ENER1, INC.
Exhibit
B
ENER1,
INC.
8.25%
SENIOR NOTE DUE JULY 1, 2013
For value
received, ENER1, INC., a Florida corporation (the “Company”),
hereby promises to pay to the order of _______________________ (together with
its successors and assigns, the “Holder”),
in accordance with the terms hereinafter provided, the principal amount of
________________________ ($______________), together with interest
thereon. This Note (this “Note”) is
issued to the Holder pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of
December 31, 2010 (the “Purchase
Agreement”), together with other notes issued pursuant to the Purchase
Agreement (the “Other
Notes” and collectively with this Note, the “Notes”) to
the purchasers named in the Purchase Agreement (the “Other
Holders” and collectively with the Holder, the “Holders”).
Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined have the respective
meanings set forth in Section 6.15
of this Agreement or as defined in the Purchase Agreement, as
applicable.
All
payments to be made in cash under or pursuant to this Note shall be made in
United States Dollars by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the
Holder’s account, instructions for which are attached hereto as Exhibit A,
or at such other place as the Holder may designate from time to time in writing
to the Company. The outstanding balance of this Note shall be due and payable on
July 1, 2013 (the “Maturity
Date”) or
at such earlier time provided herein.
ARTICLE
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1.1. Payment of Principal and
Interest. On each Installment Date, the Company shall pay to
the Holder an amount equal to the Installment Amount due on such Installment
Date in accordance with Article
2. Interest shall accrue on the outstanding principal balance
of this Note at an annual rate equal to eight and one-quarter percent (8.25%).
Interest shall be computed on the basis of a 365-day year and shall accrue
commencing on the Issuance Date. Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, the
Company will pay interest to the Holder on the outstanding principal balance of
and unpaid interest on the Note from the date of the Event of Default until such
Event of Default is cured (if applicable) at the rate of the lesser of fifteen
percent (15%) and the maximum applicable legal rate per annum (“Default
Interest”). For the avoidance of doubt, payment of Default
Interest will not defease any obligation of the Company hereunder and will not
preclude the exercise by the Holder of any remedy it may have hereunder at law,
in equity or otherwise for any Event of Default or other
breach. Except as set forth in Article 2,
the Company may not prepay or redeem any portion of the outstanding principal
balance of this Note without the prior written consent of the
Holder.
1.2. Payment on Non-Business
Days. Whenever any payment or any advance on payment to be
made (whether in cash or Common Shares) shall be due on any day other than a
Business Day, such payment shall be due on the next succeeding Business Day and
such next succeeding Business Day shall be included in the calculation of the
amount of accrued interest payable on such date.
1.3. Payment at
Maturity. This Note shall mature on the Maturity
Date.
1.4. Replacement. Upon
receipt of a duly executed, notarized and written statement from the Holder with
respect to the loss, theft or destruction of this Note (or any replacement
hereof), or, in the case of a mutilation of this Note, upon surrender and
cancellation of such Note, the Company shall issue a new Note, of like tenor and
amount, in lieu of such lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated Note.
1.5. Transfer. Upon
a transfer of this Note in accordance with the terms hereof and of the Purchase
Agreement, the Holder shall surrender this Note to the Company, whereupon the
Company will forthwith issue and deliver upon the order of the Holder a new Note
(in accordance with Section
1.7), registered as the Holder may request, representing the outstanding
principal being transferred by the Holder and, if less than the entire
outstanding principal is being transferred, a new Note (in accordance with Section
1.7) to the Holder representing the outstanding principal not being
transferred.
1.6. Note Exchangeable for
Different Denominations. This Note is exchangeable, upon the
surrender hereof by the Holder at the principal office of the Company, for a new
Note or Notes (in accordance with Section
1.7 and in principal amounts of at least $10,000) representing in the
aggregate the outstanding principal of this Note, and each such new Note will
represent such portion of such outstanding principal as is designated by the
Holder at the time of such surrender.
1.7. Issuance of New
Notes. Whenever the Company is required to issue a new Note
pursuant to the terms of this Note, such new Note (i) shall be of like tenor
with this Note, (ii) shall represent, as indicated on the face of such new Note,
the principal remaining outstanding (or in the case of a new Note being issued
pursuant to Section
1.5 or Section
1.6, the principal designated by the Holder which, when added to the
principal represented by the other new Notes issued in connection with such
issuance, does not exceed the principal remaining outstanding under this Note
immediately prior to such issuance of new Notes), (iii) shall have an issuance
date, as indicated on the face of such new Note, which is the same as the
Issuance Date of this Note, (iv) shall have the same rights and conditions as
this Note, and (v) shall represent accrued and unpaid Interest of this Note,
from the Issuance Date.
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ARTICLE
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2.1. Installment Amount Stock or
Cash Payment.
(a) General. On
each applicable Installment Date, the Company shall pay to the Holder the
Installment Amount due on such Installment Date, in Common Shares, subject to
the provisions of this Article 2
provided that the Equity Conditions are satisfied or waived by the Holder in
writing prior to delivery of the applicable Company Installment Notice (as
defined below); provided,
however, the Company may at its option following notice to the Holder,
pay any Installment amount in cash or in a combination of cash and Common
Shares. The Company shall deliver to the Holder, on a date not less
than twenty-four (24) Trading Days, but in no event more than twenty-seven (27)
Trading Days, prior to the related Installment Date (the “Installment
Notice Date”), a written notice (a “Company
Installment Notice”), which shall (i) either (A) confirm that the
Installment Amount to be paid on such Installment Date shall be paid entirely in
Common Shares or (B) state that the Company elects to pay all or a portion of
the Installment Amount in cash, and specify the portion that the Company elects
to pay in cash, if any (such amount, the “Cash Payment
Amount”), and the portion that the Company elects to pay in Common
Shares, if any (such portion a “Stock Payment
Amount”), which amounts when added together must equal the applicable
Installment Amount and (ii) if applicable, certify that the Equity Conditions
are then satisfied (or waived by the Holder in accordance with the terms of this
Note). If (x) the Holder does not timely receive a Company
Installment Notice in accordance with this Section 2.1(a)
or (y) the Equity Conditions are not satisfied, then the Company must pay the
entire Installment Amount in cash. Any Cash Payment Amount shall be paid in
accordance with Section 2.1(b)
and any Stock Payment Amount shall be paid in accordance with Section
2.1(c). Each Company Installment Notice, when given, shall be
irrevocable.
(b) Mechanics of Cash
Payment. On each Installment Date: (i) to the
extent that the Company elects to pay 50% or less of the applicable Installment
Amount in cash, then the Company shall pay to the Holder an amount in cash equal
to such percentage of the Installment Amount; or (ii) to the extent that the
Company elects (or is deemed to have elected) to pay more than 50% of the
applicable Installment Amount in cash (the amount by which the percentage of the
Installment Amount the Company elects to pay in cash exceeds 50%, the “Additional
Percentage”), then the Company shall pay to the Holder an amount in cash
equal to the sum of (x) 50% of the Installment Amount and (y) the IA Additional
Cash Payment.
The
“IA
Additional Cash Payment” shall be determined according to the following
formula:
IB = 1.15
× X × P%
For the
purposes of the foregoing formula:
IB = IA
Additional Cash Payment
X = the
Installment Amount payable on the applicable Installment Date
P% = the
Additional Percentage.
(c) Mechanics of Stock
Payment.
(i) To
the extent that the Company elects to pay all or any portion of the applicable
Installment Amount in Common Shares, the applicable Stock Payment Amount shall
be paid as follows:
(1) twenty-one
(21) Trading Days prior to the applicable Installment Date (the “Advance
Date”), the Company shall deliver to the Holder a number of Common Shares
determined by dividing (x) the Stock Payment Amount for such Installment Date by
(y) 91.75% of the average Daily VWAP for the five Trading Days immediately
preceding such Advance Date (the “Advance
Shares”); and
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(2) not
later than three (3) Trading Days after such Installment Date, the Company shall
deliver an additional number of Common Shares (the “True-Up
Shares”), if any, to the Holder equal to the positive difference between
(a) the Stock Payment Amount for such Installment Date divided by the Stock
Payment Price for such Installment Date and (b) the Advance Shares; provided,
however, that if the difference between clauses (a) and (b) is a negative
number, then the Holder shall either, in the Holder’s sole discretion, (A)
return to the Company such excess number of Common Shares, (B) reduce the number
of Advance Shares required to be delivered on the next Advance Date, if any, by
such excess number of Common Shares, (C) pay an amount in cash equal to the
product of (i) such excess number of Common Shares and (ii) the Stock Payment
Price or (D) any combination of (A), (B) and (C).
