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THIS WARRANT AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE HEREOF HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"), OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAW, AND MAY NOT BE SOLD, TRANSFERRED, ASSIGNED, PLEDGED, HYPOTHECATED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF OR EXERCISED UNLESS (i) A REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS SHALL HAVE BECOME EFFECTIVE WITH REGARD THERETO, OR (ii) AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS IS AVAILABLE IN CONNECTION WITH SUCH OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER.

AN INVESTMENT IN THESE SECURITIES INVOLVES A HIGH DEGREE OF RISK. HOLDERS MUST RELY ON THEIR OWN ANALYSIS OF THE INVESTMENT AND ASSESSMENT OF THE RISKS INVOLVED.

Warrant to Purchase   
___,000,0001  shares 
Warrant Number ____ 

Warrant to Purchase Common Stock
of
QPC Lasers, Inc.

THIS CERTIFIES that [________]., a ____________company/ corporation] or any subsequent holder hereof ("Holder") has the right to purchase from QPC LASERS, INC., a Nevada corporation, (the "Company"), up to _____ Million (___,000,000) fully paid and nonassessable shares, of the Company's common stock, $0.001 par value per share ("Common Stock"), subject to adjustment as provided herein, at a price equal to the Exercise Price as defined in Section 3 below, at any time during the Term (as defined below).

Holder agrees with the Company that this Warrant to Purchase Common Stock of the Company (this “Warrant” or this “Agreement”) is issued and all rights hereunder shall be held subject to all of the conditions, limitations and provisions set forth herein.

1. Date of Issuance and Term.

This Warrant shall be deemed to be issued on May 22, 2007 (“Date of Issuance”). The term of this Warrant begins on the Date of Issuance and ends at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the date that is five (5) years after the Date of Issuance (the “Term”). This Warrant was issued in conjunction with the issuance of secured convertible debentures (the “Debentures”) of the Company to the Holder pursuant to the terms of the Securities Purchase Agreement (“Securities Purchase Agreement”) and the Registration Rights Agreement (“Registration Rights Agreement”) by and between the Company and Holder dated on or about May 22, 2007.
 
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1 Insert a number of shares equal to 150% times the Original Principal Amount of the Debenture divided by its Initial Conversion Price.
 
 
 

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the applicable portion of this Warrant shall not be exercisable during any time that, and only to the extent that, the number of shares of Common Stock to be issued to Holder upon such Exercise (as defined in Section 2(a)), when added to the number of shares of Common Stock, if any, that the Holder otherwise beneficially owns (outside of this Warrant, and not including any other warrants or securities of Holder’s having a provision substantially similar to this paragraph) at the time of such Exercise, would exceed 4.99% of the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding, as determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act (the “4.99% Beneficial Ownership Limitation”). The 4.99% Beneficial Ownership Limitation shall be conclusively satisfied if the applicable Exercise Notice includes a signed representation by the Holder that the issuance of the shares in such Exercise Notice will not violate the 4.99% Limitation, and the Company shall not be entitled to require additional documentation of such satisfaction.

Notwithstanding the above, in the event that the Company receives any purchase, tender or exchange offer or any offer to enter into a merger with another entity whereby the Company shall not be the surviving entity (an “Offer”), then “4.99%” shall be automatically revised immediately after such offer to read “9.99%” each place it occurs in this Section 1. In addition, the 4.99% Beneficial Ownership Limitation provisions of this Section 1 may be waived by such Holder, at the election of such Holder, upon not less than 61 days’ prior notice to the Company, to change the 4.99% Beneficial Ownership Limitation to 9.99% of the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon Exercise of the Warrants held by the Holder and the provisions of this Section 1 shall continue to apply. The limitations on Exercise set forth in this subsection are referred to as the “Beneficial Ownership Limitations.” Upon such a change by a Holder of the Beneficial Ownership Limitations from such 4.99% limitation to such 9.99% limitation, the Beneficial Ownership Limitations may not be further waived by such Holder. The provisions of this paragraph shall be construed and implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this Section 1 to correct this paragraph (or any portion hereof) which may be defective or inconsistent with the intended Beneficial Ownership Limitation herein contained or to make changes or supplements necessary or desirable to properly give effect to such limitation. 

Notwithstanding the above, Holder shall retain the option to either Exercise or not Exercise its option(s) to acquire Common Stock pursuant to the terms hereof after an Offer, and, in the event of a cash Exercise following a tender offer, the Exercise Price per share that would otherwise be due shall instead be offset against the tender price per share to be received by the Holder, provided, however, that in the event a tender offer is not completed, Holder, at its option may either (i) complete any Exercise that was initiated after the Offer by promptly paying to the Company the Exercise Price that would have been due at the time the Warrant was Exercised, or (ii) cancel such Exercise by providing written notice to the Company, in which case such Exercise shall be deemed void ab initio.
 
 
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Maximum Exercise of Rights. In the event the Holder notifies the Company that the Exercise of the rights described herein would result in the issuance of an amount of Common Stock of the Company that would exceed the maximum amount that may be issued to a Holder calculated in the manner described above, then the issuance of such additional shares of Common Stock of the Company to such Holder will be deferred in whole or in part until such time as such Holder is able to beneficially own such Common Stock without exceeding the maximum amount calculated in the manner described herein. The determination of when such Common Stock may be issued shall be made by each Holder as to only such Holder.

