Exhibit 10.2
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 TO
THE HOLDER (IF REQUESTED BY THE COMPANY), IN A FORM REASONABLY
ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY, THAT REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER
SAID ACT OR (II) UNLESS SOLD OR ELIGIBLE TO BE 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. ANY TRANSFEREE OF THIS NOTE SHOULD CAREFULLY
REVIEW THE TERMS OF THIS NOTE, INCLUDING SECTIONS 3(c)(iii) AND
17(a) HEREOF. THE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT REPRESENTED BY THIS
NOTE AND, ACCORDINGLY, THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION
HEREOF MAY BE LESS THAN THE AMOUNTS SET FORTH ON THE FACE HEREOF
PURSUANT TO SECTION 3(c)(iii) OF THIS NOTE.
VALLEY
FORGE COMPOSITE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Senior
Secured Convertible Note
Issuance
Date: September 29, 2008
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Original
Principal Amount: U.S. $_____________
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FOR VALUE RECEIVED, Valley Forge Composite Technologies, Inc., a
Florida corporation (the “ Company ”), hereby
promises to pay to the order of [______________________], or
registered assigns (“ Holder ”) the amount set
out above as the Original Principal Amount (as reduced pursuant to
the terms hereof pursuant to redemption, conversion or otherwise,
the “ Principal ”) when due, whether upon the
Maturity Date (as defined below), acceleration, redemption or
otherwise (in each case in accordance with the terms hereof) and to
pay interest (“ Interest ”) on any outstanding
Principal at the applicable Interest Rate from the date set out
above as the Issuance Date (the “ Issuance Date
”) until the same becomes due and payable, whether upon an
Interest Date (as defined below) or the Maturity Date or
acceleration, conversion, redemption or otherwise (in each case in
accordance with the terms hereof). This Senior Secured Convertible
Note (including all Senior Secured Convertible Notes issued in
exchange, transfer or replacement hereof, this “ Note
”) is one of an issue of Senior Secured Convertible Notes
issued pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement on the Closing
Date (collectively, the “ Notes ” and such other
Senior Secured Convertible Notes, the “ Other
Notes ”). Certain capitalized terms used herein are
defined in Section 27.
1. PAYMENTS OF
PRINCIPAL . On the Maturity Date, the Company shall pay to the
Holder the outstanding Principal amount, together with any accrued
and unpaid Interest or accrued and unpaid Late Charges on Principal
and Interest. Other than as specifically permitted by
this Note, the Company may not prepay any portion of the
outstanding Principal, accrued and unpaid Interest or accrued and
unpaid Late Charges on Principal and Interest, if any.
2. INTEREST;
INTEREST RATE .
(a) Interest on this
Note shall commence accruing on the Issuance Date, shall accrue
daily at the Interest Rate on the outstanding Principal amount from
time to time, shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year
comprised of twelve (12) thirty (30) day months and shall be
payable in arrears for each Quarter on the first Business Day
immediately following the end of such Quarter during the period
beginning on the Issuance Date and ending on, and including, the
Maturity Date (each, an “ Interest Date
”), with the first Interest Date being October 1, 2008.
Interest shall be payable on each Interest Date to the record
holder of this Note on the applicable Interest Date, and to the
extent that any Principal amount of this Note is converted prior to
such Interest Date, accrued and unpaid Interest with respect to
such converted Principal amount and accrued and unpaid Late Charges
with respect to such Principal and Interest shall be paid on the
applicable Conversion Date (as defined below) to the record holder
of this Note, in cash or in shares of Common Stock at the Interest
Conversion Rate (as defined below), or a combination thereof;
provided , however , payment in shares of Common
Stock may only occur if during the fifteen (15) Business Days
immediately prior to the applicable Interest Date and through and
including the date such shares of Common Stock are issued to the
Holder, all of the Equity Conditions have been met and the Company
shall have given the Holder notice in accordance with the notice
requirements set forth below. From and after the
occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, the
Interest Rate shall be increased to sixteen percent (16%). In the
event that such Event of Default is subsequently cured, the
adjustment referred to in the preceding sentence shall cease to be
effective as of the date of such cure; provided that the
Interest as calculated and unpaid at such increased rate during the
continuance of such Event of Default shall continue to apply to the
extent relating to the days after the occurrence of such Event of
Default through and including the date of such cure of such Event
of Default.
