EX1A-2A CHARTER 11 newfrontier_ex0209.htm STATEMENT OF CORRECTION (FILED 6/13/2007)

Exhibit 2.9

 

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STATEMENT OF CORRECTION TO

CORRECT AND RESTATE THE CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATION OF

PREFERENCES,

RIGHTS AND LIMITATIONS

OF

SERIES C 2.5% CUMULATIVE CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK

 

Pursuant to Section 7-90-305 of the

Colorado Business Corporation Act

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Pursuant to § 7-90-305, Colorado Revised Statute (C.R.S.), this Statement of Correction is filed to correct and restate the Certificates of Rights and Designation of Preferences, Rights and Limitations of the Series C 2.5% Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock as filed with the Colorado Secretary of State on November 22, 2006.

 

FIRST: The name of the Corporation is New Frontier Energy, Inc.

 

SECOND: NEW FRONTIER ENERGY, INC., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Colorado (the "Corporation"), HEREBY CERTIFIES that the following correction to its Articles of Incorporation was duly adopted on November 22, 2006 by the Board of Directors of the Corporation pursuant to the authority conferred upon the Board of Directors of the Corporation by the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation, as amended, and by the Colorado Business Corporation Act:

 

THIRD: This Statement of Correction shall be effectuated by correcting and restating the Certificate of Rights and Designation of Preferences, Rights and Limitations of the Series C 2.5% Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock because an incorrect version of this document was filed with the Colorado Secretary of State on November 22, 2006. The complete corrected and restated Certificates of Rights and Designation of Preferences, Rights and Limitations of the Series C 2.5% Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock is set forth below.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT

TO THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

 

NEW FRONTIER ENERGY, INC.

 

CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATION OF PREFERENCES,

RIGHTS AND LIMITATIONS

OF

SERIES C 2.5% CUMULATIVE CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK

 

PURSUANT TO SECTION 7-106-102 OF THE

COLORADO BUSINESS CORPORATION ACT

 

The undersigned, Paul G. Laird and Les Bates, do hereby certify that:

 

1.  They are the President and Secretary, respectively, of New Frontier Energy, Inc., a Colorado corporation (the "Corporation").

 

2.   The Corporation is authorized to issue 25,000,000 shares of preferred stock, with 25,000 shares designated as Series A Preferred Stock of which O an: outstanding and 36,036 shares designated as Series B Preferred Stock of which 29,410 are outstanding.

 

3. 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 which is 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 designation 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 be designated the Series C 2.5% Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock and which shall consist of up to 230,000 shares of the 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 which shall be designated the Series C 2.5% Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock and does hereby fix and determine the rights, preferences, restrictions, and other matters relating to such series of preferred stock as follows:

 

 

 

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TERMS OF SERIES C 2.5% CUMULATIVE CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK

 

Section 1.               Definitions. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein that are defined in the Transaction Documents shall have the meanings given such terms in the Transaction Documents. For the purposes hereof, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

 

"Alternate Consideration" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(e).

 

"Automatic Conversion" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(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) 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.

 

"Beneficial Ownership Limitation" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(d).

 

"Business Day" means any day except Saturday, Sunday, any day which shall be a federal legal holiday in the United States or any day on which banking institutions in the State of New York are authorized or required by law or other governmental action to close.

 

"Buy-In" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(c)(iii).

 

"Change of Control Transaction" means the occurrence after the date hereof of any of (a) an acquisition after the date hereof by an individual or legal entity or "group" (as described in Rule 13d-5(b)(l) 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 33% of the voting securities of the Corporation, or (b) 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 (c) 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 (a) or (b).

 

"Closing Bid Price" means the closing bid price of the Common Stock as reported by Bloomberg Financial LP on the date in question (based on a Trading Day from 9:30 a.m. Eastern Time to 4:02 p.m. Eastern Time) (and, if no closing bid price is reported, the closing price as so reported, and if neither the closing bid price nor the closing price is so reported, the last reported price of the Common Stock as determined by an independent evaluator mutually agreed to by the parties).

 

 

 

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"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 into which such shares may hereafter have been reclassified or changed.

 

"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 Series C Preferred Stock are convertible in accordance with the terms hereof.

 

"Dilutive Issuance" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(b) hereof.

 

"Dividend Payment Date" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(a).

 

"Effective Date" means the date that the 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 applicable Holder on or prior to the dates so requested or required, if any, (ii) all liquidated damages and other amounts owing in respect of the Series C Preferred Stock shall have been paid to the applicable Holder; (iii) there is an effective Registration Statement pursuant to which the Holder is permitted to utilize the prospectus thereunder to resell all of the shares 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 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, , and (vii) no public announcement of a pending or proposed Fundamental Transaction, Change of Control Transaction or acquisition transaction has occurred that has not been consummated.

 

"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

 

 

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"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 non-employee members 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, and/or other securities exercisable or exchangeable for or convertible into shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding on the Original Issue Date, provided that such securities have not been amended since the Original Issue Date to increase the number of such securities or to decrease the exercise or conversion price of any such securities (other than pursuant to customary anti-dilution provisions already in effect with respect to such securities), and (c) securities issued pursuant to acquisitions or strategic transactions, 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.

 

"Fundamental Transaction" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(e) hereof.

 

"Holder" shall have the meaning given such term in Section 2 hereof.

 

"Junior Securities" means the Common Stock and all other equity or equity equivalent securities of the Corporation other than those securities that are (a) outstanding on the Original Issue Date and (b) which are explicitly senior in rights or liquidation preference to the Series C Preferred Stock (including the Corporation's Series B 12% Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock).

 

"Liquidation" shall have the meaning given such term in Section 5 hereof.

 

"Notice of Conversion" shall have the meaning given such term in Section 6(a) hereof.

 

"Optional Redemption" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8(a).

 

"Optional Redemption Amount" shall mean the sum of (i) 100% of the Stated Value of the Series C Preferred Stock then outstanding, (ii) accrued but unpaid dividends and (iii) all liquidated damages and other amounts due in respect of the Series C Preferred Stock.

 

"Optional Redemption Date" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8(a).

 

"Optional Redemption Notice" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8(a).

 

"Optional Redemption Notice Date" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8(a).

 

"Original Issue Date" shall mean the date of the first issuance of any shares of the Series C Preferred Stock regardless of the number of transfers of any particular shares of Series C Preferred Stock and regardless of the number of certificates which may be issued to evidence such Series C Preferred Stock.

 

"Person" means a corporation, an association, a partnership, an organization, a business, an individual, a government or political subdivision thereof or a governmental agency.

 

 

 

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"Registration Rights Agreement" means section 5(8) of the Subscription Agreement, entitled "Registration Rights."

 

"Registration Statement" means a registration statement meeting the requirements set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement and covering the resale of the Conversion Shares by each Holder as provided for in the Registration Rights Agreement.

 

"Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

"Series C Preferred Stock" shall have the meaning given such term in Section 2 hereof.

 

"Share Delivery Date" shall have the meaning given such term in Section 6(c)(i) hereof.

 

"Stated Value" shall have the meaning given such term in Section 2 hereof, as the same may be increased pursuant to Section 3.

 

"Subscription Agreement" means the subscription agreement to which the Corporation and the original Holders are parties, which sets forth the terms by which the Holders purchased the Series C Preferred Stock.

 

"Subscription Amount" shall mean, as to each Holder, the amount to be paid for the Series C Preferred Stock purchased pursuant to the Subscription Agreement as specified at the top of the signature page of the Subscription Agreement.

 

"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 Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board, the Pink Sheets LLC, the Nasdaq Capital Market, the American Stock Exchange, the New York Stock Exchange or the Nasdaq Global Market.

 

"Transaction Documents" shall mean the Subscription Agreement, together with its exhibits, attachments and supplements.

 

"Triggering Event" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9(a).

 

"Triggering Redemption Amount" for each share of Series C Preferred Stock means the sum of (i) the greater of (A) 130% of the Stated Value and (B) the product of (a) the closing price on the Trading Market 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 Series C Preferred Stock.

 

"Triggering Redemption Payment Date" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9(b).

