NEITHER THESE SECURITIES NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THESE SECURITIES ARE CONVERTIBLE HAVE BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER...
EXHIBIT
A
NEITHER
THESE
SECURITIES NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THESE SECURITIES ARE CONVERTIBLE 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. THESE SECURITIES AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION OF THESE
SECURITIES MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR
OTHER
LOAN SECURED BY SUCH SECURITIES.
THIS
PROMISSORY
NOTE IS SUBORDINATED TO ANY PRESENT OR FUTURE INDEBTEDNESS OWING FROM THE
COMPANY TO THE HOLDERS OF THE COMPANY’S OUTSTANDING 10% SECURED CONVERTIBLE
DEBENTURES DUE SEPTEMBER 12, 2009, AND THEIR RESPECTIVE ASSIGNS, AND MAY BE
ENFORCED ONLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THAT CERTAIN SUBORDINATION AGREEMENT WITH
THE
PURCHASERS, DATED ON OR ABOUT THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE.
Original
Issue
Date: _____________, 2008
Original
Conversion
Price (subject to adjustment herein): $1.25
USD
$_______________
10%
CONVERTIBLE PROMISSORY NOTE
DUE
ELEVEN
MONTHS FROM ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE
THIS
10%
CONVERTIBLE PROMISSORY NOTE (this “Note”)
is one of a
series of duly authorized and issued 10% Convertible Promissory Notes of
CyberDefender
Corporation,
a California
corporation, having a principal place of business at 000 Xxxx 0xx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx
000, Xxx Xxxxxxx, XX 00000 (the “Company”),
designated as
its 10% Convertible Promissory Notes due eleven months from the Original Issue
Date (the “Notes”).
FOR
VALUE RECEIVED,
the Company promises to pay to ________________________ or its registered
assigns (the “Holder”),
the principal
sum of $_______________ on the date that is eleven months from the Original
Issue Date set forth above or such earlier date as this Note is required or
permitted to be repaid as provided hereunder (the “Maturity
Date”),
and to pay
interest to the Holder on the aggregate unconverted and then outstanding
principal amount of this Note in accordance with the provisions hereof. This
Note is subject to the following additional provisions:
Section
1. Definitions.
For the purposes
hereof, in addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Note: (a) capitalized
terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings given to such terms in
the
Purchase Agreement, and (b) the following terms shall have the following
meanings:
“Bankruptcy
Event”
means
any of the
following events: (i) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary (as such term
is
defined in Rule 1.02(s) of Regulation S-X) thereof commences a case or other
proceeding under any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment of
debt, relief of debtors, dissolution, insolvency or liquidation or similar
law
of any jurisdiction relating to the Company or any Significant Subsidiary
thereof; (ii) there is commenced against the Company or any Significant
Subsidiary thereof any such case or proceeding that is not dismissed within
60
days after commencement; (iii) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary thereof
is adjudicated insolvent or bankrupt or any order of relief or other order
approving any such case or proceeding is entered; (iv) the Company or any
Significant Subsidiary thereof suffers any appointment of any custodian or
the
like for it or any substantial part of its property that is not discharged
or
stayed within 60 days; (v) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary thereof
makes a general assignment for the benefit of creditors; (vi) the Company or
any
Significant Subsidiary thereof calls a meeting of substantially all of its
creditors with a view to arranging a composition, adjustment or restructuring
of
its debts; or (vii) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary thereof, by any
act or failure to act, expressly indicates its consent to, approval of or
acquiescence in any of the foregoing or takes any corporate or other action
for
the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing.
“Business
Day”
means
any day
except Saturday, Sunday and any day which shall be a federal legal holiday
in
the United States or a day on which banking institutions in the State of New
York are authorized or required by law or other government action to
close.
