10.4
Revolving
Credit Agreement, $10,000,000 revolving line of credit between
Champion Industries, Inc. and United Bank, Inc. dated as of
August 1, 2003.
REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
BY AND BETWEEN
CHAMPION INDUSTRIES, INC.
AND
UNITED BANK, INC.
DATED AS OF AUGUST 1, 2003
REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
THIS
REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT is dated as of August 1, 2003, and
is made by and between CHAMPION INDUSTRIES, INC., a West Virginia
corporation, with offices at 2450 First Avenue, Huntington, West
Virginia 25703 (“Borrower”) and UNITED BANK, INC., a
West Virginia state banking corporation, with offices at 2889 Third
Avenue, Huntington, West Virginia 25702
(“UBI”).
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS,
pursuant to a Credit Agreement dated as of March 31, 1997 (the
“Term Loan Agreement”), PNC Bank, National Association
(“PNC” or “Agent”), in its capacity as
agent for the banks signatory to the Term Loan Agreement (the
“Banks”), provided a term loan to the Borrower in the
aggregate principle amount of up to $12,500,000.00; and
WHEREAS,
in addition to the foregoing, the Borrower has requested UBI to
provide a revolving loan facility to the Borrower in an aggregate
principal amount of up to $10,000,000.00 for the purpose of
financing acquisitions, capital expenditures and general working
capital requirements; and
WHEREAS,
UBI is willing to provide such a revolving credit facility to the
Borrower upon the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth;
and
NOW,
THEREFORE, the parties hereto, in consideration of their mutual
covenants and agreements hereinafter set forth and intending to be
legally bound hereby, covenant and. agree as follows:
1. CERTAIN DEFINITIONS
1.1 Certain
Definitions.
In
addition to words and terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement,
the following words and terms shall have the following meanings,
respectively, unless the context hereof clearly requires
otherwise:
Affiliate as to any Person shall mean any other Person
(i) which directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by,
or is under common control with such Person, (ii) which
beneficially owns or holds 5% or more of any class of the voting or
other equity interests of such Person, or (iii) 5% or more of
any class of voting interests or other equity interests of which is
beneficially owned or held, directly or indirectly, by such Person.
Control, as used in this definition, shall mean the possession,
directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the
direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether
through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or
otherwise, including the power to elect a majority of the directors
or trustees of a corporation or trust, as the case may
be.
UBI’s Facility Fee shall have the meaning assigned to
that term in Section 2.7.
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Agreement shall mean this Revolving Credit Agreement, as the
same may be supplemented or amended from time to time, including
all schedules and exhibits.
Annual Statements shall have the meaning assigned to that
term in Section 5.1.9(i).
Authorized Officer shall mean those individuals, designated
by written notice to UBI from the Borrower, authorized to execute
notices, reports and other documents on behalf of the Borrower
required hereunder. The Borrower may amend such list of individuals
from time to time by giving written notice of such amendment to
UBI.
Banks shall mean the financial institutions from time to
time signatory to the Term Loan Agreement and their respective
successors and assigns as permitted thereunder, each of which is
referred to herein as a Bank.
Benefit Arrangement shall mean at any time an
“employee benefit plan,” within the meaning of
Section 3(3) of ERISA, which is neither a plan nor a
Multiemployer Plan and which is maintained, sponsored or otherwise
contributed to by any member of the ERISA Group.
Borrower shall have the meaning given in the preamble to
this Agreement.
Business Day shall mean any day other than a Saturday or
Sunday or a legal holiday on which commercial banks are authorized
or required to be closed for business in Huntington, West
Virginia.
Closing Date shall mean the effective date
hereof.
Consideration shall mean with respect to any Permitted
Acquisition, the aggregate of (i) the net present value paid
by any of the Borrower, directly or indirectly, to the seller in
connection therewith, (ii) the Indebtedness incurred or
assumed by any of the Borrower, whether in favor of the seller or
otherwise and whether fixed or contingent, (iii) any Guaranty
given or incurred by the Borrower in connection therewith,
(iv) 50% of the value of stock transferred, and (v) the
net present value of any other consideration given or obligation
incurred by the Borrower in connection therewith.
Consolidated Cash Flow From Operations for any period of
determination shall mean the sum of net income, depreciation,
amortization, other non-cash charges to net income, interest
expense and cash income tax expense minus non-cash credits to net
income, all measured on a rolling four quarters basis in each case
of the borrower and its Subsidiaries for such period determined and
consolidated in accordance with GAAP.
Consolidated Tangible Net Worth shall mean as of any date of
determination total stockholders’ equity less intangible
assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of such date
determined and consolidated in accordance with GAAP.
Dollar , Dollars , U.S. Dollars and the symbol
$ shall mean lawful money of the United States of
America.
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Environmental Complaint shall mean any written complaint
setting forth a cause of action for personal or property damage or
natural resource damage or equitable relief, order, notice of
violation, citation, request for information issued pursuant to any
Environmental Laws by an Official Body, subpoena or other written
notice of any type relating to, arising out of, or issued. pursuant
to, any of the Environmental Laws or any Environmental Conditions,
as the case may be.
Environmental Conditions shall mean any conditions of the
environment, including the workplace, the ocean, natural resources
(including flora or fauna), soil, surface water, groundwater, any
actual or potential drinking water supply sources, substrata or the
ambient air, relating to or arising out of, or caused by, the use,
handling, storage, treatment, recycling, generation,
transportation, release, spilling, leaking, pumping, emptying,
discharging, injecting, escaping, leaching, disposal, dumping,
threatened release or other management or mismanagement of
Regulated Substances resulting from the use of, or operations on,
any Property.
