TERM REVOLVING CREDIT
AGREEMENT
THIS TERM REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT (“
Agreement”) is entered into as of January 31, 2007 and
is a replacement of the Agreement” Dated October 5,
2006, between FARM CREDIT WEST, PCA, Visalia, California
(“FCW”) and CALAVO GROWERS, INC. , Santa Paula,
California (the “Company”).
SECTION 1. The
Credit Facility. On the terms and conditions set forth in this
Agreement, FCW agrees to make advances to the Company during the
period set forth below in an aggregate principal amount not to
exceed $12,000,000.00 (the “Commitment”). The Agreement
and Commitment is executed, delivered and accepted not in payment
of but for the purpose of amending, restating and replacing the
following described obligations, and renewing any unpaid balance(s)
evidenced thereby: Note dated August 17, 2005, in the
principal amount of $12,000,000.00. Furthermore, the Commitment
also evidences an additional loan advance(s) to the extent the
Commitment under this Agreement exceeds the renewed unpaid
balance(s) referred to above.
SECTION 2.
Sale of Interest. The Company acknowledges that FCW has the
option to participate all or a portion of the Commitment with one
or more lenders, including CoBank, ACB (“CoBank”). All
advances hereunder shall be made by CoBank as agent for FCW and all
repayments by the Company hereunder shall be made to CoBank as
agent for FCW.
SECTION 3.
Purpose. The purpose of the Commitment is to finance the
purchase and installation of capital items and other corporate
needs of the Company.
SECTION 4.
Term. The term of the Commitment shall be from the date hereof,
up to and including February 1. 2010.
SECTION 5.
Availability. Subject to the provisions of Section 25,
advances will be made available on any day on which FCW, CoBank,
and the Federal Reserve Banks are open for business upon the
telephonic or written request of the Company. Requests for advances
must be received no later than 12:00 Noon, Company’s local
time, on the date the advance is desired. Advances will be made
available by CoBank by wire transfer of immediately available funds
to such account or accounts as may be authorized by the Company.
The Company shall furnish to CoBank a duly completed and executed
copy of a CoBank Delegation and Wire and Electronic Transfer
Authorization Form, and CoBa nk shall be entitled to rely on
(and shall incur no liability to the Company in acting on) any
request or direction furnished in accordance with the terms
thereof.
SECTION 6.
Interest and Fees.
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(A) Interest. The Company agrees to pay interest on the
unpaid balance of the Commitment in accordance with the following
interest rate option:
(1) 7-Day LIBOR Index Rate. At a rate (rounded upward
to the nearest 1/100th% and adjusted for reserves required on
“Eurocurrency Liabilities” (as hereinafter defined) for
banks subject to “FRB Regulation D” (as
hereinafter defined) or required by any other federal law or
regulation) per annum equal at all times to 100 basis points
(1.00%) above the annual rate quoted by the British Bankers
Association (the “BBA”) at 11:00 a.m. London time
for the offering of seven (7) day of U.S. dollars deposits, as
published by Bloomberg or another major information vendor listed
on BBA’s official website on the first U.S. Banking Day (as
hereinafter defined) in each week with such rate to change weekly
on such day. The rate shall be reset automatically, without the
necessity of notice being provided to the Company or any other
party, on the first U.S. Banking Day of each succeeding week and
each change in the rate shall be applicable to all balances subject
to this option and information about the then current rate shall be
made available upon telephonic request. For purposes hereof (a)
“U.S. Banking Day” shall mean a day on which CoBank is
open for business, dealings in U.S. dollar deposits are being
carried out in the London interbank market, and banks are open for
business in New York City and London, England; (b)
“Eurocurrency Liabilities” shall have meaning as set
forth in “FRB Regulation D”; and (c) “FRB
Regulation D” shall mean Regulation D as
promulgated by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System, 12 CFR Part 204, as amended.
(2) LIBOR. At a fixed rate per annum equal to
“LIBOR” (as hereinafter defined) plus 100 basis points
(1%). Under this option: (1) rates may be fixed for
“Interest Periods” (as hereinafter defined) of 1, 2, 3,
6, 9 or 12 months as selected by the Company; (2) amounts
may be fixed in increments of $100,000.00 or multiples thereof;
(3) the maximum number of fixes in place at any one time shall
be 10; and (4) rates may only be fixed on a “Banking
Day” (as hereinafter defined) on 3 Banking Days’ prior
written notice. For purposes hereof: (a) “LIBOR” shall
mean the rate (rounded upward to the nearest sixteenth) and
adjusted for reserves required on “Eurocurrency
Liabilities” (as hereinafter defined) for banks subject to
“FRB Regulation D” (as herein defined) or required
by any other federal law or regulation) quoted by the British
Bankers Association (the “BBA”) at 11:00 a.m.
