NEITHER
THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS
CERTIFICATE NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THESE SECURITIES ARE
[CONVERTIBLE –OR-EXERCISABLE] 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 .
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Principal
Amount: $__________
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Issue Date: August 14,
2009
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SECURED CONVERTIBLE PROMISSORY
NOTE
FOR
VALUE RECEIVED, LIBERTY STAR URANIUM & METALS CORP., a Nevada
corporation (hereinafter called “Borrower”), hereby
promises to pay to ALPHA CAPITAL ANSTALT, Pradafant 7, 9490
Furstentums, Vaduz, Lichtenstein, Fax: 011-42-32323196 (the
“Holder”) or its registered assigns or successors in
interest or order, without demand, the sum of
______________________________________________________ Dollars
($_________) (“Principal Amount”), on August 14, 2010
(the “Maturity Date”), if not sooner paid.
This
Note has been entered into pursuant to the terms of a subscription
agreement between the Borrower, the Holder and certain other
holders (the “Other Holders”) of convertible promissory
notes (the “Other Notes”), dated of even date herewith
(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 6.7 hereof, interest
payable on this Note shall accrue on the outstanding Principal
Amount at a rate per annum (the "Interest Rate") of twelve percent
(12%). 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.
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1.2.
Minimum Monthly Principal Payments . Amortizing payments of
the outstanding Principal Amount of this Note and accrued interest
shall commence on February 15, 2010 and on the same day of each
month thereafter (each a “Repayment Date”) until the
Principal Amount has been repaid in full, whether by the payment of
cash or by the conversion of such Principal Amount and interest
into Common Stock pursuant to the terms hereof. Subject to Section
2.1 and Article 3 below, on each Repayment Date, the Borrower shall
make payments to the Holder in an amount equal to 20% of the
initial Principal Amount, the amount of accrued but unpaid or
unconverted interest on the entire Principal Amount as of such
Repayment Date, and any other amounts which are then owing under
this Note that have not been paid (collectively, the “Monthly
Amount”). Amounts of conversions of Principal Amount made by
the Holder or Borrower pursuant to Section 2.1 or Article III and
amounts redeemed pursuant to Section 2.3 of this Note shall be
applied first against outstanding fees and damages, then
outstanding already payable accrued interest and then to Principal
Amounts of not yet due Monthly Amounts commencing with the last
Monthly Amount next payable and thereafter to Monthly Amounts in
reverse chronological order. 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.
1.3.
Mandatory Repayment . The entire Principal Interest and all
other sums due under and in connection with this Note and the
August 2009 Transaction Documents shall be immediately due and
payable upon the Borrower’s receipt of the net proceeds from
the sale and issuance by the Borrower and/or a Subsidiary of
Borrower of Debt and/or Equity for the gross amount of $3,000,000
in a single or series of offerings of such debt and/or
equity.
1.4.
Default Interest Rate . Following the occurrence and during
the continuance of an Event of Default (as defined in Article IV),
which, if susceptible to cure is not cured within twenty (20) days,
otherwise then from the first date of such occurrence, the annual
interest rate on this Note shall (subject to Section 6.7) be
eighteen percent (18%). Such interest shall be due and payable
together with regular scheduled Monthly Amounts.
ARTICLE II
CONVERSION AND REPAYMENT
2.1.
Payment of Monthly Amount in Cash or Common Stock . Subject
to Sections 2.3 and 3.2 hereof, the Borrower shall pay the Monthly
Amount on the applicable Repayment Date at the Borrower’s
election, in either of the following manners: (i) in cash equal to
110% of the Principal portion of the Monthly Amount and 100% of all
other components of the Monthly Amount, or (ii) with Common Stock
at an applied conversion rate equal to the lesser of (A) the Fixed
Conversion Price (as defined in section 3.1 hereof), or (B)
seventy-five percent (75%) of the average daily closing bid prices
of the Common Stock as reported by Bloomberg L.P. for the Principal
Market for the five trading days preceding such Repayment Date (as
such amount may be adjusted as described herein). Amounts paid with
cash or shares of Common Stock must be delivered to the Holder not
later than three business days after the applicable Repayment Date.
The Borrower must send notice to the Holder by confirmed telecopier
not later than 6:00 PM, New York City time on the tenth calendar
day preceding a Repayment Date notifying Holder of Borrower’s
election to pay the Monthly Amount in cash or Common Stock. The
Notice must state the amount of the Monthly Amount including a
description of the components of such Monthly Amount and, to the
extent possible, include supporting calculations. The same election
must be made to all Holders and Other Holders. If such notice is
not given, or is not timely given or if the Monthly Redemption
Amount is not timely delivered, then the Holder shall at anytime
thereafter have the right on three business days prior notice to
the Borrower to elect to receive such Monthly Amount in cash or
Common Stock as described in Sections (i) and (ii)
above.
