LONGWEIPETROEUM INVESTMENT HOLDING LIMITED COMMONSTOCK PURCHASE WARRANT

Number of Shares:  ___________                                                                                                                                                                     
60;             Holder: ___________

                                                                                     

Expiration Date: October 29, 2012

Exercise Price per Share: $2.255

LONGWEI PETROEUM INVESTMENT HOLDING LIMITED, a Colorado corporation (the “Company”), hereby certifies that, for value received, ____________, or registered assigns (the “Warrant Holder”), is entitled, subject to the terms set forth below, to purchase from the Company up to [_______] (             ) shares (as adjusted from time to time as provided in Section 7 of this Warrant, the “Warrant Shares”) of common stock, no par value (the “Common Stock”), of the Company at a price of $2.255 per Warrant Share (as adjusted from time to time as provided in Section 7, the “Exercise Price”), at any time and from time to time from and after the date thereof and through and including 5:00 p.m. New York City time on October 29, 2012 (the “Expiration Date”), and subject to the terms and conditions set forth below.  This Warrant is issued pursuant to the terms of a Securities Purchase Agreement dated as of October 29, 2009 by and among the Company and the investors listed on the Schedule of Buyers attached hereto (the “SPA”).  Defined terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings set forth in the SPA.

1. Registration of Warrant.  The Company shall register this Warrant upon records to be maintained by the Company for that purpose (the “Warrant Register”), in the name of the record Warrant Holder hereof from time to time.  The Company may deem and treat the registered Warrant Holder of this Warrant as the absolute owner hereof for the purpose of any exercise hereof or any distribution to the Warrant Holder, and for all other purposes, and the Company shall not be affected by notice to the contrary.

 

2. Investment Representation.  The Warrant Holder by accepting this Warrant represents that the Warrant Holder is acquiring this Warrant for its own account or the account of an affiliate (that is an “accredited investor,” as defined under Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act (an “Accredited Investor”), which has been identified to and approved by the Company for investment purposes and not with the view to any offering or distribution and that the Warrant Holder will not sell or otherwise dispose of this Warrant or the underlying Warrant Shares in violation of applicable securities laws.  The Warrant Holder acknowledges that the certificates representing any Warrant Shares will bear a legend indicating that they have not been registered under the Securities Act, and may not be sold by the Warrant Holder except pursuant to an effective registration statement or pursuant to an exemption from registration requirements of the Securities Act and in accordance with federal and state securities laws.

 

3. Validity of Warrant and Issue of Shares.  The Company represents and warrants that this Warrant has been duly authorized and validly issued and warrants and agrees that all of the Warrant Shares, when issued on exercise of this Warrant, shall be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from all taxes, Liens and charges with respect to the issue thereof other than those incurred by the Holder.  The Company further warrants and agrees that during the Exercise Period, the Company will at all times have authorized and reserved a sufficient number of Common Stock to provide for the exercise of the rights represented by this Warrant.

 

4. Registration of Transfers and Exchange of Warrants.

 

a. Subject to compliance with the federal and state securities laws, the Company shall register the transfer of any portion of this Warrant in the Warrant Register, upon surrender of this Warrant with the Form of Assignment attached hereto duly completed and signed to the Company at the office specified in or pursuant to Section 12.  Upon any such registration or transfer, a new warrant to purchase Common Stock, in substantially the form of this Warrant (any such new warrant, a “New Warrant”), evidencing the portion of this Warrant so transferred shall be issued to the transferee and a New Warrant evidencing the remaining portion of this Warrant not so transferred, if any, shall be issued to the transferring Warrant Holder.  The acceptance of the New Warrant by the transferee thereof shall be deemed the acceptance of such transferee of all of the rights and obligations of a Warrant Holder of a Warrant.

 

b. This Warrant is exchangeable, upon the surrender hereof by the Warrant Holder to the office of the Company for one or more New Warrants, evidencing in the aggregate the right to purchase the number of Warrant Shares which may then be purchased hereunder.  Any such New Warrant will be dated the date of such exchange.