(ii) Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Section
2.1(c), if the Equity Conditions are
neither (x) satisfied nor (y) waived in accordance with the terms of this Note,
as applicable, on the Trading Day immediately preceding the Advance Date and/or
the Advance Date, or if the Daily VWAP cannot be determined on the Trading Day
immediately preceding the Advance Date or there is a Subsequent Equity
Conditions Failure (as defined below), or if the Company fails to deliver the
Advance Shares to the Holder on the Advance Date, then the Company shall pay to
the Holder, not later than three (3) Trading Days after the Installment Date, an
amount of cash equal to the IA Non-Stock Base Payment in lieu of such Stock
Payment Amount.
The
“IA
Non-Stock Base Payment” shall be determined according to the following
formula:
NS = 1.15
× X × S%
For the
purposes of the foregoing formula:
NS = IA
Non-Stock Base Payment
X = the
Installment Amount payable on the applicable Installment Date
S% = the
percentage of the applicable Installment Amount represented by the entire
applicable Stock Payment Amount.
(d) If
the Company has elected to deliver a permitted Stock Payment Amount, but at any
time thereafter and until the expiration of the Equity Conditions Measuring
Period, the Equity Conditions shall no longer be satisfied (a “Subsequent Equity
Conditions Failure”), the Company shall promptly send a subsequent notice
to the Holder indicating the circumstances surrounding the Equity Conditions
Failure. Upon receipt of such notice, the Holder shall have the
option, at any time beginning upon the occurrence of any Equity Conditions
Failure and until three (3) Trading Days after receipt of a notice from the
Company that such failure has been cured, in its sole discretion, to either (i)
waive any such Equity Conditions Failure and accept the Stock Payment Amount and
Cash Payment Amount set forth in the Company Installment Notice in accordance
with this Section
2.1 or (ii)(A) return any or all Advance Shares, if applicable, that the
Holder has not otherwise sold, transferred or disposed of, to the Company and
(B) require the Company to pay the Installment Amount in accordance with Section
2.1(c)(ii), other than with respect to that portion of the Installment
Amount represented by the product of (I) any Advance Shares not returned to the
Company multiplied by (II) the Stock Payment Price. For the avoidance
of doubt, all Advance Shares that the Holder elects to retain pursuant to this
subsection (d) shall be subject to the true-up provisions contained in Section
(c)(i)(2) above.
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2.2. Mechanics for Delivery of
Shares. Whenever the Company is required to issue Common
Shares to the Holder hereunder, the Company or its designated agent for the
Common Shares (the “Common Stock
Transfer Agent”) shall issue and deliver to the Holder’s or its
designee’s balance account with DTC such aggregate number of Common Shares to
which the Holder shall be entitled, free from any restrictive legend, through
DTC’s Deposit/Withdrawal at Custodian (“DWAC”)
system. The Company understands that a delay in the delivery of the
Common Shares to the Holder on any date when delivery of such Common Shares is
due (a “Delivery
Date”) hereunder could result in economic loss to the Holder. In addition
to any other rights available to the Holder, if the Company fails to cause the
Common Stock Transfer Agent to deliver the Common Shares pursuant to this Note
on the Delivery Date or on any date of the Company’s obligation to deliver
Common Shares pursuant to clause (ii) below, and if after such date the Holder
is required to purchase (in an open market transaction or otherwise) Common
Shares to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Holder of the Common Shares
issuable under this Note that the Holder anticipated receiving from the Company
(a “Buy-In”),
then the Company shall, within three (3) Business Days after the Holder’s
request and in the Holder’s discretion, either (i) pay cash to the Holder in an
amount equal to the Holder’s total purchase price (including brokerage
commissions and other out of pocket expenses, if any) for the Common Shares so
purchased (the “Buy-In
Price”) as partial liquidated damages, at which point the Company’s
obligation to deliver such Common Shares shall terminate, or (ii) promptly honor
its obligation to deliver to the Holder the Common Shares and pay cash to the
Holder (as partial liquidated damages) in an amount equal to the excess (if any)
of the Buy-In Price over the product of (A) such number of Common Shares, and
(B) the Stock Payment Price. Nothing herein shall limit a Xxxxxx’s
right to pursue any other remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in
equity, including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or
injunctive relief with respect to the Company’s failure to timely deliver Common
Shares issuable under this Note as required pursuant to the terms
hereof.
2.3. Fractional
Shares. If
any fractional Common Share otherwise would be issuable as a result of the
issuance of Common Shares under this Note, the Company shall calculate and pay
to the Holder a cash adjustment in lieu of such fractional share at a rate equal
to the Daily VWAP per share for the Common Shares on the Trading Day that such
shares are to due to be delivered to the Holder.
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2.4. Prepayment. The
Company may, at its option, pre-pay at any time all but not less than all of
this Note for an amount equal to (a) 100% of the outstanding principal balance
under this Note at such time of prepayment plus all accrued but unpaid interest
thereon (the “Base Prepayment
Amount”) plus (b) (i) if such prepayment occurs on or before the 18 month
anniversary of the Issuance Date, an amount equal to 10% of the Base Prepayment
Amount or (ii) if such prepayment occurs at any time after the 18 month
anniversary of the Issuance Date, an amount equal to 5% of the Base Prepayment
Amount (the additional amount under clause (b) being referred to as the “Additional
Prepayment Amount”). Any prepayment shall be made pro rata to
all holders of Notes based on the then outstanding principal amount of each Note
in relation to the then outstanding aggregate principal amount of all
Notes. The Base Prepayment Amount shall be paid in cash and the
Additional Prepayment Amount shall be paid in Common Shares provided that the
Equity Conditions are satisfied (or waived by the Holder), or, at the Company’s
option, following notice to the Holder, in cash or in a combination of cash and
Common Shares. The Company shall deliver written notice of prepayment
to the Holder thirty (30) Trading Days prior to the date set by the Company for
prepayment (the “Prepayment
Date”), which Prepayment Date may not be during the period commencing
twenty-five (25) Trading Days prior to any Installment Date. Such
written notice of prepayment shall (i) either (A) confirm that the Additional
Prepayment Amount shall be paid entirely in Common Shares or (B) elect to pay
the Additional Prepayment Amount in cash or as a combination of cash and Common
Share and specify the portion of the Additional Prepayment Amount that will be
paid in Common Shares and the portion of the Additional Prepayment Amount that
will be paid in cash and (ii) if applicable, certify that the Equity Conditions
are satisfied. Such written notice shall be irrevocable upon delivery to the
Holder. To the extent that any portion of the Additional Prepayment Amount will
be paid in Common Shares, twenty one (21) Trading Days prior to the Prepayment
Date (the “Prepayment
Advance Date”), the Company shall advance to the Holder a number of
Common Shares determined by dividing (x) that portion of the Additional
Prepayment Amount to be paid in Common Shares by (y) 91.75% of the average Daily
VWAP for the five (5) Trading Days immediately preceding the Prepayment Advance
Date (the “Prepayment
Advance Shares”). Not later than three (3) Trading Days after the
Prepayment Date, the Company shall deliver an additional number of Common
Shares, if any, to the Holder equal to the positive difference between (1) that
portion of the Additional Prepayment Amount to be paid in Common Shares divided
by the Stock Payment Price and (2) the Prepayment Advance Shares; provided,
however, that if the difference between clauses (1) and (2) is a negative
number, then the Holder shall either, in the Holder’s sole discretion, (A)
return to the Company such excess number of Common Shares or (B) pay an amount
in cash equal to the product of (i) such excess number of Common Shares and (ii)
the Stock Payment Price or (C) any combination of (A) or (B). The
provisions of Section 2.1(c)
and
(d), Section 2.2
and
Section 2.3 shall apply to this Section
2.4 mutatis
mutandis.
