Exhibit 10.2
NEITHER THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF
THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE SECURITIES
INTO WHICH THESE SECURITIES ARE CONVERTIBLE HAVE BEEN REGISTERED
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR APPLICABLE STATE
SECURITIES LAWS. THE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD,
TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED IN THE ABSENCE OF (A) AN EFFECTIVE
REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR THE SECURITIES UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT
OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR (B) AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, IN A GENERALLY
ACCEPTABLE FORM, THAT REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER SAID ACT.
ANY TRANSFEREE OF THIS NOTE SHOULD CAREFULLY REVIEW THE TERMS OF
THIS NOTE, INCLUDING SECTIONS 3(c)(iii) AND 19(a) HEREOF. THE
PRINCIPAL AMOUNT REPRESENTED BY THIS NOTE AND, ACCORDINGLY, THE
SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION HEREOF MAY BE LESS THAN THE
AMOUNTS SET FORTH ON THE FACE HEREOF PURSUANT TO SECTION 3(c)(iii)
OF THIS NOTE.
CONVERTIBLE SUBORDINATED
NOTE
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Issuance Date: January 3,
2007
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Principal: U.S.
$[ ]
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FOR VALUE RECEIVED,
LIQUIDMETAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC., a
Delaware corporation (the “Company” ), hereby
promises to pay to the order of [INSERT HOLDER] or registered
assigns ( “Holder” ) the amount set out above as
the Principal (as reduced pursuant to the terms hereof pursuant to
redemption, conversion or otherwise, the
“Principal” ) when due, whether upon the
Maturity Date (as defined below), acceleration, redemption or
otherwise (in each case in accordance with the terms hereof) and to
pay interest ( “Interest” ) on any outstanding
Principal at the rate of interest as determined pursuant to Section
2, from the date set out above as the Issuance Date (the
“Issuance Date” ) until the same becomes due and
payable, whether upon an Interest Date (as defined below), the
Maturity Date, acceleration, conversion, redemption or otherwise
(in each case in accordance with the terms hereof). This
Convertible Subordinated Note (including all Convertible
Subordinated Notes issued in exchange, transfer or replacement
hereof, this “Note” ) is one of an issue of
Convertible Subordinated Notes (collectively, the
“Notes” and such other Convertible Subordinated
Notes, the “Other Notes” ) issued on the
Issuance Date pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement (as
defined below). Certain capitalized terms are defined in Section
29.
(1)
MATURITY AND AMORTIZATION
PAYMENTS .
(a)
Payment on Maturity
. On January 3, 2010 (the
“Maturity Date” ), the Holder shall surrender
this Note to the Company and the Company shall pay to the Holder an
amount in cash representing all outstanding Principal and accrued
and unpaid Interest, and following receipt of such payment, the
Holder shall mark this Note as “Cancelled” and
shall
surrender such cancelled Note to the
Company by courier, registered mail, or other traceable means.
Beginning on the first day of the eighteenth (18 th )
calendar month following the calendar month in which the Issuance
Date occurs, the Company may, upon thirty (30) calendar days prior
written notice to Holder and at the sole election of the Company,
prepay this Note in whole or in part for a cash redemption price
equal to One Hundred Five Percent (105%) of the the portion of the
principal amount being redeemed plus all accrued and unpaid
interest on the portion of the principal amount being redeemed,
provided that following such notice the Holder may convert all or
any part of the portion of the Note to be redeemed so long as the
Company receives a duly executed Conversion Notice pursuant to
Section 3 of this Note prior to the date on which prepayment is
actually made.
(b)
Amortization Payments
. Beginning on July 31, 2008 and at
the end of each month thereafter (each, an “ Amortization
Date ”) until there is no outstanding Principal of this
Note, the Company shall redeem
$[ ]
[ 1/36th of the original Principal amount of this Note ] of
this Note (each, an “ Amortization Redemption Amount
”). If the Company is unable to redeem all Principal and
Interest with respect to all Amortization Redemption Amounts on
this Note and the Other Notes, then the Company shall redeem a pro
rata amount from each holder of the Notes (including the Holder)
based on the principal amount of the Notes subject to payment of an
Amortization Redemption Amount on such Amortization Date pursuant
to this Note and the Other Notes.
