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Title: PROMISSORY NOTE
Governing Law: Ohio     Date: 12/22/2005

PROMISSORY NOTE, Parties: gladstone commercial corp , wmi05 columbus oh llc
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Exhibit 10.9

PROMISSORY NOTE

 

 

 

 

 

 

$19,456,000

 

December 21, 2005

          FOR VALUE RECEIVED, PZ05 MAPLE HEIGHTS OH LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, WMI05 COLUMBUS OH LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and OB CRENSHAW GCC, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (collectively, “ Maker ”), promises to pay to the order of COUNTRYWIDE COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE FINANCE, INC., a California corporation (together with any subsequent holder of this Note, and their respective successors and assigns, “ Holder ”) at such address as Holder may from time to time designate in writing, the principal sum of NINETEEN MILLION FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY SIX THOUSAND AND 00/100 DOLLARS ($19,456,000) together with interest thereon and all other sums due and/or payable under any Loan Document; such principal and other sums to be calculated and payable as provided in this Note. This Note is being executed and delivered in connection with, and is entitled to the rights and benefits of, that certain Loan Agreement of even date herewith between Maker and Holder (as amended, modified and supplemented and in effect from time to time, the “ Loan Agreement ”). Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Loan Agreement.

          Maker agrees to pay the principal sum of this Note together with interest thereon and all other sums due and/or payable under any Loan Document in accordance with the following terms and conditions:

     1.  Interest Rate . Interest shall accrue on the Indebtedness at five and seven thousand one hundred seven ten-thousandths percent (5.7107%) per annum (the “ Interest Rate ”) commencing on the date of this Note. Interest shall be computed on the actual number of days elapsed based on a 360-day year.

     2.  Payments . Maker shall make the following payments to Holder:

          (a) On the date hereof (unless the date hereof is the same calendar day as a Payment Date), a payment of interest only for the first Interest Accrual Period.

          (b) On February 8, 2006 (the “ First Payment Date ”) and on the same calendar day of each calendar month (each, a “ Payment Date ”) through and including the Payment Date occurring in January, 2008, Maker shall pay to Holder a monthly payment of interest only based on the Interest Rate and the outstanding Principal Indebtedness. On the Payment Date occurring in February, 2008, and on each subsequent Payment Date during the term of the Loan, Maker shall pay to Holder a monthly payment in the amount of $113,054.67 which amount is based on the Interest Rate and a 360-month amortization schedule.

          (c) The entire outstanding Indebtedness shall be due and payable on the Payment Date occurring in January, 2016 (the “ Maturity Date ”), or such earlier date resulting from acceleration of the Indebtedness by Holder.

 


 

          (d) “ Interest Accrual Period ” means, initially, the period commencing on the Closing Date and continuing to and including the calendar day preceding the next Payment Date, and thereafter each period running from and including a Payment Date to and including the calendar day preceding the next Payment Date during the term of the Loan.

          (e) For purposes of making payments hereunder, but not for purposes of calculating Interest Accrual Periods, if the Payment Date of a given month shall not be a Business Day, then the Payment Date for such month shall be the preceding Business Day.

     3.  Event of Default; Default Interest; Late Charge . Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, the Indebtedness shall (a) become due and payable as provided in Article 8 of the Loan Agreement, and (b) bear interest at a per annum interest rate equal to the lesser of (i) the Maximum Amount (as defined in Section 8), and (ii) the Interest Rate plus five percent (5%) (the “ Default Rate ”). If Maker fails to pay any sums due under the Loan Documents on the date when the same is due, Maker shall pay to Holder upon demand a late charge on such sum in an amount equal to the lesser of (i) five percent (5%) of such unpaid amount, and (ii) the maximum late charge permitted to be charged under the laws of the State of where the Property is located (a “ Late Charge ”). Maker will also pay to Holder, after an Event of Default occurs, in addition to the amount due and any Late Charges, all reasonable costs of collecting, securing, or attempting to collect or secure this Note or any other Loan Document, including, without limitation, court costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees (including reasonable attorneys’ fees on any appeal by either Maker or Holder and in any bankruptcy proceedings).

     4.  Prepayment; Defeasance .

          (a) Maker shall not be permitted at any time to prepay all or any part of the Loan except as expressly provided in this Section 4 . Provided no Event of Default then exists, and so long as Maker has given Holder not less than thirty (30) days’ (and not more than sixty (60) days’) prior written notice, Maker may voluntarily prepay the Indebtedness in full but not in part only on or after the date which is three (3) Payment Dates prior to the Maturity Date (and there shall be no Yield Maintenance Premium or penalty assessed against Maker by reason of such prepayment). If any such prepayment is not made on a Payment Date, Maker shall also pay to Holder interest calculated at the Interest Rate that would have accrued on such prepaid Principal Indebtedness through the end of the Interest Accrual Period in which such prepayment occurs.

