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OfficersCertificate

ASSURED GUARANTY LTD.
ASSURED GUARANTY US HOLDINGS INC.
Officer’s Certificate
Pursuant to Sections 1.2, 3.1 and 3.3 of the Indenture, dated as of May 1, 2004 (the “Indenture”), among Assured Guaranty US Holdings Inc. (the “Company”), Assured Guaranty Ltd. (the “Guarantor”) and The Bank of New York Mellon (formerly known as The Bank of New York), as trustee (the “Trustee”), Robert A. Bailenson, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, hereby certifies as follows:

I.    The issuance of a series of Securities designated as 5.000% Senior Notes due 2024 in an aggregate principal amount of $500,000,000 (the “Securities”) has been approved and authorized in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture pursuant to resolutions duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company and the Guarantor on June 4, 2014 and May 7, 2014, respectively.  The terms of the Securities shall be as follows:
(a)    The title of the Securities is “5.000% Senior Notes due 2024”.
(b)    The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated and delivered under the Indenture is initially limited to $500,000,000, except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities pursuant to Sections 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 9.5 or 11.7 of the Indenture.
(c)    The Securities will be issued in book-entry form, in denominations of $2,000 or any amount in excess thereof which is an integral multiple of $1,000, and represented by a registered global Security substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A delivered to The Depository Trust Company (the “Depositary”), or a custodian on the Depositary’s behalf, and recorded in the book-entry system maintained by the Depositary.
(d)    The principal amount of the Securities shall be due and payable on July 1, 2024.
(e)    The principal of the Securities shall bear interest from June 20, 2014 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date (as defined below) to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, payable semi-annually on January 1 and July 1 of each year (each, an “Interest Payment Date”), commencing January 1, 2015, to the Persons in whose names the Securities (or one or more Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on the December 15 or June 15, as the case may be, preceding such Interest Payment Dates.
(f)    Interest on the Securities will accrue at the rate of 5.000% per annum from June 20, 2014 until the principal thereof is paid or made available for payment.

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(g)    The principal of, interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities shall be payable and the Securities may be surrendered or presented for payment, the Securities may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange, and notices and demands to or upon the Company or the Guarantor in respect of the Securities and the Indenture may be served, at the office or agency of the Company and the Guarantor maintained for such purposes in The City of New York, State of New York from time to time, and the Company hereby appoints the Trustee, acting through its office or agency in The City of New York designated from time to time for such purpose, as its agent for the foregoing purposes; provided, however, that at the option of the Company payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the Holders entitled thereto, as such addresses shall appear in the Security Register for the Securities; and provided, further, that (subject to Section 10.2 of the Indenture) the Company may at any time remove the Trustee as its office or agency in The City of New York designated for the foregoing purposes and may from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies for the foregoing purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations.
(h)    The Securities shall be redeemable at the option of the Company prior to the Stated Maturity as described in Exhibit A, and are not subject to a sinking fund or analogous provision.
(i)    Payments of principal, interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities shall be made in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment shall be legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.
(j)    The Trustee shall be Security Registrar and the initial Paying Agent and initial transfer agent for the Securities (subject to the Company’s right (subject to Section 10.2 of the Indenture) to remove the Trustee as such Paying Agent and/or transfer agent and, from time to time, to designate one or more co‐registrars and one or more other Paying Agents and transfer agents and to rescind from time to time any such designations), and The City of New York is designated as a Place of Payment for the Securities.
(k)    Additional Amounts shall be payable in respect of the Securities on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in Section 10.4 of the Indenture and in the Securities.  Whenever in this Officer’s Certificate or in the certificate evidencing the Securities there is mentioned, in any context, the payment of principal, interest or any other amount payable under or with respect to such Security, such mention shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of Additional Amounts to the extent that, in such context, Additional Amounts are, were or would be payable in respect thereof.
(l)  Application has been made to list the Securities on the New York Stock Exchange.  Neither the Company nor Guarantor has any obligation to maintain such listing and may delist the Securities at any time.

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(m)    The Securities shall have such additional terms and provisions as are set forth in Exhibit A hereto, all of which terms and provisions are incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Officer’s Certificate as if set forth in full herein.
II.  To the best knowledge of the undersigned, all conditions precedent to the execution, authentication and delivery of the Securities described herein have been complied with, and no event which is, or after notice or lapse of time would become, an Event of Default with respect to the Securities has occurred and is continuing.
The undersigned states that he has read and is familiar with the provisions of Article III of the Indenture relating to the issuance of Securities thereunder; that he is generally familiar with the other provisions of the Indenture and with the affairs of the Company, the Guarantor and their corporate acts and proceedings; and that, in his opinion, he has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not the conditions referred to above have been complied with.
Insofar as this certificate relates to legal matters, it is based, as provided for in Section 3.3 of the Indenture, upon the Opinion of Counsel delivered to the Trustee contemporaneously herewith pursuant to Section 3.3 of the Indenture and relating to the Securities described herein.
Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings specified in the Indenture.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I, as Chief Financial Officer of the Company and the Guarantor, have hereunto signed my name.
Dated:  June 20, 2014
	
			
	 
	Assured Guaranty Ltd.

