AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT
AGREEMENT
THIS AMENDED AND
RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of June 9, 2008, is among
ANCHOR BANCORP WISCONSIN, INC., a Wisconsin corporation (the
“Borrower”), the financial institutions from time to
time party hereto(individually a “Lender” and
collectively the “Lenders”) and U.S. BANK NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION, as administrative agent for the Lenders (the
“Agent”).
The parties
acknowledge the following:
A. The
Borrower and U.S. Bank National Association are parties to a
Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of October 30, 2000, as
amended (the “Existing Credit Agreement”). Bank of
America, N.A. and Associated Bank, N.A. have acquired participation
interests in the loans made to the Borrower under the Existing
Credit Agreement.
B. The
parties desire to enter into this Agreement to amend and restate
the Existing Credit Agreement.
In consideration
of the promises and agreements set forth below, the parties agree
to amend and restate the Existing Credit Agreement in its entirety
to read as follows:
1.1
Definitions . Except as otherwise provided, all
accounting terms will be construed in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles consistently applied and consistent
with those applied in the preparation of the financial statements
referred to in section 4.15, and financial data submitted pursuant
to this Agreement will be prepared in accordance with such
principles. As used herein:
“
Adjusted Net Income ” means, for each period of
determination, an amount equal to (a) the net income of the
Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries for such period
determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles plus (b) to the extent deducted in
determining net income, nonrecurring expenses incurred by the
Borrower or any Subsidiary during such
period relating
to the acquisition by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of all or
substantially all of the capital stock (or other ownership
interests) or assets of another entity.
“
Borrowing Date ” means each date on which a Loan is
made by a Lender to the Company.
“
Business Day ” means any day (other than a Saturday or
Sunday) (a) on which commercial banks are open for business in
New York, New York and (b) when used in connection with a
Loan, on which banks are open for dealing in dollar deposits in the
London interbank market.
“
Daily Reset LIBOR Rate Loan ” shall have the meaning
ascribed to such term in section 2.3(a) hereof.
“
Default ” means an event or condition that constitutes
an Event of Default or that, with the giving of any notice, the
passage of time, or both, would be an Event of Default.
“
Effective Date ” means the first date all the
conditions precedent in section 3.1(a) are satisfied or waived and
this Agreement becomes effective and replaces the Existing Credit
Agreement.
“
Event of Default ” means the occurrence of any of the
events specified in section 6.1; provided that, any requirement for
notice or lapse of time or any other condition has been
satisfied.
“
Interest Differential ” means that sum equal to the
greater of zero or the financial loss incurred by the applicable
Lender resulting from prepayment, calculated as the difference
between the amount of interest such Lender would have earned (from
like investments in the Money Markets as of the first day of the
LIBOR Rate Loan) had prepayment not occurred and the interest such
Lender will actually earn (from like investments in the Money
Markets as of the date of prepayment) as a result of the
redeployment of funds from the prepayment.
“
LIBOR Rate Loan ” shall have the meaning ascribed to
such term in section 2.3(a) hereof.
“
Loan ” means a loan made by a Lender to the Company
pursuant to section 2.1 of this Agreement.
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“
Loan Documents ” means this Agreement, the Notes, the
Pledge Agreement and all other documents relating to this Agreement
and the financing transactions set forth herein.
“
Loan Period ” means the period commencing on the
Borrowing Date of the applicable LIBOR Rate Loan and ending on the
numerically corresponding day 1, 2 or 3 months thereafter
matching the interest rate term selected by the Borrower; provided,
however, (a) if any Loan Period would otherwise end on a day
which is not a Business Day, then the Loan Period shall end on the
next succeeding Business Day unless the next succeeding Business
Day falls in another calendar month, in which case the Loan Period
shall end on the immediately preceding Business Day or (b) if
any Loan Period begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month
(or a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in
the calendar month at the end of the Loan Period), then the Loan
Period shall end on the last Business Day of the calendar month at
the end of such Loan Period.
“
Majority Lenders ” means the Lenders holding in the
aggregate at least 66-2/3% of the aggregate outstanding principal
balance of the Notes or, if there are no Loans outstanding, the
Lenders whose aggregate Percentage is at least 66-2/3%.
