Exhibit 10.28
KENNEDY-WILSON,
INC.
7% Convertible Subordinated Note
due November 3, 2018
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No. R-1
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PPN: 489399 A@4
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$30,000,000.00
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November 3, 2008
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Kennedy-Wilson, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the “Company”), the
principal office of which is located at 9601 Wilshire Boulevard,
Suite 220, Beverly Hills, California 90210, for value
received, hereby promises to pay to The Guardian Life Insurance
Company of America, a New York corporation, whose principal office
is located at 7 Hanover Square, New York, New York 10004-2616 or
its assigns (the “Holder”) the sum of Thirty
Million Dollars ($30,000,000.00), or such lesser amount as shall
then equal the outstanding principal amount thereof and any unpaid
accrued interest thereon, as set forth below, and which shall be
due and payable in full on the earlier to occur of:
(i) November 3, 2018, or (ii) when declared due and
payable upon the occurrence of an Event of Default (as defined
accordance with Section 12 of the Securities Purchase
Agreement (as defined below).
This Note is one of a series of
Convertible Subordinated Notes (herein called the
“Notes”) issued pursuant to that certain Securities
Purchase Agreement, dated as of October 31, 2008 (as from time
to time amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified, the
“Securities Purchase Agreement”), between the
Company and the respective purchasers named therein and is entitled
to the benefits thereof
The following is a statement of the
rights of the Holder of this Note and the conditions to which this
Note is subject, and to which the Holder hereof, by the acceptance
of this Note, agrees:
1.
Definitions
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Capitalized terms used herein and
not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings
ascribed to such terms in the Securities Purchase Agreement. As
used in this Note, the following terms shall have the following
meanings:
A.
“Business Day”
means any day,
other than a Saturday or Sunday or a national or California state
holiday or a day on which banking institutions in the States of
California and New York are authorized or obligated by law,
regulation or executive order to close.
B.
“Change of Control
Event” shall occur if the Company
shall:
(i)
sell, convey or
dispose of all or substantially all of its assets (the presentation
of any such transaction for stockholder approval being conclusive
evidence
that such transaction
involves the sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the
Company); or
(ii)
be acquired by or
reorganized into or with another entity, whether by means of
merger, consolidation, reorganization or any other transaction, in
which the holders of Common Stock of the Company existing
immediately prior to such transaction do not, immediately after the
consummation of such transaction, own a majority of both the
outstanding voting stock and the equity interests of the surviving,
purchasing or newly resulting Company.
C.
“Change of Control Purchase
Price” means, with respect to any
payment to the Holder in connection with a Change of Control Event
pursuant to Section 4.D(ii) hereof, cash equal to the
product of (i) the Fair Value of one share of Common Stock as
of the date the notice of the Change of Control Event was issued to
the Holder, multiplied by (ii) the number of shares of Common
Stock then issuable upon the conversion of this Note.
D.
“Common Stock”
means the Common
Stock of the Company, $.01 par value.
E.
“Conversion Date”
means for any
Optional Conversion (as defined in Section 4.A below), the
date which must be a Business Day) on which this Note is
surrendered to the Company for conversion.
F.
“Conversion
Price” means $40.00 per share of
Common Stock, subject to adjustment as provided in Section 4.D
hereof.
G.
“Event of
Default” has the meaning set forth in
the Securities Purchase Agreement.
H.
“Fair Value”
of any share of
Common Stock as of any date herein specified shall mean the average
of the daily closing prices for the 30 consecutive trading days
commencing 45 trading days before the day in question The closing
price for each day shall be (i) if such shares are listed or
admitted for trading on any national securities exchange, the last
sale price of such security, regular way, or the average of the
closing bid and asked prices thereof if no such sale occurred, in
each case as officially reported on the principal securities
exchange on which such shares are listed, or (ii) if not
reported as described in clause (i), the average of the closing bid
and asked prices of such shares in the over-the-counter market as
shown by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.
Automated Quotation System, or any similar system of automated
dissemination of quotations of securities prices then in common
use, if so quoted, as reported by any member firm of the New York
Stock Exchange selected by the Company or (iii) if not quoted
as described in clause (ii), the average of the closing bid and
asked prices for such shares as reported by the National Quotation
Bureau Incorporated or any similar successor organization, as
reported by any member firm of the New York Stock Exchange selected
by the Company. If such shares of Common Stock are quoted on a
national securities or central market system in lieu of a market or
quotation system
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described above, the closing
price shall be determined in the manner set forth in clause
(i) of the preceding sentence if actual transactions are
reported and in the manner set forth in clause (ii) of the
preceding sentence if bid and asked prices are reported but actual
transactions are not.