	 
	 

	 
	 

	 
	By:
	/s/ ROBERT A. BAILENSON

	 
	 
	Name: Robert A. Bailenson 
Title:  Chief Financial Officer

	
			
	 
	Assured Guaranty US Holdings Inc.

	 
	 

	 
	 

	 
	By:
	/s/ ROBERT A. BAILENSON

	 
	 
	Name: Robert A. Bailenson 
Title:  Chief Financial Officer

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[Signature Page to Officer’s Certificate under the Indenture]

EXHIBIT A
[Form of Note]

THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITORY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE) OR A NOMINEE THEREOF.  THIS GLOBAL SECURITY IS EXCHANGEABLE FOR SECURITIES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITORY OR ITS NOMINEE ONLY IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE AND, UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR SECURITIES IN DEFINITIVE FORM, THIS GLOBAL SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITORY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY, OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY TO THE DEPOSITORY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY, OR BY THE DEPOSITORY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITORY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITORY.
UNLESS THIS SECURITY IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE COMPANY (AS DEFINED BELOW) OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY SECURITY ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC) ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
No. R-001    $500,000,000
 
CUSIP No. 04621WAC4
ISIN No. US04621WAC47
Assured Guaranty US Holdings Inc.
5.000% Senior Notes due 2024
Assured Guaranty US Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation (hereinafter called the “Company,” which term includes any successor corporation under the Indenture referred to below), for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co., or registered assigns, the principal sum of Five Hundred Million Dollars ($500,000,000) on July 1, 2024 and to pay interest thereon from June 20, 2014 or from the most recent interest payment date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, payable semi-annually on January 1 and July 1 in each year (each, an “Interest Payment Date”), commencing January 1, 2015, at the rate of 5.000% per annum, until the principal hereof (and any Additional Amounts (as defined below)) is 

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paid or duly made available for payment.  Interest on this Note shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.  If any Interest Payment Date or the maturity date falls on a day that is not a Business Day, the required payment shall be made on the next Business Day as if it were made on the date such payment was due and no interest shall accrue on the amount so payable for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date or the maturity date, as the case may be, to such next Business Day.  The interest so payable and punctually paid or duly provided for on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be December 15 or June 15 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date.  Any such interest which is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall forthwith cease to be payable to the registered Holder hereof on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of having been such Holder, and may be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a subsequent Special Record Date (which shall be at least 10 days before the payment date) for the payment of such defaulted interest to be fixed by the Company, notice whereof shall be given to the Holders of Notes of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or may be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Notes may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in such Indenture.  Any interest paid on this Note shall be increased to the extent necessary to pay Additional Amounts as set forth in this Note.
Payment of the principal of, interest on or any Redemption Price or Additional Amounts in respect of this Note will be made at the office or agency of the Company and the Guarantor (as defined below) maintained for that purpose in The Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts; provided, however, that, at the option of the Company or the Guarantor, interest may be paid by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register; provided, further, that payment to DTC or any successor Depository may be made by wire transfer to the account designated by DTC or such successor depository in writing.
This Note is one of a duly authorized issuance of securities of the Company (herein called the “Notes”), fully and unconditionally guaranteed as to payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest by Assured Guaranty Ltd., a Bermuda company (the “Guarantor”), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of May 1, 2004 (the “Indenture”), among the Company, the Guarantor and The Bank of New York Mellon (formerly known as The Bank of New York), a New York banking corporation as trustee (the “Trustee”), to which the Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto referenced is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Guarantor, the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes, and of the terms upon which the Notes are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered.  This Note is one of the series designated on the face hereof, initially limited (subject to exceptions provided in the Indenture) to the aggregate 

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principal amount specified in the Officer’s Certificate, dated as of June 20, 2014, establishing the terms of the Notes pursuant to the Indenture.
The Notes are senior unsecured obligations of the Company.  The Company’s obligation to pay the principal of, interest on or any Additional Amounts in respect of the Notes is unconditionally guaranteed on a senior unsecured basis by the Guarantor pursuant to Article 16 of the Indenture.  Any obligation of the Guarantor to pay Additional Amounts in respect of the Notes (in respect of withholding of any present or future taxes or governmental charges imposed by Bermuda or the United Kingdom) shall be subject to the limitations described in Article 16.2 of the Indenture (it being understood that such limitations are read to apply to taxes and governmental charges imposed by Bermuda and the United Kingdom, as applicable).  In addition, the Guarantor shall not be required to pay Additional Amounts in the event that any tax is imposed on payments on the Notes under sections 1471 through 1474 of the Internal Revenue Code, any current or future regulations thereunder and official interpretations thereof, any agreements entered into pursuant to section 1471(b)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code and any fiscal or regulatory legislation, rules or official practices adopted pursuant to any published intergovernmental agreement entered into in connection with the implementation of such sections of the Internal Revenue Code.

