Contract
EXHIBIT
A
THIS
SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED,
OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, AND ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR
SALE, SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED EXCEPT PURSUANT TO (A) AN EFFECTIVE
REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR THE SECURITIES UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933,
AS
AMENDED, OR (B) EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS THEREUNDER.
NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, THE SECURITIES MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION
WITH
A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER LOAN OR FINANCING ARRANGEMENT SECURED BY
THE
SECURITIES.
Original
Issue Date: January ___, 2008
Original
Conversion Price (subject to adjustment herein): $4.25
$_______________
DUE
JANUARY ___, 2011
THIS
SECURED CONVERTIBLE NOTE is one of a series of duly authorized and validly
issued Secured Convertible Notes of China Water & Drinks, Inc., a Nevada
corporation, with headquarters at Unit 07, 6/F, Concordia Plaza, 0 Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxx Xxxx (collectively with its
predecessors, the “Company”),
designated as its 5% Secured Convertible Note, due on the three year anniversary
of the Original Issue Date (this note, the “Note”
and,
collectively with the other such series of notes, the “Notes”).
FOR
VALUE
RECEIVED, the Company promises to pay to ________________________ or its
registered assigns (the “Holder”),
or
shall have paid pursuant to the terms hereunder, the principal sum of
$_______________ by the three year anniversary of the Original Issue Date,
or
such earlier date as this Note is required or permitted to be repaid as provided
hereunder (the “Maturity
Date”),
and
to pay interest to the Holder on the aggregate unconverted and then outstanding
principal amount of this Note in accordance with the provisions hereof. This
Note is subject to the following additional provisions:
Section
1. Definitions.
For the
purposes hereof, in addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Note, (a)
capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set
forth
in the Purchase Agreement and (b) the following terms shall have the following
meanings:
“5%
Secured Convertible Notes”
means
the 5% Secured Convertible Notes issued by the Company on the date hereof,
including this Note.
“Alternate
Consideration”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 5(h).
“Bankruptcy
Event”
means
any of the following events: (a) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary
(as
such term is defined in Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X) thereof commences a
case
or other proceeding under any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement,
adjustment of debt, relief of debtors, dissolution, insolvency or liquidation
or
similar law of any jurisdiction relating to the Company or any Significant
Subsidiary thereof; (b) there is commenced against the Company or any
Significant Subsidiary thereof any such case or proceeding that is not dismissed
within 60 days after commencement; (c) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary
thereof is adjudicated insolvent or bankrupt or any order of relief or other
order approving any such case or proceeding is entered; (d) the Company or
any
Significant Subsidiary thereof suffers any appointment of any custodian or
the
like for it or any substantial part of its property that is not discharged
or
stayed within 60 calendar days after such appointment; (e) the Company or any
Significant Subsidiary thereof makes a general assignment for the benefit of
creditors; (f) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary thereof calls a meeting
of its creditors with a view to arranging a composition, adjustment or
restructuring of its debts; or (g) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary
thereof, by any act or failure to act, expressly indicates its consent to,
approval of or acquiescence in any of the foregoing or takes any corporate
or
other action for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing.
“Business
Day”
means
any day except Saturday, Sunday, any day which shall be a federal legal holiday
in the United States or any day on which banking institutions in the State
of
New York are authorized or required by law or other governmental action to
close.
“Buy-In”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 4(d)(v).
“Change
of Control Transaction”
means
the occurrence after the date hereof of any of (i) an acquisition after the
date
hereof by an individual or legal entity or “group” (as described in Rule
13d-5(b)(1) promulgated under the Exchange Act) of effective control (whether
through legal or beneficial ownership of capital stock of the Company, by
contract or otherwise) of in excess of 50% of the voting securities of the
Company (other than by means of conversion of the Notes), or (ii) the Company
merges into or consolidates with any other Person (as defined below), or any
Person merges into or consolidates with the Company and the stockholders of
the
Company immediately prior to such transaction own less than 50% of the aggregate
voting power of the Company or the successor entity resulting from such merger
or consolidation immediately after such transaction, or (iii) the Company sells
or transfers all or substantially all of its assets to another Person, or (iv)
a
replacement at one time or within a three-year period of more than one-half
of
the members of the Company’s board of directors which is not approved by a
majority of those individuals who are members of the board of directors on
the
date hereof (or by those individuals who are serving as members of the board
of
directors on any date whose nomination to the board of directors was approved
by
a majority of the members of the board of directors who are members on the
date
hereof), or (v) the execution by the Company of an agreement to which the
Company is a party or by which it is bound, providing for any of the events
set
forth in clauses (i) through (iv) above.
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“Common
Stock”
means
the common stock, par value $.001 per share, of the Company and stock of any
other class of securities into which such securities may hereafter be
reclassified or changed into.
“Common
Stock Equivalents”
means,
collectively, Options and Convertible Securities.
“Conversion
Date”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 4(a).
“Conversion
Price”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 4(c).
“Conversion
Shares”
means,
collectively, the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of this Note
in accordance with the terms hereof.
“Convertible
Securities”
means
any stock or securities (other than Options) convertible into or exercisable
or
exchangeable for shares of Common
Stock.
“Effectiveness
Period”
shall
have the meaning set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.
“Event
of Default”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 9.
“Exchange
Act”
means
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder.
“Fundamental
Transaction”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 5(h).
“Interest
Payment Date”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a).
“Late
Fees”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 2(c).
“Lien”
means
any lien, mortgage, pledge, assignment, security interest, charge or
encumbrance, claim or other third party rights or restrictions of any
kind.
“Mandatory
Default Amount”
means
the sum of (i) the greater of (A) 120% of the outstanding principal amount
of
this Note, plus all accrued and unpaid interest hereon, or (B) the outstanding
principal amount of this Note, plus all accrued and unpaid interest hereon,
divided by the Conversion Price on the date the Mandatory Default Amount is
either (a) demanded (if demand or notice is required to create an Event of
Default) or otherwise due or (b) paid in full, whichever has a lower Conversion
Price, multiplied by the VWAP on the date the Mandatory Default Amount is either
(x) demanded or otherwise due or (y) paid in full, whichever has a higher VWAP,
and (ii) all other amounts, costs, expenses and liquidated damages due in
respect of this Note.
“New
York Courts”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 10(d).
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“Note
Register”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 2(b).
“Notice
of Conversion”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 4(a).
“Options”
means
any rights, warrants or options to subscribe for or purchase shares of
Common
Stock or
Convertible Securities.
“Original
Issue Date”
means
the date of the first issuance of the Notes, regardless of any transfers of
any
Note and regardless of the number of instruments which may be issued to evidence
such Notes.
“Permitted
Indebtedness”
means
(a) the Indebtedness (as defined in Section 3(s) the Purchase Agreement)
existing on the Original Issue Date and set forth on Schedule
3(w)
attached
to the Purchase Agreement (b) the Indebtedness evidenced by the Notes, and
(c)
lease obligations and purchase money indebtedness of up to US$5 million, in
the
aggregate, incurred in connection with the acquisition of capital assets and
lease obligations with respect to newly acquired or leased assets.
