8% SENIOR SECURED CONVERTIBLE DEBENTURE DUE ______, 2012
Exhibit 10.7
NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THIS SECURITY IS CONVERTIBLE HAVE BEEN
REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN
RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE
“SECURITIES ACT”), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A
TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE
WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS AS EVIDENCED BY A LEGAL OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE TRANSFEROR
TO SUCH EFFECT, THE SUBSTANCE OF WHICH SHALL BE REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY. THIS
SECURITY AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION OF THIS SECURITY MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION
WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER LOAN SECURED BY SUCH SECURITIES.
Original Issue Date:
_____, 2009
Original Conversion Price (subject to adjustment herein): $0.13
Original Conversion Price (subject to adjustment herein): $0.13
$_______________
8% SENIOR SECURED CONVERTIBLE DEBENTURE
DUE ______, 2012
DUE ______, 2012
THIS 8% SENIOR SECURED CONVERTIBLE DEBENTURE is one of a series of duly authorized and validly
issued 8% Senior Secured Convertible Debentures of UFood Restaurant Group, Inc., a Nevada
corporation, (the “Company”), having its principal place of business at 000 Xxxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxx, XX 00000, designated as its 8% Senior Secured Convertible Debenture due
_____
, 2012 (this debenture, the “Debenture” and, collectively with the other debentures
of such series, the “Debentures”).
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 $_____
on
_____, 2012 (the “Maturity Date”) or such earlier date as this
Debenture is required or permitted to be repaid as provided hereunder, and to pay interest to the
Holder on the aggregate unconverted and then outstanding principal amount of this 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 not otherwise defined herein shall have
the meanings set forth in the Purchase Agreement and (b) the following terms shall have the
following meanings:
“Alternate Consideration” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(d).
“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.
“Base Conversion Price” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(b).
“Beneficial Ownership Limitation” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
4(d).
“Business Day” means any day except any Saturday, any Sunday, any day which is
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(c)(v).
“Change of Control Transaction” means the occurrence after the date hereof of
any of (a) 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 (other than by
means of conversion or exercise of the Debentures and the Securities issued together with
the Debentures), (b) the Company merges into or consolidates with any other Person, or any
Person merges into or consolidates with the Company and, after giving effect to such
transaction, the stockholders of the Company immediately prior to such transaction own less
than 66% of the aggregate voting power of the Company or the successor entity of such
transaction, (c) the Company sells or transfers all or
substantially all of its assets
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to another Person and the stockholders of the Company immediately
prior to such transaction own less than 66% of the aggregate voting power of the acquiring
entity immediately after the transaction, (d) a replacement at one time or within a three
year period of more than one-half of the members of the Board of Directors which is not
approved by a majority of those individuals who are members of the Board of Directors on the
Original Issue Date (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 (e) 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 (a) through (d) above.
“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 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 OTC Bulletin Board is not a Trading Market, 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 for trading on the
OTC Bulletin Board and if prices for the Common Stock are then reported in the “Pink Sheets”
published by Pink OTC Markets, Inc. (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its
functions of reporting prices), the most recent bid price per share of the Common Stock so
reported, or (d) 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, the fees and
expenses of which shall be paid by the Company.
“Conversion” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.
“Conversion Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(a).
“Conversion Price” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(b).
“Conversion Schedule” means the Conversion Schedule in the form of Schedule
1 attached hereto.
“Conversion Shares” means, collectively, the shares of Common Stock issuable
upon conversion of this Debenture in accordance with the terms hereof.
“Debenture Register” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(c).
“Dilutive Issuance” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(b).
“Dilutive Issuance Notice” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(b).
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“Effectiveness Period” shall have the meaning set forth in the Registration
Rights Agreement.
“Equity Conditions” means, during the period in question, (a) the Company shall
have duly honored all conversions and redemptions scheduled to occur or occurring by virtue
of one or more Notices of Conversion of the Holder, if any, (b) the Company shall have paid
all liquidated damages and other amounts owing to the Holder in respect of this Debenture,
(c)(i) there is an effective Registration Statement pursuant to which the Holder is
permitted to utilize the prospectus thereunder to resell all of the shares of Common Stock
issuable pursuant to the Transaction Documents (and the Company believes, in good faith,
that such effectiveness will continue uninterrupted for the foreseeable future) or (ii) all
of the Conversion Shares issuable pursuant to the Transaction Documents (and shares issuable
in lieu of cash payments of interest) may be resold pursuant to Rule 144 without volume or
manner-of-sale restrictions or current public information requirements as determined by the
counsel to the Company as set forth in a written opinion letter to such effect, addressed
and acceptable to the Transfer Agent and the Holder, (d) the Common Stock is trading on a
Trading Market and all of the shares issuable pursuant to the Transaction Documents are
listed or quoted for trading on such Trading Market (and the Company believes, in good
faith, that trading of the Common Stock on a Trading Market will continue uninterrupted for
the foreseeable future), (e) there is a sufficient number of authorized but unissued and
otherwise unreserved shares of Common Stock for the issuance of all of the shares then
issuable pursuant to the Transaction Documents, (f) there is no existing Event of Default
and no existing event which, with the passage of time or the giving of notice, would
constitute an Event of Default, (g) the issuance of the shares in question (or, in the case
of an Optional Redemption, the shares issuable upon conversion in full of the Optional
Redemption Amount) to the Holder would not violate the limitations set forth in Section 4(d)
herein, (h) there has been no public announcement of a pending or proposed Fundamental
Transaction or Change of Control Transaction that has not been consummated, (i) the
applicable Holder is not in possession of any information provided by the Company that
constitutes, or may constitute, material non-public information and (j) for each Trading Day
in a period of 20 consecutive Trading Days prior to the applicable date in question, the
daily trading volume for the Common Stock on the principal Trading Market exceeds 250,000
shares (subject to adjustment for forward and reverse stock splits and the like) per Trading
Day.
