THIS
NOTE AND THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE
“ ACT ”) OR APPLICABLE STATE LAW. THEY MAY NOT
BE SOLD, OFFERED FOR SALE, PLEDGED OR HYPOTHECATED IN THE ABSENCE
OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT AS TO THE SECURITIES UNDER
THE ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE LAW OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL
SATISFACTORY TO THE CORPORATION THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT
REQUIRED.
STRATOS RENEWABLES
CORPORATION
UNSECURED CONVERTIBLE
PROMISSORY NOTE
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Note No.
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_____________, 2008
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U.S.
$_________
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Los Angeles,
California
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FOR VALUE RECEIVED , Stratos Renewables
Corporation , a Nevada
corporation (“ Company ”)
promises to pay to _______________, a
___________________ (the “ Holder
”), or its registered assigns, the principal sum of
________________ Dollars (U.S. $___________) (“
Original Principal Amount ”), or such lesser
amount as shall equal the outstanding principal amount hereof,
together with interest from the date of this Note on the unpaid
principal balance at a rate equal to twelve (12%) per annum (the
“ Applicable Interest Rate ”), computed
on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed and a year of 365
days. All unpaid principal, together with any then unpaid and
accrued interest and other amounts payable hereunder, shall be due
and payable in one (1) installment on ____________, 2008
[SIX MONTHS FROM ISSUANCE] (the “
Original Maturity Date
”). However, if the Company has failed to raise at least
$25.0 million of equity investment, net of offering expenses,
between November 14, 2007 and the Maturity Date, then the Company
may, in its sole and exclusive option, extend the Maturity Date to
_________________, 2009 [NINE MONTHS FROM
ISSUANCE] (the “ Extended Maturity
Date ”), without prior notice.
All amounts owing on this Note shall be payable
in arrears, with payments first applied to accrued and unpaid
interest on this Note, and thereafter on the unpaid principal
amount hereof. All references to Dollars herein are to lawful
currency of the United States of America. This Note is issued in
connection with a certain Unsecured Convertible Promissory Note
Purchase Agreement dated ___________, 2008 (as amended, modified or
supplemented, the “ Note Purchase Agreement
”) between Company and the Purchaser (as defined in the Note
Purchase Agreement).
The following is a statement of the rights of
Holder and the conditions to which this Note is subject, and to
which Holder, by the acceptance of this Note, agrees:
1.
Definitions . As used in this Note the following
capitalized terms have the following meanings:
(a) “ Company ”
includes the corporation initially executing this Note and any
Person which shall succeed to or assume the obligations of Company
under this Note.
(b) “ Holder ” shall
mean the Person specified in the introductory paragraph of this
Note or any Person who shall at the time be the registered holder
of this Note.
(c) “ Obligations ”
shall mean and include all loans, advances, debts, liabilities and
obligations existing or hereafter arising under or pursuant to the
terms of this Note, the Note Purchase Agreement and the other Note
Documents, including, all interest, fees, charges, expenses,
attorneys’ fees and costs and accountants’ fees and
costs chargeable to and payable by Company hereunder and
thereunder, in each case, whether direct or indirect, absolute or
contingent, due or to become due, and whether or not arising after
the commencement of a proceeding under Title 11 of the United
States Code (11 U. S. C. Section 101 et seq. ), as
amended from time to time (including post-petition interest) and
whether or not allowed or allowable as a claim in any such
proceeding.
(d) “ Person ” shall
mean and include an individual, a partnership, a corporation
(including a business trust), a joint stock company, a limited
liability company, an unincorporated association, a joint venture
or other entity or a governmental authority.
(e) “ Note Documents ”
shall mean this Note and the Note Purchase Agreement.
2.
Interest . Accrued interest on this Note shall be due
and payable together with the unpaid principal on the Maturity
Date.
3.
Certain
Covenants .
Company shall furnish to Holder promptly upon the occurrence
thereof, written notice of the occurrence of any Event of Default
hereunder.
4.
Events of
Default . The
occurrence of any of the following shall constitute an “
Event of Default ” under this Note and the
other Note Documents:
(a) Failure to Pay . Company shall fail to pay when due (i) the
principal or interest payment on the due date hereunder and such
payment shall not have been made within fifteen (15) days of
Company’s receipt of Holder’s written notice to Company
of such failure to pay or (ii) any other payment required
under the terms of this Note on the date due and such payment shall
not have been made within fifteen (15) days of Company’s
receipt of Holder’s written notice to Company of such failure
to pay; or
(b) Breaches of Covenants. Company shall fail to observe or perform any
other material covenant, representation, or warranty, obligation,
condition or agreement contained in this Note (other than those
specified in Sections 4(a)) and such failure shall continue
for fifteen (15) days after written notice to Company of such
failure.
(c) Voluntary Bankruptcy or Insolvency
Proceedings. Company
shall (i) apply for or consent to the appointment of a
receiver, trustee, liquidator or custodian of itself or of all or a
substantial part of its property, (ii) be unable, or admit in
writing its inability, to pay its debts generally as they mature,
(iii) make a general assignment for the benefit of its or any
of its creditors, (iv) be dissolved or liquidated,
(v) become insolvent (as such term may be defined or
interpreted under any applicable statute), (vi) commence a
voluntary case or other proceeding seeking liquidation,
reorganization or other relief with respect to itself or its debts
under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or
hereafter in effect or consent to any such relief or to the
appointment of or taking possession of its property by any official
in an involuntary case or other proceeding commenced against it, or
(vii) take any action for the purpose of effecting any of the
foregoing; or
(d) Involuntary Bankruptcy or Insolvency
Proceedings. Proceedings
for the appointment of a receiver, trustee, liquidator or custodian
of Company of all or a substantial part of the property thereof, or
an involuntary case or other proceedings seeking liquidation,
reorganization or other relief with respect to Company or the debts
thereof under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now
or hereafter in effect shall be commenced and an order for relief
entered or such proceeding shall not be dismissed or discharged
within thirty (30) days of commencement.
5.
Rights of Holder upon
Default . Upon
the occurrence or existence of any Event of Default (other than an
Event of Default, referred to in Sections 4(c) and 4(d), and
giving effect to any applicable cure periods) and at any time
thereafter during the continuance of such Event of Default, Holder
may, by written notice to Company, declare all outstanding
Obligations payable by Company hereunder to be immediately due and
payable without presentment, demand, protest or any other notice of
any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived, anything
contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding. Upon the
occurrence or existence of any Event of Default described in
Sections 4(c) and 4(d), immediately and without notice, all
outstanding Obligations payable by Company hereunder shall
automatically become immediately due and payable, without
presentmen
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