SECOND AMENDMENT TO CREDIT
AGREEMENT
This Second
Amendment to Credit Agreement (“Second Amendment”)
is made as of this 9 th day of September, 2009 by and among Borrowers
(as defined below), which are listed on attached Schedule 1,
the Lenders (as defined below) signatory hereto and Comerica Bank,
as Agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, the
“Agent”).
A. PMFG, Inc.
(“Holdings”), Peerless Mfg. Co. (the
“Company”), PMC Acquisition, Inc. (“PMC
Acquisition”), and, following the execution and delivery by
any other Subsidiary (as defined in the Credit Agreement), and
acceptance by the Agent, from time to time, of a Credit Agreement
Joinder Agreement from such Subsidiary, collectively with the
Company, PMC Acquisition and each such Subsidiary, the
“Borrowers” and each individually, a
“Borrower”) are party to that certain Revolving Credit
and Term Loan Agreement dated April 30, 2008, with the
financial institutions from time to time signatory thereto
(individually a “Lender,” and any and all such
financial institutions collectively the “Lenders”) and
Agent, as amended by that certain Consent and First Amendment to
Credit Agreement dated as of September 4, 2009, and as further
amended or otherwise modified from time to time (the “Credit
Agreement”).
B. Borrowers
have requested that Agent and the Lenders make certain amendments
to the Credit Agreement as set forth herein and Agent and the
Lenders are willing to do so, but only on the terms and conditions
set forth in this Second Amendment.
NOW,
THEREFORE , in consideration of the mutual agreements herein
contained and other good and valuable consideration, the
sufficiency and receipt of which are hereby acknowledged,
Borrowers, Agent and the Lenders agree as follows:
1. Section 1
of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended as follows:
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(a)
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The
following definitions are hereby added to Section 1 of the
Credit Agreement:
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“Applicable Equity Proceeds Recapture
Percentage” shall mean (i) at any time the Consolidated
Total Leverage Ratio is equal to or greater than 3.50 to 1:00, 100%
with respect to the first $5,000,000 in Net Cash Proceeds generated
by the issuance of Equity Interests and 50% with respect to any
additional Net Cash Proceeds generated by the issuance of Equity
Interests; and (ii) at any time the Consolidated Total
Leverage Ratio is less than 3.50 to 1.00, 50%.
“Base
Rate” shall mean for any day, that rate of interest per annum
which is equal to the sum of the Applicable Margin plus the
greatest of (a) the Prime Rate for such day, (b) the
Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day, plus one
percent (1.0%) per annum, and (c) the Daily Adjusting LIBOR
Rate plus one percent (1.0%) per annum; provided, however, for
purposes of determining the Base Rate during any period that LIBOR
Rate is unavailable as determined under Sections 11.3 or 11.4
hereof, the Base
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Rate shall
be determined using, for clause (c) hereof, the Daily
Adjusting LIBOR Rate in effect immediately prior to the LIBOR Rate
becoming unavailable pursuant to Sections 11.3 or
11.4.
“Base
Rate Advance” shall mean an Advance which bears interest at
the Base Rate.
“Daily
Adjusting LIBOR Rate” shall mean for any day a per annum
interest rate which is equal to the quotient of the
following:
(b) a
percentage equal to 1.00 minus the maximum rate on such date at
which Agent is required to maintain reserves on
“Euro-currency Liabilities” as defined in and pursuant
to Regulation D of the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System or, if such regulation or definition is modified,
and as long as Agent is required to maintain reserves against a
category of liabilities which includes eurodollar deposits or
includes a category of assets which includes eurodollar loans, the
rate at which such reserves are required to be maintained on such
category;
such sum to be
rounded upward, if necessary, in the discretion of the Agent, to
the nearest whole multiple of 1/100th of 1%.
