Exhibit
4.1
THIS
DEBENTURE HAS NOT 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. THIS DEBENTURE MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN
ACCOUNT OR OTHER LOAN SECURED BY THIS DEBENTURE.
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Original
Issue Date: October 9, 2008
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$400,000
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ENABLE
HOLDINGS, INC.
18%
UNSECURED DEBENTURE
DUE
JANUARY 9, 2009
THIS
DEBENTURE is one of a series of duly authorized and validly issued 18% Unsecured
Debentures of Enable Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”),
having its principal place of business at 8725 W. Higgins Road, Suite 900,
Chicago, Illinois 60631, designated as its 18% Unsecured Debenture due January
9, 2009 (this debenture, the “Debenture”
and,
collectively with the other debentures of such series, the “Debentures”).
FOR
VALUE
RECEIVED, the Company promises to pay to Dawn Geras or his registered assigns
(the “Holder”),
or
shall have paid pursuant to the terms hereunder, the principal sum of $400,000
on January 9, 2009 (the “Maturity
Date”)
or
such earlier date as this Debenture is required or permitted to be repaid as
provided hereunder, and to pay interest to the Holder on the aggregate
unconverted and then outstanding principal amount of this Debenture in
accordance with the provisions hereof. This Debenture is subject to the
following additional provisions:
Section
1. Definitions.
For the
purposes hereof, in addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Debenture,
(a) capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings
set
forth in the Purchase Agreement and (b) the following terms shall have the
following meanings:
“Bankruptcy
Event”
means
any of the following events: (a) the Company 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 Company or any Significant
Subsidiary thereof; (b) there is commenced against the Company or any
Significant Subsidiary thereof any such case or proceeding that is not dismissed
within 60 days after commencement; (c) the Company 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 Company 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 calendar days after such appointment; (e) the Company or any
Significant Subsidiary thereof makes a general assignment for the benefit of
creditors; (f) the Company 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 Company 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.
“Change
of Control Transaction”
means
the occurrence after the date hereof of any of (i) an acquisition after the
date
hereof by an individual or legal entity or “group” (as described in Rule
13d-5(b)(1) promulgated under the Exchange Act) of effective control (whether
through legal or beneficial ownership of capital stock of the Company, by
contract or otherwise) of in excess of 45% of the voting securities of the
Company (other than by means of conversion or exercise of the Debentures and
the
Securities issued together with the Debentures), or (ii) the Company merges
into
or consolidates with any other Person, or any Person merges into or consolidates
with the Company and, after giving effect to such transaction, the stockholders
of the Company immediately prior to such transaction own less than 55% of the
aggregate voting power of the Company or the successor entity of such
transaction, or (iii) the Company sells or transfers all or substantially all
of
its assets to another Person and the stockholders of the Company immediately
prior to such transaction own less than 55% of the aggregate voting power of
the
acquiring entity immediately after the transaction, or (iv) a replacement at
one
time or within a three year period of more than one-half of the members of
the
Company’s board of directors which is not approved by a majority of those
individuals who are members of the board of directors on the date hereof (or
by
those individuals who are serving as members of the board of directors on any
date whose nomination to the board of directors was approved by a majority
of
the members of the board of directors who are members on the date hereof),
or
(v) the execution by the Company of an agreement to which the Company is a
party
or by which it is bound, providing for any of the events set forth in clauses
(i) through (iv) above.
“Debenture
Register”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 2(c).
“Event
of Default”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 5.
“Interest
Conversion Rate”
means
the average of the VWAPs of the Common Stock on the Trading Market for the
20
consecutive Trading Days immediately preceding the Interest Payment
Date.
“Interest
Payment Date”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a).
“Interest
Share Amount”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a).
“Late
Fees”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 2(d).
“Mandatory
Default Amount”
means
the sum of (A) the outstanding principal amount of this Debenture, plus all
accrued and unpaid interest hereon on the date the Mandatory Default Amount
is
either (a) demanded (if demand or notice is required to create an Event of
Default) or otherwise due or (b) paid in full, and (B) all other amounts, costs,
expenses and liquidated damages due in respect of this Debenture.