2. Exercise.

(a) Manner of Exercise. During the Term, this Warrant may be Exercised as to all or any lesser number of full shares of Common Stock covered hereby (the “Warrant Shares” or the “Shares”) upon surrender of this Warrant, with the Exercise Form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Exercise Form”) duly completed and executed, together with the full Exercise Price (as defined below, which may be satisfied by either a Cash Exercise or a Cashless Exercise, as each is defined below) for each share of Common Stock as to which this Warrant is Exercised, at the office of the Company, QPC Lasers, Inc.; 15632 Roxford Street, Sylmar, CA 91342; Telephone: 818-986-0000, Fax: 818-301-0431, or at such other office or agency as the Company may designate in writing, by overnight mail, with an advance copy of the Exercise Form sent to the Company and its transfer agent (“Transfer Agent”) by facsimile (such surrender and payment of the Exercise Price hereinafter called the "Exercise” of this Warrant).
 
(b) Date of Exercise. The "Date of Exercise" of the Warrant shall be defined as the date that the Exercise Form attached hereto as Exhibit A, completed and executed, is sent by facsimile to the Company, provided that the original Warrant and Exercise Form are received by the Company and the Exercise Price is satisfied, each as soon as practicable thereafter. Alternatively, the Date of Exercise shall be defined as the date the original Exercise Form is received by the Company, if Holder has not sent advance notice by facsimile.

(c) Delivery of Common Stock Upon Exercise. Within three (3) business days after any Date of Exercise (the "DELIVERY PERIOD"), the Company shall issue and deliver (or cause its Transfer Agent so to issue and deliver) in accordance with the terms hereof to or upon the order of the Holder that number of shares of Common Stock (“Exercise Shares”) for the portion of this Warrant converted as shall be determined in accordance herewith. Upon the Exercise of this Warrant or any part thereof, the Company shall, at its own cost and expense, take all necessary action, including obtaining and delivering, an opinion of counsel to assure that the Company's transfer agent shall issue stock certificates in the name of Holder (or its nominee) or such other persons as designated by Holder and in such denominations to be specified at Exercise representing the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon such Exercise. The Company warrants that no instructions other than these instructions have been or will be given to the transfer agent of the Company's Common Stock and that, unless waived by the Holder, the Exercise Shares will be free-trading, and freely transferable, and will not contain a legend restricting the resale or transferability of the Exercise Shares if the Unrestricted Conditions (as defined below) are met.
 
 
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(d) Delivery Failure. In addition to any other remedies which may be available to the Holder, in the event that the Company fails for any reason to effect delivery of the Exercise Shares by the end of the Delivery Period (a “Delivery Failure”), the Holder will be entitled to revoke all or part of the relevant Notice of Exercise by delivery of a notice to such effect to the Company whereupon the Company and the Holder shall each be restored to their respective positions immediately prior to the delivery of such notice, except that the liquidated damages described above shall be payable through the date notice of revocation or rescission is given to the Company.

(e) Legends. 

(i) Restrictive Legend. The Holder understands that the Warrant and, until such time as Exercise Shares have been registered under the 1933 Act as contemplated by the Registration Rights Agreement or otherwise may be sold pursuant to Rule 144 or Rule 144(k) under the 1933 Act without any restriction as to the number of securities as of a particular date that can then be immediately sold, the Exercise Shares may bear a restrictive legend in substantially the following form (and a stop-transfer order may be placed against transfer of the certificates for such securities):

"The securities represented by this certificate have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or applicable state securities laws. The securities may not be sold, transferred or assigned in the absence of an effective registration statement for the securities under said Act, or an opinion of counsel, in form, substance and scope reasonably satisfactory to counsel to the Company, that registration is not required under said Act or unless sold pursuant to Rule 144 under said Act."

(ii) Removal of Restrictive Legends. Certificates evidencing the Exercise Shares shall not contain any legend restricting the transfer thereof (including the legend set forth above in subsection 2(e)(i)): (i) while a registration statement (including the Registration Statement) covering the resale of such security is effective under the Securities Act, or (ii) following any sale of such Exercise Shares pursuant to Rule 144, or (iii) if such Exercise Shares are eligible for sale under Rule 144(k), or (iv) if such legend is not required under applicable requirements of the Securities Act (including judicial interpretations and pronouncements issued by the staff of the Commission) (collectively, the “Unrestricted Conditions”). The Company shall cause its counsel to issue a legal opinion to the Company’s transfer agent promptly after the Effective Date if required by the Company’s transfer agent to effect the issuance of Exercise Shares without a restrictive legend or removal of the legend hereunder. If the Unrestricted Conditions are met at the time of issuance of Exercise Shares, then such Exercise Shares shall be issued free of all legends. The Company agrees that following the Effective Date or at such time as the Unrestricted Conditions are met or such legend is otherwise no longer required under this Section 2(e), it will, no later than three (3) Trading Days following the delivery (the “Unlegended Shares Delivery Deadline”) by the Holder to the Company or the Company’s transfer agent of a certificate representing Exercise Shares, as applicable, issued with a restrictive legend (such third Trading Day, the “Legend Removal Date”), deliver or cause to be delivered to such Holder a certificate (or electronic transfer) representing such shares that is free from all restrictive and other legends.
 
 
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(iii)  Sale of Unlegended Shares. Holder agrees that the removal of the restrictive legend from certificates representing Securities as set forth in this Section 2(e)(i) above is predicated upon the Company’s reliance that the Holder will sell any Exercise Shares pursuant to either the registration requirements of the Securities Act, including any applicable prospectus delivery requirements, or an exemption therefrom, and that if Securities are sold pursuant to a Registration Statement, they will be sold in compliance with the plan of distribution set forth therein.

(f) Cancellation of Warrant. This Warrant shall be canceled upon the full Exercise of this Warrant, and, as soon as practical after the Date of Exercise, Holder shall be entitled to receive Common Stock for the number of shares purchased upon such Exercise of this Warrant, and if this Warrant is not Exercised in full, Holder shall be entitled to receive a new Warrant (containing terms identical to this Warrant) representing any unexercised portion of this Warrant in addition to such Common Stock.

