NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THIS SECURITY IS 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. THIS SECURITY AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION OF THIS SECURITY MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER LOAN SECURED BY SUCH SECURITIES.



Original Issue Date: February 27, 2009 

Original Conversion Price (subject to adjustment herein): $0.50 


$2,000,000.00


9.0% CONVERTIBLE DEBENTURE

DUE FEBRUARY 26, 2014 


          FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the Jesup & Lamont, Inc., a Florida corporation (the “Company”), with its principal place of business at
2170 West State Road 434, Suite 100, Longwood, Florida 32779, promises to pay to Legent Group, LLC or its registered assigns (the “Holder”), or shall have paid pursuant to the
terms hereunder, the principal sum of $2,000,000.00 on February 26, 2014 (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 then unconverted and 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: 



          “Alternate Consideration” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(e).


          “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. 


          “Buy-In” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(d)(v).


          “Change of Control Transaction” means the occurrence after the date hereof of any of (i) 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 66% of the aggregate voting power of
the Company or the successor entity of such transaction, or (ii) 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 66% of
the aggregate voting power of the acquiring entity immediately after the transaction, or (iii) 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 (iv) the execution by the Company of an agreement to which the Company is



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a party or by which it is bound, providing for any of the events set forth in clauses (i) through (iii) above. 


          “Conversion Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(a). 


          “Conversion Price” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(b).


          “Conversion Shares” means, collectively, the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of this Debenture in accordance with
the terms hereof. 


          “Debenture Register” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(c).


          “EBITDA” means, for the applicable period, the net income (or net loss) of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries,
determined in accordance with GAAP, consistently applied, plus (i) any provision for (or less any benefit from) income taxes, (ii) any deduction for interest expense, net of interest income, and (iii) depreciation and amortization expense. All
determinations of the components of EBITDA shall be derived from the Company’s most recently filed Form 10-Q or Form 10-K, as applicable. 


          “Equity Conditions” means, during the period in question, (i) the Company shall have duly honored all conversions and redemptions
scheduled to occur or occurring by virtue of one or more Notices of Conversion of the Holder, if any, (ii) the Company shall have paid all liquidated damages and other amounts owing to the Holder in respect of this Debenture, (iii) there is an
effective Registration Statement pursuant to which the Holder is permitted to utilize the prospectus thereunder to resell all of the shares issuable pursuant to the Transaction Documents (and the Company believes, in good faith, that such
effectiveness of the Registration Statement will continue uninterrupted for the foreseeable future), (iv) the Common Stock is trading on a Trading Market and all of the shares issuable pursuant to the Transaction Documents are listed or quoted for
trading on such Trading Market (and the Company believes, in good faith, that trading of the Common Stock on a Trading Market will continue uninterrupted for the foreseeable future), (v) there is a sufficient number of authorized but unissued and
otherwise unreserved shares of Common Stock for the issuance of all of the shares issuable pursuant to the Transaction Documents, (vi) there is no existing Event of Default or no existing event or occurrence which, with the passage of time or the
giving of notice, would constitute an Event of Default, (vii) the issuance of the shares in question to the Holder would not violate the limitations set forth in Section 4(c) herein,
(viii) there has been no public announcement of a pending or proposed Fundamental Transaction or Change of Control Transaction that has not been consummated and (ix) the Holder is not in possession of any information provided by the Company that
constitutes, or may constitute, material non-public information. 


          “Event of Default” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.


          “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.




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          “Fundamental Transaction” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(e).


          “Interest Payment Date” 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 125% of the then outstanding principal amount of this Debenture, plus all accrued and
unpaid interest hereon and 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 10(d). 


          “Notice of Conversion” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(a).


          “Original Issue Date” means the date of the first issuance of the Debentures, regardless of any transfers of any Debenture and
regardless of the number of instruments which may be issued to evidence such Debentures. 


          “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; and (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. 


           “Person” means an individual, corporation, partnership, trust, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint venture, limited
liability company, joint stock company, government (or an agency or subdivision thereof) or other entity of any kind. 


          “Purchase Agreement” means the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of February 27, 2009, among the Company and the original
Holders, as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with its terms. 


          “Registration Statement” means a registration statement that registers the resale of all Conversion Shares of the Holder, names
such Holder as a “selling stockholder” therein. 



