REVOLVING CREDIT
NOTE
(M&T)
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$25,000,000
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Baltimore, Maryland
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December 27, 2004
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FOR VALUE RECEIVED, PAYMENTS, INC., a
corporation organized under the laws of the State of New York
(“Borrower”), promises to pay to the order of
MANUFACTURERS AND TRADERS TRUST COMPANY, a New York State Bank
organized under the laws f the State of New York (the
“Lender”), the principal sum of TWENTY-FIVE MILLION
DOLLARS ($25,000,000) (the “Principal Sum”), or such
lesser amount equal to the Lender’s Revolving Credit Pro Rata
Share (as that term is defined in the “Financing
Agreement” defined below) of the Revolving Credit Facility
(as that term is defined in the Financing Agreement) or so much
thereof as has been or may be advanced and/or readvanced to or for
the account of the Borrower pursuant to the terms and conditions of
the Financing Agreement, together with interest thereon at the rate
or rates hereinafter provided, in accordance with the
following:
Commencing as of the date hereof and continuing
until repayment in full of all sums due hereunder, the unpaid
Principal Sum shall bear interest at the Applicable Interest Rate
or the Post-Default Rate (both as defined in the Financing
Agreement) in effect from time to time for the Revolving Loan (as
defined in the Financing Agreement). The Applicable Interest Rate
shall be determined in the manner provided in the Financing
Agreement.
The unpaid Principal Sum, together with interest
thereon at the rate or rates provided above, shall be payable as
follows:
(a)
Interest only on the unpaid
Principal Sum shall be due and payable at the times provided in
Section 2.3.5 (Payment of Interest) of the Financing Agreement;
and
(b)
Unless sooner paid, the unpaid
Principal Sum, together with interest accrued and unpaid thereon,
shall be due and payable in full on the Revolving Credit Expiration
Date (as that term is defined in the Financing
Agreement).
The fact that the balance hereunder may be
reduced to zero from time to time pursuant to the Financing
Agreement will not affect the continuing validity of this Note or
the Financing Agreement, and the balance may be increased to the
Principal Sum after any such reduction to zero.
Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default (as
hereinafter defined), the unpaid Principal Sum shall bear interest
thereafter at the Post-Default Rate until such Event of Default is
cured.
If the Borrower shall fail to make any payment
under the terms of this Note (other than a payment due at maturity)
within five (5) days after the date such payment is due, the
Borrower shall pay to the Lender on demand a late charge equal to
five percent (5%) of the delinquent amount.
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5.
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Application and Place of
Payments.
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All payments made on account of this Note shall
be applied in the manner provided in the Financing Agreement. All
payments on account of this Note shall be paid in lawful money of
the United States of America in immediately available funds during
regular business hours of Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company,
a New York State Bank (the “Agent” under the Financing
Agreement), at the Agent’s office at 25 South Charles Street,
Baltimore, Maryland 21201, or at such other times and places as the
Agent may at any time and from time to time designate in writing to
the Borrower.
The Borrower may prepay the Principal Sum at the
times and in the manner provided in the Financing
Agreement.
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7.
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Financing Agreement and
Other Financing Documents.
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This Note is a “Revolving Credit
Note” described in a Financing and Security Agreement dated
December __, 2004 (as amended, modified, restated, substituted,
extended and renewed at any time and from time to time, the
“Financing Agreement”), by and among the Borrower, the
Agent, the Lender, and the other Lenders under the Financing
Agreement. The indebtedness evidenced by this Note is included
within the meaning of the term “Obligations” as defined
in the Financing Agreement. The term “Financing
Documents” as used in this Note shall have the meaning set
forth in the Financing Agreement. All terms used in this Note which
are not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning set forth
in the Financing Agreement.
This Note is secured as provided in the
Financing Agreement.
The occurrence of any one or more of the
following events shall constitute an event of default
(individually, an “Event of Default” and collectively,
the “Events of Default”) under the terms of this
Note:
(a)
The failure of the Borrower to pay
to the Lender when due any and all amounts payable by the Borrower
to the Lender under the terms of this Note; or
(b)
The occurrence of an Event of
Default (as that term is defined in the Financing
Agreement).
Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, at
the option of the Lender, all amounts payable by the Borrower to
the Lender under the terms of this Note shall immediately become
due and payable by the Borrower to the Lender without notice to the
Borrower or any other person, and the Lender shall have all of the
rights, powers, and remedies available under the terms of this
Note, any of the other Financing Documents and all applicable laws.
The Borrower and all endorsers, guarantors, and other parties who
may now or in the future be primarily or secondarily liable for the
payment of the indebtedness evidenced by this Note hereby severally
waive presentment, protest and demand, notice of protest, notice of
demand an