2.5. Limitations on Right to Make
Stock Payments. The Company shall not effect the payment of any Stock
Payment Amount, Additional Prepayment Amount, or other delivery of Common
Shares, pursuant to this Note, to the extent that (i) after giving effect to
such Stock Payment Amount, Additional Prepayment Amount, or other delivery of
Common Shares, the Holder (together with the Holder’s affiliates) would
beneficially own in excess of 9.99% (the “Maximum
Percentage”) of the number of Common Shares outstanding immediately after
giving effect to such payment or delivery and (ii) the Holder delivers written
notice of such beneficial ownership at least one (1) Business Day prior to the
applicable delivery date for such Stock Payment Amount, Additional Prepayment
Amount, or other delivery of Common Shares. For purposes of the
foregoing sentence, the number of Common Shares beneficially owned by the Holder
and its affiliates shall include the number of Common Shares issuable to the
Holder on the applicable date with respect to which the determination of such
sentence is being made, but shall exclude the number of Common Shares which
would be issuable upon (A) any subsequent Installment Dates or as an Additional
Prepayment Amount under this Note and (B) exercise or conversion of the
unexercised or nonconverted portion of any other securities of the Company
(including, without limitation, any Other Notes or warrants) subject to a
limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained
herein beneficially owned by the Holder or any of its
affiliates. Except as set forth in the preceding sentence, for
purposes of this Section 2.5, beneficial ownership shall be calculated in
accordance with Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act. For
purposes of this Section 2.5, in determining the number of outstanding Common
Shares, the Holder may rely on the number of outstanding Common Shares as
reflected in (1) the Company’s most recent Form 10-K, Form 10-Q, Form 8-K or
other public filing with the Commission, as the case may be, (2) a more recent
public announcement by the Company or (3) any other notice by the Company or the
Common Stock Transfer Agent setting forth the number of Common Shares
outstanding. For any reason at any time, upon the written or oral
request of the Holder, the Company shall within one (1) Business Day confirm
orally and in writing to the Holder the number of Common Shares then
outstanding. In any case, the number of outstanding Common Shares
shall be determined after giving effect to the delivery of additional Common
Shares pursuant to this Note, by the Holder or its affiliates since the date as
of which such number of outstanding Common Shares was reported.
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By
written notice to the Company, the Holder may increase or decrease the Maximum
Percentage to any other percentage, not in excess of 9.99% or less than 4.99%,
specified in such notice; provided, that (x) any such
increase will not be effective until the sixty-first (61st) day after such
notice is delivered to the Company and (y) any such increase or decrease will
apply only to the Holder and not to any Other Holder. The provisions
of this Section
2.5 shall be construed and implemented in a manner otherwise than in
strict conformity with the terms of this Section
2.5 to correct this Section
2.5 (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
Company shall not be obligated to issue any shares of Common Stock in respect of
this Note, and the Holder shall not have the right to receive any shares of
Common Stock in respect of this Note, if and to the extent the issuance of such
shares of Common Stock, when added to:
(i)
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the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock
previously issued to the Holders in respect of the Notes and Warrants,
plus
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(ii)
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the aggregate number of shares issuable to the
Holders upon exercise of the then remaining Warrants, plus
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(iii)
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the
aggregate number of shares of Common Stock issued at the Closing to the
Holders
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would
exceed that number of shares of Common Stock which the Company may issue in
respect of the Notes without breaching the Company's obligations under any
applicable rules or regulations of the Principal Market (the “Exchange
Cap”), except that such limitation shall not apply in the event that the
Company obtains the approval of its shareholders as required by the applicable
rules of the Principal Market for issuances of shares of Common Stock in excess
of such amount. Until such approval is obtained, no Holder shall be
issued in the aggregate in respect of such Holder’s Note, shares of Common Stock
in an amount greater than the product of the Exchange Cap multiplied by a
fraction, the numerator of which is the total number of shares of Common Stock
issuable in respect of the Note issued to such Holder on the Issuance Date and
the denominator of which is the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock
issuable in respect of the Notes issued to all of the Holders on the Issuance
Date (with respect to each Holder, the “Exchange Cap
Allocation”). In the event that any Holder shall sell or
otherwise transfer any of such Holder’s Note, the transferee shall be allocated
a pro rata portion of such Holder's Exchange Cap Allocation, and the
restrictions of the prior sentence shall apply to such transferee with respect
to the portion of the Exchange Cap Allocation allocated to such
transferee. If any Holder’s Note is repaid in full without exhausting
such Holder’s Exchange Cap Allocation in full, the remainder of such Holder’s
Exchange Cap Allocation shall be allocated to the respective Exchange Cap
Allocations of the remaining Holders on a pro rata basis in proportion to the
remaining principal outstanding on their respective Notes.
2.6. Registration;
Book-Entry. The Company shall maintain a register (the “Register”)
for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Holders of each Note and
the principal amount of the Notes held by such Holders (the “Registered
Notes”). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive and
binding for all purposes absent manifest error. The Company and the
Holders of the Notes shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the
Register as the owner of a Note for all purposes, including, without limitation,
the right to receive payments of principal and interest, hereunder,
notwithstanding notice to the contrary. A Registered Note may be
assigned or sold in whole or in part only by registration of such assignment or
sale on the Register. Upon (i) the Company’s receipt of a request to
assign or sell all or part of any Registered Note by a Holder, and (ii)
compliance by the Holder with the transfer restrictions contained in the
Purchase Agreement, the Company shall record the information contained therein
in the Register and issue one or more new Registered Notes in the same aggregate
principal amount as the principal amount of the surrendered Registered Note to
the designated assignee or transferee pursuant to Section
1.7. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this Section 2.6, a Holder may assign any Note or
any portion thereof to an Affiliate of such Holder or a Related Fund of such
Holder without delivering a request to assign or sell such Note to the Company
and the recordation of such assignment or sale in the Register (a “Related Party
Assignment”); provided, that (x) the
Company may continue to deal solely with such assigning or selling Holder unless
and until such Holder has delivered a request to assign or sell such Note or
portion thereof to the Company for recordation in the Register; (y) the failure
of such assigning or selling Holder to deliver a request to assign or sell such
Note or portion thereof to the Company shall not affect the legality, validity,
or binding effect of such assignment or sale and (z) such assigning or selling
Holder shall, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the
Company, maintain a register (the “Related Party
Register”) comparable to the Register on behalf of the Company, and any
such assignment or sale shall be effective upon recordation of such assignment
or sale in the Related Party Register.
2.7. Disputes. In the
event of a dispute as to the number of Common Shares issuable to the Holder
under this Note in connection with a Stock Payment Amount or otherwise, the
Company shall issue to the Holder the number of Common Shares not in dispute and
resolve such dispute in accordance with Section
6.12.
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ARTICLE
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3.1. Company May Consolidate,
Etc. on Certain Terms. Subject to Section
3.3, the Company may consolidate with or amalgamate or merge with or
into, or sell, convey or lease all or substantially all of its assets to, any
other company; provided that in any such case:
(a) either
the Company shall be the continuing company, or the successor company shall
expressly assume the due and punctual payment of the principal of and interest
on this Note in accordance with the terms hereof, and the due and punctual
performance and observance of all of the covenants and conditions of this Note
and the Purchase Agreement to be performed or observed by the
Company;
(b) such
continuing or successor company, as the case may be, shall not be in default
immediately after such amalgamation, merger, consolidation, sale, conveyance or
lease in the performance or observance of any such covenant or condition;
and
(c) such
continuing or successor company, as the case may be, is a publicly traded
corporation whose common stock is quoted on or listed for trading on a Trading
Market.
3.2. Successor Corporation
Substituted. Subject to Section
3.3, in case of any such amalgamation, merger, consolidation, sale, lease
or conveyance, and following such an assumption by the successor corporation,
such successor corporation shall succeed to and be substituted for the Company,
with the same effect as if it had been named herein. The Holder may
require such successor corporation to enter written customary assumption
agreements in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Holder prior to,
or simultaneously with, such amalgamation, merger, consolidation, sale, lease or
conveyance, including agreements to deliver to the Holder in exchange for this
Note a security of the successor corporation evidenced by a written instrument
substantially similar in form and substance to this Note, including 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, and
satisfactory to the Holder.
3.3. Change in Control
Put.
(a) No
later than five (5) days following the consummation of a Change of Control
Transaction, but not prior to the public announcement of such Change of Control
Transaction, the Company shall deliver written notice thereof via facsimile and
overnight courier to the Holder (a “Change of Control
Notice”). If a Change in Control Transaction occurs, the
Holder shall have the right, at its option, to require the Company or its
successor to redeem this Note, in whole or in part, for an amount equal to (a)
100% of the outstanding principal balance under this Note being redeemed plus
all accrued but unpaid interest thereon (the “Base Redemption
Amount”) plus (b) (i) if such redemption occurs on or before the 18 month
anniversary of the Issuance Date, an amount equal to 10% of the Base Redemption
Amount or (ii) if such redemption occurs at any time after the 18 month
anniversary of the Issuance Date, an amount equal to 5% of the Base Redemption
Amount (the additional amount under clause (b) being referred to as the “Additional
Redemption Amount,” and together with the Base Redemption Amount, the
“Redemption
Amount”). The Holder may exercise its rights by sending
written notice to the Company (the “Holder Redemption
Notice”) within thirty (30) Trading Days following the Change in Control
Transaction. If the Holder elects to cause the redemption of this Note, then the
Company or its successor shall promptly, but in any event no more than
twenty-five (25) Trading Days after the date of such election, pay the
redemption price to the Holder. This provision shall similarly apply to
successive Change in Control Transactions; provided, that if, upon the
occurrence of a Change in Control Transaction, the Holder chooses to redeem less
than all of this Note, it shall not have further right to redeem this Note as a
result of such Change in Control Transaction.
