights. If the beneficial owner so instructs, the record holder of such
Rights should complete the Subscription Certificate and submit it to the
Subscription Agent with the proper payment. In addition, the beneficial owner
of Common Stock or Rights held through such a holder of record should contact
the Holder and request the Holder to effect transactions in accordance with the
beneficial owner's instructions.
Unless a Subscription Certificate (i) provides that the shares of Common
Stock to be issued pursuant to the exercise of Rights represented thereby are to
be delivered to the Holder or (ii) is submitted for the account of an Eligible
Institution, signatures on such Subscription Certificate must be guaranteed by
an Eligible Institution.
If either the number of Underlying Shares being subscribed for payment to
the Basic Subscription Privilege is not specified on the Subscription
Certificate, or the amount delivered is not enough to pay the Subscription Price
for all Underlying Shares stated to be subscribed for, the number of Underlying
Shares subscribed for will be assumed to be the maximum amount that could be
subscribed for upon payment of such amount, after allowance for the Subscription
Price of any specified Underlying Shares. If the number of Underlying Shares
being subscribed for is not specified, or payment of the Subscription Price for
the indicated number of Rights that are being exercised exceeds the required
Subscription Price, the payment will be applied, until depleted, to subscribe
for Underlying Shares in the following order: (i) to subscribe for the number
of Underlying Shares indicated, if any, pursuant to the Basic Subscription
Privilege; (ii) to subscribe for Underlying Shares until the Basic Subscription
Privilege has been fully exercised with respect to all of the Rights represented
by the Subscription Certificate; and (iii) to subscribe for additional
Underlying Shares pursuant to the Oversubscription Privilege (subject to any
applicable proration).
The Instructions accompanying the Subscription Certificates should be read
carefully and followed in detail. DO NOT SEND SUBSCRIPTION CERTIFICATES TO THE
COMPANY.
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THE METHOD OF DELIVERY OF SUBSCRIPTION CERTIFICATES AND PAYMENT OF THE
SUBSCRIPTION PRICE TO THE SUBSCRIPTION AGENT WILL BE AT THE ELECTION AND RISK OF
THE RIGHTS HOLDER, BUT IF SENT BY MAIL IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT SUCH CERTIFICATES
AND PAYMENTS BE SENT BY REGISTERED MAIL, PROPERLY INSURED, WITH RETURN RECEIPT
REQUESTED, AND THAT A SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF DAYS BE ALLOWED TO ENSURE DELIVERY TO
THE SUBSCRIPTION AGENT AND CLEARANCE OF PAYMENT PRIOR TO 5:00 P.M., NEW YORK
CITY TIME, ON THE EXPIRATION DATE. BECAUSE UNCERTIFIED PERSONAL CHECKS MAY TAKE
AT LEAST FIVE BUSINESS DAYS TO CLEAR, THE RIGHTS HOLDER IS STRONGLY URGED TO
PAY, OR ARRANGE FOR PAYMENT, BY MEANS OF CERTIFIED OR CASHIERS CHECK, MONEY
ORDER OR WIRE TRANSFER OF FUNDS.
All questions concerning the timeliness, validity, form and eligibility of
any exercise of Rights will be determined by the company, whose determinations
will be final and binding. The Company, in its sole discretion, may waive any
defect or irregularity, or permit a defect or irregularity to be corrected
within such time as it may determine, or reject the purported exercise of any
Right. Subscriptions will not be deemed to have been received or accepted until
all irregularities have been waived or cured within such time as the Company
determines in its sole discretion. Neither the Company nor the Subscription
Agent will be under any Certificates or incur any liability for failure to given
such notification.
Any questions or requests for assistance concerning the method of
exercising Rights or requests for additional copies of this Prospectus or the
Instructions or the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery should be directed to the
Subscription Agent, telephone number 718-921-8200, or Information Agent at
1-800-322-2885.
NO REVOCATION
ONCE A HOLDER OR RIGHTS HAS EXERCISED THE BASIC SUBSCRIPTION PRIVILEGE OR
THE OVERSUBSCRIPTION PRIVILEGE SUCH EXERCISE MAY NOT BE REVOKED.
METHOD OF TRANSFERRING RIGHTS
It is anticipated that the Rights will be listed for trading on OTC
Bulletin Board and may be purchased or sold through usual investment channels,
including banks and brokers. Trading in Rights will cease on the close of
business on The Nasdaq National Market trading day preceding the Expiration
Date.
The Rights evidenced by a single Subscription Certificate may be
transferred in whole by endorsing the Subscription Certificate for transfer in
accordance with the accompanying instructions. A portion of the Rights
evidenced by a single Subscription Certificate may be transferred by delivering
to the Subscription Agent a Subscription Certificate properly endorsed for
transfer, with instructions to register such portion of the Rights evidenced
thereby in the name of the transferee (and to issue a new Subscription
Certificate to the transferee evidencing such transferred Rights). In such
event, a new Subscription Certificate evidencing the balance of the Rights will
be issued to the Holder or, if the Holder so instructs, to an additional
transferee.
Holders wishing to transfer all or a portion of their Rights should allow a
sufficient amount of time prior to the Expiration Date for (i) the transfer
instructions to be received and processed by the Subscription Agent, (ii) a new
Subscription Certificate to be issued and transmitted to the transferee or
transferees with respect to transferred Rights, and to the transferor with
respect to retained Rights, if any, and (iii) the Rights evidenced by such new
Subscription Certificates to be exercised or sold by the recipients thereof. If
time does not permit a transferee of a Right who wishes to exercise its Right to
deliver its Subscription Certificate to the Subscription Agent on or before the
Expiration Date, such transferee should make use of the Guaranteed Delivery
Procedure described under "The Rights Offering-Exercise of Rights." Neither the
Company nor the
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Subscription Agent shall have any liability to a transferee or
transferor of Rights if Subscription Certificates or new Subscription
Certificates are not received in time for exercise or sale prior to the
Expiration Date.
All commissions, fees and other expenses (including brokerage commissions
and transfer taxes) incurred in connection with the purchase, sale or exercise
of Rights will be for the account of the transferor or subscriber of the Rights,
and none of such commissions, fees or expenses will be paid by the Company or
the Subscription Agent.
The Company anticipates that the Rights will be eligible for transfer, and
that the Right will be exercisable through the facilities of Depository Trust
Company ("DTC").
CERTAIN FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES
In the opinion of Greenberger & Forman, counsel to the Company, the
following is accurate discussion of the material federal income tax consequences
of the Rights Offering to the holders of Common Stock upon the distribution (the
"Distribution") of Rights, and to holders of Rights upon the exercise and
disposition of the Rights.
This discussion is based on the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended
(the "Code"), the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder, judicial
authority, and current administrative rulings and practice, all of which are
subject to change on a prospective or retroactive basis. The tax consequences
of the Rights Offering under state, local and foreign law are not discussed.
Moreover, special considerations not described herein may apply to certain
taxpayers, such as financial institutions, broker-dealers, life insurance
companies, and tax-exempt organizations. The discussion is limited to those who
have held the common Stock, and will hold the Rights and any Common Stock
acquired upon the exercise of Rights as capital assets (generally, property held
for investment) within the meaning of Section 1221 of the Code.
Distribution of the Rights. Holders of Common Stock will not recognize
taxable income for federal income tax purposes in connection with the receipt of
the Rights.
Stockholder Basis and Holding Period of the Rights. Except as provided in
the following sentence, the basis of the Rights received by a stockholder as a
distribution with respect to such stockholder's Common Stock will be zero. If,
however, either (i) the fair market value of the Rights on the date of
Distribution is 15% or more of the fair market value (on the date of
Distribution) of the Common Stock with respect to which they are received or
(ii) the stockholder properly elects, in his or her federal income tax return
for the taxable year in which the Rights are received, to allocate part of the
basis in such Common Stock will be allocated between the Common Stock and the
Rights in proportion to the fair market values of each on the date of
Distribution.
The holding period of a stockholder with respect to the Rights received as
a distribution on such stockholder's Common Stock will include the stockholder's
holding period for the Common Stock with respect to which the Rights were
issued.
In the case of a stockholder who purchases Rights, the tax basis of such
Rights will be equal to the purchase price paid therefor, and the holding period
for such Rights will commence on the day following the date of the purchase.
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Sale of the Rights. A Stockholder who sells the Rights received in the
Distribution prior to exercise will recognize gain or loss equal to the
difference between the amount realized on the sale of such stockholder's
adjusted basis (if any in the Rights sold. Such gain or loss will be capital
gain or loss if gain or loss from a sale of Common Stock held by such
stockholder would be characterized as capital gain or loss at the time of such
sale. Any gain or loss recognized on a sale of Rights acquired by purchase will
be capital gain or loss if Common Stock would be a capital asset in the hands of
the stockholder. Capital gain or loss will be classified as short-term if the
stockholder's holding period in the Rights is one year or less and long-term if
the stockholder's holding period in the Rights is more than one year.
Lapse of the Rights. Stockholders who allow the Rights received by them at
the distribution to lapse will not recognize any gain or loss, and no adjustment
will be made to the basis of the Common Stock, if any, owned by such
stockholders.
Stockholders who are purchasers of the Rights will be entitled to a loss
equal to their adjusted tax basis in the Rights, if such Rights expire
unexercised. Because by their terms the Rights will expire on or prior to
__________________, 1996, any loss recognized on the expiration of the Rights
acquired by purchase will be a short-term capital loss if Common Stock would be
a capital asset in the hands of purchaser.
Exercise of the Rights, Basis and Holding Period of Common Stock.
Stockholders will not recognize any gain or loss upon the exercise of Rights.
The basis of the Common Stock acquired through exercise of the Rights will be
equal to the sum of the Subscription Price therefor and the stockholder's basis
in such Rights (if any).
A stockholder's holding period for the Common Stock acquired through
exercise of the Rights will begin on the date the Rights are exercised.
