Nevada
|
46-0510865
|
(State
or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)
|
(I.R.S.
Employer
Identification
Number)
|
6075
Longbow Dr., Suite 200
Boulder,
Colorado
(303)
444-7755
(Address,
including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, including Area Code, of
Registrant's Principal Executive Offices)
|
W.
Michael Bissonnette
AeroGrow
International, Inc.
6075
Longbow Dr., Suite 200
Boulder,
Colorado
(303)
444-7755
(Name,
Address, including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, including Area
Code, of
Agent for Service)
|
Brian
Lane, Esq.
Gibson,
Dunn & Crutcher LLP
1050
Connecticut Avenue, NW
Washington,
D.C. 20036
|
The
information in this prospectus is not complete and may be
changed. We may not sell these securities until the
registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
is effective. This prospectus is not an offer to sell these
securities and it is not a solicitation of an offer to buy these
securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not
permitted.
|
·
|
828,858
shares of common stock are issuable upon exercise of outstanding
warrants
and options issued prior to June 30, 2005 at exercise prices ranging
from
$0.005 to $15.00 per share;
|
·
|
2,038,000
shares of common stock are issuable upon exercise of outstanding
warrants
issued to investors in our February 2006 private placement offering,
or
the 2006 Offering, at an exercise price of $6.25 per
share;
|
·
|
1,166,760
shares of common stock are issuable upon exercise of outstanding
warrants
issued to investors in our March 2007 private placement offering,
or the
2007 Offering, at an exercise price of $7.50 per
share;
|
·
|
575,000
shares of common stock are issuable upon exercise of outstanding
warrants
held by the initial holders of the convertible notes at an exercise
price
of $5.00 per share;
|
·
|
584,000
shares of common stock are issuable upon exercise of outstanding
warrants
issued to holders that elected to convert notes in the principal
amount of
$2,970,000 at an exercise price of $6.00 per
share;
|
·
|
60,000
shares of common stock are issuable upon exercise of outstanding
warrants
issued in 2005 to Keating Securities or its designees in connection
with
the convertible notes offering at an exercise price of $6.00 per
share;
|
·
|
214,800
shares of common stock are issuable upon exercise of outstanding
warrants
issued to designees of Keating Securities in connection with the
2006
Offering at an exercise price of
$6.25;
|
·
|
83,340
shares of common stock are issuable upon exercise of outstanding
warrants
issued to designees of Keating Securities in connection with the
2007
Offering at an exercise price of
$8.25;
|
·
|
1,333,888
shares of common stock are issuable upon exercise of outstanding
options
issued pursuant to our 2005 Equity Compensation Plan at exercise
prices
ranging from $0.01 to $5.90.
|
·
|
the
right to one vote for each share held of record on all matters
submitted
to a vote of the securityholders, including the election of
directors;
|
·
|
no
cumulative voting rights, which means that holders of a majority
of shares
outstanding can elect all of our
directors;
|
·
|
the
right to receive ratably dividends when, if and as may be declared
by our
board of directors out of funds legally available for such purposes,
subject to the senior rights, if any, of any holders of preferred
stock
then outstanding;
|
·
|
the
right to share ratably in the net assets legally available for
distribution to common securityholders after the payment of our
liabilities on our liquidation, dissolution and winding-up;
and
|
·
|
no
preemptive or conversion rights or other subscription rights, and
no
redemption privileges.
|
·
|
a
willful failure to deal fairly with us or our shareholders in connection
with a matter in which the director has a material conflict of
interest;
|
·
|
a
violation of criminal law unless the director had reasonable cause
to
believe that his or her conduct was lawful or no reasonable cause
to
believe that his or her conduct was
unlawful;
|
·
|
a
transaction from which the director derived an improper personal
profit;
and
|
·
|
willful
misconduct.
