EXHIBIT
10.04
THIS NOTE AND
THE COMMON SHARES ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION OF THIS NOTE HAVE NOT
BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR
ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS. 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 AND ANY APPLICABLE STATE
SECURITIES LAWS OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO
ELINEAR, INC. THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED.
AMENDED AND
RESTATED
SECURED CONVERTIBLE TERM
NOTE
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, ELINEAR, INC., a Delaware
corporation (the “ Borrower ”), hereby
promises to pay to (the “ Holder ”) or
its registered assigns or successors in interest, on order, the sum
of [______________], together with any accrued and unpaid interest
hereon, on February 1, 2008 (the “ Maturity
Date ”) if not sooner paid. The [______________] of
the original principal amount of this Note is subject to
amortization payments under section 1.2 hereof and is hereinafter
referred to as the “ Amortizing Principal
Amount. ”
This Amended and Restated Secured Convertible
Term Note amends and restates in its entirety that certain Secured
Convertible Term Note in the original principal amount of
$5,000,000 issued by the Company in favor of Holder on February 28,
2005.
Capitalized terms used herein without definition
shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in that certain
Securities Purchase Agreement dated as of the date hereof between
the Borrower and the Holder (the “ Purchase
Agreement ”).
The following terms shall apply to this
Note:
ARTICLE
I
INTEREST &
AMORTIZATION
1.1 (a) Interest Rate . Subject to Sections 1.1(b), 4.12 and 5.6
hereof, interest payable on this Note shall accrue at a rate per
annum (the “Interest Rate”) equal to the “prime
rate” published in The Wall Street Journal from time
to time, plus seventy five basis points (75 bp). The prime rate
shall be increased or decreased as the case may be for each
increase or decrease in the prime rate in an amount equal to such
increase or decrease in the prime rate; each change to be effective
as of the day of the change in such rate. Subject to Section 1.1(b)
hereof, the Interest Rate shall not be less than five and one half
percent (5.50%). Interest shall be calculated on the basis of a 360
day year. Interest on the Amortizing Principal Amount shall be
payable monthly, in arrears, commencing on April 1, 2005 and on the
first day of each consecutive calendar month thereafter (each, a
“ Repayment Date ”) and on the
Maturity Date, whether by acceleration or otherwise.
(b) Interest Rate Adjustment . The Interest Rate shall be subject to
adjustment on the last business day of each month hereafter until
the Maturity Date (each a “ Determination
Date ”). If on any Determination Date (i) the
Borrower shall have registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the “ Securities Act ”), the
shares of Common Stock underlying the conversion of this Note and
the exercise of the Warrant issued on a registration statement (the
“ Registration Statement ” (as more
fully described in the Registration Rights Agreement)) declared
effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “
SEC ”), and (ii) the market price (the
“Market Price”) of the Common Stock as reported by
Bloomberg, L.P. on the Principal Market (as defined below) for the
five (5) consecutive trading days immediately preceding such
Determination Date exceeds the then applicable Fixed Conversion
Price by at least twenty five percent (25%), the Interest Rate for
the succeeding calendar month shall automatically be reduced by 200
basis points (200 b.p.) (2.0.%) for each incremental twenty five
percent (25%) increase in the Market Price of the Common Stock
above the then applicable Fixed Conversion Price. Notwithstanding
the foregoing (and anything to the contrary contained in herein),
in no event shall the Interest Rate be less than zero percent (0%).
1.2 Minimum Monthly Principal Payments
. Borrower shall make monthly
payments on the Repayment Date for the outstanding principal of the
Amortized Principal Amount beginning on August 1, 2005 and
recurring on each succeeding Repayment Date thereafter until the
Amortizing Principal Amount has been repaid in full, whether by the
payment of cash or by the conversion of such principal into Common
Stock pursuant to the terms hereof. Subject to Section 2.1 and
Article 3 below, beginning on August 1, 2005 on each Repayment
Date, the Borrower shall make payments to the Holder in the amount
of $[__________] (the “ Monthly Principal
Amount ”), together with any accrued and unpaid
interest then due on such portion of the Amortizing Principal
Amount plus any and all other amounts which are then owing under
this Note that have not been paid (the Monthly Principal Amount,
together with such accrued and unpaid interest and such other
amounts, collectively, the “ Monthly
Amount” ). Any Principal Amount that remains
outstanding on the Maturity Date shall be due and payable on the
Maturity Date.
