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Exhibit 10.9
FORM OF REVOLVING NOTE
$25,000,000.00
February ___, 2004
Chicago, Illinois
FOR VALUE
RECEIVED, the undersigned, WII COMPONENTS, INC., a Delaware
corporation (the "Borrower"), hereby
unconditionally promises to pay to the
order of ANTARES CAPITAL CORPORATION, a
Delaware corporation ("Lender"), at
Agent's office at 311 South Wacker Drive,
Suite 6400 Chicago, Illinois 60606, or
at such other place as the Agent may from
time to time designate in writing, in
lawful money of the United States of
America and in immediately available funds,
the principal sum of TWENTY FIVE MILLION
AND NO/100 DOLLARS ($25,000,000.00),
or, if less, the aggregate unpaid principal
amount of all advances made pursuant
to subsection 1.1(b) of the "Credit
Agreement" (as hereinafter defined), at such
times as are specified in, and in
accordance with the provisions of, the Credit
Agreement. This Revolving Note is referred
to in and was executed and delivered
pursuant to that certain Credit Agreement
dated as of February 18, 2004 (the
"Credit Agreement") among the Borrower,
Antares Capital Corporation, a Delaware
corporation, as Agent for the benefit of
all Lenders, and the Lenders who are
parties thereto, to which reference is
hereby made for a statement of the terms
and conditions under which the Revolving
Loan evidenced hereby was made and is
to be repaid. All terms which are
capitalized and used herein (which are not
otherwise specifically defined herein) and
which are defined in the Credit
Agreement shall be used in this Revolving
Note as defined in the Credit
Agreement. This Revolving Note is secured
by the Collateral.
The Borrower
further promises to pay interest on the outstanding unpaid
principal amount hereof, as provided in the
Credit Agreement, from the date
hereof until payment in full hereof at the
applicable rate specified in
subsection 1.3(a) of the Credit Agreement;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if Agent or
Required Lenders so elect, following the
occurrence and during the continuance
of an Event of Default, the Borrower
promises to pay to Lender interest on the
unpaid principal amount hereof at the
applicable rate specified in subsection
1.3(c) of the Credit Agreement. Interest
shall be payable in arrears on the
dat
