6% SECURED CONVERTIBLE DEBENTURE DUE DECEMBER 28, 2008
EXHIBIT
4.1
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: December ___, 2007
Original
Conversion Price (subject to adjustment herein):
$0.85
$___________
6%
SECURED CONVERTIBLE DEBENTURE
DUE
DECEMBER 28, 2008
THIS
SECURED DEBENTURE is one of a
series of duly authorized and issued 6% Secured Convertible Debentures of
Arkados Group, Inc. (formerly XXXXxx.xxx, Inc.), a Delaware corporation, having
a principal place of business at 000 Xxx Xxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx, 0xx Xxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000 (the “Company”), designated as its 6%
Secured Convertible Debenture, due December 28, 2008 (this debenture, the
“Debenture” and collectively with the other such series of debentures,
the “Debentures”).
FOR
VALUE
RECEIVED, the Company promises to pay to _______________ or its registered
assigns (the “Holder”), or shall have paid pursuant to the terms
hereunder, the principal sum of $__________ by December 28, 2008 or such later
date as may be determined under the terms of the “Amendment and Waiver
Agreement” defined below (the “Maturity Date”), or such earlier date
as this Debenture is required 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).
“Amendment
and Waiver Agreement” shall mean that agreement entered into as of December
6, 2007 by and among the “Company and each of the other parties set
forth on the signature page thereto, each of which are Holders of Debentures
of
like tenor hereto.
“Base
Conversion Price” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
5(b).
“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.
“Buy-In”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(d)(v).
“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 ownership of capital
stock of the Company, by contract or otherwise) of in excess of 40% 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 60% 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 60% of the aggregate
voting power of the acquiring entity immediately after the transaction, (iv)
a
replacement at one time or within a two 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 above in (i) through (iv).
“Cash
Sale Redemption Amount” shall equal the sum of (i) 100% of the principal
amount of this Debenture to be prepaid, plus all accrued and unpaid interest
thereon, (ii) the principal amount of this Debenture to be prepaid, plus all
other accrued and unpaid interest hereon, divided by the Conversion Price on
the
closing date of the applicable event multiplied by the “Effective Price”
(defined below), and (iii) all other amounts, costs, expenses and liquidated
damages due in respect of this Debenture. The “Effective Price” shall
be the cash consideration paid by the acquirer in such event (less the amount
set forth in clause (i) above) divided by the sum of; (x) the issued and
outstanding shares
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of
Common
Stock of the Company then outstanding and (y) the shares of Common Stock into
which the outstanding Debentures may be converted on the day immediately
preceding the record date fixed for determining the holders of shares of Common
Stock eligible to receive a distribution (or if no such date has been fixed,
the
date of the day immediately preceding the closing of the transaction) and (z)
the number of shares deemed issuable to the Warrant holders pursuant to the
mandatory redemption provisions in the Warrants which take effect upon sale
of
assets for cash consideration whether or not any Warrant holder shall have
elected to have their Warrants Redeemed; provided,
however, that the number of shares of Common Stock
issuable on conversion of the Debentures and issuable upon exercise of the
Warrants for this purpose shall be determined on a fully converted or exercised
basis and ignoring any conversion or exercise limitations therein).
“Common
Stock” means the common stock, par value $.0001 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.
“Conversion
Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(a).
“Conversion
Price” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(b).
“Conversion
Shares” means the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of this
Debenture or as payment of interest in accordance with the terms.
“Debenture
Register” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(c).
“Dilutive
Issuance” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(b).
“Dilutive
Issuance Notice” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
5(b).
“Effectiveness
Period” shall have the meaning given to such term in the Registration Rights
Agreement.
“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
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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 to
the Holder would not violate the limitations set forth in Section 4(c), (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 a period of 20 consecutive Trading Days prior to
the applicable date in question, the daily trading volume for the Common Stock
on the Trading Market exceeds 200,000 shares per Trading Day (subject to
adjustment for forward and reverse stock splits and the like) in the case of
a
Forced Conversion pursuant to Section 6.
“Event
of Default” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.
