Neither this
security nor the securities for 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 to the
extent permitted by applicable law.
Common
Stock Purchase Warrant
ICONIC
BRANDS, INC.
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Class I Warrant
Shares: _________________
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Issue Date: ______________
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Exercise Price (subject to
adjustment herein): $1.00
This Common Stock Purchase Warrant
(the “ Warrant ”) certifies that, for value
received, DOUBLE U FUND Ltd . (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 five year anniversary of the Initial Exercise
Date (the “ Termination Date ”) but not
thereafter, to subscribe for and purchase from ICONIC BRANDS,
INC. , a Nevada corporation (the “ Company
”), up to One Million (1,000,000) shares (the “
Warrant Shares ”) of common stock of the Company (the
“ Common Stock ”). The purchase price
(the “ Purchase Price ”) of one share of Common
Stock under this Warrant shall be equal to the Exercise Price, as
defined in Section 2.2.
1.
Definitions . Capitalized terms used and not
otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in that
certain Subscription Agreement (the “ Subscription
Agreement ”), dated of even date herewith, among the
Company and the purchasers signatory thereto; and the following
terms shall have the following meanings:
“ Trading Day ” means
a day on which the principal Trading Market is open for
business.
“ Trading Market ”
means the following markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock
is listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: the
American Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq
Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market, the New York Stock
Exchange or the OTC Bulletin Board.
“ VWAP ” means, for
any date, the price determined by the first of the following
clauses that applies: (a) if the Common Stock is then listed or
quoted on a Trading Market, the daily volume weighted average price
of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date)
on the Trading Market on which the Common Stock is then listed or
quoted for trading as reported by Bloomberg L.P. (based on a
Trading Day from 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) to 4:02 p.m. (New
York City time)); (b) if the OTC Bulletin Board is not a Trading
Market, the volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for
such date (or the nearest preceding date) on the OTC Bulletin
Board; (c) if the Common Stock is not then quoted for trading on
the OTC Bulletin Board and if prices for the Common Stock are then
reported in the “Pink Sheets” published by Pink Sheets,
LLC (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its
functions of reporting prices), the most recent bid price per share
of the Common Stock so reported; or (d) in all other cases, the
fair market value of a share of Common Stock as determined by an
independent appraiser selected in good faith by the Holder and
reasonably acceptable to the Company.
2.1
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 the Holder appearing on the books of the
Company); and, within three (3) Trading Days of the date said
Notice of Exercise is delivered to the Company, the Company shall
have received payment of the aggregate Purchase Price for all
Shares purchased pursuant to such Notice of Exercise:
(i) in
cash or by certified or official bank check, payable to the order
of the Company, in the amount equal to the Exercise Price
multiplied by the number of Shares specified in such form, together
with all taxes applicable upon such exercise;
(ii) by
surrendering to the Company that number of Shares owned by the
Holder whose value is equal to the Exercise Price multiplied by the
number of Shares specified in the Notice of Exercise
Form;
(iii) by
surrendering the right to acquire a number of Shares having an
aggregate value such that the amount by which the aggregate value
of such Shares exceeds the aggregate Exercise Price of such Shares
is equal to the Purchase Price;
(iv) any
combination of the foregoing; or
(v) any
other manner acceptable to the Company.
For purposes of surrendering Shares to satisfy
the Purchase Price, the value of the Shares shall be equal to the
current market price for Common Stock (the “ Market
Price ”) on the relevant date of such exercise of this
Warrant from time to time (the “ Exercise Date
”). The Market Price shall be determined as
follows: if the Common Stock is traded on a stock
exchange or other public market, the Market Price shall be the
greater of (i) the average of the mid-points of the closing bid and
asked prices of the Common Stock for each of the five (5) trading
days immediately preceding the date of exercise of the Warrant or
(ii) the average of the closing prices for the Common Stock on each
of the five (5) trading days immediately preceding the date of
exercise of the Warrant. If the Common Stock is not
traded on a stock exchange or market, the Market Price shall be the
price at which the Company sold Common Stock previous to the
Exercise Date. 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, in which case, the Holder shall surrender this
Warrant to the Company for cancellation within three (3) Trading
Days of the date the final Notice of Exercise is delivered to the
Company. 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 one (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.
