Exhibit 10.3
THIS WARRANT AND THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF
THIS WARRANT HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933,
AS AMENDED, OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THIS WARRANT AND THE COMMON
STOCK ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT MAY NOT BE SOLD, OFFERED
FOR SALE, PLEDGED OR HYPOTHECATED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE
REGISTRATION STATEMENT AS TO THIS WARRANT UNDER SAID ACT AND ANY
APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL REASONABLY
SATISFACTORY TO ABLE ENERGY, INC. THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT
REQUIRED.
Right to Purchase up to 160,000 Shares of Common Stock of
ABLE ENERGY, INC.
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(subject to adjustment as provided herein)
COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT
No. 160,000 Issue Date: June 30, 2006
Able Energy, Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of the State
of Delaware (the "Company"), hereby certifies that, for value received, LAURUS
MASTER FUND, LTD., or assigns (the "Holder"), is entitled, subject to the terms
set forth below, to purchase from the Company (as defined herein) from and after
the Issue Date of this Warrant and at any time or from time to time before 5:00
p.m., New York time, through the close of business June 30, 2011 (the
"Expiration Date"), up to 160,000 fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common
Stock (as hereinafter defined), $0.001 par value per share, at the applicable
Exercise Price per share (as defined below). The number and character of such
shares of Common Stock and the applicable Exercise Price per share are subject
to adjustment as provided herein.
As used herein the following terms, unless the context otherwise
requires, have the following respective meanings:
(a) The term "Company" shall include Able Energy, Inc. and any
person or entity which shall succeed, or assume the obligations of,
Able Energy, Inc.hereunder.
(b) The term "Common Stock" includes (i) the Company's Common
Stock, par value $0.001 per share; and (ii) any other securities into
which or for which any of the securities described in the preceding
clause (i) may be converted or exchanged pursuant to a plan of
recapitalization, reorganization, merger, sale of assets or otherwise.
(c) The term "Other Securities" refers to any stock (other
than Common Stock) and other securities of the Company or any other
person (corporate or otherwise) which the holder of the Warrant at any
time shall be entitled to receive, or shall have received, on the
exercise of the Warrant, in lieu of or in addition to Common Stock, or
which at any time shall be issuable or shall have been issued in
exchange for or in replacement of Common Stock or Other Securities
pursuant to Section 4 or otherwise.
(d) The "Exercise Price" applicable under this Warrant shall
be $5.57 for the shares acquired hereunder;
(e) EXERCISE OF WARRANT.
1.1. NUMBER OF SHARES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE. From and after the date
hereof through and including the Expiration Date, the Holder shall be entitled
to receive, upon exercise of this Warrant in whole or in part, by delivery of an
original or fax copy of an exercise notice in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit A (the "Exercise Notice"), shares of Common Stock of the Company,
subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 4.
1.2. FAIR MARKET VALUE. For purposes hereof, the "Fair Market Value" of
a share of Common Stock as of a particular date (the "Determination Date") shall
mean:
(a) If the Company's Common Stock is traded on the American
Stock Exchange or another national exchange or is quoted on the
National or Capital Market of The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc.("Nasdaq"),
then the closing or last sale price, respectively, reported for the
last business day immediately preceding the Determination Date.
(b) If the Company's Common Stock is not traded on the
American Stock Exchange or another national exchange or on the Nasdaq
but is traded on the NASD Over the Counter Bulletin Board, then the
mean of the average of the closing bid and asked prices reported for
the last business day immediately preceding the Determination Date.
(c) Except as provided in clause (d) below, if the Company's
Common Stock is not publicly traded, then as the Holder and the Company
agree or in the absence of agreement by arbitration in accordance with
the rules then in effect of the American Arbitration Association,
before a single arbitrator to be chosen from a panel of persons
qualified by education and training to pass on the matter to be
decided.
(d) If the Determination Date is the date of a liquidation,
dissolution or winding up, or any event deemed to be a liquidation,
dissolution or winding up pursuant to the Company's charter, then all
amounts to be payable per share to holders of the Common Stock pursuant
to the charter in the event of such liquidation, dissolution or winding
up, plus all other amounts to be payable per share in respect of the
Common Stock in liquidation under the charter, assuming for the
purposes of this clause (d) that all of the shares of Common Stock then
issuable upon exercise of the Warrant are outstanding at the
Determination Date.
1.3. COMPANY ACKNOWLEDGMENT. The Company will, at the time of the
exercise of this Warrant, upon the request of the holder hereof acknowledge in
writing its continuing obligation to afford to such holder any rights to which
such holder shall continue to be entitled after such exercise in accordance with
the provisions of this Warrant. If the holder shall fail to make any such
request, such failure shall not affect the continuing obligation of the Company
to afford to such holder any such rights.
