“THE
SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE"ACT") OR
APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. SUCH SECURITIES MAY NOT BE SOLD,
TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT FOR THE SECURITIES UNDER SAID ACT, OR AN OPINION OF
COUNSEL IN FORM, SUBSTANCE AND SCOPE REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO
COUNSEL TO THE BORROWER THAT REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER
SAID ACT OR UNLESS SOLD PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER SAID
ACT.
Original Issue Date:
________________
Initial Conversion Price (subject to adjustment herein):
$0.10
SENIOR SECURED CONVERTIBLE GRID NOTE
DUE OCTOBER 1, 2010
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, ICP Solar
Technologies, Inc. , a Nevada corporation (hereinafter called
the "Borrower" or “Company” ), hereby
promises to pay to the order of ________________________________or
its registered assigns (the "Holder" ) the sum of up to
________________________________, or so much thereof as shall
constitute the Principal Amount (as defined below), calculated as
described below, based upon the amount advanced (each an
“Advance”) by the Holder to the Company hereunder and
not repaid by October 1, 2010 (the "Maturity Date" ), or
such earlier date as this Grid Note is required or permitted to be
repaid as provided hereunder, in accordance with the provisions
hereof. This Grid Note (including all Grid Notes issued in
exchange, transfer or replacement hereof, this "Grid Note" )
is one of an issue of Grid Notes issued pursuant to the Line of
Credit Agreement (as defined in Section 1 below) on the Closing
Date (collectively, the "Grid Notes" and such other Grid
Notes, the "Other Grid Notes" ).
Except
as otherwise expressly provided herein, including but not limited
to Section 7(c) below, this Grid Note may not be prepaid by the
Borrower. All payments due hereunder (to the extent not converted
into Common Stock, par value $0.00001 per share, of the
Borrower (the "Common Stock" ) in accordance with the terms
hereof) shall be made in lawful money of the United States of
America. All payments shall be made at the address of the Holder as
set forth in the Line of Credit Agreement (as defined in Section 1
below) or at such address as the Holder shall hereafter give to the
Borrower by written notice made in accordance with the provisions
of this Grid Note. Whenever any amount expressed to be due by the
terms of this Grid Note is due on any day which is not a Business
Day (as defined below), the same shall instead be due on the next
succeeding day which is a Business Day.
This
Note evidences loans made by Holder to Borrower from time to time,
subject to, and as provided in the Line of Credit Agreement. The
unpaid principal balance of this Note at any time shall be the
difference of (i) the total amount advanced by Holder to Borrower,
divided by 0.9009 (the “Original Issuance Discount”),
less (ii) the sum of (a) the total amount of principal payments
made hereon by Borrower and (b) the total amounts of this Grid Note
that have been converted into Common Stock (such difference is
defined as the “Principal Amount” ). The date
and amount of each Advance and each payment on account of principal
thereof may be endorsed by Holder on the grid attached to and made
a part of this Note, and when so endorsed shall represent evidence
thereof binding upon Borrower in the absence of manifest error. Any
failure by Holder to so endorse shall in no way mitigate or
discharge the obligation of Borrower to repay any loans actually
made. Borrower may prepay this Note in whole or in part at any time
with all accrued interest to the date of prepayment.
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Advances hereunder may be made, at the option of
the Holder, subject to the limitations as to time and amount set
forth in the Line of Credit Agreement. Any such Advance so made
shall be conclusively presumed to have been made to or for the
benefit of Borrower, and Borrower shall be liable in respect
thereof when any such Advance is made in accordance with any such
request or direction, or when deposited to any account of Borrower.
Upon each Advance, Borrower shall deliver to Holder a certificate
signed by its CEO and CFO representing to Holder that (i) all of
the representations and warranties of Borrower set forth in this
Note and in the Line of Credit Agreement are true and correct as of
the date of such request as if made on and as of such date and (ii)
on such date Borrower is not in breach of any of its covenants to
Holder set forth in this Note, the Line of Credit Agreement, the
Security Agreement or in any other document or instrument of
Borrower to Holder and no Event of Default has occurred.
Except
as expressly otherwise provided herein with respect to prepayments,
all payments on this Note shall be applied to the payment of
accrued interest and accrued reimbursement obligations with respect
to Holder’s attorneys’ fees and expenses before being
applied to the payment of principal. In the event that any other
Required Cash Payment is due at any time that Holder receives a
payment from Borrower on account of this Note or any such other
Obligations, Holder may apply such payment to amounts due under
this Note or any such other Required Cash Payments in such manner
as Holder, in its discretion, elects, regardless of any
instructions from Borrower to the contrary. The obligations of
Borrower to Holder evidenced by this Note are secured by that
certain Security Agreement (as defined in the Line of Credit
Agreement) dated as of the date hereof.
This
Grid Note is subject to the following additional
provisions:
Section 1. Certain Definitions
. Capitalized terms used
and not otherwise defined herein that are defined in that certain
Line of Credit Agreement, of date even herewith, pursuant to which
the Grid Note was originally issued (the "Line of Credit
Agreement" or the “Purchase Agreement” ),
shall have the meanings given such terms in the Line of Credit
Agreement. For the purposes hereof, the following terms shall have
the following meanings:
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“1933 Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
and the rules and regulations promulgated hereunder.
