Document:

Commercial Loan Agreement between Optical Cable Corporation and Valley Bank

 Exhibit 4.7 
  

									
	 LOAN NUMBER
	 	LOAN NAME	 	ACCT. NUMBER	 	AGREEMENT DATE	 	INITIALS
	 156833
	 	Optical Cable Corporation	 	19398	 	09/22/06	 	MNM
					
	 NOTE AMOUNT
	 	INDEX (w/Margin)	 	RATE	 	MATURITY DATE	 	LOAN PURPOSE
	 $2,000,000.00
	 	30 Day LIBOR plus 2.150%	 	7.54%	 	2/28/08	 	Commercial
	
	 Creditor Use Only

 COMMERCIAL LOAN AGREEMENT 
 Accounts Receivable and/or Inventory Financing 
 DATE AND PARTIES. The date of this Commercial
Loan Agreement (Agreement) is September 22, 2006. The parties and their addresses are as follows: 
 LENDER: 
 VALLEY BANK 
 36 W. Church Ave. S.W. 
 Roanoke, Virginia 24011 
 BORROWER: 
 OPTICAL
CABLE CORP 
 a Virginia Corporation 
 5290 Concourse Drive 
 Roanoke, Virginia 24019 
 1. DEFINITIONS. For the purposes of this Agreement, the following terms have the following meanings.

 A. Accounting Terms. In this Agreement, any accounting terms that are not specifically defined will have their customary
meanings under generally accepted accounting principles. 
 B. Insiders. Insiders include those defined as insiders by the
United States Bankruptcy Code, as amended; or to the extent left undefined, include without limitation any officer, director, partner, or any immediate family member of any of the foregoing, or any person or entity which, directly or indirectly,
controls, is controlled by or is under common control with it. 
 C. Loan. The Loan refers to this transaction generally,
including obligations and duties arising from the terms of all documents prepared or submitted for this transaction. 
 D. Loan
Documents. Loan Documents refer to all the documents executed as a part of or in connection with the Loan. 
 E. Pronouns.
The pronouns “the Company”, “it” and “its” refer to the Borrower signing this Agreement. “You” and “your” refers to the Loan’s lender. 
 F. Property. Property is any property, real, personal or intangible, that secures the Company’s performance of the obligations of this
Loan. 
 2. ADVANCES. Advances under this Agreement are made according to the following terms and conditions. 
 A. Multiple Advances - Revolving. In accordance with the terms of this Agreement and other Loan Documents, you will extend to the Company and the
Company may from time to time borrow, repay, and reborrow, one or more advances. The amount of advances will not exceed $2,000,000.00 (Principal). 
 B. Requests for Advances. Its requests are a representation that the Company is in compliance with all the Loan Documents. When required by you for a particular method of advance, its requests for an advance must specify the
requested amount and the date and be accompanied with any agreements, documents, and instruments that you require for the Loan. Any payment by you of any check, share draft or other charge may, at your option, constitute an advance on the Loan to
the Company. All advances will be made in United States dollars. The Company will indemnify you and hold you harmless for your reliance on any request for advances that you reasonably believe to be genuine. 
 The only persons authorized to request advances are set forth in Schedule A to this Loan Agreement. The Company may revise Schedule A from time to time;
provided the change will not be binding on you until your receipt of written notice thereof. Such revisions will be signed by the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer of the Company. Requests for advances may be made by authorized
persons in the form of fax, email or electronic sweep. 
 C. Advance Limitations. In addition to any other Loan conditions, requests
for, and access to, advances are subject to the following limitations. 
 (1) Obligatory Advances. You will make all Loan advances
subject to this Agreement’s terms and conditions. 