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          “Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. 


          “Share Delivery Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(d).


          “Subsidiary” shall
  have the meaning set forth in the Purchase Agreement.


           “Threshold Period” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.


          “Trading Day” means a day on which the principal Trading Market is open for business. 


          “Trading Market” means the following markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted for trading on the date in
question: the American Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market or the New York Stock Exchange. 


          “Transaction Documents” shall have the meaning set forth in the Purchase Agreement. 


Section 2.      Interest and Payment. 


          a)       Payment
of Interest. The Company shall pay interest in
cash to the Holder on the aggregate then unconverted  and outstanding principal
amount of this Debenture at the rate of 9.0% per annum, payable quarterly on
January 1, April 1, July 1 and October 1, beginning on the first such date after
the Original Issue Date, on each Conversion Date (as to that  principal amount
then being converted), on each Optional Redemption Date (as to that principal
amount then being redeemed) and on the Maturity Date (each such date, an “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). At the Company’s option, interest during the first year of
this Debenture may be paid in  shares of its Common Stock, which shall be valued
at the average closing price for the five Trading Days prior to the end of the
quarter for which interest is due. After the first year, all interest payments
shall be made in cash. 


          b)       RESERVED. 


          c)      Interest Calculations. Except as otherwise provided in Section 2(a), 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 principal sum, together with all accrued and unpaid interest, liquidated damages and
other amounts which may become due hereunder, has been made. Interest shall cease to accrue with respect to any principal amount converted, provided that the Company actually delivers the Conversion Shares within the time period required by Section
4(d)(ii) herein. Interest hereunder will be paid to the Person in whose name 




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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 20% 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 payment in full. 


          e)      Prepayment.  Except as otherwise set forth in this Debenture, the Company may not prepay any portion of the
principal amount of this Debenture without the prior written consent of the Holder. 


          f)       Acceleration of Maturity Date. The Holder may accelerate the Maturity Date if
the Company has not been and is not profitable during the last two full fiscal quarters preceding the third year anniversary of this Debenture. 


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 transfer or 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.      Conversion. 


          a)      Voluntary Conversion. At any time after the date that is the 6 month anniversary of the Original Issue Date
until this Debenture is no longer outstanding, this Debenture shall be convertible, in whole or in part, into shares of Common Stock at the option of the Holder, at any time and from time to time.  The Holder shall effect conversions by delivering
to the Company a Notice of Conversion, the form of which is attached hereto as Annex A (a “Notice of Conversion”),
specifying therein the principal amount of this Debenture to be converted and the date on which such conversion shall be effected (such date, the “Conversion Date”).  If no
Conversion Date is specified in a Notice of Conversion, the Conversion Date shall be the date that such Notice of




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Conversion is deemed delivered hereunder. To effect conversions hereunder, the Holder shall not be required to physically surrender this Debenture to the Company unless the entire principal amount of this Debenture, plus all
accrued and unpaid interest thereon, has been so converted. Conversions hereunder shall have the effect of lowering the outstanding principal amount of this Debenture in an amount equal to the applicable conversion. The Holder and the Company shall
maintain records showing the principal amount(s) converted and the date of such conversion(s). The Company may deliver an objection to any Notice of Conversion within 1 Business Day of delivery of such Notice of Conversion. 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.



          b)      Conversion Price.  The initial conversion price in effect on the Closing Date shall be equal to $0.50,
which is 100% of the closing price on the day preceding the Closing Date, subject to adjustment as herein provided (the “Conversion Price”). 


          c)      INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK 


          d)      Mechanics of Conversion. 





          i.      Conversion Shares Issuable Upon Conversion of Principal Amount.  The number of shares of Common Stock
issuable upon a conversion hereunder shall be determined by the quotient obtained by dividing (x) the outstanding principal amount of this Debenture to be converted by (y) the then Conversion Price. 


          ii.      Delivery of Certificate Upon Conversion. Not later than three Trading Days after each Conversion Date (the
“Share Delivery Date”), the Company shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Holder (A) a certificate or certificates representing the Conversion Shares which, on or after
the Effective Date, shall be free of restrictive legends and trading restrictions (other than those which may then be required by the Purchase Agreement) representing the number of shares of Common Stock being acquired upon the conversion of this
Debenture and (B) a bank check in the amount of accrued and unpaid interest. On or after the Effective Date, the Company shall use its best efforts to deliver any certificate or certificates required to be delivered by the Company under this Section
4 electronically through the Depository Trust Company or another established clearing corporation performing similar functions.