Sale of Common Stock. The sale of Common Stock will result in the
recognition of gain or loss to the stockholder in an amount equal to the
difference between the amount realized on the sale and the stockholder's
adjusted basis in the Common Stock. Gain or loss on the sale of the Common
Stock will be classified as short-term capital gain or loss, if the
stockholder's holding prior in the Common Stock is one year or less and long-
term capital gain or loss if the stockholder's holding period in the rights is
more than one year.
THE FOREGOING SUMMARY IS INCLUDED FOR GENERAL INFORMATION ONLY.
ACCORDINGLY, EACH HOLDER IS URGED TO CONSULT WITH HIS OR HER OWN TAX ADVISOR
WITH RESPECT TO THE TAX CONSEQUENCES OF THE RIGHTS OFFERING APPLICABLE TO HIS OR
HER OWN PARTICULAR TAX SITUATION, INCLUDING THE APPLICATION AND EFFECT OF STATE
AND LOCAL INCOME AND OTHER TAX LAWS.
SUBSCRIPTION AGENT
The Company has appointed American Stock Transfer & Trust Company as
Subscription Agent for the Rights Offering. The Subscription Agent's address,
which is the address to which the Subscription Certificates and payment of the
Subscription Price should be delivered, as well as the address to which Notice
of Guaranteed Delivery must be delivered, and the Subscription Agent's telephone
number and facsimile number, are:
American Stock Transfer & Trust Company
40 Wall Street
New York, NY 10005
Telephone No. 718-921-8200
Telecopier No. 718-236-4588
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The Company will pay the fees and expenses of the Subscription Agent, and
has also agreed to indemnify it from any liability which it may incur in
connection with the Rights Offering.
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
The Common Stock offered hereby is being offered by Company pursuant to the
issuance of Rights directly to holders of shares of Common Stock on the Record
Date. Certain employee, officers or directors of the Company may solicit
responses from Holders to the Rights Offering, but such individuals will not
receive any commissions or compensation for such services other than their
normal employment compensation.
The Company intends to distribute Rights and copies of this Prospectus to
stockholders of record on the Record Date promptly following the effective date
of the Registration Statement of which this Prospectus forms a part.
Holders who desire to subscribe for the purchase of shares of Common Stock
in the Rights Offering are urged to complete, date and sign the Subscription
Certificate and return it to the Subscription Agent on or before the Expiration
Date, together with payment in full of shares should be directed to the
Subscription Agent.
INFORMATION AGENT
The Company has appointed MacKenzie Partners, Inc. as Information Agent for
the Rights Offering. Any questions or requests for additional copies of this
Prospectus, the Instructions or the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery may be
directed to the Information Agent at the telephone number and address below.
MacKenzie Partners, Inc.
156 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10010
(212) 929-5500
or call
Toll Free
(800) 322-2885
The Company will pay the fees and expenses of the Information Agent and has also
agreed to indemnify the Information Agent from certain liabilities in connection
with the Rights Offering.
LEGAL MATTERS
The validity of the authorization and issuance of the securities offered
hereby and the tax matters discussed under "Certain Federal Income Tax
Consequences" are being passed upon for Company by Greenberger & Forman, 1370
Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10019. Greenberger & Forman has from time
to time performed and may in the future perform legal services for certain
shareholders of the Company, including affiliates of Warren G. Lichtenstein.
EXPERTS
The financial statements incorporated in this Prospectus by reference to
the Annual Report of Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year December 31, 1995, have
been so incorporated in reliance on the report of Ernst & Young, LLP,
independent accountants, given on the authority of said firm as experts in
auditing and accounting.
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INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS --
DISCLOSURE OF COMMISSION'S POSITION ON INDEMNIFICATION
Under provisions of the Company's Certificate of Incorporation, any person
made a party to any lawsuit by reason of being a director or officer of the
Company, or any parent or subsidiary thereof, may be identified by the Company
to the full extent authorized by the General Corporation Law of the State of
Delaware.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act
of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling the
Company pursuant to the foregoing provisions, the Company has been informed that
in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is
against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and is
therefore unenforceable.
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No person has been authorized to give _________ SHARES
any information or to make any
representations other than those
contained in this Prospectus in
connection with the offer made by this
Prospectus, and if given or made, such
information or representations must
not be relied upon as having been
authorized by the Company. Neither
the delivery of this Prospectus nor
any sale made hereunder shall under GATEWAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
any circumstances create any
implication that there has been no
change in the affairs of the Company
since the dates as of which
information is given in this
Prospectus. This Prospectus does not
constitute an offer or solicitation by
anyone in any jurisdiction in which
such offer or solicitation is not
authorized or in which the person COMMON STOCK
making such offer or solicitation is
not qualified to do so or to any
person to whom it is unlawful to make
such offer or solicitation.
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Available Information...................
Documents Incorporated by Reference
Prospectus Summary......................
Risk Factors............................ ----------
The Company............................. PROSPECTUS
Purpose of the Rights Offering and ----------
Use of Proceeds........................
Price Range of Common Stock.............
Dividend Policy.........................
The Rights Offering..................... __________________, 1996
Certain Federal Income Tax
Consequences...........................
Subscription Agent......................
Information.............................
Plan of Distribution....................
Legal Matters...........................
Experts.................................
Indemnification of Directors
and Officers...........................
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PART II
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN THE PROSPECTUS
Item 14. Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution.
SEC Registration Fee.................................. $ 2,848.55
NASDAQ Entry Fee...................................... $10,175.00
Subscription Agent's fees and expenses................
Printing fees.........................................
Legal fees and expenses...............................
Accounting fees and expenses..........................
Blue Sky fees and expenses (including
legal fees)..........................................
Miscellaneous.........................................
TOTAL............................................
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The foregoing, except for the Securities and Exchange Commission registration
fee and the NASDAQ Entry Fee are estimates.
Item 15. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Section 145(a) of the General Corporation Law of Delaware (the "DGCL")
empowers a corporation to indemnify any person who was or is a party, or is
threatened to be made a party, to any threatened, pending or completed action,
suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative
(other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the
fact that he is or was a director, employee or agent of the corporation or was
serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or
agent of another corporation or enterprise, against expenses (including
attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and
reasonably incurred by him in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if
he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in, or not
opposed to, the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any
criminal action or proceeding, had no cause to believe his conduct was unlawful.
Subsection 145(b) of the DGCL empowers a corporation to indemnify any
person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any
threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the
corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that such
person acted in any of the capacities set forth above, against expenses actually
and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the defense or settlement of
such action or suit if he acted under similar standards, except that no
indemnification may be made in respect to any claim, issue or matter as to which
such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and
only to the extent that the Court of Chancery or the court in which such action
or suit was brought shall determine that despite the adjudication of liability
such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses
which the court shall deem proper.
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Section 145 further provides that to the extent a director or officer of a
corporation has been successful in the defense of any action, suit or proceeding
referred to in subsections (a) and (b) or in the defense of any claim, issue or
matter therein, he shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys'
fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection therewith, and that
indemnification provided for by Section 145 shall not be deemed exclusive of any
other rights to which the indemnified party may be entitled. It empowers the
corporation to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of a director or
officer of the corporation against any liability asserted against him or
incurred by him in any such capacity or arising out of his status as such
whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify him against
such liabilities under Section 145.
The Company's certification of incorporation provides:
The Corporation shall, to the fullest extent permitted by Section 145
of the General Corporation Law of Delaware, as the same may be amended
and supplemented, indemnify any and all persons whom it shall have
power to indemnify under said section.
The Company has entered into indemnification agreements with each director
providing for indemnification to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law.
Item 16. Exhibits.
SEQUENTIALLY
EXHIBIT NO. DESCRIPTION NUMBERED PAGE
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5 Opinion of Greenberger & Forman.*
8 Tax opinion of Greenberger & Forman.*
23.1 Consent of Ernst & Young, LLP.*
23.2 Consent of Greenberger & Forman
(including in Exhibits 5 and 8).*
99.1 Form of Subscription Certificate.
99.2 Form of Instructions for
Subscription Certificates.
99.3 Form of Notice of Guaranteed Delivery.
99.4 Form of Subscription Agency Agreement.
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* To be filed by Amendment.
Item 17. Undertakings.
A. The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
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(i) to include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the
Securities Act of 1933;
(ii) to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after
the effective date of the registration statement (or the most
recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually
or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
information set forth in the registration statement;
(iii) to include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement
or any material change to such information in the registration
statement.
Provided, however, that paragraphs (A)(1)(i) and (A)(1)(ii) shall not apply if
the registration statement is on Form S-8, and the information required to be
included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in
periodic reports filed by the registrant pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the
registration statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be
a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment
any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of
the offering.
B. The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
registrant's annual report pursuant to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an
employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the
registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
E. The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes to deliver or cause to
be delivered with the prospectus, to each employee to whom the prospectus is
sent or given, the latest annual report to security holders that is
incorporated by reference in the prospectus and furnished pursuant to and
meeting the requirements of Rule 14a-3 or Rule 14c-3 under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934; and, where interim financial information required to be
presented by Article 3 of Regulation S-X are not set forth in the prospectus, to
deliver, or cause to be delivered to each employee to whom the prospectus is
sent or given, the latest quarterly report that is specifically incorporated by
reference in the prospectus to provide such interim financial information.
H. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling
persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise,
the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and
Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed
in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
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indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will
be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this annual report to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
GATEWAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
Date: May___, 1996 By:/s/ Jack Howard
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Jack Howard, Acting President
Date: May __, 1996 By:/s/ Warren Lichtenstein
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Warren Lichtenstein
Chairman of the Board and
Principal Financial and Accounting Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons on behalf
of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
/s/ Jack Howard
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Date: May __, 1996 Jack Howard
Acting President and Director
Date: May __, 1996 /s/ Warren Lichtenstein
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Warren Lichtenstein, Director
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EXHIBIT 99.1
SUBSCRIPTION CERTIFICATE NO. GATEWAY INDUSTRIES, INC. NUMBER OF RIGHTS:
CUSIP NO. _____________
THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE OFFERING ARE SET FORTH IN THE GATEWAY
INDUSTRIES, INC. PROSPECTUS DATED _____________, 1996 (THE "PROSPECTUS") AND ARE
INCORPORATED HEREIN BY REFERENCE. COPIES OF THE PROSPECTUS ARE AVAILABLE UPON
REQUEST FROM GATEWAY INDUSTRIES, INC., THE SUBSCRIPTION AGENT AND THE
INFORMATION AGENT.
THIS CERTIFICATE OR A NOTICE OF GUARANTEED DELIVER MUST BE RECEIVED BY
THE SUBSCRIPTION AGENT WITH PAYMENT IN FULL BY 5:00 P.M., NEW YORK TIME, ON
_____________ (SUCH DATE, SUBJECT TO EXTENSION AS PROVIDED IN THE PROSPECTUS, IS
REFERRED TO IN THIS CERTIFICATE AS THE "EXPIRATION DATE").
The Rights represented by this Subscription Certificate may be exercised
by duly completing Form 1; and may be transferred, assigned, exercised or
sold through a bank or broker by duly completing Form 2; Rights holders
are advised to review the Prospectus and instructions (copies of which
are available from Gateway Industries, Inc. and the Subscription Agent)
before exercising or selling their Rights.
IMPORTANT: Complete the appropriate FORM and if applicable, delivery
instructions, and SIGN on reverse side.
SUBSCRIPTION PRICE $____ PER SHARE RIGHTS TO PURCHASE
COMMON STOCK OF
GATEWAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
The registered owner, or assigns, whose name is inscribed hereon is
entitled to subscribe for shares of Common Stock upon the terms and subject to
the conditions set forth in the Prospectus and instructions relating thereto.
By_____________________________________________________________________________
Jack Howard, Acting President
By_____________________________________________________________________________
Robert W. Forman, Assistant Secretary
THIS SUBSCRIPTION CERTIFICATE IS TRANSFERABLE
AND MAY BE COMBINED OR DIVIDED AT THE OFFICE OF THE SUBSCRIPTION AGENT.
RIGHTS HOLDERS SHOULD BE AWARE THAT IF THEY CHOOSE TO EXERCISE OR
TRANSFER LESS THAN ALL OF THE RIGHTS EVIDENCED HEREBY, THEY MAY NOT RECEIVE A
NEW SUBSCRIPTION CERTIFICATE IN SUFFICIENT TIME TO EXERCISE THE REMAINING RIGHTS
EVIDENCED THEREBY.
Delivery: Holder:
American Stock Transfer & Trust Company
40 Wall Street
New York, NY 10005
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FORM 1 - EXERCISE AND SUBSCRIPTION: The undersigned hereby irrevocable
exercises one or more Rights evidenced by this Certificate to subscribe for
shares of Common Stock as indicated below, on the terms and subject to the
conditions specified in this Prospectus, receipt of which is hereby
acknowledged.
(a) Number of shares subscribed for pursuant to the Basic Subscription
Privilege. (One Right equal one shares.)
_______________________ X $_____ per share + $-------------
(Number of shares - whole number only)
(b) Number of shares subscribed for pursuant to the Oversubscription
Privilege. (No shares may be subscribed for pursuant to the
Oversubscription Privilege unless all of the Rights represented by
this Subscription Certificate are fully exercised pursuant to the
Basic Subscription Privilege)*
_______________________ X $_____ per share + $-------------
(Number of shares - whole number only)
(c) Total Subscription Price. (Add far right columns in a and b.)
$______________________.
METHOD OF PAYMENT (CHECK ONE)
___ CHECK, BANK DRAFT OR MONEY ORDER PAYABLE TO _______________________
___ WIRE TRANSFER DIRECTLY TO FIRST PROFESSIONAL BANK, ACCOUNT NO.
______________, ABA NO. _______________
(d) If the number of Rights being exercised pursuant to the Basic
Subscription Privilege is less than all of the Rights represented by this
Subscription Certificate (check only one):
___ DELIVER TO ME A NEW SUBSCRIPTION CERTIFICATE EVIDENCING THE
REMAINING RIGHTS TO WHICH I AM ENTITLED.
___ DELIVER A NEW SUBSCRIPTION CERTIFICATE EVIDENCING THE REMAINING
RIGHTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH MY FORM 2 INSTRUCTIONS (please include any
required signature guarantees).
___ CHECK HERE IF RIGHTS ARE BEING EXERCISED PURSUANT TO A NOTICE OF
GUARANTEED DELIVERY DELIVERED TO THE SUBSCRIPTION AGENT PRIOR TO THE
DATE HEREOF AND COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING:
Name(s) of Registered Owner(s):________________________________________________
Window Ticket Number (if any)__________________________________________________
Date of Execution of Notice of Guaranteed Delivery_____________________________
Name of Institution which guaranteed delivery__________________________________
___ FORM 2 -- CHECK HERE TO TRANSFER YOUR SUBSCRIPTION CERTIFICATE OR SOME OR
ALL OF YOUR RIGHTS EVIDENCED HEREBY OR TO EXERCISE OF SELL RIGHTS THROUGH
YOUR BANK OR BROKER: For value received, _________ Rights represented by
this Subscription Certificate are hereby assigned to (please print name
and address and Taxpayer Identification No. of transferee in full:
Name___________________________________________________________________________
Address________________________________________________________________________
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Taxpayer Identification No.**__________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
Signature of Subscriber/Transferor***
*The number of Underlying Shares available to Holders pursuant to the
Oversubscription Privilege may be limited in the Prospectus. If the number of
Underlying Shares subscribed for exceeds the number of shares actually tendered
to the subscriber, the portion of the Subscription Price tendered corresponding
to those excess shares shall be returned to the subscriber, without interest, as
soon as practicable after the Expiration Date.
**Social Security Number of individuals.
***For a Transfer, A Signature Guarantee must be provided by an Eligible
Institution as defined in Rule 17Ad-15 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
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EXHIBIT 99.2
INSTRUCTIONS AS TO USE OF GATEWAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
SUBSCRIPTION CERTIFICATES
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CONSULT GATEWAY INDUSTRIES, INC., THE INFORMATION AGENT, THE SUBSCRIPTION AGENT,
YOUR BANK OR BROKER AS TO ANY QUESTIONS
The following instructions relate to a rights offering (the "Rights
Offering") by Gateway Industries, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"),
to the holders of its Common Stock, $.001 par value per share (the "Common
Stock"), as described in the Company's Prospectus dated ________________, 1996,
as such prospectus may be amended and/or updated prior to the Expiration Date
(as defined below; such Prospectus, as so amended and/or updated, being the
"Prospectus"). Holders of record of Common Stock at the close of business on
_____________, 1996 (the "Record Date"), are receiving ____ transferable
subscription rights (collectively, the "Rights") for each share of Common Stock
held by them of record on the Record Date. An aggregate of approximately
___________ Rights exercisable to purchase an aggregate of ____________ shares
of Common Stock (the "Underlying Shares") are being distributed in connection
with the Rights Offering. Each Right entitles its holder (a "Holder") to
purchase one share of Common Stock (the "Basic Subscription Privilege") at $____
per share (the "Subscription Price").
In addition, subject to the allocation described below, each Right
entitles its Holder to subscribe at the Subscription Price for Underlying Shares
after satisfaction of all subscriptions made pursuant to the Basic Subscription
Privilege (the "Oversubscription Privilege"; collectively, with the Basic
Subscription Privilege, the "Subscription Privileges"), provided that all of the
Rights of such Holder have been fully exercised with respect to such Holder's
Basic Subscription Privilege. The Company and American Stock Transfer & Trust
Company, as subscription agent (the "Subscription Agent"), will endeavor to use
their best efforts to ensure that Holders fully exercise their Basic
Subscription Privileges before subscribing for and acquiring Underlying Shares
pursuant to their Oversubscription Privileges, but such compliance cannot be
guaranteed. Underlying Shares will be available for purchase pursuant to the
Oversubscription Privilege only to the extent that all the Underlying Shares are
not subscribed for through the exercise of the Basic Subscription Privilege by
the Expiration Date (the "Excess Shares"). If the Excess Shares so available
are not sufficient to satisfy all subscriptions pursuant to the Oversubscription
Privilege, the Excess Shares will be allocated pro rata among the Holders who
exercise the Oversubscription Privilege in proportion, not to the number of
shares requested pursuant to the Oversubscription Privilege, but to the number
of shares they have subscribed for pursuant to the Basic Subscription Privilege;
provided, however, that if such pro rata allocation results in any Holder being
allocated a greater number of Excess Shares than such Holder subscribed for
pursuant to the exercise of such Holder's Oversubscription Privilege, then such
Holder will be allocated only such number of Excess Shares as such Holder
subscribed for and the remaining Excess Shares will be allocated among all other
Holders exercising their Oversubscription Privileges. See "The Rights Offering"
in the Prospectus.
The Rights will expire at 5:00 p.m., New York time, on _____________,
1996, subject to extension as described in the Prospectus (the "Expiration
Date").
The number of Rights to which you are entitled is printed on the face of
your subscription certificate (the "Subscription Certificate"). You should
indicate your wishes with regard to the exercise or sale of your Rights by
completing the appropriate form or forms on your subscription certificate and
returning the certificate to the Subscription Agent in the envelope provided.
YOUR SUBSCRIPTION CERTIFICATE MUST BE RECEIVED BY THE SUBSCRIPTION AGENT,
OR GUARANTEED DELIVERY REQUIREMENTS WITH RESPECT TO YOUR SUBSCRIPTION
CERTIFICATES MUST BE COMPLIED WITH, AND PAYMENT OF THE SUBSCRIPTION PRICE
INCLUDING FINAL CLEARANCE OF ANY CHECKS, MUST BE RECEIVED BY THE SUBSCRIPTION
AGENT, ON OR BEFORE 5:00 P.M., NEW YORK TIME, ON THE EXPIRATION DATE (EXCEPT IN
THE CASE OF AN APPROVED PAYMENT METHOD). YOU MAY NOT REVOKE ANY EXERCISE OR A
RIGHT.
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1. SUBSCRIPTION PRIVILEGES; EXERCISE.
To exercise Rights, complete Form 1 and send your properly completed and
executed subscription certificate, together with payment in full of the
Subscription Price for all Underlying Shares subscribed for pursuant to the
Subscription Privileges, to the Subscription Agent. Payment of the Subscription
Price must be made in U.S. dollars for the full number of Underlying Shares
being subscribed for by check or bank draft drawn upon a U.S. bank or postal,
telegraphic or express money order payable to American Stock Transfer and Trust
Company, as Subscription Agent; by wire transfer of same day funds to the
account maintained by the Subscription Agent for such purpose at
_____________________ Bank, Account No. __________________; ABA No.
_____________; or in such other manner as the Company may approve in writing
in the case of persons acquiring Underlying Shares at an aggregate Subscription
Price of $500,000 or more; provided that, in the case of clause (c), in any
event, the full amount of such Subscription Price is received by the
Subscription Agent in currently available funds by no later than the fifth (5th)
Nasdaq National Market trading day following the Expiration Date (the payment
method under (c) being an "Approved Payment Method"). Payment of the
Subscription Price will be deemed to have been received by the Subscription
Agent only upon the clearance of any uncertified check, the receipt by the
Subscription Agent of any certified check or bank draft drawn upon a U.S. bank
or any postal, telegraphic or express money order, the receipt of good funds
in the Subscription Agent's account designated above or (iv) receipt of funds by
the Subscription Agent through an Approved Payment Method. If paying by
uncertified personal check, please note that the funds paid thereby may take at
least five (5) business days to clear. Accordingly, Holders who wish to pay the
Subscription Price by means of uncertified personal check are urged to make
payment sufficiently in advance of the Expiration Date to ensure that such
payment is received and clear by such date and are urged to consider payment by
means of certified or cashier's check, money order or wire transfer of funds.
You may also transfer your subscription certificate to your bank or broker in
accordance with the procedures specified in Section 3(a) below, make
arrangements for the delivery of funds on your behalf and request such bank or
broker to exercise the subscription certificate on your behalf. Alternatively,
you may cause a written guarantee substantially in the form attached to these
instructions (the "Notice of Guaranteed Delivery") from an "Eligible
Institution" within the meaning of Rule 17Ad-15 under the Securities Act of
1934, to be received by the Subscription Agent at or prior to the Expiration
Date together with payment in full of the applicable Subscription Price. Such
Notice of Guaranteed Delivery must state your name, the number of Rights
represented by your subscription certificate, the number of Underlying Shares
being subscribed for pursuant to the Basic Subscription Privilege, the number of
Underlying Shares, if any, being subscribed for pursuant to the Oversubscription
Privilege and will guarantee the delivery to the Subscription Agent of your
properly completed and executed subscription certificates within five (5) Nasdaq
National Market trading days following the date of the Notice of Guaranteed
Delivery. If this procedure is followed, your subscription certificates must be
received by the Subscription Agent within five (5) Nasdaq National Market
trading days of the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery. Additional copies of the
Notice of Guaranteed Delivery may be obtained upon request from the Subscription
Agent or Information Agent at the address, or by calling the telephone number,
indicated below.
Banks, brokers and other nominee holders of Rights who exercise Rights on
behalf of beneficial owners of Rights will be required to certify to the
Subscription Agent and the Company, as a condition of their exercise of such
Rights on behalf of such beneficial owners, as to: 1) the names of the
beneficial owners on whose behalf they are acting; 2) the nominee holder's
authority to so act; 3) the aggregate number of Rights to be exercised on behalf
of each beneficial owner, and 4) the number of Underlying Shares that are being
subscribed for pursuant to the Subscription Privileges of each beneficial owner
of Rights on whose behalf such nominee holder is acting.
If more Underlying Shares are subscribed for pursuant to the
Oversubscription Privileges than are available for sale, Underlying Shares will
be allocated, as described above, among persons exercising the Oversubscription
Privilege in proportion to such persons' exercise of Rights pursuant to the
Basic Subscription Privilege.
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The address, telephone and telecopier numbers of the Information Agent
and Subscription Agent are as follows:
Subscription Agent Information Agent
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American Stock Transfer MacKenzie Partners, Inc.
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& Trust Company 156 Fifth Avenue
40 Wall Street New York, NY 10010
New York, N.Y. 10005 Telephone: (212) 929-5500
Telephone: (718) 921-8200 Telecopier: (212) 929-0308
Telecopier: (718) 236-4588
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If you exercise less than all of the Rights evidenced by your
subscription certificate by so indicating in Form 1 of your subscription
certificate, the Subscription Agent will issue to you a new subscription
certificate evidencing the unexercised Rights. However, if you choose to have a
new subscription certificate sent to you, you may not receive any such new
subscription certificate in sufficient time to permit you to sell or exercise
the Rights evidenced thereby.
If the number of Underlying Shares being subscribed for pursuant to the
Basic Subscription Privilege is not specified, you will be deemed to have
exercised such Basic Subscription Privilege with respect to the maximum whole
number of Shares that may be acquired for the Subscription Price payment
delivered after allowances for the Subscription Price of any specified
Underlying Shares. If the number of Underlying Shares being subscribed for is
not specified, or full payment of the Subscription Price for the indicated
number of Rights that are being exercised is not forwarded or if the payment
delivered exceeds the required Subscription Price, the payment will be applied,
until depleted, to subscribe for Underlying Shares in the following order: 1)
to subscribe for the number of Underlying Shares indicated, if any, pursuant to
the Basic Subscription Privilege; 2) to subscribe for Underlying Shares until
the Basic Subscription Privilege has been fully exercised with respect to all of
the Rights represented by your Subscription Certificate; and 3) to subscribe for
additional Underlying Shares pursuant to the Oversubscription Privilege (subject
to any applicable proration).
2. DELIVERY OF STOCK CERTIFICATES, ETC.
The following deliveries and payments will be made to the address shown
on the face of your subscription certificate.
(A) BASIC SUBSCRIPTION PRIVILEGE. As soon as practicable after the
Expiration Date, the Subscription Agent will mail to each Holder who
validly exercises the Basic Subscription Privilege certificates
representing shares of Common Stock purchased pursuant to the Basic
Subscription Privilege.
(B) OVERSUBSCRIPTION PRIVILEGE. As soon as practicable after the
Expiration Date, the Subscription Agent will mail to each Holder who
validly exercises the Oversubscription Privilege a certificate
representing the number of shares of Common Stock allocated to such
Holder pursuant to the Oversubscription Privilege.
(C) CASH PAYMENTS. As soon as practicable after the Expiration
Date, the Subscription Agent will mail to each Holder who exercises the
Oversubscription Privilege, without interest, any excess funds received
in payment of the Subscription Price for Underlying Shares that are
subscribed for by such Holder but not allocated to such Holder pursuant
to the Oversubscription Privilege.
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3. SALE OR TRANSFER OF RIGHTS.
The Basic Subscription Privilege and the Oversubscription Privilege are
only transferable together, and any transfer of Rights will be deemed a transfer
of both the Basic Subscription Privilege and the Oversubscription Privilege
related thereto. A portion of the Rights evidenced by a single Subscription
Certificate may be transferred only in units to purchase whole shares and
Subscription Certificates may only be divided into units to purchase whole
shares.
(A) SALE OF RIGHTS THROUGH A BANK OR BROKER. To sell all Rights
evidenced by a subscription certificate through your bank or broker, so
indicate on Form 2 and deliver your properly completed and executed
subscription certificate to your bank or broker and have your signature
guaranteed by an Eligible Institution. Your subscription certificate
should be delivered to your bank or broker in ample time for it to be
exercised. If Form 2 is completed without designating a transferee, the
Subscription Agent may thereafter treat the bearer of the subscription
certificate as the absolute owner of all of the Rights evidenced by such
subscription certificate for all purposes, and the Subscription Agent
shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary. Your bank or broker
cannot issue subscription certificates. If you wish to sell less than
all of the Rights evidenced by a subscription certificate, either you or
your bank or broker must instruct the Subscription Agent as to the action
to be taken with respect to the Rights not sold, or you or your bank or
broker must first have your subscription certificate divided into
subscription certificates of appropriate denominations by following the
instructions in paragraph 4 of these instructions. The subscription
certificates evidencing the number of Rights you intend to sell can then
be transferred by your bank or broker in accordance with the instructions
in this paragraph 3(a).
(B) TRANSFER OF RIGHTS TO A DESIGNATED TRANSFEREE. To transfer all
of your Rights evidenced by your subscription certificate to a transferee
other than a bank or broker, you must check the box for Form 2 and
complete Form 2 in its entirety, execute the subscription certificate and
have your signature guaranteed by an Eligible Institution. If Form 2 is
completed without designating a transferee, the Subscription Agent may
thereafter treat the bearer of the subscription certificate as the
absolute owner of all of the Rights evidenced by such subscription
certificate for all purposes, and the Subscription Agent shall not be
affected by any notice to the contrary. Only the Subscription Agent can
issue subscription certificates. If you wish to transfer less than all
of the Rights evidence by your subscription certificates of appropriate
smaller denominations by following the instructions in paragraph 4 below.
The subscription certificate the number of Rights you intend to transfer
can then be transferred by following the instructions in this paragraph
3(b).
4. TO HAVE A SUBSCRIPTION CERTIFICATE DIVIDED INTO SMALLER DENOMINATIONS.
To have a subscription certificate divided into smaller denominations,
you must send your subscription certificate, together with complete separate
instructions (including specification of the denominations into which you wish
your Rights to be divided) signed by you, to the Subscription Agent, allowing a
sufficient amount of time for new subscription certificates to be issued and
returned so that they can be used prior to the Expiration Date. Alternatively,
you may ask a bank or broker to effect such actions on your behalf. Your
signature must be guaranteed by an Eligible Institution if any of the new
subscription certificates are to be issued in a name other than that in which
the old subscription certificate was issued. Subscription certificates may not
be divided into units to purchase fractional shares and any instruction to do so
will be rejected. As a result of delays in the mail, the time of the
transmittal, the necessary processing time and other factors, you or your
transferee may not receive such new subscription certificates in time to enable
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the Holder to complete a sale or exercise by the Expiration Date. Neither the
company nor the Subscription Agent will be liable to either a transferor or
transferee for any such delays.
5. EXECUTION.
(A) EXECUTION BY REGISTERED HOLDER. The signature on the subscription
certificate must correspond with the name of the registered Holder exactly as it
appears on the face of the subscription certificate without any alteration or
change whatsoever. Persons who sign the subscription certificate in a
representative or other fiduciary capacity must indicate their capacity when
signing and, unless waived by the Subscription Agent in its sole and absolute
discretion, must certify to the Subscription Agent and the Company as to their
authority to so act.
(B) EXECUTION BY PERSON OTHER THAN REGISTERED HOLDER. If the
subscription certificate is executed by a person other than the Holder named on
the face of the subscription certificate, proper evidence of authority of the
person executing the subscription certificate must accompany the same unless,
for good cause, the Subscription Agent dispenses with proof of authority.
(C) SIGNATURE GUARANTEES. Your signature must be guaranteed by an
Eligible Institution if you wish to transfer your Rights, as specified 3(b)
above, to a transferee including a bank or broker.
6. METHOD OF DELIVERY.
The method of delivery of subscription certificates and payment of the
Exercise Price to the Subscription Agent will be at the election and risk of the
Holder, but, if sent by mail, it is recommended that they be sent by registered
mail, properly insured, with return receipt requested, and that a sufficient
number of days be allowed by ensure delivery to the Subscription Agent and the
clearance of any checks sent in payment of the Exercise Price prior to 5:00
p.m., New York City time, on the Expiration Date.
7. SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE DELIVERY OF RIGHTS THROUGH THE
DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY.
In the case of holders of Rights that are held of record through The
Depository Trust Company ("DTC"), the exercise of the Subscription Privileges
may be effected by instructing DTC to transfer Rights (such Rights being "DTC
Exercised Rights"), from the DTC account of such Holder to the DTC account of
the Subscription Agent, together with payment of the Subscription Price for each
Underlying Share subscribed for pursuant to the Subscription Privileges.
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EXHIBIT 99.3
NOTICE OF GUARANTEED DELIVERY
FOR
SUBSCRIPTION CERTIFICATES
ISSUED BY
GATEWAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
This form, or one substantially equivalent hereto, must be used to
exercise Rights pursuant to the Rights Offering described in the Prospectus
dated __________, 1996 (the "Prospectus"), of Gateway Industries, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the "Company"), if a holder of Rights cannot deliver the
subscription certificate(s) evidencing the Rights (the "subscription
certificate(s)") to the Subscription Agent listed below (the "Subscription
Agent"), at or prior to 5:00 p.m. New York City time, on ____________, 1996
(such date, subject to extension as provided in the Prospectus, is referred to
as the "Expiration Date"). Such form must be delivered by hand or sent by
facsimile transmission or mail to the Subscription Agent, and must be received
by the Subscription Agent on or prior to the Expiration Date. See "The Rights
Offering-Exercise of Rights" in the Prospectus. Payment of the Subscription
Price of $____ per share for each share of the Company's Common Stock subscribed
for upon exercise of such Rights must be received by Subscription Agent in the
manner specified in the Prospectus at or prior to 5:00 p.m. New York City time,
on the Expiration Date, even if the subscription certificate evidencing such
Rights is being delivered pursuant to the procedure for guaranteed delivery
thereof.
The Subscription Agent is:
American Stock Transfer & Trust Company
40 Wall Street
New York, NY 10005
DELIVERY OF THIS INSTRUMENT TO AN ADDRESS OTHER THAN AS SET FORTH ABOVE
OR TRANSMISSION OF INSTRUCTIONS VIA FACSIMILE OTHER THAN AS SET FORTH ABOVE DOES
NOT CONSTITUTE A VALID DELIVERY.
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
The undersigned hereby represents that he, she or it is the holder os
subscription certificate(s) representing Rights and that such subscription
certificate(s) cannot be delivered to the Subscription Agent at or before 5:00
p.m., New York City time on the Expiration Date. Upon the terms and subject to
the conditions set forth in the Prospectus, receipt of which is hereby
acknowledged, the undersigned hereby elects to irrevocably exercise one or more
Rights evidenced by the subscripting certificate to subscribe for shares of
Common Stock as indicated below.
(a) Number of shares subscribed for pursuant to
the Basic Subscription Privilege. (One Right ____________ x $____ per
share = $__________ equals one share.) (Number of
shares- whole
number only)
(b) Number of shares subscribed for pursuant to
the Oversubscription Privilege. (No shares
may be subscribed for pursuant to the
Oversubscription Privilege unless all of the
Rights represented by this Subscription
Certificate are fully exercised pursuant to
the Basic Subscription Privilege.) ____________ x $____ per share =
$__________ (Number of
shares- whole
number only)
(c) Total Subscription Price. (Add far right $__________ columns in (a)
and (b).)
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The undersigned understands that payment in full of the Subscription
Price, as computed above, of $____ per share for each share of Common Stock
subscribed for pursuant to the Basic Subscription Privilege and Oversubscription
Privilege must be received by the Subscription Agent at or before 5:00 p.m. New
York City time on the Expiration Date and represents that such payment either
(check or appropriate box):
[ ] is being delivered to the Subscription Agent herewith
or
[ ] has been delivered separately to the Subscription Agent, and is or
was delivered in the manner set forth below (check appropriate box
and complete information relating thereto):
[ ] wire transfer of funds
name of transferor institution_______________________________________________
date of transfer_____________________________________________________________
confirmation number (if available)___________________________________________
[ ] uncertified check (Payment by uncertified check will not be deemed
to have been received by the Subscription Agent until such check has
cleared. Holders paying by such means are urged to make payment
sufficiently in advance of the Expiration Date to ensure that such
payment clears by such date.)
[ ] certified check
[ ] bank draft (cashier's check)
[ ] money order
name of maker________________________________________________________________
date of check, draft or money order__________________________________________
check, draft or money order number___________________________________________
bank on which check is drawn or issuer of money order________________________
Signature(s)__________________________ Address_________________________________
______________________________________ ________________________________________
Name(s)_______________________________ ________________________________________
______________________________________ Area Code and Tel. Nos._________________
Please type or print
________________________________________
Subscription Certificate
No(s). (if
Available)______________________________________________________________________
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GUARANTEE OF DELIVERY
(NOT TO BE USED FOR SUBSCRIPTION CERTIFICATE SIGNATURE GUARANTEE)
The undersigned, an "Eligible Institution" within the meaning of Rule 17Ad-
15 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, guarantees that the undersigned
will deliver to the Subscription Agent the certificates representing the Rights
being exercised hereby, with any required signature guarantees and any other
required documents, all within five (5) Nasdaq National Market trading days
after the date hereof.
_____________________________________ Dated:_____________________________, 1996
_____________________________________ _________________________________________
(Name of Firm)
_____________________________________
(Address)
_____________________________________ _________________________________________
(Area Code and Telephone Number) (Authorized Signature)
The institution which completes this form must communicate the guarantee to
the Subscription Agent and must deliver the subscription certificate(s) to the
Subscription Agent within the time period shown herein. Failure to do so could
result in a financial loss to such institution.
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EXHIBIT 99.4
GATEWAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
AND
AMERICAN STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY
SUBSCRIPTION AGENCY AGREEMENT
DATED AS OF , 1996
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SUBSCRIPTION AGENCY AGREEMENT dated as June , 1996 by and between
Gateway Industries, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company") and American
Stock Transfer & Trust Company, a __________ corporation, as Subscription Agent
(the "Subscription Agent").
WHEREAS, the Company has caused a Registration Statement on Form S-2
(Registration No. _______) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Act"), to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") relating to a proposed distribution by the Company to holders of
records of shares of its Common Stock, $.001 par value (the "Common Stock"), as
of the close of business on __________, 1996 (the "Record Date"), of
transferable subscription rights (the "Rights") to purchase additional shares of
its Common Stock (the "Basic Subscription Privilege") at a price of $____ per
share (the "Subscription Price"). Each Right will entitle its holder (a
"Holder") to purchase one share of Common Stock. Such Registration Statement,
in the form in which it first becomes effective under the Act, and it may
thereafter be amended from time to time, is referred to herein as the
"Registration Statement";
WHEREAS, the Rights will be distributed to holders of records (other than
the Company) of shares of Common Stock as of the Record Date at a rate of ____
Rights for each share of Common Stock held on the Record Date;
WHEREAS, upon the full exercise of the Rights of a Holder pursuant to the
Basic Subscription Privilege, such Holder will be entitled to subscribe for
additional shares of Common Stock (the "Oversubscription Privilege";
collectively, with the Basic Subscription Privilege, the "Subscription
Privileges");
WHEREAS, the Company has reserved for issuance, and has authorized the
issuance of, an aggregate of ___________ authorized and unissued shares of
Common Stock (the Underlying Shares") to be distributed pursuant to the exercise
of the Subscription Privileges in the Rights Offering;
WHEREAS, the Company desires the Subscription Agent to act on its behalf in
connection with the Rights Offering as set forth herein, and the Subscription
Agent is willing so to act.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual agreements
herein set forth, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
SECTION 1. APPOINTMENT OF SUBSCRIPTION AGENT. The Company hereby appoints
the Subscription Agent to act as agent for the Company in accordance with the
instruction set forth in this Agreement, and the Subscription Agent hereby
accepts such appointment. The Company may from time to time appoint such co-
subscription agents as it may deem necessary or desirable. The duties of the
Subscription Agent shall include those contemplated by the Subscription
Certificate (as defined below) and the Instructions as to Use of Gateway
Industries, Inc.
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Subscription Certificate included as Exhibit ____ to the
Registration Statement (the "Instructions") and those forth on Exhibit B hereto.
SECTION 2. ISSUE OF SECURITIES.
(a) The Company has authorized the issuance of the Rights and,
following the effectiveness of the Registration Statement and the Record Date,
will issue such Rights to holders of record of shares of Common Stock as of the
close of business on the Record Date as contemplated by the Registration
Statement. The Company will promptly notify the Subscription Agent upon the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement. As transfer agent and registrar
for the shares of Common Stock, the Subscription Agent shall provide such
assistance as the Company may require in order to effect the distribution of the
Rights to holders of record of shares of Common Stock as of the close of
business on the Record Date, including assistance in determining the number of
Rights to be distributed to each record holder and assistance in distributing
the Subscription Certificates (as defined in Section 3(b) hereof) evidencing the
Rights. The Company has authorized the issuance of and will hold in reserve the
Underlying Shares, and upon the valid exercise of Rights, the Company will issue
Underlying Shares to validly exercising Holders as set forth in the Prospectus.
SECTION 3. SUBSCRIPTION PRIVILEGES; FORM OF SUBSCRIPTION CERTIFICATE.
(a) Each Right carries with it a Basic Subscription Privilege and
an Oversubscription Privilege:
(i) Each Right entitles its Holder to purchase one share of Common
Stock at a price of $____ per share pursuant to such Holder's Basic Subscription
Privilege.
(ii) Holders exercising all of their Rights pursuant to their Basic
Subscription Privileges will be entitled to subscribe for additional Underlying
Shares at the Subscription Price pursuant to their Oversubscription Privileges.
The Company and the Subscription Agent agree to use their respective best
efforts to ensure that Holders exercise in full their Basic Subscription
Privileges before subscribing for and acquiring Underlying Shares pursuant to
their Oversubscription Privileges but acknowledge that such compliance cannot be
guaranteed. Underlying Shares will be available for purchase pursuant to the
Oversubscription Privilege only to the extent that the maximum number of
Underlying Shares are not subscribed for through the exercise of all Basic
Subscription Privileges by the Expiration Date (as defined below). If the
Underlying Shares so available (the "Excess Shares") are not sufficient to
satisfy all subscriptions pursuant to the Oversubscription Privilege, the Excess
Shares will be allocated pro rata (subject to the elimination of fractional
shares) among those Holders exercising the Oversubscription Privilege, in
proportion, not the number of Underlying Shares subscribed for pursuant to the
Oversubscription Privilege, but to the number of Underlying Shares they have
subscribed for pursuant to
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the Basic Subscription Privilege; provided, however,
that if such pro rata allocation results in any Holder being allocated a greater
number of Excess Shares than such Holder subscribed for pursuant to the exercise
of such Holder's Oversubscription Privilege, then such Holder will be allocated
only such number of Excess Shares such Holder subscribed for and the remaining
Excess Shares will be allocated among all other Holders exercising
Oversubscription Privileges.
(iii) Banks, brokers and other nominee holders of Rights who exercise
Rights on behalf of beneficial owners shall, as a condition of the exercise of
such Rights, be required to certify to the Subscription Agent and the Company
(by delivery to the Subscription Agent of a Nominee Holder Certification
substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto) as to: (1) the names of the
beneficial owners on whose behalf they are acting; (2) the nominee holder's
authority so to act; (3) the aggregate number of Rights to be exercised on
behalf of each such beneficial owner; (4) the number of Underlying Shares that
are being subscribed for pursuant to the Subscription Privileges of each
beneficial owner of Rights on whose behalf such nominee holder is acting.
(b) The Rights shall be evidenced by subscription certificates (the
"Subscription Certificates"). Subscription Certificates (and the form of
election to exercise of transfer Rights to be printed on the reverse thereof)
shall be substantially in the form attached as Exhibit A hereto. The
Subscription Certificates shall be fully transferable.
SECTION 4. SIGNATURE AND REGISTRATION.
(a) The Subscription Certificates shall be executed on behalf of the
Company by its President and its Secretary by facsimile signature. Any
Subscription Certificate may be signed on behalf of the Company by any person
who, at the actual date of the execution of such Subscription Certificate, shall
be a proper officer of the Company to sign such Subscription Certificate, even
if at the date of the execution of this Agreement or the date of the actual
issuance of such certificate any person is not such an officer.
(b) The Subscription Agent will keep or cause to be kept, at its
principal offices in the State of New York, books for registration and transfer
of the Rights issued hereunder. Such books shall show the names and addresses
of the respective holders of the Rights and the number of Rights evidenced by
each outstanding Subscription Certificate.
SECTION 5. DIVISION, COMBINATION AND EXCHANGE OF SUBSCRIPTION CERTIFICATES;
MUTILATED, DESTROYED, LOST OR STOLEN SUBSCRIPTION CERTIFICATES.
(a) Any Subscription Certificate, or any two or more Subscription
Certificate, may be divided, combined or exchanged for any number of
Subscription Certificates or for a single Subscription
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Certificate of different denominations; provided however, that the aggregate
number of Rights evidence by the Subscription Certificate or Subscription
Certificates so issued shall not exceed the aggregate number of Rights evidenced
by the Subscription Certificate or Subscription Certificates surrendered in
exchange therefor. No Subscription Certificate evidencing fractional Rights will
be issued upon division, combination or exchange of other Subscription
Certificates, and any instructions to divide, combine or exchange Subscription
Certificates which would result in the issuance of Subscription Certificates
evidencing fraction Rights shall be rejected. Any Holder desiring to divide,
combine or exchange any Subscription Certificate or Subscription Certificates to
be divided, combined or exchanged shall be delivered to the Subscription Agent
with the transfer information on the reverse side of the Subscription
Certificate properly completed and executed. Thereupon the Subscription Agent
shall deliver to the person entitled thereto a Subscription Certificate or
Subscription Certificates, as the case may be, as so requested. In all cases of
transfer by an attorney-in-fact, the original power of attorney, duly approved,
or a copy thereof, duly certified, shall be deposited and remain with the
Subscription Agent. In case of transfer by executors, administrators, guardians
or other legal representatives, duly authenticated evidence of their authority
satisfactory to the Subscription Agent shall be produced and may be required to
be deposited and to remain with the Subscription Agent in its discretion. The
Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental
charge that may be imposed in connection with any division, combination or
exchange of Subscription Certificates.
(b) Upon receipt by the Company and the Subscription Agent of evidence
reasonably satisfactory to them of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of
a Subscription Certificate, and, in case of loss, theft or destruction, of
indemnity and/or security satisfactory to them, which may be in the form of an
open penalty bond, and reimbursement to the Company and the Subscription Agent
of all reasonable expenses incidental thereto, and upon surrender and
cancellation of the mutilated Subscription Certificate, the Company will make
and deliver a new Subscription Certificate of like tenor to the Subscription
Agent for delivery to the registered owner in lieu of the Subscription
Certificate so lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated. If required by the Company
or the Subscription Agent, an indemnity bond must be sufficient in the judgment
of both to protect the Company, the Subscription Agent or any agent thereof from
any loss which any of them may suffer if a Subscription Certificate is replaced.
SECTION 6. SUBSEQUENT ISSUE OF SUBSCRIPTION CERTIFICATES. Subsequent to
their original issuance, no Subscription Certificates shall be issued except (a)
Subscription Certificates issued upon any transfer, combination, division or
exchange of Rights pursuant to Section 5(a) or 10 hereof; (b) Subscription
Certificates issued in replacement of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen
Subscription Certificates issued in replacement of mutilated, destroyed , lost
or stolen Subscription Certificates pursuant to Section 5(b) hereof; and
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(c) Subscription Certificates issued pursuant to Section 7(h) hereof upon the
partial exercise of any Subscription Certificate to evidence the unexercised
portion of such Subscription Certificate.
SECTION 7. EXERCISE OF RIGHTS; EXERCISE PRICE; EXPIRATION DATE.
(a) The Holder of any Subscription Certificate may exercise some or
all of the Rights evidenced thereby by delivering to the Subscription Agent, on
or prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on __________, 1996 (such date
subject to extension as provided in the Prospectus, is referred to herein as the
"Expiration Date"), a properly completed and executed Subscription Certificate
evidencing such Rights (with signature guaranteed, if necessary, an "Eligible
Institution", as defined in Rule 17Ad-15 under the Securities Act of 1934),
together with payment of the Subscription Price (as hereinafter defined) for the
Underlying Share subscribed for pursuant to the Subscription Privileges, subject
to Section 7(d)(iii). In the case of Holders of Rights that are held of record
through the Depository Trust Company ("DTC"), the exercise of the Subscription
Privileges may be effected by instructing DTC to transfer Rights (such Rights
being "DTC Exercised Rights") from the DTC account of such Holder to the DTC
account of the Subscription Agent, together with payment of the Subscription
Price for each Underlying Share subscribed for. Alternatively, the Holder of any
Subscription Certificate may exercise the Rights evidenced thereby effecting
compliance with the procedures for guaranteed delivery set forth in Section 7(b)
below.
(b) If a Holder wishes to exercise Rights, but time will not permit
such Holder to cause the Subscription Certificate or Subscription Certificates
evidencing such Rights to reach the Subscription Agent on or prior to the
Expiration Date, such Rights may nevertheless be exercised if all of the
following conditions (the "Guaranteed Delivery Procedures") are met:
(i) Subject to Section 7(d)(iii), such Holder has caused payment in
full of the Subscription Price for each Underlying Share being subscribed for
pursuant to the Subscription Privileges to be received (in the manner set forth
in Section 7(d) hereof) by the Subscription Agent on or prior to the Expiration
Date;
(ii) the Subscription Agent receives, on or prior to the Expiration
Date, a guarantee notice (a "Notice of Guaranteed Delivery"), substantially in
the form provided with the Instructions as to Use of Gateway Industries, Inc.
Subscription Certificates (the "Instruction") distributed with the Subscription
Certificates, from an Eligible Institution, stating the name of the exercising
Holder, the number of Rights represented by the Subscription Certificate or
Subscription Certificates held by such exercising Holder, the number of
Underlying Shares being subscribed for pursuant to the Subscription Privilege,
and guaranteeing to the Subscription Agent the delivery of the Subscription
Certificate evidencing such Rights within five (5) business days following the
date of the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery.
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(iii) the properly completed Subscription Certificate(s) evidencing
the Rights being exercised, with any required signatures guaranteed, are
received by the Subscription Agent, or such Rights are transferred into the DTC
account of the Subscription Agent, within five (5) business days following the
date of the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery relating thereto. The Notice of
Guaranteed Delivery may be delivered to the Subscription Agent in the same
manner as Subscription Certificates at the addresses set forth above, or may be
transmitted to the Subscription Agent by telegram or facsimile transmission
(telecopy no __________).
(c) The Rights shall expire at 5:00 p.m. New York City time on the
Expiration Date.
(d) The "Subscription Price" shall be $____ per Underlying Shares
subscribed for pursuant to the Subscription Privileges payable (in United States
Dollars) (i) by check or bank draft drawn upon a U.S. bank or postal,
telegraphic or express money order payable to the Subscription Agent; (ii) by
wire transfer of funds to the account maintained by the Subscription Agent for
such purpose at _____________________ Bank, Account No.__________, ABA No.
__________; or (iii) by such other manner as the Company may approve in writing
in the case of persons acquiring Underlying Shares at a Subscription Price of
$500,000 or more; provided that, in the case of clause (iii), in any event, the
full amount of such Subscription Price is received by the Subscription Agent in
currently available funds by no later than the fifth (5th) business day
following the Expiration Date (the payment method under (iii) being an "Approved
Payment Method"). The Subscription Price shall be deemed to have been received
by the Subscription Agent only upon (1) clearance of any uncertified check; (2)
receipt by the Subscription Agent of any certified check or bank draft or
postal, telegraphic or express money order, (3) receipt of good funds in the
Subscription Agent's account designated above, in payment of the Subscription
Price; or (4) receipt of funds by the Subscription Agent through an Approved
Payment Method.
(e) If the number of Underlying Shares being subscribed for is not
specified, or full payment of the Subscription Price for the indicated number of
Rights that are being exercised is not forwarded or if the payment delivered
exceeds the required Subscription Price, the payment will be applied, until
depleted, to subscribe for Underlying Shares in the following order: (1) to
subscribe for the number of Underlying Shares indicated, if any, pursuant to the
Basic Subscription Price; (2) to subscribe for Underlying Shares until the Basic
Subscription Price has been fully exercised with respect to all of the Rights
represented by such Subscription Certificate; (3) to subscribe for additional
Underlying Shares pursuant to the Oversubscription Privilege (subject to any
applicable proration).
(f) Funds received by the Subscription Agent in payment of the
Subscription Price shall be held in a segregated, interest bearing account until
the closing of the Rights Offering, at which time they
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shall be paid over to the Company. All interest accrued on such account shall be
for the account of the Company.
(g) If a Holder exercising the Oversubscription Privilege is allocated
less than all of the Underlying Shares which such Holder subscribed for, or if
the number of Underlying Shares purchased by a Holder is otherwise reduced as
set forth in the Section 3(a)(iii), the Subscription Agent, as soon as
practicable after the Expiration Date, shall mail to such Holder the
Subscription Price paid by such Holder in respect of the number of such shares
that were subscribed for but not ultimately issued, without interest of
deduction.
(h) In case the Holder of any Subscription Certificate shall exercise
less than all the Rights evidenced thereby (other than a Holder to whom Section
3(a)(iii) applies), a new Subscription Certificate evidencing the number of
Rights remaining unexercised shall be issued by the Subscription Agent to the
registered Holder of such Subscription Certificate or to such Holder's duly
authorized assigns.
(i) The Subscription Agent is authorized to accept only Subscription
Certificates (other than Subscription Certificates delivered in accordance with
the procedure for guaranteed delivery set forth in Section 7(b)), or transfers
of Rights to its account at DTC, received prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City
time, on the Expiration Date.
(j) Once a Holder has exercised a Right, such exercise may not be
revoked.
(k) Rights may be exercised by certain transferees in the manner set
forth in the Instructions, without issuance of new Subscription Certificates in
the name of such transferee.
SECTION 8. DELIVERY OF STOCK CERTIFICATES.
(a) BASIC SUBSCRIPTION PRIVILEGE. As soon as practicable after the
Expiration Date, the Subscription Agent will mail to each Holder who validly
exercised the Basic Subscription Privilege certificates representing Underlying
Shares purchased pursuant to the Basic Subscription Price.
(b) OVERSUBSCRIPTION PRIVILEGE. As soon as practicable after the
Expiration Date, the Subscription Agent will mail to each Holder who validly
exercised the Oversubscription Privilege certificates representing the number of
Underlying Shares allocated to such Holder pursuant to the Oversubscription
Privilege.
SECTION 9. FRACTIONAL SHARES. No fractional Underlying Shares, or cash in
lieu thereof, will be issued or paid. The number of Underlying Shares
distributed to each holder will be rounded down to the nearest whole share in
connection with the exercise of Subscription Privileges.
SECTION 10. TRANSFER OF RIGHTS.
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Any holder may transfer (i) all of the Rights evidenced by a
Subscription Certificate by properly endorsing the Subscription Certificate for
transfer in accordance with the Instructions accompanying the Subscription
Certificate or (ii) some of the Rights evidenced by a Subscription Certificate
(but not fractional Rights) by delivering to the Subscription Agent such
Subscription Certificate properly endorsed for transfer, with instruction to
register the Rights to be transferred in the name of the transferee (and to
issue a new Subscription Certificate to the transferee evidencing such
transferred Rights). If requested to do so, the Subscription Agent shall issue
a new Subscription Certificate evidencing the balance of the Rights to the
Holder or, if so instructed, to an additional transferee. For purposes of this
Agreement the term "properly endorsed for transfer" shall mean that each and
every signature of a registered Holder or Holders or assigns shall be made or
guaranteed by an Eligible Institution.
SECTION 11. REPORTS. The Subscription Agent shall notify both the Company
and its designated representatives by telephone as requested during the period
ending five (5) business days after the Expiration Date, which notice shall
thereafter be confirmed in writing, of (a) the number of Rights exercised on the
day of such request; (b) the number of Underlying Shares subscribed for pursuant
to the Basic Subscription Price and the number of such Rights for which payment
has been received; (c) the number of Underlying Shares subscribed for pursuant
to the Oversubscription Privilege and the number of such Rights for which
payment has been received; (d) the number of Rights subject to guaranteed
delivery pursuant to Section 7(b) on such day; (e) the number of Rights for
which defective exercises have been received on such day; and (f) cumulative
totals derived from the information set forth in clauses (a) through (e) above.
At or before 5:00 p.m. New York City time, on the first Nasdaq National Market
trading day following the Expiration Date, the Subscription Agent shall certify
in writing to the Company the cumulative totals through the Expiration Date
derived from the information set forth in clauses (a) through (e) above. The
Subscription Agent shall also maintain their Rights and their transferees, and
Holders who have not exercised their Rights. The Subscription Agent shall
provide the Company or its designated representatives with the information
compiled pursuant to this Section 11 as any of them shall request.
SECTION 12. FUTURE INSTRUCTION AND INTERPRETATION.
(a) All questions as to the timeliness, validity, form, and
eligibility of any exercise of Rights will be determined by the Company, whose
determinations shall be final and binding. The Company in its sole discretion
may waive any defect or irregularity or permit a defect or irregularity to be
corrected within such time as it may determine or reject the purported exercise
of any Right. Subscriptions will not be deemed to have been received or
accepted until all irregularities have been waived or cured within such time as
the Company determines in its sole discretion. Neither the Company nor the
Subscription Agent shall be under any duty to give notification of any defect or
irregularity in
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connection with the submission of Subscription Certificates or
incur any liability for failure to give such notification to any Holder.
(b) The Subscription Agent is hereby authorized and directed to accept
instructions with respect to the performance of its duties hereunder from an
authorized officer of the Company, and to apply to such officers 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.
SECTION 13. PAYMENT OF TAXES. The Company covenants and agrees that it
will pay when due and payable all documentary, stamp and other taxes, if any,
which may be payable in respect of the issuance or delivery of any Subscription
Certificate or of the Underlying Shares; provided however, that the Company
shall not be liable for any tax liability arising out of any transaction which
results in, or is deemed to be, an exchange of Rights or shares or a
constructive dividend with respect to the Rights or shares and provided further
that the Company shall not be required to pay any tax or other governmental
charge which may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the transfer
or delivery of any Subscription Certificate or the issuance or delivery of
certificates for shares of Common Stock in a name other than that of the
registered Holder of such Subscription Certificate evidencing the Rights
exercised or transferred, and the Subscription Agent shall not register any such
transfer or issue any such certificate until such tax or governmental charge, if
required, shall have been paid.
SECTION 14. CANCELLATION AND DESTRUCTION OF SUBSCRIPTION. All Subscription
Certificates surrendered for the purpose of exercise, exchange, substitution or
transfer shall be cancelled by the Subscription Agent, and no Subscription
Certificates shall be issued in lieu thereof except as expressly permitted by
provisions of this Agreement. The Company shall deliver to the Subscription
Agent for cancellation and retirement, and the Subscription Agent shall so
cancel and return, any other Subscription Certificate purchased or acquired by
the Company otherwise than upon the exercise thereof. Subscription Agent shall
deliver all cancelled Subscription Certificates to the Company or shall, at the
written request of the Company, destroy such cancelled Subscription
Certificates, and in such case shall deliver a certificate of destruction
thereof to the Company.
SECTION 15. RIGHT OF ACTION. All rights of action in respect of this
Agreement are vested in the Company and the respective registered Holders of the
Subscription Certificates; and any registered Holder of any Subscription
Certificate, without the consent of the Subscription Agent or of the Holder of
any other Subscription Certificate, may, on his own behalf and for his own
benefit, enforce, and may institute and maintain any suit, action or proceeding
against the Company to enforce, or otherwise act in respect of, his right to
exercise the Rights evidenced by such Subscription Certificate in the manner
provided in such Subscription Certificate and in the Agreement.