(b) Subject to the
terms and conditions herein, the decision whether to pay interest
hereunder in cash or shares of Common Stock shall be at the
discretion of the Company. Not less than fifteen (15)
Business Days prior to each Interest Date, the Company shall
provide the Holder with written notice of its election to pay
interest hereunder either in cash or shares of Common Stock (the
Company may indicate in such notice that the election contained in
such notice shall continue for later periods until
revised). Within fifteen (15) Business Days prior to an
Interest Date, the Company’s election (whether specific to an
Interest Date or continuous) shall be irrevocable as to such
Interest Date. Subject to the aforementioned conditions,
failure to timely provide such written notice shall be deemed an
election by the Company to pay the interest on such Interest Date
in cash. Payment of interest in shares of Common Stock
shall otherwise occur pursuant to Section 3(c) and only for
purposes of the payment of interest in shares, the Interest Date
shall be deemed the Conversion Date. Interest shall
cease to accrue with respect to any principal amount converted,
provided that the Company in fact delivers the shares of Common
Stock within the time period required by Section
3(c)(ii). Except as otherwise provided herein, if at any
time the Company pays interest partially in cash and partially in
shares of Common Stock, then such payment shall be distributed
ratably among the Holders based upon the principal amount of the
Notes held by each Holder. Notwithstanding anything to
the contrary contained herein, if on any Interest Date the Company
has elected to pay interest in Common Stock and is not able to pay
accrued interest in the form of Common Stock because it does not
then satisfy the conditions for payment in the form of Common Stock
set forth above, then, at the option of the Holder, the Company, in
lieu of delivering either shares of Common Stock pursuant to this
Section 2 or paying the regularly scheduled cash interest payment,
shall deliver, within three (3) Business Days of each applicable
Interest Date, an amount in cash equal to the product of the number
of shares of Common Stock otherwise deliverable to the Holder in
connection with the payment of interest due on such Interest Date
and the highest VWAP during the period commencing on the Interest
Date and ending on the Business Day prior to the date such payment
is made.
3. CONVERSION OF
NOTES . This Note shall be convertible into shares of Common
Stock (as defined below), on the terms and conditions set forth in
this Section 3.
(a) Conversion
Right . Subject to the provisions of Section 3(d), at any time
or times on or after the Issuance Date, the Holder shall be
entitled to convert any portion of the outstanding and unpaid
Conversion Amount (as defined below) into fully paid and
non-assessable shares of Common Stock in accordance with Section
3(c), at the Conversion Rate (as defined below). The
Company shall not issue any fraction of a share of Common Stock
upon any conversion. If the issuance would result in the
issuance of a fraction of a share of Common Stock, the Company
shall round such fraction of a share of Common Stock up to the
nearest whole share. The Company shall pay any and all
transfer, stamp and similar taxes that may be payable with respect
to the issuance and delivery of Common Stock upon conversion of any
Conversion Amount.
(b) Conversion
Rate . The number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon
conversion of any Conversion Amount pursuant to Section 3(a) shall
be determined by dividing (x) such Conversion Amount by (y) the
Conversion Price (the “ Conversion Rate
”).
(i) “
Conversion Amount ” means the portion of the Principal
to be converted, redeemed or otherwise with respect to which this
determination is being made.
(ii) “
Conversion Price ” means, as of any Conversion Date or
other date of determination, $.35, subject to adjustment as
provided herein.
(c) Mechanics of
Conversion .
