Exhibit 4.2
THIS COMMON
STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE
HEREOF HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933,
AS AMENDED, AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED IN VIOLATION OF SUCH ACT,
THE RULES AND REGULATIONS THEREUNDER OR THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT.
Warrant No. 2008-RT1
COMMON STOCK PURCHASE
WARRANT
To Purchase Common Stock
of
ThermoEnergy Corporation
This Is To Certify That Robert S.
Trump , or his registered assign, is entitled, at any time
from the Closing Date (as hereinafter defined) to the Expiration
Date (as hereinafter defined), to purchase from ThermoEnergy
Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “
Company ”), such number of shares of Common
Stock (as hereinafter defined) as shall be determined pursuant to
Section 2.1 below (subject to adjustment as provided herein), in
whole or in part, at a purchase price of $1.50 per share (the
“ Exercise Price ”), all on the terms
and conditions and pursuant to the provisions hereinafter set
forth.
As used in this Common Stock Purchase Warrant
(this “ Warrant ”), the following
terms shall have the respective meanings set forth
below:
“ Business Day ”
shall mean any day that is not a Saturday or Sunday or a day on
which banks in New York City, New York are required or permitted to
be closed in the City of New York.
“ Closing Date ”
shall mean August 12, 2008.
“ Commission ”
shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other
federal agency then administering the Securities Act and other
federal securities laws.
“ Common Stock ”
shall mean (except where the context otherwise indicates) the
Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company as
constituted on the Closing Date, and any capital stock into which
such Common Stock may thereafter be changed, and shall also include
(i) capital stock of the Company of any other class (regardless of
how denominated) issued to the holders of shares of Common Stock
upon any reclassification thereof which is also not preferred as to
dividends or assets over any other class of stock of the Company
and which is not subject to redemption and (ii) shares of common
stock of any successor or acquiring corporation received by or
distributed to the holders of Common Stock of the Company in the
circumstances contemplated by Section 4.4.
“ Convertible Securities
” shall mean evidences of indebtedness, shares of stock or
other securities of the Company which are convertible into or
exchangeable, with or without payment of additional consideration
in cash or property, for shares of Common Stock, either immediately
or upon the occurrence of a specified date or a specified
event.
“ Exchange Act ”
shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any
successor federal statute, and the rules and regulations of the
Commission thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect from time
to time.
“ Exercise Period ”
shall mean the period during which this Warrant is exercisable
pursuant to Section 2.2.
“ Expiration Date ”
shall mean December 31, 2015.
“ Fundamental Corporate
Change ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 4.4.
“ Holder ” shall
mean the Person in whose name the Warrant or Warrant Stock set
forth herein is registered on the books of the Company maintained
for such purpose.
“ Market Price ”
shall mean, on any date of determination, (i) the closing price of
a share of Common Stock on such day as reported on the principal
Trading Market on which the Common Stock is listed or traded, or
(ii) if the Common Stock is not listed on a Trading Market, the
closing bid price for a share of Common Stock on such day in the
over-the-counter market, as reported by the OTC Bulletin Board, or
(iii) if the Common Stock is not then listed or quoted on the OTC
Bulletin Board, the closing bid price for a share of Common Stock
on such day in the over-the-counter market as reported by the
National Quotation Bureau Incorporated (or any similar organization
or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting
prices).
“ Other Property ”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.4.
“ Person ” shall
mean any individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, joint
venture, trust, incorporated organization, association,
corporation, institution, public benefit corporation, entity or
government (whether federal, state, county, city, municipal or
otherwise, including, without limitation, any instrumentality,
division, agency, body or department thereof).
“ Securities Act ”
shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any successor
federal statute, and the rules and regulations of the Commission
thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect at the
time.
“Trading Day”
means (i) a day on which the Common
Stock is traded on a Trading Market, or (ii) if the Common Stock is
not listed on a Trading Market, a day on which the Common Stock is
traded in the over-the-counter market, as reported by the OTC
Bulletin Board, or (iii) if the Common Stock is not then quoted on
the OTC Bulletin Board, a day on which the Common Stock is quoted
in the over-the-counter market as reported by the National
Quotation Bureau Incorporated (or any similar organization or
agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices);
provided , that in the event that the Common Stock is not
listed or quoted as set forth in (i), (ii) and (iii) hereof, then
the term “Trading Day” shall mean a Business
Day.