Environmental Laws shall mean all federal, state, local and
foreign Laws and regulations, including permits, licenses,
authorizations, bonds, orders, judgments, and consent decrees
issued, or entered into, pursuant thereto, relating to pollution or
protection of human health or the environment or employee safety in
the workplace.
ERISA shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act
of 1974, as the same may be amended or supplemented from time to
time, and any successor statute of similar import, and the rules
and regulations thereunder, as from time to time in
effect.
ERISA Group shall mean, at any time, the Borrower and all
members of a controlled group of corporations and all trades or
businesses (whether or not incorporated) under common control and
all other entities which, together with the Borrower, are treated
as a single employer under Section 414 of the Internal Revenue
Code.
Event of Default shall mean any of the events described in
Section 8.1 and referred to therein as an “Event of
Default.”
Federal Funds Effective Rate for any day shall mean the rate
per annum (based on a year of 360 days and actual days elapsed
and rounded upward to the nearest 1/100 of 1%) announced by the
Federal Reserve Bank of Pittsburgh (or any successor) on such day
as being the weighted average of the rates on overnight federal
funds transactions arranged by federal funds brokers on the
previous trading day, as computed and announced by such Federal
Reserve Bank (or any successor) in substantially the same manner as
such Federal Reserve Bank computes and announces the weighted
average it refers to as the “Federal Funds Effective
Rate” as of the date of this Agreement; provided, if such
Federal Reserve Bank (or its successor) does not announce such rate
on any day, the ‘Federal Funds Active Rate” for such
day shall be the Federal Funds Effective Rate for the last day on
which such rate was announced.
Financial Projections shall have the meaning assigned to
that term in Section 5.1.9(i).
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Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio shall mean the ratio of
Consolidated Cash Flow from Operations to Fixed Charges.
Funding Date means the date of the funding of a
Loan.
GAAP shall mean generally accepted accounting principles as
are in effect from time to time, subject to the provisions of
Section 1.3, and applied on a consistent basis both as to
classification of items and amounts.
Guaranty of any Person shall mean any obligation of such
Person guaranteeing or in effect guaranteeing any liability or
obligation of any other Person in any manner, whether directly or
indirectly, including any performance bond or other suretyship
arrangement and any other form of assurance against loss, except
endorsement of negotiable or other instruments for deposit or
collection in the ordinary course of business and
indemnities.
Indebtedness shall mean, as to any Person at any time, any
and all indebtedness, obligations or liabilities (whether matured
or unmatured, liquidated or unliquidated, direct or indirect,
absolute or contingent, or joint or several) of such Person for or
in respect of (i) borrowed money, (ii) amounts raised under or
liabilities in respect of any note purchase or acceptance credit
facility, (iii) reimbursement obligations (contingent or
otherwise) under any letter of credit, currency swap agreement,
interest rate swap, cap, collar or floor agreement or other
interest rate management device, (iv) any other transaction
(including forward sale or purchase agreements, capitalized leases
and conditional sales agreements) having the commercial effect of a
borrowing of money entered into by such Person to finance its
operations or capital requirements (but not including trade
payables and accrued expenses incurred in the ordinary course of
business which are not represented by a promissory note or other
evidence of indebtedness and which are not more than thirty
(30) days past due), or (v) any Guaranty of Indebtedness
for borrowed money.
Ineligible Security shall mean any security which may not be
underwritten or dealt in by member banks of the Federal Reserve
System under Section 16 of the Banking Act of 1933 (12 U.S.C.
Section 24, Seventh), as amended.
Insolvency proceeding shall mean, with respect to any
Person, (a) case, action or proceeding with respect to such
Person (i) before any court or any other Official Body under
any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar Law now
or hereafter in effect, or (ii) for the appointment of a
receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator,
conservator (or similar official) of the Borrower or otherwise
relating to liquidation, dissolution, winding-up or relief of such
Person, or (b) any general assignment for the benefit of
creditors, composition, marshaling of assets for creditors, or
other, similar arrangement in respect of such Person’s
creditors generally or any substantial portion of its creditors,
undertaken under any Law.
Interest Payment Date means, with respect to any Prime Rate
Loan, the last day of each Interest Period applicable to such Loan;
provided that, in all cases, “Interest Payment Date”
shall also include each Interest Period Anniversary Date for such
Interest Period.
Interest Period shall have the meaning assigned to such term
in Section 3.1.2.
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Internal Revenue Code shall mean the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986, as the same may be amended or supplemented from time to
time, and. any successor statute of similar import, and the rules
and regulations thereunder, as from time to time in
effect.
Labor Contracts shall mean all employment agreements,
employment contracts, collective bargaining agreements and other
agreements among the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower and
its employees.
Law shall mean any law (including common law), constitution,
statute, treaty, regulation, rule, ordinance, opinion, release,
ruling, order, injunction, writ, decree or award of any Official
Body.
Lien shall mean any mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, lien,
security interest, charge or other encumbrance or security
arrangement of any nature whatsoever, whether voluntarily or
involuntarily given, including any conditional sale or title
retention arrangement, and any assignment, deposit arrangement or
lease intended as, or having the effect of, security and any filed
financing statement or other notice of any of the foregoing
(whether or not a lien or other encumbrance is created or exists at
the time of the filing).
LLC Interests shall have the meaning given to such term in
Section 5.1.3.
