NEITHER THE
ISSUANCE AND SALE OF THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE
NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THESE SECURITIES ARE CONVERTIBLE HAVE
BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR
APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THE SECURITIES MAY NOT
BE OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED (I) IN THE
ABSENCE OF (A) AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR THE
SECURITIES UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR (B) AN
OPINION OF COUNSEL (WHICH COUNSEL SHALL BE SELECTED BY THE HOLDER),
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.
THE HOLDER,
AND ANY ASSIGNMENEE BY ACCEPTANCE OF THIS NOTE, ACKNOWLEDGE AND
AGREE THAT, BY REASON OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS NOTE, FOLLOWING
CONVERSION OF A PORTION OF THIS NOTE, THE UNPAID AND UNCONVERTED
PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THIS NOTE MAY BE LESS THAN THE AMOUNT STATED ON
THE FACE HEREOF.
Principal Amount:
$200,000.00 Issue
Date: December 31, 2008
SECURED CONVERTIBLE PROMISSORY
NOTE
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, INNOVATIVE FOOD HOLDINGS,
INC., a Florida corporation (hereinafter called
“Borrower”), hereby promises to pay to ALPHA CAPITAL
ANSTALT, Pradfant 7, 9490 Furstentums, Vaduz, Lichtenstein, Fax:
011-42-32323196 (the “Holder”) or its registered
assigns or successors in interest or order, without demand, the sum
of Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000.00) (“Principal
Amount”), on July 31, 2011 (the “Maturity Date”),
if not sooner paid and less any amounts previously paid pursuant to
the terms hereof.
This Note has been entered into pursuant to the
terms of a subscription agreement between the Borrower and the
Holder dated at or about the date hereof (the
“Subscription Agreement”), and shall be governed by the
terms of such Subscription Agreement. Unless otherwise
separately defined herein, all capitalized terms used in this Note
shall have the same meaning as is set forth in the Subscription
Agreement. The following terms shall apply to this
Note:
ARTICLE I
INTEREST; AMORTIZATION
1.1.
Interest Rate . Subject to Section 5.7
hereof, interest payable on this Note shall accrue on the
outstanding Principal Amount at a rate per annum (the "Interest
Rate") of eight percent (8%). Interest on the
outstanding Principal Amount shall accrue from the date of this
Note and shall be payable in arrears together with, at the same
time and in the same manner as payment of Principal Amount and on
the Maturity Date, whether by acceleration or otherwise.
1.2.
Minimum Monthly Principal Payments
. Amortizing payments of the outstanding Principal
Amount of this Note and accrued interest shall commence on the six
month anniversary of the Issue Date and on the same day of each
month (each a “Repayment Date”) until all of the
Principal Amount has been repaid, by the payment of cash pursuant
to the terms hereof. Subject to Article II below, on
each Repayment Date, the Borrower shall make payments to the Holder
in an amount equal to $8,000 (the “Monthly
Amount”).
1.3.
Maturity Date Extension . Any Principal
Amount, interest and any other sum arising under this Note and the
Subscription Agreement that remains outstanding on the Maturity
Date shall be due and payable on the Maturity
Date. Unless the Holder elects to extend the Maturity
Date of some of all of such outstanding amounts up to an additional
one year, in which case the Maturity Date with respect to such
terms designated by the Holder will be such date elected by Holder,
subject to acceleration as described in this Note.
1.4.
Default Interest Rate . Following the occurrence
and during the continuance of an Event of Default (as defined in
Article IV), the annual interest rate on this Note shall (subject
to Section 5.7) be fifteen percent (15%). Such interest
shall be due and payable together with regular scheduled Monthly
Amounts.
ARTICLE II
CONVERSION RIGHTS
2.1.
Holder’s Conversion Rights . Subject
to Section 2.2, the Holder shall have the right, but not the
obligation, to convert all or any portion of the then aggregate
outstanding Principal Amount of this Note, together with interest
and fees due hereon, and any sum arising under the Subscription
Agreement, and the Transaction Documents, including but not limited
to Liquidated Damages, into shares of Common Stock, subject to the
terms and conditions set forth in this Article II, at the rate of
$.005 per share of Common Stock (“Fixed Conversion
Price”), as the same may be adjusted pursuant to this Note
and the Subscription Agreement. The Holder may exercise
such right by delivery to the Borrower of a written Notice of
Conversion pursuant to Section 2.3.
2.2.
