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$5,000,000.00
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December 19, 2008
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FOR VALUE RECEIVED, INTERPHASE
CORPORATION , a Texas corporation (whether one or more, “
Borrower ”), having an address at 2901 Dallas Parkway,
Suite 200, Plano, Texas 75093, hereby promises to pay to the
order of TEXAS CAPITAL BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION , a
national banking association (together with its successors and
assigns and any subsequent holders of this Promissory Note, the
“ Lender ”), as hereinafter provided, the
principal sum of FIVE MILLION AND NO/100 DOLLARS ($5,000,000.00) or
so much thereof as may be advanced by Lender from time to time
hereunder to or for the benefit or account of Borrower, together
with interest thereon at the Note Rate (as hereinafter defined),
and otherwise in strict accordance with the terms and provisions
hereof.
Section 1.1 Definitions . As used in this
Promissory Note, the following terms shall have the following
meanings:
Applicable Margin : The percentage points set forth
below:
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Applicable Rate based
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Applicable Rate based
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on Prime Rate
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on LIBOR
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0%
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1%
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Applicable Rate : (i) In the case of a Portion bearing
interest based upon the Prime Rate, the Prime Rate plus the
Applicable Margin and (ii) in the case of a Portion bearing
interest based upon LIBOR, LIBOR plus the Applicable Margin;
provided , however , if any amounts are outstanding
hereunder for more than ten (10) days in any calendar quarter,
the Applicable Margin in item (ii) shall be (x) 1% when
LIBOR is greater than 2.5%, or (y) 1.5% when LIBOR is equal to
or less than 2.5%.
Borrower : As identified in the introductory paragraph of
this Note.
Business Day : A weekday, Monday through Friday, except a
legal holiday or a day on which banking institutions in Dallas,
Texas are authorized or required by law to be closed. Unless
otherwise provided, the term “ days ” when used
herein shall mean calendar days.
Change : (i) any change after the date of this
Note in the risk-based capital guidelines applicable to Lender or
(ii) any adoption of or change in any other law, governmental
or quasi-governmental rule, regulation, policy, guideline,
interpretation, or directive (whether or not having the force of
law) after the date of this Note that affects capital adequacy or
the amount of capital required or expected to be maintained by
Lender or any entity controlling Lender.
Charges : All fees, charges and/or any other things of
value, if any, contracted for, charged, taken, received or reserved
by Lender in connection with the transactions relating to this Note
and the other Loan Documents, which are treated as interest under
applicable law.
Debtor Relief Laws : Title 11 of the United States Code, as now or
hereafter in effect, or any other applicable law, domestic or
foreign, as now or hereafter in effect, relating to bankruptcy,
insolvency, liquidation, receivership, reorganization, arrangement
or composition, extension or adjustment of debts, or similar laws
affecting the rights of creditors.
Default Interest Rate : A rate per annum equal to the Note Rate plus
four percent (4%), but in no event in excess of the Maximum Lawful
Rate.
Event of Default : Any event or occurrence described under
Section 3.1 hereof.
Funding Indemnification : The amount (which shall be payable on demand
by Lender) necessary to promptly compensate Lender for, and hold it
harmless from, any loss, cost or expense incurred by it as a result
of:
(a) any payment or prepayment of any
Portion bearing interest based upon LIBOR on a day other than the
last day of the relevant LIBOR Interest Period (whether voluntary,
mandatory, automatic, by reason of acceleration, or otherwise);
or
(b) any failure by Borrower to prepay,
borrow, continue or convert a Portion bearing or selected to bear
interest based upon LIBOR on the date or in the amount selected by
Borrower,
including any
loss of anticipated profits and any loss or expense arising from
the liquidation or reemployment of funds obtained by it to maintain
such portion or from fees payable to terminate the deposits from
which such funds were obtained. Borrower shall also pay any
customary administrative fees charged by Lender in connection with
the foregoing. For purposes of calculating amounts payable by
Borrower to Lender hereunder, Lender shall be deemed to have funded
the Portion based upon LIBOR by a matching deposit or other
borrowing in the London inter-bank market for a comparable amount
and for a comparable period, whether or not such Portion was in
fact so funded.
Lender : As identified in the introductory paragraph of
this Note.
LIBOR Banking Day : Any day on which commercial banks in the City
of London, England are open for business and dealing in offshore
dollars.
LIBOR Determination Date : A day that is three LIBOR Banking Days prior
to the beginning of the relevant LIBOR Interest Period.
LIBOR Interest Period : A period of one, two or three months. The
first day of the interest period must be a LIBOR Banking Day. The
last day of the interest period and the actual number of days
during the interest period will be determined by Lender using the
practices of the London inter-bank market.
