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FORM OF
SECOND NOTE
THE
SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN
REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE
“SECURITIES ACT”), OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES
LAWS. THE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD,
TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED IN THE (A) ABSENCE OF (I) A REGISTRATION
STATEMENT IN EFFECT WITH RESPECT TO THE SECURITIES UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OR (II) AN OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE HOLDER THAT
SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED OR (B) UNLESS SOLD PURSUANT TO
RULE 144 OR RULE 144A OF THE SECURITIES ACT. THIS SECURITY
AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION OF THIS SECURITY MAY
BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR
OTHER LOAN SECURED BY SUCH SECURITIES.
5% SECURED
CONVERTIBLE PROMISSORY NOTE
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US$15,000,000
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__________________, 200_
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FOR VALUE
RECEIVED, CHINA RECYCLING ENERGY CORPORATION, a Nevada
corporation (hereinafter called “ Borrower
”), hereby promises to pay to CARLYLE ASIA GROWTH PARTNERS
III, L.P., a limited partnership organized under the Laws of the
Cayman Islands (“ CAGP ”), and CAGP III
CO-INVESTMENT, L.P., a limited partnership organized under the
Laws of the Cayman Islands (together with CAGP, each, a “
Holder ”) or its registered assigns or successors
in interest or order, without demand, the sum of Fifteen Million
U.S. Dollars (US$15,000,000) (“ Principal Amount
”), plus accrued interest thereon, on ____________, 201_
(the “ Maturity Date ”). The percentage
ownership interest of each Holder in this Note is set forth in
Schedule A attached hereto.
This 5%
Secured Convertible Promissory Note (“ Note
”) has been entered into pursuant to, and is subject to, a
Stock and Notes Purchase Agreement dated as of November 16, 2007
by and among Borrower and the Holder, among others (the “
Purchase Agreement ”), and shall be governed by the
terms of such Purchase Agreement. Unless otherwise separately
defined herein, all capitalized terms used in this Note shall
have the same meaning as is set forth in the Purchase
Agreement.
This
securities represented by this Note is also subject to a (i)
Registration Rights Agreement dated as of November 16, 2007, by
and between the Borrower and the Holder, and a (ii) Shareholders
Agreement dated as November 16, 2007, by and among the Borrower,
Holder and the shareholders of the Borrower party thereto.
This Note is secured by a security interest granted to the
Holder pursuant to a Share Pledge Agreement dated as November
16, 2007 by and among the Holder and the party listed
therein.
The following terms shall
apply to this Note:
ARTICLE I
INTEREST
1.1
Interest Rate . Interest on the outstanding
Principal Amount shall accrue from the date of this Note and
shall be payable in arrears together with, at the same time and
in the same manner as payment of Principal Amount and on the
Maturity Date, whether by acceleration or otherwise.
Interest on the outstanding principal balance of this Note
shall accrue at 5.0% per annum (the “ Interest Rate
”). Interest on the outstanding principal balance of
the Note shall be computed on the basis of the actual number of
days elapsed and a year of three hundred and sixty (360) days.
ARTICLE II
CONVERSION RIGHTS
2.1
Conversion Right and
Conversion Price .
(a)
The Holder
shall have the right, but not the obligation, to convert all or
any part of the aggregate outstanding Principal Amount of this
Note, together with interest, if any, into shares of Common
Stock, at any time prior to the Maturity Date, subject to the
terms and conditions set forth in this Article II, at a
conversion price per share of Common Stock calculated as
follows: (a) an amount equal to (i) the Actual Borrower Net
Profit, multiplied by (ii) 8, and less (iii) the Principal
Amount of this Note, together with accrued interest, divided
by (b) the then total shares of Common Stock outstanding on
a fully-diluted basis (for the avoidance of doubt, including
securities which may be exercised, converted or exchanged for
Common Stock issued under the Management Incentive Plan, but
excluding the shares of the Common Stock to be issued upon
conversion of this Note) (such result, the “ Conversion
Price ”, as the same may be adjusted from time to time
in accordance with this Note). For purposes of this Note,
“ Actual Borrower Net Profit ” shall mean an
amount equal to the consolidated after-tax net profit of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the fiscal year ending
December 31, 2008 (in U.S. Dollars), but excluding for purposes
of this calculation any non-cash redemption amortization charges
in respect of this Note, as shall be determined based on the
audited consolidated financial statements of the Borrower for
the fiscal year ending December 31, 2008, which shall be
prepared by a Qualified Accounting Firm no later than three
months following the end of December 31, 2008 (the “
Determination Date ”). Such Actual Borrower
Net Profit shall be calculated using the foreign exchange rate
in effect as of the date of this Note.
(b)
If the
Holder exercises its right to convert at any time prior to the
Determination Date, then the Conversion Price for purposes of
this Note shall be calculated as follows: the Borrower and
Holder shall in good faith agree upon an estimate of the Actual
Borrower Net Profit (“ Estimated Borrower Net
Profit ”), which amount shall be used instead of the
Actual Borrower Net Profit in calculating the Conversion Price
in accordance with Section 2.1(a) above (such resulting amount,
the “ Estimated Conversion Price ”). If
the Borrower and the Holder are unable to agree upon the
Estimated Borrower Net Profit with 15 calendar days of the
Holder’s exercise of its right to convert, then the
Estimated Borrower Net Profit shall be the average of the good
faith estimates provided by the Borrower and the Holder.