“New
York Courts”
shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 6(d).
“Original
Issue Date”
means
the date of the first issuance of the Debenture, regardless of any transfers
of
the Debenture and regardless of the number of instruments which may be issued
to
evidence such Debenture.
“Permitted
Indebtedness”
means (a) the indebtedness evidenced by the Debentures, (b) the
Indebtedness existing on the Original Issue Date and set forth on Schedule
3.1(aa)
attached
to the Purchase Agreement, (c) indebtedness that (i) is expressly subordinate
to
the Debentures pursuant to a written subordination agreement with the Purchasers
that is acceptable to each Purchaser in its sole and absolute discretion and
(ii) matures at a date later than the 91st
day
following the Maturity Date, and (d) trade payables incurred in the ordinary
course of the Company’s business.
“Permitted
Lien”
means
the individual and collective reference to the following: (a) Liens for taxes,
assessments and other governmental charges or levies not yet due or Liens for
taxes, assessments and other governmental charges or levies being contested
in
good faith and by appropriate proceedings for which adequate reserves (in the
good faith judgment of the management of the Company) have been established
in
accordance with GAAP; (b) Liens imposed by law which were incurred in the
ordinary course of the Company’s business, such as carriers’, warehousemen’s and
mechanics’ Liens, statutory landlords’ Liens, and other similar Liens arising in
the ordinary course of the Company’s business, and which (x) do not individually
or in the aggregate materially detract from the value of such property or assets
or materially impair the use thereof in the operation of the business of the
Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries or (y) are being contested in good
faith by appropriate proceedings, which proceedings have the effect of
preventing for the foreseeable future the forfeiture or sale of the property
or
asset subject to such Lien; (c) Liens existing on the Original Issue Date and
incurred in connection with clauses (a) and (b) under the definition of
Permitted Indebtedness; and (d) Liens incurred in connection with Permitted
Indebtedness under clause (c) under the definition of Permitted
Indebtedness.
“Purchase
Agreement”
means
the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of October 9, 2008 among the Company
and the Holder, as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in
accordance with its terms.
Section
2. Interest.
(a) Payment
of Interest in Cash or Kind.
The
Company shall pay interest to the Holder on the aggregate unconverted and then
outstanding principal amount of this Debenture at the rate of 18% per annum,
payable on the Maturity Date (such date, the “Interest
Payment Date”)
(if
any Interest Payment Date is not a Business Day, then the applicable payment
shall be due on the next succeeding Business Day), in cash or, at the Holder’s
option, in duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable shares
of Common Stock at the Interest Conversion Rate (the dollar amount to be paid
in
shares, the “Interest
Share Amount”)
or a
combination thereof.
(b) Holder’s
Election to Pay Interest in Kind.
Subject
to the terms and conditions herein, the decision whether to pay interest
hereunder in cash, shares of Common Stock or a combination thereof shall be
at
the sole discretion of the Holder.
(c) Interest
Calculations.
Interest shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year, consisting of
twelve 30 calendar day periods, and shall accrue daily commencing on the
Original Issue Date until payment in full of the outstanding principal, together
with all accrued and unpaid interest, liquidated damages and other amounts
which
may become due hereunder, has been made. Interest hereunder will be paid to
the
Person in whose name this Debenture is registered on the records of the Company
regarding registration and transfers of this Debenture (the “Debenture
Register”).
(d) Late
Fee.
All
overdue accrued and unpaid interest to be paid hereunder shall entail a late
fee
at an interest rate equal to the lesser of 24% per annum or the maximum rate
permitted by applicable law (“Late
Fees”)
which
shall accrue daily from the date such interest is due hereunder through and
including the date of actual payment in full.
(e) Prepayment.
The
Company may prepay all or any portion of the principal amount of this Debenture
at any time upon 5 Business Days’ notice to the Purchasers, provided that such
prepayment is made ratably among the Purchasers based on their respective Pro
Rata Portion.
Section
3. Registration
of Transfers and Exchanges.
(a) Different
Denominations.
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 payable for such registration of
exchange.
(b) Investment
Representations.
