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. 1 $500,000
FOREST GLADE INTERNATIONAL, INC.
7% CONVERTIBLE DEBENTURE
DUE MAY 1, 2003
THIS DEBENTURE is one of a series of duly authorized and issued
debentures of Forest Glade International Inc., a Nevada corporation, having a
principal place of business at 000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxx Xxxxxx,
X.X., Xxxxxx X0X 0X0 (the "Company"), designated as its 7% Convertible
Debentures, due May 1, 2003, in the aggregate principal amount of Three Million
Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($3,500,000) (the "Debentures"). All references to
$ (dollars) shall be to US$ (United States dollars).
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the Company promises to pay to Xxxxxxxxx Road LLC,
or its registered assigns (the "Holder"), the principal sum of Five Hundred
Thousand Dollars ($500,000), on May 1, 2003 or such earlier date as the
Debentures are required or permitted to be repaid as provided hereunder (the
"Maturity Date") and to pay interest to the Holder on the aggregate unconverted
and then outstanding principal amount of this Debenture at the rate of 7% per
annum, payable on each Conversion Date (as defined herein), in cash or shares of
Common Stock (as defined in Section 6). Subject to the terms and conditions
herein, the decision whether to pay interest hereunder in shares of Common Stock
or cash shall be at the discretion of the Company. Not less than ten Trading
Days (as defined in Section 6) prior to each Conversion Date, the Company shall
provide the Holder with written notice of its election to pay interest hereunder
either in cash or shares of Common Stock pursuant to the terms of Section
4(a)(i) (the Company may indicate in such notice that the election contained in
such notice shall continue for later periods until revised). Failure to timely
provide such written notice shall be deemed an election by the Company to pay
the interest on such Conversion Date in shares of Common Stock pursuant to the
terms of Section 4(a)(i). Interest shall be calculated on the basis on a 360-day
year and shall accrue daily commencing on the Original Issue Date (as defined in
Section 6) until payment in full of the principal sum, together with all accrued
and unpaid interest and other amounts which may become due hereunder, has been
made. Interest hereunder will be paid to the Person (as defined in Section
6) in whose name this Debenture is registered on the records of the Company
regarding registration and transfers of Debentures (the "Debenture Register").
All overdue accrued and unpaid interest to be paid in cash hereunder shall
entail a late fee at the rate of 18% per annum (or such lower maximum amount of
interest permitted to be charged under applicable law) (to accrue daily, from
the date such interest is due hereunder through and including the date of
payment), payable in cash.
This Debenture is subject to the following additional provisions:
Section 1. 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 2. This Debenture has been issued subject to certain
investment representations of the original Holder set forth in the Purchase
Agreement (as defined in Section 6) and may be transferred or exchanged only in
compliance with the Purchase Agreement. Prior to due presentment to the Company
for transfer of this Debenture, the Company and any agent of the Company may
treat the Person (as defined in Section 6) 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 3. Events of Default.
(a) "Event of Default", wherever used herein, means any one
of the following events (whatever the reason and whether it shall be voluntary
or involuntary or effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment,
decree or order of any court, or any order, rule or regulation of any
administrative or governmental body):
(i) any default in the payment of the principal of,
interest on or liquidated damages in respect of, any Debentures, free
of any claim of subordination, as and when the same shall become due
and payable (whether on a Conversion Date or the Maturity Date or by
acceleration or otherwise);
(ii) the Company shall fail to observe or perform
any other covenant, agreement or warranty contained in, or otherwise
commit any breach of any of the Transaction Documents (as defined in
Section 6), and such failure or breach shall not have been remedied
within five days after the date on which notice of such failure or
breach shall have been given;
(iii) the Company or any of its subsidiaries shall
commence, or there shall be commenced against the Company or any such
subsidiary a case under any applicable bankruptcy or insolvency laws
as now or hereafter in effect or any successor thereto, or the Company
commences any other proceeding under any reorganization, arrangement,
adjustment of debt, relief of debtors, dissolution, insolvency or
liquidation or similar law of
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any jurisdiction whether now or hereafter in effect relating to the
Company or any subsidiary thereof or there is commenced against the
Company or any subsidiary thereof any such bankruptcy, insolvency or
other proceeding which remains undismissed for a period of 60 days; or
the Company or any subsidiary thereof 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 thereof
suffers any appointment of any custodian or the like for it or any
substantial part of its property which continues undischarged or
unstayed for a period of 60 days; or the Company or any subsidiary
thereof makes a general assignment for the benefit of creditors; or 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 thereof 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 thereof 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 thereof for the purpose of
effecting any of the foregoing;
(iv) the Company shall default in any of its
obligations under any other Debenture of any mortgage, credit agreement
or other facility, indenture agreement, factoring agreement or other
instrument under which there may be issued, or by which there may be
secured or evidenced any indebtedness for borrowed money or money due
under any long term leasing or factoring arrangement of the Company in
