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AMENDED AND RESTATED SUPER- PRIORITY DIP NOTE

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Title: AMENDED AND RESTATED SUPER- PRIORITY DIP NOTE
Governing Law: New York     Date: 4/28/2009
Industry: Fabricated Plastic and Rubber     Law Firm: Weil Gotshal;O'Melveny Myers     Sector: Basic Materials

AMENDED AND RESTATED SUPER- PRIORITY DIP NOTE, Parties: lexington precision corporation , lexington rubber group  inc , lubin partners  llc
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Exhibit 10-26

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED

SUPER- PRIORITY DIP NOTE

 

 

$4,000,000

New York, New York

            Issue Date:  April 21, 2008

 

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, Lexington Precision Corporation and Lexington Rubber Group, Inc., each a Delaware corporation and a debtor in possession (collectively, the “ Debtors ”), hereby jointly and severally and unconditionally promise to pay to the order of Lubin Partners, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, William B. Connor and ORA Associates, LLC, a New York limited liability company (collectively, the “ Holders ”), the aggregate principal sum of Four Million Dollars ($4,000,000), to be allocated among the Holders as follows:

 

Lubin Partners, LLC

 

$2,000,000

 

 

William B. Connor

 

$1,500,000

 

 

ORA Associates, LLC

 

$500,000

 

 

 

 

1.

Payment of Principal and Interest .  The principal amount of this Note shall be paid on the earliest of (i) December 31, 2009, (ii) the date upon which the Debtors’ use of Cash Collateral (as defined in the Second Cash Collateral Order) terminates, (iii) the effective date of a  confirmed chapter 11 plan of reorganization in the Chapter 11 Cases, 1 (iv) the conversion of any of the Chapter 11 Cases to cases under chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code, (v) the appointment of a chapter 11 trustee in any of the Chapter 11 Cases or the appointment of an examiner with expanded powers to operate or manage the financial affairs, the business or the reorganization of any Debtor and (vi) the date of acceleration by the Holders pursuant to Section 7 hereof (such date, the “ Stated Maturity Date ”).  The Debtors also promise to pay interest on this Note on the first business day of each month (in arrears) and upon the date this Note matures or otherwise becomes due and payable at the rate of LIBOR plus 7% per annum with a LIBOR floor of 3% per annum (computed on the basis of a 360 day year for the actual number of days lapsed); provided that any principal amount not paid when due, and to the extent permitted by applicable law, any interest not paid when due, in each case whether at Stated Maturity Date, by required prepayment, declaration, acceleration or demand or otherwise (both before as well as after judgment), shall bear interest payable upon demand at the rate that is 2% per annum in excess of the rate of interest otherwise payable upon this Note.  All payments hereunder, including any prepayment, shall be made to the Holders on a pro rata basis based on the respective principal amounts owed to each Holder.

 


1 Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in Section 9 hereof.

 




2.

Optional Prepayment .  Debtors shall have the right at any time or from time to time and without premium or penalty, to voluntarily prepay all or any portion of this Note.  Each prepayment shall be accompanied by the payment of accrued and unpaid interest on the amount being prepaid, through the date of prepayment.  Any amounts prepaid hereunder may not be reborrowed.

3.

Lender Fee .  Pursuant to the Final Borrowing Order, the Debtors have paid to the Holders a fee in cash in the aggregate amount of $80,000, which was allocated to the Holders pro rata based upon their funding commitment.  No additional fees are payable.

 

4.

Use of Proceeds .  The proceeds of this Note shall be used by the Debtors to the extent Cash Collateral (as defined in the Second Cash Collateral Order) is insufficient to fund working capital requirements and general corporate purposes relating to the Debtors’ post-petition operations and for other expenditures as authorized in the DIP Extension Order or the Second Cash Collateral Order or as otherwise authorized by the Bankruptcy Court; provided that no portion of the proceeds shall be used, directly or indirectly, to (a) finance or make any payment or prepayment to any Person with respect to a Prepetition Indebtedness unless authorized by an order of the Bankruptcy Court; or (b) finance in any way any investigation, adversary action, suit, arbitration, proceeding or other litigation of any type against the Holders (in their capacity as Holders).  The Debtors shall use the entire amount of the proceeds in accordance with this Section 4; provided , however , that nothing herein shall in any way prejudice the Holders from objecting, for any reason, to any requests, motions or applications made in the Bankruptcy Court, including any applications for interim or final allowances of compensation for services rendered or reimbursement of expenses incurred under Sections 105(a), 330 or 331 of the Bankruptcy Code, by any party in interest; and provided , further , that Debtors shall not use the proceeds for any purpose that is prohibited under the Bankruptcy Code.  The proceeds of this Note have been deposited and shall be held in the bank account at a bank that has been approved by the Office of the United States Trustee for the Southern District of New York as an authorized bank depository (the “ DIP Account ”) as described in the Final Borrowing Order and no other funds or cash collateral of the Debtors shall be co-mingled with the proceeds of this Note or deposited in the DIP Account.

