-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, CLMWKCD/AcHmgfO976urnqQvenXiW+s2FbBPymdPctPDYWp2z6nUqQddDr6LKTlV lJ6spo+YciIGOs2PGZAE+g== 0001104659-04-033334.txt : 20041103 0001104659-04-033334.hdr.sgml : 20041103 20041103170851 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-04-033334 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 3 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20041027 ITEM INFORMATION: Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant ITEM INFORMATION: Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities FILED AS OF DATE: 20041103 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20041103 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: POWER EFFICIENCY CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001024075 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: ELECTRICAL INDUSTRIAL APPARATUS [3620] IRS NUMBER: 223337365 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-31805 FILM NUMBER: 041117049 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 4220 VARSITY DRIVE SUITE C CITY: ANN ARBOR STATE: MI ZIP: 48108 BUSINESS PHONE: 7349759111 8-K 1 a04-12532_18k.htm 8-K

 

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

 

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): October 27, 2004

 

POWER EFFICIENCY CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

0-31805

 

22-3337365

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

 

Commission File Number

 

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

 

 

 

 

3900 Paradise Road, Suite 283, Las Vegas, NV

 

89109

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (702) 697-0377

 

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2 below):

 

o                                    Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o                                    Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o                                    Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o                                    Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 



 

INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN THE REPORT

 

Item 2.03  Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.

 

On October 27, 2004, the Registrant entered into a financing transaction in which the Registrant issued $1,464,806 in senior, secured notes (collectively the “Notes”, individually a “Note”).  The Notes bear interest of 15% per annum.  Interest due under the Notes will be payable quarterly, with the principal and final quarterly interest payment being due one year from the date of issuance. The Notes will have a first security interest in all of the assets of the Company. However, the Company may grant a first security interest in its accounts receivable and inventory in order to obtain a line of credit in the ordinary course of business. In the event of and immediately upon the occurrence of an “Event of Default,” (as defined in the Note, included herein as an exhibit) the Notes shall become immediately due and payable without any action by the Holder and the Note shall bear interest until paid at the rate of 18% per annum or such amount as shall be allowed by law. The Registrant may issue more Notes (up to $2,500,000 total) under this offering up until December 31, 2004.

 

Item 3.02  Unregistered Sale of Equity Securities.

 

The holders of the Notes will promptly be issued 115,385 warrants for every $100,000 Note. With its issuance of $1,464,806 in Notes, the Registrant will issue, in aggregate, 1,690,168 warrants (the “Warrants”) with an exercise price of $0.65 per share.  The Company will file a registration statement (the “Registration Statement”) to register the common shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants within 60 days of the closing.  The Warrants will have a five-year term and the Company will have the right to compel the exercise of the Warrants if the common stock trades at $1.65 for 10 consecutive trading days and the Registration Statement has been filed and become effective.

 

Pali Capital, a registered broker dealer and member of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., served as the Registrant’s placement agent for this transaction. The Notes and Warrants sold were exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, pursuant to section 4(2) of the Securities Act. For its work as the placement agent, Pali Capital has received a commission of $115,000 and 132,693 warrants with the same rights and provisions as the Warrants issued to the holders of the Notes. Should the Registrant issue more Notes under this offering, it will owe Pali a commission of 10% of gross proceeds of the Notes issued to anyone persons or entities besides the Registrant’s directors, affiliates, officers or employees.

 

The following exhibits are filed as part of this report:

 

Description of Document

 

Location

2.1

Promissory Note

 

Filed herewith

 

 

 

 

3.1

Warrant

 

Filed herewith

 

SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

POWER EFFICIENCY CORPORATION

(Registrant)

 

By:

 /s/  Steven Strasser

 

 

Steven Strasser, CEO

 

Date: November 2, 2004

 

2


EX-2.1 2 a04-12532_1ex2d1.htm EX-2.1

Exhibit 2.1

 

POWER EFFICIENCY CORPORATION

 

15% SECURED PROMISSORY NOTE

 

THIS NOTE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (“ACT”), OR UNDER ANY STATE SECURITIES LAW AND MAY NOT BE PLEDGED, SOLD, ASSIGNED OR TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT WITH RESPECT THERETO UNDER THE ACT AND ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAW, OR UNLESS THE COMPANY RECEIVES AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY, THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED.

