Exhibit 10.2
– Form of Note
THE
SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE
NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS
AMENDED (THE “ACT”).
THE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE SOLD,
TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED IN THE
ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE
REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR THE
SECURITIES UNDER SAID
ACT, OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL IN
FORM, SUBSTANCE AND
SCOPE CUSTOMARY FOR OPINIONS OF
COUNSEL IN
COMPARABLE TRANSACTIONS THAT
REGISTRATION IS NOT
REQUIRED UNDER SAID ACT OR
UNLESS SOLD PURSUANT TO
RULE 144 OR REGULATION S UNDER
SAID ACT.
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Douglasville,
Georgia
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_____________,
200___
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$_______
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CALLABLE SECURED CONVERTIBLE
NOTE
FOR VALUE RECEIVED , ADMIRALTY HOLDING COMPANY a Colorado
corporation (hereinafter called the “ Borrower
”), hereby promises to pay to the order of
________________________or registered assigns (the “
Holder ”) the sum of $____________, on
_______________, 200_ (the “Maturity Date ”),
and to pay interest on the unpaid principal balance hereof at the
rate of eight percent (8%) (the “ Interest Rate
”) per annum from ____________, 200__ (the “ Issue
Date ”) until the same becomes due and payable, whether
at maturity or upon acceleration or by prepayment or otherwise. Any
amount of principal or interest on this Note which is not paid when
due shall bear interest at the rate of fifteen percent (15%) per
annum from the due date thereof until the same is paid (“
Default Interest ”). Interest shall commence accruing
on the Issue Date, shall be computed on the basis of a 365-day year
and the actual number of days elapsed and shall be payable
quarterly provided that no interest shall be due and payable for
any month in which the Trading Price (as such term is defined
below) is greater than $.05 for each Trading Day (as such term is
defined below) of the month. All payments due hereunder (to the
extent not converted into common stock, $.001 par value per share
(the “Common Stock” ) in accordance with the
terms hereof) shall be made in lawful money of the United States of
America. All payments shall be made at such address as the Holder
shall hereafter give to the Borrower by written notice made in
accordance with the provisions of this Note. Whenever any amount
expressed to be due by the terms of this Note is due on any day
which is not a business day, the same shall instead be due on the
next succeeding day which is a business day and, in the case of any
interest payment date which is not the date on which this Note is
paid in full, the extension of the due date thereof shall not be
taken into account for purposes of determining the amount of
interest due on such date. As used in this Note, the term
“business day” shall mean any day other than a
Saturday, Sunday or a day on which commercial banks in the city of
New York, New York are authorized or required by law
or
executive order to remain closed. Each capitalized term used
herein, and not otherwise defined, shall have the meaning ascribed
thereto in that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, dated
________________, 200_, pursuant to which this Note was originally
issued (the “ Purchase Agreement ”).
This Note is free from all taxes, liens, claims
and encumbrances with respect to the issue thereof and shall not be
subject to preemptive rights or other similar rights of
shareholders of the Borrower and will not impose personal liability
upon the holder thereof. The obligations of the Borrower under this
Note shall be secured by that certain Security Agreement and
Intellectual Property Security Agreement, each dated
______________, 200___ by and between the Borrower and the
Holder.
The following terms shall apply
to this Note:
ARTICLE I. CONVERSION RIGHTS
1.1 Conversion Right .
The Holder shall have the right
from time to time, and at any time on or prior to the earlier of
(i) the Maturity Date and (ii) the date of payment of the Default
Amount (as defined in Article III) pursuant to Section 1.6(a) or
Article III, the Optional Prepayment Amount (as defined in Section
5.1 or any payments pursuant to Section 1.7, each in respect of the
remaining outstanding principal amount of this Note to convert all
or any part of the outstanding and unpaid principal amount of this
Note into fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock, as
such Common Stock exists on the Issue Date, or any shares of
capital stock or other securities of the Borrower into which such
Common Stock shall hereafter be changed or reclassified at the
conversion price (the “ Conversion Price ”)
determined as provided herein (a “ Conversion
”); provided , however , that in no event shall
the Holder be entitled to convert any portion of this Note in
excess of that portion of this Note upon conversion of which the
sum of (1) the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned
by the Holder and its affiliates (other than shares of Common Stock
which may be deemed beneficially owned through the ownership of the
unconverted portion of the Notes or the unexercised or unconverted
portion of any other security of the Borrower (including, without
limitation, the warrants issued by the Borrower pursuant to the
Purchase Agreement) subject to a limitation on conversion or
exercise analogous to the limitations contained herein) and (2) the
number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the conversion of
the portion of this Note with respect to which the determination of
this proviso is being made, would result in beneficial ownership by
the Holder and its affiliates of more than 4.99% of the outstanding
shares of Common Stock and provided further that the Holder
shall not be entitled to convert any portion of this Note during
any month immediately succeeding a Determination Date on which the
Borrower exercises its prepayment option pursuant to Section 5.2 of
this Note. For purposes of the proviso to the immediately preceding
sentence, beneficial ownership shall be determined in accordance
with Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, and Regulations 13D-G thereunder, except as otherwise
provided in clause (1) of such proviso. The number of shares of
Common Stock to be issued upon each conversion of this Note shall
be determined by dividing the Conversion Amount (as defined below)
by the applicable Conversion Price then in effect on the date
specified in the notice of conversion, in the form attached hereto
as Exhibit A (the “ Notice of Conversion ”),
delivered to the Borrower by the Holder in accordance with
Section
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1.4 below;
provided that the Notice of Conversion is submitted by facsimile
(or by other means resulting in, or reasonably expected to result
in, notice) to the Borrower before 6:00 p.m., New York, New York
time on such conversion date (the “ Conversion Date
”). The term “ Conversion Amount ” means,
with respect to any conversion of this Note, the sum of (1) the
principal amount of this Note to be converted in such conversion
plus (2) accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on such
principal amount at the interest rates provided in this Note to the
Conversion Date plus (3) Default Interest, if any, on the
amounts referred to in the immediately preceding clauses (1) and/or
(2) plus (4) at the Holder’s option, any amounts owed
to the Holder pursuant to Sections 1.3 and 1.4(g) hereof or
pursuant to Section 2(c) of that certain Registration Rights
Agreement, dated as of ____________________, 200_, executed in
connection with the initial issuance of this Note and the other
Notes issued on the Issue Date (the “ Registration Rights
Agreement ”). The term “Determination
Date” means the last business day of each month after the
Issue Date.
1.2 Conversion Price
.
(a) Calculation of Conversion Price
. The Conversion Price
shall be the lesser of (i) the Variable Conversion Price (as
defined herein) and (ii) the Fixed Conversion Price (as defined
herein) (subject, in each case, to equitable adjustments for stock
splits, stock dividends or rights offerings by the Borrower
relating to the Borrower’s securities or the securities of
any subsidiary of the Borrower, combinations, recapitalization,
reclassifications, extraordinary distributions and similar events).
The “ Variable Conversion Price ” shall mean the
Applicable Percentage (as defined herein) multiplied by the Market
Price (as defined herein). “ Market Price ”
means the average of the lowest three (3) Trading Prices (as
defined below) for the Common Stock during the twenty (20) Trading
Day period ending one Trading Day prior to the date the Conversion
Notice is sent by the Holder to the Borrower via facsimile (the
“ Conversion Date ”). “ Trading
Price ” means, for any security as of any date, the
intraday trading price on the Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board (the
“ OTCBB ”) as reported by a reliable reporting
service mutually acceptable to and hereafter designated by Holders
of a majority in interest of the Notes and the Borrower or, if the
OTCBB is not the principal trading market for such security, the
intraday trading price of such security on the principal securities
exchange or trading market where such security is listed or traded
or, if no intraday trading price of such security is available in
any of the foregoing manners, the average of the intraday trading
prices of any market makers for such security that are listed in
the “pink sheets” by the National Quotation Bureau,
Inc. If the Trading Price cannot be calculated for such security on
such date in the manner provided above, the Trading Price shall be
the fair market value as mutually determined by the Borrower and
the holders of a majority in interest of the Notes being converted
for which the calculation of the Trading Price is required in order
to determine the Conversion Price of such Notes. “ Trading
Day ” shall mean any day on which the Common Stock is
traded for any period on the OTCBB, or on the principal securities
exchange or other securities market on which the Common Stock is
then being traded. “ Applicable Percentage ”
shall mean 50.0% . The “ Fixed Conversion Price
” shall mean $.15.
