12% CONVERTIBLE NOTE DUE APRIL ___, 2009
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 REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE
TO THE COMPANY 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: April ___, 2007
Original
Conversion Price (subject to adjustment herein): $1.00
$_______________
12%
CONVERTIBLE NOTE
DUE
APRIL ___, 2009
THIS
NOTE
is one of a series of duly authorized and issued 12% Convertible Notes of
Vistula Communications Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation, having a
principal place of business at 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx
Xxxx
00000 (the “Company”),
designated as its 12% Convertible Note, due April __, 2009 (the “Note(s)”).
FOR
VALUE
RECEIVED, the Company promises to pay to ________________________ or its
registered assigns (the “Holder”),
the
principal sum of $_______________ on April __, 2009 (the “Maturity
Date”)
or
such earlier date as the Notes are 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 Note in accordance
with the provisions hereof. This Note is subject to the following additional
provisions:
Section
1. Definitions.
For the
purposes hereof, in addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Note:
(a)
capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings given to
such
terms in the Purchase Agreement, and (b) the following terms shall have the
following meanings:
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“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 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 50% 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 50% 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 above in (i)
or
(iv).
“Common
Stock”
means
the common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company and stock of
any
other class into which such shares may hereafter have been reclassified or
changed.
“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 Notes.
“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).
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“Effectiveness
Period”
shall
have the meaning given to such term in the Registration Rights Agreement.
“Equity
Conditions”
means,
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 Notices of Conversion of the
Holder,
if any, (ii) the Company shall have paid all liquidated damages and other
amounts owing to the Holder in respect of this Note, (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, but in no event less than 30 days following the date
in
question), (iv) the Common Stock is trading on a Trading Market and all of
the
shares issuable pursuant to the Transaction Documents are listed or quoted
for
trading on such Trading Market (and the Company believes, in good faith,
that
trading of the Common Stock on a Trading Market will continue uninterrupted
for
the foreseeable future, but in no event less than 30 days following the date
in
question), (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 no existing
Event of Default or no existing 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 an Optional Redemption, the shares
issuable upon conversion in full of the Optional Redemption Amount, to the
Holder would not violate the limitations set forth in Section 4(c) herein,
(viii)
there has been no public announcement of a pending or proposed Fundamental
Transaction or Change of Control Transaction that has not been consummated,
(ix)
the Holder is not in possession of any information provided by the Company
that
constitutes, or may constitute, material nonpublic information and (x) for
each
Trading Day in a period of 20 consecutive Trading Days prior to the applicable
date in question, the daily trading volume for the Common Stock on the principal
Trading Market exceeds 100,000 shares (subject to adjustment for forward
and
reverse stock splits and the like) per Trading Day.
“Event
of Default”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 8.
“Exchange
Act”
means
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“Forced
Conversion”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 6(c).
“Forced
Conversion Date”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 6(c).
“Forced
Conversion Notice”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 6(c).
“Forced
Conversion Notice Date”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 6(c).
“Fundamental
Transaction”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 5(e).
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“Interest
Payment Date”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a).
“Late
Fees”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 2(d).
“Mandatory
Prepayment Amount”
for
any
Notes shall equal the sum of (i) the greater of: (A) 130% of the outstanding
principal amount of Notes to be prepaid, plus all accrued and unpaid interest
thereon, or (B) the principal amount of Notes to be prepaid, plus all other
accrued and unpaid interest hereon, divided by the Conversion Price on (x)
the
date the Mandatory Prepayment Amount is demanded or otherwise due or (y)
the
date the Mandatory Prepayment Amount is paid in full, whichever is less,
multiplied by the VWAP on (x) the date the Mandatory Prepayment Amount is
demanded or otherwise due or (y) the date the Mandatory Prepayment Amount
is
paid in full, whichever is greater, and (ii) all other amounts, costs, expenses
and liquidated damages due in respect of such Notes.
“New
York Courts”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 9(d).
“Note
Register”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 2(c).
“Notice
of Conversion”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 4(a).
