EXHIBIT 10.8
[FORM OF SENIOR CONVERTIBLE
NOTE]
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,
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. ANY TRANSFEREE OF THIS NOTE SHOULD CAREFULLY
REVIEW THE TERMS OF THIS NOTE, INCLUDING SECTIONS 3(c)(iii) AND
20(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.
Javo
Beverage Company
SENIOR CONVERTIBLE
NOTE
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Issuance Date: December 15, 2006
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Original Principal Amount: U.S.
$
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FOR VALUE RECEIVED,
Javo Beverage Company, a Delaware
corporation (the “ Company ”), hereby promises
to pay to [CAPITAL VENTURES INTERNATIONAL][OTHER BUYERS] or
registered assigns (the “ 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), on any Installment Date
with respect to the Installment Amount due on such Installment Date
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), any
Installment Date, the Maturity Date, acceleration, conversion,
redemption or otherwise (in each case in accordance with the terms
hereof). This Senior Convertible Note (including all Senior
Convertible Notes issued in exchange, transfer or replacement
hereof, this “ Note ”) is one of an issue of
Senior Convertible Notes issued pursuant to the Securities Purchase
Agreement on the Closing Date (collectively, the “
Notes ” and such other Senior Convertible Notes, the
“ Other Notes ”). Certain
capitalized terms used herein are defined in Section 30.
(1)
PAYMENTS OF
PRINCIPAL . On each Installment
Date, the Company shall pay to the Holder an amount equal to the
Installment Amount due on such Installment Date in accordance with
Section 8. On the Maturity Date, the Company shall pay to the
Holder an amount in cash representing all outstanding Principal,
accrued and unpaid Interest and accrued and unpaid Late Charges on
such Principal and Interest. The “ Maturity Date ” shall be
December 15, 2011 as may be extended at the option of the
Holder (i) in the event that, and for so long as, an Event of
Default (as defined in Section 4(a)) shall have occurred and be
continuing on the Maturity Date (as may be extended pursuant to
this Section 1) or any event shall have occurred and be continuing
on the Maturity Date (as may be extended pursuant to this Section
1) that with the passage of time and the failure to cure would
result in an Event of Default and (ii) through the date that is ten
(10) Business Days after the consummation of a Change of Control in
the event that a Change of Control is publicly announced or a
Change of Control Notice (as defined in Section 5(b)) is delivered
prior to the Maturity Date. 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 and shall be
computed on the basis of a 360-day year and twelve 30-day months
and the actual number of days elapsed and shall be payable in
arrears for each Calendar Quarter on the first day of the
succeeding Calendar 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 April 1, 2007. Interest shall be payable
on each Interest Date, to the record holder of this Note on the
applicable Interest Date, in shares of Common Stock (“
Interest Shares ”) so long as there is
no Equity Conditions Failure; provided however, that the Company
may, at its option following notice to the Holder, pay Interest on
any Interest Date in cash (“ Cash Interest ”) or in a combination
of Cash Interest and Interest Shares. The Company shall
deliver a written notice (each, an “ Interest Election Notice ”) to each holder of
the Notes on or prior to the Interest Notice Due Date (the date
such notice is delivered to all of the holder, the “
Interest Notice Date
”) which
notice (i) either (A) confirms that Interest to be paid on such
Interest Date shall be paid entirely in Interest Shares or (B)
elects to pay Interest as Cash Interest or a combination of Cash
Interest and Interest Shares and specifies the amount of Interest
that shall be paid as Cash Interest and the amount of Interest, if
any, that shall be paid in Interest Shares and (ii) certifies that
there is no Equity Conditions Failure. If the Equity
Conditions are not satisfied as of the Interest Notice Date, then
unless the Company has elected to pay such Interest as Cash
Interest, the Interest Election Notice shall indicate that unless
the Holder waives the Equity Conditions, the Interest shall be paid
as Cash Interest. If the Equity Conditions were satisfied as
of the Interest Notice Date but the Equity Conditions are no longer
satisfied at any time prior to the Interest Date, the Company shall
provide the Holder a subsequent notice to that effect indicating
that unless the Holder waives the Equity Conditions, the Interest
shall be paid in cash. Interest to be paid on an Interest
Date in Interest Shares shall be paid in a number of fully paid and
nonassessable shares (rounded to the nearest whole share in
accordance with Section 3(a)) of Common Stock equal to the quotient
of (1) the amount of Interest payable on such Interest Date less
any Cash Interest paid and (2) the Interest Conversion Price in
effect on the applicable Interest Date.