“1934 Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
“Bankruptcy Event”
means any of the following events:
(a) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary (as such term is
defined in Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X) thereof commences a case
or other proceeding under any bankruptcy, reorganization,
arrangement, adjustment of debt, relief of debtors, dissolution,
insolvency or liquidation or similar law of any jurisdiction
relating to the Company or any Significant Subsidiary thereof; (b)
there is commenced against the Company or any Significant
Subsidiary thereof any such case or proceeding that is not
dismissed within sixty (60) days after commencement; (c) the
Company or any Significant Subsidiary thereof is adjudicated
insolvent or bankrupt or any order of relief or other order
approving any such case or proceeding is entered; (d) the Company
or any Significant Subsidiary thereof suffers any appointment of
any custodian or the like for it or any substantial part of its
property that is not discharged or stayed within sixty (60)
calendar days after such appointment; (e) the Company or any
Significant Subsidiary thereof makes a general assignment for the
benefit of creditors; (f) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary
thereof calls a meeting of its creditors with a view to arranging a
composition, adjustment or restructuring of its debts; or (g) the
Company or any Significant Subsidiary thereof, by any act or
failure to act, expressly indicates its consent to, approval of or
acquiescence in any of the foregoing or takes any corporate or
other action for the purpose of effecting any of the
foregoing.
The
"Black-Scholes" value of a warrant or other Option shall be
determined by use of the Black Scholes Option Pricing Model
reflecting (A) a risk-free interest rate corresponding to the U.S.
Treasury rate for a period equal to the remaining term of the
Warrant or other Option as of such date of request and (B) an
expected volatility equal to the greater of 100% and the 100 day
volatility obtained from the HVT function on Bloomberg.
“Bloomberg” shall mean Bloomberg L.P.
"Business Day" shall mean any day other than a Saturday, Sunday
or a day on which commercial banks in the City of New York, New
York are authorized or required by law or executive order to remain
closed.
“Closing Date”
means the Trading Day when (i) all
of the Holder’s Transaction Documents have been executed and
delivered by the applicable parties thereto, (ii) all conditions
precedent to (a) each Holder’s obligations to pay the
Subscription Amount and (b) the Company’s obligations to
deliver the Grid Notes, and (iii) Holder shall have delivered the
purchase price for the Grid Note to the Company in accordance with
the Line of Credit Agreement.
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"Closing Bid Price," as of any date, means the last bid price of the
Common Stock on the Principal Market as reported by Bloomberg or,
if the Principal Market is not the principal trading market for
such security, the last bid price of such security on the principal
securities exchange or trading market where such security is listed
or traded as reported by Bloomberg, or if no last bid price of such
security is available on the Principal Market for such security or
in any of the foregoing manners, the average of the bid prices of
any market makers for such security that are listed in the "pink
sheets" by the National Quotation Bureau, Inc. If the Closing Bid
Price cannot be calculated for such security on such date in the
manner provided above, the Closing Bid Price shall be the fair
market value as mutually determined by the Company and the
Holder.
"Closing Price," as of any date, means the last sale price of the
Common Stock on the Principal Market as reported by Bloomberg or,
if the Principal Market is not the principal trading market for
such security, the last sale price of such security on the
principal securities exchange or trading market where such security
is listed or traded as reported by Bloomberg, or if no last sale
price of such security is available on a securities exchange or
trading market where such security is listed or traded as reported
by Bloomberg or in any of the foregoing manners, the average of the
bid prices of any market makers for such security that are listed
in the "pink sheets" by the National Quotation Bureau, Inc. If the
Closing Price cannot be calculated for such security on such date
in the manner provided above, the Closing Price shall be the fair
market value as mutually determined by the Company and the
Holder.
“Commission” means the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
“Common Stock
Equivalents” shall
have the meaning ascribed to it in the Line of Credit
Agreement.
"Conversion Amount" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
3(a)(iv) below.
"Convertible Securities" means any stock or securities (other than
Options) directly or indirectly convertible into or exercisable or
exchangeable for Common Stock.
"Grid Notes" shall be deemed to refer to this Grid Note, as
originally executed, or if later amended or supplemented, then as
so amended or supplemented, all other convertible notes issued
pursuant to the Line of Credit Agreement and all convertible
debentures issued in replacement hereof or thereof or otherwise
with respect hereto or thereto.
“Default Conversion Sum”
shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 11(a) below.
"Eligible Market" shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the
Line of Credit Agreement by and between the Company and the
Holder.
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“Event of Default”
shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 10.
“Event of Failure”
shall mean the occurrence of any
event(s) which trigger the accrual of Liquidated
Damages.
“Holders” shall mean the Holder, and the holders
of Other Grid Notes issued pursuant to the Line of Credit
Agreement.
"Indebtedness" shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the
Line of Credit Agreement.
“Issuable Shares”
shall heave the meaning set forth in
Section 3(a)(iii) below.
“Late Payment Fees”
shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 13 below.
“Late Share Delivery Liquidated
Damages” shall have
the meaning set forth in Section 3(d)(iv) below.
“Legend Removal Failure Liquidated
Damages” shall
have the meaning ascribed to it in the Line of Credit
Agreement.
“Liquidated Damages”
means any liquidated damages due
hereunder, or under the other Transaction Documents, including but
not limited to the Late Share Delivery Liquidated Damages, the
Legend Removal Failure Liquidated Damages, and the Late Payment
Fees.
