FORM OF $0.90
WARRANT
(Common Stock
Offering)
THIS WARRANT
AND THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS WARRANT HAVE NOT BEEN
REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE
“ACT”). THESE SECURITIES HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED FOR
INVESTMENT AND NOT WITH A VIEW TO, OR IN CONNECTION WITH, THE
DISTRIBUTION THEREOF. THESE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD,
PLEDGED OR TRANSFERRED UNLESS (1) A REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
THE ACT IS IN EFFECT AS TO THESE SECURITIES OR (2) THERE IS AN
OPINION OF COUNSEL, SATISFACTORY TO THE CORPORATION, THAT AN
EXEMPTION THEREFROM IS AVAILABLE.
NEW GENERATION BIOFUELS HOLDINGS,
INC.
WARRANT
TO PURCHASE COMMON
STOCK
Issue Date:
__________, 2009
THIS WARRANT IS TO CERTIFY THAT
, (the “Purchaser”), is
entitled to purchase from New Generation Biofuels Holdings, Inc., a
Florida corporation (the “Company”), ________ shares of
the Company’s common stock, par value $.001 per share (the
“ Common Stock ”), at the Exercise Price (as
defined below).
Section 1.
Certain Definitions.
As used in this Warrant, unless the context
otherwise requires:
“ Exercise Price ” shall mean
$0.90 per share, as adjusted from time to time pursuant to
Section 3 hereof.
“ Securities Act ” shall mean
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“ Warrant ” shall mean this
Warrant and all additional or new warrants issued upon division or
combination of, or in substitution for, this Warrant. All such
additional or new warrants shall at all times be identical as to
terms and conditions and date, except as to the number of shares of
Warrant Stock for which they may be exercised.
“ Warrantholder ” shall mean
the Purchaser, as the initial holder of this Warrant, and its
nominees, successors or assigns, including any subsequent holder of
this Warrant to whom it has been legally transferred.
“ Warrant Stock ” shall mean
the shares of the Company’s Common Stock purchasable by the
holder of this Warrant upon the exercise of this
Warrant.
Section 2. Exercise of Warrant.
(a) At any time after the six month anniversary
of the Issue Date but prior to the fifth anniversary of the Issue
Date (the “ Expiration Date ”), the Purchaser
may at any time and from time to time exercise this Warrant, in
whole or in part.
(b) (i) The Warrantholder shall exercise this
Warrant by means of delivering to the Company at its office
identified in Section 14 hereof (i) a written notice of
exercise, including the number of shares of Warrant Stock to be
delivered pursuant to such exercise, (ii) this Warrant and (iii)
payment equal to the Exercise Price in accordance with Section
2(b)(ii) . In the event that any exercise shall not be for all
shares of Warrant Stock purchasable hereunder, a new Warrant
registered in the name of the Warrantholder, of like tenor to this
Warrant and for the remaining shares of Warrant Stock purchasable
hereunder, shall be delivered to the Warrantholder within ten (10)
days after any such exercise. Such notice of exercise shall be in
the Subscription Form set out at the end of this
Warrant.
(ii) The Warrantholder shall pay the
Exercise Price to the Company either by cash, certified check to
the order of the Company or wire transfer to an account specified
by the Company. At any time after the six month
anniversary of the Issue Date, in addition to the method of payment
set forth in the immediately preceding sentence and in lieu of any
cash payment required thereby, this Warrant may also be exercised
at such time by means of a “cashless exercise” in which
the Warrantholder shall be entitled to receive a certificate for
the number of shares of Warrant Stock computed using the following
formula:
Where (X) = the
number of shares of Warrant Stock to be issued to the
Warrantholder;
(Y) = the number of shares of Warrant
Stock 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;
(A) = the
Market Price (as defined below); and
(B) = the
Exercise Price of this Warrant, as adjusted from time to
time.
Solely for the purposes of this paragraph,
Market Price shall be calculated as of the Trading Day (defined for
this purpose as any day on which the equity securities markets are
generally open for trading) immediately preceding the date which
the subscription form attached hereto is deemed to have been sent
to the Company pursuant to Section 14 hereof (such preceding
date, the “ Valuation Date ”). As used herein,
the phrase “ Market Price ” shall mean (i) if
the Warrant Stock is listed or admitted for trading on a national
securities exchange, an automated quotation system or the Over the
Counter Bulletin Board, the last reported sale price per share of
the Warrant Stock on the Valuation Date, or, in case no such
reported sale takes place on such day or is reported, then the
average of the last reported per share bid and ask prices for
shares of the Warrant Stock on such date (or if such bid and ask
prices are not available on such date, the most recent preceding
date), in either case as officially reported by such securities
exchange, quotation system or Bulletin Board on which the Common
Stock is listed or admitted to trading, (ii) if not so listed or
admitted for trading, the fair market value of a share of the
Warrant Stock as determined by the Company’s board of
directors in good faith, or (iii) if such exercise is in connection
with a merger or consolidation of the Company in which the Company
is not the survivor or in which the Warrant Stock is exchanged for
cash or other securities or a sale of all or substantially all of
the assets of the Company (collectively, a “ Sale
”), the implied price per share of the Warrant Stock
resulting from such Sale.
