Exhibit 10.3.1
AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO
REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
Amendment No. 1 (the "Amendment"), dated as of July 1, 1999, among TRC
Companies, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("TRC"), its Subsidiaries (collectively
with TRC, the "Borrowers") and BankBoston, N.A. (the "Bank"). Capitalized terms
used herein unless otherwise defined shall have the respective meanings set
forth in the Credit Agreement.
WHEREAS, certain of the Borrowers and the Bank are parties to that
certain Third Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of July
10, 1998 (as amended and in effect from time to time, the "Credit Agreement");
and
WHEREAS, the Borrowers have requested, and the Bank has agreed upon the
terms and conditions described herein, to make certain amendments to the Credit
Agreement;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises, the parties
hereby agree as follows:
Section 1. AMENDMENTS TO CREDIT AGREEMENT. The Credit Agreement is
hereby amended as follows:
Section 1.1. AMENDMENT TO SECTION 1 OF THE CREDIT AGREEMENT.
(a) The definition of "Commitment" is hereby amended by deleting the
number "$10,000,000" and substituting in lieu thereof the number "$15,000,000".
(b) The following new definition is inserted in Section 1 in the
appropriate place in the alphabetical sequence:
"FIRST AMENDMENT. The Amendment No. 1 to Revolving Credit
Agreement dated as of July 1, 1999, among the Borrowers and the Bank."
"NOTE. The third amended and restated promissory note of the
Borrowers in favor of the Bank evidencing the Loans dated as of the date of the
First Amendment, in substantially the form of Exhibit A hereto."
Section 1.2. AMENDMENT TO SECTION 6 OF THE CREDIT AGREEMENT.
(a) Section 6.4 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by (i)
deleting the number "$2,000,000" and replacing it with the number "$5,000,000"
and (ii) deleting the phrase "$6,000,000 in the aggregate for all mergers,
consolidations and acquisitions" and replacing such phrase with the phrase
"$7,500,000 in the aggregate for all mergers, consolidations and acquisitions
during any fiscal year".
(b) Section 6.7 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by inserting
the phrase "the sum of (a) $3,500,000 and (b)" immediately prior to the phrase
"seventy percent".
Section 2. Conditions to Effectiveness. The effectiveness of this
Amendment shall be conditioned upon the satisfaction of the following conditions
precedent:
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Section 2.1. DELIVERY OF DOCUMENTS. The Borrowers shall have delivered
to the Bank, contemporaneously with the execution hereof, the following, in form
and substance satisfactory to the Bank:
(a) this Amendment signed by the Borrowers;
(b) a Third Amended and Restated Note signed by the Borrowers and
issued to the Bank in the amount of $15,000,000; and
(c) certificates of an appropriate officer of each of the Borrowers,
dated as of the date hereof, as to (i) the charter documents and
by-laws, each as amended, of each of the Borrowers, (ii) the corporate
actions taken by each of the Borrowers authorizing the execution,
delivery, and performance hereof, and (iii) the names, titles,
incumbency, and specimen signatures of the officers of each of the
Borrowers authorized to sign this Amendment and the Note on behalf of
each of the Borrowers.
Section 2.2. PAYMENT OF FEES. The Borrowers shall have paid a fee of
$15,000 to the Bank in connection with the closing of this Amendment.
Section 2.3. LEGALITY OF TRANSACTION. No change in applicable law
shall have occurred as a consequence of which it shall have become and continue
to be unlawful on the date this Amendment is to become effective (a) for the
Bank to perform any of its obligations under any of the Loan Documents or (b)
for the Borrowers to perform any of their agreements or obligations under any of
the Loan Documents.
Section 2.4. PERFORMANCE. Each Borrower shall have duly and properly
performed, complied with and observed in all material respects its covenants,
agreements and obligations contained in the Loan Documents required to be
performed, complied with or observed by it on or prior to the date this
Amendment is to become effective. No event shall have occurred on or prior to
the date this Amendment is to become effective and be continuing, and no
condition shall exist on the date this Amendment is to become effective which
constitutes a Default or Event of Default under any of the Loan Documents.
Section 2.5. PROCEEDINGS AND DOCUMENTS. All corporate, governmental and
other proceedings in connection with the transactions contemplated by this
Amendment and all instruments and documents incidental thereto shall be in the
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Bank and the Bank shall have
received all such counterpart originals or certified or other copies of all such
instruments and documents as the Bank shall have reasonably requested.
Section 3. POST-CLOSING DELIVERY OF DOCUMENTS. The Borrowers shall
deliver to the Bank within seven (7) days the following, in form and substance
satisfactory to the Bank:
(a) a favorable written legal opinion addressed to the Bank, dated as
of the date hereof, from counsel to the Borrowers, with respect to such
matters as to the Borrowers and the Loan Documents as the Bank may
reasonably request, including (without limitation) opinions as to the
corporate authority of each of the Borrowers to execute, deliver, and
perform this Amendment, the Note, and the other documents contemplated
hereby, and the enforceability thereof;
(b) a perfection certificate for each new Borrower joining the Credit
Agreement pursuant to Section 4, effective as of the date hereof,
executed by an appropriate officer of such Borrower;
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(c) UCC-1 financing statements in the appropriate jurisdictions
executed by the new Borrowers who are joining the Credit Agreement
pursuant to 4 hereof.
