Exhibit 10.3
Exhibit 10.3 Convertible Secured Promissory Note
dated June 22, 2009, between the Company and Margaret
Wong
THIS CONVERTIBLE PROMISSORY NOTE AND THE
SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON THE CONVERSION HEREOF HAVE NOT BEEN
REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 OR UNDER ANY SECURITIES
LAWS OF ANY STATE. THEY MAY NOT BE SOLD, OFFERED FOR
SALE, PLEDGED, HYPOTHECATED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT
PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL SATISFACTORY TO
THE COMPANY THAT REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER SUCH ACT OR ANY
SUCH LAW.
CONVERTIBLE SECURED PROMISSORY
NOTE
(Due: June 21,
2011)
Davis, California
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned,
Octus, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “
Company ”) promises to pay to the order of
Margaret Y. Wong, or permitted assigns (hereinafter, with any
subsequent holder, the “ Holder ”) the
principal sum of $100,000, with interest on the unpaid principal
from the date hereof at a rate of ten percent (10.0%) simple
interest per annum. Interest shall be calculated on the
basis of the actual number of days elapsed over a 365-day year,
shall commence to accrue on the date hereof and shall continue on
the outstanding principal until paid in full.
1.
Interest Payments . Accrued unpaid interest shall
be paid semi-annually, and upon the Maturity Date, with the first
payment due six months after the date on which the Note is
issued. At the Company’s option, the Company may
make any interest payment either in cash or by delivery of a number
of shares of the Company’s Common Stock (“ Common
Stock ”) with a value equal to the amount of interest
due and payable, calculated by the greater of fifteen cents ($0.15)
per share or at seventy percent (70%) of the average closing price
of the Common Stock on the OTC Bulletin Board (or whatever
exchange, market or quotation system the Common Stock is then
traded), for the ten (10) trading days ending three days before the
date that such payment is due.
2.
Application of Payments . All payments of
principal and interest shall be in lawful money of the United
States of America, except as set forth below in connection with
conversion of this Note. All payments on account of the
indebtedness evidenced by this Note shall be applied first to any
and all costs, expenses and other charges then owed the Holder by
the Company, second, to accrued and unpaid interest, and thereafter
to the unpaid principal balance hereof. All
payments so received after demand or acceleration shall be applied
in such manner as the Holder may determine in its sole and absolute
discretion.
3.
Maturity Date. Unless this Note has been converted pursuant
to the terms of this Note or unless earlier accelerated by the
terms of this Note, the principal amount hereof, together with all
unpaid accrued interest hereon and all other fees, costs and
charges, if any, shall be due and payable on the date which is
twenty-four (24) months from the original date of this Note (the
“ Maturity Date ”). No
payments of principal or interest are required hereunder until the
Maturity Date, except as otherwise provided herein.
4.
Prepayment . Before the Maturity Date, the Company may
prepay this Note, in whole or in part, at any time without penalty,
upon five (5) days advance notice to the Holder. If the
Company delivers such a notice to the Holder, then the Holder may
elect, within such five-day period, to convert the Note into the
Underlying Securities based on the provisions of Section
5(b).
5.
Conversion The principal amount of this Note and all unpaid
interest accrued on this Note (together, sometimes referred to as
the “ Note Balance ”) may be converted,
as follows:
(a)
Upon a Qualified Financing . If the Company sells
its equity securities in a transaction after the latest date on
which this Note is issued, for aggregate gross proceeds to the
Company (excluding cancellation of indebtedness under this Note and
any additional notes or existing convertible debt of the Company)
of at least One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) (a “
Qualified Financing ” and the securities sold
in such financing referred to as “ Financing
Securities ”), then all outstanding indebtedness
under this Note shall automatically be converted (regardless of
whether the Note is surrendered to Company) into shares of the
Financing Securities at a conversion price per share equal to
seventy percent (70.0%) of the price per share paid for the
Financing Securities in the Qualified Financing (“
Financing Securities Price ”). At
the closing of the Qualified Financing, the Holder shall become a
party to, and be entitled to the same rights under, all agreements
to which all other investors in the Qualified Financing become a
party, and shall receive the same benefits bestowed upon such other
investors.
i.
Notice . In connection with automatic conversion
of this Note, the Company shall deliver notice to the Holder of any
conversion to be effected hereunder, specifying the applicable
conversion price and the amount of principal and interest of the
Note to be converted.
ii.
