Registration No. 333
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
under
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
AUDIOVOX CORPORATION
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware 13-1964841
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(State or other jurisdiction (I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation) Identification No.
180 Marcus Blvd., Hauppauge, New York 11788
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
Consultant Warrant Agreement
(Full Title of the Plans)
ROBERT S. LEVY, ESQ.
LEVY, STOPOL & CAMELO, LLP
1425 Reckson Plaza
Uniondale, New York 11556-1425
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(Name and address of agent for service)
(516) 802-7007
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(Telephone number, including area code,
of agent for service)
Approximate date of commencement of proposed
sale to the public: As Soon As Practicable After
Registration Statement Becomes Effective.
Total of sequentially numbered pages: 8
The Exhibit Index appears on sequential page 5 herein.
(Continuation of Facing Page)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Consultant Warrant Agreement
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Proposed Maximum Amount of
Title of Securities Proposed Aggregate Offering Registra-
to be Registered Amount Maximum Offering Price Price(2) tion Fee
to be Per Share (2)
Registered
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Class A 120,000 (1) shares $1,684,800(3) $1,684,800 $180.27
Common Stock,
par value $.01
per share
(1) Represents 100,000 shares, 10,000 shares and 10,000 shares of Class A
Common Stock, authorized for issuance by the Company to Robert S. Levy,
Larry N. Stopol and Dianne M. Camelo, pursuant to those certain Warrant
Agreements, dated as of July 3, 2003 (the "Warrant Agreements"). This
registration statement also covers such indeterminable additional
number of shares as may be issuable under the Warrant Agreements by
reason of adjustments in the number of shares covered thereby as
described in the Prospectus.
(2) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee.
(3) Based upon the average of the high and low prices of the Common Shares
on the NASDAQ on February 15, 2006 or $14.04 per share.
Pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, this Registration Statement also covers such additional
indeterminate number of shares as may become issuable pursuant to
anti-dilution and adjustment provisions.
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PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 1. PLAN INFORMATION
This registration statement relates to the offer and sale of Common Stock,
$.01 per share (the "Common Stock") of Audiovox Corporation (the "Company") to
its advisors and consultants, Robert S. Levy, Larry N. Stopol and Dianne M.
Camelo (the "Consultants"). The Warrants represent payment by the Company to
Consultants in consideration of business advice and consulting services rendered
to the Company. In connection therewith, the Consultants are being offered the
right to purchase an aggregate of 120,000 shares of Common Stock of the Company.
This summary should be read in connection with the Warrant Agreements, which are
incorporated herewith as Exhibit 4 hereto.
Item 2. REGISTRANT INFORMATION AND EMPLOYEE PLAN INFORMATION
The Consultants have been provided with copies of the documents
incorporated herein by reference in Part II, Item 3. The Consultants have been
advised by the Company in writing that such documents will be available to the
Consultants without charge upon request to the Company's offices at 180 Marcus
Boulevard, Hauppauge, NY 11788, telephone (516) 231-7750.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
There are hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement
the following documents or portions of documents and information previously
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission:
1. The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
November 30, 2005.
1a. The Company's amendment No. 1 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for
the fiscal year ended November 30, 2005.
2. All other reports or documents filed by the Company pursuant to
Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 after
the date of this Registration Statement, and prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment which indicates that all the securities offered have
been sold or which de-registers all securities then remaining unsold, shall be
deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be
a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
Except as superseded or modified herein, any statement contained in a
document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be
deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement
to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently
filed document which also is or is 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 document.
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Item 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES
Not applicable.
Item 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL
Levy, Stopol & Camelo, LLP has given an opinion on the validity of the
securities being registered hereunder. Robert S. Levy, Larry N. Stopol and
Dianne M. Camelo, partners of the law firm, are eligible to receive shares of
the Company's Class A Common Stock pursuant to this Form S-8 registration.
Item 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS
The Company's Certificate of Incorporation provides that to the fullest
extent permitted by law, no director shall be personally liable to the Company
or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of his fiduciary duty as a
director. Section 102(7) of the Delaware Law provides that a corporation may
include such a provision in its certificate of incorporation, provided that such
provision shall not eliminate liability (i) for any breach of a director's duty
of loyalty to the Corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions
not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation
of law, (iii) under Section 174 of the Delaware Law (relating to unlawful
payment of dividends and certain other matters) or (iv) for any transaction in
which a director derived an improper personal benefit.
The General Corporation Law of Delaware, the Company's state of
incorporation, permits the Company to indemnify directors and officers in
certain circumstances against expenses, judgments, fines and amounts paid in
settlement in connection with legal proceedings in which such persons may be
involved due to their positions with the Company, and to advance payment of
expenses to such persons. A director or officer may be indemnified if he acted
in good faith and in a manner which he reasonably believed to be in or not
opposed to the best interest of the Company, and, with respect to any criminal
action or proceeding, he had no reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was
unlawful. The Company's Certificate of Incorporation and By-laws require that
such persons be indemnified by the Company to the fullest extent authorized by
law, and set out a procedure by which these rights may be enforced. To the
extent that a director or officer has been successful in the defense of any such
action, the Company must indemnify him for his expenses. In the case of
partially or wholly unsuccessful defenses, or settlements, a disinterested
majority of the Board of Directors, independent legal counsel, or the
stockholders may decide if his conduct met the standard set out above and, if it
is decided that this standard was met, the Company must indemnify him. If it is
decided that his conduct did not meet this standard, or if no decision is made,
the director or officer may bring an action to enforce his right to
indemnification and, if the court finds that his action did meet the standard,
the Company must indemnify him. The Company bears the burden of proof in any
such action. However, if a director or officer has been found liable to the
Company in an action by or in the right of the Company (such as a stockholders'
derivative suit), indemnification is available only to the extent ordered by the
court in which such action was brought.
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Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of
the Company pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Company has
been advised that in the opinion of the 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 Company of expenses incurred or paid by a director,
officer or controlling person of the Company 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 Company 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 indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and
will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
Item 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED
Not applicable.
Item 8. EXHIBITS
Exhibit No. Description
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4 Consultants' Warrant Agreements
5 Opinion of Levy, Stopol & Camelo, LLP
23.1 Consent of Grant Thornton, LLP (filed herewith)
23.2 Consent of McGladrey & Pullen, LLP (filed herewith)
23.3 Consent of Levy, Stopol & Camelo, LLP (included in
Exhibit 5)
24 Power of Attorney (included on signature page)
Item 9. UNDERTAKINGS
(a) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes to file, during any
period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to
this registration statement (1) 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; (2) that, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendement 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; and (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
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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 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.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act of 1933 (the "Act") 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
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 the Securities Act of 1933, the
registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all
of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the Town of Hauppauge, State of New York, on this day of
February, 2006.
AUDIOVOX CORPORATION
BY /s/Patrick M. Lavelle
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Patrick M. Lavelle
Chief Executive Officer
and Director
POWER OF ATTORNEY
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Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints
Patrick M. Lavelle and Charles M. Stoehr, and each of them as attorney-in-fact,
each with the power of substitution, for him in any and all capacities, to sign
any amendment to this Registration Statement and to file the same, with exhibits
thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, granting to said attorneys-in-fact, and each of them, full
power and authority to do and perform each and every act and things requisite
and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and
purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorney-in-fact or either of them, or their or his substitute or
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature Title Date
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/s/John J. Shalam Chairman February 16, 2006
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John J. Shalam
/s/Patrick M. Lavelle Chief Executive Officer February 16, 2006
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Patrick M. Lavelle
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/s/Charles M. Stoehr Senior Vice President, February 16, 2006
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Charles M. Stoehr Chief Financial Officer
and Director
/s/ Paul C. Kreuch, Jr. Director February 16, 2006
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Paul C. Kreuch, Jr.
