NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THIS SECURITY IS EXERCISABLE
HAVE BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE
SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM
REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES
ACT"), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN
EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN
AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION
REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE
SECURITIES LAWS AS EVIDENCED BY A LEGAL OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE TRANSFEROR TO
SUCH EFFECT, THE SUBSTANCE OF WHICH SHALL BE REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE
COMPANY. THIS SECURITY AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS
SECURITY MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER
LOAN SECURED BY SUCH SECURITIES.
COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT
DRINKS AMERICAS HOLDINGS, LTD.
Warrant Shares: ______ Initial Exercise Date: July __, 2007
Issue Date: January __, 2007
THIS COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT (the "Warrant") certifies that,
for value received, _____________ (the "Holder"), is entitled, upon the terms
and subject to the limitations on exercise and the conditions hereinafter set
forth, at any time on or after the six month anniversary of the date hereof (the
"Initial Exercise Date") and on or prior to the close of business on the 5 year
anniversary of the Initial Exercise Date (the "Termination Date") but not
thereafter, to subscribe for and purchase from Drinks Americas Holdings, Ltd., a
Delaware corporation (the "Company"), up to ______ shares (the "Warrant Shares")
of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company (the "Common
Stock"). The purchase price of one share of Common Stock under this Warrant
shall be equal to the Exercise Price, as defined in Section 2(b).
Section 1. Definitions. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined
herein shall have the meanings set forth in that certain Securities Purchase
Agreement (the "Purchase Agreement"), dated January 30, 2007, among the Company
and the purchasers signatory thereto.
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Section 2. Exercise.
a) Exercise of Warrant. Exercise of the purchase rights represented
by this Warrant may be made, in whole or in part, at any time or times on
or after the Initial Exercise Date and on or before the Termination Date
by delivery to the Company of a duly executed facsimile copy of the Notice
of Exercise Form annexed hereto (or such other office or agency of the
Company as it may designate by notice in writing to the registered Holder
at the address of such Holder appearing on the books of the Company); and,
within 3 Trading Days of the date said Notice of Exercise is delivered to
the Company, the Company shall have received payment of the aggregate
Exercise Price of the shares thereby purchased by wire transfer or
cashier's check drawn on a United States bank. Notwithstanding anything
herein to the contrary, the Holder shall not be required to physically
surrender this Warrant to the Company until the Holder has purchased all
of the Warrant Shares available hereunder and the Warrant has been
exercised in full, in which case, the Holder shall surrender this Warrant
to the Company for cancellation within 3 Trading Days of the date the
final Notice of Exercise is delivered to the Company. Partial exercises of
this Warrant resulting in purchases of a portion of the total number of
Warrant Shares available hereunder shall have the effect of lowering the
outstanding number of Warrant Shares purchasable hereunder in an amount
equal to the applicable number of Warrant Shares purchased. The Holder and
the Company shall maintain records showing the number of Warrant Shares
purchased and the date of such purchases. The Company shall deliver any
objection to any Notice of Exercise Form within 2 Business Days of receipt
of such notice. The Holder and any assignee, by acceptance of this
Warrant, acknowledge and agree that, by reason of the provisions of this
paragraph, following the purchase of a portion of the Warrant Shares
hereunder, the number of Warrant Shares available for purchase hereunder
at any given time may be less than the amount stated on the face hereof.
b) Exercise Price. The exercise price per share of the Common Stock
under this Warrant shall be $3.00, subject to adjustment hereunder (the
"Exercise Price").
c) Cashless Exercise. If at any time after one year from the date of
issuance of this Warrant there is no effective Registration Statement
registering, or no current prospectus available for, the resale of the
Warrant Shares by the Holder, then this Warrant may also be exercised at
such time by means of a "cashless exercise" in which the Holder shall be
entitled to receive a certificate for the number of Warrant Shares equal
to the quotient obtained by dividing [(A-B) (X)] by (A), where:
(A) = the VWAP on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of
such election;
(B) = the Exercise Price of this Warrant, as adjusted; and
(X) = the number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of this
Warrant in accordance with the terms of this Warrant by means
of a cash exercise rather than a cashless exercise.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, on the Termination
Date, this Warrant shall be automatically exercised via cashless exercise
pursuant to this Section 2(c).