“Exchange
Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules
and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Forced
Conversion” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(b).
“Forced
Conversion Date” shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 6(b).
“Forced
Conversion Notice” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
6(b).
“Forced
Conversion Notice Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
6(b).
“Fundamental
Transaction” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(d).
“Interest
Conversion Rate” means 85% of the lesser of (i) the average of the VWAPs for
the 10 consecutive Trading Days ending on the Trading Day that is immediately
prior to the applicable Interest Payment Date or (ii) the average of the VWAPs
for the 10 consecutive Trading Days ending on the Trading Day that is
immediately prior to the date the applicable interest payment shares are issued
and delivered if after the Interest Payment Date.
“Interest
Notice Period” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
2(a).
“Interest
Payment Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a).
“Interest
Share Amount” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a).
“Late
Fees” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(d).
“Mandatory
Default Amount” shall equal the sum of (i) the greater of: (A)
130% 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
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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
average of the 15 VWAPs immediately prior to (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.
“New
York Courts” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9(d).
“Notice
of Conversion” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
4(a).
“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.
“Permitted
Indebtedness” shall mean (a) the Indebtedness existing on the Original Issue
Date and set forth on Schedule 3.1(aa) attached to the Purchase
Agreement, (b) lease obligations and purchase money Indebtedness of up to
$100,000, in the aggregate, incurred in connection with the acquisition of
capital assets and lease obligations with respect to newly acquired or leased
assets, (c) Indebtedness incurred pursuant to the Transaction Documents, (d)
unsecured accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course of business, (e)
indebtedness with respect to taxes, governmental changes or levies which are
being contested in good faith, provided that adequate reserves are maintained
on
the books of the Company or Subsidiaries, as the case may be, in accordance
with
GAAP and (f) additional Indebtedness incurred by the Company in connection
with
raising capital for the financing of its operations, acquisition of another
entity (by merger, consolidation, the acquisition of all or substantially of
the
assets of such entity or similar transaction), provided that such
Indebtedness does not mature or require payments of principal prior to the
Maturity Date and is subordinate in right of payment to the Indebtedness
evidenced by this Debenture.
“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 prior to the Original Issue
Date
as set forth on the Disclosure Schedules, (c) Liens granted in connection with
clauses (b) and (c) under Permitted Indebtedness (provided, in the case of
clause (b) such Liens are not secured by assets of the Company or its
Subsidiaries other than the assets so leased or acquired), and (d) 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
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proceedings,
which proceedings have the effect of preventing the forfeiture or sale of the
property or asset subject to such Lien.
“Person”
means a corporation, an association, a partnership, organization, a business,
an
individual, a government or political subdivision thereof or a governmental
agency.
“Purchase
Agreement” means the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of June 30,
2006 to which the Company and the original Holder are parties, as amended,
modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with its
terms.
“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.
“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.
“Securities
Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Subsidiary”
shall have the meaning given to such term in the Purchase
Agreement.
“Threshold
Period” shall have the meaning given to such term in Section
6(b).
“Trading
Day” means a day on which the Common Stock is traded on a Trading
Market.
“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 SmallCap
Market, the American Stock Exchange, the New York Stock Exchange, the
Nasdaq National Market or the OTC Bulletin Board.
“Transaction
Documents” shall have the meaning set forth in the Purchase
Agreement.
“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
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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 (c) 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.
“Warrants”
shall have the meaning set forth in the Purchase Agreement.