 

 

 

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Section 2.               Designation, Amount and Par Value. The series of preferred stock shall be designated as the Series C Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock (the "Series C Preferred Stock") and the number of shares so designated shall be 230,000 (which shall not be subject to increase without the consent of all of the holders of the Series C Preferred Stock (each, a "Holder" and collectively, the "Holders")). Each share of Series C Preferred Stock shall have a par value of $0.001 per share and a stated value equal to $100 (the "Stated Value"). Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning given such terms in Section 1 hereof.

 

Section 3.                Dividends.

 

a)             Holders of the Series C Preferred Stock 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 2.5% per annum (subject to increase pursuant to Section 9(b)), payable quarterly on January 31, April 30, July 31 and October 31, beginning with January 31, 2007 and on each Conversion Date and Optional Redemption Date (with respect only to the Series C Preferred Stock being converted or redeemed) and on the date on which an Automatic Conversion is effected (except that, if any such date is not a Trading Day, the payment date shall be the next succeeding Trading Day) (each such date, a "Dividend Payment Date"). The form of dividend payments may be, at the Corporation's option, in cash or duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock, or a combination thereof. The form of dividend payments to each Holder shall be determined in the following order of priority: (i) if funds are legally available for the payment of dividends and the Equity Conditions have not been met during the 20 consecutive 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 20 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 the Conversion Price then in effect; and (iii) if funds are not legally available for the payment of dividends and the Equity Conditions have not been met during the 20 consecutive 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. 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. Dividends on the Series C Preferred Stock shall accrue only on the Dividend Payment 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 Series C Preferred Stock held by each Holder on such Dividend Payment Date. Any dividends that are not paid within five Trading Days following a Dividend Payment Date, provided funds are legally available for payment of dividends in cash, shall continue to accrue and shall entail a late fee at the rate of 12% 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). If 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, if required, timely file a prospectus supplement pursuant to Rule 424 disclosing such election.

 

b)             So long as any Series C 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 Series C 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 Series C 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.

 

 

 

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c)             The Corporation acknowledges and agrees that with respect to the Series C Preferred Stock and any future issuances of the Corporation's capital stock, the issuance of any such shares of the Corporation's capital stock shall be equal to the aggregate par value of such Series C Preferred Stock or capital stock, as the case may be.

 

Section 4.              Voting Rights. Except as otherwise provided herein and as otherwise required by law, the Series C Preferred Stock shall have no voting rights. However, so long as any shares of Series C Preferred Stock are outstanding, the Corporation shall not, without the affirmative vote of the Holders of the shares of the Series C Preferred Stock then outstanding, (a) alter or change adversely the powers, preferences or rights given to the Series C Preferred Stock or alter or amend this Certificate of Designation, (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 Series C 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 Series C 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 voluntarily or involuntarily (a "Liquidation"), the Holders of the Series C Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive out of the assets of the Corporation, whether such assets are capital or surplus, for each share of Series C 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 of the Series C Preferred Stock shall be distributed among the Holders of the Series C Preferred Stock 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.

 

Section 6.                Conversion.

 

a)             Conversions at Option of Holder. Each share of Series C Preferred Stock shall be convertible at the option of the Holder thereof, at any time and from time to time from and after the Original Issue Date, into that number of shares of Common Stock (subject to the limitations set forth in Section 6(d)) determined by dividing the Stated Value of such share of Series C Preferred Stock by the Conversion Price. Holders shall effect conversions by providing the Corporation with the form of conversion notice attached hereto as Annex A (a "Notice of Conversion") and the certificate(s) representing such shares of Series C Preferred Stock to be converted. Each Notice of Conversion shall specify the number of shares of Series C Preferred Stock to be converted, the number of shares of Series C Preferred Stock owned prior to the conversion at issue, the number of shares of Series C 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 transmits such Notice of Conversion to the Corporation (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 and the certificate(s) representing such shares of Series C Preferred Stock is deemed delivered to the Corporation. The calculations and entries set forth in the Notice of Conversion shall control in the absence of manifest or mathematical error. To effect conversions of shares of Series C Preferred Stock, a Holder shall be required to surrender the certificate(s) representing such shares of Series C Preferred Stock to the Corporation, and, unless all of the shares of Preferred Stock represented thereby are so converted, the Corporation shall deliver to the Holder a certificate representing the balance of the shares of Series C Preferred Stock not so converted promptly following the Conversion Date at issue. Shares of Series C 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 each share of Series C Preferred Stock shall equal $1.05 (the "Conversion Price"), subject to adjustment herein.

