EXHIBIT 4.7
REDUCING REVOLVING CREDIT LOAN NOTE
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$7,142,857.14 Chicago, Illinois
October 15, 1999
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, XXXXX & XXXXX COMPANY, a Delaware
corporation (the "Borrower"), hereby unconditionally promises to pay to the
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order of LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (the "Lender"), at the office of
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Administrative Agent located at 000 Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx. 0xx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx 00000-0000 in lawful money of the United States of America and in
immediately available funds, on the Reducing Revolving Credit Termination Date,
the principal amount of SEVEN MILLION ONE HUNDRED FOURTY-TWO THOUSAND EIGHT
HUNDRED FIFTY-SEVEN AND 14/100 DOLLARS ($7,142,857.14), or, if less, the
aggregate unpaid principal amount of all Reducing Revolving Credit Loans of the
Lender made to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.1 of the Credit Agreement (as
defined below). The Borrower further agrees to pay interest in like money at
such office on the unpaid principal amount hereof from time to time outstanding
at the rates and on the dates specified in Section 4.7 of the Credit Agreement.
Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used
herein shall have the meaning given to them in the Credit Agreement.
The holder of this Note is authorized to endorse on the schedules
annexed hereto and made a part hereof or on a continuation thereof which shall
be attached hereto and made a part hereof the date, the Type and amount of each
Reducing Revolving Credit Loan of the Lender and the date and amount of each
payment or prepayment of principal thereof, each continuation thereof as the
same Type in accordance with the Credit Agreement, each conversion of all or a
portion thereof to another Type in accordance with the Credit Agreement and, in
the case of Eurodollar Loans, the length of each Interest Period with respect
thereto. Each such endorsement shall constitute prima facie evidence of the
accuracy of the information endorsed. The failure to make an such endorsement
(or any error therein) shall not affect the obligations of the Borrower in
respect of any Reducing Revolving Credit Loan.
This Note (a) is one of the Notes referred to in the Credit Agreement,
dated as of October 15, 1999 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time, the "Credit Agreement"), among the Borrower, the
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Lender, the several other banks and financial institutions or entities from time
to time parties thereto and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent,
evidencing a Reducing Revolving Credit Loan, (b) is subject to, the provisions
of the Credit Agreement and (c) is subject to optional prepayment in whole or in
part as provided in the Credit Agreement. This Note is secured and guaranteed
as provided in the Loan Documents. Reference is hereby made to the Loan
Documents for a description of the
properties and assets in which a security interest has been granted, the nature
and extent of the security and the guarantees, the terms and conditions upon
which the security interests and each guarantee were granted and the rights of
the holder of this Note in respect thereof.
Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any one or more of
the Events of Default, all amounts then remaining unpaid on this Note shall
become, or may be declared to be, immediately due and payable, all provided in
the Credit Agreement.
All parties now and hereafter liable with respect to this Note,
whether maker, principal, surety, guarantor, endorser or otherwise, hereby waive
presentment, demand, protest and all other notices of any kind.
THIS NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Reducing Revolving
Note to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first above written.
XXXXX & XXXXX COMPANY, a Delaware
corporation
By: /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Title: Chief Financial Officer & Executive
Vice President
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