|
Name
of Selling Security Holder*
|
Beneficial
Ownership of
Common
Stock Before Offering
|
Maximum
Number
of
Shares to
be
Sold
|
Beneficial
Ownership
of Common Stock
After
Offering
|
||
Number
|
Percentage**
|
Number
|
Percentage***
|
||
Accelera
Private Equity Limited(1)
|
83,340
|
–
|
83,340
|
0
|
–
|
Accelera
Ventures Ltd.(1)
|
66,672
|
–
|
66,672
|
0
|
–
|
Jeff
L. Andrews*
|
23,839
|
–
|
23,839
|
0
|
–
|
Christopher
P. Baker
|
33,336
|
–
|
33,336
|
0
|
–
|
Beachcomber
Investments, LLC
|
83,340
|
–
|
83,340
|
0
|
–
|
Margie
L. Blackwell*
|
5,000
|
–
|
5,000
|
0
|
–
|
Pablo
Felipe Serna Cardenas*
|
3,750
|
–
|
3,750
|
0
|
–
|
CL
nr. 1 ApS
|
25,002
|
–
|
25,002
|
0
|
–
|
Denis
Culverwell*
|
500
|
–
|
500
|
0
|
–
|
Rexford
Appenteng Darko
|
8,334
|
–
|
8,334
|
0
|
–
|
Richard
Kofi Darko
|
33,336
|
–
|
33,336
|
0
|
–
|
Justin
Davis*
|
10,000
|
–
|
10,000
|
0
|
–
|
Diamond
Opportunity Fund, LLC
|
100,008
|
–
|
100,008
|
0
|
–
|
Dynamic
Decisions Strategic Opportunities(2)
|
100,008
|
–
|
100,008
|
0
|
–
|
Freedom
Ride, LLC(3)
|
16,668
|
–
|
16,668
|
0
|
–
|
Banca
Gesfid
|
25,002
|
–
|
25,002
|
0
|
–
|
Brett
Green*
|
2,500
|
–
|
2,500
|
0
|
–
|
Green
Drake Capital Corp.*
|
3,038
|
–
|
3,038
|
0
|
–
|
Randy
Haag*
|
2,977
|
–
|
2,977
|
0
|
–
|
John
U. Harris, Jr.
|
8,334
|
–
|
8,334
|
0
|
–
|
Steven
J. Henricks*
|
3,960
|
–
|
3,960
|
0
|
–
|
H.L.
Severance, Inc. Pension Plan and Trust(4)
|
6,670
|
–
|
6,670
|
0
|
–
|
H.L.
Severance, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan and Trust(4)
|
10,000
|
–
|
10,000
|
0
|
–
|
Insignia
Partners, LP
|
30,004
|
–
|
30,004
|
0
|
–
|
Iroquois
Master Fund Ltd.(5)
|
66,672
|
–
|
66,672
|
0
|
–
|
Joint
Glory International, Ltd.
|
125,010
|
–
|
125,010
|
0
|
–
|
Rhonda
Jordan and Kerry Anderson JTTEN
|
8,334
|
–
|
8,334
|
0
|
–
|
Sheldon
Kahn and Sarah Liron JTTEN
|
33,336
|
–
|
33,336
|
0
|
–
|
Michael
J. Keating*
|
2,500
|
–
|
2,500
|
0
|
–
|
Timothy
J. Keating*
|
13,200
|
–
|
13,200
|
0
|
–
|
John
K. Kopra
|
33,336
|
–
|
33,336
|
0
|
–
|
Timothy
G. Lawrence
|
16,668
|
–
|
16,668
|
0
|
–
|
Lazarus
Investment Partners, LLLP(6)
|
200,016
|
–
|
200,016
|
0
|
–
|
LKCM
Private Discipline Master Fund, SPC
|
83,340
|
–
|
83,340
|
0
|
–
|
Reed
Madison*
|
1,370
|
–
|
1,370
|
0
|
–
|
Robert
Maloney*
|
1,500
|
–
|
1,500
|
0
|
–
|
Ranjit
P. Mankekar*
|
10,000
|
–
|
10,000
|
0
|
–
|
Carolyn
A. Meske and Rajeeb Pradhan JTWROS
|
8,334
|
–
|
8,334
|
0
|
–
|
Christopher
McCarty & Jennifer McCarty
|
8,334
|
–
|
8,334
|
0
|
–
|
John
Micek, III
|
25,002
|
–
|
25,002
|
0
|
–
|
Ronald
and Linda Nash
|
36,800
|
–
|
36,800
|
0
|
–
|
Northwood
Capital Partners LP
|
50,004
|
–
|
50,004
|
0
|
–
|
Joseph
Michael O’Brien
|
25,002
|
–
|
25,002
|
0
|
–
|
Steve
Olore*
|
500
|
–
|
500
|
0
|
–
|
Steve
Osello*
|
1,370
|
–
|
1,370
|
0
|
–
|
Charles
R. Percy
|
10,758
|
–
|
8,334
|
2,424
|
–
|
Jerry
Peterson IRA
|
25,002
|
–
|
25,002
|
0
|
–
|
Porter
Partners, LP(7)
|
66,672
|
–
|
66,672
|
0
|
–
|
Russ
C. Rauhauser
|
8,334
|
–
|
8,334
|
0
|
–
|
Rock
Associates
|
16,668
|
–
|
16,668
|
0
|
–
|
Kyle
L. Rogers*
|
5,000
|
–
|
5,000
|
0
|
–
|
Allan
Rothstein
|
8,334
|
–
|
8,334
|
0
|
–
|
Steven
Rothstein
|
8,334
|
–
|
8,334
|
0
|
–
|
Don
Russell, Jr.
