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Exhibit 10.24
THIRD AMENDMENT TO REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
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This Third Amendment to Revolving Credit Agreement ("Third Amendment")
is made as of February 17, 1999 by and among Bridgestreet Accommodations, Inc.
f/k/a Bridgestreet International, Inc. ("Borrower"), a Delaware corporation
having its principal place of business at 00000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx, XX
00000, Fleet National Bank, a national banking association ("Fleet"), Bank One,
N.A., a national banking association ("Bank One"), and Fleet National Bank, as
agent for itself and Bank One (the "Agent").
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WHEREAS, the Borrower, Fleet and Agent have previously entered into
that certain Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of March 31, 1997 (the
"Original Credit Agreement"), pursuant to which Fleet made available to the
Borrower a revolving credit loan facility having a maximum available borrowing
amount of $10,000,000; and
WHEREAS, the Borrower, Fleet and the Agent previously entered into that
certain First Amendment to Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of May 5, 1997
pursuant to which certain provisions of the Original Credit Agreement were
amended;
WHEREAS, Fleet subsequently assigned a portion of its original
commitment to Bank One;
WHEREAS, the Borrower, Fleet and Bank One previously entered into that
certain Second Amendment to Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of March 20,
1998 pursuant to which the aggregate commitment of Fleet and Bank One was
increased to $25.0 million and certain other provisions of the Original Credit
Agreement were further amended (the Original Credit Agreement, as amended to
date, being referred to herein as the "Credit Agreement");
WHEREAS, the parties hereto now desire to amend the Credit Agreement in
certain respects in order to (i) amend certain pricing provisions, (ii) modify
certain financial covenants, (iii) amend the requirements for permitted
acquisitions, and (iv) make certain other modifications to the provisions of the
Credit Agreement, all as more particularly set forth hereinbelow.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties
hereto hereby agree to modify and amend the Credit Agreement as follows:
Section 1. DEFINITIONS. All capitalized terms used herein without
definition shall have their respective meanings provided therefor in the Credit
Agreement.
Section 2. AMENDMENT OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS. The following specific
provisions of the Credit Agreement are hereby modified and amended as follows:
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(a) Section 1.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by adding
thereto the definition of "Adjustment Date" as follows:
"ADJUSTMENT DATE. The first day of the calendar month immediately
following the month in which a compliance certificate is to be delivered by the
Borrower pursuant to Section 7.4(c) hereof."
(b) Section 1.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by adding
thereto the definition of "Applicable Margin" as follows:
"APPLICABLE MARGIN. For each period commencing on an Adjustment Date
through the date immediately preceding the next Adjustment Date (each, a "Rate
Adjustment Period"), the Applicable Margin shall be the applicable margin set
forth below with respect to the Borrower's Leverage Ratio, as determined for the
period ending on the fiscal quarter ended immediately preceding the applicable
Rate Adjustment Period."
INTEREST RATES FEES
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LEVERAGE RATIO PRIME RATE EURODOLLAR RATE COMMITMENT FEE RATE
LOANS LOANS
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less than or
equal to 1.25:1 0.25% 1.75% 0.375%
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greater
than 1.25:1 0.50% 2.00% 0.450%
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In the event the Borrower fails to deliver any compliance certificate
pursuant to Section 7.4(c) hereof, then, for the period commencing on the next
Adjustment Date to occur subsequent to such failure through the date immediately
following the date on which such compliance certificate is delivered, the
Applicable Margin shall be the highest Applicable Margin set forth above. From
February __, 1999 until the receipt by the Agent of the quarterly financial
statements of the Borrower for the fiscal quarter ended March 31,1999, the
Applicable Margin shall be the highest Applicable Margin set forth above."
(c) Section 1.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by adding
thereto a definition of "Commitment Fee Rate" as follows:
"COMMITMENT FEE RATE. As referred to as such in the table contained in
the definition of "Applicable Margin"."
(d) Section 1.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by adding the
following sentence to the end of the definition of "Consolidated EBITDA":
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"For purposes of calculating Consolidated EBITDA for any
period that includes the second fiscal quarter in the fiscal
year ended December 31, 1998, a one time restructuring charge
of $1,330,000 shall be added back to the calculation of
Consolidated EBITDA for such period."
(e) Section 1.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting
the definition of "Majority Banks" in its entirety and replacing it with the
following:
"MAJORITY BANKS. As of any date, the Banks holding at least
sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66-2/3%) of the outstanding principal amount
of the Revolving Credit Notes on such date."
(f) Section 2.2 of the Credit Agreement by deleting the words "at the
rate of 0.2% per annum" from the third line thereof and inserting in lieu
thereof the following words: "at a rate per annum equal to the Commitment Fee
Rate".
