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Exhibit 10.2
THIS NOTE AND THE COMMON
SHARES ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION OF THIS NOTE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THIS NOTE AND
THE COMMON SHARES ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION OF THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE SOLD,
OFFERED FOR SALE, PLEDGED OR HYPOTHECATED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE
REGISTRATION STATEMENT AS TO THIS NOTE UNDER SAID ACT AND ANY APPLICABLE STATE
SECURITIES LAWS OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO ELECTRIC
CITY CORP. THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED.
CONVERTIBLE TERM NOTE
FOR
VALUE RECEIVED, ELECTRIC CITY CORP., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”),
hereby promises to pay to LAURUS MASTER FUND, LTD., c/o Ironshore Corporate
Services Ltd., P.O. Box 1234 G.T., Queensgate House, South Church Street, Grand
Cayman, Cayman Islands, Fax: 345-949-9877 (the “Holder”) or
its registered assigns or successors in interest, the sum of FIVE MILLION
DOLLARS ($5,000,000), together with any accrued and unpaid interest hereon, on
November 22, 2009 (the “Maturity Date”) if not sooner
paid.
Capitalized
terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings ascribed to such
terms in that certain Securities Purchase Agreement dated as of the date hereof
between the Borrower and the Holder (the “Purchase Agreement”).
The following terms shall
apply to this Note:
ARTICLE I
INTEREST & AMORTIZATION
1.1
Interest Rate and Payments. Subject to Sections 4.9 and 5.6 hereof,
interest payable on this Note shall accrue at a rate per annum (the “Contract
Rate”) equal to the “prime rate” published in The Wall
Street Journal from time to time, plus two percent (2.00%). Interest shall
be payable monthly in arrears commencing on December 1, 2005 and on the
first day of each consecutive calendar month thereafter (each, a “Repayment
Date”), and on the Maturity Date,
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accelerated or otherwise. The
prime rate shall be increased or decreased as the case may be for each increase
or decrease in the prime rate in an amount equal to such increase or decrease
in the prime rate; each change to be effective as of the day of the change in
such rate. In no event shall the Contract Rate be less than six percent
(6.75%). The Contract Rate shall be calculated on the last business day of each
calendar month hereafter (other than for increases or decreases in the Prime
Rate which shall be calculated and become effective in accordance with the
terms of Section 1.1) until the Maturity Date (each a “Determination
Date”) and shall be subject to adjustment as set forth herein. If
(i) the Company shall have registered the shares of the Common Stock
underlying the conversion of this Note and each Warrant on a registration
statement declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
“SEC”), and (ii) the market price (the “Market
Price”) of the Common Stock as reported by Bloomberg, L.P. on the
Principal Market for the five (5) trading days immediately preceding a
Determination Date exceeds the then applicable Fixed Conversion Price by at
least twenty-five percent (25%), the Contract Rate for the succeeding calendar
month shall automatically be reduced by 200 basis points (200 b.p.) (2%) for
each incremental twenty-five percent (25%) increase in the Market Price of the
Common Stock above the then applicable Fixed Conversion Price. Notwithstanding
the foregoing (and anything to the contrary contained herein), in no event
shall the Contract Rate at any time be less than zero percent (0%).
1.2
Contingent Interest. Additional interest shall be payable quarterly
hereunder on the last day of each April, July, October and January, as follows:
(a)
Performance Interest. So long as any portion of the Note remains outstanding
the Company shall pay to the Holder an amount equal to the lesser (but not less
than zero) of (i) two-thirds (2/3) of the Project Cash Flow generated by all
Projects for the most recently ended calendar quarter, and (ii) the Target
Return for such calendar quarter.
(b)
Bonus Interest. So long as any portion of the Note remains outstanding the
Company shall pay to the Holder an amount equal to one-third (1/3) of Excess
Cash Flow for such calendar quarter.
