THIS AMENDED
AND RESTATED COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT AMENDS AND RESTATES THE
COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT ORIGINALLY ISSUED PURSUANT TO THE
SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF MARCH 5, 2008, BY AND
BETWEEN BLUE HOLDINGS, INC., A NEVADA CORPORATION, AND THE
PURCHASER NAMED THEREIN.
NEITHER THIS
SECURITY NOR THE SECURITIES FOR WHICH THIS SECURITY IS EXERCISABLE
HAVE BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR
THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE UPON AN
EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS
AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY
NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE
EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE
REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE
WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THIS SECURITY AND THE
SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS SECURITY MAY BE PLEDGED
IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER LOAN SECURED
BY SUCH SECURITIES.
AMENDED AND
RESTATED
COMMON STOCK PURCHASE
WARRANT
BLUE HOLDINGS,
INC.
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Warrant Shares:
2,187,500
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Issue Date:
March 5, 2008
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THIS COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT (the “
Warrant ”) certifies that, for value received, GEMINI
MASTER FUND, LTD. (the “ Holder ”) is entitled,
upon the terms and subject to the limitations on exercise and the
conditions hereinafter set forth, at any time on or after the Issue
Date (as defined above) and on or prior to the close of business on
the fifth (5 th ) anniversary of the Issue Date (the
“ Termination Date ”) but not thereafter, to
subscribe for and purchase from Blue Holdings, Inc., a Nevada
corporation (the “ Company ”), up to 2,187,500
shares (the “ Warrant Shares ”) of Common Stock.
The purchase price of one share of Common Stock under this Warrant
shall be equal to the Exercise Price, as defined in Section
2(b).
Section 1 . Definitions . Capitalized terms used and not otherwise
defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in that certain
Securities Purchase Agreement (the “ Purchase
Agreement ”), dated March 5, 2008, among the Company and
the purchasers signatory thereto.
a)
Exercise of Warrant
. Exercise of the purchase rights
represented by this Warrant may be made, in whole or in part, at
any time and from time to time on or after the Issue Date and on or
before the Termination Date by delivery to the Company of a duly
executed facsimile copy of the Notice of Exercise Form (“
Notice of Exercise ”) annexed hereto (or such other
office or agency of the Company as it may designate by notice in
writing to the registered Holder at the address of the Holder
appearing on the books of the Company); and, within 3 Trading Days
of the date said Notice of Exercise is delivered to the Company,
the Company shall have received payment of the aggregate Exercise
Price of the shares thereby purchased by wire transfer or
cashier’s check drawn on a United States bank, unless payment
is being made by cashless exercise as provided in Section 2(c)
below. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Holder
shall not be required to physically surrender this Warrant to the
Company until the Holder has purchased all of the Warrant Shares
available hereunder and the Warrant has been exercised in full, in
which case the Holder shall surrender this Warrant to the Company
for cancellation within 3 Trading Days of the date the final Notice
of Exercise is delivered to the Company. Partial exercises of this
Warrant resulting in purchases of a portion of the total number of
Warrant Shares available hereunder shall have the effect of
lowering the outstanding number of Warrant Shares purchasable
hereunder in an amount equal to the applicable number of Warrant
Shares purchased. The Holder and the Company shall maintain records
showing the number of Warrant Shares purchased and the date of such
purchases. In the event of any dispute or discrepancy, the records
of the Company shall be controlling and determinative in the
absence of manifest error. The Holder and any assignee, by
acceptance of this Warrant, acknowledge and agree that, by reason
of the provisions of this paragraph, following the purchase of a
portion of the Warrant Shares hereunder, the number of Warrant
Shares available for purchase hereunder at any given time may be
less than the amount stated on the face hereof.
b)
Exercise Price
. The exercise price per share of
the Common Stock under this Warrant shall be $0.40, subject to
adjustment hereunder (the “ Exercise Price
”).