“Defaulting Lender” shall mean a
Lender which, in the reasonable determination of the Agent
(a) has failed to fund its Percentage of any Advance or to
purchase participations in a Swing Line Advance or any
Reimbursement Obligations as required under this Agreement, unless
such Lender is disputing its funding obligation in good faith,
(b) has otherwise failed to pay to the Agent or any other
Lender any other amount required to be paid by it under the terms
of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, unless such Lender is
disputing such obligation to pay any such amount in good faith,
(c) has been, or whose holding company has been, determined to
be insolvent or that has become subject to a bankruptcy,
receivership or other similar proceeding, or (d) prior to the
time it became a party to this Agreement, has had a substantial
portion of its assets or management (or a substantial portion of
the assets or management of its holding company) taken over by any
governmental authority or any governmental authority has restricted
its ability to act under this Agreement, including its ability to
enter into amendments, waivers or modifications of this Agreement
or any of the other Loan Documents (provided that the exercise of
the customary rights of a shareholder by a governmental authority
which owns shares in such Lender (or its holding company) shall not
be covered by this clause (d)),
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provided,
however, in all cases that a Defaulting Lender shall no longer be
deemed a Defaulting Lender when (i) the Defaulting Lender
shall have cured the conditions which shall have caused it to be a
Defaulting Lender hereunder and (ii) the Agent has agreed that
such Lender shall no longer be deemed a Defaulting Lender
hereunder.
“Defaulting Lender’s Unfunded
Portion” shall mean (a) an amount equal to such
Defaulting Lender’s Revolving Credit Percentage of the
Revolving Credit Aggregate Commitment minus (b) the sum of
(i) the aggregate principal amount of all Revolving Credit
Advances funded by the Defaulting Lender under the Revolving
Credit, plus (ii) such Defaulting Lender’s Revolving
Credit Percentage of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of
all Swing Line Advances and Letter of Credit
Obligations.
“Impaired Lender” means a Defaulting
Lender and any other Lender (a) which the Agent, the Issuing
Lender or Swing Line Lender believes, in good faith, has defaulted
(and continues to be in default) in fulfilling its obligations
under any other syndicated credit facilities or as a participant in
any other credit facility and such Lender is not in good faith
disputing that such a failure has occurred, or (b) which, if
carrying an investment grade rating of at least BBB- from S&P
or Baa3 from Moody’s at the time it became a party to this
Agreement, no longer carries a rating of at least BBB- from S&P
or Baa3 from Moody’s, provided, however, in all cases that an
Impaired Lender shall no longer be deemed an Impaired Lender when
(i) the Impaired Lender shall have cured the conditions which
shall have caused it to be an Impaired Lender hereunder and
(ii) the Agent has agreed that such Lender shall no longer be
deemed an Impaired Lender hereunder.
“LIBOR
Floor” shall mean one percent (1.0%) per
annum.
(a) with
respect the principal amount of any Eurodollar-based Advance
outstanding hereunder, the per annum rate of interest determined on
the basis of the rate per annum for deposits in United States
Dollars for a period equal to the relevant Eurodollar-Interest
Period, commencing on the first day of such Eurodollar-Interest
Period, appearing on Page BBAM of the Bloomberg Financial Markets
Information Service as of 11:00 a.m. (Detroit, Michigan time)
(or as soon thereafter as practical), two (2) Business Days
prior to the first day of such Eurodollar-Interest Period. In the
event that such rate does not appear on Page BBAM of the Bloomberg
Financial Markets Information Service (or otherwise on such
Service), the “LIBOR Rate” shall be determined by
reference to such other publicly available service for displaying
LIBOR rates as may be agreed upon by Agent and Borrowers, or, in
the absence of such
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agreement,
the “LIBOR Rate” shall, instead, be the per annum rate
equal to the average (rounded upward, if necessary, to the nearest
one-sixteenth of one percent (1/16%)) of the rate per annum at
which Agent is offered dollar deposits at or about 11:00 a.m.
(Detroit, Michigan time) (or as soon thereafter as practical), two
(2) Business Days prior to the first day of such
Eurodollar-Interest Period in the interbank LIBOR market in an
amount comparable to the principal amount of the relevant
Eurodollar-based Advance which is to bear interest at such
Eurodollar-based Rate and for a period equal to the relevant
Eurodollar-Interest Period; and
(b) with respect to the principal amount of
any Advance carried at the Daily Adjusting LIBOR Rate outstanding
hereunder, the per annum rate of interest determined on the basis
of the rate per annum for deposits in United States Dollars for a
period equal to one (1) month appearing on Page BBAM of the
Bloomberg Financial Markets Information Service as of
11:00 a.m. (Detroit, Michigan time) (or as soon thereafter as
practical) on such day, or if such day is not a Business Day, on
the immediately preceding Business Day. In the event that such rate
does not appear on Page BBAM of the Bloomberg Financial Markets
Information Service (or otherwise on such Service), the
“LIBOR Rate” shall be determined by reference to such
other publicly available service for displaying eurodollar rates as
may be agreed upon by Agent and Borrowers, or, in the absence of
such agreement, the “LIBOR Rate” shall, instead, be the
per annum rate equal to the average of the rate per annum at which
Agent is offered dollar deposits at or about 11:00 a.m.