Execution of Investor Agreements . As a condition
precedent to the issuance of Financing Securities to Holder upon
such conversion, Holder shall execute and deliver such agreements,
instruments and other documents as are executed and delivered by
the other investors in connection with their purchase of the
Financing Securities.
(b)
Conversion at the Option of the Holder . At any
time commencing ninety (90) days after the date of issuance of this
Note and before the Maturity Date or earlier conversion of this
Note, the Holder, at Holder’s option and upon five (5) days
prior written notice to the Company, may convert in whole or in
part the outstanding principal and accrued but unpaid interest of
this Note (the amount to be converted referred to as the “
Note Amount ”) into a number of shares of
Common Stock (sometimes referred to as the “ Underlying
Securities ”) determined by the greater of fifteen
cents ($0.15) per share or at seventy percent (70%) of the average
closing price of the Common Stock on the OTC Bulletin Board (or
whatever exchange, market or quotation system the Common Stock is
then traded), for the ten (10) trading days ending five (5) days
before the conversion date.
6.
Mechanics of Conversion . As promptly as
practicable after the conversion of this Note, this Note shall be
cancelled, and the Company will issue and deliver to the Holder a
certificate or certificates representing the full number of
securities issuable upon such conversion (and the issuance of such
certificate or certificates shall be made without charge to the
Holder of the Note for any issuance tax in respect thereof or other
cost incurred by Company in connection with such conversion and the
related issuance of shares).
7.
Security Interest. The Holder is granted a
general security interest in all assets of the Company ranking
before all Preferred and Common Shareholders and subordinated to
the existing Senior Convertible Debt, as referenced in the
Company’s annual reports on Form 10-K and quarterly reports
on Form 10-Q that the Company files with the Securities and
Exchange Commission as of March 31, 2009. The Company hereby agrees
to file and execute any documents necessary to establish and
protect this security interest, including, but not limited to,
execution of financing statements.
8.
Merger, Sale of Assets, etc. In the event that
Company sells or otherwise disposes of all or substantially all of
its assets or is acquired by way of a merger, consolidation,
reorganization or other similar transaction or series of
transactions (but excluding any equity financing transaction by
Company involving issuance of its equity securities to investors
primarily for purposes of financing Company’s business)
pursuant to which stockholders of Company prior to such acquisition
own less than fifty percent (50%) of the surviving or resulting
entity, then, the Note shall, immediately before the closing of any
such transaction, convert into Underlying Securities in the same
manner as if the Holder had elected to convert the Note into
Underlying Securities upon the closing of the
transaction.
9.
Default. The Company will be in default if any
of the following occurs: (a) the Company fails to make payment of
the principal amount or an interest payment when due and fails to
cure the default within ten (10) days of the date of delivery of
notice from Holder to the Company of the default; and/or (b) the
Company fails in any material respect to comply with or to perform
when due any other material term, obligation, covenant, or
condition contained in this Note and fails to cure the default
within ten (10) days of the date of delivery of notice from Holder
to the Company of the default. Upon default, Holder may
declare the entire unpaid principal and accrued interest amount
immediately due. If Holder prevails in a lawsuit to collect on this
Note, the Company will pay Holder's costs and attorneys’ fees
in an amount the court finds to be reasonable. Further the Company
will accrue a penalty fee of 1.5% per month on any payment that is
in default as defined herein.
10.
Issuance of Warrant to Holder . As an inducement for making
the loan described herein, the Company has agreed to issue to
Holder a Warrant to purchase a number of shares of Common Stock
equal to 3,500 shares of Common Stock for each $1,000 of principal
amount (the “Warrant Shares ”),
exercisable at one cent ($0.01) per share.
11.
Piggyback Registration Rights .
(a) So
long as shares of the Company’s Common Stock received by the
Holder hereunder upon conversion of the Note or upon the exercise
of the Warrant Shares are “restricted securities” under
the Act, and during such period, if the Company files a
registration statement pursuant to the Act relating to an offering
for its own account or for the account of others under the Act of
any of its equity securities (other than on Form S-4 or Form S-8
(each as promulgated under the Act) or their then equivalents),
then the Company will promptly give to Holder written notice
thereof (which will include a list of the jurisdictions in which
the Company intends to attempt to qualify such securities under the
applicable blue sky or other state securities laws); and will,
subject to the provisions below, include in such registration and
any related qualification under blue sky laws or other compliance),
and in any underwriting involved therein, all of the Warrant
Shares
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