Exhibit 10.6
NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR THE SECURITIES FOR WHICH THIS SECURITY
IS EXERCISABLE HAVE BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN
RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"), AND, ACCORDINGLY,
MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN
AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE
REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE
WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS AS EVIDENCED BY A LEGAL
OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE TRANSFEROR TO SUCH EFFECT, THE SUBSTANCE
OF WHICH SHALL BE REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY UNLESS SOLD
OR TRANSFERRED TO A "QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER" WITHIN THE
MEANING OF RULE 144A UNDER THE 1933 ACT OR UNLESS SOLD PURSUANT TO
RULE 144 OR RULE 144A UNDER SAID ACT. THIS SECURITY AND THE
SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS SECURITY MAY BE PLEDGED
IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER LOAN SECURED
BY SUCH SECURITIES.
SERIES E
COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT
ZOOM TECHNOLOGIES,
INC.
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Warrant Shares:
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Issue Date: October 15,
2009
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THIS COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT (the " Warrant ")
certifies that, for value received, _____________ (the "
Holder ") is entitled, upon the terms and subject to the
limitations on exercise and the conditions hereinafter set forth,
at any time on or after the date hereof, (the " Initial Exercise
Date ") and on or prior to the close of business on the three
(3) month anniversary of the date the Maximum Eligibility Number
(as defined in Section 6) is increased; provided ,
however , that if the Holder is unable to exercise this
Warrant in full because of the Beneficial Ownership Limitation (as
defined below) set forth in Section 2(e)(i) of this Warrant or
because of the Exchange Cap (as defined below) limitation set forth
in Section 2(e)(ii), such date shall be extended indefinitely until
the Holder can exercise this Warrant in full without breaching the
Beneficial Ownership Limitation or the Exchange Cap limitation (the
" Termination Date ") but not thereafter, to subscribe for
and purchase from Zoom Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation
(the " Company "), up to [ ] 1 shares (the "
Warrant Shares ") of Common Stock. The purchase price of one
share of Common Stock under this Warrant shall be equal to the
Exercise Price, as defined in Section 2(b). Except as otherwise
defined herein, the capitalized terms in this Warrant shall have
the meanings set forth in Section 6. Notwithstanding any
provision of this Warrant to the contrary, no more than the Maximum
Eligibility Number of Warrant Shares shall be exercisable
hereunder.
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1 Insert Holder'a pro rata share of [625,313].
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Section 1
.
Definitions . Capitalized terms used and not otherwise
defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in that certain
Securities Purchase Agreement (the " Purchase Agreement "),
dated October 14, 2009 (the " Subscription Date "), among
the Company and the purchasers signatory thereto.
Section 2
. Exercise
.
- Exercise of Warrant . Exercise of the
purchase rights represented by this Warrant may be made, in whole
or in part, at any time or times on or after the Initial Exercise
Date and on or before the Termination Date by delivery to the
Company (or such other office or agency of the Company as it may
designate by notice in writing to the registered Holder at the
address of the Holder appearing on the books of the Company) of a
duly executed facsimile copy of the Notice of Exercise Form annexed
hereto; and, within three (3) Trading Days of the date said Notice
of Exercise is delivered to the Company, the Company shall have
received payment of the aggregate Exercise Price of the shares
thereby purchased by wire transfer or cashier's check drawn on a
United States bank. Notwithstanding anything herein to the
contrary, the Holder shall not be required to physically surrender
this Warrant to the Company until the Holder has purchased all of
the Warrant Shares available hereunder and the Warrant has been
exercised in full, in which case, the Holder shall surrender this
Warrant to the Company for cancellation within three (3) Trading
Days of the date the final Notice of Exercise is delivered to the
Company. Partial exercises of this Warrant resulting in purchases
of a portion of the total number of Warrant Shares available
hereunder shall have the effect of lowering the outstanding number
of Warrant Shares purchasable hereunder in an amount equal to the
applicable number of Warrant Shares purchased. The Holder and the
Company shall maintain records showing the number of Warrant Shares
purchased and the date of such purchases. The Company shall deliver
any objection to any Notice of Exercise Form within three (3)
Business Days of receipt of such notice. In the event of any
dispute or discrepancy, the records of the Holder shall be
controlling and determinative in the absence of manifest error.
