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Exhibit
10.16


*LOAN5404*


PROMISSORY NOTE

6/15/05

(Date)



FOR VALUE
RECEIVED, Alexza Molecular Delivery Corporation a corporation located at the address
stated below (“Maker”) promises, jointly and severally if more than one, to pay to the order of
General Electric Capital Corporation or any subsequent holder hereof (each, a “Payee”) at its
office located at 83 Wooster Heights Road, Danbury, CT 06810 or at such other place as Payee or
the holder hereof may designate, the principal sum of One Million Two Hundred Ten Thousand Three
Hundred Seventy and 99/100 Dollars ($1,210,370.99), with interest on the unpaid principal balance,
from the date hereof through and including the dates of payment, at a fixed interest rate of Nine
and Twenty Hundredths percent (9.20%) per annum, to be paid in lawful money of the United States,
in Forty-Eight (48) consecutive monthly installments of principal and interest as follows:




	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Periodic	 	 
	Installment	 	Amount
	 
	Forty-Seven
(47)
	 	$30,005,17





each (“Periodic Installment”) and a final installment which shall be in the amount of the total
outstanding principal and interest. The first Periodic Installment shall be due and payable on 7/01/05 and the following Periodic Installments and
the final installment shall be due and payable on the same day of each succeeding month (each, a “Payment Date”). Such installments
have been calculated on the basis of a 360 day year of twelve 30-day months. Each payment
may, at the option of the Payee, be calculated and applied on an assumption that such
payment would be made on its due date.



The acceptance by Payee of any payment which is less than payment in full of all amounts
due and owing at such time shall not constitute a waiver of Payee’s right to receive
payment in full at such time or at any prior or subsequent time.



The Maker hereby expressly authorizes the Payee to insert the date value is actually given in the
blank space on the face hereof and on all related documents pertaining hereto.



This Note may be secured by a security agreement, chattel mortgage, pledge agreement or like
instrument (each of which is hereinafter called a “Security Agreement”).



Time is of the essence hereof, If any installment or any other sum due under this Note or any
Security Agreement is not received within ten (10) days after its due date, the Maker agrees to
pay, in addition to the amount of each such installment or other sum, a late payment charge of
five percent (5%) of the amount of said installment or other sum, but not exceeding any lawful
maximum. If (i) Maker fails to make payment of any amount due hereunder within ten (10) days after
the same becomes due and payable; or (ii) Maker is in default under, or fails to perform under any
term or condition contained in any Security Agreement, then the entire principal sum remaining
unpaid, together with all accrued interest thereon and any other sum payable under this Note or
any Security Agreement, at the election of Payee, shall immediately become due and payable, with
interest thereon at the lesser of eighteen percent (18%) per annum or the highest rate not
prohibited by applicable law from the date of such accelerated maturity until paid (both before
and after any judgment).



Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in the Security Agreement, Maker may
not prepay in full or in part any indebtedness hereunder without the express written consent of
Payee in its sole discretion.



It is the
intention of the parties hereto to comply with the applicable usury laws; accordingly,
it is agreed that, notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in this Note or any Security
Agreement, in no event shall this Note or any Security Agreement require the payment or permit the
collection of interest in excess of the maximum amount permitted by applicable law. If any such
excess interest is contracted for, charged or received under this Note or any Security Agreement,
or if all of the principal balance shall be prepaid, so that under any of such circumstances the
amount of interest contracted for, charged or received under this Note or any Security Agreement
on the principal balance shall exceed the maximum amount of interest permitted by applicable law,
then in such event (a) the provisions of this paragraph shall govern and control, (b) neither
Maker nor any other person or entity now or hereafter liable for the payment hereof shall be




 









 




obligated to pay the amount of such interest to the extent that it is in excess of the maximum
amount of interest permitted by applicable law, (c) any such excess which may have been collected
shall be either applied as a credit against the then unpaid principal balance or refunded to Maker,
at the option of the Payee, and (d) the effective rate of interest shall be automatically reduced
to the maximum lawful contract rate allowed under applicable law as now or hereafter construed by
the courts having jurisdiction thereof, It is further agreed that without limitation of the
foregoing, all calculations of the rate of interest contracted for, charged or received under this
Note or any Security Agreement which are made for the purpose of determining whether such rate
exceeds the maximum lawful contract rate, shall be made, to the extent permitted by applicable law,
by amortizing, prorating, allocating and spreading in equal parts during the period of the full
stated term of the indebtedness evidenced hereby, all interest at any time contracted for, charged
or received from Maker or otherwise by Payee in connection with such indebtedness; provided,
however, that if any applicable state law is amended or the law of the United States of America
preempts any applicable state law, so that it becomes lawful for the Payee to receive a greater
interest per annum rate than is presently allowed, the Maker agrees that, on the effective date of
such amendment or preemption, as the case may be, the lawful maximum hereunder shall be increased
to the maximum interest per annum rate allowed by the amended state law or the law of the United
States of America.