an amount exceeding one hundred thousand dollars ($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;
(v) the Common Stock shall not be eligible for
quotation on and quoted for trading on the OTC Bulletin Board ("OTC")
or listed for trading on the Nasdaq SmallCap Market, New York Stock
Exchange, American Stock Exchange or the Nasdaq National Market (each,
a "Subsequent Market") and shall not again be eligible for and quoted
or listed for trading thereon within five Trading Days;
(vi) the Company shall be a party to any Change of
Control Transaction (as defined in Section 6), shall agree to sell or
dispose all or in excess of 33% of its assets in one or more
transactions (whether or not such sale would constitute a Change of
Control Transaction), or shall redeem or repurchase more than a de
minimis number of shares of Common Stock or other equity securities of
the Company (other than redemptions of Underlying Shares (as defined
in Section 6));
(vii) an Underlying Shares Registration Statement (as
defined in Section 6) shall not have been declared effective by the
Commission (as defined in Section 6) on or prior to the 210th day
after the Original Issue Date;
(viii) if, during the Effectiveness Period (as
defined in the Registration Rights Agreement (as defined in Section
6)), the effectiveness of the Underlying Shares Registration Statement
lapses for any reason or the Holder shall not be permitted to resell
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Registrable Securities (as defined in the Registration Rights
Agreement) under the Underlying Shares Registration Statement, in
either case, for an aggregate of twenty or more Trading Days (which
need not be consecutive Trading Days);
(ix) an Event (as defined in the Registration Rights
Agreement) shall not have been cured to the satisfaction of the Holder
prior to the expiration of thirty days from the Event Date (as defined
in the Registration Rights Agreement) relating thereto (other than an
Event resulting from a failure of an Underlying Shares Registration
Statement to be declared effective by the Commission on or prior to
the 210th day after the Original Issue Date, which shall be covered by
Section 3(a)(vii));
(x) the Company shall fail for any reason to deliver
certificates to a Holder prior to the twelfth (12th) day after a
Conversion Date pursuant to and in accordance with Section 4(b) or the
Company shall provide notice to the Holder, including by way of public
announcement, at any time, of its intention not to comply with
requests for conversions of any Debentures in accordance with the
terms hereof;
(xi) the Company shall fail for any reason to deliver
the payment in cash pursuant to a Buy-In (as defined herein) within
seven days after notice is deemed delivered hereunder; or
(xii) the Company shall fail for any reason to
legally effect its change of name as required by the Purchase
Agreement within sixty days following the Original Issue Date; or
(xiii) there shall have occurred a breach of the
Pledge Agreement which shall not have been remedied prior to the tenth
day following notice thereof.
(b) During the time that any portion of this Debenture
remains outstanding, if any Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the full
principal amount of this Debenture (and, at the Holder's option, all other
Debentures then held by such Holder), together with interest and other amounts
owing in respect thereof, to the date of acceleration shall become, at the
Holder's election immediately due and payable in cash. The aggregate amount
payable upon an Event of Default shall be equal to the sum of (i) the Mandatory
Prepayment Amount (as defined in Section 6) plus (ii) the product of (A) the
number of Underlying Shares issued in respect of conversions hereunder within
thirty (30) days of the date of a declaration of an Event of Default and then
held by the Holder and (B) the Per Share Market Value (as defined in Section 6)
on the date prepayment is due or the date the full prepayment price is paid,
whichever is greater. Interest shall accrue on the prepayment amount hereunder
from the seventh day after such amount is due (being the date of an Event of
Default) through the date of prepayment in full thereof at the rate of 18% per
annum (or such lesser maximum amount that is permitted to be paid by applicable
law), to accrue daily from the date such payment is due hereunder through and
including the date of payment. All Debentures and Underlying Shares for which
the full prepayment price hereunder shall have been paid in accordance herewith
shall promptly be surrendered to or as directed by the Company. The Holder need
not provide and the Company hereby waives any presentment, demand, protest or
other notice of any kind, and the Holder may immediately and without expiration
of any grace period enforce any and
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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.
Section 4. Conversion.
(a) (i) Conversion at Option of Holder. (A) This Debenture
shall be convertible into shares of Common Stock at the option of the Holder, in
whole or in part at any time and from time to time, after the Original Issue
Date (subject to the limitations on conversion set forth in Section 4(a)(iii)
hereof). The number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon a conversion
hereunder shall be determined by adding the sum of (i) the quotient obtained by
dividing (x) the outstanding principal amount of this Debenture to be converted
and (y) the Conversion Price (as defined herein), and (ii) the amount equal to
(I) the product of (x) the outstanding principal amount of this Debenture to be
converted and (y) the product of (1) the quotient obtained by dividing .07 by
360 and (2) the number of days for which such principal amount was outstanding,
divided by (II) the Conversion Price on the Conversion Date, provided, that if
the Company shall have timely elected to pay the interest due on a Conversion
Date in cash pursuant to the terms hereof, subsection (ii) shall not be used in
the calculation of the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon a
conversion hereunder.
