Document:

Warrant to Purchase Shares of Common Stock of Rentech, Inc

 Exhibit 4.8 
  

THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE, AND THE SECURITIES ISSUED UPON EXERCISE HEREOF, MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT
PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FILED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 (THE “ACT”), OR PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE ACT WHICH SHALL BE ESTABLISHED TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE COMPANY. 
  
 Void after 3:30 P.M., Denver Time, on November 30, 2006 
  

							
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 Warrant to Purchase
              Shares
 of Common Stock

  
 WARRANT TO PURCHASE
SHARES OF COMMON STOCK 
 OF 
 RENTECH, INC. 
  
 This Is to Certify That, FOR VALUE
RECEIVED, Holder or permitted assigns (“Holder”), is entitled to purchase, subject to the provisions of this Warrant, from RENTECH, INC., a Colorado corporation (“Company”), at any time not later than 3:30 P.M., Denver time, on
November 30, 2006, (the “Expiration Date”)
                                        
                 (            ) shares of common stock, having $.01 par value per share, of the
Company (“Common Stock”) at an exercise price, subject to adjustment as set forth below, of $             per share. The number of shares of Common Stock to be received
upon the exercise of this Warrant and the price to be paid for a share of Common Stock are subject to adjustment from time to time as hereinafter set forth. The shares of the Common Stock deliverable upon such exercise, and as adjusted from time to
time, are hereinafter sometimes referred to as “Warrant Stock” and the exercise price of a share of Common Stock in effect at any time and as adjusted from time to time is hereinafter sometimes referred to as the “Exercise
Price.” 
  
 1. Exercise of Warrant. Subject to the
provisions of Section 4 hereof, this Warrant may be exercised in whole or in part at any time or from time to time not later than 3:30 P.M., Denver Time, on November 30, 2006, or if that date falls on a day on which banking institutions are
authorized by law to close, then on the next succeeding day which shall not be such a day, by presentation and surrender hereof to the Company with the Purchase Form annexed hereto duly executed and accompanied by payment of the Exercise Price for
the number of shares specified in such form, together with all federal and state taxes applicable upon such exercise. If this Warrant should be exercised in part only, the Company shall, upon surrender of this Warrant for cancellation, execute and
deliver a new Warrant evidencing the right of the Holder to purchase the balance of the shares purchasable hereunder. Upon receipt by the Company of this Warrant at the office or agency of the Company, in proper form for exercise, the Holder shall
be deemed to be the holder of record of the shares of Common Stock issuable upon such exercise, notwithstanding that the stock transfer books of the Company shall then be closed or that certificates representing such securities shall not then be
actually delivered to the Holder. The Exercise Price shall be paid in immediately available funds by cashier’s check or by wire transfer. 
  
 2. Reservation of Shares. The Company hereby agrees that at all times there shall be reserved for issuance and delivery, upon exercise of this
Warrant, such number of shares of its Common Stock as shall be required for issuance or delivery upon exercise of this Warrant. 

 3. Fractional Shares. No fractional shares or scrip representing fractional shares shall be issued
upon any exercise of this Warrant. With respect to any fraction of a share called for upon any exercise hereof, the Company shall pay to the Holder an amount in cash equal to such fraction multiplied by the current market value of such fractional
share, determined as follows: 
  
 (a) If the
Common Stock is listed on a national securities exchange or admitted to unlisted trading privileges on such exchange, the current value shall be the last reported sale price of the Common Stock on the composite tape of such exchange on the last
trading day prior to the date of exercise of this Warrant, or if no such sale is made on such day, the average closing bid and asked prices for such day on the composite tape of the exchange; or 
  
 (b) If the Common Stock is not so listed or admitted to
unlisted trading privileges, the current value shall be the mean of the last reported bid and asked prices reported by the National Association of Securities Dealers Quotation System (or, if not so quoted on NASDAQ, by the National Quotation Bureau,
Inc.) on the last trading day prior to the date of the exercise of this Warrant; or 
  
 (c) If the Common Stock is not so listed or admitted to unlisted trading privileges and bid and asked prices are not so reported, the
current value shall be an amount, not less than book value, determined in such reasonable manner as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors of the Company, such determination to be final and binding on the Holder. 
  
 4. Exchange, Assignment or Loss of Warrant. This Warrant is not
assignable except to employees of the original Holder who are registered sales representatives and who are licensed through a licensed securities broker-dealer and who directly participated in the Company’s private placement for which this
Warrant was issued. This Warrant is assignable to permitted assignees and exchangeable, without expense, at the option of the Holder, upon presentation and surrender hereof to the Company or at the office of its stock transfer agent, if any, for
other Warrants of different denominations entitling the holder thereof to purchase in the aggregate the same number of shares of Common Stock purchasable hereunder. Any such assignment shall be made by surrender of this Warrant to the Company or at
the office of its stock transfer agent, if any, with the Assignment Form annexed hereto duly executed and funds sufficient to pay any transfer tax; whereupon the Company shall, without charge, execute and deliver a new Warrant in the name of the
permitted assignee named in such instrument of assignment. Upon any permitted assignment or exchange, this Warrant promptly shall be canceled. This Warrant may be divided or combined with other Warrants which carry the same rights upon presentation
hereof at the office of the Company or at the office of its stock transfer agent, if any, together with a written notice specifying the denominations in which new Warrants are to be issued and signed by the Holder hereof. The term
“Warrant” as used herein includes any Warrants issued in substitution for or replacement of this Warrant, or into which this Warrant may be divided or exchanged. Upon receipt by the Company of evidence satisfactory to it of the loss,
theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant, and (in the case of loss, theft or destruction) of reasonably satisfactory indemnification including a surety bond, and upon surrender and cancellation of this Warrant, if mutilated, the Company will
execute and deliver a new Warrant of like tenor and date. Any such new Warrant executed and delivered shall constitute an additional contractual obligation on the part of the Company, whether or not this Warrant so lost, stolen, destroyed, or
mutilated, and shall be at any time enforceable by a Holder. 
  