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d) Exercise Limitations. The Company shall not effect any exercise
of this Warrant, and a Holder shall not have the right to exercise any
portion of this Warrant, pursuant to Section 2(c) or otherwise, to the
extent that after giving effect to such issuance after exercise as set
forth on the applicable Notice of Exercise, such Holder (together with
such Holder's Affiliates, and any other person or entity acting as a group
together with such Holder or any of such Holder's Affiliates), as set
forth on the applicable Notice of Exercise, would beneficially own in
excess of the Beneficial Ownership Limitation (as defined below). For
purposes of the foregoing sentence, the number of shares of Common Stock
beneficially owned by such Holder and its Affiliates shall include the
number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant
with respect to which such determination is being made, but shall exclude
the number of shares of Common Stock which would be issuable upon (A)
exercise of the remaining, nonexercised portion of this Warrant
beneficially owned by such Holder or any of its Affiliates and (B)
exercise or conversion of the unexercised or nonconverted portion of any
other securities of the Company (including, without limitation, any other
Common Stock or Warrants) subject to a limitation on conversion or
exercise analogous to the limitation contained herein beneficially owned
by such Holder or any of its affiliates. Except as set forth in the
preceding sentence, for purposes of this Section 2(d), beneficial
ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the
Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, it
being acknowledged by a Holder that the Company is not representing to
such Holder that such calculation is in compliance with Section 13(d) of
the Exchange Act and such Holder is solely responsible for any schedules
required to be filed in accordance therewith. To the extent that the
limitation contained in this Section 2(d) applies, the determination of
whether this Warrant is exercisable (in relation to other securities owned
by such Holder together with any Affiliates) and of which a portion of
this Warrant is exercisable shall be in the sole discretion of a Holder,
and the submission of a Notice of Exercise shall be deemed to be each
Holder's determination of whether this Warrant is exercisable (in relation
to other securities owned by such Holder together with any Affiliates) and
of which portion of this Warrant is exercisable, in each case subject to
such aggregate percentage limitation, and the Company shall have no
obligation to verify or confirm the accuracy of such determination. In
addition, a determination as to any group status as contemplated above
shall be determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act
and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. For purposes of this
Section 2(d), in determining the number of outstanding shares of Common
Stock, a Holder may rely on the number of outstanding shares of Common
Stock as reflected in (x) the Company's most recent Form 10-QSB or Form
10-KSB, as the case may be, (y) a more recent public announcement by the
Company or (z) any other notice by the Company or the Company's Transfer
Agent setting forth the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding. Upon
the written or oral request of a Holder, the Company shall within two
Trading Days confirm orally and in writing to such Holder the number of
shares of Common Stock then outstanding. In any case, the number of
outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be determined after giving effect
to the conversion or exercise of securities of the Company, including this
Warrant, by such Holder or its Affiliates since the date as of which such
number of outstanding shares of Common Stock was reported. The "Beneficial
Ownership Limitation" shall be 4.99% of the number of shares of the Common
Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of
shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant. The
Beneficial Ownership Limitation provisions of this Section 2(d) may be
waived by such Holder, at the election of such Holder, upon not less than
61 days' prior notice to the Company to change the Beneficial Ownership
Limitation to 9.99% of the number of shares of the Common Stock
outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of shares of
Common Stock upon exercise of this Warrant, and the provisions of this
Section 2(d) shall continue to apply. Upon such a change by a Holder of
the Beneficial Ownership Limitation from such 4.99% limitation to such
9.99% limitation, the Beneficial Ownership Limitation may not be further
waived by such Holder. The provisions of this paragraph shall be construed
and implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the
terms of this Section 2(d) to correct this paragraph (or any portion
hereof) which may be defective or inconsistent with the intended
Beneficial Ownership Limitation herein contained or to make changes or
supplements necessary or desirable to properly give effect to such
limitation. The limitations contained in this paragraph shall apply to a
successor holder of this Warrant.
