Exhibit 4.1
THIS NOTE AND THE SECURITIES
ISSUABLE UPON THE CONVERSION HEREOF HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR ANY U.S. STATE
SECURITIES LAWS, AND, UNLESS SO REGISTERED, MAY BE OFFERED OR SOLD,
DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN THE UNITED STATES OR TO U.S. PERSONS AND
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF REGULATION UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT, OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A
TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE
SECURITIES ACT AND IN EACH CASE ONLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE
STATE SECURITIES. IN ADDITION, HEDGING TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING THE
SECURITIES MAY NOT BE CONDUCTED UNLESS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE
SECURITIES ACT.
FNDS3000 CORP.
SECOND AMENDED AND
RESTATED
SECURED CONVERTIBLE PROMISSORY
NOTE
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$1,000,000
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July 1, 2009
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Atlanta, Georgia
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FOR VALUE RECEIVED, FNDS3000
CORP. , a Delaware corporation (the “ Issuer
”), with its principal executive office located at 818 AIA
North, Suite 201 Ponta Vedra Beach, Florida 32082 (the “
Principal Office ”), promises to pay to SHERINGTON
HOLDINGS, LLC (“ Purchaser ”), or its
registered assigns, in lawful money of the United States of America
the principal sum of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) , or
such lesser amount as shall equal the outstanding principal amount
hereof, together with interest from the date of this Note on the
unpaid principal balance at a rate equal to 10% per annum,
simple interest, computed on the basis of a 360 day year consisting
of twelve 30-day months (the “ Interest ”). All
unpaid principal, together with any then unpaid and accrued
Interest and other amounts payable hereunder, shall be due and
payable on the earlier of: (i) the close of business on
December 31, 2009, or (ii) when, upon or after the
occurrence of an Event of Default (as defined below), such amounts
become due and payable to Purchaser in accordance with the terms
hereof (the earliest of such dates being hereinafter referred to as
the “ Maturity Date ”). This Note is the
“Note” issued pursuant to the Amended and Restated Note
Purchase Agreement, dated as of December 1, 2008 (as amended,
modified or supplemented, the “ Note Purchase
Agreement ”) between the Issuer and the
Purchaser.
The following is a statement of the
rights of Purchaser and the conditions to which this Note is
subject, and to which Purchaser, by the acceptance of this Note,
agrees:
1. Definitions . As
used in this Note, the following capitalized terms have the
following meanings:
(a) “Business
Day” means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a
day on which banking institutions in Atlanta, Georgia are
authorized or obligated to close.
(b) “Common
Stock” means the Issuer’s Common Stock, par value
$0.001 per share.
(c) “ Event of Default
” has the meaning given in Section 4
hereof.
(d) “ Interest ”
has the meaning given in the introductory paragraph
hereof.
(e) “ Material Adverse
Effect ” means a material adverse effect on (i) the
business, assets, operations, prospects or financial or other
condition of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;
(ii) the ability of the Issuer to pay or perform the
Obligations in accordance with the terms of this Note and the other
Transaction Documents and to avoid an Event of Default, or an event
which, with the giving of notice or the passage of time or both,
would constitute an Event of Default, under any Transaction
Document; or (iii) the rights and remedies of Purchaser under
this Note, the other Transaction Documents or any related document,
instrument or agreement.
(f) “ Material
Agreement ” means any of the following agreements:
(i) that certain Software License Agreement dated
November 21, 2007 between World Processing Ltd. and the
Issuer; (ii) that certain agreement dated May 29, 2008
among Mercantile Bank Limited, Symelation (PTY) Limited and the
Issuer; (iii) that certain branding arrangement with the
Issuer, FNDS TECH (PTY) LIMITED, and Mastercard Worldwide or its
affiliate, pursuant to which the Issuer and FNDS TECH (PTY) LIMITED
are authorized to issue debit cards in South Africa with the
Mastercard brand; and (iv) any other agreement to which the
Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries becomes a party after the date
hereof, the termination of which could reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(g) “ Maturity Date
” has the meaning given in the introductory paragraph
hereof.
(h) “ Note Purchase
Agreement ” has the meaning given in the introductory
paragraph hereof.
(i) “ Obligations
” means and includes all loans, advances, debts, liabilities
and obligations, howsoever arising, owed by the Issuer to Purchaser
of every kind and description (whether or not evidenced by any note
or instrument and whether or not for the payment of money), now
existing or hereafter arising under or pursuant to the terms of
this Note and the Note Purchase Agreement, including, all interest,
fees, charges, expenses, attorneys’ fees and costs and
accountants’ fees and costs chargeable to and payable by the
Issuer hereunder and thereunder, in each case, whether direct or
indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due, and whether
or not arising after the commencement of a proceeding under
Title 11 of the United States Code (11 U. S. C.
Section 101 et seq .), as amended from time to time
(including post-petition interest) and whether or not allowed or
allowable as a claim in any such proceeding.
(j) “ Person ”
means and includes an individual, a partnership, a corporation
(including a business trust), a joint stock company, a limited
liability company, an unincorporated association, a joint venture
or other entity or a governmental authority.
(k) “ Purchaser ”
means Sherington Holdings, LLC, a Georgia limited liability company
or any Person who shall at the time be the registered holder of
this Note.
(l) “ Securities Act
” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
(m) “ Security
Agreement ” means that certain Security Agreement, dated
as of the date hereof, executed by the Issuer in favor of the
Purchaser, as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time.
