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Exhibit
10.10
THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED
HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933,
AS AMENDED (THE “ACT”) OR ANY APPLICABLE STATE
SECURITIES LAWS, AND MAY NOT BE SOLD, TRANSFERRED, ASSIGNED OR
HYPOTHECATED UNLESS THERE IS AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER SUCH ACT OR ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS COVERING
SUCH SECURITIES OR THE SALE IS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH AN EXEMPTION
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS,
AND THE COMPANY RECEIVES AN OPINION OF COUNSEL FOR THE HOLDER OF
THESE SECURITIES REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY STATING
THAT SUCH SALE, TRANSFER, ASSIGNMENT OR HYPOTHECATION IS EXEMPT
FROM THE REGISTRATION AND PROSPECTUS DELIVERY REQUIREMENTS OF SUCH
ACT AND ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS.
SENIOR SECURED CONVERTIBLE
PROMISSORY NOTE
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$15,000,000.00
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Date: November 16, 2001 |
FOR VALUE RECEIVED ,
the undersigned, TRX, Inc. , a Georgia corporation (the
“Company”), promises to pay to the order of Sabre
Investments, Inc. (the “Holder”) at the offices of
Holder located at 3150 Sabre Drive, Southlake, Texas 76092-2129, or
at such other place as the Holder may designate in writing to the
undersigned, in lawful money of the United States of America, and
in immediately available funds, the principal sum of FIFTEEN
MILLION DOLLARS ($15,000,000.00) (the “Principal
Amount”), together with interest on the principal sum hereof
from time to time outstanding hereunder (computed on the basis of a
360-day year for the actual number of days elapsed) from the date
hereof until paid in full at a per annum rate equal to seven
percent (7%).
1.1 This Note is the Note
referred to in that certain Senior Secured Convertible Note
Purchase Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and between the
Company and Holder (the “Note Purchase
Agreement”).
1.2 The principal balance
shall be payable on November 30, 2006 (“Maturity
Date”), subject to the right of the Holder to demand earlier
payment of a portion of such principal balance upon the conditions
set forth in Exhibit A attached hereto and incorporated
herein. The principal balance under this Note shall not be repaid
prior to the Maturity Date without the prior written consent of the
Holder.
1.3 Interest will be paid
semi-annually, in arrears, with the first installment of interest
due on May 30, 2002 and each subsequent interest payment due on six
month anniversary of such date (unless such date is not a business
day in which case the payment is due on the next succeeding
business day) and on any other date on which the principal balance
is due (whether by acceleration, maturity or otherwise) until the
principal amount of this Note is paid in full.
1.4 Interest shall accrue on
any amount past due hereunder at a rate equal to three percent (3%)
per annum in excess of the interest rate otherwise payable
hereunder. All such interest shall be due and payable on
demand.
1.5 In no event shall the
amount of interest due or payable under this Note exceed the
maximum rate of interest allowed by applicable law and, in the
event any such payment is inadvertently paid by the undersigned or
inadvertently received by the Holder, then such excess sum shall be
credited as a payment of principal, unless the undersigned shall
notify the Holder in writing that the undersigned elects to have
such excess sum returned to it forthwith. It is the express intent
of the parties hereto that the
undersigned not pay and the Holder not
receive, directly or indirectly, in any manner whatsoever, interest
in excess of that which may be lawfully paid by the undersigned
under applicable law.
1.6 THE COMPANY, AND THE
HOLDER BY ACCEPTING THIS NOTE, EACH AGREE AND STIPULATE THAT THE
ONLY CHARGE IMPOSED UPON THE UNDERSIGNED FOR THE USE OF MONEY IN
CONNECTION WITH THIS NOTE IS AND SHALL BE THE INTEREST DESCRIBED IN
THE FIRST PARAGRAPH HEREOF, AND FURTHER AGREE AND STIPULATE THAT
ALL OTHER CHARGES IMPOSED BY THE HOLDER ON THE COMPANY IN
CONNECTION WITH THIS NOTE, ALL DEFAULT CHARGES, LATE CHARGES, AND
REASONABLE ATTORNEYS’ FEES, ARE CHARGES MADE TO COMPENSATE
THE HOLDERS FOR UNDERWRITING OR ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AND COSTS
OR LOSSES PERFORMED OR INCURRED, AND TO BE PERFORMED OR INCURRED,
BY THE HOLDER IN CONNECTION WITH THIS NOTE AND SHALL UNDER NO
CIRCUMSTANCES BE DEEMED TO BE CHARGES FOR THE USE OF MONEY PURSUANT
TO OFFICIAL CODE OF GEORGIA ANNOTATED SECTION 7-4-2 OR SECTION
7-4-18. ALL CHARGES OTHER THAN CHARGES FOR THE USE OF MONEY SHALL
BE FULLY EARNED AND NONREFUNDABLE WHEN DUE.
