STRATOS RENEWABLES
CORPORATION
SECURED PROMISSORY NOTE AND
WARRANT PURCHASE AGREEMENT
THIS
SECURED PROMISSORY NOTE AND WARRANT PURCHASE AGREEMENT
(this “
Agreement ”) is made as of July 25, 2008, by
and among Stratos Renewables Corporation, a Nevada corporation (the
“ Company ”), and the person or entity
listed on the schedule of purchasers attached hereto as
Schedule I (the “
Purchaser ”).
RECITALS
A. On the terms and subject to the conditions set
forth herein, the Purchaser is willing to purchase from the
Company, and the Company is willing to sell to such Purchaser, a
senior secured promissory note in the principal amount of
$2,000,000, and warrants to acquire up to 714,286 shares of Company
common stock, as set forth opposite such Purchaser’s name on
Schedule I hereto.
B. Capitalized terms not defined when first used
shall have the meaning provided in Exhibit A
.
AGREEMENT
NOW THEREFORE , in consideration of the foregoing, and the
representations, warranties, and conditions set forth below, the
parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as
follows:
1. The Note and
Warrants .
(a) Issuance of Note and Warrants
. At the Closing, the Company agrees to issue and
sell to the Purchaser, and, subject to all of the terms and
conditions hereof, the Purchaser agrees to purchase a senior
secured convertible promissory note in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit B (the “ Note
”) in the principal amount set forth opposite the
Purchaser’s name on Schedule I hereto.
In conjunction with the sale of the Note, at the Closing, the
Company also agrees to issue warrants for the purchase of 714,286
shares of Company common stock (“ Common
Stock ”), in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit C (the “ Warrants
”). The Company and [Subsidiary Name Redacted], shall
also execute and delivered to the Purchaser (i) two Security
Interest Guarantee Agreements dated as of the date hereof, the form
of which is attached hereto as Exhibit D-1 (as the same may be
amended, supplemented or restated from time to time, the
“Peruvian Security Agreements”) and (ii) two Security
Agreements dated as of the date hereof, the form of which is
attached hereto as Exhibit D-2 (as the same may be amended,
supplemented or restated from time to time, the “ US
Security Agreements ”, and with the Peruvian
Security Agreements, the “ Security
Agreements ”) and Purchaser shall have the rights
and obligations hereunder and thereunder
*** Confidential treatment requested pursuant to a
request for confidential treatment filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission. Omitted portions have been filed separately
with the Commission.
(b) Delivery . The sale and purchase of the Note and Warrants
shall take place at a closing (the “ Closing
”) to be held on July 25, 2008 (the “ Closing
Date ”) at such place as the Company and the
Purchaser may determine. At the Closing, the Company will deliver
the Note and Warrants to the Purchaser. The Note and Warrants will
be registered in such Purchaser’s name in the Company’s
records.
(c) Payments . The Company will make all cash payments due
under the Note in immediately available funds on the date such
payment is due in the manner and at the address for such purpose
specified below the Purchaser’s name on
Schedule I hereto, or at such other address
as a Purchaser or other registered holder of the Note may from time
to time direct in writing. Notwithstanding the foregoing or
anything to the contrary in the Note, any default of this
Section 1(c) shall not constitute a default or an event of
default hereunder independent of the event of default provisions
set forth in Section 4(a) of the Note.
2.
Covenants . The Company covenants that so long as the
Note is outstanding:
(a) Compliance with Law . The Company will and will cause each of its
Subsidiaries to comply with all Requirements of Law to which each
of them is subject, including, without limitation, environmental
laws, and will obtain and maintain in effect all licenses,
certificates, permits, franchises and other authorizations from
third parties and Governmental Authorities necessary to the
ownership of their respective properties or to the conduct of their
respective businesses, in each case to the extent necessary to
ensure that non-compliance with such Requirements of Law or
failures to obtain or maintain in effect such licenses,
certificates, permits, franchises and other authorizations would
not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to
have a Materially Adverse Effect.
(b) Reporting Requirements . The Company shall furnish
Purchaser:
(i) As soon as available, and in any event within
90 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company, audited
annual financial statements of the Company and its Subsidiaries
with the unqualified opinion of independent certified public
accountants of nationally recognized standing selected by the
Company and acceptable to Purchaser, which annual financial
statements shall include the balance sheets of the Company and its
Subsidiaries as at the end of such fiscal year and the related
statements of income, retained earnings and cash flows of the
Company and its Subsidiaries for the fiscal year then ended,
prepared on a consolidating and consolidated basis, all in
reasonable detail and prepared in accordance with GAAP, together
with a certificate of the Company’s chief financial officer,
stating that such financial statements have been prepared in
accordance with GAAP and whether or not such officer has knowledge
of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default hereunder and,
if so, stating in reasonable detail the facts with respect
thereto.
(ii) As soon as available and in any event within 45
days after the end of each fiscal quarter of the Company, an
unaudited interim balance sheet and statement of income, cash flow
and retained earnings of the Company and its Subsidiaries as at the
end of and for such fiscal quarter and for the year-to-date period
then ended, prepared on a consolidating and consolidated basis, in
reasonable detail and stating in comparative form the budget of the
Company and its Subsidiaries for such fiscal quarter and for the
year-to-date period then ended and the figures for the
corresponding date and periods in the previous year, all prepared
in accordance with GAAP, subject to year-end audit adjustments; and
accompanied by a certificate of the Financial Officer, stating
(i) that such financial statements have been prepared in
accordance with GAAP, subject to year-end audit adjustments, and
(ii) whether or not such officer has knowledge of the
occurrence of any Default or Event of Default hereunder not
theretofore reported and remedied and, if so, stating in reasonable
detail the facts with respect thereto.
(iii) Promptly, and in any event within 10 days
following the issuance of any Equity Capital by any Issuer Party
(excluding Equity Capital to employees related to options or
warrants which when fully exercised would result in the issuance of
equal to or less than 1,500,000 shares of Common Stock or options
to purchase Common Stock), a statement of the authorized Equity
Capital of such Issuer Party showing each Person owning more than
five percent of any class of Equity Capital on a fully diluted
basis.
(iv) Immediately after the commencement thereof,
notice of all litigation and of all proceedings before any
Governmental Authority affecting any Issuer Party or which
(i) seek a monetary recovery against any Issuer Party in
excess of $100,000 or (ii) if determined adversely to such
Issuer Party, could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.
(v) As promptly as practicable (but in any event
not later than 3 Business Days) after an officer of the Company
obtains knowledge of the occurrence of a Default or Event of
Default hereunder, notice of such occurrence, together with a
detailed statement by a responsible officer of the Company setting
forth the steps being taken by the Company to cure the effect of
such Default or Event of Default.
(vi) Promptly upon obtaining knowledge thereof,
notice of the violation by Issuer Party of any law, rule or
regulation, the non-compliance with which could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(vii) Promptly upon their distribution, copies of all
proxy statements which the Company sends to its
shareholders.
(viii) Promptly after the sending or filing thereof,
copies of all regular and periodic financial reports which the
Company delivers to any other lender.
(ix) Promptly, such additional information
concerning each Issuer Party as Purchaser may reasonably
request.
Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary within this Agreement or any of the other
Note Documents, neither the Company nor any other Person acting on
its behalf shall be obligated to furnish the Purchaser or its
respective agents or counsel with any information that constitutes
material, nonpublic information regarding the Company or its
securities (the “Nonpublic Information”), unless (a)
the Purchaser signs an agreement (reasonable and customary in
scope) representing that they will hold such Nonpublic Information
confidential; (b) the disclosure of such Nonpublic Information is
required under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise by
law; or (c) the information in such Nonpublic Information has been
made generally available to the public other than by disclosure in
violation of this or any other agreement of which the Purchaser has
knowledge. Nothing herein (or in any other confidentiality
agreement between the Company and the Purchaser) shall be deemed to
limit the Purchaser’s ability to sell Securities in this
Company in a manner which is otherwise consistent with applicable
laws and regulations.
All required
deliveries pursuant to this Section 2(b) shall be made, to
the extent possible, by electronic means (e-mail transmission),
followed by actual, originally executed (if required hereunder)
paper copies thereof.
(c) Insurance . The Company will and will cause each of its
Subsidiaries to maintain, with financially sound and reputable
insurers, insurance with respect to their respective properties and
businesses against such casualties and contingencies, of such
types, on such terms and in such amounts (including deductibles,
co-insurance and self-insurance, if adequate reserves are
maintained with respect thereto) as is customary in the case of
entities of established reputations engaged in the same or a
similar business and similarly situated.
(d) Maintenance of Properties
. The Company will and will cause
each of its Subsidiaries to maintain and keep, or cause to be
maintained and kept, their respective properties in good repair,
working order and condition (other than ordinary wear and tear), so
that the business carried on in connection therewith may be
properly conducted at all times, provided that this Section
shall not prevent the Company or any Subsidiary from discontinuing
the operation and the maintenance of any of its properties if such
discontinuance is desirable in the conduct of its business and the
Company has concluded that such discontinuance would not,
individually or in the aggregate, have a Materially Adverse
Effect.
