Exhibit 4.2
CONVERTIBLE NOTE
NEITHER THE ISSUANCE NOR 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 HAVE BEEN
ACQUIRED SOLELY FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSES AND NOT WITH A VIEW TOWARD
RESALE AND 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.
OPEN ENERGY CORPORATION
CONVERTIBLE NOTE
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Issuance Date: August 31, 2007
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Original Principal
Amount: U.S. $1,000,000
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FOR VALUE RECEIVED,
Open Energy Corporation, a Nevada corporation (the “
Company ”), hereby promises to pay to Everest Asset
Management AG or its 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 ”) on any
outstanding Principal at the Interest Rate as required by Section 2
hereof. This Convertible Note (including all Convertible
Notes issued in exchange, transfer or replacement hereof, this
“ Note ”) is one of the 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 27. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein
shall have the meanings set forth in the Securities Purchase
Agreement (as defined below).
(1) PAYMENTS OF PRINCIPAL
. On the Maturity Date, the Company shall pay to the Holder
an amount in cash representing all outstanding Principal. The
“ Maturity Date ” shall be six (6) months
from the date of the Initial Closing, 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, and (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. The Company shall have the right to prepay this
Note, without penalty, in whole or in part prior to the Maturity
Date. In the event of prepayment, there shall be
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no
adjustment for the original issue discount. The Company shall
give at least five business days written notice of any intention to
prepay this Note.
(2) INTEREST; INTEREST RATE
. Commencing on the Maturity Date of this Note, Interest
shall accrue on outstanding Principal at an interest rate equal to
ten percent (10%) per annum (the “ Interest Rate
”). Interest shall be calculated on the basis of a
365-day year and the actual number of days elapsed, to the extent
permitted by applicable law. Any Interest that shall accrue
hereunder shall be payable on demand .
(3) CONVERSION OF THIS NOTE
. This Note shall be convertible by the Holder into shares of
the Company’s Common Stock on the terms and conditions set
forth in this Section 3.
(a) Conversion Right .
Subject to the provisions of Section 3(e), at any time or times on
or after the Issuance Date, the Holder shall be entitled to
convert, at the Holder’s sole option, any portion of the
outstanding and unpaid Conversion Amount (as defined below) into
fully paid and nonassessable shares of the Company’s
common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “ Common
Stock ”) , 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
transfer, stamp and similar 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) Forced Conversion . Upon
thirty (30) days prior written notice to all of the Holders, the
Company shall have the right to call all, but not less than all, of
the Notes for Conversion at the Conversion Price (as defined below)
if the Weighted Average Price for the Company’s Common Stock
has exceeded 300% of the Conversion Price for at least 20 Trading
Days during a 30 Trading Day period ending within 5 Trading Days
prior to the Company sending a notice (the “ Forced
Conversion Notice ”) of forced conversion and the date of
such forced conversion (the “ Forced Conversion Notice
Date ”) to the Holder the (“ Measurement
Period ”), and if the following conditions are
satisfied: (i) there is either an effective registration statement
providing for the resale of the shares of Common Stock underlying
the Notes during each Trading Day of the Measurement Period
or all of the shares of Common Stock underlying this Note
may be resold pursuant to Rule 144(k) of the Securities Act without
restriction during each Trading Day of the Measurement Period; and
(ii) the Common Stock has traded an average of 600,000 shares per
day during the Measurement Period. The date the Notes shall
be converted pursuant to this provision shall be thirty (30) days
after the Forced Conversion Notice Date specified in the Forced
Conversion Notice sent to the Holder. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, in no event shall the Company force the conversion of a
Holder of Notes if such forced conversion would result in such
Holder beneficially owning more than Maximum Percentage I or
Maximum Percentage II (each as defined below in Section 3(e)(1)(A)
and Section 3(e)(1)(A), respectively).
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(c) Conversion Rate .
The number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of
any Conversion Amount shall be determined by dividing (x) such
Conversion Amount by (y) the then applicable 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, an amount
equal to $0.50, subject to adjustment as provided herein;
provided that , in no event shall the Conversion Price be
lower than $0.05 (such floor price to be adjusted in the same
manner that the Conversion Price is adjusted pursuant to Section 7
or Section 8).