/s/Dennis F. McManus Director February 16, 2006
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Dennis F. McManus
/s/Irving Halevy Director February 16, 2006
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Irving Halevy
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These securities may not be publicly offered or sold unless at the time of such
offer or sale, the person making such offer of sale delivers a prospectus
meeting the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 forming a part of a
registration statement, or post-effective amendment thereto, which is effective
under said act, or unless in the opinion of counsel to the Corporation, such
offer and sale is exempt from the provisions of Section 5 of said Act.
W A R R A N T
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For the Purchase of Class A Common Stock
Par Value $.01 per Share of
AUDIOVOX CORPORATION
(Incorporated under the Laws of the State of Delaware)
VOID AFTER 5 P.M. JULY 3, 2006
No. 1 Warrant to Purchase
100,000 Shares
THIS IS TO CERTIFY that, for value received, ROBERT S. LEVY (holder) is
entitled, subject to the terms and conditions set forth, at or before 5 P.M.,
New York City Time, on July 3, 2006, but not thereafter, to purchase the number
of shares set forth above of Class A Common Stock, par value $.01 per share (the
"Common Stock"), of AUDIOVOX CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the
"Corporation"), from the Corporation at a purchase price per share of $11.02 if
and to the extent this Warrant is exercised, in whole or in part, during the
period this Warrant remains in force, subject in all cases to adjustment as
provided in Section 3 hereof, and to receive a certificate or certificates
representing the shares of Common Stock so purchased, upon presentation and
surrender to the Corporation of this Warrant, with the form of subscription
attached hereto duly executed, and accompanied by payment of the purchase price
of each share purchased either in cash or by certified or bank cashier's check
payable to the order of the Corporation.
1. The Corporation covenants and agrees that all shares may be delivered
upon the exercise of this Warrant and will, upon delivery, be fully paid and
non-assessable, and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the
Corporation covenants and agrees that it will from time to time take all such
action as may be requisite to assure that the par value per share of the Common
Stock is at all times equal to or less than the then current Warrant purchase
price per share of the Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant.
2. The rights represented by this Warrant are exercisable at the option of
the holder hereof in whole at any time, or in part from time to time, within the
period above specified at the prices specified in Section 1 hereof. In case of
the purchase of less than all the shares as to which this Warrant is
exercisable, the Corporation shall cancel this Warrant upon the surrender hereof
and shall execute and deliver a new Warrant of like tenor for the balance of the
shares purchasable hereunder.
3. The price per share at which shares of Common Stock may be purchased
hereunder, and the number of such shares to be purchased upon exercise hereof,
are subject to change or adjustment as follows:
a. In case the Corporation shall, while this Warrant remains
unexercised, in whole or in part, and in force, effect a recapitalization
of such character that the shares of Common Stock purchasable hereunder
shall be changed into or become exchangeable for a larger or smaller number
of shares, then, after the date of record for effecting such
recapitalization, the number of shares of Common Stock which the holder
hereof shall be entitled to purchase hereunder shall be increased or
decreased, as the case may be, in direct proportion to the increase or
decrease in the number of shares of Common Stock by reason of such
recapitalization, and the purchase price hereunder per share of such
recapitalized Common Stock shall, in the case of an increase in the number
of such shares, be proportionately reduced, and in the case of a decrease
in the number of such shares, shall be proportionately increased. For the
purpose of this subsection (a), a stock dividend, stock split-up or reverse
split shall be considered as a recapitalization and as an exchange for a
larger or smaller number of shares, as the case may be.
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b. In the case of any consolidation of the Corporation with, or merger
of the Corporation into, any other corporation, or in case of any sale or
conveyance of all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation in
connection with a plan of complete liquidation of the Corporation, then, as
a condition of such consolidation, merger or sale or conveyance, adequate
provision shall be made whereby the holder hereof shall thereafter have the
right to purchase and receive, upon the basis and upon the terms and
conditions specified in this Warrant and in lieu of shares of Common Stock
immediately theretofore purchasable and receivable upon the exercise of the
rights represented hereby, such shares of stock or securities as may be
issued in connection with such consolidation, merger or sale or conveyance
with respect to or in exchange for the number of outstanding shares of
Common Stock immediately therefore purchasable and receivable upon the
exercise of the rights represented hereby had such consolidation, merger or
sale or conveyance not taken place, and in any such case appropriate
provision shall be made with respect to the rights and interests of the
holder of this Warrant to the end that the provisions hereof shall be
applicable as nearly as may be in relation to any shares of stock or
securities thereafter deliverable upon the exercise hereof.
c. In case the Corporation shall, while this Warrant remains
unexercised, in whole or in part, and in force, issue (otherwise then by
stock dividend or stock split-up or reverse split) or sell shares of its
Common Stock (hereinafter referred to as "Additional Shares") for a
consideration per share (before deduction of expenses or commissions or
underwriting discounts or allowances in connection therewith) less than the
purchase price hereunder per share, then, after the date of such issuance
or sale, the purchase price hereunder per share shall be reduced to a price
determined by dividing (1) an amount equal to (A) the total number of
shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the time of such
issuance or sale multiplied by such purchase price hereunder per share,
plus (B) the consideration (before deduction of expenses or commissions or
underwriting discounts or allowances in connection therewith), if any,
received by the Corporation upon such issuance or sale, by (2) the total
number of shares of Common Stock outstanding after the date of the issuance
or sale of such Additional Shares. The number of shares of Common
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Stock which the holder hereof shall be entitled to purchase hereunder at
each such adjusted purchase price per share, at the time such adjusted
purchase price per share shall be in effect, shall be the number of whole
shares of Common Stock obtained by multiplying such purchase price
hereunder per share before such adjustment, by the number of shares of
Common Stock purchasable upon the exercise of this Warrant immediately
before such adjustment, and dividing the product so obtained by such
adjusted purchase price per share; provided, however, that no such
adjustment of the purchase price hereunder per share or the number of
shares for which this Warrant may be exercised shall be made upon the
issuance or sale by the Corporation of Additional Shares (i) reserved for
issuance upon exercise of Stock Options or as restricted stock under the
Corporation's employee stock plans; or(ii) in connection with the
acquisition of businesses, business entities or parts thereof and/or their
assets, whether tangible or intangible.