(b)
When any Interest
Shares are to be paid on an Interest Date, the Company shall (i)
(X) provided that the Company’s transfer agent (the
“ Transfer Agent
”)
is
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participating in
the Depository Trust Company (“ DTC ”) Fast Automated
Securities Transfer Program, credit such aggregate number of
Interest Shares 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 foregoing shall not apply, issue and deliver on the applicable
Interest Date, to the address set forth in the register maintained
by the Company for such purpose pursuant to the Securities Purchase
Agreement or to such address as specified by the Holder in writing
to the Company at least two (2) Business Days prior to the
applicable Interest Date, a certificate, registered in the name of
the Holder or its designee, for the number of Interest Shares to
which the Holder shall be entitled and (ii) with respect to each
Interest Date, pay to the Holder, in cash by wire transfer of
immediately available funds, the amount of any Cash
Interest.
(c)
Prior to the
payment of Interest on an Interest Date, Interest on this Note
shall accrue at the Interest Rate and be payable in cash on each
Conversion Date in accordance with Section 3(b)(i). From and
after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of
Default, the Interest Rate shall be increased to fifteen percent
(15.0%). 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 cure of such Event of Default. The Company shall pay
any and all taxes that may be payable with respect to the issuance
and delivery of Interest Shares; provided that the Company
shall not be required to pay any tax that may be payable in respect
of any issuance of Interest Shares to any Person other than the
Holder or with respect to any income tax due by the Holder with
respect to such Interest Shares.
(3)
CONVERSION OF
NOTES . This Note shall be
convertible into shares of the Company’s common stock, par
value $0.001 per share (the “ Common Stock ”), 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 nonassessable 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.
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(ii)
“
Conversion Price ” means, as of any
Conversion Date (as defined below) or other date of determination,
$1.79, 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
common carrier for delivery to the Company as soon as practicable
on or following such date (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 ) Business Day following the
date of receipt of a Conversion Notice, the Company shall transmit
by facsimile a confirmation of receipt of such Conversion Notice to
the Holder and the Transfer Agent. On or before the third
(3 rd ) Business Day following the
date of receipt of a Conversion Notice (the “
Share Delivery Date ”), the Company shall
(A) (1) provided that the Transfer Agent is participating in the
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 (2) if the Transfer Agent is not participating
in the DTC Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, issue and
deliver 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 (B) pay to the Holder in cash, by wire transfer of
immediately available funds, an amount equal to the accrued and
unpaid Interest on the Conversion Amount and Late Charges, if any,
on 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 a new Note
(in accordance with Section 20(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
from the Installment Amounts relating to the Installment Dates as
set forth in the Conversion Notice.
(ii)
Company’s Failure to Timely
Convert . 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 or credit the
Holder’s balance account with DTC for the number of shares of
Common Stock to which the Holder is entitled
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upon such
holder’s conversion of any Conversion Amount or on any date
of the Company’s obligation to deliver shares of common Stock
as contemplated pursuant to clause (B) below, and if on or after
such Trading Day the Holder purchases (in an open market
transaction or otherwise) Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction
of a sale by the Holder 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) Trading Days after the
Holder’s request and in the Holder’s discretion, either
(A) 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 Common Stock) shall terminate, or (B) promptly honor its
obligation to deliver to the Holder a certificate or certificates
representing such Common Stock and pay cash to the Holder in an
amount equal to the excess (if any) of the Buy-In Price over the
product of (1) such number of shares of Common Stock, times (2) the
Closing Bid Price on the Conversion Date.