(g) Holder of Record. Each person in whose name any Warrant for shares of Common Stock is issued shall, for all purposes, be deemed to be the Holder of record of such shares on the Date of Exercise of this Warrant, irrespective of the date of delivery of the Common Stock purchased upon the Exercise of this Warrant. Nothing in this Warrant shall be construed as conferring upon Holder any rights as a stockholder of the Company.

(h) Delivery of Electronic Shares. In lieu of delivering physical certificates representing the Common Stock issuable upon Exercise or legend removal, provided the Company’s Transfer Agent is participating in the Depository Trust Company ("DTC") Fast Automated Securities Transfer ("FAST") program, upon written request of the Holder, the Company shall use its best efforts to cause its Transfer Agent to electronically transmit the Common Stock issuable upon Exercise to the Holder by crediting the account of the Holder's prime broker with DTC through its Deposit Withdrawal Agent Commission ("DWAC") system. The time periods for delivery and penalties described herein shall apply to the electronic transmittals described herein.

(i) Buy-In. In addition to any other rights available to the Holder, if the Company fails to cause its transfer agent to transmit to the Holder a certificate or certificates representing the Exercise Shares pursuant to an Exercise on or before the Warrant Share Delivery Date, and if after such date the Holder is required by its broker to purchase (in an open market transaction or otherwise) or the Holder’s brokerage firm otherwise purchases shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Holder of the Exercise Shares which the Holder anticipated receiving upon such Exercise (a “Buy-In”), then the Company shall (1) pay in cash to the Holder the amount by which (x) the Holder’s total purchase price (including brokerage commissions, if any) for the shares of Common Stock so purchased exceeds (y) the amount obtained by multiplying (A) the number of Exercise Shares that the Company was required to deliver to the Holder in connection with the Exercise at issue times (B) the price at which the sell order giving rise to such purchase obligation was executed, and (2) at the option of the Holder, either reinstate the portion of the Warrant and equivalent number of Exercise Shares for which such Exercise was not honored or deliver to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock that would have been issued had the Company timely complied with its Exercise and delivery obligations hereunder. For example, if the Holder purchases Common Stock having a total purchase price of $11,000 to cover a Buy-In with respect to an attempted Exercise of shares of Common Stock with an aggregate sale price giving rise to such purchase obligation of $10,000, under clause (1) of the immediately preceding sentence the Company shall be required to pay the Holder $1,000. The Holder shall provide the Company written notice indicating the amounts payable to the Holder in respect of the Buy-In, together with applicable confirmations and other evidence reasonably requested by the Company. Nothing herein shall limit a Holder’s right to pursue any other remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief with respect to the Company’s failure to timely deliver certificates representing shares of Common Stock upon Exercise of the Warrant as required pursuant to the terms hereof.
 
 
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3. Payment of Warrant Exercise Price.

(a) Exercise Price. The Exercise Price (“Exercise Price”) shall initially equal $1.05 per share (the “Initial Exercise Price”), subject to adjustment pursuant to the terms hereof, including but not limited to Section 5 below.

Payment of the Exercise Price may be made by either of the following, or a combination thereof, at the election of Holder:

(i) Cash Exercise: cash, bank or cashiers check or wire transfer (a “Cash Exercise”); or

(ii) Cashless Exercise: The Holder, at its option, may exercise this Warrant in a cashless exercise transaction under this subsection if and only if, on the Date of Exercise, there is not then in effect a current registration statement that covers the resale of the shares of Common Stock to be issued upon exercise of this Warrant. In order to effect a Cashless Exercise, the Holder shall surrender of this Warrant at the principal office of the Company together with notice of cashless election, in which event the Company shall issue Holder a number of shares of Common Stock computed using the following formula (a “Cashless Exercise”):

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 for which this Warrant is being Exercised.

A = the Market Price of one (1) share of Common Stock (for purposes of this Section 3(ii), where "MARKET PRICE," as of any date, means the Volume Weighted Average Price (as defined herein) of the Company’s Common Stock during the trading day immediately preceding the date in question.
 
 
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B = the Exercise Price.

As used herein, the "VOLUME WEIGHTED AVERAGE PRICE" for any security as of any date means the volume weighted average sale price on the Over the Counter Electronic Bulletin Board (the “OTC-BB”) as reported by, or based upon data reported by, Bloomberg Financial Markets or an equivalent, reliable reporting service mutually acceptable to and hereafter designated by holders of a majority in interest of the Warrants and the Company ("BLOOMBERG") or, if the OTC-BB is not the principal trading market for such security, the volume weighted average sale price of such security on the principal securities exchange or trading market where such security is listed or traded as reported by Bloomberg, or, if no volume weighted average sale price is reported for such security, then the last closing trade price of such security as reported by Bloomberg, or, if no last closing trade price is reported for such security by Bloomberg, the average of the bid prices of any market makers for such security that are listed in the "pink sheets" by the National Quotation Bureau, Inc. If the Volume Weighted Average Price cannot be calculated for such security on such date in the manner provided above, the volume weighted average price shall be the fair market value as mutually determined by the Company and the holders of a majority in interest of the Warrants being Exercised for which the calculation of the volume weighted average price is required in order to determine the Exercise Price of such Warrants. "TRADING DAY" shall mean any day on which the Common Sock is traded for any period on the OTC-BB, or on the principal securities exchange or other securities market on which the Common Stock is then being traded.