 

 

 

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c)             Mechanics of Conversion

 

i.               Delivery of Certificate Upon Conversion. Not later than three Trading Days after each Conversion Date (the '·'Share Delivery Date"), the Corporation shall deliver 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 Subscription Agreement) representing the number of shares of Common Stock being acquired upon the conversion of shares of Series C Preferred Stock (including any shares in payment of accrued and unpaid dividends if the Corporation has elected or is required to pay accrued dividends in Common 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 or transfer agency 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 Series C 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 Series C Preferred Stock in accordance with the terms hereof are absolute and unconditional, irrespective of any action or inaction by a 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 such Holder or any other Person of any obligation to the Corporation or any violation or alleged violation of law by such Holder or any other person, and irrespective of any other circumstance which might otherwise limit such obligation of the Corporation to such Holder in connection with the issuance of such Conversion Shares; provided, however, that such delivery shall not operate as a waiver by the Corporation of any such action that the Corporation may have against such Holder. In the event a Holder shall elect to convert any or all of the Stated Value of its Series C Preferred Stock, the Corporation may not refuse conversion based on any claim that such Holder or any one associated or affiliated with such Holder has been engaged in any violation of law, agreement or for any other reason, unless an injunction from a court, on notice to Holder, restraining and/or enjoining conversion of all or part of the Series C Preferred Stock of such Holder shall have been sought and obtained, and the Corporation posts a surety bond for the benefit of such Holder in the amount of 150% of the Stated Value of Series C Preferred Stock which is subject to the injunction, which bond shall remain in effect until the completion of arbitration/litigation of the underlying dispute and the proceeds of which shall be payable to such Holder to the extent it obtains judgment. In the absence of such injunction, the Corporation shall issue Conversion Shares and, if applicable, cash in respect of accrued and unpaid dividends, upon a properly noticed conversion. If the Corporation fails to deliver to a Holder such certificate or certificates pursuant to Section 6(c)(i) within five 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 Series C Preferred Stock being converted, $50 per Trading Day (increasing to $100 per Trading Day after 6 Trading Days and increasing to $200 per Trading Day 6 Trading Days after such damages begin to accrue) for ea.ch 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.

 

 

 

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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(c)(i) by a Share Delivery Date, and if after such Share Delivery Date such Holder is required by its brokerage firm to purchase (in an open market transaction or otherwise) shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by such Holder of the Conversion Shares which such Holder was entitled to receive upon the conversion relating to such Share Delivery Date (a "Buy-In"), then the Corporation shall (A) pay in cash to such Holder the amount by which (x) such 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 (including any brokerage commissions) and (B) at the option of such Holder, either reissue (if surrendered) the shares of Series C Preferred Stock equal to the number of shares of Series C Preferred Stock submitted for conversion or deliver to such Holder the number of shares of Common Stock that would have been issued if the Corporation had timely complied with its delivery requirements under Section 6(c)(i). For example, if the Holder purchases Common Stock having a total purchase price of $11,000 to cover a Buy-In with respect to an attempted conversion of shares of Series C 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 Series C 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 Series C Preferred Stock and payment of dividends on the Series C Preferred Stock, each as herein provided, free from preemptive rights or any other actual contingent purchase rights of persons other than the Holders, not less than such number of shares of the Common Stock as shall (subject to any additional requirements of the Corporation as to reservation of such shares set forth in the Subscription Agreement) be issuable (taking into account the adjustments and restrictions of Section 7) upon the conversion of all outstanding shares of Series C 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 Registration Statement is then effective under the Securities Act, registered for public sale in accordance with such Registration Statement.

 

v.             Fractional Shares. Upon a conversion hereunder, in the event the conversion yields a fractional share, 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 the Series C Preferred Stock shall be made without charge to the Holders thereof for any documentary stamp or similar taxes that may be payable in respect of the issue or delivery of such certificate, provided that the 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 Series C 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.

