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EXHIBIT 10.10
XXXXXX OIL CORPORATION
SECOND AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT
Xxxxxx Trust and Savings Bank
Chicago, Illinois
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Reference is hereby made to the Credit Agreement dated as of March 25,
1998 (said Credit Agreement being referred to herein as the "Credit Agreement")
currently in effect by and between, Xxxxxx Oil Corporation, a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), and you (the "Bank"). All capitalized terms used
herein without definition shall have the same meanings herein as such terms have
in the Credit Agreement.
The Company hereby applies to the Bank to extend the Termination Date,
increase the Revolving Credit and make certain other amendments to the Credit
Agreement, and the Bank is willing to do so under the terms and conditions set
forth in this Amendment.
1. AMENDMENT.
Upon the satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in Section
2 hereof, effective as of the date set forth in such Section, the Credit
Agreement shall be and hereby is amended as follows:
1.01. Revolving Credit. Section 1.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby
amended by deleting the amount of "$15,000,000" appearing in the eighth line
thereof and inserting the amount of "$20,000,000" in its stead.
1.02. Margin on LIBOR-Priced Loans. Section 2.1(c) of the Credit Agreement
shall be and hereby is amended by striking the percentage "1-1/2%" appearing
therein and substituting therefor the percentage "1-1/4%".
1.03. Unused Line Fee. Section 3.2 of the Credit Agreement is hereby
amended and as so amended is restated in its entirety to read as follows:
"Section 3.2. Unused Line Fee. For the period from
and including the date hereof to but not including the
Termination Date, the Company shall pay to the Bank a fee at
the rate of one quarter of one percent (1/4 of 1%) per annum
on the average daily unused portion of the Revolving Credit
Commitment as follows: (i) if and so long as the outstanding
principal amount of the Revolving Credit Loans is less than
$15,000,000, such fee during such period shall be payable on
the average daily unused portion of the first $15,000,000 of
the Revolving Credit Commitment, and
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(ii) at all other times, such fee during such period shall be
payable on the average daily unused portion of the entire
Revolving Credit Commitment. Such fee shall be payable monthly
in arrears on the last day of each calendar month (commencing
February 29, 2000) and on the Termination Date."
1.04. Term. Section 3.7 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by
deleting the dates "March 24, 2001" and "May 1, 2002" appearing in the first and
second sentences, respectively, thereof and inserting the dates "March 31, 2002
and May 1, 2003", respectively, in their stead.
1.05. Restated Termination Date. The following definition appearing in
Section 5.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and as so amended shall be
restated in its entirety to read as follows:
"Termination Date" means March 31, 2002, or such later date to
which the Revolving Credit Commitment is automatically
extended pursuant to Section 3.7 hereof, or such earlier date
on which the Revolving Credit Commitment is terminated in
whole pursuant to Section 3.7, 9.2 or 9.3 hereof.
2. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT.
The effectiveness of this Amendment is subject to the satisfaction of
all of the following conditions precedent:
2.01. The Company and the Bank shall have executed and delivered this
Amendment.
2.02. The Bank shall have received copies of resolutions of the Company's
Board of Directors authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of this
Amendment to which it is a party and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby, all certified in each instance by its Secretary
or Assistance Secretary.
2.03. No Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing
as of the date this Amendment would otherwise take effect.
2.04. Legal matters incident to the execution and delivery of this
Amendment shall be satisfactory to the Bank and its counsel.
Upon the satisfaction of the above conditions precedent, this Amendment
shall be effective as of February 11, 2000.
3. REPRESENTATIONS.
In order to induce the Bank to execute and deliver this Amendment, the
Company hereby represents to the Bank that as of the date hereof, the
representations and warranties set forth in Section 6 of the Credit Agreement
are and shall be and remain true and correct (except that for
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purposes of this paragraph, (i) the representations contained in Section 6.3
shall be deemed to include this Amendment as and when it refers to Loan
Documents and (ii) the representations contained in Section 6.5 shall be deemed
to refer to the most recent financial statements of the Company delivered to the
Bank) and the Company is in full compliance with all of the terms and conditions
of the Credit Agreement and no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing under the Credit Agreement or shall result after giving effect to
this Amendment.
4. MISCELLANEOUS.
4.01. The Company acknowledges and agrees that all of the Collateral
Documents to which it is a party remain in full force and effect for the benefit
and security of, among other things, the Revolving Credit as modified hereby.
The Company further acknowledges and agrees that all references in such
Collateral Documents to the Revolving Credit shall be deemed a reference to the
Revolving Credit as so modified. The Company further agrees to execute and
deliver any and all instruments or documents as may be required by the Bank to
confirm any of the foregoing.
4.02. Except as specifically amended herein, the Credit Agreement shall
continue in full force and effect in accordance with its original terms.
Reference to this specific Amendment need not be made in the Credit Agreement,
the Revolving Credit Note, or any other instrument or document executed in
connection therewith, or in any certificate, letter or communication issued or
made pursuant to or with respect to the Credit Agreement, any reference in any
of such items to the Credit Agreement being sufficient to refer to the Credit
Agreement as amended hereby.
4.03. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, and by
the different parties on different counterpart signature pages, all of which
taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement. Any of the parties
hereto may execute this Amendment by signing any such counterpart and each of
such counterparts shall for all purposes be deemed to be an original. This
Amendment shall be governed by the internal laws of the State of Illinois.
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Dated as of February 11, 2000, but effective as set forth in Section
2 above.
XXXXXX OIL CORPORATION
By
Its
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Accepted and agreed to in Chicago, Illinois as of the date and year
last above written.
XXXXXX TRUST AND SAVINGS BANK
By
Its Vice President
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