“Change
of
Control Transaction”
means
the
occurrence after the date hereof of any of (i) an acquisition after the date
hereof by an individual or legal entity or “group” (as described in Rule
13d5(b)(1) promulgated under the Exchange Act) of effective control (whether
through legal or beneficial ownership of capital stock of the Company, by
contract or otherwise) of in excess of 50% of the voting securities of the
Company, or (ii) a replacement at one time or within a one year period of more
than one-half of the members of the Company's board of directors which is not
approved by a majority of those individuals who are members of the board of
directors on the date hereof (or by those individuals who are serving as members
of the board of directors on any date whose nomination to the board of directors
was approved by a majority of the members of the board of directors who are
members on the date hereof), or (iii) the execution by the Company of an
agreement to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound, providing
for
any of the events set forth above in (i) or (ii).
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“Conversion
Date”
shall
have the
meaning set forth in Section 4(a) hereof.
“Conversion
Price”
shall
have the
meaning set forth in Section 4(b) hereof.
“Dilutive
Issuance”
shall
have the
meaning set forth in Section 5(b) hereof.
“Equity
Conditions”
Unless
waived by
the Holder as to a particular event (which waiver shall apply only to such
Holder), as of such event date, the following conditions have been met: (i)
there is a sufficient number of authorized but unissued and otherwise unreserved
shares of Common Stock for the issuance of all of the Note Shares as are
issuable to the Holder upon conversion in full of this Note; and (ii) no Event
of Default has occurred and is continuing.
“Event
of
Default”
shall
have the
meaning set forth in Section 7 hereof.
“Fundamental
Transaction”
shall
have the
meaning set forth in Section 5(d)(iii) hereof.
“Late
Fees”
shall
have the
meaning set forth in Section 2(c) hereof.
“Optional
Redemption”
shall
have the
meaning set forth in Section 6(a) hereof.
“Optional
Redemption Notice”
shall
have the
meaning set forth in Section 6(a) hereof.
“Optional
Redemption Notice Date”
shall
have the
meaning set forth in Section 6(a) hereof.
“Original
Conversion Price”
shall
be $1.25
USD.
“Original
Issue
Date”
shall
mean the
date of the first issuance of this Note as provided on the cover page hereof,
regardless of the number of transfers of this Note and regardless of the number
of instruments which may be issued to evidence this Note.
“Permitted
Liens”
means
(i) Liens
for taxes, assessments or other governmental charges (including without
limitation in connection with workers compensation and unemployment insurance)
that are not delinquent or which are being contested in good faith and for
which
a reserve shall have been established in accordance with GAAP, (ii) Liens of
mechanics, material men, warehousemen, carriers, landlords or other similar
statutory Liens securing obligations that are not yet due and are incurred
in
the ordinary course of business or which are being contested in good faith
and
for which a reserve shall have been established in accordance with GAAP, (iii)
purchase money Liens to finance property or assets of the Company or any
Subsidiary of the Company acquired in the ordinary course of business, (iv)
judgment Liens not giving rise to an Event of Default, (v) liens and securities
interests to or for the benefit of holders of any Superior
Indebtedness.
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“Person”
means
a
corporation, an association, a partnership, an organization, a business, an
individual, a government or political subdivision thereof or a governmental
agency.
“Purchase
Agreement”
means
the
Securities Purchase Agreement between the Holder and the Company, pursuant
to
which this Note is initially purchased, as amended, modified or supplemented
from time to time in accordance with its terms.
“Securities
Act”
means
the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder.
“Secured
Parties”
means
any
Federal, state or local governmental or quasi-governmental agencies or divisions
and any lender or creditor holding a security interest under the Uniform
Commercial Code in assets and other property of the Company.
“Superior
Indebtedness”
shall
mean and
include all present and future indebtedness, obligations, liabilities, claims,
rights and demands of any kind which may be now or hereafter owing from the
Company to any Secured Parties. The term is used in its broadest sense and
includes without limitation all principal, all interest, all costs, attorney’s
fees, all sums paid for the purpose of protecting the Secured Parties rights
in
security (such as paying insurance on collateral if the Company fails to do
so),
all contingent obligations of the Company (such as a guaranty), all obligations
arising by reason of the Company’s accounts with a Secured Party (such as
overdraft on a checking account) and all other obligations of the Company to
the
Secured Parties, of any nature whatsoever.
