THE SECURITIES
REPRESENTED HEREBY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED UNLESS (I) SUCH
SECURITIES HAVE BEEN REGISTERED FOR SALE PURSUANT TO THE SECURITIES
ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR (II) THE COMPANY HAS RECEIVED AN
OPINION OF COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO IT THAT SUCH TRANSFER
MAY LAWFULLY BE MADE WITHOUT REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT
OF 1933 OR QUALIFICATION UNDER APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES
LAWS.
SUBJECT TO THE
PROVISIONS OF SECTION 10 HEREOF, THIS WARRANT SHALL BE VOID AFTER
5:00 P.M. EASTERN TIME ON NOVEMBER 10, 2011 (THE “EXPIRATION
DATE”).
EMERALD DAIRY
INC.
WARRANT TO PURCHASE
__________ SHARES OF
COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE
$0.001 PER SHARE
FOR VALUE
RECEIVED, _______________ (“Warrantholder”), is
entitled to purchase, subject to the provisions of this Warrant,
from Emerald Dairy Inc., a Nevada corporation
(“Company”), at any time not later than 5:00 P.M.,
Eastern time, on the Expiration Date (as defined above), at an
exercise price per share equal to $2.61 (the exercise price in
effect being herein called the “Warrant Price”),
__________ shares (“Warrant Shares”) of the
Company’s Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share
(“Common Stock”). The number of Warrant Shares
purchasable upon exercise of this Warrant and the Warrant Price
shall be subject to adjustment from time to time as described
herein. This Warrant is being issued pursuant to the Securities
Purchase Agreement, dated as of November __, 2008 (the
“Purchase Agreement”), among the Company and the
initial holders of the Company Warrants (as defined below).
Capitalized terms used herein have the respective meanings ascribed
thereto in the Purchase Agreement unless otherwise defined
herein.
Section
1. Registration . The Company shall maintain books for the
transfer and registration of the Warrant. Upon the initial issuance
of this Warrant, the Company shall issue and register the Warrant
in the name of the Warrantholder.
Section
2. Transfers . As provided herein, this Warrant may be
transferred only pursuant to a registration statement filed under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities
Act”), or an exemption from such registration. Subject to
such restrictions, the Company shall transfer this Warrant from
time to time upon the books to be maintained by the Company for
that purpose, upon surrender hereof for transfer, properly endorsed
or accompanied by appropriate instructions for transfer and such
other documents as may be reasonably required by the Company,
including, if required by the Company, an opinion of its counsel to
the effect that such transfer is exempt from the registration
requirements of the Securities Act, to establish that such transfer
is being made in accordance with the terms hereof, and a new
Warrant shall be issued to the transferee and the surrendered
Warrant shall be canceled by the Company.
Section
3. Exercise of Warrant . Subject to the provisions hereof, the
Warrantholder may exercise this Warrant, in whole or in part, at
any time prior to its expiration upon surrender of the Warrant,
together with delivery of a duly executed Warrant exercise form, in
the form attached hereto as “ Appendix A ” (the
“Exercise Agreement”) and payment by cash, certified
check or wire transfer of funds of the aggregate Warrant Price for
that number of Warrant Shares then being purchased, 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
Warrantholder). The Warrant Shares so purchased shall be deemed to
be issued to the Warrantholder or the Warrantholder’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 (or the date evidence of loss, theft or destruction
thereof and security or indemnity satisfactory to the Company has
been provided to the Company), the Warrant Price shall have been
paid and the completed Exercise Agreement shall have been
delivered. Certificates for the Warrant Shares so purchased shall
be delivered to the Warrantholder within a reasonable time, not
exceeding three (3) 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 Warrantholder and shall be
registered in the name of the Warrantholder or such other name as
shall be designated by the Warrantholder, as specified in the
Exercise Agreement. 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 Warrantholder a new Warrant representing the right
to purchase the number of shares with respect to which this Warrant
shall not then have been exercised. As used herein, “business
day” means a day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, on which
banks in New York City are open for the general transaction of
business. Each exercise hereof shall constitute the re-affirmation
by the Warrantholder that the representations and warranties
contained in Section 5 of the Purchase Agreement are true and
correct in all material respects with respect to the Warrantholder
as of the time of such exercise.