(i) Optional
Conversion . To convert any Conversion Amount into shares of
Common Stock on any date (a “ Conversion Date
”), the Holder shall (A) transmit by facsimile (or otherwise
deliver), for receipt on or prior to 11:59 p.m., New York time, on
such date, a copy of an executed notice of conversion in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit I (the “ Conversion
Notice ”) to the Company and (B) if required by Section
3(c)(iii), surrender this Note to a nationally recognized overnight
delivery service for delivery to the Company (or an indemnification
undertaking with respect to this Note in the case of its loss,
theft or destruction). On or before the first (1
st ) Trading Day following the date of receipt of a
Conversion Notice, the Company shall transmit by facsimile an
acknowledgment of confirmation of receipt of such Conversion Notice
to the Holder and the Company’s transfer agent (the “
Transfer Agent ”). On or before the third (3
rd ) Trading Day following the date of receipt of a
Conversion Notice (the “ Share Delivery Date
”), the Company shall (1) provided that the Transfer Agent is
participating in The Depository Trust Company’s (“
DTC ”) Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program,
credit such aggregate number of shares of Common Stock to which the
Holder shall be entitled to the Holder’s or its
designee’s balance account with DTC through its Deposit
Withdrawal Agent Commission system or (Y) if the Transfer Agent is
not participating in the DTC Fast Automated Securities Transfer
Program, issue and deliver (via reputable overnight courier) to the
address as specified in the Conversion Notice, a certificate,
registered in the name of the Holder or its designee, for the
number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder shall be
entitled; and (2) pay to the Holder in cash an amount equal to the
accrued and unpaid Interest on the Conversion Amount up to and
including the Conversion Date, including accrued and unpaid Late
Charges with respect to such Conversion Amount and Interest. If
this Note is physically surrendered for conversion as required by
Section 3(c)(iii) and the outstanding Principal of this Note is
greater than the Principal portion of the Conversion Amount being
converted, then the Company shall as soon as practicable and in no
event later than three (3) Business Days after receipt of this Note
and at its own expense, issue and deliver to the Holder (or its
designee) a new Note (in accordance with Section 17(d))
representing the outstanding Principal not converted. The Person or
Persons entitled to receive the shares of Common Stock issuable
upon a conversion of this Note shall be treated for all purposes as
the record holder or holders of such shares of Common Stock on the
Conversion Date. In the event of a partial conversion of this Note
pursuant hereto, the Principal amount converted shall be deducted
as set forth in the Conversion Notice.
(ii) Company’s
Failure to Timely Convert . If the Company shall fail, for any
reason or for no reason, to issue to the Holder within three (3)
Trading Days after the Company’s receipt of a facsimile copy
of a Conversion Notice, a certificate for the number of shares of
Common Stock to which the Holder is entitled and register such
shares of Common Stock on the Company’s share register or to
credit the Holder’s or its designee’s balance account
with DTC for such number of shares of Common Stock to which the
Holder is entitled upon the Holder’s conversion of any
Conversion Amount (as the case may be) (a “ Conversion
Failure ”), then, in addition to all other remedies
available to the Holder, (1) the Company shall pay in cash to the
Holder on each day after such third (3 rd )
Trading Day that the issuance of such shares of Common Stock is not
timely effected an amount equal to 2% of the product of (A) the sum
of the number of shares of Common Stock not issued to the Holder on
a timely basis and to which the Holder is entitled and (B) the
Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock on the Trading Day
immediately preceding the last possible date which the Company
could have issued such shares of Common Stock to the Holder without
violating Section 3(c)(i) and (2) the Holder, upon written notice
to the Company, may void its Conversion Notice with respect to, and
retain or have returned (as the case may be) any portion of this
Note that has not been converted pursuant to such Conversion
Notice; provided that the voiding of a Conversion Notice
shall not affect the Company’s obligations to make any
payments which have accrued prior to the date of such notice
pursuant to this Section 3(c)(ii) or otherwise. In addition to the
foregoing, if within three (3) Trading Days after the
Company’s receipt of the facsimile copy of a Conversion
Notice, the Company shall fail to issue and deliver a certificate
to the Holder and register such shares of Common Stock on the
Company’s share register or credit the Holder’s or its
designee’s balance account with DTC for the number of shares
of Common Stock to which the Holder is entitled upon the
Holder’s conversion hereunder (as the case may be), and if on
or after such third (3 rd )
Trading Day the Holder purchases (in an open market transaction or
otherwise) shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a
sale by the Holder of shares of Common Stock issuable upon such
conversion that the Holder anticipated receiving from the Company
(a “ Buy-In ”), then the Company shall, within
three (3) Business Days after the Holder’s request and in the
Holder’s discretion, either (i) pay cash to the Holder in an
amount equal to the Holder’s total purchase price (including
brokerage commissions and other out-of-pocket expenses, if any) for
the shares of Common Stock so purchased (the “ Buy-In
Price ”), at which point the Company’s obligation
to deliver such certificate (and to issue such shares of Common
Stock) shall terminate, or (ii) promptly honor its obligation to
deliver to the Holder a certificate or certificates representing
such shares of Common Stock or credit the Holder’s balance
account with DTC for the number of shares of Common Stock to which
the Holder is entitled upon the Holder’s conversion hereunder
(as the case may be) and pay cash to the Holder in an amount equal
to the excess (if any) of the Buy-In Price over the product of (A)
such number of shares of Common Stock times (B) the Closing Sale
Price of the Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately preceding
the Conversion Date.
