EX-10.2 SUBORDINATED CAPITAL NOTE






Exhibit 10.2



THIS NOTE IS NOT A DEPOSIT AND IS NOT INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE
CORPORATION OR ANY GOVERNMENT AGENCY.



THIS NOTE IS UNSECURED, AND IS JUNIOR AND SUBORDINATE IN RIGHT OF PAYMENT TO ALL SENIOR DEBT OF THE
COMPANY, WHETHER NOW EXISTING OR HEREAFTER CREATED, WHICH SENIOR DEBT INCLUDES ALL INDEBTEDNESS
OWED BY THE COMPANY TO ITS SECURED CREDITORS, ITS GENERAL CREDITORS AND DEPOSITORS. THIS NOTE IS
INELIGIBLE AS COLLATERAL FOR ANY LOAN OR EXTENSION OF CREDIT BY THE COMPANY OR ITS SUBSIDIARIES.
ANY HOLDER THAT IS A DEPOSITORY INSTITUTION WAIVES ALL RIGHTS OF SETOFF IT MAY HAVE AGAINST THE
COMPANY UNDER THIS NOTE.



THIS NOTE (OR ITS PREDECESSOR) IS EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT
OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”) AND IS BEING ISSUED IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO
REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR THE SECURITIES OR BLUE SKY LAWS OF ANY STATE OR OTHER
JURISDICTION. ACCORDINGLY, THIS NOTE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, AND HAS NOT
BEEN REGISTERED OR QUALIFIED UNDER ANY STATE OR FOREIGN SECURITIES OR BLUE SKY LAWS.



THIS NOTE MUST BE ISSUED IN MINIMUM DENOMINATIONS OF $250,000 AND MAY NOT BE EXCHANGED OR
TRANSFERRED FOR NOTES OR DEBENTURES OF THE COMPANY IN SMALLER DENOMINATIONS.




PINNACLE NATIONAL BANK




SUBORDINATED CAPITAL NOTE




SERIES 2008-1




DATED AS OF AUGUST 5, 2008




			
	 	 	 
	U.S. $15,000,000.00
	 	No.-001-






     FOR VALUE RECEIVED, Pinnacle National Bank, a national bank (the “Company”), hereby
promises to pay to SunTrust Bank (“SunTrust”) at its offices at 303 Peachtree Street,
Atlanta, GA 30308 or to any Holder or Holders at any other place as SunTrust or such other



 









 




Holders may from time to time designate the principal amount of FIFTEEN MILLION DOLLARS
($15,000,000) on September 30, 2015 (the “Maturity Date”) and to pay interest thereon in
arrears on each of March 31, June 30, September 30, and December 31 of each year, including the
Maturity Date, or if any such day is not a Business Day, on the next succeeding Business Day (each,
an “Interest Payment Date, beginning on September 30, 2008), as provided below.




     1. Interest.



     (a) The Interest Rate for the initial interest period from the date of original issuance as of
August 5, 2008 to September 30, 2008 shall be 6.29813% per annum. Thereafter, interest on the
outstanding principal amount of this Note and any successor Note or Notes (the “Notes”) at
the rate equal to three-month LIBOR, as in effect for each Interest Reset Period, plus 3.50% per
annum from September 30, 2008 until the Maturity Date. Interest will be computed and paid on the
basis of a 360-day year and the actual number of days elapsed in the relevant interest period.
Interest on the Notes will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if
no interest has been paid, from the date of original issuance. Interest shall also be due and
payable when these Notes shall become due and payable (whether at maturity or otherwise). The
Company shall pay interest on overdue principal and premium, if any, and interest to the extent all
obligations of the Borrower hereunder are not paid in full at maturity of this Note, to the extent
lawful and then permitted by Federal Reserve rules then applicable to subordinated capital notes
includible within Tier 2 capital, at a rate per annum equal to the Interest Rate applicable from
time to time plus 2.00% per annum (“Default Interest”). All Default Interest shall be
payable on demand. For purposes of payment of interest by the Company, three-month LIBOR in
respect of each Interest Payment Date shall be determined by SunTrust in accordance with the
provisions of this Note.



     (b) The “LIBOR Determination Date” is the second London business day prior to the
“Interest Reset Date”, which shall be the same date as each interest payment date. On each
LIBOR Determination Date, SunTrust as calculation agent hereunder (the “Calculation Agent”)
will determine LIBOR for the period (the “Interest Reset Period”) beginning on such
Interest Reset Date through the day immediately preceding the next succeeding Interest Reset Date,
as follows: SunTrust, as the Calculation Agent will determine the offered rates for three-month
U.S. Dollar deposits in the London interbank deposit market, commencing on such Interest Reset
Date, which are specified on Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page (or any successor page), or such similar
service as determined by the Bank that displays British Bankers’ Association interest settlement
rates for deposits in U.S. Dollars, as of 11:00 A.M. (London, England time) two (2) London business
days prior to the Original Issue Date and each Interest Reset Date; provided, that if no such
offered rate appears on such page, the rate used will be the per annum rate of interest determined
by SunTrust, as the Calculation Agent to be the rate at which deposits in U.S. Dollars for a
three-month period are offered to SunTrust in the London interbank deposit market as of 10:00 A.M.
(Atlanta, Georgia time), on the day which is 2 Business Days prior to each Interest Reset Date. If
Reuters Screen LIBOR01 is replaced by another page, or if the Reuters service is replaced by a
successor service, then LIBOR means the replacement page or service selected by SunTrust to display
the London interbank offered rates of major banks.



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     Rates quoted must be based on a principal amount of at least U.S. $1,000,000. If fewer than
three New York City banks selected by SunTrust are quoting rates, LIBOR for such Interest Reset
Period will be determined as of the last Business Day preceding the Interest Determination Date on
which three-month LIBOR can be determined from the Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page.