The Maker and all sureties, endorsers, guarantors or any others (each such person, other than the
Maker, an “Obligor”) who may at any time become liable for the payment hereof jointly and
severally consent hereby to any and all extensions of time, renewals, waivers or modifications of,
and all substitutions or releases of, security or of any party primarily or secondarily liable on
this Note or any Security Agreement or any term and provision of either, which may be made,
granted or consented to by Payee, and agree that suit may be brought and maintained against any
one or more of them, at the election of Payee without joinder of any other as a party thereto, and
that Payee shall not be required first to foreclose, proceed against, or exhaust any security
hereof in order to enforce payment of this Note. The Maker and each Obligor hereby waives
presentment, demand for payment, notice of nonpayment, protest, notice of protest, notice of
dishonor, and all other notices in connection herewith, as well as filing of suit (if permitted by
law) and diligence in collecting this Note or enforcing any of the security hereof, and agrees to
pay (if permitted by law) all expenses incurred in collection, including Payee’s actual attorneys’
fees.



the maker hereby unconditionally waives its rights to a jury trial of any claim or cause of action
based upon or arising out of, directly or indirectly, this note, any of the related documents, any
dealings between maker and payee relating to the subject matter of this transaction or any related
transactions, and/or the relationship that is being established between maker and payee. the scope
of this waiver is intended to be all encompassing of any and all disputes that may be filed in any
court (including, without limitation, contract claims, tort claims, breach of duty claims, and all other common law and
statutory claims.) this waiver is irrevocable meaning that it may not be modified either orally or
in writing, and the waiver shall apply to any subsequent amendments, renewals, supplements or
modifications to this note, any related documents, or to any other documents or agreements
relating to this transaction or any related transaction. in the event of litigation, this note may
be filed as a written consent to a trial by the court.



This Note and other Debt Documents constitute the entire agreement of the Maker and Payee with
respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior understandings, agreements and
representations, express or implied.



No variation or modification of this Note, or any waiver of any of its provisions or conditions,
shall be valid unless in writing and signed by an authorized representative of Maker and Payee.
Any such waiver, consent, modification or change shall be effective only in the specific instance
and for the specific purpose given.




 









 




Any provision in this Note or any of the other Debt Documents which is in conflict with any
statute, law or applicable rule shall be deemed omitted, modified or altered to conform thereto.




	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Alexza Molecular Delivery Corporation
	 
	/s/ Stacy Palermini


	 	By:
	 	/s/ August J. Moretti
	 

	 	 	 	 
	(Witness)

	 	 	 	 
	Stacy Palermini

(Print name)

	 	Name:
Title:
	 	August J. Moretti
CFO
	1001 East Meadow Circle



	 	Federal Tax ID #: 770567768
	Polo Alto, CA 94303	 	 
	(Address)	 	Address: 1001 East Meadow Circle, Palo Alto, Santa Clara County, CA 94303






 









 





*LOAN3007*



Date June 15, 2005




General
Electric Capital Corporation

83 Wooster Heights Road

Danbury, CT 06810




Gentlemen:




          You are hereby irrevocably authorized and directed to deliver and apply the proceeds of your
loan to the undersigned evidenced by that Note dated 6/15/05 and secured by that Security
Agreement or Chattel Mortgage dated May 17, 2005 as follows:




	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Alexza Molecular Delivery Corporation
	 	$	1,179,151.75	 	 	 
	 

	 	GE Capital (Interim Interest)
	 	$	1,214.07**	 	 	 
	 

	 	GS Capital (Advance payment)
	 	$	30,005.17	 	 	 






 


          **Funds from your Good Faith Deposit have been applied as
follows: $3,735.00 towards balance of Interim Interest




          This authorization and direction is given pursuant to the same authority authorizing the
above-mentioned borrowing.




	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Very truly yours,
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Alexza Molecular Delivery Corporation

	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	/s/ August J. Moretti
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Name:
	 	August J. Moretti
	 

	 	Title:
	 	CFO