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Exhibit
10.5
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BANK OF MASSACHUSETTS |
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LOAN AGREEMENT |
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October 17, 2006 |
This Loan Agreement (the
“Agreement”) is made by and between Cybex
International, Inc., a New York corporation having a principal
place of business at 10 Trotter Drive, Medway, Massachusetts 02053
(the “Borrower”) and Citizens Bank of Massachusetts, a
Massachusetts banking corporation with its principal place of
business at 28 State Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109 (the
“Bank”), with respect to a loan (the
“Loan”) in the original principal amount of Thirteen
Million Dollars ($13,000.000.00) (the “Loan Amount”) to
be evidenced by, among other things, a Commercial Promissory Note
to be made by the Borrower payable to the order of the Bank, as
amended, extended, and modified from time to time (the
“Note”).
For good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby
acknowledged, and in consideration of the mutual covenants and
agreements set forth in this Agreement, Borrower and Bank hereby
agree as follows:
BACKGROUND
The Borrower has entered into
a Lease Agreement dated August 22, 2006 (the
“Lease”) with First Industrial Development Services,
Inc. (the “Seller”) with respect to Borrower’s
lease and purchase of the real property currently known as Lot 1
and Outlot A of Block 1, Ebeling Farm Addition, Owatonna, Minnesota
(the “Land”). The Lease requires Seller to construct on
the Land a three hundred forty thousand (340,000) square foot
manufacturing/office facility (the “Improvements”) for
use by Borrower in the manufacture of fitness equipment. The Lease
further provides that upon substantial completion of the
Improvements (expected to be on or before June 30, 2007) the
Borrower will pay the purchase price and complete the acquisition
of the Land and Improvements (the “Acquisition”). The
Lease allows the construction of the Improvements and contemplates
the Acquisition upon substantial completion thereof.
In connection with the
financing of the Acquisition, the Borrower has requested and the
Bank has agreed (subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement) to establish the Loan. The advance of the Loan Amount by
the Bank (the “Funding”) shall occur only upon
satisfaction of the Conditions to Loan Funding set forth in
Section 5 below. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrower
has requested and the Bank has agreed (subject to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement) to fix the rate of interest it will
pay on the Loan by entering into a forward rate lock via an
interest rate swap agreement (the “Hedging Agreement”).
In order to secure the Borrower’s obligations under the
Hedging Agreement, the Borrower has agreed to provide the Bank with
the Negative Pledge or the Substitute Collateral (each as defined
below).
This Agreement is intended to
set forth the terms and conditions relating to the Borrower’s
purchase of the Hedging Agreement, the establishment of the Loan,
and the Funding of the Loan Amount.
1. Funding under Note;
Term of Note; Interest Rate; Hedging Agreement
(a) Agreement to Advance
Funds under Note . Subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement and the Note, the Bank hereby agrees to advance the Loan
Amount for the Acquisition. The amounts of all advances under the
Loan shall be evidenced by the Note and shall be secured by the
Mortgage and the other Loan Documents (as defined in Section 2
below).
(b) Term . The term of
the Loan shall be seven (7) years from the date of the Note
during which period Borrower shall make monthly payments of
interest and principal as more particularly set forth in the
Note.
(c) Interest Rate .
The Loan Amount shall bear interest at a rate or rates of interest
as same may be adjusted as provided in the Note. Interest shall be
calculated on the basis of a 360-day year and actual day
months.
(d) Hedging Agreement
. In connection with the establishment of the Loan, the Borrower
has purchased the Hedging Agreement for a period expiring on
July 2, 2014, pursuant to which the Borrower shall make
payments of interest and principal on the Note. The Hedging
Agreement creates certain obligations and liabilities of Borrower
to the Bank independent of this Loan Agreement and the Note. The
Borrower shall comply with all terms, conditions and requirements
of the Hedging Agreement as provided therein.
2. Security
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(a) Security . The
Note and the other Liabilities (as defined below) shall be secured
by (i) a certain Mortgage, Security Agreement and Assignment
from the Borrower to Bank (the “Mortgage”) encumbering
the real property with all improvements thereon known as Lot 1 and
Outlot A of Block 1, Ebeling Farm Addition, Owatonna, Minnesota,
(the collateral described in the Mortgage may be referred to as the
“Mortgaged Property”). In addition, the
Borrower’s Liabilities to the Bank under this Agreement and
the Hedging Agreement shall be secured by a Negative Pledge
Agreement (the “Negative Pledge”) from Borrower
relative to the premises located at 10 Trotter Drive, Medway,
Massachusetts 02053 (the “Medway Property”). In lieu of
the Negative Pledge the Borrower may, at its option, deliver to the
Bank substitute collateral with a valuation of not less than
$325,000.00 (the “Substitute Collateral”), which
Substitute Collateral must be in form and substance (including,
without limitation, a perfected security interest) satisfactory to
the Bank in its sole discretion.
