Exhibit 10.28
KENNEDY-WILSON,
INC.
7% Convertible Subordinated Note
due November 3, 2018
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No. R-1
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PPN: 489399 A@4
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$30,000,000.00
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November 3, 2008
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Kennedy-Wilson, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the “Company”), the
principal office of which is located at 9601 Wilshire Boulevard,
Suite 220, Beverly Hills, California 90210, for value
received, hereby promises to pay to The Guardian Life Insurance
Company of America, a New York corporation, whose principal office
is located at 7 Hanover Square, New York, New York 10004-2616 or
its assigns (the “Holder”) the sum of Thirty
Million Dollars ($30,000,000.00), or such lesser amount as shall
then equal the outstanding principal amount thereof and any unpaid
accrued interest thereon, as set forth below, and which shall be
due and payable in full on the earlier to occur of:
(i) November 3, 2018, or (ii) when declared due and
payable upon the occurrence of an Event of Default (as defined
accordance with Section 12 of the Securities Purchase
Agreement (as defined below).
This Note is one of a series of
Convertible Subordinated Notes (herein called the
“Notes”) issued pursuant to that certain Securities
Purchase Agreement, dated as of October 31, 2008 (as from time
to time amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified, the
“Securities Purchase Agreement”), between the
Company and the respective purchasers named therein and is entitled
to the benefits thereof
The following is a statement of the
rights of the Holder of this Note and the conditions to which this
Note is subject, and to which the Holder hereof, by the acceptance
of this Note, agrees:
1.
Definitions
.
Capitalized terms used herein and
not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings
ascribed to such terms in the Securities Purchase Agreement. As
used in this Note, the following terms shall have the following
meanings:
A.
“Business Day”
means any day,
other than a Saturday or Sunday or a national or California state
holiday or a day on which banking institutions in the States of
California and New York are authorized or obligated by law,
regulation or executive order to close.
B.
“Change of Control
Event” shall occur if the Company
shall:
(i)
sell, convey or
dispose of all or substantially all of its assets (the presentation
of any such transaction for stockholder approval being conclusive
evidence
that such transaction
involves the sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the
Company); or
(ii)
be acquired by or
reorganized into or with another entity, whether by means of
merger, consolidation, reorganization or any other transaction, in
which the holders of Common Stock of the Company existing
immediately prior to such transaction do not, immediately after the
consummation of such transaction, own a majority of both the
outstanding voting stock and the equity interests of the surviving,
purchasing or newly resulting Company.
C.
“Change of Control Purchase
Price” means, with respect to any
payment to the Holder in connection with a Change of Control Event
pursuant to Section 4.D(ii) hereof, cash equal to the
product of (i) the Fair Value of one share of Common Stock as
of the date the notice of the Change of Control Event was issued to
the Holder, multiplied by (ii) the number of shares of Common
Stock then issuable upon the conversion of this Note.
D.
“Common Stock”
means the Common
Stock of the Company, $.01 par value.
E.
“Conversion Date”
means for any
Optional Conversion (as defined in Section 4.A below), the
date which must be a Business Day) on which this Note is
surrendered to the Company for conversion.
F.
“Conversion
Price” means $40.00 per share of
Common Stock, subject to adjustment as provided in Section 4.D
hereof.
G.
“Event of
Default” has the meaning set forth in
the Securities Purchase Agreement.
H.
“Fair Value”
of any share of
Common Stock as of any date herein specified shall mean the average
of the daily closing prices for the 30 consecutive trading days
commencing 45 trading days before the day in question The closing
price for each day shall be (i) if such shares are listed or
admitted for trading on any national securities exchange, the last
sale price of such security, regular way, or the average of the
closing bid and asked prices thereof if no such sale occurred, in
each case as officially reported on the principal securities
exchange on which such shares are listed, or (ii) if not
reported as described in clause (i), the average of the closing bid
and asked prices of such shares in the over-the-counter market as
shown by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.
Automated Quotation System, or any similar system of automated
dissemination of quotations of securities prices then in common
use, if so quoted, as reported by any member firm of the New York
Stock Exchange selected by the Company or (iii) if not quoted
as described in clause (ii), the average of the closing bid and
asked prices for such shares as reported by the National Quotation
Bureau Incorporated or any similar successor organization, as
reported by any member firm of the New York Stock Exchange selected
by the Company. If such shares of Common Stock are quoted on a
national securities or central market system in lieu of a market or
quotation system
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described above, the closing
price shall be determined in the manner set forth in clause
(i) of the preceding sentence if actual transactions are
reported and in the manner set forth in clause (ii) of the
preceding sentence if bid and asked prices are reported but actual
transactions are not.
