EXHIBIT 4.2
NEITHER THIS
SECURITY NOR THE SECURITIES INTO 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 AS EVIDENCED BY A LEGAL
OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE TRANSFEROR TO SUCH EFFECT, THE SUBSTANCE
OF WHICH SHALL BE REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE
COMPANY. 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.
COMMON STOCK PURCHASE
WARRANT
To Purchase ______ Shares of Common
Stock of
ARKADOS GROUP,
INC.
THIS COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT (the “
Warrant ”) certifies that, for value received,
________________ (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 date
hereof (the “ Initial Exercise Date ”) and on or
prior to the close of business on the December 28, 2012 (the
“ Termination Date ”) but not thereafter, to
subscribe for and purchase from Arkados Group, Inc. (formerly
CDKNet.com, Inc.), a Delaware corporation (the “
Company ”), up to _________ shares (the “
Warrant Shares ”) of Common Stock, par value $.0001
per share, of the Company (the “ 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, dated December 28, 2005 or
June 30, 2006, as the case may be (the “ Purchase
Agreement ”), as amended, 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 or times on or after the Initial Exercise 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
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 such Holder appearing on the books of the
Company); provided , however , within 5 Trading Days
of the date said Notice of Exercise is delivered to the Company, if
this Warrant is exercised in full, the Holder shall have
surrendered this Warrant to the Company and 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. 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. 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. The Company shall deliver
any objection to any Notice of Exercise Form within 1 Business Day
of receipt of such notice. In the event of any dispute
or discrepancy, the records of the Holder 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 of the Common Stock under
this Warrant shall be $0.25 , subject to adjustment
hereunder (the “ Exercise Price ”).
c) Cashless
Exercise . After December 1, 2008, this Warrant may
also be exercised, at the option of the Holder 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:
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the VWAP on the
Trading Day immediately preceding the date of such
election;
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the Exercise
Price of this Warrant, as adjusted; and
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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.
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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) Exercise
Limitations . 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(c) or otherwise, to the extent that after giving effect
to such issuance after exercise, such Holder (together with such
Holder’s affiliates, and any other
person or
entity acting as a group together with such Holder or any of such
Holder’s affiliates), as set forth on the applicable Notice
of Exercise, 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 such Holder and its affiliates shall include
the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this
Warrant with respect to which the determination of such sentence 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 such
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 Debentures or Warrants) subject to a limitation on
conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained herein
beneficially owned by such 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 a
Holder that the Company is not representing to such Holder that
such calculation is in compliance with Section 13(d) of the
Exchange Act and such 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 such Holder) and of which a portion of this
Warrant is exercisable shall be in the sole discretion of a Holder,
and the submission of a Notice of Exercise shall be deemed to be
each Holder’s determination of whether this Warrant is
exercisable (in relation to other securities owned by such Holder)
and of which portion of this Warrant is exercisable, in each case
subject to such aggregate percentage 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
Form 10-QSB or Form 10-KSB, 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 two
Trading Days confirm orally and in writing to such 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 such 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 4.99% 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. The Beneficial Ownership Limitation
provisions of this Section 2(d) may be waived by such Holder, at
the election of such Holder, upon not less than 61 days’
prior notice to the Company to change the Beneficial Ownership
Limitation to 9.99% of the number of shares of the Common Stock
outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of
shares of Common Stock upon exercise of this Warrant, and the
provisions of this Section 2(d) shall continue to
apply. Upon such a change by a Holder of the Beneficial
Ownership Limitation from such 4.99% limitation to such 9.99%
limitation, the Beneficial Ownership Limitation may not be waived
by such Holder. The provisions of this paragraph shall
be 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.
Authorization of Warrant Shares . The Company
covenants that all Warrant Shares which may be issued upon the
exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant will,
upon exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant,
be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable
and free from all taxes, liens and charges in respect of the issue
thereof (other than taxes in respect of any transfer occurring
contemporaneously with such issue).
ii. 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
through its Deposit Withdrawal Agent Commission (“
DWAC ”) system if the Company is a participant in such
system, 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 Form,
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 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 and all taxes required to be paid by the Holder, if
any, pursuant to Section 2(e)(vii) prior to the issuance of such
shares, have been paid.
iii. 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 certificate,
at the time of delivery of the certificate or certificates
representing Warrant Shares, deliver to Holder a new Warrant
evidencing the rights of 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.
iv.
Rescission Rights . If the Company fails to cause
its transfer agent to transmit to the Holder a certificate or
certificates representing the Warrant Shares pursuant to this
Section 2(e)(iv) by the Warrant Share Delivery Date, then the
Holder will have the right to rescind such exercise.
v.
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 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) 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, together with applicable confirmations and other evidence
reasonably requested by the Company. 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 certificates representing shares of Common Stock upon
exercise of the Warrant as required pursuant to the terms
hereof.
vi. 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 Holder would otherwise be
entitled to
purchase upon such exercise, the Company shall pay a cash
adjustment in respect of such final fraction in an amount equal to
such fraction multiplied by the Exercise Price.
vii. 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.
viii. 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.
f)
Redemption at Election of Holder . If the Company
shall agree to sell substantially all of its assets in one or more
transactions in which the consideration consists solely of cash,
cash equivalents, assumption of indebtedness, or any combination
thereof, the Holder shall have the right to require the Company, by
written notice to the Company, to redeem this Warrant, in full and
in cash, at the closing of such sale of
assets. The aggregate amount payable in full
redemption of the Warrants required to be redeemed upon such sale
of assets shall be equal to the Warrant Cash Sale Redemption Amount
(as defined below). In the event that the Company fails
to pay the Warrant Cash Sale Redemption Amount within three
business days of the closing of the sale transaction, interest
shall accrue on the unpaid Warrant Cash Redemption Amount at the
rate of 18% per annum, or such lower maximum amount of interest
permitted to be charged under applicable law, until the Warrant
Cash Sale Redemption Amount is paid in
full. Concurrently with the payment in full of the
Warrant Cash Sale Redemption Amount, the Holder shall surrender
this Warrant to or as directed by the Company (or the successor
company). The Holder may elect to exercise
this Warrant pursuant to Sections 2(a) or 2(c) hereof prior to
actual payment in cash for the redemption.
g)
Definitions Applicable to Section 2(f). For the
purposes of Section 2(f):
i. “
Warrant Cash Sale Redemption Amount ” shall
equal the sum of (i) all unexercised Warrant Shares
underlying this Warrant if the Warrants were issued pursuant to a
cashless exercise exercised on the date the redemption right
hereunder is exercised based on the Effective Price (as defined
below) and (ii) all other amounts, costs, expenses and liquidated
damages due in respect of this Debenture The “
Effective Price ” shall be the cash consideration paid
by the acquirer in such event (less the amount paid in redemption
of the Debentures in
clause (i) of
the definition of Cash Sale Redemption Amount set forth therein)
divided by the sum of; (x) the issued and outstanding shares of
Common Stock of the Company then outstanding and (y) the shares of
Common Stock into which the outstanding Debentures may be converted
on the day immediately preceding the record date fixed for
determining the holders of shares of Common Stock eligible to
receive a distribution (or if no such date has been fixed, the date
of the day immediately preceding the closing of the transaction)
and (z) the number of shares deemed issuable to the Warrant holders
pursuant to the mandatory redemption provisions in this and the
other Warrants which take effect upon sale of assets for cash
consideration whether or not any Warrant holder shall have elected
to have their Warrants Redeemed; provided , however
, that the number of shares of Common Stock issuable on
conversion of the Debentures and issuable upon exercis
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