(b) Conversion Price During
Major Announcements.
Notwithstanding anything
contained in Section 1.2(a) to the contrary, in the event the
Borrower (i) makes a public announcement that it intends to
consolidate or merge with any other corporation (other than a
merger in which the Borrower is the surviving or
continuing
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corporation and its capital stock is unchanged)
or sell or transfer all or substantially all of the assets of the
Borrower or (ii) any person, group or entity (including the
Borrower) publicly announces a tender offer to purchase 50% or more
of the Borrower’s Common Stock (or any other takeover scheme)
(the date of the announcement referred to in clause (i) or (ii) is
hereinafter referred to as the “ Announcement Date
”), then the Conversion Price shall, effective upon the
Announcement Date and continuing through the Adjusted Conversion
Price Termination Date (as defined below), be equal to the lower of
(x) the Conversion Price which would have been applicable for a
Conversion occurring on the Announcement Date and (y) the
Conversion Price that would otherwise be in effect. From and after
the Adjusted Conversion Price Termination Date, the Conversion
Price shall be determined as set forth in this Section 1.2(a) . For
purposes hereof, “ Adjusted Conversion Price Termination
Date ” shall mean, with respect to any proposed
transaction or tender offer (or takeover scheme) for which a public
announcement as contemplated by this Section 1.2(b) has been made,
the date upon which the Borrower (in the case of clause (i) above)
or the person, group or entity (in the case of clause (ii) above)
consummates or publicly announces the termination or abandonment of
the proposed transaction or tender offer (or takeover scheme) which
caused this Section 1.2(b) to become operative.
1.3 Authorized Shares .
The Borrower covenants that during
the period the conversion right exists, the Borrower will reserve
from its authorized and unissued Common Stock a sufficient number
of shares, free from preemptive rights, to provide for the issuance
of Common Stock upon the full conversion of this Note and the other
Notes issued pursuant to the Purchase Agreement. The Borrower is
required at all times to have authorized and reserved two times the
number of shares that is actually issuable upon full conversion of
the Notes (based on the Conversion Price of the Notes or the
Exercise Price of the Warrants in effect from time to time) (the
“ Reserved Amount ”). The Reserved Amount shall
be increased from time to time in accordance with the
Borrower’s obligations pursuant to Section 4(h) of the
Purchase Agreement. The Borrower represents that upon issuance,
such shares will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and
non-assessable. In addition, if the Borrower shall issue any
securities or make any change to its capital structure which would
change the number of shares of Common Stock into which the Notes
shall be convertible at the then current Conversion Price, the
Borrower shall at the same time make proper provision so that
thereafter there shall be a sufficient number of shares of Common
Stock authorized and reserved, free from preemptive rights, for
conversion of the outstanding Notes. The Borrower (i) acknowledges
that it has irrevocably instructed its transfer agent to issue
certificates for the Common Stock issuable upon conversion of this
Note, and (ii) agrees that its issuance of this Note shall
constitute full authority to its officers and agents who are
charged with the duty of executing stock certificates to execute
and issue the necessary certificates for shares of Common Stock in
accordance with the terms and conditions of this Note.
If, at any time a Holder of this Note submits a
Notice of Conversion, and the Borrower does not have sufficient
authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock available to effect
such conversion in accordance with the provisions of this Article I
(a “ Conversion Default ”), subject to Section
4.8, the Borrower shall issue to the Holder all of the shares of
Common Stock which are then available to effect such conversion.