(iii)
Registration;
Book-Entry . The Company shall
maintain a register (the “ Register ”) for the recordation
of the names and addresses of the holders of each Note and the
principal amount of the Notes held by such holders (the
“ Registered
Notes ”). The entries
in the Register shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes
absent manifest error. The Company and the holders of the
Notes shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the
Register as the owner of a Note for all purposes, including,
without limitation, the right to receive payments of Principal and
Interest hereunder, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. A
Registered Note may be assigned or sold in whole or in part only by
registration of such assignment or sale on the Register. Upon
its receipt of a request to assign or sell all or part of any
Registered Note by a Holder, the Company shall record the
information contained therein in the Register and issue one or more
new Registered Notes in the same aggregate principal amount as the
principal amount of the surrendered Registered Note to the
designated assignee or transferee pursuant to Section 20.
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 Principal 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, if any, converted and the dates of such conversions
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
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Company shall
issue to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock not in
dispute and resolve such dispute in accordance with Section
25.
(d)
Limitations on
Conversions .
(i)
Beneficial
Ownership . The Company shall not
effect any conversion of this Note, and the Holder of this Note
shall not have the right to convert any portion of this Note
pursuant to Section 3(a), to the extent that after giving effect to
such conversion, the Holder (together with the Holder’s
affiliates) would beneficially own in excess of 4.99% (subject to
change as described below, the “ Maximum Percentage ”) of the number of
shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect
to such conversion. For purposes of the foregoing sentence,
the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the
Holder and its affiliates shall include the number of shares of
Common Stock issuable upon conversion of this Note with respect to
which the determination of such sentence is being made, but shall
exclude the number of shares of Common Stock which would be
issuable upon (A) conversion of the remaining, nonconverted portion
of this Note beneficially owned by the Holder or any of its
affiliates and (B) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or
nonconverted portion of any other securities of the Company
(including, without limitation, any Other Notes or warrants)
subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the
limitation contained herein beneficially owned by the Holder or any
of its affiliates. Except as set forth in the preceding
sentence, for purposes of this Section 3(d)(i), beneficial
ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “
1934 Act ”). For purposes
of this Section 3(d)(i), in determining the number of outstanding
shares of Common Stock, the Holder may rely on the number of
outstanding shares of Common Stock as reflected in (x) the
Company’s most recent Form 10-K, Form 10-KSB, Form 10-Q, Form
10-QSB, Form 8-K or other public filing with the Securities
Exchange Commission, as the case may be, (y) a more recent public
announcement by the Company or (z) any other notice by the Company
or the Transfer Agent setting forth the number of shares of Common
Stock outstanding. 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. In any
case, the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be
determined after giving effect to the conversion or exercise of
securities of the Company, including this Note, by the Holder or
its affiliates since the date as of which such number of
outstanding shares of Common Stock was reported. By written
notice to the Company, the Holder may increase or decrease the
Maximum Percentage to any other percentage not in excess of 9.99%
specified in such notice; provided that (i) any such increase or
decrease will not be effective until the sixty-first (61
st
) day after such
notice is delivered to the Company, and (ii) any such increase or
decrease will apply only to the Holder and not to any other holder
of Notes.
