Exhibit 10.1
THE WARRANTS REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE AND
THE UNDERLYING SHARES WHICH MAY BE ACQUIRED UPON EXERCISE HEREOF
HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED FOR INVESTMENT ONLY AND NOT WITH A VIEW TO
DISTRIBUTION THEREOF. THE SECURITIES EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE
HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED OR QUALIFIED UNDER THE SECURITIES LAWS OF
ANY JURISDICTION. THE WARRANTS REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE AND
THE UNDERLYING SHARES WHICH MAY BE ACQUIRED UPON EXERCISE MAY NOT
BE SOLD OR OFFERED FOR SALE UNLESS AN APPROPRIATE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT UNDER APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS IS THEN IN EFFECT WITH
RESPECT THERETO, OR UNLESS AN OPINION OF COUNSEL IN FORM AND
SUBSTANCE SATISFACTORY TO THE ISSUER IS PROVIDED THAT REGISTRATION
IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER SUCH LAWS.
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Warrant to
Purchase
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Date: January
3, 2006
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2,729,000
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Shares of
Common Stock,
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as herein
described
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OurPet’s
Company
Common Stock Purchase
Warrant
Article 1. General
Provisions.
Section 1.01 This certifies that PET ZONE PRODUCTS LTD., a
limited liability company organized under the laws of the State of
Ohio (the “ Holder ”), is entitled to
purchase, at any time on or after January 3, 2006 (the “
Effective Date ”) and on or before January 2,
2011 (the “ Expiration Date ”), that
number of fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock,
without par value, of OURPET’S COMPANY, a corporation
incorporated under the laws of the State of Colorado (the “
Company ”), as set forth above, at the exercise
price of:
(a) $0.60 U.S. per share, if exercised on or after
January 3, 2006 and on or before January 2,
2009;
(b) $0.675 U.S. per share, if exercised on or after
January 3, 2009 and on or before January 2, 2010;
and
(c) $0.75 U.S. per share, if exercised on or after
January 3, 2010 and on or before January 2,
2011,
all subject to adjustment as
hereinafter provided.
Article 2. Duration and
Exercise of Warrants.
Section 2.01 Duration of Warrants
. This Warrant may be
exercised at any time on or after the Effective Date and prior to
the close of business on the Expiration Date.
Section 2.02 Terms of Exercise
. This Warrant shall
entitle the holder hereof to purchase the number of shares of
Common Stock set forth in Article 1 , subject to adjustment
as herein provided (the “ Warrant Shares
”), upon payment of the amount per share set forth in
Section 1.01, subject to adjustment as herein provided (the
“ Exercise Price ”).
Section 2.03 Exercise of
Warrant.
(a) This warrant may be exercised in whole or in
part by surrendering it, together with a subscription in the form
attached hereto duly executed, accompanied by a certified or
official bank check (or such other form of payment as the Company
may accept) in payment of the Exercise Price. Warrants may be
surrendered at the Company’s corporate offices indicated in
Section 7.02 hereof, or as such corporate office may be
relocated from time to time.
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Holder may,
without the payment of cash or other consideration (other than the
surrender of the right to purchase certain Warrant Shares implicit
in the following formula), exercise this Warrant for “Net
Warrant Shares”. The Holder shall provide written notice to
the Company specifying the gross number of Warrant Shares as to
which this Warrant is then exercised. The number of Net Warrant
Shares deliverable upon such exercise will be determined by the
following formula: Net Warrant Shares = [WS x (CP - EP)]/CP, where
“WS” is the gross number of Warrant Shares as to which
this Warrant is to be exercised; “CP” is the average
market price of the Common Stock on the ten (10) trading days
preceding the date of the request to exercise this Warrant; and
“EP” shall mean the then applicable Exercise
Price.
(c) This Warrant shall be exercisable during the
period provided in Section 2.01 at any time or in whole
or from time to time in part. As soon as practicable after the
Warrant has been so exercised, the Company shall issue and deliver
or cause to be delivered to, or upon the order of, the holder of
the Warrant, in such name or names as may be directed by such
holder, a certificate or certificates for the number of full
Warrant Shares to which such holder is entitled and, if this
Warrant shall not have been exercised in full, a new Warrant for
the number of shares of Common Stock as to which this Warrant shall
not have been exercised, subject to the surrender of the right to
purchase certain Warrant Shares implicit in the exercise of this
Warrant under Section 2.03(b). This Warrant, when so
surrendered, shall be cancelled by or on behalf of the
Company.
Section 2.04 Common Stock Issued Upon
Exercise of Warrant .
(a) All Warrant Shares shall be duly authorized,
validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. The Company shall pay
all documentary stamp taxes attributable to the initial issuance of
Warrant Shares. The Company shall not be required, however, to pay
any tax imposed in connection with any transfer involved in the
issue of the Warrant Shares in a name other than that of that
holder of this Warrant upon exercise. In such case, the Company
shall not be required to issue any certificate for Warrant Shares
until the person or persons requesting the same shall have paid to
the Company the amount of any such tax or shall have established to
the Company’s satisfaction that the tax has been paid or that
no tax is due.
(b) Irrespective of the date of issue of
certificates for any Warrant Shares acquired upon exercise of this
Warrant, each person in whose name any certificate is issued shall
be deemed to have become the holder of record of the Warrant Shares
represented thereby on the date on which this Warrant was exercised
and payment of the Exercise Price was tendered as provided in
Section 2.03 with respect to such Warrant
Shares.
Article 3. Anti-Dilution
Provisions .
Section 3.01 Adjustment of Exercise Price and Number of
Warrant Shares . The Exercise Price shall be subject to
adjustment from time to time as provided in this Article 3 .
Upon each adjustment of the Exercise Price, the holder of this
Warrant shall be entitled to purchase, at the Exercise Price
resulting from such adjustment, the number of Warrant Shares,
calculated to the nearest full share, obtained by multiplying the
Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such adjustment by
the number of Warrant Shares purchas