Exhibit 10.10.B
DEED OF TRUST AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
THIS DEED OF TRUST AND SECURITY
AGREEMENT , dated as of June 1,1995 (the “Deed of
Trust”), from AMERICAN RAILCAR INDUSTRIES, INC. , a
Missouri corporation (the “Company”) whose address is
c/o ACF Industries, Incorporated, 3301 Rider Trail South, Earth
City, Missouri 63045, to E. SID DOUGLAS, III, an individual
resident of the State of Missouri, as trustee (the “Mortgage
Trustee”), and THE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY OF THE
CITY OF KENNETT, MISSOURI, a Missouri industrial development
corporation with its principal office located at 1601 First Street
in the City of Kennett, Missouri (the “Issuer”), as
beneficiary and secured party.
RECITALS:
1. The Company owns the
real estate (exclusive of buildings, improvements and fixtures)
described in Schedule 1 hereto and all buildings,
structures, additions, improvements, fixtures, machinery, Mortgaged
Equipment and related support facilities described in
Schedule 2 hereto (the Land and said buildings,
improvements, fixtures, machinery and equipment and related support
facilities, together with certain improvements, fixtures, machinery
and equipment (but excluding any Land which may from time to time
be released as permitted under Section 9.4 of the Loan Agreement
and subject to easements, licenses and other rights created in
accordance with Section 9.5 of the Loan Agreement) being
collectively referred to herein as the
“Project”).
2. The Issuer proposes
to issue its Industrial Development Revenue Bonds (American Railcar
Industries, Inc./ACF Industries, Incorporated Railcar Component
Manufacturing Project) Series 1995, in the principal amount of
$5,500,000 (the “Bonds”), pursuant to the Act and a
Trust Indenture, dated as of the date hereof (as amended and
supplemented from time to time, the “Indenture”),
between the Issuer and the Trustee, and to use the proceeds of the
Bonds to make the loan mentioned below.
3. The Issuer and the
Company have entered into a Loan Agreement dated as of me date
hereof (as amended and supplemented from time to time, the
“Loan Agreement”) to provide for the loan by the Issuer
to the Company of the proceeds of the Bonds and its repayment and
the Company has executed a note in the aggregate principal amount
of $5,500,000 (the “Note”), dated as of the date of
issuance of the Bonds, to evidence the Company’s obligation
to repay such loan.
4. The Company desires
to make and enter into this Deed of Trust to secure the payment and
performance of the duties and obligations of the Company under the
Note, the Loan Agreement, and this Deed of Trust and as an
inducement to the purchase of the Bonds by all who shall at any
time become holders thereof.
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS DEED OF
TRUST, ASSIGNMENT OF RENTS AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
WITNESSETH;
GRANTING CLAUSES
A.
Deed of Trust
The Company, in consideration of the
premises and the sum of one dollar duly paid to the Company by the
Mortgage Trustee, and of other good and valuable consideration, the
receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, and to secure the payment
of the Note, and any and all extensions, modifications,
substitutions or renewals thereof, and the payment and performance
of the Company’s duties and obligations under the Loan
Agreement and this Deed of Trust, does hereby GRANT, BARGAIN
AND
SELL,
CONVEY AND CONFIRM unto the Mortgage Trustee, and his
successors in trust and his assigns, all of the hereinafter
described properties, rights and interests, whether now owned or
hereafter acquired (said properties, rights and interests, together
with any additions thereto which may be subject to the lien of this
instrument by means of supplements hereto being hereinafter called
the “Mortgaged Property,” which solely consists of the
Project, and all Mortgaged Property constituting real properly
being hereinafter referred to as “Mortgaged Real
Property”, and insofar as the Mortgaged Property consists of
the Mortgaged Equipment, fixtures, proceeds of collateral or
subject to the applicable provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code
(as in effect in the appropriate jurisdiction with respect to the
Mortgaged Property wherever located), the Company hereby grants to
the Mortgage Trustee and the Issuer a security interest in all of
the Company’s right, title and interest therein (all said
personal property being hereinafter sometimes referred to as the
‘Mortgaged Personal Property”) namely:
1. All right, title and interest of
the Company in and to the Land as further described in
Schedule 1 hereto with the tenements, hereditaments,
appurtenances, rights, privileges, easements, franchises, rights,
appendages and immunities thereunto belonging or
appertaining.
2. All right, title and interest of
the Company in and to all buildings, improvements, fixtures and
other property constituting real property or real estate under the
laws of the State of Missouri now located, or hereafter erected,
upon the Land, including the property constituting real property or
real estate described in Schedules 1 and 2 hereto,
and all right, title and interest of the Company, now owned or
hereafter acquired, in and to any and all strips and gores of land,
in and to all real property upon which any such buildings or
improvements may now or hereafter encroach, and in, to and under
the real property within the streets, roads and alleys adjoining
all such real property, and in and to all and singular the
tenements, hereditaments, privileges, easements, franchises,
rights, appendages and appurtenances whatsoever belonging to or in
any wise appertaining to all such real property.
