Exhibit 10.38
NINETEENTH AMENDMENT TO LOAN
AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
THIS NINETEENTH AMENDMENT TO LOAN
AND SECURITY AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”) is made on
March 13, 2009, by and among FLANDERS CORPORATION
(“Flanders,” individually and, in its capacity as the
representative of the other Borrowers, “Borrowers’
Agent”), a North Carolina corporation,
FLANDERS/PRECISIONAIRE CORP. , a North Carolina corporation
(“Flanders/Precisionaire”), FLANDERS FILTERS,
INC. , a North Carolina corporation
(“Filters”); FLANDERS/CSC CORPORATION , a North
Carolina corporation (“CSC”), PRECISIONAIRE,
INC. , a Florida corporation (“Precisionaire”),
PRECISIONAIRE OF UTAH, INC. , a Utah corporation
(“Utah”), ECO-AIR PRODUCTS, INC. , a California
corporation (“Eco-Air”), AIR SEAL FILTER HOUSINGS,
INC. , a Texas corporation (“Air Seal”), and
FLANDERS REALTY CORP. , a North Carolina corporation
(“Flanders Realty”) (all of the foregoing collectively
referred to herein as “Borrowers” and individually as a
“Borrower”), each with its chief executive office and
principal place of business at 531 Flanders Filters Road,
Washington, North Carolina 27889, and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
(together with its successors and assigns, “Lender”), a
national banking association with an office at 300 Galleria
Parkway, N.W., Suite 800, Atlanta, Georgia 30339.
Recitals
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Lender and Borrowers are parties to
a certain Loan and Security Agreement dated October 18, 2002,
as amended by that certain First Amendment to Loan and Security
Agreement dated October 18, 2002, that certain Second
Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement dated November 19,
2002, that certain Third Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement
dated September 6, 2003, that certain Fourth Amendment to Loan
and Security Agreement dated December 8, 2003, that certain
Fifth Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement dated
September 13, 2004, that certain letter agreement dated
October 7, 2004, that certain letter agreement dated
December 24, 2004, that certain Eighth Amendment to Loan and
Security Agreement dated July 29, 2005, that certain Ninth
Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement dated January 18,
2006, that certain Tenth Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement
dated June 28, 2006, that certain letter agreement dated
January 23, 2007, that certain letter agreement dated
March 12, 2007, that certain Eleventh Amendment to Loan and
Security Agreement dated September 20, 2007, that certain
letter agreement dated October 26, 2007, that certain
Fifteenth Amendment dated January 4, 2008, that certain letter
agreement dated May 9, 2008, that certain Seventeenth
Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement dated July 15, 2008,
and that certain Eighteenth Amendment to Loan and Security
Agreement dated November 6, 2008 (as at any other time
amended, restated, modified or supplemented, the “Loan
Agreement”), pursuant to which Lender has made certain
revolving credit and term loans to Borrowers.
Events of Default have occurred and
currently exist under the Loan Agreement by reason of
(i) Borrowers’ failure to maintain a Consolidated Fixed
Charge Coverage Ratio of 1.10 to 1.00 for the testing periods ended
October 31, 2008, November 30,
2008, December 31, 2008, and January 31, 2009, in
violation of Section 9.3.1 of the Loan Agreement,
(ii) Borrowers’ incurrence of secured indebtedness in
the amount of $2,619,275 in connection with the acquisition of real
property in Washington, North Carolina, which transaction was
consummated by Borrowers in violation of the provisions of
Sections 9.2.3 and 9.2.5 of the Loan Agreement, and
(iii) Borrowers’ failure to maintain a ratio of
Consolidated Total Funded Debt to Consolidated EBITDA of not more
than 3.25 to 1.0 for the months ended December 31, 2008 and
January 31, 2009, in violation of Section 9.3.2 of
the Loan Agreement (the Events of Default set forth in the
foregoing clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) are collectively
referred to herein as the “Designated
Defaults”).
In consideration for Lender’s
agreement to enter into this Amendment and waive the Designated
Defaults on the terms and subject to the conditions contained
herein, Lender and Borrowers desire to amend the Loan Agreement as
hereinafter set forth.
NOW, THEREFORE, for TEN DOLLARS
($10.00) in hand paid and other good and valuable consideration,
the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby severally
acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound
hereby, agree as follows:
1. Definitions
. All capitalized terms
used in this Amendment, unless otherwise defined herein, shall have
the meaning ascribed to such terms in the Loan
Agreement.
2. Amendments to Loan
Agreement . Effective
as of the date hereof, the Loan Agreement is hereby amended as
follows:
(a) By deleting
Section 2.2.4 of the Loan Agreement in its entirety and
by substituting the following new Section 2.2.4 in lieu
thereof:
2.2.4 LC Facility Fees .
Borrowers shall be jointly and severally obligated to pay to Lender
for Letters of Credit (a) a per annum fee equal to the
Applicable Margin for Revolver Loans that are LIBOR Loans in effect
from time to time based upon the maximum amount available to be
drawn under all LC Outstandings together with the principal
amount of Letters of Credit paid or extinguished during such month,
payable monthly, in arrears, on the first Business Day of the
following month; and (b) all normal and customary charges
associated with the issuance, amending, negotiating, processing and
administration of Letters of Credit. During an Event of Default,
the fee payable under clause (a) shall be increased by two
percent (2%) per annum.
