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[FORM OF
CONVERTIBLE NOTE]
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 (I) 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 FORM REASONABLY
ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY, THAT REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER
SAID ACT OR (II) UNLESS SOLD PURSUANT TO RULE 144 OR RULE 144A
UNDER SAID ACT. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, THE SECURITIES MAY
BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER
LOAN OR FINANCING ARRANGEMENT SECURED BY THE SECURITIES. ANY
TRANSFEREE OF THIS NOTE SHOULD CAREFULLY REVIEW THE TERMS OF THIS
NOTE, INCLUDING SECTIONS 3(c)(iii) AND 18(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.
Rancher Energy Corp.
Convertible Note
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Issuance Date: December [__], 2006
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Original Principal Amount: U.S.
$_____________
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FOR VALUE RECEIVED, Rancher
Energy Corp., a Nevada corporation (the "
Company "), hereby promises to pay
to [BUYERS] or registered assigns (" Holder
") the amount set out above as the Original
Principal Amount (as reduced pursuant to the terms hereof pursuant
to 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 "), if any, on any
outstanding Principal at the Interest Rate as may be required by
Section 2 hereof. This Convertible Note (including all Convertible
Notes issued in exchange, transfer or replacement hereof, this
" Note ") is one of an issue
of Convertible Notes issued pursuant to the Securities Purchase
Agreement (as defined below) on the Closing Date (collectively, the
" Notes " and such other
Convertible Notes, the " Other Notes "). Certain
capitalized terms used herein are defined in Section 26.
(1) PAYMENTS OF PRINCIPAL . On the
Maturity Date, the Company shall pay to the Holder an amount in
cash representing all outstanding Principal, accrued and unpaid
Interest, if any, and accrued and unpaid Late Charges, if any, on
such Principal and Interest. The " Maturity
Date "
shall be [INSERT DATE THAT IS 120 DAYS FROM ISSUANCE DATE], as may
be extended at the option of the Holder (i) in the event that, and
for so long as, a Trigger Event (as defined in Section 4(a)) shall
have occurred and be continuing on the Maturity Date (as may be
extended pursuant to this Section 1) or any event that shall have
occurred and be continuing that with the passage of time and the
failure to cure would result in a Trigger Event, (ii) through the
date that is ten (10) Business Days after the consummation of a
Change of Control in the event that a Change of Control is publicly
announced or a Change of Control Notice (as defined in Section
5(b)) is delivered prior to the Maturity Date and (iii) for an
additional ninety (90) day period in the event that as of the
Maturity Date the Stockholder Approval has not been obtained. Other
than as specifically permitted by the Note, the Company may not
prepay any portion of the outstanding Principal, accrued and unpaid
Interest or accrued and unpaid Late Charges, if any, on Principal
and Interest.
(2) INTEREST; INTEREST RATE . Prior to the
occurrence of a Trigger Event, no Interest shall accrue on the
outstanding Principal of this Note. From and after the occurrence
and during the continuance of a Trigger Event, Interest shall
accrue on such outstanding Principal at an interest rate equal to
twelve percent (12.0%) per annum commencing on the date of the
occurrence of such Trigger Event. In the event that such Trigger
Event is subsequently cured, and no other Trigger Events have
occurred and are continuing, Interest shall cease to accrue
hereunder as of the date of such cure; provided that the Interest
as calculated and unpaid at such interest rate during the
continuance of such Trigger Event shall continue to apply to the
extent relating to the days after the occurrence of such Trigger
Event through and including the date of cure of such Trigger Event.
Any Interest that shall accrue hereunder shall be payable upon any
conversion or redemption of this Note in accordance with the terms
set forth herein and on the Maturity Date.
(3) CONVERSION OF NOTES . This Note shall
be convertible into shares of the Company's common stock, par value
$0.00001 per share (the " Common Stock
"), on the terms and conditions set forth in this
Section 3.
(a) Conversion Right . At any time or
times on or after the Stockholder Approval Date, the Holder shall
be entitled to convert any portion of the outstanding and unpaid
Conversion Amount (as defined below) 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; provided that the
Company shall not be required to pay any tax that may be payable in
respect of any issuance of Common Stock to any Person other than
the converting Holder or with respect to any income tax due by the
Holder with respect to such Common Stock.
(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 (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, (B) accrued and unpaid Interest with
respect to such Principal, if any, and (C) accrued and unpaid Late
Charges with respect to such Principal and Interest, if
any.
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(ii) " Conversion Price
" means, as of any Conversion Date (as defined
below) or other date of determination, $1.50, subject to adjustment
as provided herein.
(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 11:59 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 second (2 nd ) Trading 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
third (3 rd ) Trading Day following the date of receipt
of a Conversion Notice (the " Share
Delivery
Date "), the Company shall (X)
provided that the Transfer Agent is participating in the Depository
Trust Company (" DTC ") Fast
Automated Securities Transfer Program, 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 DTC through its
Deposit Withdrawal Agent Commission system or (Y) if the Transfer
Agent is not participating in the DTC Fast Automated Securities
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 three (3)
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 16(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) If within five (5) 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 (a "
Conversion Failure "), 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 three (3) Trading 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) Registration; Book-Entry . The
Company shall maintain a register (the "
Register ") for the recordation of
the names and addresses of the holders of each Note and the
principal amount of the Notes held by such holders (the "
Registered Notes "). The entries in
the Register shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes
absent manifest error. The Company and the holders of the Notes
shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register as
the owner of a Note for all purposes, including, without
limitation, the right to receive payments of principal and interest
hereunder, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. A Registered
Note may be assigned or sold in whole or in part only by
registration of such assignment or sale on the Register. Upon its
receipt of a request to assign or sell all or part of any
Registered Note by a Holder, the Company shall record the
information contained therein in the Register and issue one or more
new Registered Notes in the same aggregate principal amount as the
principal amount of the surrendered Registered Note to the
designated assignee or transferee pursuant to Section 16.
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 reissuance of this Note
upon physical surrender of this Note. The Holder and the Company
shall maintain records showing the Principal, Interest and Late
Charges, if any, 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 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 21.
(v) Automatic Conversion . On the
Stockholder Approval Date all of the Conversion Amount then
remaining under this Note shall be converted into fully paid,
validly issued and nonassessable shares of Common Stock in
accordance with Section 3(c) hereof at the Conversion Rate as of
the Mandatory Conversion Date (as defined below) with respect to
the Conversion Amount (the " Automatic
Conversion "). The Company shall deliver,
within not more than one (1) Trading Day following the Stockholder
Approval 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 (the " Automatic Conversion
Notice " and the date all of the holders
received such notice is referred to as the "
Automatic Conversion Notice Date "). The Mandatory Conversion Notice shall state (1) the
aggregate Conversion Amount of the Notes that shall be subject to
the Automatic Conversion pursuant hereto (and analogous provisions
under the Other Notes) and (2) the number of shares of Common Stock
to be issued to the Holder on the applicable Conversion Date. The
mechanics of conversion set forth in Section 3(c) shall apply to
the Automatic Conversion as if the Company and the Transfer Agent
had received from the Holder on the Stockholder Approval Date a
Conversion Notice with respect to the Conversion Amount remaining
under this Note.
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(4) RIGHTS UPON TRIGGER EVENT .