 

 

 

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d)             Conversion Limitation. The Corporation shall not effect any conversion of the Series C Preferred Stock, and a Holder shall not have the right to convert any portion of the Series C Preferred Stock, to the extent that, after giving effect to the conversion set forth on the applicable Notice of 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) would beneficially own in excess of the Beneficial Ownership Limitation (as defined below). For purposes of the foregoing sentence, the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by such Holder and its Affiliates shall include the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Series C Preferred Stock with respect to which such determination is being made, but shall exclude the number of shares of Common Stock which are issuable upon (A) conversion of the remaining, unconverted Stated Value of Series C Preferred Stock beneficially owned by such Holder or any of its Affiliates and (B) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or unconverted portion of any other securities of the Corporation subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained herein (including the warrants issued pursuant to the Transaction Documents) beneficially owned by such Holder or any of its Affiliates. Except as set forth in the preceding sentence, for purposes of this Section 6(d), beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. To the extent that the limitation contained in this Section 6(d) applies, the determination of whether the Series C Preferred Stock is convertible (in relation to other securities owned by such Holder together with any Affiliates) and of how many shares of Series C Preferred Stock are 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 Series C Preferred Stock may be converted (in relation to other securities owned by such Holder together with any Affiliates) and how many shares of the Series C Preferred Stock are 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(d), in determining the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock, a Holder may rely on the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock as stated 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) a more recent 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 (2) 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 Series C 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 "Beneficial Ownership Limitation" shall be (i) 4.99% of the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Series C Preferred Stock held by the applicable Holder, with respect to any Holder whose initial purchase amount of Series C Preferred Stock is less than $5,000,000, and (ii) 9.99% of the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Series C Preferred Stock held by the applicable Holder, with respect to any Holder whose initial purchase amount of Series C Preferred Stock is $5,000,000 or greater. The Beneficial Ownership Limitation provisions of this Section 6(d), with respect to a Holder subject to the 4.99% limitation described in part (i) of the definition of Beneficial Ownership Limitation, may be waived by such Holder, at the election of such Holder, upon not less than 61 days' prior notice to the Corporation, to change the Beneficial Ownership Limitation to 9.99% of the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon conversion of Series C Preferred Stock held by the applicable Holder and the provisions of this Section 6(d) shall continue to apply. Upon such a change by a Holder of the Beneficial Ownership Limitation from such 4.99% limitation to such 9.99% limitation, the Beneficial Ownership Limitation shall not be further waived by such Holder. The Beneficial Ownership Limitation of this Section 6(c), with respect to a Holder subject to the 9.99% limitation described in part (ii) of the definition of Beneficial Ownership Limitation, may not be waived by such Holder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Beneficial Ownership Limitation shall terminate immediately upon (i) 60 days subsequent to the transmission of an Optional Redemption Notice to Holder pursuant to an Optional Redemption as set forth in Section 8 below (with respect only to such shares of Series C Preferred Stock being redeemed) and (ii) an Automatic Conversion as set forth in Section 6(e) below. The provisions of this paragraph shall be construed and implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this Section 6(d) to correct this paragraph (or any portion hereof) which may be defective or inconsistent with the intended Beneficial Ownership Limitation herein contained or to make changes or supplements necessary or desirable to properly give effect to such limitation. The limitations contained in this paragraph shall apply to a successor holder of Series C Preferred Stock.

 

 

 

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e)              Automatic Conversion. Each share of the Series C Preferred Stock shall automatically be converted ("Automatic Conversion") into shares of Common Stock, based on the then-effective Conversion Price on the three year anniversary of the Original Issue Date. Upon such Automatic Conversion, any declared and unpaid dividends shall be paid in accordance with the provisions of Section 3(a). Upon the occurrence of an Automatic Conversion,, the outstanding shares of Series C Preferred Stock shall be converted automatically without any further action by the Holders of such shares and whether or not the certificates representing such shares are surrendered to the Corporation; provided, however, that the Corporation shall not be obligated to issue certificates evidencing the shares of Common Stock issuable upon such conversion unless the certificates evidencing such shares of Series C Preferred Stock are either delivered to the Corporation, or the Holder notifies the Corporation that such certificates have been lost, stolen or destroyed and executes an agreement satisfactory to the Corporation to indemnify the Corporation from any loss incurred by it in connection with such certificates. The Beneficial Ownership Limitation set forth in Section 6(d) above shall terminate immediately upon an Automatic Conversion set forth in this Section 6(e), and as a result the Holder shall be deemed to have beneficially owned the shares of Common Stock underlying such Holder's Series C Preferred Stock as of the date that is 60 days prior to the Automatic Conversion.