If an Event of Default with respect to the Notes shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the Notes may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.
The Indenture contains provisions permitting, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company or the Guarantor and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series issued under the Indenture at any time by the Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee with the written consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of each series affected thereby.  The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of any series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Company or the Guarantor with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences.  Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Note shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Note and of any Notes issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note.
This Note is not subject to any sinking fund.
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of, interest on or any Redemption Price or any Additional Amounts in respect of this Note, at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein and in the Indenture prescribed.

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As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations set forth therein and in this Note, the transfer of this Note may be registered on the Security Register upon surrender of this Note for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company and the Guarantor maintained for that purpose in any place where the principal of, interest on or any Additional Amounts in respect of this Note are payable, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or by his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Notes of this series and of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
The Notes are issuable only in registered form without coupons in the denominations specified in the Officer’s Certificate, dated as of June 20, 2014, establishing the terms of the Notes, all as more fully provided in the Indenture and such Officer’s Certificate.  As provided in the Indenture and in such Officer’s Certificate, and subject to certain limitations set forth in the Indenture, such Officer’s Certificate and in this Note, the Notes are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Notes of this series in different authorized denominations, as requested by the Holders surrendering the same.
No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith, other than in certain cases provided in the Indenture.
Prior to due presentment of this Note for registration of transfer, the Company, the Guarantor, the Trustee and any agent of the Company, the Guarantor or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Note is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Note be overdue, and neither the Company, the Guarantor, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
The Notes are redeemable as a whole or in part, at the Company’s option at any time, at a Redemption Price equal to the greater of (i) 100 percent of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed or (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon (excluding interest accrued to the Redemption Date) and discounted to the Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the applicable Treasury Rate plus 40 basis points, plus, in each case, accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount being redeemed to but excluding the Redemption Date.
“Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, (1) the yield, under the heading which represents the average for the immediately preceding week, appearing in the most recently published statistical release designated “H.15(519)” or any successor publication which is published weekly by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and which establishes yields on actively traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to constant maturity under the caption “Treasury Constant Maturities,” for the maturity corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue (if no maturity is within three months before or after the Remaining Life, yields for the two published maturities most closely corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue will be determined and the Treasury Rate will be interpolated or extrapolated 

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from such yields on a straight line basis, rounding to the nearest month) or (2) if such release (or any successor release) is not published during the week preceding the calculation date or does not contain such yields, the rate per year equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield-to-maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, calculated using a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such Redemption Date.  The Treasury Rate will be calculated on the third Business Day preceding the Redemption Date.
“Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which banking institutions in The City of New York are authorized or obligated by law, regulation or executive order to close.

“Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security selected by an Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Notes to be redeemed.
“Comparable Treasury Price” means (1) the average of four Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such Redemption Date, after excluding the highest and lowest Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (2) if the Independent Investment Banker obtains fewer than four such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such quotations.
“Independent Investment Banker” means either Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated or Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, or their respective successors, as may be appointed from time to time by the Company or, if neither such firm is willing or able to select the Comparable Treasury Issue, an independent investment banking institution of national standing appointed by the Company.
“Reference Treasury Dealer” means each of (1) Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and its successors, (2) a Primary Treasury Dealer (as defined below) selected by Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, and its successors and (3) two other Primary Treasury Dealers selected by the Company; provided, however, that if any of the foregoing shall cease to be a primary U.S. Government securities dealer in New York City, which we refer to as a “Primary Treasury Dealer,” the Company will substitute another Primary Treasury Dealer.
 “Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any Redemption Date, the average, as determined by the Independent Investment Banker, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Independent Investment Banker at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the third Business Day preceding such Redemption Date.
All payments on this Note will be made without withholding of any present or future taxes or governmental charges of Bermuda or the United Kingdom (each, a “Taxing Jurisdiction”), unless the Company is required to do so by applicable law or regulation.
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additional amounts so that every net payment made to the Holder of this Note, after the withholding, will be the same amount provided for in this Note and the Indenture (“Additional Amounts”).
The Company will not be required to pay any Additional Amounts for (1) any tax or governmental charge which would not have been imposed but for the fact that the Holder of this Note: (a) was a resident of, or engaged in business or maintained a permanent establishment or was physically present in, the relevant Taxing Jurisdiction or otherwise had some connection with the relevant Taxing Jurisdiction other than the mere ownership of, or receipt of payment on, this Note; (b) presented this Note for payment in the relevant Taxing Jurisdiction, unless this Note could not have been presented for payment elsewhere; or (c) presented this Note for payment more than 30 days after the date on which the payment became due unless the Holder of this Note would have been entitled to these Additional Amounts if the Holder of this Note had presented this Note for payment within the 30-day period; (2) any estate, inheritance, gift, sale, transfer, personal property or similar tax or other governmental charge; (3) any tax or other governmental charge that is imposed or withheld because of failure by the Holder of this Note to comply with any reasonable request by the Company: (a) to provide information concerning the nationality, residence or identity of the Holder of this Note or that of the beneficial owner of this Note; or (b) to make any claim or satisfy any information or reporting requirement, which in either case is required by the relevant Taxing Jurisdiction as a precondition to exemption from all or part of the tax or other governmental charge; (4) any tax imposed on payments on this Note under sections 1471 through 1474 of the Internal Revenue Code, any current or future regulations thereunder and official interpretations thereof, any agreements entered into pursuant to section 1471(b)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code and any fiscal or regulatory legislation, rules or official practices adopted pursuant to any published intergovernmental agreement entered into in connection with the implementation of such sections of the Internal Revenue Code (“FATCA”); or (5) any combination of items (1), (2), (3) or (4) above.
The Company will not pay Additional Amounts if the Holder of this Note is a fiduciary or partnership or other than the sole beneficial owner of this Note if the beneficiary or partner or settlor would not have been entitled to the Additional Amounts had it been the holder of this Note.
By purchasing this Note, each Holder of this Note and each beneficial owner of an interest herein agrees to provide, promptly upon request, to the Company and its agents (or other persons responsible for withholding of taxes, including by not limited to withholding of tax under FATCA or delivery of information under FATCA) information and/or properly completed and signed tax certifications sufficient to eliminate the imposition of or to determine the amount of any withholding of tax, including withholding of tax under FATCA, or to enable the Company or its agents to satisfy reporting and other obligations.
The Company will be entitled to redeem this Note, at its option, at any time as a whole but not in part, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice, at 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest (if any) to the Redemption Date (subject to the right of holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant 

