Exhibit
4.2
THIS
WARRANT AND THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE
HEREOF HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933,
AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”) OR ANY STATE
SECURITIES LAWS AND MAY NOT BE SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR OTHERWISE
DISPOSED OF UNLESS REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND UNDER
APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR THE ISSUER SHALL HAVE RECEIVED
AN OPINION OF COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE ISSUER THAT
REGISTRATION OF SUCH SECURITIES UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND UNDER
THE PROVISIONS OF APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS IS NOT
REQUIRED.
SERIES B WARRANT TO
PURCHASE
SHARES OF COMMON STOCK
OF
LIHUA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
Expires October 30, 2013
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Number of Shares:
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Date of
Issuance: October 31, 2008
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FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, Lihua
International, Inc., a Delaware corporation (together with its
successors and assigns, the “ Issuer ”), hereby
certifies that ________ (the “ Holder ”) or its
registered assigns is entitled to subscribe for and purchase,
during the Term (as hereinafter defined), up to _____________
shares (subject to adjustment as hereinafter provided) of the duly
authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable Common
Stock of the Issuer, at an exercise price per share equal to the
Warrant Price then in effect, subject, however, to the provisions
and upon the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth.
Capitalized terms used in this Warrant and not otherwise defined
herein shall have the respective meanings specified in Section 9
hereof.
1. Term . The term of this Warrant
shall commence on October 31, 2008 and shall expire at 6:00 p.m.,
Eastern Time, on October 30, 2013 (such period being the “
Term ” and such date, the “ Termination
Date ”).
2. Method of Exercise; Payment;
Issuance of New Warrant; Transfer and Exchange .
(a) Time of Exercise . The
purchase rights represented by this Warrant may be exercised at any
time and from time to time in whole or in part during the Term for
such number of shares of Common Stock set forth above.
(b)
Method of Exercise . The Holder hereof may exercise this
Warrant, in whole or in part, by the surrender of this Warrant
(with the exercise form attached hereto duly executed (“
Notice of Exercise ”)) at the principal office of the
Issuer, and by the payment to the Issuer of an amount of
consideration therefor equal to the Warrant Price in effect on the
date of such exercise multiplied by the number of shares of Warrant
Stock with respect to which this Warrant is then being exercised,
payable at such Holder’s election (i) by certified or
official bank check or by wire transfer to an account designated by
the Issuer, (ii) by “cashless exercise” in accordance
with the provisions of subsection (c) of this Section 2, or (iii)
by a combination of the foregoing methods of payment selected by
the Holder of this Warrant.
(c)
Cashless Exercise . Notwithstanding any provision herein to
the contrary at any time, and from time to time following the
Original Issue Date, if (i) the Per Share Market Value of one share
of Common Stock is greater than the Warrant Price (at the date of
calculation as set forth below) and (ii) at the time of election,
the average trading volume exceeds 100,000 shares for the
immediately preceding 30 Trading Days in lieu of exercising this
Warrant by payment of cash, the Holder may elect to exercise this
Warrant by a cashless exercise and shall receive the number of
shares of Common Stock equal to an amount (as determined below) by
surrender of this Warrant at the principal office of the Issuer
together with the properly endorsed Notice of Exercise in which
event the Issuer shall issue to the Holder a number of shares of
Common Stock computed using the following
formula:
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the number
of shares of Common Stock to be issued to the
Holder.
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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.
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the VWAP of
the Common Stock for the 30 Trading Day period immediately
preceding the date of such election.
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(d)
Issuance of Stock Certificates . In the event of any
exercise of this Warrant in accordance with and subject to the
terms and conditions hereof, certificates for the shares of Warrant
Stock so purchased shall be dated the date of such exercise and
delivered to the Holder hereof within a reasonable time, not
exceeding five (5) Trading Days after such exercise (the “
Delivery Date ”) or, at the request of the Holder
(provided that a registration statement under the Securities Act
providing for the resale of the Warrant Stock is then in effect or
that the shares of Warrant Stock are otherwise exempt from
registration), issued and delivered to the Depository Trust Company
(“ DTC ”) account on the Holder’s behalf
via the Deposit Withdrawal Agent Commission System (“
DWAC ”) within a reasonable time, not exceeding five
(5) Trading Days after such exercise, and the Holder hereof shall
be deemed for all purposes to be the holder of the shares of
Warrant Stock so purchased as of the date of such exercise.
