[FORM
OF CONVERTIBLE NOTE]
NEITHER
THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS
CERTIFICATE NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THESE SECURITIES ARE
CONVERTIBLE HAVE BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933,
AS AMENDED, OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THE SECURITIES MAY
NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED (I) IN THE
ABSENCE OF (A) AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR THE
SECURITIES UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR (B) AN
OPINION OF COUNSEL, IN A FORM REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY,
THAT REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER SAID ACT OR (II) UNLESS
SOLD PURSUANT TO RULE 144 OR RULE 144A UNDER SAID ACT.
NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, THE SECURITIES MAY BE PLEDGED IN
CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER LOAN OR
FINANCING ARRANGEMENT SECURED BY THE SECURITIES. ANY TRANSFEREE OF
THIS NOTE SHOULD CAREFULLY REVIEW THE TERMS OF THIS NOTE, INCLUDING
SECTIONS 3(c)(iii) AND 18(a) HEREOF. THE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT
REPRESENTED BY THIS NOTE AND, ACCORDINGLY, THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE
UPON CONVERSION HEREOF MAY BE LESS THAN THE AMOUNTS SET FORTH ON
THE FACE HEREOF PURSUANT TO SECTION 3(c)(iii) OF THIS
NOTE.
Rancher Energy Corp.
Convertible
Note
Issuance Date:
December [__], 2006
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Original Principal Amount: U.S.
$_____________
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FOR VALUE RECEIVED,
Rancher Energy Corp., a Nevada
corporation (the " Company "), hereby promises to
pay to [BUYERS] or registered assigns (" Holder ")
the amount set out above as the Original Principal Amount (as
reduced pursuant to the terms hereof pursuant to conversion or
otherwise, the " Principal ") when due, whether
upon the Maturity Date (as defined below), acceleration, redemption
or otherwise (in each case in accordance with the terms hereof) and
to pay interest (" Interest "), if any, on any
outstanding Principal at the Interest Rate as may be required by
Section 2 hereof. This Convertible Note (including all Convertible
Notes issued in exchange, transfer or replacement hereof, this "
Note ") is one of an issue of Convertible Notes
issued pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement (as defined
below) on the Closing Date (collectively, the "
Notes " and such other Convertible Notes, the "
Other Notes "). Certain
capitalized terms used herein are defined in Section 26.
(1) PAYMENTS OF PRINCIPAL . On the
Maturity Date, the Company shall pay to the Holder an amount in
cash representing all outstanding Principal, accrued and unpaid
Interest, if any, and accrued and unpaid Late Charges, if any, on
such Principal and Interest. The " Maturity
Date " shall be [INSERT DATE THAT IS 120 DAYS FROM
ISSUANCE DATE], as may be extended at the option of the Holder (i)
in the event that, and for so long as, a Trigger Event (as defined
in Section 4(a)) shall have occurred and be continuing on the
Maturity Date (as may be extended pursuant to this Section 1) or
any event that shall have occurred and be continuing that with the
passage of time and the failure to cure would result in a Trigger
Event, (ii) through the date that is ten (10) Business Days after
the consummation of a Change of Control in the event that a Change
of Control is publicly announced or a Change of Control Notice (as
defined in Section 5(b)) is delivered prior to the Maturity Date
and (iii) for an additional ninety (90) day period in the event
that as of the Maturity Date the Stockholder Approval has not been
obtained. Other than as specifically permitted by the Note, the
Company may not prepay any portion of the outstanding Principal,
accrued and unpaid Interest or accrued and unpaid Late Charges, if
any, on Principal and Interest.
(2) INTEREST; INTEREST RATE . Prior to
the occurrence of a Trigger Event, no Interest shall accrue on the
outstanding Principal of this Note. From and after the occurrence
and during the continuance of a Trigger Event, Interest shall
accrue on such outstanding Principal at an interest rate equal to
twelve percent (12.0%) per annum commencing on the date of the
occurrence of such Trigger Event. In the event that such Trigger
Event is subsequently cured, and no other Trigger Events have
occurred and are continuing, Interest shall cease to accrue
hereunder as of the date of such cure; provided that the Interest
as calculated and unpaid at such interest rate during the
continuance of such Trigger Event shall continue to apply to the
extent relating to the days after the occurrence of such Trigger
Event through and including the date of cure of such Trigger Event.