     The foregoing provisions of Section 1 notwithstanding, and regardless of whether SunTrust is a
Holder any of or all the Notes and prior to any Interest Reset Date, SunTrust, as the Calculation
Agent shall have determined (which determination shall be conclusive and binding upon the Company)
that (a) by reason of circumstances affecting the relevant London interbank deposit market,
adequate means do not exist for ascertaining LIBOR, or (b) LIBOR does not adequately and fairly
reflect the cost to SunTrust of maintaining the funding for the Notes, SunTrust, as the Calculation
Agent shall give written notice (or telephonic or facsimile notice, promptly confirmed in writing)
to the Company and the other Holders of Notes, if any, as soon as practicable thereafter. Until
SunTrust notifies the Borrower that the circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer exist
(which notice shall be promptly sent by SunTrust), interest on the Subordinated Term Loan shall be
calculated at the Base Rate, as in effect from time to time, plus 1.30% per annum.



     (c) If any change in Law shall:




     (i) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit or similar
requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended by,
SunTrust hereunder, including the full principal amount of the Note and any accrued but
unpaid interest and Default Interest, if any; or




     (ii) impose on SunTrust or the eurodollar interbank market any other condition
affecting this Note and the result of the foregoing is to increase the cost to SunTrust of
maintaining the full amount provided to the Company hereunder or to reduce the amount
received or receivable by SunTrust hereunder (whether of principal, interest or any other
amount), then the Company shall promptly pay, upon written notice from and demand by
SunTrust, for and on behalf of itself and any other Holder, within 5 Business Days after the
date of such notice and demand, such additional amount or amounts sufficient to compensate
SunTrust for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered.



     If SunTrust as a Holder or as Calculation Agent shall have determined that on or after the
date of this Agreement any Change in Law regarding capital requirements has or would have the
effect of reducing the rate of return on SunTrust’s capital (or on the capital of any parent
company of SunTrust) as a consequence of its obligations hereunder to a level below that which
SunTrust or any SunTrust parent company corporation could have achieved but for such Change in Law
(taking into consideration the policies of SunTrust and its parent companies with respect to
capital adequacy) then, from time to time, within 5 Business Days after receipt by the Borrower of
written demand by SunTrust, the Company shall pay to SunTrust and the other Holders, if any, such
additional amounts as will compensate SunTrust for any such reduction suffered.



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     A certificate of SunTrust setting forth the amount or amounts necessary to compensate SunTrust
shall be delivered to the Borrower and shall be conclusive, absent manifest error. The Borrower
shall pay SunTrust such amount or amounts within 15 days. Any failure or delay on the part of the
SunTrust to demand compensation pursuant to this Section shall not constitute a waiver of
SunTrust’s right to receive, and the Company’s obligation hereunder to pay, such compensation. Any
additional compensation due hereunder as a result of this Section shall be paid to SunTrust and to
any other Holder of Notes pro rata to the principal amount of Notes held by each of them



     (d) In no event shall the amount of interest due or payable hereunder or any other fees or
charges exceed the maximum rate of interest allowed by applicable law, and in the event any such
payment is inadvertently paid by the Company or inadvertently received by the Holder, then the
Holder promptly upon such determination shall return such excess sum. It is the express intent
hereof that the Company not pay and the Holder not receive, directly or indirectly, in any manner
whatsoever, interest in excess of that which may be lawfully paid by the Company under applicable
law.



     2. Method of Payment. The Company will pay interest on the Notes, except as to
Default Interest, to SunTrust and any other Holders, at the close of business on the day
immediately preceding the Interest Payment Date, even if such Notes are canceled after the related
Record Date and on or before such Interest Payment Date, and as provided herein with respect to
Default Interest. The Notes will be payable as to principal, premium, and interest, if any, by
wire transfer of immediately available funds with respect to principal of, and premium and
interest, if any, on all Notes the Holders of which have $5,000,000 or more principal amount of
such Notes and who have provided appropriate wire transfer instructions to the Company. Such
payment shall be in such lawful coin and currency of the United States of America as at the time of
payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts. All payments on this Note shall
be applied first to accrued interest and the balance, if any, to principal. The Company’s
obligations to pay the principal of, and interest (including Default Interest) on, this Note shall
be evidenced by this Note and the records of SunTrust. The calculations of the interest rate and
entries made in such records shall be prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the
obligations of, and payments by, the Company therein recorded; provided, that the failure or delay
of SunTrust in maintaining or making such records or any error therein shall not in any manner
affect the obligation of the Borrower to pay the principal of, and interest (including Default
Interest) in accordance with the terms of this Note.



     3. Form and Dating. The Notes may have notations, legends or endorsements required by
law and agreements to which the Company is subject or usage. The Notes shall be issued initially
in minimum denominations of $250,000 and integral multiples thereof, and may be transferred only in
minimum denominations of $250,000 and integral multiples thereof.



     4. Redemption. The Company shall have the option, but not the obligation, to redeem
the Notes in full, but not in part, on any Interest Payment Date upon not less than 30 days’ prior
notice to SunTrust and the other Holders at any time prior to September 30, 2015, subject to prior
OCC approval or any approval required by its then applicable regulators, if such approval is then
required.



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     5. Persons Deemed Owners. The registered Holder of a Note may be treated as its owner
for all purposes. The Notes or any interest therein may be assigned or otherwise transferred by
the registered Holder(s) thereof, provided any such transfer shall be made in a manner that does
not require the Company to register the Notes under the Securities Act or any applicable state
securities or blue sky laws. The Company shall register any assignment or transfer of the Notes
promptly upon direction of such transfer, and confirmation from, a registered Holder of compliance
herewith.



