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 (WHICH COUNSEL SHALL BE SELECTED BY THE HOLDER),
IN A GENERALLY ACCEPTABLE FORM, 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.
Principal
Amount: $__________
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Note #
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Issue Date: July __ ,
2009
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CONVERTIBLE PROMISSORY
NOTE
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, HELIX WIND, CORP., a Nevada
corporation (hereinafter called “Borrower”), hereby
promises to pay to _______________________ (the
“Holder”) or order, without demand, the sum
of ______________________ dollars
($________) (“Principal Amount”), with
interest accruing thereon, on July __, 2012 (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 at or about the date hereof (the “Subscription
Agreement”), which are incorporated herein. 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
GENERAL PROVISIONS
1.1
Interest Rate . Interest payable on this
Note shall accrue at the annual rate of nine percent (9%) and be
payable in arrears on the Maturity Date, accelerated or otherwise,
when the principal and remaining accrued but unpaid interest shall
be due and payable, or sooner as described below.
1.2
Default Interest Rate . The Borrower shall not
have any grace period to pay any monetary amounts due under this
Note. After the Maturity Date, accelerated or otherwise,
and during the pendency of an Event of Default (as defined in
Article III) a default interest rate of fifteen percent (15%) per
annum shall apply to the amounts owed hereunder.
1.3
Prepayment . Provided that on each day during the
Prepayment Period (as defined below), (a) an Event of Default, nor
an event which with the passage of time or the giving of notice
could become an Event of Default has not occurred and (b) either
(x) a registration statement of the Company shall be effective
pursuant to the 1933 Act, and available for the resale of all of
the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Notes
and exercise of the Warrants or (y) all shares of Common Stock
issuable upon conversion of the Notes, exercise of the Warrants
shall be eligible for sale without restriction pursuant to Rule 144
and without the requirement to be in compliance with Rule 144(c)(1)
(or any successor thereto) promulgated under the 1933 Act, the
Borrower may, on one occasion, upon not less than thirty (30) days
prior notice (the period commencing on the date of such notice and
ending and including the date of such prepayment, the
“Prepayment Period”), prepay all, but not less than
all, of the Note principal, interest and any other sum owed or
payable to Holder. Holder may exercise its conversion
rights during such thirty (30) day notice
period. Borrower’s failure to timely make the
prepayment will be an Event of Default under this Note.
1.4
Conversion Privileges . The Conversion Privileges
set forth in Article II shall remain in full force and effect
immediately from the date hereof and until the Note is paid in full
regardless of the occurrence of an Event of Default. The
Note shall be payable in full on the Maturity Date, unless
previously converted into Common Stock in accordance with Article
II hereof; provided, that if an Event of Default has occurred, the
Holder may extend the Maturity Date until up to one year after the
later of the date the Event of Default has been cured or one year
after the Maturity Date.
ARTICLE II
CONVERSION RIGHTS
The Holder shall have the right to convert the
principal and any interest due under this Note into Shares of the
Borrower’s Common Stock, $.0001 par value per share
(“Common Stock”) as set forth below.
2.1.
Conversion into the Borrower’s Common Stock
.
(a) The
Holder shall have the right from and after the date of the issuance
of this Note and then at any time until this Note is fully paid, to
convert any outstanding and unpaid principal portion of this Note,
and accrued interest, at the election of the Holder (the date of
giving of such notice of conversion being a “Conversion
Date”) into fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common
Stock as such stock exists on the date of issuance of this Note, or
any shares of capital stock of Borrower into which such Common
Stock shall hereafter be changed or reclassified, at the Conversion
Price as defined in Section 2.1(b) hereof, determined as provided
herein. Upon delivery to the Borrower of a completed
Notice of Conversion, a form of which is annexed hereto as Exhibit
A, Borrower shall issue and deliver to the Holder within three (3)
business days after the Conversion Date (such third day being the
“Delivery Date”) that number of shares of Common Stock
for the portion of the Note converted in accordance with the
foregoing. At the election of the Holder, the Borrower
will deliver accrued but unpaid interest on the Note, if any,
through the Conversion Date directly to the Holder on or before the
Delivery Date. The number of shares of Common Stock to
be issued upon each conversion of this Note shall be determined by
dividing that portion of the principal of the Note and interest, if
any, to be converted, by the Conversion Price.
(b)
Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 2.1(c) hereof, the
conversion price per share shall be equal to $0.50
(“Conversion Price”).