(c)
Payment of Amortization
Redemption Amount . The
Company shall pay the Amortization Redemption Amount in cash in
accordance with the provisions of Section 12; provided, however,
that if the Conditions to Amortization Conversion (as defined
below) are satisfied or waived in writing by the Holder and the
Company provides the Amortization Conversion Notice (as defined
below), then the Company shall have the right to require the Holder
to convert all or any such portion of the Amortization Redemption
Amount designated in the Amortization Conversion Notice into fully
paid, validly issued and nonassessable shares of Common Stock in
accordance with the applicable provisions of Section 3(c)(i). The
Company may exercise its right to require conversion under this
Section 1(c) by delivering at least 20 Trading Days prior to such
Amortization Date a written notice thereof by facsimile and
overnight courier to all, but not less than all, of the holders of
Notes and the Transfer Agent that specifically describes the
portion of the Amortization Redemption Amount for this Note and the
Other Notes that will be paid in Common Stock (the
“Amortization Conversion Notice” and the date
all of the holders received such notice is referred to as the
“ Amortization Conversion Notice Date ”). The
Amortization Conversion Notice shall be irrevocable;
provided; that if any of the Conditions to Amortization
Conversion is not satisfied on the applicable Amortization Date or
waived by the Holder, the Company will notwithstanding delivery of
the Amortization Conversion Notice be required to pay the
Amortization Redemption Amount in cash. The conversion price
applicable to an Amortization Conversion (the “Amortization
Price”) that is being paid in Common Stock pursuant to this
Section 1(c) shall be 90% of the Weighted Average Price of the
Common Stock for the 20 consecutive Trading Days immediately
preceding the Amortization Date. For purposes of this Section 1(c),
“ Conditions to Amortization Conversion ” means
the following conditions: (i) the Common Stock shall be
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traded on the Principal Market, the
NASDAQ Gobal Market or NASDAQ Capital Market, or the American Stock
Exchange on the applicable Amortization Date, (ii) on the
Amortization Date, either (x) the Registration Statement or
Registration Statements required pursuant to the Registration
Rights Agreement shall be effective and available for the sale for
all of the Registrable Securities then outstanding, together with
the Common Stock to be issued on such Amortization Date, in
accordance with the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement or
(y) all shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the
Notes shall be eligible for sale without restriction and without
the need for registration under any applicable federal or state
securities laws, (iii) an Authorized Share Failure shall not be in
effect on the Amortization Date; and (iv) any such payment of the
Amortization Redemption Amount in Common Stock shall not consist of
more than 20% of the total dollar volume traded in the Common Stock
for the 20 Trading Days prior to the Amortization Date.
(2)
INTEREST; INTEREST
RATE . Interest on this
Note shall commence accruing on the Issuance Date and shall be
computed on the basis of a 365-day year and actual days elapsed and
shall be payable in arrears on the first day of each Calendar
Quarter and on the Maturity Date during the period beginning on the
Issuance Date and ending on, and including, the Maturity Date
(each, an “Interest Date” ) with the first
Interest Date being April 1, 2007. Interest shall be payable on
each Interest Date at the option of the Company (i) in cash at the
rate of 8.00% per annum (the “Cash Interest
Rate” ) or (ii) at the rate of 10.00% per annum (the
“Note Interest Rate” , and referred to sometimes
herein as the “Interest Rate” ) in the form of
an additional Convertible Subordinated Note in the form of this
Note in the principal amount of such Interest. Prior to the payment
of Interest on an Interest Date, Interest on this Note shall accrue
at the Cash Interest Rate and be payable by way of inclusion of the
Interest in the Conversion Amount in accordance with Section
3(b)(i). From and after the occurrence of an Event of Default, the
Interest Rate shall be increased so that the Cash Interest Rate
shall be twelve percent (12.00%) per annum and the Note Interest
Rate per annum shall be fifteen percent (15%) per annum. In the
event that such Event of Default is subsequently cured, the
adjustment referred to in the preceding sentence shall cease to be
effective as of the date of such cure; provided that the Interest
as calculated at such increased rate during the continuance of such
Event of Default shall continue to apply to the extent relating to
the days after the occurrence of such Event of Default through and
including the date of cure of such Event of Default.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may not elect to pay
interest at the Note Interest Rate and issue additional Convertible
Subordinated Notes in the principal amount of such Interest unless
either (i) the Registration Statement or Registration Statements
required pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement shall be
effective and available for the sale of all of the then-outstanding
Registrable Securities, together with the Common Stock issuable
upon conversion of such additional Convertible Subordinated Notes
in accordance with the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement
or (ii) all shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the
Notes shall be eligible for sale without restriction and without
the need for registration under any applicable federal or state
securities laws.
