Exhibit 10.2
LAST OUT DEBT
AGREEMENT
This LAST OUT DEBT AGREEMENT (this
“ Agreement ”), dated as of February 4,
2009, is entered into by and between Accuride Corporation, a
Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), and Sun
Accuride Debt Investments, LLC (the “ Investor
”). Certain capitalized terms used herein are
defined in Section 4.1 hereof.
W I T N E S
S E T H :
WHEREAS, the Company is a party to
that certain Fourth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as
of January 31, 2005, among the Company, Accuride Canada Inc.,
the banks, financial institutions and other institutional lenders
listed on the signature pages thereto, Citicorp
USA, Inc., and such other agents and arrangers party thereto,
as amended by the First Amendment dated as of November 28,
2007 (the “ Credit Agreement ”);
WHEREAS, the Company
anticipates that it will be in default of certain financial
covenants in the Credit Agreement as of December 31, 2008 and
desired that the Credit Agreement be amended to reset certain
financial covenants and provide other relief favorable to the
Company;
WHEREAS, the Investor is a Term
Lender under the Credit Agreement holding loans in the original
principal amount of $70,065,846 (the “ Term Loans
”);
WHEREAS, the Company has negotiated
an amendment to the Credit Agreement to reset certain of the
financial covenants and provide other relief favorable to the
Company (the Credit Agreement as so amended, the “ Amended
Credit Agreement ”); and
WHEREAS, the Investor is willing to
enter into such amendment on the terms and conditions set forth in
this Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of
the premises, and of the representations, warranties, covenants and
agreements set forth herein, the parties agree as
follows:
Section I
CLOSING
TRANSACTIONS
1.1
Closing . The closing of the Transaction (the “
Closing ”) will take place at the offices of Kirkland
& Ellis LLP, 200 E. Randolph Drive, Chicago, Illinois, 60601,
at 10:00 a.m., local time, on the date hereof (the “
Closing Date ”).
1.2
Closing Transactions . At the Closing:
(a)
the Investor, the
Company, the Company’s Subsidiaries and the other parties
thereto shall execute and deliver to the other parties thereto the
Amended Credit Agreement;
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(b)
the Company shall
duly adopt the amended and restated bylaws attached hereto as
Annex A (the “ Amended and Restated Bylaws
”) and deliver to the Investor a certified copy thereof, as
the Company’s bylaws in effect as of the Closing;
(c)
the Company shall
file with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware the
certificate of designation containing the provisions in the form
attached hereto as Annex B (the “ Certificate of
Designation ”) creating a series of one share of
preferred stock designated as Series A Preferred
Stock;
(d)
the Company shall
deliver to the Investor certified copies of the Company’s
certificate of incorporation and or any document amendatory or
supplemental thereto including the Certificate of Designation, each
as in effect at the Closing;
(e)
the Company shall
deliver the Series A Preferred Share (the “ Preferred
Share ”) to the Investor;
(f)
the Company shall
execute and deliver the warrant attached hereto as Annex C
(the “ Warrant ”, and together with the
Preferred Share, the “ Issued Securities ”) to
the Investor;
(g)
the Company and
the Investor shall each execute and deliver to the other party the
registration agreement attached hereto as Annex D (the
“ Registration Rights Agreement ”);
(h)
the Company and
an Affiliate of the Investor shall each execute and deliver to the
other party the consulting agreement attached hereto as Annex
E (the “ Consulting Agreement
”);
(i)
the Company and
each of Brian Urbanek, Jason Neimark, Douglas Werking, Thomas
Taylor and Donald Mueller shall each execute and deliver to the
other party an indemnification agreement substantially in the form
attached hereto as Annex F ;
(j)
the Company shall
deliver to the Investor the Indemnification Subordination
Agreements attached hereto as Annex G ;
(k)
the Company shall
deliver to the Investor certified copies of the resolutions duly
adopted by the board of directors of the Company authorizing the
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the
transactions contemplated hereby;
(l)
the Company shall
deliver to the Investor certified copies of the resolutions duly
adopted by the boards of directors of each Subsidiary of the
Company (as applicable) authorizing the transactions contemplated
hereby and the execution, delivery and performance of any
agreements executed by such subsidiary in connection
therewith;
(m)
the Company shall
deliver to the Investor copies of all governmental consents,
approvals and filings required in connection with the consummation
of the transactions hereunder pursuant to the laws of Delaware;
and
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(n)
the Company shall
reimburse the Investor and its Affiliates (together, the “
Investor Parties ”) for the fees, costs and
expenses incurred by the Investor
Parties as described in Section 3.8 hereof.
