THIS NOTE HAS
NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED,
OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE AND MAY NOT BE SOLD,
TRANSFERRED, OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN
EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER SUCH ACT AND APPLICABLE
STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR PURSUANT TO AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION FROM
THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF SUCH ACT AND SUCH LAWS.
UNSECURED PROMISSORY
NOTE
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New York, New York
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Original Issuance Date: December 31,
2008
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FOR VALUE
RECEIVED , the
undersigned, CYALUME TECHNOLOGIES HOLDINGS, INC. , a
Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), hereby
promises to pay to the order of RODMAN PRINCIPAL INVESTMENTS,
LLC (the “ Holder ”), or his registered
assigns, on the Maturity Date (as hereinafter defined) (or earlier
as hereinafter provided) the principal sum of One Million Eight
Hundred Eighteen Thousand Sixty Five Dollars ($1,818,065),
plus all “ PIK Amounts ” (as hereinafter
defined) added to the principal amount hereof pursuant to the terms
of this Unsecured Promissory Note (this “ Note
”), with interest on the unpaid principal amount of this Note
from time to time as provided herein. For the purposes
of this Note, the term “ Maturity Date ” shall
mean June 30, 2014.
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Interest on
this Note shall accrue from the Original Issuance Date of this Note
(as set forth on the face of this Note above) at a rate of eight
percent (8%) per annum until repayment of the Accreted Principal
Amount (as hereinafter defined) and payment of all accrued interest
in full. Interest shall accrue and be computed on the
basis of the actual number of days in the related period over 360
days. The Company shall pay accrued interest quarterly
on the last business day of each March, June, September and
December during the term hereof and on the Maturity Date,
commencing on March 31, 2009, by the addition of such accrued
interest amount to the principal amount outstanding under this Note
(any such amount, a “ PIK Amount
”). At any time, the outstanding principal amount
of this Note, including all PIK Amounts added thereto through such
time is referred to in this Note as the “ Accreted
Principal Amount ”.
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Notwithstanding
subsection (a) of this Section 1, but subject to applicable law,
upon and during the occurrence of an Event of Default (as defined
in Section 6 below), the Accreted Principal Amount of this
Note shall bear interest, from the date of the occurrence of such
Event of Default until such Event of Default is cured or waived,
payable on demand at a rate equal to the applicable interest rate
in effect hereunder plus two percent (2%) (the “ Default
Rate ”) (and such interest shall be paid by adding a PIK
Amount to the Accreted Principal Amount of this Note in respect of
such interest). In addition, any overdue interest on
this Note shall bear interest, payable on demand at a rate equal to
the applicable interest rate in effect hereunder plus two percent
(2%) (and such interest shall be paid by adding a PIK Amount to the
Accreted Principal Amount of this Note in respect of such
interest).
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In the event
that any interest rate provided for herein shall be determined to
be unlawful, such interest rate shall be computed at the highest
rate permitted by applicable law. Any payment by the
Company of any interest amount in excess of that permitted by law
shall be considered a mistake, with the excess being applied to the
principal of this Note without prepayment premium or
penalty.
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Principal . The Company shall pay the principal amount due
under this Note including all PIK Amounts and all accrued and
unpaid interest (all of which shall be payable in cash and no
portion of which shall be payable by addition of a PIK Amount to
the Accreted Principal Amount) on the Maturity Date.
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Voluntary
Prepayment . This Note is subject to prepayment
at the option of the Company, in whole or in part, at any time and
from time to time without premium or penalty. All
prepayments under this Section 3 shall include payment of accrued
interest on the Accreted Principal Amount so prepaid (which
interest shall be paid entirely in cash and no portion of which
shall be payable by the addition of a PIK Amount to the Accreted
Principal Amount) and shall be applied first to the payment of
default interest, if any, then to payment of accrued and unpaid
interest, if any, to but not including the date of prepayment, and
thereafter to principal. The Company agrees, subject to
the approval of its lenders or the lenders of its subsidiary, to
use a portion of the proceeds of any debt or equity financing to
pay off a portion of this Note.
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Amendment . Amendments and modifications of this Note
shall be made only by written agreement signed by the Company and
the Holder.
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The term
“ Holder ” as used herein shall also include any
registered transferee of this Note. The initial Holder
by its acceptance hereof and each transferee of this Note
acknowledges that this Note has not been registered under the
Securities Act (as hereinafter defined) and the Holder agrees that,
prior to any proposed transfer of this Note, if such transfer is
not made pursuant to either an effective registration statement
under the Securities Act or pursuant to an exemption from
registration under the Securities Act, the Holder will, if
requested by the Company, deliver to the Company:
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investment
representations, in customary substance and form, reasonably
acceptable to the Company, signed by the proposed
transferee;
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an agreement by
such transferee to the inclusion of and compliance with the
restrictive investment legend set forth on this Note;
and
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an agreement by
such transferee to be bound by the provisions of this Section 5
relating to the transfer of such Note.
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The Company
shall maintain a register (the “ Note Register
”) in its principal offices for the purpose of registering
this Note and any transfer thereof, which register shall reflect
and identify, at all times, the ownership of any interest in this
Note. Upon the issuance of this Note, the Company shall
record the name of the initial Holder of this Note in the Note
Register as the first Holder. Upon surrender for
registration of transfer or exchange of this Note at the principal
offices of the Company, the Company shall, at the Company’s
expense, execute and deliver a new Note of like tenor and of a like
aggregate principal amount, registered in the name of the Holder or
a transferee or transferees. Every Note surrendered for
registration of transfer or exchange shall be duly endorsed, or be
accompanied by written instrument of transfer duly executed by the
Holder of such Note or such holder’s attorney duly authorized
in writing. The Company shall not have any obligation
hereunder to any person other than the registered Holder of this
Note.
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