Contract
Exhibit 4.1
THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER SAID ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, REGISTRATION UNDER SAID ACT.
CONVERTIBLE PROMISSORY NOTE
| U.S. ________________ | March 17, 2023 |
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, INVO Bioscience, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Maker”), hereby promises to pay to _______________________________________, or its successors and assigns (the “Payee”), at its address at __________________________________________________, or to such other address as Payee shall provide in writing to the Maker for such purpose, a principal sum of _______________________ Dollars (U.S. $____________). Repayment of the aggregate principal amount outstanding under this Convertible Promissory Note (this “Note”) will be conclusively evidenced by the schedule annexed as Exhibit B hereto (the “Loan Schedule”), up to the maximum principal amount set forth above. The entire principal amount hereunder shall be due and payable in full on December 31, 2023 (the “Maturity Date”), or on such earlier date as such principal amount may earlier become due and payable pursuant to the terms hereof. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined in such section where they first appear shall have the meaning set forth in Section 17 hereof.
1. Interest Rate. Interest shall accrue on the unpaid principal amount of this Note at the rate of ten percent (10%) per annum from the date of the first making of the loan for such principal amount until such unpaid principal amount is paid in full or earlier converted into shares (the “Shares”) of the Maker’s common stock, $0.0001 par value per share (the “Common Stock”), in accordance with the terms hereof. Interest hereunder shall be paid either in cash or in Common Stock, as determined by the Payee in its sole discretion, on the Maturity Date or on such earlier date as the principal amount under this Note becomes due and payable or is converted in accordance with the terms hereof and shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year for the actual number of days elapsed. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of a Triggering Event (as defined herein), the Maker shall pay a late fee in cash to the Payee on the aggregate unconverted and then outstanding principal amount of this Note at an interest rate equal to the lesser of fifteen percent (15%) per annum or the maximum rate permitted by applicable law (the “Late Fees”) which shall accrue daily from the date of the occurrence and during the continuance of such Triggering Event hereunder through and including the date of actual payment in full.
2. Conversion of Principal and Interest.
(a) Optional Conversion. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Payee, at its sole option, may deliver to the Maker a notice in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (a “Conversion Notice”) and an updated Loan Schedule, at any time and from time to time after the date hereof and prior to the payment of the principal amount and all accrued interest thereon (the date of the delivery of a Conversion Notice, except as otherwise set forth in the last sentence of this paragraph, a “Conversion Date”), to convert all or any portion of the outstanding principal amount of this Note plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, for a number of Shares equal to the quotient obtained by dividing the dollar amount of such outstanding principal amount of this Note plus the accrued and unpaid interest thereon being converted by the Conversion Price (the “Conversion Shares”). Conversions hereunder shall have the effect of lowering the outstanding principal amount of this Note plus all accrued and unpaid interest thereunder in an amount equal to the applicable conversion, which shall be evidenced by entries set forth in the Conversion Notice and the Loan Schedule.
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(b) Conversion into Subsequent Equity Financing.