(b) Agreement Regarding
Negative Pledge/Substitute Collateral . Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein, the Bank agrees to
release the Negative Pledge/Substitute Collateral upon the advance
of the Loan Amount as contemplated hereunder, acquisition of the
Mortgaged Property by Borrower and the filing of the Mortgage
creating in the Bank a first mortgage interest in and to the
Mortgaged Property.
(c) Loan Documents .
This Loan Agreement, the Hedging Agreement, the Mortgage, the Note,
the Negative Pledge, any documentation necessary to the assignment
and perfection of the Substitute Collateral and all other
agreements, documents and instruments relating to or securing the
Loan are collectively referred to herein as the “Loan
Documents”.
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4. Representations and
Warranties . The Borrower represents and warrants to the Bank
that:
(a) Organization . The
Borrower is a validly existing and properly organized corporation
under the laws of the State of New York, and is in good standing
under the laws of the State of New York and of each other
jurisdiction in which its business is conducted or properties owned
requires such qualification, including, without limitation, the
state of Minnesota. The execution and delivery of this Agreement
and the Loan Documents constitutes representations by the Borrower
and the individual(s) signing this Agreement and the Loan Documents
that such execution and delivery has received all such
authorization as may be necessary to permit such execution and
delivery, and that it is enforceable against, and binds the
Borrower.
(b) Financial
Information . Any financial statements previously delivered to
the Bank in connection with the Loan are true and correct in all
material respects, were prepared in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles consistently applied and fairly
present the respective financial conditions, results of operations
and cash flows of the subjects thereof as of the respective dates
thereof; as of the date hereof, no material adverse change has
occurred in the financial conditions reflected therein since the
respective dates thereof and no additional borrowings have been
made by the Borrower since the date thereof which have not been
fully repaid or which would materially affect the Borrower’s
ability to perform its obligations hereunder other than the
borrowing contemplated hereby, or pursuant to the currently
outstanding credit facilities with GMAC Commercial Finance
(“GMAC”) or the CIT Group/Business Credit, Inc.
(“CIT”), or any other borrowings approved by the Bank,
and that the Borrower is not in default under any note or any other
agreement.
(c) Litigation .
Except as described on Exhibit 4(c) hereto, there are no actions,
suits or proceedings of a material nature pending, or to the
knowledge of the Borrower threatened, against or affecting the
Borrower and not covered by liability insurance, or involving the
validity or enforceability of the Mortgage or the priority of the
lien of any of the same, at law or in equity, or before or by any
Governmental Authority, and Borrower is not in default with respect
to any judgment, decision, order, writ, injunction, decree or
demand of any court or any Governmental Authority.
(d) Power and
Authority . The consummation of the transactions hereby
contemplated and performance of this Agreement, the Note, the
Mortgage, the Negative Pledge, and other Loan Documents are within
the powers of the Borrower and have been duly authorized by all
necessary action and do not and will not result in any breach of,
or constitute a default under, or conflict with any statute or
other law, or any order, regulation or ruling of any court or other
tribunal or of any governmental or administrative authority or
agency, or any mortgage, deed of trust, lease, loan or credit
agreement, corporate charter or by-law, partnership agreement,
trust agreement or other instrument or as to which the Borrower is
a party or by which it may be bound or affected.
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(e) Access to
Utilities . All public utility services necessary for the
operation of the Mortgaged Property for its intended purpose are or
at the time of Acquisition will be available at the boundaries of
the Mortgaged Property including water supply, gas, electric and
telephone facilities, and there is no impediment or restriction to
connecting any of such facilities to the improvements and no charge
required therefor, except as specifically noted in the written
materials previously delivered by the Borrower to the
Bank.
(f) Absence of Liens .
Borrower has not made or entered into any contract or arrangement
of any kind the performance of which by the other party thereto
would give rise to a prior lien on the Mortgaged Property, in favor
of any party other than the Bank, except for Permitted Encumbrances
(as defined in the Mortgage).
(g) No Default . There
is no default on the part of the Borrower under this Agreement or
the other Loan Documents and, to the Borrower’s knowledge, no
event has occurred and is continuing which with notice or the
passage of time or both would constitute a default
thereunder.
(h) Compliance . The
Mortgaged Property contains no structural defects in the
improvements thereto and upon completion, will comply with all
applicable laws, ordinances, permits, licenses, approvals,
regulations, restrictive covenants, environmental laws and zoning
laws, and requirements of any governmental authorities.
(i) ERISA . The
Borrower does not have a defined benefit pension plan under the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from
time to time, the unfunded liabilities of which could be held to be
a liability of the Borrower by the Pension Benefit Guaranty
Corporation.
(j) Taxes . The
Borrower has filed all federal, state and other tax and similar
returns required to be filed and has, in all material respects,
paid or provided for the payment of all taxes and assessments due
thereunder, including all withholding, FICA and franchise
taxes.