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Interest Payment Date), in the event that the Company or the Guarantor has become or would become obligated to pay, on the next date on which any amount would be payable with respect to this Note, any Additional Amounts as a result of:  (1) a change in or an amendment to the laws (including any regulations promulgated thereunder) of a Taxing Jurisdiction, which change or amendment is announced after June 17, 2014; or (2) any change in or amendment to any official position regarding the application or interpretation of such laws or regulations, which change or amendment is announced after June 17, 2014, and, in each case, the Company or the Guarantor, as applicable, cannot avoid such obligation by taking reasonable measures available to it.
The Indenture contains provisions whereby (i) the Company and the Guarantor may be discharged from their obligations with respect to the Notes (subject to certain exceptions) or (ii) the Company and the Guarantor may be released from their obligations under specified covenants and agreements in the Indenture, in each case if the Company or the Guarantor irrevocably deposits with the Trustee money or Government Obligations, or a combination thereof, in an amount sufficient, without consideration of any reinvestment, to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on all Notes of this series, and satisfies certain other conditions, all as more fully provided in the Indenture.
This Note shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to agreements and instruments made and to be performed wholly within such State.
All terms used in this Note without definition that are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
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Unless the Certificate of Authentication hereon has been executed by or on behalf of the Trustee under the Indenture by the manual signature of one of its authorized officers, this Note shall not be entitled to any benefits under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed under its corporate seal.
	
		
	ATTEST:
	ASSURED GUARANTY US HOLDINGS INC.

	[SEAL]
	 

	    
Name: James M. Michener
Title: Secretary
	By:       
Name: Robert A. Bailenson 
Title: Chief Financial Officer

	 
	 

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CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
Dated:  June 20, 2014
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON 
as Trustee

		
	By:
	      
 Name:  
 Title: Vice President

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ABBREVIATIONS
The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:
TEN COM    —    as tenants in common    
TEN ENT    —    as tenants by the entireties
JT TEN    —    as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common
UNIF GIFT MIN ACT    —    ________________________
 
                      (Minor)
Custodian    ________________________
 
                      (Cust)
Under Uniform Gifts to Minors Act    ________________________
 
                              (State)
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.

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FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned registered holder hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto
	
	
	

[PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE]

                                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                          
 
[PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME AND ADDRESS OF ASSIGNEE]
the within Note and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and appointing                                                          to transfer said Note on the books of the Company with full power of substitution in the premises.
Dated:    _____________________
 
Signature:  _____________________
		
	Notice:
	 The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as it appears upon the  
 face of the within Note in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any  
 change whatsoever.

Signature Guaranty:    __________________________________________________________

Signatures must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of the Trustee, which requirements include membership or participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or such other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Trustee in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended

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Ex. 10.1

NEITHER THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF THIS NOTE NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THIS NOTE IS CONVERTIBLE
HAVE BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES
LAWS. THE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED (I) IN THE ABSENCE
OF (A) AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR THE SECURITIES UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 OR
(B) AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, IN A GENERALLY ACCEPTABLE FORM, THAT REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER
SAID ACT OR (II) UNLESS SOLD PURSUANT TO RULE 144, RULE 144A OR OTHER EXEMPTION UNDER SAID ACT.

THE TRANSFER OF THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY IS PROHIBITED EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION.

VIASPACE INC.

