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    EXHIBIT 10.55

     

    9% CONVERTIBLE PROMISSORY NOTE NO. 2008-5

    DATED JUNE 12, 2008

    
 

    
      
         


      

      
         


        
          

        

      

      
         


      

    


    THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS NOTE
HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 (THE “ACT”) OR APPLICABLE
STATE SECURITIES LAWS (THE “STATE ACTS”), AND
SHALL NOT BE SOLD, PLEDGED, HYPOTHECATED, DONATED, OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED
(WHETHER OR NOT FOR CONSIDERATION) BY THE HOLDER EXCEPT UPON THE ISSUANCE TO THE
CORPORATION OF A FAVORABLE OPINION OF ITS COUNSEL OR SUBMISSION TO THE
CORPORATION OF SUCH OTHER EVIDENCE AS MAY BE SATISFACTORY TO COUNSEL FOR THE
CORPORATION, TO THE EFFECT THAT ANY SUCH TRANSFER SHALL NOT BE IN VIOLATION OF
THE ACT AND THE STATE ACTS.

     

    WORLDWIDE
STRATEGIES INCORPORATED

    A
Nevada Corporation

    


     June
12, 2008

    NO.
2008-5

     

    WORLDWIDE STRATEGIES INCORPORATED, a
Nevada corporation (the “Corporation”), is
indebted and, for value received, promises to pay to the order of GLENWOOD PARTNERS, L.P. on
June 12, 2009 (the
“Due Date”),
(unless this Note shall have been sooner prepaid as herein provided), upon
presentation of this Note, Twenty Six Thousand Dollars
($26,000.00) (the “Principal Amount”)
and to pay interest on the Principal Amount at the rate of nine percent (9%) per
annum as provided herein until this Note is paid in full.

    


    The Corporation covenants, promises and
agrees as follows:

    


    1.           Interest.  Interest
that shall accrue on the Principal Amount shall be payable quarterly beginning
on September 12,
2008.

     

    2.           Prepayment.  The
Corporation may prepay this Note without notice by paying to the Holder the
entire outstanding Principal Amount and all accrued but unpaid interest on this
Note.

    


    3.           Conversion.

     

    3.1.                      The
Holder of this Note shall have the right, at such Holder’s option, upon a
Default Event, to convert the Principal Amount of this Note and accrued but
unpaid interest into such number of fully paid and nonassessable Shares, as
shall be provided herein.

     

    3.2.                      The
Holder of this Note may exercise the conversion right provided in this Section 3
by giving written notice (the “Conversion Notice”)
to the Corporation of the exercise of such right and stating the name or names
in which the stock certificate or stock certificates for the Shares are to be
issued and the address to which such certificates shall be
delivered.  The Conversion Notice shall be accompanied by this
Note.  The number of Shares that shall be issuable upon conversion of
the Note shall equal the dollar amount to be converted divided by five cents
($0.05).

     

    3.3.                      Conversion
shall be deemed to have been effected on the date the Conversion Notice is given
(the “Conversion
Date”).  Within 10 business days after receipt of the
Conversion Notice, 

     

     

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    the
Corporation shall issue and deliver by hand against a signed receipt therefor or
by United States registered mail, return receipt requested, to the address
designated by the Holder of this Note in the Conversion Notice, a stock
certificate or stock certificates representing the number of Shares to which
such Holder is entitled.

     

    3.4.                      Taxes.  The
Corporation shall pay all documentary, stamp or other transactional taxes and
charges attributable to the issuance or delivery of the Shares upon conversion;
provided, however, that the Corporation shall not be required to pay any taxes
which may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issuance or
delivery of any certificate for such shares in a name other than that of the
record Holder of this Note.

     

    3.5.                      Reservation of Shares. The
Corporation shall cause Worldwide Strategies Incorporated to reserve and keep
available, free from preemptive rights, unissued or treasury shares of Common
Stock sufficient to effect the conversion of this Note while this Note is
outstanding.

    


    4.           Default.

     

    4.1.                      The
entire unpaid and unredeemed balance of the Principal Amount and all Interest
accrued and unpaid on this Note shall, at the election of the Holder, be and
become immediately due and payable upon the occurrence of any of the following
events (a “Default
Event”):

     

    (a)           The
non-payment by the Corporation when due of principal and interest as provided in
this Note or with respect to any other Note issued by the
Corporation.

