Promissory Note

State of New York                               $_____________________                                                   Date: _____________

                                                                       Principal Amount

 

For Value Received, ______________________, promises to pay to the order of A Child Waits Foundation, 1136 Barker Rd., Pittsfield, MA 01201 (“Lender”), or such other place as the holder may designate in writing, the sum of _____________ Dollars ($________), together with interest from date of loan at the rate of _________ Percent (__%) per annum or the unpaid balance until said Note is paid in full, in the following manner:

The term of this note shall be for ____ months and in no event more than five (5) years.  Payments shall become due and payable on the first day of each and every month commencing one month from the date of this Promissory Note.  Interest shall accrue from the date of this Promissory Note until the last payment which last payment shall be made _____ months from the date of the making of this document.  The last payment shall be all outstanding principal and interest.

 

All payments shall be first applied to interest and the balance to principal.  This note may be prepaid, at any time, in whole or in part, without penalty.  All prepayments shall be applied in reverse order of maturity.

 

This note shall at the option of any holder hereof be immediately due and payable upon the failure to make any payment due hereunder within ten (10) days of its due date.

 

In the event this note shall be in default, and placed for collection, then the undersigned agree to pay an additional one-third of the total loan for attorney fees and costs of collection.  Payments not made within five (5) days of due date shall be subject to a late charge of ten (10%) percent of said payment.  All payments hereunder shall be made to such address as may from time to time be designated by any holder hereof.

 

The undersigned and all other parties to this note, whether as endorsers, guarantors or sureties, agree to remain fully bound hereunder until this note shall be fully paid and waive demand, presentment and protest and all notices thereto and further agree to remain bound, notwithstanding any extension, renewal, modification, waiver, or other indulgence by any holder or upon the discharge or release of any obligor hereunder or to this note, or upon the exchange, substitution, or release of any collateral granted as security for this note.  No modification or indulgence by any holder hereof shall be binding unless in writing; and any indulgence on any one occasion shall not be an indulgence for any other or future occasion.  Any modification or change of terms, hereunder granted by any holder hereof, shall be valid and binding upon each of the undersigned, notwithstanding the acknowledgment of any of the undersigned, and each of the undersigned does hereby irrevocably grant to each of the others a power of attorney to enter into any such modification on their behalf.  The rights of any holder hereof shall be cumulative and not necessarily successive.  This note shall take effect as a sealed instrument and shall be construed, governed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State first appearing at the head of this note.  The undersigned hereby execute this note as principals and not as sureties.

 

Borrower(s):                                                                                                                                                                                         

 

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Guaranty

To induce Lender to make a Term Loan, to Borrower pursuant to Lender’s Promissory Note and in consideration thereof and intending to be legally bound, the undersigned hereby unconditionally, irrevocably and absolutely guarantees to Lender the due and punctual payment in full (and not merely the collectibility) of the principal of and interest on this Promissory Note, when due and payable, whether on any principal or interest installment payment date or at the stated or accelerated maturity, all according to the Terms and Conditions of the Term Loan.  Such guaranty is not conditioned or contingent upon any attempt to collect from Borrower.  The Guarantor hereby waives presentment and demand for payment on the principle of or interest on the Promissory Note and protest of non-payment and all other notices and demands required by law which the undersigned may lawfully waive.

Guarantor hereby unconditionally, absolutely and irrevocably, as a primary obligor and not merely as a surety, guarantees to Lender the punctual and complete payment when due, whether at or after maturity, upon acceleration or otherwise.

Guarantor agrees to remain liable for any Borrower obligation regardless of any change in the time, manner or place of payment of all or any of the obligations now existing or hereafter coming into existence and arising from, by reason of, or in any way relating to any of the terms, covenants, conditions or agreements of the loan or any extensions of time for payment, whether in whole or in part, of the terms of the loan or on the part of Borrower to be paid, performed or observed, as applicable.

 

Co-signer(s):                                                                                                                                                                                        

 

Printed:                                                                                                                                                                                 

 

Address:                                                                                                                                                                                               

 

Phone:                                                                                                    Social Security #                                                                 

 

 

 

 

Acknowledgment

 

STATE OF ______________           )

                                                                ) ss.:

COUNTY OF ____________)

On the ____ day of _________ in the year 200__, before me, the undersigned, personally appeared ____________________ personally known to me or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the individual whose name is subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same in his capacity, and that by his signature on the instrument, the individual, or the person upon behalf of which the individual acted, executed the instrument.

_______________________________

Notary Public

My Commission Expires:

 

Acknowledgment

 

STATE OF ______________           )

                                                                ) ss.:

COUNTY OF ____________            )

On the ____ day of _________ in the year 200_, before me, the undersigned, personally appeared ____________________ personally known to me or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the individual whose name is subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same in his capacity, and that by his signature on the instrument, the individual, or the person upon behalf of which the individual acted, executed the instrument.

_______________________________

Notary Public

My Commission Expires: