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Exhibit 10.3
THIS NOTE AND THE COMMON SHARES ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION OF THIS NOTE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THIS NOTE AND THE COMMON SHARES ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION OF THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE SOLD, OFFERED FOR SALE, PLEDGED OR HYPOTHECATED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT AS TO THIS NOTE AND SUCH COMMON SHARES UNDER SAID ACT AND ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO ELECTRIC CITY CORP. THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED.
SECURED CONVERTIBLE MINIMUM BORROWING NOTE
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, ELECTRIC CITY CORP., a Delaware corporation (the Company), promises to pay to LAURUS MASTER FUND, LTD., c/o M&C Corporate Services Limited, P.O. Box 309 GT, Ugland House, South Church Street, George Town, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, Fax: 345-949-8080 (the Holder) or its registered assigns or successors in interest, on order, the sum of Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000), or, if different, the aggregate principal amount of all Loans (as defined in the Security Agreement referred to below), together with any accrued and unpaid interest hereon, on September 1, 2006 (the Maturity Date) if not sooner paid.
Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Security Agreement among the Company and the Holder dated as of September 11, 2003 (as amended, modified and supplemented from time to time, the Security Agreement).
The following terms shall apply to this Minimum Borrowing Note (the Note):
ARTICLE I
CONTRACT RATE
1.1 Contract Rate. Subject to Sections 4.2 and 5.10, interest payable on the outstanding principal amount of this Note (the Principal Amount) shall accrue at a rate per annum equal to the prime rate published in The Wall Street Journal from time to time (the Prime Rate), plus one and three quarters percent (1.75%) (the Contract Rate). The Contract Rate shall be increased or decreased as the case may be for each increase or decrease in the Prime Rate in an amount equal to such increase or decrease in the Prime Rate; each change to be effective as of the day of the change in the Prime Rate. Interest shall be (i) calculated on the basis of a 360 day year, and (ii) payable monthly, in arrears, commencing on March 1, 2005 and on the first business day of each consecutive calendar month thereafter until the Maturity Date (and on the Maturity Date), whether by acceleration or otherwise.
ARTICLE II
LOANS; PAYMENTS UNDER THIS NOTE
2.1 Loans. All Loans evidenced by this Note shall be made in accordance with the terms and provisions of the Security Agreement.
2.2 No Effective Registration. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Holder shall not be required to accept shares of Common Stock as payment following a conversion by the Holder if there fails to exist an effective current Registration Statement (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) covering the shares of Common Stock to be issued, or if an Event of Default hereunder exists and is continuing, unless such requirement is otherwise waived in writing by the Holder in whole or in part at the Holders option.
2.3 Optional Redemption in Cash. The Company will have the option of prepaying this Note prior to the Maturity Date (Optional Redemption) (i) by paying to the Holder a sum of money equal to one hundred twenty five percent (125%) of the principal amount of this Note together with accrued but unpaid interest thereon and any and all other sums due, accrued or payable to the Holder arising under this Note, the Security Agreement, or any other Ancillary Agreement outstanding on the Redemption Payment Date (as defined below) or (ii) in the event that the February 2005 Overadvance Period (as defined in that certain Amendment to the Security Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of February ___, 2005, by and between the Company and the Holder) has ended and the Company is required to repay a portion of this Note so that the aggregate outstanding Loans do not exceed the Formula Amount, by paying to the Holder a sum of money equal to one hundred percent (100%) of such amount required to be repaid; provided that the Company shall only be permitted to make an optional redemption in cash pursuant to this clause (ii) of this Section 2.3 if the average closing price of the Common Stock for the five most recently ended trading days is less than one hundred ten percent (110%) of the Fixed Conversion Price (each of the amounts set forth in the preceding clauses (i) and (ii) of this Section 2.3, a Redemption Amount). The Company shall deliver to the Holder a written notice of redemption (the Notice of Redemption) specifying the date for such Optional Redemption (the Redemption Payment Date), which date shall be seven (7) days after the date of the Notice of Redemption (the Redemption Period). A Notice of Redemption shall not be effective with respect to any portion of this Note for which the Holder has previously delivered a Notice of Conversion (defined below) pursuant to Section 3.1, or for conversions elected to be made by the Holder pursuant to Section 3.1 during the Redemption Period. The Redemption Amount shall be determined as if such Holders conversion elections had been completed immediately prior to the date of the Notice of Redemption. On the Redemption Payment Date, the Redemption Amount (plus any additional interest and fees accruing on the Notes during the Redemption Period) must be irrevocably paid in full in immediately available funds to the Holder. In the event the Company fails to pay the Redemption Amount on the Redemption Payment Date, then such Redemption Notice shall be null and void.
