Exhibit 99.7
EXECUTION COPY
THIS NOTE AND THE INDEBTEDNESS EVIDENCED HEREBY
ARE SUBORDINATE IN THE MANNER AND TO THE EXTENT SET FORTH IN THAT
CERTAIN INTERCREDITOR AND SUBORDINATION AGREEMENT (AS AMENDED,
MODIFIED AND/OR SUPPLEMENTED, THE “SUBORDINATION
AGREEMENT”) DATED AS OF SEPTEMBER 29, 2004 AMONG SHAAR FUND,
LTD., AS PURCHASER AGENT, LAURUS MASTER FUND, LTD., AS COLLATERAL
AGENT, AETHER SYSTEMS, INC., BIO-KEY INTERNATIONAL, INC. AND PUBLIC
SAFETY GROUP, INC. TO THE SENIOR INDEBTEDNESS (AS DEFINED IN THE
SUBORDINATION AGREEMENT); AND EACH HOLDER OF THIS NOTE, BY ITS
ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, SHALL BE BOUND BY THE PROVISIONS OF THE
SUBORDINATION AGREEMENT.
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
BIO-KEY INTERNATIONAL, INC. THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT
REQUIRED.
CONVERTIBLE TERM
NOTE
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, BIO-KEY
INTERNATIONAL, INC., a Delaware corporation (the
“Borrower”), hereby promises to pay to
(the
“Holder”) or its registered assigns or successors in
interest, on order, the sum of
together with any accrued and unpaid interest hereon, on May 31,
2008 (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 among the Borrower, the Holder and the other Purchasers
party thereto (as amended, modified or supplemented from time to
time, the “Purchase Agreement”).
The following terms shall apply to
this Note:
ARTICLE 1
INTEREST &
AMORTIZATION
1.1
Interest
Rate . Subject to Sections
4.11 and 5.6 hereof, interest payable on this Note shall accrue at
a rate per annum (the “Interest Rate”) equal to nine
percent (9%). Interest shall be (i) calculated on the basis
of a 360 day year, and (ii) payable quarterly, in arrears,
commencing on September 1, 2005 and on the first business day of
each consecutive quarter (December 1, March 1, June 1 and September
1) thereafter until the Maturity Date (and on the Maturity Date),
whether by acceleration or otherwise (each, a “Repayment
Date”).
1.2
Minimum
Quarterly Principal Payments . Amortizing payments of the
aggregate principal amount outstanding under this Note at any time
(the “Principal Amount”) shall begin on September 1,
2006 and shall recur on the first business day of each succeeding
quarter thereafter until the Maturity Date (each, an
“Amortization Date”). Subject to Article 3 below,
beginning on the first Amortization Date, the Borrower shall make
quarterly payments to the Holder on each Repayment Date, each in
the amount of
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, the Purchase Agreement or any
other Related Agreement but have not been paid (collectively, the
“Quarterly Amount”). Any Principal Amount that remains
outstanding on the Maturity Date shall be due and payable on the
Maturity Date.
ARTICLE 2
CONVERSION
REPAYMENT
2.1
Payment of
Quarterly Amount .
(a)
Payment of
Quarterly Amount in Cash or Common Stock . Each quarter by the
fifth (5th) business day prior to each Repayment Date (the
“Notice Date”), the Holder shall deliver to Borrower a
written notice in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto (each, an
“Allocation Notice”) stating whether, subject to
Section 2.1(b), the Quarterly Amount payable on the next Repayment
Date shall be (i) paid in cash, (ii) paid in Common Stock,
(iii) applied to the exercise price of any warrants or stock
options held by the Purchaser that the Purchaser has elected to
exercise (provided that if the Purchaser has elected to exercise
warrants and/or stock options having an aggregate exercise price
that exceeds the Quarterly Amount due on such Repayment Date, the
Principal Amount shall be reduced by an amount equal to such excess
amount, with such reduction to be applied first to the final
payment of Principal Amount due prior to the Maturity Date and
then, if applicable, to each preceding payment of Principal Amount
in reverse chronological order), or (iv) paid and/or applied
in a combination of some or all of the foregoing
alternatives. Subject to Section 2.1(b), if an Allocation
Notice is not delivered by the Holder on or before the applicable
Notice Date for such Repayment Date, then the Borrower shall pay
the Quarterly Amount due on such Repayment Date in cash. The
number of such shares to be issued by the Borrower to the Holder on
such Repayment Date, shall be the number determined by dividing (x)
the portion of the Quarterly Amount converted into shares of Common
Stock, by (y) the then applicable Fixed Conversion Price. For
purposes hereof, the initial “Fixed Conversion Price”
means $1.35.
(b)
Quarterly
Amount Conversion Guidelines . Subject to Sections
2.2 and 3.2 hereof, the Holder shall convert into shares of Common
Stock all of the Quarterly Amount due on each Repayment Date if the
average closing price of the Common Stock as reported by Bloomberg,
L.P. on the Principal Market for the five (5) trading days
immediately preceding such Repayment Date shall be greater than
$1.70.