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2.2.
Restriction on Payments in Kind . Notwithstanding anything
to the contrary herein, the Borrower may not exercise its right to
pay any portion of the Monthly Amount with Common Stock without the
Holder’s consent unless on the day the Common Stock issued as
payment of a Monthly Redemption Amount (a) an exemption from
registration of the resale of shares of Common Stock to be issued
in payment of the Monthly Amount is available to the Holder for the
unrestricted public resale of the Conversion Shares pursuant to
Rule 144(b)(1) of the 1933 Act without volume or manner of sale
limitations, or such shares of Common Stock are included for the
unrestricted pubic resale thereof in an effective registration
statement filed with the Commission, (b) an Event of Default (or an
event that with the passage of time or the giving of notice could
become an Event of Default) hereunder has not occurred, (c) the
delivery of such Common Stock to Holder is timely made, (d) the
amount of Common Stock (based on the aggregate Conversion Price)
that would be issued in satisfaction of the Monthly Amount may not
exceed for the Holder and Other Holders, in the aggregate, who
could receive such Common Stock, more than 40% of the aggregate
daily trading volume of the Common Stock for the five trading days
preceding such Repayment Date, as reported by Bloomberg L.P. for
the Principal Market, and (e) the Principal Market is either the
OTC Bulletin Board, American Stock Exchange, Nasdaq Capital Market,
Nasdaq National Market, or New York Stock Exchange (“Listing
Condition”) from and after thirty (30) days prior to a
Repayment Date.
2.3.
Optional Redemption . Provided an Event of Default or an
event which with the passage of time or the giving of notice would
become an Event of Default is not pending, then the Borrower will
have the option of prepaying the unpaid and unconverted Principal
Amount then outstanding under this Note ("Optional Redemption"), in
whole or in part in increments of not less than $100,000, or the
entire outstanding balance if less than $100,000 in the aggregate
on this Note, by paying to the Holder a sum of money equal to the
Redemption Amount described below. Borrower’s election to
exercise its right to prepay must be by notice in writing
(“Notice of Redemption”). The Redemption Amount shall
equal 125% of the outstanding Principal Amount being redeemed
together with all interest accrued on this Note and all other
amounts payable hereunder or pursuant to the Subscription
Agreement. The Notice of Redemption shall specify the date for such
Optional Redemption (the "Redemption Payment Date"), which date
shall be twenty days after the date of the Notice of Redemption. A
Notice of Redemption shall not be effective with respect to any
portion of the principal amount under this Note for which the
Holder has a pending election to convert or for which a Conversion
Notice is given prior to the Redemption Payment Date. On the
Redemption Payment Date, the Redemption Amount, less any portion of
the Redemption Amount against which the Holder has previously
exercised its rights pursuant to Section 3.1, shall be paid in good
funds to the Holder. In the event the Borrower fails to pay the
Redemption Amount on the Redemption Payment Date as set forth
herein, then (i) at the Holder’s election, such Notice of
Redemption will be null and void or Holder may enforce the Notice
of Redemption, (ii) Borrower will not have the right to deliver
another Notice of Redemption, and (iii) Borrower’s failure
may be deemed by Holder to be a non-curable Event of Default. A
Notice of Redemption may be cancelled at the option of the Holder,
if at any time during the Redemption Period an Event of Default, or
an event which with the passage of time or giving of notice would
become an Event of Default (whether or not such Event of Default
has been cured), occurs. Notices of Redemption must be given to the
Holder with respect to all amounts owed by Borrower to Holder in
proportion to the outstanding Principal Amounts of the Notes held
by the Holder on the date Notice of Redemption is given.
ARTICLE III
CONVERSION RIGHTS
3.1.
Holder’s Conversion Rights . Subject to Section 3.2,
the Holder shall have the right, but not the obligation, to convert
all or any portion of the then aggregate outstanding Principal
Amount of
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this Note,
together with interest and fees due hereon, and any sum arising
under the Subscription Agreement, and the August 2009 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 III, at the rate of $0.0025 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 3.3.
Anything to the contrary herein notwithstanding, the Holder may
convert up to one-fifth (1/5 th ) of the initial
Principal Amount of this Note, on a cumulative basis, each 30 days
following the initial 180 days after the Issue Date at a conversion
price equal to the lesser of (i) the Fixed Conversion Price, or
(ii) seventy-five percent (75%) of the average daily closing bid
prices of the Common Stock as reported by Bloomberg L.P. for the
Principal Market for the five trading days preceding the date of
the Notice of Conversion (as defined in Section 3.3) is given to
the Borrower.
3.2.
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, or interest payment date, 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 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 2.3 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 Notes are convertible shall be the responsibility
and obligation of the Holder. The Holder may waive the conversion
limitation described in this Section 2.3, 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% .
3.3.
Mechanics of Holder’s Conversion .
(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
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