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Exhibit
4.5
SEQUIAM
CORPORATION
CERTIFICATE
OF DETERMINATION OF PREFERENCES,
RIGHTS
AND LIMITATIONS
OF
SERIES
A 9% CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK
PURSUANT
TO SECTION 401 OF THE
CALIFORNIA
GENERAL CORPORATION LAW
The
undersigned, Nicholas VandenBrekel and Mark L. Mroczkowski, do hereby certify
that:
1.
They are the President and Secretary, respectively, of Sequiam
Corporation, a California corporation (the “Corporation”).
2.
The Corporation is authorized to issue 50,000,000 shares of preferred stock,
none of which have been issued.
3.
The number of shares of Series A preferred stock shall be 1,575
shares.
4.
The following resolutions were duly adopted by the Board of
Directors:
WHEREAS,
the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation provides for a class of
its
authorized stock known as preferred stock, comprised of 50,000,000 shares,
$0.001 par value, issuable from time to time in one or more series;
WHEREAS,
the Board of Directors of the Corporation is authorized to fix the dividend
rights, dividend rate, voting rights, conversion rights, rights and terms of
redemption and liquidation preferences of any wholly unissued series of
preferred stock and the number of shares constituting any series and the
Determination thereof, of any of them; and
WHEREAS,
it is the desire of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, pursuant to
its
authority as aforesaid, to fix the rights, preferences, restrictions and other
matters relating to a series of the preferred stock, which shall consist of
1,575 shares of the Series A preferred stock which the Corporation has the
authority to issue, as follows:
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Directors does hereby provide
for
the issuance of a series of preferred stock for cash or exchange of other
securities, rights or property and does hereby fix and determine the rights,
preferences, restrictions and other matters relating to such series of preferred
stock as follows:
TERMS
OF PREFERRED STOCK
Section
1. Definitions.
Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein that are defined in
the
Purchase Agreement shall have the meanings given such terms in the Purchase
Agreement. For the purposes hereof, the following terms shall have the following
meanings:
“Alternate
Consideration”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 7(e).
“Bankruptcy
Event”
means
any of the following events: (a) the Corporation or any Significant Subsidiary
(as such term is defined in Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X, as promulgated
by
the Securities and Exchange Commission) thereof commences a case or other
proceeding under any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment of
debt, relief of debtors, dissolution, insolvency or liquidation or similar
law
of any jurisdiction relating to the Corporation or any Significant Subsidiary
thereof; (b) there is commenced against the Corporation or any Significant
Subsidiary thereof any such case or proceeding that is not dismissed within
60
days after commencement; (c) the Corporation or any Significant Subsidiary
thereof is adjudicated insolvent or bankrupt or any order of relief or other
order approving any such case or proceeding is entered; (d) the Corporation
or
any Significant Subsidiary thereof suffers any appointment of any custodian
or
the like for it or any substantial part of its property that is not discharged
or stayed within 60 days; (e) the Corporation or any Significant Subsidiary
thereof makes a general assignment for the benefit of creditors; (f) the
Corporation or any Significant Subsidiary thereof calls a meeting of its
creditors with a view to arranging a composition, adjustment or restructuring
of
its debts; or (g) the Corporation or any Significant Subsidiary thereof, by
any
act or failure to act, expressly indicates its consent to, approval of or
acquiescence in any of the foregoing or takes any corporate or other action
for
the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing.
“Base
Conversion Price”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 7(b).
“Buy-In”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 6(e)(iii).
“Change
of Control Transaction”
means
the occurrence after the date hereof of any of (i) an acquisition after the
date
hereof by an individual or legal entity or “group” (as described in Rule
13d-5(b)(1) promulgated under the Exchange Act) of effective control (whether
through legal or beneficial ownership of capital stock of the Corporation,
by
contract or otherwise) of in excess of 40% of the voting securities of the
Corporation, or (ii) the Corporation merges into or consolidates with any other
Person, or any Person merges into or consolidates with the Corporation and,
after giving effect to such transaction, the stockholders of the Corporation
immediately prior to such transaction own less than 60% of the aggregate voting
power of the Corporation or the successor entity of such transaction, or (iii)
the Corporation sells or transfers its assets, as an entirety or substantially
as an entirety, to another Person and the stockholders of the Corporation
immediately prior to such transaction own less than 60% of the aggregate voting
power of the acquiring entity immediately after the transaction, (iv) a
replacement at one time or within a one year period of more than one-half of
the
members of the Corporation’s board of directors which is not approved by a
majority of those individuals who are members of the board of directors on
the
date hereof (or by those individuals who are serving as members of the board
of
directors on any date whose nomination to the board of directors was approved
by
a majority of the members of the board of directors who are members on the
date
hereof), or (v) the execution by the Corporation of an agreement to which the
Corporation is a party or by which it is bound, providing for any of the events
set forth above in (i) through (iv).
“Closing
Date”
means
the Trading Day when all of the Transaction Documents have been executed and
delivered by the applicable parties thereto, and all conditions precedent to
(i)
the Holders’ obligations to pay for the Preferred Stock and (ii) the
Corporation’s obligations to deliver the Securities have been satisfied or
waived.
“Commission”
means
the Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Common
Stock”
means
the Corporation’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share, and stock of any
other class of securities into which such securities may hereafter have been
reclassified or changed into.
“Common
Stock Equivalents”
means
any securities of the Corporation or the Subsidiaries which would entitle the
holder thereof to acquire at any time Common Stock, including, without
limitation, any debt, preferred stock, rights, options, warrants or other
instrument that is at any time convertible into or exchangeable for, or
otherwise entitles the holder thereof to receive, Common Stock.
“Conversion
Amount”
means
the sum of the Stated Value at issue.
“Conversion
Date”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 6(a).
“Conversion
Price”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 6(b).
“Conversion
Shares”
means,
collectively, the shares of Common Stock into which the shares of Preferred
Stock are convertible in accordance with the terms hereof.
“Conversion
Shares Registration Statement”
means
a
registration statement that meets the requirements of the Registration Rights
Agreement and registers the resale of all Conversion Shares by the Holder,
who
shall be named as a “selling stockholder” thereunder, all as provided in the
Registration Rights Agreement.
“Dilutive
Issuance”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 7(b).
“Dilutive
Issuance Notice”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 7(b).
“Dividend
Payment Date”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 3(a).
“Dividend
Share Amount”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 3(a).
“Effective
Date”
means
the date that the Conversion Shares Registration Statement is declared effective
by the Commission.
“Equity
Conditions”
shall
mean, during the period in question, (i) the Corporation shall have duly honored
all conversions scheduled to occur or occurring by virtue of one or more Notices
of Conversion of the Holder on or prior to the dates so requested or required,
if any, (ii) all liquidated damages and other amounts owing to the Holder in
respect of the Preferred Stock shall have been paid, (iii) there is an effective
Conversion Shares Registration Statement pursuant to which the Holder is
permitted to utilize the prospectus thereunder to resell all of the shares
of
Common Stock issuable pursuant to the Transaction Documents (and the Corporation
believes, in good faith, that such effectiveness will continue uninterrupted
for
the foreseeable future), (iv) the Common Stock is trading on the Trading Market
and all of the shares issuable pursuant to the Transaction Documents are listed
for trading on a Trading Market (and the Corporation believes, in good faith,
that trading of the Common Stock on a Trading Market will continue uninterrupted
for the foreseeable future), (v) there is a sufficient number of authorized
but
unissued and otherwise unreserved shares of Common Stock for the issuance of
all
of the shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to the Transaction Documents,
(vi) there is then existing no Triggering Event or event which, with the passage
of time or the giving of notice, would constitute a Triggering Event, (vii)
the
issuance of the shares in question to the Holder would not violate the
limitations set forth in Section 6(c), (viii) no public announcement of a
pending or proposed Fundamental Transaction, Change of Control Transaction
or
acquisition transaction has occurred that has not been consummated and (ix)
for
a period of 10 consecutive Trading Days prior to the applicable date in
question, the daily trading volume for the Common Stock on the Trading Market
exceeds 250,000 shares per Trading Day (subject to adjustment for forward and
reverse stock splits and the like).
