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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
Seattle, Washington
April 29, 2005 $________
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, VERIDICOM INTERNATIONAL, INC., a
Delaware
corporation (hereinafter called the "Borrower"), hereby promises
to pay to the
order of ________ or registered assigns (the "Holder") the sum
of ________
Dollars ($________), payable $________ (the "Monthly Amount") on
the first day
of each month commencing on July 29, 2005 (each, a "Repayment
Date") with any
unpaid principal balance due on April 29, 2008 (the "Maturity
Date"), and to pay
interest on the unpaid principal balance hereof at the rate of
ten percent (10%)
(the "Interest Rate") per annum from April 29, 2005 (the "Issue
Date") until the
same becomes due and payable, whether at maturity or upon
acceleration or by
prepayment or otherwise; provided, however, that on the last
business day of
each month after the Issue Date (each, a "Determination Date"),
if the Average
Daily Price (as defined herein) of the common stock, $.001 par
value per share,
of the Borrower (the "Common Stock") for each day of the month
ending on the
applicable Determination Date exceeds one hundred twenty five
percent (125%) of
the Initial Market Price (as defined herein), the Interest Rate
for such month
shall automatically be reduced to zero percent (0.0%). 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 monthly in arrears. All
payments due hereunder
(to the extent not converted into 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
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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 February 25,
2005, 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 Intellectual
Security
Agreement, dated February 25, 2005, by and among the Borrower,
the Holder and
the other parties thereto (the "IP Security Agreement").
The following terms shall apply to this Note:
ARTICLE I.
CONVERSION REPAYMENT OPTION
1.1 Payment of Monthly Amount in Cash or Common Stock. Subject
to
the terms hereof, the Holder shall have the option to elect to
accept payment of
the Monthly Amount on each Repayment Date either in cash or in
shares of Common
Stock, or a combination of both. Each month by the fifth (5th)
business day
prior to each Repayment Date (the "Notice Date"), the Holder
shall deliver to
Borrower a written notice in the form of Exhibit B attached
hereto electing to
convert the Monthly Amount payable on the next Repayment Date in
either cash or
Common Stock, or a combination of both (each, a "Repayment
Election Notice"). If
a Repayment Election Notice is not delivered by the Holder on or
before the
applicable Notice Date for such Repayment Date, then the
Borrower shall pay the
Monthly Amount due on such Repayment Date in cash. Any portion
of the Monthly
Amount paid in cash on a Repayment Date, shall be paid to the
Holder an amount
equal to the portion of the Monthly Amount due and owing to
Holder on the
Repayment Dale. If the Holder converts all or a portion of the
Monthly Amount in
shares of Common Stock, the number of such shares to be issued
by the Borrower
to the Holder on such Repayment Date shall be the number
determined by dividing
(x) the portion of the Monthly Amount to be paid in shares of
Common Stock, by
(y) the then applicable Conversion Price.
1.2 Credit Against Monthly Amount. Any amounts converted by
the
Holder pursuant to Section 2.1 shall be deemed to constitute
payments of
outstanding principal applying to Monthly Amounts for the
remaining Repayment
Dates in chronological order.
ARTICLE II. CONVERSION RIGHTS
2.1 Conversion Right. If the average of the Average Daily Prices
(as
defined in Section 2.2(a)) for the preceding five (5) trading
days is greater
than the Initial Market Price (as defined in Section 2.2(a)),
the Holder shall
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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 IV) pursuant to Section 2.6(a) or Article IV,
the Optional
Prepayment Amount (as defined in Section 6.1 or any payments
pursuant to Section
2.7, each in respect of the remaining outstanding principal
amount of this Note
to convert all or any part of the outstanding 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 if an
Event of Default
shall have occurred and be continuing, the Holder shall have the
right to
convert all or any part of the outstanding principal amount of
this Note into
fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock at any time
at the
Conversion Price; provided, further 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 4.9% of the outstanding
shares of Common
Stock. 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
2.4 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 2.3
and 2.4(g)
hereof or pursuant to Section 2(c) of that certain Registration
Rights
Agreement, dated as of February 25, 2005, executed in connection
with the
initial issuance of this Note and the other Notes issued on the
Issue Date (the
"Registration Rights Agreement").
2.2 Conversion Price.
(a) Calculation of Conversion Price. The Conversion Price
shall be equal to seventy percent (70%) of the Initial Market
Price (as defined
herein) (subject, in each case, to equitable adjustments for
stock splits, stock
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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); provided however, that if an Event of Default shall
have occurred and
be continuing, the Conversion Price shall be equal to the lesser
of (i) fifty
percent (50%) of the Initial Market Price or (ii) the Variable
Conversion Price.
The "Initial Market Price" shall mean $1.81. 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
Average Daily Prices (as defined herein) for the Common Stock
for the five (5)
days prior to the date the Conversion Notice is sent by the
Holder to the
Borrower via facsimile (the "Conversion Date"). "Average Daily
Price" means, for
any security as of any date, the price based on the VWAP. "VWAP"
shall mean the
daily volume weighted average price of the Common Stock on the
principal trading
market for such security as reported by Bloomberg, L.P. using
the VWAP function.
If the Average Daily Price cannot be calculated for such
security on such date
in the manner provided above, the Average Daily 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 Average
Daily 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%.
(b) Conversion Price During Major Announcements.
Notwithstanding anything contained in Section 2.2(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 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
Section 2.2(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
2.2(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
2.2(b) to become operative.
2.3 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
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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 II (a "Conversion Default"),
subject to Section
5.8, 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 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
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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 (5th) 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 II (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).
2.4 Method of Conversion.
(a) Mechanics of Conversion. Subject to Section 2.1, 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 2.4(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
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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 2.4, 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 two (2)
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
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 II, 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.
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(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 2.1 and in this Section 2.4, 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)
days after the Deadline (other than a failure due to the
circumstances described
in Section 2.3 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.
2.5 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 2.5 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
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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 ob
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