EXHIBIT 10.2
FORM OF SENIOR SUBORDINATED
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 (THE “1933 ACT”), 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 GENERALLY ACCEPTABLE FORM, 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 PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM
REGISTRATION UNDER THE 1933 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.
M AXWELL T ECHNOLOGIES , I NC .
S ENIOR S UBORDINATED C ONVERTIBLE N OTE
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Issuance Date: December 20,
2005
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Principal: U.S.
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25,000,000.00
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FOR VALUE RECEIVED,
Maxwell Technologies, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), hereby
promises to pay to the order of CASTLERIGG MASTER INVESTMENTS LTD.
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), on any Installment Date with respect to the
Installment Amount due on such Installment Date (each, as defined
herein), acceleration, redemption or otherwise (in each case in
accordance with the terms hereof) and to pay interest (“
Interest ”) on any outstanding Principal at a rate
equal to the sum of (i) the Federal Funds Rate and
(ii) 1.125% per annum (the “ Interest Rate
”), 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), any
Installment Date or, the Maturity Date, acceleration, conversion,
redemption or otherwise (in each case in accordance with the terms
hereof). This Senior Subordinated Convertible Note (including all
Senior Subordinated Convertible Notes issued in exchange, transfer
or replacement hereof, this “ Note ”) is one of
an issue of Senior Subordinated Convertible Notes issued pursuant
to the Securities Purchase Agreement (as defined below) on the
Closing Date (collectively, the “ Notes ” and
such other
Senior Subordinated Convertible Notes, the
“ Other Notes ”). Certain capitalized terms used
herein are defined in Section 29.
(1) PAYMENTS OF PRINCIPAL .
On each Installment Date, the Company shall pay to the Holder an
amount equal to the Installment Amount due on such Installment Date
in accordance with Section 8. The “ Maturity Date
” shall be December 20, 2009, as may be extended at the
option of the Holder (i) in the event that, and for so long
as, an Event of Default (as defined in Section 4(a)) shall
have occurred and be continuing or any event shall have occurred
and be continuing which with the passage of time and the failure to
cure would result in an Event of Default, (ii) through the
date that is ten (10) 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) in accordance with Section 8(d).
(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 for each Payment
Quarter on the first day of the succeeding Payment Quarter 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, 2006.
Interest shall be payable on each Interest Date, to the record
holder of this Note on the applicable Interest Date, and to the
extent that any Principal amount of this Note is converted prior to
such Interest Date, accrued and unpaid Interest with respect to
such converted Principal amount and accrued and unpaid Late Charges
with respect to such Principal and Interest shall be paid through
the Conversion Date (as defined below) on the next succeeding
Interest Date to the record holder of this Note on the applicable
Conversion Date, in cash (“ Cash Interest ”) or,
at the option of the Company, in shares of Common Stock (“
Interest Shares ”) or a combination thereof, provided
that the Interest which accrued during any period may be payable in
Interest Shares if, and only if, the Company delivers written
notice (each, an “ Interest Election Notice ”)
of such election to each holder of the Notes on or prior to the
sixth (6 th ) Trading Day prior to the
Interest Date (each, an “ Interest Notice Due Date
”). Each Interest Election Notice must specify the amount of
Interest that shall be paid as Cash Interest, if any, and the
amount of Interest that shall be paid in Interest Shares. Interest
to be paid on an Interest Date in Interest Shares shall be paid in
a number of fully paid and nonassessable shares (rounded to the
nearest whole share in accordance with Section 3(a)) of Common
Stock equal to the quotient of (a) the amount of Interest
payable on such Interest Date less any Cash Interest paid divided
by (b) the Interest Conversion Price in effect on the
applicable Interest Date. If any Interest Shares are to be paid on
an Interest Date, then the Company shall (X) provided that the
Company’s transfer agent (the “ Transfer Agent
”) is participating in the Depository Trust Company (“
DTC ”) Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program and
such action is not prohibited by applicable law or regulation or
any applicable policy of DTC, credit such aggregate number of
Interest Shares 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 foregoing shall not apply, issue and deliver on the
applicable Interest Date, to the address set forth in the register
maintained by the Company for such purpose pursuant to the
Securities Purchase Agreement or to such address as specified by
the Holder in writing to the Company at least three Business Days
prior to the applicable Interest Date, a certificate, registered in
the name of the Holder or its designee, for the number of Interest
Shares to which
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the Holder shall be entitled. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the Company shall not be entitled to pay Interest in
Interest Shares and shall be required to pay such Interest in cash
as Cash Interest on the applicable Interest Date if, unless
consented to in writing by the Holder, during the period commencing
on the applicable Interest Notice Due Date through the applicable
Interest Date the Equity Conditions have not been satisfied. Prior
to the payment of Interest on an Interest Date, Interest on this
Note shall accrue at the Interest Rate. Upon the occurrence and
during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Interest Rate
shall be increased to ten percent (10%). 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 and
unpaid 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. The Company
shall pay any and all transfer, stamp and similar taxes that may be
payable with respect to the issuance and delivery of Interest
Shares; provided that the Company shall not be required to
pay any tax that may be payable in respect of any issuance of
Interest Shares to any Person other than the Holder.
