EXHIBIT 10.3
THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY
HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS
AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”) OR ANY STATE SECURITIES
LAW AND THUS MAY NOT BE SUBSEQUENTLY OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE
TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED OR HYPOTHECATED UNTIL (A) REGISTERED UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT AND REGISTERED OR QUALIFIED PURSUANT TO ANY
APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAW OR, (B) THE MAKER IS IN RECEIPT OF
AN OPINION OF COUNSEL IN FORM AND SUBSTANCE SATISFACTORY TO IT,
THAT SUCH OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR HYPOTHECATION IS
EXEMPT FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND
ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAW.
NON-NEGOTIABLE
CONVERTIBLE PROMISSORY NOTE
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November __,
2008
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US$ 3,500,000
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For value received, GPS Industries, Inc. a
Nevada corporation, with its principal offices located at 1358
Fruitville Road, Suite 210, Sarasota, Florida 34236 (hereinafter
referred to as “Maker”), promises to pay to the order
of Great White Shark Enterprises, LLC, a Florida limited liability
company or its successors and permitted assigns (hereinafter
referred to as “Purchaser”), the principal sum of THREE
MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND U.S. DOLLARS (US $3,500,000) (the
“Principal Amount”).
1. Payment . Unless the indebtedness represented by this
non-negotiable, convertible promissory note (this
“Note”) shall have been previously converted into
equity securities of Maker or prepaid in accordance with the
provisions hereof, all principal and accrued but unpaid interest
underlying this Note shall be due and payable in full on June 12,
2011 (the “Maturity Date”). No payments of principal or
interest shall be required hereunder until the Maturity Date except
as provided in Section 5 (Events of Default) below.
1.1. Interest . This Note shall bear interest at a per annum
rate of seven percent (7%) on the Principal Amount on a
non-compounded basis, and, unless the Note is previously prepaid or
converted and except as otherwise provided in Section 5 (Events of
Default) below, shall be due and payable on the Maturity
Date.
1.2. Optional Prepayment in Cash
. Maker may prepay this Note in
whole but not in part (an “Optional Prepayment”) by
paying to Purchaser a sum of money equal to the Principal Amount
outstanding at such time together with accrued but unpaid interest
thereon (the “Prepayment Amount”) outstanding on the
Prepayment Payment Date (as defined below). Maker shall deliver to
Purchaser a written notice of prepayment (the “Notice of
Prepayment”) specifying the date for such Optional Prepayment
(the “Prepayment Payment Date”), which date shall be at
least ten (10) business days after the date of the Notice of
Prepayment (the “Prepayment Period”). During the
Prepayment Period, the Purchaser may elect to convert any portion
of the Prepayment Amount pursuant to Section 2 below, and any such
amount elected to be converted shall be deducted from the
Prepayment Amount payable by Maker to Purchaser.
2. Conversion .
2.1. Optional Conversion . Subject to the terms set forth in this
Section 2, Purchaser shall have the right, but not the obligation,
to convert all or any portion of the issued and outstanding
Principal Amount and accrued but unpaid interest into (i) fully
paid and non-assessable shares of the Maker’s Series C
preferred stock, par value $10.00 per share
(the “Series C Preferred Stock”) and (ii) fully paid
and non-assessable shares of the Maker’s common stock, par
value $.001 per share (the “Common
Stock”) at the Fixed Preferred Conversion Price and Fixed
Common Conversion Price, respectively (as such terms are defined
below). For the avoidance of doubt, each dollar of Principal Amount
and accrued but unpaid interest shall be converted into both Series
C Preferred Stock and Common Stock. The shares of Series C
Preferred Stock and Common Stock of Maker to be issued upon such
conversion are herein referred to as the “Conversion
Shares.” For purposes hereof, subject to Sections 2.4 and 2.5
hereof, the “Fixed Preferred Conversion Price” means
$10.00 per share of Series C Preferred Stock, and the “Fixed
Common Conversion Price” means $0.031 per share of Common
Stock.