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e) Mechanics of Exercise.
i. Authorization of Warrant Shares. The Company
covenants that all Warrant Shares which may be issued upon the
exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant
will, upon exercise of the purchase rights represented by this
Warrant, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable and free from all taxes, liens and charges
created by the Company in respect of the issue thereof (other
than taxes in respect of any transfer occurring
contemporaneously with such issue).
ii. Delivery of Certificates Upon Exercise. Certificates
for shares purchased hereunder shall be transmitted by the
transfer agent of the Company to the Holder by crediting the
account of the Holder's prime broker with the Depository Trust
Company through its Deposit Withdrawal Agent Commission
("DWAC") system if the Company is a participant in such
system, and otherwise by physical delivery to the address
specified by the Holder in the Notice of Exercise within 3
Trading Days from the delivery to the Company of the Notice of
Exercise Form, surrender of this Warrant (if required) and
payment of the aggregate Exercise Price as set forth above
("Warrant Share Delivery Date"). This Warrant shall be deemed
to have been exercised on the date the Exercise Price is
received by the Company. The Warrant Shares shall be deemed to
have been issued, and Holder or any other person so designated
to be named therein shall be deemed to have become a holder of
record of such shares for all purposes, as of the date the
Warrant has been exercised by payment to the Company of the
Exercise Price (or by cashless exercise, if permitted) and all
taxes required to be paid by the Holder, if any, pursuant to
Section 2(e)(vii) prior to the issuance of such shares, have
been paid.
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iii. Delivery of New Warrants Upon Exercise. If this
Warrant shall have been exercised in part, the Company shall,
at the request of a Holder and upon surrender of this Warrant
certificate, at the time of delivery of the certificate or
certificates representing Warrant Shares, deliver to Holder a
new Warrant evidencing the rights of Holder to purchase the
unpurchased Warrant Shares called for by this Warrant, which
new Warrant shall in all other respects be identical with this
Warrant.
iv. Rescission Rights. If the Company fails to cause its
transfer agent to transmit to the Holder a certificate or
certificates representing the Warrant Shares pursuant to this
Section 2(e)(iv) by the Warrant Share Delivery Date, then the
Holder will have the right to rescind such exercise.
v. Compensation for Buy-In on Failure to Timely Deliver
Certificates Upon Exercise. In addition to any other rights
available to the Holder, if the Company fails to cause its
transfer agent to transmit to the Holder a certificate or
certificates representing the Warrant Shares pursuant to an
exercise on or before the Warrant Share Delivery Date, and if
after such date the Holder is required by its broker to
purchase (in an open market transaction or otherwise) or the
Holder's brokerage firm otherwise purchases, shares of Common
Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Holder of
the Warrant Shares which the Holder anticipated receiving upon
such exercise (a "Buy-In"), then the Company 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 Warrant Shares that
the Company was required to deliver to the Holder in
connection with the exercise at issue times (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
Warrant Shares 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 Company 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
Company shall be required to pay the Holder $1,000. The Holder
shall provide the Company written notice indicating the
amounts payable to the Holder in respect of the Buy-In and,
upon request of the Company, evidence of the amount of such
loss. 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
Company's failure to timely deliver certificates representing
shares of Common Stock upon exercise of the Warrant as
required pursuant to the terms hereof.
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vi. No Fractional Shares or Scrip. No fractional shares
or scrip representing fractional shares shall be issued upon
the exercise of this Warrant. As to any fraction of a share
which Holder would otherwise be entitled to purchase upon such
exercise, the Company shall at its election, either pay a cash
adjustment in respect of such final fraction in an amount
equal to such fraction multiplied by the Exercise Price or
round up to the next whole share.
vii. Charges, Taxes and Expenses. Issuance of
certificates for Warrant Shares shall be made without charge
to the Holder for any issue or transfer tax or other
incidental expense in respect of the issuance of such
certificate, all of which taxes and expenses shall be paid by
the Company, and such certificates shall be issued in the name
of the Holder or in such name or names as may be directed by
the Holder; provided, however, that in the event certificates
for Warrant Shares are to be issued in a name other than the
name of the Holder, this Warrant when surrendered for exercise
shall be accompanied by the Assignment Form attached hereto
duly executed by the Holder; and the Company may require, as a
condition thereto, the payment of a sum sufficient to
reimburse it for any transfer tax incidental thereto.
viii. Closing of Books. The Company will not close its
stockholder books or records in any manner which prevents the
timely exercise of this Warrant, pursuant to the terms hereof.
