PROMISSORY NOTE

EX-10.13 24 v047238_ex10-13.htm
PROMISSORY NOTE

$840,000
____________, 2006
 
Norwalk, Connecticut

Doubloon Corp. ("Maker") promises to pay to the order of PIRAC I, LLC (the "Payee") the principal sum of Eight Hundred and Forty Thousand Dollars and No Cents ($840,000.00) in lawful money of the United States of America, on the terms and conditions described below.

1.           Principal. Subject to Section 3, the principal balance of this Note shall be repayable in seventeen monthly installments of Forty Six Thousand Six Hundred Sixty Six Dollars and Sixty Six Cents ($46,666.66) and a final installment of Forty Six Thousand Six Hundred and Sixty Six Dollars and Seventy Eight Cents ($46,666.78), commencing on ____________ and continuing on the __ day of each succeeding month until paid in full.

2.           Interest. This Note shall bear simple interest at the rate of four percent (4%) per annum. Interest payable on this Note shall be calculated on the basis of one year of three hundred sixty-five (365) days for the number of days elapsed.

3.           Payment. Payments of principal and interest under this Note shall be made from the interest earned on the amounts deposited in a trust account (the “Trust Account”) established by Maker in connection with its initial public offering (the “IPO”) as described in Maker’s Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, and in the Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed in connection with the IPO (the “Registration Statement”).

4.           Mandatory Prepayment. The outstanding principal balance of this Note and all accrued and unpaid interest thereon shall be paid upon Maker’s consummation of a Business Combination (as defined in Maker’s Certificate of Incorporation, as amended).

5.           Application of Payments. All payments shall be applied first to payment in full of any costs incurred in the collection of any sum due under this Note, including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees, then to the payment of interest and, finally, to the reduction of the unpaid principal balance of this Note.

6.           Events of Default. The following shall constitute Events of Default:

(a)           Failure to Make Required Payments. Failure by Maker to pay the principal of or accrued interest on this Note within five (5) business days following the date when due.

(b)           Voluntary Bankruptcy, Etc. The commencement by Maker of a voluntary case under applicable bankruptcy law, or any other applicable insolvency, reorganization, rehabilitation or other similar law, or the consent by it to the appointment of, or taking possession by, a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator or other similar official of Maker or for any substantial part of its property, or the making by it of any assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the failure of Maker generally to pay its debts as such debts become due, or the taking of corporate action by Maker in furtherance of any of the foregoing.

(c)           Involuntary Bankruptcy, Etc. The entry of a decree or order for relief by a court having jurisdiction in the premises in respect of Maker in an involuntary case under applicable bankruptcy law, or any other applicable insolvency or other similar law, or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar official of Maker or for any substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding-up or liquidation of the affairs of Maker, and the continuance of any such decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days.
 
 

 

7.           Remedies.

(a)           Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default specified in Section 6(a), Payee may, by written notice to Maker, declare this Note to be due and payable, whereupon the unpaid principal amount of this Note, and all other amounts payable hereunder, shall become immediately due and payable without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived, anything contained herein or in the documents evidencing the same to the contrary notwithstanding.

(b)           Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default specified in Sections 6(b) and 6(c), the unpaid principal balance of, and all other sums payable with regard to, this Note shall automatically and immediately become due and payable, in all cases without any action on the part of Payee.

8.           Subordination. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Note to the contrary, in the event that Payee adopts a plan of voluntary dissolution as provided for in its Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, and the Registration Statement, payments of outstanding principal and accrued and unpaid interest thereafter shall be subordinate in right of payment to payments to be made from the Trust Account to purchasers of Maker’s securities in the IPO, up to the amounts set forth in the Registration Statement ($97,000,000, or $111,700,000 if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full).

9.           Waivers. Maker and all endorsers and guarantors of, and sureties for, this Note waive presentment for payment, demand, notice of dishonor, protest, and notice of protest with regard to this Note, all errors, defects and imperfections in any proceedings instituted by Payee under the terms of this Note, and all benefits that might accrue to Maker by virtue of any present or future laws exempting any property, real or personal, or any part of the proceeds arising from any sale of any such property, from attachment, levy or sale under execution, or providing for any stay of execution, exemption from civil process or extension of time for payment; and Maker agrees that any real estate that may be levied upon pursuant to a judgment obtained by virtue hereof, on any writ of execution issued hereon, may be sold upon any such writ in whole or in part in any order desired by Payee.

10.           Unconditional Liability. Maker hereby waives all notices in connection with the delivery, acceptance, performance, default or enforcement of the payment of this Note, and agrees that its liability shall be unconditional, without regard to the liability of any other party, and shall not be affected in any manner by any indulgence, extension of time, renewal, waiver or modification granted or consented to by Payee, and consents to any and all extensions of time, renewals, waivers or modifications that may be granted by Payee with respect to the payment or other provisions of this Note, and agrees that additional makers, endorsers, guarantors or sureties may become parties hereto without notice to them or affecting their liability hereunder.

11           Notices. Any notice called for hereunder shall be deemed properly given if (i) sent by certified mail, return receipt requested, (ii) personally delivered, (iii) dispatched by any form of private or governmental express mail or delivery service providing receipted delivery, (iv) sent by telefacsimile, or (v) sent by e-mail, to the following addresses or to such other address as either party may designate by notice in accordance with this Section:
 
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If to Maker:

Doubloon Corp.
c/o Pirate Capital LLC
200 Connecticut Avenue
4th Floor
Norwalk, Connecticut 06854
Attention of Chief Executive Officer
Email Address: ***@***

If to Payee:

PIRAC I, LLC
c/o Pirate Capital LLC
200 Connecticut Avenue
4th Floor
Norwalk, Connecticut 06854
Attention of Member
Email Address: ***@***

Notice shall be deemed given on the earlier of actual receipt by the receiving party, if sent by certified mail, and (i) three business days after certification thereof, (ii) if personally delivered, the date reflected on a signed delivery receipt, (iii) if sent by private or governmental express mail or delivery service, one (1) business day following tender of delivery or dispatch by express mail or delivery service, (iv) if by facsimile, the date shown on a telefacsimile transmission confirmation, or (v) if sent by email, the date on which an e-mail transmission was received by the receiving party's on-line access provider.

12.           Construction. This Note shall be construed and enforced in accordance with the domestic, internal law, but not the law of conflict of laws, of the State of Connecticut.

13.           Severability. Any provision contained in this Note which is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Maker, intending to be legally bound hereby, has caused this Note to be duly executed the day and year first above written.

DOUBLOON CORP.


By:  __________________________________
Name: Thomas R. Hudson Jr.
Title: Chief Executive Officer
 
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