(B) 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 interest hereunder in shares of
Common Stock;
(2) after the Interest Effectiveness Date (as
defined in Section 6) such shares of Common Stock (x) are not
registered for resale pursuant to an effective Underlying Shares
Registration Statement and (y) may not be sold without volume
restrictions pursuant to Rule 144(k) promulgated under the Securities
Act (as defined in Section 6), as determined by counsel to the Company
pursuant to a written opinion letter, addressed to the Company's
transfer agent in the form and substance acceptable to the applicable
Holder and such transfer agent (if the shares of Common Stock are
permitted by the Holder to be delivered under this clause (2) prior to
the Effectiveness Date (as defined in the Registration Rights
Agreement) and thereafter an Underlying Shares Registration Statement
shall be declared effective by the Commission, the Company shall,
within three Trading Days after the date of such declaration of
effectiveness, exchange such shares for shares of Common Stock that
are free of restrictive legends of any kind);
(3) the Common Stock is not listed or quoted for
trading on the OTC or on a Subsequent Market;
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(4) the Company has failed to timely satisfy its conversion
obligations hereunder; or
(5) the issuance of such shares of Common Stock would result
in a violation of Section 4(a)(iii),
then, at the option of the Holder, the Company, in lieu of
delivering shares of Common Stock pursuant to Section 4(a)(i)(A)(ii), shall
deliver, within three Trading Days of each applicable Conversion Date, an amount
in cash equal to the product of (a) the outstanding principal amount of the
Debentures to be converted on such Conversion Date and (b) the product of (x)
the quotient obtained by dividing .07 by 360 and (y) the number of days for
which such principal amount was outstanding.
(C) The Holder shall effect conversions by surrendering the
Debentures (or such portions thereof) to be converted, together with the form of
conversion notice attached hereto as Exhibit A (a "Conversion Notice") to the
Company. Each Conversion Notice shall specify the principal amount of Debentures
to be converted and the date on which such conversion is to be effected, which
date may not be prior to the date such Conversion Notice is deemed to have been
delivered hereunder (a "Conversion Date"). If no Conversion Date is specified in
a Conversion Notice, the Conversion Date shall be the date that such Conversion
Notice is deemed delivered hereunder. Subject to Section 4(b), each Conversion
Notice, once given, shall be irrevocable. If the Holder is converting less than
all of the principal amount represented by the Debenture(s) tendered by the
Holder with the Conversion Notice, or if a conversion hereunder cannot be
effected in full for any reason, the Company shall honor such conversion to the
extent permissible hereunder and shall promptly deliver to such Holder (in the
manner and within the time set forth in Section 4(b)) a new Debenture for such
principal amount as has not been converted.
(ii) Automatic Conversion. Subject to the provisions in this
paragraph, the principal amount of Debentures for which conversion notices have
not previously been received or for which prepayment has not been made or
required hereunder shall be automatically converted on the third anniversary of
the Original Issue Date (the "Automatic Conversion Date") pursuant to Section
4(a)(i), at the Conversion Price on such date. The conversion contemplated by
this paragraph shall not occur if (a) (1) an Underlying Securities Registration
Statement is not then effective that names the Holder as a selling stockholder
thereunder and (2) the Holder is not permitted to resell Underlying Shares
pursuant to Rule 144(k) promulgated under the Securities Act, without volume
restrictions, as evidenced by an opinion letter of counsel acceptable to the
Holder and the transfer agent for the Common Stock; or (b) there are not
sufficient shares of Common Stock authorized and reserved for issuance upon such
conversion. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Automatic
Conversion Date shall be extended (on a day-for-day basis) for any Trading Days
that the Holder is unable to resell Underlying Shares due to (a) the Common
Stock not being listed or granted for trading on the OTC or any Subsequent
Market, (b) the failure of an Underlying Securities Registration Statement to be
declared effective by the Commission or, if so declared, to remain effective
during the Effectiveness Period as to all Underlying Shares, or (c) the
suspension of the Holder's right to resell Underlying Shares thereunder.
Notwithstanding anything to the
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contrary contained herein, a conversion pursuant to this Section shall not be
subject to the provisions of Section 4(a)(iii).
(iii) Certain Conversion Restrictions.
(A) A Holder may not convert Debentures 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 4.999% of the then issued and outstanding shares of
Common Stock, including shares issuable upon conversion of, and payment of
interest on, the Debentures 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 4.999% 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 Debentures are
convertible shall be the responsibility and obligation of the Holder. If the
Holder has delivered a Conversion Notice for a principal amount of Debentures
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 4(b) 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 61 days prior notice to the Company. Other Holders
shall be unaffected by any such waiver.
(B) A Holder may not convert Debentures 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 9.999% of the then issued and outstanding shares of
Common Stock, including shares issuable upon conversion of, and payment of
interest on, the Debentures 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 9.999% 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 Debentures are
convertible shall be the responsibility and obligation of the Holder. If the
Holder has delivered a
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Conversion Notice for a principal amount of Debentures 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 4(b) 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
61 days prior notice to the Company. Other Holders shall be unaffected by any
such waiver.