     6. Amendment, Supplement and Waiver. Subject to certain exceptions hereinafter set
forth, the Notes may be amended or supplemented with the consent of the Company and Holders of at
least a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes (including consents obtained in
connection with a purchase of, or tender offer or exchange offer for, Notes), and any existing
Default or Event of Default (other than a Default or Event of Default in the payment of the
principal of, premium, if any, or interest, if any, on the Notes, except a payment default
resulting from an acceleration that has been rescinded) or compliance with any provision of the
Notes may be waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then
outstanding Notes (including consents obtained in connection with a purchase of or tender offer or
exchange for Notes). Without the consent of any Holder of a Note (but with the consent of the
Company), the Notes may be amended or supplemented to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency,
to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes, to provide
for the assumption of the Company’s obligations to the Holders of the Notes in the case of a
merger, consolidation or sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, or to make
any change that would provide any additional rights or benefits to the Holders of the Notes or that
does not adversely affect the legal rights under the Notes of any such Holder.



     7. Subordination.



     (a) This Note is unsecured, and is junior and subordinate in right of payment to all Senior
Debt of the Company, whether now existing or hereafter created, which Senior Debt includes all
indebtedness owed by the Company to its secured creditors, its general creditors and depositors.



     (b) Upon or in the event of any distribution to creditors of the Company (i) in a total or
partial liquidation or dissolution of the Company; (ii) in a bankruptcy, reorganization,
insolvency, receivership, conservatorship or similar proceeding relating to the Company or its
property; (iii) in an assignment for the benefit of creditors of the Company; or (iv) in any
marshalling of the Company’s assets and liabilities:




     (i) holders of Senior Debt shall be entitled to receive payment in full in cash of all
Obligations due or to become due in respect of such Senior Debt (including interest after
the commencement of any such proceeding at the rates specified in the applicable Senior
Debt) before the Holders of Notes shall be entitled to receive any payment or distribution
with respect to the Notes or on account of any Claim; and




     (ii) until all Obligations with respect to Senior Debt (as provided in the immediately
preceding paragraph (i)) are paid in full in cash, any payment or distribution



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(including any payment or distribution that may be payable or deliverable by reason of
the payment of any other Indebtedness of the Company being subordinated to the payment of
the Notes) to which the Holders of Notes would be entitled but for this Section 7 shall be
made to holders of Senior Debt;


except that, in either case, Holders of Notes may receive payments and other distributions made
from any fund held in trust for the benefit of Holders of the Notes.




     (c) The Company may not make any payment or distribution (including any payment or
distribution that may be payable or deliverable by reason of the payment of any other Indebtedness
of the Company being subordinated to the payment of the Notes) to any Holder of Notes in respect of
Obligations or Claims with respect to the Notes and may not acquire from any Holder of Notes any
Notes for cash or property (except that Holders of Notes may receive payments and other
distributions made from any funds held in trust for the benefit of Holders of the Notes), until all
principal, interest and other Obligations with respect to the Senior Debt have been paid in full in
cash if:




     (i) a default occurs in the payment when due of the principal of, interest on, or any
other Obligation with respect to, any Senior Debt;




     (ii) a default, other than a payment default, occurs and is continuing with respect to
any Senior Debt that permits the holders of Senior Debt as to which such default relates to
accelerate its maturity and the Company receives a notice of such default (a “Payment
Blockage Notice”) from the Representative of any Senior Debt.


The Company may and shall, upon any required Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (the
“OCC”) approval, if any, resume payments on, and distributions in respect of, the Notes and
may acquire them upon:





     (x) in the case of a default referred to in Section 7(c)(i), hereof, the date on which
such default is cured or waived in accordance with the terms of such Senior Debt; or




     (y) in the case of a default referred to in Section 7(c)(ii) hereof, the earlier of (1)
the date on which such default is cured or waived in accordance with the terms of such
Senior Debt, or (2) 179 days after the date on which the applicable Payment Blockage Notice
is received by the Holders, unless the maturity of any Senior Debt has been accelerated.


If the Holders receive any such Payment Blockage Notice, no new Payment Blockage Notice shall be
delivered pursuant to this Section 7 unless and until:





     (i) 360 days shall have elapsed since the effectiveness of the immediately prior
Payment Blockage Notice; and




     (ii) all scheduled payments of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes
that have come due have been paid in full in cash.



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Further, no nonpayment default that existed or was continuing on the date of delivery of any
Payment Blockage Notice to the Holders shall be, or be made, the basis for a subsequent Payment
Blockage Notice unless such default shall have been cured or waived for a period of not less than
90 days.




     (d) If payment of the Notes is accelerated because of the occurrence of an Event of Default,
then the Company shall cooperate to promptly notify each Representative, or if there is no
Representative, each Holder of Senior Debt of the acceleration; provided, however, that so long as
any Senior Debt is outstanding, any such acceleration shall not become effective, and the Company
shall not make, and the Holders of Notes may not accept or receive, any payment with respect to the
Notes until the day which is five Business Days after the receipt by Representatives of Senior Debt
of written notice of acceleration. Thereafter, the Company may make payments with respect to the
Note in accordance with the terms of this Note.



     (e) In the event that any Holder of Notes receives any payment or distribution with respect to
the Notes at a time when such Holder, as applicable, has actual knowledge that such payment or
distribution is prohibited by Section 7 hereof, such payment or distribution shall be held by such
Holder, in trust for the benefit of, and shall be segregated from other funds and property of such
Holder of Notes and be paid forthwith over and delivered in the same form as received (with any
necessary endorsement), upon written request, to, the trustee of the Senior Debt or the related
Holders or their Representatives, as their respective interests may appear, for application to the
payment of all Obligations with respect to Senior Debt remaining unpaid to the extent necessary to
pay such Obligations in full in accordance with their terms, after giving effect to any concurrent
payment or distribution to or for the holders of Senior Debt.



