FIFTH AMENDMENT TO REVOLVING CREDIT AND LETTER OF CREDIT LOAN AGREEMENT THIS FIFTH AMENDMENT TO REVOLVING CREDIT AND LETTER OF CREDIT LOAN AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”) is entered into October 27, 2006, by and between, U.S. XPRESS ENTERPRISES, INC., a...
FIFTH
AMENDMENT TO REVOLVING CREDIT AND
LETTER
OF CREDIT LOAN AGREEMENT
THIS
FIFTH AMENDMENT TO REVOLVING CREDIT AND LETTER OF CREDIT LOAN AGREEMENT (this
“Amendment”)
is
entered into October 27, 2006, by and between, U.S. XPRESS ENTERPRISES, INC.,
a
Nevada corporation (the “Borrower”),
and
SUNTRUST BANK, BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, BRANCH
BANKING AND TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL CITY BANK, REGIONS FINANCIAL CORPORATION
(collectively the “Lenders”),
and
SUNTRUST BANK, in its capacity as Administrative Agent for the Lenders (the
“Administrative
Agent”).
RECITALS:
A. The
Borrower, Administrative Agent and the Lenders previously entered into that
certain Revolving Credit and Letter of Credit Loan Agreement dated October
14,
2004 (as previously amended and as it may be amended from time to time, the
“Credit Agreement”).
B. The
Borrower, Administrative Agent and the Lenders desire to further amend the
Credit Agreement to: (i) amend the Lease Adjusted Leverage Ratio in Section
6.1
of the Credit Agreement; (ii) increase the amount of Investments allowable
under
Section 7.4(m); and (iii) increase the amount of allowable Restricted Payments
under Section 7.5 of the Credit Agreement.
C. Capitalized
terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such
terms in the Credit Agreement.
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and for other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which is hereby acknowledged, the
Borrower, Administrative Agent and the Lenders executing this Amendment agree
as
follows:
1. Amendment
to Section 6.1.
Section
6.1 of the Credit Agreement concerning “Lease Adjusted Leverage Ratio” is
deleted and the following is substituted in lieu thereof:
Section
6.1 Lease
Adjusted Leverage Ratio.
The
Borrower will have a Lease Adjusted Leverage Ratio,
calculated on a trailing four quarter basis, of not greater than the following
during the measurement periods set forth below:
Measurement
Period
|
Ratio
|
Fiscal
Quarter Ending December 31, 2006 through the Fiscal Quarter Ending
March
31, 2007
|
3.50
to 1.00
|
Fiscal
Quarter Ending June 30, 2007
|
3.25
to 1.00
|
Fiscal
Quarter Ending September 30, 2007 and each Fiscal Quarter
thereafter
|
3.00
to 1.00
|
2. Amendment
to Section 7.4.
Section
7.4 of the Credit Agreement concerning “Investments, Loans, Etc.” is amended by
deleting subsection (m) thereof, and the following is substituted in lieu
thereof:
(m)
Other
Investments which in the aggregate do not exceed $20,000,000 during the term
hereof.
3. Amendment
to Section 7.5.
Section
7.5 of the Credit Agreement concerning “Restricted Payments” is deleted and the
following is substituted in lieu thereof:
7.5 Restricted
Payments. The
Borrower will
not, and
will
not permit its Subsidiaries to, declare
or make, or agree to pay or make, directly or indirectly, any dividend on any
class of its stock, or make any payment on account of, or set apart assets
for a
sinking or other analogous fund for, the purchase, redemption, retirement,
defeasance or other acquisition of, any shares of common stock or Indebtedness
subordinated to the Obligations of the Borrower or any options, warrants, or
other rights to purchase such common stock or such Indebtedness, whether now
or
hereafter outstanding (each, a “Restricted
Payment”),
except for (i) dividends payable by the Borrower solely in shares of any class
of its common stock; (ii) Restricted Payments made by any Subsidiary to the
Borrower or to another Subsidiary Loan Party; and (iii) from the Closing Date,
the Borrower may make stock redemptions not to exceed $30,000,000 in the
aggregate
during
the term hereof. Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, no
payments under subsection (i) or (iii) may be made if a Default or Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing at the time such dividend is paid or
redemption is made.