(d) 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(d)(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 third (3 rd ) 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 ”).
If this Note is physically surrendered for conversion as required
by Section 3(d)(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 17(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. In the event of a partial conversion of this Note
pursuant hereto, the principal amount converted shall be deducted
from the outstanding Principal for purposes of calculating interest
payments due on this Note pursuant to Section 2.
(ii)
Delivery of Certificates . On or before the third (3rd)
Trading Day following the date of receipt of a Conversion Notice
(the “ Share Delivery Date ”) or request
for removal of restrictive legends on the shares of Common Stock
issuable in connection therewith, 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
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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.
(A)
If such delivery is made more than two (2) additional Trading Days
after conversion or request for removal of legend (a “
Conversion Failure ”), as the case may be, then the
Company will compensate the Holder at a rate of $100 per day for
each of the first ten (10) Trading Days and $200 per day thereafter
for each $10,000 of securities. In such event, after the
first such ten (10) Trading Days noted above, the Holder will also
have the right to rescind its Conversion Notice for the Note.
(B)
If the certificates have not been delivered by the fifth (5
th ) Trading
Day after conversion or request for removal of legend, as the case
may be, and the Holder has purchased (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 holder (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 17.
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 Notes upon conversion.
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(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 22.
(e)
Limitations on Conversions.
(i)
Beneficial Ownership . (A) The Holder shall not have
the right to convert this Note, to the extent that after giving
effect to such conversion, such Person (together with such
Person’s affiliates) would beneficially own in excess of
4.99% (the “ Maximum Percentage I ”) of the
shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect
to such conversion. For purposes of this paragraph,
beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section
13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. For
purposes of this Note, in determining the number of outstanding
shares of Common Stock, the Holder may rely on the number of
outstanding shares of Common Stock as reflected in (1) the
Company’s most recent Form 10-K, Form 10-KSB, Form 10-Q, Form
10-QSB, Current Report on Form 8-K or other public filing with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, as the case may be, (2) a more
recent public announcement by the Company or (3) any other notice
by the Company or the Transfer Agent setting forth the number of
shares of Common Stock outstanding. In any case, the number
of outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be determined after
giving effect to the conversion or exercise of securities of the
Company, including the Notes and the Warrants, by the Holder and
its affiliates since the date as of which such number of
outstanding shares of Common Stock was reported. For purposes
hereof, the Company may rely on representations of Holder set forth
in applicable Conversion Notices. By written notice to the
Company, the Holder may from time to time increase or decrease the
Maximum Percentage I to any other percentage in excess of 4.99%
specified in such notice; provided that (i) any such increase will
not be effective until the sixty-first (61 st )
day after such notice is delivered to the Company, and (ii) any
such increase or decrease will apply only to the Holder and not to
any other holder of Warrants.
Notwithstanding anything in this Note to the
contrary, the Company shall be entitled to treat the registered
holder of this Note as such appears in its records as the owner of
this Note for all purposes; provided that such records are kept
current with a reasonably satisfactory and customary method
intended for such purpose
(B)
The Holder shall not have the right to convert this Note, to the
extent that after giving effect to such conversion, such Person
(together with such Person’s affiliates) would beneficially
own in excess of 9.99% (the “ Maximum Percentage II
”)
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of
the shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving
effect to such conversion. For purposes of this Note, in
determining the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock, the
Holder may rely on the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock
as reflected in (1) the Company’s most recent Form 10-K, Form
10-KSB, Form 10-Q, Form 10-QSB, Current Report on Form 8-K or other
public filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, as the
case may be, (2) a more recent public announcement by the Company
or (3) any other notice by the Company or the Transfer Agent
setting forth the number of shares of Common Stock
outstanding. In any case, the number of outstanding shares of
Common Stock shall be determined after giving effect to the
conversion or exercise of securities of the Company, including the
Notes and the Warrants, by the Holder and its affiliates since the
date as of which such number of outstanding shares of Common Stock
was reported. For purposes hereof, the Company may rely on
representations of the holders set forth in applicable Conversion
Notices. By written notice to the Company, the Holder may
from time to time increase or decrease the Maximum Percentage II to
any other percentage in excess of 9.99% specified in such notice;
provided that (i) any such increase will not be effective until the
sixty-first (61 st ) day
after such notice is delivered to the Company, and (ii) any such
increase or decrease will apply only to the Holder and not to any
other holder of Warrants.
