NEITHER THESE SECURITIES NOR THE
SECURITIES FOR WHICH THESE SECURITIES ARE 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 COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES
OR BLUE SKY LAWS. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, THESE SECURITIES
AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THESE SECURITIES MAY
BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER
LOAN SECURED BY SUCH SECURITIES.
NATURALNANO, INC.
WARRANT – Special C
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Warrant No. 1
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Dated: June 6, 2008
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NaturalNano, Inc., a Nevada
corporation (the " Company "), hereby certifies that,
for value received, Ross B. Kenzie or his registered assigns (the "
Holder "), is entitled to purchase from the Company,
on the terms and subject to the provisions of this Warrant, at an
exercise price (the “ Exercise Price ”)
of thirty-three cents ($0.33) per share, 200,000 shares of common
stock, par value $.001 per share (“ Common
Stock ”), of the Company at any time during the
period (the “ Exercise Period ”)
commencing on the date of this Warrant and ending at 5:30 P.M. New
York City time, on June 5, 2013; provided, however, that if such
date is a day on which banking institutions in the State of New
York are authorized by law to close, then on the next succeeding
day which such banks are not authorized to close. The number of
shares of Common Stock to be issued upon the exercise or conversion
of this Warrant and the price to be paid for a share of Common
Stock may be adjusted from time to time in the manner set forth in
this Warrant. The shares of Common Stock deliverable upon such
exercise or conversion, and as adjusted from time to time, are
hereinafter sometimes referred to as “ Warrant
Shares ,” and the exercise price for the purchase of
a share of Common Stock pursuant to this Warrant in effect at any
time, as the same may be adjusted from time to time, is hereinafter
sometimes referred to as the “ Exercise Price
.” This Warrant was issued in connection with a certain
Promissory Note, dated the date hereof and delivered
contemporaneously herewith (the “ Note
”), made by the Company to the initial holder of this
Warrant.
1. Exercise of Warrant
.
(a) This Warrant may be
exercised in whole at any time or in part from time to time during
the Exercise Period by presentation and surrender hereof to the
Company at its principal office, or at the office of its stock
transfer agent, if any, with the Purchase Form annexed hereto duly
executed and accompanied by payment of the Exercise Price for the
number of shares of Common Stock specified in such form. Payment of
the Exercise Price may be made either by check (subject to
collection) or wire transfer in the amount of the Exercise Price.
If this Warrant should be exercised in part only, whether pursuant
to this Section 1(a) or pursuant to Section 1(b) of this Warrant,
the Company shall, upon surrender of this Warrant for cancellation,
execute and deliver a new Warrant evidencing the rights of the
Holder hereof to purchase the balance of the shares of Common Stock
purchasable hereunder. The Holder shall not be required to
physically deliver this Warrant upon exercise of this Warrant
pursuant to this Section 1(a) or on conversion of this Warrant as
provided in Section 1(b) of this Warrant. Upon receipt by the
Company of this Warrant at its office, or by the stock transfer
agent of the Company at its office, in proper form for exercise, or
upon delivery of the notice of conversion or exercise without
delivery of this Warrant, the Holder shall be deemed to be the
holder of record of the shares of Common Stock issuable upon such
exercise, notwithstanding that the stock transfer books of the
Company shall then be closed or that certificates representing such
shares of Common Stock shall not then be actually delivered to the
Holder.
(b) In lieu of exercising this
Warrant by payment of the Exercise Price pursuant to Section 1(a)
of this Warrant, and subject to the limitations provisions of
Section 1(c) of this Warrant, the Holder shall have the right, on
notice to the Company, to convert this Warrant, in whole or in part
to the extent that this Warrant has not been exercised pursuant to
said Section 1(a) of this Warrant or converted pursuant to this
Section 1(b), for the number of shares of Common Stock equal to a
fraction of the number of shares of Common Stock as to which this
Warrant is being converted, the numerator of which is excess of the
Current Market Value (as defined below) per share over the total
cash exercise price per share, and the denominator of which is the
Market Price of the Common Stock as of the trading day immediately
prior to the Conversion Date. For the purpose of this Warrant, the
terms (x) “ Current Market Value ” shall
be the last sales per share of the Common Stock (as reported by
Bloomberg, L.P. or, if the Common Stock is traded on the Nasdaq
Stock Market or the New York or American Stock Exchange, as
reported by such market or exchange) as of the trading day
immediately prior to the Conversion Date, and (y) “
Market Price of the Common Stock ” shall be the
average of the low bid price per share of the Common Stock (as
reported by Bloomberg L.P. or, if the Common Stock is traded on the
Nasdaq Stock Market or the New York or American Stock Exchange, as
reported by such market or exchange) for the five trading days
prior to the Conversion Date. The “ Conversion
Date ” shall mean, the date on which the Holder gives
the Company notice of conversion by hand delivery or telecopier or
email. In the event that Bloomberg, L.P. shall not provide such
information, the information shall be provided by a person or
entity that regularly provides price and volume information that is
selected by the Holders of a majority of the Company’s
warrants then outstanding, based on the number of shares of Common
Stock issuable upon exercise of all of such outstanding warrants.
