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PROMISSORY NOTE
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FACE AMOUNT
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$190,000
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PRICE
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$180,000
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INTEREST RATE
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0% per annum
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NOTE NUMBER
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July-2007-101
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ISSUANCE DATE
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July 11, 2007
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MATURITY DATE
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July 25, 2007
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FOR VALUE RECEIVED, Siena
Technologies, Inc., a Nevada corporation, and all of its
subsidiaries (the “ Company ”) (OTC BB: SIEN)
hereby promises to pay to the order of DUTCHESS PRIVATE EQUITIES
FUND, LTD., a Cayman Island exempted company (the “
Holder ”), by the Maturity Date, or earlier, the Face
Amount of One Hundred and Ninety Thousand Dollars ($190,000) plus
accrued interest U.S., (this “ Note ”) in
such amounts, at such times and on such terms and conditions as are
specified herein. The Company and the Holder are sometimes
hereinafter collectively referred to as the “ Parties
” and each a “ Party ” to this Agreement.
Article 1
Method of Payment
Section 1.1
Payments
shall be made to the Holder by the Company in satisfaction of this
Note (referred to as a "Payment,") in full from the subsequent
financing to be completed by Dutchess Private Equities Fund, Ltd.
of approximately two million dollars ($2,000,000)
(“Subsequent Financing”). The Payment will be due
from closing of the Subsequent Financing ("Payment Date" or
"Payment Dates").
Article 2
Intentionally Omitted
Article 3
Unpaid
Amounts
Section 3.1
In the
event that the Company has not repaid the Face Amount by the
Maturity Date (the “ Residual Amount ”), then as
liquidated damages (the “ Liquidated Damages ”),
the Face Amount shall be increased by ten percent (10.0%) as an
initial penalty and an additional two and
one-half percent (2.5%) per month (pro rata for partial periods),
compounded daily, for each month until the Face Amount is paid in
full. Further, if a Residual Amount remains at Maturity, it
shall constitute an Event of Default hereunder. The Parties
acknowledge that the Liquidated Damages are not interest under this
Note and shall not constitute a penalty.
Article 4
Defaults
and Remedies
Section 4.1
Events
of Default. An “ Event of Default ” occurs
if any one of the following occur:
(a)
The Company
does not make a Payment within three (3) business days of a Payment
Date, or a Residual Amount on the Note exists on the Maturity
Date;
(b)
The
Company, pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law
(as defined below): (i) commences a voluntary case; (ii) consents
to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary
case; (iii) consents to the appointment of a Custodian (as defined
below) of the Company or for its property; (iv) makes an assignment
for the benefit of its creditors; or (v) a court of competent
jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law
that: (A) is for relief against the Company in an involuntary case;
(B) appoints a Custodian of the Company or for its property; or (C)
orders the liquidation of the Company, and the order or decree
remains unstayed and in effect for sixty (60) calendar days;
(c)
The
Company’s $0.001 par value common stock (the “Common
Stock”) is suspended or is no longer listed on any recognized
exchange, including an electronic over-the-counter bulletin board,
in excess of two (2) consecutive trading days (excluding
suspensions of not more than one (1) trading day resulting from
business announcements by the Company);
(d)
The
registration statement for the shares underlying the current Equity
Line of Credit is not effective for any reason;
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(e)
The Company
breaches a material term of this Agreement or any of the
Company’s representation or warranties hereunder were false
when made;
(f)
The Company
fails to carry out Puts, including any paperwork needed, in a
timely manner;
(g)
An event of
default occurs under any agreement given as security for the
obligations and liabilities under this Note.
(h)
The
occurrence of any event which is described elsewhere in this Note
as constituting an Event of Default hereunder.
(i)
The Company’s failure
to pay any taxes when due unless such taxes are being contested in
good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which
adequate reserves have been provided on the Company’s books;
provided, however, that in the event that such failure is curable,
the Company shall have ten (10) business days to cure such failure;
or,
(j)
An attachment or levy is
made upon the Company’s assets having an aggregate value in
excess of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) or a judgment is
rendered against the Company or the Company’s property
involving a liability of more than twenty-five thousand dollars
($25,000) which shall not have been vacated, discharged, stayed or
bonded pending appeal within ninety (90) days from the entry
hereof; or,
(k)
Any change in the
Company’s condition or affairs (financial or otherwise) which
in the Holder’s reasonable, good faith opinion, would have a
Material Adverse Effect; provided, however, that in the event that
such failure is curable, the Company shall have ten (10) business
days to cure such failure; or,
(l)
Any Lien, except for
Permitted Liens, created hereunder or under any of the Transaction
Documents for any reason ceases to be or is not a valid and
perfected Lien having a first priority interest; or,
(m)
The indictment or
threatened indictment of the Company, any officer of the Company
under any criminal statute, or commencement or threatened
commencement of criminal or civil proceeding against the Company or
any officer of the Company pursuant to which statute or proceeding
penalties or remedies sought or available include forfeiture of any
of the property of the company.
(n)
The Company does not
complete the Subsequent Financing. In the event the Dutchess
does not pursue the Subsequent Financing, for any reason
whatsoever, the Company shall use any readily available funds to
pay off the balance of the Face Amount of the Note within thirty
(30) days of the Maturity Date. In this event only, shall the
Company be entitled to receive an additional thirty (30) day grace
period from the Maturity Date for payment on the Face Amount in
full to the Holder.
As used in this Section
4.1 , the term
“ Bankruptcy Law ” means Title 11 of the United
States Code or any similar federal or state law for the relief of
debtors, and the term “ Custodian ” means any
receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator or similar official under
any Bankruptcy Law.
Section 4.2
Remedies. Upon the occurrence of each and every Event
of Default, the Holder may seek any or all of the following
remedies to the extent of the Residual Amount:
(a)
In the Event of Default,
the Holder may elect to secure a portion of the Company's assets as
outlined in the Security Agreement, as defined hereinafter.
The Holder may also elect to garnish revenue from the Company
in an amount that will repay the Holder on the schedules outlined
in this Note.
(b)
The Holder may increase the
Face Amount of the Note by ten percent (10.0%) as an initial
penalty and an additional two and one-half percent (2.5%) per month
(pro rata for partial periods), compounded daily, until such Event
of Default is cured (if capable of being cured) or this Note,
together with all interest thereon, is repaid in full (i.e.,
exercise the Liquidated Damages option). The Parties
acknowledge that the Liquidated Damages are not interest under this
Note and shall not constitute a penalty.
(c)
The Holder may elect to
stop any further funding to the Company.
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(d)
The Holder
may also do either (i) or (ii) below, but not both;
provided, however, that the Holder may only utilize (i) below in
the event of default pursuant to Section 4.1 and such default is
not cured by the Company within ten (10) days:
(i)
Switch Residual Amount, in part or in whole, to a
three-year (“ Convertible Maturity Date ”),
eighteen percent (18%) interest bearing convertible debenture at a
floating rate discount of fifty percent (50%) to the prevailing
market price during conversion, and with such other terms described
hereinafter (the “ Convertible Debenture ”).
The Convertible Debenture shall be considered closed (“
Convertible Closing Date ”) as of the date of the
Event of Default . If the Holder chooses
to convert the Residual Amount to a Convertible Debenture, then the
Company shall have ten (10) business days after notice of default
from the Holder (the “ Notice of Convertible Debenture
”) to file a registration statement covering an amount of
shares equal to three hundred percent (300%) of the Residual
Amount, plus interest thereon and any Liquidated Damages due at
such time. In the event the Company does not file such
registration statement within such period of time, or such
registration statement is not declared by the Commission to be
effective under the Securities Act within sixty (60) business days
of the Convertible Closing Date, then the Residual Amount shall
increase by five thousand dollars ($5,000) per day. In the
event the Company is given the option for accelerated effectiveness
of the registration statement, the Company will cause such
registration statement to be declared effective as soon as
reasonably practicable and will not take any action to delay the
registration to become effective. In the event that the
Company is given the option for accelerated effectiveness of the
registration statement, but chooses not to cause such registration
statement to be declared effective on such accelerated basis, the
Residual Amount shall increase by five thousand dollars ($5,000)
per day commencing on the earliest date as of which such
registration statement would have been declared to be effective if
subject to accelerated effectiveness.
(ii)
The Holder may increase the Payment Amount described
under Article 1 hereof to fulfill the repayment of the Residual
Amount. The Company shall provide full cooperation to the
Holder in directing funds owed to the Holder on any Put made by the
Company to the Investor. The Company agrees to diligently
carry out the terms outlined in the Equity Line for delivery of any
such shares. In the event the Company is not diligently
fulfilling its obligation to direct funds owed to the Holder from
Puts to the Holder, as reasonably determined by the Holder, the
Holder may, after giving the Company five (5) business days advance
notice to cure same, elect to increase the Face Amount of the Note
by two and one-half percent (2.5%) per day, compounded daily, in
addition to and on top of any additional remedies available to the
Holder under this Note.
Section 4.3
Conversion Privilege
(a)
In the
event that a Convertible Debenture is issued by the Company
pursuant to Section 4.2(d)(i), the Holder shall have the right to
convert the Convertible Debenture into shares of Common Stock at
any time following the Convertible Closing Date and before the
close of business on the Convertible Maturity Date. The
number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the conversion of
the Convertible Debenture shall be determined pursuant to
Section 4.4 hereof, but the number of shares issuable shall
be rounded up to the nearest whole share.
(b)
In the
event all or any portion of the Convertible Debenture remains
outstanding on the Convertible Maturity Date (the “
Debenture Residual Amount ”), the unconverted portion
of such Convertible Debenture will automatically be converted into
shares of Common Stock on such date in the manner set forth in
Section 4.4 hereof.
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Section 4.4
Conversion Procedure
(a)
The Holder
may elect to convert the Residual Amount in whole or in part any
time and from time to time following the Convertible Closing Date.
