Exhibit 10-1
SECOND AMENDMENT TO FORBEARANCE AGREEMENT
This SECOND AMENDMENT to that
certain Agreement made as of May 18, 2007 (the “
Agreement ”) is executed October 17, 2007, but
upon the Effective Date is deemed effective as of
September 24, 2007 (the “ Second Amendment
”) by and between Lexington Precision Corporation (“
LPC ”) and Lexington Rubber Group, Inc. (“
LRG ”) (collectively, the “ Borrowers
”), as borrowers under that certain Credit and Security
Agreement with Borrower dated May 31, 2006 (as amended to date
and as may be amended, restated or otherwise modified from time to
time, the “ Credit Agreement ”), and
CapitalSource Finance LLC (“ CapitalSource ”),
as a lender, as collateral agent and administrative agent for
itself and other lenders under the Credit Agreement (CapitalSource,
when acting in such capacity, is herein called the “
Revolver Agent ”), and as Co-Documentation Agent, and
Webster Business Credit Corporation (“ Webster
”) as a lender (CapitalSource and Webster, as lenders,
collectively the “ Revolver Lenders ”) and as
Co-Documentation Agent (CapitalSource and Webster in such capacity,
collectively the “ Co-Documentation Agents ”),
and by and among Borrowers as borrowers under that certain Loan and
Security Agreement dated May 31, 2006 (as amended to date and
as may be amended, restated or otherwise modified from time to
time, the “ Loan Agreement ”) and CSE Mortgage
LLC (“ CSE ”), as a lender and as collateral
agent for itself and each other lender under the Loan Agreement
(CSE, when acting in such capacity, is herein called the “
Loan Agent ”) (Revolver Agent and Loan Agent,
collectively, the “ Agents ”), and DMD Special
Situations Funding LLC, (“ DMD ”), as a lender
under the Loan Agreement (CSE and DMD collectively, the “
Mortgage Loan Lenders ”) (Revolver Lenders and
Mortgage Loan Lenders collectively, the “ Lenders
”; those Lenders agreeing to this Second Amendment the
“ Forbearing Lenders ”).
RECITALS:
A. Revolver Lenders have loaned
money and made credit available to Borrowers in accordance with the
terms of the Credit Agreement. Mortgage Loan Lenders have loaned
money and made credit available to Borrowers in accordance with the
terms of the Loan Agreement.
B. Borrowers and CapitalSource,
Webster, CSE and DMD in their various capacities have entered into
that certain First Amendment and Default Waiver Agreement dated as
of November 20, 2006 (the “ Former Forbearance
Agreement ”).
C. Borrowers and CapitalSource,
Webster, CSE and DMD in their various capacities are parties to the
Agreement, as amended by that certain First Amendment to
Forbearance Agreement as of July 20, 2007 (the “ First
Amendment ”). Collectively the Credit Agreement, Loan
Agreement, Former Forbearance Agreement and Agreement, along with
the First Amendment and this Second Amendment, may be referred to
herein as the “ Documents .”