Any Interest that shall accrue hereunder shall be payable upon any
conversion or redemption of this Note in accordance with the terms
set forth herein and on the Maturity Date.
(3) CONVERSION OF NOTES . This Note shall
be convertible into shares of the Company's common stock, par value
$0.00001 per share (the " Common Stock "), on the
terms and conditions set forth in this Section 3.
(a) Conversion Right . At any time or
times on or after the Stockholder Approval Date, the Holder shall
be entitled to convert any portion of the outstanding and unpaid
Conversion Amount (as defined below) into fully paid and
nonassessable shares of Common Stock in accordance with Section
3(c), at the Conversion Rate (as defined below). The Company shall
not issue any fraction of a share of Common Stock upon any
conversion. If the issuance would result in the issuance of a
fraction of a share of Common Stock, the Company shall round such
fraction of a share of Common Stock up to the nearest whole share.
The Company shall pay any and all taxes that may be payable with
respect to the issuance and delivery of Common Stock upon
conversion of any Conversion Amount; provided that the
Company shall not be required to pay any tax that may be payable in
respect of any issuance of Common Stock to any Person other than
the converting Holder or with respect to any income tax due by the
Holder with respect to such Common Stock.
(b) Conversion Rate . The number of
shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of any Conversion
Amount pursuant to Section 3(a) shall be determined by dividing (x)
such Conversion Amount by (y) the Conversion Price (the "
Conversion Rate ").
(i) " Conversion Amount " means
the sum of (A) the portion of the Principal to be converted,
redeemed or otherwise with respect to which this determination is
being made, (B) accrued and unpaid Interest with respect to such
Principal, if any, and (C) accrued and unpaid Late Charges with
respect to such Principal and Interest, if any.
(ii) " Conversion Price "
means, as of any Conversion Date (as defined below) or other date
of determination, $1.50, subject to adjustment as provided
herein.
(c) Mechanics of Conversion .
(i) Optional Conversion . To convert any
Conversion Amount into shares of Common Stock on any date (a "
Conversion Date "), the Holder shall (A) transmit
by facsimile (or otherwise deliver), for receipt on or prior to
11:59 p.m., New York Time, on such date, a copy of an executed
notice of conversion in the form attached hereto as Exhibit
I (the " Conversion Notice ") to the Company
and (B) if required by Section 3(c)(iii), surrender this Note to a
common carrier for delivery to the Company as soon as practicable
on or following such date (or an indemnification undertaking with
respect to this Note in the case of its loss, theft or
destruction). On or before the second (2 nd ) Trading
Day following the date of receipt of a Conversion Notice, the
Company shall transmit by facsimile a confirmation of receipt of
such Conversion Notice to the Holder and the Company's transfer
agent (the " Transfer Agent "). On or before the
third (3 rd ) Trading Day following the date of receipt
of a Conversion Notice (the " Share Delivery
Date "), the Company shall (X) provided
that the Transfer Agent is participating in the Depository Trust
Company (" DTC ") Fast Automated Securities
Transfer Program, credit such aggregate number of shares of Common
Stock to which the Holder shall be entitled to the Holder's or its
designee's balance account with DTC through its Deposit Withdrawal
Agent Commission system or (Y) if the Transfer Agent is not
participating in the DTC Fast Automated Securities Transfer
Program, issue and deliver to the address as specified in the
Conversion Notice, a certificate, registered in the name of the
Holder or its designee, for the number of shares of Common Stock to
which the Holder shall be entitled. If this Note is physically
surrendered for conversion as required by Section 3(c)(iii) and the
outstanding Principal of this Note is greater than the Principal
portion of the Conversion Amount being converted, then the Company
shall as soon as practicable and in no event later than three (3)
Business Days after receipt of this Note and at its own expense,
issue and deliver to the holder a new Note (in accordance with
Section 16(d)) representing the outstanding Principal not
converted. The Person or Persons entitled to receive the shares of
Common Stock issuable upon a conversion of this Note shall be
treated for all purposes as the record holder or holders of such
shares of Common Stock on the Conversion Date.
