PROMISSORY NOTE
$1,800,000.00
May 27, 2005
FOR VALUE RECEIVED , on or before March 31, 2010 (the "
Maturity Date "), the undersigned, HOME SOLUTIONS OF
AMERICA, INC., a Delaware corporation (" Maker "), promises
to pay to the order of PATRIOT CAPITAL, L.P., a Delaware limited
partnership (" Payee "; Payee and any subsequent holder[s]
hereof are hereinafter referred to individually and collectively as
" Holder "), at such place as Holder may designate to Maker
in writing from time to time, the principal sum of ONE MILLION
EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND AND NO/100THS DOLLARS ($1,800,000.00),
together with interest on the outstanding principal balance hereof
from the date hereof at the rate of twelve percent (12%) per annum
(computed on the basis of a 360-day year and the actual number of
days elapsed, to the extent permitted by applicable law).
Interest on the outstanding principal balance hereof shall be due
and payable quarterly, in arrears, with the first installment being
payable on the last business day of June, 2005, and subsequent
installments being payable on the last business day of each
succeeding Fiscal Quarter thereafter. On the Maturity Date,
the entire outstanding principal balance, together with all accrued
and unpaid interest, shall be immediately due and payable in
full.
The indebtedness evidenced hereby may be prepaid in whole or in
part, at any time and from time to time, without premium or
penalty. Any such prepayments shall be credited first to any
accrued and unpaid interest and then to the outstanding principal
balance hereof, in inverse order of maturity.
Reference is here made to that certain Loan Agreement of even date
herewith, by and among Maker, Payee, certain Lenders and Petra
Mezzanine Fund, L.P., as Administrative Agent (together with any
and all amendments, modifications, supplements, extensions,
renewals, substitutions and/or replacements thereof, herein
referred to as the " Loan Agreement "; capitalized terms
used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the same meanings
as in the Loan Agreement). This Note is a "Note" as defined
and referred to in the Loan Agreement, and this Note is entitled to
the benefits and security of, and is secured by, the Loan
Agreement, the other Security Documents and the other Loan
Documents.
Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, the entire outstanding
principal balance of the indebtedness evidenced hereby, together
with all accrued and unpaid interest thereon, may be declared, and
immediately shall become, due and payable in full, as provided in
the Loan Agreement.
Upon the occurrence of any Event of Default, at the option of
Holder and without notice to Maker, all accrued and unpaid
interest, if any, shall be added to the outstanding principal
balance hereof, and the entire outstanding principal balance, as so
adjusted, shall bear interest thereafter until paid at an annual
rate (the " Default Rate ") equal to the lesser of (1) t
