NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR THE
SECURITIES INTO WHICH THIS SECURITY IS 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. THIS SECURITY AND THE SECURITIES
ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION OF THIS SECURITY MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE
MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER LOAN SECURED BY SUCH SECURITIES.
Original Issue Date:
October 19, 2006
Original Conversion Price (subject to adjustment herein): $1.738
$1,400,000
AMENDED AND RESTATED
VARIABLE RATE SECURED CONVERTIBLE DEBENTURE
DUE APRIL 30, 2010
THIS
DEBENTURE is one of a series of duly authorized and validly issued Variable Rate Secured
Convertible Debentures of Silverstar Holdings, Ltd., a Bermuda corporation, (the
“Company”), having a principal place of business at 0000 Xxxxxx Xxxx,
Xxxxx 000, Xxxx Xxxxx, XX 00000, designated as its Variable Rate Secured Convertible
Debenture due April 30, 2010 (this debenture, the “Debenture” and,
collectively with the other debentures of such series, the “Debentures”).
FOR
VALUE RECEIVED, the Company promises to pay to DKR SoundShore Oasis Holding Fund or its
registered assigns (the “Holder”), or shall have paid pursuant to the
terms hereunder, the principal sum of $1,400,000 on April 30, 2010 (the “Maturity
Date”) or such earlier date as this Debenture is required or permitted to be
repaid as provided hereunder, and to pay interest to the Holder on the aggregate
unconverted and then outstanding principal amount of this Debenture in accordance with the
provisions hereof. This Debenture is subject to the following additional provisions:
Section
1. Definitions. For the purposes hereof, in addition to the terms defined
elsewhere in this Debenture, (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:
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“Alternate
Consideration” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(d).
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“Base
Conversion Price” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(b).
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“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.
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“Buy-In”shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 4(d)(v).
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“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 13d-5(b)(1) promulgated under the Exchange Act) of effective control
(whether through legal or beneficial
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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) the Company merges into or consolidates with any
other Person, or any Person merges into or consolidates with the Company and, after giving
effect to such transaction, the stockholders of the Company immediately prior to such
transaction own less than 66% of the aggregate voting power of the Company or the
successor entity of such transaction, or (iii) the Company sells or transfers its assets,
as an entirety or substantially as an entirety, to another Person and the stockholders of
the Company immediately prior to such transaction own less than 66% of the aggregate
voting power of the acquiring entity immediately after the transaction, (iv) a replacement
at one time or within a three 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 (v) 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
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“Common
Stock” means the common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company and
stock of any other class of securities into which such securities may hereafter have been
reclassified or changed into.
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“Conversion
Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(a).
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“Conversion
Price”shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(b).
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“Conversion
Shares” means the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of this
Debenture.
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“Debenture
Register” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(c).
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“Dilutive
Issuance” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(b).
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“Dilutive
Issuance Notice” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(b).
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“Effectiveness
Period” shall have the meaning given to such term in the Registration Rights
Agreement.
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“Equity
Conditions” shall mean, during the period in question, (i) the Company shall have
duly honored all conversions and redemptions scheduled to occur or occurring by virtue of
one or more Notice of Conversions of the Holder, if any, (ii) all liquidated damages and
other amounts owing to the Holder in respect of this Debenture shall have been paid, (iii)
there is an effective Registration Statement pursuant to which the Holder is permitted to
utilize the prospectus thereunder to resell all of the shares issuable pursuant to the
Transaction Documents (and the Company believes, in good faith, that such effectiveness
will continue uninterrupted for the foreseeable future), (iv) the Common Stock is trading
on the Trading Market and all of the shares issuable pursuant to the Transaction Documents
are listed for trading on a 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), (v) there is a sufficient number of authorized but unissued and
otherwise unreserved shares of Common Stock for the issuance of all of the shares issuable
pursuant to the Transaction Documents, (vi) there is then existing no Event of Default or
event which, with the passage of time or the giving of notice, would constitute an Event
of Default, (vii) the issuance of the shares in question (or, in the case of a redemption,
the shares issuable upon conversion in full of the redemption amount) to the Holder would
not violate the limitations set forth in Section 4(c)(i) and Section 4(c)(ii), (viii) no
public announcement of a pending or proposed Fundamental Transaction, Change of Control
Transaction or acquisition transaction has occurred that has not been consummated and (ix)
for the 30 consecutive Trading Days immediately prior to the applicable date in question,
the average daily dollar trading volume for the Common Stock on the principal Trading
Market exceeds $200,000.
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“Event
of Default” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.
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“Exchange
Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder.
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“ForcedConversion” shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 6(c).
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“Forced
Conversion Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(c).
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“Forced
Conversion Notice” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(c).
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“Forced
Conversion Notice Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(c).
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“Fundamental
Transaction” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(d).
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“Interest
Period” means, initially, the period beginning on and including the Original
Issue Date and ending on and including October 31, 2006 and on the last calendar day of
each month thereafter.
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“Late
Fees” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(d).
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“Mandatory
Default Amount” shall equal the sum of (i) the greater of: (A) 115% of the
principal amount of this Debenture to be prepaid, plus all accrued and unpaid interest
thereon, or (B) the principal amount of this Debenture to be prepaid, plus all other
accrued and unpaid interest hereon, divided by the Conversion Price on (x) the date the
Mandatory Default Amount is demanded or otherwise due or (y) the date the Mandatory
Default Amount is paid in full, whichever is less, multiplied by the VWAP on (x) the date
the Mandatory Default Amount is demanded or otherwise due or (y) the date the Mandatory
Default Amount is paid in full, whichever is greater, and (ii) all other amounts, costs,
expenses and liquidated damages due in respect of this Debenture.