(4) RIGHTS UPON TRIGGER
EVENT .
(a) Trigger Event .
Each of the following events shall constitute a “ Trigger
Event ”:
(i)
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;
(ii)
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;
(iii)
at any time following the thirtieth (30 th )
day that the Company fails to have a sufficient number of
authorized shares of Common Stock available to satisfy its
obligations for issuance upon a conversion of the full Conversion
Amount of this Note (without regard to any limitations on
conversion);
(iv)
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, 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 fifteen (15) Business
Days;
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(v)
the failure to pay when due or any acceleration, prior to maturity
of any Indebtedness or the Company or any Subsidiaries of $100,000
or more of such Indebtedness in the aggregate and such failure to
pay continues uncured for more than ten (10) Business
Days;
(vi)
the Company or any of its Material Subsidiaries (as defined in SEC
Regulation S-X), 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;
(vii)
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;
(viii)
a final judgment or judgments for the payment of money aggregating
in excess of $250,000 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 $250,000
amount;
(ix)
the Company breaches any representation, warranty, covenant or
other term or condition of any Transaction Document, and such
breach constitutes, individually or in the aggregate, a Material
Adverse Effect; provided , however , that 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; or
(x)
the Company’s failure to engage the services of a transfer
agent for its Common Stock that is a participant in the Depository
Trust Company’s Full Fast Program prior to the date on which
the Registration Statement is declared effective by the
SEC.
(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 have redeemed.
Each portion of this Note subject to redemption by the Company
pursuant to this Section 4(b) shall be redeemed by the Company at
an amount equal to any accrued and unpaid liquidated damages, plus
the greater of
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(A) the Conversion
Amount to be redeemed multiplied by the Redemption Premium, or (B)
the Conversion Amount to be redeemed multiplied by the quotient of
(i) the Closing Sale Price at the time of the Triggering Event (or
at the time of payment of the redemption price, if greater) divided
by (ii) the Conversion Price (the “Trigger Event
Redemption Price” ), provided, however, (B) shall be
applicable only in the event that a Trigger Event of the type
specified in Section 4(a)(i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) hereof has
occurred and remains uncured or the Conversion Shares otherwise
could not be received or sold by the Holder without any resale
restrictions (or pursuant to an effective Registration
Statement). After a Trigger Event occurs, the Conversion
Price shall be permanently decreased (but not increased) on the
first Business Day of each calendar month thereafter (each a
“Trigger Adjustment Date” ) until either the
Trigger Event is cured or the Trigger Event Redemption Price is
paid in full, to a price (the “Trigger Event Reset
Price” ) equal to the lesser of (i) the Conversion Price
then in effect, or (ii) the lowest Weighted Average Price that has
occurred on any Trigger Adjustment Date since the date of
occurrence of the Trigger Event. Redemptions required
by this Section 4(b) shall be made in accordance with the
provisions of Section 11. 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 Triggering Event Redemption
Price 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.
(c) Conversion Right .
Furthermore, in addition to any other remedies, each Holder shall
have the right (but not the obligation) to convert this Note at any
time after a Trigger Event at a fixed conversion price equal to
thirty percent (30%) of the Weighted Average Price on the Closing
Date.
(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
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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 .
If at the time known to the Company, no sooner than fifteen (15)
days nor later than ten (10) days prior to the consummation of a
Change of Control, but in any event 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 after receipt by the Company of such
notice and promptly after (or upon, in the case of such notice
delivered prior to the Change of Control) consummation of the
Change of Control 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 have redeemed.
The portion of this Note subject to redemption pursuant to this
Section 5 shall be redeemed by the Company in cash for an amount
equal to any accrued and unpaid liquidated damages, plus 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 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) Change of Control Premium 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 11 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 this 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(b) may be converted, in whole or in part, by the Holder
into Common Stock pursuant to Section 3.