| (i) | Upon any issuance by the Maker of any of its equity securities in an underwritten offering, including Common Stock, for cash consideration, indebtedness or a combination thereof after the date hereof (a “Subsequent Equity Financing”), the Payee shall have the option to convert the outstanding principal and accrued but unpaid interest of this Note into the number of fully paid and non-assessable securities issued in the Subsequent Equity Financing (“Conversion Securities”) in an amount equal to the Note Obligations outstanding on the date of such conversion by (b) the Subsequent Equity Financing Conversion Price (an “Equity Financing Conversion”), and the Payee shall be entitled to the benefit of such other terms and conditions that may be granted to any investor in such Subsequent Equity Financing; provided however, that any Equity Financing Conversion under this Section 2(b) shall only be allowed if the Subsequent Equity Financing Conversion Price is equal to or greater than the Minimum Price for the Offering (as determined in accordance with Nasdaq Rule 5635(d) and including an appropriate allocation for the warrants offered in this Offering) and provided further, that if the Subsequent Equity Securities contain warrants, then the Equity Financing Conversion under this Section 2(b) shall only apply if the Subsequent Equity Financing Conversion Price is equal to or greater than the sum of the Minimum Price for the Offering plus the applicable warrant price (e.g.: $0.125 (at 100% warrant coverage). | |
| (ii) | At least two (2) Trading Days prior to the closing of the Subsequent Equity Financing, the Maker shall deliver to the Payee a written notice of its intention to effect a Subsequent Equity Financing (“Pre-Notice”), which Pre-Notice shall ask the Payee if it wants to review the details of such financing (such additional notice, a “Subsequent Financing Notice”). A Pre-Notice will only be sent if the Subsequent Equity Financing Conversion Price meets the conditions set forth in Section 2(b)(i) above. Upon the request of the Payee, and only upon a request by the Payee, for a Subsequent Financing Notice, the Maker shall promptly, but no later than one (1) Trading Day after such request, deliver a Subsequent Financing Notice to the Payee. The Subsequent Financing Notice shall describe in reasonable detail the proposed terms of such Subsequent Equity Financing, the amount of proceeds intended to be raised thereunder and the person or persons through or with whom such Subsequent Equity Financing is proposed to be effected and shall include a term sheet or similar document relating thereto as an attachment. If the Payee desires to participate in such Subsequent Equity Financing, it must provide written notice to the Maker by not later than 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on the second (2nd) Trading Day after receipt of the Pre-Notice that the Payee is willing to participate in the Subsequent Equity Financing. If the Maker receives no such notice from the Payee as of such second (2nd) Trading Day, the Payee shall be deemed to have notified the Maker that it does not elect to participate. The Payee, by acceptance of this Note, agrees with the Maker that, if this Note is converted pursuant to this Section 2(b), then, as a condition to the issuance of the Conversion Securities, the Payee shall deliver the original of this Note to the Maker with appropriate endorsements at the closing of such Subsequent Equity Financing and shall execute and deliver to the Maker the applicable definitive agreements for the Subsequent Equity Financing; provided, however, this Note shall for all purposes be deemed paid and cancelled regardless of whether the Payee delivers the original of this Note or approves or executes the such financing agreements. | |
| (iii) | Maker covenants that all Conversion Securities that shall be so issued shall be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid, and non-assessable by Maker, not subject to any preemptive rights, and free from any taxes, liens, and charges with respect to the issue thereof. Maker shall take all such action as may be necessary to ensure that all such Conversion Securities may be so issued without violation of any applicable law or regulation. |
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| (iv) | Upon such conversion of this Note, the Payee hereby agrees to execute and deliver to the Maker, and shall be bound upon such conversion by the obligations in, a lock-up agreement, if required by the managing underwriter for the Qualified Equity Financing, provided that such lock-up agreement is on substantially the same terms as those entered into by beneficial owners of Common Stock similarly situated to the Payee. | |
| (v) | No fractional Conversion Securities shall be issued upon conversion of this Note. In lieu of Maker issuing any fractional Conversion Securities to Payee upon the conversion of this Note, Maker shall pay to Payee an amount equal to the product obtained by multiplying the Automatic Conversion Price by the fraction of a Conversion Security not issued pursuant to the previous sentence (the “Fractional Payment Amount”). |
3. Certain Conversion Limitations.
(a) The Payee may not convert an outstanding principal amount of this Note or accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the extent such conversion would result in the Payee, together with any affiliate thereof, beneficially owning (as determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules promulgated thereunder) in excess of 9.99% of the then issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock. Since the Payee will not be obligated to report to the Maker the number of shares of Common Stock it may hold at the time of a conversion hereunder, unless the conversion at issue would result in the issuance of Shares in excess of 9.99% of the then outstanding shares of Common Stock without regard to any other shares which may be beneficially owned by the Payee or an affiliate thereof, the Payee shall have the authority and obligation to determine whether and the extent to which the restriction contained in this Section will limit any particular conversion hereunder. The provisions of this Section may be waived by Payee upon not less than 61 days’ prior notice to the Maker.
(b) The Payee may not convert an outstanding principal amount of this Note or accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the extent such conversion would require the Maker to issue shares of Common Stock in excess of the Maker’s then sufficient authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock.