d. In case the Corporation shall, while this Warrant remains
unexercised in whole or in part, and in force, issue or grant any rights to
subscribe for or to purchase, or any option (other than the employee stock
plans and business related acquisitions referred to in subsection (C)
above) for the purchase of (i) Common Stock or (ii) any indebtedness or
shares of stock convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock
(indebtedness or shares of stock convertible into or exchangeable for
Common Stock being hereinafter referred to as "Convertible Securities"), or
issue or sell Convertible Securities and the price per share for which
Common Stock is issuable upon the exercise of such rights or options or
upon conversion or exchange of such Convertible Securities at the time such
Convertible Securities first become convertible or exchangeable (determined
by dividing (1) in the case of an issuance or grant of any such rights or
options, the total amount, if any, received or receivable by the
Corporation as consideration for the issuance or grant of such rights or
options, plus the minimum aggregate amount of additional consideration
payable to the Corporation upon exercise of such rights or options, plus,
in the case of such Convertible Securities, the minimum aggregate amount of
additional consideration, if any, payable to the Corporation upon the
conversion or exchange of such Convertible Securities at the time such
Convertible Securities first become convertible or exchangeable,
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or (2) in the case of an issuance or sale of Convertible Securities other
than where the same are issuable upon the exercise of any such rights or
options, the total amount, if any, received or receivable by the
Corporation as consideration for the issuance or sale of such Convertible
Securities, plus the minimum aggregate amount of additional consideration,
if any, payable to the Corporation upon the conversion or exchange of such
Convertible Securities at the time such Convertible Securities first become
convertible or exchangeable, by, in either such case, (3) the total maximum
number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of such rights
or options or upon the conversion or exchange of such Convertible
Securities at the time such Convertible Securities first become convertible
or exchangeable) shall be less than the purchase price hereunder per share,
then the total maximum number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the
exercise of such rights or options or upon conversion or exchange of the
total maximum amount of such Convertible Securities at the time such
Convertible Securities first become convertible or exchangeable, shall (as
of the date of the issuance or grant of such rights or options or, in the
case of the issuance or sale of Convertible Securities other than where the
same are issuable upon the exercise of rights or options, as of the date of
such issuance or sale) be deemed to be outstanding and to have been issued
for said price per share; provided that (i) no further adjustment of the
purchase price shall be made upon the actual issuance of such Common Stock
upon the exercise of such rights or options or upon the conversion or
exchange of such Convertible Securities or upon the actual issuance of
Convertible Securities where the same are issuable upon the exercise of
such rights or options, and (ii) rights or options issued or granted pro
rata to shareholders without consideration and Convertible Securities
issuable by way of dividend or other distribution to shareholders shall be
deemed to have been issued or granted at the close of business on the date
fixed for the determination of shareholders entitled to such rights,
options or Convertible Securities and shall be deemed to have been issued
without consideration; and (iii) if, in any case, the total maximum number
of shares of Common Stock issued upon exercise of such rights or options or
upon conversion or exchange of such Convertible Securities is not, in fact,
issued and the right to exercise such right or option or to convert or
exchange such
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Convertible Securities shall have expired or terminated, then, and in any
such event, the purchase price, as adjusted, shall be appropriately
readjusted at the time of such expiration or termination. In such case,
each purchase price hereunder per share which is greater than the price per
share for which Common Stock is issuable upon conversion or exchange of
such rights or options or upon conversion or exchange of such Convertible
Securities at the time such Convertible Securities first become convertible
or exchangeable, as determined above in this subsection (D), shall
thereupon be reduced to a price determined by dividing (1) an amount equal
to (a) the total number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately
prior to the time of the issuance or grant of such rights or options or the
issuance or sale of such Convertible Securities multiplied by such purchase
price hereunder per share, plus (b) the total amount, if any, received or
receivable by the Corporation as consideration for such issuance or grant
or such issuance or sale, plus the additional amounts referred to and more
fully set forth in clauses (1) and (2) of the parenthetical material above
in this subsection (D), whichever clause and whichever additional amounts
may be applicable, by (2) the total number of shares of Common Stock
outstanding after the date of such issuance or grant or such issuance or
sale. The number of shares of Common Stock which the holder hereof shall be
entitled to purchase hereunder at such adjusted purchase price per share,
at the time such adjusted purchase price per share shall be in effect,
shall be the number of whole shares of Common Stock obtained by multiplying
such purchase price hereunder, per share, before such adjustment, by the
number of shares of Common Stock purchasable upon the exercise of this
Warrant immediately before such adjustment and dividing the product so
obtained by such adjusted purchase price per share.
e. For the purpose of subsections (c) and (d) above, in case the
Corporation shall issue or sell Additional Shares, issue or grant any
rights to subscribe for or to purchase, or any options for the purchase of
(i) Common Stock or (ii) Convertible Securities, or issue or sell
Convertible Securities for a consideration part of which shall be other
than cash, the amount of the consideration received by the Corporation
therefor shall be deemed to be the cash proceeds, if any, received by the
Corporation plus the fair value of the consideration other than cash as
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determined by the Board of Directors of the Corporation in good faith,
before deduction of commissions, underwriting discounts or allowances or
other expenses paid or incurred by the Corporation for any underwriting of,
or otherwise in connection with, such issuance, grant or sale.
f. Subject to the provisions of subsection (g) below, in case the
Corporation shall, while this Warrant remains unexercised, in whole or in
part, and in force, make any distribution of its assets to holders of
Common Stock as a partial liquidating dividend, by way of return of capital
or otherwise, then, after the date of record for determining shareholders
entitled to such distribution, the holder hereof shall be entitled, upon
exercise of this Warrant and purchase of any or all of the shares of Common
Stock subject hereto, to receive the amount of such assets (or at the
option of the Corporation, a sum equal to the value thereof at the time of
such distribution to holders of Common Stock as such value is determined by
the Board of Directors of the Corporation in good faith) which would have
been payable to such holder had he been the holder of record of such shares
of Common Stock on the record date for the determination of shareholders
entitled to such distribution.
g. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) above, in the case
of any sale or conveyance of all or substantially all of the assets of the
Corporation in connection with a plan of complete liquidation of the
Corporation, in the case of the dissolution, liquidation or winding up of
the Corporation, all rights under this Warrant shall terminate on a date
fixed by the Corporation, such date so fixed to be not earlier than the
date of the commencement of the proceedings for such dissolution,
liquidation or winding up and not later than thirty (30) days after such
commencement date. Notice of such termination of purchase rights shall be
given to the registered holder hereof, as the same shall appear on the
books of the Corporation, at least thirty (30) days prior to such
termination date.
h. In case the Corporation shall, while this Warrant remains
unexercised in whole or in part, and in force, offer to the holders of
Common Stock any rights to subscribe for additional shares of stock of the
Corporation, then the Corporation shall give written
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notice thereof to the registered holder hereof not less than thirty (30)
days prior to the date on which the books of the Corporation are closed or
a record date fixed for the determination of shareholders entitled to such
subscription rights. Such notice shall specify the date as to which the
books shall be closed or the record date fixed with respect to such offer
or subscription, and the right of the holder hereof to participate in such
offer or subscription shall terminate if this Warrant shall not be
exercised on or before the date of such closing of the books or such record
date.
i. Any adjustment pursuant to the foregoing provisions shall be made
on the basis of the number of shares of Common Stock which the holder
hereof would have been entitled to acquire by exercise of this Warrant
immediately prior to the event giving rise to such adjustment and, as to
the purchase price hereunder per share, whether or not in effect
immediately prior to the time of such adjustment, on the basis of such
purchase price immediately prior to the event giving rise to such
adjustment. Whenever any such adjustment is required to be made, the
Corporation shall forthwith determine the new number of shares of Common
Stock which the holder shall be entitled to purchase hereunder and/or such
new purchase price per share, and shall prepare, retain on file and
transmit to the holder hereof within ten (10) days after such preparation a
statement describing in reasonable detail the method used in calculating
such adjustment(s).
j. For the purposes of this Section 3, the term "Common Stock" shall
include all shares of capital stock authorized by the Corporation's
Certificate of Incorporation, as from time to time amended, which are not
limited to a fixed sum or percentage of par value in respect of the right
of the holders thereof to participate in dividends or in the distribution
of assets upon the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or
winding-up of the Corporation.