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“New
York Courts” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9(d).
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“Notice
of Conversion” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(a).
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“Optional
Redemption” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(a).
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“Optional
Redemption Amount” shall mean the sum of (A) as to Optional Redemption Dates
before April 30, 2008, (i) 115% of the outstanding principal amount of the Debenture or
portion thereof being redeemed, (ii) accrued but unpaid interest and (iii) all liquidated
damages and other amounts due in respect of the Debenture and (B) as to Optional
Redemption Dates on or after April 30, 2008, (i) the greater of (x) 130% of the
outstanding principal amount of the Debenture or portion thereof being redeemed and (y)
the principal amount of this Debenture to be prepaid, plus all other accrued and unpaid
interest hereon, divided by the Conversion Price on (a) the date the Optional Redemption
Notice is delivered or (b) the date the Optional Redemption Amount is paid in full,
whichever is less, multiplied by the VWAP on (c) the date the Optional Redemption Notice
is delivered or otherwise due or (d) the date the Optional Redemption Amount is paid in
full, whichever is greater, (ii) accrued but unpaid interest and (iii) all liquidated
damages and other amounts due in respect of the Debenture.
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“Optional
Redemption Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(a).
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“Optional
Redemption Notice” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(a).
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“Optional
Redemption Notice Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(a).
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“Original
Issue Date” shall mean the date of the first issuance of the Debentures
regardless of the number of transfers of any Debenture and regardless of the number of
instruments which may be issued to evidence such Debenture.
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“Permitted
Indebtedness” shall mean (a) the Indebtedness existing on the Original Issue Date
and set forth on Schedule 3.1(gg) attached to the Purchase Agreement, (b) lease
obligations and purchase money Indebtedness of up to $500,000, in the aggregate, incurred
in connection with the acquisition of capital assets and lease obligations with respect to
newly acquired or leased assets and (c) Indebtedness incurred after the Original Issue
Date pursuant to which the holders thereof shall have entered into a written subordination
agreement, which Indebtedness shall have a maturity date after the Maturity Date hereof
and shall otherwise be junior in all respects (including right of payment) to the
Debentures.
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“Permitted
Lien” shall mean the individual and collective reference to the following: (a)
Liens for taxes, assessments and other governmental charges or levies not yet due or Liens
for taxes, assessments and other governmental charges or levies being contested in good
faith and by appropriate proceedings for which adequate reserves (in the good faith
judgment of the management of the Company) have been established in accordance with GAAP,
(b) Liens imposed by law which were incurred in the ordinary course of business, such as
carriers’, warehousemen’s and mechanics’ Liens, statutory landlords’
Liens, and other similar Liens arising in the ordinary course of business, and (x) which
do not individually or in the aggregate materially detract from the value of such property
or assets or materially impair the use thereof in the operation of the business of the
Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries or (y) which are being contested in good faith
by appropriate proceedings, which proceedings have the effect of preventing the forfeiture
or sale of the property or asset subject to such Lien and (c) Liens incurred in connection
with Permitted Indebtedness under clause (b) and (c) thereunder, provided that with
respect to (b), such Liens are not secured by assets of the Company or its Subsidiaries
other than the assets so acquired or leased.
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“Prime
Rate” means, for each Interest Period means, (i) the Prime Rate as shown on such
Trading Day immediately prior to the beginning of such Interest Period in The Wall Street
Journal (Eastern Edition) under the caption “Money Rates – Prime Rate”; or
(ii) if The Wall Street Journal does not publish such rate, the rate of interest publicly
announced by Citibank N.A. as its prime rate, on the Trading Day immediately prior to the
beginning of such Interest Period.
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“Purchase
Agreement” means the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of October 19, 2006
among the Company and the original Holders, as amended, modified or supplemented from time
to time in accordance with its terms.
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“Registration
Rights Agreement” means the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of the date
of the Purchase Agreement, to which the Company and the original Holder are parties, as
amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with its terms.
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“Registration
Statement” means a registration statement meeting the requirements set forth in
the Registration Rights Agreement, covering among other things the resale of the
Conversion Shares and naming the Holder as a “selling stockholder” thereunder.
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“Securities
Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder.
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“Shareholder
Approval” shall have the meaning given to such term in the Purchase Agreement.
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“Subsidiary”shall
have the meaning given to such term in the Purchase Agreement.
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“Subsidiary” shall
have the meaning set forth in the Purchase Agreement.
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“Threshold
Period” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(c).
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“Trading
Day” means a day on which the principal Trading Market is open for business.
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“Trading
Market” means the following markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock is
listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: the Nasdaq Capital Market, the
Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market, the American Stock Exchange or the
New York Stock Exchange.
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“Transaction
Documents” shall have the meaning set forth in the Purchase Agreement.
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“VWAP”means,
for any date, the price determined by the first of the following clauses that applies:
(a) if the Common Stock is then listed or quoted on a Trading Market, the daily volume
weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date)
on the Trading Market on which the Common Stock is then listed or quoted as reported by
Bloomberg Financial L.P. (based on a Trading Day from 9:30 a.m. Eastern Time to 4:02 p.m.
Eastern Time); (b) if the Common Stock is not then listed or quoted on a Trading
Market and if prices for the Common Stock are then quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board, the
volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding
date) on the OTC Bulletin Board; (c) if the Common Stock is not then listed or quoted on
the OTC Bulletin Board and if prices for the Common Stock are then reported in the “Pink
Sheets” published by the Pink Sheets, LLC (or a similar organization or agency
succeeding to its functions of reporting prices), the most recent bid price per share of
the Common Stock so reported; or (d) in all other cases, the fair market value of a
share of Common Stock as determined by an independent appraiser selected in good faith by
the Holder and reasonably acceptable to the Company.