4. Deliveries.
(a) Not later than two (2) Trading Days after any Conversion Date; provided that a conversion notice on any such date is received prior to 12 p.m. EST and for notices received after 12 p.m. EST, then on the third Trading Day (the “Delivery Date”), the Maker will (i) cause the Shares to be transmitted by the Maker’s transfer agent (the “Transfer Agent”) to the Payee by crediting the account of the Payee’s or its designee’s balance account with The Depository Trust Company through its Deposit or Withdrawal at Custodian system (“DWAC”) if the Maker is then a participant in such system and either (A) there is an effective registration statement permitting the issuance of the Shares to or resale of the Shares by the Payee or (B) the Shares are eligible for resale by the Payee pursuant to Rule 144, and otherwise deliver to the Payee a certificate or certificates representing the number of Shares (or Conversion Securities) being acquired upon the conversion of the principal amount of this Note and any interest accrued thereunder being converted pursuant to the Conversion Notice (subject to the limitations set forth in Section 3 hereof), and (ii) deliver to the Payee an endorsement by the Maker of the Loan Schedule acknowledging the remaining outstanding principal amount of this Note plus all accrued and unpaid interest thereon not converted (an “Endorsement”). The Maker’s delivery to the Payee of stocks certificates or the Transfer Agent’s crediting the Payee’s balance account through DWAC in accordance with clause (i) above shall be Maker’s conclusive endorsement of the remaining outstanding principal amount of this Note plus all accrued and unpaid interest thereon not converted as set forth in the Loan Schedule. If the Maker fails for any reason to deliver to the Payee the Conversion Shares subject to a Conversion Notice by the Delivery Date, the Maker shall pay to the Payee, in cash, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, for each $1,000 of Conversion Shares subject to such exercise (based on the VWAP of the Common Stock on the date of the applicable Conversion Notice), $5 per Trading Day (increasing to $10 per Trading Day on the fifth Trading Day after such liquidated damages begin to accrue) for each Trading Day after such Delivery Date until such Conversion Shares are delivered or the Payee rescinds such conversion.
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(b) In addition to any other rights available to the Payee, if the Maker fails to transmit to the Payee the Conversion Shares in accordance with the provisions of Section 4(a) above pursuant to conversion on or before the Delivery Date, and if after such date the Payee is required by its broker to purchase (in an open market transaction or otherwise) or the Payee’s brokerage firm otherwise purchases, shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Payee of the Conversion Shares which the Payee anticipated receiving upon such exercise (a “Buy-In”), then the Maker shall (A) pay in cash to the Payee the amount, if any, by which (x) the Payee’s total purchase price (including brokerage commissions, if any) for the shares of Common Stock so purchased exceeds (y) the amount obtained by multiplying (1) the number of Conversion Shares that the Maker was required to deliver to the Payee in connection with the conversion at issue times (2) the price at which the sell order giving rise to such purchase obligation was executed, and (B) at the option of the Payee, either reinstate the portion of the Note and equivalent number of Conversion Shares for which such conversion was not honored (in which case such conversion shall be deemed rescinded) or deliver to the Payee the number of shares of Common Stock that would have been issued had the Maker timely complied with its exercise and delivery obligations hereunder. For example, if the Payee purchases Common Stock having a total purchase price of $11,000 to cover a Buy-In with respect to an attempted conversion of shares of Common Stock with an aggregate sale price giving rise to such purchase obligation of $10,000, under clause (A) of the immediately preceding sentence the Maker shall be required to pay the Payee $1,000. The Payee shall provide the Maker written notice indicating the amounts payable to the Payee in respect of the Buy-In and, upon request of the Maker, evidence of the amount of such loss. Nothing herein shall limit a Xxxxx’s right to pursue any other remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief with respect to the Maker’s failure to timely deliver shares of Common Stock upon conversion of the Note as required pursuant to the terms hereof.
(c) Assuming the Payee has held the Note for at least six months, the Maker agrees that the Payee is under no obligation to sell the Conversion Shares issuable upon the conversion of the Note prior to removing the legend and the Maker will use its commercially reasonable efforts including delivering an opinion to the Maker’s transfer agent at its own expense to ensure the forgoing.
