Exhibit 10.1
THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN
REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE
“SECURITIES ACT”), OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE,
AND IS BEING OFFERED AND SOLD PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM THE
REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND SUCH
LAWS. THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE SOLD OR TRANSFERRED
EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE
REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT OR SUCH OTHER
LAWS.
CONVERTIBLE NOTE
(Non-Revolving Line of
Credit)
Borrower: Celsius Holdings, Inc., a Nevada corporation,
authorized to do business in Florida as Celsius Products Holdings,
Inc.
Borrower Address:
140 NE 4 th Avenue,
Suite C, Delray Beach, Florida 33483
Closing Date:
September 8, 2009
Maturity Date:
September 8, 2012
Principal Amount:
$6,500,000
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, CELSIUS HOLDINGS, INC., a
Nevada corporation, authorized to do business in Florida as Celsius
Products Holdings, Inc. (hereinafter the “Borrower”),
promises to pay to the order of CDS VENTURES OF SOUTH FLORIDA, LLC,
a Florida limited liability company, its successors or assigns
(hereinafter the “Lender”) at 3299 N. W. 2nd
Avenue, Boca Raton, FL 33431 or such other place as Lender may from
time to time designate in writing, the principal sum of SIX MILLION
FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND AND NO/100THS DOLLARS ($6,500,000.00) or the
aggregate unpaid principal amount of all advances made by Lender to
Borrower pursuant to the terms of the Loan and Security Agreement
of even date herewith between the Borrower, CELSIUS, INC., a Nevada
corporation, authorized to do business in Florida, as CELSIUS
PRODUCTS, INC., and Lender (the "Loan Agreement") plus interest on
the unpaid principal balance the variable rate equal to three
hundred (300) basis points over the one (1) month LIBOR (the
“Note Rate”). Interest shall be calculated
on the principal balance, which from time to time is outstanding,
on the basis of a three hundred sixty (360) day year, based on the
actual number of days elapsed in each month.
Commencing on September 8, 2010 and continuing
each three (3)-month period hereafter, Borrower shall make payments
of all accrued but unpaid interest only on the unpaid principal
amount at the Note Rate. On September 8, 2012 (the “Maturity
Date”), all outstanding and unpaid principal, all accrued and
unpaid interest thereon and other charges or fees which are then
due and owing from Borrower to Lender shall be immediately due and
payable.
Subject to the terms and conditions of this
Note, Lender shall advance funds to Borrower pursuant to the terms
of such Loan Agreement up to a maximum principal sum equal to the
face amount of this Note.
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1.1 Definitions
. The terms defined in this Article whenever used in
this Note have the following respective meanings:
(i)
“Affiliate” has the meaning ascribed to such
term in Rule 12b-2 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
(ii)
“Bankruptcy Code” means the United States
Bankruptcy Code of 1986, as amended (11 U.S.C. §§ 101
et . seq .).
(iii)
“Business Day” means a day other than Saturday,
Sunday or any day on which banks located in the State of California
are authorized or obligated to close.
(iv) “Capital
Shares” means the Common Stock and any other shares of
any other class or series of capital stock, whether now or
hereafter authorized and however designated, which have the right
to participate in the distribution of earnings and assets (upon
dissolution, liquidation or winding-up) of the Borrower.
(v) “Closing
Date” means the closing date set forth in the first
paragraph of this Note.
(vi) “Common
Shares” or “Common Stock” means shares
of the Borrower’s Common Stock.
(vii) “Common
Stock Issued at Conversion” , when used with reference to
the securities deliverable upon conversion of this Note, means all
Common Shares now or hereafter Outstanding and securities of any
other class or series into which this Note hereafter shall have
been changed or substituted, whether now or hereafter created and
however designated.
(viii)
“Conversion” or “conversion”
means the repayment by the Borrower of the Principal Amount of this
Note (and, to the extent the Lender elects as permitted by Section
3.1, accrued and unpaid interest thereon) by the delivery of Common
Stock on the terms provided in Section 3.2, and
“convert,” “converted,”
“convertible” and like words shall have a
corresponding meaning.
(ix)
“Conversion Date” means any day on which all or
any portion of the Principal Amount of this Note is converted in
accordance with the provisions hereof.