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1.4. TRUSTEE FOR WARRANT HOLDERS. In the event that a bank or trust
company shall have been appointed as trustee for the holders of this Warrant
pursuant to Subsection 3.2, such bank or trust company shall have all the powers
and duties of a warrant agent (as hereinafter described) and shall accept, in
its own name for the account of the Company or such successor person as may be
entitled thereto, all amounts otherwise payable to the Company or such
successor, as the case may be, on exercise of this Warrant pursuant to this
Section 1.
2. PROCEDURE FOR EXERCISE.
2.1. DELIVERY OF STOCK CERTIFICATES, ETC., ON EXERCISE. The Company
agrees that the shares of Common Stock purchased upon exercise of this Warrant
shall be deemed to be issued to the Holder as the record owner of such shares as
of the close of business on the date on which this Warrant shall have been
surrendered and payment made for such shares in accordance herewith. As soon as
practicable after the exercise of this Warrant in full or in part, and in any
event within three (3) business days thereafter, the Company at its expense
(including the payment by it of any applicable issue taxes) will cause to be
issued in the name of and delivered to the Holder, or as such Holder (upon
payment by such Holder of any applicable transfer taxes) may direct in
compliance with applicable securities laws, a certificate or certificates for
the number of duly and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable shares of
Common Stock (or Other Securities) to which such Holder shall be entitled on
such exercise, plus, in lieu of any fractional share to which such holder would
otherwise be entitled, cash equal to such fraction multiplied by the then Fair
Market Value of one full share, together with any other stock or other
securities and property (including cash, where applicable) to which such Holder
is entitled upon such exercise pursuant to Section 1 or otherwise.
2.2. EXERCISE.
(a) Payment may be made either (i) in cash or by certified or
official bank check payable to the order of the Company equal to the
applicable aggregate Exercise Price, (ii) by delivery of this Warrant,
or shares of Common Stock and/or Common Stock receivable upon exercise
of this Warrant in accordance with the formula set forth in subsection
(b) below, or (iii) by a combination of any of the foregoing methods,
for the number of Common Shares specified in such Exercise Notice (as
such exercise number shall be adjusted to reflect any adjustment in the
total number of shares of Common Stock issuable to the Holder per the
terms of this Warrant) and the Holder shall thereupon be entitled to
receive the number of duly authorized, validly issued, fully-paid and
non-assessable shares of Common Stock (or Other Securities) determined
as provided herein.
(b) Notwithstanding any provisions herein to the contrary, if
the Fair Market Value of one share of Common Stock is greater than the
Exercise Price (at the date of calculation as set forth below), in lieu
of exercising this Warrant for cash, the Holder may elect to receive
shares equal to the value (as determined below) of this Warrant (or the
portion thereof being exercised) by surrender of this Warrant at the
principal office of the Company together with the properly endorsed
Exercise Notice in which event the Company shall issue to the Holder a
number of shares of Common Stock computed using the following formula:
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X= Y(A-B)
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A
Where X = the number of shares of Common Stock to be issued to
the Holder
Y = the number of shares of Common Stock purchasable
under this Warrant or, if only a portion of this
Warrant is being exercised, the portion of this
Warrant being exercised (at the date of such
calculation)
A = the Fair Market Value of one share of the
Company's Common Stock (at the date of such
calculation)
B = the Exercise Price per share (as adjusted to the
date of such calculation)
3. EFFECT OF REORGANIZATION, ETC.; ADJUSTMENT OF EXERCISE PRICE.
3.1. REORGANIZATION, CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, ETC. In case at any time or
from time to time, the Company shall (a) effect a reorganization, (b)
consolidate with or merge into any other person, or (c) transfer all or
substantially all of its properties or assets to any other person under any plan
or arrangement contemplating the dissolution of the Company, then, in each such
case, as a condition to the consummation of such a transaction, proper and
adequate provision shall be made by the Company whereby the Holder, on the
exercise hereof as provided in Section 1 at any time after the consummation of
such reorganization, consolidation or merger or the effective date of such
dissolution, as the case may be, shall receive, in lieu of the Common Stock (or
Other Securities) issuable on such exercise prior to such consummation or such
effective date, the stock and other securities and property (including cash) to
which such Holder would have been entitled upon such consummation or in
connection with such dissolution, as the case may be, if such Holder had so
exercised this Warrant, immediately prior thereto, all subject to further
adjustment thereafter as provided in Section 4.
