THIS WARRANT
AND THE SHARES ISSUABLE UPON THE EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT HAVE NOT
BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS
AMENDED. EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE SET FORTH HEREIN OR IN A
SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT DATED AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2008,
NEITHER THIS WARRANT NOR ANY OF SUCH SHARES MAY BE SOLD,
TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT FOR SUCH SECURITIES UNDER SAID ACT OR, AN OPINION OF
COUNSEL, IN FORM, SUBSTANCE AND SCOPE, CUSTOMARY FOR OPINIONS OF
COUNSEL IN COMPARABLE TRANSACTIONS, THAT REGISTRATION IS NOT
REQUIRED UNDER SUCH ACT OR UNLESS SOLD PURSUANT TO RULE 144 OR
REGULATION S UNDER SUCH ACT.
STOCK PURCHASE
WARRANT
THIS CERTIFIES THAT , for value received, AJW Partners, LLC or its
registered assigns, is entitled to purchase from STI Group,
Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), at
any time or from time to time during the period specified in
Paragraph 2 hereof, 64,000 fully paid and nonassessable shares
of the Company’s Common Stock, par value $.001 per share (the
“Common Stock”), at an exercise price per share equal
to $.03 (the “Exercise Price”). The term
“Warrant Shares,” as used herein, refers to the shares
of Common Stock purchasable hereunder. The Warrant
Shares and the Exercise Price are subject to adjustment as provided
in Paragraph 4 hereof. The term “Warrants”
means this Warrant and the other warrants issued pursuant to that
certain Securities Purchase Agreement, dated December 31, 2008, by
and among the Company and the Buyers listed on the execution page
thereof (the “Securities Purchase
Agreement”).
This Warrant is subject to the following terms,
provisions, and conditions:
1.
Manner of Exercise; Issuance of Certificates; Payment for
Shares. Subject
to the provisions hereof, this Warrant may be exercised by the
holder hereof, in whole or in part, by the surrender of this
Warrant, together with a completed exercise agreement in the form
attached hereto (the “Exercise Agreement”), to the
Company during normal business hours on any business day at the
Company’s principal executive offices (or such other office
or agency of the Company as it may designate by notice to the
holder hereof), and upon (i) payment to the Company in cash, by
certified or official bank check or by wire transfer for the
account of the Company of the Exercise Price for the Warrant Shares
specified in the Exercise Agreement or (ii) if the resale of the
Warrant Shares by the holder is not then registered pursuant to an
effective registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended (the “Securities Act”), delivery to the
Company of a written notice of an election to effect a
“Cashless Exercise” (as defined in Section 11(c) below)
for the Warrant Shares specified in the Exercise
Agreement. The Warrant Shares so purchased shall be
deemed to be issued to the holder hereof or such holder’s
designee, as the record owner of such shares, as of the close of
business on the date on which this Warrant shall have been
surrendered, the completed Exercise Agreement shall have been
delivered, and payment shall have been made for such shares as set
forth above. Certificates for the Warrant Shares so
purchased, representing the aggregate number of shares specified in
the Exercise Agreement, shall be delivered to the holder hereof
within a reasonable time, not exceeding five (5) business days,
after this Warrant shall have been so exercised. The
certificates so delivered shall be in such denominations as may be
requested by the holder hereof and shall be registered in the name
of such holder or such other name as shall be designated by such
holder. If this Warrant shall have been exercised only
in part, then, unless this Warrant has expired, the Company shall,
at its expense, at the time of delivery of such certificates,
deliver to the holder a new Warrant representing the number of
shares with respect to which this Warrant shall not then have been
exercised. In addition to all other available remedies
at law or in equity, if the Company fails to deliver certificates
for the Warrant Shares within five (5) business days after this
Warrant is exercised, then the Company shall pay to the holder in
cash a penalty (the “Penalty”) equal to 2% of the
number of Warrant Shares that the holder is entitled to multiplied
by the Market Price (as hereinafter defined) for each day that the
Company fails to deliver certificates for the Warrant
Shares. For example, if the holder is entitled to
100,000 Warrant Shares and the Market Price is $2.00, then the
Company shall pay to the holder $4,000 for each day that the
Company fails to deliver certificates for the Warrant
Shares. The Penalty shall be paid to the holder by the
fifth day of the month following the month in which it has
accrued.