“Permitted
Lien”
means
the individual and collective reference to the following: (a) Liens for taxes,
assessments and other governmental charges or levies not yet due or Liens for
taxes, assessments and other governmental charges or levies being contested
in
good faith and by appropriate proceedings for which adequate reserves (in the
good faith judgment of the management of the Company) have been established
in
accordance with GAAP; (b) Liens imposed by law which were incurred in the
ordinary course of the Company’s business, such as carriers’, warehousemen’s and
mechanics’ Liens, statutory landlords’ Liens, and other similar Liens arising in
the ordinary course of the Company’s business, and which (x) do not individually
or in the aggregate materially detract from the value of such property or assets
or materially impair the use thereof in the operation of the business of the
Company and its Subsidiaries or (y) are being contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings, which proceedings have the effect of preventing for
the
foreseeable future the forfeiture or sale of the property or asset subject
to
such Lien; and (c) Liens incurred in connection with Permitted
Indebtedness.
“Person”
means
an individual or corporation, partnership, trust, incorporated or unincorporated
association, joint venture, limited liability company, joint stock company,
government (or an agency or subdivision thereof) or other entity of any
kind.
“Purchase
Agreement”
means
the Securities Purchase Agreement among the Company and the original Holders,
dated as of January 24, 2008, as amended, modified or supplemented from time
to
time in accordance with its terms.
“Registration
Rights Agreement”
means
the Registration Rights Agreement among the Company and the Investors (as
defined in the Registration Rights Agreement), dated as of the date of the
Purchase Agreement, as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time
in
accordance with its terms.
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“Registration
Statement”
means
a
registration statement that registers the Registrable Securities (as defined
in
the Registration Rights Agreement) pursuant to the Registration Rights
Agreement.
“Securities
Act”
means
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder.
“Share
Delivery Date”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 4(d)(ii).
“Subsidiary”
shall
have the meaning set forth in the Purchase Agreement.
“Subsequent
Financing”
shall
mean a transaction on or before December 31, 2008 involving the issuance by
the
Company of shares of Common Stock with respect to which the Company receives
gross proceeds of not less than $30 million.
“Trading
Day”
means
a
day on which the principal Trading Market is open for business.
“Trading
Market”
means
the following markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted
for trading on the date in question: the American Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq
Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the New York Stock Exchange or the
OTC
Bulletin Board.
“Transaction
Documents”
shall
have the meaning set forth in the Purchase Agreement.
“VWAP”
means,
for any date, the price determined by the first of the following clauses that
applies: (a) if the Common Stock is then listed or quoted on a Trading Market,
the daily volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or
the nearest preceding date) on the Trading Market on which the Common Stock
is
then listed or quoted for trading as reported by Bloomberg L.P. (based on a
Trading Day from 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) to 4:02 p.m. (New York City
time); (b) if the Common Stock is not then quoted for trading on the OTC
Bulletin Board and if prices for the Common Stock are then reported in the
“Pink
Sheets” published by Pink Sheets, LLC (or a similar organization or agency
succeeding to its functions of reporting prices), the most recent bid price
per
share of the Common Stock so reported; or (c) in all other cases, the fair
market value of a share of Common Stock as determined by an independent
appraiser selected in good faith by the Holder and reasonably acceptable to
the
Company.
Section
2. Interest.
a) Payment
of Interest in Cash.
The
Company shall pay interest to the Holder on the aggregate unconverted and then
outstanding principal amount of this Note at the rate of 5% per annum, payable
quarterly in arrears on March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31,
beginning on March 31, 2008, on each Conversion Date (as to that principal
amount then being converted), and on the Maturity Date (except that, if any
such
date is not a Business Day, then such payment shall be due on the next
succeeding Business Day) (each such date, an “Interest
Payment Date”),
in
cash.
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b) Interest
Calculations.
Interest shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year and shall accrue
daily commencing on the Original Issue Date until payment in full of the
principal sum, together with all accrued and unpaid interest, liquidated damages
and other amounts which may become due hereunder, has been made. Interest shall
cease to accrue with respect to any principal amount converted, provided that
the Company actually delivers the Conversion Shares within the time period
as
set forth in by Section 4(d)(ii). Interest hereunder will be paid to the Person
in whose name this Note is registered on the records of the Company regarding
registration and transfers of this Note (the “Note
Register”).
c) Late
Fee.
All
overdue accrued and unpaid interest to be paid hereunder shall entail a late
fee
at an interest rate equal to the lesser of 10% per annum or the maximum rate
permitted by applicable law (“Late
Fees”)
which
shall accrue daily from the date such interest is due hereunder through and
including the date of payment in full.
d) Prepayment.
Except
as otherwise set forth in this Note, the Company may not prepay any portion
of
the principal amount of this Note without the prior written consent of the
Holder.
Section
3. Registration
of Transfers and Exchanges.
a) Different
Denominations.
This
Note is exchangeable for an equal aggregate principal amount of Notes of
different authorized denominations, as requested by the Holder surrendering
the
same. No service charge will be payable for such registration of transfer or
exchange.
b) Investment
Representations.
This
Note has been issued subject to certain investment representations of the
original Holder set forth in the Purchase Agreement and may be transferred
or
exchanged only in compliance with the Purchase Agreement and applicable federal
and state securities laws and regulations.
c) Reliance
on Note Register.
Prior
to due presentment for transfer to the Company of this Note, the Company and
any
agent of the Company may treat the Person in whose name this Note is duly
registered on the Note Register as the owner hereof for the purpose of receiving
payment as herein provided and for all other purposes, whether or not this
Note
is overdue, and neither the Company nor any such agent shall be affected by
notice to the contrary.
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Section
4. Conversion.
a) Voluntary
Conversion.
At any
time after the Original Issue Date until this Note is no longer outstanding,
this Note and any accrued and unpaid interest shall be convertible, in whole
or
in part, into shares of Common Stock at the option of the Holder, at any time
and from time to time; provided, however, that the Holder shall not effect
any conversion of this Note if, immediately after such conversion, the Holder
and its affiliates would in the aggregate beneficially own more than 9.9% of
the
Company's outstanding shares of Common Stock. The Holder shall effect
conversions by delivering to the Company a Notice of Conversion, the form of
which is attached hereto as Annex
A
(a
“Notice
of Conversion”),
specifying therein the principal amount of this Note to be converted and the
date on which such conversion shall be effected (a “Conversion
Date”).
If no
Conversion Date is specified in a Notice of Conversion, the Conversion Date
shall be the date that such Notice of Conversion is deemed delivered hereunder.