“Event of Default” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8(a).
“Forced Conversion” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(c).
“Forced Conversion Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(c).
“Forced Conversion Notice” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(c).
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“Forced Conversion Notice Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
6(c).
“Fundamental Transaction” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(e).
“Interest Conversion Rate” means 100% of closing bid price of the Common Stock
on the Trading Day that is immediately prior to the applicable Interest Payment Date as
reported by Bloomberg L.P. (or any successor entity).
“Interest Conversion Shares” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a).
“Interest Notice Period” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a).
“Interest Payment Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a).
“Interest Share Amount” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a).
“Late Fees” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(d).
“Mandatory Default Amount” means the sum of (a) the greater of (i) the
outstanding principal amount of this Debenture, 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, or (ii) 120% of the outstanding principal amount of this
Debenture, plus 100% of accrued and unpaid interest hereon, and (b) all other amounts,
costs, expenses and liquidated damages due in respect of this Debenture.
“New York Courts” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9(d).
“Notice of Conversion” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(a).
“Optional Redemption” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(a).
“Optional Redemption Amount” means the sum of (a) 120% of the then outstanding
principal amount of the Debenture, (b) accrued but unpaid interest and (c) all liquidated
damages and other amounts due in respect of the Debenture.
“Optional Redemption Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(a).
“Optional Redemption Notice” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(a).
“Optional Redemption Notice Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
6(a).
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“Optional Redemption Period” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(a).
“Original Issue Date” means the date of the first issuance of the Debentures,
regardless of any transfers of any Debenture and regardless of the number of instruments
which may be issued to evidence such Debentures.
“Permitted Indebtedness” means (a) the indebtedness evidenced by the
Debentures, (b) the Indebtedness existing on the Original Issue Date and set forth on
Schedule 3.1(aa) attached to the Purchase Agreement, (c) lease
obligations and purchase money indebtedness of up to $100,000, in the aggregate, incurred in
connection with the acquisition of capital assets and lease obligations with respect to
newly acquired or leased assets and (d) indebtedness that (i) is expressly subordinate to
the Debentures pursuant to a written subordination agreement with the Purchasers that is
acceptable to each Purchaser in its sole and absolute discretion and (ii) matures at a date
later than the 91st day following the Maturity Date and (e) indebtedness incurred
in connection with an issuance or issuances contemplated by clause (d) under the definition
of Exempt Issuance (as defined in the Purchase Agreement).
“Permitted Lien” means the individual and collective reference to the
following: (a) Liens for taxes, assessments and other governmental charges or levies not yet
due or Liens for taxes, assessments and other governmental charges or levies being contested
in good faith and by appropriate proceedings for which adequate reserves (in the good faith
judgment of the management of the Company) have been established in accordance with GAAP,
(b) Liens imposed by law which were incurred in the ordinary course of the Company’s
business, such as carriers’, warehousemen’s and mechanics’ Liens, statutory landlords’
Liens, and other similar Liens arising in the ordinary course of the Company’s business, and
which (x) do not individually or in the aggregate materially detract from the value of such
property or assets or materially impair the use thereof in the operation of the business of
the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries or (y) are being contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings, which proceedings have the effect of preventing for the foreseeable
future the forfeiture or sale of the property or asset subject to such Lien, (c) Liens
incurred in connection with Permitted Indebtedness under clauses (a) and (b) thereunder, (d)
Liens incurred in connection with Permitted Indebtedness under clauses (c) and (d)
thereunder, provided that such Liens are not secured by assets of the Company or its
Subsidiaries other than the assets so acquired or leased.
“Purchase Agreement” means the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of
_____, 2009 among the Company and the original Holders, 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, among the Company and the original Holders, in the
form of Exhibit B attached to the Purchase Agreement.
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“Registration Statement” means a registration statement meeting the
requirements set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement and covering the resale of the
Underlying Shares by each Holder as provided for in 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(c)(ii).
“Successor Entity” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(e).
“Threshold Period” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(c).
“Trading Day” means a day on which the principal Trading Market is open for
trading.
“Trading Market” means any of the following markets or exchanges on which the
Common Stock is listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: the NYSE Alternext,
the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market, the
New York Stock Exchange or the OTC Bulletin Board (or any successors to any of the
foregoing).
“VWAP” means, for any date, the price determined by the first of the following
clauses that applies: (a) if the Common Stock is then listed or quoted on a Trading Market,
the daily volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest
preceding date) on the Trading Market on which the Common Stock is then listed or quoted as
reported by Bloomberg 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 OTC Bulletin Board is not a Trading Market, 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 for
trading on the OTC Bulletin Board and if prices for the Common Stock are then reported in
the “Pink Sheets” published by Pink OTC Markets, Inc. (or a similar organization or agency
succeeding to its functions of reporting prices), the most recent bid price per share of the
Common Stock so reported, or (d) 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,
the fees and expenses of which shall be paid by the Company.