 

$100,000

October     , 2004

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, POWER EFFICIENCY CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), with its principal office at 3900 Paradise Road, Suite 283; Las Vegas, Nevada, promises to pay to the order of                                (hereinafter, the “Holder”) evidenced by this note (the “Note”) having a maturity date (the “Maturity Date”) of                               , (one year from issuance) the sum of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment shall be legal tender for the payment of public or private debts on the Maturity Date; interest on the unpaid balance of said principal amount shall accrue and be paid  quarterly on a simple basis at the rate of fifteen percent (15%) from an escrow account funded at closing equal to four quarterly interest payments; provided, however, that if this Note is not paid in full on the Maturity Date, interest shall accrue on the outstanding principal of and, to the extent permitted by law, interest on the Note from the Maturity Date up to and including the date of payment at a rate equal to 18% per annum (compounded annually) or such lesser amount as shall be the maximum percentage allowed by law (the “Default Interest Rate”).  The Company may not prepay the principal of this Note unless otherwise agreed to by the Holder. Payment of principal and accrued interest is to be made at the address of the Holder designated above or at such other place as the Holder shall have notified the Company in writing at least five (5) days before the Maturity Date. Terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Subscription Agreement or the UCC, as applicable.

 

This Note, and the other notes issued in connection with the Private Placement Memorandum dated September 22, 2004, will have a first priority security interest in all of the assets of the Company (the “Collateral”), except for the unearned premiums associated with the Company’s directors and officers insurance policy.  However, the Company may grant a first security interest in its accounts receivable and inventory in order to obtain a line of credit in the ordinary course of business. The security interest granted in connection with such line of credit shall be senior to the security interests of the holders.  The Holder hereby authorizes the Purchaser Representative to, on the Holder’s behalf, execute a subordination agreement and all such other documents required to provide the provider of the line of credit described above such first security interest.  The Company also has the right to issue new debt with a first security interest in all of the Company’s assets provided that the proceeds from the new debt be used to fully repay the interest and principal on this Note on the Maturity Date or upon an Event of Default.

 

1.                                       Events of Default. (a) Upon the occurrence of any of the following events (herein called “Events of Default”):

 

(i)                                     the Company shall fail to pay the principal of or interest on this Note on the Maturity Date;

 

(ii)                                  the Company makes a general assignment for the benefit of creditors or commences (as the debtor) a case in bankruptcy, or commences (as the debtor) any proceeding under any other insolvency law;

 

(iii)                               the Company shall, other than permitted hereby, encumber or hypothecate the Collateral subject to the first priority security interest; or

 

(iv)                              a case in bankruptcy or any proceeding under any other insolvency law is commenced by or against the Company (as the debtor) and:

 

(A)                              a court having jurisdiction enters a decree or order for relief against the Company as the debtor in such case or proceeding;

 

(B)                                such case or proceedings consented to by the Company or remains undismissed for 60 days;

 

(C)                                the Company consents or admits the material allegations against it in any such case or proceeding; or

 



 

(D)                               a trustee, receiver or agent (however named) is appointed or authorized to take charge of substantially all of the property of the Company for the purpose of general administration of such property for the benefit of creditors and the order making such appointment or granting such authorization is not vacated within 60 days, during which period such trustee, receiver or agent shall not have taken any action with respect to the property of the Company which might prejudice the interest of the Holder,

 

then, the Holder may upon written notice to the Company elect to declare the entire principal amount of the Note then outstanding together with accrued unpaid interest thereon due and payable.  Upon receipt of such notice, the Company shall have seven (7) days to cure the Event of Default and if uncured on the eighth (8) day all principal and accrued interest shall become immediately due and payable.  If the Note is not paid in full upon acceleration, as required above, interest shall accrue on the outstanding principal of and interest on this Note from the date of the Event of Default up to and including the date of payment at a rate equal to the lesser of eighteen (18%) percent per annum or the maximum interest rate permitted by applicable law.

 

(b)                                 Non-Waiver and Other Remedies.  No course of dealing or delay on the part of the Holder of this Note in exercising any right hereunder shall operate as a waiver or otherwise prejudice the right of the Holder of this Note.  No remedy conferred hereby shall be exclusive of any other remedy referred to herein or now or hereafter available at law, in equity, by statute or otherwise.