The Company shall, promptly upon its receipt of a Notice of Conversion, notify
the Holder by telephone and by facsimile of the number of shares of Common
Stock
outstanding on such date and the number of Conversion Shares which would be
issuable to the Holder if the conversion requested in such Notice of Conversion
were effected in full, whereupon, notwithstanding anything to the contrary
set
forth in this Note, the Holder may, to the extent that the Holder determines
that such conversion would result in the Holder and its affiliates beneficially
owning more than 9.9% of the Company's outstanding shares of Common Stock,
within one Trading Day of its receipt of the Company's notice as required by
this sentence, revoke such conversion in whole or in part by notifying the
Company by telephone or facsimile. To effect conversions hereunder, the Holder
shall not be required to physically surrender this Note to the Company unless
the entire principal amount of this Note plus all accrued and unpaid interest
thereon has been so converted. Conversions hereunder shall have the effect
of
lowering the outstanding principal amount of this Note in an amount equal to
the
applicable conversion. The Holder and the Company shall maintain records showing
the principal amount(s) converted and the date of such conversion(s). The
Holder, and any assignee by acceptance of this Note, acknowledge and agree
that,
by reason of the provisions of this paragraph, following conversion of a portion
of this Note, the unpaid and unconverted principal amount of this Note may
be
less than the amount stated on the face hereof.
b) Automatic
Conversion.
Upon,
and subject to the consummation of, a Subsequent Financing, an amount of this
Note equal to fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding principal amount
of this Note as of the Original Issue Date shall be automatically
converted into shares of Common Stock; provided, that if a portion of
this Note has previously been converted (voluntarily or otherwise),
the principal amount of this Note to be automatically
converted pursuant to this Section 4(b) shall be reduced by the
aggregate principal amount of this Note converted in such previous
conversion(s); and provided, further, that the principal amount of this Note
to
be automatically converted pursuant to this Section 4(b) shall be further
reduced such that immediately after such conversion, the Holder and its
affiliates would not in the aggregate beneficially own more than 9.9% of the
Company's outstanding shares of Common Stock, giving effect to such conversion.
Prior to the issuance of any Conversion Shares to the Holder pursuant to an
automatic conversion under this Section 4(b), the Company shall notify the
Holder by telephone and by facsimile of the number of shares of Common Stock
outstanding on such date and the number of Conversion Shares issuable to the
Holder pursuant to such automatic conversion, whereupon, notwithstanding
anything to the contrary set forth in this Note, the Holder may require the
Company to reduce the principal amount of this Note being automatically
converted, to the extent that such conversion would result in the Holder and
its
affiliates, in the aggregate, beneficially owning more than 9.9% of the
Company's outstanding shares of Common Stock at the time of such conversion
by
notifying the Company by telephone or facsimile within one Trading Day of its
receipt of the Company's notice as required by this sentence. All or any portion
of such reduced principal amount of this Note that is not automatically
converted at the election of the Holder pursuant the immediately preceding
sentence, may be converted at the sole discretion of the Company at any time,
provided that such conversion will not result in the Holder and its affiliates,
in the aggregate, beneficially owning more than 9.9% of the Company's
outstanding shares of Common Stock, giving effect to such
conversion.
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c) Conversion
Price.
The
“Conversion Price” shall be an amount equal to the greater of (a) to the
Original Conversion Price, subject to adjustment as provided in Section 5 and
Section 5.1, or (b) $3.00, subject to adjustment as provided in Section 5 (the
“Conversion
Price”).
d) Mechanics
of Conversion.
i. Conversion
Shares Issuable Upon Conversion of Principal Amount.
The
number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon a conversion hereunder shall
be
determined by the quotient obtained by dividing (x) the outstanding principal
amount and any accrued and unpaid interest of this Note to be converted by
(y)
the Conversion Price then in effect.
ii. Delivery
of Certificate Upon Conversion.
Not
later than three (3) Trading Days after each Conversion Date (the “Share
Delivery Date”),
the
Company shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Holder a certificate
or
certificates representing the Conversion Shares which, on or after the Effective
Date, shall be free of restrictive legends and trading restrictions (other
than
those which may then be required by the Purchase Agreement) representing the
number of shares of Common Stock being acquired upon the conversion of this
Note. On or after the Effective Date (as defined in the Registration Rights
Agreement), the Company shall use its best efforts to deliver any certificate
or
certificates required to be delivered by the Company under this Section 4
electronically through the Depository Trust Company or another established
clearing corporation performing similar functions.
iii. Failure
to Deliver Certificates.
If in
the case of any Notice of Conversion such certificate or certificates are not
delivered to or as directed by the applicable Holder by the third Trading Day
after the Conversion Date, the Holder shall be entitled to elect by written
notice to the Company at any time on or before its receipt of such certificate
or certificates, to rescind such conversion, in which event the Company shall
promptly return to the Holder any original Note delivered to the Company and
the
Holder shall promptly return the Common Stock certificates representing the
principal amount of this Note tendered for conversion to the Company, if any
such certificates have been delivered to the Holder.
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iv. Obligation
Absolute; Partial Liquidated Damages.
The
Company’s obligations to issue and deliver the Conversion Shares upon conversion
of this Note in accordance with the terms hereof are absolute and unconditional,
irrespective of any action or inaction by the Holder to enforce the same, any
waiver or consent with respect to any provision hereof, the recovery of any
judgment against any Person or any action to enforce the same, or any setoff,
counterclaim, recoupment, limitation or termination, or any breach or alleged
breach by the Holder or any other Person of any obligation to the Company or
any
violation or alleged violation of law by the Holder or any other Person, and
irrespective of any other circumstance which might otherwise limit such
obligation of the Company to the Holder in connection with the issuance of
such
Conversion Shares; provided,
however,
that
such delivery shall not operate as a waiver by the Company of any such action
the Company may have against the Holder. In the event the Holder of this Note
shall elect to convert any or all of the outstanding principal amount hereof,
the Company may not refuse conversion based on any claim that the Holder or
anyone associated or affiliated with the Holder has been engaged in any
violation of law, agreement or for any other reason, unless an injunction from
a
court, on notice to Holder, restraining and or enjoining conversion of all
or
part of this Note shall have been sought and obtained, and the Company posts
a
surety bond for the benefit of the Holder in the amount of 150% of the
outstanding principal amount of this Note, which is subject to the injunction,
which bond shall remain in effect until the completion of arbitration/litigation
of the underlying dispute and the proceeds of which shall be payable to such
Holder to the extent it obtains judgment. In the absence of such injunction,
the
Company shall issue Conversion Shares or, if applicable, cash, upon the delivery
to the Company of a Notice of Conversion. If the Company fails for any reason
to
deliver to the Holder such certificate or certificates pursuant to Section
4(d)(ii) by the third Trading Day after the Conversion Date, the Company shall
pay to such Holder, in cash, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, for
each $1000 of principal amount being converted, $10 per Trading Day (increasing
to $20 per Trading Day on the fifth Trading Day after such liquidated damages
begin to accrue) for each Trading Day after such fifth Trading Day until such
certificates are delivered. Nothing herein shall limit a Holder’s right to
pursue actual damages or declare an Event of Default pursuant to Section 8
hereof for the Company’s failure to deliver Conversion Shares within the period
specified herein and such Holder shall have the right to pursue all remedies
available to it hereunder, at law or in equity including, without limitation,
a
decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief. The exercise of any
such rights shall not prohibit the Holder from seeking to enforce damages
pursuant to any other section hereof or under applicable law.
