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• Declaration of Dividends Upon receipt of a written notice from an officer of the Fund declaring the payment of a dividend, the Transfer Agent shall disburse such dividend payments provided that in advance of such payment, the Fund furnishes the Transfer Agent with sufficient funds. The payment of such funds to the Transfer Agent for the purpose of being available for the payment of dividend checks from time to time is not intended by the Fund to confer any rights in such funds on the Fund’s Shareholders whether in trust or in contract or otherwise.

• NOTIFICATION OF DIVIDEND The provisions contained in Section 4 of Part I of the Articles Supplementary concerning the notification of a Special Dividend Period will be followed by the Auction Agent and BD, and the provisions contained therein are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety and shall be deemed to be a part of this Agreement to the same extent as if such provisions were set forth fully herein.

• Payment of Dividends From and after the date of the issuance (the “Issuance Date”) of any shares of Series C Preferred Stock, the holders of shares of Series C Preferred Stock shall receive with respect to each share of Series C Preferred Stock, out of funds legally available for the payment of dividends, a cumulative dividend (the “Dividend Payment”) in an amount equal to the greater of (x) dividends at a rate of thirteen percent (13%) per annum based on the Liquidation Preference Amount (as defined in Section 4 hereof), and (y) dividends that would have accrued with respect to such share of Series C Preferred Stock during the applicable Dividend Period (as defined below) if the holder of such share had converted such share into Common Stock immediately prior to the record date of any dividend declared on the Common Stock in such Dividend Period. Any Dividend Payment referred to in clause (y) above shall be deemed to have accrued with respect to a share of Series C Preferred Stock as of the last day of the applicable Dividend Period. Dividend Payments on a share of Series C Preferred Stock shall accrue and shall be cumulative whether or not declared from the date of issue of such share of Series C Preferred Stock and shall be paid by the Company quarterly in arrears (to the extent funds are legally available therefor) on the first of July, October, January and April (each such quarterly period, a “Dividend Period”) in cash or, at the option of a holder of the Series C Preferred Stock, in shares of Common Stock, in an amount equal to the quotient of (i) the Dividend Payment divided by (ii) the Conversion Price (as defined in Section 5(c) hereof). The Dividend Payment shall accrue from day to day, whether or not earned or declared, and shall be cumulative. In the case of shares of Series C Preferred Stock outstanding for less than a full year, dividends shall be pro rated based on the portion of each year during which such shares are outstanding. The Company shall be under no obligation to pay any such dividends to the extent that funds are not legally available therefor. Dividends on the Series C Preferred Stock are prior and in preference to any declaration or payment of any dividend or distribution (as defined below) on any shares of Junior Stock.

• Coordination of Dividends After the date of this Agreement, each of Buyer and Company shall coordinate with the other the payment of dividends with respect to the Buyer Common Stock and Company Common Stock and the record dates and payment dates relating thereto, it being the intention of the parties that holders of Company Common Stock shall not receive two dividends, or fail to receive one dividend, for any single calendar quarter with respect to their shares of Company Common Stock or any share of Buyer Common Stock that any such holder receives in exchange for such shares of Company Common Stock in the Merger.

• Mandatory Conversion Provided an Event of Default has not occurred, then, commencing after the Actual Effective Date, the Borrower will have the option by written notice to the Holder ("Notice of Mandatory Conversion") of compelling the Holder to convert all or a portion of the outstanding and unpaid principal of the Note and accrued interest, thereon, into Common Stock at the Conversion Price then in affect ("Mandatory Conversion"). The Notice of Mandatory Conversion, which notice must be given on the first day following a consecutive seven (7) day trading period during which the closing bid price for the Company's Common Stock as reported by Bloomberg, LP for the Principal Market shall be more than $3.00 each day with an average daily trading volume of 80,000 shares. The date the Notice of Mandatory Conversion is given is the "Mandatory Conversion Date." The Notice of Mandatory Conversion shall specify the aggregate principal amount of the Note which is subject to Mandatory Conversion, which amount may not exceed in the aggregate, for all Holders who received Notes similar in term and tenure as this Note, the dollar volume of Common Stock traded on the Principal Market during the seven (7) trading days immediately preceding the Mandatory Conversion Date. Mandatory Conversion Notices must be given proportionately to all Holders of Notes who received Notes similar in term and tenure as this Note. The Borrower shall reduce the amount of Note principal and interest subject to a Notice of Mandatory Conversion by the amount of Note Principal and interest for which the Holder had delivered a Notice of Conversion to the Borrower during the twenty (20) trading days preceding the Mandatory Conversion Date. Each Mandatory Conversion Date shall be a deemed Conversion Date and the Borrower will be required to deliver the Common Stock issuable pursuant to a Mandatory Conversion Notice in the same manner and time period as described in Section 2.2 above.