The parties understand and agree that, for purposes of Rule 144 of
the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act
”), if the holder converts the Warrant pursuant to this
Section 1(b), its holding period will commence on the date
hereof.
(c) The Holder shall not be
entitled to exercise or convert this Warrant to the extent that, on
the date of such conversion or exercise, the sum of (i) the number
of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the Holder and its
Affiliates, as defined in Act, on such date plus (ii) the number of
shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise or conversion of this
Warrant would result in the Holder and its Affiliates beneficially
owning more than 4.99% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock of
the Company, except as expressly provided in Section 1(e) of this
Agreement. For the purposes of the provision to the immediately
preceding sentence, beneficial ownership shall be determined in
accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, and Regulation 13d-3 of the Commission thereunder. This
limitation shall not affect the ability of the Investor to exercise
or convert the warrants in a manner which would result in the
Company having issued in the aggregate shares of Common Stock in
excess of the 4.99% limitation as long as the Holder does not, at
any one time as a result of such conversion or exercise,
beneficially own more than such percentage.
(d) The 4.99% Limitation shall
terminate upon the close of business on the business day
immediately preceding the date fixed for consummation of any
transaction resulting in a Change of Control of the Company. A
“ Change in Control ” means a
consolidation or merger of the Company with or into another company
or entity in which the Company is not the surviving entity or the
sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company to
another company or entity not controlled by the then existing
stockholders of the Company in a transaction or series of
transactions. Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, the
Company shall promptly send written notice thereof, by hand
delivery or by overnight delivery, to the Holder.
2. Reservation and Delivery
of Shares .
(a) The Company hereby agrees
that at all times there shall be reserved for issuance upon
exercise of this Warrant such number of shares of Common Stock as
shall be required for issuance and delivery upon exercise or
conversion of this Warrant and that it shall not increase the par
value of the Common Stock.
(b) Except as otherwise set
forth herein, upon delivery of a completed Purchase Form
accompanied, if the exercise is not a cashless exercise, by payment
of the Exercise Price, not later
than three (3) business days after
the Exercise Date (such third day being the “ Delivery
Date ”), the Company shall deliver to the Holder a
certificate or certificates which, after the effective date of a
registration statement covering the shares of Common Stock issuable
upon exercise of this Warrant (the “ Effective
Date ”), shall be free of restrictive legends and
trading restrictions (other than those required by the Securities
Act) representing the number of shares of Common Stock being
acquired upon such exercise. After the Effective Date, the Company
shall, upon request of the Holder, deliver any certificate or
certificates required to be delivered by the Company under this
Section 2(b) electronically through the Depository Trust Company or
another established clearing company performing similar functions
if the Company’s transfer agent has the ability to deliver
shares of Common Stock in such manner. If in the case of any
exercise of this Warrant such certificate or certificates are not
delivered to or as directed by the applicable Holder by the second
day after the Delivery Date, the Holder shall be entitled to elect
by written notice to the Company at any time on or before its
receipt of such certificate or certificates thereafter, to rescind
such conversion, in which event the conversion shall be deemed void
ab initio.