(b) (i) Not later than three Trading Days after any
Conversion Date, the Company will deliver to the Holder (i) a certificate or
certificates which shall be free of restrictive legends and trading restrictions
(other than those required by Section 3.1(b) of the Purchase Agreement)
representing the number of shares of Common Stock being acquired upon the
conversion of Debentures (subject to the limitations set forth in Section
4(a)(iii) hereof), (ii) Debentures in a principal amount equal to the principal
amount of Debentures not converted, and (iii) a bank check in the amount of
accrued and unpaid interest (if the Company has timely elected or is required to
pay accrued interest in cash), provided, that the Company shall not be obligated
to issue certificates evidencing the shares of Common Stock issuable upon
conversion of the principal amount of Debentures until Debentures are delivered
for conversion to the Company, or the Holder notifies the Company that such
Debentures have been lost, stolen or destroyed and provides a bond (or other
adequate security) reasonably satisfactory to the Company to indemnify the
Company from any loss incurred by it in connection therewith. The Company shall,
upon request of the Holder, if available, use its best efforts to deliver any
certificate or certificates required to be delivered by the Company under this
Section electronically through the Depository Trust Corporation or another
established clearing corporation performing similar functions. If in the case of
any Conversion Notice such certificate or certificates are not delivered to or
as directed by the applicable Holder by the third Trading Day after a Conversion
Date, the Holder shall be entitled by written notice to the Company at any time
on or before its receipt of such certificate or certificates thereafter, to
rescind such conversion, in which event the Company shall immediately return the
certificates representing the principal amount of Debentures tendered for
conversion.
(ii) If the Company fails to deliver to the Holder
such certificate or certificates pursuant to Section 4(b)(i) by the third
Trading Day after the Conversion Date, the Company shall pay to such Holder, in
cash, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, $2,500 for each of the seven
Trading Days after such third Trading Day and thereafter, $3,000 for each
Trading Day after such seventh Trading Day until such certificates are
delivered. Nothing herein shall limit a Xxxxxx'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.
The exercise of any such rights shall not prohibit the Holders from seeking to
enforce damages pursuant to any other Section hereof or under applicable law.
Further, if the Company shall not have delivered any cash due in respect of
conversions of Debentures or as payment of interest thereon by the third Trading
Day after the Conversion Date,
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the Holder may, by notice to the Company, require the Company to issue shares of
Common Stock pursuant to Section 4(c), 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 provision of this Section.
(iii) 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 4(b)(i) by the third Trading Day after the
Conversion Date, and if after such third 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 Debentures in
principal amount equal to the principal amount of the attempted conversion or
deliver to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock that would have been
issued had the Company timely complied with its delivery requirements under
Section 4(b)(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.
Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, if a Holder requires
the Company to make payment in respect of a Buy-In for the failure to timely
deliver certificates hereunder and the Company timely pays in full such payment,
the Company shall not be required to pay such Holder liquidated damages under
Section 4(b)(ii) in respect ofthe certificates resulting in such Buy-In.
(c) (i) The conversion price (the "Conversion Price") in
effect on any Conversion Date shall be the lesser of (1) $2.295 (the "Initial
Conversion Price"), and (2) 80% of the average of the lowest three Per Share
Market Values (which need not occur on consecutive Trading Days) during the
twenty Trading Days immediately preceding the applicable Conversion Date (which
may include Trading Days prior to the Original Issue Date), provided, that such
twenty Trading Day period shall be extended for the number of Trading Days
during such period in which (A) trading in the Common Stock is suspended by the
OTC or a Subsequent Market on which the Common Stock is then listed, or (B)
after the date declared effective by the Commission, the Underlying Shares
Registration Statement is either not effective, the Prospectus included in the
Underlying Shares Registration Statement may not be used by the Holder for the
resale of Underlying Shares.
(ii) If the Company, at any time while any Debentures
are outstanding, (a) shall pay a stock dividend or otherwise make a distribution
or distributions on shares of its Common Stock or any other equity or equity
equivalent securities payable in shares of
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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 Initial 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 any
Debentures are outstanding, shall issue rights, options or warrants to all
holders of Common Stock (and not to Holders) entitling them to subscribe for or
purchase shares of Common Stock at a price per share less than the Per Share
Market Value at the record date mentioned 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 (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 such Per Share Market Value. 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 Conversion
Price pursuant to this Section, if any such right, option or warrant shall
expire and shall not have been exercised, the 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 Conversion Price made pursuant to the provisions of
this Section after the issuance of such rights or warrants) had the adjustment
of the 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 with respect to Common Stock Equivalents (as defined below), at any
time while Debentures are 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 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 issued in connection with
such issuance, be entitled to receive shares of Common Stock at a price less
than the Conversion Price, such issuance shall be deemed to have occurred for
less than the Conversion
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Price), then, the Conversion Price shall be multiplied by a fraction, the
numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding
immediately prior to the issuance of such shares of Common Stock or such Common
Stock Equivalents plus the number of shares of Common Stock which the offering
price for such shares of Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents would purchase
at the Conversion Price, and the denominator of which shall be the sum of the
number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such issuance
plus the number of shares of Common Stock so issued or issuable, provided, that
for purposes hereof, all shares of Common Stock that are issuable upon
conversion, exercise or exchange of Common Stock Equivalents shall be deemed
outstanding immediately after the issuance of such Common Stock Equivalents.
