FORM OF WARRANT
THIS WARRANT
AND THE COMMON SHARES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT HAVE
NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED.
THIS WARRANT AND THE COMMON SHARES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS
WARRANT MAY NOT BE SOLD, OFFERED FOR SALE, PLEDGED OR HYPOTHECATED
IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT AS TO THIS
WARRANT UNDER SAID ACT AND ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAW OR
AN OPINION OF COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO DRINKS AMERICAS
HOLDINGS, LTD. THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED.
DRINKS
AMERICAS HOLDINGS, LTD.
No. _______
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SERIES A COMMON STOCK PURCHASE
WARRANT
1.
Issuance . In consideration of good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby
acknowledged by Drinks Americas Holdings, Ltd., a Delaware
corporation (the “ Company ”), St. George
Investments, LLC or registered assigns (the “
Holder ”) is hereby granted the right to purchase at
any time, on or after the Issue Date (as defined below) until 5:00
P.M., New York City time, on the date which the last calendar day
of the month in which the fifth anniversary of the Issue Date
occurs (the “ Expiration Date ”), two million
five hundred thousand (2,500,000) fully paid and nonassessable
shares of the Company’s Common Stock, $.001 par value per
share (the “ Common Stock ”), at an initial
exercise price per share (the “ Exercise Price
”) of $0.35 per share, subject to further adjustment as set
forth herein. This Warrant is being issued pursuant to
the terms of that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as
of June 18, 2009 (the “ Securities Purchase Agreement
”), to which the Company and Holder (or Holder’s
predecessor in interest) are parties.
Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein
shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Securities Purchase
Agreement.
This Warrant was originally issued to the Holder
or the Holder’s predecessor in interest on June 18, 2009 (the
“ Issue Date ”).
2.
Exercise of Warrants .
(a) This Warrant is exercisable in
whole or in part at any time and from time to time commencing on
the Issue Date. Such exercise shall be effectuated by
submitting to the Company (either by delivery to the Company or by
facsimile transmission) a completed and duly executed Notice of
Exercise (substantially in the form attached to this Warrant
Certificate). The date such Notice of Exercise is either
faxed, emailed or delivered to the Company shall be the
“Exercise Date,” provided that, if such exercise
represents the full exercise of the outstanding balance of the
Warrant, the Holder of this Warrant shall tender this Warrant
Certificate to the Company within five (5) Trading Days (as defined
below) thereafter. The Notice of Exercise shall be
executed by the Holder of this Warrant and shall indicate (i) the
number of shares then being purchased pursuant to such exercise and
(ii) if applicable (as provided below), whether the exercise is a
cashless exercise.
For purposes of
this Warrant, the term “Trading Day” means any day
during which the Principal Market shall be open for
business.
(b)
Notwithstanding any other provision contained herein to the
contrary, from the period beginning on the date hereof and ending
on the second anniversary hereof, if the shares of Common Stock
underlying this Warrant are not registered for resale in an
effective Registration Statement, the Holder may elect a
“cashless” exercise of this Warrant for any Warrant
Shares not registered in an effective Registration
Statement. Whereby, the Holder shall be entitled to
receive a number of shares of Common Stock equal to (w) the excess
of the Current Market Value (as defined below) over the total cash
exercise price of the portion of the Warrant then being exercised,
divided by (x) the Market Price of the Common Stock.
For the purposes of this Warrant, the following
terms shall have the following meanings:
“Current Market Value” shall mean an
amount equal to the Market Price of the Common Stock, multiplied by
the number of shares of Common Stock specified in the applicable
Notice of Exercise.
“Market Price of the Common Stock”
shall mean the lower of: (i) the closing price of the
Company’s common stock on the OTC Bulletin Board for the
prior business day; or (ii) the volume weighted average sales
prices of the Company’s common stock on such market for the
prior ten (10) business days, in each case as recorded by
Bloomberg, L.P.
“Closing Price” means the 4:00 P.M.
closing bid price of the Common Stock on the Principal Market on
the relevant trading day(s), as reported by Bloomberg LP (or if
that service is not then reporting the relevant information
regarding the Common Stock, a comparable reporting service of
national reputation selected by the Holder and reasonably
acceptable to the Company) for the relevant date.
