Promissory Note Between GTS/HDD, Inc. and Regions Bank Dated December 28, 2000

Summary

GTS/HDD, Inc. has agreed to borrow $250,000 from Regions Bank, with the loan to be repaid over three years at a variable interest rate starting at 9.5% and capped at 11%. Monthly payments are required, with the final payment due December 28, 2003. The agreement outlines conditions for default, late charges, and the lender’s rights if the borrower fails to pay. The note is governed by Arkansas law and gives the bank certain rights to set off funds in the borrower’s accounts if necessary.

EX-10.35 19 file018.txt PROMISSORY NOTE TO REGIONS FROM GTS/HDD PROMISSORY NOTE

References in the shaded area are for Lender's use only and do not limit the applicability of this document to any particular loan or item. Borrower: GTS / HDD, INC. (TIN: 710843100) Lender: Regions Bank 4890 BUTTERFIELD COACH RD Rogers Main Office SPRINGDALE, AR ###-###-#### 500 West Walnut Rogers, AR 72756

PROMISE TO PAY. GTS / HDD, INC. ("BORROWER") PROMISES TO PAY TO REGIONS BANK ("LENDER"). OR ORDER, IN LAWFUL MONEY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. THE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF TWO HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND & 00/100 DOLLARS ($250,000.00), TOGETHER WITH INTEREST ON THE UNPAID PRINCIPAL BALANCE FROM DECEMBER 28. 2000, UNTIL PAID IN FULL. THE INTEREST RATE WILL NOT INCREASE ABOVE 11.000%. PAYMENT. Subject to any payment changes resulting from changes in the Index, Borrower will pay this loan in 35 payments of $8,007.78 each payment and an irregular last payment estimated at $8,007.76. Borrower's first payment is due January 28, 2001, and a0 subsequent payments are due on the same day of each month after that. Borrower's final payment will be due on December 28. 2003, and will be for all principal and all accrued interest not yet paid. Payments include principal and interest. Interest on this Note is computed on a 365!365 simple interest basis: that is, by applying the ratio of the annual interest rate over the number of days in a year (366 during leap years), multiplied by the outstanding principal balance, multiplied by the actual number of days the principal balance is outstanding. Borrower will pay Lender at Lender's address shown above or at such other place as Lender may designate in writing. Unless otherwise agreed or required by applicable law, payments will be applied first to accrued unpaid interest, then to principal, and any remaining amount to any unpaid collection costs and late charges. VARIABLE INTEREST RATE. The interest rata on this Note is subject to change from time to time based on changes in an index which is the Regions Financial Corp. Commercial Base Rate (the "Index"). The Index is not necessarily the lowest rate charged by Lender on its loans and is set by Lender in its sole discretion. If the Index becomes unavailable during the term of this loan, Lender may designate a substitute index after notifying Borrower. Lender will tell Borrower the current Index rate upon Borrower's request. Borrower understands that Lender may make loans based on other rates as well. The interest rate change will not occur more often than each month. The Index currently is 9.500% per annum. The interest rate to be applied to the unpaid principal balance of this Note will be at a rate equal to the Index, adjusted if necessary for the maximum rate limitation described below, resulting in an Initial rate of 9.500% per annum. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Note, the variable interest rate or rates provided for in this Note will be subject to the following maximum rate. NOTICE: Under no circumstances will the interest rate on this Note be more than the lesser of 11.000% per annum or the maximum rate allowed by applicable law. Whenever increases occur in the interest rate, lender, at its option, may do one or more of the following: (al increase Borrower's payments to ensure Borrower's loan will pay off by its original final maturity date, (b) increase Borrower's payments to cover accruing interest, (c) increase the number of Borrower's payments, and (d) continue Borrower's payments at the same amount and increase Borrower's final payment. PREPAYMENT. Borrower may pay ail or a portion of the amount owed earlier than it is due. Early payments will not, unless agreed to by Lender in writing, relieve Borrower of Borrower's obligation to continue to make payments under the payment schedule. Rather, they will reduce the principal balance due and may result in Borrower making fewer payments. LATE CHARGE. If a payment is 10 days or more late, Borrower will be charged $25.00. DEFAULT. Borrower will be in default if any of the following happens: (al Borrower fails to make any payment when due. (b) Borrower breaks any promise Borrower has made to Lender, or Borrower fails to comply with or to perform when due any other term, obligation, covenant, or condition contained in this Note or any agreement related to this Note, or in any other agreement or loan Borrower has with Lender. (c) Any representation or statement made or furnished to Lender by Borrower or on Borrower's behalf is false or misleading in any material respect either now or at the time made or furnished. (d) Borrower becomes insolvent, a receiver Is appointed for any part of Borrower's property, Borrower makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or any proceeding is commenced either by Borrower or against Borrower under any bankruptcy or insolvency laws. (el Any creditor tries to take any of Borrower's property on or in which Lender has a lien or security interest. This includes a garnishment of any of Borrower's accounts with lender, lf) Any guarantor dies or any of the other events described in this default section occurs with respect to any guarantor of this Note. (g) A material adverse change occurs in Borrower's financial condition, or Lender believes the prospect of payment or performance of the Indebtedness is impaired. (h) Lender in good faith deems itself insecure. LENDER'S RIGHTS. Upon default, Lender may declare the entire unpaid principal balance on this Note and all accrued unpaid interest immediately due, without notice, and then Borrower will pay that amount. Lender may hire or pay someone else to help collect this Note if Borrower does not pay. Borrower also will pay Lender that amount. This includes, subject to any limits under applicable law, Lender's reasonable attorneys' tees and Lender's legal expenses whether or not there is a lawsuit, including reasonable attorneys' teas and legal expenses for bankruptcy proceedings (including efforts to modify or vacate any automatic stay or injunction), appeals, and any anticipated post-judgment collection services. However, in all events, such attorneys' fees must be reasonable, must not exceed ten percent (10%) of the amount of the principal due plus accrued interest, and must be for services actually rendered- If not prohibited by applicable law, Borrower also will pay any court costs, in addition to all other sums provided by law. This Note has been delivered to Lender and accepted by Lender in the State of Arkansas. If there is a lawsuit, Borrower agrees upon lender's request to submit to the jurisdiction of the courts of Benton County, the State of Arkansas. Lender and Borrower hereby waive the right to any jury trial in any action, proceeding, or counterclaim brought by either Lender or Borrower against the other. Subject to the provisions on arbitration, this Note shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Arkansas. RIGHT OF SETOFF. Borrower grants to Lender a contractual security interest in, and hereby assigns, conveys, delivers, pledges, and transfers to Lender all Borrower's right, title and interest in and to, Borrower's accounts with Lender (whether checking, savings, or some other account), including without limitation all accounts held jointly with someone else and ail accounts Borrower may open in the future, excluding however all IRA and Keogh accounts, and all trust accounts for which the grant of a security interest would be prohibited by law. Borrower authorizes Lender, to the extent permitted by applicable law, to charge or setoff all sums owing on this Note against any and all such accounts, and, at Lender's option, to administratively freeze all such accounts to allow Lender to protect Lender's charge and setoff rights provided on this paragraph. COLLATERAL. This Note is secured by EQUIPMENT AS EVIDENCED BY SECURITY AGREEMENTS) OF EVEN DATE HEREWITH. ARBITRATION. Lender and Borrower agree that all disputes, claims and controversies between them, whether individual, joint, of class in nature, arising from this Note or otherwise, including without limitation contract and tort disputes, shall be arbitrated pursuant to the Rules of the American Arbitration Association, upon request of either party. No act to take or dispose of any collateral securing this Note shall constitute a waiver of this arbitration agreement or be prohibited by this arbitration agreement. This includes, without limitation, obtaining injunctive relief or a temporary restraining order; invoking a power of sale under any deed of trust or mortgage; obtaining a writ of attachment or imposition of a receiver; or exercising any rights relating to personal property, including taking or disposing of such property with or without judicial process pursuant to Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code. Any disputes, claims, or controversies concerning the lawfulness or reasonableness of any act, or exercise of any right, concerning any collateral securing this Note, including any claim to rescind, reform, or otherwise modify any agreement relating to the collateral securing this Note, shall also be arbitrated, provided however that no arbitrator shall have the right or the power to enjoin or restrain shy act of any party. Judgment upon any award rendered by any arbitrator may be entered In any court having jurisdiction. Nothing in this Note shall preclude any party from seeking equitable, relief from a court of competent jurisdiction. The statute of limitations, estoppel, waiver, lathes, and similar doctrines which would otherwise be applicable in an action brought by a party shall be applicable in any arbitration proceeding, and the commencement of an arbitration proceeding shall be deemed the commencement of an action for these purposes. The Federal Arbitration Act shall apply to the construction, interpretation, and enforcement of this arbitration provision. YEAR 2000 WARRANTY. Borrower warrants and represents that Borrower has (i) undertaken a detailed inventory, review, and assessment of all areas within its business and operations that could be adversely affected by the failure of Borrower to be Year 2000 complaint on a timely basis, (lil developed a detailed plan and timeline for becoming Year 2000 compliant on a timely basis, (iii) implemented and will continue to implement that plan in accordance with the timeline in all material respects, and (iv) evaluated and will continue to evaluate, by written inquiry each of its key suppliers, vendors, and customers as to whether such persons will, on a timely basis, be Year 2000 compliant. All hardware, software and equipment utilized by Borrower in conduct of its business ("System") will record, store, process, and present calendar dates falling on or after January 1, 2000, and elf information pertaining to such calendar dates, in the same manner and with the same functionality as the all appropriate century-aware, or year 2000 compliant data. Borrower also warrants and represents that the data-related user tef- ' actions, data-fields, and data-related program instructions and functions of the System include or shall include the indication of the century.. GENERAL PROVISIONS. Lender may delay or forgo enforcing any of its rights or remedies under this Note without losing them. Borrower and person who signs, guarantees or endorses this Note, to the extent allowed by taw, waive presentment, demand for payment, protest .4tice of dishonor. Upon any change in the terms of this Note, and unless otherwise expressly stated In writing, no party who signs this ,ta, whether as maker, guarantor, accommodation maker or endorser, shall be released from liability. Ail such parties agree that Lender may renew or extend (repeatedly and for any length of time) this loan, or release any party or guarantor or collateral; or impair, fail to realize upon or perfect Lender's security interest in the collateral; and take any other action deemed necessary by Lender without the consent of or notice to anyone. All such parties also agree that Lender may modify this loan without the consent of or notice to anyone other than the party with whom the modification is made. PRIOR TO SIGNING THIS NOTE. BORROWER READ AND UNDERSTOOD ALL THE PROVISIONS OF THIS NOTE. INCLUDING THE VARIABLE INTEREST RATE PROVISIONS. BORROWER AGREES TO THE TERMS OF THE NOTE AND ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF A COMPLETED COPY OF THE NOTE. By: (SEAL) -------------------------------- Bonnie L Capwell Secretary/Treasurer