Such adjustment shall be made whenever such shares of Common Stock or Common
Stock Equivalents are issued. However, upon the expiration of any Common Stock
Equivalents the issuance of which resulted in an adjustment in the Conversion
Price pursuant to this Section, if any such Common Stock Equivalents shall
expire and shall not have been exercised, the 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 Conversion Price made pursuant to the provisions
ofthis Section after the issuance of such Common Stock Equivalents) had the
adjustment of the Conversion Price made upon the issuance of such Common Stock
Equivalents been made on the basis of offering for subscription or purchase only
that number of shares of Common Stock actually purchased upon the exercise of
such Common Stock Equivalents actually exercised.
(v) If the Company, at anytime while Debentures are
outstanding, shall distribute to all holders of Common Stock (and not to
Holders) evidences of its indebtedness or assets or rights or warrants to
subscribe for or purchase any security, then in each such case the Conversion
Price at which Debentures shall thereafter be convertible shall be determined by
multiplying the 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 Per Share Market Value
determined as of the record date mentioned above, and of which the numerator
shall be such Per Share Market Value 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 Holders of the
portion of assets or evidences of indebtedness so distributed or such
subscription rights applicable to one share of Common Stock. Such adjustment
shall be made whenever any such distribution is made and shall become effective
immediately after the record date mentioned above.
(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 Holders shall have the
right thereafter to, at their 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 only 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 Holders of the Debentures shall be entitled upon such event to receive
such amount of securities, cash or property as the shares of the Common Stock
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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 aggregate of its outstanding principal amount of
Debentures, plus all interest and other amounts due and payable thereon, at a
price determined in accordance with Section 3(b). The entire prepayment price
shall be paid in cash. This provision shall similarly apply to successive
reclassifications or share exchanges.
(vii) All calculations under this Section 4 shall be
made to the nearest cent or the nearest 1/100th of a share, as the case may be.
No adjustments in either the Conversion Price or the Initial Conversion Price
shall be required if such adjustment is less than $0.01, provided, however, that
any adjustments which by reason of this Section are not required to be made
shall be carried forward and taken into account in any subsequent adjustment.
(viii) Whenever either the Initial Conversion Price
or the Conversion Price is adjusted pursuant to any of Section 4(c)(ii) - (v),
the Company shall promptly mail to each Holder a notice setting forth the
Initial Conversion Price or Conversion Price (as applicable) 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; (E) the Company shall authorize the voluntary or
involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the affairs of the
Company; then, in each case, the Company shall cause to be filed at each office
or agency maintained for the purpose of conversion of the Debentures, and shall
cause to be mailed to the Holders at their last addresses as they shall appear
upon the stock books of the Company, at least 20 calendar days prior to the
applicable record or effective date hereinafter specified, a notice stating (x)
the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend,
distribution, redemption, rights or warrants, or if a record is not to be taken,
the date as of which the holders of the Common Stock of record to be entitled to
such dividend, distributions, redemption, rights or warrants are to be
determined or (y) the date on which such reclassification, consolidation,
merger, sale, transfer or share exchange is expected to become effective or
close, and the date as of which it is expected that holders of the Common Stock
of record shall be entitled to exchange their shares of the Common Stock for
securities, cash or other property deliverable upon such reclassification,
consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange, provided, that the
failure to mail such notice or any defect therein or in the mailing thereof
shall not affect the validity of the corporate action required to be specified
in such notice. Holders are entitled to convert Debentures during the 20-day
period commencing the date of such notice to the effective date of the event
triggering such notice.
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(x) In case of any (1) merger or consolidation of the
Company with or into another Person, or (2) sale by the Company of more than
one-half of the assets of the Company (on an as valued basis) in one or a series
of related transactions, a Holder shall have the right to (A) if permitted under
Section 3(b) hereof, exercise its rights of prepayment under Section 3(b) with
respect to such event, (B) convert its aggregate principal amount of Debentures
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 Debentures 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, (x) require the surviving entity to issue
shares of convertible preferred stock or convertible debentures with such
aggregate stated value or in such face amount, as the case may be, equal to the
aggregate principal amount of Debentures then held by such Holder, plus all
accrued and unpaid interest and other amounts owing thereon, which newly issued
shares of preferred stock or debentures shall have terms identical (including
with respect to conversion) to the terms of this Debenture (except, in the case
of preferred stock, as may be required to reflect the differences between equity
and debt) and shall be entitled to all of the rights and privileges of a Holder
of Debentures set forth herein and the agreements pursuant to which the
Debentures were issued (including, without limitation, as such rights relate to
the acquisition, transferability, registration and listing of such shares of
stock other securities issuable upon conversion thereof), and (y) simultaneously
with the issuance of such convertible preferred stock or convertible debentures,
shall have the right to convert such instrument only into shares of stock and
other securities, cash and property receivable upon or deemed to be held by
holders of Common Stock following such merger or consolidation. 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 Holders 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) The Company covenants that it will at all times reserve
and keep available out of its authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock
solely for the purpose of issuance upon conversion of the Debentures and
payment of interest on the Debentures, each as herein provided, free from
preemptive rights or any other actual contingent purchase rights of persons
other than the Holders, not less than such number of shares of the Common Stock
as shall (subject to any additional requirements of the Company as to
reservation of such shares set forth in the Purchase Agreement) be issuable
(taking into account the adjustments and restrictions of Section 4(b)) upon the
conversion of the outstanding principal amount of the Debentures and payment of
interest hereunder. The Company covenants that all shares of Common Stock that
shall be so issuable shall, upon issue, be duly and validly authorized, issued
and fully paid, nonassessable and, if the Underlying Shares Registration
Statement has been declared effective under the Securities Act, registered for
public sale in accordance with such Underlying Shares Registration Statement.