2.2
Exercise Price . The exercise price
per share of the Common Stock under this Warrant shall be one
dollar ($1.00), subject to adjustment hereunder (the “
Exercise Price ”).
2.3
Exercise Limitations; Holder’s
Restrictions . 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 or
otherwise, to the extent that after giving effect to such issuance
after exercise as set forth on the applicable Notice of Exercise,
the Holder (together with the Holder’s Affiliates, and any
other person or entity acting as a group together with the Holder
or any of the Holder’s Affiliates), 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 the Holder and its Affiliates
shall include the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon
exercise of this Warrant with respect to which such determination
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 the
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 Common Stock
Equivalents) subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise
analogous to the limitation contained herein beneficially owned by
the Holder or any of its affiliates. Except as set forth in the
preceding sentence, for purposes of this Section 2.3, 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 the Holder that the Company is
not representing to the Holder that such calculation is in
compliance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the Holder is
solely responsible for any schedules required to be filed in
accordance therewith. To the extent that the limitation contained
in this Section 2.3 applies, the determination of whether this
Warrant is exercisable (in relation to other securities owned by
the Holder together with any Affiliates) and of which portion of
this Warrant is exercisable shall be in the sole discretion of the
Holder, and the submission of a Notice of Exercise shall be deemed
to be the Holder’s determination of whether this Warrant is
exercisable (in relation to other securities owned by the Holder
together with any Affiliates) and of which portion of this Warrant
is exercisable, in each case subject to the Beneficial Ownership
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 2.3, 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-Q or Form 10-K, 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 (2)
Trading Days confirm orally and in writing to the 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 the 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
Holder, upon not less than sixty-one (61) days’ prior notice
to the Company, may increase or decrease the Beneficial Ownership
Limitation provisions of this Section 2.3, provided
that the Beneficial Ownership Limitation in no event exceeds
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 held by the Holder and the
provisions of this Section 2.3 shall continue to
apply. Any such increase or decrease will not be
effective until the 61st day after such notice is delivered to the
Company. The provisions of this paragraph shall be
construed and implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict
conformity with the terms of this Section 2.3 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.
2.4
Mechanics of Exercise .
2.4.1
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 then a
participant in such system and the shares are eligible for resale
without volume or manner-of-sale limitations pursuant to Rule 144,
and otherwise by physical delivery to the address specified by the
Holder in the Notice of Exercise within three (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 2.5.6 prior to the issuance of such shares, have been
paid. If the Company fails for any reason to deliver to
the Holder certificates evidencing the Warrant Shares subject to a
Notice of Exercise by the Warrant Share Delivery Date, the Company
shall pay to the Holder, in cash, as liquidated damages and not as
a penalty, for each $1,000 of Warrant Shares subject to such
exercise (based on the VWAP of the Common Stock on the date of the
applicable Notice of Exercise), ten dollars ($10) per Trading Day
(increasing to twenty dollars ($20) per Trading Day on the seventh
(7 th
) Trading Day after such liquidated damages begin
to accrue) for each Trading Day after the second (2
nd ) Trading Day after such Warrant Share Delivery
Date until such certificates are delivered.
2.4.2
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.
2.4.3
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 2.4.3 by the Warrant Share Delivery Date,
then the Holder will have the right to rescind such
exercise.
2.4.4
Compensation for Buy-In on Failure to Timely Deliver
Certificate 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) or the Holder’s
brokerage firm otherwise purchases, 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 and, upon request of the
Company, evidence of the amount of such loss. 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.
2.4.5
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 at its election,
either pay a cash adjustment in respect of such final fraction in
an amount equal to such fraction multiplied by the Exercise Price
or round up to the next whole share.
2.4.6
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.
2.4.7
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.
3.
Certain Adjustments .
3.1
Stock Dividends and Splits . If the Company,
at any time while this Warrant is outstanding: (A) pays a stock
dividend or otherwise make a distribution or distributions on
shares of its Common Stock or any other equ
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