10% CONVERTIBLE DEBENTURE DUE AUGUST 20, 2012
Exhibit
10(i)(a)
NEITHER
THESE SECURITIES NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THESE SECURITIES ARE CONVERTIBLE
HAVE BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE
SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM
REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES
ACT"), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN
EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN
AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION
REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE
SECURITIES LAWS AS EVIDENCED BY A LEGAL OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE TRANSFEROR TO
SUCH EFFECT, THE SUBSTANCE OF WHICH SHALL BE REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE
COMPANY. THESE SECURITIES AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION OF THESE
SECURITIES MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER
LOAN SECURED BY SUCH SECURITIES.
Date of
Issuance: August 20,
2009 $50,000.00
10%
CONVERTIBLE DEBENTURE
DUE
AUGUST 20, 2012
THIS
DEBENTURE is authorized and issued 10% Convertible Debentures of Juniper Group,
Inc. (the "Company"), designated as its 10% Convertible Debenture, due August
20, 2012 (the Debenture").
FOR
VALUE RECEIVED, the Company promises to pay to Redwood Management LLC or its
registered assigns (the "Holder"), the principal sum of fifty thousand Dollars
($50,000) on August 20, 2012 or such earlier date as the Debentures are required
or permitted to be repaid as provided hereunder (the "Maturity Date"), and to
pay interest to the Holder on the aggregate unconverted and then outstanding
principal amount of this Debenture at the rate of 10% per annum,
payable on the Maturity Date, unless the Debenture is converted to
shares of common stock in accordance with the terms and conditions
herein.
THE
COMPANY MAY PREPAY ANY PORTION OF THE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT AT 125% OF SUCH AMOUNT
ALONG WITH ANY ACCRUED INTEREST OF THIS DEBENTURE AT ANY TIME UPON SEVEN DAYS
WRITTEN NOTICE TO THE HOLDER
IN THE
EVENT ALL OR PART OF THE DEBENTURE REAMINS OUTSTANDING AS OF THE MATURITY DATE,
THE DEBENTURE AND ALL ACCRUED INTEREST SHALL AUTOMNATICLLY BE CONVERTED TO
COMPANY COMMON STOCK IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
PROVISIONS HEREIN.
This
Debenture is subject to the following additional provisions:
Section
1. This Debenture is exchangeable for an equal aggregate principal amount of
Debentures of different authorized denominations, as requested by the Holder
surrendering the same. No service charge will be made for such registration of
transfer or exchange.
Section
2. This Debenture may be transferred or exchanged only in compliance with
applicable federal and state securities laws and regulations. Prior to due
presentment to the Company for transfer of this Debenture, the Company and any
agent of the Company may treat the Person in whose name this Debenture is duly
registered on the Debenture Register as the owner hereof for the purpose of
receiving payment as herein provided and for all other purposes, whether or not
this Debenture is overdue, and neither the Company nor any such agent shall be
affected by notice to the contrary.
Section
3. Events of Default.
(a)
"Event of Default", wherever used herein, means any one of the following events
(whatever the reason and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or
effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any
court, or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental
body):
(i)
any default in the payment of the principal of, interest (including Late Fees)
on, or liquidated damages in respect to this Debenture, free of any claim
of subordination,
as and when the same shall become due and payable (whether on a Conversion Date
or the Maturity Date or by acceleration or otherwise) which default is not
cured, if possible to cure, within 5 business days of notice of such default
sent by the Holder;
(ii)
the Company or any of its subsidiaries shall commence, or there shall be
commenced against the Company or any such subsidiary a case under any applicable
bankruptcy or insolvency laws as now or hereafter in effect or any
successor thereto,
or the Company commences any other proceeding under any reorganization,
arrangement, adjustment of debt, relief of debtors, dissolution, insolvency or
liquidation or similar law of any jurisdiction whether now or hereafter in
effect relating to the Company or any subsidiary thereof or there is commenced
against the Company or any subsidiary thereof any such bankruptcy, insolvency or
other proceeding which
remains undismissed
for a period of 60 days; or the Company or any subsidiary thereof is adjudicated
insolvent or bankrupt; or any order of relief or other order approving any such
case or proceeding is entered; or the Company or any subsidiary thereof suffers
any appointment of any custodian or the like for it or any substantial part of
its property which continues undischarged or unstayed for a period of 60 days;
or
the Company
or any subsidiary thereof makes a general assignment for the benefit of
creditors; or the Company shall fail to pay, or shall state that it is unable to
pay, or shall be unable to pay, its debts generally as they become due; or the
Company or any subsidiary thereof shall call a meeting of its creditors with a
view to arranging a composition, adjustment or restructuring of its debts; or
the Company or
any subsidiary
thereof shall by any act or failure to act expressly indicate its consent to,
approval of or acquiescence in any of the foregoing; or any corporate or other
action
is taken
by the Company or any subsidiary thereof for the purpose of effecting any of the
foregoing; or the Company shall fail to timely file all reports required to be
filed by it with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities and
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise required by
the Exchange Act.