London time 2 Banking Days before the commencement of the Interest
Period for the offering of U.S. dollar deposits in the London
interbank market for the Interest Period designated by the Company;
as published by Bloomberg or another major information vendor
listed on BBA’s official website; (b) “Banking
Day” shall mean a day on which CoBank is open for business,
dealings in U.S. dollar deposits are being carried out in the
London interbank market, and banks are open for business in New
York City and London, England; (c) “Interest Period”
shall mean a period commencing on the date this option is to take
effect and ending on the numerically corresponding day in the next
calendar month or the month that is 2, 3, 6, 9 or 12 months
thereafter, as the case may be; provided, however, that:
(i) in the event such ending day is not a Banking Day, such
period shall be extended to the next Banking Day unless such next
Banking Day falls in the next calendar month, in which case it
shall end on the preceding Banking Day; and (ii) if there is
no numerically corresponding day in the month, then such period
shall end on the last Banking Day
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in the relevant
month; (d) “Eurocurrency Liabilities” shall have
meaning as set forth in “FRB Regulation D”; and
(e) “FRB Regulation D” shall mean
Regulation D as promulgated by the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System, 12 CFR Part 204, as
amended.
The
Company shall select, the applicable rate option at the time it
requests a loan hereunder and may, subject to the limitations set
forth above, elect to convert balances bearing interest at the
7-Day LIBOR Index Rate option to the LIBOR rate option. Upon the
expiration of any fixed rate period, interest shall automatically
accrue at the 7-Day LIBOR Index Rate option provided for above
unless the amount fixed is repaid or fixed for an additional period
in accordance with the terms hereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
rates may not be fixed in such a manner as to cause the Company to
have to break any fixed rate balance in order to pay any
installment of principal. All elections provided for herein shall
be made telephonically or in writing and must be received by 12:00
Noon Company’s local time. Interest shall be calculated on
the actual number of days each loan is outstanding on the basis of
a year consisting of 360 days and shall be payable monthly in
arrears by the 20th day of the following month or on such other day
in such month as FCW shall require in a written notice to the
Company.
(B) Commitment Fee. In consideration of the Commitment,
the Company agrees to pay to FCW a commitment fee on the average
daily unused portion of the Commitment at the rate of 0.15% per
annum (calculated on a 360 day basis based on utilization,
which is defined as outstanding advances plus issued and
outstanding letters of credit divided by the total available amount
of the Commitment), payable quarterly in arrears by the 20th day
following each quarter. Such fee shall be payable for each quarter
(or portion thereof) occurring during the original or any extended
term of the Commitment.
SECTION 7.
Repayment and Maturity. The unpaid principal balance of the
Commitment shall mature and be due and payable on February 1,
2010 (the “Maturity Date”).
SECTION 8.
Promissory Note. The Company’s obligation to repay the
Commitment shall be evidenced by a promissory note in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit A (“Note”).
SECTION 9.
Manner and Time of Payment. CoBank shall maintain a record of
all loans, the interest accrued thereon, and all payments made with
respect thereto, and such record shall, absent proof of manifest
error, be conclusive evidence of the outstanding principal and
interest on the loans. All payments shall be made by wire transfer
of immediately available funds, by check, or by automated clearing
house or other similar cash handling processes as specified by
separate agreement between the Company and CoBank. Wire transfers
shall be made to ABA No. 307088754 for advice to and credit of
CoBank (or to such other account as CoBank may direct by notice).
The Company shall give CoBank telephonic notice no later than 12:00
Noon Company’s local time of its intent to pay by wire and
funds received after 3:00 p.m. Company’s local time shall be
credited on the next business day. Checks shall be mailed to
CoBank, Department 167, Denver, Colorado 80291-0167 (or to such
other place as CoBank may direct by notice). Credit for payment by
check will not be given until the later of: (a) the day
on
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which CoBank
receives immediately available funds; or (b) the next business
day after receipt of the check all as set forth in the Servicing
Agreement between Borrower, FCW, and CoBank in form attached hereto
as Exhibit B.
SECTION 10.
Capitalization. The Company has purchased a $1,000.00 stock
investment under FCW’s capitalization plan. The Company
understands that FCW’s stock is at risk and that any
reference to “FCW equities” or to “stock or
participation certificates required by Lender’s bylaws”
in any document, agreement or Loan Document shall mean the FCW
stock investment described herein.
SECTION 11.
Patronage. The Commitment is eligible for patronage under the
plan and in accordance with the provisions of FCW’s bylaws
and its practices and procedures related to patronage distribution
and as set forth in Section 27.
SECTION 12.
Security. The Company’s obligations under this Agreement
and the Note shall be secured by a statutory first lien on all
equity which the Company may now own or hereafter acquire in FCW.
With the exception of the security referenced in the preceding
sentence, the Company’s obligations under this Agreement and
the Note shall be unsecured.
SECTION 13.
Conditions Precedent. FCW’s obligation to make advances
hereunder is subject to the condition precedent that FCW receive,
in form and content satisfactory to FCW, each of the
following:
(A) Agreement. A duly executed copy of this Agreement
and all instruments and documents contemplated hereby.