     (f) With respect to the holders of Senior Debt, the Holders (and each Trustee or
Representative, if any, on behalf of such Holders) undertake to perform only such obligations on
the part of the Holders as are specifically set forth in this Section 7, and no implied covenants
or obligations with respect to the holders of Senior Debt shall be construed or implied into this
Note against the Holders of Notes. The Holders of Notes shall not be deemed to owe any fiduciary
or other duty to the holders of Senior Debt, and shall not be liable to any such holders for any
payment or distribution to or on behalf of Holders of Notes or the Company or any other Person
money or assets to which any holders of Senior Debt shall be entitled by virtue of this Section 7,
except if such payment is made as a result of the willful misconduct or gross negligence of the
Holder.



     (g) The Company shall promptly notify the Holders of any facts known to an Officer of the
Company that would cause a payment of any Obligations with respect to the Notes or of any Claim to
violate this Section 7, but failure to give such notice shall not affect the subordination of the
Notes and all Claims of the Senior Debt as provided in Section 7.



     (h) After all Senior Debt is paid in full in cash and until the Notes are paid in full in
cash, Holders of Notes shall be subrogated (equally and ratably with all other Indebtedness that is
pari passu with the Notes) to the rights of holders of Senior Debt to receive distributions
applicable to Senior Debt to the extent that distributions otherwise payable to the Holders of
Notes have been applied to the payment of Senior Debt. A distribution made under this Section



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9 to holders of Senior Debt that otherwise would have been made to Holders of Notes is not, as
between the Company and Holders of Notes, a payment by the Company on the Notes.




     (i) This Section 7 defines the relative rights of Holders of the Notes and holders of Senior
Debt. Nothing in this Note shall:




     (i) impair, as between the Company and Holders of Notes, the obligation of the Company,
which is absolute and unconditional, to pay principal of, premium and interest, including
Default Interest, if any, on the Notes in accordance with their terms;




     (ii) affect the relative rights of Holders of Notes and creditors of the Company other
than their rights in relation to holders of Senior Debt; or




     (iii) prevent any Holder of Notes from exercising its available remedies upon a Default
or Event of Default, subject to the rights of holders and owners of Senior Debt to receive
distributions and payments otherwise payable to Holders of Notes.



     (j) Whenever a distribution is to be made or a notice given to holders of Senior Debt, the
distribution may be made and the notice given to their Representatives. Upon any payment or
distribution of assets of the Company referred to in this Section 7, the Holders of Notes shall be
entitled to rely upon any order or decree made by any court of competent jurisdiction or upon any
certificate of such Representative or of the liquidating trustee or agent or other Person making
any distribution to the Holders of Notes for the purpose of ascertaining the Persons entitled to
participate in such distribution, the holders of the Senior Debt and other Indebtedness of the
Company, the amount thereof or payable thereon, the amount or amounts paid or distributed thereon
and all other facts pertinent thereto or to this Section 7.



     8. Certain Covenants. The Company covenants and agrees with the Holders that:



     (a) The Company will not declare, pay or make any dividends or distributions on or in respect
of, and will not authorize or call, redeem, repurchase or retire, any Company or Subsidiary
securities or indebtedness ranking pari passu or junior to the Notes, including any Company junior
subordinated debt, capital stock and equity securities, at any time when an Event of Default exists
and is continuing hereunder or under the Note Purchase/Loan Agreement or where such action would
result in such an Event of Default



     (b) The Company may, without the prior written consent of the Holders, enter into agreements
with respect to and consummate any mergers, consolidations, sales, leases or transfers of all or
substantially all its business or assets, or any spin-off, split-off or restructuring, provided
that, if the Company is not the surviving entity in the transaction, the successor entity is a
corporation or other entity that is a bank or savings association that is an Insured Depository
Institution organized under the laws of the United States or any state thereof or the District of
Columbia, and which expressly assumes by supplemental written instrument the due and punctual
payment of the principal and interest and other additional amounts on this Note, and the due and
punctual performance and observance of all the covenants and conditions contained herein and in
each of the Company’s indentures, indebtedness and loan agreements; and provided further, that
immediately after giving effect to the transaction, there is no event of default under the other
indentures, indebtedness and loan agreements of the Company or an



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Event of Default hereunder and no event, which, after notice or the lapse of time or both,
would become an event of default under the other indentures, indebtedness and loan agreements, or
an Event of Default hereunder. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Note, it is expressly
understood and agreed that the OCC or any receiver or conservator of the Company appointed by the
OCC shall have the right in the performance of its legal duties, and as part of liquidation
designed to protect or further the continued existence of the Company or the rights of any parties
or agencies with an interest in, or claim against, the Company or its assets, to transfer or direct
the transfer of the obligations of this Note to any bank or bank holding company selected by such
official which shall expressly assume the obligation of the due and punctual payment of the unpaid
principal, and interest and premium, if any, on the Note and the due and punctual performance of
all covenants and conditions hereunder; and the completion of such transfer and assumption shall
serve to supersede and void any default, acceleration or subordination which may have occurred, or
which may occur due or related to such transaction, plan, transfer or assumption, pursuant to the
provisions of this Note, and shall serve to return the Holder to the same position, other than for
substitution of the obligor, it would have occupied had no default, acceleration or subordination
occurred; except that any interest and principal previously due, other than by reason of
acceleration, and not paid shall, in the absence of a contrary agreement by the Holder, be deemed
to be immediately due and payable as of the date of such transfer and assumption, together with the
interest from its original due date at the rate provided for herein.



