Nevada
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46-0510865
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(State
or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)
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(I.R.S.
Employer
Identification
Number)
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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)
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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)
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Brian
Lane, Esq.
Gibson,
Dunn & Crutcher LLP
1050
Connecticut Avenue, NW
Washington,
D.C. 20036
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Title
of Each Class of Securities
to
be Registered
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Amount
to be Registered(1)
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Proposed
Maximum Aggregate Price
Per
Unit
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Proposed
Maximum Aggregate Offering Price(2)(3)
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Amount
of Registration Fee
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Common
Stock ($0.001 par value per share)
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1,133,360
shares
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$7.68
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$8,704,205
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$267.22
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Common
Stock underlying 2007 March Offering Investor Warrants
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333,360
shares
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$7.50
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$2,500,200
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$76.76
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Common
Stock underlying 2007 March Offering Agent Warrants
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33,336
shares
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$8.25
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$275,022
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$8.44
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Common
Stock underlying 2007 September Offering Investor Warrants
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800,000
shares
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$8.00
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$6,400,000
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$196.48
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Common
Stock underlying 2007 September Offering Agent
Warrants
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80,000
shares
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$8.25
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$660,000
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$20.26
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Total
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2,380,056 shares
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$18,539,427
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$569.16
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(1)
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Pursuant
to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act, there are also being registered
such indeterminable number of shares of common stock as may be
issued
pursuant to the anti-dilution provisions of such warrants, stock
splits,
stock dividends or similar
transactions.
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(2)
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Estimated
solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee under
Rule
457(c) under the Securities Act on the basis of the average high
and low
prices of AeroGrow International, Inc.'s common stock as reported
by the
Nasdaq National Market on September 10,
2007.
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(3)
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Pursuant
to Rule 457(g) under the Securities Act, the registration fee has
been
calculated on the basis of the proposed maximum price at which
the
warrants may be exercised.
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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.
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1
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2
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6
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6
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8
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10
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12
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12
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12
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12
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·
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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;
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·
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2,038,000
shares of common stock are issuable upon exercise of outstanding
warrants
issued to investors in our February 2006 private placement offering
(the
“2006 Offering”) at an exercise price of $6.25 per
share;
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·
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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;
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·
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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;
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·
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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;
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·
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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;
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·
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214,800
shares of common stock are issuable upon exercise of outstanding
warrants
issued to designees of Keating Securities in the 2006 Offering
at an
exercise price of $6.25;
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·
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83,340
shares of common stock are issuable upon exercise of outstanding
warrants
issued to designees of Keating Securities in the 2007 Offering
at an
exercise price of $8.25;
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·
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80,000
shares of common stock are issuable upon exercise of outstanding
warrants
issued to designees of Keating Securities in the 2007 Offering
at an
exercise price of $8.00; and
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·
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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.
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·
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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;
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·
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no
cumulative voting rights, which means that holders of a majority
of shares
outstanding can elect all of our
directors;
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·
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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;
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·
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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
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·
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no
preemptive or conversion rights or other subscription rights, and
no
redemption privileges.
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·
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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;
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·
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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;
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·
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a
transaction from which the director derived an improper personal
profit;
and
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·
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willful
misconduct.
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Name
of Selling Securityholder(1)
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Beneficial
Ownership of
Common
Stock Before Offering
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Maximum
Number
of
Shares to
be
Sold
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Beneficial
Ownership
of Common Stock
After
Offering
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Number
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Percentage(2)
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Number
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Percentage(2)
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Alpha
Capital Anstalt(3)
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80,000
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*
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80,000
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--
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--
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Jeff
L. Andrews(1)
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90,926
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*
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15,500
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75,426
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*
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Margie
L. Blackwell(1)
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38,671
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*
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15,500
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23,171
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*
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Justin
K. Davis(1)
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15,000
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*
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5,000
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10,000
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*
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Diamond
Opportunity Fund, LLC
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137,619
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1.1%
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80,000
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57,659
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*
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Enable
Growth Partners LP(4)
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1,362,000
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10.7%
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1,216,000
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146,000
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1.2%
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Enable
Opportunity Partners LP(4)
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56,000
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*
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32,000
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24,000
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*
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Brett
W. Green(1)
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12,500
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*
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5,000
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7,500
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*
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Green
Drake Capital Corp(1)
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4,238
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*
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1,200
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3,038
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*
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Steve
Henricks(1)
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22,959
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*
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2,000
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20,959
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*
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Timothy
J. Keating(1)
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172,243
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1.4%
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16,000
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156,243
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1.3%
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Lazarus
Investment Partners, LLLP
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660,000
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5.4%
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160,000
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500,000
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4.1%
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Ranjit
P. Mankekar(1)
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22,430
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*
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10,000
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12,430
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*
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Pierce
Diversified Strategy Master Fund LLC, Ena(4)
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62,000
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*
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32,000
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30,000
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*
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Kyle
L. Rogers(1)
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53,243
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*
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15,500
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37,743
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*
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William
Smith(1)
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3,336
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*
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3,336
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--
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--
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Luca
Toscani(1)
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105,522
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*
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21,500
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84,022
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*
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Trigan
Investments, L.P.(5)
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466,704
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3.8%
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466,704
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--
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--
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Trigan
Investments, L.P. II(5)
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200,016
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1.6%
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200,016
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--
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--
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WMS
Enterprises, LLC(1)
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2,800
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*
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2,800
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--
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--
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*
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Represents
less than 1% of the number of shares of our common stock
outstanding.
