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 AND THE COMMON
SHARES ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION OF THIS NOTE UNDER SAID ACT AND ANY
APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL
REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO HOUSE OF BRUSSELS CHOCOLATES INC. THAT
SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED.
SECURED CONVERTIBLE TERM
NOTE
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, HOUSE OF BRUSSELS CHOCOLATES
INC., a Nevada corporation (the “ Company
”), 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, on order, the sum of
Three Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($3,500,000), together
with any accrued and unpaid interest hereon, on March 29, 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
Securities Purchase Agreement dated as of the date hereof by and
between the Company and the Holder (as amended, modified and
supplemented from time to time, the “ Purchase
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%)
(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 be less than six percent
(6%).
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 Company shall
have registered the shares of the Common Stock underlying the
conversion of this Note and each Warrant 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%) 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
be less than zero percent (0%). Interest shall be (i) calculated on
the basis of a 360 day year, and (ii) payable monthly, in arrears,
commencing on April 1, 2005 and on the first business day of each
consecutive calendar month thereafter until the Maturity Date (and
on the Maturity Date), whether by acceleration or
otherwise.
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 Company on August 1, 2005 and on the first business day
of each succeeding month thereafter until the Maturity Date (each,
an “ Amortization Date ”). Subject to
Article III below, commencing on the first Amortization Date, the
Company shall make monthly payments to the Holder on each Repayment
Date, each such payment in the amount of $109,375.00 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 Purchase Agreement and/or any other Related
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 Company to the Holder under
this Note, the Purchase Agreement and/or any other Related
Agreement shall be due and payable on the Maturity Date.
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 Company shall pay the Holder an
amount in cash equal to 102% of the Monthly Amount 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
Company 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 $0.88.
(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 110% of the Fixed Conversion Price and
(ii) the amount of such conversion does not exceed thirty five
percent (35%) 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 102% 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
Company’s 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 Company may
prepay this Note (“ Optional Redemption
”) by paying to the Holder a sum of money equal to one
hundred twenty percent (120%) 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 Purchase Agreement or any other
Related 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 seven (7) 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 Company fails 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 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 outstanding shares
of Common Stock and (ii) the number of shares of Common Stock
beneficially owned by the Holder and issuable to the Holder upon
exercise of the Warrants. 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 without any
notice to the Company upon the occurrence and during the
continuance of an Event of Default, or upon 75 days prior notice to
the 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 (“
Notice of Conversion ”) to the Company 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 Company within two (2) business days
after the Conversion Date. Each date on which a Notice of
Conversion is delivered or telecopied to the Company in accordance
with the provisions hereof shall be deemed a Conversion Date (the
“ Conversion Date ”). A form of Notice
of Conversion is annexed hereto as Exhibit A . Pursuant to
the terms of the Notice of Conversion, the Company 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 Company 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
Company 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 Company of the Notice of Conversion. The
Holder shall be treated for all purposes as the record holder of
the Conversion Shares, unless the Holder provides the Company
written instructions to the contrary.
3.4
Late Payments
. The Company understands that a
delay in the delivery of the Conversion Shares in the form required
pursuant to this Article beyond the Delivery Date could result in
economic loss to the Holder. As compensation to the Holder for such
loss, the Company shall pay late payments to the Holder for any
late issuance of Conversion Shares in the form required pursuant to
this Article II upon conversion of this Note, in the amount equal
to $500 per business day after the Delivery Date. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the Company will not owe the Holder any late
payments if the delay in the delivery of the Conversion Shares
beyond the Delivery Date is solely out of the control of the
Company and the Company is actively trying to cure the cause of the
delay. The Company shall make any payments incurred under this
Section in immediately available funds upon demand.