4. Conditions.
The
effectiveness of this Amendment is subject to the satisfaction of the following
conditions precedent:
(a) The
Lenders shall have received this Amendment duly executed by the Borrower and
the
Guarantors;
(b) The
representations and warranties in the Loan Documents, as amended hereby, shall
be true and correct in all material respects as of the date hereof as if made
on
the date hereof, except for such representations and warranties limited by
their
terms to a specific date;
(c) No
Default shall exist; and
(d) The
Borrower shall pay, concurrently with the execution hereof, the amendment fee
to
the Lenders consenting to this Amendment. Such fee shall be paid to the
Administrative Agent for payment to such consenting Lenders on a pro rata
basis.
5. Payment
of Expenses.
The
Borrower agrees to pay or reimburse the Administrative Agent for all its
reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with the
preparation and execution of this Amendment.
6. Counterparts.
This
Amendment may be executed by one or more of the parties hereto on any number
of
separate counterparts, and all of said counterparts taken together shall be
deemed to constitute one and the same instrument.
7. Severability;
Headings.
Any
provision of this Amendment which is prohibited or unenforceable in any
jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of
such prohibition or unenforceability, without invalidating the remaining
provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any
jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in
any
other jurisdiction. The section and subsection headings used in this Amendment
are for convenience of reference only and are not to affect the construction
hereof or to be taken into consideration in the interpretation
hereof.
8. Continuing
Effect Upon Other Documents.
This
Amendment shall not constitute an amendment or waiver of any other provision
of
the Credit Agreement not expressly referred to herein and, except to the extent
that the Credit Agreement has been amended hereby, shall not be construed as
a
waiver or consent to any further or future action on the part of the Borrower
that would require a waiver or consent of the Lenders or the Administrative
Agent. Except as expressly amended, modified or supplemented hereby, the
provisions of the Credit Agreement are and shall remain in full force and
effect.
9. GOVERNING
LAW.
THIS AMENDMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES UNDER THIS
AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
ENTERED
INTO as of the date first above written.
BORROWER:
U.S.
XPRESS ENTERPRISES, INC.
By:
/s/
Xxx X. Xxxxxx
Title:
Assistant Secretary
LENDERS:
SUNTRUST
BANK
as
Administrative Agent, as an Issuing Bank,
as
Swingline Lender and as a Lender
By:
/s/Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Title:
Director
[additional
signature lines continued on following pages]
BANK
OF
AMERICA, N.A., as Issuing Bank for Existing Letters of Credit and as a
Lender
By:
/s/Xxxx X. Xxxx
Title:
Vice
President
LASALLE
BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
By:
/s/Xxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title:
Senior Vice President
BRANCH
BANKING AND TRUST COMPANY
By:
/s/R.
Xxxxxx Xxxx
Title:
Senior Vice President
NATIONAL
CITY BANK
By:
/s/Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Title:
Senior Vice President
REGIONS
FINANCIAL CORPORATION
By:
/s/Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title:
Vice
President
Guarantor
Consent
Each
of
the undersigned Guarantors: (i) consent and agree to this Amendment and
(ii) agree that the Loan Documents to which it is a party shall remain in
full force and effect and shall continue to be the legal, valid and binding
obligation of such Guarantor enforceable against it in accordance with their
respective terms.
GUARANTORS:
U.S.
Xpress, Inc.
U.S.
Xpress Leasing, Inc.
Xpress
Air, Inc.
Xpress
Company Store, Inc.
Xpress
Global Systems, Inc.
Xpress
Colorado, Inc.
Cargo
Movement Corp.
Xpress
Waiting, Inc.
Colton
Xpress, LLC
Associated
Developments, LLC
Total
Transportation Holdings, Inc.
Total
Logistics, Inc.
Transportation
Investments, Inc.
Total
Transportation of Mississippi LLC,
Transportation
Assets Leasing, Inc.
TAL
Real
Estate, LLC
TAL
Power
Equipment #1, LLC
TAL
Van
#1, LLC
TAL
Furniture and Equipment, LLC
TAL
Marine, Inc.
TAL
Aviation, LLC
TAL
Power
Equipment #2, LLC
ATS
Acquisition Holding Co.
Xxxxxx
Transportation Services, Inc.
By: /s/Xxx
X. Xxxxxx
Name:
Xxx
X. Xxxxxx
Authorized
Officer of above Guarantors
GUARANTOR:
Xpress
Nebraska, Inc.
By:
/s/Xx
Xxxxxx
Name:
Xx
Xxxxxx, Secretary
GUARANTOR:
Xpress
Holdings, Inc.
By:
/s/Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Name:
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Secretary