Loan or Loans means any one or more of the Revolving
Loans.
Loan Documents shall mean this Agreement, the Revolving
Note, and any other instruments, certificates or documents
delivered or contemplated to be delivered hereunder or thereunder
or in connection herewith or therewith, as the same may be
supplemented or amended from time to time in accordance herewith or
therewith, and Loan Document shall mean any of the Loan
Documents,
Material Adverse Change shall mean any set of circumstances
or events which (a) has or could reasonably be expected to
have any material adverse effect whatsoever upon the validity or
enforceability of this Agreement or any other Loan Document,
(b) is or could reasonably be expected to be material and
adverse to the business, properties, assets, financial condition,
results of operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as
a whole, (c) impairs materially or could reasonably be
expected to impair materially the ability of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries taken as a whole to duly and punctually pay or perform
their Indebtedness, or (d) impairs materially or could
reasonably be expected to impair materially the ability of UBI or
any of the Banks, to the extent permitted, to enforce their legal
remedies pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan
Document.
Maturity or Maturity Date shall mean July 31,
2006.
Month with respect to an Interest Period, shall mean the
interval between the days in consecutive calendar months
numerically corresponding to the first day of such Interest Period.
If any Interest Period begins on a day of a calendar month for
which there is no numerically corresponding day in the month in
which such Interest Period is to end, the final month of such
Interest Period shall be deemed to end on the last Business Day of
such final month.
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Multiemployer Plan shall mean any employee benefit plan
which is a “multiemployer plan” within the meaning of
Section 4001 (a) (3) of ERISA and to which any Borrower
or any member of the ERISA Group is then making or accruing an
obligation to make contributions or, within the preceding five Plan
years, has made or had an obligation to make such
contributions.
Multiple Employer Plans shall mean a Plan which has two or
more contributing sponsors (including any Borrower or any member of
the ERISA Group) at least two of whom are not under common control,
as such a plan is described in Sections 4063 and 4064 of
ERISA.
Notices shall have the meaning assigned to that term in
Section 10.5.
Obligation shall mean any obligation or liability of the
Borrower to UBI, howsoever created, arising or evidenced, whether
direct or indirect, absolute or contingent now or hereafter
existing, or due or to become due, under or in connection with this
Agreement, the Revolving Note, or any other Loan
Document.
Official Body shall mean any national, federal, state, local
or other government or political subdivision or any agency,
authority, bureau, central bank, commission, department or
instrumentality of either, or any court, tribunal, grand jury or
arbitrator, in each case whether foreign or domestic.
Partnership Interests shall have the meaning given to such
term in Section 5.1.3.
PBGC shall mean the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
established pursuant to Subtitle A of Title IV of ERISA or any
successor.
Permitted Acquisition shall have the meaning assigned to
such term in Section 7.2.5.
Permitted Investments shall mean:
(i) Direct
obligations of the United States of America or any agency or
instrumentality thereof or obligations backed by the full faith and
credit of the United States of America maturing in twelve
(12) months or less from the date of acquisition;
(ii) Commercial
paper maturing in 180 days or less rated not lower than A-1,
by Standard & Poor’s or P-1 by Moody’s Investors
Service, Inc. on the date of acquisition;
(iii) Demand
deposits, time deposits or certificates of deposit maturing within
one year in commercial banks whose obligations are rated A-1, A or
the equivalent or better by Standard & Poor’s on the date
of acquisition;
(iv) Investments
shown on Schedule 1.1(P) pursuant to this Agreement and in
favor of the Agent; and
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(v) Any
other investment deemed appropriate and prudent by the Company to
the extent such investments in the aggregate do not exceed
$500,000.
Permitted Liens shall mean:
(i) Liens,
security interests and mortgages (A) in favor of UBI pursuant
to this Agreement, and (B) in favor of the Agent for the
benefit of the Banks party to the Term Loan Agreement.
(ii) Liens
for taxes, assessments, or similar charges, incurred in the
ordinary course of business and. which are not yet due and
payable;
(iii) Pledges
or deposits made in the ordinary course of business to secure
payment of workmen’s compensation, or to participate in any
fund in connection with workmen’s compensation, unemployment
insurance, old-age pensions or other social security
programs;
(iv) Liens
of mechanics, materialmen, warehousemen, carriers, or other like
Liens securing obligations incurred in the ordinary course of
business that are not yet due and payable and Liens of landlords
securing obligations to pay lease payments that are not yet due and
payable or in default;
(v) Good-faith
pledges or deposits made in the ordinary course of business to
secure performance of bids, tenders, contracts (other than for the
repayment of borrowed money) or leases, not in excess of the
aggregate amount due thereunder, or to secure statutory
obligations, or surety, appeal, indemnity, performance or other
similar bonds required in the ordinary course of
business;
(vi) Encumbrances
consisting of zoning restrictions, easements or other restrictions
on the use of real property, none of which materially impairs the
use of such property or the value thereof, and none of which is
violated in any material respect by existing or proposed structures
or land use;
(vii) Liens
on property leased by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the
Borrower under capital and operating leases permitted in
Section 7.2.13 securing obligations of the Borrower or any
Subsidiary of the Borrower to the lessor under such
leases;
(viii) Any
Lien existing on the date of this Agreement and described on
Schedule 1.1(P), as the debt underlying such Lien may be
refinanced or replaced (but the principal amount secured thereby is
not hereafter increased, and no additional assets become subject to
such Lien) and a replacement Lien placed thereon;
(ix) Purchase
Money Security Interests, provided that the aggregate amount of
loans and deferred payments secured by such Purchase Money Security
Interests shall not exceed $10,000,000 and any replacement or
renewal thereof as long as the principal amount secured thereby is
not increased and no existing additional assets at the effective
date of this agreement become subject to such lien in an amount
greater than $1.0 million in the aggregate.