(o) “Subsidiary”
means, as to any Person, any corporation, partnership, limited
liability company or other entity of which more than fifty percent
(50%) of the outstanding capital stock or other ownership
interests having ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the
board of directors or other managers of such corporation,
partnership, limited liability company or other entity is at the
time, directly or indirectly, owned by such Person (irrespective of
whether, at the time, capital stock or other ownership interests of
any other class or classes of such corporation or other entity
shall have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of
any contingency). With respect to the Issuer,
“Subsidiary” shall include, without limitation, FNDS
TECH (PTY) LIMITED, a company incorporated in the Republic of South
Africa.
(p) “ Transaction
Documents ” means this Note, the Note Purchase Agreement,
the Security Agreement, and each related agreement, document and
instrument executed in connection herewith or therewith from time
to time.
2. Interest . Accrued
Interest on this Note shall be payable on the Maturity
Date.
(a) As stated above, the Interest
payable hereunder shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day
year and actual days elapsed, and the foregoing statement of the
stated interest rate hereunder has been made without regard to the
effect of the use of such 360-day year. If interest were calculated
hereunder on the basis of a 365 or 366-day year and actual days
elapsed, the equivalent rate of interest in effect on any date may
be obtained by multiplying the stated interest rate set forth above
by a fraction, the numerator of which is 365 or 366, as the case
may be, and the denominator of which is 360. Computing interest on
a 360 day year and actual number of days elapsed could produce an
annualized effective interest rate that exceeds that of the stated
rate. The purpose of this paragraph is to express the rate of
interest in simple interest terms per annum in accordance with
Section 7-4-2(a)(1)(A) of the Official Code of Georgia
Annotated.
3. Collateral . The
Obligations and all other amounts owing hereunder are secured by a
grant of a security interest in and to all of the assets of the
Issuer pursuant to the terms of the Security Agreement.
4. Events of Default .
The occurrence of any of the following shall constitute an “
Event of Default ” under this Note and the other
Transaction Documents:
(a) Failure to Pay . The
Issuer shall fail to pay (i) when due any principal payment on
the due date hereunder or (ii) any interest or other payment
required under the terms of this Note on the date due and such
payment under this subclause (ii) shall not have been made
within five days of the due date; or
(b) Representations and
Warranties . Any representation or warranty made in this Note
or in connection with this Note, any of the other Transaction
Documents, or the Obligations, shall prove to have been false or
misleading when made (or, if applicable, when reaffirmed) in any
material respect; or
(c) Covenants . The Issuer or
any Subsidiary of the Issuer fails to timely and properly observe,
keep or perform, any term, covenant, agreement or condition in this
Note or in any of the other Transaction Documents (other than the
obligations described in clause 4(a) above), and such failure
continues for a period of at least four Business Days after the
occurrence thereof; provided , that if such failure is not
capable of being cured within such four (4) Business Day
period, such failure shall constitute an Event of Default hereunder
immediately upon the occurrence thereof; or
(d) Cross Default . The
Issuer or any Subsidiary of the Issuer is in default under any
indebtedness or other obligations (other than those evidenced by
this Note), which default would cause or permit the holder of such
indebtedness or other obligations to accelerate the maturity
thereof; or
(e) Validity of
Transaction Documents . The Issuer or any Subsidiary of the
Issuer shall challenge the validity and binding effect of any
provision of any of the Transaction Documents or shall state its
intention to make such a challenge of any of the Transaction
Documents or any of the Transaction Documents shall for any reason
(except to the extent permitted by its express terms) cease to be
effective or to create a valid and perfected security interest in
any of the collateral purported to be covered thereby;
or
(f) Inability to Pay Debts .
The Issuer or any Subsidiary of the Issuer admits in writing its
inability generally to pay its debts as they mature or shall make
any assignment for the benefit of any of its creditors;
or
(g) Judgments . The entry of
a final judgment for the payment of money involving more than
$25,000 against the Issuer or any Subsidiary of the Issuer, and the
failure by the Issuer or such Subsidiary to discharge the same, or
cause it to be discharged, within thirty (30) days from the
date of the order, decree or process under which or pursuant to
which such judgment was entered; or
(h) Suspension of Business.
The Issuer or any Subsidiary of the Issuer suspends or terminates
its business operations or liquidates, dissolves or terminates its
existence; or
(i) Voluntary Bankruptcy or
Insolvency Proceedings . The Issuer or any Subsidiary of the
Issuer shall (i) apply for or consent to the appointment of a
receiver, trustee, liquidator or custodian of itself or of all or a
substantial part of its property, (ii) be unable, or admit in
writing its inability, to pay its debts generally as they mature,
(iii) make a general assignment for the benefit of its or any
of its creditors, (iv) be dissolved or liquidated,
(v) become insolvent (as such term may be defined or
interpreted under any applicable statute), (vi) commence a
voluntary case or other proceeding seeking liquidation,
reorganization or other relief with respect to itself or its debts
under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or
hereafter in effect or consent to any such relief or to the
appointment of or taking possession of its property by any official
in an involuntary case or other proceeding commenced against it, or
(vii) take any action for the purpose of effecting any of the
foregoing; or
(j) Involuntary Bankruptcy or
Insolvency Proceedings. Proceedings for the appointment of a
receiver, trustee, liquidator or custodian of the Issuer or any
Subsidiary of the Issuer or of all or a substantial part of the
property thereof, or an involuntary case or other proceedings
seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief with respect to
the Issuer or any such Subsidiary or the debts thereof under any
bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in
effect shall be commenced and an order for relief entered or such
proceeding shall not be dismissed or discharged within 30 days of
commencement; or
(k) Default or Termination of
Material Agreements . The Issuer, any Subsidiary of the Issuer,
or any other party to any Material Agreement shall materially
breach the terms of such Material Agreement, or any such Material
Agreement shall otherwise be terminated, or any party thereto shall
have the right to terminate such Material Agreement prior to the
scheduled termination thereof, or any party thereto shall fail to
renew any such Material Agreement followi