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EXHIBIT 10.60
CONVERTIBLE NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT ("Agreement") is made as of this 15th day of
June, 2007,
between U.S. HELICOPTER CORPORATION (the "Company"), a Delaware
corporation, and
PORTFOLIO LENDERS II, LLC, a New Jersey limited liability
company (the
"Purchaser").
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WHEREAS, the Company has authorized the issuance and sale of
the
Company's Promissory Note to Purchaser in the aggregate
principal amount of
$150,000.00, having the terms set forth in Exhibit A attached
hereto (the
"Note"); and
WHEREAS, the Purchaser desires to purchase, and the Company
desires to
issue, the Note on the terms set forth in this Agreement;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and of the
terms and
conditions contained in this Agreement, the Company and the
Purchaser agree as
follows:
1. PURCHASE AND SALE OF THE NOTE.
1.1 Subject to the terms and conditions contained in this
Agreement, at the Closing (as hereinafter defined) the Purchaser
shall purchase
from the Company and the Company shall sell to the Purchaser the
Note for
$150,000.00 (ONE HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS AND 00/100) (the
"Loan Amount")
which shall be payable via wire transfer to the Company's
designated account
(not later than the Closing Date).
1.2 The Note shall be repaid, along with all accrued and
unpaid interest, as follows:
(a) All sums due and payable shall be repaid by the
Company on the earlier of (1) the first closing of a private
placement
of the Company's debt or equity securities, or (2) 120 days from
the
Closing Date (the "Maturity Date").
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company agrees
to remit to the Purchaser $30,000 per month out of gross
revenues to be
received by the Company until the Note, plus any accrued but
unpaid
interest, is repaid in full.
1.3 The Note shall bear interest at the rate of 15% per
annum
based on a 360-day year, 30 days' worth of which shall be paid
by the Company in
advance on the Closing Date. The interest paid shall be
non-refundable in the
event of early repayment.
1.4 As additional consideration, the Purchaser shall receive
the sum of $7,500 by the Company, which shall be payable on the
Closing Date,
representing five (5) points of the total amount of the
Note.
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1.5 The Purchaser shall have the right to convert the Loan
Amount plus any accrued but unpaid interest in whole or in part
into shares of
the Company's common stock, par value $0.001 per share ("Common
Stock") at a
conversion rate of $0.50 per share (such shares, the "Conversion
Shares").
2. INDUCEMENT WARRANT. As an inducement to purchase the Note,
the
Purchaser shall be entitled to receive a warrant to purchase up
to 187,500
shares of Common Stock (the "Warrant"). The Warrant shall
contain an exercise
price of $0.50 per share and be exercisable for a period of five
years from the
Closing Date. The shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrant
(the "Warrant
Shares") shall contain registration rights identical to those of
the Conversion
Shares as described below.
3. CLOSING. The closing of the purchase and sale of the Note
(the
"Closing") shall take place on June 15, 2007, or such other day
as agreed to by
the parties (the "Closing Date").
4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.
4.1 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY. The
Company
represents and warrants that as of the date of this
Agreement:
(a) EXISTENCE. The Company is a corporation duly organized
and
in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and is
duly
qualified to do business and is in good standing in all states
where
such qualification is necessary, except for those jurisdictions
in
which the failure to qualify would not, in the aggregate, have
a
material adverse effect on the Company's financial condition,
results
of operations or business.
(b) AUTHORITY. The execution and delivery by the Company of
this Agreement and the Note (i) are within the Company's
corporate
powers; (ii) are duly authorized by the Company's board of
directors;
(iii) are not in contravention of the terms of the Company's
certificate of incorporation or bylaws; (iv) are not in
contravention
of any law or laws; (v) except for the filing of a Form D Notice
with
the Securities and Exchange Commission and any exemption filing
related
thereto which may be required pursuant to applicable state
securities
or "blue sky" laws, do not require any governmental consent,
registration or approval; (vi) do not contravene any contractual
or
governmental restriction binding upon the Company; and (vii)
will not
result in the imposition of any lien, charge, security interest
or
encumbrance upon any property of the Company under any
existing
indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan or credit agreement or
other
material agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party
or by
which the Company or any of the Company's property may be bound
or
affected.
