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 APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THIS NOTE
AND THE COMMON STOCK 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 OR SUCH SHARES
UNDER SAID ACT AND ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR
AN OPINION OF COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO XFONE, INC. THAT
SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED.
SECURED CONVERTIBLE TERM
NOTE
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, XFONE, INC., a Nevada
corporation (the “ Company ”),
promises to pay to LAURUS MASTER FUND, LTD., c/o M&C Corporate
Services Limited, P.O. Box 309 GT, Ugland House, South Church
Street, George Town, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, Fax:
345-949-8080 (the “ Holder ”) or its
registered assigns or successors in interest, the sum of Two
Million Dollars of the United States of America (US$2,000,000),
together with any accrued and unpaid interest hereon, on September
27, 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 by and
between the Company and the Holder (as amended, modified and/or
supplemented from time to time, the “ Purchase
Agreement ”)
The following terms shall apply to this Secured
Convertible Term Note (this “ Note
”):
CONTRACT RATE AND
AMORTIZATION
1.1
Contract Rate
. Subject to Sections 4.2 and 5.10,
interest payable on the outstanding principal amount of this Note
(the “ Principal Amount ”) shall
accrue at a rate per annum equal to the “prime rate”
published in The Wall Street Journal from time to time (the
“ Prime Rate ”), plus one and one half
percent (1.50%) (the “ Contract Rate
”). The Contract 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 the Prime
Rate. Subject to Section 1.2, the Contract Rate shall not at any
time be less than six percent (6.0%). Interest shall be (i)
calculated on the basis of a 360 day year, and (ii) payable
monthly, in arrears, commencing on October 1, 2005, on the first
business day of each consecutive calendar month thereafter through
and including the Maturity Date, and on the Maturity Date, whether
by acceleration or otherwise.
1.2
Contract Rate Adjustments and
Payments . 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 the exercise of the 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 (as defined in Section 2.1(a)) 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%).
1.3
Principal Payments
. Amortizing payments of the
aggregate principal amount outstanding under this Note at any time
(the “ Principal Amount ”) shall be
made by the Company on April 1, 2006 and on the first business day
of each succeeding month thereafter through and including the
Maturity Date (each, an “ Amortization Date
”). Subject to Article III below, commencing on the first
Amortization Date, the Company shall make monthly payments to the
Holder on each Amortization Date, each such payment in the amount
of $66,666.67 together with any accrued and unpaid interest on such
portion of the Principal Amount plus any and all other unpaid
amounts which are then owing under this Note, the Purchase
Agreement and/or any other Related Agreement (collectively, the
“ Monthly Amount ”). Any outstanding
Principal Amount together with any accrued and unpaid interest and
any and all other unpaid amounts which are then owing by the
Company to the Holder under this Note, the Purchase Agreement
and/or any other Related Agreement shall be due and payable on the
Maturity Date.
CONVERSION AND
REDEMPTION
2.1
Payment of Monthly
Amount.
(a)
Payment in Cash or Common
Stock . Subject to
Section 2.1(b), each month by the fifth (5 th )
business day prior to each Amortization Date (the “
Notice Date ”), the Holder shall deliver to
the Company a written notice in the form of Exhibit A attached
hereto (appropriately completed) (each, a “ Repayment
Notice ”) stating whether, according to the
Conversion Criteria (as defined below), the Monthly Amount payable
on the next Amortization Date shall be paid in cash or shares of
Common Stock, or a combination of both. If a Payment Election
Notice is not delivered by the Holder on or
before the applicable Notice Date for such Amortization
Date, then the Company shall pay the
Monthly Amount due on such Amortization Date in cash. If the
Monthly Amount (or a portion of such Monthly Amount if not all of
the Monthly Amount shall have been converted into shares of Common
Stock pursuant to Section 3.2) is required to be paid in cash
pursuant to Section 2.1(b), then the Company shall pay the
Holder an amount in cash equal to 101% of the Monthly Amount (or
such portion of such Monthly Amount to be paid in cash) due and
owing to the Holder on the Amortization Date. If the Monthly Amount
(or a portion of such Monthly Amount if not all of the Monthly
Amount may be converted into shares of Common Stock pursuant to
Section 3.2) is required to be paid in shares of Common Stock
pursuant to Section 2.1(b), the number of such shares to be issued
by the Company to the Holder on such Amortization Date (in respect
of such portion of the Monthly Amount converted into shares of
Common Stock pursuant to Section 2.1(b)), shall be the number
determined by dividing (i) the portion of the Monthly Amount
converted into shares of Common Stock, by (ii) the then applicable
Fixed Conversion Price. For purposes hereof, subject to Section 3.6
hereof, the initial “ Fixed Conversion Price
” means $3.48.