“Exchange
Act”
means
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder.
“Exempt
Issuance”
means
the issuance of (a) shares of Common Stock or options to employees, officers
or
directors of the Corporation pursuant to any stock or option plan duly adopted
by a majority of the Board of Directors of the Corporation or a majority of
the
members of a committee of non-employee directors established for such purpose,
(b) securities upon the exercise of or conversion of any securities issued
hereunder, convertible securities, options or warrants issued and outstanding
on
the date of the Purchase Agreement, provided that such securities have not
been
amended since the date of the Purchase Agreement to increase the number of
such
securities or to decrease the exercise or conversion price of any such
securities, and (c) securities issued pursuant to acquisitions or strategic
transactions approved by a majority of the disinterested directors, provided
any
such issuance shall only be to a Person which is, itself or through its
subsidiaries, an operating company in a business synergistic with the business
of the Corporation and in which the Corporation receives benefits in addition
to
the investment of funds, but shall not include a transaction in which the
Corporation is issuing securities primarily for the purpose of raising capital
or to an entity whose primary business is investing in
securities.
“Forced
Conversion Amount”
shall
mean (i) the greater of (A) 20% of the aggregate Stated Value of all Preferred
Stock then outstanding or (B) 25% of the aggregate dollar trading volume of
the
Common Stock for the 15 Trading Days immediately prior to the Forced Conversion
Date, (ii) accrued but unpaid dividends and (iii) all liquidated damages and
other amounts due in respect of the Preferred Stock.
“Forced
Conversion Date”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 8(a).
“Forced
Conversion Notice”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 8(a).
“Forced
Conversion Notice Date”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 8(a).
“Fundamental
Transaction”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 7(e).
“Holder”
shall
have the meaning given such term in Section 2.
“Junior
Securities”
means
the Common Stock and all other equity or equity equivalent securities of the
Corporation other than those securities which are explicitly senior or pari
passu in rights or liquidation preference to the Preferred Stock.
“Liquidation”
shall
have the meaning given such term in Section 5.
“New
York Courts”
shall
have the meaning given such term in Section 11(d).
“Notice
of Conversion”
shall
have the meaning given such term in Section 6(a).
“Original
Issue Date”
shall
mean the date of the first issuance of any shares of the Preferred Stock
regardless of the number of transfers of any particular shares of Preferred
Stock and regardless of the number of certificates which may be issued to
evidence such Preferred Stock.
“Optional
Redemption”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 8(b).
“Optional
Redemption Amount”
shall
mean the sum of (i) 100% of the aggregate Stated Value then outstanding, (ii)
accrued but unpaid dividends and (iii) all liquidated damages and other amounts
due in respect of the Preferred Stock.
“Optional
Redemption Date”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 8(b).
“Optional
Redemption Notice”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 8(b).
“Optional
Redemption Notice Date”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 8(b).
“Permitted
Indebtedness”
shall
mean (a) the
Indebtedness existing on the Original Issue Date and set forth on Schedule
3.1(gg)
attached
to the Purchase Agreement and (b) lease obligations and purchase money
Indebtedness of up to $1,000,000, in the aggregate, incurred in connection
with
the acquisition of capital assets and lease obligations with respect to newly
acquired or leased assets.
“Permitted
Lien”
shall
mean the individual and collective reference to the following: (a) Liens for
taxes, assessments and other governmental charges or levies not yet due or
Liens
for taxes, assessments and other governmental charges or levies being contested
in good faith and by appropriate proceedings for which adequate reserves (in
the
good faith judgment of the management of the Corporation) have been established
in accordance with GAAP, (b) Liens imposed by law which were incurred in the
ordinary course of business, such as carriers’, warehousemen’s and mechanics’
Liens, statutory landlords’ Liens, and other similar Liens arising in the
ordinary course of business, and (x) which do not individually or in the
aggregate materially detract from the value of such property or assets or
materially impair the use thereof in the operation of the business of the
Corporation and its consolidated Subsidiaries or (y) which are being contested
in good faith by appropriate proceedings, which proceedings have the effect
of
preventing the forfeiture or sale of the property or asset subject to such
Lien
and (c) Liens incurred in connection with Permitted Indebtedness under clause
(b) thereunder provided that such Liens are not secured by assets of the
Corporation or its Subsidiaries other than the assets so acquired or
leased.
“Person”
means
a
corporation, an association, a partnership, an organization, a business, an
individual, a government or political subdivision thereof or a governmental
agency.
“Preferred
Stock”
shall
have the meaning given such term in Section 2.
“Purchase
Agreement”
means
the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of the Original Issue Date, to
which
the Corporation and the original Holders are parties, as amended, modified
or
supplemented from time to time in accordance with its terms.
“Purchasers”
means
the Series A preferred stockholders.
“Registration
Rights Agreement”
means
the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of the date of the Purchase
Agreement, to which the Corporation 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, and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder.
“Share
Delivery Date”
shall
have the meaning given such term in Section 6(e).
“Stated
Value”
shall
have the meaning given such term in Section 2.
“Subsidiary”
shall
have the meaning given to such term in the Purchase Agreement.
“Three
Year Redemption”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 8(c).
“Three
Year Redemption Date”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 8(c).
“Three
Year Redemption Amount”
shall
mean the sum of (i) 100% of the aggregate Stated Value then outstanding, (ii)
accrued but unpaid dividends and (iii) all liquidated damages and other amounts
due in respect of the Preferred Stock
“Threshold
Period”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 8(a).
“Trading
Day”
means
a
day on which the Common Stock is traded on a Trading Market.
“Trading
Market”
means
the following markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted
for trading on the date in question: the Nasdaq SmallCap Market, the American
Stock Exchange, the New York Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq National Market or
the
OTC Bulletin Board.
“Transaction
Documents”
shall
have the meaning set forth in the Purchase Agreement.
“Triggering
Event”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 9(a).
“Triggering
Redemption Amount”
for
each share of Preferred Stock means the sum of (i) the greater of (A) 130%
of
the Stated Value and (B) the product of (a) the VWAP on the Trading Day
immediately preceding the date of the Triggering Event and (b) the Stated Value
divided by the then Conversion Price, (ii) all accrued but unpaid dividends
thereon and (iii) all liquidated damages and other amounts due in respect of
the
Preferred Stock.
“Triggering
Redemption Payment Date”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 9(b).
“VWAP”
means,
for any date, the price determined by the first of the following clauses that
applies: (a) if the Common Stock is then listed or quoted on a Trading Market,
the daily volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or
the nearest preceding date) on the Trading Market on which the Common Stock
is
then listed or quoted as reported by Bloomberg Financial L.P. (based on a
Trading Day from 9:30 a.m. Eastern Time to 4:02 p.m. Eastern Time); (b) if
the
Common Stock is not then listed or quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board and if
prices for the Common Stock are then reported in the “Pink Sheets” published by
the Pink Sheets, LLC (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its
functions of reporting prices), the most recent bid price per share of the
Common Stock so reported; or (c) in all other cases, the fair market value
of a
share of Common Stock as determined by an independent appraiser selected in
good
faith by the Purchasers and reasonably acceptable to the Corporation, each
as
approved by the Board of Directors of the Corporaion.
