Contract

Exhibit 4.1

 

THIS NOTE AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON THE CONVERSION HEREOF HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 (THE “ACT”), AS AMENDED, OR UNDER THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE. THESE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED OR HYPOTHECATED EXCEPT AS PERMITTED UNDER THE ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT OR AN EXEMPTION THEREFROM. THE ISSUER OF THESE SECURITIES MAY REQUIRE AN OPINION OF COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE ISSUER THAT SUCH OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR HYPOTHECATION OTHERWISE COMPLIES WITH THE ACT AND ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS.

 

GENIUS BRANDS INTERNATIONAL, INC.

 

SECURED CONVERTIBLE NOTE

 

$[●]   August [●], 2018

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, Genius Brands International, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), promises to pay to [●] (the “Holder”) in lawful money of the United States of America or Common Stock of the Company, or any combination thereof, the principal sum of $[●], or such lesser amount as shall equal the outstanding principal amount hereof, together with interest from the date of this Secured Convertible Note (this “Note”) on the unpaid principal balance at a rate equal to 10% per annum computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed and a year of 365 days. All unpaid principal, together with any then unpaid and accrued interest and other amounts payable hereunder, shall be due and payable on August [●], 2019 (the “Maturity Date”) or such earlier date as this Note is permitted to be repaid as provided hereunder. This Note is one of the Secured Convertible Notes issued pursuant to that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, dated August, [●], 2018 (the “Purchase Agreement”), by and among the Company and the Purchasers identified on the signature pages thereto. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Purchase Agreement.

 

The following is a statement of the rights of Xxxxxx and the conditions to which this Note is subject, and to which Holder, by the acceptance of this Note, agrees:

 

1.                  Payments.

 

(a)               Interest. Holder shall be entitled to receive, and Company shall pay simple interest on the outstanding principal amount of this Note at an annual rate of ten percent (10%) from the Original Issuance Date through the Maturity Date if not otherwise converted into shares of the Company’s Common Stock pursuant to Section 2 hereof. Interest shall be payable in arrears beginning on September 1, 2018 and thereafter on each of December 1, 2018, March 1, 2019, June 1, 2019 and on the Maturity Date when all amounts outstanding in connection with this Note shall be due and payable (each an “Interest Payment Date”) in cash. If any Interest Payment Date is not a Trading Day, the applicable payment shall be due on the next succeeding Trading Day.

 

(b)               Voluntary Prepayment. Subject to the provisions of this Section 1(b), at any time after the Effective 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 irrevocable election to redeem some or all of the then outstanding principal amount of this Note for cash in an amount equal to the Optional Redemption Amount on the fifth (5th) Trading Day following the Optional Redemption Notice Date (such date, the “Optional Redemption Date”, such five (5) Trading Day period, the “Optional Redemption Period” and such redemption, the “Optional Redemption”). The Optional Redemption Amount is payable in full on the Optional Redemption Date. The Company may only effect an Optional Redemption if the Equity Conditions shall have been met (unless waived in writing by the Holder) on each Trading Day during the period commencing on the Optional Redemption Notice Date through to the Optional Redemption Date and through and including the date payment of the Optional Redemption Amount is actually made in full. If the Equity Conditions shall cease to be satisfied at any time during the Optional Redemption Period, then the Holder may elect to nullify the Optional Redemption Notice by notice to the Company within three (3) Trading Days after the first (1st) day on which the Equity Conditions have 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 the Equity Conditions, such notice period shall be extended to the third (3rd) Trading 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 Notices of Conversion tendered from the time of delivery of the Optional Redemption Notice through the date all amounts owing thereon are due and paid in full. The Company’s determination to pay an Optional Redemption in cash shall be applied ratably to all of the holders of the then outstanding Notes based on their (or their predecessor’s) initial purchases of Notes pursuant to the Purchase Agreement. If any portion of the payment pursuant to an Optional Redemption shall not be paid by the Company by the applicable due date, interest shall accrue thereon at an interest rate equal to the lesser of 10% per annum or the maximum rate permitted by applicable law until such amount is paid in full. Notwithstanding anything herein contained to the contrary, if any portion of the Optional Redemption Amount remains unpaid after such date, the Holder may elect, by written notice to the Company given at any time thereafter, to invalidate such Optional Redemption, ab initio, and, with respect to the Company’s failure to honor the Optional Redemption, the Company shall have no further right to exercise such Optional Redemption.

