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Ex 10.64 Commercial Equipment Line of Credit Promissory Note

		
			Exhibit 10.64
		

		
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			COMMERCIAL EQUIPMENT LINE OF CREDIT
		

		
			PROMISSORY NOTE
		

		
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						$1,000,000.00

					
					
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			FOR VALUE RECEIVED Arrhythmia Research Technology, Inc., a corporation duly organized and validly existing under the laws of the State of Delaware having a principal place of business at 25 Sawyer Passway, Fitchburg, Massachusetts 01420 and Micron Products Inc., a corporation duly organized and validly existing under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts having a principal place of business at 25 Sawyer Passway, Fitchburg, Massachusetts 01420 (each and collectively, the “Borrower”) jointly and severally promise to pay to the order of UniBank for Savings (with its successors, assigns and any future holder or holders of this Note being the “Lender”) at its offices at 49 Church Street, Whitinsville, Massachusetts 01588 or at such other place as the Lender may from time to time designate in writing, the principal sum of One Million and 00/100 Dollars ($1,000,000.00), or the aggregate unpaid principal amount of all advances made by the Lender to the Borrower under terms hereinafter set forth, whichever is less, in lawful money of the United States, to pay interest on each advance at a variable per annum rate equal to the  Interest Rate (as hereafter defined), unless the Default Rate is in effect in which event the Interest Rate shall be the Default Rate.  All advances shall be due and payable as set forth herein, but if not sooner paid, this Note and all amounts due hereunder shall be due and payable on November 15, 2022 (said date as the same may be extended from time to time in the Lender’s discretion, being the “Maturity Date”), without notice or demand.  
		

		
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			This Note evidences the Borrower’s indebtedness under the $1,000,000 Equipment Line of Credit made by the Bank to the Borrower of even date herewith as defined in the Loan and Security Agreement among the Borrower and the Bank dated March 29, 2013  (as the same may be amended or modified from time to time, the “Loan Agreement”), incorporated herein by reference (the “2016 Equipment Line of Credit”).    
		

		
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			Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Loan Agreement, the Borrower may request advances and borrow funds under the 2016 Equipment Line of Credit during the period from the date hereof until the earlier of: (i) November 15, 2017 or (ii) the date upon which the amount of all advances under this Note are equal to the face amount of this Note (such date as it may be extended in writing from time to time, in the Bank’s sole discretion, being referred to herein as the “2016 Equipment Conversion Date”).  The Borrower’s privilege to request advances and borrow funds under the 2016 Equipment Line of Credit shall terminate on the 2016 Equipment Conversion Date or, at the Bank’s option, an earlier Default or Event of Default.  The aggregate amount of all advances advanced under the 2016 Equipment Line of Credit shall not exceed $1,000,000.00.  Advances which are repaid may not be reborrowed.  Should the amount of said advances at any time exceed the maximum amount permitted herein, the Borrower shall be obligated to immediately pay to the Bank the amount of such excess together with accrued and unpaid interest.
		

		

		

		 

		

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			Interest on the outstanding principal of all advances hereunder shall be due and payable commencing one month from the date hereof and continuing monthly thereafter on the same day or last day, whichever shall first occur, of each succeeding month (each a “Payment Date”) until the 2016 Equipment Conversion Date.   
		

		
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			Commencing with the first Payment Date after the 2016 Equipment Conversion Date, principal and interest shall be due and payable in consecutive monthly installments the number of which shall be equal to the number of months remaining between the 2016 Equipment Conversion Date and the Maturity Date and of which all but the last (the “Final Payment”) shall be in such amount as is necessary to amortize the outstanding principal balance of this Note with interest thereon at the rate applicable from time to time hereunder based upon an assumed direct reduction amortization schedule equal to six (6) years from the date of this Note.  Each such monthly installment of principal and interest shall be subject to adjustment by the Lender from time to time in order to insure that payments are sufficient to properly amortize the then outstanding principal balance of this Note with interest thereon based upon the applicable assumed amortization schedule and changes in the rate of interest applicable from time to time to the principal balance of this Note.  The Lender may adjust any monthly installment upon written notice to the Borrower if a failure to so adjust would result in less than the total amount of all accrued interest due being paid on any Payment Date (as hereafter defined).
		

		
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			The first of said consecutive monthly payments of principal and interest shall be due and payable on the first Payment Date after the 2016 Equipment Conversion Date and the remainder of said monthly payments shall be due on the same day or last day, whichever shall first occur, of each succeeding month thereafter (each a “Payment Date”).  The Final Payment shall be in an amount equal to the then outstanding principal balance of this Note plus all accrued and unpaid interest and all other amounts owing hereunder.  The Final Payment, unless sooner paid, shall be due and payable on the Maturity Date, without notice or demand. 
		

		
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			This Note has been executed and delivered subject to the following additional terms and conditions:
		

		
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			1.   Definitions.  For purposes of this Note, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
		

		
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			1.1  “Banking Day” means any day other than a Saturday or Sunday, or other day on which commercial banks in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts are authorized or required to close under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
		

		
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			1.2  “Base Rate” means the Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston Five Year Rate of interest, as disclosed on the rate sheet provided to Lender.  In the event that such rate of interest currently referred to shall no longer exist or no longer be referred to as the “Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston Five Year Rate” or “Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston Rate”, or in the event the Lender or a future holder of the Note shall no longer use the Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston Five Year Rate as its reference rate of interest, then the term “Base Rate” shall be deemed to refer to the comparable reference rate of 
		

		 

		

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		interest adopted or used in lieu thereof by the Lender or any such future holder, which represents a reasonable substitute in the form of Standards Rates used in the market at that time such as the  Treasury Rates or other indexes, whether such rate be referred as to the “Base Rate” or otherwise.
		

