TO NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT
Exhibit
10.2
EXECUTION
VERSION
SYPRIS
SOLUTIONS, INC.
Dated
as of April 1, 2009
$4,090,909
12.00% Senior Notes, Series A, due January 15, 2010
$15,000,001
10.20% Senior Notes, Series B, due January 15, 2010
$10,909,090
10.30% Senior Notes, Series C, due January 15, 2010
SYPRIS
SOLUTIONS, INC.
$4,090,909
12.00% Senior Notes, Series A, due January 15, 2010
$15,000,001
10.20% Senior Notes, Series B, due January 15, 2010
$10,909,090
10.30% Senior Notes, Series C, due January 15, 2010
As of
April 1, 2009
To
each of the Current Noteholders
Named
in Annex 1 hereto:
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
SYPRIS SOLUTIONS, INC., a
Delaware corporation (together with any successors and assigns, the “Company”), hereby agrees with
each of you as follows:
1.
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PRIOR
ISSUANCE OF NOTES, ETC.
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The Company has outstanding (i)
$4,090,909 in aggregate principal amount of its 7.25% Senior Notes, Series A,
due June 30, 2009 (collectively, the “Existing Series A Notes”),
(ii) $15,000,001 in aggregate principal amount of its 7.45% Senior Notes, Series
B, due June 30, 2011 (collectively, the “Existing Series B Notes”) and
(iii) $10,909,090 in aggregate principal amount of its 7.55% Senior Notes,
Series C, due June 30, 2012 (collectively, the “Existing Series C Notes” and
together with the Existing Series A Notes and the Existing Series B Notes,
collectively, the “Existing
Notes”, and the Existing Notes, as amended pursuant to this Agreement and
as may be further amended, restated, modified or replaced from time to time,
together with any such notes issued in substitution therefor pursuant to Section
13 of the Note Purchase Agreement, the “Notes”) under the Note
Purchase Agreement dated as of June 1, 2004 by and among the Company and the
purchasers named in Schedule A thereto, as amended by that certain First
Amendment to Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of August 3, 2005, that certain
Second Amendment to Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of March 13, 2006, and
that certain Third Amendment to Note Purchase Agreement dated as of April 6,
2007 (as so amended, the “Existing Note Agreement” and,
as amended pursuant to this Agreement and as may be further amended, restated or
otherwise modified from time to time, the “Note Purchase
Agreement”). The Company represents and warrants to each of
you that the register kept by the Company for the registration and transfer of
the Notes indicates that each of the Persons named in Annex 1 hereto
(collectively, the “Current
Noteholders”) is currently a holder of the aggregate principal amount of
the Notes of each Series indicated in such Annex.
2.
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WAIVERS;
AMENDMENTS.
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The Company agrees and, subject to the
satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 5 of this Agreement, each of
the Current Noteholders (a) waives its rights to take any action as a
consequence of any of the Specified Defaults (the “Waivers”) and (b) agrees to
the amendment of the Existing Notes and certain provisions of the Existing Note
Agreement, in each case as provided for by Section 4 of this Agreement (the
“Amendments”).
Exhibit
10.2
3.
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WARRANTIES
AND REPRESENTATIONS.
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To induce the Current Noteholders to
enter into this Agreement and to agree to the Amendments, the Company warrants
and represents to you, as of the date hereof, as follows (it being agreed,
however, that nothing in this Section 3 shall affect any of the warranties and
representations previously made by the Company in or pursuant to the Existing
Note Agreement, and that all of such other warranties and representations, as
well as the warranties and representations in this Section 3, shall survive the
effectiveness of the Amendments).
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3.1.
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Material
Adverse Change.
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Except as disclosed in the draft of the
Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K (the “Draft 10-K”) for the period
ended December 31, 2008 (including without limitation, the Company’s disclosures
regarding the Material Adverse Effects of recent global and national
macroeconomic developments, the loss of up to 50% of the anticipated sales
volumes for Sypris Industrial Group, and the lack of credit availability for the
Company’s customers and suppliers) proposed to be filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, there has been no change in the business operations,
profits, financial condition, properties or business prospects of the Company
and its Subsidiaries except changes that, in the aggregate, could not reasonably
be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. A true and correct
copy of the Draft 10-K has been delivered to the Current Noteholders on the date
hereof.
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3.2.
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Full
Disclosure.
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Neither the financial statements and
other certificates previously provided to the Current Noteholders pursuant to
the provisions of the Existing Note Agreement nor the statements made in this
Agreement nor the projected financial information provided to the Current
Noteholders on March 16, 2009 (the “Initial Projections”) in
connection with the proposal and negotiation of the Amendments, taken as a
whole, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit a material fact
necessary to make the statements contained therein and herein, taken as a whole,
not misleading. There is no fact relating to any event or
circumstance that has occurred or arisen since the date of the Initial
Projections that the Company has not disclosed to the Current Noteholders in
writing that has had or, so far as the Company can now reasonably foresee, could
reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material
Adverse Effect. All pro forma financial information, financial or
other projections and forward-looking statements delivered to the Current
Noteholders (including the Initial Projections) have been prepared in good faith
by the Company based on reasonable assumptions.
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3.3.
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Solvency.
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The fair
value of the business and assets of each of the Company and each Subsidiary
Guarantor exceeds the amount that will be required to pay its respective
liabilities (including, without limitation, contingent, subordinated, unmatured
and unliquidated liabilities on existing debts, as such liabilities may become
absolute and matured). Neither the Company nor the Subsidiary
Guarantors is engaged in any business or transaction, or about to engage in any
business or transaction, for which such Person has unreasonably small assets or
capital (within the meaning of the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act, the Uniform
Fraudulent Conveyance Act and Section 548 of the Federal Bankruptcy Code), and
neither the Company nor the Subsidiary Guarantors has any intent
to:
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Exhibit
10.2
(a) hinder,
delay or defraud any entity to which any of them is, or will become, on or after
the Closing Date, indebted, or
(b) incur
debts that would be beyond any of their ability to pay as they
mature.
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3.4.
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No
Defaults.
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Except for the Defaults set forth on
Schedule 3.4
(the “Specified
Defaults”), no event has occurred and no condition exists that, upon the
execution and delivery of this Agreement and the effectiveness of the
Amendments, would constitute a Default or an Event of Default.
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3.5.
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Title
to Properties.
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The
Company and its Subsidiaries have good and sufficient title to or the legal
right to use their respective properties, including all such properties
reflected in the most recent audited balance sheet of the Company delivered
pursuant to the provisions of Section 7.1 of the Existing Note Agreement (except
as sold or otherwise disposed of in the ordinary course of business) or
purported to have been acquired by the Company or any Subsidiary after said date
(except as sold or otherwise disposed of in the ordinary course of business), in
each case (a) to the extent such properties are individually or in the aggregate
Material, and (b) free and clear from Liens not permitted by the Financing
Documents.
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3.6.
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Transaction
is Legal and Authorized; Obligations are
Enforceable.
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(a) The
execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Notes, the Subsidiary Guaranty
Amendment and the other documents and instruments entered into in connection
herewith and therewith (collectively, the “Fourth Amendment Documents”)
by the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors (collectively, the “Obligors”) and compliance by
the Obligors with all of their respective obligations thereunder:
(i) is
within the corporate or limited liability company powers of each
Obligor;
(ii) is
legal and does not conflict with, result in any breach in any of the provisions
of, constitute a default under, or result in the creation of any Lien upon any
property of the Obligors under the provisions of, any agreement, charter
instrument, bylaw or other instrument to which any Obligor is a party or by
which it or any of its Property may be bound; and
(iii) does
not give rise to a right or option of any other Person under any agreement or
other instrument, which right or option, individually or in the aggregate, could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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Exhibit
10.2
(b) The
Fourth Amendment Documents have been duly authorized by all necessary action on
the part of each Obligor and each Fourth Amendment Document has been executed
and delivered by one or more duly authorized officers of each Obligor party
thereto, and each constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of such
Obligor, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except that such
enforceability may be:
(i) limited
by applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency, moratorium or
other similar laws affecting the enforceability of creditors’ rights generally;
and
(ii) subject
to the availability of equitable remedies.
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3.7.
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Collateral
Representations.
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(a) Valid and Perfected Security
Interests. The Security Documents create in favor of the
Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the holders from time to time of the Notes
and the Lenders, a good and valid security interest upon the property purported
to be encumbered thereby, subject only to Liens permitted by the terms of the
Financing Documents (“Permitted
Liens”). Such security interest is a first priority (subject
to Permitted Liens) security interest duly perfected with respect to all
property purported to be covered thereby (other than any motor vehicles and any
fixtures for which a fixture filing is not required under the terms of the
Security Agreement) and shall be effective as to any purchaser or grantee of the
property encumbered thereby.
(b) Filings and
Registrations. No authorization or approval or other action
by, and no notice to or filing with, any Governmental Authority is required
for:
(A) the
continued existence of the Liens granted pursuant to the Security Documents;
or
(B) the
continued perfection of such security interest (other than any motor vehicles
and any fixtures for which a fixture filing is not required under the terms of
the Security Agreement);
(c) Absence of Financing
Statements, etc. Except for
Permitted Liens, there is no financing statement, security agreement, chattel
mortgage, real estate mortgage or other document filed or recorded with any
filing records, registry or other public office, that purports to cover, affect
or give notice of any present or possible future Lien on, or security interest
in, any property of any Obligor or any rights relating thereto.
(d) Deposit
Accounts. The Obligors maintain all of their deposit and
securities accounts with the Collateral Agent, other than (i) any such accounts
holding money or securities for the benefit of employees of the Obligors under
employee benefit plans and (ii) any such accounts the current outstanding
balance of which does not exceed $100,000 with respect to any single
account.
(e) Third Party
Beneficiary. The Lenders are intended third party
beneficiaries of the representations set forth in this Section
3.7.
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Exhibit
10.2
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3.8.
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Certain
Laws.
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The
execution and delivery of the Fourth Amendment Documents by the Obligors and the
consummation of the transaction contemplated hereby:
(a) is
not subject to regulation under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended,
or the Federal Power Act, as amended, and
(b) does
not violate any provision of any statute or other rule or regulation of any
Governmental Authority applicable to the Company or any Subsidiary.
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3.9.
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Litigation;
Observance of Agreements.
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(a) There
are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the
Company, threatened against or affecting the Company or any Subsidiary or any
property of the Company or any Subsidiary in any court or before any arbitrator
of any kind or before or by any Governmental Authority that, individually or in
the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(b) Neither
the Company nor any Subsidiary is in default under any term of any order,
judgment, decree or ruling of any court, arbitrator or Governmental Authority or
is in violation of any applicable law, ordinance, rule or regulation (including,
without limitation, Environmental Laws) of any Governmental Authority, which
default or violation, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
3.10.
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Charter
Instruments; Other Agreements.
