Exhibit 4.1
AMENDED AND RESTATED SENIOR
SECURED CONVERTIBLE NOTE
NEITHER THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF THE SECURITIES
REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THESE
SECURITIES ARE CONVERTIBLE HAVE BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES
LAWS. THE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD, TRANSFERRED
OR ASSIGNED (I) IN THE ABSENCE OF (A) AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT FOR THE SECURITIES UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS
AMENDED, OR (B) AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, IN A GENERALLY ACCEPTABLE
FORM, THAT REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER SAID ACT OR (II)
UNLESS SOLD PURSUANT TO RULE 144(k) UNDER SAID ACT. NOTWITHSTANDING
THE FOREGOING, THE SECURITIES MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A
BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER LOAN OR FINANCING ARRANGEMENT
SECURED BY THE SECURITIES, PROVIDED THAT ANY TRANSFER OF THIS NOTE
TO THE PLEDGEE SHALL COMPLY WITH THE FOREGOING. ANY TRANSFEREE OF
THIS NOTE SHOULD CAREFULLY REVIEW THE TERMS OF THIS NOTE, INCLUDING
SECTIONS 3(c)(iii), AND 21(a) HEREOF. THE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT
REPRESENTED BY THIS NOTE AND, ACCORDINGLY, THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE
UPON CONVERSION HEREOF MAY BE LESS THAN THE AMOUNTS SET FORTH ON
THE FACE HEREOF PURSUANT TO SECTION 3(c)(iii) OF THIS
NOTE.
M ICROVISION , I NC .
A MENDED AND R ESTATED S ENIOR S ECURED C ONVERTIBLE N OTE
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Issuance Date:
March 11, 2005
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Principal: U.S. $
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This Amended and Restated Senior
Secured Convertible Note amends and restates in its entirety that
certain Senior Secured Exchangeable Convertible Note dated March
11, 2005 executed by Microvision, Inc. in favor of the Holder (as
defined below).
FOR VALUE RECEIVED,
MICROVISION, INC., a Delaware
corporation (the “Company” ), hereby promises to
pay to the order of
or its registered assigns ( “Holder” ) the
amount set out above as the Principal (as reduced pursuant to the
terms hereof pursuant to redemption, conversion or otherwise, the
“Principal” ) when due, whether upon the
Maturity Date (as defined below), on any Installment Date with
respect to the Installment Amount due on such Installment Date
(each, as defined herein), acceleration, redemption or otherwise
(in each case, in accordance with the terms hereof) and to pay
interest ( “Interest” ) on any outstanding
Principal at the Interest Rate, subject to periodic adjustment
pursuant to Section 2, from the date set out above as the Issuance
Date (the “Issuance Date” ) until the same
becomes due and payable, whether upon an Interest Date (as defined
below), any Installment Date or the Maturity Date (each, as defined
herein), acceleration, conversion, redemption or otherwise (in each
case in accordance with the terms hereof). This Amended and
Restated Senior Secured Convertible Note (including all Amended and
Restated Senior Secured
Convertible Notes issued in exchange, transfer
or replacement hereof, this “Note” ) is one of
an issue of Amended and Restated Senior Secured Convertible Notes
issued pursuant to the Master Amendment Agreement (as defined
below) (collectively, the “Notes” and such other
Amended and Restated Senior Secured Convertible Notes, the
“Other Notes” ). Certain capitalized terms used
herein are defined in Section 31.
(1) PAYMENTS OF PRINCIPAL .
On each Installment Date, the Company shall pay to the Holder an
amount equal to the Installment Amount due on such Installment Date
in accordance with Section 10. If any Principal remains outstanding
on the Maturity Date (as defined herein), then the Holder shall
surrender this Note to the Company and the Company shall pay to the
Holder in cash an amount equal to any outstanding Principal,
accrued and unpaid Interest. The “Maturity Date”
shall be March 15, 2007, as extended at the option of the Holder
(i) in the event that, and for so long as, an Event of Default (as
defined in Section 5(a)) shall have occurred and be continuing or
any event shall have occurred and be continuing and that with the
passage of time and the failure to cure would result in an Event of
Default and (ii) through the date that is ten (10) days after the
consummation of a Change of Control in the event that a Change of
Control is publicly announced or a Change of Control Notice (as
defined in Section 5(b)) is delivered prior to the Maturity
Date.
(2) INTEREST; INTEREST RATE .