"Market Price," as of any date, means the Volume Weighted
Average Price (as defined herein) of the Common Stock during the
five (5) consecutive Trading Day period immediately preceding the
date in question.
“Major Transaction Redemption
Premium” shall mean
125%.
“Mandatory Redemption
Premium” shall mean
125%.
“Ongoing Share Reservation
Requirement” shall
have the meaning ascribed to it in the Line of Credit
Agreement.
"Options" means any rights, warrants or options to
subscribe for or purchase Common Stock or Convertible
Securities.
“Original Issue Date”
shall mean the date of the first
issuance of any Grid Note regardless of the number of transfers of
any particular Grid Note.
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"Parent Entity" of a Person means an entity that, directly or
indirectly, controls the applicable Person and whose common stock
or equivalent equity security is quoted or listed on an Eligible
Market, or, if there is more than one such Person or Parent Entity,
the Person or Parent Entity with the largest public market
capitalization as of the date of consummation of the Fundamental
Transaction.
“Permitted Indebtedness”
means (a) Indebtedness evidenced by
the Grid Notes or issuances to the Holders as contemplated by the
Transaction Documents; (b) the Indebtedness existing on the
Original Issue Date as set forth on Schedule 3(cc) attached
to the Line of Credit Agreement, provided that the principal amount
thereof is not increased or the terms thereof are not otherwise
amended or modified after the Closing Date; (c) Indebtedness to
trade creditors incurred in the ordinary course of business and (d)
indebtedness that (i) is expressly junior and subordinated to the
Grid Notes pursuant to a written subordination agreement with the
Buyers that is acceptable to each Buyer in its sole and absolute
discretion, and (ii) matures at a date later than the Maturity
Date, (iii) has no prepayments or amortization payments prior to
the maturity of the Grid Notes, and (iv) has a rate of interest no
greater than the interest rate of the Grid Notes. For purposes of
clarification, it is expressly agreed and understood that the
classification of Indebtedness as “Permitted
Indebtedness” does not cause such Indebtedness to be
exempted from the Subsequent Issuance Adjustments (as defined in
Section 6 below), the prohibition against the issuance of Variable
Equity Securities (as defined in Section 4(d)(ii) of the Line of
Credit Agreement), the Buyer’s Rights of Participation (as
defined in Section 4(d)(iii) of the Line of Credit Agreement) or
from any other provisions of the Transaction Documents, except that
Permitted Indebtedness does constitute an exception to the
Indebtedness Negative Covenant specified in Section 9(d)
hereof.
“Permitted Liens”
shall have the meaning ascribed to
it in the Line of Credit Agreement.
"Person" means an individual, a limited liability
company, a partnership, a joint venture, a corporation, a trust, an
unincorporated organization, any other entity and a government or
any department or agency thereof.
“Principal Market”
shall have the meaning ascribed to
it in the Line of Credit Agreement by and between the Company and
the Holder.
“Redemption” shall mean any redemption of the Grid Note
hereunder, including but not limited to a Redemption Upon Major
Transaction, a Mandatory Redemption, a Capital Raising Redemption
and an Automatic Redemption.
“Redemption Amount”
shall mean any amount that is
payable to the Holder pursuant to a Redemption.
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“Redemption Date”
shall mean the date of any
Redemption of the Grid Note hereunder.
“Required Cash Payment”
shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 10(a) below.
“Required Holders”
shall mean Holders holding greater
than seventy five percent (75%) of the then outstanding principal
amount of Grid Notes.
“Shares” shall mean the shares of Common Stock issuable
upon Conversion of the Grid Notes.
“Subscription Amount”
shall mean, as to each Buyer, the
amount to be paid for the Grid Note purchased pursuant to the Line
of Credit Agreement as specified in Section 10 of the Line of
Credit Agreement, in United States Dollars and in immediately
available funds.
“Subsidiaries”
shall have the meaning ascribed to
it in the Line of Credit Agreement.
"Trading Day" shall mean any day on which the Common Sock is
traded for any period on the Principal Market, or on the principal
securities exchange or other securities market on which the Common
Stock is then being traded.
“Transaction Documents”
shall have the meaning ascribed to
it in the Securities Purchase Agreement.
“Variable Equity
Securities” shall
have the meaning ascribed to it in the Line of Credit
Agreement.
The
"Volume Weighted Average Price" or “VWAP”
for any security as of any date means the volume weighted average
sale price on the Principal Market, as reported by, or as
calculated based upon data reported by, Bloomberg or an equivalent,
reliable reporting service mutually acceptable to and hereafter
designated by holders of a majority in interest of the Grid Notes
and the Company or, if no volume weighted average sale price is
reported for such security, then the last closing trade price of
such security as reported by Bloomberg, or, if no last closing
trade price is reported for such security by Bloomberg, the average
of the closing trade prices of any market makers for such security
that are listed in the "pink sheets" by the National Quotation
Bureau, Inc. If the Volume Weighted Average Price is to be
determined over a period of more than one Trading Day, then “
Volume Weighted Average Price” for the period shall
mean the volume weighted average of the daily Volume Weighted
Average Prices, determined as set forth above, for each Business
Day during the period. If the volume weighted average price cannot
be calculated for such security on such date in the manner provided
above, the volume weighted average price shall be the fair market
value as mutually determined by the Company and the holders of a
majority in interest of the Grid Notes being converted for which
the calculation of the volume weighted average price is required in
order to determine the Conversion Price of such Grid
Notes.
