Exhibit 10.1
THIS SECURITY HAS BEEN ACQUIRED FOR INVESTMENT
AND NOT WITH A VIEW TO, OR FOR SALE IN CONNECTION WITH, ANY
DISTRIBUTION THEREOF WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF
1933, AS AMENDED (THE “ ACT
”).
THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS NOTE HAVE NOT
BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE ACT OR REGISTERED OR QUALIFIED UNDER ANY
OTHER APPLICABLE FEDERAL OR STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THESE SECURITIES
MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED IN
THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION UNDER SUCH LAWS OR AN
OPINION OF COUNSEL ACCEPTABLE TO THE OBLIGOR TO THE EFFECT THAT
SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED.
RIPTIDE WORLDWIDE,
INC.
CONVERTIBLE SUBORDINATED
NOTE
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US $1,565,000.00
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November 21, 2008
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Riptide Worldwide, Inc., a
Nevada corporation, with its registered office at 200 E. Palm
Valley Drive, 2 nd Floor, Oviedo, FL 32765 (the “
Obligor ”, which term, as used herein, shall
include any successor thereto), for value received, hereby executes
and delivers this Convertible Subordinated Note (this “
Note ”) in favor of Matrix Holdings, LLC (the
“ Holder ”), and hereby promises to pay
to Holder, its designees or successors and permitted assigns, the
principal sum of US $1,565,000.00 (the “ Principal
Amount ”). This Note is issued in connection with the
fund raising efforts by the Holder for the benefit of the Obligor.
Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have
the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in
Section 10.
1.
Maturity
Date.
The then Principal Balance, together
with any accrued but unpaid interest thereon (“ Accrued
Interest ”) (subject to any reductions per
Section 8), shall become due and payable on November 21,
2013 (the “ Maturity Date ”).
2.
Payment
Schedule
(a)
Principal
Payments . Principal payments in the
amount of $300,000.00 shall be made by the Obligor to the Holder on
the first anniversary and each anniversary date for the following
four years of the Issue Date, with the remaining principal payment
in the amount of $365,000 being made by the Obligor to the Holder
on the fifth anniversary of the Issue Date. Each such principal
payment shall, upon payment as provided in this paragraph, be
subtracted from the Principal Amount to arrive at the then
outstanding principal balance hereunder (the “
Principal Balance
”).
(b)
Interest
Payments . Beginning on the Issue
Date, this Note shall accrue interest on the unpaid outstanding
principal balance hereof at a rate equal to the Prime Rate.
Interest payments shall be paid by the Obligor to the Holder in the
form of Common Stock on each of the first, second, third, fourth
and fifth anniversary of the Issue Date. For the purpose of
calculating the number of shares of Common Stock due to the Holder
at each interest payment date, the Accrued Interest shall be
divided by the Note Conversion Price. Notwithstanding any provision
of this Note to the contrary, interest will accrue and be payable
under and pursuant to this Note until all indebtedness under this
Note (including, but not limited to, all unpaid principal and all
accrued but unpaid interest) is paid in full, unless Holder shall
have otherwise converted this Note in accordance with the terms set
forth in Section 8 hereof. In the event that any indebtedness
under this Note (including, but not limited to, all unpaid
principal and all accrued but unpaid interest) remains unpaid after
the Maturity Date or Default Date, then Obligor shall be in default
under this Note and such indebtedness shall bear interest at the
rate of the Prime Rate plus four percent (4%) per annum (the
“ Default
Rate ”) until such
indebtedness is paid in full.
3.
Acceleration.