 5. Rights of the Holder. The Holder shall not, by virtue hereof, be entitled to any rights of a shareholder of the Company, either at law or equity, and the rights of the Holder are limited to those expressed in this Warrant and are
not enforceable against the Company except to the extent set forth herein. 
  

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 6. Anti-Dilution Provisions. 
  
 (a) Stock Splits and Stock Dividends. Anything in this Section 6 to the contrary notwithstanding, in
case the Company shall at any time issue Common Stock or securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock by way of dividend or other distribution on any stock of the Company or subdivide or combine the outstanding shares
of Common Stock, the Exercise Price shall be proportionately decreased in the case of such issuance (on the day following the date fixed for determining shareholders entitled to receive such dividend or other distribution) or decreased in the case
of such subdivision or increased in the case of such combination (on the date that such subdivision or combination shall become effective); provided, however, that the Exercise Price shall never be less than the par value per share of Common Stock.

  
 (b) Number of Shares Adjusted. Upon
any adjustment of the Exercise Price, the holder of this Warrant shall thereafter (until another such adjustment) be entitled to purchase, at the new Exercise Price, the number of Shares, calculated to the nearest full share, obtained by multiplying
the number of shares of Common Stock initially issuable upon exercise of this Warrant by the Exercise Price in effect on the date hereof and dividing the product so obtained by the new Exercise Price. 
  
 (c) Common Stock Defined. Whenever reference is made
in this Section 6 to the issue or sale of shares of Common Stock, the term “Common Stock” shall mean the Common Stock of the Company of the class authorized as of the date hereof and any other class of stock ranking on a parity with such
Common Stock. However, subject to the provisions of Section 9 hereof, shares issuable upon exercise hereof shall include only shares of the class designated as Common Stock of the Company as of the date hereof. 
  
 (d) Adjustment of Number of Shares Upon Issuance of
Common Stock. If and whenever the Company issues or sells any Common Stock for a consideration per share less than the Exercise Price per share at the time of such issue or sale, then forthwith upon such issue or sale, the number of shares of
Warrant Stock will be increased by multiplying the number of shares of Warrant Stock by a fraction, (A) the numerator of which is the Exercise Price per share and (B) the denominator of which is the amount determined by dividing (a) the sum of (1)
the product derived by multiplying the Exercise Price times the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such issue or sale, plus (2) the aggregate consideration, if any, received by the Company upon such issue or sale, by
(b) the number of shares of common Stock outstanding immediately after such issue or sale. 
  
 7. Officer’s Certificate. Upon request by the Holder, and if the Exercise Price is adjusted as required by the provisions of Section 6 hereof, the Company shall forthwith file in the custody of its
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary at its principal office, and with its stock transfer agent, if any, an officer’s certificate showing the adjusted Exercise Price determined as herein provided and setting forth in reasonable detail the facts
requiring such adjustment and the calculation thereof. Each such officer’s certificate shall be made available at all reasonable times for inspection by the Holder and the Company shall, upon request after each such adjustment, mail a copy of
such certificate to the Holder. 
  
 8. Notice to Holders.
If, prior to the expiration of this Warrant either by its terms or by its exercise in full, any of the following shall occur: 
  
 (a) the Company shall declare a dividend or authorize any other distribution on its Common Stock; or 
  

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 (b) the Company shall authorize the granting to the shareholders of its Common Stock of rights to
subscribe for or purchase any securities or any other similar rights; or 
  
 (c) any reclassification, reorganization or similar change of the Common Stock, or any consolidation or merger to which the Company is a party, or the sale, lease, or exchange of any signification portion of the
assets of the Company; or 
  
 (d) the voluntary or involuntary
dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Company; or 
  
 (e)
any purchase, retirement or redemption by the Company of its Common Stock; 
  
 then, and in any such case, the Company shall deliver to the Holder or Holders written notice thereof at least 30 days prior to the earliest applicable date specified below with respect to which notice is to be given, which notice shall
state the following: 
  
 (f) the date on which a record is to be
taken for the purpose of such dividend, distribution or rights, or, if a record is not to be taken, the date as of which the shareholders of Common Stock of record to be entitled to such dividend, distribution or rights are to be determined;

  
 (g) the date on which such reclassification, reorganization,
consolidation, merger, sale, transfer, dissolution, liquidation, winding up or purchase, retirement or redemption is expected to become effective, and the date, if any, as of which the Company’s shareholders of Common Stock of record shall be
entitled to exchange their Common Stock for securities or other property deliverable upon such reclassification, reorganization, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer, dissolution, liquidation, winding up, purchase, retirement or redemption; and

  
 (h) if any matters referred to in the foregoing clauses (a)
and (b) are to be voted upon by shareholders of Common Stock, the date as of which those shareholders to be entitled to vote are to be determined. 
  
