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 TERM
NOTE
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, 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 Thirty Four Million Five Hundred Thousand
Dollars ($34,500,000), 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 that
certain Security and Purchase Agreement dated as of the date hereof
by and between the Companies and the Holder (as amended, modified
and/or supplemented from time to time, the “ Security
Agreement ”).
The following terms shall apply to this
Secured Convertible Term Note (this “ Note
”):
ARTICLE I
CONTRACT RATE AND AMORTIZATION
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 this 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%).
1.3
Principal Payments
. Amortizing payments of the
aggregate principal amount outstanding under this Note at any time
(the “ Principal Amount ”) shall be made by the
Companies, on a joint and several basis, on November 1, 2005 and on
the first business day of each succeeding month thereafter through
and including the Maturity Date (each, an “ Amortization
Date ”). Subject to Article III below, commencing on the
first Amortization Date, the Companies shall, jointly and
severally, make monthly payments to the Holder on each Repayment
Date, according to the schedule below together with any accrued and
unpaid interest on such portion of the Principal Amount plus any
and all other unpaid amounts which are then owing under this Note,
the Security Agreement and/or any other Ancillary Agreement
(collectively, the “ Monthly Amount ”). Any
outstanding Principal Amount together with any accrued and unpaid
interest and any and all other unpaid amounts which are then owing
by the Companies to the Holder under this Note, the Security
Agreement and/or any other Ancillary Agreement shall be due and
payable, on a joint and several basis, on the Maturity
Date.
|
Month
|
Principal Portion of Monthly
Amount
|
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0 – 4
|
$0.0
|
|
5 – 12
|
$400,000
|
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13 – 24
|
$600,000
|
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25 – 36
|
$800,000
|
|
Maturity Date
|
$15,000,000
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ARTICLE II
CONVERSION AND REDEMPTION
2.1
Payment of Monthly
Amount.
(a)
Payment in Cash or Common
Stock . If the Monthly
Amount (or a portion of such Monthly Amount if not all of the
Monthly Amount may be converted into shares of Common Stock
pursuant to Section 3.2) is required to be paid in cash pursuant to
Section 2.1(b), then the Companies shall, on a joint and
several basis, pay the Holder an amount in cash equal to 103% of
the Monthly Amount (or such portion of such Monthly Amount to be
paid in cash) due and owing to the Holder on the Amortization Date.
If the Monthly Amount (or a portion of such Monthly Amount if
not all of the Monthly Amount may be converted into shares of
Common Stock pursuant to Section 3.2) is required to be paid in
shares of Common Stock pursuant to Section 2.1(b), the number of
such shares to be issued by the Parent to the Holder on such
Amortization Date (in respect of such portion of the Monthly Amount
converted into shares of Common Stock pursuant to Section 2.1(b)),
shall be the number determined by dividing (i) the portion of the
Monthly Amount converted into shares of Common Stock, by (ii) the
then applicable Fixed Conversion Price. For purposes hereof,
subject to Section 3.6 hereof, the initial “ Fixed
Conversion Price ” means twenty five cents
$0.25.
(b)
Monthly Amount Conversion
Conditions . Subject to
Sections 2.1(a), 2.2, and 3.2 hereof, the Holder shall convert
into shares of Common Stock all or a portion of the Monthly Amount
due on each Amortization Date if the following conditions (the
“ Conversion Criteria ”) are satisfied: (i) the
average closing price of the Common Stock as reported by Bloomberg,
L.P. on the Principal Market for the five (5) trading days
immediately preceding such Amortization Date shall be greater than
or equal to 120% of the Fixed Conversion Price and (ii) the amount
of such conversion does not exceed twenty five percent (25%) of the
aggregate dollar trading volume of the Common Stock for the period
of twenty-two (22) trading days immediately preceding such
Amortization Date. If subsection (i) of the Conversion Criteria is
met but subsection (ii) of the Conversion Criteria is not met as to
the entire Monthly Amount, the Holder shall convert only such part
of the Monthly Amount that meets subsection (ii) of the Conversion
Criteria. Any portion of the Monthly Amount due on an
Amortization Date that the Holder has not been able to convert into
shares of Common Stock due to the failure to meet the Conversion
Criteria, shall be paid in cash by the Company at the rate of 103%
of the Monthly Amount otherwise due on such Amortization Date,
within three (3) business days of such Amortization
Date.
2.2
No Effective Registration
. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary herein, none of the Companies obligations to the Holder
may be converted into Common Stock unless (a) either (i) an
effective current Registration Statement (as defined in the
Registration Rights Agreement) covering the shares of Common Stock
to be issued in connection with satisfaction of such obligations
exists or (ii) an exemption from registration for resale of all of
the Common Stock issued and issuable is available pursuant to Rule
144 of the Securities Act and (b) no Event of Default (as
hereinafter defined) exists and is continuing, unless such Event of
Default is cured within any applicable cure period or otherwise
waived in writing by the Holder.
2.3
Optional Redemption in Cash
. The Companies may prepay 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 outstanding at such time 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 Companies shall collectively 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) business 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 (as hereinafter
defined) or for conversions elected to be made by the Holder
pursuant to Section 3.3 during the Redemption Period. The
Redemption Amount shall be determined as if the 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 must be paid in good funds to the
Holder. In the event the Companies fail to pay the Redemption
Amount on the Redemption Payment Date as set forth herein, then
such Redemption Notice will be null and void.
ARTICLE III
HOLDER’S CONVERSION RIGHTS
3.1
Optional Conversion
. Subject to the terms set forth in
this Article III, the Holder shall have the right, but not the
obligation, to convert all or any portion of the issued and
outstanding Principal Amount and/or accrued interest and fees due
and payable into fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common
Stock at the Fixed Conversion Price. 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 issued and
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 Share
limitation described in this Section 3.2 shall automatically become
null and void following notice to the 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 a exceed
19.99% of the outstanding shares of Common StockNotwithstanding
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 Parent.
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 B hereto
(appropriate completed) (“ Notice of Conversion
”) to the Parent and such Notice of Conversion shall provide
a breakdown in reasonable detail of the Principal Amo