UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

Form 10-Q

 

(Mark One)

 

☒  QUARTERLY REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

FOR THE QUARTERLY PERIOD ENDED:  June 30, 2017

 

☐  TRANSITION REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the transition period from __________ to __________

 

Commission File Number: ________________

 

ORIGINCLEAR, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Nevada   26-0287664
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
  (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

 

525 S. Hewitt St.

Los Angeles, CA 90013

(Address of principal executive offices, Zip Code)

 

(323) 939-6645

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒   No ☐

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes ☒   No ☐

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large accelerated filer  ☐ Accelerated filer   ☐
Non-accelerated filer   ☐ Smaller reporting company  ☒
  Emerging growth company ☐

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐ 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☐   No ☒

 

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date. As of August 14, 2017, there were 54,045,685 shares of common stock, par value $0.0001, issued and outstanding.

 

 

 

   

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

    Page
PART I    
     
Item 1. Financial Statements. 1
Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations. 16
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk. 23
Item 4. Controls and Procedures. 24
     
PART II    
     
Item 1. Legal Proceedings. 25
Item 1A. Risk Factors. 25
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds. 25
Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities. 25
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures. 25
Item 5. Other Information. 25
Item 6. Exhibits. 25
     
SIGNATURES   26

 

   

 

 

PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

This Quarterly Report includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”). These statements are based on management’s beliefs and assumptions, and on information currently available to management. Forward-looking statements include the information concerning our possible or assumed future results of operations set forth under the heading “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition or Plan of Operation.” Forward-looking statements also include statements in which words such as “expect,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “plan,” “believe,” “estimate,” “consider” or similar expressions are used.

 

Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance. They involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Our future results and shareholder values may differ materially from those expressed in these forward-looking statements. Readers are cautioned not to put undue reliance on any forward-looking statements.

 

   

 

 

Item 1. Financial Statements

  

ORIGINCLEAR, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

 

    June 30,
2017
    December 31, 2016  
    (Unaudited)        
ASSETS            
             
CURRENT ASSETS            
Cash   $ 274,555     $ 351,321  
Contracts receivable, less allowance for doubtful accounts of $50,000 and $50,000 respectively     432,670       382,895  
Inventory     13,614       -  
Cost in excess of billing     17,309       47,612  
Work in progress     86,085       86,085  
Prepaid expenses     17,677       42,128  
                 
TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS     841,910       910,041  
                 
NET PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT     169,212       161,912  
                 
OTHER ASSETS                
Other asset     19,538       19,538  
Goodwill     682,145       682,145  
Trademark     4,467       4,467  
Security deposit     3,500       3,500  
                 
TOTAL OTHER ASSETS     709,650       709,650  
                 
TOTAL ASSETS   $ 1,720,772     $ 1,781,603  
                 
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ DEFICIT                
                 
Current Liabilities                
Accounts payable and other payable   $ 553,042     $ 480,064  
Accrued expenses     790,734       715,281  
Billing in excess of cost     243,621       -  
Customer deposit     113,950       113,950  
Warrant reserve     20,000       20,000  
Deferred income     22,300       -  
Loans payable, current portion     11,090       -  
Derivative liabilities     8,179,141       8,702,083  
Convertible promissory notes, net of discount of $108,900 and $591,835, respectively     242,273       1,935,233  
                 
Total Current Liabilities     10,176,151       11,966,611  
                 
Long Term Liabilities                
Loan payable, long term portion     18,083       -  
Convertible promissory notes, net of discount of $282,631 and $11,429, respectively     3,138,265       1,613,571  
                 
Total Long Term Liabilities     3,156,348       1,613,571  
                 
Total  Liabilities     13,332,499       13,580,182  
                 
SHAREHOLDERS’ DEFICIT                
Preferred stock, $0.0001 par value, 750,000 shares authorized 6,666 shares of Series B issued and outstanding, respectively     1       1  
1,000 shares of Series C issued and outstanding, respectively     -       -  
Common stock, $0.0001 par value, 300,000,000 shares authorized 46,708,477 and 21,428,455 shares issued and outstanding, respectively     4,671       2,143  
Additional paid in capital     55,395,503       51,428,976  
Accumulated other comprehensive loss     (132 )     (92 )
Accumulated deficit     (67,011,770 )     (63,229,607 )
                 
TOTAL SHAREHOLDERS’ DEFICIT     (11,611,727 )     (11,798,579 )
                 
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ DEFICIT   $ 1,720,772     $ 1,781,603  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements

 

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ORIGINCLEAR, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

FOR THE THREE AND SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2017 AND 2016

(Unaudited) 

 

    Three Months Ended     Six Months Ended  
    June 30,
2017
    June 30,
2016
    June 30,
2017
    June 30,
2016
 
                         
Sales   $ 510,325     $ 1,833,709     $ 1,182,454     $ 3,301,460  
                                 
Cost of Goods Sold     499,222       1,256,977       1,081,678       2,325,403  
                                 
Gross Profit     11,103       576,732       100,776       976,057  
                                 
Operating Expenses                                
Selling and marketing expenses     1,112,437       622,561       1,625,238       1,116,070  
General and administrative expenses     446,570       543,938       1,012,369       1,230,784  
Research and development     28,990       130,624       82,643       340,775  
Depreciation and amortization expense     12,945       11,331       26,545       22,570  
                                 
Total Operating Expenses     1,600,942       1,308,454       2,746,795       2,710,199  
                                 
Loss from Operations     (1,589,839 )     (731,722 )     (2,646,019 )     (1,734,142 )
                                 
OTHER INCOME (EXPENSE)                                
Commitment fee     (614,872 )     -       (673,603 )     -  
(Loss) gain on net change in derivative liability and conversion of debt     (1,165,635 )     3,227,435       (93,539 )     5,773,874  
Interest expense     (179,264 )     (233,796 )     (369,002 )     (435,812 )
                                 
TOTAL OTHER INCOME (EXPENSE)     (1,959,771 )     2,993,639       (1,136,144 )     5,338,062  
                                 
NET (LOSS) INCOME   $ (3,549,610 )   $ 2,261,917     $ (3,782,163 )   $ 3,603,920  
                                 
BASIC AND DILUTED (LOSS) EARNING PER SHARE ATTRIBUTABLE TO SHAREHOLDERS’   $ (0.09 )   $ 0.01     $ (0.12 )   $ 0.01  
                                 
WEIGHTED-AVERAGE COMMON SHARES OUTSTANDING,                                
BASIC AND DILUTED     37,190,563       9,513,675       31,172,291       8,431,157  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements

 

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ORIGINCLEAR, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF SHAREHOLDERS’ DEFICIT

FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2017

 

                                Accumulated              
    Preferred stock     Common stock     Additional
Paid-in
    Other Comprehensive     Accumulated        
    Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount     Capital     loss     Deficit     Total  
Balance at December 31, 2016     7,666     $ 1       21,428,454     $ 2,143     $ 51,428,976     $ (92 )   $ (63,229,607 )   $ (11,798,579 )
                                                                 
Common stock issuance  for cash     -       -       4,775,722       478       835,272       -       -       835,750  
                                                                 
Common stock issuance for conversion of debt     -       -       5,898,617       590       953,289       -       -       953,879  
                                                                 
Common stock issuance for settlement of accounts payable     -       -       886,700       89       117,842       -       -       117,931  
                                                                 
Common stock issued at fair value for services and commitment fees     -       -       13,713,867       1,371       2,007,522       -       -       2,008,893  
                                                                 
Stock compensation cost     -       -       -       -       52,602       -       -       52,602  
                                                                 
Rounding shares     -       -       5,117       -       -       -       -       -  
                                                                 
Other comprehensive loss     -       -       -       -       -       (132 )     -       (132 )
                                                                 
Net loss for the six months ended June 30, 2017     -       -       -       -       -       -       (3,782,163 )     (3,782,163 )
                                                                 
Balance at June 30, 2017 (unaudited)     7,666     $ 1       46,708,477     $ 4,671     $ 55,395,503     $ (224 )   $ (67,011,770 )   $ (11,611,819 )

 

The accompany notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements

 

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ORIGINCLEAR, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(Unaudited)

 

    Six Months Ended  
    June 30,
2017
    June 30,
2016
 
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:            
Net loss (income)   $ (3,782,163 )   $ 3,603,920  
Adjustment to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities                
Depreciation and amortization     26,545       22,570  
Common stock and warrants issued for services     1,335,290       748,601  
Common stock issued for commitment fees     673,603       -  
Stock option and warrant compensation expense     52,602       104,217  
Loss (gain) on net change in valuation of derivative liability     93,539       (5,773,874 )
Debt discount and original issue discount recognized as interest expense     211,734       254,314  
Change in Assets (Increase) Decrease in:                
Contracts receivable     (49,775 )     457,085  
Cost in excess of billing     30,303       (636,835 )
Inventory asset     (13,614 )     (94,732 )
Prepaid expenses     24,451       3,127  
Work in progress     -       517  
Other asset     -       6,150  
Change in Liabilities Increase (Decrease) in:                
Accounts payable     162,978       451,602  
Accrued expenses     60,782       171,106  
Billing in excess of cost     243,621       (356,861 )
Deferred income     22,300       (150,000 )
                 
NET CASH USED IN OPERATING ACTIVITIES     (907,804 )     (1,189,093 )
                 
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:                
Purchase of fixed assets     (33,845 )     (5,699 )
                 
CASH USED IN INVESTING ACTIVITIES     (33,845 )     (5,699 )
                 
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:                
Loans payable     29,173       -  
Proceeds from convertible promissory notes     -       125,000  
Proceeds for issuance of common stock for cash     835,750       804,000  
                 
NET CASH PROVIDED BY FINANCING ACTIVITIES     864,923       929,000  
                 
Foreign currency effect on cash flow     (40 )     16  
                 
NET DECREASE IN CASH     (76,766 )     (265,776 )
                 
CASH BEGINNING OF PERIOD     351,321       695,295  
                 
CASH END OF PERIOD   $ 274,555     $ 429,519  
                 
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURES OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION                
Interest paid   $ 1,395     $ 1,634  
Taxes paid   $ -     $ -  
                 
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURES OF NON CASH TRANSACTIONS                
Common stock issued at fair value for conversion of debt and accrued interest   $ 953,879     $ 628,682  
Common stock issued at fair value on settlement of accounts payable   $ 117,931     $ -  
Common stock issued at fair value for supplemental shares   $ 673,603     $ 44,440  
Beneficial conversion feature on convertible note   $ -     $ 16,771  
Conversion of accounts payable into a convertible note   $ -     $ 430,896  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these audited consolidated financial statements

 

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ORIGINCLEAR, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - UNAUDITED

JUNE 30, 2017

 

1. The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements of OriginClear, Inc. (the “Company”) (formerly OriginOil, Inc.) have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Rule 10-01 of Regulation S-X.  Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by generally accepted accounting principles for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, all normal recurring adjustments considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included.  Operating results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2017 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2017.  For further information refer to the financial statements and footnotes thereto included in the Company’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016.

 

Going Concern

 

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis of accounting, which contemplates continuity of operations, realization of assets and liabilities and commitments in the normal course of business.  The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements do not reflect any adjustments that might result if the Company is unable to continue as a going concern. The Company’s revenue is not yet sufficient to cover its operating expenditures and has negative cash flows from operations, which raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. The ability of the Company to continue as a going concern and appropriateness of using the going concern basis is dependent upon, among other things, additional cash infusion. Management believes the existing shareholders, the prospective new investors, current and future sales will provide the additional cash needed to meet the Company’s obligations as they become due, and will allow the development of its core business operations. No assurance can be given that any future financing will be available or, if available, that it will be on terms that are satisfactory to the Company. Even if the Company is able to obtain additional financing, it may contain undue restrictions on our operations, in the case of debt financing, or cause substantial dilution for our stockholders, in case of equity financing.

 

2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICES

 

This summary of significant accounting policies of the Company is presented to assist in understanding the Company’s financial statements. The financial statements and notes are representations of the Company’s management, which is responsible for their integrity and objectivity. These accounting policies conform to accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and have been consistently applied in the preparation of the financial statements.

 

Principles of Consolidation

 

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of OriginClear, Inc. and its wholly owned operating subsidiaries, Progressive Water Treatment, Inc., and OriginClear (HK) Company, Ltd. All intercompany transactions have been eliminated upon consolidation of these entities.

 

Loss per Share Calculations

 

Basic loss per share calculations are computed by dividing income (loss) available to common shareholders by the weighted-average number of common shares available. Diluted earnings per share is computed similar to basic earnings per share except that the denominator is increased to include securities or other contracts to issue common stock that would have been outstanding if the potential common shares had been issued and if the additional common shares were dilutive.

 

The Company has excluded 3,697,495 of stock options, 494,202 warrants, and the shares issuable from convertible debt of $3,772,069 and shares issuable from convertible preferred stock for the three and six months ended June 30, 2017, because their impact on the loss per share is anti-dilutive.

 

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The Company has excluded 2,139,014 stock options, 511,360 warrants, and the shares issuable from convertible debt of $4,437,068 and shares issuable from convertible preferred stock for the for the three and six months ended June 30, 2016, because their impact on the earnings per share is anti-dilutive.

 

Work-in-Process

 

The Company recognizes as an asset the accumulated costs for work-in-process on projects expected to be delivered to customers. Work in Process includes the cost price of materials and labor related to the construction of equipment to be sold to customers.

 

Stock-Based Compensation

 

The Company periodically issues stock options and warrants to employees and non-employees in non-capital raising transactions for services and for financing costs. The Company accounts for stock option and warrant grants issued and vesting to employees based on the authoritative guidance provided by the Financial Accounting Standards Board whereas the value of the award is measured on the date of grant and recognized over the vesting period. The Company accounts for stock option and warrant grants issued and vesting to non-employees in accordance with the authoritative guidance of the Financial Accounting Standards Board whereas the value of the stock compensation is based upon the measurement date as determined at either a) the date at which a performance commitment is reached, or b) at the date at which the necessary performance to earn the equity instruments is complete. Non-employee stock-based compensation charges generally are amortized over the vesting period on a straight-line basis. In certain circumstances where there are no future performance requirements by the non-employee, option grants are immediately vested and the total stock-based compensation charge is recorded in the period of the measurement date.

 

Revenue Recognition

 

Equipment sales

 

We recognize revenue upon delivery of equipment, provided that evidence of an arrangement exists, title, and risk of loss have passed to the customer, fees are fixed or determinable, and collection of the related receivable is reasonably assured.  Title to the equipment is transferred to the customer once the last payment is received. We record revenue as goods are shipped, and the equipment has been fully accepted by the customer. Generally, we extend credit to our customers and do not require collateral.  We do not ship a product until we have a purchase agreement signed by the customer with a payment arrangement.  

 

Percentage of completion

 

Revenues and related costs on construction contracts are recognized using the “percentage of completion method” of accounting in accordance with ASC 605-35 – “ Accounting for Performance of Construction-Type and Certain Production Type Contracts”. Under this method, contract revenues and related expenses are recognized over the performance period of the contract in direct proportion to the costs incurred as a percentage of total estimated costs for the entirety of the contract. Costs include direct material, direct labor, subcontract labor and any allocable indirect costs. All un-allocable indirect costs and corporate general and administrative costs are charged to the periods as incurred. However, in the event a loss on a contract is foreseen, the Company will recognize the loss as it is determined.

 

The asset “Costs in excess of billings” represents revenues recognized in excess of amounts billed on contracts in progress. The liability “Billings in excess of costs” represents billings in excess of revenues recognized on contracts in progress. Assets and liabilities related to long-term contracts are included in current assets and current liabilities in the accompanying balance sheets, as they will be liquidated in the normal course of the contract completion. The cost in excess of billings for the six months ending June 30, 2017 and one year ended December 31, 2016, were $17,309 and $47,612, respectively. The billing in excess of cost was for the six months ending June 30, 2017 and one year ended December 31, 2016, was $243,621 and $0, respectively.

 

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Revisions in cost and profit estimates during the course of the contract are reflected in the accounting period in which the facts for the revisions become known. Provisions for estimated losses on uncompleted contracts are made in the period in which such losses are determined. Changes in job performance, job conditions, and estimated profitability, including those arising from contract penalty provisions, and final contract settlements, may result in revisions to costs and income, which are recognized in the period the revisions are determined.

 

Contract receivables are recorded on contracts for amounts currently due based upon progress billings, as well as retention, which are collectible upon completion of the contracts. Accounts payable to material suppliers and subcontractors are recorded for amounts currently due based upon work completed or materials received, as are retention due subcontractors, which are payable upon completion of the contract. General and administrative expenses are charged to operations as incurred and are not allocated to contract costs.

 

Contract Receivable

 

The Company bills its customers in accordance with contractual agreements. The agreements generally require billing to be on a progressive basis as work is completed. Credit is extended based on evaluation of clients financial condition and collateral is not required. The Company maintains an allowance for doubtful accounts for estimated losses that may arise if any customer is unable to make required payments. Management performs a quantitative and qualitative review of the receivables past due from customers on a monthly basis. The Company records an allowance against uncollectible items for each customer after all reasonable means of collection have been exhausted, and the potential for recovery is considered remote. The allowance for doubtful accounts was approximately $50,000 as of June 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively. The net contract receivable balance was $432,670 and $382,895 at June 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively.

 

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

 

Fair Value of Financial Instruments, requires disclosure of the fair value information, whether or not recognized in the balance sheet, where it is practicable to estimate that value. As of June 30, 2017, the balances reported for cash, contract receivables, cost in excess of billing, prepaid expenses, accounts payable, billing in excess of cost, and accrued expenses approximate the fair value because of their short maturities.

 

We adopted ASC Topic 820 for financial instruments measured as fair value on a recurring basis. ASC Topic 820 defines fair value, established a framework for measuring fair value in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States and expands disclosures about fair value measurements.

 

Fair value is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. ASC Topic 820 established a three-tier fair value hierarchy which prioritizes the inputs used in measuring fair value. The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (level 3 measurements). These tiers include:

 

Level 1, defined as observable inputs such as quoted prices for identical instruments in active markets;

   

 

Level 2, defined as inputs other than quoted prices in active markets that are either directly or indirectly observable such as quoted prices for similar instruments in active markets or quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in markets that are not active; and

     
Level 3, defined as unobservable inputs in which little or no market data exists, therefore requiring an entity to develop its own assumptions, such as valuations derived from valuation techniques in which one or more significant inputs or significant value drivers are unobservable. 

 

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The following table presents certain investments and liabilities of the Company’s financial assets measured and recorded at fair value on the Company’s balance sheets on a recurring basis and their level within the fair value hierarchy as of June 30, 2017.