 

(c)                                  Collection Costs; Attorneys’ Fees.  If, after an Event of Default has occurred, this Note is turned over to an attorney for collection, or, after such Event of Default, Holder otherwise seeks advice of an attorney in connection with the exercise or enforcement of Holder’s rights hereunder, the Company agrees to pay all reasonable costs of collection, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses and all out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Holder in connection with such collection efforts, which amounts may, at the Holder’s option, be added to the principal hereof.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, any duty to pay and/or amount payable under this Section 1(c) shall be subject to the final determination of a court of competent jurisdiction in the event the matter is brought before such court.

 

2.                                       Additional Remedies

 

(a)                                  Rights and Remedies Generally.  Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, and subject to the terms of the Note, the Purchaser Representative (as hereinafter defined) shall be entitled to exercise, in addition to any and all rights and remedies contained in this Note and any and all other agreements with the Company, any and all of the rights and remedies available to the Purchaser Representative under the UCC or applicable law, including, without limitation: (a) without notice, demand or legal process, to enter upon any premises of the Company and take possession of any of the Collateral and the books and records of the Company constituting Collateral or relating to the Collateral; (b) require the Company to assemble, at the Company’s expense, any and all of the Collateral at reasonably convenient location(s) designated by the Purchaser Representative, including the premises of the Company, and to make the same available to the Purchaser Representative and reasonably cooperate in all material respects in connection with the Purchaser Representative’s rights hereunder; and (c) to sell, lease, transfer, endorse, assign or deliver the whole or any part of the Collateral at any public or private sale.  Upon consummation of any such sale, the Purchaser Representative shall have the right to assign, transfer, endorse and deliver to the purchaser or purchasers thereof the Collateral or any portion thereof so sold.  Each such purchaser at any such sale shall hold the property sold absolutely free from any claim or right on the part of the Company.

 

The Company hereby irrevocably appoints the Purchaser Representative as its attorney-in-fact (which appointment shall be irrevocable and deemed coupled with an interest), with full authority in the place and stead of the Company and in the name of the Company or otherwise, from time to time after an Event of Default has occurred, to take any action and to execute any instrument which the Purchaser Representative may deem necessary or advisable to: (a) obtain and adjust insurance required to be paid to the Purchaser Representative pursuant to this Agreement, (b) ask, demand, collect, sue for, recover, compound, receive and give acquittance and receipts for moneys due and to become due under or in respect of any of the Collateral, (c) receive, endorse, and collect any drafts or other Instruments, Documents and Chattel Paper in connection with clause (a) or (b) above, (d) prepare, execute and file appropriate UCC financing statements, and (e) file any claims or take any action or institute any proceedings which the Purchaser Representative may deem necessary or desirable for the collection of any of the Collateral or the assignment or other transfer of the Collateral in connection with the exercise of the Purchaser Representative’s remedies hereunder.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, such appointment (other than the appointment in clause (d) above) shall be effective only upon an Event of Default and then only if and to the extent necessary to permit the Purchaser Representative the practical realization of rights and remedies granted hereunder.

 

The Purchaser Representative shall give the Company at least ten (10) days’ written notice (which the Company agrees is reasonable notification within meaning of the applicable sections of the UCC) of the Purchaser Representative’s intention to attempt to make any such public or private sale of Collateral.  Such notice, in the case of public sale, shall state the time and place for such sale (which may be on the premises of the Company).  Any public sale of any of the Collateral shall be held at such time or times within ordinary business hours and at such place or places as the Purchaser Representative may fix and so state in the notice of such sale.  At any such sale, the Collateral or any portion thereof may be sold in its entirety or in separate parcels, as determined by the Purchaser Representative (in its sole discretion).  The Purchaser Representative may, without any notice or publication, adjourn any public or private sale or cause the same to be adjourned from time to time by announcement at the time and place fixed for sale, and such sale may, without further notice, be made at the time and place to which the same was so adjourned.  As an alternative to exercising the power of sale herein conferred upon it, the Purchaser Representative may proceed by action at law or in equity to foreclose the security interest created under this Agreement and sell the Collateral or any portion thereof pursuant to judgment or decree of a court or courts having competent jurisdiction.