(k) Solvency . The
Borrower is solvent and able to pay its debts as they become
due.
(l) Loan Proceeds .
The proceeds of the Loan made by the Bank to the Borrower are and
shall be used for commercial purposes to acquire the Mortgaged
Property.
5. Conditions to Loan
Funding . The Bank shall not be obligated to advance the Loan
Amount unless the Borrower is in compliance with the provisions
hereof and each of the following additional conditions has been
met:
(a) Loan Documents .
The Borrower shall have executed, or cause to have been executed,
and in each case delivered to the Bank, the Loan Documents and all
items set forth on the Closing Agenda attached hereto as Exhibit A
except as waived by Bank or Bank’s counsel.
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(b) Title Insurance .
The Borrower shall have delivered to the Bank a full coverage ALTA
form of title insurance policy in an amount not less than the full
amount of the Loan (or, in lieu of a policy, a title commitment
containing the title company’s unconditional agreement to
issue such a policy) insuring that the Mortgage is a valid first
lien on Borrower’s unencumbered estate of good and marketable
title in the Mortgaged Property, subject only to the Permitted
Encumbrances (as defined in the Mortgage) and such other exceptions
as shall be approved by the Bank’s counsel. The title
insurance policy and issuer shall be subject to the approval of the
Bank and shall contain only such title exceptions as shall be
approved by the Bank’s counsel and the Bank shall be provided
with such endorsements (including, without limitation, an ALTA 3.1
zoning endorsement) or other agreements of supplemental insurance
(available in the State of Minnesota) as Bank shall require at the
time of closing the Loan.
(c) Survey . The
Borrower shall provide to the Bank an ALTA as built survey, with
related surveyor certifications, in such detail as the Bank may
require, in form and substance satisfactory to the Bank, including
without limitation, a certification as to whether the Mortgaged
Property is within a flood hazard area.
(d) Insurance . The
Borrower shall furnish to the Bank (with evidence of payment of the
premiums therefor annually in advance) relative to the Mortgaged
Property, or the Bank may obtain at the Borrower’s expense
(but the Bank shall have no obligation to do so) such insurance as
required by the Mortgage.
(e)
Opinions/Certifications . The Bank shall be in receipt of
such opinions of counsel as the Bank shall reasonably request,
which shall be in form and content satisfactory to the Bank and its
counsel, dated as of the date hereof, including, without
limitation, opinions regarding the legal existence of the Borrower,
the authority of the Borrower to execute all documents as to which
it is a party, the enforceability of all documents and the
existence of any pending or threatened litigation against the
Borrower. The Borrower shall also deliver to the Bank a
certification from the appropriate municipal body/board as to
compliance of the Mortgaged Property with applicable zoning
requirements.
(f) Organizational
Documents . The Bank shall be in receipt of certified copies of
all organizational documents of the Borrower and all amendments
thereto as well as certified copies of appropriate authorizations
for each party.
(g) Miscellaneous
Documents . Unless waived by the Bank, the Bank shall be in
receipt of: (i) copies of all documentation relative to the
Acquisition, (ii) a copy of all agreements which affect the
Mortgaged Property, (iii) certification from the Borrower that
all financial statements previously delivered to the Bank fairly
present the financial condition of the party described therein as
of the date thereof, and (iv) an independent appraisal of the
Mortgaged Property, by an appraiser satisfactory to the Bank
showing an appraised value in amount which justifies a loan to
value ratio of not more than eighty five percent (85%).
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(h) Representations and
Warranties . The representations and warranties of the Borrower
set forth in Section 4 above, all remain true and correct in
all respects.
(i) Completion of
Improvements; Permits and Approvals . The Improvements shall
have been completed in all respects in a manner satisfactory to the
Bank. The Bank shall (i) have received a copy of all
variances, licenses and special permits, if any required for the
use and operation of the Mortgaged Property (collectively, the
“Approvals”) including, without limitation, occupancy
permits, and (ii) the Borrower shall have satisfied all of the
terms and conditions of the Approvals. Further, the Borrower shall
have provided the Bank with evidence that all gas, sewer, water,
electrical, telephone and any other utility services are available
at the Mortgaged Property in adequate supply.
(j) Lease; Lease
Restrictions; Borrower’s Estoppel . There shall have been
no assignment (except pursuant to the express provision thereof),
material amendment, material modification or termination of any
existing lease, nor shall the Borrower have entered into any new
lease affecting the Mortgaged Property, without the prior written
consent of the Bank. In addition, the Bank shall have received
copies of all leases for all or any portion of the Mortgaged
Property and a certificate from the Borrower setting forth the
commencement date of the term of each lease affecting the Mortgaged
Property. The Borrower shall confirm that (i) each such lease
is in full force and e
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