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Neither
the Company nor any Subsidiary is in violation in any respect of any term of any
charter instrument or bylaw, other than possible immaterial violations by
Mexican Subsidiaries. Except for the Specified Defaults, upon the
execution and delivery of the 2009A Amendment to Loan Documents (as defined
herein) and the Fourth Amendment Documents and the effectiveness of the
amendments provided therein, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in
violation or default in respect of any term in any agreement or other instrument
to which it is a party or by which it or any of its material property may be
bound or affected which violation or default, individually or in the aggregate,
could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The
execution, delivery and performance by each Obligor of the Fourth Amendment
Documents to which it is a party will not conflict with or result in the
material breach of any of the terms, conditions or provisions of any order,
judgment, decree or ruling of any court, arbitrator or Governmental Authority
applicable to the Company or any Subsidiary or violate any provision of any
statute or other rule or regulation of any Government Authority applicable to
the Company or any Subsidiary.
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Exhibit
10.2
3.11.
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Taxes.
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The
Company and its Subsidiaries have filed all tax returns that are required to
have been filed in any jurisdiction, and have paid all taxes shown to be due and
payable on such returns and all other taxes and assessments levied upon them or
their properties, assets, income or franchises, to the extent such taxes and
assessments have become due and payable and before they have become delinquent,
except for any taxes and assessments (a) the amount of which is not
individually or in the aggregate Material or (b) the amount, applicability
or validity of which is currently being contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings and with respect to which the Company or a Subsidiary, as the case
may be, has established adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP, other than,
in the case of this clause (b), taxes and assessments in immaterial amounts
required to be paid by Mexican Subsidiaries. The Company knows of no
basis for any other tax or assessment that could reasonably be expected to have
a Material Adverse Effect. The charges, accruals and reserves on the
books of the Company and the Subsidiaries (other than the Mexican Subsidiaries)
in respect of federal, state or other taxes for all fiscal periods are
adequate. The charges, accruals and reserves on the books of the
Mexican Subsidiaries in respect of federal, state or other taxes for all fiscal
periods are adequate in all material respects.
3.12.
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Governmental
Consent.
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Neither
the Obligors, nor the nature of any of their respective businesses or
properties, is such so as to require a consent, approval or authorization of, or
filing, registration or qualification with, any Governmental Authority as a
condition to the execution and delivery of the Fourth Amendment
Documents.
3.13.
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Fees.
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Neither
the Company nor any Subsidiary thereof has paid (or promised to pay) any
amendment fee or any other direct or indirect compensation to any party to the
Credit Agreement or to any other creditor of the Company or any Subsidiary
(other than Ernst & Young LLP, Middleton Xxxxxxxxxx PSC, Xxxxxxx &
Sterling LLP or Xxxxxxx & Marsal) in connection with the transactions
contemplated hereby other than as contemplated by this Agreement and the 2009A
Amendment to Loan Documents.
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Indebtedness;
Liens.
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There is
no outstanding Debt of the Company or any Subsidiary in respect of borrowed
money, Capital Leases, the deferred purchase price of property, or existing
guaranties issued by the Company or any Subsidiary, in each case in an amount in
excess of $100,000, or existing Liens encumbering the property of the Company or
any Subsidiary other than as disclosed in the most recent annual and quarterly
financial statements of the Company delivered to the Current
Noteholders. Schedule 10.16(b)
sets forth a complete and correct list of all of the real properties leased by
the Obligors at which Collateral is located with an aggregate net book value in
excess of $1,000,000. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in
default and no waiver of default is currently in effect, in the payment of any
principal or interest on any Debt of the Company or such Subsidiary, and no
event or condition exists with respect to any Debt of the Company or any
Subsidiary that would permit (or that with notice or the lapse of time, or both,
would permit) one or more Persons to cause such Debt to become due and payable
before its stated maturity or before its regularly scheduled dates of payment,
in each case after giving effect to the amendments contemplated by this
Agreement and the 2009A Amendment to Loan Documents.
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Exhibit
10.2
3.15.
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Amendment
to Credit Agreement.
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The
Company has delivered to each of the Current Noteholders true and correct copies
of the existing Credit Agreement and the 2009A Amendment to Loan
Documents.
3.16.
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Fiscal
Quarter End Dates.
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The
fiscal quarter end dates of the Company for fiscal year 2009 are April 5, 2009,
July 5, 2009, October 4, 2009 and December 31, 2009.
3.17.
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2009
Monthly Business Plan.
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The 2009
Monthly Business Plan provides a reasonable estimate of the future financial
performance of the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors for the periods set
forth therein and the 2009 Monthly Business Plan has been prepared on the basis
of the assumptions set forth therein, which the Company believes are fair and
reasonable in light of current and reasonably foreseeable business conditions at
the time submitted to the holders of the Notes, subject, in each case, to the
Company’s disclosures in the Draft 10-K and its most recent Form 10-Q filing
with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
3.18.
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Completeness
of Disclosures.
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Any
representation, warranty, covenant or other provision hereof, or in any related
document, which relates to the accuracy or completeness of any notice, reporting
obligation or disclosure to the Noteholders shall be accurate or complete only
when taken as a whole together with the Company’s other notices, reports or
disclosures, including, without limitation, the Risk Factors sections of the
Company’s Form 10-K and 10-Q filings.
4.
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AMENDMENTS
TO NOTES AND NOTE PURCHASE
AGREEMENT.
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4.1.
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Amendment
of Notes.
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(a) Series A Notes. The
Existing Series A Notes are hereby and shall be deemed to be, automatically and
without any further action, amended and restated in their entirety as set forth
on Exhibit A;
except that the date, registration number and principal amount set forth in each
Existing Series A Note shall remain the same; provided, however, that, at
the request of any Current Noteholder, the Company shall execute and deliver a
new Series A Note or Series A Notes in the form of such Exhibit A in exchange
for its Existing Series A Note, registered in the name of such Current
Noteholder, in the aggregate principal amount of the Series A Notes owing to
such Current Noteholder on the date hereof and dated the date of the last
interest payment made to such Current Noteholder in respect of its Existing
Series A Notes. Each reference to the “7.25% Senior Notes, Series A,
due June 30, 2009” in any of the Financing Documents is hereby deleted and
replaced with a reference to the “12.00% Senior Notes, Series A, due January 15,
2010”. Each other reference to “7.25%” in any of such agreements as
the interest rate applicable to the Series A Notes is hereby deleted and
replaced with “12.00%”.
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Exhibit
10.2
(b) Series B Notes. The Existing
Series B Notes are hereby and shall be deemed to be, automatically and without
any further action, amended and restated in their entirety as set forth on Exhibit B; except
that the date, registration number and principal amount set forth in each
Existing Series B Note shall remain the same; provided, however, that, at
the request of any Current Noteholder, the Company shall execute and deliver a
new Series B Note or Series B Notes in the form of such Exhibit B in exchange
for its Existing Series B Note, registered in the name of such Current
Noteholder, in the aggregate principal amount of the Series B Notes owing to
such Current Noteholder on the date hereof and dated the date of the last
interest payment made to such Current Noteholder in respect of its Existing
Series B Notes. Each reference to the “7.45% Senior Notes, Series B,
due June 30, 2011” in any of the Financing Documents is hereby deleted and
replaced with a reference to the “10.20% Senior Notes, Series B, due January 15,
2010”. Each other reference to “7.45%” in any of such agreements as
the interest rate applicable to the Series B Notes is hereby deleted and
replaced with “10.20%”.
(c) Series C Notes. The Existing
Series C Notes are hereby and shall be deemed to be, automatically and without
any further action, amended and restated in their entirety as set forth on Exhibit C; except
that the date, registration number and principal amount set forth in each
Existing Series C Note shall remain the same; provided, however, that, at
the request of any Current Noteholder, the Company shall execute and deliver a
new Series C Note or Series C Notes in the form of such Exhibit C in exchange
for its Existing Series C Note, registered in the name of such Current
Noteholder, in the aggregate principal amount of the Series C Notes owing to
such Current Noteholder on the date hereof and dated the date of the last
interest payment made to such Current Noteholder in respect of its Existing
Series C Notes. Each reference to the “7.55% Senior Notes, Series C,
due June 30, 2012” in any of the Financing Documents is hereby deleted and
replaced with a reference to the “10.30% Senior Notes, Series C, due January 15,
2010”. Each other reference to “7.55%” in any of such agreements as
the interest rate applicable to the Series C Notes is hereby deleted and
replaced with “10.30%.”
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4.2.
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Note
Purchase Agreement Amendments.
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The
Existing Note Agreement is hereby and shall be amended in the manner specified
in Exhibit D to
this Agreement.
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4.3.
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No
Other Amendments; Confirmation.
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Except as
expressly provided herein, (a) no terms or provisions of any agreement are
modified or changed by this Agreement, (b) the terms of this Agreement shall not
operate as a waiver by any Current Noteholder of, or otherwise prejudice any
Current Noteholder’s rights, remedies or powers under, the Existing Note
Agreement, the Existing Notes or any other Financing Document or under any
applicable law, and (c) the terms and provisions of the Existing Note Agreement,
the Existing Notes and each other Financing Document shall continue in full
force and effect.
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CONDITIONS
TO EFFECTIVENESS OF WAIVERS AND
AMENDMENTS.
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The
Waivers and Amendments shall become effective on the date hereof (the “Closing Date”), provided that
the following conditions precedent have been satisfied to the satisfaction of
the Current Noteholders pursuant to documentation (where applicable) in form and
substance satisfactory to them:
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Exhibit
10.2
(a) the
Obligors shall have executed and delivered this Agreement and the Subsidiary
Guaranty Amendment to the Current Noteholders, and the Company shall have
executed and delivered replacement Notes to any Current Noteholder requesting
the same;
(b) the
Company shall have delivered to each of the Current Noteholders true and correct
copies of the existing Credit Agreement and the 2009A Amendment to Loan
Documents, which agreements shall be in full force and effect;
(c) each
Obligor shall have delivered a certificate of its secretary in the form agreed
to by the Company and special counsel to the Current Noteholders;
(d) the
Company shall have engaged Xxxxxxx & Marsal as the Company’s financial
advisor;
(e) the
Company shall have provided all other due diligence materials requested by the
Current Noteholders;
(f) the
Company shall have delivered (i) a legal opinion of the general counsel to the
Obligors, addressing the matters set forth on Exhibit E, and (ii) a
legal opinion of Middleton Routlinger, addressing the matters set forth on Exhibit
F;
(i) the
Company shall have paid to each Current Noteholder, in consideration of the
agreements of such Current Noteholder contained herein, by wire transfer of
immediately available funds, a fee in an amount equal to 0.75% of the aggregate
outstanding principal amount of the Notes held by such Current
Noteholder. In accordance with Section 17.2(b) of the Note Purchase
Agreement, such fee shall be deemed earned when paid and shall not be subject to
recovery or repayment in the event this Agreement is terminated or rescinded for
any reason;
(j) the
Company shall have paid all unpaid fees and disbursements of Xxxxxxx XxXxxxxxx
LLP (“Xxxxxxx”), special
counsel to the Current Noteholders, as reflected in an invoice presented to the
Company on or before the date hereof;
(k) within
two (2) days after execution of this Agreement, the Company shall have received,
and delivered to each of the Current Noteholders, the audited financial
statements for its 2008 fiscal year together with the certificates and auditors’
opinion as required by Section 7.1(b) of the Existing Note Purchase Agreement
which financial statements and opinion shall be not subject to any footnote or
qualification which specifies that the Company may not continue as a going
concern for the year 2009; and
(l) The
Current Noteholders, the Lenders and the Company shall have agreed to amendments
to the Existing Sharing Agreement reasonably satisfactory to the Current
Noteholders concerning the calculation of Pro Rata Shares with respect to
amounts due under Sections 8.1(b) of the Note Purchase Agreement.
