THIS NOTE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED
(THE "1933 ACT"). PURSUANT TO THE NOTE
PURCHASE AGREEMENT, THIS NOTE HAS
BEEN ACQUIRED FOR INVESTMENT ONLY AND MAY
NOT BE SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED
IN THE ABSENCE OF REGISTRATION OF THE
RESALE THEREOF UNDER THE 1933 ACT OR AN
OPINION OF COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY
IN FORM, SCOPE AND SUBSTANCE TO THE
COMPANY THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT
REQUIRED.
OMNI MEDICAL HOLDINGS, INC.
SENIOR NOTE DUE 2006
No. SOF-1
$400,000
Colorado Springs, Colorado
October 26, 2005
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, OMNI MEDICAL HOLDINGS, INC., a Utah
corporation (hereinafter called the
"Company"), hereby promises to pay to
SIGMA OPPORTUNITY FUND, LLC or registered
assigns (the "Holder"), or order,
the sum of Four Hundred Thousand Dollars
($400,000), on the Maturity Date, and
to pay interest on the unpaid principal
balance hereof at the Applicable Rate,
until the same becomes due and payable,
whether at maturity or upon
acceleration or by repurchase in accordance
with the terms hereof or
otherwise. Any amount, including, without
limitation, principal of or
interest on this Note or the Repurchase
Price, that is payable under this Note
and that is not paid when due shall bear
interest at the Default Rate from the
due date thereof until the same is paid
("Default Interest").
Regular
interest shall be payable on the Maturity
Date. Regular interest on this Note
shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day
year of twelve 30-day months and
actual days elapsed. This Note may not be prepaid,
redeemed or repurchased at
the option of the Company prior to the
Maturity Date.
All payments of principal of and premium, if any, interest, and
other amounts on this Note shall be made in
lawful money of the United States
of America. All payments shall be made by wire
transfer of immediately
available funds to such account as the
Holder may from time to time designate
by written notice in accordance with the
provisions of this Note. Whenever
any amount expressed to be due by the terms
of this Note is due on any day
which is not a Business Day, the same shall
instead be due on the next
succeeding day which is a Business Day.
Certain capitalized
terms used in
this Note are defined in Article V.
The obligations of the Company under this Note shall rank in
right
of payment senior to all obligations of the
Company for indebtedness for
borrowed money or the purchase price of
property. This Note is
issued
pursuant to the Note Purchase Agreement and
the Holder of this Note and this
Note are subject to the terms and entitled
to the benefits of the Note
Purchase Agreement.
The following terms shall apply to this Note:
ARTICLE I
CERTAIN COVENANTS
So long as the Company shall have any obligation under this
Note:
1.1 Limitations on Certain
Indebtedness. The
Company will not
itself, and will not permit any Subsidiary
to, create, assume, incur, suffer
to exist or in any manner become liable in
respect of, including, without
limitation, by reason of any business
combination transaction (all of which
are referred to herein as "incurring"), any
Indebtedness other than Permitted
Indebtedness.
1.2 Payment of
Obligations. The
Company will pay and discharge,
and will cause each Significant Subsidiary
to pay and discharge, subject to
the terms and conditions of the Note
Purchase Agreement, all their respective
material obligations and liabilities,
except where the same may be contested
in good faith by appropriate proceedings
and the Company shall have
established adequate reserves therefor on
its books.
1.3 Maintenance of
Property; Insurance.
(a) The Company will
keep, and will cause each Significant
Subsidiary to keep, all property which,
in the reasonable business judgment of the
Company, is useful and necessary in
its business in good working order and
condition, ordinary wear and tear
excepted.
(b) The Company will
maintain, and will cause each Significant
Subsidiary to maintain, with financially
sound and responsible insurance
companies, insurance, in at least such
amounts and against such risks as is
reasonably adequate for the conduct of
their respective businesses and the
value of their respective properties.
1.4 Conduct of
Business and Maintenance of Existence. The
Company will continue, and will cause each
Significant Subsidiary to continue,
to engage in business of the same general
type as now conducted by the
Company, and will preserve, renew and keep
in full force and effect, and will
cause each Significant Subsidiary to
preserve, renew and keep in full force
and effect their respective corporate
existence and their respective rights,
privileges and franchises necessary or
desirable in the normal conduct of
business and such matter other than
maintenance of the Company's corporate
existence, except where the failure to do
so would not have a material adverse
effect on (i) the business, properties,
operations, condition (financial or
other), results of operation or prospects
of the Company and the Subsidiaries,
taken as a whole or, (ii) the ability of
the Company to pay and perform its
obligations under the Transaction
Documents.