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(e) 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 Per Share Market Value 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.
(f) The issuance of certificates for shares of the Common
Stock on conversion of the Debentures shall be made without charge to the
Holders thereof for any documentary stamp or similar taxes that may be payable
in respect of the issue or delivery of such certificate, provided that the
Company shall not be required to pay any tax that may be payable in respect of
any transfer involved in the issuance and delivery of any such certificate upon
conversion in a name other than that of the Holder of such Debentures so
converted and the Company shall not be required to issue or deliver such
certificates unless or until the person or persons requesting the issuance
thereof shall have paid to the Company the amount of such tax or shall have
established to the satisfaction of the Company that such tax has been paid.
(g) Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries
to be provided by the Holders hereunder, including, without limitation, any
Conversion Notice, shall be in writing and delivered personally, by facsimile,
sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier service or sent by certified
or registered mail, postage prepaid, addressed to the Company, at 000 Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, X.X., Xxxxxx, X0X 0X0, Facsimile No.: (250)
377-3569, attention Chief Financial Officer, or such other address or facsimile
number as the Company may specify for such purposes by notice to the Holders
delivered in accordance with this Section, with a copy to (other than for
Conversion Notices) Northern Business Consultants, Unit 431, 000-0000 Xxxxxx
Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxx, XX, X0X 0X0(facsimile number (000) 000-0000), attention Xxxxxx
Xxxxx and Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx & Xxxxx LLP, 0000 Xxxxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX
00000, attention: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Esq. 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, sent by a nationally recognized
overnight courier service or sent by certified or registered mail, postage
prepaid, addressed to each Holder at the facsimile telephone number or address
of such Holder appearing on the books of the Company, or if no such facsimile
telephone number or address appears, at the principal place of business of the
Holder. Any notice or other communication or deliveries hereunder shall be
deemed given and effective on the earliest of (i) the date of transmission, if
such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile
telephone number specified in this Section prior to 6:30 p.m. (New York City
time), (ii) the date after the date of transmission, if such notice or
communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile telephone number
specified in this Section later than 6:30 p.m. (New York City time) on any date
and earlier than 11:59 p.m. (New York City time) on such date, (iii) four days
after deposit in the United States mail, (iv) the Business Day following the
date of mailing, if sent by nationally recognized overnight courier service, or
(v) upon actual receipt by the party to whom such notice is required to be
given.
Section 5. Optional Prepayment.
(a) Subject to Section 5(b) below, the Company shall have the
right, exercisable at any time and from time to time after the Original Issue
Date, in accordance with the terms hereof
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and upon twenty Trading Days' prior written notice to the Holders to be prepaid
(an "Optional Prepayment Notice"), to prepay all or any portion of the
outstanding principal amount of the Debentures which has not previously been
repaid or for which Conversion Notices have not previously been delivered. The
prepayment price applicable to prepayments under this Section 5(a) shall equal
the Prepayment Price and shall be paid in cash. Any such prepayment shall be
free of any claim of subordination. The Holders shall have the right to tender,
and the Company shall honor, Conversion Notices delivered prior to the
expiration of the nineteenth Trading Day after receipt by the Holders of an
Optional Prepayment Notice for such Debentures (the twentieth Trading Day after
receipt by the Holders of an Optional Prepayment Notice is referred to herein as
the "Optional Prepayment Date")
(b) The Company shall not be entitled to deliver an Optional
Prepayment Notice to the Holder (and, if after delivery thereof and prior to the
Optional Prepayment Date, any of the following conditions shall cease to be met,
such notice, at the option of the Holders, shall be deemed no longer effective)
if: (i) the number of shares of Common Stock at the time authorized, unissued
and unreserved for all purposes is insufficient to satisfy the Company's
conversion obligations of the aggregate principal amount of Debentures then
outstanding, or (ii) there is neither an effective Underlying Shares
Registration Statement under which the Holders can resell all of the issued
Underlying Shares and all of the Underlying Shares as are issuable upon
conversion in full of the principal amount of Debentures subject to an Optional
Prepayment Notice nor may all of such issued and issuable Underlying Shares be
sold by the Holders subject to such prepayment without volume restrictions
pursuant to Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act, as determined by
counsel to the Company pursuant to a written opinion letter, addressed to the
Company's transfer agent in the form and substance acceptable to the Holders and
such transfer agent, or (iii) the Common Stock is not then listed or quoted for
trading on the OTC or on a Subsequent Market.