 (2) Advance Amount. Subject to the terms and conditions contained in this Agreement, advances will
be made in exactly the amount the Company requests. 
 (3) Cut-Off Time. Requests for an advance received before 02:00 PM will be made
on any day that you are open for business, on the day for which the advance is requested. 
 (4) Disbursement of Advances. On the
Company’s fulfillment of this Agreement’s terms and conditions, you will disburse the advance in any manner as you and the Company agree. 
 (5) Credit Limit. The Company understands that you will not ordinarily grant a request for an advance that would cause the unpaid principal of its Loan to be greater than the Principal limit. You may, at your option, grant such a
request without obligating yourselves to do so in the future. The Company will pay any overadvances in addition to its regularly scheduled payments. The Company will repay any overadvance by repaying you the amount of the overadvance in full within
10 days after the overdraft occurs. 
 (6) Records. Your records will be conclusive evidence as to the amount of advances, the
Loan’s unpaid principal balances and the accrued interest. 
 D. Conditions. The Company will satisfy all of the following
conditions before you either issue any promissory notes or make any advances under this Agreement. 
 (1) No Default. There has not
been a default under this Agreement or any other Loan Documents nor would a default result from making the Loan or any advance. 
 (2)
Information. You have received all documents, information, certifications and warranties as you may require, all properly executed, if appropriate, on forms acceptable to you. This includes, but is not limited to, the documents and other items
listed in the Loan Checklist Report which is hereby incorporated by reference into this Agreement. 
 (3) Inspections. You have made
all inspections that you consider necessary and are satisfied with this inspection. 
 (4) Conditions and Covenants. The Company will
have performed and complied with all conditions required for an advance and all covenants in this Agreement and any other Loan Documents. 
 (5) Warranties and Representations. The warranties and representations contained in this Agreement are true and correct at the time of making the requested advance. 
 (6) Financial Statements. The Company’s most recent financial statements and other financial reports, delivered to you, are current, complete,
true and accurate in all material respects and fairly represent its financial condition in all material respects. 
 (7) Bankruptcy
Proceedings. No proceeding under the United States Bankruptcy Code has been commenced by or against the Company or any of its affiliates. 
 3.
DEMAND. This Loan and the obligation evidenced by the Note mature on February 28, 2008, unless otherwise extended by written agreement by the parties hereto; however, the Company agrees to fully repay the Loan on demand with 60 days prior
written notice by you. Unless sooner demanded, all principal, accrued interest, costs and other amounts owed shall be due and payable on February 28, 2008. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event the Company defaults hereunder or under any
other Loan Document you may immediately declare the Loan due and payable in full, together with all other amounts owed hereunder. 
 4. WARRANTIES AND
REPRESENTATIONS. The Company makes to you the following warranties and representations which will continue as long as this Loan is in effect, except when this Agreement provides otherwise. 
 A. Power. The Company is duly organized, and validly existing and in good standing in all jurisdictions in which the Company operates. The Company
has the power and authority to enter into this transaction and to carry on its business or activity as it is now being conducted and, as applicable, is qualified to do so in each jurisdiction in which the Company operates. 
 B. Authority. The execution, delivery and performance of this Loan and the obligation evidenced by the Note are within the Company’s powers,
have been duly authorized, have received all necessary governmental approval, will not violate any provision of law, or order of court or governmental agency, and will not violate any agreement to which the Company is a party or to which the Company
is or any of its property is subject. 
 C. Name and Place of Business. Other than previously disclosed in writing to you the Company
has not changed its name or principal place of business within the last 5 years and has not used any other trade or fictitious name. Without your prior written consent, the Company does not and will not use any other name and will preserve its
existing name, trade names and franchises. 
 D. Hazardous Substances. Except as the Company previously disclosed in writing and you
acknowledge in writing, no Hazardous Substance, underground tanks, private dumps or open wells are currently located at, on, in, under or about the Property. 
 E. Use of Property. After diligent inquiry, the Company does not know or have reason to know that any Hazardous Substance has been discharged, leached or disposed of, in violation of any Environmental Law, from
the property onto, over or into any other property, or from any other property onto, over or into the property. 
 F. Environmental Laws.
The Company has no knowledge or reason to believe that there is any pending or threatened investigation, claim, judgment or order, violation, lien, or other notice under any Environmental Law that concerns the Company or the property. The
property and any activities on the property are in full compliance with all Environmental Law. 
  

 G. Loan Purpose. The purpose of this Loan is to establish a Line Manager Line of Credit to support
working capital. 
 H. No Other Liens. The Company owns or leases all property that the Company needs to conduct its business and
activities. The Company has good and marketable title to all property that the Company owns or leases. All of its Property is free and clear of all liens, security interests, encumbrances and other adverse claims and interests, except those
disclosed to you or those you consent to in writing. 
 I. Compliance With Laws. The Company is not materially violating any laws,
regulations, rules, orders, judgments or decrees applicable to it or its property, except for those which the Company is challenging in good faith through proper proceedings after providing appropriate reserves in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles. 
 J. Legal Dispute. There are no pending or threatened lawsuits, arbitrations or other proceedings against it
or its property that singly or together may materially and adversely affect the Company’s property, operations, financial condition, or business, other than any potential litigation which has been disclosed to you in writing. 
 K. Adverse Agreements. The Company is not a party to, nor is the Company bound by, any agreement that is now or is likely to become materially
adverse to its business, Property or operations. 
 L. Other Claims. There are no outstanding claims or rights that would conflict with
the execution, delivery or performance by the Company of the terms and conditions of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents. No outstanding claims or rights exist that may result in a lien on the Property, the Property’s proceeds and the
proceeds of proceeds, except liens that were disclosed to and agreed to by you in writing. 
 M. Solvency. The Company is able to pay
its debts as they mature, its assets exceed its liabilities and the Company has sufficient capital for its current and planned business and other activities. The Company will not become insolvent by the execution or performance of this Loan.