2.1 Subject to the provisions
of this Section, at the option of the Holder, all of the
outstanding principal amount plus any accrued and due but unpaid
interest under this Note may be converted, in whole, at any time on
or before the Maturity Date, into shares of the Company’s
common stock, $.01 par value per share (the “Common
Stock”), at the Conversion Price, determined as provided
below, provided, however , if prior to such conversion the
Company shall issue any other class or series of capital stock (the
“Senior Stock”), Holder, at its option, may elect to
convert all of the outstanding principal amount plus any accrued
and due but unpaid interest under this Note into shares of the
Senior Stock on the terms and conditions as set forth
herein.
2.2 Upon conversion of this
Note, the Holder shall be entitled to receive one share of Common
Stock for each eleven dollars and three cents ($11.03) of principal
and accrued and due but unpaid interest through the Conversion Date
(“Conversion Price”). As payment of accrued and unpaid
but not yet due interest, at the election of the Company the Holder
shall be entitled to receive either (a) a number of shares of
Common Stock equal to such amount of interest divided by the
Conversion Price, or (b) a cash amount equal to such amount of
interest. No fractional shares of Common Stock shall be issued upon
the conversion of this Note. Instead of a fraction of a share of
Common Stock which would otherwise be issuable upon conversion of
this Note, the Company shall pay a cash adjustment in respect of
such fraction of a share of Common Stock in an amount equal to the
same fractional interest of the Conversion Price. The Company shall
pay all taxes and other charges in respect of the issuance of
shares of Common Stock to the Holder upon such
conversion.
2.3 In the case that the
Company shall, after the date hereof, issue or enter into an
agreement to issue additional shares of Common Stock, or securities
convertible into Common Stock (except for (i) shares of capital
stock issued upon conversion of any shares of the Company’s
preferred stock, (ii) shares of capital stock issued or issuable
pursuant to options, or purchase agreements, warrants, capital
appreciation rights, calls, convertible shares, convertible debt
securities or other rights to acquire the Company’s
authorized and unissued capital stock which are outstanding on the
date hereof, (iii) shares issued pursuant to options granted under
the Company’s option plan after the date hereof so long as
the exercise price of such options is greater than $5.51, (iv)
shares of Common Stock issued pursuant to a subdivision of the
Common Stock or stock dividend pursuant to which the number of
shares for which this Note is convertible and the purchase price
therefore are adjusted pursuant to Section 2.7 hereof, or (v)
shares of capital stock issued pursuant to the exchange, conversion
or exercise of any securities
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convertible into Common Stock that have
previously been incorporated into computations hereunder) at a
purchase price per share for which Common Stock is issuable is less
than the Conversion Price then in effect (the “ Dilutive
Purchase Price ”), the Conversion Price then in effect
shall become the Dilutive Purchase Price. Promptly after any
adjustment in the Conversion Price pursuant to this Section 2.3,
the Company shall give written notice to the Holder of the
Conversion Price following such adjustment, together with a
schedule of computations of such adjustment.
2.4 In order to exercise the
right of conversion pursuant to Section 2.1 above, the Holder shall
give written notice to the Company that the Holder has elected to
convert this Note. Following receipt of such conversion notice, the
Holder shall surrender this Note to the Company at its principal
office. Upon receipt of the Note so surrendered by the Holder, the
Company shall issue and deliver to the Holder the certificate or
certificates or other document evidencing the shares of Common
Stock issuable on such conversion. Such conversion shall be deemed
to have been effected at the close of business on the date of
surrender of the Note to the Company (the “Conversion
Date”) and at such time all rights of the Holder under this
Note shall cease and the Holder shall be deemed to have become a
holder of record of the shares of Common Stock of the Company into
which this Note was converted.
