NEITHER THESE
SECURITIES NOR THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION HEREOF HAVE
BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE OR UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “ACT”). THE
SECURITIES ARE RESTRICTED AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED
OR TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS PERMITTED UNDER THE ACT PURSUANT TO AN
EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT OR AN EXEMPTION FROM SUCH
REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS.
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$[______] Principal Amount
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Original Issuance: _______,
2005
CDKnet.com,
Inc.
6% CONVERTIBLE SUBORDINATED
NOTE DUE JULY 7, 2007
THIS NOTE is
issued by CDKnet.com, Inc. , a Delaware
corporation (the “ Company ” ),
and is part of an issue of an aggregate of up to Two Million Four
Hundred Thousand Dollars ($2,400,000) principal amount of 6%
Convertible Subordinated Notes due July 7, 2007 (the
“ Notes ” ).
FOR VALUE
RECEIVED, the Company promises to pay to [Holder]
, or permitted assigns (the “ Holder
” ), the principal sum of _______ Thousand
and 00/100 (US $[___,000]) Dollars] on July 7,
2007 (the “ Maturity Date ” )
and to pay simple interest on the principal sum outstanding at the
rate of 6% per annum. Accrual of interest shall commence on the
date of initial issuance set forth the above ( “
Original Issuance ” ) and continue daily on
the basis of a 360 day year until payment in full of the principal
sum has been made or duly provided for. If the Maturity Date is not
a business day in the State of New York, then such payment shall be
made on the next succeeding business day. Subject to the provisions
of Section 4 below, principal and accrued interest on this Note are
payable in cash on the Maturity Date, at the address last appearing
on the Note Register of the Company as designated in writing by the
Holder from time to time. The Company will pay the principal of and
any accrued but unpaid interest due upon this Note on the Maturity
Date, less any amounts required by law to be deducted, to the
registered holder of this Note as of the Maturity Date and
addressed to such holder at the last address appearing on the Note
register maintained by or on behalf of the Company (the
“ Note Register ” ). The
forwarding of such check representing immediately available funds
shall constitute a payment of principal and interest hereunder and
shall satisfy and discharge the liability for principal and
interest on this Note to the extent of the sum represented by such
check, plus any amounts so deducted. This Note has been executed
and delivered pursuant to the Securities
Purchase Agreement between the Company and the original Holder (the
“ Purchase Agreement ” ), and
is subject to the terms and conditions of the Purchase
Agreement,
which are, by this reference, incorporated herein and made a part
hereof. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein
shall have the meanings set forth for such terms in the Purchase
Agreement.
This Note is
subject to the following additional provisions:
1.
Withholding and Issuance
Taxes . The Company shall be entitled to withhold from
all payments of principal of, and interest on, this Note any
amounts required to be withheld under the applicable provisions of
the United States income tax laws or other applicable laws at the
time of such payments, and Holder shall execute and deliver all
documentation reasonably required in connection therewith. The
issuance of certificates for shares of common stock, $0.0001 par
value (the “Common Stock”), of the Company upon
conversion of this Note shall be made without charge to the Holder
for any United States issuance tax in respect thereof, provided
that the Company shall not be required to pay any tax that may be
payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issuance and
delivery of any certificate in a name other than that of the Holder
of this Note.
2.
Transfer of
Note . This Note has been issued subject to investment
representations of the original purchaser hereof and may be
transferred or exchanged only in compliance with the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act
” ), and other applicable state and foreign
securities laws. The Holder shall deliver written notice to the
Company of any proposed transfer of this Note. In the event of any
proposed transfer of this Note, the Company may require, prior to
issuance of a new Note in the name of such other person, that it
receive reasonable transfer documentation including legal opinions
(at the Company’s expense) that the issuance of the Note in
such other name does not and will not cause a violation of the
Securities Act or any applicable state or foreign securities laws.
Prior to due presentment for transfer of this Note, the Company and
any agent of the Company may treat the person in whose name this
Note is duly registered on the Company’s Note Register as the
owner hereof for the purpose of receiving payment as herein
provided and for all other purposes, whether or not this Note be
overdue, and neither the Company nor any such agent shall be
affected by notice to the contrary.
