Exhibit 10.1
FORBEARANCE AGREEMENT AND
GLOBAL AMENDMENT TO CREDIT DOCUMENTS
This FORBEARANCE AGREEMENT AND
GLOBAL AMENDMENT TO CREDIT DOCUMENTS (the “Agreement”)
is entered into as of this 2nd day of November, 2005 by and among
TRC COMPANIES, INC., together with its Subsidiaries signatory
hereto (each, a “Borrower” and collectively, the
“Borrowers”), WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as
Agent (the “Agent”) and the LENDERS identified on the
signature pages hereof (each, a “Lender” and
collectively, the “Lenders”).
BACKGROUND
A.
The Borrowers, the Agent and the
Lenders are parties to a certain Amended And Restated Revolving
Credit Agreement dated as of March 31, 2004 (as amended,
supplemented and/or modified from time to time, the “Credit
Agreement”) pursuant to which the Lenders agreed to make
certain credit accommodations available to the Borrowers upon the
terms and conditions specified in the Credit Agreement. All
terms capitalized but not otherwise defined herein shall have the
meanings ascribed to them in the Credit Agreement.
B.
Events of Default have occurred
under the Credit Agreement as a result of: (i) the
Borrowers’ failure to deliver annual, audited financial
statements for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2005 in
accordance with § 7.02(a) of the Credit Agreement;
(ii) the Borrowers’ failure to provide quarterly
financial statements for the quarter ending June 30, 2005 in
accordance with § 7.02(c) of the Credit Agreement;
(iii) the Borrowers’ failure to provide annual
projections in accordance with § 7.02(d) of the
Credit Agreement; (iv) the Borrowers’ failure to provide
the Compliance Certificate required to be delivered in accordance
with the annual and quarterly financial statements in accordance
with § 7.03 of the Credit Agreement; (v) the
Borrowers’ violation of one or more of the financial
covenants contained in §§ 8.07 through 8.10 of the
Credit Agreement for the period ending as of June 30, 2005;
(vi) the Borrowers’ violation of one or more of the
financial covenants contained in §§ 8.07 through
8.10 of the Credit Agreement for the period ending as of
September 30, 2005; and (vii) the Borrowers’
financial reporting control deficiencies and other accounting
revaluations with respect to certain Exit Strategy contracts which
may require restatements of previously provided financial
statements (collectively, the “Existing
Defaults”).
C.
The Borrowers have requested the
Lenders to forbear from exercising their rights and remedies under
the Credit Documents for a limited period of time. Subject to the
terms and conditions contained herein, the Lenders have agreed to
the Borrowers’ request.
NOW, THEREFORE, incorporating the
Background Section herein, and for other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties
hereby agree as follows:
A.
Acknowledgments by
Borrowers . To induce the Lenders to enter into this
Agreement, each Borrower acknowledges, agrees, warrants, and
represents that:
1.
Acknowledgment of Existing
Defaults; Loans; Collateral; Waiver of Claims:
(a) the Existing Defaults
currently exist, constitute Events of Default under the Credit
Agreement, are material in nature and have not and cannot be
cured; (b) as a result of the Existing Defaults, the Borrowers
may not request LIBOR Loans and the Agent and the Lenders are
entitled to accelerate the Obligations and exercise all rights and
remedies available to the Agent and the Lenders under the Credit
Agreement; (d) the Credit Documents are valid and enforceable
against, and all of the terms and conditions of the Credit
Documents are binding on, each of the Borrowers; (e) the liens
and security interests granted by each of the Borrowers to the
Agent for the benefit of the Lenders pursuant to the Credit
Documents are valid, legal and binding and properly recorded or
filed and perfected, first priority security interests and
constitute collateral for all of the Obligations; and (d) each
of the Borrowers hereby waives any and all defenses, set-offs
and counterclaims which it may have or claim to have against the
Agent and the Lenders as of the date hereof on account of all
matters set forth in the Credit Documents.
2.