 

      Total     (Level 2)     (Level 2)     (Level 3)  
                           
  Derivative Liability   $ 8,179,141     $     -     $     -     $ 8,179,141  
                                   
  Total liabilities measured at fair value   $ 8,179,141     $ -     $ -     $ 8,179,141  

 

The following is a reconciliation of the derivative liability for which level 3 inputs were used in determining the approximate fair value:

 

  Balance as of January 1, 2017   $ 8,702,083  
  Fair Value of derivative liabilities issued     -  
  Gain on change in derivative liability     (522,942 )
  Balance as of June 30, 2017     8,179,141  

 

For purpose of determining the fair market value of the derivative liability, the Company used Binomial lattice formula valuation model. The significant assumptions used in the Binomial lattice formula valuation of the derivative are as follows:

 

      06/30/2017  
  Risk free interest rate     .01% - 1.89 %
  Stock volatility factor     4.72% - 189.09 %
  Weighted average expected option life     6 months - 5 years  
  Expected dividend yield     None  

 

Segment Reporting

 

The Company’s business currently operates in one segment based upon the Company’s organizational structure and the way in which the operations are managed and evaluated.

 

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

 

In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606) , to clarify the principles of recognizing revenue and create common revenue recognition guidance between U.S. GAAP and International Financial Reporting Standards. Under ASU 2014-09, revenue is recognized when a customer obtains control of promised goods or services and is recognized at an amount that reflects the consideration expected to be received in exchange for such goods or services. In addition, ASU 2014-09 requires disclosure of the nature, amount, timing, and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows arising from contracts with customers. The ASU is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017. The new revenue standard is principle based and interpretation of those principles may vary from company to company based on their unique circumstances. It is possible that interpretation, industry practice, and guidance may evolve as companies and the accounting profession work to implement this new standard. The Company is still in the process of evaluating the effect of the new standard on the Company’s historical financial statements and disclosures. While the Company has not completed its evaluation, the Company currently believes that the impact to revenue and expense recognized will not be material to any of the years presented.

 

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-2, which creates ASC Topic 842, “Leases.” This update increases transparency and comparability among organizations by recognizing lease assets and lease liabilities on the balance sheet and disclosing key information about leasing arrangements. This guidance is effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2018. We are evaluating what impact, if any, the adoption of this guidance will have on our financial condition, results of operations, cash flows or financial disclosures.

 

In August 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-15 which amends ASC Topic 230, “Classification of Certain Cash Receipts and Cash Payments.” The amendments in this Update address eight specific cash flow issues with the objective of reducing the existing diversity in practice. The update outlines the classification of specific transactions as either cash inflows or outflows from financing activities, operating activities, investing activities or non-cash activities. This guidance is effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017. We are evaluating what impact, if any, the adoption of this guidance will have on our financial condition, results of operations, cash flows or financial disclosures.

 

In May 2017, FASB issued accounting standards update ASU-2017-09, “Compensation-Stock Compensation” (Topic 718) –Modification Accounting”, to provide clarity and reduce both (1) diversity in practice and (2) cost and complexity when applying the guidance in Topic 718, Compensation-Stock Compensation, to a change to the terms or conditions of a share-based payment award. The amendments in this ASU are effective for all entities for annual periods, and interim periods within those annual periods, beginning after December 15, 2017. Early adoption is permitted, including adoption in an interim period for public entities for reporting periods for which financial statements have not yet been issued, and all other entities for reporting periods for which financial statements have not yet been made available for issuance. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of the adoption of ASU 2017-09 on the Company’s financial statements.

 

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Management reviewed currently issued pronouncements during the period ended June 30, 2017, and does not believe that any other recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting standards, if currently adopted, would have a material effect on the accompanying condensed financial statements.

 

3. CAPITAL STOCK

 

On June 30, 2017, the Company filed a certificate of amendment (the “Certificate of Amendment”) to amend Article 3 of its articles of incorporation with the State of Nevada, effectuating a decrease of the number of authorized shares of the Company. Pursuant to the Certificate of Amendment, the Company reduced the number of authorized shares of all series of its preferred stock to 750,000. The Certificate of Amendment became effective upon filing with the State of Nevada on June 30, 2017. The reduction in the number of authorized shares does not affect the shares of the Company’s stock issued and outstanding.

 

Preferred Stock

 

Series A

 

On March 30, 2017, the Board of Directors of the Company authorized the withdrawal of the Series A preferred stock. As of June 30, 2017, no shares of Series A preferred stock were outstanding.

 

Series B

 

On October 1, 2015, the Company filed a Certificate of Designation for Series B preferred stock with the Secretary of State of Nevada and the shares of Series B preferred stock were issued to the shareholders of Progressive Water Treatment, Inc. in connection with the share exchange agreement. One third (1/3) of the shares received by the holder may be converted into common stock beginning one (1) year after the first date on which a share of Series B Preferred Stock was issued (the “Original Issue Date); one third (1/3) may be converted beginning two (2) years after the Original Issue Date; and the remaining one third (1/3) may be converted beginning three years after the Original Issue Date. The number of shares of common stock issuable for each share of converted Series B preferred stock shall be calculated by dividing the stated value by the market price, the market price shall be the average of the closing trade prices of the twenty-five (25) days prior to the date of the conversion notice. On August 12, 2016, the agreement was amended to include make-good-shares. The conversion price set forth in Section 1.2 of the agreement shall be adjusted to reflect the lower of $1.05 or the price of the Company’s common stock calculated using the average closing prices of the Company’s common stock on the last three (3) trading days prior to the date of conversion, provided, however, if the Average Closing Price is less than $0.35 per share, the adjusted conversion price shall be $0.35 per share. See Note 3. The conversion price is subject to adjustment in the case of reverse splits, stock dividends, reclassifications and the like. In addition, the conversion price is subject to certain full ratchet anti-dilution protection. Accordingly, the preferred stock is valued under the provision of ASC Topic 815, Derivatives and Hedging, because the conversion feature of the preferred stock was not afforded the exemption for conventional convertible instruments due to its variable conversion rate. The Series B preferred stock shall have the rights, preferences and privileges as set forth in the exchange agreement. As of June 30, 2017, there are 6,666 shares of Series B preferred stock outstanding.

 

Series C

 

On March 14, 2017, the Board of Directors authorized the issuance of 1,000 shares of Series C preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share, to T. Riggs Eckelberry in exchange for his continued employment with the Company. The purchase price of the Series C preferred stock was $0.0001 per share representing a total purchase price of $0.10 for 1,000 shares.

 

Common Stock

 

On April 7, 2017, the Company filed a certificate of amendment to its articles of incorporation with the State of Nevada effectuating a reverse split of the Company’s common stock at a ratio of 1 for 35 (the “Reverse Split”). The Reverse Split became effective in the State of Nevada on April 12, 2017. Unless otherwise indicated, all share amounts, per share data, share prices, exercise prices, and conversion rates set forth in this Quarterly Report and the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statement have, where applicable been adjusted retroactively to reflect this reverse stock split.

 

On June 30, 2017, the Company filed a certificate of amendment (the “Certificate of Amendment”) to amend Article 3 of its articles of incorporation with the State of Nevada, effectuating a decrease of the number of authorized shares of the Company. Pursuant to the Certificate of Amendment, the Company reduced the number of authorized shares of its common stock to 300,000,000. The Certificate of Amendment became effective upon filing with the State of Nevada on June 30, 2017. The reduction in the number of authorized shares does not affect the shares of the Company’s stock issued and outstanding.

 

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Six months ended June 30, 2017

 

The Company issued 4,775,722 shares of common stock through a private placement at a price of $0.175 per share for cash in the amount of $835,750.

 

The Company issued 5,898,617 shares of common stock for the settlement of convertible promissory notes in an aggregate principal in the amount of $290,000, plus interest in the amount of $75,329, with an aggregate fair value loss on settlement of $588,550, based upon conversion prices of $0.1330 to $0.2205.

 

The Company issued 886,700 shares of common stock for the settlement of accounts payable with a fair value of $90,000, with a fair value loss on settlement of $27,931.

 

The Company issued 13,713,867 shares of common stock for services at fair value of $1,335,290 and for commitment fees at fair value of $673,603, respectively.

 

4. CONVERTIBLE PROMISSORY NOTES

 

On various dates the Company entered into unsecured convertible notes (the “Convertible Promissory Notes” or “Notes”), that matured during the period and were extended sixty (60) days from the effective date of each Note. The Notes bear interest at 10% per annum. The Notes may be converted into shares of the Company’s common stock at conversion prices ranging from the lesser of $2.10 to $4.90 (subject to adjustment for stock splits, dividends, combinations and other similar transactions) or 50% of the lowest trade price on any trade day following issuance of the Notes.  In addition, for as long as the Notes or other convertible notes in effect between the purchaser and the Company are outstanding, if the Company issues any security with terms more favorable than the terms of the Notes or such other convertible notes or a term was not similarly provided to the purchaser of the Notes or such other convertible notes, then such more favorable or additional term shall, at the purchaser’s option, become part of the Notes and such other convertible notes. The conversion feature of the Notes was considered a derivative in accordance with current accounting guidelines because of the reset conversion features of the Notes. During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Company issued 5,898,617 shares of common stock, upon conversion of $290,000 in principal, plus accrued interest of $75,329, with a fair value loss on settlement of $588,550. As of June 30, 2017, the Notes had an aggregate remaining balance of $1,665,000.

  

As of June 30, 2017, unsecured convertible promissory notes (the “OID Notes”) had an aggregate remaining principal balance of $184,124, plus accrued interest of $13,334 were amended. The OID Notes included an original issue discount and one time interest, which has been fully amortized. The OID Notes were extended through December 31, 2017. The OID Notes were convertible into shares of the Company’s common stock at a conversion price initially of $15.31. After the amendment, the conversion price changed to the lesser of $2.80 per share, or b) fifty percent (50%) of the lowest trade price of common stock recorded since the original effective date of this note, or c) the lowest effective price per share granted to any person or entity after the effective date.  The conversion feature of the notes was considered a derivative in accordance with current accounting guidelines, because of the reset conversion features of the notes.

 

The Company entered into various, unsecured convertible notes (the “Notes”), on various dates ending on May 19, 2016. The Notes matured and were extended from the date of each tranche through maturity dates ending on May 19, 2020. The Notes bear interest at 10% per annum. The Notes may be converted into shares of the Company’s common stock at conversion prices ranging from the lesser of $0.70 to $2.80 (subject to adjustment for stock splits, dividends, combinations and other similar transactions) or 50% of the lowest trade price on any trade day following issuance of the Notes.  The conversion feature of the Notes was considered a derivative in accordance with current accounting guidelines because of the reset conversion features of the Notes. The remaining balance of the note as of June 30, 2017, was $1,325,000. The Company recorded amortization of debt discount, which was recognized as interest expense in the amount of $11,479 during the six months ended June 30, 2017. 

 

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The Company issued a convertible note in exchange for an accounts payable in the amount of $432,048, which could be converted into shares of the Company’s common stock after December 31, 2015. The note has a maturity date of December 31, 2017. The note was accounted for under ASC 470, whereby, a beneficial conversion feature was recorded at time of issuance. The note did not meet the criteria of a derivative, and was accounted for as a beneficial conversion feature, which was amortized over the life of the note and recognized as interest expense in the financial statements. On January 1, 2016, the note met the criteria of a derivative and was accounted for under ASC 815. The note has zero stated interest rate, and the conversion price shall be equal to 75% of the average three lowest last sale prices traded during the 25 trading days immediately prior to conversion. As of December 31, 2016, the remaining balance was $257,048. During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Company issued 886,700 shares of common stock upon conversion of principal in the amount of $90,000, with a fair value loss on settlement of $27,931. As of June 30, 2017 the Note had a remaining balance of $167,048. The Company recorded amortization of debt discount, which was recognized as interest expense in the amount of $107,124 during the six months ended June 30, 2017.

 

The Company issued a convertible note in exchange for an accounts payable in the amount of $430,896, which could be converted into shares of the Company’s common stock after September 15, 2016. The note has a maturity date of December 31, 2018. The note was accounted for under ASC 470, whereby, a beneficial conversion feature was recorded at time of issuance. On September 15, 2016, the note met the criteria of a derivative and was accounted for under ASC 815. The note has zero stated interest rate, and the conversion price shall be equal to 75% of the average three lowest last sale prices traded during the 25 trading days immediately prior to conversion. The note did not meet the criteria of a derivative at the time it was entered into and was accounted for as a beneficial conversion feature, which was amortized over the life of the note and recognized as interest expense in the financial statements. The conversion feature of the Note was considered a derivative in accordance with current accounting guidelines because of the reset conversion feature of the Note. The Company recorded amortization of debt discount, which was recognized as interest expense in the amount of $93,181 during the six months ended June 30, 2017.

 

We evaluated the financing transactions in accordance with ASC Topic 815, Derivatives and Hedging, and determined that the conversion feature of the convertible promissory notes was not afforded the exemption for conventional convertible instruments due to its variable conversion rate. The note has no explicit limit on the number of shares issuable so they did not meet the conditions set forth in current accounting standards for equity classification. The Company elected to recognize the note under paragraph 815-15-25-4, whereby, there would be a separation into a host contract and derivative instrument. The Company elected to initially and subsequently measure the note in its entirety at fair value, with changes in fair value recognized in earnings. The Company recorded a derivative liability representing the imputed interest associated with the embedded derivative. The derivative liability is adjusted periodically according to the stock price fluctuations.

 

The derivative liability recognized in the financial statements as of June 30, 2017 was $8,179,141.

 

5. OPTIONS AND WARRANTS

 

Options

 

On May 25, 2012, the Board of Directors adopted a new OriginOil, Inc. 2012 Incentive Stock Option Plan (the “2012 Plan”) for the purposes of granting stock options to its employees and others providing services to the Company, which reserves and sets aside for the granting of options for 28,571 shares of common stock.  Options granted under these plans may be either incentive options or nonqualified options and shall be administered by the Company’s Board of Directors.  Each option shall be exercisable to the nearest whole share, in installments or otherwise, as the respective option agreements may provide. Notwithstanding any other provision of the 2012 Plan or of any option agreement, each option shall expire on the date specified in the option agreement, which date shall not be later than the tenth (10th) anniversary from the effective date of grant.

 

On June 14, 2013, the Board of Directors adopted a new OriginOil, Inc. 2013 Incentive Stock Option Plan (the “2013 Plan”) for the purposes of granting stock options to its employees and others providing services to the Company, which reserves and sets aside for the granting of options for 114,286 shares of common stock.  Options granted under the Plan may be either incentive options or nonqualified options and shall be administered by the Company’s Board of Directors.  Each option shall state the number of shares to which it pertains. The exercise price will be determined by the holders percentage owned as follows: If the holder owns more than 10% of the total combined voting power or value of all classes of stock of the Company, then the exercise price will be no less than 110% of the fair market value of the stock as of the date of grant; if the person is not a 10% holder, then the exercise price will be no less than 100% of the fair market value of the stock as of the date of grant. Notwithstanding any other provision of the 2013 Plan or of any option agreement, each option shall expire on the date specified in the option agreement, which date shall not be later than the tenth (10th) anniversary from the date of grant. If the status of an employee terminates for any reason other than disability or death, then the optionee or their representative shall have the right to exercise the portion of any options which were exercisable as of the date of such termination, in whole or in part, not less than 30 days nor more than three (3) months after such termination.

 

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On September 29, 2015, the Board of Directors adopted a new OriginClear, Inc. 2015 Equity Incentive Stock Option Plan (the “2015 Plan”) for the purposes of granting stock options to its employees and others providing services to the Company, which reserves and sets aside for the granting of options for 3,315,714 shares of common stock. On October 2, 2015, the Board of Directors amended the number of shares to reserve for issuance to 4,571,429 shares. Options granted under these plans may be either incentive options or nonqualified options and shall be administered by the Company’s Board of Directors.  Each option shall be exercisable to the nearest whole share, in installments or otherwise, as the respective option agreements may provide. Notwithstanding any other provision of the 2015 Plan or of any option agreement, each option shall expire on the date specified in the option agreement, which date shall not be later than the fifth (5th) anniversary from the effective date of grant.

 

During the year ended December 31, 2016, the Company granted 31,429 shares of incentive stock options to employees, and 428,571 shares of non-statutory options to consultants. Each option shall be exercisable to the nearest whole share, in installments or otherwise, as the respective option agreements may provide. The stock options mature on March 29, 2021 and October 17, 2021, at prices of $0.29 and $1.31.

 

With respect to Non-Statutory Options granted to employees, directors or consultants, the Board of Directors or Committee of the Board of Directors may specify such period for exercise that the option shall automatically terminate following the termination of employment or services as to shares covered by the option as the Board of Directors or Committee of the Board of Directors deems reasonable and appropriate.

 

A summary of the Company’s stock option activity and related information follows:

 

      June 30, 2017  
            Weighted  
      Number of     average exercise  
      Options     price  
  Outstanding, beginning of period     3,697,495     $ 1.505  
  Granted     -       -  
  Exercised     -       -  
  Forfeited/Expired     -       -  
  Outstanding, end of period     3,697,495     $ 1.505  
  Exercisable at the end of the period     2,659,877     $ 1.044  
  Weighted average fair value of options granted during the period           $ -  

 

The weighted average remaining contractual life of options outstanding issued under the 2009 Plan, 2012 Plan, and 2013 Plan as of June 30, 2017 was as follows:

 

                    Weighted Average  
        Stock     Stock     Remaining  
  Exercisable     Options     Options     Contractual  
  Prices     Outstanding     Exercisable     Life (years)  
  $ 6.65 - 147.00       52,276       50,402       5.09 - 7.27  
  $ 10.15 - 15.40       32,362       32,362       6.21  
  $ 1.31       3,612,857       2,577,113       3.27 - 4.30  
            3,697,495       2,659,877          

 

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Stock-based compensation expense recognized during the year is based on the value of the portion of stock-based payment awards that is ultimately expected to vest. Stock-based compensation expense recognized in the financial statements of operations during the six months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016 were $52,602 and $104,217, respectively.

 

Restricted Stock to CEO

 

On May 12, 2016, the Company entered into a Restricted Stock Grant Agreement (the “RSGA”) with its Chief Executive Officer, Riggs Eckelberry, to create management incentives to improve the economic performance of the Company and to increase its value and stock price. All shares issuable under the RSGA are performance based shares and none have yet vested nor have any been issued. The RSGA provides for the issuance of up to 1,714,286 shares of the Company’s common stock to the Employees provided certain milestones are met in certain stages; a) If the Company’s consolidated gross revenue, calculated in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied, equals or exceeds $15,000,000 for the trailing twelve month period as reported in the Company’s quarterly or annual financial statements, the Company will issue up to 857,143 shares of its common stock; b) If the Company’s consolidated operating profit ( Operating Profit = Operating Revenue - Cost of Goods Sold - Operating Expenses - Depreciation & Amortization), calculated in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, equals or exceeds $1,500,000 for the trailing twelve month period as reported as reported in the Company’s SEC Reports, the Company will issue up to 857,143 shares of its common stock. The Company has not recognized any costs associated with the milestones, due to not being able to estimate the probability of it being achieved. As the performance goals are achieved, the shares shall become eligible for vesting and issuance.