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Exhibit
10.2
Any
document entered into in connection with the transaction contemplated hereby
shall be in form and substance satisfactory to the Required Holders, provided
that execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Required Holders shall be
deemed to be an affirmation that such document is so satisfactory.
6.
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DEFINED
TERMS.
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Capitalized terms used herein and not
otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Note
Purchase Agreement. In addition, the following capitalized terms used
herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the corresponding section of
this Agreement referenced below:
“Agreement” means this Fourth
Amendment to Note Purchase Agreement.
“Amendments” – Section
2.
“Xxxxxxx” – Section
5(i).
“Closing Date” – Section
5.
“Company” – the introductory
sentence hereof.
“Current Noteholders” – Section
1.
“Existing Financing Documents”
– Section 8.
“Existing Note Agreement” –
Section 1.
“Existing Notes” – Section
1.
“Existing Pledge Agreement” –
means the Pledge Agreement, dated as of September 13, 2005, by and among the
Company, the Collateral Agent, Sypris Technologies Mexican Holdings, LLC and
Sypris Technologies, Inc.
“Existing Series A Notes” –
Section 1.
“Existing Series B Notes” –
Section 1.
“Existing Series C Notes” –
Section 1.
“Existing Sharing Agreement” –
means the Amended and Restated Collateral Sharing Agreement, dated as of April
6, 2007, by and among the Collateral Agent, the Lenders and the holders of the
Notes.
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Exhibit
10.2
“Fourth Amendment Documents” –
Section 3.6(a).
“Initial Projections” – Section
3.2.
“Note Purchase Agreement” –
Section 1.
“Notes” – Section
1.
“Obligors” – Section
3.6(a).
“Permitted Liens” – Section
3.7(a).
“Specified Defaults” — Section
3.4.
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EXPENSES.
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The Company hereby agrees to pay, as
and when billed, all reasonable costs and expenses of the Current Noteholders,
including, without limitation, the fees and expenses of Xxxxxxx, and also
including any other reasonable out-of-pocket expenses of the Current Noteholders
incurred in connection with this Agreement and the Financing Documents and in
otherwise assessing, analyzing, evaluating, protecting, asserting, defending or
enforcing any rights or remedies which are or may be available to the Current
Noteholders under the Financing Documents. This provision shall be
supplementary to, and shall not in any way be deemed to limit, the terms of any
engagement letter between the Company and Xxxxxxx or any agreement of the
Company or any Subsidiary to pay the fees and expenses of the Current
Noteholders in any other Financing Document.
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RELEASE.
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In order to induce the Current
Noteholders to enter into this Agreement, the Obligors acknowledge and agree
that: (a) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has any claim or cause
of action against any of the Current Noteholders (or any of their respective
directors, trustees, officers, employees, attorneys, advisors or agents)
relating to or arising out of the Existing Note Agreement, the Existing Notes,
the Subsidiary Guaranty, the Existing Pledge Agreement, the Existing Sharing
Agreement or any agreement entered into in connection therewith (collectively,
the “Existing Financing
Documents”); (b) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has any
offset right, counterclaim or defense of any kind against any of their
respective obligations, indebtedness or liabilities to any of the Current
Noteholders; and (c) each of the Current Noteholders and the Collateral Agent
has heretofore properly performed and satisfied in a timely manner all of its
obligations to the Company and its Subsidiaries under the Existing Financing
Documents. The Obligors wish to eliminate any possibility that any past
conditions, acts, omissions, events, circumstances or matters would impair or
otherwise adversely affect any of the Current Noteholders’ or the Collateral
Agent’s rights, interests, contracts, or remedies under the Existing Financing
Documents, whether known or unknown, as applicable. Therefore, each of the
Obligors (in the case of the Subsidiary Guarantors, pursuant to the
acknowledgement and agreement on the signature pages hereto) unconditionally
releases, waives and forever discharges (x) any and all liabilities,
obligations, duties, promises or indebtedness of any kind of the Current
Noteholders and the Collateral Agent to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries,
except the obligations to be performed by any of them on or after the date
hereof as expressly stated in the Financing Documents, as such obligations may
be modified pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, and (y) all claims,
offsets, causes of action, suits or defenses of any kind whatsoever (if any),
whether arising at law or in equity, whether known or unknown, which the Company
or its Subsidiaries might otherwise have against any Current Noteholder, the
Collateral Agent or any of their respective directors, trustees, officers,
employees or agents, in either case (x) or (y), whether known or unknown, on
account of any past or presently existing condition, act, omission, event,
contract, liability, obligation, indebtedness, claim, cause of action, defense,
circumstance or matter of any kind. Neither the Collateral Agent nor
any Current Noteholder shall be liable with respect to, and the Company and each
Subsidiary Guarantor hereby waives, releases and agrees not to xxx for, any
special, indirect or consequential damages relating to this Agreement or any
other Financing Document or arising out of its activities in connection herewith
or therewith (whether before, on or after the date hereof).
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Exhibit
10.2
9.
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MISCELLANEOUS.
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9.1.
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Part
of Note Purchase Agreement, Future References,
etc.
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This Agreement shall be construed in
connection with and as a part of the Existing Note Agreement and, except as
expressly amended by this Agreement, all terms, conditions and covenants
contained in the Existing Note Agreement, the Existing Notes and the other
Existing Financing Documents are hereby ratified and shall be and remain in full
force and effect. Any and all notices, requests, certificates and
other instruments executed and delivered after the execution and delivery of
this Agreement may refer to the Note Purchase Agreement without making specific
reference to this Agreement, but nevertheless all such references shall include
this Agreement unless the context otherwise requires.
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9.2.
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Governing
Law.
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THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY,
AND CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS,
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, EXCLUDING CHOICE-OF-LAW PRINCIPLES OF THE LAW OF SUCH
STATE THAT WOULD REQUIRE THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF A JURISDICTION OTHER
THAN SUCH STATE.
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9.3.
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Duplicate
Originals, Execution in
Counterpart.
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Two (2) or more duplicate originals
hereof may be signed by the parties, each of which shall be an original but all
of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. This
Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts and shall become effective
at the time provided in Section 5 hereof, and each set of counterparts that,
collectively, show execution by the Company and each Current Noteholder shall
constitute one duplicate original.
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9.4.
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Binding
Effect.
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This Agreement shall be binding upon
and shall inure to the benefit of the Company and the Current Noteholders and
their respective successors and assigns.
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Exhibit
10.2
If this
Agreement is satisfactory to each of you, please so indicate by signing the
applicable acceptance on a counterpart hereof and returning such counterpart to
the Company, whereupon this Agreement shall become binding among the Company,
the Subsidiary Guarantors and each of you in accordance with its
terms.
Very
truly yours,
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SYPRIS
SOLUTIONS, INC.
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx
X. Xxxx
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Title: President
& CEO
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[Signature
Page to Fourth Amendment to Note Purchase Agreement]
Exhibit
10.2
THE
GUARDIAN LIFE INSURANCE
COMPANY
OF AMERICA
|
|
By:
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/s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxx
X. Xxxxxxxxx
|
|
Title: Senior
Director, Private Placements
|
[Signature
Page to Fourth Amendment to Note Purchase Agreement]
Exhibit
10.2
CONNECTICUT
GENERAL LIFE INSURANCE
COMPANY
By: CIGNA
Investments, Inc. (authorized agent)
By:
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/s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxx
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Name: Xxxxx
X. Xxxx
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|
Title: Managing
Director
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LIFE
INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH
AMERICA
By: CIGNA
Investments, Inc. (authorized agent)
By:
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/s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxx
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Name: Xxxxx
X. Xxxx
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|
Title: Managing
Director
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[Signature
Page to Fourth Amendment to Note Purchase Agreement]
Exhibit
10.2
THE
LINCOLN NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
(Successor
by merger to JEFFERSON
PILOT
FINANCIAL INSURANCE
COMPANY)
By:
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Delaware
Investment Advisers, a Series of Delaware
|
Management
Business Trust,
Attorney-in-Fact
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By:
|
/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Name:
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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|
Title: Vice
President
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THE
LINCOLN NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
(Successor
by merger to JEFFERSON-PILOT LIFE
INSURANCE
COMPANY)
By:
|
Delaware
Investment Advisers, a Series of Delaware
|
Management
Business Trust,
Attorney-in-Fact
|
By:
|
/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
|
Name:
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
|
|
Title: Vice
President
|
LINCOLN
LIFE & ANNUITY COMPANY OF NEW YORK
(Successor
by merger to JEFFERSON PILOT LIFEAMERICA
INSURANCE
COMPANY)
By:
|
Delaware
Investment Advisers, a Series of Delaware
|
Management
Business Trust,
Attorney-in-Fact
|
By:
|
/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
|
Name: Xxxxxx
X. Xxxxxxx
|
|
Title: Vice
President
|
[Signature
Page to Fourth Amendment to Note Purchase Agreement]
Exhibit
10.2
The
undersigned Subsidiary Guarantors hereby acknowledge and reaffirm all of their
obligations under the Subsidiary Guaranty and further acknowledge and agree to
the terms and provisions contained herein, agree to be bound by the terms of
Section 8 hereof and consent to the Company’s execution hereof:
SYPRIS
TEST & MEASUREMENT, INC.
|
|
By:
|
/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx
|
Name:
|
Xxxxxxx
X. Xxxx
|
Title:
|
Chairman
of the Board
|
SYPRIS
TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
|
|
By:
|
/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx
|
Name:
|
Xxxxxxx
X. Xxxx
|
Title:
|
Chairman
of the Board
|
SYPRIS
ELECTRONICS, LLC
|
|
By:
|
/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx
|
Name:
|
Xxxxxxx
X. Xxxx
|
Title:
|
Chairman
of the Board
|
SYPRIS
DATA SYSTEMS, INC.
|
|
By:
|
/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx
|
Name:
|
Xxxxxxx
X. Xxxx
|
Title:
|
Chairman
of the Board
|
SYPRIS
TECHNOLOGIES XXXXXX, LLC
|
|
By:
|
/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx
|
Name:
|
Xxxxxxx
X. Xxxx
|
Title:
|
Chairman
of the Board
|
SYPRIS
TECHNOLOGIES KENTON, INC.
|
|
By:
|
/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx
|
Name:
|
Xxxxxxx
X. Xxxx
|
Title:
|
Chairman
of the Board
|
[Signature
Page to Fourth Amendment to Note Purchase Agreement]
Exhibit
10.2
SYPRIS
TECHNOLOGIES MEXICAN HOLDINGS, LLC
|
|
By:
|
/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx
|
Name:
|
Xxxxxxx
X. Xxxx
|
Title:
|
Chairman
of the Board:
|
[Signature
Page to Fourth Amendment to Note Purchase Agreement]
Exhibit
10.2
ANNEX
1
CURRENT
NOTEHOLDERS AND PRINCIPAL AMOUNTS
Principal Amount
|
||||||||||||
Holder
|
Series A
|
Series B
|
Series C
|
|||||||||
The
Guardian Life Insurance Company of
America
|
$ | 10,909,090 | ||||||||||
Connecticut
General Life Insurance Company
|
$ | 6,545,456 | ||||||||||
Life
Insurance Company of North America
|
4,363,636 | |||||||||||
The
Lincoln National Life Insurance
Company,
successor by merger to Jefferson-
Pilot
Financial Insurance Company
|
$ | 3,272,727 | ||||||||||
The
Lincoln National Life Insurance
Company,
successor by merger to Jefferson-
Pilot
Life Insurance Company
|
2,727,273 | |||||||||||
Lincoln
Life & Annuity Company of New
York,
successor by merger to Jefferson
Pilot
LifeAmerica Insurance Company
|
818,182 | 1,363,636 |
Annex
1
Exhibit
10.2
SCHEDULE
3.4
SPECIFIED
DEFAULTS
The
Company has failed to observe or perform Section 10.1(a) of the Existing Note
Agreement by failing to maintain the ratio set forth therein as of its fourth
Fiscal Quarter of 2008 and its first Fiscal Quarter of 2009 (the “Consolidated
Net Debt to EBITDA Ratio Failure”).