c)
Cashless Exercise
. This Warrant may also be
exercised by means of a “cashless exercise” in which
the Holder shall be entitled to receive a certificate for the
number of Warrant Shares equal to the quotient obtained by dividing
[(A-B) (X)] by (A), where:
(A) = the VWAP on the Trading Day immediately
preceding the date of such election;
(B) = the Exercise Price of this Warrant, as
adjusted; and
(X) = the number of Warrant Shares issuable upon
exercise of this Warrant in accordance with the terms of this
Warrant by means of a cash exercise rather than a cashless
exercise.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary,
on the Termination Date, this Warrant shall be automatically
exercised via cashless exercise pursuant to this Section
2(c).
d)
Holder’s
Restrictions . The
Company shall not effect any exercise of this Warrant, and a Holder
shall not have the right to exercise any portion of this Warrant,
pursuant to Section 2 or otherwise, to the extent that after giving
effect to such issuance after exercise as set forth on the
applicable Notice of Exercise, the Holder (together with the
Holder’s Affiliates, and any other person or entity acting as
a group together with the Holder or any of the Holder’s
Affiliates), would beneficially own in excess of the Beneficial
Ownership Limitation (as defined below). For purposes of the
foregoing sentence, the number of shares of Common Stock
beneficially owned by the Holder and its Affiliates shall include
the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this
Warrant with respect to which such determination is being made, but
shall exclude the number of shares of Common Stock which would be
issuable upon (A) exercise of the remaining, nonexercised portion
of this Warrant beneficially owned by the Holder or any of its
Affiliates and (B) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or
nonconverted portion of any other securities of the Company
(including, without limitation, any other Common Stock Equivalents)
subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the
limitation contained herein beneficially owned by the Holder or any
of its Affiliates. Except as set forth in the preceding
sentence, for purposes of this Section 2(d), beneficial ownership
shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the
Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder,
it being acknowledged by the Holder that the Company is not
representing to the Holder that such calculation is in compliance
with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the Holder is solely
responsible for any schedules required to be filed in accordance
therewith. To the extent that the limitation contained in this
Section 2(d) applies, the determination of whether this Warrant is
exercisable (in relation to other securities owned by the Holder
together with any Affiliates) and of which portion of this Warrant
is exercisable shall be in the sole discretion of the Holder, and
the submission of a Notice of Exercise shall be deemed to be the
Holder’s determination of whether this Warrant is exercisable
(in relation to other securities owned by the Holder together with
any Affiliates) and of which portion of this Warrant is
exercisable, in each case subject to the Beneficial Ownership
Limitation, and the Company shall have no obligation to verify or
confirm the accuracy of such determination. In addition, a
determination as to any group status as contemplated above shall be
determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and
the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. For purposes of
this Section 2(d), in determining the number of outstanding shares
of Common Stock, a Holder may rely on the number of outstanding
shares of Common Stock as reflected in (x) the Company’s most
recent periodic or annual report, as the case may be, (y) a more
recent public announcement by the Company or (z) any other notice
by the Company or the Company’s Transfer Agent setting forth
the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding. Upon the
written or oral request of a Holder, the Company shall within three
Trading Days confirm orally and in writing to the Holder the number
of shares of Common Stock then outstanding. In any case, the
number of outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be determined
after giving effect to the conversion or exercise of securities of
the Company, including this Warrant, by the Holder or its
Affiliates since the date as of which such number of outstanding
shares of Common Stock was reported. The “ Beneficial
Ownership Limitation ” shall be 4.9% of the number of
shares of the Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving
effect to the issuance of shares of Common Stock issuable upon
exercise of this Warrant. By written notice to the Company, the
Holder may at any time and from time to time increase or decrease
the Beneficial Ownership Limitation to any other percentage
specified in such notice (or specify that the Beneficial Ownership
Limitation shall no longer be applicable), provided, however, that
(A) any such increase (or inapplicability) shall not be effective
until the sixty-first (61st) day after such notice is delivered to
the Company, and (B) any such increase or decrease shall apply only
to the Holder and not to any other holder of Warrants. The
provisions of this paragraph shall be construed and implemented in
a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this
Section 2(d) to correct this paragraph (or any portion hereof)
which may be defective or inconsistent with the intended Beneficial
Ownership Limitation herein contained or to make changes or
supplements necessary or desirable to properly give effect to such
limitation. The limitations contained in this paragraph shall apply
to a successor holder of this Warrant.
e)
Mechanics of Exercise
.
i.