(b)
If any Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the full principal amount of
this Debenture, together with interest and other amounts owing in respect
thereof, to the date of acceleration shall become at the Holder's election,
immediately due and payable in cash. The Holder need not provide and the Company
hereby waives any presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, and
the Holder may immediately and without expiration of any grace period enforce
any and all of its rights and remedies hereunder and all other remedies
available to it under applicable law. Such declaration may be rescinded and
annulled by ▇▇▇▇▇▇ at any time prior to payment hereunder and the Holder shall
have all rights as a Debenture holder until such time, if any, as the full
payment under this Section shall have been received by it. No such rescission or
annulment shall affect any subsequent Event of Default or impair any right
consequent thereon.
Section
4. Conversion.
(a) (i)
Holder's Conversion Right. At any time after the Original Issue Date until this
Debenture is no longer outstanding, this Debenture, including interest and
principal, shall be convertible into shares of Common Stock at a price of
percent (40%) of the lowest closing bid price, determined on the then current
trading market for the Company’s common stock, for 10 trading days prior to
conversion. (the “Set Price”) at the option of the Holder, in whole at any time
and from time to time after six (6) months from the date of
issuance. The Holder shall effect conversions by delivering to the
Company the form of Notice of Conversion attached hereto as Annex A (a "Notice
of Conversion"), specifying the date on which such conversion is to be effected
(a "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
is provided hereunder. To effect conversions hereunder, the Holder shall not be
required to physically surrender Debentures to
the
Company. The Company shall deliver any objection to any Notice of Conversion
within 5 Business Days of receipt of such notice. In the event of any dispute or
discrepancy, the records of the Holder shall be controlling and determinative in
the absence of manifest error. The Holder and any assignee, by acceptance of
this Debenture, acknowledge and agree that, by reason of the provisions of this
paragraph, following conversion of a portion of this Debenture, the unpaid and
unconverted principal amount of this Debenture may be less than the amount
stated on the face hereof.
(ii)
If the Company, at any time while this Debenture is outstanding: (A) shall pay a
stock dividend or otherwise make a distribution or distributions on shares of
its Common Stock or any other equity or equity equivalent
securities payable in shares of Common Stock (which, for avoidance of
doubt, shall not include any shares of Common Stock issued by the Company
pursuant to this Debenture, including as interest thereon), (B)
subdivide outstanding shares of Common Stock into a larger number of shares, (C)
combine (including by way of reverse stock split) outstanding shares of Common
Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (D) issue
by reclassification
of shares of the Common Stock any shares of capital stock of the Company, then
the Set Price shall be multiplied by a fraction of which the numerator shall be
the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding treasury shares, if any)
outstanding before such event and of which the denominator shall be the number
of shares of Common Stock outstanding after such event. Any adjustment made
pursuant to this Section shall become effective immediately after the record
date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such dividend or
distribution and shall become effective immediately after the effective date in
the case of a subdivision, combination or re-classification.
(iii) Whenever
the Set Price is adjusted pursuant to any of Section 4, the Company shall
promptly mail to each Holder a notice setting forth the Set Price after such
adjustment and setting forth a brief statement of the facts requiring such
adjustment.