For purposes of Rule 144 and sub-section (d)(3)(ii) thereof, it is intended, understood and acknowledged that the Common Stock issuable upon Exercise of this Warrant in a cashless Exercise transaction shall be deemed to have been acquired at the time this Warrant was issued. Moreover, it is intended, understood and acknowledged that the holding period for the Common Stock issuable upon Exercise of this Warrant in a cashless Exercise transaction shall be deemed to have commenced on the date this Warrant was issued.

(b) Dispute Resolution. In the case of a dispute as to the determination of the closing price or the Volume Weighted Average Price of the Company’s Common Stock or the arithmetic calculation of the Exercise Price, Market Price or any Redemption Price, or the determination of whether or not a Dilutive Issuance or a Milestone Failure has occurred, the Company shall submit the disputed determinations or arithmetic calculations via facsimile within two (2) Business Days of receipt, or deemed receipt, of the Exercise Notice or Redemption Notice or other event giving rise to such dispute, as the case may be, to the Holder. If the Holder and the Company are unable to agree upon such determination or calculation within two (2) Business Days of such disputed determination or arithmetic calculation being submitted to the Holder, then the Company shall, within two (2) Business
Days submit via facsimile (i) the disputed determination of the closing price or the Volume Weighted Average Price of the Company’s Common Stock to an independent, reputable investment bank selected by the Company and approved by the Holder, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, (ii) the disputed arithmetic calculation of the Exercise Price, Market Price or any Redemption Price to the Company’s independent, outside accountant or (iii) the disputed facts regarding the occurrence of a Dilutive Issuance or Milestone Failure to an independent expert acceptable to the Lead Investor (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement). The Company, at the Company’s expense, shall cause the investment bank, the accountant, or other expert as the case may be, to perform the determinations or calculations and notify the Company and the Holder of the results no later than five (5) Business Days from the time it receives the disputed determinations or calculations. Such investment bank’s or accountant’s determination or calculation, as the case may be, shall be binding upon all parties absent demonstrable error (collectively, the “DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROCEDURES”).
 
 
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4. Transfer and Registration.

(a) Transfer Rights. Subject to the provisions of Section 8 of this Warrant, this Warrant may be transferred on the books of the Company, in whole or in part, in person or by attorney, upon surrender of this Warrant properly completed and endorsed. This Warrant shall be canceled upon such surrender and, as soon as practicable thereafter, the person to whom such transfer is made shall be entitled to receive a new Warrant or Warrants as to the portion of this Warrant transferred, and Holder shall be entitled to receive a new Warrant as to the portion hereof retained.

(b) Registrable Securities. The Common Stock issuable upon the Exercise of this Warrant has registration rights pursuant to that certain Registration Rights Agreements between the Company and the Holder dated even herewith.

5. Anti-Dilution Adjustments; Additional Adjustments; Purchase Rights.

(a) Participation. The Holder, as the holder of this Warrant, shall be entitled to receive such dividends paid and distributions of any kind made to the holders of Common Stock of the Company to the same extent as if the Holder had Exercised this Warrant into Common Stock (without regard to any limitations on Exercise herein or elsewhere and without regard to whether or not a sufficient number of shares are authorized and reserved to effect any such Exercise and issuance) and had held such shares of Common Stock on the record date for such dividends and distributions. Payments under the preceding sentence shall be made concurrently with the dividend or distribution to the holders of Common Stock.

(b)  Recapitalization or Reclassification. If the Company shall at any time effect a recapitalization, reclassification or other similar transaction of such character that the shares of Common Stock shall be changed into or become exchangeable for a larger or smaller number of shares, then upon the effective date thereof, the number of shares of Common Stock which Holder shall be entitled to purchase upon Exercise of this Warrant shall be increased or decreased, as the case may be, in direct proportion to the increase or decrease in the number of shares of Common Stock by reason of such recapitalization, reclassification or similar transaction, and the Exercise Price shall be, in the case of an increase in the number of shares, proportionally decreased and, in the case of decrease in the number of shares, proportionally increased. The Company shall give Holder the same notice it provides to holders of Common Stock of any transaction described in this Section 5(b).
 
 
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(c) Notice of Consolidation or Merger. In the event of a Major Transaction (as defined below) is approved in writing by the Holder (a “Permissible Major Transaction”) and occurs, then this Warrant shall be Exerciseable into such class and type of securities or other assets as Holder would have received had Holder Exercised this Warrant immediately prior to such Permissible Major Transaction; provided, however, that Company shall provided the Holder with at least thirty (30) business days advance notice to Holder before effecting any Permissible Major Transaction.

(d) Exercise Price Adjusted. As used in this Warrant, the term "Exercise Price" shall mean the purchase price per share specified in Section 3 of this Warrant, until the occurrence of an event stated this Section 5 or otherwise set forth in this Warrant, and thereafter shall mean said price as adjusted from time to time in accordance with the provisions of said subsection. No such adjustment under this Section 5 shall be made unless such adjustment would change the Exercise Price at the time by $.01 or more; provided, however, that all adjustments not so made shall be deferred and made when the aggregate thereof would change the Exercise Price at the time by $.01 or more. No adjustment made pursuant to any provision of this Section 5 shall have the net effect of increasing the Exercise Price in relation to the split adjusted and distribution adjusted price of the Common Stock.

(e) Adjustments: Additional Shares, Securities or Assets. In the event that at any time, as a result of an adjustment made pursuant to this Section 5 or otherwise, Holder shall, upon Exercise of this Warrant, become entitled to receive shares and/or other securities or assets (other than Common Stock) then, wherever appropriate, all references herein to shares of Common Stock shall be deemed to refer to and include such shares and/or other securities or assets; and thereafter the number of such shares and/or other securities or assets shall be subject to adjustment from time to time in a manner and upon terms as nearly equivalent as practicable to the provisions of this Section 5.

