Exhibit
10.1
THIS PROMISSORY NOTE (THE
“NOTE”) HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR
UNDER THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE. THIS NOTE IS SUBJECT TO
RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFERABILITY AND RESALE AND MAY NOT BE SOLD,
TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT FOR THE SECURITIES UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND
APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL IN FORM,
SUBSTANCE AND SCOPE REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE MAKER, THAT
REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND
APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR UNLESS SOLD PURSUANT TO RULE
144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.
THIS PROMISSORY NOTE IS SUBJECT TO THE
SUBORDINATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE HOLDER HEREOF AND SILICON
VALLEY BANK.
ZYNEX MEDICAL HOLDINGS, INC.
CONVERTIBLE SECURED PROMISSORY NOTE
FOR VALUE
RECEIVED , ZYNEX MEDICAL HOLDINGS, INC., a Nevada
corporation (“Maker”), promises to pay to the order of
Ascendiant Capital Group, LLC
(“Holder”) at 18881 Von Karman, 16 th Floor, Irvine, CA 92612, the
principal sum of Two Hundred Seventy Five Thousand Dollars
($275,000), together with all accrued interest thereon and fees,
upon the terms and conditions specified below.
1.
Use of Loan Proceeds . The proceeds of this
Note shall be used for general working capital for the Maker.
2.
Due Date . Unless earlier accelerated or
converted pursuant to the terms hereof, this Note shall mature and
the outstanding principal balance of this Note together with all
accrued and unpaid interest hereunder shall become due and payable
in one lump sum on April 18, 2007 (the “Maturity
Date”); provided, however, if Maker delivers written notice
to Holder at any time not less than 15 days prior to the Maturity
Date stating that Maker has elected to extend the term of this
Note, this Note shall instead mature and the outstanding principal
balance of this Note together with all accrued and unpaid interest
hereunder shall become due and payable in six equal monthly
installments beginning on the Maturity Date and ending on October
18, 2007 (the “Extended Maturity Date”).
3.
Original Issue Discount . This Note
shall have an original issue discount equal to five percent (5%) of
the aggregate principal amount of this Note, and Maker acknowledges
that the proceeds of this Note shall be net of this five percent
(5%) original issue discount. The amount by which the issue price
of this Note is less than the amount to be paid at the Maturity
Date (excluding amounts stated to be interest), constitutes
“original issue discount,” the accrual of which is
treated as interest on the Note for purposes of federal and state
taxation.
4.
Interest . Interest shall accrue on the
unpaid balance outstanding from time to time under this Note at the
rate of (a) fifteen percent (15%) per annum from the date hereof to
and including January 17, 2007 and (b) eighteen percent (18%) per
annum from January 18, 2007 to and including the Maturity Date
(with (a) and (b) referred to herein as the “Initial
Term”); provided, however, (i) if the term of this Note is
extended by Maker pursuant to Section 2 hereof, then from and after
the original Maturity Date to and including the Extended Maturity
Date, interest shall accrue on the unpaid balance outstanding from
time to time under this Note at the rate of twenty-one percent
(21%) per annum, and (ii) any principal amount not paid when due
and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, any interest not
paid when due, in each case whether at stated maturity, by required
prepayment, declaration, acceleration, demand or otherwise (both
before as well as after judgment), shall bear interest payable upon
demand at a rate that is five percent (5%) per annum in excess of
the rate of interest otherwise then payable under this Note. All
computations of interest shall be made on the basis of a year of
360 days for the actual number of days (including the first day and
excluding the last day) occurring in the period for which such
interest is payable. In no event shall the interest rate payable on
this Note exceed the maximum rate of interest permitted to be
charged under applicable law. If the rate of interest payable under
this Note is ever reduced as a result of the preceding sentence and
at any time thereafter the maximum rate permitted by applicable law
shall exceed such reduced rate of interest then provided for
hereunder, then the rate provided for hereunder shall be increased
to a rate not to exceed the maximum rate permitted by applicable
law at such time, such that the total amount of interest received
by the Holder is equal to or as nearly equal to the amount provided
for in the first sentence of this paragraph as applicable law
permits. All Interest payable under this Note during the Initial
Term shall be prepaid on the date hereof from the proceeds of this
Note irrespective of any prepayment of amounts under this Note. In
the case of any Extended Maturity Date, all interest shall be
according to the amortization schedule set forth in Section 2
hereof.
(a) At any time or
from time to time prior to the Maturity Date or the Extended
Maturity Date, as the case may be, Holder may elect to convert all
or any portion of the outstanding principal balance of this Note
and accrued but unpaid interest thereon into the common stock of
Maker at an initial conversion price of $0.32 per share of common
stock (the “Conversion Price”).
