EXHIBIT 10.1.22
[4/30/02]
AMENDMENT NO. 15 TO LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
X.X. XXXXXXXXXX & CO., INC.
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Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000
May 30, 2002
Congress Financial Corporation
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Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Congress Financial Corporation ("Lender"), X.X. Xxxxxxxxxx & Co., Inc.
("Borrower"), EFP Corporation ("EFP"), Xxxx Group, Inc. ("Xxxx"), Magnetic
Instruments Corp. ("MIC"), Xxxxxx Trailer Mfg. Co. ("Xxxxxx"), Truck Accessories
Group, Inc. ("TAG"), Raider Industries Inc. ("Raider"), KWS Manufacturing
Company, Inc. ("KWS"), Universal Xxxxxxx, Inc. ("Xxxxxxx"), Xxxxxx Trailer
Financial Corporation ("MTFC") and Xxxxxx Trailer Financial Management, L. P.
("MTF Management", and together with EFP, Xxxx, MIC, Xxxxxx, TAG, Raider, KWS,
Xxxxxxx and MTFC, each individually sometimes referred to herein as a
"Guarantor" and, collectively, "Guarantors") have entered into certain financing
arrangements as set forth in the Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of June
28, 1996, by and among Lender, Borrower and Guarantors, as amended by Amendment
No. 1 to Loan and Security Agreement, dated May 13, 1998, Amendment No. 2 to
Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of June 30, 1998, Amendment No. 3 to Loan
and Security Agreement, dated as of June 24, 1999, Amendment No. 4 to Loan and
Security Agreement, dated as of February 25, 2000, Amendment No. 5 to Loan and
Security Agreement, dated as of March 8, 2000, Amendment No. 6 to Loan and
Security Agreement, dated as of March 17, 2000, Amendment No. 7 to Loan and
Security Agreement, dated as of September 29, 2000, Amendment No. 8 to Loan and
Security Agreement, dated as of October 31, 2000, Amendment No. 9 to Loan and
Security Agreement, dated March 27, 2001, Amendment No. 10 to Loan and Security
Agreement, dated as of June 29, 2001, Amendment No. 11 to Loan and Security
Agreement, dated as of August 14, 2001, Amendment No. 12 to Loan and Security
Agreement, dated as of December 13, 2002, Amendment No. 13 to Loan and Security
Agreement, dated as of March 1, 2002 and Amendment No. 14 to Loan and Security
Agreement, dated April 22, 2002 (as the same now exists and may hereafter be
further amended, modified, supplemented, extended, renewed, restated or
replaced, the "Loan Agreement"), together with all other agreements, documents,
supplements and instruments now or at any time hereafter executed and/or
delivered by any other person, with, to or in favor of Lender in connection
therewith (all of the foregoing, together with this Amendment and the other
agreements and instruments delivered hereunder, as the same now exist or may
hereafter be
amended, modified, supplemented, extended, renewed, restated or replaced,
collectively, the "Financing Agreements"). For purposes of this letter, unless
otherwise defined herein, all capitalized terms used herein, shall have the
respective meanings ascribed to them in the Loan Agreement.
Borrower and Guarantors have requested that Lender enter into certain
amendments to the Loan Agreement. Lender is willing to agree to the foregoing,
subject to the terms and conditions contained herein.
In consideration of the foregoing, the mutual agreements and covenants
contained in this Amendment, and other good and valuable consideration, the
adequacy and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, Borrower, Guarantors
and Lender agree as follows:
1. Definitions.
(a) Interpretation. For purposes of this Amendment, unless
otherwise defined herein, all capitalized terms used herein, shall have the
respective meanings ascribed to them in the Loan Agreement.
2. Consent and Amendment. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained in the Loan Agreement and the other Financing Agreements, Lender
hereby consents to the execution and delivery by Borrower and EFP of the
Settlement Agreement & Release, dated May 30, 2002, by and among Borrower, EFP
and TXU Gas Company (the "Settlement") and the performance by Borrower and EFP
of their respective obligations under the Settlement as in effect on the date
hereof including, without limitation, the guarantee by Borrower pursuant to
Section 3.2 of the Settlement of the obligation of EFP under the Settlement.