(x)
“Conversion Notice” means a written notice of
conversion substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit
A .
(xi)
“Conversion Price” on any date of determination
means the applicable price for the conversion of this Note into
Common Shares on such day as set forth in Section 3.1.
(xii) “Current
Market Price” on any date of determination means the
closing price of a Common Share on such day as reported in the
“pink sheets” through the Interdealer Trading Quotation
System; provided, if such security is not traded on the over the
counter market via the pink sheets, then the closing price on the
NASDAQ OTCBB Exchange; provided further , that, if such
security is not listed or admitted to trading on the NASDAQ OTCBB,
as reported on the principal national security exchange or
quotation system on which such security is quoted or listed or
admitted to trading, or, if not quoted or listed or admitted to
trading on any national securities exchange or quotation system,
the closing bid price of such security on the over-the-counter
market on the day in question as reported by Bloomberg LP or a
similar generally accepted reporting service, as the case may
be.
(xiii)
“Note” or “Notes” means this
Convertible Note of the Borrower or such other convertible Note(s)
exchanged therefor as provided in Section 2.1.
(xv) “Event
of Default” has the meaning set forth in Section
6.1.
(xvi)
“LIBOR” means the London Interbank Offered Rate
published as of the first business day of each month in the
“Money Rates” section of The Wall Street Journal, or if
no such rate is published in The Wall Street Journal, then the
nearest comparable published rate, as determined by the
Lender.
(xvii) “Market
Price” means the average of the ten daily VWAPs for the
10 Trading Days immediately preceding the date on which a
Conversion Notice is received.
(xviii) “Maturity
Date” means the maturity date set forth in the first
paragraph of this Note.
(xix) “Maximum
Rate” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.4
(xx) “Note
Rate” means hundred (300) basis points over the one (1)
month LIBOR.
(xxi)
“Outstanding” when used with reference to Common
Shares or Capital Shares (collectively, “Shares”
) means, on any date of determination, all issued and outstanding
Shares, and includes all such Shares issuable in respect of
outstanding scrip or any certificates representing fractional
interests in such Shares; provided , however , that
any such Shares directly or indirectly owned or held by or for the
account of the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower shall not
be deemed “Outstanding” for purposes
hereof.
(xxii)
“Person” means an individual, a corporation, a
partnership, an association, a limited liability company, an
unincorporated business organization, a trust or other entity or
organization, and any government or political subdivision or any
agency or instrumentality thereof.
(xxiii)
“Principal Amount” means, for any date of
calculation, the principal sum set forth in the first paragraph of
this Note (but only such principal amount as to which the Lender
has (a) actually advanced to Borrower pursuant to the Loan
Agreement, and (b) not theretofore furnished a Conversion Notice in
compliance with Section 3.2).
(xxv)
“SEC” means the United States Securities and
Exchange Commission.
(xxvi)
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the SEC
thereunder, all as in effect at the time.
(xxviii)
“Subsidiary” means any entity of which
securities or other ownership interests having ordinary voting
power to elect a majority of the board of directors or other
persons performing similar functions are owned directly or
indirectly by the Borrower.
(xxix) “Trading
Day” means any day on which (i) purchases and sales of
securities on the principal national security exchange or quotation
system on which the Common Shares are traded are reported thereon,
or, if not quoted or listed or admitted to trading on any national
securities exchange or quotation system, as reported by Bloomberg
LP or a similar generally accepted reporting service, as the case
may be, (ii) at least one bid for the trading of Common Shares is
reported and (iii) no material suspension or limitation of trading
of the Common Shares.
(xxx)
“VWAP” means the volume weighted average price
of the Common Stock for a Trading Day on the Principal Market as
reported by Bloomberg Financial Markets or, if Bloomberg Financial
Markets is not then reporting such prices, by a comparable
reporting service of national reputation selected by the Holders
and reasonably satisfactory to the Company. If the VWAP
cannot be calculated for the Common Stock on such Trading Day on
any of the foregoing bases, then the Company shall submit such
calculation to an independent investment banking firm of national
reputation (reasonably acceptable to the Holders of not less than
two-thirds of the Shares then outstanding), and shall cause such
investment banking firm to perform such determination and notify
the Company and the Holders of the results of determination no
later than two (2) Business Days from the time such calculation was
submitted to it by the Company. All such determinations
shall be appropriately adjusted for any stock dividend, stock
split, reverse stock split or other similar transaction during such
period.