(c) Post
Repayment and Conversion Performance Interest. For twenty
(20) quarters immediately following irrevocable payment in full of the
Note, including all accrued and unpaid interest and fees thereon (whether
through scheduled amortization and/or conversion, or otherwise), the Company
will pay the Holder as additional interest: (i) 50% of the Project Cash Flow
generated by all Projects each quarter for four consecutive quarters commencing
in the quarter immediately following retirement of the Note (the “First
Post Retirement Period”); (ii) 40% of the Project Cash Flow
generated by all Projects each quarter for four consecutive quarters commencing
in the quarter immediately following the First Post Retirement Period (the
“Second Post Retirement Period”); (iii)
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30% of the Project Cash Flow
generated by all Projects each quarter for four consecutive quarters commencing
in the quarter immediately following the Second Post Retirement Period (the
“Third Post Retirement Period”); (iv) 20% of the Project Cash
Flow generated by all Projects each quarter for four consecutive quarters
commencing in the quarter immediately following the Third Post Retirement
Period (the “Fourth Post Retirement Period”); (v)10% of the Project
Cash Flow generated by all Projects each quarter for four consecutive quarters
commencing in the quarter immediately following the Fourth Post Retirement
Period. Notwithstanding any provision contained herein, in the Purchase
Agreement or any Related Agreement to the contrary, (i) the
Company’s obligations under this Section 1.2 shall
(a) constitute separate independent obligations of the Company that shall
survive until indefeasibly paid to the Holder in full notwithstanding the prior
payment in full of the outstanding Principal Amount and interest thereon in
accordance with the terms hereof and (b) at all times constitute Obligations
under and as defined in the Master Security Agreement which shall be secured
until indefeasibly paid in full by the Collateral (as defined in the Master
Security Agreement), and (ii) neither this Note nor the Master Security
Agreement shall be deemed satisfied or terminated, as applicable, unless and
until all obligations of the Company to the Holder under this Section 1.2
shall have been indefeasibly paid in full. Upon the irrevocable payment in full
of the Obligations (as defined in the Master Security Agreement), other than
Obligations arising in connection with the payment of Post Retirement
Performance and Bonus Interest, the Holder acknowledges that it may be
desireable for the Holder to restructure its secured interests in the
Collateral granted by Company to Holder under the Master Security Agreement.
Should the Holder determine, in its sole discretion, that adequate provision
for the payment of its Post Retirement Performance and Bonus Interest have been
made, it will cooperate with the Company to make commercially reasonable
provision to restructure its secured interests to allow the Company to acquire
additional financing.
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Definitions.
For purposes of this Section 1.2, the following definitions shall apply: |
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Base Interest
— determined for any calendar quarter for a Project, an amount equal to
interest at the Contract Rate on the principal amount of Note proceeds which
were used to finance such Project. |
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Excess Cash
Flow — determined for any calendar quarter, the greater of (i) the
Project Cash Flow for all Projects for such quarter less all Performance
Interest for such quarter, and (ii) zero. |
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Project —
an individual ‘VNPP program (including the ComEd VNPP and PacifiCorp
VNPP) or customer specific Shared Savings Arrangement financed in whole or in
part with proceeds from this Note. |
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Project Cash
Flow — the cash flow generated by a Project, which, for any calendar
quarter, shall be equal to the total revenue of such Project for such quarter
less the aggregate of the following for such Project for such quarter:
(i) Project Operating Costs, (ii) Project Maintenance Costs and
(iii) Project Debt Service Costs. |
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Project Debt
— with respect to a specific Project, that portion of the proceeds of
this Note used to fund such Project. |
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Project Debt
Service Costs — for any calendar quarter with respect to a specific
Project, the Base Interest expense for such quarter, scheduled principal
payments for the related Project Debt for such quarter and all fees for the
related Project Debt for such quarter. |
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Project
Maintenance Costs — for any Project for any calendar quarter, the sum
of all direct costs of maintaining such Project, including the cost of
repairing, servicing and/or replacing Project equipment including the cost of
preventative maintenance and the cost of removing equipment from a
customer’s location if necessary. |
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Project
Operating Costs — for any Project for any calendar quarter, the sum of
all direct costs of operating such Project, including the costs of
communications, customer billing and collections, computer networking support
and other expenses directly attributable to the operation of such Project,
excluding the Company’s cost of sales and marketing which includes the
cost of enrolling customer hosts for such Project. |
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Shared Savings
Arrangement — a written arrangement between the Company (or a
subsidiary of the Company) and a third party under which the third party
agrees to pay the Company (or such subsidiary) periodic payments at a rate
determined based upon the savings on electric power costs experienced by such
third party pursuant to the operation of equipment provided by the Company or
such subsidiary. |
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Target Return
— determined for the most recent calendar quarter ended as of any date
of determination, an amount equal to [$5,000,000] [average daily outstanding
total Project Debt during such quarter] multiplied by 0.05, less
(ii) Base Interest and fees for all Projects for such quarter. |
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VNPP — a
‘virtual negawatt power project’ established by the Company
pursuant to a written agreement with a public utility under which the utility
agrees to pay the Company periodic payments at a rate determined based upon
the demand capability reduction which the Company has installed in the
utility’s service area and dedicated to providing such demand reduction
capability to the utility. |
1.3
Monthly Principal Payments. Although Borrower shall make payments of
accrued and unpaid interest under this Note beginning on December 1, 2005
, amortization of the aggregate principal amount outstanding under this Note
(the “Principal Amount”) shall begin on June 1, 2006
(the “Amortization Date”). Subject to Section 2.1 below
with respect to cash payments made on any Repayment Date, beginning on the
Amortization Date, the Borrower shall make monthly payments to the Holder on
each Repayment Date, each in the amount of $43,759.64, together with any
accrued and unpaid interest to date on such portion of the Principal Amount
plus any and all other amounts which are then owing under this Note but have
not been paid (collectively, the “Monthly Amount”).