(3)
CONVERSION OF NOTES
. This Note shall be convertible
into shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001
per share (the “Common Stock” ), on the terms
and conditions set forth in this Section 3.
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(a)
Conversion Right
. Subject to the provisions of
Section 3(d), at any time or times on or after the Issuance Date,
the Holder shall be entitled to convert any portion of the
outstanding and unpaid Conversion Amount (as defined below) in
increments of at least $50,000 of Principal (or such lesser amount
if such amount represents the remaining Principal amount) into
fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock in accordance
with Section 3(c), at the Conversion Rate (as defined below). The
Company shall not issue any fraction of a share of Common Stock
upon any conversion. If the issuance would result in the issuance
of a fraction of a share of Common Stock, the Company shall round
such fraction of a share of Common Stock up to the nearest whole
share. The Company shall pay any and all taxes that may be payable
with respect to the issuance and delivery of Common Stock upon
conversion of any Conversion Amount.
(b)
Conversion Rate
. The number of shares of Common
Stock issuable upon conversion of any Conversion Amount pursuant to
Section 3(a) shall be determined by dividing (x) such Conversion
Amount by (y) the Conversion Price (as defined below) (the
“Conversion Rate” ).
(i)
“Conversion
Amount” means the
sum of (A) the portion of the Principal to be converted, redeemed
or otherwise with respect to which this determination is being
made, plus (B) accrued and unpaid Interest with respect to such
Principal.
(ii)
“Conversion
Price” means, as of
any Conversion Date (as defined below) or other date of
determination, and subject to adjustment as provided herein,
$1.55.
(c)
Mechanics of
Conversion .
(i)
Optional Conversion
. To convert any Conversion Amount
into shares of Common Stock on any date (a
“Conversion Date” ), the Holder shall (A)
transmit by facsimile (or otherwise deliver), for receipt on or
prior to 5:00 p.m., New York Time, on such date, a copy of an
executed notice of conversion in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit I (the “Conversion Notice” ) to
the Company and (B) if required by Section 3(c)(iii), surrender
this Note to a common carrier for delivery to the Company as soon
as practicable on or following such date (or an indemnification
undertaking with respect to this Note in the case of its loss,
theft or destruction). On or before the first Business Day
following the date of receipt of a Conversion Notice, the Company
shall transmit by facsimile a confirmation of receipt of such
Conversion Notice to the Holder and the Company’s transfer
agent (the “ Transfer Agent ”). On or before the
second Business Day following the date of receipt of a Conversion
Notice (the “Share Delivery Date” ), the Company
shall (X) credit such aggregate number of shares of Common Stock to
which the Holder shall be entitled to the Holder’s or its
designee’s balance account with Depository Trust Company
(“ DTC ”) through its Deposit Withdrawal At
Custodian system or (Y) if the Transfer Agent is not participating
in DTC Fast Automated Securities
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Transfer Program, issue and deliver
to the address as specified in the Conversion Notice, a
certificate, registered in the name of the Holder or its designee,
for the number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder shall
be entitled. If this Note is physically surrendered for conversion
as required by Section 3(c)(iii) and the outstanding Principal of
this Note is greater than the Principal portion of the Conversion
Amount being converted, then the Company shall as soon as
practicable and in no event later than five Business Days after
receipt of this Note and at its own expense, issue and deliver to
the holder a new Note (in accordance with Section 19(d))
representing the outstanding Principal not converted. The Person or
Persons entitled to receive the shares of Common Stock issuable
upon a conversion of this Note shall be treated for all purposes as
the record holder or holders of such shares of Common Stock on the
Conversion Date.