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Section 2. Interest.
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a)
Payment of Interest. The Company shall pay interest to the Holder on the
aggregate unconverted and then outstanding principal amount of this Debenture at
the rate per annum equal to the Prime Rate for the applicable Interest Period
plus 1.5%, or such lesser rate as shall be the highest rate permitted by
applicable law, payable monthly on the first day of each month, beginning on the
first such date after the Original Issue Date, on each Conversion Date (as to
that principal amount then being converted), on each Optional Redemption Date
(as to that principal amount then being redeemed) and 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), in cash via wire transfer. At any time
following the Effective Date, the interest rate for any Interest Period shall be
decreased by 2% to the extent the average of the five VWAPs immediately prior to
such Interest Period (the “Trigger Price”) exceeds the then
applicable Conversion Price by 25% (and shall be decreased by an additional 2%
for every successive 25% that the Trigger Price exceeds the then applicable
Conversion Price but in no event shall the interest rate be less than 0%). By
way of an example, if the interest rate for an Interest Period as determined
pursuant to the first sentence of this section would be 5% and the Trigger Price
immediately prior to such period is $5.00 and the then applicable Conversion
Price is $4.00, the interest rate for such Interest Period would be 3%. Any such
decrease shall be applicable only as to the then applicable Interest Period and
shall not be applicable to successive Interest Periods which shall be calculated
independently of any preceding Interest Periods. Accordingly, in the example
above, if the Trigger Price as to the next Interest Period is less than $4.00,
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b)
Interest Calculations. Interest shall be calculated on the basis of a
360-day year and shall accrue daily 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 Conversion Shares within the time
period required by Section 4(d)(ii). Interest hereunder will be paid to the
Person in whose name this Debenture is registered on the records of the Company
regarding registration and transfers of this Debenture (the “Debenture
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c)
Late Fee. All overdue accrued and unpaid interest to be paid hereunder
shall entail a late fee at the rate of 18% per annum (or such lower maximum
amount of interest permitted to be charged under applicable law) (“Late
Fees”) which will accrue daily, from the date such interest is due
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d)
Prepayment. Except as otherwise set forth in this Debenture, the Company
may not prepay any portion of the principal amount of this Debenture without the
prior written consent of the Holder. |
Section 3. Registration of Transfers and Exchanges.
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a)
Different Denominations. This Debenture is exchangeable for an equal
aggregate principal amount of Debentures of different authorized denominations,
as requested by the Holder surrendering the same. No service charge will be made
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b)
Investment Representations. This Debenture 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. |
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c)
Reliance on Debenture Register. Prior to due presentment to the Company
for transfer of this Debenture, the Company and any agent of the Company may
treat the Person in whose name this Debenture is duly registered on the
Debenture Register as the owner hereof for the purpose of receiving payment as
herein provided and for all other purposes, whether or not this Debenture is
overdue, and neither the Company nor any such agent shall be affected by notice
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Section 4. Conversion.
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a)
Voluntary Conversion. At any time after the Original Issue Date until
this Debenture is no longer outstanding, this Debenture shall be convertible
into shares of Common Stock at the option of the Holder, in whole or in part at
any time and from time to time (subject to the limitations on conversion set
forth in Section 4(c) hereof). 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 this Debenture 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 provided hereunder. To
effect conversions hereunder, the Holder shall not be required to physically
surrender this Debenture to the Company unless the entire principal amount of
this Debenture has been so converted and all accrued but unpaid interest thereon
has been paid. Conversions hereunder shall have the effect of lowering the
outstanding principal amount of this Debenture 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 within 1 Business Day 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 Debenture, acknowledge
and agree that, by reason of the provisions of this paragraph, following
conversion of a portion of this Debenture, the unpaid and unconverted principal
amount of this Debenture may be less than the amount stated on the face hereof. |
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b)
Conversion Price. The conversion price in effect on any Conversion Date
shall be equal to $1.738 (subject to adjustment herein)(the
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Conversion Limitations. |
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i.
Issuance Limitations. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if
the Company has not obtained Shareholder Approval (as defined below), then the
Company may not issue upon conversion of this Debenture, a number of shares of
Common Stock which, when aggregated with any shares of Common Stock issued prior
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to any
Debentures issued pursuant to the Purchase Agreement and (B) pursuant to any Warrants
issued pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, would exceed 19.999% of the number of shares
of Common Stock outstanding on the Trading Day immediately preceding the Original Issue
Date (such number of shares, the “Issuable Maximum”). Each Holder shall be
entitled to a portion of the Issuable Maximum equal to the quotient obtained by dividing
(x) the aggregate principal amount of the Debenture(s) issued and sold to such Holder on
the Original Issue Date by (y) the aggregate principal amount of all Debentures issued
and sold by the Company on the Original Issue Date. If any Holder shall no longer hold
the Debenture(s), then such Holder’s remaining portion of the Issuable Maximum shall
be allocated pro-rata among the remaining Holders. If on any Conversion Date: (1) the
applicable Conversion Price then in effect is such that the shares issuable under this
Debenture on any Conversion Date together with the aggregate number of shares of Common
Stock that would then be issuable upon conversion in full of all then outstanding
Debentures would exceed the Issuable Maximum, and (2) the Company’s shareholders
shall not have previously approved the transactions contemplated by the Transaction
Documents, if any (the “Shareholder Approval”), then the Company shall issue to
the Holder requesting a conversion a number of shares of Common Stock equal to such Holder’s
pro-rata portion (which shall be calculated pursuant to the terms hereof) of the Issuable
Maximum and, with respect to the remainder of the aggregate principal amount of the
Debentures then held by such Holder for which a conversion in accordance with the
applicable conversion price would result in an issuance of shares of Common Stock in
excess of such Holder’s pro-rata portion (which shall be calculated pursuant to the
terms hereof) of the Issuable Maximum (the “Excess Principal”), the Company
shall be prohibited from converting such Excess Principal, and shall notify the Holder of
the reason therefor. This Debenture shall thereafter be unconvertible to such extent
until and unless Shareholder Approval is subsequently obtained, but this Debenture shall
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ii.