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Asset purchases subsequent to the
effective date of this agreement are permitted to be financed to
the extent the aggregate financings do not exceed
$10,000,000.
(x) The
following, (A) if the validity or amount thereof is being
contested in good faith by appropriate and lawful proceedings
diligently conducted so long as levy and execution thereon have
been stayed and continue to be stayed or (B) if a final
judgment is entered and such judgment is discharged within thirty
(30) days of entry, and in either case they do not, in
aggregate, materially impair the ability of the Borrower to perform
its obligations hereunder or under the other Loan
Documents:
(1) Claims
or Liens for taxes, assessments or charges due and payable and
subject to interest or penalty, provided that the Borrower
maintains such reserves or other appropriate provisions as shall be
required by GAAP and pays all such taxes, assessments or charges
forthwith upon the commencement of proceedings to foreclose any
such Lien; or
(2) Claims,
Liens or encumbrances upon, and defects of title to, real or
personal property, including any attachment of personal or real
property or other legal process prior to adjudication of a dispute
on the merits; or
(3) Claims
or Liens of mechanics, carriers, or other statutory nonconsensual
Liens; or
(4) Liens
resulting from final judgments or orders described in Section
8.1.6.
Person shall mean any individual, corporation, partnership,
limited liability company, association, joint-stock company, trust,
unincorporated organization, joint venture, government or political
subdivision or agency thereof, or any other entity.
Plan shall mean at any time an employee pension benefit plan
(including a Multiple Employer Plan, but not a Multiemployer Plan)
which is covered by Title IV of ERISA or is subject to the minimum
funding standards under Section 412 of the Internal Revenue
Code and either (i) is maintained by any member of the ERISA
Group for employees of any member of the ERISA Group or
(ii) has at any time within the preceding five years been
maintained by any entity which was at such time a member of the
ERISA Group for employees of any entity which was at such time a
member of the ERISA Group.
Potential Default shall mean any event or condition which
with notice, passage of time or a determination by UBI would
constitute an Event of Default.
Prime Rate shall mean a variable annual interest rate equal
to JP Morgan Chase Bank prime rate adjusted daily with each change
in such rate.
Prime Rate Loans means Loans made by Bank bearing interest
at rates determined in accordance with
Section 3.1.1.
Principal Office shall mean the principal banking office of
UBI in Parkersburg, West Virginia.
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Prohibited Transaction shall mean any prohibited transaction
as defined in Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code or
Section 406 of ERISA for which neither an individual nor a
class exemption has been issued by the United States Department of
Labor.
Property shall mean all real property, both owned and
leased, of the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the
Borrower.
Purchase Money Security Interest shall mean Liens upon
tangible property securing loans to the Borrower or any Subsidiary
of the Borrower or deferred payments by the Borrower or any
Subsidiary of the Borrower for the purchase of such tangible
property.
Leverage Ratio shall mean the ratio of the Borrower’s
Total Senior Indebtedness to Earnings Before Interest, Taxes,
Depreciation, and Amortization (“EBITDA”). For purposes
of the Leverage Ratio, Total Senior Indebtedness shall be measured
as of the end of each fiscal quarter and EBITDA shall be measured
as of the end of each fiscal quarter for the previous four fiscal
quarters.
Regulated Substances shall mean any substance, including:
any solid, liquid, semisolid, gaseous, thermal, thoriated or
radioactive material, refuse, garbage, wastes, chemicals, petroleum
products, by-products, coproducts, impurities, dust, scrap, heavy
metals, defined as a “hazardous substance,”
“pollutant,” “pollution,”
“contaminant,” “hazardous or toxic
substance,” “extremely hazardous substance,”
“toxic chemical,” “toxic waste,”
“hazardous waste,” “industrial waste,”
“residual waste,” “solid waste,”
“municipal waste,” “mixed waste,”
“infectious waste,” “chemotherapeutic
waste,” “medical waste,” or “regulated
substance” or any related materials, substances or wastes as
now or hereafter defined pursuant to any Environmental Laws,
ordinances, rules, regulations or other directives of any Official
Body, the generation, manufacture, extraction, processing,
distribution, treatment, storage, disposal, transport, recycling,
reclamation, use, reuse, spilling, leaking, dumping, injection,
pumping, leaching, emptying, discharge, escape, release or other
management or mismanagement of which is regulated by the
Environmental Laws.
Regulation U shall mean Regulation U, T, G or X as
promulgated by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System, as amended from time to time.
Reportable Event shall mean a reportable event described in
Section 4043 of ERISA and regulations thereunder with respect
to a Plan or Multiemployer Plan.
Revolving Loan or Revolving Loans shall have the meaning
assigned to that term in Section 2. 2.
Revolving Note or Revolving Credit Note shall mean the
Revolving Credit Note of the Borrower in the form of
Exhibit 1.1(T) evidencing the Revolving Loan or Revolving
Loans, together with all amendments, extensions, renewals,
replacements refinancings or refunds thereof in whole or in
part.
Section 20 Subsidiary shall mean the Subsidiary of the
bank holding company controlling UBI, which Subsidiary has been
granted authority by the Federal Reserve Board to underwrite and
deal in certain Ineligible Securities
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Shares shall have the meaning assigned to that term in
Section 5.1.2.
Standard & Poor’s shall mean Standard &
Poor’s Ratings Services.
Subsidiary of any person at any time shall mean (i) any
corporation or trust of which more than 50% (by number of shares or
number of votes) of the outstanding capital stock or shares of
beneficial interest normally entitled to vote for the election of
one or more directors or trustees (regardless of any contingency
which does or may suspend or dilute the voting rights) is at such
time owned directly or indirectly by such Person or one or more of
such Person’s Subsidiaries, (ii) any partnership of
which such Person is a general partner or of which more than 50% or
more of the partnership interests is at the time directly or
indirectly owned by such Person or one or more of such
Person’s Subsidiaries, (ii) any limited liability
company of which such Person is a member or of which more than 50%
of the limited liability company interests is at the time directly
or indirectly owned by such Person or one or more of such
Person’s Subsidiaries or (iv) any corporation, trust,
partnership, limited liability company or other entity which is
controlled or capable of being controlled by such Person or one or
more of such Person’s Subsidiaries.
Subsidiary Shares shall have the meaning assigned to that
term in Section 5.1.3.
Total Senior Indebtedness shall mean as to the Borrower and
all of its Subsidiaries, the sum of all borrowed money and all
reimbursement obligations under any letters of credit.
1.2
Construction.
Unless
the context of this Agreement otherwise clearly requires, the
following rules of construction shall apply to this Agreement and
each of the other Loan Documents:
1.2.1 NUMBER,
INCLUSION
References
to the plural include the singular, the plural, the part and the
whole; “or” has the inclusive meaning represented by
the phrase “and/or,” and “including” has
the meaning represented by the phrase “including without
limitation”.
1.2.2 DETERMINATION.
References
to “determination” of or by UBI shall be deemed to
include, a good faith estimate by UBI (in the case of quantitative
determinations) and a good-faith belief by UBI (in the case of
qualitative determinations) and such determination shall be
conclusive absent manifest error.
1.2.3 UBI’S DISCRETION AND
CONSENT.
Whenever
UBI is granted the right herein to act in its or their sole
discretion or to grant or withhold, consent such right shall be
exercised reasonably and in good faith.
1.2.4 DOCUMENTS TAKEN AS A
WHOLE.
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The
words “hereof,” “herein,”
“hereunder,” “hereto” and similar terms in
this Agreement or any other Loan Document refer to this Agreement
or such other Loan Document as a whole and not to any particular
provision of this agreement or such other Loan Document.
1.2.5 HEADINGS.
The
section and other headings contained in this Agreement or such
other Loan Document and the Table of Contents (if any), preceding
this Agreement or such other Loan Document are for reference
purposes only and shall not control or affect the construction of
this Agreement or such other Loan Document or the interpretation
thereof in any respect;
1.2.6 IMPLIED REFERENCES TO THIS
AGREEMENT.
Article,
section, subsection, clause, schedule and exhibit references are to
this Agreement or other Loan Document, as the case may be, unless
otherwise specified;
1.2.7 PERSONS.
Reference
to any Person includes such Person’s successors and assigns
but, if applicable, only if such successors and assigns are
permitted by this Agreement or such other Loan Document, as the
case may be, and reference to a Person in a particular capacity
excludes such Person in any other capacity; and
1.2.8 MODIFICATIONS TO
DOCUMENTS.
Reference
to any agreement, (including this Agreement and any other Loan
Document together with the schedules and exhibits hereto or
thereto), document or instrument means such agreement, document or
instrument as amended, modified, replaced, substituted for,
superseded or restated.
1.3 Accounting
Principles.
Except
as otherwise provided in this Agreement, all computations and
determinations as to accounting or financial matters and all
financial statements to be delivered pursuant to this Agreement
shall be made and prepared in accordance with GAAP; (including
principles of consolidation where appropriate), and all accounting
or financial terms shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms
by GAAP; provided, however, that all accounting terms used in
Section 7.2 (and all defined terms used in the definition of
any accounting term used in Section 7.2 shall have the meaning
given to such terms (and defined terms) under GAAP as in effect on
the date hereof applied on a basis consistent with those used in
preparing the Annual Statements referred to in
Section 5.1.9(i) . In the event of any change after the date
hereof in GAAP, and if such change would result in the inability to
determine compliance with the financial covenants set forth in
Section 7.2 based upon the Borrower’s regularly prepared
financial statements by reason of the preceding sentence, then the
parties hereto agree to endeavor, in good faith, to agree upon an
amendment to this Agreement that would adjust such financial
covenants in a manner that would not affect the substance thereof,
but would allow compliance therewith to be determined in accordance
with the Borrower’s financial statements at that
time.
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2. REVOLVING CREDIT
COMMITMENT
2.1 Revolving Credit
Commitment.
Subject
to the terms and conditions hereof and relying upon the
representations and warranties herein set forth, UBI hereby agrees
to lend to Borrower the maximum sum of Ten Million and No/100
Dollars ($10,000,000.00) (the “Revolving Credit
Commitment”). Such Revolving Credit Commitment shall be
available to borrower, subject to the limitations herein, in whole
or in part and from time to time until the Maturity Date, when the
entire outstanding principal balance of the Revolving Credit
Commitment, together with all accrued but unpaid interest thereon,
shall become immediately due and payable. Interest on the principal
balance of the Revolving Credit Commitment from time to time
outstanding shall be due and payable in accordance with
Section 3, below.