1.5 Compliance with
Laws. The Company will
comply, and will
cause each Significant Subsidiary to
comply, in all material respects with all
applicable laws, ordinances, rules,
regulations, decisions, orders and
requirements of governmental authorities
and courts (including, without
limitation, environmental laws) except (i)
where compliance therewith is
contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings or (ii) where non-
compliance therewith could not reasonably
be expected to have a material
adverse effect on the business, condition
(financial or otherwise),
operations, performance, properties or
prospects of the Company and the
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
1.6 Investment Company
Act. The Company will
not be or become
an open-end investment trust, unit
investment trust or face-amount certificate
company that is or is required to be
registered under Section 8 of the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended.
1.7 Limitations on
Asset Sales, Liquidations, Etc.; Certain
Matters. The Company shall not
(a) sell, convey or
otherwise dispose of all or substantially
all of the assets of the Company as an
entirety or substantially as an
entirety in a single transaction or in a
series of related transactions; or
(b) liquidate,
dissolve or otherwise wind up the affairs of the
Company.
1.8 Limitation on
Certain Issuances. The
Company shall not (A)
offer, sell or issue, or enter into any
agreement, arrangement or
understanding to offer, sell or issue, any
Common Stock Equivalent for which
the price at which the holder of such
Common Stock Equivalent is entitled to
acquire shares of Common Stock varies based
on the market or trading price of
the Common Stock, or (B) offer, sell or
issue, or enter into any agreement,
arrangement or understanding to offer, sell
or issue, any Common Stock or
Common Stock Equivalent on terms which
provide for adjustment or repricing of
the purchase price or number of shares or
other units of such Common Stock or
Common Stock Equivalents other than
pursuant to customary anti-dilution
provisions; provided, however, that nothing
in this Section 1.8 shall prohibit
the Company from issuing shares of Common
Stock for cash for the account of
the Company (x) in an offering that is
underwritten on a firm commitment basis
and registered with the SEC under the 1933
Act, or (y) an offering of Common
Stock that is a private investment in
publicly-traded equity (commonly known
as a PIPE).
1.9 Limitations on
Liens. The Company
will not itself, and will
not permit any Subsidiary to, create,
assume or suffer to exist any mortgage,
lien, pledge, security interest or other
charge or encumbrance (including,
without limitation, the lien or retained
security title of a conditional
vendor), all of which are referred to below
as "liens", upon all or any part
of its property of any character, whether
owned at the date hereof or
thereafter acquired, except:
(a) liens upon any
property of any Subsidiary or Subsidiaries as
security for indebtedness owing by such
Subsidiary to the Company;
(b) liens securing
this Note;
(c) liens for taxes or
assessments or governmental charges or
levies on its property if such taxes or
assessments or charges or levies shall
not at the time be due and payable or if
the amount, applicability, or
validity of any such tax, assessment,
charge or levy shall currently be
contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings or necessary preliminary
steps are being taken to contest,
compromise or settle the amount thereof or
to determine the applicability or validity
thereof and if the Company or such
Subsidiary, as the case may be, shall have
set aside on its books reserves
(segregated to the extent required by sound
accounting practice) deemed by it
adequate with respect thereto; deposits or
pledges to secure payment of
worker's compensation, unemployment
insurance, old age pensions or other
social security; deposits or pledges to
secure performance of bids, tenders,
contracts (other than contracts for the
payment of money borrowed or credit
extended), leases, public or statutory
obligations, surety or appeal bonds, or
other deposits or pledges for purposes of
like general nature in the ordinary
course of business; mechanics', carriers',
workers', repairmen's or other like
liens arising in the ordinary course of
business securing obligations which
are not overdue for a period of 60 days, or
which are in good faith being
contested or litigated, or deposits to
obtain the release of such liens; liens
created by or resulting from any litigation
or legal proceedings or
proceedings being contested in good faith
by appropriate proceedings, provided
any execution levied thereon shall be
stayed; leases made, or existing on
property acquired, in the ordinary course
of business; landlords' liens under
leases to which the Company or any
Subsidiary is a party; and zoning
restrictions, easements, licenses or
restrictions on the use of real property
or minor irregularities in title thereto;
provided that all such liens
described in this subsection (d) do not, in
the aggregate, materially impair
the use of such property in the operations
of the business of the Company or
any Subsidiary or the value of such
property for the purpose of such business;
(d) liens existing on
the Issuance Date and disclosed in the SEC
Reports; and
(e) liens upon raw
materials, works in progress and finished
goods inventory and accounts receivable
granted to a bank, finance company or
other institutional lender providing
receivables and inventory financings.
1.10 Transactions with Affiliates. The Company will not pay, and
will not permit any Subsidiary, directly or
indirectly, to pay, any funds to
or for the account of, make any investment
(whether by acquisition of stock or
Indebtedness, by loan, advance, transfer of
property, guarantee or other
agreement to pay, purchase or service,
directly or indirectly, any
Indebtedness, or otherwise) in, lease,
sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of
any assets, tangible or intangible, to, or
participate in, or effect any
transaction in connection with, any joint
enterprise or other joint
arrangement with, any Affiliate of the
Company, except, on terms to the
Company or such Subsidiary no less
favorable than terms that could be obtained
by the Company or such Subsidiary from a
Person that is not an Affiliate of
the Company, as determined in good faith by
the Board of Directors.
1.11 Rule 144A Information Requirement. Within the period prior
to the expiration of the holding period
applicable to sales hereof under Rule
144(k) under the 1933 Act (or any successor
provision), the Company shall,
during any period in which it is not
subject to Section 13 or 15(d) under the
1934 Act, make available to the Holder and
any prospective purchaser of this
Note from the Holder, the information
required pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4)
under the 1933 Act upon the request of the
Holder and it will take such
further action as the Holder may reasonably
request, all to the extent
required from time to time to enable the
Holder to sell this Note without
registration under the 1933 Act within the
limitations of the exemption
provided by Rule 144A, as Rule 144A may be
amended from time to time. Upon the
request of the Holder, the Company will
deliver to the Holder a written
statement as to whether it has complied
with such requirements.
1.12 Notice of Defaults. The Company shall notify the
Holder
promptly, but in any event not later than
five days after the Company becomes
aware of the fact, of any failure by the
Company to comply with this Article
I.
1.13 Security Agreement. No later than 30 days after the
date
hereof, the Company and its Subsidiaries
shall execute and deliver to the
Holder a Security Agreement, in form, scope
and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Holder, granting a
security interest in all of the assets
of the Company and the Subsidiaries to
secure the obligations of the Company
under this Note. The Company and its Subsidiaries
shall use its best efforts
to obtain any necessary consents to the
granting of such security interest to
the Holder.
ARTICLE II
EVENTS OF DEFAULT
2.1 If any of the
following events of default (each, an "Event
of Default") shall occur:
(a) Failure to Pay
Principal, Interest, Etc. The Company fails
(1) to pay the
principal, or the Repurchase Price hereof when due,
whether at
maturity, upon acceleration or otherwise, as applicable, or
(2) to pay any
installment of interest hereon when due and, in the case
of this clause
(2) of this Section 2.1(a) only, such failure continues
for a period of
ten Business Days after the due date thereof; or
(b) Breach of Certain
Covenants. The Company
fails to comply
with Section
1.1, 1.7 or 1.8; or
(c)
Breach of Other
Covenants. The Company
fails to comply in
any material
respect with any other provision of Article I of this Note
(other than
Section 1.1, 1.7 or 1.8) or breaches any other material
covenant or
other material term or condition of this Note or any of the
other
Transaction Documents (other than as specifically provided in
clauses (a) and
(b) of this Section 2.1), and such breach continues for
a period of 15
days after written notice thereof to the Company from the
Holder; or
(d) Breach of
Representations and Warranties. Any
representation
or warranty of the Company made herein or in any
agreement,
statement or certificate given in writing pursuant hereto (or
pursuant to any
Transaction Documents) shall be false or misleading in
any material
respect when made; or
(e) Certain Voluntary
Proceedings. The
Company or any
Subsidiary shall
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 seeking the appointment of a trustee, receiver,
liquidator,
custodian or other similar official of it or any substantial
part of its
property, or shall consent to any such relief or to the
appointment of
or taking possession by any such official in an
involuntary case
or other proceeding commenced against it, or shall make
a general
assignment for the benefit of creditors, or shall fail
generally to pay
its debts as they become due or shall admit in writing
its inability
generally to pay its debts as they become due; or
(f) Certain
Involuntary Proceedings. An involuntary case or
other proceeding
shall be commenced against the Company or any
Subsidiary
seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief with
respect to it or
its debts under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other
similar law now
or hereafter in effect or seeking the appointment of a
trustee,
receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official of it
or any
substantial part of its property, and such involuntary case or
other proceeding
shall remain undismissed and unstayed for a period of
60 consecutive
days; or
(g) Judgments and
Governmental Actions.