(c) If the Notice of Exercise form
elects a “cash” exercise (or if the cashless exercise
referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph (b) is not
available in accordance with the terms hereof), the Exercise Price
per share of Common Stock for the shares then being exercised shall
be payable, at the election of the Holder, in cash or by certified
or official bank check or by wire transfer in accordance with
instructions provided by the Company at the request of the
Holder.
(d) Upon the appropriate payment, if
any, of the Exercise Price for the shares of Common Stock
purchased, together with the surrender of this Warrant Certificate
(if required), the Holder shall be entitled to receive a
certificate or certificates for the shares of Common Stock so
purchased. The Company shall deliver such certificates
representing the Warrant Shares in accordance with the instructions
of the Holder as provided in the Notice of Exercise (the
certificates delivered in such manner, the “ Warrant Share
Certificates ”) within five (5) Trading Days (such third
Trading Day, a “ Delivery Date ”) of (i) with
respect to a “cashless exercise,” the Exercise Date as
the case may be, or, (ii) with respect to a “cash”
exercise, the later of the Exercise Date or the date the payment of
the Exercise Price for the relevant Warrant Shares is received by
the Company.
(e) The Company understands that a
delay in the delivery of the Warrant Share Certificates by the
Delivery Date could result in economic loss to the
Holder. As compensation to the Holder for such loss, the
Company agrees to pay late payment fees (as liquidated damages and
not as a penalty) to the Holder for late delivery of Warrant Share
Certificates in the amount of $100 per Trading Day after the
Delivery Date for each $10,000 of Exercise Price of the Warrant
Shares subject to the delivery default. 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
Share Certificates by the 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.
(f) In
addition to any other rights available to the Holder, if the
Company fails to deliver the Warrant Share Certificates within ten
(10) Trading Days after the Delivery Date and the Holder purchases
(in an open market transaction or otherwise) shares of common stock
(the “ Bought Shares ”) to deliver in
satisfaction of a sale by the Holder of the shares of Common Stock
which the Holder was entitled to receive from the Company on
exercise of this Warrant (a “ Buy-In ”), then
the Company shall pay 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 Bought Shares exceeds (B) the Exercise
Price for such Warrant Shares, 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). In such case, the subject
Warrant Share Certificates will be treated as delivered on the date
such payment is made. For example, if the Holder
purchases shares of Common Stock having a total purchase price of
$11,000 to cover a Buy-In with respect to $10,000 (based on the
Exercise Price) of Warrant Shares, the Company shall be required to
pay the Subscriber $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.
(g) The
Holder shall be deemed to be the holder of the shares issuable to
it in accordance with the provisions of this Section 2.1 on the
Exercise Date.
2.2
Limitation on Exercise . Notwithstanding the provisions of
this Warrant, in no event (except as specifically provided in the
Debenture as an exception to this provision), (i) during the
forty-five (45) day period prior to the Expiration Date, or (ii)
while there is outstanding a tender offer for any or all of the
shares of the Company's Common Stock) shall the Holder be entitled
to exercise this Warrant, or the Company have the obligation or
option to issue shares upon such request or in lieu of cash
payments hereunder, to the extent that, after such payment of
common stock or issuance the sum of (1) the number of shares of
Common Stock beneficially owned by the Holder and its affiliates,
and (2) the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the
exercise of the Warrant with respect to which the determination of
the proviso is being made, would result in beneficial ownership by
the Holder and its affiliates of more than 9.99% (the “
Percentage Cap ”) of the outstanding shares of Common
Stock (after taking into account the shares to be issued to the
Holder upon such repayment). For purposes of the proviso
to the immediately preceding sentence, beneficial ownership shall
be determined in accordance with Section 12(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
2.3
Trustee for Warrant Holders . In the event that a
qualified bank or trust company shall have been appointed as
trustee for the Holder of the Warrants pursuant to Subsection 6.3,
such bank or trust company shall have all the powers and duties of
a warrant agent (as hereinafter described) and shall accept, in its
own name for the account of the Company or such successor person as
may be entitled thereto, all amounts otherwise payable to the
Company or such successor, as the case may be, on exercise of this
Warrant pursuant to Section 2.1.
3.
Reservation of Shares . The Company hereby agrees
that, at all times during the term of this Warrant, there shall be
reserved for issuance upon exercise of this Warrant, one hundred
percent (120%) of the number of shares of its Common Stock as shall
be required for issuance of the Warrant Shares for the then
unexercised portion of this Warrant. For the purposes of
such calculations, the Com