5. Prepayment. Maker shall have the right to prepay this Note at any time in whole or in part (“Optional Redemption”), by paying to the Payee a sum of money equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the principal amount to be redeemed, together with accrued but unpaid interest thereon and any and all other sums due, accrued or payable to the Payee arising under this Note or any Transaction Document through the Redemption Payment Date as defined below (the “Redemption Amount”). Maker’s election to exercise its right to prepay must be by notice in writing (“Notice of Redemption”). The Notice of Redemption shall specify the date for such Optional Redemption (the “Redemption Payment Date”), which date shall be fifteen (15) days after the date of the Notice of Redemption (the “Redemption Period”). A Notice of Redemption shall not be effective with respect to any portion of the Principal Amount for which the Payee has a pending election to convert, or for conversions initiated or made by the Payee during the Redemption Period. On the Redemption Payment Date, the Redemption Amount, less any portion of the Redemption Amount against which the Payee has exercised its conversion rights, shall be paid in good funds to the Payee. In the event the Maker fails to pay the Redemption Amount on the Redemption Payment Date as set forth herein, then such Notice of Redemption will be null and void.
6. Certain Adjustments.
(a) The Conversion Price and number and kind of shares or other securities to be issued upon conversion shall be subject to adjustment from time to time upon the happening of certain events while this conversion right remains outstanding, as follows:
1. Merger, Sale of Assets, etc. If the Maker at any time shall consolidate with or merge into or sell or convey all or substantially all its assets to any other entity, this Note, as to the unpaid principal portion thereof and accrued interest thereon, shall thereafter be deemed to evidence the right to convert into such number and kind of shares or other securities and property as would have been issuable or distributable on account of such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance, upon or with respect to the securities subject to the conversion right immediately prior to such consolidation, merger, sale, or conveyance. The foregoing provision shall similarly apply to successive transactions of a similar nature by any such successor or purchaser. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the anti-dilution provisions of this Section shall apply to such securities of such successor or purchaser after any such consolidation, merger, sale, or conveyance.
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2. Reclassification, etc. If the Maker at any time shall, by reclassification or otherwise, change the Common Stock into the same or a different number of securities of any class or classes, this Note, as to the unpaid principal portion thereof and accrued interest thereon, shall thereafter be deemed to evidence the right to convert into an adjusted number of such securities and kind of securities as would have been issuable as the result of such change with respect to the Common Stock immediately prior to such reclassification or other change.
3. Stock Splits, Combinations and Dividends. If the shares of Common Stock are subdivided or combined into a greater or smaller number of shares of Common Stock, or if a dividend is paid on the Common Stock in shares of Common Stock, the Conversion Price shall be proportionately reduced in case of subdivision of shares or stock dividend or proportionately increased in the case of combination of shares, in each such case by the ratio which the total number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event bears to the total number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such event.
(b) No adjustments in the Conversion Price shall be required if such adjustment is less than $0.0001, provided that any adjustments which by reason of this Section are not required to be made shall be carried forward and taken into account in any subsequent adjustment. All calculations under this Section 6 shall be made to the nearest cent or to the nearest 1/100th of a share, as the case may be.
(c) Whenever the Conversion Price is adjusted pursuant to any of Section 6, the Maker shall promptly mail to the Payee a notice setting forth the Conversion Price after such adjustment and setting forth a brief statement of the facts requiting such adjustment.
(d) If (A) the Maker shall declare a dividend (or any other distribution) on the Common Stock; (B) the Maker shall declare a special nonrecurring cash dividend on or a redemption of the Common Stock; (C) the Maker 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 Maker shall be required in connection with any reclassification of the Common Stock, any consolidation or merger to which the Maker is a party, any sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Maker, or any compulsory share exchange whereby the Common Stock is converted into other securities, cash or property; (E) the Maker shall authorize the voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the affairs of the Maker; then, in each case, the Maker shall cause to be filed at each office or agency maintained for the purpose of conversion of the any portion of the principal amount and interest outstanding under this Note, and shall cause to be mailed to the Payee at its last address as it shall appear upon the stock books of the Maker, 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, however, 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.