Notwithstanding anything in this Warrant to the
contrary, in no event shall the holder of this Warrant be entitled
to exercise a number of Warrants (or portions thereof) in excess of
the number of Warrants (or portions thereof) upon exercise of which
the sum of (i) the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially
owned by the holder and its affiliates (other than shares of Common
Stock which may be deemed beneficially owned through the ownership
of the unexercised Warrants and the unexercised or unconverted
portion of any other securities of the Company (including the Notes
(as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement)) subject to a
limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation
contained herein) and (ii) the number of shares of Common Stock
issuable upon exercise of the Warrants (or portions thereof) with
respect to which the determination described herein is being made,
would result in beneficial ownership by the holder and its
affiliates of more than 4.9% of the outstanding shares of Common
Stock. For purposes of the immediately preceding
sentence, beneficial ownership shall be determined in accordance
with Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, and Regulation 13D-G thereunder, except as otherwise
provided in clause (i) of the preceding
sentence. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained herein, the limitation on exercise of this Warrant set
forth herein may not be amended without (i) the written consent of
the holder hereof and the Company and (ii) the approval of a
majority of shareholders of the Company.
2.
Period of Exercise . This Warrant is exercisable at any time or from
time to time on or after the date on which this Warrant is issued
and delivered pursuant to the terms of the Securities Purchase
Agreement and before 6:00 p.m., New York, New York time on the
seventh (7 th )
anniversary of the date of issuance (the “Exercise
Period”).
3.
Certain Agreements of the Company . The Company hereby covenants and agrees as
follows:
(a)
Shares to be Fully Paid . All Warrant
Shares will, upon issuance in accordance with the terms of this
Warrant, be validly issued, fully paid, and nonassessable and free
from all taxes, liens, and charges with respect to the issue
thereof.
(b)
Reservation of Shares . During the
Exercise Period, the Company shall at all times have authorized,
and reserved for the purpose of issuance upon exercise of this
Warrant, a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock to provide
for the exercise of this Warrant.
(c)
Listing . The Company shall promptly
secure the listing of the shares of Common Stock issuable upon
exercise of the Warrant upon each national securities exchange or
automated quotation system, if any, upon which shares of Common
Stock are then listed (subject to official notice of issuance upon
exercise of this Warrant) and shall maintain, so long as any other
shares of Common Stock shall be so listed, such listing of all
shares of Common Stock from time to time issuable upon the exercise
of this Warrant; and the Company shall so list on each national
securities exchange or automated quotation system, as the case may
be, and shall maintain such listing of, any other shares of capital
stock of the Company issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant if
and so long as any shares of the same class shall be listed on such
national securities exchange or automated quotation
system.
(d)
Certain Actions Prohibited . The Company
will not, by amendment of its charter or through any
reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger,
dissolution, issue or sale of securities, or any other voluntary
action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any
of the terms to be observed or performed by it hereunder, but will
at all times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all the
provisions of this Warrant and in the taking of all such action as
may reasonably be requested by the holder of this Warrant in order
to protect the exercise privilege of the holder of this Warrant
against dilution or other impairment, consistent with the tenor and
purpose of this Warrant. Without limiting the generality
of the foregoing, the Company (i) will not increase the par value
of any shares of Common Stock receivable upon the exercise of this
Warrant above the Exercise Price then in effect, and (ii) will take
all such actions as may be necessary or appropriate in order that
the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and
nonassessable shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of this
Warrant.
(e)
Successors and Assigns . This Warrant
will be binding upon any entity succeeding to the Company by
merger, consolidation, or acquisition of all or substantially all
the Company’s assets.
4.
Antidilution Provisions . During the Exercise Period, the Exercise Price
and the number of Warrant Shares shall be subject to adjustment
from time to time as provided in this Paragraph 4.
In the event that any adjustment of the Exercise
Price as required herein results in a fraction of a cent, such
Exercise Price shall be rounded up to the nearest cent.
(a)
Adjustment of Exercise Price and Number of Shares upon
Issuance of Common Stock . Except as otherwise
provided in Paragraphs 4(c) and 4(e) hereof, if and whenever on or
after the date of issuance of this Warrant, the Company issues or
sells, or in accordance with Paragraph 4(b) hereof is deemed to
have issued or sold, any shares of Common Stock for no
consideration or for a consideration per share (before deduction of
reasonable expenses or commissions or underwriting discounts or
allowances in connection therewith) less than the Market Price on
the date of issuance (a “Dilutive Issuance”), then
immediately upon the Dilutive Issuance, the Exercise Price will be
reduced to a price determined by multiplying the Exercise Price in
effect immediately prior to the Dilutive Issuance by a fraction,
(i) the numerator of which is an amount equal to the sum of (x) the
number of shares of Common Stock actually outstanding immediately
prior to the Dilutive Issuance, plus (y) the quotient of the
aggregate consideration, calculated as set forth in Paragraph 4(b)
hereof, received by the Company upon such Dilutive Issuance divided
by the Market Price in effect immediately prior to the Dilutive
Issuance, and (ii) the denominator of which is the total number of
shares of Common Stock Deemed Outstanding (as defined below)
immediately after the Dilutive Issuance. Notwithstanding
anything contained in this Section 4 to the contrary, the holder
hereof hereby acknowledges that the issuance of any shares of
Common Stock in connection with any of the transactions set forth
on Schedule A , attached hereto, shall not be deemed a
Dilutive Issuance and accordingly there will be no reduction
to the Exercise Price.