(c) BINDING EFFECT. This Agreement, the Note and the Warrant
have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company
and
constitute the valid and legally binding obligation of the
Company,
enforceable in accordance with their respective terms, subject
to
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and other laws of
general
applicability relating to or affecting creditors' rights and to
general
equity principles.
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(d) CAPITALIZATION. The authorized capital stock of the
Company consists of 95,000,000 shares of Common Stock, par value
$0.001
per share, 35,641,882 shares of which were issued and
outstanding as of
June 4, 2007, and 5,000,000 shares of authorized Preferred
Stock, par
value $0.001 per share, of which none are issued and outstanding
as of
June 4, 2007. The shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to
this
Agreement and the Warrant (together, the "Shares") have been
duly and
validly authorized and reserved for issuance and, when issued
and
delivered in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and
the
Warrant, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and
non-assessable.
(e) DISCLOSURE DOCUMENTS. The Company has furnished the
Purchaser or made available at the website of the Securities
and
Exchange Commission (the "SEC") (HTTP://WWW.SEC.GOV) a copy of
the
Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB/A for the period ended
March
31, 2007 as filed with the SEC on June 1, 2007, and the
Company's
Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the period ended December 31,
2006 as
filed with the SEC on April 17, 2007 (together, the "SEC
Documents").
(f) SECURITIES MATTERS. Subject to the accuracy of the
representations of the Purchaser set forth in Section 4.2
hereof, the
offer, sale and issuance of the Note and the Shares as
contemplated by
this Agreement are exempt from the registration requirements of
the
Securities Act of 1933 as amended (the "Securities Act"). The
Company
has complied and will comply with all applicable state "blue
sky" or
securities laws in connection with the offer, sale and issuance
of the
Note and the Shares as contemplated by this Agreement.
4.2 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE PURCHASER. The
Purchaser represents and warrants that as of the date of the
execution of this
Agreement:
(a) AUTHORIZATION. This Agreement constitutes a valid and
legally binding obligation of the Purchaser.
(b) INVESTMENT REPRESENTATIONS. (i) The Purchaser has
received
and reviewed the SEC Documents and the Purchaser or the
Purchaser's
designated representatives have concluded a satisfactory due
diligence
investigation of the Company and have had an opportunity to
review the
documents provided by the Company and to have all of their
questions
related thereto satisfactorily answered.
(ii) The Purchaser understands the fundamental risks
of the Note and the Shares; has determined that he/she/it
can
reasonably benefit from the investment based upon net worth,
income, overall investment objectives and portfolio
structure;
that the Purchaser's overall commitment to investments which
are not readily marketable is not disproportionate to the
Purchaser's net worth, and that the Note and the Shares will
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not cause such overall commitment to become excessive; and,
that the Purchaser is able to bear the economic risk of the
Note and the Shares, including the loss of the entire value
of
its investment. Additionally, the Purchaser understands that
that there are restrictions on the Purchaser's right to
liquidate the Note and the Shares.
(iii) The Purchaser has reviewed the Risk Factors
sections included in the SEC Documents, and understands the
Risk Factors describing the fact that the Company (a) has
substantial liabilities, (b) may not be able to obtain
sufficient funds to grow its business and the subsequent
financing may be on terms adverse to the Note and the Shares
and (c) is currently not profitable.
(iv) The Purchaser (or its members and/or officers)
has previously invested in unregistered securities and has
sufficient financial and investing expertise to evaluate and
understand the risks of the Note and the Shares.
(v) The Purchaser has received from the Company, and
is relying on, no representations or projections (except as
set forth in this Agreement or the SEC Documents) with
respect
to the Company's business and prospects.
(vi) The Purchaser is an "accredited investor" within
the meaning of Regulation D under the Securities Act.
(vii) The Purchaser is acquiring the Note and the
Shares for investment purposes only without intent to
distribute the same, and acknowledges that the Note and the
Shares have not been registered under the Securities Act and
applicable state securities laws, and accordingly,
constitute
"restricted securities" for purposes of the Securities Act
and
such state securities laws until such time as a registration
statement covering the Shares is declared effective by the
SEC
and the states in which the registration statement is filed.
(viii) The Purchaser acknowledges that it will not be
able to transfer the Note and the Shares except upon
compliance with the registration requirements of the
Securities Act and applicable state securities laws or
exemptions therefrom.
(ix) The certificates and/or instruments evidencing
the Note and the Shares will contain a legend to the
foregoing
effect until such time as a registration statement covering
the Shares is declared effective by the SEC.
5. REGISTRATION RIGHTS.
5.1 PARTICIPATION IN REGISTERED OFFERINGS. If the Company
proposes or
is required to register any of its shares or other equity
securities for public
sale for cash under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Act") (other
than on Forms S-4 or S-8 or similar registration forms), it will
at each such
time or times give written notice to the Purchaser of its
intention to do so.
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Upon the written request of the Purchaser given within twenty
(20) days after
receipt of any such notice, the Company shall use its best
efforts to cause to
be included in such registration any Shares held by the
Purchaser requested to
be registered; provided, that if the managing underwriter
advises that less than
all of the shares requested to be registered should be offered
for sale so as
not materially and adversely to affect the price or salability
of such offering
being registered by the Company, the Purchaser (but not the
Company to the
extent it desires to include shares for its own account) shall
reduce the number
of its Shares to be included in the registration statement as
required by the
underwriter to the extent requisite of all prospective sellers
of the securities
proposed to be registered (other than the Company) on a pro rata
basis according
to the amounts of securities proposed to be registered by all
prospective
sellers to permit the sale or other disposition (in accordance
with the intended
method of disposition thereof as aforesaid) by the prospective
seller or sellers
of the securities so registered. The registration requested
pursuant to this
Section 5.1 is referred to herein as the "Piggyback
Registration".
5.2 OBLIGATIONS OF PURCHASER. It shall be a condition precedent
to the
obligation of the Company to register any Shares pursuant to
this Section 5 that
the Purchaser shall furnish to the Company such information
regarding the Shares
held and the intended method of disposition thereof and other
information
concerning the Purchaser as the Company shall reasonably request
and as shall be
required in connection with the registration statement to be
filed by the
Company. If after a registration statement becomes effective the
Company advises
the Purchaser that the Company considers it appropriate to amend
or supplement
the applicable registration statement, the Purchaser shall
suspend further sales
of the Shares until the Company advises the Purchaser that such
registration
statement has been amended or supplemented.
5.3 If and whenever the Company is required by the provisions of
this
Section 5 to effect the registration of the Shares under the
Securities Act, the
Company will:
Furnish to the Purchaser such reasonable number of copies of
the registration statement, preliminary prospectus, final
prospectus and such
other documents as the Purchaser may reasonably request in order
to facilitate
the sale of such shares;
Notify the Purchaser, promptly after it shall receive notice
thereof, of the time when such registration statement has become
effective or a
supplement to any prospectus forming a part of such registration
statement has
been filed;
Notify the Purchaser promptly of any request by the
Commission
for the amending or supplementing of such registration statement
or prospectus
or for additional information;
Prepare and promptly file with the Commission and promptly
notify the Purchaser of the filing of such amendment or
supplement to such
registration statement or prospectus as may be necessary to
correct any
statements or omissions if, at the time when a prospectus
relating to such
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securities is required to be delivered under the Securities Act,
any event shall
have occurred as the result of which any such prospectus or any
other prospectus
as then in effect would include an untrue statement of a
material fact or omit
to state any material fact necessary to make the statements
therein, in the
light of the circumstances in which they were made, not
misleading; and
Advise the Purchaser, promptly after it shall receive
notice or obtain knowledge
thereof, of the issuance of any stop order by the Commission
suspending the
effectiveness of such registration statement or the initiation
or threatening of
any proceeding for that purpose and promptly use its best
efforts to prevent the
issuance of any stop order or to obtain its withdrawal if such
stop order should
be issued.
5.4 With respect to a registration required pursuant to this
Section 5, all fees, costs and expenses of and incidental to
such registration,
shall be borne by the Company, including all registration,
filing, printing
expenses, fees and disbursements of counsel and accountants for
the Company, and
all legal fees and disbursements and other expenses of complying
with state
securities or blue sky laws of any jurisdictions in which the
Shares to be
offered are to be registered and qualified. Fees and
disbursements of counsel
and accountants
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