SECOND AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND
RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
This Second Amendment to Amended and Restated
Credit Agreement (this " Amendment Agreement ") is dated as
of June 23, 2009 by and among Lower Lakes Towing Ltd., Lower Lakes
Transportation Company, Grand River Navigation Company, Inc., the
other Credit Parties signatory hereto, the other Lenders signatory
hereto and General Electric Capital Corporation, as
Agent.
W I T N E S S E T H :
WHEREAS, the Credit Parties, the lenders party
thereto, and the Agent entered into that certain Amended and
Restated Credit Agreement dated as of February 13, 2008 and amended
as of June 24,2008 (the " Credit Agreement ");
WHEREAS, the Lenders and the Agent have agreed
to further amend the Credit Agreement to effect certain changes
thereto requested by the Credit Parties as set forth
herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as
follows:
1.
Defined Terms . Capitalized terms used herein and
not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings attributed to
such terms in the Credit Agreement, as amended hereby.
2.
Amendments to Credit Agreement . The Credit
Agreement is hereby amended as follows:
2.1. Section
1.1(a)(ii) of the Credit Agreement is hereby deleted in its
entirety and replaced with the following:
(ii) For
the period from April 1 through July 31 of each calendar year, the
Cdn. Revolving Lenders shall establish (on a several and not joint
or joint and several basis) in favor of Lower Lakes a seasonal
overadvance revolving credit facility (the " Cdn. Seasonal
Facility ") which shall be subject to the terms contained
herein that are applicable to the Cdn. Revolving
Loan. For greater certainty, the Cdn. Seasonal Facility
is a sub facility of the Cdn. Revolving Credit Facility and shall
not be subject to the limits of the Cdn. Borrowing Base but shall
be subject to the Cdn. Maximum Amount. The Cdn. Seasonal
Facility shall be in an amount not to exceed (all as determined in
Cdn. Dollars using, where applicable, the Cdn. Dollar Equivalent
Amount) the lesser of: (A) US $10,000,000 less the principal amount
outstanding under the US Seasonal Facility, or (B) 75% of the
aggregate Fair Market Value of the Cdn. Vessels owned by the Cdn.
Credit Parties and the US Owned Vessels less the aggregate of (i)
the principal amount outstanding under the Cdn. Term Loan, the
principal amount outstanding under the US Term Loan and the
principal amount outstanding under the Engine Term Loan, (ii) the
aggregate amount of the obligations secured by Liens attaching to
the Cdn. Vessels and the US Owned Vessels that have priority to the
Liens securing the Obligations, and (iii) the principal amount
outstanding under the US Seasonal Facility; provided , that
if Lower Lakes has certified to the Agent in the applicable Cdn.
Notice of Revolving Credit Advance that the all or a portion of the
proceeds of the related Cdn. Revolving Credit Advance will be
directly applied to pay any obligation described in clause (ii)
above, then such obligation will not be counted in determining
availability for such Advance. The aggregate of all Cdn.
Revolving Credit Advances (including Advances under the Cdn.
Seasonal Facility) shall at no time exceed the Cdn. Maximum
Amount.
2.2. Section
1.1(c)(ii) of the Credit Agreement is hereby deleted in its
entirety and replaced with the following:
(ii) For
the period from April 1 through July 31 of each calendar year, the
US Revolving Lenders shall establish (on a several and not joint or
joint and several basis) in favor of LLTC a seasonal overadvance
revolving credit facility (the " US Seasonal Facility ")
which shall be subject to the terms contained herein that are
applicable to the US Revolving
Loan. The amount outstanding under the US
Seasonal Facility shall be in an amount not to exceed (all as
determined in US Dollars using, where applicable, the US Dollar
Equivalent Amount) the lesser of: (A) US $10,000,000 less amounts
outstanding under the Cdn. Seasonal Facility, or (B) 75% of the
aggregate Fair Market Value of the Cdn. Vessels owned by the Cdn.
Credit Parties and the US Owned Vessels less the aggregate of (i)
the principal amount outstanding under the Cdn. Term Loan, the
principal amount outstanding under the US Term Loan and the
principal amount outstanding under the Engine Term Loan, (ii) the
aggregate amount of the obligations secured by Liens attaching to
the Cdn. Vessels and the US Owned Vessels that have priority to the
Liens securing the Obligations, and (iii) amounts outstanding under
the Cdn. Seasonal Facility; provided , that if LLTC has
certified to the Agent in the applicable US Notice of Revolving
Credit Advance that the all or a portion of the proceeds of the
related US Revolving Credit Advance will be directly applied to pay
any obligation described in clause (ii) above, then such obligation
will not be counted in determining availability for such
Advance. The aggregate principal amount of all US
Revolving Credit Advances (including Advances under the US Seasonal
Facility) shall at no time exceed the US Maximum Amount.
2.3. Section
6.7 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting therein
to "US$300,000" and replacing it with a reference to
"US$500,000".
2.4. Annex
A to the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the
definitions of Capital Expenditures, EBITDA, Fixed Charge Coverage
Ratio, Fixed Charges, Funded Debt and Working Capital in their
entirety and replacing them with the following:
" Capital Expenditures " means, with
respect to any Person, all expenditures (by the expenditure of cash
or the incurrence of Indebtedness) by such Person during any
measuring period for any fixed assets or improvements or for
replacements, substitutions or additions thereto, that have a
useful life of more than one year and that are required to be
capitalized under GAAP; provided , that for the purposes of
paragraphs (a) and (d) of Annex G , (i) any proceeds in
excess of $15,000,000 arising in respect of either the warrant
exercise program of Rand or other capital securities issued by Rand
which are contributed to LLTC and applied thereby to reduce the
outstanding balance of the US Revolving Credit Facility shall be
deducted from Capital Expenditures in the year in which such
amounts are so applied and (ii) Capital Expenditures shall include
both paid and accrued amounts, including such amounts relating to
dry dock expenses.
" EBITDA " means, with respect to any
Person for any fiscal period, without duplication, an amount equal
to (a) consolidated net income of such Person for such period,
determined in accordance with GAAP, minus (b) the sum of (i)
income tax credits, (ii) interest income, (iii) gain from
extraordinary items for such period, (iv) any aggregate net gain
(but not any aggregate net loss) during such period arising from
the sale, exchange or other disposition of capital assets by such
Person (including any fixed assets, whether tangible or intangible,
all inventory sold in conjunction with the disposition of fixed
assets and all securities), and (v) any other non-cash gains that
have been added in determining consolidated net income, in each
case to the extent included in the calculation of consolidated net
income of such Person for such period in accordance with GAAP, but
without duplication, plus (c) the sum of (i) any provision
for income taxes, (ii) Interest Expense, (i
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