Section
2. Determination,
Amount and Par Value.
The
series of preferred stock shall be designated as its Series A 9% Convertible
Preferred Stock (the “Preferred
Stock”)
and
the number of shares so designated shall be 1,575 (which shall not be subject
to
increase without the consent of all of the holders of the Preferred Stock (each,
a “Holder”
and
collectively, the “Holders”)).
Each
share of Preferred Stock shall have a par value of $.001 per share and a stated
value equal to $1,000 subject to increase set forth in Section 3(a) below (the
“Stated
Value”).
Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning given
such
terms in Section 1 hereof.
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a)
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Dividends
in Cash or in Kind.
Holders shall be entitled to receive and the Corporation shall pay,
cumulative dividends at the rate per share (as a percentage of the
Stated
Value per share) of 9% per annum (subject to increase pursuant to
Section
9(b)),
payable semiannually on January 1 and July 1, beginning with the
first
such date after the Original Issue Date and on any Conversion Date
(except
that, if such date is not a Trading Day, the payment date shall be
the
next succeeding Trading Day) (“Dividend
Payment Date”)
in cash or duly authorized, fully paid and non-assessable shares
of Common
Stock as set forth in this Section 3(a), or a combination thereof
(the
amount to be paid in share of Common Stock, the “Dividend
Share Amount”).
The form of dividend payments to each Holder shall be made in the
following order: (i) if funds are legally available for the payment
of
dividends and the Equity Conditions have not been met during the
10
Trading Days immediately prior to the applicable Dividend Payment
Date, in
cash only, (ii) if funds are legally available for the payment of
dividends and the Equity Conditions have been met during the 10
consecutive Trading Days immediately prior to the applicable Dividend
Payment Date, at the sole election of the Corporation, in cash or
shares
of Common Stock which shall be valued solely for such purpose at
90% of
the average of the VWAPs for the 10 consecutive Trading Days ending
on the
Trading Day that is immediately prior to the Dividend Payment Date;
(iii)
if funds are not legally available for the payment of dividends and
the
Equity Conditions have been met during the 10 consecutive Trading
Days
immediately prior to the applicable Dividend Payment Date, in shares
of
Common Stock which shall be valued at 90% of the average of the VWAPs
for
the 10 consecutive Trading Days ending on the Trading Day that is
immediately prior to the Dividend Payment Date; (iv) if funds are
not
legally available for the payment of dividends and the Equity Conditions
relating to registration have been waived by such Holder, as to such
Holder only, in unregistered shares of Common Stock which shall be
valued
at 90% of the average of the VWAPs for the 10 consecutive Trading
Days
ending on the Trading Day that is immediately prior to the Dividend
Payment Date; and (v) if funds are not legally available for the
payment
of dividends and the Equity Conditions have not been met during the
10
Trading Days immediately prior to the applicable Dividend Payment
Date,
then, at the election of such Holder, such dividends shall accrue
to the
next Dividend Payment Date or shall be accreted to, and increase,
the
outstanding Stated Value. The Holders shall have the same rights
and
remedies with respect to the delivery of any such shares as if such
shares
were being issued pursuant to Section 6. On the Closing Date the
Corporation shall have notified the Holders whether or not it may
lawfully
pay cash dividends. The Corporation shall promptly notify the Holders
at
any time the Corporation shall become able or unable, as the case
may be,
to lawfully pay cash dividends. If at any time the Corporation has
the
right to pay dividends in cash or Common Stock, the Corporation must
provide the Holder with at least 20 Trading Days’ notice of its election
to pay a regularly scheduled dividend in Common Stock. Dividends
on the
Preferred Stock shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year,
shall
accrue daily commencing on the Original Issue Date, and shall be
deemed to
accrue from such date whether or not earned or declared and whether
or not
there are profits, surplus or other funds of the Corporation legally
available for the payment of dividends. Except as otherwise provided
herein, if at any time the Corporation pays dividends partially in
cash
and partially in shares, then such payment shall be distributed ratably
among the Holders based upon the number of shares of Preferred Stock
held
by each Holder. Any dividends, whether paid in cash or shares, that
are
not paid within three Trading Days following a Dividend Payment Date
shall
continue to accrue and shall entail a late fee, which must be paid
in
cash, at the rate of 18% per annum or the lesser rate permitted by
applicable law (such fees to accrue daily, from the Dividend Payment
Date
through and including the date of payment). At any time the Corporation
delivers a notice to the Holders of its election to pay the dividends
in
shares of Common Stock, the Corporation shall file a prospectus supplement
pursuant to Rule 424 disclosing such
election.
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b)
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So
long as any Preferred Stock shall remain outstanding, neither the
Corporation nor any Subsidiary thereof shall redeem, purchase or
otherwise
acquire directly or indirectly any Junior Securities. So long as
any
Preferred Stock shall remain outstanding, neither the Corporation
nor any
Subsidiary thereof shall directly or indirectly pay or declare any
dividend or make any distribution (other than a dividend or distribution
described in Section 6 or dividends due and paid in the ordinary
course on
preferred stock of the Corporation at such times when the Corporation
is
in compliance with its payment and other obligations hereunder) upon,
nor
shall any distribution be made in respect of, any Junior Securities
so
long as any dividends due on the Preferred Stock remain unpaid, nor
shall
any monies be set aside for or applied to the purchase or redemption
(through a sinking fund or otherwise) of any Junior Securities or
shares
pari passu with the Preferred
Stock.
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c)
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The
Corporation acknowledges and agrees that the capital of the Corporation
in
respect of the Preferred Stock and any future issuances of the
Corporation’s capital stock shall be equal to the aggregate par value of
such Preferred Stock or capital stock, as the case may be, and that,
on or
after the date of the Purchase Agreement, it shall not increase the
capital of the Corporation with respect to any shares of the Corporation’s
capital stock issued and outstanding on such date. The Corporation
also
acknowledges and agrees that it shall not create any special reserves
without the prior written consent of each
Holder.
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Section
4. Voting
Rights.
Except
as otherwise provided herein and as otherwise required by law, the Preferred
Stock shall have no voting rights. However, so long as any shares of Preferred
Stock are outstanding, the Corporation shall not, without the affirmative vote
of 75% of the Holders of the shares of the Preferred Stock then outstanding,
(a)
alter or change adversely the powers, preferences or rights given to the
Preferred Stock or alter or amend this Certificate of Determination, (b)
authorize or create any class of stock ranking as to dividends, redemption
or
distribution of assets upon a Liquidation (as defined in Section 5) senior
to or
otherwise pari passu with the Preferred Stock, (c) amend its certificate of
incorporation or other charter documents so as to affect adversely any rights
of
the Holders, (d) increase the authorized number of shares of Preferred Stock,
or
(e) enter into any agreement with respect to the foregoing.