2.2 Revolving Credit
Note.
Borrower
shall execute and deliver to UBI a promissory note in the form of
Exhibit 1.1(T) attached hereto (the “Revolving Credit
Note”). All disbursements on the Revolving Credit Note shall
be Revolving Loans and, unless otherwise provided, shall be in
amounts of not less than One Hundred Thousand Dollars
($100,000.00). Amounts borrowed by Borrower under the Revolving
Credit Commitment may, subject to the limitations set forth in
Section 3.2.1 be repaid and may, subject to the limitations
set forth in this Agreement, until the Maturity Date, be
reborrowed; provided, however, that at no time may the principal
balance outstanding under the Revolving Credit Note exceed the
amount of the Revolving Credit Commitment, and Borrower shall make
principal payments at such times and in such amounts necessary to
comply with this provision.
2.3 [This section intentionally
omitted]
2.4 Disbursement of
Funds.
UBI
shall make the proceeds of Revolving Loans available to Borrower on
such Funding Date by causing an amount of same day funds equal to
the proceeds of all such Revolving Loans for which notices of
borrowing were received by UBI to be credited to the account of
Borrower at UBI.
2.5 Manner and Time of
Payment.
All
payments of principal, interest, and fees hereunder and under the
Revolving Credit Note shall be made by Borrower without defense,
setoff, or counterclaim and in same day funds delivered to UBI not
later than 2:00 p.m. (West Virginia time) on the date due at its
office located at 2889 Third Avenue, Huntington, West Virginia,,
for the account of UBI. Funds received by UBI after that time shall
be deemed to have been paid by Borrower on the next succeeding
Business Day.
2.6 Use of Proceeds.
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The
proceeds of the Revolving Credit Note shall be used for the purpose
of financing acquisitions, capital expenditures and general working
capital requirements.
2.7 Facility Fee.
As
consideration for the Revolving Credit Commitment hereby extended,
Borrower shall pay UBI a facility fee on the total amount of
Revolving Credit Commitment at a rate per annum equal to 0.125%,
payable annually in advance commencing on the Closing Date and on
each anniversary of the Closing Date. Borrower shall be entitled to
cancel the Revolving Credit Commitment in whole or in part at any
time prior to the Maturity Date, and such cancellation shall be
irrevocable.
2.8 Setoff.
Upon
the occurrence and during the continuation of any Event of Default,
UBI shall have the right to set off against all obligations of
Borrower to UBI hereunder and under the Revolving Credit Note,
whether matured or unmatured, all funds of Borrower on deposit in
accounts with UBI or its affiliates, except for funds deposited or
accounts maintained for the payment of taxes, payroll, and employee
contributions and any other funds or accounts in which Borrower
does not have a beneficial interest.
3. INTEREST
3.1 Interest on the Revolving
Loans.
3.1.1 RATE OF
INTEREST.
The
Revolving Loans shall bear interest on the unpaid principal amount
thereof from the date made through Maturity (whether by
acceleration or otherwise) at a rate determined by reference to the
Prime Rate.
3.1.2 [This section intentionally
omitted]
3.1.3 [This section intentionally
omitted]
Subject
to Section 3.1.5, interest shall be payable on the Revolving
Loans as follows:
(i) Interest
on each Prime Rate Loan shall be payable in arrears on the tenth
(10th) day of each month, commencing May 10, 2003, upon any
prepayment of any such Loan (to the extent accrued on the amount
being prepaid), upon any conversion/continuation, and at
Maturity.
3.1.4 [This section intentionally
omitted]
3.1.5 POST-MATURITY
INTEREST.
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Any
principal payments on the Loans not paid within ten (10) days
after the date when due and, to the extent permitted by applicable
law, any interest payments on the Loans not paid within ten
(10) days after the date when due, in each case whether at
stated Maturity, by notice of prepayment, by acceleration, or
otherwise, shall thereafter bear interest payable upon demand at a
rate equal to the sum of the Prime Rate plus three percentage
points (3%) per annum. UBI shall have the right to assess a late
payment processing fee in the amount of the greater of Twenty and
No/100 Dollars ($20.00) or five percent (5%) of the scheduled
payment in the event of a default in payment that remains uncured
for a period of at least ten (10) days.
3.1.6 COMPUTATION OF
INTEREST.
Interest
on the Loans shall be computed on the basis of a three hundred
sixty (360) day year and the actual number of days elapsed in
the period during which it accrues. In computing interest on any
Loan, the date of the making of the Loan or the first day of an
Interest Period, as the case may be, shall be included, and the
date of payment or the expiration date of an Interest Period, as
the case may be, shall be excluded; provided that, if a Loan is
repaid on the same day on which it is made, one day’s
interest shall be paid on that Loan.
3.2 Prepayments
3.2.1 VOLUNTARY
PREPAYMENTS.
Borrower
may, upon prior written or telephone notice to UBI, which notice,
if telephonic, shall be promptly confirmed in writing to UBI, at
any time and from time to time prepay any Revolving Loan made to
Borrower in whole or in part in an aggregate minimum amount of
Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) and integral multiples of Ten
Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) in excess of that amount. All such
prepayments may be made without premium or penalty. If Borrower
does not specify the Loan to which a prepayment is to be applied,
such prepayment shall be applied to such Loans as UBI, in its sole
discretion, shall select. Notice of prepayment having been given as
aforesaid, principle payments in the aggregate amount specified in
such notice shall become due and payable on the prepayment
date.
