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.
CALLABLE SECURED CONVERTIBLE
NOTE
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Houston,
Texas
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January 5,
2007
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$22,620
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FOR VALUE RECEIVED , THE JACKSON RIVERS COMPANY ,
a Florida Corporation (hereinafter called the “
Borrower ”), hereby promises to pay to the
order of AJW PARTNERS, LLC or registered assigns (the “
Holder ”) the sum of $22,620, on January 5,
2010 (the “Maturity Date ”), and to
pay interest on the unpaid principal balance hereof at the rate of
six percent (6%) (the “ Interest Rate
”) per annum from January 5, 2007 (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 $.02 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, $.0001
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 January 5, 2007, 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 January 5,
2007 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 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,
provided, however, that the Company shall have the right to pay any
or all interest in cash 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 January 5, 2007, 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.
(a)
Calculation of Conversion
Price . The Conversion Price shall be the Variable
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 ( “Reporting
Service” ) mutually acceptable to Borrower and
Holder 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 60%. In addition, the Holder
agrees that it will limit all of its conversions to no more than
the greater of (1) $60,000 per calendar month; or (2) the average
daily dollar volume calculated during the ten (10) business days
prior to a conversion, per conversion.
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, 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 date which
the Notice of Conversion giving rise to the Conversion Default was
originally sent to the Company and (ii) the Conversion Price on the
Conversion Date thereafter elected by the Holder in respect
thereof. 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).
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 third
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 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
$1,000 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.
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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