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ARTICLE III
CONVERSION RIGHTS AND FIXED CONVERSION PRICE
3.1 Optional Conversion. Subject to the terms of this Article III, the Holder shall have the right, but not the obligation, at any time until the Maturity Date, or during an Event of Default (as defined in Article IV), and, subject to the limitations set forth in Section 3.2 hereof, to convert all or any portion of the outstanding Principal Amount and/or accrued interest and fees due and payable into fully paid and nonassessable shares of the Common Stock at the Fixed Conversion Price. For purposes hereof, subject to Section 3.6 hereof, the initial Fixed Conversion Price means $1.05. The shares of Common Stock to be issued upon such conversion are herein referred to as the Conversion Shares.
3.2 Conversion Limitations. (i) Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the Holder shall not be entitled to convert pursuant to the terms of this Note an amount that would be convertible into that number of Conversion Shares which would exceed the difference between (i) 4.99% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock and (ii) the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the Holder. For purposes of the immediately preceding sentence, beneficial ownership shall be determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and Regulation 13d-3 thereunder. The Conversion Shares limitation described in this Section 3.2 shall automatically become null and void without any notice to the Company upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, or upon 75 days prior notice to the Company. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the provisions of this Section 3.2 are irrevocable and may not be waived by the Holder or the Company.
(ii) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, in the Security Agreement, any Ancillary Agreement or any document, instrument or agreement entered into in connection with any other transactions between the Holder and the Company, the Holder may not acquire stock in the Company (including, without limitation, pursuant to a contract to purchase, by exercising an option or warrant, by converting any other security or instrument, by acquiring or exercising any other right to acquire shares of stock or other security convertible into shares of stock in the Company, or otherwise, and such contracts, options, warrants, conversion or other rights shall not be enforceable or exercisable) to the extent such stock acquisition would cause any interest (including any original issue discount) payable by the Company to the Holder not to qualify as portfolio interest within the meaning of Section 881(c)(2) of the Code, by reason of Section 881(c)(3) of the Code, taking into account the constructive ownership rules under Section 871(h)(3)(C) of the Code (the Stock Acquisition Limitation). The Stock Acquisition Limitation shall automatically become null and void without any notice to the Company upon the earlier to occur of either (a) the Companys delivery to the Holder of a Notice of Redemption or (b) the existence of an Event of Default at a time when the average closing price of the Companys common stock as reported by Bloomberg, L.P. on the Principal Market for the immediately preceding five trading days is greater than or equal to 150% of the Fixed Conversion Price.
3.3 Mechanics of Holders Conversion. In the event that the Holder elects to convert this Note into Common Stock, the Holder shall give notice of such election by delivering an executed and completed notice of conversion (Notice of Conversion) to the Company and such Notice of Conversion shall provide a breakdown in reasonable detail of the Principal Amount, accrued interest and fees that are being converted. On each Conversion Date (as hereinafter defined) and in accordance with its Notice of Conversion, the Holder shall make the
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appropriate reduction to the Principal Amount, accrued interest and fees as entered in its records and shall provide written notice thereof to the Company within two (2) Business Days after the Conversion Date. Each date on which a Notice of Conversion is delivered or telecopied to the Company in accordance with the provisions hereof shall be deemed a Conversion Date (the Conversion Date). A form of Notice of Conversion is annexed hereto as Exhibit A. Pursuant to the terms of the Notice of Conversion, the Company will issue instructions to the transfer agent accompanied by an opinion of counsel within one (1) Business Day of the date of the delivery to the Company of the Notice of Conversion and shall cause the transfer agent to transmit the certificates representing the Conversion Shares to the Holder by crediting the account of the Holders designated broker with the Depository Trust Corporation (DTC) through its Deposit Withdrawal Agent Commission (DWAC) system within three (3) Business Days after receipt by the Company of the Notice of Conversion (the Delivery Date). In the case of the exercise of the conversion rights set forth herein the conversion privilege shall be deemed to have been exercised and the Conversion Shares issuable upon such conversion shall be deemed to have been issued upon the date of receipt by the Company of the Notice of Conversion. The Holder shall be treated for all purposes as the record holder of the Conversion Shares, unless the Holder provides the Company written instructions to the contrary.
3.4 Late Payments. The Company understands that a delay in the delivery of the Conversion Shares in the form required pursuant to this Article beyond the Delivery Date could result in economic loss to the Holder. As compensation to the Holder for such loss, the Company shall pay late payments to the Holder for any late issuance of Conversion Shares in the form required pursuant to this Article III upon conversion of this Note, in the amount equal to $250 per Business Day after the Delivery Date. The Company shall make any payments incurred under this Section in immediately available funds upon demand.
3.5 Conversion Mechanics. 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 and interest and fees to be converted, if any, by the then applicable Fixed Conversion Price.
3.6 Adjustment Provisions. The Fixed Conversion Price and number and kind of shares or other securities to be issued upon conversion determined pursuant to Section 3.1 shall be subject to adjustment from time to time upon the happening of certain events while this conversion right remains outstanding, as follows:
(a) Reclassification. If the Company at any time shall, by reclassification or otherwise, change the Common 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 interest thereon, 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 (i) immediately prior to or (ii) immediately after such reclassification or other change at the sole election of the Holder.
(b) Stock Splits, Combinations and Dividends. 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
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