The Holder and any assignee, by acceptance of this Warrant,
acknowledge and agree that, by reason of the provisions of this
paragraph, following the purchase of a portion of the Warrant
Shares hereunder, the number of Warrant Shares available for
purchase hereunder at any given time may be less than the amount
stated on the face hereof.
- Exercise Price . The exercise price
per share of the Common Stock under this Warrant shall be $0.01,
subject to adjustment hereunder (the " Exercise Price
").
- Cashless Exercise . This Warrant may
also be exercised by means of a "cashless exercise" in which the
Holder shall be entitled to receive a certificate for the number of
Warrant Shares equal to the quotient obtained by dividing [(A-B)
(X)] by (A), where:
(A) = the VWAP on the Trading Day
immediately preceding the date of such election;
(B) = the Exercise Price of this
Warrant, as adjusted; and
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(X) = the number of Warrant Shares
issuable upon exercise of this Warrant in accordance with the terms
of this Warrant by means of a cash exercise rather than a cashless
exercise.
- Mechanics of Exercise .
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- Delivery of Certificates Upon Exercise
. Certificates for shares purchased hereunder shall be transmitted
by the Transfer Agent to the Holder by crediting the account of the
Holder's prime broker with the Depository Trust Company through its
Deposit Withdrawal Agent Commission (" DWAC ") system if the
Company is then a participant in such system and either (A) there
is an effective Registration Statement permitting the issuance of
the Warrant Shares to or resale of the Warrant Shares by the Holder
or (B) the shares are eligible for resale by the Holder without
volume or manner-of-sale limitations pursuant to Rule 144, and
otherwise by physical delivery to the address specified by the
Holder in the Notice of Exercise by the date that is three (3)
Trading Days after the latest of (A) the delivery to the Company of
the Notice of Exercise Form, (B) surrender of this Warrant (if
required), and (C) payment of the aggregate Exercise Price as set
forth above (such date, the " Warrant Share Delivery Date
"). This Warrant shall be deemed to have been exercised on the
first date on which all of the foregoing have been delivered to the
Company. The Warrant Shares shall be deemed to have been issued,
and Holder or any other person so designated to be named therein
shall be deemed to have become a holder of record of such shares
for all purposes, as of the date the Warrant has been exercised,
with payment to the Company of the Exercise Price and all taxes
(other than transfer taxes) required to be paid by the Holder.
- Delivery of New Warrants Upon Exercise
. If this Warrant shall have been exercised in part, the Company
shall, at the request of a Holder and upon surrender of this
Warrant certificate, at the time of delivery of the certificate or
certificates representing Warrant Shares, deliver to Holder a new
Warrant evidencing the rights of Holder to purchase the unpurchased
Warrant Shares called for by this Warrant, which new Warrant shall
in all other respects be identical with this Warrant.
- No Fractional Shares or Scrip . No
fractional shares or scrip representing fractional shares shall be
issued upon the exercise of this Warrant. As to any fraction of a
share which the Holder would otherwise be entitled to purchase upon
such exercise, the Company shall, at its election, either pay a
cash adjustment in respect of such final fraction in an amount
equal to such fraction multiplied by the Exercise Price or round up
to the next whole share.
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- Charges,
Taxes and Expenses . Issuance of certificates for Warrant
Shares shall be made without charge to the Holder for any issue or
transfer tax or other incidental expense in respect of the issuance
of such certificate, all of which taxes and expenses shall be paid
by the Company, and such certificates shall be issued in the name
of the Holder or in such name or names as may be directed by the
Holder; provided , however , that in the event
certificates for Warrant Shares are to be issued in a name other
than the name of the Holder, this Warrant when surrendered for
exercise shall be accompanied by the Assignment Form attached
hereto duly executed by the Holder.
- Closing of Books . The Company will
not close its stockholder books or records in any manner which
prevents the timely exercise of this Warrant, pursuant to the terms
hereof.
- Rescission Rights . If the Company
fails to cause the Transfer Agent to transmit to the Holder a
certificate or the certificates representing the Warrant Shares
pursuant to Section 2(d)(i) by the Warrant Share Delivery Date,
then, the Holder will have the right to rescind such exercise.