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(b) The
Base Redemption Amount and the Additional Redemption Amount shall be paid in
cash. The Company shall deliver written notice to the Holder at least
five (5) Trading Days following its receipt of the Holder Redemption Notice
specifying the date that the Company will pay the Redemption Amount (which date
shall not be later than twenty-five (25) Trading Days after the Holder’s
election as set forth in Section
3.3(a)) (the “Redemption
Date”). Such written notice shall be irrevocable upon delivery
to the Holder.
ARTICLE
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4.1. Covenants. Until
all amounts payable under this Note are paid in full, or unless the Company
receives the prior written consent of the Holder:
(a) Corporate
Existence. The Company shall, and shall cause each of its
operating Subsidiaries (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) (except for
NanoEner, Inc. and EnerFuel, Inc.) to, maintain in full force and effect its
corporate existence, rights and franchises and all licenses and other rights to
use property owned or possessed by it and reasonably deemed to be necessary to
the conduct of its business; provided, that, the Company shall be permitted to
merge any of its wholly-owned operating Subsidiaries with and into the Company
(as long as the Company is the surviving entity of such merger) or another
operating Subsidiary wholly-owned by the Company. The Company shall
not make, or permit any of its Subsidiaries to make, any change in the nature of
its business as described in the Company’s most recent annual report filed on
Form 10-K with the Commission that would constitute a material change to the
business of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole.
(b) Regulatory
Compliance. If any Common Shares to be reserved for the
purpose of paying Installment Amounts require registration or listing with or
approval of any governmental authority, stock exchange or other regulatory body
under any federal or state law or regulation before such shares may be validly
issued or delivered in connection with a payment of an Installment Amount, the
Company, at its sole cost and expense, in good faith and as expeditiously as
possible, shall use its best efforts to secure such registration, listing or
approval, as the case may be.
(c) Issue Taxes. The
Company shall pay any and all issue and other taxes, excluding federal, state or
local income taxes, that may be paid in respect of any issue or delivery of
Common Shares in accordance with this Note, unless the Holder directs the
Company to deliver such Common Shares to a third party, in which case the Holder
will be responsible for the payment of such taxes.
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(d) Equal Treatment of
Holders. No consideration shall be offered or paid to any of
the Holders to amend or waive or modify any provision of any of the Notes unless
the same consideration is also offered to all of the Holders. This
provision constitutes a separate right granted to each of the Holders by the
Company and shall not in any way be construed as the Holders acting in concert
or as a group with respect to the purchase, disposition or voting of securities
or otherwise.
(e) Notices. The
Company will immediately notify the Holder of the occurrence of an Event of
Default hereunder and shall provide the Holder with prompt written notice (A)
with respect to any dividend or distribution upon the Common Shares, (B) with
respect to any pro rata subscription offer to holders of Common Shares or (C)
for the solicitation of rights to vote with respect to any Change in Control
Transaction, dissolution or liquidation, provided in each case that such
information shall be disclosed to the public prior to or contemporaneously with
delivery of such notice to the Holder.
(f) Use of
Proceeds. The proceeds from the sale of this Note shall be
used by the Company for general corporate purposes, but not for (i) the
repayment of any outstanding Indebtedness of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries or (ii) the redemption or repurchase of any of its or its
Subsidiaries’ equity securities.
(g) Rank. All
payments due under this Note (a) shall rank pari passu with all Other
Notes and the Permitted Pari Passu Indebtedness and (b) shall be senior to all
other Indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries other than Permitted
Senior Indebtedness.
(h) Incurrence of
Indebtedness. So long as this Note is outstanding, the Company
shall not, and the Company shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly
or indirectly, incur or guarantee, assume or suffer to exist any Indebtedness,
other than Permitted Indebtedness.
(i) Existence of
Liens. So long as this Note is outstanding, the Company shall
not, and the Company shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or
indirectly, allow or suffer to exist any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge,
security interest or other encumbrance upon or in any property or assets
(including accounts and contract rights) owned by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries (collectively, “Liens”)
other than Permitted Liens.
(j) Restricted
Payments. Except as permitted in the provisos set forth below,
the Company shall not, and the Company shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries
to, directly or indirectly: (i) redeem, defease, repurchase, repay or make any
sinking fund, defeasance, retirement or similar payment or otherwise make any
payment in respect of (in whole or in part, whether by way of open market
purchases, tender offers, private transactions or otherwise), all or any portion
of any Indebtedness (other than Permitted Senior Indebtedness, this Note and the
Other Notes), including, but not limited to, payments in respect of principal of
(or premium, if any) or interest on, such Indebtedness, (ii) declare or pay any
dividend or make any other payment or distribution on account of the Company’s
or any of its Subsidiaries’ equity or equity-linked securities or to the direct
or indirect holders of the Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ equity or
equity-linked securities in their capacity as such, or (iii) make any repayment,
redemption, retirement, defeasance, sinking fund or similar payment or purchase
or other acquisition for value, or obtain the surrender of, any shares of any
class of equity or equity-linked securities of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries or any outstanding warrants, options or other rights for the
purchase or acquisition of shares of any class of equity or equity-linked
securities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, now or hereafter
outstanding, provided,
however, that the Company may make mandatory scheduled interest payments
in respect of Permitted Indebtedness outstanding as of the date hereof to the
extent the obligation to make such payments was incurred prior to the date
hereof and if at the time such payment is due or is otherwise made or, after
giving effect to such payment, no event constituting, or that with the passage
of time and without being cured would constitute, an Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing; provided, further, that
payments of principal or interest with respect to any Permitted Indebtedness may
be made solely by the conversion or exchange into the Company's or any of its
Subsidiaries’ equity securities.
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(k) Transactions with
Affiliates. The Company shall not, nor shall it permit any of
its Subsidiaries to, enter into, renew, extend or be a party to, any transaction
or series of related transactions (including, without limitation, the purchase,
sale, lease, transfer or exchange of property or assets of any kind or the
rendering of services of any kind) with any Affiliate, except in the ordinary
course of business in a manner and to an extent consistent with past practice
and necessary or desirable for the prudent operation of its business, for fair
consideration and on terms approved in accordance with the corporate
governance requirements of the applicable Trading Market and Florida law by
a special committee of the Company’s Board of Directors consisting
solely of independent and disinterested directors.
(l) Cash
Maintenance. The Company shall initially maintain no less than
$4,500,000 of
cash available in one or more bank accounts located in the United States, such
cash to be available to make any cash payments required to be made by the
Company pursuant to this Note or any other Transaction Document (as defined in
the Purchase Agreement). From and after July 1, 2011, the Company may reduce the
amount of cash required to be maintained by $450,000 per
calendar quarter. For the avoidance of doubt, (x) the obligations of the Company
under this Section
4.1(1) are separate and distinct from the obligations of the Company
under Section 4.1(l) of the Prior Notes, (y) the aggregate amount of cash
required to be maintained by the Company under Section 4.1(l) of the Prior Notes
shall not be applicable in determining if the Company has satisfied its
obligations under this Section
4.1(l) and
(y) the aggregate amount of cash required to be maintained by the Company under
Section 4.1(l) of the Prior Notes shall be in addition to the aggregate amount
of cash maintained by the Company under this Section 4.1(1).
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(m) Reservation of Authorized
Shares.