3.
Conversion
.
The Holder of this Note is entitled,
at its option, to convert, at any time during a “
Conversion Period ” and subject to
the applicable “ Conversion Minimum
” (each as defined below), the Principal Amount of this Note
or any portion thereof, together with accrued and unpaid interest
on such Principal Amount, into shares of Common Stock as
follows:
(a)
Right to
Convert .
Subject to the terms, conditions, and restrictions of this Section
3, at any time during a Conversion Period (defined below), the
Holder of this Note shall have the right to convert not less than
the applicable Conversion Minimum (defined below) all or any
portion of the Principal Amount of this Note, together with the
accrued and unpaid interest on such Principal Amount so converted,
into that number of fully-paid and non-assessable shares of Common
Stock (rounded to the nearest whole share in accordance with
Subsection 3(e)), at the Conversion Rate (as defined
below).
(b)
Conversion Rate and Other
Definitions .
The number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of
all or any portion of the Principal Amount of this Note pursuant to
Subsection (3)(a) shall be determined according to the following
formula (the “ Conversion Rate
”):
Conversion
Amount
Conversion
Price.
“
Closing Bid Price ” or “ Closing Ask
Price ” means, for any security as of any date,
the last closing bid or ask price, as the case may be, for such
security on the Principal Market (as defined below) as reported by
Bloomberg L.P. (“ Bloomberg ”),
or, if the Principal Market is not the principal securities
exchange or trading market for such security, the last closing bid
or ask price of such security on the principal securities exchange
or trading market where such security is listed or traded as
reported by Bloomberg, or if the foregoing do not apply, the last
closing bid or ask price of such security in the over-the-counter
market on the electronic bulletin board for such security as
reported by Bloomberg, or, if no closing bid or ask price is
reported for such security by Bloomberg, the last closing trade
price of such security as reported by Bloomberg, or, if no last
closing trade price is reported for such security by Bloomberg, the
average of the bid or ask prices of any market makers for such
security as reported in the “pink sheets” by the
National Quotation Bureau, Inc. If the Closing Bid Price or Closing
Ask Price cannot be calculated for such security on such date on
any of the foregoing bases, the Closing Bid Price or Closing Ask
Price of such security on such date shall be the fair market value
as mutually determined by the Company and the holders of a majority
of the currently outstanding Principal Amount of all Notes. If the
Company and the Holders of the Notes are unable to agree upon the
fair market value of the Common Stock, then such dispute shall be
resolved pursuant to Subsection 3 (g). (All such determinations are
to be appropriately adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split or
other similar transaction during such period).
“
Conversion Amount ” means that
portion of this Note being converted by such Holder.
“
Conversion Date ” means the date upon which the relevant
Conversion Notice shall have been received by the Transfer
Agent.
“
Conversion Minimum ” means, with respect to a Conversion Period
occasioned by an A Conversion Trigger, 50% of principal amount
registered to Holder and 100% during a conversion period occasioned
by a B Conversion Trigger.
“
Conversion Period ” means the period of 20 consecutive Trading Days
following an A Conversion Trigger or a B Conversion
Trigger.
“
Conversion Price ” means, as of any
Conversion Date or other date of determination (i) $1.125 during a
Conversion Period following the occurrence of an A Conversion
Trigger; or (ii) $1.575 during a Conversion Period following a B
conversion Trigger; provided, that if a B Conversion Trigger occurs
during a conversion Event following the occurrence of a B
Conversion Trigger, the Conversion Price shall be the Conversion
Price applicable on the day preceding the Conversion
Date.
“
Conversion Trigger ” means, a period of five (5) consecutive Trading
Days during which the Closing Bid Price exceeds: (i) in the case of
an A Conversion Trigger, $1.50; and (ii) in the case of a B
Conversion Trigger, $2.50.
“Issuance Date”
means the Closing Date as set forth
in the Purchase Agreement.
