THIS NOTE
AND THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION HEREOF HAVE
NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED
(THE “ACT”), OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, AND
MAY NOT BE SOLD, TRANSFERRED, OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE
ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR RECEIPT BY THE MAKER OF AN OPINION
OF COUNSEL IN THE FORM, SUBSTANCE AND SCOPE REASONABLY SATISFACTORY
TO THE MAKER THAT THIS NOTE AND THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE
UPON CONVERSION HEREOF MAY BE SOLD, TRANSFERRED, OR
OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF, UNDER AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER
THE ACT AND SUCH STATE SECURITIES LAWS.
FLINT TELECOM GROUP,
INC.
Convertible Promissory
Note
due December 31, 2010
Reference:
Date: May 13,
2009
US$ 1,516,000
For value received, Flint Telecom Group, Inc., a
Nevada corporation whose principal office is located at 327 Plaza
Real, Suite 319, Boca Raton, FL 33432 (the “ Maker
”), hereby promises to pay to the order of Michael
Butler , (together with its successors, representatives, and
permitted assigns, the “ Holder ”), in
accordance with the terms hereinafter provided, the principal
amount of One Million, Five Hundred and Sixteen Dollars
($1,516,000) .
All payments under or pursuant to this Note
shall be made in United States Dollars in immediately available
funds to the Holder at the address of the Holder first set forth
above or at such other place as the Holder may designate from time
to time in writing to the Maker or by wire transfer of funds to the
Holder’s account, instructions for which are attached hereto
as Exhibit A . The outstanding principal balance of
this Note hereon shall be due and payable on December 31, 2010 (the
“ Maturity Date ”) or at such earlier time as
provided herein.
ARTICLE I
GENERAL
Section
1.1
Interest . The Note shall not bear any interest.
Section
1.2
Payment . The principal amount shall be due and
payable through installment payments of $100,000 each, beginning as
of October 31, 2009 and monthly thereafter until all unconverted
principal is repaid in full, and, at any time thereafter, the
Holder may proceed to collect such unconverted
principal.
Section
1.3
No Security . This Note and the amounts due
hereunder are unsecured.
Section
1.4
Payment on Non-Business Days . Whenever any
payment to be made hereunder shall be due on a Saturday, Sunday or
a public holiday under the laws of the State of Florida, such
payment may be due on the next succeeding business day and such
next succeeding day shall be included in the calculation of the
amount of accrued interest payable on such date.
Section
1.5
Transfer . Subject to the provisions of
Section 4.8 of this Note, this Note may be transferred or sold or
pledged, hypothecated or otherwise granted as security by the
Holder.
Section
1.6
Replacement . Upon receipt of a duly
executed, notarized and unsecured written statement from the Holder
with respect to the loss, theft or destruction of this Note (or any
replacement hereof) and a standard indemnity, or, in the case of a
mutilation of this Note, upon surrender and cancellation of such
Note, the Maker shall issue a new Note, of like tenor and amount,
in lieu of such lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated
Note.
ARTICLE II
EVENTS OF
DEFAULT; REMEDIES
Section
2.1
Events of Default . The occurrence of any of
the following events shall be an “ Event of Default
” under this Note:
(a) the
Maker shall fail to make any principal payments on the date such
payments are due and such default is not fully cured within five
(5) business days after the occurrence thereof; or
(b) the
Maker’s notice to the Holder, including by way of public
announcement, at any time, of Maker’s inability to comply
(including for any of the reasons described in Section 3.6(a)
hereof) or its intention not to comply with proper requests for
conversion of this Note into shares of Common Stock; or
(c) the
Maker shall fail to timely deliver the shares of Common Stock upon
conversion of the Note, which failure of this Section 2.1(c) is not
remedied within ten (10) business days after the occurrence
thereof; or
(d) the
Maker shall (i) apply for or consent to the appointment of, or the
taking of possession by, a receiver, custodian, trustee or
liquidator of itself or of all or a substantial part of its
property or assets, (ii) make a general assignment for the benefit
of its creditors, (iii) commence a voluntary case under the United
States Bankruptcy Code (as now or hereafter in effect) or under the
comparable laws of any jurisdiction (foreign or domestic),
(iv) file a petition seeking to take advantage of any
bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization or other similar
law affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally,
(v) acquiesce in writing to any petition filed against it in
an involuntary case under United States Bankruptcy Code (as now or
hereafter in effect) or under the comparable laws of any
jurisdiction (foreign or domestic), (vi) issue a notice of
bankruptcy or winding down of its operations or issue a press
release regarding same, or (vii) take any action under the laws of
any jurisdiction (foreign or domestic) analogous to any of the
foregoing; or
(e) a
proceeding or case shall be commenced in respect of the Maker,
without its application or consent, in any court of competent
jurisdiction, seeking (i) the liquidation, reorganization,
moratorium, dissolution, winding up, or composition or readjustment
of its debts, (ii) the appointment of a trustee, receiver,
custodian, liquidator or the like of it for all or any substantial
part of its assets in connection with the liquidation or
dissolution of the Maker or (iii) similar relief in respect of
it under any law providing for the relief of debtors, and such
proceeding or case described in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) shall
continue undismissed, or unstayed and in effect, for a period of
thirty (30) days or any order for relief shall be entered in an
involuntary case under United States Bankruptcy Code (as now or
hereafter in effect) or under the comparable laws of any
jurisdiction (foreign or domestic) against the Maker or action
under the laws of any jurisdiction (foreign or domestic) analogous
to any of the foregoing shall be taken with respect to the Maker
and shall continue undismissed, or unstayed and in effect for a
period of thirty (30) days; or
(f) the
Maker ceases to operate its business as a going concern.
Section
2.2
Remedies Upon An Event of Default . If an
Event of Default other than a default under Section 2.1(a) shall
have occurred and shall be continuing, the Holder of this Note may
at any time at its option, (a) declare the entire unpaid
principal balance of this Note due and payable, and thereupon, the
same shall be accelerated and so be due and payable, without
presentment, demand, protest, or notice, all of which are hereby
expressly unconditionally and irrevocably waived by the Maker, (b)
exercise or otherwise enforce any one or more of the Holder’s
rights, powers, privileges, remedies and interests under this
Note. No course of delay on the part of the Holder shall
operate as a waiver thereof or otherwise prejudice the right of the
Holder. No remedy conferred hereby shall be exclusive of
any other remedy referred to herein or now or hereafter available
at law, in equity, by statute or otherwise.
If an Event of
Default under Section 2.1(a) occurs and shall be
continuing, then a penalty rate of three percent (3%) per
month will apply on the total balance that remains unpaid as of the
date of the such default and it will become immediately due and
payable. The penalty rate will continue to apply until the monthly
payment in default and all accrued penalty interest is paid. Any
payments made hereunder will be first set against the penalty
interest and then to the principal payment. Once payments are
up-to-date, no penalty will apply.
ARTICLE III
CONVERSION
Section
3.1
Conversion Option . The Holder may convert
this Note, in whole or in part, at t