Section 3. Certain Adjustments.
a) Stock Dividends and Splits. If the Company, at any time while
this Warrant is outstanding: (A) pays a stock dividend or otherwise make a
distribution or distributions on shares of its Common Stock or any other
equity or equity equivalent securities payable in shares of Common Stock
(which, for avoidance of doubt, shall not include any shares of Common
Stock issued by the Company upon exercise of this Warrant), (B) subdivides
outstanding shares of Common Stock into a larger number of shares, (C)
combines (including by way of reverse stock split) outstanding shares of
Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (D) issues by
reclassification of shares of the Common Stock any shares of capital stock
of the Company, then in each case the Exercise Price shall be multiplied
by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the number of shares of
Common Stock (excluding treasury shares, if any) outstanding immediately
before such event and of which the denominator shall be the number of
shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event and the
number of shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant shall be
proportionately adjusted. Any adjustment made pursuant to this Section
3(a) shall become effective immediately after the record date for the
determination of stockholders entitled to receive such dividend or
distribution and shall become effective immediately after the effective
date in the case of a subdivision, combination or re-classification.
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b) Subsequent Equity Sales. If the Company or any Subsidiary
thereof, as applicable, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding,
shall sell or grant any option to purchase, or sell or grant any right to
reprice its securities, or otherwise dispose of or issue (or announce any
offer, sale, grant or any option to purchase or other disposition) any
Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents entitling any Person to acquire
shares of Common Stock, at an effective price per share less than the then
Exercise Price (such lower price, the "Base Share Price" and such
issuances collectively, a "Dilutive Issuance") (if the holder of the
Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents so issued shall at any time,
whether by operation of purchase price adjustments, reset provisions,
floating conversion, exercise or exchange prices or otherwise, or due to
warrants, options or rights per share which are issued in connection with
such issuance, be entitled to receive shares of Common Stock at an
effective price per share which is less than the Exercise Price, such
issuance shall be deemed to have occurred for less than the Exercise Price
on such date of the Dilutive Issuance), then the Exercise Price shall be
reduced and only reduced to equal the Base Share Price and the number of
Warrant Shares issuable hereunder shall be increased such that the
aggregate Exercise Price payable hereunder, after taking into account the
decrease in the Exercise Price, shall be equal to the aggregate Exercise
Price prior to such adjustment. Such adjustment shall be made whenever
such Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents are issued. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, no adjustments shall be made, paid or issued under this
Section 3(b) in respect of an Exempt Issuance. The Company shall notify
the Holder in writing, no later than the Trading Day following the
issuance of any Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents subject to this
Section 3(b), indicating therein the applicable issuance price, or
applicable reset price, exchange price, conversion price and other pricing
terms (such notice the "Dilutive Issuance Notice"). For purposes of
clarification, whether or not the Company provides a Dilutive Issuance
Notice pursuant to this Section 3(b), upon the occurrence of any Dilutive
Issuance, after the date of such Dilutive Issuance the Holder is entitled
to receive a number of Warrant Shares based upon the Base Share Price
regardless of whether the Holder accurately refers to the Base Share Price
in the Notice of Exercise.
c) Subsequent Rights Offerings. If the Company, at any time while
the Warrant is outstanding, shall issue rights, options or warrants to all
holders of Common Stock (and not to Holders) entitling them to subscribe
for or purchase shares of Common Stock at a price per share less than the
VWAP at the record date mentioned below, then the Exercise Price shall be
multiplied by a fraction, of which the denominator shall be the number of
shares of the Common Stock outstanding on the date of issuance of such
rights or warrants plus the number of additional shares of Common Stock
offered for subscription or purchase, and of which the numerator shall be
the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding on the date of
issuance of such rights or warrants plus the number of shares which the
aggregate offering price of the total number of shares so offered
(assuming receipt by the Company in full of all consideration payable upon
exercise of such rights, options or warrants) would purchase at such VWAP.
