THIS
NOTE AND THE COMMON SHARES ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION OF THIS NOTE
HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS
AMENDED, OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THIS NOTE AND THE COMMON
SHARES ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION OF THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE SOLD,
OFFERED FOR SALE, PLEDGED OR HYPOTHECATED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN
EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT AS TO THIS NOTE AND THE COMMON
SHARES ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION OF THIS NOTE UNDER SAID ACT AND ANY
APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL
REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO HOUSE OF BRUSSELS CHOCOLATES INC. THAT
SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED.
SECURED REVOLVING
NOTE
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, each of HOUSE OF BRUSSELS
CHOCOLATES INC., a Nevada corporation (the “
Parent ”), and the other companies listed on
Exhibit A attached hereto (such other companies together
with the Parent, each a “ Company ”
and collectively, the “ Companies ”),
jointly and severally, promises to pay to LAURUS MASTER FUND, LTD.,
c/o M&C Corporate Services Limited, P.O. Box 309 GT, Ugland
House, South Church Street, George Town, Grand Cayman, Cayman
Islands, Fax: 345-949-8080 (the “ Holder
”) or its registered assigns or successors in interest, on
order, the sum of Two Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars
($2,500,000), without duplication of any amounts owing by the
Companies to Holder under the Minimum Borrowing Notes (as defined
in the Security Agreement referred to below), or, if different, the
aggregate principal amount of all Loans (as defined in the Security
Agreement referred to below), together with any accrued and unpaid
interest hereon, on March 29, 2008 (the “ .Maturity
Date ”) if not sooner paid.
Capitalized terms used herein without definition
shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Security
Agreement among the Companies and the Holder dated as of the date
hereof (as amended, modified and supplemented from time to time,
the “ Security Agreement
”).
The following terms shall apply to this Secured
Revolving Note (this “ Note
”):
ARTICLE
I
CONTRACT RATE AND MINIMUM
BORROWING NOTE
1.1
Contract Rate
. Subject to Sections 3.2 and 4.10,
interest payable on the outstanding principal amount of this Note
(the “ Principal Amount ”) shall
accrue at a rate per annum equal to the “prime rate”
published in The Wall Street Journal from time to time (the
“ Prime Rate ”), plus two percent (2%)
(the “ Contract Rate ”). The Contract
Rate shall be increased or decreased as the case may be for each
increase or decrease in the Prime Rate in an amount equal to such
increase or decrease in the Prime Rate; each change to be effective
as of the day of the change in the Prime Rate. Subject to Section
1.2, the Contract Rate shall not be less than six percent
(6%).
1.2
Contract Rate Adjustments and
Payments . The Contract
Rate shall be calculated on the last business day of each calendar
month hereafter (other than for increases or decreases in the Prime
Rate which shall be calculated and become effective in accordance
with the terms of Section 1.1) until the Maturity Date (each a
“ Determination Date ”) and shall be
subject to adjustment as set forth herein. If (i) the Parent shall
have registered the shares of the Common Stock underlying the
conversion of each Minimum Borrowing Note and each Warrant on a
registration statement declared effective by the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the “ SEC ”), and
(ii) the market price (the “ Market Price
”) of the Common Stock as reported by Bloomberg, L.P. on the
Principal Market for the five (5) trading days immediately
preceding a Determination Date exceeds the then applicable Fixed
Conversion Price by at least twenty-five percent (25%), the
Contract Rate for the succeeding calendar month shall automatically
be reduced by 200 basis points (200 b.p.) (2%) for each incremental
twenty-five percent (25%) increase in the Market Price of the
Common Stock above the then applicable Fixed Conversion Price.
Notwithstanding the foregoing (and anything to the contrary
contained herein), in no event shall the Contract Rate be less than
zero percent (0%). Interest shall be (i) calculated on the basis of
a 360 day year, and (ii) payable monthly, in arrears, commencing on
April 1, 2005 and on the first business day of each consecutive
calendar month thereafter until the Maturity Date (and on the
Maturity Date), whether by acceleration or otherwise.
1.3
Allocation of Principal to
Minimum Borrowing Note .
In the event that the amount due and payable hereunder should equal
or exceed $500,000, to the extent that the outstanding balance on
any Minimum Borrowing Note shall be less than or equal $500,000
(the difference of $1,000,000 less the actual balance of such
Minimum Borrowing Note, the “ Available Minimum
Borrowing ”), such portion of the balance hereof as
shall equal the Available Minimum Borrowing shall be deemed to be
simultaneously extinguished on this Note and transferred to, and
evidenced by, such Minimum Borrowing Note.
