EX-10.4



 Exhibit 10.4 

PROMISSORY NOTE 
  

							
	$150,000.00	  		  	As of April 26, 2016	  	

 Highland Acquisition Corporation (“Maker”) promises to pay to the order of Highland Capital
Management, L.P. (“Payee”) the principal sum of One Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars and No Cents ($150,000.00) in lawful money of the United States of America, on the terms and conditions described below. 

1. Principal. The principal balance of this Note shall be repayable on the earlier of (i) May 1, 2017, (ii) the date on
which Maker consummates an initial public offering of its securities (“IPO”) or (iii) the date on which Maker determines to not proceed with such IPO. 

2. Interest. No interest shall accrue on the unpaid principal balance of this Note. 

3. Application of Payments. All payments shall be applied first to payment in full of any costs incurred in the collection of any sum
due under this Note, including (without limitation) reasonable attorneys’ fees, then to the payment in full of any late charges and finally to the reduction of the unpaid principal balance of this Note. 

4. Events of Default. The following shall constitute Events of Default: 

(a) Failure to Make Required Payments. Failure by Maker to pay the principal of this Note within five (5) business days following
the date when due. 
 (b) Voluntary Bankruptcy, Etc. The commencement by Maker of a voluntary case under the Federal Bankruptcy Code,
as now constituted or hereafter amended, or any other applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, rehabilitation or other similar law, or the consent by it to the appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator,
assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator (or other similar official) of Maker or for any substantial part of its property, or the making by it of any assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the failure of Maker generally to pay its debts as
such debts become due, or the taking of corporate action by Maker in furtherance of any of the foregoing. 
 (c) Involuntary Bankruptcy,
Etc. The entry of a decree or order for relief by a court having jurisdiction in the premises in respect of maker in an involuntary case under the Federal Bankruptcy Code, as now or hereafter constituted, or any other applicable federal or state
bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law, or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator (or similar official) of Maker or for any substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding-up or liquidation of
its affairs, and the continuance of any such decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days. 
 5.
Remedies. 
 (a) Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default specified in Section 4(a), Payee may, by written notice to Maker,
declare this Note to be due and payable, whereupon the 







 
principal amount of this Note, and all other amounts payable thereunder, shall become immediately due and payable without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which
are hereby expressly waived, anything contained herein or in the documents evidencing the same to the contrary notwithstanding. 
 (b) Upon
the occurrence of an Event of Default specified in Sections 4(b) and 4(c), the unpaid principal balance of, and all other sums payable with regard to, this Note shall automatically and immediately become due and payable, in all cases without any
action on the part of Payee. 
 6. Waivers. Maker and all endorsers and guarantors of, and sureties for, this Note waive presentment
for payment, demand, notice of dishonor, protest, and notice of protest with regard to the Note, all errors, defects and imperfections in any proceedings instituted by Payee under the terms of this Note, and all benefits that might accrue to Maker
by virtue of any present or future laws exempting any property, real or personal, or any part of the proceeds arising from any sale of any such property, from attachment, levy or sale under execution, or providing for any stay of execution,
exemption from civil process, or extension of time for payment; and Maker agrees that any real estate that may be levied upon pursuant to a judgment obtained by virtue hereof, on any writ of execution issued hereon, may be sold upon any such writ in
whole or in part in any order desired by Payee. 
 7. Unconditional Liability. Maker hereby waives all notices in connection with the
delivery, acceptance, performance, default, or enforcement of the payment of this Note, and agrees that its liability shall be unconditional, without regard to the liability of any other party, and shall not be affected in any manner by any
indulgence, extension of time, renewal, waiver or modification granted or consented to by Payee, and consents to any and all extensions of time, renewals, waivers, or modifications that may be granted by Payee with respect to the payment or other
provisions of this Note, and agree that additional makers, endorsers, guarantors, or sureties may become parties hereto without notice to them or affecting their liability hereunder. 

8. Notices. Any notice called for hereunder shall be deemed properly given if (i) sent by certified mail, return receipt
requested, (ii) personally delivered, (iii) dispatched by any form of private or governmental express mail or delivery service providing receipted delivery, (iv) sent by telefacsimile or (v) sent by e-mail, to the following
addresses or to such other address as either party may designate by notice in accordance with this Section: 
 If to Maker: 

Highland Acquisition Corporation 

c/o Highland Capital Management LP 

300 Crescent Court, Suite 700 

Dallas, Texas 75201 
 If to
Payee: 
 Highland Acquisition Corporation 

  
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 c/o Highland Capital Management LP 

300 Crescent Court, Suite 700 

Dallas, Texas 75201 
 Notice shall be deemed
given on the earlier of (i) actual receipt by the receiving party, (ii) the date shown on a telefacsimile transmission confirmation, (iii) the date on which an e-mail transmission was received by the receiving party’s on-line
access provider (iv) the date reflected on a signed delivery receipt, or (vi) two (2) Business Days following tender of delivery or dispatch by express mail or delivery service. 

9. Construction. This Note shall be construed and enforced in accordance with the domestic, internal law, but not the law of conflict
of laws, of the State of New York. 
 10. Severability. Any provision contained in this Note which is prohibited or unenforceable in
any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not
invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. 
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Maker, intending to be legally bound
hereby, has caused this Note to be duly executed by its President the day and year first above written. 
  

			
	HIGHLAND ACQUISITION CORPORATION
		
	By:	 	/s/ James D. Dondero
	Name:	 	James D. Dondero
	Title:	 	President



  
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