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v. Compensation
for Buy-In on Failure to Timely Deliver Certificates Upon
Conversion.
In
addition to any other rights available to the Holder, if the Company fails
for
any reason to deliver to the Holder such certificate or certificates by the
Share Delivery Date pursuant to Section 4(d)(ii), and if after such Share
Delivery Date the Holder is required by its brokerage firm to purchase (in
an
open market transaction or otherwise) shares of Common Stock to deliver in
satisfaction of a sale by such Holder of the Conversion Shares which the Holder
was entitled to receive upon the conversion relating to such Share Delivery
Date
(a “Buy-In”),
then
the Company shall (A) pay in cash to the Holder (in addition to any other
remedies available to or elected by the Holder) the amount by which (x) the
Holder’s total purchase price (including any brokerage commissions) for the
Common Stock so purchased exceeds (y) the product of (1) the aggregate number
of
shares of Common Stock that such Holder was entitled to receive from the
conversion at issue multiplied by (2) the Conversion Price of such conversion
and (B) at the option of the Holder, either reissue (if surrendered) this Note
in a principal amount equal to the principal amount of the attempted conversion
or deliver to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock that would have
been issued if the Company had timely complied with its delivery requirements
under Section 4(d)(ii). For example, if the Holder purchases 1,000 shares of
Common Stock having a total purchase price of $5,000 (including brokerage
commissions) to cover a Buy-In with respect to an attempted conversion of this
Note into 1,000 shares of Common Stock at a Conversion Price of $4.00 per share,
under clause (A) of the immediately preceding sentence, the Company shall be
required to pay the Holder $1,000. The Holder shall provide the Company written
notice indicating the amounts payable to the Holder in respect of the Buy-In
and, upon request of the Company, evidence of the amount of such loss. 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 certificates representing shares of Common Stock
upon
conversion of this Note as required pursuant to the terms hereof.
vi. Reservation
of Shares Issuable Upon Conversion.
The
Company covenants that it will at all times reserve and keep available out
of
its authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock for the sole purpose of
issuance upon conversion of this Note and payment of interest on this Note,
each
as herein provided, free from preemptive rights or any other actual contingent
purchase rights of Persons other than the Holder (and the other holders of
the
Notes), not less than such aggregate number of shares of the Common Stock as
shall (subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Purchase Agreement)
be issuable (taking into account the adjustments and restrictions of Section
5
and Section 5.1) upon the conversion of the outstanding principal amount of
this
Note and payment of interest hereunder. The Company covenants that all shares
of
Common Stock that shall be so issuable shall, upon issue, be duly authorized,
validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and, if the Registration Statement
is then effective under the Securities Act, shall be registered for public
sale
in accordance with such Registration Statement.
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vii. Fractional
Shares.
Upon a
conversion hereunder the Company shall not be required to issue stock
certificates representing fractions of shares of Common Stock, but may if
otherwise permitted, make a cash payment in respect of any final fraction of
a
share based on the VWAP at such time. If the Company elects not, or is unable,
to make such a cash payment, the Holder shall be entitled to receive, in lieu
of
the final fraction of a share, one (1) whole share of Common Stock.
viii. Transfer
Taxes.
The
issuance of certificates for shares of the Common Stock on conversion of this
Note shall be made without charge to the Holder hereof for any documentary
stamp
or similar taxes that may be payable in respect of the issue or delivery of
such
certificates, provided that the Company shall not be required to pay any tax
that may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issuance and
delivery of any such certificate upon conversion in a name other than that
of
the Holder of this Note so converted and the Company shall not be required
to
issue or deliver such certificates unless or until the person or persons
requesting the issuance thereof shall have paid to the Company the amount of
such tax or shall have established to the satisfaction of the Company that
such
tax has been paid.
Section
5. Certain
Adjustments.
a) Stock
Dividends and Stock Splits.
If the
Company, at any time while this Note is outstanding: (A) pays a stock dividend
or otherwise makes a distribution or distributions payable in shares of Common
Stock on shares of Common Stock or any Common Stock Equivalents (which, for
avoidance of doubt, shall not include any shares of Common Stock issued by
the
Company upon conversion of, or payment of interest on, this Note); (B)
subdivides outstanding shares of Common Stock into a larger number of shares;
or
(C) combines (including by way of a reverse stock split) outstanding shares
of
Common Stock into a smaller number of shares; then the Conversion Price shall
be
multiplied by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the number of shares
of
Common Stock (excluding any treasury shares of the Company) outstanding
immediately before such event and of which the denominator shall be the number
of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event. Any
adjustment made pursuant to this Section shall become effective immediately
after the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive
such dividend or distribution and shall become effective immediately after
the
effective date in the case of a subdivision, combination or
re-classification.
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b) Issuance
of Common Stock Equivalents.
If the
Company, at any time while this Note is outstanding, issues Common Stock
Equivalents to holders of shares of Common Stock entitling them to subscribe
for
or purchase shares of Common Stock at a price per share (or a conversion price
per share) less than the VWAP on the date of issuance of such Common Stock
Equivalents, the Conversion Price shall be decreased by multiplying the
Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to the such date of issuance by
a
fraction, of which: (A) the numerator shall be the sum of (x) the number of
shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such issuance, plus
(y)
the total number of shares of Common Stock that the aggregate offering price
of
the total number of shares of Common Stock offered for subscription or purchase
(or the aggregate conversion price of such Convertible Securities) would
purchase at the VWAP on the date of such issuance; and (B) the denominator
shall
be the sum of (x) the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately
prior to such issuance, plus (y) the number of additional shares of Common
Stock
offered for subscription or purchase (or into which such Convertible Securities
could be converted).
c) Cash
Dividends or Distributions.
If the
Company, at any time while this Note is outstanding, makes a dividend or
distribution consisting exclusively of cash to holders of the Common Stock,
the
Conversion Price shall be decreased by multiplying the Conversion Price in
effect on the record date for the determination of shareholders entitled to
such
distribution by a fraction, of which: (A) the numerator shall be the VWAP on
such record date less the amount of cash to be distributed per share of Common
Stock; and (B) the denominator shall be the VWAP on such record date.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if (a) the per share amount of such dividend
or
distribution equals or exceeds the VWAP on the record date for the determination
of shareholders entitled to such dividend or distribution or (b) the VWAP on
such record date exceeds the per share amount of such dividend or distribution
by less than US$1.00, in lieu of the foregoing adjustment, the Holder shall
have
the right to receive upon conversion, in addition to the Conversion Shares,
such
dividend or distribution the Holder would have received if it had converted
this
Note immediately prior to such record date.
d) Repurchases.