(f) Adjustment of Exercise Price Due to Share Issuances (MFN). So long as any of the Warrants are outstanding, if the Company shall issue, sell, or grant or agree to issue, sell or grant (A) any shares of Common Stock, (B) any option, warrant, debt or security that is convertible or exchangeable into Common Stock, at a price per share that is less than the Exercise Price in effect at the time of such issue (each, a “Dilutive Issuance”), then, and thereafter successively upon each such issue, the Exercise Price shall be reduced (an “MFN Adjustment”) to such other lower issue price (the “MFN Adjustment Price”). For purposes of this adjustment, the issuance of any security carrying the right to convert such security into shares of Common Stock or of any warrant, right or option to purchase Common Stock shall result in an adjustment to the Exercise Price upon the issuance of the above-described security and again upon any adjustment to the Exercise Price of such securities (which shall result in an adjustment of the Exercise Price to an effective price per share equal to the lesser of the existing Exercise Price and the then current Exercise price of such securities) and upon the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon Exercise of such Exercise or purchase rights if such issuance is at a price lower than the then applicable Exercise Price (which shall result in an adjustment of the Exercise Price to a price equal to the lesser of the existing Exercise Price and the issuance price of such shares of Common Stock). Notwithstanding the above, there shall be no MFN Adjustment to the Exercise Price based upon any Dilutive Issuances to individual investors (i.e., investors which are not institutions or legal entities of any kind), unless the aggregate amount of such Dilutive Issuances to individual investors since the Issue Date of this Warrant exceeds $1,000,000.
 
 
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(g) Milestone Adjustments to Exercise Price. The Company has provided to the Holder pro forma financial projections and a list of milestone events that are evidenced on SCHEDULE 5(G) attached hereto (the “Projections”). If the Company shall have failed (each a “Milestone Failure”) to meet or exceed such Projections for any one or more of the following periods (each a “Milestone Period”): (i) the nine (9) month period ending September 30, 2007, on (ii) the twelve (12) month period ending December 31, 2007 and (iii) the six (6) month period ending June 30, 2008, respectively (each a “Milestone Date”), in each case as reported in the Company’s Form 10-Q for such fiscal quarter, then the Exercise Price shall be reduced (but not increased) (a “Milestone Adjustment) to equal the lesser of (a) the Exercise Price then in effect or (b) the Market Price as determined on the date that is five (5) Trading Days after the date that Company files its next Form 10-Q with the Commission following the end of the applicable Milestone Period (the “Milestone Adjustment Price”).

Each such adjustment shall be effective as of the first day following each Milestone Date (by way of example, if the Projections are not met for the Milestone Period ending September 30, 2007, the reduction is effective immediately on October 1, 2007). As to any Exercises by the Holder that occurred following the end of a Milestone Period but prior to the date the Company’s periodic report was filed (“Interim Period”), the Company shall retroactively send the Holder additional Warrant Shares within 3 Trading Days of the date of the applicable filing if an adjustment is required hereunder. The number of additional Warrant Shares issued shall be equal to the number of Warrant Shares receivable from such Exercises based on the adjusted Exercise Price less any Warrant Shares previously received on account of such Exercises. Any subsequent restatements of the Company’s financials shall require similar retroactive issuances if the aforementioned events are subsequently deemed to have occurred. The Company shall provide written notice to the Holder no later than one (1) Business Day following the Company’s filing of the applicable periodic report with the Commission, indicating therein the new Exercise Price and the Company’s revenue (“Revenue”) for the applicable Milestone Period. In the event that there is an adjustment to the Exercise Price pursuant to any other provision under this Warrant during the Interim Period, the Exercise Price shall be the lower of (i) the Exercise Price as adjusted pursuant to the other provisions of this Warrant and (ii) the new Exercise Price as determined hereunder. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) the provision shall only have the effect of reducing the Exercise Price and (ii) each adjustment shall be permanent notwithstanding future Revenue or the achievement of any other milestones and cumulative with any other adjustments hereunder.

(h) Notice of Adjustments. Whenever the Exercise Price is adjusted pursuant to the terms of this Warrant, the Company shall promptly mail to the Holder a notice (a “Exercise Price Adjustment Notice”) setting forth the Exercise Price after such adjustment and setting forth a statement of the facts requiring such adjustment. The Company shall, upon the written request at any time of the Holder, furnish to such Holder a like Warrant setting forth (i) such adjustment or readjustment, (ii) the Exercise Price at the time in effect and (iii) the number of shares of Common Stock and the amount, if any, of other securities or property which at the time would be received upon Exercise of the Warrant. For purposes of clarification, whether or not the Corporation provides an Exercise Price Adjustment Notice pursuant to this Section 5(h), upon the occurrence of any event that leads to an adjustment of the Exercise Price, the Holders are entitled to receive a number of Exercise Shares based upon the new Exercise Price, as adjusted, for Exercises occurring on or after the date of such adjustment, regardless of whether a Holder accurately refers to the adjusted Exercise Price in the Notice of Exercise. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no adjustments shall be made, paid or issued under Section 5(f) or 5(g) in respect of an Exempt Issuance (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement).
 
 
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(i) Purchase Rights.  In addition to any other adjustments described herein, if at any time the Company grants, issues or sells any Options, Convertible Securities or rights to purchase stock, warrants, securities or other property pro rata to the record holders of any class of shares of Common Stock (the "Purchase Rights"), then the Holder will be entitled to acquire, upon the terms applicable to such Purchase Rights, the aggregate Purchase Rights which the Holder could have acquired if the Holder had held the proportionate number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon complete Exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations on the Exercise of this Warrant) immediately before the date on which a record is taken for the grant, issuance or sale of such Purchase Rights, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of shares of Common Stock are to be determined for the grant, issue or sale of such Purchase Rights.