 

Section 7.               Certain Adjustments.

 

a)             Stock Dividends and Stock Splits. If the Corporation, at any time while the Series C Preferred Stock is outstanding: (A) pays a stock dividend or otherwise make a distribution or distributions payable in shares of Common Stock on shares of Common Stock or any other Common Stock Equivalents (which, for avoidance of doubt, shall not include any shares of Common Stock issued by the Corporation pursuant to this Series C Preferred Stock), (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, in the event of a 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 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 at any time while Series C 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 (other than an Exempt Issuance), at an effective price per share less than the then Conversion Price ("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), then the Conversion Price shall immediately (except as provided below) be reduced to the price determined by dividing (i) the sum of (x) the product derived by multiplying the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to such issue or sale by the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such issue or sale plus (y) the consideration, if any, received by the Corporation upon such issue or sale, by (ii) the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such issue or sale. The Corporation shall notify the Holder in writing, no later than three business days following the issuance of any Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents subject to this section, indicating therein the applicable issuance price, or if applicable reset price, exchange price, conversion price and other pricing terms. For purposes of clarification, whether or not the Corporation provides such notice regarding a Dilutive Issuance, upon the occurrence of any Dilutive Issuance, the Holders are entitled to receive a number of Conversion Shares based upon the reduced Conversion Price as would be in effect pursuant to the calculations of this Section 7(b) on or after the date of such Dilutive Issuance, regardless of whether a Holder accurately refers to such reduced Conversion Price in the Notice of Conversion.

 

 

 

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c)             Subsequent Rights Offerings. If the Corporation, at any time while the Series C 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 Conversion Price then in effect, then the Conversion Price shall be multiplied by a fraction, of which the denominator shall be the number of shares of 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 Conversion Price. Such adjustment shall be made whenever such rights or warrants are issued, and shall become effective immediately after the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such rights, options or warrants.

 

d)             Pro Rata Distributions. If the Corporation, at any time while Series C Preferred Stock is outstanding, shall distribute to all holders of Common Stock (and not to Holders) evidences of its indebtedness or assets or rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any security (other than Common Stock, which shall be subject to Section 7(b), then in each such case the Conversion Price shall be determined 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 last trade price on the Trading Market determined as of the record date mentioned above, and of which the numerator shall be such last trade price on the Trading Market on such record date less the then fair market value at such record date of the portion of such assets or evidence of indebtedness so distributed applicable to one outstanding share of the Common Stock as determined by the Board of Directors in good faith. In either case the adjustments shall be described in a statement provided to the Holders of the portion of assets or evidences of indebtedness so distributed or such subscription rights applicable to one share of Common Stock. Such adjustment shall be made whenever any such distribution is made and shall become effective immediately after the record date mentioned above.

 

e)             Fundamental Transaction. If, at any time while this Series C 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 Series C Preferred Stock, the Holder shall have the right to receive, for each Conversion Share that would have been issuable upon such conversion absent 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 Series C Preferred Stock following such Fundamental Transaction. To the extent necessary to effectuate the foregoing provisions, any successor to the Corporation or surviving entity in such Fundamental Transaction shall issue to the Holder a new debenture consistent with the foregoing provisions and evidencing the Holder's right to convert such debenture 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 Series C Preferred Stock (or any such replacement security) will be similarly adjusted upon any subsequent transaction analogous to a Fundamental Transaction.

 

 

 

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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 outstanding as of a given date shall be the sum of the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding treasury shares, if any) outstanding.

 

g)             Notice to Holders.

 

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. If the Corporation issues a variable rate security, despite the prohibition thereon in the Subscription Agreement, the Corporation shall be deemed to have issued Common Stock or Common Stock Equivalents at the lowest possible conversion or exercise price at which such securities may be converted or exercised or the lowest possible adjustment price.