 9. Reclassification, Reorganization or Merger. In case of any reclassification, capital reorganization or other change of outstanding shares of
Common Stock of the Company (other than a change in par value, or from par value to no par value, or as a result of an issuance of Common Stock by way of dividend or other distribution or of a subdivision or combination), or in case of any
consolidation or merger of the Company with or into another corporation (other than a merger with a subsidiary in which merger the Company is the continuing corporation and which does not result in any reclassification, capital reorganization or
other change of outstanding shares of Common Stock of the class issuable upon exercise of this Warrant) or in case of any sale or conveyance to another corporation of the property of the Company as an entirety or substantially as an entirety, the
Company shall cause effective provision to be made so that the Holder shall have the right thereafter, by exercising this Warrant, to purchase the kind and amount of shares of stock and other securities and property receivable upon such
reclassification, capital reorganization or other change, consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance as if the Holder had exercised this Warrant prior to such transaction. Any such provision shall include provision for adjustments which shall be as
nearly equivalent as may be practicable to the adjustments provided for in this Warrant. A copy of such provision shall be furnished to the holder(s) of Warrants within ten days after execution of the appropriate agreement pertaining to same and, in
any event, prior to any consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance subject to the provisions of this Section 9. The foregoing provisions of this Section 9 shall similarly apply to successive reclassifications, capital reorganizations and changes of
shares of Common Stock and to successive consolidations, mergers, sales or conveyances. 
  

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 10. Dissolution. If, at any time prior to the expiration of this Warrant and prior to the exercise
thereof, any dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Company shall be proposed, the Company shall cause at least 30 days’ notice to be mailed by certified mail to the registered Holder of this Warrant Certificate at the Holder’s
address as it appears on the books of the Company. Such notice shall specify the date as of which holders of record of Common Stock shall participate in any distribution or shall be entitled to exchange their Common Stock for securities or other
property, deliverable upon such dissolution, liquidation or winding up, as the case may be; to the end that, during such period of 30 days, the Holder of this Warrant may exercise this Warrant and purchase Common Stock (or other stock substituted
therefor as hereinbefore provided) and be entitled in respect of shares so purchased to all of the rights of the other holders of Common Stock of the Company. In case of a dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Company, all purchase rights
under this Warrant shall terminate at the close of business on the date as of which holders of record of the Common Stock shall be entitled to participate in a distribution of the assets of the Company in connection with such dissolution,
liquidation or winding up (provided that in no event shall said date be less than 30 days after completion of service by certified mail of notice as aforesaid). Any Warrant not exercised prior to such time shall be void and no rights shall exist
thereunder. In any such case of termination of purchase rights, a statement thereof shall be included in the notice provided for herein. 
  
 11. Spin-Offs. In the event the Company spins-off a subsidiary or stock held in another corporation as an investment by distributing to the
shareholders of the Company, as a dividend or otherwise, the stock of the subsidiary or other corporation, the Company shall reserve, for the life of the Warrant, shares of the subsidiary or other corporation to be delivered to the holders of the
Warrants upon exercise to the same extent as if they were owners of record of the Warrant Stock on the record date for payment of the shares of the subsidiary or other corporation. 
  
 12. Rights. 
  
 (a) Piggy-Back Registration. Subject to Section 12(i) below, if at any time during the two years following the date of this
Warrant, the Company proposes to register any of its Common Stock under the Act in connection with the public offering of such securities solely for cash on a form that would also permit the registration of the Common Stock of the Holders that they
acquire through exercise of this Warrant, the Company shall, each such time, promptly give each Holder written notice of such determination. Upon the written request of any Holder given within 20 days after mailing of any such notice by the Company,
the Company shall use its best efforts to cause to be registered under the Act all of such Common Stock acquired through exercise of this Warrant that each such Holder has requested to be registered. 
  
 (b) Obligations of the Company. Whenever required to
use its best efforts to effect the registration of any Common Stock, the Company shall, as expeditiously as reasonably possible: 
  
 (A) Prepare and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) a registration statement with respect to such Warrant
Stock and use its best efforts to cause such registration statement to become and remain effective; provided, however, that in connection with any proposed registration intended to permit an offering of any securities from time to time (i.e., a
so-called “shelf registration”), the Company shall in no event be obligated to cause any such registration to remain effective for more than one year. 
  

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 (B) Prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and supplements to such registration
statement and the prospectus used in connection with such registration statement as may be necessary to comply with the provisions of the Act with respect to the disposition of all securities covered by such registration statement. 
  
 (C) Furnish to the Holders such numbers of copies of a
prospectus, including a preliminary prospectus, in conformity with the requirements of the Act, and such other documents as they may reasonably request in order to facilitate the disposition of Warrant Stock owned by them. 
  
 (D) Use its best efforts to register and qualify the
securities covered by such registration statement under such other securities or blue-sky laws of such jurisdictions as shall be reasonably appropriate for the distribution of the securities covered by the registration statement, provided that the
Company shall not be required in connection therewith or as a condition thereto to qualify to do business or to file a general consent to service of process in any such states or jurisdictions, and further provided that (anything in this Section (l)
to the contrary notwithstanding with respect to the bearing of expenses) if any jurisdiction in which the securities shall be qualified shall require that expenses incurred in connection with the qualification of the securities in that jurisdiction
be borne by selling shareholders pro rata, to the extent required by such jurisdiction. 
  