(c) The Company’s
obligations to issue and deliver the Common Stock upon exercise of
this Warrant in accordance with the terms hereof are absolute and
unconditional, irrespective of any action or inaction by the Holder
to enforce the same, any waiver or consent with respect to any
provision hereof, the recovery of any judgment against any Person
or any action to enforce the same, or any setoff, counterclaim,
recoupment, limitation or termination, or any breach or alleged
breach by the Holder or any other Person of any obligation to the
Company or any violation or alleged violation of law by the Holder
or any other Person, and irrespective of any other circumstance
which might otherwise limit such obligation of the Company to the
Holder in connection with the issuance of such shares. In the event
the Holder shall elect to exercise this Warrant in whole or in
part, the Company may not refuse to effect such exercise based on
any claim that the Holder or any one associated or affiliated with
the Holder of has been engaged in any violation of law, agreement
or for any other reason unless an injunction from a court, on
notice, restraining and or enjoining such exercise shall have been
sought and obtained and the Company posts a surety bond for the
benefit of the Holder in the amount of 150% of the Value, which is
subject to the injunction, which bond shall remain in effect until
the completion of arbitration or litigation of the dispute and the
proceeds of which shall be payable to the Holder to the extent it
obtains judgment. In the absence of an injunction precluding the
same, the Company shall issue the Common Stock upon a properly
executed Purchase Form. If the Company fails to deliver to the
Holder such certificate or certificates pursuant to this Section
2(b) within two trading days of the Delivery Date applicable to
such exercise, the Company shall pay to the Holder, in cash, as
liquidated damages and not as a penalty, for each $5,000 of Value
of the Warrant being exercised, $50 per trading day (increasing to
$100 per trading day three (3) trading days after such damages
begin to accrue and increasing to $200 per trading day six (6)
trading days after such damages begin to accrue) for each trading
day after the Delivery Date until such certificates are delivered.
Nothing herein shall limit a Holder’s right to pursue actual
damages for the Company’s failure to deliver certificates
representing shares of Common Stock upon exercise within the period
specified herein and such Holder shall have the right to pursue all
remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in equity including,
without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or
injunctive relief.
(d) If the Company fails to
deliver to the Holder such certificate or certificates pursuant to
this Section 2(b) by the Delivery Date, and if after such Delivery
Date the Holder purchases (in an open market transaction or
otherwise) Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by
such Holder of the Common Stock which the Holder was entitled to
receive upon the exercise relating to such Delivery Date (a “
Buy-In ”), then the Company shall pay in cash
to the Holder the amount by which (a) the Holder’s total
purchase price (including brokerage commissions, if any) for the
Common Stock so purchased exceeds (i) the product of (x) the
aggregate number of shares of Common Stock that such Holder was
entitled to receive from the exercise at issue multiplied by (y)
the price at which the sell order giving rise to such purchase
obligation was executed. 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 this Warrant with
respect to which the aggregate sale price giving rise to such
purchase obligation is $10,000, under 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, together
with applicable confirmations and other evidence reasonably
requested by the Borrowers. Nothing in this Section 2(d) 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 this Warrant pursuant to its terms.
3. Fractional Shares .
No fractional shares or script representing fractional shares shall
be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant. With respect to any
fraction of a share called for upon any exercise or conversion of
this Warrant, the Company shall round the number of shares of
Common Stock to be issued to the next higher integral number of
shares
4. Exchange, Transfer,
Assignment or Loss of Warrant . This Warrant is exchangeable,
without expense, at the option of the Holder, upon presentation and
surrender hereof to the Company or at the office of its stock
transfer agent, if any, for other Warrants of different
denominations entitling the holder thereof to purchase in the
aggregate the same number of shares of Common Stock purchasable
hereunder. Subject to the provisions of Section 11 of this Warrant,
upon surrender of this Warrant to the Company or at the office of
its stock transfer agent, if any, with the Assignment Form annexed
hereto duly executed and funds sufficient to pay any transfer tax,
the Company shall, without charge, execute and deliver a new
Warrant in the name of the assignee named in such instrument of
assignment and this Warrant shall promptly be canceled. This
Warrant may be divided or combined with other Warrants which carry
the same rights upon presentation hereof at the office of the
Company or at the office of its stock transfer agent, if any,
together with a written notice specifying the names and
denominations in which new Warrants are to be issued and signed by
the Holder hereof. The term “ Warrant ”
as used herein includes any Warrants into which this Warrant may be
divided or exchanged. Upon receipt by the Company of evidence
satisfactory to it of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of
this Warrant, and (in the case of loss, theft or destruction) of
reasonably satisfactory indemnification, and upon surrender and
cancellation of this Warrant, if mutilated, the Company will
execute and deliver a new