(ii)
Company’s Failure to Timely
Convert . If the Company
shall fail to issue a certificate to the Holder or credit the
Holder’s balance account with DTC for the number of shares of
Common Stock to which the Holder is entitled upon conversion of any
Conversion Amount on or prior to the date which is five Business
Days after the Conversion Date (a “Conversion
Failure” ), then (A) the Company shall pay liquidated
damages to the Holder for each day of such Conversion Failure in an
amount equal to 1.0% of the product of (I) the sum of the number of
shares of Common Stock not issued to the Holder on or prior to the
Share Delivery Date and to which the Holder is entitled, and (II)
the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock on the Share Delivery
Date and (B) the Holder, upon written notice to the Company, may
void its Conversion Notice with respect to, and retain or have
returned, as the case may be, any portion of this Note that has not
been converted pursuant to such Conversion Notice; provided that
the voiding of a Conversion Notice shall not affect the
Company’s obligations to make any payments which have accrued
prior to the date of such notice pursuant to this Section 3(c)(ii)
or otherwise. In addition to the foregoing, if within three (3)
Trading Days after the Company’s receipt of the facsimile
copy of a Conversion Notice the Company shall fail to issue and
deliver a certificate to the Holder or credit the Holder’s
balance account with DTC for the number of shares of Common Stock
to which the Holder is entitled upon such holder’s conversion
of any Conversion Amount, and if on or after such Trading Day the
Holder purchases (in an open market transaction or otherwise)
Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Holder of
Common Stock issuable upon such conversion that the Holder
anticipated receiving from the Company (a “ Buy-In
”), then the Company shall, within five (5) Business Days
after the Holder’s request and in the Holder’s
discretion, either (i) pay cash to the Holder in an amount equal to
the Holder’s total purchase price (including brokerage
commissions and other out-of-pocket expenses, if any) for the
shares of Common Stock so purchased (the “Buy-In
Price” ), at which point the Company’s obligation
to deliver such certificate (and to issue such Common Stock) shall
terminate, or (ii) promptly honor its obligation to deliver to the
Holder a certificate or certificates representing such Common Stock
and pay cash to the Holder in an amount equal to the excess (if
any) of the Buy-In Price over the product of (A) such number of
shares of Common Stock, times (B) the Closing Bid Price on the
Conversion Date.
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(iii)
Book-Entry
. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary set forth herein, upon conversion of any portion of this
Note in accordance with the terms hereof, the Holder shall not be
required to physically surrender this Note to the Company unless
(A) the full Conversion Amount represented by this Note is being
converted or (B) the Holder has provided the Company with prior
written notice (which notice may be included in a Conversion
Notice) requesting physical surrender and reissue of this Note. The
Holder and the Company shall maintain records showing the Principal
and Interest converted and the dates of such conversions or shall
use such other method, reasonably satisfactory to the Holder and
the Company, so as not to require physical surrender of this Note
upon conversion.
(iv)
Pro Rata Conversion;
Disputes . In the event
that the Company receives a Conversion Notice from more than one
holder of Notes for the same Conversion Date and the Company can
convert some, but not all, of such portions of the Notes submitted
for conversion, the Company, subject to Section 3(d), shall convert
from each holder of Notes electing to have Notes converted on such
date a pro rata amount of such holder’s portion of its Notes
submitted for conversion based on the principal amount of Notes
submitted for conversion on such date by such holder relative to
the aggregate principal amount of all Notes submitted for
conversion on such date. In the event of a dispute as to the number
of shares of Common Stock issuable to the Holder in connection with
a conversion of this Note, the Company shall issue to the Holder
the number of shares of Common Stock not in dispute and resolve
such dispute in accordance with Section 24.
(d)
Limitations on
Conversions .
(i)
Beneficial Ownership
. Unless waived by the Holder upon
no less than sixty one (61) days prior written notice to the
Company, the Company shall not effect any conversion of this Note
pursuant to Section 3(a) to the extent that after giving effect to
such conversion the Holder (together with the Holder’s
affiliates) would beneficially own in excess of 4.99% of the number
of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving
effect to such conversion. Even if the Holder waives the limitation
set forth in the preceding sentence, the Company shall in no event
effect any conversion of this Note, and the Holder of this Note
shall not have the right to convert any portion of this Note
pursuant to Section 3(a), to the extent that after giving effect to
such conversion, the Holder (together with the Holder’s
affiliates) would beneficially own in excess of 9.99% of the number
of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving
effect to such conversion. For purposes of the foregoing sentences,
the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the
Holder and its affiliates shall include the number of shares of
Common Stock issuable upon conversion of this Note with respect to
which the determination of such sentence is being made, but shall
exclude the number of shares of Common Stock which would be
issuable upon (A) conversion of the remaining, nonconverted portion
of this Note beneficially owned by the Holder or any of its
affiliates
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and (B) exercise or conversion of
the unexercised or nonconverted portion of any other securities of
the Company (including, without limitation, any Other Notes or
warrants) subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise
analogous to the limitation contained herein beneficially owned by
the Holder or any of its affiliates. Except as set forth in the
preceding sentence, for purposes of this Section 3(d)(i),
beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section
13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. For
purposes of this Section 3(d)(i), in determining the number of
outstanding shares of Common Stock, the Holder may rely on the
number of outstanding shares of Common Stock as reflected in (x)
the Company’s most recent Form 10-Q or Form 10-K, (y) a more
recent public announcement by the Company or (z) any other notice
by the Company or the Transfer Agent setting forth the number of
shares of Common Stock outstanding. For any reason at any time,
upon the written or oral request of the Holder, the Company shall
within two Business Days confirm orally and in writing to the
Holder the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding. In
any case, the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be
determined after giving effect to the conversion or exercise of
securities of the Company, including this Note, by the Holder or
its affiliates since the date as of which such number of
outstanding shares of Common Stock was reported.