SENIOR SECURED CONVERTIBLE PROMISSORY NOTE

$17,000.00 June 20, 2014

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, VIASPACE INC., a Nevada corporation (“Company”), promises to pay to Kevin
Schewe (“Holder”), or its registered assigns, in lawful money of the United States of America the
principal sum of SEVENTEEN THOUSAND Dollars ($17,000.00), or such other amount as shall equal the
outstanding principal amount hereof, together with interest from the date of this Note on the
unpaid principal balance at a rate equal to six percent (6.0%) per annum, computed on the basis of
the actual number of days elapsed and a year of 365 days. Unless converted into Common Stock of
Company as set forth in Section 3 and/or Section 8 below, all unpaid principal, together with any
then unpaid and accrued interest, shall be due and payable on the earlier of (i) June 20, 2016 (the
“Maturity Date”), (ii) upon prepayment of all amounts due and payable under this Note in accordance
with the terms hereof, or (iii) when, upon or after the occurrence of an Event of Default (as
defined below), such amounts are declared due and payable by Holder or made automatically due and
payable in accordance with the terms hereof. Immediately prior to the issuance of this Note by
Company, Holder acknowledges that it has delivered to Company the sum of SEVENTEEN THOUSAND Dollars
($17,000.00) reflecting the principal amount under this Note.

This Note is one of a series of notes (the “Notes”) having like tenor and effect (except for
variations necessary to express the name of the holder, the principal amount of each of the Notes
and the date on which each Note is funded) in an aggregate principal amount of up to $1,000,000
issued or to be issued by Company on or about the period from September 2012 to August 2017 (or
such other period as agreed upon by the Company and the Holder) pursuant to the terms of a Loan
Agreement, dated as of September 30, 2012, by and between Company and the Holder (or his designees)
of the Notes (the “Loan Agreement”). The Notes shall rank equally without preference or priority
of any kind over one another, and all payments on account of principal and interest with respect to
any of the Notes shall be applied ratably and proportionately on the outstanding Notes on the basis
of the principal amount of the outstanding indebtedness represented thereby.

The following is a statement of the rights of Holder and the conditions to which this Note is
subject, and to which Company by issuance of this Note, and Holder by the acceptance of this Note,
agree:

1. Definitions. As used in this Note, the following capitalized terms have the
following meanings:

(a) “Common Stock” shall mean the Company’s Common Stock, par value $0.001.

(b) “Collateral” has the meaning given in Section 4 hereof.

(c) “Company” includes the corporation initially executing this Note and any Person which
shall succeed to or assume the obligations of Company under this Note.

(d) “Conversion Notice” has the meaning given in Section 8(e) hereof.

(e) “Conversion Period” shall mean the period from the date of the Note and ending on the
Maturity Date.

(f) “Conversion Price” has the meaning given in Section 8(b) hereof

(g) “Event of Default” has the meaning given in Section 6 hereof.

(h) “Holder” shall mean the Person specified in the introductory paragraph of this Note or any
Person who shall at the time be the registered holder of this Note. “Holders” shall mean the
Persons collectively specified in the introductory paragraph of this Note and the other Notes or
any Persons who shall at the time be the registered holders of this Note and the other Notes.

(i) “Majority Holders” shall mean Holders holding a majority of the aggregate principal amount
of the Notes then outstanding.

(j) “Note” shall mean this Senior Secured Convertible Promissory Note.

(k) “Obligations” shall mean and include all loans, advances, debts, liabilities and
obligations owed by Company to Holder of every kind and description, now existing or hereafter
arising under or pursuant to the terms of this Note including, all interest, fees, charges,
expenses, attorneys’ fees and costs and accountants’ fees and costs chargeable to and payable by
Company hereunder.

(l) “Person” shall mean and include an individual, a partnership, a corporation (including a
business trust), a joint stock company, a limited liability company, an unincorporated association,
a joint venture or other entity or a governmental authority.

(m) “Prepayment Amount” has the meaning given in Section 3 hereof

(n) “Prepayment Notice” has the meaning given in Section 3 hereof.

(o) “Sale Transaction” shall mean a transaction or series of related transactions involving
(i) the consolidation or merger of Company with another Person, (ii) a sale of all or substantially
all of the assets of Company, (iii) a purchase, tender or exchange offer that is accepted by the
holders of more than the 50% of the outstanding shares of capital stock of Company, (iv) the
consummation of a stock purchase agreement or other business combination with another Person
whereby such other Person acquires more than the 50% of the outstanding capital stock of Company.

(p) “Securities Act” has the meaning given in Section 5(b) hereof.

(q) “Loan Agreement” has the meaning in the second introductory paragraph of this Note.

(r) “Successor Entity” has the meaning given in Section 10 hereof.

Capitalized term not otherwise defined shall have the meaning set forth in the Loan Agreement.

2. Interest. Unless converted into Common Stock of Company as set forth in Section 8
below, or unless prepaid or converted as set forth in Section 3 below, accrued interest on this
Note shall be payable on the Maturity Date.