6. Fractional Interests.

No fractional shares or scrip representing fractional shares shall be issuable upon the Exercise of this Warrant, but on Exercise of this Warrant, Holder may purchase only a whole number of shares of Common Stock. If, on Exercise of this Warrant, Holder would be entitled to a fractional share of Common Stock or a right to acquire a fractional share of Common Stock, such fractional share shall be disregarded and the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon Exercise shall be the next higher number of shares.

7. Reservation of Shares.

From and after the date hereof, the Company shall at all times reserve for issuance such number of authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock (or other securities substituted therefor as herein above provided) as shall be sufficient for the Exercise of this Warrant and payment of the Exercise Price. If at any time the number of shares of Common Stock authorized and reserved for issuance is below the number of shares sufficient for the Exercise of this Warrant (a “Share Authorization Failure”)(based on the Exercise Price in effect from time to time), the Company will promptly take all corporate action necessary to authorize and reserve a sufficient number of shares, including, without limitation, calling a special meeting of stockholders to authorize additional shares to meet the Company's obligations under this Section 7, in the case of an insufficient number of authorized shares, and using its best efforts to obtain stockholder approval of an increase in such authorized number of shares. The Company covenants and agrees that upon the Exercise of this Warrant, all shares of Common Stock issuable upon such Exercise shall be duly and validly issued, fully paid, nonassessable and not subject to preemptive rights, rights of first refusal or similar rights of any person or entity.
 
 
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8. Restrictions on Transfer.

(a) Registration or Exemption Required. This Warrant has been issued in a transaction exempt from the registration requirements of the Act by virtue of Regulation D and exempt from state registration under applicable state laws. The Warrant and the Common Stock issuable upon the Exercise of this Warrant may not be pledged, transferred, sold or assigned except pursuant to an effective registration statement or an exemption to the registration requirements of the Act and applicable state laws.

(b) Assignment. If Holder can provide the Company with reasonably satisfactory evidence that the conditions of (a) above regarding registration or exemption have been satisfied, Holder may sell, transfer, assign, pledge or otherwise dispose of this Warrant, in whole or in part. Holder shall deliver a written notice to Company, substantially in the form of the Assignment attached hereto as Exhibit B, indicating the person or persons to whom the Warrant shall be assigned and the respective number of warrants to be assigned to each assignee. The Company shall effect the assignment within ten (10) days, and shall deliver to the assignee(s) designated by Holder a Warrant or Warrants of like tenor and terms for the appropriate number of shares.

9. [Intentionally Left Blank].
 
10. Events of Failure.

(a) Definition.

The occurrence of each of the following shall be considered to be an “EVENT OF FAILURE.”

(i) A Registration Failure pursuant to Section 7(c) of the Debentures;

(ii) A Share Authorization Failure pursuant to Section 7(k) of the Debenture;

(iii) A Delivery Failure occurs, where a “Delivery Failure” shall be deemed to have occurred if the Company fails to deliver Exercise Shares to the Holder within any applicable Delivery Period.

(iv) A Legend Removal Failure occurs, where a “Legend Removal Failure” shall be deemed to have occurred if the Company fails to issue Exercise Shares without a restrictive legend, or fails to remove a restrictive legend, when and as required under Section 2(e) hereof.

(b) Failure Payments. The Company understands that any Event of Failure (as defined above) could result in economic loss to the Holder. In the event that any Event of Failure occurs, as compensation to the Holder for such loss, the Company agrees to pay (as liquidated damages and not as a penalty) to the Holder payments (“Failure Payments”) at a rate of 18% per annum (or the maximum rate permitted by applicable law, whichever is less) of the Black-Scholes value (as defined below) of the remaining unexercised portion of this Warrant on the date of such request (as recalculated on the first business day of each month thereafter for as long as Failure Payments shall continue to accrue), which shall accrue daily from the date of such Event of Failure through and including the date of payment in full. The Company shall pay any payments incurred under this Section in cash or cash equivalent upon demand or, if not demanded sooner, within five business (5) days of the end of each calendar month. Failure Payments are in addition to any Shares that the Holder is entitled to receive upon Exercise of this Warrant. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, to the extent that any Failure Payments accrue solely as a result of a Registration Failure for failure to obtain timely initial effectiveness of the Registration Statement (“INITIAL EFFECTIVENESS FAILURE PAYMENTS”), such Initial Effectiveness Failure Payments shall cease to accrue at any time when the Holder is eligible, in the Company’s reasonable opinion, to resell the shares that would be issuable upon a Cashless Exercise of its Warrant, pursuant to Rule 144, subject to the volume limitations of such Rule.  
 
 
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For purposes hereof, the “Black-Scholes” value of a Warrant shall be determined by use of the Black Scholes Option Pricing Model reflecting (A) a risk-free interest rate corresponding to the U.S. Treasury rate for a period equal to the remaining term of this Warrant as of such date of request and (B) an expected volatility equal to the greater of 60% and the 100 day volatility obtained from the HVT function on Bloomberg.  
 
(c) Payment of Accrued Failure Payments. The accrued Failure Payments for each Event of Failure shall be paid in immediately available funds on or before the fifth (5th) day of each month following a month in which Failure Payments accrued. Nothing herein shall limit the Holder's right to pursue actual damages (to the extent in excess of the Failure Payments) for the Company's Event of Failure, and the Holder shall have the right to pursue all remedies available at law or in equity (including a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief). Notwithstanding the above, if a particular Event of Failure results in an Event of Default pursuant to Section 11 hereof, then the Failure Payment, for that Event of Failure only, shall be considered to have been satisfied upon payment to the Holder of an amount equal to the greater of (i) the Failure Payment, or (ii) the Default Amount, payable in accordance with Section 11.