(ii)
Principal Market
Regulation . The Company
shall not be obligated to issue any shares of Common Stock upon
conversion of this Note if the issuance of such shares of Common
Stock would exceed that number of shares of Common Stock that the
Company may issue upon conversion of the Notes without breaching
the Company’s obligations under the rules or regulations of
the Principal Market (the “Exchange Cap” ),
except that such limitation shall not apply in the event that the
Company (A) obtains the approval of its stockholders as required by
the applicable rules of the Principal Market for issuances of
Common Stock in excess of such amount or (B) obtains a written
opinion from outside counsel to the Company that such approval is
not required, which opinion shall be reasonably satisfactory to the
holders of the Notes representing at least a majority of the
principal amounts of the Notes then outstanding. Until such
approval or written opinion is obtained, no purchaser of the Notes
pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement (the
“Purchasers” ) shall be issued, upon conversion
of Notes, shares of Common Stock in an amount greater than the
product of the Exchange Cap multiplied by a fraction, the numerator
of which is the principal amount of Notes issued to such Purchaser
pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement on the Issuance Date
and the denominator of which is the aggregate principal amount of
all Notes issued to the Purchasers pursuant to the Securities
Purchase Agreement on the Issuance Date (with respect to each
Purchaser, the “Exchange Cap Allocation” ). In
the event that any Purchaser shall sell or otherwise transfer any
of such Purchaser’s Notes, the transferee shall be allocated
a pro rata portion of such Purchaser’s Exchange Cap
Allocation, and the restrictions of the prior sentence shall apply
to such transferee with respect to the portion of the Exchange Cap
Allocation allocated to such transferee. In the event that any
holder of Notes shall convert all of such holder’s Notes into
a number of shares of Common Stock which, in the aggregate, is less
than such holder’s Exchange Cap Allocation, then the
difference between such
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holder’s Exchange Cap
Allocation and the number of shares of Common Stock actually issued
to such holder shall be allocated to the respective Exchange Cap
Allocations of the remaining holders of Notes on a pro rata basis
in proportion to the aggregate principal amount of the Notes then
held by each such holder.
(4)
RIGHTS UPON EVENT OF
DEFAULT .
(a)
Event of Default
. Each of the following events shall
constitute an “Event of Default” :
(i)
the Company’s failure to pay
to the Holder any amount of Principal or Interest when and as due
under this Note if such failure continues for a period of at least
five Business Days;
(ii)
the Company’s failure to pay
to the Holder any amounts other than Principal or Interest when and
as due under this Note, the Securities Purchase Agreement, or the
Registration Rights Agreement, which failure is not cured within
five Business Days after notice of such default sent by the Holder
to the Company;
(iii)
any default under, redemption of or
acceleration prior to maturity of any Indebtedness (as defined
below) of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (as defined in the
Securities Purchase Agreement) other than with respect to any Other
Notes and the Senior Indebtedness; provided that in the case of a
payment default of such Indebtedness, such default is not cured
within applicable cure periods; further provided that in the case
of a non-payment default of such Indebtedness that has not resulted
in an acceleration or redemption of such Indebtedness prior to its
maturity, only upon acceleration or redemption of such
Indebtedness;
(iv)
the Company shall fail to observe or
perform any other material covenant or agreement contained in the
Securities Purchase Agreement, which failure is not cured within
ten Business Days after notice of such default sent by the Holder
to the Company;
(v)
the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, pursuant to or within the meaning of Title 11, U.S.
