1. | The Loan. DICON FIBEROPTICS, INC., a California corporation (“Borrower”), is indebted to CATHAY BANK, a California banking corporation (“Lender”), under the terms of a Promissory Note dated November 20, 2001 in the original principal amount of $27,000,000.00 (the “Loan”) and issued under the terms of a Term Loan Agreement dated November 20, 2001, which Promissory Note and Term Loan Agreement were modified pursuant to the Loan Modification and Extension Agreement and Amendment to Promissory Note dated June 28, 2004 (such Promissory Note as so amended is hereinafter referred to as the “Note” and such Term Loan Agreement as so amended is hereinafter referred to as the “Term Loan Agreement”). The Note is an extension and renewal of a Construction Loan Promissory Note dated August 24, 2000. As of March 23, 2006, the unpaid principal balance of the Loan is $9,957,051.51, and interest has been paid to March 20, 2006. The Loan is evidenced by the Note and is secured by a Construction Trust Deed dated August 24, 2000 that was recorded in the Official Records of Contra Costa County, California (the “Official Records”), on August 25, 2000 as Document No. 2000-0182834-00, as modified by a Modification of Construction Trust Deed dated November 20, 2001 and recorded in the Official Records on November 27, 2001 as Document No. 2001-0361073-00 and a Modification of Construction Trust Deed dated June 28, 2004 and recorded in the Official Records on September 3, 2004 as Document No. 2004-0342993-00 (such Construction Trust Deed as so modified, hereinafter referred to as the “Trust Deed”). |