If the
Company, at any time while this Note is outstanding, makes a payment in respect
of a repurchase (including by way of a tender or an exchange offer) of shares
of
Common Stock the consideration for which exceeds the VWAP immediately prior to
the announcement of such repurchase, the Conversion Price shall be decreased
by
multiplying the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to the announcement
of such repurchase by a fraction, of which: (A) the numerator shall be (x)
the
total number of shares of Common Stock outstanding on the date immediately
prior
to the announcement of such repurchase multiplied by the VWAP as of such date,
minus (y) the aggregate consideration paid in connection with such repurchase;
and (B) the denominator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock
outstanding on the date immediately prior to the announcement of such
repurchase, minus the total number of shares of Common Stock
repurchased.
e) Subsequent
Financing.
If the
Company consummates a Subsequent Financing, the Conversion Price shall equal
the
lesser of the Original Conversion Price (as adjusted pursuant to this Section
5)
and 15% less than the per share purchase price of the Common Stock issued or
deemed issued in such Subsequent Financing.
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f) Pro
Rata Distributions.
If the
Company, at any time while this Note is outstanding, distributes to all holders
of Common Stock (and not to the Holders) evidences of its indebtedness, Options
or any other securities or other assets (other than stock dividends described
in
Section 5(a), Common Stock Equivalents described in Section 5(b) and dividends
and distributions paid exclusively in cash described in Section 5(c)) then
in
each such case the Conversion Price shall be decreased by multiplying such
Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to the record date fixed for
determination of stockholders entitled to receive such distribution by a
fraction of which the denominator shall be the VWAP determined as of the record
date mentioned above, and of which the numerator shall be such VWAP on such
record date less the then fair market value at such record date of the portion
of such assets or evidence of indebtedness so distributed applicable to one
(1)
outstanding share of the Common Stock as determined by the Board of Directors
of
the Company in good faith. Such adjustment shall be made whenever any such
distribution is made and shall become effective immediately after the record
date mentioned above. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in cases where (a) the
fair
market value per share of the distributed evidence of indebtedness, options,
securities or other assets equals or exceeds the VWAP on the record date for
the
determination of shareholders entitled to such distribution, or (b) the VWAP
on
such record exceeds the fair market value per share of the distributed evidence
of indebtedness, Options, securities or other assets by less than US$1.00,
in
lieu of the foregoing adjustment, the Holder shall have the right to receive
upon conversion, in addition to the Conversion Shares, the amount and type
of
distributed evidence of indebtedness, Options, securities or other assets,
the
Holder would have received if it had converted this Note immediately prior
to
such record date.
g) Fundamental
Transaction.
If, at
any time while this Note is outstanding, (A) the Company effects any merger
or
consolidation of the Company with or into another Person other than to change
the state of incorporation of the Company, (B) the Company effects any sale
of
all or substantially all of its assets in one transaction or a series of related
transactions, (C) any tender offer or exchange offer (whether by the Company
or
another Person) is completed pursuant to which holders of Common Stock are
permitted to tender or exchange their shares for other securities, cash or
property, or (D) the Company effects any reclassification of the Common Stock
or
any compulsory share exchange pursuant to which the Common Stock is effectively
converted into or exchanged for other securities, cash or property (in any
such
case, a “Fundamental
Transaction”),
then,
upon any subsequent conversion of this Note, the Holder shall have the right
to
receive, for each Conversion Share that would have been issuable upon such
conversion immediately prior to the occurrence of such Fundamental Transaction,
the same kind and amount of securities, cash or property as it would have been
entitled to receive upon the occurrence of such Fundamental Transaction if
it
had been, immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction, the holder of
one
(1) share of Common Stock (the “Alternate
Consideration”).
For
purposes of any such conversion, the determination of the Conversion Price
shall
be appropriately adjusted to apply to such Alternate Consideration based on
the
amount of Alternate Consideration issuable in respect of one (1) share of Common
Stock in such Fundamental Transaction, and the Company shall apportion the
Conversion Price among the Alternate Consideration in a reasonable manner
reflecting the relative value of any different components of the Alternate
Consideration. If holders of Common Stock are given any choice as to the
securities, cash or property to be received in a Fundamental Transaction, then
the Holder shall be given the same choice as to the Alternate Consideration
it
receives upon any conversion of this Note following such Fundamental
Transaction. To the extent necessary to effectuate the foregoing provisions,
any
successor to the Company or surviving entity in such Fundamental Transaction
shall issue to the Holder a new note consistent with this Note and evidencing
the Holder’s right to convert such note into Alternate Consideration. The terms
of any agreement pursuant to which a Fundamental Transaction is effected shall
include, without limitation, terms requiring any such successor or surviving
entity to comply with the provisions of this Section 5 and insuring that this
Note (or any such replacement security) will be similarly adjusted upon any
subsequent transaction analogous to the transactions set forth in this Section
5.
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Section
5.1 VWAP
Adjustments.
On June
30, 2008 (the “VWAP
Adjustment Date”),
and
as of the last day of each calendar quarter thereafter while this Note remains
outstanding, the Conversion Price shall automatically adjust, downward but
not
upward, to a price equal to the average VWAP for the thirty Trading Days prior
to such adjustment date; provided, however, that if the after-tax net income
of
the Company for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007 as reported on the
Company’s Form 10-K or Form 10-KSB, as applicable (the “2007
Annual Report”)
is
less than $16,000,000 or if the 2007 Annual Report contains an adverse opinion
of the Company’s auditors in respect of the Company’s financial statements, such
automatic adjustments to the Conversion Price shall commence on the thirtieth
Trading Day after the filing of such 2007 Annual Report (except that if the
filing of the 2007 Annual Report is after the VWAP Adjustment Date, the
automatic adjustment to the Conversion Price shall commence as of the VWAP
Adjustment Date); provided further, however, that if the Company files any
restatement to the Company’s Form 10-K or Form 10-KSB, as applicable (the
“Restatement”),
that
causes the after-tax net income of the Company for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2007 to be below $16,000,000, the Conversion Price shall
automatically adjust, downward but not upward, to a price equal to the average
VWAP for the thirty Trading Days following the date that the Restatement is
filed with the Commission.
Section
5.2
a) Calculations.
All
calculations under Section 5 and Section 5.1 shall be made to the nearest cent
or the nearest 1/100th of a share, as the case may be. For purposes of Section
5
and Section 5.1, the number of shares of Common Stock deemed to be issued and
outstanding as of a given date shall be the sum of the number of shares of
Common Stock (excluding any treasury shares of the Company) issued and
outstanding.
b) Notice
to the Holder.
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i. Adjustment
to Conversion Price.
Whenever the Conversion Price is adjusted pursuant to any provision of Section
5
or Section 5.1, the Company shall promptly mail to each Holder a notice setting
forth the Conversion Price after such adjustment and setting forth a brief
statement of the facts requiring such adjustment.
ii. Notice
to Allow Conversion by Xxxxxx.