(ii) If within five (5) Trading Days after the
Company's receipt of the facsimile copy of a Conversion Notice the
Company shall fail to issue and deliver a certificate to the Holder
or credit the Holder's balance account with DTC for the number of
shares of Common Stock to which the Holder is entitled upon such
holder's conversion of any Conversion Amount (a "
Conversion Failure "), and if on or after such
Trading Day the Holder purchases (in an open market transaction or
otherwise) Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the
Holder of Common Stock issuable upon such conversion that the
Holder anticipated receiving from the Company (a "
Buy-In "), then the Company shall, within three
(3) Trading Days after the Holder's request and in the Holder's
discretion, either (i) pay cash to the Holder in an amount equal to
the Holder's total purchase price (including brokerage commissions
and other out-of-pocket expenses, if any) for the shares of Common
Stock so purchased (the "Buy-In Price" ), at which
point the Company's obligation to deliver such certificate (and to
issue such Common Stock) shall terminate, or (ii) promptly honor
its obligation to deliver to the Holder a certificate or
certificates representing such Common Stock and pay cash to the
Holder in an amount equal to the excess (if any) of the Buy-In
Price over the product of (A) such number of shares of Common
Stock, times (B) the Closing Bid Price on the Conversion
Date.
(iii) Registration; Book-Entry . The
Company shall maintain a register (the " Register
") for the recordation of the names and addresses of the holders of
each Note and the principal amount of the Notes held by such
holders (the " Registered Notes "). The entries in
the Register shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes
absent manifest error. The Company and the holders of the Notes
shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register as
the owner of a Note for all purposes, including, without
limitation, the right to receive payments of principal and interest
hereunder, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. A Registered
Note may be assigned or sold in whole or in part only by
registration of such assignment or sale on the Register. Upon its
receipt of a request to assign or sell all or part of any
Registered Note by a Holder, the Company shall record the
information contained therein in the Register and issue one or more
new Registered Notes in the same aggregate principal amount as the
principal amount of the surrendered Registered Note to the
designated assignee or transferee pursuant to Section 16.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, upon
conversion of any portion of this Note in accordance with the terms
hereof, the Holder shall not be required to physically surrender
this Note to the Company unless (A) the full Conversion Amount
represented by this Note is being converted or (B) the Holder has
provided the Company with prior written notice (which notice may be
included in a Conversion Notice) requesting reissuance of this Note
upon physical surrender of this Note. The Holder and the Company
shall maintain records showing the Principal, Interest and Late
Charges, if any, converted and the dates of such conversions or
shall use such other method, reasonably satisfactory to the Holder
and the Company, so as not to require physical surrender of this
Note upon conversion.
(iv) Pro Rata Conversion; Disputes . In
the event that the Company receives a Conversion Notice from more
than one holder of Notes for the same Conversion Date and the
Company can convert some, but not all, of such portions of the
Notes submitted for conversion, the Company shall convert from each
holder of Notes electing to have Notes converted on such date a pro
rata amount of such holder's portion of its Notes submitted for
conversion based on the principal amount of Notes submitted for
conversion on such date by such holder relative to the aggregate
principal amount of all Notes submitted for conversion on such
date. In the event of a dispute as to the number of shares of
Common Stock issuable to the Holder in connection with a conversion
of this Note, the Company shall issue to the Holder the number of
shares of Common Stock not in dispute and resolve such dispute in
accordance with Section 21.
(v) Automatic Conversion . On the
Stockholder Approval Date all of the Conversion Amount then
remaining under this Note shall be converted into fully paid,
validly issued and nonassessable shares of Common Stock in
accordance with Section 3(c) hereof at the Conversion Rate as of
the Mandatory Conversion Date (as defined below) with respect to
the Conversion Amount (the " Automatic Conversion
"). The Company shall deliver, within not more than one (1) Trading
Day following the Stockholder Approval Date, a written notice
thereof by facsimile and overnight courier to all, but not less
than all, of the holders of Notes and the Transfer Agent (the "
Automatic Conversion Notice " and the date all of
the holders received such notice is referred to as the "
Automatic Conversion Notice Date "). The Mandatory
Conversion Notice shall state (1) the aggregate Conversion Amount
of the Notes that shall be subject to the Automatic Conversion
pursuant hereto (and analogous provisions under the Other Notes)
and (2) the number of shares of Common Stock to be issued to the
Holder on the applicable Conversion Date. The mechanics of
conversion set forth in Section 3(c) shall apply to the Automatic
Conversion as if the Company and the Transfer Agent had received
from the Holder on the Stockholder Approval Date a Conversion
Notice with respect to the Conversion Amount remaining under this
Note.
(4) RIGHTS UPON TRIGGER EVENT
.