Code, or any similar Federal or state law for the relief of debtors
(collectively, “Bankruptcy Law” ), (A) commences
a voluntary case, (B) consents to the entry of an order for relief
against it in an involuntary case, (C) consents to the appointment
of a receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator or similar official (a
“Custodian” ), or (D) makes a general
assignment for the benefit of its creditors;
(vi)
a court of competent jurisdiction
enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law that (A) is for
relief against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in an
involuntary case that remains undismissed for a period of 90 days,
(B) appoints a Custodian of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
that remains undischarged or unstayed for a period of 90 days, or
(C) orders the liquidation of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries;
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(vii)
a final judgment or judgments for
the payment of money aggregating in excess of $500,000 are rendered
against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and which judgments
are not, within 60 days after the entry thereof, bonded, discharged
or stayed pending appeal, or are not discharged within 60 days
after the expiration of such stay; provided, however, that any
judgment which is covered by insurance or an indemnity from a
credit worthy party shall not be included in calculating the
$500,000 amount set forth above;
(viii)
any breach or failure to comply with
Section 15 of this Note; or
(ix)
any Event of Default (as defined in
the Other Notes) occurs with respect to any Other Notes.
(b)
Redemption Right
. Promptly after the occurrence of
an Event of Default with respect to this Note or any Other Note,
the Company shall deliver written notice thereof via facsimile and
overnight courier (an “Event of Default Notice”
) to the Holder. At any time after the earlier of the
Holder’s receipt of an Event of Default Notice and the Holder
becoming aware of an Event of Default, the Holder may require the
Company to redeem all or any portion of this Note by delivering
written notice thereof (the “Event of Default Redemption
Notice” ) to the Company, which Event of Default
Redemption Notice shall indicate the portion of this Note the
Holder is electing to redeem. Each portion of this Note subject to
redemption by the Company pursuant to this Section 4(b) shall be
redeemed by the Company at a price equal to the greater of (i) the
Conversion Amount to be redeemed and (ii) the product of (A) the
Conversion Rate with respect to such Conversion Amount in effect at
such time as the Holder delivers an Event of Default Redemption
Notice and (B) the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock on the
date immediately preceding such Event of Default (the
“Event of Default Redemption Price” ).
Redemptions required by this Section 4(b) shall be made in
accordance with the provisions of Section 12.
(5)
RIGHTS UPON CHANGE OF
CONTROL .
(a)
Change of Control
. Each of the following events shall
constitute a “Change of Control” :
(i)
the consolidation, merger or other
business combination (including, without limitation, a
reorganization or recapitalization) of the Company with or into
another Person (other than (A) a consolidation, merger or other
business combination (including, without limitation, reorganization
or recapitalization) in which holders of the Company’s voting
power immediately prior to the transaction continue after the
transaction to hold, directly or indirectly, the voting power of
the surviving entity or entities necessary to elect a majority of
the members of the board of directors (or their equivalent if other
than a corporation) of such entity or entities, or (B) pursuant to
a migratory merger effected solely for the purpose of changing the
jurisdiction of incorporation of the Company);
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(ii)
the sale or transfer of all or
substantially all of the Company’s assets; or
(iii)
a purchase, tender or exchange offer
made to and accepted by the holders of more than the 50% of the
outstanding shares of Common Stock.
No sooner than 15 days nor later
than 10 days prior to the consummation of a Change of Control, but
not prior to the public announcement of such Change of Control, the
Company shall deliver written notice thereof via facsimile and
overnight courier to the Holder (a “Change of Control
Notice” ).
(b)
Assumption
. Prior to the consummation of any
Change of Control, the Company will secure from any Person
purchasing the Company’s assets or Common Stock or any
successor resulting from such Change of Control (in each case, an
“Acquiring Entity” ) a written agreement (in
form and substance satisfactory to the holders of Notes
representing at least a majority of the aggregate principal amount
of the Notes then outstanding) to deliver to each holder of Notes
in exchange for such Notes, a security of the Acquiring Entity
evidenced by a written instrument substantially similar in form and
substance to the Notes, including, without limitation, having a
principal amount and interest rate equal to the principal amounts
and the interest rates of the Notes held by such holder, and
satisfactory to the holders of Notes representing at least a
majority of the principal amount of the Notes then outstanding. In
the event that an Acquiring Entity is directly or indirectly
controlled by a company or entity whose common stock or similar
equity interest is listed, designated or quoted on a securities
exchange or trading market, the holders of Notes representing at
least a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes
then outstanding may elect to treat such Person as the Acquiring
Entity for purposes of this Section 5(b).
