SEVENTH AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT
Exhibit 10.8
SEVENTH AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT
This Seventh Amendment to Credit Agreement (“Seventh Amendment”) is made as of this 12th day
of September, 2011, by and among PMFG, Inc. (“Holdings”), Borrowers (as defined below), which are
listed on attached Schedule 1, the Lenders (as defined below) signatory hereto and Comerica Bank,
as Agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, the “Agent”).
RECITALS
A. Holdings, Peerless Mfg. Co. (the “Company”), PMC Acquisition, Inc. (“PMC Acquisition”),
and, following the execution and delivery by any other Subsidiary (as defined in the Credit
Agreement), and acceptance by the Agent, from time to time, of a Credit Agreement Joinder Agreement
from such Subsidiary, collectively with the Company, PMC Acquisition and each such Subsidiary, the
“Borrowers” and each individually, a “Borrower”) are party to that certain Revolving Credit and
Term Loan Agreement dated April 30, 2008, with the financial institutions from time to time
signatory thereto (individually a “Lender,” and any and all such financial institutions
collectively the “Lenders”) and Agent (as amended or otherwise modified from time to time, the
“Credit Agreement”).
B. Borrowers have requested that Agent and the Lenders make certain amendments to the Credit
Agreement and waive certain defaults as set forth herein and Agent and the Lenders are willing to
do so, but only on the terms and conditions set forth in this Seventh Amendment.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained and other good and
valuable consideration, the sufficiency and receipt of which are hereby acknowledged, Borrowers,
Agent and the Lenders agree as follows:
1. The following definition in Section 1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and
restated as follows:
“Revolving Credit Maturity Date” shall mean the earlier to occur of
(i) April 30, 2013, and (ii) the date on which the Revolving Credit
Aggregate Commitment shall terminate in accordance with the
provisions of this Agreement.
2. Section 7.9(b) of the Credit Agreement is amended and restated as follows:
“(b) Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio. Maintain a
Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio as of the last day of each
fiscal quarter during the periods specified below of not less than
the ratio set forth below opposite the applicable period:
Period | Ratio | |||
July 2, 2011 |
1.25 to 1.00 | |||
July 3, 2011 through June 30, 2012 |
1.10 to 1.00 | |||
July 1, 2012 and thereafter |
1.25 to 1.00” |
3. Borrowers have requested that the Lenders consent to the acquisition (“Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Acquisition”) of Xxxxxxx-Xxxxxxx GmbH for a purchase price not to exceed €4,500,000. The Lenders
hereby consent to the Xxxxxxx-Xxxxxxx Acquisition provided that (a) no Default or Event of Default
has occurred and is continuing at the time of the consummation of the Xxxxxxx-Xxxxxxx Acquisition,
(b) the purchase price does not exceed €4,500,000, (c) the Xxxxxxx-Xxxxxxx Acquisition is
consummated on or before December 31, 2011, (d) the Agent and the Lenders have received all
documents and information as requested by Agent or any Lender in connection with the
Xxxxxxx-Xxxxxxx Acquisition and (e) the Xxxxxxx-Xxxxxxx Acquisition is otherwise on terms and
conditions satisfactory to the Lenders.
4. The Lenders hereby (a) waive any Default or Event of Default arising solely from the
Borrowers’ failure to comply with Section 7.9(b) of the Credit Agreement for the fiscal quarter
ended July 2, 2011 and (b) consent to the making Section 8.5 of the Credit Agreement to the extent
Holdings made any Distributions to holders of its Series A convertible preferred stock before the
date hereof at a time when Section 8.5 would have prohibited such Distributions solely as a result
of the existence of the Default or Event of Default described in clause (a) above.
5. Borrowers have requested that the Lenders consent to payment by Holdings of Distributions
in cash, in an aggregate not to exceed $4,500, to holders of Holdings’ Series A convertible
preferred stock (the “Preferred Stock”) upon the conversion, on or before September 30, 2011, of
the Preferred Stock (the “September 2011 Cash Distributions”). The Lenders hereby consent to the
September 2011 Cash Distribution, provided that no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing at the time of the payment of the September 2011 Cash Distribution.
6. This Seventh Amendment shall become effective (according to the terms hereof) on the date
(the “Seventh Amendment Effective Date”) that the following conditions have been fully satisfied by
Borrowers (the “Conditions”):
(a) | Agent shall have received via facsimile or electronic mail (followed by the
prompt delivery of original signatures) counterpart originals of this Seventh
Amendment, in each case duly executed and delivered by the Agent, Borrowers and the
Lenders. |
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(b) | Borrowers shall have paid (i) to the Agent for distribution to each Lender a
nonrefundable amendment fee in an amount equal to twenty basis points on such Lender’s
Percentage of the Revolving Credit Aggregate Commitment and (ii) to the Agent all fees
and other amounts, if any, that are due and owing to the Agent as of the Seventh
Amendment Effective Date in accordance with the Loan Documents. |
7. Borrowers hereby certify to the Agent and the Lenders as of the Seventh Amendment Effective
Date and after giving effect to this Amendment, that (a) execution and delivery of this Seventh
Amendment and the other Loan Documents required to be delivered
hereunder, and the performance by Borrowers of their obligations under the Credit Agreement as
amended hereby (herein, as so amended, the “Amended Credit Agreement”) are within the Borrowers’
powers, have been duly authorized, are not in contravention of law or the terms of its articles of
incorporation or bylaws or other organizational documents of the parties thereto, as applicable,
and except as have been previously obtained do not require the consent or approval, material to the
amendments contemplated in this Seventh Amendment, of any governmental body, agency or authority,
and the Amended Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents required to be delivered hereunder
will constitute the valid and binding obligations of such undersigned parties enforceable in
accordance with its terms, except as enforcement thereof may be limited by applicable bankruptcy,
reorganization, insolvency, moratorium, ERISA or similar laws affecting the enforcement of
creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of equity (whether enforcement is sought in a
proceeding in equity or at law), (b) the representations and warranties set forth in Section 6 of
the Amended Credit Agreement are true and correct on and as of the Seventh Amendment Effective Date
(except to the extent such representations specifically relate to an earlier date), and (c) on and
as of the Seventh Amendment Effective Date, after giving effect to this Seventh Amendment, no
Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
8. Except as specifically set forth above, this Seventh Amendment shall not be deemed to amend
or alter in any respect the terms and conditions of the Amended Credit Agreement (including without
limitation all conditions and requirements for Advances and any financial covenants), any of the
Notes issued thereunder or any of the other Loan Documents. Except as specifically set forth above,
this Seventh Amendment shall not constitute a waiver or release by the Agent or the Lenders of any
right, remedy, Default or Event of Default under or a consent to any transaction not meeting the
terms and conditions of the Amended Credit Agreement, any of the Notes issued thereunder or any of
the other Loan Documents or affect in any manner whatsoever any rights or remedies of the Lenders
with respect to any non-compliance by Borrowers or any Guarantor with the Amended Credit Agreement
or the other Loan Documents, whether in the nature of a Default or Event of Default, and whether
now in existence or subsequently arising, and shall not apply to any other transaction. Borrowers
hereby confirm that each of the Collateral Documents continues in full force and effect and
secures, among other things, all of its obligations, liabilities and indebtedness owing to the
Agent and the Lenders under the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents (where applicable, as
amended herein).
9. Borrowers hereby acknowledge and agree that this Seventh Amendment and the amendments
contained herein do not constitute any course of dealing or other basis for altering any obligation
of Borrowers, any other Credit Party, any Guarantor or any other party or any rights, privilege or
remedy of the Lenders under the Credit Agreement, any other Loan Document, any other agreement or
document, or any contract or instrument.
10. Except as specifically defined to the contrary herein, capitalized terms used in this
Seventh Amendment shall have the meanings set forth in the Credit Agreement.
11. This Seventh Amendment may be executed in counterpart in accordance with Section 13.9 of
the Credit Agreement and shall be considered a “Loan Document” within the meaning of the Credit
Agreement.
12. This Seventh Amendment shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of
the State of Texas.
WITNESS the due execution hereof as of the day and year first above written.
COMERICA BANK, as Agent |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxx Xxxxxxx | |||
Title: | Vice President |
PMFG, INC. |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxx Xxxxxxx | |||
Title: | President | |||
PEERLESS MFG. CO. |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxx Xxxxxxx | |||
Title: | President | |||
PMC ACQUISITION, INC. |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxx Xxxxxxx | |||
Title: | President | |||
NITRAM ENERGY, INC. |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxx Xxxxxxx | |||
Title: | President | |||
XXX-XXXXXX, INC. |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxx Xxxxxxx | |||
Title: | President | |||
XXXXXXX — XXXXXXX, INC. |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxx Xxxxxxx | |||
Title: | President |
XXXXXX MANAGEMENT, INC. |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxx Xxxxxxx | |||
Title: | President |
LENDERS:
COMERICA BANK, as a Lender, Issuing Lender and Swing Line Lender |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxx Xxxxxxx | |||
Title: | Vice President |
MB FINANCIAL BANK, N.A. |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxx Xxxxxx | |||
Title: | Assistant Vice President |
CITIBANK N.A. |
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By: | /s/ Xxx Xxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxx Xxxxxx | |||
Title: | Senior Vice President |
SCHEDULE 1
Peerless Mfg. Co.
PMC Acquisition, Inc.
Nitram Energy, Inc.
Xxx-Xxxxxx, Inc.
Xxxxxxx — Xxxxxxx, Inc.
Xxxxxx Management, Inc.
PMC Acquisition, Inc.
Nitram Energy, Inc.
Xxx-Xxxxxx, Inc.
Xxxxxxx — Xxxxxxx, Inc.
Xxxxxx Management, Inc.