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 March ___, 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 2.4
), 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."
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1.
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WARRANT;
EXERCISE PRICE .
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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
$7.50 per share, subject to adjustment as provided in Section
8 .
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2.
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EXERCISE OF
WARRANT; EXPIRATION DATE .
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2.1
Exercise . This Warrant is exercisable during the period
commencing on March ___, 2007 (“Commencement Date”) and
ending on the Expiration Date as provided in Section 2.4
below, 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. This warrant is exercisable in whole share increments
only.
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; and
(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).
The Company
shall not be required upon the exercise of this Warrant to issue
any fractional shares, as this Warrant shall be exercisable in
whole share increments only.
2.4
Expiration Date . The term “Expiration Date”
shall mean 5:00 p.m., Mountain time, on March ___, 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.
2.5
Mandatory Exercise of Warrant . The Company shall have the
right to require the Warrant Holder to exercise this Warrant in
accordance with the following terms:
(a) In the
event: (i) the Common Stock is quoted on the NASDAQ Capital Market
and (ii) for a period of 20 consecutive trading days, the closing
bid price of the Common Stock has been above $10.00 per share and
the daily trading volume of the Common Stock as reported by NASDAQ
has been at least 50,000 shares, in each case on each of the 20
consecutive trading days, the Company may, in its sole discretion,
require the Warrant Holder to exercise the Warrant upon written
notice delivered to the Warrant Holder (such requirement, a
“Mandatory Exercise”).
(b) If the
Company requires a Mandatory Exercise, the Company shall provide
notice to the Warrant Holder as provided in Section 18 of this
Warrant (a “Mandatory Exercise Notice”). Upon receipt
of the Mandatory Exercise Notice (the “Date of
Receipt”), the holder shall, within five business days of the
Date of Receipt, exercise this warrant for such number of shares
(up to the total number of shares for which this Warrant is
exercisable) as the Warrant Holder shall desire 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.
(c) If a Warrant
Holder shall fail to exercise this Warrant within thirty calendar
days of the Date of Receipt, then all rights under this Warrant
shall be automatically extinguished and of no further force or
effect.
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3.
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REGISTRATION
AND TRANSFER ON COMPANY BOOKS .
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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
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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 representations and
warranties substantially similar to those set forth in the
Securities Purchase Agreement pursuant to which the initial Warrant
Holder acquired this Warrant, and (iii) prior to exercise of the
Warrant, the Warrant Holder shall have executed the form of
exercise annexed hereto.
6.3 Certificates
delivered to the Warrant Holder upon exercise hereof shall be
imprinted