Exhibit 10.9
CONVERTIBLE PROMISSORY
NOTE
$600,000 PLUS INTEREST
DUE & PAYABLE
DOCUMENT
A-02152008
THIS NOTE AND THE
SHARES ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION OF THIS NOTE HAVE NOT BEEN
REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED. THIS
NOTE AND THE 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 OR APPLICABLE
EXEMPTION OR SAFE HARBOR PROVISION.
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, on
the Effective Date, as defined below, Advanced Cell Technology
Inc. as Obligor (“Borrower,” or
“Obligor”), hereby promises to pay to the Lender
(“Lender” or “ Holder”), as defined below,
the Principal Sum, as defined below, along with the Interest Rate,
as defined below, according to the terms herein.
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The “Effective
Date” shall be:
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February 15,
2008
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The
“Lender” shall be:
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JMJ Financial / Its
Principal, or Its Assignees
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The “Principal
Sum” shall be:
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$600,000 (six hundred
thousand US Dollars); Subject to the following: accrued, unpaid
interest shall be added to the Principal Sum.
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The
“Consideration” shall be:
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$500,000 (five hundred
thousand) dollars in the form of cashier’s check.
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The “Interest
Rate” shall be:
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12% one-time interest
charge on the Principal Sum. No interest or principal payments are
required until the Maturity Date, but both principal and interest
may be included in conversion prior to maturity date.
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The “Conversion
Price” shall be the following price:
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As applied to the
Conversion Formula set forth in 2.2, the lesser of (a) $0.38
or (b) 80% (eighty percent) of the average of the 3 (three)
lowest trade prices in the 20 trading days previous to the
conversion; as applies to Advanced Cell Technology Inc. voting
common stock.
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The “Prepayment
Terms” shall be:
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Prepayment is not
permitted, unless approved by Holder in writing.
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The “Maturity
Date” is the date upon which the Principal Sum of this Note,
as well as any unpaid interest shall be due and payable, and that
date shall be:
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February 15,
2010
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ARTICLE 1 PAYMENT-RELATED
PROVISIONS
1.1
Demand. Upon notice by holder, this Note is payable on
Demand at any time from and after 180 days from the Effective
Date.
1.2 Interest
Rate. Subject to the Holder’s right to convert,
interest payable on this Note will accrue interest at the Interest
Rate and shall be applied to the Principal Sum.
ARTICLE 2 CONVERSION
RIGHTS
The Holder will
have the right to convert the Principal Sum and accrued interest
under this Note into Shares of the Borrower’s Common Stock as
set forth below.
2.1
Conversion Rights and Cashless Exercise. The Holder
will have the right at its election from and after 180 days from
the Effective Date, and then at any time, to convert all or part of
the outstanding and unpaid Principal Sum and accrued interest into
shares of fully paid and nonassessable shares of common stock of
Advanced Cell Technology Inc. (as such stock exists on the date of
issuance of this Note, or any shares of capital stock of Advanced
Cell Technology Inc. into which such stock is hereafter changed or
reclassified, the “Common Stock”) as per the Conversion
Formula set forth in Section 2.2. Any such conversion
shall be cashless, and shall not require further payment from
Holder. Unless otherwise agreed in writing by both the
Borrower and the Holder, at no time will the Holder convert any
amount of the Note into common stock that would result in the
Holder owning more than 4.99% of the common stock outstanding of
Advanced Cell Technology Inc. Shares from any such conversion
will be delivered to Holder within 2 (two) business days of
conversion notice delivery (see 3.1) via 10:30 am priority
overnight delivery service (see Section 2.6).
2.2
Conversion Formula. The number of shares issued through
conversion is the conversion amount divided by the conversion
price.
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# Shares =
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Conversion
Amount
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Conversion
Price
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2.3 This
section 2.3 intentionally left blank.
2.4
Adjustment Upon Dilutive Offers, Agreements, or Sales. If the
Borrower, at any time while this Note is outstanding, enters into
an agreement under which it issues or agrees to issue either its
common stock, options, or warrants to purchase or convert to its
common stock at a price or exercise price or conversion price (a
“Subsequent Share Price”), as the case may
be,
that is less than the
conversion price or subsequent conversion formula result set forth
in Section 2.2, then the conversion price set forth in
Section 2.2. shall be automatically adjusted to equal the
Subsequent Share Price. Circumstances that are exempt from
adjustment as set forth in this Section 2.4
include:
(a) options to
employees, officers, directors or consultants pursuant to any stock
or option plan currently in effect or hereafter duly adopted by a
majority of the non- employee members of the board of directors of
the Borrower or a majority of the members of a committee of
non-employee directors established for such purpose, provided that
the exercise price of such options shall not be less than the
Conversion Price on the trading day immediately prior to the grant
of such option,
(b) securities
issued upon the exercise or conversion of any securities,
convertible securities, options or warrants issued and outstanding
on the date of this Note, or any agreements to issue the same in
existence as of the date of this Note, and
(c) securities
issued pursuant to acquisitions or strategic transactions, provided
any such issuance shall only be made in connection with a
transaction involving a person or entity which is, itself or
through its subsidiaries, an operating company in a business
synergistic with the business of the Borrower and in which the
Borrower receives benefits in addition to the investment of funds,
but shall not include a transaction in which the Borrower is
issuing securities primarily for the purpose of raising capital or
to an entity whose primary business is investing in
securities.
2.5
Reservation of Shares. As of the issuance date of this
Note and for the remaining period during which the conversion right
exists, the Borrower will reserve from its authorized and unissued
Common Stock a sufficient number of shares to provide for the
issuance of Common Stock upon the full conversion of this
Note. The Borrower represents that upon issuance, such shares
will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and
non-assessable. The Borrower agrees that its issuance of this
Note constitutes full authority to its officers, agents and
transfer agents who are charged with the duty of executing and
issuing stock certificates to execute and issue the necessary
certificates for shares of Common Stock upon the conversion of this
Note.
2.6 Delivery
of Conversion Shares. Shares from any such conversion will be
delivered to Holder within 2 (two) business days of conversion
notice delivery (see 3.1) via 10:30 am priority overnight delivery
service (see “Share Delivery” attachment). If
those shares are not delivered in accordance with this timeframe
stated in this Section 2.6, at any time for any reason prior
to offering those shares for sale in a private transaction or in
the public market through its broker, Holder may rescind that
particular conversion to have the conversion amount returned to the
note balance with the conversion shares returned to the
Borrower.
ARTICLE 3
MISCELLANEOUS
3.1
Notices. Any notice required or permitted hereunder must be
in writing and either personally served, sent by facsimile or email
transmission, or sent by overnight courier. Notices will be
deemed effectively delivered at the time of transmission if by
facsimile or email, and if by overnight courier the business day
after such notice is deposited with the courier service for
delivery.
3.2
Amendment Provision. The term “Note” and all
reference thereto, as used throughout this instrument, means this
instrument as originally executed, or if later amended or
supplemented, then as so amended or supplemented.
3.3
Assignability. This Note will be binding upon th
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