 



 

(b)                                 Disposition of Collateral.  The net proceeds realized by the Purchaser Representative upon any sale or other disposition, after deduction for any and all actual and reasonable expenses incurred in connection with the retaking, holding, preparing for sale or selling of the Collateral (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements) shall be applied toward satisfaction of the Obligations.  The Purchaser Representative shall pay to the Company any surplus realized upon such sale or other disposition.  The Company shall remain liable for any deficiency.  The commencement of any action, legal or equitable, or the rendering of any judgment or decree for any deficiency shall not affect the Purchaser Representative’s security interest in the Collateral.  The Company agrees that the Purchaser Representative shall not be under any obligation whatsoever at any time to collect, attempt to collect, protect or enforce its Collateral or any security therefor (which the Company agrees to do at its own expense), but the Purchaser Representative may do so in its sole discretion at any time after the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default and at such times the Purchaser Representative shall have the right to take any steps by judicial process or otherwise to enforce the Collateral or any security therefor.

 

(c)                                  Waiver of Notice.  The Company waives any and all rights to notice of any kind prior to the exercise by the Purchaser Representative of its rights to take possession of the Collateral without judicial process.

 

3.                                       Obligation to Pay Principal and Interest; Covenants.  No provision of this Note shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and interest on this Note at the place, at the respective times, at the rates, and in the currency herein prescribed.

 

4.                                       Covenants. (a)                  The Company covenants and agrees that it shall, while this Note is outstanding:

 

(i)                                     Pay and discharge all taxes, assessments and governmental charges or levies imposed upon it or upon its income and profits, or upon any properties belonging to it before the same shall be in default: provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to pay any such tax, assessment, charge or levy which is being contested in good faith by proper proceedings and adequate reserves for the accrual of same are maintained if required by generally accepted accounting principles;

 

(ii)                                  Preserve its corporate existence and continue to engage in business of the same general type as conducted as of the date hereof;

 

(iii)                               Comply in all respects with all statutes, laws, ordinances, orders, judgments, decrees, injunctions, rules, regulations, permits, licenses, authorizations and requirements (the “Requirements”) of all governmental bodies, departments, commissions, boards, companies or associates insuring the premises, courts, authorities, officials, or officers, which are applicable to the Company or its property; except wherein the failure to comply would not have a material adverse effect on the Company or its property; provided that nothing contained herein shall prevent the Company from contesting the validity or the application of any Requirements;

 

(iv)                              Preserve the value of the Collateral by using all possible efforts to challenge any claim that the Company’s patents infringe upon any patents held by a third party, promptly challenging any third party who files a patent which the Company believes infringe upon the Company’s patents and to make any necessary filings to prosecute the pending patent applications.  In the event that such steps are not taken to the satisfaction of the Investors, the Investors shall have the right (at the Company’s expense) to take all necessary steps to preserve the value of the Collateral; and

 

(v)                                 Shall not grant any party other than the Investors a security interest in any of the Collateral, except as specifically provided elsewhere in this Note.

 

(b)                                 The Investor hereby irrevocably reaffirms and consents, upon the occurrence of an Event of Default (as defined above), to the appointment of  Pali Capital Corporation as the Purchaser Representative and to the performance by the Purchaser Representative, in its sole and absolute discretion, of its duties hereunder.

 

(c)                                  The Company agrees to execute all necessary documents (to be prepared by the Holder or the Holder’s representatives) reasonably necessary to perfect the security interest granted herein, including filing the necessary U.C.C. filings (UCC-1) with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and any applicable international office and to cooperate in effectuating such filings.

 

5.                                       Repayment upon Certain Events and Right to Purchase Notes.

 

(a)                                  This Note shall be paid in full, without premium, in the event (and in each case within three (3) business days of the occurrence of such event) (a) the Company consolidates or merges with another corporation, unless (i) the Company shall be the surviving entity in such consolidation or merger or (ii) the other entity controls, is under common control with or is controlled by the Company immediately prior to the consolidation or merger whether or not the Company shall be the surviving entity in such consolidation or merger, in which event this Note shall remain outstanding as an obligation of the consolidated or surviving entity,  (b) the Company consummates a sale of all or substantially all of its assets or (c) the Company grants a security interest in the Collateral, except as specifically provided for elsewhere in this Note.

