It is the intention of Payee and Maker to comply strictly with any applicable usury laws; and, accordingly, in no event and upon no contingency shall the holder of this Note ever be entitled to receive, collect, or apply as interest any interest, fees, charges or other payments equivalent to interest, in excess of the maximum effective contract rate which Payee may lawfully charge under applicable statutes and laws from time to time in effect; and in the event that the holder hereof ever receives, collects, or applies as interest any such excess, such amount which, but for this provision, would be excessive interest, shall be applied to the reduction of the principal amount of the indebtedness evidenced by this Note; and if the principal amount of the indebtedness evidenced by this Note, all lawful interest thereon and all lawful fees and charges in connection therewith, are paid in full, any remaining excess shall forthwith be paid to Maker, or other party lawfully entitled thereto. All interest paid or agreed to be paid by Maker shall, to the maximum extent permitted under applicable law, be amortized, prorated, allocated and spread throughout the full period until payment in full of the principal so that the interest hereon for such full period shall not exceed the maximum amount permitted by applicable law. Any provision hereof, or of any other agreement between the holder hereof and Maker, that operates to bind, obligate, or compel Maker to pay interest in excess of such maximum effective contract rate shall be construed to require the payment of the maximum rate only. The provisions of this paragraph shall be given precedence over any other provision contained in this Note or in any other agreement between the holder of this Note and Maker that is in conflict with the provisions of this paragraph.

It is the intention of the parties hereto to comply with the usury laws applicable to this loan if any, accordingly it is agreed that notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in this Promissory Note or in any of the documents securing payment hereof no such provision shall require the payment or permit the collection of interest in excess of the maximum permitted by law. If any excess of interest is provided for, contracted for, charged for or received, then the provisions of this paragraph shall govern and control and neither the Maker hereof nor any other party liable for the payment hereof shall be obligated to pay the amount of such excess interest. Any such excess interest which may have been collected shall be, at the Holder's option, either applied as a credit against the then unpaid principal amount hereof or refunded to Maker. The effective rate of interest shall be automatically subject to reduction to the maximum lawful contract rate allowed under the usury laws as now or hereafter construed. It is further agreed that without limitation of the foregoing, all calculations of the rate of interest contracted for, charged for, or received under this Promissory Note which are made for the purposes of determining whether such rate exceeds the maximum lawful rate, shall be made, to the extent permitted by law, by amortizing, prorating, allocating and spreading in equal parts during the full stated term of this Note, all interest contracted for, charged for or received from the Maker or otherwise by the Note Holder.

In no event shall the interest charged under this Note be in excess of the legal maximum rate of interest (if any) allowed by applicable law, as such applicable law now exists or as such applicable law may be changed in the future, and, in the event that interest is charged at a rate in excess of the maximum rate allowed, any excess sums collected hereunder shall be applied as a reduction of principal, it being the intent of the Maker and the Payee that the Maker shall pay no more and the Payee shall collect no more than the sums allowed using a lawful rate of interest.

USURY. It is the intention of the Maker and the Payee or Holder to conform strictly to the applicable federal or state usury laws now or hereafter in force with respect to this Note. To such end (i) the aggregate of all interest and other charges constituting interest under such applicable usury laws and contracted for, chargeable or receivable under all documents and instruments now or hereafter executed in connection with this Note shall never exceed the maximum amount of interest, nor produce a rate in excess of the maximum contract rate of interest that the Payee or Holder is authorized to charge the Maker under such applicable usury laws (the "Maximum Rate"); (ii) if any excess interest is provided for, it shall be deemed a mistake, and the excess shall, at the option of the Payee or Holder, either be refunded to the Maker or credited on the unpaid principal balance of this Note, and this Note shall be automatically reformed to permit for only the collection of interest computed at the Maximum Rate; (iii) in determining the maximum amount of interest that the Payee or Holder may charge to the Maker, all interest shall be amortized, prorated, allocated and spread over the entire term of this Note to the full extent permitted by applicable federal or state law; and (iv) in the event that this Note is prepaid or the maturity is accelerated, unearned interest shall be cancelled and, if theretofore paid, shall at the option of the Payee or Holder, either be refunded to the Maker or credited on the unpaid balance of this Note.

Notwithstanding anything in this Note to the contrary, all agreements between the undersigned Maker and the Lenders and the Agent, whether now existing or hereafter arising and whether written or oral, are hereby limited so that in no contingency, whether by reason of acceleration of the maturity of any of the Obligations or otherwise, shall the interest contracted for, charged or received by the Lenders exceed the maximum amount permissible under applicable law. If, from any circumstance whatsoever, interest would otherwise be payable to the Lenders in excess of the maximum lawful amount, the interest payable to the Lenders shall be reduced to the maximum amount permitted under applicable law; and if from any circumstance the Lenders shall ever receive anything of value deemed interest by applicable law in excess of the maximum lawful amount, an amount equal to any excessive interest shall be applied to the reduction of the principal balance of the Obligations of the undersigned Maker and to the payment of interest or, if such excessive interest exceeds the unpaid balance of principal of the Obligations of the undersigned Maker, such excess shall be refunded to the undersigned Maker. All interest paid or agreed to be paid to the Lenders shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law, be amortized, prorated, allocated and spread throughout the full period until payment in full of the principal of the Obligations of the undersigned Maker (including the period of any renewal or extension thereof) so that the interest thereon for such full period shall not exceed the maximum amount permitted by applicable law. This paragraph shall control all agreements between the undersigned Maker and the Lenders and the Agent.

Usury. To the extent it may lawfully do so, the Company hereby agrees not to insist upon or plead or in any manner whatsoever claim, and will resist any and all efforts to be compelled to take the benefit or advantage of, usury laws wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, in connection with any action or proceeding that may be brought by the Holder in order to enforce any right or remedy under this Note. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained in this Note, it is expressly agreed and provided that the total liability of the Company under this Note for payments which under the applicable law are in the nature of interest shall not exceed the maximum lawful rate authorized under applicable law (the “Maximum Rate”), and, without limiting the foregoing, in no event shall any rate of interest or default interest, or both of them, when aggregated with any other sums which under the applicable law in the nature of interest that the Company may be obligated to pay under this Note exceed such Maximum Rate. It is agreed that if the maximum contract rate of interest allowed by applicable law and applicable to this Note is increased or decreased by statute or any official governmental action subsequent to the Issue Date, the new maximum contract rate of interest allowed by law will be the Maximum Rate applicable to this Note from the effective date thereof forward, unless such application is precluded by applicable law. If under any circumstances whatsoever, interest in excess of the Maximum Rate is paid by the Company to the Holder with respect to indebtedness evidenced by this the Note, such excess shall be applied by the Holder to the unpaid principal balance of any such indebtedness or be refunded to the Company, the manner of handling such excess to be at the Holder’s election.