3. All tangible personal property
(including, without limitation, all fixtures, machinery and
equipment and related support facilities of any nature whatsoever)
paid for out of the Construction Fund now or hereafter constituting
a part of the Project including the property constituting personal
property under the laws of the State of Missouri described in
Schedule 2 hereto.
4. All fixtures and tangible personal
properly (including, but not limited to, machinery and equipment
and related support facilities, building materials, building
machinery and building equipment) delivered on site to the Land
during the course of, or in connection with, construction of the
Project, but excluding Leased Equipment.
5. All right, title and interest of
the Company in, to and under any contracts, purchase orders or
agreements for the acquisition, construction or installation of the
Mortgaged Property or any part thereof.
6. All leases of the
Mortgaged Property (other than Leased Equipment), or any part
thereof, entered into and all right, title and interest of the
Company thereunder, including cash and securities deposited under
said leases.
7. All Net Proceeds of insurance and
condemnation awards (including Net Proceeds (as defined in the
Indenture)), all replacements and substitutions for other than
Leased Equipment, and other rights and interests belonging to, any
of the foregoing.
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8. Any and all water and water
rights, ditches and ditch rights, reservoirs and reservoir rights,
stock or interests in water, irrigation or ditch companies,
royalties, minerals, oil and gas rights, and lease or leasehold
interests owned by the Company, now or hereafter used or useful in
connection with, appurtenant to or related to the Land or other
Mortgaged Property or any part thereof.
9. To the extent assignable, all
licenses, permits (including building permits), authorizations or
approvals of any type or nature whatsoever, now owned or held or
hereafter acquired, which relate to the use, development or
occupancy of the Land or other Mortgaged Properly or any part
thereof.
10. Any and all proceeds of any and
all of the foregoing (including, without limitation, proceeds which
constitute property of the types described in paragraphs 3,4, or 5
above).
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD all and
singular the Mortgaged Property with all rights and privileges
hereby mortgaged, conveyed, pledged and assigned or agreed or
intended so to be, to the Mortgage Trustee and his successors and
assigns as collateral security for the Loan Agreement and the
Note.
NOW, THEREFORE, the condition
of this Deed of Trust is such that if the Company shall well and
truly pay unto the Issuer the indebtedness evidenced by the Note
and shall perform, comply with and abide by each and every
agreement, condition and covenant contained and set forth in the
Loan Agreement, the Note, and this Deed of Trust, then this Deed of
Trust shall be void and this Deed of Trust shall be released and
the security interest herein granted shall be terminated and all
evidences of indebtedness cancelled, all at the cost of the
Company.
AND, the Company does hereby
covenant and agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.1. Definitions of
Words and Terms. All words and terms defined in
Section 101 of the Indenture or Article I of the
Loan Agreement shall have the same meaning in this Deed of Trust
unless otherwise defined herein. In addition to words and terms
defined in the Indenture, the Loan Agreement or elsewhere in this
Deed of Trust, the following words and terms as used in this Deed
of Trust shall have the following meanings unless some other
meaning is plainly indicated:
“Act” means the
“Act” as defined in the Indenture.
“Agreed Rate”
means eight and fifty hundredths percent (8.50%) per annum.
“Authorized Company
Representative” means the person at the time designated
to act on behalf of the Company by written certificate furnished to
the Trustee and the Issuer containing me specimen signature of such
person and signed on behalf of the Company by its President. Such
certificate may designate an alternate or alternates each of whom
shall be entitled to perform all duties of the Authorized Company
Representative.
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“Bond Fund” means
“The Industrial Development Authority of the City of Kennett,
Missouri, Industrial Development Revenue Bonds — American
Railcar Industries, Inc./ACF Industries Incorporated Project Bond
Fund” created in Section 501 of the Indenture.
“Counsel” means
an attorney duly admitted to practice law before the court of any
state, including legal counsel for any of the Issuer, the Trustee,
Co-Trustee or the Company.
“event of
default” means (a) with respect to the Indenture,
any event of default as described in Section 1001 thereof,
(b) with respect to the Loan Agreement, any event of default
as described in Section 11.1 thereof, and (c) with
respect to the Hazardous Substance Certification and
Indemnification, any default thereunder after any applicable notice
and grace period.
“Hazardous
Substances” shall mean:
(a) Those substance included herein
with the definitions of “hazardous substance,”
“hazardous materials,” “toxic substances,”
or “solid wastes” in CERCLA, RCRA, and the Hazardous
Materials Transportation Act, 49 U.S.C. §1801 et seq., and in
the regulations promulgated pursuant thereto;
(b) Those substances defined as
“hazardous substances” under state, county or local
rules, regulations or ordinances;
(c) Those substances listed in the
United States Department of Transportation Table (49 C.F.R.