(b)
Effect on Exercise Price of Certain Events .
For purposes of determining the adjusted Exercise Price
under Paragraph 4(a) hereof, the following will be
applicable:
(i)
Issuance of Rights or Options . If the
Company in any manner issues or grants any warrants, rights or
options, whether or not immediately exercisable, to subscribe for
or to purchase Common Stock or other securities convertible into or
exchangeable for Common Stock (“Convertible
Securities”) (such warrants, rights and options to purchase
Common Stock or Convertible Securities are hereinafter referred to
as “Options”) and the price per share for which Common
Stock is issuable upon the exercise of such Options is less than
the Market Price on the date of issuance or grant of such Options,
then the maximum total number of shares of Common Stock issuable
upon the exercise of all such Options will, as of the date of the
issuance or grant of such Options, be deemed to be outstanding and
to have been issued and sold by the Company for such price per
share. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the
“price per share for which Common Stock is issuable upon the
exercise of such Options” is determined by dividing (i) the
total amount, if any, received or receivable by the Company as
consideration for the issuance or granting of all such Options,
plus the minimum aggregate amount of additional consideration, if
any, payable to the Company upon the exercise of all such Options,
plus, in the case of Convertible Securities issuable upon the
exercise of such Options, the minimum aggregate amount of
additional consideration payable upon the conversion or exchange
thereof at the time such Convertible Securities first become
convertible or exchangeable, by (ii) the maximum total number of
shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of all such
Options (assuming full conversion of Convertible Securities, if
applicable). No further adjustment to the Exercise Price
will be made upon the actual issuance of such Common Stock upon the
exercise of such Options or upon the conversion or exchange of
Convertible Securities issuable upon exercise of such
Options.
(ii)
Issuance of Convertible Securities . If
the Company in any manner issues or sells any Convertible
Securities, whether or not immediately convertible (other than
where the same are issuable upon the exercise of Options) and the
price per share for which Common Stock is issuable upon such
conversion or exchange is less than the Market Price on the date of
issuance, then the maximum total number of shares of Common Stock
issuable upon the conversion or exchange of all such Convertible
Securities will, as of the date of the issuance of such Convertible
Securities, be deemed to be outstanding and to have been issued and
sold by the Company for such price per share. For the
purposes of the preceding sentence, the “price per share for
which Common Stock is issuable upon such conversion or
exchange” is determined by dividing (i) the total amount, if
any, received or receivable by the Company as consideration for the
issuance or sale of all such Convertible Securities, plus the
minimum aggregate amount of additional consideration, if any,
payable to the Company upon the conversion or exchange thereof at
the time such Convertible Securities first become convertible or
exchangeable, by (ii) the maximum total number of shares of Common
Stock issuable upon the conversion or exchange of all such
Convertible Securities. No further adjustment to the
Exercise Price will be made upon the actual issuance of such Common
Stock upon conversion or exchange of such Convertible
Securities.
(iii)
Change in Option Price or Conversion Rate .
If there is a change at any time in (i) the amount of
additional consideration payable to the Company upon the exercise
of any Options; (ii) the amount of additional consideration, if
any, payable to the Company upon the conversion or exchange of any
Convertible Securities; or (iii) the rate at which any Convertible
Securities are convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock
(other than under or by reason of provisions designed to protect
against dilution), the Exercise Price in effect at the time of such
change will be readjusted to the Exercise Price which would have
been in effect at such time had such Options or Convertible
Securities still outstanding provided for such changed additional
consideration or changed conversion rate, as the case may be, at
the time initially granted, issued or sold.
(iv)
Treatment of Expired Options and Unexercised Convertible
Securities . If, in any case, the total number
of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of any Option or
upon conversion or exchange of any Convertible Securities is not,
in fact, issued and the rights to exercise such Option or to
convert or exchange such Convertible Securities shall have expired
or terminated, the Exercise Price then in effect will be readjusted
to the Exercise Price which would have been in effect at the time
of such expiration or termination had such Option or Convertible
Securities, to the extent outstanding immediately prior to such
expiration or termination (other than in respect of the actual
number of shares of Common Stock issued upon exercise or conversion
thereof), never been issued.
(v)
Calculation of Consideration Received .
If any Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities
are issued, granted or sold for cash, the consideration received
therefor for purposes o