(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
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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. Notwithstanding any provision of this
Section 6(a) to the contrary, in the event that: (i) the Weighted
Average Price of the Common Stock equals or exceeds 150% of the
applicable Conversion Price for each of the twenty (20) consecutive
Trading Days immediately preceding a Purchase Right Date, and (ii)
the average daily trading volume of the Common Stock during each of
the twenty (20) consecutive Trading Days immediately preceding a
Purchase Right Date equals or exceeds 600,000 shares per day, then
this Section 6(a) shall not apply to such Purchase
Right.
(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, if applicable, 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 COMBINATION OF COMMON STOCK .
If the Company at any time on or after the Subscription Date
subdivides (by any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization or
otherwise) one or more classes of its outstanding shares of Common
Stock into a greater number of shares, the Conversion Price in
effect immediately prior to such subdivision will be
proportionately reduced. If the Company at any time on or
after the Subscription Date combines (by combination, reverse stock
split or otherwise) one or more classes of its outstanding shares
of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, the Conversion
Price in effect immediately prior to such combination will be
proportionately increased.
(8) ADJUSTMENT UPON ISSUANCE OF
SHARES OF COMMON STOCK . If the Company
issues or sells, or in accordance with this Section 8 is deemed to
have issued or
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sold, any shares of Common Stock (including the
issuance or sale of shares of Common Stock owned or held by or for
the account of the Company, but excluding shares of Common Stock
deemed to have been issued by the Company in connection with any
Excluded Securities for a consideration per share (the “
New Issuance Price ”) less than a price (the “
Applicable Price ”) equal to the Conversion Price in
effect immediately prior to such issue or sale or deemed issuance
or sale (the foregoing a “ Dilutive Issuance ”),
then immediately after such Dilutive Issuance, the Conversion Price
then in effect shall be reduced to an amount equal to the New
Issuance Price. Upon each such adjustment of the Conversion
Price hereunder, the number of Conversion Shares shall be adjusted
to the number of shares of Common Stock determined by multiplying
the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to such adjustment
by the number of Conversion Shares acquirable upon conversion of
this Note immediately prior to such adjustment and dividing the
product thereof by the Conversion Price resulting from such
adjustment. For purposes of determining the adjusted
Conversion Price under this Section 8, the following shall be
applicable:
(a)
Issuance of Options . If the Company in any manner
grants any Options and the lowest price per share for which one
share of Common Stock is issuable upon the exercise of any such
Option or upon conversion, exercise or exchange of any Convertible
Securities issuable upon exercise of any such Option is less than
the Applicable Price, then such share of Common Stock shall be
deemed to be outstanding and to have been issued and sold by the
Company at the time of the granting or sale of such Option for such
price per share. For purposes of this Section 8(a), the
“lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock
is issuable upon exercise of such Options or upon conversion,
exercise or exchange of such Convertible Securities” shall be
equal to the sum of the lowest amounts of consideration (if any)
received or receivable by the Company with respect to any one share
of Common Stock upon the granting or sale of the Option, upon
exercise of the Option and upon conversion, exercise or exchange of
any Convertible Security issuable upon exercise of such
Option. No further adjustment of the Conversion Price or
number of Conversion Shares shall be made upon the actual issuance
of such shares of Common Stock or of such Convertible Securities
upon the exercise of such Options or upon the actual issuance of
such shares of Common Stock upon conversion, exercise or exchange
of such Convertible Securities.
(b)
Issuance of Convertible Securities . If the Company in
any manner issues or sells any Convertible Securities and the
lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock is
issuable upon the conversion, exercise or exchange thereof is less
than the Applicable Price, then such share of Common Stock shall be
deemed to be outstanding and to have been issued and sold by the
Company at the time of the issuance or sale of such Convertible
Securities for such price per share. For the purposes of this
Section 8(b), the “lowest price per share for which one share
of Common Stock is issuable upon the conversion, exercise or
exchange” shall be equal to the sum of the lowest amounts of
consideration (if any) received or receivable by the Company with
respect to one share of Common Stock upon the issuance or sale of
the Convertible Security and upon conversion, exercise or exchange
of such Convertible
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