Section II
REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES
2.1
Representations and Warranties of the Company . The
Company represents and warrants to the Investor that as of the date
hereof and as of the Closing Date (or such other date specified
herein):
(a)
Organization,
Authority and Significant Subsidiaries . The Company is a
corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing
under the laws of Delaware and is qualified to do business in every
jurisdiction in which its ownership of property or conduct of
business requires it to qualify. The Company possesses all
requisite corporate power and authority and all material licenses,
permits and authorizations necessary to own and operate its
properties, to carry on its business as now conducted and presently
proposed to be conducted and to carry out the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement. Each Subsidiary of the
Company has been duly organized and is validly existing in good
standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of
organization.
(b)
Capitalization
.
(i)
The authorized
capital stock of the Company consists of (a) 5,000,000 shares
of preferred stock and (b) 100,000,000 shares of Common
Stock. As of January 23, 2008 (the “ Common
Stock Capitalization Date ”), zero shares of preferred
stock were issued and outstanding and 36,323,698 shares of Common
Stock were issued, of which 36,184,053 were outstanding. The
36,323,698 shares of issued Common Stock includes 139,645 shares of
Common Stock held by the Company in its treasury account and
250,000 shares of restricted Common Stock held for the benefit of
Mr. William M. Lasky. As of the Common Stock
Capitalization Date, there were outstanding (i) options to
purchase 549,525 shares of Common Stock, (ii) stock
appreciation rights to acquire 809,051 shares of Common Stock,
(iii) deferred rights to acquire 8,750 shares of Common Stock,
(iv) restricted stock units to acquire 217,883 shares of
Common Stock and (v) restricted stock awards to acquire
250,000 shares of Common Stock (as described in the preceding
sentence). The outstanding shares of Common Stock have been duly
authorized and are validly issued and outstanding, fully paid and
nonassessable, and subject to no preemptive rights (and were not
issued in violation of any preemptive rights). Except as set
forth above or in connection with this Agreement, as of the Closing
Date, there are no shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance,
the Company does not have outstanding any securities providing the
holder the right to acquire Common Stock and the Company does not
have any commitment to authorize, issue or sell any Common
Stock. Since the Common Stock Capitalization Date, the
Company has not issued any shares of Common Stock, other than upon
the exercise of stock options or delivered under awards granted
under the Company’s 2005 Incentive Award Plan, as amended and
restated effective September 22, 2008. As of the Closing
Date, the Company is not subject to any obligation (contingent or
otherwise) to
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repurchase or otherwise
acquire or retire any shares of its capital stock or any warrants,
options or other rights to acquire its capital stock.
(ii)
There are no
statutory or contractual stockholder’s preemptive rights or
rights of refusal with respect to the issuance of the Warrant or
the issuance of Common Stock upon exercise of the Warrant.
The offer and issuance of the Warrant does not require registration
or qualification under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
“ Securities Act ”), or applicable state
securities laws. To the best of the Company’s
knowledge, there are no agreements in effect between the
Company’s stockholders with respect to the voting or transfer
of the Company’s capital stock, except for the Amended and
Restated Registration Rights Agreement, dated January 31,
2005, by and among the Company and the stockholders listed on the
signature pages thereto.
(c)
Preferred
Share . The Company has
adopted, executed and filed the Certificate of Designation in the
form attached hereto as Annex A with the Secretary of State
of the State of Delaware, and such Certificate of Designation is in
full force and effect. The Preferred Share has been duly and
validly authorized, and, when issued and delivered pursuant to this
Agreement, the Preferred Share will be duly and validly issued,
fully paid and non-assessable, free from all taxes, liens and
charges and will not be subject to preemptive rights of any other
stockholders of the Company. The Preferred Share was issued
without violation of any applicable law or governmental
regulation. The Company has not adopted or filed any other
document designating terms, relative rights or preferences of its
preferred stock other than the Certificate of
Designation.
(d)
The Warrant
and Warrant Shares . The Warrant has been
duly authorized and, when executed and delivered as contemplated
hereby, will constitute a valid and legally binding obligation of
the Company in accordance with its terms, and the shares of Common
Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrant (the “ Warrant
Shares ”) have been duly authorized and reserved for
issuance upon exercise of the Warrant and when so issued will be
validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, free from all taxes,
liens and charges and will not be subject to preemptive rights of
any other stockholders of the Company.
