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, 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.
THIS
WARRANT MAY NOT, IN ANY EVENT, BE TRANSFERRED TO ANY PERSON OR
ENTITY THAT IS NOT AN ACCREDITED INVESTOR WITHIN THE MEANING OF
RULE 501(c) OF REGULATION D OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS
AMENDED.
Void after 5:00 p.m., Mountain time
on February ___, 2012
COMMON STOCK PURCHASE
WARRANT
OF
AEROGROW INTERNATIONAL,
INC.
AEROGROW INTERNATIONAL, INC., a Nevada
corporation (the “Company”), hereby certifies that, for
value received, ______________ (the “Warrant Holder”
and collectively with all other holders of Warrants issued pursuant
to the Securities Purchase Agreement defined below, the
“Warrant Holders”) is the owner of this Warrant to
purchase, at any time during the period commencing on the
Commencement Date (as defined in Section 2.1 ) and
ending on the Expiration Date (as defined Section 2.5
), up to __________ fully paid and non-assessable shares of common
stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company (“Common
Stock”) at a per share purchase price equal to the Exercise
Price (as defined in Section 1.2 ) in lawful money of
the United States of America. This Warrant is part of the duly
authorized issuance of up to ____________ Units, each Unit
consisting of one share of Common Stock and a warrant to purchase
one share of Common Stock, issued or to be issued by the Company as
part of a certain private offering (“Offering”)
pursuant a Securities Purchase Agreement dated March 12, 2007
between the Buyers (as defined therein) and the Company (the
“Securities Purchase Agreement”). The warrants issued
pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement are referred to
herein as the “Warrants”.
1. WARRANT;
EXERCISE PRICE .
1.1 Each share
of Common Stock to which the Warrant Holder is entitled to purchase
pursuant to this Warrant is referred to herein individually as a
“Warrant Share” and severally, the “Warrant
Shares.”
1.2 The purchase
price payable upon exercise (“Exercise Price”) shall be
$8.25 per share, subject to adjustment as provided in Section
8 .
2. EXERCISE
OF WARRANT; EXPIRATION DATE .
2.1 Exercise
of Warrant .
(a) Exercise
for Cash . This Warrant is exercisable during the period
commencing on February ___, 2006 (“Commencement Date”)
and ending on the Expiration Date, in whole, or from time to time,
in part, at the option of the Warrant Holder, upon surrender of
this Warrant to the Company, or such other person as the Company
may designate, together with a duly completed and executed form of
exercise attached hereto (indicating exercise by payment of the
Exercise Price) and payment of an amount equal to the then
applicable Exercise Price multiplied by the number of Warrant
Shares then being purchased upon such exercise. The payment of the
Exercise Price shall be in cash or by certified check or official
bank check, payable to the order of the Company.
(b) Cashless
Exercise . In lieu of exercising the Warrant pursuant to
Section 2.1(a), this Warrant may be exercised during any period
commencing on the first anniversary of the closing of the Offering
and ending on the Expiration Date during which a valid Company
prospectus covering the public re-sale of the Warrant Shares is not
available to the Warrant Holder, in whole, or from time to time, in
part, at the option of the Warrant Holder, upon surrender of the
Warrant to the Company, or such other person as the Company may
designate, together with a duly completed and executed form of
exercise attached hereto (indicating exercise by cashless
exercise), specifying the number of shares to be purchased upon
exercise. The number of Warrant Shares to be issued to the Warrant
Holder upon such cashless exercise shall be computed using the
following formula:
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X = (P)(Y)(A-B)/A
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Where
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X =
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the number of
shares of Warrant Shares to be issued to the Warrant Holder for the
Warrant being converted.
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P =
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the number of
shares of Common Stock being purchased on exercise expressed as a
decimal fraction.
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Y =
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the total
number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrant in
full.
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A =
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the fair market
value of one Warrant Share which shall mean the "last sale price"
as determined in accordance with Section 2.4.
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B =
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the Exercise
Price on the date of conversion.
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2.2
Effectiveness . Each exercise of a Warrant shall be deemed
to have been effected immediately prior to the close of business on
the day on which such Warrant shall have been surrendered to the
Company as provided in Section 2.1 . At such time, the
person or persons in whose name or names any certificates for
Warrant Shares shall be issuable upon such exercise as provided in
Section 2.3 below shall be deemed to have become the holder
or holders of record of the Warrant Shares represented by such
certificates.
2.3
Issuance . As soon as practicable after the exercise of this
Warrant, in full or in part, the Company, at its expense, will use
its best efforts to cause to be issued in the name of, and
delivered to, the Warrant Holder, or, subject to the terms and
conditions hereof, to such other individual or entity as such
Warrant Holder may direct:
(a) a certificate or
certificates for the number of full Warrant Shares to which such
Warrant Holder shall be entitled upon such exercise plus, in lieu
of any fractional share to which such Warrant Holder would
otherwise be entitled, cash in an amount determined pursuant to
Section 2.4 hereof,
(b) in case such
exercise is in part only, a new Warrant (dated the date hereof) of
like tenor, stating on the face or faces thereof the number of
shares currently stated on the face of this Warrant minus the
number of such shares purchased by the Warrant Holder upon such
exercise as provided in Section 2.1 (prior to any
adjustments made thereto pursuant to the provisions of this
Warrant), and
The Company
shall not be required upon the exercise of this Warrant to issue
any fractional shares, but shall round down to the next whole
share.