(b) No fractional
shares of Maker’s capital stock will be issued upon
conversion of this Note. In lieu of any fractional share to which
Holder would otherwise be entitled, Maker will pay to Holder in
cash the amount of the unconverted principal and interest balance
of this Note that would otherwise be converted into such fractional
share. Upon conversion of this Note pursuant to Section 5, Holder
shall surrender this Note, duly endorsed, at
the principal
offices of Maker. At its expense, Maker will, as soon as
practicable thereafter, issue and deliver to Holder, at such
address as requested by Holder, a certificate or certificates for
the number of shares to which Holder is entitled upon such
conversion, together with any other securities and property to
which Holder is entitled upon such conversion under the terms of
this Note, including a check payable to Holder for any cash amounts
payable as a result of any fractional shares as described
herein.
6.
Adjustments to Conversion Price for Certain Diluting
Issuances .
(a) Special
Definitions . For purposes of this Section 6, the following
definitions apply:
(i) “
Options ” shall mean rights, options, or
warrants to subscribe for, purchase or otherwise acquire either
Common Stock or Convertible Securities (defined below).
(ii) “
Original Issue Date ” shall mean the date
hereof.
(iii) “
Convertible Securities ” shall mean any
evidences of indebtedness, shares or other securities convertible
into or exchangeable for common stock of Maker.
(iv) “
Additional Shares of Common Stock ” shall
mean all shares of common stock issued (or, pursuant to Section
6(c) below deemed to be issued) by Maker after the Original Issue
Date, other than shares of common stock issuable or issued:
A. upon the
exercise or conversion of exercisable securities or Convertible
Securities outstanding as of the Original Issue Date;
B. upon exercise of
stock options to officers, directors, employees or consultants of
Maker pursuant to stock option or stock purchase plans or
agreements on terms approved by the Board of Directors of
Maker;
C. as stock splits
or subdivisions or stock dividends in respect of which the
Conversion Price is adjusted pursuant to Section 6(e);
D. in connection
with any joint venture approved by the Board of Directors of
Maker;
E. to vendors in
payment of normal and customary fees or in settlement of
outstanding accounts payable in an aggregate amounts not to exceed
1% of the Maker’s outstanding Common Stock (measured as of
the Original Issue Date and each anniversary date thereof) in each
12 month period following the Original Issue Date, provided that
any such Additional Shares of Common Stock must be valued, as of
the day such Additional Shares of Common Stock are issued or deemed
to be issued, at or above the market price of the Maker’s
Common Stock on the day of issuance, or
F. in connection
with an acquisition by Maker of the securities, assets or business
of another company.
(b) No Adjustment
of Conversion Price . Any provision herein to the contrary
notwithstanding, no adjustment in the Conversion Price shall be
made in respect of the issuance of Additional Shares of Common
Stock unless the consideration per share is less than the
applicable Conversion Price in effect on the date of, and
immediately prior to such issue.
(c) Deemed Issue
of Additional Shares of Common Stock . In the event that Maker
at any time or from time to time after the Original Issue Date
shall issue any Options or Convertible Securities or shall fix a
record date for the determination of holders of any class of
securities then entitled to receive any such Options or Convertible
Securities, then the maximum number of shares (as set forth in the
instrument relating thereto without regard to any provisions
contained therein designed to protect against dilution) of common
stock issuable upon the exercise of such Options or, in the case of
Convertible Securities and Options therefor, upon the exercise of
such Options for Convertible Securities and the conversion or
exchange of such Convertible Securities, shall be deemed to be
Additional Shares of Common Stock issued as of the time of such
issue or, in case such a record date shall have been fixed, as of
the close of business on such record date, provided further that in
any such case in which Additional Shares of Common Stock are deemed
to be issued:
(i) no further
adjustments in the Conversion Price shall be made upon the
subsequent issue of Convertible Securities or shares of Common
Stock upon the exercise of such Options or conversion or exchange
of such Convertible Securities;
(ii) if such Options
or Convertible Securities by their terms provide, with the passage
of time or otherwise, for any increase or decrease in the
consideration payable to the Maker, or increase or decrease in the
number of shares of Common Stock issuable, upon the exercise,
conversion or exchange thereof, the Conversion Price computed upon
the original issue thereof (or upon the occurrence of a record date
with respect thereto), and any subsequent adjustments based
thereon, shall, upon any such increase or decrease becoming
effective, be recomputed to reflect such increase or decrease
insofar as it affects such Options or the rights of conversion or
exchange under such Convertible Securities;
(iii) upon the
expiration of any such Options or rights, the termination of any
such rights to convert or exchange or the expiration of any Options
or rights related to such Convertible Securities or exchangeable
securities, the Conversion Price, to the extent in any way affected
by or computed using such Options, rights or Convertible Securities
or Options or rights related to such Convertible Securities, shall
be recomputed to reflect the issuance of only the number of shares
of Common Stock (and convertible or exchangeable securities that
remain in effect) actually issued upon the exercise of such Options
or rights, upon the conversion or exchange of such Convertible
Securities or upon the exercise of the Options or rights related to
such Convertible Securities;
(d) Adjustment of
Conversion Price Upon Issuance of Additional Shares of Common
Stock . In the event that Maker, at any time after the Original
Issue Date, shall issue Additional Shares of Common Stock without
consideration or for a consideration per share less than the
Conversion Price in effect on the date of and immediately prior to
such issue (a “ Dilutive Transaction
”), then and in such event, the Conversion Price shall,
automatically and without