		
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			1.3    “Default” means the occurrence of an Event of Default or the occurrence of any event, which with the giving of notice or the passage of time, or both would constitute an Event of Default.
		

		
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			1.4    “Event of Default” has the meaning given to it in Section 11 hereof and the Loan Agreement and includes but is not limited to a failure by the Borrower to comply with any term or condition of this Note or any other Loan Document.
		

		
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			1.5    “Governing State” means the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
		

		
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			1.6    “Interest Rate” shall have the meaning given to it in Section 2 hereof, unless the Default Rate is in effect, in which event the Interest Rate shall be the Default Rate.
		

		
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			1.7    “Loan Agreement” means the Loan and Security Agreement between the Lender and the Borrower dated March 29, 2013, as the same may be amended from time to time.
		

		
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			1.8    “Loan Documents” has the meaning given to it in the Loan Agreement and includes without limitation this Note and any and all agreements, instruments, documents, security agreements, mortgages, financing statements, and supplements thereto and relating to the loan evidenced by this Note (the “Loan”), or entered into between the Borrower or any one of them in favor of, or with, the Lender, at any time, for any purpose, all as amended, renewed or extended from time to time.
		

		
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			1.9    “Obligations” mean all liabilities, indebtedness, obligations, advances, covenants and loans now or hereafter due or owing by or from any Borrower (including without limitation any obligation as a guarantor) to the Lender of whatever kind, description or nature, whether or not evidenced by any note or other instrument, whether or not for the payment of money, whether or not currently contemplated at the time of this Agreement, whether now existing, or hereafter arising or created, whether such obligations be direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, primary or secondary, secured or unsecured, or due or to become due, including, without limitation, all liabilities and obligations under the Notes and other Loan Documents, and all indemnity and reimbursement obligations of any Borrower, actual or contingent, in respect of letters of credit or banker’s acceptances issued by the Lender for the account of or guaranteed by any Borrower, all obligations of any partnership of joint venture as to which any Borrower is or may become liable and any so called SWAP contracts entered into by or given by any Borrower to the Lender, regardless of how they arise or by what agreement or instrument they may be evidenced or whether evidenced by any agreement or instrument, any and all obligations arising under any foreign exchange contracts, interest rate cap, floor or hedging agreements, or similar agreements, all obligations of any 
		

		 

		

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		Borrower to the Lender arising out of or in connection with any Automated Clearing House (“ACH”) Agreements relating to the processing of ACH transactions, all obligations of any Borrower to the Lender to repay overdrafts whether or not such obligations are related to the transactions described in the Notes and other Loan Documents, and includes obligations to perform acts and refrain from taking action as well as obligations to pay money.  The term “Obligations” shall also include without limitation all accrued interest and all costs and expenses, including attorney’s fees, costs and expenses relating to the appraisal and/or valuation of assets and all costs and expenses incurred or paid by the Lender in exercising, preserving, defending, collecting, administering, enforcing or protecting any of its rights under the Obligations or hereunder or with respect to the Collateral or in any litigation arising out of the transactions evidenced by the Obligations.  The term “Obligations” shall be construed in its broadest and most comprehensive sense.
		

		
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			1.11  “Open Credits” mean the face amount of all advances, letters of credit or bankers acceptances issued by the  Lender for the account of any Borrower or guaranteed by any Borrower.
		

		
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			1.12    “Prime Rate” means the highest per annum rate of interest published by the Wall Street Journal from time to time as the Prime Rate.  In the event that the reference rate of interest currently referred to in the Wall Street Journal as the “Prime Rate” shall no longer exist or no longer referred to as the “Prime Rate”, or in the event the Lender or a future holder of the Note shall no longer use the Wall Street Journal published Prime Rate as its reference rate of interest, then such term shall be deemed to refer to the comparable fluctuating reference rate of interest adopted or used in lieu thereof by the Lender or any such future holder, whether such rate be referred as to the “prime rate”,  “base rate” or otherwise.
		

		
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			2.  Interest Rate.  Except as hereinafter provided, the outstanding principal balance of this Note shall bear interest at a fluctuating per annum rate of interest equal to the Prime Rate plus one quarter of one percent (0.25%) until the 2016 Equipment Conversion Date.  On the 2016 Equipment Conversion Date, the per annum rate of interest shall be automatically adjusted to a fixed per annum rate equal to the greater of:  (i) the Base Rate as of the 2016 Equipment Conversion Date plus three percentage points (3.00) or (ii) four and one quarter of one percent (4.25%), at which time the interest rate shall be fixed until the Maturity Date.  Changes in the rate of interest resulting from changes in the Prime Rate shall take place immediately without notice or demand of any kind.  For all purposes of this Note, the Lender’s written notice or statement to the Borrower of the applicable rate of interest shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error.    
		

		
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			3.  Advances, Notice Of Borrowing.  
		