172,1001 and amendments thereto) or by the Environmental Protection
Agency as hazardous substances (40 C.F.R. Part 302 and
amendments thereto); and
(d) All other substances, materials
and wastes that are, or that become, classified as
“hazardous” or “toxic” under, any
Environmental taw.
“Land” means the
real estate (exclusive of buildings, improvements and fixtures)
described in Schedule 1 hereto and any other real
estate added thereto, together will all buildings, improvements and
fixtures situated thereon at the time of delivery of the Loan
Agreement, the Indenture and the Deed of Trust, or at any time
thereafter, constituting red property or real estate under the laws
of the State of Missouri.
“Mortgaged
Equipment” means the fixtures, machinery and equipment
and related support facilities described in Schedule 2
hereto purchased in whole or in part with the Net Proceeds of any
Bonds (as defined above) or any Net Proceeds described in
Section 7.5 of the Loan Agreement and any fixtures,
machinery and equipment and related support facilities substituted
for Mortgaged Equipment (other than Leased Equipment) removed and
disposed of pursuant to Section 2.2.
“Mortgage
Trustee” means E. Sid Douglas, III.
“Mortgaged Personal
Property” shall have the meaning set forth in the
Granting Clauses hereof.
“Mortgaged
Property” shall have the meaning set forth in the
Granting Clauses hereof, and shall include the Mortgaged Real
Property and the Mortgaged Personal Property.
“Mortgaged Real
Property” shall have the meaning set forth in the
Granting Clauses hereof.
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“Permitted
Encumbrances” means the Permitted Encumbrances set forth
in Schedule 3 hereto.
“Project” means
the Project referred to in the recitals of this Deed of Trust, the
Loan Agreement and the Indenture, any additions, modifications,
improvements, restoration or substitutions thereof, therefor or
thereto, restorations, improvements, or substitutions thereof or
thereto pursuant to the Loan Agreement, and all real property,
including easements, deemed necessary in connection therewith, as
they may at any time exist, exclusive of any Land which may from
time to time be released, as permitted under Section 9.4 of
the Loan Agreement and subject to easements, licenses and other
rights created in accordance with Section 9.5 of the Loan
Agreement.
Section 1.2. Rules of
Construction. Words of the masculine gender shall be deemed and
construed to include correlative words of the feminine and neuter
genders. Unless the context shall otherwise indicate, the words
importing the singular number shall include the plural and vice
versa, and words importing person shall include firms,
partnerships, associations and corporations, including public
bodies, as well as natural persons.
“Herein,”
“hereby,” “hereunder,”
“hereof,” “hereto,”
“hereinbefore,” “hereinafter” and other
equivalent words refer to this Deed of Trust and not solely to the
particular article, section, paragraph or subparagraph hereof in
which such word is used.
Reference herein to a particular
article or a particular section shall be construed to be a
reference to the specified article or section hereof unless the
context or use clearly indicates another or different meaning or
intent.
Whenever an item or items are listed
after the word “including,” such listing is not
intended to be a listing that excludes items not listed.
The table of contents, captions and
headings in this Deed of Trust are for convenience only and in no
way define, limit or describe the scope or intent of any provisions
or sections of this Deed of Trust.
ARTICLE II
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 2.1. General
Covenant. The Company will perform, comply with and abide by
each and every one of the agreements, conditions and covenants
contained and set forth in the Loan Agreement, the Note, and this
Deed of Trust.
Section 2.2. Removal,
Disposition and Substitution of Mortgaged Equipment. Provided
an event of default shall not have occurred and be continuing. If
the Company in its sole discretion determines that any items of
Mortgaged Equipment have become inadequate, obsolete, worn-out,
unsuitable, undesirable, or unnecessary, Company may remove such
items of Mortgaged Equipment from the Buildings and the Land and
sell, trade-in, exchange, or otherwise dispose of them (as a whole
or in part) without any responsibility or accountability to Issuer
or Trustee therefor, provided that Company shall:
(a) Substitute (by direct payment of
the costs thereof) and install anywhere in the Buildings or on the
Land, other machinery or equipment having equal or greater utility
(but not necessarily having the same function) in the operation of
the Buildings as a modern manufacturing
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facility
(provided such removal and substitution shall not impair the
operating unity of the remaining property), all of which
substituted machinery or equipment shall be free of all liens and
encumbrances (other than Permitted Encumbrances) but shall become a
part of the Mortgaged Equipment provided, however, during the first
three (3) years commencing from and after June 22, 1995,
the Company may substitute Leased Equipment (as defined in the
Indenture) leased by the Company from any lessor in place of any
Mortgaged Equipment removed from the Mortgaged Property, which
Leased Equipment shall not be or be deemed to be part of the
Mortgaged Equipment; or
(b) Not make any such substitution
and installation unless, (i) in the case of the sale of any
such Mortgaged Equipment to anyone other than itself or in the case
of the scrapping thereof, Company shall pay into the Bond Fund the
proceeds from such sale or the scrap value thereof, as the case may
be, (ii) in the case of the trade-in of any such Mortgaged
Equipment for other machinery or equipment not to be installed in
the Buildings or on the Land, Company shall pay into the Bond Fund
the amount of the credit received by it in such trade-in, and (iii)
in the case of the sale of any such Mortgaged Equipment to Company
or in the case of any other disposition thereof Company shall pay
into the Bond Fund an amount equal to the original cost thereof
less depreciation at rates calculated in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles; provided, however, that no such
payment into the Bond Fund need be made until the amount to be paid
into the Bond Fund on account of all such dispositions not
previously reported aggregates at least $100,000 in any calendar
year; provided further, that Company may not fail to make any such
substitution and installation if such failure would impair the
operating utility of the remaining property.