(3) CONVERSION OF NOTES .
This Note shall be convertible into shares of the Company’s
common stock, par value $0.10 per share (the “ Common
Stock ”), on the terms and conditions set forth in this
Section 3.
(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) 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 transfer, stamp and similar 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 (the “ Conversion Rate
”).
(i) “ Conversion Amount
” means the portion of the Principal to be converted,
redeemed or otherwise with respect to which this determination is
being made.
(ii) “ Conversion Price
” means, as of any Conversion Date (as defined below) or
other date of determination, $19.00, 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
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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 (2nd) 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 Transfer Agent. On or before the third Business 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 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 five (5) 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. Subject to compliance with relevant transfer
restrictions, 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. In the event of a
partial conversion of this Note pursuant hereto, the principal
amount converted shall be deducted from the Installment Amounts
relating to the Installment Dates as set forth in the Conversion
Notice.
(ii) Company’s Failure to
Timely Convert . 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 (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) Business Days after the Holder’s request and
in the Holder’s discretion and after delivery by such Holder
to the Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company
and not unreasonably burdensome to the Holder of such purchase and
sale by such Holder, either (i) pay cash to the Holder in an
amount equal to the Holder’s total purchase price (including
brokerage commissions, 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 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 converted and the dates of such conversions or shall
use such other reasonably satisfactory method so as not to require
physical surrender of this Note upon conversion. Notwithstanding
anything in this Note to the contrary, the Company shall be
entitled to treat the registered holder of this Note as such
appears in its records, as the owner of this Note for all purposes;
provided that such records are kept current using a reasonably
satisfactory and customary method intended for such
purpose.
(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 .
The Company shall not 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
4.99% (the “ Maximum Percentage ”) of the number
of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving
effect to such conversion. For purposes of the foregoing sentence,
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 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 (the “ 1934
Act ”). 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 8-K, as the case may be (y) a more recent public
announcement by
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the Company or (z) any other
notice by the Company or the Transfer Agent setting forth the
number of shares of Common Stock 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. For purposes hereof, the Company may
rely on the representations of the Buyer set forth on the
applicable Conversion Notices. By written notice to the Company,
the Holder may increase or decrease the Maximum Percentage to any
other percentage not in excess of 9.99% specified in such notice;
provided that (i) any such increase will not be effective
until the sixty-first (61 st ) day after such notice is
delivered to the Company, and (ii) any such increase or
decrease will apply only to the Holder and not to any other holder
of Notes.