“
Maturity Date ” means September 30, 2008, or such
earlier date on which the Notes become immediately due and payable
pursuant to Article VI hereof.
“
Money Markets ” refers to one or more wholesale
funding markets available to and selected by the Agent, including
negotiable certificates of deposit, commercial paper, eurodollar
deposits, bank notes, federal funds, interest rate swaps or
others.
“
Net Proceeds of Additional Capital ” means the cash
proceeds received by the Borrower from the issuance by the Borrower
of additional shares of common or preferred stock, net of any
underwriting discount, placement fee and other expenses directly
related thereto.
“
Nonperforming Loans ” means an amount, determined
without duplication, equal to the sum of (a) the aggregate
amount of loans, leases and other assets of the Subsidiary Bank
with respect to which a scheduled payment is 90 days or more
past due and (b) the aggregate amount of loans, leases and
other assets classified as “non-accrual” as reported in
the most recent FFEIC call report filed by the Subsidiary
Bank.
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“
Note ” means a promissory note of the Borrower, in
form of Exhibit A attached hereto, appropriately completed,
evidencing the Loans made by a Lender to the Borrower under this
Agreement and “ Notes ” means all such
promissory notes.
“
Percentage ” means, for each Lender:
(a) with
respect to the Revolving Loan Commitment of a Lender, a percentage
equal to such Lender’s Revolving Loan Commitment divided by
the aggregate Revolving Loan Commitments of all Lenders;
and
(b) with
respect to the Loans outstanding at any time, a percentage equal to
the outstanding principal amount of Loans made by such Lender
divided by the aggregate outstanding principal amount of Loans made
by all Lenders;
and the
Percentage of each Lender as of the Effective Date is set forth
opposite its signature hereto, as the same may be adjusted from
time to time as the result of one or more assignments pursuant to
section 8.3 hereof.
“
Person ” means any natural person, corporation,
limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association,
company, partnership, governmental authority or other
entity.
“
Pledge Agreement ” means the Pledge Agreement dated as
of the date hereof from the Borrower to the Agent granting the
Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, a first priority security
interest in all of the issued and outstanding stock of the
Subsidiary Bank, as amended, supplemented, revised or restated from
time to time.
“
Regulatory Authority ” means any state, federal or
other authority, agency or instrumentality including, without
limitation, the Comptroller of the Currency, Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation, Federal Reserve Board and Office of Thrift
Supervision, responsible for examination and oversight of the
Borrower or the Subsidiary Bank.
“
Revolving Loan Commitment ” means the obligation of
each Lender to make Loans to the Company pursuant to section 2.1 in
an amount up to, but not exceeding, the amount set forth opposite
such Lender’s signature hereto or as set forth in the
applicable Assignment and Acceptance agreement, as the same may be
reduced from time to time pursuant to section 2.6 or as appropriate
to reflect any assignments to or by such Lender effected in
accordance with section 8.3.
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“
Subsidiary ” or “ Subsidiaries ”
means the Subsidiary Bank and any entity of which the Borrower
owns, directly or through another Subsidiary, at the date of
determination, more than 50% of the outstanding stock having
ordinary voting power for the election of directors, irrespective
of whether or not at such time stock of any other class or classes
might have voting power by reason of the happening of any
contingency.
“
Subsidiary Bank means AnchorBank, fsb, a federally chartered
savings bank, all of the outstanding stock of which is owned by the
Borrower.
“
Total Loans ” means, at any time, the aggregate
amounts of all loans shown as assets of the Subsidiary Bank as
reported in the then most recent FFEIC call report filed by the
Subsidiary Bank.
“
Total Revolving Loan Commitment ” means the sum of the
Revolving Loan Commitments of each of the Lenders. The Total
Revolving Credit Commitment is $120,000,000 as of the Effective
Date and is subject to reduction pursuant to section
2.6.
2.1
Revolving Credit Facility . During the period from
the Closing Date to the Maturity Date, each Lender, severally, will
make Loans to the Borrower, subject to the terms and conditions
hereof, in an amount equal to such Lender’s Percentage of the
amount of Loans requested by the Borrower on the applicable
Borrowing Date, up to the maximum amount at any time outstanding of
such Lender’s Revolving Loan Commitment; provided, however,
that the Lenders shall have no obligation to make Loans to the
Borrower if, after giving effect thereto, the sum of the aggregate
outstanding principal amount of all Loans would exceed the Total
Revolving Loan Commitment. Within such limits, and subject to the
other terms and conditions hereof, Loans may be made, repaid and
made again. The Loans made by a Lender shall be evidenced by a
Revolving Note payable to the order of such Lender and shall be due
and payable on the Maturity Date. Although each Revolving Note
shall be expressed to be payable in the amount of the payee
Lender’s initial Revolving Loan Commitment, the Borrower
shall be obligated to pay only the amount of Loans actually
disbursed to or for the account of the Borrower by the payee
Lender, together with interest on the unpaid balance of the sums so
disbursed, which remain outstanding from time to time as shown on
the records of the payee Lender. The Loans made by the Lenders on a
Borrowing Date shall be made ratably in accordance with each
Lender’s Percentage.
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2.2
Borrowing Procedure for Loans .
(a) The
Borrower shall request Loans by written notice, or by telephonic
notice confirmed in writing or confirmed by electronic mail, to the
Agent (i) in the case of a LIBOR Rate Loans, not later than
11 a.m., Milwaukee time, on the date which is least two
Business Days prior to the requested Borrowing Date (which must be
a Business Day) and (ii) in the case of Daily Reset LIBOR Rate
Loans, not later than 11 a.m., Milwaukee time, on the
requested Borrowing Date (which must be a Business Day). Each such
request by the Borrower must specify the amount of the requested
Loan, whether such Loan is to be a Daily Reset LIBOR Rate Loan or a
LIBOR Rate Loan and, if the Borrower requests a LIBOR Rate Loan,
the applicable Loan Period. The aggregate amount of Loans made on
each Borrowing Date shall be in a minimum amount of $1,000,000. In
the event of any inconsistency between the telephonic notice and
the written confirmation thereof, the telephonic notice shall
control. Each request for Loans shall be irrevocable and shall
constitute a representation and warranty by the Borrower that the
borrowing conditions specified in sections 3.1(b)(ii) and
3.1(b)(iii) will be satisfied on the specified Borrowing Date. The
Agent will promptly notify the Lenders of the requested Loan. On or
before 2 p.m., Milwaukee time, on the specified Borrowing Date,
each Lender shall make available its Percentage of the requested
Loan with the Agent in immediately available funds. Upon
fulfillment of the applicable borrowing conditions, the Agent shall
deposit the Loans in the Borrower’s account maintained with
the Agent or as the Borrower may otherwise direct in
writing.
(b) Unless
the Agent shall have been notified by telephone, confirmed promptly
thereafter in writing, by a Lender not later than 2 p.m., Milwaukee
time, on a Borrowing Date that such Lender will not make available
to the Agent such Lender’s Percentage of the requested Loan,
the Agent may assume that such Lender has made such amount
available to the Agent and, in reliance upon such assumption, make
available to the Borrower on such Borrowing Date a corresponding
amount. If and to the extent that such Lender shall not have so
made such amount available to the Agent, then upon notice from the
Agent, the Borrower agrees to repay the amount advanced by the
Agent on behalf of such Lender together with interest thereon, for
each day from the date the Agent made such amount available to the
Borrower to the date such amount is repaid to the Agent, at the
interest rate applicable to such Loan.
(c) The
failure of any Lender to make a Loan shall not relieve any other
Lender of its obligation hereunder to make a Loan on the applicable
Borrowing Date, but no Lender shall be responsible for the failure
of any other Lender to make the Loan to be made by such other
Lender on the applicable Borrowing Date.
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2.3 Interest
Rate, Payments, etc .
(a)
Interest Rate Options . The unpaid principal balance of each
Loan outstanding from time to time shall bear interest for the
period commencing on the Borrowing Date of such Loan until such
Loan is paid in full. Interest on each Loan hereunder shall accrue
at one of the following per annum rates selected by the Borrower in
accordance with section 2.2(a) hereof (i) 2.00% plus the
one-month LIBOR Rate quoted by the Agent from Reuters Screen
LIBOR01 or any successor thereto, which shall be that one-month
LIBOR rate in effect and reset each Business Day, adjusted for any
reserve requirement and any subsequent costs arising from a change
in government regulation (a “Daily Reset LIBOR Rate
Loan”); or (ii) 1.75% plus the 1, 2 or 3 month
LIBOR rate quoted by the Agent from Reuters Screen LIBOR01 or any
successor thereto (which shall be the LIBOR rate in effect two
Business Days prior to the Borrowing Date of such Loan), adjusted
for any reserve requirement and any subsequent costs arising from a
change in government regulation (a “LIBOR Rate Loan”).