 

5.	Exercise of Warrants.

 

a. Upon surrender of this Warrant with the Form of Election to Purchase attached hereto duly completed and signed to the Company, at its address set forth in Section 12, and upon payment and delivery of the Exercise Price per Warrant Share multiplied by the number of Warrant Shares that the Warrant Holder intends to purchase hereunder, in lawful money of the United States of America, by wire transfer or by certified or official bank check or checks, to the Company, all as specified by the Warrant Holder in the Form of Election to Purchase, the Company shall promptly (but in no event later than three Business Days after the Date of Exercise (as defined herein)) issue or cause to be issued  and cause to be delivered to or upon the written order of the Warrant Holder and in such name or names as the Warrant Holder may designate (subject to the restrictions on transfer described in the legend set forth on the face of this Warrant), a certificate for the Warrant Shares issuable upon such exercise, with such restrictive legend as required by the Securities Act.  Any Person so designated by the Warrant Holder to receive Warrant Shares shall be deemed to have become holder of record of such Warrant Shares as of the Date of Exercise of this Warrant; provided, however, that in the event the Warrant Shares are not registered for resale by the Warrant Holder, such Person shall reasonably demonstrate to the Company its status as an Accredited Investor.

 

b. A “Date of Exercise” means the date on which the Company shall have received (i) this Warrant (or any New Warrant, as applicable), with the Form of Election to Purchase attached hereto (or attached to such New Warrant) appropriately completed and duly signed, and (ii) payment of the Exercise Price for the number of Warrant Shares so indicated by the Warrant Holder to be purchased.

 

c. This Warrant shall be exercisable at any time and from time to time during the Exercise Period for such number of Warrant Shares as is indicated in the attached Form of Election To Purchase.  If less than all of the Warrant Shares which may be purchased under this Warrant are exercised at any time, the Company shall issue or cause to be issued, at its expense, a New Warrant evidencing the right to purchase the remaining number of Warrant Shares for which no exercise has been evidenced by this Warrant.

 

d. (i) Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, but subject to Section 5(e) and Section 6, the holder of this Warrant may, at its election exercised in its sole discretion, exercise this Warrant in whole or in part and, in lieu of making the cash payment otherwise contemplated to be made to the Company upon such exercise in payment of the Aggregate Exercise Price, elect instead to receive upon such exercise the “Net Number” of shares of Common Stock determined according to the following formula (a “Cashless Exercise”):

 

Net Number = (A x (B - C))/B

 

(ii)           For purposes of the foregoing formula:

 

A= the total number shares with respect to which this Warrant is then being exercised.

 

B= the last reported sale price (as reported by Bloomberg) of the Common Stock on the trading day immediately preceding the date of the Exercise Notice.

 

C= the Warrant Exercise Price then in effect at the time of such exercise.

 

e. The holder of this Warrant may not make a Cashless Exercise if the resale of the Warrant Shares by the Holder of the Warrant Shares is covered by an effective registration statement.

 

6. Maximum Exercise.   The Warrant Holder shall not be entitled to exercise this Warrant on a Date of Exercise in connection with that number of shares of Common Stock which would be in excess of the sum of (i) the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the Warrant Holder and its affiliates on the Date of Exercise, and (ii) the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant with respect to which the determination of this limitation is being made on an Date of Exercise, which would result in beneficial ownership by the Warrant Holder and its affiliates of more than 4.9% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock on such date.  This Section 6 may be waived on 61 days prior written notice.  As used in this Warrant, beneficial ownership shall be determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and Regulation 13d-3 thereunder.

 

 

7. Adjustment of Exercise Price and Number of Shares.  The character of the shares of stock or other securities at the time issuable upon exercise of this Warrant and the Exercise Price therefor, are subject to adjustment upon the occurrence any of the following events which shall have occurred or which shall occur at any time on or after the Closing Date and all such adjustments shall be cumulative:

 

a. Adjustment for Stock Splits, Stock Dividends, Recapitalizations, Etc.  The Exercise Price of this Warrant and the number of shares of Common Stock or other securities at the time issuable upon exercise of this Warrant shall be appropriately adjusted to reflect any stock dividend, stock split, stock distribution, combination of shares, reverse split, reclassification, recapitalization or other similar event affecting the number of outstanding shares of stock or securities.