• Declaration of Dividend The Selling Fund, prior to the Closing, has declared a dividend or dividends, which, together with all previous such dividends, shall have the effect of distributing to the Selling Fund shareholders (i) all of the excess of (x) the Selling Fund's investment income excludable from gross income under Section 103 of the Code over (y) the Selling Fund's deductions disallowed under Sections 265 and 171 of the Code, (ii) all of the Selling Fund's investment company taxable income as defined in Section 852 of the Code (in each case computed without regard to any deduction for dividends paid) and (iii) all of the Selling Fund's net capital gain realized (after reduction for any capital loss carryover), in each case for the current taxable year (which will end on the Closing date) and any preceding taxable years for which such a dividend is eligible to be made under Section 855 of the Code.

• Special Dividends In case the Company after the date hereof shall fix a record date for the making of a distribution to all holders of shares of Common Stock (including any such distribution made in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the surviving corporation) evidences of its indebtedness, securities or assets (excluding any dividends paid out of retained earnings), or subscription rights or warrants (excluding those referred to in subsection (c) above), in each such case the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to the close of business on the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such distribution shall be adjusted to a price obtained by multiplying such Exercise Price by a fraction of which (x) the numerator shall be the Closing Price per share of Common Stock on such record date, less the then-current fair market value as of such record date (as determined by the Board of Directors in its good faith judgment) of the portion of assets, evidences of indebtedness, securities or subscription rights or warrants so distributed applicable to one share of Common Stock, and (y) the denominator shall be such Closing Price, such adjustment to become effective immediately prior to the opening of business on the day following such record date; provided, however, that no adjustment shall be made (1) if the Company issues or distributes to each Holder the subscription rights referred to above that each Holder would have been entitled to receive had the Warrants held by such Holder been exercised prior to such record date, or (2) if the Company grants to each Holder the right to receive, upon the exercise of the Warrants held by such Holder at any time after the distribution of the evidences of indebtedness or assets or equity securities referred to above, the evidences of indebtedness or assets or equity securities that such Holder would have been entitled to receive had such Warrants been exercised prior to such record date. The Company shall provide any Holder, upon receipt of a written request therefor, with any indenture or other instrument defining the rights of the holders of any indebtedness, assets, subscription rights or equity securities referred to in this subsection (d).

• Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock (a) (i) The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, Incur any Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness) or issue any shares of Disqualified Stock; and (ii) the Company shall not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to issue any shares of Preferred Stock; provided, however, that the Company and any Restricted Subsidiary may Incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness) or issue shares of Disqualified Stock and any Restricted Subsidiary may issue shares of Preferred Stock, in each case if the Interest Coverage Ratio of the Company for the most recently ended four full fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are available immediately preceding the date on which such additional Indebtedness is Incurred or such Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock is issued would have been at least 2.00 to 1.00 determined on a pro forma basis (including a pro forma application of the net proceeds therefrom), as if the additional Indebtedness had been Incurred, or the Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock had been issued, as the case may be, and the application of proceeds therefrom had occurred at the beginning of such four-quarter period; provided, further, that Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors may not Incur Indebtedness or issue shares of Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock pursuant to this Section 4.03(a) if, after giving pro forma effect to such Incurrence or issuance (including the pro forma application of the net proceeds therefrom), the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock then outstanding of Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors pursuant to this Section 4.03(a) exceeds the greater of $1,250 million and 5.0% of Total Assets (the “Non-Guarantor Exception”).

• Calculation of Conversion Price The conversion price (the “Conversion Price”) shall equal the Variable Conversion Price (as defined herein) (subject to equitable adjustments for stock splits, stock dividends or rights offerings by the Borrower relating to the Borrower’s securities or the securities of any subsidiary of the Borrower, combinations, recapitalization, reclassifications, extraordinary distributions and similar events). The "Variable Conversion Price" shall mean 61% multiplied by the Market Price (as defined herein) (representing a discount rate of 39%). “Market Price” means the average of the lowest three (3) Trading Prices (as defined below) for the Common Stock during the ten (10) Trading Day period ending on the latest complete Trading Day prior to the Conversion Date. “Trading Price” means, for any security as of any date, the closing bid price on the Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board, or applicable trading market (the “OTCBB”) as reported by a reliable reporting service (“Reporting Service”) designated by the Holder (i.e. Bloomberg) or, if the OTCBB is not the principal trading market for such security, the closing bid price of such security on the principal securities exchange or trading market where such security is listed or traded or, if no closing bid price of such security is available in any of the foregoing manners, the average of the closing bid prices of any market makers for such security that are listed in the “pink sheets” by the National Quotation Bureau, Inc. If the Trading Price cannot be calculated for such security on such date in the manner provided above, the Trading Price shall be the fair market value as mutually determined by the Borrower and the holders of a majority in interest of the Notes being converted for which the calculation of the Trading Price is required in order to determine the Conversion Price of such Notes. “Trading Day” shall mean any day on which the Common Stock is tradable for any period on the OTCBB, or on the principal securities exchange or other securities market on which the Common Stock is then being traded.

• Notice of Adjustments of Conversion Price Whenever the conversion price is adjusted as herein provided: