EXHIBIT A
NEITHER THESE SECURITIES NOR THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THESE
SECURITIES 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. THESE SECURITIES AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THESE
SECURITIES MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT SECURED
BY SUCH SECURITIES.
CHINA NATURAL GAS, INC.
WARRANT
Warrant No. [ ] Original Issue Date: [ ], 200_
China Natural Gas, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), hereby
certifies that, for value received, [ ] or its registered assigns (the
"Holder"), is entitled to purchase from the Company up to a total of [ ](1)
shares of Common Stock, subject to adjustment in accordance herewith (each such
share, a "Warrant Share" and all such shares, the "Warrant Shares"), at any time
and from time to time from and after the date hereof through and including [ ],
200_ (three years) (the "Expiration Date"), and subject to the following terms
and conditions:
1. Definitions. As used in this Warrant, the following terms shall have the
respective definitions set forth in this Section 1. Capitalized terms that are
used and not defined in this Warrant that are defined in the Purchase Agreement
(as defined below) shall have the respective definitions set forth in the
Purchase Agreement.
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(1) A number of shares as equals 30% of the Investment Amount (as defined in the
Purchase Agreement), divided by $3.60.
"Business Day" means any day except Saturday, Sunday and any day that is a
federal legal holiday in the United States or a day on which banking
institutions in the State of New York or State of Connecticut are authorized or
required by law or other government action to close.
"Common Stock" means the common stock of the Company, par value $0.0001 per
share, and any securities into which such common stock may hereafter be
reclassified.
"Exercise Price" means $3.60, subject to adjustment in accordance with
Section 9.
"Fundamental Transaction" means any of the following: (1) the Company
effects any merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another Person,
(2) the Company effects any sale of all or substantially all of its assets in
one or a series of related transactions, (3) 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 (4) 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.
"Original Issue Date" means the Original Issue Date first set forth on the
first page of this Warrant.
"New York Courts" means the state and federal courts sitting in the City of
New York, Borough of Manhattan.
"Purchase Agreement" means the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated _____,
200_, to which the Company and the original Holder are parties.
"Trading Day" means (i) a day on which the Common Stock is traded on a
Trading Market, or (ii) if the Common Stock is not quoted on any Trading Market,
a day on which the Common Stock is quoted in the over-the-counter market as
reported by the Pink Sheets, LLC (or any similar organization or agency
succeeding to its functions of reporting prices).
"VWAP" means on any particular Trading Day or for any particular period,
the volume weighted average trading price per share of Common Stock on such date
or for such period as reported by the Bloomberg L.P., or by any successor
performing similar functions.
2. Registration of Warrant. 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.
3. Registration of Transfers. The Company shall register the transfer of
any portion of this Warrant in the Warrant Register, upon surrender of this
Warrant, with the Form of Assignment attached hereto duly completed and signed,
to the Company at its address specified herein. Upon any such registration or
transfer, a new Warrant to purchase Common Stock, in substantially the form of
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this Warrant (any such new Warrant, a "New Warrant"), evidencing the portion of
this Warrant so transferred shall be issued to the transferee and a New Warrant
evidencing the remaining portion of this Warrant not so transferred, if any,
shall be issued to the transferring Holder. The acceptance of the New Warrant by
the transferee thereof shall be deemed the acceptance by such transferee of all
of the rights and obligations of a holder of a Warrant.
4. Exercise and Duration of Warrants.
This Warrant shall be exercisable by the registered Holder at any time and from
time to time on or after the date hereof through and including the Expiration
Date. At 6:30 p.m., New York City time on the Expiration Date, the portion of
this Warrant not exercised prior thereto shall automatically be deemed to be
exercised in full in the manner set forth in Section 10(b), without any further
action on behalf of the Holder immediately prior to the Expiration Date;
provided, however, that in the event that the cashless exercise formula set
forth in Section 10(b) yields a result that is less than or equal to zero, then
the unexercised portion of this Warrant shall automatically terminate and become
void. The Company may not call or redeem any portion of this Warrant without the
prior written consent of the affected Holder.