The
Company has failed to observe or perform Section 10.1(b) of the Existing Note
Agreement by failing to maintain the ratio set forth therein as of its fourth
Fiscal Quarter of 2008 and its first Fiscal Quarter of 2009 (the “Fixed Charge
Coverage Failure”).
The
Company has failed to observe or perform Section 10.2 of the Existing Note
Agreement by failing to maintain level set forth therein as of its fourth Fiscal
Quarter of 2008 and its first Fiscal Quarter of 2009 (the “Minimum Adjusted
Consolidated Net Worth Failure”).
A breach
of any representations and warranties which may have been included in any
certificate or instrument delivered by the Company related to the Fixed Charge
Coverage Failure, the Adjusted Funded Debt to EBITDA Ratio Failure and the
Minimum Net Worth Failure (the “Representations and Warranties
Failures”) provided the Company and the Current Noteholders represent
that to the best knowledge of each of them respectively no such representation
or warranty has been made.
A failure
to satisfy within the time required certain of the post closing obligations of
Section 10.16 of the Existing Note Agreement (the “Condition Subsequent
Failures”).
A failure
to provide within the time required certain informational reports delivered by
the Company prior to the date hereof under the terms of the Existing Note
Agreement (the “Reporting
Failures”).
Any
failure to timely notify each holder of Notes that is an Institutional Investor,
or any other Person, of the Company’s knowledge of the Consolidated Net Debt to
EBITDA Ratio Failure, the Fixed Charge Coverage Failure and the Minimum Adjusted
Consolidated Net Worth Failure as required by the Note Purchase Agreement (the
“Notice Failures”).
The Fixed
Charge Coverage Failure, the Consolidated Net Debt to EBITDA Ratio Failure, the
Minimum Adjusted Consolidated Net Worth Failure, the Representations and
Warranties Failures, the Condition Subsequent Failures, and the Reporting
Failures and the Notice Failures, as they are in effect on the date of this
Agreement, are collectively referred to as the “Specified
Defaults”.
Schedule
3.4
EXHIBIT
A
[FORM
OF SERIES A SENIOR NOTE]
SYPRIS
SOLUTIONS, INC.
12.00%
Senior Note, Series A
Due
January 15, 2010
No.
AR-[___]
|
[Date]
|
$[________]
|
PPN: 871655
C*5
|
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the
undersigned, SYPRIS SOLUTIONS,
INC. (herein called the “Company”), a corporation organized and existing
under the laws of the State of Delaware, promises to pay to [___________], or registered
assigns, the principal sum of [________________] Dollars
($[_________]) on January 15, 2010, with interest (computed on the basis
of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months) (a) on the unpaid balance thereof at
the rate of (i) 4.73% per annum at all times prior to, but not including, April
6, 2007, (ii) 7.25% per annum at all times on or after April 6, 2007 to, but not
including, April 1, 2009, and (iii) 12.00% per annum at all times on or after
April 1, 2009 (in each case subject to clause (b) below), payable monthly, on
the last day of each calendar month in each calendar year, commencing with the
first calendar month end next succeeding the date hereof, until the principal
hereof shall have become due and payable, and (b) to the extent permitted by
law, on any overdue payment of interest and, during the continuance of an Event
of Default, on such unpaid balance and on any overdue payment of any Make-Whole
Amount (as defined in the Note Purchase Agreement referred to below), payable
monthly as aforesaid (or, at the option of the registered holder hereof, on
demand), at a rate per annum from time to time equal to 14.00%.
Payments
of principal of, interest on and any Make-Whole Amount with respect to this Note
are to be made in lawful money of the United States of America at the principal
office of X.X. Xxxxxx Xxxxx Bank, NA (or its successor) in Chicago, Illinois or
at such other place as the Company shall have designated by written notice to
the holder of this Note as provided in the Note Purchase Agreement referred to
below.
This Note
is one of a series of Senior Notes (herein called the “Notes”) issued pursuant
to a Note Purchase Agreement dated as of June 1, 2004 (as from time to time
amended, the “Note Purchase Agreement”), between the Company and the respective
Purchasers named therein and is entitled to the benefits thereof. Each holder of
this Note will be deemed, by its acceptance hereof, (i) to have agreed to the
confidentiality provisions set forth in Section 20 of the Note Purchase
Agreement and (ii) to have made the representations and agreements set forth in
Section 6 of the Note Purchase Agreement.
This Note
is a registered Note and, as provided in the Note Purchase Agreement, upon
surrender of this Note for registration of transfer, duly endorsed, or
accompanied by a written instrument of transfer duly executed, by the registered
holder hereof or such holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing, a new Note
for a like principal amount will be issued to, and registered in the name of,
the transferee. Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer, the
Company may treat the person in whose name this Note is registered as the owner
hereof for the purpose of receiving payment and for all other purposes, and the
Company will not be affected by any notice to the contrary.
Exhibit
A-1
This Note
is subject to optional prepayment, in whole or from time to time in part, and is
subject to mandatory prepayment of principal and other amounts due under the
Note Purchase Agreement, in each case at the times and on the terms specified in
the Note Purchase Agreement but not otherwise.
If an
Event of Default, as defined in the Note Purchase Agreement, occurs and is
continuing, the principal of this Note may be declared or otherwise become due
and payable in the manner, at the price (including any applicable Make-Whole
Amount) and with the effect provided in the Note Purchase
Agreement.
Payment
of the principal of, and interest and Make-Whole Amount, if any, on this Note,
and all other amounts due under the Note Purchase Agreement, is guaranteed
pursuant to the terms of a Subsidiary Guaranty dated as of June 1, 2004 of
certain Subsidiaries of the Company, as amended or supplemented from time to
time.
This Note
shall be construed and enforced in accordance with, and the rights of the
parties shall be governed by, the law of the State of Illinois excluding
choice-of-law principles of the law of such State that would require the
application of the laws of a jurisdiction other than such State.
SYPRIS
SOLUTIONS, INC.
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|
By:
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|
Name:
|
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Title:
|
Exhibit
A-2
EXHIBIT
B
[FORM
OF SERIES B SENIOR NOTE]
SYPRIS
SOLUTIONS, INC.
10.20%
Senior Note, Series B
Due
January 15, 2010
No.
BR-[___]
|
[Date]
|
$[________]
|
PPN: 871655
C@3
|
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the
undersigned, SYPRIS SOLUTIONS,
INC. (herein called the “Company”), a corporation organized and existing
under the laws of the State of Delaware, promises to pay to [___________], or registered
assigns, the principal sum of ________________] Dollars
($[_______]) on January 15, 2010, with interest (computed on the basis of
a 360-day year of twelve 30 day months) (a) on the unpaid balance thereof at the
rate of (i) 5.35% per annum at all times prior to, but not including, April 6,
2007, (ii) 7.45% per annum at all times on or after April 6, 2007 to, but not
including, April 1, 2009, and (iii) 10.20% per annum at all times on or after
April 1, 2009 (in each case subject to clause (b) below), payable monthly, on
the last day of each calendar month in each calendar year, commencing with the
first calendar month end next succeeding the date hereof, until the principal
hereof shall have become due and payable, and (b) to the extent permitted by
law, on any overdue payment of interest and, during the continuance of an Event
of Default, on such unpaid balance and on any overdue payment of any Make-Whole
Amount (as defined in the Note Purchase Agreement referred to below),
payable monthly as aforesaid (or, at the option of the registered holder hereof,
on demand), at a rate per annum from time to time equal to 12.20%.
Payments
of principal of, interest on and any Make-Whole Amount with respect to this Note
are to be made in lawful money of the United States of America at the principal
office of X.X. Xxxxxx Chase Bank, NA (or its successor) in Chicago, Illinois or
at such other place as the Company shall have designated by written notice to
the holder of this Note as provided in the Note Purchase Agreement referred to
below.
This Note
is one of a series of Senior Notes (herein called the “Notes”) issued pursuant
to a Note Purchase Agreement dated as of June 1, 2004 (as from time to time
amended, the “Note Purchase Agreement”), between the Company and the respective
Purchasers named therein and is entitled to the benefits thereof. Each holder of
this Note will be deemed, by its acceptance hereof, (i) to have agreed to the
confidentiality provisions set forth in Section 20 of the Note Purchase
Agreement and (ii) to have made the representations and agreements set forth in
Section 6 of the Note Purchase Agreement.
This Note
is a registered Note and, as provided in the Note Purchase Agreement, upon
surrender of this Note for registration of transfer, duly endorsed, or
accompanied by a written instrument of transfer duly executed, by the registered
holder hereof or such holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing, a new Note
for a like principal amount will be issued to, and registered in the name of,
the transferee. Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer, the
Company may treat the person in whose name this Note is registered as the owner
hereof for the purpose of receiving payment and for all other purposes, and the
Company will not be affected by any notice to the contrary.
Exhibit
B-1
This Note
is subject to optional prepayment, in whole or from time to time in part, and is
subject to mandatory prepayment of principal and other amounts due under the
Note Purchase Agreement, in each case at the times and on the terms specified in
the Note Purchase Agreement but not otherwise.
If an
Event of Default, as defined in the Note Purchase Agreement, occurs and is
continuing, the principal of this Note may be declared or otherwise become due
and payable in the manner, at the price (including any applicable Make-Whole
Amount) and with the effect provided in the Note Purchase
Agreement.
Payment
of the principal of, and interest and Make-Whole Amount, if any, on this Note,
and all other amounts due under the Note Purchase Agreement, is guaranteed
pursuant to the terms of a Subsidiary Guaranty dated as of June 1, 2004 of
certain Subsidiaries of the Company, as amended or supplemented from time to
time.
This Note
shall be construed and enforced in accordance with, and the rights of the
parties shall be governed by, the law of the State of Illinois excluding
choice-of-law principles of the law of such State that would require the
application of the laws of a jurisdiction other than such State.
SYPRIS
SOLUTIONS, INC.
|
|
By:
|
|
Name:
|
|
Title:
|
Exhibit
B-2
EXHIBIT
C
[FORM
OF SERIES C SENIOR NOTE]
SYPRIS
SOLUTIONS, INC.
10.30%
Senior Note, Series C
Due
January 15, 2010
No.