Acknowledgment of
Liabilities: as of
October 28, 2005, the Borrowers are jointly and severally
indebted under the Credit Agreement (in addition to all fees,
costs, and other amounts recoverable thereunder), all without
offset, counterclaim, or defense of any kind for:
(i) outstanding principal under the Revolving Credit Facility
of $59,200,000.00; (ii) accrued and unpaid interest
under the Revolving Credit Facility of $309,131.25; and
(iii) attorneys’ fees and other fees and costs as
allowable under the Credit Agreement.
3.
Adequate
Representation:
the Borrowers have been represented by legal counsel of their
choice and are fully aware of the terms contained in this Agreement
and have voluntarily, without coercion or duress of any kind,
entered into this Agreement and the other documents executed in
connection therewith.
B.
Forbearance by
Lenders . Without waiving the Existing Defaults or
the Lenders’ rights and remedies with respect thereto, and
subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Credit
Documents, and the documents executed in connection with this
Agreement, the Agent and the Lenders agree to continue to make
Loans under the Revolving Credit Facility up to the Maximum
Available Revolving Credit Amount of $62,000,000 and further agree
to forbear in the exercise of their rights and remedies under the
Credit Documents until the earlier of (i) January 15,
2006 or the (ii) occurrence of an Event of Default (other than
the Existing Defaults) under the Credit Documents or this Agreement
(the “Termination Date”). The period from the
date of this Agreement to the Termination Date shall be referred to
as the “Forbearance Period”.
C.
Representations and
Warranties . To induce the Agent and the Lenders to
enter into this Agreement, each Borrower makes the following
representations and warranties to the Agent and the Lenders, each
and all of which shall survive the execution and delivery of this
Agreement:
1.
All organizational action by each
Borrower and its respective officers necessary for the due
authorization, execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement or any agreement executed, delivered or performed in
connection therewith have been taken.
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2.
Each person executing the Agreement
or any agreement executed in connection therewith on behalf of a
Borrower is an authorized officer of such Borrower and is duly
authorized by such Borrower to execute same.
3.
This Agreement is, and each other
document executed by each Borrower pursuant hereto will be the
legal, valid and binding obligation of such Borrower, enforceable
against such Borrower in accordance with their respective terms,
subject only to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium
or other laws or equitable principles affecting creditors’
rights generally.
4.
Each Borrower is in compliance in
all material respects with all laws (including all applicable
environmental laws), regulations, and requirements applicable to
its business and has not received, and has no knowledge of, any
order or notice of any governmental investigation or of any
violation or claim of violation of any law, regulation or other
governmental requirement which would have a material adverse effect
upon its business operations or financial condition.
5.
The execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement does not and will not:
(i) conflict with, violate or result in a material breach of
any provision of any applicable law, rule, regulation or order; or
(ii) conflict or result in a breach of any provision of
organizational documents of any Borrower. No authorization,
consent or approval or other action by, and no notice of or filing
with, any governmental authority or regulatory bodies are required
to be obtained or made by any Borrower for the due execution,
delivery and performance of this Agreement.
6.
Other than the Existing Defaults,
each Borrower is in full compliance with all of the covenants and
conditions of the Credit Agreement and the Credit
Documents.
7.
Other than the Existing Defaults, no
default or Event of Default has occurred under the Credit Documents
and no event has occurred which, with the passage of time, the
giving of notice, or both, would result in a default or Event of
Default under the Credit Agreement or under any of the other Credit
Documents.
8.
The execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement does not and will not conflict with,
violate or result in a breach of any provision of any agreement
relating to any Indebtedness of any Borrower.
9.
Attached hereto, and incorporated by
reference as Exhibit “A” is a true, complete and
correct listing of the bank accounts currently maintained by the
Borrowers at any financial institution other than the Agent
(collectively, the “Bank Accounts”).
C.
Amendments to Credit
Documents
a.
Schedule A to the Credit
Agreement is hereby replaced with Schedule A attached
hereto.
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b.
