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EXHIBIT 10.139
RATIFICATION AGREEMENT AND RELEASE
RATIFICATION
AGREEMENT AND RELEASE, dated as of April 20, 2006 (this “Agreement”),
among LJH, LTD., a Texas limited partnership, with offices located at
377 Neva Lane, Denison, Texas 75020 (together with its successors and assigns,
the “Lender”), AIRCRAFT INTERIOR DESIGN, INC., a
Florida corporation (“AID”), BRICE MANUFACTURING COMPANY,
INC., a California corporation (“Brice”), TIMCO
AVIATION SERVICES, INC., a Delaware corporation (“Parent”),
TIMCO ENGINE CENTER, INC., a Delaware corporation (“Engine”),
TIMCO ENGINEERED SYSTEMS, INC., a Delaware corporation (“Engineered
Systems”), and TRIAD INTERNATIONAL MAINTENANCE CORPORATION, a
Delaware corporation (“TIMCO”; AID, Brice, Parent, Engine,
Engineered Systems and TIMCO each individually being referred to herein as a
“Borrower” and collectively as the “Borrowers”),
AVIATION SALES DISTRIBUTION SERVICES COMPANY, a Delaware corporation
(“Distribution Services”), AVIATION SALES LEASING COMPANY,
a Delaware corporation (“Leasing”), AVIATION SALES
PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CORP., a Delaware corporation (“Property
Management”), AVS/CAI, INC., a Florida corporation (“AVS/CAI”),
AVS/M-1, INC., a Delaware corporation (“AVS/M-1”), AVS/M-2,
INC., a Delaware corporation (“AVS/M-2”), AVS/M-3,
INC., an Arizona corporation (“AVS/M-3”), AVSRE, L.P.,
a Delaware limited partnership (“AVSRE”), HYDROSCIENCE,
INC., a Texas corporation (“Hydroscience”), TMAS/ASI,
INC., an Arkansas corporation (“TMAS/ASI”), and WHITEHALL
CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (“Whitehall”;
Distribution Services, Leasing, Property Management, AVS/CAI, AVS/M-1, AVS/M-2,
AVS/M-3, AVSRE, Hydroscience, TMAS/ASI and Whitehall each being individually
referred to herein as a “Guarantor” and collectively as the
“Guarantors”; the Borrowers and the Guarantors each being
individually referred to herein as a “Company” and
collectively as the “Company”).
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS,
pursuant to the Amended and Restated Financing Agreement, dated as of
April 8, 2005, among Monroe Capital Advisors, LLC (“Monroe”)
and the Companies, Monroe made certain Term Loans (as defined in the Financing
Agreement referred to below) to the Borrowers (such Financing Agreement, as
amended and in effect on the date hereof, the “Financing Agreement”);
WHEREAS,
pursuant to the Assignment and Acceptance (the “Assignment and
Acceptance”) dated as of April 10, 2006, among Monroe, Fortress
Credit Opportunities I LP (“Fortress”) and Monroe
Investments, Inc., as assignors (collectively, the “Assignors”),
and the Lender, as assignee, the Assignors have sold, transferred and assigned
to the Lender, and the Lender has purchased, assumed and accepted from the
Assignors, all of the Assignors’ rights, interests and obligations in and
under the Loan Documents (as defined in the Financing Agreement) including all
of the Term Loans;
WHEREAS,
pursuant to a Participation Agreement dated as of April 10, 2006 (as
amended, the “Participation Agreement”) between Lender and Owl
Creek Asset Management L.P. (“OCAM”), OCAM, acting for the benefit
and account of Owl Creek I, L.P., Owl Creek II, L.P., Owl Creek Overseas Fund
Ltd., Owl Creek Overseas Fund II, Ltd. (collectively, the “Owl
Creek Investors”)
purchased a 19.48% participation in the Financing Agreement on the terms and
conditions stated therein;
WHEREAS,
Lender has, with the consent of OCAM, agreed to amend the terms of the
Financing Agreement to, among other things, decrease the interest rate and fees
payable thereunder and to waive certain existing events of default for the
benefit of the Company and to advance to the Company additional working capital
in the amount of $6.0 million pursuant to a Second Amendment to Amended
and Restated Financing Agreement dated April 20, 2006 between Lender and
the Company (the “Second Amendment to Financing Agreement”) and a
related Intercreditor and Subordination Agreement dated as of April 20,
2006, between Lender and CIT Group/Business Credit, Inc. (“CIT”),
as a consequence of which CIT has agreed to amend the terms of the
Company’s indebtedness to CIT pursuant to an Amendment No. 4 to
Financing Agreement between CIT as Agent and sole lender and the Company (as so
amended, the “CIT Financing Agreement”) to resolve certain existing
events of default and to increase the amount of funding available under that
facility; and
WHEREAS,
Lender and the Owl Creek Investors have recently engaged in discussions with
the Parent regarding a proposed Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger
Agreement”) pursuant to which a newly organized corporation owned by
Lender and the Owl Creek Investors was to merge with and into Parent with the
stockholders of Parent (other than Lender and Owl Creek) receiving cash for
their shares of common stock of the Parent (the “Merger”); and
WHEREAS,
the Lender and the Owl Creek Investors have advised the Parent that they have
decided to suspend the negotiations of the Merger Agreement and their
consideration of the Merger at this time, with the understanding among the parties
that such discussions will not resume unless and until the Parent, the Lender
and/or the Owl Creek Investors agree to the resumption of such negotiations.