“Trading Market”
means whichever of the New York
Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq National
Market, or the Nasdaq Bulletin Board on which the Common Stock is
listed or quoted for trading on the date in question.
“ Transfer ” shall
mean any disposition of any Warrant or Warrant Stock or of any
interest in either thereof, which would constitute a sale thereof
within the meaning of the Securities Act.
“ Warrant Stock ”
shall mean the shares of Common Stock issued or issuable to the
Holders of the Warrants upon the exercise thereof.
“ Warrants ” shall
mean this Warrant and all warrants issued upon transfer, division
or combination of, or in substitution for, any thereof. All
Warrants shall at all times be identical as to terms and conditions
and date, except as to the number of shares of Common Stock for
which they may be exercised.
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2.1
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Determination of Number of Shares for which
Warrant is Exercisable
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The number of shares of Common Stock for which
this Warrant may be exercised shall be determined by dividing (i)
the aggregate amount paid by the initial Holder for the purchase of
Common Stock and/or Convertible Securities during the period
commencing on December 31, 2008 and ending on December 31, 2011 by
(ii) $1.00.
From and after the Closing Date and until 6:00
p.m., New York time, on the Expiration Date, the Holder may
exercise this Warrant, on any Business Day, for all or any part of
the number of shares of Common Stock purchasable
hereunder.
In order to exercise this Warrant, in whole or
in part, the Holder shall surrender this Warrant to the Company at
its principal office at 124 West Capitol Avenue, Suite 880, Little
Rock, Arkansas 72201 or at the office or agency designated by the
Company pursuant to Section 12, together with a written notice of
the Holder’s election to exercise this Warrant, which notice
shall specify the number of shares of Common Stock to be purchased,
and shall be accompanied by payment of the Exercise Price in cash
or wire transfer or cashier’s check drawn on a United States
bank. Such notice shall be substantially in the form of the
subscription form appearing at the end of this Warrant as Exhibit
A, duly executed by the Holder or his agent or attorney. Upon
receipt of the items referred to above, the Company shall, as
promptly as practicable, execute or cause to be executed and
deliver or cause to be delivered to the Holder a certificate or
certificates representing the aggregate number of full shares of
Common Stock issuable upon such exercise, together with cash in
lieu of any fraction of a share, as hereinafter provided. The stock
certificate or certificates so delivered shall be, to the extent
possible, in such denomination or denominations as the Holder shall
request in the notice and shall be registered in the name of the
Holder or, subject to Section 9, such other name as shall be
designated in the notice. This Warrant shall be deemed to have been
exercised and such certificate or certificates 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 the holder of
record of such shares for all purposes, as of the date the notice,
together with the cash or check or wire transfer of funds and this
Warrant is received by the Company as described above and all taxes
required to be paid by the Holder, if any, pursuant to Section 2.3
prior to the issuance of such shares have been paid. If this
Warrant shall have been exercised in part, the Company shall, at
the time of delivery of the certificate or certificates
representing Warrant Stock, deliver to the Holder a new Warrant
evidencing the rights of the Holder to purchase the unpurchased
shares of Common Stock called for by this Warrant, which new
Warrant shall in all other respects be identical with this Warrant,
or, at the request of the Holder, appropriate notation may be made
on this Warrant and the same returned to the Holder.
Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, the Company
shall not be required to register shares in the name of any Person
who acquired this Warrant (or part hereof) or any Warrant Stock
otherwise than in accordance with this Warrant.
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2.3
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Payment
of Taxes and Charges
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All shares of Common Stock issuable upon the
exercise of this Warrant pursuant to the terms hereof shall be
validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, freely tradable and
without any preemptive rights. The Company shall pay all expenses
in connection with, and all taxes and other governmental charges
that may be imposed with respect to, the issuance or delivery
thereof, unless such tax or charge is a tax on income imposed by
law upon the Holder, in which case such taxes or charges shall be
paid by the Holder.
The Company shall not be required to issue a
fractional share of Common Stock upon exercise of any Warrant. As
to any fraction of a share which the Holder would otherwise be
entitled to purchase upon such exercise, the Company shall pay a
cash adjustment in respect of such fraction in an amount equal to
the same fraction of the Market Price per share of Common Stock as
of the date of exercise of the Warrant giving rise to such fraction
of a share.