 

b. Adjustment for Reorganization, Consolidation, Merger, Etc.  In case of any consolidation or merger of the Company with or into any other corporation, entity or person, or any other corporate reorganization, in which the Company shall not be the continuing or surviving entity of such consolidation, merger or reorganization (any such transaction being hereinafter referred to as a “Reorganization”), then, in each case, the holder of this Warrant, on exercise hereof at any time after the consummation or effective date of such Reorganization (the “Effective Date”), shall receive, in lieu of the shares of stock or other securities at any time issuable upon the exercise of the Warrant issuable on such exercise prior to the Effective Date, the stock and other securities and property (including cash) to which such holder would have been entitled upon the Effective Date if such holder had exercised this Warrant immediately prior thereto (all subject to further adjustment as provided in this Warrant).

 

c. Certificate as to Adjustments.  In case of any adjustment or readjustment in the price or kind of securities issuable on the exercise of this Warrant, the Company will promptly give written notice thereof to the holder of this Warrant in the form of a certificate, certified and confirmed by the Secretary of the Company, setting forth such adjustment or readjustment and showing in reasonable detail the facts upon which such adjustment or readjustment is based.

 

d. Sales of Common Stock at less than the Exercise Price. From the date hereof except for (i) issuances covered by Sections 7(a), 7(b) and 7(e) hereof or (ii) an issuance of Common Stock upon exercise or upon conversion of warrants, options or other convertible securities for which an adjustment has already been made pursuant to this Section 7, as to all of which this Section 7(d) does not apply, if the Company closes on the sale or issuance of Common Stock at a price, or issues warrants, options, convertible debt or equity securities with a exercise price per share or conversion price which is less than the Exercise Price (such lower sales price, conversion or exercise price, as the case may be, being referred to as the “Lower Price”), then the Exercise Price shall be reduced and only reduced to equal the Lower Price and the number of Warrant Shares issuable hereunder shall be increased such that the aggregate Exercise Price payable hereunder, after taking into account the decrease in the Exercise Price, shall be equal to the aggregate Exercise Price prior to such adjustment..  For purpose of determining the exercise price of warrants issued by the Company, the price, if any, paid per share for the warrants shall be added to the exercise price of the warrants. Such adjustment shall be made successively whenever such an issuance is made.

 

 

e. Price Adjustments Based on Pre-Tax Income per Share.

 

i.

In the event the Company’s After-Tax Income for the year ended June 30, 2010 is less than the 2010 Guaranteed ATNI  then the Exercise Price shall be adjusted by multiplying the Exercise Price by a fraction the numerator of which shall be the After-Tax Net Income and the denominator shall be the 2010 Guaranteed ATNI (defined below) provided that in no event shall the Exercise Price be reduced by more than 50%.  Thus, if  After-Tax Income for the year ended June 30, 2010 is 80% of the 2010 Guaranteed ATNI, the Exercise Price shall be multiplied by 80%.

 

ii.

Such reduction shall be made at the time the Company files its Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 2010, and shall apply to the Warrants which are outstanding on the date the Form 10-K is filed, or, if not filed on time, on the date that filing was required, after giving effect to any extension pursuant to Rule 12b-25 of the Exchange Act.  In the event that the Form 10-K is not filed with the SEC within thirty (30) days after the date that filing was required, the Exercise Price shall automatically be reduced by 50%.

 

8. Fractional Shares.  The Company shall not be required to issue or cause to be issued fractional Warrant Shares on the exercise of this Warrant.  The number of full Warrant Shares that shall be issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant shall be computed on the basis of the aggregate number of Warrants Shares purchasable on exercise of this Warrant so presented.  If any fraction of a Warrant Share would, except for the provisions of this Section 8, be issuable on the exercise of this Warrant, the Company shall, at its option, (i) pay an amount in cash equal to the Exercise Price multiplied by such fraction or (ii) round the number of Warrant Shares issuable, up to the next whole number.

 

9. Sale or Merger of the Company.  Upon a Merger Transaction (as defined below), the restriction contained in Section 6 shall immediately be released and the Warrant Holder will have the right to exercise this Warrant concurrently with such Merger Transaction.  For purposes of this Warrant, the term “Merger Transaction” shall mean a consolidation or merger of the Company into another company or entity in which the Company is not the surviving entity or the sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company to another company or entity not controlled by the then existing stockholders of the Company.