 5. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. The Company will prepare and maintain its financial records using consistently applied generally accepted
accounting principles then in effect. The Company will provide you with financial in formation in a form that you accept and under the following terms. 
 A. Certification. The Company represents and warrants that any financial statements that the Company provides you fairly represent its financial condition for the stated periods, is current, complete,
true and accurate in all material respects, includes all of its direct or contingent liabilities (to the extent required by generally accepted accounting principles) and there has been no material adverse change in its financial condition,
operations or business since the date the financial information was prepared. 
 B. Frequency. Each year the Company will
provide to you its audited annual financial statements and any written reports prepared by the Company’s independent accountants as soon as available or at least within 90 days after the close of its fiscal year. Any annual financial statements
that the Company provides you will be audited statements. 
 (1) Interim Financial Reports. Each quarter, the Company will provide to
you its unaudited financial statements and any written reports prepared by the Company’s independent accountants, tax reports, statements of cash flow, budgets and forecasts, certificates and schedules of Property as soon as available or at
least within 45 days after the close of this business period. 
 (2) Accounts Receivable Schedule. N/A 
 C. SEC Reports. The Company will provide you with true and correct copies of all reports, notices or statements that the Company provides to the
Securities and Exchange Commission, any securities exchange or its stockholders, owners, or the holders of any material indebtedness as soon as available or at least within 10 days after issuance, to the extent not available on the SEC website.

 D. Requested Information. The Company will provide you with any other information about its operations, financial affairs and
condition within 15 days after your reasonable request. 
 E. Additional Financial Statements Term. In addition, Optical Cable
Corporation is required to submit Accounts Receivable Agings quarterly and Accounts Payable Agings annually. Optical Cable Corporation will also provide you with budgets and forecasts approved by its Board of Directors, tax returns (both Federal and
state) upon your request. 
 6. COVENANTS. Until the Loan and all related debts, liabilities and obligations are paid and discharged, the
Company will comply with the following terms, unless you waive compliance in writing. 
 A. Participation. The Company consents
to you participating or syndicating the Loan and sharing any information that you decide is necessary about the Company and the Loan with the other participants or syndicators. 
 B. Inspection. Following your written request, the Company will immediately pay for all one-time and recurring out-of-pocket costs that are
related to the inspection of its records, business or Property that secures the Loan. Upon reasonable notice, the Company will permit you or your agents to enter any of Optical Cable Corporation’s premises and any location where the
Company’s Property is located during regular business hours to do the following. 
 (1) You may inspect, audit, check, review and
obtain copies from the Company’s books, records, journals, orders, receipts, and any correspondence and other business related data. 
 (2) You may inspect the Company’s Property, audit for the use and disposition of the Property’s proceeds and proceeds of proceeds; or do whatever you decide is necessary to preserve and protect the Property and your
interest in the Property. After prior notice to it, you may discuss the Company’s financial condition and business operations with its independent accountants, if any, or its chief financial officer and the Company may be present during these
discussions. As long as the Loan is outstanding, the Company will direct all of its accountants and auditors to permit you to examine its records in their possession and to make copies of these records. You will use your best efforts to maintain the
confidentiality of the information you or your agents obtain, except you may provide your regulator, if any, with required information about its financial condition, operation and business or that of its parent, subsidiaries or affiliates. Provided
the Company is not in default, you agree that your inspection of the Company’s records, business or Property shall be limited to once per calendar year. 