The portion of this Note which the Holder included in its
Conversion Notice and which exceeds the amount which is then
convertible into available shares of Common Stock (the “
Excess Amount ”) shall,
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notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained herein, not be convertible into Common Stock in
accordance with the terms hereof until (and at the Holder’s
option at any time after) the date additional shares of Common
Stock are authorized by the Borrower to permit such conversion, at
which time the Conversion Price in respect thereof shall be the
lesser of (i) the Conversion Price on the Conversion Default Date
(as defined below) and (ii) the Conversion Price on the Conversion
Date thereafter elected by the Holder in respect thereof. In
addition, the Borrower shall pay to the Holder payments (“
Conversion Default Payments ”) for a Conversion
Default in the amount of (x) the sum of (1) the then
outstanding principal amount of this Note plus (2) accrued
and unpaid interest on the unpaid principal amount of this Note
through the Authorization Date (as defined below) plus (3)
Default Interest, if any, on the amounts referred to in clauses (1)
and/or (2), multiplied by (y) .24, multiplied by (z)
(N/365), where N = the number of days from the day the holder
submits a Notice of Conversion giving rise to a Conversion Default
(the “ Conversion Default Date ”) to the date
(the “ Authorization Date ”) that the Borrower
authorizes a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock to effect
conversion of the full outstanding principal balance of this Note.
The Borrower shall use its best efforts to authorize a sufficient
number of shares of Common Stock as soon as practicable following
the earlier of (i) such time that the Holder notifies the Borrower
or that the Borrower otherwise becomes aware that there are or
likely will be insufficient authorized and unissued shares to allow
full conversion thereof and (ii) a Conversion Default. The Borrower
shall send notice to the Holder of the authorization of additional
shares of Common Stock, the Authorization Date and the amount of
Holder’s accrued Conversion Default Payments. The accrued
Conversion Default Payments for each calendar month shall be paid
in cash or shall be convertible into Common Stock (at such time as
there are sufficient authorized shares of Common Stock) at the
applicable Conversion Price, at the Borrower’s option, as
follows:
(a) In the event Holder elects to take such payment
in cash, cash payment shall be made to Holder by the fifth (5
th ) day of the month following the month in which it
has accrued; and
(b) In the event Holder elects to take such payment
in Common Stock, the Holder may convert such payment amount into
Common Stock at the Conversion Price (as in effect at the time of
conversion) at any time after the fifth day of the month following
the month in which it has accrued in accordance with the terms of
this Article I (so long as there is then a sufficient number of
authorized shares of Common Stock).
The Holder’s election shall be made in
writing to the Borrower at any time prior to 6:00 p.m., New York,
New York time, on the third day of the month following the month in
which Conversion Default payments have accrued. If no election is
made, the Holder shall be deemed to have elected to receive cash.
Nothing herein shall limit the Holder’s right to pursue
actual damages (to the extent in excess of the Conversion Default
Payments) for the Borrower’s failure to maintain a sufficient
number of authorized shares of Common Stock, and each holder shall
have the right to pursue all remedies available at law or in equity
(including degree of specific performance and/or injunctive
relief).
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1.4
Method of Conversion .
(a) Mechanics of Conversion .
Subject to Section 1.1, this Note
may be converted by the Holder in whole or in part at any time from
time to time after the Issue Date, by (A) submitting to the
Borrower a Notice of Conversion (by facsimile or other reasonable
means of communication dispatched on the Conversion Date prior to
6:00 p.m., New York, New York time) and (B) subject to Section
1.4(b), surrendering this Note at the principal office of the
Borrower.
(b) Surrender of Note Upon Conversion
. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary set forth herein, upon conversion of this
Note in accordance with the terms hereof, the Holder shall not be
required to physically surrender this Note to the Borrower unless
the entire unpaid principal amount of this Note is so converted.
The Holder and the Borrower shall maintain records showing the
principal amount so converted and the dates of such conversions or
shall use such other method, reasonably satisfactory to the Holder
and the Borrower, so as not to require physical surrender of this
Note upon each such conversion. In the event of any dispute or
discrepancy, such records of the Borrower shall be controlling and
determinative in the absence of manifest error. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, if any portion of this Note is converted as aforesaid,
the Holder may not transfer this Note unless the Holder first
physically surrenders this Note to the Borrower, whereupon the
Borrower will forthwith issue and deliver upon the order of the
Holder a new Note of like tenor, registered as the Holder (upon
payment by the Holder of any applicable transfer taxes) may
request, representing in the aggregate the remaining unpaid
principal amount of this Note. 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 represented by this Note may be less than the amount stated on
the face hereof.
(c) Payment of Taxes .
The Borrower shall not be required
to pay any tax which may be payable in respect of any transfer
involved in the issue and delivery of shares of Common Stock or
other securities or property on conversion of this Note in a name
other than that of the Holder (or in street name), and the Borrower
shall not be required to issue or deliver any such shares or other
securities or property unless and until the person or persons
(other than the Holder or the custodian in whose street name such
shares are to be held for the Holder’s account) requesting
the issuance thereof shall have paid to the Borrower the amount of
any such tax or shall have established to the satisfaction of the
Borrower that such tax has been paid.
(d) Delivery of Common Stock Upon
Conversion . Upon
receipt by the Borrower from the Holder of a facsimile transmission
(or other reasonable means of communication) of a Notice of
Conversion meeting the requirements for conversion as provided in
this Section 1.4, the Borrower shall issue and deliver or cause to
be issued and delivered to or upon the order of the Holder
certificates for the Common Stock issuable upon such conversion
within three (3) business days after such receipt (and, solely in
the case of conversion of the entire unpaid principal amount
hereof, surrender of this Note) (such second business day being
hereinafter referred to as the “ Deadline ”) in
accordance with the terms hereof and the Purchase Agreement
(including, without limitation, in accordance with the requirements
of Section 2(g) of the Purchase Agreement that certificates for
shares of Common Stock issued on or after the
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effective
date of the Registration Statement upon conversion of this Note
shall not bear any restrictive legend).
(e) Obligation of Borrower to Deliver Common
Stock . Upon
receipt by the Borrower of a Notice of Conversion, the Holder shall
be deemed to be the holder of record of the Common Stock issuable
upon such conversion, the outstanding principal amount and the
amount of accrued and unpaid interest on this Note shall be reduced
to reflect such conversion, and, unless the Borrower defaults on
its obligations under this Article I, all rights with respect to
the portion of this Note being so converted shall forthwith
terminate except the right to receive the Common Stock or other
securities, cash or other assets, as herein provided, on such
conversion. If the Holder shall have given a Notice of Conversion
as provided herein, the Borrower’s obligation to issue and
deliver the certificates for Common Stock shall be absolute and
unconditional, irrespective of the absence of any action by the
Holder to enforce the same, any waiver or consent with respect to
any provision thereof, the recovery of any judgment against any
person or any action to enforce the same, any failure or delay in
the enforcement of any other obligation of the Borrower to the
holder of record, or any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment,
limitation or termination, or any breach or alleged breach by the
Holder of any obligation to the Borrower, and irrespective of any
other circumstance which might otherwise limit such obligation of
the Borrower to the Holder in connection with such conversion. The
Conversion Date specified in the Notice of Conversion shall be the
Conversion Date so long as the Notice of Conversion is received by
the Borrower before 6:00 p.m., New York, New York time, on such
date.
(f) Delivery of Common Stock by Electronic
Transfer . In lieu
of delivering physical certificates representing the Common Stock
issuable upon conversion, provided the Borrower’s transfer
agent is participating in the Depository Trust Company (“
DTC ”) Fast Automated Securities Transfer (“
FAST ”) program, upon request of the Holder and its
compliance with the provisions contained in Section 1.1 and in this
Section 1.4, the Borrower shall use its best efforts to cause its
transfer agent to electronically transmit the Common Stock issuable
upon conversion to the Holder by crediting the account of
Holder’s Prime Broker with DTC through its Deposit Withdrawal
Agent Commission (“ DWAC ”) system.