ARTICLE
II
CONVERSION
REPAYMENT
2.1 (a) Payment of Monthly Amount in Cash or Common
Stock . If the Monthly
Amount (or a portion thereof of such Monthly Amount if such portion
of the Monthly Amount would have been converted into shares of
Common Stock but for Section 3.2) shall be paid in cash pursuant to
Section 2.1(b) or 2.1(c), then the Borrower shall pay the Holder an
amount equal to One Hundred one percent (101%) of the principal
amount of the Monthly Amount then due and owing to
the Holder in cash, within three (3) days of the
Repayment Date (excluding such portion thereof of such Monthly
Amount that would have been converted into shares of Common Stock
but for Section 3.2 ). If the Monthly Amount (or a portion of such
Monthly Amount if not all of the Monthly Amount is converted into
shares of Common Stock pursuant to Section 3.2) is to be paid in
shares of Common Stock pursuant to Section 2.1(b), the number of
such shares to be issued by the Borrower to the Holder on such
Repayment Date (in respect of such portion of the Monthly Amount
converted into in shares of Common Stock pursuant to Section
2.1(b)), shall be the number determined by dividing (x) the portion
of the Monthly Amount converted into shares of Common Stock, by (y)
the then applicable Fixed Conversion Price. For purposes hereof,
the initial “ Fixed Conversion Price ”
means $1.00, subject to Section 3.5 of this Agreement, shall at no
time be less than $1.00. The Fixed Conversion Price shall be reset
to the closing price of the common stock on each date upon which an
aggregate of $500,000 of conversions are made (singularly or in the
aggregate) pursuant to the terms hereof (the “Reset”).
For the purposes of the preceding sentence, if a conversion amount
exceeds the applicable $500,000 threshold, triggering a Reset, such
conversion amount (not to exceed $50,000) shall be converted at
such Fixed Conversion Price then in effect.
(b) Monthly Amount Conversion Guidelines
. Subject to Sections 2.1(a), and
2.2 hereof, the Holder shall convert into shares of Common Stock
all or a portion of the Monthly Amount due on each Repayment Date
according to the following guidelines (collectively, the
“Conversion Criteria” ): (i) the
average closing price of the Common Stock as reported by Bloomberg,
L.P. on the Principal Market for the five (5) consecutive trading
days immediately preceding such Redemption Date shall be greater
than or equal to 110% of the Fixed Conversion Price and (ii) the
amount of such conversion does not exceed 10.42% of the aggregate
dollar trading volume of the Common Stock for the twenty two (22)
trading days immediately preceding the applicable Repayment Date.
If the Conversion Criteria are not met, the Holder shall convert
only such part of the Monthly Amount that meets the Conversion
Criteria.
(c) Borrower’s right to convert the Monthly
Amount if Conversion Criteria is not met . Subject to Sections 2.1 and 2.2 hereof, if the
Borrower is required to pay cash pursuant to Section 2.1(b) hereof
because the average closing price of the Common Stock on the
Principal Market is less than one hundred ten percent (110%) of the
Fixed Conversion Price for the five (5) trading days immediately
preceding a Repayment Date, then the Borrower may elect to provide
the Holder with a notice (the “ Repayment
Notice ”) requiring the conversion of the Monthly
Amount (together with accrued and unpaid interest and applicable
fees) at a conversion price equal to eighty five percent (85%) of
the average of the five (5) lowest closing prices of the Common
Stock during the twenty two (22) trading days immediately prior to
the date of the Repayment Notice, provided, however, that such
conversion of the Monthly Amount does not exceed 10.42% of the
aggregate dollar trading volume of the Common Stock for the twenty
two (22) trading days immediately preceding delivery of a Repayment
Notice. In no event shall Borrower convert pursuant to this Section
2.1(c) if the conversion price for the purposes of this Section
2.1(c) is less than $1.00. If the Monthly Amount (or a portion of
such Monthly Amount if not all of the Monthly Amount is converted
into shares of Common Stock pursuant to Section 3.2) is to be paid
in shares of Common Stock pursuant to Section 2.1(c), the number of
such shares to be issued by the Borrower to the Holder on such
Repayment Date (in respect of such portion of the Monthly Amount
converted into in shares of Common Stock pursuant to Section
2.1(c)), shall be the number determined by dividing (x) the portion
of the Monthly Amount converted into shares of Common Stock, by (y)
the eighty five (85%) of the average of the five (5) lowest closing
prices of the Common Stock during the twenty two (22) trading days
immediately prior to the date of the Repayment Notice.
