Exhibit 10.1
THE
INDEBTEDNESS EVIDENCED BY THIS NOTE IS SUBORDINATE TO ANY AND ALL
INDEBTEDNESS, OBLIGATIONS AND LIABILITIES OF THE MAKER HEREOF TO
THE EXTENT SET FORTH IN THAT CERTAIN INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT DATED
AS OF MAY 7, 2009, TO WHICH REFERENCE IS HEREBY MADE FOR A MORE
FULL STATEMENT THEREOF.
PROMISSORY NOTE
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$________________
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May __, 2009
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For value
received, and intending to be legally bound, nFinanSe, Inc., a
Nevada corporation, and nFinanSe Payments Inc., a Nevada
corporation (collectively, the “ Borrowers ”)
hereby promise to pay to the order of ____________________________,
a _____________________ (the “ Holder ”), the
principal sum of _______________________ ($_________) on July 31,
2009 (the “ Maturity Date ”), together with
interest from the date hereof on the principal amount outstanding
from time to time at an annual rate equal to ten percent (10%) per
annum. Accrued and unpaid interest shall be due on June
5, 2009 and on the fifth Business Day of each month thereafter
until all obligations hereunder are satisfied in
full. All payments hereunder shall be made in lawful
currency of the United States in immediately available
funds.
1. Definitions
. All capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined
in this Promissory Note shall have the meanings given to such terms
in, or by reference in, the Security Agreement, dated as of the
date of this Note (the “ Security Agreement ”),
by and between the Borrower, Holder, Agent (as defined in the
Security Agreement) and the other lenders set forth
therein.
2.
Acceleration . This Note and the obligations
hereunder will be accelerated in the event of any Equity
Financing. As used herein, “Equity
Financing” shall mean any financing round completed by the
Borrowers prior to the Maturity Date involving the issuance and
sale of stock to at least one institutional investor with net
proceeds of at least Three Million Dollars and Zero Cents
($3,000,000.00).
3. Joint and
Several Obligations . The obligations of Borrowers
hereunder are joint and several.
4. Prepayments
. The outstanding principal amount of this Note may be
prepaid, in whole or in part, without penalty. Such prepayments
shall be applied first to accrued and unpaid interest and then to
principal in the inverse order of maturity.
5. Security
. The obligations, liabilities and indebtedness of the
Borrowers evidenced by this Note are secured by the Collateral as
defined by the Security Agreement.
6. Events of
Default . The occurrence of any of the following
events shall constitute an “ Event of Default ”
hereunder:
a. failure of
Borrowers to pay (i) any interest or any fees within three Business
Days of the date when due hereunder, in each case whether at stated
maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, (ii) any principal of the
Loans when due, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or
otherwise or (iii) any expenses payable by Borrowers to any Agent
or Lender hereunder within five days after receipt by Borrowers
from Agent or any applicable Lender of notice that such expenses
are payable;
b. any representation
or warranty, contained in this Agreement, the other Credit
Documents or any other agreement, document, instrument or
certificate between the Borrowers and Agent or any Lender or
executed by the Borrowers in favor of Agent or any Lender shall
prove untrue in any material respect on or as of the date it was
made or was deemed to have been made;
c. failure of the
Borrowers to comply with any other covenant contained in the other
Credit Documents or any other agreement, document, instrument or
certificate among the Borrowers and Agent or any Lender or executed
by the Borrowers in favor of Agent or any Lender and, in the event
such breach or failure to comply is capable of cure, such breach or
failure to comply is not cured within 30 days after its
occurrence;
d. dissolution,
liquidation, winding up or cessation of the business (or any
material portion of the business) of a Borrower, or the failure of
a Borrower to meet its debts generally as they mature, or the
calling of a meeting of a Borrower’s creditors for purposes
of compromising a Borrower’s debts;
e. the commencement
by or against a Borrower of any bankruptcy, insolvency,
arrangement, reorganization, receivership or similar proceedings
with respect to it under any federal or state law and, in the event
any such proceeding is commenced against a Borrower, such
proceeding is not dismissed within 60 days;