Delivery of Certificates Upon
Exercise . Certificates
for shares purchased hereunder shall be transmitted by the transfer
agent of the Company to the Holder by crediting the account of the
Holder’s prime broker with the Depository Trust Company
(“ DTC ”) through its Deposit Withdrawal Agent
Commission (“ DWAC ”) system if the Company is a
participant in such system and either (x) there is an effective
Registration Statement permitting the resale of the Warrant Shares
by the Holder, or (y) such shares may be sold pursuant to Rule 144,
and otherwise by physical delivery to the address specified by the
Holder in the Notice of Exercise, within 3 Trading Days from the
delivery to the Company of the Notice of Exercise, surrender of
this Warrant (if required) and payment of the aggregate Exercise
Price as set forth above (“ Warrant Share Delivery
Date ”). This Warrant shall be deemed to have been
exercised on the date the Exercise Price is received by the
Company. The Warrant Shares shall be deemed to have been issued,
and the Holder or any other person so designated to be named
therein shall be deemed to have become a holder of record of such
shares for all purposes, as of the date the Warrant has been
exercised by payment to the Company of the Exercise Price (or by
cashless exercise) and all taxes required to be paid by the Holder,
if any, pursuant to Section 2(e)(vi) prior to the issuance of such
shares, have been paid. If the Company fails for any reason to
deliver to the Holder the Warrant Shares or certificates evidencing
the Warrant Shares subject to a Notice of Exercise by the Warrant
Share Delivery Date, the Company shall pay to the Holder, in cash,
as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, for each $1,000 of
Warrant Shares subject to such exercise (based on the VWAP of the
Common Stock on the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise), $10
per Trading Day (increasing to $17.50 per Trading Day on the fifth
Trading Day after such liquidated damages begin to accrue) for each
Trading Day after such Warrant Share Delivery Date until such
shares or certificates are delivered.
ii.
Delivery of New Warrants Upon
Exercise . If this
Warrant shall have been exercised in part, the Company shall, at
the request of a Holder and upon surrender of this Warrant, at the
time of delivery of the certificate or certificates representing
Warrant Shares, deliver to the Holder a new Warrant evidencing the
rights of the Holder to purchase the unpurchased Warrant Shares
called for by this Warrant, which new Warrant shall in all other
respects be identical with this Warrant.
iii.
Rescission Rights
. If the Company fails to cause its
transfer agent to transmit to the Holder a certificate or
certificates representing the Warrant Shares (or otherwise transmit
such shares via DWAC to the Holder’s DTC account) pursuant to
this Section 2(e) by the Warrant Share Delivery Date, then the
Holder will have the right to rescind such exercise.
iv.
Compensation for Buy-In on
Failure to Timely Deliver Certificates Upon Exercise
. In addition to any other rights
available to the Holder, if the Company fails to cause its transfer
agent to transmit to the Holder a certificate or certificates
representing the Warrant Shares (or otherwise transmit such shares
via DWAC to the Holder’s DTC account) pursuant to an exercise
on or before the Warrant Share Delivery Date, and if after such
date the Holder is required by its broker to purchase (in an open
market transaction or otherwise) or the Holder’s brokerage
firm otherwise purchases, shares of Common Stock to deliver in
satisfaction of a sale by the Holder of the Warrant Shares which
the Holder anticipated receiving upon such exercise (a “
Buy-In ”), then the Company shall (1) pay in cash to
the Holder the amount by which (x) the Holder’s total
purchase price (including brokerage commissions, if any) for the
shares of Common Stock so purchased exceeds (y) the amount obtained
by multiplying (A) the number of Warrant Shares that the Company
was required to deliver to the Holder in connection with the
exercise at issue times (B) the price at which the sell order
giving rise to such purchase obligation was executed, and (2) at
the option of the Holder, either reinstate the portion of the
Warrant and equivalent number of Warrant Shares for which such
exercise was not honored or deliver to the Holder the number of
shares of Common Stock that would have been issued had the Company
timely complied with its exercise and delivery obligations
hereunder. For example, if the Holder purchases Common Stock having
a total purchase price of $11,000 to cover a Buy-In with respect to
an attempted exercise of shares of Common Stock with an aggregate
sale price giving rise to such purchase obligation of $10,000,
under clause (1) of the immediately preceding sentence the Company
shall be required to pay the Holder $1,000. The Holder shall
provide the Company written notice indicating the amounts payable
to the Holder in respect of the Buy-In and, upon request of the
Company, evidence of the amount of such loss. Nothing herein shall
limit a Holder’s right to pursue any other remedies available
to it hereunder, at law or in equity including, without limitation,
a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief with
respect to the Company’s failure to timely deliver the
Warrant Shares or certificates representing shares of Common Stock
upon exercise of the Warrant as required pursuant to the terms
hereof.