     (c) The Company will do all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its
legal existence, and all material rights and franchises in full force and effect to the extent that
a failure to do so would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and to maintain
its properties in good condition.



     (d) Except as would not be disadvantageous to the Holders of the Notes, the Company will pay
or discharge or cause to be paid and discharged before they become delinquent, all taxes,
assessments and governmental charges levied upon it or any of its Subsidiaries or upon the income,
profits or property of any of them; provided that the Company will not be required to pay or
discharge or cause to be paid or discharged any tax, assessment, charge or claim the amount
applicability or validity of which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and
for which appropriate reserves have been established on the books and records of the Company or its
Subsidiaries.



     9. Defaults and Remedies. Events of Default include: (i) default which continues for
30 days in the payment when due of interest on the Notes; (ii) default in payment when due of the
principal of or premium, if any, on the Notes; (iii) failure by the Company for 30 days after
receipt of notice from Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes to
comply with any of its other agreements or obligations in the Notes or the related Note
Purchase/Loan Agreement with respect to the Notes; and (iv) the bankruptcy, insolvency,
receivership or conservatorship with respect to the Company or any subsidiary or group of
subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary. The Holders of the
Notes may not accelerate the maturity of the Notes upon any Event of Default except in the case of
an Event of Default arising as the result of the bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership,
conservatorship or reorganization of the Company.



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     10. Miscellaneous.



     (a) The transfer of Notes may be registered and Notes may be exchanged on the Company’s books
and records. The Company may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate
endorsements and transfer documents, and may require a Holder to pay any transfer taxes and fees
required by law. The Company need not exchange or register the transfer of any Note or portion of
a Note selected for redemption, except for the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in
part.



     (b) All parties now or hereafter liable with respect to this Note, whether the Company, any
guarantor, endorser, any Successor or any other Person, hereby waive diligence, presentment for
payment, demand, notice of non-payment or dishonor, protest and notice of protest, or any other
notice of any kind with respect thereto. No delay or omission on the part of the Holder in the
exercise of any right or remedy hereunder or under the related Note Purchase/Loan Agreement, or at
law or in equity, shall constitute a waiver thereof in that or any subsequent instance, and no
single or partial exercise by the Holder of any right or remedy hereunder, under the related Note
Purchase/Loan Agreement, or at law or in equity, shall preclude or estop another or further
exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or remedy.



     (c) Time is of the essence for all purposes of this Note.



     (d) This Note is ineligible as collateral for any loan or extension of credit by the Company
or its Subsidiaries. Any Holder that is a depository institution waives all rights of setoff it
may have against the Company under this Note.



     (e) The Company shall pay (i) all out-of-pocket expenses of the Holder, including, without
limitation, reasonable fees and charges of counsel actually incurred for the Holder in connection
with the preparation, administration and/or enforcement of this Note, any waiver or consent
hereunder or any amendment hereof or any Default or alleged Default hereunder, and (ii) if a
Default occurs, all out-of-pocket expenses actually incurred by the Holder, including, without
limitation, reasonable fees and charges of counsel actually incurred in connection with such
Default and the collection and other enforcement proceedings resulting therefrom.



     (f) Any notice or communication by the Company or the Holders to be effective shall be in
writing and shall be delivered by hand or reliable overnight courier service, mailed by certified
or registered mail or sent by telecopy, as follows:



	 	 	 
	To the Company:

	 	Pinnacle National Bank
	 

	 	211 Commerce Street
	 

	 	Suite 300
	 

	 	Nashville, Tennessee 37201
	 
	 	 
	 

	 	Attn: Harold R. Carpenter
	 

	 	Telephone Number: (615) 744-3742
	 

	 	Fax Number: (615) 744-3842
	 

	 	Email: harold.carpenter@pnfp.com






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	To the Holder:

	 	SunTrust Bank
	 

	 	303 Peachtree Street, 3rd Floor
	 

	 	Atlanta, Georgia 30308
	 
	 	 
	 

	 	Attn: Christopher M. Houck
	 

	 	Telephone Number: (404) 588-7788
	 

	 	Fax Number: (404) 581-1775
	 

	 	Email: chris.houck@suntrust.com





Notices sent by hand or reliable overnight courier service, or mailed by certified or registered
mail, shall be deemed to have been given when received; notices sent by telecopier shall be deemed
to have been given when sent (except that, if not given during normal business hours for the
recipient, shall be deemed to have been given at the opening of business on the next Business Day
for the recipient).



Any party hereto may change its address or telecopy number for notices and other communications
hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto. All such notices and other communications shall,
when transmitted by overnight delivery, or faxed, be effective when delivered for overnight
(next-day) delivery, or transmitted in legible form by facsimile machine, respectively, or if
mailed, upon the third Business Day after the date deposited into the mails or if delivered, upon
delivery; provided, that notices delivered to the Holder shall not be effective until actually
received by the Holder at its address specified in this Section 10(f). With respect to any
communications delivered or furnished by electronic communication under Section 10(f), such
communications sent to an e-mail address shall be deemed received upon the sender’s receipt of an
acknowledgement from the intended recipient (such as by the “return receipt requested” function, as
available, return e-mail or other written acknowledgement); provided, that if such communications
are not sent during the normal business hours of the recipient, such communications shall be deemed
to have been sent at the opening of business on the next Business Day for the recipient, and (ii)
communications posted to an internet website shall be deemed received upon the deemed receipt by
the intended recipient at its e-mail address as described in the foregoing clause (i) of
notification that such communication is available and identifying the website address therefor.



Any agreement of the Holder herein to receive certain notices by telephone or facsimile is solely
for the convenience and at the request of the Company. The Holder shall be entitled to rely on the
authority of any Person purporting to be a Person authorized by the Company to give such notice and
the Holder shall not have any liability to the Company or other Person on account of any action
taken or not taken by the Holder in reliance upon such telephonic or facsimile notice.




     (g) This Note may not be used to interpret any other indenture, note, loan or debt agreement
of the Company or its Subsidiaries or of any other Person. Any such indenture, note, loan or debt
agreement may not be used to interpret this Note.



     (h) All agreements of the Company in this Note shall bind its successors.



     (i) In case any provision in this Note shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the
validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected



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or impaired thereby. Each covenant or obligation set forth herein shall be independent of the
others and any waiver or consent to departure with respect to one covenant shall not be deemed or
construed to be a waiver or consent to departure with respect to any other covenant.



     (j) The Headings and Sections of this Note have been provided for convenience of reference
only, are not to be considered a part of this Note and shall in no way modify or restrict any of
the terms or provisions hereof.



     (k) Nothing in this Note, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the
Holders, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Note.



     (l) Certain defined terms used herein shall have the meanings and interpretations provided in
Exhibit 1 hereto and incorporated herein by this reference. Customary abbreviations may be
used in the name of a Holder or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (=
tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants
in common), CUST (= custodian), and U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).



     (m) This Note is the Note referred to in the Note Purchase/Loan Agreement, and is entitled to
the benefits of such Note Purchase/Loan Agreement.



     (n) THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL GOVERN AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE THE NOTES
WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO CONFLICTS OF LAWS PRINCIPLES.



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          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the party hereto has caused this Note to be duly executed under seal.



	 	 	 	 	 
	 	PINNACLE NATIONAL BANK

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ M.
Terry Turner	 
	 	 	Name: 	 M. Terry Turner	 
	 	 	Title:  	President & Chief Executive Officer	 
	 



[SEAL]




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ASSIGNMENT FORM





     To assign this Note, fill in the form below1:



(I) or (we) assign and transfer this Note to




 

(Insert assignee’s Soc. Sec. or tax I.D. no.)




 





 





 

(Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code)



and irrevocably appoint ___ to transfer this Note on the books of the Company. The agent may
substitute another to act for him.




 





Date:                                         




Your Signature:                                        

(Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of

this Note)




Signature Guarantee2:




[Exhibit 1 follows]






 




			
	1	 	Subject to restriction on transfer. See Section 5 of
the Note.
	 
	2	 	Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee
Medallion Program (or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Paying Agent
or Trustee, if any).





 









 





EXHIBIT 1




Certain Defined Terms and Interpretative Provisions




Defined Terms




     “Affiliate” of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly
controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person.
For purposes of this definition, “control,” as used with respect to any Person, shall mean
the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the
management or policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by
agreement or otherwise; provided, however, that beneficial ownership of 10% or more of the Voting
Stock of a Person shall be deemed to be control. For purposes of this definition, the terms
“affiliated,” “controlling,” “controlled by” and “under common control
with” shall have correlative meanings.



     “Agent” means any Registrar, Paying Agent or co-registrar or any successor thereto.



     “Bankruptcy Law” means Title 11, U.S. Code or any other applicable federal or state
bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law for the relief of debtors, and any federal or state law
pertaining to the appointment of a receiver, conservator, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee
or similar official.



     “Base Rate” means the higher of (i) the per annum rate which SunTrust publicly
announces from time to time to be its prime lending rate, as in effect from time to time, and
(ii) the Federal Funds Rate, as in effect from time to time, plus one-half of one percent (0.50%).
SunTrust’s prime lending rate is a reference rate and does not necessarily represent the lowest or
best rate charged to customers. SunTrust may make commercial loans or other loans at rates of
interest at, above or below SunTrust’s prime lending rate. Each change in SunTrust’s prime lending
rate shall be effective from and including the date such change is publicly announced as being
effective.



     “Beneficial Owner” has the meaning assigned to such term in Rule 13d-3 and Rule 13d-5
under the Exchange Act, except that in calculating the beneficial ownership of any particular
“person” (as such term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), such “
person” shall be deemed to have beneficial ownership of all securities that such
“person” has the right to acquire, whether such right is currently exercisable or is
exercisable only upon the occurrence of a subsequent condition.



     “Board of Directors” means the board of directors (or other body having similar
management functions) or any committee thereof duly authorized to act on behalf of such board.
Except as expressly forth herein, any reference to the Board of Directors shall be a reference to
the Board of Directors of the Company.



     “Board Resolution” means, with respect to any Person, a copy of a resolution certified
by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of such Person to have been duly adopted by the Board of



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Directors of such Person and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification,
and delivered to the Paying Agent or Trustee (if any).



     “Business Day” means any day other than a Legal Holiday, and further, with respect to
Notes that bear interest based on LIBOR, any day in which dealings in deposits in U.S. Dollars are
transacted in the London interbank market (a “LIBOR Business Day”).



     “Capital Lease Obligation” means, at the time any determination thereof is to be made,
the amount of the liability in respect of a capital lease that would at that time be required to be
capitalized on a balance sheet in accordance with GAAP.



     “Capital Stock” means:




     (i) in the case of a corporation, corporate stock;




     (ii) in the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests,
participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock;




     (iii) in the case of a partnership or limited liability company, partnership or
membership interests (whether general or limited); and




     (iv) any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive
a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person.



     “Claim” means any claim arising from rescission of the purchase or sale of the Notes,
for damages arising from the purchase or sale of the Notes or for reimbursement or contribution on
account of such a claim.