          iii.      Failure to Deliver Certificates.  If, in the case of any Notice of Conversion, such certificate or
certificates are not delivered to or as directed by the applicable Holder by the third Trading Day after the Conversion Date, the Holder shall be entitled to elect by written notice to the Company at any time on



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or before its receipt of such certificate or certificates, to rescind such Conversion, in which event the Company shall promptly return to the Holder any original Debenture delivered to the Company and the Holder shall promptly
return the Common Stock certificates representing the principal amount of this Debenture tendered for conversion to the Company.


          iv.      Obligation Absolute; Partial Liquidated Damages. The Company’s obligations to issue and deliver the
Conversion Shares upon conversion of this Debenture in accordance with the terms hereof are absolute and unconditional, irrespective of any action or inaction by the Holder to enforce the same, any waiver or consent with respect to any provision
hereof, the recovery of any judgment against any Person or any action to enforce the same, or any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, limitation or termination, or any breach or alleged breach by the Holder or any other Person of any obligation to the
Company or any violation or alleged violation of law by the Holder or any other Person, and irrespective of any other circumstance which might otherwise limit such obligation of the Company to the Holder in connection with the issuance of such
Conversion Shares; provided, however, that such delivery shall not operate as a waiver by the Company of any such action the
Company may have against the Holder. In the event the Holder of this Debenture shall elect to convert any or all of the outstanding principal amount hereof, the Company may not refuse conversion based on any claim that the Holder or anyone
associated or affiliated with the Holder has been engaged in any violation of law, agreement or for any other reason, unless an injunction from a court, on notice to Holder, restraining and or enjoining conversion of all or part of this Debenture
shall have been sought and obtained, and the Company posts a surety bond for the benefit of the Holder in the amount of 150% of the outstanding principal amount of this Debenture, which is subject to the injunction, which bond shall remain in effect
until the completion of arbitration/litigation of the underlying dispute and the proceeds of which shall be payable to such Holder to the extent that such Holder obtains judgment. In the absence of such injunction, the Company shall issue Conversion
Shares or, if applicable, cash, upon a properly noticed conversion.  If the Company fails for any reason to deliver to the Holder such certificate(s) pursuant to Section 4(d)(ii) by the third Trading Day after the Conversion Date, the Company shall
pay to such Holder, in cash, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, for each $1000 of principal amount being converted, $10 per Trading Day (increasing to $20 per Trading Day 5 Trading Days after such damages have begun to accrue)
for each Trading Day after such third Trading Day until such certificates are delivered.  Nothing herein shall limit a Holder’s right to pursue actual damages or declare an Event of Default pursuant to Section 8 hereof for the Company’s
failure to deliver Conversion Shares within the period specified herein and such Holder shall have the right to pursue all remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or
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prohibit the Holder from seeking to enforce damages pursuant to any other Section hereof or under applicable law. 


          v.      Compensation for Buy-In on Failure to Timely Deliver Certificates Upon Conversion. In addition to any other
rights available to the Holder, if the Company fails for any reason to deliver to the Holder such certificate(s) by the Share Delivery Date pursuant to Section 4(d)(ii), and if after such Share Delivery Date the Holder is required by its brokerage
firm to purchase (in an open market transaction or otherwise), or the Holder’s brokerage firm otherwise purchases, shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by such Holder of the Conversion Shares which the Holder was entitled
to receive upon the conversion relating to such Share Delivery Date (a “Buy-In”), then the Company shall (A) pay in cash to the Holder (in addition to any other remedies available
to or elected by the Holder) the amount by which (x) the Holder’s total purchase price (including any brokerage commissions) for the Common Stock so purchased exceeds (y) the product of (1) the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock that
such Holder was entitled to receive from the conversion at issue multiplied by (2) the actual sale price at which the sell order giving rise to such purchase obligation was executed (including any brokerage commissions) and (B) at the option of the
Holder, either reissue (if surrendered) this Debenture in a principal amount equal to the principal amount of the attempted conversion or deliver to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock that would have been issued if the Company had
timely complied with its delivery requirements under Section 4(d)(ii).  For example, if the Holder purchases Common Stock having a total purchase price of $11,000 to cover a Buy-In with respect to an attempted conversion of this Debenture with
respect to which the actual sale price of the Conversion Shares (including any brokerage commissions) giving rise to such purchase obligation was a total of $10,000 under clause (A) of the immediately preceding sentence, the Company shall be
required to pay the Holder $1,000. The Holder shall provide the Company written notice indicating the amounts payable to the Holder in respect of the Buy-In and, upon request of the Company, evidence of the amount of such loss. Nothing herein
shall limit a Holder’s right to pursue any other remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief with respect to the Company’s failure to
timely deliver certificates representing shares of Common Stock upon conversion of this Debenture as required pursuant to the terms hereof. 