4. The Corporation agrees at all times to reserve or hold available a
sufficient number of shares of Common Stock to cover the number of shares
issuable upon the exercise of this and all other Warrants of the same class.
5. This Warrant shall not entitle the holder hereof to any voting rights or
other rights as a shareholder of the
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Corporation, or to any other rights whatsoever except the rights herein
expressed, and no dividends shall be payable or accrue in respect of this
Warrant or the interest represented hereby or the shares purchasable hereunder
until or unless, and except to the extent that, this Warrant shall be exercised.
6. This Warrant is exchangeable upon the surrender hereof by the holder
hereof to the Corporation for new Warrants of like tenor representing in the
aggregate the right to purchase the number of shares purchasable hereunder, each
of such new Warrants to represent the right to purchase such number of shares as
shall be designated by the holder hereof at the time of such surrender.
7. The Corporation will transmit to the holder of this Warrant such
information, documents and reports as are generally distributed to shareholders
of the Corporation concurrently with the distribution thereof to such
shareholders.
8. Notices to be given to the holder of this Warrant shall be deemed to
have been sufficiently given if delivered or mailed, addressed in the name and
at the address of such holder appearing in the records of the Corporation, and
if mailed, sent first class registered or certified mail, postage prepaid. The
address of the Corporation is 150 Marcus Boulevard, Hauppauge, New York 11788,
and the Corporation shall give written notice of any change of address to the
holder hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Warrant to be
executed by the signature of its Senior Vice President/Chief Financial Officer
and its seal affixed and attested by its Secretary.
Dated: July 3, 2003
AUDIOVOX CORPORATION
By: s/ Charles M. Stoehr
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[Corporate Seal] Charles M. Stoehr
Senior VP and Chief
ATTEST: Financial Officer
s/ Chris Lis Johnson
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Chris Lis Johnson
Secretary
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These securities may not be publicly offered or sold unless at the time of such
offer or sale, the person making such offer of sale delivers a prospectus
meeting the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 forming a part of a
registration statement, or post-effective amendment thereto, which is effective
under said act, or unless in the opinion of counsel to the Corporation, such
offer and sale is exempt from the provisions of Section 5 of said Act.
W A R R A N T
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For the Purchase of Class A Common Stock
Par Value $.01 per Share of
AUDIOVOX CORPORATION
(Incorporated under the Laws of the State of Delaware)
VOID AFTER 5 P.M. JULY 3, 2006
No. 1 Warrant to Purchase
10,000 Shares
THIS IS TO CERTIFY that, for value received, LARRY N. STOPOL (holder) is
entitled, subject to the terms and conditions set forth, at or before 5 P.M.,
New York City Time, on July 3, 2006, but not thereafter, to purchase the number
of shares set forth above of Class A Common Stock, par value $.01 per share (the
"Common Stock"), of AUDIOVOX CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the
"Corporation"), from the Corporation at a purchase price per share of $11.02 if
and to the extent this Warrant is exercised, in whole or in part, during the
period this Warrant remains in force, subject in all cases to adjustment as
provided in Section 3 hereof, and to receive a certificate or certificates
representing the shares of Common Stock so purchased, upon presentation and
surrender to the Corporation of this Warrant, with the form of subscription
attached hereto duly executed, and accompanied by payment of the purchase price
of each share purchased either in cash or by certified or bank cashier's check
payable to the order of the Corporation.
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1. The Corporation covenants and agrees that all shares may be delivered
upon the exercise of this Warrant and will, upon delivery, be fully paid and
non-assessable, and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the
Corporation covenants and agrees that it will from time to time take all such
action as may be requisite to assure that the par value per share of the Common
Stock is at all times equal to or less than the then current Warrant purchase
price per share of the Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant.
2. The rights represented by this Warrant are exercisable at the option of
the holder hereof in whole at any time, or in part from time to time, within the
period above specified at the prices specified in Section 1 hereof. In case of
the purchase of less than all the shares as to which this Warrant is
exercisable, the Corporation shall cancel this Warrant upon the surrender hereof
and shall execute and deliver a new Warrant of like tenor for the balance of the
shares purchasable hereunder.
3. The price per share at which shares of Common Stock may be purchased
hereunder, and the number of such shares to be purchased upon exercise hereof,
are subject to change or adjustment as follows:
a. In case the Corporation shall, while this Warrant remains
unexercised, in whole or in part, and in force, effect a recapitalization
of such character that the shares of Common Stock purchasable hereunder
shall be changed into or become exchangeable for a larger or smaller number
of shares, then, after the date of record for effecting such
recapitalization, the number of shares of Common Stock which the holder
hereof shall be entitled to purchase hereunder shall be increased or
decreased, as the case may be, in direct proportion to the increase or
decrease in the number of shares of Common Stock by reason of such
recapitalization, and the purchase price hereunder per share of such
recapitalized Common Stock shall, in the case of an increase in the number
of such shares, be proportionately reduced, and in the case of a decrease
in the number of such shares, shall be proportionately increased. For the
purpose of this subsection (a), a stock dividend, stock split-up or reverse
split shall be considered as a recapitalization and as an exchange for a
larger or smaller number of shares, as the case may be.
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b. In the case of any consolidation of the Corporation with, or merger
of the Corporation into, any other corporation, or in case of any sale or
conveyance of all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation in
connection with a plan of complete liquidation of the Corporation, then, as
a condition of such consolidation, merger or sale or conveyance, adequate
provision shall be made whereby the holder hereof shall thereafter have the
right to purchase and receive, upon the basis and upon the terms and
conditions specified in this Warrant and in lieu of shares of Common Stock
immediately theretofore purchasable and receivable upon the exercise of the
rights represented hereby, such shares of stock or securities as may be
issued in connection with such consolidation, merger or sale or conveyance
with respect to or in exchange for the number of outstanding shares of
Common Stock immediately therefore purchasable and receivable upon the
exercise of the rights represented hereby had such consolidation, merger or
sale or conveyance not taken place, and in any such case appropriate
provision shall be made with respect to the rights and interests of the
holder of this Warrant to the end that the provisions hereof shall be
applicable as nearly as may be in relation to any shares of stock or
securities thereafter deliverable upon the exercise hereof.
c. In case the Corporation shall, while this Warrant remains
unexercised, in whole or in part, and in force, issue (otherwise then by
stock dividend or stock split-up or reverse split) or sell shares of its
Common Stock (hereinafter referred to as "Additional Shares") for a
consideration per share (before deduction of expenses or commissions or
underwriting discounts or allowances in connection therewith) less than the
purchase price hereunder per share, then, after the date of such issuance
or sale, the purchase price hereunder per share shall be reduced to a price
determined by dividing (1) an amount equal to (A) the total number of
shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the time of such
issuance or sale multiplied by such purchase price hereunder per share,
plus (B) the consideration (before deduction of expenses or commissions or
underwriting discounts or allowances in connection therewith), if any,
received by the Corporation upon such issuance or sale, by (2) the total
number of shares of Common Stock outstanding after the date of the issuance
or sale of such Additional Shares. The number of shares of Common
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Stock which the holder hereof shall be entitled to purchase hereunder at
each such adjusted purchase price per share, at the time such adjusted
purchase price per share shall be in effect, shall be the number of whole
shares of Common Stock obtained by multiplying such purchase price
hereunder per share before such adjustment, by the number of shares of
Common Stock purchasable upon the exercise of this Warrant immediately
before such adjustment, and dividing the product so obtained by such
adjusted purchase price per share; provided, however, that no such
adjustment of the purchase price hereunder per share or the number of
shares for which this Warrant may be exercised shall be made upon the
issuance or sale by the Corporation of Additional Shares (i) reserved for
issuance upon exercise of Stock Options or as restricted stock under the
Corporation's employee stock plans; or(ii) in connection with the
acquisition of businesses, business entities or parts thereof and/or their
assets, whether tangible or intangible.
