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IGNIS PETROLEUM GROUP, INC. Warrant To Purchase Common Stock

Warrant Agreement

IGNIS PETROLEUM GROUP, INC.

 

Warrant To Purchase Common Stock

 



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IGNIS PETROLEUM GROUP, INC. | Cornell Capital Partners, LP

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Title: IGNIS PETROLEUM GROUP, INC. Warrant To Purchase Common Stock
Governing Law: New Jersey     Date: 1/10/2006
Law Firm: Cornell Capital Partners, LP,;Sichenzia Ross Friedman Ference LLP,;Cantey & Hanger, LLP    

IGNIS PETROLEUM GROUP, INC.

 

Warrant To Purchase Common Stock

 



, Parties: ignis petroleum group  inc. ,  cornell capital partners  lp
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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

 

Warrant No.: CCP-001

Number of Shares: 3,086,420

 

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.

 

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Section 1.

 

(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.

 

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(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.

 

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(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.

 

 

Section 2.

Exercise of Warrant .

 

(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)

                                      B

 

For purposes of the foregoing formula:

 

A = the total number of Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant is then being exercised.

 

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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.

 

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(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.

 

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(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


 
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