The Agent’s internal records of applicable interest rates
shall be determinative in the absence of manifest error.
(b)
Interest Payments . Interest accrued on Daily Reset LIBOR
Rate Loans is due on the last day of each calendar quarter,
commencing June 30, 2008, and on the Maturity Date. Interest
accrued on a LIBOR Rate Loan is due on the last day of its Loan
Period or, if earlier, on the Maturity Date.
(c)
Increased Costs . In the event after the date of initial
funding any governmental authority subjects a Lender to any new or
additional charge, fee, withholding or tax of any kind with respect
to any Loans hereunder or changes the method of taxation of such
Loans or changes the reserve or deposit requirements applicable to
such Loans, the Borrower shall pay to such Lender such additional
amounts as will compensate such Lender for such costs or lost
income resulting therefrom as reasonably determined by such Lender.
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(d)
Default Rate . Notwithstanding the provisions of section
2.3(a) above, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an
Event of Default, the unpaid principal balance of the Notes shall,
upon notice from the Agent to the Borrower, bear interest at an
annual rate equal to the rate announced by the Agent from time to
time as its prime rate plus 2.00% (the “Default Rate”),
payable upon demand. On and after the Maturity Date, the unpaid
principal balance of the Notes and all accrued interest thereon
shall bear interest at the Default Rate and shall be payable upon
demand.
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(e)
Calculation . Interest shall be calculated for the actual
number of days elapsed on the basis of a 360-day year.
2.4
Continuation and Conversion .
(a) A
Daily Rate LIBOR Rate Loan shall continue as a Daily Rate LIBOR
Rate Loan unless and until converted to a LIBOR Rate Loan. The
Borrower may elect from time to time, subject to the terms and upon
the conditions of this Agreement, to convert all or a portion (in
an minimum amount of $1,000,000) of the outstanding Daily Rate
LIBOR Rate Loans to LIBOR Rate Loans.
(b) In
the event the Borrower does not timely elect to continue a LIBOR
Rate Loan at least two Business Days before the end of the Loan
Period for such LIBOR Rate Loan, the Agent may at any time after
the end of the Loan Period convert the LIBOR Rate Loan to a Daily
Reset LIBOR Rate Loan, but until such conversion the LIBOR Rate
Loan shall continue to accrue interest at the same rate as the
interest rate in effect for such LIBOR Rate Loan prior to the end
of the Loan Period.
(c) The
Borrower will give the Bank irrevocable notice of each conversion
of a Daily Reset LIBOR Rate Loan or continuation of a LIBOR Rate
Loan not later than 11 a.m., Milwaukee time, two Business Days
prior to the date of the requested conversion or continuation,
specifying (i) the requested date of such conversion or
continuation, (ii) the amount to be converted into or
continued as a LIBOR Rate Loan and (iii) the Loan Period
applicable thereto.
(d) Unless
otherwise agreed to by the Majority Banks, no Loan may be converted
into or continued as a LIBOR Rate Loan when any Default or Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing.
2.5 Nonusage
Fee . As consideration for each Lender’s Revolving
Loan Commitment, the Borrower agrees to pay to the Agent, for the
account of each Lender in accordance with its Percentage, on the
last day of each calendar quarter, commencing June 30, 2008,
and on the Maturity Date, a nonusage fee equal to 0.25% per year on
the amount, if any, by which the daily average outstanding
Revolving Loans were less than $70,000,000 during the preceding
calendar quarter or other applicable period. Nonusage fees shall be
calculated for the actual number of days elapsed on the basis of a
360-day year.
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2.6
Reduction or Termination of Total Revolving Loan
Commitments .
(a)
Mandatory . The Total Revolving Credit Commitment shall be
automatically reduced by the amount of Net Proceeds of Additional
Capital received by the Borrower after the Effective Date,
effective on the date(s) of receipt, to an amount not less than
$70,000,000.