(e) Payment of Taxes . The Company will and will cause each of its
Subsidiaries to file all income tax or similar tax returns required
to be filed in any jurisdiction and to pay and discharge all taxes
shown to be due and payable on such returns and all other taxes,
assessments, governmental charges, or levies payable by any of
them, to the extent such taxes and assessments have become due and
payable and before they have become delinquent, provided
that neither the Company nor any Subsidiary need pay any such tax
or assessment if ( i ) the amount, applicability or validity
thereof is contested by the Company or such Subsidiary on a timely
basis in good faith and in appropriate proceedings, and the Company
or a Subsidiary has established adequate reserves therefor in
accordance with GAAP on the books of the Company or such Subsidiary
or ( ii ) the nonpayment of all such taxes and assessments
in the aggregate would not reasonably be expected to have a
Materially Adverse Effect.
(f) Legal Existence, etc . The Company will at all times preserve and
keep in full force and effect its corporate existence. The Company
will at all times preserve and keep in full force and effect the
legal existence of each of its Subsidiaries (unless merged into the
Company or a Subsidiary) and all rights and franchises of the
Company and its Subsidiaries unless, in the good faith judgment of
the Company, the termination of or failure to preserve and keep in
full force and effect such corporate existence, right or franchise
would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Materially
Adverse Effect.
(g) Transactions with Affiliates
. The Company will not and will not
permit any Subsidiary to enter into directly or indirectly any
material transaction or material group of related transactions
(including without limitation the purchase, lease, sale or exchange
of properties of any kind or the rendering of any service) with any
affiliate (other than the Company or another Subsidiary), except
pursuant to the reasonable requirements of the Company’s or
such Subsidiary’s business and upon fair and reasonable terms
no less favorable to the Company or such Subsidiary than would be
obtainable in a comparable arm’s-length transaction with a
Person not an affiliate.
(h) Merger, Consolidation, etc
. The Company will not consolidate
with or merge with any other Person or convey, transfer or lease
substantially all of its assets in a single transaction or series
of transactions to any Person unless:
(i) the successor formed by such consolidation or
the survivor of such merger or the Person that acquires by
conveyance, transfer or lease substantially all of the assets of
the Company as an entirety, as the case may be, is a solvent
corporation organized and existing under the laws of the United
States or any State thereof (including the District of Columbia),
and, if the Company is not such corporation, such successor
executes and delivers to Purchaser its assumption of the due and
punctual performance and observance of each covenant and condition
of the Note Documents; and
(ii) immediately after giving effect to such
transaction, no Default or Event of Default occurs or
continues.
No such
conveyance, transfer or lease of substantially all of the assets of
the Company will have the effect of releasing the Company or any
such successor.
(i) Liens . The Company shall not grant or permit to exist
(voluntarily or involuntarily) any Liens on any assets of any
Issuer Party other than Permitted Liens.
(j) Debt .
The Company shall not, and shall not permit any other Issuer Party
to, incur Debt other than:
(ii) Debt in existence on the date
hereof;
(iii) capitalized lease obligations and other Debt
secured by Liens permitted by clause (iii) of the definition of
“Permitted Liens” not to exceed ninety percent of the
value of the assets acquired with the proceeds thereof.
(iv) Debt of any Issuer Party to any other Issuer
Party.
(v) Debt incurred or issued by the Company which is
subordinate to the Note in a manner acceptable to the Purchaser in
its reasonable discretion.
3.
Representations and
Warranties of the Company . The Company represents and warrants to the
Purchaser that:
(a) Existence and Power . Each Issuer Party (i) is a legal entity
duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the
laws of its jurisdiction of organization, (ii) is duly
qualified to do business in each additional jurisdiction where the
failure to so qualify would have a Material Adverse Effect, and
(iii) has all requisite corporate power to own its properties
and to carry on its businesses as now being conducted and as
proposed to be conducted. The Company has all requisite corporate
power to execute, deliver and perform its Obligations under the
Note Documents.
(b) Binding Effect . This Agreement and each of the other Note
Documents to which the Company is a party have been duly executed
and delivered by the Company and are, and the Note when issued,
executed and delivered as contemplated herein will be, the legal,
valid and binding obligations of the Company, in each case
enforceable against the Company in accordance with their respective
terms, except to the extent that such enforcement may be limited by
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency and other similar laws affecting
creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of
equity.
(c) Liens and Security Interests
. The security interests now or
hereafter created pursuant to the Security Agreements constitute
and will constitute legal, valid and (assuming that all actions
shall have been taken in respect of the perfection of such Liens
and security interests contemplated by this Agreement and the
Security Agreements) perfected first priority Liens and security
interests in all of the Collateral purported to be covered thereby,
subject to no Liens.