 

 

 

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2.                  Conversion.

 

(a)               Conversion Price; Calculation of Conversion Shares. The conversion price for the principal and interest, if any, shall be $2.50 per share of Common Stock (subject to adjustment as described herein (the “Conversion Price”). The number of Conversion 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 by (y) the Conversion Price.

 

(b)               Company Optional Conversion at Maturity. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if on the Maturity Date the closing price of the Common Stock for each of the immediately prior five (5) consecutive Trading Days (such period the “Threshold Period”) has traded at or above $2.75 (the “Company Redemption Condition”) (subject to adjustment for reverse and forward stock splits, stock dividends, stock combinations and other similar transactions of the Common Stock that occur after the Original Issue Date), the Company may deliver a written notice to the Holder on the Maturity Date (a “Forced Conversion Notice” and the date such notice is delivered to the Holder, the “Forced Conversion Notice Date”) to cause the Holder to convert all or part of the then outstanding principal amount of this Note plus, if so specified in the Forced Conversion Notice, accrued but unpaid interest, liquidated damages and other amounts owing to the Holder under this Note, it being agreed that the “Conversion Date” for purposes of Section 4 shall be deemed to occur on the Maturity Date (such third (3rd) Trading Day, the “Forced Conversion Date”). The Company may not deliver a Forced Conversion Notice, and any Forced Conversion Notice delivered by the Company shall not be effective, unless the Company Redemption Condition is met (unless waived in writing by the Holder) on each Trading Day occurring during the applicable Threshold Period through and including the later of the Forced Conversion Date and the Trading Day after the date such Conversion Shares pursuant to such conversion are delivered to the Holder. Any Forced Conversion shall be applied ratably to all Holders based on their initial purchases of Notes pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, provided that any voluntary conversions by a Holder shall be applied against the Holder’s pro rata allocation, thereby decreasing the aggregate amount forcibly converted hereunder if only a portion of this Note is forcibly converted. For purposes of clarification, a Forced Conversion shall be subject to all of the provisions of this Section 2, including, without limitation, the provision requiring payment of liquidated damages and limitations on conversions. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if the Company Redemption Condition has not been met on the Maturity Date, the Company shall be obligated to repay one-sixth (1/6th) of the then outstanding principal amount of this Note each month for the six (6) months following the Maturity Date, with the first such payment due on the Maturity Date, followed by payments each month thereafter.

 

(c)               Holder Voluntary Conversion.

 

(i)                 At any time until this Note is no longer outstanding, this Note shall be convertible, in whole or in part, into shares of Common Stock at the option of the Holder, at any time and from time to time (subject to the conversion limitations set forth in Section 2(k) and Section 2(l) hereof). The Holder shall effect conversions by delivering to the Company a Notice of Conversion, the form of which is attached hereto as Annex A (each, a “Notice of Conversion”), specifying therein the principal amount of this Note to be converted and the date on which such conversion shall be effected (such date, the “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 deemed delivered hereunder. No ink-original Notice of Conversion shall be required, nor shall any medallion guarantee (or other type of guarantee or notarization) of any Notice of Conversion form be required. To effect conversions hereunder, the Holder shall not be required to physically surrender this Note to the Company unless the entire principal amount of this Note, plus all accrued and unpaid interest thereon, has been so converted in which case the Holder shall surrender this Note as promptly as is reasonably practicable after such conversion without delaying the Company’s obligation to deliver the Conversion Shares otherwise pursuant to the terms of this Note. 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(s) converted and the date of such conversion(s). The Company may deliver an objection to any Notice of Conversion within one (1) Business Days of delivery of such Notice of Conversion. 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.

 

(ii)              Mechanics of Conversion. Not later than two (2) Trading Days after each Conversion Date (the “Share Delivery Date”), the Company shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Holder (A) the Conversion Shares which, on or after the earlier of (i) the six month anniversary of the date of this Note or (ii) the Effective Date, shall be free of restrictive legends and trading restrictions (other than those which may then be required by the Purchase Agreement) representing the number of Conversion Shares being acquired upon the conversion of this Note and (B) a bank check in the amount of accrued and unpaid interest. On or after the earlier of (i) the six month anniversary of the date of this Note or (ii) the Effective Date, the Company shall deliver any Conversion Shares required to be delivered by the Company under this Section 4(c) electronically through the Depository Trust Company or another established clearing corporation performing similar functions.

 

 

 

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(d)               Failure to Deliver Conversion Shares. If, in the case of any Notice of Conversion, such Conversion Shares are not delivered to or as directed by the applicable Holder by the Share Delivery Date, the Holder shall be entitled to elect by written notice to the Company at any time on or before its receipt of such Conversion Shares, to rescind such Conversion, in which event the Company shall promptly return to the Holder any original Note delivered to the Company and the Holder shall promptly return to the Company the Conversion Shares issued to such Holder pursuant to the rescinded Conversion Notice.

 

(e)               Obligation Absolute; Partial Liquidated Damages. The Company’s obligations to issue and deliver the Conversion Shares upon conversion of this Note in accordance with the terms hereof are absolute and unconditional, irrespective of any action or inaction by the Holder to enforce the same, any waiver or consent with respect to any provision hereof, the recovery of any judgment against any Person or any action to enforce the same, or any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, limitation or termination, or any breach or alleged breach by the Holder or any other Person of any obligation to the Company or any violation or alleged violation of law by the Holder or any other Person, and irrespective of any other circumstance which might otherwise limit such obligation of the Company to the Holder in connection with the issuance of such Conversion Shares; provided, however, that such delivery shall not operate as a waiver by the Company of any such action the Company may have against the Holder. In the event the Holder of this Note shall elect to convert any or all of the outstanding principal amount hereof, the Company may not refuse conversion based on any claim that the Holder or anyone associated or affiliated with the Holder has been engaged in any violation of law, agreement or for any other reason, unless an injunction from a court, on notice to Holder, restraining and or enjoining conversion of all or part of this Note shall have been sought and obtained, and the Company posts a surety bond for the benefit of the Holder in the amount of 150% of the outstanding principal amount of this Note, which is subject to the injunction, which bond shall remain in effect until the completion of arbitration/litigation of the underlying dispute and the proceeds of which shall be payable to the Holder to the extent it obtains judgment. In the absence of such injunction, the Company shall issue Conversion Shares or, if applicable, cash, upon a properly noticed conversion. In addition to any other rights available to the Holder, if the Company fails for any reason to deliver to the Holder such Conversion Shares by the Share Delivery Date pursuant to Section 2(c)(ii), and if after such Share Delivery Date the Holder is required by its brokerage firm 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 Conversion Shares which the Holder was entitled to receive upon the conversion relating to such Share Delivery Date (a “Buy-In”), then the Company shall (A) pay in cash to the Holder (in addition to any other remedies available to or elected by the Holder) the amount, if any, by which (x) the Holder’s total purchase price (including any brokerage commissions) for the Common Stock so purchased exceeds (y) the product of (1) the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock that the Holder was entitled to receive from the conversion at issue multiplied by (2) the actual sale price at which the sell order giving rise to such purchase obligation was executed (including any brokerage commissions) and (B) at the option of the Holder, either reissue (if surrendered) this Note in a principal amount equal to the principal amount of the attempted conversion (in which case such conversion shall be deemed rescinded) or deliver to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock that would have been issued if the Company had timely complied with its delivery requirements under Section 2(c)(ii). 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 attempted conversion of this Note with respect to which the actual sale price of the Conversion Shares (including any brokerage commissions) giving rise to such purchase obligation was a total 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 Xxxxxx’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 Conversion Shares upon conversion of this Note as required pursuant to the terms hereof.

 

(f)                Reservation of Shares Issuable Upon Conversion. The Company covenants that it will at all times reserve and keep available out of its authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock for the sole purpose of issuance upon conversion of this Note and payment of interest on this Note, each as herein provided, free from preemptive rights or any other actual contingent purchase rights of Persons other than the Holder (and the other holders of the Notes), not less than such aggregate number of shares of the Common Stock as shall (subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Purchase Agreement) be issuable (taking into account the adjustments and restrictions of Section 5) upon the conversion of the then outstanding principal amount of this Note and payment of interest hereunder. The Company covenants that all shares of Common Stock that shall be so issuable shall, upon issue, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and, if the Registration Statement is then effective under the Securities Act, shall be registered for public resale in accordance with such Registration Statement (subject to such Holder’s compliance with its obligations under the Registration Rights Agreement).