CR-[___]
|
[Date]
|
$[________]
|
PPN:
871655 C#1
|
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the
undersigned, SYPRIS SOLUTIONS,
INC. (herein called the “Company”), a corporation organized and existing
under the laws of the State of Delaware, promises to pay to [___________], or registered
assigns, the principal sum of [________________] Dollars
($[________]) on January 15, 2010, with interest (computed on the basis
of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months) (a) on the unpaid balance thereof at
the rate of (i) 5.78% per annum at all times prior to, but not including, April
6, 2007 and (ii) 7.55% per annum at all times on or after April 6, 2007 to, but
not including, April 1, 2009, and (iii) 10.30% per annum at all times on or
after April 1, 2009 (in each case subject to clause (b) below),
payable monthly, on the last day of each calendar month in each calendar year,
commencing with the first calendar month end next succeeding the date hereof
until the principal hereof shall have become due and payable, and (b) to the extent permitted by
law, on any overdue payment of interest and, during the continuance of an Event
of Default, on such unpaid balance and on any overdue payment of any Make-Whole
Amount (as defined in the Note Purchase Agreement referred to below),
payable monthly as aforesaid (or, at the option of the registered holder hereof,
on demand), at a rate per annum from time to time equal to 12.30%.
Payments
of principal of, interest on and any Make-Whole Amount with respect to this Note
are to be made in lawful money of the United States of America at the principal
office of X.X. Xxxxxx Xxxxx Bank, NA (or its successor) in Chicago, Illinois or
at such other place as the Company shall have designated by written notice to
the holder of this Note as provided in the Note Purchase Agreement referred to
below.
This Note
is one of a series of Senior Notes (herein called the “Notes”) issued pursuant
to a Note Purchase Agreement dated as of June 1, 2004 (as from time to time
amended, the “Note Purchase Agreement”), between the Company and the respective
Purchasers named therein and is entitled to the benefits
thereof. Each holder of this Note will be deemed, by its acceptance
hereof, (i) to have agreed to the confidentiality provisions set forth in
Section 20 of the Note Purchase Agreement and (ii) to have made the
representations and agreements set forth in Section 6 of the Note Purchase
Agreement.
This Note
is a registered Note and, as provided in the Note Purchase Agreement, upon
surrender of this Note for registration of transfer, duly endorsed, or
accompanied by a written instrument of transfer duly executed, by the registered
holder hereof or such holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing, a new Note
for a like principal amount will be issued to, and registered in the name of,
the transferee. Prior to due presentment for registration of
transfer, the Company may treat the person in whose name this Note is registered
as the owner hereof for the purpose of receiving payment and for all other
purposes, and the Company will not be affected by any notice to the
contrary.
Exhibit
C-1
This Note
is subject to optional prepayment, in whole or from time to time in part, and is
subject to mandatory prepayment of principal and other amounts due under the
Note Purchase Agreement, in each case at the times and on the terms specified in
the Note Purchase Agreement but not otherwise.
If an
Event of Default, as defined in the Note Purchase Agreement, occurs and is
continuing, the principal of this Note may be declared or otherwise become due
and payable in the manner, at the price (including any applicable Make-Whole
Amount) and with the effect provided in the Note Purchase
Agreement:
Payment
of the principal of, and interest and Make-Whole Amount, if any, on this Note,
and all other amounts due under the Note Purchase Agreement, is guaranteed
pursuant to the terms of a Subsidiary Guaranty dated as of June 1, 2004 of
certain Subsidiaries of the Company, as amended or supplemented from time to
time.
This Note
shall be construed and enforced in accordance with, and the rights of the
parties shall be governed by, the law of the State of Illinois excluding
choice-of-law principles of the law of such State that would require the
application of the laws of a jurisdiction other than such State.
SYPRIS
SOLUTIONS, INC.
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|
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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Exhibit
C-2
EXHIBIT
D
AMENDMENTS
TO EXISTING NOTE AGREEMENT
1.
|
Section
7.1(h) of the Existing Note Agreement is hereby amended to delete the word
“and” appearing after the semi-colon at the end of such
section.
|
2.
|
New
Sections 7.1(i) and (j) are hereby added to Section 7.1 of the Existing
Note Agreement in their proper numeric order immediately following
existing Section 7.1(h) to read in their entireties as
follows:
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“(i) 13 Week Cash Flow
Forecast. No later than the last calendar day of each week:
(i) a weekly cash flow forecast for each of the next 13 weeks and (ii) a
comparison of the actual weekly cash flow results against the Company’s forecast
for the preceding week and each prior week which forecast is consistent with the
forecasts as set forth in the Company’s 2009 Monthly Business Plan most recently
presented to, and validated by, the Company’s Financial Advisor (the “2009 Monthly Business Plan”);
and
(j) Information
Undertakings. As soon as practicable, but in no event more
than 3 Business Days after receipt or delivery, as applicable, by the Company,
the following: (i) except if otherwise provided by the terms hereof, each
financial statement, report or similar document provided to any Lender
(excluding information to be sent to the Lenders in the ordinary course of the
administration of a banking facility, such as information related to pricing or
borrowing availability), (ii) any final written reports prepared by Xxxxxxx
& Marshal and delivered to the Company, (iii) any final mutually agreed upon
term sheets provided by the Company to, or received by the Company from, any
Person who is arranging or providing refinancing of the Debt under the Note
Purchase Agreement or the Credit Agreement, (iv) weekly written updates on the
Company’s program to complete the Strategic Divestitures (including copies of
any bids or offers received from potential buyers), and (v) monthly updates of
its 2009 Monthly Business Plan.”
3.
|
A
new Section 7.4 is added to the Existing Note Purchase
Agreement. Such Section 7.4 shall read in full as
follows:
|
“7.4 Bi-Weekly Telephone
Updates.
Every
other Monday, beginning on April 6, 2009, one or more Responsible Officers will
participate in a conference call with each holder of Notes to provide them with
a detailed update concerning the business operations and most recent financial
results of the Company (each, a “Periodic Conference
Call”). The Company will provide each holder of Notes with
sufficient time during each Periodic Conference Call to have its questions
answered. Each Periodic Conference Call will be held at 10:00 a.m.
(prevailing New York City time) unless the Company and each holder of Notes
agree otherwise.”
Exhibit
D-1
4.
|
Section
8.1 of the Existing Note Agreement is hereby amended and restated as
follows:
|
“8.1. Mandatory
Prepayments.
(a) No Scheduled
Prepayments. No regularly scheduled prepayments are due on the
Notes prior to their stated maturity.
(b) Payment from
Proceeds. Within (1) Business Day of the receipt by the
Company or any Subsidiary of (i) any Xxxx Payment, (ii) Mexican Loan Proceeds or
(iii) any proceeds from the sale of any Collateral outside the ordinary course
of business (with respect to such sale the “Aggregate Sale Proceeds” and after
subtracting investment banking fees, legal fees and other expenses directly
related to such sale, and after subtracting the applicable “Company Retained
Sale Proceeds” provided in the table below, the “Net Sale Proceeds”), the
Company shall give written notice thereof to each holder of Notes, which notice
shall set forth the amount of such Xxxx Payment, Mexican Loan Proceeds or such
Aggregate Sale Proceeds, Company Retained Sale Proceeds and Net Sale Proceeds
and shall specify a date (not more than 15 Business Days following receipt of
Xxxx Payment, Mexican Loan Proceeds or such Aggregate Sale Proceeds) on which
the Company will make a prepayment in respect of the Notes in accordance with
the terms of this Section 8.1(b). On such prepayment date (the “Specified Prepayment Date”),
Xxxx Payment, Mexican Loan Proceeds or such Net Sale Proceeds shall be allocated
and paid to the Creditors in proportion to the respective Pro Rata Shares (as
such terms are defined in the Collateral Sharing Agreement and assuming for such
definition a Notice of Actionable Default shall have been received by the
Collateral Agent and not withdrawn) of the Creditors on such Specified
Prepayment Date, and the Company shall pay to each holder of a Note, and there
shall become due and payable, an aggregate principal amount of the Notes of such
holder (together with interest accrued on such Notes to the Specified Prepayment
Date) based on such holder’s Pro Rata Share. The principal amounts
received by each holder of the Notes shall be applied as a prepayment of the
Notes without premium or penalty except as set forth herein based upon the then
outstanding principal balances of each Note held by it (for the avoidance of
doubt or confusion, no Make Whole Amount shall be due or payable in connection
with or as a result of any payment to any holder of Notes of any Xxxx Payment,
Mexican Loan Proceeds or Net Sales Proceeds so long as (i) the payment of its
Pro Rata Share of the Xxxx Proceeds, Mexican Loan Proceeds and the Net Sale
Proceeds is received by each holder of the Notes on or prior to January 15, 2010
and (ii) the amounts required to be paid to the holders of the Series B Notes
and the holders of the Series C Notes pursuant to the last paragraph of Section
9.9 have been paid in full to such holders on the Payoff Date. The
foregoing shall not be construed to in any way limit the rights of the holders
of the Notes to receive Make Whole Amounts pursuant to Section
12.2). The amounts paid to the Lenders shall be distributed to the
Lenders based upon their Pro Rata Shares (as defined in the Collateral Sharing
Agreement and assuming for such definition a Notice of Actionable Default shall
have been received by the Collateral Agent and not withdrawn) and, subject to
the provisions of Section 10.14, the Revolving Loan Commitments of such Lenders
shall be permanently reduced by an amount equal to the amounts so
received. Notwithstanding any statement herein to the contrary, to
the extent that substantially all of the assets or equity interests in Sypris
Test & Measurement, Inc. and/or the engineered products division of Sypris
Technologies, Inc. are sold (each a “Strategic Divestiture”), the
“Company Retained Sale
Proceeds” of each Strategic Divestiture shall be as follows, depending
upon the month in which the closing date of each such transaction occurs (all
amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars):
Exhibit
D-2
Closing
Date (2009)
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May
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June
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July
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August
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Sept
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Oct
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Nov
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Dec
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Engineered
Products
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3,759 | 3,420 | 2,915 | 2,441 | 1,973 | 1,351 | 924 | 377 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sypris
Test & Measurement
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6,183 | 5,232 | 4,619 | 3,828 | 2,890 | 2,142 | 1,051 | 216 |
(c) Notice and Certification in
Connection with Xxxx Payment, Mexican Loan Proceeds and Aggregate Sale
Proceeds. On or prior to the 5th
Business Day prior to such scheduled prepayment date, the Company shall send a
written notice to each holder of Notes which shall specify the aggregate
principal amount of the Notes of each series to be prepaid on such date, the
principal amount of each Note of such series held by such holder to be prepaid
(determined in accordance with Section 8.4), the interest to be paid on the
prepayment date with respect to such principal amount being prepaid, and the
principal amount of the loans held by each Lender being prepaid under Section
2.4D of the Credit Agreement in connection herewith.
(d) Company Retained Sale
Proceeds Fee. The Company shall pay each holder of a Note a
monthly fee in an amount equal to the result of (i) such holder’s Pro Rata Share
(as defined in the Collateral Sharing Agreement and assuming for such definition
that a Notice of Actionable Default shall have been received by the Collateral
Agent and not withdrawn) times (ii) the aggregate
Company Retained Sale Proceeds with respect to each Strategic Divestiture times (iii) a fraction, the
numerator of which is the stated rate of interest of such Note and the
denominator of which is 12 (each a “Company Retained Sale Proceeds
Fee”). Each such Company Retained Sales Proceeds Fee shall be
payable monthly on the same date interest is due on such Note.
