Form Of Unsecured Senior Promissory Note

Exhibit 10.39


THIS NOTE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 OR
THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE AND MAY NOT BE SOLD OR TRANSFERRED IN
THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR AN EXEMPTION THEREFROM UNDER SAID
ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS.


$____________ Temecula,California
___________, 2003


UNSECURED SENIOR PROMISSORY NOTE DUE 2008


Hudson Respiratory Care Inc., a California corporation (the "Maker"), for value received, promises to pay to_________________________ (the "Holder") the principal sum of ______________________ ($__________) on March 31, 2008 (the "Maturity Date") as provided herein. The Maker also promises to pay interest from the date of this Note until payment in full on the unpaid principal balance as set forth in Section 1 below.


1. Interest. The interest rate payable hereunder shall be 12% per annum, computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed and a year of 365 days. All interest hereunder shall begin to accrue on May 14, 2002 and shall not be paid currently but shall accrue, such accruing amount to be compounded quarterly as of the end of each calendar quarter commencing December 31, 2002, and be payable in full on the Maturity Date in cash.


2. Prepayments. The principal balance of, and accrued interest on, this Note may be prepaid at any time, in whole or in part, without premium or penalty. Any such prepayment shall be first applied to the payment of any accrued interest and then to the unpaid balance of the principal amount.


3. Events of Default. If any of the following events (each, an "Event of Default") shall occur:


(a) the Maker shall fail to make any payment hereunder when due and payable; or


(b) the Maker shall fail to make any payment under any indebtedness of the Maker that is outstanding in an aggregate principal amount of at least $15,000,000 due and payable either (i) at the final stated maturity of such indebtedness or (ii) at any other time if, as a result of such nonpayment, the maturity of such indebtedness is accelerated; or


(c) the Maker shall generally fail to pay, or admit in writing its inability to pay, its debts as they become due, or shall voluntarily commence any proceeding or file any petition under any bankruptcy, insolvency or similar federal, state or foreign law or seeking dissolution, liquidation or reorganization or the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian or liquidator for it or a substantial portion of its property, assets or business or to effect a plan or


other arrangement with its creditors, or shall file any answer admitting the jurisdiction of the court and the material allegations of an involuntary petition filed against it in any bankruptcy, insolvency or similar proceeding, or shall be adjudicated bankrupt, or shall make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or shall consent to, or acquiesce in the appointment of, a receiver, trustee, custodian or liquidator for a substantial portion of its property, assets or business, or shall by any act or failure to act indicate its consent to or approval of any of the foregoing, or if any corporate action is taken by the Maker for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing; or


(d) involuntary proceedings or an involuntary petition shall be commenced or filed against the Maker under any bankruptcy, insolvency or similar federal, state or foreign law or seeking the dissolution, liquidation or reorganization of it or the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian or liquidator for it or of a substantial part of its property, assets or business, and such proceedings or petition shall not be dismissed within 60 days; or any writ, judgment, tax lien, warrant of attachment, execution or similar process shall be issued or levied against a substantial part of its property, assets or business, and such writ, judgment, lien, warrant of attachment, execution or similar process shall not be released, vacated or fully bonded, within 60 days after commencement, filing or levy, as the case may be, or any order for relief shall be entered in any such proceeding; or any winding-up, dissolution, liquidation or reorganization of the Maker; then, and in every such event, and at an ...