(b)
Monthly Amount Conversion
Conditions . Subject to
Sections 2.1(a), 2.2, and 3.2 hereof, the Holder shall convert
into shares of Common Stock all or a portion of the Monthly Amount
due on each Amortization Date if the following conditions (the
“ Conversion Criteria ”) are
satisfied: (i) 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 Amortization Date shall
be greater than or equal to 115% of the Fixed Conversion Price and
(ii) the amount of such conversion does not exceed twenty five
percent (25%) of the aggregate dollar trading volume of the Common
Stock for the period of twenty-two (22) trading days immediately
preceding such Amortization Date. If subsection (i) of the
Conversion Criteria is met but subsection (ii) of the Conversion
Criteria is not met as to the entire Monthly Amount, the Holder
shall convert only such part of the Monthly Amount that meets
subsection (ii) of the Conversion Criteria. Any portion of the
Monthly Amount due on an Amortization Date that the Holder has not
been able to convert into shares of Common Stock due to the failure
to meet the Conversion Criteria, shall be paid in cash by the
Company at the rate of 101% of the Monthly Amount otherwise due on
such Amortization Date, within three (3) business days of such
Amortization Date.
2.2
No Effective
Registration .
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, none of the
Company’s obligations to the Holder may be converted into
Common Stock unless (a) either (i) an effective current
Registration Statement (as defined in the Registration Rights
Agreement) covering the shares of Common Stock to be issued in
connection with satisfaction of such obligations exists or (ii) an
exemption from registration for resale of all of the Common Stock
issued and issuable is available pursuant to Rule 144 of the
Securities Act and (b) no Event of Default (as hereinafter defined)
exists and is continuing, unless such Event of Default is cured
within any applicable cure period or otherwise waived in writing by
the Holder.
2.3
Optional Redemption in
Cash . The Company will
have the option of redeeming this Note (“ Optional
Redemption ”) by paying to the Holder a sum of money
equal to one hundred twenty percent (120%) of the Principal Amount
outstanding at such time 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 other
Related Agreement (the “ Redemption Amount
”) outstanding on the Redemption Payment Date (as defined
below). The Company 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 seven (7) 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
previously delivered a Notice of Conversion (as hereinafter
defined) or for conversions elected to be made by the Holder
pursuant to Section 3.3 during the Redemption Period. The
Redemption Amount shall be determined as if the 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 full in good funds to the
Holder. In the event the Company fails to pay the Redemption Amount
on the Redemption Payment Date as set forth herein, then such
Redemption Notice will be null and void.
HOLDER’S CONVERSION
RIGHTS
3.1
Optional Conversion
. Subject to the terms set forth in
this Article III, the Holder shall have the right, but not the
obligation, to convert all or any portion of the outstanding
Principal Amount and/or accrued interest and fees due and payable
into fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock at the
Fixed Conversion Price. The shares of Common Stock to be issued
upon such conversion are herein referred to as, the “
Conversion Shares. ”
3.2
Conversion Limitation
. Notwithstanding anything contained
herein to the contrary, the Holder shall not be entitled to convert
pursuant to the terms of this Note an amount that would be
convertible into that number of Conversion Shares which would
exceed the difference between (i) 4.99% of the issued and
outstanding shares of Common Stock and (ii) the number of shares of
Common Stock beneficially owned by the Holder. For purposes of the
immediately preceding sentence, beneficial ownership shall be
determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and
Regulation 13d-3 thereunder. The Conversion Share limitation
described in this Section 3.2 shall automatically become null and
void following notice to the Company upon the occurrence and during
the continuance of an Event of Default, or upon 75 days prior
notice to the Company, except that at no time shall the number of
shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the Holder a exceed
19.99% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock. Notwithstanding
anything contained herein to the contrary, the number of shares of
Common Stock issuable by the Company and acquirable by the Holder
at a price below $3.10 per share pursuant to the terms of this
Note, the Purchase Agreement or any other Related Agreement, shall
not exceed an aggregate of 1,377,533 shares of Common Stock
(subject to appropriate adjustment for stock splits, stock
dividends, or other similar recapitalizations affecting the Common
Stock) (the “ Maximum Common Stock Issuance
”), unless the issuance of Common Stock hereunder in excess
of the Maximum Common Stock Issuance shall first be approved by the
Company’s shareholders. If at any point in time and from time
to time the number of shares of Common Stock issued pursuant to the
terms of this Note, the Purchase Agreement or any other Related
Agreement, together with the number of shares of Common Stock that
would then be issuable by the Company to the Holder in the event of
a conversion or exercise pursuant to the terms of this Note, the
Purchase Agreement or any other Related Agreement, would exceed the
Maximum Common Stock Issuance but for this Section 3.2, the
Company shall promptly call a shareholders meeting to solicit
shareholder approval for the issuance of the shares of Common Stock
hereunder in excess of the Maximum Common Stock Issuance.
Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the
provisions of this Section 3.2 are irrevocable and may not be
waived by the Holder or the Company. Except for conversions of
lesser amounts made pursuant to Section 2.1(a) above, the Holder
shall not, pursuant to any Notice of Conversion (defined below)
convert an amount less than Ten Thousand Dollars
(US$10,000).
3.3
Mechanics of Holder’s
Conversion .
In the event that the Holder elects to convert
this Note into Common Stock, the Holder shall give notice of such
election by delivering an executed and completed notice of
conversion in substantially the form of Exhibit A hereto
(appropriately completed) (“ Notice of
Conversion ”) to the Company and such Notice of
Conversion shall provide a breakdown in reasonable detail of the
Principal Amount, accrued interest and fees that are being
converted. On each Conversion Date (as hereinafter defined) and in
accordance with its Notice of Conversion, the Holder shall make the
appropriate reduction to the Principal Amount, accrued interest and
fees as entered in its records and shall provide written notice
thereof to the Company within two (2) business days after the
Conversion Date. Each date on which a Notice of Conversion is
delivered or telecopied to the Company in accordance with the
provisions hereof shall be deemed a Conversion Date (the “
Conversion Date ”). Pursuant to the terms of
the Notice of Conversion, the Company will issue instructions to
the transfer agent accompanied by an opinion of counsel within
three (3) business days of the date of the delivery to the Company
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 Company of the Notice
of Conversion (the “ Delivery Date ”).
In the case of the exercise of the conversion rights set forth
herein the conversion privilege shall be deemed to have been
exercised and the Conversion Shares issuable upon such conversion
shall be deemed to have been issued upon the date of receipt by the
Company of the Notice of Conversion. The Holder shall be treated
for all purposes as the record holder of the Conversion Shares,
unless the Holder provides the Company written instructions to the
contrary.
3.4
Late Payments
. The Company understands that a
delay in the delivery of the Conversion Shares in the form required
pursuant to this Article beyond the Delivery Date could result in
economic loss to the Holder. As compensation to the Holder for such
loss, in addition to all other rights and remedies which the Holder
may have under this Note, applicable law or otherwise, the Company
shall pay late payments to the Holder for any late issuance of
Conversion Shares in the form required pursuant to this Article II
upon conversion of this Note, in the amount equal to $500 per
business day after the Delivery Date. The Company shall make any
payments incurred under this Section in immediately available funds
upon demand.
3.5
Conversion Mechanics
. The number of shares of Common
Stock to be issued upon each conversion of this Note shall be
determined by dividing that portion of the principal and interest
and fees to be converted, if any, by the then applicable Fixed
Conversion Price. In the event of any conversions of a portion of
the outstanding Principal Amount pursuant to this Article III, such
conversions shall be deemed to constitute conversions of the
outstanding Principal Amount applying to Monthly Amounts for the
remaining Amortization Dates in chronological order.
3.6
Adjustment Provisions
. The Fixed Conversion Price and
number and kind of shares or other securities to be issued upon
conversion determined pursuant to this Note shall be subject to
adjustment from time to time upon the occurrence of certain events
during the period that this conversion right remains outstanding,
as follows:
(a)
Reclassification
. If the Company at any time shall,
by reclassification or otherwise, change the Common Stock into the
same or a different number of securities of any class or classes,
this Note, as to the unpaid Principal Amount and accrued interest
thereon, shall thereafter be deemed to evidence the right to
purchase an adjusted number of such securities and kind of
securities as would have been issuable as the result of such change
with respect to the Common Stock (i) immediately prior to or (ii)
immediately after, such reclassification or other change at the
sole election of the Holder.
(b)
Stock Splits, Combinations and
Dividends . If the shares
of Common Stock are subdivided or combined into a greater or
smaller number of shares of Common Stock, or if a dividend is paid
on the Common Stock or any preferred stock issued by the Company in
shares of Common Stock, the Fixed Conversion Price shall be
proportionately reduced in case of subdivision of shares or stock
dividend or proportionately increased in the case of combination of
shares, in each such case by the ratio which the total number of
shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event
bears to the total number of shares of Common Stock outstanding
immediately prior to such event.
(c)
Share Issuances
. Subject to the provisions of this
Section 3.6, if the Company shall at any time prior to the
conversion or repayment in full of the Principal Amount issue any
shares of Common Stock or securities convertible into Common Stock
to a Person other than the Holder (except (i) pursuant to Sections
3.6(a) or (b) above; (ii) pursuant to options, warrants, or other
obligations to issue shares outstanding on the date hereof as
disclosed to the Holder in writing; or (iii) pursuant to options
that may be issued under any employee incentive stock option and/or
any qualified stock option plan adopted by the Company) for a
consideration per share (the “ Offer Price
”) less than the Fixed Conversion Price in effect at the time
of such issuance, then the Fixed Conversion Price shall be
immediately reset pursuant to the formula below. For purposes
hereof, the issuance of any security of the Compa
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