Exhibit
10.9
[FORM
OF FIXED RATE SHELF NOTE]
KINRO,
INC.
LIPPERT
COMPONENTS, INC.
SENIOR
NOTE
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Principal Amount:
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Issue Date:
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Interest
Rate:
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Interest
Payment Dates:
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Final
Maturity Date:
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Installment Dates and Amounts:
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FOR
VALUE RECEIVED,
the
undersigned, KINRO,
INC.,
a
corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Ohio
(“Kinro”),
and
LIPPERT
COMPONENTS, INC.,
a
corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware
(“Lippert
Components”
and
together with Kinro, collectively, the “Co-Issuers”),
hereby jointly and severally promise to pay to [___________________________],
or
registered assigns, the principal sum of [_______________________]
DOLLARS ($[_________])
[on the
Final Maturity Date specified above] [, payable on the Principal Prepayment
Dates and in the amounts specified above, and on the Final Maturity Date
specified above in an amount equal to the unpaid balance of the principal
hereof,] with interest (computed on the basis of a 360-day year, 30-day month)
(a) subject to clause (b), on the unpaid balance thereof at the Interest Rate
per annum specified above, payable on each Interest Payment Date specified
above
and on the Final Maturity Date specified above, commencing with the Interest
Payment Date next succeeding the date hereof, until the principal hereof shall
have become due and payable, and (b) following the occurrence and during the
continuance of an Event of Default, payable on each Interest Payment Date as
aforesaid (or, at the option of the registered holder hereof, on demand) on
the
unpaid balance of the principal, any overdue payment of interest, any overdue
payment of any Yield-Maintenance Amount, at a rate per annum from time to time
equal to the greater of (i) [**]% or (ii) 2% over the rate of interest publicly
announced by The Bank of New York from time to time in New York City as its
prime rate.
Payments
of principal of, interest on and any Yield-Maintenance Amount payable with
respect to this Note are to be made at the main office of The Bank of New York
in New York City or at such other place as the holder hereof shall designate
to
the Co-Issuers in writing, in lawful money of the United States of
America.
This
Note
is one of the Shelf Notes (herein called the “Notes”)
issued
pursuant to a Second Amended and Restated Note Purchase and Private Shelf
Agreement, dated as of November 25, 2008 (as the same may from time to time
be
amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified, the
“Agreement”),
between the Co-Issuers and the Parent, on the one hand, and the other Persons
named as parties thereto, on the other, and is entitled to the benefits thereof.
As provided in the Agreement, this Note is subject to optional prepayment,
in
whole or from time to time in part, on the terms specified in the Agreement.
Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings
provided in the Agreement.
This
Note
is secured by, and entitled to the benefits of, the Collateral described in
the
Pledge Agreement. Reference is made to the Pledge Agreement for the terms and
conditions governing the collateral security for the obligations of the
Co-Issuers hereunder.
Payment
of the principal of, and
Yield-Maintenance Amount,
if any,
and interest on this Note has been guaranteed by the Parent in accordance with
the terms of the Agreement and by the Subsidiary Guarantors in accordance with
the terms of the Subsidiary Guaranty.
This
Note
is a registered Note and, as provided in and subject to the terms of the
Agreement, 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 Co-Issuers 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 Co-Issuers shall not be affected by any notice
to the contrary.
In
case
an Event of Default, as defined in the Agreement, shall occur and be continuing,
the principal of this Note may be declared or otherwise become due and payable
in the manner,
at the
price (including any applicable Yield-Maintenance
Amount)
and with
the effect provided in the Agreement.
This
Note
is intended to be performed in the State of New York and shall be construed
and
enforced in accordance with the internal law of such State.
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LIPPERT
COMPONENTS, INC.
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By:
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Title:
Vice President
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**
[2%
over the stated coupon]