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Section 2. Interest . This Grid Note shall be
issued with the Original Issue Discount, but shall not accrue any
interest on the Principal Amount after issuance, except for Late
Payment Fees or interest payable hereunder following a
default.
Furthermore, upon the occurrence of an Event of
Default (as defined in Section 10 hereof) which, if curable, has
remained uncured for ten (10) Trading Days, the Company will pay
interest to the Holder, payable on demand, on the outstanding
principal balance of the Grid Note from the date of the Event of
Default until such Event of Default is cured at the rate of the
lesser of eighteen percent (18%) and the maximum applicable legal
rate per annum.
Section 3. Conversion .
(a)
Conversion Right.
(i)
Conversion Timing and Amount . Subject to the
limitations on Conversion contained herein, the record Holder of
this Grid Note shall have the right (a “Conversion
Right” ) from time to time, and at any time on or after
the Original Issue Date hereof to convert any of all of the Grid
Notes (plus any accrued and unpaid Liquidated Damages and other
Required Cash Payments) into fully paid and non-assessable shares
of Common Stock, or any shares of capital stock or other securities
of the Company into which such Common Stock shall hereafter be
changed or reclassified, at the Conversion Price (as defined in
Section 3(b) below, subject to adjustment as provided herein)
determined as provided herein (a "Conversion" ). The
Conversion Rights set forth in this Section 3 shall remain in full
force and effect immediately from the Original Issue Date until the
Grid Note is paid in full regardless of the occurrence of an Event
of Default.
(ii)
Limitation On Conversion . Notwithstanding the above,
in no event shall the Holder be entitled to convert any portion of
this Grid Note in excess of that portion of this Grid Note upon
Conversion of which the sum of (1) the number of shares of Common
Stock beneficially owned by the Holder and any applicable
affiliates (other than shares of Common Stock which may be deemed
beneficially owned through the ownership of the unconverted portion
of the Grid Note or the unexercised or unconverted portion of any
other security of the Company subject to a limitation on Conversion
or exercise analogous to the limitations contained herein)(the
“Beneficially Owned Shares” ) and (2) the number
of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the Conversion of the
portion of the Grid Note with respect to which the determination of
this proviso is being made would result in beneficial ownership by
the Holder and its affiliates of more than 4.99% (the
“Maximum Percentage” ) of the number of shares
of the Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to
the issuance of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of
this Grid Note held by the Holder (the “Beneficial
Ownership Limitation” ). For purposes of the proviso to
the immediately preceding sentence, beneficial ownership shall be
determined by the Holder in accordance with Section 13(d) of the
Exchange Act and Regulations 13D-G thereunder, except as otherwise
provided in clause (1) of such proviso in the immediately preceding
sentence, and PROVIDED THAT the Beneficial Ownership Limitation
shall be conclusively satisfied if the applicable Notice of
Conversion includes a signed representation by the Holder, if
requested by the Company, that the issuance of the shares in such
Notice of Conversion will not violate the Beneficial Ownership
Limitation, and the Company shall not be entitled to require
additional documentation of such satisfaction.
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The parties agree that, in the event that the
Company receives any tender offer or any offer to enter into a
merger with another entity whereby the Company shall not be the
surviving entity (an “Offer” ), or in the event
that Default Shares are being issued to the Holder pursuant to
Section 11 hereof, then the Maximum Percentage shall be
automatically increased immediately after such Offer to read
“9.99%” each place that “4.99%” occurs in
the first paragraph of this Section 3(a)(ii) above. Notwithstanding
the above, Holder shall retain the option to either exercise or not
exercise its option(s) to acquire Common Stock pursuant to the
terms hereof after an Offer. The Beneficial Ownership Limitation
provisions of this Section 3(a)(ii) may be waived by such Holder,
at the election of such Holder, upon not less than sixty-one (61)
days’ prior notice to the Company, to change the Maximum
Percentage to any other percentage not less than 4.99% and not in
excess of 9.99% of the number of shares of the Common Stock
outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of
shares of Common Stock upon conversion of this Grid Note held by
the Holder and the provisions of this Section 3(a)(ii) shall
continue to apply. Any such increase or decrease to the Maximum
Percentage will apply only to the Holder and not to any other
holder of Grid Notes. Upon such a change by a Holder of the
Beneficial Ownership Limitation from such 4.99% limitation to such
9.99% limitation, the Beneficial Ownership Limitation may not be
further waived by such Holder, provided that, if an Event of
Default occurs, thereafter the Beneficial Ownership Limitation
provisions of this Section 3(a)(ii) may be waived by such Holder,
at the election of such Holder, upon not less than 61 days’
prior notice to the Company, to change the Maximum Percentage to
any other percentage not less than 4.99% (and not limited to 9.99%)
of the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding immediately
after giving effect to the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon
conversion of this Grid Note held by the Holder and the provisions
of this Section 3(a)(ii) shall continue to apply. The provisions of
this paragraph shall be construed and implemented in a manner
otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this Section
3(a)(ii) to correct this paragraph (or any portion hereof) which
may be defective or inconsistent with the intended Beneficial
Ownership Limitation herein contained or to make changes or
supplements necessary or desirable to properly give effect to such
limitation.
