THIS
NOTE AND THE COMMON SHARES ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION OF THIS NOTE
HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS
AMENDED. THIS NOTE AND THE COMMON SHARES ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION
OF THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE SOLD, OFFERED FOR SALE, PLEDGED OR
HYPOTHECATED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
AS TO THIS NOTE UNDER SAID ACT OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL REASONABLY
SATISFACTORY TO AMERICAN DAIRY, INC. THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT
REQUIRED.
7.75% CONVERTIBLE
NOTE
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, AMERICAN DAIRY, INC., a Utah
corporation (the “ Company ”), hereby promises
to pay to the order of _____________________, or its assigns (the
“ Holder ”), without demand, the sum of
___________________ Dollars ($______________), with simple interest
accruing at the rate described below.
This Note has been entered into pursuant to the
terms of a subscription agreement between the Company and the
Holder, dated of even date herewith (the “ Subscription
Agreement ”), and shall be governed by the terms of such
Subscription Agreement. Unless otherwise separately defined herein,
all capitalized terms used in this Note shall have the same meaning
as is set forth in the Subscription Agreement.
ARTICLE
I
GENERAL
PROVISIONS
1.1
Payments . Subject to Section 4.7 hereof, interest
payable on this Note shall accrue from the Closing Date at a rate
per annum (the “ Interest Rate ”) equal to seven
and three-fourths percent (7.75%), subject to adjustment pursuant
to Section 1.2 (the “ Interest ”). Interest
shall be compounded annually, and shall be payable on the Maturity
Date (defined below) in common stock of the Company, $0.001 par
value per share (“ Common Stock ”). Interest
shall be computed for actual days elapsed on the basis of a 360 day
year consisting of twelve 30-day months and be payable on the
earlier of the Maturity Date, as hereinafter defined, or the date
this Note is converted pursuant to Article 2. The principal of this
Note (the “Principal”) and accrued but unpaid Interest
thereon shall unless earlier converted be payable in full on the
date that shall be thirty-six (36) months after the Closing Date
(the “ Maturity Date ”).
Upon any
conversion in part by the Holder in accordance with Article II, the
Holder and the Company shall in good faith recalculate the
outstanding Principal balance and the Interest payable with respect
to the converted portion. Upon any full conversion by the Holder in
accordance with Article II, all of the payments of Principal due
hereunder shall terminate and no further Interest shall accrue. All
payments in respect of the Principal shall be made in cash in U.S.
dollars and in immediately available funds, and payments shall be
applied first to Principal and then to charges and expenses owing
under or in connection with this Note.
The number of
shares of Common Stock issuable in payment of Interest will be
determined based on a ratio of one share of Common Stock for each
$14.50 in accrued Interest. No fractional shares will be issued;
therefore, in the event that the number of shares of Common Stock
due hereunder is not a whole number, the Company shall round up to
the nearest whole share the number of such shares due.
1.2
Conversion
Rights . The
conversion rights set forth in Article II shall remain in full
force and effect immediately from the date hereof and until the
Note is paid in full regardless of the occurrence of an Event of
Default. The Note shall be payable in full on the Maturity Date,
except to the extent previously converted into Common Stock in
accordance with Article II hereof.
ARTICLE
II
CONVERSION
RIGHTS
The Holder shall have the right to convert the
Principal and accrued and unpaid Interest due under this Note into
shares of the Company’s Common Stock, as set forth
below.
2.1
Conversion into the
Company’s Common Stock .
(a) The Holder shall have the right from and after
the date of the issuance of this Note and then at any time until
this Note is fully paid, to convert any outstanding and unpaid
Principal portion of this Note, and accrued Interest on such
portion, at the election of the Holder (the date of such conversion
being a “ Conversion Date ”) into fully paid and
non-assessable shares of Common Stock as such stock exists on the
date of issuance of this Note, or any shares of capital stock of
the Company into which such Common Stock shall hereafter be changed
or reclassified, at the conversion price as defined in Section
2.1(b) hereof (the “ Conversion Price ”),
determined as provided herein. Upon delivery to the Company of a
completed Notice of Conversion, a form of which is annexed hereto,
the Company shall issue and deliver to the Holder within five (5)
business days from the Conversion Date (such third day being the
“ Delivery Date ”) that number of shares of
Common Stock for the portion of the Note and related Interest
converted in accordance with the foregoing. The number of shares of
Common Stock to be issued upon each conversion of this Note shall
be determined by dividing that portion of the Principal of the Note
and accrued Interest to be converted, by the Conversion
Price.
(b) Subject to adjustment as provided in Section
2.1(c) hereof, the Conversion Price per share shall be
$14.50.
(c) The Conversion Price and number and kind of
shares of Common Stock or other securities to be issued upon
conversion determined pursuant to Section 2.1(a), shall be subject
to adjustment from time to time upon the happening of certain
events while this Note remains outstanding, as follows:
(i) Reorganization, Consolidation, Merger,
etc . In case at any time
or from time to time, the Company shall (A) effect a
reorganization, (B) consolidate with or merge into any other person
or (C) transfer all or substantially all of its properties or
assets to any other person under any plan or arrangement
contemplating the dissolution of the Company, then, in each such
case, as a condition to the consummation of such a transaction,
proper and adequate provision shall be made by the Company whereby
the Holder of this Note, on the conversion hereof as provided in
this Article II, at any time after the consummation of such
reorganization, consolidation or merger or the effective date of
such dissolution, as the case may be, shall receive, in lieu of the
Common Stock (or other securities) issuable on such conversion
prior to such consummation or such effective date, the stock and
other securities and property, including cash (collectively, the
“ Other Securities and Property ”), to which
such Holder would have been entitled upon such consummation or in
connection with such dissolution, as the case may be, if such
Holder had so converted this Note, immediately prior thereto, all
subject to further adjustment thereafter as provided in Section
2.1(c)(iv).
(ii) Dissolution . In the event of any dissolution of the Company
following the transfer of all or substantially all of its
properties or assets, the Company, prior to such dissolution, shall
at its expense deliver or cause to be delivered the stock and Other
Securities and Property by the Holder of the Notes after the
effective date of such dissolution pursuant to this Article II to a
bank or trust company (a “ Trustee ”) having its
principal office in New York, New York, as trustee for the Holder
of the Notes.
(iii) Continuation of Terms . Upon any reorganization, consolidation, merger
or transfer (and any dissolution following any transfer) referred
to in this Article II, this Note shall continue in full force and
effect and the terms hereof shall be applicable to the Other
Securities and Property receivable on the conversion of this Note
after the consummation of such reorganization, consolidation or
merger or the effective date of dissolution following any such
transfer, as the case may be, and shall be binding upon the issuer
of any Other Securities and Property, including, in the case of any
such transfer, the person acquiring all or substantially all of the
properties or assets of the Company, whether or not such person
shall have expressly assumed the terms of this Note as provided in
Section 2.1(c)(iv). In the event this Note does not continue in
full force and effect after the consummation of the transaction
described in this Article II, then only in such event will the
Company’s securities and property (including cash, where
applicable) receivable by the Holder of the Notes be delivered to
the Trustee as contemplated by Section 2.1(c)(ii).
(iv) Extraordinary Events Regarding Common
Stock . In the event that
the Company shall (A) issue additional shares of Common Stock as a
dividend or other distribution on outstanding Common Stock, (B)
subdivide i
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