          vi.      Reservation of Shares Issuable Upon Conversion. The Company covenants that it shall at all times reserve
and keep available out of its authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock for the sole purpose of issuance upon conversion of this Debenture as herein provided, free from preemptive rights or any other actual contingent purchase rights of Persons
other than the Holder (and the other holders of the Debentures), not less than such aggregate number of shares of the Common Stock as shall (subject to the terms and conditions set forth




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in the Purchase Agreement) be issuable (taking into account the adjustments and restrictions of Section 5) upon the conversion of the outstanding principal amount of this Debenture. The Company covenants that all shares of Common
Stock that shall be so issuable shall, upon issue, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and, if the Registration Statement is then effective under the Securities Act, shall be registered for public sale in accordance with
such Registration Statement. 


          vii.      Fractional Shares. Upon a conversion hereunder the Company shall not be required to issue stock
certificates representing a fraction of a share of Common Stock, but may if otherwise permitted, make a cash payment in respect of any final fraction of a share based on the Closing Price at such time. If the Company elects not, or is unable, to
make such a cash payment, the Holder shall be entitled to receive, in lieu of the final fraction of a share, 1 whole share of Common Stock. 


          viii.      Transfer Taxes.  The issuance of certificates for shares of the Common Stock on conversion of this
Debenture shall be made without charge to the Holder hereof for any documentary stamp or similar taxes that may be payable in respect of the issue or delivery of such certificates, provided that the Company shall not be required to pay any tax that
may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issuance and delivery of any such certificate upon conversion in a name other than that of the Holder of this Debenture so converted and the Company shall not be required to issue or deliver
such certificates unless or until the person or persons requesting the issuance thereof shall have paid to the Company the amount of such tax or shall have established to the satisfaction of the Company that such tax has been paid. 





Section 5.      Certain Adjustments. 


          a)      Stock Dividends and Stock Splits. If the Company, at any time while this Debenture is outstanding: (A) pays
a stock dividend or otherwise makes a distribution or distributions payable in shares of Common Stock on shares of Common Stock or any Common Stock Equivalents (which, for avoidance of doubt, shall not include any shares of Common Stock issued by
the Company upon conversion of, or payment of interest on, the Debentures); (B) subdivides outstanding shares of Common Stock into a larger number of shares; (C) combines (including by way of a reverse stock split) outstanding shares of Common Stock
into a smaller number of shares; or (D) issues, in the event of a reclassification of shares of the Common Stock, any shares of capital stock of the Company, then the Conversion Price shall be multiplied by a fraction of which the numerator shall be
the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding any treasury shares of the Company) outstanding immediately before such event and of which the denominator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately 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




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such dividend or distribution and shall become effective immediately after the effective date in the case of a subdivision, combination or re-classification. 


          b)      RESERVED. 


          c)      Subsequent Rights Offerings.  If the Company, at any time while the Debenture is outstanding, shall issue
rights, options or warrants to all holders of Common Stock (and not to Holders) entitling them to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock at a price per share that is lower than the Closing Price on the record date referenced below, then
the Conversion Price shall be multiplied by a fraction of which the denominator shall be the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding on the date of issuance of such rights or warrants plus the number of additional shares of Common Stock
offered for subscription or purchase, and of which the numerator shall be the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding on the date of issuance of such rights or warrants plus the number of shares which the aggregate offering price of the
total number of shares so offered (assuming delivery to the Company in full of all consideration payable upon exercise of such rights, options or warrants) would purchase at such Closing Price. Such adjustment shall be made whenever such rights or
warrants are issued, and shall become effective immediately after the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such rights, options or warrants.