(iii) Book-Entry
. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, upon
conversion of any portion of this Note in accordance with the terms
hereof, the Holder shall not be required to physically surrender
this Note to the Company unless (A) the full Conversion Amount
represented by this Note is being converted or (B) the Holder has
provided the Company with prior written notice (which notice may be
included in a Conversion Notice) requesting reissuance of this Note
upon physical surrender of this Note. The Holder and the Company
shall maintain records showing the Principal, Interest and Late
Charges converted and/or paid (as the case may be) and the dates of
such conversions and/or payments (as the case may be) or shall use
such other method, reasonably satisfactory to the Holder and the
Company, so as not to require physical surrender of this Note upon
conversion.
(iv) Pro Rata
Conversion; Disputes . In the event that the Company receives a
Conversion Notice from more than one holder of Notes for the same
Conversion Date and the Company can convert some, but not all, of
such portions of the Notes submitted for conversion, the Company,
subject to Section 3(d), shall convert from each holder of Notes
electing to have Notes converted on such date a pro rata amount of
such holder’s portion of its Notes submitted for conversion
based on the principal amount of Notes submitted for conversion on
such date by such holder relative to the aggregate principal amount
of all Notes submitted for conversion on such date. In the event of
a dispute as to the number of shares of Common Stock issuable to
the Holder in connection with a conversion of this Note, the
Company shall issue to the Holder the number of shares of Common
Stock not in dispute and resolve such dispute in accordance with
Section 22.
(d) Limitations on
Conversions .
(i) Beneficial
Ownership . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained
in this Note, this Note shall not be convertible by the Holder
hereof, and the Company shall not effect any conversion of this
Note or otherwise issue any shares of Common Stock to the extent
(but only to the extent) that, if after giving effect to such
conversion, the Holder or any of its affiliates would beneficially
own in excess of 9.99% (the “ Maximum Percentage
”) of the outstanding shares of Common Stock
immediately after giving effect to such conversion. To the extent
the above limitation applies, the determination of whether this
Note shall be convertible (vis-à-vis other convertible,
exercisable or exchangeable securities owned by the Holder) shall,
subject to such Maximum Percentage limitation, be determined on the
basis of the first submission to the Company for conversion,
exercise or exchange (as the case may be). No prior inability to
convert this Note, or to issue shares of Common Stock, pursuant to
this paragraph shall have any effect on the applicability of the
provisions of this paragraph with respect to any subsequent
determination of convertibility. For purposes of this paragraph,
beneficial ownership and all determinations and calculations
(including, without limitation, with respect to calculations of
percentage ownership) shall be determined by the Holder in
accordance with Section 13(d) of the 1934 Act (as defined in the
Securities Purchase Agreement) and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder. The provisions of this paragraph shall be
implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with
the terms of this paragraph to correct this paragraph (or any
portion hereof) which may be defective or inconsistent with the
intended Maximum Percentage beneficial ownership limitation herein
contained or to make changes or supplements necessary or desirable
to properly give effect to such Maximum Percentage limitation. The
limitations contained in this paragraph shall apply to a successor
Holder of this Note. For any reason at any time, upon the written
or oral request of the Holder, the Company shall within one (1)
Business Day confirm orally and in writing to the Holder the number
of shares of Common Stock then outstanding, including by virtue of
any prior conversion or exercise of convertible or exercisable
securities into Common Stock, including, without limitation,
pursuant to this Note or securities issued pursuant to the
Securities Purchase Agreement. Each delivery of a
Conversion Notice by the Holder will constitute a representation by
the Holder that it has evaluated the limitation set forth in this
paragraph and determined that issuance of the full number of
Conversion Shares requested by the Holder in such Conversion Notice
is permitted under this paragraph.
4. RIGHTS UPON
EVENT OF DEFAULT .