Section
2. Interest.
a) Payment
of Interest in Cash or Kind. The Company shall pay interest to the Holder on
the aggregate unconverted and then outstanding principal amount of this
Debenture at the rate of 6% per annum, payable semiannually on
January 1 and July 1, beginning on January 1, 2007 (provided that interest
due
on January 1, 2007, July 1, 2007 and January 1, 2008 upon principal outstanding
on such date shall be added to the principal outstanding and shall thereafter
bear interest at the rate set forth herein, and further provide that if the
Company raised at least $2 million of equity financing during the period
beginning on December 1, 2007 and ending March 3, 2008, on each Interest Payment
Date thereafter interest due on upon principal outstanding on such date shall
be
added to the principal outstanding and shall thereafter bear interest at the
rate set forth herein), upon a redemption event pursuant to Section 6(a) 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) (each such date,
an “Interest Payment Date”), in cash or duly authorized, fully paid and
non-assessable shares of Common Stock at the Interest Conversion Rate, or a
combination thereof (the amount to be paid in shares, the
“Interest Share Amount”); provided, however, payment in
shares of Common Stock may only occur if during the 20 Trading Days immediately
prior to the applicable Interest Payment Date (the “Interest
Notice Period”) and through and including the date such shares of Common
Stock are issued to the Holder all of the Equity Conditions, unless waived
by
the Holder in writing, have been met and the Company shall have given the Holder
notice in accordance with the notice requirements set forth below.
b) Company’s
Election to Pay Interest in Kind. Subject to the terms and
conditions herein, the decision whether to pay interest hereunder in shares
of
Common Stock or cash shall be at the sole discretion of the
Company. Prior to the commencement of an Interest Notice Period, the
Company shall provide the Holder with written notice of its election to pay
interest hereunder on the applicable Interest Payment Date either in cash,
shares of Common Stock or a combination thereof (the Company may indicate in
such notice that the election contained in such notice shall continue for later
periods until revised) and the Interest Share Amount as to the applicable
Interest Payment Date. During any Interest Notice Period, the
Company’s election (whether specific to an Interest Payment Date or continuous)
shall be irrevocable as to such Interest Payment Date. Subject to the
aforementioned conditions, failure to timely provide such written notice shall
be deemed an election by the Company to pay the interest on such Interest
Payment Date in cash. At any time the Company delivers a notice to
the Holder of its
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election
to pay the interest in shares of Common Stock, the Company shall file a
prospectus supplement pursuant to Rule 424 disclosing such
election.
c) 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. Payment
of interest in shares of Common Stock shall otherwise occur pursuant to Section
4(d)(ii) and only for purposes of the payment of interest in shares, the
Interest Payment Date shall be deemed the Conversion Date. 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
Register”). Except as otherwise provided herein, if at any time the Company
pays interest partially in cash and partially in shares of Common Stock to
the
holders of the Debentures, then such payment shall be distributed ratably among
the holders of the Debentures based on their (or their predecessor’s initial
purchases of Debentures pursuant to the Purchase Agreement.
d) 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 hereunder
through and including the date of payment. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained herein, if on any Interest Payment Date the Company has
elected to pay interest in Common Stock and is not able to pay accrued interest
in the form of Common Stock because it does not then satisfy the conditions
for
payment in the form of Common Stock set forth above, then, at the option of
the
Holder, the Company, in lieu of (and in full satisfaction of) delivering either
shares of Common Stock pursuant to this Section 2 or paying the regularly
scheduled cash interest payment, shall deliver, within three Trading Days of
each applicable Interest Payment Date, an amount in cash equal to the product
of
the number of shares of Common Stock otherwise deliverable to the Holder in
connection with the payment of interest due on such Interest Payment Date and
the highest VWAP during the period commencing on the Interest Payment Date
and
ending on the Trading Day prior to the date such payment is made.
e) 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.
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 for such registration of transfer or exchange.
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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.
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 to the
contrary.
Section
4.
Conversion.
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. Once delivered, the Notice of Conversion shall be
irrevocable, unless provided otherwise by the Company in its sole discretion
or
as provided in Section 4(d)(iii). 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 plus all accrued
and unpaid interest thereon has been so converted. Conversions hereunder shall
have the effect of lowering the outstanding principal amount of this 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.
b) Conversion
Price. The conversion price in effect on any Conversion Date
shall be equal to $0.85 (subject to adjustment herein)(the
“Conversion Price”).