(c)
Redemption Right
. At any time during the period
beginning after the Holder’s receipt of a Change of Control
Notice and ending on the date of the consummation of such Change of
Control (or, in the event a Change of Control Notice is not
delivered at least 10 days prior to a Change of Control, at any
time on or after the date which is 10 days prior to a Change of
Control and ending ten days after the consummation of such Change
of Control), the Holder may require the Company to redeem all or
any portion of this Note by delivering written notice thereof (
“Change of Control Redemption Notice” ) to the
Company, which Change of Control Redemption Notice shall indicate
the Conversion Amount the Holder is electing to redeem; provided,
however, that the Company shall not be under any obligation to
redeem all or any portion of this Note or to deliver the applicable
Change of Control Redemption Price unless and until the applicable
Change of Control is consummated. The portion of this Note subject
to redemption pursuant to this Section 5 shall be redeemed by the
Company in cash at a price equal to the greater of (i) the sum of
(x) the product of (A) the Applicable Percentage (as defined below)
and (B) the Conversion Amount being redeemed and (y) the amount of
any accrued but unpaid Interest on such Conversion Amount being
redeemed through the date of such redemption payment and (ii) the
product of (x) the Applicable Percentage and (y) the sum of (1) the
product of (A) the Conversion Amount being redeemed multiplied by
(B) the
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quotient determined by dividing (I)
the aggregate cash consideration and the aggregate cash value of
any non-cash consideration per Common Share to be paid to the
holders of the Common Shares upon consummation of the Change of
Control (any such non-cash consideration in the form of securities
to be valued at the higher of the Closing Sale Price of such
securities as of the Trading Day immediately prior to the
consummation of such Change of Control, the Closing Sale Price on
the Trading Day immediately following the public announcement of
such proposed Change of Control and the Closing Sale Price on the
Trading Day immediately prior to the public announcement of such
proposed Change of Control) by (II) the Conversion Price plus (2)
the amount of any accrued but unpaid Interest on such Conversion
Amount being redeemed through the date of such redemption payment,
(the “ Change of Control Redemption Price ”).
Redemptions required by this Section 5(c) shall be made in
accordance with the provisions of Section 12 and shall have
priority to payments to stockholders in connection with a Change of
Control. For purposes of this Note, the term “ Applicable
Percentage ” means 120% if the Change of Control is
consummated on or before the first (1 st ) anniversary
of the Issuance Date, 115% if the Change of Control is consummated
after the first (1 st ) anniversary of the Issuance Date
but on or before the second (2 nd ) anniversary of the
Issuance Date, and 110% if the Change of Control is consummated at
any time after the second (2 nd ) anniversary of the
Issuance Date.
(6)
RIGHTS UPON ISSUANCE OF PURCHASE
RIGHTS AND OTHER CORPORATE EVENTS .
(a)
Purchase Rights
. If at any time the Company grants,
issues or sells any Options, Convertible Securities or rights to
purchase stock, warrants, securities or other property pro rata to
the record holders of any class of Common Stock (the
“Purchase Rights” ), then the Holder will be
entitled to acquire, upon the terms applicable to such Purchase
Rights, the aggregate Purchase Rights which the Holder could have
acquired if the Holder had held the number of shares of Common
Stock acquirable upon complete conversion of this Note (without
taking into account any limitations or restrictions on the
convertibility of this Note) immediately before the date on which a
record is taken for the grant, issuance or sale of such Purchase
Rights, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the
record holders of Common Stock are to be determined for the grant,
issue or sale of such Purchase Rights.