Such adjustment shall be made whenever such rights or warrants are issued,
and shall become effective immediately after the record date for the
determination of stockholders entitled to receive such rights, options or
warrants.
d) Pro Rata Distributions. If the Company, at any time prior to the
Termination Date, shall distribute to all holders of Common Stock (and not
to Holders of the Warrants) evidences of its indebtedness or assets
(including cash and cash dividends) or rights or warrants to subscribe for
or purchase any security other than the Common Stock (which shall be
subject to Section 3(b)), then in each such case the Exercise Price shall
be adjusted by multiplying the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior
to the record date fixed for determination of stockholders entitled to
receive such distribution by a fraction of which the denominator shall be
the VWAP determined as of the record date mentioned above, and of which
the numerator shall be such VWAP on such record date less the then per
share fair market value at such record date of the portion of such assets
or evidence of indebtedness so distributed applicable to one outstanding
share of the Common Stock as determined by the Board of Directors in good
faith. In either case the adjustments shall be described in a statement
provided to the Holder of the portion of assets or evidences of
indebtedness so distributed or such subscription rights applicable to one
share of Common Stock. Such adjustment shall be made whenever any such
distribution is made and shall become effective immediately after the
record date mentioned above.
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e) Fundamental Transaction. If, at any time while this Warrant is
outstanding, (A) the Company effects any merger or consolidation of the
Company with or into another Person, (B) the Company effects any sale of
all or substantially all of its assets in one or a series of related
transactions, (C) any tender offer or exchange offer (whether by the
Company or another Person) is completed pursuant to which holders of
Common Stock are permitted to tender or exchange their shares for other
securities, cash or property, or (D) the Company effects any
reclassification of the Common Stock or any compulsory share exchange
pursuant to which the Common Stock is effectively converted into or
exchanged for other securities, cash or property (in any such case, a
"Fundamental Transaction"), then, upon any subsequent exercise of this
Warrant, the Holder shall have the right to receive, for each Warrant
Share that would have been issuable upon such exercise immediately prior
to the occurrence of such Fundamental Transaction, the number of shares of
Common Stock of the successor or acquiring corporation or of the Company,
if it is the surviving corporation, and any additional consideration (the
"Alternate Consideration") receivable upon or as a result of such
reorganization, reclassification, merger, consolidation or disposition of
assets by a Holder of the number of shares of Common Stock for which this
Warrant is exercisable immediately prior to such event. For purposes of
any such exercise, the determination of the Exercise Price shall be
appropriately adjusted to apply to such Alternate Consideration based on
the amount of Alternate Consideration issuable in respect of one share of
Common Stock in such Fundamental Transaction, and the Company shall
apportion the Exercise Price among the Alternate Consideration in a
reasonable manner reflecting the relative value of any different
components of the Alternate Consideration. If holders of Common Stock are
given any choice as to the securities, cash or property to be received in
a Fundamental Transaction, then the Holder shall be given the same choice
as to the Alternate Consideration it receives upon any exercise of this
Warrant following such Fundamental Transaction. To the extent necessary to
effectuate the foregoing provisions, any successor to the Company or
surviving entity in such Fundamental Transaction shall issue to the Holder
a new warrant consistent with the foregoing provisions and evidencing the
Holder's right to exercise such warrant into Alternate Consideration. The
terms of any agreement pursuant to which a Fundamental Transaction is
effected shall include terms requiring any such successor or surviving
entity to comply with the provisions of this Section 3(e) and insuring
that this Warrant (or any such replacement security) will be similarly
adjusted upon any subsequent transaction analogous to a Fundamental
Transaction. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, in the event of a
Fundamental Transaction that is (1) an all cash transaction, (2) a "Rule
13e-3 transaction" as defined in Rule 13e-3 under the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended, or (3) a Fundamental Transaction involving a
person or entity not traded on a national securities exchange, the Nasdaq
Global Select Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Capital Market,
the Company or any successor entity shall pay at the Holder's option,
exercisable at any time concurrently with or within 30 days after the
consummation of the Fundamental Transaction, an amount of cash equal to
the value of this Warrant as determined in accordance with the
Black-Scholes option pricing formula using an expected volatility equal to
the 100 day historical price volatility obtained from the HVT function on
Bloomberg Financial Markets as of the trading day immediately prior to the
public announcement of the Fundamental Transaction.
f) Calculations. All calculations under this Section 3 shall be made
to the nearest cent or the nearest 1/100th of a share, as the case may be.
For purposes of this Section 3, the number of shares of Common Stock
deemed to be issued and outstanding as of a given date shall be the sum of
the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding treasury shares, if any)
issued and outstanding.