(e) In case of any (1) merger or consolidation of the Maker with or into another Person that would constitute a Change of Control Transaction, or (2) sale, directly or indirectly, by the Maker of more than one-half of the assets of the Maker (on an as valued basis) in one or a series of related transactions, or (3) tender or other offer or exchange (whether by the Maker or another Person) pursuant to which holders of Common Stock are permitted to tender or exchange their shares for other securities, stock, cash or property of the Maker or another Person: then the Payee shall have the right to (A) convert the then aggregate amount of principal and interest outstanding under this Note into the shares of stock and other securities, cash, and property receivable upon or deemed to be held by holders of Common Stock following such merger, consolidation or sale, and the Payee shall be entitled upon such event or series of related events to receive such amount of securities, cash and property as the shares of Common Stock into which such aggregate amount of principal and interest outstanding under this Note could have been converted immediately prior to such merger, consolidation or sale would have been entitled, (B) in the case of a merger or consolidation, (x) require the surviving entity to issue convertible debt with aggregate principal amount equal to the then aggregate amount of principal outstanding under this Note, plus all accrued and unpaid interest and other amounts owing thereon, which convertible debt shall have terms identical (including with respect to conversion) to the terms of this Note and shall be entitled to all of the rights and privileges of the Payee as set forth herein and the agreements pursuant to which this Note was issued (including, without limitation, as such rights relate to the acquisition, transferability, registration and listing of such shares of stock other securities issuable upon conversion thereof), and (y) simultaneously with the issuance of such convertible debt, shall have the right to convert such debt only into shares of stock and other securities, cash and property receivable upon or deemed to be held by holders of Common Stock following such merger or consolidation, or (C) in the event of an exchange or tender offer or other transaction contemplated by clause (3) of this Section, tender or exchange the then outstanding aggregate amount of principal and interest under this Note for such securities, stock, cash and other property receivable upon or deemed to be held by holders of Common Stock that have tendered or exchanged their shares of Common Stock following such tender or exchange, and the Payee shall be entitled upon such exchange or tender to receive such amount of securities, cash and property as the shares of Common Stock into which the then outstanding aggregate amount of principal and interest under this Note could have been converted (taking into account all then accrued and unpaid dividends) immediately prior to such tender or exchange. The terms of any such merger, sale, consolidation, tender or exchange shall include such terms so as to continue to give the Payee the right to receive the securities, cash and property set forth in this Section upon any conversion or redemption following such event. This provision shall similarly apply to successive such events.
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(f) The Maker covenants that it will reserve and keep available out of its authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock solely for the purpose of issuance upon conversion of the outstanding aggregate amount of principal and interest under this Note as herein provided, upon the conversion of the outstanding amount of principal and interest under this Note. The Maker covenants that all shares of Common Stock that shall be issuable pursuant to the terms thereof shall be, upon issuance, duly authorized, validly issued and fully paid, and nonassessable.
(g) Upon a conversion hereunder the Maker 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 Maker elects not, or is unable, to make such a cash payment, the Payee shall be entitled to receive, in lieu of the final fraction of a share, one whole share of Common Stock.
(h) The issuance of certificates for shares of the Common Stock on conversion of the principal amount and interest outstanding under this Note shall be made without charge to the Payee for any documentary stamp or similar taxes that may be payable in respect of the issue or delivery of such certificate.
7. Mandatory Prepayment Upon Triggering Events. Upon the occurrence of a Triggering Event (as defined below), the Payee shall have the right (in addition to all other rights it may have hereunder under this Note or under applicable law), exercisable at the sole option of the Payee, to require the Maker to prepay all or a portion of the outstanding principal amount of this Note plus all accrued and unpaid interest thereon. Such prepayment shall be due and payable within ten (10) Trading Days of the date on which the notice for the payment therefor is provided by the Payee.
A “Triggering Event” means any one or more 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 the principal or interest on or other payments owing in respect of this Note, free of any claim of subordination, as and when the same shall become due and payable (whether on a Conversion Date, the Maturity Date, by acceleration or otherwise) and such non-payment continues for a period of five (5) days;
(ii) the Securities and Exchange Commission or judicial stop trade order or trading suspension by Nasdaq Capital Market with respect to the Common Stock that lasts for five or more consecutive Trading Days;
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(iii) the Maker shall commence or there shall be commenced against the Maker a case under any applicable bankruptcy or insolvency laws as now or hereafter in effect or any successor thereto, or the Maker 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 Maker or any subsidiary thereof or there is commenced against the Maker or any subsidiary thereof any such bankruptcy, insolvency or other proceeding which remains undismissed for a period of 60 days; or the Maker or any subsidiary thereof is adjudicated insolvent or bankrupt; or any order of relief or other order approving any such case or proceeding is entered; or the Maker 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 the Maker or any subsidiary thereof shall by any act or failure to act indicate its consent to, approval of or acquiescence in any of the foregoing; or any corporate or other action is taken by the Maker or any subsidiary thereof for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing; or
(iv) the Maker shall fail to observe or perform any other covenant, agreement or warranty contained in, or otherwise commit any breach of (i) this Note or (ii) the Purchase Agreement, and such failure or breach shall not, if subject to the possibility of a cure by the Maker, have been remedied within thirty (30) days after the date on which notice of such failure or breach shall have been given.