Interest on this Note shall commence accruing on the Issuance Date
and shall be computed on the basis of a 365-day year and actual
days elapsed and shall be payable in arrears for each Interest
Period on the last day of the applicable Interest Period during the
period beginning on the Issuance Date and ending on, and including,
the Maturity Date (even if the Maturity Date is not the last day of
an Interest Period) (each, an “Interest Date” )
with the first Interest Date being June 15, 2005. Interest shall be
payable on each Interest Date to the record holder of this Note on
the applicable Interest Date in cash (“ Cash Interest
”) or, at the option of the Company, in shares of Company
Common Stock (“ Interest Shares ”) or a
combination thereof, provided that the Interest which accrued
during any period may be payable in Interest Shares if, and only
if, the Company delivers written notice (each an “
Interest Election Notice ”) of such election to each
holder of the Notes on or prior to the twentieth (20
th
) Company Trading Day
prior to the Interest Date (each, an “ Interest Election
Date ”). Each Interest Notice must specify the amount of
Interest that shall be paid as Cash Interest, if any, and the
amount of Interest that shall be paid in Interest Shares. Interest
to be paid on an Interest Date in Interest Shares shall be paid in
a number of fully paid and nonassessable shares (rounded to the
nearest whole share in accordance with Section 3(a)) of Company
Common Stock equal to the quotient of (a) the amount of Interest
payable on such Interest Date less any Cash Interest paid and (b)
the Interest Conversion Price in effect on the applicable Interest
Date. If any Interest Shares are to be paid on an Interest Date,
then the Company shall (X) provided that the Company’s
transfer agent (the “ Transfer Agent ”) is
participating in the Depository Trust Company (“ DTC
”) Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, and such
action is not prohibited by applicable law or regulation or any
applicable policy of DTC, credit such aggregate number of Interest
Shares to which the Holder shall be entitled to the Holder’s
or its designee’s balance account with DTC through its
Deposit Withdrawal Agent Commission system, or (Y) if the foregoing
shall not apply, issue and deliver on the applicable Interest Date,
to the address set forth in the register maintained by the Company
for such purpose pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement or
to such address as specified by the Holder in writing to
the
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Company at least two (2) Business Days prior to
the applicable Interest Date, a certificate, registered in the name
of the Holder or its designee, for the number of Interest Shares to
which the Holder shall be entitled. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
the Company shall not be entitled to pay Interest in Interest
Shares and shall be required to pay such Interest in cash as Cash
Interest on the applicable Interest Date if, unless consented to in
writing by the Holder, during the period commencing on the
applicable Interest Election Date through the applicable Interest
Date the Equity Conditions have not been satisfied. Prior to the
payment of Interest on an Interest Date, Interest on this Note
shall accrue at the Interest Rate and be payable by way of
inclusion of the Interest in the Conversion Amount (as defined
below) in accordance with Section 3(b)(i). Upon the occurrence and
during the continuance of an Event of Default (other than an Event
of Default with respect to Sections 5(a)(i)), the Interest Rate
shall be increased to fifteen percent (15%). In the event that such
Event of Default is subsequently cured, the adjustment referred to
in the preceding sentence shall cease to be effective as of the
date of such cure; provided that the Interest as calculated and
unpaid at such increased rate during the continuance of such Event
of Default shall continue to apply to the extent relating to the
days after the occurrence of such Event of Default through and
including the date of cure of such Event of Default. The Company
shall pay any and all taxes that may be payable with respect to the
issuance and delivery of Interest Shares; provided that the
Company shall not be required to pay any tax that may be payable in
respect of any issuance of Interest Shares to any Person other than
the Holder or with respect to any income tax due by the Holder with
respect to such Interest Shares.
(3) CONVERSION OF NOTES .
This Note shall be convertible into shares of the Company’s
common stock, par value $.001 per share (the “Company
Common Stock” ), on the terms and conditions set forth in
this Section 3.
(a) Conversion Right .
Subject to the provisions of Section 3(d), at any time or times on
or after the Issuance Date, the Holder shall be entitled to convert
any portion of the outstanding and unpaid Conversion Amount in
multiples of $10,000 (or, if less, any remaining Conversion Amount)
into fully paid and nonassessable shares of Company Common Stock in
accordance with Section 3(c), at the Conversion Rate (as defined
below). The Company shall not issue any fraction of a share of
Company Common Stock upon any conversion. If the issuance would
result in the issuance of a fraction of a share of Company Common
Stock, the Company shall round such fraction of a share of Company
Common Stock up to the nearest whole share. The Company shall pay
any and all taxes that may be payable with respect to the issuance
and delivery of Company Common Stock upon conversion of any
Conversion Amount; provided that the Company shall not be
required to pay any tax that may be payable in respect of any
transfer involved in the issue and delivery of Company Common Stock
to any Person other than the Holder or with respect to any income
tax due by the Holder with respect to such Company Common Stock
issued upon conversion.
(b) Conversion Rate . The
number of shares of Company Common Stock issuable upon conversion
of any Conversion Amount pursuant to Section 3(a) shall be
determined by dividing (x) such Conversion Amount by (y) the
Conversion Price (as defined below) (the “Conversion
Rate” ).
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(i) “ Conversion Amount
” means the sum of (A) the portion of the Principal to be
converted, redeemed or otherwise with respect to which this
determination is being made, and (B) accrued and unpaid Interest
with respect to such Principal.