(g) Failure to Deliver Common Stock Prior to
Deadline . Without
in any way limiting the Holder’s right to pursue other
remedies, including actual damages and/or equitable relief, the
parties agree that if delivery of the Common Stock issuable upon
conversion of this Note is more than three (3) business days after
the Deadline (other than a failure due to the circumstances
described in Section 1.3 above, which failure shall be governed by
such Section) the Borrower shall pay to the Holder $2,000 per day
in cash, for each day beyond the Deadline that the Borrower fails
to deliver such Common Stock. Such cash amount shall be paid to
Holder by the fifth day of the month following the month in which
it has accrued or, at the option of the Holder (by written notice
to the Borrower by the first day of the month following the month
in which it has accrued), shall be added to the principal amount of
this Note, in which event interest shall accrue thereon in
accordance with the terms of this Note and such additional
principal amount shall be convertible into Common Stock in
accordance with the terms of this Note.
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1.5 Concerning the Shares
. The shares of Common
Stock issuable upon conversion of this Note may not be sold or
transferred unless (i) such shares are sold pursuant to an
effective registration statement under the Act or (ii) the Borrower
or its transfer agent shall have been furnished with an opinion of
counsel (which opinion shall be in form, substance and scope
customary for opinions of counsel in comparable transactions) to
the effect that the shares to be sold or transferred may be sold or
transferred pursuant to an exemption from such registration or
(iii) such shares are sold or transferred pursuant to Rule 144
under the Act (or a successor rule) (“ Rule 144
”) or (iv) such shares are transferred to an
“affiliate” (as defined in Rule 144) of the Borrower
who agrees to sell or otherwise transfer the shares only in
accordance with this Section 1.5 and who is an Accredited Investor
(as defined in the Purchase Agreement). Except as otherwise
provided in the Purchase Agreement (and subject to the removal
provisions set forth below), until such time as the shares of
Common Stock issuable upon conversion of this Note have been
registered under the Act as contemplated by the Registration Rights
Agreement or otherwise may be sold pursuant to Rule 144 without any
restriction as to the number of securities as of a particular date
that can then be immediately sold, each certificate for shares of
Common Stock issuable upon conversion of this Note that has not
been so included in an effective registration statement or that has
not been sold pursuant to an effective registration statement or an
exemption that permits removal of the legend, shall bear a legend
substantially in the following form, as appropriate:
“THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS
CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF
1933, AS AMENDED. THE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR
ASSIGNED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR
THE SECURITIES UNDER SAID ACT, OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL IN FORM,
SUBSTANCE AND SCOPE CUSTOMARY FOR OPINIONS OF COUNSEL IN COMPARABLE
TRANSACTIONS, THAT REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER SAID ACT
UNLESS SOLD PURSUANT TO RULE 144 OR REGULATION S UNDER SAID
ACT.”
The legend set forth above shall be removed and
the Borrower shall issue to the Holder a new certificate therefor
free of any transfer legend if (i) the Borrower or its transfer
agent shall have received an opinion of counsel, in form, substance
and scope customary for opinions of counsel in comparable
transactions, to the effect that a public sale or transfer of such
Common Stock may be made without registration under the Act and the
shares are so sold or transferred, (ii) such Holder provides the
Borrower or its transfer agent with reasonable assurances that the
Common Stock issuable upon conversion of this Note (to the extent
such securities are deemed to have been acquired on the same date)
can be sold pursuant to Rule 144 or (iii) in the case of the Common
Stock issuable upon conversion of this Note, such security is
registered for sale by the Holder under an effective registration
statement filed under the Act or otherwise may be sold pursuant to
Rule 144 without any restriction as to the number of securities as
of a particular date that can then be immediately sold. Nothing in
this Note shall (i) limit the Borrower’s obligation under the
Registration Rights Agreement or (ii) affect in any way the
Holder’s obligations to comply with applicable prospectus
delivery requirements upon the resale of the securities referred to
herein.
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1.6
Effect of Certain Events .
(a) Effect of Merger, Consolidation, Etc
. At the option of the
Holder, the sale, conveyance or disposition of all or substantially
all of the assets of the Borrower, the effectuation by
the