(g) Section 2.5(a) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by adding
the words "PLUS the Applicable Margin" after the words "Prime Rate" in the third
line of Section 2.5(a).
(h) Section 2.5 of the Credit Agreement is hereby further amended by
deleting the words "one and one-quarter of one percent (1.25%)" from the third
and fourth lines of Section 2.5(b) and replacing in lieu thereof the words
"Applicable Rate".
(i) Section 8.5(b) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by
deleting the word "and" prior to subclause (viii) and inserting in lieu thereof
a semi-colon and by adding to the end of such subparagraph (b) the following
additional subclauses;
"(ix) the total cash consideration to be paid in the proposed
acquisition is less than $2,500,000; (x) the total cash consideration to be paid
in the proposed acquisition, together with the total cash consideration paid in
previous acquisitions during the immediately preceding twelve (12) months, is
less than $5,000,000; and (xi) the aggregate consideration to be paid in the
proposed acquisition, together with the aggregate consideration paid in all
acquisitions during the immediately preceding twelve months, is less than or
equal to $15,000,000."
(j) Section 9.2 of the Credit Agreement is hereby deleted in its
entirety and replaced with the following:
"9.2 PROFITABLE OPERATIONS. The Borrower will not permit
Consolidated Net Income for any fiscal quarter to be less than One Dollar
($1.00)."
(k) Section 9.3 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting
such section in its entirety and replacing it with the following:
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"9.3 LEVERAGE RATIO. The Borrower will not permit, as at the
last day of each fiscal quarter, the Leverage Ratio to exceed 2.50:1."
(l) Section 9.4 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting
such section in its entirety and replacing it with the following:
"9.4 MINIMUM CONSOLIDATED EBITDA. The Borrower will maintain,
as at the last day of any fiscal quarter, Consolidated EBITDA in an amount at
least equal to the greater of (a) $5,300,000 or (b) ninety percent (90%) of
Consolidated EBITDA for the immediately preceding fiscal quarter, all as
determined for the four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower ended on
such date."
(m) Section 9.5 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting
such section in its entirety and replacing it with the following:
"9.5 MINIMUM RENTAL OCCUPANCY. The Borrower shall maintain
minimum Rental Occupancy rates as follows: (a) the average Rental Occupancy rate
during any month shall be equal to or greater than eighty-five percent (85%),
except that for the month of December the average Rental Occupancy rate shall be
equal to or greater than eighty-percent (80%); and (b) commencing as of June
30, 1999, the average Rental Occupancy for the immediately preceding twelve
months shall be greater than ninety percent (90%). As used herein, the term
"Rental Occupancy" means the ratio of the number of rental units for which the
Borrower has executed lease agreements with subtenants to the total number of
rental units for which the Borrower is then committed to pay rent."
SECTION 3. WAIVER. The Borrower has requested the Bank to waive
compliance with Section 8.4 of the Credit Agreement for the sole purpose of
permitting the Borrower to repurchase up to 250,000 shares of its Common Stock
listed on the American Stock Exchange at an aggregate repurchase price of up to
$1,000,000 pursuant to the Borrower's stock buy back plan at any time during the
period [commencing on the date hereof and ending December 31, 1999], (the
"BuyBack"). The Bank hereby waives compliance with Section 8.4 of the Credit of
Agreement for the sole purpose of permitting the BuyBack.
SECTION 4. CONFIRMATION OF STOCK PLEDGE AGREEMENT. The parties hereto
agree that all references to the "Credit Agreement" contained in the Stock
Pledge Agreement and all Supplements thereto shall mean or refer to the Credit
Agreement as amended and supplemented by this Third Amendment and as it may be
further amended, supplemented, modified and restated and in effect from time to
time, including without limitation any such amendment, supplement, modification
or restatement which increases the amount of Indebtedness owing by the Borrower
thereunder.
SECTION 5. LOAN DOCUMENTS RATIFIED AND CONFIRMED. The Credit Agreement,
the Notes and each of the other Loan Documents, as specifically supplemented or
amended by this Third
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Amendment and the other documents executed in connection herewith, are and shall
continue to be in full force and effect and are hereby in all respects ratified
and confirmed. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Security
Documents and all of the collateral described therein do, and shall continue to,
secure the payment of all obligations under the Loan Documents, in each case as
amended or supplemented pursuant to this Third Amendment.
SECTION 6. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. The Borrower hereby makes
the following representations and warranties to Fleet, Bank One and the Agent in
connection herewith.