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(iii) Maximum Exercise of Rights . In
the event the Holder notifies the Company that the exercise of the
rights described in this Section 3 or the issuance of Interim
Conversion Shares (as defined in Section 6(d) hereof), Payment
Shares (as defined in the Line of Credit Agreement) or other shares
of Common Stock issuable to the Holder under the terms of the
Transaction Documents (collectively, “Issuable
Shares” ) would result in the issuance of an amount of
Common Stock that would exceed the maximum amount that may be
issued to a Holder calculated in the manner described in Section
3(a)(ii) of this Agreement, then the issuance of such additional
shares of Common Stock to such Holder will be deferred in whole or
in part until such time as such Holder is able to beneficially own
such Common Stock without exceeding the maximum amount calculated
in the manner described in Section 3(a)(ii) of this Agreement. The
determination of when such Common Stock may be issued without
violating the Beneficial Ownership Limitations shall be made by
each Holder as to only such Holder.
(iv)
Calculation of Conversion Amount . The number of shares of
Common Stock to be issued upon each Conversion of this Grid Note
shall be determined by dividing the Conversion Amount (as defined
herein) by the applicable Conversion Price. The term "Conversion
Amount" means, with respect to any Conversion of the Grid Note,
the sum of (1) the Principal Amount of the Grid Note to be
converted in such Conversion, PLUS (2) at the Holder's option, any
Liquidated Damages and other Required Cash Payment owed to the
Holder.
(b)
Conversion Price . The "Conversion Price" shall
initially equal ten cents ( $0.10 ) (the
"Initial Conversion Price" ) (subject to adjustments
pursuant to the terms of this Grid Note and subject to equitable
adjustments for stock splits, stock dividends or rights offerings
by the Company relating to the Company's securities or the
securities of any Subsidiary of the Company, combinations,
recapitalization, reclassifications, extraordinary distributions
and similar events).
(c)
Reservation of Shares .
(i)
Increase and Maintenance of Authorized and Reserved
Amount . The Company represents that the aggregate
number of its authorized shares of Common Stock is at least
100,000,000 shares and covenants that it will initially
reserve (the “Initial Share Reservation” ) from
its authorized and unissued Common Stock a number of shares of
Common Stock equal to at least 150% of the initial principal
amount of this Grid Note, divided by the Conversion Price in effect
on the Original Issue Date of this Grid Note, free from preemptive
rights, to provide for the issuance of Common Stock upon the
Conversion of this Grid Note.
Company further covenants that, beginning on the
Original Issue Date hereof, and continuing until all of the Grid
Notes have been converted, redeemed or otherwise satisfied in
accordance with their terms, the Company will reserve from its
authorized and unissued Common Stock a sufficient number of shares
(the “ Required Grid Note Reserve Amount ”),
free from preemptive rights, equal to 150% of the number of shares
as shall from time to time be necessary to provide for the issuance
of Common Stock upon the full Conversion of all of the Grid Notes
(without regard to any limitations on conversions). The Company
shall authorize and reserve such additional amounts (together with
the Required Grid Note Reserve Amount, collectively referred to as
the “Required Reserve Amount” ) of shares from
time to time as necessary to comply with the Company's obligations
to meet the Ongoing Share Reservation Requirements (as defined in
the Line of Credit Agreement) pursuant to Section 4(e) of the Line
of Credit Agreement. The Company represents that upon issuance,
such Shares will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and
non-assessable. In addition, if the Company shall issue any
securities or make any change to its capital structure which would
change the number of shares of Common Stock into which the Grid
Note shall be convertible at the then applicable Conversion Price,
or if the Conversion Price shall be adjusted, the Company shall at
the same time make proper provision so that thereafter there shall
be a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock authorized and
reserved, free from preemptive rights, for Conversion of the
outstanding portion of this Grid Note.
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(ii) Insufficient Authorized Shares
. If at any time while any of the Grid Notes remain
outstanding the Company does not have a sufficient number of
authorized and unreserved shares of Common Stock to satisfy its
obligation to reserve for issuance upon conversion of the Grid
Notes at least a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the
Required Reserve Amount (an " Authorized Share Failure "),
then the Company shall immediately take all action necessary to
increase the Company's authorized shares of Common Stock to an
amount sufficient to allow the Company to reserve the Required
Reserve Amount for the Grid Notes then outstanding. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing sentence, as soon as
practicable after the date of the occurrence of an Authorized Share
Failure, but in no event later than sixty (60) days after the
occurrence of such Authorized Share Failure, the Company shall hold
a meeting of its stockholders for the approval of an increase in
the number of authorized shares of Common Stock. In connection with
such meeting, the Company shall provide each stockholder with a
proxy statement and shall use its best efforts to solicit its
stockholders' approval of such increase in authorized shares of
Common Stock and to cause its board of directors to recommend to
the stockholders that they approve such proposal.
The
Company shall use its best efforts to authorize and reserve a
sufficient number of shares of Common Stock as soon as practicable
following the earlier of (i) such time that the Holder notifies the
Company or that the Company otherwise becomes aware that there are
or likely will be insufficient authorized, reserved and unissued
shares to allow full Conversion of the outstanding amount of the
Grid Note. The Company shall send notice to the Holder of the
authorization of additional shares of Common Stock, the date of
such authorization and the amount of the Holder's accrued
Liquidated Damages.