(a) Event of
Default . Each of the following events shall
constitute an “ Event of Default ”:
(i) the
suspension from trading or failure of the
Common Stock to be listed on an Eligible Market for a period of
five (5) consecutive days or for more than an aggregate of ten (10)
days in any 365-day period;
(ii) the
Company’s (A) failure to cure a Conversion Failure by
delivery of the required number of shares of Common Stock within
five (5) Trading Days after the applicable Conversion Date or (B)
notice, written or oral, to any holder of the Notes, including,
without limitation, by way of public announcement or through any of
its agents, at any time, of its intention not to comply with a
request for conversion of any Notes into shares of Common Stock
that is requested in accordance with the provisions of the Notes,
other than pursuant to Section 3(d);
(iii) at any time
following the tenth (10 th )
consecutive day that the Holder’s Authorized Share Allocation
is less than the number of shares of Common Stock that the Holder
would be entitled to receive upon a conversion of the full
Conversion Amount of this Note (without regard to any limitations
on conversion set forth in Section 3(d) or otherwise);
(iv) the
Company’s or any Subsidiary’s failure to pay to the
Holder any amount of Principal, Interest, Late Charges or other
amounts when and as due under this Note (including, without
limitation, the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s failure
to pay any redemption payments or amounts hereunder) or any other
Transaction Document (as defined in the Securities Purchase
Agreement) or any other agreement, document, certificate or other
instrument delivered in connection with the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby to which the Holder is a party,
except, in the case of a failure to pay Interest and Late Charges
when and as due, in which case only if such failure remains uncured
for a period of at least five (5) Trading Days;
(v) the Company fails
to remove any restrictive legend on any certificate or any shares
of Common Stock issued to the Holder upon conversion or exercise
(as the case may be) of any Securities acquired by the Holder under
the Securities Purchase Agreement (including this Note) as and when
required by such Securities or the Securities Purchase Agreement,
unless otherwise then prohibited by applicable federal securities
laws, and any such remains uncured for at least five (5) Trading
Days;
(vi) the occurrence of
any default under, redemption of or acceleration prior to maturity
of any Indebtedness (as defined in the Securities Purchase
Agreement) of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, other than
with respect to (A) Permitted Senior Indebtedness and (B) any Other
Notes;
(vii) bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization or liquidation proceedings or other
proceedings for the relief of debtors shall be instituted by or
against the Company or any Subsidiary and, if instituted against
the Company or any Subsidiary by a third party, shall not be
dismissed within thirty (30) days of their initiation;
(viii) the commencement
by the Company or any Subsidiary of a voluntary case or proceeding
under any applicable federal, state or foreign bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or of any other
case or proceeding to be adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent, or
the consent by it to the entry of a decree, order, judgment or
other similar document in respect of the Company or any Subsidiary
in an involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable federal,
state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other
similar law or to the commencement of any bankruptcy or insolvency
case or proceeding against it, or the filing by it of a petition or
answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief under any
applicable federal, state or foreign law, or the consent by it to
the filing of such petition or to the appointment of or taking
possession by a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee,
sequestrator or other similar official of the Company or any
Subsidiary or of any substantial part of its property, or the
making by it of an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the
execution of a composition of debts, or the occurrence of any other
similar federal, state or foreign proceeding, or the admission by
it in writing of its inability to pay its debts generally as they
become due, the taking of corporate action by the Company or any
Subsidiary in furtherance of any such action or the taking of any
action by any Person to commence a UCC foreclosure sale or any
other similar action under federal, state or foreign
law;
(ix) the entry by a
court of (i) a decree, order, judgment or other similar document in
respect of the Company or any Subsidiary of a voluntary or
involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable federal, state
or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar
law or (ii) a decree, order, judgment or other similar document
adjudging the Company or any Subsidiary as bankrupt or insolvent,
or approving as properly filed a petition seeking liquidation,
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in
respect of the Company or any Subsidiary under any applicable
federal, state or foreign law or (iii) a decree, order, judgment or
other similar document appointing a custodian, receiver,
liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar
official of the Company or any Subsidiary or of any substantial
part of its property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of
its affairs, and the continuance of any such decree, order,
judgment or other similar document or any such other decree, order,
judgment or other similar document unstayed and in effect for a
period of thirty (30) consecutive days;
(x) a final judgment
or judgments for the payment of money aggregating in excess of
$250,000 are rendered against the Company and/or any of its
Subsidiaries and which judgments are not, within thirty (30) days
after the entry thereof, bonded, discharged or stayed pending
appeal, or are not discharged within thirty (30) days after the
expiration of such stay; provided , however , that
any judgment which is covered by insurance or an indemnity from a
credit worthy party shall not be included in calculating the
$250,000 amount set forth above so long as the Company provides the
Holder a written statement from such insurer or indemnity provider
(which written statement shall be reasonably satisfactory to the
Holder) to the effect that such judgment is covered by insurance or
an indemnity and the Company or such Subsidiary (as the case may
be) will receive the proceeds of such insurance or indemnity within
thirty (30) days of the issuance of such judgment;
(xi) the Company and/or
any Subsidiary, individually or in the aggregate, either (i) fails
to pay, when due, or within any applicable grace period, any
payment with respect to any Indebtedness in excess of $250,000 due
to any third party, other than, with respect to unsecured
Indebtedness only, payments contested by the Company and/or such
Subsidiary (as the case may be) in good faith by proper proceedings
and with respect to which adequate reserves have been set aside for
the payment thereof in accordance with GAAP, or otherwise be in
breach or violation of any agreement for monies owed or owing in an
amount in excess of $250,000, which breach or violation permits the
other party thereto to declare a default or otherwise accelerate
amounts due thereunder, or (ii) suffer to exist any other
circumstance or event that would, with or without the passage of
time or the giving of notice, result in a default or event of
default under any agreement binding the Company or any Subsidiary,
which default or event of default would or is likely to have a
material adverse effect on the business, assets, operations
(including results thereof), liabilities, properties, condition
(including financial condition) or prospects of the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries, individually or in the aggregate;
(xii) the Company or any
Subsidiary materially breaches any representation, warranty,
covenant or other term or condition of any Transaction Document,
except, in the case of a breach of a covenant of any Transaction
Document which is curable, only if such breach remains uncured for
a period of at least five (5) Trading Days;
(xiii) any material
breach or failure in any respect by the Company or any Subsidiary
to comply with any provision of Section 12 of this Note;
or
(xiv) any Event of
Default (as defined in the Other Notes or the Prior Notes) occurs
with respect to any Other Notes or Prior Notes.