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(1)
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The
selling securityholders identified have indicated that they are,
or are
affiliates of, registered broker-dealers. These selling
securityholders 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 securityholders did
not acquire
their 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.
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(2)
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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 securityholder, we also
treated as
outstanding that number of shares of common stock issuable upon
exercise
of the Warrants held by such securityholder. However, we did
not assume the exercise of any other securityholder’s warrants or
options. Unless otherwise noted, none of these selling
securityholders would beneficially own 1% or more of the outstanding
shares of our common stock following the sale of securities in
the
offering.
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(3)
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Konrad
Ackerman has voting and investment power with respect to the shares
beneficially owned by Alpha Capital
Anstalt.
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(4)
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Mitch
Levine has voting and investment power with respect to the shares
beneficially owned by Enable Growth Partners LP, Enable Opportunity
Partners LP, and Pierce Diversified Strategy Master Fund LLC,
Ena.
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(5)
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Doug
Granat and Lawrence Obermann have shared voting and investment
power with
respect to the shares beneficially owned by Trigan Investments,
L.P. and
Trigan Investments, L.P. II.
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·
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on
any national securities exchange or quotation service on which
the
securities may be listed or quoted at the time of
sale;
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·
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in
the over-the-counter market;
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·
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in
transactions otherwise than on these exchanges or systems or in
the
over-the-counter market;
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·
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through
the writing of options, whether such options are listed on an options
exchange or otherwise;
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·
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ordinary
brokerage transactions and transactions in which the broker-dealer
solicits purchasers;
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·
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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;
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·
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purchases
by a broker-dealer as principal and resale by the broker-dealer
for its
account;
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·
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an
exchange distribution in accordance with the rules of the applicable
exchange;
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·
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privately
negotiated transactions;
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·
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short
sales;
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·
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sales
pursuant to Rule 144;
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·
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broker-dealers
may agree with the selling securityholders to sell a specified
number of
such shares at a stipulated price per
share;
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·
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a
combination of any such methods of sale;
and
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·
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any
other method permitted pursuant to applicable
law.
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·
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our
Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the year ended March 31, 2007,
filed on
June 29, 2007;
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·
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the
description of our common stock contained in our registration statement
on
Form 8-A/A, filed on June 12,
2007;
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·
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our
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2007,
filed on
August 14, 2007;
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·
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our
Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on April 19,
2007;
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·
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our
Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on June 4, 2007;
and
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·
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our
Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on September 5,
2007.
