Exhibit 10.2
[FORM OF SUBORDINATED CONVERTIBLE
NOTE]
I MMUNICON C ORPORATION
S UBORDINATED C ONVERTIBLE N OTE
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Issuance Date:
December [__], 2006
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Original Principal Amount: U.S.
$_____________
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FOR VALUE RECEIVED,
Immunicon Corporation, a Delaware
corporation (the “ Company ”), hereby promises
to pay to [
] or registered assigns (“ Holder ”) the amount
set out above as the Original Principal Amount (as increased
pursuant to the addition of any Capitalized Interest hereunder and
as reduced pursuant to the terms hereof pursuant to 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 rate of six percent (6.00%) per
annum (the “ 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,
acceleration, conversion, redemption or otherwise (in each case in
accordance with the terms hereof). This Subordinated Convertible
Note (including all Subordinated Convertible Notes issued in
exchange, transfer or replacement hereof, this “ Note
”) is one of an issue of Subordinated Convertible Notes
issued pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement (as defined
below) on the Closing Date (collectively, the “ Notes
” and such other Subordinated Convertible Notes, the “
Other Notes ”). Certain capitalized terms used herein
are defined in Section 26.
(1) PAYMENTS OF PRINCIPAL .
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, if any, on such
Principal and Interest. The “ Maturity Date ”
shall be December [__], 2009, 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 that shall have occurred and
be continuing that with the passage of time and the failure to cure
would result in an Event of Default, (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 and
(iii) through December [__], 2011 in the event that the
Company cannot effect a Mandatory Conversion of any Unconverted
Amount (as defined below) due to any limitations on conversion due
to the limitation on conversions set forth in Section 3(d)(i).
Other than as specifically permitted by the Note, the Company may
not prepay any portion of the outstanding Principal, accrued and
unpaid Interest or accrued and unpaid Late Charges, if any, on
Principal and Interest.
(2) INTEREST; INTEREST RATE .
Interest on the outstanding Principal (including Capitalized
Interest (as defined below)) amount of this Note shall commence
accruing on the Issuance Date and shall be computed on the basis of
a 365-day year and actual days
elapsed and shall be payable quarterly, in
arrears, on January [__], April [__], July [__] and October [__] of
each year (each, an “ Interest Date ”), with the
first Interest Date being January [__] 2007, by adding such
Interest to the Principal amount of this Note as of such Interest
Date (the “ Capitalized Interest ”). Prior to
becoming Capitalized Interest on an Interest Date, Interest on this
Note shall accrue at the Interest Rate and be payable by way of
inclusion of such Interest in the Conversion Amount 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 twelve percent (12.0%). 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.
(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 taxes and similar taxes that may be payable
with respect to the issuance and delivery of Common Stock upon
conversion of any Conversion Amount; provided that the
Company shall not be required to pay any tax that may be payable in
respect of any issuance of Common Stock to any Person other than
the converting Holder or with respect to any income or similar tax
due by the Holder with respect to the Note or such Common
Stock.
(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 sum of (A) the portion of the Principal to
be converted, redeemed or otherwise with respect to which this
determination is being made, (B) accrued and unpaid Interest
(other than Capitalized Interest included in Principal) with
respect to such Principal and (C) accrued and unpaid Late
Charges with respect to such Principal and Interest and (D) in
the case of a conversion pursuant to Section 3(c)(i), a Holder
Change of Control Redemption pursuant to Section 5(b) or
Company Change of Control Redemption pursuant to Section 5(c),
the applicable Present Value of Interest.
(ii) “ Conversion Price
” means, as of any Conversion Date (as defined below) or
other date of determination, $4.09, subject to adjustment as
provided herein.
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(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 10:00 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 second
(2 nd ) Trading 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 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
(X) provided that the Transfer Agent is participating in the
Depository Trust Company (“ 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 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. 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 16(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.
(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 upon such holder’s conversion of any Conversion
Amount (a “ Conversion Failure “), 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
five (5) 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 Common Stock) shall terminate, or (ii) 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 (A) such number of shares of Common
Stock, times (B) the Closing Bid Price on the Conversion
Date.
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(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 16.
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, 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 Company shall issue to the Holder the number of
shares of Common Stock not in dispute and resolve such dispute in
accordance with Section 21.
(v) Company’s Right of
Mandatory Conversion .