(c)
The
Conversion Price and number and kind of shares or other securities
to be issued upon conversion determined pursuant to Section 2.1(a),
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 (A) the Borrower
effects any merger or consolidation of the Borrower with
or into another entity, (B) the Borrower effects any sale of all or
substantially all of its assets in one or a series of related
transactions, (C) any tender offer or exchange offer
(whether by the Borrower or another entity) is completed pursuant
to which holders of Common Stock are permitted to tender or
exchange their shares for other securities, cash or property, (D)
the Borrower consummates a stock purchase agreement or other
business combination (including, without limitation, a
reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off or scheme of
arrangement) with one or more persons or entities whereby such
other persons or entities acquire more than the 50% of the
outstanding shares of Common Stock (not including any shares of
Common Stock held by such other persons or entities making or party
to, or associated or affiliated with the other persons or entities
making or party to, such stock purchase agreement or other business
combination), (E) any “person” or “group”
(as these terms are used for purposes of Sections 13(d) and 14(d)
of the 1934 Act) is or shall become the “beneficial
owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the 1934 Act),
directly or indirectly, of 50% of the aggregate Common Stock of the
Borrower, or (F) the Borrower effects any reclassification of the
Common Stock or any compulsory share exchange pursuant to which the
Common Stock is effectively converted into or exchanged for other
securities, cash or property (in any such case, a
“Fundamental Transaction”), this Note, as to
the unpaid principal portion thereof and accrued interest thereon,
shall thereafter be deemed to evidence the right to convert into
such number and kind of shares or other securities and property as
would have been issuable or distributable on account of such
Fundamental Transaction, upon or with respect to the securities
subject to the conversion right immediately prior to such
Fundamental Transaction. The foregoing provision shall
similarly apply to successive Fundamental Transactions of a similar
nature by any such successor or purchaser. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, the anti-dilution
provisions of this Section shall apply to such securities of such
successor or purchaser after any such Fundamental
Transaction.
B.
Reclassification, etc. If the Borrower at any
time shall, by reclassification or otherwise, change the Common
Stock into the same or a different number of securities of any
class or classes that may be issued or outstanding, this Note, as
to the unpaid principal portion thereof and accrued interest
thereon, shall thereafter be deemed to evidence the right to
purchase an adjusted number of such securities and kind of
securities as would have been issuable as the result of such change
with respect to the Common Stock immediately prior to such
reclassification or other change.
C.
Stock Splits, Combinations and Dividends . If the
shares of Common Stock are subdivided or combined into a greater or
smaller number of shares of Common Stock, or if a dividend is paid
on the Common Stock in shares of Common Stock, the Conversion Price
shall be proportionately reduced in case of subdivision of shares
or stock dividend or proportionately increased in the case of
combination of shares, in each such case by the ratio which the
total number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately
after such event bears to the total number of shares of Common
Stock outstanding immediately prior to such event.
D.
Share Issuance . So long as this Note is
outstanding, if the Borrower shall issue any Common Stock except
for the Excepted Issuances (as defined in the Subscription
Agreement), prior to the complete conversion or payment of this
Note, for a consideration per share that is less than the
Conversion Price that would be in effect at the time of such issue,
then, and thereafter successively upon each such issuance, the
Conversion Price shall be reduced to such other lower issue
price. For purposes of this adjustment, the issuance of
any security or debt instrument of the Borrower carrying the right
to convert such security or debt instrument into Common Stock or of
any warrant, right or option to purchase Common Stock shall result
in an adjustment to the Conversion Price upon the issuance of the
above-described security, debt instrument, warrant, right, or
option and again upon the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon
exercise of such conversion or purchase rights if such issuance is
at a price lower than the then applicable Conversion
Price. The reduction of the Conversion Price described
in this paragraph is in addition to the other rights of the Holder
described in the Subscription Agreement. Common Stock
issued or issuable by the Borrower for no consideration will be
deemed issuable or to have been issued for $0.0001 per share of
Common Stock. The reduction of the Conversion Price
described in this paragraph is in addition to the other rights of
the Holder described in the Subscription Agreement.
(d) Whenever
the Conversion Price is adjusted pursuant to Section 2.1(c) above,
the Borrower shall promptly mail to the Holder a notice setting
forth the Conversion Price after such adjustment and setting forth
a statement of the facts requiring such adjustment.
(e) During
the period the conversion right exists, Borrower will reserve from
its authorized and unissued Common Stock not less than an amount of
Common Stock equal to 175% of the amount of shares of Common Stock
issuable upon the full conversion of this Note. Borrower
represents that upon issuance, such shares will be duly and validly
issued, fully paid and non-assessable. Borrower agrees
that its issuance of this Note shall constitute 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.
2.2
Method of Conversion . This Note may be converted
by the Holder in whole or in part as described in Section 2.1(a)
hereof and the Subscription Agreement. Upon partial
conversion of this Note, a new Note containing the same date and
provisions of this Note shall, at the request of the Holder, be
issued by the Borrower to the Holder for the principal balance of
this Note and interest which shall not have been converted or
paid.
2.3
Maximum Conversion .&nbs