ARTICLE II
BORROWER PAYMENT OPTIONS
2.1
Forced Conversions (a) Subject to the terms hereof, the Borrower
shall have the sole option to determine whether to satisfy payment of the
Monthly Amount on each Repayment Date either in cash or in shares of Common
Stock (as defined in the Purchase Agreement), or a combination of both. Each
month by the tenth (10th) day of such month, the Borrower shall deliver to the
Holder a written irrevocable notice in the form of Exhibit B attached
hereto electing to pay the Monthly Amount payable on the next Repayment Date in
either cash or Common Stock, or a combination of both (each, a “Repayment
Election Notice”). Each Repayment Election Notice shall be delivered
to the Holder not later than the tenth (10th) day of the month prior
to the applicable Repayment Date (the date by which such notice is required to
be given being hereinafter referred to as the “Notice Date”).
If, for the Monthly Amount due on any Repayment Date, a Repayment Election
Notice is not delivered to the Holder by the applicable Notice Date for such
Repayment Date, then the Monthly Amount due on such Repayment Date shall be
paid in cash. If the Borrower elects or is required to repay all or a portion
of the Principal Amount in cash on a Repayment Date, then on such Repayment
Date the Borrower shall pay to the Holder an amount equal to 102% of the
Principal Amount then due in satisfaction of such obligation. If the Borrower
pays all or a portion of the Monthly Amount in shares of Common Stock, the
number of such shares to be issued for such Repayment Date shall be the number
determined by dividing (x) the portion of the Monthly Amount to be paid in
shares of Common Stock, by (y) the Fixed Conversion Price. For purposes
hereof, the “Fixed Conversion Price” means $1.16.
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In
the event that the average closing price of the Common Stock on the Principal
Market is greater than 200% of the Fixed Conversion Price for a period of at
least ten (10) consecutive trading days following payment in full of any
then due and payable Monthly Amount, then the Borrower may, at its sole option,
provide the Holder written notice (a “Call Notice”)
requiring the conversion at the Fixed Conversion Price of all or a portion of
the outstanding principal of this Note (subject to compliance with
Section 3.2 if payment is less than all of the principal and interest then
due), together with accrued interest on the amount being prepaid, as of the
date set forth in such Call Notice (the “Call Date”). The
Call Date shall be at least eleven (11) trading days following the date of
the Call Notice. Provided that on the Call Date there has been filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission and declared effective a current
registration statement covering the shares of Common Stock which are to be
issued pursuant to the Call Notice, then on the Call Date the Borrower shall
deliver to the Holder the shares of Common Stock issued in satisfaction of the
principal and interest being retired. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Borrower’s right to issue shares of Common Stock in payment of
obligations under this Note shall be subject to the limitation that the number
of shares of Common Stock issued in connection with any Call Notice shall not
exceed 25% of the aggregate dollar trading volume of the Common Stock for the
twenty two (22) trading days immediately preceding the Call Date (as such
volume is reported by Bloomberg L.P.). If the price of the Common Stock falls
below 200% of the Fixed Conversion Price during the twenty two
(22) trading day period immediately preceding the Call Date, then the
Holder will then be required to convert only such amount of the Note as shall
equal twenty five percent (25%) of the aggregate dollar trading volume (as such
volume is reported by Bloomberg L.P.) for each day that the Common Stock has
exceeded 200% of the then applicable Fixed Conversion Price.
The
Borrower shall not be permitted to give the Holder more than one Call Notice
under this Note during any 22-day period.
Any
principal amount of this Note which is prepaid pursuant to this
Section 2.4 shall be deemed to constitute payments of outstanding
principal applying to Monthly Amounts for the remaining Repayment Dates in
chronological order.
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2.2
No Effective Registration. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
herein, the Borrower shall be prohibited from exercising its right to repay any
part of any Monthly Amount in shares of Common Stock (and must deliver cash in
respect thereof) on any applicable Repayment Date if at any time from the
Notice Date for such Repayment Date through the date upon which such payment is
made by delivery of certificates for shares of Common Stock (i) there
fails to exist an effective current Registration Statement (as defined in the
Registration Rights Agreement) covering the shares of Common Stock to be
issued, or (ii) an Event of Default hereunder exists and is continuing,
unless such Event of Default is cured within any applicable cure period or is
otherwise waived in writing by the Holder in whole or in part at the
Holder’s option.