(b)
Optional . The Borrower may, on any interest payment date
commencing June 30, 2008, and upon five days’ prior
written notice to the Agent, permanently reduce the amount of the
Total Revolving Loan Commitment; provided that no such reduction
shall reduce the amount of the Total Revolving Loan Commitment to
an amount less than the aggregate unpaid principal balances of the
Revolving Notes on the date of such reduction. Each optional
reduction in the Total Revolving Loan Commitment shall be in a
minimum amount of $5,000,000 and in integral multiples of
$1,000,000 above such minimum.
(c)
Effect of Reduction . Each reduction in the Total Revolving
Loan Commitment shall ratably reduce each Lender’s Revolving
Loan Commitment.
2.7
Payments . All payments of principal and interest on
the Notes and of all fees due hereunder shall be made at the office
of the Agent, for the account of the Lenders, in lawful currency of
the United States, in immediately available funds not later than 2
p.m., Milwaukee time, on the date due; funds received after that
time shall be deemed to have been received on the next Business
Day. Whenever any payment to be made shall otherwise be due on a
day which is not a Business Day, such payment shall be made on the
next succeeding Business Day. The Agent may charge any account of
the Borrower at the Agent for any payment due under the Notes, or
any fee or expense payable hereunder, on or after the date due.
Except as otherwise provided in section 2.9(b), the Agent shall
forward to each Lender, promptly after receipt, such Lender’s
Percentage of such payments received by the Agent. The Borrower
will maintain a demand deposit account at the Agent to facilitate
borrowings and repayments hereunder. All payments may be applied by
a Lender to principal, interest and other amounts due under the
Loan Documents in any order which such Lender elects.
(a)
Mandatory . The Borrower shall make such prepayments of the
Notes on such dates and in such amounts as may be necessary so that
the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Notes does not
exceed the Total Revolving Loan Commitment.
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(b)
Optional . The Borrower may at any time repay, without
premium or penalty, Daily LIBOR Rate Loans in a minimum amount of
$1,000,000 (or, if less, all outstanding Daily LIBOR Rate Loans).
LIBOR Rate Loans may not be prepaid prior to the last day of the
applicable Loan Period unless such prepayment is accompanied by any
sums, including Interest Differential, required by
subsection (c) below; provided, however, that if the Borrower
repays the entire principal balances of the Revolving Notes and all
interest and fees accrued through the prepayment date and
terminates the Revolving Loan Commitments of the Lenders in
accordance with section 2.6, such prepayment need not be on the
last day of the applicable Loan Periods for the outstanding LIBOR
Rate Loans and no Interest Differential shall be due. The Borrower
will give the Agent notice of any optional prepayment of the Notes
not later than 11 a.m., Milwaukee time, (i) in the case of a
prepayment of Daily Rate LIBOR Rate Loans, on the prepayment date,
or (ii) in the case of a prepayment of LIBOR Rate Loans, on
the Business Day prior to the prepayment date, specifying the
prepayment date (which must be a Business Day) and the amount to be
prepaid. The amount of such prepayment shall become due and payable
by the Borrower on the specified prepayment date.
(c)
Prepayment of LIBOR Rate Loans . Except as otherwise
provided in subsection 2.8(b) above, if a LIBOR Rate Loan is
prepaid prior to the end of its Loan Period, whether by the
Borrower, as a result of acceleration upon default or otherwise,
the Borrower agrees to pay to each Lender all of such
Lender’s costs, expenses and the Interest Differential
incurred as a result of such prepayment. Because of the short-term
nature of this facility, the Borrower agrees that the Interest
Differential shall not be discounted to its present value. Except
for a mandatory prepayment required under section 2.8(a), any
prepayment of a LIBOR Rate Loan shall be in an amount equal to the
remaining entire principal balance of such LIBOR Rate
Loan.
2.9 Pro Rata
Treatment; Sharing of Payments .
(a) Except
as otherwise provided in this Agreement, all payments of principal,
interest and fees made by the Borrower shall be distributed pro
rata to the Lenders according to their respective Percentages. If
any Lender shall obtain any payment or other recovery (whether
voluntary, involuntary, by application of setoff or otherwise) in
excess of its pro rata share of payments then or therewith obtained
by all Lenders, such Lender shall immediately purchase, without
recourse and for cash, from the other Lenders, such participations
in the Notes of such other Lenders so that each Lender shall
thereafter have a percentage interest in all of such obligations
equal to such Lender’s Percentage; provided, however, that if
any payment so received shall be recovered in whole or in part from
such purchasing
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Lender, the
purchase shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the
extent of any such recovery, but without interest. The Borrower
agrees that any Lender so purchasing a participation from another
Lender pursuant to this section may, to the fullest extent
permitted by law, exercise all of its rights of payment (including
its right of setoff) with respect to such participation as if such
Lender were the direct creditor of the Borrower in the amount of
such participation.
(b) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, any Lender
that fails to make available to the Agent its pro rata share of any
Loan as, when and to the full extent required by the provisions of
this Agreement, shall be deemed delinquent (a “Delinquent
Lender”) until such time as such delinquency is satisfied. A
Delinquent Lender shall be deemed to have assigned any and all
payments due to it from the Borrower to the Agent and the
nondelinquent Lenders for application to, and reduction of, their
respective pro rata shares of all outstanding Loans. The Delinquent
Lender hereby authorizes the Agent to (i) retain such payments
to the extent the Agent funded such delinquency or
(ii) distribute such payments to the nondeliquent Lenders in
proportion to their respective pro rata shares of all outstanding
Loans to the extent the nondelinquent Lenders funded such
delinquency. A Delinquent Lender shall be deemed to have satisfied
in full a delinquency when and if, as a result of the application
of the assigned payments to the Agent and/or the nondelinquent
Lenders, all advances funded by the Agent have been repaid in full
and the Lenders’ respective pro rata shares of all
outstanding Loans have returned to their respective
Percentages.
2.10
Additional LIBOR Rate Loan Provisions .
(a) If
any Lender determines that the making or maintaining of a LIBOR
Rate Loan would violate any applicable law, rule regulation or
directive, whether or not having the force of law, then the
obligation of the Lenders to make or continue LIBOR Rate Loans, or
to convert Daily LIBOR Rate Loans into LIBOR Rate Loans, shall be
suspended until the Agent notifies the Borrower that the
circumstances causing such suspension no longer exist. During any
such period, all LIBOR Rate Loans shall automatically convert into
Daily LIBOR Rate Loans at the end of the applicable loan period or
sooner if required by law.
(b) If
the Agent is unable to determine the LIBOR rate in respect of a
requested LIBOR Rate Loan or the Lenders are unable to obtain
deposits of United States dollars in the London interbank market in
the applicable amounts and for the requested Loan Period, then,
upon notice from the Agent to the Borrower, the obligation of the
Lenders to make or continue LIBOR Rate Loans, or to convert Daily
LIBOR Rate Loans into LIBOR Rate Loans, shall be suspended until
the
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Agent notifies
the Borrower that the circumstances causing such suspension no
longer exist.
(c) No
more than 10 LIBOR Rate Loans shall be outstanding at any
time.
ARTICLE III. CONDITIONS TO
BORROWING
3.1
Conditions to Borrowing . The effectiveness of this
Agreement and the obligations of the Lenders to make Loans is
subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions:
(a)
Effective Date . On or before the Effective Date, the Agent
shall have received the following, all in form, detail and content
satisfactory to the Lenders:
(i) executed
counterparts of this Agreement;
(ii) the
original, executed Notes;
(iii) executed
counterparts of the Pledge Agreement together with
(1) certificates representing all of the issued and
outstanding stock of the Subsidiary Bank and (2) blank stock
powers, duly executed by the Borrower;
(iv) a
copy of the Borrower’s Articles of Incorporation, certified
by the Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions;
(v) a
certificate of status with respect to the Borrower issued by the
Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions;
(vi) copies,
certified to be accurate and complete by the Secretary or Assistant
Secretary of the Borrower, of (1) the By-Laws of the Borrower,
(2) a resolution of the Board of Directors or Executive
Committee authorizing the financing contemplated by this Agreement
and the execution and delivery of the Loan Documents by the
officers of the Borrower signatory hereto and thereto and (3)
specimen signatures of such officers;
(vii) a
certificate of the President or Vice President of the Borrower to
the effect that the representations and warranties of the Borrower
set forth in the Loan Documents are accurate and complete in all
material respects and that, as of the Effective Date, no Default or
Event of Default exists;
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(viii) an
opinion of
, counsel to the Borrower;
(ix) a
nonrefundable, fully earned amendment fee of $150,000 for the
ratable account of the Lenders; and
(x) such
other documents and instruments relating hereto as the Agent shall
reasonably request.
(b)
Each Borrowing Date : In addition to the conditions
specified in section 3.1(a) above, on or before each Borrowing
Date, the Borrower shall have satisfied the following
conditions:
(i)
Borrowing Procedure . The Borrower shall have complied with
the borrowing procedure specified in section 2.2.
(ii)
Representations and Warranties True and Correct . The
representations and warranties contained in the Loan Documents
shall be true and correct on and as of the relevant Borrowing Date
except for changes contemplated or permitted by this
Agreement.
(iii)
No Default . There shall exist on such Borrowing Date no
Default of Event of Default.
(iv)
Proceedings and Documentation . The Lenders shall have
received such instruments and other documents as they may
reasonably request in connection with the making of such Loans, and
all such instruments and documents shall be in form and content
satisfactory to the Lenders.
ARTICLE IV. WARRANTIES AND
COVENANTS
During the term of
this Agreement, and while any part of the credit granted the
Borrower is available or any obligations under any of the Loan
Documents are unpaid or outstanding, the Borrower warrants and
agrees as follows:
4.1
Organization and Authority . The Borrower is a
corporation validly existing under the laws of the State of
Wisconsin and has all requisite power and authority, corporate or
otherwise, and possesses all licenses necessary, to conduct its
business and own its properties. The execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents
(i) are within the Borrower’s power; (ii) have been
duly authorized by proper corporate action; (iii) do not
require the approval of any Regulatory Authority or other
governmental agency; and (iv) will
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not violate any
law, agreement or restriction by which the Borrower is bound. This
Agreement and the other Loan Documents are the legal, valid and
binding obligations of the Borrower, enforceable against the
Borrower in accordance with their terms, subject to bankruptcy,
reorganization, moratorium, insolvency and similar laws affecting
the rights of creditors generally, and to the applicability of
equitable principles.
(a) The
Borrower’s only Subsidiaries are the Subsidiary Bank and
Investment Directions, Inc.
(b) The
Subsidiary Bank (i) has issued and outstanding 100 shares of
common stock, par value $0.10 per share, which are duly authorized,
validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, of which the
Borrower owns 100 shares, free and clear of any liens, charges,
encumbrances, rights of redemption, preemptive rights or rights of
first refusal of any kind or nature whatsoever, except liens in
favor of the Bank and (ii) has no shares of capital stock
(common or preferred), or securities or other obligations
convertible into any of the foregoing, authorized or outstanding
and has no outstanding offers, subscriptions, warrants, rights or
other agreements or commitments obligating it to issue or sell any
of the foregoing.
(c) Investment
Directions, Inc. (i) has issued and outstanding 100 shares of
common stock, par value $0.10 per share, which are duly authorized,
validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, of which the
Borrower owns 100 shares, free and clear of any liens, charges,
encumbrances, rights of redemption, preemptive rights or rights of
first refusal of any kind or nature whatsoever, except liens in
favor of the Bank and (ii) has no shares of capital stock
(common or preferred), or securities or other obligations
convertible into any of the foregoing, authorized or outstanding
and has no outstanding offers, subscriptions, warrants, rights or
other agreements or commitments obligating it to issue or sell any
of the foregoing.
(d) Each
of the Borrower’s Subsidiaries is validly existing under the
laws of its jurisdiction of organization and has all requisite
power and authority, corporate and otherwise, and possesses all
licenses necessary, to conduct its business as currently conducted
and to own its properties.