Section
2. Interest.
a) Payment
of
Interest.
The Company shall
pay interest to the Holder on the aggregate unconverted and then outstanding
principal amount of this Note at the rate of 10% per annum payable on the
Maturity Date (except that, if any such date is not a Business Day, then such
payment shall be due on the next succeeding Business Day) (each such date,
an
“Interest
Payment
Date”)
and on each
Conversion Date (as to that principal amount then being converted), in (a)
the
number of Note Shares equal to the aggregate unpaid and accrued interest divided
by the Conversion Price, or (b) if this Note is in default, then the payment
shall be made in cash.
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b) Interest
Calculations.
Interest shall be
calculated on the basis of a 360-day year and shall accrue commencing on the
Original Issue Date until payment in full of the principal sum, together with
all accrued and unpaid interest and other amounts which may become due
hereunder, has been made. Interest shall cease to accrue with respect to any
principal amount converted, provided that the Company in fact delivers the
Note
Shares within the time period required by Section 4(c). Interest hereunder
will
be paid to the Person in whose name this Note is registered on the records
of
the Company regarding registration and transfers of Notes (the “Note
Register”).
c) Late
Fee.
All overdue
accrued and unpaid interest to be paid hereunder shall entail a late fee at
the
rate of 10.00% per annum (or such lower maximum amount of interest permitted
to
be charged under applicable law) (“Late
Fee”)
which will
accrue from the date such interest is due hereunder through and including the
date of payment.
d) Prepayment.
Pursuant to
Section 6 hereof, the Company has the right to prepay this Note any time with
14
days notice (the Prepayment Notice Period). The right to convert by the Holder
remains active during the Prepayment Notice Period.
Section
3. Registration
of
Transfers and Exchanges.
a) Different
Denominations.
This Note is
exchangeable for an equal aggregate principal amount of Notes of different
authorized denominations, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
No
service charge will be made for such registration of transfer or
exchange.
b) Investment
Representations.
This Note has
been issued subject to certain investment representations of the original Holder
set forth in the Purchase Agreement and may be transferred or exchanged only
in
compliance with the Purchase Agreement and applicable federal and state
securities laws and regulations.
c) Reliance
on Note
Register.
Prior to due
presentment to the Company for transfer of this Note, the Company and any agent
of the Company may treat the Person in whose name this Note is duly registered
on the Note Register as the owner hereof for the purpose of receiving payment
as
herein provided and for all other purposes, whether or not this Note is overdue,
and neither the Company nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the
contrary.
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Section
4. Conversion.
a) Voluntary
Conversion.
At any time after
the Original Issue Date and until payment hereof in full (including interest),
this Note shall be convertible into Note Shares at the option of the Holder,
in
whole or in part at any time and from time to time. The Holder shall effect
conversions by delivering to the Company the form of Notice of Conversion
attached hereto as Annex
A
(a “Notice
of
Conversion”),
specifying
therein the principal amount of Notes and interest thereon to be converted
and
the date on which such conversion is to be effected (a “Conversion
Date”).
If no
Conversion Date is specified in a Notice of Conversion, the Conversion Date
shall be the date that such Notice of Conversion is received hereunder. To
effect conversions hereunder, the Holder shall not be required to physically
surrender Notes to the Company unless the entire principal amount of this Note
plus all accrued and unpaid interest thereon has been so converted. Conversions
hereunder shall have the effect of lowering the outstanding principal amount
of
this Note in an amount equal to the applicable conversion. The Holder and the
Company shall maintain records showing the principal amount converted and the
date of such conversions. The Company shall deliver any objection to any Notice
of Conversion promptly, but in no event later than 2 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 Note, acknowledge and agree
that, by reason of the provisions of this paragraph, following conversion of
a
portion of this Note, the unpaid and unconverted principal amount of this Note
may be less than the amount stated on the face hereof. Conversion Notices shall
be irrevocable, except as provided in Section 4.21 of the Purchase
Agreement.
b) Conversion
Price.