 

On August 10, 2016, the Company entered into a Restricted Stock Grant Agreement (the “August RSGA”) with its Chief Executive Officer, Riggs Eckelberry, to create management incentives to improve the economic performance of the Company and to increase its value and stock price. All shares issuable under the August RSGA are performance based shares and none have yet vested nor have any been issued. The August RSGA provides for the issuance of up to 1,714,286 shares of the Company’s common stock to the CEO provided certain milestones are met in certain stages; a) If the Company’s consolidated gross revenue, calculated in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied, equals or exceeds $15,000,000 for the trailing twelve month period, the Company will issue up to 857,143 shares of its common stock; b) If the Company’s consolidated operating profit ( Operating Profit = Operating Revenue - Cost of Goods Sold - Operating Expenses - Depreciation & Amortization), calculated in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, equals or exceeds $1,500,000 for the trailing twelve month period as reported as reported in the Company’s SEC Reports, the Company will issue up to 857,143 shares of its common stock. The Company has not recognized any costs associated with the milestones, due to not being able to estimate the probability of it being achieved. As the performance goals are achieved, the shares shall become eligible for vesting and issuance.

 

Restricted Stock to Employees and Consultants

 

On May 12, 2016, the Company entered into a Restricted Stock Grant Agreement (the “First Employee RSGA”) with an employee, to create management incentives to improve the economic performance of the Company and to increase its value and stock price. All shares issuable under the First Employee RSGA are performance based shares and none have yet vested nor have any been issued. The First Employee RSGA provides for the issuance of up to 857,143 shares of the Company’s common stock to the employee provided certain milestones are met in certain stages; a) If the Company’s consolidated gross revenue, calculated in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied, equals or exceeds $15,000,000 for the trailing twelve month period as reported in the Company’s quarterly or annual financial statements, the Company will issue up to 428,571 shares of its common stock; b) If the Company’s consolidated operating profit ( Operating Profit = Operating Revenue - Cost of Goods Sold - Operating Expenses - Depreciation & Amortization), calculated in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, equals or exceeds $1,500,000 for the trailing twelve month period as reported as reported in the Company’s SEC Reports, the Company will issue up to 428,571 shares of its common stock. The Company has not recognized any costs associated with the milestones, due to not being able to estimate the probability of it being achieved. As the performance goals are achieved, the shares shall become eligible for vesting and issuance.

 

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On May 12, 2016, the Company entered into a Restricted Stock Grant Agreement (the “Second Employee RSGA”) with an employee, to create management incentives to improve the economic performance of the Company and to increase its value and stock price. All shares issuable under the Second Employee RSGA are performance based shares and none have yet vested nor have any been issued. The Second Employee RSGA provides for the issuance of up to 571,429 shares of the Company’s common stock to the employee provided certain milestones are met in certain stages; a) If the Company’s consolidated gross revenue, calculated in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied, equals or exceeds $15,000,000 for the trailing twelve month period as reported in the Company’s quarterly or annual financial statements, the Company will issue up to 285,714 shares of its common stock; b) If the Company’s consolidated operating profit ( Operating Profit = Operating Revenue - Cost of Goods Sold - Operating Expenses - Depreciation & Amortization), calculated in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, equals or exceeds $1,500,000 for the trailing twelve month period as reported as reported in the Company’s SEC Reports, the Company will issue up to 285,714 shares of its common stock. The Company has not recognized any costs associated with the milestones, due to not being able to estimate the probability of it being achieved. As the performance goals are achieved, the shares shall become eligible for vesting and issuance.

 

On August 10, 2016, the Company entered into a Restricted Stock Grant Agreement (the “Consultants RSGA”) with two of its’ consultants, to create management incentives to improve the economic performance of the Company and to increase its value and stock price. All shares issuable under the Consultants RSGA are performance based shares and none have yet vested nor have any been issued. The Consultants RSGA provides to each of the consultants the issuance of up to 285,714 shares of the Company’s common stock provided certain milestones are met in certain stages; a) If the Company’s consolidated gross revenue, calculated in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied, equals or exceeds $15,000,000 for the trailing twelve month period, the Company will issue to each of the consultants up to 142,857 shares of its common stock; b) If the Company’s consolidated operating profit ( Operating Profit = Operating Revenue - Cost of Goods Sold - Operating Expenses - Depreciation & Amortization), calculated in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, equals or exceeds $1,500,000 for the trailing twelve month period as reported as reported in the Company’s SEC Reports, the Company will issue up to 142,857 shares to each of the consultants, its common stock. The Company has not recognized any costs associated with the milestones, due to not being able to estimate the probability of it being achieved. As the performance goals are achieved, the shares shall become eligible for vesting and issuance.

 

Warrants

 

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, no warrants were issued by the Company. A summary of the Company’s warrant activity and related information follows for the six months ended June 30, 2017:

  

      June 30, 2017  
            Weighted  
      Number     average  
      of     exercise  
      Warrants     price  
  Outstanding -beginning of the period     506,026     $ 5.25  
  Granted     -       -  
  Exercised     -       -  
  Forfeited     (11,824 )   $ (46.94 )
  Outstanding - end of the period     494,202     $ 5.77  

 

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At June 30, 2017, the weighted average remaining contractual life of warrants outstanding:

 

                    Weighted  
                    Average  
                    Remaining  
  Exercisable     Warrants     Warrants     Contractual  
  Prices     Outstanding     Exercisable     Life (years)  
  $ 5.25 – 8.75       474,725       474,725       0.02 - 8.75  
  $ 31.50       2,857       2,857       5.38  
  $ 8.75 - 22.75       16,620       16,620       0.11 - 1.22  
            494,202       494,202          

 

At June 30, 2017, the aggregate intrinsic value of the warrants outstanding was $2,849,847.

 

6. FOREIGN SUBSIDIARY

 

On December 31, 2014, the Company formed a wholly owned subsidiary, OriginClear (HK) Company, Ltd (OCHK), in Hong Kong, China. The Company has granted OCHK a master license for the People’s Republic of China, and a non-exclusive license for the rest of Asia. In turn, OCHK is expected to license regional joint ventures for the commercial development of EWS:AOx Technology. A research and manufacturing center are also planned.

 

7. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

  

Operating Lease – Related Party

 

The Company entered into a month-to-month lease agreement with a shareholder of the Company for office space in McKinney, Texas at a base rent of $4,750 per month.

 

Warranty Reserve

 

Generally, a PWT project is guaranteed against defects in material and workmanship for one year from the date of completion, while certain areas of construction and materials may have guarantees extending beyond one year. The Company has various insurance policies relating to the guarantee of completed work, which in the opinion of management will adequately cover any potential claims. A warranty reserve has been provided under PWT based on the opinion of management and based on Company history in the amount of $20,000 as of June 30, 2017.

  

8. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

 

Management has evaluated subsequent events according to the requirements of ASC TOPIC 855 and has determined that there are the following subsequent events:

 

Between July 11, 2017 and July 28, 2017, the Company sold, in a Private Placement, an aggregate of 3,525,000 shares of its common stock to accredited investors for an aggregate consideration of $282,000.

 

Between July 24, 2017 and August 11, 2017, the Company issued to consultants and two employees an aggregate of 2,413,214 shares of the Company’s common stock for services in lieu of cash consideration. 

 

In connection with certain one-time make good agreements, on July 31, 2017, the Company issued an aggregate of 101,460 shares of its common stock to certain holders of its common stock.

 

On August 8, 2017, holders of convertible promissory notes converted an aggregate principal and interest amount of $58,389 into an aggregate of 1,297,534 shares of the Company’s common stock.

 

On August 10, 2017, the Board approved the issuance of an aggregate of $33,333 per month for six months in Company’s common stock for media marketing services in lieu of cash consideration.

 

On August 11, 2017, the Board approved the issuance of an aggregate of 2,400,000 shares of the Company’s common stock to consultants for services in lieu of cash consideration.

 

On August 14, 2017, the Board approved the issuance of an aggregate of 2,000,000 shares of Company’s common stock to consultants for services including investor relations services.

 

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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

 

This Form 10-Q contains forward-looking statements that are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond our control, which may include statements about our:

 

  business strategy;
     
  financial strategy;
     
  intellectual property;
     
  production;
     
  future operating results; and
     
  plans, objectives, expectations and intentions contained in this report that are not historical.

 

All statements, other than statements of historical fact included in this report, regarding our strategy, intellectual property, future operations, financial position, estimated revenues and losses, projected costs, prospects, plans and objectives of management are forward-looking statements. When used in this report, the words “could,” “believe,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “estimate,” “expect,” “project” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain such identifying words. All forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this report. You should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. Although we believe that our plans, intentions and expectations reflected in or suggested by the forward-looking statements we make in this report are reasonable, we can give no assurance that these plans, intentions or expectations will be achieved.  These statements may be found under “Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” as well as in this report generally.  Actual events or results may differ materially from those discussed in forward-looking statements as a result of various factors.  In light of these risks and uncertainties, there can be no assurance that the forward-looking statements contained in this filing will in fact occur 

 

Organizational History

 

OriginClear, Inc. (“we”, “us”, “our”, the “Company” or “OriginClear”) was incorporated on June 1, 2007 under the laws of the State of Nevada.  We have been engaged in business operations since June 2007. We are currently commercializing our technology through joint ventures and licensing, while operating a water treatment service company in Texas, which we have designated a certified manufacturer for our technology. Our principal offices are located at 525 S. Hewitt St., Los Angeles, California 90013. Our main telephone number is (323) 939-6645. Our website address is www.OriginClear.com.  In addition to announcing material financial information through our investor relations website, press releases, SEC filings and webcasts, we also intend to use the following social media channels as a means of disclosing information about our products, our planned financial and other announcements, our attendance at upcoming investor and industry conferences, and other matters and for complying with our disclosure obligations under Regulation FD:

 

  OriginClear’s Twitter Account (https://twitter.com/OriginClear)
     
  OriginClear’s Facebook Page (https://www.facebook.com/OriginClear)

 

The information we post through these social media channels may be deemed material. Accordingly, investors should monitor these accounts, in addition to following the company’s press releases, SEC filings, public conference calls and webcasts. This list may be updated from time to time. 

 

We have not incorporated by reference into this   report the information in, or that can be accessed through, our website or social media channels, and you should   not consider it to be a part of this report.

 

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Overview of Business

 

OriginClear is a leading provider of water treatment solutions and the developer of a breakthrough water cleanup technology. Through its wholly owned subsidiaries, OriginClear provides systems and services to treat water in a wide range of industries, such as municipal, pharmaceutical, semiconductors, industrial, and oil & gas. To rapidly grow this segment of the business, we strategically acquire profitable and well-managed water treatment companies, which allow us to expand our global market presence and technical expertise. To enable a new era of clean and socially responsible water treatment solutions, we invented Electro Water Separation™, a breakthrough high-speed water cleanup technology using multi-stage electrochemistry, which we license worldwide to water treatment equipment manufacturers. Water is our most valuable resource and the mission of The OriginClear Group™ (the “Group”) is to improve the quality of water and help return it to its original and clear condition.

 

The Group

 

Outsourcing is a fast-growing reality in water treatment. Tougher regulations, water scarcities and general outsourcing trends are driving industrial and agricultural water treatment users to delegate their water problem to service providers. As Global Water Intelligence pointed out in their report on October 30, 2015, “Water is often perceived as a secondary importance, with end-users increasingly wanting to focus solely on their own core business. This is driving a move away from internal water personnel towards external service experts to take control of water aspects.” External service experts are typically small, privately owned and locally operated. Consolidating these companies could lead to enormous economies of scale through sharing of best practices, technologies, and customers. Decentralization is an even greater trend in water, similar to what has been seen in energy decentralization through solar and wind off-grid generation. ​ Water is becoming increasingly scarcer. ​McKinsey’s Transforming ​Water Economies ​forecasts that ​“without ​action, global ​water demand ​could outstrip ​supply by up to ​40 percent by ​2030.” ​Furthermore, existing water infrastructure in the United States is aging and water loss is increasing. According to ​Lux Research, ​updating the country’s ​national water ​infrastructure ​will require an ​investment of $270 billion; money ​that will be ​hard to pull ​together for ​projects that ​could take ​decades to ​complete. ​In the meantime, centralized water systems are forcing water users to treat their own water with small, modular water treatment systems. OriginClear is acquiring companies to help industrial water users treat their ​water ​themselves, and often reuse ​it. We believe ​those companies ​are going to ​grow tremendously ​because of this ​“local ​water” ​growth trend. ​We believe that assembling a group of water treatment companies is an opportunity for significant growth and increased Company value for the stockholders.

  

Progressive Water Treatment

 

On October 1, 2015, Dallas-based Progressive Water Treatment, Inc. (“PWT”) became the first company in the Group. PWT is a fast-growing designer, builder and service provider for a wide range of industrial water treatment applications. PWT reported revenue of $4,794,637 for the period ending December 31, 2016. For the first six months of 2017, PWT reported revenue of $1,162,154 which is included in the consolidated financial statements ending June 30, 2017.

 

PWT’s Business

 

Since 1995, PWT has been designing and manufacturing a complete line of water treatment systems for municipal, industrial and pure water applications. Known as an OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer), PWT utilizes a wide range of technologies, including chemical injection, media filters, membrane, ion exchange and SCADA technology, in turnkey systems that it designs and builds. PWT also offers a broad range of services including maintenance contracts, retrofits and replacement assistance. In addition, PWT rents equipment through contracts of varying duration. Customers are primarily served in the United States and Canada, with PWT’s reach extending worldwide from Japan to Argentina to the Middle East.

 

OriginClear is currently in discussions for additional, accretive acquisitions of companies specializing in complementary markets and applications.

 

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Technology Licensing

 

For its first eight years of operations, OriginClear focused uniquely on development and commercialization of its breakthrough Electro Water Separation™ technology. In 2015, the technology went into commercial phase, and the Company launched it as OriginClear Technologies, operating in parallel to the Group. The mission of OriginClear Technologies is to develop Electro Water Separation™ and achieve its full recognition as an international industry standard in treating our increasingly complex wastewater treatment challenges. For this purpose, OriginClear Technologies relies on an ongoing strong R&D and engineering activity for the development of its technology, while actively building its network of partners, licensees and joint venture partners for commercial development. A key element of this strategy is OriginClear (HK), OriginClear’s wholly-owned subsidiary in Hong Kong that manages Asia-Pacific market development, with a special focus on China sales and manufacturing. While OriginClear Technologies focuses on developing and monetizing the Company’s internally-developed Intellectual Property, best practices and trade secrets, it is expected to do the same for technologies which may result in future from the Group’s acquisition of profitable water treatment companies.

 

The Technology

 

OriginClear is the proprietary developer of Electro Water Separation™ (EWS), the high-speed, primarily chemical-free technology to clean up large quantities of water. It removes oils, suspended solids, certain dissolved solids, and pathogens, in a continuous and energy-efficient process. The Company originally developed this technology to solve the challenge of removing microalgae from a highly dilute state. The EWS technology remains the most efficient non-chemical, continuous mechanism for the concentration of live algae cells from water. The electro-chemical process was then extended, first to cleaning up oil and gas waste water and most recently, to industrial, agricultural and urban effluents. These water treatment applications are entirely electrochemical in nature and do not rely on algae for its cleaning capabilities, which is a separate application of the technology. EWS is designed to be an early step in removal of oils, solids and pathogens; reducing the work that more expensive, downstream processes such as Ultra Filtration or Reverse Osmosis must do, therefore enabling more cost-efficient and high-volume water cleanup overall. 

   

In March of 2016, OriginClear announced that it had successfully developed and proved Advanced Oxidation for its breakthrough water cleanup system, EWS. University laboratory tests have shown that EWS with Advanced Oxidation (EWS:AOx™) can now extract dissolved contaminants, which are otherwise difficult to remove without chemicals such as chlorine. Overall, the system has shown a dramatic reduction in Total Organic Compounds which includes all forms of organic contamination, solids, miscible or dissolved, to meet new stringent global discharge requirements. Even prior to this innovation, EWS, combined with an iSep ultrafiltration membrane, demonstrated up to a 99.9% removal of dispersed oil, 99.5% removal of suspended solids as well as successful treatment of chemical oxygen demand (COD), including specific contaminants such as ammonia, phosphorus and hydrogen sulfide. These results were presented at the International Water Conference in 2015. In 2016, OriginClear filed for a patent, which is still pending, to protect the new AOx process and system configuration.

 

Today, we are capable of pairing the two technologies as EWS:AOx™, or separately, as the application requires. OriginClear believes that its technology is valuable to the industry because it has the potential to greatly extend the life of membranes and filters by effectively treating very dirty, oily water, while reducing chemical use significantly. OriginClear also believes that its Advanced Oxidation technology will help neutralize harmful micro-contaminants, such as industrial solvents, which is difficult or impossible to achieve with other technologies. Overall, the system has shown a dramatic reduction in Total Organic Compounds which includes all forms of organic contamination, solids, miscible or dissolved, to meet new stringent global discharge requirements.

 

Recently, with our initial commercial contract for a landfill upgrade in Malaysia, we have shown that our systems can be retrofitted into existing installations, avoiding the time and expense of ground-up construction and enabling rapid compliance with new, stringent discharge regulations for treatment companies.

 

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Targeting the microtoxins in drinking water

 

Nearly two-thirds of the human body is water. And that water (entering our bodies directly, or indirectly through food), is increasingly contaminated with a potent mix of chemicals, such as glyphosate or Roundup, atrazine, dioxane, estrogen, pharmaceutical drugs and much, much more. These chemicals are directly implicated in many disorders including cancer. Their effect may be greatly increased as a cocktail of chemicals, the destructiveness of which we can only guess at. Bottled water is often contaminated, too. In fact, it is very difficult to find truly pure water, whether in the water we drink, or in the water that irrigates our crops.

 

In the water treatment industry, Advanced Oxidation Process (AOP) is employed to create abundant reactive oxygen species (ROS), which kill all organic material, even many of the micro-toxins that are otherwise so difficult to remove. OriginClear believes it has invented the next generation of AOP, using electrical reaction efficiently, and capable of being applied to drinking water in a variety of settings including, ultimately, the home. Our breakthrough process, for which we filed our latest patent in March of 2016, is called AOx. We used this process in July of 2017 to demonstrate in the laboratory the ability to virtually eliminate the herbicide glyphosate from drinking water by up to 99.3%, according to independent test results.

 

We believe that AOx can be a simpler and effective way to treat water for many micro-toxins at city treatment plants, at irrigation districts, in bottling water plants and eventually in the home.

 

We are continuing to test for various contaminants, and to invent ways to effect the removal of microtoxins, real-time and in a number of settings.

 

Meanwhile, we are pursuing research alliances. And in the future, we plan to work with licensing and joint venture partners to take the technology to market.

 

Critical Accounting Policies

 

The Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") defines "critical accounting policies" as those that require application of management's most difficult, subjective or complex judgments, often as a result of the need to make estimates about the effect of matters that are inherently uncertain and may change in subsequent periods. Not all of the accounting policies require management to make difficult, subjective or complex judgments or estimates. However, the following policies could be deemed to be critical within the SEC definition. 

 

Revenue Recognition

 

Equipment sales

 

We recognize revenue upon delivery of equipment, provided that evidence of an arrangement exists, title, and risk of loss have passed to the customer, fees are fixed or determinable, and collection of the related receivable is reasonably assured.  Title to the equipment is transferred to the customer once the last payment is received. We record revenue as goods are shipped, and the equipment has been fully accepted by the customer. Generally, we extend credit to our customers and do not require collateral.  We do not ship a product until we have a purchase agreement signed by the customer with a payment arrangement.  

