THE SECURITIES
REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED FOR INVESTMENT
AND NOT WITH A VIEW TO, OR IN CONNECTION WITH, THE SALE OR
DISTRIBUTION THEREOF, AND HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, AND MAY NOT BE SOLD,
TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED UNLESS COVERED BY AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT UNDER SAID ACT OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL SATISFACTORY TO
THE ISSUER TO THE EFFECT THAT ANY SUCH TRANSFER IS EXEMPT FROM SUCH
REGISTRATION.
INDIA GLOBALIZATION CAPITAL,
INC.
UNSECURED PROMISSORY
NOTE
$2,000,000 October 16,
2009
Bethesda, MD
Principal and Interest .
India Globalization Capital, Inc., a Maryland
corporation (the “Company”), for value received, hereby
promises to pay to the order of Bricoleur Partners, L.P. or its
assigns (the “Investor” or the “Holder”)
the amount of Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000) as set forth
hereinafter.
This Unsecured Promissory Note (the
“Note”) shall bear no interest from the date of
issuance of this Note until paid in full. This Note
shall be due and payable on the earlier of (i) one year from the
date of the issuance of this Note (the “Maturity
Date”), (ii) upon a Change in Control (as defined in Section
4 hereof) and (iii) the occurrence of an Event of Default (as
defined in Section 5 hereof).
Payments of principal are to be made at the
address of the Holder set forth in Section 7 below or at such
other place in the United States as the Holder shall designate to
the Company in writing, in lawful money of the United States of
America in immediately available funds. Interest on this
Note shall be computed on the basis of a 365-day year and actual
days elapsed. Payment shall be credited first to the
accrued interest then due and payable and the remainder applied to
principal.
This Note is issued pursuant to that certain
Note and Share Purchase Agreement dated as of October 16, 2009,
between the Company and Holder. That agreement, together
with other Note and Share Purchase Agreements dated on or about
October 16, 2009 are collectively referred to as the
“Purchase Agreement”). The provisions of
this Note are a statement of the rights of the Holder and the
conditions to which this Note is subject and to which the Holder,
by the acceptance of this Note, agrees. Capitalized
terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings
ascribed thereto on the Purchase Agreement. Holder
acknowledges and agrees that the payment of all or any portion of
the outstanding principal amount of this Note and all interest
hereon shall be pari passu in right of payment and in all other
respects to the other Notes issued pursuant to the Purchase
Agreement or pursuant to the terms of such Notes. In the
event Holder receives payments in excess of its pro rata share of
the Company’s payments to the Holders of all of the Notes,
then Holder shall hold in trust all such excess payments for the
benefit of the holders of the other Notes and shall pay such
amounts held in trust to such other holders upon demand by such
holders.
Notwithstanding anything else set forth herein,
the Company may pre-pay this Note in whole or in part upon five
days prior written notice to Holder.
2.2 If
the Company (a) closes on any equity or debt financing (other than
one or more lines of credit for its or its subsidiaries’
operating businesses) after November 30, 2009 or (b) is paid on
claims with respect to payments on road building contracts where
the proceeds of any such claims are repatriated to United States
Dollars, then the Company will use twenty percent (20%) of either
(x) the proceeds of such financing or (y) such repatriated
funds, in either case, in excess of Five Hundred
Thousand Dollars), to pre-pay the principal amount due under this
Note.
Use of Proceeds . The proceeds of the Note will be
used for working capital and general corporate purposes.
Change of Control . If, prior to the Maturity Date or
occurrence of an Event of Default, a Change of Control occurs, then
immediately prior thereto, this Note shall accelerate and the
Holder shall become immediately entitled to receive an amount equal
to the outstanding principal amount of the Note plus any and all
accrued but unpaid interest thereon as of the closing date of such
Change of Control transaction. For purposes hereof, a
“Change of Control” shall mean (i) a sale of all or
substantially all of the assets of the Company or all or
substantially all of the capital stock of the Company or (ii) a
merger, consolidation, sale, transfer or other transaction or
series of related transactions in which the holders of the capital
stock of the Company will hold, upon consummation of such
transaction, less than fifty percent (50%) of the voting securities
of the surviving entity, other than as a result of the
Company’s issuance of new securities in capital raising
transactions.
Events of Default . The entire unpaid principal sum of
this Note, together with any and all interest accrued but unpaid
thereon, shall become immediately due and payable upon the
occurrence of an Event of Default. An “Event of
Default” shall be deemed to have occurred if:
(a) the
Company shall (i) apply for or consent to the
appointment of a receiver, trustee or liquidator of itself or of
its property, (ii) be unable, or admit in writing its inability, to
pay its debts as they mature, (iii) make a general assignment for
the benefit of creditors, (iv) be adjudicated a bankrupt or
insolvent, (v) file a voluntary petition in bankruptcy, or a
petition or answer seeking reorganization or an arrangement with
creditors to take advantage of any insolvency law, or an answer
admitting the material allegations of a bankruptcy, reorganization
or insolvency petition filed against it, (vi) take corporate action
for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing, or (vii) have an
order for relief entered against it in any proceeding under the
United States Bankruptcy Code;