          (b) Provided that no Event of Default then exists, after the earlier to occur of (i) two (2) years after “start-up day” (within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(9) of the Code) of any real estate mortgage investment conduit (as defined under Section 860D of the Code) (a “ REMIC ”) that holds the Note, and (ii) three (3) years after the Closing Date, Maker may cause the release of a Release Property (as defined in the Loan Agreement) from the Liens of the Loan Documents upon satisfaction of the following conditions:

               (i) Maker shall (A) provide not less than thirty (30) days’ (and not more than sixty (60) days’) prior written notice to Holder specifying a Payment Date (the “ Defeasance Release Date ”) on which the payments and deposits provided in clauses (B) through (E) below are to be made and the Release Property that is proposed to be released; (B) pay all

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interest accrued and unpaid on the Indebtedness to and including the Defeasance Release Date; (C) pay all reasonable fees and expenses associated with the defeasance of the Loan (including, without limitation, fees of Rating Agencies and accountants, and attorneys) and all other sums then due and payable under the Loan Documents; (D) deposit with Holder immediately-available funds in an amount sufficient to purchase, or at Holder’s request deliver to Holder, “government securities” as used in section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (15 U.S.C. 80a-1) and which are not subject to prepayment, call or early redemption (“ U.S. Obligations ”) (1) having maturity dates or being redeemable on or prior to, but as close as possible to, the Business Day immediately preceding each successive scheduled Payment Date (after the Defeasance Release Date) through and including the Maturity Date, (2) in amounts sufficient to pay all scheduled principal and interest payments on this Note (or, in the case of a defeasance of less than the full amount of the Loan, the Defeased Note (as defined below)) on each Payment Date through and including the Maturity Date, including the payment due on the Maturity Date, and (3) payable directly to Holder; and (E) deliver to Holder (1) a security agreement, in form and substance satisfactory to Holder, creating a first priority perfected Lien on the deposits required pursuant to this Section 4(b) and the U.S. Obligations purchased in accordance with this Section 4(b) (a “ Security Agreement ”), (2) for execution by Holder, a release of the Release Property from the Lien of the Mortgage in a form appropriate for the jurisdiction in which the Release Property is located, (3) a written certification that the requirements set forth in this Section 4(b) have been satisfied, (4) an opinion of Maker’s counsel in form and substance satisfactory to Holder stating, among other things, that (x) the U.S. Obligations have been duly and validly assigned and delivered to Holder and Holder has a first priority perfected security interest in and Lien on the deposits required pursuant to this Section 4(b) and a first priority perfected security interest in and Lien on the U.S. Obligations purchased pursuant hereto and the proceeds thereof, (y) the defeasance will not adversely affect the status of any REMIC formed in connection with a Secondary Market Transaction, and (z) in the event of a bankruptcy proceeding or similar occurrence with respect to Maker, none of the U.S. Obligations purchased pursuant hereto nor any proceeds thereof will be property of Maker’s estate under Section 541 of the Bankruptcy Code or any similar statute and the grant of security interest therein to Holder shall not constitute an avoidable preference under Section 547 of the Bankruptcy Code or applicable state law, and (5) such other certificates, documents or instruments as Holder may request including, without limitation, (y) written confirmation from the relevant Rating Agencies that such defeasance will not cause any Rating Agency to withdraw, qualify or downgrade the then-applicable rating on any security issued in connection with any Secondary Market Transaction, and (z) a certificate from a certified public accountant reasonably acceptable to Holder certifying that the amounts of the U.S. Obligations satisfy all of the requirements of this Note. In connection with the foregoing, Maker appoints Holder as Maker’s agent for the purpose of applying the amounts delivered pursuant to this Section 4(b) to purchase U.S. Obligations.

               (ii) If any notice of defeasance is given, Maker shall be required to defease the Loan on the Defeasance Release Date (unless such notice is revoked in writing by Maker prior to the date specified therein in which event Maker shall immediately reimburse Holder for any reasonable costs incurred by Holder in connection with Maker’s giving of such notice and revocation).

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               (iii) In connection with a defeasance of the Loan, Maker may (or, in the case of a defeasance of less than the full amount of the Loan, shall) assign to such other entity or entities established or designated by Holder in its discretion (the “ Successor Obligor ”) all of Maker’s obligations under this Note (or, in the case of a defeasance of less than the full amount of the Loan, the Defeased Note), the other Loan Documents and the Security Agreement together with the pledged U.S. Obl


 
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