- Compensation for Buy-In on Failure to
Timely Deliver Certificates Upon Exercise . In addition to any
other rights available to the Holder, if the Company fails to cause
the Transfer Agent to transmit to the Holder a certificate or the
certificates representing the Warrant Shares pursuant to an
exercise on or before the Warrant Share Delivery Date, and if after
such date the Holder is required by its broker 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 the Holder of the Warrant Shares which
the Holder anticipated receiving upon such exercise (a "
Buy-In "), then the Company shall (A) pay in cash to the
Holder the amount by which (x) the Holder's total purchase price
(including brokerage commissions, if any) for the shares of Common
Stock so purchased exceeds (y) the amount obtained by multiplying
(1) the number of Warrant Shares that the Company was required to
deliver to the Holder in connection with the exercise at issue
times (2) the price at which the sell order giving rise to such
purchase obligation was executed, and (B) at the option of the
Holder, either reinstate the portion of the Warrant and equivalent
number of Warrant Shares for which such exercise was not honored or
deliver to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock that
would have been issued had the Company timely complied with its
exercise and delivery obligations hereunder. 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
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attempted exercise of shares of Common
Stock with an aggregate sale price giving rise to such purchase
obligation 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 exercise of the Warrant as required pursuant to the terms
hereof.
- Holder's Exercise Limitations .
(i) Beneficial
Ownership . The Company shall not effect any exercise of this
Warrant, and a Holder shall not have the right to exercise any
portion of this Warrant, pursuant to Section 2 or otherwise, to the
extent that after giving effect to such issuance after exercise as
set forth on the applicable Notice of Exercise, the Holder
(together with the Holder's Affiliates, and any other Persons
acting as a group together with the Holder or any of the Holder's
Affiliates), would beneficially own in excess of the Beneficial
Ownership Limitation (as defined below). For purposes of the
foregoing sentence, the number of shares of Common Stock
beneficially owned by the Holder and its Affiliates shall include
the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this
Warrant with respect to which such determination is being made, but
shall exclude the number of shares of Common Stock which would be
issuable upon (i) exercise of the remaining, nonexercised portion
of this Warrant beneficially owned by the Holder or any of its
Affiliates and (ii) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or
nonconverted portion of any other securities of the Company
(including, without limitation, any other Common Stock Equivalents)
subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the
limitation contained herein beneficially owned by the Holder or any
of its Affiliates. Except as set forth in the preceding
sentence, for purposes of this Section 2(e)(i), beneficial
ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of
the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder, it being acknowledged by the Holder that the Company is
not representing to the Holder that such calculation is in
compliance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the Holder is
solely responsible for any schedules required to be filed in
accordance therewith. To the extent that the limitation contained
in this Section 2(e)(i) applies, the determination of whether
this
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Warrant is exercisable (in relation to
other securities owned by the Holder together with any Affiliates)
and of which portion of this Warrant is exercisable shall be in the
sole discretion of the Holder, and the submission of a Notice of
Exercise shall be deemed to be the Holder's determination of
whether this Warrant is exercisable (in relation to other
securities owned by the Holder together with any Affiliates) and of
which portion of this Warrant is exercisable, in each case subject
to the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, and the Company shall have
no obligation to verify or confirm the accuracy of such
determination. In addition, a determination as to any group status
as contemplated above shall be determined in accordance with
Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder. For purposes of this Section 2(e)(i), in
determining the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock, a
Holder may rely on the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock
as reflected in (A) the Company's most recent periodic or annual
report filed with the Commission, as the case may be, (B) a more
recent public announcement by the Company or (C) a more recent
written notice by the Company or the Transfer Agent setting forth
the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding. Upon the
written or oral request of a Holder, the Company shall within two
Trading Days confirm orally and in writing to the Holder the number
of shares of Common Stock then outstanding. In any case, the
number of outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be determined
after giving effect to the conversion or exercise of securities of
the Company, including this Warrant, by the Holder or its
Affiliates since the date as of which such number of outstanding
shares of Common Stock was reported. The " Beneficial Ownership
Limitation " shall be 4.99% of the number of shares of the
Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the
issuance of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this
Warrant. The Holder may decrease or, upon not less than 61 days'
prior notice to the Company, may increase the Beneficial Ownership
Limitation provisions of this Section 2(e)(i). Any such increase
will not be effective until the 61 st day after such
notice is delivered to the Company. The provisions of this
paragraph shall be construed and implemented in a manner otherwise
than in strict conformity with the terms of this Section 2(e)(i) 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.
The limitations contained in this paragraph shall apply to a
successor holder of this Warrant.
(ii) Principal Market
Regulation . The Company shall not issue any shares of Common
Stock upon exercise of this Warrant and no Purchaser shall be
entitled to receive any shares of Common Stock if the issuance of
such shares of Common Stock would exceed that number of shares of
Common Stock which the Company may issue upon exercise of the all
the Warrants issued pursuant to the Purchase Agreement (the "
SPA Warrants ") or otherwise without breaching the Company's
obligations under the rules or regulations of any applicable
Eligible Market (the " Exchange Cap "), except that such
limitation shall not apply in the event that the Company obtains
the approval of its stockholders as required by
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the applicable rules of the Eligible
Market for issuances of shares of Common Stock in excess of such
amount. Until such approval is obtained, no Purchaser shall be
issued in the aggregate upon exercise of any SPA Warrants, shares
of Common Stock in an amount greater than the product of the
Exchange Cap multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is
the total number of shares of Common Stock underlying the SPA
Warrants issued to such Purchaser pursuant to the Purchase
Agreement on the Issue Date and the denominator of which is the
aggregate number of shares of Common Stock underlying the SPA
Warrants issued to the Purchasers pursuant to the Purchase
Agreement on the Issue Date (with respect to each Purchaser, the "
Exchange Cap Allocation "). In the event that any Purchaser
shall sell or otherwise transfer any of such Purchaser's SPA
Warrants, the transferee shall be allocated a pro rata portion of
such Purchaser's Exchange Cap Allocation, and the restrictions of
the prior sentence shall apply to such transferee with respect to
the portion of the Exchange Cap Allocation allocated to such
transferee. In the event that any holder of SPA Warrants shall
exercise all of such holder's SPA Warrants into a number of shares
of Common Stock which, in the aggregate, is less than such holder's
Exchange Cap Allocation, then the difference between such holder's
Exchange Cap Allocation and the number of shares of Common Stock
actually issued to such holder shall be allocated to the respective
Exchange Cap Allocations of the remaining holders of SPA Warrants
on a pro rata basis in proportion to the shares of Common Stock
underlying the SPA Warrants then held by each such holder.
Section 3
. Certain
Adjustments .
- Stock Dividends and Splits . If the
Company, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding: (i) pays a
stock dividend or otherwise makes a distribution or distributions
on shares of its Common Stock or any other equity or equity
equivalent securities payable in shares of Common Stock (which, for
avoidance of doubt, shall not include any shares of Common Stock
issued by the Company upon exercise of this Warrant), (ii)
subdivides outstanding shares of Common Stock into a larger number
of shares, (iii) combines (including by way of reverse stock split)
outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares
or (iv) issues by reclassification of shares of the Common Stock
any shares of capital stock of the Company, then in each case the
Exercise Price shall be multiplied by a fraction of which the
numerator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding
treasury shares, if any) outstanding immediately before such event
and of which the denominator shall be the number of shares of
Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event, and the
number of shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant shall be
proportionately adjusted such that the aggregate Exercise Price of
this Warrant shall remain unchanged. Any adjustment made pursuant
to this Section 3(a) shall become effective immediately after the
record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to
receive such dividend or distribution and shall become effective
immediately after the effective date in the case of a subdivision,
combination or re-classification.