		
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			3.1  When the Borrower desires to borrow hereunder, it shall give the Lender notice specifying the date of the proposed borrowing (which shall be a Banking Day) and the amount to be borrowed.  If any advance is made, the Lender shall record on the books and records of the Lender an appropriate notation evidencing such advance, each 
		

		 

		

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		repayment on account of the principal thereof and the amount of interest paid; and the Borrower authorizes the Lender to maintain such records or make such notations and agrees that the amount shown on the books and records as outstanding from time to time shall constitute the amount owing to the Lender pursuant to this Note, absent manifest error.  Amounts borrowed under this Note may not be reborrowed.   Unless a Default or an Event of Default occurs, the Borrower may borrow and repay under this Note; provided, however, that: (i) each request by the Borrower for an advance hereunder shall be accompanied by an invoice evidencing the price and specifications of the equipment being purchased; (ii) at no time shall the outstanding principal balance of this Note exceed an amount equal to the face amount of this Note minus the aggregate amount of all Open Credits (the “2016 Equipment Maximum Availability”); (iii) at no time shall advances be requested which would cause the outstanding principal balance of this Note to exceed the 2016 Equipment Maximum Availability; (iv) all outstanding principal plus accrued and unpaid interest shall be paid in full on the Maturity Date; and (v) any privilege to request advances hereunder shall terminate on the 2016 Equipment Conversion Date.  
		

		
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			3.3  Any advance hereunder shall not exceed eighty percent (80%) of the invoice amount of the equipment being purchased with the proceeds of the 2016 Equipment Line of Credit.
		

		
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			3.4  The making of any advances by the Lender to the Borrower under the 2016 Equipment Line of Credit in excess of the 2016 Equipment Maximum Availability is for the Borrower’s benefit and does not in any way effect the unconditional obligation of the Borrower to repay such advances under the terms of this Note and the other applicable Loan Documents.  Without limiting any other rights available to the Lender under the Loan Documents, the Borrower agrees to pay to the Lender upon DEMAND (whether or not an Event of Default exists) the principal balance of the 2016 Equipment Line of Credit outstanding in excess of the 2016 Equipment Maximum Availability together with all accrued and unpaid interest.
		

		
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			4.  Interest Rate/Payments.
		

		
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			4.1.  Interest Rate, Payment of Interest.  So long as no Event of Default has occurred and subject to the terms hereof, each advance hereunder shall bear interest at the interest rate called for and calculated pursuant to the terms of this Note.  
		

		
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			4.2.  Accounts; Records.  The Lender is authorized (but not required) to charge principal and interest and all other amounts due under this Note to any account of any Borrower with the Lender when and as it becomes due.  All advances made by the Lender to the Borrower shall be evidenced by an appropriate notation on the books and records of the Lender, which records shall reflect each repayment on account of the principal thereof, and the amount of interest paid; and the Borrower authorizes the Lender to maintain such records or make such notations and agrees that the amount shown on the 
		

		 

		

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		books and records of the Lender, as outstanding from time to time shall constitute the amount owing to the Lender pursuant to this Note, absent manifest error; provided, however, that the failure by the Lender to make any such notation with respect to any advance or payment shall not limit or otherwise affect the obligations of the Borrower hereunder.
		

		
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			4.3  Additional Payments.  If the Lender in its reasonable judgment determines that the effect of an applicable law or government regulation, guideline or order or the interpretation thereof by any governmental authority charged with the administration thereof (such as, for example, a change in official reserve requirements which the Lender is required to maintain in respect of loans or deposits or other funds procured for funding such loans) is to increase the cost to the Lender of making or continuing a Loan hereunder or to reduce the amount of any payment of principal or interest receivable by the Lender thereon, then the Borrower shall pay to the Lender on demand such additional amounts as the Lender may determine in its sole and absolute discretion, to be required to compensate the Lender for such additional costs or reduction.  Any additional payment under this section will be computed from the effective date at which such additional costs have to be borne by the Lender.  A certificate as to any additional amounts payable pursuant to this section setting forth the basis and method of determining such amounts shall be conclusive, absent manifest error, as to the determination by the Lender set forth therein if made reasonably and in good faith.  The Borrower shall pay any and all amounts so certified to it by the Lender within ten (10) days of receipt of such certificate.
		

		
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			5.  360 Day Year / Default Rate.  All computations of interest under this Note shall be made on the basis of a three hundred sixty (360) day year and the actual number of days elapsed.  To the extent allowed by applicable law, after the occurrence of any Event of Default, after the Maturity Date or after judgment has been rendered on this Note, all outstanding principal and unpaid interest shall bear, until paid, interest at a rate per annum equal to four (4.00) percentage points greater than the Interest Rate called for and calculated pursuant to the terms of this Note (the “Default Rate”).
		

		
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			6.  Late Charge.  If a regularly scheduled payment is fifteen (15) days or more late, Borrower will be charged five percent (5.00%) of the unpaid portion of the regularly scheduled payment or twenty five dollars ($25.00), whichever is greater. If the Lender demands payment of the Loan and the Borrower does not pay the Loan within fifteen (15) days after the Lender’s demand, the Borrower will be charged either five percent (5.00%) of the unpaid principal plus accrued unpaid interest or twenty five dollars ($25.00), whichever is greater. 
		