“Optional
Redemption”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 6(a).
“Optional
Redemption Amount”
means
the sum of (i) 150% of the then outstanding principal amount of the Note,
(ii)
accrued but unpaid interest and (iii) all liquidated damages and other amounts
due in respect of the Note.
“Optional
Redemption Date”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 6(a).
“Optional
Redemption Notice”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 6(a).
“Optional
Redemption Notice Date”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 6(a).
“Permitted
Indebtedness”
means (a) the
Indebtedness existing on the Original Issue Date and set forth on Schedule
3.1(ii)
attached
to the Purchase Agreement, (b) lease obligations and purchase money indebtedness
of up to $200,000, 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 that (i) is expressly subordinate to the Notes
pursuant to a written subordination agreement with the Purchasers that is
acceptable to each Purchaser in its sole and absolute discretion and (ii)
matures at a date later than the Maturity Date.
“Permitted
Lien”
means
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 the Company’s business, such as carriers’, warehousemen’s and
mechanics’ Liens, statutory landlords’ Liens, and other similar Liens arising in
the ordinary course of the Company’s business, and which (x) 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) are being contested in good
faith by appropriate proceedings, which proceedings have the effect of
preventing for the foreseeable future the forfeiture or sale of the property
or
asset subject to such Lien; (c) Liens incurred in connection with Permitted
Indebtedness under clause (a) thereunder; and (d) Liens incurred in connection
with Permitted Indebtedness under clause (b) thereunder, provided that 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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“Original
Issue Date”
shall
mean the date of the first issuance of the Notes regardless of the number
of
transfers of any Note and regardless of the number of instruments which may
be
issued to evidence such Note.
“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 April __, 2007 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, Warrant Shares and Bonus Shares and naming the Holder as a “selling
stockholder” thereunder.
“Securities
Act”
means
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“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(c).
“Trading
Day”
means
a
day on which the Trading Market is open for business.
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“Trading
Market”
means,
as applicable, the following markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock
is
listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: the American Stock
Exchange, the New York Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq
Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select 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 for trading as reported by Bloomberg L.P. (based on
a
Trading Day from 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) to 4:02 p.m. (New York City
time); (b) if the Common Stock is not then quoted for trading on the Trading
Market and if prices for the Common Stock are then reported in the “Pink Sheets”
published by 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.
Section
2. Interest.
a) Payment
of Interest in Cash.
The
Company shall pay interest to the Holder on the aggregate unconverted and
then
outstanding principal amount of this Note at the rate of 12% per annum, payable
quarterly on March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31, in arrears,
beginning on September 30, 2007 and on each Conversion Date (solely as to
that
principal amount then being converted) 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.
b) [INTENTIONALLY
DELETED].
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 or conversion of this Note in full, together with all accrued
and
unpaid interest and other amounts which may become due hereunder, has been
made.
Interest hereunder will be paid to the Person in whose name this Note is
registered on the records of the Company regarding registration and transfers
of
Notes (the “Note
Register”).
d) Late
Fee.
All
overdue accrued and unpaid interest to be paid hereunder shall entail a late
fee
at the rate of 15% 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.
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e) Prepayment.
Except
as otherwise set forth in this Note, the Company may not prepay any portion
of
the principal amount of this Note without the prior written consent of the
Holder.
Section
3. Registration
of Transfers and Exchanges.
a) Different
Denominations.
This
Note is exchangeable for an equal aggregate principal amount of Notes of
different authorized denominations, as requested by the Holder surrendering
the
same. No service charge will be made for such registration of transfer or
exchange.
b) Investment
Representations.
This
Note has been issued subject to certain investment representations of the
original Holder set forth in the Purchase Agreement and may be transferred
or
exchanged only in compliance with the Purchase Agreement and applicable federal
and state securities laws and regulations.
c) Reliance
on Note Register.
Prior
to due presentment to the Company for transfer of this Note, the Company
and any
agent of the Company may treat the Person in whose name this Note is duly
registered on the Note Register as the owner hereof for the purpose of receiving
payment as herein provided and for all other purposes, whether or not this
Note
is overdue, and neither the Company nor any such agent shall be affected
by
notice to the contrary.