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Registration
Fee
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$ |
569.16
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Legal
Fees and Expenses*
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$ |
40,000.00
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Accounting
Fees and Expenses*
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$ |
5,500.00
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Transfer
Agent’s Fees*
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$ |
1,000.00
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Printing
Expenses*
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$ |
1,000.00
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Miscellaneous*
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$ |
1,930.84
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Total*
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$ |
50,000.00
|
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*
Estimated
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4.1
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Form
of 2007 March Offering Investor Warrant (incorporated by reference
to
Exhibit 4.1 of our Current Report on Form 8-K, filed March 16,
2007)
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4.2
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Form
of 2007 March Offering Agent Warrant (incorporated by reference
to
Exhibit 4.2 of our Current Report on Form 8-K, filed March 16,
2007)
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4.3*
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Registration
Rights Agreement, dated as of March 28, 2007, by and between AeroGrow
International, Inc. and the other parties
thereto
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4.4
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Form
of 2007 September Offering Investor Warrant (incorporated by reference
to
Exhibit 4.1 of our Current Report on Form 8-K, filed
September 5, 2007)
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4.5
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Form
of 2007 September Offering Investor Warrant (incorporated by reference
to
Exhibit 4.2 of our Current Report on Form 8-K, filed
September 5, 2007)
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4.6
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Registration
Rights Agreement, dated as of September 4, 2007, by and between
AeroGrow
International, Inc. and the other parties thereto (incorporated
by
reference to Exhibit 10.1 of our Current Report on Form 8-K, filed
September 5, 2007)
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5.1*
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Opinion
of Kranitz & Philipp, as to the legality of the securities being
registered
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23.1*
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Consent
of Kranitz & Philipp (included in Exhibit
5.1)
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23.2*
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Consent
of Gordon, Hughes & Banks, LLP
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24.1*
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Power
of Attorney (included on signature
page)
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Rule
415 Offering.
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We
hereby undertake that:
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(1)
File, during any period in which it offers or sells securities,
a
post-effective amendment to this registration statement
to:
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(i)
include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities
Act
of 1933;
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(ii)
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 together,
represent a fundamental change in the information 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 a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering
price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the
effective registration statement;
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(iii)
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;
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Provided,
however, that paragraphs (i), (ii), and (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
SEC by
us pursuant to section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are
incorporated by reference in this registration statement, or is
contained
in a form of prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) that is part
of this
registration statement.
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(2)
For determining liability under the Securities Act of 1933, treat
each
post-effective amendment as a new registration statement of the
securities
offered, and the offering of the securities at that time to be
the initial
bona fide offering.
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(3)
File a post-effective amendment to remove from registration any
of the
securities that remain unsold at the end of the
offering.
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(4)
For determining liability under the Securities Act of 1933 to any
purchaser, if the registrant is relying on Rule
430B:
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(i)
Each prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3)
shall
be deemed to be part of the registration statement as of the date
the
filed prospectus was deemed part of and included in the registration
statement; and
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(ii)
Each prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2),
(b)(5),
or (b)(7) as part of a registration statement in reliance on Rule
430B
relating to an offering made pursuant to Rule 415(a)(1)(i), (vii),
or (x)
for the purpose of providing the information required by section
10(a) of
the Securities Act of 1933 shall be deemed to be part of and included
in
the registration statement as of the earlier of the date such form
of
prospectus is first used after effectiveness or the date of the
first
contract of sale of securities in the offering described in the
prospectus. As provided in Rule 430B, for liability purposes of
the issuer
and any person that is at that date an underwriter, such date shall
be
deemed to be a new effective date of the registration statement
relating
to the securities in the registration statement to which that prospectus
relates, and the offering of such securities at that time shall
be deemed
to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. 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 effective date, 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
effective
date.
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(5)
For determining liability of the undersigned 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:
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(i)
any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrant
relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule
424;
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(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;
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(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
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(iv)
any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by
the
undersigned registrant to the
purchaser.
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(1)
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For
purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act
of 1933,
the information omitted from the form of prospectus filed as part
of this
registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A and contained
in a form
of prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(1)
or (4) or
497(h) under the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part of this
registration statement as of the time it was declared
effective.
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(2)
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For
the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act
of 1933,
each post-effect amendment that contains a form of prospectus 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.
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AEROGROW
INTERNATIONAL, INC.
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By:
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/s/
W. Michael Bissonnette
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W.
Michael Bissonnette
Chief
Executive Officer and President
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Signature
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Title
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Date
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/s/
W. Michael Bissonnette
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President
and Chairman of
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September 14,
2007
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W.
Michael Bissonnette
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the
Board (Principal Executive Officer)
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/s/
Mitchell Rubin
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Treasurer
(Principal Financial
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September 14,
2007
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Mitchell
Rubin
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Officer
and Accounting Officer)
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/s/
Richard A. Kranitz
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Director
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September 14,
2007
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||
Richard
A. Kranitz
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/s/
Dennis
Channer
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Director
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September 14,
2007
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Dennis
Channer
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/s/
Jack J. Walker
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Director
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September 14,
2007
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Jack
J. Walker
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||||
/s/
Kenneth Leung
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Director
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September 14,
2007
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Kenneth
Leung
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