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 MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD, TRANSFERRED
OR ASSIGNED (I) IN THE ABSENCE OF (A) AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT FOR THE SECURITIES UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS
AMENDED, OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR (B) AN OPINION OF
COUNSEL, IN A GENERALLY ACCEPTABLE FORM, THAT REGISTRATION IS NOT
REQUIRED UNDER SAID ACT OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR (II)
UNLESS SOLD PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER SAID ACT. NOTWITHSTANDING
THE FOREGOING, THE SECURITIES MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A
BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER LOAN OR FINANCING ARRANGEMENT
SECURED BY THE SECURITIES. ANY TRANSFEREE OF THIS WARRANT SHOULD
CAREFULLY REVIEW THE TERMS OF THIS WARRANT, INCLUDING SECTION
2(e) HEREOF. THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS WARRANT MAY BE
LESS THAN THE NUMBER SET FORTH ON THE FACE HEREOF PURSUANT TO
SECTION 2(e) HEREOF.
SONTERRA RESOURCES,
INC.
Warrant To Purchase Common Stock
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Number of Shares:
1,000,000
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Date of
Issuance: November 13, 2008
Sonterra
Resources, Inc. (f/k/a River Capital Group, Inc.), a Delaware
corporation (the “ Company ”), hereby
certifies that, for Ten United States Dollars ($10.00) and other
good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of
which are hereby acknowledged, Longview Marquis Master Fund, L.P.,
a British Virgin Island limited partnership (“
Marquis ”), the registered holder hereof, or
its successors or permitted assigns (the “
Holder ”), is entitled, subject to the terms
and conditions set forth below, to purchase from the Company, at
any time or times on or after the date hereof, but not after 11:59
P.M. New York Time on the Expiration Date (as defined herein) ONE
MILLION (1,000,000) fully paid nonassessable shares of Common Stock
(as defined in Section 1(b) ) of the Company (the “
Warrant Shares ”) at the Warrant Exercise
Price (as defined in Section 1(b) ); provided ,
however, that in no event shall the Holder be entitled or required
to exercise this Warrant for a number of Warrant Shares in excess
of that number of Warrant Shares that, 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. 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 that would be issuable upon (i) exercise of
the remaining, unexercised Warrants (as defined in Section 1(b)
below) beneficially owned by the Holder and its Affiliates and (ii)
exercise, conversion or exchange of the unexercised, unconverted or
unexchanged portion of any other securities of the Company
beneficially owned by the Holder and its Affiliates subject to a
limitation on conversion, exercise or exchange 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
Exchange Act (as defined in Section 1(b)). 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
Periodic Report (as defined in Section 1(b)), (2) a more recent
public announcement by the Company or (3) any other written
(including e-mail) notice by the Company or its transfer agent
setting forth the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding.
Upon the written request of the Holder, the Company shall promptly,
but in no event later than two Business Days following the receipt
of such request, confirm in writing to the 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 conversion, exercise or exchange of securities of the
Company, including this Warrant, by the Holder and its Affiliates
since the date as of which such number of outstanding shares of
Common Stock was reported.
(a) Securities Exchange Agreement
. This Warrant is issued pursuant to
Section 1 of that certain Securities Exchange Agreement,
dated as of November 13, 2008, among the Company and Marquis
referred to therein (as such agreement may be amended from time to
time as provided therein, the “ Securities Exchange
Agreement ”). Each capitalized term used, and not
otherwise defined, herein shall have the meaning ascribed thereto
in the Securities Exchange Agreement.
(b) Definitions . The following words and terms used in this
Warrant shall have the following meanings:
(i) “ Approved Stock Plan
” means the Company’s 2007 Non-Qualified Stock Option
Plan and the 2008 Sonterra Resources, Inc. Equity Compensation
Plan, each as in effect as of the date of the Securities Exchange
Agreement, without amendment or modification thereafter.
(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) “ Common Stock ”
means (A) the Company’s Common Stock, par value $0.001
per share, and (B) any capital stock into which such Common
Stock shall have been changed or any capital stock resulting from a
reclassification of such Common Stock.
(iv) “ Convertible Securities
” means any stock or securities (other than Options) directly
or indirectly convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for
Common Stock.
(v) “ dollar ” or
“ $ ” means U.S. dollars.