(ii)
Eligible
Market Regulation . The Company shall not
be obligated to issue any shares of Common Stock upon conversion of
this Note if the issuance of such shares of Common Stock would
exceed the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock that the
Company may issue upon conversion or exercise, as applicable, of
the Notes and Warrants or as Interest Shares without breaching the
Company’s obligations under the rules or regulations of the
Principal Market and any applicable Eligible Market (the
“ Exchange Cap
”), except
that such limitation shall not apply in the event that the Company
(A) obtains the approval
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of its
stockholders as required by the applicable rules of such Principal
Market and any such Eligible Market for issuances of Common Stock
in excess of such amount or (B) obtains a written opinion from
outside counsel to the Company that such approval is not required,
which opinion shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Required
Holders. Until such approval or written opinion is obtained,
no purchaser of the Notes pursuant to the Securities Purchase
Agreement (the “ Purchasers ”) shall be issued in
the aggregate, upon conversion or exercise or otherwise, as
applicable, of Notes or Warrants, or as Interest Shares, shares of
Common Stock in an amount greater than the product of the Exchange
Cap multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the
principal amount of Notes issued to a Purchaser pursuant to the
Securities Purchase Agreement on the Closing Date and the
denominator of which is the aggregate principal amount of all Notes
issued to the Purchasers pursuant to the Securities Purchase
Agreement on the Closing Date (with respect to each Purchaser, the
“ Exchange Cap
Allocation ”). In the event
that any Purchaser shall sell or otherwise transfer any of such
Purchaser’s Notes, the transferee shall be allocated a pro
rata portion of such Purchaser’s Exchange Cap Allocation, and
the restrictions of the prior sentence shall apply to such
transferee with respect to the portion of the Exchange Cap
Allocation allocated to such transferee. In the event that
any holder of Notes shall convert all of such holder’s Notes
into a number of shares of Common Stock which, in the aggregate, is
less than such holder’s Exchange Cap Allocation, then the
difference between such holder’s Exchange Cap Allocation and
the number of shares of Common Stock actually issued to such holder
shall be allocated to the respective Exchange Cap Allocations of
the remaining holders of Notes on a pro rata basis in proportion to
the aggregate principal amount of the Notes then held by each such
holder.
(4)
RIGHTS UPON
EVENT OF DEFAULT .
(a)
Event of
Default . Each of the following
events shall constitute an “ Event of Default ”:
(i)
the failure of
the applicable Registration Statement required to be filed pursuant
to the Registration Rights Agreement to be declared effective by
the SEC on or prior to the date that is sixty (60) days after the
applicable Effectiveness Deadline (as defined in the Registration
Rights Agreement), or, while the applicable Registration Statement
is required to be maintained effective pursuant to the terms of the
Registration Rights Agreement, the effectiveness of the applicable
Registration Statement lapses for any reason (including, without
limitation, the issuance of a stop order) or is unavailable to any
holder of the Notes for sale of all of such holder’s
Registrable Securities (as defined in the Registration Rights
Agreement) in accordance with the terms of the Registration Rights
Agreement, and such lapse or unavailability continues for a period
of twenty (20) consecutive days or for more than an aggregate of
forty-five (45) days in any 365-day period (other than days during
an Allowable Grace Period (as defined in the Registration Rights
Agreement));
(ii)
the suspension
from trading or failure of the Common Stock to be listed on an
Eligible Market for a period of ten (10) consecutive Trading Days
or for more than an aggregate of twenty (20) Trading Days in any
365-day period;
(iii)
the
Company’s (A) failure to cure a Conversion Failure by
delivery of the required number of shares of Common Stock within
fifteen (15) Business Days
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after the
applicable Conversion Date or (B) notice, written or oral, to any
holder or to all holders of the Notes, including 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 tendered in accordance with the
provisions of the Notes, other than pursuant to Section
3(d);
(iv)
at any time
following the ninetieth (90 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);
(v)
the
Company’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
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 any Company Redemption
Amount, Interest and Late Charges when and as due, in which case
only if such failure continues for a period of at least five (5)
Business Days;
(vi)
any default
under, redemption of or acceleration prior to maturity of any
Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (as defined
in Section 3(a) of the Securities Purchase Agreement) which,
individually or in the aggregate exceeds $500,000 other than with
respect to any Other Notes;
(vii)
the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries that would be deemed a “Significant
Subsidiary” within the meaning of Regulation S-X adopted by
the Securities and Exchange Commission (a “
Significant Subsidiary
”),
pursuant to or within the meaning of Title 11, U.S. Code, or any
similar Federal, foreign or state law for the relief of debtors
(collectively, “ Bankruptcy Law ”), (A) commences a
voluntary case, (B) consents to the entry of an order for relief
against it in an involuntary case, (C) consents to the appointment
of a receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator or similar official (a
“ Custodian
”), (D)
makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors or (E)
admits in writing that it is generally unable to pay its debts as
they become due;
(viii)
a court of
competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any
Bankruptcy Law that (A) is for relief against the Company or any of
its Significant Subsidiaries in an involuntary case, (B) appoints a
Custodian of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries or
(C) orders the liquidation of the Company or any of its Significant
Subsidiaries;
(ix)
a final judgment
or judgments for the payment of money aggregating in excess of
$500,000 are rendered against the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries and which judgments are not, within sixty (60) days
after the entry thereof, bonded, discharged or stayed pending
appeal, or are not discharged within sixty (60) days after the
expiration of such
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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 $500,000 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 will receive
the proceeds of such insurance or indemnity within thirty (30) days
of the issuance of such judgment;
(x)
the Company
breaches any representation, warranty, covenant or other term or
condition of any Transaction Document, except, in the case of a
breach of a covenant or other term or condition of any Transaction
Document which is curable, only if such breach continues for a
period of at least ten (10) consecutive Business Days;
(xi)
any breach or
failure in any respect to comply with either of Sections 8 or 16 of
this Note; or
(xii)
any Event of
Default (as defined in the Other Notes) occurs with respect to any
Other Notes.