 

Percentage of completion

 

Revenues and related costs on construction contracts are recognized using the “percentage of completion method” of accounting in accordance with ASC 605-35 – “ Accounting for Performance of Construction-Type and Certain Production Type Contracts”. Under this method, contract revenues and related expenses are recognized over the performance period of the contract in direct proportion to the costs incurred as a percentage of total estimated costs for the entirety of the contract. Costs include direct material, direct labor, subcontract labor and any allocable indirect costs. All un-allocable indirect costs and corporate general and administrative costs are charged to the periods as incurred. However, in the event a loss on a contract is foreseen, the Company will recognize the loss as it is determined.

 

Use of Estimates

 

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the accompanying financial statements. Significant estimates made in preparing these financial statements include the estimate of useful lives of property and equipment, the deferred tax valuation allowance, and the fair value of stock options, warrants, convertible notes and common stock for services. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

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Fair Value of Financial Instruments

 

Fair value of financial instruments requires disclosure of the fair value information, whether or not recognized in the balance sheet, where it is practicable to estimate that value. As of June 30, 2017, the amounts reported for cash, prepaid expenses, accounts payable and accrued expenses approximate the fair value because of their short maturities.

  

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

 

Management reviewed accounting pronouncements issued during the three months ended June 30, 2017, and no pronouncements were believed by management to have a material impact on our present or future financial statements.

  

Results of Operation

 

Results of Operations for the three months ended June 30, 2017 compared to the three months ended June 30, 2016. 

 

Revenue and Cost of Sales

 

For the three months ended June 30, 2017, we had revenue of $510,325 compared to $1,833,709 for the three months ended June 30, 2016. Cost of sales for the three months ended June 30, 2017, was $499,222 compared to $1,256,977 for the three months ended June 30, 2016. Revenue and cost of sales decreased primarily due to PWT’s focus on marketing during the three months of operations.

 

Our gross profit was $11,103 and $576,732 for the three months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively.

  

Selling and Marketing Expenses

 

For the three months ended June 30, 2017, we had selling and marketing expenses of $1,112,437, compared to $622,561 for the three months ended June 30, 2016. Selling and marketing expenses increased primarily due to an increase in investor relations and marketing expense.

 

General and Administrative Expenses

 

General and administrative expenses decreased to $440,570, for the three months ended June 30, 2017, compared to $543,938 for the three months ended June 30, 2016. General and administrative expenses decreased primarily due to overall expense reduction efforts.

 

Research and Development Cost

 

Research and development cost for the three months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016, were $28,990 and $130,624, respectively.  The decrease in research and development costs was primarily due to a decrease in salaries, outside services and other research and development costs.

 

Depreciation Expense

  

Depreciation expense for the three months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016, was $12,945 and $11,331, respectively. The increase was primarily due to the purchase of fixed assets.

 

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Other Income and (Expenses)

 

Other income and (expenses) for the three months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016, were $(1,959,772) and $2,993,639, respectively. The increase in other income and (expenses) was the result of a change in gain of non-cash accounts associated with the fair value of the derivatives in the amount of $5,007,943, with an offset of interest expense of $54,532, which includes non-cash amortization of debt discount of $31,861.

 

Net Income (Loss)

 

Our net loss for the three months ended June 30, 2017 was $(3,549,610), compared to a net income of $2,261,917 for the three months ended June 30, 2016. The majority of the increase in net loss was due primarily to an increase in other expenses consisting of a decrease in gain in non-cash accounts associated with derivatives along with a decrease in revenue and gross profit, and other income and (expenses).  

 

Results of Operations for the six months ended June 30, 2017 compared to the six months ended June 30, 2016.

 

Revenue and Cost of Sales

 

For the six months ended June 30, 2017, we had revenue of $1,182,454 compared to $3,301,460 for the six months ended June 30, 2016. Cost of sales for the six months ended June 30, 2017, was $1,081,678 compared to $2,325,403 for the three months ended June 30, 2016. Revenue and cost of sales decreased primarily due to PWT’s focus on marketing during the six months of operations.

 

Our gross profit was $100,776 and $976,057 for the six months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively.

 

Selling and Marketing Expenses

 

For the six months ended June 30, 2017, we had selling and marketing expenses of $1,625,238 compared to $1,116,070 for the six months ended June 30, 2016. Selling and marketing expenses increased primarily due to an increase in investor relations and marketing expense.

 

General and Administrative Expenses

 

General and administrative expenses decreased to $1,012,369 for the six months ended June 30, 2017, compared to $1,230,784 for the six months ended June 30, 2016. General and administrative expenses decreased primarily due to overall expense reduction efforts.

 

Research and Development Cost

 

Research and development cost for the six months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016, were $82,643 and $340,775, respectively.  The decrease in research and development costs was primarily due to a decrease in salaries, outside services and other research and development costs.

  

Depreciation Expense

 

Depreciation expense for the six months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016, was $26,545 and $22,570, respectively. The increase was primarily due to the purchase of fixed assets.

 

Other Income and (Expenses)

 

Other income (expense) for the six months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016, was $(1,136,144) and $5,338,062, respectively. The decrease in other income was primarily a result of a change in gain of non-cash accounts associated with the fair value of the derivatives in the amount of $6,541,016, with an offset of interest expense of $66,810, which includes non-cash amortization of debt discount of $42,580.

 

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Net Income/(Loss)

 

Our net loss for the six months ended June 30, 2017 was $(3,782,163), compared to a net income of $3,603,920 for the six months ended June 30, 2016. The majority of the increase in net loss was due primarily to an increase in other expenses consisting of a decrease in gain in non-cash accounts associated with derivatives along with a decrease in revenue and gross profit, and other income and (expenses)

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

Liquidity is the ability of a company to generate funds to support its current and future operations, satisfy its obligations, and otherwise operate on an ongoing basis. Significant factors in the management of liquidity are funds generated by operations, levels of accounts receivable and accounts payable and capital expenditures.

 

The condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis of accounting, which contemplates continuity of operations, realization of assets and liabilities and commitments in the normal course of business.  The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements do not reflect any adjustments that might result if the Company is unable to continue as a going concern. The Company has not generated significant revenue, and has negative cash flows from operations, which raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. The ability of the Company to continue as a going concern and appropriateness of using the going concern basis is dependent upon, among other things, additional cash infusion. We obtained funds from our shareholders during the six months ending June 30, 2017. Management believes the existing shareholders, the prospective new investors and future sales will provide the additional cash needed to meet the Company’s obligations as they become due, and will allow the development of its core business operations. No assurance can be given that any future financing will be available or, if available, that it will be on terms that are satisfactory to the Company. Even if the Company is able to obtain additional financing, it may contain undue restrictions on our operations, in the case of debt financing, cause substantial dilution for our stockholders, in case of equity financing.

 

At June 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, we had cash of $274,555 and $351,321, respectively and working capital deficit of $9,334,241 and $11,056,570, respectively.  The decrease in working capital deficit was due to a decrease in non-cash derivative liabilities and convertible notes, cash, cost in excess of billing and prepaid expenses with an increase in contracts receivable, inventory assets, accounts payable, accrued expenses, billing in excess of cost, deferred income, and loan payable. 

  

Net cash used in operating activities was $907,804 for the six months ended June 30, 2017, compared to $1,189,093 for the prior period ended June 30, 2016. The decrease in cash used in operating activities was primarily due to the overall decrease in professional fees and research and development. 

 

Net cash flows used in investing activities was $33,845 for the six months ended June 30, 2017, as compared to $5,699 for the prior period ended June 30, 2016. The net increase in cash used in investing activities was due to an increase in equipment purchases in the current period.

 

Net cash flows provided by financing activities was $864,923 for the six months ended June 30, 2017, as compared to $929,000 for the prior period ended June 30, 2016. The decrease in cash provided by financing activities was due to a decrease in debt financing. To date we have principally financed our operations through the sale of our common stock and the issuance of debt.

  

We do not have any material commitments for capital expenditures during the next twelve months.  Although proceeds from the issuance of equity together with revenue from operations are currently sufficient to fund our operating expenses, we will need to raise additional funds in the future so that we can expand our operations. Therefore, our future operations are dependent on our ability to secure additional financing.  Financing transactions may include the issuance of equity or debt securities, obtaining credit facilities, or other financing mechanisms. However, the trading price of our common stock and a downturn in the U.S. equity and debt markets could make it more difficult to obtain financing through the issuance of equity or debt securities. Even if we are able to raise the funds required, it is possible that we could incur unexpected costs and expenses, fail to collect significant amounts owed to us, or experience unexpected cash requirements that would force us to seek alternative financing. Furthermore, if we issue additional equity or debt securities, stockholders may experience additional dilution or the new equity securities may have rights, preferences or privileges senior to those of existing holders of our common stock. The inability to obtain additional capital may restrict our ability to grow and may reduce our ability to continue to conduct business operations. If we are unable to obtain additional financing or generate sufficient revenue, we may have to curtail our marketing and development plans and possibly cease our operations.

 

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We have estimated our current average burn, and believe that we have assets to ensure that we can function without liquidation over the next twelve months, due to our cash on hand, growing revenue, and our ability to raise money from our investor base.  Based on the aforesaid, we believe we have the ability to continue our operations for the foreseeable future and will be able to realize assets and discharge liabilities in the normal course of operations.

 

Additional Information

 

Certificate of Amendment

 

On June 30, 2017, the Company filed a certificate of amendment (the “Certificate of Amendment”) to amend Article 3 of its articles of incorporation with the State of Nevada, effectuating a decrease of the number of authorized shares of the Company. Pursuant to the Certificate of Amendment, the Company reduced the number of authorized shares of its common stock to 300,000,000, the number of authorized shares of all series of its preferred stock to 750,000 and as a result of such, the aggregate number of its authorized shares to 300,750,000. The Certificate of Amendment became effective upon filing with the State of Nevada on June 30, 2017. The reduction in the number of authorized shares does not affect the shares of the Company’s stock issued and outstanding.

 

The foregoing description does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete text of the Certificate of Amendment, incorporated herein by reference.

 

Private Placement

 

The Company has commenced an offering (the “Offering”) under Regulation 506(c) of Regulation D of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The securities offered in the Private Placement will not be and have not been registered under the Securities Act and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from registration requirements. The Offering is a private placement of up to 20,000,000 Units (the “Units”) of the Company’s securities, each Unit consisting of (i) one (1) share of common stock, $0.0001 par value (the “Common Stock”), (ii) a Class A Warrant (the “Class A Warrants”) to purchase one share of Common Stock at an exercise price of $0.08 per share for those subscribers who subscribed on or before July 28, 2017 and $0.10 thereafter, expiring June 1, 2018, (iii) a Class B Warrant (the “Class B Warrants”) to purchase one share of Common Stock at an exercise price of $0.15 per share of the Company expiring December 1, 2018 and (iv) a Class C Warrant (the “Class C Warrants”) to purchase one share of Common Stock at an exercise price of $0.20 per share of the Company expiring June 1, 2019, at a per Unit purchase price (the “Unit Purchase Price”) of $0.10 per Unit, or $0.08 per Unit if subscribed on or before September 18, 2017. The Company may redeem the warrants, but only after one year from the investor’s initial subscription, and only if the average stock price over a ten day period after that time is double the applicable warrant’s exercise price. If accelerating, the Company must reduce each exercise price by 25%. The subscription documents contain a lock-up provision under which, subject to certain terms and conditions therein, the subscribers shall not sell any of their shares of common stock of the Company obtained in this Offering for a period of twelve months.

 

On July 28, 2017, the Company sold, in the Private Placement, an aggregate of 125,000 shares of its common stock to an accredited investor for an aggregate consideration of $10,000.

 

Stock Issuances and Board Approvals  

 

On August 10, 2017, the Board approved the issuance of an aggregate of $33,333 per month for six months in Company’s common stock for media marketing services in lieu of cash consideration.

 

On August 11, 2017, the Board approved the issuance of an aggregate of 2,400,000 shares of the Company’s common stock to consultants for services in lieu of cash consideration.

 

On August 14, 2017, the Board approved the issuance of an aggregate of 2,000,000 shares of Company’s common stock to consultants for services including investor relations services.

 

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

 

We do not have any off balance sheet arrangements that are reasonably likely to have a current or future effect on our financial condition, revenues, and results of operations, liquidity or capital expenditures.

 

Item 3.   Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.

 

We are a smaller reporting company as defined by Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and are not required to provide the information under this item.

 

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Item 4.   Controls and Procedures.

 

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

  

Pursuant to Rules 13a-15(b) and 15-d-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended ("Exchange Act"), the Company carried out an evaluation, with the participation of the Company's management, including the Company's Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer ("CEO/CFO") of the effectiveness of the Company's disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this report. The term "disclosure controls and procedures", as defined under Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act, means controls and other procedures of a company that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by a company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the SEC's rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by a company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to the company's management, including its principal executive and principal financial officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

 

As disclosed in our annual report filing for the year ended December 31, 2016, there was a significant deficiency in the Company's internal control over financial reporting due to a lack of segregation of duties due to small Company staff size. Based upon the evaluation of the disclosure controls and procedures at the end of the period covered by this report, the Company's CEO/CFO concluded that the Company's disclosure controls and procedures were ineffective due to the significant deficiency in the Company's internal control over financial reporting.

 

To address the significant deficiency, we performed additional analysis and other post-closing procedures in an effort to ensure our condensed consolidated financial statements included in this review report have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. Accordingly, management believes that the financial statements included in this quarterly report on Form 10-Q fairly present in all material respects our financial condition, results of operations and cash flows for the periods presented.

 

Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

 

There were no changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15f of the Exchange Act) that occurred during the current period of 2017 that has materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting .

 

Limitations on Internal Controls

 

In designing and evaluating the disclosure controls and procedures, management recognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives. In addition, the design of disclosure controls and procedures must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints and that management is required to apply its judgment in evaluating the benefits of possible controls and procedures relative to their costs.

 

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PART II

 

Item 1.  Legal Proceedings.

 

None

 

Item 1A. Risk Factors.  

 

We are a smaller reporting company as defined by Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and are not required to provide the information under this item.

 

Item 2.  Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.

 

None

 

Item 3.  Defaults Upon Senior Securities.

 

None

 

Item 4.  Mine Safety Disclosures

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 5.  Other Information.

 

None

  

Item 6.  Exhibits.

 

Exhibit
Number
  Description of Exhibit
 
4.1   Form of Class A Stock Purchase Warrant
4.2   Form of Class B Stock Purchase Warrant
4.3   Form of Class C Stock Purchase Warrant
10.1   Form of Subscription Agreement
31   Certification by Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, required by Rule 13a-14(a) or Rule 15d-14(a) of the Exchange Act.
32   Certification by Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, required by Rule 13a-14(b) or Rule 15d-14(b) of the Exchange Act and Section 1350 of Chapter 63 of Title 18 of the United States Code.
101.INS   XBRL Instance Document.*
101.SCH   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema.*
101.CAL   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase.*
101.DEF   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase.*
101.LAB   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase.*
101.PRE   XBRL Extension Presentation Linkbase.*

 

* Attached as Exhibit 101 to this report are the following financial statements from the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2017 formatted in XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language): (i) the Balance Sheets, (ii) the Statement of Operations, (iii) the Statement of Shareholders’ Equity, (iv) the Statement of Cash Flow, and (v) Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

In accordance with the requirements of the Exchange Act, the registrant caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

  ORIGINCLEAR, INC.
     
  By: /s/ T Riggs Eckelberry
    T Riggs Eckelberry
   

Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer) and

    Acting Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Accounting and Financial Officer)
    August 14, 2017

 

 

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Exhibit 4.1

 

NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR THE SECURITIES FOR 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.

 

FORM OF CLASS A COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT

 

ORIGINCLEAR, inc.

 

Warrant No.                                                                                                                                                    Issue Date:       , 2017

 

THIS CLASS A 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 the date hereof (the “ Initial Exercise Date ”) and on or prior to the close of business on June 1, 2018 (the “ Termination Date ”) but not thereafter, to subscribe for and purchase from OriginClear, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “ Company ”), up to          shares (the “ Warrant Shares ”) of 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 . For the purposes hereof, in addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Warrant, (a) capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Subscription Agreement and (b) the following terms shall have the following meanings:

 

Business Day ” means any day except any Saturday, any Sunday, any day which shall be a federal legal holiday in the United States or any day on which banking institutions in the State of New York are authorized or required by law or other governmental action to close.

 

Common Stock Equivalents ” means any securities of the Company or the Subsidiaries which would entitle the holder thereof to acquire at any time Common Stock, including, without limitation, any debt, preferred stock, rights, options, warrants or other instrument that is at any time convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or otherwise entitles the holder thereof to receive Common Stock.

 

Fair Market Value ” of one share of Common Stock as of a particular date shall mean: (i) if traded on a National Securities Exchange, the VWAP (as defined below) of the Common Stock of the Company on such exchange over the five (5) Trading Days ending immediately prior to the applicable date of valuation; (ii) if quoted on the OTCQB or the OTCPink or its successor, the average VWAP over the thirty (30) Trading Days ending immediately prior to the applicable date of valuation; and (iii) if neither (i) nor (ii) applies, the Fair Market Value shall be the value thereof, as agreed upon by the Company and the Holder; provided, however, that if the Company and the Holder cannot agree on such value, such value shall be determined by an independent valuation firm experienced in valuing businesses such as the Company and jointly selected in good faith by the Company and the Holder. Fees and expenses of the valuation firm shall be paid for by the Company.

 

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National Securities Exchange ” means the following markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock may be listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: the NYSE MKT, LLC, the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market, the New York Stock Exchange.

 

Person ” means an individual or corporation, partnership, trust, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint venture, limited liability company, joint stock company, government (or an agency or subdivision thereof) or other entity of any kind.

 

Subscription Agreement ” means, collectively, the Subscription Agreement, dated as of ___, 2017, between the Company and the original Holder, as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with its terms.

 

Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

Trading Day ” means a day on which the New York Stock Exchange is open for business.

 

Trading Market ” means the following markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: the NYSE AMEX LLC, the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market, the New York Stock Exchange, the OTCQB or the OTCPink.

 

Transaction Documents ” shall have the meaning set forth in the Subscription Agreement.

 

VWAP ” means, for any date, the price determined by the first of the following clauses that applies: (a) if the Common Stock is then listed or quoted on a National Securities Exchange, the daily volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on the trading market on which the Common Stock is then listed or quoted as reported by Bloomberg L.P. (based on a Trading Day from 9:30 a.m. New York City time to 4:02 p.m. New York City time); (b) if the Common Stock is quoted on any one or more of the OTC Bulletin Board, or the other OTC markets, including the OTCQX, OTCQB and OTCPink, the volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on OTC Markets, including the OTCQX, OTCQB and the OTCPink; or (cd) in all other cases, the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock as determined by an independent appraiser selected in good faith by the Subscribers of a majority in interest of the Securities then outstanding and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the fees and expenses of which shall be paid by the Company; provided that in each case where Bloomberg L.P. data is being relied upon, Holder shall provide to the Company a copy of such information for the Company's records.

 

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Section 2 .              Exercise .

 

a)              Exercise of Warrant .