5. Delivery of Warrant Shares.
(a) To effect exercises hereunder, the Holder shall not be required to
physically surrender this Warrant unless the aggregate Warrant Shares
represented by this Warrant is being exercised. Upon delivery of the Exercise
Notice (in the form attached hereto) to the Company (with the attached Warrant
Shares Exercise Log) at its address for notice set forth herein and upon payment
of the Exercise Price multiplied by the number of Warrant Shares that the Holder
intends to purchase hereunder, the Company shall promptly (but in no event later
than three Trading Days after the Date of Exercise (as defined herein)) issue
and deliver to the Holder, a certificate for the Warrant Shares issuable upon
such exercise, which, unless otherwise required by the Purchase Agreement, shall
be free of restrictive legends. The Company shall, upon request of the Holder
and subsequent to the date on which a registration statement covering the resale
of the Warrant Shares has been declared effective by the Securities and Exchange
Commission, use its reasonable best efforts to deliver Warrant Shares hereunder
electronically through the Depository Trust Corporation or another established
clearing corporation performing similar functions, if available, provided, that,
the Company may, but will not be required to change its transfer agent if its
current transfer agent cannot deliver Warrant Shares electronically through the
Depository Trust Corporation. A "Date of Exercise" means the date on which the
Holder shall have delivered to the Company: (i) the Exercise Notice (with the
Warrant Exercise Log attached to it), appropriately completed and duly signed
and (ii) if such Holder is not utilizing the cashless exercise provisions set
forth in this Warrant, payment of the Exercise Price for the number of Warrant
Shares so indicated by the Holder to be purchased.
(b) If by the third Trading Day after a Date of Exercise the Company
fails to deliver the required number of Warrant Shares in the manner required
pursuant to Section 5(a), then the Holder will have the right to rescind such
exercise.
(c) If by the third Trading Day after a Date of Exercise the Company
fails to deliver the required number of Warrant Shares in the manner required
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pursuant to Section 5(a), and if after such third Trading Day and prior to the
receipt of such Warrant Shares, the Holder purchases (in an open market
transaction or otherwise) shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a
sale by the Holder of the Warrant Shares which the Holder anticipated receiving
upon such exercise (a "Buy-In"), then the Company shall (1) promptly, and in any
case within three (3) Business Days following delivery of the notice described
below, 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, but did not, deliver
to the Holder by the third Trading Day after the Date of Exercise by (B) the
weighted average price at which the sell orders giving rise to such purchase
obligation were 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. The Holder shall provide the
Company written notice indicating the amounts payable to the Holder in respect
of the Buy-In.
(d) The Company's obligations to issue and deliver Warrant Shares in
accordance with the terms hereof are absolute and unconditional, irrespective of
any action or inaction by the Holder to enforce the same, any waiver or consent
with respect to any provision hereof, the recovery of any judgment against any
Person or any action to enforce the same, or any setoff, counterclaim,
recoupment, limitation or termination, or any breach or alleged breach by the
Holder or any other Person of any obligation to the Company or any violation or
alleged violation of law by the Holder or any other Person, and irrespective of
any other circumstance which might otherwise limit such obligation of the
Company to the Holder in connection with the issuance of Warrant Shares. 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 Warrant Shares upon exercise
of the Warrant as required pursuant to the terms hereof.
6. Charges, Taxes and Expenses. Issuance and delivery of Warrant Shares
upon exercise of this Warrant shall be made without charge to the Holder for any
issue or transfer tax, withholding tax, transfer agent fee or other incidental
tax or expense in respect of the issuance of such certificates, all of which
taxes and expenses shall be paid by the Company; provided, however, that the
Company shall not be required to pay any tax which may be payable in respect of
any transfer involved in the registration of any certificates for Warrant Shares
or Warrants in a name other than that of the Holder. The Holder shall be
responsible for all other tax liability that may arise as a result of holding or
transferring this Warrant or receiving Warrant Shares upon exercise hereof.
7. Replacement of Warrant. If this Warrant is mutilated, lost, stolen or
destroyed, the Company shall issue or cause to be issued in exchange and
substitution for and upon cancellation hereof, or in lieu of and substitution
for this Warrant, a New Warrant, but only upon receipt of evidence reasonably
satisfactory to the Company of such loss, theft or destruction and customary and
reasonable indemnity (which shall not include a surety bond), if requested.
Applicants for a New Warrant under such circumstances shall also comply with
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such other reasonable regulations and procedures and pay such other reasonable
third-party costs as the Company may prescribe. If a New Warrant is requested as
a result of a mutilation of this Warrant, then the Holder shall deliver such
mutilated Warrant to the Company as a condition precedent to the Company's
obligation to issue the New Warrant.
8. Reservation of Warrant Shares. The Company covenants that it will at all
times reserve and keep available out of the aggregate of its authorized but
unissued and otherwise unreserved Common Stock, solely for the purpose of
enabling it to issue Warrant Shares upon exercise of this Warrant as herein
provided, the number of Warrant Shares which are then issuable and deliverable
upon the exercise of this entire Warrant, free from preemptive rights or any
other contingent purchase rights of Persons other than the Holder (taking into
account the adjustments and restrictions of Section 9). The Company covenants
that all Warrant Shares so issuable and deliverable shall, upon issuance and the
payment of the applicable Exercise Price in accordance with the terms hereof, be
duly and validly authorized, issued and fully paid and nonassessable.
9. Certain Adjustments. The Exercise Price and number of Warrant Shares
issuable upon exercise of this Warrant are subject to adjustment from time to
time as set forth in this Section 9.
(a) Stock Dividends and Splits. If the Company, at any time while this
Warrant is outstanding, (i) pays a stock dividend on its Common Stock or
otherwise makes a distribution on any class of capital stock that is payable in
shares of Common Stock, (ii) subdivides outstanding shares of Common Stock into
a larger number of shares, or (iii) combines outstanding shares of Common Stock
into a smaller number of shares, then in each such case the Exercise Price shall
be multiplied by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the number of shares
of Common Stock outstanding immediately before such event and of which the
denominator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding
immediately after such event. Any adjustment made pursuant to clause (i) of this
paragraph shall become effective immediately after the record date for the
determination of stockholders entitled to receive such dividend or distribution,
and any adjustment pursuant to clause (ii) or (iii) of this paragraph shall
become effective immediately after the effective date of such subdivision or
combination.
(b) Fundamental Transactions. If, at any time while this Warrant is
outstanding there is a Fundamental Transaction, then the Holder shall have the
right thereafter to receive, upon exercise of this Warrant, the same amount and
kind of securities, cash or property as it would have been entitled to receive
upon the occurrence of such Fundamental Transaction if it had been, immediately
prior to such Fundamental Transaction, the holder of the number of Warrant
Shares then issuable upon exercise in full of this Warrant (the "Alternate
Consideration"). 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
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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. At the Holder's option and request, any successor to the Company or
surviving entity in such Fundamental Transaction shall, either (1) issue to the
Holder a new warrant substantially in the form of this Warrant and consistent
with the foregoing provisions and evidencing the Holder's right to purchase the
Alternate Consideration for the aggregate Exercise Price upon exercise thereof,
or (2) purchase the Warrant from the Holder for a purchase price, payable in
cash within five Trading Days after such request (or, if later, on the effective
date of the Fundamental Transaction), equal to the Black Scholes value of the
remaining unexercised portion of this Warrant on the date of such request. 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 paragraph (b) and insuring that the Warrant (or any
such replacement security) will be similarly adjusted upon any subsequent
transaction analogous to a Fundamental Transaction.
(c) Additional Issuances. Except as hereinafter provided, in case the
Company shall at any time after the date hereof issue or sell any shares of
Common Stock or securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for
shares of Common Stock (other than the issuance or sales referred to in Section
9(d) hereof), for a consideration per share less than the Exercise Price in
effect immediately prior to the issuance or sale of such shares or without
consideration, then forthwith upon such issuance or sale, the Exercise Price
shall (until another such issuance or sale) be reduced to the price (calculated
to the nearest full cent) equal to the quotient derived by dividing (A) an
amount equal to the sum of (X) the product of (a) the total number of shares of
Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such issuance or sale, multiplied
by (b) the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such issuance or sale
plus (Y) the aggregate of the amount of all consideration, if any, received by
the Company upon such issuance or sale, by (B) the total number of shares of
Common Stock outstanding immediately after such issuance or sale; provided,
however, that in no event shall the Exercise Price be adjusted pursuant to this
computation to an amount in excess of the Exercise Price in effect immediately
prior to such computation, except in the case of a combination of outstanding
shares, as provided by Section 9(a) hereof.
