NEITHER
THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS
INSTRUMENT NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THESE SECURITIES ARE
CONVERTIBLE OR FOR WHICH THEY ARE EXERCISABLE HAVE BEEN REGISERED
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE
“ ACT ”) OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS.
THE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD, TRANFERRED OR
ASSIGNED (I) IN THE ABSENCE OF (A) AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT AS TO THE SECURITIES UNDER THE ACT, OR (B) AN OPINION OF
COUNSEL, IN A FORM REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY, THAT
REGISTRATION IS NOT RQUIRED UNDER THE ACT OR (II) UNLESS SOLD
PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER THE 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.
STRATOS RENEWABLES
CORPORATION
UNSECURED CONVERTIBLE
PROMISSORY NOTE
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August 27, 2008
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$5,000,000
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Beverly Hills,
California
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FOR VALUE RECEIVED , Stratos Renewables
Corporation , a Nevada corporation (“
Company ”) promises to pay I2BF BioDiesel
Limited, a business company existing under the laws of the British
Virgin Islands (“ Holder ”), or its
registered assigns, the principal sum of Five Million Dollars
($5,000,000), 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 ten
percent (10%) per annum, 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 on the earliest
to occur (the “ Maturity Date ”) of
(i) December 31, 2009, (ii) July 23, 2009, if Holder notifies
Company, in writing, at least thirty (30) days but not more the
sixty (60) days prior thereto, that it is electing to accelerate
the Maturity Date to July 23, 2009, or (iii) when, upon or
after the occurrence of an Event of Default (as defined below),
such amounts are declared due and payable by Holder or made
automatically due and payable in accordance with the terms hereof.
All references to Dollars herein are to lawful currency of the
United States of America. This Note is one of the Notes issued by
the Company pursuant to Section 1.1 of that certain Unsecured
Convertible Promissory Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement dated
August 27, 2008 (as amended, modified or supplemented, the “
Note Purchase Agreement ”) between Company
and the Purchaser (as defined in the Note Purchase Agreement). All
amounts owing on this Note shall be payable in arrears, with
payments first applied to any and all costs and expenses incurred
by Holder in enforcement or the preservation of any rights
hereunder, second to accrued and unpaid interest on this Note, and
thereafter on the unpaid principal amount hereof, at the address
for such purpose specified below the Holder’s name on
Schedule I of the Note Purchase Agreement, or at such other address
as the Holder may from time to time direct in writing. This Note
may be prepaid by the Company, in whole but not in part, upon ten
days prior written notice to the Holder and subject to Sections 2
and 3.
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 . Capitalized terms used in this Note have the
meanings given in the Note Purchase Agreement unless otherwise
defined herein. In addition, the following capitalized terms have
the following meanings:
(a) “ Affiliate ” shall
mean, with respect to any Person (i) a Person directly or
indirectly controlling, controlled by or under, control with such
Person, (ii) a Person owning or controlling 10% or more of the
outstanding voting securities of such Person, or (iii) an
officer, director, general partner, member or manager of such
Person, or a member of the immediate family of an officer,
director, general partner, member or manager of such Person. When
the Affiliate is an officer, director, partner or manager of such
Person or a member of the immediate family of an officer, director,
general partner, member or manager of such Person, any other Person
for which the Affiliate acts in that capacity shall also be
considered an Affiliate. For these purposes, control means the
possession, direct or indirect, of the power to direct or cause the
direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether
through the ownership of voting securities, as trustee or executor,
by contract or otherwise.
(b) “ Bloomberg ” means
Bloomberg Financial Markets.
(c) “ Board ” shall
mean the board of directors of any specified Person and any
committee thereof.
(d) “ Common Stock ”
shall mean shares of common stock, $0.001 par value per share, of
the Company.
(e) “ Capital Stock ”
shall mean shares of Common Stock or Preferred Stock (whether now
outstanding or hereafter issued in any context).
(f) “ Date of Conversion
” means the date on which the Holder shall have delivered to
the Company (i) the form of Notice of Conversion attached hereto,
appropriately completed and duly signed for the number of Note
Shares the Holder intends to purchase.