|
8,334
|
–
|
8,334
|
0
|
–
|
Leonard
Samuels IRA, Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. Custodian
|
16,668
|
–
|
16,668
|
0
|
–
|
John
B. Sanderson*
|
8,334
|
–
|
8,334
|
0
|
–
|
Pamela
A. Solly*
|
2,500
|
–
|
2,500
|
0
|
–
|
Luca
Toscani*
|
5,000
|
–
|
5,000
|
0
|
–
|
Jonathan
Ungar
|
33,336
|
–
|
33,336
|
0
|
–
|
Laurence
Verbeck
|
75,336
|
–
|
33,336
|
42,000
|
–
|
The
Vintox Fund, LP
|
33,336
|
–
|
33,336
|
0
|
–
|
Chris
Wrolstad*
|
1,370
|
–
|
1,370
|
0
|
–
|
Crestview
Capital Master LLC(2)
|
41,417
|
–
|
25,002
|
16,415
|
–
|
(*)
|
The
selling security holders identified with an asterisk have identified
that
they are, or are affiliates of, registered
broker-dealers. These selling security holders have represented
that they acquired their securities in the ordinary course of business
and, at the time of the acquisition of the securities, had no agreements
or understandings, directly or indirectly, with any person to distribute
the securities. To the extent that we become aware that any
such selling security holders did not acquire its securities in
the
ordinary course of business or did have such an agreement or
understanding, we will file a post-effective amendment to registration
statement of which this prospectus is a part to designate such
person as
an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act of
1933.
|
(**)
|
12,009,681
shares outstanding as of September 13, 2007. Unless otherwise
noted, none of these selling security holders beneficially own
1% or more
of our outstanding common stock.
|
(***)
|
Calculated
based on Rule 13d-3 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Based on
12,009,681 shares outstanding as of September 13, 2007. In
calculating these percentages for each security holder, we also
treated as
outstanding that number of shares of common stock issuable upon
exercise
of the warrants held by such security holder. However, we did
not assume the exercise of any other security holder’s
warrants. Unless otherwise noted, none of these selling
security holders would beneficially own 1% or more of the outstanding
shares of our common stock following the sale of securities in
the
offering.
|
(1)
|
Mr.
Dennis Kam Thai Leong, a director, has the investing and voting
control
over such securities.
|
(2)
|
Mr.
Alberto Micalizzi, chairman, has investing and voting control over
such
securities.
|
(3)
|
Todd
Stewart has the investing and voting control over such
securities.
|
(4)
|
H.
Leigh Severance, as trustee, has investing and voting control over
such
securities. Excludes shares held
individually.
|
(5)
|
Joshua
Silverman has investing and voting control over such
securities.
|
(6)
|
Mr.
Justin Borus, manager, has investing and voting control over such
securities.
|
(7)
|
Mr.
Jeffrey H. Porter, general partner, has investing and voting control
over
such securities.
|
·
|
on
any national securities exchange or quotation service on which
the
securities may be listed or quoted at the time of
sale;
|
·
|
in
the over-the-counter market;
|
·
|
in
transactions otherwise than on these exchanges or systems or in
the
over-the-counter market;
|
·
|
through
the writing of options, whether such options are listed on an options
exchange or otherwise;
|
·
|
ordinary
brokerage transactions and transactions in which the broker-dealer
solicits purchasers;
|
·
|
block
trades in which the broker-dealer will attempt to sell the shares
as agent
but may position and resell a portion of the block as principal
to
facilitate the transaction;
|
·
|
purchases
by a broker-dealer as principal and resale by the broker-dealer
for its
account;
|
·
|
an
exchange distribution in accordance with the rules of the applicable
exchange;
|
·
|
privately
negotiated transactions;
|
·
|
short
sales;
|
·
|
sales
pursuant to Rule 144;
|
·
|
broker-dealers
may agree with the selling securityholders to sell a specified
number of
such shares at a stipulated price per
share;
|
·
|
a
combination of any such methods of sale;
and
|
·
|
any
other method permitted pursuant to applicable
law.
|
·
|
our
Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the year ended March 31, 2007,
filed on
June 29, 2007;
|
·
|
the
description of our common stock contained in our registration statement
on
Form 8-A/A, filed on June 12,
2007;
|
·
|
our
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2007,
filed on
August 14, 2007;
|
·
|
our
Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on April 19,
2007;
|
·
|
our
Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on June 4, 2007;
and
|
·
|
our
Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on September 5,
2007.