(a) Trigger Event . Each of the following
events shall constitute a " Trigger Event
":
(i) the failure of the applicable Registration
Statement required to be filed pursuant to the Registration Rights
Agreement to be declared effective by the SEC on or prior to the
date that is sixty (60) days after the applicable Effectiveness
Deadline (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement), or,
while the applicable Registration Statement is required to be
maintained effective pursuant to the terms of the Registration
Rights Agreement, the effectiveness of the applicable Registration
Statement lapses for any reason (including, without limitation, the
issuance of a stop order) or is unavailable to any holder of the
Notes for sale of all of such holder's Registrable Securities (as
defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) in accordance with
the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement, and such lapse or
unavailability continues for a period of ten (10) consecutive days
or for more than an aggregate of thirty (30) days in any 365-day
period (other than days during an Allowable Grace Period (as
defined in the Registration Rights Agreement));
(ii) the suspension from trading or failure of
the Common Stock to be listed on the Principal Market or an
Eligible Market for a period of five (5) consecutive Trading Days
or for more than an aggregate of ten (10) Trading Days in any
365-day period;
(iii) the Company's (A) failure to cure a
Conversion Failure by delivery of the required number of shares of
Common Stock within ten (10) Trading Days after the applicable
Conversion Date or (B) notice, written or oral, to any holder of
the Notes, including by way of public announcement or through any
of its agents, at any time, of its intention not to comply with a
request for conversion of any Notes into shares of Common Stock
that is tendered in accordance with the provisions of the
Notes;
(iv) at any time following the tenth (10
th ) consecutive Business Day that the Holder's
Authorized Share Allocation is less than the number of shares of
Common Stock that the Holder would be entitled to receive upon a
conversion of the full Conversion Amount of this Note (without
regard to any limitations on conversion);
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(v) the Company's failure to pay to the Holder
any amount of Principal (including, without limitation, any
redemption payments), Interest, Late Charges or other amounts when
and as due under this Note or any other Transaction Document (as
defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) or any other
agreement, document, certificate or other instrument delivered in
connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby to
which the Holder is a party, except, in the case of a failure to
pay any Interest and Late Charges when and as due, in which case
only if such failure continues for a period of at least five (5)
Business Days;
(vi) A) any payment default or other default
occurs under any Indebtedness of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries (as defined in Section 3(a) of the Securities Purchase
Agreement) (other than Permitted Senior Indebtedness) that results
in a redemption of or acceleration prior to maturity of $1,000,000
or more of such Indebtedness in the aggregate, (B) any material
default occurs under any Indebtedness of the Company (other than
Permitted Senior Indebtedness) or any of its Subsidiaries having an
aggregate outstanding balance in excess of $1,000,000 and such
default continues uncured for more than ten (10) Business Days,
other than, in each case (A) or (B) above, a default with respect
to any Other Notes, or (C) any "event of default" occurs under the
Permitted Senior Indebtedness;
(vii) the Company or any of its Subsidiaries,
pursuant to or within the meaning of Title 11, U.S. Code, or any
similar Federal, foreign 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 "), (D) makes a general
assignment for the benefit of its creditors or (E) admits in
writing that it is generally unable to pay its debts as they become
due;
(viii) 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, (B) appoints a Custodian of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries or (C) orders the liquidation of the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries;
(ix) a final judgment or judgments for the
payment of money aggregating in excess of $1,000,000 are rendered
against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and which judgments
are not, within sixty (60) days after the entry thereof, bonded,
discharged or stayed pending appeal, or are not discharged within
sixty (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 $1,000,000 amount set forth above so long as the
Company provides the Holder a written statement from such insurer
or indemnity provider (which written statement shall be reasonably
satisfactory to the Holder) to the effect that such judgment is
covered by insurance or an indemnity and the Company will receive
the proceeds of such insurance or indemnity within thirty (30) days
of the issuance of such judgment;
(x) the Company breaches any representation,
warranty, covenant or other term or condition of any Transaction
Document, except, in the case of a breach of a covenant which is
curable, only if such breach continues for a period of at least ten
(10) consecutive Business Days;
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(xi) any breach or failure in any respect to
comply with Section 12 of this Note; or
(xii) any Trigger Event (as defined in the Other
Notes) occurs with respect to any Other Notes.
(b) Redemption Right . Upon the occurrence
of a Trigger Event with respect to this Note or any Other Note, the
Company shall within (1) Business Day deliver written notice
thereof via facsimile or e-mail and overnight courier (a "
Trigger Event Notice ") to the
Holder. At any time after the earlier of the Holder's receipt of a
Trigger Event Notice and the Holder becoming aware of a Trigger
Event, the Holder may require the Company to redeem all or any
portion of this Note by delivering written notice thereof (the
" Trigger Event Redemption Notice
") to the Company, which Trigger Event 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 Conversion Amount to be
redeemed (the " Trigger Event Redemption Price "). Redemptions required by this Section 4(b) shall be made in
accordance with the provisions of Section 10. To the extent
redemptions required by this Section 4(b) are deemed or determined
by a court of competent jurisdiction to be prepayments of the Note
by the Company, such redemptions shall be deemed to be voluntary
prepayments. The parties hereto agree that in the event of the
Company's redemption of any portion of the Note under this Section
4(b), the Holder's damages would be uncertain and difficult to
estimate because of the parties' inability to predict future
interest rates and the uncertainty of the availability of a
suitable substitute investment opportunity for the Holder.