3.2. DISSOLUTION. In the event of any dissolution of the Company
following the transfer of all or substantially all of its properties or assets,
the Company, concurrently with any distributions made to holders of its Common
Stock, shall at its expense deliver or cause to be delivered to the Holder the
stock and other securities and property (including cash, where applicable)
receivable by the Holder pursuant to Section 3.1, or, if the Holder shall so
instruct the Company, to a bank or trust company specified by the Holder and
having its principal office in New York, NY as trustee for the Holder (the
"Trustee").
3.3. CONTINUATION OF TERMS. Upon any reorganization, consolidation,
merger or transfer (and any dissolution following any transfer) referred to in
this Section 3, this Warrant shall continue in full force and effect and the
terms hereof shall be applicable to the shares of stock and other securities and
property receivable on the exercise of this Warrant after the consummation of
such reorganization, consolidation or merger or the effective date of
dissolution following any such transfer, as the case may be, and shall be
binding upon the issuer of any such stock or other securities, including, in the
case of any such transfer, the person acquiring all or substantially all of the
properties or assets of the Company, whether or not such person shall have
expressly assumed the terms of this Warrant as provided in Section 4. In the
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event this Warrant does not continue in full force and effect after the
consummation of the transactions described in this Section 3, then the Company's
securities and property (including cash, where applicable) receivable by the
Holder will be delivered to the Holder or the Trustee as contemplated by Section
3.2.
4. EXTRAORDINARY EVENTS REGARDING COMMON STOCK. In the event that the
Company shall (a) issue additional shares of the Common Stock as a dividend or
other distribution on outstanding Common Stock or any preferred stock issued by
the Company (b) subdivide its outstanding shares of Common Stock, or (c) combine
its outstanding shares of the Common Stock into a smaller number of shares of
the Common Stock, then, in each such event, the Exercise Price shall,
simultaneously with the happening of such event, be adjusted by multiplying the
then Exercise Price by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of
shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such event and the
denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding
immediately after such event, and the product so obtained shall thereafter be
the Exercise Price then in effect. The Exercise Price, as so adjusted, shall be
readjusted in the same manner upon the happening of any successive event or
events described herein in this Section 4. The number of shares of Common Stock
that the Holder shall thereafter, on the exercise hereof as provided in Section
1, be entitled to receive shall be adjusted to a number determined by
multiplying the number of shares of Common Stock that would otherwise (but for
the provisions of this Section 4) be issuable on such exercise by a fraction of
which (a) the numerator is the Exercise Price that would otherwise (but for the
provisions of this Section 4) be in effect, and (b) the denominator is the
Exercise Price in effect on the date of such exercise (taking into account the
provisions of this Section 4). Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall
the Exercise Price be less than the par value of the Common Stock.
5. CERTIFICATE AS TO ADJUSTMENTS. In each case of any adjustment or
readjustment in the shares of Common Stock (or Other Securities) issuable on the
exercise of this Warrant, the Company at its expense will promptly cause its
Chief Financial Officer or other appropriate designee to compute such adjustment
or readjustment in accordance with the terms of this Warrant and prepare a
certificate setting forth such adjustment or readjustment and showing in detail
the facts upon which such adjustment or readjustment is based, including a
statement of (a) the consideration received or receivable by the Company for any
additional shares of Common Stock (or Other Securities) issued or sold or deemed
to have been issued or sold, (b) the number of shares of Common Stock (or Other
Securities) outstanding or deemed to be outstanding, and (c) the Exercise Price
and the number of shares of Common Stock to be received upon exercise of this
Warrant, in effect immediately prior to such adjustment or readjustment and as
adjusted or readjusted as provided in this Warrant. The Company will forthwith
mail a copy of each such certificate to the Holder and any Warrant agent of the
Company (appointed pursuant to Section 11 hereof).
6. RESERVATION OF STOCK, ETC., ISSUABLE ON EXERCISE OF WARRANT. The
Company will at all times reserve and keep available, solely for issuance and
delivery on the exercise of this Warrant, shares of Common Stock (or Other
Securities) from time to time issuable on the exercise of this Warrant.
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7. ASSIGNMENT; EXCHANGE OF WARRANT. Subject to compliance with
applicable securities laws, this Warrant, and the rights evidenced hereby, may
be transferred by any registered holder hereof (a "Transferor") in whole or in
part. On the surrender for exchange of this Warrant, with the Transferor's
endorsement in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto (the "Transferor
Endorsement Form") and together with evidence reasonably satisfactory to the
Company demonstrating compliance with applicable securities laws, which shall
include, without limitation, the provision of a legal opinion from the
Transferor's counsel (at the Company's expense) that such transfer is exempt
from the registration requirements of applicable securities laws, the Company at
its expense (but with payment by the Transferor of any applicable transfer
taxes) will issue and deliver to or on the order of the Transferor thereof a new
Warrant of like tenor, in the name of the Transferor and/or the transferee(s)
specified in such Transferor Endorsement Form (each a "Transferee"), calling in
the aggregate on the face or faces thereof for the number of shares of Common
Stock called for on the face or faces of the Warrant so surrendered by the
Transferor.
