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EXHIBIT 10.38
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12% SENIOR NOTE DUE JUNE 22, 2006
No. 3 As of June 22, 2000
$2,000,000 PPN 489399
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇▇, INC. (herein
called the "Company"), a corporation organized and existing under the laws of
the State of Delaware, hereby promises to pay to HARE & CO. for the benefit of
VIRGINIA SURETY COMPANY, INC. or registered assigns, the principal sum of TWO
MILLION DOLLARS on June 22, 2006, with interest (computed on the basis of a
360-day year and actual days elapsed) (a) on the unpaid balance thereof at the
rate of 12% per annum from the date hereof, payable quarterly, on the last day
of March, June, September and December in each year, commencing with the June
30, 2000, until the principal hereof shall have become due and payable, and (b)
to the extent permitted by law on any overdue payment (including any overdue
prepayment) of principal, any overdue payment of interest and any overdue
payment of any Prepayment Premium (as defined in the Note Purchase Agreements
referred to below), payable quarterly as aforesaid (or, at the option of the
registered holder hereof, on demand), at a rate per annum from time to time
equal to 14%.
Payments of principal of, interest on and any Prepayment Premium
with respect to this Note are to be made in lawful money of the United States of
America at c/o Bank of New York, Special Processing - Window A, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇,
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Inc. or at such other place as the Company shall have designated by written
notice to the holder of this Note as provided in the Note Purchase Agreements
referred to below.
This Note is one of a series of Senior Notes (herein called the
"Notes") issued pursuant to separate Note Purchase Agreements, dated as of June
22, 2000 (as from time to time amended, the "Note Purchase Agreements"), between
the Company and the respective Purchasers named therein and is entitled to the
benefits thereof. Each holder of this Note will be deemed, by its acceptance
hereof, (i) to have agreed to the confidentiality provisions set forth in
Section 20 of the Note Purchase Agreements and (ii) to have made the
representation set forth in Section 6.2 of the Note Purchase Agreements.
This Note is a registered Note and, as provided in the Note
Purchase Agreements, upon surrender of this Note for registration of transfer,
duly endorsed, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer duly executed,
by the registered holder hereof or such holder's attorney duly authorized in
writing, a new Note for a like principal amount will be issued to, and
registered in the name of, the transferee. Prior to due presentment for
registration of transfer, the Company may treat the person in whose name this
Note is registered as the owner hereof for the purpose of receiving payment and
for all other purposes, and the Company will not be affected by any notice to
the contrary.
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This Note is subject to optional prepayment, in whole, at the
times and on the terms specified in the Note Purchase Agreements, but not
otherwise.
If an Event of Default, as defined in the Note Purchase
Agreements, occurs and is continuing, the principal of this Note may be declared
or otherwise become due and payable in the manner, at the price (including any
applicable Prepayment Premium) and with the effect provided in the Note Purchase
Agreements.
This Note shall be construed and enforced in accordance with, and
the rights of the parties shall be governed by, the law of the State of New York
excluding choice-of-law principles of the law of such State that would require
the application of the laws of a jurisdiction other than such State.
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By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇
Title: Chief Financial Officer