Accordingly, any Redemption Premium due under this Section 4(b) is
intended by the parties to be, and shall be deemed, a reasonable
estimate of the Holder's actual loss of its investment opportunity
and not as a penalty.
(5) RIGHTS UPON FUNDAMENTAL TRANSACTION AND
CHANGE OF CONTROL .
(a) Assumption . The Company shall not
enter into or be party to a Fundamental Transaction unless
(i) the Successor Entity assumes in writing all of the
obligations of the Company under this Note and the other
Transaction Documents in accordance with the provisions of this
Section 5(a) pursuant to written agreements in form and substance
satisfactory to the Required Holders and approved by the Required
Holders prior to such Fundamental Transaction, including agreements
to deliver to each holder of Notes in exchange for such Notes a
security of the Successor 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 then outstanding and
the interest rates of the Notes held by such holder, having similar
conversion rights as the Notes and having similar ranking to the
Notes, and satisfactory to the Required Holders and (ii) the
Successor Entity (including its Parent Entity) is a publicly traded
corporation whose common stock is quoted on or listed for trading
on an Eligible Market. Upon the occurrence of any Fundamental
Transaction, the Successor Entity shall succeed to, and be
substituted for (so that from and after the date of such
Fundamental Transaction, the provisions of this Note referring to
the "Company" shall refer instead to the Successor Entity), and may
exercise every right and power of the Company and shall assume all
of the obligations of the Company under this Note with the same
effect as if such Successor Entity had been named as the Company
herein. Upon consummation of the Fundamental Transaction, the
Successor Entity shall deliver to the Holder confirmation that
there shall be issued upon conversion or redemption of this Note at
any time after the consummation of the Fundamental Transaction, in
lieu of the shares of the Company's Common Stock (or other
securities, cash, assets or other property) issuable upon the
conversion or redemption of the Notes prior to such Fundamental
Transaction, such shares of the publicly traded common stock (or
their equivalent) of the Successor Entity (including its Parent
Entity), as adjusted in accordance with the provisions of this
Note. The provisions of this Section shall apply similarly and
equally to successive Fundamental Transactions and shall be applied
without regard to any limitations on the conversion or redemption
of this Note.
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(b) Redemption Right . No sooner than
fifteen (15) days nor later than ten (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 "). At any
time during the period beginning on the date of the Holder's
receipt of a Change of Control Notice and ending twenty (20)
Trading 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. 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 product of (x) the Conversion Amount being redeemed and
(y) the quotient determined by dividing (A) the greater of the
Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock immediately prior to the
consummation of the Change of Control, the Closing Sale Price
immediately following the public announcement of such proposed
Change of Control and the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock
immediately prior to the public announcement of such proposed
Change of Control by (B) the Conversion Price and (ii) 125% of the
Conversion Amount being redeemed (the " Change of
Control Redemption Price "). Redemptions
required by this Section 5 shall be made in accordance with the
provisions of Section 10 and shall have priority to payments to
stockholders in connection with a Change of Control. To the extent
redemptions required by this Section 5(b) are deemed or determined
by a court of competent jurisdiction to be prepayments of the Note
by the Company, such redemptions shall be deemed to be voluntary
prepayments. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this
Section 5, until the Change of Control Redemption Price is paid in
full, the Conversion Amount submitted for redemption under this
Section 5(c) may be converted, in whole or in part, by the Holder
into Common Stock pursuant to Section 3. The parties hereto agree
that in the event of the Company's redemption of any portion of the
Note under this Section 5(b), the Holder's damages would be
uncertain and difficult to estimate because of the parties'
inability to predict future interest rates and the uncertainty of
the availability of a suitable substitute investment opportunity
for the Holder. Accordingly, any redemption premium due under this
Section 5(b) is intended by the parties to be, and shall be deemed,
a reasonable estimate of the Holder's actual loss of its investment
opportunity and not as a penalty.
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(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 . In addition
to and not in substitution for any other rights hereunder, prior to
the consummation of any Fundamental Transaction pursuant to which
holders of shares of Common Stock are entitled to receive
securities or other assets with respect to or in exchange for
shares of 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 (without taking into account any limitations or
restrictions on the convertibility of this Note) or (ii) in lieu of
the shares of Common Stock otherwise receivable upon such
conversion, such securities or other assets received by the holders
of shares 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 Required Holders. The provisions of this
Section shall apply similarly and equally to successive
Corporate
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