(i) Reservation. The
Company shall initially reserve out of its authorized and unissued Common Shares
a number of Common Shares equal to the maximum number of Common Shares issuable
pursuant to this Note assuming the Stock Payment Price is $2.29375 per share
(appropriately adjusted for any stock split, stock dividend, stock combination,
stock buy-back or other similar transaction). So long as there
remains any amount of principal or interest on this Note outstanding, the
Company shall take all action necessary to reserve and keep available out of its
authorized and unissued Common Shares, solely for the purpose of effecting the
payment of Installment Amounts, the maximum number of Common Shares issuable as
shall from time to time be necessary to effect the payment of any amounts due
under this Article 4, if such amount should become due and payable assuming the
Stock Payment Price is $2.29375 per share (appropriately adjusted for any stock
split, stock dividend, stock combination, stock buy-back or other similar
transaction) (the “Required Reserve
Amount”). The Required Reserve Amount shall be allocated pro rata among the Holders
based on the principal amount of the Notes held by each holder at the Closing
(as defined in the Purchase Agreement) or increase in the number of reserved
shares, as the case may be (the “Authorized Share
Allocation”). In the event that a Holder shall sell or
otherwise transfer any of such Holder’s Notes, each transferee shall be
allocated a pro rata portion of such holder’s Authorized Share
Allocation. Any Common Shares reserved and allocated to any Person
which ceases to hold any Notes shall be allocated to the remaining Holders of
Notes, pro rata based
on the principal amount of the Notes then held by such Holders.
(ii) Insufficient Authorized
Shares. If at any time while the Note remains outstanding the
Company does not have a sufficient number of authorized and unreserved Common
Shares to satisfy its obligation to reserve for issuance at least a number of
Common Shares equal to the Required Reserve Amount (an “Authorized Share
Failure”), then the Company shall promptly take all action necessary to
increase the Company’s authorized Common Shares to an amount sufficient to allow
the Company to reserve the Required Reserve Amount for the Note then
outstanding, including by acting in accordance with the provisions of Section
3.16 of the Purchase Agreement. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing sentence, as soon as practicable after the date of
the occurrence of an Authorized Share Failure, but in no event later than sixty
(60) days after the occurrence of such Authorized Share Failure, the Company
shall either (i) hold a meeting of its shareholders for the approval of an
increase in the number of authorized Common Shares or (ii) obtain such approval
by written consent and take all other action reasonably necessary to rectify the
Authorized Share Failure. In connection with such meeting, the
Company shall provide each shareholder with a proxy statement and shall use its
reasonable best efforts to solicit its shareholders’ approval of such increase
in authorized Common Shares and to cause its board of directors to recommend to
the shareholders that they approve such proposal. In connection with
such written consent, the Company shall provide each shareholder with an
information statement and shall use its reasonable best efforts to solicit its
shareholders’ approval of such increase in authorized Common Shares and to cause
its board of directors to recommend to the shareholders that they approve such
proposal.
ARTICLE
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5.1.
Events of
Default. Each of the following shall constitute an “Event
of Default”:
(a) the
Company shall fail to pay to the Holders any amount of principal, interest or
other amounts when and as due under the Notes or any other Transaction Document,
or to deliver Common Shares required to be delivered by the Company pursuant to
this Note or any other Transaction Document; or
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(b) the
Company shall fail to observe or perform any other covenant, condition or
agreement contained in the Notes or any other Transaction Document, which
failure is not cured, if possible to cure, within ten (10) days after such failure;
or
(c) any
representation or warranty made by the Company in the Notes or any other
Transaction Document shall prove to have been false or incorrect or breached in
a material respect on the date as of which it was made; or
(d) the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall (A) default in any payment of any
amount or amounts of principal of or interest on any Indebtedness (other than
the Indebtedness under the Notes) the aggregate principal amount of which
Indebtedness is in excess of $5,000,000, (B) default in any payment
of any amount or amounts of principal of or interest of any Indebtedness
contemplated pursuant to clause (iv) of the definition of Permitted Senior
Indebtedness or (C) default in the observance or performance of any other
agreement or condition relating to any such Indebtedness or contained in any
instrument or agreement evidencing, securing or relating thereto, or any other
event shall occur or condition exist, as a result of which default or other
event or condition the holder or holders or beneficiary or beneficiaries of such
Indebtedness or a trustee on their behalf have declared such Indebtedness to be
due and payable; or
(e) the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall (i) apply for or consent to the
appointment of, or the taking of possession by, a receiver, custodian, trustee
or liquidator of itself or of all or a substantial part of its property or
assets, (ii) make a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors, (iii)
commence a voluntary case under the United States Bankruptcy Code (as now or
hereafter in effect) or under the comparable laws of any jurisdiction (foreign
or domestic), (iv) file a petition seeking to take advantage of any bankruptcy,
insolvency, moratorium, reorganization or other similar law affecting the
enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, (v) acquiesce to any petition filed
against it in an involuntary case under United States Bankruptcy Code (as now or
hereafter in effect) or under the comparable laws of any jurisdiction (foreign
or domestic), (vi) issue a notice of bankruptcy or winding down of its
operations or issue a press release regarding same, (vii) admit in writing its
inability to pay its debts generally as they mature, (viii) call a meeting of
its creditors with a view to arranging a composition, adjustment or
restructuring of its debts, or (ix) take any action under the laws of any
jurisdiction (foreign or domestic) analogous to any of the foregoing;
or
(f) a
proceeding or case shall be commenced in respect of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, without its application or consent, in any court of competent
jurisdiction, seeking (i) the liquidation, reorganization, moratorium,
dissolution, winding up, or composition or readjustment of its debts, (ii) the
appointment of a trustee, receiver, custodian, liquidator or the like of it or
of all or any substantial part of its assets in connection with the liquidation
or dissolution of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or (iii) similar relief
in respect of it under any law providing for the relief of debtors, and such
proceeding or case described in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) shall continue
undismissed, or unstayed and in effect, for a period of sixty (60) days or any
order for relief shall be entered in an involuntary case under United States
Bankruptcy Code (as now or hereafter in effect) or under the comparable laws of
any jurisdiction (foreign or domestic) against the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries or action under the laws of any jurisdiction (foreign or domestic)
analogous to any of the foregoing shall be taken with respect to the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries; or
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(g) except
to the extent that Rule 144 is available (without the requirement to be in
compliance with Rule 144(c)(1)) for the resale of all of the Registrable
Securities (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement), the failure of the
applicable Registration Statement required to be filed on or before the
applicable Filing Deadline (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) or
to be declared effective by the Commission on or prior to the date that is sixty
(60) days after the applicable Effectiveness Deadline (as defined in the
Registration Rights Agreement), or, while the applicable Registration Statement
is required to be maintained effective pursuant to the terms of the Registration
Rights Agreement, the effectiveness of the applicable Registration Statement
lapses for any reason (including, without limitation, the issuance of a stop
order) or is unavailable to any holder of the Notes for sale of all of such
holder’s Registrable Securities in accordance with the terms of the Registration
Rights Agreement, and such lapse or unavailability continues for a period of ten
(10) consecutive days or for more than an aggregate of thirty (30) days in any
365-day period (other than days during an Allowable Grace Period (as defined in
the Registration Rights Agreement)); or
(h) the
suspension from trading or failure of the Common Shares to be listed on a
Trading Market for a period of five (5) consecutive Trading Days or for more
than an aggregate of fifteen (15) Trading Days in any 365-day period;
or
(i) the
Company’s (A) failure to deliver the required number of Common Shares
deliverable hereunder within ten (10) Business Days after the Company is
required to do so pursuant to the terms of this Note or (B) notice, written or
oral, to any holder of the Notes, including by way of public announcement or
through any of its agents, at any time, of its intention not to comply with a
requirement to deliver Common Shares required to be delivered in accordance with
the provisions of the Notes, other than pursuant to Section
2.5; or
(j)
the number of Common Shares authorized and reserved for issuance pursuant to the
Notes is less than the Required Reserve Amount for a period of more than twenty
(20) consecutive days (or more than sixty (60) consecutive days if the Company
must seek shareholder approval in order to increase such number);
or
(k) a
final non-appealable judgment or judgments for the payment of money aggregating
in excess of $1,000,000 are rendered against the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries and which judgments are not, within sixty (60) days after the entry
thereof, bonded, discharged or stayed pending appeal, or are not discharged
within sixty (60) days after the expiration of such stay; provided, however,
that any judgment which is covered by insurance or an indemnity from a credit
worthy party, determined by the Holder in its reasonable discretion, shall not
be included in calculating the $1,000,000 amount set forth above so long as the
Company provides the Holder a written statement from such insurer or indemnity
provider (which written statement shall be reasonably satisfactory to the
Holder) to the effect that such judgment is covered by insurance or an indemnity
and the Company will receive the proceeds of such insurance or indemnity within
thirty (30) days of the issuance of such judgment; or
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(l) any
Event of Default (as defined in the Prior Notes) occurs under any Prior
Notes.