 

5.

Superpriority Nature of Obligations .  All obligations of the Debtors under this Note (including the obligation to pay principal, interest, fees, costs, charges, commissions and expenses) shall be paid as provided herein when due, without defense, offset, reduction or counterclaim, and shall constitute allowed claims to the full extent thereof against the Debtors arising under Section 364(c)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code, and senior to any and all other claims, including, without limitation, all administrative expenses or other claims arising under sections 105, 326, 328, 330, 331, 503(b), 506(c), 507(a), 507(b), 726, 1113 or 1114 of the Bankruptcy Code; provided , however , that notwithstanding the foregoing, the DIP Super-Priority Claim shall be junior, subordinate, and subject to the Adequate Protection Claim, the Prepetition Senior Secured Debt, the Senior Lender Prepetition Liens, the Carve-Out, and the Adequate Protection Lien (all as defined in the Second Cash Collateral Order).  Subject to the Carve-Out, the Adequate Protection Liens (as defined in Second Cash Collateral Order), the Prepetition Senior Secured Debt (as defined in the Second Cash Collateral Order) and the Adequate Protection Claim (as defined in the Second Cash Collateral Order), the DIP Super-Priority Claim will at all times be senior to any unsecured claims of any creditor or other entity in this and any subsequent

 

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case under the Bankruptcy Code.  With the exception of the Carve-Out, the Adequate Protection Liens, the Prepetition Senior Secured Debt, and the Adequate Protection Claim, no cost or expense of administration or any claims in this case, including those resulting from or incurred after any conversion of this case pursuant to Section 1112 of the Bankruptcy Code shall rank prior to, or on parity with, the DIP Super-Priority Claims.   

 

6.

Covenants.  Each of the Debtors covenant and agree that until this Note is paid in full, neither of the Debtors shall, without the prior written consent of the Required Holders:

 

(a)

Asset Sales .  enter into any transaction of merger or consolidation, or liquidate, wind-up or dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation or dissolution), or convey, sell, lease or sub-lease (as lessor or sublessor), transfer or otherwise dispose of, in one transaction or a series of transactions, all or any part of its business, property or assets, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, other than sales of inventory and equipment in the ordinary course of business and sales of obsolete equipment or equipment that is no longer required in the business; provided , however , that the Debtors shall be permitted to sell, in one transaction or a series of transactions, all or any part of its business, property or assets, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, provided that the proceeds of such sale (less all costs, expenses and fees related thereto) shall be subject to the priorities set forth in the Second Cash Collateral Order and the DIP Extension Order.

 

(b)

Chapter 11 Claims .   unless all obligations under this Note have been indefeasibly paid in full in cash, incur, create, assume, suffer or permit any claim or encumbrance against it or any of its property or assets in any Chapter 11 Case (other than the Existing Secured Claims, the Carve-Out, the Adequate Protection Claim, and the Insurance Premium Financing) to be pari passu with or senior to the claims of the Holders against such Debtor in respect of the obligations hereunder, or apply to the Bankruptcy Court for authority to do so; or

 

(c)

Limitation on Payments Related to Prepetition Obligations .  (i) make any payment or prepayment on or redemption or acquisition for value of any Prepetition Indebtedness or other pre-Petition Date obligations of such Debtor, (ii) pay any interest on any Prepetition Indebtedness of such Debtor, including, without limitation, by way of depositing with the trustee with respect thereto money or securities before due for the purpose of paying when due (whether in cash, in kind, in securities or otherwise), or (iii) make any payment or create or permit any lien pursuant to Section 361 of the Bankruptcy Code (other than the Adequate Protection Liens (as such term is defined in the Second Cash Collateral Order), or apply to the Bankruptcy Court for the authority to do any of the foregoing; provided that the Debtors may make payments as permitted in the DIP Extension Order or the Second Cash Collateral Order, or as authorized in any other order of the Bankruptcy Court, including, for example, making Adequate Protection Payments (as such term is defined in the Second Cash Collateral Order).   

 

7.

Events of Default .  Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 362 of the Bankruptcy Code and without application or motion to, or order from, the Bankruptcy Court, if any of the following conditions or events (“ Events of Default ”) shall occur:

 

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(a)

Failure to Make Payments When Due .  Failure by the Debtors to pay any installment of principal on this Note when due or pay any installment of interest within 3 business days of when due, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration, by notice of voluntary prepayment, by mandatory prepayment or otherwise; or failure by the Debtors to pay any fee or any other amount due under this Note within three days after the date due;

 

(b)

Chapter 11 Cases .  With respect to the Chapter 11 Cases, (i) the entry of an order authorizing any


 
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