Holder’s Restriction on Conversion. The Company shall not effect any
conversion of this Debenture, and the Holder shall not have the right to convert
any portion of this Debenture, pursuant to Section 4(a) or otherwise, to the
extent that after giving effect to such conversion, the Holder (together with
the Holder’s Affiliates), as set forth on the applicable Notice of
Conversion, would beneficially own in excess of 4.99% of the number of shares of
the Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to such
conversion. 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
Debenture with respect to which the determination of such sentence is being
made, but shall exclude the number of shares of Common Stock which would be
issuable upon (A) conversion of the remaining, nonconverted portion of this
Debenture beneficially owned by the Holder or any of its Affiliates and (B)
exercise or conversion of the unexercised or nonconverted portion of any other
securities of the Company (including, without limitation, any other Debentures
or the Warrants) subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to
the limitation contained herein beneficially owned by the Holder or any of its
Affiliates. Except as set forth in the preceding sentence, for purposes of
this Section 4(c)(ii), 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 applies,
the determination of whether this Debenture is convertible (in relation to other
securities owned by the Holder) and of which a portion of this Debenture is
convertible shall be in the sole discretion of such Holder. 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 the Company shall
have no obligation to verify or confirm the accuracy of such determination. In
addition, a determination as to any group status as contemplated above shall be
determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules
and regulations promulgated thereunder. For purposes of this Section 4(c)(ii),
in determining the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock, the Holder may
rely on the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock as reflected in (x) the
Company’s most recent Form 10-Q or Form 10-K, as the case may be, (y) a
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the
Company or (z) any other notice by the Company or the Company’s Transfer Agent
setting forth the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding. Upon the written or
oral request of the Holder, the Company shall within two Trading Days confirm orally and
in writing to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding. In
any case, the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be determined after
giving effect to the conversion or exercise of securities of the Company, including this
Debenture, by the Holder or its Affiliates since the date as of which such number of
outstanding shares of Common Stock was reported. The provisions of this Section 4(c) may
be waived by the Holder, at the election of the Holder, upon not less than 61 days’
prior notice to the Company, and the provisions of this Section 4(c) shall continue to
apply until such 61st day (or such later date, as determined by the Holder, as may be
specified in such notice of waiver). The provisions of this paragraph shall be implemented
in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this Section 4(c) to
correct this paragraph (or any portion hereof) which may be defective or inconsistent with
the intended 4.99% beneficial ownership limitation herein contained or to make changes or
supplements necessary or desirable to properly give effect to such 4.99% limitation. The
limitations contained in this paragraph shall apply to a successor holder of this
Debenture. The holders of Common Stock of the Company shall be third party beneficiaries
of this Section 4(c) and the Company may not waive this Section 4(c) without the consent
of holders of a majority of its Common Stock. |
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iii.
Conversion Shares Issuable Upon Conversion of Principal Amount. The
number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon a conversion hereunder shall be
determined by the quotient obtained by dividing (x) the outstanding principal
amount of this Debenture to be converted by (y) the Conversion Price. |
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iv.
Delivery of Certificate Upon Conversion. Not later than three Trading
Days after any Conversion Date, the Company will deliver or cause to be
delivered to the Holder (A) a certificate or certificates representing the
Conversion Shares which shall be free of restrictive legends and trading
restrictions (other than those required by the Purchase Agreement) representing
the number of shares of Common Stock being acquired upon the conversion of this
Debenture and (B) an amount in cash via wire transfer in the amount of accrued
and unpaid interest. The Company shall, if available and if allowed under
applicable securities laws, use its best efforts to deliver any certificate or
certificates required to be delivered by the Company under this Section
electronically through the Depository Trust Corporation or another established
clearing corporation performing similar functions. |
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v.
Failure to Deliver Certificates. If in the case of any Notice of
Conversion such certificate or certificates are not delivered to or as directed
by the applicable Holder by the third Trading Day after a Conversion Date, the
Holder shall be entitled by written notice to the Company at any time on or
before its receipt of such certificate or certificates thereafter, to rescind
such conversion, in which event the Company shall immediately return the
certificates representing the principal amount of this Debenture tendered for
conversion. |
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vi.
Obligation Absolute; Partial Liquidated Damages. If the Company fails for
any reason to deliver to the Holder such certificate or certificates pursuant to
Section 4(d)(ii) by the third Trading Day after the Conversion Date, the Company
shall pay to such Holder, in cash, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty,
for each $1000 of principal amount being converted, $10 per Trading Day
(increasing to $20 per Trading Day after 5 Trading Days after such damages begin
to accrue) for each Trading Day after such third Trading Day until such
certificates are delivered. The Company’s obligations to issue and deliver
the Conversion Shares upon conversion of this Debenture in accordance with the
terms hereof are absolute and unconditional, irrespective of any action or
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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, 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 Debenture 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 any one 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, restraining and or enjoining conversion of all or part of this
Debenture 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 principal amount of this Debenture
outstanding, which is subject to the injunction, which bond shall remain in effect until
the completion of arbitration/litigation of the dispute and the proceeds of which shall
be payable to such Holder to the extent it obtains judgment. In the absence of an
injunction precluding the same, the Company shall issue Conversion Shares or, if
applicable, cash, upon a properly noticed conversion. Nothing herein shall limit a Holder’s
right to pursue actual damages or declare an Event of Default pursuant to Section 8
herein for the Company’s failure to deliver Conversion Shares within the period
specified herein and such Holder shall have the right to pursue all remedies available to
it at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance
and/or injunctive relief. The exercise of any such rights shall not prohibit the Holder
from seeking to enforce damages pursuant to any other Section hereof or under applicable
law. |
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vii.
