Exhibit
4.3
WARRANT
THE SECURITIES
REPRESENTED BY THIS WARRANT HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES
LAWS. THE SECURITIES HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED FOR INVESTMENT AND MAY NOT
BE OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD, TRANSFERRED PLEDGED, HYPOTHECATED OR
ASSIGNED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR
THE SECURITIES UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR
APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL IN A
FORM REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE ISSUER THAT REGISTRATION IS NOT
REQUIRED UNDER SAID ACT OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR
UNLESS SOLD PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER SAID ACT. NOTWITHSTANDING
THE FOREGOING, THIS WARRANT MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A
BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT.
IGNIS PETROLEUM GROUP,
INC.
Warrant To Purchase Common
Stock
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Number of Shares:
3,086,420
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Date of
Issuance: January 5, 2006
Ignis Petroleum
Group, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “ Company
”), hereby certifies that, for good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, Cornell Capital Partners, LP
(“ Cornell ”), the registered holder hereof or
its permitted assigns, is entitled, subject to the terms set forth
below, to purchase from the Company upon surrender of this Warrant,
at any time or times on or after the date hereof, but not after
11:59 P.M. Eastern Time on the Expiration Date (as defined
herein) Three Million Eighty Six Thousand Four Hundred Twenty
(3,086,420) fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock (as
defined herein) of the Company (the “ Warrant Shares
”) at the exercise price per share provided in
Section 1(b) below or as subsequently adjusted; provided,
however, that in no event shall the holder be entitled to exercise
this Warrant for a number of Warrant Shares in excess of that
number of Warrant Shares which, upon giving effect to such
exercise, would cause the aggregate number of shares of Common
Stock beneficially owned by the holder and its affiliates to exceed
4.99% of the outstanding shares of the Common Stock following such
exercise, except within sixty (60) days of the Expiration Date
(however, upon an Event of Default, such restriction may be waived
by Cornell (but only as to itself and not to any other holder) upon
not less than 65 days prior notice to the Company). For purposes of
the foregoing proviso, the aggregate 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 the determination of such
proviso is being made, but shall exclude shares of Common Stock
which would be issuable upon (i) exercise of the remaining,
unexercised Warrants beneficially owned by the holder and its
affiliates and (ii) exercise or conversion of the unexercised
or unconverted portion of any other securities of the Company
beneficially owned by the holder and its affiliates (including,
without limitation, any convertible notes or preferred stock)
subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the
limitation contained herein. Except as set forth in the preceding
sentence, for purposes of this paragraph, beneficial ownership
shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. For purposes of this
Warrant, 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 (1) the Company’s most recent
Form 10-QSB or Form 10-KSB, as the case may be, (2) a more recent
public announcement by the Company or (3) any other notice by the
Company or its transfer agent setting forth the number of shares of
Common Stock outstanding. Upon the written request of any holder,
the Company shall promptly, but in no event later than one (1)
Business Day following the receipt of such notice, confirm in
writing to any such 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
exercise of Warrants (as defined below) by such holder and its
affiliates since the date as of which such number of outstanding
shares of Common Stock was reported.
(a) This Warrant is the common stock purchase
warrant (the “ Warrant ”) issued pursuant to the
Securities Purchase Agreement (“ Securities Purchase
Agreement ”) dated the date hereof between the Company
and the Buyers listed on Schedule I thereto.
(b) Definitions
. The following words and terms as used in this Warrant
shall have the following meanings:
(i) “ Approved Stock Plan ” means
any employee benefit plan which has been approved by the Board of
Directors of the Company, pursuant to which the Company’s
securities may be issued to any employee, officer, director or
consultant for services provided to the Company.
(ii) “ Business
Day ” means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or other
day on which commercial banks in the City of New York are
authorized or required by law to remain closed.
(iii) “ Closing
Bid Price ” means the closing bid price of Common Stock
as quoted on the Principal Market (as reported by Bloomberg
Financial Markets (“ Bloomberg ”) through its
“Volume at Price” function).