Section
5. Liquidation.
Upon
any liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Corporation, whether voluntary
or involuntary (a “Liquidation”),
the
Holders shall be entitled to receive out of the assets of the Corporation,
whether such assets are capital or surplus, for each share of Preferred Stock
an
amount equal to the Stated Value per share plus any accrued and unpaid dividends
thereon and any other fees or liquidated damages owing thereon before any
distribution or payment shall be made to the holders of any Junior Securities,
and if the assets of the Corporation shall be insufficient to pay in full such
amounts, then the entire assets to be distributed to the Holders shall be
distributed among the Holders ratably in accordance with the respective amounts
that would be payable on such shares if all amounts payable thereon were paid
in
full. A Fundamental Transaction or Change of Control Transaction shall not
be
treated as a Liquidation. The Corporation shall mail written notice of any
such
Liquidation, not less than 45 days prior to the payment date stated therein,
to
each record Holder.
a)
Conversions
at Option of Holder.
Each
share of Preferred Stock shall be convertible into that number of shares of
Common Stock (subject to the limitations set forth in Section 6(c)) determined
by dividing the Stated Value of such share of Preferred Stock by the Conversion
Price, at the option of the Holder, at any time and from time to time from
and
after the Original Issue Date. Holders shall effect conversions by providing
the
Corporation with the form of conversion notice attached hereto as Annex
A
and
which is incorporated by reference as if fully set forth herein (a “Notice
of Conversion”).
Each
Notice of Conversion shall specify the number of shares of Preferred Stock
to be
converted, the number of shares of Preferred Stock owned prior to the conversion
at issue, the number of shares of Preferred Stock owned subsequent to the
conversion at issue and the date on which such conversion is to be effected,
which date may not be prior to the date the Holder delivers such Notice of
Conversion to the Corporation by facsimile (the “Conversion
Date”).
If no
Conversion Date is specified in a Notice of Conversion, the Conversion Date
shall be the date that such Notice of Conversion to the Corporation is deemed
delivered hereunder. The calculations and entries set forth in the Notice of
Conversion shall control in the absence of manifest or mathematical error.
To
effect conversions, as the case may be, of shares of Preferred Stock, a Holder
shall not be required to surrender the certificate(s) representing such shares
of Preferred Stock to the Corporation unless all of the shares of Preferred
Stock represented thereby are so converted, in which case the Holder shall
deliver the certificate representing such share of Preferred Stock promptly
following the Conversion Date at issue. Shares of Preferred Stock converted
into
Common Stock or redeemed in accordance with the terms hereof shall be canceled
and may not be reissued.
b)
Conversion
Price.
The
conversion price for the Preferred Stock shall equal $0.21
the
“Conversion
Price”),
subject to adjustment herein.
c)
Beneficial
Ownership Limitation. The
Corporation shall not effect any conversion of the Preferred Stock, and a Holder
shall not have the right to convert any portion of the Preferred Stock to the
extent that after giving effect to such conversion, such Holder (together with
such Holder’s affiliates, and any other person or entity acting as a group
together with such Holder or any of such Holder’s affiliates), as set forth on
the applicable Notice of Conversion, would beneficially own in excess of 4.99%
of the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving
effect to such conversion. For purposes of the foregoing sentence, the
number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by such Holder and its
affiliates shall include the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon
conversion of the Preferred Stock with respect to which the determination of
such sentence is being made, but shall exclude the number of shares of Common
Stock which would be issuable upon (A) conversion of the remaining, nonconverted
Stated Value of Preferred Stock beneficially owned by such Holder or any of
its
affiliates and (B) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or nonconverted
portion of any other securities of the Corporation (including the Warrants)
subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation
contained herein beneficially owned by such Holder or any of its
affiliates. Except as set forth in the preceding sentence, for purposes of
this Section 6(c), beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with
Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder. To the extent that the limitation contained in this Section 6(c)
applies, the determination of whether the Preferred Stock is convertible (in
relation to other securities owned by such Holder together with any affiliates)
and of which shares of Preferred Stock is convertible shall be in the sole
discretion of such Holder, and the submission of a Notice of Conversion shall
be
deemed to be such Holder’s determination of whether the shares of Preferred
Stock may be converted (in relation to other securities owned by such Holder)
and which shares of the Preferred Stock is convertible, in each case subject
to
such aggregate percentage limitations. To ensure compliance with this
restriction, each Holder will be deemed to represent to the Corporation each
time it delivers a Notice of Conversion that such Notice of Conversion has
not
violated the restrictions set forth in this paragraph and the Corporation shall
have no obligation to verify or confirm the accuracy of such determination.
In
addition, a determination as to any group status as contemplated above shall
be
determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules
and regulations promulgated thereunder. For
purposes of this Section 6(c), in determining the number of outstanding shares
of Common Stock, a Holder may rely on the number of outstanding shares of Common
Stock as reflected in the most recent of the following: (A) the Corporation’s
most recent Form 10-QSB or Form 10-KSB, as the case may be, (B) a more recent
public announcement by the Corporation or (C) any other notice by the
Corporation or the Corporation’s transfer agent setting forth the number of
shares of Common Stock outstanding. Upon the written or oral request of a
Holder, the Corporation shall within two Trading Days confirm orally and in
writing to such Holder the number of shares of Common Stock then
outstanding. In any case, the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock
shall be determined after giving effect to the conversion or exercise of
securities of the Corporation, including the Preferred Stock, by such Holder
or
its affiliates since the date as of which such number of outstanding shares
of
Common Stock was reported. The provisions of this Section 6(c) may be waived
by
such Holder, at the election of such Holder, upon not less than 61 days’ prior
notice to the Corporation, and the provisions of this Section 6(c) shall
continue to apply until such 61st
day (or
such later date, as determined by such Holder, as may be specified in such
notice of waiver). The
provisions of this paragraph shall be implemented in a manner otherwise than
in
strict conformity with the terms of this Section 6(c) to correct this paragraph
(or any portion hereof) which may be defective or inconsistent with the intended
4.99% beneficial ownership limitation herein contained or to make changes or
supplements necessary or desirable to properly give effect to such 4.99%
limitation. The limitations contained in this paragraph shall apply to a
successor holder of Preferred Stock.
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e)
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Mechanics
of Conversion
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i. Delivery
of Certificate Upon Conversion.
Not
later than three Trading Days after each Conversion Date (the “Share
Delivery Date”),
the
Corporation shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Holder (A) a
certificate or certificates which, after the Effective Date, shall be free
of
restrictive legends and trading restrictions (other than those required by
the
Purchase Agreement) representing the number of shares of Common Stock being
acquired upon the conversion of shares of Preferred Stock, and (B) a bank check
in the amount of accrued and unpaid dividends (if the Corporation has elected
or
is required to pay accrued dividends in cash). After the Effective Date, the
Corporation shall, upon request of the Holder, deliver any certificate or
certificates required to be delivered by the Corporation under this Section
electronically through the Depository Trust Corporation or another established
clearing corporation performing similar functions. If in the case of any Notice
of Conversion such certificate or certificates are not delivered to or as
directed by the applicable Holder by the third Trading Day after the Conversion
Date, the Holder shall be entitled to elect by written notice to the Corporation
at any time on or before its receipt of such certificate or certificates
thereafter, to rescind such conversion, in which event the Corporation shall
immediately return the certificates representing the shares of Preferred Stock
tendered for conversion.
ii. Obligation
Absolute; Partial Liquidated Damages.