(b)
Other Corporate Events
. Prior to the consummation of any
recapitalization, reorganization, consolidation, merger, spin-off
or other business combination (other than a Change of Control)
pursuant to which holders of Common Stock are entitled to receive
securities or other assets with respect to or in exchange for
Common Stock (a “Corporate Event” ), the Company
shall make appropriate provision to insure that the Holder will
thereafter have the right to receive upon a conversion of this
Note, (i) in addition to the shares of Common Stock receivable upon
such conversion, such securities or other assets to which the
Holder would have been entitled with respect to such shares of
Common Stock had such shares of Common Stock been held by the
Holder upon the consummation of such Corporate Event or (ii) in
lieu of the shares of Common Stock otherwise receivable upon
such
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conversion, such securities or other
assets received by the holders of Common Stock in connection with
the consummation of such Corporate Event in such amounts as the
Holder would have been entitled to receive had this Note initially
been issued with conversion rights for the form of such
consideration (as opposed to shares of Common Stock) at a
conversion rate for such consideration commensurate with the
Conversion Rate. Provision made pursuant to the preceding sentence
shall be in a form and substance satisfactory to the holders of
Notes representing at least a majority of the aggregate principal
amount of the Notes then outstanding.
(7)
RIGHTS UPON ISSUANCE OF OTHER
SECURITIES .
(a)
Adjustment of Conversion Price
upon Issuance of Common Stock . If and whenever on or after the Issuance Date,
the Company issues or sells, or in accordance with this Section
7(a) is deemed to have issued or sold, any shares of Common Stock
(including the issuance or sale of shares of Common Stock owned or
held by or for the account of the Company, but excluding shares of
Common Stock deemed to have been issued or sold by the Company in
connection with any Excluded Security) for a consideration per
share (the “New Securities Issuance Price” )
less than a price (the “Applicable Price” )
equal to the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to such
issue or sale (the foregoing a “Dilutive
Issuance” ), then immediately after such Dilutive
Issuance, the Conversion Price then in effect shall be reduced to
an amount (rounded to the nearest cent) equal to the New Securities
Issuance Price. For purposes of determining the adjusted Conversion
Price under this Section 7(a), the following shall be
applicable:
(i)
Issuance of Options
. If the Company in any manner
grants or sells any Options and the lowest price per share for
which one share of Common Stock is issuable upon the exercise of
any such Option or upon conversion or exchange or exercise of any
Convertible Securities issuable upon exercise of such Option is
less than the Applicable Price, then such share of Common Stock
shall be deemed to be outstanding and to have been issued and sold
by the Company at the time of the granting or sale of such Option
for such price per share. For purposes of this Section 7(a)(i), the
“lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock
is issuable upon the exercise of any such Option or upon conversion
or exchange or exercise of any Convertible Securities issuable upon
exercise of such Option” shall be equal to the sum of the
lowest amounts of consideration (if any) received or receivable by
the Company with respect to any one share of Common Stock upon
granting or sale of the Option, upon exercise of the Option and
upon conversion or exchange or exercise of any Convertible Security
issuable upon exercise of such Option. No further adjustment of the
Conversion Price shall be made upon the actual issuance of such
Common Stock or of such Convertible Securities upon the exercise of
such Options or upon the actual issuance of such Common Stock upon
conversion or exchange or exercise of such Convertible
Securities.
(ii)
Issuance of Convertible
Securities . If the
Company in any manner issues or sells any Convertible Securities
and the lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock
is issuable upon such conversion or exchange or exercise thereof is
less than the
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Applicable Price, then such share of
Common Stock shall be deemed to be outstanding and to have been
issued and sold by the Company at the time of the issuance of sale
of such Convertible Securities for such price per share. For the
purposes of this Section 7(a)(ii), the “price per share for
which one share of Common Stock is issuable upon such conversion or
exchange or exercise” shall be equal to the sum of the lowest
amounts of consideration (if any) received or receivable by the
Company with respect to any one share of Common Stock upon the
issuance or sale of the Convertible Security and upon the
conversion or exchange or exercise of such Convertible Security. No
further adjustment of the Conversion Price shall be made upon the
actual issuance of such Common Stock upon conversion or exchange or
exercise of such Convertible Securities, and if any such issue or
sale of such Convertible Securities is made upon exercise of any
Options for which adjustment of the Conversion Price had been or
are to be made pursuant to other provisions of this Section 7(a),
no further adjustment of the Conversion Price shall be made by
reason of such issue or sale. Notwithstanding anything in this Note
to the contrary, in the event that the Company agrees to decrease
the conversion price of any of its 7% Convertible Secured
Promissory Notes due August 2007 in connection with an agreement by
the holder of any such notes to convert the same, such decrease in
the conversion price will not result in any adjustment to the
Conversion Price pursuant to this Section 7(a) of this
Note.
(iii)
Change in Option Price or Rate of
Conversion. If the
purchase price provided for