PROMISSORY NOTE
Principal
Amount: $
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Issue
Date: _______________,
200__
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FOR
VALUE
RECEIVED, ___________________________, a corporation (the “Borrower”),
residing at, _________________________________________________ hereby promises
to pay to the order of ____________________________________________,
an
individual residing at
_______________________________________________ (the
“Lender”;
Lender
and all other or subsequent holders of this Note being sometimes referred to
as
the “Holder”),
on
order, without demand, the principal sum of
______________________________________
Dollars
($__________________________________) (the “Loan”)
together with interest on the unpaid principal amount until paid in full, at
a
fixed rate of ________________________ percent (___%) per annum until all sums
due hereunder are paid in full. Unless retired earlier or unless the maturity
hereof is sooner accelerated based on an Event of Default (as defined below),
this Note shall mature and the principal sum due hereunder, together with all
accrued and unpaid interest thereon and other sums due hereunder, shall become
due and payable in full on ________________________________________________,
200__ (the “Maturity
Date”).
1. Interest.
The
aggregate unpaid principal balance of the Loan shall bear interest at a rate
of
___________________________ (________%) per annum.
2. Interest
Payments.
All
interest hereunder shall be due and payable on the Maturity Date.
3. Prepayment.
This
Note may be prepaid in full or in part at any time without notice or penalty
to
the Borrower, in its sole discretion.
4. Service
Charge.
If any
payment of principal is not made when due, the Borrower will automatically
owe
the Holder a service charge equal to five percent (5%) of any payment of
principal not paid on the date when due. The Borrower acknowledges that the
aforesaid late payment fees are not imposed as a charge for the use of money,
but rather are imposed to permit the Holder to recoup administrative charges,
additional overhead and other costs in dealing with loans not paid on time,
and
the late payment fees provided for hereunder shall in no way be deemed an
interest charge. The Holder shall have no obligation to accept any late payments
hereunder not accompanied by the service charge(s) specified herein.
5. Event
of Default.
Notwithstanding the Maturity Date, the entire principal balance due under this
Note, together with accrued and unpaid interest, if any, may be accelerated
and
become due and payable immediately, at the Holder's option, upon the occurrence
of any “Event
of Default”,
which
is defined as any of the following:
(a) Failure
to Pay Principal or Interest.
The
Borrower fails to make any payment of principal, interest or other sum due
under
this Note within five (5) days of the date when such payment is due, or the
failure of the Borrower to pay the entire principal and any accrued and unpaid
interest hereunder on the Maturity Date. The Holder has no obligation to provide
notice, written or verbal, to the Borrower notifying the Borrower of its failure
to pay nor shall the Holder provide the Borrower with any cure
period.
(b) Breach
of Covenant.
Breach
by the Borrower of any covenant of this Note.
(c) Bankruptcy.
Filing
by the Borrower, of a voluntary petition under the United States Bankruptcy
Code, or under any other insolvency act or law, state or federal, now or
hereafter existing; or any action indicating the Borrower’s consent to, approval
of, or acquiescence in, any such petition or proceeding; or the Borrower’s
consent to the appointment of a receiver or trustee for all or a substantial
part of their respective properties; or the making of an assignment to the
benefit of the creditors on behalf of the Borrower; or the Borrower's inability
or the admission in writing of its or his inability to pay debts as they
mature.
(d) Insolvency
Etc.
Filing
of an involuntary petition against the Borrower under the United States
Bankruptcy Code, or under any other insolvency act or law, state or federal,
now
or hereafter existing; or the involuntary appointment of a receiver or trustee
for all or a substantial part of the Borrower's property; or the issuance of
a
warrant of attachment, execution or similar process against any substantial
part
of such properties, which remains undismissed, unbonded or undischarged ninety
(90) days’ after issuance.
Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary herein, any Event of Default shall allow the Holder,
with or without notice to: (a) accelerate the maturity of this Note and demand
immediate payment of all outstanding principal and accrued interest, and other
sums due hereunder, and (b) immediately exercise and pursue any rights,
privileges, remedies and powers as provided in this Note or under
law.
Additionally, the Holder may resort to every other right or remedy available
at
law or in equity without first exhausting the rights and remedies contained
herein, all in the Holder’s sole discretion. Failure of the Holder, for any
period of time or on more than one occasion, to exercise its option to
accelerate the Maturity Date shall not constitute a waiver of the right to
exercise the same at any time during the continued existence of any Event of
Default or any subsequent Event of Default.
