Exhibit 10.21
Exhibit 10.21 Form of
Note
THIS NOTE, THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK AND/OR
OTHER SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION OF THIS NOTE (THE “
SECURITIES ”) HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED FOR INVESTMENT
PURPOSES ONLY AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED UNTIL (i) A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED
(THE “ SECURITIES ACT ”) SHALL HAVE
BECOME EFFECTIVE WITH RESPECT THERETO OR (ii) RECEIPT BY THE
COMPANY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE
COMPANY TO THE EFFECT THAT REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT IS
NOT REQUIRED IN CONNECTION WITH SUCH PROPOSED TRANSFER NOR IS IN
VIOLATION OF ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THIS LEGEND
SHALL BE ENDORSED UPON ANY NOTE ISSUED IN EXCHANGE FOR THIS NOTE
AND ANY SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION OF THIS
NOTE.
ANPATH GROUP, INC.
8% Subordinated Convertible
Promissory Note
Note No.:
[__] [___________], 200_
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, Anpath Group,
Inc. , a Delaware corporation (collectively with all of its
Subsidiaries, the “ Company ”) with its
principal executive office at 116 Morlake Drive, Suite 201,
Mooresville, North Carolina 28117, promises to pay to the order of
[________________], (the “ Holder ”), or
registered assigns, the principal amount of [____________dollars
($_______)] (the “ Principal Amount ”),
plus accrued interest thereon, in such coin or currency of the
United States of America as at the time of payment shall be legal
tender for the payment of public and private debts, which sum shall
be due and payable on the Maturity Date (as defined below).
Interest on this Note shall accrue and be payable in accordance
with Section 3 hereof.
This Note is one of a series of similar Notes
issued in connection with the Company’s private placement
(the “ Offering ”) of its units (“
Units ”), each Unit consisting of (i) a Note in
the aggregate principal amount of $10,000 and (ii) a Warrant to
purchase 20,000 shares of common stock of the Company on a 50 Unit
($500,000) minimum and a 500 Unit ($5,000,000) maximum
basis. In the Offering, the Company sold its securities
to “accredited investors” pursuant to Subscription
Agreements by and between the Company and the Investors named
therein (the “ Subscription Agreements
”). In addition to the terms defined elsewhere in
this Note, capitalized terms that are not otherwise defined herein
have the meanings given to such terms in the Subscription
Agreements.
Each payment by the Company pursuant
to this Note shall be made without set-off or counterclaim and in
immediately available funds. Any amounts which become
due and payable pursuant to this Note on a day that is not a
Business Day (as hereafter defined) shall be due and payable on the
first Business Day after such date. For purposes of this
Note, “ Business Day ” means any day that
is not a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banks are required or
permitted to be closed in the State of North Carolina.
The Company (i) waives
presentment, demand, protest or notice of any kind in connection
with this Note and (ii) agrees, in the event of an Event of
Default (as defined below), to pay to the Holder of this Note, on
demand, all costs and expenses (including legal fees and expenses)
incurred in connection with the enforcement and collection of this
Note.
Exhibit 10.21 Form of
Note
Maturity . This Note together with all fees
and expenses (if any), and accrued, but unpaid interest thereon,
shall be immediately due and payable on [_______, 200_](the date
that is the one (1) year anniversary of the Issue Date (as defined
below) of this Note) (the “ Maturity Date ”). In the event that the
Maturity Date falls on a Saturday, Sunday or a holiday on which
banks in the State of North Carolina are closed, the Maturity Date
shall be the first Business Day occurring immediately after such
date.
Prepayment
. This Note may be
prepaid by the Company at any time prior to the Maturity Date, in
whole or in part, without any premium or penalty. All
such payments shall be applied first to accrued interest and then
to the outstanding Principal Amount.
Interest
.
.109
Interest Rate
. The outstanding Principal
Amount shall bear interest at the rate of eight (8%) percent per
annum.
.110
Computation and Payment of
Interest . Interest on the Principal Amount
shall accrue commencing on the date of this Note (the
“ Issue
Date ”) and
shall be due and payable on the Maturity Date. Interest
shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year for the actual
number of days elapsed from the Issue Date to the Maturity
Date.
Conversion
.
.111
Optional
Conversion . Commencing on the Issue Date and
ending on the last Business Day immediately prior to the Maturity
Date (the “ Optional Conversion Period
”) and subject to the
limitation provided in Section 5F below, the outstanding Principal Amount of this
Note and all accrued interest may be converted into shares (the
“ Conversion
Shares ”) of the
Company’s common stock, par value $0.0001 (the
“ Common
Stock ”) at any
time and from time to time, at the then effective Optional
Conversion Price (as defined below) at the sole discretion of the
Holder of this Note, by delivering to the Company this Note (or an
affidavit of lost Note, together with an applicable bond, all in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Company and its
legal counsel) with a written notice (the “
Optional Conversion
Notice ”), in
the form of Exhibit
A annexed
hereto.