For the purposes of any computation to be made in accordance with this
Section 9(c), in case of the issuance or sale (otherwise than as a dividend or
other distribution on any stock of the Company) of shares of Common Stock for a
consideration part or all of which shall be other than cash, the amount of the
consideration therefor other than cash shall be deemed to be the value of such
consideration as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the
Company.
For purposes of determining the adjusted Exercise Price under this Section
9(c), the following shall be applicable:
(i) Issuance of Options. If the Company in any manner grants any rights,
warrants or options to subscribe for or purchase Common Stock or Convertible
Securities (as defined below) ("Options") and the lowest price per share for
which one share of Common Stock is issuable upon the exercise of any such Option
or upon conversion, exercise or exchange of any Convertible Securities issuable
upon exercise of any such Option is less than the then current Exercise Price,
then such share of Common Stock shall be deemed to be outstanding and to have
been issued and sold by the Company at the time of the granting or sale of such
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Option for such price per share. For purposes of this Section 9(c)(i), the
"lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock is issuable upon
exercise of such Options or upon conversion, exercise or exchange of such
Convertible Securities" shall be equal to the sum of the lowest amounts of
consideration (if any) received or receivable by the Company with respect to any
one share of Common Stock upon the granting or sale of the Option, upon exercise
of the Option and upon conversion, exercise or exchange of any Convertible
Security issuable upon exercise of such Option. No further adjustment of the
Exercise Price or number of Warrant Shares shall be made upon the actual
issuance of such Common Stock or of such Convertible Securities upon the
exercise of such Options or upon the actual issuance of such Common Stock upon
conversion, exercise or exchange of such Convertible Securities.
(ii) Issuance of Convertible Securities. If the Company in any manner
issues or sells any securities (other than Options) directly or indirectly
convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock ("Convertible
Securities") and the lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock
is issuable upon the conversion, exercise or exchange thereof is less than the
then current Exercise Price, then such share of Common Stock shall be deemed to
be outstanding and to have been issued and sold by the Company at the time of
the issuance or sale of such Convertible Securities for such price per share.
For the purposes of this Section 9(c)(ii), the "lowest price per share for which
one share of Common Stock is issuable upon the conversion, exercise or exchange"
shall be equal to the sum of the lowest amounts of consideration (if any)
received or receivable by the Company with respect to one share of Common Stock
upon the issuance or sale of the Convertible Security and upon conversion,
exercise or exchange of such Convertible Security. No further adjustment of the
Exercise Price or number of Warrant Shares shall be made upon the actual
issuance of such Common Stock upon conversion, exercise or exchange of such
Convertible Securities, and if any such issue or sale of such Convertible
Securities is made upon exercise of any Options for which adjustment of this
Warrant has been or is to be made pursuant to other provisions of this Section
9(c), no further adjustment of the Exercise Price or number of Warrant Shares
shall be made by reason of such issue or sale.
(iii) Change in Option Price or Rate of Conversion. If the purchase
price provided for in any Options, the additional consideration, if any, payable
upon the issue, conversion, exercise or exchange of any Convertible Securities,
or the rate at which any Convertible Securities are convertible into or
exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock increases or decreases at any time,
the Exercise Price and the number of Warrant Shares in effect at the time of
such increase or decrease shall be adjusted to the Exercise Price and the number
of Warrant Shares which would have been in effect at such time had such Options
or Convertible Securities provided for such increased or decreased purchase
price, additional consideration or increased or decreased conversion rate, as
the case may be, at the time initially granted, issued or sold. For purposes of
this Section 9(c)(iii), if the terms of any Option or Convertible Security that
was outstanding as of the date of issuance of this Warrant are increased or
decreased in the manner described in the immediately preceding sentence, then
such Option or Convertible Security and the Common Stock deemed issuable upon
exercise, conversion or exchange thereof shall be deemed to have been issued as
of the date of such increase or decrease. No adjustment pursuant to this Section
9(c) shall be made if such adjustment would result in an increase of the
Exercise Price then in effect or a decrease in the number of Warrant Shares.