Notwithstanding the foregoing to the contrary, the Issuer or its
transfer agent shall only be obligated to issue and deliver the
shares to the DTC on a holder’s behalf via DWAC if such
exercise is in connection with a sale or other exemption from
registration by which the shares may be issued without a
restrictive legend and the Issuer and its transfer agent are
participating in DTC through the DWAC system. The Holder shall
deliver this original Warrant, or an indemnification undertaking
with respect to such Warrant in the case of its loss, theft or
destruction, at such time that this Warrant is fully exercised.
With respect to partial exercises of this Warrant, the Issuer shall
keep written records for the Holder of the number of shares of
Warrant Stock exercised as of each date of
exercise.
(e)
Compensation for Buy-In on Failure to Timely Deliver
Certificates Upon Exercise . In addition to any other rights
available to the Holder, if the Issuer fails to cause its transfer
agent to transmit to the Holder a certificate or certificates
representing the Warrant Stock pursuant to an exercise on or before
the Delivery Date, then the Issuer shall at the option of the
Holder, either (a) reinstate the portion of the Warrant and
equivalent number of shares of Warrant Stock for which such
exercise was not honored or (b) deliver to the Holder the number of
shares of Common Stock that would have been issued had the Issuer
timely complied with its exercise and delivery obligations
hereunder. Nothing herein 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
Issuer’s failure to timely deliver certificates representing
shares of Common Stock upon exercise of this Warrant as required
pursuant to the terms hereof.
(f)
Transferability of Warrant . Subject to Section 2(h) hereof,
this Warrant may be transferred by a Holder, in whole or in part,
without the consent of the Issuer. If transferred pursuant to this
paragraph, this Warrant may be transferred on the books of the
Issuer by the Holder hereof in person or by duly authorized
attorney, upon surrender of this Warrant at the principal office of
the Issuer, properly endorsed (by the Holder executing an
assignment in the form attached hereto) and upon payment of any
necessary transfer tax or other governmental charge imposed upon
such transfer. This Warrant is exchangeable at the principal office
of the Issuer for Warrants to purchase the same aggregate number of
shares of Warrant Stock, each new Warrant to represent the right to
purchase such number of shares of Warrant Stock as the Holder
hereof shall designate at the time of such exchange. All Warrants
issued on transfers or exchanges shall be dated the Original Issue
Date and shall be identical with this Warrant except as to the
number of shares of Warrant Stock issuable pursuant
thereto.
(g)
Continuing Rights of Holder . The Issuer will, at the time
of or at any time after each exercise of this Warrant, upon the
request of the Holder hereof, acknowledge in writing the extent, if
any, of its continuing obligation to afford to such Holder all
rights to which such Holder shall continue to be entitled after
such exercise in accordance with the terms of this Warrant,
provided that if any such Holder shall fail to make any such
request, the failure shall not affect the continuing obligation of
the Issuer to afford such rights to such Holder.
(h)
Compliance with Securities Laws .
(i)
The Holder of this Warrant, by acceptance hereof, acknowledges that
this Warrant and the shares of Warrant Stock to be issued upon
exercise hereof are being acquired solely for the Holder’s
own account and not as a nominee for any other party, and for
investment, and that the Holder will not offer, sell or otherwise
dispose of this Warrant or any shares of Warrant Stock to be issued
upon exercise hereof except pursuant to an effective registration
statement, or an exemption from registration, under the Securities
Act and any applicable state securities laws.
(ii)
Except as provided in paragraph (iii) below, this Warrant and all
certificates representing shares of Warrant Stock issued upon
exercise hereof shall be stamped or imprinted with a legend in
substantially the following form:
THIS
WARRANT AND THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE
HEREOF HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933,
AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”) OR ANY STATE
SECURITIES LAWS AND MAY NOT BE SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR OTHERWISE
DISPOSED OF UNLESS REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND UNDER
APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR THE ISSUER SHALL HAVE RECEIVED
AN OPINION OF COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE ISSUER THAT
REGISTRATION OF SUCH SECURITIES UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND UNDER
THE PROVISIONS OF APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS IS NOT
REQUIRED.