 C. Business Requirements. The Company will preserve and maintain its present existence and good
standing in the jurisdiction where the Company is organized and all of the Company’s rights, privileges and franchises. The Company will do all that is needed or required to continue its business or activities as presently conducted, by
obtaining licenses, permits and bonds everywhere it engages in business or activities or own, lease or locate its property. The Company will obtain your prior written consent before it ceases its business or before the Company engages in any new
line of business that is materially different from its present business or new businesses presently contemplated. 
 D. Compliance with
Laws. The Company will not materially violate any laws, regulations, rules, orders, judgments or decrees applicable to it or its Property, except for those which the Company challenge in good faith through proper proceedings after providing
appropriate reserves to pay the claim and its appeal should the Company lose. Laws include without limitation the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act requirements for producing goods, the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974’s
requirements for the establishment, funding and management of qualified deferred compensation plans for employees, health and safety laws, environmental laws, tax laws, licensing and permit laws. On your request, the Company will provide you with
written evidence that it has fully and timely paid its taxes, assessments and other governmental charges levied or imposed on it, its income or profits and its property. Taxes include without limitation sales taxes, use taxes, personal property
taxes, documentary stamp taxes, recordation taxes, franchise taxes, income taxes, withholding taxes, FICA taxes and unemployment taxes. The Company will adequately provide for the payment of these taxes, assessments and other charges that have
accrued but are not yet due and payable. 
 E. New Organizations. The Company will obtain your written consent and any necessary
changes to the Loan Documents before the Company organizes or participates in the organization of any entity, merges into or consolidates with any one, permits any one else to merge into it, acquires all or substantially all of the assets of any one
else or otherwise materially change its legal structure, management, ownership or financial condition. 
 F. Dealings with Insiders.
The Company will not purchase, acquire or lease any property or services from, or sell, provide or lease any property or services to, or permit any outstanding loans or credit extensions to, or otherwise deal with, any Insiders except as
required under contracts existing at the time the Company applied for the Loan and approved by you or as this Agreement otherwise permits and except to the extent that such dealings with Insiders are on customary business terms at least as favorable
to it as would be a similar transaction with a non-Insider. I will not change or breach these contracts existing at Loan application so as to cause an acceleration of or an increase in any payments due. This provision does not apply to any dealings
with the sole company identified to you in writing contemporaneously with the signing hereof. 
 G. Other Debts. The Company will pay
when due any and all other debts owed or guaranteed by it and will faithfully perform, or comply with all the conditions and obligations imposed on it concerning the debt or guaranty. 
 H. Other Liabilities. The Company will not incur, assume or permit any debt evidenced by notes, bonds or similar obligations, except: debt in
existence on the date of this Agreement and fully disclosed to you; debt subordinated in payment to you on conditions and terms acceptable to you; accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course of its business and paid under customary trade terms
or contested in good faith with appropriate reserves under generally accepted accounting principles. 
 I. Notice to You. The Company
will promptly notify you of any material change in its financial condition, of the occurrence of a default under the terms of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or a default by it under any agreement between it and any third party which
materially and adversely affects its property, operations, financial condition or business. 
 J. Certification of No Default. On your
request, the chief financial officer of the Company will provide you with a written certification that to the best of their knowledge no event of default exists under the terms of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, and that there exists no
other action, condition or event which with the giving of notice or lapse of time or both would constitute a default. As requested, such chief financial officer will also provide you with computations demonstrating compliance with any financial
covenants and ratios contained in this Agreement. If an action, condition or event of default does exist, the certificate must accurately and fully disclose the extent and nature of this action, condition or event and state what must be done to
correct it. 
 K. Use of Loan Proceeds. The Company will not permit the loan proceeds to be used to purchase, carry, reduce, or retire
any loan originally incurred to purchase or carry any margin stock or otherwise cause the Loan to violate Federal Reserve Board Regulations U or X, or Section 8 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 and its regulations, as amended.

 L. Dispose of No Assets. Without your prior written consent or as the Loan Documents permit, the Company will not sell, lease,
assign, transfer, dispose of or otherwise distribute all or substantially all of its assets to any person other than in the ordinary course of business for the assets’ depreciated book value or more. 
 M. No Other Liens. The Company will not create, permit or suffer any lien or encumbrance upon any of its properties for or by anyone, other than
you, except for: nonconsensual liens imposed by law arising out of the ordinary course of business on obligations that are not overdue or which the Company is contesting in good faith after making appropriate reserves; valid purchase money security
interest on personal property; or any other liens specifically agreed to by you in writing. 
 N. Guaranties. The Company will not
guaranty or become liable in any way as surety, endorser (other than as endorser of negotiable instruments in the ordinary course of business) or accommodation endorser or otherwise for the debt or obligations of any other person or entity, except
to you or as you otherwise specifically agree in writing. 
 O. No Default under Other Agreements. The Company will not allow to occur,
or to continue unremedied, any act, event or condition which constitutes a material default, or which, with the passage of time or giving of notice, or both, would constitute a material default under any material agreement, document, instrument or
undertaking to which the Company is a party or by which the Company may be bound. 
 P. Legal Disputes. The Company will promptly
notify you in writing of any threatened or pending lawsuit, arbitration or other proceeding against it or any of its property, not identified in its financial statements, and that singly or together with other proceedings may materially and
adversely affect its property, operations, financial condition or business. The Company will use its best efforts to bring about a favorable and speedy result of any of these lawsuits, arbitrations or other proceedings. 