D. The Lenders have asserted
that certain Defaults and Events of Default (each as defined in the
Documents) have occurred under the Documents, as set forth in:
(a) the Former Forbearance Agreement, (b) the Agreement,
the First Amendment, (c) that Notice of Default and Notice of
Termination letter issued to Borrowers by the Agents, dated
February 2, 2007; (d) that certain Notice of Events of
Default dated March 5, 2007; (e) that certain Notice of
Events of Default dated April 4, 2007; (f) those certain
Notices of Events of Termination dated June 22, 2007 and
September 25, 2007, respectively; and (g) those certain
letters, the most recent of which is dated October 16, 2007,
between Agent and the Borrowers related to amounts being borrowed
by Borrowers under the Revolver (the “ Discretionary
Funding Letters ” and, collectively with the
correspondence identified in (c)-(g), the
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Default Letters ”). The Defaults and Events of Default
set forth in the Former Forbearance Agreement, the Default Letters,
the Agreement and the First Amendment are hereby incorporated
herein verbatim. The parties hereto agree that “
Designated Defaults ” as used herein include:
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the Borrowers’ failure to meet the covenant set forth in
Section 8.2 of the Credit Agreement and Loan Agreement as a
result of their failure to meet their Fixed Charge Coverage
requirement for the period ending January 31, 2007; |
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the Borrowers’ failure to furnish, as required under
Section 11.3 of the Credit Agreement, December 2006
covenant calculations pursuant to the request of Revolver Agent on
or before February 15, 2007; |
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the Borrowers’ failure to obtain a landlord waiver for
the Borrowers’ New York City location; |
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the Borrowers’ failure to make those certain interest
payments arising under that certain Indenture dated as of
November 18, 2003 (as supplemented or amended) in respect of
LPC’s 12% Senior Subordinated Notes due August 1, 2009
(the “ Subordinate Debt Issue ”) due
(1) November 1, 2006; (2) February 1, 2007; and
(3) May 1, 2007 (or to cure such payment defaults within
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the Borrowers’ failure to meet the covenant set forth in
Section 8.2 of the Credit Agreement and Loan Agreement as a
result of their failure to meet their Fixed Charge Coverage
requirements for the periods ending February 28, 2007, and
March 31, 2007; |
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the Borrowers’ failure to make that certain interest
payment on account of the Subordinate Debt Issue due August 1,
2007 or otherwise cure such payment default within the applicable
cure period; |
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the Borrowers will fail, prior to the Termination Date of this
Second Amendment, to make that certain interest payment on account
of the Subordinate Debt Issue due November 1, 2007 (and will
not cure such payment defaults within the applicable cure
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the Borrowers’ failure to comply with the covenants in
Section 13c of the Agreement, including the Borrowers’
failure to timely provide to the Agents proof of execution of an
engagement agreement with W.Y. Campbell and initial marketing
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Borrowers contest that Designated Defaults i, ii, and iii are
Defaults or Events of Default but acknowledge that Designated
Defaults iv, v, vi, and viii have occurred and, except for viii,
are continuing to occur through the date of this agreement and that
Designated Default vii will occur in the future. Borrowers
acknowledge that the failure to list an alleged Default or Event of
Default herein or in the Agreement, Former Forbearance Agreement,
Default Letters or other Documents shall not impair Agents’
or Lenders’ abilities to pursue any rights or exercise any
remedies related to such alleged Defaults or Events of Default upon
an Event of Termination (as defined below).
E. Borrowers have requested to
amend the Agreement to amend certain terms related to the
Forbearance Period, and the Forbearing Lenders have agreed to do so
under the terms and conditions set forth in this Second
Amendment.
F. To the extent not specifically
modified by the terms of the First Amendment or this Second
Amendment, the Recitals set forth in the Agreement are incorporated
in their entirety herein by reference and shall survive this Second
Amendment.
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NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby
acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound, Agents, Lenders
and Borrowers agree as follows:
1. Incorporation of Recitals;
Definitions . Each of the foregoing recitals is
hereby acknowledged and affirmed as being accurate and complete and
is hereby incorporated as part of this Second Amendment.
Capitalized terms defined in the Recitals section of this Second
Amendment are incorporated herein by this reference and are used
herein as so defined. Capitalized terms used herein to the extent
not otherwise defined herein, shall have the same meaning as
provided in the Agreement. Capitalized terms used herein but not
otherwise defined in this Second Amendment or in the Agreement
shall have the same meaning as given to them in the
Documents.
2. Forbearance .
Section 2 of the Agreement is deleted in its entirety and
replaced with the following:
Subject to the
satisfaction of the terms and conditions set forth herein, until
that date (the “ Forbearance Termination Date
”), which is the earliest to occur of (a) 4:00 p.m.
