BLUE HOLDINGS, INC. AMENDED AND RESTATED 8% SENIOR SECURED CONVERTIBLE NOTE

THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED 8% SENIOR SECURED CONVERTIBLE NOTE AMENDS AND RESTATES THE 8% SENIOR SECURED CONVERTIBLE NOTE ORIGINALLY ISSUED PURSUANT TO THE SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF MARCH 5, 2008, BY AND BETWEEN BLUE HOLDINGS, INC., A NEVADA CORPORATION, AND THE PURCHASER NAMED THEREIN.

NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THIS SECURITY IS CONVERTIBLE HAVE BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THIS SECURITY AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION OF THIS SECURITY MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER LOAN SECURED BY SUCH SECURITIES.

Original Issue Date: March 5, 2008

Original Conversion Price (subject to adjustment herein): $0.40

THIS NOTE is one of a series of duly authorized and validly issued 8% Senior Secured Convertible Notes of Blue Holdings, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “ Company ”), having its principal place of business at 4901 Zambrano Street, Commerce, California 90040, designated as its 8% Senior Secured Convertible Notes (this Note, the “ Note ” and, collectively with the other Notes of such series, the “ Notes ”).

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the Company promises to pay to GEMINI MASTER FUND, LTD. or its registered assigns (the “ Holder ”), or shall have paid pursuant to the terms hereunder, the principal sum of $2,500,000 on September 1, 2010 (the “ Maturity Date ”) or such earlier date as this Note is required or permitted to be repaid as provided hereunder, or such later date as may be permitted by the Holder as set forth in Section 2 hereof, and to pay interest to the Holder on the aggregate unconverted and then outstanding principal amount of this Note in accordance with the provisions hereof.

The Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ obligations under this Note and the other Transaction Documents are secured by the Collateral (as defined in the Security Agreement, including without limitation all Intellectual Property Rights) pursuant to the terms of the Security Documents and the obligations under this Note are guaranteed by the Company’s Subsidiaries pursuant to the Subsidiary Guarantee.

This Note is subject to the following additional provisions:

Section 1 .   Definitions . For the purposes hereof, in addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Note (a) capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Purchase Agreement and (b) the following terms shall have the following meanings:

“ Alternate Consideration ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(e).

“ Amendment ” means that certain Amendment Agreement, dated as of July 30, 2008, amending this Note (among other things).

“ Bankruptcy Event ” means any of the following events: (a) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary (as such term is defined in Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X) thereof commences a case or other proceeding under any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment of debt, relief of debtors, dissolution, insolvency or liquidation or similar law of any jurisdiction relating to the Company or any Significant Subsidiary thereof; (b) there is commenced against the Company or any Significant Subsidiary thereof any such case or proceeding that is not dismissed within 60 days after commencement; (c) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary thereof is adjudicated insolvent or bankrupt or any order of relief or other order approving any such case or proceeding is entered; (d) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary thereof suffers any appointment of any custodian or the like for it or any substantial part of its property that is not discharged or stayed within 60 calendar days after such appointment; (e) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary thereof makes a general assignment for the benefit of creditors; (f) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary thereof calls a meeting of its creditors with a view to arranging a composition, adjustment or restructuring of its debts; or (g) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary thereof, by any act or failure to act, expressly indicates its consent to, approval of or acquiescence in any of the foregoing or takes any corporate or other action for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing.

“ Base Conversion Price ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(b).

“ Business Day ” means any day except any Saturday, any Sunday, any day which shall be a federal legal holiday in the United States or any day on which banking institutions in the State of New York are authorized or required by law or other governmental action to close.

“ Buy-In ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(d)(v).

“ Change of Control Transaction ” means the occurrence after the date hereof of any of (i) an acquisition after the date hereof by an individual or legal entity or “group” (as described in Rule 13d-5(b)(1) promulgated under the Exchange Act) of effective control (whether through legal or beneficial ownership of capital stock of the Company, by contract or otherwise) of in excess of 33% of the voting securities of the Company (other than by means of conversion or exercise of the Notes and the Securities issued together with the Notes) (for clarification, retention of the current ownership by Paul Guez shall not be deemed a Change of Control Transaction), or (ii) the Company merges into or consolidates with any other Person, or any Person merges into or consolidates with the Company and, after giving effect to such transaction, the stockholders of the Company immediately prior to such transaction own less than 66% of the aggregate voting power of the Company or the successor entity of such transaction, or (iii) the Company sells or transfers all or substantially all of its assets to another Person and the stockholders of the Company immediately prior to such transaction own less than 66% of the aggregate voting power of the acquiring entity immediately after the transaction, or (iv) a replacement at one time or within a three year period of more than one-half of the members of the Company’s board of directors which is not approved by a majority of those individuals who are members of the board of directors on the date hereof (or by those individuals who are serving as members of the board of directors on any date whose nomination to the board of directors was approved by a majority of the members of the board of directors who are members on the date hereof), or (v) the execution by the Company of an agreement to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound, providing for any of the events set forth in clauses (i) through (iv) above.

“ Conversion Date ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(a).

“ Conversion Price ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(b).

“ Conversion Shares ” means, collectively, the shares of Common Stock issued or issuable upon conversion or redemption of this Note in accordance with the terms hereof, including without limitation shares of Common Stock issued or issuable as interest hereunder or as damages under the Transaction Documents.

“ Note Register ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(c).

“ Dilutive Issuance ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(b).

“ Dilutive Issuance Notice ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(b).

“ Equity Conditions ” means, during the period in question, (i) the Company shall have duly honored all conversions and redemptions scheduled to occur or occurring by virtue of one or more Notices of Conversion of the Holder, if any, (ii) the Company shall have paid all liquidated damages and other amounts owing to the Holder in respect of this Note, (iii) all of the shares of Common Stock issued or issuable pursuant to the Transaction Documents may be sold by the Holder pursuant to either (a) Section (b)(1)(i) of Rule 144 and the Company has been subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act for the then preceding 90 days and has filed all reports required to be filed thereunder during the then preceding 12 months (or such shorter period that the Company was required to file such reports) or (b) an effective Registration Statement (and the Company believes, in good faith, that such effectiveness will continue uninterrupted for the foreseeable future), (iv) the Common Stock is trading on a Trading Market and all of the shares issuable pursuant to the Transaction Documents are listed or quoted for trading on such Trading Market (and the Company believes, in good faith, that trading of the Common Stock on a Trading Market will continue uninterrupted for the foreseeable future), (v) there is a sufficient number of authorized but unissued and otherwise unreserved shares of Common Stock for the issuance of all of the shares issuable pursuant to the Transaction Documents, (vi) there is no existing Event of Default or no existing event which, with the passage of time or the giving of notice, would constitute an Event of Default, (vii) the issuance of the shares in question (or, in the case of an Optional or Monthly Redemption, the shares issuable upon conversion in full of the Optional or Monthly Redemption Amount) to the Holder would not violate the limitations set forth in Section 4(c) below, (viii) there has been no public announcement of a pending or proposed Fundamental Transaction or Change of Control Transaction that has not been consummated, (ix) the Holder is not in possession of any information provided by the Company that constitutes, or may constitute, material non-public information, and (x) the closing bid price per share of Common Stock on the Trading Market for each of the ten (10) Trading Days immediately preceding the applicable date in question shall be greater than $0.30.

“ Event of Default ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.

“ Factor Indebtedness ” means indebtedness to the Company’s factor which has provided or is providing factoring financing secured by, or pursuant to the sale of, accounts receivable and inventory of the Company or its subsidiaries.

   “ Forced Conversion ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(d).

“ Forced Conversion Date ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(d).

“ Forced Conversion Notice ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(d).

“ Forced Conversion Notice Date ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(d).

“ Fundamental Transaction ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(e).

“ Guez Note ” means that certain 8% Senior Convertible Note issued or to be issued by the Company to Paul Guez in the principal amount of $1,618,093.15.

“ Late Fees ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(d).

“ Mandatory Default Amount ” means the sum of (i) the greater of (A) 125% of the outstanding principal amount of this Note, plus 100% of accrued and unpaid interest hereon, or (B) the outstanding principal amount of this Note, plus all accrued and unpaid interest hereon, divided by the lesser of the Conversion Price and the Market Redemption Price on the date the Mandatory Default Amount is either (a) demanded (if demand or notice is required to create an Event of Default) or otherwise due or (b) paid in full, whichever has a lower price, multiplied by the VWAP on the date the Mandatory Default Amount is either (x) demanded or otherwise due or (y) paid in full, whichever has a higher VWAP, and (ii) all other amounts, costs, expenses and liquidated damages due in respect of this Note.

“ Market Pricing Period ” means the 10 consecutive Trading Day period used in determining the Market Redemption Price.

“ Market Redemption Price ” means 85% of the average of the closing bid prices for the 10 consecutive Trading Days immediately preceding the date as of which the Market Redemption Price is being determined (subject to appropriate and equitable adjustment for any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination or other similar event affecting the Common Stock during such 10 Trading Day period).

“ Monthly Redemption ” means the redemption of this Note pursuant to Section 6(b) hereof.

“ Monthly Redemption Amount ” means, as to a Monthly Redemption, 1/24 ^th of the original principal amount of this Note (as modified by the Amendment), plus all accrued but unpaid interest, liquidated damages and any other amounts then owing to the Holder in respect of this Note.

“ Monthly Redemption Date ” means the first day of each calendar month, commencing on the first day of the first full calendar month occurring after the date which is six (6) months following the Original Issue Date on which this Note was issued, and terminating upon the full redemption of 100% of the principal amount of this Note.

“ Monthly Redemption Notice ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(b) hereof.

“ New York Courts ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9(d).

“ Notice of Conversion ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(a).

“ Optional Redemption ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(a).

“ Optional Redemption Amount ” means the sum of (i) 120% of the then outstanding principal amount of this Note, (ii) all accrued but unpaid interest thereon, and (iii) all liquidated damages and other amounts due in respect of this Note.

“ Optional Redemption Date ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(a).

“ Optional Redemption Notice ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(a).

“ Optional Redemption Notice Date ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(a).

“ Original Issue Date ” means the date of the first issuance of this Note, regardless of any transfers of this Note and regardless of the number of instruments which may be issued to evidence this Note.

“ Permitted Indebtedness ” means (a) the indebtedness evidenced by the Notes, (b) the Indebtedness existing on the initial Closing Date and set forth on Schedule 3.1(aa) attached to the Purchase Agreement, (c) lease obligations and purchase money indebtedness of up to $100,000, in the aggregate, incurred in connection with the acquisition of capital assets and lease obligations with respect to newly acquired or leased assets, (d) Factor Indebtedness, and (e) indebtedness that (i) is expressly subordinate to the Notes pursuant to a written subordination agreement with the Purchasers that is acceptable to each Purchaser in its sole and absolute discretion and (ii) matures at a date later than the Maturity Date.

“ Permitted Lien ” means the individual and collective reference to the following: (a) Liens for taxes, assessments and other governmental charges or levies not yet due or Liens for taxes, assessments and other governmental charges or levies being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings for which adequate reserves (in the good faith judgment of the management of the Company) have been established in accordance with GAAP; (b) Liens imposed by law which were incurred in the ordinary course of the Company’s business, such as carriers’, warehousemen’s and mechanics’ Liens, statutory landlords’ Liens, and other similar Liens arising in the ordinary course of the Company’s business, and which (x) do not individually or in the aggregate materially detract from the value of such property or assets or materially impair the use thereof in the operation of the business of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries or (y) are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, which proceedings have the effect of preventing for the foreseeable future the forfeiture or sale of the property or asset subject to such Lien; (c) Liens incurred in connection with Permitted Indebtedness under clauses (a), (b), (c) and (d) thereunder, provided that such Liens are not secured by assets of the Company or its Subsidiaries other than the assets so acquired, leased or factored against.

“ Purchase Agreement ” means the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of March 5, 2008, among the Company and the original Holders, as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with its terms.

“ Registration Statement ” means an effective registration statement under the Securities Act that registers the resale of all Conversion Shares of the Holder, names the Holder as a “selling stockholder” therein, and contains a current prospectus not subject to any blackout, suspension or stop order.

“ Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

“ Share Delivery Date ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(d).

“ Shareholder Approval ” shall have the meaning set forth in the Amendment.

“ Subsidiary ” shall have the meaning set forth in the Purchase Agreement.

“ Threshold Period ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(d).

“ Trading Day ” means a day on which the principal Trading Market is open for business.

“ Trading Market ” means the following markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: the American Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market, the New York Stock Exchange or the OTC Bulletin Board.

“ Transaction Documents ” shall have the meaning set forth in the Purchase Agreement.

“ VWAP ” means, for any date, the price determined by the first of the following clauses that applies: (a) if the Common Stock is then listed or quoted on a Trading Market, the daily volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on the Trading Market on which the Common Stock is then listed or quoted for trading as reported by Bloomberg L.P. (based on a Trading Day from 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) to 4:02 p.m. (New York City time)); (b)  if the OTC Bulletin Board is not a Trading Market, the volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on the OTC Bulletin Board; (c) if the Common Stock is not then quoted for trading on the OTC Bulletin Board and if prices for the Common Stock are then reported in the “Pink Sheets” published by Pink Sheets, LLC (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices), the most recent bid price per share of the Common Stock so reported; or (d) in all other cases, the fair market value of a share of Common Stock as determined by an independent appraiser selected in good faith by the Holder and reasonably acceptable to the Company.

Section 2 .   Interest; No Prepayment .

a)    Interest Rate . Interest shall accrue daily on the outstanding principal amount of this Note at a rate per annum equal to 8%.

b)    Payment of Interest . On each Monthly Redemption Date and on the Maturity Date, the Company shall pay to the Holder any accrued but unpaid interest hereunder on the aggregate unconverted and then outstanding principal amount of this Note, and on each Conversion Date and Optional Redemption Date the Company shall pay to the Holder any accrued but unpaid interest hereunder on that portion of the principal amount then being converted or redeemed, as the case may be. The amount of interest payable on each Monthly Redemption Date, Conversion Date, Maturity Date and Optional Redemption Date (“ Interest Amount ”) shall be added to and included in the principal amount being so converted or redeemed on such date.

c)    Interest Calculations . Interest shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year, consisting of twelve 30 calendar day periods, and shall accrue daily commencing on the Original Issue Date until payment in full of the outstanding principal, together with all accrued and unpaid interest, liquidated damages and other amounts which may become due hereunder, has been made. Interest hereunder will be paid to the Person in whose name this Note is registered on the records of the Company regarding registration and transfers of this Note (the “ Note Register ”). Except as otherwise provided herein, if at any time the Company pays interest partially in cash and partially in shares of Common Stock to the holders of the Notes, then such payment of cash shall be distributed ratably among the holders of the then-outstanding Notes based on their (or their predecessor’s) initial purchases of Notes pursuant to the Purchase Agreement.

d)    Late Fees . All overdue accrued and unpaid interest to be paid hereunder shall entail a late fee at an interest rate equal to the lesser of 20% per annum or the maximum rate permitted by applicable law (“ Late Fees ”) which shall accrue daily from the date such interest is due hereunder through and including the date of actual payment in full.

e)    No Prepayment . Except as otherwise set forth in this Note, the Company may not prepay any portion of the principal amount of this Note without the prior written consent of the Holder.

Section 3.   Registration of Transfers and Exchanges .

a)    Different Denominations . This Note is exchangeable for an equal aggregate principal amount of Notes of different authorized denominations, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same. No service charge will be payable for such exchange.

b)    Investment Representations . This Note has been issued subject to certain investment representations of the original Holder set forth in the Purchase Agreement and may be transferred or exchanged only in compliance with the Purchase Agreement and applicable federal and state securities laws and regulations.

c)    Reliance on Note Register . Prior to due presentment for transfer to the Company 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 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 is overdue, and neither the Company nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

Section 4.   Conversion .

