EXHIBIT C
FORM OF WARRANT
NEITHER THE
ISSUANCE AND SALE OF THESE SECURITIES NOR THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE
UPON EXERCISE OF THESE SECURITIES HAVE BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"), OR
APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE
OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD, TRANSFERRED, OR ASSIGNED IN THE ABSENCE OF
(A) AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR
(B) 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 OR
RULE 144 OR RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT
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COMMON STOCK PURCHASE
WARRANT
AGFEED INDUSTRIES,
INC.
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Warrant Shares:
_______
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Initial
Exercise Date: May ____, 2009
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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 five year anniversary of the
Initial Exercise Date (the “ Termination Date ”)
but not thereafter, to subscribe for and purchase from AgFeed
Industries, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “ Company
”), up to ______ shares (the “ Warrant Shares
”) of 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 (the “ Purchase Agreement ”),
dated May ___, 2009, among the Company and the purchasers signatory
thereto.
(a)
Exercise . 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 (1) delivery to the Company (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) of a duly executed facsimile
copy of the Notice of Exercise Form annexed hereto; and (2)
delivery to the Company 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, in which case, the Holder shall
surrender this Warrant to the Company for cancellation within three
trading Days of the date the final Notice of Exercise is delivered
to the Company. Execution and delivery of the Notice of
Exercise Form with respect to less than all of the Warrant Shares
shall have the same effect as cancellation of the original Warrant
and issuance of a new Warrant evidencing the right to purchase the
remaining number of Warrant Shares. The Holder and the
Company shall maintain records showing the number of Warrant Shares
purchased and the date of such purchases. 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 per share of
the Common Stock under this Warrant shall be $_____ ,
subject to adjustment hereunder (the “ Exercise Price
”).
(c)
Cashless Exercise . If at any time after November
__, 2009, upon the exercise hereof, if there is no effective
registration statement registering (or the prospectus contained
therein is not available for) the issuance of the Warrant Shares to
the Holder and all of the Warrant Shares are not then registered
for resale by the Holder into the market at market prices from time
to time on an effective registration statement for use on a
continuous basis (or the prospectus contained therein is not
available for use), then this Warrant may also be exercised at such
time 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:
(A) = the VWAP on the Trading Day
immediately preceding the date of such election;
(B) = the Exercise Price of this Warrant, as
adjusted; and
(X) = 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.
“ 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 listed or 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 OTC
Markets, Inc. (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, the fees and
expenses of which shall be paid by the Company.
" Trading Day " means a day on which the
New York Stock Exchange is open for trading.
" 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 NYSE Alternext, the Nasdaq
Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select
Market, the New York Stock Exchange, or the OTC Bulletin
Board.
(d)
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(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 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(d) 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(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 (A) the Company’s most recent
periodic annual report as the case may be, (B) a more recent public
announcement by the Company or (C) any other notice by the Company
or the 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 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 4.9% 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 61 days’
prior notice to the Company, may increase or decrease the
Beneficial Ownership Limitation provisions of this Section 2(d),
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(d) shall continue to
apply. Any such increase or decrease will not be
effective until the 61 st 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(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. The holders of Common Stock
shall be third party beneficiaries of this paragraph and the
Company may not waive this paragraph without the consent of holders
of a majority of its Common Stock.
e)
Mechanics of Exercise .
i.
Delivery of Certificates Upon Exercise
. Certificates for shares purchased hereunder shall be
transmitted by the Transfer Agent 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 either (A) there is an effective
Registration Statement permitting the issuance of the Warrant
Shares to or resale of the Warrant Shares by the Holder or (B) this
Warrant is being exercised via cashless exercise, 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 (including by cashless exercise, if permitted) (the
“ 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 (or by
cashless exercise, if permitted) and all taxes required to be paid
by the Holder, if any, pursuant to Section 2(e)(vi) prior to the
issuance of such shares, have been paid.
ii.
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.
iii.
Rescission Rights . If the Company fails to cause
the Transfer Agent to transmit to the Holder a certificate or the
certificates representing the Warrant Shares pursuant to Section
2(e)(i) by the second Trading Day following the Warrant Share
Delivery Date, then the Holder will have the right to rescind such
exercise.
iv.
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
the Transfer Agent to transmit to the Holder a certificate or the
certificates representing the Warrant Shares pursuant to an
exercise on or before the second Trading Day following 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 (A) pay in cash to the Holder the
amount, if any, by which (x) the total purchase price (including
brokerage commissions, if any) paid by the Holder for such purchase
of such shares (but no more than the number of Warrant Shares for
which this Warrant was exercised) exceeds (y) the amount obtained
by multiplying (1) the number of Warrant Shares that the Company
was required to deliver to the Holder in connection with the
exercise at issue times (2) the price at which the sell order
giving rise to such purchase obligation was executed, and (B) 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 (A) 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.
v. 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 the 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.
vi.
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.
vii.
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.
Section 3 .
Certain Adjustments .
a)
Stock Dividends and Splits . If the Company, at any time
while this Warrant is outstanding: (i) pays a stock dividend or
otherwise makes a distribution or distributions on shares of its
Common Stock or any other equity or equity equi
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