8. REPLACEMENT OF WARRANT. On receipt of evidence reasonably
satisfactory to the Company of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of
this Warrant and, in the case of any such loss, theft or destruction of this
Warrant, on delivery of an indemnity agreement or security reasonably
satisfactory in form and amount to the Company or, in the case of any such
mutilation, on surrender and cancellation of this Warrant, the Company at its
expense will execute and deliver, in lieu thereof, a new Warrant of like tenor.
9. REGISTRATION RIGHTS. The Holder has been granted certain
registration rights by the Company. These registration rights are set forth in a
Registration Rights Agreement entered into by the Company and Holder dated as of
the date hereof, as the same may be amended, modified and/or supplemented from
time to time.
10. MAXIMUM EXERCISE. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary,
in no event shall the Holder be entitled to exercise any portion of this Warrant
in excess of that portion of this Warrant upon exercise of which the sum of (1)
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 portion of the Warrant or the
unexercised or unconverted portion of any other security of the Holder subject
to a limitation on conversion analogous to the limitations contained herein) and
(2) the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of the
portion of this Warrant with respect to which the determination of this proviso
is being made, would result in beneficial ownership by the Holder and its
Affiliates of any amount greater than 4.99% of the then outstanding shares of
Common Stock (whether or not, at the time of such exercise, the Holder and its
Affiliates beneficially own more than 4.99% of the then outstanding shares of
Common Stock). As used herein, the term "Affiliate" means any person or entity
that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is
controlled by or is under common control with a person or entity, as such terms
are used in and construed under Rule 144 under the Securities Act. For purposes
of the proviso to the second preceding sentence, beneficial ownership shall be
determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, and Regulations 13D-G thereunder, except as otherwise provided
in clause (1) of such proviso. The limitations set forth herein (x) may be
waived by the Holder upon provision of no less than sixty-one (61) days prior
notice to the Company and (y) shall automatically become
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null and void following notice to the Company upon the occurrence and during the
continuance of an Event of Default (as defined in the Purchase Agreement dated
as of the date hereof among the Holder and the Company (as amended, modified,
restated and/or supplemented from time to time, the "Purchase Agreement")),
except that at no time shall the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially
owned by the Holder exceed 19.99% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock.
Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the number of shares
of Common Stock issuable by the Company and acquirable by the Holder at a price
below $5.05 per share pursuant to the terms of this Warrant, the Purchase
Agreement, any Related Agreement (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) or
otherwise, shall not exceed an aggregate of 625,471 shares of Common Stock
(subject to appropriate adjustment for stock splits, stock dividends, or other
similar recapitalizations affecting the Common Stock) (the "Maximum Common Stock
Issuance"), unless the issuance of Common Shares hereunder in excess of the
Maximum Common Stock Issuance shall first be approved by the Company's
shareholders. If at any point in time and from time to time the number of shares
of Common Stock issued pursuant to the terms of this Warrant, the Purchase
Agreement, any Related Agreement (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) or
otherwise, together with the number of shares of Common Stock that would then be
issuable by the Company to the Holder in the event of a conversion pursuant to
the terms of this Warrant, the Purchase Agreement, any Related Agreement (as
defined in the Purchase Agreement) or otherwise, would exceed the Maximum Common
Stock Issuance but for this Section 10, the Company shall promptly call a
shareholders meeting to solicit shareholder approval for the issuance of the
shares of Common Stock hereunder in excess of the Maximum Common Stock Issuance.
11. WARRANT AGENT. The Company may, by written notice to the each
Holder of the Warrant, appoint an agent for the purpose of issuing Common Stock
(or Other Securities) on the exercise of this Warrant pursuant to Section 1,
exchanging this Warrant pursuant to Section 7, and replacing this Warrant
pursuant to Section 8, or any of the foregoing, and thereafter any such
issuance, exchange or replacement, as the case may be, shall be made at such
office by such agent.
12. TRANSFER ON THE COMPANY'S BOOKS. Until this Warrant is transferred
on the books of the Company, the Company may treat the registered holder hereof
as the absolute owner hereof for all purposes, notwithstanding any notice to the
contrary.
