UNSECURED
REVOLVING
DEMAND PROMISSORY
NOTE
Section 1 . Promise to Pay
. For and in consideration of value received, the
undersigned, Kronos Worldwide, Inc., a corporation duly organized
under the laws of the state of Delaware (" Borrower "),
promises to pay to the order of NL Industries, Inc., a corporation
duly organized under the laws of the state of New Jersey ("
NL "), or the holder hereof (as applicable, NL or such
holder shall be referred to as the “ Noteholder
”), the principal sum of FORTY MILLION and NO/100ths United
States Dollars ($40,000,000.00) or such lesser amount as shall
equal the unpaid principal amount of the loan made by the
Noteholder to Borrower together with interest on the unpaid
principal balance from time to time pursuant to the terms of this
Unsecured Revolving Demand Promissory Note, as it may be amended
from time to time (this “ Note
”). This Note shall be unsecured and will bear
interest on the terms set forth in Section 6 below.
Capitalized terms not otherwise defined shall have the meanings
given to such terms in Section 16 of this Note
Section 2 . Place of Payment
. All payments will be made at Noteholder’s
address at Three Lincoln Centre, 5430 LBJ Freeway, Suite 1700,
Dallas, Texas 75240-2697,
Attention: Treasurer, or such other place as the
Noteholder may from time to time appoint in writing.
Section 3.
Payments . The unpaid principal balance of
this Note and any unpaid and accrued interest thereon shall be due
and payable on the Final Payment Date. Prior to the
Final Payment Date, any unpaid and accrued interest on an unpaid
principal balance shall be paid in arrears quarterly on the last
day of each March, June, September and December, commencing
December 31, 2008. All payments on this Note shall be
applied first to accrued and unpaid interest, next to accrued
interest not yet payable and then to principal. If any
payment of principal or interest on this Note shall become due on a
day that is not a Business Day, such payment shall be made on the
next succeeding Business Day and the payment shall be the amount
owed on the original payment date.
Section 4 . Prepayments
. This Note may be prepaid in part or in full at any
time without penalty.
Section 5 . Borrowings
. Prior to the Final Payment Date, Noteholder expressly
authorizes Borrower to borrow, repay and re-borrow principal under
this Note in increments of $100,000 on a daily basis so long
as:
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the aggregate
outstanding principal balance does not exceed
$40,000,000.00;
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no written
demand for payment has been made by the Noteholder; and
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no Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing.
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Notwithstanding anything else in this Note, in
no event will Noteholder be required to lend money to Borrower
under this Note and loans under this Note shall be at the sole and
absolute discretion of Noteholder.
Section 6 . Interest
. The unpaid principal balance of this Note (exclusive
of any past due principal) shall bear interest at the rate per
annum of the Prime Rate less one and one half percent
(1.50%). In the event that principal or interest is not
paid within five Business Days after such payment was due or
declared due, all past due principal and past due interest owed
under this Note will bear interest at rate per annum of the Prime
Rate plus four percent (4.00%). Accrued interest on the
unpaid principal of this Note shall be computed on the basis of a
365- or 366-day year for actual days (including the first, but
excluding the last day) elapsed, but in no event shall such
computation result in an amount of accrued interest that would
exceed accrued interest on the unpaid principal balance during the
same period at the Maximum Rate. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary, this Note is expressly limited so that in no contingency
or event whatsoever shall the amount paid or agreed to be paid to
the Noteholder exceed the Maximum Rate. If, from any
circumstances whatsoever, the Noteholder shall ever receive as
interest an amount that would exceed the Maximum Rate, such amount
that would be excessive interest shall be applied to the reduction
of the unpaid principal balance and not to the payment of interest,
and if the principal amount of this Note is paid in full, any
remaining excess shall be paid to Borrower, and in such event, the
Noteholder shall not be subject to any penalties provided by any
laws for contracting for, charging, taking, reserving or receiving
interest in excess of the highest lawful rate permissible under
applicable law. All sums paid or agreed to be paid to
Noteholder for the use, forbearance or detention of the
indebtedness of the Borrower to Noteholder shall, to the extent
permitted by applicable law, be amortized, prorated, allocated and
spread throughout the full term of such indebtedness until payment
in full of the principal (including the period of any renewal or
extension thereof) so that the interest on account of such
indebtedness shall not exceed the Maximum Rate. If at
any time the Contract Rate is limited to the Maximum Rate, any
subsequent reductions in the Contract Rate shall not reduce the
rate of interest on this Note bel
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