(b) Redemption
Right . Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default with respect
to this Note or any Other Note, the Company shall within one (1)
Business Day deliver written notice thereof via facsimile and
overnight courier (with next day delivery specified) (an “
Event of Default Notice ”) to the Holder. At any time
after the earlier of the Holder’s receipt of an Event of
Default Notice and the Holder becoming aware of an Event of
Default, the Holder may require the Company to redeem all or any
portion of this Note by delivering written notice thereof (the
“ Event of Default Redemption Notice ”) to the
Company, which Event of Default Redemption Notice shall indicate
the portion of this Note the Holder is electing to redeem. Each
portion of this Note subject to redemption by the Company pursuant
to this Section 4(b) shall be redeemed by the Company at a price
equal to the greater of (i) the product of (A) the sum of the
Conversion Amount to be redeemed together with accrued and unpaid
Interest with respect to such Conversion Amount and accrued and
unpaid Late Charges with respect to such Conversion Amount and
Interest and (B) the Redemption Premium and (ii) the product of (X)
the Conversion Rate with respect to such sum of the Conversion
Amount together with accrued and unpaid Interest with respect to
such Conversion Amount and accrued and unpaid Late Charges with
respect to such Conversion Amount and Interest in effect at such
time as the Holder delivers an Event of Default Redemption Notice
and (Y) the product of (1) the Equity Value Redemption Premium and
(2) the greater of (I) the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock
on the date immediately preceding such Event of Default, (II) the
Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock on the date immediately
after such Event of Default and (III) the Closing Sale Price of the
Common Stock on the date the Holder delivers the Event of Default
Redemption Notice (the “ Event of Default
Redemption Price ”). Redemptions required by this
Section 4(b) shall be made in accordance with the provisions of
Section 10. To the extent redemptions required by this Section 4(b)
are deemed or determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be
prepayments of the Note by the Company, such redemptions shall be
deemed to be voluntary prepayments. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary in this Section 4, but subject to Section 3(d), until the
Event of Default Redemption Price (together with any interest
thereon) is paid in full, the Conversion Amount submitted for
redemption under this Section 4(b) (together with any interest
thereon) may be converted, in whole or in part, by the Holder into
Common Stock pursuant to Section 3. In the event of a partial
redemption of this Note pursuant hereto, the Principal amount
redeemed shall be deducted as set forth in the Event of Default
Redemption Notice. The parties hereto agree that in the event of
the Company’s redemption of any portion of the Note under
this Section 4(b), the Holder’s damages would be uncertain
and difficult to estimate because of the parties’ inability
to predict future interest rates and the uncertainty of the
availability of a suitable substitute investment opportunity for
the Holder. Accordingly, any redemption premium due under this
Section 4(b) is intended by the parties to be, and shall be deemed,
a reasonable estimate of the Holder’s actual loss of its
investment opportunity and not as a penalty.
5. RIGHTS UPON
FUNDAMENTAL TRANSACTION .