3.2.2 MANDATORY
PREPAYMENTS.
Borrower
shall make prepayments of Revolving Loans to the extent necessary
so that the outstanding principal amounts of the Revolving Loans at
any time do not exceed the Revolving Credit Commitment then in
effect.
4. [THIS SECTION INTENTIONALLY
OMITTED.]
5. REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTES
5.1 Representations and
Warranties.
The
Borrower represents and warrants to UBI on the date of this
Agreement as follows:
5.1.1 ORGANIZATION AND
QUALIFICATION.
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The
Borrower is a corporation, duly organized, validly existing and in
good standing under the laws of the State of West Virginia. The
Borrower has the lawful power to own or lease its properties and to
engage in the business it presently conducts or proposes to
conduct. The Borrower is duly licensed or qualified and in good
standing in all other jurisdictions where the property owned or
leased by it or the nature of the business transacted by it or both
makes such licensing or qualification necessary.
5.1.2 CAPITALIZATION AND
OWNERSHIP.
The
authorized capital stock of the Borrower consists of 20,000,000
shares of Common Stock, $1 par value, of which 9,713, 913 shares
(referred to herein as the “Shares”) are issued and
outstanding. All of the Shares have been validly issued and are
fully paid and nonassessable. There are no options, warrants or
other rights outstanding to purchase any such shares except as
indicated on Schedule 5.1.2.
5.1.3 SUBSIDIARIES
Schedule 5.1.3
states the name of each of the Borrower’s Subsidiaries, its
jurisdiction of incorporation, its authorized capital stock, the
issued and outstanding shares (referred to herein as the
“Subsidiary Shares”) and the owners thereof if it is a
corporation, its outstanding partnership interests (the Partnership
Interests”) if it is a partnership and its outstanding
limited liability company interests, interests assigned to managers
thereof and the voting rights associated therewith (the
“LLC”) if it is a limited liability company. The
Borrower and each Subsidiary of the Borrower has good and
marketable title to all, of the Subsidiary Shares, Partnership
Interests and LLC Interests it purports to own free and clear in
each case of any Lien. All Subsidiary Shares, Partnership Interests
and LLC Interests have been validly issued, and all Subsidiary
Shares are fully paid and nonassessable. All capital contributions
and other consideration required to be made or paid in connection
with the issuance of the Partnership Interests and LLC Interests
have been made or paid, as the case may be. There are no options,
warrants or other rights outstanding to purchase any such
Subsidiary Shares, Partnership Interests or LLC Interests except as
indicated on Schedule 5.1.3.
5.1.4 POWER AND
AUTHORITY.
The
Borrower has full power to enter into, execute, deliver and carry
out this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is a
party, to incur the Indebtedness contemplated by the Loan Documents
and to perform its Obligations under the Loan Documents to which it
is a party, and all such actions have been duly authorized by all
necessary proceedings on its part.
5.1.5 VALIDITY AND BINDING
EFFECT.
This
Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by the
Borrower, and each other Loan Document which the Borrower is
required to execute and deliver on or after the date hereof will
have been duly executed and delivered by the Borrower on the
required date of delivery of such Loan Document. This Agreement and
each other Loan Document constitutes, or will constitute, legal,
valid and binding obligations of the Borrower which is or will be a
party thereto on and after its date of delivery thereof,
enforceable against
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the Borrower in accordance with
its terms, except to the extent that enforceability of any of such
Loan Document may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the
enforceability of creditors’ rights generally or general
equitable principles.
5.1.6 NO CONFLICT.
Neither
the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the other Loan
Documents by the Borrower nor the consummation of the transactions
herein or therein contemplated or compliance with the terms and
provisions hereof or thereof by any of them will conflict with,
constitute a default under or result in any breach of (i) the
terms and conditions of the certificate of incorporation, bylaws,
certificate of limited partnership, partnership agreement,
certificate of formation, limited liability company agreement or
other organizational documents of the Borrower or (ii) any Law
or any material agreement or instrument or order, writ, judgment,
injunction or decree to which the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries is bound or to which it is subject, or result in the
creation or enforcement of any Lien, charge or encumbrance
whatsoever upon any property (now or hereafter acquired) of the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.
5.1.7 LITIGATION.
There
are no actions, suits, proceedings or investigations pending or, to
the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened against the Borrower or
any Subsidiary of the Borrower at law or equity before any Official
Body which individually or in the aggregate may result in any
Material Adverse Change, except as set forth on
Schedule 5.1.7. Neither the Borrower nor any of its
Subsidiaries is in material violation of any order, writ,
injunction or any decree of any Official Body which may result in
any Material Adverse Change, except as set forth on
Schedule 5.1.7.
5.1.8 TITLE TO
PROPERTIES.
The
Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries has good and marketable title
to or valid leasehold interest in all properties, assets and other
rights which it purports to own or lease or which are reflected as
owned or leased on, its books and records, free and clear of all
Liens and encumbrances except Permitted Liens, and subject to the
terms and conditions of the applicable leases. All leases of
property are in full force and effect without the necessity for any
consent which has not previously been obtained upon consummation of
the transactions contemplated hereby.
5.1.9 FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS.
(i) Annual
Statements. The Borrower has delivered to UBI copies of its audited
consolidated year-end financial statements for and as of the end of
the three fiscal years ended October 31, 2002 (the
“Annual Statements”) . The Annual Statements were
prepared from the books and records maintained by the
Borrower’s management, are correct and complete and fairly
represent the consolidated, financial condition of the Borrower
and, its Subsidiaries as of their dates and the results of
operations for the fiscal periods then ended and have
been
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prepared in accordance with GAAP
consistently applied, subject to normal year-end audit
adjustments.