(Detroit, Michigan time) (or as soon thereafter as practical) on
such day in the interbank eurodollar market in an amount comparable
to the principal amount of the Indebtedness hereunder which is to
bear interest at such “LIBOR Rate” and for a period
equal to one (1) month.
“Non-Defaulting Lender” shall have
the meaning ascribed to such term in
Section 10.4.
“Purchase” is defined in
Section 8.5 hereof.
“Second Amendment” shall mean that
certain Second Amendment to Credit Agreement by and among the
Borrowers, the Lenders and the Agent, dated as of September 9,
2009.”
“Second Amendment Effective Date”
shall mean September 9, 2009.
“Second Amendment Fee” shall have
the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 10(b) of the
Second Amendment.
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(b)
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The
following definitions set forth in Section 1 of the Credit
Agreement are amended and restated in their entireties as
follows:
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“Consolidated Fixed Charges” shall
mean, as of any date of determination, the sum, without
duplication, of (i) all cash Consolidated Interest Expense
paid or payable by any Credit Party in respect of such period on
the Consolidated Funded Debt and in respect of Hedging Transactions
less interest income (including, without limitation, income earned
under Hedging Transactions plus losses incurred under Hedging
Transactions), in each case for the four consecutive fiscal
quarters ending on the applicable date of determination plus
(ii) all installments of principal or other sums due and
payable by any Credit Party with respect to the Consolidated Funded
Debt (including principal payments in respect of the Term Loan and
the principal component of obligations under Capitalized Leases,
but excluding voluntary prepayments of the Term Loan), during the
four consecutive fiscal quarters ending on the applicable date of
determination plus (iii) all Distributions paid in cash by any
Credit Party during the four consecutive fiscal quarters ending on
the applicable date of determination plus (iv) all Purchases
made in cash by any Credit Party during the four consecutive fiscal
quarters ending on the applicable date of
determination.
“Eligible Assignee” shall mean
(a) a Lender; (b) an Affiliate of a Lender; (c) any
Person (other than a natural person) that is or will be engaged in
the business of making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing
in commercial loans or similar extensions of credit in the ordinary
course of its business, provided that such Person is administered
or managed by a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an entity or
Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender; or
(d) any other Person (other than a natural person) approved by
the (i) Agent (and in the case of an assignment of a
commitment under the Revolving Credit, the Issuing Lender and Swing
Line Lender), and (ii) unless a Event of Default has occurred
and is continuing, the Borrowers (each such approval not to be
unreasonably withheld or delayed); provided that
(x) notwithstanding the foregoing, “Eligible
Assignee” shall not include the Borrowers, or any of
Borrower’s Affiliates or Subsidiaries;
(y) notwithstanding clause (d)(ii) of this definition, no
assignment shall be made to an entity which is a competitor of any
Credit Party without the consent of the Borrowers, which consent
may be withheld in its sole discretion; and (z) and no
assignment shall be made to an Impaired Lender without the consent
of the Agent, and in the case of an assignment of a commitment
under the Revolving Credit, the Issuing Lender and the Swing Line
Lender.
“Eurodollar-based Rate” shall mean a
per annum interest rate which is equal to the sum of the Applicable
Margin, plus the greater of (a) the LIBOR Floor and
(b) the quotient of:
(i) the
LIBOR Rate, divided by
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(ii) a
percentage equal to 100% minus the maximum rate on such date at
which Agent is required to maintain reserves on ‘Eurocurrency
Liabilities’ as defined in and pursuant to Regulation D
of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or, if such
regulation or definition is modified, and as long as Agent is
required to maintain reserves against a category of liabilities
which includes eurocurrency deposits or includes a category of
assets which includes eurocurrency loans, the rate at which such
reserves are required to be maintained on such
category,
such sum to
be rounded upward, if necessary, in the discretion of the Agent, to
the nearest whole multiple of 1/100th of 1%.