“
Market Price ” means the average of the Closing Bid Prices of
the Common Stock on the Principal Market as reported by Bloomberg
for the five (5) Trading Days immediately preceding the date of
determination.
“
Principal Market ” means the American
Stock Exchange, the New York Stock Exchange, the NASDAQ National
Market, the NASDAQ SmallCap Market, or the OTC Bulletin Board, or
any other quotation medium upon which prices for shares are
regularly published, whichever is at the time the principal trading
exchange or market for the Common Stock, based upon share
volume.
“
Trading Day ” means any day during which the Principal Market
shall be open for business.
(c)
Conversion
Notice . The
Holder of this Note may exercise its conversion right by giving a
written conversion notice in the form of Exhibit A hereto (the
“ Conversion Notice ”) to the
Company’s transfer agent for its Common Stock, as designated
by the Company from time to time (the “ Transfer
Agent ”), (x) by facsimile or (y) by registered
mail or overnight delivery service, with a copy by facsimile to the
Company. . Upon receipt of a conversion notice from the Holder, the
Company shall make a proper notation on the Note Register as to the
remaining outstanding principal amount of the Notes registered in
the name of the Holder which shall absent error, be conclusive and
binding upon the Holder. Promptly, but in no event more than five
(5) Trading Days after the receipt of a Conversion Notice
converting the entire unpaid Principal Amount of this Note, the
Holder of this Note shall surrender this Note to the Company (or
such other office or agency of the Company as the Company may
designate by notice in writing to the holders of the
Notes).
(d)
Issuance of Certificates;
Time Conversion Effected .
(i)
Promptly, but in no event more than
seven (7) Trading Days after the receipt of the Conversion Notice
referred to in Subsection 3(c), the Transfer Agent shall issue and
deliver, or the Company shall cause to be issued and delivered, to
the Holder, registered in such name or names as the Holder may
direct, a certificate or certificates for the number of whole
shares of Common Stock into which this Note has been converted.
In the alternative, if the Transfer Agent
is a participant in the electronic book transfer program, the
Transfer Agent shall credit such aggregate number of shares of
Common Stock to which the Holder shall be entitled to the
Holder’s or its designee’s balance account with The
Depository Trust Company. Such conversion shall be deemed to have
been effected, and the Conversion Date shall be deemed to have
occurred, on the date on which such Conversion Notice shall have
been received by the Transfer Agent. The rights of the Holder of
this Note shall cease, and the person or persons in whose name or
names any certificate or certificates for shares of Common Stock
shall be issuable upon such conversion shall be deemed to have
become the Holder or Holders of
record of the
shares represented thereby, on the Conversion Date. Issuance of
shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion that are requested
to be registered in a name other than that of the registered Holder
shall be subject to compliance with all applicable federal and
state securities laws.
(ii)
If, at any time, (a) the Company
challenges, disputes or denies the right of the Holder to effect
the conversion of this Note into Common Stock or otherwise
dishonors or rejects, or causes the Transfer Agent to dishonor or
reject, any Conversion Notice properly delivered in accordance with
this Section 3 or (b) any third party who is not and has never been
an affiliate of the Holder obtains a judgment or order from any
court or public or governmental authority that denies, enjoins,
limits, modifies, or delays the right of the Holder in addition to
any and all other rights it may have to effect the conversion of
this Note into Common Stock, then the Holder shall have the right,
by written notice to the Company, to require the Company to
promptly redeem this Note in accordance with Section 4. Under any
of the circumstances set forth above, the Company shall indemnify
the Holder against and hold it harmless from, and be responsible
for the payment of, all costs and expenses of the Holder, including
its reasonable legal fees and expenses, as and when incurred in
disputing any such action or pursuing its rights hereunder (in
addition to any other rights of the Holder), unless the Company or
third party prevails. The Company shall not refuse to honor, or
cause the Transfer Agent to refuse to honor, any Conversion Notice
unless the Company or the Transfer Agent, as the case may be, has
actually been enjoined by a court of competent jurisdiction from
doing so and, if so enjoined, the Company shall post with such
court a performance bond equal to 100% of the Conversion Amount of
this Note sought to be converted by the Holder that is the subject
of such injunction.