 

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 the Series C Preferred Stock, and shall cause to be mailed to the Holders at their last addresses as they 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. Holders are entitled to convert the Conversion Amount of Series C Preferred Stock during the 20-day period commencing the date of such notice to the effective date of the event triggering such notice.

 

 

 

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Section 8.               Optional Redemption.

 

a)             Optional Redemption. Subject to the provisions of this Section 8, the Corporation may, at any time after the six month anniversary of the Original Issue Date, deliver a notice to the Holders (an "Optional Redemption Notice" and the date such notice is deemed delivered hereunder, the "Optional Redemption Notice Date") of its irrevocable election to redeem, all or in part, the then outstanding Series C Preferred Stock, for an amount, in cash, equal to the Optional Redemption Amount on the 65th calendar day following the Optional Redemption Notice Date (such date, the "Optional Redemption Date" and such redemption, the "Optional Redemption"), provided such notice may only be delivered if, for each of the twenty consecutive Trading Days immediately preceding the date of the Optional Redemption Notice, the Closing Bid Price of the Common Stock has been not less than $3.00 (subject to adjustment to reflect forward or reverse stock splits, stock dividends, recapitalizations and the like), and provided further that the maximum aggregate number of Series C Preferred Stock which may be redeemed pursuant to any such Optional Redemption Notice in any given week shall be that number of shares of Series C Preferred Stock for which the underlying Conversion Shares (together with any accrued dividends payable in Common Stock thereon) are less than or equal to 25 1/o of the average daily trading volume of the Common Stock on the Trading Market for the 20 Trading Days preceding each such Optional Redemption Notice Date. For example, during a given week, if there are 100 Conversion Shares underlying each share of Series C Preferred Stock and the average daily trading volume for the preceding 20 days is 200,000 shares, the Corporation shall be entitled to redeem no more than 500 shares of Series C Preferred Stock, representing 50,000 Conversion Shares. The Optional Redemption shall be applied on a pro-rata basis to all of the Holders of Series C Preferred Stock then outstanding. The Company is not required to send more than one Optional Redemption Notice to the Holders in connection with the Optional Redemption. The Optional Redemption Amount is payable in full on the Optional Redemption Date. The Corporation may only effect an Optional Redemption if from the Optional Redemption Notice Date through to the Optional Redemption Date and through and including the date payment of the Option Redemption Amount is actually made, all of the Equity Conditions are fulfilled. If any of the Equity Conditions shall cease to be satisfied at any time during the 20 Trading Day period, then a Holder may elect to nullify the Optional Redemption Notice as to such Holder by notice to the Corporation within 3 Trading Days after the first day on which any such Equity Condition has not been met, in which case the Optional Redemption Notice shall be null and void, ab initio. 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 the Optional Redemption Amount is paid in full, and any such conversions shall be applied against such Holder's Optional Redemption Amount. The Beneficial Ownership Limitation set forth in Section 6(d) above shall terminate (if applicable) as of the date that is 60 days subsequent to the Optional Redemption Notice Date with respect to each Holder's shares of Series C Preferred Stock which are subject to the Redemption Notice and, as a result, as of the Optional Redemption Notice Date the Holder shall be deemed to have the right to acquire beneficial ownership of the Common Stock underlying such shares within 60 days.

 

b)             Redemption Procedure. The payment of cash pursuant to an Optional Redemption shall be made on the Optional Redemption Date. If any portion of the cash payment for an Optional Redemption shall not be paid by the Corporation by the respective due date, interest shall accrue thereon at the rate of 12% per annum (or the maximum rate permitted by applicable law, whichever is less) until the payment of the Optional Redemption Amount, plus all amounts owing thereon is paid in full. In addition, if any portion of the Optional Redemption Amount remains unpaid after such date, the Holders subject to such redemption may elect, by written notice to the Corporation given at any time thereafter, to invalidate ab initio such redemption, notwithstanding anything herein contained to the contrary. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 8, the Corporation's determination to redeem in cash shall be applied ratably among the Holders based upon the value of the Series C Preferred Stock initially purchased by each Holder, adjusted upward ratably with respect to any shares of Series C Preferred Stock of any Holder which are no longer outstanding.