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- Dilutive
Issuances . From the period commencing from the Issue Date and
ending on the date that is 12 months from the Issue Date, if the
Company or any Subsidiary thereof, as applicable, shall sell or
grant any option to purchase, or sell or grant any right to
reprice, or otherwise dispose of or issue (or announce any offer,
sale, grant or any option to purchase or other disposition) any
Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents entitling any Person to
acquire shares of Common Stock, at an effective price per share
less than the then Exercise Price (such lower price, the " Base
Share Price " and such issuances collectively, a " Dilutive
Issuance ") (if the holder of the Common Stock or Common Stock
Equivalents so issued shall at any time, whether by operation of
purchase price adjustments, reset provisions, floating conversion,
exercise or exchange prices or otherwise, or due to warrants,
options or rights per share which are issued in connection with
such issuance, be entitled to receive shares of Common Stock at an
effective price per share that is less than the Exercise Price,
such issuance shall be deemed to have occurred for less than the
Exercise Price on such date of the Dilutive Issuance), then, the
Exercise Price shall be reduced and only reduced to equal the Base
Share Price and the number of Warrant Shares issuable hereunder
shall be increased such that the aggregate Exercise Price payable
hereunder, after taking into account the decrease in the Exercise
Price, shall be equal to the aggregate Exercise Price prior to such
adjustment. In the event the Company or any Subsidiary thereof, as
applicable, shall make any Dilutive Issuance following the date
that is twelve months from the Issue Date, then the Exercise Price
then in effect shall be multiplied by a fraction (i) the numerator
of which shall be equal to the sum of (x) the number of shares of
outstanding Common Stock immediately prior to the issuance of such
shares of Common Stock issued in a Dilutive Issuance plus (y) the
number of shares of Common Stock (rounded to the nearest whole
share) which the aggregate consideration price per share paid for
the total number of such shares of Common Stock issued in a
Dilutive Issuance so issued would purchase at a price per share
equal to the Exercise Price then in effect and (ii) the denominator
of which shall be equal to the number of shares of outstanding
Common Stock immediately after the issuance of such shares of
Common Stock issued in a Dilutive Issuance. Such adjustment shall
be made whenever such Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents are
issued. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no adjustments shall be made
under this Section 3(b) with respect to any Exempt Issuance. The
Company shall notify the Holder, in writing, no later than three
(3) Trading Days following the issuance of any Common Stock or
Common Stock Equivalents subject to this Section 3(b), indicating
therein the applicable issuance price, or applicable reset price,
exchange price, conversion price and other pricing terms (such
notice, the " Dilutive Issuance Notice "). For purposes of
clarification, whether or not the Company provides a Dilutive
Issuance Notice pursuant to this Section 3(b), upon the occurrence
of any Dilutive Issuance, after the date of such Dilutive Issuance
the Holder is entitled to receive a number of Warrant Shares based
upon the Base Share Price regardless of whether the Holder
accurately refers to the Base Share Price in the Notice of
Exercise. For purposes of the adjusted Exercise Price under this
Section 3(b), the following shall be applicable:
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- Issuance of Options . If the Company
in any manner grants any Options and the lowest price per share for
which one share of Common Stock is issuable upon the exercise of
any such Option or upon conversion, exercise or exchange of any
Convertible Securities issuable upon exercise of any such Option is
less than the Base Share Price,
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then such share of Common Stock shall
be deemed to be outstanding and to have been issued and sold by the
Company at the time of the granting or sale of such Option for such
price per share. For purposes of this Section 3(b)(i), the "lowest
price per share for which one share of Common Stock is issuable
upon exercise of such Options or upon conversion, exercise or
exchange of such Convertible Securities issuable upon exercise of
any such Option" shall be equal to the sum of the lowest amounts of
consideration (if any) received or receivable by the Company with
respect to any one share of Common Stock upon the granting or sale
of the Option, upon exercise of the Option and upon conversion,
exercise or exchange of any Convertible Security issuable upon
exercise of such Option. No further adjustment of the Exercise
Price or number of Warrant Shares shall be made upon the actual
issuance of such shares of Common Stock or of such Convertible
Securities upon the exercise of such Options or upon the actual
issuance of such shares of Common Stock upon conversion, exercise
or exchange of such Convertible Securities.
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- Issuance of Convertible Securities .
If the Company in any manner issues or sells any Convertible
Securities and the lowest price per share for which one share of
Common Stock is issuable upon the conversion, exercise or exchange
thereof is less than the Base Share Price, then such share of
Common Stock shall be deemed to be outstanding and to have been
issued and sold by the Company at the time of the issuance or sale
of such Convertible Securities for such price per share. For the
purposes of this Section 3(b)(ii), the "lowest price per share for
which one share of Common Stock is issuable upon the conversion,
exercise or exchange thereof" shall be equal to the sum of the
lowest amounts of consideration (if any) received or receivable by
the Company with respect to one share of Common Stock upon the
issuance or sale of the Convertible Security and upon conversion,
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