Exhibit 10.2
THIS NOTE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “1933 ACT”), OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED, ASSIGNED, OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED UNLESS A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WITH RESPECT THERETO IS EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR BORROWER (AS DEFINED BELOW) RECEIVES AN OPINION OF COUNSEL SATISFACTORY TO BORROWER THAT THIS NOTE MAY BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED, ASSIGNED, OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED IN THE MANNER CONTEMPLATED WITHOUT AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS.
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CONVERTIBLE SECURED CREDIT NOTE
(Original Issue Discount)
Not to Exceed the Principal Sum of $1,000,000.00 | September 23, 2024 |
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, Pineapple Energy, Inc., a corporation having an office located at 171 Remington Boulevard, Ronkonkoma, New York 11779 and its successors and assigns (the “Borrower”), promises to pay to the order of Conduit Capital U.S. Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company having an office located at 1451 Fort Cassin Road, Ferrisburg, Vermont 05456 (“Lender”) or at such other place as the holder hereof may from time to time designate in writing, in federal funds immediately available in New York, all Loans (defined herein) made by Lender to Borrower hereunder in an amount not to exceed the aggregate principal sum of One Million ($1,000,000.00) Dollars as indicated on the Grid Schedule attached hereto as Annex 1, as same shall be amended from time to time subsequent to the date hereof, in accordance with the Credit Agreement (defined herein). This Amended and Restated Convertible Secured Credit Note (this “Note”) amends and restates, in its entirety, that certain Secured Credit Note by Borrower in favor of Lender dated July 24, 2024 in the principal sum (the “Principal Sum”) of $1,000,000.00 United States Dollars (the “Original Note”), as such Original Note has been amended and restated in its entirety by that certain Amended and Restated Secured Credit Note by Borrower in favor of Lender dated September 9, 2024.
This Note, as amended hereby, is the Secured Credit Note referred to in that certain Secured Credit Agreement dated July 24, 2024 between Borrower and Lender (as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”). This Note is secured by that certain Security Agreement dated July 24, 2024 between the Borrower and Lender (the “Security Agreement”). This Note is subject to the terms and provisions of that certain Subordination Agreement of even date herewith among Borrower, Lender, Decathlon Specialty Finance, LLC, MBB Energy, LLC, and Hercules Capital, Inc. Certain capitalized terms used in this Note which are not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Credit Agreement.
1. | Loans. |
a. First Advance. Lender advanced the principal sum of Five Hundred Thousand ($500,000.00) Dollars to Borrower on July 24, 2024, in an amount equal to such principal sum minus the Original Issue Discount.
b. Second Advance. On September 9, 2024, Lender advanced the additional principal sum of One Hundred Twenty Thousand ($120,000.00) Dollars, in an amount equal to such principal sum minus the Original Issue Discount.
c. Third Advance. Not later than one (1) business day after the execution of this Note, Lender is advancing the additional principal sum of Three Hundred Eighty Thousand ($380,000.00) Dollars to Borrower in an amount equal to such principal sum minus the Original Issue Discount.
d. Original Issue Discount. Notwithstanding any such deduction of the Original Issue Discount, Borrower is and shall remain liable to pay (a) the full principal amount of all Loans, inclusive of the Original Issue Discount and without giving effect to such deduction, and (b) interest, which shall accrue on the outstanding principal amount of such Loans, inclusive of the Original Issue Discount and without giving effect to such deduction from and after the Maturity Date. All calculations of interest and fees in respect of the Loans shall be calculated on the basis of their full stated principal sum. For the avoidance of doubt, the Original Issue Discount is and shall be deemed to be a part of the aggregate outstanding principal sum due under this Note.
2. Interest Rate. Each Loan shall bear interest on the unpaid principal amount thereof (without deduction for the Ordinary Issue Discount) at an interest rate equal to Twenty Percent (20.0%) per annum; provided that payment in full of the Repayment Amount, inclusive of the Original Issue Discount, on the Maturity Date satisfies the interest accrual on the Loan from initial issuance to the Maturity Date. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the outstanding principal amount of the Loans hereunder shall bear interest payable on demand at a rate of interest of five (5.0%) percent per annum in excess of the interest rate otherwise then in effect or, if less, the maximum lawful rate of interest. Interest on each Loan shall be calculated on the basis year of 360 days and shall be payable for the actual days elapsed.
3. Maturity. On the Maturity Date, the entire outstanding Repayment Amount (including the Original Issue Discount) shall be due and payable in full without any notice or demand whatsoever being required.
4. Application of Payments. All payments received by Lender hereunder shall be applied first, to interest in accordance with the Credit Agreement, second, to the unpaid principal amount of all Loans then outstanding (including the Original Issue Discount), and third, to the payment of any fees, costs, expenses or charges then payable by Borrower to Lender hereunder, under the Credit Agreement or under any other document executed and delivered by Borrower to Lender or the holder hereof (or to either of their respective successors, assigns or Affiliates.
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5. Event of Default. Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, Lender shall have the unconditional right, but not the obligation, to accelerate and declare this Note to be forthwith due and payable without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived.
6. Usury Savings Clause. Notwithstanding anything in to the contrary stated in this Note or the Credit Agreement, the obligation of the Borrower to make payments of interest shall be subject to the limitation that payments of interest shall not be required to be paid to Lender to the extent that the charging or receipt thereof would not be permissible under the law or laws applicable to Lender limiting the rates of interest that may be charged or collected by Lender. If the provisions of this Note or the Credit Agreement would at any time otherwise require payment by the Borrower to Lender of any amount of interest in excess of the maximum amount then permitted by applicable law, the interest payments shall be reduced to the extent necessary so that Lender shall not receive interest in excess of such maximum amount.
7. Time of the essence. Time is of the essence as to all dates set forth herein; provided, however that whenever any payment to be made under this Note shall be stated to be due on a day that is not a Business Day, such payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day, and such extension of time shall in such case be included in the computations of payment of interest. “Business Day” shall mean any day except a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks are required or permitted to close in the State of New York.
8. Borrower’s Absolute Obligation. No provision of this Note or the Credit Agreement shall alter or impair the obligation of Borrower, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and interest due with respect to this Note at the place, at the respective times, and in the currency herein prescribed.
9. Conversion of this Note.
a. Conversion Shares. Lender shall have the right, but not the obligation, at any time and from time-to-time so long as not less than an amount equal to the principal sum of $500,000.00 (the “Convertible Amount”) remains unpaid under this Note, to convert all or any portion of the outstanding Convertible Amount and all accrued but unpaid interest thereon into a number of shares (the “Conversion Shares”) of the Borrower’s common stock (the “Common Stock”), calculated as the total dollar amount to be converted divided by $0.45 (the “Conversion Price”).
i. For the avoidance of doubt, the Convertible Amount is the sole portion of the Principal Sum that is subject to conversion herein.
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ii. In the event that Lender wishes to exercise the conversion rights set forth in this Section 9(a), the Lender shall give the Borrower written notice (the “Conversion Notice”) of such conversion, which notice shall be effective on the date of such Conversion Notice, if such Conversion Notice is received by the Borrower not later than 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time on such date or, if such Conversion Notice is received by the Borrower after 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time on such date, then on the next succeeding Business Day. The date on which such Conversion Notice is deemed to be effective is hereinafter referred to as the “Conversion Date.”
b. Transfer Agent. Not later than two (2) Business Days after any Conversion Date, the Borrower will cause the transfer agent for the Common Stock to deliver to the Lender, a book-entry receipt evidencing the issuance of the Conversion Shares to the Lender and containing a restrictive legend similar in tone and tenor to the legend on the first page of this Note.
c. No Fractional Shares. Upon any conversion hereunder, the Borrower shall not issue fractions of any Conversion Shares, and the aggregate number of Conversion Shares shall be rounded up or down to the nearest whole number.
d. Annotation of Note. Not later than three (3) Business Days following the Conversion Date, the Borrower shall prepare and the Lender shall acknowledge an annotated version of the Note and the Grid Schedule hereto reflecting the conversion and corresponding reduction of the Principal Amount outstanding under this Note.
e. Adjustments.
i. If, at any time while any portion of this Note remains outstanding, Borrower effectuates a stock split or reverse stock split of its Common Stock or issues a dividend on Common Stock consisting of shares of Common Stock, the Conversion Price shall be equitably adjusted to reflect such action. By way of illustration, and not in limitation, of the foregoing, (i) if Borrower effectuates a 2:1 split of its Common Stock, thereafter, with respect to any conversion for which the Borrower issues shares after the record date of such split, the Conversion Price shall be deemed to be one-half of what it had been immediately prior to such split; (ii) if Borrower effectuates a 1:10 reverse split of its Common Stock, thereafter, with respect to any conversion for which Borrower issues shares after the record date of such reverse split, the Conversion Price shall be deemed to be ten times what it had been calculated to be immediately prior to such split; and (iii) if Borrower declares a stock dividend of one share of Common Stock for every 10 shares outstanding, thereafter, with respect to any conversion for which Borrower issues shares after the record date of such dividend, the Conversion Price shall be deemed to be such amount multiplied by a fraction, of which the numerator is the number of shares (10 in the example) for which a dividend share will be issued and the denominator is such number of shares plus the dividend share(s) issuable or issued thereon (11 in the example).
ii. In case of any capital reorganization or of any reclassification of the capital of Borrower or in case of the consolidation or merger of Borrower with or into any other company or of the sale of all or substantially all of the assets of Borrower, this Note shall, after such capital reorganization, reclassification of capital, consolidation, merger or sale (“Equity Transaction”), confer the right to convert into that number of shares or other securities or property of the Borrower or of the entity resulting from such Equity Transaction or to which such sale shall be made, as the case may be, to which the holder of the shares deliverable at the time of such Equity Transaction would have been entitled as a result of such Equity Transaction had the Note been converted immediately prior thereto, and in any such case, if necessary, appropriate adjustments shall be made in the application of the provisions set forth herein with respect to the rights and interest thereafter of the Lender to the end that the provisions set forth herein shall thereafter correspondingly be made applicable as nearly as may reasonable be expected in relation to any shares or other securities or property thereafter deliverable. The subdivision or consolidation of the shares at any time outstanding into a greater or lesser number of shares (whether with or without par value) shall not be deemed to be a capital reorganization or a reclassification of the capital of the Borrower for the purposes of this Section 9.
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f. Covenants regarding Common Stock. Borrower covenants and agrees that it shall at all times reserve and keep available out of its authorized Common Stock solely for the purpose of issuing the Conversion Shares as provided in this Note, such number of shares of Common Stock as shall then be issuable upon conversion of this Note as herein provided. In the event Borrower does not have a sufficient number of shares of authorized Common Stock available for the issuance of any or all of the Conversion Shares, Borrower covenants and agrees to take all steps necessary or desirable to effectuate the authorization of such Conversion Shares, including without limitation amending its charter documents to increase the number of authorized shares of Common Stock. Borrower covenants and agrees that all shares that may be issued upon conversion of this Note will, upon such issuance, be duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, free of all liens and charges, and not subject to any preemptive rights.
10. | Piggyback Registration Rights. |
a. Generally. If Borrower determines to register any of its securities, other than a registration relating solely to employee benefit plans or a registration relating solely to a corporate reorganization or other transaction on Form S-4, S-8 or similar forms that may be promulgated in the future, then Borrower shall:
i. promptly give written notice thereof to Lender on a date (the “Notice Date”) that is at least ten (10) days before filing any such registration statement; and
ii. use its commercially reasonable efforts to include in such registration (and any related qualification under blue sky laws or other compliance), except as set forth in Section 10(b), and in any underwriting involved therein, all the Conversion Shares specified in a written request made by Lender and received by Borrower within five (5) days after the Notice Date. Such written request may specify all or a part of Lender’s Conversion Shares. If Lender decides not to include all of its Conversion Shares in such registration statement, then Lender shall continue to have the right to include any Conversion Shares held by it any subsequent registration statement or registration statements as may be filed by Borrower with respect to offerings of Borrower’s securities upon the terms and conditions set forth herein.
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b. Underwriting.
i. If the registration for which Borrower gives notice is for a registered public offering involving an underwriting, then Borrower shall so advise Lender as a part of the written notice given pursuant to Section 10(a)(i). In such event, the right of Lender to registration pursuant to this Section 10 shall be conditioned upon Lender’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of the Conversion Shares in the underwriting to the extent provided herein. Lender shall enter into a written underwriting agreement in customary form with Borrower and the representative of the underwriter or underwriters selected by Borrower.
ii. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 10, if the underwriters’ representative advises Borrower in good faith and in writing (which notice Borrower, in turn, shall promptly provide to Lender) that marketing factors require a limitation on the number of shares to be underwritten, then the representative may (subject to the limitations set forth below) exclude any or all Conversion Shares from, or limit the number of Conversion Shares to be included in, the registration and underwriting. If Lender does not agree to the terms of any such underwriting, then Lender shall be excluded from the underwriting by written notice from Borrower or the underwriter. Any Conversion Shares excluded or withdrawn from such underwriting in accordance with the terms hereof shall be withdrawn from such registration.
c. Right to Terminate Piggyback Registration. Borrower shall have the right to terminate or withdraw any registration it has initiated, to which this Section 10 is applicable, prior to the effectiveness of such registration, whether or not Lender elected to include its Conversion Shares in such registration.
d. Expenses of Piggyback Registration. All expenses incurred in connection with any registration, qualification or compliance pursuant to this Section 10 shall be borne by Borrower. All registration fees, underwriting discounts and selling commissions relating to Conversion Shares so registered shall be borne by Lender.
e. Change of Control. In the event of a change of control of the Borrower during the term hereof, the Lender (a) shall have the right to convert and sell any Conversion Shares alongside any such transaction and (b) for any portion of the Note not converted the outstanding balance of this Note shall be immediately payable and the Borrower shall repay in full any amounts due or outstanding under this Note.
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11. | Demand Registration Rights. |
a. Lender’s Right. Lender shall have the right, exercisable on one (1) occasion, to request that Borrower prepare and file a registration statement under the 1933 Act covering the registration of all or any part of the Conversion Shares. In such event, Borrower shall use its best efforts to effect such registration as soon as practicable, provided that Lender shall cooperate and assist Borrower in connection with the preparation and filing of such registration statement.
b. Expenses of Demand Registration. All out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with such registration shall be borne by Lender. Such expenses include without limitation all filing fees and expenses; compliance and blue sky qualification of the Conversion Shares; state and federal registration fees; underwriting discounts and selling broker commissions; and all legal, accounting and other external professional fees and expenses incurred by Borrower in connection with such registration; provided that Lender shall not be responsible for any expenses incurred by Borrower for wages, salaries or other expenses relating solely to its officers, directors and employees with respect to such registration. Lender shall indemnify, defend and hold Borrower harmless from any and all such expenses.
12. Prepayment. Borrower shall prepay the Loans prior to Maturity in accordance with the Credit Agreement.
13. Waivers. The Borrower and all endorsers of this Note waive presentment, diligence, demand, protest, and notice of any kind in connection with this Note.
14. Governing Laws. This Agreement and the performance hereunder will be governed in all respects by the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to principles of conflicts of laws or statutes. The parties agree that the sole and exclusive jurisdiction and venue for any litigation arising from or relating to this Agreement or the subject matter hereof will be a federal or state court located in Suffolk County in the State of New York. Each party knowingly and voluntarily submits to personal jurisdiction over it in New York and to the exercise of jurisdiction over it by such court. Borrower knowingly and voluntarily waives and agrees not to assert by way of motion, as a defense or otherwise in any such suit, action or proceeding any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of such federal or state courts, that the suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum, that the venue of the suit, action or proceeding is improper, or that this Note may not be litigated in or by such federal or state courts. BORROWER AND LENDER EACH HEREBY WAIVE ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING, AT LAW OR IN EQUITY, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS NOTE.
[signature page follows]
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[signature page to Second Amended and Restated Secured Convertible Credit Note]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Borrower has caused this Note to be executed and delivered by its duly authorized officer, as of the day and year and at the place first above written.
PINEAPPLE ENERGY, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ James R. Brennan | |
Name: James R. Brennan | ||
Title: Chief Operating Officer |
Lender consents and agrees to the provisions of Section 10 and Section 11 of this Note:
CONDUIT CAPITAL U.S. HOLDINGS LLC
By: Pangaea Investments, LLC
by: | /s/ Rober J. Zulkoski |
Name: Robert J. Zulkoski | |
Title: Sole Member |
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ANNEX 1
Grid Schedule to Revolving Credit Note
between Pineapple Energy, Inc. and Conduit Capital U.S. Holdings LLC
Date
of Loan Disbursement |
Principal
Amount of Loan |
Amount
of Principal Repaid |
Notation Made by |
July 24, 2024 | $500,000.00 | -0- | |
September 9, 2024 | $120,000.00 | -0- | |
September 23, 2024 | $380,000.00 | -0- |
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