Form of Convertible Note dated October 26, 2023

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EX-4.3 4 icct_ex43.htm FORM OF CONVERTIBLE NOTE icct_ex43.htm

EXHIBIT 4.3

 

NEITHER THIS NOTE NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THIS NOTE IS CONVERTIBLE HAVE BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE. THESE SECURITIES HAVE BEEN SOLD 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.

 

ICORECONNECT INC.

 

CONVERTIBLE PROMISSORY NOTE

 

Issuance Date: [ ], 2023

Original Principal Amount: $[ ]

Note No. ICCT-3

 

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, iCoreConnect Inc. a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), hereby promises to pay to the order of [ ], an individual or registered assigns (the "Holder") the amount set out above as the Original Principal Amount (as reduced pursuant to the terms hereof pursuant to redemption, conversion or otherwise, the "Principal") when due, whether upon the Maturity Date (as defined below), acceleration, redemption or otherwise (in each case in accordance with the terms hereof) and to pay interest ("Interest") on any outstanding Principal at the applicable Interest Rate from the date set out above as the Issuance Date (the "Issuance Date") until the same becomes due and payable, upon the Maturity Date or acceleration, conversion, redemption or otherwise (in each case in accordance with the terms hereof).

 

The Original Principal Amount is $[ ] ([ ]) plus accrued and unpaid interest and any other fees. The Original Principal Amount is payable by wire transfer. The Holder shall pay $[ ] upon closing of this Note. For purposes hereof, the term “Outstanding Balance” means the Original Principal Amount, as reduced or increased, as the case may be, pursuant to the terms hereof for conversion, breach hereof or otherwise, plus any accrued but unpaid interest, collection and enforcements costs, and any other fees, penalties, damages or charges incurred under this Note. This Note is being issued pursuant to that securities purchase agreement dated on or about the Issuance Date (the “Purchase Agreement”) between the Company and Holder. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Purchase Agreement.

 

(1) GENERAL TERMS

 

(a) Payment of Principal. The "Maturity Date" shall be [ ], as may be extended at the option of the Holder in the event that, and for so long as, an Event of Default (as defined below) shall not have occurred and be continuing on the Maturity Date (as may be extended pursuant to this Section 1) or any event shall not have occurred and be continuing on the Maturity Date (as may be extended pursuant to this Section 1) that with the passage of time and the failure to cure would result in an Event of Default.

 

(b) Interest. An interest charge of [ ] percent ([ ]%) per annum (“Interest Rate”) shall accrue on any outstanding balance owing hereunder. Interest hereunder shall be paid on the Maturity Date (or sooner as provided herein) to the Holder or its assignee in whose name this Note is registered on the records of the Company regarding registration and transfers of Notes in cash or, at the option of the Company, converted into Common Stock at the Conversion Price.

 

 
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(2) EVENTS OF DEFAULT.

 

(a) An “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) The Company's failure to pay to the Holder any amount of Principal, Interest, or other amounts when and as due under this Note (including, without limitation, the Company's failure to pay any redemption payments or amounts hereunder);

 

(ii) A Conversion Failure as defined in section 3(b)(ii)

 

(iii) The Company or any subsidiary of the Company shall commence, or there shall be commenced against the Company or any subsidiary of the Company under any applicable bankruptcy or insolvency laws as now or hereafter in effect or any successor thereto, or the Company or any subsidiary of 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 of the Company or there is commenced against the Company or any subsidiary of the Company any such bankruptcy, insolvency or other proceeding which, with respect to all of the actions set forth above, remains undismissed for a period of 61 days; or the Company or any subsidiary of the Company 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 of the Company suffers any appointment of any custodian, private or court appointed receiver or the like for it or any substantial part of its property which continues undischarged or unstayed for a period of sixty one (61) days.

 

(iv) The Company shall fail to maintain the registration of its Common Stock under Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

(b) Upon the occurrence of any Event of Default that has not been cured within thirty calendar days from the date of the Event of Default (a “Cure Failure”), the Outstanding Balance immediately prior to the occurrence of the Event of Default shall increase by 110% (the “Default Effect”) and a penalty of $100 (one hundred) per day shall accrue until the default is remedied. The Default Effect shall automatically apply upon the occurrence of an Event of Default without the need for any party to give any notice or take any other action. In addition, all amounts due and payable under the Note shall, at the election of the holder, accelerate and become immediately due and payable upon notice from the Holder to the Company.

