Exhibit 10.3
PROMISSORY
NOTE
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June 2, 2005
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Newark, New Jersey
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FOR
VALUE RECEIVED, IFT CORPORATION , a Delaware corporation and RICHARD
KURTZ jointly and severally, (“
Borrower”) , jointly and severally, hereby
promises to pay to the order of WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION ( “Bank” ), at
its offices at 190 River Road, Summit, New Jersey 07901, or such
other place as Bank shall designate in writing from time to time,
the principal sum of TWO MILLION DOLLARS
(“2,000,000.00”) (the
“Loan” ) or such sum(s) as may be
advanced from time to time (each an
“Advance” and together the
“Advances” ), together with interest
thereon as hereinafter provided.
1.1
No Obligation .
Borrower acknowledges and agrees that Bank
shall have no obligation to make any advances hereunder and that
Advances, if any, may or may not be made hereunder in Bank’s
sole and absolute discretion. Borrower hereby waives any rights
that it may have arising out of any past or present agreement or
representation that would require Bank to make any such Advances.
This Note shall not be deemed to be a commitment or agreement by
Bank to make any advances at any time, and is being executed and
delivered by Borrower solely to set forth certain terms and
conditions in the event Bank determines, in its sole and absolute
discretion, to make any Advances hereunder.
1.2
Record of Advances. Bank may enter in its
business records the amount and payment terms of each advance made
hereunder. Bank’s records of each such Advance shall, in the
absence of manifest error, be conclusively binding upon Borrower.
In the event Bank provides confirmation of the terms of any Advance
to Borrower, borrower agrees that unless Bank receives a written
notification of exception to such statement or notice within ten
(10) calendar days after such confirmation is mailed to Borrower,
the confirmation shall be deemed an account stated, correct,
acceptable and conclusively binding upon Borrower.
1.3
Advance Procedures . Each request for an
Advance shall be in writing and shall be accompanied by a Notice of
Borrowing Under Note in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A. Each
Advance hereunder shall be made by crediting the Borrower’s
account number: (on file) (“the
Account ”) at Bank. All Advances made by
crediting the Account shall be conclusively presumed to have been
properly authorized by Borrower. Requests for Advances to be made
by any means other than crediting the Account shall be made in
writing by Borrower to Bank.
2.
INTEREST RATE . Interest shall be charged
on the outstanding principal balance from the date hereof until the
full amount of principal due hereunder has been paid at a rate
equal to 1-month LIBOR plus TWO AND ONE QUARTER percent (2.25%) per
annum ( “LIBOR-Based Rate” ), as
determined by Bank prior to the commencement of each Interest
Period. Interest shall be calculated daily on the basis of the
actual number of days elapsed over a 360 day year. The LIBOR-Based
Rte shall remain in effect, subject to the provisions hereof, from
and including the first day of the Interest Period to and excluding
the last day of the Interest Period for which it is
determined.
“LIBOR” means, with respect to each day during each
Interest Period, the rate for U.S. dollar deposits of one month
maturity as reported on Telerate page 3750 as of 11:00 a.m., London
time, on the second London business day before the relevant
Interest Period begins (or if not so reported, then as determined
by the Bank from another recognized source or interbank
quotation.
“Interest Period”
means, initially, the period
commencing on (and including) the date hereof and ending on (but
excluding) the first Payment Date (as hereinafter defined), and
thereafter, each period commencing on (and including) the last day
of the immediately preceding interest Period and ending on (but
excluding) the next Payment Date, provided,(i) any Interest Period
that would otherwise end on (but exclude a day which is not a New
York business day shall be extended to the next succeeding New York
business day, unless such extension would carry such Interest
Period into the next month, in which event such Interest Period
shall end on (but exclude) the preceding New York business day;
(ii) any Interest Period that ends in a month for which there is no
day which numerically corresponds to the Payment date shall end on
(but exclude) the last New York business day of such month, and
(iii) any Interest Period that would otherwise extend the past
Maturity date shall end on (but exclude) the Maturity
Date.
3.
PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST .
Interest in the initial Advance from the date hereof through May
31, 2005, shall be due and payable upon execution hereof.
Thereafter, all accrued and unpaid interest on the outstanding
principal balance shall be due and payable on the first day of each
month beginning on July 1, 2005 (each, a “Payment
Date” ). The entire unpaid principal amount hereof,
together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon and all other
amounts payable hereunder shall be due and payable on June 1, 2006
(the “Maturity Date” ).
4.
APPLICATION OF PAYMENTS . Except as
otherwise specified herein, each payment or prepayment, if any,
made under this Note shall be applied to pay late charges, accrued
and unpaid interest, principal, escrows (if any), and any other
fees, costs and expenses which Borrower is obligated to pay under
this Note, in such order as Bank may elect from time to time in its
sole discretion.
5. TENDER
OF PAYMENT . All payments on this Note are payable on
or before 2:00 p.m. on the due date thereof, at the office of the
Bank specified above and shall be credited on the date the funds
become available lawful money of the United States. All sums
payable to Bank which are due on a day on which Bank is not open
for business shall be paid on the next succeeding business day and
such extended time shall be included in the computation of
interest.
6. LATE
CHARGE. In the event that any installment of principal
or interest required to be made under this Note shall not be
received by Bank on or before its due date, Borrower shall pay to
Bank, on demand, a late charge of five percent (5%) of such
delinquent payment. The foregoing right is in addition to, and not
in limitation of, any other rights which Bank may have upon
Borrower’s failure to make timely payment of any amount due
hereunder.
7.1
Voluntary Prepayment. The Loan may be
prepaid, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time
without premium or penalty.
7.2
Mandatory Prepayment . Upon receipt
of cash proceeds from any capital contribution or any sale of
issuance of IFT Corporation equity, the Net Equity Proceeds thereof
shall be paid to Bank and applied in accordance with Section 4.