All references to “cash” or
“$” herein means currency of the United States of
America.
ARTICLE 2
EXCHANGES, TRANSFER AND
REPAYMENT
SECTION 2.1 Registration
of Transfer of the Note . This Note, when presented for
registration of transfer, shall (if so required by the Borrower) be
duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of
transfer in form reasonably satisfactory to the Borrower duly
executed, by the Lender duly authorized in writing.
SECTION 2.2 Loss, Theft,
Destruction of Note . Upon receipt of evidence
satisfactory to the Borrower of the loss, theft, destruction or
mutilation of this Note and, in the case of any such loss, theft or
destruction, upon receipt of indemnity or security reasonably
satisfactory to the Borrower, or, in the case of any such
mutilation, upon surrender and cancellation of this Note, the
Borrower shall make, issue and deliver, in lieu of such lost,
stolen, destroyed or mutilated Note, a new Note of like tenor and
unpaid Principal Amount dated as of the date hereof (which shall
accrue interest from the most recent Interest Payment Due Date on
which an interest payment was made in full). This Note
shall be held and owned upon the express condition that the
provisions of this Section 2.2 are exclusive with respect to the
replacement of a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Note and
shall preclude any and all other rights and remedies
notwithstanding any law or statute existing or hereafter enacted to
the contrary with respect to the replacement of negotiable
instruments or other securities without the surrender
thereof.
SECTION 2.3 Who Deemed
Absolute Owner . The Borrower may deem the Person in
whose name this Note shall be registered upon the registry books of
the Borrower to be, and may treat it as, the absolute owner of this
Note (whether or not this Note shall be overdue) for the purpose of
receiving payment of or on account of the Principal Amount of this
Note, for the conversion of this Note and for all other purposes,
and the Borrower shall not be affected by any notice to the
contrary. All such payments and such conversions shall
be valid and effectual to satisfy and discharge the liability upon
this Note to the extent of the sum or sums so paid or the
conversion or conversions so made.
SECTION 2.4 Repayment
. Prior to September 1, 2011, Borrower may not repay in
cash any principal amount due under this Note. Thereafter, Borrower
is permitted to repay in cash any principal amount due with a 10
days prior notice. On September 8, 2012 (the “Maturity
Date”), all outstanding and unpaid principal, all accrued and
unpaid interest thereon and other charges or fees which are then
due and owing from Borrower to Lender shall be immediately due and
payable.
SECTION 2.5 Extension
. Thereafter, annual extensions to the Maturity Date
shall be available to the Borrower upon Lender’s sole
discretion, provided: (i) no Event of Default (as such
term is defined herein and in the Loan Agreement) exists under the
Loan and there exists no fact or circumstance that with notice, the
lapse of time or both would constitute an Event of Default under
the Loan, (ii) Borrower requests same in writing at least thirty
(30) days prior to the then-existing Maturity Date, and (iii) in
Lender’s sole determination, no material adverse change has
occurred in the Borrower or the collateral for the Loan.
ARTICLE 3
CONVERSION OF NOTE
SECTION 3.1 Conversion;
Conversion Price; Valuation Event .
At the option of the Lender, this
Note may be converted, either in whole or in part, up to the full
Principal Amount hereof into Common Shares (calculated as to each
such conversion to the nearest 1/100th of a share), at any time and
from time to time on any Business Day, subject to compliance with
Section 3.2. The number of Common Shares into which this Note may
be converted is equal to the dollar amount of the Note being
converted divided by the Conversion Price. The “Conversion
Price” shall be: (A) from the Closing Date through and
including December 31, 2011, equal to the lesser of (i) $.40 per
share, or (ii) the Market Price; or (B) after December 31, 2011 the
greater of (i) $.40 per share, or (ii) the Market Price,
as appropriately adjusted for in either case stock splits, stock
dividends and similar events; provided that, the conversion price
shall never be less than $0.10 (ten cents) regar