3. Prepayment. During the Conversion Period, Company may, at any time and from time
to time, prepay all or any portion of the principal due under this Note, together with accrued
interest, without penalty. Company shall effect such prepayment by providing Holder twenty (20)
days written notice prior to the date of such prepayment (such notice, a “Prepayment Notice”)
indicating the amount of principal and accrued interest Company desires to prepay (the “Prepayment
Amount”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, Holder shall have 10 days following receipt of such
Prepayment Notice to notify Company in writing of its election to convert the Prepayment Amount
into shares of Common Stock, in which case such Prepayment Amount shall be converted into shares of
Common Stock in accordance with the conversion procedures set forth in Section 8(e) hereof
(provided that, with respect to conversions effected pursuant to this Section 3, any references to
the Conversion Amount in Section 8(e) shall refer to the Prepayment Amount). Should Holder elect
to convert the Prepayment Amount into shares of Common Stock, the number of shares of Common Stock
into which such Prepayment Amount will be converted shall be determined by dividing the Prepayment
Amount by the then applicable Conversion Price.

4. Security Interest. As security for the payment and performance of the Obligations
under this Note and the other Notes, Company hereby grants to the holder of this Note and of the
other Notes a first lien security interest in all of Company’s right, title and interest in, to and
under all of its personal property, wherever located and whether now existing or owned or hereafter
acquired or arising, including all accounts, chattel paper, commercial tort claims, deposit
accounts, documents, equipment (including all fixtures), general intangibles, intellectual property
(including all patents and patent applications, all copyrights and applications for copyright, all
state (including common law), federal and foreign trademarks, service marks and trade names, and
applications for registration of such trademarks, service marks and trade names, and all trade
secrets), instruments, inventory, investment property, letter-of-credit rights, money and all
products, proceeds and supporting obligations of any and all of the foregoing (collectively, the
“Collateral”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the security interest granted herein shall not
extend to any property, rights or licenses to the extent the granting of a security interest
therein would be contrary to applicable law.

5. Representations and Warranties of Holder. Holder represents and warrants to Company
as follows:

(a) Binding Obligation. Holder has full legal capacity, power and authority to execute
and deliver this Note and to perform his obligations hereunder. This Note is a valid and binding
obligation of Holder, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency or other laws of general application relating to or affecting the enforcement of
creditors’ rights generally and general principles of equity.

(b) Securities Law Compliance. Holder has been advised that this Note has not been
registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or any state
securities laws and, therefore, cannot be resold unless they are registered under the Securities
Act and applicable state securities laws or unless an exemption from such registration requirements
is available. Holder is aware that Company is under no obligation to effect any such registration
with respect to this Note, or the Common Stock issuable or issued pursuant to the conversion of
this Note, or to file for or comply with any exemption from registration. Holder has not been
formed solely for the purpose of making this investment and is purchasing this Note for its own
account for investment, not as a nominee or agent, and not with a view to, or for resale in
connection with, the distribution thereof. Holder has such knowledge and experience in financial
and business matters that Holder is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of such investment,
is able to incur a complete loss of such investment and is able to bear the economic risk of such
investment for an indefinite period of time.

(c) Accredited Investor. Holder is an “accredited investor” within the meaning of SEC
Rule 501 of Regulation D of the Securities Act, as presently in effect.

(d) Restricted Securities. Holder understands that this Note is a “restricted
security” under the federal securities laws inasmuch as it is being acquired from Company in a
transaction not involving a public offering and that under such laws and applicable regulations
such Note may be resold without registration under the Securities Act only in certain limited
circumstances. In the absence of an effective registration statement covering the Note or an
available exemption from registration under the Securities Act, the Note must be held indefinitely.
Holder represents that it is familiar with SEC Rule 144, and understands the resale limitations
imposed thereby and by the Securities Act.

(e) Access to Information. Holder acknowledges that Company has given Holder access
to the corporate records and accounts of Company and to all information in its possession relating
to Company, has made its officers and representatives available for interview by Holder, and has
furnished Holder with all documents and other information required for Holder to make an informed
decision with respect to the purchase of this Note.

6. Events of Default. The occurrence of any of the following shall constitute an
“Event of Default” under this Note:

(a) Failure to Pay. Company shall fail to pay (i) when due any principal or interest
payment on the due date hereunder or (ii) any other payment required under the terms of this Note
on the date due, and (in either case) such payment shall not have been made within twenty (20) days
of Company’s receipt of Holder’s written notice to Company of such failure to pay;

(b) Failure to Perform. Company fails to perform any obligation under this Note and
does not cure that failure within twenty (20) days of Company’s receipt of Holder’s written notice
to Company of such failure to perform; or

(c) Voluntary Bankruptcy or Insolvency Proceedings. Company shall (i) apply for or
consent to the appointment of a receiver, trustee, liquidator or custodian of itself or of all or a
substantial part of its property, (ii) be unable, or admit in writing its inability, to pay its
debts generally as they mature, (iii) make a general assignment for the benefit of its or any of
its creditors, (iv) be dissolved or liquidated, (v) become insolvent (as such term may be defined
or interpreted under any applicable statute), (vi) commence a voluntary case or other proceeding
seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief with respect to itself or its debts under any
bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect or consent to any such
relief or to the appointment of or taking possession of its property by any official in an
involuntary case or other proceeding commenced against it, or (vii) take any action for the purpose
of effecting any of the foregoing; or

(d) Involuntary Bankruptcy or Insolvency Proceedings. Proceedings for the appointment
of a receiver, trustee, liquidator or custodian of Company or of all or a substantial part of the
property thereof, or an involuntary case or other proceedings seeking liquidation, reorganization
or other relief with respect to Company or the debts thereof under any bankruptcy, insolvency or
other similar law now or hereafter in effect shall be commenced and an order for relief entered or
such proceeding shall not be dismissed or discharged within thirty (30) days of commencement.