Compensation for Buy-In on Failure to Timely Deliver Certificates Upon
Conversion. In addition to any other rights available to the Holder, if
the Company fails for any reason to deliver to the Holder such certificate or
certificates pursuant to Section 4(d)(ii) by the third Trading Day after the
Conversion Date, and if after such third Trading Day the Holder is required by
its brokerage firm to purchase (in an open market transaction or otherwise)
Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by such Holder of the
Conversion Shares which the Holder anticipated receiving upon such conversion (a
“Buy-In”), then the Company shall (A) pay in cash to the Holder
(in addition to any remedies available to or elected by the Holder) the amount
by which (x) the Holder’s total purchase price (including brokerage
commissions, if any) for the Common Stock so purchased exceeds (y) the product
of (1) the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock that such Holder
anticipated receiving from the conversion at issue multiplied by (2) the actual
sale price of the Common Stock at the time of the sale (including brokerage
commissions, if any) giving rise to such purchase obligation and (B) at the
option of the Holder, either reissue (if surrendered) this Debenture in a
principal amount equal to the principal amount of the attempted conversion or
deliver to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock that would have been
issued had the Company timely complied with its delivery requirements under
Section 4(d)(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 Debenture with respect to which the actual sale price of the
Conversion Shares at the time of the sale (including brokerage commissions, if
any) 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.
Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, if a Holder requires
the Company to make payment in respect of a Buy-In for the failure to timely
deliver certificates hereunder and the Company timely pays in full such payment,
the Company shall not be required to pay such Holder liquidated damages under
Section 4(d)(iv) in respect of the certificates resulting in such Buy-In. |
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viii.
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 solely for the purpose of issuance upon
conversion of this Debenture 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 Debentures), not less than such 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 outstanding principal
amount of this Debenture. The Company covenants that all shares of Common Stock
that shall be so issuable shall, upon issue, be duly and validly authorized,
issued and fully paid, nonassessable and, if the Registration Statement is then
effective under the Securities Act, registered for public sale in accordance
with such Registration Statement. |
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ix.
Fractional Shares. Upon a conversion hereunder the Company shall not be
required to issue stock certificates representing fractions of shares of the
Common Stock, but may if otherwise permitted, make a cash payment in respect of
any final fraction of a share based on the VWAP at such time. If the Company
elects not, or is unable, to make such a cash payment, the Holder shall be
entitled to receive, in lieu of the final fraction of a share, one whole share
of Common Stock. |
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x.
Transfer Taxes. The issuance of certificates for shares of the Common
Stock on conversion of this Debenture 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 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 Debenture 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. |
Section 5. Certain Adjustments.
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a)
Stock Dividends and Stock Splits. If the Company, at any time while this
Debenture is outstanding: (A) pays a stock dividend or otherwise makes a
distribution or distributions on shares of its Common Stock or any other equity
or equity equivalent securities payable in shares of Common Stock (which, for
avoidance of doubt, shall not include any shares of Common Stock issued by the
Company pursuant to this Debenture), (B) subdivides outstanding shares of Common
Stock into a larger number of shares, (C) combines (including by way of reverse
stock split) outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares,
or (D) issues 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 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. |
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b)
Subsequent Equity Sales. If the Company or any Subsidiary thereof, as
applicable, at any time while this Debenture is outstanding, shall offer, sell,
grant any option to purchase or offer, sell or grant any right to reprice its
securities, or otherwise dispose of or issue 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 (such lower price,
the “Base Conversion Price” and such issuances collectively, a
“Dilutive 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 |
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occurred for less than the Conversion Price on such date of the Dilutive Issuance), then
the Conversion Price shall be reduced by multiplying the Conversion Price by a fraction,
the numerator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding
immediately prior to the Dilutive Issuance plus the number of shares of Common Stock
which the offering price for such Dilutive Issuance would purchase at the then Conversion
Price, and the denominator of which shall be the sum of the number of shares of Common
Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Dilutive Issuance plus the number
of shares of Common Stock so issued or issuable in connection with the Dilutive Issuance.