Section
4. Conversion.
a) Voluntary
Conversion.
At any
time after the Original Issue Date until this Note is no longer outstanding,
this Note 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 Notes 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 Notes to the Company unless the entire principal amount of this
Note
has been so converted. Conversions hereunder shall have the effect of lowering
the outstanding principal amount of this Note in an amount equal to the
applicable conversion. The Holder and the Company shall maintain records
showing
the principal amount converted and the date of such conversions. The Company
shall deliver any objection to any Notice of Conversion 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 Note, acknowledge
and
agree that, by reason of the provisions of this paragraph, following conversion
of a portion of this Note, the unpaid and unconverted principal amount of
this
Note may be less than the amount stated on the face hereof.
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b) Conversion
Price.
The
conversion price in effect on any Conversion Date shall be equal to $1.00
(subject
to adjustment herein)(the “Conversion
Price”).
c) Conversion
Limitations.
The
Company shall not effect any conversion of this Note, and a Holder shall
not
have the right to convert any portion of this Note, to the extent that after
giving effect to the conversion set forth on the applicable Notice of
Conversion, such Holder (together 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) 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 Note with respect to which such determination is
being
made, but shall exclude the number of shares of Common Stock which are issuable
upon (A) conversion of the remaining, unconverted principal amount of this
Note
beneficially owned by such Holder or any of its Affiliates and (B) exercise
or
conversion of the unexercised or unconverted portion of any other securities
of
the Company subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to
the
limitation contained herein (including, without limitation, any other Notes
or
the Warrants) beneficially owned by 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 Note is convertible (in relation to other
securities owned by the Holder together with any Affiliates) and of which
principal amount of this Note is convertible shall be in the sole discretion
of
the Holder, and the submission of a Notice of Conversion shall be deemed
to be
the Holder’s determination of whether this Note may be converted (in relation to
other securities owned by such Holder together with any Affiliates) and which
principal amount of this Note is convertible, in each case subject to the
Beneficial Ownership Limitation. To ensure compliance with this restriction,
the
Holder will be deemed to represent to the Company each time it delivers a
Notice
of Conversion that such Notice of Conversion has not violated the restrictions
set forth in this paragraph and 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, the Holder may rely on the number of outstanding shares
of
Common Stock as stated 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) a more recent 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 a Holder, the
Company shall within two Trading Days confirm orally and 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 Note, by such Holder or its Affiliates since the date as of
which
such number of outstanding shares of Common Stock was reported. The
“Beneficial
Ownership Limitation”
shall
be 4.99% or 9.99% per instructions of Holder on signature page to Purchase
Agreement of the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding immediately
after giving effect to the issuance of shares of Common Stock issuable upon
conversion of this Note held by the Holder. The 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 Note 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 further
waived
by such Holder. The provisions of this paragraph shall be construed and
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
Note.
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d) Mechanics
of Conversion
i. Conversion
Shares Issuable Upon Conversion of Principal Amount.
The
number of Conversion Shares issuable upon a conversion hereunder shall be
determined by the quotient obtained by dividing (x) the outstanding principal
amount of this Note to be converted by (y) the Conversion Price.
ii. Delivery
of Certificate Upon Conversion.
Not
later than three Trading Days after any Conversion Date, the Company will
deliver 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 Conversion Shares being acquired upon the conversion of Notes and (B)
a bank
check 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 Company
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 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
Notes
tendered for conversion.
