NEITHER THESE SECURITIES NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THESE SECURITIES ARE CONVERTIBLE HAVE BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER...
NEITHER
THESE SECURITIES NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THESE SECURITIES ARE CONVERTIBLE
HAVE BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE
SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM
REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES
ACT”), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN
EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN
AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION
REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE
SECURITIES LAWS AS EVIDENCED BY A LEGAL OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE TRANSFEROR
TO
SUCH EFFECT, THE SUBSTANCE OF WHICH SHALL BE REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE
COMPANY. THESE SECURITIES AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION OF THESE
SECURITIES MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR
OTHER
LOAN SECURED BY SUCH SECURITIES.
THIS
INSTRUMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS EVIDENCED HEREBY ARE SUBORDINATE
IN
THE MANNER AND TO THE EXTENT SET FORTH IN THAT CERTAIN INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT
(AS THE SAME MAY BE AMENDED OR OTHERWISE MODIFIED FROM TIME TO TIME PURSUANT
TO
THE TERMS THEREOF, THE “INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT”), DATED AS OF SEPTEMBER 28,
2007, AMONG HERCULES TECHNOLOGY GROWTH CAPITAL, INC. (THE “LENDER”) AND EACH OF
IROQUOIS CAPITAL LP, CRANSHIRE CAPITAL, L.P., PORTSIDE GROWTH AND OPPORTUNITY
FUND AND XXXXXXXX INVESTMENT MASTER FUND LTD (THE “SUBORDINATED CREDITORS”).
EACH HOLDER OF THIS INSTRUMENT, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, IRREVOCABLY AGREES
TO
BE BOUND BY THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT APPLICABLE TO A
“SUBORDINATED CREDITOR” (AS SUCH TERM IS DEFINED IN THE INTERCREDITOR
AGREEMENT), AS IF SUCH HOLDER WERE AN ORIGINAL SIGNATORY THERETO AS A
SUBORDINATED CREDITOR FOR ALL PURPOSES OF THE INTERCREDITOR
AGREEMENT.
Original
Issue Date: October 25, 2004
Original
Conversion Price (subject to adjustment herein): $2.29
[Note:
Conversion Price reduced to $1.15 per antidilution provisions as a result of
the
September 30, 2006 Preferred Stock financing.]
As
Amended and Restated: $0.70
$_______________
AMENDED
AND RESTATED VARIABLE RATE
SECURED
SUBORDINATED CONVERTIBLE DEBENTURE
1
THIS
AMENDED AND RESTATED VARIABLE RATE SECURED SUBORDINATED CONVERTIBLE DEBENTURE
(this “Debenture”)
is one
of a series of duly authorized and issued Amended and Restated Variable Rate
Secured Subordinated Convertible Debentures of Diomed Holdings, Inc., a Delaware
corporation, having a principal place of business at One Dundee Park, Andover,
MA 01810 (the “Company”),
which
amend, supplement, modify and completely restate and supersede the Variable
Rate
Convertible Debentures, due October 25, 2008 (collectively, the “Original
Debentures”)
initially issued on October 25, 2004.
FOR
VALUE
RECEIVED, the Company promises to pay to ________________________ or its
registered assigns (the “Holder”),
the
principal sum of $_______________ on October 25, 2008 or such earlier date
as
the Debentures are required or permitted to be repaid as provided hereunder
(the
“Maturity
Date”),
in
cash or in Common Stock, subject to the terms and conditions herein, and to
pay
interest to the Holder on the aggregate unconverted and then outstanding
principal amount of this Debenture in accordance with the provisions hereof.
This Debenture is subject to the following additional provisions:
Section
1. Definitions.
For the
purposes hereof, in addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Debenture:
(a) capitalized terms that are used herein and defined in the UCC shall have
the
meanings given to them in the UCC, (b) capitalized terms not otherwise defined
herein have the meanings given to such terms in the Purchase Agreement and
(c)
the following terms shall have the following meanings:
“2007
Loan Agreement”
means
the Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of September 28, 2007, by and among
the Company, Diomed, Inc., a Delaware corporation and each of their respective
subsidiaries that is or becomes a “Borrower” thereunder, and Hercules Technology
Growth Capital, Inc., a Maryland corporation.
“2007
Loan Documents”
shall
have the meaning given to the term “Loan Documents” in the 2007 Loan
Agreement.
“777
Patent Litigation”
means
litigation relating to the Borrowers’ patent infringement case against
AngioDynamics, Inc, and Vascular Solutions, Inc. relating to ‘777 patent, Civil
Action No. 04-10019-NMG (consolidated) filed in the United States District
Court
for the District of Massachusetts.
“Alternate
Consideration”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 6(e)(ii).
“Borrowers”
shall
mean the Company and Diomed, Inc., a Delaware corporation, a wholly-owned
subsidiary of the Company.
“Business
Day”
means
any day except Saturday, Sunday and any day which shall be a federal legal
holiday in the United States or a day on which banking institutions in the
State
of New York are authorized or required by law or other government action to
close.
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“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 33% of the voting securities of the
Company, or (ii) 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 (iii) the execution by the Company of an
agreement to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound, providing
for
any of the events set forth above in (i) or (ii).
“Closing
Price”
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 closing bid price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest
preceding date) on the Trading Market on which the Common Stock is then listed
or quoted as reported by Bloomberg Financial L.P. (based on a Trading Day from
9:30 a.m. Eastern Time to 4:02 p.m. Eastern Time); (b) if the Common Stock
is not then listed or quoted on a Trading Market and if prices for the Common
Stock are then quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board, the closing bid price of the
Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on the OTC Bulletin
Board; (c) if the Common Stock is not then listed or quoted on the OTC Bulletin
Board and if prices for the Common Stock are then reported in the “Pink Sheets”
published by the National Quotation Bureau Incorporated (or a similar
organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices), the
most recent bid price per share of the Common Stock so reported; or (d) 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 Purchasers and
reasonably acceptable to the Company.
“Collateral”
has
the
meaning specified therefor in the Pledge and Security Agreement.
“Commission”
means
the Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Common
Stock”
means
the common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company and stock of any
other class into which such shares may hereafter have been reclassified or
changed.
“Conversion
Date”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 5(a) hereof.
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“Conversion
Price”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 5(b).
“Conversion
Shares”
means
the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Debentures or as payment
of interest in accordance with the terms hereof.
“Copyrights”
has
the
meaning specified therefor in the Pledge and Security Agreement.
“Copyright
License”
has
the
meaning specified therefor in the Pledge and Security Agreement.
“Dilutive
Issuance”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 6(b) hereof.
“Effectiveness
Period”
shall
have the meaning given to such term in the Registration Rights
Agreement.
“Equity
Conditions”
shall
mean, during the period in question, (i)
the
Company shall have duly honored all conversions and redemptions scheduled to
occur or occurring by virtue of one or more Conversion Notices, if any, (ii)
all
liquidated damages and other amounts owing in respect of the Debentures shall
have been paid; (iii)
there is an effective Registration Statement pursuant to which the Holder is
permitted to utilize the prospectus thereunder to resell all of the shares
issuable pursuant to the Transaction Documents (and the Company believes, in
good faith, that such effectiveness will continue uninterrupted for the
foreseeable future), (iv) the Common Stock is trading on the Trading Market
and
all of the shares issuable pursuant to the Transaction Documents are listed
for
trading on a Trading Market (and the Company believes, in good faith, that
trading of the Common Stock on a Trading Market will continue uninterrupted
for
the foreseeable future), (v) there is a sufficient number of authorized but
unissued and otherwise unreserved shares of Common Stock for the issuance of
all
of the shares issuable pursuant to the Transaction Documents, (vi) there is
then
existing no Event of Default or event which, with the passage of time or the
giving of notice, would constitute an Event of Default and (vii) all of the
shares issued or issuable pursuant to the transaction documents in full,
ignoring for such purposes any conversion or exercise limitation therein, would
not violate the limitations set forth in Section 5(c)(ii) and (ix)
no
public announcement of a pending or proposed Fundamental Transaction, Change
of
Control Transaction or acquisition transaction has occurred that has not been
consummated.
“Event
of Default”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 9.
“Exchange
Act”
means
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“Fundamental
Transaction”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 6(e)(iii) hereof.