 

i. 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 (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 the Holder appearing on the books of the Company) of a duly executed notice of exercise (“ Notice of Exercise ”) form attached hereto as Exhibit A ; and, within three (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 three (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. In the event of any dispute or discrepancy, the records of the Company shall be controlling and determinative in the absence of manifest error.

 

ii. If at any time after the Initial Exercise Date, in lieu of the payment methods set forth in Section 2(a)(i) above, the Holder may elect to exchange all or some of this Warrant for shares of Common Stock equal to the value of the amount of the Warrant being exchanged on the date of exchange.  If Holder elects to exchange this Warrant as provided in this Section 2(a)(ii) , Holder shall tender to the Company the Warrant for the amount being exchanged, along with written notice of Holder’s election to exchange some or all of the Warrant, and the Company shall issue to Holder the number of shares of the 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 Holder.

     
  Y =    the number of shares of Common Stock purchasable under the amount of the Warrant being exchanged (as adjusted to the date of such calculation).
     
  A =    the Fair Market Value of one share of the Common Stock on the date that the notice of exercise is received by the Company.
     
  B =    Exercise Price (as adjusted to the date of such calculation).

 

b)              Exercise Price . The exercise price per share of the Common Stock under this Warrant shall be $0.08 subject to adjustment hereunder (the “ Exercise Price ”).

 

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c)              Exercise Limitations . Holder shall not have the right to exercise any portion of this Warrant, pursuant to Section 2 or otherwise, to the extent that after giving effect to such issuance after exercise, the Holder (together with the Holder’s affiliates, and any other person or entity acting as a group together with the Holder or any of the Holder’s affiliates), would beneficially own in excess of the Beneficial Ownership Limitation (as defined below). For purposes of this Section, beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. Holder is solely responsible for any schedules required to be filed in accordance therewith. The Company shall have no obligation to verify or confirm the accuracy of such filings. 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 the 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 Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant. The Holder, upon not less than 61 days’ prior notice to the Company, may increase or decrease the Beneficial Ownership Limitation provisions of this Section 2(c), provided that the Beneficial Ownership Limitation may not exceed 9.99% of the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of Warrant Shares upon exercise of this Warrant held by the Holder and the provisions of this Section 2(c) shall continue to apply, unless the Holder upon not less than 61 days’ prior notice to the Company determines to waive the Beneficial Ownerhship Limitation requirements described in this Section 2(c) in its entirety. Any such increase or decrease will not be effective until the 61 st day after such notice is delivered to the Company. The limitations contained in this paragraph shall apply to a successor holder of this Warrant.

 

d)              Mechanics of Exercise .

 

i.              Delivery of Certificates Upon Exercise . Certificates for shares purchased hereunder shall be transmitted by the Company’s transfer agent (the “ Transfer Agent ”) 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 then a participant in such system and either (A) there is an effective registration statement permitting the resale of the Warrant Shares by the Holder or (B) the shares are eligible for resale without volume or manner-of-sale limitations pursuant to Rule 144, and otherwise by physical delivery of certificates to the address specified by the Holder in the Notice of Exercise within four (4) 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 (the “ 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 and all taxes required to be paid by the Holder, if any, pursuant to Section 2(e)(vi) prior to the issuance of such shares, have been paid.

 

ii.             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.

 

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iii.            Rescission Rights . If the Company fails to cause the Transfer Agent to transmit to the Holder a certificate or the certificates representing the Warrant Shares pursuant to Section 2(d)(i) by the Warrant Share Delivery Date, then the Holder will have the right to rescind such exercise.

 

iv.           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.

 

v.            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 (“ Assignment Form ”) attached hereto as Exhibit B 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.

 

vi.           Closing of Books . The Company will not close its shareholder books or records in any manner which prevents the timely exercise of this Warrant, pursuant to the terms hereof.

 

e)              Redemption of Warrants .

 

i.             General . Prior to the Termination Date, commencing 12 months following the Issue Date, the Company shall have the option, subject to the conditions set forth herein, to redeem all of the Warrant then outstanding upon not less than thirty (30) days prior written notice to the Holder provided that, at the time of delivery of such notice theVWAP of the Company's Common Stock for a period of 10 consecutive Trading Days is $0.20 per share or greater, as proportionately adjusted to reflect any stock splits, stock dividends, combination of shares or like events.

 

ii.             Notice . Notice of redemption will be effective upon mailing in accordance with this Section and such date may be referred to below as the “ Notice Date .” Notice of redemption shall be mailed by first class mail, postage prepaid, by the Company not less than 30 days prior to the date fixed for redemption to the Holders of the Warrants to be redeemed at their last addresses as they shall appear on the registration books. Any notice mailed in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given whether or not the Holder received such notice.

 

iii.            Redemption Date and Redemption Price . The notice of redemption shall state the date set for redemption, which date shall be not less than thirty (30) days from the Notice Date (the “ Redemption Date ”). The Company shall not mail the notice of redemption unless all funds necessary to pay for redemption of the Warrant to be redeemed shall have first been set aside by the Company for the benefit of the Holder so as to be and continue to be available therefor. The redemption price to be paid to the Holder will be $0.0001 for each share of common stock of the Company to which the Holder would then be entitled upon exercise of the Warrant being redeemed, as adjusted from time to time as provided herein (the “ Redemption Price ”).

 

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iv.           Exercise . Following the Notice Date, the Holder may exercise their Warrants between the Notice Date and 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the Redemption Date at a price equal to 25% of the Exercise Price and such exercise shall be timely if the form of election to purchase duly executed and the Exercise Price for the shares of Common Stock to be purchased are actually received by the Company at its principal offices prior to 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the Redemption Date.

 

v.            Mailing . If any Holder does not wish to exercise any Warrant being redeemed, he should mail such Warrant to the Company at its principal offices after receiving the notice of redemption. On and after 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the Redemption Date, notwithstanding that any Warrant subject to redemption shall not have been surrendered for redemption, the obligation evidenced by all Warrants not surrendered for redemption or effectively exercised shall be deemed no longer outstanding, and all rights with respect thereto shall forthwith cease and terminate, except only the right of the holder of each Warrant subject to redemption to receive the Redemption Price for each share of Common Stock to which he would be entitled if he exercised the Warrant upon receiving notice of redemption of the Warrant subject to redemption held by him.

 

Section 3 .               Certain Adjustments .

 

a)              Stock Dividends and Splits . If the Company, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding: (i) 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 Warrant Shares issued by the Company upon exercise of this Warrant), (ii) subdivides outstanding shares of Common Stock into a larger number of shares, (iii) combines (including by way of reverse stock split) outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares or (iv) 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 such that the aggregate Exercise Price of this Warrant shall remain unchanged. Any adjustment made pursuant to this Section 3(a) shall become effective immediately after the record date for the determination of shareholders 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.

 

b)              Pro Rata Distributions . If the Company, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding, shall distribute to all holders of Common Stock (and not to the Holder) 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, 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 than the per share Fair Market Value at such record date of the portion of such assets or evidence of indebtedness or rights or warrants 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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c)             Fundamental Transaction . If, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding, (i) the Company effects any merger or consolidation of the Company into another Person, (ii) the Company effects any sale of all or substantially all of its assets in one or a series of related transactions, (iii) 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 (iv) 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 (each “ 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 as a result of such Fundamental Transaction by a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock for which this Warrant is exercisable immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction. 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(c) and insuring that this Warrant (or any such replacement security) will be similarly adjusted upon any subsequent transaction analogous to a Fundamental Transaction.

 

d)             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.

 

e)             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.

 

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ii.              Notice to Allow Exercise by Holder . 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 shareholders 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, or (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 period commencing on the date of such notice to the effective date of the event triggering such notice.

 

Section 4 .               Transfer of Warrant .

 

a)              Transferability . Subject to compliance with any applicable securities laws and the conditions set forth in Section 4(d) herein and to the provisions of the Subscription 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, as applicable, 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. The 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. All Warrants issued on transfers or exchanges shall be dated the Initial Exercise Date and shall be identical with this Warrant except as to the number of Warrant Shares issuable pursuant thereto.

 

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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 either (i) registered pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and under applicable state securities or blue sky laws or (ii) eligible for resale without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions pursuant to Rule 144, the Company may require, as a condition of allowing such transfer, that the Holder or transferee of this Warrant, as the case may be, comply with the provisions of the Subscription Agreement.

 

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.

 

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 one hundred (100%) of the number of shares to provide for the issuance of the Warrant Shares upon the exercise of any purchase rights under this Warrant. In case such amount of Common Stock is insufficient at any time, the Company shall call and hold a special meeting to increase the number of authorized shares of common stock. Management of the Company shall recommend to shareholders to vote in favor of increasing the number of authorized shares of common stock.

 

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 National Securities Exchange upon which the Common Stock may be listed. 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).

 

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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 amended and restated certificate of incorporation, as amended, 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 (i) 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, (ii) 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 (iii) 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.

 

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 Subscription 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 Holder’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.

 

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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 Subscription 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 shareholder of the Company, whether such liability is asserted by the Company or by creditors of the Company.

 

j)               Remedies . The 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 the 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.

 

ORIGINCLEAR, inc.

 
     

By:

                  
Name:  
Title:  

 

 

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Exhibit 4.2

 

NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR THE SECURITIES FOR 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.

 

FORM OF CLASS B COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT

 

ORIGINCLEAR, inc.

 

Warrant No.                                                                                                                                                    Issue Date:       , 2017

 

THIS CLASS B 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 date hereof (the “ Initial Exercise Date ”) and on or prior to the close of business on December 1, 2018 (the “ Termination Date ”) but not thereafter, to subscribe for and purchase from OriginClear, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “ Company ”), up to          shares (the “ Warrant Shares ”) of 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 . For the purposes hereof, in addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Warrant, (a) capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Subscription Agreement and (b) the following terms shall have the following meanings:

 

Business Day ” means any day except any Saturday, any Sunday, any day which shall be a federal legal holiday in the United States or any day on which banking institutions in the State of New York are authorized or required by law or other governmental action to close.

 

Common Stock Equivalents ” means any securities of the Company or the Subsidiaries which would entitle the holder thereof to acquire at any time Common Stock, including, without limitation, any debt, preferred stock, rights, options, warrants or other instrument that is at any time convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or otherwise entitles the holder thereof to receive Common Stock.

 

Fair Market Value ” of one share of Common Stock as of a particular date shall mean: (i) if traded on a National Securities Exchange, the VWAP (as defined below) of the Common Stock of the Company on such exchange over the five (5) Trading Days ending immediately prior to the applicable date of valuation; (ii) if quoted on the OTCQB or the OTCPink or its successor, the average VWAP over the thirty (30) Trading Days ending immediately prior to the applicable date of valuation; and (iii) if neither (i) nor (ii) applies, the Fair Market Value shall be the value thereof, as agreed upon by the Company and the Holder; provided, however, that if the Company and the Holder cannot agree on such value, such value shall be determined by an independent valuation firm experienced in valuing businesses such as the Company and jointly selected in good faith by the Company and the Holder. Fees and expenses of the valuation firm shall be paid for by the Company.

 

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National Securities Exchange ” means the following markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock may be listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: the NYSE MKT, LLC, the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market, the New York Stock Exchange.

 

Person ” means an individual or corporation, partnership, trust, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint venture, limited liability company, joint stock company, government (or an agency or subdivision thereof) or other entity of any kind.

 

Subscription Agreement ” means, collectively, the Subscription Agreement, dated as of ___, 2017, between the Company and the original Holder, as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with its terms.

 

Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

Trading Day ” means a day on which the New York Stock Exchange is open for business.

 

Trading Market ” means the following markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: the NYSE AMEX LLC, the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market, the New York Stock Exchange, the OTCQB or the OTCPink.

 

Transaction Documents ” shall have the meaning set forth in the Subscription Agreement.

 

VWAP ” means, for any date, the price determined by the first of the following clauses that applies: (a) if the Common Stock is then listed or quoted on a National Securities Exchange, the daily volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on the trading market on which the Common Stock is then listed or quoted as reported by Bloomberg L.P. (based on a Trading Day from 9:30 a.m. New York City time to 4:02 p.m. New York City time); (b) if the Common Stock is quoted on any one or more of the OTC Bulletin Board, or the other OTC markets, including the OTCQX, OTCQB and OTCPink, the volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on OTC Markets, including the OTCQX, OTCQB and the OTCPink; or (cd) in all other cases, the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock as determined by an independent appraiser selected in good faith by the Subscribers of a majority in interest of the Securities then outstanding and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the fees and expenses of which shall be paid by the Company; provided that in each case where Bloomberg L.P. data is being relied upon, Holder shall provide to the Company a copy of such information for the Company's records.

 

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Section 2 .              Exercise .

 

a)              Exercise of Warrant .

 

i. 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 (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 the Holder appearing on the books of the Company) of a duly executed notice of exercise (“ Notice of Exercise ”) form attached hereto as Exhibit A ; and, within three (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 three (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. In the event of any dispute or discrepancy, the records of the Company shall be controlling and determinative in the absence of manifest error.

 

ii. If at any time after the Initial Exercise Date, in lieu of the payment methods set forth in Section 2(a)(i) above, the Holder may elect to exchange all or some of this Warrant for shares of Common Stock equal to the value of the amount of the Warrant being exchanged on the date of exchange.  If Holder elects to exchange this Warrant as provided in this Section 2(a)(ii) , Holder shall tender to the Company the Warrant for the amount being exchanged, along with written notice of Holder’s election to exchange some or all of the Warrant, and the Company shall issue to Holder the number of shares of the 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 Holder.

     
  Y =    the number of shares of Common Stock purchasable under the amount of the Warrant being exchanged (as adjusted to the date of such calculation).
     
  A =    the Fair Market Value of one share of the Common Stock on the date that the notice of exercise is received by the Company.
     
  B =    Exercise Price (as adjusted to the date of such calculation).

 

b)              Exercise Price . The exercise price per share of the Common Stock under this Warrant shall be $0.15 subject to adjustment hereunder (the “ Exercise Price ”).

 

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c)              Exercise Limitations . Holder shall not have the right to exercise any portion of this Warrant, pursuant to Section 2 or otherwise, to the extent that after giving effect to such issuance after exercise, the Holder (together with the Holder’s affiliates, and any other person or entity acting as a group together with the Holder or any of the Holder’s affiliates), would beneficially own in excess of the Beneficial Ownership Limitation (as defined below). For purposes of this Section, beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. Holder is solely responsible for any schedules required to be filed in accordance therewith. The Company shall have no obligation to verify or confirm the accuracy of such filings. 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 the 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 Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant. The Holder, upon not less than 61 days’ prior notice to the Company, may increase or decrease the Beneficial Ownership Limitation provisions of this Section 2(c), provided that the Beneficial Ownership Limitation may not exceed 9.99% of the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of Warrant Shares upon exercise of this Warrant held by the Holder and the provisions of this Section 2(c) shall continue to apply, unless the Holder upon not less than 61 days’ prior notice to the Company determines to waive the Beneficial Ownerhship Limitation requirements described in this Section 2(c) in its entirety. Any such increase or decrease will not be effective until the 61 st day after such notice is delivered to the Company. The limitations contained in this paragraph shall apply to a successor holder of this Warrant.

 

d)              Mechanics of Exercise .

 

i.              Delivery of Certificates Upon Exercise . Certificates for shares purchased hereunder shall be transmitted by the Company’s transfer agent (the “ Transfer Agent ”) 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 then a participant in such system and either (A) there is an effective registration statement permitting the resale of the Warrant Shares by the Holder or (B) the shares are eligible for resale without volume or manner-of-sale limitations pursuant to Rule 144, and otherwise by physical delivery of certificates to the address specified by the Holder in the Notice of Exercise within four (4) 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 (the “ 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 and all taxes required to be paid by the Holder, if any, pursuant to Section 2(e)(vi) prior to the issuance of such shares, have been paid.

 

ii.             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.

 

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iii.            Rescission Rights . If the Company fails to cause the Transfer Agent to transmit to the Holder a certificate or the certificates representing the Warrant Shares pursuant to Section 2(d)(i) by the Warrant Share Delivery Date, then the Holder will have the right to rescind such exercise.

 

iv.           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.

 

v.            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 (“ Assignment Form ”) attached hereto as Exhibit B 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.

 

vi.           Closing of Books . The Company will not close its shareholder books or records in any manner which prevents the timely exercise of this Warrant, pursuant to the terms hereof.

 

e)              Redemption of Warrants .

 

i.             General . Prior to the Termination Date, commencing 12 months following the Issue Date, the Company shall have the option, subject to the conditions set forth herein, to redeem all of the Warrant then outstanding upon not less than thirty (30) days prior written notice to the Holder provided that, at the time of delivery of such notice the VWAP of the Company's Common Stock for a period of 10 consecutive Trading Days is $0.30 per share or greater, as proportionately adjusted to reflect any stock splits, stock dividends, combination of shares or like events.

 

ii.             Notice . Notice of redemption will be effective upon mailing in accordance with this Section and such date may be referred to below as the “ Notice Date .” Notice of redemption shall be mailed by first class mail, postage prepaid, by the Company not less than 30 days prior to the date fixed for redemption to the Holders of the Warrants to be redeemed at their last addresses as they shall appear on the registration books. Any notice mailed in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given whether or not the Holder received such notice.

 

iii.            Redemption Date and Redemption Price . The notice of redemption shall state the date set for redemption, which date shall be not less than thirty (30) days from the Notice Date (the “ Redemption Date ”). The Company shall not mail the notice of redemption unless all funds necessary to pay for redemption of the Warrant to be redeemed shall have first been set aside by the Company for the benefit of the Holder so as to be and continue to be available therefor. The redemption price to be paid to the Holder will be $0.0001 for each share of common stock of the Company to which the Holder would then be entitled upon exercise of the Warrant being redeemed, as adjusted from time to time as provided herein (the “ Redemption Price ”).

 

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iv.           Exercise . Following the Notice Date, the Holder may exercise their Warrants between the Notice Date and 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the Redemption Date at a price equal to 25% of the Exercise Price and such exercise shall be timely if the form of election to purchase duly executed and the Exercise Price for the shares of Common Stock to be purchased are actually received by the Company at its principal offices prior to 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the Redemption Date.

 

v.            Mailing . If any Holder does not wish to exercise any Warrant being redeemed, he should mail such Warrant to the Company at its principal offices after receiving the notice of redemption. On and after 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the Redemption Date, notwithstanding that any Warrant subject to redemption shall not have been surrendered for redemption, the obligation evidenced by all Warrants not surrendered for redemption or effectively exercised shall be deemed no longer outstanding, and all rights with respect thereto shall forthwith cease and terminate, except only the right of the holder of each Warrant subject to redemption to receive the Redemption Price for each share of Common Stock to which he would be entitled if he exercised the Warrant upon receiving notice of redemption of the Warrant subject to redemption held by him.

 

Section 3 .               Certain Adjustments .

 

a)              Stock Dividends and Splits . If the Company, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding: (i) 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 Warrant Shares issued by the Company upon exercise of this Warrant), (ii) subdivides outstanding shares of Common Stock into a larger number of shares, (iii) combines (including by way of reverse stock split) outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares or (iv) 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 such that the aggregate Exercise Price of this Warrant shall remain unchanged. Any adjustment made pursuant to this Section 3(a) shall become effective immediately after the record date for the determination of shareholders 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.