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 (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
9.99% 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 may be waived by
written agreement between the Holder and the Company;
provided , however , such waiver may not be effective
less than sixty-one (61) days from the date thereof.
Section
4. Compliance with the Securities Act of
1933 . Except as provided
in the Purchase Agreement, the Company may cause the legend set
forth on the first page of this Warrant to be set forth on each
Warrant, and a similar legend on any security issued or issuable
upon exercise of this Warrant, unless counsel for the Company is of
the opinion as to any such security that such legend is
unnecessary.
Section
5. Payment of Taxes . The Company will pay any documentary stamp
taxes attributable to the initial issuance of Warrant Shares
issuable upon the exercise of the Warrant; provided, however, that
the Company 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 for Warrant Shares in a name other
than that of the Warrantholder in respect of which such shares are
issued, and in such case, the Company shall not be required to
issue or deliver any certificate for Warrant Shares or any Warrant
until the person requesting the same has paid to the Company the
amount of such tax or has established to the Company’s
reasonable satisfaction that such tax has been paid. The
Warrantholder shall be responsible for income taxes due under
federal, state or other law, if any such tax is due.
Section
6. Mutilated or Missing Warrants
. In case this Warrant shall be
mutilated, lost, stolen, or destroyed, the Company shall issue in
exchange and substitution of and upon surrender and cancellation of
the mutilated Warrant, or in lieu of and substitution for the
Warrant lost, stolen or destroyed, a new Warrant of like tenor and
for the purchase of a like number of Warrant Shares, but only upon
receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of such
loss, theft or destruction of the Warrant, and with respect to a
lost, stolen or destroyed Warrant, reasonable indemnity or bond
with respect thereto, if requested by the Company.
Section
7. Reservation of Common Stock
. The Company shall at all times
reserve and keep available out of its authorized but unissued
shares of Common Stock, solely for the purpose of providing for the
exercise of the Company Warrants, such number of shares of Common
Stock as shall from time to time equal the number of shares
sufficient to permit the exercise of the Company Warrants in
accordance with their respective terms. The Company agrees that all
Warrant Shares issued upon due exercise of the Warrant shall be, at
the time of delivery of the certificates for such Warrant Shares,
duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable
shares of Common Stock of the Company.
Section
8. Adjustments . Subject and pursuant to the provisions of this
Section 8, the Warrant Price and number of Warrant Shares subject
to this Warrant shall be subject to adjustment from time to time as
set forth hereinafter.
(a)
If the Company shall, at any time
or from time to time while this Warrant is outstanding, pay a
dividend or make a distribution on its Common Stock in shares of
Common Stock, subdivide its outstanding shares of Common Stock into
a greater number of shares or combine its outstanding shares of
Common Stock into a smaller number of shares or issue by
reclassification of its outstanding shares of Common Stock any
shares of its capital stock (including any such reclassification in
connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is
the continuing corporation), then (i) the Warrant Price in effect
immediately prior to the date on which such change shall become
effective shall be adjusted by multiplying such Warrant Price by a
fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of
Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such change and the
denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock
outstanding immediately after giving effect to such change and (ii)
the number of Warrant Shares purchasable upon exercise of this
Warrant shall be adjusted by multiplying the number of Warrant
Shares purchasable upon exercise of this Warrant immediately prior
to the date on which such change shall become effective by a
fraction, the numerator of which is shall be the Warrant Price in
effect immediately prior to the date on which such change shall
become effective and the denominator of which shall be the Warrant
Price in effect immediately after giving effect to such change,
calculated in accordance with clause (i) above. Such adjustments
shall be made successively whenever any event listed above shall
occur.
(b)
If any capital reorganization or
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