Exhibit 4.19
NEITHER THE
ISSUANCE AND SALE OF THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE
NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THESE SECURITIES ARE EXERCISABLE HAVE
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 (B) AN
OPINION OF COUNSEL (WHICH COUNSEL SHALL BE SELECTED BY THE HOLDER),
IN A GENERALLY ACCEPTABLE FORM, THAT REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED
UNDER SAID ACT OR (II) UNLESS SOLD PURSUANT TO RULE 144 OR RULE
144A 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.
Drinks Americas Holdings,
Ltd.
Warrant To Purchase Common
Stock
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Warrant No.:
2009-[ _____ ]
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Issuance
Date: August 17, 2009
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Number of
Warrant Shares: [ _______________ ]
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Initial
Exercise Price: [$ _____ ]
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Drinks Americas Holdings, Ltd., a Delaware
corporation (“ Company ”), hereby certifies
that, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, [ _______________ ], the holder hereof or
its designees or assigns (“ Holder ”), is
entitled, subject to the terms set forth below, to purchase from
the Company, at the Exercise Price (as defined below) then in
effect, upon surrender of this Warrant to Purchase Common Stock
(including any Warrants to Purchase Common Stock issued in
exchange, transfer or replacement hereof, the “
Warrant ”), at any time or times on or after the
earlier of (a) the six-month anniversary of the Issuance Date, or
(b) the date a registration statement covering the Warrant Shares
is declared effective, but not after 11:59 p.m. Eastern time on the
fifth anniversary of the Issuance Date (the “ Exercise
Period ”), that number of duly authorized, validly
issued, fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock set
forth above (the “ Warrant Shares ”); provided,
however, that this Warrant may only be exercised for Warrant Shares
equal in value to not more than 135.0% of the aggregate Tranche
Purchase Prices indicated in one or more Tranche Notices, if any,
delivered by the Company pursuant to the Purchase
Agreement.
ARTICLE 1
EXERCISE OF
WARRANT.
1.1 Mechanics of
Exercise . Subject to the terms and conditions
hereof, this Warrant may be exercised by the Holder on any day
during the Exercise Period, in whole or in part, by (i) delivery of
a written notice to the Company, in the form attached hereto as
Appendix 1 (the “ Exercise Notice ”), of the
Holder’s election to exercise this Warrant and (ii) payment
to the Company of an amount equal to the applicable Exercise Price
multiplied by the number of Warrant Shares as to which this Warrant
is being exercised (the “ Aggregate Exercise Price
”) in cash or by wire transfer of immediately available
funds, by the issuance and delivery of a recourse promissory note
substantially in the form attached hereto as Appendix 2 (each, a
“ Recourse Note ”), or, if applicable, by
cashless exercise pursuant to Section 1.3 . The
Holder shall not be required to deliver the original Warrant in
order to effect an exercise hereunder. Execution and
delivery of the Exercise Notice with respect to less than all of
the Warrant Shares shall have the same effect as cancellation of
the original Warrant and issuance of a new Warrant evidencing the
right to purchase the remaining number of Warrant
Shares. On the same Trading Day on which the Company has
received each of the Exercise Notice and the Aggregate Exercise
Price (the “ Exercise Delivery Documents ”) by
10:30 a.m. Eastern time, or the following Trading Day if received
after such time or on a non-Trading Day, the Company shall transmit
by facsimile an acknowledgment of confirmation of receipt of the
Exercise Delivery Documents to the Holder and the Company’s
transfer agent (the “ Transfer Agent ”) and (i)
provided that the Transfer Agent is participating in The Depository
Trust Company (DTC) Fast Automated Securities Transfer (FAST)
Program, upon the request of the Holder, credit such aggregate
number of Warrant Shares to which the Holder is entitled pursuant
to such exercise to the Holder’s or its designee’s
balance account with DTC through its Deposit/Withdrawal at
Custodian (DWAC) system, or (ii) (A) if the Transfer Agent is not
participating in the DTC FAST Program issue and deliver to the
Holder or, at the Holder’s instruction pursuant to the
Exercise Notice, the Holder’s agent or designee, in each
case, sent by reputable overnight courier to the address as
specified in the applicable Exercise Notice, a certificate,
registered in the Company’s share register in the name of the
Holder or its designee (as indicated in the applicable Exercise
Notice), for the number of Warrant Shares to which the Holder is
entitled pursuant to such exercise, which certificate shall not be
imprinted with any restrictive legends and no stop transfer order
shall be placed against the transfer thereof. Upon
delivery of the Exercise Delivery Documents, the Holder shall be
deemed for all corporate purposes to have become the holder of
record of the Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant has
been exercised, irrespective of the date such Warrant Shares are
credited to the Holder’s DTC account or the date of delivery
of the certificate(s) evidencing the Warrant Shares (as the case
may be). If this Warrant is submitted in connection with
any exercise pursuant to this Section 1.1 and the number of
Warrant Shares represented by this Warrant submitted for exercise
is greater than the number of Warrant Shares being acquired upon an
exercise, then the Company shall as soon as practicable and in no
event later than three Trading Days after any exercise and return
of the previously issued Warrant, at its own expense, issue a new
Warrant representing the right 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
this Warrant is exercised. 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 to be issued shall
be rounded up to the nearest whole number. The Company
shall pay any and all taxes which may be payable with respect to
the issuance and delivery of Warrant Shares upon exercise of this
Warrant.
1.2 Exercise
Price . For purposes of this Warrant,
“ Exercise Price ” means an amount per Warrant
Share equal to the Closing Sale Price of a Share of Common Stock on
the Trading Day immediately preceding the Issuance Date, subject to
adjustment as provided herein.
1.3 Cashless
Exercise . Notwithstanding anything contained
herein to the contrary, if at any time there is not a current,
valid and effective registration statement covering the Warrant
Shares that are the subject of the Exercise Notice (the “
Unavailable Warrant Shares ”), the Holder may, in its
sole discretion, exercise this Warrant in whole or in part and, in
lieu of making the cash payment otherwise contemplated to be made
to the Company upon such exercise in payment of the Aggregate
Exercise Price, elect instead to receive upon such exercise the
“ Net Number ” of shares of Common Stock
determined according to the following formula (a “
Cashless Exercise ”):
Net Number =
(B-C) x A
B
For purposes of
the foregoing formula:
A = the total number of shares with respect to
which this Warrant is then being exercised.
B = the average of the Closing Sale Prices of
the shares of Common Stock (as reported by Bloomberg) for the five
(5) consecutive Trading Days ending on the date immediately
preceding the date of the Exercise Notice.
C = the Exercise Price then in effect for the
applicable Warrant Shares at the time of such exercise.
1.4 Company’s
Failure to Timely Deliver Securities . If the Company shall fail for any
reason or for no reason to timely deliver any of the Warrant Shares
to the Holder pursuant to Section 1.1 then, in addition to
all other remedies available to the Holder, the Company shall pay
in cash to the Holder on each day that the issuance of such shares
of Common Stock is not timely effected an amount equal to 1.5% of
the product of (A) the sum of the number of shares of Common Stock
not issued to the Holder on a timely basis and to which the Holder
is entitled and (B) the Closing Sale Price of the shares of Common
Stock on the Trading Day immediately preceding the last possible
date which the Company could have issued such shares of Common
Stock to the Holder without violating Section 1.1
. In addition to the foregoing, if after the
Company’s receipt of the facsimile copy of a Exercise Notice
the Company shall fail to timely deliver to the Holder pursuant to
Section 1.1 the number of shares of Common Stock to which
the Holder is entitled upon the Holder’s exercise hereunder,
and the Holder purchases (in an open market transaction or
otherwise) shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a
sale by the Holder of shares of Common Stock issuable upon such
exercise that the Holder anticipated receiving from the Company (a
“ Buy-In ”), then the Company shall, within one
Trading Day after the Holder’s request and in the
Holder’s discretion, either (i) pay cash to the Holder in an
amount equal to the Holder’s total purchase price (including
brokerage commissions, if any) for the shares of Common Stock so
purchased (the “ Buy-In Price ”), at which point
the Company’s obligation to credit such Holder’s
balance account with DTC shall terminate, or (ii) promptly honor
its obligation to credit such Holder’s balance account with
DTC and, if the Transfer Agent is not participating in the DTC Fast
Program, issue and deliver such shares in the manner described in
Section 1.1 and pay cash to the Holder in an amount equal to the
excess (if any) of the Buy-In Price over the product of (A) such
number of shares of Common Stock sold by Holder in satisfaction of
its obligations, times (B) the Closing Bid Price on the date of
exercise.
1.5 Exercise
Limitation . Notwithstanding any other
provision, at no time may the Holder exercise this Warrant such
that the number of Warrant Shares to be received pursuant to such
exercise aggregated with all other shares of Common Stock then
owned by the Holder beneficially or deemed beneficially owned by
the Holder would result in the Holder owning more than 4.99% of all
of such Common Stock as would be outstanding on such Exercise Date,
as determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act
and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. In
addition, as of any date, the aggregate number of shares of Common
Stock into which this Warrant is exercisable within 61 days,
together with all other shares of Common Stock then beneficially
owned (as such term is defined in Rule 13(d) under the Exchange
Act) by Holder and its affiliates, shall not exceed 9.99% of the
total outstanding shares of Common Stock as of such
date.
