Exhibit
A
FORM OF
CONVERTIBLE PROMISSORY
NOTE
THIS NOTE, AND
ANY SECURITIES INTO WHICH THIS NOTE MAY BE CONVERTED, HAVE BEEN AND
WILL BE ISSUED WITHOUT REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF
1933, AS AMENDED (" THE ACT "). SUCH SECURITIES ARE SUBJECT
TO RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFERABILITY AND RESALE AND MAY NOT BE
TRANSFERRED OR RESOLD EXCEPT AS PERMITTED UNDER THE ACT AND THE
APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, PURSUANT TO REGISTRATION OR
EXEMPTION THEREFROM.
NEW GENERATION HOLDINGS,
INC.
Convertible Promissory
Note
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$753,304.27
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December ___, 2005
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NEW GENERATION HOLDINGS, INC.,
a Delaware corporation (hereinafter
referred to as " Maker " or the " Company "), for
value received, hereby promises to pay to Jacques Mot (the "
Payee "), or his assigns, on demand, the aggregate principal
amount of Seven Hundred Fifty Three Thousand Three Hundred Four and
27/XX Dollars ($753,304.27) in such coin or currency of the United
States of America as at the time of payment shall be legal tender
therein for the payment of public and private debts, together with
accrued interest, compounded annually (calculated on the basis of
the actual number of days elapsed over a year of 360 days), from
the date hereof on the unpaid balance of such principal amount, at
the rate of ten percent (10%) per annum.
This Convertible Promissory Note (this “
Note ”) was issued pursuant to a Debt Exchange
Agreement among the Company, the Payee and the Company's wholly
owned subsidiary , New Generation Plastic, Inc. (" NGP ")
dated of even date herewith (as amended, restated or modified from
time to time, the “ Debt Exchange Agreement
”).
The principal of and interest on this Note shall
be payable by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the
account of the Payee of this Note at such banking institution as
such Payee designates or, if requested by such Payee, by certified
or official bank check payable to the Payee of this Note mailed to
such Payee at the address of such Payee as set forth in the Debt
Exchange Agreement or such other address as shall be designated in
writing by the Payee to the Company.
The outstanding
principal and interest under this Note shall be convertible at the
option of the Payee at any time after the date of this Note, into:
(i) shares of the Company's Series A Preferred Stock, par value
$0.001 per share (" NGH Preferred Stock ") at a conversion
price equal to $1.507 per share; or (ii) shares of NGP's Series A
Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share (" NGP Preferred
Stock " and collectively, with the NGH Preferred Stock, "
Preferred Stock ") at a conversion
price equal to
$1.507 per share, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set
forth in Section 2 of the Debt Conversion Agreement. As soon as
possible after a conversion has been effected (but in any event
within ten (10) days after the surrender of this Note), Maker will
(or will cause NGP, as applicable) to deliver to Payee a
certificate or certificates representing the number of shares of
Preferred Stock issuable by reason of such conversion in such name
or names and such denomination or denominations as Payee has
specified, together with payment in lieu of any fraction of a
share. Payee shall reserve and keep available for issuance (and
shall cause NGP to reserve and keep available for issuance) upon
the conversion of the Note such number of its authorized but
unissued shares of Preferred Stock, as applicable, as will be
sufficient to permit the conversion in full of all amounts
outstanding under this Note and such shares of Common Stock as will
be sufficient to permit the conversion in full of all such
Preferred Stock issued upon conversion of this Note, and upon such
issuance such shares of Preferred Stock and/or Common Stock will be
validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
Any of the
following events shall constitute an “ Event of
Default ” under this Note:
1. all or any part of the principal or interest on
the Note is not paid when due and payable;
2. failure of the Maker to observe or perform in
any material respect any covenant or agreement of the Maker in this
Note or the Debt Exchange Agreement (which failure continues for a
period o