ARTICLE
II
CONVERSION RIGHTS AND FIXED
CONVERSION PRICE
2.1
Optional Conversion
. Subject to the terms of this
Article II, the Holder shall have the right, but not the
obligation, at any time until the Maturity Date, or during an Event
of Default (as defined in Article III), and, subject to the
limitations set forth in Section 2.2 hereof, to convert all or any
portion of the outstanding Principal Amount and/or accrued interest
and fees due and payable into fully paid and nonassessable
restricted shares of the Common Stock at the Fixed Conversion Price
(defined below). For purposes hereof, subject to Section 3.6
hereof, the initial “ Fixed Conversion Price
” means $0.88. The shares of Common Stock to be issued upon
such conversion are herein referred to as the “
Conversion Shares. ”
2.2
Conversion Limitation
. Notwithstanding anything contained
herein to the contrary, the Holder shall not be entitled to convert
pursuant to the terms of this Note an amount that would be
convertible into that number of Conversion Shares which would
exceed the difference between (i) 4.99% of the outstanding shares
of Common Stock and (ii) the number of shares of Common Stock
beneficially owned by the Holder. For purposes of the immediately
preceding sentence, beneficial ownership shall be determined in
accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and Regulation
13d-3 thereunder. The Conversion Shares limitation described in
this Section 2.2 shall automatically become null and void without
any notice to any Company upon the occurrence and during the
continuance of an Event of Default, or upon 75 days prior notice to
the Parent. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the
contrary, the provisions of this Section 2.2 are irrevocable and
may not be waived by the Holder or any Company.
2.3
Mechanics of Holder’s
Conversion . In the event
that the Holder elects to convert this Note into Common Stock, the
Holder shall give notice of such election by delivering an executed
and completed notice of conversion (“ Notice of
Conversion ”) to the Parent and such Notice of
Conversion shall provide a breakdown in reasonable detail of the
Principal Amount, accrued interest and fees that are being
converted. On each Conversion Date (as hereinafter defined) and in
accordance with its Notice of Conversion, the Holder shall make the
appropriate reduction to the Principal Amount, accrued interest and
fees as entered in its records and shall provide written notice
thereof to the Parent within two (2) Business Days after the
Conversion Date. Each date on which a Notice of Conversion is
delivered or telecopied to the Parent in accordance with the
provisions hereof shall be deemed a Conversion Date (the “
Conversion Date ”). A form of Notice of
Conversion is annexed hereto as Exhibit B . Pursuant to the
terms of the Notice of Conversion, the Parent will issue
instructions to the transfer agent accompanied by an opinion of
counsel within one (1) Business Day of the date of the delivery to
the Parent of the Notice of Conversion and shall cause the transfer
agent to transmit the certificates representing the Conversion
Shares to the Holder by crediting the account of the Holder’s
designated broker with the Depository Trust Corporation (“
DTC ”) through its Deposit Withdrawal Agent
Commission (“ DWAC ”) system within
three (3) Business Days after receipt by the Parent of the Notice
of Conversion (the “ Delivery Date ”).
In the case of the exercise of the conversion rights set forth
herein the conversion privilege shall be deemed to have been
exercised and the Conversion Shares issuable upon such conversion
shall be deemed to have been issued upon the date of receipt by the
Parent of the Notice of Conversion. The Holder shall be treated for
all purposes as the record holder of the Conversion Shares, unless
the Holder provides the Parent written instructions to the
contrary.
2.4
Late Payments
. Each Company understands that a
delay in the delivery of the Conversion Shares in the form required
pursuant to this Article beyond the Delivery Date could result in
economic loss to the Holder. As compensation to the Holder for such
loss, the Companies shall, jointly and severally, pay late payments
to the Holder for any late issuance of Conversion Shares in the
form required pursuant to this Article II upon conversion of this
Note, in the amount equal to $500 per Business Day after the
Delivery Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company will not
owe the Holder any late payments if the delay in the delivery of
the Conversion Shares beyond the Delivery Date is solely out of the
control of the Company and the Company is actively trying to cure
the cause of the delay. The Companies shall, jointly and severally,
make any payments incurred under this Section in immediately
available funds upon demand.
2.5
Conversion Mechanics
. The number of shares of Common
Stock to be issued upon each conversion of this Note shall be
determined by dividing that portion of the principal and interest
and fees to be converted, if any, by the
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