 

 

 

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(g)               Fractional Shares. No fractional shares or scrip representing fractional shares shall be issued upon the conversion of this Note. As to any fraction of a share which the Holder would otherwise be entitled to purchase upon such conversion, 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 Conversion Price or round up to the next whole share.

 

(h)               Transfer Taxes and Expenses. The issuance of Conversion Shares on conversion of this Note shall be made without charge to the Holder hereof for any documentary stamp or similar taxes that may be payable in respect of the issue or delivery of such Conversion Shares, 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 Conversion Shares 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 Conversion Shares 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. The Company shall pay all Transfer Agent fees required for same-day processing of any Notice of Conversion and all fees to the Depository Trust Company (or another established clearing corporation performing similar functions) required for same-day electronic delivery of the Conversion Shares.

 

(i)                 Stock Dividends and Stock Splits. If the Company, at any time while this Note is outstanding: (i) pays a stock dividend or otherwise makes a distribution or distributions payable in shares of Common Stock on shares of Common Stock or any Common Stock Equivalents (which, for avoidance of doubt, shall not include any shares of Common Stock issued by the Company upon conversion of the Notes), (ii) subdivides outstanding shares of Common Stock into a larger number of shares, (iii) combines (including by way of a reverse stock split) outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares or (iv) issues, in the event of a 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 any treasury shares of the Company) outstanding immediately before such event, and of which the denominator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately 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.

 

(j)                 Notices of Record Date. In the event of:

 

(i)                 Any taking by the Company of a record of the holders of any class of securities of Company for the purpose of determining the holders thereof who are entitled to receive any dividend or other distribution or any right to subscribe for, purchase or otherwise acquire any shares of stock of any class or any other securities or property, or to receive any other right; or

 

(ii)              Any capital reorganization of the Company, any reclassification or recapitalization of the capital stock of the Company or any transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company to any other Person or any consolidation or merger involving the Company; or

 

(iii)            Any voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding-up of the Company, or

 

(iv)             the Company shall deliver to Holder at least ten (10) days prior to the earliest date specified therein, a notice specifying (A) the date on which any such record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend, distribution or right and the amount and character of such dividend, distribution or right; and (B) the date on which any such reorganization, reclassification, transfer, consolidation, merger, dissolution, liquidation or winding-up is expected to become effective and the record date for determining stockholders entitled to vote thereon.

 

 

 

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(k)               Holder’s Conversion Limitations. The Company shall not effect any conversion of this Note, and the Holder shall not have the right to convert any portion of this Note, to the extent that after giving effect to the conversion set forth on the applicable Notice of Conversion, the Holder (together with the Holder’s Affiliates, and any 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 conversion of this Note with respect to which such determination is being made, but shall exclude the number of shares of Common Stock which are issuable upon (i) conversion of the remaining, unconverted principal amount of this Note beneficially owned by the Holder or any of its Affiliates and (ii) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or unconverted portion of any other securities of the Company subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained herein (including, without limitation, any other Notes or the Warrants) beneficially owned by the Holder or any of its Affiliates. Except as set forth in the preceding sentence, for purposes of this Section 2(k), beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. To the extent that the limitation contained in this Section 2(k) applies, the determination of whether this Note is convertible (in relation to other securities owned by the Holder together with any Affiliates) and of which principal amount of this Note is convertible shall be in the sole discretion of the Holder, and the submission of a Notice of Conversion shall be deemed to be the Holder’s determination of whether this Note may be converted (in relation to other securities owned by the Holder together with any Affiliates) and which principal amount of this Note is convertible, in each case subject to the Beneficial Ownership Limitation. To ensure compliance with this restriction, the Holder will be deemed to represent to the Company each time it delivers a Notice of Conversion that such Notice of Conversion has not violated the restrictions set forth in this paragraph and 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(k), in determining the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock, the Holder may rely on the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock as stated in the most recent of the following: (i) Company’s most recent periodic or annual report filed with the Commission, as the case may be, (ii) a more recent public announcement by the Company, or (iii) a more recent written notice by Company or Company’s 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 (2) 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 Note, by the Company or 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 9.99% of the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of this Note held by the Holder. The Holder may decrease the Beneficial Ownership Limitation at any time and the Holder, upon not less than 61 days’ prior notice to the Company, and may increase the Beneficial Ownership Limitation provided that the Beneficial Ownership Limitation in no event exceeds 9.99% of the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon conversion of this Note held by the Holder and the Beneficial Ownership Limitation provisions of this Section 2(k) shall continue to apply. Any such increase will not be effective until the 61st day after such notice is delivered to the Company. The Beneficial Ownership Limitation provisions of this paragraph shall be construed and implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this Section 2(k) to correct this paragraph (or any portion hereof) which may be defective or inconsistent with the intended Beneficial Ownership Limitation contained herein 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 Note.