		
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			7.  Expenses.  The Borrower further promises to pay to the Lender, as incurred, and as an additional part of the unpaid principal balance, all costs, expenses and reasonable attorneys’ fees (which may include, without limitation, the allocable cost of the Lender’s internal legal counsel) incurred:  (a) in the protection, modification, collection, defense or enforcement of all or part of this Note or any guaranty hereof or any other Loan Document; (b) in the foreclosure or enforcement of any mortgage or security interest which may now or hereafter secure either the debt hereunder or any guaranty thereof; (c) with respect to any action taken to protect, defend, modify or sustain the lien of any such mortgage or security agreement; (d) with respect to any 
		

		 

		

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		litigation or controversy arising from or connected with this Note or any mortgage or security agreement or collateral which may now or hereafter secure this Note; or (e) with respect to any act to protect defend, modify, enforce or release any of its rights or remedies with regard to, or otherwise effect collection of, any collateral which may now or in the future secure this Note or with regard to or against the Borrower or any endorser, guarantor or surety of this Note.
		

		
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			8.  Prepayment.  The Borrower may prepay this Note in whole or in part, at any time, without penalty or premium.
		

		
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			9.  Mandatory Prepayment / Application of Payments.  
		

		
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			9.1.  The Borrower shall be required to prepay ON DEMAND all advances made under this Note to the extent the aggregate of all such advances exceeds the amounts permitted hereunder.  In addition the Borrower shall pay, if applicable, charges incurred pursuant to the terms hereof.  
		

		
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			9.2.   All payments, including any prepayments shall, at the option of the Lender, be applied first to interest on the unpaid principal of all advances due under this Note, and then to the payment of all fees, costs, and expenses incurred by the Lender or owing to the Lender by the Borrower arising out of the loan transaction evidenced by this Note which have not been paid or reimbursed to the Lender, and then to the balance on account of the principal due under this Note.
		

		
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			Prepayments of principal (whether voluntary or involuntary) shall be applied to unpaid principal installments under this Note in inverse order of their maturity and shall not affect the obligation to pay regular installments due hereunder until the entire indebtedness is paid in full.
		

		
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			10.   Loan Agreement. This Note has been executed and delivered in accordance with the Loan Agreement which sets forth further terms and conditions upon which the entire unpaid principal hereof and all interest hereon may become due and payable prior to the Maturity Date, and generally as to further rights of the Lender and duties of the Borrower with respect hereto.  Capitalized terms not defined herein which are defined terms in the Loan Agreement shall have the meanings set forth therein.  No reference to the Loan Agreement or other Loan Documents or to any provision thereof shall affect or impair the absolute and unconditional obligation of the Borrower to pay principal or interest or other amounts owing under this Note.
		

		
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			11.1.   The happening of any of the following events or conditions shall constitute an “Event of Default” under this Note:
		

		
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			11.1.1.  Failure to make any payment of principal or interest or any sum due under this Note or any other promissory note or instrument made by the Borrower or any one or more of them in favor of the Lender; or
		

		
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		11.1.2.   Failure by any Borrower to observe or perform any covenant contained herein; or 
		

		
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			11.1.3   A default or the occurrence of an event of default in any other Loan Document including, without limitation, an Event of Default as defined in the Loan Agreement. 
		

		
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			11.2.  Upon and after the occurrence of a Default or an Event of Default, the availability of advances hereunder shall, at the option of the Lender, be deemed to be automatically terminated.  Upon and after an Event of Default, at the option of the Lender, the whole of the indebtedness evidenced by this Note, including principal and interest, and all other amounts which may be or become due or owing by the Borrower to the Lender shall, at the option of the Lender, immediately become due and payable without presentment, demand, protest, notice of protest, or other notice of dishonor of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Borrower.
		

		
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			12.  Waivers, Consent to Jurisdiction.  Each Borrower agrees that no delay or failure on the part of the Lender in exercising any power, privilege, remedy, option or right hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof or of any other power, privilege, remedy or right; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any power, privilege, remedy, option or right hereunder preclude any other or future exercise thereof or the exercise of any other power, privilege, remedy, option or right.  The rights and remedies expressed herein are cumulative, and may be enforced successively, alternately, or concurrently and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies which holder may or would otherwise have under the provisions of all applicable laws, and under the provisions of all agreements between the Borrower and the Lender.
		

		
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			Each Borrower hereby waives presentment, demand, notice, protest and all other demands and notices in connection with the delivery, acceptance, performance, default or enforcement of this Note.  Each Borrower hereby assents to any extension or postponement of the time of payment or any other indulgence, to the addition or release of any party or person primarily or secondarily liable, and to the addition, release and/or substitution of all or any portion of any collateral now or hereafter securing this Note.
		

		
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			Each Borrower hereby waives such rights as it may have to notice and/or hearing under any applicable federal or state laws pertaining to the exercise by Lender of such rights as the Lender may have regarding the right to seek prejudgment remedies and/or deprive Borrower of or affect the use of or possession or enjoyment of Borrower’s property prior to the rendition of a final judgment against the Borrower.  Each Borrower further waives any right it may have to require Lender to provide a bond or other security as a precondition to or in connection with any prejudgment remedy sought by Lender, and waives any objection to the issuance of such prejudgment remedy based on any offsets, claims, defenses or counterclaims to any action brought by the Lender.
		

		
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			EACH BORROWER AND LENDER MUTUALLY HEREBY KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY AND INTENTIONALLY WAIVE THE RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY CLAIM BASED HEREON, ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS NOTE OR ANY OTHER DOCUMENTS CONTEMPLATED TO 
		

		 

		

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		BE EXECUTED IN CONNECTION HEREWITH OR ANY COURSE OF CONDUCT, COURSE OF DEALING, STATEMENTS (WHETHER VERBAL OR WRITTEN) OR ACTIONS OF ANY PARTY.  tHIS WAIVER CONSTITUTES A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT FOR LENDER TO MAKE THE LOAN AND ACCEPT THIs NOTE.
		