2.5 On the Conversion Date,
the Secretary of the Company shall deliver to the Holder a
certificate executed by the Secretary, dated as of the Conversion
Date, certifying that the representations and warranties contained
in Section 3 of the Note Purchase Agreement are true and correct in
all material respects as of the Conversion Date.
2.6 In the event of any
taking by the Company of a record of the holders of any class of
securities for the purpose of determining the holders thereof who
are entitled to receive any dividend or other distribution or any
right to subscribe for, purchase or otherwise acquire any shares of
stock of any class or any other securities or property, or to
receive any other right, the Company shall mail to the Holder, at
least twenty (20) days prior to the date specified therein, a
notice specifying the date on which any such record is to be taken
for the purpose of such dividend, distribution or rights, and the
amount and character of such dividend, distribution or
rights.
2.7 Anti-Dilution
Adjustments .
(a) If the Company shall at
any time subdivide the outstanding shares of Common Stock or effect
a forward stock split by issuing stock dividends, then the number
of shares of Common Stock for which this Note is convertible
immediately prior to that subdivision (the “Number of Note
Shares”) shall be proportionately increased and the purchase
price therefor proportionately decreased, and if the Company shall
at any time combine the outstanding shares of Common Stock, then
the Number of Note Shares shall be proportionately decreased and
the purchase price therefor proportionately increased. Any
adjustment under this Section 2 shall become effective at the close
of business on the date the subdivision or combination becomes
effective.
(b) If the Common Stock
issuable on conversion of this Note shall be changed into the same
or a different number of shares of any other class or classes of
stock, whether by capital reorganization, reclassification, or
otherwise (other than a subdivision or combination of shares
provided for above), then the Holder of this Note shall, upon its
conversion, be entitled to receive, in lieu of the Common Stock
which the Holder would have become entitled to receive but for such
change, that number of shares of such other class or classes of
stock which is equivalent to the number of shares of Common Stock
that would have been subject to receipt by the Holder on conversion
of this Note immediately prior to that change.
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(c) If at any time there
shall be a capital reorganization of the Company’s Common
Stock (other than a subdivision, combination, reclassification or
exchange of shares provided for elsewhere in this Note) or merger
or consolidation of the Company with or into another corporation,
or the sale of the Company’s properties and assets as, or
substantially as, an entirety to any other person or association,
then as a part of such reorganization, merger, consolidation or
sale, lawful provision shall be made so that the Holder of this
Note shall thereafter be entitled to receive upon conversion of
this Note, the number of shares of stock or other securities or
property of the Company, or of the successor corporation or other
person resulting from such merger or consolidation, to which a
Holder of the Common Stock deliverable upon conversion of this Note
would have been entitled on such capital reorganization, merger,
consolidation, or sale if this Note had been converted immediately
prior to that reorganization, merger, consolidation, or sale. In
any such case, appropriate adjustment shall be made in the
application of the provisions of this Note with respect to the
rights of the Holder after the reorganization, merger,
consolidation, or sale to the end that the provisions of this Note
(including adjustment of the Number of Note Shares then in effect)
shall be applicable after that event in a manner as nearly
equivalent as may be practicable.
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Priority of Obligations under this Note |
3.1 The unpaid principal of
and interest on this Note and all other obligations of the Company
of any kind whatsoever under or in respect of this Note (the
“Senior Obligations”) are hereby expressly senior and
preferred in right of payment to all indebtedness and securities of
the Company or guaranteed by the Company now or hereafter arising
and the Company shall not incur or guarantee any indebtedness
unless such instruments representing such indebtedness expressly
subordinates such indebtedness to the Senior
Obligations.
3.2 Notwithstanding the
foregoing Section 3.1 or anything else set forth in this Note, the
Holder acknowledges and agrees that, if the Company’s pre-tax
Fixed Charge Ratio (as defined below) is 1.5 or greater prior to
closing of a credit facility for working capital (the
“Working Capital Facility”), and the Company’s
Maximum Leverage Ratio (as defined below) is 3.0 or less prior to
closing of a Working Capital Facility, then Holder shall not
unreasonably withhold or delay consent for the Company to enter
into such Working Capital Facility with any other lender (the
“Working Capital Lender”) in an amount not to exceed
the lesser of (a) 85% of eligible accounts receivable or (b)
$5,000,000 and to be secured by a first priority security interest
in the accounts receivable of the Company and its subsidiaries and
that, in connection with any such Working Capital Facility, the
Working Capital Lender may be granted a senior security and
superior interest in the Company’s and its
subsidiaries’ accounts receivables to the security interest
in such accounts receivable granted to the Holder pursuant to the
Security Agreement and the Subsidiary Security Agreement; provided,
however, that if the Company’s pre-tax Fixed Charge Ratio and
Maximum Leverage Ratio is not maintained as provided in this
section subsequent to Holder’s consent, then the
Company’s balance on the Working Capital Facility must be
maintained at zero until such time as the ratios are again
achieved. The Company will provide to Holder a quarterly
calculation of the pre-tax Fixed Charge Ratio and the Maximum
Leverage Ratio within 30 days of the close of each quarter if the
balance of the Working Capital Facility is greater than zero. In no
event shall the Company be permitted to enter into such Working
Capital Facility without the consent of the Holder.
As used herein Fixed Charge
Ratio means a ratio for which the numerator shall be pretax income
from continuing operations plus interest expense plus gross rents
and the denominator shall be gross interest expense plus gross
rents. Pretax income from continuing operations for purposes of
determining the Fixed Charge Ratio, as of any date for the trailing
twelve month period ending on such date with respect to the Company
on a consolidated basis, shall mean pretax income from continuing
operations as determined in accordance with GAAP (as defined
below). Interest expense for purposes of determining the Fixed
Charge Ratio, as of any date for the trailing twelve month period
ending on such date with respect to the Company on a consolidated
basis, shall mean interest expense as determined in accordance with
GAAP.
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Gross rents for purposes of
determining the Fixed Charge Ratio, as of any date for the trailing
twelve month period ending on such date with respect to the Company
on a consolidated basis, shall mean gross operating rent expense
before subtracting sublease income as determined in accordance with
GAAP.
Gross interest expense for
purposes of determining the Fixed Charge Ratio, as of any date for
the trailing twelve month period ending on such date with respect
to the Company on a consolidated basis, shall mean interest expense
before subtracting capitalized interest as determined in accordance
with GAAP less non-cash interest expense associated with the
warrants issued pursuant to this Agreement. Determination of gross
interest expense would not be netted against interest
income.
As used herein Maximum
Leverage Ratio means a ratio for which the numerator shall be total
funded debt and the denominator shall be EBITDA. Total funded debt
for purposes of determining the Maximum Leverage Ratio shall mean,
(a) all obligations for borrowed money, (b) all obligations
evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments, (c)
all obligations under conditional sale or other title retention
agreements relating to property purchased (other than customary
reservations or retentions of title under agreements with suppliers
entered into in the ordinary course of business), (d) all
obligations issued or assumed as the deferred purchase price of
property or services purchased (other than trade debt incurred in
the ordinary course of business and due within six months of the
incurrence thereof), (e) the principal portion of all obligations
under Capitalized Leases, (f) all support obligations with respect
to funded debt of another entity, (g) the maximum available amount
of all standby letters of credit or acceptances or bank guarantees
issued or created for the account of such Person (excluding all
performance standby letters of credit and performance bank
guarantees), (h) all funded debt secured by a Lien on any property,
whether or not such funded debt has been assumed, provided
that for purposes hereof the amount of such funded debt shall be
limited to the lesser of (A) the amount of such funded Debt as to
which there is recourse to such property and (B) the fair market
value of the property which is subject to such Lien, (i) the
outstanding attributed principal amount under any securitization
transaction, and (j) the principal balance outstanding under any
synthetic lease, tax retention operating lease, off-balance sheet
loan or similar off-balance sheet financing product to which the
Company is a party, where such transaction is considered borrowed
money indebtedness for tax purposes but is classified as an
operating lease in accordance with GAAP. The funded debt shall
include the funded debt of any partnership or joint venture in
which the Company is a general partner or joint venturer, but only
to the extent to which there is recourse to the Company for the
payment of such funded debt. EBITDA
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