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 UNDER SAID ACT AND ANY APPLICABLE STATE
SECURITIES LAWS OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO
360 GLOBAL WINE COMPANY THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT
REQUIRED.
SECURED CONVERTIBLE MINIMUM
BORROWING NOTE
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, each of 360 GLOBAL
WINE COMPANY, a Nevada corporation (the “ Parent
”), and the other companies listed on Exhibit A
attached hereto (such other companies together with the Parent,
each a “ Company ” and collectively, the “
Companies ”), jointly and severally, 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, the sum of Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000), 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 July 7, 2008 (the
“ Maturity Date ”) if not sooner
paid.
Capitalized terms used herein without
definition shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the
Security and Purchase Agreement among the Companies and the Holder
dated as of the date hereof (as amended, modified and/or
supplemented from time to time, the “ Security
Agreement ”).
The following terms shall apply to this
Minimum Borrowing Note (this “ 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 two percent (2.0%) (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. Subject to Section 1.2, the Contract Rate
shall not at any time be less than eight percent (8.0%).
Interest shall be (i) calculated on the basis of a 360
day year, and (ii) payable monthly, in arrears, commencing on July
1, 2005 on the first business day of each consecutive calendar
month thereafter through and including the Maturity Date and on the
Maturity Date, whether by acceleration or otherwise.
1.2
Contract Rate Adjustments and
Payments . The Contract
Rate shall be calculated on the last business day of each calendar
month hereafter (other than for increases or decreases in the Prime
Rate which shall be calculated and become effective in accordance
with the terms of Section 1.1) until the Maturity Date (each a
“ Determination Date ”) and shall be subject to
adjustment as set forth herein. If (i) the Parent shall have
registered the shares of the Common Stock underlying the conversion
of each Minimum Borrowing Note, each Warrant and each Option on a
registration statement declared effective by the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the “ SEC ”), and (ii) the
market price (the “ Market Price ”) of the
Common Stock as reported by Bloomberg, L.P. on the Principal Market
for the five (5) trading days immediately preceding a Determination
Date exceeds the then applicable Fixed Conversion Price by at least
twenty-five percent (25%), the Contract Rate for the succeeding
calendar month shall automatically be reduced by 200 basis points
(200 b.p.) (2.0%) for each incremental twenty-five percent (25%)
increase in the Market Price of the Common Stock above the then
applicable Fixed Conversion Price. Notwithstanding the foregoing
(and anything to the contrary contained herein), in no event shall
the Contract Rate at any time be less than zero percent
(0%).
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 Holder’s option.
2.3
Optional Redemption in Cash
. The Companies will have the
option of prepaying this Note (“ Optional Redemption
”) by paying to the Holder a sum of money equal to one
hundred twenty eight percent (128%) 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
(the “ Redemption Amount ”) outstanding on the
Redemption Payment Date (as defined below). 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 ten (10) 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
Holder’s 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 Companies fail to pay
the Redemption Amount on the Redemption Payment Date, then
such
Redemption Notice shall be null and void.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, provided the Companies are not
in default under this Note, the Security Agreement or any Ancillary
Documents, in the event that the Redemption Payment date occurs
within the last six (6) months of the term of this Note, the
Holders agree to waive the premium amount of twenty eight percent
28% on the Principal then due and owing such that the Companies
shall only be required to pay one hundred percent (100%) 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
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 twenty
five cents ($0. 25 ). The shares of Common Stock to be issued
upon such conversion are herein referred to as the “
Conversion Shares. ”
3.2
Conversion Limitation
. 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 following notice to any Company upon the occurrence and during
the continuance of an Event of Default, or upon 75 days prior
notice to the Parent, except that at no time shall the number of
shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the Holder exceed
19.99% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock.
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 any Company.
3.3
Mechanics of Holder’s
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 in substantially the
form of Exhibit A hereto (appropriately completed) (“
Notice of Conversion ”) to the Parent 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 appropriate reduction to the Principal Amount, accrued
interest and fees as entered in its records and shall provide
written notice thereof to the Parent within two (2) Business Days
after the Conversion Date. Each date on which a Notice of
Conversion is delivered or telecopied to the Parent in accordance
with the provisions hereof shall be deemed a Conversion Date (the
“ Conversion Date ”). Pursuant to
the
terms of the Notice of Conversion, the
Parent 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 Parent 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
Holder’s 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 Parent 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