(iii)
The Holder of this Note shall be
entitled to exercise its conversion privilege notwithstanding the
commencement of any case under 11 U.S.C. § 101 et
seq. (the “ Bankruptcy
Code ”). The Company hereby waives to the
fullest extent permitted any rights to relief it may have under 11
U.S.C. § 362 in respect of the Holder’s conversion
privilege, if the Company becomes a debtor under the Bankruptcy
Code. The Company agrees to take or consent to any and all action
necessary to effectuate relief under 11 U.S.C. § 362 without
cost or expense to the Holder.
(e)
Fractional
Shares . The
Company shall not, nor shall it cause the Transfer Agent to, issue
any fraction of a share of Common Stock upon any conversion. All
shares of Common Stock (including fractions thereof) issuable upon
conversion of this Note by the Holder shall be aggregated for
purposes of determining whether the conversion would result in the
issuance of a fraction of a share of Common Stock. If, after such
final aggregation, the issuance would result in the issuance of a
fraction of a share of Common Stock, the Company shall cause the
Transfer Agent to issue one whole share of Common Stock in respect
of such fraction of a share of Common Stock.
(f)
Adjustment to Conversion
Price; Conversion Triggers; Dilution and Other
Events . In order to prevent dilution of the rights
granted under this Note, the Conversion Price will be subject to
adjustment from time to time as provided in this Subsection
3(f).
(i)
Adjustment of Applicable
Conversion Prices and Triggers upon Subdivision or Combination of
Common Stock . If the Company at any time subdivides (by any
stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization or otherwise) one or
more classes of its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a
greater number of shares, the applicable Conversion Prices
immediately prior to such subdivision will be thereafter
proportionately reduced. If the Company at any time combines (by
combination, reverse stock split or otherwise) one or more classes
of its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of
shares, the applicable Conversion Price and Triggers immediately
prior to such combination will be thereafter proportionately
increased.
(ii)
Reorganization,
Reclassification, Consolidation, Merger or Sale
.
Any recapitalization,
reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale of
all or substantially all of the Company’s assets to another
Person (as defined below) or other transaction which is effected in
such a way that holders of Common Stock are entitled to receive
(either directly or upon subsequent liquidation) stock, securities
or assets with respect to or in exchange for Common Stock is
referred to herein as an “ Organic Change
. ” Prior to the consummation of any Organic Change,
the Company will make appropriate provision (in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Holder) to insure that the Holder
will thereafter have the right to acquire and receive in lieu of or
in addition to (as the case may be) the shares of Common Stock
otherwise acquirable and receivable upon the conversion of this
Note, such shares of stock, securities or assets as would have been
issued or payable in such Organic Change with respect to or in
exchange for the number of shares of Common Stock that would have
been acquirable and receivable had this Note been converted into
shares of Common Stock immediately prior to such Organic Change
(without taking into account any limitations or restrictions on the
timing or amount of conversions). In any such case, the Company
will make appropriate provision (in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Holder) with respect to the Holder’s
rights and interests to insure that the provisions of this Section
3(f) will thereafter be applicable to this Note (including, in the
case of any such consolidation, merger or sale in which the
successor entity or purchasing entity is other than the Company, an
immediate adjustment of the Maximum Conversion Price in accordance
with Subsection 3(f)(i) using the value for the Common Stock
reflected by the terms of such consolidation, merger or sale, if
the value so reflected is less than the Maximum Conversion Price in
effect immediately prior to such consolidation, merger or sale).
The Company will not effect any such consolidation, merger or sale,
unless prior to the consummation thereof, the successor entity (if
other than the Company) resulting from consolidation or merger or
the entity purchasing such assets assumes, by written instrument
(in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the holders of a
more than fifty percent (50%) of Principal Amount of the Notes then
outstanding), the obligation to deliver to each holder of Notes
such shares of stock, securities or assets as, in accordance with
the foregoing provisions, such holder may be entitled to acquire.