Any court of competent
jurisdiction or
any governmental authority shall enter one or more
judgments
against the Company or any Subsidiary or any of their
respective
properties or other assets, or find the Company or any
Subsidiary
liable for any damages or past due unpaid liabilities,
including in
respect of any unpaid taxes, including federal or state
income, sales,
use or other taxes, in an aggregate amount in excess of
$50,000; or
(h) Default Under
Other Agreements. (a)
The Company or any
Subsidiary shall
(i) default in any payment with respect to any
Indebtedness for
borrowed money (other than this Note) which
Indebtedness has
an outstanding principal amount in excess of $75,000
individually or
in the aggregate for all such Indebtedness, beyond the
period of grace,
if any, provided in the instrument or agreement under
which such
Indebtedness was created or (ii) default in the observance or
performance of
any agreement, covenant or condition relating to any such
Indebtedness or
contained in any instrument or agreement evidencing,
securing or
relating thereto, or any other event shall occur or
condition exist,
the effect of which default or other event or condition
is to cause, or
to permit the holder or holders of such Indebtedness (or
a trustee or
agent on behalf of such holder or holders) to cause, any
such
Indebtedness to become due prior to its stated maturity and
such
default or event
shall continue beyond the period of grace, if any,
provided in the
instrument or agreement under which such Indebtedness
was created
(after giving effect to any consent or waiver obtained and
then in effect
thereunder) and such default shall continue for five days
(or to such
earlier date as the holder of any other Indebtedness shall
declare the same
due and payable by reason of such default; or (b) any
Indebtedness of
the Company or any Subsidiary which has an outstanding
principal amount
in excess of the $75,000 individually or in the
aggregate for
all such Indebtedness shall, in accordance with its terms,
be declared to
be due and payable, or required to be prepaid other than
by a regularly
scheduled or required payment prior to the stated
maturity
thereof; or
(i) Failure to Provide
Security Interest. The
Company or any
Subsidiary does
not provide the Holder with a perfected security
interest in the
assets of the Company or any Subsidiary to secure the
obligations of
the Company under the Note within 30 days after the date
of this Note;
then,
(1) upon the
occurrence and during the continuation of any Event
of Default
specified in clause (a), (b), or (d) of this Section 2.1, at
the option of
the Holder, and upon the occurrence of any Event of
Default specified in clause
(e), (f) or (i) of this Section 2.1: (X)
the Company
shall pay to the Holder an amount equal to the outstanding
principal amount
of this Note plus accrued and unpaid interest on such
principal amount
to the date of payment plus accrued and unpaid Default
Interest, if
any, thereon at the rate provided in this Note to the date
of payment, (Y)
all other amounts payable hereunder or under any of the
other
Transaction Documents shall immediately become due and payable,
all without
demand, presentment or notice, all of which hereby are
expressly
waived, together with all costs, including, without
limitation,
reasonable legal fees and expenses of collection, and (Z)
the Holder shall
be entitled to exercise all other rights and remedies
available at law
or in equity; and
(2) upon the
occurrence and during the continuation of any Event
of Default
specified in clause (c), (g) or (h) of this Section 2.1:
(A)
if any Event of
Default continues during the period of 30 consecutive
days following
the occurrence of such Event of Default, then thereafter
so long as any
Event of Default is continuing, at the option of the
Holder (i) the
Company shall pay to the Holder an amount equal to the
outstanding
principal amount of this Note plus accrued and unpaid
interest on such
principal amount to the date of payment plus accrued
and unpaid
Default Interest, if any, thereon at the rate provided in
this Note to the date
of payment, and (ii) all other amounts payable
hereunder shall
immediately become due and payable, all without demand,
presentment or
notice, all of which hereby are expressly waived,
together with
all costs, including, wit