“Excess Cash Flow” shall mean, for
any Fiscal Year, the sum of (a) Consolidated Net Income for such
Fiscal Year plus (b) to the extent deducted in determining
Consolidated Net Income, depreciation, depletion and amortization,
minus (c) the sum of (i) Capital Expenditures made during
such Fiscal Year, excluding any Capital Expenditures financed with
money borrowed (other than with Advances of the Revolving Credit or
the Swing Line) and the principal portion of any Capitalized
Leases, (ii) the amount of all scheduled or mandatory payments
or prepayments of principal on Funded Debt made during such Fiscal
Year (excluding any payment (1) on the Revolving Credit or any
other revolving loan facility except to the extent of any permanent
reduction thereof, (2) in respect of Excess Cash Flow for any
prior period and (3) with the Net Cash Proceeds, Insurance
Proceeds or Condemnation Proceeds except to the extent that
Consolidated Net Income was increased as a result thereof) and
(iii) the amount of any other prepayment made during such
Fiscal Year on any term Debt permitted hereunder, other than any
optional prepayments on the Term Loan and other than the
prepayment, in September 2009, of the Mezzanine Subordinated
Debt.
“Fees” shall mean the Revolving
Credit Facility Fee, the Letter of Credit Fees, the Second
Amendment Fee and the other fees and charges (including any agency
fees) payable from time to time by Borrowers to the Lenders, the
Issuing Lender or Agent hereunder or under the Fee
Letter.
“Restricted Payment Threshold” shall
mean maintaining, as of the end of the most recent fiscal quarter
for which Holdings has reported under Section 7.1 hereof and,
on a pro forma basis as of the date of the proposed Distribution or
Purchase (as applicable), both before and after giving effect
thereto, a Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of not less
than 1.10 to 1.00 (all capitalized terms used in this definition
being defined using the definitions in effect on the First
Amendment Effective Date).
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(c)
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Clause (e) of the definition of
“Permitted Acquisitions” is hereby amended and restated
as follows:
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(e) Both immediately before and after the consummation of
such acquisition and after giving effect to the Pro Forma Projected
Financial Information, (i) no Default or Event of Default
shall have occurred and be continuing and (ii) the
Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio as of the end of the most
recent fiscal quarter for which Holdings has reported under
Section 7.1 hereof and, on a pro forma basis as of the date of
the proposed acquisition, both before and after giving effect
thereto, shall be equal to or greater than 1.40 to
1.00;”
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(d)
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The
definitions of “Alternate Base Rate”,
“Prime-based Rate” and “Prime-based
Advance” are hereby deleted in their entirety from
Section 1.
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(e)
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All
references to “Prime-based Advance” and
“Prime-based Rate” shall be deleted and replaced,
respectively, with references to “Base Rate Advance”
and “Base Rate” in the Credit Agreement and Exhibits to
the Credit Agreement.
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2. Article 3
of the Credit Agreement is amended as follows:
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(a)
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Section 3.2 of the Credit
Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the word “and”
at the end of clause (g); deleting the period (“.”) at
the end of clause (h) and replace with “; and”;
and add the following as new clause (i):
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“ (i) if any Revolving
Credit Lender is an Impaired Lender, the Issuing Lender has entered
into arrangements reasonably satisfactory to it to eliminate the
Issuing Lender’s risk with respect to the participation in
Letters of Credit by all such Impaired Lenders, including, without
limitation, the creation of a cash collateral account or delivery
of other security by the Borrowers to assure payment of such
Impaired Lender’s Percentage of all outstanding Letter of
Credit Obligations.”
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(b)
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Section 3.6 of the Credit
Agreement is hereby amended by adding the following as new clause
(j):
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“ (j)
In the event that any Revolving Credit Lender becomes an Impaired
Lender, the Issuing Lender may, at its option, require that the
Borrowers enter into arrangements reasonably satisfactory to
Issuing Lender to eliminate the Issuing Lender’s risk with
respect to the participation in Letters of Credit by such Impaired
Lender, including creation of a cash collateral account or delivery
of other security to assure payment of such Impaired Lender’s
Percentage of all outstanding Letter of Credit
Obligations.”
3. Article 4
of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended as follows:
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(a)
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The
following shall be added to the end of clause (b) of
Section 4.8:
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“Notwithstanding the foregoing, subject to
clauses (e) and (f) hereof, the Borrowers shall be
required to prepay the Term Loan by an amount equal to one hundred
percent (100%) of any Net Cash Proceeds received by any Credit
Party from the sale of Equity Interests of, or all or substantially
all of the assets of, Bos-Hatten, Inc. or any other operating
Subsidiary or from the sale of an entire product division or
product line, regardless (in each case) of whether the Borrowers
have Reinvested or intend to Reinvest any such Net Cash
Proceeds.”
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(b)
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Clause (c) of Section 4.8
is hereby am
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