(e)
Authorization;
No Breach . The execution,
delivery and performance of this Agreement, the Amended Credit
Agreement, the Warrant, the Registration Rights Agreement, the
Consulting Agreement and all other agreements and instruments
contemplated hereby (including the Transaction Documents) to which
the Company is a party and the Certificate of Designation and
Amended and Restated Bylaws have been duly, validly and unanimously
authorized by the board of directors of the Company. This
Agreement, the Amended Credit Agreement, the Warrant, the
Registration Rights Agreement, the Consulting Agreement, the
Certificate of Designation and all other agreements and instruments
contemplated hereby (including the Transaction Documents) to which
the Company is a party each constitute a valid and binding
obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in
accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be
limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or
similar law affecting creditors’ rights generally. The
Letter constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Specified
Director (as defined in Section 3.1(d) ), enforceable
against the Specified Director in accordance with its terms.
The Amended and Restated Bylaws attached hereto as Annex B
are in full force and effect as so amended. The
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execution and delivery by
the Company of this Agreement, the Amended Credit Agreement, the
Warrant, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Consulting
Agreement and all other agreements and instruments contemplated
hereby to which the Company is a party, the offering
and issuance of
the Warrant, the issuance of Warrant Shares, the amendment of the
Company’s bylaws and the filing of the Certificate of
Designation, and the fulfillment of and compliance with the
respective terms hereof and thereof by the Company, do not and
shall not (i) conflict with or result in a breach of the
terms, conditions or provisions of, (ii) constitute a default
under, (iii) result in the creation of any lien, security
interest, charge or encumbrance upon the Company’s or any of
its Subsidiaries’ capital stock or assets pursuant to,
(iv) give any third party the right to modify, terminate or
accelerate any obligation under, or (v) require any
authorization, consent, approval, exemption, registration, review
by or other action by or notice or declaration to, or filing (other
than any current report on Form 8-K required to be filed with
the SEC) with, any court or administrative or governmental body or
agency pursuant to, the certificate of incorporation (including the
Certificate of Designation) or bylaws of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, or any material law, statute, rule or regulation
to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries are subject, or any
material agreement, instrument, order, judgment or decree to which
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is subject. No other
corporate proceedings are necessary for the execution and delivery
by the Company of this Agreement, the performance of its
obligations hereunder or the consummation by it of the transactions
contemplated hereby, except for such proceedings, including
obtaining the affirmative vote of the Company’s stockholders,
as may be required by the applicable rules and regulations of
any United States national securities exchange on which any class
of the Company’s capital stock may be listed at the time of
exercise of the Warrant and issuance of the Warrant
Shares.
(f)
Amended Credit
Agreement . The Company and its
Subsidiaries shall have entered into the Amended Credit Agreement
and the Amended Credit Agreement is in full force and
effect.
(g)
Company
Financial Statements .
(i)
The consolidated
financial statements of the Company and its consolidated
subsidiaries included or incorporated by reference in the reports
and forms filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
“ Commission ”) under Sections 13(a),
14(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(the “ Exchange Act ”) on or after
January 1, 2008 and prior to the Closing (the “ SEC
Reports ”) present fairly in all material respects the
consolidated financial position of the Company and its consolidated
subsidiaries as of the dates indicated therein and the consolidated
results of their operations for the periods specified therein; and
except as stated therein, such financial statements were prepared
in conformity with GAAP applied on a consistent basis (except as
may be noted therein).
(ii)
Deloitte & Touche
LLP, who have certified certain financial statements of the Company
and its Subsidiaries, are independent accountants as required by
the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the
Commission and the Public Company Accounting Oversight
Board.
(h)
No Material
Adverse Effect . To the
Company’s knowledge, except as set forth on Schedule
2.1(h) , since December 31, 2007, no fact, circumstance,
event, change,
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occurrence, condition or
development has occurred that, individually or in the aggregate,
has had or would be reasonably likely to have a material adverse
effect on the financial condition of the Company and its
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
(i)
Reports
.
(i)
Since
December 31, 2007, the Company has complied in all material
respects with the filing requirements of Sections 13(a),
14(a) and 15(d) of the Exchange Act.
(ii)
The SEC Reports,
when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as
the case may be, conformed in all material respects to the
requirements of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, as
applicable, and the rules and regulations of the Commission
thereunder, and none of such documents, when they became effective
or were filed with the Commission, contained an untrue statement of
a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the
light of the circumstances in which they were made, not
misleading.
(j)
Amended Credit
Agreement Representations and Warranties . Each of the
Company’s representations and warranties set forth in the
Amended Credit Agreement, as modified by the disclosure schedules
therein, are true and correct as of the date hereof, and each such
representation and warranty is incorporated mutatis mutandis as if
set forth fully in this Agreement and as if applicable to the
Investor and this Agreement.