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g) Voluntary Adjustment By Company. The Company may at any time
during the term of this Warrant reduce the then current Exercise Price to
any amount and for any period of time deemed appropriate by the Board of
Directors of the Company.
h) Notice to Holder.
i. Adjustment to Exercise Price. Whenever the Exercise
Price is adjusted pursuant to any provision of this Section 3,
the Company shall promptly mail to the Holder a notice setting
forth the Exercise Price after such adjustment and setting
forth a brief statement of the facts requiring such
adjustment. If the Company enters into a Variable Rate
Transaction (as defined in the Purchase Agreement), despite
the prohibition thereon in the Purchase Agreement, the Company
shall be deemed to have issued Common Stock or Common Stock
Equivalents at the lowest possible conversion or exercise
price at which such securities may be converted or exercised.
ii. Notice to Allow Exercise by Xxxxxx. If (A) the
Company shall declare a dividend (or any other distribution in
whatever form) on the Common Stock; (B) the Company shall
declare a special nonrecurring cash dividend on or a
redemption of the Common Stock; (C) the Company shall
authorize the granting to all holders of the Common Stock
rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any shares of
capital stock of any class or of any rights; (D) the approval
of any stockholders of the Company shall be required in
connection with any reclassification of the Common Stock, any
consolidation or merger to which the Company is a party, any
sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of
the Company, of any compulsory share exchange whereby the
Common Stock is converted into other securities, cash or
property; (E) the Company shall authorize the voluntary or
involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the
affairs of the Company; then, in each case, the Company shall
cause to be mailed to the Holder at its last address as it
shall appear upon the Warrant Register of the Company, at
least 20 calendar days prior to the applicable record or
effective date hereinafter specified, a notice stating (x) the
date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of such
dividend, distribution, redemption, rights or warrants, or if
a record is not to be taken, the date as of which the holders
of the Common Stock of record to be entitled to such dividend,
distributions, redemption, rights or warrants are to be
determined or (y) the date on which such reclassification,
consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange is
expected to become effective or close, and the date as of
which it is expected that holders of the Common Stock of
record shall be entitled to exchange their shares of the
Common Stock for securities, cash or other property
deliverable upon such reclassification, consolidation, merger,
sale, transfer or share exchange; provided that the failure to
mail such notice or any defect therein or in the mailing
thereof shall not affect the validity of the corporate action
required to be specified in such notice. The Holder is
entitled to exercise this Warrant during the 20-day period
commencing on the date of such notice to the effective date of
the event triggering such notice.
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Section 4. Transfer of Warrant.
a) Transferability. Subject to compliance with any applicable
securities laws and the conditions set forth in Section 4(d) hereof and to
the provisions of Section 4.1 of the Purchase Agreement, this Warrant and
all rights hereunder (including, without limitation, any registration
rights) are transferable, in whole or in part, upon surrender of this
Warrant at the principal office of the Company or its designated agent,
together with a written assignment of this Warrant substantially in the
form attached hereto duly executed by the Holder or its agent or attorney
and funds sufficient to pay any transfer taxes payable upon the making of
such transfer. Upon such surrender and, if required, such payment, the
Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in the name of
the assignee or assignees and in the denomination or denominations
specified in such instrument of assignment, and shall issue to the
assignor a new Warrant evidencing the portion of this Warrant not so
assigned, and this Warrant shall promptly be cancelled. A Warrant, if
properly assigned, may be exercised by a new holder for the purchase of
Warrant Shares without having a new Warrant issued.
b) New Warrants. This Warrant may be divided or combined with other
Warrants upon presentation hereof at the aforesaid office of the Company,
together with a written notice specifying the names and denominations in
which new Warrants are to be issued, signed by the Holder or its agent or
attorney. Subject to compliance with Section 4(a), as to any transfer
which may be involved in such division or combination, the Company shall
execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in exchange for the Warrant
or Warrants to be divided or combined in accordance with such notice.
c) Warrant Register. The Company shall register this Warrant, upon
records to be maintained by the Company for that purpose (the "Warrant
Register"), in the name of the record Holder hereof from time to time. The
Company may deem and treat the registered Holder of this Warrant as the
absolute owner hereof for the purpose of any exercise hereof or any
distribution to the Holder, and for all other purposes, absent actual
notice to the contrary.