(d) No Conflicts with Agreements, Etc
. Neither the execution and delivery
by the Company of this Agreement or any of the other Note Documents
to which it is a party, nor the offering, issuance or sale of the
Note or the Warrants nor the fulfillment of or compliance with the
terms and provisions hereof or thereof, will conflict with, or
result in a breach or violation of the terms, conditions or
provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the
creation of any Lien (other than Liens created pursuant to the
Security Agreements) on any properties or assets of the Company
pursuant to, the Organizational Documents of the Company, or any
contract, agreement, mortgage, indenture, lease or instrument to
which it is a party or by which it is bound or to which its assets
are subject, or any Requirement of Law to which it or its assets
are subject, which conflict, breach, violation, default or Lien
could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(e) Consents, Etc . Except for the consent of the holders of the
Company’s Series A Preferred Stock under the Company’s
Amended and Restated Certificate of Designation, Powers,
Preferences and Rights of Series A Preferred Stock, a true and
correct copy of which has been delivered to Purchaser, no consent,
approval or authorization of or declaration, registration or filing
with any Governmental Authority or any nongovernmental Person,
including any creditor or stockholder of the Company, is required
in connection with the execution or delivery by the Company of this
Agreement or the other Note Documents to which the Company is a
party, or the performance by the Company of its Obligations
hereunder and thereunder, or as a condition to the legality,
validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any other Note
Document.
(f) Material Contracts . No Issuer Party is in breach or violation of
any of the terms, conditions or provisions of any of its material
contracts, and to the best knowledge of the Company no third party
to any of such material contracts is in breach or violation of any
of the terms, conditions or provisions thereof, which breach could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No Issuer
Party has transferred or subordinated any of its rights or
interests in any of its material contracts, and such rights and
interests are subject to no Liens except Permitted
Liens.
(i) There are no actions, suits, or proceedings
pending, or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened against
or affecting any Issuer Party, or any properties or rights of any
Issuer Party which, if adversely determined, individually or in the
aggregate would have a Material Adverse Effect.
(ii) There are no actions, suits or proceedings
pending, or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened in
writing against the Company which seek to enjoin, or otherwise
prevent the consummation of, the transactions contemplated herein
or to recover any damages or obtain any relief as a result of any
of the transactions contemplated herein in any court or before any
arbitrator of any kind or before or by any Governmental
Authority.
(h) Compliance With Laws; No Default
.
(i) To the Company’s knowledge, no Issuer
Party is now, nor will be after or as a result of giving effect to
the transactions contemplated herein, in default under or in
violation of any Order of any court, arbitrator or Governmental
Authority or of any federal, state, local or foreign Requirement of
Law, which default or violation could reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect.
(ii) No Issuer Party is in default under or with
respect to any provision of any security issued by any such Person,
of any of its Organizational Documents, or of any agreement,
undertaking, contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust or other
instrument, document or agreement to which any such Person is a
party or by which it or any of its property is bound which,
individually or together with all such defaults, could reasonably
be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(i) Possession of Franchises, Licenses,
Etc . Each Issuer Party
possesses all material franchises, certificates, licenses, permits,
registrations, and other authorizations from Governmental
Authorities and third parties, that are necessary for the
ownership, maintenance and operation of its properties and assets,
and for the conduct of its businesses as now conducted, and no
Issuer Party is in violation of any thereof in any material
respect.
(j) Intellectual Property .
(i) Each Issuer Party owns all right, title and
interest in and to, or has valid and enforceable Licenses to use,
all of the Intellectual Property used by it in connection with its
business as presently conducted (the “ Intellectual
Property ”), which, to the Knowledge of the Company,
represents all intellectual property rights necessary to the
conduct of the business of such Issuer Party as now conducted and
as presently contemplated to be conducted. Each Issuer Party is in
compliance with the material contractual obligations relating to
the protection of such of the Intellectual Property as it uses
pursuant to Licenses. To the Knowledge of the Company, there are no
conflicts with or infringements by any third party of any
Intellectual Property, and the conduct of the business of each
Issuer Party as currently conducted or as currently contemplated to
be conducted does not and will not conflict with or infringe any
proprietary right of any third party. There is no material claim,
suit, action or proceeding pending or, to the knowledge of the
Company, threatened against any Issuer Party: (i) alleging any such
conflict or infringement with any third party’s proprietary
rights; or (ii) challenging the ownership or use by any Issuer
Party, or the validity or enforceability of, any Intellectual
Property.
(ii) To the Company’s Knowledge, no Issuer
Party will be, as a result of the execution and delivery of this
Agreement or the performance of its obligations under this
Agreement, in breach of any license, sublicense, or other agreement
relating to the Intellectual Property.
(k) Broker’s or Finder’s
Commissions . Except for
a commission payable to Calyon Securities (USA) Inc., no
broker’s or finde