Such conversion shall be effectuated by providing the
Company, or its attorney, with that portion of the Convertible
Debenture to be converted together with a facsimile or electronic
mail of the signed notice of conversion (the “ Notice of
Conversion ”). The date on which the Notice of
Conversion is effective (“ Conversion Date ”)
shall be deemed to be the date on which the Holder has delivered to
the Company a facsimile or electronically mailed the Notice of
Conversion (receipt being via a confirmation of the time such
facsimile or electronic mail to the Company as provided by the
Holder). The Holder can elect to either reissue the
Convertible Debenture, or continually convert the remaining
Residual Amount under the Debenture.
(b)
C ommon Stock to be Issued.
Upon the
conversion of the Convertible Debenture by the Holder, the Company
shall instruct its transfer agent to issue stock certificates
without restrictive legends or stop transfer instructions, if, at
that time, the aforementioned registration statement
described in Section 4.2 hereof has been declared
effective (or with proper restrictive legends if the registration
statement has not as yet been declared effective), in specified
denominations representing the number of shares of Common Stock
issuable upon such conversion. In the event that the Convertible
Debenture is deemed saleable under Rule 144 of the Securities Act,
the Company shall, upon a Notice of Conversion, instruct the
transfer agent to issue free trading certificates without
restrictive legends, subject to other applicable securities laws.
The Company is responsible to for all costs associated with the
issuance of the shares, including but not limited to the opinion
letter, overnight delivery of the certificates and any other costs
that arise. The Company shall act as registrar of the Shares of
Common Stock to be issued and shall maintain an appropriate ledger
containing the necessary information with respect to each
Convertible Debenture. The Company warrants that no instructions
have been given or will be given to the transfer agent which limit,
or otherwise prevent resale and that the Common Stock shall
otherwise be freely resold, except as may be set forth herein or
subject to applicable law.
(c)
Conversion Rate. The Holder is entitled to convert the
Convertible Debenture Residual Amount, plus accrued interest and
penalties, anytime following the Convertible Closing Date, at the
lesser of either (i) fifty percent (50%) of the lowest closing bid
price during the fifteen (15) trading days immediately preceding
the Notice of Conversion or (ii) 100% of the lowest bid price for
the twenty (20) trading days immediately preceding the Convertible
Closing Date (“ Fixed Conversion Price ”).
No fractional shares or scrip representing fractions of
shares will be issued on conversion, but the number of shares
issuable shall be rounded up to the nearest whole share.
(d)
Nothing
contained in the Convertible Debenture shall be deemed to establish
or require the Company to pay interest to the Holder at a rate in
excess of the maximum rate permitted by applicable law. In
the event that the rate of interest required to be paid exceeds the
maximum rate permitted by governing law, the rate of interest
required to be paid thereunder shall be automatically reduced to
the maximum rate permitted under the governing law and such excess
shall be returned with reasonable promptness by the Holder to the
Company. In the event this Section 4.4(d) applies, the
Parties agree that the terms of this Note shall remain in full
force and effect except as is necessary to make the interest rate
comply with applicable law.
(e)
The Holder
shall be treated as a shareholder of record on the date the Company
is required to issue the Common Stock to the Holder. If prior
to the issuance of stock certificates, the Holder designates
another person as the entity in the name of which the stock
certificates requesting the Convertible Debenture are to be issued,
the Holder shall provide to the Company evidence that either no tax
shall be due and payable as a result of such transfer or that the
applicable tax has been paid by the Holder or such person. If
the Holder converts any part of the Convertible Debentures, or will
be, the Company shall issue to the Holder a new Convertible
Debenture equal to the unconverted amount, immediately upon request
by the Holder.
(f)
Within four
(4) business days after receipt of the documentation referred to in
this Section, the Company shall deliver a certificate for the
number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the conversion.
In the event the Company does not make delivery of the Common
Stock as instructed by Holder within four (4) business days after
the Conversion Date, the Company shall pay to the Holder an
additional one percent (1.0%) per day in cash of the full dollar
value of the Debenture Residual Amount then remaining after
conversion, compounded daily ; provided,
however, that the Company shall not be liable for any amounts under
this Section 4.4(f) in the event that the delay in the issuance of
the Common Stock is as a result of actions by the Holder or outside
of the control of the Company.
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(g)
The Company
shall at all times reserve (or make alternative written
arrangements for reservation or contribution of shares) and have
available all Common Stock necessary to meet conversion of the
Convertible Debentures by the Holder of the entire amount of
Convertible Debentures then outstanding. If, at any time, the
Holder submits a Notice of Conversion and the Company does not have
sufficient authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock (or
alternative shares of Common Stock as may be contributed by
stockholders of the Company) available to effect, in full, a
conversion of the Convertible Debentures (a “ Conversion
Default ,” the date of such default being referred to
herein as the “ Conversion Default Date ”), the
Company shall issue to the Holder all of the shares of Common Stock
which are available. Any Converti
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