 Q. Other Notices. The Company will immediately provide you with any information that may
materially and adversely affect its ability to perform this Agreement and of its anticipated effect. 
 R. No Change in Capital. The
Company will not release, redeem, retire, purchase or otherwise acquire, directly or indirectly, any of its capital stock or other equity security or partnership interest, or make any change in its capital structure, except to the extent required by
any agreements signed prior to this Agreement and disclosed to you or with your prior written consent, and except with respect to the repurchase of stock in the form of “net share withholdings” pursuant to restricted share grants made
under our current and future Stock Incentive Plans. 
 S. Loan Obligations. The Company will comply with the terms and agreements
contained in this Agreement and in the other Loan Documents. 
 T. Insurance. The Company will obtain and maintain insurance with
insurers, in amounts and coverages that are acceptable to you and customary with industry practice. This may include without limitation insurance policies for public liability, fire hazard and extended risk, workers compensation, and, at your
request, business interruption and/or rent loss insurance. At your request, the Company will deliver to you certified copies of all of these insurance policies, binders or certificates. The Company will obtain and maintain a mortgagee or lender loss
payee endorsement for you when these endorsements are available. The Company will immediately notify you of cancellation or termination of insurance. The Company will require all insurance policies to provide you with at least 10 days prior written
notice to you of cancellation or modification. The Company consents to you using or disclosing information relative to any contract of insurance required by the Loan for the purpose of replacing this insurance. The Company also authorizes its
insurer and you to exchange all relevant information related to any contract of insurance required by any document executed as part of this Loan. 
 U. Property Maintenance. The Company will keep all tangible and intangible property that the Company considers necessary or useful in its business in good working condition by making all needed repairs, replacements and improvements
and by making all rental, lease or other payments due on this property. 
 V. Property Loss. The Company will immediately notify you,
and the insurance company when appropriate, of any material casualty, loss or depreciation to the Property or to my other property that affects its business. 
 W. Accounts Receivable Collection. The Company will collect and otherwise enforce all of its unpaid Accounts Receivable at its cost and expense, until you end its authority to do so, which you may do at any
time to protect your best interests. Notwithstanding the foregoing, you agree that you will not end its authority to collect its unpaid Accounts Receivables until the Company is in default of this Agreement or any other Loan Documents. The Company
will not sell, assign or otherwise dispose of any Accounts Receivable without your written consent. 
 X. Reserves. You may set aside
and reserve Loan proceeds for Loan interest, fees and expenses, taxes, and insurance. The Company grants you a security interest in the reserves. No interest will accrue on any reserve Loan proceeds. Disbursement of reserves is disbursement of the
Loan’s proceeds. At its request, you will disburse the reserves for the purpose they were set aside for, as long as the Company is not in default under this Agreement. You may directly pay these reserved items, reimburse it for payments the
Company made, or reduce the reserves and increase the Loan proceeds available for disbursement. 
 Y. Additional Taxes. The Company
will pay all filing and recording costs and fees, including any recordation, documentary or transfer taxes or stamps, that are required to be paid with respect to this Loan and any Loan Documents. 
 7. COLLECTION EXPENSES AND ATTORNEYS’ FEES. On or after Default, to the extent permitted by law, the Company agrees to pay all expenses of collection,
enforcement or protection of your rights and remedies under this Agreement or any other Loan Document. Expenses include (unless prohibited by law) reasonable attorneys’ fees, court costs, and other legal expenses. These expenses are due and
payable immediately. If not paid immediately, these expenses will bear interest from the date of payment until paid in full at the highest interest rate in effect as provided for in the terms of this Loan. All fees and expenses will be secured by
the Property the Company has granted to you, if any. In addition, to the extent permitted by the United States Bankruptcy Code, the Company agrees to pay the reasonable attorneys’ fees incurred by you to protect your rights and interests in
connection with any bankruptcy proceedings initiated by or against it. 
 8. APPLICABLE LAW. This Agreement is governed by the laws of Virginia, the
United States of America, and to the extent required, by the laws of the jurisdiction where the Property is located. 
 9. JOINT AND INDIVIDUAL LIABILITY
AND SUCCESSORS. The Company’s obligation to pay the Loan is independent of the obligation of any other person who has also agreed to pay it. You may sue it alone, or anyone else who is obligated on the Loan, or any number of them together,
to collect the Loan. Extending the Loan or new obligations under the Loan, will not affect its duty under the Loan and the Company will still be obligated to pay the Loan. You may assign all or part of your rights or duties under this Agreement or
the Loan Documents without its consent. If you assign this Agreement, all of its covenants, agreements, representations and warranties contained in this Agreement or the Loan Documents will benefit your successors and assigns. The Company may not
assign this Agreement or any of its rights under it without your prior written consent. The duties of the Loan will bind its successors and assigns. 
 10. AMENDMENT, INTEGRATION AND SEVERABILITY. This Agreement may not be amended or modified by oral agreement. No amendment or modification of this Agreement is effective unless made in writing and executed by you and it. This
Agreement and the other Loan Documents are the complete and final expression of the understanding between you and it. If any provision of this Agreement is unenforceable, then the unenforceable provision will be severed and the remaining provisions
will still be enforceable. 

 11. INTERPRETATION. Whenever used, the singular includes the plural and the plural includes the singular. The
section headings are for convenience only and are not to be used to interpret or define the terms of this Agreement. 
 12. NOTICE, FINANCIAL REPORTS AND
ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS. Unless otherwise required by law, any notice will be given by delivering it or mailing it by first class mail to the appropriate party’s address listed in the DATE AND PARTIES section, or to any other address
designated in writing. Notice to one Borrower will be deemed to be notice to all Borrowers. The Company will inform you in writing of any change in its name, address or other application information. The Company will provide you any financial
statement or information you request. All financial statements and information the Company gives you will be correct and complete. The Company agrees to sign, deliver, and file any additional documents or certifications that you may consider
necessary to perfect, continue, and preserve its obligations under this Loan and to confirm your lien status on any Property. Time is of the essence. 
 13. CROSS-DEFAULT. A default under this Agreement or any of the Loan Documents shall be deemed a default under (i) the Commercial Loan Agreement and loan documents executed in connection therewith by the Company dated even date
herewith in connection with the $5,000,000 loan made by you to the Company and (ii) the Commercial Loan Agreement and loan documents executed in connection therewith dated even date herewith in connection with the $6,500,000 loan made by you to
the Company. 
 14 SIGNATURES. By signing under seal, the Company agrees to the terms contained in this Agreement. The Company also acknowledges
receipt of a copy of this Agreement. 
 BORROWER: 
 Optical Cable Corporation 
  