(b) By deleting
Section 9.2.9 of the Loan Agreement in its entirety,
and by substituting the following new Section 9.2.9 in
lieu thereof:
9.2.9 Capital Expenditures .
Make Capital Expenditures (including expenditures by way of
capitalized leases) which, in the aggregate, as to Borrowers and
their Subsidiaries, exceed (i) $2,000,000, during the month of
February, 2009, or (ii) $3,500,000, for the period from
February 1, 2009, through March 31, 2009.
(c) By deleting
Section 9.3.1 of the Loan Agreement in its entirety,
and by substituting the following new Section 9.3.1 in
lieu thereof:
9.3.1. Consolidated Fixed Charge
Coverage Ratio . Maintain a Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage
Ratio of not less than (a) 1.0 to 1.0, for the period from
April 1, 2009 through April 30, 2009, as of the last day
of such period, and (b) 1.2 to 1.0, to be tested monthly
(i) for the period from April 1, 2009 through
March 31, 2010, as of the last day of each month during such
period on a cumulative basis for the period to-date since
April 1, 2009, and (ii) for each month after
March 31, 2010, as of the last day of each month based upon
the immediately preceding twelve-month period.
(d) By deleting
Section 9.3.2 of the Loan Agreement in its entirety,
and by substituting the following new Section 9.3.2 in
lieu thereof:
9.3.2. Consolidated Total Funded
Debt to Consolidated EBITDA . Maintain a ratio of Consolidated
Total Funded Debt to Consolidated EBITDA of not more than the ratio
shown below for the period corresponding thereto, to be tested
monthly, as of the last day of each month set forth below. For
purposes of this Section 9.3.2 , Consolidated Total
Funded Debt to Consolidated EBITDA shall be, as of any date of
determination, the ratio of Consolidated Total Funded Debt on such
date to, (i) for the period from February 1, 2009,
through December 31, 2009, as of the last day of each month
during such period, Consolidated EBITDA for the fiscal year-to-date
period since January 1, 2009, multiplied by (a) twelve,
and divided by (b) the number of months included in such
period, and (ii) for each month after December, 2009, as of
the last day of each month, Consolidated EBITDA for the immediately
preceding twelve-month period.
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Period End Date
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Ratio
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February 28,
2009
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3.50 to
1.0
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March 31,
2009
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3.50 to
1.0
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April 30,
2009
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3.50 to
1.0
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May 31,
2009
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3.50 to
1.0
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June 30, 2009,
and the last day of each month thereafter
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3.25 to
1.0
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(e) By deleting
Section 9.3.4 of the Loan Agreement in its entirety,
and by substituting the following new Section 9.3.4 in
lieu thereof:
9.3.4 Minimum EBITDA .
Maintain Consolidated EBITDA of not less than (a) $2,250,000,
for the period from January 1, 2009, through February 28,
2009, and (b) $3,500,000, for the period from January 1,
2009, through March 31, 2009.
(f) By deleting definitions of
“ Applicable Margin ”, “ Base Rate
”, “ Capital Expenditures ” and “
Federal Funds Rate ” contained in Appendix A to the
Loan Agreement and by substituting the following new definitions in
lieu thereof, in proper alphabetical sequence:
Applicable Margin
—a percentage equal to 2.75%
with respect to Revolver Loans that are Base Rate Loans, 3.75% with
respect to
Revolver Loans that are LIBOR Loans,
and 3.75% with respect to fees payable to Lender pursuant to
Section 2.2.4 . The Applicable Margin for fees payable
to Lender pursuant to Section 2.2.2 shall be the Unused
Line Fee Rate.
Base Rate —for any day, a per annum rate equal to
the greater of (a) the Prime Rate for such day; (b) the
Federal Funds Rate for such day, plus 0.50%; or (c) the
Adjusted LIBOR Rate for a 30 day interest period as determined on
such day, plus 1.00%.
Capital Expenditures
—expenditures made or
liabilities incurred (other than expenditures and liabilities
funded by a Person other than Lender, on terms and conditions
satisfactory to Lender, that do not constitute proceeds of Loans or
any Letter of Credit hereunder) for the acquisition of fixed assets
or improvements, replacements, substitutions or additions thereto
which have a useful life of more than one year, including the total
principal portion of Capitalized Lease Obligations
Federal Funds Rate
—(a) the weighted average of
interest rates on overnight federal funds transactions with members
of the Federal Reserve System arranged by federal funds brokers on
the applicable Business Day (or on the preceding Business Day, if
the applicable day is not a Business Day), as published by the
Federal Reserve B