The
Corporation’s obligations to issue and deliver the Conversion Shares upon
conversion of Preferred Stock in accordance with the terms hereof are absolute
and unconditional, irrespective of any action or inaction by the Holder to
enforce the same, any waiver or consent with respect to any provision hereof,
the recovery of any judgment against any Person or any action to enforce the
same, or any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, limitation or termination, or
any
breach or alleged breach by the Holder or any other Person of any obligation
to
the Corporation or any violation or alleged violation of law by the Holder
or
any other person, and irrespective of any other circumstance which might
otherwise limit such obligation of the Corporation to the Holder in connection
with the issuance of such Conversion Shares. In the event a Holder shall elect
to convert any or all of the Stated Value of its Preferred Stock, the
Corporation may not refuse conversion based on any claim that such Holder or
any
one associated or affiliated with the Holder of has been engaged in any
violation of law, agreement or for any other reason, unless, an injunction
from
a court, on notice, restraining and or enjoining conversion of all or part
of
this Preferred Stock shall have been sought and obtained and the Corporation
posts a surety bond for the benefit of the Holder in the amount of 150% of
the
Stated Value of Preferred Stock outstanding, which is subject to the injunction,
which bond shall remain in effect until the completion of arbitration/litigation
of the dispute and the proceeds of which shall be payable to such Holder to
the
extent it obtains judgment. In the absence of an injunction precluding the
same,
the Corporation shall issue Conversion Shares or, if applicable, cash, upon
a
properly noticed conversion. If the Corporation fails to deliver to the Holder
such certificate or certificates pursuant to Section 6(e)(i) within two Trading
Days of the Share Delivery Date applicable to such conversion, the Corporation
shall pay to such Holder, in cash, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty,
for each $5,000 of Stated Value of Preferred Stock being converted, $50 per
Trading Day (increasing to $100 per Trading Day after 3 Trading Days and
increasing to $200 per Trading Day six Trading Days after such damages begin
to
accrue) for each Trading Day after the Share Delivery Date until such
certificates are delivered. Nothing herein shall limit a Holder’s right to
pursue actual damages for the Corporation’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 hereunder, at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of
specific performance and/or injunctive relief.
iii. Compensation
for Buy-In on Failure to Timely Deliver Certificates Upon
Conversion.
If the
Corporation fails to deliver to the Holder such certificate or certificates
pursuant to Section 6(e)(i) by a Share Delivery Date, and if after such Share
Delivery Date the Holder purchases (in an open market transaction or otherwise)
Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by such Holder of the
Conversion Shares which the Holder was entitled to receive upon the conversion
relating to such Share Delivery Date (a “Buy-In”),
then
the Corporation shall pay in cash to 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 was entitled to receive from the
conversion at issue multiplied by (2) the price at which the sell order giving
rise to such purchase obligation was executed. 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 shares of Preferred Stock
with
respect to which the aggregate sale price giving rise to such purchase
obligation is $10,000, under clause (A) of the immediately preceding sentence
the Corporation shall be required to pay the Holder $1,000. The Holder shall
provide the Corporation written notice indicating the amounts payable to the
Holder in respect of the Buy-In, together with applicable confirmations and
other evidence reasonably requested by the Corporation. Nothing herein shall
limit a Holder’s right to pursue any other remedies available to it hereunder,
at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific
performance and/or injunctive relief with respect to the Corporation’s failure
to timely deliver certificates representing shares of Common Stock upon
conversion of the shares of Preferred Stock as required pursuant to the terms
hereof.
iv. Reservation
of Shares Issuable Upon Conversion.
The
Corporation 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 Preferred Stock and payment of dividends on
the
Preferred Stock, each as herein provided, free from preemptive rights or any
other actual contingent purchase rights of persons other than the Holder (and
the other Holders of the Preferred Stock), not less than such number of shares
of the Common Stock as shall (subject to any additional requirements of the
Corporation as to reservation of such shares set forth in the Purchase
Agreement) be issuable (taking into account the adjustments and restrictions
of
Section 7) upon the conversion of all outstanding shares of Preferred Stock.
The
Corporation 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 Conversion Shares Registration Statement is then
effective under the Securities Act, registered for public sale in accordance
with such Conversion Shares Registration Statement.
v. Fractional
Shares.
Upon a
conversion hereunder, the Corporation 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 VWAP at such time. If the Corporation 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.
vi. Transfer
Taxes.
The
issuance of certificates for shares of the Common Stock on conversion of this
Preferred Stock shall be made without charge to the Holder hereof for any
documentary stamp or similar taxes that may be payable in respect of the issue
or delivery of such certificate, provided that the Corporation 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 shares of Preferred Stock so converted
and
the Corporation 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 Corporation the amount of such tax or shall have established to
the
satisfaction of the Corporation that such tax has been paid.
Section
7. Certain
Adjustments.
a)
Stock
Dividends and Stock Splits.
If the
Corporation, at any time while this Preferred Stock is outstanding: (A) pays
a
stock dividend or otherwise make a distribution or distributions on shares
of
its Common Stock or any other equity or equity equivalent securities payable
in
shares of Common Stock (which, for avoidance of doubt, shall not include any
shares of Common Stock issued by the Corporation pursuant to this Preferred
Sock), (B) subdivides outstanding shares of Common Stock into a larger number
of
shares, (C) combines (including by way of reverse stock split) outstanding
shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (D) issues by
reclassification of shares of the Common Stock any shares of capital stock
of
the Corporation, then the Conversion Price shall be multiplied by a fraction
of
which the numerator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding
treasury shares, if any) outstanding immediately before such event and of which
the denominator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding
immediately after such event. Any adjustment made pursuant to this Section
7(a)
shall become effective immediately after the record date for the determination
of stockholders entitled to receive such dividend or distribution and shall
become effective immediately after the effective date in the case of a
subdivision, combination or re-classification.
b)
Subsequent
Equity Sales.
If the
Corporation or any Subsidiary thereof, as applicable, at any time while this
Preferred Stock is outstanding, shall offer, sell, grant any option to purchase
or offer, sell or grant any right to reprice its securities, or otherwise
dispose of or issue (or announce any offer, sale, grant or any option to
purchase or other disposition) any Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents
entitling any Person to acquire shares of Common Stock, at an effective price
per share less than the then Conversion Price (such lower price, the
“Base
Conversion Price”
and
such issuances collectively, a “Dilutive
Issuance”),
as
adjusted hereunder (if the holder of the Common Stock or Common Stock
Equivalents so issued shall at any time, whether by operation of purchase price
adjustments, reset provisions, floating conversion, exercise or exchange prices
or otherwise, or due to warrants, options or rights per share which is issued
in
connection with such issuance, be entitled to receive shares of Common Stock
at
an effective price per share which is less than the Conversion Price, such
issuance shall be deemed to have occurred for less than the Conversion Price
on
such date of the Dilutive Issuance), then the Conversion Price shall be reduced
to equal the Base Conversion Price. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, no adjustment will be made under this Section 7(b) in respect
of
an Exempt Issuance.
The
Corporation shall notify the Holder in writing, no later than the Business
Day
following the issuance of any Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents subject
to this section, indicating therein the applicable issuance price, or of
applicable reset price, exchange price, conversion price and other pricing
terms
(such notice the “Dilutive
Issuance Notice”).
For
purposes of clarification, whether or not the Corporation provides a Dilutive
Issuance Notice pursuant to this Section 7(b), upon the occurrence of any
Dilutive Issuance, after the date of such Dilutive Issuance the Holder is
entitled to receive a number of Conversion Shares based upon the Base Conversion
Price regardless of whether the Holder accurately refers to the Base Conversion
Price in the Notice of Conversion.
c)
Subsequent
Rights Offerings.