(a) Assumption
. The Company shall not enter into or be party to a Fundamental
Transaction unless (i) the Successor Entity assumes in writing
all of the obligations of the Company under this Note and the other
Transaction Documents in accordance with the provisions of this
Section 5(a) pursuant to written agreements in form and substance
satisfactory to the Holder and approved by the Holder prior to such
Fundamental Transaction, including agreements to deliver to each
holder of Notes in exchange for such Notes a security of the
Successor Entity evidenced by a written instrument substantially
similar in form and substance to the Notes, including, without
limitation, having a principal amount and interest rate equal to
the principal amounts then outstanding and the interest rates of
the Notes held by such holder, having similar conversion rights as
the Notes and having similar ranking to the Notes, and satisfactory
to the Holder and (ii) the Successor Entity (including its
Parent Entity) is a publicly traded corporation whose common stock
is quoted on or listed for trading on an Eligible Market. Upon the
occurrence of any Fundamental Transaction, the Successor Entity
shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after
the date of such Fundamental Transaction, the provisions of this
Note and the other Transaction Documents referring to the
“Company” shall refer instead to the Successor Entity),
and may exercise every right and power of the Company and shall
assume all of the obligations of the Company under this Note and
the other Transaction Documents with the same effect as if such
Successor Entity had been named as the Company herein. Upon
consummation of the Fundamental Transaction, the Successor Entity
shall deliver to the Holder confirmation that there shall be issued
upon conversion or redemption of this Note at any time after the
consummation of the Fundamental Transaction, in lieu of the shares
of the Company’s Common Stock (or other securities, cash,
assets or other property (except such items still issuable under
Section 6, which shall continue to be receivable thereafter)
issuable upon the conversion or redemption of the Notes prior to
such Fundamental Transaction, such shares of the publicly traded
common stock (or their equivalent) of the Successor Entity
(including its Parent Entity) which the Holder would have been
entitled to receive upon the happening of such Fundamental
Transaction had this Note been converted immediately prior to such
Fundamental Transaction (without regard to any limitations on the
conversion of this Note), as adjusted in accordance with the
provisions of this Note. The provisions of this Section shall apply
similarly and equally to successive Fundamental Transactions and
shall be applied without regard to any limitations on the
conversion of this Note.
(b) Redemption
Right . No sooner than twenty (20) Trading Days nor later than
ten (10) Trading Days prior to the consummation of a Fundamental
Transaction, but not prior to the public announcement of such
Fundamental Transaction, the Company shall deliver written notice
thereof via facsimile and overnight courier to the Holder (a
“ Fundamental Transaction Notice ”). At
any time during the period beginning after the Holder’s
receipt of a Fundamental Transaction Notice and ending on the later
of twenty (20) Trading Days after (A) consummation of such
Fundamental Transaction or (B) the date of receipt of such
Fundamental Transaction Notice, the Holder may require the Company
to redeem all or any portion of this Note by delivering written
notice thereof (“ Fundamental Transaction Redemption
Notice ”) to the Company, which Fundamental Transaction
Redemption Notice shall indicate the Conversion Amount the Holder
is electing to redeem. The portion of this Note subject
to redemption pursuant to this Section 5 shall be redeemed by the
Company in cash at a price equal to the greater of (i) the sum of
(x) the product of the Fundamental Transaction Redemption Premium
and the Conversion Amount being redeemed and (y) the amount of any
accrued but unpaid Interest on such Conversion Amount being
redeemed and accrued and unpaid Late Charges, if any, with respect
to such Conversion Amount and Interest through the date of such
redemption payment and (ii) the product of (x) the Equity Value
Redemption Premium and (y) the sum of (1) the product of (A) the
Conversion Amount being redeemed multiplied by (B) the quotient
determined by dividing (I) the aggregate cash consideration and the
aggregate cash value of any non-cash consideration per share of
Common Stock to be paid to the holders of the shares of Common
Stock upon consummation of the Fundamental Transaction (any such
non-cash consideration to be valued at the higher of the Closing
Sale Price of such securities as of the Trading Day immediately
prior to the consummation of such Fundamental Transaction, the
Closing Sale Price on the Trading Day immediately following the
public announcement of such proposed Fundamental Transaction and
the Closing Sale Price on the Trading Day immediately prior to the
public announcement of such proposed Fundamental Transaction) by
(II) the Conversion Price plus (2) the amount of any accrued but
unpaid Interest on such Conversion Amount being redeemed and
accrued and unpaid Late Charges, if any, with respect to such
Conversion Amount and Interest through the date of such redemption
payment, (the “ Fundamental Transaction Redemption
Price ”). Redemptions required by this Section
5 shall be made in accordance with the provisions of Section 10 and
shall have priority to payments to stockholders in connection with
a Fundamental Transaction. To the extent redemptions required by
this Section 5(b) are deemed or determined by a court of competent
jurisdiction to be prepayments of the Note by the Company, such
redemptions shall be deemed to be voluntary prepayments.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 5, but
subject to Section 3(d), until the Fundamental Transaction
Redemption Price (together with any interest thereon) is paid in
full, the Conversion Amount submitted for redemption under this
Section 5(b) (together with any interest thereon) may be converted,
in whole or in part, by the Holder into Common Stock pursuant to
Section 3. In the event of a partial redemption of this Note
pursuant hereto, the Principal amount redeemed shall be deducted as
set forth in the Fundamental Transaction Redemption Notice. The
parties hereto agree that in the event of the Company’s
redemption of any portion of the Note under this Section 5(b), the
Holder’s damages would be uncertain and difficult to estimate
because of the parties’ inability to predict future interest
rates and the uncertainty of the availability of a suitable
substitute investment opportunity for the Holder. Accordingly, any
redemption premium due under this Section 5(b) is intended by the
parties to be, and shall be deemed, a reasonable estimate of the
Holder’s actual loss of its investment opportunity and not as
a penalty.