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Section 2. 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 of 8% per annum, payable quarterly on January 1, April 1, July 1 and October 1,
beginning on the first such date after the Original Issue Date, on each Conversion Date (as
to that principal amount then being converted), on each Optional Redemption Date (as to that principal amount then being redeemed) and on the Maturity
Date (each such date, an “Interest Payment Date”) (if any Interest Payment Date is
not a Business Day, then the applicable payment shall be due on the next succeeding Business
Day), in cash or, at the Company’s option, in duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid
and non-assessable shares of Common Stock at the Interest Conversion Rate (the dollar amount
to be paid in shares, the “Interest Share Amount”) or a combination thereof;
provided, however, that payment in shares of Common Stock may only occur if
(i) all of the Equity Conditions have been met (unless waived by the Holder in writing)
during the 20 Trading Days immediately prior to the applicable Interest Payment Date (the
“Interest Notice Period”) and through and including the date such shares of Common
Stock are actually issued to the Holder, (ii) the Company shall have given the Holder notice
in accordance with the notice requirements set forth below and (iii) as to such Interest
Payment Date, prior to such Interest Notice Period (but not more than five (5) Trading Days
prior to the commencement of such Interest Notice Period), the Company shall have delivered
to the Holder’s account with The Depository Trust Company a number of shares of Common Stock
to be applied against such Interest Share Amount equal to the quotient of (x) the applicable
Interest Share Amount divided by (y) the lesser of the (i) then Conversion Price and (ii)
the Interest Conversion Rate assuming for such purposes that the Interest Payment Date is
the Trading Day immediately prior to the commencement of the Interest Notice Period (the
“Interest Conversion Shares”).
b) Company’s Election to Pay Interest in Cash or Kind. Subject to the terms
and conditions herein, the decision whether to pay interest hereunder in cash, shares of
Common Stock or a combination thereof shall be at the sole discretion of the Company. Prior
to the commencement of any Interest Notice Period, the Company shall deliver to the Holder a
written notice of its election to pay interest hereunder on the applicable Interest Payment
Date either in cash, shares of Common Stock or a combination thereof and the Interest Share
Amount as to the applicable Interest Payment Date, provided that the Company may indicate in
such notice that the election contained in such notice shall apply to future Interest
Payment Dates until revised by a subsequent notice. During any Interest Notice Period, 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 deliver such written notice to the Holder shall be deemed an election by
the Company to pay the interest on such Interest Payment Date in cash. At any time the
Company delivers a notice to the Holder of its election to pay the interest in shares of
Common Stock, the Company shall timely file a prospectus supplement pursuant to Rule 424
disclosing such election. The aggregate number of shares of Common Stock otherwise issuable
to the Holder on an Interest Payment Date shall be reduced by the number of Interest
Conversion Shares previously issued to the Holder in connection with such Interest Payment
Date.
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c) Interest Calculations. Interest shall be calculated on the basis of a
360-day year, consisting of twelve 30 calendar day periods, and shall accrue daily
commencing on the Original Issue Date until payment in full of the outstanding principal,
together with all accrued and unpaid interest, liquidated damages and other amounts which
may become due hereunder, has been made. Payment of interest in shares of Common Stock
(other than the Interest Conversion Shares issued prior to an Interest Notice Period) shall
otherwise occur pursuant to Section 4(c)(ii) herein and, solely 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 actually delivers the Conversion Shares within the time period required by
Section 4(c)(ii) herein. 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 this Debenture (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 to the holders of the Debentures, then such payment of cash shall be distributed
ratably among the holders of the then-outstanding Debentures based on their (or their
predecessor’s) initial purchases of Debentures pursuant to the Purchase Agreement.
d) 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 18% per annum or the
maximum rate permitted by applicable law (the “Late Fees”) which shall accrue daily
from the date such interest is due hereunder through and including the date of actual
payment in full. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if, on any
Interest Payment Date the Company has elected to pay accrued interest in the form of Common
Stock but the Company is not permitted to pay accrued interest in Common Stock because it
fails to satisfy the conditions for payment in Common Stock set forth in Section 2(a)
herein, then, at the option of the Holder, the Company, in lieu of delivering either shares
of Common Stock pursuant to this Section 2 or paying the regularly scheduled interest
payment in cash, shall deliver, within three (3) Trading Days of each applicable Interest
Payment Date, an amount in cash equal to the product of (x) 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 multiplied by (y) the highest VWAP during the period commencing
on the Interest Payment Date and ending on the Trading Day prior to the date such payment is
actually made. If any Interest Conversion Shares are issued to the Holder in connection
with an Interest Payment Date and are not applied against an Interest Share Amount, then the
Holder shall promptly return such excess shares to the Company.
e) Prepayment. Except as otherwise set forth in this Debenture (including
Section 6(a) hereof), the Company may not prepay any portion of the principal amount of this
Debenture without the prior written consent of the Holder.
Section 3. 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 payable 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 for transfer to the
Company 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 4. Conversion.
a) Voluntary Conversion. At any time after the Original Issue Date until this
Debenture is no longer outstanding, this Debenture 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 (subject to the conversion limitations set forth in Section 4(d) hereof). The Holder
shall effect conversions by delivering to the Company a Notice of Conversion, the form of
which is attached hereto as Annex A (each, a “Notice of Conversion”),
specifying therein the principal amount of this Debenture to be converted and the date on
which such conversion shall be effected (such date, the “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. To effect conversions
hereunder, the Holder shall not be required to physically surrender this Debenture 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(s) converted and the date of such conversion(s). The Company may deliver
an objection to any Notice of Conversion within one (1) Business Day of delivery of such
Notice of Conversion. In the event of any dispute or discrepancy, the records of the Holder
shall be controlling and determinative in the absence of manifest error. The Holder, and any
assignee by acceptance of this 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 $0.13, subject to adjustment herein (the “Conversion Price”).
c) Mechanics of Conversion.
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i. Conversion Shares Issuable Upon Conversion of Principal Amount. The
number of Conversion Shares issuable upon a conversion hereunder shall be determined
by the quotient obtained by dividing (x) the outstanding principal amount of this
Debenture to be converted by (y) the Conversion Price.