(b)
Redemption
Right . Upon the occurrence
of an Event of Default with respect to this Note, the Company,
within one (1) Business Day of the date on which the Company
becomes aware of or reasonably should have become aware of such
Event of Default, shall deliver written notice thereof via
facsimile and overnight courier (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
Conversion Amount of this Note the Holder is electing to require
the Company 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 Conversion Amount to be redeemed together with
any accrued and unpaid Interest and Late Charges thereon, if any,
on such Conversion Amount and Interest through the redemption date
and (B) the Redemption Premium and (ii) the sum of (x) the product
of (A) the Conversion Rate with respect to such Conversion Amount
in effect at such time as the Holder delivers an Event of Default
Redemption Notice and (B) the greater of (1) the Closing Sale Price
of the Common Stock on the date immediately preceding such Event of
Default, (2) the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock on the date
immediately after such Event of Default and (3) the Closing Sale
Price of the Common Stock on the date the Holder delivers the Event
of Default Redemption Notice and (y) any accrued and unpaid
Interest on the Conversion Amount and Late Charges, if any, on such
Conversion Amount and Interest through the redemption date (the
“ Event of
Default Redemption
Price ”). Redemptions
required by this Section 4(b) shall be made in accordance with the
provisions of Section 14. 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. In the event of a partial redemption of this Note
pursuant hereto, the principal amount redeemed shall be deducted
from the Installment Amounts relating to the applicable Installment
Dates as set forth in the Event of Default Redemption Notice.
The parties hereto
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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 AND CHANGE OF CONTROL
.
(a)
Assumption
. The
Company shall not enter into or be party to a Fundamental
Transaction unless 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
reasonably satisfactory to the Required Holders and approved by the
Required Holders 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 and the interest rates
of the Notes then outstanding held by such holder, having similar
conversion rights and having similar ranking to the Notes, and
satisfactory to the Required Holders; provided, however, that in
the event the Successor Entity is not a publicly traded corporation
whose stock is traded on an Eligible Market (a “
Private Successor Entity
”), such
Fundamental Transaction must be consummated for consideration
consisting solely of cash. 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 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
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) issuable upon the conversion or redemption of the
Notes prior to such Fundamental Transaction, (i) if the Successor
Entity is a publicly traded corporation whose stock is traded on an
Eligible Market, such shares of the publicly traded common stock
(or their equivalent) of the Successor Entity (including its Parent
Entity) or (ii) if the Successor Entity is a Private Successor
Entity, such cash consideration 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, in each case, 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 or redemption of this Note.
(b)
Redemption
Right . No sooner than
fifteen (15) days nor later than ten (10) days prior to the
consummation of a Change of Control, but not prior to the public
announcement of such Change of Control, the Company shall deliver
written notice thereof via facsimile and overnight courier to the
Holder (a “ Change of
Control Notice
”).
