Mendocino Brewing Co. Inc. (OTCPK:MENB) announced a private placement of an unsecured promissory note for gross proceeds of $200,000 with existing lender Catamaran Services, Inc. on May 24, 2017. If the company is not able to satisfy its obligations on the note within the six month period following the date of the note, the note shall be automatically extended for additional six month terms until a shareholder loan sufficient to satisfy the note is received or the note is otherwise paid. Interest shall accrue from the date of the note on the unpaid principal at a rate equal to the lesser of 1.5% per annum above the prime rate offered from time to time by the Bank of America Corporation in San Francisco, California, or 10% per annum, until the principal is fully paid. The note may be prepaid without penalty at the option of the company, no payments on the note may be made unless such payment is a permitted payment or certain existing obligations of the company to Cole Taylor Bank, N.A. pursuant to the credit agreement.