8. No Waiver of Payee’s Rights, etc. All payments of principal and interest shall be made without setoff, deduction, or counterclaim. No delay or failure on the part of the Payee in exercising any of its options, powers or rights, nor any partial or single exercise of its options, powers or rights shall constitute a waiver thereof or of any other option, power or right, and no waiver on the part of the Payee of any of its options, powers or rights shall constitute a waiver of any other option, power or right. The Maker hereby waives presentment of payment, protest, and notices or demands in connection with the delivery, acceptance, performance, default or endorsement of this Note. Acceptance by the Payee of less than the full amount due and payable hereunder shall in no way limit the right of the Payee to require full payment of all sums due and payable hereunder in accordance with the terms hereof.
9. Modifications. This Note may be amended, and the observance of any term hereof or thereof may be waived (either retroactively or prospectively), with (and only with) the written consent of the Company and the Required Holders (as defined below), except that no such amendment or waiver may, without the written consent of each Payee at the time outstanding affected thereby, (i) reduce the principal amount or interest rate or change the method of computation of interest (including with respect to the amount of cash) in the Notes, (ii) change the percentage of the outstanding principal amount of the Notes required to consent to any such amendment or waiver under this Section 9,or (iii) amend this Section 9. “Required Holders” means, at any time, the holders of a majority of the outstanding principal amount of the Notes then outstanding.
10. Cumulative Rights and Remedies; Usury. The rights and remedies of the Payee expressed herein are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights and remedies otherwise available. If it shall be found that any interest outstanding hereunder shall violate applicable laws governing usury, the applicable rate of interest outstanding hereunder shall be reduced to the maximum permitted rate of interest under such law.
11. Collection Expenses. If this obligation is placed in the hands of an attorney for collection after default, and provided the Payee prevails on the merits in respect to its claim of default, the Maker shall pay (and shall indemnify and hold harmless the Payee from and against), all reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses incurred by the Payee in pursuing collection of this Note.
12. Successors and Assigns. This Note shall be binding upon the Maker and its successors and shall inure to the benefit of the Payee and its successors and assigns. The term “Payee” as used herein, shall also include any endorsee, assignee or other holder of this Note.
13. Lost or Stolen Promissory Note. If this Note is lost, stolen, mutilated or otherwise destroyed, the Maker shall execute and deliver to the Payee a new promissory note containing the same terms, and in the same form, as this Note. In such event, the Maker may require the Payee to deliver to the Maker an affidavit of lost instrument and customary indemnity in respect thereof as a condition to the delivery of any such new promissory note.
14. Reserved.
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15. Governing Law. 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 hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in the State of New York, for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein 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, that such suit, action or proceeding is improper. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted by law.
16. Specific Enforcement, Consent to Jurisdiction. The Maker and the Payee acknowledge and agree that irreparable damage would occur in the event that any of the provisions of this Note or the Purchase Agreement were not performed in accordance with their specific terms or were otherwise breached. It is accordingly agreed that the parties shall be entitled to seek one or more preliminary and final injunctions to prevent or cure breaches of the provisions of this Note and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions hereof and of the Purchase Agreement, this being in addition to any other remedy to which any of them may be entitled by law or equity. Subject to Section 15 hereof, each of the Maker and the Payee hereby waives, and agrees not to assert in any such suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction in Nevada of such court, that the suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum, or that the venue of the suit, action, or proceeding is improper. Nothing in this Section shall affect or limit any right to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.