(A) Mandatory Conversion . If
at any time from and after the eighteen (18) month anniversary
of the Issuance Date (the “ Mandatory Conversion
Eligibility Date ”), (i) the Closing Sale Price of
the Common Stock equals or exceeds, for each of any twenty
(20) consecutive Trading Days following the Mandatory
Conversion Eligibility Date (the “ Mandatory Conversion
Measuring Period ”), $7.50 (as adjusted for any stock
splits, stock dividends, recapitalizations, combinations, reverse
stock splits or other similar events, including any occurring
during such Mandatory Conversion Measuring Period) and
(ii) there shall not have been any Equity Conditions Failure,
the Company shall have the right to require the Holder to convert
all, or any portion, of the Conversion Amount then remaining under
this Note into fully paid, validly issued and nonassessable shares
of Common Stock in accordance with Section 3(c)
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hereof at the Conversion Rate as of
the Mandatory Conversion Date (as defined below) with respect to
the Conversion Amount (a “ Mandatory Conversion
”). The Company may exercise its right to require conversion
under this Section 3(c)(v)(A) by delivering within not more
than three (3) Trading Days following the end of any such
Mandatory Conversion Measuring Period a written notice thereof by
facsimile and overnight courier to all, but not less than all, of
the holders of Notes and the Transfer Agent (the “
Mandatory Conversion Notice ” and the date all of the
holders received such notice is referred to as the “
Mandatory Conversion Notice Date ”). The Mandatory
Conversion Notice shall be irrevocable. The Mandatory Conversion
Notice shall state (1) the Trading Day selected for the
Mandatory Conversion in accordance herewith, which Trading Day
shall be at least twenty (20) Trading Days but not more than
sixty (60) Trading Days following the Mandatory Conversion
Notice Date (the “ Mandatory Conversion Date ”),
(2) the aggregate Conversion Amount of the Notes subject to
mandatory conversion from all of the holders of the Notes pursuant
hereto (and analogous provisions under the Other Notes) and
(3) the number of shares of Common Stock to be issued to the
Holder on the Mandatory Conversion Date. All Conversion Amounts
converted by the Holder after the Mandatory Conversion Notice Date
shall reduce the Conversion Amount of this Note required to be
converted on the Mandatory Conversion Date. The mechanics of
conversion set forth in Section 3(c) shall apply to any
Mandatory Conversion as if the Company and the Transfer Agent had
received from the Holder on the Mandatory Conversion Date a
Conversion Notice with respect to the Conversion Amount being
converted pursuant to the Mandatory Conversion. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, if the Company cannot effect a Mandatory Conversion, in
whole or in part, of the Conversion Amount of this Note (such
portion, the “ Unconverted Amount ”) as
contemplated in any Mandatory Conversion Notice due to the
limitation on conversions set forth in Section 3(d)(i), then,
as of the applicable Mandatory Conversion Date, (w) Interest
on such Unconverted Amount shall cease to accrue, (x) the
Holder shall have no right to require an Event of Default
Redemption with respect to such Unconverted Amount for Events of
Default described in Sections 4(a)(iv), (v), (viii), (x) and
(xi) and, with respect to Section 4(a)(ix), for any
covenant breaches that do not affect the issuance of the Conversion
Shares or the Warrant Shares, (y) the Holder shall not be
entitled to receive the 20% premium in any Change of Control
Redemption Price paid by the Company with respect to such
Unconverted Amount as set forth in Section 5(b) hereof and
(z) such Unconverted Amount shall be converted in accordance
with Section 3(c)(iv) on the date such conversion is permitted
under Section 3(d)(i).
(B) Pro Rata Conversion
Requirement . If the Company elects to cause a conversion of
any Conversion Amount of this Note pursuant to
Section 3(c)(v)(A), then it must simultaneously take the same
action in the same proportion with respect to the Other Notes. If
the Company elects a Mandatory Conversion of this Note pursuant to
Section 3(c)(v)(A) (or similar provisions under the Other
Notes) with respect to less than all of the Conversion Amounts of
the Notes then outstanding, then the Company shall require
conversion of a Conversion Amount from each of the holders of the
Notes equal to the product of (I) the aggregate Conversion
Amount of Notes which the Company has elected to cause to be
converted pursuant to Section 3(c)(v)(A), multiplied by (II)
the fraction, the numerator of which is the sum of the aggregate
Original Principal Amount of the Notes purchased by such holder of
outstanding Notes and the denominator of which is the sum of the
aggregate Original Principal Amount of the Notes purchased by all
holders holding outstanding Notes (such fraction with respect to
each holder is referred to as its “ Conversion Allocation
Percentage ,” and such amount with respect to each holder
is referred to as its “ Pro Rata Conversion Amount
”); provided, however, that in
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the event that any holder’s
Pro Rata Conversion Amount exceeds the outstanding Principal amount
of such holder’s Note, then such excess Pro Rata Conversion
Amount shall be allocated amongst the remaining holders of Notes in
accordance with the foregoing formula. In the event that the
initial holder of any Notes shall sell or otherwise transfer any of
such holder’s Notes, the transferee shall be allocated a pro
rata portion of such holder’s Conversion Allocation
Percentage and the Pro Rata Conversion Amount.