The conversion
price in effect on any Conversion Date shall be equal to the lower of the
Original Conversion Price or
the price
as adjusted
subject to
Section 5 herein (the “Conversion
Price”).
c)
Mechanics
of
Conversion.
i. Note
Shares
Issuable Upon Conversion.
The number of
shares of Note Shares issuable upon a conversion hereunder shall be determined
by the quotient obtained by dividing (x) the outstanding principal amount of
this Note to be converted plus all accrued and unpaid interest thereon by (y)
the Conversion Price.
ii. Delivery
of
Certificate Upon Conversion.
Not later than 7
Business Days after any Conversion Date, the Company will deliver to the Holder
(A) a certificate or certificates representing the Note Shares representing
the
number of shares of Note Shares being acquired upon the conversion of this
Note
or a portion of this Note.
iii. Reservation
of
Certificates.
Certificates for
the Note Shares on conversion of this Note shall be made without charge to
the
Holder for any documentary stamp or similar taxes that may be payable in respect
of the issue or delivery of such certificate, provided that the Company shall
not be required to pay any tax that may be payable in respect of any transfer
involved in the issuance and delivery of any such certificate upon conversion
in
a name other than that of the Holder of this Note so converted and the Company
shall not be required to issue or deliver such certificates unless or until
the
person or persons requesting the issuance thereof shall have paid to the Company
the amount of such tax or shall have established to the satisfaction of the
Company that such tax has been paid.
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Section
5. Certain
Adjustments.
a) Stock
Dividends
and Stock Splits.
If the Company,
at any time while this Note is outstanding: (A) shall pay a stock dividend
or
otherwise make 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 pursuant to this Note), (B) subdivide outstanding
shares of Common Stock into a larger number of shares, (C) combine (including
by
way of reverse stock split) outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller
number of shares, or (D) issue by reclassification of shares of the Common
Stock
any shares of capital stock of the Company, then the Conversion 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 before such event
and of which the denominator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock
outstanding after such event. Any adjustment made pursuant to this Section
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.
b) Subsequent
Equity Sales.
If the Company,
at any time while this Note is outstanding, shall offer, sell, grant any option
to purchase or offer, sell or grant any right to re-price its securities, 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 Conversion Price (“Dilutive
Issuance”),
except for an
Exempt Issuance, as adjusted hereunder (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 is issued in connection with such issuance, be entitled to receive shares
of Common Stock at an effective price per share which is less than the
Conversion Price, such issuance shall be deemed to have occurred for less than
the Conversion Price), then the Conversion Price shall be multiplied by a
fraction of which the denominator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock
issued and outstanding immediately prior to such Dilutive Issuance plus the
number of additional shares of Common Stock offered for subscription or purchase
in connection with such Dilutive Issuance, and of which the numerator shall
be
the number of shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior
to
such Dilutive Issuance plus the number of shares which the aggregate offering
price of the total number of shares so offered (assuming delivery to the Company
in full of all consideration payable upon exercise of such rights, options
or
warrants) would purchase at the Conversion Price
c) Calculations.
All calculations
under this Section 5 shall be made to the nearest cent or the nearest 1/100th
of
a share, as the case may be. For purposes of this Section 5, the number of
shares of Common Stock outstanding as of a given date shall be the sum of the
aggregate number of issued and to be converted shares of Common Stock (excluding
treasury shares, if any) outstanding.
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d) Notice
to
Holders.
i. Adjustment
to
Conversion Price.
Whenever the
Conversion Price is adjusted pursuant to any of this Section 5, the Company
shall promptly mail to the Holder a notice setting forth the Conversion Price
after such adjustment and setting forth a brief statement of the facts requiring
such adjustment.
ii. Notice
to Allow
Conversion by Xxxxxx.
