Exhibit 10.32
EQUIPMENT LINE NOTE
(Non-Revolving Line With Conversion)
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Amount:
$9,000,000.00
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Date:
June 30, 2007
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Chicago,
Illinois
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The undersigned,
BRAD FOOTE GEAR WORKS, INC., f/k/a BFG Acquisition Corp., an
Illinois corporation (the “Borrower”), with its chief
executive office located at 1309 S. Cicero Avenue, Cicero, Illinois
60650, for value received, hereby promises to pay to the order of
LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION f/k/a LaSalle National Bank f/k/a
LaSalle Bank NI, a national banking association (collectively,
together with any holder hereof, the “Bank”), at the
Bank’s main offices at 135 South LaSalle Street, Chicago,
Illinois 60603, or such other address hereafter designated by the
Bank in writing, the principal sum of Nine Million and 00/100
($9,000,000.00) Dollars (U.S.) or if less, the aggregate unpaid
principal amount of all advances (“Advances”) made by
the Bank to the Borrower under this Note, plus all accrued and
unpaid interest calculated and payable at the applicable rates and
in the manner described below. Amounts borrowed and repaid
under this Note may not be reborrowed.
The term
“Conversion Date” shall mean June 30,
2008.
Prior to the
Conversion Date, interest shall be payable monthly on this Note,
commencing on July 31, 2007 and continuing on the last
Business Day of each month thereafter, calculated on the unpaid
principal balances hereof at a variable rate per annum equal to the
Prime Rate (as hereinafter defined) minus one percent (1.0%).
The term “Prime Rate” at any time means the rate of
interest then most recently announced or published by the Bank as
its prime rate. Each change in the interest rate on this Note
shall take effect on the effective date of the change in the Prime
Rate. It is expressly agreed that the use of the term
“Prime Rate” is not intended nor does it imply that
said rate of interest is a preferred rate of interest or one which
is offered by the Bank to its most creditworthy customers.
Bank shall be under no obligation to notify Borrower of any change
in the Prime Rate. Interest shall be computed on the basis of
a year consisting of 360 days and paid for actual days
elapsed.
Upon the
Conversion Date, the outstanding principal balance of this Note
will be repayable in fifty-nine (59) successive monthly
installments of principal (based on a sixty month amortization),
plus interest as hereinafter provided (except that if the Fixed
Interest Rate, as hereinafter defined, is selected by Borrower,
this Note shall be repayable in monthly installments of principal
and interest (or principal plus interest if the Variable Interest
Rate option is chosen), as calculated by the Bank), commencing on
July 31, 2008, and payable on the last Business Day of each
month thereafter, followed by a final payment of the entire unpaid
principal balance and accrued interest due on June 30, 2013
(the “Maturity Date”). Interest on this Note
after the Conversion Date shall be payable concurrently with each
principal payment, and shall at Borrower’s election (which
shall be designated by Borrower in a writing delivered to the Bank
prior to the Conversion Date) be calculated at either (i) a
variable rate equal to the Prime Rate minus one percent (1.0%) (the
“Variable Interest Rate”), or (ii) a fixed rate
equal to two percent (2.0%) above the “Swap Rate” (as
hereinafter defined) (such fixed rate, the “Fixed Interest
Rate”).
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Said election for
either the Variable Interest Rate or Fixed Interest Rate shall be
made only once and shall remain in effect for the balance of the
term of this Note. The term “Swap Rate” shall
mean a rate of interest equal to the per annum rate of interest at
which the Bank determines to be its cost of funds equal to the
yield on United States Treasury Notes or Securities having a
maturity closest to the Maturity Date plus a corresponding swap
spread as published in “Bloomberg’s Financial Markets
Commodities News”, in effect on the Conversion Date, and in
the absence of such publication, as determined by the Bank in its
sole discretion.
Advances under
this Note will be made in accordance with the terms of
Section 3B of the Loan Agreement (as hereafter defined), the
terms of which are incorporated herein by reference.
Any amount of
principal which is not paid when due, whether at the stated
maturity, by acceleration, or otherwise, shall bear interest
payable on demand at an interest rate per annum equal at all times
to the interest rate otherwise then prevailing on this Note plus
three percent (the “Default Rate”). In addition,
a late charge equal to five percent (5%) of each late payment may
be charged on any payment not received by the Bank within five
(5) calendar days after the payment due date, but acceptance
of payment of this charge shall not waive any Default or Event of
Default.
Unless otherwise
agreed, all payments shall be first applied to accrued interest to
the date of payment, then to unpaid principal, and any remaining
amount toward Bank’s costs and expenses incurred in
collecting or attempting to collect this Note or incurred in any
other matter or proceeding relating to this Note.
All payments made
on account of the principal and interest hereof shall be evidenced
by entries on the books and records of the Bank and shall be
rebuttable presumptive evidence of the principal amount and
interest owing hereon. The failure to so record any such
amount or any error so recording any such amount shall not,
however, limit or otherwise affect the obligations of the Borrower
hereunder to repay the principal amount borrowed hereunder and all
interest accruing thereon.
If Borrower
prepays this Note while its bears interest at a variable rate, no
prepayment penalty shall be charged Borrower for any such
prepayment. If Borrower prepays this Note while it bears
interest at the Fixed Interest Rate, such prepayment of the
principal balance of this Note, whether in whole or in part, shall
be subject to the following conditions:
(i)
Not less than five
(5) days prior to the date upon which Borrower desires to make
such prepayment, Borrower shall deliver to the Bank written notice
of its intention to prepay, which notice shall be irrevocable and
state the prepayment amount and the prepayment date;
(ii)
Borrower shall pay
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