    


    (b)           If
the Corporation (i) applies for or consents to the appointment of, or if there
shall be a taking of possession by, a receiver, custodian, trustee or liquidator
for the Corporation or any of its property; (ii) becomes generally unable to pay
its debts as they become due; (iii) makes a general assignment for the benefit
of creditors or becomes insolvent; (iv) files or is served with any petition for
relief under the Bankruptcy Code or any similar federal or state statute; (v)
has any judgment entered against it in excess of $3,000,000 in any one instance
or in the aggregate during any consecutive 12 month period or has any attachment
or levy made to or against any of its property or assets; (vi) defaults with
respect to any evidence of indebtedness or liability for borrowed money, or any
such indebtedness shall not be paid as and when due and payable; or (vii) has
assessed or imposed against it, or if there shall exist, any general or specific
lien for any federal, state or local taxes or charges against any of its
property or assets.

     

    4.2.                      Each
right, power or remedy of the Holder hereof upon the occurrence of any Default
Event as provided for in this Note or now or hereafter existing at law or in
equity or by statute shall be cumulative and concurrent and shall be in addition
to every other right, power or remedy provided for in this Note or now or
hereafter existing at law or in equity or by statute, and the exercise or
beginning of the exercise by the Holder or transferee hereof of any one or more
of such rights, powers or remedies shall not preclude the simultaneous or later
exercise by the Holder hereof of any or all such other rights, powers or
remedies.

     

    5.           Failure to Act and
Waiver.  No failure or delay by the Holder hereof to insist
upon the strict performance of any term of this Note or to exercise any right,
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    default
hereunder shall constitute a waiver of any such term or of any such breach, or
preclude the Holder hereof from exercising any such right, power or remedy at
any later time or times.  The failure of the Holder of this Note to
give notice of any failure or breach of the Corporation under this Note shall
not constitute a waiver of any right or remedy in respect of such continuing
failure or breach or any subsequent failure or breach.

     

    6.           Consent to
Jurisdiction.  The Corporation hereby agrees and consents that
any action, suit or proceeding arising out of this Note may be brought in any
appropriate court in the State of Colorado, including the United States District
Court for the District of Colorado, or in any other court having jurisdiction
over the subject matter, all at the sole election of the Holder hereof, and by
the issuance and execution of this Note the Corporation irrevocably consents to
the jurisdiction of each such court.

     

    7.           Transfer.  This
Note shall be transferred on the books of the Corporation only by the registered
Holder hereof or by his/her attorney duly authorized in writing or by delivery
to the Corporation of a duly executed Assignment substantially in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit A.  The Corporation shall be entitled to
treat any holder of record of the Note as the holder in fact thereof and shall
not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in this
Note in the name of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or
other notice thereof, save as expressly provided by the Laws of
Colorado.

     

    8.           
Notices.  All
notices and communications under this Note shall be in writing and shall be
either delivered in person or accompanied by a signed receipt therefor or mailed
first-class United States certified mail, return receipt requested, postage
prepaid, and addressed as follows: if to the Corporation, to 3801 East Florida
Avenue, Suite 400, Denver, Colorado 80210 and, if to the holder of this Note, to
the address of such holder as it appears in the books of the
Corporation.  Any notice of communication shall be deemed given and
received as of the date of such delivery or mailing.

     

    9.           Governing
Law.  This Note shall be governed by and construed and enforced
in accordance with the laws of the State of Colorado, or, where applicable, the
laws of the United States.

    


    IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Note to be duly executed under
its corporate seal.

     

    
      
        	ATTEST:	 	 	WORLDWIDE
      STRATEGIES INCORPORATED 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	
                By: 
      /s/  W. Earl Somerville

              	 	 	
                By: 
      /s/ James P. Samuels

              	 
	
                W.
      Earl Somerville

              	 	 	
                James
      P. Samuels 

              	 
	
                Treasurer

              	 	 	
                CEO

              	 


      

    

    


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    Exhibit
A

    


    ASSIGNMENT

     

    FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned
hereby assigns to ___________________________________, the Convertible Note of
WORLDWIDE STRATEGIES INCORPORATED, No. 2008-5 and hereby irrevocably
appoints ______________________________, Attorney, to transfer said Note on the
books of the within named corporation, with full power of substitution in the
premises.

    


    WITNESS my hand and seal this ____ day
of __________________, 2008.

     

     

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