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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
Note in accordance with the terms hereof are absolute and unconditional,
irrespective of any action or inaction by the Holder to enforce the same,
any
waiver or consent with respect to any provision hereof, the recovery of any
judgment against any Person or any action to enforce the same, or any setoff,
counterclaim, recoupment, limitation or termination, or any breach or alleged
breach by the Holder or any other Person of any obligation to the Company
or any
violation or alleged violation of law by the Holder or any other person,
and
irrespective of any other circumstance which might otherwise limit such
obligation of the Company to the Holder in connection with the issuance of
such
Conversion Shares; provided,
however,
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 a Holder of this Note shall
elect to convert any or all of the outstanding principal amount hereof, the
Company may not refuse conversion based on any claim that the Holder or any
one
associated or affiliated with the Holder of 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 Note
shall have been sought and obtained and the Company posts a surety bond for
the
benefit of the Holder in the amount of 150% of the principal amount of this
Note
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
Holders 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), or the Holder’s brokerage
firm otherwise purchases, shares of 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 Notes in
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 Notes 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.
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 the Notes free from preemptive rights or any
other
actual contingent purchase rights of persons other than the Holders, not
less
than such number of shares of the Common Stock as shall (subject to any
additional requirements of the Company as to reservation of such shares 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 the Notes. 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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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
the
Notes shall be made without charge to the Holders thereof 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 such Notes 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 Note is outstanding: (A) pays a stock dividend
or otherwise makes a distribution or distributions payable in shares of Common
Stock on shares of Common Stock or any Common Stock Equivalents (which, for
avoidance of doubt, shall not include any shares of Common Stock issued by
the
Company upon conversion of the Notes); (B) subdivides outstanding shares
of
Common Stock into a larger number of shares; (C) combines (including by way
of a
reverse stock split) outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number
of
shares; or (D) issues, in the event of a reclassification of shares of the
Common Stock, any shares of capital stock of the Company, then the Conversion
Price shall be multiplied by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the
number of shares of Common Stock (excluding any treasury shares of the Company)
outstanding immediately before such event and of which the denominator shall
be
the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event.
Any adjustment made pursuant to this Section shall become effective immediately
after the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive
such dividend or distribution and shall become effective immediately after
the
effective date in the case of a subdivision, combination or
re-classification.
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b) Subsequent
Equity Sales.
If, at
any time while this Note is outstanding, the Company or any Subsidiary, as
applicable, sells or grants any option to purchase or sells or grants any
right
to reprice, or otherwise disposes of or issues (or announces any 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 that is lower than the then Conversion Price (such
lower price, the “Base
Conversion Price”
and
such issuances, collectively, a “Dilutive
Issuance”)
(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 are issued in connection with
such
issuance, be entitled to receive shares of Common Stock at an effective price
per share that is lower 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. 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.
If the
Company enters into a Variable Rate Transaction, despite the prohibition
set
forth in the Purchase Agreement, the Company shall be deemed to have issued
Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents at the lowest possible conversion
price
at which such securities may be converted or exercised. The Company shall
notify
the Holder in writing, no later than 1 Business Day following the issuance
of
any Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents subject to this Section 5(b),
indicating therein the applicable issuance price, or 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, the Holder is entitled to receive a number of Conversion
Shares based upon the Base Conversion Price on or after the date of such
Dilutive Issuance, regardless of whether the Holder accurately refers to
the
Base Conversion Price in the Notice of Conversion.
c) Subsequent
Rights Offerings.
If the
Company, at any time while the Debenture is outstanding, shall issue rights,
options or warrants to all holders of Common Stock (and not to Holders)
entitling them to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock at a price
per share that is lower than the VWAP on the record date referenced below,
then
the Conversion Price shall be multiplied by a fraction of which the denominator
shall be the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding on the date
of
issuance of such rights or warrants plus the number of additional shares
of
Common Stock offered for subscription or purchase, and of which the numerator
shall be the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding on the date
of
issuance of such rights or warrants plus the number of shares which the
aggregate offering price of the total number of shares so offered (assuming
delivery to the Company in full of all consideration payable upon exercise
of
such rights, options or warrants) would purchase at such VWAP. Such adjustment
shall be made whenever such rights or warrants are issued, and shall become
effective immediately after the record date for the determination of
stockholders entitled to receive such rights, options or warrants.
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d) Pro
Rata Distributions.