 

(l)                 Conversion Cap. The Company shall not issue any shares of Common Stock upon conversion of this Note or otherwise pursuant to the terms of this Note if the issuance of such shares of Common Stock would exceed the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock which the Company may issue upon conversion of the Notes without breaching the Company’s obligations, if any, under the rules or regulations of the Trading Market (the number of shares which may be issued without violating such rules and regulations, including rules related to the aggregate of offerings under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(d), as applicable, the “Conversion Cap”), except that such limitation shall not apply in the event that the Company obtains the approval of its stockholders as required by the applicable rules of the Trading Market for issuances of shares of Common Stock upon conversion of the Notes in excess of such amount. Until such approval is obtained, no Holder shall be issued in the aggregate, upon conversion of any Notes, shares of Common Stock in an amount greater than the product of (i) the Conversion Cap multiplied by (ii) the quotient of (A) the Holder’s Subscription Amount (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) divided by (B) the aggregate principal amount of Notes issued to all Holders (with respect to each Holder, the “Conversion Cap Allocation”). The Conversion Cap Allocation will be further allocated as to each Holder among its Notes. In the event that any Holder shall sell or otherwise transfer any of such Holder’s Notes, the transferee shall be allocated a pro rata portion of such Holder’s Conversion Cap Allocation with respect to such portion of such Notes so transferred, and the restrictions of the prior sentence shall apply to such transferee with respect to the portion of the Conversion Cap Allocation so allocated to such transferee. Upon conversion in full of a Holder’s Notes, the difference (if any) between such Holder’s Conversion Cap Allocation and the number of shares of Common Stock actually issued to such Holder upon such conversion in full of such Holder’s Notes shall be allocated to the respective Conversion Cap Allocations of the remaining Holders of Notes on a pro rata basis in proportion to the shares of Common Stock underlying the Notes then held by each such Holder. As of the Original Issuance Date, the Conversion Cap is 1,826,197[1] shares of Common Stock.

 

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[1] Based upon 9,130,986 shares outstanding as of August 14, 2018.

 

 

 

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3.                  Security Interest.

 

(a)               As collateral security for the Company’s obligations pursuant to this Note, the Company hereby pledges, assigns and transfers to the Holder a first priority security interest in and collateral assignment of the Company’s right, title and interest in and to all of the Company’s tangible and intangible property, including the following, whether now owned or now due, or in which the Company has an interest, or hereafter, at any time in the future, acquired, arising or to become due, or in which the Company obtains an interest, and all products, proceeds, replacements, substitutions and accessions of or to any of the following (collectively, the “Collateral”):

 

(i)                 all equipment and all warranties, express or implied, related thereto;

 

(ii)              all accounts and accounts receivable;

 

(iii)            all inventory;

 

(iv)             all contract rights;

 

(v)               all licenses, permits and approvals by any governmental authority;

 

(vi)             all general intangibles (including payment intangibles, software, trademarks, patents, copyrights or other intellectual property rights of the Company);

 

(vii)          all equipment (including all machinery, furniture, and fixtures);

 

(viii)        all goods;

 

(ix)             all chattel paper (whether tangible or electronic);

 

(x)               all fixtures;

 