(d) Application of Conversion
Amounts . Any amounts
converted by the Holder pursuant to Section 2.1 (a), (b), or (c)
shall be deemed to constitute payments of, or applied against, (i)
first, outstanding fees, (ii) second, accrued interest on the
Amortizing Principal Amount, and (iii), the Amortizing Principal
Amount.
2.2 No Effective Registration
. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary herein, no amount payable hereunder may be converted into
Common Stock unless (a) either (i) an effective current
Registration Statement exists, or (ii) an exemption from
registration of the Common Stock is available pursuant to Rule 144
of the Securities Act, and (b) no Event of Default hereunder exists
and is continuing, unless such Event of Default is cured within any
applicable cure period or is otherwise waived in writing by the
Holder in whole or in part at the Holder’s option.
2.3 Optional Redemption of Amortizing Principal
Amount . The Borrower
will have the option of prepaying the outstanding Amortizing
Principal Amount (“ Optional Amortizing
Redemption ”), in whole or in part, by paying to the
Holder a sum of money equal to one hundred fifteen percent (115%)
of the Amortizing Principal Amount to be redeemed, together with
accrued but unpaid interest thereon and any and all other sums due,
accrued or payable to the Holder arising under this Note, the
Purchase Agreement or any Related Agreement (the “
Amortizing Redemption Amount ”) on the
Amortizing Redemption Payment Date (as defined below). The Borrower
shall deliver to the Holder a notice of redemption (the “
Notice of Amortizing Redemption ”)
specifying the date for such Optional Amortizing Redemption (the
“ Amortizing Redemption Payment Date
”), which date shall be not less than seven (7) business days
after the date of the Notice of Amortizing Redemption (the “
Redemption Period ”). A Notice of Amortizing
Redemption shall not be effective with respect to any portion of
the Amortizing Principal Amount for which the Holder has a pending
election to convert pursuant to Section 3.1 or for conversions
initiated or made by the Holder pursuant to Section 3.1 during the
Redemption Period. The Amortizing Redemption Amount shall be
determined as if such Holder’s conversion elections had been
completed immediately prior to the date of the Notice of Amortizing
Redemption. On the Amortizing Redemption Payment Date, the
Amortizing Redemption Amount shall be paid in good funds to the
Holder. In the event the Borrower fails to pay the Amortizing
Redemption Amount on the Amortizing Redemption Payment Date as set
forth herein, then such Notice of Amortizing Redemption will be
null and void.
ARTICLE
III
CONVERSION
RIGHTS
3.1. Holder’s Conversion Rights
. Subject to Section 2.2, the Holder
shall have the right, but not the obligation, to convert all or any
portion of the then aggregate outstanding Amortizing Principal
Amount of this Note, together with interest and fees due hereon, at
the Fixed Conversion Price, as adjusted, into shares of Common
Stock, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this
Article III. The Holder may exercise such right by delivery to the
Borrower of a written Notice of Conversion pursuant to Section 3.3.
The shares of Common Stock to be issued upon such conversion are
herein referred to as the “ Conversion
Shares .”
3.2 Conversion Limitation . Notwithstanding anything contained herein to
the contrary, the Holder shall not be entitled to convert pursuant
to the terms of the Note an amount that would be convertible into
that number of shares of Common Stock which, when added to the
number of shares of Common Stock otherwise beneficially owned by
such Holder including those issuable upon exercise of warrants held
by such Holder would exceed 4.99% of the outstanding shares of
Common Stock of the Borrower at the time of conversion. For the
purposes of the immediately preceding sentence, beneficial
ownership shall be determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of
the Exchange Act and Regulation 13d-3 thereun
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