6. RIGHTS UPON
ISSUANCE OF PURCHASE RIGHTS AND OTHER CORPORATE EVENTS
.
(a) Purchase
Rights . In addition to any adjustments pursuant to Section 7
below, if at any time the Company grants, issues or sells any
Options, Convertible Securities or rights to purchase stock,
warrants, securities or other property pro rata to the record
holders of any class of Common Stock (the “ Purchase
Rights ”), then the Holder will be entitled to acquire,
upon the terms applicable to such Purchase Rights, the aggregate
Purchase Rights which the Holder could have acquired if the Holder
had held the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon
complete conversion of this Note (without taking into account any
limitations or restrictions on the convertibility of this Note)
immediately before the date on which a record is taken for the
grant, issuance or sale of such Purchase Rights, or, if no such
record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of Common
Stock are to be determined for the grant, issue or sale of such
Purchase Rights ( provided , however , that to the
extent that the Holder’s right to participate in any such
Purchase Right would result in the Holder exceeding the Maximum
Percentage, then the Holder shall not be entitled to participate in
such Purchase Right to such extent (or beneficial ownership of such
shares of Common Stock as a result of such Purchase Right to such
extent) and such Purchase Right to such extent shall be held in
abeyance for the Holder until such time, if ever, as its right
thereto would not result in the Holder exceeding the Maximum
Percentage).
(b) Other Corporate
Events . In addition to and not in substitution for any other
rights hereunder, prior to the consummation of any Fundamental
Transaction pursuant to which holders of shares of Common Stock are
entitled to receive securities or other assets with respect to or
in exchange for shares of Common Stock (a “ Corporate
Event ”), the Company shall make appropriate provision to
insure that the Holder will thereafter have the right to receive
upon a conversion of this Note (i) in addition to the shares of
Common Stock receivable upon such conversion, such securities or
other assets to which the Holder would have been entitled with
respect to such shares of Common Stock had such shares of Common
Stock been held by the Holder upon the consummation of such
Corporate Event (without taking into account any limitations or
restrictions on the convertibility of this Note) or (ii) in lieu of
the shares of Common Stock otherwise receivable upon such
conversion, such securities or other assets received by the holders
of shares of Common Stock in connection with the consummation of
such Corporate Event in such amounts as the Holder would have been
entitled to receive had this Note initially been issued with
conversion rights for the form of such consideration (as opposed to
shares of Common Stock) at a conversion rate for such consideration
commensurate with the Conversion Rate. The provisions of this
Section shall apply similarly and equally to successive Corporate
Events and shall be applied without regard to any limitations on
the conversion or redemption of this Note.
7. RIGHTS UPON
ISSUANCE OF OTHER SECURITIES .
(a) Adjustment of
Conversion Price upon Issuance of Common Stock . If
and whenever from and after the Subscription Date and to and
through the date that is two (2) years after the Subscription Date,
the Company issues or sells, or in accordance with this Section
7(a) is deemed to have issued or sold, any shares of Common Stock
(including the issuance or sale of shares of Common Stock owned or
held by or for the account of the Company, but excluding any
Excluded Securities (as defined in the Securities Purchase
Agreement) issued or sold or deemed to have been issued or sold)
for a consideration per share (the “ New Issuance
Price ”) less than a price equal to the Conversion Price
in effect immediately prior to such issue or sale or deemed
issuance
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