If the
Company, at any time while Notes are outstanding, shall distribute to all
holders of Common Stock (and not to Holders) evidences of its indebtedness
or
assets or rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any security, then
in
each such case the Conversion Price shall be determined 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 Holders 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.
e) Fundamental
Transaction.
If, at
any time while this Note is outstanding, (A) the Company effects any merger
or
consolidation of the Company with or into another Person, (B) the Company
effects any sale of all or substantially all of its assets in one transaction
or
a series of related transactions, (C) any tender offer or exchange offer
(whether by the Company or another Person) is completed pursuant to which
holders of Common Stock are permitted to tender or exchange their shares
for
other securities, cash or property, or (D) the Company effects any
reclassification of the Common Stock or any compulsory share exchange pursuant
to which the Common Stock is effectively converted into or exchanged for
other
securities, cash or property (in any such case, a “Fundamental
Transaction”),
then,
upon any subsequent conversion of this Note, the Holder shall have the right
to
receive, for each 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
1
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 1 share of Common
Stock
in such Fundamental Transaction, and the Company shall apportion the Conversion
Price among the Alternate Consideration in a reasonable manner reflecting
the
relative value of any different components of the Alternate Consideration.
If
holders of Common Stock are given any choice as to the securities, cash or
property to be received in a Fundamental Transaction, then the Holder shall
be
given the same choice as to the Alternate Consideration it receives upon
any
conversion of this Note following such Fundamental Transaction. To the extent
necessary to effectuate the foregoing provisions, any successor to the Company
or surviving entity in such Fundamental Transaction shall issue to the Holder
a
new note consistent with the foregoing provisions and evidencing the Holder’s
right to convert such note into Alternate Consideration. The 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 Section 5(e) and insuring that this Note (or any such
replacement security) will be similarly adjusted upon any subsequent transaction
analogous to a Fundamental Transaction.
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f) 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.
g) Notice
to Holders.
i. Adjustment
to Conversion Price.
Whenever the Conversion Price is adjusted pursuant to any of this Section
5, the
Company shall promptly mail to each Holder a notice setting forth the Conversion
Price after such adjustment and setting forth a brief statement of the facts
requiring such adjustment.
ii. Notice
to Allow Conversion by Xxxxxx.
If (A)
the Company shall declare a dividend (or any other distribution) on the Common
Stock; (B) the Company shall declare a special nonrecurring cash dividend
on or
a redemption of the Common Stock; (C) the Company shall authorize the granting
to all holders of the Common Stock rights or warrants to subscribe for or
purchase any shares of capital stock of any class or of any rights; (D) the
approval of any stockholders of the Company shall be required in connection
with
any reclassification of the Common Stock, any consolidation or merger to
which
the Company is a party, any sale or transfer of all or substantially all
of the
assets of the Company, of any compulsory share exchange whereby the Common
Stock
is converted into other securities, cash or property; (E) the
Company shall authorize the voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation
or
winding up of the affairs of the Company; then, in each case, the Company
shall
cause to be filed at each office or agency maintained for the purpose of
conversion of the Notes, and shall cause to be mailed
to
the Holders at their last addresses as they 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. Holders are entitled to convert Notes during the 20-day period
commencing the date of such notice to the effective date of the event triggering
such notice.
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iii. Re-Adjustment
of Conversion Price.
If the
Conversion Price has been adjusted based on the issuance of a right, option,
warrant and/or Common Stock Equivalent and all of such right, option, warrant
and/or Common Stock Equivalent expires pursuant to its own terms before it
is
exercised, exchanged and/or converted, an upward adjustment will be made
such
that the Conversion Price will no longer reflect the issuance of such right,
option, warrant and/or Common Stock Equivalent; provided,
however,
that
the Holder is provided at least 20 days’ prior written notice of such adjustment
before it is deemed effective.
Section
6.
a) Optional
Redemption at Election of Company.
Subject
to the provisions of this Section 6, at any time after the 12-month anniversary
of the Original Issue Date, the Company may deliver a notice to the Holder
(an
“Optional
Redemption Notice”
and
the
date such notice is deemed delivered hereunder, the “Optional
Redemption Notice Date”)
of its
irrevocable election to redeem some or all of the then outstanding principal
amount of this Note for cash in an amount equal to the Optional Redemption
Amount on the 10th
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 payable in full on the Optional Redemption
Date.