“Net Equity Proceeds” shall mean, with
respect to each issuance or sale of any equity or any capital
contribution, the cash proceeds (net of reasonable costs associated
therewith) received from the sale or issuance of equity or capital
contribution.
8.
SECURITY FOR THE NOTE. Borrower hereby
grants to Bank a continuing security interest in all property of
Borrower now or hereafter in the possession of Bank, as security
for the payment of this Note and any other liabilities of Borrower
to Bank, which security interest shall be enforceable and subject
to all the provisions of this Note, as if such property were
specifically pledged hereunder.
9.
DEFAULT RATE. From and after the Maturity
Date or from and after the occurrence of an Event of Default
hereunder, irrespective of any declaration of maturity, all amounts
remaining unpaid or thereafter accruing hereunder, shall, at
Bank’s option, bear interest at a default rate of four
percent (4%) per annum above the interest rate then in effect as
set forth herein (the “Default Rate”
), or the highest permissible rate under applicable usury law,
whichever is less. Such default rate of interest shall be payable
upon demand, but in no event later than when scheduled interest
payments are due, and shall also be charged on the amounts owed by
Borrower to Bank pursuant to any judgments entered in favor of Bank
with respect to this Note.
10.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. Borrower
represents and warrants to Bank as follows:
10.1
Organization, Powers . Each Borrower (i) is
(a) an adult individual and is sui juris , or
(b) a corporation, general partnership, limited partnership,
limited liability company (as indicated below), duly organized,
validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the state
or its organization, and is authorized to do business in each other
jurisdiction wherein its ownership of property or conduct of
business legally requires such authorization; (ii) has the power
and authority to own its properties and assets and to carry on its
business as now being conducted and as now contemplated; and (iii)
has the power and authority to execute, deliver and perform, and by
all necessary action has authorized the execution and delivery and
performance of, all of its obligations hereunder.
10.2
Execution . This Note has been duly
executed and delivered by Borrower. Execution, delivery and
performance hereof will not: (i) violate any of Borrower’s
organizational documents, provision of law, order of any court,
agency or other instrumentality of government, or any provision of
any indenture, agreement or other instrument to which it is a party
or by which it or any of its properties is bound; (ii) result in
the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance of
any nature, other than the liens created hereby; and (iii) require
any authorization, consent, approval, license, exemption of, or
filing or registration with, any court or governmental
authority.
10.3
Obligations of Borrower . This Note is the
legal, valid and binding obligation of Borrower, enforceable
against it in accordance with its terms, except as the same may be
limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other laws or
equitable principles relating to or affecting the enforcement of
creditors’ rights generally. Borrower is obtaining the Loan
for commercial purposes.
10.4
Litigation. There is no action, suit or
proceeding at law or in equity or by or before any governmental
authority, agency or other instrumentality now pending or, to the
knowledge of Borrower, threatened against or affecting Borrower or
any of its properties or rights which, if adversely determined,
would mentally impair or affect: (i) the value of any collateral
securing this Note; (ii) Borrower’s right to carry on its
business substantially as now conducted (and as now contemplated);
(iii) its financial condition; or (iv) its capacity to consummate
and perform its obligations hereunder.
10.5
No Defaults. Borrower is not in
default in the performance, observance or fulfillment of any of the
obligation, covenants or conditions contained herein or in any
material agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which
it or any of its properties is bound.
10.6
No Untrue Statements. Neither this Note nor
any other document, certificate or statement furnished to Bank by
or on behalf of Borrower contains any untrue statement of a
material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary in order
to make the statements contained herein and therein not misleading.
Borrower acknowledges that all such statements, representations and
warranties shall be deemed to have been relied upon by Bank as an
inducement to make the Loan to Borrower.
11.1
Minimum Tangible Net Worth . Borrower shall
maintain, at all times throughout the term of the Loan (which
covenant shall be tested annually at the time of submission of the
financial statements described below), a minimum Tangible Net Worth
of at least $100,000,000. “Tangible Net
Worth” means, at any date, (i) the aggregate amount
at which all assets of Borrower would be shown on a balance sheet
at such date after deducting all assets properly classified as
intangible assets (including, without limitation, goodwill,
franchises, licenses, patents, trademarks, trade names, copyrights,
service marks and brand names), less (ii) the aggregate amount of
indebtedness, liabilities and reserves of Borrower, excluding debt
fully subordinated to Bank on terms and conditions acceptable to
Bank.
11.2
Minimum Liquid Assets . Borrower shall
maintain, at all times throughout the term of the Loan (which
covenant shall be tested at the end of each calendar quarter),
minimum Liquid Assets of at least $4,000,000. “Liquid
Assets” means (i) cash and cash equivalents; (ii)
state and municipal obligations; (iii) marketable securities having
a share price of not less than $10.00 and an average daily volume
of not less than 1,000,000 shares traded on the NYSE, AMEX or
NASDAQ; (iv) deferred annuities, and (v) vested interests in profit
sharing plans.
11.3
Minimum Portfolio Net Operating Income.
Borrower shall maintain Portfolio Operating Income of not less than
$25,000,000, measured annually. “ Net Operating
Income ” means all income from an income-producing
real estate entity minus cash operating expenses (excluding
depreciation, amortization and mortgage debt interest expense).
“Portfolio” means all income-producing
real estate entities in which Mr. Kurtz maintains a financial
interest.
11.4
Minimum Net Cash Flow to Borrower .
Borrower shall maintain Net Cash Flow to Borrower of not less than
$4,500,000, measured annually. “Net Cash Flow to
Borrower” means the sum of the products of Net Cash
Flow for each income-producing real estate
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