(xi)             all investment property (including all financial assets, certificated and uncertificated securities, securities accounts and security entitlements);

 

(xii)          all letter-of-credit rights;

 

(xiii)        all rights under judgments and all commercial tort claims;

 

(xiv)         all books, records and information relating to the Collateral and/or to the operation of the Company’s business and all rights of access to such books, records and information and all property in which such books, records and information are stored, recorded and maintained;

 

(xv)           all insurance proceeds, refunds and premium rebates, including proceeds of fire and credit insurance, whether any of such proceeds, refunds and premium rebates arise out of any of the foregoing or otherwise;

 

(xvi)         all liens, guaranties, rights, remedies and privileges pertaining to any of the foregoing; and

 

(xvii)      all proceeds and products of each of the foregoing and all accessions to, substitutions and replacements for, and rents, profits and products of, each of the foregoing, and any and all proceeds of any insurance, indemnity, warranty or guaranty payable to the Company from time to time with respect to any of the foregoing.

 

 

 

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(b)               Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in no event shall the Collateral include, and the Company shall be deemed not to have granted a security interest in, any of the Company’s right, title and interest in the issued and outstanding equity interests of Llama Productions LLC.

 

(c)               The Company authorizes the Holder to file or cause to be filed one or more financing statements, amendments to financing statements, continuations to financing statements, in lieu financing statements, and other similar filings with any filing or recording office for the purpose of perfecting or continuing the perfection of or otherwise establishing Xxxxxx’s security interest in the Collateral.

 

(d)               So long as this Note remains outstanding, the Company agrees to (i) do, observe and perform or cause to be done, observed and performed all of its obligations and all matters and things necessary to be done, observed and performed for the purpose of maintaining the Collateral in good condition, including complying with and maintaining in effect all licenses, approvals and permits and all contracts and contract rights related to the Collateral and (ii) upon the reasonable request of Holder, execute and deliver such further instruments and do or cause to be done such further acts as may be necessary or advisable to carry out the intent and purposes of this Note with respect to the Collateral.

 

4.                  Covenants. As long as any portion of this Note remains outstanding, unless the Required Holders shall have otherwise given prior written consent, the Company shall not, directly or indirectly:

 

(a)               other than Permitted Indebtedness, enter into, create, incur, assume, guarantee or suffer to exist any indebtedness for borrowed money of any kind, including, but not limited to, a guarantee, on or with respect to any of its property or assets now owned or hereafter acquired or any interest therein or any income or profits therefrom;

 

(b)               other than Permitted Liens, enter into, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Liens of any kind, on or with respect to any of its property or assets now owned or hereafter acquired or any interest therein or any income or profits therefrom;

 

5.                  Events of Default. The occurrence of any of the following shall constitute an “Event of Default” under this Note:

 

(a)               Failure to Pay. The Company shall fail to pay (i) when due any principal payment on the due date hereunder or (ii) any interest payment or other payment required under the terms of this Note on the date due and such payment shall not have been made within five (5) Business Days of the Company’s receipt of written notice by the Required Holders of such failure to pay; or

 

(b)               Breaches of Covenants. The Company shall fail to observe or perform any other covenant, obligation, condition or agreement contained in this Note (other than those specified in Section 5(a) hereof) the failure of which would have a material adverse effect on the Company and such failure shall continue for thirty (30) days after the Company’s receipt of written notice by the Required Holders to the Company of such failure; or

 

(c)               Voluntary Bankruptcy or Insolvency Proceedings. The Company shall (i) apply for or consent to the appointment of a receiver, trustee, liquidator or custodian of itself or of all or a substantial part of its property, (ii) admit in writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they mature, (iii) make a general assignment for the benefit of its or any of its creditors, (iv) be dissolved or liquidated, (v) commence a voluntary case or other proceeding seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief with respect to itself or its debts under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect or consent to any such relief or to the appointment of or taking possession of its property by any official in an involuntary case or other proceeding commenced against it, or (vi) take any action for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing; or

 

(d)               Involuntary Bankruptcy or Insolvency Proceedings. Proceedings for the appointment of a receiver, trustee, liquidator or custodian of the Company, or of all or a substantial part of the property thereof, or an involuntary case or other proceedings seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief with respect to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, if any, or the debts thereof under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect shall be commenced and an order for relief entered or such proceeding shall not be dismissed or discharged within forty-five (45) days of commencement.