The Company may only effect an Optional Redemption if each of the Equity
Conditions shall have been met on each Trading Day during the period commencing
on the Optional Redemption Notice Date through to the Optional Redemption
Date
and
through and including the date payment of the Optional Redemption Amount
is
actually made in full.
If any
of the Equity Conditions shall cease to be satisfied at any time during the
10
Trading Day period, then the Holder may elect to nullify the Optional Redemption
Notice by notice to the Company within 3 Trading Days after the first day
on
which any such Equity Condition has not been met (provided that if, by a
provision of the Transaction Documents, the Company is obligated to notify
the
Holder of the non-existence of an Equity Condition, such notice period shall
be
extended to the third Trading Day after proper notice from the Company) in
which
case the Optional Redemption Notice shall be null and void, ab initio.
The
Company covenants and agrees that it will honor all Notices of Conversion
tendered from the time of delivery of the Optional Redemption Notice through
the
date all amounts owing thereon are due and paid in full.
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b) Redemption
Procedure.
The
payment of cash or issuance of Common Stock, as applicable, pursuant to an
Optional Redemption shall be payable 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 15% 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 Notes.
The
Holder may elect to convert the outstanding principal amount of the Note
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.
c) Forced
Conversion.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if after the earlier of
the
Effective Date and the date on which the Conversion Shares are eligible for
sale
without restriction pursuant to Rule 144(k), the VWAP for each of any 20
consecutive Trading Days, which period shall have commenced only after the
Effective Date (such period the “Threshold
Period”),
exceeds $2.50 (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 Note plus, if so specified in the Forced Conversion Notice, accrued
but
unpaid interest, liquidated damages and other amounts owing to the Holder
under
this Note, it being agreed that the “Conversion Date” for purposes of Section 4
shall be deemed to occur on the 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 on each Trading Day occurring during the applicable Threshold
Period through and including the later of the Forced Conversion Date and
the
Trading Day after the date such Conversion Shares pursuant to such conversion
are delivered to the Holder. Any Forced Conversion shall be applied ratably
to
all Holders based on their initial purchases of Notes pursuant to the Purchase
Agreement, provided that any voluntary conversions by a Holder shall be applied
against such Holder’s pro rata allocation, thereby decreasing the aggregate
amount forcibly converted hereunder if only a portion of this Note is forcibly
converted. For purposes of clarification, a Forced Conversion shall be subject
to all of the provisions of Section 4, including, without limitation, the
provision requiring payment of liquidated damages and limitations on
conversions.
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Section
7. Negative
Covenants.
As long
as any portion of this Note remains outstanding, unless the holders of at
least
75% in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes shall have otherwise
given
prior written consent, the Company shall not, and shall not permit any of
its
subsidiaries (whether or not a Subsidiary on the Original Issue Date) to,
directly or indirectly:
a) other
than Permitted Indebtedness, enter into, create, incur, assume, guarantee
or
suffer to exist any indebtedness for borrowed money of any kind, including
but
not limited to, a guarantee, on or with respect to any of its property or
assets
now owned or hereafter acquired or any interest therein or any income or
profits
therefrom;
b) other
than Permitted Liens, enter into, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist
any
Liens of any kind, on or with respect to any of its property or assets now
owned
or hereafter acquired or any interest therein or any income or profits
therefrom;
c) amend
its
charter documents, including, without limitation, its certificate of
incorporation and bylaws, in any manner that materially and adversely affects
any rights of the Holder;
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
(a)
the Conversion Shares or Warrant Shares as permitted or required under the
Transaction Documents and (b) repurchases of Common Stock or Common Stock
Equivalents of departing officers and directors of the Company, provided
that
such repurchases shall not exceed an aggregate of $100,000 for all officers
and
directors during the term of this Note;
e) pay
cash
dividends or distributions on any equity securities of the Company (except
that,
to the extent that Debentures or the Notes are considered equity securities,
the
Company shall be able to pay dividends on the Debentures and
Notes);
f) enter
into any transaction with any Affiliate of the Company which would be required
to be disclosed in any public filing with the Commission, unless such
transaction is made on an arm’s-length basis and expressly approved by a
majority of the disinterested directors of the Company (even if less than
a
quorum otherwise required for board approval); or
g) enter
into any agreement with respect to any of the foregoing.