 (c) Furnish Information. It shall be a condition precedent to the obligations of the Company to take any action that the Holders
shall furnish to the Company such information regarding them, the Warrant Stock held by them, and the intended method of disposition of such securities as the Company shall reasonably request and as shall be required in connection with the action to
be taken by the Company. 
  
 (d) Company
Registration Expenses. In the case of any registration effected pursuant to Section (12)(a), the Company shall bear any additional registration and qualification fees and expenses (excluding underwriters’ discounts, commissions and
expenses), and any additional costs and disbursements of counsel for the Company that result from the inclusion of securities held by the Holders in such registration; provided, however, that if any such cost or expense is attributable solely to one
selling Holder and does not constitute a normal cost or expense of such a registration, such cost or expense shall be paid by that selling Holder. In addition, each selling Holder shall bear the fees and costs of its own counsel. 
  
 (e) Underwriting Requirements. In connection with any
offering involving an underwriting of shares of Common Stock being issued by the Company or being sold by persons other than the Holders exercising piggy-back registration rights (the “Initial Sellers”), the Company shall not be required
under Section 12(a) to include any of the Holders’ Warrant Stock in such underwriting unless they accept the terms of the underwriting as agreed upon between the Company or the Initial Sellers and the underwriters selected by it or them, and
then only in such quantity as will not, in the written opinion of the underwriters, jeopardize the success of the offering by the Company or by the Initial Sellers. If the total amount of securities that all Holders request to be included in such
offering exceeds the amount of securities that the underwriters reasonably believe compatible with the success of the offering, the Company shall only be required to include in the offering so many of the securities of the selling Holders as the
underwriters believe will not jeopardize the success of the offering (the securities so included to be apportioned pro rata among the selling Holders according to the total amount of securities owned by said selling Holders, or in such other
proportions as shall mutually be agreed to by such 
  

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 selling Holders), provided that no such reduction shall be made with respect to any securities offered by
the Company or the Initial Sellers for its or their own account. 
  
 (f) Delay of Registration. No Holder shall have any right to take any action to restrain, enjoin, or otherwise delay any registration as the result of any controversy that might arise with respect to the
interpretation or implementation of this Section 12. 
  
 (g) Indemnification. In the event any Common Stock is included in a registration statement: 
  
 (A) To the extent permitted by law, the Company will indemnify and hold harmless each Holder requesting or joining in a registration, any
underwriter (as defined in the Act) for it, and each such person, if any, who controls such Holder or underwriter within the meaning of the Act, against any losses, claims, damages, or liabilities, joint or several, to which they may become subject
under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages, or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based on any untrue or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in such registration statement,
including any preliminary prospectus or final prospectus contained therein or any amendments or supplements thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein,
or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and will reimburse each such Holder, such underwriter, or controlling person for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending any
such loss, claim, damage, liability, or action; provided, however, that the indemnity agreement contained in this Section 12 (g)(A) shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any such loss, claim, damage, liability, or action if such
settlement is effected without the consent of the Company (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld) nor shall the Company be liable in any such case for any such loss, claim, damage, liability, or action to the extent that it arises out of
or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in connection with such registration statement, preliminary prospectus, final prospectus, or amendments or supplements thereto, in reliance upon
and in conformity with written information furnished expressly for use in connection with such registration by any such Holder, underwriter, or controlling person. 
  
 (B) To the extent permitted by law, each Holder requesting or joining in a registration will indemnify and
hold harmless the Company, each of its directors, each of its officers who have signed the registration statement, each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the Act, and each agent and any underwriter for the Company
(within the meaning of the Act) against any losses, claims, damages, or liabilities to which the Company or any such director, officer, controlling person, agent, or underwriter may become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses,
claims, damages, or liabilities (or actions in respect thereto) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in such registration statement, including any preliminary prospectus or
final prospectus contained therein or any amendments or supplements thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in such registration statement, preliminary or final prospectus, or
amendments or supplements thereto, in reliance upon and in conformity 
  

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 with written information furnished by such Holder expressly for use in connection with such registration;
and each such Holder will reimburse any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Company or any such director, officer, controlling person, agent, or underwriter in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage,
liability, or action; provided, however, that the indemnity agreement contained in this Section 12 (g)(B) shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any such loss, claim, damage, liability, or action if such settlement is effected without the
consent of such Holder (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld). 
  
 (C) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 12(g) of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against any
indemnifying party under this paragraph, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof and the indemnifying party shall have the right to participate in, and, to the extent the indemnifying party so desires, jointly with any
other indemnifying party similarly noticed, to assume the defense thereof with counsel mutually satisfactory to the parties. The failure to notify an indemnifying party promptly of the commencement of any such action, if prejudicial to his ability
to defend such action, shall relieve such indemnifying party of any liability to the indemnified party under this paragraph, but the omission to so notify the indemnifying party will not relieve him of any liability that he may have to any
indemnified party otherwise than under this paragraph. 
  
 (h) Termination of the Company’s Obligations. The Company shall have no obligations pursuant to this Section 12 more than three years after the Expiration Date of this Agreement. 
  
 (i) Lockup Agreement. In consideration for the
Company agreeing to its obligations under this Section 12, each Holder agrees in connection with any registration of the Company’s securities that, upon the request of the Company or the underwriters managing any underwritten offering of the
Company’s securities, not to sell, make any short sale of, loan, grant any option for the purchase of, or otherwise dispose of any Warrant Stock (other than those included in the registration) without the prior written consent of the Company or
such underwriters, as the case may be, for such period of time (not to exceed 30 days from the effective date of such registration) as the Company or the underwriters may specify. 
  
 (j) Notice. Any notices or certificates by the Company to the Holder and by the Holder to the Company
shall be deemed delivered if in writing and delivered personally (including by telex, telecopier, telegram or other acknowledged receipt) or three business days following deposit in the United States mails, sent by registered or certified mail,
return receipt requested, addressed as follows: 
  

			
	                     Holder:
	  	 
	                     Company:
	  	Rentech, Inc.
	 	  	1331 17th Street, Suite 720
	 	  	Denver, CO 80202
	 	  	Attention: Chief Operating Officer

  
 Any person may change the address for
the giving of notice by providing notice in accordance with these provisions. The change in notice shall be effective five (5) business days thereafter. 
  

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 13. Amendments and Waivers. Any term, condition or provision of this Warrant may be amended and
the observance thereof may be waived (either generally or in a particular instance and either retroactively or prospectively), with the written consent of the Company and the Holders. 
  
 14. Entire Agreement. This Warrant constitutes the entire agreement among the parties thereto and supersedes any and
all prior agreements whether written or oral regarding the subject matter hereof. 
  
 15. Transfer to Comply with the Securities Act of 1933. 
  
 (a) This Warrant or the Warrant Stock or any other security issued or issuable upon exercise of this Warrant may not be offered or sold
except in conformity with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and then only against receipt of an agreement of such person to whom such offer of sale is made to comply with the provisions of this Section 15 with respect to any resale or other
disposition of such securities. 
  
 (b) Before
this Warrant may be sold, transferred, or assigned to a permitted assignee by the Holder, the Holder must notify the Company in writing at least 30 days prior to any such transfer. The Company shall the first right of refusal to repurchase the
Warrant for an amount not less than the amount offered by any third party. 
  
 (c) The Company may cause the following legend to be set forth on each certificate representing Warrant Stock or any other security issued or issuable upon exercise of this Warrant not theretofore distributed to the
public or sold to underwriters for distribution to the public pursuant to Section (l) hereof, unless counsel for the Company is of the opinion as to any such certificate that such legend is unnecessary: 
  
 The securities represented by this certificate may not be offered for sale,
sold or otherwise transferred except pursuant to an effective registration statement made under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Act”), or pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Act the availability of which is to be
established to the satisfaction of the Company. 
  
 16. AMEX
Listing. The obligation of the Company to issue the Warrant Shares to the undersigned are subject to approval by The American Stock Exchange of the listing of the Warrant Shares underlying the Warrant for trading on the AMEX®. The Company will apply for and pursue its application
for listing of the Warrant shares, but does not guarantee the application will be approved, or that the application will be acted upon. 
  
 17. Applicable Law. This Warrant shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the state of Colorado. 
  

											
	 ATTEST:
	 	 	 	 	 	 RENTECH, INC.

					
	
	 	 	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 Secretary
 Date:
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	President
	 	 	
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

  
  

 9BNSF Incentive Compensation Plan

 Exhibit 10.2 
  
 THE BURLINGTON NORTHERN AND SANTA FE RAILWAY COMPANY 
 Incentive Compensation Plan 
 Amended Effective January 1, 2003 

 

	1.0	 	OBJECTIVE 

  
 The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company (“BNSF Railway” or the “Company”) Incentive Compensation Plan (“ICP” or the “Plan”) has as its objective to: 
  

	 	1.1	 	Communicate and focus attention on key BNSF Railway business goals. 

  

	 	1.2	 	Identify and reward superior performance. 

  

	 	1.3	 	Provide a competitive compensation package to attract and retain high quality employees. 

  

	2.0	 	ADMINISTRATION 

  
 The ICP Committee shall provide overall administration of the Plan. The ICP Committee shall be comprised of the Chief Executive Officer, the Executive
Vice President and CFO, the Executive Vice President Law & Government Affairs and Secretary, and the Vice President-Human Resources and Medical. 
  
 The ICP Committee will have discretionary authority to review and approve any changes in eligibility, levels of participation, incentive opportunity,
basis for award determination, performance objectives, etc. Review and approval of Plan details will be performed on an annual basis. 
  
 The ICP Committee will appoint a plan administrator whose responsibility to the ICP Committee will include: 
  

	 	2.1	 	Establishment of procedures for the Plan operation. 

  

	 	2.2	 	Timely and effective management of the day-to-day operations of the Plan. 

  

	 	2.3	 	Performance of periodic analyses to ensure the Plan’s effectiveness. 

  

	3.0	 	ELIGIBILITY 

  
 All regularly assigned, active salaried employees of BNSF Railway and its rail subsidiaries shall be eligible to participate in the ICP subject to the discretion of the ICP 

 Committee. Employees hired into a salaried position after October 1, will not be eligible until the next calendar year.
The ICP Committee shall designate an employee’s level of participation. The extent of participation in the ICP may vary according to the employee’s level of responsibility. Depending on one’s level within the organization and
departmental discretion, some percentage of an employee’s payout potential may be based upon achievement of personal goals. 
  