If the
Corporation, at any time while the Preferred Stock is 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 VWAP 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 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 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 (assuming
receipt by the Corporation in full of all consideration payable upon exercise
of
such rights, options or warrants) would purchase at such VWAP. Such adjustment
shall be made whenever such rights or warrants are issued, and shall become
effective immediately after the record date for the determination of
stockholders entitled to receive such rights, options or warrants.
d)
Pro
Rata Distributions.
If the
Corporation, at any time while Preferred Stock is outstanding, shall distribute
to all holders of Common Stock (and not to Holders) evidences of its
indebtedness or assets (including cash and cash dividends) or rights or warrants
to subscribe for or purchase any security, then in each such case the Conversion
Price shall be adjusted by multiplying such Conversion Price in effect
immediately prior to the record date fixed for determination of stockholders
entitled to receive such distribution by a fraction of which the denominator
shall be the VWAP determined as of the record date mentioned above, and of
which
the numerator shall be such VWAP on such record date less the then fair market
value at such record date of the portion of such assets or evidence of
indebtedness so distributed applicable to one outstanding share of the Common
Stock as determined by the Board of Directors in good faith. In either case
the
adjustments shall be described in a statement provided to the Holder of the
portion of assets or evidences of indebtedness so distributed or such
subscription rights applicable to one share of Common Stock. Such adjustment
shall be made whenever any such distribution is made and shall become effective
immediately after the record date mentioned above.
e)
Fundamental
Transaction.
If, at
any time while this Preferred Stock is outstanding, (A) the Corporation effects
any merger or consolidation of the Corporation with or into another Person,
(B)
the Corporation effects any sale of all or substantially all of its assets
in
one or a series of related transactions, (C) any tender offer or exchange offer
(whether by the Corporation or another Person) is completed pursuant to which
holders of Common Stock are permitted to tender or exchange their shares for
other securities, cash or property, or (D) the Corporation effects any
reclassification of the Common Stock or any compulsory share exchange pursuant
to which the Common Stock is effectively converted into or exchanged for other
securities, cash or property (in any such case, a “Fundamental
Transaction”),
then
upon any subsequent conversion of this Preferred Stock, the Holder shall have
the right to receive, for each Conversion Share that would have been issuable
upon such conversion immediately prior to the occurrence of such Fundamental
Transaction, the same kind and amount of securities, cash or property as it
would have been entitled to receive upon the occurrence of such Fundamental
Transaction if it had been, immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction,
the holder of one share of Common Stock (the “Alternate
Consideration”).
For
purposes of any such conversion, the determination of the Conversion Price
shall
be appropriately adjusted to apply to such Alternate Consideration based on
the
amount of Alternate Consideration issuable in respect of one share of Common
Stock in such Fundamental Transaction, and the Corporation shall apportion
the
Conversion Price among the Alternate Consideration in a reasonable manner
reflecting the relative value of any different components of the Alternate
Consideration. If holders of Common Stock are given any choice as to the
securities, cash or property to be received in a Fundamental Transaction, then
the Holder shall be given the same choice as to the Alternate Consideration
it
receives upon any conversion of this Preferred Stock following such Fundamental
Transaction. The Corporation agrees that it will not enter into a Fundamental
Transaction that would result in: (a) the holders of the Preferred Stock not
receiving the same terms and conditions as set forth herein and (b) the holders
of the Preferred Stock not receiving new preferred stock consistent with the
foregoing provisions and evidencing the Holder’s right to convert such preferred
stock into Alternate Consideration. The terms of any agreement pursuant to
which
a Fundamental Transaction is effected shall include terms requiring any such
successor or surviving entity to comply with the provisions of this Section
7(e)
and insuring that this Preferred Stock (or any such replacement security) will
be similarly adjusted upon any subsequent transaction analogous to a Fundamental
Transaction.
f)
Calculations.
All
calculations under this Section 7 shall be made to the nearest cent or the
nearest 1/100th of a share, as the case may be. For purposes of this Section
7,
the number of shares of Common Stock deemed to be issued and outstanding as
of a
given date shall be the sum of the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding
treasury shares, if any) issued and outstanding.
i. Adjustment
to Conversion Price.
Whenever the Conversion Price is adjusted pursuant to any of this Section 7,
the
Corporation shall promptly mail to each Holder a notice setting forth the
Conversion Price after such adjustment and setting forth a brief statement
of
the facts requiring such adjustment.
ii. Notice
to Allow Conversion by Holder.
If (A)
the Corporation shall declare a dividend (or any other distribution) on the
Common Stock; (B) the Corporation shall declare a special nonrecurring cash
dividend on or a redemption of the Common Stock; (C) the Corporation 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 Corporation shall be
required in connection with any reclassification of the Common Stock, any
consolidation or merger to which the Corporation is a party, any sale or
transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation, of any
compulsory share exchange whereby the Common Stock is converted into other
securities, cash or property; (E) the
Corporation shall authorize the voluntary or involuntary dissolution,
liquidation or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation; then, in each
case,
the Corporation shall cause to be filed at each office or agency maintained
for
the purpose of conversion of this Preferred Stock, and shall cause to be
mailed
to
the Holder at its last address as its shall appear upon the stock
books of
the
Corporation, 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. The Holder is entitled to convert the Conversion Amount of
this
Preferred Stock (or any part hereof) during the 20-day period commencing the
date of such notice to the effective date of the event triggering such notice.
Section
8. Forced
Conversion and Optional and Three Year Redemption.
a)
Forced
Conversion.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if after the Effective Date
(i)
the VWAP for each of any 10 consecutive Trading Days (“Threshold
Period”),
which
10 consecutive Trading Day period shall have commenced only after the Effective
Date, exceeds 300% of the then effective Conversion Price and (ii) the daily
volume for any such Threshold Period, which Threshold Period shall have
commenced only after the Effective Date, exceeds 250,000 shares of Common Stock
per Trading Day, the Corporation shall, within 1 Trading Day after any such
Threshold Period, deliver a written notice to all Holders (a “Forced
Conversion Notice”
and
the
date such notice is received by the Holders, the “Forced
Conversion Notice Date”)
to
cause each Holder to convert up to a Stated Value of its Preferred Stock equal
to all or part of such Holder’s pro-rata portion of the Forced Conversion
Amount, it being understood that the “Conversion
Date”
for
purposes of Section 6 shall be deemed to occur on the third Trading Day
following the Forced Conversion Notice Date (such third Trading Day being
referred to as the “Forced
Conversion Date”).
As to
each Holder, a Forced Conversion Notice shall contain the aggregate Forced
Conversion Amount, such Holder’s pro-rata portion of such amount, confirmation
of the satisfaction of the conditions set forth above for the Threshold Period
and the Equity Conditions, and the portion of such Holder’s pro-rata portion of
the Forced Conversion Amount to be converted on each Forced Conversion Date.
The
Corporation may not deliver a Forced Conversion Notice, and any Forced
Conversion Notice delivered by the Corporation shall not be effective, unless
all of the Equity Conditions have been met on each Trading Day occurring during
the Threshold Period through and including the later of each Forced Conversion
Date and the date that the Conversion Shares issuable pursuant to such
conversion are delivered to the Holder pursuant to the Forced Conversion Notice.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Corporation may only
deliver another Forced Conversion Notice provided that the most recent Forced
Conversion Notice Date is at least 15 days prior to the new Forced Conversion
Notice Date. Any Forced Conversion Notices shall be applied ratably to all
of
the Holders in proportion to each Holder’s initial purchases of Preferred Stock
hereunder, provided that any voluntary conversions by a Holder shall be applied
against such Holder’s pro-rata allocation thereby decreasing the aggregate
amount forcibly converted hereunder.
b)
Optional
Redemption at Election of the Holder.