 

10. Notice of Intent to Sell or Merge the Company.  The Company will give Warrant Holder ten (10) Business Days notice before any Merger Transaction.

 

11. Issuance of Substitute Warrant. In the event of a merger, consolidation, recapitalization or reorganization of the Company or a reclassification of Company shares of stock, which results in an adjustment to the number of shares subject to this Warrant and/or the Exercise Price hereunder, the Company agrees to issue to the Warrant Holder a substitute Warrant reflecting the adjusted number of shares and/or Exercise Price upon the surrender of this Warrant to the Company.  However, in the event that the Company does not issue a substitute warrant, the number and class of Warrant Shares or other securities and the Exercise Price shall be adjusted as provided in this Warrant, and this Warrant shall relate the adjusted number of Warrant Shares and Exercise Price.

 

12. Notice.  All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been given (i) on the date they are delivered if delivered in person; (ii) on the date initially received if delivered by facsimile transmission followed by registered or certified mail confirmation; (iii) on the date delivered by an overnight courier service; or (iv) on the date of delivery after it is mailed by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested with postage and other fees prepaid as follows:

 

 

If to the Company:

Longwei Petroleum Investment Holding Limited No. 30, Guanghua Street, Xiaojingyu Xiang, Wanbailin District, Taiyan City, Shanxi Province People’s Republic of China 030024 Attn: Chief Executive Officer Facsimile: 617 ###-###-####

 

with a copy to:

 

 

at the address or telecopier number and to the attention of the person shown on the Company’s warrant register.

with a copy to:

 

National Securities Corporation 330 Madison Avenue, 18th Floor, New York, NY 10017 Attn: Jonathan C. Rich

 

13.	Miscellaneous.

 

a. This Warrant shall be binding on and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns.  This Warrant may be amended only by a writing signed by the Company and the Warrant Holder.

 

b. Nothing in this Warrant shall be construed to give to any person or corporation other than the Company and the Warrant Holder any legal or equitable right, remedy or cause of action under this Warrant; this Warrant shall be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the Company and the Warrant Holder.

 

c. This Warrant shall be governed by, construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York without regard to the principles of conflicts of law thereof.

 

d. The headings herein are for convenience only, do not constitute a part of this Warrant and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions hereof.

 

e. In case any one or more of the provisions of this Warrant shall be invalid or unenforceable in any respect, the validity and enforceability of the remaining terms and provisions of this Warrant shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and the parties will attempt in good faith to agree upon a valid and enforceable provision which shall be a commercially reasonably substitute therefore, and upon so agreeing, shall incorporate such substitute provision in this Warrant.

 

 

f. The Warrant Holder shall not, by virtue hereof, be entitled to any voting or other rights of a stockholder of the Company, either at law or equity, and the rights of the Warrant Holder are limited to those expressed in this Warrant.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be duly executed by the authorized officer as of the date first above stated.

Date:          , 2009                                                                                     

 

By:________________________________________                     

Name:_____________________________________

Title:______________________________________

 

 

(To be executed by the Warrant Holder to exercise the right to purchase shares of Common Stock under the foregoing Warrant)

To:  Longwei Petroleum Investment Holding Limited:

In accordance with the Warrant enclosed with this Form of Election to Purchase, the undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to purchase ______________ shares of Common Stock (“Common Stock”), no par value, of Longwei Petroleum Investment Holding Limited. and encloses the warrant and $____ for each Warrant Share being purchased or an aggregate of $________________ in cash or certified or official bank check or checks, which sum represents the aggregate Exercise Price (as defined in the Warrant) together with any applicable taxes payable by the undersigned pursuant to the Warrant.

The undersigned requests that certificates for the shares of Common Stock issuable upon this exercise be issued in the name of:

                                                                           

                                                                           

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If the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon this exercise shall not be all of the shares of Common Stock which the undersigned is entitled to purchase in accordance with the enclosed Warrant, the undersigned requests that a New Warrant (as defined in the Warrant) evidencing the right to purchase the shares of Common Stock not issuable pursuant to the exercise evidenced hereby be issued in the name of and delivered to:

                                                                           

Dated:________________________________________   Name of Warrant Holder:____________________________________

                                                                

 

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Signature must conform in all respects to name of Warrant Holder as specified on the face of the Warrant