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) a certificate or
certificates representing the Conversion Shares which, on or after the earlier of
(i) the six month anniversary of the Original Issue Date or (ii) 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
Conversion Shares being acquired upon the conversion of this Debenture (including,
if the Company has given continuous notice pursuant to Section 2(b) for payment of
interest in shares of Common Stock at least 20 Trading Days prior to the date on
which the Notice of Conversion is delivered to the Company, shares of Common Stock
representing the payment of accrued interest otherwise determined pursuant to
Section 2(a) but assuming that the Interest Notice Period is the 20 Trading Days
period immediately prior to the date on which the Notice of Conversion is delivered
to the Company and excluding for such issuance the condition that the Company
deliver Interest Conversion Shares as to such interest payment) and (B) a bank check
in the amount of accrued and unpaid interest (if the Company has elected or is
required to pay accrued interest in cash). On or after the earlier of (i) the six
month anniversary of the Original Issue Date or (ii) the Effective Date, the Company
shall use its best efforts to deliver any certificate or certificates required to be
delivered by the Company under this Section 4(c) 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 Share Delivery 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 Debenture delivered to the Company
and the Holder shall promptly return to the Company the Common Stock certificates
issued to such Holder pursuant to the rescinded Conversion Notice.
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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
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, 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 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 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 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 outstanding principal amount of this Debenture, 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 the Holder to the extent it obtains judgment. In the absence of such
injunction, the Company shall issue Conversion Shares or, if applicable, cash, upon
a properly noticed conversion. If the Company fails for any reason to deliver to
the Holder such certificate or certificates pursuant to Section 4(c)(ii) by the
Share Delivery Date, the Company shall pay to the Holder, in cash, as liquidated
damages and not as a penalty, for each $1,000 of principal amount being converted,
$10 per Trading Day (increasing to $20 per Trading Day on the fifth (5th)
Trading Day after such liquidated damages begin to accrue) for each Trading Day
after such Share Delivery Date until such certificates are delivered or Holder
rescinds such conversion. Nothing herein shall limit a Xxxxxx’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 the 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.
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(c)(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), or the Holder’s brokerage firm
otherwise purchases, shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by
the 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
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or elected by the Holder) the amount, if any, 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 the Holder was entitled to receive from the conversion at issue
multiplied by (2) the actual sale price at which the sell order giving rise to such
purchase obligation was executed (including any brokerage commissions) and (B) at
the option of the Holder, either reissue (if surrendered) this Debenture in a
principal amount equal to the principal amount of the attempted conversion (in which
case such conversion shall be deemed rescinded) 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(c)(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 this Debenture with respect to
which the actual sale price of the Conversion Shares (including any brokerage
commissions) 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 and, upon
request of the Company, evidence of the amount of such loss. Nothing herein shall
limit a Holder’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 Debenture
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 Debenture and payment of interest on this Debenture, 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 Debentures), 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) upon the conversion of the
then outstanding principal amount of this Debenture 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 resale in accordance with such
Registration Statement (subject to such Holder’s compliance with its obligations
under the Registration Rights Agreement).
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vii. Fractional Shares. No fractional shares or scrip representing
fractional shares shall be issued upon the conversion of this Debenture. As to any
fraction of a share which the Holder would otherwise be entitled to purchase upon
such conversion, the Company shall at its election, either pay a cash adjustment in
respect of such final fraction in an amount equal to such fraction multiplied by the
Conversion Price or round up to the next whole share.
viii. Transfer Taxes. The issuance of certificates for shares of the
Common Stock on conversion of this Debenture 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 Debenture 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.
d) Xxxxxx’s Conversion Limitations. The Company shall not effect any
conversion of this Debenture, and a Holder shall not have the right to convert any portion
of this Debenture, to the extent that after giving effect to the conversion set forth on the
applicable Notice of Conversion, the Holder (together with the Holder’s Affiliates, and any
Persons acting as a group together with the Holder or any of the Holder’s Affiliates) would
beneficially own in excess of the Beneficial Ownership Limitation (as defined below). For
purposes of the foregoing sentence, the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned
by the Holder and its Affiliates shall include the number of shares of Common Stock issuable
upon conversion of this Debenture with respect to which such determination is being made,
but shall exclude the number of shares of Common Stock which are issuable upon (i)
conversion of the remaining, unconverted principal amount of this Debenture beneficially
owned by the Holder or any of its Affiliates and (ii) exercise or conversion of the
unexercised or unconverted portion of any other securities of the Company subject to a
limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained herein
(including, without limitation, any other Debentures or the Warrants) beneficially owned by
the Holder or any of its Affiliates. Except as set forth in the preceding sentence, for
purposes of this Section 4(d), beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with
Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. To
the extent that the limitation contained in this Section 4(d) applies, the determination of
whether this Debenture is convertible (in relation to other securities owned by the Holder
together with any Affiliates) and of which principal amount of this Debenture is convertible
shall be in the sole discretion of the Holder, and the submission of a Notice of Conversion
shall be deemed to be the Holder’s determination of whether this Debenture may be converted
(in relation to other securities owned by the Holder together with any Affiliates) and which
principal amount of this Debenture
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is convertible, in each case subject to the Beneficial
Ownership Limitation. To ensure compliance with this restriction, the Holder will be deemed to
represent to the Company each time it delivers a Notice of Conversion that such Notice of
Conversion has not violated the restrictions set forth in this paragraph and the Company
shall have no obligation to verify or confirm the accuracy of such determination. In
addition, a determination as to any group status as contemplated above shall be determined
in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder. For purposes of this Section 4(d), in determining the number of
outstanding shares of Common Stock, the Holder may rely on the number of outstanding shares
of Common Stock as stated in the most recent of the following: (i) the Company’s most recent
periodic or annual report filed with the Commission, as the case may be, (ii) a more recent
public announcement by the Company, or (iii) a more recent written notice by the Company or
the Company’s transfer agent setting forth the number of shares of Common Stock
outstanding. Upon the written or oral request of a Holder, the Company shall within two
Trading Days confirm orally and in writing to 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. The “Beneficial
Ownership Limitation” shall be 4.99% of the number of shares of the Common Stock
outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of shares of Common Stock
issuable upon conversion of this Debenture held by the Holder. The Holder, upon not less
than 61 days’ prior notice to the Company, may increase or decrease the Beneficial Ownership
Limitation provisions of this Section 4(d), provided that the Beneficial Ownership
Limitation in no event exceeds 9.99% of the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding
immediately after giving effect to the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon conversion of
this Debenture held by the Holder and the Beneficial Ownership Limitation provisions of this
Section 4(d) shall continue to apply. Any such increase or decrease will not be effective
until the 61st day after such notice is delivered to the Company. The Beneficial
Ownership Limitation provisions of this paragraph shall be construed and implemented in a
manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this Section 4(d) to correct
this paragraph (or any portion hereof) which may be defective or inconsistent with the
intended Beneficial Ownership Limitation contained herein or to make changes or supplements
necessary or desirable to properly give effect to such limitation. The limitations contained
in this paragraph shall apply to a successor holder of this Debenture.
Section 5. Certain Adjustments.
a) Stock Dividends and Stock Splits. If the Company, at any time while this
Debenture is outstanding: (i) 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, the Debentures),
(ii) subdivides outstanding shares of Common Stock into a larger
number of shares, (iii) combines (including by way of a reverse stock split)
outstanding shares of
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Common Stock into a smaller number of shares or (iv) issues, in the
event of a reclassification of shares of the Common Stock, any shares of capital stock of
the Company, then the Conversion Price shall be multiplied by a fraction of which the
numerator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding any treasury shares of
the Company) outstanding immediately before such event, and of which the denominator shall
be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event. Any
adjustment made pursuant to this Section shall become effective immediately after the record
date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such dividend or distribution
and shall become effective immediately after the effective date in the case of a
subdivision, combination or re-classification.
b) Subsequent Equity Sales. If, at any time while this Debenture is
outstanding, the Company or any Subsidiary, as applicable, sells or grants any option to
purchase or sells or grants any right to reprice, or otherwise disposes of or issues (or
announces any sale, grant or any option to purchase or other disposition), any Common Stock
or Common Stock Equivalents entitling any Person to acquire shares of Common Stock at an
effective price per share that is lower than the then Conversion Price (such lower price,
the “Base Conversion Price” and such issuances, collectively, a “Dilutive
Issuance”) (if the holder of the Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents so issued
shall at any time, whether by operation of purchase price adjustments, reset provisions,
floating conversion, exercise or exchange prices or otherwise, or due to warrants, options
or rights per share which are issued in connection with such issuance, be entitled to
receive shares of Common Stock at an effective price per share that is lower than the
Conversion Price, such issuance shall be deemed to have occurred for less than the
Conversion Price on such date of the Dilutive Issuance), then the Conversion Price shall be
reduced to equal the Base Conversion Price. Such adjustment shall be made whenever such
Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents are issued. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no
adjustment will be made under this Section 5(b) in respect of an Exempt Issuance. If the
Company enters into a Variable Rate Transaction, despite the prohibition set forth in the
Purchase Agreement, the Company shall be deemed to have issued Common Stock or Common Stock
Equivalents at the lowest possible conversion price at which such securities may be
converted or exercised. The Company shall notify the Holder in writing, no later than the
Trading Day following the issuance of any Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents subject
to this Section 5(b), indicating therein the applicable issuance price, or applicable reset
price, exchange price, conversion price and other pricing terms (such notice, the
“Dilutive Issuance Notice”). For purposes of clarification, whether or not the
Company provides a Dilutive Issuance Notice pursuant to this Section 5(b), upon the
occurrence of any Dilutive Issuance, the Holder is entitled to receive a number of
Conversion Shares based upon the Base Conversion Price on or after the date of such Dilutive
Issuance, regardless of whether the Holder accurately refers to the Base Conversion Price in
the Notice of Conversion
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c) Subsequent Rights Offerings. If the Company, at any time while the
Debenture is outstanding, shall issue rights, options or warrants to all holders of Common
Stock (and not to the Holders) entitling them to subscribe for or purchase shares of
Common Stock at a price per share that is lower than the VWAP on the record date referenced
below, then the Conversion Price shall be multiplied by a fraction of which the denominator
shall be the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding on the date of issuance of
such rights, options or warrants plus the number of additional shares of Common Stock
offered for subscription or purchase, and of which the numerator shall be the number of
shares of the Common Stock outstanding on the date of issuance of such rights, options or
warrants plus the number of shares which the aggregate offering price of the total number of
shares so offered (assuming delivery to the Company in full of all consideration payable
upon exercise of such rights, options or warrants) would purchase at such VWAP. Such
adjustment shall be made whenever such rights, options or warrants are issued, and shall
become effective immediately after the record date for the determination of stockholders
entitled to receive such rights, options or warrants.
d) Pro Rata Distributions. If the Company, at any time while this Debenture is
outstanding, distributes to all holders of Common Stock (and not to the Holders) evidences
of its indebtedness or assets (including cash and cash dividends) or rights or warrants to
subscribe for or purchase any security (other than the Common Stock, which shall be subject
to Section 5(b)), then in each such case the Conversion Price shall be adjusted 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 or rights or
warrants so distributed applicable to one outstanding share of the Common Stock as
determined by the Board of Directors of the Company in good faith. In either case the
adjustments shall be described in a statement delivered to the Holder describing the portion
of assets or evidences of indebtedness so distributed or such subscription rights applicable
to one share of Common Stock. Such adjustment shall be made whenever any such distribution
is made and shall become effective immediately after the record date mentioned above.