(ii)
[This Section Intentionally Omitted.]
(iii) Accuracy
of Financial Statements. Neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary of
the Borrower has any material liabilities, contingent or otherwise,
or forward or long-term commitments that are not disclosed in the
Annual Statements or in the notes thereto and which under GAAP were
required to be disclosed therein, and except as disclosed therein
there are no unrealized or anticipated losses from any commitments
of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries which are reasonably
likely to cause a Material Adverse Change since October 31,
2002, no Material Adverse Change has occurred.
5.1.10 USE OF PROCEEDS, MARGIN
STOCK.
The
Borrower intends to use the proceeds of the Loans in accordance
with Section 2.4 hereof. Neither the Borrower nor any of its
Subsidiaries engages or intends to engage principally, or as one of
its important activities, in the business of extending credit for
the purpose, immediately, incidentally or ultimately, of purchasing
or carrying margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation U).
No part of the proceeds of the Revolving Loan has been or will be
used, immediately, incidentally or ultimately, to purchase or carry
any margin stock or to extend credit to others for the purpose of
purchasing or carrying any margin stock or to refund Indebtedness
originally incurred for such purpose, or for any purpose which
entails a violation of or which is inconsistent with the provisions
of the regulations of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System. Neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries holds or
intends to hold margin stock in such amounts that more than 25% of
the reasonable value of the assets of the Borrower or Subsidiary of
the Borrower are or will be represented by margin stock.
5.1.11 FULL
DISCLOSURE.
Neither
this Agreement nor any other Loan Document, nor any certificate,
statement, agreement or other documents furnished to UBI in
connection herewith or therewith, contains any untrue statement of
a material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary in
order to make the statements contained herein and therein, in light
of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading.
5.1.12 TAXES.
All
federal and other tax returns required to have been filed with
respect to the Borrower and each Subsidiary of the Borrower have
been filed, and payment or adequate provision has been made for the
payment of all taxes, fees, assessments and other governmental
charges which have or may become due pursuant to said returns or to
assessments received, except to the extent that such taxes, fees,
assessments and other charges are not material and are being
contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently
conducted and. for which such reserves or other appropriate
provisions if any, as shall be required by GAAP shall have been
made There are no agreements or waivers extending the statutory
period of limitations applicable to any federal income tax return
of the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower for any
period.
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5.1.13
CONSENTS AND APPROVALS.
No
consent, approval, exemption, order or authorization of or a
registration or filing with, any Official Body or any other Person
is required by any Law or any agreement in connection with the
execution, delivery and carrying out of this Agreement and the
other Loan Documents by the Borrower.
5.1.14 NO EVENT OF DEFAULT,
COMPLIANCE WITH INSTRUMENTS.
No
event has occurred and is continuing and no condition exists or
will exist after giving effect to the borrowings or other
extensions of credit to be made on the Closing Date under or
pursuant to the Loan Documents which constitutes an Event of
Default or Potential Default. Neither the Borrower nor any
Subsidiaries of the Borrower is in material violation of
(i) any term of its certificate of incorporation, bylaws,
certificate of limited partnership, partnership agreement,
certificate of formation, limited liability company agreement or
other organizational documents or (ii) any material agreement
or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of its
properties may be subject or bound.
5.1.15 PATENTS, TRADEMARKS,
COPYRIGHTS, LICENSES, ETC.
The
Borrower and, each Subsidiary of the Borrower owns or possesses all
the material patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names,
copyrights, licenses, registrations, franchises, permits and rights
necessary to own and. operate its properties and to carry on its
business as presently conducted and planned to be conducted by such
Borrower or Subsidiary, without known possible, alleged or actual
conflict with the rights of others.
5.1.16 INSURANCE.
The
Borrower maintains policies and bonds provide adequate coverage
from reputable and financially sound insurers in amounts sufficient
to insure the assets and risks of the Borrower and each Subsidiary
of the Borrower in accordance with prudent business practice in the
industries of the Borrower and its subsidiaries. No notice has been
given or claim made and no grounds exist to cancel or avoid any
such policy or bonds or to reduce the coverage provided
hereby.
5.1.17 COMPLIANCE WITH
LAWS.
The
Borrower and its Subsidiaries are in compliance in all material
respects with all applicable Laws (other than Environmental Laws
which are specifically addressed in Section 5.1.22) in all
jurisdictions in which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is
presently or will be doing business.
5.1.18 MATERIAL CONTRACTS;
BURDENSOME RESTRICTIONS.
All
material agreements relating to the business operations of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries, including all employee benefit plans
and Labor Contracts are valid, binding and enforceable upon such
Borrower or Subsidiary and each of the other parties thereto in
accordance with their respective terms, and there is no default
thereunder, to the Borrower’s
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knowledge, with respect to
parties other than such Borrower or Subsidiary. Neither the
Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries is bound by any contractual
obligation, or subject to any restriction in any organization
document, or any requirement of Law which is reasonably likely to
result in a Material Adverse Change.
5.1.19 INVESTMENT COMPANIES;
REGULATED ENTITIES.
Neither
the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries is an “investment
company” registered or required to be registered under the
Investment Company Act of 1940 or under the “control of and
“investment company” as such terms are defined in the
Investment Company Act of 1940 and shall not become such an
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