(iv) “ Common
Stock ” means (i) the Company’s common stock,
par value $0.001 per share, and (ii) any capital stock into
which such Common Stock shall have been changed or any capital
stock resulting from a reclassification of such Common
Stock.
(v) “
Event of Default ” means an event of default under the
Securities Purchase Agreement or the Convertible Debentures issued
in connection therewith.
(vi) “
Excluded Securities ” means, provided such security is
issued at a price which is greater than or equal to the Closing Bid
Price of the Common Stock immediately preceding the date of
issuance, any of the following: (a) any issuance by the Company of
securities in connection with a strategic partnership or a joint
venture (the primary purpose of which is not to raise equity
capital), (b) any issuance by the Company of securities as
consideration for a merger or consolidation or the acquisition of a
business, product, license, or other assets of another person or
entity and (c) options to purchase shares of Common
Stock.
(vii) “ Expiration Date ” means the
date five (5) years from the Issuance Date of this Warrant or, if
such date falls on a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which banks
are required or authorized to be closed in the City of New York or
the State of New York or on which trading does not take place on
the Principal Exchange or automated quotation system on which the
Common Stock is traded (a “ Holiday ”), the next
date that is not a Holiday.
(viii) “ Issuance Date
” means the date hereof.
(ix) “
Options ” means any rights, warrants or options to
subscribe for or purchase Common Stock or Convertible
Securities.
(x) “
Other Securities ” means (i) those options and
warrants of the Company issued prior to, and outstanding on, the
Issuance Date of this Warrant, (ii) the shares of Common Stock
issuable on exercise of such options and warrants, provided such
options and warrants are not amended after the Issuance Date of
this Warrant, (iii) the shares of Common Stock issuable upon
exercise of this Warrant, and (iv) securities the Company obligated
itself to issue prior to the date hereof pursuant to any employment
agreement, consulting agreement or placement agency agreement and
any shares of Common Stock underlying such securities.
(xi) “
Person ” means an individual, a limited liability
company, a partnership, a joint venture, a corporation, a trust, an
unincorporated organization and a government or any department or
agency thereof.
(xii) “ Principal
Market ” means the New York Stock Exchange, the American
Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq National Market, the Nasdaq Capital
Market, the Nasdaq OTC Bulletin Board whichever is at the time the
principal trading exchange or market for such security, or the
over-the-counter market on the electronic bulletin board for such
security as reported by Bloomberg or, if no bid or sale information
is reported for such security by Bloomberg, then the average of the
bid prices of each of the market makers for such security as
reported in the “pink sheets” by the National Quotation
Bureau, Inc.
(xiii) “ Securities
Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.
(xiv) “ Warrant
” means this Warrant and all Warrants issued in exchange,
transfer or replacement thereof.
(xv) “ Warrant
Exercise Price ” shall be $0.81 or as
subsequently adjusted as provided in Section 8
hereof.
(xvi) “ Warrant
Shares ” means the shares of Common Stock issuable at any
time upon exercise of this Warrant.
(c) Other Definitional Provisions.
(i) Except
as otherwise specified herein, all references herein (A) to
the Company shall be deemed to include the Company’s
successors and (B) to any applicable law defined or referred
to herein shall be deemed references to such applicable law as the
same may have been or may be amended or supplemented from time to
time.
(ii) When used in
this Warrant, the words “ herein ”, “
hereof ”, and “ hereunder
” and words of similar import, shall refer
to this Warrant as a whole and not to any provision of this
Warrant, and the words “ Section ”, “
Schedule ”, and “ Exhibit ” shall
refer to Sections of, and Schedules and Exhibits to, this Warrant
unless otherwise specified.
(iii) Whenever the
context so requires, the neuter gender includes the masculine or
feminine, and the singular number includes the plural, and vice
versa.