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(iv) Calculation of Consideration Received. If any Option is issued in
connection with the issue or sale of other securities of the Company, together
comprising one integrated transaction in which no specific consideration is
allocated to such Options by the parties thereto, the Options will be deemed to
have been issued for a consideration of $0.01. If any Common Stock, Options or
Convertible Securities are issued or sold or deemed to have been issued or sold
for cash, the consideration received therefor will be deemed to be the net
amount received by the Company therefor. If any Common Stock, Options or
Convertible Securities are issued to the owners of the non-surviving entity in
connection with any merger in which the Company is the surviving entity, the
amount of consideration therefor will be deemed to be the fair value of such
portion of the net assets and business of the non-surviving entity as is
attributable to such Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities, as the
case may be.
(d) No Adjustment of Exercise Price in Certain Cases. No adjustment of
the Exercise Price shall be made: (i) upon the issuance or sale of shares of
Common Stock upon the exercise of warrants and options outstanding as of the
date hereof; or (ii) upon the issuance of Common Stock upon the exercise of
options granted prior to the date hereof pursuant to any Company's stock option
plan
(e) Number of Warrant Shares. Simultaneously with any adjustment to the
Exercise Price pursuant to this Section 9, the number of Warrant Shares that may
be purchased upon exercise of this Warrant shall be increased or decreased
proportionately, so that after such adjustment the aggregate Exercise Price
payable hereunder for the adjusted number of Warrant Shares shall be the same as
the aggregate Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such adjustment.
(f) Calculations. All calculations under this Section 9 shall be made to
the nearest cent or the nearest 1/100th of a share, as applicable. The number of
shares of Common Stock outstanding at any given time shall not include shares
owned or held by or for the account of the Company, and the disposition of any
such shares shall be considered an issue or sale of Common Stock.
(g) Notice of Adjustments. Upon the occurrence of each adjustment
pursuant to this Section 9, the Company at its expense will promptly compute
such adjustment in accordance with the terms of this Warrant and prepare a
certificate setting forth such adjustment, including a statement of the adjusted
Exercise Price and adjusted number or type of Warrant Shares or other securities
issuable upon exercise of this Warrant (as applicable), describing the
transactions giving rise to such adjustments and showing in detail the facts
upon which such adjustment is based. Upon written request, the Company will
promptly deliver a copy of each such certificate to the Holder and to the
Company's Transfer Agent.
(h) Notice of Corporate Events. If the Company (i) declares a dividend
or any other distribution of cash, securities or other property in respect of
its Common Stock, including without limitation any granting of rights or
warrants to subscribe for or purchase any capital stock of the Company or any
Subsidiary, (ii) authorizes or approves, enters into any agreement contemplating
or solicits stockholder approval for any Fundamental Transaction or (iii)
authorizes the voluntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the affairs
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of the Company, then the Company shall deliver to the Holder a notice describing
the material terms and conditions of such transaction, it being understood that
if such disclosure would result in the dissemination of material, non-public
information to the Holder, then the Holder shall be required to execute a
customary non-disclosure agreement on terms and conditions reasonably acceptable
to the Holder), at least 10 calendar days prior to the applicable record or
effective date on which a Person would need to hold Common Stock in order to
participate in or vote with respect to such transaction, and the Company will
take all steps reasonably necessary in order to insure that the Holder is given
the practical opportunity to exercise this Warrant prior to such time so as to
participate in or vote with respect to such transaction; provided, however, that
the failure to deliver such notice or any defect therein shall not affect the
validity of the corporate action required to be described in such notice.
10. Payment of Exercise Price. The Holder may pay the Exercise Price in one
of the following manners:
(a) Cash Exercise. The Holder may deliver immediately available funds;
or
(b) Cashless Exercise. If commencing one year after the original
issuance date of this Warrant an Exercise Notice is delivered at a time when a
registration statement permitting the Holder to resell the Warrant Shares is not
then effective or the prospectus forming a part thereof is not then available to
the Holder for the resale of the Warrant Shares, then the Holder may notify the
Company in an Exercise Notice of its election to utilize cashless exercise, in
which event the Company shall issue to the Holder the number of Warrant Shares
determined as follows:
X = Y [(A-B)/A]
where:
X = the number of Warrant Shares to be issued to the Holder.