7. Rights of Holder upon Default. Upon the occurrence or existence of any Event of
Default (other than an Event of Default referred to in Sections 6(c) and 6(d)) and at any time
thereafter during the continuance of such Event of Default, the Majority Holders may, by written
notice to Company, declare all outstanding Obligations payable by Company under the Notes to be
immediately due and payable without presentment, demand, protest or any other notice of any kind,
all of which are hereby expressly waived. Upon the occurrence or existence of any Event of Default
described in Sections 6(c) and 6(d), immediately and without notice, all outstanding Obligations
payable by Company under the Notes shall automatically become immediately due and payable, without
presentment, demand, protest or any other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly
waived. In addition to the foregoing remedies, upon the occurrence or existence of any Event of
Default, Holder may exercise any other right power or remedy permitted to him by law, either by
suit in equity or by action at law, or both.

8. Conversion.

(a) Conversion. Holder shall have the right to convert, at any time during the
Conversion Period, all or any portion of the principal amount, together with any unpaid and accrued
interest, then outstanding under this Note into fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common
Stock at a conversion price per share equal to the Conversion Price (as defined below). The number
of shares of Common Stock into which such principal and interest then outstanding under this Note
will be converted shall be determined by dividing the amount of principal, together with all unpaid
and accrued interest, then outstanding under this Note to be converted (the “Conversion Amount”) by
the Conversion Price.

(b) Conversion Price. Subject to Section 8(c), the “Conversion Price” shall be equal
to 80% of the Average Trading Price as reported by the principal trading exchange on which the
Company’s Common Stock is traded for the twenty (20) trading days preceding the date of the Note.

(c) Adjustments to Conversion Price. The Conversion Price shall be subject to
proportional adjustments for stock splits, stock dividends, combinations, consolidations,
reclassifications and the like.

(d) Conversion Procedure. Before Holder shall be entitled to convert the Conversion
Amount then outstanding under this Note into shares of Common Stock, Holder shall surrender this
Note at the office of this Company, and shall give written notice (a form of which is attached to
this Note, the “Conversion Notice”) to Company at its principal corporate office, of the election
to convert the same and shall state therein the total Conversion Amount. Company shall not be
obligated to issue certificates evidencing the shares of Common Stock issuable upon such conversion
unless (i) Holder executes and delivers to Company the Conversion Notice for the converted shares
and (ii) this Note is delivered to Company. Company shall, as soon as practicable after such
delivery, issue and deliver certificates (bearing such legends as are required by applicable state
and federal securities laws in the opinion of counsel to Company and required by this Note and the
Loan Agreement), representing the number of fully paid and non-assessable shares of the Common
Stock into which the Conversion Amount will be converted in accordance with the provisions herein,
and a new promissory note having like tenor as this Note for the principal amount and interest then
outstanding under this Note that are not being so converted. Any conversion pursuant to this
Section 8 shall be deemed to have been made immediately prior to the close of business on the date
of Company’s receipt of the Conversion Notice, so that the rights of Holder under this Note to the
extent of the Conversion Amount shall cease at such time and Holder shall be treated for all
purposes as having become the record holder of such shares of Common Stock at such time.

(e) Fractional Shares; Effect of Conversion. No fractional shares shall be issued
upon conversion of this Note. In lieu of Company issuing any fractional shares to Holder upon the
conversion of this Note, Company shall pay to Holder an amount equal to the product obtained by
multiplying the Conversion Price by the fraction of a share not issued pursuant to the previous
sentence. Upon conversion of this Note in full and the payment of the amounts specified in this
Section 9(f), Company shall be forever released from all its obligations and liabilities under this
Note.

(f) Reservation of Stock Issuable Upon Conversion. Company shall at all times reserve
and keep available out of its authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock solely for the purpose
of effecting the conversion of this Note such number of its shares of Common Stock as shall from
time to time be sufficient to effect the conversion of this Note.

9. Reserved

10. Effect of Sale Transaction. Upon the occurrence of any Sale Transaction, the
Successor Entity (as defined below) shall succeed to, and be substituted for the Company (so that
from and after the date of such Sale Transaction, the provisions of this Note referring to the
“Company” shall refer instead to the Successor Entity), and may exercise every right and power of
the Company and shall assume all of the obligations of the Company under this Note with the same
effect as if such Successor Entity had been named as the Company herein. Upon consummation of the
Sale Transaction, the Successor Entity shall deliver to the Holder confirmation that there shall be
issued upon conversion of this Note at any time after the consummation of the Sale Transaction, in
lieu of the shares of the Common Stock purchasable upon the conversion of the Notes prior to such
Sale Transaction, such shares of common stock (or other securities, cash, assets or other property)
of the Successor Entity. The provisions of this Section shall apply similarly and equally to
successive Sale Transactions and shall be applied without regard to any limitations on the
conversion of this Note. As used in this Section 10, “Successor Entity” means the Person, which
may be the Company, formed by, resulting from or surviving any Sale Transaction, or the parent
entity of such Person, as applicable.

