Converted Organics Announces Early Repayment of Secured,
Convertible Promissory Note

BOSTON — October 20, 2009 — (BUSINESS WIRE) — Converted Organics Inc. (NASDAQ: COIN, COINU, COINW, COINZ) today announced it has repaid its secured convertible promissory note in the principal amount of $1,540,000 (the “Note”).

In September 2009, Converted Organics Inc. (the “Company”) entered into an agreement with Iroquois Master Fund Ltd. (the “Investor”), under which the Company issued and the Investor purchased, the Note. The Note was convertible at a conversion rate of $1.54 per share, for a total of 1,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock. The Note was a senior secured obligation of the Company, secured by the Company’s unencumbered assets, and the Investor took a second lien on the Company’s other encumbered assets. The principal amount of the Note represented an original issue discount of 10.0%. The maturity of the Note was March 14, 2010. In connection with the purchase of the Note, the Company issued a five-year warrant to purchase 2,500,000 shares of the Company’s common stock with a current exercise price of $1.08 per share. As a result of the early repayment of the Note, the security interests in the assets of the Company and the Subsidiary Guaranty agreements, each of which provided a guaranty of the Company’s obligations under the transaction documents, have each and all been released.

Edward J. Gildea, President of Converted Organics, said, “We are pleased, as a result of our recently completed stock offering, to be in a position to repay the Note early and free our assets from the security interests and guarantees associated with the Note.”

The foregoing description of the Security Agreements, Note, Warrant and Subsidiary Guaranty agreements are qualified in their entirety by the text of the agreements which are exhibits to the Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 14, 2009.

About Converted Organics Inc.
Converted Organics (NASDAQ:COIN, www.convertedorganics.com), based in Boston, MA, is dedicated to producing high-quality, all-natural, organic soil amendment and fertilizer products through food waste recycling.

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