     “Closing Date” means the date of this Note.



     “Currency Agreement” means in respect of a Person any foreign exchange contract,
currency swap agreement, currency spot or futures or options agreements or other similar agreement
to which such Person is a party or beneficiary.



     “Default” means any event that is, or with the passage of time or the giving of notice
or both would be, an Event of Default.



     “Depositary” means, with respect to the Notes issuable or issued in whole or in part
in global form, DTC as the Depositary with respect to the Notes, until a successor shall have been
duly appointed and qualified to become such and, thereafter, “Depositary” shall mean or
include such successor.



     “DTC” means The Depository Trust Company, New York, New York.



     “Event of Default” has the meaning provided in Section 9.



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     “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and all rules
and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.



     “FDIC” means the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and any successor thereto.



     “FDI Act” means the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and any successor thereto.



     “Federal Reserve” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or its
delegee.



     “GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles set forth in the opinions and
pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants, statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board, the Public
Company Accounting Oversight Board or in such other statements by such other entity as have been
approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession, which are in effect from time to
time.



     “Governmental Authority” means the government of the United States of America, any
other nation or any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency,
authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, self-regulatory authority, court, central bank or
other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative
powers or functions of or pertaining to government, including the Federal Reserve, the OCC, the
FDIC and any other federal or state agency charged with the supervision or regulation of depositary
institutions or holding companies of depositary institutions (including any trust company
subsidiaries whether or not they take deposits), or any court, administrative agency, arbitral
authority, self-regulatory authority or commission or other governmental agency, authority or
instrumentality having supervisory or regulatory authority.



     “Guarantee” means a guarantee or other assurance of Indebtedness of another Person,
whether as an obligor, guarantor or otherwise, other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments
for collection in the ordinary course of business, direct or indirect, and in any manner including,
by way of a pledge of assets or other security or collateral or through letters of credit or
reimbursement agreements in respect thereof, of all or any part of any Indebtedness.



     “Hedging Obligations” means, with respect to any Person, the obligations of such
Person under Currency Agreements and Interest Rate Agreements.



     “Holder,” “Noteholder” and “Holder of Note” mean a Person in whose
name a Note is registered.



     “incur” shall mean, with respect to any Indebtedness or other Obligation, to directly
or indirectly, create, incur, issue, assume, guarantee or otherwise become directly or indirectly
liable, contingently or otherwise, with respect to such Indebtedness or other Obligation.



     “Indebtedness” means, with respect to any specified Person, any Obligations of such
Person in respect of:




     (i) borrowed money;



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     (ii) debt securities, bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments, letters of
credit, securities purchase facilities and reimbursement agreements in respect thereof;




     (iii) banker’s acceptances;




     (iv) Capital Lease Obligations;




     (v) the deferred and unpaid balance of the purchase price of any property, all
obligations of that Person under any conditional sale or title retention agreement, except
any such balance that constitutes an accrued expense or trade payable; or




     (vi) any Hedging Obligations,


if and to the extent any of the preceding items (other than letters of credit and Hedging
Obligations) would appear as a liability upon a balance sheet of the specified Person prepared in
accordance with GAAP. In addition, the term “Indebtedness” includes all Indebtedness of
others secured by a Lien on any asset of the specified Person (whether or not such Indebtedness is
assumed by the specified Person) and, to the extent not otherwise included, the Guarantee by such
Person of any Indebtedness of any other Person. The incurrence of Indebtedness Guaranteed by the
specified Person shall, for purposes of this Note, be the incurrence of Indebtedness by such
specified Person.




     The amount of any Indebtedness outstanding as of any date shall be:




     (i) the accreted value thereof, in the case of any Indebtedness issued with original
issue discount;




     (ii) the principal amount thereof, together with any accrued but unpaid interest
thereon, in the case of any other Indebtedness, and premium, if any; and




     (iii) the amount of Indebtedness of such specified Person arising by reason of a
Guarantee of Indebtedness.



     “Interest Rate Agreement” means in respect of a Person any interest rate swap
agreement, interest rate cap agreement, interest rate floor agreement, interest rate futures or
option contracts, or other financial agreement or arrangement designed to protect such Person
against fluctuations in interest rates.



     “Issue Date,” with respect to any Notes, means the date on which such Notes are
originally issued.



     “Junior Subordinated Debt” means the Company’s Trust Preferred Securities and the
related Guarantees and Junior Subordinated Debentures, any Indebtedness that is subordinate to or
on a parity with any of the foregoing Indebtedness, and any Indebtedness that is by its terms
subordinate to the Indebtedness incurred under this Note.



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     “Law” means any law, rule, regulation or published interpretation by any Governmental
Authority, or order, guideline, directive, or request made by a Governmental Authority to SunTrust
or to any SunTrust or parent company.



     “Legal Holiday” means a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in
the City of New York or Atlanta, Georgia are authorized or obligated by law, regulation or
executive order to remain closed. If a payment date is a Legal Holiday at a place of payment,
payment may be made at that place on the next succeeding day that is not a Legal Holiday.



     “Lien” means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security
interest or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such asset, whether or not filed, recorded or
otherwise perfected under applicable law, including any conditional sale or other title retention
agreement, any lease in the nature thereof, any option or other agreement to sell or give a
security interest in such asset, and any filing of or agreement to give any financing statement
under the Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent statutes) of any jurisdiction.



     “Note Purchase/Loan Agreement” means each of (i) the Note Agreement, dated as of
August 5, 2008, by and between the Company and SunTrust, and (ii) any other similar agreement
relating to Additional Notes, as each may be amended, modified, or supplemented from time to time.



