EXECUTION
VERSION
THIS
PROMISSORY NOTE MAY NOT BE SOLD, PLEDGED, HYPOTHECATED OR OTHERWISE
TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS PROVIDED HEREIN. ANY ATTEMPTED TRANSFER OF
THIS PROMISSORY NOTE IN VIOLATION OF SUCH TERMS SHALL BE NULL AND
VOID AND OF NO EFFECT. THIS PROMISSORY NOTE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR ANY APPLICABLE
STATE SECURITIES LAWS, AND NO OFFER, TRANSFER OR ASSIGNMENT OF THIS
PROMISSORY NOTE MAY BE MADE IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH
REGISTRATIONS .
SUBORDINATED PROMISSORY
NOTE
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, Manchester Indiana
Acceptance, Inc., a Delaware corporation (" Maker "), hereby
promises to pay to the order of Rick Stanley (the " Holder
"), the principal amount of One Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars
($150,000.00) (the " Principal Amount "), plus interest, as
provided herein, all without relief from valuation or appraisement
laws.
This Subordinated Promissory Note (the "
Note ") is being issued and delivered by the Maker to the
Holder pursuant to Section 2.2 of the Stock Purchase
Agreement, dated as of December 29, 2006, by and among the Maker,
the Holder and other parties signatory thereto (the " Purchase
Agreement "), together with the Seller Note. Capitalized terms
used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set
forth in the Purchase Agreement.
The payment of the Principal hereof and Interest
hereon on the due dates therefor is subject to the subordination
provisions set forth below.
(a) From the Closing Date until the nine-month
anniversary of the date hereof, interest on the unpaid Principal
Amount shall accrue at the rate of five percent (5%) per annum (the
“ Interest ”).
(b) In the event of the occurrence of an Event of
Default, as defined in Section 10 of this Note and
specifically including the failure of the Maker to make the payment
required by Sections 2 and 3 of this Note, interest on the
unpaid Principal Amount shall accrue at the rate of fifteen (15%)
per annum.
(c) Interest shall be computed on the basis of
actual days elapsed over a three hundred sixty-five (365) day
year.
2. Payment of Principal Amount and
Interest . Subject to the
required Principal Amount prepayment requirements applicable to the
Maker set forth in Section 3 and the optional pre-payment
provisions of Section 4, the Maker shall pay to the Holder any and
all unpaid Principal Amount of this Note and all Interest accrued
thereon under Section 1(a) in two installments of which (a)
the first installment equal in amount to fifty percent (50%) of the
Principal Amount and Interest due thereon shall be due on or before
the six-month anniversary of the date hereof; and (b) the second
installment equal in amount to fifty percent (50%) of the Principal
Amount shall be due on or before the nine-month anniversary of the
date hereof.
3. The Maker shall pay to the Holder the Principal
Amount of this Note and all unpaid interest accrued thereon in
accordance with the following schedule:
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Default
Receivables and Charged-Off Receivables Payments
. So long as the Maker, Manchester
and their respective affiliates are not in default of any of their
agreements with Palm Beach Multi-Strategy Fund L.P., all revenues
derived from Default Receivables and Charged-Off Receivables shall
be applied 100% to prepayment of the Principal Amount;
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Reasonable
Cooperation . The Maker
shall exercise its commercially reasonable cooperation to assist
Rick Stanley to facilitate the Closing of the Inventory &
Fixture Refinancing and the Maker shall not unreasonably refuse any
third-party offers for such Inventory & Fixture Refinancing,
provided, however, any and all determinations to accept any
proposed terms and conditions for such Inventory & Fixture
Refinancing shall be made at the sole discretion of the Board of
Directors of the Maker.
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4. Voluntary Prepayment; Subordination
.
(a) Voluntary Prepayment . The Maker may prepay all or any portion of
the unpaid balance of this Note, without premium or penalty, at any
time and from time to time.
(b) Subordination . All payments under this Note are subordinated
to repayment of all Senior Indebtedness. “Senior
Indebtedness” means any and all other secured indebtedness
and other secured obligations for borrowed money (including,
without limitation, principal, premium (if any), interest, fees
charges, expenses, costs, professional fees and expenses, and
reimbursement obligations) at any time owing by Purchaser to any
and all other secured creditors of Purchaser, including, but not
limited to such amounts as may accrue or be incurred before or
after default or workout or the commencement of any liquidation,
dissolution, bankruptcy, receivership or reorganization by or
against Purchaser.
5. Method of Payment . The Principal Amount of this Note and any and
all interest thereon shall be paid by Maker in lawful currency of
the United States of America to the Holder at the address of the
Holder specified in Section 14 of this Note or at such other
place as the Holder shall direct in writing to the Maker. All
payments due hereunder shall be made not later than the end of the
business day on the day when due.
6. Satisfaction of Holder's Expenses
. The Maker shall pay to the Holder
all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including
reasonable counsel fees and expenses) incurred by the Holder in
connection with any proceedings or enforcement action instituted by
or on behalf of the Holder to collect any sums due and owing by the
Maker under this Note in the event of an Event of
Default.
7. Application of Payments . All payments made by the Maker hereunder,
including any prepayment, shall be applied: (a) first, to the
payment of any costs and expenses for which Maker is responsible
under Section 6 of this Note, (b) second, to the payment in
full of accrued unpaid interest, and (c) finally, to the reduction
of the unpaid Principal Amount.
8. Security . This Note is secured by a Security Agreement
between the Maker, the Holder, and Manchester Inc. of even date
herewith with respect to certain Collateral (as defined in the
Security Agreement). All of the terms, covenants, and conditions
the Security Agreement are hereby made a part of this Note and the
rights and remedies of the Holder hereof as provided in the
Security Agreement and in this Note shall be cumulative and
concurrent and may be pursued singly, successively or
together.
9. Covenants . The Maker agrees that, until such time as this
Note has been paid in full:
(a) The Maker will provide to the Holder, promptly
on the Maker's receipt thereof, any notice of default received by
it under any agreements between the Maker and third parties
relating to other indebtedness incurred by the Maker.
(b) Maker will not create, assume, or suffer to
exist, any lien or other encumbrance of any kind upon any of its
assets securing this Note, whether now owned or hereafter acquired,
except those liens granted by the Maker to the Parent’s
lender to finance the Closing of the Purchase Agreement or liens
granted to third parties in conn
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