d) Transfer Restrictions. If, at the time of the surrender of this
Warrant in connection with any transfer of this Warrant, the transfer of
this Warrant shall not be registered pursuant to an effective registration
statement under the Securities Act and under applicable state securities
or blue sky laws, the Company may require, as a condition of allowing such
transfer, that (i) the Holder or transferee of this Warrant, as the case
may be, furnish to the Company a written opinion of counsel (which opinion
shall be in form, substance and scope customary for opinions of counsel in
comparable transactions) to the effect that such transfer may be made
without registration under the Securities Act and under applicable state
securities or blue sky laws, and (ii) the Holder or transferee execute and
deliver to the Company an investment letter in form and substance
acceptable to the Company, and (iii) the transferee be an "accredited
investor" as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (a)(2), (a)(3), (a)(7), or (a)(8)
promulgated under the Securities Act or a "qualified institutional buyer"
as defined in Rule 144A(a) promulgated under the Securities Act.
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Section 5. Miscellaneous.
a) No Rights as Shareholder Until Exercise. This Warrant does not
entitle the Holder to any voting rights or other rights as a shareholder
of the Company prior to the exercise hereof as set forth in Section
2(e)(ii).
b) Loss, Theft, Destruction or Mutilation of Warrant. The Company
covenants that upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably
satisfactory to it of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this
Warrant or any stock certificate relating to the Warrant Shares, and in
case of loss, theft or destruction, of indemnity or security reasonably
satisfactory to it (which, in the case of the Warrant, shall not include
the posting of any bond), and upon surrender and cancellation of such
Warrant or stock certificate, if mutilated, the Company will make and
deliver a new Warrant or stock certificate of like tenor and dated as of
such cancellation, in lieu of such Warrant or stock certificate.
c) Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays, etc. If the last or appointed day
for the taking of any action or the expiration of any right required or
granted herein shall not be a Business Day, then such action may be taken
or such right may be exercised on the next succeeding Business Day.
d) Authorized Shares.
The Company covenants that during the period the Warrant is
outstanding, it will reserve from its authorized and unissued Common
Stock a sufficient number of shares to provide for the issuance of
the Warrant Shares upon the exercise of any purchase rights under
this Warrant. The Company further covenants that its issuance of
this Warrant shall constitute full authority to its officers who are
charged with the duty of executing stock certificates to execute and
issue the necessary certificates for the Warrant Shares upon the
exercise of the purchase rights under this Warrant. The Company will
take all such reasonable action as may be necessary to assure that
such Warrant Shares may be issued as provided herein without
violation of any applicable law or regulation, or of any
requirements of the Trading Market upon which the Common Stock may
be listed.
Except and to the extent as waived or consented to by the
Holder, the Company shall not by any action, including, without
limitation, amending its certificate of incorporation or through any
reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger,
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, 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 Holder as set forth in this Warrant against impairment.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company will
(a) not increase the par value of any Warrant Shares above the
amount payable therefor upon such exercise immediately prior to such
increase in par value, (b) take all such action as may be necessary
or appropriate in order that the Company may validly and legally
issue fully paid and nonassessable Warrant Shares upon the exercise
of this Warrant, and (c) use commercially reasonable efforts to
obtain all such authorizations, exemptions or consents from any
public regulatory body having jurisdiction thereof as may be
necessary to enable the Company to perform its obligations under
this Warrant.
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Before taking any action which would result in an adjustment
in the number of Warrant Shares for which this Warrant is
exercisable or in the Exercise Price, the Company shall obtain all
such authorizations or exemptions thereof, or consents thereto, as
may be necessary from any public regulatory body or bodies having
jurisdiction thereof.
e) Jurisdiction. All questions concerning the construction,
validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Warrant shall be
determined in accordance with the provisions of the Purchase Agreement.
f) Restrictions. The Holder acknowledges that the Warrant Shares
acquired upon the exercise of this Warrant, if not registered, will have
restrictions upon resale imposed by state and federal securities laws.
g) Nonwaiver and Expenses. No course of dealing or any delay or
failure to exercise any right hereunder on the part of Holder shall
operate as a waiver of such right or otherwise prejudice Xxxxxx's rights,
powers or remedies, notwithstanding the fact that all rights hereunder
terminate on the Termination Date. If the Company willfully and knowingly
fails to comply with any provision of this Warrant, which results in any
material damages to the Holder, the Company shall pay to Holder such
amounts as shall be sufficient to cover any costs and expenses including,
but not limited to, reasonable attorneys' fees, including those of
appellate proceedings, incurred by Holder in collecting any amounts due
pursuant hereto or in otherwise enforcing any of its rights, powers or
remedies hereunder.
h) Notices. Any notice, request or other document required or
permitted to be given or delivered to the Holder by the Company shall be
delivered in accordance with the notice provisions of the Purchase
Agreement.
i) Limitation of Liability. No provision hereof, in the absence of
any affirmative action by Holder to exercise this Warrant to purchase
Warrant Shares, and no enumeration herein of the rights or privileges of
Holder, shall give rise to any liability of Holder for the purchase price
of any Common Stock or as a stockholder of the Company, whether such
liability is asserted by the Company or by creditors of the Company.
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j) Remedies. Holder, in addition to being entitled to exercise all
rights granted by law, including recovery of damages, will be entitled to
specific performance of its rights under this Warrant. The Company agrees
that monetary damages would not be adequate compensation for any loss
incurred by reason of a breach by it of the provisions of this Warrant and
hereby agrees to waive and not to assert the defense in any action for
specific performance that a remedy at law would be adequate.
k) Successors and Assigns. Subject to applicable securities laws,
this Warrant and the rights and obligations evidenced hereby shall inure
to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors of the Company and
the successors and permitted assigns of Holder. The provisions of this
Warrant are intended to be for the benefit of all Holders from time to
time of this Warrant and shall be enforceable by any such Holder or holder
of Warrant Shares.
l) Amendment. This Warrant may be modified or amended or the
provisions hereof waived with the written consent of the Company and the
Holder.
m) Severability. Wherever possible, each provision of this Warrant
shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under
applicable law, but if any provision of this Warrant shall be prohibited
by or invalid under applicable law, such provision shall be ineffective to
the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the
remainder of such provisions or the remaining provisions of this Warrant.
n) Headings. The headings used in this Warrant are for the
convenience of reference only and shall not, for any purpose, be deemed a
part of this Warrant.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be
executed by its officer thereunto duly authorized as of the date first above
indicated.
DRINKS AMERICAS HOLDINGS, LTD.
By:__________________________________________
Name:
Title:
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NOTICE OF EXERCISE
TO: DRINKS AMERICAS HOLDINGS, LTD.
(1) The undersigned hereby elects to purchase ________ Warrant
Shares of the Company pursuant to the terms of the attached Warrant (only if
exercised in full), and tenders herewith payment of the exercise price in full,
together with all applicable transfer taxes, if any.
(2) Payment shall take the form of (check applicable box):
[ ] in lawful money of the United States; or
[ ] [if permitted] the cancellation of such number of Warrant
Shares as is necessary, in accordance with the formula set
forth in subsection 2(c), to exercise this Warrant with
respect to the maximum number of Warrant Shares purchasable
pursuant to the cashless exercise procedure set forth in
subsection 2(c).
(3) Please issue a certificate or certificates representing said
Warrant Shares in the name of the undersigned or in such other name as is
specified below:
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The Warrant Shares shall be delivered to the following DWAC Account Number or by
physical delivery of a certificate to:
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(4) Accredited Investor. The undersigned is an "accredited
investor" as defined in Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended.
[SIGNATURE OF HOLDER]
Name of Investing Entity:
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Signature of Authorized Signatory of Investing Entity:
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Name of Authorized Signatory:
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Title of Authorized Signatory:
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Date:
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ASSIGNMENT FORM
(To assign the foregoing warrant, execute this form and supply
required information.
Do not use this form to exercise the warrant.)
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, [____] all of or [_______] shares of the
foregoing Warrant and all rights evidenced thereby are hereby assigned to
_______________________________________________ whose address is
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Dated: ______________, _______
Holder's Signature: _____________________________
Holder's Address: _____________________________
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Signature Guaranteed: ___________________________________________
NOTE: The signature to this Assignment Form must correspond with the name as it
appears on the face of the Warrant, without alteration or enlargement or any
change whatsoever, and must be guaranteed by a bank or trust company. Officers
of corporations and those acting in a fiduciary or other representative capacity
should file proper evidence of authority to assign the foregoing Warrant.
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