(k)
Brokerage
. Except
for fees set forth on Schedule 2.1(k) , there are no claims
for brokerage commissions, finders’ fees or similar
compensation in connection with the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement based on any arrangement or agreement binding upon
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. The Company shall
pay, and hold the Investor harmless against, any liability, loss or
expense (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and
out-of-pocket expenses) arising in connection with any such
claim.
2.2
Representations and Warranties of the Investor . The
Investor hereby represents and warrants to the Company that as of
the date hereof and the Closing Date:
(a)
Status
. The
Investor has been duly organized and is validly existing as a
limited liability company under the laws of Delaware.
(b)
Authorization;
No Breach . The execution,
delivery and performance of this Agreement, the Amended Credit
Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, and all other
agreements and instruments contemplated hereby to which the
Investor is a party have been duly and validly authorized by all
necessary action of the Investor. This Agreement, the Amended
Credit Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, and all other
agreements and instruments contemplated hereby to which the
Investor is a party each constitute a valid and binding obligation
of the Investor, enforceable in accordance with its terms.
The execution and delivery by the Investor of this Agreement, the
Amended Credit Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement and all
other agreements and instruments contemplated hereby to which the
Investor is a party, and the fulfillment of and compliance with the
respective terms hereof and thereof by the Investor, do not and
shall not (i) conflict with or result in a breach of the
terms,
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conditions or provisions of,
(ii) constitute a default under, (iii) result in the
creation of any lien, security interest, charge or encumbrance upon
the Investor’s membership interests or assets pursuant to,
(iv) give any third party the right to modify, terminate or
accelerate any obligation under, or (v) require any
authorization, consent, approval, exemption or other action by or
notice or declaration to, or filing (other than any report required
to be filed with the SEC) with, any court or administrative or
governmental body or agency pursuant to, the governing documents of
the Investor, or any law, statute, rule or regulation to which
the Investor is subject, or any agreement, instrument, order,
judgment or decree to which the Investor is subject.
(c)
Accredited
Investor . The Investor is an
accredited investor within the meaning of
Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act.
(d)
Investment
Intent . The Investor will
acquire for investment for the Investor’s own account, not as
a nominee or agent, and not with a view to the resale or
distribution of any part thereof in, or otherwise distributing, the
Issued Securities.
(e)
Investor
Capacity . The Investor is able
to bear the economic risk of an investment in the Issued Securities
and has sufficient net worth to sustain a loss of all of its
investment in the Issued Securities if such a loss should
occur.
(f)
Due
Diligence . The Investor has had
adequate opportunity to obtain documents, records and information
from and to ask questions of, and receive answers from, the
Company’s officers, employees, agents, accountants and
representatives concerning the business, operations, financial
condition, assets, liabilities and all other matters relating to
the Company and its Subsidiaries relevant to its investment in the
Issued Securities (it being understood by the Company that the
Investor is relying on the representations, warranties, covenants
and other provisions in this Agreement and the other documents and
agreements contemplated hereunder and nothing in this
Section 2.2(f) shall limit the Investor’s
rights with respect to breaches of representations, warranties,
covenants and other provisions in this Agreement and the other
documents and agreements contemplated hereunder).
(g)
Unregistered
Securities . The Investor
understands and hereby acknowledges that it is aware that the
Issued Securities have not been registered under the Securities Act
or any similar state securities laws and that the Issued Securities
will be issued by the Company in reliance upon exemptions from the
registration requirements of such laws. The Investor further
understands and acknowledges that all representations, warranties
and agreements made herein form, in part, the basis for the
foregoing exemptions under the Securities Act and the applicable
state securities laws, and that in issuing the Issued Securities to
the Investor, the Company has relied on all representations,
warranties and agreements of the Investor contained
herein.
(h)
Certain Tax
Matters . The Investor does
hereby acknowledge that it (i) has reviewed with its own tax
advisors the federal, state, local and foreign tax consequences to
it of an investment in the Issued Securities, (ii) is relying
solely on such advisors and not on any statements or
representations of the Company or any of their agents in connection
therewith and (iii) understands that it shall be responsible
for its own tax liability that may arise as a result of this
investment in the Issued Securities.
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Section III
ADDITIONAL
AGREEMENTS
3.1
Governance Matters .