(a) Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, this
Warrant may be exercised by the holder hereof then registered on
the books of the Company, pro rata as hereinafter provided, at any
time on any Business Day on or after the opening of business on
such Business Day, commencing with the first day after the date
hereof, and prior to 11:59 P.M. Eastern Time on the Expiration
Date (i) by delivery of a written notice, in the form of the
subscription notice attached as Exhibit A hereto (the
“ Exercise Notice ”), of such holder’s
election to exercise this Warrant, which notice shall specify the
number of Warrant Shares to be purchased, payment to the
Company of an amount equal to the Warrant Exercise Price(s)
applicable to the Warrant Shares being purchased, multiplied by the
number of Warrant Shares (at the applicable Warrant Exercise
Price) as to which this Warrant is being exercised (plus any
applicable issue or transfer taxes) (the “ Aggregate
Exercise Price ”) in cash or wire transfer of immediately
available funds and the surrender of this Warrant (or an
indemnification undertaking with respect to this Warrant in the
case of its loss, theft or destruction) to a common carrier for
overnight delivery to the Company as soon as practicable following
such date (“ Cash Basis ”) or (ii) after the
Scheduled Effective Deadline (as defined in the Registration Rights
Agreement), if at the time of exercise, the Warrant Shares are not
subject to an effective registration statement and are not eligible
to be sold under Rule 144(k), or if an Event of Default has
occurred, by delivering an Exercise Notice and in lieu of making
payment of the Aggregate Exercise Price in cash or wire transfer,
elect instead to receive upon such exercise the “Net
Number” of shares of Common Stock determined according to the
following formula (the “ Cashless Exercise
”):
Net Number =
(A x B) - (A x C)
For purposes of
the foregoing formula:
A = the total
number of Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant is then
being exercised.
B = the Closing
Bid Price of the Common Stock on the date of exercise of the
Warrant.
C = the Warrant
Exercise Price then in effect for the applicable Warrant Shares at
the time of such exercise.
In the event of any exercise of the rights
represented by this Warrant in compliance with this Section 2, the
Company shall on or before the fifth (5th) Business Day
following the date of receipt of the Exercise Notice, the Aggregate
Exercise Price and this Warrant (or an indemnification undertaking
with respect to this Warrant in the case of its loss, theft or
destruction) and the receipt of the representations of the holder
specified in Section 6 hereof, if requested by the Company (the
“ Exercise Delivery Documents ”), and if the
Common Stock is DTC eligible, credit such aggregate number of
shares of Common Stock to which the holder shall be entitled to the
holder’s or its designee’s balance account with The
Depository Trust Company; provided, however, if the holder who
submitted the Exercise Notice requested physical delivery of any or
all of the Warrant Shares, or, if the Common Stock is not DTC
eligible then the Company shall, on or before the fifth (5
th ) Business Day following receipt of the Exercise
Delivery Documents, issue and surrender to a common carrier for
overnight delivery to the address specified in the Exercise Notice,
a certificate, registered in the name of the holder, for the number
of shares of Common Stock to which the holder shall be entitled
pursuant to such request. Upon delivery of the Exercise Notice and
Aggregate Exercise Price referred to in clause (i) or (ii)
above the holder of this Warrant shall be deemed for all corporate
purposes to have become the holder of record of the Warrant Shares
with respect to which this Warrant has been exercised. In the case
of a dispute as to the determination of the Warrant Exercise Price,
the Closing Bid Price or the arithmetic calculation of the Warrant
Shares, the Company shall promptly issue to the holder the number
of Warrant Shares that is not disputed and shall submit the
disputed determinations or arithmetic calculations to the holder
via facsimile within one (1) Business Day of receipt of the
holder’s Exercise Notice.
(b) If the holder and the Company are unable to
agree upon the determination of the Warrant Exercise Price or
arithmetic calculation of the Warrant Shares within one (1) day of
such disputed determination or arithmetic calculation being
submitted to the holder, then the Company shall immediately submit
via facsimile (i) the disputed determination of the Warrant
Exercise Price or the Closing Bid Price to an independent,
reputable investment banking firm or (ii) the disputed arithmetic
calculation of the Warrant Shares to its independent, outside
accountant. The Company shall cause the investment banking firm or
the accountant, as the case may be, to perform the determinations
or calculations and notify the Company and the holder of the
results no later than forty-eight (48) hours from the time it
receives the disputed determinations or calculations.