LIBOR : With respect to each LIBOR Interest Period,
the rate (expressed as a percentage per annum and adjusted as
described in the last sentence of this definition of LIBOR) for
deposits in United States Dollars that appears on Telerate Page
3750 (or the successor thereto) as of 11:00 a.m., London,
England time, on the related LIBOR Determination Date. If such rate
does not appear on such screen or service, or such screen or
service shall cease to be available, LIBOR shall be determined by
Lender to be the offered rate on such other screen or service that
displays an average British Bankers Association Interest Settlement
Rate for deposits in United States Dollars (for delivery on the
first day of such LIBOR Interest Period) for a term equivalent to
such LIBOR Interest Period as of 11:00 a.m. on the relevant
LIBOR Determination Date. If the rates referenced in the two
preceding sentences are not available, LIBOR for the relevant LIBOR
Interest Period will be determined by such alternate method or
reasonably selected by Lender. LIBOR shall be adjusted from time to
time in Lender’s sole discretion for then-applicable reserve
requirements, deposit insurance assessment rates, marginal
emergency, supplemental, special and other reserve percentages, and
other regulatory costs.
Loan Agreement : The Loan Agreement of even date herewith
executed by Lender and Borrower.
Loan Documents : As defined in the Loan Agreement.
Maturity Date : December 19, 2013.
Maximum Lawful Rate : The maximum lawful rate of interest which may
be contracted for, charged, taken, received or reserved by Lender
in accordance with the applicable laws of the State of Texas (or
applicable United States federal law to the extent that such law
permits Lender to contract for, charge, take, receive or reserve a
greater amount of interest than under Texas law), taking into
account all Charges made in connection with the transaction
evidenced by this Note and the other Loan Documents.
Note :
This Promissory Note.
Note Rate : The rate equal to the lesser of (a) the
Maximum Lawful Rate or (b) the Applicable Rate.
Payment Date : The first day of each and every calendar month
during the term of this Note and the last day of each LIBOR
Interest Period.
Portion : Any principal amount bearing interest based
upon the Prime Rate or LIBOR.
Prime Rate : The rate of interest announced from time to
time by Lender as its “base” or “prime”
rate of interest, which Borrower hereby acknowledges and agrees may
not be the lowest interest rate charged by Lender and is set by
Lender in its sole discretion, changing when and as said prime rate
changes.
Related Indebtedness : Any and all indebtedness paid or payable by
Borrower to Lender pursuant to the Loan Documents or any other
communication or writing by or between Borrower and Lender related
to the transaction or transactions that are the subject matter of
the Loan Documents, except such indebtedness which has been paid or
is payable by Borrower to Lender under this Note.
Any capitalized term used in this Note and not
otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to each
such term in the Loan Agreement. All terms used herein, whether or
not defined in Section 1.1 hereof, and whether used in
singular or plural form, shall be deemed to refer to the object of
such term whether such is singular or plural in nature, as the
context may suggest or require.
Section 2.1 Payment of Principal and
Interest . All accrued but unpaid interest on the
principal balance of this Note outstanding from time to time shall
be payable on each Payment Date. The then outstanding principal
balance of this Note and all accrued but unpaid interest thereon
shall be due and payable on the Maturity Date. Borrower may from
time to time during the term of this Note borrow, partially or
wholly repay its outstanding borrowings, and reborrow, subject to
all of the limitations, terms and conditions of this Note and of
the Loan Documents; provided however, that the total outstanding
borrowings under this Note shall not at any time exceed the
principal amount stated above. The unpaid principal balance of this
Note at any time shall be the total amounts advanced hereunder by
Lender less the amount of principal payments made hereon by or for
Borrower, which balance may be endorsed hereon from time to time by
Lender or otherwise noted in Lender’s records, which
notations shall be, absent manifest error, conclusive evidence of
the amounts owing hereunder from time to time.
Section 2.2 Application . Except as
expressly provided herein to the contrary, all payments on this
Note shall be applied in the following order of priority:
(i) the payment or reimbursement of any expenses, costs or
obligations (other than the outstanding principal balance hereof
and interest hereon) for which either Borrower shall be obligated
or Lender shall be entitled pursuant to the provisions of this Note
or the other Loan Documents, (ii) the payment of accrued but
unpaid interest hereon, and (iii) the payment of all or any
portion of the principal balance hereof then outstanding hereunder,
in the direct order of maturity. If an Event of Default exists
under this Note or under any of the other Loan Documents, then
Lender may, at the sole option of Lender, apply any such payments,
at any time and from time to time, to any of the items specified in
clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) above without regard to the
order of priority otherwise specified in this
Section 2.2 and any application to the outstanding
principal balance hereof may be made in either direct or inverse
order of maturity.
Section 2.3 Payments . All payments under
this Note made to Lender shall be made in immediately available
funds at 2100 McKinney Avenue, Suite 900, Dallas, Texas 75201
(or at such other place as Lender, in Lender’s sole
discretion, may have established by delivery of written notice
thereof to Borrower from time to time), without offset, in lawful
money of the United States of America, which shall at the time of
payment be legal tender in payment of all debts and dues, public
and private. Payments by check or draft shall not constitute
payment in immediately available funds until the required amount is
actually received by Lender in full. Payments in immediately
available funds received by Lender in the place designated for
payment on a Business Day prior to 11:00 a.m. Dallas, Texas
time at said place of payment shall be credited prior to the close
of business on the Business Day received, while payments received
by Lender on a day other than a Business Day or after
11:00 a.m. Dallas, Texas time on a Business Day shall not be
credited until the next succeeding Business Day. If any payment of
principal or interest on this Note shall become due and payable on
a day other than a Business Day, such payment shall be made on the
next succeeding Business Day. Any such extension of time for
payment shall be included in computing interest which has accrued
and shall be payable in connection with such payment.
Section 2.4 Rate Selection, Etc. Borrower
may select, subject to the terms and conditions set forth below, a
Note Rate based upon either LIBOR or the Prime Rate for the entire
principal amount of this Note then outstanding or any Portion
thereof. No more than three LIBOR Interest Periods may be
outstanding at any time, and each Portion bearing interest based on
LIBOR shall be at least $100,000. Borrower may designate the
Portion to bear interest based upon LIBOR by giving Lender written
notice of its selection before 11:00 a.m. (Dallas, Texas time)
on the LIBOR Determination Date, which selection shall be
irrevocable, for each LIBOR Interest Period. If an Event of Default
has occurred and is continuing, the option to select LIBOR as a
basis for the Note Rate shall be terminated. No LIBOR Interest
Period may extend beyond the Maturity Date. Any Portion for which
LIBOR Interest Period is not selected shall bear interest at a Note
Rate based upon the Prime Rate. The determination by Lender of the
Note Rate shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive
and binding in all respects. Notwithstanding anything contained
herein to the contrary, if (i) at any time, Lender determines
(which determination shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest
error) that any applicable law or regulation or any change therein
or the interpretation or application thereof or compliance
therewith by Lender (A) prohibits, restricts or makes
impossible the charging of interest based on LIBOR or
(B) shall make it unlawful for Lender to make or maintain the
indebtedness evidenced by this Note in eurodollars, or (ii) at
the time of or prior to the determination of the Note Rate, Lender
determines (which determination shall be conclusive in the absence
of manifest error) that by reason of circumstances affecting the
London interbank market generally, (A) deposits in United
States Dollars in the relevant amounts and of the relevant maturity
are not available to Lender in the London interbank market,
(B) the Note Rate does not adequately and fairly reflect the
cost to Lender of making or maintaining the loan, due to changes in
administrative costs, fees, tariffs and taxes and other matters
outside of Lender’s reasonable control, or (C) adequate
and fair means do not or will not exist for determining the Note
Rate as set forth in this Note, then Lender shall give Borrower
prompt notice thereof, and this Note shall bear interest, and
continue to bear interest until Lender determines that the
applicable circumstance described in the foregoing clauses (i)
(A) or (B) or (ii) (A), (B) or (C) no longer
pertains, at the Prime Rate plus Applicable Margin.
Section 2.5 Computation Period . Interest
on the indebtedness evidenced by this Note shall be computed on the
basis of a three hundred sixty (360) day year and shall accrue
on the actual number of days elapsed for any whole or partial month
in which interest is being calculated. In computing the number of
days during which interest accrues, the day on which funds are
initially advanced shall be included regardless of the time of day
such advance is made, and the day on which funds are repaid shall
be included unless repayment is credited prior to the close of
business on the Business Day received as provided in
Section 2.3 hereof.
Section 2.6 Prepayment . Borrower shall
have the right to prepay, at any time and from time to time,
without fee, premium or penalty (except as noted below), all or any
Portion of the outstanding principal balance hereof, provided,
however, that (a) Borrower shall provide notice to Lender of
any such prepayment on or before 2:30 P.M. Dallas, Texas time on
the date of any such prepayment; (b) such prepayment shall
also include any and all accrued but unpaid interest on the amount
of principal being so prepaid through and including the date of
prepayment, plus any other sums which have become due to Lender
under the other Loan Documents on or before the date of prepayment,
but which have not been fully paid; and (c) Borrower shall pay
any Funding Indemnification. Prepayments of principal will be
applied in inverse order of maturity. If this Note is prepaid in
full, any commitment of Lender to make further advances shall
automatically terminate and shall be of no further force or
effect.
Section 2.7 Unconditional Payment .
Borrower is and shall be obligated to pay all principal, interest
and any and all other amounts which become payable under this Note
or under any of the other Loan Documents absolutely and
unconditionally and without any abatement, postponement, diminution
or deduction whatsoever and without any reduction for counterclaim
or setoff whatsoever. If at any time any payment received by Lender
hereunder shall be deemed by a court of competent jurisdiction to
have been a voidable preference or fraudulent conveyance under any
Debtor Relief Law, then the obligation to make such payment shall
survive any cancellation or satisfaction of this Note or return
thereof to Borrower and shall not be discharged or satisfied with
any prior payment thereof or cancellation of this Note, but shall
remain a valid and binding obligation enforceable in accordance
with the terms and provisions hereof, and such payment shall be
immediately due and payable upon demand.
Section 2.8 Partial or Incomplete
Payments . Remittances in payment of
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