11. Successors and Assigns. Subject to the restrictions on transfer described in
Sections 12 and 13 below, the rights and obligations of Company and Holder of this Note shall be
binding upon and benefit the successors, assigns, heirs, administrators and transferees of the
parties.

12. Waiver and Amendment. Any term of this Note may be amended or waived only with
the written consent of Company and the Majority Holders; provided, however, that any such amendment
or modification which by its terms would not apply equally to all holders of the Notes shall not be
applicable to any holder whose rights under the Notes would be adversely affected by such amendment
or modification in a different manner than other holders thereof without such adversely affected
holder’s written consent.

13. Transfer of this Note or Securities Issuable on Conversion Hereof. With respect
to any offer, sale or other disposition of this Note or securities into which such Note may be
converted, Holder will give written notice to Company prior thereto, describing briefly the manner
thereof, together with a written opinion of Holder’s counsel, or other evidence if reasonably
satisfactory to Company, to the effect that such offer, sale or other distribution may be effected
without registration or qualification (under any federal or state law then in effect). Upon
receiving such written notice and reasonably satisfactory opinion, if so requested, or other
evidence, Company, as promptly as practicable, shall notify Holder that Holder may sell or
otherwise dispose of this Note or such securities, all in accordance with the terms of the notice
delivered to Company. If a determination has been made pursuant to this Section 12 that the
opinion of counsel for Holder, or other evidence, is not reasonably satisfactory to Company,
Company shall so notify Holder promptly after such determination has been made. Each Note thus
transferred and each certificate representing the securities thus transferred shall bear a legend
as to the applicable restrictions on transferability in order to ensure compliance with the
Securities Act, unless in the opinion of counsel for Company such legend is not required in order
to ensure compliance with the Securities Act. Company may issue stop transfer instructions to its
transfer agent in connection with such restrictions. Subject to the foregoing, transfers of this
Note shall be registered upon registration books maintained for such purpose by or on behalf of
Company. Prior to presentation of this Note for registration of transfer, Company shall treat the
registered Holder hereof as the owner and Holder of this Note for the purpose of receiving all
payments of principal and interest hereon and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not
this Note shall be overdue and Company shall not be affected by notice to the contrary.

14. Notices. Any notices, consents, waivers or other communications required or
permitted to be given under the terms of this Agreement must be in writing and will be deemed to
have been delivered: (i) upon receipt, when delivered personally; (ii) upon receipt, when sent by
facsimile (provided confirmation of transmission is mechanically or electronically generated and
kept on file by the sending party); or (iii) one business day after deposit with an overnight
courier service, in each case properly addressed to the party to receive the same. The addresses
and facsimile numbers for such communications shall be to the respective addresses or facsimile
numbers of the parties as set forth in the Loan Agreement, or at such other address or facsimile
number as such parties shall have furnished in writing.

15. Usury. In the event any interest is paid on this Note which is deemed to be in
excess of the then legal maximum rate, then that portion of the interest payment representing an
amount in excess of the then legal maximum rate shall be deemed a payment of principal and applied
against the principal of this Note.

16. Waivers. Company hereby waives notice of default, presentment or demand for
payment, protest or notice of nonpayment or dishonor and all other notices or demands relative to
this instrument.

17. Governing Law and Forum. This Note and all actions arising out of or in
connection with this Note shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the
State of Colorado, United States of America, without regard to the conflicts of law provisions of
the State of Colorado, or of any other state. All disputes or controversies relating to or arising
from this Note shall be adjudicated in the state and federal courts located in the state of
Colorado. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO REQUEST A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LITIGATION
WITH RESPECT TO THIS NOTE AND REPRESENTS THAT COUNSEL HAS BEEN CONSULTED SPECIFICALLY AS TO THIS
WAIVER. The Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods shall not apply to this
Note.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Company has caused this Note to be issued as of the date first written
above and Holder agrees to the terms and conditions of this Note.

VIASPACE INC.

By: /S/ CARL KUKKONEN

Name: Carl Kukkonen

Its: CEO

KEVIN SCHEWE

/S/ KEVIN SCHEWE

NOTICE OF CONVERSION

(To be executed by the Registered Holder in order to convert the Note)

The undersigned hereby elects to convert $17,000.00 of the principal and $ 0 of the
interest due on the Note issued by VIASPACE Inc. on June 20, 2014 into Shares of Common Stock of
VIASPACE Inc. (the “Borrower”) according to the conditions set forth in such Note, as of the date
written below.

Date of Conversion:       June 20, 2014      

Conversion Price:      $0.0089      

Shares To Be Delivered:      1,910,112      

Signature:      /S/ KEVIN L. SCHEWE—

Print Name:       Kevin L. Schewe—

Address:      400 Indiana St., Suite 220, Golden, CO 80401      

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