Y = the number of Warrant Shares with
respect to which this Warrant is being
exercised.
A = the average of the VWAP for the five
Trading Days immediately prior to (but not
including) the Exercise Date.
B = the Exercise Price.
For purposes of Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act, it is intended,
understood and acknowledged that the Warrant Shares issued in a cashless
exercise transaction shall be deemed to have been acquired by the Holder, and
the holding period for the Warrant Shares shall be deemed to have commenced, on
the date this Warrant was originally issued.
11. Limitations on Exercise. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained herein, the number of Warrant Shares that may be acquired by the
Holder upon any exercise of this Warrant (or otherwise in respect hereof) shall
be limited to the extent necessary to insure that, following such exercise (or
other issuance), the total number of shares of Common Stock then beneficially
owned by such Holder and its Affiliates and any other Persons whose beneficial
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ownership of Common Stock would be aggregated with the Holder's for purposes of
Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, does not exceed 9.99% of the total number of
issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock (including for such purpose the
shares of Common Stock issuable upon such exercise). For such purposes,
beneficial ownership shall be determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the
Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. This
provision shall not restrict the number of shares of Common Stock which a Holder
may receive or beneficially own in order to determine the amount of securities
or other consideration that such Holder may receive in the event of a
Fundamental Transaction as contemplated in Section 9 of this Warrant. This
restrictions contained in this Section 11 may be waived at the election of the
Holder upon 61 days' prior written notice to the Company.
12. No Fractional Shares. No fractional shares of Warrant Shares will be
issued in connection with any exercise of this Warrant. In lieu of any
fractional shares which would, otherwise be issuable, the Company shall pay cash
equal to the product of such fraction multiplied by the closing price of one
Warrant Share as reported by the applicable Trading Market on the date of
exercise.
13. Notices. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries
hereunder (including, without limitation, any Exercise Notice) shall be in
writing and shall be deemed given and effective on the earliest of (i) the date
of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at
the facsimile number specified in this Section prior to 6:30 p.m. (New York City
time) on a Trading Day, (ii) the next Trading Day after the date of
transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the
facsimile number specified in this Section on a day that is not a Trading Day or
later than 6:30 p.m. (New York City time) on any Trading Day, (iii) the Trading
Day following the date of mailing, if sent by nationally recognized overnight
courier service, or (iv) upon actual receipt by the party to whom such notice is
required to be given. The addresses for such communications shall be the
registered address of the Company or the Holder, as applicable, or such other
address as either party may provide the other in writing.
14. Warrant Agent. The Company shall serve as warrant agent under this
Warrant. Upon 10 calendar days' notice to the Holder, the Company may appoint a
new warrant agent. Any corporation into which the Company or any new warrant
agent may be merged or any corporation resulting from any consolidation to which
the Company or any new warrant agent shall be a party or any corporation to
which the Company or any new warrant agent transfers substantially all of its
corporate trust or shareholders services business shall be a successor warrant
agent under this Warrant without any further act. Any such successor warrant
agent shall promptly cause notice of its succession as warrant agent to be
mailed (by first class mail, postage prepaid) to the Holder at the Holder's last
address as shown on the Warrant Register.
15. Miscellaneous.
(a) This Warrant shall be binding on and inure to the benefit of the
parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. Subject to the
preceding sentence, nothing in this Warrant shall be construed to give to any
Person other than the Company and the Holder any legal or equitable right,
remedy or cause of action under this Warrant. This Warrant may be amended only
in writing signed by the Company and the Holder and their successors and
assigns.