		
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			Each Borrower hereby agrees that the following courts:  State Court - Any state or local court of the Governing State; Federal Court - United States District Court for the District of the Governing State; or at the option of Lender, any court in which Lender shall initiate legal or equitable proceedings and which has subject matter jurisdiction over the matter in controversy, shall have exclusive jurisdiction to hear and determine any claims or disputes between Borrower and Lender pertaining directly or indirectly to this Note or to any matter arising in connection with this Note.  Each Borrower expressly submits and consents in advance to such jurisdiction in any action or proceeding commenced in such courts, hereby waiving personal service of the summons and complaint, or other process or papers issued therein, and agreeing that service of such summons and complaint, or other process or papers, may be made by registered or certified mail addressed to Borrower at the address set forth herein.  Should Borrower fail to appear or answer any summons, complaint, process or papers so served within thirty (30) days after the mailing thereof, it shall be deemed in default and an order and/or judgment may be entered against it as demanded or prayed for in such summons, complaint, process or papers.  The exclusive choice of forum set forth herein shall not be deemed to preclude the enforcement of any judgment obtained in such forum or the taking of any action under this Note to enforce the same in any appropriate jurisdiction.
		

		
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			This Note shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Governing State.
		

		
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			13.  Maximum Permissible Interest Rate. The Borrower shall not be obligated to pay and the Lender shall not collect interest at a rate higher than the maximum permitted by law or the maximum that will not subject the Lender to any civil or criminal penalties.  If, because of the acceleration of maturity the payment of interest in advance or any other reason, the Borrower is required, under the provisions of any Loan Document or otherwise, to pay interest at a rate in excess of such maximum rate, the rate of interest under such provisions shall immediately and automatically be reduced to such maximum rate and any payment made in excess of such maximum rate, together with interest thereon at the rate provided herein from the date of such payment, shall be immediately and automatically applied to the reduction of the unpaid principal balance of this Note as of the date on which such excess payment was made.  If the amount to be so applied to reduction of the unpaid principal balance exceeds the unpaid principal balance, the amount of such excess shall be refunded by the Lender to the Borrower.
		

		
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			14.  Replacement Documents.  Upon receipt of an affidavit of an officer of Lender as to the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of the Note or any other security document(s) which is not of public record and, in the case of any such loss, theft, destruction or mutilation, upon surrender and cancellation of such Note or other document(s), the Borrower will issue, in lieu thereof, a replacement Note or other document(s) in the same principal amount thereof and otherwise of like tenor.
		

		

		

		 

		

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			15.1.   The Lender may at any time pledge, endorse, assign, or transfer all or any portion of its rights under the Loan Documents including any portion of this Note to any of the twelve (12) Federal Reserve Banks organized under Section 4 of the Federal Reserve Act.  12 U.S.C. Section 341.  No such pledge or enforcement thereof shall release the Lender from its obligations under any of the Loan Documents.
		

		
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			15.2.   The Lender shall have the unrestricted right at any time or from time to time, and without any Borrower’s consent, to sell, assign, endorse, or transfer all or any portion of its rights and obligations hereunder to one or more lenders or other entities (each an “Assignee”), and each Borrower agrees that it shall execute, or cause to be executed such documents including without limitation, amendments to this Note and to any other documents, instruments, and agreements executed in connection herewith as the Lender shall deem necessary to effect the foregoing.  In addition, at the request of the Lender or any such Assignee, the Borrower shall issue one or more new promissory notes, as applicable, to any such Assignee and, if the Lender has retained any of its rights and obligations hereunder following such assignment, to the Lender, which new promissory notes shall be issued in replacement of, but not in discharge of, the liability evidenced by the note held by the Lender prior to such assignment and shall reflect the amount of the respective commitments and loans held by such Assignee and the Lender after giving effect to such assignment.  Upon the execution and delivery of appropriate assignment documentation, amendments, and any other documentation required by the Lender in connection with such assignment, and the payment by such Assignee of the purchase price agreed to by Lender and such Assignee, such Assignee shall be a party to this Note and shall have all of the rights and obligations of the Lender hereunder (and under any and all other guaranties, documents, instruments and agreements executed in connection herewith) to the extent that such rights and obligations have been assigned by the Lender pursuant to the assignment documentation between the Lender and such Assignee, and the Lender shall be released from its obligation hereunder and thereunder to a corresponding extent.
		

		
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			15.3.   The Lender shall have the unrestricted right at any time and from time to time, and without the consent of or notice to the Borrower to grant to one or more institutions or other persons (each a “Participant”) participating interests in the Lender’s obligations to lend hereunder and/or any or all of the loans held by the Lender hereunder.  In the event of any such grant by the Lender of a participating interest to a Participant, whether or not upon notice to the Borrower, the Lender shall remain responsible for the performance of its obligations hereunder and the Borrower shall continue to deal solely and directly with the Lender in connection with Lender’s rights and obligations hereunder.  The Lender shall furnish any information concerning the Borrower in its possession from time to time to any prospective assignees and Participants, provided that the Lender shall require any such prospective assignee or Participant to maintain the confidentiality of such information.
		