Notwithstanding any provision hereof
to the contrary, the obligations of Obligor hereunder shall
forthwith mature and immediately accelerate and shall be
immediately due and payable on the Default Date (as hereinafter
defined) in the event that any of the following occurs (each, a
“ Default Event ”): (i) the business
of Obligor is discontinued, sold, liquidated or otherwise disposed
of, including by merger, consolidation, sale of all or
substantially all of the assets, liquidation or dissolution;
(ii) Obligor’s (A) admission in writing of its
inability to pay its obligations as they become due,
(B) assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or
(C) application for, consent to or acquiescence in, the
appointment of a trustee, receiver or other custodian for Obligor,
the property of Obligor or any part thereof or, in the absence of
any application, consent or acquiescence, the appointment of a
trustee, receiver or other custodian for Obligor or a substantial
part of the property of Obligor, which appointment is not
discharged within sixty (60) days;
(iii) commencement of any case under Title 11 of the United
States Code or any other bankruptcy, reorganization, receivership,
custodianship or similar proceeding under any state or federal law
by or against Obligor and, with respect to any such case or
proceeding that is involuntary, such case or proceeding is not
dismissed within ninety (90) days of the filing thereof;
(iv) Obligor defaults in the full, prompt and complete
performance of all terms, conditions, covenants and obligations
contained in this Note (including Obligor’s failure to pay
any amounts under this Note when due), or instrument executed and
delivered by Obligor to Holder in connection with this Note;
or (v) commencement of any litigation or proceeding
before any court, government or governmental agency, body or
instrumentality (federal, state, local or foreign) against or
affecting Obligor, and such litigation or proceeding substantially
impairs the ability of Obligor to perform its obligations under
this Note. The date on which any Default Event occurs is referred
to herein as the “ Default Date .”
No remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Holders is
intended to be exclusive of any other remedy or remedies, and each
and every such remedy shall be cumulative, and shall be in addition
to every other remedy given hereunder, or now or hereafter existing
at law or in equity.
4.
Prepayments.
The Principal Amount or Principal
Balance, as applicable, of this Note may be prepaid by Obligor at
any time.
5.
Method of
Payment.
Obligor shall pay the Principal
Amount and any other amounts payable in cash hereunder (including,
at Holder’s option, any amounts payable under the Default
Rate) in cash by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an
account designated by Holder or, if no account has been designated,
by certified check delivered to Holder at such place as Holder
shall designate to Obligor in writing.
6.
Presentment
Waived.
Obligor hereby expressly waives
presentment for payment, demand, notice of dishonor, protest,
notice of protest, notice of default, notice of demand, notice of
nonpayment, notice of intent to accelerate and any other notice
required to be given under the law to Obligor in connection with
the delivery, acceptance, performance default or enforcement of
this Note. In any action on this Note, Holder need not produce or
file the original of this Note but only need produce or file a
photocopy of this Note certified by the Holder to be a true and
correct copy of this Note. Acceptance by Holder of any payment that
is less than the full amount then due and owing hereunder shall not
constitute a waiver of Holder’s right to receive payment in
full at such time or at any prior or subsequent time.
7.
Order of
Priority.
Prior to the Maturity Date, except
for the obligations of Obligor upon any payment or conversion of
the Principal Amount or Principal Balance, as applicable, in
accordance with the terms of this Note, all indebtedness evidenced
by this Note shall be:
(a)
With respect to
all money and property of Obligor (the “
Property ”), subordinated to
(i) all other existing secured indebtedness of Obligor to
financial institutions (and specifically excluding trade debt,
inter-company debt or debt owing to affiliates), and (ii) to
the extent consented to by the Holder in writing, indebtedness
incurred after the Issue Date but prior to the Maturity Date (the
“ Senior
Indebtedness ”);
(b)
Not subject to
any right of set-off; and
(c)
Except upon the
Maturity Date or the Default Date, Holder shall not claim, request,
demand, sue for, take or receive (whether by way of set-off or in
any other manner and whether from Obligor or any other person) any
Property which is subject to any Senior Indebtedness.
8.
Conversion
Rights.
For the purpose of this
Section 8, the following definitions apply,
“Next
Financing” is
the next transaction (or series of related transactions) after the
date of this Note in which the Obligor issues and sells shares of
its capital stock in exchange for aggregate gross proceeds of at
least $1.0 million (including any amounts received upon conversion
or cancellation of this Note).
“Next Financing Note
Conversion Price” means the per share purchase price paid for the
Next Financing Securities (as defined below) by the investors in
the Next Financing.
“Next Financing
Securities” are
the equity securities issued by the Obligor in the Next Financing
with such rights, p