If an
Event of Default with respect to Notes shall have occurred and be continuing,
the Holder may declare by written notice to the Company the principal amount of
this Note and accrued and unpaid interest thereon (and any other amounts owed by
the Company hereunder) to be immediately due and payable (an “Acceleration”).
Upon the
occurrence of an Acceleration, the Company shall deliver to the Holder by wire
transfer of immediately available funds an amount in cash equal the sum of (x)
the entire outstanding principal amount of this Note, all unpaid interest
accrued thereon through the effective date of such Acceleration (the “Acceleration
Date”) and all other amounts due under this Note and (y) the EOD Base
Payment.
The
“EOD Base
Payment” shall be determined according to the following
formula:
EODB = X
×1.15
For
purposes of the foregoing formula:
EODB =
the EOD Base Payment
X = the
entire outstanding principal amount of this Note, all interest on the
outstanding principal amount of this Note due through the Acceleration Date and
all other amounts due under this Note.
ARTICLE
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6.1. Notices. Any
notice, demand, request, waiver or other communication required or permitted to
be given hereunder shall be in writing and shall be effective (a) upon hand
delivery at the address designated in the Purchase Agreement (if delivered on a
Business Day during normal business hours where such notice is to be received),
or the first Business Day following such delivery (if delivered other than on a
Business Day during normal business hours where such notice is to be received)
or (b) on the second Business Day following the date of mailing by express
courier service, fully prepaid, addressed to such address, or upon actual
receipt of such mailing, whichever shall first occur. The Company
shall promptly notify the Holder of this Note of any notices sent or received,
or any actions taken with respect to the Other Notes.
6.2. Governing
Law. This Note shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York, without giving
effect to any of the conflicts of law principles which would result in the
application of the substantive law of another jurisdiction.
6.3. Headings. Article
and section headings in this Note are included herein for purposes of
convenience of reference only and shall not constitute a part of this Note for
any other purpose.
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6.4. Remedies, Characterizations,
Other Obligations, Breaches and Injunctive Relief. The
remedies provided in this Note shall be cumulative and in addition to all other
remedies available under this Note, at law or in equity (including, without
limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or other injunctive relief), no
remedy contained herein shall be deemed a waiver of compliance with the
provisions giving rise to such remedy and nothing herein shall limit a holder’s
right to pursue actual damages for any failure by the Company to comply with the
terms of this Note. The Company acknowledges that a breach by it of
its obligations hereunder will cause irreparable harm to the Holder and that the
remedy at law for any such breach would be inadequate, and agrees that, in the
event of any such breach or threatened breach, the Holder shall be entitled, in
addition to all other available rights and remedies, at law or in equity, to
seek equitable relief, including but not limited to an injunction restraining
any such breach or threatened breach, without the necessity of showing economic
loss and without any bond or other security being required.
6.5. Enforcement
Expenses. The Company agrees to pay all costs and expenses of
enforcement of this Note, including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’
fees and expenses.
6.6. Binding
Effect. The obligations of the Company and the Holder set
forth herein shall be binding upon the successors and assigns of each such
party, whether or not such successors or assigns are permitted by the terms
hereof.
6.7. Amendments. No
provision of this Note may be modified or amended other than by a written
instrument signed by the Company and Holders of a majority of the outstanding
principal amount under all of the Notes; provided, however, that no
such modification or amendment shall, without the consent of the Holder
hereunder, change the stated maturity date of this Note, or reduce the principal
amount hereof, or reduce the rate or extend the time of payment of any interest
hereon, or reduce any amount payable on redemption or prepayment hereof, or
impair or affect the right of the Holder to receive payment of principal
(whether in cash or Common Shares) of, and interest on, the Notes or to
institute suit for payment thereof, or impair or affect the right of the Holder
to receive any other payment provided for under this Note, or modify or amend
the definition of “Equity Conditions.”
6.8. Consent to
Jurisdiction. Each of the Company and the Holder (i) hereby
irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States District
Court sitting in the Southern District of New York and the courts of the State
of New York located in New York county for the purposes of any suit, action or
proceeding arising out of or relating to this Note and (ii) 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 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. Each of the Company and
the Holder consents to process being served in any such suit, action or
proceeding by mailing a copy thereof to such party at the address in effect for
notices to it under the Purchase Agreement and agrees that such service shall
constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice
thereof. Nothing in this Section
6.8 shall affect or limit any right to serve process in any other manner
permitted by law. The Company hereby waives any right to trial by
jury.
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6.9. Parties in
Interest. This Note shall be binding upon, inure to the
benefit of and be enforceable by the Company, the Holder and their respective
successors and permitted assigns.
6.10. Failure or Indulgence Not
Waiver. No failure or delay on the part of the Holder in the
exercise of any power, right or privilege hereunder, or course of conduct
relating hereto, shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or
partial exercise of any such power, right or privilege preclude other or further
exercise thereof or of any other right, power or privilege.
6.11. Company
Waivers. Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, the
Company and all others that may become liable for all or any part of the
obligations evidenced by this Note, hereby waive any rights of set-off,
presentment, demand, notice of nonpayment, protest and all other demands and
notices in connection with the delivery, acceptance, performance and enforcement
of this Note.
6.12. Dispute
Resolution. Upon the request of the Holder, the Company shall
promptly deliver a notice providing reasonable support for any determination or
arithmetic calculation required to be made hereunder, but in no event later than
one (1) Business Day thereafter. In the case of a dispute as to the
determination of the Closing Price, the Cash Payment Amount, the Stock Payment
Amount, the IA Additional Cash Payment, the number of Advance Shares, the number
of True-Up Shares, the IA Non-Stock Base Payment, the Base Payment Amount, the
Additional Prepayment Amount, the number of Prepayment Advance Shares, the Base
Redemption Amount, the Additional Redemption Amount, the EOD Base Payment or
other similar provision or calculation, the Company shall (i) deliver to the
Holder the number of Common Shares and/or the amount of cash, as the case may
be, resulting from any such determination or calculation that is not
disputed by the parties on the date on which such shares or cash are
required to be delivered hereunder and (ii) submit the disputed determinations
or arithmetic calculations, within two (2) Business Days of the receipt, or
deemed receipt, by either party of notice (which may be written or oral) from
the other party that any such determination or calculation is being disputed, to
(a) an independent, reputable investment bank selected by the Company and
approved by the Holder or (b) to the Company’s independent, outside accountant,
as appropriate. The Company shall use reasonable best efforts to
cause the investment bank or the accountant, as the case may be, to perform the
determinations or calculations and notify the Company and the Holder of the
results no later than five (5) Business Days from the time it receives the
disputed determinations or calculations. Such investment bank’s or
accountant’s determination or calculation, as the case may be, shall be binding
upon all parties absent demonstrable error. If the determination or
calculation of such investment bank or accountant is the same as that of the
Company's determination or calculation (with a permitted variance of up to 5%)
then the fees of such investment bank or accountant shall be borne by the
Holder. In all other cases, such fees shall be borne by the
Company.
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6.13. Disclosure. On
or prior to delivery of any notice to the Holder in accordance with the terms of
this Note, unless the Company has in good faith determined that such notice does
not contain any material, nonpublic information relating to the Company or its
Subsidiaries, the Company shall publicly disclose such material, nonpublic
information on a Current Report on Form 8-K or otherwise. Unless
mutually agreed in writing between the Company and the Holder, the Holder shall
be allowed to presume that all notices to be delivered to the Holder pursuant to
this Note do not contain any material, nonpublic information relating to the
Company or its Subsidiaries. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, contemporaneously with the delivery of any notice required to be
delivered by the Company pursuant to Section 2,
Section 3.3 or Section 5.1 hereof, including, without limitation, any
Company Installment Notice, any notice with respect to a Subsequent Equity
Conditions Failure, any notice that the Company has cured a Subsequent Equity
Conditions Failure, any notice with respect to any prepayment contemplated
pursuant to Section
2.4, any Change of Control Notice or any notice with respect to an Event
of Default or Acceleration, the Company shall publicly disclose on a Current
Report on Form 8-K all information contained in any such notices, including,
without limitation, any election with respect to how payments are to be made
pursuant to this Note, the number of any Advance Shares, True-Up Shares or any
other Common Shares to be delivered pursuant to the terms of this Note, and the
amount of any cash to be paid pursuant to the terms of this Note, provided that to the extent a
notice relates to a payment in Common Shares that comprise less than 0.25% of
the number of Common Shares then outstanding, the Company shall not be obligated
to disclose such information on a Current Report on Form 8-K unless the Company
determines in good faith that such payment or knowledge of such payment could
reasonably be expected to constitute material nonpublic information relating to
the Company or its Subsidiaries.
6.14. Definitions. The
words “herein”, “hereof”, “hereunder” and words of similar import refer to this
Note as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other
subdivision. The terms defined in this Note include the plural as
well as the singular, and the word “including” shall be deemed to mean
“including without limitation.” All references to a “Section”, unless
the context otherwise requires, refer to such parts of this Note.
For the
purposes hereof, the following terms shall have the following
meanings:
“Affiliate” means, with respect to any
Person, any other Person that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by,
or is under common control with, such Person, it being understood for purposes
of this definition that “control” of a Person means the power directly or
indirectly either to vote 10% or more of the stock having ordinary voting power
for the election of directors of such Person or direct or cause the direction of
the management and policies of such Person whether by contract or
otherwise.
“Business
Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which
commercial banks in New York City are required or permitted by law to be closed
during regular business hours.
“Change in Control
Transaction” will be deemed to exist if (i) there occurs any direct or
indirect consolidation, merger or other business combination of the Company with
or into any other corporation or other person (whether or not the Company is the
surviving corporation), or any other corporate reorganization or transaction or
series of related transactions in which in any of such events the existing
voting shareholders of the Company prior to such event cease to own 50% or more
of the voting stock, or corresponding voting equity interests, of the surviving
corporation after such event, (ii) any “person” or “group” (as these terms are
used for purposes of Section 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act) (other than
Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx and his Affiliates, so long as he and his Affiliates
collectively beneficially own less than 70% of the voting equity securities of
the Company) is or shall become the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3
under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of 50% of the aggregate voting
stock of the Company, (iii) Continuing Directors do not constitute at least a
majority of the members of the Company’s Board of Directors or (iv)
in one or a series of related transactions, there is a sale or transfer of all
or substantially all of the assets of the Company.
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“Closing
Price” means, on any particular date, the last trading price per share of
the Common Shares on such date on the principal Trading Market on which the
Common Shares are then listed, or if there is no such price on such date, then
the last bid price on such Trading Market on such date.
“Common
Shares” means shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per
share.
“Contingent
Obligations” means, as to any Person, any direct or indirect liability,
contingent or otherwise, of that Person with respect to any Indebtedness, lease,
dividend or other obligation of another Person if the primary purpose or intent
of the Person incurring such liability, or the primary effect thereof, is to
provide assurance to the obligee of such liability that such liability will be
paid or discharged, or that any agreements relating thereto will be complied
with, or that the holders of such liability will be protected (in whole or in
part) against loss with respect thereto.
“Continuing
Director” means, on any date, a member of the Board of Directors who (i)
was a member of such board on the Issuance Date or (ii) was nominated or elected
by at least a majority of the directors who were Continuing Directors at the
time of such nomination or election or whose election to the Board of Directors
was recommended or endorsed by at least a majority of the directors who were
Continuing Directors at the time of such nomination or election.
“Daily
VWAP” means the daily volume-weighted average price for the Common Shares
on the principal Trading Market on which the Common Shares are then listed
during the period beginning at 9:30 a.m. (New York time) (or such other time as
such Trading Market publicly announces is the official open of trading), and
ending at 4:01 p.m. (New York time) (or one minute after such other time as such
Trading Market publicly announces is the official close of trading) as reported
by Bloomberg Financial Markets through its “Volume at Price” function (subject
to adjustment to reflect dividends, (including cash dividends) stock splits,
stock combinations or other similar transactions).
“DTC” means
The Depository Trust Company.
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“Equity
Conditions” means that, (1) on each day during the Equity Conditions
Measuring Period: (i) all Common Shares to be issued in connection
with the applicable Installment Date (or such other date on or event for which
the Equity Conditions are required to be satisfied) shall be eligible for resale
by the Holder without restriction and without need for additional registration
under any applicable federal or state securities laws, either pursuant to an
effective resale registration statement or Rule 144 and if all of the Common
Shares to be issued in connection with the applicable Installment Date (or such
other date on or event for which the Equity Conditions are required to be
satisfied) cannot be freely resold pursuant to Rule 144, the Company shall have
no knowledge of any fact that would reasonably be expected to cause
any Registration Statement required pursuant to the Registration Rights
Agreement not to be effective and available for the resale of all remaining
Registrable Securities; (ii) the Common Shares are designated for listing on a
Trading Market and shall not have been suspended from trading on such exchange
or market nor shall delisting or suspension by such exchange or market have been
pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened either (I) by such
exchange nor shall there be any Commission or judicial stop trade order or
trading suspension stop order or (II) by falling below the then effective
minimum listing maintenance requirements of such exchange or market; (iii) there
shall not have occurred and be continuing, unless waived by the Holder, either
(A) an Event of Default or (B) an event that with the passage of time or giving
of notice would constitute an Event of Default; (iv) the Company has not
provided any Holder with any non-public information in breach of Section
3.10 of the Purchase Agreement; (v) none of the Registration Statement
(as defined in the Purchase Agreement), the Prospectus (as defined in the
Purchase Agreement) nor any Registration Statement (as defined in the
Registration Rights Agreement) contains any untrue statement of a material fact
or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading and such Registration Statement and such Prospectus comply with all
applicable securities laws as to form and substance; (vi) the Company’s transfer
agent for the Common Shares is participating in the DTC Fast Automated
Securities Transfer Program; (vii) all Common Shares to be issued in connection
with the applicable Installment Date (or such other date on or event for which
the Equity Conditions are required to be satisfied) are duly authorized and will
be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable upon issuance and the issuance
thereof will not require any further approvals of the Company’s board of
directors or shareholders; (viii) no pending, proposed or intended Change of
Control Transaction shall have been publicly announced, but not abandoned,
terminated or completed prior to the Equity Conditions Measuring Period; (ix)
all Common Shares issuable in connection with an Installment Date (or such other
date on or event for which the Equity Conditions are required to be satisfied)
may be issued in full without violating Section
2.5 or the rules or regulations of any applicable Trading Market,
including, without limitation, any listing rule of the NASDAQ Stock Market that
would require shareholder approval if the number of Common Shares being issued,
when taken together with the number of Common Shares theretofore issued under
all of the Notes, exceeds 19.99% of the number of Common Shares outstanding on
the Issuance Date and (x) the average trading volume for the Common Shares
during the twenty (20) Trading Day period prior to the applicable date of
determination is at least 300,000 shares per Trading Day, and (2)(i) with
respect to any Advance Date, the arithmetic average of the Daily VWAP for the
five Trading Days immediately preceding such Advance Date is at least $2.50 per
share (appropriately adjusted for any stock split, stock dividend, stock
combination, stock buy-back or other similar transaction after the Issuance Date
and on or prior the Advance Date), (ii) with respect to any Prepayment Advance
Date, the arithmetic average of the Daily VWAP for the five Trading Days
immediately preceding such Prepayment Advance Date is at least $2.50 per share
(appropriately adjusted for any stock split, stock dividend, stock combination,
stock buy-back or other similar transaction after the Issuance Date and on or
prior to the Prepayment Advance Date) and (iii) with respect to any Installment
Date, the arithmetic average of the nine lowest Daily VWAPs during the Stock
Payment Pricing Period is at least $2.50 per share (appropriately adjusted for
any stock split, stock dividend, stock combination, stock buy-back or other
similar transaction after the Issuance Date and through the end of such
period).
“Equity Conditions
Measuring Period” means the period beginning twenty (20) Trading Days
prior to the applicable Installment Notice Date (or such other date on or event
for which the Equity Conditions are required to be satisfied) and ending on and
including the applicable Installment Date (or such other date on or event for
which the Equity Conditions are required to be satisfied).
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“Exchange
Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“GAAP” means United States
generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied.
“Indebtedness”
means without duplication: (a) all obligations for borrowed money;
(b) all obligations evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar
instruments and all reimbursement or other obligations in respect of letters of
credit, bankers acceptances, current swap agreements, interest rate hedging
agreements, interest rate swaps or other financial products; (c) all capital
lease obligations; (d) all obligations or liabilities secured by a lien or
encumbrance on any asset of the Company, irrespective of whether such obligation
or liability is assumed; (e) all obligations for the deferred purchase price of
assets; (f) all synthetic leases; (g) any obligation guaranteeing (whether
directly or indirectly guaranteed, endorsed, co-made, discounted or sold with
recourse) any of the foregoing obligations of any other person; (h) all
indebtedness created or arising under any conditional sale or other title
retention agreement, or incurred as financing, in either case with respect to
any property or assets acquired with the proceeds of such indebtedness (even
though the rights and remedies of the seller or bank under such agreement in the
event of default are limited to repossession or sale of such property); and (i)
all Contingent Obligations in respect of indebtedness or obligations of others
of the kinds referred to in clauses (a) through (h) above.
