Exhibit
10.3
NEITHER THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF
THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE SECURITIES
INTO WHICH THESE SECURITIES ARE EXERCISABLE HAVE BEEN REGISTERED
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR APPLICABLE STATE
SECURITIES LAWS. THE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR
SALE, SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED (I) IN THE ABSENCE OF (A) AN
EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR THE SECURITIES UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR (B) AN OPINION OF COUNSEL
(WHICH COUNSEL SHALL BE SELECTED BY THE HOLDER), IN A GENERALLY
ACCEPTABLE FORM, THAT REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER SAID ACT
OR (II) UNLESS SOLD PURSUANT TO RULE 144 OR RULE 144A UNDER SAID
ACT. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, THE SECURITIES MAY
BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER
LOAN OR FINANCING ARRANGEMENT SECURED BY THE
SECURITIES.
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Right to
Purchase 618,750 shares of Common
Stock of Clear Skies Solar, Inc. (subject to adjustment as provided
herein)
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COMMON STOCK PURCHASE
WARRANT
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Issue Date: September ___,
2009
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CLEAR SKIES SOLAR, INC., a corporation organized
under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “ Company
”), hereby certifies that, for value received, _________, or
its assigns (the “ Holder ”), is entitled,
subject to the terms set forth below, to purchase from the Company
at any time after the Issue Date until 5:00 p.m., E.S.T on the
third anniversary of the Issue Date (the “ Expiration
Date ”), up to ______ fully paid and non-assessable shares of
Common Stock at a per share purchase price of $0.16. The
aforedescribed purchase price per share, as adjusted from time to
time as herein provided, is referred to herein as the “
Purchase Price ." In the event (i) the Note is
outstanding after the Maturity Date, or (ii) if the Additional
Funding is not consummated within twenty-eight days after the Issue
Date, then the Purchase Price shall be reduced to
$0.07. If the Additional Funding is not consummated
within fifty-six days after the Issue Date, then the Purchase Price
will be further reduced to $0.04. The number and
character of such shares of Common Stock and the Purchase Price are
further subject to adjustment as provided herein. The
Company may reduce the Purchase Price for some or all of the
Warrants, temporarily or permanently, provided such reduction is
made as to all outstanding Warrants for all Holders of such
Warrants. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise
defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in that certain
Subscription Agreement (the “ Subscription Agreement
”), dated as of September ___, 2009, entered into by the
Company, the Holder and the other signatories thereto.
As used herein the following terms, unless the
context otherwise requires, have the following respective
meanings:
(a) The
term “ Additional Funding ” shall mean
Company’s receipt of net proceeds of $700,000 or more from
the sale of Common Stock.
(b) The
term “ Company ” shall mean Clear Skies Solar,
Inc., a Delaware corporation, and any corporation which shall
succeed or assume the obligations of Clear Skies Solar, Inc.
hereunder.
(c) The
term “ Common Stock ” includes (i) the
Company's Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share, as authorized
on the date of the Subscription Agreement, and (ii) any other
securities into which or for which any of the securities described
in (i) may be converted or exchanged pursuant to a plan of
recapitalization, reorganization, merger, sale of assets or
otherwise.
(d) The
term “ Note ” shall mean the secured promissory
note acquired by the Holder together with this Warrant pursuant to
the Subscription Agreement.
(e) The
term “ Maturity Date ” shall have the meaning
ascribed thereto in the Note.
(f) The
term “ Other Securities ” refers to any stock
(other than Common Stock) and other securities of the Company or
any other person (corporate or otherwise) which the holder of the
Warrant at any time shall be entitled to receive, or shall have
received, on the exercise of the Warrant, in lieu of or in addition
to Common Stock, or which at any time shall be issuable or shall
have been issued in exchange for or in replacement of Common Stock
or Other Securities pursuant to Section 4 or
otherwise.
(g)
The term “ Warrant Shares
” shall mean the Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this
Warrant.
1.
Exercise of Warrant .
1.1.
Number of Shares Issuable upon Exercise . From
and after the Issue Date through and including the Expiration Date,
the Holder hereof shall be entitled to receive, upon exercise of
this Warrant in whole in accordance with the terms of
Section 1.2 or upon exercise of this Warrant in part in
accordance with Section 1.3 , shares of Common Stock of
the Company, subject to adjustment pursuant to
Section 4 below and Sections 11.4 and
12(b) of the Subscription Agreement.