 

(b)                                 The Holder hereby grants to Summit Energy Ventures, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Summit”), the right (but not the obligation), exercisable in the sole discretion of Summit, to purchase this Note from the Holder at a price equal to the sum of the unpaid principal amount hereof plus accrued and unpaid interest, upon, (i) the occurrence of an Event of Default and the expiration of the cure period

 



 

provided for in section 1(a) above; and (ii) during the five days prior to the Maturity Date.  If Summit exercises its right to purchase this Note hereunder because of the occurrence of an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in Sections 1(a)(ii) or 1(a)(iv) above) or during the five-day period prior to the Maturity Date Summit may do so only upon giving the Purchaser Representative ten days’ prior notice.

 

The Holder represents to the Company that it is aware of the Company’s business affairs and financial condition, and has acquired sufficient information about the Company to reach an informed and knowledgeable decision to acquire this Note.. The Holder further represents that it is acquiring this Note for investment, for its own account only and not with a view to, or for resale in connection with, any “distribution” thereof within the meaning of the Securities Act.

 

7.                                       Usury Savings Clause. This Note is subject to the express condition that at no time shall the Company be obligated or required to pay interest at a rate which could subject the Holder to either civil or criminal liability as a result of being in excess of the maximum rate which  Company is permitted by law to agree to pay. If, by the terms of this Note, the Company is at any time required or obligated to pay interest on the outstanding balance at a rate in excess of such maximum rate, the rate of interest under this Note shall be deemed to be immediately reduced to such maximum rate and interest payable hereunder shall be computed at such maximum rate and the portion of all prior interest payments in excess of such maximum rate shall be applied and shall be deemed to have been payments in reduction of the outstanding balance.

 

8.                                       Required Consent.  The Company may not modify any of the terms of this Note without the prior written consent of the Holder.

 

9.                                       Liability for Deficiency.  The Company shall remain liable for any deficiency under the obligations resulting from a sale of the Collateral and shall pay any such deficiency forthwith on demand.

 

10.                                 Waiver.  Waiver of or acquiescence in any default by the Company, or failure of the Purchaser Representative to insist upon strict performance by the Company of any warranties or covenants in this Note, shall not constitute a waiver of any subsequent or other default or failure.

 

11.                                 Lost Documents.  Upon receipt by the Company of evidence satisfactory to it of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Note or any Note exchanged for it, and (in the case of loss, theft or destruction) of indemnity satisfactory to it, and upon reimbursement to the Company of all reasonable expenses incidental thereto, and upon surrender and cancellation of such Note, if mutilated, the Company will make and deliver in lieu of such Note a new Note of like tenor and unpaid principal amount and dated as of the original date of the Note.

 

12.                                 Miscellaneous.

 

(a)                                  Benefit.  This Note shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their legal representatives, successors and assigns.

 

(b)                                 Notices and Addresses.  All notices, offers, acceptances and any other acts under this Note (except payment) shall be in writing, and shall be sufficiently given if delivered to the addressee in person, by Federal Express or similar receipted delivery, by facsimile delivery or, if mailed, postage prepaid, by certified mail, return receipt requested, as follows:

 

If to Holder:

 

 

 

 

 

with a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):

 

Gersten, Savage, Kaplowitz, Wolf & Marcus, LLP

101 East 52nd Street

New York, NY 10022

 

Attention: Arthur S. Marcus, Esq.

 

Telephone:                                    (212) 752-9700

Facsimile:                                          (212) 980-5192

 



 

If to the Company, to:

 

Power Efficiency Corporation

3900 Paradise Road, Suite 283

Las Vegas, Nevada  89109

 

Attention:  Steven Strasser, CEO

 

Telephone:                                    (702) 697-0377

Facsimile:                                          (702) 697-0379

 

or to such other address as any of them, by notice to the others may designate from time to time.  Time shall be counted to, or from, as the case may be, the delivery in person or five (5) business days after mailing.

 

(c)                                  Governing Law.  This Note and any dispute, disagreement, or issue of construction or interpretation arising hereunder whether relating to its execution, its validity, the obligations provided therein or performance shall be governed and interpreted according to the law of the State of New York and agrees that service of process upon it mailed by certified mail to its address shall be deemed in every respect effective service of process upon it in any such suit, action or proceeding.