 

 

 

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6.                  Rights of Holder upon Default. Upon the occurrence of any Event of Default (other than an Event of Default described in Section 5(c) or Section 5(d)) hereof and at any time thereafter during the continuance of such Event of Default, Holder may, with the written consent of the Required Holders, by written notice to the Company, declare all outstanding obligations payable by the Company hereunder to be immediately due and payable, and take possession of and exercise control over, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any Collateral, without presentment, demand, protest or any other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived. Upon the occurrence of any Event of Default described in Section 5(c) and Section 5(d) hereof, immediately and without notice, all principal and accrued and unpaid interest hereunder shall automatically become immediately due and payable, and the Holder may take possession of and exercise control over, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any Collateral, without presentment, demand, protest or any other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived. In addition to the foregoing remedies, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, Holder may exercise any other right power or remedy permitted to it by law, either by suit in equity or by action at law, or both.

 

7.                  Definitions. As used in this Note, the following capitalized terms shall have the following meanings:

 

“Common Stock” means the Common stock of the Company, par value $0.001 per share.

 

“Conversion Shares” means the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of this Note.

 

“Equity Conditions” means, during the period in question, (a) the Company shall have duly honored all conversions and redemptions scheduled to occur or occurring by virtue of one or more Notices of Conversion of the Holder, if any, (b) the Company shall have paid all liquidated damages and other amounts owing to the Holder in respect of this Note, (c)(i) there is an effective Registration Statement pursuant to which the Holder is permitted to utilize the prospectus thereunder to resell all of the shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to the Transaction Documents (and the Company believes, in good faith, that such effectiveness will continue uninterrupted for the foreseeable future) or (ii) all of the Conversion Shares issuable pursuant to the Transaction Documents (and shares issuable in lieu of cash payments of interest) may be resold pursuant to Rule 144 without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions or current public information requirements as determined by the counsel to the Company as set forth in a written opinion letter to such effect, addressed and acceptable to the Transfer Agent and the Holder, (d) the Common Stock is trading on a Trading Market and all of the shares issuable pursuant to the Transaction Documents are listed or quoted for trading on such Trading Market (and the Company believes, in good faith, that trading of the Common Stock on a Trading Market will continue uninterrupted for the foreseeable future), (e) there is a sufficient number of authorized but unissued and otherwise unreserved shares of Common Stock for the issuance of all of the shares then issuable pursuant to the Transaction Documents, (f) there is no existing Event of Default and no existing event which, with the passage of time or the giving of notice, would constitute an Event of Default, (g) the issuance of the shares in question (or, in the case of an Optional Redemption, the shares issuable upon conversion in full of the Optional Redemption Amount) to the Holder would not violate the limitations set forth in Section 2(k) and Section 2(l) herein, (h) the applicable Holder is not in possession of any information provided by the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, or any of their officers, directors, employees, agents or Affiliates, that constitutes, or may constitute, material non-public information.

 

“Event of Default” has the meaning given in Section 5 hereof.

 

“Notes” means each of the Notes issued pursuant to the Purchase Agreement.

 

“Original Issuance Date” means the date of the first issuance of the Notes, regardless of any transfers of any Note and regardless of the number of instruments which may be issued to evidence such Notes.

 

“Required Holders” means the Holders holding a majority of the aggregate outstanding principal due under the Notes.

 

8.                  Miscellaneous.

 

(a)               Successors and Assigns; Transfer of this Note or Securities Issuable on Conversion Hereof.

 

 

 

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(i)                 Subject to the restrictions on transfer described in this Section 8(a), the rights and obligations of the Company and Holder shall be binding upon and benefit the successors, assigns, heirs, administrators and transferees of the Company and Holder.