(ii) “ Conversion Price
” means (A) as of any Conversion Date (as defined below) or
other date of determination (other than with respect to an
Installment Amount on an Installment Date pursuant to a Company
Conversion (as defined in Section 10(a)) during the period
beginning on the Issuance Date and ending on and including the
Maturity Date, the Fixed Conversion Price, and (B) with respect to
any Installment Amount on an Installment Date pursuant to a Company
Conversion, at the option of the Holder, either the Fixed
Conversion Price or the Company Conversion Price, each in effect as
of such date and subject to adjustment as provided
herein.
(iii) “ Fixed Conversion
Price ” means $5.85, subject to adjustment as provided
herein (also referred to as the “ Initial Fixed Conversion
Price ”).
(c) Mechanics of Conversion
.
(i) Optional Conversion . To
convert any Conversion Amount into shares of Company Common Stock
on any date (a “Conversion Date” ), the Holder
shall (A) transmit by facsimile (or otherwise deliver), for receipt
on or prior to 11:59 p.m., New York Time, on such date, a copy of
an executed notice of conversion in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit I (the “Conversion Notice” ) to
the Company and (B) if required by Section 3(c)(iii), surrender
this Note to a common carrier for delivery to the Company as soon
as practicable on or following such date (or an indemnification
undertaking with respect to this Note in the case of its loss,
theft or destruction). On or before the first (1
st
) Business Day following
the date of receipt of a Conversion Notice, the Company shall
transmit by facsimile a confirmation of receipt of such Conversion
Notice to the Holder and the Transfer Agent. On or before the
second (2 nd ) Business Day following the date of
receipt of a Conversion Notice (the “Share Delivery
Date” ), the Company shall (X) provided that the Transfer
Agent is participating in the DTC Fast Automated Securities
Transfer Program and such action is not prohibited by applicable
law or regulation or any applicable policy of DTC, credit such
aggregate number of shares of Company Common Stock to which the
Holder shall be entitled to the Holder’s or its
designee’s balance account with DTC through its Deposit
Withdrawal Agent Commission system, or (Y) if the Transfer Agent is
not participating in the DTC Fast Automated Securities Transfer
Program, issue and deliver to the address as specified in the
Conversion Notice, a certificate, registered in the name of the
Holder or its designee, for the number of shares of Company Common
Stock to which the Holder shall be entitled. If this Note is
physically surrendered for conversion as required by Section
3(c)(iii) and the outstanding Principal of this Note is greater
than the Principal portion of the Conversion Amount being
converted, then the Company shall as soon as practicable and in no
event later than three Business Days after receipt of this Note
(the “Note Delivery Date” ) and at its own
expense, issue and deliver to the holder a new Note (in accordance
with Section 21(d)) representing the outstanding Principal not
converted. The Person or Persons entitled to receive the shares of
Company Common Stock issuable upon a conversion of this
Note
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shall be treated for all purposes as
the record holder or holders of such shares of Company Common Stock
on the Conversion Date to the extent permitted by applicable law.
In the event of a conversion of this Note pursuant to Section 3(a),
the Principal amount of the Note subject to such conversion shall
be deducted from the Installment Amount(s) relating to the
Installment Date(s) as set forth in the Conversion
Notice.
(ii) Company’s Failure to
Timely Convert . If the Company shall fail to issue a
certificate to the Holder or credit the Holder’s balance
account with DTC for the number of shares of Company Common Stock
to which the Holder is entitled upon conversion of any Conversion
Amount on or prior to the date which is five Business Days after
the Conversion Date (a “Conversion Failure” ),
then (A) the Company shall pay damages in cash to the Holder for
each date of such Conversion Failure in an amount equal to 1.5% of
the product of (I) the sum of the number of shares of Company
Common Stock not issued to the Holder on or prior to the Share
Delivery Date and to which the Holder is entitled, and (II) the
Closing Sale Price of the Company Common Stock on the Share
Delivery Date and (B) the Holder, upon written notice to the
Company, may void its Conversion Notice with respect to, and retain
or have returned, as the case may be, any portion of this Note that
has not been converted pursuant to such Conversion Notice; provided
that the voiding of a Conversion Notice shall not affect the
Company’s obligations to make any payments which have accrued
prior to the date of such notice pursuant to this Section 3(c)(ii)
or otherwise. At the Holder’s option in lieu of the
foregoing, if within three (3) Company Trading Days after the
Company’s receipt of the facsimile copy of a Conversion
Notice the Company shall fail to issue and deliver a certificate to
the Holder or credit the Holder’s balance account with DTC
for the number of shares of Company Common Stock to which the
Holder is entitled upon such holder’s conversion of any
Conversion Amount, and if on or after such Trading Day the Holder
purchases (in an open market transaction or otherwise) Company
Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Holder of
Company Common Stock issuable upon such conversion that the Holder
anticipated receiving from the Company (a “ Company Common
Stock Buy-In ”), then the Company shall, within three (3)
Business Days after the Holder’s request and in the
Holder’s discretion, either (i) pay cash to the Holder in an
amount equal to the Holder’s total purchase price (including
brokerage commissions, if any) for the shares of Company Common
Stock so purchased (the “Company Common Stock Buy-In
Price” ), at which point the Company’s obligation
to deliver such certificate (and to issue such Company Common
Stock) shall terminate, or (ii) promptly honor its obligation to
deliver to the Holder a certificate or certificates representing
such Company Common Stock and pay cash to the Holder in an amount
equal to the excess (if any) of the Company Common Stock Buy-In
Price over the product of (A) such number of shares of Company
Common Stock, times (B) the Closing Bid Price on the Conversion
Date.
