EXHIBIT 10.48
AMENDMENT dated as of June 25, 2002 to GUARANTEE AND COLLATERAL
AGREEMENT, dated as of October 9, 1997 ("Original Guarantee Agreement"), made by
each of the signatories hereto (together with any other entity that may become a
party hereto as provided in the Original Guarantee Agreement, the "Grantors"),
in favor of JPMORGAN CHASE BANK (formerly known as The Chase Manhattan Bank), as
Administrative Agent (in such capacity, the "Administrative Agent") for the
banks and other financial institutions (the "Lenders") from time to time parties
to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of the date hereof (as
amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the "Amended
Credit Agreement"), among CPI Aerostructures, Inc. and Xxxxx, Inc. (the
"Borrowers"), the Lenders and the Administrative Agent.
RECITALS:
A. Pursuant to a Credit Agreement ("Original Credit Agreement") originally dated
as of October 9, 1997, the Lenders made extensions of credit to Xxxxx, Inc. upon
the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein; and the Original
Credit Agreement has been amended and restated pursuant to the Amended and
Restated Credit Agreement;
B. Pursuant to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, CPI Aerostructures,
Inc. ("CPI") the parent corporation and guarantor of the obligations of Xxxxx,
Inc., became a co-borrower with Xxxxx, Inc.
C. Pursuant to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, an additional amount
of indebtedness, described therein as the "Tranche C Loan" was added to the
indebtedness of Ralok, subordinate and junior in right of payment to the
indebtedness of CPI and Ralok, Inc. described as the "Tranche A Loan" and the
Tranche B Loan."
D. The parties desire to confirm, for avoidance of doubt, that the obligations
of CPI and the obligations of each other Grantor and Guarantor (if any) under
the Original Guarantee Agreement relate to the Tranche C Loan as well as to the
Tranche A and Tranche B Loans
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and to induce the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders to enter into the Amended and Restated
Credit Agreement each Grantor hereby agrees with the Administrative Agent, for
the ratable benefit of the Lenders, as follows:
1. Borrower Obligations For avoidance of doubt:
(a) the term "Borrower Obligations" as defined in the Original
Guarantee Agreement shall include the obligations of Xxxxx, Inc. to pay the
Tranche C Loan as defined in the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement; and
(b) the term "this Agreement" as used in the Original Guarantee
Agreement shall include the Original Guarantee Agreement as hereby amended.
2. No Other Changes Except as specifically modified
hereby allof the terms and conditions of the Original Guarantee Agreement shall
remain in full force and effect.
3. Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed by
one or more of the parties to this Agreement on any number of separate
counterparts (including by telecopy), and all of said counterparts taken
together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument.
Signature Page Follows
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has caused this Amendment to
Guarantee and Collateral Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the
date first above written.
XXXXX, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxx
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Title: Xxxxxx X. Xxxx
Executive Vice President
CPI AEROSTRUCTURES, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxx
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Title: Xxxxxx X. Xxxx
President
The foregoing amendment is accepted and agreed.
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK
As Administrative Agent
By: /s/