a)    Voluntary Conversion . At any time after the Original Issue Date until this Note is no longer outstanding, this Note shall be convertible, in whole or in part, into shares of Common Stock at the option of the Holder, at any time and from time to time (subject to the conversion limitations set forth in Section 4(c) hereof). The Holder shall effect conversions by delivering to the Company a Notice of Conversion, the form of which is attached hereto as Annex A (a “ Notice of Conversion ”), specifying therein the principal amount of this Note to be converted and the future date (which may be the same date as the date such notice is deemed effective pursuant to Section 9(a)) on which such conversion shall be effected (such date, the “ Conversion Date ”). If no Conversion Date is specified in a Notice of Conversion, the Conversion Date shall be the date that such Notice of Conversion is deemed delivered hereunder. To effect conversions hereunder, the Holder shall not be required to physically surrender this Note to the Company unless the entire principal amount of this Note, plus all accrued and unpaid interest thereon, has been so converted. Conversions hereunder shall have the effect of lowering the outstanding principal amount of this Note in an amount equal to the applicable conversion. The Holder and the Company shall maintain records showing the principal amount(s) converted and the date of such conversion(s). In the event of any dispute or discrepancy, the records of the Holder shall be controlling and determinative in the absence of manifest error. The Holder, and any assignee by acceptance of this Note, acknowledge and agree that, by reason of the provisions of this paragraph, following conversion of a portion of this Note, the unpaid and unconverted principal amount of this Note may be less than the amount stated on the face hereof.

b)    Conversion Price . The conversion price shall be equal to $0.40,   subject to adjustment herein (the “ Conversion Price ”).

c)    Conversion Limitations .

i.    Issuance Limitations . Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if the Company has not obtained Shareholder Approval, then the Company may not issue, upon conversion of this Note or the issuance of shares of Common Stock for the payment of principal, interest or liquidated damages, a number of shares of Common Stock which, when aggregated with any shares of Common Stock issued on or after the Original Issue Date and prior to such Conversion Date (A) in connection with the conversion of any Notes issued pursuant to the Purchase Agreement or as payment of principal, interest or liquidated damages, (B) in connection with the exercise of any Warrants issued pursuant to the Purchase Agreement and (C) in connection with any warrants issued to any registered broker-dealer as a fee in connection with the issuance of the Securities pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, would exceed 19.99% of the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of the Purchase Agreement (subject to adjustment for forward and reverse stock splits, recapitalizations and the like) (such number of shares, the “ Issuable Maximum ”). Each Holder shall be entitled to a portion of the Issuable Maximum equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (x) the original principal amount of the Holder’s Note by (y) the aggregate original principal amount of all Notes issued to all Holders under the Purchase Agreement. In addition, each Holder may allocate its pro-rata portion of the Issuable Maximum among Notes and Warrants held by it in its sole discretion. Such portion shall be adjusted upward ratably in the event a Holder no longer holds any Notes or Warrants and the amount of shares issued to the Holder pursuant to the Holder’s Notes and Warrants was less than the Holder’s pro-rata share of the Issuable Maximum. In determining the issuance limitation contained in this paragraph in connection with any conversions or redemptions pursuant to Section 6 below, the number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of all the Warrants (and shares of Common Stock underlying any warrants issued to any registered broker-dealer as a fee in connection with the issuance of the Securities pursuant to the Purchase Agreement) shall be applied first against the Issuable Maximum (and shall be deemed to have been issued for such purposes).