d. In case the Corporation shall, while this Warrant remains
unexercised in whole or in part, and in force, issue or grant any rights to
subscribe for or to purchase, or any option (other than the employee stock
plans and business related acquisitions referred to in subsection (C)
above) for the purchase of (i) Common Stock or (ii) any indebtedness or
shares of stock convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock
(indebtedness or shares of stock convertible into or exchangeable for
Common Stock being hereinafter referred to as "Convertible Securities"), or
issue or sell Convertible Securities and the price per share for which
Common Stock is issuable upon the exercise of such rights or options or
upon conversion or exchange of such Convertible Securities at the time such
Convertible Securities first become convertible or exchangeable (determined
by dividing (1) in the case of an issuance or grant of any such rights or
options, the total amount, if any, received or receivable by the
Corporation as consideration for the issuance or grant of such rights or
options, plus the minimum aggregate amount of additional consideration
payable to the Corporation upon exercise of such rights or options, plus,
in the case of such Convertible Securities, the minimum aggregate amount of
additional consideration, if any, payable to the Corporation upon the
conversion or exchange of such Convertible Securities at the time such
Convertible Securities first become convertible or exchangeable,
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or (2) in the case of an issuance or sale of Convertible Securities other
than where the same are issuable upon the exercise of any such rights or
options, the total amount, if any, received or receivable by the
Corporation as consideration for the issuance or sale of such Convertible
Securities, plus the minimum aggregate amount of additional consideration,
if any, payable to the Corporation upon the conversion or exchange of such
Convertible Securities at the time such Convertible Securities first become
convertible or exchangeable, by, in either such case, (3) the total maximum
number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of such rights
or options or upon the conversion or exchange of such Convertible
Securities at the time such Convertible Securities first become convertible
or exchangeable) shall be less than the purchase price hereunder per share,
then the total maximum number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the
exercise of such rights or options or upon conversion or exchange of the
total maximum amount of such Convertible Securities at the time such
Convertible Securities first become convertible or exchangeable, shall (as
of the date of the issuance or grant of such rights or options or, in the
case of the issuance or sale of Convertible Securities other than where the
same are issuable upon the exercise of rights or options, as of the date of
such issuance or sale) be deemed to be outstanding and to have been issued
for said price per share; provided that (i) no further adjustment of the
purchase price shall be made upon the actual issuance of such Common Stock
upon the exercise of such rights or options or upon the conversion or
exchange of such Convertible Securities or upon the actual issuance of
Convertible Securities where the same are issuable upon the exercise of
such rights or options, and (ii) rights or options issued or granted pro
rata to shareholders without consideration and Convertible Securities
issuable by way of dividend or other distribution to shareholders shall be
deemed to have been issued or granted at the close of business on the date
fixed for the determination of shareholders entitled to such rights,
options or Convertible Securities and shall be deemed to have been issued
without consideration; and (iii) if, in any case, the total maximum number
of shares of Common Stock issued upon exercise of such rights or options or
upon conversion or exchange of such Convertible Securities is not, in fact,
issued and the right to exercise such right or option or to convert or
exchange such
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Convertible Securities shall have expired or terminated, then, and in any
such event, the purchase price, as adjusted, shall be appropriately
readjusted at the time of such expiration or termination. In such case,
each purchase price hereunder per share which is greater than the price per
share for which Common Stock is issuable upon conversion or exchange of
such rights or options or upon conversion or exchange of such Convertible
Securities at the time such Convertible Securities first become convertible
or exchangeable, as determined above in this subsection (D), shall
thereupon be reduced to a price determined by dividing (1) an amount equal
to (a) the total number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately
prior to the time of the issuance or grant of such rights or options or the
issuance or sale of such Convertible Securities multiplied by such purchase
price hereunder per share, plus (b) the total amount, if any, received or
receivable by the Corporation as consideration for such issuance or grant
or such issuance or sale, plus the additional amounts referred to and more
fully set forth in clauses (1) and (2) of the parenthetical material above
in this subsection (D), whichever clause and whichever additional amounts
may be applicable, by (2) the total number of shares of Common Stock
outstanding after the date of such issuance or grant or such issuance or
sale. The number of shares of Common Stock which the holder hereof shall be
entitled to purchase hereunder at such adjusted purchase price per share,
at the time such adjusted purchase price per share shall be in effect,
shall be the number of whole shares of Common Stock obtained by multiplying
such purchase price hereunder, per share, before such adjustment, by the
number of shares of Common Stock purchasable upon the exercise of this
Warrant immediately before such adjustment and dividing the product so
obtained by such adjusted purchase price per share.
e. For the purpose of subsections (c) and (d) above, in case the
Corporation shall issue or sell Additional Shares, issue or grant any
rights to subscribe for or to purchase, or any options for the purchase of
(i) Common Stock or (ii) Convertible Securities, or issue or sell
Convertible Securities for a consideration part of which shall be other
than cash, the amount of the consideration received by the Corporation
therefor shall be deemed to be the cash proceeds, if any, received by the
Corporation plus the fair value of the consideration other than cash as
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determined by the Board of Directors of the Corporation in good faith,
before deduction of commissions, underwriting discounts or allowances or
other expenses paid or incurred by the Corporation for any underwriting of,
or otherwise in connection with, such issuance, grant or sale.
f. Subject to the provisions of subsection (g) below, in case the
Corporation shall, while this Warrant remains unexercised, in whole or in
part, and in force, make any distribution of its assets to holders of
Common Stock as a partial liquidating dividend, by way of return of capital
or otherwise, then, after the date of record for determining shareholders
entitled to such distribution, the holder hereof shall be entitled, upon
exercise of this Warrant and purchase of any or all of the shares of Common
Stock subject hereto, to receive the amount of such assets (or at the
option of the Corporation, a sum equal to the value thereof at the time of
such distribution to holders of Common Stock as such value is determined by
the Board of Directors of the Corporation in good faith) which would have
been payable to such holder had he been the holder of record of such shares
of Common Stock on the record date for the determination of shareholders
entitled to such distribution.
g. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) above, in the case
of any sale or conveyance of all or substantially all of the assets of the
Corporation in connection with a plan of complete liquidation of the
Corporation, in the case of the dissolution, liquidation or winding up of
the Corporation, all rights under this Warrant shall terminate on a date
fixed by the Corporation, such date so fixed to be not earlier than the
date of the commencement of the proceedings for such dissolution,
liquidation or winding up and not later than thirty (30) days after such
commencement date. Notice of such termination of purchase rights shall be
given to the registered holder hereof, as the same shall appear on the
books of the Corporation, at least thirty (30) days prior to such
termination date.
