EXHIBIT
10(xxiii)
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 7, 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 of ten
(10) days af