		
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		16.   Setoff.  Each Borrower hereby grants to the Lender a lien, security interest, and a right of setoff as security for all of the Obligations, upon and against all deposits, credits, collateral, and property of any Borrower, now or hereafter in the possession, custody, safekeeping, or control of the Lender or any entity under the control of the Lender, or in transit to any of them.  At any time, without demand or notice, the Lender may set off the same or any part thereof and apply the same to any liability or obligation of the Borrower even though unmatured and regardless of the adequacy of any other collateral securing the Obligations.  ANY AND ALL RIGHTS TO REQUIRE THE LENDER TO EXERCISE ITS RIGHTS OR REMEDIES WITH RESPECT TO ANY OTHER COLLATERAL WHICH SECURES THE OBLIGATIONS, PRIOR TO EXERCISING ITS RIGHT OF SETOFF WITH RESPECT TO SUCH DEPOSITS, CREDITS, OR OTHER PROPERTY OF EACH BORROWER ARE HEREBY KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY, AND IRREVOCABLY WAIVED.  The Lender shall not be required to marshal any present or future security for, or guarantees of, the Obligations or to resort to any such security or guarantee in any particular order and each Borrower waives, to the fullest extent that it lawfully can:  (a) any right it might have to require the Lender to pursue any particular remedy before proceeding against them; and (b) any right to the benefit of, or to direct the application of the proceeds of any collateral until the Obligations are paid in full.
		

		
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			17.  Security.  This Note and all other Obligations are secured by all assets of each Borrower whenever arising or created in accordance with the terms of the Loan Agreement and all other documents which create or perfect security interests in assets or properties of any Borrower.  This Note and all other Obligations are further secured by that certain specific equipment of the Borrower to be purchased with the proceeds of the Loan.
		

		
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			18.  Extension of Relevant Dates.  In the event that any relevant date upon which a payment is due and payable under this Note or which affects any interest rate option of the Borrower shall fall on a date which is not a Banking Day, then any such relevant date may be extended by the Lender in accordance with the Modified Following Banking Day Convention and interest shall continue to accrue, and the relevant due dates shall also be extended, for the period of that extension at the interest rate or rates then in effect.  For purposes hereof, the “Modified Following Banking Day Convention” shall mean the convention for adjusting any relevant date if it would otherwise fall on a day that is not a Banking Day.  When used in conjunction with the term, “Modified Following Banking Day Convention”, and a date, such term shall mean that an adjustment will be made if that date would otherwise fall on a day that is not a Banking Day so that the date will be the first following day that is a Banking Day.
		

		
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			Notwithstanding anything to the contrary hereinabove contained, if application of the Modified Following Banking Day Convention would cause any payment due under the terms of this Note to be due and payable in a calendar month which differs from the month in which the payment would otherwise have been due, then, at the Lender’s option, the Modified Following Banking Day Convention shall not apply and such payment shall be due and payable on the immediately preceding Banking Day.
		

		
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			19.    Joint and Several Obligations; Miscellaneous.  This Note and all representations and covenants of the Borrower herein shall be the joint and several obligation of the Borrower and each provision of this Note shall apply to each and all jointly and severally and to the 
		

		 

		

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		property and liabilities of each and all.  This Note is the final, complete and exclusive statement of the terms governing this Note.  No modification or amendment hereof shall be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Lender and the Borrower.  If any provision of this Note shall to any extent by held invalid or unenforceable, then only such provision shall be deemed ineffective and the remainder of this Note shall not be affected.  The provisions of this Note shall bind the heirs, executors, administrators, assigns and successors of each and every Borrower and shall inure to the benefit of Lender, its successors and assigns.  This Note shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
		

		
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			20.    Acknowledgment of Borrower.  The Borrower acknowledges receipt of a copy of this Note, and attests that each advance is to be used for general commercial purposes and that no part of such proceeds will be used, in whole or in part, for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any “margin stock” as such term is defined in Regulations U and X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 12 C.F.R. Parts 221 and 224.
		

		
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			21.  COMMERCIAL TRANSACTION.  EACH BORROWER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE ADVANCES EVIDENCED BY THIS NOTE ARE PART OF A COMMERCIAL TRANSACTION. 
		

		
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			THIS AGREEMENT is made and entered into as of the 1st day of January, 2017, by and between Arrhythmia Research Technology, Inc. (“ART”),  with its principal place of business located in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, and Salvatore Emma, Jr.  (“Executive” or “Employee”), who resides in Ashburnham,  Massachusetts.  ART and Employee are collectively referred to herein as the “Parties.”
		

		
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			WHEREAS, ART desires to retain the services of Employee as President and Chief Executive Officer of ART and its subsidiary, Micron Products, Inc. (“Micron”) (collectively referred to herein as “the Company” or “the Companies”), and Employee desires to be employed by ART in such capacity, all upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement.
		

		
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			NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the recitals and the mutual covenants and undertakings herein, each party agrees as follows:
		

		
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			1.       Employment and Duties.  ART hereby agrees to employ Employee, and Employee hereby accepts employment, as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Companies, upon the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, both Parties expressly revoking any and all prior employment agreements between them.  In his capacity as President and Chief Executive Officer,  Employee, to the best of his abilities, shall be responsible for performing the duties commensurate with his position.  Employee shall report to ART’s  Board of Directors (the “Board”), and Employee agrees to perform such duties as the Board may assign to him.
		

		
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			Employee agrees that he is an employee-at-will, and, as such, his employment and compensation can be terminated, with or without cause, and with or without notice, at any time, at the option of either Employee or ART.  
		