(a) Trigger Event . Each of the following
events shall constitute a " Trigger Event
":
(i) the failure of the applicable Registration
Statement required to be filed pursuant to the Registration Rights
Agreement to be declared effective by the SEC on or prior to the
date that is sixty (60) days after the applicable Effectiveness
Deadline (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement), or,
while the applicable Registration Statement is required to be
maintained effective pursuant to the terms of the Registration
Rights Agreement, the effectiveness of the applicable Registration
Statement lapses for any reason (including, without limitation, the
issuance of a stop order) or is unavailable to any holder of the
Notes for sale of all of such holder's Registrable Securities (as
defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) in accordance with
the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement, and such lapse or
unavailability continues for a period of ten (10) consecutive days
or for more than an aggregate of thirty (30) days in any 365-day
period (other than days during an Allowable Grace Period (as
defined in the Registration Rights Agreement));
(ii) the suspension from trading or failure of
the Common Stock to be listed on the Principal Market or an
Eligible Market for a period of five (5) consecutive Trading Days
or for more than an aggregate of ten (10) Trading Days in any
365-day period;
(iii) the Company's (A) failure to cure a
Conversion Failure by delivery of the required number of shares of
Common Stock within ten (10) Trading Days after the applicable
Conversion Date or (B) notice, written or oral, to any holder of
the Notes, including by way of public announcement or through any
of its agents, at any time, of its intention not to comply with a
request for conversion of any Notes into shares of Common Stock
that is tendered in accordance with the provisions of the
Notes;
(iv) at any time following the tenth (10
th ) consecutive Business Day that the Holder's
Authorized Share Allocation is less than the number of shares of
Common Stock that the Holder would be entitled to receive upon a
conversion of the full Conversion Amount of this Note (without
regard to any limitations on conversion);
(v) the Company's failure to pay to the Holder
any amount of Principal (including, without limitation, any
redemption payments), Interest, Late Charges or other amounts when
and as due under this Note or any other Transaction Document (as
defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) or any other
agreement, document, certificate or other instrument delivered in
connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby to
which the Holder is a party, except, in the case of a failure to
pay any Interest and Late Charges when and as due, in which case
only if such failure continues for a period of at least five (5)
Business Days;
(vi) A) any payment default or other default
occurs under any Indebtedness of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries (as defined in Section 3(a) of the Securities Purchase
Agreement) (other than Permitted Senior Indebtedness) that results
in a redemption of or acceleration prior to maturity of $1,000,000
or more of such Indebtedness in the aggregate, (B) any material
default occurs under any Indebtedness of the Company (other than
Permitted Senior Indebtedness) or any of its Subsidiaries having an
aggregate outstanding balance in excess of $1,000,000 and such
default continues uncured for more than ten (10) Business Days,
other than, in each case (A) or (B) above, a default with respect
to any Other Notes, or (C) any "event of default" occurs under the
Permitted Senior Indebtedness;
(vii) the Company or any of its Subsidiaries,
pursuant to or within the meaning of Title 11, U.S. Code, or any
similar Federal, foreign or state law for the relief of debtors
(collectively, " Bankruptcy Law "), (A) commences
a voluntary case, (B) consents to the entry of an order for relief
against it in an involuntary case, (C) consents to the appointment
of a receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator or similar official (a
" Custodian "), (D) makes a general assignment for
the benefit of its creditors or (E) admits in writing that it is
generally unable to pay its debts as they become due;
(viii) a court of competent jurisdiction enters
an order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law that (A) is for relief
against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in an involuntary
case, (B) appoints a Custodian of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries or (C) orders the liquidation of the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries;
(ix) a final judgment or judgments for the
payment of money aggregating in excess of $1,000,000 are rendered
against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and which judgments
are not, within sixty (60) days after the entry thereof, bonded,
discharged or stayed pending appeal, or are not discharged within
sixty (60) days after the expiration of such stay; provided,
however, that any judgment which is covered by insurance or an
indemnity from a credit worthy party shall not be included in
calculating the $1,000,000 amount set forth above so long as the
Company provides the Holder a written statement from such insurer
or indemnity provider (which written statement shall be reasonably
satisfactory to the Holder) to the effect that such judgment is
covered by insurance or an indemnity and the Company will receive
the proceeds of such insurance or indemnity within thirty (30) days
of the issuance of such judgment;
(x) the Company breaches any representation,
warranty, covenant or other term or condition of any Transaction
Document, except, in the case of a breach of a covenant which is
curable, only if such breach continues for a period of at least ten
(10) consecutive Business Days;
(xi) any breach or failure in any respect to
comply with Section 12 of this Note; or
(xii) any Trigger Event (as defined in the Other
Notes) occurs with respect to any Other Notes.