 

(d)                                 Jurisdiction and Venue.  The Company (i) agrees that any legal suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Note shall be instituted exclusively in New York State Supreme Court, County of New York or in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, (ii) waives any objection to the venue of any such suit, action or proceeding and the right to assert that such forum is not a convenient forum, and (iii) irrevocably consents to the jurisdiction of the New York State Supreme Court, County of New York, and the United States District Court  for the Southern District of New York in any such suit, action or proceeding, and the Company further agrees to accept and acknowledge service of any and all process which may be served in any such suit, action or proceeding in New York State Supreme Court, County of New York, or in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York and agrees that service of process upon it mailed by certified mail to its address shall be deemed in every respect effective service of process upon it in any such suit, action or proceeding.

 

(e)                                  Section Headings.  Section headings herein have been inserted for reference only and shall not be deemed to limit or otherwise affect, in any matter, or be deemed to interpret in whole or in part any of the terms or provisions of this Note.

 

(f)                                    Survival of Representations, Warranties and Agreements.  The representations, warranties and agreements contained herein shall survive the delivery of this Note.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Note has been executed and delivered on the date specified above by the duly authorized representative of the Company.

 

 

POWER EFFICIENCY CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

 

HOLDER

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

Name:

 

 

 


EX-3.1 3 a04-12532_1ex3d1.htm EX-3.1

Exhibit 3.1

 

THIS WARRANT AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND MAY NOT BE SOLD, OFFERED FOR SALE, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF, UNLESS REGISTERED PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE SECURITIES ACT OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL IS OBTAINED STATING THAT SUCH DISPOSITION IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM SUCH REGISTRATION.

October         2004

 

POWER EFFICENCY CORPORATION

Warrant for the Purchase of Shares of Common Stock

No. W-E(1)

 

For value received, this Warrant is hereby issued by Power Efficiency Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), to                                               (the “Holder”).  Subject to the provisions of this Warrant, the Company hereby grants to Holder the right to purchase from the Company 115,385 fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock, at a price of $0.65 per share (the “Exercise Price”).

 

The term “Common Stock” means the Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company.  The number of shares of Common Stock to be received upon the exercise of this Warrant may be adjusted from time to time as hereinafter set forth.  The shares of Common Stock deliverable upon such exercise, and as adjusted from time to time, are hereinafter referred to as “Warrant Stock.”

 

The Holder agrees with the Company that this Warrant is issued, and all the rights hereunder shall be held, subject to all of the conditions, limitations and provisions set forth herein.

 

1.                                       Exercise of Warrant.  Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, this Warrant may be exercised in whole or in part, pursuant to the procedures provided below, at any time on or before the earlier of (i) 5:00 p.m., Eastern time, on October    , 2009 (the “Expiration Date”) or, if such day is a day on which banking institutions in New York are authorized by law to close, then on the next succeeding day that shall not be such a day.  To exercise this Warrant the Holder shall present and surrender this Warrant to the Company at its principal office, with the Warrant Exercise Form attached hereto duly executed by the Holder and accompanied by payment in cash, wire transfer or by check, payable to the order of the Company, of the aggregate Exercise Price for the total aggregate number of shares for which this Warrant is exercised.  Upon receipt by the Company of this Warrant, together with the executed Warrant Exercise Form and payment of the Exercise Price for the shares to be acquired, in proper form for exercise, and subject to the Holder’s compliance with all requirements of this Warrant for the exercise hereof, the Holder shall be deemed to be the holder of record of the shares of Common Stock issuable upon such exercise, notwithstanding that the stock transfer books of the Company shall then be closed or that certificates representing such shares of Common Stock shall not then be actually delivered to the Holder; provided, however, that no exercise of this Warrant shall be effective, and the Company shall have no obligation to issue any Common Stock to the Holder upon any attempted exercise of this Warrant, unless the Holder shall have first delivered to the Company, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Company, appropriate representations so as to provide the Company reasonable assurances that the securities issuable upon exercise may be issued without violation of the registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws, including without limitation representations that the Holder is familiar with the Company and its business and financial condition and has had an opportunity to ask questions and receive documents relating thereto to his reasonable satisfaction.

 

2.                                       Reservation of Shares. The Company will at all times reserve for issuance and delivery upon exercise of this Warrant all shares of Common Stock from time to time receivable upon exercise of this Warrant.  All such shares shall be duly authorized and, when issued upon such exercise, shall be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and free of all preemptive rights.