13. NOTICES, ETC. All notices and other communications from the Company
to the Holder shall be mailed by first class registered or certified mail,
postage prepaid, at such address as may have been furnished to the Company in
writing by such Holder or, until any such Holder furnishes to the Company an
address, then to, and at the address of, the last Holder who has so furnished an
address to the Company.
14. MISCELLANEOUS. This Warrant and any term hereof may be changed,
waived, discharged or terminated only by an instrument in writing signed by the
party against which enforcement of such change, waiver, discharge or termination
is sought. THIS WARRANT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF
LAWS. ANY ACTION BROUGHT CONCERNING THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS
WARRANT SHALL BE BROUGHT ONLY IN THE STATE COURTS OF NEW YORK OR IN THE FEDERAL
COURTS LOCATED IN XXX XXXXX
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XX XXX XXXX; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE HOLDER MAY CHOOSE TO WAIVE THIS
PROVISION AND BRING AN ACTION OUTSIDE THE STATE OF NEW YORK. The individuals
executing this Warrant on behalf of the Company agree to submit to the
jurisdiction of such courts and waive trial by jury. The prevailing party shall
be entitled to recover from the other party its reasonable attorneys' fees and
costs. In the event that any provision of this Warrant is invalid or
unenforceable under any applicable statute or rule of law, then such provision
shall be deemed inoperative to the extent that it may conflict therewith and
shall be deemed modified to conform with such statute or rule of law. Any such
provision which may prove invalid or unenforceable under any law shall not
affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of this Warrant.
The headings in this Warrant are for purposes of reference only, and shall not
limit or otherwise affect any of the terms hereof. The invalidity or
unenforceability of any provision hereof shall in no way affect the validity or
enforceability of any other provision hereof. The Company acknowledges that
legal counsel participated in the preparation of this Warrant and, therefore,
stipulates that the rule of construction that ambiguities are to be resolved
against the drafting party shall not be applied in the interpretation of this
Warrant to favor any party against the other party.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has executed this Warrant as of the
date first written above.
ABLE ENERGY, INC.
WITNESS:
By: s/Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
s/Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx Title: Chief Executive Officer
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EXHIBIT A
FORM OF SUBSCRIPTION
(To Be Signed Only On Exercise Of Warrant)
TO: [Newco]
Attention: Chief Financial Officer
The undersigned, pursuant to the provisions set forth in the attached
Warrant (No.____), hereby irrevocably elects to purchase (check applicable box):
_________ ________ shares of the Common Stock covered by such Warrant;
or
________ the maximum number of shares of Common Stock covered by such
Warrant pursuant to the cashless exercise procedure set
forth in Section 2.
The undersigned herewith makes payment of the full Exercise Price for
such shares at the price per share provided for in such Warrant, which is
$___________. Such payment takes the form of (check applicable box or boxes):
_________ $__________ in lawful money of the United States; and/or
_________ the cancellation of such portion of the attached Warrant as
is exercisable for a total of _______ shares of Common Stock
(using a Fair Market Value of $_______ per share for
purposes of this calculation); and/or
_________ the cancellation of such number of shares of Common Stock as
is necessary, in accordance with the formula set forth in
Section 2.2, to exercise this Warrant with respect to the
maximum number of shares of Common Stock purchasable
pursuant to the cashless exercise procedure set forth in
Section 2.
The undersigned requests that the certificates for such shares be
issued in the name of, and delivered to _________________ whose address is
______________________________________________________________________________.
The undersigned represents and warrants that all offers and sales by
the undersigned of the securities issuable upon exercise of the within Warrant
shall be made pursuant to registration of the Common Stock under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") or pursuant to an exemption from
registration under the Securities Act.
Dated:
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(Signature must conform to name of
holder as specified on the face
of the Warrant)
Address:________________________
________________________
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EXHIBIT B
FORM OF TRANSFEROR ENDORSEMENT
(To Be Signed Only On Transfer Of Warrant)
For value received, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns, and
transfers unto the person(s) named below under the heading "Transferees" the
right represented by the within Warrant to purchase the percentage and number of
shares of Common Stock of Able Energy, Inc. into which the within Warrant
relates specified under the headings "Percentage Transferred" and "Number
Transferred," respectively, opposite the name(s) of such person(s) and appoints
each such person Attorney to transfer its respective right on the books of Able
Energy, Inc. with full power of substitution in the premises.
Percentage Number
Transferees Address Transferred Transferred
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Dated:
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Signature must conform to name
of holder as specified
on the face of the Warrant)
Address:______________________
______________________
______________________
SIGNED IN THE PRESENCE OF:
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(Name)
ACCEPTED AND AGREED:
[TRANSFEREE]
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(Name)
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