(iii) Book-Entry .
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, upon
conversion of any portion of this Note in accordance with the terms
hereof, the Holder shall not be required to physically surrender
this Note to the Company unless (A) the full Conversion Amount
represented by this Note is being converted or (B) the Holder has
provided the Company with prior written notice (which notice may be
included in a
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Conversion Notice) requesting
reissuance of this Note upon physical surrender of this Note. The
Holder and the Company shall maintain records showing the Principal
and Interest converted and the dates of such conversions or shall
use such other method, reasonably satisfactory to the Holder and
the Company, so as not to require physical surrender of this Note
upon conversion.
(iv) Pro Rata Conversion;
Disputes . In the event that the Company receives a Conversion
Notice from more than one holder of Notes for the same Conversion
Date and the Company can convert some, but not all, of such
portions of the Notes submitted for conversion, the Company,
subject to Section 3(d), shall convert from each holder of Notes
electing to have Notes converted on such date a pro rata amount of
such holder’s portion of its Notes submitted for conversion
based on the principal amount of Notes submitted for conversion on
such date by such holder relative to the aggregate principal amount
of all Notes submitted for conversion on such date. In the event of
a dispute as to the number of shares of Company Common Stock
issuable to the Holder in connection with a conversion of this
Note, the Company shall issue to the Holder the number of shares of
Company Common Stock not in dispute and resolve such dispute in
accordance with Section 26.
(d) Limitations on
Conversions.
(i) Beneficial Ownership .
Other than in connection with a Mandatory Conversion (as defined
below), the Company shall not effect any conversion of this Note,
and the Holder of this Note shall not have the right to convert any
portion of this Note, pursuant to Section 3(a), Section 10 or
otherwise, to the extent that after giving effect to such
conversion, the Holder (together with the Holder’s
affiliates), would beneficially own in excess of 9.99% (the “
Maximum Percentage ”) of the number of shares of
Company Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to
such conversion. For purposes of the foregoing sentence, the number
of shares of Company Common Stock beneficially owned by the Holder
and its affiliates shall include the number of shares of Company
Common Stock issuable upon conversion of this Note with respect to
which the determination of such sentence is being made, but shall
exclude the number of shares of Company Common Stock which would be
issuable upon (A) conversion of the remaining, nonconverted portion
of this Note beneficially owned by the Holder or any of its
affiliates and (B) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or
nonconverted portion of any other securities of the Company
(including, without limitation, any Other Notes or warrants)
subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the
limitation contained herein beneficially owned by the Holder or any
of its affiliates. Except as set forth in the preceding sentence,
for purposes of this Section 3(d)(i), beneficial ownership shall be
calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “ 1934 Act
”). For purposes of this Section 3(d)(i), in determining the
number of outstanding shares of Company Common Stock, the Holder
may rely on the number of outstanding shares of Company Common
Stock as reflected in (x) the Company’s most recent Form 10-Q
or Form 10-K, as the case may be, (y) a more recent public
announcement by the Company or (z) any other notice by the Company
or the Transfer Agent setting forth the number of shares of Company
Common Stock
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outstanding. For any reason at any
time, upon the written or oral request of the Holder, the Company
shall within one (1) Business Day confirm orally and in writing to
the Holder the number of shares of Company Common Stock then
outstanding. In any case, the number of outstanding shares of
Company Common Stock shall be determined after giving effect to the
conversion or exercise of securities of the Company, including this
Note, by the Holder or its affiliates since the date as of which
such number of outstanding shares of Company Common Stock was
reported.