(iii)
The Issuer agrees to reissue this Warrant or certificates
representing any of the Warrant Stock, without the legend set forth
above if at such time, prior to making any transfer of any such
securities, the Holder shall give written notice to the Issuer
describing the manner and terms of such transfer. Such proposed
transfer will not be effected until: (a) either (i) the Issuer has
received an opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the
Issuer, to the effect that the registration of such securities
under the Securities Act is not required in connection with such
proposed transfer, (ii) a registration statement under the
Securities Act covering such proposed disposition has been filed by
the Issuer with the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission and has become effective under the Securities Act, or
(iii) the Issuer has received other evidence reasonably
satisfactory to the Issuer that such registration and qualification
under the Securities Act and state securities laws are not
required; and (b) either (i) the Issuer has received an opinion of
counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Issuer, to the effect that
registration or qualification under the securities or “blue
sky” laws of any state is not required in connection with
such proposed disposition, or (ii) compliance with applicable state
securities or “blue sky” laws has been effected or a
valid exemption exists with respect thereto. The Issuer will
respond to any such notice from a holder within five (5) Trading
Days. In the case of any proposed transfer under this Section 2(h),
the Issuer will use reasonable efforts to comply with any such
applicable state securities or “blue sky” laws, but
shall in no event be required, (x) to qualify to do business in any
state where it is not then qualified, (y) to take any action that
would subject it to tax or to the general service of process in any
state where it is not then subject, or (z) to comply with state
securities or “blue sky” laws of any state for which
registration by coordination is unavailable to the Issuer. The
restrictions on transfer contained in this Section 2(h) shall be in
addition to, and not by way of limitation of, any other
restrictions on transfer contained in any other section of this
Warrant. Whenever a certificate representing the Warrant Stock is
required to be issued to the Holder without a legend, in lieu of
delivering physical certificates representing the Warrant Stock,
the Issuer shall cause its transfer agent to electronically
transmit the Warrant Stock to the Holder by crediting the account
of the Holder or Holder’s Prime Broker with DTC through its
DWAC system (to the extent not inconsistent with any provisions of
this Warrant or the Purchase Agreement).
(i)
Accredited Investor Status . At the time of the exercise of
this Warrant, the Holder (i) shall be an “accredited
investor” as defined in Regulation D under the Securities
Act, or (ii) shall exercise this Warrant by means of a cashless
exercise as provided for in Section 2(c).
3.
Stock Fully Paid; Reservation and Listing of Shares;
Covenants .
(a)
Stock Fully Paid . The Issuer represents, warrants,
covenants and agrees that all shares of Warrant Stock which may be
issued upon the exercise of this Warrant or otherwise hereunder
will, when issued in accordance with the terms of this Warrant, be
duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and
free from all taxes, liens and charges created by or through the
Issuer. The Issuer further covenants and agrees that during the
period within which this Warrant may be exercised, the Issuer will
at all times have authorized and reserved for the purpose of the
issuance upon exercise of this Warrant a number of authorized but
unissued shares of Common Stock equal to at least one hundred
thirty percent (130%) of the number of shares of Common Stock
issuable upon exercise of this Warrant without regard to any
limitations on exercise.
(b)
Reservation . If any shares of Common Stock required to be
reserved for issuance upon exercise of this Warrant or as otherwise
provided hereunder require registration or qualification with any
Governmental Authority under any federal or state law before such
shares may be so issued, the Issuer will in good faith use its best
efforts as expeditiously as possible at its expense to cause such
shares to be duly registered or qualified, in accordance with and
subject to the terms and provisions of the Registration Rights
Agreement. If the Issuer shall list any shares of Common Stock on
any securities exchange or market it will, at its expense, list
thereon, and maintain and increase when necessary such listing, of,
all shares of Warrant Stock from time to time issued upon exercise
of this Warrant or as otherwise provided hereunder (
provided that such Warrant Stock has been registered
pursuant to a registration statement under the Securities Act then
in effect), and, to the extent permissible under the applicable
securities exchange rules, all unissued shares of Warrant Stock
which are at any time issuable hereunder, so long as any shares of
Common Stock shall be so listed. The Issuer will also so list on
each securities exchange or market, and will maintain such listing
of, any other securities which the Holder of this Warrant shall be
entitled to receive upon the exercise of this Warrant if at the
time any securities of the same class shall be listed on such
securities exchange or market by the Issuer.
(c)
Covenants . The Issuer shall not by any action including,
without limitation, amending the Certificate of Incorporation or
the by-laws of the Issuer, or through any reorganization, transfer
of assets, consolidation, merger, dissolution, issue or sale of
securities or any other action, avoid or seek to avoid the
observance or performance of any of the terms of this Warrant, but
will at all times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all
such terms and in the taking of all such actions as may be
necessary or appropriate to protect the rights of the Holder hereof
against dilution (to the extent specifically provided herein) or
impairment. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the
Issuer will (i) not permit the par value, if any, of its Common
Stock to exceed the then effective Warrant Price, (ii) not amend or
modify any provision of the Certificate of Incorporation or by-laws
of the Issuer in any manner that would adversely affect the rights
of the Holders of the Warrants, (iii) take all such action as may
be reasonably necessary in order that the Issuer may validly and
legally issue fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock,
free and clear of any liens, claims, encumbrances and restrictions
(other than as provided herein) upon the exercise of this Warrant,
and (iv) use its best efforts to obtain all such authorizations,
exemptions or consents from any public regulatory body having
jurisdiction thereof as may be reasonably necessary to enable the
Issuer to perform its obligations under this
Warrant.