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(b) All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and
interpretation of this Warrant shall be governed by and construed and enforced
in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York (except for
matters governed by corporate law in the State of Delaware), without regard to
the principles of conflicts of law thereof. Each party agrees that all legal
proceedings concerning the interpretations, enforcement and defense of this
Warrant and the transactions herein contemplated ("Proceedings") (whether
brought against a party hereto or its respective Affiliates, employees or
agents) shall be commenced exclusively in the New York Courts. Each party hereto
hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the New York Courts
for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with
any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein, and hereby irrevocably
waives, and agrees not to assert in any Proceeding, any claim that it is not
personally subject to the jurisdiction of any New York Court, or that such
Proceeding has been commenced in an improper or inconvenient forum. Each party
hereto hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to
process being served in any such Proceeding by mailing a copy thereof via
registered or certified mail or overnight delivery (with evidence of delivery)
to such party at the address in effect for notices to it under this Warrant and
agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process
and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way
any right to serve process in any manner permitted by law. Each party hereto
hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law,
any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or
relating to this Warrant or the transactions contemplated hereby. If either
party shall commence a Proceeding to enforce any provisions of this Warrant,
then the prevailing party in such Proceeding shall be reimbursed by the other
party for its attorney's fees and other costs and expenses incurred with the
investigation, preparation and prosecution of such Proceeding.
(c) The headings herein are for convenience only, do not constitute a
part of this Warrant and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the
provisions hereof.
(d) In case any one or more of the provisions of this Warrant shall be
invalid or unenforceable in any respect, the validity and enforceability of the
remaining terms and provisions of this Warrant shall not in any way be affected
or impaired thereby and the parties will attempt in good faith to agree upon a
valid and enforceable provision which shall be a commercially reasonable
substitute therefor, and upon so agreeing, shall incorporate such substitute
provision in this Warrant.
(e) Prior to exercise of this Warrant, the Holder hereof shall not, by
reason of being a Holder, be entitled to any rights of a stockholder with
respect to the Warrant Shares.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be duly
executed by its authorized officer as of the date first indicated above.
CHINA NATURAL GAS, INC.
By: _________________________________________
Name:
Title:
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EXERCISE NOTICE
CHINA NATURAL GAS, INC.
The undersigned Holder hereby irrevocably elects to purchase _____________
shares of Common Stock pursuant to the above referenced Warrant. Capitalized
terms used herein and not otherwise defined have the respective meanings set
forth in the Warrant.
(1) The undersigned Holder hereby exercises its right to purchase
_________________ Warrant Shares pursuant to the Warrant.
(2) The Holder intends that payment of the Exercise Price shall be made as
(check one):
____"Cash Exercise" under Section 10
____"Cashless Exercise" under Section 10
(3) If the holder has elected a Cash Exercise, the holder shall pay the sum of
$____________ to the Company in accordance with the terms of the Warrant.
(4) Pursuant to this Exercise Notice, the Company shall deliver to the holder
_______________ Warrant Shares in accordance with the terms of the Warrant.
(5) By its delivery of this Exercise Notice, the undersigned represents and
warrants to the Company that in giving effect to the exercise evidenced hereby
the Holder will not beneficially own in excess of the number of shares of Common
Stock (determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934) permitted to be owned under Section 11 of this Warrant to which
this notice relates. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event the Holder
waived the restriction contained in Section 11 of the Warrant and such waiver
occurred at least 61 days prior to the date hereof, the representation in this
Section 5 shall be deemed not to have been given by the Holder.
Dated:_____________ , _________ Name of Holder:
__________________________________________
(Print)
By:_______________________________________
Name:_____________________________________
Title:____________________________________
(Signature must conform in all respects
to name of holder as specified on the
face of the Warrant)
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Warrant Shares Exercise Log
- ---------------------- ----------------------------- ---------------------------------- ---------------------
Date Number of Warrant Shares Number of Warrant Shares Number of Warrant
Available to be Exercised Exercised Shares Remaining to
be Exercised
- ---------------------- ----------------------------- ---------------------------------- ---------------------
- ---------------------- ----------------------------- ---------------------------------- ---------------------
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CHINA NATURAL GAS, INC.
FORM OF ASSIGNMENT
[To be completed and signed only upon transfer of Warrant]
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers
unto ________________________________ the right represented by the
above-captioned Warrant to purchase ____________ shares of Common Stock to which
such Warrant relates and appoints ________________ attorney to transfer said
right on the books of the Company with full power of substitution in the
premises.
Dated: _______________, ____
_________________________________________
(Signature must conform in all respects
to name of holder as specified on the
face of the Warrant)
_________________________________________
Address of Transferee
_________________________________________
_________________________________________
In the presence of:
________________________________
(1) A number of shares as equals 30% of the Investment Amount (as defined in the
Purchase Agreement), divided by $3.60.