5.
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Section
8.2 of the Existing Note Agreement is hereby amended and restated as
follows:
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“8.2. Optional
Prepayments.
The
Company may, at its option, upon notice as provided below, prepay at any time
all, or from time to time any part of, the Notes (without regard to series) in
an amount not less than $500,000 in the aggregate in the case of a partial
prepayment, at 100% of the principal amount so prepaid, together with interest
accrued to the date of prepayment. The Company will give each holder
of Notes to be prepaid written notice of each optional prepayment under this
Section 8.2 not less than 30 days and not more than 60 days prior to the date
fixed for such prepayment. Each such notice shall specify such date,
the aggregate principal amount of the Notes to be prepaid on such date, the
principal amount of each Note held by such holder to be prepaid (determined in
accordance with Section 8.4), and the interest to be paid on the prepayment date
with respect to such principal amount being prepaid.”
Exhibit
D-3
6.
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Section
8.4 of the Existing Note Agreement is hereby amended and restated as
follows:
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“8.4 Allocation of Partial
Prepayments.
In the case of each partial prepayment
of the Notes, the principal amount of the Notes to be prepaid shall be allocated
among all of the Notes (without regard to series) at the time outstanding in
proportion, as nearly as practicable, to the respective unpaid principal amounts
thereof not theretofore called for prepayment.”
7.
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Section
8.5 of the Existing Note Agreement is hereby amended and restated as
follows:
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“8.5 Maturity; Surrender,
etc.
Without
limiting and subject to the obligation of the Company to pay the applicable
Make-Whole Amount to the holders of the Notes pursuant to Section 12.1, in the
case of each prepayment of Notes pursuant to this Section 8, the principal
amount of each Note to be prepaid shall mature and become due and payable on the
date fixed for such prepayment, together with interest on such principal amount
accrued to such date. From and after such date, unless the Company
shall fail to pay such principal amount when so due and payable, together with
the interest as aforesaid, interest on such principal amount shall cease to
accrue. Any Note paid or prepaid in full shall be surrendered to the
Company and canceled and shall not be reissued, and no Note shall be issued in
lieu of any prepaid principal amount of any Note.”
8.
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Section
8.7 of the Existing Note Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the
phrase “to be prepaid pursuant to Section 8.1(b) or Section 8.2” in the
definitions of “Called Principal” and “Settlement Date” therein and
replacing it with the phrase “is paid after January 15, 2010 as provided
in Section 9.9”, and by amending and restating the definition of
“Remaining Scheduled Payments” set forth therein to read in its entirety
as follows:
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““Remaining Scheduled Payments”
means, means, with respect to the Called Principal of any Note, all payments of
such Called Principal (determined as if the maturity date with respect to (i)
the Series B Notes were June 30, 2011 and (ii) the Series C Notes were June 30,
2014) and interest thereon (determined as though the per annum rates in effect
with respect to the Notes were the rates in effect immediately prior to the
effectiveness of the Third Amendment) that would be due after the Settlement
Date with respect to such Called Principal if no payment of such Called
Principal were made prior to its scheduled due date, provided that if such
Settlement Date is not a date on which interest payments are due to be made
under the terms of the Notes, then the amount of the next succeeding scheduled
interest payment will be reduced by the amount of interest accrued (at the per
annum rates noted above) to such Settlement Date and required to be paid on such
Settlement Date pursuant to Section 9.9 or Section 12.1.”
9.
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New
Sections 9.8, 9.9 and 9.10 are hereby added to the Existing Note Agreement
immediately following Section 9.7 thereof to read in their entirety as
follows:
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Exhibit
D-4
“9.8 Financial
Advisors.
(a) Company’s Financial
Advisor. Prior to the Fourth Amendment Effective Date, the
Company shall engage a financial advisor acceptable to the holders of the Notes
pursuant to the terms of an engagement agreement satisfactory to the holders of
the Notes after consultation with the Company (the “Company’s Financial
Advisor”). The Company and the holders of the Notes agree that
the firm of Xxxxxxx & Marsal is acceptable as of the Fourth Amendment
Effective Date. The duties of the Company’s Financial Advisor will
include, without limitation, the following: (1) validate completeness and
reasonableness of the Company’s 2009 Monthly Business Plan and any adjustments
thereto; (2) validate and confirm the Company’s actions to execute the 2009
Monthly Business Plan, and (3) validate the execution of the investment banking
efforts to complete each Strategic Divesture. The Company shall
provide the holders of the Notes, promptly after its receipt thereof, with all
final written reports prepared by the Company’s Financial Advisor.
(b) Noteholders’ Financial
Advisor. The Company acknowledges and agrees that the holders
of the Notes (as a group) may, at their option, engage Conway, DelGenio, Xxxxx
& Co., LLC (or any other financial advisor selected by them) as their
financial advisor (the “Noteholders’ Financial
Advisor” and together with the Company’s Financial Advisor, the “Financial Advisors”) to advise
them (as a group) on matters relating to the Company and its
Subsidiaries. The Company shall, and shall cause each of its
Subsidiaries, their officers and advisors (including the Company’s financial
advisors and accountants) to, cooperate in a reasonable manner with, and in good
faith assist, the Noteholders’ Financial Advisor in the performance of its
duties for and on behalf of the holders of the Notes, and the Company will pay
the reasonable costs and expenses of the Noteholders’ Financial Advisor, and in
furtherance of the foregoing, will enter into a fee arrangement with the
Noteholders’ Financial Advisor as and when requested by the Required
Holders.
9.9 Success
Fee.
On the date (the “Payoff Date”) upon which the
Debt evidenced by all of the Notes is paid in full (the “Payoff”), the Company shall
pay to each holder of the Notes an amount equal to the product of (a) the
Applicable Percentage corresponding to the time period in which the Payoff Date
shall occur and (b) the outstanding principal amount of the Notes held by such
holder on the day immediately prior to the Payoff Date (the “Success Fee”).
Payoff
Date Occurring:
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Applicable Percentage
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On
or before July 31, 2009
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0.00 | % | ||
August
1, 2009 to August 31, 2009
|
0.25 | % | ||
September
1, 2009 to September 30, 2009
|
0.50 | % | ||
October
1, 2009 to October 31, 2009
|
1.00 | % | ||
November
1, 2009 and thereafter
|
1.50 | % |
Exhibit
D-5
Without
limiting and subject to the obligation of the Company to pay the applicable
Make-Whole Amount to the holders of the Notes pursuant to Section 12.1 and the
last sentence of this Section 9.9, the Company shall pay the following amounts
in addition to the Success Fee to the holders of the Notes on the Payoff Date in
lieu of any Make-Whole Amount which may be payable on or prior to January 15,
2010: (i) to each holder of the Series B Notes, an amount equal to (a) the
product of (x) $375,000 and (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is the
outstanding principal amount of the Series B Notes held by such holder on the
day immediately prior to the Payoff Date and the denominator of which is the
outstanding principal amount of all Series B Notes on such day and (ii) to each
holder of the Series C Notes, an amount equal to (a) the product of (x) $750,000
and (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is the outstanding principal amount
of the Series C Notes held by such holder on the day immediately prior to the
Payoff Date and the denominator of which is the outstanding principal amount of
all Series C Notes on such day. Notwithstanding the foregoing, it is
agreed and understood that any and all payments on any Note made after January
15, 2010 shall be made together with accrued and unpaid interest and Make-Whole
Amount determined for the date of payment with respect to the principal amount
paid.
9.10 Investment
Banking Plan Milestones and Payments.
The Company shall take all efforts
necessary to complete each Strategic Divestiture as promptly as
possible. Without limiting the foregoing it shall complete and comply
with the following as it relates to each Strategic Divestiture:
(a) With
respect to the process of marketing and selling the engineered products division
of Sypris Technologies, Inc. (“Engineered Products” or “EP”):
(i) The
Company shall submit the final management presentation to the holders of the
Notes no later than March 31, 2009;
(ii) The
Company shall arrange to make a data room available to potential buyers no later
than April 30, 2009;
(iii) The
Company shall make a call for initial, non-binding, indicative offers no later
than May 31, 2009;
(iv) The
Company shall report to the holders of the Notes no later than May 31, 2009
regarding initial offers received;
(v) The
Company shall make arrangements for potential buyer due diligence during the
periods from April 30, 2009 through May 31, 2009;
(vi) The
Company shall make a call for final offers no later than June 15,
2009;
(vii) The
Company shall provide the holders of the Notes with copies of all final offers
and bids, together with a report summary of such final offers and bids no later
than June 22, 2009;
Exhibit
D-6
(viii) If
the Company receives one or more binding definitive offers to purchase for a
purchase price which will provide net proceeds (after transaction expenses) of
more than $18,000,000 in cash consideration (not including earn out and other
payments not paid in cash at the date of closing of the applicable sale) for EP
(an “EP Qualified
Offer”), the Company agrees to (1) accept the EP Qualified Offer on or
before July 15, 2009 and (2) use best efforts to close on the EP Qualified Offer
on or before August 15, 2009. If the Company receives one or more
binding definitive offers to purchase for a purchase price which will provide
net proceeds (after transaction expenses) of less than or equal to $18,000,000
in cash consideration (not including earn out and other payments not paid in
cash at the date of closing of the applicable sale) for EP (an “EP Fairness Offer”), the
Company agrees to seek a fairness opinion from Lazard Middle Markets, and if the
value of the EP Fairness Offer is equal to or greater than the value rendered in
the fairness opinion, the Company agrees to (1) accept the EP Fairness Offer on
or before August 15, 2009 and (2) use best efforts to close on the EP Fairness
Offer on or before September 15, 2009; and
(ix) The
failure to observe or perform any of the covenants set forth in this
subparagraph (a), which failure continues uncured for a period of fourteen days,
shall constitute an Event of Default under Section 11(c).
(b) With
respect to the process of marketing and selling the business of Sypris Test
& Measurement, Inc. (“STM”):
(i) The
Company shall submit the final management presentation to the holders of the
Notes no later than May 31, 2009;
(ii)
The Company shall arrange to make a data room available to potential buyers no
later than June 30, 2009;
(iii) The
Company shall make a call for initial, non-binding, indicative offers no later
than May 31, 2009;
(iv) The
Company shall report to the holders of the Notes no later than June 15, 2009
regarding initial offers received;
(v) The
Company shall make arrangements for potential buyer due diligence during the
periods from June 30, 2009 through August 31, 2009;
(vi) The
Company shall make a call for final offers no later than September 15,
2009;
(vii) The
Company shall provide the holders of the Notes with copies of all final offers
and bids, together with a report summary of such final offers and bids no later
than September 22, 2009;
Exhibit
D-7
(viii) If
the Company receives one or more binding definitive offers to purchase for a
purchase price which will provide net proceeds (after transaction expenses) of
more than $36,000,000 in cash consideration (not including earn out and other
payments not paid in cash at the date of closing of the applicable sale) for STM
(an “STM Qualified
Offer”), the Company agrees to (1) accept the STM Qualified Offer on or
before September 30, 2009 and (2) use best efforts to close on the STM Qualified
Offer on or before November 15, 2009. If the Company receives one or
more binding definitive offers to purchase for a purchase price which will
provide net proceeds (after transaction expenses) of less than or equal to
$36,000,000 in cash consideration (not including earn out and other payments not
paid in cash at the date of closing of the applicable sale) for STM (an “STM Fairness Offer”), the
Company agrees to seek a fairness opinion from Xxxxxxx & Co. and if the
value of the STM Fairness Offer is equal to or greater than the value rendered
in the fairness opinion, the Company agrees to (1) accept the STM Fairness Offer
on or before October 15, 2009 and (2) use best efforts to close on the STM
Fairness Offer on or before December 1, 2009; and
(ix) The
failure to observe or perform any of the covenants set forth in this
subparagraph (b), which failure continues uncured for a period of fourteen days,
shall constitute an Event of Default under Section 11(c).”