Subject
to the provisions of this Section 8, at any time after the date hereof, in
the
event of a Change of Control Transaction that results in an non-Affiliated
third
party acquiring more than 50% of the voting securities of the Corporation in
one
transaction or a series of related transactions, in addition to any other rights
hereunder, the Holder may deliver a notice to the Corporation (an “Optional
Redemption Notice” and the date such notice is deemed delivered hereunder, the
“Optional Redemption Notice Date”) of its irrevocable election to cause the
Corporation redeem some or all of the then outstanding Preferred Stock, for
an
amount, in cash, or, subject to the conditions set forth below, at the
Corporation’s option, in shares of registered Common Stock, equal to the
Optional Redemption Amount on the 20th Trading Day following the Optional
Redemption Notice Date (such date, the “Optional Redemption Date” and such
redemption, the “Optional Redemption”). The Corporation shall deliver notice of
its election to pay the Optional Redemption Amount in shares of Common Stock
within 1 Trading Day of its receipt of an Optional Redemption Notice. Failure
to
so deliver a notice to pay an Option Redemption Amount in shares of Common
Stock
within 1 Trading Day shall be deemed an election by the Corporation to pay
such
amount in cash. The Optional Redemption Amount is due in full on the Optional
Redemption Date. If the Corporation elects to pay an Optional Redemption Amount
in shares of Common Stock, such shares shall based on a conversion price equal
to the lesser of (i) the then Conversion Price and (ii) 90% of the average
of
the VWAPs for the 10 consecutive Trading Days ending on the Trading Day that
is
immediately prior to the applicable Optional Redemption Date. The Corporation
may only elect to pay the Optional Redemption Amount in shares of Common Stock
if during the period commencing on the Optional Redemption Notice Date through
to the Optional Redemption Date and through and including the date such shares
of Common Stock are issued to the Holder, each of the Equity Conditions shall
have been met. If any of the Equity Conditions shall cease to be satisfied
at
any time during the required period, then the Holder may elect to nullify the
Optional Redemption Notice by notice to the Corporation within 3 Trading Days
after the first day on which any such Equity Condition has not been met
(provided that if, by a provision of the Transaction Documents, the Corporation
is obligated to notify the Holder of the non-existence of an Equity Condition,
such notice period shall be extended to the third Trading Day after proper
notice from the Corporation) in which case the Optional Redemption Notice shall
be null and void, ab initio or require the Corporation to pay such Optional
Redemption Amount in cash. The Corporation covenants and agrees that it will
honor all Notices of Conversion tendered from the time of delivery of the
Optional Redemption Notice through the date all amounts owing thereon are due
and paid in full.
c)
Three
Year Redemption.
On the
third anniversary of the Original Issue Date (the “Three
Year Redemption Date”),
the
Corporation shall redeem all of the then outstanding Preferred Stock, for an
amount in cash equal to the Three Year Redemption Amount (such redemption,
the
“Three
Year Redemption”).
The
Corporation covenants and agrees that it will honor all Conversion Notices
tendered up until such amounts are paid in full.
d)
Redemption
Procedure.
The
payment of cash pursuant to a Three Year Redemption shall be made on the Three
Year Redemption Date. If any portion of the cash payment for a Three Year
Redemption shall not be paid by the Corporation by the respective due date,
interest shall accrue thereon at the rate of 18% per annum (or the maximum
rate
permitted by applicable law, whichever is less) until the such payment, plus
all
amounts owing thereon, is paid in full.
Section
9. Redemption
Upon Triggering Events.
a)
“Triggering
Event”
means
any one or more 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. the
failure of a Conversion Shares Registration Statement to be declared effective
by the Commission on or prior to the 180th
day
after the Original Issue Date;
ii. if,
during the Effectiveness Period, the effectiveness of the Conversion Shares
Registration Statement lapses for any reason for more than an aggregate of
60
calendar days (which need not be consecutive days) during any 12 month period,
or the Holder shall not be permitted to resell Registrable Securities under
the
Conversion Shares Registration Statement for more than an aggregate of 60
calendar days (which need not be consecutive days) during any 12 month
period;
iii. the
Corporation shall fail to deliver certificates representing Conversion Shares
issuable upon a conversion hereunder that comply with the provisions hereof
prior to the fifth Trading Day after such shares are required to be delivered
hereunder, or the Corporation shall provide written notice to any Holder,
including by way of public announcement, at any time, of its intention not
to
comply with requests for conversion of any shares of Preferred Stock in
accordance with the terms hereof;
iv. If
(1) a
Registration Statement is not filed on or prior to its Filing Date (if the
Company files a Registration Statement without affording the Holders the
opportunity to review and comment on the same, the Company shall not be deemed
to have satisfied this clause (1)), or (2) the Company fails to file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission a request for acceleration in accordance
with
Rule 461 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, within five
Trading Days of the date that the Company is notified (orally or in writing,
whichever is earlier) by the Securities and Exchange Commission that a
Registration Statement will not be “reviewed,” or not subject to further review,
or (3) prior to its Effectiveness Date, the Company fails to file a
pre-effective amendment and otherwise respond in writing to comments made by
the
Securities and Exchange Commission in respect of such Registration Statement
within 25 calendar days after the receipt of comments by or notice from the
Securities and Exchange Commission that such amendment is required in order
for
a Registration Statement to be declared effective, and any of (1), (2) or (3)
shall not have been cured to the satisfaction of the Holders prior to the
expiration of 30 days from the Event Date (as defined in the Registration Rights
Agreement) relating thereto (other than an Event resulting from a failure of
a
Conversion Shares Registration Statement to be declared effective by the
Commission on or prior to the 180th day after the Original Issue Date, which
shall be covered by Section 9(a)(i));
v. the
Corporation shall fail for any reason to pay in full the amount of cash due
pursuant to a Buy-In within five days after notice therefor is delivered
hereunder or shall fail to pay all amounts owed on account of an Event within
five days of the date due;
vi. the
Corporation shall fail to have available a sufficient number of authorized
and
unreserved shares of Common Stock to issue to such Holder upon a conversion
hereunder;
vii. on
or
before the 60th
day
following the Original Issue Date, the Company shall have failed to amend the
Company’s certificate or articles of incorporation to increase the number of
authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock such that at least 130% of the
Actual Minimum at such time (minus the number of shares of Common Stock
previously issued pursuant to the Transaction Documents) is reserved from the
Company’s duly authorized shares of Common Stock;
viii. unless
specifically addressed elsewhere in this Certificate of Determination as a
Triggering Event, the Corporation shall fail to observe or perform any other
covenant, agreement or warranty and such failure or breach shall not, if subject
to the possibility of a cure by the Corporation, have been remedied within
30
calendar days after the date on which written notice of such failure or breach
shall have been given;
ix.
the
Corporation shall redeem more than a de minimis number of Junior
Securities;
x.
the
Corporation shall be party to a Change of Control Transaction;
xi.
there
shall have occurred a Bankruptcy Event;
xii.
the
Common Stock shall fail to be listed or quoted for trading on a Trading Market
for more than five Trading Days, which need not be consecutive Trading Days;
or
xiii.
any
monetary judgment, writ or similar final process shall be entered or filed
against the Corporation, any Subsidiary or any of their respective property
or
other assets for than $50,000, and shall remain unvacated, unbonded or unstayed
for a period of 45 calendar days.
b)
Upon
the
occurrence of a Triggering Event, each Holder shall (in addition to all other
rights it may have hereunder or under applicable law) have the right,
exercisable at the sole option of such Holder, to require the Corporation to
redeem all of the Preferred Stock then held by such Holder for a redemption
price, in cash, equal to the Triggering Redemption Amount. The Triggering
Redemption Amount shall be due and payable or issuable, as the case may be,
within five Trading Days of the date on which the notice for the payment
therefor is provided by a Holder (the “Triggering
Redemption Payment Date”).