ii.    Holder’s Restriction on Conversion . The Company shall not effect any conversion of this Note, and a Holder shall not have the right to convert any portion of this Note, to the extent that after giving effect to the conversion set forth on the applicable Notice of Conversion, the Holder (together with the Holder’s Affiliates, and any other person or entity acting as a group together with the Holder or any of the Holder’s Affiliates) would beneficially own in excess of the Beneficial Ownership Limitation (as defined below).  For purposes of the foregoing sentence, the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the Holder and its Affiliates shall include the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of this Note with respect to which such determination is being made, but shall exclude the number of shares of Common Stock which are issuable upon (A) conversion of the remaining, unconverted principal amount of this Note beneficially owned by the Holder or any of its Affiliates and (B) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or unconverted portion of any other securities of the Company subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained herein (including, without limitation, any other Notes or the Warrants) beneficially owned by the Holder or any of its Affiliates.  Except as set forth in the preceding sentence, for purposes of this Section 4(c), beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. To the extent that the limitation contained in this paragraph applies, the determination of whether this Note is convertible (in relation to other securities owned by the Holder together with any Affiliates) and of which principal amount of this Note is convertible shall be in the sole discretion of the Holder, and the submission of a Notice of Conversion shall be deemed to be the Holder’s determination of whether this Note may be converted (in relation to other securities owned by the Holder together with any Affiliates) and which principal amount of this Note is convertible, in each case subject to the Beneficial Ownership Limitation. To ensure compliance with this restriction, the Holder will be deemed to represent to the Company each time it delivers a Notice of Conversion that such Notice of Conversion has not violated the restrictions set forth in this paragraph and the Company shall have no obligation to verify or confirm the accuracy of such determination. In addition, a determination as to any group status as contemplated above shall be determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. For purposes of this paragraph, in determining the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock, the Holder may rely on the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock as stated in the most recent of the following: (A) the Company’s most recent periodic or annual report, as the case may be; (B) a more recent public announcement by the Company; or (C) a more recent notice by the Company or the Company’s transfer agent setting forth the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding.  Upon the written or oral request of a Holder, the Company shall within three Trading Days confirm orally and in writing to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding. In any case, the number of outstanding shares of 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 Common Stock was reported. The “ Beneficial Ownership Limitation ” shall be 4.9% of the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of this Note held by the Holder. By written notice to the Company, the Holder may at any time and from time to time increase or decrease the Beneficial Ownership Limitation to any other percentage specified in such notice (or specify that the Beneficial Ownership Limitation shall no longer be applicable), provided, however, that (A) any such increase (or inapplicability) shall not be effective until the sixty-first (61st) day after such notice is delivered to the Company, and (B) any such increase or decrease shall apply only to the Holder and not to any other holder of Notes. The provisions of this paragraph shall be construed and implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this paragraph to correct this paragraph (or any portion hereof) which may be defective or inconsistent with the intended Beneficial Ownership Limitation herein contained or to make changes or supplements necessary or desirable to properly give effect to such limitation. The limitations contained in this paragraph shall apply to a successor holder of this Note.

d)   Mechanics of Conversion .

i.    Conversion Shares Issuable Upon Conversion of Principal Amount . The number of Conversion Shares issuable upon a conversion hereunder shall be determined by the quotient obtained by dividing (x) the outstanding principal amount of this Note to be converted plus any accrued but unpaid interest thereon, by (y) the Conversion Price.

ii.    Delivery of Certificate Upon Conversion . Not later than three Trading Days after each Conversion Date (the “ Share Delivery Date ”), the Company shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Holder a certificate or certificates representing the Conversion Shares which, on or after the Legend Removal Date, shall be free of restrictive legends and trading restrictions (other than those which may then be required by the Purchase Agreement) representing the number of Conversion Shares being acquired upon the conversion of this Note. After September 30, 2008 (provided the Holder is not an affiliate of the Company and the Holder may sell such Conversion Shares pursuant to Section (b)(1) of Rule 144), the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to deliver any certificate(s) or shares required to be delivered by the Company under this Section 4 electronically through the Depository Trust Company or another established clearing corporation performing similar functions.

iii.    Failure to Deliver Certificates . If in the case of any Notice of Conversion such certificate(s) or shares are not delivered to or as directed by the applicable Holder by the third Trading Day after the Conversion Date, the Holder shall be entitled to elect by written notice to the Company at any time on or before its receipt of such certificate or certificates, to rescind such Conversion, in which event the Company shall promptly return to the Holder any original Note delivered to the Company and the Holder shall promptly return to the Company the Common Stock certificates representing the principal amount of this Note unsuccessfully tendered for conversion to the Company.

iv.    Obligation Absolute; Partial Liquidated Damages . The Company’s obligations to issue and deliver the Conversion Shares upon conversion of this Note in accordance with the terms hereof are absolute and unconditional, irrespective of any action or inaction by the Holder to enforce the same, any waiver or consent with respect to any provision hereof, the recovery of any judgment against any Person or any action to enforce the same, or any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, limitation or termination, or any breach or alleged breach by the Holder or any other Person of any obligation to the Company or any violation or alleged violation of law by the Holder or any other Person, and irrespective of any other circumstance which might otherwise limit such obligation of the Company to the Holder in connection with the issuance of such Conversion Shares; provided , however , that such delivery shall not operate as a waiver by the Company of any such action the Company may have against the Holder. In th