e) Fundamental Transaction. If, at any time while this Debenture is
outstanding, (i) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions
effects any merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another Person, (ii) the
Company, directly or indirectly, effects any sale, lease, license, assignment, transfer,
conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of its assets in one or a series
of related transactions, (iii) any, direct or indirect, purchase offer, tender offer or
exchange offer (whether by the Company or another Person) is completed pursuant to which
holders of Common Stock are permitted to sell, tender or exchange their shares for other
securities, cash or property and has been accepted by the holders of 50% or more of the
outstanding Common Stock, (iv) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related
transactions effects any reclassification, reorganization or recapitalization of the Common
Stock or any compulsory share exchange pursuant to which the Common Stock is effectively
converted into or exchanged for other
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securities,
cash or property, (v) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions consummates a
stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination (including, without
limitation, a reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off or scheme of arrangement) with
another Person whereby such other Person acquires more than 50% of the outstanding shares of
Common Stock (not including any shares of Common Stock held by the other Person or other
Persons making or party to, or associated or affiliated with the other Persons making or
party to, such stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination) (each 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 immediately prior to the occurrence of such Fundamental
Transaction (without regard to any limitation in Section 4(d), the number of shares of
Common Stock of the successor or acquiring corporation or of the Company, if it is the
surviving corporation, and any additional consideration (the “Alternate
Consideration”) receivable as a result of such Fundamental Transaction by a holder of
the number of shares of Common Stock for which this Debenture is convertible immediately
prior to such Fundamental Transaction (without regard to any limitation in Section 4(d) of
this Debenture). 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 Debenture following such Fundamental
Transaction. The Company shall cause any successor entity in a Fundamental Transaction in
which the Company is not the survivor (the “Successor Entity”) to assume in writing
all of the obligations of the Company under this Debenture and the other Transaction
Documents (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) in accordance with the provisions of this
Section 5(e) pursuant to written agreements in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
the Holder and approved by the Holder (without unreasonable delay) prior to such Fundamental
Transaction and shall, at the option of the holder of this Debenture, deliver to the Holder
in exchange for this Debenture a security of the Successor Entity evidenced by a written
instrument substantially similar in form and substance to this Debenture which is
convertible for a corresponding number of shares of capital stock of such Successor Entity
(or its parent entity) equivalent to the shares of Common Stock acquirable and receivable
upon conversion of this Debenture (without regard to any limitations on the conversion of
this Debenture) prior to such Fundamental Transaction, and with a conversion price which
applies the conversion price hereunder to such shares of capital stock (but taking into
account the relative value of the shares of Common Stock pursuant to such Fundamental
Transaction and the value of such shares of capital stock, such number of shares of capital
stock and such conversion price being for the purpose of protecting the economic value of
this Debenture immediately prior to the consummation of such Fundamental Transaction), and
which is reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Holder. Upon the occurrence of any such Fundamental Transaction, the
Successor Entity shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the date
of such Fundamental Transaction, the provisions of this Debenture and the other Transaction
Documents referring to the “Company” shall refer instead to the Successor Entity), and may
exercise every right and power of the Company and shall assume all of the obligations of the
Company under this Debenture and the other Transaction Documents with the same effect as if
such Successor Entity had been named as the Company herein.
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f) Calculations. All calculations under this Section 5 shall be made to the
nearest cent or the nearest 1/100th of a share, as the case may be. For purposes of this
Section 5, the number of shares of Common Stock deemed to be issued and outstanding as of a
given date shall be the sum of the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding any treasury
shares of the Company) issued and outstanding.
g) Notice to the Holder.
i. Adjustment to Conversion Price. Whenever the Conversion Price is
adjusted pursuant to any provision of this Section 5, the Company shall promptly
deliver to each Holder a notice setting forth the Conversion Price after such
adjustment and setting forth a brief statement of the facts requiring such
adjustment.
ii. Notice to Allow Conversion by Xxxxxx. If (A) the Company shall
declare a dividend (or any other distribution 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, or 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 Debenture, and
shall cause to be delivered to the Holder at its last address as it shall appear
upon the Debenture Register, at least twenty (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
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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. To the extent that any notice
provided hereunder constitutes, or contains, material, non-public information
regarding the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, the Company shall simultaneously
file such notice with the Commission pursuant to a Current Report on Form 8-K. The
Holder shall remain entitled to convert this Debenture during the 20-day period
commencing on the date of such notice through the effective date of the event
triggering such notice except as may otherwise be expressly set forth herein.
Section 6. Redemption and Forced Conversion.
a) Optional Redemption at Election of Company. Subject to the provisions of
this Section 6(a), at any time after the 12-month anniversary of the Closing, the Company
may deliver a notice to the Holder (an “Optional Redemption Notice” and the date
such notice is deemed delivered hereunder, the “Optional Redemption Notice Date”) of
its irrevocable election to redeem some or all of the then outstanding principal amount of
this Debenture for cash in an amount equal to the Optional Redemption Amount on the
30th Trading Day following the Optional Redemption Notice Date (such date, the
“Optional Redemption Date”, such 30 Trading Day period, the “Optional Redemption
Period” and such redemption, the “Optional Redemption”). The Optional
Redemption Amount is payable in full on the Optional Redemption Date. The Company may only
effect an Optional Redemption if each of the Equity Conditions shall have been met (unless
waived in writing by the Holder) on each Trading Day during the period commencing on the
Optional Redemption Notice Date through to the Optional Redemption Date and through and
including the date payment of the Optional Redemption Amount is actually made in full. If
any of the Equity Conditions shall cease to be satisfied at any time during the Optional
Redemption Period, then the Holder may elect to nullify the Optional Redemption Notice by
notice to the Company within 3 Trading Days after the first day on which any such Equity
Condition has not been met (provided that if, by a provision of the Transaction Documents,
the Company is obligated to notify the Holder of the non-existence of an Equity Condition,
such notice period shall be extended to the third Trading Day after proper notice from the
Company) in which case the Optional Redemption Notice shall be null and void, ab
initio. The Company covenants and agrees that it will honor all Notices of
Conversion tendered from the time of delivery of the Optional Redemption Notice through the
date all amounts owing thereon are due and paid in full. The Company’s determination to pay
an Optional Redemption in cash shall be applied ratably to all of the holders of the then
outstanding Debentures based on their (or their predecessor’s) initial purchases of
Debentures pursuant to the Purchase Agreement.
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b) Redemption Procedure. The payment of cash or issuance of Common Stock, as
applicable, pursuant to an Optional Redemption shall be payable on the Optional Redemption
Date. If any portion of the payment pursuant to an Optional Redemption shall not be paid by
the Company by the applicable due date, interest shall accrue thereon at an interest rate
equal to the lesser of 18% per annum or the maximum rate permitted by applicable law until
such amount is paid in full. Notwithstanding anything herein contained to the contrary, if
any portion of the Optional Redemption Amount remains unpaid after such date, the Holder may
elect, by written notice to the Company given at any time thereafter, to invalidate such
Optional Redemption, ab initio, and, with respect to the Company’s failure
to honor the Optional Redemption, the Company shall have no further right to exercise such
Optional Redemption. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 6, the
Company’s determination to redeem in cash or its elections under Section 6(b) shall be
applied ratably among the Holders of Debentures. The Holder may elect to convert the
outstanding principal amount of the Debenture pursuant to Section 4 prior to actual payment
in cash for any redemption under this Section 6 by the delivery of a Notice of Conversion to
the Company.
c) Forced Conversion. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if after
the Effective Date, the Closing Price for each of any 10 consecutive Trading Days, which
period shall have commenced only after the Effective Date (such period the “Threshold
Period”), exceeds the then-effective Conversion Price by 300% (subject to adjustment for
reverse and forward stock splits, stock dividends, stock combinations and other similar
transactions of the Common Stock that occur after the Original Issue Date), and average
daily volume over the same period exceeds 250,000 shares per day, the Company may, within 1
Trading Day after the end of any such Threshold Period, deliver a written notice to the
Holder (a “Forced Conversion Notice” and the date such notice is delivered to the
Holder, the “Forced Conversion Notice Date”) to cause the Holder to convert all or
part of the then outstanding principal amount of this Debenture plus, if so specified in the
Forced Conversion Notice, accrued but unpaid interest, liquidated damages and other amounts
owing to the Holder under this Debenture, it being agreed that the “Conversion Date” for
purposes of Section 4 shall be deemed to occur on the third Trading Day following the Forced
Conversion Notice Date (such third Trading Day, the “Forced Conversion Date”). The
Company may not deliver a Forced Conversion Notice, and any Forced Conversion Notice
delivered by the Company shall not be effective, unless all of the Equity Conditions are met
(unless waived in writing by the Holder) on each Trading Day occurring during the applicable
Threshold Period through and including the later of the Forced Conversion Date and the
Trading Day after the date such Conversion Shares pursuant to such conversion are delivered
to the Holder. Any Forced Conversion shall be applied ratably to all Holders based on their
initial purchases of Debentures pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, provided that any
voluntary conversions by a Holder shall be applied against the Holder’s pro rata allocation,
thereby decreasing the aggregate amount forcibly converted hereunder if only a portion of
this Debenture is forcibly converted. For purposes of clarification, a Forced Conversion
shall be subject to all of the provisions of Section 4, including, without limitation, the
provision requiring payment of liquidated damages and limitations on conversions.
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Section 7. Negative Covenants. As long as any portion of this Debenture
remains outstanding, unless the holders of at least 80% in principal amount of the then outstanding
Debentures shall have otherwise given prior written consent, the Company shall not, and shall not
permit any of the Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly:
a) other than Permitted Indebtedness, enter into, create, incur, assume, guarantee or
suffer to exist any indebtedness for borrowed money of any kind, including, but not limited
to, a guarantee, on or with respect to any of its property or assets now owned or hereafter
acquired or any interest therein or any income or profits therefrom;
b) other than Permitted Liens, enter into, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any
Liens of any kind, on or with respect to any of its property or assets now owned or
hereafter acquired or any interest therein or any income or profits therefrom;
c) enter into, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any indebtedness on any other
assets that would be senior to the Debentures.
d) amend its charter documents, including, without limitation, its certificate of
incorporation and bylaws, in any manner that materially and adversely affects any rights of
the Holder;
e) repay, repurchase or offer to repay, repurchase or otherwise acquire more than a
de minimis number of shares of its Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents
other than as to (i) the Conversion Shares or Warrant Shares as permitted or required under
the Transaction Documents and (ii) 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
Debenture;
f) repay, repurchase or offer to repay, repurchase or otherwise acquire any
Indebtedness, other than the Debentures if on a pro-rata basis, other than regularly
scheduled principal and interest payments as such terms are in effect as of the Original
Issue Date, provided that such payments shall not be permitted if, at such time, or after
giving effect to such payment, any Event of Default exist or occur;
g) pay cash dividends or distributions on any equity securities of the Company;
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h) enter into any transaction with any Affiliate of the Company which would be required
to be disclosed in any public filing with the Commission, unless such transaction is made on
an arm’s-length basis and expressly approved by a majority of the
disinterested directors of the Company (even if less than a quorum otherwise required
for board approval); or
i) enter into any agreement with respect to any of the foregoing.
Section 8. 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 Debenture or
(B) interest, liquidated damages and other amounts owing to a Holder on any
Debenture, 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;
ii. the Company shall fail to observe or perform any other covenant or
agreement contained in the Debentures (other than a breach by the Company of its
obligations to deliver shares of Common Stock to the Holder upon conversion, which
breach is addressed in clause (xi) below) which failure is not cured, if possible to
cure, within the earlier to occur of (A) 5 Trading Days after notice of such failure
sent by the Holder or by any other Holder to the Company and (B) 10 Trading Days
after the Company has become or should have 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 (A)
any of the Transaction Documents or (B) any other material agreement, lease,
document or instrument to which the Company or any Subsidiary is obligated (and not
covered by clause (vi) below);
iv. any representation or warranty made in this Debenture, 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 (as such term is defined in Rule
1-02(w) of Regulation S-X) shall be subject to a Bankruptcy Event;
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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 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 Trading Days;
viii. 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 33%
of its assets in one transaction or a series of related transactions (whether or not
such sale would constitute a Change of Control Transaction);
ix. the Initial Registration Statement (as defined in the Registration Rights
Agreement) shall not have been declared effective by the Commission on or prior to
the 180th calendar day after the Closing Date or the Company does not
meet the current public information requirements under Rule 144 in respect of the
Registrable Securities (as defined under the Registration Rights Agreement);
x. if, during the Effectiveness Period (as defined in the Registration Rights
Agreement), either (a) the effectiveness of the Registration Statement lapses for
any reason or (b) the Holder shall not be permitted to resell Registrable Securities
(as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) under the Registration Statement
for a period of more than 20 consecutive Trading Days or 30 non-consecutive Trading
Days during any 12 month period; provided, however, that if 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 pending transaction(s) or the parties
thereto which information is not available or may not be publicly disclosed at the
time, the Company shall be permitted an additional 10 consecutive Trading Days
during any 12 month period pursuant to this Section 8(a)(x);
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xi. the Company shall fail for any reason to deliver certificates to a Holder
prior to the fifth Trading Day after a Conversion Date pursuant to Section 4(c) or
any Forced Conversion Date pursuant to Section 6(c) 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 Debentures in accordance with the terms hereof;
xii. any monetary judgment, writ or similar final process shall be entered or
filed against the Company, any subsidiary or any of their respective property or
other assets for more than $50,000, and such judgment, writ or similar final process
shall remain unvacated, unbonded or unstayed for a period of 45 calendar days.
b) Remedies Upon Event of Default. If any Event of Default occurs, the
outstanding principal amount of this Debenture, plus accrued but unpaid interest, liquidated
damages and other amounts owing in respect thereof through the date of acceleration, shall
become, at the Holder’s election, immediately due and payable in cash at the Mandatory
Default 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 an interest rate equal to the lesser of 12% 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 Debenture to or as directed by the Company. In
connection with such acceleration described herein, 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 acceleration may be rescinded and annulled by Xxxxxx at any time prior to payment
hereunder and the Holder shall have all rights as a holder of the Debenture until such time,
if any, as the Holder receives full payment pursuant to this Section 8(b). No such
rescission or annulment shall affect any subsequent Event of Default or impair any right
consequent thereon.
Section 9. 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, or such other facsimile number or address as the Company may specify for such
purposes by notice to the Holder delivered in accordance with this Section 9(a). 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 the Holder appearing on the books of the Company, or if no such facsimile number
or address appears on the books of the Company, at the principal place of business of such
Holder, as set forth in the Purchase Agreement. 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 set forth on the signature pages attached
hereto prior to 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on any date, (ii) the next Trading Day
after the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile
at the facsimile number set forth on the signature pages attached hereto on a day that is
not a Trading Day or later than 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on any Trading Day, (iii) the
second Trading Day following the date of mailing, if sent by U.S. 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 Debenture 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 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, 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 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, 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 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 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 Debenture or the
transactions contemplated hereby. If any 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 in 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 on any other occasion. Any waiver by the Company or the Holder 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 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 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 impede 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 Debenture and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the
provisions hereof.
i) Secured Obligation. The obligations of the Company under this Debenture are
secured by all assets of the Company and each Subsidiary pursuant to the
Security Agreement, dated as of March 19, 2009 between the Company, the Subsidiaries of
the Company and the Secured Parties (as defined therein).
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(Signature Pages Follow)
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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.
UFOOD RESTAURANT GROUP, INC. |
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By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: | ||||
Facsimile No. for delivery of Notices: ____________ |
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ANNEX A
NOTICE OF CONVERSION
The undersigned hereby elects to convert principal under the 8% Senior Secured Convertible
Debenture due
_____, 2012 of UFood Restaurant Group, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the
“Company”), into shares of common stock (the “Common Stock”), of the Company
according to the conditions hereof, as of the date written below. If shares of Common Stock are to
be issued in the name of a person other than the undersigned, the undersigned will pay all transfer
taxes payable with respect thereto and is delivering herewith such certificates and opinions as
reasonably requested by the Company in accordance therewith. No fee will be charged to the holder
for any conversion, except for such transfer taxes, if any.
By the delivery of this Notice of Conversion the undersigned represents and warrants to the
Company that its ownership of the Common Stock does not exceed the amounts specified under Section
4 of this Debenture, as determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act.
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:
Date to Effect Conversion: | ||
Principal Amount of Debenture to be Converted: | ||
Payment of Interest in Common Stock _____ yes _____ no | ||
If yes, $
_____
of Interest Accrued on Account of Conversion at Issue. |
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Number of shares of Common Stock to be issued: | ||
Signature: | ||
Name: | ||
Address for Delivery of Common Stock Certificates: | ||
Or | ||
DWAC Instructions: | ||
Broker No: | ||
Account No: |
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Schedule 1
CONVERSION SCHEDULE
The 8% Senior Secured Convertible Debentures due on
_____, 2012 in the aggregate principal amount
of $
_____
are issued by UFood Restaurant Group, Inc., a Nevada corporation. This Conversion
Schedule reflects conversions made under Section 4 of the above referenced Debenture.
Dated:
Aggregate | ||||||||||||
Principal | ||||||||||||
Amount | ||||||||||||
Remaining | ||||||||||||
Subsequent to | ||||||||||||
Conversion | ||||||||||||
Date of Conversion | (or original | |||||||||||
(or for first entry, | Amount of | Principal | ||||||||||
Original Issue Date) | Conversion | Amount) | Company Attest | |||||||||
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