 

3.                                       Fractional Shares.  No fractional shares or scrip representing fractional shares shall be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant, but the Company shall pay the Holder an amount equal to the Fair Market Value (as defined below) of such fractional share of Common Stock in lieu of each fraction of a share otherwise called for upon any exercise of this Warrant.

 

4.                                       Redemption at Option of Company.  This Warrant is subject to redemption, at the option of the Company upon thirty days advance notice by the Company to the Holder, for $0.01 per Warrant Share, if: (i) the Warrant Shares have been registered for sale under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or are otherwise available for resale under a Rule 144 exemption; and (iii) the average closing price of the Common Stock during the ten consecutive trading days prior to the giving of notice to the Holder equals or exceeds $1.65 per share.  The Holder shall have the right to exercise this Warrant, in whole or in part, following receipt of such notice of redemption and prior to the date fixed for redemption of this Warrant.

 

5.                                       Registration Rights.                                      The Company shall register the Warrant Shares in a Form SB-2 registration statement that the Company will file with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

6.                                       Assignment or Loss of Warrant.  Subject to the transfer restrictions herein (including Section 9), upon surrender of this Warrant to the Company or at the office of its stock transfer agent, if any, with the Assignment Form annexed hereto duly executed and funds sufficient to pay any transfer tax, the Company shall, without charge, execute and deliver a new Warrant in the name of the assignee named in such instrument of assignment and this Warrant shall promptly be canceled.  Upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory

 



 

to it of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant, and of reasonably satisfactory indemnification by the Holder, and upon surrender and cancellation of this Warrant, if mutilated, the Company shall execute and deliver a replacement Warrant of like tenor and date.

 

7.                                       Rights of the Holder.  The Holder shall not, by virtue hereof, be entitled to any rights of a stockholder in the Company, either at law or in equity, and the rights of the Holder are limited to those expressed in this Warrant.

 

8.                                       Adjustments.

 

8.1                                 Adjustment for Recapitalization.  If the Company shall at any time after the date of issuance (the “Base Date”) subdivide its outstanding shares of Common Stock by recapitalization, reclassification or split-up thereof, the number of shares of Common Stock subject to this Warrant immediately prior to such subdivision shall be proportionately increased, and if the Company shall at any time after the Base Date combine the outstanding shares of Common Stock by recapitalization, reclassification or combination thereof, the number of shares of Common Stock subject to this Warrant immediately prior to such combination shall be proportionately decreased.  Any such adjustment and adjustment to the Exercise Price pursuant to this Section 8.1 shall be effective at the close of business on the effective date of such subdivision or combination.

 

Whenever the number of shares of Common Stock purchasable upon the exercise of this Warrant is adjusted, as provided in this Section 8.1, the Exercise Price shall be adjusted to the nearest cent by multiplying such Exercise Price immediately prior to such adjustment by a fraction (x) the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock purchasable upon the exercise immediately prior to such adjustment, and (y) the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock so purchasable immediately thereafter.

 

8.2                                 Adjustment for Reorganization, Consolidation, Merger, Etc.  In case of any reorganization of the Company after the Base Date or in case after such date the Company shall consolidate with or merge into another corporation or convey all or substantially all of its assets to another corporation, then, and in each such case, the Holder of this Warrant upon the exercise thereof as provided in Section 1 at any time after the consummation of such reorganization, consolidation, merger or conveyance, shall be entitled to receive, in lieu of the securities and property receivable upon the exercise of this Warrant prior to such consummation, the securities or property to which such Holder would have been entitled upon such consummation if such Holder had exercised this Warrant immediately prior thereto; in each such case, the terms of this Warrant shall be applicable to the securities or property receivable upon the exercise of this Warrant after such consummation.

 

8.3                                 Certificate as to Adjustments.  The adjustments provided in this Section 8 shall be interpreted and applied by the Company in such a fashion so as to reasonably preserve the applicability and benefits of this Warrant (but not to increase or diminish the benefits hereunder).  In each case of an adjustment in the number of shares of Common Stock receivable on the exercise of the Warrant, the Company at its expense will promptly compute such adjustment in accordance with the terms of the Warrant and prepare a certificate executed by two executive officers of the Company setting forth such adjustment and showing in detail the facts upon which such adjustment is based. The Company will forthwith mail a copy of each such certificate to each Holder.