c) Conversion
Limitations. The Company shall not effect any conversion of this Debenture,
and a Holder shall not have the right to convert any portion of this Debenture
to the extent that after giving effect to such conversion, such Holder (together
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with
such
Holder’s affiliates, and any other person or entity acting as a group together
with such Holder or any of such Holder’s affiliates), as set forth on the
applicable Notice of Conversion, 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
such 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 principal amount of this Debenture beneficially owned
by
such 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 such Holder or any of its affiliates. Except
as set forth in the preceding sentence, for purposes of this Section 4(c),
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 4(c) applies, the
determination of whether this Debenture is convertible (in relation to other
securities owned by such Holder together with any affiliates) and of which
amounts of this Debenture are convertible shall be in the sole discretion of
such Holder, and the submission of a Notice of Conversion shall be deemed to
be
such Holder’s determination of whether this Debenture may be converted (in
relation to other securities owned by such Holder) and which amounts of this
Debenture are convertible, in each case subject to such aggregate percentage
limitations. To ensure compliance with this restriction, each 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), in determining
the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock, a Holder may rely on the
number of outstanding shares of Common Stock as reflected in the most recent
of
the following: (A) the Company’s most recent Form 10-QSB or Form 10-KSB, as the
case may be, (B) a more recent public announcement by the Company or (C) 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 request of
a Holder, the Company shall within two Trading Days confirm in writing to such
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 such Holder or its affiliates since the date as
of
which such number of outstanding shares of Common Stock was reported. The
Company, in refraining from or taking actions under this Section 4(c), may
rely
solely upon filings made by the Holder under Section 13(d) of the Exchange
Act
or written representation of the Holder as to its beneficial
ownership. The “Beneficial Ownership Limitation” shall be 4.99% of
the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving
effect to the issuance of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of
this
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Debenture
held by the Holder. The Beneficial Ownership Limitation provisions of
this Section 4(c) may be waived by such Holder, at the election of such Holder,
upon not less than 61 days’ prior notice to the Company to change the Beneficial
Ownership Limitation to 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 Debenture held by the Holder, and the provisions
of this Section 4(c) shall continue to apply. Upon such a change by a
Holder of the Beneficial Ownership Limitation from such 4.99% limitation to
such
9.99% limitation, the Beneficial Ownership Limitation may not be waived by
such
Holder. 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 Beneficial Ownership Limitation herein contained
or to make changes or supplements necessary or desirable to properly give effect
to such limitation. The limitations contained in this paragraph shall apply
to a
successor holder of this Debenture.
d)
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i. 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.
i.
ii. 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 (including, if the
Company has given continuous notice pursuant to Section 2(b) for payment of
interest in shares of Common Stock at least 20 Trading Days prior to the date
on
which the Conversion Notice is delivered to the Company, shares of Common Stock
representing the payment of accrued interest otherwise determined pursuant
to
Section 2(a) but assuming that the Interest Payment Period is the 20 Trading
Days period immediately prior to the date on which the Conversion Notice is
delivered to the Company and (B) a bank check in the amount of accrued and
unpaid interest (to the extent the Company is paying to pay accrued interest
in
cash). The Company shall, if available and if allowed under applicable
securities laws, use its reasonable 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.
iii. 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
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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.
iv. 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 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, 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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v. 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 proof indicating the amounts payable
to
the Holder in respect of the Buy-In.
vi. 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 and payment of interest on this Debenture, 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 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 and payment of interest
hereunder. 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.
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vii. 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.
viii. 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.
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, including as interest thereon), (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.
b) Subsequent
Equity Sales.
i. If
the
Company or any Subsidiary thereof, as applicable, at any time while this
Debenture is outstanding, shall sell, grant any option to purchase, sell or
grant any right to reprice its securities, or otherwise dispose of or issue
any
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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
to have occurred for less than the Conversion Price on such date of the Dilutive
Issuance), then the Conversion Price shall be reduced to equal the Base
Conversion Price.
