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SECURED CONVERTIBLE PROMISSORY NOTE

Convertible Promissory Note

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Title: SECURED CONVERTIBLE PROMISSORY NOTE
Governing Law: New York     Date: 1/7/2009
Industry: Constr. - Supplies and Fixtures     Sector: Capital Goods

SECURED CONVERTIBLE PROMISSORY NOTE, Parties: innovative food holdings inc , grushko & mittman  pc
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Exhibit 10.1

 

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


 
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