(a)
In connection
with the increase in size of the Company’s board of directors
contemplated by the Amended and Restated Bylaws, the Investor shall
have the right to nominate one person (who is not an officer or an
Affiliate of any Investor Party) (the “ Independent
Director ”) for election to the board of directors of the
Company at the next annual meeting of the Company’s
stockholders at which directors are elected (the “ Annual
Meeting ”); provided , that in the case that a
qualified Independent Director has not been identified in time for
inclusion in a proxy statement relating to the Annual Meeting, the
Investor shall use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly
identify a qualified candidate to serve as the Independent Director
following the Annual Meeting, at which point the Company will
promptly (and in no event more than five (5) business days
after the nomination of the Independent Director by the Investor)
cause the Independent Director to be elected or appointed to its
board of directors. Such Independent Director shall meet the
standards for independence set forth in the New York Stock Exchange
Listed Company Manual Section 303A.00, including with respect
to the Investor and any of its Affiliates. After such
appointment, so long as the Investor Parties in the aggregate hold
at least 10% of the outstanding Common Stock (including for this
purpose, shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the
Warrant any other warrants, options or similar rights held by the
Investor Parties, but excluding, for avoidance of doubt, any other
warrants, options or similar rights held by any other Persons),
unless the Investor gives its written consent otherwise, the
Company will be required to recommend to its stockholders the
election of the Independent Director to the board of directors at
future annual meetings. Unless the Investor gives written
consent otherwise, the Company shall use commercially reasonable
efforts to have the Independent Director elected as a director of
the Company and the Company shall solicit proxies for such person
to the same extent as it does for any of its other nominees to the
board of directors.
(b)
For as long as
the Preferred Share is outstanding, (i) the holder of the
Preferred Share shall have the sole right to nominate, and shall,
as promptly as practicable, nominate, candidates to fill vacancies
resulting from the death, resignation, retirement,
disqualification, removal or other cause of any director elected by
the holder of the Preferred Share (all such directors, together
with any person who replaced any of such directors, the “
Series A Directors ”) or the Independent
Director, (ii) the majority vote of the Series A
Directors then in office shall be required for the board of
directors to fill any vacancies on the board resulting from the
death, resignation, retirement, disqualification, removal or other
cause of any of the Series A Directors or the Independent
Director, and (iii) the majority vote of the Common Directors
then in office shall be required for the board of directors to fill
any vacancies on the board resulting from the death, resignation,
retirement, disqualification, removal or other cause of any
director who is a Common Director, or to nominate any candidate to
be considered for any such vacancy, and the Common Directors shall,
as promptly as practicable, nominate candidates to fill any such
vacancies. In addition, for as long as the Preferred Share is
outstanding, the majority vote of the Common Directors then in
office shall be required for the
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board of directors to
nominate any person for election as a Common Director at an annual
or special meeting of stockholders.
(c)
The Independent
Director and the Series A Directors shall be entitled to the
same compensation and same indemnification in connection with his
or her role as a director as the other members of the board of
directors, and the Independent Director and the directors elected
by the Investor shall be entitled to reimbursement for documented,
reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in attending meetings of
the board of directors or any committees thereof, to the same
extent as the other members of the Board of Directors. The
Company shall notify the Independent Director and the Series A
Directors of all regular and special meetings of any committee of
the board directors of which any of them is a member. The
Company shall provide the Independent Director and the
Series A Directors elected by the Investor with copies of all
notices, minutes, consents and other materials provided to all
other members of the board of directors concurrently as such
materials are provided to the other members.
(d)
In lieu of
requiring the board of directors to appoint a new director meeting
the standards for independence set forth in the New York Stock
Exchange Listed Company Manual Section 303A.00 at the Closing,
it is hereby agreed that the six directors on the board immediately
prior to the Closing shall remain on the board following the
Closing; provided , that until such time as one of those six
directors has been replaced by a new director meeting the standards
of independence set forth in the New York Stock Exchange Listed
Company Manual Section 303A.00 and so long as the Investor
Parties hold at least 10% of the outstanding Common Stock
(including for this purpose shares of Common Stock issuable upon
exercise of the Warrant or any other warrants, options or similar
rights), the Investor shall have the right to require the Common
Directors promptly, but in no event later than the date that is
three (3) weeks from the date of such request (such date, the
“ Resignation Deadline ”), to identify one
Common Director who shall deliver his or her resignation to, and
whose resignation shall be accepted by, the Company by the
Resignation Deadline. If no such resignation has been
delivered to, and accepted by, the Company by the Resignation
Deadline, the letter previously delivered to the Company by one its
directors (the “ Letter ”) shall become
effective, and the directo
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