(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% (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 “
Exchange 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-Q or Form 8-K, 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 request
of the Holder, the Company shall within two (2) Business Days
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 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; provided, however, that if there is any Unconverted
Amount as of December [__], 2010, the Maximum Percentage shall
automatically increase to 9.99% as of such date.
(ii) Principal Market
Regulation . The Company shall not be obligated to issue any
shares of Common Stock upon conversion of this Note, and the Holder
of this Note shall not have the right to receive upon conversion of
this Note any shares of Common
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Stock, if the issuance of such
shares of Common Stock would exceed the aggregate number of shares
of Common Stock which the Company may issue upon conversion or
exercise, as applicable, of the Notes and Warrants without
breaching the Company’s obligations under the rules or
regulations of the Principal Market (the “ Exchange
Cap ”), except that such limitation shall not apply in
the event that the Company (A) obtains the approval of its
stockholders as required by the applicable rules of the Principal
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, as applicable, of Notes or Warrants, 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 such 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 suspension from trading or
failure of the Common Stock to be listed on an Eligible Market for
a period of five (5) consecutive Trading Days or for more than
an aggregate of ten (10) Trading 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 ten
(10) Business Days after the applicable Conversion Date or
(B) notice, written or oral, to any holder 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;
(iii) at any time following the
tenth (10 th ) consecutive Business 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);
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(iv) the Company’s failure to
pay to the Holder any cash amount of Principal (including, without
limitation, any redemption payments), Interest, Late Charges due in
cash or other amounts due in cash when and as due under this Note
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 continues for a
period of at least five (5) Business Days;
(v) the Company shall either
(i) fail to pay, when due, or within any applicable grace
period, any payment with respect to any Indebtedness in excess of
$250,000, individually or in the aggregate, due to any third party,
other than, with respect to unsecured Indebtedness only, payments
contested by the Company 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, individually or in the aggregate, 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, which default or event of default would or is likely
to have a material adverse effect on the business, operations,
properties, prospects of financial condition of the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries, individually or in the aggregate;
(vi) the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, 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;
(vii) 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
Subsidiaries in an involuntary case, (B) appoints a Custodian
of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or (C) orders the
liquidation of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
(viii) 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
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;
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(ix) the Company breaches any
covenant or other term or condition or any material representation
or warranty of any Transaction Document, except, in the case of a
breach of a covenant which is curable, only if such breach
continues for a period of at least ten (10) consecutive
Business Days;
(x) any breach or failure in any
respect to comply with Section 12 of this Note; or
(xi) 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 or
any Other Note, the Company shall within (1) Business Day
deliver written notice thereof via facsimile or e-mail 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 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 (x) the Conversion Amount to be
redeemed and (y) the Redemption Premium and (ii) 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 (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. 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 AND CHANGE OF CONTROL .
(a) Reaffirmation . If the
Company enters into or is a party to a Fundamental Transaction in
which it is the Successor Entity, the Company shall deliver to the
Holder (i) an affirmation that this Note shall be a continuing
obligation of the Company, or the Company as the Successor Entity,
and a reaffirmation of the Company’s, or the Company’s
as the Successor Entity, obligations under the Transaction
Documents following such Fundamental
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Transaction and (ii) a
confirmation that there shall be issued upon conversion of this
Note at any time after the consummation of the Fundamental
Transaction, (A) Common Stock or such other shares of publicly
traded common stock (or their equivalent) of the Company, or the
Company as the Successor Entity or (ii) if the Company is not
a publicly traded entity following such 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 of the Notes prior to such Fundamental Transaction, such
shares of stock, securities, cash, assets or any other property
whatsoever (including warrants or other purchase or subscription
rights) 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. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Holder
acknowledges that in connection with any Fundamental Transaction in
which the Company is not the Successor Entity, the Holder shall
only have the rights set forth in Sections 5(b), 5(c) and 5(d)
hereof.