Such adjustment shall be made whenever such Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents are
issued. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no adjustment will be made under this Section 5(b)
in respect of an Exempt Issuance. The Company shall notify the Holder in writing, no
later than the Business Day following the issuance of any Common Stock or Common Stock
Equivalents subject to this section, indicating therein the applicable issuance price, or
of applicable reset price, exchange price, conversion price and other pricing terms (such
notice the “Dilutive Issuance Notice”). For purposes of clarification, whether
or not the Company provides a Dilutive Issuance Notice pursuant to this Section 5(b),
upon the occurrence of any Dilutive Issuance, after the date of such Dilutive Issuance
the Holder is entitled to receive a number of Conversion Shares based upon the Base
Conversion Price regardless of whether the Holder accurately refers to the Base
Conversion Price in the Notice of Conversion. |
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c)
Pro Rata Distributions. If the Company, at any time while this Debenture
is outstanding, shall distribute to all holders of Common Stock (and not to the
holders of the Debenture) evidences of its indebtedness or assets (including
cash and cash dividends) or rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any
security, then in each such case the Conversion Price shall be adjusted by
multiplying such Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to the record date
fixed for determination of stockholders entitled to receive such distribution by
a fraction of which the denominator shall be the VWAP determined as of the
record date mentioned above, and of which the numerator shall be such VWAP on
such record date less the then fair market value at such record date of the
portion of such assets or evidence of indebtedness so distributed applicable to
one outstanding share of the Common Stock as determined by the Board of
Directors in good faith. In either case the adjustments shall be described in a
statement provided to the Holder of the portion of assets or evidences of
indebtedness so distributed or such subscription rights applicable to one share
of Common Stock. Such adjustment shall be made whenever any such distribution is
made and shall become effective immediately after the record date mentioned
above. |
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d)
Fundamental Transaction. If, at any time while this Debenture is
outstanding, (A) the Company effects any merger or consolidation of the Company
with or into another Person, (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 Debenture, the Holder shall have the right to receive, for each
Conversion Share that would have been issuable upon such conversion immediately
prior to the occurrence of 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
Debenture following such Fundamental Transaction. To the extent necessary to
effectuate the foregoing provisions, any successor to the Company or surviving
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the Holder a new debenture consistent with the foregoing provisions and evidencing the
Holder’s right to convert such debenture into Alternate Consideration. The 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 (d) and insuring that this Debenture (or any such replacement security) will be
similarly adjusted upon any subsequent transaction analogous to a Fundamental Transaction. |
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e)
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 deemed to be issued and
outstanding as of a given date shall be the sum of the number of shares of
Common Stock (excluding treasury shares, if any) issued and outstanding. |
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i.
Adjustment to Conversion Price. Whenever the Conversion Price is adjusted
pursuant to any of this Section 5, the Company shall promptly mail to each
Holder a notice setting forth the Conversion Price after such adjustment and
setting forth a brief statement of the facts requiring such adjustment. If the
Company issues a variable rate security, despite the prohibition thereon in the
Purchase Agreement, the Company shall be deemed to have issued Common Stock or
Common Stock Equivalents at the lowest possible conversion or exercise price at
which such securities may be converted or exercised in the case of a Variable
Rate Transaction (as defined in the Purchase Agreement). |
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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 Debenture, and shall
cause to be mailed to the Holder at its last addresses as it shall appear upon
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 Debenture during the
20-day period commencing the date of such notice to the effective date of the
event triggering such notice. |
Section
6. Redemption and Forced Conversion.
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a)
Optional Redemption at Election of Company. Subject to the provisions of
this Section 6, at any time and from time to time after the date hereof, the
Company may deliver a notice to the Holder |
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(an “Optional
Redemption Notice” and the date such notice is deemed delivered hereunder, the “Optional
Redemption Notice Date”) of its irrevocable election to redeem all or part of the
then outstanding Debentures for an amount, in cash via wire transfer, equal to the
Optional Redemption Amount on the 20th Trading Day following the Optional Redemption
Notice Date (such date, the “Optional Redemption Date” and such redemption, the
“Optional Redemption”). The Optional Redemption Amount is due in full on the
Optional Redemption Date. 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. |
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b)
Redemption Procedure. The payment of cash pursuant to an Optional
Redemption shall be made via wire transfer on the Optional Redemption Date. 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 18% 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. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary in this Section 6, the Company’s determination to redeem in cash
or its elections under Section 6(b) shall be applied ratably among the Holders
of Debentures. The Holder may elect to convert the outstanding principal amount
of the Debenture pursuant to Section 4 prior to actual payment in cash for any
redemption under this Section 6 by the delivery of a Notice of Conversion to the
Company. |
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c)
Forced Conversion. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if
after the later of the date the Company receives Shareholder Approval and the
Effective Date, the average VWAP for the 30 consecutive Trading Days, which
period shall have commenced only after the later of the Shareholder Approval
Date and the Effective Date (such period the “Threshold
Period”), exceeds $3.48 (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,
within 1 Trading Day after the end of any such Threshold Period, deliver a
written notice to the Holder (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 Debenture plus, if so specified in the
Forced Conversion Notice, accrued but unpaid interest, liquidated damages and
other amounts owing to the Holder under this Debenture, it being agreed that the
“Conversion Date” for purposes of Section 4 shall be deemed to occur
on the third Trading Day following the Forced Conversion Notice Date (such third
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 all of the Equity Conditions are
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
Debentures pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, provided that any voluntary
conversions by a Holder shall be applied against such Holder’s pro rata
allocation, thereby decreasing the aggregate amount forcibly converted hereunder
if only a portion of this Debenture is forcibly converted. For purposes of
clarification, a Forced Conversion shall be subject to all of the provisions of
Section 4, including, without limitation, the provision requiring payment of
liquidated damages and limitations on conversions. |
Section
7. Negative Covenants. So long as any portion of this Debenture is
outstanding, the Company will not and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to
directly or indirectly:
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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; |
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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; |
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c)
amend its certificate of incorporation, bylaws or other charter documents so as
to materially and adversely affect any rights of the Holder; |
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d)
repay, repurchase or offer to repay, repurchase or otherwise acquire more than a
de minimis number of shares of its Common Stock or Common Stock
Equivalents other than as to the Conversion Shares to the extent permitted or
required under the Transaction Documents or as otherwise permitted by the
Transaction Documents; |
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e)
enter into any agreement with respect to any of the foregoing; or |
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f)
pay cash dividends or distributions on any equity securities of the Company. |
Section
8. Events of Default.
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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 amount of any Debenture, or (B)
interest (including Late Fees) on, or liquidated damages in respect of, any
Debenture, 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 3 Trading Days; |
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ii.