 

 

 

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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 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;

 

ii.             the Corporation shall fail to deliver certificates representing Conversion Shares issuable upon a conversion hereunder that comply with the provisions hereof on or prior to the tenth (10th) Trading Day after such shares are required to be delivered hereunder (unless the Holder shall have rescinded such conversion in accordance with Section 6(c)(i)), 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;

 

iii.             the Corporation shall fail to observe or perform any other covenant, agreement or warranty contained in, or otherwise commit any breach of the Subscription Agreement, 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, unless such failure to observe or perform would not have a material adverse effect upon the Corporation and the investor;

 

iv.             the Corporation shall redeem more than a de minimis number of Junior Securities;

 

v.             there shall have occurred a Bankruptcy Event; or

 

vi.            the Common Stock shall fail to be listed or quoted for trading on a Trading Market for more than 5 Trading Days, which need not be consecutive Trading 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, (A) with respect to the Triggering Events set forth in Sections 9(a)(i), (ii), (iii), (iv) and (v) (as to voluntary filings only), redeem all of the Series C Preferred Stock then held by such Holder for a redemption price, in cash, equal to the Triggering Redemption Amount; or, (B) at the option of each Holder and with respect to any of the Triggering Events set provided such Holder does not elect to receive the Triggering Redemption Amount pursuant to Section (A) herein, either (x)   redeem all of the Series C Preferred Stock then held by such Holder for a redemption price, in shares of Common Stock, equal to a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Triggering Redemption Amount divided by the Conversion Price then in effect or (y) increase the dividend on all of the outstanding Series C Preferred Stock held by such Holder to equal 12% per annum thereafter until such time as the Triggering Event(s) is cured. The Triggering Redemption Amount, if in cash or in shares, shall be due and payable or issuable, as the case may be, within 5 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 (whether in cash or shares of Common Stock), 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 Series C 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.

 

 

 

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Section 10.             Miscellaneous

 

a)             Notices. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries to be provided by the Holders 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, at the address set forth above, facsimile number 303-730-9985 Attn: Paul G. Laird 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. (Eastern 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. (Eastern Time) on any date and earlier than 11:59 p.m. (Eastern 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 Designation 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 Series C Preferred Stock at the time, place, and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.

 

c)             Lost or Mutilated Series C Preferred Stock Certificate. If a Holder's Series C 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 Series C 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)             Governing Law. All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Certificate of Designation shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Colorado, without regard to the principles of conflicts of law thereof. Each party agrees that all legal proceedings concerning the interpretations, enforcement and defense of the transactions contemplated by any of the Transaction Documents (whether brought against a party hereto or its respective affiliates, directors, officers, shareholders, employees or agents) shall be commenced in the state and federal courts sitting in the State of Colorado (the "Colorado Courts"). Each party hereto hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Colorado Courts for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein (including with respect to the enforcement of any of the Transaction Documents), and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, or such Colorado Courts are improper or inconvenient venue for such proceeding. Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof via registered or certified mail or overnight delivery (with evidence of delivery) to such party at the address in effect for notices to it under this Certificate of Designation and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted by law. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Certificate of Designation or the transactions contemplated hereby. If either party shall commence an action or proceeding to enforce any provisions of this Certificate of Designation, then the prevailing party in such action or proceeding shall be reimbursed by the other party for its attorneys fees and other costs and expenses incurred with the investigation, preparation and prosecution of such action or proceeding.

 

 

 

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e)                 Waiver. Any waiver by the Corporation or the Holder of a breach of any provision of this Certificate of Designation 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 Designation. The failure of the Corporation or the Holder to insist upon strict adherence to any term of this Certificate of Designation 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 Designation. Any waiver must be in writing.

 

f)                 Severability. If any provision of this Certificate of Designation is invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the balance of this Certificate of Designation 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.

 

g)                Next Business Day. Whenever any payment or other obligation hereunder shall be due on a day other than a Business Day, such payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day.

 

h)                Headings. The headings contained herein are for convenience only, do not constitute a part of this Certificate of Designation and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions hereof.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Statement of Correction is filed this 25th day of May 2007.

 

/s/ Paul G. Laird   /s/ Les Bates  
Name: Paul G. Laird   Name: Les Bates  
Title: President   Title: Secretary  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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