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.
WARRANT TO PURCHASE
SHARES OF COMMON STOCK
OF
CHINA NEW ENERGY GROUP
COMPANY
Expires May 1, 2014
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No.: W-A-09-
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Number of Shares: Up to
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Date of
Issuance: May 1, 2009
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, China New
Energy Group Company, a Delaware corporation (together with its
successors and assigns, the “ Issuer ”), hereby
certifies that ______________ or its registered assigns
(the “ Holder ”) 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 May 1, 2009
and shall expire at 6:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on May 1, 2014 (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 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) 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 Section 2(c),
but only when a registration statement under the Securities Act
providing for the resale of the Warrant Stock is not then in
effect, or (iii) by a combination of the foregoing methods of
payment selected by the Holder of this Warrant.
(c)
Cashless Exercise
. Notwithstanding any provisions herein to the contrary
and commencing one (1) year following the Original Issue Date, if
(i) the VWAP of one share of Common Stock is greater than the
Warrant Price (at the date of calculation as set forth below) and
(ii) a registration statement under the Securities Act providing
for the resale of the Warrant Stock is not then in effect by the
date such registration statement is required to be effective
pursuant to the Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement
(as defined in the Purchase Agreement) or not effective at any time
during the Effectiveness Period (as defined in the Registration
Rights Agreement) in accordance with the terms of the Amended and
Restated Registration Rights Agreement, in lieu of exercising this
Warrant by payment of cash, the Holder may 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
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the number of
shares of Common Stock purchasable upon exercise of all of the
Warrant or, if only a portion of the Warrant is being exercised,
the portion of the Warrant being exercised.
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the Warrant
Price.
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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 three (3) 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 three
(3) 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, and if after such date the Holder
is required by its broker to purchase (in an open market
transaction or otherwise) shares of Common Stock to deliver in
satisfaction of a sale by the Holder of the Warrant Stock which the
Holder anticipated receiving upon such exercise (a “
Buy-In ”), then the Issuer shall (1) pay in cash to
the Holder the amount by which (x) the Holder’s total
purchase price (including brokerage commissions, if any) for the
shares of Common Stock so purchased exceeds (y) the amount obtained
by multiplying (A) the number of shares of Warrant Stock
that the Issuer was required to deliver to the Holder in connection
with the exercise at issue and (B) the price at which the
sell order giving rise to such purchase obligation was executed,
and (2) at the option of the Holder, either reinstate the portion
of the Warrant and equivalent number of shares of Warrant Stock for
which such exercise was not honored or 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. 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 shares of
Common Stock with an aggregate sale price giving rise to such
purchase obligation of $10,000, under clause (1) of the immediately
preceding sentence the Issuer shall be required to pay the Holder
$1,000. The Holder shall provide the Issuer 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 Issuer. 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 Securities and Exchange Commission and has
become effective under the Securities Act, (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, or (iv) the Holder provides
the Issuer with reasonable assurances that such security can be
sold pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act; 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 three (3) 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).
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 percent (100%) 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. 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). Notwithstanding the foregoing to the contrary,
this Section 4(a)(i) shall only apply if the surviving entity
pursuant to any such Triggering Event is a company that has a class
of equity securities registered pursuant to the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended (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. In the event that the surviving entity pursuant
to any such Triggering Event is not a public company that is
registered pursuant to the Exchange Act or its common stock is not
listed or quoted on a national securities exchange, national
automated quotation system or the OTC Bulletin Board, then the
Holder shall have the right to demand that the Issuer pay to the
Holder an amount in cash equal to the value of this Warrant
calculated in accordance with the Black-Scholes formula.
(ii) In
the event that the Holder has elected not to exercise this Warrant
prior to the consummation of a Triggering Event and has also
elected not to receive an amount in cash equal to the value of this
Warrant calculated in accordance with the Black-Scholes formula
pursuant to the provisions of Section 4(a)(i) above, 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 Chief Executive Officer 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 o
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