(vi)
“Exchange
Act” means
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
(vii) “ Exempted Issuances
” means (I) shares of Common Stock issued or deemed to be
issued by the Company pursuant to, and in accordance with the terms
of, any Approved Stock Plan, provided that the Company shall not
(A) amend any Option to reduce its exercise price, (B) cancel any
Option and re-grant an Option with a lower exercise price than the
original exercise price of the cancelled Option, or (C) take any
other action (whether in the form of an amendment, cancellation or
replacement grant) that has the effect of repricing an Option,
except pursuant to a proportional adjustment to the exercise price
and number of shares issuable thereunder to reflect a stock split
dividend or stock combination with respect to the Common Stock;
(II) shares of Common Stock issued or deemed to be issued by the
Company upon the conversion, exchange or exercise of any option,
obligation or security outstanding on the date prior to the Warrant
Date and set forth in Schedule 3(c) to the Securities Exchange
Agreement, provided that the terms of such option, obligation or
security are not amended or otherwise modified on or after the date
of the Securities Exchange Agreement, and provided that the
conversion price, exchange price, exercise price or other purchase
price is not reduced, adjusted or otherwise modified and the number
of shares of Common Stock issued or issuable thereunder is not
increased (whether by operation of, or in accordance with, the
relevant governing documents or otherwise) on or after the date of
the Securities Exchange Agreement; or (III) shares of Common Stock
issued or deemed to be issued by the Company upon exercise of this
Warrant or the warrant pursuant to that certain Securities Purchase
Agreement.
(viii) “ Expiration Date
” means the date that is five years after the Warrant Date
(as defined in Section 12 ) or, if such date does not fall
on a Business Day, then the next Business Day.
(ix) “ Options ” means
any rights, warrants or options to subscribe for or purchase any
Common Stock or Convertible Securities.
(x) “ Person ” means
an individual, a limited liability company, a partnership, a joint
venture, a corporation, a trust, an unincorporated organization or
a government or any department or agency thereof or any other legal
entity.
(xi) “ Principal Market
” means, with respect to the Common Stock or any other
security, the principal securities exchange or trading market for
the Common Stock or such other security.
(xii) “ Securities Act ”
means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, together with the
rules and regulations promulgated by the Securities and Exchange
Commission thereunder.
(xiii) “ Trading Day ”
means any day on which the Common Stock is traded on its Principal
Market; provided that “Trading Day” shall not include
any day on which the Common Stock is scheduled to trade, or
actually trades, on its Principal Market for less than 4.5
hours.
(xiv) “ Warrants ” means
this Warrant and all warrants issued in exchange, transfer or
replacement thereof pursuant to the terms of this
Warrant.
(xv) “ Warrant Exercise Price
” shall be equal to, with respect to any Warrant Share,
$0.01, subject to adjustment as hereinafter
provided.
(xvi) “ Weighted Average Price
” means, for any security as of any date, the dollar
volume-weighted average price for such security on its Principal
Market during the period beginning at 9:30 a.m. New York City time
(or such other time as its Principal Market publicly announces is
the official open of trading) and ending at 4:00 p.m. New York City
time (or such other time as its Principal Market publicly announces
is the official close of trading) as reported by Bloomberg
Financial Markets (or any successor thereto) (“
Bloomberg ”) through its “Volume at
Price” functions, or if the foregoing does not apply, the
dollar volume-weighted average price of such security in the
over-the-counter market on the electronic bulletin board for such
security during the period beginning at 9:30 a.m. New York City
time (or such other time as such over-the-counter market publicly
announces is the official open of trading), and ending at 4:00 p.m.
New York City time (or such other time as such over-the-counter
market publicly announces is the official close of trading) as
reported by Bloomberg, or, if no dollar volume-weighted average
price is reported for such security by Bloomberg for such hours,
the average of the highest closing bid price and the lowest closing
ask price of any of the market makers for such security as reported
in the “pink sheets” by the National Quotation Bureau,
Inc. If the Weighted Average Price cannot be calculated for such
security on such date on any of the foregoing bases, the Weighted
Average Price of such security on such date shall be the fair
market value as mutually determined by the Company and the Holder.
If the Company and the Holder are unable to agree upon the fair
market value of such security, then such dispute shall be resolved
pursuant to Section 2(d) . All such determinations shall be
appropriately adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, stock
combination or other similar transaction during any period during
which the Weighted Average Price is being determined.