							
		 	By	 	 /s/ Tracy G. Smith
	 	(Seal)
		 	Name:	 	Tracy G. Smith	 	
		 	Title:	 	VP and CFOCommercial Loan Agreement between Optical Cable Corporation and Valley Bank

 Exhibit 4.8 
  

									
	 LOAN NUMBER
	 	LOAN NAME	 	ACCT. NUMBER	 	AGREEMENT DATE	 	INITIALS
	 156809
	 	Optical Cable Corporation	 	19398	 	09/22/06	 	MNM
					
	 NOTE AMOUNT
	 	INDEX (w/Margin)	 	RATE	 	MATURITY DATE	 	LOAN PURPOSE
	 $5,000,000.00
	 	30 Day LIBOR plus 2.150%	 	7.54%	 	2/28/08	 	Commercial
	
	 Creditor Use Only

 PROMISSORY NOTE 
 (Commercial – Revolving Draw) 
 DATE AND PARTIES. The date of this Promissory
Note (Note) is September 22, 2006. The parties and their addresses are: 
 LENDER: 
 VALLEY BANK 
 36 W. Church Ave. S.W. 
 Roanoke, Virginia 24011 
 Telephone: (540) 342-2265 
 BORROWER: 
 OPTICAL CABLE CORP 
 a Virginia Corporation 
 5290 Concourse Drive 
 Roanoke, Virginia 24019 
 1. DEFINITIONS. As used in this Note, the terms have the following meanings: 
 A. Pronouns. The pronouns “I”, “me” and “my” refer to every Borrower signing this Note, individually or together. “You” and “your” refers to the
Loan’s lender. 
 B. Note. Note refers to this document, and any extensions, renewals, modifications and substitutions of
this Note. 
 C. Loan. Loan refers to this transaction generally, including obligations and duties arising from the terms of all
documents prepared or submitted for this transaction such as applications, security agreements, disclosures or notes, and this Note. 
 D. Loan Documents. Loan Documents refer to all the documents executed as a part of or in connection with the Loan. 
 E. Property. Property is any property, real, personal or intangible, that secures my performance of the obligations of this Loan. 
 F. Percent. Rates and rate change limitations are expressed as annualized percentages. 
 2. PROMISE
TO PAY. For value received, I promise to pay you or your order, at your address, or at such other location as you may designate, the lesser of the aggregate unpaid amounts advanced from time to time under the terms of this Note or
$5,000,000.00 (Principal) plus interest from the date of disbursement, on the unpaid outstanding Principal balance until this Note is paid in full and Lender has no further obligations to make advances to you under this Loan. 
 I may borrow up to the Principal amount more than one time. 
 All advances made will be made subject to all other terms and conditions of this Loan. 
 3. INTEREST. Interest will accrue on the unpaid Principal balance of this Note at the rate of 7.54 percent (Interest Rate) until 
 October 1, 2006, after which time it may change as described in the Variable Rate subsection, subject to the Interest Reduction subsection. 
 A. Interest After Default. If a default occurs under the terms of this Loan, including for failure to pay in full at maturity, you may
increase the Interest Rate payable on the outstanding Principal balance of this Note. In such event, interest will accrue on the outstanding Principal balance at the Interest Rate in effect from time to time under the terms of this Loan, until paid
in full. 
 B. Maximum Interest Amount. Any amount assessed or collected as interest under the terms of the Note will be limited
to the maximum lawful amount of interest allowed by state or federal law, whichever is greater. Amounts collected in excess of the maximum lawful amount will be applied first to the unpaid Principal balance. Any remainder will be refunded to me.

 C. Statutory Authority. The amount assessed or collected on this Note is authorized by the Virginia usury laws under Va. Code
§§ 6.1-330.49 et. seq. 
 D. Accrual. Interest accrues using an Actual/360 days counting method. 
 E. Variable Rate. The Interest Rate may change during the term of this transaction. 
 (1) Index. Beginning with the first Change Date, the Interest Rate will be based on the following index: defined as the monthly average of
interbank offered rates for dollar deposits in the London market based on quotations at the five major London banks and which is commonly known as the LIBOR rate (i.e. the London InterBank Offered Rate) as quoted and published in the Wall Street
Journal from time to time. 