 

b)              Pro Rata Distributions . If the Company, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding, shall distribute to all holders of Common Stock (and not to the Holder) 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, 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 than the per share Fair Market Value at such record date of the portion of such assets or evidence of indebtedness or rights or warrants 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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c)             Fundamental Transaction . If, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding, (i) the Company effects any merger or consolidation of the Company into another Person, (ii) the Company effects any sale of all or substantially all of its assets in one or a series of related transactions, (iii) 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 (iv) 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 (each “ 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 as a result of such Fundamental Transaction by a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock for which this Warrant is exercisable immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction. 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(c) and insuring that this Warrant (or any such replacement security) will be similarly adjusted upon any subsequent transaction analogous to a Fundamental Transaction.

 

d)             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.

 

e)             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.

 

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ii.              Notice to Allow Exercise by Holder . 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 shareholders 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, or (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 period commencing on the date of such notice to the effective date of the event triggering such notice.

 

Section 4 .               Transfer of Warrant .

 

a)              Transferability . Subject to compliance with any applicable securities laws and the conditions set forth in Section 4(d) herein and to the provisions of the Subscription 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, as applicable, 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. The 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. All Warrants issued on transfers or exchanges shall be dated the Initial Exercise Date and shall be identical with this Warrant except as to the number of Warrant Shares issuable pursuant thereto.

 

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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 either (i) registered pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and under applicable state securities or blue sky laws or (ii) eligible for resale without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions pursuant to Rule 144, the Company may require, as a condition of allowing such transfer, that the Holder or transferee of this Warrant, as the case may be, comply with the provisions of the Subscription Agreement.

 

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.

 

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 one hundred (100%) of the number of shares to provide for the issuance of the Warrant Shares upon the exercise of any purchase rights under this Warrant. In case such amount of Common Stock is insufficient at any time, the Company shall call and hold a special meeting to increase the number of authorized shares of common stock. Management of the Company shall recommend to shareholders to vote in favor of increasing the number of authorized shares of common stock.

 

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 National Securities Exchange upon which the Common Stock may be listed. 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).

 

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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 amended and restated certificate of incorporation, as amended, 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 (i) 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, (ii) 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 (iii) 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.

 

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 Subscription 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 Holder’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.

 

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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 Subscription 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 shareholder of the Company, whether such liability is asserted by the Company or by creditors of the Company.

 

j)               Remedies . The 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 the 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.

 

ORIGINCLEAR, inc.

 
     

By:

                  
Name:  
Title:  

 

 

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Exhibit 4.3

 

NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR THE SECURITIES FOR 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.

 

FORM OF CLASS C COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT

 

ORIGINCLEAR, inc.

 

Warrant No.                                                                                                                                          Issue Date:          , 2017

 

THIS CLASS C 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 date hereof (the “ Initial Exercise Date ”) and on or prior to the close of business on June 1, 2019 (the “ Termination Date ”) but not thereafter, to subscribe for and purchase from OriginClear, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “ Company ”), up to         shares (the “ Warrant Shares ”) of 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 . For the purposes hereof, in addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Warrant, (a) capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Subscription Agreement and (b) the following terms shall have the following meanings:

 

Business Day ” means any day except any Saturday, any Sunday, any day which shall be a federal legal holiday in the United States or any day on which banking institutions in the State of New York are authorized or required by law or other governmental action to close.

 

Common Stock Equivalents ” means any securities of the Company or the Subsidiaries which would entitle the holder thereof to acquire at any time Common Stock, including, without limitation, any debt, preferred stock, rights, options, warrants or other instrument that is at any time convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or otherwise entitles the holder thereof to receive Common Stock.

 

Fair Market Value ” of one share of Common Stock as of a particular date shall mean: (i) if traded on a National Securities Exchange, the VWAP (as defined below) of the Common Stock of the Company on such exchange over the five (5) Trading Days ending immediately prior to the applicable date of valuation; (ii) if quoted on the OTCQB or the OTCPink or its successor, the average VWAP over the thirty (30) Trading Days ending immediately prior to the applicable date of valuation; and (iii) if neither (i) nor (ii) applies, the Fair Market Value shall be the value thereof, as agreed upon by the Company and the Holder; provided, however, that if the Company and the Holder cannot agree on such value, such value shall be determined by an independent valuation firm experienced in valuing businesses such as the Company and jointly selected in good faith by the Company and the Holder. Fees and expenses of the valuation firm shall be paid for by the Company.

  

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National Securities Exchange ” means the following markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock may be listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: the NYSE MKT, LLC, the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market, the New York Stock Exchange.

 

Person ” means an individual or corporation, partnership, trust, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint venture, limited liability company, joint stock company, government (or an agency or subdivision thereof) or other entity of any kind.

 

Subscription Agreement ” means, collectively, the Subscription Agreement, dated as of ___, 2017, between the Company and the original Holder, as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with its terms.

 

Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

Trading Day ” means a day on which the New York Stock Exchange is open for business.

 

Trading Market ” means the following markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: the NYSE AMEX LLC, the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market, the New York Stock Exchange, the OTCQB or the OTCPink.

 

Transaction Documents ” shall have the meaning set forth in the Subscription Agreement.

 

VWAP ” means, for any date, the price determined by the first of the following clauses that applies: (a) if the Common Stock is then listed or quoted on a National Securities Exchange, the daily volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on the trading market on which the Common Stock is then listed or quoted as reported by Bloomberg L.P. (based on a Trading Day from 9:30 a.m. New York City time to 4:02 p.m. New York City time); (b) if the Common Stock is quoted on any one or more of the OTC Bulletin Board, or the other OTC markets, including the OTCQX, OTCQB and OTCPink, the volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on OTC Markets, including the OTCQX, OTCQB and the OTCPink; or (cd) in all other cases, the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock as determined by an independent appraiser selected in good faith by the Subscribers of a majority in interest of the Securities then outstanding and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the fees and expenses of which shall be paid by the Company; provided that in each case where Bloomberg L.P. data is being relied upon, Holder shall provide to the Company a copy of such information for the Company's records.

   

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Section 2 . Exercise .

 

a) Exercise of Warrant .

 

i. 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 (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 the Holder appearing on the books of the Company) of a duly executed notice of exercise (“ Notice of Exercise ”) form attached hereto as Exhibit A ; and, within three (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 three (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. In the event of any dispute or discrepancy, the records of the Company shall be controlling and determinative in the absence of manifest error.

 

ii. If at any time after the Initial Exercise Date, in lieu of the payment methods set forth in Section 2(a)(i) above, the Holder may elect to exchange all or some of this Warrant for shares of Common Stock equal to the value of the amount of the Warrant being exchanged on the date of exchange.  If Holder elects to exchange this Warrant as provided in this Section 2(a)(ii) , Holder shall tender to the Company the Warrant for the amount being exchanged, along with written notice of Holder’s election to exchange some or all of the Warrant, and the Company shall issue to Holder the number of shares of the Common Stock computed using the following formula:

  

X = Y (A-B)
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  Where:  X = the number of shares of Common Stock to be issued to Holder.
     
             Y = the number of shares of Common Stock purchasable under the amount of the Warrant being exchanged (as adjusted to the date of such calculation).
     
              A = the Fair Market Value of one share of the Common Stock on the date that the notice of exercise is received by the Company.
     
              B = Exercise Price (as adjusted to the date of such calculation).

 

b)            Exercise Price . The exercise price per share of the Common Stock under this Warrant shall be $0.20 to adjustment hereunder (the “ Exercise Price ”).

 

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c)             Exercise Limitations . Holder shall not have the right to exercise any portion of this Warrant, pursuant to Section 2 or otherwise, to the extent that after giving effect to such issuance after exercise, the Holder (together with the Holder’s affiliates, and any other person or entity acting as a group together with the Holder or any of the Holder’s affiliates), would beneficially own in excess of the Beneficial Ownership Limitation (as defined below). For purposes of this Section, beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. Holder is solely responsible for any schedules required to be filed in accordance therewith. The Company shall have no obligation to verify or confirm the accuracy of such filings. 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 the 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 Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant. The Holder, upon not less than 61 days’ prior notice to the Company, may increase or decrease the Beneficial Ownership Limitation provisions of this Section 2(c), provided that the Beneficial Ownership Limitation may not exceed 9.99% of the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of Warrant Shares upon exercise of this Warrant held by the Holder and the provisions of this Section 2(c) shall continue to apply, unless the Holder upon not less than 61 days’ prior notice to the Company determines to waive the Beneficial Ownerhship Limitation requirements described in this Section 2(c) in its entirety. Any such increase or decrease will not be effective until the 61 st day after such notice is delivered to the Company. The limitations contained in this paragraph shall apply to a successor holder of this Warrant.

 

d)            Mechanics of Exercise .

 

i.                 Delivery of Certificates Upon Exercise . Certificates for shares purchased hereunder shall be transmitted by the Company’s transfer agent (the “ Transfer Agent ”) 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 then a participant in such system and either (A) there is an effective registration statement permitting the resale of the Warrant Shares by the Holder or (B) the shares are eligible for resale without volume or manner-of-sale limitations pursuant to Rule 144, and otherwise by physical delivery of certificates to the address specified by the Holder in the Notice of Exercise within four (4) 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 (the “ 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 and all taxes required to be paid by the Holder, if any, pursuant to Section 2(e)(vi) prior to the issuance of such shares, have been paid.

 

ii.                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.

   

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iii.                Rescission Rights . If the Company fails to cause the Transfer Agent to transmit to the Holder a certificate or the certificates representing the Warrant Shares pursuant to Section 2(d)(i) by the Warrant Share Delivery Date, then the Holder will have the right to rescind such exercise.

 

iv.                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.

 

v.                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 (“ Assignment Form ”) attached hereto as Exhibit B 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.

 

vi.                Closing of Books . The Company will not close its shareholder books or records in any manner which prevents the timely exercise of this Warrant, pursuant to the terms hereof.

 

e)             Redemption of Warrants .

 

i.        General . Prior to the Termination Date, commencing 12 months following the Issue Date, the Company shall have the option, subject to the conditions set forth herein, to redeem all of the Warrant then outstanding upon not less than thirty (30) days prior written notice to the Holder provided that, at the time of delivery of such notice theVWAP of the Company's Common Stock for a period of 10 consecutive Trading Days is $0.40 per share or greater, as proportionately adjusted to reflect any stock splits, stock dividends, combination of shares or like events.

 

ii.        Notice . Notice of redemption will be effective upon mailing in accordance with this Section and such date may be referred to below as the “ Notice Date .” Notice of redemption shall be mailed by first class mail, postage prepaid, by the Company not less than 30 days prior to the date fixed for redemption to the Holders of the Warrants to be redeemed at their last addresses as they shall appear on the registration books. Any notice mailed in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given whether or not the Holder received such notice.

 

iii.        Redemption Date and Redemption Price . The notice of redemption shall state the date set for redemption, which date shall be not less than thirty (30) days from the Notice Date (the “ Redemption Date ”). The Company shall not mail the notice of redemption unless all funds necessary to pay for redemption of the Warrant to be redeemed shall have first been set aside by the Company for the benefit of the Holder so as to be and continue to be available therefor. The redemption price to be paid to the Holder will be $0.0001 for each share of common stock of the Company to which the Holder would then be entitled upon exercise of the Warrant being redeemed, as adjusted from time to time as provided herein (the “ Redemption Price ”).

  

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iv.        Exercise . Following the Notice Date, the Holder may exercise their Warrants between the Notice Date and 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the Redemption Date at a price equal to 25% of the Exercise Price and such exercise shall be timely if the form of election to purchase duly executed and the Exercise Price for the shares of Common Stock to be purchased are actually received by the Company at its principal offices prior to 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the Redemption Date.

 

v.        Mailing . If any Holder does not wish to exercise any Warrant being redeemed, he should mail such Warrant to the Company at its principal offices after receiving the notice of redemption. On and after 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the Redemption Date, notwithstanding that any Warrant subject to redemption shall not have been surrendered for redemption, the obligation evidenced by all Warrants not surrendered for redemption or effectively exercised shall be deemed no longer outstanding, and all rights with respect thereto shall forthwith cease and terminate, except only the right of the holder of each Warrant subject to redemption to receive the Redemption Price for each share of Common Stock to which he would be entitled if he exercised the Warrant upon receiving notice of redemption of the Warrant subject to redemption held by him.

 

Section 3 . Certain Adjustments .

 

a)              Stock Dividends and Splits . If the Company, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding: (i) 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 Warrant Shares issued by the Company upon exercise of this Warrant), (ii) subdivides outstanding shares of Common Stock into a larger number of shares, (iii) combines (including by way of reverse stock split) outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares or (iv) 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 such that the aggregate Exercise Price of this Warrant shall remain unchanged. Any adjustment made pursuant to this Section 3(a) shall become effective immediately after the record date for the determination of shareholders 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)             Pro Rata Distributions . If the Company, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding, shall distribute to all holders of Common Stock (and not to the Holder) 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, 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 than the per share Fair Market Value at such record date of the portion of such assets or evidence of indebtedness or rights or warrants 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.

   

c)              Fundamental Transaction . If, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding, (i) the Company effects any merger or consolidation of the Company into another Person, (ii) the Company effects any sale of all or substantially all of its assets in one or a series of related transactions, (iii) 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 (iv) 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 (each “ 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 as a result of such Fundamental Transaction by a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock for which this Warrant is exercisable immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction. 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(c) and insuring that this Warrant (or any such replacement security) will be similarly adjusted upon any subsequent transaction analogous to a Fundamental Transaction.

 

d)             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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e)             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.

 

ii.        Notice to Allow Exercise by Holder . 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 shareholders 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, or (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 period commencing on the date of such notice to the effective date of the event triggering such notice.

 

Section 4 . Transfer of Warrant .

 

a)              Transferability . Subject to compliance with any applicable securities laws and the conditions set forth in Section 4(d) herein and to the provisions of the Subscription 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, as applicable, 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. The Warrant, if properly assigned, may be exercised by a new holder for the purchase of Warrant Shares without having a new Warrant issued.

 

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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. All Warrants issued on transfers or exchanges shall be dated the Initial Exercise Date and shall be identical with this Warrant except as to the number of Warrant Shares issuable pursuant thereto.

 

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 either (i) registered pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and under applicable state securities or blue sky laws or (ii) eligible for resale without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions pursuant to Rule 144, the Company may require, as a condition of allowing such transfer, that the Holder or transferee of this Warrant, as the case may be, comply with the provisions of the Subscription Agreement.

 

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.

 

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 one hundred (100%) of the number of shares to provide for the issuance of the Warrant Shares upon the exercise of any purchase rights under this Warrant. In case such amount of Common Stock is insufficient at any time, the Company shall call and hold a special meeting to increase the number of authorized shares of common stock. Management of the Company shall recommend to shareholders to vote in favor of increasing the number of authorized shares of common stock.

 

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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 National Securities Exchange upon which the Common Stock may be listed. 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).

 

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 amended and restated certificate of incorporation, as amended, 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 (i) 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, (ii) 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 (iii) 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.

 

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 Subscription 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 Holder’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.

 

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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 Subscription 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 shareholder of the Company, whether such liability is asserted by the Company or by creditors of the Company.

 

j)              Remedies . The 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 the 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.

 

[Signature Page Follows.]

  

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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.

   

ORIGINCLEAR, inc.    
   
By:    
  Name:  
  Title:  

 

 

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Exhibit 10.1

 

SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT

 

This SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT (the “ Agreement ”) is made as of this ___ day of ____, 2017, by and between OriginClear, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “ Company ”), and the undersigned set forth on the signature page hereto (the “ Subscriber ”).

 

W I T N E S S E T H:

 

WHEREAS , the Subscriber, together with other subscribers (collectively, the “ Subscribers ”) will be purchasing from the Company (the “ Offering ”), severally and not jointly up to a maximum of 20,000,000 Units (“ Maximum Offering ”) at a purchase price of $0.10 per Unit, or $0.08 per Unit if subscribed on or before September 18, 2017, to be issued by the Company, in one or more Closings, on each Closing Date as set forth herein, with each Unit (the “ Units ”) consisting of (i) one (1) share (the “ Shares ”) of common stock, $0.0001 par value (the “ Common Stock ”), (ii) one (1) Class A Warrant (the “ Class A Warrant ”) to purchase one share of Common Stock at an exercise price of $0.08 per share for those subscribers who subscribed on or before July 28, 2017, and $0.10 thereafter, expiring June 1, 2018, a form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit A , (iii) one (1) Class B Warrant (the “ Class B Warrant ”) to purchase one share of Common Stock at an exercise price of $0.15 per share, expiring December 1, 2018, a form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit B , and (iv) one (1) Class C Warrant (the “ Class C Warrant ”) to purchase one share of Common Stock at an exercise price of $0.20 per share, expiring June 1, 2019, a form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit C . The Units, Shares, Class A Warrants, Class B Warrants and Class C Warrants are collectively referred to as the “ Securities ”; and

 

WHEREAS , the offer of the Units and, if this Agreement is accepted by the Company, the sale of Units, is being made in reliance upon Section 4(a)(2) and Rule 506(c) of Regulation D of the Securities Act.

 

NOW, THEREFORE , for and in consideration of the promises and the mutual covenants hereinafter set forth, and for other good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

1.      Subscription Procedure .

 

(a)       Subject to the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, the Subscriber hereby subscribes for and agrees to purchase from the Company such number of Units as is set forth upon the signature page hereof at an aggregate purchase price as set forth on the Signature Page (the “ Subscription Funds ”). A minimum of $10,000 of Units must be purchased by the Purchaser, unless a lower amount is agreed to by the Company, in its sole discretion.

 

(b)       The subscription period will begin as of June 21, 2017, and will terminate (if the Closing Date has not earlier occurred) at 5:00 PM Pacific Standard Time on September 21, 2017 (the “ Offering Period ”), which may be extended until October 21, 2017 at the sole discretion of the Company (the “ Termination Date ”). The Units will be offered for a maximum of $2,000,000 as more particularly set forth in a Confidential Private Placement Memorandum, dated June 21, 2017, and any supplements thereto (the “ Private Placement Memorandum ”) (subject to the Company’s right to increase the Offering amount to $3,000,000 in its sole discretion and without notice to the investors in the Offering). The Subscriber hereby acknowledges receipt of the Private Placement Memorandum. The consummation of the Offering is subject to the satisfaction of a number of conditions to be further described in the Private Placement Memorandum, one or more of which conditions may not occur.

 

 

 

(c)       The certificates for the Shares, Class A Warrants, Class B Warrants and Class C Warrants bearing the name of the Subscriber will be delivered by the Company no later than ten (10) business days following the Closing Date. The Subscriber hereby authorizes and directs the Company to deliver the Securities to be issued to such Subscriber pursuant to this Agreement to the residential or business address indicated next to each Subscriber’s signature.

 

(d)       The Subscriber shall submit to VerifyInvestor.com, a 3rd-party verification service, all documents and information necessary for VerifyInvestor.com to affirm Subscriber’s accreditation status.