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and for other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged,
the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
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SECTION 1. |
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Defined Terms. Capitalized
terms used herein and defined in the Financing Agreement or in this Agreement
shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Financing Agreement or in
this Agreement, as applicable. |
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SECTION 2. |
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Ratification of Obligations
Under the Loan Documents. Each of the Companies hereby (a) acknowledges
and agrees that, immediately prior to the effective date of the Second
Amendment to Financing Agreement (the “Amendment Effective
Date”), (i) the outstanding principal amount of the Term Loan A-1 is
$8,190,294.32, (ii) the outstanding principal amount of the Term Loan
A-2 is $7,166,489.67, and (iii) the outstanding principal amount of the
Term Loan B is $2,956,471.09; (c) the aggregate outstanding default
interest on the Term Loans is $319,466.38; and (d) acknowledges and
agrees that upon the occurrence of the Amendment Effective Date, the Lender
is the sole “Lender” under the Financing Agreement and the other
Loan Documents in all respects and for all purposes, and |
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the Obligations shall be
due and payable to the Lender as provided in the Loan Documents without any
offset, deduction, defense, recoupment or counterclaim. |
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Ratification of Liens
Under the Loan Documents. Each
Company hereby (a) acknowledges, confirms, ratifies and reaffirms all of
the security interests and liens created under the Loan Documents in effect
on the date hereof to which it is a party; (b) represents and warrants
and covenants and agrees that all of such security interests and liens
constitute valid, enforceable, perfected, security interests and liens in and
to the Collateral in favor of the Lender with the priority required by the
Loan Documents, and (c) authorizes the Lender to create (or cause to be
created) and file (or cause to be filed) or record (or cause to be recorded),
in each case at such Company’s sole cost and expense, any and all UCC-3
amendments, UCC-3 assignments, and UCC-1 financing statements in any
jurisdiction to further perfect, protect and preserve the security interests
and liens created under the Collateral Documents in favor of the Lender. |
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Reaffirmation of
Obligations. Each Company hereby
ratifies and reaffirms all of its obligations under the Loan Documents and
agrees that each of the Loan Documents to which it is a party is and shall be
enforceable against such Company by the Lender in accordance with its terms. |
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No Set-Off, Etc. Each Company hereby acknowledges and agrees that
there is no basis nor set of facts on which any amount (or any portion
thereof) owed by such Company under any Loan Document could be reduced,
offset, waived, or forgiven, by rescission or otherwise; nor is there any
claim, counterclaim, offset, recoupment, or defense (or other right, remedy,
or basis having a similar effect) available to such Company with regard
thereto; nor is there any basis on which the terms and conditions of any of
the Obligations could be claimed to be other than as stated on the written
instruments which evidence such Obligations. |
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Release of Claims by the
Companies Relative to Term Loan C Funding. Each Company, by executing this Agreement, hereby acknowledges and
agrees that none of the Companies has any offsets, defenses, claims,
recoupments, causes of action (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) or
counterclaims against the Lender or, with respect to the Participation Agreement,
OCAM or the Owl Creek Investors, or any of their respective officers,
directors, employees, attorneys, representatives, parents, affiliates,
predecessors, successors, or assigns (all such Persons being referred to
herein as the “Lender Released Parties”) with respect to the
Obligations or the Loan Documents, and that if such Company now has, or ever
did have, any offsets, defenses, claims, recoupments, causes of action
(whether in tort, contract or otherwise) or counterclaims against the Lender
Released Parties, whether known or unknown, at law or in equity, from the
beginning of the world through this date and through the time of execution of
this Agreement which directly or indirectly arise from or relate to the
Obligations or any of the Loan Documents (collectively, “Lender
Claims”), all such Lender Claims are hereby irrevocably and
unconditionally WAIVED, and each Company hereby irrevocably and
unconditionally RELEASES the Lender Released Parties |
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and assigns from all such
Lender Claims and any liability therefor. Each Company covenants that it will