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“Forced
Conversion”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 7(d).
“Forced
Conversion Notice”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 7(d).
“Force
Conversion Notice Date”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 7(d).
“Subsidiary
Guaranty”
means
the Guaranty, dated as of September 28, 2007, made by Diomed, Inc., in favor
of
the Secured Parties.
“Intercreditor
Agreement”
means
the Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of September 28, 2007, by and among the
Company, Diomed, Inc., the Lender and each holder of Debentures as of September
28, 2007 and their respective successors and assigns.
“Interest
Conversion Rate”
means
90% of the least of (a) the average of the 5 Closing Prices immediately prior
to
the applicable Interest Payment Date (b) the average of the 4 Closing Prices
immediately prior to the applicable Interest Payment Date, (c) the average
of
the 3 Closing Prices immediately prior to the applicable Interest Payment Date,
(d) the average of the 2 Closing Prices immediately prior to the applicable
Interest Payment Date and (e) the Closing Price immediately prior to the
applicable Interest Payment Date.
“Judgment”
means
any judgment of the United States District Court for the District of
Massachusetts or any successor court in respect of the 777 Patent
Litigation.
“Late
Fees”
shall
have the meaning set forth in the second paragraph to this
Debenture.
“Lender”
means
Hercules Growth Capital, Inc., its successors and assigns, as the Lender under
the 2007 Loan Documents.
“Lien”
means
any mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, hypothecation, assignment for security,
security interest, encumbrance, lien or charge of any kind, whether voluntarily
incurred or arising by operation of law or otherwise, against any property,
any
conditional sale or other title retention agreement, and any lease in the nature
of a security interest.
“Mandatory
Prepayment Amount”
for
any
Debentures shall equal the sum of (i) the greater of: (A) 130% of the principal
amount of Debentures to be prepaid, plus all accrued and unpaid interest
thereon, or (B) the principal amount of Debentures to be prepaid, plus all
other
accrued and unpaid interest hereon, divided by the Conversion Price on (x)
the
date the Mandatory Prepayment Amount is demanded or otherwise due or (y) the
date the Mandatory Prepayment Amount is paid in full, whichever is less,
multiplied by the Closing Price on (x) the date the Mandatory Prepayment Amount
is demanded
or otherwise due or (y) the date the Mandatory Prepayment Amount is paid in
full, whichever is greater, and (ii) all other amounts, costs, expenses and
liquidated damages due in respect of such Debentures.
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“Market
Price”
shall
mean $1.91, subject to adjustment for reverse and forward stock splits, stock
dividends, stock combinations and other similar transactions of the Common
Stock
that occur after the date of the Purchase Agreement.
“Maturity
Conversion”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 7(c)(iii).
“Maturity
Conversion Notice”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 7(c)(iii).
“Maturity
Conversion Notice Date”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 7(c)(iii).
“Maturity
Conversion Price”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 7(c)(iii).
“Optional
Redemption”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 7(a).
“Optional
Redemption Amount”
shall
mean the sum of (i) 110% of the principal amount of the Debenture then
outstanding, (ii) accrued but unpaid interest and (iii) all liquidated damages
and other amounts due in respect of the Debenture.
“Optional
Redemption Notice”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 7(a).
“Optional
Redemption Notice Date”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 7(a).
“Original
Issue Date”
shall
mean the date of the first issuance of the Debentures regardless of the number
of transfers of any Debenture and regardless of the number of instruments which
may be issued to evidence such Debenture.
“Patent
License”
has
the
meaning specified therefor in the Pledge and Security Agreement.
“Patents”
has
the
meaning specified therefor in the Pledge and Security Agreement.
“Person”
means
a
corporation, an association, a partnership, organization, a business, an
individual, a government or political subdivision thereof or a governmental
agency.
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“Pledge
and Security Agreement”
means
a
Pledge and Security Agreement made by a the Company in favor of the Holders,
in
form annexed hereto as Exhibit
A,
securing the obligations of the Company under the Debentures and any other
Transaction Document and delivered to the Holders.
“Purchase
Agreement”
means
the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of September 28, 2004, to which
the
Company and the original Holder are parties, as amended, modified or
supplemented from time to time in accordance with its terms.
“Registration
Rights Agreement”
means
the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of the date of the Purchase
Agreement, to which the Company and the original Holder are parties, as amended,
modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with its
terms.
“Registration
Statement”
means
a
registration statement meeting the requirements set forth in the Registration
Rights Agreement, covering among other things the resale of the Conversion
Shares and naming the Holder as a “selling stockholder” thereunder.
“Secured
Obligations”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a).
“Secured
Parties”
means
the Holder and the other holders of Debentures, together with their respective
successors and assigns.
“Securities
Act”
means
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder.
“Subsidiary”
shall
have the meaning given to such term in the Purchase Agreement.
“Threshold
Period”
shall
have the meaning given to such term in Section 7(d).
“Trading
Day”
means
a
day on which the Common Stock is traded on a Trading Market.
“Trading
Market”
means
the following markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted
for trading on the date in question: the Nasdaq SmallCap Market, the American
Stock Exchange, the New York Stock Exchange or the Nasdaq National
Market.
“Transaction
Documents”
shall
have the meaning set forth in the Purchase Agreement.
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“VWAP”
means,
for any date, the price determined by the first of the following clauses that
applies: (a) if the Common Stock is then listed or quoted on a Trading Market,
the daily volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or
the
nearest preceding date) on the Trading Market on which the Common Stock is
then
listed or quoted as reported by Bloomberg Financial L.P. (based on a Trading
Day
from 9:30 a.m. Eastern Time to 4:02 p.m. Eastern Time); (b) if the Common
Stock is not then listed or quoted on a Trading Market and if prices for the
Common Stock are then quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board, the volume weighted
average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date)
on the OTC Bulletin Board; (c) if the Common Stock is not then listed or quoted
on the OTC Bulletin Board and if prices for the Common Stock are then reported
in the “Pink Sheets” published by the National Quotation Bureau Incorporated (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 Holders
and
reasonably acceptable to the Company.
Section
2. Security.
The
Company grants to the Secured Parties a security interest, in accordance with
the terms of the Pledge and Security Agreement, which shall be delivered
simultaneously with this Debenture, in, all of its right, title and interest
in
and to the Collateral as security for the prompt payment in full of all
obligations of the Company under the Debentures, whether for principal,
interest, costs, fees, expenses or otherwise and whether now or hereafter
existing (all of such obligations being the “Secured
Obligations”).
a) Borrowers
Remain Liable.
Anything
herein to the contrary notwithstanding:
(i) each
Borrower shall remain liable under the contracts and agreements to which it
is a
party included in the Collateral to the extent set forth therein, and shall
perform all of its respective duties and obligations under such contracts and
agreements to the same extent as if the security interest granted herein had
not
been made, and the Secured Parties shall not have any obligation or liability
under any contracts or agreements included in the Collateral by reason of the
security interest granted herein, nor shall any Secured Party be obligated
to
perform any of the obligations or duties of any Borrower thereunder or to take
any action to collect or enforce any claim for payment assigned
hereunder;
(ii) each
Borrower shall comply in all material respects with all laws relating to the
ownership and operation of the Collateral, including all registration
requirements under applicable laws, and shall pay when due all taxes, fees
and
assessments imposed on or with respect to the Collateral, except to the extent
the validity thereof is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings
for which adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP have been set aside by
the
Company; and
(iii) the
exercise by the Secured Parties of any of their rights hereunder shall not
release the Borrowers from any of their duties or obligations under any such
contracts or agreements included in the Collateral.
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b) Authorization
to Perfect Security Interests.
Each
Borrower hereby irrevocably authorizes the Secured
Parties
at any
time and from time to time to file in any filing office in any UCC jurisdiction
any initial financing statements and amendments thereto that (a) indicate the
Collateral (i) as all assets of such Borrower or words of similar effect,
regardless of whether any particular asset comprised in the Collateral falls
within the scope of Article 9 of the UCC, or (ii) as being of an equal or lesser
scope or with greater detail, and (b) provide any other information required
by
part 5 of Article 9 of the UCC for the sufficiency or filing office acceptance
of any financing statement or amendment. Each Borrower agrees to furnish any
such information to the Secured
Parties
promptly
upon request. Each Borrower also ratifies its authorization for the Secured
Parties
to have
filed in any UCC jurisdiction any like initial financing statements or
amendments thereto if filed prior to the date hereof.
Section
3. Interest.
a) Payment
of Interest in Cash or Kind.
The
Company shall pay interest to the Holder on the aggregate unconverted and then
outstanding principal amount of this Debenture at the rate equal to the greater
of (i) ten percent (10%) per annum and (ii) 500 basis points plus the most
recent 6-month LIBOR (London Interbank Offered Rate), payable quarterly on
March
31, June 30, September 30 and December 31, beginning on the first such date
after the Original Issue Date and on each Conversion Date (as to that principal
amount then being converted), on each Forced Conversion Date (as to that
principal amount then being converted), on each Optional Redemption Date and
on
the Maturity Date (except that, if any such date is not a Business Day, then
such payment shall be due on the next succeeding Business Day) (each such date,
an “Interest
Payment Date”),
in
cash or shares of Common Stock, or a combination of cash and shares of Common
Stock, at the Interest Conversion Rate, or a combination thereof; provided,
however,
payment
in shares of Common Stock may only occur if during the 20 Trading Days
immediately prior to the applicable Interest Payment Date all of the Equity
Conditions have been met.
b) Company’s
Election to Pay Interest in Kind.
Subject
to the terms and conditions herein, the decision whether to pay interest
hereunder in shares of Common Stock or cash shall be at the discretion of the
Company. Not less than 20 Trading Days prior to each Interest Payment Date
(the
“Interest
Payment Notice Date”),
the
Company shall provide the Holder with written notice of its election to pay
interest hereunder either in cash or shares of Common Stock (the Company may
indicate in such notice that the election contained in such notice shall
continue for later periods until revised) and the exact combination thereof.
Within 20 Trading Days prior to an Interest Payment Date, the Company’s election
(whether specific to an Interest Payment Date or continuous) shall be
irrevocable as to such Interest Payment Date. Subject to the aforementioned
conditions, failure to timely provide such written notice shall be deemed an
election by the Company to pay the interest on such Interest Payment Date in
cash. The Company’s determination
of whether to pay interest in cash or shares shall be applied ratably to the
Holders.
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c) Interest
Calculations.
Interest shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year and shall accrue
daily commencing on the Original Issue Date until payment in full of the
principal sum, together with all accrued and unpaid interest and other amounts
which may become due hereunder, has been made. Payment of interest in shares
of
Common Stock shall otherwise occur pursuant to Section 5(d)(ii) and only for
purposes of the payment of interest in shares, the Interest Payment Date shall
be deemed the Conversion Date. Interest shall cease to accrue with respect
to
any principal amount converted, provided that the Company in fact delivers
the
Conversion Shares within the time period required by Section 5(d)(ii). Interest
hereunder will be paid to the Person in whose name this Debenture is registered
on the records of the Company regarding registration and transfers of Debentures
(the “Debenture
Register”).
Except as otherwise provided herein, if at any time the Company pays interest
partially in cash and partially in shares of Common Stock, then such payment
shall be distributed ratably among the Holders based upon the principal amount
of Debentures held by each Holder.
d) Late
Fee.
All
overdue accrued and unpaid interest to be paid hereunder shall entail a late
fee
at the rate of 18% per annum (or such lower maximum amount of interest permitted
to be charged under applicable law) (“Late
Fee”)
which
will accrue daily, from the date such interest is due hereunder through and
including the date of payment. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained herein, if on any Interest Payment Date the Company has elected to
pay
interest in Common Stock and is not able to pay accrued interest in the form
of
Common Stock because it does not then satisfy the conditions for payment in
the
form of Common Stock set forth above, then, at
the
option of the Holder, the
Company, in lieu of delivering either
shares
of
Common Stock pursuant to this Section 3 or
paying
the regularly scheduled cash interest payment, shall deliver, within three
Trading Days of each applicable Interest Payment Date, an amount in cash equal
to the product of the number of shares of Common Stock otherwise deliverable
to
the Holder in connection with the payment of interest due on such Interest
Payment Date and the highest Closing Price during the period commencing on
the
Interest Payment Date and ending on the Trading Day prior to the date such
payment is made.
e) Prepayment.
Except
as otherwise set forth in this Debenture, the Company may not prepay any portion
of the principal amount of this Debenture without the prior written consent
of
the Holder.
Section
4. Registration
of Transfers and Exchanges.
a) Different
Denominations.
This
Debenture is exchangeable for an equal aggregate principal amount of Debentures
of different authorized denominations, as requested
by the Holder surrendering the same. No service charge will be made for such
registration of transfer or exchange.
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b) Investment
Representations.
This
Debenture has been issued subject to certain investment representations of
the
original Holder set forth in the Purchase Agreement and may be transferred
or
exchanged only in compliance with the Purchase Agreement and applicable federal
and state securities laws and regulations.
c) Reliance
on Debenture Register.
Prior
to due presentment to the Company for transfer of this Debenture, the Company
and any agent of the Company may treat the Person in whose name this Debenture
is duly registered on the Debenture Register as the owner hereof for the purpose
of receiving payment as herein provided and for all other purposes, whether
or
not this Debenture is overdue, and neither the Company nor any such agent shall
be affected by notice to the contrary.
Section
5. Conversion.
a) Voluntary
Conversion.
At any
time after the Original Issue Date until this Debenture is no longer
outstanding, this Debenture shall be convertible into shares of Common Stock
at
the option of the Holder, in whole or in part at any time and from time to
time
(subject to the limitations on conversion set forth in Section 5(c)
hereof). The Holder shall effect conversions by delivering to the Company the
form of Notice of Conversion attached hereto as Annex
A
(a
“Notice
of Conversion”),
specifying therein the principal amount of Debentures to be converted and the
date on which such conversion is to be effected (a “Conversion
Date”).
If no
Conversion Date is specified in a Notice of Conversion, the Conversion Date
shall be the date that such Notice of Conversion is received by the Company
pursuant to Section 10(a) hereunder. To effect conversions hereunder, the Holder
shall not be required to physically surrender Debentures to the Company unless
the entire principal amount of this Debenture plus all accrued and unpaid
interest thereon has been so converted. Conversions hereunder shall have the
effect of lowering the outstanding principal amount of this Debenture in an
amount equal to the applicable conversion. The Holder and the Company shall
maintain records showing the principal amount converted and the date of such
conversions. The Company shall deliver any objection to any Notice of Conversion
within 2 Business Days of receipt of such notice. The Holder and any assignee,
by acceptance of this Debenture, acknowledge and agree that, by reason of the
provisions of this paragraph, following conversion of a portion of this
Debenture, the unpaid and unconverted principal amount of this Debenture may
be
less than the amount stated on the face hereof.
b) Conversion
Price.
The
conversion price in effect on any Conversion Date shall be equal to
$0.70, subject
to adjustment herein (the “Conversion
Price”).
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c) Xxxxxx’s
Restriction on Conversion.
a. The
Holder shall not have the right to convert any portion of this Debenture,
pursuant to Section 5(a) or otherwise, to the extent that after giving effect
to
such conversion, the Holder (together with the Holder’s affiliates), as set
forth on the applicable Notice of Conversion, would beneficially own in excess
of 4.99% of the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding immediately
after giving effect to such conversion. For purposes of the foregoing
sentence, the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the Holder
and its affiliates shall include the number of shares of Common Stock issuable
upon conversion of this Debenture with respect to which the determination of
such sentence is being made, but shall exclude the number of shares of Common
Stock which would be issuable upon (A) conversion of the remaining, nonconverted
portion of this Debenture beneficially owned by the Holder or any of its
affiliates and (B) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or nonconverted
portion of any other securities of the Company (including, without limitation,
any other Debentures or the Warrants) subject to a limitation on conversion
or
exercise analogous to the limitation contained herein beneficially owned by
the
Holder or any of its affiliates. Except as set forth in the preceding
sentence, for purposes of this Section 5(c), beneficial ownership shall be
calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act. To the extent
that the limitation contained in this section applies, the determination of
whether this Debenture is convertible (in relation to other securities owned
by
the Holder) and of which a portion of this Debenture is convertible shall be
in
the sole discretion of such Holder. To ensure compliance with this restriction,
the Holder will be deemed to represent to the Company each time it delivers
a
Notice of Conversion that such Notice of Conversion has not violated the
restrictions set forth in this paragraph and the Company shall have no
obligation to verify or confirm the accuracy of such determination. For purposes
of this Section 5(c), in determining the number of outstanding shares of Common
Stock, the Holder may rely on the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock
as reflected in (x) the Company’s most recent Form 10-QSB or Form 10-KSB, as the
case may be, (y) a more recent public announcement by the Company or (z) any
other notice by the Company or the Company’s Transfer Agent setting forth the
number of shares of Common Stock outstanding. Upon the written or oral
request of the Holder, the Company shall within two Trading Days confirm orally
and in writing to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock then
outstanding. In any case, the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock
shall be determined after giving effect to the conversion or exercise of
securities of the Company, including this Debenture, by the Holder or its
affiliates since the date as of which such number of outstanding shares of
Common Stock was reported.
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b. The
Company shall not effect any conversion of this Debenture pursuant to Section
5(a) or otherwise, to the extent that after giving effect to such conversion,
the Holder (together with the Holder’s affiliates), as set forth on the
applicable Notice of Conversion, would beneficially own in excess of 9.99%
of
the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving
effect to such conversion. For purposes of the foregoing sentence, the
number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the Holder and its
affiliates shall include the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon
conversion of this Debenture with respect to which the determination of such
sentence is being made, but shall exclude the number of shares of Common Stock
which would be issuable
upon (A) conversion of the remaining, nonconverted portion of this Debenture
beneficially owned by the Holder or any of its affiliates and (B) exercise
or
conversion of the unexercised or nonconverted portion of any other securities
of
the Company (including, without limitation, any other Debentures or the
Warrants) subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the
limitation contained herein beneficially owned by the Holder or any of its
affiliates. Except as set forth in the preceding sentence, for purposes of
this Section 5(c), beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with
Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act. To the extent that the limitation contained
in this section applies, the determination of whether this Debenture is
convertible (in relation to other securities owned by the Holder) and of which
a
portion of this Debenture is convertible shall be in the sole discretion of
such
Holder. To ensure compliance with this restriction, the Holder will be deemed
to
represent to the Company each time it delivers a Notice of Conversion that
such
Notice of Conversion has not violated the restrictions set forth in this
paragraph and the Company shall have no obligation to verify or confirm the
accuracy of such determination. For purposes of this Section 5(c), in
determining the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock, the Holder may
rely on the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock as reflected in (x)
the
Company’s most recent Form 10-QSB or Form 10-KSB, as the case may be, (y) a more
recent public announcement by the Company or (z) any other notice by the Company
or the Company’s Transfer Agent setting forth the number of shares of Common
Stock outstanding. Upon the written or oral request of the Holder, the
Company shall within two Trading Days confirm orally and in writing to the
Holder the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding. In any case,
the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be determined after
giving effect to the conversion or exercise of securities of the Company,
including this Debenture, by the Holder or its affiliates since the date as
of
which such number of outstanding shares of Common Stock was
reported.
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 of this Debenture to be converted as set forth in the applicable Notice
of Conversion by (y) the Conversion Price.
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ii. Delivery
of Certificate Upon Conversion.
Not
later than three Trading Days after any Conversion Date, the Company will
deliver to the Holder (A) a certificate or certificates representing the
Conversion Shares which shall be free of restrictive legends and trading
restrictions (other than those required by the Purchase Agreement) representing
the number of shares of Common Stock being acquired
upon the conversion of Debentures (including, if so timely elected by the
Company, shares of Common Stock representing the payment of accrued interest)
and (B) a bank check in the amount of accrued and unpaid interest (if the
Company is required to pay accrued interest in cash). The Company shall, if
available and if allowed under applicable securities laws, use its best efforts
to deliver any certificate or certificates required to be delivered by the
Company under this Section electronically through the Depository Trust
Corporation or another established clearing corporation performing similar
functions.
iii. Failure
to Deliver Certificates.
If in
the case of any Notice of Conversion such certificate or certificates are not
delivered to or as directed by the applicable Holder by the fifth Trading Day
after a Conversion Date, the Holder shall be entitled by written notice to
the
Company at any time on or before its receipt of such certificate or certificates
thereafter, to rescind such conversion, in which event the Company shall
immediately return the certificates representing the principal amount of
Debentures tendered for conversion.
iv. Partial
Liquidated Damages.
If the
Company fails for any reason to deliver to the Holder such certificate or
certificates pursuant to Section 5(d)(ii) by the third Trading Day after the
Conversion Date, the Company shall pay to such Holder, in cash upon demand
of
such Holder, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, for each $1000 of
principal amount being converted, $10 per Trading Day (increasing to $20 per
Trading Day after 10 Trading Days after such damages begin to accrue) for each
Trading Day after such third Trading Day until such certificates are delivered.
The Company’s obligations to issue and deliver the Conversion Shares upon
conversion of this Debenture in accordance with the terms hereof are absolute
and unconditional, irrespective of any action or inaction by the Holder to
enforce the same, any waiver or consent with respect to any provision hereof,
the recovery of any judgment against any Person or any action to enforce the
same, or any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, limitation or termination, or
any
breach or alleged breach by the Holder or any other Person of any obligation
to
the Company or any violation or alleged violation of law by the Holder or any
other person, and irrespective of any other circumstance which might otherwise
limit such obligation of the Company to the Holder in connection with the
issuance of such Conversion Shares; provided,
however,
such
delivery shall not operate as a waiver by the Company of any such action the
Company may have against the Holder. In the event a Holder of this Debenture
shall elect to convert any or all of the outstanding principal amount hereof,
the Company may not refuse conversion based on any claim that the Holder or
any
one associated or affiliated with the Holder of has been engaged in any
violation of law, agreement or for any other reason, unless, an injunction
from
a court, on notice, restraining and or enjoining conversion of all or part
of
this Debenture shall have been sought and obtained and the Company posts a
surety bond for the benefit
of the Holder in the amount of 150% of the principal amount of this Debenture
outstanding, which is subject to the injunction, which bond shall remain in
effect until the completion of arbitration/litigation of the dispute and the
proceeds of which shall be payable to such Holder to the extent it obtains
judgment. In the absence of an injunction precluding the same, the Company
shall
issue Conversion Shares or, if applicable, cash, upon a properly noticed
conversion. Nothing herein shall limit a Holder’s right to pursue actual damages
or declare an Event of Default pursuant to Section 9 herein for the Company’s
failure to deliver Conversion Shares within the period specified herein and
such
Holder shall have the right to pursue all remedies available to it at law or
in
equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or
injunctive relief. The exercise of any such rights shall not prohibit the
Holders from seeking to enforce damages pursuant to any other Section hereof
or
under applicable law.
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v. Failure
to Timely Deliver Certificates Upon Conversion.
In
addition to any other rights available to the Holder, if the Company fails
for
any reason to deliver to the Holder such certificate or certificates pursuant
to
Section 5(d)(ii) by the third Trading Day after the Conversion Date, and if
after such third Trading Day the Holder is required by its brokerage firm to
purchase (in an open market transaction or otherwise) Common Stock to deliver
in
satisfaction of a sale by such Holder of the Conversion Shares which the Holder
anticipated receiving upon such conversion (a “Buy-In”),
then
the Company shall (A) pay in cash to the Holder (in addition to any remedies
available to or elected by the Holder) the amount by which (x) the Holder’s
total purchase price (including brokerage commissions, if any) for the Common
Stock so purchased exceeds (y) the product of (1) the aggregate number of shares
of Common Stock that such Holder anticipated receiving from the conversion
at
issue multiplied by (2) the actual sale price of the Common Stock at the time
of
the sale (including brokerage commissions, if any) giving rise to such purchase
obligation and (B) at the option of the Holder, either reissue Debentures in
principal amount equal to the principal amount of the attempted conversion
or
deliver to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock that would have
been
issued had the Company timely complied with its delivery requirements under
Section 5(d)(ii). For example, if the Holder purchases Common Stock having
a
total purchase price of $11,000 to cover a Buy-In with respect to an attempted
conversion of Debentures with respect to which the actual sale price of the
Conversion Shares at the time of the sale (including brokerage commissions,
if
any) giving rise to such purchase obligation was a total of $10,000 under clause
(A) of the immediately preceding sentence, the Company shall be required to
pay
the Holder $1,000. The Holder shall provide the Company written notice
indicating the amounts payable to the Holder in respect of the Buy-In.
Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, if a Holder requires
the Company to make payment in respect of a Buy-In for the failure to timely
deliver certificates hereunder and the Company timely pays in full such payment,
the Company shall not be required to pay such Holder liquidated
damages under Section 5(d)(iv) in respect of the certificates resulting in
such
Buy-In.
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vi. Reservation
of Shares Issuable Upon Conversion.
The
Company covenants that it will at all times reserve and keep available out
of
its authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock solely for the purpose of
issuance upon conversion of the Debentures and payment of interest on the
Debenture, each as herein provided, free from preemptive rights or any other
actual contingent purchase rights of persons other than the Holders, not less
than such number of shares of the Common Stock as shall (subject to any
additional requirements of the Company as to reservation of such shares set
forth in the Purchase Agreement) be issuable (taking into account the
adjustments and restrictions of Section 6) upon the conversion of the
outstanding principal amount of the Debentures and payment of interest
hereunder. The Company covenants that all shares of Common Stock that shall
be
so issuable shall, upon issue, be duly and validly authorized, issued and fully
paid, nonassessable and, if the Registration Statement is then effective under
the Securities Act, registered for public sale in accordance with such
Registration Statement.
vii. Fractional
Shares.
Upon a
conversion hereunder the Company shall not be required to issue stock
certificates representing fractions of shares of the Common Stock, but may
if
otherwise permitted, make a cash payment in respect of any final fraction of
a
share based on the Closing Price at such time. If the Company elects not, or
is
unable, to make such a cash payment, the Holder shall be entitled to receive,
in
lieu of the final fraction of a share, one whole share of Common
Stock.
viii. Transfer
Taxes.
The
issuance of certificates for shares of the Common Stock on conversion of the
Debentures shall be made without charge to the Holders thereof for any
documentary stamp or similar taxes that may be payable in respect of the issue
or delivery of such certificate, provided that the Company shall not be required
to pay any tax that may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the
issuance and delivery of any such certificate upon conversion in a name other
than that of the Holder of such Debentures 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.
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Section
6. Certain
Adjustments.
a) Stock
Dividends and Stock Splits.
If the
Company, at any time while the Debentures are outstanding: (A) shall pay a
stock
dividend or otherwise make a distribution or distributions on shares of its
Common Stock or any other equity or equity equivalent
securities payable in shares of Common Stock (which, for avoidance of doubt,
shall not include any shares of Common Stock issued by the Company pursuant
to
this Debenture, including as interest thereon), (B) subdivide outstanding shares
of Common Stock into a larger number of shares, (C) combine (including by way
of
reverse stock split) outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number
of
shares, or (D) issue by reclassification of shares of the Common Stock any
shares of capital stock of the Company, then the Conversion Price shall be
multiplied by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the number of shares
of
Common Stock (excluding treasury shares, if any) outstanding before such event
and of which the denominator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock
outstanding after such event. Any adjustment made pursuant to this Section
shall
become effective immediately after the record date for the determination of
stockholders entitled to receive such dividend or distribution and shall become
effective immediately after the effective date in the case of a subdivision,
combination or re-classification.
b) Subsequent
Equity Sales.
If the
Company or any Subsidiary thereof, as applicable, at any time while Debentures
are outstanding, shall offer, sell, grant any option to purchase or offer,
sell
or grant any right to reprice its securities, or otherwise dispose of or issue
(or announce any offer, sale, grant or any option to purchase or other
disposition) any Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents entitling any Person
to acquire shares of Common Stock, at an effective price per share less than
the
then Conversion Price (“Dilutive
Issuance”),
as
adjusted hereunder (if the holder of the Common Stock or Common Stock
Equivalents so issued shall at any time, whether by operation of purchase price
adjustments, reset provisions, floating conversion, exercise or exchange prices
or otherwise, or due to warrants, options or rights per share which is issued
in
connection with such issuance, be entitled to receive shares of Common Stock
at
an effective price per share which is less than the Conversion Price, such
issuance shall be deemed to have occurred for less than the Conversion Price),
then the Conversion Price shall be reduced to equal the effective conversion,
exchange or purchase price for such Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents
(including any reset provisions thereof) at issue. Such adjustment shall be
made
whenever such Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents are issued and this
provision is invoked. The Company shall notify the Holder in writing, no later
than three business days following the issuance of any Common Stock or Common
Stock Equivalents subject to this section, indicating therein the applicable
issuance price, or of applicable reset price, exchange price, conversion price
and other pricing terms.
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c) Pro
Rata Distributions.
If the
Company, at any time while Debentures are outstanding, shall distribute to
all
holders of Common Stock (and not to Holders) evidences of its indebtedness
or
assets or rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any security, then
in
each such case the Conversion Price shall be determined by multiplying such
Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to the record date fixed for
determination of stockholders entitled to receive such distribution by a
fraction of which the denominator shall be the Closing Price determined as
of
the record date mentioned above,
and of which the numerator shall be such Closing Price on such record date
less
the then fair market value at such record date of the portion of such assets
or
evidence of indebtedness so distributed applicable to one outstanding share
of
the Common Stock as determined by the Board of Directors in good faith and
considering the value to be received by the Company for the proceeds, if any,
of
the exercise of the rights or issuance of the indebtedness giving rise to the
adjustment of the Conversion Price hereunder. In either case the adjustments
shall be described in a statement provided to the Holders of the portion of
assets or evidences of indebtedness so distributed or such subscription rights
applicable to one share of Common Stock. Such adjustment shall be made whenever
any such distribution is made and shall become effective immediately after
the
record date mentioned above.
d) Calculations.
All
calculations under this Section 6 shall be made to the nearest cent or the
nearest 1/100th of a share, as the case may be. For purposes of this Section
6,
the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding as of a given date shall be
the
sum of the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding treasury shares, if
any)
outstanding.
e) Notice
to Holders.
i. Adjustment
to Conversion Price.
Whenever the Conversion Price is adjusted pursuant to any of this Section 6,
the
Company shall promptly mail to each Holder a notice setting forth the Conversion
Price after such adjustment and setting forth a brief statement of the facts
requiring such adjustment. If the Company issues a variable rate security,
despite the prohibition thereon in the Purchase Agreement, the Company shall
be
deemed to have issued Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents at the lowest
possible conversion or exercise price at which such securities may be converted
or exercised in the case of a Variable Rate Transaction (as defined in the
Purchase Agreement), or the lowest possible adjustment price in the case of
an
MFN Transaction (as defined in the Purchase Agreement).
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ii. Notice
to Allow Conversion by Xxxxxx.
If (A)
the Company shall declare a dividend (or any other distribution) on the Common
Stock; (B) the Company shall declare a special nonrecurring cash dividend on
or
a redemption of the Common Stock; (C) the Company shall authorize the granting
to all holders of the Common Stock rights or warrants to subscribe for or
purchase any shares of capital stock of any class or of any rights; (D) the
approval of any stockholders of the Company shall be required in connection
with
any reclassification of the Common Stock, any consolidation or merger to which
the Company is a party, any sale or transfer of all or substantially all of
the
assets of the Company, of any compulsory share exchange whereby the Common
Stock
is converted into other securities, cash or property; (E) the
Company shall authorize the voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation
or
winding up of the affairs of the Company; then,
in
each case, the Company shall cause to be filed at each office or agency
maintained for the purpose of conversion of the Debentures, and shall cause
to
be mailed
to
the Holders at their last addresses as they shall appear upon the stock
books of
the
Company, at least 20 calendar days prior to the applicable record or effective
date hereinafter specified, a notice stating (x)
the
date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend,
distribution, redemption, rights or warrants, or if a record is not to be taken,
the date as of which the holders of the Common Stock of record to be entitled
to
such dividend, distributions, redemption, rights or warrants are to be
determined or (y) the date on which such reclassification, consolidation,
merger, sale, transfer or share exchange is expected to become effective or
close, and the date as of which it is expected that holders of the Common Stock
of record shall be entitled to exchange their shares of the Common Stock for
securities, cash or other property deliverable upon such reclassification,
consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange; provided,
that
the failure to mail such notice or any defect therein or in the mailing thereof
shall not affect the validity of the corporate action required to be specified
in such notice. Holders are entitled to convert Debentures during the 20-day
period commencing the date of such notice to the effective date of the event
triggering such notice.
iii. Fundamental
Transaction.
If, at
any time while this Debenture is outstanding, (A) the Company effects any merger
or consolidation of the Company with or into another Person, (B) the Company
effects any sale of all or substantially all of its assets in one or a series
of
related transactions, (C) any tender offer or exchange offer (whether by the
Company or another Person) is completed pursuant to which holders of Common
Stock are permitted to tender or exchange their shares for other securities,
cash or property, or (D) the Company effects any reclassification of the Common
Stock or any compulsory share exchange pursuant to which the Common Stock is
effectively converted into or exchanged for other securities, cash or property
(in any such case, a “Fundamental
Transaction”),
then
upon any subsequent conversion of this Debenture, the Holder shall have the
right to receive, for each Conversion Share that would have been issuable upon
such conversion absent such Fundamental Transaction, the same kind and amount
of
securities, cash or property as it would have been entitled to receive upon
the
occurrence of such Fundamental Transaction if it had been, immediately prior
to
such Fundamental Transaction, the holder of one share of Common Stock (the
“Alternate
Consideration”).
For
purposes of any such conversion, the determination of the Conversion Price
shall
be appropriately adjusted to apply to such Alternate Consideration based on
the
amount of Alternate Consideration issuable in respect of one share of Common
Stock in such Fundamental Transaction, and the Company shall apportion the
Conversion Price among the Alternate Consideration in a reasonable manner
reflecting the relative value of any different components of the Alternate
Consideration. If holders of Common Stock are given any choice as to the
securities, cash or property to be received
in a Fundamental Transaction, then the Holder shall be given the same choice
as
to the Alternate Consideration it receives upon any conversion of this Debenture
following such Fundamental Transaction. To the extent necessary to effectuate
the foregoing provisions, any successor to the Company or surviving entity
in
such Fundamental Transaction shall issue to the Holder a new debenture
consistent with the foregoing provisions and evidencing the Holder’s right to
convert such debenture into Alternate Consideration. The terms of any agreement
pursuant to which a Fundamental Transaction is effected shall include terms
requiring any such successor or surviving entity to comply with the provisions
of this paragraph (c) and insuring that this Debenture (or any such replacement
security) will be similarly adjusted upon any subsequent transaction analogous
to a Fundamental Transaction.
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iv. Exempt
Issuance.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, no adjustment will be made under this Section 6 in respect of
an
Exempt Issuance.
Section
7. Redemption
and Forced Conversion.
a) Optional
Redemption at Election of Company.
Subject
to the provisions of this Section 7, if at any time after the 1 year anniversary
of the Effective Date each of the Closing Prices during any 20 consecutive
Trading Day period is less than the then Conversion Price (such
period commencing only after such anniversary date, such period the
“Redemption
Threshold Period”),
the
Company may, within 1 Trading Day of any Redemption Threshold Period, deliver
a
notice to the Holders (an “Optional
Redemption Notice”
and
the
date such notice is deemed delivered hereunder, the “Optional
Redemption Notice Date”)
of its
irrevocable election to redeem on the 20th
Trading
Day following the Optional Redemption Notice Date (such date, the “Optional
Redemption Date”
and
such redemption, the “Optional
Redemption”)
all of
the then outstanding Debentures, for an amount, in cash, equal to the Optional
Redemption Amount. The Optional Redemption Amount is due in full on the Optional
Redemption Date. The Company may only effect an optional redemption if during
the Redemption Threshold Period through to the Optional Redemption Date, each
of
the Equity Conditions shall have been met. If any of the Equity Conditions
shall
cease to be satisfied at any time during the required period, then the Holder
may elect to nullify the Optional Redemption Notice by notice to the Company
within 3 Trading Days after the first day on which any such Equity Condition
has
not been met (provided that if, by a provision of the Transaction Documents
the
Company is obligated to notify the Holder of the non-existence of an Equity
Condition, such notice period shall be extended to the third Trading Day after
proper notice from the Company) in which case the Optional Redemption Notice
shall be null and void, ab initio.
Any
election by the Company under this Section 7(a) shall require the redemption
of
all Debentures.
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b) Redemption
Procedure.
The
payment of cash pursuant to an Optional Redemption shall be made on the Optional
Redemption Date. If any portion of the cash payment
for an Optional Redemption shall not be paid by the Company by the respective
due date, interest shall accrue thereon at the rate of 18% per annum (or the
maximum rate permitted by applicable law, whichever is less) until the Optional
Redemption Amount, plus all amounts owing thereon is paid in full.
Alternatively, if any portion of the Optional Redemption Amount remains unpaid
after such date, the Holders may elect, by written notice to the Company given
at any time thereafter, to invalidate ab initio
such
redemption, notwithstanding anything herein contained to the contrary, and,
with
respect the failure to honor the Optional Redemption, the Company shall have
no
further right to exercise such Optional Redemption. The
Holder may elect to convert the outstanding principal amount of the Debenture
pursuant to Section 5 prior to actual payment in cash for any redemption under
this Section 7 by fax delivery of a Notice of Conversion to the Company. The
Company covenants and agrees that it will honor all Conversion Notices tendered
from the time of delivery of the Optional Redemption Notice through the date
all
amounts owing thereon are due and paid in full.
c) Forced
Conversion.
i. Notwithstanding
anything herein to the contrary, if after the 1 year anniversary of the
Effective Date each of the Closing Prices for any 20 consecutive Trading Days
(such period commencing only after such anniversary date, such period the
“Conversion
Threshold Period”))
equals or exceeds 175% of the then Conversion Price, the Company may, within
1
Trading Day of the end of any Conversion Threshold Period, deliver a notice
to
the Holder (a “Forced
Conversion Notice”
and
the
date such notice is received by the Holder, the “Forced
Conversion Notice Date”)
to
cause the Holder to immediately convert all or part of the then outstanding
principal amount of Debentures pursuant to Sections 5(a) and 5(b). The Company
may only effect a Forced Conversion Notice if all of the Equity Conditions
are
met through the Conversion Threshold Period until the date of the applicable
Forced Conversion. Any Forced Conversion shall be applied ratably to all Holders
based on their initial purchases of Debentures pursuant to the Purchase
Agreement.
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ii. Notwithstanding
anything herein to the contrary, if during the period beginning on the
80th
Trading
Day prior to the Maturity Date until the 60th
Trading
Day prior to the Maturity Date the average daily trading volume of the Common
Stock equals or exceeds 65,000 (subject
to adjustment for reverse and forward stock splits, stock dividends, stock
combinations and other similar transactions of the Common Stock that occur
after
the date of this Agreement) (such period the “Maturity
Threshold Period”),
the
Company may, within 1 Trading Day of the end of such Threshold Period, deliver
a
notice to the Holder (a “Maturity
Conversion Notice”
and
the
date such notice is received by the Holder, the “Maturity
Conversion Notice Date”)
to
cause the Holder to immediately convert all of the then outstanding principal
amount of Debentures pursuant to Section 5(a) (the “Maturity
Conversion”);
provided,
however,
the
conversion price
for
such Maturity Conversion shall be equal to the lesser of (x) the then Conversion
Price and (y) 90% of the average of the VWAPs for the 20 Trading Days
immediately prior to the Maturity Date (the “Maturity
Conversion Price”).
The
Company may only effect a Maturity Conversion Notice if all of the Equity
Conditions are met through the Threshold Period until the date of the applicable
Maturity Conversion. Any Maturity Conversion shall be applied ratably to all
Holders based on their initial purchases of Debentures pursuant to the Purchase
Agreement.
Section
8. Negative
Covenants.
So long
as 10% of the principal amount of this Debenture is outstanding, the Company
will not and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to directly or
indirectly:
a) enter
into, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any indebtedness or liens of
any
kind, on or with respect to any of its property or assets now owned or hereafter
acquired or any interest therein or any income or profits therefrom that
is
senior
to, or pari passu
with, in
any respect, the Company’s obligations under the Debentures,
excluding
purchase money security interests granted to suppliers to the Company and any
of
the foregoing that are made in the ordinary course of business of the Company
and its Subsidiaries;
b) amend
its
certificate of incorporation, bylaws or to her charter documents so as to
adversely affect any rights of the Holder;
c) repay,
repurchase or offer to repay, repurchase or otherwise acquire more than a
de
minimis
number
of shares of its Common Stock or other equity securities other than as to the
Conversion Shares to the extent permitted or required under the Transaction
Documents or as otherwise permitted by the Transaction Documents;
or
d) enter
into any agreement with respect to any of the foregoing.
Section
9. Events
of Default.
a) “Event
of Default,”
wherever used herein, means any one of the following events (whatever the reason
and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or effected by operation of
law
or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court, or any order, rule
or
regulation of any administrative or governmental body):
i. any
default in the payment of (A) the principal of amount of any Debenture, or
(B)
interest (including Late Fees) on, or liquidated damages in respect of, any
Debenture, in each case free of any claim of subordination, as and when the
same
shall become due and payable (whether on a Conversion Date or the Maturity
Date
or by acceleration or otherwise) which default, solely in the case of an
interest payment or other default under clause (B) above, is not cured, within
3
Trading Days;
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ii. the
Company shall fail to observe or perform any other covenant or agreement
contained in this Debenture, the Pledge and Security Agreement or any of the
other Transaction Documents (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 (xii) below) which failure is not cured,
if
possible to cure, within the earlier to occur
of
(A)
5
Trading
Days after notice of such default sent by the Holder or by any other
Holder
and
(B)10 Trading Days after the Company shall become or should have, with the
exercise of reasonable care, become aware of such failure;
iii. a
default
or event of default shall occur under (A) any of the Transaction Documents
other
than the Debentures, (B) any 2007 Loan Document (including the 2007 Loan
Agreement) or (C) any other material agreement, lease, document or instrument
to
which the Company or any Subsidiary is bound and which is not covered during
the
applicable cure period;
iv. any
representation or warranty made herein,
in
the
Pledge and Security Agreement, the Subsidiary Guaranty,
any
other Transaction Document, in any written statement pursuant hereto or thereto,
or in any other report, financial statement or certificate made or delivered
to
the Holder or any other holder of Debentures shall
be
untrue or incorrect in any material respect as of the date when made or deemed
made;
v. (i)
the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall commence, or there shall be commenced
against the Company or any such Subsidiary, a case under any applicable
bankruptcy or insolvency laws as now or hereafter in effect or any successor
thereto, or the Company or any Subsidiary commences any other proceeding under
any reorganization, arrangement, adjustment of debt, relief of debtors,
dissolution, insolvency or liquidation or similar law of any jurisdiction
whether now or hereafter in effect relating to the Company or any Subsidiary
thereof or (ii) there is commenced against the Company or any Subsidiary thereof
any such bankruptcy, insolvency or other proceeding which remains undismissed
for a period of 60 days; or (iii) the Company or any Subsidiary thereof is
adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction insolvent or bankrupt; or
any
order of relief or other order approving any such case or proceeding is entered;
or (iv) the Company or any Subsidiary thereof suffers any appointment of any
custodian or the like for it or any substantial part of its property which
continues undischarged or unstayed for a period of 60 days; or (v) the Company
or any Subsidiary thereof makes a general assignment for the benefit of
creditors; or (vi) the Company shall fail to pay, or shall state that it is
unable to pay, or shall be unable to pay, its debts generally as they become
due; or (vii) the Company or any Subsidiary thereof shall call a meeting of
its
creditors with a view to arranging a composition, adjustment or restructuring
of
its debts; or (viii) the Company or any Subsidiary
thereof shall by any act or failure to act expressly indicate its consent to,
approval of or acquiescence in any of the foregoing; or (ix) any corporate
or
other action is taken by the Company or any Subsidiary thereof for the purpose
of effecting any of the foregoing;
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vi. the
Company or any Subsidiary shall default in any of its obligations under any
mortgage, credit agreement or other facility, indenture agreement, factoring
agreement or other instrument under which there may be issued, or by which
there
may be secured or evidenced any indebtedness for borrowed money or money due
under any long term leasing or factoring arrangement of the Company in an amount
exceeding $150,000, whether such indebtedness now exists or shall hereafter
be
created and such default shall result in such indebtedness becoming or being
declared due and payable prior to the date on which it would otherwise become
due and payable;
vii. the
Common Stock shall not be eligible for quotation on or quoted for trading on
a
Trading Market and shall not again be eligible for and quoted or listed for
trading thereon within five Trading Days;
viii. the
Company shall be a party to any Change of Control Transaction or Fundamental
Transaction, shall agree to sell or dispose of all or in excess of 40% of its
assets in one or more transactions (whether or not such sale would constitute
a
Change of Control Transaction) or shall redeem or repurchase more than a de
minimis number of its outstanding shares of Common Stock or other equity
securities of the Company (other than redemptions of Conversion Shares and
repurchases of shares of Common Stock or other equity securities of departing
officers and directors of the Company; provided such repurchases shall not
exceed $100,000, in the aggregate, for all officers and directors during the
term of this Debenture) or the Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall sell,
pledge, dispose of or otherwise encumber any of its respective Intellectual
Property Rights; provided,
however,
that
nothing contained in this subsection 9(a)(viii) shall be deemed to limit the
Company’s ability to license its Intellectual Property or abandon or discontinue
prosecution of any of its Intellectual Property in the ordinary course of its
business;
ix. a
Registration Statement shall not have been declared effective by the Commission
on or prior to the 180th calendar
day after the Closing Date or any other or any other Event (as defined in the
Registration Rights Agreement);
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x. if,
during the Effectiveness Period (as defined in the Registration Rights
Agreement), the effectiveness of the Registration Statement lapses for any
reason or the Holder shall not be permitted to resell Registrable Securities
(as
defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) under the Registration Statement,
in either case, for more than 30 consecutive Trading Days or 60 non-consecutive
Trading
Days during any 12 month period; provided,
however,
that in
the event that the Company
is negotiating a merger, consolidation, acquisition or sale of all or
substantially all of its assets or a similar transaction and in the written
opinion of counsel to the Company, the Registration Statement, would be required
to be amended to include information concerning such transactions or the parties
thereto that is not available or may not be publicly disclosed at the time,
the
Company shall be permitted an additional 30 consecutive Trading Days one-time
during any 12 month period relating to such an event;
xi. an
Event
(as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) shall not have been cured
to
the satisfaction of the Holder prior to the expiration of thirty days from
the
Event Date (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) relating thereto
(other than an Event resulting from a failure of an Registration Statement
to be
declared effective by the Commission on or prior to the Effectiveness Date
(as
defined in the Registration Rights Agreement), which shall be covered by Section
9(a)(ix);
xii. the
Company shall fail for any reason to deliver certificates to a Holder prior
to
the fifth Trading Day after a Conversion Date pursuant to and in accordance
with
Section 5(d) or the Company shall provide notice to the Holder, including by
way
of public announcement, at any time, of its intention not to comply with
requests for conversions of any Debentures in accordance with the terms
hereof;
xiii. the
Company shall fail for any reason to pay in full the amount of cash due pursuant
to a Buy-In within 7 Trading Days after notice therefor is delivered hereunder
or shall fail to pay all amounts owed on account of an Event of Default within
five days of the date due;
xiv. the
Company shall fail to have available a sufficient number of authorized and
unreserved shares of Common Stock to issue to such Holder upon a conversion
hereunder; or
xv. the
Pledge and Security Agreement or any other security document shall for any
reason fail or cease to create a valid and perfected and, except to the extent
permitted by the terms hereof or thereof, first priority Lien in favor of the
Secured Parties on any Collateral purported to be covered thereby.
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b) Remedies
Upon Event of Default.