Any Mortgaged Equipment removed from
the Project by the Company pursuant to this Section shall be
released from the lien and security interest created by this Deed
of Trust and may be sold or otherwise disposed of by the Company
without accounting to the Issuer. The Issuer will promptly, upon
the request of the Company, execute, acknowledge and deliver all
supplemental deeds of trust and all appropriate financing
statements, including UCC-3 Termination Statements, releases and
other security instruments as may reasonably be required to
evidence the removal and replacement of any Mortgaged Equipment
pursuant to this Deed of Trust.
Section 2.3. Compliance with
Laws. The Company shall comply with all material laws,
ordinances, regulations, covenants, conditions and restrictions
affecting said Mortgaged Property or the operation thereof, and
shall pay all fees or charges of any kind in connection therewith.
The Company will perform and comply promptly with, and cause the
Project to be maintained, used and operated in accordance with, any
and all (i) present laws, ordinances, rules, regulations and
requirements of every duly constituted governmental or
quasi-governmental authority or agency applicable to the Company or
the Project, including without limitation, all applicable federal,
state and local laws pertaining to air and water quality, hazardous
waste, waste disposal, air emissions and other environmental
matters, all zoning and other land use matters, and rules,
regulations and ordinances of the United States Environmental
Protection Agency and all other applicable federal, state and local
agencies and bureaus; (ii) similarly applicable orders, rules
and regulations of any regulatory, licensing, accrediting,
insurance underwriting or rating organization or other body
exercising similar functions; (iii) similarly applicable
duties or obligations of any kind imposed under any Permitted
Encumbrances, or otherwise by law, covenant, condition, agreement
or easement, public or private; and (iv) policies of insurance at
any time in force with respect to the Project. If the Company
receives any notice that the Company or the Project is in default
under or is not in compliance with any of the foregoing, or
receives notice of any proceeding initiated under or with
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respect
to any of the foregoing, file Company will promptly furnish a copy
of such notice to the Issuer and the Trustee.
The Company represents and warrants
that it has obtained all required licenses, permits, franchise
agreements and other necessary agreements which are materially
necessary to operate the Project. The Company agrees to provide the
Issuer and the trustee with written notice of any suspension,
revocation, termination or default under any such agreements or any
threatened suspension, revocation, termination or default
thereunder.
Section 2.4. Release of
Certain Land. Provided no event of default shall have occurred
and be continuing, the Company shall have the right to have the
Issuer release from this Deed of Trust a part or parts of the real
property constituting the Land upon compliance with
Section 9.4 of the Loan Agreement.
Section 2.5. Granting of
Easements. Company shall have the right to grant easements,
licenses, rights-of-way (including dedication of public highways)
and other rights and privileges in the nature of easements, free
from the lien of the Indenture, the Loan Agreement and this Deep of
Trust, or Company may release existing easements, licenses,
rights-of-way and other rights or privileges, and Issuer shall
execute and deliver and shall cause and direct Trustee to execute
and deliver instruments in recordable form to confirm the release
of lien and subordination of lien of this Deed of Trust, all as
provided and in accordance with Section 9.5 of the Loan
Agreement.
ARTICLE III
MAINTENANCE
Section 3.1. Maintenance of
Mortgaged Property; Compliance with Laws. The Company covenants
and agrees to permit, commit or suffer no waste of the Mortgaged
Property and to maintain the Mortgaged Property at all times in a
state of good repair and condition to the best of its ability and
in the ordinary course of business; to comply with, or cause to be
complied with, all statutes, ordinances and requirements of any
governmental or other authority relating to the Mortgaged Property;
and to do or permit to be done to the Mortgaged Pro
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