2.2. Mechanics of Purchaser’s
Conversion . In the event
that Purchaser elects to convert all or any portion of this Note,
Purchaser shall give notice of such election by delivering an
executed and completed notice of conversion in substantially the
form of Exhibit A hereto (appropriately completed)
(“Notice of Conversion”) to Maker. The date on which a
Notice of Conversion is delivered to Maker in accordance with the
provisions hereof shall be deemed the “Conversion
Date”. Pursuant to the terms of the Notice of Conversion,
Maker will issue instructions to the transfer agent and shall cause
the transfer agent to transmit the certificates representing the
Conversion Shares to Purchaser.
2.3. Conversion Mechanics . The number of shares of Series C Preferred
Stock to be issued upon each conversion of this Note shall be
determined by dividing that portion of the Principal Amount and
accrued but unpaid interest to be converted by the Fixed Preferred
Conversion Price. The number of shares of Common Stock to be issued
upon each conversion of this Note shall be determined by dividing
that portion of the Principal Amount and accrued but unpaid
interest to be converted by the Fixed Common Conversion Price. For
example, upon conversion of $3,500,000, with the Fixed Preferred
Conversion Price and Fixed Common Conversion Price described in
Section 2.1, Purchaser would receive 350,000 newly issued shares of
Series C Preferred Stock and 112,903,226 shares of Common
Stock.
2.4. Adjustment Provisions . The Fixed Common Conversion Price, Fixed
Preferred Conversion Price, and number and kind of shares or other
securities to be issued upon conversion determined pursuant to this
Note shall be subject to adjustment from time to time upon the
occurrence of certain events during the period that this conversion
right remains outstanding, as follows:
(a) Reclassification . If Maker at any time shall, by
reclassification or otherwise, change the Common Stock or Series C
Preferred Stock into the same or a different number of securities
of any class or classes, this Note, as to the unpaid Principal
Amount and accrued but unpaid interest thereon which is convertible
into Common Stock and Series C Preferred Stock, shall thereafter be
deemed to evidence the right to purchase an adjusted number of such
securities and kind of securities as would have been issuable as
the result of such change with respect to the Common Stock or
Series C Preferred Stock issuable pursuant to this Note immediately
prior to such reclassification or other change.
(b) Stock Splits, Combinations and Dividends for
Common Stock . If the
shares of Common Stock are subdivided or combined into a greater or
smaller number of shares of Common Stock, or if a dividend is paid
on the Common Stock or any preferred stock issued by Maker in
shares of Common Stock, the Fixed Common Conversion Price shall be
proportionately reduced in case of subdivision of shares or stock
dividend or proportionately increased in the case of combination of
shares, in each such case by the ratio which the total number of
shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event
bears to the total number of shares of Common Stock outstanding
immediately prior to such event.
(c) Stock Splits, Combinations and Dividends for
Preferred Stock . If the
Series C Preferred Stock are subdivided or combined into a greater
or smaller number of shares of preferred stock, or if a dividend is
paid on any Common Stock or preferred stock issued by Maker in
shares of preferred stock, the Fixed Preferred Conversion Price
shall be proportionately reduced in case of subdivision of shares
or stock dividend or proportionately increased in the case of
combination of shares, in each such case by the ratio which the
total number of shares of preferred stock outstanding immediately
after such event bears to the total number of shares of preferred
stock outstanding immediately prior to such event.
2.5. Adjustments for Certain Issuances
.
