PROMISSORY NOTE
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Principal
and Letter Agreement .
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For value received, in installments
as herein provided, AEROGROW INTERNATIONAL, INC. (“
Maker ”), promises to pay to the order of MAIN POWER
Electrical Factory Ltd, a Hong Kong Incorporated
Company,(“Holder”) by wire transfer in immediately
available funds to a U.S. Dollar-denominated bank account that
Holder may from time to time designate in writing, the principal
sum of ONE MILLION THREE HUNDRED EIGHTY EIGHT THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED
NINETY and 79/100 U.S. Dollars ($1,388,190.79), as the same may be
increased pursuant to Paragraphs 2(a) and 2(b) below, together with
accrued interest from the date of disbursement hereunder on the
unpaid principal balance at the rate of eight percent (8.0%) per
annum. As used herein, the term “Holder”
shall mean Holder and any subsequent holder of this Note (this
“ Note ”), whichever is applicable from time to
time. The Holder and Maker acknowledge that this Note is being
entered into in connection with a separate letter agreement dated
this same date between the Holder and the Maker (“Letter
Agreement”), which memorializes certain agreements that have
been reached between the parties and pursuant to which this Note is
being issued.
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Payment
of Interest and Principal .
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(a) Interest;
Capitalized Interest
Payments of interest only shall be
made quarterly in arrears beginning on September 30, 2009, and
on the same date every three months thereafter (each an “
Interest Payment Date ”), through and including
June 30, 2011; provided , that for any Interest Payment
Date prior to and including June 30, 2010, Maker may, at its
sole option, elect to capitalize any accrued interest for such
Interest Payment Date and add it to the outstanding principal
balance of this Note.
(b)
Tooling Costs.
Under the Letter Agreement, Maker is
required to pay Holder the sum of One Hundred Seventy Eight
Thousand Two Hundred Fifty Seven and 48/100ths U.S. Dollars
(US$178,257.48) (“Tooling Costs”), on or before July
31, 2009. If Maker fails to make this payment, then the Principal
value of this Note shall be increased by the unpaid amount of the
Tooling Costs and the maturity date of the Note
accelerated, so that the entire amount of this Note
shall be immediately due and payable.
(c) Principal
Payments
Maker shall make payments of the
principal balance of this Promissory Note in accordance with the
following schedule:
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All remaining unpaid amounts of the principal
balance of this Note, together with accrued and unpaid interest
thereon in accordance with Paragraph 2(a) above.
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This Note may be prepaid in full or
in part, at any time and from time to time, without premium or
penalty. Maker shall have no right to reborrow any such
prepaid amounts. All prepayments shall be applied by
Holder first, to the payment of accrued and unpaid interest; and
last to the payment of principal.
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Interest
Rate Calculation .
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Throughout the term of this Note,
interest shall be calculated on the basis of a 365-day year, but
shall be computed for the actual number of days in the period for
which interest is charged. If any payment of interest or
principal to be made by Maker shall become due on a day other than
a Business Day (as hereinafter defined), such payment shall be made
on the next succeeding Business Day and, in the case of a principal
payment, such extension of time shall be included in computing any
interest with respect to such payment. As used herein,
the term “Business Day” shall mean a day other than
Saturday or Sunday on which banks are open for business in Boulder,
Colorado.
Principal and interest are payable
in lawful money of the United States of America.
So long as the Note is outstanding:
(a) Maker
shall not make any payments under its Liquidity Performance Award
Plan, adopted in March 2009, as the same may be amended;
(b) Maker
shall make no distributions to its Shareholders;
(c) Maker
will provide Holder with prompt notice of any material adverse
change in its business or any material adverse event affecting the
Maker;
(d) Maker
will advise the Holder immediately upon the occurrence of any Event
of Default as described in Paragraph 8 below;
(e) Maker
shall advise the Holder immediately upon the occurrence of any
default by Maker in payment of principle or interest on any of its
indebtedness; and