(g) “ Excluded Stock ”
shall mean (i) shares of Common Stock
issued by the Company as a stock dividend payable in shares of
Common Stock, or upon any subdivision or split-up of the
outstanding shares of Capital Stock, in each case which is subject
to Section 3(a)(ii)(2) , or upon conversion of shares of
Capital Stock (but not the issuance of such Capital Stock which
will be subject to the provisions of Section 3(a)(ii)(3)(c)
, (ii) the issuance of shares of Common Stock in any public
offering, (iii) the issuance of shares of Common Stock (including
upon exercise of options, warrants or other securities) to
directors, advisors, employees or consultants of the Company
pursuant to a stock option plan, employee stock purchase plan,
restricted stock plan or other agreement approved by the Board,
(iv) the issuance of shares of Common Stock in connection with
acquisitions of assets or securities of another Person (other than
issuances to Affiliates of the Company), (v) the issuance of shares
of Common Stock upon conversion of the Preferred Stock, (vi) the
issuance of shares of Common Stock upon exercise of the Warrants
and Other Warrants (as such term is defined in the Note Purchase
Agreement Section 5.3(b)) (including Warrants and Other Warrants
issued after the date hereof), (vii) the issuance of shares of
Common Stock upon conversion of the Notes and Other Notes (as such
term is defined in the Note Purchase Agreement Section 5.3(b))
(including Notes and Other Notes issued after the date hereof),
(viii) the issuance of any Warrants issued after the date hereof,
and (ix) the issuance of any Notes and Other Notes issued after the
date hereof.
(h) “ 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.
(i) “ Market Price ” of
one share of Common Stock as of a particular date shall be
determined as follows: (i) if traded on a securities exchange, the
value shall be deemed to be the weighted average price of the
Company’s Common Stock (as reported by Bloomberg) on the
Trading Day immediately preceding the Date of Conversion; (ii) if
traded over-the-counter, the value shall be deemed to be the
weighted average price of the Company’s Common Stock (as
reported by Bloomberg) over the five Trading Days preceding the
Date of Conversion; and (iii) if there is no active public market,
the fair market value thereof, as determined in good faith by the
Board.
(j) “ Obligations ”
shall mean and include all loans, advances, debts, liabilities and
obligations, howsoever arising, owed by the Company to Holder of
every kind and description (whether or not evidenced by any note or
instrument and whether or not for the payment of money), now
existing or hereafter arising under or pursuant to the terms of
this Note and the Note Purchase Agreement, including, all interest,
fees, charges, expenses, attorneys’ fees and costs and
accountants’ fees and costs chargeable to and payable by the
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.
(k) “ Person ” shall
mean any entity, corporation, company, association, joint venture,
joint stock company, partnership, trust, organization, individual
(including personal representatives, executors and heirs of a
deceased individual), nation, state, government (including
agencies, departments, bureaus, boards, divisions and
instrumentalities thereof), trustee, receiver or liquidator, as
well as any syndicate or group that would be deemed to be a Person
under Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
(l) “ Preferred Stock ”
shall mean the preferred stock, $0.001 par value per share, of the
Company.
(m) “ Prepayment Fee ”
has the meaning specified in Section 2.
(n) “ Subsidiary ” of a
Person shall mean each corporation or other entity of which (a)
such Person or any other Subsidiary of such Person is a general
partner or a manager (b) or at least 50% of the securities or other
ownership interests having by their terms ordinary voting power to
elect at least 50% of the board of directors or other Persons
performing similar functions is directly or indirectly owned or
controlled by such Person, by any one or more of its Subsidiaries
or by such Person and one or more of its Subsidiaries.
(o) “ Trading Day ”
shall mean a day on which the purchase and sale of the
Company’s Common Stock is permitted.
(p) “ Warrants ” shall
mean the warrants issued by the Company pursuant to Section 1.1 of
that certain Unsecured Convertible Promissory Note and Warrant
Purchase Agreement, dated August 27, 2008, by and among the Company
and the Investors referred to therein (the “
Securities Purchase Agreement ”).
2.
Prepayment
Fee . This Note
may be prepaid by the Company, in whole but not in part, from time
to time, provided that if Company prepays this Note for any reason
(other than as a result of an acceleration pursuant to Section 5 or
a Sale of the Company pursuant to Section 3(d)) more than thirty
days before the Maturity Date, Company shall pay Holder a fee (the
“ Prepayment Fee ”) due and payable on
the date of prepayment equal to fifteen percent (15%) of the sum of
the principal amount of this Note and all accrued but unpaid
interest through and including the date of prepayment.
3.
Conversion of
Note .
(a) Voluntary Conversion .
(i) Terms of Voluntary Conversion
. Holder has the right, exercisable
at Holder’s option, at any time hereafter and until such date
as this Note has been paid in full by the Company, to convert,
subject to the terms and provisions of this Section 3, the unpaid
principal amount of this Note, or any part thereof plus any accrued
but unpaid interest, plus, if conversion occurs in connection with
Company’s election to prepay this Note before the Maturity
Date, the Prepayment Fee (such amount being the “
Converted Amount ”), into such number of
fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock as is
determined by dividing the Converted Amount by the Conversion Price
(the “ Note Shares ”).