If (A) the
Company shall declare a dividend (or any other distribution) on the Common
Stock; (B) the Company shall declare a special nonrecurring cash dividend on
or
a redemption of the Common Stock; (C) the Company shall authorize the granting
to all holders of the Common Stock rights or warrants to subscribe for or
purchase any shares of capital stock of any class or of any rights; (D) the
approval of any stockholders of the Company shall be required in connection
with
any reclassification of the Common Stock, any consolidation or merger to which
the Company is a party, any sale or transfer of all or substantially all of
the
assets of the Company, of any compulsory share exchange whereby the Common
Stock
is converted into other securities, cash or property; (E) the Company shall
authorize the voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding
up of
the affairs of the Company; then, in each case, the Company shall cause to
be
filed at each office or agency maintained for the purpose of conversion of
this
Note, and shall cause to be mailed to the Holder at the Holder’s last address
appearing on the stock books of the Company, at least 20 calendar days prior
to
the applicable record or effective date hereinafter specified, a notice stating
(x) the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend,
distribution, redemption, rights or warrants, or if a record is not to be taken,
the date as of which the holders of the Common Stock of record to be entitled
to
such dividend, distributions, redemption, rights or warrants are to be
determined or (y) the date on which such reclassification, consolidation,
merger, sale, transfer or share exchange is expected to become effective or
close, and the date as of which it is expected that holders of the Common Stock
of record shall be entitled to exchange their shares of the Common Stock for
securities, cash or other property deliverable upon such reclassification,
consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange; provided,
that the failure
to mail such notice or any defect therein or in the mailing thereof shall not
affect the validity of the corporate action required to be specified in such
notice. The Holder is entitled to convert this Note during the 20-day period
commencing the date of such notice to the effective date of the event triggering
such notice.
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iii. Fundamental
Transaction.
If, at any time
while this Note is outstanding, (A) the Company effects any merger or
consolidation of the Company with or into another Person where the Company
is
not the surviving corporation, (B) the Company effects any sale of all or
substantially all of its assets in one or a series of related transactions,
(C)
any tender offer or exchange offer (whether by the Company or another Person)
is
completed pursuant to which holders of Common Stock are permitted to tender
or
exchange their shares for other securities, cash or property, or (D) the Company
effects any reclassification of the Common Stock or any compulsory share
exchange pursuant to which the Common Stock is effectively converted into or
exchanged for other securities, cash or property (in any such case, a
“Fundamental
Transaction”),
then upon any
subsequent conversion of this Note, the Holder shall have the right to receive,
for each Note Share that would have been issuable upon such conversion absent
such Fundamental Transaction, the same kind and amount of securities, cash
or
property as it would have been entitled to receive upon the occurrence of such
Fundamental Transaction if it had been, immediately prior to such Fundamental
Transaction, the holder of one share of Common Stock (the “Alternate
Consideration”).
For purposes of
any such conversion, the determination of the Conversion Price shall be
appropriately adjusted to apply to such Alternate Consideration based on the
amount of Alternate Consideration issuable in respect of one share of Common
Stock in such Fundamental Transaction, and the Company shall apportion the
Conversion Price among the Alternate Consideration in a reasonable manner
reflecting the relative value of any different components of the Alternate
Consideration. If holders of Common Stock are given any choice as to the
securities, cash or property to be received in a Fundamental Transaction, then
the Holder shall be given the same choice as to the Alternate Consideration
it
receives upon any conversion of this Note following such Fundamental
Transaction. To the extent necessary to effectuate the foregoing provisions,
any
successor to the Company or surviving entity in such Fundamental Transaction
shall issue to the Holder a new Note consistent with the foregoing provisions
and evidencing the Holder's right to convert such Note into Alternate
Consideration. The Company will utilize its best efforts to ensure that terms
of
any agreement pursuant to which a Fundamental Transaction is effected shall
include terms requiring any such successor or surviving entity to comply with
the provisions of this paragraph (c) and insuring that this Note (or any such
replacement security) will be similarly adjusted upon any subsequent transaction
analogous to a Fundamental Transaction. Failure to obtain such terms by the
Company shall not cause an Event of Default and the Holder shall then be
required to convert in accordance with the terms of the Fundamental
Transaction.
iv. Exempt
Issuance.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, no adjustment will be made under this Section 5 in respect of
an
Exempt Issuance.