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SECTION 16. CONCERNING THE SUBSCRIPTION AGENT.
(a) The Company agrees to pay to the Subscription Agent compensation
in accordance with the fee schedule attached hereto as Exhibit B for all
services rendered by it hereunder and, from time to time, on demand of the
Subscription Agent, its reasonable expenses and counsel fees and other
disbursements incurred in the administration and execution of this Agreement and
the exercise and performance of its duties hereunder. The Company also agrees
to indemnify the Subscription Agent for, and to hold it harmless against, any
loss, liability, or expense incurred without negligence or bad faith on the part
of the Subscription Agent for anything done or omitted by the Subscription Agent
in connection with the acceptance and administration of this Agreement,
including the reasonable costs and expenses of defending against any cost or
liability on the premises. The foregoing notwithstanding, the Company shall not
indemnify the Subscription Agent with respect to any claim or action settled
without its consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.
(b) The Subscription Agent shall be protected and shall incur no
liability for or in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it in
connection with its administration of this Agreement in reliance upon any
Subscription Certificate, instrument of assignment or transfer, power of
attorney, endorsement, affidavit, letter, notice, direction, consent,
certificate, statement or other paper or document reasonably believed by it to
be genuine and to be signed, executed and, where necessary, verified or
acknowledged by the proper person or persons.
SECTION 17. MERGER OR CONSOLIDATION OF SUBSCRIPTION AGENT. Any corporation
into which the Subscription Agent or any successor Subscription Agent may be
merged or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from
any corporation resulting from any merger or consolidation to which the
Subscription Agent or any successor Subscription Agent shall be a party, or any
corporation succeeding to the corporate trust business of the Subscription Agent
or any successor Subscription Agent, shall be the successor to the Subscription
Agent under this Agreement without the execution or filing of any paper or any
further act on the party of any of the parties hereto.
SECTION 18. DUTIES OF SUBSCRIPTION AGENT. The Subscription Agent
undertakes the duties and obligations imposed by this Agreement upon the
following terms and conditions, by all of which the Company and the Holders of
Subscription Certificates by their acceptance thereof shall be bound.
(a) The Subscription Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be,
but is not required to be, legal counsel for the Company), and the opinion of
such counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection to the
Subscription Agent as to any action taken or omitted by it in good faith and in
accordance with such opinion.
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(b) Whenever, in the performance of its duties under this Agreement,
the Subscription Agent shall deem it necessary or desirable that any fact or
matter be proved or established by the Company prior to taking or suffering any
action hereunder, such fact or matter (unless other evidence in respect thereof
be herein specifically prescribed) may be deemed to be conclusively proved and
established by a certificated signed by either the Chairman of the Board, the
Chief Executive Officer, the President or a Vice President and by the Secretary
of the Company and delivered to the Subscription Agent; and such certificate
shall be full authorization to the Subscription Agent for any action taken or
suffered in good faith by it under the provisions of this Agreement in reliance
upon such certificate.
(c) The Subscription Agent shall be liable hereunder only for its own
negligence or willful misconduct.
(d) The Subscription Agent shall not be liable for or by reason of any
of the statements of fact or recitals contained in this Agreement or in the
Subscription Certificates or be required to verify the same, but all such
statements and recitals are and shall be deemed to have been made by the Company
only.
(e) The Subscription Agent shall not be under any responsibility in
respect of the validity of this Agreement or the execution and delivery hereof
(except the due execution hereof by the Subscription Agent) or in respect of the
validity or execution of any Subscription Certificate, nor shall it be
responsible for any breach by the Company of any covenant or condition contained
in this Agreement or in any Subscription Certificate; nor shall it by any act
hereunder be deemed to make any representation or warranty as to the
authorization or reservation of any shares of Common Stock to be issued in
connection with the exercised Rights or pursuant to any Subscription Certificate
or as to whether any shares of Common Stock will, when issued, be validly
authorized and issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
(f) The Company agrees that it will perform, execute, acknowledge and
deliver or cause to be performed, executed, acknowledged and delivered all such
further and other acts, instruments and assurances as may reasonably be required
by the Subscription Agent for the carrying out or performing by the Subscription
Agent of the provisions of this Agreement.
(g) Nothing herein shall preclude the Subscription Agent from acting
in any other capacity for the Company.
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SECTION 19. NOTICES TO THE COMPANY, HOLDERS AND SUBSCRIPTION AGENT.
All notices and other communications provided for or permitted hereunder shall
be made by hand delivery, prepaid first class mail, or telecopier:
(a) if to the Company, to:
Gateway Industries, Inc.
c/o Warren G. Lichtenstein
750 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10022
with a copy to:
Greenberger & Forman
1370 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10019
Attn: Robert W. Forman, Esq.
Telecopier No.: 212-757-4054
if to the Subscription Agent, to:
American Stock Transfer & Trust Company
40 Wall Street
New York, NY 10005
Telecopier No.: 718-236-4588
(b) if to a registered Holder, at the address shown on the registry
books of the Company.
All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly
given: when delivered by hand, if personally delivered, two (2) business days
after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed as aforesaid; when
answered back if telexed; and when receipt is acknowledged, if telecopied.
SECTION 20. SUPPLEMENTS AND AMENDMENTS. The Company and the
Subscription Agent may from time to time supplement or amend this Agreement
without the approval of any Holders of Subscription Certificates in order to
cure any ambiguity or to correct or supplement any provision contained herein
which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provisions herein, or to
make any other provisions in regard to matters or questions arising hereunder
which the Company and the Subscription Agent may deem necessary or desirable and
which shall not adversely affect the interest of the Holders of the Subscription
Certificates.
SECTION 21. SUCCESSORS. All the covenants and provisions of this Agreement
by or for the benefit of the Company or the Subscription Agent shall bind and
inure to the benefit to their respective successors and assigns hereunder.
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SECTION 22. TERMINATION. This Agreement shall terminate at 5:00 p.m. New
York City time, on the thirteenth day following the Expiration Date. Upon
termination of this Agreement, and provided that the Underlying Shares for
Rights accepted for exercise prior to such termination are issued and delivered
by the Company, the Company shall be discharged from all obligations under this
Agreement except for its obligations to the Subscription Agent under Section 13
and 16 hereof and except with respect to the obligation of the Company to
provide instruction and direction of the Subscription Agent as may be provided
in this Agreement.
SECTION 23. GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement and each Subscription Certificate
shall be deemed to be a contract made under the laws of the State of New York
and for all purposes shall be construed in accordance with the internal laws of
said State.
SECTION 24. BENEFITS OF THIS AGREEMENT. Nothing in this Agreement shall be
construed to give any persons or corporation other than the Company, the
Subscription Agent and the Holders of the Subscription 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 Subscription Agent and
the Holders of the Subscription Certificates.
SECTION 25. 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, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the
same instrument.
SECTION 25. DESCRIPTIVE HEADINGS. Description headings of the several
Sections of this Agreement are inserted for the convenience only and shall not
control or affect the meaning or construction of any of the provisions hereof.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto caused the Agreement to
be duly executed as of the date first above written.
GATEWAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
By:_______________________
Jack Howard
Acting President
AMERICAN STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY
By:_______________________
Title:____________________
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EXHIBIT A
FORM OF SUBSCRIPTION CERTIFICATE
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EXHIBIT B
SUBSCRIPTION AGENT DUTIES AND FEES
Subscription Agent Duties and Services
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1. Calculate and verify number of rights to be issued to each shareholder;
2. Issue and mail notice of exercise form to each claimant along with the
appropriate rights offering material.
3. Split-up, issue and mail notice of exercise forms as requested by
offerees.
4. Receive and time stamp surrendered notice of exercise forms and checks.
5. Examine notice of exercise forms and checks for acceptance.
6. Write regarding deficient items.
7. Calculate and verify exercises price received and number of shares to
be issued.
8. Deposit checks into a fiduciary account.
9. Wire funds to corporation's account on business day following end of
offering period.
10. Handle all letters of inquiry regarding lost, destroyed or stolen
notices of exercise forms.
11. Adjust Rights on disputed claims as per Company's instructions and
refund to the holder any excess subscription price resulting from a
reduction of disputed claim.
12. If applicable, reflect restrictive legend on certain stock certificates
to be issued in connection with the offering. Please provide us with
the name(s) of the shareholders and the exact legend to be shown on the
new certificates.
13. Keep accurate controls of all notice of exercise forms exercised and
cancellation of such forms.
14. Issue and mail stock certificates to subscribers.
15. Furnish periodic reports of exercised rights.
16. Track oversubscription privilege.
17. Calculate pro-ration on oversubscription.
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Subscription Agent Fees
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$_______ To act as Subscription Agent for first 30 day period.
$_______ Per each extension of subscription period.
Plus out-of-pocket expenses incurred such as postage, telephone and
telegraph, shipping costs, insurance stationery, overtime, counsel and fees,
etc.
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EXHIBIT C
FORM OF NOMINEE HOLDER CERTIFICATION
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GATEWAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
NOMINEE HOLDER CERTIFICATION
The undersigned, a bank, broker or other nominee holder of rights
("Rights") to purchase shares of Common Stock, $.001 par value per share
("Common Stock") of Gateway Industries, Inc. (the "Company") pursuant to the
Rights Offering described and provided for in the Company's prospectus dated
_________, 1996 (the "Prospectus"), hereby certifies to the Company and to
American Stock Transfer and Trust Corporation, as Subscription Agent for such
Rights Offering, that the undersigned has subscribed for, on behalf of the
beneficial owners thereof (which may include the undersigned), the number of
shares specified below for each of the Subscription Privileges (as defined in
the Prospectus).
1. Number of shares subscribed
for pursuant to the Basic
Subscription Privilege ___________
2. Number of shares subscribed
for pursuant to the
Oversubscription Privilege ___________
3. Name of Beneficial Owner ___________
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Name of Nominee Holder
By:__________________________
Name:
Title:
Dated: ___________, 1996
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