h. In case the Corporation shall, while this Warrant remains
unexercised in whole or in part, and in force, offer to the holders of
Common Stock any rights to subscribe for additional shares of stock of the
Corporation, then the Corporation shall give written
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notice thereof to the registered holder hereof not less than thirty (30)
days prior to the date on which the books of the Corporation are closed or
a record date fixed for the determination of shareholders entitled to such
subscription rights. Such notice shall specify the date as to which the
books shall be closed or the record date fixed with respect to such offer
or subscription, and the right of the holder hereof to participate in such
offer or subscription shall terminate if this Warrant shall not be
exercised on or before the date of such closing of the books or such record
date.
i. Any adjustment pursuant to the foregoing provisions shall be made
on the basis of the number of shares of Common Stock which the holder
hereof would have been entitled to acquire by exercise of this Warrant
immediately prior to the event giving rise to such adjustment and, as to
the purchase price hereunder per share, whether or not in effect
immediately prior to the time of such adjustment, on the basis of such
purchase price immediately prior to the event giving rise to such
adjustment. Whenever any such adjustment is required to be made, the
Corporation shall forthwith determine the new number of shares of Common
Stock which the holder shall be entitled to purchase hereunder and/or such
new purchase price per share, and shall prepare, retain on file and
transmit to the holder hereof within ten (10) days after such preparation a
statement describing in reasonable detail the method used in calculating
such adjustment(s).
j. For the purposes of this Section 3, the term "Common Stock" shall
include all shares of capital stock authorized by the Corporation's
Certificate of Incorporation, as from time to time amended, which are not
limited to a fixed sum or percentage of par value in respect of the right
of the holders thereof to participate in dividends or in the distribution
of assets upon the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or
winding-up of the Corporation.
4. The Corporation agrees at all times to reserve or hold available a
sufficient number of shares of Common Stock to cover the number of shares
issuable upon the exercise of this and all other Warrants of the same class.
5. This Warrant shall not entitle the holder hereof to any voting rights or
other rights as a shareholder of the
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Corporation, or to any other rights whatsoever except the rights herein
expressed, and no dividends shall be payable or accrue in respect of this
Warrant or the interest represented hereby or the shares purchasable hereunder
until or unless, and except to the extent that, this Warrant shall be exercised.
6. This Warrant is exchangeable upon the surrender hereof by the holder
hereof to the Corporation for new Warrants of like tenor representing in the
aggregate the right to purchase the number of shares purchasable hereunder, each
of such new Warrants to represent the right to purchase such number of shares as
shall be designated by the holder hereof at the time of such surrender.
7. The Corporation will transmit to the holder of this Warrant such
information, documents and reports as are generally distributed to shareholders
of the Corporation concurrently with the distribution thereof to such
shareholders.
8. Notices to be given to the holder of this Warrant shall be deemed to
have been sufficiently given if delivered or mailed, addressed in the name and
at the address of such holder appearing in the records of the Corporation, and
if mailed, sent first class registered or certified mail, postage prepaid. The
address of the Corporation is 150 Marcus Boulevard, Hauppauge, New York 11788,
and the Corporation shall give written notice of any change of address to the
holder hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Warrant to be
executed by the signature of its Senior Vice President/Chief Financial Officer
and its seal affixed and attested by its Secretary.
Dated: July 3, 2003
AUDIOVOX CORPORATION
By: s/ Charles M. Stoehr
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[Corporate Seal] Charles M. Stoehr
Senior VP and Chief
ATTEST: Financial Officer
s/ Chris Lis Johnson
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Chris Lis Johnson
Secretary
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These securities may not be publicly offered or sold unless at the time of such
offer or sale, the person making such offer of sale delivers a prospectus
meeting the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 forming a part of a
registration statement, or post-effective amendment thereto, which is effective
under said act, or unless in the opinion of counsel to the Corporation, such
offer and sale is exempt from the provisions of Section 5 of said Act.
W A R R A N T
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For the Purchase of Class A Common Stock
Par Value $.01 per Share of
AUDIOVOX CORPORATION
(Incorporated under the Laws of the State of Delaware)
VOID AFTER 5 P.M. JULY 3, 2006
No. 1 Warrant to Purchase
10,000 Shares
THIS IS TO CERTIFY that, for value received, DIANNE M. CAMELO (holder) is
entitled, subject to the terms and conditions set forth, at or before 5 P.M.,
New York City Time, on July 3, 2006, but not thereafter, to purchase the number
of shares set forth above of Class A Common Stock, par value $.01 per share (the
"Common Stock"), of AUDIOVOX CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the
"Corporation"), from the Corporation at a purchase price per share of $11.02 if
and to the extent this Warrant is exercised, in whole or in part, during the
period this Warrant remains in force, subject in all cases to adjustment as
provided in Section 3 hereof, and to receive a certificate or certificates
representing the shares of Common Stock so purchased, upon presentation and
surrender to the Corporation of this Warrant, with the form of subscription
attached hereto duly executed, and accompanied by payment of the purchase price
of each share purchased either in cash or by certified or bank cashier's check
payable to the order of the Corporation.
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1. The Corporation covenants and agrees that all shares may be delivered
upon the exercise of this Warrant and will, upon delivery, be fully paid and
non-assessable, and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the
Corporation covenants and agrees that it will from time to time take all such
action as may be requisite to assure that the par value per share of the Common
Stock is at all times equal to or less than the then current Warrant purchase
price per share of the Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant.
2. The rights represented by this Warrant are exercisable at the option of
the holder hereof in whole at any time, or in part from time to time, within the
period above specified at the prices specified in Section 1 hereof. In case of
the purchase of less than all the shares as to which this Warrant is
exercisable, the Corporation shall cancel this Warrant upon the surrender hereof
and shall execute and deliver a new Warrant of like tenor for the balance of the
shares purchasable hereunder.
3. The price per share at which shares of Common Stock may be purchased
hereunder, and the number of such shares to be purchased upon exercise hereof,
are subject to change or adjustment as follows:
a. In case the Corporation shall, while this Warrant remains
unexercised, in whole or in part, and in force, effect a recapitalization
of such character that the shares of Common Stock purchasable hereunder
shall be changed into or become exchangeable for a larger or smaller number
of shares, then, after the date of record for effecting such
recapitalization, the number of shares of Common Stock which the holder
hereof shall be entitled to purchase hereunder shall be increased or
decreased, as the case may be, in direct proportion to the increase or
decrease in the number of shares of Common Stock by reason of such
recapitalization, and the purchase price hereunder per share of such
recapitalized Common Stock shall, in the case of an increase in the number
of such shares, be proportionately reduced, and in the case of a decrease
in the number of such shares, shall be proportionately increased. For the
purpose of this subsection (a), a stock dividend, stock split-up or reverse
split shall be considered as a recapitalization and as an exchange for a
larger or smaller number of shares, as the case may be.
