Exhibit 10.6
FIRST AMENDMENT
TO AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT
AGREEMENT
THIS FIRST AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND
RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”) is made as
of July 29, 2008, by and among INTERNATIONAL ASSETS HOLDING
CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (“ IAHC ”),
INTL ASSETS, INC., a Florida corporation, and INTL COMMODITIES,
INC., a Delaware corporation (together with IAHC, the “
Borrowers ”) and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., a national
banking association (the “ Lender ”).
Recitals
Pursuant to that certain Amended and
Restated Credit Agreement dated as of July 31, 2007, between
the Lender and the Borrowers (as the same may from time to time be
amended, restated, supplemented, or otherwise modified, the “
Credit Agreement ”), the Lender established a
revolving credit facility pursuant to which the Lender agreed to
make advances to the Borrowers from time to time in an aggregate
principal amount not to exceed Twenty Five Million Dollars
($25,000,000).
The Borrowers have now asked the
Lender to increase the Revolving Credit Amount to Thirty Five
Million Dollars ($35,000,000) and extend the Revolving Credit
Expiration Date for one year. The Lender has agreed to do so,
provided the parties hereto execute and deliver this Amendment and
all of the documents called for by this Amendment, among other
things.
Agreement
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of
the premises and in order to induce the Lender to amend the Credit
Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration, the
receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the
parties hereto agree as follows:
1. Terms Defined . Unless
otherwise defined or stated in this Amendment, each capitalized
term used in this Amendment has the meaning given to such term in
the Credit Agreement (as amended by this Amendment).
2. Amendments to Credit
Agreement . The Credit Agreement is, effective as of the date
hereof, hereby amended as follows:
The following definitions set forth
in Section 1.1. of the Credit Agreement are hereby
amended and restated to read as follows:
“Note” shall mean the
$35,000,000 Fourth Amended and Restated Revolving Loan Note made by
the Borrowers and payable to the order of the Lender.
“Revolving Credit
Amount”, shall mean the amount of Thirty Five Million Dollars
($35,000,000).
“Revolving Credit Expiration
Date” shall mean December 31, 2009, or such later date
as to which the Lender shall, in its discretion, agree to extend
the Revolving Credit Expiration Date.
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Section 4.2 of the Credit Agreement shall be amended to add
the following new subsection (f) at the end
thereof:
(f) Compliance Certificates .
Concurrent with the delivery of the financial statements described
in Sections (a) and (b) above, a written certification,
signed by an authorized financial officer of the Borrowers, to the
effect that such officer has no knowledge of the existence of any
Defaults under the Financing Documents or if such officer has
knowledge of the existence of an Event of Default, a statement as
to the nature thereof and the action which the Borrowers propose to
take with respect thereto. Such written certification shall include
the calculations made by the Borrowers to determine compliance by
the Borrowers with each of the financial covenants set forth herein
as of the date of the financial statements delivered
therewith.
Section 5.1 of the Credit Agreement shall be replaced in its
entirety by the following new Section 5.1:
5.1. Minimum Working Capital
. The Borrowers shall maintain (on a consolidated basis with the
Guarantee-exempt Subsidiaries) current assets in excess of current
liabilities of at least Thirty Five Million Dollars
($35,000,000).
Section 5.2 of the Credit Agreement shall be replaced in its
entirety by the following new Section 5.2:
5.2 Minimum Net Worth . The
Borrowers shall maintain (on a consolidated basis including the
Guarantee-exempt Subsidiaries) minimum Net Worth of Fifty Million
Dollars ($50,000,000) provided , however , that such
figure shall permanently increase (on a dollar-for-dollar basis)
upon any increase in Net Worth by virtue of paid-in capital or
IAHC’s conversion of any of IAHC’s convertible debt
into equity.
Section 5.3 of the Credit Agreement shall be replaced in its
entirety by the following new Section 5.3:
5.3 Interest Coverage Ratio .
The Borrowers shall maintain (on a consolidated basis with the
Guarantee-exempt Subsidiaries) an Interest Coverage Ratio of at
least 1.75 to 1.0, except to the extent that the Lender waives such
covenant in writing as a result of a particular non-recurring
item.
Section 5.4 of the Credit Agreement shall be replaced in its
entirety by the following new Section 5.4:
5.4 Minimum EBITDA . The
Borrowers shall maintain (on a consolidated basis with the
Guarantee-exempt Subsidiaries) minimum EBITDA of not less than
Twenty Million Dollars ($20,000,000) on a rolling four-quarter
basis, as measured quarterly.
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Section 5.5 of the Credit Agreement shall be replaced in its
entirety by the following new Section 5.5:
5.5 Minimum Net Worth
Attributable to Domestic Loan Parties Only . The Borrowers
shall maintain consolidated Net Worth attributable to the Domestic
Loan Parties only (i.e., excluding consolidated Net Worth
attributable to the Guarantee-exempt Subsidiaries) of not less than
Thirty Million Dollars ($30,000,000), provided, however that the
Borrowers’ investments in the Guarantee-exempt Subsidiaries
shall be counted at cost for the purposes of measuring
compliance with this covenant.
3. Upfront Fee . In
consideration for the agreements of the Lender as set forth herein,
the Borrowers agree to pay to the Lender, upon execution hereof, an
upfront fee of Seventy Five Thousand Dollars ($75,000.00), which
fee is hereby deemed to be earned upon its receipt by the
Lender.
4. Conditions Precedent/Closing
and Post-Closing Deliverables . The effectiveness of this
Amendment is subject to the satisfaction of each of the following
conditions precedent, all of which conditions precedent must be
satisfied on or before the date of this Amendment, unless a
specific date is set forth for the delivery of such:
(a) The Lender shall have received
this Amendment executed by the parties hereto, and all fees and
expenses called for herein or incurred in connection with the
preparation and execution of this Amendment including, without
limitation the foregoing upfront fee and all of the
attorneys’ fees, costs and expenses incurred by the Lender in
connection herewith;
(b) The Lender shall have received
the stock certificates for the following entities:
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(I)
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INTL Holding
(UK) Ltd. (by August 8,2008);
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(II)
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INTL Global
Currencies Ltd. (by August 8, 2008);
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(III)
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INTL Global
Currencies (Asia) Ltd. (Hong Kong);
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(IV)
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Gainvest
Argentina Asset Management SA;
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(V)
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Gainvest SA
Sociedad Gerente de FCI;
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(VI)
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INTL Gainvest
Capital Uruguay SA (with the new and final certificate to be
delivered within 20 days of its certificati
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