EXHIBIT 10.28
CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED
PURCHASE MONEY NOTE
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Dated of: April __, 2005
FOR
VALUE RECEIVED, BRHP, LLC, a Florida limited liability company and
TERRY W. STILES, a natural person (collectively, the “
Borrower ”), jointly and severally, promise to pay to
OFFICE DEPOT, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “
Lender ”) the principal sum of [ * ] (the “
Principal Amount ”) together with interest thereon as
provided herein (collectively, the “ Indebtedness
”).
1. Defined Terms. As used
herein:
(a) “
Base Rate ” shall mean a per annum rate of interest
equal to the greater of: (i) four percent (4%), and (ii) the
LIBO Rate plus 125 basis points.
(b) “
Default Rate ” shall mean the maximum rate of interest
permitted by applicable law.
(c) “
LIBO Rate ” shall mean shall mean the rate for
deposits in U.S. dollars for thirty (30) day periods, which
appears on the Telerate Access Service Page 3750 (or any successor
thereto) as the London Interbank Offering Rate as of
11:00 a.m., London time, on the day that is two (2) Business
Days prior to the date of this Note, rounded to the nearest 1/1000
of 1%.
(d) “
Maturity Date ” shall mean December 30,
2005.
(e) “
Mortgage ” shall mean that certain first priority
Purchase Money Mortgage granted by BRHP, LLC to the Lender as of
the date hereof, as the same may be amended, modified, replaced
and/or extended from time to time, encumbering certain real
property located in Palm Beach County, Florida.
(f) “
Note ” shall mean this Purchase Money Note, as the
same may be amended, modified, replaced and/or extended from time
to time.
(g) “
Purchase Agreement ” that certain Agreement for
Purchase and Sale, dated as of February ___, 2005 by and between
Lender and Stiles Corporation (“ Stiles
”).
(h) “
Pledge Agreement ” shall mean that certain Pledge and
Security Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and between
Stiles and Lender, as the same may be amended, modified, replaced
and/or extended from time to time, pursuant to
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which Stiles’ pledged to
Lender all of its right, title and interest in and to its
membership interest in BRHP, LLC.
2. Interest Rate . Prior
to maturity, whether by passage of time or by Lender’s sooner
declaration that the entire Indebtedness is due in accordance with
the terms hereof, the Principal Amount of this Note, or so much
thereof as may be outstanding from time to time, shall bear
interest at a per annum rate equal to the Base Rate. Following
maturity, whether by acceleration or otherwise, the Principal
Amount of this Note, or so much thereof as may be outstanding from
time to time, shall bear interest at the Default Rate.
3. Payments .
(a) Payments
under this Note shall be due and payable, without notice or demand,
as follows:
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(i)
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No
payments of either principal or interest shall be due prior to
maturity; and
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(ii)
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On
the Maturity Date or sooner maturity of this Note, the entire
Principal Amount, together with all accrued interest thereon and
all other amounts due and payable hereunder shall be paid to
Lender.
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(b) Borrower
may, from time to time, prepay all or any portion of the Principal
Amount, provided that any such prepayment shall be accompanied by
an amount representing all accrued interest on the portion of the
Principal Amount being prepaid, together with all other amounts
then due and payable under the Loan Documents (herein
defined).
4. Nature of Note; Note
Secured by Mortgage and Pledge Agreement . This Note is the PM
Note referred to in the Purchase Agreement. This Note and the
Indebtedness evidenced hereby are secured by, among other things,
the Mortgage and the Pledge Agreement. In enforcing its rights
under this Note, the Mortgage and/or the Pledge Agreement (together
with any other documents evidencing and/or securing the
Indebtedness, collectively, the “ Loan Documents
”) the Lender shall have the right to enforce its remedies
with respect to any of the Loan Documents, or any combination
thereof, and either simultaneously or in such order as the Lender
shall deem to be in its best interest.
5. Interest Rate
Limitations . At no time shall the Borrower be obligated or be
required to pay interest at a rate which is in excess of the
maximum interest rate permitted by applicable law, or which could
subject the Lender to liability as a result of being in excess of
the maximum rate which the Borrower is permitted by law to contract
or agree to pay. If by the terms of this Note the Borrower is at
any time required or obligated to pay interest at a rate in excess
of such maximum rate, then (1) the rate of interest under this
Note shall be deemed to be immediately reduced to such maximum
rate; (2) interest payable under this Note shall be computed
at such maximum rate; and (3) any prior interest payments
made, pursuant to this Note, in excess of such maximum
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rate shall be applied, and shall
be deemed to have been payments made, in reduction of the Principal
Amount.
6. Default Rate
If
the entire Indebtedness is declared to be due and payable by the
Lender pursuant to the provisions of any Loan Document, or if the
Indebtedness is not paid in full on the Maturity Date, then the
Borrower shall pay interest on the unpaid balance of this Note,
from the date of such acceleration of the Maturity Date (or the
Maturity Date, if the Principal Amount has not been previously
accelerated), until the date on which the Indebtedness has been
paid in full (whether before or after judgment), at a rate per
annum equal to the Default Rate provided, however, that such
interest rate shall in no event exceed the maximum interest rate
which the Borrower may by law pay.
7. Borrower’s Power And
Authority . The Borrower, and the undersigned representative of
the Borrower, represent and warrant and covenant that the Borrower
has full power, authority and legal right to execute and deliver
this Note and that the obligations of the Borrower under this Note
constitute valid and binding obligations of the
Borrower.
8.
Borrower’s