(b) Redemption Right . Upon the
occurrence of a Trigger Event with respect to this Note or any
Other Note, the Company shall within (1) Business Day deliver
written notice thereof via facsimile or e-mail and overnight
courier (a " Trigger Event Notice ") to the
Holder. At any time after the earlier of the Holder's receipt of a
Trigger Event Notice and the Holder becoming aware of a Trigger
Event, the Holder may require the Company to redeem all or any
portion of this Note by delivering written notice thereof (the "
Trigger Event Redemption Notice ") to the Company,
which Trigger Event Redemption Notice shall indicate the portion of
this Note the Holder is electing to redeem. Each portion of this
Note subject to redemption by the Company pursuant to this Section
4(b) shall be redeemed by the Company at a price equal to the
Conversion Amount to be redeemed (the " Trigger
Event Redemption Price ").
Redemptions required by this Section 4(b) shall be made in
accordance with the provisions of Section 10. To the extent
redemptions required by this Section 4(b) are deemed or determined
by a court of competent jurisdiction to be prepayments of the Note
by the Company, such redemptions shall be deemed to be voluntary
prepayments. The parties hereto agree that in the event of the
Company's redemption of any portion of the Note under this Section
4(b), the Holder's damages would be uncertain and difficult to
estimate because of the parties' inability to predict future
interest rates and the uncertainty of the availability of a
suitable substitute investment opportunity for the Holder.
Accordingly, any Redemption Premium due under this Section 4(b) is
intended by the parties to be, and shall be deemed, a reasonable
estimate of the Holder's actual loss of its investment opportunity
and not as a penalty.
(5) RIGHTS UPON FUNDAMENTAL TRANSACTION AND
CHANGE OF CONTROL .
(a) Assumption . The Company shall not
enter into or be party to a Fundamental Transaction unless
(i) the Successor Entity assumes in writing all of the
obligations of the Company under this Note and the other
Transaction Documents in accordance with the provisions of this
Section 5(a) pursuant to written agreements in form and substance
satisfactory to the Required Holders and approved by the Required
Holders prior to such Fundamental Transaction, including agreements
to deliver to each holder of Notes in exchange for such Notes a
security of the Successor Entity evidenced by a written instrument
substantially similar in form and substance to the Notes,
including, without limitation, having a principal amount and
interest rate equal to the principal amounts then outstanding and
the interest rates of the Notes held by such holder, having similar
conversion rights as the Notes and having similar ranking to the
Notes, and satisfactory to the Required Holders and (ii) the
Successor Entity (including its Parent Entity) is a publicly traded
corporation whose common stock is quoted on or listed for trading
on an Eligible Market. Upon the occurrence of any Fundamental
Transaction, the Successor Entity shall succeed to, and be
substituted for (so that from and after the date of such
Fundamental Transaction, the provisions of this Note referring to
the "Company" shall refer instead to the Successor Entity), and may
exercise every right and power of the Company and shall assume all
of the obligations of the Company under this Note with the same
effect as if such Successor Entity had been named as the Company
herein. Upon consummation of the Fundamental Transaction, the
Successor Entity shall deliver to the Holder confirmation that
there shall be issued upon conversion or redemption of this Note at
any time after the consummation of the Fundamental Transaction, in
lieu of the shares of the Company's Common Stock (or other
securities, cash, assets or other property) issuable upon the
conversion or redemption of the Notes prior to such Fundamental
Transaction, such shares of the publicly traded common stock (or
their equivalent) of the Successor Entity (including its Parent
Entity), as adjusted in accordance with the provisions of this
Note. The provisions of this Section shall apply similarly and
equally to successive Fundamental Transactions and shall be applied
without regard to any limitations on the conversion or redemption
of this Note.