1.2.
Full Exercise . This Warrant may be exercised in full by
the Holder hereof by delivery to the Company of an original or
facsimile copy of the form of subscription attached as
Exhibit A hereto (the “ Subscription Form
”) duly executed by such Holder and delivery within two days
thereafter of payment, in cash, wire transfer or by certified or
official bank check payable to the order of the Company, in the
amount obtained by multiplying the number of shares of Common Stock
for which this Warrant is then exercisable by the Purchase Price
then in effect. The original Warrant is not required to
be surrendered to the Company until it has been fully
exercised.
1.3.
Partial Exercise
. This Warrant may be
exercised in part (but not for a fractional share) by delivery of a
Subscription Form in the manner and at the place provided in
Section 1.2 , except that the amount payable by the
Holder on such partial exercise shall be the amount obtained by
multiplying (a) the number of whole shares of Common Stock
designated by the Holder in the Subscription Form by (b) the
Purchase Price then in effect. On any such partial
exercise, provided the Holder has surrendered the original Warrant,
the Company, at its expense, will forthwith issue and deliver to or
upon the order of the Holder hereof a new Warrant of like tenor, in
the name of the Holder hereof or as such Holder (upon payment by
such Holder of any applicable transfer taxes) may request, the
whole number of shares of Common Stock for which such Warrant may
still be exercised.
1.4.
Fair Market Value . For purposes of this Warrant,
the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock as of a
particular date (the " Determination Date ") shall
mean:
(a) If
the Company's Common Stock is traded on an exchange or is quoted on
the NASDAQ Global Market, NASDAQ Global Select Market, the NASDAQ
Capital Market, the New York Stock Exchange or the American Stock
Exchange, LLC, then the average of the
closing sale prices of the Common Stock for the five (5) Trading
Days immediately prior to (but not including) the
Determination Date;
(b) If
the Company's Common Stock is not traded on an exchange or on the
NASDAQ Global Market, NASDAQ Global Select Market, the NASDAQ
Capital Market, the New York Stock Exchange or the American Stock
Exchange, Inc., but is traded on the OTC Bulletin Board or in the
over-the-counter market or Pink Sheets, then the average of the
closing bid and ask prices reported for the five (5) Trading Days immediately prior to (but
not including) the Determination Date;
(c) Except
as provided in clause (d) below and Section 3.1 , if
the Company's Common Stock is not publicly traded, then as the
Holder and the Company agree, or in the absence of such an
agreement, by arbitration in accordance with the rules then
standing of the American Arbitration Association, before a single
arbitrator to be chosen from a panel of persons qualified by
education and training to pass on the matter to be decided;
or
(d) If
the Determination Date is the date of a liquidation, dissolution or
winding up, or any event deemed to be a liquidation, dissolution or
winding up pursuant to the Company's charter, then all amounts to
be payable per share to holders of the Common Stock pursuant to the
charter in the event of such liquidation, dissolution or winding
up, plus all other amounts to be payable per share in respect of
the Common Stock in liquidation under the charter, assuming for the
purposes of this clause (d) that all of the shares of Common
Stock then issuable upon exercise of all of the Warrants are
outstanding at the Determination Date.
1.5.
Company Acknowledgment . The Company will, at the
time of the exercise of the Warrant, upon the request of the Holder
hereof, acknowledge in writing its continuing obligation to afford
to such Holder any rights to which such Holder shall continue to be
entitled after such exercise in accordance with the provisions of
this Warrant. If the Holder shall fail to make any such request,
such failure shall not affect the continuing obligation of the
Company to afford to such Holder any such rights.
1.6.
Delivery of Stock Certificates, etc.