Subject
to the requirements of applicable law, including, but not limited to, Regulation
FD, if (A) the Company shall declare a dividend (or any other distribution
in
whatever form) on the Common Stock, (B) the Company shall declare a special
nonrecurring cash dividend on or a redemption of the Common Stock, (C) the
Company shall authorize the granting to all holders of the Common Stock of
rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any shares of capital stock
of
any class or of any rights, (D) the approval of any stockholders of the Company
shall be required in connection with any reclassification of the Common Stock,
any consolidation or merger to which the Company is a party, any sale or
transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, of any
compulsory share exchange whereby the Common Stock is converted into other
securities, cash or property or (E) the
Company shall authorize the voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation
or
winding up of the affairs of the Company, then, in each case, the Company shall
cause to be filed at each office or agency maintained for the purpose of
conversion of this Note, and shall cause to be delivered
to the Holder at its last address as it shall appear upon the Note Register,
at
least 20 calendar days prior to the applicable record or effective date
hereinafter specified, a notice stating (x)
the
date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend,
distribution, redemption, rights or warrants, or if a record is not to be taken,
the date as of which the holders of the Common Stock of record to be entitled
to
such dividend, distributions, redemption, rights or warrants are to be
determined or (y) the date on which such reclassification, consolidation,
merger, sale, transfer or share exchange is expected to become effective or
close, and the date as of which it is expected that holders of the Common Stock
of record shall be entitled to exchange their shares of the Common Stock for
securities, cash or other property deliverable upon such reclassification,
consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange, provided that the
failure to deliver such notice or any defect therein or in the delivery thereof
shall not affect the validity of the corporate action required to be specified
in such notice. The Holder is entitled to convert this Note during the 20-day
period commencing on the date of such notice through the effective date of
the
event triggering such notice.
Section
6. Redemption;
Put Right.
a) Redemption.
Upon
the consummation of a Subsequent Financing, the Company shall have the right
to
redeem an amount of this Note as shall equal fifty percent (50%) of the
principal amount of this Note outstanding as of the Original Issue Date, for
an
amount in cash equal to 120% of the principal amount of this Note to be
redeemed. In addition, on or after the one year anniversary of the Original
Issue Date, the Company shall have the right to redeem in cash (subject to
applicable restrictions under Nevada law) all or any portion of this Note for
an
amount equal to 120% of the then outstanding principal amount of this Note
being
redeemed, plus accrued but unpaid interest. Any election by the Company to
redeem this Note shall be submitted in writing to the Holder not less than
20
calendar days prior to the date selected for such redemption. Any
call
for redemption of any portion of this Note by the Company pursuant to this
Section 6(a) shall be made on a pro rata basis with the other
outstanding 5% Secured Convertible Notes. The
Holder may elect to convert the outstanding principal amount of the Note
pursuant to Section 4 prior to actual payment in cash for any redemption under
this Section 6 by the delivery of a Notice of Conversion to the
Company.
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b) Put
Right.
i. Majority
Holders.
On or
after the one year anniversary of the Original Issue Date, the Holders of a
majority of the then outstanding principal amount of Notes (the “Majority
Holders”)
shall
have the right to require the Company to redeem in cash (subject to applicable
restrictions under Nevada law) all or any portion of the Notes held by such
Majority Holders for an amount equal to 120% of the then outstanding principal
amount of Notes being redeemed, plus accrued but unpaid interest; provided,
however, that any such election to redeem shall be submitted in writing by
the
Majority Holders to the Company not less than 20 calendar days prior to the
date
selected by the Majority Holders for such redemption (the “Redemption
Date”).
ii. Minority
Holders.
If the
Holders of a Majority of the then outstanding principal amount of Notes elect
to
exercise their right to require the Company to redeem in cash all or a portion
of the Notes held by such Holders in accordance with this Section, then the
Company shall immediately notify all remaining Note Holders (the “Minority
Holders”)
that
such election has been made and of the Redemption Date. The Minority Holders
shall have the right to require the Company to redeem in cash (subject to
applicable restrictions under Nevada law), on the Redemption Date, all or any
portion of the Notes held by such Minority Holders for an amount equal to 120%
of the then outstanding principal amount of Notes being redeemed, plus accrued
but unpaid interest; provided, however, that any such election to redeem shall
be submitted in writing by the Minority Holders to the Company 5 calendar days
prior to the Redemption Date.
Section
7. Negative
Covenants.
As long
as any portion of this Note remains outstanding, the Company shall not, and
shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries, in each case without the consent
of
the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount outstanding of the
Notes
to, directly or indirectly:
a)
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other
than Permitted Indebtedness, enter into, create, incur, assume, guarantee
or suffer to exist any indebtedness for borrowed money of any kind,
including but not limited to, a guarantee, on or with respect to
any of
its property or assets now owned or hereafter acquired or any interest
therein or any income or profits
therefrom;
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b)
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other
than Permitted Liens, enter into, create, incur, assume or suffer
to exist
any Liens of any kind, on or with respect to any of its property
or assets
now owned or hereafter acquired or any interest therein, any equity
interest of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or any income,
profits
or royalties therefrom;
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c)
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amend
its charter documents, including without limitation, the certificate
of
incorporation and bylaws, in any manner that materially and adversely
affects any rights of the Holder;
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d)
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repay,
repurchase or offer to repay, repurchase or otherwise acquire any
shares
of its Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents other than as to
(a) the
Conversion Shares as permitted or required under the Transaction
Documents, (b) the redemption or put of the Notes as provided for
in
Section 6, (c) payments of Liquidated Damages as set forth in Section
8,
and (d) repurchases of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents of
departing officers and directors of the Company, provided that such
repurchases shall not exceed an aggregate of $100,000 for all officers
and
directors during the term of this Note;
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e)
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enter
into any agreement with respect to any of the foregoing;
or
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f)
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pay
cash dividends or distributions on any equity securities of the
Company.
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Section
8. Subordination.
Notwithstanding
any provision of this Note or any other instruments or agreements now or
hereafter evidencing or relating to the indebtedness hereunder to the contrary,
the Company covenants and agrees, and the Holder by acceptance of this Note
likewise covenants and agrees, that all amounts payable under this Note as
a
result of an acceleration of the outstanding principal amount of this Note
due
to an Event of Default arising under Section 9(a)(vii)(A) or Section
9(a)(xi)(but only if such monetary judgment, writ or similar final process
resulted from a suit to enforce liquidated damages under Section 4.15 of the
Securities Purchase Agreement (the "May 2007 Securities Purchase Agrement")
,
dated as of May 31, 2007, among the Company and the investors named therein
(the
"May Investors") ) shall be subordinated to the payment of any liquidated
damages (the "Liquidated Damages") required to be paid by the Company pursuant
to 4.15 of the May 2007 Securities Purchase Agreement . The provisions of this
Section 8 are made for the benefit of all of the May Investors (and their
successors and assigns), and shall be enforceable by them directly against
the
Holder.