If at any time after the Closing Date the Market
Price for the Common Stock equals or exceeds 200% of the Market
Price on the Closing Date for a period of thirty (30) consecutive
Trading Days, then the Company may, by notice to the Holder (the
“ Acceleration Notice ”), accelerate
the Expiration Date of this Warrant to such date as shall be
determined by the Company in its sole discretion and set forth in
the Acceleration Notice (the “ Early Expiration
Date ”), which Early Expiration Date shall be not
less than sixty (60) days, nor more than ninety (90) days, after
the date of the Acceleration Notice. From and after the date of the
Acceleration Notice, the term “Expiration Date”
wherever used in this Warrant shall mean and refer to the Early
Expiration Date.
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3.
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TRANSFER, DIVISION AND
COMBINATION
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Subject to compliance with Section 9, transfer
of this Warrant and all rights hereunder, in whole or in part,
shall be registered on the books of the Company to be maintained
for such purpose, upon surrender of this Warrant at the principal
office of the Company referred to in Section 2.1 or the office or
agency designated by the Company pursuant to Section 12, together
with a written assignment of this Warrant substantially in the form
of Exhibit B hereto duly executed by the Holder or his agent or
attorney and funds sufficient to pay any transfer taxes payable
upon the making of such transfer. Upon such surrender and, if
required, such payment, the Company shall, subject to Section 9,
execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in the name of the
assignee or assignees and in the denomination specified in such
instrument of assignment, and shall issue to the assignor a new
Warrant evidencing the portion of this Warrant not so assigned, and
this Warrant shall promptly be canceled. A Warrant, if properly
assigned in compliance with Section 9, may be exercised by a new
Holder for the purchase of shares of Common Stock without having a
new warrant issued.
Subject to Section 9, this Warrant may be
divided or combined with other Warrants upon presentation hereof at
the aforesaid office or agency of the Company, together with a
written notice specifying the names and denominations in which new
Warrants are to be issued, signed by the Holder or his agent or
attorney. Subject to compliance with Sections 3.1 and 9, as to any
transfer which may be involved in such division or combination, the
Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in
exchange for the Warrant or Warrants to be divided or combined in
accordance with such notice.
The Company shall prepare, issue and deliver at
its own expense (other than transfer taxes) the new Warrant or
Warrants under this Section 3.
The Company agrees to maintain, at its aforesaid
office or agency, books for the registration and the registration
of transfers of the Warrants.
The number of shares of Common Stock for which
this Warrant is exercisable, or the price at which such shares may
be purchased upon exercise of this Warrant, shall be subject to
adjustment from time to time as set forth in this Section 4. The
Company shall give the Holder notice of any event described below
which requires an adjustment pursuant to this Section 4 at the time
of such event.
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4.1
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Stock
Dividends, Subdivisions and Combinations
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If at any time the Company shall:
(a) declare or pay to the holders of its Common
Stock a dividend payable in, or other distribution of, shares of
Common Stock or in Convertible Securities;
(b) subdivide its outstanding shares of Common
Stock into a larger number of shares of Common Stock; or
(c) combine its outstanding shares of Common Stock
into a smaller number of shares of Common Stock;
then (i) the
number of shares of Common Stock for which this Warrant is
exercisable immediately after the occurrence of any such event
shall be adjusted to equal the number of shares of Common Stock
which a record holder of the same number of shares of Common Stock
for which this Warrant is exercisable immediately prior to the
occurrence of such event would own or be entitled to receive after
the occurrence of such event, and (ii) the then-current Exercise
Price shall be adjusted to equal (A) the then-current Exercise
Price multiplied by the number of shares of Common Stock for which
this Warrant is exercisable immediately prior to the adjustment
divided by (B) the number of shares for which this Warrant is
exercisable immediately after such adjustment.
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4.2
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Certain
Other Distributions
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If at any time the Company shall declare or pay
to the holders of its Common Stock any dividend or other
distribution of:
(b) any evidences of its indebtedness, any shares
of its stock or any other securities or property of any nature
whatsoever (other than cash, Convertible Securities or additional
shares of Common Stock); or
(c) any warrants or other rights to subscribe for
or purchase any evidences of its indebtedness, any shares of
it