on Exercise . The Company
agrees that, provided the full purchase price listed in the
Subscription Form is received as specified in Section 1.2 ,
the shares of Common Stock purchased upon exercise of this Warrant
shall be deemed to be issued to the Holder hereof as the record
owner of such shares as of the close of business on the date on
which delivery of a Subscription Form shall have occurred and
payment made for such shares as aforesaid. As soon as practicable
after the exercise of this Warrant in full or in part, and in any
event within three (3) business days thereafter (“ Warrant
Share Delivery Date ”), the Company at its expense
(including the payment by it of any applicable issue taxes) will
cause to be issued in the name of and delivered to the Holder
hereof, or as such Holder (upon payment by such Holder of any
applicable transfer taxes) may direct in compliance with applicable
securities laws, a certificate or certificates for the number of
duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable shares of
Common Stock (or Other Securities) to which such Holder shall be
entitled on such exercise, plus, in lieu of any fractional share to
which such Holder would otherwise be entitled, cash equal to
such fraction multiplied by the then Fair Market Value of one full
share of Common Stock, together with any other stock or other
securities and property (including cash, where applicable) to which
such Holder is entitled upon such exercise pursuant to
Section 1 or otherwise. The Company
understands that a delay in the delivery of the Warrant Shares
after the Warrant Share Delivery Date could result in economic loss
to the Holder. As compensation to the Holder for such
loss, the Company agrees to pay (as liquidated damages and not as a
penalty) to the Holder for late issuance of Warrant Shares upon
exercise of this Warrant the proportionate amount of $100 per
business day after the Warrant Share Delivery Date for each $10,000
of Purchase Price of Warrant Shares for which this Warrant is
exercised which are not timely delivered. The Company
shall pay any payments incurred under this Section in immediately
available funds upon demand. Furthermore, in addition to
any other remedies which may be available to the Holder, in the
event that the Company fails for any reason to effect delivery of
the Warrant Shares by the Warrant Share Delivery Date, the Holder
may revoke all or part of the relevant Warrant exercise by
delivery of a notice to such effect to the Company, whereupon the
Company and the Holder shall each be restored to their respective
positions immediately prior to the exercise of the relevant portion
of this Warrant, except that the liquidated damages described above
shall be payable through the date notice of revocation or
rescission is given to the Company.
1.7.
Buy-In . In addition to any other rights
available to the Holder, if the Company fails to deliver to a
Holder the Warrant Shares as required pursuant to this Warrant,
within seven (7) business days after the Warrant Share Delivery
Date and the Holder or a broker on the Holder’s behalf,
purchases (in an open market transaction or otherwise) shares of
common stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by such
Holder of the Warrant Shares which the Holder was entitled to
receive from the Company (a " Buy-In "), then the Company
shall pay in cash to the Holder (in addition to any remedies
available to or elected by the Holder) the amount by which (A) the
Holder's total purchase price (including brokerage commissions, if
any) for the shares of common stock so purchased exceeds (B) the
aggregate Purchase Price of the Warrant Shares required to have
been delivered together with interest thereon at a rate of
15% per annum, accruing until such amount and any accrued interest
thereon is paid in full (which amount shall be paid as liquidated
damages and not as a penalty). For example, if a Holder purchases shares of Common
Stock having a total purchase price of $11,000 to cover a Buy-In
with respect to $10,000 of Purchase Price of Warrant Shares to have
been received upon exercise of this Warrant, the Company shall be
required to pay the Holder $1,000, plus interest. The Holder shall
provide the Company written notice indicating the amounts payable
to the Holder in respect of the Buy-In.
2.
Cashless Exercise .
(a)
Payment upon exercise may be made at the
option of the Holder either in (i) cash, wire transfer or by
certified or official bank check payable to the order of the
Company equal to the applicable aggregate Purchase Price, (ii) by
delivery of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants in
accordance with Section (b) below or (iii) by a
combination of any of the foregoing methods, for the number of
Common Stock specified in such form (as such exercise number shall
be adjusted to reflect any adjustment in the total number of shares
of Common Stock issuable to the holder per the terms of this
Warrant) and the holder shall thereupon be entitled to receive the
number of duly authorized, validly issued, fully-paid and
non-assessable shares of Common Stock (or Other Securities)
determined as provided herein. Notwithstanding the
immediately preceding sentence, payment upon exercise may be made
in the manner described in Section 2(b) below commencing ninety-one
(91) days after the Issue Date, only with respect to Warrant Shares
not included for unrestricted public resale in an effective
Registration Statement on the date notice of exercise is given by
the Holder.
(b)
Subject to the provisions
herein to the contrary, if the Fair Market Value of one share of
Common Stock is greater than the Purchase Price (at the date of
calculation as set forth below), in lieu of exercising this Warrant
for cash, the holder may elect to receive shares equal to the value
(as determined below) of this Warrant (or the portion thereof being
cancelled) by delivery of a properly endorsed Subscription Form
delivered to the Company by any means described in Section
13 , in which event the Company shall issue to the holder a
number of shares of Common Stock computed using the following
formula:
X= Y
(A-B)
A
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Where X=
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the number of
shares of Common Stock to be issued t
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