ii. The
Company or any Subsidiary there, 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
(or announce any offer, sale, grant or any option to purchase or other
disposition) any Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents entitling any Person
to acquire shares of Common Stock, at an effective price per share less than
the
VWAP on either the Trading Day immediately prior to the date agreements for
such
issuance are entered into or the date such issuance is consummated, whichever
results in a higher VWAP, but more than the then effective Conversion Price
(which is addressed in 5(b)(i) above) (such lower price, the “Market Base
Conversion Price” and such issuances collectively, a “Market 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 to have occurred for less than
the Conversion Price on such date of the Market Dilutive Issuance) then the
Conversion Price shall be reduced to a price determined by multiplying the
then
effective Conversion Price by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number
of shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Market
Dilutive Issuance plus the number of shares of Common Stock which the aggregate
offering price for such Market Dilutive Issuance would purchase at the then
Market Base 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 Market Dilutive Issuance plus the number of shares of Common Stock so issued
or issuable in connection with the Market Dilutive Issuance
iii. Such
adjustments under this Section 5(b) shall be made whenever such Common Stock
or
Common Stock Equivalents are issued. Notwithstanding
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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),
immediately after the occurrence of any Dilutive Issuance or Market Dilutive
Issuance, after the date of such Dilutive Issuance or Market Dilutive Issuance
the Holder is entitled to receive a number of Conversion Shares based upon
the
Base Conversion Price or the price determined pursuant to 5(b)(ii), as
applicable, regardless of whether the Holder accurately refers to the Base
Conversion Price or the price determined pursuant to 5(b)(ii) in the Notice
of
Conversion.
iv. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, no adjustment shall be made pursuant to this Section 5(b) for
an
Exempt Issuance (defined in the Purchase Agreement.
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.
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
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“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 entity in such Fundamental Transaction shall issue to 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.
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.
f) Notice
to the Holder.
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).
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
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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.
a) Redemption
at Election of Holder. If the Company shall agree to sell
substantially all of its assets in one or more transactions in which the
consideration consists solely of cash, cash equivalents, assumption of
indebtedness, or any combination thereof, the Holder shall have the right to
require the Company, by written notice to the Company, to redeem this
Debentures, in full and in cash, at the closing of such Change of Control
Transaction, Fundamental Transaction or sale of assets. The
aggregate amount payable upon such Change of Control Transaction, Fundamental
Transaction or sale of assets shall be equal to the Cash Sale Redemption
Amount. In the event that the Company fails to pay the Cash Sale
Redemption Amount on or prior to the applicable closing date, 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, until
the Cash Sale Redemption Amount is paid in full. Concurrently with
the payment in full of the Cash Sale Redemption Amount, the Holder shall
surrender this Debenture to or
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as
directed by the Company (or the successor company). The
Holder may elect to convert the outstanding principal amount of the Debenture
pursuant to Section 4 prior to actual payment in cash for the redemption under
this Section 6 by fax delivery of a Notice of Conversion to the
Company.
b). Forced
Conversion. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if
after the Effective Date, each of the VWAPs for any 20 consecutive Trading
Days
(such period commencing only after the Effective Date, such period the
“Threshold Period”) exceeds 400% of the then effective Conversion Price,
the Company may, within 1 Trading Day of the end of any such period, deliver
a
notice to the Holder (a “Forced Conversion Notice” and the date such
notice is received by the Holder, the “Forced Conversion Notice Date”) to
cause the Holder to convert, at the Company’s sole discretion, all or part of
the then outstanding principal amount of Debentures pursuant to Section 4,
it
being understood that the “Conversion Date” for purposes of Section 4 shall be
deemed to occur on the thirtieth Trading Day following the Forced Conversion
Notice Date (such thirtieth Trading Day being referred to as the “Forced
Conversion Date”). The Company may not deliver a Forced
Conversion Notice, and any Forced Conversion Notice delivered by the Corporation
shall not be effective, unless all of the Equity Conditions are met on each
Trading Day occurring during the 10 Trading Days immediately prior to the
applicable Threshold Period, during the applicable Threshold Period and from
the
end of the Threshold Period through and including the later of the Forced
Conversion Date and 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. 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 without the prior
written consent of the holders of at least 60% of the principal amount of
Debentures and Prior Debentures then outstanding:
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;
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
deminimis number of shares of Common Stock or Common Stock
Equivalents other than (i) as to the Conversion Shares to the extent permitted
or required under the Transaction Documents, (ii) as otherwise permitted by
the
Transaction Documents or (iii) shares of Common Stock held by former employees
of the Company which the Company is entitled to repurchased from such employees
pursuant to the contractual rights relating to their termination of employment
but not to exceed $50,000 in any 12 month period;
e) enter
into any agreement with respect to any of the foregoing;
f) pay
cash
dividends or distributions on any equity securities of the Company;
or
g) enter
into any Fundamental Transaction or Change of Control Transaction without the
consent of the Holders of 60% of the outstanding principal amount of the
Debentures, Except with respect to a sale of assets of the Company pursuant
to
which the Company is required to (i) redeem all outstanding Debentures under
Section 6(a) hereof and (ii) redeem all the Warrants pursuant to Section 1(f)
therof.