the Company shall fail to observe or perform any other covenant or agreement
contained in this Debenture or any other Debenture (other than a breach by the
Company of its obligations to deliver shares of Common Stock to the Holder upon
conversion which breach is addressed in clause (xi) below) which failure is not
cured, if possible to cure, within the earlier to occur of (A) 5 Trading Days
after notice of such default sent by the Holder or by any other Holder and (B)10
Trading Days after the Company shall become or should have become aware of such
failure; |
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iii.
a default or event of default (subject to any grace or cure period provided for
in the applicable agreement, document or instrument) shall occur under (A) any
of the Transaction Documents, or (B) any other material agreement, lease,
document or instrument to which the Company or any Subsidiary is bound that
involves at least $250,000; |
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iv.
any representation or warranty made herein, in any other Transaction Documents,
in any written statement pursuant hereto or thereto, or in any other report,
financial statement or certificate made or delivered to the Holder or any other
holder of Debentures shall be untrue or incorrect in any material respect as of
the date when made or deemed made; |
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v.
(i) the Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall commence a case, as debtor, a
case under any applicable bankruptcy or insolvency laws as now or hereafter in
effect or any successor thereto, or the Company or any Subsidiary commences any
other proceeding under any reorganization, arrangement, adjustment of debt,
relief of debtors, dissolution, insolvency or |
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liquidation or
similar law of any jurisdiction whether now or hereafter in effect relating to the
Company or any Subsidiary thereof or (ii) there is commenced a case against the Company
or any Subsidiary thereof, under any applicable bankruptcy or insolvency laws, as now or
hereafter in effect or any successor thereto which remains undismissed for a period of 60
days; or (iii) the Company or any Subsidiary thereof is adjudicated by a court of
competent jurisdiction insolvent or bankrupt; or any order of relief or other order
approving any such case or proceeding is entered; or (iv) the Company or any Subsidiary
thereof suffers any appointment of any custodian or the like for it or any substantial
part of its property which continues undischarged or unstayed for a period of 60 days; or
(v) the Company or any Subsidiary thereof makes a general assignment for the benefit of
creditors; or (vi) the Company shall fail to pay, or shall state that it is unable to
pay, or shall be unable to pay, its debts generally as they become due; or (vii) the
Company or any Subsidiary thereof shall call a meeting of its creditors with a view to
arranging a composition, adjustment or restructuring of its debts; or (viii) the Company
or any Subsidiary thereof shall by any act or failure to act expressly indicate its
consent to, approval of or acquiescence in any of the foregoing; or (ix) any corporate or
other action is taken by the Company or any Subsidiary thereof for the purpose of
effecting any of the foregoing; |
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vi.
the Company or any Subsidiary shall default in any of its obligations under any
mortgage, credit agreement or other facility, indenture agreement, factoring
agreement or other instrument under which there may be issued, or by which there
may be secured or evidenced any indebtedness for borrowed money or money due
under any long term leasing or factoring arrangement of the Company in an amount
exceeding $250,000, whether such indebtedness now exists or shall hereafter be
created and such default shall result in such indebtedness becoming or being
declared due and payable prior to the date on which it would otherwise become
due and payable; |
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vii.
the Common Stock shall not be eligible for quotation on or quoted for trading on
a Trading Market and shall not again be eligible for and quoted or listed for
trading thereon within five Trading Days; |
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viii.
the Company shall be a party to any Change of Control Transaction or Fundamental
Transaction, shall agree to sell or dispose of all or in excess of 50% of its
assets in one or more transactions (whether or not such sale would constitute a
Change of Control Transaction) or shall redeem or repurchase more than a de
minimis number of its outstanding shares of Common Stock or other equity
securities of the Company (other than redemptions of Conversion Shares and
repurchases of shares of Common Stock or other equity securities of departing
officers and directors of the Company; provided such repurchases shall not
exceed $100,000, in the aggregate, for all officers and directors during the
term of this Debenture); |
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ix.
a Registration Statement shall not have been declared effective by the
Commission on or prior to the 180th calendar day after the Closing
Date; |
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x.
if, during the Effectiveness Period (as defined in the Registration Rights
Agreement), the effectiveness of the Registration Statement lapses for any
reason or the Holder shall not be permitted to resell Registrable Securities (as
defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) under the Registration Statement,
in either case, for more than 20 consecutive Trading Days or 30 non-consecutive
Trading Days during any 12 month period; provided, however, that
in the event that the Company is negotiating a merger, consolidation,
acquisition or sale of all or substantially all of its assets or a similar
transaction and in the written opinion of counsel to the Company, the
Registration Statement, would be required to be amended to include information
concerning such transactions or the parties thereto that is not available or may
not be publicly disclosed at the time, the Company shall be permitted an
additional 10 consecutive Trading Days during any 12 month period relating to
such an event; |
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xi.
the Company shall fail for any reason to deliver certificates to a Holder prior
to the third Trading Day after a Conversion Date pursuant to and in accordance
with Section 4(d) or the Company shall provide notice to the Holder, including
by way of public announcement, at any time, of its intention not to comply with
requests for conversions of any Debentures in accordance with the terms hereof;
or |
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xii.
any Person shall breach the agreements delivered to the initial Holders pursuant
to Section 2.2(a)(v) of the Purchase Agreement and the Company does not obtain
Shareholder Approval. |
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b)
Remedies Upon Event of Default. If any Event of Default occurs, the full
principal amount of this Debenture, 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 via wire transfer.