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Section
6. Redemption
and
Forced Conversion.
(a) Optional
Redemption at Election of Company.
Subject
to the
provisions of this Section 6, at any time after the Original Issuance Date,
the
Company may deliver a notice to the Holder (an “Optional
Redemption Notice”
and
the date such
notice is deemed delivered hereunder, the “Optional
Redemption Notice Date”)
of its revocable
election to redeem this Note, for an amount, in cash, equal to the Optional
Redemption Amount on the 60th
day following the
Optional Redemption Notice Date (such date, the “Optional
Redemption Date”
and
such
redemption, the “Optional
Redemption”).
The Optional
Redemption Amount is equal to the sum of the un-converted principal balance
outstanding plus the aggregate accrued interest payable outstanding on the
Optional Redemption Date and is due in full. The Company may only effect an
Optional Redemption if during the period commencing on the Optional Redemption
Notice Date through to the Optional Redemption Date, each of the Equity
Conditions shall have been met. If any of the Equity Conditions shall cease
to
be satisfied at any time during the required period, then the Holder may elect
to nullify the Optional Redemption Notice by notice to the Company within three
(3) Business Days after the first day on which any such Equity Condition has
not
been met (provided that if, by a provision of the Transaction Documents the
Company is obligated to notify the Holder of the non-existence of an Equity
Condition, such notice period shall be extended to the third Business Day after
proper notice from the Company) in which case the Optional Redemption Notice
shall be null and void, ab initio.
The Company
covenants and agrees that it will honor all Conversion Notices tendered from
the
time of delivery of the Optional Redemption Notice through the date all amounts
owing thereon are due and paid in full.
(b) Redemption
Procedure.
The payment of
cash pursuant to an Optional Redemption shall be made on the Optional Redemption
Date. If any portion of the cash payment for an Optional Redemption shall not
be
paid by the Company by the respective due date, interest shall accrue thereon
at
the rate of 15% per annum (or the maximum rate permitted by applicable law,
whichever is less) until the payment of the Optional Redemption Amount plus
all
amounts owing thereon is paid in full. Alternatively, if any portion of the
Optional Redemption Amount remains unpaid after such date, the Holders subject
to such redemption may elect, by written notice to the Company given at any
time
thereafter, to invalidate ab initio
such redemption.
The
Holder may elect to convert the outstanding principal amount of this Note
pursuant to Section 4 prior to actual payment in cash for any redemption under
this Section 6 by fax delivery of a Notice of Conversion to the
Company.
Section
7. Events
of
Default.
a) “Event
of
Default”,
wherever used
herein, means any one of the following events (whatever the reason and whether
it shall be voluntary or involuntary or effected by operation of law or pursuant
to any judgment, decree or order of any court, or any order, rule or regulation
of any administrative or governmental body):
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i. any
default in the
payment of (A) the principal of amount of this Note, or (B) interest (including
Late Fees) on, or liquidated damages in respect of, this Note, in each case
free
of any claim of subordination, as and when the same shall become due and payable
(whether on a Conversion Date or the Maturity Date or by acceleration or
otherwise) which default, solely in the case of an interest payment or other
default under clause (B) above, is not cured, within 15 Business
Days;
ii. the
Company shall
fail to deliver certificates representing Note Shares issuable upon a conversion
or redemption hereunder that comply with the provisions hereof prior to the
15th
Business Day after
such shares are required to be delivered hereunder, or the Company shall provide
written notice to the Holder, including by way of public announcement, at any
time, of its intention not to comply with requests for conversion or redemption
of this Note in accordance with the terms hereof;
iii. the
Company shall
fail to have available a sufficient number of authorized and unreserved shares
of Common Stock to issue to the Holder upon a conversion hereunder;
iv. the
Company shall
materially fail to observe or perform any other covenant, agreement or warranty
contained in, or otherwise commit any breach of the Transaction Documents to
which the Holder is a party, and such failure or breach shall not, if subject
to
the possibility of a cure by the Company, have been remedied within 30 calendar
days after the date on which written notice of such failure or breach shall
have
been given;
v. the
Company shall
purchase more than a de minimis number of Common Stock Equivalents (not
including a redemption of this Note hereunder);
vi. there
shall have
occurred a Bankruptcy Event;
b) Remedies
Upon
Event of Default.
