Dated: September 28 2006
NEITHER THIS DEBENTURE NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THIS
DEBENTURE 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.
No. CCP-5 $300,000
NS8 CORPORATION, INC.
10 % Secured Convertible Debenture
Due September 28, 2009
This Secured Convertible Debenture (the "Debenture") is issued by NS8
CORPORATION, INC., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), to CORNELL CAPITAL
PARTNERS, LP (the "Holder"), pursuant to that certain Securities Purchase
Agreement (the "Securities Purchase Agreement") of even date herewith.
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the Company hereby promises to pay to the Holder or
its successors and assigns the principal sum of Three Hundred Thousand Dollars
($300,000) together with accrued but unpaid interest on or before September ,
2009 (the "Maturity Date") in accordance with the following terms:
SECTION 1. INTEREST. Interest shall accrue on the outstanding principal
balance hereof at an annual rate equal to ten percent (10%). Interest shall be
calculated on the basis of a 365-day year and the actual number of days elapsed,
to the extent permitted by applicable law. Interest hereunder will be paid to
the Holder or its assignee (as defined in Section 7) in whose name this
Debenture is registered on the records of the Company regarding registration and
transfers of Debentures (the "Debenture Register").
SECTION 2. SECURITY AGREEMENTS. This Debenture is secured by the
Amended and Restated Security Agreement (the "Security Agreement") dated
November 14, 2005, between the Company and the Holder, the Subsidiary Security
Agreement (the "Subsidiary Security Agreement") by and among the Holder, the
Company, and CanOnline Media Corporation and CanOnline Global Media, Inc., each
a direct or indirect wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, and a Pledge and
Escrow Agreement (the "Pledge Agreement") dated November 14, 2005, among the
Company, the Holder, and the Escrow Agent.
SECTION 3. EVENTS OF DEFAULT.
(a) An "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 the principal of, interest
on or other charges in respect of this Debenture, free of any claim of
subordination, as and when the same shall become due and payable (whether on
Interest Payment Date, Principal Payment Date, a Conversion Date or the Maturity
Date or by acceleration or otherwise (collectively, the "Payment Date") which is
not cured within 15 days of the applicable Payment Date;
(ii) The Company or any subsidiary of the Company shall
commence, or there shall be commenced against the Company or any subsidiary of
the Company under any applicable bankruptcy or insolvency laws as now or
hereafter in effect or any successor thereto, or the Company or any subsidiary
of the Company 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 of the Company or there is
commenced against the Company or any subsidiary of the Company any such
bankruptcy, insolvency or other proceeding which remains undismissed for a
period of sixty-one (61) days; or the Company or any subsidiary of the Company
is adjudicated insolvent or bankrupt; or any order of relief or other order
approving any such case or proceeding is entered; or the Company or any
subsidiary of the Company suffers any appointment of any custodian, private or
court appointed receiver or the like for it or any substantial part of its
property which continues undischarged or unstayed for a period of sixty one (61)
days; or the Company or any subsidiary of the Company makes a general assignment
for the benefit of creditors; or the Company or any subsidiary of 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 the Company or any subsidiary
of the Company shall call a meeting of its creditors with a view to arranging a
composition, adjustment or restructuring of its debts; or the Company or any
subsidiary of the Company shall by any act or failure to act expressly indicate
its consent to, approval of or acquiescence in any of the foregoing; or any
corporate or other action is taken by the Company or any subsidiary of the
Company for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing;
(iii) The Company or any subsidiary of the Company shall
default in any of its obligations under any other debenture or 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 or any subsidiary of
the Company in an amount exceeding $100,000, 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;
(iv) The Common Stock shall cease to be quoted for trading or
listing for trading on any of (a) the American Stock Exchange, (b) New York
Stock Exchange, (c) the Nasdaq National Market, (d) the Nasdaq Capital Market,
or (e) the Nasdaq OTC Bulletin Board ("OTC") (each, a "Primary Market") and
shall not again be quoted or listed for trading on any Primary Market within
five (5) Trading Days of such delisting;
(v) The Company or any subsidiary of the Company shall be a
party to any Change of Control Transaction (as defined in Section 7);
(vi) The Company shall fail for any reason to deliver Common
Stock certificates to the Holder prior to the fifth (5th) Trading Day after a
Conversion Date 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 this Debenture in accordance with the terms hereof.
(vii) The Company shall fail to observe or perform any other
covenant, agreement or warranty contained in, or otherwise commit any breach or
default of any provision of this Debenture (except as may be covered by Section
3(a)(i) hereof) which is not cured by the Holder within 15 days of the Holder
delivering written notice to the Company specifying the failure, breach or
default or any Transaction Document (as defined in Section 7) which is not cured
within the time prescribed therein, if any;
(viii) The Company shall fail to file the Underlying Shares
Registration Statement (as defined in Section 7) with the Commission (as defined
in Section 5), or the Underlying Shares Registration Statement shall not have
been declared effective by the Commission, in each case within the time periods
set forth in the Investor Registration Rights Agreement ("Registration Rights
Agreement") of even date herewith between the Company and the Holder;
(viii) If the effectiveness of the Underlying Shares
Registration Statement lapses for any reason or the Holder shall not be
permitted to resell the shares of Common Stock underlying this Debenture under
the Underlying Shares Registration Statement, in either case, for more than five
(5) consecutive Trading Days or an aggregate of eight Trading Days (which need
not be consecutive Trading Days);
(b) During the time that any portion of this Debenture is
outstanding, if any Event of Default has occurred, the fill 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, provided
however, the Holder may request (but shall have no obligation to
request) payment of such amounts in Common Stock of the Company. If an
Event of Default occurs and remains uncured, the Conversion Price shall
be reduced to the lower of twenty percent (20%) of the VWAP on the
Closing Date or twenty-five percent (25%) of the Market Conversion
Price. Furthermore, in addition to any other remedies, the Holder shall
have the right (but not the obligation) to convert this Debenture at
any time after (x) an Event of Default or (y) the Maturity Date at the
Conversion Price then in-effect. 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 Xxxxxx at any time
prior to payment hereunder. No such rescission or annulment shall
affect any subsequent Event of Default or impair any right consequent
thereon. Upon an Event of Default, notwithstanding any other provision
of this Debenture or any Transaction Document, the Holder shall have no
obligation to comply with or adhere to any limitations, if any, on the
conversion of this Debenture or the sale of the Underlying Shares.
SECTION 4. REDEMPTIONS. The Company at its option shall have the right
to redeem a portion or all amounts outstanding under this Debenture prior to the
Maturity Date provided that as of the date of the Holder's receipt of a
Redemption Notice (as defined herein) (i) the Closing Bid Price of the of the
Common Stock, as reported by Bloomberg, LP, is less than the Conversion Price,
(ii) at least the number of Conversion Shares representing all principal and
accrued interest then due and payable by the Company pursuant to the Debenture
are registered for sale under the Securities Act of 1933, and (iii) no Event of
Default has occurred. The Company shall pay an amount equal to the principal
amount being redeemed plus a redemption premium ("Redemption Premium") equal to
twenty percent (20%) of the principal amount being redeemed, and accrued
interest, (collectively referred to as the "Redemption Amount"). In order to
make a redemption, the Company shall first provide written notice to the Holder
of its intention to make a redemption (the "Redemption Notice") setting forth
the amount of principal it desires to redeem. After receipt of the Redemption
Notice the Holder shall have three (3) business days to elect to convert all or
any portion of this Debenture, subject to the limitations set forth in Section
5(b). On the fourth (4th) business day after the Redemption Notice, the Company
shall deliver to the Holder the Redemption Amount with respect to the principal
amount redeemed after giving effect to conversions effected during the three (3)
business day period.
SECTION 5. CONVERSION.
(a) CONVERSION AT OPTION OF HOLDER.
(i) This Debenture shall be convertible into shares of Common
Stock("Conversion Shares") at the option of the Holder, in whole or in part at
any time and from time to time, after the Original Issue Date (as defined in
Section 7) (subject to the limitations on conversion set forth in Section 5(b)
hereof). The number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon a conversion
hereunder equals the quotient obtained by dividing (x) the outstanding amount of
this Debenture to be converted by (y) the Conversion Price (as defined in
Section 5(c)(i)). The Company shall deliver Common Stock certificates to the
Holder prior to the Fifth (5th) Trading Day after a Conversion Date.
(ii) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained
herein, if on any Conversion Date: (1) the number of shares of Common Stock at
the time authorized, unissued and unreserved for all purposes, or held as
treasury stock, is insufficient to pay principal and interest hereunder in
shares of Common Stock, or if issued would violate the Share Limitation; (2) the
Common Stock is not listed or quoted for trading on the OTC or on a Subsequent
Market; (3) the Company has failed to timely satisfy its conversion; or (4) the
issuance of such shares of Common Stock would result in a violation of Section
5(b), then, at the option of the Holder, the Company, in lieu of delivering
shares of Common Stock pursuant to Section 5(a)(i), shall deliver, within three
(3) Trading Days of each applicable Conversion Date, an amount in cash equal to
the product of the outstanding principal amount to be converted plus any
interest due therein divided by the Conversion Price, chosen by the Holder, and
multiplied by the highest closing price of the stock from date of the conversion
notice until the date that such cash payment is made.
Further, if the Company shall not have delivered any cash due in
respect of conversion of this Debenture or as payment of interest thereon by the
fifth (5th) Trading Day after the Conversion Date, the Holder may, by notice to
the Company, require the Company to issue shares of Common Stock pursuant to
Section 5(a), except that for such purpose the Conversion Price applicable
thereto shall be the lesser of the Conversion Price on the Conversion Date and
the Conversion Price on the date of such Holder demand. Any such shares will be
subject to the provisions of this Section.
(iii) The Holder shall effect conversions by delivering to the
Company a completed notice in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (a
"Conversion Notice"). The date on which a Conversion Notice is delivered is the
"Conversion Date." Unless the Holder is converting the entire principal amount
outstanding under this Debenture, the Holder is not required to physically
surrender this Debenture to the Company in order to effect conversions.
Conversions hereunder shall have the effect of lowering the outstanding
principal amount of this Debenture plus all accrued and unpaid interest thereon
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. In the event of any dispute or discrepancy, the records of the
Holder shall be controlling and determinative in the absence of manifest error.
(b) CERTAIN CONVERSION RESTRICTIONS.
(i) A Holder may not convert this Debenture or receive shares
of Common Stock as payment of interest hereunder to the extent such conversion
or receipt of such interest payment would result in the Holder, together with
any affiliate thereof, beneficially owning (as determined in accordance with
Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules promulgated thereunder) in
excess of 4.99% of the then issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock,
including shares issuable upon conversion of, and payment of interest on, this
Debenture held by such Holder after application of this Section. Since the
Holder will not be obligated to report to the Company the number of shares of
Common Stock it may hold at the time of a conversion hereunder, unless the
conversion at issue would result in the issuance of shares of Common Stock in
excess of 4.99% of the then outstanding shares of Common Stock without regard to
any other shares which may be beneficially owned by the Holder or an affiliate
thereof, the Holder shall have the authority and obligation to determine whether
the restriction contained in this Section will limit any particular conversion
hereunder and to the extent that the Holder determines that the limitation
contained in this Section applies, the determination of which portion of the
principal amount of this Debenture is convertible shall be the responsibility
and obligation of the Holder. If the Holder has delivered a Conversion Notice
for a principal amount of this Debenture that, without regard to any other
shares that the Holder or its affiliates may beneficially own, would result in
the issuance in excess of the permitted amount hereunder, the Company shall
notify the Holder of this fact and shall honor the conversion for the maximum
principal amount permitted to be converted on such Conversion Date in accordance
with the periods described in Section 5(a) (i) and, at the option of the Holder,
either retain any principal amount tendered for conversion in excess of the
permitted amount hereunder for future conversions or return such excess
principal amount to the Holder. The provisions of this Section may be waived by
a Holder (but only as to itself and not to any other Holder) upon not less than
65 days prior notice to the Company. Other Holders shall be unaffected by any
such waiver.
(c) CONVERSION PRICE AND ADJUSTMENTS TO CONVERSION PRICE.
(i) The conversion price in effect on any Conversion Date
shall be, at the sole option of the Holder, equal to either (a) $0.075 (the
"Fixed Conversion Price") or (b) ninety percent (90%) of the average of the
three (3) lowest Volume Weighted Average Prices ("VWAP") of the Common Stock
during the thirty (30) trading days immediately preceding the Conversion Date as
quoted by Bloomberg, LP (the "Market Conversion Price"). The Fixed Conversion
Price and the Market Conversion Price are collectively referred to as the
"Conversion Price." The Conversion Price may be adjusted pursuant to the other
terms of this Debenture. Notwithstanding the restriction set forth in Section 5
(a) (ii) the Holder shall have the absolute right to convert any or all of this
Debenture at the Fixed Conversion Price free of such restriction.
(ii) If the Company, at any time while this Debenture is
outstanding, shall (a) 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, (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 Fixed
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.
(iii) If the Company, at any time while this Debenture is
outstanding, shall issue rights, options or warrants to all holders of Common
Stock (and not to the Holder) entitling them to subscribe for or purchase shares
of Common Stock at a price per share less than the Fixed Conversion Price, then
the Fixed Conversion Price shall be multiplied by a fraction, of which the
denominator shall be the number of shares of the Common Stock (excluding
treasury shares, if any) outstanding on the date of issuance of such rights 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 (excluding treasury shares, if any) outstanding on
the date of issuance of such rights or warrants, plus the number of shares which
the aggregate offering price of the total number of shares so offered would
purchase at the Fixed Conversion Price. Such adjustment shall be made whenever
such rights 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. However, upon the expiration of any such right,
option or warrant to purchase shares of the Common Stock the issuance of which
resulted in an adjustment in the Fixed Conversion Price pursuant to this
Section, if any such right, option or warrant shall expire and shall not have
been exercised, the Fixed Conversion Price shall immediately upon such
expiration be recomputed and effective immediately upon such expiration be
increased to the price which it would have been (but reflecting any other
adjustments in the Fixed Conversion Price made pursuant to the provisions of
this Section after the issuance of such rights or warrants) had the adjustment
of the Fixed Conversion Price made upon the issuance of such rights, options or
warrants been made on the basis of offering for subscription or purchase only
that number of shares of the Common Stock actually purchased upon the exercise
of such rights, options or warrants actually exercised.
(iv) If the Company or any subsidiary thereof, as applicable, at any
time while this Debenture is outstanding, shall issue shares of Common Stock or
rights, warrants, options or other securities or debt that are convertible into
or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock ("Common Stock Equivalents")
entitling any Person to acquire shares of Common Stock, at a price per share
less than the Fixed Conversion Price (if the holder of the Common Stock or
Common Stock Equivalent 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 a price per share which is less than the Fixed Conversion
Price, such issuance shall be deemed to have occurred for less than the Fixed
Conversion Price), then, at the sole option of the Holder, the Fixed Conversion
Price shall be adjusted to mirror the conversion, exchange or purchase price for
such Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents (including any reset provisions
thereat) at issue. Such adjustment shall be made whenever such Common Stock or
Common Stock Equivalents are issued. The Company shall notify the Holder in
writing, no later than one (1) business day following the issuance of any Common
Stock or Common Stock Equivalent subject to this Section, indicating therein the
applicable issuance price, or of applicable reset price, exchange price,
conversion price and other pricing terms. No adjustment under this Section shall
be made as a result of issuances and exercises of options to purchase shares of
Common Stock issued for compensatory purposes pursuant to any of the Company's
stock option or stock purchase plans.
(v) If the Company, at any time while this Debenture is outstanding,
shall distribute to all holders of Common Stock (and not to the Holder)
evidences of its indebtedness or assets or rights or warrants to subscribe for
or purchase any security, then in each such case the Fixed Conversion Price at
which this Debenture shall thereafter be convertible shall be determined by
multiplying the Fixed 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 Bid
Price determined as of the record date mentioned above, and of which the
numerator shall be such Closing Bid 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. In either case the
adjustments shall be described in a statement provided to the Holder of the
portion of assets or evidences of indebtedness so distributed or such
subscription tights 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.
(vi) In case of any reclassification of the Common Stock or
any compulsory share exchange pursuant to which the Common Stock is converted
into other securities, cash or property, the Holder shall have the right
thereafter to, at its option, (A) convert the then outstanding principal amount,
together with all accrued but unpaid interest and any other amounts then owing
hereunder in respect of this Debenture into the shares of stock and other
securities, cash and property receivable upon or deemed to be held by holders of
the Common Stock following such reclassification or share exchange, and the
Holder of this Debenture shall be entitled upon such event to receive such
amount of securities, cash or property as the shares of the Common Stock of the
Company into which the then outstanding principal amount, together with all
accrued but unpaid interest and any other amounts then owing hereunder in
respect of this Debenture could have been converted immediately prior to such
reclassification or share exchange would have been entitled, or (B) require the
Company to prepay the outstanding principal amount of this Debenture, plus all
interest and other amounts due and payable thereon. The entire prepayment price
shall be paid in cash. This provision shall similarly apply to successive
reclassifications or share exchanges.
(vii) The Company shall at all times reserve and keep
available out of its authorized Common Stock the full number of shares of Common
Stock issuable upon conversion of all outstanding amounts under this Debenture;
and within three (3) Business Days following the receipt by the Company of a
Holder's notice that such minimum number of Underlying Shares is not so
reserved, the Company shall promptly reserve a sufficient number of shares of
Common Stock to comply with such requirement.
(viii) All calculations under this Section 5 shall be rounded
to the nearest $0.0001I or whole share.
(ix) Whenever the Conversion Price is adjusted pursuant to
Section 5 hereof, the Company shall promptly mail to the Holder a notice setting
forth the Conversion Price after such adjustment and setting forth a brief
statement of the facts requiring such adjustment.
(ix) 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; 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 mailed to the Holder at its last address as it shall appear upon the
stock books of the Company, 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 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. The Holder is entitled to convert this Debenture during the
20-day calendar period commencing the date of such notice to the effective date
of the event triggering such notice.
(xi) In case of any (1) merger or consolidation of the Company
or any subsidiary of the Company with or into another Person, or (2) sale by the
Company or any subsidiary of the Company of more than one-half of the assets of
the Company in one or a series of related transactions, a Holder shall have the
right to (A) exercise any rights under Section 3(b), (B) convert the aggregate
amount of this Debenture then outstanding into the shares of stock and other
securities, cash and property receivable upon or deemed to be held by holders of
Common Stock following such merger, consolidation or sale, and such Holder shall
be entitled upon such event or series of related events to receive such amount
of securities, cash and property as the shares of Common Stock into which such
aggregate principal amount of this Debenture could have been converted
immediately prior to such merger, consolidation or sales would have been
entitled, or (C) in the case of a merger or consolidation, require the surviving
entity to issue to the Holder a convertible Debenture with a principal amount
equal to the aggregate principal amount of this Debenture then held by such
Holder, plus all accrued and unpaid interest and other amounts owing thereon,
which such newly issued convertible Debenture shall have terms identical
(including with respect to conversion) to the terms of this Debenture, and shall
be entitled to all of the rights and privileges of the Holder of this Debenture
set forth herein and the agreements pursuant to which this Debentures were
issued. In the case of clause (C), the conversion price applicable for the newly
issued shares of convertible preferred stock or convertible Debentures shall be
based upon the amount of securities, cash and property that each share of Common
Stock would receive in such transaction and the Conversion Price in effect
immediately prior to the effectiveness or closing date for such transaction. The
terms of any such merger, sale or consolidation shall include such terms so as
to continue to give the Holder the right to receive the securities, cash and
property set forth in this Section upon any conversion or redemption following
such event. This provision shall similarly apply to successive such events.
(d) OTHER PROVISIONS.
(i) 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 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, 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 this Debenture) be issuable (taking into account the
adjustments and restrictions of Sections 3(b) and 5(c)) upon the conversion of
the 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 and validly authorized, issued and fully
paid, nonassessable and, if the Underlying Shares Registration Statement has
been declared effective under the Securities Act, registered for public sale in
accordance with such Underlying Shares Registration Statement.
(ii) 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 Bid 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.
(iii) The issuance of certificates for shares of the Common
Stock on conversion of this Debenture shall be made without charge to the Holder
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 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.
(iv) Nothing herein shall limit a Holder's right to pursue
actual damages or declare an Event of Default pursuant to Section 3 herein for
the Company`s failure to deliver certificates representing shares of Common
Stock upon conversion 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, in each case without the need to post a bond or provide other
security. 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) In addition to any other rights available to the Holder,
if the Company fails to deliver to the Holder such certificate or certificates
pursuant to Section 5(a)(i) by the fifth (5th) Trading Day after the Conversion
Date, and if after such fifth (5th) Trading Day the Holder purchases (in an open
market transaction or otherwise) Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a
sale by such Holder of the Underlying 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 market
price of the Common Stock at the time of the sale giving rise to such purchase
obligation and (B) at the option of the Holder, either reissue a Debenture in
the 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(a)(i). 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 market price of the
Underlying Shares on the date of conversion 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.
SECTION 6. NOTICES. Any notices, consents, waivers or other
communications required or permitted to be given under the terms hereof must be
in writing and will be deemed to have been delivered: (i) upon receipt, when
delivered personally; (ii) upon receipt, when sent by facsimile (provided
confirmation of transmission is mechanically or electronically generated and
kept on file by the sending party); or (iii) one (1) Trading Day after deposit
with a nationally recognized overnight delivery service, in each case properly
addressed to the party to receive the same. The addresses and facsimile numbers
for such communications shall be:
If to the Company, to: NS8 Corporation
000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx - Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxxx, XX 00 000
Attention: Xxxxxxx Xxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
With a copy to: Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx LLP
0000 Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx, 00 Xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 100 18
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
If to the Holder: Cornell Capital Partners, LP
000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxx Xxxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
With a copy to: Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Esq.
000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx - Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Telephone: (000) 0000000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
or at such other address and/or facsimile number and/or to the attention of such
other person as the recipient party has specified by written notice given to
each other party three (3) business days prior to the effectiveness of such
change. Written confirmation of receipt (i) given by the recipient of such
notice, consent, waiver or other communication, (ii) mechanically or
electronically generated by the sender's facsimile machine containing the time,
date, recipient facsimile number and an image of the first page of such
transmission or (iii) provided by a nationally recognized overnight delivery
service, shall be rebuttable evidence of personal service, receipt by facsimile
or receipt from a nationally recognized overnight delivery service in accordance
with clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above, respectively.
SECTION 7. DEFINITIONS. For the purposes hereof, the following terms
shall have the following meanings:
"APPROVED STOCK PLAN" means a stock option plan that has been approved
by the Board of Directors of the Company prior to the date of the Securities
Purchase Agreement, pursuant to which the Company's securities may be issued
only to any employee, officer or director for services provided to 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 are authorized or required by law or other government action to
close.
"CHANGE OF CONTROL TRANSACTION" means the occurrence 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 fifty percent
(50%) of the voting securities of the Company (except that the acquisition of
voting securities by the Holder shall not constitute a Change of Control
Transaction for purposes hereof), (b) a replacement at one time or over time of
more than one-half of the members of the board of directors of the Company 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), (c) the merger, consolidation or sale of
fifty percent (50%) or more of the assets of the Company or any subsidiary of
the Company in one or a series of related transactions with or into another
entity. or (d) 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 (a), (b) or (c).
"CLOSING: BID PRICE" means the price per share in the last reported
trade of the Common Stock on a Primary Market or on the exchange which the
Common Stock is then listed as quoted by Bloomberg, LP.
"COMMISSION" means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
"COMMON STOCK" means the common stock, par value $0.0001, of the
Company and stock of any other class into which such shares may hereafter be
changed or reclassified.
"CONVERSION DATE" shall mean the date upon which the Holder gives the
Company notice of their intention to effectuate a conversion of this Debenture
into shares of the Company's Common Stock as outlined herein.
"EXCHANGE ACT" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
"EXCLUDED SECURITIES" means, (a) shares issued or deemed to have been
issued by the Company pursuant to an Approved Stock Plan (b) shares of Common
Stock issued or deemed to be issued by the Company upon the conversion, exchange
or exercise of any right, option, obligation or security outstanding on the date
prior to date of the Securities Purchase Agreement, provided that the terms of
such right, option, obligation or security are not amended or otherwise modified
on or after the date of the Securities Purchase Agreement, and provided that the
conversion price, exchange price, exercise price or other purchase price is not
reduced, adjusted or otherwise modified and the number of shares of Common Stock
issued or issuable is not increased (whether by operation of, or in accordance
with, the relevant governing documents or otherwise) on or after the date of the
Securities Purchase Agreement, and (c) the shares of Common Stock issued or
deemed to be issued by the Company upon conversion of this Debenture.
"ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE" shall mean the date of the first issuance of this
Debenture regardless of the number of transfers and regardless of the number of
instruments, which may be issued to evidence such Debenture.
"PERSON" means a corporation, an association, a partnership,
organization, a business, an individual, a government or political subdivision
thereof or a governmental agency.
"SECURITIES ACT" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the
rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
"TRADING DAY" means a day on which the shares of Common Stock are
quoted on the OTC or quoted or traded on such Primary Market on which the shares
of Common Stock are then quoted or listed; provided, that in the event that the
shares of Common Stock are not listed or quoted, then Trading Day shall mean a
Business Day.
"TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS" means the Securities Purchase Agreement or any
other agreement delivered in connection with the Securities Purchase Agreement,
including, without limitation, the Pledge Agreement, the Security Agreement, the
Subsidiary Security Agreement, and the Registration Rights Agreement.
"UNDERLYING SHARES" means the shares of Common Stock issuable upon
conversion of this Debenture or as payment of interest in accordance with the
terms hereof.
"UNDERLYING SHARES REGISTRATION STATEMENT" means a registration
statement meeting the requirements set forth in the Registration Rights
Agreement, covering among other things the resale of the Underlying Shares and
naming the Holder as a "selling stockholder" thereunder.
SECTION 8. Except as expressly provided herein, no provision of this
Debenture shall alter or impair the obligations of the Company, which are
absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of, interest and other charges
(if any) on, this Debenture at the time, place, and rate, and in the coin or
currency, herein prescribed. This Debenture is a direct obligation of the
Company. This Debenture ranks pari passu with all other Debentures now or
hereafter issued under the terms set forth herein. As long as this Debenture is
outstanding, the Company shall not and shall cause their subsidiaries not to,
without the consent of the Holder, (i) amend its certificate of incorporation,
bylaws or other charter documents so as to adversely affect any rights of the
Holder; (ii) repay, repurchase or offer to repay, repurchase or otherwise
acquire shares of its Common Stock or other equity securities other than as to
the Underlying Shares to the extent permitted or required under the Transaction
Documents; or (iii) enter into any agreement with respect to any of the
foregoing.
SECTION 9. This Debenture shall not entitle the Holder to any of the
rights of a stockholder of the Company, including without limitation, the right
to vote, to receive dividends and other distributions, or to receive any notice
of, or to attend, meetings of stockholders or any other proceedings of the
Company, unless and to the extent converted into shares of Common Stock in
accordance with the terms hereof.
SECTION 10. If this Debenture is mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed,
the Company shall execute and deliver, in exchange and substitution for and upon
cancellation of the 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.
SECTION 11. No indebtedness of the Company is senior to this Debenture
in right of payment, whether with respect to interest, damages or upon
liquidation or dissolution or otherwise. Without the Holder's consent, the
Company will not and will not permit any of their subsidiaries to, directly or
indirectly, enter into, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any
indebtedness 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
there from that is senior in any respect to the obligations of the Company under
this Debenture.
SECTION 12. This Debenture shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of New Jersey, without giving effect to
conflicts of laws thereof. Each of the parties consents to the jurisdiction of
the Superior Courts of the State of New Jersey sitting in Xxxxxx County, New
Jersey and the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey sitting in
Newark, New Jersey in connection with any dispute arising under this Debenture
and hereby waives, to the maximum extent permitted by law, any objection,
including any objection based on forum non conveniens to the bringing of any
such proceeding in such jurisdictions.
SECTION 13, If the Company fails to strictly comply with the terms of
this Debenture, then the Company shall reimburse the Holder promptly for all
fees, costs and expenses, including, without limitation, attorneys' fees and
expenses incurred by the Holder in any action in connection with this Debenture,
including, without limitation, those incurred: (i) during any workout, attempted
workout, and/or in connection with the rendering of legal advice as to the
Holder's rights, remedies and obligations, (ii) collecting any sums which become
due to the Holder, (iii) defending or prosecuting any proceeding or any
counterclaim to any proceeding or appeal; or (iv) the protection, preservation
or enforcement of any rights or remedies of the Holder.
SECTION 14. Any waiver by 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 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.
SECTION 15. 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 shall violate
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.
SECTION 16. 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.
SECTION 17. 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.
SECTION 18. THE PARTIES HEREBY KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY AND INTENTIONALLY
WAIVE THE RIGHT ANY OF THEM MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY
LITIGATION BASED HEREON OR ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS
AGREEMENT OR ANY TRANSACTION DOCUMENT OR ANY COURSE OF CONDUCT, COURSE OF
DEALING, STATEMENTS (WHETHER VERBAL OR WRITTEN) OR ACTIONS OF ANY PARTY. THIS
PROVISION IS A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT FOR THE PARTIES' ACCEPTANCE OF THIS
AGREEMENT.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Secured Convertible
Debenture to be duly executed by a duly authorized officer as of the date set
forth above.
COMPANY
NS8 CORPORATION, INC.
/s/ Xxxxxxx X Xxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx X Xxxx
Title: Chief Executive Officer
EXHIBIT A
CONVERSION NOTICE
(To be executed by the Holder in order to Convert the Debenture)
TO:
The undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to convert $_____________________
of the principal amount of the above Debenture into Shares of Common Stock of
XXXXXXX COMPANY, INC., according to the conditions stated therein, as of the
Conversion Date written below.
Conversion Date: __________________________________
Amount to be converted: $_________________________________
Conversion Price: $_________________________________
Number of shares of Common
Stock to be issued: __________________________________
Amount of Debenture
Unconverted: $_________________________________
Please issue the shares of Common Stock in the following name and to the
following address:
Issue to: Cornell Capital Partners, LP
000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Tel: (000) 000-0000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
Authorized Signature:
Name:
Title:
