SEVENTH AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED LETTER AGREEMENT
Exhibit 10.14
SEVENTH AMENDMENT
TO AMENDED AND RESTATED LETTER AGREEMENT
THIS SEVENTH AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED LETTER AGREEMENT
(this “Amendment”) dated, effective as of May 18,
2007 (the “Effective Date”) is by and between XXXXXXXX
INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED (“Borrower”) and JPMORGAN
CHASE BANK, N.A. (“Bank”).
PRELIMINARY STATEMENT. The Bank and the
Borrower are parties to an Amended And Restated Letter Agreement
dated as of April 1, 1995, as amended by a First Amendment
dated as of April 1, 1997, a Second Amendment dated as of
July 21, 1997, a Third Amendment dated as of April 1,
1999, a Fourth Amendment dated as of June 1, 2001, a Fifth
Amendment dated as of April 1, 2003 and a Sixth Amendment
dated as of April 1, 2005 (collectively, “Letter
Agreement”). All capitalized terms defined in the Letter
Agreement and not otherwise defined in this Amendment shall have
the same meanings in this Amendment as assigned to them in the
Letter Agreement. The Bank and the Borrower have agreed to amend
the Letter Agreement to the extent set forth herein, and in
order to, among other things, renew and increase the Revolving
Line of Credit.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and other good
and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which
are hereby acknowledged by the parties hereto, the Bank and the
Borrower hereby agree as follows:
1. Section 1 of the Letter Agreement is amended and
restated in its entirety to read as follows:
“SECTION 1 —
THE LINE
Section 1.1 Revolving Line of
Credit Subject to the terms and conditions
hereof, the Bank agrees to make upon the request of the
Borrower, loans (the “Loan” or “Loans”) to
the Borrower from time to time before the Termination Date, not
to exceed at any one time outstanding $10,000,000.00 (the
“Revolving Line of Credit” or the “Line”)).
The Borrower shall have the right to borrow, repay and reborrow.
The Bank and the Borrower agree that Chapter 346 of the
Texas Finance Code shall not apply to this Agreement, the Note
or any Loan. The Loans shall be evidenced by, shall bear
interest and shall be payable as provided in the promissory note
of Borrower dated May 18, 2007 executed by the Borrower and
payable to the order of the Bank in the principal amount of
$10,000,000.00 on or before April 1, 2010 (together with
any renewals, modifications and replacements thereof, the
“Note”), which is given in renewal, increase and
modification of the revolving promissory note dated
April 1, 2005 executed by the Borrower and payable to the
order of the Bank in the principal amount of $6,000,000.00. The
purpose of the Loans made under the Revolving Line of Credit is
to provide the Borrower with working capital support.
“Termination Date” means the earlier of:
(a) April 1, 2010; or (b) the date specified by
Bank in accordance with Section 5 of the Credit
Agreement.
Section 1.2 Collateral The
Line is unsecured, but is subject to a negative pledge of real
property and improvements of the warehouse/distribution facility
as further described in Section 4.4 of this Letter
Agreement. The term “Loan Documents” as used herein
shall refer to the Note, this Letter Agreement and any other
document, instrument, agreement and writing that may be required
executed, or to be executed, and delivered, or previously
delivered, by the Borrower to the Bank to properly complete the
above described transactions and any renewal, extension,
modification, supplement, replacement, rearrangement, increase,
or substitution of any of the foregoing.”
2. The minimum working capital requirement that the
Borrower has been required to maintain is deleted in its
entirety. The minimum tangible net worth as adjusted that the
Borrower is required to maintain is increased from
$27,000,000.00 to $33,000,000.00. To reflect these changes,
Exhibit A of the Letter Agreement is amended by and
replaced with the Exhibit A attached to this
Amendment for all purposes.
3. The Borrower hereby represents and warrants to the Bank
that after giving effect to the execution and delivery of this
Amendment: (a) the representations and warranties set forth
in the Letter Agreement are true and correct on the date hereof
as though made on and as of such date; and (b) no Event of
Default, or event which with passage of time, the giving of
notice or both would become an Event of Default, has occurred
and is continuing as of the date hereof.
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4. This Amendment shall become effective as of the
Effective Date upon its execution and delivery by each of the
parties named in the signature lines below, and the term
“Agreement” as used in the Letter Agreement shall also
refer to the Letter Agreement as amended by this Amendment and
all previous amendments.
5. The Borrower further acknowledges that each of the other
Loan Documents is in all other respects ratified and confirmed,
and all of the rights, powers and privileges created thereby or
thereunder are ratified, extended, carried forward and remain in
full force and effect except as the Credit Agreement is amended
by this Amendment.
6. This Amendment may be executed in any number of
counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate
counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed an
original and all of which taken together shall constitute but
one and the same agreement.
7. This Amendment shall be included within the definition
of “Loan Documents” as used in the Agreement.
8. THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS AND AS
APPLICABLE, THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
THIS WRITTEN AMENDMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS REPRESENT
THE FINAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PARTIES AND MAY NOT BE
CONTRADICTED BY EVIDENCE OF PRIOR, CONTEMPORANEOUS OR SUBSEQUENT
ORAL AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES.
THERE ARE NO UNWRITTEN ORAL AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE PARTIES.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this
Amendment to be executed effective as of the Effective Date.
BORROWER:
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XXXXXXXX INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED | |||
By:
/s/ Xxx
Xxxxxx |
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Name: Xxx Xxxxxx | ||||
Title: Senior Vice President — Finance | ||||
BANK:
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JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. | |||
By:
/s/ Xxxxx
X. Xxxx |
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Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxx | ||||
Title: Senior Vice President |
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EXHIBIT A to
the Amended and Restated Letter Agreement dated as of
April 1, 1995 by and between
XXXXXXXX INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED (“Borrower”) and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. (“Bank”)
(as the same may be amended, restated and supplemented in writing, the “Letter Agreement”)
XXXXXXXX INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED (“Borrower”) and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. (“Bank”)
(as the same may be amended, restated and supplemented in writing, the “Letter Agreement”)
REPORTING
REQUIREMENTS, FINANCIAL COVENANTS AND COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
FOR CURRENT REPORTING PERIOD ENDING , 20 (“END DATE”)
FOR CURRENT REPORTING PERIOD ENDING , 20 (“END DATE”)
A. REPORTING PERIOD. THIS EXHIBIT WILL BE IN
PROPER FORM AND WILL BE SUBMITTED QUARTERLY.
B. FINANCIAL REPORTING. The Borrower will provide the following financial information within the times indicated: |
Compliance Certificate |
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WHO
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WHEN DUE | WHAT |
Compliance Circle) |
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Yes | No | ||||||||||
BORROWER
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(i) Quarterly at such time as this statement is submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) | The Borrower’s 10-Q together with this Certificate of Compliance duly executed by an officer of the Borrower | Yes | No | |||||||
(ii) On an annual basis at such time as this statement is submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) | The Borrower’s 10-K together with this Certificate of Compliance duly executed by an officer of the Borrower | Yes | No | ||||||||
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C. FINANCIAL
COVENANTS. The Borrower will comply with the following
financial covenants, defined in accordance with GAAP,
incorporating the calculation adjustments indicated on this
Compliance Certificate:
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COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE | |||||||||||
REOUIRED
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ACTUAL REPORTED |
Compliance (Circle) |
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Except as specified otherwise, each covenant will be maintained at all times and reported for each Reporting Period or as of each Reporting Period End Date, as appropriate: | For Current Reporting Period/as of the End Date | Yes | No | |||||||||
I. Maintain a Tangible Net Worth (“TNW”) as adjusted of at | Stockholders’ Equity | $ | Yes | No | ||||||||
least $33,000,000.00.
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Minus: Goodwill | $ | ||||||||||
Other Intangible Assets | $ | |||||||||||
Plus: Subordinated Debt | $ | |||||||||||
Equals: TNW as adjusted. |
$ |
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2. Maintain a Current Ratio of
at least 2.00 to 1.00.
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$ / | $ |
=
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Yes | No | |||||||
Current Assets | Current Liabilities | Current Ratio | ||||||||||
3. Maintain a ratio of Total Indebtedness to Tangible Net | $ / | $ |
=
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Yes | No | |||||||
Worth as adjusted of no more than
1.10 to 1.00.
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Total Indebtedness | TNW as adjusted | Ratio | |||||||||
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THE ABOVE SUMMARY REPRESENTS SOME OF THE COVENANTS AND
AGREEMENTS CONTAINED IN THE LETTER AGREEMENT AND DOES NOT IN ANY
WAY RESTRICT OR MODIFY THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE LETTER
AGREEMENT. IN CASE OF CONFLICT BETWEEN THIS EXHIBIT A AND
THE LETTER AGREEMENT, THE LETTER AGREEMENT SHALL CONTROL.
The undersigned hereby certifies that the above information and
computations are true and correct and not misleading as of the
date hereof, and that since the date of the Borrower’s most
recent Compliance Certificate (if any):
o | No default or Event of Default has occurred under the Note during the current Reporting Period, or been discovered from a prior period, and not reported. |
o | A default or Event of Default (as described below) has occurred during the current Reporting Period or has been discovered from a prior period and is being reported for the first time and: |
EXHIBIT A - Page 1 of 2 Pages
o was cured
on ,
20 .
o was waived by Bank in
writing
on ,
20 .
o | is continuing. |
Description of Event of
Default: _
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Executed
this day
of ,
200 .
BORROWER: XXXXXXXX
INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED
SIGNATURE: _
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NAME: _
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TITLE: _
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ADDRESS: _
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