THESE
SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF
1933, AS AMENDED, AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD IN THE ABSENCE OF
AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER SAID ACT OR PURSUANT TO
AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO,
REGISTRATION UNDER SAID ACT.
THIS NOTE IS
ISSUED IN CONNECTION WITH AN EXCHANGE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PAYEE
AND THE MAKER OF EVEN DATE HEREWITH, PURSUANT TO WHICH THE PAYEE
EXCHANGED, SURRENDERED, AND CONVERTED OTHER SECURITIES FOR THESE
SECURITIES, ALL AS SET FORTH IN THE EXCHANGE AGREEMENT.
CONVERTIBLE PROMISSORY
NOTE
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June 26, 2009
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Original
Investment Date (determined pursuant to Rule
144(d)(3)(ii):
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See Exhibit A to Exchange
Agreement
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FOR VALUE
RECEIVED, Quest Minerals & Mining Corp., a Utah corporation
(the “ Maker ”), hereby promises to pay to
Interstellar Holdings, LLC, or its successors and assigns (the
“ Payee ”), at its address at 1446 Redding Road,
Fairfield CT, 06824, or to such other address as Payee shall
provide in writing to the Maker for such purpose, a principal sum
of ONE MILLION TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS (U.S.
$1,200,000). The aggregate principal amount outstanding
under this Note will be conclusively evidenced by the schedule
annexed as Exhibit B hereto (the “ Loan Schedule
”). The entire principal amount hereunder shall be
due and payable in full on June 26, 2011 (the “ Maturity
Date ”), or on such earlier date as such principal amount
may earlier become due and payable pursuant to the terms
hereof.
1. Interest
Rate . Interest shall accrue on the unpaid principal
amount of this Convertible Promissory Note (the “ Note
”) at the rate of six percent (6%) per annum from the date of
the first making of the loan for such principal amount until such
unpaid principal amount is paid in full or earlier converted into
shares (the “ Shares ”) of the Maker’s
common stock, $0.001 par value (the “ Common Stock
”) in accordance with the terms hereof. Interest
hereunder shall be paid on the Maturity Date or on such earlier
date as the principal amount under this Note becomes due and
payable or is converted in accordance with the terms hereof and
shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year for the actual
number of days elapsed.
2. Conversion of
Principal and Interest . Subject to the terms and
conditions hereof, the Payee, at its sole option, may deliver to
the Maker a notice in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (a
“ Conversion Notice ”) and an updated Loan
Schedule, at any time and from time to time after the date hereof
and prior to the payment of the principal amount and all accrued
interest thereon (the date of the delivery of a Conversion Notice,
a “ Conversion Date ”), to convert all or any
portion of the outstanding principal amount of this Note plus
accrued and unpaid interest thereon, for a number of Shares equal
to the quotient obtained by dividing the dollar amount of such
outstanding principal amount of this Note plus the accrued and
unpaid interest thereon being converted by the Conversion Price (as
defined in Section 14). Conversions hereunder shall have
the effect of lowering the outstanding principal amount of this
Note plus all accrued and unpaid interest thereunder in an amount
equal to the applicable conversion, which shall be evidenced by
entries set forth in the Conversion Notice and the Loan
Schedule.
3. Certain
Conversion Limitations .
(a) The Payee may not
convert an outstanding principal amount of this Note or accrued and
unpaid interest thereon to the extent such conversion would result
in the Payee, together with any affiliate thereof, beneficially
owning (as determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the
Exchange Act (as defined in Section 14) and the rules promulgated
thereunder) in excess of 4.999% of the then issued and outstanding
shares of Common Stock. Since the Payee will not be
obligated to report to the Maker the number of shares of Common
Stock it may hold at the time of a conversion hereunder, unless the
conversion at issue would result in the issuance of Shares in
excess of 4.999% of the then outstanding shares of Common Stock
without regard to any other shares which may be beneficially owned
by the Payee or an affiliate thereof, the Payee shall have the
authority and obligation to determine whether and the extent to
which the restriction contained in this Section will limit any
particular conversion hereunder. The provisions of this
Section may be waived by Payee upon not less than 61 days’
prior notice to the Maker.
(b) The Payee may not
convert an outstanding principal amount of this Note or accrued and
unpaid interest thereon to the extent such conversion would result
in the Payee, together with any affiliate thereof, beneficially
owning (as determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the
Exchange Act and the rules promulgated thereunder) in excess of
9.999% of the then issued and outstanding shares of Common
Stock. Since the Payee will not be obligated to report
to the Maker the number of shares of Common Stock it may hold at
the time of a conversion hereunder, unless the conversion at issue
would result in the issuance of Shares in excess of 9.999% of the
then outstanding shares of Common Stock without regard to any other
shares which may be beneficially owned by the Payee or an affiliate
thereof, the Payee shall have the authority and obligation to
determine whether and the extent to which the restriction contained
in this Section will limit any particular conversion
hereunder. The provisions of this Section may be waived
by Payee upon not less than 61 days’ prior notice to the
Maker.
(c) The Payee may not
convert an outstanding principal amount of this Note or accrued and
unpaid interest thereon to the extent such conversion would require
the Maker to issue shares of Common Stock in excess of the
Maker’s then sufficient authorized and unissued shares of
Common Stock.
4. Deliveries
. Not later than three Trading Days (as defined in
Section 14) after any Conversion Date (the “ Delivery
Date ”), the Maker will deliver to the Payee (i) a
certificate or certificates representing the number of Shares being
acquired upon the conversion of the principal amount of this Note
and any interest accrued thereunder being converted pursuant to the
Conversion Notice (subject to the limitations set forth in Section
3 hereof), and (ii) an endorsement by the Maker of the Loan
Schedule acknowledging the remaining outstanding principal amount
of this Note plus all accrued and unpaid interest thereon not
converted (an “ Endorsement ”). The
Maker’s delivery to the Payee of stocks certificates in
accordance clause (i) above shall be Maker’s conclusive
endorsement of the remaining outstanding principal amount of this
Note plus all accrued and unpaid interest thereon not converted as
set forth in the Loan Schedule.
5. Mandatory
Prepayment Upon Triggering Events . Upon the occurrence of a
Triggering Event (as defined below), the Payee shall have the right
(in addition to all other rights it may have hereunder or under
applicable law), exercisable at the sole option of the Payee, to
require the Maker to prepay all or a portion of the outstanding
principal amount of this Note plus all accrued and unpaid interest
thereon. Such prepayment shall be due and payable within thirty
(30) Trading Days of the date on which the notice for the payment
therefor is provided by the Payee.
A “Triggering Event” means any one
or more of the following events (whatever the reason and whether it
shall be voluntary or involuntary, or effected by operation of law
or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court, or any
order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental
body):
(i) any default in the
payment of the principal of interest on or other payments owing in
respect of this Note, f