(c) Upon exercise of this Warrant and delivery
of the Subscription Form with proper payment relating thereto, the
Company shall cause to be executed and delivered to the
Warrantholder a certificate or certificates representing the
aggregate number of fully-paid and nonassessable shares of Warrant
Stock issuable upon such exercise.
(d) All shares of Warrant Stock issuable upon
the exercise of this Warrant in accordance with the terms hereof
will not be registered with the SEC and will not be transferable or
resalable by any subscribers except as permitted pursuant to
registration or exemption under the Securities Act. Rule
144 provides that all non-affiliates who have held restricted
securities of an SEC-reporting company for at least six months and
have not had an affiliate relationship with the issuer during the
preceding three months may sell their securities without
restriction or limitation, other than that the issuer must be in
compliance with the rule’s current public information
requirements during the six months following satisfaction of the
six-month holding period requirement. It also provides
that all non-affiliates who have held restricted shares of an
SEC-reporting company for more than one year, may freely sell the
securities without regard to any Rule 144
conditions. The Company will undertake all reasonable
efforts to comply with Rule 144’s current information
requirement, including compliance with the filing and reporting
requirements of section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended, (the “Exchange Act”).
(e) The stock certificate or certificates for
Warrant Stock to be delivered in accordance with this Section
2 shall be in such denominations as may be specified in said
notice of exercise and shall be registered in the name of the
Warrantholder or such other name or names as shall be designated in
said notice. Such certificate or certificates shall be deemed to
have been issued and the Warrantholder or any other person so
designated to be named therein shall be deemed to have become the
holder of record of such shares, including to the extent permitted
by law the right to vote such shares or to consent or to receive
notice as shareholders, as of the time said notice is delivered to
the Company as aforesaid.
(f) The Company shall pay all expenses payable
in connection with the preparation, issue and delivery of stock
certificates under this Section 2 ; provided ,
however , that the Warrantholder shall be responsible for
all transfer taxes resulting from the fact that any certificate
issued in respect of Warrant Stock is not in the name of the
Warrantholder.
(g) All shares of Warrant Stock issuable upon
the exercise of this Warrant in accordance with the terms hereof
shall be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, and free
from all liens and other encumbrances thereon, other than liens or
other encumbrances created by the Warrantholder or restrictions
upon transfer under federal or state securities laws.
(h) In no event shall any fractional share of
Warrant Stock of the Company be issued upon any exercise of this
Warrant. If, upon any exercise of this Warrant, the Warrantholder
would, except as provided in this paragraph, be entitled to receive
a fractional share of Warrant Stock, then the Company shall deliver
in cash to such holder an amount equal to such fractional
interest.
Section 3. Adjustment of Exercise Price and
Warrant Stock.
(a) If, at any time prior to the Expiration
Date, the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock is (i)
increased by a stock dividend payable in shares of Warrant Stock or
by a subdivision or split-up of shares of Common Stock, or (ii)
decreased by a combination of shares of Common Stock, then,
following the record date fixed for the determination of holders of
Common Stock entitled to receive the benefits of such stock
dividend, subdivision, split-up, or combination, the Exercise Price
shall be adjusted to a new amount equal to the product of (A) the
Exercise Price in effect on such record date, and (B) the quotient
obtained by dividing (x) the number of shares of Warrant Stock into
which this Warrant would be exercisable on such record date
(without giving effect to the event referred to in the foregoing
clause (i) or (ii)), by (y) the number of shares of Warrant Stock
which would be outstanding immediately after the event referred to
in the foregoing clause (i) or (ii), if this Warrant had been
exercised immediately prior to such record date.
(b) Upon each adjustment of the Exercise Price
as provided in Section 3(a) , the Warrantholder shall
thereafter be entitled to subscribe for and purchase, at the
Exercise Price resulting from such adjustment, the number of shares
of Warrant Stock equal to the product of (i) the number of shares
of Warrant Stock into which this Warrant would be exercisable prior
to such adjustment and (ii) the quotient obtained by dividing (A)
the Exercise Price existing prior to such adjustment by (B) the new
Exercise Price resulting from such adjustment.
(c) If, at any time prior to 15 months after the
Closing Date, the Company issues any Additional Warrants with an
Additional Warrant Exercise Price or Options with an Option
Exercise Price less than the Exercise Price of this Warrant on the
date of and immediately prior to such issuance, then the Exercise
Price of this Warrant shall be reduced, concurrently with the
issuance of such Additional Warrants or Options, to the Additional
Warrant Exercise Price at which such Additional Warrants have been
issued or the Option Exercise Price at which such Options have been
issued, as the case may be.
The following
definitions shall apply to this section:
“ Additional Warrants ” shall
mean warrants to subscribe for, purchase or otherwise acquire
Common Stock or Convertible Securities, which warrants are issued
by the Company in a Financing Tra