(c) If any portion of the Prepayment Price shall not be paid
by the Company by the second (2nd) Trading Day following the Optional
Prepayment Date, the Prepayment Price shall be increased by 18% per annum (or
such lesser maximum amount that is permitted to be paid by applicable law) to
accrue daily from the date such interest is due hereunder through and including
the date of payment (which amount shall be paid as liquidated damages and not as
a penalty). In addition, if any portion of the Prepayment Price remains unpaid
through the expiration of the Optional Prepayment Date, the Holder subject to
such prepayment may elect by written notice to the Company to either (x) demand
conversion in accordance with the formula and the time period therefor set forth
in Section 4 of any portion of the principal amount of Debentures for which the
Prepayment Price, plus accrued liquidated damages and accrued interest thereon,
has not been paid in full (the "Unpaid Prepayment Principal Amount"), in which
event the applicable Per Share Market Value shall be the lower of the Per Share
Market Value calculated on the Optional Prepayment Date and the Per Share Market
Value as of the Holder's written demand for conversion, or (y) invalidate ab
initio such optional prepayment, notwithstanding anything herein contained to
the contrary. If the Holder elects option (x) above, the Company shall, within
three Trading Days after such election is deemed delivered hereunder, deliver to
the Holder the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Unpaid
Prepayment Principal Amount subject to such conversion demand and otherwise
perform its obligations hereunder with respect thereto. If the Holder elects
option (y) above, the Company shall promptly, and in any event not later than
three Trading Days from
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receipt of notice of such election, return to the Holder new Debentures for the
full Unpaid Prepayment Principal Amount and shall no longer have any prepayment
rights under this Debenture. If, upon an election under option (x) above, the
Company fails to deliver certificates representing the shares of Common Stock
issuable upon conversion of the Unpaid Prepayment Principal Amount within the
time period set forth in this Section, the Company shall pay to the Holder in
cash, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, $5,000 per day until the
Company delivers such certificates to the Holder.
Section 6. Definitions. For the purposes hereof, the following terms
shall have the following meanings:
"Business Day" means any day except Saturday, Sunday and any
day which shall be a federal legal holiday in the United States or Canada or a
day on which banking institutions in the State of New York or the province of
British Columbia, Canada are authorized or required by law or other government
action to close.
"Change of Control Transaction" means the occurrence of any
of (i) an acquisition after the date hereof by an individual or legal entity or
"group" (as described in Rule 13d-5(b)(1) promulgated under the Exchange Act) of
effective control (whether through legal or beneficial ownership of capital
stock of the Company, by contract or otherwise) of in excess of 33% of the
voting securities of the Company, (ii) a replacement at one time or over time of
more than one-half of the members of the Company's board of directors which is
not approved by a majority of those individuals who are members of the board of
directors on the date hereof (or by those individuals who are serving as members
of the board of directors on any date whose nomination to the board of directors
was approved by a majority of the members of the board of directors who are
members on the date hereof), (iii) the merger of the Company with or into
another entity that is not wholly-owned by the Company, consolidation or sale of
50% or more of the assets of the Company in one or a series of related
transactions, or (iv) the execution by the Company of an agreement to which the
Company is a party or by which it is bound, providing for any of the events set
forth above in (i), (ii) or (iii).
"Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
"Common Stock" means the common stock, $.001 par value per
share, of the Company and stock of any other class into which such shares may
hereafter have been reclassified or changed.
"Exchang-a Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
"Interest Effectiveness Date" means the earlier to occur of
(x) the Effectiveness Date and (y) the date that an Underlying Shares
Registration Statement is declared effective by the Commission.
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"Original Issue Date" shall mean the date of the first
issuance of the Debentures regardless of the number of transfers of any
Debenture and regardless of the number of instruments which may be issued to
evidence such Debenture.
"Per Share Market Value" means on any particular date (a) the
closing bid price per share of Common Stock on such date on the Subsequent
Market on which the shares of Common Stock are then listed or quoted, or if
there is no such price on such date, then the closing bid price on the
Subsequent Market on the date nearest preceding such date, or (b) if the shares
of Common Stock are not then listed or quoted on a Subsequent Market, the
closing bid price for a share of Common Stock in the OTC, as reported by the
National Quotation Bureau Incorporated or similar organization or agency
succeeding to its functions of reporting prices) at the close of business on
such date, or (c) if the shares of Common Stock are not then reported by the
National Quotation Bureau Incorporated (or similar organization or agency
succeeding to its functions of reporting prices), then the average of the "Pink
Sheet" quotes for the relevant conversion period, as determined in good faith by
the Holder, or (d) if the shares of Common Stock are not then publicly traded
the fair market value of a share of Common Stock as determined by an Appraiser
selected in good faith by the Holders of a majority in interest of the principal
amount of Debentures then outstanding.
"Person" means a corporation, an association, a partnership,
organization, a business, an individual, a government or political subdivision
thereof or a governmental agency.