	 	3.1	 	ICP eligibility of newly hired salaried employees or scheduled employees promoted to a salaried position will be treated as follows: 

  

	 	3.1.1	 	A new employee hired into an eligible position on or before October 1 will be eligible to participate in the current calendar year. 

  

	 	3.1.2	 	A scheduled employee promoted to a regularly assigned salaried position on or before October 1 will be eligible to participate in the current calendar year.

  

	 	3.1.3	 	The ICP award for a new salaried employee or a scheduled employee promoted into an eligible position for the first time, on or before October 1, will be prorated based upon the
number of days worked in active service in the eligible position. 

  

	 	3.2	 	Promotions, transfers, and assignments of active employees to temporary, part-time, red-circle or other similar salary band continuation status will be treated in the following
manner: 

  

	 	3.2.1	 	A scheduled employee placed on temporary assignment to a salaried position will not be eligible for an ICP payout. 

  

	 	3.2.2	 	A regularly-assigned salaried employee placed on a temporary assignment to another salaried position of a higher salary band will maintain his/her regularly assigned position’s
ICP participation level. 

  

	 	3.2.3	 	A regularly-assigned salaried employee promoted (or demoted) from one position to another with a higher (or lower) ICP participation level will have his/her ICP award calculated on
a pro-rata basis for the number of days employed at each level. 

  

	 	3.2.4	 	A regularly-assigned salaried employee who is assigned for all or a portion of the year to a part-time position will have his/her ICP award calculated on a pro-rata basis for the
number of days employed at each ICP participation level and full-time-equivalency level. 

	 	3.2.5	 	A regularly-assigned salaried employee who has red-circle or other similar salary band continuation status at a higher salary band will have his/her ICP award calculated on a
pro-rata basis at the ICP participation level of the higher salary band for the number of days of red-circle or other similar salary band continuation status and at the ICP participation level of the assigned band for the number of days without such
status. 

  

	 	3.3	 	ICP eligibility with respect to voluntary and involuntary separation will be determined as follows: 

  

	 	3.3.1	 	VOLUNTARY RESIGNATIONS 

  

	 	3.3.1(a)	 	If a participating employee voluntarily resigns after December 31, but before award payout, the amount that would have otherwise been received had there been no resignation will be
paid to the employee. 

  

	 	3.3.1(b)	 	If a participating employee voluntarily resigns on or before December 31, and is not eligible for participation in a company-sponsored severance program, the employee forfeits all
rights to an ICP award. 

  

	 	3.3.1(c)	 	If a participating employee voluntarily resigns in conjunction with a Company-sponsored severance program, the participant is eligible to receive a pro-rata share of the ICP award
he/she would otherwise have earned based upon the number of days worked in active service during the severance year. 

  

	 	3.3.2	 	INVOLUNTARY SEPARATION 

  

	 	3.3.2(a)	 	If a participating employee is terminated for cause, the participant forfeits all rights to an ICP award. Cause shall be defined by the ICP Committee. 

  

	 	3.3.2(b)	 	If a participating employee is terminated at the discretion of the Company as part of a Company-sponsored severance program and other than for cause, the participant is eligible to
receive a pro-rata share of the ICP award he/she would otherwise have earned based upon the number of days worked in active service during the severance year. 

  

	 	3.4	 	ICP eligibility with respect to the following events will be determined as indicated. 

 MISCELLANEOUS EVENTS AFFECTING ELIGIBILITY 
  

	 	3.4.1	 	Retirement—The participant is eligible to receive a pro-rata share of the ICP award he/she would otherwise have earned based upon the number of days’ service prior to
retirement. 

  

	 	3.4.2	 	Disability—A participating employee on short-term disability is eligible to receive the full ICP payout. A participating employee who is placed on long-term disability
(“LTD”) is eligible to receive a pro-rata share of the ICP award he/she would have earned based upon the number of days’ of otherwise eligible service accrued prior to being placed on LTD. No ICP eligibility accrues for any employee
while on LTD, but eligibility will be reinstated should the employee be removed from LTD and return to an active, regularly-assigned salaried position. 

  

	 	3.4.3	 	Medical Leave—A participating employee on short-term paid medical leave is eligible to receive the full ICP payout. An employee on unpaid medical leave will be ineligible to
receive an ICP payout for those days comprising the unpaid medical leave period. The employee will receive a pro-rata ICP payout based upon the total of all otherwise eligible salaried service during the year, excluding the days on unpaid medical
leave of absence. 

  

	 	3.4.4	 	Suspension—A participating employee suspended (without pay) for disciplinary reasons is ineligible to receive an ICP payout for any and all days comprising the suspension
period. 

  

	 	3.4.5	 	Leave of Absence with Pay—A participating employee on leave of absence with pay is entitled to receive the full ICP payout. 

  

	 	3.4.6	 	Leave of Absence without Pay—A participating employee on leave of absence without pay will be ineligible to receive an ICP payout for those days comprising the unpaid leave
period. The employee will receive a pro-rata ICP payout based upon the total of all otherwise eligible salaried service during the year, excluding the days on unpaid leave of absence. 

  

	 	3.4.7	 	Military Leave—A participating employee on paid military leave is entitled to the full ICP payout. An employee on unpaid military leave will be ineligible to receive an ICP
payout for those days comprising the unpaid military leave period. The employee will receive a pro-rata ICP payout based upon the total of all otherwise eligible salaried service during the year, excluding the days on unpaid military leave of
absence. 

	 	3.4.8	 	Death—A pro-rata share of the ICP award the participant would otherwise have earned will be paid to the deceased employee’s estate based upon the total number of days of
eligible service during the award year. 

  

	 	3.4.9	 	Seniority Exercise—A participating employee who exercises his/her seniority at any time during the year forfeits all rights to an ICP award for that year except under
circumstances when an employee exercises seniority in lieu of a severance package which had been offered to the employee. 

  

	 	3.4.10	 	Position Abolishment—If the Company abolishes a participating salaried employee’s position and the Company offers a severance package, the participant is eligible to
receive a pro-rata share of the ICP award he/she would otherwise have earned based upon the number of days’ service prior to abolishment. 

  

	 	3.4.11	 	The ICP Committee may, at its discretion, decide to pay all or a portion of the award a participant would otherwise have earned when termination occurs under any subsection to
Section 3.0 ELIGIBILITY. 

  
 For purposes of
Section 3.0, a pro-rata share of the ICP award a participant would otherwise have earned shall be based upon the nearest whole number of days in active service during the award year. Performance awards for eligible persons terminating employment
during the award year shall be based on actual Company and individual performance through the full year and will be payable at the payment date for continuing employees. 
  

	 	4.0	 	INCENTIVE OPPORTUNITIES 

  
 The incentive awards will be designed to reflect the position’s impact on BNSF Railway performance and will provide incentives that
are in line with key competitors. Incentive levels will be determined and communicated to employees on an annual basis. 
  

	 	5.0	 	INCENTIVE AWARD BASES 

  
 The ICP Committee shall annually review the mix of Company goals and individual or departmental goals (defined further in Section 6.0) and
may modify them at its discretion. 

	 	6.0	 	PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES 

  
 Payments of ICP awards shall be based on performance measured against objectives established by the Compensation and Development Committee
of the Board of Directors of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation (“BNSF Corporation”) in two areas: Company-wide goals and individual or departmental performance goals. 
  

	6.1.	 	COMPANY-WIDE GOALS 

  
 Company-wide performance objectives shall be established at the beginning of each year for BNSF Railway. 
  

	6.2.	 	PERSONAL AND DEPARTMENTAL GOALS 

  
 If the ICP Committee determines that departments may have departmental or personal goals, then each department may establish its own departmental goals
and assign them to some or all departmental employees. The department may also establish personal goals for selected employees to be accomplished in addition to or in lieu of any departmental goals. 
  
 The personal goals element of the ICP is intended to be used by the immediate
supervisor of an employee whose salary band is a level approved by the ICP Committee to have personal goals assigned as part of an employee’s plan participation. In such circumstances, the manager deems it necessary or desirable to encourage
the planning and review of written individual objectives in order to accomplish the following: 
  

	 	6.2.1	 	Provide a system whereby senior management and subordinates mutually agree on important objectives to be attained. 

  

	 	6.2.2	 	Provide an opportunity for regular review and feedback regarding progress towards stated objectives. 

  

	 	6.2.3	 	Introduce a discretionary element into the ICP to give senior management greater flexibility in ensuring that the ICP accomplishes its basic purposes. 

  
 At the beginning of each year for which there are to be personal goals, it is
recommended that approximately two goals be mutually agreed upon by the participating employee and his/her immediate supervisor. These objectives are to represent specific accomplishments desired within the framework of the responsibilities of the
participating employee, or could represent specific goals beyond the scope of the employee’s usual job requirements. Objectives may be related solely to one individual, or may relate to a group of two or more individuals whose efforts are
required to complete a common task. Objectives may apply to the full year, or to a portion of the year, as appropriate. Each objective shall be designed to be measurable and attainable, but not without significant effort. 
  
 Personal goals, when they apply, will be established for each participating
employee by the employee and his or her manager subject to the approval of the department head and the ICP Committee. 

	7.0	 	PERFORMANCE 

  
 Company performance will be reviewed each quarter when quarterly financial and operating results are available. The determination and distribution of awards will occur as soon as practicable after the compilation of
the full year results. 
  
 Senior management and the ICP Committee
shall have the discretion to apply judgment to their performance evaluation at the company, departmental and individual performance levels. Performance shall be evaluated in light of opportunities and conditions prevailing during the measurement
period. 
  

	7.1	 	The ICP Committee shall approve all awards except as described in Section 7.3. 

  

	7.2	 	The ICP Committee has the discretion of increasing or decreasing individual or collective awards on any basis including the following considerations: 

  

	 	7.2.1	 	BNSF Railway performance relative to its competitors. 

  

	 	7.2.2	 	Long term as well as short term performance considerations. 

  

	 	7.2.3	 	Unforeseen opportunities and obstacles. 

  

	 	7.2.4	 	The ICP Committee’s judgment of BNSF Railway and individual performance. 

  

	7.3	 	Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, the awards of all executive officers of BNSF Railway who are also executive officers of BNSF Corporation shall be recommended
by the Compensation and Development Committee of the BNSF Corporation Board of Directors and approved by the BNSF Corporation Board of Directors, provided, however, that the award for the Chief Executive Officer shall be approved by the independent
directors on the BNSF Corporation Board of Directors. 