If
the Corporation fails to pay the Triggering Redemption Amount hereunder in
full
pursuant to this Section on the date such amount is due in accordance with
this
Section, the Corporation will pay interest thereon at a rate of 18% per annum
(or such lesser amount permitted by applicable law), accruing daily from such
date until the Triggering Redemption Amount, plus all such interest thereon,
is
paid in full. For purposes of this Section, a share of Preferred Stock is
outstanding until such date as the Holder shall have received Conversion Shares
upon a conversion (or attempted conversion) thereof that meets the requirements
hereof or has been paid the Triggering Redemption Amount plus all accrued but
unpaid dividends and all accrued but unpaid liquidated damages in
cash.
Section
10. Negative
Covenants.
So long
as any shares of Preferred Stock are outstanding, the Corporation will not
and
will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to directly or indirectly:
a)
other
than Permitted Indebtedness, enter into, create, incur, assume, guarantee or
suffer to exist any indebtedness for borrowed money of any kind, including
but
not limited to, a guarantee, on or with respect to any of its property or assets
now owned or hereafter acquired or any interest therein or any income or profits
therefrom;
b)
other
than Permitted Liens, enter into, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist
any
liens of any kind, on or with respect to any of its property or assets now
owned
or hereafter acquired or any interest therein or any income or profits
therefrom;
c)
amend
its
articles or certificate of incorporation, as the case may be, bylaws or other
charter documents so as to materially and adversely affect any rights of any
Holder without obtaining the affirmative vote of at least 51% of the outstanding
holders of the Series A Preferred Stock;
d)
repay,
repurchase or offer to repay, repurchase or otherwise acquire more than a de
minimis number of shares of its Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents other
than as to the Conversion Shares to the extent permitted or required under
the
Transaction Documents or as otherwise permitted by the Transaction Documents;
e)
enter
into any agreement with respect to any of the foregoing;
or
f)
pay
cash
dividends or distributions on any equity securities of the
Corporation.
Section
11. Miscellaneous.
a)
Notices.
Any and
all notices or other communications or deliveries to be provided by the Holder
hereunder, including, without limitation, any Notice of Conversion, shall be
in
writing and delivered personally, by facsimile, sent by a nationally recognized
overnight courier service, addressed to the Corporation, at300 Sunport Lane,
Orlando, Florida 32809, facsimile number (407) 240-1431, Attn: Mark L.
Mroczkowski or
such
other address or facsimile number as the Corporation may specify for such
purposes by notice to the Holders delivered in accordance with this Section.
Any
and all notices or other communications or deliveries to be provided by the
Corporation hereunder shall be in writing and delivered personally, by
facsimile, sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier service addressed
to each Holder at the facsimile telephone number or address of such Holder
appearing on the books of the Corporation, 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 5:30 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
5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on any date and earlier than 11:59 p.m. (New
York
City time) on such date, (iii) the second Business Day following the date of
mailing, if sent by nationally recognized overnight courier service, or (iv)
upon actual receipt by the party to whom such notice is required to be
given.
b)
Absolute
Obligation.
Except
as expressly provided herein, no provision of this Certificate of Determination
shall alter or impair the obligation of the Corporation, which is absolute
and
unconditional, to pay the liquidated damages (if any) on, the shares of
Preferred Stock at the time, place, and rate, and in the coin or currency,
herein prescribed.
c)
Lost
or Mutilated Preferred Stock Certificate.
If a
Holder’s Preferred Stock certificate shall be mutilated, lost, stolen or
destroyed, the Corporation shall execute and deliver, in exchange and
substitution for and upon cancellation of a mutilated certificate, or in lieu
of
or in substitution for a lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, a new
certificate for the shares of Preferred Stock so mutilated, lost, stolen or
destroyed but only upon receipt of evidence of such loss, theft or destruction
of such certificate, and of the ownership hereof, and indemnity, if requested,
all reasonably satisfactory to the Corporation.
d)
Waiver.
Any
waiver by the Corporation or the Holder of a breach of any provision of this
Certificate of Determination 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 Certificate of Determination. The failure of the Corporation or the Holder
to insist upon strict adherence to any term of this Certificate of Determination
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 Certificate of Determination. Any waiver must be in
writing.
e)
Severability.
If any
provision of this Certificate of Determination is invalid, illegal or
unenforceable, the balance of this Certificate of Determination shall remain
in
effect, and if any provision is inapplicable to any person or circumstance,
it
shall nevertheless remain applicable to all other persons and circumstances.
If
it shall be found that any interest or other amount deemed interest due
hereunder violates applicable laws governing usury, the applicable rate of
interest due hereunder shall automatically be lowered to equal the maximum
permitted rate of interest.
f)
Next
Business Day.
Whenever any payment or other obligation hereunder shall be due on a day other
than a Business Day, such payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business
Day.
g)
Headings.
The
headings contained herein are for convenience only, do not constitute a part
of
this Certificate of Determination and shall not be deemed to limit or affect
any
of the provisions hereof.
h)
Status
of Converted or Redeemed Preferred Stock.
Shares
of Preferred Stock may only be issued pursuant to the Purchase Agreement. In
case any shares of Preferred Stock shall be converted, redeemed or reacquired
by
the Corporation, such shares shall resume the status of authorized but unissued
shares of preferred stock and shall no longer be designated as Series A 9%
Convertible Preferred Stock.]
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RESOLVED,
FURTHER, that the Chairman, the president or any vice-president, and the
secretary or any assistant secretary, of the Corporation be and they hereby
are
authorized and directed to prepare and file a Certificate of Determination
of
Preferences, Rights and Limitations in accordance with the foregoing resolution
and the provisions of California law.
RESOLVED,
FURTHER, that each of the undersigned declares under penalty of perjury under
the laws of the State of California that the statements contained in the
foregoing certificate are true and correct and of our knowledge.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Certificate this ___ day
of
December __ 2005.
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Name:
Nicholas VandenBrekel
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Name:
Mark L. Mroczkowski
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Title:
President
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Title:
Secretary
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ANNEX
A
NOTICE
OF
CONVERSION
(TO
BE
EXECUTED BY THE REGISTERED HOLDER IN ORDER TO CONVERT SHARES OF PREFERRED
STOCK)
The
undersigned hereby elects to convert the number of shares of Series A 9%
Convertible Preferred Stock indicated below, into shares of common stock, par
value $0.001 per share (the “Common
Stock”),
of
Sequiam Corporation, a California corporation (the “Corporation”),
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
Corporation in accordance therewith. No fee will be charged to the Holder for
any conversion, except for such transfer taxes, if any.
Conversion
calculations:
Date
to Effect Conversion:
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Number
of shares of Preferred Stock owned prior to Conversion:
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Number
of shares of Preferred Stock to be Converted:
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Stated
Value of shares of Preferred Stock 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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Number
of shares of Preferred Stock subsequent to Conversion:
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[HOLDER]
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By:
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