v.
No Fractional Shares or
Scrip . No fractional
shares or scrip representing fractional shares shall be issued upon
the exercise of this Warrant. As to any fraction of a share which
the Holder would otherwise be entitled to purchase upon such
exercise, the Company shall at its election, either pay a cash
adjustment in respect of such final fraction in an amount equal to
such fraction multiplied by the Exercise Price or round up to the
next whole share.
vi.
Charges, Taxes and
Expenses . Issuance of
certificates for Warrant Shares shall be made without charge to the
Holder for any issue or transfer tax or other incidental expense in
respect of the issuance of such certificate, all of which taxes and
expenses shall be paid by the Company, and such certificates shall
be issued in the name of the Holder or in such name or names as may
be directed by the Holder; provided , however , that
in the event certificates for Warrant Shares are to be issued in a
name other than the name of the Holder, this Warrant when
surrendered for exercise shall be accompanied by the Assignment
Form attached hereto duly executed by the Holder; and the Company
may require, as a condition thereto, the payment of a sum
sufficient to reimburse it for any transfer tax incidental
thereto.
vii.
Closing of Books
. The Company will not close its
stockholder books or records in any manner which prevents the
timely exercise of this Warrant, pursuant to the terms
hereof.
Section 3 . Certain Adjustments .
a)
Stock Dividends and
Splits . If the Company,
at any time while this Warrant is outstanding: (A) pays a stock
dividend or otherwise makes a distribution or distributions on
shares of its Common Stock or any other equity or equity equivalent
securities payable in shares of Common Stock (which, for avoidance
of doubt, shall not include any shares of Common Stock issued by
the Company upon exercise of this Warrant), (B) subdivides
outstanding shares of Common Stock into a larger number of shares,
(C) combines (including by way of reverse stock split) outstanding
shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (D)
issues by reclassification of shares of the Common Stock any shares
of capital stock of the Company, then in each case the Exercise
Price shall be multiplied by a fraction of which the numerator
shall be the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding treasury
shares, if any) outstanding immediately before such event and of
which the denominator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock
outstanding immediately after such event and the number of shares
issuable upon exercise of this Warrant shall be proportionately
adjusted such that the aggregate Exercise Price of this Warrant
shall remain unchanged. Any adjustment made pursuant to this
Section 3(a) shall become effective immediately after the record
date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such
dividend or distribution and shall become effective immediately
after the effective date in the case of a subdivision, combination
or re-classification.
b)
Subsequent Equity
Sales . If the Company or
any Subsidiary thereof, as applicable, at any time while this
Warrant is outstanding, shall sell or grant any option to purchase,
or sell or grant any right to reprice, or otherwise dispose of or
issue (or announce any offer, sale, grant or any option to purchase
or other disposition) any Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents
entitling any Person to acquire shares of Common Stock, at an
effective price per share less than the then Exercise Price (such
issuances collectively, a “ Dilutive Issuance ”)
(if the holder of the Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents so
issued shall at any time, whether by operation of purchase price
adjustments, reset provisions, floating conversion, ex
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