          d)      Pro Rata Distributions. If the Company, at any time while this Debenture is outstanding, distributes to all
holders of Common Stock (and not to the Holders) evidences of its indebtedness or assets (including cash and cash dividends) or rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any security, then in each such case the Conversion Price shall be
adjusted by multiplying such Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to the record date fixed for determination of stockholders entitled to receive such distribution by a fraction of which the denominator shall be the Closing Price determined
as of the record date mentioned above, and of which the numerator shall be such Closing Price on such record date less the then fair market value at such record date of the portion of such assets or evidence of indebtedness so distributed applicable
to 1 outstanding share of the Common Stock as determined by the Board of Directors of the Company in good faith. In either case the adjustments shall be described in a statement delivered to the Holder describing the portion of assets or evidences
of indebtedness so distributed or such subscription rights applicable to 1 share of Common Stock. Such adjustment shall be made whenever any such distribution is made and shall become effective immediately after the record date mentioned above.



          e)      Fundamental Transaction. 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 transaction 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 



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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 Conversion Share that would have been issuable upon such conversion immediately prior to
the occurrence of 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 1 share of Common Stock (the “Alternate Consideration”). For purposes of any such conversion, the determination of the Conversion Price shall
be appropriately adjusted to apply to such Alternate Consideration based on the amount of Alternate Consideration issuable in respect of 1 share of Common Stock in such Fundamental Transaction, and the Company shall apportion the Conversion 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 Section 5(e) and
insuring that this Debenture (or any such replacement security) will be similarly adjusted upon any subsequent transaction analogous to a Fundamental Transaction. 


          f)      Calculations. All calculations under this Section 5 shall be made to the nearest cent or the nearest
1/100th of a share, as the case may be. For purposes of this Section 5, the number of shares of Common Stock deemed to be issued and outstanding as of a given date shall be the sum of the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding any treasury
shares of the Company) issued and outstanding. 


          g)      Notice to the Holder. 





          i.      Adjustment to Conversion Price. Whenever the Conversion Price is adjusted pursuant to any provision of this
Section 5, the Company shall promptly mail to each Holder a notice setting forth the Conversion Price after such adjustment and setting forth a brief statement of the facts requiring such adjustment.


          ii.      Notice to Allow Conversion by Holder. If (A) the Company shall declare a dividend (or any other
distribution in whatever form) 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 




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to all holders of the Common Stock of 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 or (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 this Debenture, and shall cause to be delivered to the Holder at its last address as it shall appear upon the Debenture Register, 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 deliver such notice or any defect therein or in the delivery thereof shall not affect the validity of the corporate action required to be
specified in such notice. The Holder is entitled to convert this Debenture during the 20-day period commencing on the date of such notice through the effective date of the event triggering such notice.




          Section 6.      Intentionally omitted. 


          Section 7.      Negative 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 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; 


          b)      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; 


          c)      pay cash dividends or distributions on any equity securities of the Company other than regularly scheduled dividends on shares of the
Company’s various series of preferred stock which are issued and outstanding on or after the Closing Date; 




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          d)      dispose of any material amount of the assets of the Company in one transaction or series of related transactions outside the ordinary course
of business; 


          e)      enter into any transaction with any Affiliate of the Company which would be required to be disclosed in any public filing with the
Commission, unless such transaction is made on an arm’s-length basis and expressly approved by a majority of the disinterested directors of the Company (even if less than a quorum otherwise required for board approval); or 


          f)      enter into any agreement with respect to any of the foregoing.


Section 8.      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 (A) the principal amount of any Debenture or (B) interest, liquidated damages and other amounts owing to a
Holder on any Debenture, 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, solely in the case of an interest payment or other default under clause (B)
above, is not cured within 30 Trading Days; 


          ii.      the Company shall fail to observe or perform any other covenant or agreement contained in the Debentures (other than a breach by the
Company of its obligations to deliver shares of Common Stock to the Holder upon conversion, which breach is addressed in clause (xi) below) which failure is not cured, if possible to cure, within the earlier to occur of (A) 30 Trading Days after
notice of such failure sent by the Holder or by any other Holder and (B) 35 Trading Days after the Company has become or should have become aware of such failure; 


          iii.      a default or event of default (subject to a 30 Trading Day grace or cure period) shall occur under (A) any of the Transaction Documents or
(B) any other material agreement, lease, document or instrument to which the Company or any Subsidiary is obligated (and not covered by clause (vi) below); 


          iv.      any representation or warranty made in this Debenture, any other Transaction Document, any written statement pursuant hereto or thereto, or
any other report, financial statement or certificate made or delivered to the Holder or any other Holder shall be untrue or incorrect in any material respect as of the date when made or deemed made, which is not cured, if possible to cure, within
the