Following the Determination Date, the Estimated Conversion
Price shall be adjusted as follows: if the Actual Borrower Net
Profit is less than the Estimated Final Borrower Net Profit,
then as soon as reasonably practicable after the Determination
Date, the Borrower shall issue to the Holder an additional
amount of shares equal to the difference between (i) the number
of shares that would have been issuable to the Holder had the
Conversion Price been calculated based on the Actual Borrower
Net Profit and (ii) the number of shares issued to the Holder
based on the Estimated Conversion Price. However, if the
Actual Borrower Net Profit is greater than the Estimated Final
Borrower Net Profit, then as soon as reasonably practicable
after the Determination Date, the Borrower shall be entitled to
redeem from the Holder, and the Holder shall remit to the
Borrower for redemption, an amount of shares equal to the
difference between (x) the number of shares issued to the Holder
based on the Estimated Conversion Price and (y) the number of
shares that would have been issuable to the Holder had the
Conversion Price been calculated based on the Actual Borrower
Net Profit.
(c)
The number
of shares of Common Stock to be issued upon each conversion of
this Note pursuant to this Article II shall be determined by
dividing the then applicable Conversion Price by the Principal
Amount and accrued interest to be converted.
(d)
The Holder
may exercise such right by delivery to the Borrower of a written
Notice of Conversion pursuant to Section 2.2.
(e)
Upon
any conversion of this Note, the number of shares of Common
Stock allocable among each Holder shall be in accordance with
their percentage interest set forth in Schedule A
attached to this Note. As between the Holders, any partial
interest in one whole share of Common Stock held by the Holders
should be allocated to the Holder with the greater partial
interest such that only one Holder will be entitled to receive
such whole share of Common Stock. After giving effect to
the foregoing, in lieu of the Borrower issuing any fractional
shares to the Holders upon conversion of this Note, the Borrower
shall make an adjustment and payment in cash to the
Holders.
2.2
Mechanics of Holder’s Conversion .
(a)
In the
event that the Holder elects to convert this Note into Common
Stock, the Holder shall give notice of such election by
delivering an executed and completed notice of conversion (a
“ Notice of Conversion ”) to the Borrower,
which Notice of Conversion shall provide a breakdown in
reasonable detail of the Principal Amount, accrued interest and
amounts being converted. The date specified in the Notice
of Conversion, or if no date is specified, then the date of the
delivery of the Notice of Conversion, shall be referred to as
the “ Conversion Date .” A form of
Notice of Conversion to be employed by the Holder is annexed
hereto as Exhibit A .
(b)
Pursuant
to the terms of the Notice of Conversion, the Borrower shall
deliver, or cause to be delivered, such number of Conversion
Shares as determined pursuant to this Note via, at the
Holder’s election, (i) physical certificates, or (ii)
electronically through the Depository Trust Borrower or other
established clearing corporation performing similar functions.
In the case of the exercise of the conversion rights set forth
herein, the conversion privilege shall be deemed to have been
exercised and the Conversion Shares issuable upon such
conversion shall be deemed to have been issued upon the
Conversion Date. The Holder shall be treated for all
purposes as the beneficial holder of such shares of Common
Stock, unless the Holder provides the Borrower written
instructions to the contrary.
2.3
Adjustment Events .
(a)
The
Conversion Price and number and kind of shares or other
securities to be issued upon conversion shall be subject to
adjustment from time to time upon the happening of certain
events while this conversion right remains outstanding, as
follows:
(i)
Merger,
Sale of Assets, etc . If (A) the Borrower effects any
merger or consolidation of the Borrower with or into another
entity, (B) the Borrower effects any sale of all or
substantially all of its assets in one or a series of related
transactions, (C) any tender offer or exchange offer (whether by
the Borrower or another entity) is completed pursuant to which
holders of Common Stock are permitted to tender or exchange
their shares for other securities, cash or property, (D) the
Borrower consummates a stock purchase agreement or other
business combination (including, without limitation, a
reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off or scheme of
arrangement) with one or more persons or entities whereby such
other persons or entities acquire more than the 50% of the
outstanding shares of Common Stock (not including any shares of
Common Stock held by such other persons or entities making or
party to, or associated or affiliated with the other persons or
entities making or party to, such stock purchase agreement or
other business combination), or (E) any “person” or
“group” (as these terms are used for purposes of
Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the 1934 Act) is or shall become the
"beneficial owner" (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the 1934
Act), directly or indirectly, of 50% of the aggregate Common
Stock of the Borrower (in any such case, a “
Fundamental Transaction ”), this Note, as to the
Principal Amount hereof and accrued interest hereon, shall
thereafter be deemed to evidence the right to convert into such
number and kind of shares or other securities and property as
would have been issuable or distributable on account of such
Fundamental Transaction, upon or with respect to the securities
subject to the conversion right immediately prior to such
Fundamental Transaction. The foregoing provision shall
similarly apply to successive Fundamental Transactions of a
similar nature by any such successor or purchaser. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, the anti-dilution
provisions of this Section shall apply to such securities of
such successor or purchaser after any such Fundamental
Transaction.
(ii)
Reclassification, etc . If the Borrower at any
time shall, by reclassification or otherwise, change the Common
Stock into the same or a different number of securities of any
class or classes, this Note, as to the Principal Amount hereof
and accrued interest hereon, shall thereafter be deemed to
evidence the right to convert into an adjusted number of such
securities and kind of securities as would have been issuable as
the result of such change with respect to the Common Stock
immediately prior to such reclassification or other
change.
(iii)
Stock
Splits, Combinations and Dividends . If the shares of
Common Stock are subdivided
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