The definition of “Maximum
Available Revolving Credit Amount” is amended and restated in
its entirety to read as follows: “Maximum Available
Revolving Credit Amount” shall mean Sixty-Two Million Dollars
($62,000,000), less any reduction to said Maximum Available
Revolving Credit Amount pursuant to Section 2.04 hereof, but
subject to increase in accordance with Section 2.17
hereof.
c.
Section 9.01 of the Credit
Agreement is amended and restated in its entirety to read as
follows:
9.01
Events of
Default . Upon the occurrence of any of the
following events (each an Event of Default ):
(i)
Payment Default.
The Borrowers shall
(a) default in the payment when due of any principal of the
Loans or Unpaid Drawings or (b) default in the payment of
interest on the Loans or any other amounts owing hereunder, under
the Notes or under any other Credit Document;
(ii)
Covenant Breaches.
Any Borrower (or any of its
Subsidiaries) shall default in the due performance or observance of
any term, covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement, the
Notes or any other Credit Document;
(iii)
Default Under Other
Agreements.
(a) Any Borrower or (any of its Subsidiaries) shall default in
any payment with respect to any Indebtedness in an aggregate amount
greater than $1,000,000 beyond the period of grace, if any,
provided in the instrument or agreement under which such
Indebtedness was created or default in the observance or
performance of any agreement or condition relating to any such
Indebtedness or contained in any instrument or agreement
evidencing, securing or relating thereto, or any other event shall
occur or condition exist, the effect of which default or other
event or condition is to cause, or to permit the holder or holders
of such Indebtedness (or a trustee or agent on behalf of such
holder or holders) to cause (determined without regard to whether
any notice or lapse of time is required),any such Indebtedness to
become due prior to its stated maturity (except to the extent such
default exists as a result of the failure to pay such Indebtedness
due to the Agent’s advice against payment thereon or with the
Agent’s consent) or (b) any such Indebtedness shall be
declared to be due and payable, or required to be prepaid as a
mandatory prepayment, prior to the stated maturity
thereof;
(iv)
Voluntary Bankruptcy.
Any Borrower (or any of its
Subsidiaries) commences any bankruptcy,
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reorganization, debt arrangement, or
other case or proceeding under the United States Bankruptcy Code or
under any similar foreign, federal, state, or local statute, or any
dissolution or liquidation proceeding, or makes a general
assignment for the benefit of creditors, or takes any action for
the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing;
(v)
Involuntary
Bankruptcy. Any
bankruptcy, reorganization, debt arrangement, or other case or
proceeding under the United States Bankruptcy Code or under similar
foreign, federal, state or local statute, or any dissolution or
liquidation proceeding, is involuntarily commenced against or in
respect of any Borrower (or any of its Subsidiaries) or an order
for relief is entered in any such proceeding and is not dismissed
within sixty (60) days;
(vi)
Appointment of
Receiver. The
appointment, or the filing of a petition seeking the appointment,
of a custodian, receiver, trustee, or liquidator for any Borrower
(or any of its Subsidiaries) or any of their respective properties
or the taking of possession of any part of such property at the
instance of any governmental authority;
(vii)
Insolvency.
Any Borrower (or any of its
Subsidiaries) becomes insolvent (however defined), is generally not
paying its debts as they become due, or has suspended transaction
of its usual business;
(viii)
Reorganization.
The dissolution, merger,
consolidation, or reorganization of any Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries without the Required Lenders written
consent;
(ix)
Action in Furtherance of Certain
Defaults. Any
Borrower (or any of its Subsidiaries) has taken any corporate
action for the purpose of effecting any of the events described in
clauses (iv), (vi) or (viii) above;
(x)
Material Misstatement.
Any statement, representation
or warranty made by any Borrower in or pursuant to this Agreement
or any other Credit Document or to induce the Lenders to enter into
this Agreement or to enter into the transactions referred to in
this Agreement shall prove to be untrue or misleading in any
material respect;
(xi)
Entry of Judgment.
The entry or issuance of
judgments, orders, decrees or fines against any Borrower (or
any
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of its Subsidiaries) which, in the
aggregate, involve liabilities in excess of the sum of $1,000,000
(the discharge of which is not the obligation of any insurance
company) and any such judgments or orders involving liabilities in
excess of said sum shall have continued unbonded or unsatisfied and
without stay of execution or agreement between the parties thereon
for a period of thirty (30) days after the entry or issuance of
such judgment;
(xii)
Change of Control.
The occurrence of a Change of
Control or any Borrower shall have become bound to any contract or
agreement or shall have commenced any corporate proceedings in
furtherance of a Change of Control;
(xiii)
Material Adverse
Change. The
occurrence of a material adverse change in the operations and/or
financial condition of any Borrower or in the Collateral (as
determined by the Required Lenders in their sole and absolute
discretion) occurring from or after October 31, 2005;
or
(xiv)
Cross-Default.
The occurrence of an Event of
Default under that certain Forbearance Agreement and Global
Amendment to Credit Documents dated as of October 28,
2005;
then, and in any such event, and at
any time thereafter, if any Event of Default shall then be
continuing, the Agent shall upon, the written request of the
Required Lenders, by written notice to the Borrowers, take any or
all of the following actions, without prejudice to the rights of
the Agent or any Lender to enforce its claim against any Borrower,
except as otherwise specifically provided for in this Agreement
(provided that, if an Event of Default specified in clause (iv),
(v), (vi) or (vii) above shall occur with respect to any
Borrower, the result which would occur upon the giving of written
notice by the Agent as specified in clauses (i) and
(ii) below shall occur automatically without the giving of any
such notice): (i) declare all of the Commitments
terminated, whereupon the Commitment of each Lender shall forthwith
terminate immediately and any fees theretofore accrued shall
forthwith become due and payable without any other notice of any
kind; (ii) declare the principal of and any accrued interest
in respect of all Obligations to be, whereupon the same shall
become, forthwith due and payable without presentment, demand,
protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived
by each Borrower; (iii) terminate any Letter of Credit which
may be terminated in accordance with its terms; and
(iv) direct the Borrowers to pay (and each Borrower agrees
that upon receipt of such notice, or upon the occurrence of an
Event of Default as
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specified in clause (iv), (v),
(vi) or (vii) above, it will pay) to the Agent such
additional amounts of cash to be held as cash collateral for the
reimbursement obligations of the Borrowers for Drawings that may
subsequently occur under any Letter of Credit then outstanding,
equal to the Stated Amount of all such Letters of
Credit.
d.
Section 1 of the Security
Agreement is amended and restated in its entirety to read as
follows:
Section 1. Grant of
Security . As collateral security for the Obligations
under the Amended And Restated Revolving Credit Agreement dated as
of March 31, 2004 (as amended, modified supplemented or
restated through the date hereof, the “Credit Agreement) each
undersigned Grantor hereby grants to the Agent (for the benefit of
the Lenders (as defined in the Credit Agreement) a lien on, and
security interest in and to the property hereinafter described,
whether now owned or hereafter acquired or arising and wherever
located (collectively, the “Collateral”) (as such
following terms are defined in the Uniform Commercial Code in the
State of New Jersey):
(a) Accounts;
(b) Chattel Paper, including
without limitation, Tangible Chattel Paper and Electronic Chattel
Paper;
(c) Commercial Tort Claims, if
any, including but not limited to, those claims identified on
Schedule B hereto;
(d) Documents;
(e) General Intangibles,
including without limitation, Payment Intangibles and
Software;
(f) Goods, including without
limitation, Equipment, Inventory, Fixtures and
Accessions;
(g) Instruments, including
Promissory Notes;
(h) Investment
Property;
(i) Deposit
Accounts;
(j) Letter-of-credit
rights;
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(k) Supporting
Obligations;
(l) all property which at any
time any Lender or affiliate of any Lender shall have or have the
right to have in its possession;
(m) all books and records
evidencing or relating to the foregoing, including, without
limitation, billing records of every kind and description, customer
lists, data storage and processing media, Software and related
material, including computer programs, computer tapes, cards, disks
and printouts, and including any of the foregoing which are in the
possession of any affiliate or any computer service bureau;
and
(n) Proceeds of the above
Collateral.
If