(B) Evidence of Authority. Such certified board
resolutions, evidence of incumbency, and other evidence that FCW
may require that this Agreement and the Note have been duly
authorized and executed.
(C) Fees and Other Charges. All fees and other charges
provided for herein.
(D) Evidence of Insurance. Such evidence as FCW may
require that the Company is in compliance with Section 15(C)
hereof
(E) Event of Default. That no “Event of
Default” (as defined in Section 18 hereof) or event
which with the giving of notice and/or the passage of time would
become an Event of Default hereunder (a “Potential
Default”), shall have occurred and be continuing.
SECTION 14.
Representations and Warranties.
(A) Agreement. The Company represents and warrants to
FCW that as of the date of this Agreement:
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(1) Compliance. The Company and, to the extent
contemplated hereunder, each “Subsidiary” (as defined
below), is in compliance with all of the terms of this Agreement,
and no Event of Default or Potential Default exists
hereunder.
(2) Subsidiaries. The Company has the following
Subsidiaries: Calavo Foods, Inc. (CFI); Maui Fresh International,
Inc.; Calavo de Mexico S.A, de C.V.; and Calavo Foods de Mexico
S.A. de C.V, . For purposes hereof, a “Subsidiary”
shall mean a corporation of which shares of stock having ordinary
voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors or other
managers of such corporation are owned, directly or indirectly, by
the Company.
(3) Conflicting Agreements. This Agreement and the Note
(collectively, at any time, the “Loan Documents”), do
not conflict with, or require the consent of any party to, any
other agreement to which the Company is a party or by which it or
its property may be bound or affected, and do not conflict with any
provision of the Company’s bylaws, articles of incorporation,
or other organizational documents.
(4) Compliance. The Company and, to the extent
contemplated hereunder, each Subsidiary, if any, is in compliance
with all of the terms of the Loan Documents.
(5) Binding Agreement. The Loan Documents create legal,
valid, and binding obligations of the Company which are enforceable
in accordance with their terms, except to the extent that
enforcement may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, or
similar laws affecting creditors’ rights
generally.
SECTION 15.
Affirmative Covenants. Unless otherwise agreed to in writing by
FCW, while this Agreement is in effect, the Company agrees to and
with respect to Subsections 15(A) through 15(F) hereof, agrees to
cause each Subsidiary, if any, to:
(A) Corporate Existence, Licenses. (i) Preserve
and keep in full force and effect its existence and good standing
in the jurisdiction of its incorporation or formation; (ii) qualify
and remain qualified to transact business in all jurisdictions
where such qualification is required; and (iii) obtain and
maintain all licenses, certificates, permits, authorizations,
approvals, and the like which are material to the conduct of its
business or required by law, rule, regulation, ordinance, code,
order, and the like (collectively, “Laws”).
(B) Compliance with Laws. Comply in all material
respects with all applicable Laws, including, without limitation,
all Laws relating to environmental protection.In addition, the
Company agrees to cause all persons occupying or present on any of
its properties, and to cause each Subsidiary, if any, to cause all
persons occupying or present on any of its properties, to comply in
all material respects with all environmental protection
Laws.
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(C) Insurance. Maintain insurance with insurance
companies or associations acceptable to FCW in such amounts and
covering such risks as are usually carried by companies engaged in
the same or similar business and similarly situated, and make such
increases in the type or amount of coverage as FCW may request. At
FCW’s request, all policies (or such other proof of
compliance with this Subsection as may be satisfactory to FCW)
shall be delivered to FCW.
(D) Property Maintenance. Maintain all of its property
that is necessary to or useful in the proper conduct of its
business in good working condition, ordinary wear and tear
excepted.
(E) Books and Records. Keep adequate records and books
of account in which complete entries will be made in accordance
with generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”)
consistently applied.
(F) Inspection. Permit FCW or its agents, upon
reasonable notice and during normal business hours or at such other
times as the parties may agree, to examine its properties, books,
and records, and to discuss its affairs, finances, and accounts,
with its respective officers, directors, employees, and independent
certified public accountants.
(G) Reports and Notices. Furnish to FCW:
(1) Annual Financial Statements. As soon as available,
but in no event more than 90 days after the end of each fiscal
year of the Company occurring during the term hereof, annual
consolidated and consolidating financial statements of the Company
and its consolidated Subsidiaries, if any, prepared in accordance
with GAAP consistently applied. Such financial statements shall:
(a) be audited by independent certified public accountants
selected by the Company and acceptable to FCW; (b) be
accompanied by a report of such accountants containing an opinion
thereon acceptable to FCW; (c) be prepared in reasonable
detail and in comparative form; and (d) include a balance
sheet, a statement of income, a statement of retained earnings, a
statement of cash flows, and all notes and schedules relating
thereto.
(2) Interim Financial Statements. As soon as available,
but in no event more than 45
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