(b) Holder 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 during the period beginning on the
date of the Holder’s receipt of a Change of Control Notice
and ending twenty (20) Trading Days after the consummation of
such Change of Control, the Holder may require the Company to
redeem (a “ Holder Change of Control Redemption
”) all or any portion of this Note by delivering written
notice thereof (“ Holder Change of Control Redemption
Notice ”) to the Company, which Holder Change of Control
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
product of (x) the Conversion Amount being redeemed and
(y) the quotient determined by dividing (A) the greater
of the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock immediately prior to
the consummation of the Change of Control, the Closing Sale Price
immediately following the public announcement of such proposed
Change of Control and the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock
immediately prior to the public announcement of such proposed
Change of Control by (B) the Conversion Price and
(ii) 120% of the Conversion Amount being redeemed; provided,
however, that in the event that any Unconverted Amount is being
redeemed pursuant to this Section 5, with respect to any such
Unconverted Amount, clause (ii) of the foregoing shall be
calculated as 100% of such amount (the “ Change of Control
Redemption Price ”). Redemptions required by this
Section 5 shall be made in accordance with the provisions of
Section 10. 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. 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.
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(c) Company Change of Control
Redemption . Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this
Section 5 or the provisions of Section 6(b), in the event
of a Change of Control where the Company is not the Successor
Entity, then the Company shall redeem this Note (a “
Company Change of Control Redemption ”), in whole and
not in part, at a price equal to the Change of Control Redemption
Price. No sooner than fifteen (15) days nor later than ten
(10) days prior to the consummation of any Change of Control
described in the foregoing sentence, but not prior to the public
announcement of such Change of Control, the Company shall provide
notice (the “ Company Change of Control Redemption
Notice ”) of a Company Change of Control Redemption in
writing to the Holder. The Company Change of Control Redemption
Notice shall state (i) that, following the consummation of the
Change of Control, the Company shall redeem all of the outstanding
Notes on the Company Change of Control Redemption Date,
(ii) that the Company shall consummate the Company Change of
Control Redemption on the twentieth (20 th ) day following the
consummation of such Change of Control (the “ Company
Change of Control Redemption Date ”), (iii) the
aggregate outstanding Conversion Amount of the Notes subject to
redemption from all the holders of the Notes pursuant to this
Section 5(c) and analogous provisions of the Other Notes and
(iv) the Company Change of Control Redemption Price that is to
be paid to such Holder on the Company Change of Control Redemption
Date.
(d) Change of Control
Redemptions . Redemptions required by this Section 5 shall
have priority to payments to shareholders in connection with a
Change of Control. 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 may be converted, in whole or in part, by the
Holder into, (i) in the event of any conversion occurring
prior to the consummation of such Change of Control, shares of
Common Stock pursuant to Section 3 or (ii) in the event
of any conversion occurring following consummation of such Change
of Control, (A) shares of Common Stock pursuant to
Section 3 if the Company’s Common Stock is still
outstanding after such Change of Control or (B) such shares of
stock, securities, cash, assets or any other property whatsoever
(including warrants or other purchase or subscription rights) which
the Holder would have been entitled to receive upon the happening
of such Change of Control had such Conversion Amount been converted
into Common Stock immediately prior to such Change of
Control.
(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, 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.
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(b) Other Corporate Events .
Except as otherwise contemplated in Sections 5(b) and
(c) hereof, which shall apply in lieu of this
Section 6(b) under the circumstances set forth in such
Sections, 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, in lieu of the shares of Common
Stock otherwise receivable upon such conversion, such shares of
stock, securities, cash, assets or any other property whatsoever
(including warrants or other purchase or subscriptions rights)
which the Holder would have been entitled to receive upon the
happening of such Corporate Event had this Note been converted
immediately prior to such Corporate Event (without taking into
account any restrictions or limitations on the convertibility of
this Note). 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 through the first (1
st
) anniversary of
the Issuance 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 (the “ New Issuance Price
”) 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 New Issuance Price. If and whenever on or
after the first (1 st ) anniversary of the Issuance
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) in a
Dilutive Issuance, then immediately after such Dilutive Issuance,
the Conversion Price then in effect shall be reduced to an amount
equal 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:
(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
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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