If any
Event of Default occurs, the full principal amount of this Debenture, together
with interest and other amounts owing in respect thereof, to the date of
acceleration shall become, at the Holder’s election, immediately due and payable
in cash. The aggregate amount payable upon an Event of Default shall be equal
to
the Mandatory Prepayment Amount. Commencing 5 days after the
occurrence of any Event of Default that results in the eventual acceleration
of
this Debenture, the interest rate on this Debenture shall accrue at the rate
of
18% per annum, or such lower maximum amount of interest permitted to be charged
under applicable law. All Debentures for which the full Mandatory Prepayment
Amount hereunder shall have been paid in accordance herewith shall promptly
be
surrendered to or as directed by the Company. The Holder need not provide and
the Company hereby waives any presentment, demand, protest or other notice
of
any kind, and the Holder may immediately and without expiration of any grace
period enforce any and all of its rights and remedies hereunder and all other
remedies available to it under applicable law. Such declaration may be rescinded
and annulled by the Holder at any time prior to payment hereunder and the Holder
shall have all rights as a Debenture holder until such time, if any, as the
full
payment under this Section shall have been received by it. No such rescission
or
annulment shall affect any subsequent Event of Default or impair any right
consequent thereon. In addition, upon and during the continuance of any one
or
more Events of Default, the Holder may exercise all rights and remedies with
respect to the Collateral under the Loan Documents or otherwise available to
it
under the UCC and other applicable law, including the right to release, hold,
sell, lease, liquidate, collect, realize upon, or otherwise dispose of all
or
any part of the Collateral and the right to occupy, utilize, process and
commingle the Collateral. The Holder’s rights and remedies under this Section
shall be cumulative and not exclusive.
c)
Collection;
Foreclosure.
Upon
the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, the Holder
may, at any time or from time to time, apply, collect, liquidate, sell in one
or
more sales, lease or otherwise dispose of, any or all of the Collateral, in
its
then condition or following any commercially reasonable preparation or
processing, in such order as the Holder may elect. Any such sale may be made
either at public or private sale at its place of business or elsewhere. Each
Borrower agrees that any such public or private sale may occur upon ten (10)
calendar days’ prior written notice to the Company. The Holder may require any
Borrower to assemble the Collateral and make it available to the Holder at
a
place designated by the Holder that is reasonably convenient to the Holder
and
such Borrower. The proceeds of any sale, disposition or other realization upon
all or any part of the Collateral shall be applied by the Holder in the
following order of priorities:
First,
to the
Holder in an amount equal to the then unpaid amount of the Secured Obligations,
in such order and priority as the Holder may choose in its sole discretion;
and
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Second,
after
the full, final, and indefeasible payment in Cash of all of the Secured
Obligations, to the Company or as a court of competent jurisdiction may
direct.
The
Holder shall be deemed to have acted reasonably in the custody, preservation
and
disposition of any of the Collateral if it complies with the obligations of
a
secured party under the
UCC.
Section
10. Miscellaneous.
a) Notices.
Any and
all notices or other communications or deliveries to be provided by the Holders
or by the Company hereunder, including, without limitation, any Notice of
Conversion, shall be made in accordance with Section 6.4 of the Purchase
Agreement.
b) Absolute
Obligation.
Except
as expressly provided herein, no provision of this Debenture shall alter or
impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional,
to
pay the principal of, interest and liquidated damages (if any) on, this
Debenture at the time, place, and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein
prescribed. This Debenture is a direct debt obligation of the Company. This
Debenture ranks pari passu
with all
other Debentures now or hereafter issued under the terms set forth
herein.
c) Lost
or Mutilated Debenture.
If this
Debenture shall be mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Company shall
execute and deliver, in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation
of a
mutilated Debenture, or in lieu of or in substitution for a lost, stolen or
destroyed Debenture, a new Debenture for the principal amount of this Debenture
so mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed but only upon receipt of evidence of
such loss, theft or destruction of such Debenture, and of the ownership hereof,
and indemnity, if requested, all reasonably satisfactory to the
Company.
d) Governing
Law.
All
questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation
of this Debenture shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance
with the internal laws of the State of New York, without regard to the
principles of conflicts of law thereof. Each party agrees that all legal
proceedings concerning the interpretations, enforcement and defense of the
transactions contemplated by any of the Transaction Documents (whether brought
against a party hereto or its respective affiliates, directors, officers,
shareholders, employees or agents) shall be commenced in the state and federal
courts sitting in the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan (the “New
York Courts”).
Each
party hereto hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the
New
York Courts for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection
herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein
(including with respect to the enforcement of any of the Transaction Documents),
and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action
or
proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction
of
any such court, or such New York Courts are improper or inconvenient venue
for
such proceeding. Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of
process and consents to process being served in any such suit, action or
proceeding by mailing a copy thereof via registered or certified mail or
overnight delivery (with evidence of delivery) to such party at the address
in
effect for notices to it under this Debenture and agrees that such service
shall
constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing
contained
herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any
manner permitted by law. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the
fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury
in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Debenture or the
transactions contemplated hereby. If either party shall commence an action
or
proceeding to enforce any provisions of this Debenture, then the prevailing
party in such action or proceeding shall be reimbursed by the other party for
its attorneys fees and other costs and expenses incurred with the investigation,
preparation and prosecution of such action or proceeding.
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e) Waiver.
Any
waiver by the Company or the Holder of a breach of any provision of this
Debenture shall not operate as or be construed to be a waiver of any other
breach of such provision or of any breach of any other provision of this
Debenture. The failure of the Company or the Holder to insist upon strict
adherence to any term of this Debenture on one or more occasions shall not
be
considered a waiver or deprive that party of the right thereafter to insist
upon
strict adherence to that term or any other term of this Debenture. Any waiver
must be in writing.
f) Severability.
If any
provision of this Debenture is invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the balance
of
this Debenture shall remain in effect, and if any provision is inapplicable
to
any person or circumstance, it shall nevertheless remain applicable to all
other
persons and circumstances. If it shall be found that any interest or other
amount deemed interest due hereunder violates applicable laws governing usury,
the applicable rate of interest due hereunder shall automatically be lowered
to
equal the maximum permitted rate of interest. The Company covenants (to the
extent that it may lawfully do so) that it shall not at any time insist upon,
plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of,
any stay, extension or usury law or other law which would prohibit or forgive
the Company from paying all or any portion of the principal of or interest
on
this Debenture as contemplated herein, wherever enacted, now or at any time
hereafter in force, or which may affect the covenants or the performance of
this
indenture, and the Company (to the extent it may lawfully do so) hereby
expressly waives 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.
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h) Headings.
The
headings contained herein are for convenience only, do not constitute a part
of
this Debenture and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions
hereof.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Debenture to be duly executed
by a
duly authorized officer as of the date first above indicated.
DIOMED
HOLDINGS, INC.
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By:
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Name:
Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Title:
Chief Financial Officer
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[Signature
Page to Amended and Restated Variable Rate
Secured
Subordinated Convertible Debenture]
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ANNEX
A
NOTICE
OF CONVERSION
The
undersigned hereby elects to convert principal under the Variable Rate
Convertible Debenture of Diomed Holdings, Inc.., a Delaware corporation (the
“Company”),
due
on October 25, 2008, into shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share
(the “Common
Stock”),
of
the Company according to the conditions hereof, as of the date written below.
If
shares are to be issued in the name of a person other than the undersigned,
the
undersigned will pay all transfer taxes payable with respect thereto and is
delivering herewith such certificates and opinions as reasonably requested
by
the Company in accordance therewith. No fee will be charged to the holder for
any conversion, except for such transfer taxes, if any.
By
the
delivery of this Notice of Conversion the undersigned represents and warrants
to
the Company that its ownership of the Company’s Common Stock does not exceed the
amounts determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, as
further specified under Section 5(c) of this Debenture.
The
undersigned agrees to comply with the prospectus delivery requirements under
the
applicable securities laws in connection with any transfer of the aforesaid
shares of Common Stock.
Conversion
calculations:
Principal
Amount of Debentures to be Converted:
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Payment
of Interest in Common Stock __ yes __ no
If yes, $_____ of Interest Accrued on Account of Conversion at Issue. |
Number
of shares of Common Stock to be issued:
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Signature:
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Name:
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Address:
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Schedule
1
CONVERSION
SCHEDULE
The
Variable Rate Secured Subordinated Convertible Debentures due on October 25,
2008, in the aggregate principal amount of $____________ issued by Diomed
Holdings, Inc. This Conversion Schedule reflects conversions made under Section
5 of the above referenced Debenture.
Dated:
Date
of Conversion
(or
for first entry,
Original
Issue Date)
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Amount
of
Conversion
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Aggregate
Principal
Amount
Remaining
Subsequent
to
Conversion
(or
original
Principal
Amount)
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Company
Attest
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Exhibit
A
Form
of Pledge and Security Agreement
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