 

(3) CONVERSION OF NOTE. This Note shall be convertible into shares of the Company's Common Stock, on the terms and conditions set forth in this Section 3.

 

(a) Conversion Right. Subject to the provisions of Section 3(c), at any time after the Issuance Date, the Holder shall be entitled to convert any portion of the outstanding and unpaid Conversion Amount (as defined below) into fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock in accordance with Section 3(b), at the Conversion Price (as defined below). The number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of any Conversion Amount pursuant to this Section 3(a) shall be equal to the quotient of dividing the Conversion Amount by the Conversion Price. The Company shall not issue any fraction of a share of Common Stock upon any conversion. If the issuance would result in the issuance of a fraction of a share of Common Stock, the Company shall round such fraction of a share of Common Stock up to the nearest whole share. The Company shall pay any and all transfer agent fees, legal fees, costs and any other fees or costs that may be incurred or charged in connection with the issuance of shares of the Company’s Common Stock to the Holder arising out of or relating to the conversion of this Note.

 

(i) "Conversion Amount" means the portion of the Original Principal Amount and Interest to be converted, plus any penalties, redeemed or otherwise with respect to which this determination is being made.

 

 
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(ii) "Conversion Price" shall equal the closing share price of the Common Stock as of the Closing Date (as defined in the Purchase Agreement). The Conversion Price shall be subject to adjustment upon the occurrence of a stock split, stock dividend or similar event; provided that the payment of any required dividend to the holders of the Company’s Series A Preferred Stock shall not cause any such adjustments.

 

(b) Mechanics of Conversion.

 

(i) Optional Conversion. To convert any Conversion Amount into shares of Common Stock on any date (a "Conversion Date"), the Holder shall (A) transmit by email, facsimile (or otherwise deliver), for receipt on or prior to 11:59 p.m., New York, NY Time, on such date, a copy of an executed notice of conversion (the "Conversion Notice") to the Company. On or before the third Business Day following the date of receipt of a Conversion Notice (the "Share Delivery Date"), the Company shall (A) if legends are not required to be placed on certificates of Common Stock pursuant to the then existing provisions of Rule 144 of the Securities Act of 1933 (“Rule 144”) and provided that the Transfer Agent is participating in the Depository Trust Company's ("DTC") Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, credit such aggregate number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder shall be entitled to the Holder's or its designee's balance account with DTC through its Deposit Withdrawal Agent Commission system, (B) if legends are not required to be placed on certificates of Common Stock pursuant to the then existing provisions of Rule 144 and if the Transfer Agent is not participating in the DTC Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, issue and deliver to the address as specified in the Conversion Notice, a book-entry confirmation, registered in the name of the Holder or its designee, for the number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder shall be entitled which shall not designate any restrictive legends unless required pursuant the Rule 144; and (C) in all other cases, issue and deliver to the address as specified in the Conversion Notice, a book-entry confirmation, registered in the name of the Holder or its designee, for the number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder shall be entitled which shall designate the restrictive legends required pursuant the Rule 144 . If this Note is physically surrendered for conversion and the outstanding Principal of this Note is greater than the Principal portion of the Conversion Amount being converted, then the Company shall, upon request of the Holder, as soon as practicable and in no event later than three (3) Business Days after receipt of this Note and at its own expense, issue and deliver to the holder a new Note representing the outstanding Principal not converted. The Person or Persons entitled to receive the shares of Common Stock issuable upon a conversion of this Note shall be treated for all purposes as the record holder or holders of such shares of Common Stock upon the transmission of a Conversion Notice.

 

(ii) Company's Failure to Timely Convert. If within five (5) Trading Days after the Company's receipt of the facsimile or email copy of a Conversion Notice, the Company shall fail to issue and deliver to Holder the number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder is entitled upon such holder's conversion of any Conversion Amount in accordance with Section 3(b)(i) above (a "Conversion Failure"), the Original Principal Amount of the Note shall increase by $100 per day until the Company issues and delivers the number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder is entitled upon such holder's conversion of any Conversion Amount in accordance with Section 3(b)(i) above (under Holder’s and Company’s expectation that such $100 per day payment will tack back to the Issuance Date). Company will not be subject to any penalties once its transfer agent delivers the shares in accordance with Section 3(b)(i) above . If the Company fails to deliver shares in accordance with the timeframe stated in this Section, resulting in a Conversion Failure, the Holder, at any time prior to selling all of those shares, may rescind any portion, in whole or in part, of that particular conversion attributable to the unsold shares and have the rescinded conversion amount returned to the Outstanding Balance with the rescinded conversion shares returned to the Company (under Holder’s and Company’s expectations that any returned conversion amounts will tack back to the original date of the Note).

 

 
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(iii) Book-Entry. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, upon conversion of any portion of this Note in accordance with the terms hereof, the Holder shall not be required to physically surrender this Note to the Company unless (A) the full Conversion Amount represented by this Note is being converted or (B) the Holder has provided the Company with prior written notice (which notice may be included in a Conversion Notice) requesting reissuance of this Note upon physical surrender of this Note. The Holder and the Company shall maintain records showing the Principal and Interest converted and the dates of such conversions or shall use such other method, reasonably satisfactory to the Holder and the Company, so as not to require physical surrender of this Note upon conversion.

 

(c) Limitations on Conversions or Trading.

 

(i) Beneficial Ownership. The Company shall not effect any conversions of this Note and the Holder shall not have the right to convert any portion of this Note or receive shares of Common Stock as payment of interest hereunder to the extent that after giving effect to such conversion or receipt of such interest payment, the Holder, together with any affiliate thereof, would beneficially own (as determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules promulgated thereunder) in excess of 4.99% of the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to such conversion or receipt of shares as payment of interest. Since the Holder will not be obligated to report to the Company the number of shares of Common Stock it may hold at the time of a conversion hereunder, unless the conversion at issue would result in the issuance of shares of Common Stock in excess of 4.99% of the then outstanding shares of Common Stock without regard to any other shares which may be beneficially owned by the Holder or an affiliate thereof, the Holder shall have the authority and obligation to determine whether the restriction contained in this Section will limit any particular conversion hereunder and to the extent that the Holder determines that the limitation contained in this Section applies, the determination of which portion of the principal amount of this Note is convertible shall be the responsibility and obligation of the Holder. If the Holder has delivered a Conversion Notice for a principal amount of this Note that, without regard to any other shares that the Holder or its affiliates may beneficially own, would result in the issuance in excess of the permitted amount hereunder, the Company shall upon discovery of such fact promptly notify the Holder of this fact and shall honor the conversion for the maximum principal amount permitted to be converted on such Conversion Date in accordance with Section 3(a) and, any principal amount tendered for conversion in excess of the permitted amount hereunder shall remain outstanding under this Note.

 

(ii) Capitalization. So long as this as this Note is outstanding, upon written request of the Holder, the Company shall furnish to the Holder the then-current number of shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding, the then-current number of shares of Common Stock authorized, and the then-current number of shares of Common Stock reserved for third parties.

 

(d) Other Provisions.

 

(i) Prepayment. The Borrower shall be able to prepay this Note at any time by sending notice to Lender (“Prepayment Notice”), provided however that if a Notice of Conversion has been submitted by the Lender, the Borrower shall not be able to prepay the amount in the Conversion Notice.

 

 
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(ii) Terms of Future Financings. So long as this Note is outstanding, upon any issuance by the Company or any of its subsidiaries of any security for cash consideration with any term more favorable to the holder of such security or with a term in favor of the holder of such security that was not similarly provided to the Holder in this Note, then the Company shall notify the Holder of such additional or more favorable term and such term, at Holder’s option, shall become a part of the Note. The types of terms contained in another security that may be more favorable to the holder of such security include, but are not limited to, terms addressing conversion prices, interest rates, original issue discounts, stock sale price, private placement price per share, and warrant coverage. The following issuances shall be excluded from this provision: (a) issuances of Common Stock at an effective price per share of 85% or more of the “Conversion Price” then in effect; (b) issuances of Common Stock equivalents with a conversion price or exercise price per share of 85% or more of the “Conversion Price” then in effect ; and (c) any primary issuances registered or resales of securities registered pursuant to the Form S-1 registration statement originally filed on September 20, 2023.

 

(iii) All calculations under this Section 3 shall be rounded up to the nearest $0.00001 or whole share.

 

(iv) Nothing herein shall limit a Holder's right to pursue actual damages or declare an Event of Default pursuant to Section 2 herein for the Company's failure to deliver 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 at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief, in each case without the need to post a bond or provide other security. The exercise of any such rights shall not prohibit the Holder from seeking to enforce damages pursuant to any other Section hereof or under applicable law.

 

(4) Reserved.

 

(5) REISSUANCE OF THIS NOTE.

 

(a) Assignability. The Company may not assign this Note. This Note will be binding upon the Company and its successors and will inure to the benefit of the Holder and its successors and assigns and may be assigned by the Holder to anyone of its choosing without Company’s approval.

 

(b) Lost, Stolen or Mutilated Note. Upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Note, and, in the case of loss, theft or destruction, of any indemnification undertaking by the Holder to the Company in customary form and, in the case of mutilation, upon surrender and cancellation of this Note, the Company shall execute and deliver to the Holder a new Note representing the outstanding Principal.

 

(6) NOTICES. Any notices, consents, waivers or other communications required or permitted to be given under the terms hereof must be in writing and will be deemed to have been delivered: (i) upon receipt, when delivered personally; (ii) upon receipt, when sent by facsimile (provided confirmation of transmission is mechanically or electronically generated and kept on file by the sending party) (iii) upon receipt, when sent by email; or (iv) one (1) Trading Day after deposit with a nationally recognized overnight delivery service, in each case properly addressed to the party to receive the same. The addresses and facsimile numbers for such communications shall be those set forth in the communications and documents that each party has provided the other immediately preceding the issuance of this Note or at such other address and/or facsimile number and/or to the attention of such other person as the recipient party has specified by written notice given to each other party three (3) Business Days prior to the effectiveness of such change. Written confirmation of receipt (i) given by the recipient of such notice, consent, waiver or other communication, (ii) mechanically or electronically generated by the sender's facsimile machine containing the time, date, recipient facsimile number and an image of the first page of such transmission or (iii) provided by a nationally recognized overnight delivery service, shall be rebuttable evidence of personal service, receipt by facsimile or receipt from a nationally recognized overnight delivery service in accordance with clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above, respectively.

 

 
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The addresses for such communications shall be:

 

If to the Company, to:

 

Robert McDermott, CEO

529 E Crown Point Road, Suite 250

Ocoee, FL 34761

Email: [ ]

 

If to the Holder:

 

[NAME]

[ADDRESS]

[CITY, ST ZIP]

e-mail: [ ]

 

(7) APPLICABLE LAW AND VENUE. This Note shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to conflicts of laws thereof. Any action brought by either party against the other concerning the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be brought only in the state courts of California or in the federal courts located in the city and county of San Diego, in the State of California. Both parties and the individuals signing this Agreement agree to submit to the jurisdiction of such courts.

 

(8) WAIVER. Any waiver by the Holder of a breach of any provision of this Note 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 Note. The failure of the Holder to insist upon strict adherence to any term of this Note 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 Note. Any waiver must be in writing.

 

(9) LIQUIDATED DAMAGES. Holder and Company agree that in the event Company fails to comply with any of the terms or provisions of this Note, Holder's damages would be uncertain and difficult (if not impossible) to accurately estimate because of the parties' inability to predict future interest rates, future share prices, future trading volumes and other relevant factors. Accordingly, Holder and Company agree that any fees, balance adjustments, default interest or other charges assessed under this Note are not penalties but instead are intended by the parties to be, and shall be deemed, liquidated damages (under Holder's and Company's expectations that any such liquidated damages will tack back to the Closing Date for purposes of determining the holding period under Rule 144).

 

[Signature Page Follows]

 

 
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Convertible Note to be duly executed by a duly authorized officer as of the date set forth above.

 

 

COMPANY:

 

 

 

 

iCoreConnect Inc.

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name:

Robert McDermott

 

 

 

 

 

Title:

Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

 

HOLDER:

 

[NAME]

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name:

[NAME]

 

 

[Signature Page to Convertible Note No. ICCT-3]

 

 
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