(ii) Principal Market
Regulation . At all times, irrespective of whether the Company
is listed on the Principal Market, 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 the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock which the
Company may issue upon conversion or exercise or otherwise, as
applicable, of the Notes and Warrants without breaching the rules
or regulations of the Principal Market as if the Company were
regulated by such rules or regulations (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 Required Holders. Until such
approval or written opinion is obtained, no purchaser of the Notes
pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement (the “
Purchasers ”) shall be issued in the aggregate, upon
conversion or exercise or otherwise, as applicable, of Notes or
Warrants, 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 the Purchasers
pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement on the Closing 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 Closing 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, if a registered
Holder of such Notes, 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
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 registered
holders of Notes on a pro rata basis in proportion to the aggregate
principal amount of the Notes then held by each such holder. To the
extent required by the Principal Market, the provisions of the
Exchange Cap shall be modified to comply with the applicable rules
and regulations of the Principal Market, provided that any such
changes shall not, in the Holder’s reasonable discretion,
materially change the terms of the transaction contemplated
hereby.
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(4) RIGHTS UPON EVENT OF
DEFAULT .
(a) Event of Default . Each
of the following events shall constitute an “ Event of
Default ”:
(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 ninety (90) 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 an Eligible Market for
a period of five (5) consecutive days or for more than an
aggregate of ten (10) 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) Business Days after the applicable Conversion Date or
(B) written notice to any holder of the Notes or public
announcement, 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,
other than pursuant to Section 3(d);
(iv) at any time following the
ninetieth (90 th ) day that the Company fails to
have a sufficient number of authorized shares of Common Stock
available to satisfy its obligations for issuance upon conversion
of the full Conversion Amount of this Note (without regard to any
limitations on conversion set forth in Section 3(d) or
otherwise);
(v) the Company’s failure to
pay to the Holder any amount of Principal, Interest, Late Charges
or other amounts when and as due under this Note (including,
without limitation, the Company’s failure to pay any
redemption payments or amounts hereunder), except, in the case of a
failure to pay Interest and Late Charges when and as due, in which
case only if such failure continues for a period of at least
fifteen (15) Business Days;
(vi) the failure to pay when due or
any acceleration prior to maturity of any Indebtedness (as defined
in Section 3(s) of the Securities Purchase Agreement) of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries (as defined in Section 3(a)
of the Securities Purchase Agreement) in an aggregate amount of
$500,000 or greater at any one time other than with respect to any
Other Notes;
(vii) the Company or any of its
Material Subsidiaries (as defined in SEC Regulation S-X), pursuant
to or within the meaning of Title 11, U.S. Code, or any
similar
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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
Material Subsidiaries in an involuntary case, (B) appoints a
Custodian of the Company or any of its Material Subsidiaries or
(C) orders the liquidation of the Company or any of its
Material 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;
(x) the Company breaches any
representation, warranty, covenant or other term or condition of
any Transaction Document and such breach constitutes, individually
or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect; provided, however,
that in the case of a breach of a covenant or other term or
condition of any Transaction Document which is curable, only if
such breach continues for a period of at least ten
(10) consecutive Business Days;
(xi) any breach or failure in any
material respect to comply with either of Sections 8 or 15 of this
Note; provided that any such failure to comply with (i) any
provision of Section 8 or Sections 15(a)-(d) of this Note
shall constitute an Event of Default only after the continuance of
such failure for ten (10) Business Days after notice by the
Holder thereof and (ii) any provision of Section 15(e) of
this Note shall constitute an Event of Default only after the
continuance of such failure for twenty (20) Business Days
after notice by the Holder thereof.
(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 product of (x) the
sum of the Conversion Amount to be redeemed together with accrued
and unpaid Interest with respect to such Conversion Amount and
accrued and unpaid Late Charges with respect to such Conversion
Amount and Interest and (y) the Redemption Premium and
(ii) the product of (A) the Conversion Rate with respect
to such sum of the Conversion Amount together with accrued and
unpaid Interest with respect to such Conversion Amount and accrued
and unpaid Late Charges with respect to such Conversion
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Amount and Interest 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 13. In the event of a partial
redemption of this Note pursuant hereto, the principal amount
redeemed shall be deducted from the Installment Amounts relating to
the applicable Installment Dates as set forth in the Event of
Default Redemption Notice.
