THIS
NOTE AND THE COMMON SHARES ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION OF THIS NOTE
HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS
AMENDED. THIS NOTE AND THE COMMON SHARES ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION
OF THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE SOLD, OFFERED FOR SALE, PLEDGED OR
HYPOTHECATED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
AS TO THIS NOTE UNDER SAID ACT OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL REASONABLY
SATISFACTORY TO INNOVATIVE FOOD HOLDINGS, INC. THAT SUCH
REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED.
CONVERTIBLE
NOTE
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, INNOVATIVE FOOD HOLDINGS,
INC., a Florida corporation (hereinafter called "Borrower"), hereby
promises to pay to NAME, (the "Holder") or its registered assigns
or successors in interest or order, without demand, the sum of
_____________________________ Dollars ($__________)
(“Principal Amount”), with simple and unpaid interest
thereon, on February ___, 2007 (the "Maturity Date"), if not sooner
paid.
This Note has been entered into pursuant to the
terms of a subscription agreement between the Borrower and the
Holder, dated of even date herewith (the “Subscription
Agreement”), and shall be governed by the terms of such
Subscription Agreement. Unless otherwise separately defined herein,
all capitalized terms used in this Note shall have the same meaning
as is set forth in the Subscription Agreement. The following terms
shall apply to this Note:
ARTICLE
I
INTEREST;
AMORTIZATION
1.1.
Interest Rate
. Subject to Section 5.7 hereof,
interest payable on this Note shall accrue at a rate per annum (the
"Interest Rate") of eight percent (8%). Interest on the Principal
Amount shall accrue from the date of this Note and shall be payable
semi-annually, in arrears, six months after the date of this Date
and each six months thereafter and on the Maturity Date, whether by
acceleration or otherwise.
1.2.
Minimum Monthly Principal
Payments . Amortizing
payments of the outstanding Principal Amount of this Note shall
commence on August 1, 2005 and on the first business day of each
consecutive calendar month thereafter (each a “Repayment
Date”) until the Principal Amount has been repaid in full,
whether by the payment of cash or by the conversion of such
principal into Common Stock pursuant to the terms hereof. Subject
to Section 2.1 and Article 3 below, on each Repayment Date, the
Borrower shall make payments to the Holder in the amount of
one-eighteenth (1/18 th ) of the initial Principal
Amount (the "Monthly Principal Amount"), together with any other
amounts, except for regular interest, which are then owing under
this Note that have not been paid (the Monthly Principal Amount,
together with such accrued and unpaid interest and such other
amounts, collectively, the "Monthly Amount"). Amounts of
conversions of Principal Amount made by the Holder or Borrower
pursuant to Section 2.1 or Article III shall be applied to Monthly
Amounts commencing with the Monthly Amounts first payable and then
Monthly Amounts thereafter in chronological order. Any Principal
Amount, interest and any other sum arising under the Subscription
Agreement that remains outstanding on the Maturity Date shall be
due and payable on the Maturity Date.
1.3.
Default Interest Rate
. Following the occurrence and
during the continuance of an Event of Default, which, if
susceptible to cure is not cured within twenty (20) days, otherwise
then from the first date of such occurrence, the annual interest
rate on this Note shall (subject to Section 6.7) automatically be
increased to fifteen percent (15%), and all outstanding obligations
under this Note, including unpaid interest, shall continue to
accrue interest from the date of such Event of Default at such
interest rate applicable to such obligations until such Event of
Default is cured or waived.
ARTICLE
II
CONVERSION
REPAYMENT
2.1.
(a) Payment of Monthly Amount in Cash or
Common Stock. Subject to
Section 3.2 hereof, the Borrower, at the Borrower’s election,
shall pay the Monthly Amount (i) in cash within three (3) business
days after the applicable Repayment Date, or (ii) in registered,
unlegended, free-trading Common Stock at an applied conversion rate
equal to eighty-five percent (85%) of the average of the five (5)
closing bid prices of the Common Stock as reported by Bloomberg
L.P. for the five (5) trading days preceding such Repayment Date.
Such shares of Common Stock must be delivered to the Holder not
later than three (3) business days of the applicable Repayment
Date. Whichever of the Pink Sheets, NASD, OTC Bulletin Board,
NASDAQ SmallCap Market, NASDAQ National Market System, American
Stock Exchange, or New York Stock Exchange or such other principal
market or exchange where the Common Stock is listed or traded is
the principal trading exchange or market for the Common Stock is
the Principal Market. The Borrower must send notice to the Holder
by confirmed telecopier not later than 3:00 PM, New York City time
on each Repayment Date notifying Holder of Borrower’s
election to pay the Monthly Redemption Amount in cash or stock. The
Notice must state the amount of cash and or stock to be paid and
include supporting calculations. Elections by the Borrower must be
made to all Holders of Notes similar to this Note in proportion to
the relative Note principal held by such Note Holders. If such
notice is not timely sent or if the Monthly Redemption Amount is
not timely delivered, then Holder shall have the right, instead of
the Company, to elect within five trading days after the later of
the applicable Repayment Date or required delivery date, as the
case may be, whether to be paid in cash or Common Stock. Such
Holder’s election shall not be construed to be a waiver of
any default by Borrower relating to non-timely compliance by
Borrower with any of its obligations under this Note.
(b)
Application of Conversion
Amounts . Any amounts
paid or converted by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.1(b) shall
be deemed to constitute payments of and applied (i) first, against
outstanding fees, (ii) second, against accrued interest on the
Principal Amount, and (iii) third, against the Principal
Amount.