Section 4. JOINDER OF NEW BORROWERS. By its signature hereto, each of
Xxxxx Geoscience, Inc. and Vectre Corporation agrees to become a Borrower under
the Credit Agreement and agrees to be bound by the provisions thereof, including
(but not limited to) provisions applicable to the Note and the Security
Documents. Each of Xxxxx Geoscience Inc. and Vectre Corporation hereby grants to
the Bank to secure the payment and performance in full of all of the
Obligations, a security interest all of such Borrower's accounts, contract
rights, rights to the payment of money, and all general intangibles, books,
records and other recorded data relating to any of the foregoing, wherever
located, whether now owned or hereafter acquired or arising, and all proceeds
and products thereof.
Section 5. AFFIRMATION AND ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THE BORROWERS. Each
Borrower hereby ratifies and confirms all of its Obligations to the Bank, and
hereby affirms its absolute and unconditional promise to pay to the Bank the
Loans, the Reimbursement Obligations, and all other amounts due under the Credit
Agreement as amended hereby. Each Borrower hereby confirms that the Obligations
are and remain secured pursuant to the Security Documents and pursuant to all
other instruments and documents executed and delivered by the Borrowers as
security for the Obligations.
Section 6. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. Each of the Borrowers
hereby represents and warrants to the Banks as follows:
(a) The representations and warranties of the Borrowers contained in
the Credit Agreement, as amended hereby, were true and correct in all material
respects when made and continue to be true and correct in all material respects
on the date hereof, except, in each case to the extent of changes resulting from
transactions contemplated or permitted by the Loan Documents and this Amendment
and changes occurring in the ordinary course of business which singly or in the
aggregate are not materially adverse, and to the extent that such
representations and warranties relate expressly to an earlier date.
(b) The execution, delivery and performance by the Borrowers of this
Amendment and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby; (i) are
within the corporate powers of each Borrower and have been duly authorized by
all necessary corporate action on the part of such Borrower, (ii) do not require
any approval, consent of, or filing with, any governmental agency or authority,
or any other person, association or entity, which bears on the validity of this
Amendment and which is required by law or the regulation or rule of any agency
or authority, or other person, association or entity, (iii) do not violate any
provisions of any order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree, determination or
award presently in effect in which any Borrower is named, or any provision of
the charter documents or by-laws of such Borrower, (iv) do not result in any
breach of or constitute a default under any agreement or instrument to which any
Borrower is a party or to which it or any of its properties are bound, including
without limitation any indenture, loan or credit agreement, lease, debt
instrument or mortgage, except for such breaches and defaults which would not
have a material adverse effect on any Borrower and its subsidiaries taken as a
whole, and (v) do not result in or require the creation or imposition of any
mortgage, deed of trust, pledge or encumbrance of any nature upon any of the
assets or properties of any Borrower.
(c) This Amendment, the Credit Agreement as amended hereby, and the
other Loan Documents constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of the
Borrowers, enforceable against the Borrower in accordance with their respective
terms, provided that (i) enforcement may be limited by applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws of general application
affecting the rights and remedies of creditors, and (ii) enforcement may be
subject to general principles of
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equity, and the availability of the remedies of specific performance and
injunctive relief may be subject to the discretion of the court before which
any proceeding for such remedies may be brought.
(d) No Default or Event of Default under any of the Loan Documents is
existing as of the date hereof.
Section 7. NO OTHER AMENDMENTS. Except as expressly provided
in this Amendment, all of the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement, the
Note and the other Loan Documents shall remain in full force and effect.
Section 8. EXECUTION IN COUNTERPARTS. This Amendment may be executed
in any number of counterparts and by each party on a separate counterpart, each
of which when so executed and delivered shall be an original, but all of which
together shall constitute one instrument. In proving this Amendment, it shall
not be necessary to produce or account for more than one such counterpart signed
by the party against whom enforcement is sought.
Section 9. EFFECTIVE DATE. Subject to the satisfaction of the
conditions precedent set forth in Section 2 hereof, this Amendment shall be
deemed to be effective as of July 1, 1999. This Amendment also memorializes
the waiver granted to the Borrowers by the Bank with respect to Section
6.4(vi) under the Credit Agreement in connection with the Borrowers'
acquisition of A&H Engineers, P.C.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have duly executed this Agreement
under seal as of the date first set forth above.
TRC COMPANIES, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Xx.
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Title: Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
MONITORING INSTRUMENTS FOR
THE ENVIRONMENT, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Xx.
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Title: Treasurer and Clerk
TRC ENVIRONMENTAL
CORPORATION
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Xx.
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Title: Vice President, Secretary and
Treasurer
TRC ENGINEERS, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Xx.
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Title: Secretary and Treasurer
TRC INVESTMENT
CORPORATION
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Xx.
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Title: Secretary and Treasurer
NORTH AMERICAN WEATHER
CONSULTANTS
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Xx.
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Title: Secretary and Treasurer
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ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS,
INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Xx.
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Title: Assistant Treasurer and
Assistant Secretary
TRC MARIAH ASSOCIATES, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Xx.
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Title: Secretary and Treasurer
TRC XXXXXX ASSOCIATES, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Xx.
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Title: Assistant Secretary and Treasurer
XXXXX GEOSCIENCE, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Xx.
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Title: Assistant Secretary and
Assistant Treasurer
VECTRE CORPORATION
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Xx.
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Title: Assistant Secretary and
Assistant Treasurer
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BANKBOSTON, N.A.
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. XxXxxxxxx
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Title: Director
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