Section
8. Events of
Default.
a) “Event
of Default”, wherever used herein, means any one of the following events
(whatever the reason and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or
effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of
any
court, or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental
body):
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 is not cured within 3 Trading Days after written notice from the
Holder;
ii. the
Company shall materially 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)
10
Trading Days after notice of such default sent by the Holder or by any other
Holder and (B)15 Trading Days after the Company shall become or should have
become aware of such failure;
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
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agreement,
lease, document or instrument to which the Company or any Subsidiary is
bound;
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 shall be
untrue or incorrect in any material respect as of the date when made or deemed
made;
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 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, in a court of competent jurisdiction, 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 in writing 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;
vi. the
Company or any Subsidiary shall default in any of its obligations (other than
under any of the Transaction Documents) 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 $150,000, 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
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become
due and payable, and all applicable cure periods with respect thereto shall
have
expired;
vii. the
Common Stock shall not be eligible for quotation on or quoted for trading on
a
Trading Market for at least five consecutive Trading Days (other than as a
result of events that affect the Trading Market in general);
viii. the
Company shall redeem or repurchase more than a deminimis 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 that such repurchases shall not exceed $200,000, in the
aggregate, for all officers, directors and employees during any 12 month
period);
ix. the
Company shall fail for any reason to deliver certificates to or as directed
by a
Holder by the seventh Trading Day after a Conversion Date or any Forced
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
x. any
monetary judgment, writ or similar final process shall be entered or filed
against the Company, any Subsidiary or any of their respective property or
other
assets for than $100,000, and shall remain unvacated, unbonded or unstayed
for a
period of 45 calendar days.
i.
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. 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. Concurrently with the payment in full of the Mandatory Default
Amount the Holder shall 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 election 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.
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Section
9.
Miscellaneous.
a) Notices. Any
and all notices or other communications or deliveries to be provided by the
Holder hereunder, including, without limitation, any Notice of Conversion,
shall
be in writing and delivered 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:
CEO 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.
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
paripassu with all other Debentures now or hereafter issued under
the terms set forth herein.
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.
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
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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.
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.
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
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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.
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.
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.
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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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.
ARKADOS GROUP, INC. | |||
By:
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/s/ | ||
Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxx-Xxxxx | |||
Title: Chief Financial Officer | |||
Dated: _______________ |
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ANNEX
A
NOTICE
OF CONVERSION
The
undersigned hereby elects to
convert principal under the 6% Secured Convertible Debenture of Arkados Group,
Inc. (formerly XXXXxx.Xxx, Inc.), a Delaware corporation (the “Company”),
due on December 28 , 2008 into shares of common stock, par value $.0001 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:
Date
to
Effect Conversion:
Principal
Amount of Debenture to be Converted:
Payment
of Interest in Common Stock __ yes __ no
If
yes,
$_____ of Interest Accrued on Account of Conversion at Issue.
Number
of
shares of Common Stock to be issued:
Signature:
Name:
Address:
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Schedule
1
CONVERSION
SCHEDULE
The
6%
Secured Convertible Debentures due on December 28, 2008 in the aggregate
principal amount of $________ issued by Arkados Group, Inc. (formerly
XXXXxx.xxx, Inc.) 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
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Aggregate
Principal Amount Remaining Subsequent to Conversion
(or
original Principal Amount)
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Company
Attest
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