(iii)
Allocations of Reserve Amount . The initial number of
shares of Common Stock authorized and reserved for conversions of
the Grid Notes and each increase in the number of shares so
reserved (collectively, the “Actual Reserved
Amount” ) shall be allocated pro rata among the Holders
(the " Reserved Share Allocation ") of the Grid Notes based
on the aggregate number of Shares into which each Holder’s
outstanding Grid Note would be convertible (collectively, the
“Fully Diluted Holdings” ) as a percentage of
the aggregate Fully Diluted Holdings of all of the Holders. In the
event a holder shall sell or otherwise transfer such Holder’s
Debenture, each transferee shall immediately be allocated a pro
rata portion of such transferor’s Reserved Share Allocation.
Any portion of the Reserved Share Allocation which remains
allocated to any Person or entity which does not hold any Grid
Notes shall be allocated to the remaining holders of Grid Notes,
pro rata based on the Holder’s Fully Diluted Holdings at the
time of such allocation.
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(d) Method of Conversion.
(i)
Mechanics of Conversion . Subject to Section 3(a) and the
other provisions of this Grid Note, this Grid Note may be converted
into Common Stock by the Holder in whole or in part at any time and
from time to time after the Original Issue Date, by (A) submitting
to the Company a duly executed notice of Conversion in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit A (" Notice of Conversion"
) by facsimile dispatched prior to Midnight, New York City time
(the " Conversion Notice Deadline" ) on the date specified
therein as the Conversion Date (as defined herein) (or by other
means resulting in written notice to the Company on the date
specified therein as the Conversion Date) to the office of the
Company; which notice shall specify the principal amount of this
Grid Note to be converted (plus the dollar amount of any Liquidated
Damages, and other Required Cash Payments that the Holder elects to
convert into Common Stock), the applicable Conversion Price, and
the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon such Conversion;
and (B) subject to Section 3(d)(vii), surrendering the Grid Note at
the principal office of the Company.
(ii)
Conversion Date . The "Conversion Date" shall
be the date specified in the Notice of Conversion, provided that
the Notice of Conversion is submitted by facsimile (or by other
means resulting in, or reasonably expected to result in, written
notice) to the Company or its transfer agent ( “Transfer
Agent” ) before Midnight, New York City time, on the date
so specified, otherwise the Conversion Date shall be the date that
the Notice of Conversion (or a facsimile thereof) is first received
by the Company or its Transfer Agent. The Person or Persons
entitled to receive the shares of Common Stock issuable upon
Conversion shall be treated for all purposes as the record holder
or holders of such securities as of the Conversion Date.
(iii)
Delivery of Common Stock Upon Conversion . Upon
submission of a Notice of Conversion, the Company shall, by no
later than the third (3rd) Business Day after the Conversion Date
(the "Conversion Shares Delivery Deadline" ), issue and
deliver (or cause its Transfer Agent so to issue and deliver) in
accordance with the terms hereof and the Line of Credit Agreement
to or upon the order of the Holder that number of shares of Common
Stock ( “Conversion Shares” ) for the principal
amount of this Grid Note (plus the dollar amount of any Liquidated
Damages, and other Required Cash Payments that the Holder elects to
convert into Common Stock) converted as shall be determined in
accordance herewith. Upon the Conversion of this Grid Note, the
Company shall, at its own cost and expense, take all necessary
action, including obtaining and delivering an opinion of counsel to
assure that the Company's Transfer Agent shall issue stock
certificates in the name of Holder (or its nominee) or such other
Persons as designated by Holder and in such denominations to be
specified at Conversion representing the number of shares of Common
Stock issuable upon such Conversion. The Company warrants that no
instructions other than these instructions have been or will be
given to the Transfer Agent of the Common Stock and that the Shares
will be free-trading, and freely transferable, and will not contain
a legend restricting the resale or transferability of the Shares
provided the Shares are eligible for immediate resale, without
volume limitations, pursuant to Rule 144 or another exemption from
registration.
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(iv) Delivery Failure; Partial Liquidated
Damages; Revocation of Conversion . If the Company fails
for any reason to deliver to the Holder a certificate or
certificates representing the Conversion Shares pursuant to Section
3(d)(iii) by the fifth (5th) Trading Day after the Conversion Date,
the Company shall pay to such Holder, in cash, as liquidated
damages and not as a penalty, for each $1,000 of principal amount
being converted, $10 per Trading Day (increasing to $20 per Trading
Day on the fifth Trading Day after such liquidated damages begin to
accrue) for each Trading Day after such fifth (5th) Trading Day
until such certificates are delivered (the “ Late Share
Delivery Liquidated Damages ”). Nothing herein shall
limit a Holder’s right to pursue actual damages or damages
for an Event of Default pursuant to the terms hereof for the
Company’s failure to deliver Conversion Shares within the
period specified herein and such Holder shall have the right to
pursue all remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in equity
including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance
and/or injunctive relief. The exercise of any such rights shall not
prohibit the Holder from seeking to enforce damages pursuant to any
other Section hereof or under applicable law.