 

(e)       The Subscriber shall pay the Subscription Funds by delivering good funds in United States Dollars by way of wire transfer of funds to the Company. The wire transfer instructions are set forth in Exhibit D attached hereto and made a part hereof.

 

(f)       Upon receipt of the Subscription Funds and acceptance of this Subscription by the Company, the Company shall take up the Subscription Funds (a “ Closing ” and the date of such Closing, the “ Closing Date ”) and issue to the Subscriber such number of Units represented by the amount of the accepted Subscription Funds.

 

(g)      The Subscriber acknowledges that the subscription for Units hereunder may be rejected in whole or in part by the Company in its sole discretion and for any reason, notwithstanding prior receipt by the Subscriber of notice of acceptance of such subscription. The Company shall have no obligation hereunder until the Company shall execute and deliver to the Subscriber an executed copy of this Agreement. If this Agreement is rejected in whole, or the offering of Units is terminated, all funds received from the Subscriber will be returned without interest or offset, and this Agreement shall thereafter be of no further force or effect. If this Agreement is rejected in part, the funds for the rejected portion of this Agreement will be returned without interest or offset, and this Agreement will continue in full force and effect to the extent this Agreement was accepted.

 

2.      Representations and Covenants of the Subscriber . The Subscriber hereby represents and warrants to the Company as follows:

 

(a)       The Subscriber recognizes that the purchase of Units involves a high degree of risk in that (i) the Company will need additional capital to operate its business but has no assurance of additional necessary capital; (ii) an investment in the Company is highly speculative and only investors who can afford the loss of their entire investment should consider investing in the Company and the Units; (iii) an investor may not be able to liquidate his or her investment; (iv) transferability of the Securities is extremely limited; (v) an investor could sustain the loss of his or her entire investment; and (vi) the Company is and will be subject to numerous other risks and uncertainties, including without limitation, significant and material risks relating to the Company’s business, and the industries, markets and geographic regions in which the Company will compete, as well as risks associated with the Offering contained in the Private Placement Memorandum.

 

(b)       The Subscriber acknowledges that he or she has prior investment experience, including without limitation, investments in non-listed and non-registered securities, or he or she has employed the services of an investment advisor, attorney and/or accountant to read all of the documents furnished or made available by the Company to him or her and to all other prospective investors in the Units and to evaluate the merits and risks of such an investment on his or her behalf, and that he or she recognizes the highly speculative nature of this investment.

 

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(c)       The Subscriber acknowledges that (i) there are significant restrictions on the transferability of the Securities, and no assurance can be given when, if ever, such registration of the Shares or the Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Class A Warrants, Class B Warrants and the Class C Warrants will be filed or declared effective by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ SEC ”), and accordingly, it may not be possible for the Subscriber to liquidate the Subscriber’s investment in the Company as currently no public market exists; (ii) no federal or state agency has made any findings as to the fairness of the terms of the Offering; (iii) any projections or predictions that may have been made available to the Subscriber are based on estimates, assumptions and forecasts which may prove to be incorrect; (iv) and no assurance is given that actual results will correspond with the results contemplated by the various projections.

 

(d)       The Subscriber acknowledges receipt and careful review of the Private Placement Memorandum, this Agreement, and the attachments hereto and thereto (collectively, the “ Offering Documents ”), and hereby represents that (i) he or she has been furnished or given access by the Company during the course of this Offering with or to all information regarding the Company and its financial condition and results of operations which he or she had requested or desired to know; (ii) that all documents which could be reasonably provided have been made available for his or her inspection and review; (iii) that he or she has been afforded the opportunity to ask questions of and receive answers from duly authorized representatives of the concerning the terms and conditions of the Offering; and (iv) any additional information which he or she had requested.

 

(e)       The Subscriber acknowledges that this Offering of Units may involve tax consequences, and that the contents of the Offering Documents do not contain tax advice or information. The Subscriber acknowledges that he or she must retain his or her own professional advisors to evaluate the tax and other consequences of an investment in the Units.

 

(f)       The Subscriber represents that the Units are being purchased for his or her own account, for investment and not for distribution or resale to others. The Subscriber agrees that he or she will not sell or otherwise transfer any of the securities comprising the Units unless they are registered under the Act or unless an exemption from such registration is available and, upon the Company’s request, the Company receives an opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Company confirming that an exemption from such registration is available for such sale or transfer.

 

(g)       The Subscriber understands that the Company will review this Agreement and the results from a third party verification service and the Company reserves the unrestricted right to reject or limit any subscription and to close the Offering at any time.

 

(h)       The Subscriber hereby represents that the address of the Subscriber furnished by him or her at the end of this Agreement is the Subscriber’s principal residence if he or she is an individual or its principal business address if it is a corporation or other entity.

 

(i)        The Subscriber hereby represents that, except as set forth in the Offering Documents, no representations or warranties have been made to the Subscriber by the Company or its agents, employees or affiliates and in entering into this transaction, the Subscriber is not relying on any information, other than that contained in the Offering Documents and the results of independent investigation by the Subscriber.

 

(j)       The Subscriber, in making the decision to purchase the Units subscribed for, has relied upon independent investigations made by it and its purchaser representatives, if any, and the Subscriber and such representatives, if any, have prior to any sale to it been given access and the opportunity to examine all material contracts and documents relating to this Offering and an opportunity to ask questions of, and to receive answers from, the Company or any person acting on its behalf concerning the terms and conditions of this Offering. The Subscriber and its advisors, if any, have been furnished with access to all materials relating to the business, finances and operation of the Company and materials relating to the offer and sale of the Units that have been requested. The Subscriber and its advisors, if any, have received complete and satisfactory answers to any such inquiries.

 

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(k)      The Subscriber agrees that he or she will purchase Units in the Offering only if his or her intent at such time is to make such purchase for investment purposes and not with a view toward resale.

 

(l)       If the Subscriber is a partnership, corporation, trust or other entity, such partnership, corporation, trust or other entity further represents and warrants that: (i) it was not formed for the purpose of investing in the Company; (ii) it is authorized and otherwise duly qualified to purchase and hold the Units; and (iii) that this Agreement has been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered and constitutes the legal, binding and enforceable obligation of the Subscriber.

 

(m)     If the Subscriber is not a United States person, such Subscriber hereby represents that it has satisfied itself as to the full observance of the laws of his or her jurisdiction in connection with any invitation to subscribe for the Units or any use of this Agreement, including (i) the legal requirements within her or her jurisdiction for the purchase of the Units; (ii) any foreign exchange restrictions applicable to such purchase; (iii) any governmental or other consents that may need to be obtained; and (iv) the income tax and other tax consequences, if any, that may be relevant to the purchase, holding, redemption, sale or transfer of the Units. Such Subscriber’s subscription and payment for, and his or her continued beneficial ownership of the Units, will not violate any applicable securities laws or other laws of the Subscriber’s jurisdiction.

 

(n)     The Subscriber understands and acknowledges that (i) the Units are being offered and sold to Subscriber without registration under the Act in a private placement that is exempt from the registration provisions of the Act under Section 4(a)(2) of the Act and (ii) the availability of such exemption depends in part on, and that the Company will rely upon the accuracy and truthfulness of, the foregoing representations, and such Subscriber hereby consents to such reliance.

 

(o)     That the Subscriber certifies, under penalty of perjury, (i) that the social security or Tax Identification Number set forth herein is true, correct and complete, and (ii) that the Subscriber is not subject to backup withholding either because the Subscriber has not been notified that the Subscriber is subject to backup withholding as a result of a failure to report all interest or dividends, or the Internal Revenue Service has notified the Subscriber that the Subscriber is no longer subject to backup withholding.

 

(p)      The amounts invested by the Subscriber it in the Company in the Offering were not and are not directly or indirectly derived from activities that contravene federal, state or international laws and regulations, including anti-money laundering laws and regulations. Federal regulations and Executive Orders administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (“ OFAC”) prohibit, among other things, the engagement in transactions with, and the provision of services to, certain foreign countries, territories, entities and individuals. The lists of OFAC prohibited countries, territories, persons and entities can be found on the OFAC website at http://www.treas.gov/ofac. In addition, the programs administered by OFAC (the “OFAC Programs”) prohibit dealing with individuals 1 or entities in certain countries regardless of whether such individuals or entities appear on the OFAC lists;

 

 

 

 

1 These individuals include specially designated nationals, specially designated narcotics traffickers and other parties subject to OFAC sanctions and embargo programs.

 

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(q)       To the best of the Subscriber’s knowledge, none of: (1) the Subscriber; (2) any person controlling or controlled by the Subscriber; (3) if the Subscriber is a privately-held entity, any person having a beneficial interest in the Subscriber; or (4) any person for whom the Subscriber is acting as agent or nominee in connection with this investment is a country, territory, individual or entity named on an OFAC list, or a person or entity prohibited under the OFAC Programs. The Subscriber understands and acknowledges that the Company may not accept any amounts from a prospective investor if such prospective investor cannot make the representation set forth in the preceding paragraph. The Subscriber agrees to promptly notify the Company if the Subscriber becomes aware of any change in the information set forth in these representations. The Subscriber understands and acknowledges that, by law, the Company may be obligated to “freeze the account” of the Subscriber, either by prohibiting additional subscriptions from the Subscriber, declining any redemption requests and/or segregating the assets in the account in compliance with governmental regulations, and may also be required to report such action and to disclose the Subscriber’s identity to OFAC. The Subscriber further acknowledges that the Company may, by written notice to the Subscriber, suspend the redemption rights, if any, of the Subscriber if the Company reasonably deems it necessary to do so to comply with anti-money laundering regulations applicable to the Company, its Subsidiaries, or any of the Company’s other service providers. These individuals include specially designated nationals, specially designated narcotics traffickers and other parties subject to OFAC sanctions and embargo programs;

 

(r)       To the best of the Subscriber’s knowledge, none of: (1) the Subscriber; (2) any person controlling or controlled by the Subscriber; (3) if the Subscriber is a privately-held entity, any person having a beneficial interest in the Subscriber; or (4) any person for whom the Subscriber is acting as agent or nominee in connection with this investment is a senior foreign political figure, 2 or any immediate family 3 member or close associate 4 of a senior foreign political figure, as such terms are defined in the footnotes below; and

 

(s)       If the Subscriber is affiliated with a non-U.S. banking institution (a “Foreign Bank”), or if the Subscriber receives deposits from, makes payments on behalf of, or handles other financial transactions related to a Foreign Bank, the Subscriber represents and warrants to the Company that: (1) the Foreign Bank has a fixed address, other than solely an electronic address, in a country in which the Foreign Bank is authorized to conduct banking activities; (2) the Foreign Bank maintains operating records related to its banking activities; (3) the Foreign Bank is subject to inspection by the banking authority that licensed the Foreign Bank to conduct banking activities; and (4) the Foreign Bank does not provide banking services to any other Foreign Bank that does not have a physical presence in any country and that is not a regulated affiliate.

 

(t)        No Shorting . The Subscriber, whether in its own capacity or through a representative, agent or affiliate (i) represents and warrants to the Company that prior to the purchase of the Units it has not entered into or effected any “short sales” of any shares of Common Stock of the Company or any hedging transaction which establishes a net short position with respect to the shares of Common Stock of the Company, and (ii) covenants to the Company that for a period of twelve months from the sale of the Units it will not enter into or effect, any “short sales” of any shares of Common Stock of the Company or any hedging transaction which establishes a net short position with respect to the shares of Common Stock of the Company.

 

 

 

 

2 A “senior foreign political figure” is defined as a senior official in the executive, legislative, administrative, military or judicial branches of a foreign government (whether elected or not), a senior official of a major foreign political party, or a senior executive of a foreign government-owned corporation. In addition, a “senior foreign political figure” includes any corporation, business or other entity that has been formed by, or for the benefit of, a senior foreign political figure.

 

3 “Immediate family” of a senior foreign political figure typically includes the figure’s parents, siblings, spouse, children and in-laws.

 

4 A “close associate” of a senior foreign political figure is a person who is widely and publicly known to maintain an unusually close relationship with the senior foreign political figure, and includes a person who is in a position to conduct substantial domestic and international financial transactions on behalf of the senior foreign political figure.

 

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(u)        Lock-Up . The Subscriber hereby agrees that for a period of twelve months from the sale of the Units, the Subscriber will not, without the prior written consent of the Company, offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, grant any option for the sale of, or otherwise dispose of, directly or indirectly, the Securities purchased in this Offering as may otherwise be permitted by under the Securities Act and consents to the placement of a legend, with respect to the foregoing, on each certificate representing the Securities purchased in this Offering.

 

3.      Representations by the Company . The Company represents and warrants to the Subscriber that:

 

(a)        Organization and Authority . The Company and each of its Subsidiaries, if applicable, (i) is a corporation, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation; (ii) has all requisite corporate power, and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to carry on its business as presently conducted; (iii) has all requisite corporate power, and authority to execute, deliver and perform their obligations under this Agreement and the Offering Documents and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and to issue the Securities, in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof, (iv) the execution and delivery of the Offering Documents (as hereinafter defined) by the Company and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including without limitation, the issuance of the Securities) have been duly authorized by the Company’s Board of Directors and no further consent or authorization of the Company, its Board of Directors, or its stockholders, is required, (v) each of the Offering Documents has been duly executed and delivered by the Company by its authorized representative, and such authorized representative is a true and official representative with authority to sign each such document and the other documents or certificates executed in connection herewith and bind the Company accordingly, and (vi) each of the Offering Documents constitutes, and upon execution and delivery thereof by the Company will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except to the extent limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights and general principles of equity that restrict the availability of equitable or legal remedies. The Company’s Subsidiaries are as set forth on Schedule I . “ Subsidiaries ” shall mean any corporation or other entity or organization, whether incorporated or unincorporated, in which the Company owns, directly or indirectly, any equity or other ownership interest.

 

(b)        Qualifications . The Company and each Subsidiary is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to do business and is in good standing in every jurisdiction in which its ownership or use of property or the nature of the business conducted by it makes such qualification necessary except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing would not have a material adverse effect on (i) the assets, liabilities, results of operations, condition (financial or otherwise), business, or prospects of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (ii) the transactions contemplated hereby or in any of the Offering Documents or (iii) the ability of the Company to perform its obligations under the Offering Documents (a “ Material Adverse Effect ”).

 

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(c)        Capitalization of the Company . As of the date hereof, the authorized capital stock of the Company consists of two billion five hundred million (2,500,000,000) shares of Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, and twenty-five million (25,000,000) shares of preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share of which 10,000 shares of preferred stock have been designated Series B Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share and 1,000 shares of preferred stock have been designated Series C Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share. Except as described in the Private Placement Memorandum, there are no additional outstanding options, warrants, script rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities, rights or obligations convertible into or exchangeable for, or giving any person any right to subscribe for or acquire from the Company, any shares of Common Stock, or contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the Company or any Subsidiary is or may become bound to issue additional shares of Common Stock, or securities or rights convertible or exchangeable into shares of Common Stock. The issuance and sale of the Units will not obligate the Company to issue shares of Common Stock or other securities to any person (other than the Subscriber or as otherwise described in the Private Placement Memorandum) and will not result in a right of any holder of Company securities to adjust the exercise, conversion, exchange or reset price under such securities. None of the outstanding shares of Common Stock or options, warrants, rights or other securities entitling the holders to acquire Common Stock has been issued in violation of the preemptive rights of any security holder of the Company. Except as described in the Private Placement Memorandum, no other holder of any of the Company’s securities has any rights, “demand,” “piggy-back” or otherwise, to have such securities registered by reason of the intention to file, filing or effectiveness of a registration statement. The Securities to be issued to each such Subscriber pursuant to this Agreement, when issued and delivered in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, will be duly and validly issued and will be fully paid and nonassessable and free from all taxes or liens with respect to the issue thereof and shall not be subject to preemptive rights or other similar rights of stockholders of the Company.

 

(d)        Non-Contravention . The execution, delivery and performance of the Offering Documents by the Company, the issuance of the Securities as contemplated by the Offering Documents and the completion by the Company of the other transactions contemplated by the Offering Documents do not and will not, with or without the giving of notice or the lapse of time, or both, (i) result in any violation of any provision of the articles of incorporation or by-laws or similar instruments of the Company; (ii) conflict with or result in a breach by the Company of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the modification of, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, security interest, charge or encumbrance upon any of the properties or assets of the Company; (iii) violate or contravene any applicable law, rule or regulation or any applicable decree, judgment or order of any court, United States Federal or State regulatory body, administrative agency or other governmental body having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its respective properties or assets that would have a Material Adverse Effect; or (iv) have any material adverse effect on any permit, certification, registration, approval, consent, license or franchise necessary for the Company or its Subsidiaries to own or lease and operate any of its properties and to conduct any of its business or the ability of the Company or its Subsidiaries to make use thereof. Except as required under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”) and any applicable state securities laws, the Company is not required to obtain any consent, authorization or order of, or make any filing or registration with, any court, governmental agency, regulatory agency, self regulatory organization or stock market or any third party in order for it to execute, deliver or perform any of its obligations under this Agreement or to issue and sell the Securities in accordance with the terms hereof. All consents, authorizations, orders, filings and registrations which the Company is required to obtain pursuant to the preceding sentence have been obtained or effected on or prior to the date hereof.

 

(e)        Information Provided . The Company hereby represents and warrants to the Subscriber that the information set forth in the Private Placement Memorandum and any other document provided by the Company (or the Company’s authorized representatives) to the Subscriber in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading, it being understood that for purposes of this Section 3(e), any statement contained in such information shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Section 3(e) to the extent that a statement in any document included in such information which was prepared and furnished to the Subscriber on a later date or filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ SEC ”) on a later date modifies or replaces such statement, whether or not such later prepared and furnished or filed statement so states.

 

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(f)        Absence of Certain Proceedings . There is no action, suit, claim, proceeding, inquiry or investigation before or by any court, public board, government agency, self-regulatory organization or body pending or, to the knowledge of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, threatened against or affecting the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or their respective businesses, properties or assets or their officers or directors in their capacity as such, that would have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company is unaware of any facts or circumstances which might give rise to any of the foregoing. There has not been, and to the knowledge of the Company, there is not pending or contemplated, any investigation by the SEC involving the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any current or former director or executive officer of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

(g)        Compliance with Law . The Company and each of its Subsidiaries is in possession of all franchises, grants, authorizations, licenses, permits, easements, variances, exemptions, consents, certificates, approvals and orders necessary to own, lease and operate its properties and to carry on its business as it is now being conducted (collectively, the “ Company Permits ”), and there is no action pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened regarding suspension or cancellation of any of the Company Permits. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in conflict with, or in default or violation of, any of the Company Permits, except for any such conflicts, defaults or violations which, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any notification with respect to possible conflicts, defaults or violations of applicable laws, except for notices relating to possible conflicts, defaults or violations, which conflicts, defaults or violations would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(h)        Tax Matters . The Company has filed all federal, state and local income and franchise tax returns required to be filed and has paid all taxes shown by such returns to be due, and no tax deficiency has been determined adversely to the Company which has had (nor does the Company or any of its subsidiaries have any knowledge of any tax deficiency which, if determined adversely to the Company, might have) a material adverse effect on the business, properties, operations, condition (financial or other), results of operations or prospects of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

 

(i)         No Integrated Offering . Neither the Company, nor any of its affiliates, nor any person acting on its or their behalf, has directly or indirectly made any offers or sales in any security or solicited any offers to buy any security under circumstances that would require registration under the Securities Act of the issuance of the Securities to the Subscribers. The issuance of the Securities to the Subscribers will not be integrated with any other issuance of the Company’s securities (past, current or future) for purposes of any stockholder approval provisions applicable to the Company or its securities.