     “Obligations” means any obligation, direct or indirect, contingent or non-contingent,
matured or unmatured, to pay principal, interest, penalties, fees, indemnifications,
reimbursements, damages, accounts payable and other liabilities of any kind whatsoever, including
any guarantee by the Company for the repayment of Indebtedness, whether or not evidenced by bonds,
debentures, notes or other written instruments, and any deferred obligation for the payment of the
purchase price of property or assets.



     “OCC” means the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and any successor thereto.



     “Officer” means, with respect to any Person, the Chief Executive Officer, the
President, the Chief Financial Officer, any Vice President whose principal duties relate to
financial matters, the Treasurer or the Secretary of such Person.



     “Officers’ Certificate” means a certificate signed on behalf of a Person by the
principal executive officer, the principal financial officer or the principal accounting officer of
such Person.



     “Payment Blockage Notice” has the meaning ascribed in Section 7 of this Note.



     “Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association,
joint-stock company, trust, limited liability company, unincorporated organization or government or
agency or political subdivision thereof (including any subdivision or ongoing business of any such
entity or substantially all of the assets of any such entity, subdivision or business).



     “Representative” means the indenture trustee or other trustee, agent or representative
in respect of any Indebtedness; provided, however, that if, and for so long as, any Indebtedness
lacks such a representative, then the Representative for such Indebtedness shall at all times



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constitute the holders of a majority in outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness in
respect of any Indebtedness.



     “SEC” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (or any successor
federal regulatory body having similar jurisdiction).



     “Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all rules and
regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.



     “Senior Debt” means




     (i) any of the Company’s Indebtedness that, by its terms, is senior, or has a higher
priority, in right of payment to the Notes,




     (ii) any of the Company’s Indebtedness or other Obligations with respect to Hedging
Obligations and commodity contracts,




     (iii) any guarantees, endorsements (other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments
for collection in the ordinary course of business) or other similar Obligations in respect
of Obligations of others of a type described in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii), whether or not
such Obligation is classified as a liability on the balance sheet prepared in accordance
with GAAP, and




     (iv) Obligations owed to general creditors, including Obligations to the Federal
Reserve Bank, FDIC, and any rights acquired by the FDIC as a result of loans made by the
FDIC to the Company or the purchase or guarantee of any of its assets by the FDIC pursuant
to the provisions of 12 U.S.C. § 1823(c), (d) or (e), whether now outstanding or hereafter
incurred, and Obligations owed to depositors of the Company,


in each case whether outstanding on the date of execution of this Note or thereafter incurred,
other than Subordinated Debt and Junior Subordinated Debt, including the Company’s Trust Preferred
Securities Guarantees and the related Junior Subordinated Debentures.




     “Significant Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that would be a “significant subsidiary”
as defined in Article 1, Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X, promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act,
as such Regulation was in effect on the Closing Date.



     “Stated Maturity” means, with respect to any installment of interest or principal on
any series of Indebtedness, the date on which such payment of interest or principal was scheduled
to be paid in the original documentation governing such Indebtedness, and shall not include any
contingent obligations to repay, redeem or repurchase any such interest or principal prior to the
date originally scheduled for the payment thereof.



     “Subordinated Debt” means any Debt of the Company (whether outstanding on the Closing
Date or thereafter incurred) that is subordinate or junior in right of payment to all Senior Debt
pursuant to a written agreement to that effect.



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     “Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person:




     (i) any corporation, association or other business entity of which more than 50% of the
Voting Stock is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or
one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person (or a combination thereof); and




     (ii) any partnership (A) the sole general partner or the managing general partner of
which is such Person or a Subsidiary of such Person, or (B) the only general partners of
which are such Person or of one or more Subsidiaries of such Person (or any combination
thereof).



     “Trustee” means the party, if any, named as such, to hold payments on the Notes during
the continuance of a Default.



     “Trust Preferred Securities Guarantees” shall mean the guarantees issued by the
Company in connection with any trust preferred securities issued by an Affiliate to purchase Junior
Subordinated Debt issued by the Company and any Guarantee now or hereafter entered into by the
Company in respect of any preferred or preference stock that is by its terms subordinated to or on
a parity with the Junior Subordinated Debt.



     “Voting Stock” of any Person as of any date means the Capital Stock of such Person
that is at the time entitled to vote in the election of the Board of Directors of such Person.



     “Wholly Owned Subsidiary” of any Person means a Subsidiary of such Person all of the
outstanding Capital Stock or other ownership interests of which (other than directors’ qualifying
shares) shall at the time be owned by such Person and/or by one or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries
of such Person.



Interpretative Provisions




     Unless the context otherwise requires, for purposes of this Note:




     (i) a term has the meaning assigned to it;




     (ii) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in
accordance with GAAP;




     (iii) “or” is not exclusive;




     (iv) words in the singular include the plural, and in the plural include the singular
and any reference to gender includes all genders;




     (v) provisions apply to successive events and transactions;




     (vi) references to sections of or rules under the Securities Act shall be deemed to
include substitute, replacement or successor sections or rules adopted by the SEC from time
to time;



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     (vii) the terms “include,” “included,” and “including,” and
words of similar meaning, shall be deemed to be without limitation, whether by enumeration
or otherwise;




     (viii) in computing periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date,
the word “from” means “from and including” and the word “to” means “to but excluding”;




     (ix) unless otherwise specified (i) any definition of or reference to any agreement,
instrument or other document herein shall be construed as referring to such agreement,
instrument or other document as it was originally executed or as it may from time to time be
amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments,
supplements or modifications set forth herein);




     (x) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s
successors and permitted assigns; and




     (xi) the words “hereof”, “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import shall be
construed to refer to this Note as a whole and not to any particular provision hereof.




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