In
addition to any other remedies which may be available to the
Holder, in the event that the Company fails for any reason to
effect delivery of the Conversion Shares by the Conversion Shares
Delivery Deadline, or fails to effect delivery of Default Shares by
the Default Share Delivery Deadline (as defined in Section 11
hereof) (each, a “Delivery Failure” ), the
Holder, at its option, will be entitled to revoke all or part of
the relevant Notice of Conversion (a “Conversion
Revocation” ) or rescind all or part of a Default
Conversion Notice (as defined in Section 11) (a “Default
Conversion Revocation” ) or rescind all or part of a
Major Transaction Conversion Notice (as defined in Section 4) (a
“Major Transaction Conversion Revocation” ) or
rescind all or part of the notice of Redemption, including but not
limited to a notice of Mandatory Redemption (a “Redemption
Revocation” ), as applicable, by delivery of a notice to
such effect to the Company whereupon the Holder shall regain the
rights of a Holder of this Grid Note with respect to such
unconverted portions of this Grid Note and the Company and the
Holder shall each be restored to their respective positions
immediately prior to the delivery of such notice, except that the
liquidated damages described herein shall be payable through the
date notice of revocation or rescission is given to the
Company.
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(v) Compensation for Buy-In on Failure to
Timely Deliver Certificates Upon Conversion, or Upon
Submission for Legend Removal . In addition to any other
rights available to the Holder, if the Company fails for any reason
to deliver to the Holder such certificate or certificates (without
legends, if the Unrestricted Conditions have been met) by the
Conversion Shares Deliver Deadline pursuant to Section 3(d)(iii),
or if at any time the Holder submits shares of Common Stock for
legend removal when the Unrestricted Conditions have been met, and
the Company fails to deliver or cause to be delivered to such
Holder a certificate representing such shares that is free from all
restrictive and other legends by the applicable Legend Removal
Date, and if after such Conversion Shares Deliver Deadline or
Legend Removal Date, as applicable, the Holder is required by its
brokerage firm to purchase (in an open market transaction or
otherwise), or the Holder’s brokerage firm otherwise
purchases, shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a
sale by such Holder of the Conversion Shares which the Holder was
entitled to receive upon the conversion relating to such Conversion
Shares Deliver Deadline or Legend Removal Date, as applicable
(each, a “Buy-In” ), then the Company shall (A)
pay in cash to the Holder (in addition to any other remedies
available to or elected by the Holder) the amount by which (x) the
Holder’s total purchase price (including any brokerage
commissions) for the Common Stock so purchased exceeds (y) the
product of (1) the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock so
purchased multiplied by (2) the actual sale price at which the sell
order giving rise to such purchase obligation was executed
(including any brokerage commissions) and (B) at the option of the
Holder, if applicable, either reinstate (or if necessary, reissue)
the portion of the Grid Note for which such conversion was not
honored or deliver to the Holder the number of shares of Common
Stock that would have been issued if the Company had timely
complied with its delivery requirements under Section 3(d)(iii).
For example, if the Holder purchases Common Stock having a total
purchase price of $11,000 to cover a Buy-In with respect to an
attempted conversion of the Grid Note with respect to which the
actual sale price of the Conversion Shares (including any brokerage
commissions) giving rise to such purchase obligation was a total of
$10,000 under clause (A) of the immediately preceding sentence, the
Company shall be required to pay the Holder $1,000. The Holder
shall provide the Company written notice indicating the amounts
payable to the Holder in respect of the Buy-In and, upon request of
the Company, evidence of the amount of such loss. Nothing herein
shall limit a Holder’s right to pursue any other remedies
available to it hereunder, at law or in equity including, without
limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive
relief with respect to the Company’s failure to timely
deliver certificates representing shares of Common Stock upon
conversion of the Grid Note as required pursuant to the terms
hereof.
(vi)
Surrender of Grid Note Upon Conversion; Book-Entry .
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, upon
Conversion of this Grid Note in accordance with the terms hereof,
the Holder shall not be required to physically surrender the Grid
Note to the Company unless all of this Grid Note is converted, in
which case such Holder shall deliver the Grid Note being converted
to the Company promptly following the Conversion Date at issue. The
Holder and the Company shall maintain records showing the amount of
this Grid Note that is so converted and the dates of such
Conversions or shall use such other method, reasonably satisfactory
to the Holder and the Company, so as not to require physical
surrender of this Grid Note upon each such Conversion. In the event
of any dispute or discrepancy, such records of the Company shall be
controlling and determinative in the absence of manifest
error.
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(vii) No Fractional Shares . If
any Conversion of this Grid Note would result in a fractional share
of Common Stock or the right to acquire a fractional share of
Common Stock, such fractional share shall be disregarded and the
number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon Conversion of this
Grid Note shall be the next higher number of shares.
(xiii)
Lost or Stolen Grid Notes . Upon receipt by the
Company of evidence of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation
of a Grid Note, and (in the case of loss, theft or destruction) of
indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Company, and upon
surrender and cancellation of the Grid Note, if mutilated, the
Company shall execute and deliver a new Grid Note of like tenor and
date.
(e)
Legends.
(i)
Restrictive Legends . The Holder understands that the
Grid Notes and, until such time as Conversion Shares and any other
Issued Common Shares (as defined in the Line of Credit Agreement)
may be sold pursuant to Rule 144 without any restriction as to the
number of securities as of a particular date that can then be
immediately sold, the Conversion Shares and any other Issued Common
Shares may bear a restrictive legend in substantially the following
form (and a stop-transfer order may be placed against transfer of
the certificates for such Securities):
"THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS
CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF
1933, AS AMENDED, OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THE
SECURITIES MAY NOT BE SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED IN THE ABSENCE
OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR THE SECURITIES UNDER
SAID ACT, OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, IN FORM, SUBSTANCE AND SCOPE
REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO COUNSEL TO THE COMPANY, THAT
REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER SAID ACT OR UNLESS SOLD PURSUANT
TO RULE 144 UNDER SAID ACT."
(ii)
Removal of Legends . The Company will issue and
deliver the Conversion Shares without restrictive legends
(including the legend set forth above in this Section 3(e)), and
will remove, or cause its Transfer Agent to remove at the
Company’s expense, any restrictive legends on any Conversion
Shares that contain restrictive legends (including the legend set
forth above in this Section 3(e)), in each case when and as
required under Section 6(a) of the Line of Credit Agreement. The
Holder agrees to sell all Securities, including those represented
by a certificate(s) from which the legend has been removed, in
compliance with applicable prospectus delivery requirements, if
any.
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(f) DTC Delivery. In lieu of delivering
physical certificates representing the unlegended shares of Common
Stock (the “Unlegended Shares” ), provided the
Company’s Transfer Agent is participating in the Depository
Trust Company ( "DTC" ) Fast Automated Securities Transfer (
"FAST" ) program, upon request of the Holder, so long as the
certificates therefor are not required to bear a legend and the
Holder is not obligated to return such certificate for the
placement of a legend thereon, the Company shall cause its Transfer
Agent to electronically transmit the Unlegended Shares to the
Holder by crediting the account of the Holder's prime broker with
DTC through its Deposit Withdrawal Agent Commission ( "DWAC"
) system. The time periods for delivery and penalties described
herein shall likewise apply to the electronic transmittals
described herein.
(g)
Status as Shareholder. Upon submission of a Notice of
Conversion by a Holder, (i) the portion of the Grid Note covered
thereby (other than the portion, if any, pursuant to the Conversion
of which shares cannot be issued because their issuance would
exceed such Holder's allocated portion of the Required Reserve
Amount) shall be deemed converted into shares of Common Stock and
(ii) the Holder's rights as a Holder of such converted portion of
this Grid Note shall cease and terminate, excepting only the right
to receive certificates for such shares of Common Stock and to any
Liquidated Damages or other remedies provided herein or in the
Transaction Documents or otherwise available at law or in equity to
such Holder because of a failure by the Company to comply with the
terms of this Grid Note, including but not limited to the remedies
provided in Section 3(d)(iv), Section 3(d)(vi), Section 11 and
Section 14 hereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Holder
initiates a Conversion Revocation, a Default Conversion Revocation
or a Redemption Revocation pursuant to Section 3(d)(iv) hereof, the
Holder shall regain the rights of a Holder of this Grid Note with
respect to such unconverted portion of this Grid Note as specified
in Section 3(d)(iv) and the Company shall, as soon as practicable,
return such unconverted portion of this Grid Note to the Holder or,
if the Grid Note has not been surrendered, adjust its records to
reflect that such portion of the Grid Note has not been converted.
In all cases, the Holder shall retain all of its rights and
remedies (including, without limitation, the right to receive
Liquidated Damages to the extent required hereby for such Event of
Failure and any subsequent Event of Failure and the right to
receive the Default Amount pursuant to Section 11 to the extent
required thereby) for the Company's failure to convert this Grid
Note.
(h)
Pro Rata Conversion. In the event that the Company receives
a Conversion Notice from more than one holder of Grid Notes for the
same Conversion Date and the Company can convert some, but not all,
of such portions of the Grid Notes submitted for conversion, the
Company shall convert from each holder of Grid Notes electing to
have Grid Notes converted on such date a pro rata amount of such
holder's portion of its Grid Notes submitted for conversion based
on the principal amount of Grid Notes submitted for conversion on
such date by such holder relative to the aggregate principal amount
of all Grid Notes submitted for conversion on such date.
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Section 4. Rights Upon Major
Transaction or Change of Entity Transaction
.
(a)
Definitions. For purposes hereof,
“Change of Entity
Transaction” means
(i) a consolidation, merger, exchange of shares, recapitalization,
reorganization, business combination or other similar event, in one
or a series of transactions (A) following which the holders of
Common Stock immediately preceding such consolidation, merger,
change of shares, recapitalization, reorganization, business
combination or event either (1) no longer hold a majority of the
shares of Common Stock of the Company or (2) no longer have the
ability to elect a majority of the board of directors of the
Company or (B) as a result of which shares of Common Stock shall be
changed into (or the shares of Common Stock become entitled to
receive) the same or a different number of shares of the same or
another class or classes of stock or securities of the Company or
another entity.
“Sufficient Trading
Characteristics” shall mean that the average daily dollar trading
volume of the common stock of such entity on its primary exchange
or market is equal to or in excess of $100,000 for the 90th through
the 31st day prior to the public announcement of the transaction in
respect of which this definition shall be applied.
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