4.3
Litigation and Compliance with Laws
. The Borrower and its Subsidiaries have complied in all material
respects with and will continue to comply in all material respects
with all applicable federal and state laws and regulations:
(i) that regulate or are concerned in any way with its or
their banking and trust
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business,
including, without limitation, those laws and regulations relating
to the investment of funds, lending of money, collection of
interest, extension of credit, and location and operation of
banking facilities; or (ii) otherwise relate to or affect the
business or assets of the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries or
the assets owned, used or occupied by them. Except as set forth on
Schedule 4.3 attached hereto, there are no claims, actions,
suits, or proceedings pending, or to the best knowledge of the
Borrower, threatened or contemplated against or affecting the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, at law or in equity, or before
any Regulatory Authority, or before any arbitrator or arbitration
panel, in which an adverse determination would have a material
adverse effect on the financial condition, operation or prospects
of the Borrower or such Subsidiary, and there is no decree,
judgment or order of any kind in existence against or restraining
the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or any of their respective
officers, employees or directors, from taking any action of any
kind in connection with the business of the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.3 attached
hereto, neither Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries has
(i) received from any Regulatory Authority any criticisms,
recommendations or suggestions of a material nature, and the
Borrower has no reason to believe that any such is contemplated,
concerning the capital structure of any of its Subsidiaries, loan
policies or portfolio, or other banking and business practices of
any of its Subsidiaries that have not been resolved to the
satisfaction of such Regulatory Authorities or (ii) entered
into any memorandum of understanding or similar arrangement with
any Regulatory Authority that is currently in effect relating to
any unsound or unsafe banking practice or conduct or any violation
of law respecting the operations of the Borrower or the operations
of any of its Subsidiaries. The Borrower further agrees that it
shall, and shall cause each Subsidiary to, comply in all material
respects with the terms and conditions contained in any order,
decree, memorandum of understanding or similar agreement entered
into with or received from any Regulatory Authority.
4.4
F.D.I.C. Insurance . The Subsidiary Bank is
insured as to deposits by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
and no act has occurred which could adversely affect the status of
the Subsidiary Bank as an insured bank.
4.5
Corporate Existence; Business Activities; Assets .
The Borrower will and will cause each Subsidiary to
(i) preserve its corporate existence, rights and franchises,
(ii) carry on its business activities in substantially the
manner such activities are conducted as of the date of this
Agreement, (iii) not liquidate, dissolve, merge or consolidate
with or into another entity and (iv) not sell, lease, transfer
or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its
assets.
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4.6 Use of
Proceeds; Margin Stock; Speculation . Advances by the
Lenders hereunder will be used by the Borrower (a) to
refinance existing indebtedness of the Borrower owing to the
Lenders and (b) for working capital and other lawful corporate
purposes. The Borrower will not use any of the loan proceeds to
purchase or carry “margin” stock (as defined in
Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System) or for speculative investment purposes.
4.7
Restriction on Liens; Negative Pledges . The Borrower
will not, without the prior written consent of the Majority
Lenders, create, incur, assume or permit to exist any mortgage,
pledge, encumbrance or other lien or levy upon or security interest
in any of the capital stock of the Subsidiary Bank, now owned or
hereafter acquired by the Borrower. The Borrower further agrees
that the Borrower shall not, without the prior written consent of
the Majority Lenders, enter into, or become a party or subject to,
any negative pledge agreement relating to any of the
Borrower’s assets with any third party other than as set
forth in the Loan Documents.
4.8
Restriction on Contingent Liabilities . The Borrower
will not guarantee or become a surety or otherwise contingently
liable for any obligations of others, except with respect to the
deposit and collection of checks.
4.9
Insurance . The Borrower will maintain and cause each
Subsidiary to maintain insurance to such extent, covering such
risks and with such insurers as is usual and customary for
businesses operating similar properties, and as is satisfactory to
the Agent, including insurance for fire and other risks insured
against by extended coverage, public liability insurance and
workers’ compensation insurance.
4.10 Taxes
and Other Liabilities . The Borrower will pay and
discharge, and cause each Subsidiary to pay and discharge when due,
all of its taxes, assessments and other liabilities, except when
the payment thereof is being contested in good faith by appropriate
procedures which will avoid foreclosure of liens securing such
items, and with adequate reserves provided therefor.
4.11
Financial Statements and Reporting . The financial
statements and other information previously provided to the Lenders
or provided to the Lenders in the future are or will be complete
and accurate and prepared in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles. There has been no material adverse change in
the Borrower’s financial condition since such
infor
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