 The Current Index is the most recent index figure available on each Change Date. You do not guaranty by
selecting this Index, or the margin, that the Interest Rate on this Note will be the same rate you charge on any other loans or class of loans you make to me or other borrowers. If this Index is no longer available, you will substitute a similar
index. You will give me notice of your choice. 
 (2) Change Date. Each date on which the Interest Rate may change is called a Change
Date. The Interest Rate may change October 1, 2006 and every 30 days thereafter. 
 (3) Calculation Of Change. On each Change Date
you will calculate the Interest Rate, which will be the Current Index plus 2.150 percent. The result of this calculation will be rounded to the nearest .01 percent. Subject to any limitations, this will be the Interest Rate until the next Change
Date. The new Interest Rate will become effective on each Change Date. The Interest Rate and other charges on this Note will never exceed the highest rate or charge allowed by law for this Note. 
 (4) Effect Of Variable Rate. A change in the Interest Rate will have the following effect on the payments: The amount of scheduled payments will
change. 
 F. Interest Reduction. At the end of each quarter you shall determine if I have maintained an average collected balance of
at least $500,000. If such minimum average collected balance is met, you agree that the interest rate under this Note shall be reduced by .25% for the subsequent quarter. 
 4. REMEDIAL CHARGES. In addition to interest or other finance charges, I agree that I will pay these additional fees based on my method and pattern of payment. Additional remedial charges may be
described elsewhere in this Note. 
 A. Late Charge. If a payment is more than 7 days late, I will be charged 5.000
percent of the Unpaid Portion of Payment. I will pay this late charge promptly but only once for each late payment. 
 B.
Returned Check Charge. I agree to pay a fee not to exceed $29.00 for each check, negotiable order of withdrawal or draft I issue in connection with this Loan that is returned because it has been dishonored. 
 5. GOVERNING AGREEMENT. This Note is further governed by the Commercial Loan Agreement executed between you and me as part of this Loan, as modified,
amended or supplemented. The Commercial Loan Agreement states the terms and conditions of this note, including the terms and conditions under which the maturity of this Note may be accelerated. When I sign this Note, I represent to you that I have
reviewed and am in compliance with the terms contained in the Commercial Loan Agreement. 
 6. PAYMENT. All unpaid principal, accrued interest,
costs and expenses are due and payable on February 28, 2008; provided that I shall pay this Note on demand with 60 days prior written notice of demand. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event the Company defaults hereunder or under any
other Loan Document you may immediately declare the Loan due and payable in full, together with all other amounts owed hereunder. Upon the effective date of demand the entire unpaid balance of Principal and accrued interest, along with any earned,
and unpaid fees or charges, and the amount of any advances made on my behalf, will be due and owing. Until demand is made, accrued interest is due and payable in monthly payments on the 1st of each month beginning October 1, 2006, or the day
following if the payment day is a holiday or is a non-business day for Bank. Unless paid sooner, all unpaid principal, accrued interest, costs and expenses are due and payable on demand. If the contract rate changes, any remaining payments may be a
different amount. All amounts shall be paid in legal U.S. Currency. Any payment made with a check will constitute payment only when collected. Payments will be rounded to the nearest $.01. With the final payment I also agree to pay any additional
fees or charges owing and the amount of any advances you have made to others on my behalf. Payments scheduled to be paid on the 29th, 30th or 31st day of a month that contains no such day will, instead, be made on the last day of such month. Each
payment I make on this Note will be applied first to interest that is due then to principal that is due, and finally to any charges that I owe other than principal and interest. If you and I agree to a different application of payments, we will
describe our agreement on this Note. You may change how payments are applied in your sole discretion without notice to me. The actual amount of my final payment will depend on my payment record. 
 7. PREPAYMENT. I may prepay this Loan in full or in part at any time. Any partial prepayment will not excuse any later scheduled payments until I pay in
full. 
 8. LOAN PURPOSE. The purpose of this Loan is to establish a Line Manager Line of Credit to support working capital. 
 9. ADDITIONAL TERMS. This note is cross collateralized and cross defaulted with note numbers 156833 & 156779. 
 10. SECURITY. This loan is secured by separate security instruments prepared together with this Note as follows: 
  

			
	 Document Name
	 	 Parties to Document

	Leases And Rents Assignment – 5290 Concourse Drive	 	Optical Cable Corporation
	Security Agreement - Optical Cable Corporation	 	Optical Cable Corporation
	Deed of Trust – 5290 Concourse Drive	 	Optical Cable Corporation

 11. DUE ON SALE OR ENCUMBRANCE. You may, at your option, declare the entire balance of this Note to
be immediately due and payable upon the creation of, or contract for the creation of, any material lien or encumbrance of all or any material part of the Property. You agree that I may transfer or sell any part of my Property in the ordinary course
of my business. 
 This right is subject to the restrictions imposed by federal law (12 C.F.R. 591), as applicable. 