At any time
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during the period
beginning after the Holder’s receipt of a Change of Control
Notice and ending twenty (20) Trading Days after the date of the
consummation of such Change of Control, the Holder may require the
Company or Successor Entity, as applicable, to redeem all or any
portion of this Note by delivering written notice thereof
(“ Change of Control
Redemption Notice ”) to the Company,
which Change of Control Redemption Notice shall indicate the
Conversion Amount the Holder is electing to require the Company 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) 120% of the Conversion
Amount being redeemed together with any accrued and unpaid Interest
thereon and Late Charges, if any, on such Conversion Amount and
Interest through the redemption date and (ii) the product of (A)
the Conversion Amount being redeemed together with any accrued and
unpaid Interest thereon and Late Charges, if any, on such
Conversion Amount and Interest through the applicable redemption
date multiplied by (B) the quotient determined by dividing (1) the
aggregate cash consideration and the aggregate cash value of any
non-cash consideration per Common Share to be paid to the holders
of the Common Shares upon consummation of the Change of Control
(any such non-cash consideration consisting of marketable
securities 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 Change of Control, the Closing Sale Price as
of the Trading Day immediately following the public announcement of
such proposed Change of Control and the Closing Sale Price as of
the Trading Day immediately prior to the public announcement of
such proposed Change of Control) by (2) the Conversion Price (the
“ Change of Control
Redemption Price ”). Redemptions
required by this Section 5 shall be made in accordance with the
provisions of Section 14 and shall have priority to payments to
stockholders in connection with a Change of Control. 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
Change of Control Redemption Price (together with any interest
thereon) is paid in full, the Conversion Amount submitted for
redemption under this Section 5(c) (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 from the Installment Amounts relating to
the applicable Installment Dates as set forth in the Change of
Control 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 Change of Control 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 . 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,
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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.
(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, at the Holder’s option, (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. Provision made
pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be in a form and substance
satisfactory to the Required Holders. 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 on or 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 shares of Common Stock deemed
to have been issued or sold by the Company in connection with any
Excluded Security) for a consideration per share less than a price
(the “ Applicable
Price ”) equal to the
Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to such issue or sale
(the foregoing a “ Dilutive Issuance ”), then immediately
after such Dilutive Issuance the Conversion Price then in effect
shall be reduced to an amount equal to the product of (A) the
Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to such Dilutive
Issuance and (B) the quotient determined by dividing
(1) the sum of (I) the product derived by multiplying the
Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to such Dilutive
Issuance and the number of shares of Common Stock Deemed
Outstanding immediately prior to such Dilutive Issuance plus
(II) the consideration, if any, received by the Company upon
such Dilutive Issuance, by (2) the product derived by multiplying
(I) the Applicable Price in effect immediately prior to such
Dilutive Issuance by (II) the number of shares of Common Stock
Deemed Outstanding immediately after such Dilutive Issuance.
For purposes of determining the adjusted Conversion Price under
this Section 7(a), the following shall be applicable:
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(i)
Issuance of
Options . If the Company in any
manner grants or sells any Options and the lowest price per share
for which one share of Common Stock is issuable upon the exercise
of any such Option or upon conversion or exchange or exercise of
any Convertible Securities issuable upon exercise of such Option is
less than the Applicable Price, then such share of Common Stock
shall be deemed to be outstanding and to have been issued and sold
by the Company at the time of the granting or sale of such Option
for such price per share. For purposes of this Section
7(a)(i), the “lowest price per share for which one share of
Common Stock is issuable upon the exercise of any such Option or
upon conversion or exchange or exercise of any Convertible
Securities issuable upon exercise of such Option” shall be
equal to the sum of the lowest amounts of consideration (if any)
received or receivable by the Company with respect to any one share
of Common Stock upon granting or sale of the Option, upon exercise
of the Option and upon conversion or exchange or exercise of any
Convertible Security issuable upon exercise of such Option.
No further adjustment of the Conversion Price shall be made upon
the actual issuance of such share of Common Stock or of such
Convertible Securities upon the exercise of such Options or upon
the actual issuance of such Common Stock upon conversion or
exchange or exercise of such Convertible Securities.
