EXHIBIT 10.1
THIS
SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF
1933. IT MAY NOT BE SOLD, OFFERED FOR SALE, PLEDGED OR
HYPOTHECATED IN THE ABSENCE OF A REGISTRATION STATEMENT IN EFFECT
WITH RESPECT TO THE SECURITY UNDER SUCH ACT OR AN OPINION OF
COUNSEL SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT
REQUIRED OR UNLESS SOLD PURSUANT TO RULE 144 OF SUCH
ACT.
CROWDGATHER, INC.
CONVERTIBLE PROMISSORY
NOTE
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$170,000.00
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Woodland Hills,
California
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Dated as of October 31,
2008
CrowdGather, Inc., a Nevada
corporation (the “ Company ”), for value
received, hereby promises to pay to _____________________, or its
registered assigns (“ Holder ”), the sum of One
Hundred Seventy Thousand Dollars ($170,000.00) on the terms and
conditions set forth hereinafter. Payment for all
amounts due hereunder shall be made by mail to the registered
address of Holder.
The following is a statement of the
rights of Holder of this Note and the conditions to which this Note
is subject, and to which Holder hereof, by the acceptance of this
Note, agrees:
1.
Maturity; Partial Prepayment . The principal
hereof and any unpaid accrued interest hereon, as set forth below,
shall be due and payable on the earlier to occur of: (i)
October 31, 2009 (“ Maturity Date ”); and (ii)
when declared due and payable by Holder upon the occurrence of an
Event of Default (as defined below).
2.
Interest . The Company shall pay interest
at the rate of the lower of (i) 10 percent per annum;
or (ii) the maximum allowable rate under applicable laws (such
rate, the “ Interest Rate ”) on the principal of
this Note outstanding during the period beginning on the date of
this Note and ending on the date that the principal amount of this
Note is repaid in full. Interest shall be calculated on
the basis of a 360-day year for the actual number of days
elapsed. Interest accruing on this Note shall be due and
payable at the Maturity Date or upon the occurrence of an Event of
Default. The Company shall pay the interest due on this
Note by delivering to Holder cash equal to the outstanding
principal amount of the Note plus any due and unpaid
interest. If there occurs an acceleration or prepayment
of the Note prior to the Maturity Date in accordance with the terms
hereof, all interest due and payable at such time on the principal
amount due shall be paid in full. All payments hereunder
are to be applied first to reasonable costs and fees referred to
herein, second to the payment of accrued interest, and the
remaining balance to the payment of principal.
3.
Events of Default . If any of the events
specified in this Section 3 shall occur (herein individually
referred to as an “ Event of Default ”), Holder
may, so long as such condition exists, declare the entire principal
and unpaid accrued interest hereon immediately due and payable, by
notice in writing to the Company:
(a)
Default in the payment of the principal or unpaid
accrued interest of this Note when due and payable; or
(b) The
institution by the Company of proceedings to be adjudicated as
bankrupt or insolvent, or the consent by it to institution of
bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings against it or the filing by it
of a petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization or
release under the Federal Bankruptcy Act, or any other applicable
Federal or state law, or the consent by it to the filing of any
such petition or the appointment of a receiver, liquidator,
assignee, trustee or other similar official of the Company, or of
any substantial part of its property, or the making by it of an
assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the taking of corporate
action by the Company in furtherance of any such action;
or
(c)
If, within 60 calendar days after the commencement of an
action against the Company, without the consent or acquiescence of
the Company (and service of process in connection therewith on the
Company) seeking any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
liquidation, dissolution or similar relief under any present or
future statute, law or regulation, such action shall not have been
resolved in favor of the Company or all orders or proceedings
thereunder affecting the operations or the business of the Company
stayed, or if the stay of any such order or proceeding shall
thereafter be set aside, or if, within 60 calendar days after the
appointment without the consent or acquiescence of the Company of
any trustee, receiver or liquidator of the Company or of all or any
substantial part of the properties of the Company, such appointment
shall not have been vacated.
4.
Holder’s Rights Upon Event of Default
. Upon the occurrence and continuance of any Event of
Default, Holder in its sole and absolute discretion shall have the
right to:
(i) convert
all of the principal amount and unpaid accrued interest
attributable to this Note into shares of Common Stock at a
conversion price the lower of (i) $1.50 per share (ii) the price
per share of the Company’s next transaction or series of
related transactions in which the Company sells equity securities
and in which the gross proceeds to the Company equal or exceed
$2,000,000 (the “ Next Equity Financing ”);
or
(ii) declare
all unpaid interest and principal immediately due and payable and
exercise all other legal rights in connection therewith.
5.
Conversion; Optional Reinvestment .
(a)
Optional Conversion . Holder may elect at its
sole discretion to convert the outstanding principal balance and
unpaid accrued interest on this Note into shares of Common Stock at
any time. The number of shares of Common Stock to be
issued upon such conversion shall be equal to the quotient obtained
by dividing (a) the outstanding principal and unpaid accrued
interest due on this Note on the date of conversion, by (b) the
conversion price of the lower of (i) $1.50 per share or (ii) the
price per share of the Next Equity Financing (“Conversion
Price”). The Common Stock received by Holder pursuant to the
conversion of the Note shall be referred to as the “
Conversion Shares .”
(b)
Identical Terms . The Common Stock, as the case
may be, received by Holder pursuant to the conversion of the Note
hereunder shall have identical rights, preferences and privileges
as those shares received by investors currently holding or
subscribing for Common Stock, as applicable.
(c)
Conversion Procedure . If this Note is to be
converted, written notice shall be delivered by Holder to the
Company, at its address set forth on the signature page hereto,
notifying the Company of the conversion to be effected, specifying
the principal amount of the Note to be converted, the amount of
accrued interest to be converted, and a statement of commitment to
surrender to the Company, in the manner and at the place
designated, the Note. Holder will surrender this Note
within 10 business days after receiving the Conversion Shares
hereunder. Promptly upon receipt of this Note, the
Company will issue a new note on the same terms as provided herein
for any amount of this Note not being converted.
(d)
Delivery of Stock Certificates . As promptly as
practicable after the conversion of this Note but in no event later
than 15 calendar days after the date of delivery of the notice to
the Company under Section 5(c), the Company at its expense will
issue and deliver to Holder a certificate or certificates for the
number of full shares of the Common Stock issuable upon such
conversion. Upon conversion of the Note, the Company
shall take all such actions as are necessary in order to insure
that the Conversion Shares issuable with respect to such conversion
shall be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
(e)
Mechanics and Effect of Conversion . No
fractional shares of Common Stock shall be issued upon conversion
of this Note. In lieu of the Company issuing any
fractional shares to Holder upon the conversion of this Note, the
Company shall pay to Holder the amount of outstanding
princi