Notwithstanding the foregoing,
(x) in the event of the sale of shares of Common Stock of the
Company to a third party in connection with a Change of Control
Event, the stated purchase price for such shares shall be deemed to
be the “Fair Value” thereof, and (y) if clauses
(i), (ii) or (iii) above or clause (x) above are not
applicable to such shares of Common Stock, then the Fair Value of
such shares shall be the fair value of such shares of Common Stock
as reasonably determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of
the Company; provided, however, that if the Holder shall
object in writing to such determination within 15 Business Days of
receiving written notice of such value, then the determination
shall be made by an independent appraiser of recognized national
standing (selected by the Company and reasonably satisfactory to
the Holder at the time outstanding), in each case in accordance
with generally accepted financial practice. With respect to any
determination made by an independent appraiser as provided in
clause (y) above, such determination shall be set forth in
writing, and the Company shall, immediately following such
determination, deliver a copy thereof to the Holder. The
determination so made shall be conclusive and binding on the
Company and on the Holder. The Company shall pay all of the
expenses incurred in connection with any such determination,
including, without limitation, the expenses of the independent
appraiser engaged to make such determination provided that if the
Fair Value as determined by the independent appraiser shall be
equal to or less than the Fair Value determined by the Board of
Directors of the Company, the fees and expenses or the independent
appraiser shall be paid by the Holder). If the Company shall not
have selected such appraiser within 20 days after the occurrence of
the event giving rise to the need therefor, then the Holder may
select such appraiser.
I.
“Junior Subordinated
Indenture” means that certain Junior
Subordinated Indenture, dated as of January 31, 2007, between
the Company and The Bank of New York Trust Company, National
Association, as Trustee, as amended, restated, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time.
J.
“Preferred Stock”
means shares of
the Company which shall be entitled to preference or priority over
any other shares of the Company in respect of either the payment of
dividends or the distribution of assets upon
liquidation.
K.
“Securities”
means Common
Stock, Preferred Stock, Convertible Securities, Purchase Rights and
any other shares of capital stock or equity interests of the
Company, whether or not issued or outstanding on the date of this
Note.
L.
“Voting Stock”
means capital
stock (or other equity interests) of any class or classes of the
Company, the holders of which are ordinarily, in the absence of
contingencies, entitled to vote in the election of corporate
directors (or individuals performing similar functions) of the
Company or which permit the holders thereof to control the
management of the Company.
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2.
Interest: No
Prepayment .
Interest shall accrue at a rate of
seven percent (7%) per annum from the date hereof, payable
quarterly in cash on February 3, May 3, August 3 and
November 3 of each year (each, an “Interest Payment
Date”), commencing on February 3, 2009, and
continuing until the date this Note is converted in accordance with
Section 4 below or is otherwise paid in full together with all
accrued and unpaid interest thereon. Interest shall be computed on
the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. The Company
may not prepay this Note, unless the principal amount hereof has
become due and payable as provided herein and in the Securities
Purchase Agreement.
3.
Events of
Default .
If an Event of Default occurs and is
continuing, the principal of this Note may be declared or otherwise
become due and payable in the manner, at the price and with the
effect provided in the Securities Purchase Agreement.
4.
Conversion
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A.
Conversion at
the Option of the Holder . The Holder of this Note
may, at any time and from time to time until the tenth (10
th
) anniversary of
the date of this Note, convert (an “Optional Conversion”)
this Note, in
whole or in part, into a number of fully paid and nonassessable
shares of Common Stock as is determined by dividing (i) the
sum of the unpaid principal balance of this Note (or the portion
thereof that is being converted into shares of Common Stock), plus,
subject to Section 4.C(v), accrued and unpaid interest on this
Note (or the portion thereof that is being converted into shares of
Common Stock) as of the date this Note is surrendered for
conversion, by (ii) the Conversion Price.
B.
Conversion at
the Option of the Company . At any time on or after the
ninth anniversary of the date of this Note and prior to
November 3, 2018 , the Company may give written notice to the
Holder demanding that the Holder convert this

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