 

(j)         Form D; Blue Sky Laws . The Company agrees to file a Form D with respect to the Securities as required under Regulation D. The Company shall, on or before the Closing Date, take such action as the Company shall reasonably determine is necessary to qualify the Securities for sale to the Subscribers at the applicable Closing pursuant to this Agreement under applicable securities or “blue sky” laws of the states of the United States (or to obtain an exemption from such qualification).

 

(k)        Intellectual Property Rights . The Company and its Subsidiaries own or possess adequate rights or licenses to use all trademarks, trade names, service marks, service mark registrations, service names, patents, patent rights, copyrights, original works, inventions, licenses, approvals, governmental authorizations, trade secrets and other intellectual property rights and all applications and registrations therefor ( Intellectual Property Rights ) necessary to conduct their respective businesses as now conducted and as presently proposed to be conducted. None of the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ Intellectual Property Rights have expired, terminated or been abandoned, or are expected to expire, terminate or be abandoned, within two (2) years from the date of this Agreement. The Company has no knowledge of any infringement by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of Intellectual Property Rights of others. There is no claim, action or proceeding being made or brought, or to the knowledge of the Company, being threatened, against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries regarding their Intellectual Property Rights. The Company is not aware of any facts or circumstances which might give rise to any of the foregoing infringements or claims, actions or proceedings. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries have taken reasonable security measures to protect the secrecy, confidentiality and value of all of their Intellectual Property Rights, except where failure to take such measures would not, either individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(l)        Shell Company Status . The Company is not, and has never been, an issuer identified in, or subject to, Rule 144(i) promulgated under the Securities Act (or a successor rule) (“ Rule 144 ”).

 

4.      Indemnification .

 

(a)       In consideration of each Subscriber’s execution and delivery of the Offering Documents and acquiring the Securities thereunder and in addition to all of the Company’s other obligations under the Offering Documents, the Company shall defend, protect, indemnify and hold harmless each Subscriber and each holder of any Securities and all of their stockholders, partners, members, officers, directors, employees and direct or indirect investors and any of the foregoing Persons’ agents or other representatives (including, without limitation, those retained in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement) (collectively, the “ Indemnitees ”) from and against any and all actions, causes of action, suits, claims, losses, costs, penalties, fees, liabilities and damages, and expenses in connection therewith (irrespective of whether any such Indemnitee is a party to the action for which indemnification hereunder is sought), and including reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements (the “ Indemnified Liabilities ”), incurred by any Indemnitee as a result of, or arising out of, or relating to (a) any fraud or misrepresentation made by the Company in any of the Offering Documents or (b) any cause of action, suit, proceeding or claim brought or made against such Indemnitee by a third party or which otherwise involves such Indemnitee that arises out of or results from any fraud or misrepresentation made by the Company in any of the Offering Documents. To the extent that the foregoing undertaking by the Company may be unenforceable for any reason, the Company shall make the maximum contribution to the payment and satisfaction of each of the Indemnified Liabilities which is permissible under applicable law.

 

(b)       Promptly after receipt by an Indemnitee under this Section 4 of notice of the commencement of any action or proceeding (including any governmental action or proceeding) involving an Indemnified Liability, such Indemnitee shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the Company under this Section 4, deliver to the Company a written notice of the commencement thereof, and the Company shall have the right to participate in, and, to the extent the Company so desires, to assume control of the defense thereof with counsel mutually satisfactory to the Company and the Indemnitee; provided, however, that an Indemnitee shall have the right to retain its own counsel with the fees and expenses of such counsel to be paid by the Company if: (i) the Company has agreed in writing to pay such fees and expenses; (ii) the Company shall have failed promptly to assume the defense of such Indemnified Liability and to employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnitee in any such Indemnified Liability; or (iii) the named parties to any such Indemnified Liability (including any impleaded parties) include both such Indemnitee and the Company, and such Indemnitee shall have been advised by counsel that a conflict of interest is likely to exist if the same counsel were to represent such Indemnitee and the Company (in which case, if such Indemnitee notifies the Company in writing that it elects to employ separate counsel at the expense of the Company, then the Company shall not have the right to assume the defense thereof and such counsel shall be at the expense of the Company), provided further, that in the case of clause (iii) above the Company shall not be responsible for the reasonable fees and expenses of more than one (1) separate legal counsel for such Indemnitee. The Indemnitee shall reasonably cooperate with the Company in connection with any negotiation or defense of any such action or Indemnified Liability by the Company and shall furnish to the Company all information reasonably available to the Indemnitee which relates to such action or Indemnified Liability. The Company shall keep the Indemnitee reasonably apprised at all times as to the status of the defense or any settlement negotiations with respect thereto. The Company shall not be liable for any settlement of any action, claim or proceeding effected without its prior written consent, provided, however, that the Company shall not unreasonably withhold, delay or condition its consent. The Company shall not, without the prior written consent of the Indemnitee, consent to entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement or other compromise which does not include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or plaintiff to such Indemnitee of a release from all liability in respect to such Indemnified Liability or litigation, and such settlement shall not include any admission as to fault on the part of the Indemnitee. Following indemnification as provided for hereunder, the Company shall be subrogated to all rights of the Indemnitee with respect to all third parties, firms or corporations relating to the matter for which indemnification has been made. The failure to deliver written notice to the Company within a reasonable time of the commencement of any such action shall not relieve the Company of any liability to the Indemnitee under this Section 4, except to the extent that the Company is materially and adversely prejudiced in its ability to defend such action.

 

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(c)       The indemnification required by this Section 4 shall be made by periodic payments of the amount thereof during the course of the investigation or defense, as and when bills are received or Indemnified Liabilities are incurred.

 

(d)       The indemnity agreement contained herein shall be in addition to (A) any cause of action or similar right of the Indemnitee against the Company or others, and (B) any liabilities the Company may be subject to pursuant to the law.

 

5.      Transfer Restrictions; Legends .

 

(a)        Restrictions . Each Subscriber understands that:

 

(i)      The sale or resale of all or any portion of the Securities has not been and is not being registered under the Securities Act or any applicable state securities laws, and all or any portion of the Securities may not be transferred unless:

 

(A)       the Securities are sold pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act;

 

(B)       the Subscriber shall have delivered to the Company, at the cost of the Company, a customary opinion of counsel that shall be in form, substance and scope reasonably acceptable to the Company, to the effect that the Securities to be sold or transferred may be sold or transferred pursuant to an exemption from such registration;

 

(C)       the Securities are sold or transferred to an “affiliate” (as defined in Rule 144) of the Subscriber who agrees to sell or otherwise transfer the Securities only in accordance with this Section 5(a) and who is an “accredited investor”, as defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D, as amended, under the Securities Act;

 

(D)       the Securities are sold pursuant to Rule 144; or

 

(E)       the Securities are sold pursuant to Regulation S under the Securities Act (or a successor rule);

 

and, in each case, the Subscriber shall have delivered to the Company, at the cost of the Company, a customary opinion of counsel, in form, substance and scope reasonably acceptable to the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything else contained herein to the contrary, the Securities may be pledged as collateral in connection with a bona fide margin account or other lending arrangement.

 

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(b)       Each certificate representing (i) the Shares and (ii) any other securities issued in respect of the Shares, the Class A Warrants, Class B Warrants and Class C Warrants upon any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, merger, consolidation or similar event, shall (unless otherwise permitted by the provisions of Section 5(c) below) be stamped or otherwise imprinted with a legend substantially in the following form (in addition to any legend required under applicable state securities laws):

 

THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED FOR INVESTMENT AND HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED. SUCH SECURITIES MAY NOT BE SOLD OR TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR UNLESS THE COMPANY RECEIVES AN OPINION OF COUNSEL OR OTHER EVIDENCE REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO IT STATING THAT SUCH SALE OR TRANSFER IS EXEMPT FROM THE REGISTRATION AND PROSPECTUS DELIVERY REQUIREMENTS OF SAID ACT.

 

So long as the foregoing legend may remain on any Securities, the Subscriber consents to the Company making a notation on its records and giving instructions to any transfer agent with respect to such certificates in order to implement the restrictions on transfer established in this Section 5.

 

(c)       Certificates evidencing Securities shall not be required to contain the legend set forth in Section 5(b) above or any other legend (i) while a registration statement covering the resale of such Securities is effective under the 1933 Act, (ii) following any sale of such Securities pursuant to Rule 144 (assuming the transferor is not an affiliate of the Company), (iii) if such Securities are eligible to be sold, assigned or transferred under Rule 144 (provided that a Subscriber provides the Company with reasonable assurances that such Securities are eligible for sale, assignment or transfer under Rule 144 which shall not include an opinion of counsel), (iv) in connection with a sale, assignment or other transfer (other than under Rule 144), provided that such Subscriber provides the Company with an opinion of counsel to such Subscriber, at the cost of the Company and in a generally acceptable form, to the effect that such sale, assignment or transfer of the Securities may be made without registration under the applicable requirements of the Securities Act or (v) if such legend is not required under applicable requirements of the Securities Act (including, without limitation, controlling judicial interpretations and pronouncements issued by the SEC). If a legend is not required pursuant to the foregoing, the Company shall no later than five (5) Business Days following the delivery by a Subscriber to the Company or the transfer agent (with notice to the Company) of a legended certificate representing such Securities (endorsed or with stock powers attached, signatures guaranteed, and otherwise in form necessary to affect the reissuance and/or transfer, if applicable), together with any other deliveries from such Subscriber as may be required above in this Section 5(c), as directed by such Subscriber, either: (A) provided that the Company’s transfer agent is participating in the DTC Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, credit the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock to which such Subscriber shall be entitled to such Subscriber’s or its designee’s balance account with DTC through its Deposit/Withdrawal at Custodian system or (B) if the Company’s transfer agent is not participating in the DTC Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, issue and deliver (via reputable overnight courier) to such Subscriber, a certificate representing such Securities that is free from all restrictive and other legends, registered in the name of such Subscriber or its designee.

 

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6.      Conditions to Closing .

 

(a)      The obligation of each Subscriber hereunder to purchase the Units at the Closing is subject to the satisfaction, at or before the applicable Closing Date, of each of the following conditions, provided that these conditions are for each Subscriber’s sole benefit and may be waived by such Subscriber at any time in its sole discretion by providing the Company with prior written notice thereof:

 

(i)     The representations and warranties of the Company shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the date when made and as of the Closing Date as though originally made at that time (except for representations and warranties that speak as of a specific date, which shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such date) and the Company shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects with the covenants, agreements and conditions required to be performed, satisfied or complied with by the Company at or prior to the Closing Date. Such Subscriber shall have received a certificate, executed by the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, dated as of the Closing Date, to the foregoing effect and as to such other matters as may be reasonably requested by such Subscriber in the form reasonably acceptable to such Subscriber;

 

(ii)     The Company shall have duly executed and delivered to such Subscriber each of the Offering Documents, except for the certificates representing the Shares, Class A Warrants, Class B Warrants and Class C Warrants, which shall be delivered in accordance with Section 1(c);

 

(iii)    Such Subscriber shall have received the opinion of the Company’s counsel, dated as of the Closing Date, in the form reasonably acceptable to such Subscriber;

 

(iv)    Since the date of first execution of this Agreement, no event or series of events shall have occurred that reasonably would have or result in a Material Adverse Effect;

 

(v)     No statute, rule, regulation, executive order, decree, ruling or injunction shall have been enacted, entered, promulgated or endorsed by any court or governmental authority of competent jurisdiction that prohibits the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by the Offering Documents;

 

(vi)    The Company shall have delivered to such Subscriber such other documents, instruments or certificates relating to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement as such Subscriber or its counsel may reasonably request; and

 

(b)      The obligations of the Company to effect the transactions contemplated by this Agreement with each Subscriber are subject to the fulfillment at or prior to each Closing Date of the conditions listed below:

 

(i)      The representations and warranties made by such Subscriber in Section 2 shall be true and correct in all material respects at the time of Closing as if made on and as of such date; and

 

(ii)     All corporate and other proceedings required to be undertaken by such Subscriber in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby shall have occurred and all documents and instruments incident to such proceedings shall be reasonably satisfactory in substance and form to the Company.

 

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7.      Miscellaneous .

 

(a)       Any notice or other communication given hereunder shall be deemed sufficient if in writing and sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, addressed to the Company, at OriginClear, Inc., 525 S. Hewitt Street, Los Angeles, California 90013, Attention: T. Riggs Eckelberry, Chief Executive Officer, with a copy to (which shall not constitute notice) Sichenzia Ross Ference Kesner LLP, 61 Broadway, 32 nd Floor, New York, NY 10006, Attention: Gregory Sichenzia, Esq., or addressed to the Subscriber at the address indicated on the signature page of this Agreement. Notices shall be deemed to have been given three (3) business days after the date of mailing, except notices of change of address, which shall be deemed to have been given when received.

 

(b)       All modifications, amendments or waivers to this Agreement shall require the written consent of both the Company and a majority-in-interest of the Subscribers (based on the number of Units purchased hereunder).

 

(c)       This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and to their respective heirs, legal representatives, successors and assigns. This Agreement sets forth the entire agreement and understanding between the parties as to the subject matter hereof and merges and supersedes all prior discussions, agreements and understandings of any and every nature among them.

 

(d)       This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York without giving effect to the conflict of law provisions thereof, and the parties hereto irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, or, if jurisdiction in such court is lacking, the Supreme Court of the State of New York, New York County, in respect of any dispute or matter arising out of or connected with this Agreement.

 

(e)       This Agreement may be executed in counterparts. It shall not be binding upon the Company unless and until it is accepted by the Company. Upon the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Subscriber, this Agreement shall become a binding obligation of the Subscriber with respect to the purchase of Units as herein provided; subject, however, to the right hereby reserved to the Company to enter into the same agreements with other subscribers and to add and/or to delete other persons as subscribers. This Agreement may be executed and delivered by facsimile.

 

(f)       Whenever the context may require, any pronouns used herein shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine or neuter forms, and the plural form of names, defined terms, nouns and pronouns shall include the singular and vice-versa.

 

(g)       The holding of any provision of this Agreement to be invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction shall not affect any other provision of this Agreement, which shall remain in full force and effect.

 

(h)       It is agreed that a waiver by either party of a breach of any provision of this Agreement shall not operate, or be construed, as a waiver of any subsequent breach by that same party.

 

(i)       The parties agree to execute and deliver all such further documents, agreements and instruments and take such other and further action as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes and intent of this Agreement.

 

(j)       Each party hereto covenants and agrees that the representations and warranties of such party contained in this Agreement shall survive the Closing. Each Subscriber shall be responsible only for its own representations, warranties, agreements and covenants hereunder.

 

(k)        Reserved .

 

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(l)         Independent Nature of Subscribers . The obligations of each Subscriber under this Agreement or other transaction document are several and not joint with the obligations of any other Subscriber, and no Subscriber shall be responsible in any way for the performance of the obligations of any other Subscriber under this Agreement or any other transaction document. Each Subscriber shall be responsible only for its own representations, warranties, agreements and covenants hereunder. The decision of each Subscriber to purchase Units pursuant to this Agreement has been made by such Subscriber independently of any other Subscriber and independently of any information, materials, statements or opinions as to the business, affairs, operations, assets, properties, liabilities, results of operations, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of the Company which may have been made or given by any other Subscriber or by any agent or employee of any other Subscriber, and no Subscriber or any of its agents or employees shall have any liability to any other Subscriber (or any other person) relating to or arising from any such information, materials, statements or opinions. Nothing contained herein or in any other transaction document, and no action taken by any Subscriber pursuant hereto or thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Subscribers as a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the Subscribers are in any way acting in concert or as a group with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement or any other transaction document, each Subscriber shall be entitled to independently protect and enforce its rights arising out of this Agreement or out of the other transaction documents, and it shall not be necessary for any other Subscriber to be joined as an additional party in any proceeding for such purpose. Each Subscriber has been represented by its own separate legal counsel in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and acknowledge and understand that Sichenzia Ross Ference Kesner LLP has served as counsel to the Company only.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the Subscriber has executed this Subscription Agreement as of the date written below.

 

No. of Units to be Purchased      
       
Total Unit Purchase Price ($)   $

 

     
Signature   Signature (if purchasing jointly)
     
   
Name Typed or Printed   Name Typed or Printed
     
   
Title (if Subscriber is an Entity)   Title (if Subscriber is an Entity)
     
   
Entity Name (if applicable)   Entity Name (if applicable)
     
     
Address   Address
     
   
City, State and Zip Code   City, State and Zip Code
     
   
Telephone-Business   Telephone-Business
     
   
Telephone-Residence   Telephone-Residence
     
   
Facsimile-Business   Facsimile-Business
     
   
Facsimile-Residence   Facsimile-Residence
     
   
Tax ID # or Social Security #   Tax ID # or Social Security #
     
Name in which securities should be issued:    
     
Manner in which title is to be held: (check only one)    

 

Individual Ownership

 

Joint Subscription:   Entity
Community Property   Partnership
Joint Tenant with Right of Survivorship (JTWRS)   Company
Tenants in Common (TIC)   Self-Directed Retirement Account
Tenants by Entirety (TBE)   Trust
(If Securities are being subscribed for as a joint subscription, both parties must sign.)  

Other __________________

(Entities must complete Cert. of Signatory)

 

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This Subscription Agreement is agreed to and accepted as of ________________, 2017.

 

  OriginClear, Inc.
     
  By:           
  Name: T. Riggs Eckelberry
  Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

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SCHEDULE I - SUBSIDIARIES

 

OriginClear Technologies (Hong Kong)

Progressive Water Treatment, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT 31

 

CERTIFICATION

 

I, T Riggs Eckelberry, certify that:

 

1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of OriginClear, Inc., for the quarter ended June 30, 2017;

 

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

 

4. I am responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) for the registrant and have:

 

(a) designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant is made known to us by others, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

(b) designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

 

(c) evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

 

(d) disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and

 

5. I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent function):

 

(a) all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

 

(b) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

August 14, 2017

  

    /s/ T Riggs Eckelberry
    T Riggs Eckelberry
    Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)
   

and Acting Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Accounting and Financial Officer)

 

 

EXHIBIT 32

 

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

 

In connection with the Quarterly Report of OriginClear, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2017 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, T Riggs Eckelberry, Chief Executive Officer and Acting Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

 

(1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934; and

 

(2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and result of operations of the Company.

 

A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has been provided to the Company and will be retained by the Company and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.

 

 

August 14, 2017   /s/ T Riggs Eckelberry
    T Riggs Eckelberry
    Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)
   

and Acting Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Accounting and Financial Officer)