This
Debenture has been issued subject to certain investment representations of
the
original Holder set forth in the Purchase Agreement and may be transferred
or
exchanged only in compliance with the Purchase Agreement and applicable federal
and state securities laws and regulations.
(c) Reliance
on Debenture Register.
Prior
to due presentment for transfer to the Company 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
4. Covenants.
As long
as any portion of this Debenture remains outstanding, the Company shall not,
and
shall not permit any of its subsidiaries (whether or not a Subsidiary on the
Original Issue Date) to, directly or indirectly:
(a) other
than Permitted Indebtedness, enter into, create, incur, assume, guarantee or
suffer to exist any indebtedness for borrowed money of any kind, including,
but
not limited to, a guarantee, on or with respect to any of its property or assets
now owned or hereafter acquired or any interest therein or any income or profits
therefrom;
(b) other
than Permitted Liens, enter into, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist
any
Liens of any kind, on or with respect to any of its property or assets now
owned
or hereafter acquired or any interest therein or any income or profits
therefrom;
(c) amend
its
charter documents, including, without limitation, its certificate of
incorporation and bylaws, in any manner that materially and adversely affects
any rights of the Holder; provided,
however,
the
Holder agrees that the Company’s increase of its authorized Common Stock as
provided under Section 4.11(a) of the Purchase Agreement shall not constitute
an
amendment of its charter that materially and adversely affects any rights of
the
Holder and therefore no consent of the Holders’ is required in connection
therewith;
(d) repay,
repurchase or offer to repay, repurchase or otherwise shares of its Common
Stock
or Common Stock Equivalents;
(e) except
as
disclosed in the use of proceeds section of the Purchase Agreement, repay,
repurchase or offer to repay, repurchase or otherwise acquire any Indebtedness,
other than the Debentures if on a pro-rata basis, other than regularly scheduled
principal and interest payments as such terms are in effect as of the Original
Issue Date and on Permitted Indebtedness;
(f) pay
cash
dividends or distributions on any equity securities of the Company;
(g) enter
into any agreement with respect to any of the foregoing.
Section
5. Events
of Default.
(a) “Event
of Default”
means,
wherever used herein, any of the following events (whatever the reason for
such
event and whether such event 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 amount of any Debenture or interest,
liquidated damages and other amounts owing to a Holder on any Debenture, as
and
when the same shall become due and payable which default, solely in the case
of
an interest payment or other default under clause above, is not cured within
10
Trading Days;
(ii) the
Company shall fail to observe or perform any other covenant or agreement
contained in the Debentures which failure is not cured, if possible to cure,
within the earlier to occur of (A) 10 Trading Days after notice of such failure
sent by the Holder or by any other Holder and (B) 10 Trading Days after the
Company has become or should have become aware of such failure;
(iii) a
default
or event of default (subject to any grace or cure period provided in the
applicable agreement, document or instrument) shall occur under any of the
Transaction Documents;
(iv) any
representation or warranty made in this Debenture or any other Transaction
Documents shall be untrue or incorrect in any material respect as of the date
when made or deemed made;
(v) the
Company or any Significant Subsidiary (as such term is defined in Rule 1-02(w)
of Regulation S-X) shall be subject to a Bankruptcy Event;
(vi) the
Company or any Subsidiary shall default on any of its obligations under any
mortgage, credit agreement or other facility, indenture agreement, factoring
agreement or other instrument under which there may be issued, or by which
there
may be secured or evidenced, any indebtedness for borrowed money or money due
under any long term leasing or factoring arrangement that (a) involves an
obligation greater than $150,000, whether such indebtedness now exists or shall
hereafter be created, and (b) results in such indebtedness becoming or being
declared due and payable prior to the date on which it would otherwise become
due and payable;
(vii) the
Common Stock shall not be eligible for listing or quotation for trading on
a
Trading Market and shall not be eligible to resume listing or quotation for
trading thereon within five Trading Days;
(viii) the
Company shall be a party to any Change of Control Transaction or Fundamental
Transaction or shall agree to sell or dispose of all or in excess of 33% of
its
assets in one transaction or a series of related transactions (whether or not
such sale would constitute a Change of Control Transaction);
(ix) any
Person shall breach any agreement delivered to the initial Holder pursuant
to
Section 2.2(a)(iv) of the Purchase Agreement; or
(x) any
monetary judgment, writ or similar final process shall be entered or filed
against the Company, any subsidiary or any of their respective property or
other
assets for more than $100,000, and such judgment, writ or similar final process
shall remain unvacated, unbonded or unstayed for a period of 45 calendar
days.