(ii) Principal Market
Regulation . The Company shall not be obligated to issue any
shares of Company Common Stock upon conversion of this Note,
whether pursuant to this Section 3, Section 10 or otherwise, if the
issuance of such shares of Company Common Stock would exceed the
aggregate number of shares of Company Common Stock which the
Company may issue upon conversion or exercise as applicable of the
Notes, Warrants and Amendment Warrants or as Interest Shares
without breaching the Company’s obligations under the rules
or regulations of the Nasdaq Stock Market (the “Exchange
Cap” ), except that such limitation shall not apply in
the event that the Company (A) obtains the approval of its
stockholders as required by the applicable rules of the Nasdaq
Stock Market for issuances of Company Common Stock in excess of
such amount, regardless of whether or not the shares of Company
Common Stock are then listed on the applicable market or (B)
obtains a written opinion from outside counsel to the Company that
such approval is not required, which opinion shall be reasonably
satisfactory to the Required Holders. Until such approval or
written opinion is obtained, no purchaser of the Notes pursuant to
the Securities Purchase Agreement (the
“Purchasers” ) shall be issued in the aggregate,
upon conversion or exercise, as applicable, of Notes, Warrants or
Amendment Warrants held by such Purchaser, shares of Company Common
Stock in an amount greater than the product of the Exchange Cap
multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the principal
amount of Notes issued to such Purchaser pursuant to the Securities
Purchase Agreement on the Closing Date and the denominator of which
is the aggregate principal amount of all Notes issued to the
Purchasers pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement on the
Closing Date (with respect to each Purchaser, the
“Exchange Cap Allocation” ). In the event that
any Purchaser shall sell or otherwise transfer any of such
Purchaser’s Notes, the transferee shall be allocated a pro
rata portion of such Purchaser’s Exchange Cap Allocation, and
the restrictions of the prior sentence shall apply to such
transferee with respect to the portion of the Exchange Cap
Allocation allocated to such transferee. In the event that any
holder of Notes shall convert all of such holder’s Notes into
a number of shares of Company Common Stock which, in the aggregate,
is less than such holder’s Exchange Cap Allocation, then the
difference between such holder’s Exchange Cap Allocation and
the number of shares of Company Common Stock actually issued to
such holder shall be allocated to the respective Exchange Cap
Allocations of the remaining holders of Notes on a pro rata basis
in proportion to the aggregate principal amount of the Notes then
held by each such holder.
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(4) [ Reserved
]
(5) RIGHTS UPON EVENT OF
DEFAULT .
(a) Event of Default . Each
of the following events (so long as its continuing) shall
constitute an “Event of Default” :
(i) the failure of a Registration
Statement required to be filed pursuant to the Registration Rights
Agreement to be declared effective by the SEC on or prior to the
date that is sixty (60) days after the Effectiveness Deadline (as
defined in the Registration Rights Agreement), or, while such
Registration Statement is required to be maintained effective
pursuant to the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement, the
effectiveness of such Registration Statement lapses for any reason
(including, without limitation, the issuance of a stop order) or is
unavailable to any holder of the Notes for sale of all of such
holder’s Registrable Securities (as defined in the
Registration Rights Agreement) in accordance with the terms of the
Registration Rights Agreement, and such lapse or unavailability
continues for a period of ten (10) consecutive days or for more
than an aggregate of thirty (30) days in any 365-day period (other
than days during an Allowable Grace Period (as defined in the
Registration Rights Agreement));
(ii) [Reserved]
(iii) the suspension from trading or
failure of the Company Common Stock to be listed on an Eligible
Market for a period of five (5) consecutive days or for more than
an aggregate of ten (10) days in any 365-day period;
(iv) the Company’s (A) failure
to cure a Conversion Failure by delivery of the required number of
shares of Company Common Stock within ten (10) Business Days after
the applicable Conversion Date or (B) notice, written or oral, to
any holder of the Notes, including by way of public announcement or
through any of its agents, at any time, of its intention not to
comply with a request for conversion of any Notes into shares of
Company Common Stock that is tendered for conversion in accordance
with the provisions of the Notes;
(v) [Reserved]
(vi) at any time following the tenth
(10 th ) Business Day after the Authorized
Share Failure Stockholder Meeting Deadline that the Holder’s
Authorized Share Allocation is less than the number of shares of
Company Common Stock that the Holder would be entitled to receive
upon a conversion of the full Conversion Amount of this Note
(without regard to any limitations on conversion set forth in
Section 3(d) or otherwise);
(vii) the Company’s failure to
pay to the Holder any amount of Principal, Interest, or other
amounts when and as due under this Note (including, without
limitation, the Company’s failure to pay any redemption
payments or amounts hereunder), or any other Transaction Document
or any other agreement, document, certificate or other instrument
delivered in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby
and thereby to which the Holder is a party, except, in the case of
a failure to pay Interest when and as due, in which case only if
such failure continues for a period of at least five (5) Business
Days;
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(viii) any default under, redemption
of or acceleration prior to maturity of any Indebtedness (as
defined in Section 3(r) of the Securities Purchase Agreement) of
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (as defined in Section 3(a)
of the Securities Purchase Agreement) aggregating in excess of
$500,000 other than with respect to any Other Notes;
(ix) the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries pursuant to or within the meaning of Title 11, U.S.
Code, or any similar Federal, foreign or state law for the relief
of debtors (collectively, “Bankruptcy Law” ),
(A) commences a voluntary case, (B) consents to the entry of an
order for relief against it in an involuntary case, (C) consents to
the appointment of a receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator or
similar official (a “Custodian” ), (D) makes a
general assignment for the benefit of its creditors or (E) admits
in writing that it is generally unable to pay its debts as they
become due;
(x) a court of competent
jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law
that (A) is for relief against the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries in an involuntary case, (B) appoints a Custodian of
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or (C) orders the
liquidation of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
(xi) a final judgment or judgments
for the payment of money aggregating in excess of $500,000 are
rendered against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and which
judgments are not, within sixty (60) days after the entry thereof,
bonded, discharged or stayed pending appeal, or are not discharged
within sixty (60) days after the expiration of such stay; provided,
however, that any judgment which is covered by insurance or an
indemnity from a credit worthy party shall not be included in
calculating the $500,000 amount set forth above so long as the
Company provides the Holder a written statement from such insurer
or indemnity provider (which written statement shall be reasonably
satisfactory to the Holder) to the effect that such judgment is
covered by insurance or an indemnity and the Company will receive
the proceeds of such insurance or indemnity within thirty (30) days
of the issuance of such judgment;
(xii) the Company breaches any
representation, warranty, covenant or other term or condition of
any Transaction Document, except (A) to the extent that such breach
would not have a Material Adverse Effect (as defined in Section
3(a) of the Securities Purchase Agreement) and (B) in the case of a
breach of a covenant or term or condition of any Transaction
Document which is curable, only if such breach continues for a
period of at least ten (10) consecutive Business Days;
(xiii) any breach or failure in any
respect to comply with either of Sections 10 or 17 of this Note;
or
(xiv) any Event of Default (as
defined in the Other Notes) occurs with respect to any Other
Notes.
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(b) Redemption Right .
Promptly after the occurrence of an Event of Default with respect
to this Note or any Other Note, the Company shall deliver written
notice thereof via facsimile and overnight courier (an
“Event of Default Notice” ) to the Holder. At
any time after the earlier of the Holder’s receipt of an
Event of Default Notice and the Holder becoming aware of an Event
of Default and prior to 90 days after written notice from the
Company to the Holder that such Event of Default is cured (which
written notice shall provide reasonably satisfactory evidence that
such Event of Default has actually been cured), the Holder may
require the Company to redeem all or any portion of this Note by
delivering written notice thereof (the “Event of Default
Redemption Notice” ) to the Company, which Event of
Default Redemption Notice shall indicate the portion of this Note
that the Holder is electing to redeem. Each portion of this Note
subject to redemption by the Company pursuant to this Section 5(b)
shall be redeemed by the Company at a price equal to the greater of
(i) the product of (x) the Conversion Amount to be redeemed and (y)
the Redemption Premium and (ii) the product of (A) the Conversion
Rate with respect to such Conversion Amount in effect at such time
as the Holder delivers an Event of Default Redemption Notice and
(B) the Closing Sale Price of the Company Common Stock on the date
immediately preceding such Event of Default (the “Event of
Default Redemption Price” ). Redemptions required by this
Section 5(b) shall be made in accordance with the provisions of
Section 14. In the event of a partial redemption of this Note
pursuant hereto, the principal amount redeemed shall be deducted
from the Installment Amounts relating to the Installment Dates as
set forth in the Event of Default Redemption Notice.
(6) RIGHTS UPON FUNDAMENTAL
TRANSACTION AND CHANGE OF CONTROL .
(a) Assumption . The Company
shall not enter into or be party to a Fundamental Transaction
unless (i) the Successor Entity assumes in writing all of the
obligations of the Company under this Note and the other
Transaction Documents in accordance with the provisions of this
Section 6(a) pursuant to written agreements in form and substance
satisfactory to the Required Holders and approved by the Required
Holders (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed)
prior to such Fundamental Transaction, including agreements to
deliver to each holder of Notes in exchange for such Notes a
security of the Successor Entity evidenced by a written instrument
substantially similar in form and substance to the Notes,
including, without limitation, having a principal amount and
interest rate equal to the principal amounts and the interest rates
of the Notes held by such holder and having similar ranking to the
Notes, and satisfactory to the Required Holders (any such approval
not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) and (ii) the Successor
Entity (including its Parent Entity) is a publicly traded
corporation whose common stock is quoted on or listed for trading
on an Eligible Market. Upon the occurrence of any Fundamental
Transaction, the Successor Entity shall succeed to, and be
substituted for (so that from and after the date of such
Fundamental Transaction, the provisions of this Note referring to
the “Company” shall refer instead to the Successor
Entity), and may exercise every right and power of the Company and
shall assume all of the obligations of the Company under this Note
with the same effect as if such Successor Entity had been named as
the Company herein. Upon consummation of the Fundamental
Transaction, the Successor Entity shall deliver to the Holder
confirmation that there shall be issued upon conversion or
redemption of this Note at any time after the consummation of the
Fundamental Transaction, in lieu of the shares of the Company
Common Stock (or other
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securities, cash, assets or other property)
purchasable upon the conversion or redemption of the Notes prior to
such Fundamental Transaction, such shares of stock, securities,
cash, assets or any other property whatsoever (including warrants
or other purchase or subscription rights) which the Holder would
have been entitled to receive upon the happening of such
Fundamental Transaction had this Note been converted immediately
prior to such Fundamental Transaction, as adjusted in accordance
with the provisions of this Note. The provisions of this Section
shall apply similarly and equally to successive Fundamental
Transactions and shall be applied without regard to any limitations
on the conversion or redemption of this Note.