2.2.
No Effective
Registration .
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no amount payable
hereunder may be paid in shares of Common Stock by the Borrower
without the Holder’s consent unless (a) either (i) an
effective current Registration Statement covering the shares of
Common Stock to be issued in satisfaction of such obligations
exists, or (ii) an exemption from registration of the Common Stock
is available pursuant to Rule 144(k) of the Securities Act, and (b)
no Event of Default hereunder exists and is continuing, unless such
Event of Default is cured within any applicable cure period or is
otherwise waived in writing by the Holder in whole or in part at
the Holder's option.
ARTICLE
III
CONVERSION
RIGHTS
3.1.
Holder's Conversion
Rights . Subject to
Section 3.2 and the mandatory conversion provisions therein, the
Holder shall have the right, but not the obligation, to convert all
or any portion of the then aggregate outstanding Principal Amount
of this Note, together with interest and fees due hereon, and any
sum arising under the Subscription Agreement and the Transaction
Documents, including but not limited to Liquidated Damages, into
shares of Common Stock, subject to the terms and conditions set
forth in this Article III at the rate of $0.005 per share of Common
Stock (“Fixed Conversion Price” as same may be adjusted
pursuant to this Note and the Subscription Agreement. The Holder
may exercise such right by delivery to the Borrower of a written
Notice of Conversion pursuant to Section 3.3.
3.2.
Conversion Limitation
. Notwithstanding anything contained
herein to the contrary, the Holder shall not be entitled to convert
pursuant to the terms of this Note nor may this Note be converted
in whole or in part into an amount of Common Stock that would be
convertible into that number of Common Stock which would exceed the
difference between the number of shares of Common Stock
beneficially owned by such Holder and 4.99% of the outstanding
shares of Common Stock. For the purposes of the immediately
preceding sentence, beneficial ownership shall be determined in
accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and Regulation
13d-3 thereunder. The foregoing limitation shall be calculated as
of each Conversion Date. Aggregate conversions over time shall not
be limited to 4.99%. The Holder may waive the Conversion Share
limitation described in this Section 3.2, in whole or in part, upon
61 days prior notice to the Borrower. The Holder may allocate which
of the equity of the Borrower deemed beneficially owned by the
Holder shall be included in the 4.99% amount described above and
which shall be allocated to the excess above 4.99%.
3.3.
Mechanics of Holder's
Conversion .
(a)
In the event that the Holder elects
to convert any amounts outstanding under this Note into Common
Stock, the Holder shall give notice of such election by delivering
an executed and completed notice of conversion (a "Notice of
Conversion") to the Borrower, which Notice of Conversion shall
provide a breakdown in reasonable detail of the Principal Amount,
accrued interest and amounts being converted. The original Note is
not required to be surrendered to the Borrower until all sums due
under the Note have been paid. On each Conversion Date (as
hereinafter defined) and in accordance with its Notice of
Conversion, the Holder shall make the appropriate reduction to the
Principal Amount, accrued interest and fees as entered in its
records and shall provide written notice thereof to the Borrower
within three (3) business days after the Conversion Date. Each date
on which a Notice of Conversion is delivered or telecopied to the
Borrower in accordance with the provisions hereof shall be deemed a
"Conversion Date." A form of Notice of Conversion to be employed by
the Holder is annexed hereto as Exhibit A.
(b)
Pursuant to the terms of a Notice
of Conversion, the Borrower will issue instructions to the transfer
agent accompanied by an opinion of counsel, if so required by the
Borrower's transfer agent, within two (2) business days after
the date of the delivery to Borrower of the Notice of Conversion
and shall cause the transfer agent to transmit the certificates
representing the Conversion Shares to the Holder by crediting the
account of the Holder's designated broker with the Depository Trust
Corporation ("DTC") through its Deposit Withdrawal Agent Commission
("DWAC") system within three (3) business days after receipt by the
Borrower of the Notice of Conversion (the "Delivery Date"). In the
case of the exercise of the conversion rights set forth herein the
conversion privilege shall be deemed to have been exercised and the
Conversion Shares issuable upon such conversion shall be deemed to
have been issued upon the date of receipt by the Borrower of the
Notice of Conversion. The Holder shall be treated for all purposes
as the record holder of such shares of Common Stock, unless the
Holder provides the Borrower written instructions to the
contrary. Notwithstanding the foregoing to the contrary, the
Borrower or its transfer agent shall only be obligated to issue and
deliver the shares to the DTC on the Holder’s behalf via DWAC
(or certificates free of restrictive legends) if the registration
statement providing for the resale of the shares of Common Stock
issuable upon the conversion of this Note is effective and the
Holder has complied with all applicable securities laws in
connection with the sale of the Common Stock, including, without
limitation, the prospectus delivery requirements. In the event that
Conversion Shares cannot be delivered to the Holder via DWAC, the
Borrower shall deliver physical certificates representing the
Conversion Shares by the Delivery Date.
3.4.
Conversion Mechanics
.
(a)
The number of shares of Common
Stock to be issued upon each conversion of this Note pursuant to
this Article III shall be determined by dividing that portion of
the Principal Amount and interest and fees to be converted, if any,
by the then applicable Fixed Conversion Price.
(b) The Fixed Conversion Price and number and kind
of shares or other securities to be issued upon conversion shall be
subject to adjustment from time to time upon the happening of
certain events while this conversion right remains outstanding, as
follows:
A. Merger, Sale of Assets, etc. If the Borrower at
any time shall consolidate with or merge