If any Event of
Default occurs and is continuing, the full principal amount of this Note,
together with interest and other amounts owing in respect thereof, to the date
of acceleration shall become, at the Holder’s election, immediately due and
payable in cash. Commencing 5 days after the occurrence of any Event of Default
that results in the eventual acceleration of this Note, the interest rate on
this Note shall accrue at the rate of 15% per annum, or such lower maximum
amount of interest permitted to be charged under applicable law. When this
Note
shall have been paid in full in accordance herewith, the Holder shall promptly
surrender this Note to or as directed by the Company. The Holder need not
provide and the Company hereby waives any presentment, demand, protest or other
notice of any kind, and the Holder may immediately and without expiration of
any
grace period enforce any and all of its rights and remedies hereunder and all
other remedies available to it under applicable law. Such declaration may be
rescinded and annulled by Xxxxxx at any time prior to payment hereunder and
the
Holder shall have all rights as a Note holder until such time, if any, as the
full payment under this Section shall have been received by it. No such
rescission or annulment shall affect any subsequent Event of Default or impair
any right consequent thereon.
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Section
8. Miscellaneous.
a) Notices.
Any and all
notices or other communications or deliveries to be provided by the Holder
hereunder, including, without limitation, any Notice of Conversion, shall be
in
writing and delivered either personally, by facsimile or sent by a nationally
recognized overnight courier service, addressed to the Company at the address
set forth above, facsimile number 213.947.1914, Attn: Chief Executive Officer
or
such other address or facsimile number as the Company may specify for such
purposes by notice to the Holder delivered in accordance with this Section,
with
any fax delivery followed up by overnight delivery service. Any and all notices
or other communications or deliveries to be provided by the Company hereunder
shall be in writing and delivered personally, by facsimile or sent by a
nationally recognized overnight courier service addressed to the Holder at
the
facsimile telephone number or address of the Holder appearing on the books
of
the Company, or if no such facsimile telephone number or address appears, then
at the principal place of business of the Holder, if any. Any notice or other
communication or deliveries hereunder shall be deemed given and effective on
the
earliest of (i) the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is
delivered via facsimile at the facsimile telephone number specified in this
Section prior to 5:30 p.m. (New York City time), (ii) the date after the date
of
transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at
the
facsimile telephone number specified in this Section later than 5:30 p.m. (New
York City time) on any date and earlier than 11:59 p.m. (New York City time)
on
such date, (iii) the second Business Day following the date of mailing, if
sent
by nationally recognized overnight courier service, or (iv) if personally
delivered, upon actual receipt by the party to whom such notice is required
to
be given.
b) Absolute
Obligation.
Except as
expressly provided herein, no provision of this Note shall alter or impair
the
obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the
principal and interest of this Note at the time, place, and rate, and in the
coin or currency, herein prescribed. This Note is a direct debt obligation
of
the Company. This Note ranks pari passu
with all other
Notes now or hereafter issued under the terms set forth herein.
c) Subordinated
Security Interest.
This Note is a
general obligation of the Company and is specifically subordinate in all ways
to
any Superior Indebtedness now or hereafter created, issued made or outstanding,
to or held by any Secured Parties. The Holder specifically agrees to provide
such additional documentation as any of such Secured Parties shall reasonably
believe may be necessary to protect, defend or perfect such secured
status.
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d) Lost
or
Mutilated Note.
If this Note
shall be mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Company shall execute and
deliver, in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation of a mutilated
Note, or in lieu of or in substitution for a lost, stolen or destroyed Note,
a
new Note for the principal amount of this Note (as adjusted for any conversions)
so mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed but only upon receipt of evidence of
such loss, theft or destruction of such Note, and of the ownership hereof,
and
indemnity, if requested, all reasonably satisfactory to the
Company.
e) Governing
Law.
Any and all
actions brought by the Company or Holder under this Note shall be brought in
the
state or federal courts located in the City of Los Angeles, California If either
party shall commence an action to enforce any provisions of the Transaction
Documents, then the prevailing party in such action after obtaining a final,
non-appealable judgment shall be reimbursed by the other party for its
attorneys’ fees and other costs and expenses incurred with the investigation,
preparation and prosecution of such proceeding.
f) Waiver.
Any waiver by the
Company or the Holder of a breach of any provision of this Note shall not
operate as or be construed to be a waiver of any other breach of such provision
or of any breach of any other provision of this Note. The failure of the Company
or the Holder to insist upon strict adherence to any term of this Note on one
or
more occasions shall not be considered a waiver or deprive that party of the
right thereafter to insist upon strict adherence to that term or any other
term
of this Note. Any waiver must be in writing.
g) Severability.
If any provision
of this Note is invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the balance of this Note
shall remain in effect, and if any provision is inapplicable to any person
or
circumstance, it shall nevertheless remain applicable to all other persons
and
circumstances. If it shall be found that any interest or other amount deemed
interest due hereunder violates applicable laws governing usury, the applicable
rate of interest due hereunder shall automatically be lowered to equal the
maximum permitted rate of interest. The Company covenants (to the extent that
it
may lawfully do so) that it shall not at any time insist upon, plead, or in
any
manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay, extension
or usury law or other law which would prohibit or forgive the Company from
paying all or any portion of the principal of or interest on this Note as
contemplated herein, wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force,
or
which may affect the covenants or the performance of this indenture, and the
Company (to the extent it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all
benefits or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it will not, by resort
to any such law, hinder, delay or impeded the execution of any power herein
granted to the Holder, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such
as
though no such law has been enacted.
h) Next
Business
Day.
Whenever any
payment or other obligation hereunder shall be due on a day other than a
Business Day, such payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business
Day.
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i) Headings.
The headings
contained herein are for convenience only, do not constitute a part of this
Note
and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions
hereof.
j) Amendment.
This Note may be
modified or amended or provisions hereof waived with the written consent of
the
Company and the Holder(s) of at least 51% of the then outstanding principal
amount of all of the Notes.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF,
the Company has caused this 10% Convertible Promissory Note to be duly executed
by a duly authorized officer as of the date first above indicated.
CYBERDEFENDER
CORPORATION
By:
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Xxxx
Xxxxxxxx
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Chief
Executive Officer
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ANNEX
A
NOTICE
OF
CONVERSION
The
undersigned
hereby elects to convert principal under the 10% Convertible Promissory Note
of
CyberDefender
Corporation,
a California
corporation (the “Company”), due eleven months from the Original Issue Date
thereof, into ________ Note Shares, no par value per share (the “Note
Shares”),
of the Company
according to the conditions hereof, as of the date written below. If shares
are
to be issued in the name of a person other than the undersigned, the undersigned
will pay all transfer taxes payable with respect thereto and is delivering
herewith such certificates and opinions as reasonably requested by the Company
in accordance therewith. No fee will be charged to the holder for any
conversion, except for such transfer taxes, if any.
Conversion
calculations:
Date
to Effect
Conversion: _______________________
Principal
Amount of
Note(s) to be converted: $ ___________
Note
Shares
issuable:___________
Interest
Payment
shares issuable:_______
Total
shares issuable:________________
Signature: ___________________________
Name:
Address:
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