EXHIBIT 10.24
SECOND AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED
LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
This Second Amendment to that certain Amended and Restated Loan and
Security Agreement ("AMENDMENT") is made and entered into as of this 24th day of
April 1998, by and between Tower Air, Inc. ("BORROWER"), the financial
institutions listed on the signature pages thereof (collectively, "LENDERS") and
Xxxxxx Financial, Inc., (in its individual capacity, "Xxxxxx"), for itself as a
Lender and as Agent ("AGENT").
WHEREAS, Agent, Lenders and Borrower are parties to a certain Amended
and Restated Loan and Security Agreement, dated September 1, 1997 and all
amendments thereto (the "AGREEMENT"); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the First Amendment to Amended and Restated Loan
and Security Agreement dated as of April 24, 1998, subsection 2.1(A) of the
Agreement was amended by adding a new paragraph to the end of said subsection;
and
WHEREAS, Borrower has requested that Lender amend clauses (iv) and (v)
of said paragraph; and
WHEREAS, Lender and has agreed to amend the Agreement, subject to the
terms and conditions set forth herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual conditions and agreements
set forth in the Agreement and this Amendment, and other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the
parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
1. DEFINITIONS. Capitalized terms used in this Amendment, unless
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otherwise defined herein, shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the
Agreement.
2. AMENDMENT. Subject to the conditions set forth below, the Agreement
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is amended as follows:
Subsection 2.1(A) is amended by deleting clauses (iv) and (v)
contained in the second paragraph of said subsection and replacing them with the
following:
"(iv) from April 25, 1998 through and including April 30, 1998, Twenty-
Two Million Dollars ($22,000,000); and (v) from May 1, 1998 through and
including May 31, 1998, Twenty Million Dollars ($20,000,000),".
3. CONDITIONS. The effectiveness of this Amendment is subject to the
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following conditions precedent (unless specifically waived in writing by Agent):
(a) Borrower shall have executed and delivered such other
documents and instruments as Agent may require;
(b) All proceedings taken in connection with the transactions
contemplated by this Amendment and all documents, instruments and other
legal matters incident thereto shall be satisfactory to Agent and its
legal counsel;
(c) No Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing; and
(d) Borrower shall have paid Agent an amendment fee in the
amount of $50,000, which shall be due, fully earned and payable upon the
execution hereof, and which Agent shall charge to the Revolving Loan
upon such date.
4. CORPORATE ACTION. The execution, delivery, and performance of this
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Amendment has been duly authorized by all requisite corporate action on the part
of Borrower and this Amendment has been duly executed and delivered by Borrower.
5. SEVERABILITY. Any provision of this Amendment held by a court of
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competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unenforceable shall not impair or
invalidate the remainder of this Amendment and the effect thereof shall be
confined to the provision so held to be invalid or unenforceable.
6. REFERENCES. Any reference to the Agreement contained in any document,
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instrument or agreement executed in connection with the Agreement, shall be
deemed to be a reference to the Agreement as modified by this Amendment.
7. COUNTERPARTS. This Amendment may be executed in one or more
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counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which
taken together shall be one and the same instrument.
8. RATIFICATION. The terms and provisions set forth in this Amendment
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shall modify and supersede all inconsistent terms and provisions of the
Agreement, and shall not be deemed to be a consent to the modification or waiver
of any other term or condition of the Agreement. Except as expressly modified
and superseded by this Amendment, the terms and provisions of the Agreement are
ratified and confirmed and shall continue in full force and effect.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be
duly executed under seal and delivered by their respective duly authorized
officers on the date first written above.
XXXXXX FINANCIAL, INC. TOWER AIR, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx Vizgarda By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
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Title: Vice President Title: CEO
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