 

8.4                                 Notices of Record Date, Etc.  In the event that:

 

(a)                                  the Company authorizes the granting to Common Stock holders of any right to subscribe for, purchase or otherwise acquire any shares of stock of any class or any other securities; or

 

(b)                                 the Company authorizes any capital reorganization of the Company, any reclassification of the capital stock of the Company, any consolidation or merger of the Company with or into another corporation, or any conveyance of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company to another corporation or entity; or

 

(a)                                  the Company authorizes any voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Company, then, and in each such case, the Company shall mail or cause to be mailed to the holder of this Warrant at the time outstanding a notice specifying, as the case may be, (i) the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of such right, and stating the amount and character of such right, or (ii) the date on which such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, conveyance, dissolution, liquidation or winding up is to take place, and the time, if any is to be fixed, as to which the holders of record of Common Stock shall be entitled to exchange their shares of Common Stock for securities or other property deliverable upon such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, conveyance, dissolution, liquidation or winding up.  Such notice shall be mailed at least twenty (20) days prior to the date therein specified.

 

8.5                                 No Impairment.  The Company will not, by any voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms to be observed or performed hereunder by the Company, but will at all times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all the provisions of this Section 8 and in the taking of all such action as may be necessary or appropriate in order to protect the rights of the Holder of this Warrant against impairment.

 

9.                                       Transfer to Comply with the Securities Act.  This Warrant and any Warrant Stock may not be sold, transferred, pledged, hypothecated or otherwise disposed of except as follows:  (a) to a person who, in the opinion of counsel to the Company, is a person to whom this Warrant or the Warrant Stock may legally be transferred without registration and without the delivery of a current prospectus under the Securities Act with respect thereto and then only against receipt of an agreement of such person to comply with the provisions of this Section 9 with respect to any resale or other disposition of such securities; or (b) to any person upon delivery of a prospectus then meeting the requirements of the Securities Act relating to such securities and the offering thereof for such sale or disposition, and thereafter to all successive assignees.

 



 

10.                                 Legend.  Unless the shares of Warrant Stock have been registered under the Securities Act, upon exercise of any of the Warrants and the issuance of any of the shares of Warrant Stock, all certificates representing shares shall bear on the face thereof substantially the following legend:

 

The securities represented by this certificate have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and may not be sold, offered for sale, assigned, transferred or otherwise disposed of, unless registered pursuant to the provisions of that Act or unless an opinion of counsel to the Corporation is obtained stating that such disposition is in compliance with an available exemption from such registration.

 

11.                                 Notices. All notices required hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed given when telegraphed, delivered personally or within two days after mailing when mailed by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, to the Company or the Holder, as the case may be, for whom such notice is intended, if to the Holder, at the address of such party shown on the books of the Company, or if to the Company, at the address set forth on the signature page hereof, Attn: President, or at such other address of which the Company or the Holder has been advised by notice hereunder.

 

12.                                 Applicable Law.  The Warrant is issued under and shall for all purposes be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to the conflict of laws provisions of such State.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be signed on its behalf, in its corporate name, by its duly authorized officer, all as of the day and year first above written.

 

 

POWER EFFICIENCY CORPORATION

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

Title:

 

Power Efficiency Corporation

 

3900 Paradise Road, Suite 283

 

Las Vegas, NV 89109

 



 

WARRANT EXERCISE FORM

 

The undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to (i) exercise the within Warrant to purchase                      shares of the Common Stock of Power Efficiency Corporation a Delaware corporation, pursuant to the provisions of Section 1 of the attached Warrant, and hereby makes payment of $                     in payment therefore. The undersigned’s execution of this form constitutes the undersigned’s agreement to all the terms of the Warrant and to comply therewith.

 

 

 

 

 

Signature

 

 

Print Name:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Signature, if jointly held

 

 

Print Name:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date

 

 



 

ASSIGNMENT FORM

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED                                                    (“Assignor”) hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto                                                     (“Assignee”) all of Assignor’s right, title and interest in, to and under Warrant No. W-         issued by  Power Efficiency Corporation dated                         .

 

DATED:

 

 

 

 

ASSIGNOR:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Signature

 

Print Name:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Signature, if jointly held

 

Print Name:

 

 

 

ASSIGNEE:

The undersigned agrees to all of the terms of the Warrant and to comply therewith.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Signature

 

Print Name:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Signature, if jointly held

 

Print Name:

 


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