(d) Maximum Interest Rate. Nothing contained herein or in any document referred to herein or delivered in connection herewith shall be deemed to establish or require the payment of a rate of interest or other charges in excess of the maximum permitted by applicable law. In the event that the rate of interest or dividends required to be paid or other charges hereunder exceed the maximum permitted by such law, any payments in excess of such maximum shall be credited against amounts owed by the Company to the Holder and thus refunded to the Company.

11. Default and Redemption.
 
(a) Events Of Default. Each of the following events shall be considered to be an "EVENT OF DEFAULT," unless waived by the Holder:
 
 
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(i) Failure To Effect Registration.  A Registration Default (as defined in Section 7(c) of the Debenture) occurs;

(ii) Failure To Authorize And Reserve Common Stock. A Share Authorization Failure (as defined in Section 7(k) of the Debenture) occurs and remains uncured for a period of more than sixty (60) days;

(iii) Failure To Deliver Common Stock. A Delivery Failure (as defined above) occurs and remains uncured for a period of more than twenty (20) days; or at any time, the Company announces or states in writing that it will not honor its obligations to issue shares of Common Stock to the Holder upon Exercise by the Holder of the Exercise rights of the Holder in accordance with the terms of this Warrant.

(iv) Legend Removal Failure. A Legend Removal Failure (as defined above) occurs and remains uncured for a period of twenty (20) days.

(v) Cross Default. An event of default (as defined in the applicable security) in any other Debenture, Warrant or other security issued to the Holder or another holder pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement (a “Cross Default”) shall constitute an Event of Default hereunder.

(vi) Major Transaction. A Major Transaction occurs, where, for purposes hereof a "Major Transaction" shall be deemed to have occurred at such time as any of the following events occur:

(A) a consolidation, merger, exchange of shares, recapitalization, reorganization, business combination or other similar event, (1) following which the holders of Common Stock of the Company immediately preceding such consolidation, merger, combination or event either (a) no longer hold a majority of the shares of Common Stock of the Company or (b) no longer have the ability to elect the board of directors of the Company or (2) as a result of which shares of Common Stock of the Company shall be changed into (or the shares of Common Stock become entitled to receive) the same or a different number of shares of the same or another class or classes of stock or securities of the Company or another entity (each of the events described in items (1) and (2) immediately above is referred to as a “Change of Control”);

(B) the sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the Company's assets (an “Asset Sale”); or

(C) a purchase, tender or exchange offer made to the holders of outstanding shares of Common Stock, such that following such purchase, tender or exchange offer a Change of Control shall have occurred.

(vii) the Company has failed to comply with the Dispute Resolution Procedures (as defined herein) or has failed to adjust the Exercise Price as required hereunder following a Dilutive Issuance, a Milestone Event, or otherwise (after any applicable Dispute Resolution Procedure required herein).
 
 
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 (b) Mandatory Redemption. 

(i) Mandatory Redemption Amount. If any Events of Default shall occur then, unless waived by the Holder, upon the occurrence and during the continuation of any Event of Default, at the option of the Holder, such option exercisable through the delivery of written notice to the Company by such Holder (the "DEFAULT NOTICE"), the outstanding amount of this Warrant shall be immediately redeemed by the Company and the Company shall pay to the Holder (a “MANDATORY REDEMPTION”), in full satisfaction of its obligations hereunder, an amount (the “MANDATORY REDEMPTION AMOUNT” or the “DEFAULT AMOUNT”) equal to the greater of (i) the Black-Scholes value of the remaining unexercised portion of this Warrant on the date of such Default Notice and (2) the Black-Scholes value of the remaining unexercised portion of this Warrant on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date that the Mandatory Redemption Amount is paid to the Holder.

The Mandatory Redemption Amount shall be payable, in cash or cash equivalent, within five (5) business days of the Date of the applicable Default Notice.
 
 (ii) Liquidated Damages. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that the sums payable as Failure Payments or pursuant to a Mandatory Redemption shall give rise to liquidated damages and not penalties. The parties further acknowledge that (i) the amount of loss or damages likely to be incurred by the Holder is incapable or is difficult to precisely estimate, (ii) the amounts specified bear a reasonable proportion and are not plainly or grossly disproportionate to the probable loss likely to be incurred by the Investor, and (iii) the parties are sophisticated business parties and have been represented by sophisticated and able legal and financial counsel and negotiated this Agreement at arm’s length.

The Default Amount, together with all other amounts payable hereunder, shall immediately become due and payable, all without demand, presentment or notice, all of which hereby are expressly waived, together with all costs, including, without limitation, legal fees and expenses, of collection, and the Holder shall be entitled to Exercise all other rights and remedies available at law or in equity.

(c) Posting Of Bond. In the event that any Event of Default occurs hereunder or any Event of Default occurs under any of the Transaction Documents (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement), where such Event of Default relates to the Company’s failure to make timely delivery of shares of Common Stock to the Holder, relates to the failure to remove a restrictive legend from the Holder’s Common Stock when so required under the Transaction Documents, or is a Registration Default, then the Company may not raise as a legal defense (in any Lawsuit, as defined below, or otherwise) or justification to such Event of Default any claim that such Holder or any one associated or affiliated with such Holder has been engaged in any violation of law, unless the Company has posted a surety bond (a “Surety Bond”) for the benefit of such Holder in the amount of 130% of the aggregate Surety Bond Value (as defined below) of all of the Holder’s Debenture and Warrants (the “Bond Amount”), which Surety Bond shall remain in effect until the completion of litigation of the dispute and the proceeds of which shall be payable to such Holder to the extent Holder obtains judgment.
 