(b) Remedies
Upon Event of Default.
(i) If
any
Event of Default occurs, the outstanding principal amount of this Debenture,
plus accrued but unpaid interest, liquidated damages and other amounts owing
in
respect thereof through the date of acceleration, shall become, at the Holder’s
election, immediately due and payable in cash at the Mandatory Default Amount.
Commencing 5 days after the occurrence of any Event of Default that results
in
the eventual acceleration of this Debenture, the interest rate on this Debenture
shall accrue at an interest rate equal to the lesser of 24% per annum or the
maximum rate permitted under applicable law. Upon the payment in full of the
Mandatory Default Amount, the Holder shall promptly surrender this Debenture
to
or as directed by the Company. In connection with such acceleration described
herein, 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 acceleration may be rescinded and annulled by Holder at
any
time prior to payment hereunder and the Holder shall have all rights as a holder
of the Debenture until such time, if any, as the Holder receives full payment
pursuant to this Section 5(b)(i). No such rescission or annulment shall affect
any subsequent Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon.
Section
6. Miscellaneous.
(a) Notices.
Any and
all notices or other communications or deliveries to be provided by the Holder
hereunder, shall be in writing and delivered personally, by facsimile, or sent
by a nationally recognized overnight courier service, addressed to the Company,
at the address set forth above, or such other facsimile number or address as
the
Company may specify for such purpose by notice to the Holder delivered in
accordance with this Section 6. 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, or sent by a nationally recognized overnight
courier service addressed to each Holder at the facsimile number or address
of
the Holder appearing on the books of the Company, or if no such facsimile 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 number specified
on
the signature page prior to 5:30 p.m. (New York City time), (ii) the date
immediately following the date of transmission, if such notice or communication
is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number specified on the signature
page between 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) and 11:59 p.m. (New York City time)
on any 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 Debenture shall alter or
impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional,
to
pay the principal of, liquidated damages and accrued interest, as applicable,
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.
(c) Lost
or Mutilated Debenture.
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,
reasonably satisfactory to the Company.
(d) Governing
Law.
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 conflict of laws thereof. Each party agrees that all legal
proceedings concerning the interpretation, 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
such New York Courts, 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 other manner permitted by applicable 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
in
the investigation, preparation and prosecution of such action or
proceeding.
(e) Waiver.
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
by
the Company or the Holder must be in writing.
(f) Severability.
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 the applicable law governing
usury, the applicable rate of interest due hereunder shall automatically be
lowered to equal the maximum rate of interest permitted under applicable law.
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 this Debenture 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 impede 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.
(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 Debenture and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions
hereof.
(i) Assumption.
Any successor to the Company or any surviving entity in a Fundamental
Transaction shall (i) assume, prior to such Fundamental Transaction, all of
the
obligations of the Company under this Debenture and the other Transaction
Documents pursuant to written agreements in form and substance satisfactory
to
the Holder (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) and (ii)
issue to the Holder a new debenture of such successor entity evidenced by a
written instrument substantially similar in form and substance to this
Debenture, including, without limitation, having a principal amount and interest
rate equal to the principal amount and the interest rate of this Debenture
and
having similar ranking to this Debenture, which shall be satisfactory to the
Holder (any such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed). The
provisions of this Section 6(i) shall apply similarly and equally to successive
Fundamental Transactions and shall be applied without regard to any limitations
of this Debenture.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Debenture to be duly executed
by a
duly authorized officer as of the date first above indicated.
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ENABLE
HOLDINGS, INC.
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By: |
/s/ Jeffrey
D. Hoffman |
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Name:
Jeffrey D. Hoffman |
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Title:
CEO
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