  

	8.0	 	AWARD PAYMENT 

  
 The ICP Committee will select the payment date at its discretion as soon as practicable after the close of the year and completion of performance
evaluations. ICP awards are subject to all usual tax and withholding requirements. 
  
 NOTE: If the Company fails to meet its financial threshold objectives, then no ICP awards (companywide, departmental, or individual) shall be due or payable for that year above 200 percent of target for each
non-financial measure except to the extent that the ICP Committee shall decide, in its discretion, that ICP awards shall nevertheless be paid above that level (provided, however, that with respect to any employees who are executive officers of BNSF
Corporation, the Compensation and Development Committee and the Board of Directors of 

 BNSF Corporation must concur in this decision, provided, however, that in the case of the Chief Executive Officer, only
the independent directors on the BNSF Corporation Board of Directors must concur in this decision). 
  

	9.0	 	COMMUNICATIONS 

  
 The Plan administrator, under the direction of the ICP Committee, shall be responsible for maintaining records and communicating information concerning
the ICP. 
  

	10.0	 	TERMINATION OR AMENDMENT 

  
 The ICP shall remain in effect until terminated or ended by the Board of Directors or the ICP Committee. However, if a Change in Control shall have
occurred during the term of this Plan, this Plan shall continue in effect through the end of the year in which such Change in Control occurred, during which time the Company is contractually bound to maintain the Plan, and provided further that the
membership of the Committee cannot be changed during such period. 
  
 A “Change in Control” shall be deemed to have occurred if 
  

	 	(a)	 	any “person”, as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) (other than BNSF
Corporation, any trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of BNSF Corporation, or any company owned, directly or indirectly, by the stockholders of BNSF Corporation in substantially the same proportions as their
ownership of stock of BNSF Corporation), is or becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of BNSF Corporation representing 25% or more of the combined voting
power of BNSF Corporation’s then outstanding securities; 

  

	 	(b)	 	during any period of two consecutive years (not including any period prior to the effective date of this provision), individuals who at the beginning of such period constitute the
Board of BNSF Corporation, and any new director (other than a director designated by a person who has entered into an agreement with BNSF Corporation to effect a transaction described in clause (a), (c) or (d) of this definition) whose election by
the Board of BNSF Corporation or nomination for election by BNSF Corporation’s stockholders was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the directors then still in office who either were directors at the beginning of the period or
whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved, cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority thereof; 

  

	 	(c)	 	the stockholders of BNSF Corporation approve a merger or consolidation of BNSF Corporation with any other company other than (i) a merger or 

 consolidation which would result in the voting securities of BNSF Corporation outstanding immediately
prior thereto continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the surviving entity) more than 80% of the combined voting power of the voting securities of BNSF Corporation (or such surviving
entity) outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation, or (ii) a merger or consolidation effected to implement a recapitalization of BNSF Corporation (or similar transaction) in which no “person” (as hereinabove defined)
acquires more than 25% of the combined voting power of BNSF Corporation’s then outstanding securities; or 
  

	 	(d)	 	the stockholders of BNSF Corporation adopt a plan of complete liquidation of BNSF Corporation or approve an agreement for the sale or disposition by BNSF Corporation of all or
substantially all of BNSF Corporation’s assets. For purposes of this clause (d), the term “the sale or disposition by BNSF Corporation of all or substantially all of BNSF Corporation’s assets” shall mean a sale or other
disposition transaction or series of related transactions involving assets of BNSF Corporation or of any direct or indirect subsidiary of BNSF Corporation (including the stock of any direct or indirect subsidiary of BNSF Corporation) in which the
value of the assets or stock being sold or otherwise disposed of (as measured by the purchase price being paid therefor or by such other method as the Board of Directors of BNSF Corporation determines is appropriate in a case where there is no
readily ascertainable purchase price) constitutes more than two-thirds of the fair market value of BNSF Corporation (as hereinafter defined). For purposes of the preceding sentence, the “fair market value of BNSF Corporation” shall be the
aggregate market value of BNSF Corporation’s outstanding shares of common stock (on a fully diluted basis) plus the aggregate market value of BNSF Corporation’s other outstanding equity securities. The aggregate market value of the shares
of BNSF Corporation’s common stock (on a fully diluted basis) outstanding on the date of the execution and delivery of a definitive agreement with respect to the transaction or series of related transactions (the “Transaction Date”)
shall be determined by the average closing price for BNSF Corporation’s common stock for the ten trading days immediately preceding the Transaction Date. The aggregate market value of any other equity securities of BNSF Corporation shall be
determined in a manner similar to that prescribed in the immediately preceding sentence for determining the aggregate market value of the shares of BNSF Corporation’s common stock or by such other method as the Board of Directors of BNSF
Corporation shall determine is appropriate. 

  
 Subject to Section 10.0 hereof, BNSF Railway and its subsidiaries reserve the right to change Plan provisions or terminate the Plan at any time. 
  

	11.0	 	EFFECTIVE DATE 

  
 The ICP is effective January 1, 2000. 
  

	12.0	 	NON-DUPLICATION OF BENEFITS 

  
 The ICP is in place of the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Incentive Compensation Plan effective as of January 1, 1996, and there shall be no duplication of
benefits under such plan and the ICP.

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