(a) (1) Except as provided in Section 2.5(c) below,
if and whenever Maker shall:
(A) issue or sell any shares of Common Stock for a
consideration per share less than the Fixed Common Conversion Price
in effect immediately prior to the time of such issue;
(B) issue, sell or grant any stock or security
convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock, (“
Common Convertible Securities ”) whether or not the
right to convert or exchange such Common Convertible Securities is
immediately exercisable, and the price per share for which the
Common Stock is issuable upon the conversion or exchange of such
Common Convertible Securities (determined by dividing (i) the sum
of (x) the total amount, if any, received or receivable by the
Company as consideration for the issue or sale of such Common
Convertible Securities, plus (y) the aggregate amount of additional
consideration, if any, payable to Maker upon the conversion or
exchange of all such Common Convertible Securities, by (ii) the
maximum number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the
conversion or exchange of all such Common Convertible Securities)
shall be less than the Fixed Common Conversion Price in effect
immediately prior to the time of the issue or sale of such Common
Convertible Securities; or
(C) issue, sell or grant any warrants or other
rights to subscribe for or to purchase, or any options for the
purchase of, Common Stock or any Common Convertible Securities
(such warrants, rights or options being called (“ Common
Options ”), whether or not such Common Options are
immediately exercisable, and the price per share for which the
Common Stock is issuable upon the exercise of such Common Options
(determined by dividing (i) the sum of (x) the total amount, if
any, received or receivable by the Company as consideration for the
issue, sale, or grant of such Common Options, plus (y) the
aggregate amount of additional consideration, if any, payable to
Maker upon the exercise of all such Common Options, plus (z), in
the case of such Common Options to purchase Common Convertible
Securities, the aggregate amount of additional consideration, if
any, payable upon the conversion or exchange of such Common
Convertible Securities, by (ii) the maximum number of shares of
Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of such Common Options, or
upon the conversion or exchange of all such Common Convertible
Securities issuable upon the exercise of such Common
Options)
, then and in
each such case (a “ Common Trigger Issuance
”), effective as of the close of business on the effective
date of the Common Trigger Issuance, the then-existing Fixed Common
Conversion Price shall be adjusted immediately thereafter so that
it shall equal the price determined by dividing (i) the sum of (x)
the number of shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding
immediately prior to the issuance of such securities multiplied by
the Fixed Common Conversion Price plus (y) the aggregate
consideration received for such securities (which, in the case of
Common Options or Common Convertible Securities shall equal the
product of the price per share determined in Section 2.5(a)(1)(B)
or 2.5(a)(1)(C) above and the total number of shares of Common
Stock issuable upon the conversion or exchange of such Common
Convertible Securities, or the exercise of such Common Options, or
upon the conversion or exchange of the maximum amount of such
Common Convertible Securities issuable upon the exercise of such
Common Options), by (ii) the number of shares of Common Stock
issued and outstanding immediately after the issuance of such
securities. Such adjustment shall be made successively whenever
such an issuance is made.
(b) (1) Except as provided in Section 2.5(c) below,
if and whenever Maker shall:
(A) issue or sell any shares of Series B Preferred
Stock or Series C Preferred Stock for a consideration per share
less than the Fixed Preferred Conversion Price in effect
immediately prior to the time of such issue;
(B) issue, sell or grant any stock or security
convertible into or exchangeable for Series B Preferred Stock or
Series C Preferred Stock (“ Preferred Convertible
Securities ”) whether or not the right to convert or
exchange such Preferred Convertible Securities is immediately
exercisable, and the price per share for which the Series B
Preferred Stock or Series C Preferred Stock is issuable upon the
conversion or exchange of such Preferred Convertible Securities
(determined by dividing (i) the sum of (x) the total amount, if
any, received or receivable by the Company as consideration for the
issue or sale of such Preferred Convertible Securities, plus (y)
the aggregate amount of additional consideration, if any, payable
to Maker upon the conversion or exchange of all such Preferred
Convertible Securities, by (ii) the maximum aggregate number of
shares of Series B Preferred Stock or Series C Preferred Stock
issuable upon the conversion or exchange of all such Preferred
Convertible Securities) shall be less than the Fixed Preferred
Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to the time of the
issue or sale of such Preferred Convertible Securities;
or
(C) issue, sell or grant any warrants or other
rights to subscribe for or to purchase, or any options for the
purchase of, Series B Preferred Stock, Series C Preferred Stock or
any Preferred Convertible Securities (such warrants, rights or
options being called (“ Preferred Options ”),
whether or not such Preferred Options are immediately exercisable,
and the price per share for which the Series B Preferred Stock or
Series C Preferred Stock is issuable upon the exercise of such
Preferred Options (determined by dividing (i) the sum of (x) the
total amount, if any, received or receivable by the Company as
consideration for the issue, sale, or grant of such Preferred
Options, plus (y) the aggregate amount of additional consideration,
if any, payable to Maker upon the exercise of all such Preferred
Options, plus (z), in the case of such Preferred Options to
purchase Preferred Convertible Securities, the aggregate amount of
additional consideration, if any, payable upon the conversion or
exchange of such Preferred Convertible Securities, by (ii) the
maximum aggregate number of shares of Series B Preferred Stock or
Series C Preferred Stock issuable upon the exercise of such
Preferred Options, or upon the conversion or exchange of all such
Preferred Convertible Securities issuable upon the exercise of such
Preferred Options)
, then and in
each such case (a “ Preferred Trigger Issuance
”), effective as of the close of business on the effective
date of the Preferred Trigger Issuance, the then-existing Fixed
Preferred Conversion Price shall be adjusted immediately thereafter
so that it shall equal the price determined by dividing (i) the sum
of (x) the aggregate number of shares of Series B Preferred Stock
or Series C Preferred Stock issued and outstanding immediately
prior to the issuance of such securities multiplied by the Fixed
Preferred Conversion Price plus (y) the aggregate consideration
received for such securities (which, in the case of Preferred
Options or Preferred Convertible Securities shall equal the product
of the price per share determined in Section 2.5(b)(1)(B) or
2.5(b)(1)(C) above and the total aggregate number of shares of
Series B Preferred Stock or Series C Preferred Stock issuable upon
the conversion or exchange of such Preferred Convertible
Securities, or the exercise of such Preferred Options, or upon the
conversion or exchange of the maximum amount of such Preferred
Convertible Securities issuable upon the exercise of such Preferred
Options), by (ii) the aggregate number of shares of Series B
Preferred Stock or Series C Preferred Stock issued and outstanding
immediately after the issuance of such securities. Such adjustment
shall be made successively whenever such an issuance is
made.