.112
Mandatory
Conversion . Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary provided herein or elsewhere, on the Maturity Date, the
outstanding Principal Amount of this Note and all accrued interest
shall automatically convert into Conversion Shares at the then
effective Mandatory Conversion Price (as defined
below). The Company will notify the Holder, in writing,
of a Mandatory Conversion and the number of Conversion Shares to be
issued to the Holder pursuant to such Mandatory Conversion (a
“ Mandatory
Conversion Notice ”) within five (5) Business Days after the
Maturity Date. In the event that the Holder disputes the
number of Conversion Shares to be issued pursuant to the Mandatory
Conversion Notice, within five (5) Business Days of Holder’s
receipt of the Mandatory Conversion Notice, the Holder shall send
to the Company a notice of such dispute which shall include
Holder’s calculations and basis for such dispute (a
“ Holder’s
Notice of Objection ”) and such dispute shall be resolved in
accordance with Section 5H below. In the event of Mandatory
Conversion, the Company shall deliver a certificate or certificates
representing the Conversion Shares in accordance with
Section 5E
below. Notwithstanding anything
to the contrary provided herein or elsewhere, except for the
provisions regarding delivery of Conversion Shares pursuant
to Section
5E below, this Note
shall be deemed null and void on the Maturity
Date.
Conversion
Price . The price per share at which this
Note shall be convertible into Conversion Shares (the
“ Conversion
Price ”), is as
follows:
.113
Optional Conversion
Price . During the Optional Conversion
Period, the Principal Amount of this Note and all accrued interest
shall be convertible into Conversion Shares at a Conversion Price
equal to $0.50 per share (the “ Optional Conversion Price
”), subject to adjustment
from time to time as provided in this Note.
.114
Mandatory Conversion
Price . On the Maturity Date the Principal
Amount of this Note and all accrued interest shall be convertible
into Conversion Shares at a Conversion Price, equal to eighty
percent (80%) of the average Market Price (as defined below) for
the twenty (20) Trading Days (as defined below) immediately
preceding the Maturity Date (the “ Mandatory Conversion Price
”); provided, however, and
the foregoing notwithstanding, in no event shall the Mandatory
Conversion Price be less than $0.20 per share or more than $0.50
per share.
.115
Definitions
. For purposes
hereof:
.1
“
Conversion Date
” shall mean the earlier
to occur of (i) date that the Company receives a Conversion Notice
and (ii) the Maturity Date.
.2
“
Market Price
” for any Trading Day shall
mean (a) if the Common Stock is then quoted on the Over-the-Counter
Bulletin Board (the “ Bulletin Board ”) the closing sale price of one share of
Common Stock on the Bulletin Board or such other quotation system
or association or, if no such closing sale price is available, the
average of the high bid and the low asked price quoted
thereon(b) if the Common Stock is then listed on the Nasdaq
Market (“ Nasdaq ”) or another national stock exchange, the
closing sale price of one share of Common Stock on such exchange;
(c) if the Common Stock is then included in the “pink
sheets,” the closing sale price of one share of Common Stock
on the “pink sheets”, if no such closing sale price is
available, the average of the high bid and the low ask price quoted
on the “pink sheets”; or (d) if the Common Stock
is not then listed on a national stock exchange or quoted on the
Bulletin Board, the “pink sheets” or such other
quotation system or association, the fair market value of one share
of Common Stock as of the Conversion Date, as determined in good
faith by the Board of Directors of the Company.
Exhibit 10.21 Form of
Note
.3
“
Principal Market
” means the Bulletin Board
and shall also include the NYSE Alternext (formerly known as the
American Stock Exchange) or Nasdaq, whichever is at the time the
principal trading exchange or market for the Common Stock, based
upon share volume.
.4
“
Trading Day
” means any day during
which the Principal Market shall be open for
business.
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Conversion Shares Issuable
Upon Conversion . The number of Conversion Shares to
be issued upon conversion of this Note shall be determined by
dividing (i) the outstanding Principal Amount plus all accrued and
unpaid interest thereon to be converted by (ii) the Conversion
Price, in effect at the time of conversion.
.117
Conversion
Mechanics .
.1
Surrender of Note Upon
Optional Conversion . In order to convert all or
any portion of the Principal Amount of this Note (and accrued and
unpaid interest thereon) into Conversion Shares pursuant to an
Optional Conversion, the Holder shall be required to physically
surrender this Note (or an affidavit of lost Note, together with an
applicable bond, all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory
to the Company and its legal counsel) along with a Conversion
Notice to the Company (at its principal place of business) as a
condition precedent to receive a certificate or certificates
representing the Conversion Shares.