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earlier to occur of (A) 30 Trading Days after notice of such breach of a representation or warrant sent by the Holder or by any other Holder and (B) 35 Trading Days after the Company has become or should have become aware of such
breach of a representation or warrant; 


          v.       the Company or any Significant Subsidiary 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 asset sale or disposition would constitute a Change of Control Transaction); 


          ix.      a
Registration Statement shall not have been declared effective by the Commission
on or prior to the 270th calendar day after the Closing  Date; provided, that
it shall not be an Event of Default if such failure to obtain effectiveness is
primarily the result of issues relating to the SEC Guidance;


          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 $150,000, 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. 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




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rate on this Debenture shall accrue at an interest rate equal to the lesser of 20% 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 8(b).  No such rescission or annulment shall affect any
subsequent Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon. 


Section 9.     Assignment. 


          Holder may assign this Debenture and his rights and obligations hereunder, provided that such assignment is made to one or more accredited investors in compliance with the Securities Act. 


Section 10.   Miscellaneous.


          a)      Notices.
Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries to be provided by the
Holder hereunder,  including, without limitation, any Notice of Conversion, 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, facsimile  number 407-551-4886, Attention: Alan
Weichselbaum 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 10. 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 such 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
in this Section 10 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 in this Section 10 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. 




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          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. 




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          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 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. 


          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 10(i) shall apply similarly
and equally to




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  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. 


  	 
	JESUP & LAMONT,
            INC. 
	 	 
	 	 
	By:	                                                                                

	 	Name: Steve Rabinovici, 
	 	Title:         Chairman 






 

 

 

 

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ANNEX A


NOTICE OF CONVERSION


 The undersigned hereby elects to convert principal under the 9.0% Convertible Debenture due February 26, 2014 of Jesup & Lamont, Inc., a Florida corporation (the “Company”), into shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”), of the Company according to the conditions hereof, as of the date written
below. If shares of Common Stock are to be issued in the name of a person other than the undersigned, the undersigned will pay all transfer taxes payable with respect thereto and is delivering herewith such certificates and opinions as reasonably
requested by the Company in accordance therewith.  No fee will be charged to the holder for any conversion, except for such transfer taxes, if any. 


 By the delivery of this Notice of Conversion the undersigned represents and warrants to the Company that its ownership of the Common Stock does not exceed the amounts specified under Section 4 of this Debenture, as determined in
accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act. 


 The undersigned agrees to comply with the prospectus delivery requirements under the applicable securities laws in connection with any transfer of the aforesaid shares of Common Stock.

	
Conversion calculations:		 		 	
	 		                  	
Date to Effect Conversion:	
	 	 	 
	 		 		
Principal Amount of Debenture to be Converted:	
	 	 	 
	 		 		
Number of shares of Common Stock to be issued:	
	 	 	 
	 	
	 	 	Signature: 

	 	 	 
	 		 		
Name:	
	 	 	 
	 		 		
Address:	




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Schedule 1


CONVERSION SCHEDULE


The 9.0% Convertible Debentures due on February 26, 2014 in the aggregate principal amount of $2,000,000.00 are issued by Jesup & Lamont, Inc..  This Conversion Schedule reflects conversions made under Section 4 of the
above referenced Debenture. 


Dated:

	 		 		 	 	
	 		 		Aggregate 	 	
	 	 		Principal 	 	
	 	 	Amount 	 	
	Date of Conversion 
	Amount of 
	Remaining 	
      Company Attest 

	(or for first entry, 	
Conversion		Subsequent to 
	 	
	
Original Issue Date)		 		Conversion		 	
	 		 		(or original		 	
	 		 		Principal		 	
	 		 		
Amount)		 	
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 




 

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