(b) Holder Redemption Right .
No sooner than fifteen (15) days nor later than ten (10) days prior
to the consummation of a Change of Control, but not prior to the
public announcement of such Change of Control, the Company shall
deliver written notice thereof via facsimile and overnight courier
to the Holder (a “ Change of Control Notice ”).
At any time during the period beginning after the Holder’s
receipt of a Change of Control Notice and ending on the date of the
consummation of such Change of Control (or, in the event a Change
of Control Notice is not delivered at least ten (10) days prior to
a Change of Control, at any time on or after the date which is ten
(10) days prior to a Change of Control and ending ten (10) days
after the consummation of such Change of Control), the Holder may
require the Company to redeem all or any portion of this Note by
delivering written notice thereof (“ Holder Change of
Control Redemption Notice ”) to the Company, which Holder
Change of Control Redemption Notice shall indicate the Conversion
Amount the Holder is electing to redeem. The portion of this Note
subject to redemption pursuant to this Section 6 shall be redeemed
by the Company at a price equal to the greater of (i) the product
of (x) the Conversion Amount being redeemed and (y) the quotient
determined by dividing (A) the Closing Sale Price of the Company
Common Stock immediately following the public announcement of such
proposed Change of Control by (B) the Conversion Price and (ii)
125% of the Conversion Amount being redeemed (the “ Holder
Change of Control Redemption Price ”). Redemptions
required by this Section 6(b) shall be made in accordance with the
provisions of Section 14 and shall have priority to payments to
stockholders in connection with a Change of Control.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 6(b), but
subject to Sections 3(d), until the Holder Change of Control
Redemption Price (together with any interest thereon) is paid in
full, the Conversion Amount submitted for redemption under this
Section 6(b) (together with any interest thereon) may be converted,
in whole or in part, by the Holder into Company Common Stock
pursuant to Section 3. In the event of a partial redemption of this
Note pursuant hereto, the principal amount redeemed shall be
deducted from the Installment Amounts relating to the Installment
Dates as set forth in the Holder Change of Control Redemption
Notice.
(7) RIGHTS UPON ISSUANCE OF
PURCHASE RIGHTS AND OTHER CORPORATE EVENTS .
(a) Company Purchase Rights .
If at any time the Company grants, issues or sells any Options,
Convertible Securities or rights to purchase stock, warrants,
securities or other property pro rata to the record holders of any
class of Company Common Stock (the “Company Purchase
Rights” ), then the Holder will be entitled to acquire,
upon the terms applicable to such Company Purchase Rights, the
aggregate Company Purchase Rights which the Holder could have
acquired if the Holder had held the number of shares of
Company
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Common Stock acquirable upon complete conversion
of this Note (without taking into account any limitations or
restrictions on the convertibility of this Note other than the
Exchange Cap; provided, however that if the effect of the Exchange
Cap would be to limit the rights of the Holders compared to what it
would have received in the absence of the Exchange Cap, the Company
shall not grant, issue or sell any such Company Purchase Rights
unless it obtains the approval of its stockholders of the issuance
to the Holder of shares of Company Common Stock under the
Transaction Documents as required by the applicable rules of the
Nasdaq Stock Market) immediately before the date on which a record
is taken for the grant, issuance or sale of such Company Purchase
Rights, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the
record holders of Company Common Stock are to be determined for the
grant, issue or sale of such Company Purchase Rights.
(b) Other Corporate Events .
In addition to and not in substitution for any other rights
hereunder, prior to the consummation of any Fundamental Transaction
pursuant to which holders of shares of Company Common Stock are
entitled to receive securities or other assets with respect to or
in exchange for shares of Company Common Stock (a
“Corporate Event” ), the Company shall make
appropriate provision to insure that the Holder will thereafter
have the right to receive upon a conversion of this Note, (i) in
addition to the shares of Company Common Stock receivable upon such
conversion, such securities or other assets to which the Holder
would have been entitled with respect to such shares of Company
Common Stock had such shares of Company Common Stock been held by
the Holder upon the consummation of such Corporate Event (without
taking into account any limitations or restrictions on the
convertibility of this Note other than the Exchange Cap; provided,
however that if the effect of the Exchange Cap would be to limit
the rights of the Holders compared to what it would have received
in the absence of the Exchange Cap, the Company shall not shall not
permit the occurrence of such Corporate Event unless it obtains the
approval of its stockholders of the issuance to the Holder of
shares of Company Common Stock under the Transaction Documents as
required by the applicable rules of the Nasdaq Stock Market) or
(ii) in lieu of the shares of Company Common Stock otherwise
receivable upon such conversion, such securities or other assets
received by the holders of shares of Company Common Stock in
connection with the consummation of such Corporate Event in such
amounts as the Holder would have been entitled to receive had this
Note initially been issued with conversion rights for the form of
such consideration (as opposed to shares of Company Common Stock)
at a conversion rate for such consideration commensurate with the
Conversion Rate. Provision made pursuant to the preceding sentence
shall be in a form and substance satisfactory to the Required
Holders. The provisions of this Section shall apply similarly and
equally to successive Corporate Events and shall be applied without
regard to any limitations on the conversion or redemption of this
Note other than the Exchange Cap; provided, however that if the
effect of the Exchange Cap would be to limit the rights of the
Holders compared to what it would have received in the absence of
the Exchange Cap, the Company shall not shall not permit the
occurrence of any such Corporate Events unless it obtains the
approval of its stockholders of the issuance to the Holder of
shares of Company Common Stock under the Transaction Documents as
required by the applicable rules of the Nasdaq Stock
Market.