(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), 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 and the interest rates of the Notes held by such holder and
having similar ranking to the Notes and (ii) the Successor
Entity is a publicly traded corporation whose common stock is
quoted on or listed for trading on an Eligible Market (a “
Public Successor Entity ”). 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) purchasable upon the conversion or redemption of
the Notes prior to such Fundamental Transaction, such shares of the
publicly traded common stock (or its equivalent) of the Successor
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.
(b) Redemption Right . If at
the time known to the Company, no sooner than fifteen
(15) days nor later than ten (10) days prior to the
consummation of a Change of Control, but in any event 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 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 ten
(10) days prior to a Change of Control, at any time on or
after such Change of Control and ending ten (10) days after
the consummation of such Change of Control), the Holder may require
the Company to redeem all or any portion of this Note after receipt
by the Company of such notice and promptly after (or upon, in the
case of such notice delivered prior to the Change of
Control)
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consummation of the Change of
Control 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 at a price equal to the greater of (i) the product
of (x) the Change of Control Premium of the sum of the
Conversion Amount being redeemed together with accrued and unpaid
Interest with respect to such Conversion Amount and accrued and
unpaid Late Charges with respect to such Conversion Amount and
Interest and (y) the quotient determined by dividing
(A) the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock immediately
following the public announcement of such proposed Change of
Control by (B) the Conversion Price and (ii) the Change
of Control Premium of the sum of the Conversion Amount being
redeemed together with accrued and unpaid Interest with respect to
such Conversion Amount and accrued and unpaid Late Charges with
respect to such Conversion Amount and Interest (the “
Change of Control Redemption Price ”). Redemptions
required by this Section 5 shall be made in accordance with
the provisions of Section 13 and shall have priority to
payments to stockholders in connection with a Change of Control.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 5,
but subject to Section 3(d), until the Change of Control
Redemption Price (together with any interest thereon) is paid in
full, the Conversion Amount submitted for redemption under this
Section 5(c) (together with any interest thereon) may be
converted, in whole or in part, by the Holder into Common Stock
pursuant to Section 3. In the event of a partial redemption of
this Note pursuant hereto, the principal amount redeemed shall be
deducted from the Installment Amounts relating to the applicable
Installment Dates as set forth in the Change of Control Redemption
Notice.
(6) RIGHTS UPON ISSUANCE OF
PURCHASE RIGHTS AND OTHER CORPORATE EVENTS .
(a) Purchase Rights . If at
any time (the “ Purchase Right Date ”) 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. Notwithstanding any
provision of this Section 6(a) to the contrary, in the event
that the Weighted Average Price of the Common Stock equals or
exceeds 150% of the applicable Conversion Price for each of the
twenty (20) consecutive Trading Days immediately preceding a
Purchase Right Date, then this Section 6(a) shall not apply to
such Purchase Right.
(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
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such conversion, if applicable, 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. The provisions of this Section shall apply
similarly and equally to successive Corporate Events and shall be
applied without regard to any limitations on the conversion or
redemption of this Note.
(7) RIGHTS UPON ISSUANCE OF OTHER
SECURITIES .
(a) Adjustment of Conversion
Price upon Issuance of Common Stock . If at any time after the
Subscription 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 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 product of
(A) the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to such
Dilutive Issuance and (B) the quotient determined by dividing
(1) the sum of (I) the product derived by multiplying the
Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to such Dilutive
Issuance and the number of shares of Common Stock Deemed
Outstanding immediately prior to such Dilutive Issuance plus
(II) the consideration, if any, received by the Company upon
such Dilutive Issuance, by (2) the product derived by
multiplying (I) the Conversion Price in effect immediately
prior to such Dilutive Issuance by (II) the number of shares
of Common Stock Deemed Outstanding immediately after such Dilutive
Issuance. 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,
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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 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.