not sue any Lender Released Party with respect to any of the Lender Claims
released hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing contained in this
Section 2.4 shall release any of the Companies from their rights of
contribution among each other pursuant to Section 12.4 of the Financing
Agreement. |
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General Release of
Claims by the Companies of the LJH Released Parties. Each Company hereby releases, relinquishes,
acquits, waives and forever discharges the Lender, and each of Lender’s
officers, directors, employees, attorneys, representatives (including John R.
Cawthron in his capacity as a representative of Lender), affiliates (which
for this purpose shall not include OCAM or the Owl Creek Investors),
predecessors, successors, or assigns (all such Persons being referred to
herein as the “LJH Released Parties”) from any and all claims,
counterclaims, rights, demands, actions, suits, requests, proceedings,
liabilities or causes of action whether known or unknown at the time of this
Agreement, that any of the Companies may have, directly or indirectly
(including pursuant to any class action), that arise out of or relate in any
way to (a) the Obligations, (b) the Loan Documents, (c) the
CIT Financing Agreement, (d) the Participation Agreement, (e) the
proposed Merger Agreement or Merger (together, the “Transaction
Agreements”) or any actions of the LJH Released Parties in connection
therewith, (f) Lender’s prior loans to the Company, or any action
of Lender, or by any LJH Released Party on behalf of Lender, in its capacity
as a lender to the Company, with respect to such prior loans, or
(g) Lender’s status as a stockholder of the Company, or arising
out of any action by Lender or by any LJH Released Party on behalf of the
Lender, in its capacity as a stockholder of the Company (including without
limitation claims for negligence, gross negligence, fraud, negligent
misrepresentation, breach of the duty of care, breach of the duty of loyalty,
breaches of the duties of candor, good faith or fair dealing, or breaches of
any other fiduciary duty) arising prior to the date of this Agreement
(collectively, “Company Released Claims”). Each Company
agrees, for itself and on behalf of its affiliates that it will never
initiate, commence, institute, prosecute or otherwise participate in, either
directly or indirectly, representatively (such as in a class action) or in
any other capacity, any action of any description whatsoever, including both
known and unknown claims, against any LJH Released Parties that seeks damages
or other relief arising out of or relating to the Company Released Claims.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing contained in this Section 2.5
shall release (i) any of the Companies from their rights of contribution
among each other pursuant to Section 12.4 of the Financing Agreement or
(ii) any right or claim of the Companies arising under or pursuant to
any written contract or written agreement between any Company and any LJH
Released Party related to matters other than the matters that are the subject
of the Company Released Claims that are expressly released hereunder, or
(iii) claims for indemnification by any LJH Released Party who is
serving or has served as an officer or director of one or more of the
Companies under the laws of the jurisdiction of organization and/or the
Certificate (or Articles) of Incorporation or By-Laws of any of the
Companies. Each of the LJH Released Parties, other than |
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Lender, is an express third
party beneficiary of the terms and conditions of this Section 2.5. |
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General Release of
Claims by Lender of the Company Released Parties. Lender hereby releases, relinquishes, acquits,
waives and forever discharges the Company and each of the Company’s
officers, directors, employees, attorneys, representatives, affiliates,
predecessors, successors, or assigns (all such Persons being referred to
herein as the “Company Released Parties”) from any and all
claims, counterclaims, rights, demands, actions, suits, requests,
proceedings, liabilities or causes of action whether known or unknown at the
time of this Agreement, that Lender or any of its affiliates may have,
directly or indirectly (including pursuant to any class action), that arise
out of or relate in any way to: (A) the proposed Merger Agreement or
Merger or any actions of the Company Released Parties in connection
therewith, (B) claims arising by reason of Lender’s prior loans to the
Company, or any action of any Company Released Party on behalf of Company
with respect to such prior loans, or (C) the Lender’s status as a
stockholder of the Company, including: (x) claims arising from
Lender’s purchase, acquisition or ownership of shares of Company Common
Stock prior to the date of this Agreement (including without limitation, to
the extent relevant or applicable, claims that may arise out of: (i) any
purchase of the senior subordinated convertible PIK notes due 2006 of the
Company, (ii) any tender of senior subordinated convertible PIK notes