“ Person ” shall mean an
individual, a limited liability company, a partnership, a joint
venture, a corporation, a trust, an unincorporated organization and
a government or any department or agency thereof.
(g)
Dispute
Resolution . In the case of a dispute as to the determination
of the Closing Ask Price or Closing Bid Price of any security or
the arithmetic calculation of the Conversion Rate, the Company
shall, or shall cause the Transfer Agent to, promptly issue to the
Holder the number of shares of Common Stock that is not disputed
and shall submit the disputed determinations or arithmetic
calculations to the Holder via facsimile within one (1) business
day
of receipt of
the Holder’s Conversion Notice. If the Holder and the Company
are unable to agree upon the determination of such Closing Ask
Price or Closing Bid Price, as the case may be, or the arithmetic
calculation of the Conversion Rate within one (1) business day of
such disputed determination or arithmetic calculation being
submitted to the Holder, then the Company shall within one (1)
business day following such date of delivery submit via facsimile
(A) the disputed determination of the Closing Ask Price or Closing
Bid Price, as the case may be, to an independent, reputable
investment bank or (B) the disputed arithmetic calculation of the
Conversion Rate to its independent certified public accounting
firm. The Company shall cause the investment bank or the accounting
firm, as the case may be, to perform the determinations or
calculations and notify the Company and the Holder of the results
no later than forty-eight (48) hours from the time it receives the
disputed determinations or calculations. Such investment
bank’s or accounting firm’s determination or
calculation, as the case may be, shall be binding upon all parties
absent manifest error.
4.
Redemption; Forced
Conversion .
(a)
Redemption at the Option
of the Company . At any time after the initial issuance of the
Notes, the Company, upon delivery to the holders of the then
outstanding Notes of an “Optional
Redemption Notice” in the manner provided in Subsection 4(b),
may redeem in whole or in part the Notes (but only with respect to
the Amount as to which such holders have not theretofore furnished
a Conversion Notice in compliance with Subsection 3(c), at a price
(the “Optional Redemption Price”) equal to the sum of
(a) 120% of the Principal Amount and (b) the accrued interest
thereon; provided at the time the Optional Redemption Notice
is given:
(i)
the Company has set aside the full
Optional Redemption Price payable and sent the funds to a bank or
trust company solely to act as payment agent;
(ii)
the shares of the Company’s
Common Stock are listed on a national securities exchange, traded
on Nasdaq or quotations found in the Over-the-Counter Bulletin
Board;
(iii)
the Closing Bid Price for shares of
Common Stock have equaled or exceeded the A Trigger for twenty (20)
consecutive Trading Days immediately preceding the date the
Optional Redemption Notice is given and such notice is given, not
later than the 15 Trading Days after this condition is
fulfilled;
(iv)
not less than 20,000 shares of
Common Stock have traded on each of the twenty (20) Trading Days
immediately preceding the date the Optional Redemption Notice is
given;
(v)
the Company is current in its
obligation to file periodic reports under Section 13 or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
“Exchange Act”) and has been current in such filings
for at least ninety (90) days preceding the date of the Optional
Redemption Notice;
(vi)
the shares of Common Stock issuable
upon conversion of the Notes pursuant to Section 3(a) are the
subject of an effective registration statement under the
Securities
Act that would
permit the resale of such shares without limitation (other than
customary limitations and the Company, by the giving of such Option
Redemption Notice shall agree to keep such registration statement
current until such time as all of such shares may be resold
pursuant to Rule 144 without regard to the volume limitation of
such rule, and provided further that in effecting such
registration, the Company shall be bound by Section 7.3 of the
Purchase Agreement; and
(vii)
the Company is not in breach or
default under the note or of any representations, warranties or
covenants in the Purchase Agreement.
(b)
Notice of
Redemption .
(i)
Notice of redemption pursuant to
Subsection 4(a) (the “Optional Redemption Notice”)
shall be provided by the Company to the Holder in writing (by
overnight courier at the Holder’s last address appearing in
the Note Register not less than fifteen (15) nor more than thirty
(30) days prior to the date stipulated by the Company for the
redemption of the Notes (the “Optional