(c) Unless the rights represented by this Warrant
shall have expired or shall have been fully exercised, the Company
shall, as soon as practicable and in no event later than five (5)
Business Days after any exercise and receipt of this Warrant and at
its own expense, issue a new Warrant identical in all respects to
this Warrant exercised except it shall represent rights to purchase
the number of Warrant Shares purchasable immediately prior to such
exercise under this Warrant exercised, less the number of Warrant
Shares with respect to which such Warrant is exercised.
(d) No fractional Warrant Shares are to be issued
upon any pro rata exercise of this Warrant, but rather the number
of Warrant Shares issued upon such exercise of this Warrant shall
be rounded up or down to the nearest whole number.
(e) If the Company or its Transfer Agent shall fail
for any reason or for no reason to issue to the holder within
ten (10) days of receipt of the Exercise Delivery Documents, a
certificate for the number of Warrant Shares to which the holder is
entitled or to credit the holder’s balance account with The
Depository Trust Company for such number of Warrant Shares to which
the holder is entitled upon the holder’s exercise of this
Warrant, the Company shall, in addition to any other remedies under
this Warrant or the Placement Agent Agreement or otherwise
available to such holder, pay as additional damages in cash to such
holder on each day the issuance of such certificate for Warrant
Shares is not timely effected an amount equal to 0.025% of the
product of (A) the sum of the number of Warrant Shares not issued
to the holder on a timely basis and to which the holder is
entitled, and (B) the Closing Bid Price of the Common Stock for the
trading day immediately preceding the last possible date which the
Company could have issued such Common Stock to the holder without
violating this Section 2.
(f) If within ten (10) days after the
Company’s receipt of the Exercise Delivery Documents, the
Company fails to deliver a new Warrant to the holder for the number
of Warrant Shares to which such holder is entitled pursuant to
Section 2 hereof, then, in addition to any other available remedies
under this Warrant or the Placement Agent Agreement, or otherwise
available to such holder, the Company shall pay as additional
damages in cash to such holder on each day after such tenth (10
th ) day that such delivery of such new Warrant is not
timely effected in an amount equal to 0.25% of the product of
(A) the number of Warrant Shares represented by the portion of
this Warrant which is not being exercised and (B) the Closing
Bid Price of the Common Stock for the trading day immediately
preceding the last possible date which the Company could have
issued such Warrant to the holder without violating this
Section 2.
(g) Forced Exercise by the Company
. At the option of the Company, the Company may
force holder to exercise the Warrant at the Warrant Exercise Price
provided that (i) the Closing Bid Price of Company’s Common
Stock is greater than or equal to $1.10 for a period of fifteen
(15) consecutive Trading Days immediately prior to such exercise,
(ii) the Warrant Shares are registered and the registration
statement is declared effective and (iii) such forced exercise by
the Company shall not cause the aggregate number of shares of
Common Stock beneficially owned by the holder and its affiliates to
exceed 4.99% of the outstanding shares of the Common Stock
following such exercise.
Section
3.
Covenants as to Common
Stock . The
Company hereby covenants and agrees as follows:
(a) This Warrant is, and any Warrants issued in
substitution for or replacement of this Warrant will upon issuance
be, duly authorized and validly issued.
(b) All Warrant Shares which
may be issued upon the exercise of the rights represented by this
Warrant will, upon issuance, be validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable and free from all taxes, liens and charges with
respect to the issue thereof.
(c) During the period within which the rights
represented by this Warrant may be exercised, the Company will at
all times have authorized and reserved at least one hundred percent
(100%) of the number of shares of Common Stock needed to provide
for the exercise of the rights then represented by this Warrant and
the par value of said shares will at all times be less than or
equal to the applicable Warrant Exercise Price. If at any time the
Company does not have a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock
authorized and available, then the Company shall use its
reasonable, best efforts to call and hold a special meeting of its
stockholders within sixty (60) days of that time for the sole
purpose of increasing the number of authorized shares of Common
Stock.
(d) If at any time after the date hereof the Company
shall file a registration statement, the Company shall include the
Warrant Shares issuable to the holder, pursuant to the terms of
this Warrant and shall maintain, so long as any other shares of
Common Stock shall be so listed, such listing of all Warrant Shares
from time to tim