due 2006 to the Company in the Company’s January 2005 and August
2005 tender offers in exchange for shares of the Company’s Common
Stock, and/or (iii) any purchase of shares of Common Stock in the
Company’s rights offering that closed on November 22, 2005) and
(y) claims arising solely by reason of Lender’s status as a
stockholder of the Company (including without limitation claims for
negligence, gross negligence, fraud, negligent misrepresentation, breach of
the duty of care, breach of the duty of loyalty, breaches of the duties of
candor, good faith or fair dealing, or breaches of any other fiduciary duty)
arising prior to the date of this Agreement (the “LJH Released
Claims”). Lender agrees, for itself and on behalf of its affiliates,
that it will never initiate, commence, institute, prosecute or otherwise
participate in, either directly or indirectly, representatively (such as in a
class action) or in any other capacity, any action of any description
whatsoever, including both known and unknown claims, against a Company
Released Party that seeks damages or other relief arising out of or relating
to an LJH Released Claim. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing contained in
this Section 2.6 shall release: (A) any claims arising under this
Agreement or under the Loan Documents, (B) any rights or claims arising
under any written contract or written agreement between Lender, one or more
of its affiliates, and any of the Companies other than matters that are the
subject of the LJH Released Claims that are expressly released hereunder, or
(C) Lender’s rights under the LJH Warrant (as that document is
described in the Parent’s filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission). Each of the Company Released Parties, other than the Companies
party to this Agreement, is an express third party beneficiary of the terms
and conditions of this Section 2.6. |
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Further Assurances. Each Company shall execute and deliver to the
Lender all additional documents, instruments, and agreements that the Lender
may require in order to create, perfect or establish the priority of any
Liens created under the Collateral Documents and the Collateral granted
therein and to otherwise give effect to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement and the Assignment and Acceptance. |
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SECTION 3. |
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Miscellaneous. |
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3.1 |
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Costs and Expenses. The Companies shall pay on demand all costs and
expenses of the Lender and OCAM, including without limitation, reasonable
attorneys’ fees, incurred by the Lender and OCAM in connection with
this Agreement, the Assignment and Acceptance, the Second Amendment to
Financing Agreement, the Participation Agreement, the CIT Financing Agreement
or any of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby other than the
Merger contemplated by the Merger Agreement. |
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Interpretation. In connection with the interpretation of this
Agreement and all other documents, instruments, and agreements incidental
hereto: |
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The captions of this Agreement
are for purposes of convenience only, and shall not be used in construing the
intent of the Lender and the Companies under this Agreement. |
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Nothing contained in this
Agreement shall constitute a waiver of any Event of Default or Default under
the Financing Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, whether now
existing or hereafter arising, or a waiver of any of the Lender’s
rights or remedies under any of the Loan Documents. |
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Binding Agreement. This Agreement shall be binding upon the Companies
and their respective successors and assigns, and shall inure to the benefit
of the Lender and the Lender’s successors and assigns. |
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Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in separate
counterparts (including counterparts delivered by facsimile or e-mail), each
of which when so executed and delivered shall be an original, and both of
which together shall constitute one instrument. |
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Governing Law. This Agreement and the rights and obligations of
the parties hereto shall be governed by, and construed and interpreted in
accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware. |
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly
executed and delivered by their respective proper and duly authorized officers
as of the day and year first above written.
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COMPANIES: |
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AIRCRAFT INTERIOR
DESIGN, INC. |
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By: |
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/s/ Kevin Carter |
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