(ii)
Issuance of
Convertible Securities . If the Company in
any manner issues or sells any Convertible Securities and the
lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock is
issuable upon such conversion or exchange or exercise thereof is
less than the Applicable Price, then such share of Common Stock
shall be deemed to be outstanding and to have been issued and sold
by the Company at the time of the issuance or sale of such
Convertible Securities for such price per share. For the
purposes of this Section 7(a)(ii), the “lowest price per
share for which one share of Common Stock is issuable upon such
conversion or exchange or exercise” shall be equal to the sum
of the lowest amounts of consideration (if any) received or
receivable by the Company with respect to any one share of Common
Stock upon the issuance or sale of the Convertible Security and
upon the conversion or exchange or exercise of such Convertible
Security. No further adjustment of the Conversion Price shall
be made upon the actual issuance of such share of Common Stock upon
conversion or exchange or exercise of such Convertible Securities,
and if any such issue or sale of such Convertible Securities is
made upon exercise of any Options for which adjustment of the
Conversion Price had been or are to be made pursuant to other
provisions of this Section 7(a), no further adjustment of the
Conversion Price shall be made by reason of such issue or
sale.
(iii)
Change in
Option Price or Rate of Conversion . If the purchase
price provided for in any Options, the additional consideration, if
any, payable upon the issue, conversion, exchange or exercise of
any Convertible Securities, or the rate at which any Convertible
Securities are convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for
Common Stock changes at any time, the Conversion Price in effect at
the time of such change shall be adjusted to the Conversion Price
which would have been in effect at such time had such Options or
Convertible Securities provided for such changed purchase price,
additional consideration or changed conversion rate, as the case
may be, at the time initially granted, issued or sold. For
purposes of this Section 7(a)(iii), if the terms of any Option or
Convertible Security that was outstanding as of the Subscription
Date are changed in the manner described in the immediately
preceding sentence, then such Option or Convertible Security and
the Common Stock deemed issuable upon exercise, conversion or
exchange thereof shall be deemed to have been issued as
of
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the date of such
change. No adjustment shall be made if such adjustment would
result in an increase of the Conversion Price then in
effect.
(iv)
Calculation of
Consideration Received . In case any Option
is issued in connection with the issue or sale of other securities
of the Company, together comprising one integrated transaction, the
Options will be deemed to have been issued for the difference of
(x) the aggregate fair market value of such Options and other
securities issued or sold in such integrated transaction, less (y)
the fair market value of the securities other than such Option,
issued or sold in such transaction and the other securities issued
or sold in such integrated transaction will be deemed to have been
issued or sold for the balance of the consideration received by the
Company. If any Common Stock, Options or Convertible
Securities are issued or sold or deemed to have been issued or sold
for cash, the consideration received therefor will be deemed to be
the net amount received by the Company therefor. If any
Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities are issued or sold
for a consideration other than cash, the amount of the
consideration other than cash received by the Company will be the
fair value of such consideration, except where such consideration
consists of securities, in which case the amount of consideration
received by the Company will be the Closing Sale Price of such
securities on the date of receipt. If any Common Stock,
Options or Convertible Securities are issued to the owners of the
non-surviving entity in connection with any merger in which the
Company is the surviving entity, the amount of consideration
therefor will be deemed to be the fair value of such portion of the
net assets and business of the non-surviving entity as is
attributable to such Common Stock, Options or Convertible
Securities, as the case may be. The fair value of any
consideration other than cash or securities will be determined
jointly by the Company and the Required Holders. If such
parties are unable to reach agreement within ten (10) days after
the occurrence of an event requiring valuation (the “
Valuation Event ”), the fair value of
such consideration will be determined within five (5) Business Days
after the tenth (10 th ) day following the Valuation
Event by an independent, reputable appraiser jointly selected by
the Company and the Required Holders. The determination of
such appraiser shall be deemed binding upon all parties absent
manifest error and the fees and expenses of such appraiser shall be
borne by the Company.
(v)
Record
Date . If the Company takes
a record of the holders of Common Stock for the purpose of
entitling them (A) to receive a dividend or other distribution
payable in Common Stock, Options or in Convertible Securities or
(B) to subscribe for or purchase Common Stock, Options or
Convertible Securities, then such record date will be deemed to be
the date of the issue or sale of the Common Stock deemed to have
been issued or sold upon the declaration of such dividend or the
making of such other distribution or the date of the granting of
such right of subscription or purchase, as the case may
be.