10.
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Section
10.1 is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as
follows:
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“10.1 Cumulative Consolidated EBITDAR;
Capital Expenditures.
(a) Cumulative Consolidated EBITDAR. The
Company will not permit the result of (i) Consolidated EBITDA plus, to the extent deducted
in determining such Consolidated EBITDA, rent paid (“EBITDAR”) for any period
beginning April 6, 2009 and ending on a date set forth in the table below, plus, (ii)
to the extent deducted in determining such EBITDAR,
restructuring charges as recorded in the Company’s financial statements, as
determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, plus (iii) the Company
Retained Sale Proceeds from any Strategic Divestiture made during such period;
plus, (iv) to the
extent deducted in determining such EBITDAR, any
impairment of long-lived assets, goodwill, intangibles or any of the shares of
the stock of the Xxxx Entities; and (v) plus or minus any translation gains
or losses on the Company’s statement of operations due to changes in foreign
currency exchange rates, all as determined on a consolidated basis in accordance
with GAAP (for any period such result is referred to, “Cumulative Consolidated
EBITDAR” for such period), to be less than the amount set forth opposite
such date (all amounts shown in parentheses indicate negative
numbers):
If Such Date is During the Period From
April 6, 2009 Through:
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Minimum Cumulative
Consolidated EBITDAR
|
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July
5, 2009
|
$ | (2,000,000 | ) | |
October
4, 2009
|
$ | (500,000 | ) | |
December
31, 2009
|
$ | 2,000,000 |
Exhibit
D-8
(b) Capital
Expenditures. Other than as set forth in Schedule 10.1(b) to
the Fourth Amendment, the Company and its Subsidiaries shall not incur Capital
Expenditures in an aggregate amount in excess of $2,000,000 during the period
from the Fourth Amendment Effective Date.”
11.
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Section
10.2 is hereby amended and restated in their entirety to read as
follows:
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“10.2. Adjusted
Consolidated Net Worth; Liquidity.
(a) Adjusted Consolidated Net
Worth. The Company will not permit the sum of Adjusted
Consolidated Net Worth as of the last day of any fiscal quarter noted in the
table below plus the
aggregate amount of any impairment of long-lived assets, goodwill, intangibles
or any of the shares of the stock of the Xxxx Entities taken year-to-date
through such fiscal quarter and reflected in such Adjusted Consolidated Net
Worth, to be less than the amount set forth for such day in such
table:
Date
|
Minimum Levels
|
|||
July
5, 2009
|
$ | 55,000,000 | ||
October
4, 2009
|
$ | 50,000,000 | ||
December
31, 2009
|
$ | 45,000,000 |
(b) Liquidity. On
the last five Business Days of each fiscal month, the sum of (1) the average
daily cash balance of the Company’s cash funds on hand (the “Cash Amount”) plus (2) the average daily
difference between the (a) Revolving Loan Commitments (as defined in the Credit
Agreement) and (b) the sum of (x) the entire aggregate then outstanding
principal balance of all Revolving Credit Loans (as defined in the Credit
Agreement) made by the Lenders pursuant to the Credit Agreement, (y) the then
existing Letter of Credit Usage (as defined in the Credit Agreement) and (z) the
then existing Swing Line Usage (as defined in the Credit Agreement) (such
calculation, the “Availability
Amount”) (the Cash Amount plus the Availability Amount, the “Liquidity Amount”) shall be
greater than or equal to the following Monthly Minimum Liquidity Amounts
(subject to adjustment as noted below) for each of the following
months:
Fiscal Month Ending
|
Monthly Minimum Liquidity Amount*
|
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April
5, 2009
|
$ | 2,500,000 | ||
May
3, 2009
|
$ | 2,500,000 | ||
May
31, 2009
|
$ | 2,500,000 | ||
July
5, 2009
|
$ | 2,500,000 | ||
August
2, 2009
|
$ | 1,000,000 | ||
August
30, 2009
|
$ | 1,000,000 | ||
October
4, 2009
|
$ | 2,500,000 | ||
November
1, 2009
|
$ | 1,000,000 | ||
November
29, 2009
|
$ | 2,500,000 | ||
December
31, 2009
|
$ | 6,000,000 |
Exhibit
D-9
The
Monthly Minimum Liquidity Amount set forth in the table above shall
automatically be increased each fiscal month, beginning the fiscal month in
which the Company or any Subsidiary receives a tax refund from the government of
Mexico or any State or political subdivision of Mexico (a “Mexican Tax Refund”) by the
amount of the Mexican Tax Refund. Solely for purposes of calculating
the Cash Amount in any such fiscal month, if the Mexican Tax Refund is received
in the last five Business Days of a fiscal month, it shall be deemed to have
been received on the fourth Business Day preceding the last Business Day of such
fiscal month. Within five Business Days of the receipt of any Mexican
Tax Refund, the Company shall notify the holders of the Notes.
The
Company’s compliance with this provision shall be evidenced by the Company’s
delivery of a certificate (a “Liquidity Certificate”) which
is due 15 days after the end of each fiscal month and which shall include a
calculation of the Liquidity Amount, separately setting forth the Availability
Amount and the Cash Amount as calculated for such prior month. In the event that
the Liquidity Amount falls below the Monthly Minimum Liquidity Amount (as
adjusted) in any fiscal month, the Company shall present a reasonably detailed,
written action plan to the holders of the Notes, no later than the delivery of
its Liquidity Certificate, designed to ensure that the Liquidity Amount exceeds
the Monthly Minimum Liquidity Amount (as adjusted) for the following fiscal
month. In the event that the Company’s Liquidity Amount falls below
the Monthly Minimum Liquidity Amount (as adjusted) in any two consecutive fiscal
months, such failure shall constitute an Event of Default under Section
11(c).”
12.
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Section
10.3 of the Existing Note Agreement is hereby amended and restated as
follows:
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“10.3 Indebtedness, Guaranties,
Etc.
The
Company will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly,
create, incur, assume, guarantee, agree to purchase or repurchase or provide
funds in respect of, or otherwise be or become liable with respect to any Debt
other than:
(a) Permitted
Senior Secured Debt;
Exhibit
D-10
(b) obligations
to the Lenders or their Affiliates under credit card programs in an aggregate
amount for all such Persons not in excess of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000)
through April 23, 2009 and in excess of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000)
thereafter;
(c) Debt,
other than Debt permitted under clauses (a) and (b) of this Section 10.3,
whether secured or unsecured, in an aggregate amount not to exceed two million
five hundred thousand dollars ($2,500,000); and
(d) Any
Guaranty by the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor of Debt incurred by the
Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor that is permitted under clauses (a), (b) or
(c) of this Section 10.3.”
13.
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Section
10.4 of the Existing Note Agreement is hereby amended and restated as
follows:
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“10.4
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Liens.
|
The
Company will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, permit to exist,
create, assume or incur, directly or indirectly, any Lien on its properties or
assets (including, without limitation, any Lien on real property or improvements
thereon), whether now owned or hereafter acquired, except:
(a) Liens
on property and Capital Leases that are disclosed on Schedule 10.4 to the Fourth
Amendment;
(b) Liens
in favor of the Collateral Agent for the equal and ratable benefit of the
Lenders and the holders of Notes securing Permitted Senior Secured
Debt;
(c) Liens
for taxes, assessments or governmental charges not yet due and payable or the
payment of which is not at the time required under Section 9.4;
(d) Liens
incurred or deposits made in the ordinary course of business in connection with
worker's compensation, unemployment insurance and other types of social security
or to secure the performance of tenders, statutory obligations, surety and
appeal bonds, bids, leases, performance and return of money bonds and other
similar obligations (exclusive of obligations for the payment of borrowed money)
for sums not yet due or being contested in good faith and by appropriate
proceedings promptly initiated and diligently conducted, if such reserve or
other appropriate provision, if any, as shall be required by GAAP shall have
been made therefor;
(e) Liens
incidental to the conduct of business or the ownership of properties and assets
(including landlords’, lessors’, carriers’, operators’, warehousemen’s,
mechanics’, materialmen’s and other similar Liens) incurred in the ordinary
course of business and not in connection with the borrowing of
money;
Exhibit
D-11
(f)
encumbrances in the nature of leases, subleases, zoning restrictions, easements,
rights of way, minor survey exceptions and other rights and restrictions of
record on the use of real property and defects in title arising or incurred in
the ordinary course of business, which, individually and in the aggregate, do
not materially detract from the value of such property or assets subject thereto
or materially impair the use of the property or assets subject thereto by the
Company or such Subsidiary; and
(g)
Liens resulting from extensions, renewals or replacements of Liens permitted by
paragraph (a), provided that (i) there is no increase in the principal amount or
decrease in maturity of the Debt secured thereby at the time of such extension,
renewal or replacement, (ii) any new Lien attaches only to the same property
theretofore subject to such earlier Lien and (iii) immediately after such
extension, renewal or replacement no Default or Event of Default would
exist.”
14.
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Section
10.5 of the Existing Note Agreement is hereby amended and restated as
follows:
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“10.5. Sale of Assets.
The
Company will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, sell, lease, transfer
or otherwise dispose of, including by way of merger, any property, including
capital stock of Subsidiaries (collectively a “Disposition”), in one or a
series of transactions, to any Person, other than (a) Dispositions of inventory
and equipment in the ordinary course of business and (b) Strategic Divestitures
completed in accordance with the terms of Section 9.10 with the prior written
consent of the Required Holders].”
15.
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Section
10.6 of the Existing Note Agreement is hereby amended and restated as
follows:
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“10.6 Mergers; Acquisitions;
Liquidations.
The
Company and its Subsidiaries shall not:
(a) be
a party to any consolidation, reorganization (including without limitation those
types referred to in Xxxxxxx 000 xx xxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended), recapitalization, “stock-swap” or merger; or
(b) liquidate
or dissolve or take any action with a view toward liquidation or dissolution;
or
(c) purchase
all or a substantial part of the Capital Stock or property of any Person or
business enterprise.”
16.
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Section
10.7 of the Existing Note Agreement is hereby amended and restated as
follows:
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Exhibit
D-12
“10.7
Restricted
Payments.
The
Company will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, declare or
make, or incur any liability to declare or make, any Restricted
Payments.”
17.
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Section
10.9 of the Existing Note Agreement is hereby amended and restated as
follows:
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“10.9
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Limitations on Investments,
Loans and Advances.