(b) (2) In the event the purchase price provided
for in any Common Option or Preferred Option, the additional
consideration, if any, payable upon the conversion or exchange of
any Common Convertible Securities or Preferred Convertible
Securities, or the rate at which Common Convertible Securities or
Preferred Convertible Securities are convertible into or
exchangeable for Common Stock, Series B Preferred Stock or Series C
Preferred Stock shall change at any time (including, but not
limited to, changes under or by reason of provisions designed to
protect against dilution), the Fixed Common Conversion Price and/or
Fixed Preferred Conversion Price, as applicable, in effect at the
time of such event shall forthwith be readjusted to the Fixed
Common Conversion Price and/or Fixed Preferred Conversion Price
which would have been in effect at such time had such Common
Options, Preferred Options, Common Convertible Securities, or
Preferred Convertible Securities still outstanding provided for
such changed purchase price, additional consideration or conversion
rate, as the case may be, at the time initially granted, issued or
sold, but only if as a result of such adjustment the Fixed Common
Conversion Price and/or Fixed Preferred Conversion Price then in
effect hereunder is thereby reduced.
(b) (3) The number of securities outstanding at any
given time shall not include shares owned or held by or for the
account of Maker or any of its subsidiaries, and the disposition of
any such shares (other than the cancellation or retirement thereof)
shall not be considered an issue or sale of securities for the
purpose of this Section 2.5.
(c) Anything herein to the contrary
notwithstanding, Maker shall not be required to make any adjustment
under Section 2.5(a) and 2.5(b) in the case of the following
issuances from and after the date hereof: (i) issuances upon the
exercise of any Common Options, Preferred Options, Convertible
Securities, or Preferred Convertible Securities granted, issued and
outstanding on the date hereof unless the purchase price provided
for in any Common Option or Preferred Option, the additional
consideration, if any, payable upon the conversion or exchange of
any Convertible Securities or Preferred Convertible Securities, or
the rate at which Convertible Securities or Preferred Convertible
Securities are convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock,
Series B Preferred Stock or Series C Preferred Stock shall change
at any time, in which case such adjustments, if any, shall be
governed by Section 2.5(b)(2); (ii) issuances upon the grant or
exercise of any stock or options which may hereafter be granted or
exercised under any employee benefit plan, stock option plan or
restricted stock plan of Maker existing as of the date hereof, so
long as the issuance of such stock or options is approved by the
board of directors of Maker; (iii) issuances of securities as
consideration for a merger or consolidation with, or purchase of
assets or capital stock from, a non-affiliated third party or in
connection with any strategic partnership or joint venture with a
non-affiliated third party (the primary purpose of any such action
is not to raise equity capital); (iv) shares of Common
Stock or Series C Preferred Stock issuable upon the conversion
of the Principal Amount and accrued but unpaid interest hereunder;
(v)securities issued or issuable as a result of any stock split,
combination, dividend, distribution, reclassification, exchange or
substitution for which an equitable adjustment is provided for in
Sections 2.4; (vi) securities issued or issuable with respect to
any price adjustment provisions; (vii) no