(iv)
If (A) the Company shall declare a dividend (or any other distribution) on the
Common Stock; (B) the Company shall declare a special nonrecurring cash dividend
on or a redemption of the Common Stock; (C) the Company
shall authorize the granting to all holders of the Common Stock
rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any shares of capital stock of
any class or of any rights; (D) the approval of any stockholders of
the Company shall be required in connection with any reclassification of the
Common Stock, any consolidation or merger to which the Company is a party,
any sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets
of the
Company, of any compulsory share exchange whereby the Common Stock is converted
into other securities, cash or property; (E) the Company shall authorize the
voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the affairs
of the Company; then, in each case, the Company shall cause to be filed at each
office or agency maintained for the purpose of conversion of the Debentures, and
shall cause to be mailed to the Holders at their last addresses as they
shall appear upon the stock books of the Company, at least 20
calendar days prior to the applicable record or effective date hereinafter
specified, a notice stating (x) the date on which a record is to be taken for
the purpose of such dividend, distribution, redemption, rights or warrants, or
if a record is not to be taken, the date as of which the holders of the Common
Stock of record to be entitled to such dividend, distributions, redemption,
rights or warrants are to be determined or (y) the date on which such
reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange is
expected to become effective or close, and the date as
of which
it is expected that holders of the Common Stock of record shall be entitled to
exchange their shares of the Common Stock for securities, cash or other
property deliverable
upon such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share
exchange; provided, that the failure to mail such notice or any defect therein
or in the mailing thereof shall not affect the validity of the corporate action
required to be specified in such notice. Holders are entitled to convert
Debentures during the 20-day period commencing the date of such notice to the
effective date of the event triggering such notice.
(v)
If, at any time while this Debenture is outstanding, (A) the Company effects any
merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another Person, (B) the
Company 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 Company 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 Company 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 Debenture, the Holder shall have the right to receive, for
each Underlying 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 Set 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
Company shall apportion the Set 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 Debenture following such Fundamental
Transaction. To the extent necessary to effectuate the foregoing provisions, any
successor to the Company 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 paragraph (c) and insuring that this Debenture (or any such replacement
security) will be similarly adjusted upon any subsequent transaction analogous
to a Fundamental Transaction. If any Fundamental Transaction constitutes or
results in a Change of Control Transaction, then at the request of the Holder
delivered before the 90th day after such Fundamental Transaction, the Company
(or any such successor or surviving entity) will purchase the Debenture from the
Holder for a purchase price, payable in cash within five Trading Days after such
request (or, if later, on the effective date of the Fundamental
Transaction), equal to the 100% of the remaining unconverted principal amount of
this Debenture on the date of such request, plus all accrued and unpaid interest
thereon, plus all other accrued and unpaid amounts due hereunder.
(d)
The Company covenants that it will at all times reserve and keep available out
of its authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock solely for the purpose of
issuance upon conversion of the Debenture
(e)
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 Company, at the address
set forth or such other address or facsimile number as the Company
may specify for such purposes by notice to the Holders delivered in accordance
with this Section. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries to
be provided by the Company hereunder shall be in writing and delivered
personally, by facsimile, sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier
service addressed to each Holder at the facsimile
telephone number or address of such ▇▇▇▇▇▇ appearing on the
books of the Company, or if no such facsimile telephone number or address
appears, at the principal place of business of the Holder. Any notice or
other communication or deliveries hereunder shall be
deemed given and effective on the earliest of (i) the date of transmission, if
such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile
telephone number specified in this Section prior to 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.
Section
5. Definitions. For the purposes hereof, in addition to the terms defined
elsewhere in this Debenture: (a) capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein
have the meanings given to such terms in the Purchase Agreement, and (b) the
following terms shall have the following meanings:
"Business
Day" means any day except Saturday, Sunday and any day which shall be a federal
legal holiday in the United States or a day on which banking institutions in the
State of New York are authorized or required by law or other government action
to close.
"Common
Stock" means the common stock, $.0001 par value per share, of the Company and
stock of any other class into which such shares may hereafter have been
reclassified or changed.
"Person"
means a corporation, an association, a partnership, organization, a business, an
individual, a government or political subdivision thereof or a governmental
agency.
"Securities
Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder.
"Set
Price" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.