(iii) Change in Option Price or
Rate of Conversion . If the purchase price provided for in any
Options, the additional consideration, if any, payable upon the
issue, conversion, exchange or exercise of any Convertible
Securities, or the rate at which any Convertible Securities are
convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for Common Stock
changes at any time, the Conversion Price in effect at the time of
such change shall be adjusted to the Conversion Price which would
have been in effect at such time had such Options or Convertible
Securities provided for such changed purchase price, additional
consideration or changed conversion rate, as the case may be, at
the time initially granted, issued or sold. For purposes of this
Section 7(a)(iii), if the terms of any Option or Convertible
Security that was outstanding as of the Subscription Date are
changed in the manner described in the immediately preceding
sentence, then such Option or Convertible Security and the Common
Stock deemed issuable upon exercise, conversion or exchange thereof
shall be deemed to have been issued as of the date of such change.
No adjustment shall be made if such adjustment would result in an
increase of the Conversion Price then in effect.
(iv) Calculation of Consideration
Received . In case any Option is issued in connection with the
issue or sale of other securities of the Company, together
comprising one integrated transaction in which no specific
consideration is allocated to such Options by the parties thereto,
the Options will be deemed to have been issued for a consideration
of $.01. If any Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities are
issued or sold or deemed to have been issued or sold for cash,
the
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consideration received therefor will
be deemed to be the net amount received by the Company therefor. If
any Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities are issued or
sold for a consideration other than cash, the amount of the
consideration other than cash received by the Company will be the
fair value of such consideration, except where such consideration
consists of securities, in which case the amount of consideration
received by the Company will be the Closing Sale Price of such
securities on the date of receipt. If any Common Stock, Options or
Convertible Securities are issued to the owners of the
non-surviving entity in connection with any merger in which the
Company is the surviving entity, the amount of consideration
therefor will be deemed to be the fair value of such portion of the
net assets and business of the non-surviving entity as is
attributable to such Common Stock, Options or Convertible
Securities, as the case may be. The fair value of any consideration
other than cash or securities will be determined jointly by the
Company and the Required Holders. If such parties are unable to
reach agreement within ten (10) days after the occurrence of
an event requiring valuation (the “ Valuation Event
”), the fair value of such consideration will be determined
within five (5) Business Days after the tenth (10
th
) day following the
Valuation Event by an independent, reputable appraiser jointly
selected by the Company and the Required Holders. The determination
of such appraiser shall be deemed binding upon all parties absent
manifest error and the fees and expenses of such appraiser shall be
borne by the Company.
(v) Record Date . If the
Company takes a record of the holders of Common Stock for the
purpose of entitling them (A) to receive a dividend or other
distribution payable in Common Stock, Options or in Convertible
Securities or (B) to subscribe for or purchase Common Stock,
Options or Convertible Securities, then such record date will be
deemed to be the date of the issue or sale of the Common Stock
deemed to have been issued or sold upon the declaration of such
dividend or the making of such other distribution or the date of
the granting of such right of subscription or purchase, as the case
may be.
(b) Adjustment of Conversion
Price upon Subdivision or Combination of Common Stock . If the
Company at any time on or after the Subscription Date subdivides
(by any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization or otherwise)
one or more classes of its outstanding shares of Common Stock into
a greater number of shares, the Conversion Price in effect
immediately prior to such subdivision will be proportionately
reduced. If the Company at any time on or after the Subscription
Date combines (by combination, reverse stock split or otherwise)
one or more classes of its outstanding shares of Common Stock into
a smaller number of shares, the Conversion Price in effect
immediately prior to such combination will be proportionately
increased.
(8) COMPANY INSTALLMENT
CONVERSION OR REDEMPTION .