.2
Surrender of Note Upon
Mandatory Conversion . In the event of a Mandatory
Conversion, the Holder shall be required to physically surrender
this Note (or an affidavit of lost Note, together with an
applicable bond, all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory
to the Company and its legal counsel) no later than five (5)
business days after the Maturity Date, to the Company (at its
principal place of business) as a condition precedent to receive a
certificate or certificates representing the Conversion
Shares.
.3
Delivery of Conversion Share
Certificates Upon Conversion . Upon receipt by the Company of
this Note (or an affidavit of lost Note, together with an
applicable bond, all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory
to the Company and its legal counsel) and provided this Note has
been converted in accordance with the requirements of this Note,
the Company shall promptly issue and deliver (and in any event
within three (3) Business Days following the date the Company
receives the documentation necessary to effect the conversion,
including any documentation required under Section 5H
below) or cause to be issued and delivered to or upon the order
of the Holder a certificate or certificates representing the
Conversion Shares.
.118
Limitation on Optional
Conversion . Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained herein, the number of Conversion Shares that may
be acquired by the Holder upon an Optional Conversion of this Note
shall be limited to the extent necessary to insure that, following
such conversion (or other issuance), the total number of shares of
Common Stock then beneficially owned by such Holder and its
affiliates and any other persons whose beneficial ownership of
Common Stock would be aggregated with the Holder’s for
purposes of Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended (the “ Exchange Act ”), does not exceed 4.9% (the
“ Maximum
Percentage ”) of
the total number of issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock
(including for such purpose the Conversion Shares issuable upon
such exercise) (the “ Conversion Limit ”). For such purposes, beneficial
ownership shall be determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of
the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder. This restriction may not be waived. In the
event that the number of Conversion Shares to be issued will cause
the Holder’s ownership of Common Stock to exceed the
Conversion Limit, the Principal Amount of this Note to be converted
shall be reduced such that the number of Conversion Shares to be
issued shall not cause the Holder to exceed the Conversion Limit
and the Company shall issue the Holder a new Note, for the portion
of the Principal Amount that was not converted to Conversion
Shares.
.119
Sale or Transfer of
Conversion Shares . Conversion Shares may not be sold
or transferred unless (i) such Conversion Shares are
sold pursuant to an effective registration statement under the
Securities Act or (ii) the Company or its transfer agent shall have
been furnished with an opinion of counsel (which opinion
shall be in form, substance and scope customary for opinions of
counsel in comparable transactions) to the effect that the shares
to be sold or transferred may be sold or transferred pursuant to an
exemption from such registration. Each certificate
for Conversion Shares that has not been sold pursuant to an
effective registration statement or that has not been sold pursuant
to an exemption that permits removal of the legend, shall bear a
legend substantially in the following form, as
appropriate:
“THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS
CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF
1933, AS AMENDED. THE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE SOLD,
TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT FOR THE SECURITIES UNDER SAID ACT, OR AN OPINION OF
COUNSEL IN FORM, SUBSTANCE AND SCOPE CUSTOMARY FOR OPINIONS OF
COUNSEL IN COMPARABLE TRANSACTIONS, THAT REGISTRATION IS NOT
REQUIRED UNDER SAID ACT UNLESS SOLD PURSUANT TO RULE 144 OR
REGULATION S UNDER SAID ACT.”
.120
Dispute
Resolution . In the case of any dispute with
respect to the number of Conversion Shares to be issued upon
conversion of this Note, the Company shall promptly issue such
number of Conversion Shares that is not disputed and shall submit
the disputed determinations or arithmetic calculations to the
Holder via fax (or, it the Holder has not provided the Company with
a fax number, by overnight courier) within five (5) Business Days
of receipt of: (i) in the case of an Optional Conversion, the
Holder’s Optional Conversion Notice and (ii) in the case of a
Mandatory Conversion, the Holder’s Notice of
Objection. If the Holder and the Company are unable to
agree as to the determination of the Conversion Price within five
(5) Business Days of such disputed determination or arithmetic
calculation being submitted to the Holder, then the Company shall
in accordance with this Section, submit via facsimile the disputed
determination to its independent auditor. The Company
shall cause its independent auditor to perform the determinations
or calculations and notify the Company and the Holder of the
results promptly, in writing and in sufficient detail to give the
Holder and the Company a clear understanding of the
issue. The determination by the Company’s
independent auditor shall be binding upon all parties absent
manifest error. The Company shall then on the next
Business Day instruct its transfer agent to issue certificate(s)
representing the appropriate number of Conversion Shares in
accordance with the independent auditor’s determination and
this Section.&nb