1.6
Restrictions . For so long as Holder holds any
Warrant Shares, Holder will not: (i) vote any shares of
Common Stock owned or controlled by it, solicit any proxies, or
seek to advise or influence any Person with respect to any voting
securities of the Company; (ii) engage or participate in any
actions, plans or proposals which relate to or would result in (a)
acquiring additional securities of the Company, alone or together
with any other Person, which would result in beneficially owning or
controlling more than 9.99% of the total outstanding Common Stock
or other voting securities of the Company, (b) an extraordinary
corporate transaction, such as a merger, reorganization or
liquidation, involving Company or any of its subsidiaries, (c) a
sale or transfer of a material amount of assets of the Company or
any of its subsidiaries, (d) any change in the present board of
directors or management of the Company, including any plans or
proposals to change the number or term of directors or to fill any
existing vacancies on the board, (e) any material change in the
present capitalization or dividend policy of the Company, (f) any
other material change in the Company’s business or corporate
structure, including but not limited to, if the Company is a
registered closed-end investment company, any plans or proposals to
make any changes in its investment policy for which a vote is
required by Section 13 of the Investment Company Act of 1940, (g)
changes in the Company’s charter, bylaws or instruments
corresponding thereto or other actions which may impede the
acquisition of control of the Company by any Person, (h) causing a
class of securities of the Company to be delisted from a national
securities exchange or to cease to be authorized to be quoted in an
inter-dealer quotation system of a registered national securities
association, (i) a class of equity securities of the Company
becoming eligible for termination of registration
pursuant to Section 12(g)(4) of the Act, or (j) any
action, intention, plan or arrangement similar to any of those
enumerated above; or (iii) request the Company or its directors,
officers, employees, agents or representatives to amend or waive
any provision of this Section 1.6 .
1.7
Disputes . In the case of a dispute as to the
determination of the Exercise Price or the arithmetic calculation
of the Warrant Shares, the Company shall promptly issue to the
Holder the number of Warrant Shares that are not disputed and
resolve such dispute in accordance with Section 12
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1.8 Insufficient
Authorized Shares . If at any time while any of the
Warrants remain outstanding the Company does not have a sufficient
number of authorized and unreserved shares of Common Stock to
satisfy its obligation to reserve for issuance upon exercise of the
Warrants at least a number of shares of Common Stock equal to 110%
of the number of shares of Common Stock as shall from time to time
be necessary to effect the exercise of all of the Warrants then
outstanding (the “ Required Reserve Amount ”)
(an “ Authorized Share Failure ”), then the
Company shall immediately take all action necessary to increase the
Company’s authorized shares of Common Stock to an amount
sufficient to allow the Company to reserve the Required Reserve
Amount for the Warrants then outstanding. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing sentence, as soon as
practicable after the date of the occurrence of an Authorized Share
Failure, but in no event later than 90 days after the occurrence of
such Authorized Share Failure, the Company shall hold a meeting of
its stockholders for the approval of an increase in the number of
authorized shares of Common Stock. In connection with
such meeting, the Company shall provide each stockholder with a
proxy statement and shall use its best efforts to solicit its
stockholders’ approval of such increase in authorized shares
of Common Stock and to cause its board of directors to recommend to
the stockholders that they approve such proposal.
ARTICLE 2
ADJUSTMENT UPON SUBDIVISION OR
COMBINATION OF COMMON STOCK.
If the Company at any time on or after the
Subscription Date subdivides (by any stock split, stock dividend,
recapitalization or otherwise) one or more classes of its
outstanding shares of Common Stock into a greater number of shares,
the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such subdivision
will be proportionately reduced and the number of Warrant Shares
will be proportionately increased. If the Company at any
time on or after the Subscription Date combines (by combination,
reverse stock split or otherwise) one or more classes of its
outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares,
the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such combination
will be proportionately increased and the number of Warrant Shares
will be proportionately decreased. Any adjustment under
this ARTICLE 2 shall become effective at the close of business on
the date the subdivision or combination becomes
effective.
ARTICLE 3
PURCHASE RIGHTS; FUNDAMENTAL
TRANSACTIONS
3.1 Purchase
Rights . In addition to any adjustments
pursuant to ARTICLE 2 above, if at any time the Company grants,
issues or sells any Options, Convertible Securities or rights to
purchase stock, warrants, securities or other property pro rata to
the record holders of any class of shares of Common Stock (the
“ Purchase Rights ”), then the Holder will be
entitled to acquire, upon the terms applicable to such Purchase
Rights, the aggregate Purchase Rights which the Holder could have
acquired if the Holder had held the number of shares of Common
Stock acquirable upon complete exercise of this Warrant (without
regard to any limitations on the exercise of this Warrant)
immediately before the date on which a record is taken for the
grant, issuance or sale of such Purchase Rights, or, if no such
record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of shares
of Common Stock are to be determined for the grant, issue or sale
of such Purchase Rights.