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, in whole or in part, at any time on
any Business Day on or after the opening of business on the date
hereof and prior to 11:59 P.M. New York City time on the Expiration
Date by (i) delivery of a written notice, in the form of the
exercise 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 and, if such exercise is
conditioned upon consummation of any transaction (an “
Exercise Trigger Transaction ”), such
condition to exercise, (ii) (A) payment to the Company of an amount
equal to the product of the Warrant Exercise Price multiplied by
the number of Warrant Shares as to which this Warrant is being
exercised (such product, the “ Aggregate Exercise
Price ”), by check or wire transfer of funds, or (B)
notifying the Company that this Warrant is being exercised pursuant
to a Cashless Exercise (as defined in Section 2(e) ), and
(iii) if required by Section 2(f) , unless the Holder has
previously delivered this Warrant to the Company and it or a new
replacement Warrant has not yet been delivered to the Holder, the
surrender to a common carrier for overnight delivery to the Company
as soon as practicable following such date, of this Warrant (or an
indemnification undertaking, in customary form, with respect to
this Warrant in the case of its loss, theft or destruction pursuant
to Section 10 ); provided , that if such Warrant
Shares are to be issued in any name other than that of the Holder,
such issuance shall be deemed a transfer and the provisions of
Section 7 shall be applicable. In the event of any exercise
of the rights represented by this Warrant in compliance with this
Section 2(a) , on the second Business Day (the “
Warrant Share Delivery Date ”) following the
date of its receipt of the Exercise Notice, the Aggregate Exercise
Price (or notice of Cashless Exercise) and, if required by
Section 2(f) (unless the Holder has previously delivered
this Warrant to the Company and a new or replacement Warrant has
not yet been delivered to the Holder), this Warrant (or an
indemnification undertaking, in customary form, with respect to
this Warrant in the case of its loss, theft or destruction,
pursuant to Section 10 ) (the “ Exercise
Delivery Documents ”) (or, if the exercise of this
Warrant is conditioned upon the consummation of an Exercise Trigger
Transaction, on the later of such second Business Day and the date
of consummation of such Exercise Trigger Transaction), (A) if the
transfer agent for the Common Stock is participating in The
Depository Trust Company (“ DTC ”)
Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program and the Holder is
eligible to receive shares through DTC, the Company shall 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 DTC through its Deposit Withdrawal Agent
Commission system, or (B) if not, the Company shall issue and
deliver to the address specified in the Exercise Notice, a
certificate, registered in the name of the Holder or its designee,
for the number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder shall
be entitled. Upon the latest of (x) the date of delivery of the
Exercise Notice, (y) the date of delivery of the Aggregate Exercise
Price referred to in clause (ii)(A) above or notification to the
Company of a Cashless Exercise referred to in Section 2(e) ,
and (z) if the exercise of this Warrant is conditioned upon the
consummation of an Exercise Trigger Transaction, the date of such
consummation, the Holder shall be deemed for all purposes to have
become the holder of record of the Warrant Shares with respect to
which this Warrant has been exercised (the date thereof being
referred to as the “ Deemed Issuance Date
”), irrespective of the date of delivery of this Warrant as
required by clause (iii) above or the certificates evidencing such
Warrant Shares.
(b) If this Warrant is submitted for exercise, as
may be required by Section 2(f) , and 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 Business Days after receipt of this
Warrant (the “ Warrant Delivery Date
”) and at its own expense, issue a new Warrant identical in
all respects to this Warrant, except that it shall represent rights
to purchase the number of Warrant Shares purchasable immediately
prior to such exercise under this Warrant, less the number of
Warrant Shares with respect to which such Warrant is exercised
(together with, in the case of a Cashless Exercise, the number of
Warrant Shares surrendered in lieu of payment of the Exercise
Price).
(c) No fractional shares of Common Stock are to be
issued upon the exercise of this Warrant, but rather the number of
shares of Common Stock issued upon exercise of this Warrant shall
be rounded up or down to the nearest whole number (with 0.5 rounded
up).
(d) If the Company shall fail for any reason or for
no reason (x) to issue and deliver to the Holder within two
Business Days of receipt of the Exercise Delivery Documents a
certificate for the number of shares of Common Stock to which the
Holder is entitled or to credit the Holder’s balance account
with DTC for such number of shares of Common Stock to which the
Holder is entitled upon the Holder’s exercise of this Warrant
or (y) to issue and deliver to the Holder on the Warrant
Delivery Date a new Warrant for the number of shares of Common
Stock to which the Holder is entitled pursuant to Section
2(b) , if any, then the Company shall, in addition to any other
remedies under this Warrant or the Securities Exchange Agreement or
otherwise available to the Holder, including any indemnification
under Section 8 of the Securities Exchange Agreement, pay as
additional damages in cash to the Holder on each day after such
second Business Day that such shares of Common Stock are not issued
and delivered to the Holder, in the case of clause (x) above, or
such third Business Day that such Warrant is not delivered, in the
case of clause (y) above, an amount equal to the sum of (i) 0.5% of
the product of (A) the number of shares of Common Stock not issued
to the Holder on or prior to the Warrant Share Delivery Date and
(B) the Weighted Average Price of the Common Stock on the Warrant
Share Delivery Date, in the case of the failure to deliver Common
Stock, and (ii) if the Company has failed to deliver a Warrant to
the Holder on or prior to the Warrant Delivery Date, 0.5% of the
product of (x) the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon
exercise of the Warrant as of the Warrant Delivery Date, and (y)
the Weighted Average Price of the Common Stock on the Warrant
Delivery Date. Alternatively, at the election of the Holder made in
the Holder’s sole discretion, the Company shall pay to the
Holder, in lieu of the additional damages referred to in the
preceding sentence (but in addition to all other available remedies
that the Holder may pursue hereunder and under the Securities
Exchange Agreement (including indemnification pursuant to
Section 8 thereof)), 110% of the amount that (A) the
Holder’s total purchase price (including brokerage
commissions, if any) for shares of Common Stock purchased to make
delivery in satisfaction of a sale by such holder of the shares of
Common Stock t
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