(d)
Loss, Theft, Destruction of Warrants . Upon receipt of
evidence satisfactory to the Issuer of the ownership of and the
loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of any Warrant and, in the
case of any such loss, theft or destruction, upon receipt of
indemnity or security satisfactory to the Issuer or, in the case of
any such mutilation, upon surrender and cancellation of such
Warrant, the Issuer will make and deliver, in lieu of such lost,
stolen, destroyed or mutilated Warrant, a new Warrant of like tenor
and representing the right to purchase the same number of shares of
Common Stock.
(e)
Payment of Taxes . The Issuer will pay any documentary stamp
taxes attributable to the initial issuance of the Warrant Stock
issuable upon exercise of this Warrant; provided ,
however , that the Issuer shall not be required to pay any
tax or taxes which may be payable in respect of any transfer
involved in the issuance or delivery of any certificates
representing Warrant Stock in a name other than that of the Holder
in respect to which such shares are issued.
4.
Adjustment of Warrant Price . The price at which such shares
of Warrant Stock may be purchased upon exercise of this Warrant
shall be subject to adjustment from time to time as set forth in
this Section 4. The Issuer shall give the Holder notice of any
event described below which requires an adjustment pursuant to this
Section 4 in accordance with the notice provisions set forth in
Section 5.
(a)
Recapitalization, Reorganization, Reclassification,
Consolidation, Merger or Sale .
(i)
In case the Issuer after the Original Issue Date shall do any of
the following (each, a “ Triggering Event ”):
(a) consolidate or merge with or into any other Person and the
Issuer shall not be the continuing or surviving corporation of such
consolidation or merger, or (b) permit any other Person to
consolidate with or merge into the Issuer and the Issuer shall be
the continuing or surviving Person but, in connection with such
consolidation or merger, any Capital Stock of the Issuer shall be
changed into or exchanged for Securities of any other Person or
cash or any other property, or (c) transfer all or substantially
all of its properties or assets to any other Person, or (d) effect
a capital reorganization or reclassification of its Capital Stock,
then, and in the case of each such Triggering Event, proper
provision shall be made to the Warrant Price and the number of
shares of Warrant Stock that may be purchased upon exercise of this
Warrant so that, upon the basis and the terms and in the manner
provided in this Warrant, the Holder of this Warrant shall be
entitled upon the exercise hereof at any time after the
consummation of such Triggering Event, to the extent this Warrant
is not exercised prior to such Triggering Event, to receive at the
Warrant Price in effect at the time immediately prior to the
consummation of such Triggering Event, in lieu of the Common Stock
issuable upon such exercise of this Warrant prior to such
Triggering Event, the Securities, cash and property to which such
Holder would have been entitled upon the consummation of such
Triggering Event if such Holder had exercised the rights
represented by this Warrant immediately prior thereto (including
the right of a shareholder to elect the type of consideration it
will receive upon a Triggering Event), subject to adjustments
(subsequent to such corporate action) as nearly equivalent as
possible to the adjustments provided for elsewhere in this Section
4. Immediately upon the occurrence of a Triggering Event, the
Issuer shall notify the Holder in writing of such Triggering Event
and provide the calculations in determining the number of shares of
Warrant Stock issuable upon exercise of the new warrant and the
adjusted Warrant Price. Upon the Holder’s request, the
continuing or surviving corporation as a result of such Triggering
Event shall issue to the Holder a new warrant of like tenor
evidencing the right to purchase the adjusted number of shares of
Warrant Stock and the adjusted Warrant Price pursuant to the terms
and provisions of this Section 4(a)(i).