2.4
Price . “Last sale price” means (i) if the
Common Stock is listed on a national securities exchange or quoted
on the Nasdaq National Market, Nasdaq Capital Markets or NASD OTC
Bulletin Board (or successor such as the Bulletin Board Exchange),
the closing bid price of the Common Stock in the principal trading
market for the Common Stock as reported by the exchange, Nasdaq or
the NASD, as the case may be, (ii) if the Common Stock is not
listed on a national securities exchange or quoted on the Nasdaq
National Market, Nasdaq SmallCap Market or the NASD OTC Bulletin
Board (or successor such as the Bulletin Board Exchange), but is
traded in the residual over-the-counter market, the closing bid
price for the Common Stock on the last trading day preceding the
date in question for which such quotations are reported by the Pink
Sheets, LLC or similar publisher of such quotations, and (iii) if
the fair market value of the Common Stock cannot be determined
pursuant to clause (i) or (ii) above, such price as the Board of
Directors of the Company shall determine, in good
faith.
2.5
Expiration Date . The term “Expiration Date”
shall mean 5:00 p.m., Mountain time on February ___, 2012, or if
such date shall in the State of Colorado be a holiday or a day on
which banks are authorized to close, then 5:00 p.m., Mountain time
the next following day which in the State of Colorado is not a
holiday or a day on which banks are authorized to close.
3.
REGISTRATION AND TRANSFER ON COMPANY BOOKS .
3.1 The Company
(or an agent of the Company) will maintain a register containing
the names and addresses of the Warrant Holders. Any Warrant Holder
may change its, his or her address as shown on the warrant register
by written notice to the Company requesting such change.
3.2 The Company
shall register upon its books any transfer of a Warrant upon
surrender of same as provided in Section 5 .
4.
RESERVATION OF SHARES . The Company will at all times
reserve and keep available, solely for issuance and delivery upon
the exercise of this Warrant, such Warrant Shares and other stock,
securities and property, as from time to time shall be issuable
upon the exercise of this Warrant. The Company covenants that all
shares of Warrant Shares so issuable when issued will be duly and
validly issued and fully paid and non-assessable.
5.
EXCHANGE, LOSS OR MUTILATION OF WARRANT . This Warrant is
exchangeable, without expense, at the option of the Warrant Holder,
upon presentation and surrender hereof to the Company for other
warrants of different denominations entitling the holder thereof to
purchase in the aggregate the same number of shares of Common Stock
purchasable hereunder on the same terms and conditions as provided
herein. Subject to the provisions of Section 6 , if
applicable, this Warrant may be divided or combined with other
warrants which carry the same rights upon presentation of such
warrants at the Company’s office together with a written
notice specifying the names and denominations in which new warrants
are to be issued and signed by the Warrant Holder hereof. The term
“Warrant” as used herein includes any warrants into
which this Warrant may be divided or exchanged. Upon receipt by the
Company of reasonable evidence of the ownership and the loss,
theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant and, in the case
of loss, theft or destruction, receipt of indemnity reasonably
satisfactory to the Company, or, in the case of mutilation, upon
surrender and cancellation of the mutilated Warrant, the Company
shall execute and deliver in lieu thereof a new Warrant of like
tenor and date representing an equal number of shares of Common
Stock.
6.
LIMITATION ON EXERCISE AND SALES .
6.1 Each Warrant
Holder acknowledges that the Warrants and the Warrant Shares have
not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(“the Securities Act”) and the rules and regulations
thereunder, or any successor legislation, and agrees not to sell,
pledge, distribute, offer for sale, transfer or otherwise dispose
of any Warrant, or any Warrant Shares issued upon its exercise, in
except in compliance with the requirements of Section 6.2
.
6.2 This Warrant
and the rights granted to the Warrant Holder are transferable only
to Accredited Investors (as defined in Section 502 of the
Securities Act) in whole or in part, upon surrender of this
Warrant, together with a properly executed assignment in the form
attached hereto, at the office or to the agent of the Company;
provided, however, that if at the time of the surrender of
this Warrant in connection with any exercise, transfer or exchange
of this Warrant, this Warrant (or, in the case of any exercise, the
Warrant Shares issuable hereunder), shall not be registered for
resale under the Securities Act or under applicable state
securities or blue sky laws, then the Company may require, as a
condition of allowing such exercise, transfer or exchange, (i) a
written opinion of counsel, which opinion and counsel are
acceptable to the Company, to the effect that such exercise,
transfer or exchange may be made without registration under the
Securities Act or under applicable state securities or blue sky
laws, (ii) that any transferee of the Warrant execute and deliver
to the Company a document containing investment