(a) REPRESENTATIONS IN LOAN DOCUMENTS. Each of the representations and
warranties made by or on behalf of the Borrower in any of the Loan Documents, as
amended by and through this Agreement, was true and correct when made and is
true and correct on and as of the date hereof (except for representations and
warranties limited as to time or with respect to a specific event, which
representations and warranties shall continue to be limited as to such time or
event), with the same full force and effect as if each of such representations
and warranties had been made by such Borrower on the date hereof and in this
Agreement.
(b) EVENTS OF DEFAULT. No Event of Default exists on the date hereof
(after giving effect to all of the arrangements and transactions contemplated by
this Agreement). No condition exists on the date hereof which would, with notice
or the lapse of time, or both, constitute an Event of Default.
(c) BINDING EFFECT OF DOCUMENTS.
1. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Borrower
and is in full force and effect as of the date hereof, and the agreements and
obligations of the Borrower contained herein constitute legal, valid and binding
obligations of the Borrower, enforceable against the Borrower in accordance with
their respective terms.
2. The obligations of the Borrower to repay to Fleet and Bank One all
of the unpaid principal of each of the Revolving Loans made pursuant to the
Credit Agreement, as amended hereby, to pay to Fleet and Bank One all of the
unpaid interest accrued or to accrue thereon, and to pay to Fleet and Bank One
all of the other obligations of the Borrower are and will continue to be
entitled to all of the benefits and to all of the security created by the Credit
Agreement, the other Loan Documents and the Security Documents.
SECTION 7. MISCELLANEOUS.
(a) FEES, COSTS AND EXPENSES. Borrower shall pay, upon execution of
this Amendment, the following facility fees:
(i) to Fleet, $20,000;
(ii) to Bank One, $5,000; and
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(b) In addition to the foregoing fees, Borrower agrees to pay on demand
all reasonable costs and expenses of the Agent, Fleet and the Bank One,
including without limitation all reasonable fees and expenses of counsel, in
connection with the preparation, execution and delivery of this Third Amendment
and the other documents and instruments to be delivered herewith.
(c) NO OTHER CHANGES. Except as otherwise expressly provided by this
Agreement, all of the terms, conditions and provisions of the Credit Agreement,
the Revolving Credit Notes and each of the other Loan Documents and Security
Documents remain unaltered, valid, binding and in full force and effect in the
form existing immediately prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement.
Except as otherwise expressly provided by this Agreement, nothing herein is
intended or shall be construed so as to: (a) limit, discharge, release, diminish
or otherwise modify any indebtedness, obligations, liabilities or duties of
Borrower, or (b) terminate, release, waive, or otherwise modify any mortgage,
security interest, right, power or remedy of the Agent, Fleet or Bank One. This
Agreement constitutes an instrument supplemental to the Credit Agreement and the
other Loan Documents, which is to be construed together with and as part of the
Loan Documents.
(d) GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement is intended to take effect as a
sealed instrument and shall be deemed to be a contract under the laws of the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. This Agreement and the rights and obligations of
each of the parties hereto shall be governed by and interpreted and determined
in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
(e) BINDING EFFECT; ASSIGNMENT. This Agreement shall be binding upon
and inure to the benefit of each of the parties hereto and their respective
successors and assigns.
(f) COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one agreement.
It shall not be necessary to produce or account for more than one counterpart
thereof signed by each of the parties hereto in making proof of this Agreement.
Executed facsimile signature pages of this Agreement shall be acceptable to each
of the parties.
(g) CONFLICT WITH OTHER AGREEMENTS. If any of the terms of this
Agreement shall conflict in any respect with any of the terms of any of the Loan
Documents, the terms of this Agreement shall be controlling.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Second
Amendment to be duly executed as an instrument under seal as of the date first
above written.
BRIDGESTREET ACCOMMODATIONS, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx
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Title: President
BANK ONE, N.A.
By:
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Title:
FLEET NATIONAL BANK
By:
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Title:
FLEET NATIONAL BANK, as AGENT
By:
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Title:
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Second
Amendment to be duly executed as an instrument under seal as of the date first
above written.
BRIDGESTREET ACCOMMODATIONS, INC.
By:
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Title:
BANK ONE, N.A.
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Title: Vice President
FLEET NATIONAL BANK
By:
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Title:
FLEET NATIONAL BANK, as AGENT
By:
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Title:
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Second
Amendment to be duly executed as an instrument under seal as of the date first
above written.
BRIDGESTREET ACCOMMODATIONS, INC.
By:
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Title:
BANK ONE, N.A.
By:
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Title:
FLEET NATIONAL BANK
By: /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Title: Vice President
FLEET NATIONAL BANK, as AGENT
By: /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Title: Vice President
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