 
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For purposes hereof, a “Lawsuit” shall mean any lawsuit, arbitration or other dispute resolution filed by either party herein pertaining to any of the Transaction Documents (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement).

“Surety Bond Value,” for the Warrants shall mean 130% of the of the Black-Scholes value of the remaining unexercised portion of this Warrant on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date that such bond goes into effect) and “Surety Bond Value” for the Debenture shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the Debenture.

(d) Injunction And Posting Of Bond. In the event that the Event of Default referred to in subsection (c) above pertains to the Company’s failure to deliver unlegended shares of Common Stock to the Holder pursuant to a Warrant Exercise, legend removal request, or otherwise, the Company may not refuse such unlegended share delivery based on any claim that such Holder or any one associated or affiliated with such Holder has been engaged in any violation of law, unless an injunction from a court, on prior notice to Holder, restraining and or enjoining Exercise of all or part of said Warrant shall have been sought and obtained by the Company and the Company has posted a Surety Bond for the benefit of such Holder in the amount of the Bond Amount (as described above), which Surety Bond shall remain in effect until the completion of litigation of the dispute and the proceeds of which shall be payable to such Holder to the extent Holder obtains judgment.

12. Benefits of this Warrant.

Nothing in this Warrant shall be construed to confer upon any person other than the Company and Holder any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Warrant and this Warrant shall be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the Company and Holder.

13. Governing Law. 

All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement shall be governed by and 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. Each party agrees that all legal proceedings concerning the interpretations, enforcement and defense of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (whether brought against a party hereto or its respective affiliates, directors, officers, shareholders, employees or agents) shall be commenced exclusively in the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York. Each party hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York, borough of Manhattan for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein (including with respect to the enforcement of any of the Transaction Documents), and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit, action or proceeding is improper or is an inconvenient venue for such proceeding. Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof via registered or certified mail or overnight delivery (with evidence of delivery) to such party at the address in effect for notices to it under this Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any other manner permitted by law. The parties hereby waive all rights to a trial by jury. If either party shall commence an action or proceeding to enforce any provisions of the this Agreement, then the prevailing party in such action or proceeding shall be reimbursed by the other party for its reasonable attorneys’ fees and other costs and expenses incurred with the investigation, preparation and prosecution of such action or proceeding.
 
 
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14. Loss of Warrant.

Upon receipt by the Company of evidence of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant, and (in the case of loss, theft or destruction) of indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to the Company, and upon surrender and cancellation of this Warrant, if mutilated, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant of like tenor and date.

15. Notice or Demands.

Notices or demands pursuant to this Warrant to be given or made by Holder to or on the Company shall be sufficiently given or made if sent by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, and addressed, until another address is designated in writing by the Company, to the address set forth in Section 2(a) above. Notices or demands pursuant to this Warrant to be given or made by the Company to or on Holder shall be sufficiently given or made if sent by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, and addressed, to the address of Holder set forth in the Company’s records, until another address is designated in writing by Holder.

16. Amendments.

Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Warrants and any provision hereof may be amended only by a written instrument signed by the Company and the Holders of 67% in interest of the then outstanding Warrants.

[Signature Page Follows]
 
 
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Warrant as of the  22nd day of May, 2007.

 
QPC Lasers, Inc.

By:________________________
Print Name:__________________
Title:_______________________

[Signature page to Warrant]
 
 
 

 

EXHIBIT A

EXERCISE FORM FOR WARRANT

TO: QPC Lasers, Inc.

The undersigned hereby irrevocably Exercises the right to purchase ____________ of the shares of Common Stock (the “Common Stock”) of QPC Lasers, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), evidenced by the attached warrant (the “Warrant”), and herewith makes payment of the Exercise price with respect to such shares in full, all in accordance with the conditions and provisions of said Warrant.

1. The undersigned agrees not to offer, sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of the Common Stock obtained on Exercise of the Warrant, except in accordance with the provisions of Section 8(a) of the Warrant.

2. The undersigned requests that stock certificates for such shares be issued free of any restrictive legend, if appropriate, and a warrant representing any unexercised portion hereof be issued, pursuant to the Warrant in the name of the undersigned and delivered to the undersigned at the address set forth below:

Dated:________
 

Signature
 
 

Print Name
 
 

Address
 


NOTICE

The signature to the foregoing Exercise Form must correspond to the name as written upon the face of the attached Warrant in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever.

 
 
 

 

EXHIBIT B

ASSIGNMENT

(To be executed by the registered holder
desiring to transfer the Warrant)

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned holder of the attached warrant (the “Warrant”) hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto the person or persons below named the right to purchase _______ shares of the Common Stock of QPC Lasers, Inc., a Nevada corporation, evidenced by the attached Warrant and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint _______________________ attorney to transfer the said Warrant on the books of the Company, with full power of substitution in the premises.
 
Dated:___________  ____________________________________ 
  Signature 

Fill in for new registration of Warrant:

________________________________
Name

________________________________
Address

________________________________
Please print name and address of assignee
(including zip code number)


NOTICE

The signature to the foregoing Assignment must correspond to the name as written upon the face of the attached Warrant in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever.

 
 
 

 

SCHEDULE 5(G)

MILESTONES


Milestone Date
Revenue Projections
   
September 30, 2007
$5,000,000 in Revenues for the 9 month period ending on September 30, 2007
   
December 31, 2007
$7,750,000 in Revenues for the 12 month period ending on December 31, 2007
   
June 30, 2008
$6,000,000 in Revenues for the 6 month period ending June 30, 2008