 12. WAIVERS AND CONSENT. To the extent not prohibited by law, I waive protest, presentment for payment,
demand, notice of acceleration, notice of intent to accelerate and notice of dishonor. 
 A. Additional Waivers By Borrower. In
addition, I, and any party to this Note and Loan, to the extent permitted by law, consent to certain actions you may take, and generally waive defenses that may be available based on these actions or based on the status of a party to this Note.

 (1) You may renew or extend payments on this Note, regardless of the number of such renewals or extensions. 
 (2) You may release any Borrower, endorser, guarantor, surety, accommodation maker or any other co-signer. 
 (3) You may release, substitute or impair any Property securing this Note. 
 (4) You, or any institution participating in this Note, may invoke your right of set-off. 
 (5) You may enter into any sales, repurchases or participations of this Note to any person in any amounts and I waive notice of such sales,
repurchases or participations. 
 (6) I agree that any of us signing this Note as a Borrower is authorized to modify the terms of this
Note or any instrument securing, guarantying or relating to this Note. 
 B. No Waiver By Lender. Your course of dealing, or
your forbearance from, or delay in, the exercise of any of your rights, remedies, privileges or right to insist upon my strict performance of any provisions contained in this Note, or any other Loan Document, shall not be construed as a waiver by
you, unless any such waiver is in writing and is signed by you. 
 13. COMMISSIONS. I understand and agree that you (or your affiliate) will
earn commissions or fees on any insurance products, and may earn such fees on other services that I buy through you or your affiliate. 
 14.
APPLICABLE LAW. This Note is governed by the laws of Virginia, the United States of America, and to the extent required, by the laws of the jurisdiction where the Property is located, except to the extent such state laws are preempted by
federal law. 
 15. JOINT AND INDIVIDUAL LIABILITY AND SUCCESSORS. My obligation to pay the Loan is independent of the obligation of any other
person who has also agreed to pay it. You may sue me alone, or anyone else who is obligated on the Loan, or any number of us together, to collect the Loan. Extending the Loan or new obligations under the Loan, will not affect my duty under the Loan
and I will still be obligated to pay the Loan. This Note shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by you and your successors and assigns and shall be binding upon and enforceable against me and my personal representatives, successors, heirs
and assigns. 
 16. AMENDMENT, INTEGRATION AND SEVERABILITY. This Note may not be amended or modified by oral agreement. No amendment or
modification of this Note is effective unless made in writing and executed by you and me. This Note and the other Loan Documents are the complete and final expression of the agreement. If any provision of this Note is unenforceable, then the
unenforceable provision will be severed and the remaining provisions will still be enforceable. 
 17. INTERPRETATION. Whenever used, the
singular includes the plural and the plural includes the singular. The section headings are for convenience only and are not to be used to interpret or define the terms of this Note. 
 18. NOTICE, FINANCIAL REPORTS AND ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS. Unless otherwise required by law, any notice will be given by delivering it or mailing it by first class mail to the appropriate party’s
address listed in the DATE AND PARTIES section, or to any other address designated in writing. Notice to one Borrower will be deemed to be notice to all Borrowers. I will inform you in writing of any change in my name, address or other application
information. I agree to sign, deliver, and file any additional documents or certifications that you may consider necessary to perfect, continue, and preserve my obligations under this Loan and to confirm your lien status on any Property. Time is of
the essence. 
 19. CREDIT INFORMATION. I agree to supply you with whatever information you reasonably feel you need to decide whether to
continue this Loan. You will make requests for this information without undue frequency and will give me reasonable time in which to supply the information. 
 20. ERRORS AND OMISSIONS. I agree, if requested by you, to fully cooperate in the correction, if necessary, in the reasonable discretion of you of any and all loan closing documents so that all documents accurately describe
the loan between you and me. I agree to assume all costs including by way of illustration and not limitation, actual expenses, legal fees and marketing losses for failing to reasonably comply with your requests within thirty (30) days.

 21. SIGNATURES. By signing under seal, I agree to the terms contained in this Note. I also acknowledge receipt of a copy of this
Note. 
 BORROWER: 
 Optical Cable Corporation 
  

							
		 	By	 	 /s/ Tracy G. Smith
	 	(Seal)
		 	Name:	 	Tracy G. Smith	 	
		 	Title:	 	VP & CFO	 	

 ACKNOWLEDGMENT (REQUIRED FOR CONFESSION OF JUDGMENT): 
 (Business or Entity) 
 COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA, COUNTY (OR
CITY) OF ROANOKE ss. 
 This instrument was acknowledged before me this 22nd day of Sept., 2006 by Authorized Signer –

 Title of Optical Cable Corporation a Virginia corporation, on behalf of the corporation. 
 My commission expires: 
                 3/31/09 
  
  

			
	 /s/  Cynthia Marie Tourville

	(Notary Public)

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