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b. In the case of any consolidation of the Corporation with, or merger
of the Corporation into, any other corporation, or in case of any sale or
conveyance of all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation in
connection with a plan of complete liquidation of the Corporation, then, as
a condition of such consolidation, merger or sale or conveyance, adequate
provision shall be made whereby the holder hereof shall thereafter have the
right to purchase and receive, upon the basis and upon the terms and
conditions specified in this Warrant and in lieu of shares of Common Stock
immediately theretofore purchasable and receivable upon the exercise of the
rights represented hereby, such shares of stock or securities as may be
issued in connection with such consolidation, merger or sale or conveyance
with respect to or in exchange for the number of outstanding shares of
Common Stock immediately therefore purchasable and receivable upon the
exercise of the rights represented hereby had such consolidation, merger or
sale or conveyance not taken place, and in any such case appropriate
provision shall be made with respect to the rights and interests of the
holder of this Warrant to the end that the provisions hereof shall be
applicable as nearly as may be in relation to any shares of stock or
securities thereafter deliverable upon the exercise hereof.
c. In case the Corporation shall, while this Warrant remains
unexercised, in whole or in part, and in force, issue (otherwise then by
stock dividend or stock split-up or reverse split) or sell shares of its
Common Stock (hereinafter referred to as "Additional Shares") for a
consideration per share (before deduction of expenses or commissions or
underwriting discounts or allowances in connection therewith) less than the
purchase price hereunder per share, then, after the date of such issuance
or sale, the purchase price hereunder per share shall be reduced to a price
determined by dividing (1) an amount equal to (A) the total number of
shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the time of such
issuance or sale multiplied by such purchase price hereunder per share,
plus (B) the consideration (before deduction of expenses or commissions or
underwriting discounts or allowances in connection therewith), if any,
received by the Corporation upon such issuance or sale, by (2) the total
number of shares of Common Stock outstanding after the date of the issuance
or sale of such Additional Shares. The number of shares of Common
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Stock which the holder hereof shall be entitled to purchase hereunder at
each such adjusted purchase price per share, at the time such adjusted
purchase price per share shall be in effect, shall be the number of whole
shares of Common Stock obtained by multiplying such purchase price
hereunder per share before such adjustment, by the number of shares of
Common Stock purchasable upon the exercise of this Warrant immediately
before such adjustment, and dividing the product so obtained by such
adjusted purchase price per share; provided, however, that no such
adjustment of the purchase price hereunder per share or the number of
shares for which this Warrant may be exercised shall be made upon the
issuance or sale by the Corporation of Additional Shares (i) reserved for
issuance upon exercise of Stock Options or as restricted stock under the
Corporation's employee stock plans; or(ii) in connection with the
acquisition of businesses, business entities or parts thereof and/or their
assets, whether tangible or intangible.
d. In case the Corporation shall, while this Warrant remains
unexercised in whole or in part, and in force, issue or grant any rights to
subscribe for or to purchase, or any option (other than the employee stock
plans and business related acquisitions referred to in subsection (C)
above) for the purchase of (i) Common Stock or (ii) any indebtedness or
shares of stock convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock
(indebtedness or shares of stock convertible into or exchangeable for
Common Stock being hereinafter referred to as "Convertible Securities"), or
issue or sell Convertible Securities and the price per share for which
Common Stock is issuable upon the exercise of such rights or options or
upon conversion or exchange of such Convertible Securities at the time such
Convertible Securities first become convertible or exchangeable (determined
by dividing (1) in the case of an issuance or grant of any such rights or
options, the total amount, if any, received or receivable by the
Corporation as consideration for the issuance or grant of such rights or
options, plus the minimum aggregate amount of additional consideration
payable to the Corporation upon exercise of such rights or options, plus,
in the case of such Convertible Securities, the minimum aggregate amount of
additional consideration, if any, payable to the Corporation upon the
conversion or exchange of such Convertible Securities at the time such
Convertible Securities first become convertible or exchangeable,
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or (2) in the case of an issuance or sale of Convertible Securities other
than where the same are issuable upon the exercise of any such rights or
options, the total amount, if any, received or receivable by the
Corporation as consideration for the issuance or sale of such Convertible
Securities, plus the minimum aggregate amount of additional consideration,
if any, payable to the Corporation upon the conversion or exchange of such
Convertible Securities at the time such Convertible Securities first become
convertible or exchangeable, by, in either such case, (3) the total maximum
number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of such rights
or options or upon the conversion or exchange of such Convertible
Securities at the time such Convertible Securities first become convertible
or exchangeable) shall be less than the purchase price hereunder per share,
then the total maximum number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the
exercise of such rights or options or upon conversion or exchange of the
total maximum amount of such Convertible Securities at the time such
Convertible Securities first become convertible or exchangeable, shall (as
of the date of the issuance or grant of such rights or options or, in the
case of the issuance or sale of Convertible Securities other than where the
same are issuable upon the exercise of rights or options, as of the date of
such issuance or sale) be deemed to be outstanding and to have been issued
for said price per share; provided that (i) no further adjustment of the
purchase price shall be made upon the actual issuance of such Common Stock
upon the exercise of such rights or options or upon the conversion or
exchange of such Convertible Securities or upon the actual issuance of
Convertible Securities where the same are issuable upon the exercise of
such rights or options, and (ii) rights or options issued or granted pro
rata to shareholders without consideration and Convertible Securities
issuable by way of dividend or other distribution to shareholders shall be
deemed to have been issued or granted at the close of business on the date
fixed for the determination of shareholders entitled to such rights,
options or Convertible Securities and shall be deemed to have been issued
without consideration; and (iii) if, in any case, the total maximum number
of shares of Common Stock issued upon exercise of such rights or options or
upon conversion or exchange of such Convertible Securities is not, in fact,
issued and the right to exercise such right or option or to convert or
exchange such
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Convertible Securities shall have expired or terminated, then, and in any
such event, the purchase price, as adjusted, shall be appropriately
readjusted at the time of such expiration or termination. In such case,
each purchase price hereunder per share which is greater than the price per
share for which Common Stock is issuable upon conversion or exchange of
such rights or options or upon conversion or exchange of such Convertible
Securities at the time such Convertible Securities first become convertible
or exchangeable, as determined above in this subsection (D), shall
thereupon be reduced to a price determined by dividing (1) an amount equal
to (a) the total number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately
prior to the time of the issuance or grant of such rights or options or the
issuance or sale of such Convertible Securities multiplied by such purchase
price hereunder per share, plus (b) the total amount, if any, received or
receivable by the Corporation as consideration for such issuance or grant
or such issuance or sale, plus the additional amounts referred to and more
fully set forth in clauses (1) and (2) of the parenthetical material above
in this subsection (D), whichever clause and whichever additional amounts
may be applicable, by (2) the total number of shares of Common Stock
outstanding after the date of such issuance or grant or such issuance or
sale. The number of shares of Common Stock which the holder hereof shall be
entitled to purchase hereunder at such adjusted purchase price per share,
at the time such adjusted purchase price per share shall be in effect,
shall be the number of whole shares of Common Stock obtained by multiplying
such purchase price hereunder, per share, before such adjustment, by the
number of shares of Common Stock purchasable upon the exercise of this
Warrant immediately before such adjustment and dividing the product so
obtained by such adjusted purchase price per share.
e. For the purpose of subsections (c) and (d) above, in case the
Corporation shall issue or sell Additional Shares, issue or grant any
rights to subscribe for or to purchase, or any options for the purchase of
(i) Common Stock or (ii) Convertible Securities, or issue or sell
Convertible Securities for a consideration part of which shall be other
than cash, the amount of the consideration received by the Corporation
therefor shall be deemed to be the cash proceeds, if any, received by the
Corporation plus the fair value of the consideration other than cash as
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determined by the Board of Directors of the Corporation in good faith,
before deduction of commissions, underwriting discounts or allowances or
other expenses paid or incurred by the Corporation for any underwriting of,
or otherwise in connection with, such issuance, grant or sale.