Nothing
contained in any provision of this Note or any other instrument or agreements
now or hereafter evidencing or relating to the indebtedness hereunder (i) shall
impair, as between the Company and the Holder, the obligations of the Company,
which are absolute and unconditional, to pay to the Holder all amounts payable
in respect of this Note as and when the same shall become due and payable in
accordance with the terms hereof, (ii) is intended to or shall affect the
relative rights of the Holder and the creditors of the Company, (iii) shall
prevent the Holder from exercising all rights, powers and remedies otherwise
permitted by applicable law or upon a default or Event of Default (as defined
below) under this Note as set forth in these subordination provisions, or (iv)
impair the rights of the Holder or the collateral agent under any of the Pledge
Agreements or require the Holder or the collateral agent to pay over, deliver
or
otherwise transfer any cash, securities or other assets received by such Holder
or collateral agent upon the realization of any collateral pursuant to any
of
the Pledge Agreements.
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If
the
Holder shall have received any payment or distribution under or in respect
of
this Note in violations of the terms of this Section, then such payment shall
be
received and held in trust for the May Investors and shall be forthwith paid
over or delivered (duly endorsed, if appropriate) to the May Investors until
such time as the Liquidated Damages have been paid in full.
The
provisions of this Section 8 may not be amended or modified unless in a writing
executed by The Pinnacle Fund, L.P.
Section
9. Events
of Default.
a) “Event
of Default”
means,
wherever used herein, any of the following events (whatever the reason for
such
event and whether such event shall be voluntary or involuntary or effected
by
operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court,
or
any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental
body):
i. any
default in the payment of (A) the principal amount of any Note or (B) interest,
liquidated damages and other amounts owing to a Holder on any Note, as and
when
the same shall become due and payable (whether on a Conversion Date or the
Maturity Date or by acceleration or otherwise) which default, solely in the
case
of an interest payment or other default under clause (B) above, is not cured
within five (5) Trading Days;
ii. the
Company shall fail to observe or perform any other covenant or agreement
contained in the Notes (other than a breach by the Company of its obligations
to
deliver shares of Common Stock to the Holder upon conversion, which breach
is
addressed in clause (xi) below) which failure is not cured, if possible to
cure,
within the earlier to occur
of
(A)
five
(5) Trading
Days after notice of such failure sent by the Holder to
the
Company and (B) ten (10) Trading Days after the Company has become aware of
such
failure;
iii. a
default
or event of default (subject to any grace or cure period provided in the
applicable agreement, document or instrument) shall occur under any of the
Transaction Documents;
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iv. any
representation
or warranty made in this Note, any other Transaction Documents, any written
statement pursuant hereto or thereto or any other report, financial statement
or
certificate made or delivered to the Holder or any other Holder shall
be
untrue or incorrect in any material respect as of the date when made or deemed
made;
v. the
Company or any Significant Subsidiary shall be subject to a Bankruptcy
Event;
vi. the
Company or any Subsidiary shall default on any of its obligations under any
mortgage, credit agreement or other facility, indenture agreement, factoring
agreement or other instrument under which there may be issued, or by which
there
may be secured or evidenced, any indebtedness for borrowed money or money due
under any long term leasing or factoring arrangement that (a) involves an
obligation greater than $150,000, whether such indebtedness now exists or shall
hereafter be created, and (b) results in such indebtedness becoming or being
declared due and payable prior to the date on which it would otherwise become
due and payable;
vii. the
occurrence of any event or events that would require the Company to pay
liquidated damages pursuant to (A) Section 4.15 or (B) Section 4.17 of the
May
2007 Securities Purchase Agreement;
viii. the
Common Stock shall not be eligible for listing or quotation for trading on
a
Trading Market and shall not be eligible to resume listing or quotation for
trading thereon within five (5) Trading Days;
ix. the
Company shall be a party to any Change of Control Transaction or Fundamental
Transaction or shall agree to sell or dispose of all or in excess of 50% of
its
assets in one transaction or a series of related transactions (whether or not
such sale would constitute a Change of Control Transaction);
x. the
Company shall fail for any reason to deliver certificates to a Holder prior
to
the fifth (5th) Trading Day after a Conversion Date pursuant to Section 4(d)
or
the Company shall provide at any time notice to the Holder, including by way
of
public announcement, of the Company’s intention to not honor requests for
conversions of any Notes in accordance with the terms hereof; or
xi. any
monetary judgment, writ or similar final process shall be entered or filed
against the Company, any Subsidiary or any of their respective property or
other
assets for more than $250,000, and such judgment, writ or similar final process
shall remain unvacated, unbonded or unstayed for a period of 45 calendar
days.
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b) Remedies
Upon Event of Default.
If any
Event of Default occurs, the outstanding principal amount of this Note, plus
accrued but unpaid interest, liquidated damages and other amounts owing in
respect thereof through the date of acceleration, shall become, at the election
of holder(s) of a majority of the then outstanding principal amount of the
5%
Secured Convertible Notes, immediately due and payable in cash at the Mandatory
Default Amount. Commencing on the date of any Event of Default that results
in
the eventual acceleration of this Note, the interest rate on this Note shall
accrue at an interest rate equal to the lesser of 15% per annum or the maximum
rate permitted under applicable law. Upon the payment in full of the Mandatory
Default Amount, the Holder shall promptly surrender this Note to or as directed
by the Company. In connection with such acceleration described herein, the
Holders need not provide, and the Company hereby waives, any presentment,
demand, protest or other notice of any kind, and the Holder may immediately
and
without expiration of any grace period enforce any and all of its rights and
remedies hereunder and all other remedies available to it under applicable
law.
Such acceleration may be rescinded and annulled by the holders of a majority
of
the then outstanding principal amount of the 5% Secured Convertible Notes at
any
time prior to payment hereunder and the Holder shall have all rights as a holder
of this Note until such time, if any, as the Holder receives full payment
pursuant to this Section 9(b). No such rescission or annulment shall affect
any
subsequent Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon.
Section
10. Miscellaneous.
a) Notices.
Any and
all notices or other communications or deliveries to be provided by the Holder
hereunder, including, without limitation, any Notice of Conversion, shall be
in
writing and delivered personally, by facsimile, or sent by a nationally
recognized overnight courier service, addressed to the Company, at the address
set forth above, facsimile number (000)0000-0000, Attn: Xx Xxxx Xxx,
or
such
other facsimile number or address as the Company may specify for such purpose
by
notice to the Holder delivered in accordance with this Section 10. Any and
all
notices or other communications or deliveries to be provided by the Company
hereunder shall be in writing and delivered personally, by facsimile, or sent
by
a nationally recognized overnight courier service addressed to each Holder
at
the facsimile number or address of such Xxxxxx appearing on the books of the
Company, or if no such facsimile number or address appears, at the principal
place of business of the Holder. Any notice or other communication or deliveries
hereunder shall be deemed given and effective on the earliest of (i) the date
of
transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at
the
facsimile number specified in this Section 10 prior to 5:30 p.m. (New York
City
time), (ii) the date immediately following the date of transmission, if such
notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number
specified in this Section 10 between 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) and 11:59
p.m. (New York City time) on any date, (iii) the second Business Day following
the date of mailing, if sent by nationally recognized overnight courier service,
or (iv) upon actual receipt by the party to whom such notice is required to
be
given.