(ii) Conversion Price; Adjustments to Conversion
Price .
(1) The initial conversion price (“
Initial Conversion Price ”) is $0.70. “
Conversion Price ” means the Initial
Conversion Price as modified pursuant to clauses (2), (3) and (4)
below.
(2) If, after the date of this Note, the
outstanding shares of Common Stock are subdivided (split), or
combined (reverse split), by reclassification or otherwise, or if
any dividend or other distribution payable on the Common Stock in
shares of Common Stock occurs, the Conversion Price (for the
remaining principal and interest balance at the time such event
occurs) in effect immediately before such subdivision, combination,
dividend, grant of such options or warrants or other distribution
will, concurrently with the effectiveness of such subdivision,
combination, dividend or other distribution, be proportionately
adjusted.
(3) If the Company issues or sells any Common Stock
(including any securities exercisable, exchangeable or convertible
into Common Stock) other than Excluded Stock without consideration
or for consideration per share (as determined below) less than the
Conversion Price, the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior
to each such issuance or sale will immediately be reduced to such
lower price. For the purposes of any adjustment of the Conversion
Price issuable upon conversion of this Note pursuant to this
Section 3(a)(ii) , the following provisions shall be
applicable:
a) In the case of the issuance of Common Stock for
cash, the amount of the consideration received by the Company shall
be deemed to be the amount of the cash proceeds received by the
Company for such Common Stock before deducting therefrom any
discounts or commissions allowed, paid or incurred by the Company
for any underwriting or otherwise in connection with the issuance
and sale thereof.
b) In the case of the issuance of Common Stock
(otherwise than upon the conversion of shares of Capital Stock or
other securities of the Company) for a consideration in whole or in
part other than cash, including securities acquired in exchange
therefor (other than securities by their terms so exchangeable),
the consideration other than cash shall be deemed to be the fair
value thereof as determined by the Board, provided ,
however , that such fair value as determined by the Board
shall not exceed the aggregate Market Price of the shares of Common
Stock being issued as of the date the Board authorizes the issuance
of such shares.
c) In the case of the issuance of (a) options,
warrants or other rights to purchase or acquire Common Stock
(whether or not at the time exercisable) or (b) securities by their
terms convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock (whether or
not at the time so convertible or exchangeable) or options,
warrants or rights to purchase such convertible or exchangeable
securities (whether or not at the time exercisable):
1) the aggregate maximum number of shares of
Common Stock deliverable upon exercise of such options, warrants or
other rights to purchase or acquire Common Stock shall be deemed to
have been issued at the time such options, warrants or rights are
issued and for a consideration equal to the consideration
(determined in the manner provided in Sections 3(a)(ii)(3)(a)
and (b) ), if any, received by the Company upon the issuance of
such options, warrants or rights plus the minimum purchase price
provided in such options, warrants or rights for the Common Stock
covered thereby;
2) the aggregate maximum number of shares of
Common Stock deliverable upon conversion of or in exchange for any
such convertible or exchangeable securities, or upon the exercise
of options, warrants or other rights to purchase or acquire such
convertible or exchangeable securities and the subsequent
conversion or exchange thereof, shall be deemed to have been issued
at the time such securities were issued or such options, warrants
or rights were issued and for a consideration equal to the
consideration, if any, received by the Company for any such
securities and related options, warrants or rights (excluding any
cash received on account of accrued interest or accrued dividends),
plus the additional consideration (determined in the manner
provided in Sections 3(b)(iii)(a) and (b) ), if any, to be
received by the Company upon the conversion or exchange of such
securities, or upon the exercise of any related options, warrants
or rights to purchase or acquire such convertible or exchangeable
securities and the subsequent conversion or exchange
thereof;
3) on any change in the number of shares of Common
Stock deliverable upon exercise of any such options, warrants or
rights or conversion or exchange of such convertible or
exchangeable securities or any change in the consideration to be
received by the Company upon such exercise, conversion or exchange,
but excluding changes resulting from the anti-dilution provisions
thereof (to the extent comparable to the anti-dilution provisions
contained herein), the consideration per share with respect to such
issuance shall be recomputed and the Conversion Price as then in
effect shall forthwith be readjusted to such Conversion Price as
would have been obtained had an adjustment been made upon the
issuance of such options, warrants or rights not exercised prior to
such change, or of such convertible or exchangeable securities not
converted or exchanged prior to such change, upon the basis of such
change;
4) on the expiration or cancellation of any such
options, warrants or rights (without exercise), or the termination
of the right to convert or exchange such convertible or
exchangeable securities (without exercise), if the Conversion Price
shall have been adjusted upon the issuance thereof, the Conversion
Price shall forthwith be readjusted to such Convers