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):
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i. any
default in the payment of (A) the principal amount of any Note, or (B) interest
(including Late Fees) on, or liquidated damages in respect of, any Note,
in each
case free of any claim of subordination, as and when the same shall become
due
and payable (whether on a Conversion Date or the Maturity Date or by
acceleration or otherwise) which default, solely in the case of an interest
payment or other default under clause (B) above, is not cured, within 3 Trading
Days of written notice of such default sent by the Holder;
ii. the
Company shall intentionally fail to observe or perform any other covenant
or
agreement contained in this Note (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;
iii. a
material default or material event of default (subject in either case to
any
grace or cure period provided for in the applicable agreement, document or
instrument) shall occur under (A) any of the Transaction Documents other
than
the Notes, or (B) any other material 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 by the Company to the Holder or any other holder of Notes 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, or there shall be commenced
against the Company or any such Subsidiary, 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 against the Company or any Subsidiary
thereof
any such bankruptcy, insolvency or other proceeding 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 $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 become
due and payable;
vii. 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 Note);
viii. a
Registration Statement shall not have been declared effective by the Commission
on or prior to the 150th calendar
day after the Closing Date;
ix. the
Common Stock shall not be eligible for listing or quotation for trading on
a
Trading Market and shall not be eligible to resume listing or quotation for
trading thereon within twenty (20) Trading Days;
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 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 20 consecutive Trading Days during
any
12 month period relating to such an event; and provided
further;
that in
the event the Registration Statement is declared effective prior to the date
on
which the Company files its Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended December
31,
2006 with the Commission, it shall not be an Event of Default hereunder if
the
effectiveness of such Registration Statement is suspended for up to 60 days
while the Commission reviews the post-effective amendment to the Registration
Statement required in connection therewith as provided in the Registration
Rights Agreement (and the Trading Days during which the Registration Statement
is so suspended shall not count towards the number of Trading Days during
which
the Registration Statement is not effective for the purposes of this Section
8(a)(ix);
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xi. the
Company shall fail for any reason to deliver certificates to a Holder prior
to
the fifth 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 Notes in accordance with the terms
hereof;
xii. 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 more than $100,000, and such judgment, writ or similar final process
shall remain unvacated, unbonded or unstayed for a period of 45 calendar
days;
or
xiii. the
failure to deliver the Bonus Shares to a Holder prior to the fifteenth
(15th)
Trading
Day after the Closing Date.
b) Remedies
Upon Event of Default.
If any
Event of Default occurs, the full principal amount of this Note, together
with
interest and other amounts owing in respect thereof, to the date of acceleration
shall become, at the Holder’s election, immediately due and payable in cash. The
aggregate amount payable upon an Event of Default shall be equal to the
Mandatory Prepayment Amount. Commencing 5 days after the occurrence of any
Event
of Default that results in the eventual acceleration of this Note, the interest
rate on this Note shall accrue at the rate of 18% per annum, or such lower
maximum amount of interest permitted to be charged under applicable law.
All
Notes for which the full Mandatory Prepayment Amount hereunder shall have
been
paid in accordance herewith shall promptly be surrendered to or as directed
by
the Company. The Holder need not provide and the Company hereby waives any
presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, and the Holder
may
immediately and without expiration of any grace period enforce any and all
of
its rights and remedies hereunder and all other remedies available to it
under
applicable law. Such declaration may be rescinded and annulled by Xxxxxx
at any
time prior to payment hereunder and the Holder shall have all rights as a
Note
holder until such time, if any, as the full payment under this Section shall
have been received by it. No such rescission or annulment shall affect any
subsequent Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon.