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(8) RIGHTS UPON ISSUANCE OF OTHER
SECURITIES .
(a) Adjustment of Fixed
Conversion Price upon Issuance of Company Common Stock . If and
whenever on or after the Subscription Date and prior to the
Effective Date (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement),
the Company issues or sells, or in accordance with this Section
8(a) is deemed to have issued or sold, any shares of Company Common
Stock (including the issuance or sale of shares of Company Common
Stock owned or held by or for the account of the Company, but
excluding shares of Company Common Stock comprising Excluded
Securities) for a consideration per share (the “ New
Issuance Price ”) less than a price (the “
Applicable Price ”) equal to the Fixed Conversion
Price in effect immediately prior to such issue or sale or deemed
issuance or sale (the foregoing a “Dilutive
Issuance” ), then immediately after such Dilutive
Issuance, the Fixed Conversion Price then in effect shall be
reduced to an amount equal to the New Issuance Price. If and
whenever on or after the Effective Date, the Company issues or
sells, or in accordance with this Section 8(a) is deemed to have
issued or sold, any shares of Company Common Stock (including the
issuance or sale of shares of Company Common Stock owned or held by
or for the account of the Company, but excluding shares of Company
Common Stock deemed to have been issued or sold by the Company in
connection with any Excluded Security) for an Applicable Price less
than a price equal to the Fixed Conversion Price in effect
immediately prior to such issue or sale in a Dilutive Issuance,
then immediately after such Dilutive Issuance, the Fixed Conversion
Price then in effect shall be reduced to an amount equal to the
product of (A) the Fixed Conversion Price in effect immediately
prior to such Dilutive Issuance and (B) the quotient determined by
dividing (1) the sum of (I) the product derived by multiplying the
Fixed Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to such Dilutive
Issuance and the number of shares of Company Common Stock Deemed
Outstanding immediately prior to such Dilutive Issuance plus (II)
the consideration, if any, received by the Company upon such
Dilutive Issuance, by (2) the product derived by multiplying (I)
the Fixed Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to such
Dilutive Issuance by (II) the number of shares of Company Common
Stock Deemed Outstanding immediately after such Dilutive Issuance;
provided, however, that at the Company’s option, in lieu of
the adjustment of the Fixed Conversion Price in accordance with the
foregoing, the Company may grant additional security for this Note
in the form of cash collateral in accordance with Section 4(q) of
the Securities Purchase Agreement (the “ Designated
Proceeds ”). For purposes of determining the adjusted
Fixed Conversion Price under this Section 8(a), the following shall
be applicable:
(i) Issuance of Options . If
the Company in any manner grants or sells any Options and the
lowest price per share for which one share of Company Common Stock
is issuable upon the exercise of any such Option or upon conversion
or exchange or exercise of any Convertible Securities issuable upon
exercise of such Option is less than the Applicable Price, then
such share of Company Common Stock shall be deemed to be
outstanding and to have been issued and sold by the Company at the
time of the granting or sale of such Option for such price per
share. For purposes of this Section 8(a)(i), the “lowest
price per share for which one share of Company Common Stock is
issuable upon the exercise of any such Option or upon conversion or
exchange or exercise of any Convertible Securities issuable upon
exercise of such Option” shall be equal to the sum of the
lowest amounts of consideration (if any) received or receivable by
the Company with respect to any one share of Company Common Stock
upon granting or sale of the
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Option, upon exercise of the Option
and upon conversion or exchange or exercise of any Convertible
Security issuable upon exercise of such Option. No further
adjustment of the Fixed Conversion Price shall be made upon the
actual issuance of such Company Common Stock or of such Convertible
Securities upon the exercise of such Options or upon the actual
issuance of such Company Common Stock upon conversion or exchange
or exercise of such Convertible Securities.
(ii) Issuance of Convertible
Securities . If the Company in any manner issues or sells any
Convertible Securities and the lowest price per share for which one
share of Company Common Stock is issuable upon such conversion or
exchange or exercise thereof is less than the Applicable Price,
then such share of Company Common Stock shall be deemed to be
outstanding and to have been issued and sold by the Company at the
time of the issuance of sale of such Convertible Securities for
such price per share. For the purposes of this Section 8(a)(ii),
the “price per share for which one share of Company Common
Stock is issuable upon such conversion or exchange or
exercise” shall be equal to the sum of the lowest amounts of
consideration (if any) received or receivable by the C