(b)
Adjustment of
Conversion Price upon Subdivision or Combination of Common
Stock . If the Company at any
time on or after the Subscription Date subdivides (by any stock
split, stock dividend, recapitalization or otherwise) one or more
classes of its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a greater
number of shares, the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior
to such subdivision will be proportionately reduced. If the
Company at any time on or after the Subscription Date combines (by
combination, reverse stock split or otherwise) one or more classes
of its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller
number
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of shares, the
Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to such combination
will be proportionately increased.
(c)
Other
Events . If any event occurs
of the type contemplated by the provisions of this Section 7 but
not expressly provided for by such provisions (including, without
limitation, the granting of stock appreciation rights, phantom
stock rights or other rights with equity features), then the
Company’s Board of Directors will make an appropriate
adjustment in the Conversion Price so as to protect the rights of
the Holder under this Note; provided that no such adjustment will
increase the Conversion Price as otherwise determined pursuant to
this Section 7.
(8)
COMPANY
INSTALLMENT CONVERSION OR REDEMPTION .
(a)
General
. On each
applicable Installment Date, provided there is no Equity Conditions
Failure as of such Installment Date, the Company shall pay to the
Holder of this Note the Installment Amount due on such date by
converting such Installment Amount, in accordance with this Section
8 (a “ Company
Conversion ”); provided, however,
that the Company may, at its option following notice to the Holder,
pay the Installment Amount by redeeming such Installment Amount (a
“ Company
Redemption ”) or by any
combination of a Company Conversion and a Company Redemption so
long as all of the outstanding applicable Installment Amount shall
be converted and/or redeemed by the Company on the applicable
Installment Date, subject to the provisions of this Section
8. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may not effect
a Company Conversion of any Installment Amount under this Section
if the Weighted Average Price of the Common Stock during the ten
(10) consecutive Trading Day period ending two (2) Trading Days
prior to the Installment Date is not greater than $0.60. On
or prior to the date which is the third (3 rd ) Trading Day prior to each
Installment Date (each, an “ Installment Notice Due Date ”), the Company shall
deliver written notice (each, a “ Company Installment Notice ” and the date all of
the holders receive such notice is referred to as to the
“ Company Installment
Notice Date ”), to each holder of
Notes which Company Installment Notice shall (i) either (A) confirm
that the applicable Installment Amount of such holder’s Note
shall be converted in whole pursuant to a Company Conversion (such
amount to be converted, the “ Company Conversion Amount ”) or (B) (1) state
that the Company elects to redeem, or is required to redeem in
accordance with the provisions of the Notes, in whole or in part,
the applicable Installment Amount pursuant to a Company Redemption
and (2) specify the portion which the Company elects or is required
to redeem pursuant to a Company Redemption (such amount to be
redeemed, the “ Company
Redemption Amount ”) and the portion, if
any, that the Company elects to convert pursuant to a Company
Conversion (such amount also, a “ Company Conversion Amount ”) which amounts when
added together, must equal the applicable Installment Amount and
(ii) if the Installment Amount is to be paid, in whole or in part,
pursuant to a Company Conversion, certify that the Equity
Conditions have been satisfied as of the date of the Company
Installment Notice. Each Company Installment Notice shall be
irrevocable. If the Company does not timely deliver a Company
Installment Notice in accordance with this Section 8, then the
Company shall be deemed to have delivered an irrevocable Company
Installment Notice confirming a Company Conversion and shall be
deemed to have certified that the Equity Conditions in connection
with any such conversion have been satisfied. In the event
that the Company shall pay any portion of an Installment Amount on
any Installment Date pursuant to a Company Conversion, the Holder
shall confirm to the Company prior to such Installment
Date
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that it can
receive the full number of shares to be issued on such date without
violating the conversion limitation set forth in Section
3(d)(i). Except as expressly provided in this Section 8(a),
the Company shall convert and/or redeem the applicable Installment
Am
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