The aggregate amount payable upon an Event of Default shall be equal to the
Mandatory Default Amount. Commencing 5 days after the occurrence of any Event of
Default that results in the eventual acceleration of this Debenture, the
interest rate on this Debenture shall accrue at the rate of 18% per annum, or
such lower maximum amount of interest permitted to be charged under applicable
law. Upon the payment in full of the Mandatory Default Amount on this entire
Debenture the Holder shall promptly surrender this Debenture 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
Debenture 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. |
Section
9. Miscellaneous.
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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 personally, by facsimile, sent by
a nationally recognized overnight courier service, addressed to the Company, at
the address set forth above, facsimile number (000) 000 0000, Attn: Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx 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. 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, sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier service
addressed to each Holder at the facsimile telephone number or address of such
Xxxxxx appearing on the books of the Company, or if no such facsimile telephone
number or address appears, at the principal place of business of the Holder. 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)
upon actual receipt by the party to whom such notice is required to be given. |
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b)
Absolute Obligation. Except as expressly provided herein, no provision of
this Debenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is
absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of, interest and liquidated
damages (if any) on, this Debenture at the time, place, and rate, and in the
coin or currency, herein prescribed. This Debenture is a direct debt obligation
of the Company. This Debenture ranks pari passu with all other
Debentures now or hereafter issued under the terms set forth herein. |
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c)
Lost or Mutilated Debenture. If this Debenture shall be mutilated, lost,
stolen or destroyed, the Company shall execute and deliver, in exchange and
substitution for and upon cancellation of a mutilated Debenture, or in lieu of
or in substitution for a lost, stolen or destroyed Debenture, a new Debenture
for the principal amount of this Debenture so mutilated, lost, stolen or
destroyed but only upon receipt of evidence of such loss, theft or destruction
of such Debenture, and of the ownership hereof, and indemnity, if requested, all
reasonably satisfactory to the Company. |
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d)
Governing Law. All questions concerning the construction, validity,
enforcement and interpretation of this Debenture shall be governed by and
construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New
York, without regard to the principles of conflicts of law thereof. Each party
agrees that all legal proceedings concerning the interpretations, enforcement
and defense of the transactions contemplated by any of the Transaction Documents
(whether brought against a party hereto or its respective affiliates, directors,
officers, shareholders, employees or agents) shall be commenced in the state and
federal courts sitting in the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan (the
“New York Courts”). Each party hereto hereby irrevocably
submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the New York Courts for the
adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any
transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein (including with respect to
the enforcement of any of the Transaction Documents), and hereby irrevocably
waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim
that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, or such
New York Courts are improper or inconvenient venue for such proceeding. Each
party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to
process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy
thereof via registered or certified mail or overnight delivery (with evidence of
delivery) to such party at the address in effect for notices to it under this
Debenture and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient
service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed
to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted by law.
Each party hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by
applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding
arising out of or relating to this Debenture or the transactions contemplated
hereby. If either party shall commence an action or proceeding to enforce any
provisions of this Debenture, then the prevailing party in such action or
proceeding 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 action or proceeding. |
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e)
Waiver. Any waiver by the Company or the Holder of a breach of any
provision of this Debenture 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 Debenture. The failure of the Company or the Holder to insist upon strict
adherence to any term of this Debenture 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 Debenture. Any waiver
must be in writing. |
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f)
Severability. If any provision of this Debenture is invalid, illegal or
unenforceable, the balance of this Debenture 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 Debenture 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. |
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g)
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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h)
Headings. The headings contained herein are for convenience only, do not
constitute a part of this Debenture and shall not be deemed to limit or affect
any of the provisions hereof. |
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i)
Assumption. Any successor to the Company or surviving entity in a
Fundamental Transaction shall (i) assume in writing all of the obligations of
the Company under this Debenture and the other Transaction Documents pursuant to
written agreements in form and substance satisfactory to the Holder (such
approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) prior to such Fundamental
Transaction and (ii) to issue to the Holder a new debenture of such successor
entity evidenced by a written instrument substantially similar in form and
substance to this Debenture, including, without limitation, having a principal
amount and interest rate equal to the principal amounts and the interest rates
of the Debentures held by the Holder and having similar ranking to this
Debenture, and satisfactory to the Holder (any such approval not to be
unreasonably withheld or delayed). The provisions of this Section 9(i)
shall apply similarly and equally to successive Fundamental Transactions and
shall be applied without regard to any limitations of this Debenture. |
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j)
Secured Obligation. The obligations of the Company under this Debenture
are secured by all of the assets of the Company and each Subsidiary pursuant to
the Security Agreement, dated October 21, 2005, by and among the Company, the
Subsidiaries and the secured parties signatory thereto. |
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Debenture to be duly executed by a duly
authorized officer as of the date first above indicated.
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SILVERSTAR HOLDINGS, LTD. |
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By:__________________________________________ |
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ANNEX A
NOTICE OF CONVERSION
The
undersigned hereby elects to convert principal under the Variable Rate Secured Convertible
Debenture of Silverstar Holdings, Ltd., a Bermuda corporation (the
“Company”), due on April 30, 2010 into shares of common stock, par value
$0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”), 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.
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 determined in
accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, specified under Section 4 of this
Debenture.
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:
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Date to Effect Conversion: |
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Principal Amount of Debenture to be Converted: |
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Number of shares of Common Stock to be issued: |
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Schedule 1
CONVERSION SCHEDULE
The Variable Rate Secured Convertible
Debentures due on April 30, 2010 in the aggregate principal amount of $____________ issued
by Silverstar Holdings, Ltd. This Conversion Schedule reflects conversions made under
Section 4 of the above referenced Debenture.
Dated:
Date of Conversion
(or for first entry, Original Issue
Date)
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Amount of Conversion |
Aggregate Principal Amount
Remaining Subsequent to
Conversion
(or original Principal
Amount)
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Company Attest
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