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 AMERICAN TECHNOLOGIES GROUP, INC. THAT SUCH
REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED.
Right to Purchase up to 899,982,132 Shares of
Common Stock of American Technologies Group, Inc.
(subject to adjustment as provided herein)
COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT
No. _________________ Issue Date: As of September 7, 2005.
AMERICAN TECHNOLOGIES GROUP, INC., a corporation organized under the laws
of the State Nevada (the "Company"), hereby certifies that, for value received,
GRYPHON MASTER FUND, L.P. or assigns (the "Holder"), is entitled, subject to the
terms set forth below, to purchase from the Company 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 February 28, 2007 (the "Expiration
Date"), up to 899,982,132 fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock
(as hereinafter defined), $0.001 par value per share at the Exercise Price per
share (as defined below). The number and character of such shares of Common
Stock and the 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) "Company" means American Technologies Group, Inc. and any person
or entity which shall succeed, or assume the obligations of, American
Technologies Group, Inc. hereunder.
(b) "Common Stock" means (i) the Company's Common Stock, par value
$.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) "Exercise Price" means a price of $.00111.
(d) "Other Securities" means 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.
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1. 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 SmallCap 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 Holder 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 (i) either 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 Common Stock of
the Company having a Fair Market Value equal to the Exercise Price, (iii)
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 (iv) by a combination of any of the
foregoing methods, for the number of Common Stock 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
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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:
X = Y(A-B)
------
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, New York 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 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 as provided in Section 4. In the 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.
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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 common 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).
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 contained herein to
the contrary, the Holder shall not be entitled to exercise this Warrant in
connection with that number of shares of Common Stock which would exceed the
difference between (i) 4.99% of the issued and outstanding shares of Common
Stock and (ii) the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the
Holder For the purposes of the immediately preceding sentence, beneficial
ownership shall be determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange
Act, as amended, and Regulation 13d-3 thereunder. The conversion limitation
described in this Section 10 shall automatically become null and void following
notice to the Company upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event
of Default under and as defined in the Security Agreement, or upon 75 days prior
notice to the Company.
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.
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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 THE STATE OF NEW YORK; 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.
WITNESS: AMERICAN TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
By: ________________________________
Name: ______________________________
____________________________________ Title: _____________________________
WITNESS: GRYPHON MASTER FUND, L.P.
By: ________________________________
Name: ______________________________
____________________________________ Title: _____________________________
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Exhibit A
FORM OF SUBSCRIPTION TO AMERICAN TECHNOLOGIES GROUP, INC.
(To Be Signed Only On Exercise Of Warrant)
Attention: AMERICAN TECHNOLOGIES GROUP 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: __________ ____________________________________
(Signature must conform to name of
holder as specified on the face of
the Warrant)
Address:____________________________
____________________________
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 American Technologies Group, Inc. 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 American Technologies Group, Inc. with full power of substitution in the
premises.
Percentage Number
Transferees Address Transferred Transferred
----------- ------- ----------- -----------
Dated: __________ ____________________________________
(Signature must conform to name of
holder as specified on the face of
the Warrant)
Address:____________________________
____________________________
SIGNED IN THE PRESENCE OF:
____________________________________
(Name)
ACCEPTED AND AGREED:
[TRANSFEREE]
________________________________
(Name)