 

(ii)              With respect to any offer, sale or other disposition of this Note or securities into which such Note may be converted, Holder shall give written notice to the Company prior thereto, describing briefly the manner thereof, together with a written opinion of Xxxxxx’s counsel or other evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to the effect that such offer, sale or other distribution may be effected without registration or qualification (under any federal or state law then in effect). Upon receiving such written notice and reasonably satisfactory opinion or other evidence if so requested, the Company, as promptly as practicable, shall notify Holder that Holder may sell or otherwise dispose of this Note or such securities, all in accordance with the terms of the notice delivered to the Company. If a determination has been made pursuant to this Section 8(a) that the opinion of counsel for Xxxxxx, or other evidence, is not reasonably satisfactory to the Company, the Company shall so notify Holder promptly after such determination has been made. Each Note thus transferred and each certificate representing the securities thus transferred shall bear a legend as to the applicable restrictions on transferability in order to ensure compliance with the Securities Act, unless in the opinion of counsel for the Company such legend is not required in order to ensure compliance with the Securities Act. The Company may issue stop transfer instructions to its transfer agent in connection with such restrictions. Subject to the foregoing, transfers of this Note shall be registered upon registration books maintained for such purpose by or on behalf of the Company. Prior to presentation of this Note for registration of transfer, the Company shall treat the registered holder hereof as the owner and holder of this Note for the purpose of receiving all payments of principal and interest hereon and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not this Note shall be overdue and the Company shall not be affected by notice to the contrary.

 

(iii)            Neither this Note nor any of the rights, interests or obligations hereunder may be assigned, by operation of law or otherwise, in whole or in part, by the Company without the prior written consent of Holder.

 

(b)               Waiver and Amendment. Any provision of this Note may be amended, waived or modified only upon the written consent of the Company and the Required Holders.

 

(c)               Notices. All notices, requests, demands, consents, instructions or other communications required or permitted hereunder shall be made in accordance with Section 5.4 of the Purchase Agreement.

 

(d)               Ranking. The Company and Holder acknowledge and agree that the Notes rank senior to all other securities of the Company. Payment of all or any portion of the outstanding principal amount of this Note and all interest hereon shall be senior in right of payment and in all other respects to the all other securities of the Company. Payment of all or any portion of the outstanding principal amount of this Note and all interest hereon shall be senior in right of payment and in all other respects to other indebtedness of the Company except for Llama Productions LLC’s existing credit facility with Bank Leumi USA.

 

(e)               Payment. Unless converted into the Company’s equity securities pursuant to the terms hereof, payment shall be made in United States dollars.

 

(f)                Usury. In the event any interest is paid on this Note which is deemed to be in excess of the then legal maximum rate, then that portion of the interest payment representing an amount in excess of the then legal maximum rate shall be deemed a payment of principal and applied against the principal of this Note.

 

(g)               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.

 

(h)               Governing Law. This Note and all actions arising out of or in connection with this Note shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of New York, without regard to its internal rules governing the conflict of laws.

 

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The Company has caused this Note to be issued as of the date first written above.

 

 

GENIUS BRANDS INTERNATIONAL, inc.

   
 

By:__________________________________________

Name:

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Accepted by:

 

PURCHASER:

 

[Purchaser]

 

 

 

 

By:                                                        

Name:

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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ANNEX A

 

NOTICE OF CONVERSION

 

The undersigned hereby elects to convert principal under the Secured Convertible Note due [●], 2019 of Genius Brands International, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), into shares of common stock (the “Common Stock”), of the Company according to the conditions hereof, as of the date written below. If shares of Common Stock 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.

 

By the delivery of this Notice of Conversion the undersigned represents and warrants to the Company that its ownership of the Common Stock does not exceed the amounts specified under Section 2 of this Note, as determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act.

 

The undersigned agrees to comply with the prospectus delivery requirements under the applicable securities laws in connection with any transfer of the aforesaid shares of Common Stock.

 

Conversion calculations:

 

  Date to Effect Conversion: ____________________________
   
  Principal Amount of Note to be Converted: $__________________
   
  Accrued Interest to be Converted, if any: $______________
   
  Conversion Price: $_________________
   
  Number of shares of Common Stock to be issued: ______________
   
  Signature: _________________________________________
   
  Name: ____________________________________________
   
  Address for Delivery of Common Stock Certificates: __________
  _____________________________________________________ 
  _____________________________________________________
   
  Or
   
  DWAC Instructions: _________________________________
   
  Broker No:_____________
  Account No: _______________

  

 

 

 

 

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