3. Representations, Warranties and Covenants. In addition to the
continuing representations, warranties and covenants heretofore or hereafter
made by Borrower and Guarantors to Lender pursuant to the other Financing
Agreements, Borrower and Guarantors hereby represent, warrant and covenant with
and to Lender as follows (which representations, warranties and covenants are
continuing and shall survive the execution and delivery hereof and shall be
incorporated into and made a part of the Financing Agreements):
(a) This Amendment has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by Borrower and each Guarantor, and the agreements and obligations of
Borrower and each Guarantor contained herein constitute legal, valid and binding
obligations of Borrower and each Guarantor enforceable against Borrower and each
Guarantor in accordance with their respective terms.
(b) Neither the execution and delivery of this Amendment, nor
the modifications to the Financing Agreements contemplated by this Amendment
shall violate any applicable law or regulation, or any order or decree of any
court or any governmental instrumentality in any respect or does or shall
conflict with or result in the breach of, or constitute a default in any respect
under, any indenture, including, without limitation, the Senior Note Indenture,
or any material mortgage, deed of trust, security agreement, agreement or
instrument to which Borrower and each Guarantor is a party or may be bound, or
violate any provision of the organizational documents of Borrower and each
Guarantor.
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(c) All of the representations and warranties set forth in the
Loan Agreement as amended hereby, and the other Financing Agreements, are true
and correct in all material respects, except to the extent any such
representation or warranty is made as of a specified date, in which case such
representation or warranty shall have been true and correct as of such date.
(d) After giving effect to the amendments to the Loan
Agreement provided in this Amendment, no Event of Default shall exist or have
occurred and no event, act or condition shall have occurred or exist which with
notice or passage of time or both would constitute an Event of Default.
4. Conditions Precedent. The effectiveness of the waiver provided for
herein shall only be effective upon the satisfaction of each of the following
conditions precedent in a manner satisfactory to Lender:
(a) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing
and no event shall have occurred or condition be existing and continuing which,
with notice or passage of time or both, would constitute an Event of Default,
after giving effect to the waivers and amendments set forth herein;
(b) Lender shall have received a true, complete and correct
copy of the Settlement, which shall be in form and substance satisfactory to
Lender; and
(c) Lender shall have received an original of this Amendment
duly authorized, executed and delivered by Borrower and Guarantors.
5. Effect of this Amendment. Except for the specific waiver and
amendments expressly set forth herein, no other waiver, changes or modifications
to the Financing Agreements, and no waivers of any provisions thereof are
intended or implied, and in all other respects the Financing Agreements are
hereby specifically ratified, restated and confirmed by all parties hereto as of
the date hereof. To the extent of conflict between the terms of this Amendment
and the other Financing Agreements, the terms of this Amendment shall control.
The Loan Agreement and this Amendment shall be read and construed as one
agreement.
6. Governing Law. The rights and obligations hereunder of each of the
parties hereto shall be governed by and interpreted and determined in accordance
with the internal laws of the State of New York (without giving effect to
principles of conflicts of laws).
7. Binding Effect. This Amendment shall be binding upon and inure to
the benefit of each of the parties hereto and their respective successors and
assigns.
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8. Counterparts. This waiver may be executed in any number of
counterparts, but all of such counterparts shall together constitute but one and
the same agreement. In making proof of this waiver, it shall not be necessary to
produce or account for more than one counterpart thereof signed by each of the
parties thereto.
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Please sign in the space provided below and return a counterpart of
this Amendment, whereupon this Amendment, as so agreed to and accepted by
Lender, shall become a binding agreement among Borrower, Guarantors and Lender.
Very truly yours,
X.X. XXXXXXXXXX & CO., INC.
By:
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AGREED AND ACCEPTED:
CONGRESS FINANCIAL CORPORATION
By:
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ACKNOWLEDGED AND CONSENTED TO:
EFP CORPORATION
By:
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XXXX GROUP, INC.
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MAGNETIC INSTRUMENTS CORP.
By:
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XXXXXX TRAILER MFG. CO.
By:
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TRUCK ACCESSORIES GROUP, INC.
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RAIDER INDUSTRIES INC.
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KWS MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC.
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UNIVERSAL XXXXXXX, INC.
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XXXXXX TRAILER FINANCIAL CORPORATION
By:
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XXXXXX TRAILER FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, L.P.
By: XXXXXX TRAILER MFG. CO., as General Partner
By:
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