		
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			If Employee dies or becomes totally disabled during the term of this Agreement, Employee’s employment and salary shall terminate at the end of the month during which death or total disability occurs, and no other compensation or benefits shall be paid to Employee.  For the purposes of this Agreement, Employee shall be deemed to be “totally disabled” if he has been unable to perform his duties by reason of medical condition for 90 days in any 365-day period, all as determined in good faith by ART’s Board.
		

		
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			2.       Exclusive Services.  Employee agrees that he will, during the employment term, devote his entire working time, attention and best efforts to the performance of the duties as aforesaid and to the business and interests of the Companies, and he shall perform such duties as may be assigned to him ably, faithfully and diligently.  Employee shall not at any time or in any manner, either directly or indirectly, be involved in any other occupation while he is employed by ART unless agreed to specifically by the Board.  Employee hereby represents and warrants that he is not now subject to any agreement which is or would be inconsistent or in conflict with his obligations hereunder.
		

		 

		

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			(a)       Base Salary.  As compensation for the services to be rendered by Employee under this Agreement, ART agrees to pay, and Employee agrees to accept a base salary at the annualized rate of $247,500.  Employee’s salary shall be payable in accordance with the Company’s regular payroll practices, subject to withholding and other applicable taxes.  
		

		
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			(b)       Bonus.  Employee shall be eligible to receive compensation under the Company’s Executive Incentive Plan.  The specific goals criteria and target for earning such compensation will be mutually agreed upon by the Parties within the context of the Employee Incentive Plan and in good faith by the Parties.
		

		
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			All of Employee’s compensation is subject to deductions for regular payroll taxes and withholding, as required by State and Federal law, as well as other deductions that Employee authorizes.
		

		
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			(c)       Fringe Benefits.  Employee also shall be entitled to the following benefits in each year of this Agreement:
		

		
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			(i)        Employee shall be eligible to participate in the Company’s various benefit plans (including health, dental, life, disability and retirement) on the same basis as the Company’s other employees; and
		

		
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			(ii)       Employee shall be eligible to receive the Company’s various paid time off benefits (including paid vacations and holidays) on the same basis as the Company’s other employees.
		

		
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			4.       Confidentiality.  Employee is aware that the Companies develop and utilize, and that he has had and will continue to have, access to valuable technical and nontechnical trade secrets and confidential information including, but not limited to, knowledge, information and materials about the Companies’ trade secrets, mailing lists, methods of operation, advertiser lists, advertisers, customer lists, customers or clients, products, services, know-how, business plans and confidential information about financial, marketing, pricing, compensation and other proprietary matters relating to the Companies which are not in the public domain (“Confidential Information”), all of which constitutes a valuable part of the assets of the Companies which the Companies seek to protect.
		

		
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			Accordingly, Employee shall not at any time during or after the termination of his employment by the Companies for any reason, reveal, disclose or make known to any person (other than as may be required by law or in the performance of his duties), or use for his own or another’s account or benefit, any such Confidential Information, whether or not developed, devised or otherwise created in whole or in part by the efforts of Employee.
		

		
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			Employee represents and warrants that he has not revealed, disclosed or made known to any person (other than as may be required by law or in the performance of his duties), or used for his own or another’s account or benefit, any such Confidential Information, whether or not developed, devised or otherwise created in whole or in part by the efforts of Employee.
		

		
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		Upon cessation of Employee’s employment, no documents, records or other matter or information belonging to the Companies, whether prepared by Employee or otherwise, and relating in any way to the business of the Companies, shall be taken or kept by Employee without the written consent of the Companies.
		

		
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			5.       Non-Competition.  Employee acknowledges that, in the course of his employment by ART, he will have access to the Companies’ Confidential Information; and he will be intimately and directly involved in developing and maintaining the Companies’ goodwill and serving the Companies’ customers and prospective customers.  Accordingly, Employee agrees that:
		

		
			(a)       during his employment by ART and for a period of two  (2) years after such employment has ceased for any reason, Employee shall not, without the prior written consent of ART: 
		

		
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			(i)         directly or indirectly solicit or accept any business substantially similar to that done by any of the Companies from any person, company, firm or organization, or any affiliate of the foregoing, which is or was a customer or active prospect of any of the Companies during the two (2) year period prior to the end of Employee’s employment at ART,  for or on account of any individual, business enterprise, firm, partnership, association or corporation other than the Companies; or
		

		
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			(ii)       directly or indirectly solicit the employment of, entice away, or in any other manner persuade or attempt to persuade any person employed by any of the Companies to leave such employment; or
		

		
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			(b)       during his employment by ART and for a period of six  (6)  months after such employment has ceased for any reason, Employee shall not, without the prior written consent of ART directly or indirectly engage in, assist or have an interest in (whether as proprietor, partner, investor, stockholder, officer, director of any type of principal), or enter the employment of or act as an agent for or advisor or consultant to, any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, business organization, entity or enterprise which is, or is about to become, directly or indirectly engaged in any business which is directly or indirectly competitive with any of the Companies; provided that Employee may own less than five percent (5%) of the outstanding equity securities of a corporation that is engaged in such a competitive business if the equity securities of such corporation are publicly traded and registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; provided, however, that the post-employment restrictive period contained in this Section 5(b) shall be extended to (i) one (1) year if Employee’s employment terminates for Cause (as defined in Section 8(a) below), in connection with a Change in Control (as defined in Section 8(b) below), or as a result of his resignation, or (ii) two (2) years with respect to any such engagement with or interest in Select Engineering in Fitchburg, MA.
		