Conversion Limitation . Neither Holder nor
the Borrower may convert on any date that amount of the Note
Principal or interest in connection with that number of shares of
Common Stock which would be in excess of the sum of (i) the number
of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the Holder and its
affiliates on a Conversion Date, Repayment Date, the date Notice of
Redemption is given, or the date Notice of Mandatory Conversion is
given, as the case may be, (ii) any Common Stock issuable in
connection with the unconverted portion of the Note, and (iii) the
number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the conversion or
repayment of the Note with respect to which the determination of
this provision is being made, which would result in beneficial
ownership by the Holder and its affiliates of more than 4.99% of
the outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Borrower on such
Conversion Date. For the purposes of the provision to
the immediately preceding sentence, beneficial ownership shall be
determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and Regulation 13d-3
thereunder. Subject to the foregoing, the Holder shall
not be limited to aggregate conversions of only 4.99% and aggregate
conversion by the Holder may exceed 4.99%. The Holder
shall have the authority and obligation to determine whether the
restriction contained in this Section 2.2 will limit any conversion
hereunder and to the extent that the Holder determines that the
limitation contained in this Section applies, the determination of
which portion of the Note is convertible shall be the
responsibility and obligation of the Holder. The Holder
may waive the conversion limitation described in this Section 2.2,
in whole or in part, upon and effective after 61 days prior written
notice to the Borrower to increase such percentage to up to
9.99%.
2.3.
Holder’s Conversion Procedure .
(a) In
the event that the Holder elects to convert any amounts outstanding
under this Note into Common Stock, the Holder shall give notice of
such election by delivering an executed and completed notice of
conversion (a “Notice of Conversion”) to the Borrower,
which Notice of Conversion shall provide a breakdown in reasonable
detail of the Principal Amount, accrued interest and amounts being
converted. The original Note is not required to be
surrendered to the Borrower until all sums due under the Note have
been paid. 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. Each date on which a Notice of Conversion is
delivered or telecopied to the Borrower in accordance with the
provisions hereof shall be deemed a “Conversion
Date.” A form of Notice of Conversion to be
employed by the Holder is annexed hereto as Exhibit A.
(b) Pursuant
to the terms of a Notice of Conversion, the Borrower will issue
instructions to the transfer agent accompanied by an opinion of
counsel (if so required by the Borrower’s transfer agent),
and, except as otherwise provided below, 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 Borrower 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 Borrower of the Notice of Conversion. The
Holder shall be treated for all purposes as the beneficial holder
of such shares of Common Stock, or, in the case that Borrower
delivers physical certificates as set forth below, the record
holder of such shares of Common Stock, unless the Holder provides
the Borrower written instructions to the contrary.
Notwithstanding the foregoing to the contrary, the Borrower
or its transfer agent shall only be obligated to issue and deliver
the shares to the DTC on the Holder’s behalf via DWAC (or
certificates free of restrictive legends) if the registration
statement providing for the resale of the shares of Common Stock
issuable upon the conversion of this Note is effective or the
shares may otherwise be delivered without restrictive
legend. In the event that Conversion Shares cannot be
delivered to the Holder via DWAC, the Borrower shall deliver
physical certificates representing the Conversion Shares by the
Delivery Date to an address designated by Holder in the
U.S. In any event, subject to compliance with the
provisions of Rule 144, all shares of Common Stock deliverable
pursuant to Sections 2.1 and 2.4 must be delivered without
restrictive or other legends.
2.4.
Conversion Mechanics and Adjustments .
(a) The
number of shares of Common Stock to be issued upon each conversion
of this Note pursuant to this Article II shall be determined by
dividing that portion of the Principal Amount and interest and fees
to be converted, if any, by the then applicable Fixed Conversion
Price or the conversion price described in Section 2.1, as
applicable.
(b) The
Fixed Conversion Price and number and kind of shares or other
securities to be issued upon conversion shall be subject to
adjustment from time to time upon the happening of certain events
while this conversion right remains outstanding, as
follows:
A.
Merger, Sale of Assets, etc . If (A) the Borrower
effects any merger or consolidation of the Borrower with
or into another entity, (B) the Borrower effects any sale of all or
substantially all of its assets in one or a series of related
transactions, (C) any tender offer or exchange offer
(whether by the Borrower or another entity) is completed pursuant
to which holders of Common Stock are permitted to tender or
exchange their shares for other securities, cash or property, (D)
the Borrower consummates a stock purchase agreement or other
business combination (including, without limitation, a
reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off or scheme of
arrangement) with one or more persons or entities whereby such
other persons or entities acquire more than the 50% of the
outstanding shares of Common Stock (not including any shares of
Common Stock held by such other persons or entities making or party
to, or associated or affiliated with the other persons or entities
making or party to, such stock purchase agreement or other business
combination), (E) any "person" or "group" (as these terms are used
for purposes of Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the 1934 Act) is or
shall become the "beneficial owner" (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under
the 1934 Act), directly or indirectly, of 50% of the aggregate
Common Stock of the Borrower, or (F) the Borrower effects any
reclassification of the Common Stock or any compulsory share
exchange pursuant to which the Common Stock is effectively
converted into or exchanged for other securities, cash or property
(in any such case, a
"Fundamental Transaction"), this Note, as to the
unpaid principal portion thereof and accrued interest thereon,
shall thereafter be deemed to evidence the right to convert into
such number and kind of shares or other securities and property as
would have been issuable or distributable on account of such
Fundamental Transaction, upon or with respect to the securities
subject to the conversion right immediately prior to such
Fundamental Transaction. The f