"Prepayment Price" for any Debentures shall equal the sum of
(i) the greater of (A) 120% of the principal amount of Debentures to be prepaid,
plus all accrued and unpaid interest thereon, and (B) the principal amount of
Debentures to be prepaid, plus all accrued and unpaid interest thereon, divided
by the Conversion Price on (x) the date the Mandatory Prepayment Amount is
demanded or otherwise due or (y) the date the Mandatory Prepayment Amount is
paid in full, whichever is less, multiplied by the Per Share Market Value on (x)
the date the Mandatory Prepayment Amount is demanded or otherwise due or (y) the
date the Mandatory Prepayment Amount is paid in full, whichever is greater, and
(ii) all other amounts, costs, expenses and liquidated damages due in respect of
such Debentures.
"Purchase Agreement" means the Convertible Debenture Purchase
Agreement, dated as of the Original Issue Date, to which the Company and the
original Holder are parties, as amended, modified or supplemented from time to
time in accordance with its terms.
"Registration Rights Agreement" means the Registration Rights
Agreement, dated as of the Original Issue Date, to which the Company and the
original Holder are parties, as amended, modified or supplemented from time to
time in accordance with its terms.
"Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.
"Trading Day" means (a) a day on which the shares of Common
Stock are traded on a Subsequent Market on which the shares of Common Stock are
then listed or quoted, or (b) if the shares of Common Stock are not listed on a
Subsequent Market, a day on which the shares of Common Stock are traded in the
over-the-counter market, as reported by the OTC, or (c) if the shares
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of Common Stock are not quoted on the OTC, a day on which the shares of Common
Stock are quoted in the over-the-counter market as reported by the National
Quotation Bureau Incorporated (or any similar organization or agency succeeding
its functions of reporting prices); provided, that in the event that the shares
of Common Stock are not listed or quoted as set forth in (a), (b) and (c)
hereof, then Trading Day shall mean any day except a Business Day.
"Transaction Documents" shall have the meaning set forth in
the Purchase Agreement.
"Underlying Shares" means the shares of Common Stock issuable
upon conversion of Debentures 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 7. Except as expressly provided herein, no provision of this
Debenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute
and unconditional, to pay the principal of, interest and liquidated damages (if
any) on, this Debenture at the time, place, and rate, and in the coin or
currency, herein prescribed. This Debenture is a direct 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 there are
Debentures outstanding, the Company shall not and shall cause it subsidiaries
not to, without the consent of the Holders, (i) amend its certificate of
incorporation, bylaws or other charter documents so as to adversely affect any
rights of the Holders; (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. The Company may only voluntarily prepay the outstanding principal
amount on the Debentures in accordance with Section 5 hereof.
Section 8. 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 9. If this Debenture shall be mutilated, lost, stolen or
destroyed, the Company shall execute and deliver, in exchange and substitution
for and upon cancellation of a mutilated Debenture, or in lieu of or in
substitution for a lost, stolen or destroyed debenture, a new Debenture for the
principal amount of this Debenture so mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed but
only upon receipt of evidence of such loss, theft or destruction of such
Debenture, and of the ownership hereof, and indemnity, if requested, all
reasonably satisfactory to the Company.
Section 10. 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.
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The Company will not and will not permit any of its 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
therefrom that is senior in any respect to the Company's obligations under the
Debentures.
Section 11. This Debenture shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State ofNew York, without giving effect to
conflicts of laws thereof. The Company and the Holder hereby irrevocably submits
to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in the
City of New York, Borough of Manhattan, for the adjudication of any dispute
hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby
or discussed herein, and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in
any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to
the jurisdiction of any such court, or that such suit, action or proceeding is
improper. Each of the Company and the Holder hereby irrevocably waives personal
service of process and consents to process being served in any such suit, action
or proceeding by receiving a copy thereof sent to the Company at the address in
effect for notices to it under this instrument and agrees that such service
shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof.
Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve
process in any manner permitted by law.
Section 12. Any waiver by the Company or the Holder of a breach of any
provision of this Debenture shall not operate as or be construed to be a waiver
of any other breach of such provision or of any breach of any other provision of
this Debenture. The failure of the Company or the Holder to insist upon strict
adherence to any term of this Debenture on one or more occasions shall not be
considered a waiver or deprive that party of the right thereafter to insist upon
strict adherence to that term or any other term of this Debenture. Any waiver
must be in writing.
Section 13. 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.
Section 14. Whenever any payment or other obligation hereunder shall
be due on a day other than a Business Day, such payment shall be made on the
next succeeding Business Day.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Convertible
Debenture to be duly executed by a duly authorized officer as of the date first
above indicated.
FOREST GLADE INTERNATIONAL, INC.
By:
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Name:
Title:
Attest:
By:
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Name:
Title:
EXHIBIT A
NOTICE OF CONVERSION
(To be Executed by the Registered Holder in
order to Convert the Debenture)
The undersigned hereby elects to convert the attached Debenture into shares of
common stock, $.001 par value per share (the "Common Stock"), of Forest Glade
International, Inc. (the "Company") according to the conditions hereof, as of
the date written below. If shares are to be issued in the name of a person other
than 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.
Conversion calculations:
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Date to Effect Conversion
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Principal Amount of Debentures to be Converted
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Number of shares of Common Stock to be Issued
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Applicable Conversion Price
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Signature
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Name
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Address