17. Definitions. For the purposes hereof, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
“Change of Control Transaction” means the occurrence 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 in excess of 33% of the voting securities of the Maker, (ii) a replacement of more than one-half of the members of the Maker’s board of directors which is not approved by those individuals who are members of the board of directors on the date hereof in one or a series of related transactions, (iii) the merger of the Maker with or into another entity, the direct or indirect consolidation or sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Maker in one or a series of related transactions, unless following such transaction, the holders of the Maker’s securities continue to hold at least 66% of such securities following such transaction or (iv) the execution by the Maker of an agreement to which the Maker is a party or by which it is bound, providing for any of the events set forth above in (i), (ii) or (iii).
“Conversion Price” shall be $0.60 per share, subject to adjustment as provided herein.
“Conversion Securities” shall mean the same securities issued in connection with a Subsequent Equity Financing.
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“Minimum Price” means $0.5896.
“Note Obligations” means, as of the date of measurement, the Maker’s obligation to pay the aggregate sum of (i) the outstanding unpaid Principal Amount of this Note; (ii) all accrued and unpaid interest thereon; and (iii) any other amounts payable hereunder with respect to this Note.
“Offering” means the Maker’s offering of Notes and warrants under the Purchase Agreement.
“Person” means a corporation, an association, a partnership, a limited liability company, an organization, a business, an individual, a government or political subdivision thereof or a governmental agency.
“Purchase Agreement” means that certain Securities Purchase Agreement dated as of March 17, 2023 by and between Maker and Payee.
Subsequent Equity Financing Conversion Price” shall mean 80% of the price paid per share for Subsequent Round Securities by the cash investors in the Subsequent Equity Financing.
“Subsequent Round Securities” means the equity securities sold in the Subsequent Equity Financing.
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“Trading Day” means (a) a day on which the shares of Common Stock are traded on the Nasdaq Capital Market on which the shares of Common Stock are then listed or quoted, or (b) if the shares of Common Stock are not listed on Nasdaq Capital Market, a day on which the shares of Common Stock are traded in the over-the-counter market, as reported by the OTC Bulletin Board, or (c) if the shares of Common Stock are not quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board, a day on which the shares of Common Stock are quoted in the over-the-counter market as reported by the National Quotation Bureau Incorporated (or any similar organization or agency succeeding its functions of reporting prices); provided, however, that in the event that the shares of Common Stock are not listed or quoted as set forth in (a), (b) and (c) hereof, then Trading Day shall mean any day except Saturday, Sunday and any day which shall be a legal holiday or a day on which banking institutions in the State of California or State of Nevada are authorized or required by law or other government action to close.
“Trading Market” means any of the following markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: the NYSE American, the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market or the New York Stock Exchange (or any successors to any of the foregoing).
“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 (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 OTCQB or OTCQX is not a Trading Market, the volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on OTCQB or OTCQX as applicable, (c) if the Common Stock is not then listed or quoted for trading on OTCQB or OTCQX and if prices for the Common Stock are then reported in the “Pink Sheets” published by OTC Markets, Inc. (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices), the most recent bid price per share of the Common Stock so reported, or (d) if the Maker and the Payee are unable to agree upon the fair market value of such security, then such dispute shall be resolved in accordance with the procedures in Section 15.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Maker has caused this Convertible Promissory Note to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first set forth above.
| INVO BIOSCIENCE, INC. | ||
| By: | ||
| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
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EXHIBIT A
NOTICE OF CONVERSION
Dated: _______________________
The undersigned hereby elects to convert the principal amount and interest indicated below of the attached Convertible Promissory Note into shares of common stock, $0.0001 par value (the “Common Stock”), of INVO Bioscience, Inc., according to the conditions hereof, as of the date written below. No fee will be charged to the holder for any conversion.
Exchange calculations: ________________________________________
Date to Effect Conversion: _____________________________________
Principal Amount and Interest of
Convertible Note to be Converted: _______________________________
Number of shares of Common Stock to be Issued: ___________________
Applicable Conversion Price: ___________________________________
Signature: _________________________________________________
Name: ____________________________________________________
Address: __________________________________________________
s
-Exhibit A-
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EXHIBIT B
LOAN SCHEDULE
Convertible Promissory Note Issued by INVO Bioscience, Inc.
Dated: _______________, 2023
SCHEDULE
OF
CONVERSIONS AND PAYMENTS OF PRINCIPAL
| Date of Conversion | Amount of Conversion | Total Amount Due Subsequent To Conversion | ||
-Exhibit B-
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