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b) Absolute
Obligation.
Except
as expressly provided herein, no provision of this Note shall alter or impair
the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the
principal of, liquidated damages and accrued interest, as applicable, on this
Note at the time, place, and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein
prescribed. This Note is a direct debt obligation of the Company. This Note
ranks pari passu
with all
other Notes now or hereafter issued under the terms set forth
herein.
c) Lost
or Mutilated Note.
If this
Note shall be mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Company shall execute
and deliver, in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation of a
mutilated Note, or in lieu of or in substitution for a lost, stolen or destroyed
Note, a new Note for the principal amount of this Note so mutilated, lost,
stolen or destroyed, but only upon receipt of evidence of such loss, theft
or
destruction of such Note, and of the ownership hereof, reasonably satisfactory
to the Company.
d) Governing
Law.
All
questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation
of this Note shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance
with
the internal laws of the State of New York, without regard to the principles
of
conflict of laws thereof. Each party agrees that all legal proceedings
concerning the interpretation, enforcement and defense of the transactions
contemplated by any of the Transaction Documents (whether brought against a
party hereto or its respective Affiliates (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the
Exchange Act), directors, officers, shareholders, employees or agents) shall
be
commenced in the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York,
Borough of Manhattan (the “New
York Courts”).
Each
party hereto hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the
New
York Courts for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection
herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein
(including with respect to the enforcement of any of the Transaction Documents),
and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action
or
proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction
of
such New York Courts, or such New York Courts are improper or inconvenient
venue
for such proceeding. Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service
of
process and consents to process being served in any such suit, action or
proceeding by mailing a copy thereof via registered or certified mail or
overnight delivery (with evidence of delivery) to such party at the address
in
effect for notices to it under this Note and agrees that such service shall
constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing
contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process
in any other manner permitted by applicable law. Each party hereto hereby
irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any
and
all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating
to
this Note or the transactions contemplated hereby. If either party shall
commence an action or proceeding to enforce any provisions of this Note, then
the prevailing party in such action or proceeding shall be reimbursed by the
other party for its attorneys fees and other costs and expenses incurred in
the
investigation, preparation and prosecution of such action or
proceeding.
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e) Waiver.
Any
provision of this Note may be amended or waived by the written consent of the
Company and the holders of a majority of the outstanding principal amount of
the
5% Secured Convertible Notes, except that, notwithstanding the foregoing, (a)
neither this sentence nor the provisions of Section 8 of this Note may be waived
or amended unless in a writing executed by The Pinnacle Fund, L.P., the Company
and the Holders of a majority of the outstanding principal amount of the 5%
Secured Convertible Notes; and (b) neither this sentence nor the restrictions
set forth in Section 4(a) and Section (b) limiting conversion of the Note to
the
extent such conversion would result in the Holder and its affiliates
beneficially owning more than 9.9% of the Company's outstanding shares of Common
Stock may be waived, modified or amended under any circumstances. Any waiver
by
the Company or a holder of a breach of any provision of this Note shall not
operate as or be construed to be a waiver of any other breach of such provision
or of any breach of any other provision of this Note. The failure of the Company
or the Holder to insist upon strict adherence to any term of this Note on one
or
more occasions shall not be considered a waiver or deprive that party of the
right thereafter to insist upon strict adherence to that term or any other
term
of this Note. Any waiver by the Company or the Holder must be in
writing.
f) Severability.
If any
provision of this Note is invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the balance of
this
Note shall remain in effect, and if any provision is inapplicable to any Person
or circumstance, it shall nevertheless remain applicable to all other Persons
and circumstances. If it shall be found that any interest or other amount deemed
interest due hereunder violates the applicable law governing usury, the
applicable rate of interest due hereunder shall automatically be lowered to
equal the maximum rate of interest permitted under applicable law. The Company
covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it shall not at any
time insist upon, plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit
or advantage of, any stay, extension or usury law or other law which would
prohibit or forgive the Company from paying all or any portion of the principal
of or interest on this Note as contemplated herein, wherever enacted, now or
at
any time hereafter in force, or which may affect the covenants or the
performance of this indenture, and the Company (to the extent it may lawfully
do
so) hereby expressly waives all benefits or advantage of any such law, and
covenants that it will not, by resort to any such law, hinder, delay or impeded
the execution of any power herein granted to the Holder, but will suffer and
permit the execution of every such as though no such law has been
enacted.
g) Next
Business Day.
Whenever any payment or other obligation hereunder shall be due on a day other
than a Business Day, such payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business
Day.
h) Headings.
The
headings contained herein are for convenience only, do not constitute a part
of
this Note and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions
hereof.
i) Assumption.
Any successor to the Company or any surviving entity in a Fundamental
Transaction shall (i) assume, prior to such Fundamental Transaction, all of
the
obligations of the Company under this Note and the other Transaction Documents
pursuant to written agreements in form and substance satisfactory to the Holder
(such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) and (ii) issue to
the
Holder a new note of such successor entity evidenced by a written instrument
substantially similar in form and substance to this Note, including, without
limitation, having a principal amount and interest rate equal to the principal
amount and the interest rate of this Note and having similar ranking to this
Note, which shall be satisfactory to the Holder (any such approval not to be
unreasonably withheld or delayed). The provisions of this Section 10(i)
shall apply similarly and equally to successive Fundamental Transactions and
shall be applied without regard to any limitations of this Note.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Note to be duly executed by a
duly
authorized officer as of the date first above indicated.
CHINA
WATER & DRINKS, INC.
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
President
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ANNEX
A
NOTICE
OF CONVERSION
The
undersigned hereby elects to convert principal under the 5% Secured Convertible
Note of China Water & Drinks, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”),
due
on [January ,
2011],
into shares of common stock, par value $.001 per share (the “Common
Stock”),
of
the Company according to the conditions hereof, as of the date written below.
If
shares are to be issued in the name of a person other than the undersigned,
the
undersigned will pay all transfer taxes payable with respect thereto and is
delivering herewith such certificates and opinions as reasonably requested
by
the Company in accordance therewith. No fee will be charged to the holder for
any conversion, except for such transfer taxes, if any.
The
undersigned agrees to comply with the prospectus delivery requirements under
the
applicable securities laws in connection with any transfer of the aforesaid
shares of Common Stock.
Conversion
calculations:
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Date
to Effect Conversion:
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Principal
Amount of Note to be Converted:
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Number
of shares of Common Stock to be issued:
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Signature:
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Name:
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Address:
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Schedule
1
CONVERSION
SCHEDULE
The
5%
Secured Convertible Notes due on [January ,
2011],
in the aggregate principal amount of $____________ issued by China Water &
Drinks, Inc. This Conversion Schedule reflects conversions made under Section
4
of the above referenced Note.
Dated:
Date
of Conversion
(or
for first entry, Original Issue Date)
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Amount
of Conversion
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Aggregate
Principal Amount Remaining Subsequent to Conversion
(or
Original Principal Amount)
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Company
Attest
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