AMENDEDAND RESTATED LIMITED RECOURSE PROMISSORY NOTE

EX-10.10 7 a2173691zex-10_10.htm EXHIBIT 10.10

Exhibit 10.10

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED

LIMITED RECOURSE

PROMISSORY NOTE

 

$150,000

October __, 2006

 

THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED RECOURSE PROMISSORY NOTE is made as of October 16, 2006 by SHERMEN WSC ACQUISITION CORP. (the “Maker”) in favor of SHERMEN CAPITAL PARTNERS, LLC (the “Payee”).

 

RECITALS:

 

WHEREAS, the Payee previously advanced $150,000 to the Maker pursuant to Promissory Note dated April 30, 2006 (the “Original  Note”);

 

WHEREAS, the Maker has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission its registration statement on Form S-1, No. 333-133869 (as amended from time to time, the “Registration Statement”), for its initial public offering of securities (“IPO”), and in connection with the IPO proposes to enter into an Investment Management Trust Agreement in the form filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement (the “Trust Agreement”); and

 

WHEREAS, the Payee and the Maker wish to modify certain provisions of the Original Note ;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, the Payee and the Maker agree that the Original Note is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:

 

                The Maker promises to pay to the order of  the Payee the principal sum of One Hundred FIFTY Thousand Dollars ($150,000.00) in lawful money of the United States of America on the terms and conditions described below.

 

                1.  Principal.  The principal balance of this Note shall be repayable on the date that is five business days after twenty-four (24) months after the consummation of the IPO.

 

                2.  Interest.  No interest shall accrue on the unpaid principal balance of this Note.

 

                3.  Events of Default.  Each of the following shall constitute an Event of Default:

 

                (a)  Failure to Make Required Payments.  Failure by the Maker to pay the principal of this Note within five (5) business days following the date when due.  A “business day” for these purposes means any weekday on which banking or trust institutions in New York are not authorized generally or obligated by law, regulation or executive order to date.

 

 



 

 

                (b)  Voluntary Bankruptcy, Etc.  The commencement by Maker of a voluntary case under the Federal Bankruptcy Code, as now constituted or hereafter amended, or any other applicable federal or state bankruptcy, 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 the Federal Bankruptcy Code, as now constituted or hereafter amended, or any other applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law, or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator (or other similar official) of Maker or for any substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding-up or liquidation of its affairs, and the continuance of any such decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period of sixty (60) days.

 

                4.  Remedies.

 

                (a)  Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default specified in Section 3(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 thereunder, 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 3(b) and 3 (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.

 

                5.  Limited Recourse.  Notwithstanding any other provision of the Note, the Payee agrees and acknowledges that repayment of this Note shall be satisfied exclusively out of working capital of the Maker, including income collected on the Property  (as that term is defined in the Trust Agreement) and distributed to the Maker by the Trustee under, and that term is defined in, the Trust Agreement, and the Payee shall not have any recourse whatsoever to any of the Property deposited in the Trust Account (as that term is defined in the Trust Agreement).  The Payee hereby waives any and all right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to the Property or any distributions in respect thereof, except for the limited distributions of income collected on the Property and made by the Trustee to the Maker as provided in the Trust Agreement, and agrees that the Payee shall not seek recourse against the Property for any reason whatsoever.

 

                6.  Prepayment.  The principal balance of the Note may be repaid at any time in whole or in part, without penalty or premium.

 

                7.  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 the 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.

 

                8.  Unconditional Liability.  Maker and all endorsers and guarantors of, and sureties for, this Note waive all notices in connection with the delivery, acceptance, performance, default, or enforcement of the payment of this Note, and agree that 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, renewals, waivers, or modifications that may be granted by Payee with respect to the payment or other provisions of this Note, and agree that additional makers, endorsers, guarantors, or sureties may become parties hereto without notice to them or affecting their liability hereunder.

 

                9.  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 provided receipted delivery or (iv) sent by facsimile, to the principal office of Maker or the home address of Payee as indicated on the books and records of Maker.  Notice shall be deemed given on the earlier of (i) actual receipt by the receiving party, (ii) the date shown on a facsimile transmission confirmation, (iii) the date reflected on a signed delivery receipt, or (iv) two (2) business days following tender of delivery or dispatch by express mail or delivery service.

 

                10.  Construction.  This Note shall be governed by, and construed and enforced in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to the conflicts of laws principles thereof.

 

                11.  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 by the authorized officer named below the day and year first above written.

 

 

SHERMEN WSC ACQUISITION CORP.

 

 

 

 

 

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