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Section
9. Miscellaneous.
a) Notices.
Any and
all notices or other communications or deliveries to be provided by the Holders
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:
Chief Executive Officer, with a copy to Xxxxx Xxxxxx at c/x Xxxxxx &
Associates, 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000, facsimile number
or
such
other address or facsimile number as the Company may specify for such purposes
by notice to the Holders 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 Note 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 Note at the
time, place, and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed. This
Note
is a direct debt obligation of the Company. This Note ranks pari passu
with all
other Notes now or hereafter issued under the terms set forth
herein.
c) Lost
or Mutilated Note.
If this
Note shall be mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Company shall execute
and deliver, in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation of a
mutilated Note, or in lieu of or in substitution for a lost, stolen or destroyed
Note, a new Note for the principal amount of this Note so mutilated, lost,
stolen or destroyed but only upon receipt of evidence of such loss, theft
or
destruction of such Note, and of the ownership hereof, and indemnity, if
requested, all reasonably satisfactory to the Company.
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d) Governing
Law.
All
questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation
of this Note 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 Note 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 Note or the
transactions contemplated hereby. If either party shall commence an action
or
proceeding to enforce any provisions of this Note, 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
Note
shall not operate as or be construed to be a waiver of any other breach of
such
provision or of any breach of any other provision of this Note. The failure
of
the Company or the Holder to insist upon strict adherence to any term of
this
Note on one or more occasions shall not be considered a waiver or deprive
that
party of the right thereafter to insist upon strict adherence to that term
or
any other term of this Note. Any waiver must be in writing.
f) Severability.
If any
provision of this Note is invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the balance
of this
Note shall remain in effect, and if any provision is inapplicable to any
Person
or circumstance, it shall nevertheless remain applicable to all other Persons
and circumstances. If it shall be found that any interest or other amount
deemed
interest due hereunder violates applicable laws governing usury, the applicable
rate of interest due hereunder shall automatically be lowered to equal the
maximum permitted rate of interest. The Company covenants (to the extent
that it
may lawfully do so) that it shall not at any time insist upon, plead, or
in any
manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay, extension
or usury law or other law which would prohibit or forgive the Company from
paying all or any portion of the principal of or interest on this Note as
contemplated herein, wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force,
or
which may affect the covenants or the performance of this indenture, and
the
Company (to the extent it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all
benefits or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it will not, by
resort
to any such law, hinder, delay or impeded the execution of any power herein
granted to the Holder, but will suffer and permit the execution of every
such as
though no such law has been enacted.
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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.
h) Headings.
The
headings contained herein are for convenience only, do not constitute a part
of
this Note and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions
hereof.
i) Assumption.
Any successor to the Company or any surviving entity in a Fundamental
Transaction shall (i) assume, prior to such Fundamental Transaction, all
of the
obligations of the Company under this Note 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) and (ii) issue
to the
Holder a new note of such successor entity evidenced by a written instrument
substantially similar in form and substance to this Note, including, without
limitation, having a principal amount and interest rate equal to the principal
amount and the interest rate of this Note and having similar ranking to this
Note, which shall be 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 Note.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Note to be duly executed by
a duly
authorized officer as of the date first above indicated.
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By: | ||
Name:
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Title:
Chief Financial Officer
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ANNEX
A
NOTICE
OF CONVERSION
The
undersigned hereby elects to convert principal under the 12% Convertible
Note of
Vistula Communications Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”),
due
on April __, 2009, into shares of common stock, par value $0.001 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 Note.
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 Notes to be Converted:
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Number
of shares of Common Stock to be issued:
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Signature:
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Name:
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Address:
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Schedule
1
CONVERSION
SCHEDULE
The
12%
Convertible Notes due on April ___, 2009, in the aggregate principal amount
of
$____________ issued by Vistula Communications Services, Inc. This Conversion
Schedule reflects conversions made under Section 4 of the above referenced
Note.
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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