(a) General . On each
applicable Installment Date, the Company shall pay to the Holder of
this Note the Installment Amount as of such Installment Date by the
combination of any of the following, but subject to and in
accordance with the terms of this Section 8, (i) provided
that during the period commencing with the Company Installment
Notice (as defined below) through the applicable Installment Date,
the Equity Conditions have been
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satisfied (or waived in writing by
the Holder), requiring the conversion of a portion of the
applicable Installment Amount, in whole or in part, in accordance
with this Section 8 (a “ Company Conversion
”), and/or (ii) redeeming the applicable Installment
Amount, in whole or in part, in accordance with this Section 8
(a “ Company Redemption ”); provided that all of
the outstanding applicable Installment Amount as of each such
Installment Date must be converted and/or redeemed by the Company
on the applicable Installment Date, subject to the provisions of
this Section 8. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may
not effect a Company Conversion under this Section (i) in
excess of 10% of the aggregate dollar trading volume (as reported
on Bloomberg) of the Common Stock on the Principal Market over the
forty (40) consecutive Trading Day period prior to the
applicable Installment Notice Due Date or (ii) so long as the
approval of the stockholder’s of the Company has not been
obtained for the issuance of the shares relating to the Notes,
including Interest Shares, and the Warrants in accordance with the
rules of the Principal Market, if the issuance of the shares of
Common Stock pursuant to such Company Conversion would cause the
Maximum Installment Share Number to be exceeded. On or prior to the
date which is the tenth (10 th ) Trading Day prior to each
Installment Date (each, an “ Installment Notice Due
Date ”), the Company shall deliver written notice (each,
a “ Company Installment Notice ”), to the Holder
which Company Installment Notice shall state (i) the portion,
if any, of the applicable Installment Amount which the Company
elects to convert pursuant to a Company Conversion, which amount
when added to the Company Redemption Amount must equal the
applicable Installment Amount (the “ Company Conversion
Amount ”), (ii) the portion, if any, of the
applicable Installment Amount which the Company elects to redeem
pursuant to a Company Redemption (the “ Company Redemption
Amount ”), which amount when added to the Company
Conversion Amount must equal the applicable Installment Amount and
(iii) if the Company has elected, in whole or in part, a
Company Conversion, then the Company Installment Notice shall
certify that the Equity Conditions have been satisfied as of the
date of the Company Installment Notice. Each Company Installment
Notice shall be irrevocable. If the Company does not timely deliver
a Company Installment Notice in accordance with this
Section 8, then the Company shall be deemed to have delivered
an irrevocable Company Installment Notice electing a Company
Conversion and shall be deemed to have certified that the Equity
Conditions in connection with any such conversion have been
satisfied. Except as expressly provided in this Section 8(a),
the Company shall redeem and convert the applicable Installment
Amount of this Note pursuant to this Section 8 and the
corresponding Installment Amounts of the Other Notes pursuant to
the corresponding provisions of the Other Notes in the same ratio
of the Installment Amount being redeemed and converted hereunder.
The Company Redemption Amount shall be redeemed in accordance with
Section 8(b) and the Company Conversion Amount (whether set
forth in the Company Installment Notice or by operation of this
Section 8) shall be converted in accordance with
Section 8(c).
(b) Mechanics of Company
Redemption . If the Company elects a Company Redemption in
accordance with Section 8(a), then the Company Redemption
Amount, if any, which is to be paid to the Holder on the applicable
Installment Date shall be redeemed by the Company on such
Installment Date, and the Company shall pay to the Holder on such
Installment Date, by wire transfer of immediately available funds,
an amount in cash (the “ Company Installment Redemption
Price ”) equal to 100% of the Company Redemption Amount.
If the Company fails to redeem the Company Redemption Amount on the
applicable Installment Date by payment of the Company Installment
Redemption Price on such date, then at the option of the Holder
designated in writing to the Company (any such
designation,
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“ Conversion Notice
” for purposes of this Note), the Holder may require the
Company to convert all or any part of the Company Redemption Amount
at the Company Conversion Price. Conversions required by this
Section 8(b) shall be made in accordance with the provisions
of Section 3(c). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in
this Section 8(b), but subject to Section 3(d), until the
Company Installment Redemption Price (together with any interest
thereon) is paid in full, the Company Redemption Amount (together
with any interest thereon) may be converted, in whole or in part,
by the Holder into Common Stock pursuant to Section 3. In the
event the Holder elects to convert all or any portion of the
Company Redemption Amount prior to the applicable Installment Date
as set forth in the immediately preceding sentence, the Company
Redemption Amount so converted shall be deducted from the
Installment Amounts relating to the applicable Installment Dates as
set forth in the applicable Conversion Notice.
(c) Mechanics of Company
Conversion . Subject to Section 3(d), if the Company
delivers a Company Installment Notice and elects, or is
de