(ii)
In the event that the Holder has elected not to exercise this
Warrant prior to the consummation of a Triggering Event, so long as
the surviving entity pursuant to any Triggering Event is a company
that has a class of equity securities registered pursuant to the
Exchange Act and its common stock is listed or quoted on a national
securities exchange, national automated quotation system or the OTC
Bulletin Board, the surviving entity and/or each Person (other than
the Issuer) which may be required to deliver any Securities, cash
or property upon the exercise of this Warrant as provided herein
shall assume, by written instrument delivered to, and reasonably
satisfactory to, the Holder of this Warrant, (A) the obligations of
the Issuer under this Warrant (and if the Issuer shall survive the
consummation of such Triggering Event, such assumption shall be in
addition to, and shall not release the Issuer from, any continuing
obligations of the Issuer under this Warrant) and (B) the
obligation to deliver to such Holder such Securities, cash or
property as, in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this
subsection (a), such Holder shall be entitled to receive, and the
surviving entity and/or each such Person shall have similarly
delivered to such Holder an opinion of counsel for the surviving
entity and/or each such Person, which counsel shall be reasonably
satisfactory to such Holder, or in the alternative, a written
acknowledgement executed by the President or Chief Financial
Officer of the Issuer, stating that this Warrant shall thereafter
continue in full force and effect and the terms hereof (including,
without limitation, all of the provisions of this subsection (a))
shall be applicable to the Securities, cash or property which the
surviving entity and/or each such Person may be required to deliver
upon any exercise of this Warrant or the exercise of any rights
pursuant hereto.
(b)
Stock Dividends, Subdivisions and Combinations . If at any
time the Issuer shall:
(i)
make or issue or set a record date for the holders of the Common
Stock for the purpose of entitling them to receive a dividend
payable in, or other distribution of, shares of Common
Stock,
(ii)
subdivide its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a larger
number of shares of Common Stock, or
(iii)
combine its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a
smaller number of shares of Common Stock,
then (1)
the number of shares of Common Stock for which this Warrant is
exercisable immediately after the occurrence of any such event
shall be adjusted to equal the number of shares of Common Stock
which a record holder of the same number of shares of Common Stock
for which this Warrant is exercisable immediately prior to the
occurrence of such event would own or be entitled to receive after
the happening of such event, and (2) the Warrant Price then in
effect shall be adjusted to equal (A) the Warrant Price then in
effect multiplied by the number of shares of Common Stock for which
this Warrant is exercisable immediately prior to the adjustment
divided by (B) the number of shares of Common Stock for which this
Warrant is exercisable immediately after such
adjustment.
(c)
Certain Other Distributions . If at any time the Issuer
shall make or issue or set a record date for the holders of the
Common Stock for the purpose of entitling them to receive any
dividend or other distribution of:
(ii)
any evidences of its indebtedness, any shares of stock of any class
or any other securities or property of any nature whatsoever other
than cash, or
(iii)
any warrants or other rights to subscribe for or purchase
any evidences of its indebtedness, any shares of stock of any class
or any other securities or property of any nature whatsoever other
than cash,
then (1)
the number of shares of Common Stock for which this Warrant is
exercisable shall be adjusted to equal the product of the number of
shares of Common Stock for which this Warrant is exercisable
immediately prior to such adjustment multiplied by a fraction (A)
the numerator of which shall be the Per Share Market Value of
Common Stock at the date of taking such record and (B) the
denominator of which shall be such Per Share Market Value minus the
amount allocable to one share of Common Stock of any such cash so
distributable and of the fair value (as determined in good faith by
the Board of Directors of the Issuer and supported by an opinion
from an investment banking firm mutually agreed upon by the Issuer
and the Holder) of any and all such evidences of indebtedness,
shares of stock, other securities or property or warrants or other
subscription or purchase rights so distributable, and (2) the
Warrant Price then in effect shall be adjusted to equal (A) the
Warrant Price then in effect multiplied by the number of shares of
Common Stock for which this Warrant is exercisable immediately
prior to the adjustment divided by (B) the number of shares of
Common Stock for which this Warrant is exercisable immediately
after such adjustment. A reclassification of the Common Stock
(other than a change in par value, or from par value to no par
value or from no par value to par value) into shares of Common
Stock and shares of any other class of stock shall be deemed a
distribution by the Issuer to the holders of its Common Stock of
such shares of such other class of stock within the meaning of this
Section 4(c) and, if the outstanding shares of Common Stock shall
be changed into a larger or smaller number of shares of Common
Stock as a part of such reclassification, such change shall be
deemed a subdivision or combination, as the case may be, of the
outstanding shares of Common Stock within the meaning of Section
4(b).
(d)
Issuance of Additional Shares of Common Stock
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Commencing
on the Original Issue Date and ending on the two (2) year
anniversary of the Original Issue Date, in the event the Issuer
shall issue any Additional Shares of Common Stock (otherwise than
as provided in the foregoing subsections (a) through (c) of this
Section 4), at a price per share less than the Warrant Price then
in effect or without consideration, then the Warrant Price then in
effect shall be multiplied by a fraction (i) the numerator of which
shall be equal to the sum of (x) the number of shares of
outstan
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