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The
Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, make or
permit to exist any investment in, or make, accrue or permit to exist loans or
advances of money (any such investment, loan or advance an “Investment”), to any Person,
through the direct or indirect lending of money, holding of securities or
otherwise, except for:
(a) Investments
in the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor;
(b) Investments
in Subsidiaries with operations outside the United States that have been made
prior to the Fourth Amendment Effective Date and were permitted to be made and
exist under the terms of the Existing Financing Documents (as defined in the
Fourth Amendment); or
(c) promissory
notes, trade receivables and other similar non-cash consideration received by
the Company and its Subsidiaries in connection with sales of inventory in the
ordinary course of business.”
18.
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Section
10.14 of the Existing Note Agreement is hereby amended and restated as
follows:
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“10.14. Commitments under
Credit Agreement.
(a)
The Company will not at any time permit the commitments of the Lenders under the
Credit Agreement to be less than $50,000,000 in the aggregate; provided that
such commitments may be reduced in connection with Sections 8.1(b), 8.2 and
10.17.
(b)
The Company will not any time permit the conditions to borrowing under the
Credit Agreement to be modified (other than to make such conditions less
restrictive on the Company) from the conditions set forth in the Credit
Agreement on the date hereof.”
19.
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Section
10.15 of the Existing Note Agreement is hereby amended and restated as
follows:
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“10.15. [Intentionally
Omitted.]”
20.
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A
new Section 10.17 is hereby added to the Existing Note Agreement
immediately following Section 10.16 thereof to read in its entirety as
follows:
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Exhibit
D-13
“Section 10.17
Payment of Debt.
The Company will not, and will not
permit any of its Subsidiaries to, pay, defease or otherwise satisfy (in whole
or in part) in any manner (whether by set-off, exercise of remedies or
otherwise), the principal amount of any Debt that results in a permanent
reduction of the committed amount of such Debt (other than the Debt referred to
in Section 10.3(b) available to the Company, unless the principal of each Note
of each Series is prepaid concurrently with such principal payment, defeasance
or other satisfaction, such that each holder of Notes receives its pro rata
share of the total amount of Debt then being permanently reduced (calculated
based on the current principal amount of the specific facility being paid,
defeased or otherwise satisfied and the principal amount of all Permitted Senior
Secured Debt being prepaid that results in a permanent reduction of the
Commitments), together with accrued and unpaid interest in accordance with
Section 8.2 of the Existing Note Agreement.”
21.
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Schedule
B of the Existing Note Purchase Agreement is hereby amended as
follows:
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(a) New
definitions of “2009 Monthly
Business Plan”, “2009A
Amendment to Loan Documents”, “Aggregate Sale Proceeds”,
“Availability Amount”,
“Cash Amount”, “Company Retained Sales
Proceeds”, “Company’s
Financial Advisor”, “Cumulative Consolidated
EBITDAR”, “EBITDAR”, “Engineered Products”, “EP”, “EP Fairness Offer”, “EP Qualified Offer”, “Financial Advisors”, “Fourth Amendment”, “Fourth Amendment Effective
Date”, “Liquidity
Amount”, “Liquidity
Certificate”, “Mexican
Loan Proceeds”, “Mexican
Tax Refund”, “Net Sale
Proceeds”, “Noteholders’
Financial Advisor”, “Payoff”, “Payoff Date”, “Periodic Conference Call”,
“Specified Prepayment
Date”, “STM”,
“STM Fairness Offer”,
“STM Qualified Offer”,
“Strategic Divestiture”
and “Success Fee” are
hereby added in their proper alphabetical order as follows:
“2009 Monthly Business Plan”
means the Company’s 2009 Monthly Business Plan delivered to the holders of the
Notes and the Lenders in writing on the Fourth Amendment Effective
Date.
“2009A Amendment to Loan
Documents” means that certain 2009A Amendment to Loan Documents, dated as
of the Fourth Amendment Effective Date, among the Company, the Subsidiaries of
the Company named as guarantors therein, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as
Administrative Agent, and the other lenders party thereto.
“Aggregate Sale Proceeds” is
defined in Section 8.1(b).
“Availability Amount” is
defined in Section 10.2(b).
“Cash Amount” is defined in
Section 10.2(b).
“Company Retained Sale
Proceeds” is defined in Section 8.1(b).
“Company’s Financial Advisor”
is defined in Section 9.8(a).
Exhibit
D-14
“Cumulative Consolidated
EBITDAR” is defined in Section 10.1(b).
“EBITDAR” is defined in Section
10.1(a).
“Engineered Products” or “EP” means the engineered
products division of Sypris Technologies, Inc.
“EP Fairness Offer” is defined
in Section 9.10(a).
“EP Qualified Offer” is defined
in Section 9.10(a).
“Financial Advisors” is defined
in Section 9.8(b).
“Fourth Amendment” means the Fourth
Amendment to Note Purchase Agreement dated as of April 1, 2009 by and among the
Company and the holders of the Notes, as amended, restated or otherwise modified
from time to time.
“Fourth Amendment Effective
Date” means April 1, 2009.
“Liquidity Amount” is defined
in Section 10.2(b).
“Liquidity Certificate” is
defined in Section 10.2(b).
“Mexican Loan Proceeds” means
any proceeds repatriated to the United States from any loan made by a
third-party lender to any of the Company’s Mexican subsidiaries with the prior
written consent of the Required Holders pursuant to documentation in form and
substance satisfactory to the Required Holders.
“Mexican Tax Refund” is defined
in Section 10.2(b).
“Net Sale Proceeds” is defined
in Section 8.1(b).
“Noteholders’ Financial
Advisor” is defined in Section 9.8(b).
“Payoff” is defined in Section
9.9.
“Payoff Date” is defined in
Section 9.9.
“Periodic Conference Call” is
defined in Section 7.4.
“Specified Prepayment Date” is
defined in Section 8.1(b).
“STM” means Sypris Test &
Measurement, Inc.
“STM Fairness Offer” is defined
in Section 9.10(b).
“STM Qualified Offer” is
defined in Section 9.10(b).
“Strategic Divestiture” is
defined in Section 8.1(b).
Exhibit
D-15
“Success Fee” is defined in
Section 9.9.
(b) The
definitions of “Credit
Agreement”, “Xxxx
Payment” and “Permitted
Senior Secured Debt” are hereby amended and restated in full as
follows:
“Credit Agreement” means the
Amended and Restated Loan Agreement, dated as of April 6, 2007, among the
Company, the Subsidiaries of the Company named as guarantors therein, JPMorgan
Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent, and the other lenders party thereto,
as amended by the 2009A Amendment to Loan Documents, dated as of the Fourth
Amendment Effective Date, among the Company, the Subsidiaries of the Company
named as guarantors therein, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent,
and the other lenders party thereto, as such agreement may be hereafter amended,
modified, restated, supplemented, replaced, refinanced, increased or reduced
from time to time, and any successor credit agreement or similar
facility.
“Xxxx Payment” means any cash
payment received (including by way of setoff) by the Company or any Subsidiary
(or otherwise paid in accordance with the instructions of the Company or any
Subsidiary) (i) under the terms of any one or more of the Xxxx Supply Agreements
upon any termination or rejection of such agreement or agreements in connection
with or arising out of the Xxxx Bankruptcy Proceedings, (ii) constituting cash
proceeds (including by way of setoff) from the sale, disposition, transfer or
liquidation of any interest in any claim of the Company or any Subsidiary for
damages arising out of such termination or rejection, or (iii) constituting cash
proceeds from the sale, disposition, transfer or liquidation of any and all
Capital Stock of Xxxx Holding Corporation.
“Permitted Senior Secured Debt”
means the aggregate outstanding Principal Exposure (as such term is defined in
the Collateral Sharing Agreement) of all Creditors, together with accrued and
unpaid interest thereon, as of the Fourth Amendment Effective Date.
(c) The
definition of “Retained Xxxx Payment” is hereby deleted in its
entirety.
Exhibit
D-16
EXHIBIT
E
MATTERS
TO BE COVERED BY GENERAL COUNSEL OPINION
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1.
|
Due
organization, valid existence and good standing of
Obligors.
|
|
2.
|
Due
authorization, execution and delivery of the Fourth Amendment
Documents.
|
|
3.
|
Execution
and delivery of the Fourth Amendment Documents does not cause any conflict
with agreements.
|
Exhibit
E
EXHIBIT
F
MATTERS
TO BE COVERED BY OUTSIDE COUNSEL OPINION
|
1.
|
The
Financing Documents (as amended by the Fourth Amendment Documents),
constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Obligors,
enforceable in accordance with their
terms.
|
|
2.
|
Execution
and delivery of the Fourth Amendment Documents does not cause any conflict
with laws or judgments or the imposition of any
Liens.
|
|
3.
|
No
consent, approval, notification or filing required with any Governmental
Authority in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of
the Financing Documents.
|
|
4.
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Validity,
attachment and perfection of security interests created under Security
Documents.
|
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5.
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No
state or local recording tax, stamp tax, documentary tax or other fees,
taxes or governmental charges required to be paid in connection with
transactions contemplated by the Fourth Amendment Documents other than
nominal filing fees.
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Exhibit
F
SCHEDULE
10.1(b)
CAPITAL
EXPENDITURES
Capital
Expenditure Summary
Sypris
Solutions, Inc.
Category
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A&D
|
STM
|
ST
|
Corp
|
Total
|
|||||||||||||||
Capacity
|
631,820 | 375,000 | 81,702 | - | 1,088,522 | |||||||||||||||
Cost
Savings
|
439,120 | 12,000 | 608,353 | - | 1,059,473 | |||||||||||||||
Maintenance
& HSE
|
1,090,000 | 295,000 | 1,021,383 | - | 2,406,383 | |||||||||||||||
IT
|
463,060 | 25,000 | 18,000 | 25,000 | 531,060 | |||||||||||||||
Bus. Process
|
- | - | 142,500 | - | 142,500 | |||||||||||||||
Normal
Cap Ex
|
2,624,000 | 707,000 | 1,871,938 | 25,000 | 5,227,938 | |||||||||||||||
Quench
& Temper (Morganton)
|
- | - | 1,588,859 | - | 1,588,859 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
13K
Hammer (Toluca)
|
- | - | 1,017,050 | - | 1,017,050 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
Other
Restructuring
|
- | - | 370,950 | - | 370,950 | |||||||||||||||
Restructuring
Cap Ex
|
- | - | 2,976,859 | - | 2,976,859 | |||||||||||||||
Total
Cap Ex
|
2,624,000 | 707,000 | 4,848,797 | 25,000 | 8,204,797 |
(1)
Quench & Temper - Related to transfer of trailer axle production from Kenton
to Morganton
(2) 13K
Hammer - Related to transfer of large press parts production from Xxxxxx to
Toluca
Schedule
10.1(b)
SCHEDULE
10.16(b)
LEASED
LOCATIONS/LANDLORD LIEN WAIVERS
|
(i)
|
7307
and 0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Centennial,
Colorado;
|
|
(ii)
|
000
Xxxx Xxx Xxxxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxx;
|
|
(iii)
|
00000
Xxxxxxx XxXxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx,
Xxxxxxx;
|
|
(iv)
|
0000
X. Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxx. X 000, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx;
and
|
|
(v)
|
0
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxxxxx.
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Schedule
10.16(b)