PROMISSORY NOTE
FOR VALUE
RECEIVED , the undersigned, Ecology Coatings, Inc., a
Nevada corporation (the “The Maker”), promises to pay
to the order of JB Smith LC. (the “Holder”), the
principal amount of Seven Thousand and 00/100 dollars ($7,000.00),
together with interest thereon as provided below.
ARTICLE I
TERMS OF REPAYMENT
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Interest. The Note shall bear interest
(“Interest”) equal to five (5%) percent per annum on
the unpaid principal balance, computed on a three hundred and
sixty-five (365) day year, during the term of the Note. The
Maker shall pay all Interest. In no event shall the rate of
Interest payable on this Note exceed the maximum rate of interest
permitted to be charged under applicable law.
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Payments. All payments by the Maker under this Note shall
first be credited against costs and expenses provided for
hereunder, second to the payment of any penalties, third to the
payment of accrued and unpaid interest, if any, and the remainder
shall be credited against principal. All payments due hereunder
shall be payable in legal tender of the United States of America,
and in same day funds delivered to the Holder by cashier’s
check, certified check, or any other means of guaranteed funds to
the mailing address provided below, or at such other place as the
Holder or any holder hereof shall designate in writing for such
purpose from time to time. If a payment hereunder otherwise would
become due and payable on a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday, the
due date thereof shall be extended to the next succeeding business
day, and Interest, if any, shall be payable thereon during such
extension.
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Maturity
Date. All of the
outstanding principal and interest shall be payable within fifteen
(15) days following receipt of a written payment demand from the
Holder.
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Pre-Payment Demand. If the Maker completes an
underwritten public offering of its common stock or other form of
security convertible into common stock pursuant to an effective
registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933 (the
“Act”), as amended, or a managed private offering
exempt from registration under Section 4(2) of the Act and
Regulation D promulgated thereunder (collectively, a
“New Offering”) which results in proceeds received by
the Maker net of underwriting discounts and commissions, of at
least One Million and 00/100 dollars ($1,000,000.00) (a
“Pre-Payment Event”), then at the sole and absolute
discretion of the Holder, and upon written demand to the Maker (the
“Pre-Payment Notice”), all amounts owed under this Note
shall become due and payable within fifteen (15) days
following Maker’s receipt of the Pre-Payment
Notice.
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Exemption
from Restrictions .
It is the intent of the Maker and the Holder in the execution of
this Note that the indebtedness hereunder be exempt from the
restrictions of the usury laws of any applicable jurisdiction. The
Maker and the Holder agree that none of the terms and provisions
contained herein shall be construed to create a contract for the
use, forbearance or detention of money requiring payment of
interest at a rate in excess of the maximum interest rate permitted
to be charged by the laws of any applicable jurisdiction. In such
event, if any holder of this Note shall collect monies which are
deemed to constitute interest which would otherwise increase the
effective interest rate on this Note to a rate in excess of the
maximum rate permitted to be charged by the laws of any applicable
jurisdiction, all such sums deemed to constitute interest in excess
of such maximum rate shall, at the option of such holder, be
credited to the payment of this principal amount due hereunder or
returned to the Maker.
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ARTICLE II
COVENANTS
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Conversion into Common Stock.
If the Maker completes a New
Offering, the Maker shall give the Holder the option to convert
this Note, in whole or in part, into Common Stock of the Maker
based on a conversion price equal to the lower of: (a) the
closing bid price per share of the Common Stock on the date first
above written as reported on the Over-The-Counter Bulletin Board,
or if there is not such price on the Effective Date, then the last
bid price on the date nearest preceding the date first above
written, or; (b) the average price at which the Maker sells
its Common Stock in the New Offering (the “Conversion
Price”)(the “Conversion Shares”).
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Piggyback
Registration. If the
Conversion Shares and the Underlying Shares (collectively, the
“Shares”) have not been otherwise registered and at any
time the Maker proposes to file a registration statement, whether
or not for sale for the Maker’s own account, on a form and in
a manner that would also permit registration of shares (other than
in connection with a registration statement on Forms S-4 or S-8 or
any similar or successor form) the Maker shall give to Holder,
written notice of such proposed filing promptly, but in any case at
least twenty (20) days before the anticipated filing. The
notice referred to in the preceding sentence shall offer the
holder(s) holding the Shares the opportunity to register such
amount of the Shares as he may request (a “Piggyback
Registration”). Subject to this Section, the Maker will
include in each such Piggyback Registration (and any related
qualification under state blue sky laws and other compliance
filings, and in any underwriting involved therein) that portion of
the Shares with respect to which the Maker has received written
requests for inclusion therein within twenty (20) days after
the written notice from the Maker is given. The holders holding any
portion of the Shares will be permitted to withdraw all or part of
the Shares from a Piggyback Registration at any time prior to the
effective date of such Piggyback Registration. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the Maker will not be obligated to ef
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