3.2 Fundamental
Transactions . The Company shall not enter into or
be party to a Fundamental Transaction unless the Successor Entity
assumes in writing all of the obligations of the Company under this
Warrant in accordance with the provisions of this Section
3.2 pursuant to written agreements in form and substance
satisfactory to the Required Holders and approved by the Required
Holders (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld) prior to
such Fundamental Transaction, including agreements to deliver to
each holder of Warrants in exchange for such Warrants a security of
the Successor Entity evidenced by a written instrument
substantially similar in form and substance to this Warrant,
including, without limitation, an adjusted exercise price equal to
the value for the shares of Common Stock reflected by the terms of
such Fundamental Transaction, and exercisable for a corresponding
number of shares of capital stock equivalent to the shares of
Common Stock acquirable and receivable upon exercise of this
Warrant (without regard to any limitations on the exercise of this
Warrant) prior to such Fundamental Transaction, and satisfactory to
the Required Holders. Upon the occurrence of any
Fundamental Transaction, the Successor Entity shall succeed to, and
be substituted for (so that from and after the date of such
Fundamental Transaction, the provisions of this Warrant referring
to the “Company” shall refer instead to the Successor
Entity), and may exercise every right and power of the Company and
shall assume all of the obligations of the Company under this
Warrant with the same effect as if such Successor Entity had been
named as the Company herein. Upon consummation of the
Fundamental Transaction, the Successor Entity shall deliver to the
Holder confirmation that there shall be issued upon exercise of
this Warrant at any time after the consummation of the Fundamental
Transaction, in lieu of the shares of the Common Stock (or other
securities, cash, assets or other property) purchasable upon the
exercise of this Warrant prior to such Fundamental Transaction,
such shares of stock, securities, cash, assets or any other
property whatsoever (including warrants or other purchase or
subscription rights) which the Holder would have been entitled to
receive upon the happening of such Fundamental Transaction had this
Warrant been converted immediately prior to such Fundamental
Transaction, as adjusted in accordance with the provisions of this
Warrant. In addition to and not in substitution for any
other rights hereunder, prior to the consummation of any
Fundamental Transaction pursuant to which holders of shares of
Common Stock are entitled to receive securities or other assets
with respect to or in exchange for shares of Common Stock (a
“ Corporate Event ”), the Company shall make
appropriate provision to insure that the Holder will thereafter
have the right to receive upon an exercise of this Warrant at any
time after the consummation of the Fundamental Transaction, in lieu
of the shares of the Common Stock (or other securities, cash,
assets or other property) purchasable upon the exercise of this
Warrant prior to such Fundamental Transaction, such shares of
stock, securities, cash, assets or any other property whatsoever
(including warrants or other purchase or subscription rights) which
the Holder would have been entitled to receive upon the happening
of such Fundamental Transaction had this Warrant been exercised
immediately prior to such Fundamental
Transaction. Provision made pursuant to the preceding
sentence shall be in a form and substance reasonably satisfactory
to the Required Holders. The provisions of this
Section 3.2 shall apply similarly and equally to successive
Fundamental Transactions and Corporate Events and shall be applied
without regard to any limitations on the exercise of this
Warrant.
3.3 Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event of a
Fundamental Transaction other than one in which the Successor
Entity is a Public Successor Entity that assumes this Warrant such
that this Warrant shall be exercisable for the publicly traded
common stock of such Public Successor Entity, at the request of the
Holder delivered before the 90th day after such Fundamental
Transaction, the Company (or the Successor Entity) shall purchase
this Warrant from the Holder by paying to the Holder, within five
(5) Trading Days after such request (or, if later, on the effective
date of the Fundamental Transaction), cash in an amount equal to
the value of the remaining unexercised portion of this Warrant on
the date of such consummation, which value shall be determined by
use of the Black Scholes Option Pricing Model using a volatility
equal to the 100 day average historical price volatility prior to
the date of the public announcement of such Fundamental
Transaction.
ARTICLE 4
NONCIRCUMVENTION
The Company hereby covenants and agrees that the
Company will not, by amendment of its Certificate of Incorporation,
Bylaws or through any reorganization, transfer of assets,
consolidation, merger, scheme of arrangement, 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 of this
Warrant, and will at all times in good faith carry out all the
provisions of this Warrant and take all action as may be required
to protect the rights of the Holder. Without limiting
the generality of the foregoing, the Company (i) shall 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,
(ii) shall 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, and (iii) shall, so long as this Warrant is outstanding,
take all action necessary to reserve and keep available
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