(Eastern) on November 26, 2007, plus an additional thirty
(30) days (or sixty (60) days in the event of the
execution of an LOI with a Deposit or an APA, as set forth in
paragraph 3) should an Extending Event (as defined in the following
paragraph) occur, or (b) the consummation of a refinancing or
a sale of the stock or assets of Borrowers (other than in the
ordinary course), or (c) the date of the occurrence of any one
or more Events of Termination (defined herein) (the “
Forbearance Period ”), Lenders will not exercise or
enforce their rights or remedies against Borrowers which Agents or
Lenders would be entitled to exercise or enforce under the terms of
the Documents by reason of the occurrence or continuance of the
Designated Defaults. This Agreement shall not act as a waiver of
Agents or Lenders’ right to enforce any claims, rights or
remedies, nor shall this Agreement act as a forbearance in the
event Defaults or Events of Default (other than the Designated
Defaults) occur at any time prior to the Forbearance Termination
Date. Further, this forbearance shall not act as a waiver of Agents
or Lenders’ right to enforce any claims, rights or remedies
upon the occurrence of an Event of Termination. Nothing contained
herein shall be construed as requiring the Forbearing Lenders to
extend the Forbearance Termination Date. On the Forbearance
Termination Date, without notice, the Obligations shall be deemed
automatically accelerated and immediately due and payable in full
by Borrowers (unless Agents notify Borrowers otherwise in writing)
to Lenders and the Borrowers’ ability to borrow additional
amounts under any of the Documents shall be deemed
terminated.
3. Extending Events .
An “Extending Event” shall be the delivery to Agents
and Lenders of one of the following: (i) a letter conveying a
financing proposal executed by Borrowers and an entity or person
that has the financial capability to provide the proposed financing
and which is not an affiliate or subsidiary in, or officer or
director of, any Borrower (the “ Refinancing Lender
”), pursuant to which such Refinancing Lender commits to
provide credit to the Borrowers, prior to the expiration of the
Forbearance Period, in an amount equal to or in excess of the
amount necessary to pay in full and in cash all Obligations owing
on the date such amounts are remitted to the Lenders, provided
that, as of such initial Forbearance Termination Date, such
proposal or commitment letter does not have a contingency that
makes the obligations of the Refinancing Lender subject to
completing any due diligence (other than, with respect to any real
estate, the completion of satisfactory surveys, title reports,
environmental reports or other reports prepared by a governmental
agency, engineer or attorney which such governmental agency or
attorney advises the Borrowers will take more than
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thirty
(30) days to complete) (the “ Commitment Letter
”); or (ii) one or more letters of intent
(“LOI”) executed by Borrowers and entities or persons
(the “ Buyers ”) pursuant to which the
Borrowers, prior to the expiration of the Forbearance Period will
sell such stock and/or assets and receive and tender the funds from
such sale to Lenders at a price sufficient to repay in full and in
cash all Obligations on the date the funds are remitted to the
Lenders or (iii) an LOI executed by Borrowers and Buyers
pursuant to which the Borrowers, prior to the expiration of the
Forbearance Period will sell all or substantially all of the assets
of its Lexington Medical business for not less than
$30 million in cash, United States currency. In the event an
LOI conforming to (ii) or (iii) of this paragraph is
executed during the initial Forbearance Period, the Forbearance
Period shall be extended automatically to December 26, 2007.
In the event an earnest money deposit in connection with an LOI
equal to at least three percent (3%) of the purchase price (the
“Deposit”) is made, or if an Asset Purchase Agreement
or Stock Purchase Agreement (collectively the “APA”) is
executed, or if the Deposit requirement of this Agreement is
specifically waived by Agents, in writing, then the Forbearance
Period (whether prior to the expiration of the initial Forbearance
Period or during any extended Forbearance Period) will be extended,
automatically, to January 24, 2008. The Deposit shall be
remitted to an institutional Escrow Agent mutually satisfactory to
the Borrowers, Buyers, Agents and Lenders.
4. Forbearance Fee
. The non-refundable forbearance fee referenced in
Section 8 of the Agreement in the amount equal to one percent
of the Obligations outstanding on the Effective Date (the
“Forbearance Fee”) has been charged in accordance with
the terms of the Agreement. Borrowers have received a credit of
$130,140.64 against the Forbearance Fee for Default Interest
charged during December 2006 and January 2007; the
balance was properly charged as an Advance under the Revolving
Credit Facility on September 25, 2007.
5. Amendment Fee
. A non-refundable amendment fee in the amount equal to
one-quarter percent (1/4%) of the Obligations outstanding on the
Effective Date (the “Amendment Fee”) shall be charged
and is deemed fully earned upon execution of this Second Amendment
by the Borrowers. The Amendment Fee shall be paid as follows: In
the event an Extend
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