“Initial
Installment Date” means April 1, 2011.
“Installment
Amount” means, with respect to (a) any Installment Date other than the
Maturity Date, an amount equal to 1/10th of the
original principal amount of the Notes plus all accrued but unpaid
interest under the Notes, including Default Interest (if any), through and
including the applicable Installment Date and (b) the Maturity Date, all
outstanding principal and interest, including Default Interest (if any) and
other amounts due and payable under the Notes.
“Installment
Date” means the Initial Installment Date and each January 1, April 1,
July 1 and October 1 subsequent to the Initial Installment Date with the final
Installment Date being the Maturity Date. Notwithstanding anything
contained in this Note to the contrary and for all purposes hereunder, the
Maturity Date shall be deemed to be an Installment Date.
“Issuance
Date” means December31, 2010.
“Permitted
Indebtedness” means (i) the Indebtedness evidenced by the Notes and the
Other Notes, (ii) Permitted Pari Passu Indebtedness, (iii) Permitted Senior
Indebtedness and (iv) in the event that, at any time, Think Global AS or Think
Technology AS (collectively, “Think”)
becomes a “Subsidiary” of the Company, any Indebtedness of Think (“Think
Indebtedness”) not to exceed $50,000,000 in the aggregate at any time
outstanding, as long as, in any such case, (x) neither the Company nor any of
its Subsidiaries (other than Think) is obligated in any respect, whether as
guarantor (whether directly or indirectly guaranteed, endorsed, co-made,
discounted or sold with recourse) or otherwise, with respect to any Think
Indebtedness and (y) no Think Indebtedness is secured by (and no holder of any
such Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured
by) any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest or other encumbrance
upon or in any property or assets (including accounts and contract rights) owned
by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, even though the Company or the
Subsidiary that owns such assets or property has not assumed or become liable
for the payment of such Indebtedness; provided, however, that the
grant by the Company to holders of Think Indebtedness of the right to exchange
such Indebtedness for shares of Common Stock shall not be deemed to constitute
an obligation or right described in clause (x) or (y) above, respectively, as
long as such right to exchange (I) does not entitle a holder of Think
Indebtedness to exchange such Indebtedness for shares of Common Stock at a price
per share that is less than $4.00 (subject to adjustment for stock splits, stock
dividends and similar events) and (II) cannot be exercised until after the
eighteen (18) month anniversary of the date on which such Indebtedness is
issued.
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“Permitted
Liens” means (i) any Lien for taxes not yet due or delinquent or being
contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings for which adequate reserves
have been established in accordance with GAAP, (ii) any statutory Lien arising
in the ordinary course of business by operation of law with respect to a
liability that is not yet due or delinquent, (iii) any Lien created by operation
of law, such as materialmen’s liens, mechanics’ liens and other similar liens,
arising in the ordinary course of business with respect to a liability that is
not yet due or delinquent or that are being contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings, (iv) Liens (A) upon or in any equipment acquired or
held by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to secure the purchase price of
such equipment or indebtedness incurred solely for the purpose of financing the
acquisition or lease of such equipment, or (B) existing on such equipment at the
time of its acquisition, provided that the Lien is confined solely to the
property so acquired and improvements thereon, and the proceeds of such
equipment, (v) Liens incurred in connection with the extension, renewal or
refinancing of the indebtedness secured by Liens of the type described in
clauses (i) and (iv) above, provided that any extension, renewal or replacement
Lien shall be limited to the property encumbered by the existing Lien and the
principal amount of the Indebtedness being extended, renewed or refinanced does
not increase, (vi) leases or subleases and licenses and sublicenses granted to
others in the ordinary course of the Company’s business, not interfering in any
material respect with the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as
a whole, (vii) Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as
a matter of law to secure payments of custom duties in connection with the
importation of goods, (viii) Liens arising from judgments, decrees or
attachments in circumstances not constituting an Event of Default under Section
5.1 and (ix) Liens securing Permitted Senior Indebtedness.
“Permitted
Pari Passu
Indebtedness” means (i) Indebtedness existing on the date hereof that is
pari passu in right of payment with the Notes and is set forth in Schedule
6.14, and (ii) Indebtedness in the form of privately placed or registered
unsecured convertible notes (or similar instruments), provided, however, that with
respect to Indebtedness permitted under this clause (ii), (A) the maturity date
of such Indebtedness will be more than 90 days after the Maturity Date of this
Note, (B) except as contemplated in the last proviso in Section
4.1(j), such Indebtedness shall not allow, nor shall the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries make in respect thereof, any amortization payments,
prepayments or other payments with respect to the outstanding principal amount
of such Indebtedness on or prior to the date that this Note is paid in full
pursuant to the terms of this Note and (C) the outstanding aggregate principal
amount of such Indebtedness shall not exceed $15 million disregarding any
amounts set forth on Schedule
6.14 under the heading “Permitted Pari Passu
Indebtedness”.
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“Permitted Senior
Indebtedness” means (i) Indebtedness existing on the date hereof that is
senior in right of payment to the Notes and set forth in Schedule
6.14, (ii) the principal of (and premium, if any), interest on, and all
fees and other amounts (including, without limitation, any reasonable
out-of-pocket costs, enforcement expenses (including reasonable out-of-pocket
legal fees and disbursements), collateral protection expenses and other
reimbursement or indemnity obligations relating thereto) payable by Company
and/or its Subsidiaries under or in connection with any working capital facility
to be entered into by the Company and/or its Subsidiaries with one or more
financial institutions (and on customary terms and conditions), and as long as
the outstanding amount of such Indebtedness pursuant to this clause (ii) does
not exceed in the aggregate at any time outstanding the lower of the following:
(A) $25,000,000 and (B) the sum of (x) seventy-five percent (75%) of the
accounts receivable balance securing such Indebtedness and (y) fifty percent
(50%) of the book value of the Company's inventory, as disclosed on the
Company's most recent balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP and filed
pursuant to an annual report on Form 10-K or quarterly report on Form 10-Q,
(iii) Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, in an aggregate
amount not to exceed $5,000,000 at any time outstanding, which (x) are capital
lease obligations, or (y) is incurred solely to finance the acquisition,
construction or improvement of any fixed or capital assets, provided that such
Indebtedness is incurred prior to or within ninety (90) days after such
acquisition or the completion of such construction or improvement; and (iv)
Indebtedness owing to the U.S. Department of Energy (“DOE”) in connection with the
Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing Incentive Program; provided that the
aggregate principal amount of such Indebtedness shall not exceed $300,000,000 at
any time outstanding.
“Prior
Notes” means the 8.25% Senior Notes Due 2013 issued by the Company
pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of September 2,
2010.
“Registration
Rights Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in the Purchase
Agreement.
“Required
Holders” means, at any time, the holders of at least a majority of the
aggregate principal amount of the Notes outstanding at such time.
“Stock Payment
Price” means, with respect to any date when any amount under the Notes is
due and payable, that price which shall be computed as 91.75% of the arithmetic
average of the nine lowest Daily VWAPs of the Common Shares during the Stock
Payment Pricing Period. All such determinations will be appropriately
adjusted for any stock split, stock dividend, stock combination or other similar
transaction.
“Stock Payment
Pricing Period” means, with respect to any date when any amount under the
Notes is due and payable, the twenty (20) Trading Days immediately prior to such
date.
“Trading
Day” means a day on which the Common Shares are traded on a Trading
Market, or, if a Trading Market is not the principal trading market
for the Common Shares, then on the principal securities exchange or securities
market on which the Common Shares is then traded; provided that “Trading Day”
shall not include any day on which the Common Shares are scheduled to trade on
such exchange or market for less than 4.5 hours or any day that the Common
Shares are suspended from trading during the final hour of trading on such
exchange or market (or if such exchange or market does not designate in advance
the closing time of trading on such exchange or market, then during the hour
ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York Time).
“Trading
Market” means The New York Stock Exchange, the NASDAQ Stock Market or the
NYSE Amex.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Note to be duly executed by its
duly authorized officer as of the date first above indicated.
ENER1,
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