		
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			(a)       Employee hereby assigns, transfers and conveys to ART and its successors and assigns the entire right, title, and interest in any and all inventions, processes, procedures, systems, discoveries, designs, configurations, technology, works of authorship, trade secrets and improvements (whether or not they are made, conceived or reduced to practice during working hours or using any of the Companies’ data or facilities) (collectively, “Innovations”) which 
		

		 

		

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		Employee makes, authors, conceives, reduces to practice or otherwise acquires during any period of his employment by ART (either solely or jointly with others), and which are related to the Companies’ present or planned business, the Companies’ services or products, and any and all patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade names and applications therefor, in the United States and elsewhere, relating thereto.  The Innovations shall be the sole property of ART and shall at all times be held by Employee in a fiduciary capacity for the sole benefit of ART.
		

		
			(b)       All such Innovations that consist of works of authorship capable of protection under copyright laws shall be prepared by Employee as works made for hire, with the understanding that ART shall own all of the exclusive rights to such works of authorship under the United States copyright law and all international copyright conventions and foreign laws.  The foregoing notwithstanding, to the extent that any such Innovations is not deemed a work made for hire, Employee hereby assigns to ART the entire right, title, and interest in such Innovations and any and all patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade names and applications therefor, in the United States and elsewhere, relating thereto.
		

		
			(c)       Employee shall maintain adequate and current written records of all such Innovations, which shall be available to and remain the sole property of ART at all times.  Employee shall promptly disclose to ART the details of any and all such Innovations and shall provide ART with all information relative thereto.  Employee, without further compensation, shall fully cooperate with and assist ART in obtaining and enforcing for its own benefit patents and copyright registrations on and in respect of such Innovations in all countries in all ways that ART may request, to secure and enjoy the full benefits and advantages of such Innovations, including executing any and all documents that ART deems necessary to obtain, maintain, and/or enforce its rights in such Innovations and providing any testimony required to obtain, maintain, and/or enforce such Innovations.  Employee agrees, for himself, and his heirs, legal representatives and assigns, without further compensation, to execute further assignments and other lawful documents as ART may reasonably request to effectuate fully this assignment. Employee understands that his obligations under this section shall continue after the termination of his employment by ART.
		

		
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			7.       Injunctive Relief.  Employee acknowledges that the restrictions contained in Sections 4,  5 and 6 above, in view of the nature of the business in which the Companies are engaged, are reasonable and necessary to protect the legitimate interests of the Companies.  Employee understands that the remedies at law for his violation of any of the covenants or provisions of Sections 4,  5 or 6 may be inadequate, that such violations may cause irreparable injury within a short period of time, and that the Companies shall be entitled to seek preliminary injunctive relief and other injunctive relief against such violation.  Such injunctive relief shall be in addition to, and in no way in limitation of, any and all other remedies the Companies shall have in law and equity for the enforcement of those covenants and provisions.  
		

		
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			For the purposes of this Section 8(a),  “Cause” means (i) willful and deliberate misconduct by Employee, such as being under the influence of drugs or alcohol on the job, dishonesty, misappropriation of assets, insubordination or refusal to follow reasonable directives and other misconduct of comparable magnitude and kind; (ii) willful neglect of duty or other material breach of this Agreement by Employee; (iii) commission of any act of fraud involving ART, involvement in any material conflict of interest or self-dealing involving ART, or conviction of a felony or any offenses involving moral turpitude or any criminal offense involving ART; (iv) any act or omission by Employee which has a material adverse effect on the business activities, financial condition, affairs or reputation of ART; (v) violation of any of ART’s policies or (vi) Employee’s failure or refusal to perform a substantial or important portion of his duties under this Agreement (for a reason other than illness or incapacity), which failure or refusal continues for thirty (30) days after ART’s written notice to Employee, which notice reasonably informs him of such failure or refusal, and he fails to cure such failure within such 30-day period (the determination as to whether the Employee has cured such failure will be determined by ARTs Board in its sole discretion).  
		

		
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			(b)       Change-in-Control Severance Benefits.  In the event that Employee’s employment involuntarily terminates as a result of ART’s “change in control” (as defined below), Employee will be paid severance in an amount which is equivalent to his regular bi-weekly salary (at the rate then in effect) for a period of twenty-four (24) months; provided, however, that Employee will not be entitled to such severance payments or the continuation of such severance payments, as the case may be, if Employee violates any of his obligations under Sections 4,  5 or 6 above.  For the purposes of this provision, a “change of control” is defined as (i) a merger or consolidation of ART in which the stockholders of ART immediately prior to such transaction would own, in the aggregate, less than 50% of the total combined voting power of all classes of capital stock of the surviving entity normally entitled to vote for the election of directors of the surviving entity, and is a change of ownership under Treasury Regulations Section 1.409A-3(i)(5)(v) or a change in effective control of ART under Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-3(i)(5)(vi) or (ii) the sale of a substantial portion of ART's assets, as defined under Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-3(i)(5)(vii), in one transaction or in a series of related transactions. 
		

		
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			(c)       Separation Agreement.  As a prerequisite to receiving any severance pay or benefits under this Agreement, Employee shall be required to sign a separation agreement, including a release of claims against ART and its affiliated entities, and their employees, officers, and directors.  Such severance payments shall be paid according to ART’s regular payroll schedule and shall be subject to and reduced by regular payroll taxes and withholding, and the first installment of the severance payments shall be paid on the Company’s first regular pay day following the expiration of the separation agreement’s seven-day revocation period.
		

		
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