|
Registration
Fee
|
$ |
362.24
|
|
Legal
Fees and Expenses*
|
$ |
75,000.00
|
|
Accounting
Fees and Expenses*
|
$ |
10,000.00
|
|
Transfer
Agent’s Fees*
|
$ |
2,000.00
|
|
Printing
Expenses*
|
$ |
2,000.00
|
|
Miscellaneous*
|
$ |
637.76
|
|
Total*
|
$ |
90,000.00
|
|
*
Estimated
|
|
Item
15 – Indemnification of Directors and
Officers
|
|
Item
16 – Exhibits
|
|
4.1
|
Form
of Certificate of Common Stock of Registrant
(1)
|
|
4.2
|
Form
of 2007 Investor Warrant (2)
|
|
4.3
|
Form
of 2007 Agent Warrant (2)
|
|
4.4
|
Registration
Rights Agreement dated as of March 12, 2007, by and between AeroGrow
International, Inc. and the other parties thereto
(2)
|
|
5.1
|
Opinion
of Kranitz & Philipp, as to the legality of the securities being
registered**
|
|
23.1
|
Consent
of Kranitz & Philipp (included in Exhibit
5.1)**
|
|
23.2
|
Consent
of Gordon, Hughes & Banks, LLP*
|
|
24.1
|
Power
of Attorney (included on signature
page)**
|
*
|
Filed
herewith.
|
**
|
Previously
Filed.
|
(1)
|
Incorporated
by reference from the Current Report on Form 8-K, filed March 2,
2006.
|
(2)
|
Incorporated
by reference from the Current Report on Form 8-K, filed March 16,
2007
|
|
Item
17 – Undertakings
|
a.
|
The
undersigned registrant hereby
undertakes:
|
|
1.
|
To
file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made,
a
post-effective amendment to this registration
statement:
|
|
(i)
|
To
include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities
Act
of 1933;
|
|
(ii)
|
To
reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the
effective
date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective
amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent
a
fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration
statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease
in
volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities
offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation
from
the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may
be
reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant
to
Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price
represent no more than 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering
price
set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the
effective
registration statement; and
|
|
(iii)
|
To
include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution
not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material
change to such information in the registration statement;
provided,
however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i), (a)(1)(ii) and (a)(1)(iii)
do not
apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective
amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with
or
furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to section
13 or
section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are
incorporated
by reference in the registration statement, or is contained in
a form of
prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) that is part of the
registration
statement.
|
|
2.
|
That,
for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities
Act of
1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be
a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein,
and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial
bona fide offering thereof.
|
|
3.
|
To
remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment
any of the
securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination
of the
offering.
|
|
4.
|
That,
for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act
of 1933
to any purchaser, each prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)
as part of
a registration statement relating to an offering, other than registration
statements relying on Rule 430B or other than prospectuses filed
in
reliance on Rule 430A, shall be deemed to be part of and included
in the
registration statement as of the date it is first used after
effectiveness. Provided, however, that no statement made in a
registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration
statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated
by
reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is
part of
the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time
of contract
of sale prior to such first use, supersede or modify any statement
that
was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part
of the
registration statement or made in any such document immediately
prior to
such date of first use.
|
|
5.
|
That,
for the purpose of determining liability of the registrant under
the
Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial distribution
of the
securities: The undersigned registrant undertakes that in a primary
offering of securities of the undersigned registrant pursuant to
this
registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used
to sell
the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered
or sold to
such purchaser by means of any of the following communications,
the
undersigned registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will
be
considered to offer or sell such securities to such
purchaser:
|
|
(i)
|
Any
preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrant
relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule
424;
|
|
(ii)
|
Any
free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or
on behalf
of the undersigned registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned
registrant;
|
|
(iii)
|
The
portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering
containing material information about the undersigned registrant
or its
securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant;
and
|
|
(iv)
|
Any
other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the
undersigned registrant to the
purchaser.
|
b.
|
The
undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining
any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of
the
registrant's annual report pursuant to section 13(a) or section
15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each
filing of
an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to section 15(d)
of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference
in the
registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of
such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide
offering thereof.
|
AEROGROW
INTERNATIONAL, INC.
|
|
By:
|
/s/
W. Michael
Bissonnette
|
W.
Michael Bissonnette
Chief
Executive Officer and President
|
Signature
|
Title
|
Date
|
||
/s/
W. Michael
Bissonnette
|
President
and Chairman of
|
October
19, 2007
|
||
W.
Michael Bissonnette
|
the
Board (Principal Executive Officer)
|
|||
/s/
Mitchell
Rubin
|
Treasurer
(Principal Financial
|
October
19, 2007
|
||
Mitchell
Rubin
|
Officer
and Accounting Officer)
|
|||
**
|
Director
|
October
19, 2007
|
||
Richard
A. Kranitz
|
||||
**
|
Director
|
October
19, 2007
|
||
Wayne
Harding
|
||||
**
|
Director
|
October
19, 2007
|
||
Jack
J. Walker
|
||||
**
|
Director
|
October
19, 2007
|
||
Kenneth
Leung
|