6. Waiver.
Except
as set forth herein, the Borrower hereby (i) waives presentment, demand, notice,
protest, notice of protest and notice of non-payment and any other notice
required to be given under the law in connection with the delivery, acceptance,
performance, default or enforcement of this Note or any document or instrument
evidencing any guaranty or security for payment of this Note; (ii) consents
to
any and all delays, extensions, renewals or other modifications of the Note
or
waivers of any term hereof or release or discharge by the Holder of the Borrower
or release, substitution or exchange of any security or guarantee for the
payment hereof or the failure to act on the part of the Holder or any indulgence
shown by the Holder, from time to time and in one or more instances, (without
notice to or further assent from the Borrower) and agrees that no such action,
failure to act or failure to exercise any right or remedy, on the part of the
Holder shall in any way affect or impair the obligations of the Borrower or
be
construed as a waiver by the Holder of, or otherwise affect, any of the Holder’s
rights under this Note or under any document or instrument evidencing any
security or guarantee for payment of this Note; and (iii) agrees to pay in
case
of an Event of Default, on demand, all costs and expenses of collection of
this
Note
and/or the enforcement of the Holder's right with respect to, or the
administration, supervision, preservation, protection of, or realization upon,
any property securing payment or guarantee of payment hereof, including
reasonable attorneys’ fees plus costs, all such amounts payable as obligations
of the Borrower.
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7. Attorneys’
Fees.
Reasonable
attorneys’ fees are defined to include, but not be limited to, all attorneys’
and paralegals’ fees, costs and expenses incurred in all matters of collection
and enforcement, construction and interpretation, before, during and after
suit,
trial, proceedings and appeals, or in connection with seeking an out-of-court
workout or settlement of any of the foregoing, as well as appearances in and
connected with any receivership or bankruptcy proceedings or creditors’
reorganization or similar proceedings, or post-judgment proceedings to enforce
any judgment obtained by the Holder.
8. Maximum
Payments.
The
Borrower and the Holder intend to comply at all times with applicable usury
laws. All agreements between the Borrower and the Holder, whether now existing
or hereafter arising and whether written or oral, are hereby limited so that
in
no contingency, whether by reason of demand or acceleration of the maturity
of
the Loan or otherwise, shall the interest contracted for, charged, received,
paid or agreed to be paid to the Holder exceed the maximum rate of interest
allowable under applicable law, or absent a maximum stated allowable rate,
then,
eighteen percent (18%) per annum. The Holder may, in determining the maximum
rate of interest in effect from time to time, take advantage of any law, rule
or
regulation in effect from time to time available to the Holder that exempts
the
Holder from any limit upon the rate of interest it may charge or grants to
the
Holder the right to charge a higher rate of interest. If from any circumstance
whatsoever, interest would otherwise be payable to the Lender in excess of
highest rate permitted by law, the interest payable to the Holder shall be
reduced to the highest rate permitted by law; and if from any circumstance
the
Holder shall ever receive anything of value deemed interest by applicable law
in
excess of the maximum rate of interest specified herein, an amount equal to
any
excessive interest shall be applied to the reduction of the principal of Loan,
and not to the payment of interest, or if such excessive interest exceeds the
unpaid balance of principal of the Loan such excess shall be refunded to the
Borrower. Neither
the Borrower nor any guarantor or endorser shall have any action against the
Holder for any damages whatsoever arising out of the payment or collection
of
any excess interest.
9. Successors
and Assigns.
All of
the terms and provisions of this Note shall be binding upon, inure to the
benefit of and be enforceable by each of the parties hereto, and their
respective successors, heirs, personal representatives, and permitted assigns.
10. Severability.
If any
part of this Note is adjudged illegal, invalid or unenforceable, such invalidity
or unenforceability shall not affect any other provision of this Note that
can
be given effect without such provision.
11. Governing
Law.
This
Note shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the
State of Kentucky. This Note may not be varied, amended or modified except
in
writing signed by the Borrower and the Holder.
12. Waiver
of Jury Trial.
TO
THE FULLEST EXTENT NOT PROHIBITED BY APPLICABLE LAW THAT CANNOT BE WAIVED,
EACH
OF THE PARTIES HEREBY WAIVES THEIR RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY
CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY
LOAN
DOCUMENTS. THE PARTIES ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS WAIVER IS A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT
TO
ENTER INTO A BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP, THAT EACH HAS RELIED ON THE WAIVER IN
ENTERING INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THAT EACH WILL CONTINUE TO RELY ON THIS WAIVER
IN THEIR RELATED FUTURE DEALINGS. THE PARTIES WARRANT AND REPRESENT THAT THEY
EACH HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY OF REVIEWING THIS JURY WAIVER WITH LEGAL COUNSEL,
AND THAT EACH KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ITS JURY TRIAL
RIGHTS.
13. Amendments.
This
Note may not be varied, amended or modified except in writing signed by the
Borrower and the Holder.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, this Note has been executed and delivered by the Borrower
as of
the date and
year
first above written.
INTERSTATE
DATA USA, INC.
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The
foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me this ____________ day of
__________________________, 200__, by ______________________________, who is
personally known to me or who has produced evidence satisfactory to me as to
his
identification.
NOTARY
PUBLIC
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