Notwithstanding the foregoing,
(x) in the event of the sale of shares of Common Stock of the
Company to a third party in connection with a Change of Control
Event, the stated purchase price for such shares shall be deemed to
be the “Fair Value” thereof, and (y) if clauses
(i), (ii) or (iii) above or clause (x) above are not
applicable to such shares of Common Stock, then the Fair Value of
such shares shall be the fair value of such shares of Common Stock
as reasonably determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of
the Company; provided, however, that if the Holder shall
object in writing to such determination within 15 Business Days of
receiving written notice of such value, then the determination
shall be made by an independent appraiser of recognized national
standing (selected by the Company and reasonably satisfactory to
the Holder at the time outstanding), in each case in accordance
with generally accepted financial practice. With respect to any
determination made by an independent appraiser as provided in
clause (y) above, such determination shall be set forth in
writing, and the Company shall, immediately following such
determination, deliver a copy thereof to the Holder. The
determination so made shall be conclusive and binding on the
Company and on the Holder. The Company shall pay all of the
expenses incurred in connection with any such determination,
including, without limitation, the expenses of the independent
appraiser engaged to make such determination provided that if the
Fair Value as determined by the independent appraiser shall be
equal to or less than the Fair Value determined by the Board of
Directors of the Company, the fees and expenses or the independent
appraiser shall be paid by the Holder). If the Company shall not
have selected such appraiser within 20 days after the occurrence of
the event giving rise to the need therefor, then the Holder may
select such appraiser.
I.
“Junior Subordinated
Indenture” means that certain Junior
Subordinated Indenture, dated as of January 31, 2007, between
the Company and The Bank of New York Trust Company, National
Association, as Trustee, as amended, restated, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time.
J.
“Preferred Stock”
means shares of
the Company which shall be entitled to preference or priority over
any other shares of the Company in respect of either the payment of
dividends or the distribution of assets upon
liquidation.
K.
“Securities”
means Common
Stock, Preferred Stock, Convertible Securities, Purchase Rights and
any other shares of capital stock or equity interests of the
Company, whether or not issued or outstanding on the date of this
Note.
L.
“Voting Stock”
means capital
stock (or other equity interests) of any class or classes of the
Company, the holders of which are ordinarily, in the absence of
contingencies, entitled to vote in the election of corporate
directors (or individuals performing similar functions) of the
Company or which permit the holders thereof to control the
management of the Company.
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2.
Interest: No
Prepayment .
Interest shall accrue at a rate of
seven percent (7%) per annum from the date hereof, payable
quarterly in cash on February 3, May 3, August 3 and
November 3 of each year (each, an “Interest Payment
Date”), commencing on February 3, 2009, and
continuing until the date this Note is converted in accordance with
Section 4 below or is otherwise paid in full together with all
accrued and unpaid interest thereon. Interest shall be computed on
the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. The Company
may not prepay this Note, unless the principal amount hereof has
become due and payable as provided herein and in the Securities
Purchase Agreement.
3.
Events of
Default .
If an Event of Default occurs and is
continuing, the principal of this Note may be declared or otherwise
become due and payable in the manner, at the price and with the
effect provided in the Securities Purchase Agreement.
4.
Conversion
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A.
Conversion at
the Option of the Holder . The Holder of this Note
may, at any time and from time to time until the tenth (10
th
) anniversary of
the date of this Note, convert (an “Optional Conversion”)
this Note, in
whole or in part, into a number of fully paid and nonassessable
shares of Common Stock as is determined by dividing (i) the
sum of the unpaid principal balance of this Note (or the portion
thereof that is being converted into shares of Common Stock), plus,
subject to Section 4.C(v), accrued and unpaid interest on this
Note (or the portion thereof that is being converted into shares of
Common Stock) as of the date this Note is surrendered for
conversion, by (ii) the Conversion Price.
B.
Conversion at
the Option of the Company . At any time on or after the
ninth anniversary of the date of this Note and prior to
November 3, 2018 , the Company may give written notice to the
Holder demanding that the Holder convert this Note in accordance
with this Section 4 (any such conversion pursuant to this
Section 4.B being referred to as a “Mandatory Conversion”).
If the Company
makes such written demand, then the Holder, within ten Business
Days after receipt of said written demand, shall tender this Note
to the Company for conversion in accordance with Section 4.0
below. Upon a Mandatory Conversion, the Holder of this Note shall
comply with the provisions of Section 4.0 below. No Mandatory
Conversion shall occur if this Note has been declared, or has
otherwise become, due and payable or if a Default or an Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing.
C.
Mechanics of
Conversion . In order to effect an
Optional Conversion, the Holder shall: (x) deliver a written
notice of conversion to the Company in accordance with
Section 11.0 hereof stating that this Note (or any portion
hereof) has been converted into Common Stock pursuant to the terms
hereof, and (y) surrender this Note to the Company
concurrently with, or as soon as practicable after, the delivery of
such written notice. Such conversion shall be deemed to have been
made immediately prior to the
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close of business on the
date of such surrender of this Note, and the Person or Persons
entitled to receive the shares of Common Stock issuable upon such
conversion shall be treated for all purposes as the record holder
or holders of such shares of Common Stock as of such date (subject
to clauses (iii) and (iv) of Section 4.D below).
Upon receipt by the Company of a facsimile copy of a notice of
conversion from the Holder, the Company shall promptly send, via
facsimile, a confirmation to the Holder stating that the notice of
conversion has been received, the date upon which the Company
expects to deliver the Common Stock issuable upon such conversion
and the name and telephone number of a contact person at the
Company regarding the conversion. The Company shall not be
obligated to issue shares of Common Stock upon a conversion unless
either this Note is delivered to the Company as provided above, or
the Holder notifies the Company that this Note has been lost,
stolen or destroyed and delivers the documentation to the Company,
required by Section 10.13 hereof. If the Holder has not
converted the entire amount of this Note pursuant to an Optional
Conversion, then the Company shall execute and deliver to the
Holder a new Note instrument identical in terms to this Note, but
with a principal amount reflecting the unconverted portion of this
Note. The new Note instrument shall be delivered subject to
the
e timing terms as
the certificates evidencing the shares of Common Stock issuable in
such partial conversion.
(i)
Delivery of
Common Stock Upon Conversion . Upon the surrender of this
Note accompanied by a notice of conversion, the Company (itself, or
through its transfer agent) shall, as soon as practicable
thereafter, issue and deliver at such office to the Holder of this
Note, or its nominee, that number of shares of Common Stock
issuable upon conversion of this Note.
(ii)
Taxes . The issuance of
certificates for shares of Common Stock upon conversion of this
Note shall be made without charge to the Holder for any issuance
tax in respect thereof, provided that the Company shall not be
required to pay any tax in respect of any transfer involved in the
issuance and delivery of any certificate in the name other than
that of the Holder of this Note.
(iii)
No Fractional
Shares . If any conversion of this
Note would result in the issuance of a fractional share of Common
Stock such fractional share shall be payable in cash based upon the
ten day average closing sales price of the Common Stock at such
time, and the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon
conversion of this Note shall be the next lower whole number of
shares. If the Company elects not to, or is unable to, make such a
cash payment, the Holder shall be entitled to receive, in lieu
thereof, one whole share of Common Stock.
(iv)
Conversion
Disputes . In the case of any dispute
with respect to a conversion, the Company shall promptly issue such
number of shares of Common Stock in accordance with subparagraph
(i) above as are not disputed. If such dispute is not promptly
resolved by discussion between the Holder and the Company, the
Company shall submit the disputed issues to an independent outside
accountant (reasonably acceptable to the Required Holders) via
facsimile within three Business Days of receipt of the notice of
conversion. The accountant, at the Company’s sole expense,
shall promptly audit the calculations and notify the Company and
the Holder of the results no
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later than three Business
Days from the date it receives the disputed calculations. The
accountant’s calculation shall be deemed conclusive, absent
manifest error. The Company shall then issue the appropriate number
of shares of Common Stock in accordance with subparagraph
(i) above.
(v)
Payment of
Accrued Amounts. Upon conversion of this Note, all interest then
accrued or payable on such shares under this Convertible
Subordinated Note through and including the Conversion Date at the
Holder’s election shall be paid by the Company in cash or in
such number of share Common Stock as is equal to the aggregate
amount of accrued interest divided by the Conversion
Price.
D.
Conversion
Price Adjustments for Certain Dilutive Issuances
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(i)
Stock Splits,
Stock Interest, Etc . If, at any time, or from
time to time, on or after the date of this Note, the number of
outstanding shares of Common Stock is increased by a stock split,
stock dividend, reclassification or other similar event, the
Conversion Price shall be proportionately reduced, or if the number
of outstanding shares of Common Stock is decreased by a reverse
stock split, combination, reclassification or other similar event,
the Conversion Price shall be proportionately increased. In such
event, the Company shall notify the Company’s transfer agent
of such change on or before the effective date thereof.
(ii)
Change of
Control, Merger, Consolidation, Etc. If, at any time after the
date of this Note, there shall be a Change of Control Event then,
in lieu of the shares of Common Stock otherwise issuable as
provided herein, the Holder of this Note shall thereafter receive
upon conversion of this Note, at the Holder’s election,
either (a) such shares
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