(b) Redemption Right . No sooner than
fifteen (15) days nor later than ten (10) days prior to the
consummation of a Change of Control, but not prior to the public
announcement of such Change of Control, the Company shall deliver
written notice thereof via facsimile and overnight courier to the
Holder (a " Change of Control
Notice "). At any time during the period beginning
on the date of the Holder's receipt of a Change of Control Notice
and ending twenty (20) Trading Days after the consummation of such
Change of Control, the Holder may require the Company to redeem all
or any portion of this Note by delivering written notice thereof ("
Change of Control Redemption Notice ") to the
Company, which Change of Control Redemption Notice shall indicate
the Conversion Amount the Holder is electing to redeem. The portion
of this Note subject to redemption pursuant to this Section 5 shall
be redeemed by the Company in cash at a price equal to the greater
of (i) the product of (x) the Conversion Amount being redeemed and
(y) the quotient determined by dividing (A) the greater of the
Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock immediately prior to the
consummation of the Change of Control, the Closing Sale Price
immediately following the public announcement of such proposed
Change of Control and the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock
immediately prior to the public announcement of such proposed
Change of Control by (B) the Conversion Price and (ii) 125% of the
Conversion Amount being redeemed (the " Change of Control
Redemption Price "). Redemptions required by this Section
5 shall be made in accordance with the provisions of Section 10 and
shall have priority to payments to stockholders in connection with
a Change of Control. To the extent redemptions required by this
Section 5(b) are deemed or determined by a court of competent
jurisdiction to be prepayments of the Note by the Company, such
redemptions shall be deemed to be voluntary prepayments.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 5, until
the Change of Control Redemption Price is paid in full, the
Conversion Amount submitted for redemption under this Section 5(c)
may be converted, in whole or in part, by the Holder into Common
Stock pursuant to Section 3. The parties hereto agree that in the
event of the Company's redemption of any portion of the Note under
this Section 5(b), the Holder's damages would be uncertain and
difficult to estimate because of the parties' inability to predict
future interest rates and the uncertainty of the availability of a
suitable substitute investment opportunity for the Holder.
Accordingly, any redemption premium due under this Section 5(b) is
intended by the parties to be, and shall be deemed, a reasonable
estimate of the Holder's actual loss of its investment opportunity
and not as a penalty.
(6) RIGHTS UPON ISSUANCE OF PURCHASE RIGHTS
AND OTHER CORPORATE EVENTS .
(a) Purchase Rights . If at any time the
Company grants, issues or sells any Options, Convertible Securities
or rights to purchase stock, warrants, securities or other property
pro rata to the record holders of any class of Common Stock (the "
Purchase Rights "), then the Holder will be
entitled to acquire, upon the terms applicable to such Purchase
Rights, the aggregate Purchase Rights which the Holder could have
acquired if the Holder had held the number of shares of Common
Stock acquirable upon complete conversion of this Note (without
taking into account any limitations or restrictions on the
convertibility of this Note) immediately before the date on which a
record is taken for the grant, issuance or sale of such Purchase
Rights, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the
record holders of Common Stock are to be determined for the grant,
issue or sale of such Purchase Rights.
(b) Other Corporate Events . In addition
to and not in substitution for any other rights hereunder, prior to
the consummation of any Fundamental Transaction pursuant to which
holders of shares of Common Stock are entitled to receive
securities or other assets with respect to or in exchange for
shares of Common Stock (a " Corporate Event "),
the Company shall make appropriate provision to insure that the
Holder will thereafter have the right to receive upon a conversion
of this Note, (i) in addition to the shares of Common Stock
receivable upon such conversion, such securities or other assets to
which the Holder would have been entitled with respect to such
shares of Common Stock had such shares of Common Stock been held by
the Holder upon the consummation of such Corporate Event (without
taking into account any limitations or restrictions on the
convertibility of this Note) or (ii) in lieu of the shares of
Common Stock otherwise receivable upon such conversion, such
securities or other assets received by the holders of shares of
Common Stock in connection with the consummation of such Corporate
Event in such amounts as the Holder would have been entitled to
receive had this Note initially been issued with conversion rights
for the form of such consideration (as opposed to shares of Common
Stock) at a conversion rate for such consideration commensurate
with the Conversion Rate. Provision made pursuant to the preceding
sentence shall be in a form and substance satisfactory to the
Required Holders. The provisions of this Section shall apply
similarly and equally to successive Corporate Events and shall be
applied without regard to any limitations on the conversion or
redemption of this Note.
(7) ADJUSTMENT OF CONVERSION PRICE UPON
SUBDIVISION OR COMB
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