Section
6. Except as expressly provided herein, no provision of this Debenture shall
alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and
unconditional, to pay the principal of, interest and liquidated damages (if any)
on, this Debenture at the time, place, and rate, and in the coin or currency,
herein prescribed. This Debenture is a direct debt obligation of the Company.
This Debenture ranks pari passu with all other Debentures now or hereafter
issued under the terms set forth herein. As long as this Debenture is
outstanding, the Company shall not and shall cause it subsidiaries not to,
without the consent of the Holder, (a) amend its certificate of incorporation,
bylaws or other charter documents so as to adversely affect any rights of the
Holder; (b) repay, repurchase or offer to repay, repurchase or otherwise acquire
more than a de minimis number of shares of its Common Stock or other equity
securities other than as to the Underlying Shares to the extent permitted or
required under the Transaction Documents or as otherwise permitted by the
Transaction Documents; or (c) enter into any agreement with respect to any of
the foregoing.
Section
7. If this Debenture shall be mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Company
shall execute and deliver, in exchange and substitution for and upon
cancellation of a mutilated Debenture, or in lieu of or in substitution for a
lost, stolen or destroyed Debenture, a new Debenture for the principal amount of
this Debenture so mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed but only upon receipt of
evidence of such loss, theft or destruction of such Debenture, and of the
ownership hereof, and indemnity, if requested, all reasonably satisfactory to
the Company.
Section
8. So long as any portion of this Debenture is outstanding, the Company will not
and will not permit any of its subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, enter
into, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any indebtedness of any kind, on
or with respect to any of its property or assets now owned or hereafter acquired
or any interest therein or any income or profits there from that is senior in
any respect to the Company's obligations under the Debentures without the prior
consent of the Holder, which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld.
Section
9. All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and
interpretation of this Debenture shall be governed by and construed and enforced
in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York, 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 City of New York, Borough of Manhattan (the "New York
Courts"). Each party hereto hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive
jurisdiction of the New York 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 New York 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 Debenture 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 Debenture or the transactions contemplated hereby. If either party shall
commence an action or proceeding to enforce any provisions of this Debenture,
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.
Section
10. Any waiver by the Company or the Holder of a breach of any provision of this
Debenture shall not operate as or be construed to be a waiver of any other
breach of such provision or of any breach of any other provision of this
Debenture. The failure of the Company or the Holder to insist upon strict
adherence to any term of this Debenture on one or more occasions shall not be
considered a waiver or deprive that party of the right thereafter to insist upon
strict adherence to that term or any other term of this Debenture. Any waiver
must be in writing.
Section
11. For six months from the date of this Debenture, the Holders
shall be entitled to “piggyback” registration rights on registrations initiated
by the Company on forms which permit the general sale of securities to the
public, subject to customary cut-backs if deemed necessary or advisable by the
underwriters for any such registration; except for any draw down or “Pipe”
transactions.
Section
12. If any provision of this Debenture is invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the
balance of this Debenture shall remain in effect, and if any provision is
inapplicable to any person or circumstance, it shall nevertheless remain
applicable to all other persons and circumstances. If it shall be found that any
interest or other amount deemed interest due hereunder violates applicable laws
governing usury, the applicable rate of interest due hereunder shall
automatically be lowered to equal the maximum permitted rate of interest. The
Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it shall not
at any time insist upon, plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the
benefit or advantage of, any stay, extension or usury law or other law which
would prohibit or forgive the Company from paying all or any portion of the
principal of or interest on the Debentures as contemplated herein, wherever
enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, or which may affect the
covenants or the performance of this indenture, and the Company (to the extent
it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefits or advantage of any
such law, and covenants that it will not, by resort to any such law, hinder,
delay or impeded the execution of any power herein granted to the Holder, but
will suffer and permit the execution of every such as though no such law has
been enacted.
Section
13. Whenever any payment or other obligation hereunder shall be due on a day
other than a Business Day, such payment shall be made on the next succeeding
Business Day.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Convertible Debenture
to be
duly executed by a duly authorized officer as of the date first above
indicated.
JUNIPER
GROUP, INC.
By:
/s/_______________________________
Name: ▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: President
and CEO