2.2
No Effective
Registration . Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary herein, none of the Borrower’s
obligations to the Holder may be converted into Common Stock nor
may the Borrower exercise its rights under Section 2.3 in each case
without the consent of the Holder unless (i) either (x) an
effective current Registration Statement (as defined in the
Registration
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Rights Agreement) covering
the shares of Common Stock to be issued in connection with
satisfaction of such obligations exists or (y) an exemption from
registration of the Common Stock is available pursuant to Rule
144(k) of the Securities Act and (ii) no 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.
2.3
Optional
Redemption in Cash . The Borrower will
have the option of prepaying this Note (“Optional
Redemption”) by paying to the Holder a sum of money equal to
one hundred twenty percent (120%) of the principal amount of this
Note together with accrued but unpaid interest thereon and any and
all other sums due, accrued or payable to the Holder arising under
this Note, the Purchase Agreement, or any Related Agreement (the
“Redemption Amount”) outstanding on the Redemption
Payment Date (defined below); provided , however, that in no
event may the Borrower pay the Holder any amount in respect of the
exercise of any such Optional Redemption (of all or any portion of
this Note) unless the Borrower shall have first until the Discharge
of the Senior Claims, (i) prepaid the Laurus Note by an amount
equal to the aggregate amount to be paid to the Holder and all
other Purchasers in connection with such Optional Redemption (the
“Prepayment Amount”) as provided in the Laurus Note and
(ii) deposited additional cash collateral in an amount equal to the
Prepayment Amount with Aether as provided in the Aether Note.
The Borrower shall deliver to the Holder a written notice of
redemption (the “Notice of Redemption”) specifying the
date for such Optional Redemption (the “Redemption Payment
Date”) which date shall be ten (10) business days after the
date of the Notice of Redemption (the “Redemption
Period”). A Notice of Redemption shall not be effective with
respect to any portion of this Note for which the Holder has a
pending election to convert pursuant to Section 3.1, or for
conversions initiated or made by the Holder pursuant to Section 3.1
during the Redemption Period. The Redemption Amount shall be
determined as if such Holder’s conversion elections had been
completed immediately prior to the date of the Notice of
Redemption. On the Redemption Payment Date, the Redemption Amount
must be paid in good funds to the Holder. In the event the
Borrower fails to pay the Redemption Amount on the Redemption
Payment Date as set forth herein, then (i) such Redemption Notice
will be null and void and (ii) the Borrower shall no longer have
the Optional Redemption rights set forth herein. Each of the
terms “Aether”, “Aether Note”,
“Discharge of Senior Claims”, “Laurus Note”
has the meaning given to such term in the Subordination
Agreement.
ARTICLE 3
CONVERSION RIGHTS
3.1
Holder’s
Conversion Rights . The Holder shall have
the right, but not the obligation, to convert all or any portion of
the then aggregate outstanding principal amount of this Note,
together with interest and fees due hereon, into shares of Common
Stock subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Article
III. The Holder may exercise such right by delivery to the
Borrower of a written notice of conversion by facsimile or
otherwise not less than one (1) business day prior to the date upon
which such conversion shall occur.
3.2
Conversion
Limitation . Notwithstanding
anything contained herein to the contrary, in no event shall the
Holder be entitled to convert any portion of this Note, or shall
the Company have the obligation to convert such Note (and the
Company shall not have the
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obligation to pay interest
hereon in shares of Common Stock) to the extent that, after such
conversion or issuance of stock in payment of interest, the Holder
would be deemed to be the beneficial owner of more than 4.99% of
the outstanding shares of Common Stock. For purposes of
this section , beneficial ownership shall be determined in
accordance with Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
restriction described in this paragraph may be revoked upon 61 days
prior notice from the Holder to the Company.
3.3
Mechanics of
Holder’s Conversion .
(a)
In the event that
the Holder elects to convert all or a portion of the outstanding
balance of this Note into Common Stock, the Holder shall give
notice of such election by delivering an executed and completed
notice of conversion (“Notice of Conversion”) by
facsimile or otherwise to the Borrower and such Notice of
Conversion shall provide a breakdown in reasonable detail of the
Principal Amount, accrued interest and fees being converted.
Each date on which a Notice of Conversion is delivered or
telecopied to the Borrower in accordance with the provisions hereof
shall be deemed a Conversion Date (the “Conversion
Date”). A form of Notice of Conversion to be employed by the
Holder is annexed hereto as Exhibit A. In addition to the
provisions set forth herein with respect to any such conversion,
the parties shall comply with the requirements of Section 9 of the
Purchase Agreement.
(b)
Pursuant to the
terms of the Notice of Conversion, the Borrower will issue
instructions to the transfer agent accompanied by an opinion of
counsel, if required under applicable securities laws, within one
(1) business day of the date of the delivery to Borrower of the
Notice of Conversion and shall cause the transfer agent to transmit
the certificates representing the Conversion Shares to the Holder
by crediting the account of the Holder’s designated broker
with the Depository Trust Corporation (“DTC”) through
its Deposit Withdrawal Agent Commission (“DWAC”) system
within three (3) business days after receipt by the Borrower of the
Notice of Conversion (the “Delivery Date”). In
the case of the exercise of the co
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