f. Subject to the provisions of subsection (g) below, in case the
Corporation shall, while this Warrant remains unexercised, in whole or in
part, and in force, make any distribution of its assets to holders of
Common Stock as a partial liquidating dividend, by way of return of capital
or otherwise, then, after the date of record for determining shareholders
entitled to such distribution, the holder hereof shall be entitled, upon
exercise of this Warrant and purchase of any or all of the shares of Common
Stock subject hereto, to receive the amount of such assets (or at the
option of the Corporation, a sum equal to the value thereof at the time of
such distribution to holders of Common Stock as such value is determined by
the Board of Directors of the Corporation in good faith) which would have
been payable to such holder had he been the holder of record of such shares
of Common Stock on the record date for the determination of shareholders
entitled to such distribution.
g. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) above, in the case
of any sale or conveyance of all or substantially all of the assets of the
Corporation in connection with a plan of complete liquidation of the
Corporation, in the case of the dissolution, liquidation or winding up of
the Corporation, all rights under this Warrant shall terminate on a date
fixed by the Corporation, such date so fixed to be not earlier than the
date of the commencement of the proceedings for such dissolution,
liquidation or winding up and not later than thirty (30) days after such
commencement date. Notice of such termination of purchase rights shall be
given to the registered holder hereof, as the same shall appear on the
books of the Corporation, at least thirty (30) days prior to such
termination date.
h. In case the Corporation shall, while this Warrant remains
unexercised in whole or in part, and in force, offer to the holders of
Common Stock any rights to subscribe for additional shares of stock of the
Corporation, then the Corporation shall give written
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notice thereof to the registered holder hereof not less than thirty (30)
days prior to the date on which the books of the Corporation are closed or
a record date fixed for the determination of shareholders entitled to such
subscription rights. Such notice shall specify the date as to which the
books shall be closed or the record date fixed with respect to such offer
or subscription, and the right of the holder hereof to participate in such
offer or subscription shall terminate if this Warrant shall not be
exercised on or before the date of such closing of the books or such record
date.
i. Any adjustment pursuant to the foregoing provisions shall be made
on the basis of the number of shares of Common Stock which the holder
hereof would have been entitled to acquire by exercise of this Warrant
immediately prior to the event giving rise to such adjustment and, as to
the purchase price hereunder per share, whether or not in effect
immediately prior to the time of such adjustment, on the basis of such
purchase price immediately prior to the event giving rise to such
adjustment. Whenever any such adjustment is required to be made, the
Corporation shall forthwith determine the new number of shares of Common
Stock which the holder shall be entitled to purchase hereunder and/or such
new purchase price per share, and shall prepare, retain on file and
transmit to the holder hereof within ten (10) days after such preparation a
statement describing in reasonable detail the method used in calculating
such adjustment(s).
j. For the purposes of this Section 3, the term "Common Stock" shall
include all shares of capital stock authorized by the Corporation's
Certificate of Incorporation, as from time to time amended, which are not
limited to a fixed sum or percentage of par value in respect of the right
of the holders thereof to participate in dividends or in the distribution
of assets upon the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or
winding-up of the Corporation.
4. The Corporation agrees at all times to reserve or hold available a
sufficient number of shares of Common Stock to cover the number of shares
issuable upon the exercise of this and all other Warrants of the same class.
5. This Warrant shall not entitle the holder hereof to any voting rights or
other rights as a shareholder of the
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Corporation, or to any other rights whatsoever except the rights herein
expressed, and no dividends shall be payable or accrue in respect of this
Warrant or the interest represented hereby or the shares purchasable hereunder
until or unless, and except to the extent that, this Warrant shall be exercised.
6. This Warrant is exchangeable upon the surrender hereof by the holder
hereof to the Corporation for new Warrants of like tenor representing in the
aggregate the right to purchase the number of shares purchasable hereunder, each
of such new Warrants to represent the right to purchase such number of shares as
shall be designated by the holder hereof at the time of such surrender.
7. The Corporation will transmit to the holder of this Warrant such
information, documents and reports as are generally distributed to shareholders
of the Corporation concurrently with the distribution thereof to such
shareholders.
8. Notices to be given to the holder of this Warrant shall be deemed to
have been sufficiently given if delivered or mailed, addressed in the name and
at the address of such holder appearing in the records of the Corporation, and
if mailed, sent first class registered or certified mail, postage prepaid. The
address of the Corporation is 150 Marcus Boulevard, Hauppauge, New York 11788,
and the Corporation shall give written notice of any change of address to the
holder hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Warrant to be
executed by the signature of its Senior Vice President/Chief Financial Officer
and its seal affixed and attested by its Secretary.
Dated: July 3, 2003
AUDIOVOX CORPORATION
By: s/ Charles M. Stoehr
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[Corporate Seal] Charles M. Stoehr
Senior VP and Chief
ATTEST: Financial Officer
s/ Chris Lis Johnson
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Chris Lis Johnson
Secretary
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February 16, 2006
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20549
Re: Audiovox Corporation - Registration
Statement on Form S-8 filed February 16, 2006
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Dear Sir or Madam:
We are counsel to Audiovox Corporation (the "Registrant"). We furnish
this opinion in connection with the above-referenced Registration Statement
relating to an aggregate of 120,000 shares (the "Shares") of class A common
stock, $.01 par value per share (the "Common Stock") of the Registrant. The
Shares will be issued by the Registrant upon the exercise of outstanding
warrants by consultants to the Registrant.
We advise you that we have examined originals or copies certified or
otherwise identified to our satisfaction of the Certificate of Incorporation and
By-laws of the Registrant, minutes of meetings of the Board of Directors of the
Registrant and such other documents, instruments and certificates of officers
and representatives of the Registrant and public officials, and we have made
such examination of the law, as we have deemed appropriate as the basis for the
opinion hereinafter expressed. In making such examination, we have assumed the
genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us
as originals, and the conformity to original documents of documents submitted to
us as certified or photo static copies.
Based upon the foregoing, we are of the opinion that the Shares have
been duly authorized and will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable,
subject, however, to receipt by the Registrant of the exercise price for the
warrants.
We hereby consent to use of this opinion in the Registration Statement
and Prospectus, and to the use of our name in the Prospectus under the caption
"Legal Matters".
Very truly yours,
/s/Levy, Stopol & Camelo, LLP
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Levy, Stopol & Camelo, LLP
EXHIBIT 23.1
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
We have issued our reports dated February 10, 2006 accompanying the consolidated
financial statements and schedule and management's assessment of the
effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting included in the
Annual Report of Audiovox Corporation and subsidiaries on Form 10-K for the year
ended November 30, 2005, which are incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statements. We consent to the incorporation by reference in the
Registration Statement of the aforementioned reports.
GRANT THORNTON LLP
Melville, New York
February 10, 2006
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on
Form S-8 of Audiovox Corporation of our report dated February 9, 2006 relating
to our audit of the consolidated financial statements of Audiovox Specialized
Applications, LLC, which appear in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Audiovox
Corporation for the year ended November 30, 2005.
/s/ MCGLADREY & PULLEN, LLP
MCGLADREY & PULLEN, LLP
Elkhart, Indiana
February 16, 2006