WABASH NATIONAL CORPORATION
AND
THE SUBSIDIARIES OF WABASH NATIONAL CORPORATION
IDENTIFIED ON THE SIGNATURE PAGES HERETO,
AS BORROWERS
THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED
LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
Dated as of July 17,
2009
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
individually and as Agent for any Lender which is
or becomes a Party hereto,
WELLS FARGO FOOTHILL, LLC,
individually and as a Syndication Agent,
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
individually and as a Documentation Agent, and
BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES
LLC,
as Sole Lead Arranger and Book Manager, and
THE ADDITIONAL LENDERS NOW AND
FROM
TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO
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SECTION 1. CREDIT FACILITY
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1.2. Letters of Credit; LC Guaranties
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1.3. Reallocation of Revolving Loan
Commitments
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1.5. Alternate Currencies
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1.6. Dollars; Conversion to Dollars
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1.7. Judgment Currency; Contractual
Currency
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1.9. Effectiveness of this Agreement; Effect of
Amendment and Restatement
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SECTION 2. INTEREST, FEES AND
CHARGES
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2.2. Computation of Interest and Fees
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2.4. Letter of Credit and LC Guaranty
Fees
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2.6. Intentionally omitted
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2.8. Reimbursement of Expenses
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2.10. Collateral Protection Expenses;
Appraisals; Field Examinations
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2.13. Joint and Several Obligations
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2.14. Subrogation and Contribution
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SECTION 3. LOAN ADMINISTRATION
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3.1. Manner of Borrowing Revolving Credit
Loans/LIBOR Option
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3.3. Mandatory and Optional
Prepayments
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3.4. Application of Payments and
Collections
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3.5. All Loans to Constitute One
Obligation
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3.7. Statements of Account
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3.9. Basis for Determining Interest Rate
Inadequate
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3.10. Sharing of Payments, Etc
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SECTION 4. TERM AND TERMINATION
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SECTION 5. SECURITY INTERESTS
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5.1. Security Interest in Collateral
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5.3. Lien Perfection; Further
Assurances
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SECTION 6. COLLATERAL
ADMINISTRATION
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6.2. Administration of Accounts
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6.3. Administration of Inventory
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6.4. Administration of Equipment
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SECTION 7. REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES
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7.1. General Representations and
Warranties
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7.2. Continuous Nature of Representations and
Warranties
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7.3. Survival of Representations and
Warranties
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SECTION 8. COVENANTS AND CONTINUING
AGREEMENTS
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8.1. Affirmative Covenants
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SECTION 9. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
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9.1. Conditions Precedent to Effectiveness of
this Agreement
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9.2. Conditions Precedent to all Loans and other
Credit Accommodations
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SECTION 10. EVENTS OF DEFAULT; RIGHTS AND
REMEDIES ON DEFAULT
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10.2. Acceleration of the Obligations
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10.4. Set Off and Sharing of Payments
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10.5. Remedies Cumulative; No Waiver
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11.1. Authorization and Action
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11.2. Agent’s Reliance, Etc
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11.3. Bank of America and Affiliates
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11.4. Lender Credit Decision
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11.6. Rights and Remedies to be Exercised by
Agent Only
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11.7. Agency Provisions Relating to
Collateral
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11.8. Agent’s Right to Purchase
Commitments
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11.9. Right of Sale, Assignment,
Participations
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11.11. Resignation of Agent; Appointment of
Successor
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11.12. Audit and Examination Reports; Disclaimer
by Lenders
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11.13. Syndication Agents; Documentation
Agent
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11.14. Replacement of Lenders
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SECTION 12. MISCELLANEOUS
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12.5. Successors and Assigns
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12.6. Cumulative Effect; Conflict of
Terms
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12.7. Execution in Counterparts
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12.15. GOVERNING LAW; CONSENT TO
FORUM
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12.16. WAIVERS BY BORROWERS
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SECTION 13. ACKNOWLEDGMENT, WAIVER AND
RELEASE
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THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED
LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
THIS THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
is made as of this 17 day of July 2009, by and among BANK
OF AMERICA, N.A. (“Bank of America”), with an
office at 135 South LaSalle Street, Fourth Floor, Chicago,
Illinois 60604, individually as a Lender, as Agent
(“Agent”) for itself and any other financial
institution which is or becomes a party hereto (each such financial
institution, including Bank of America, is referred to hereinafter
individually as a “Lender” and collectively as the
“Lenders”), the LENDERS , WELLS FARGO
FOOTHILL, LLC , individually as a Lender and as Syndication
Agent for Lenders, JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. , individually
as a Lender and as a Documentation Agent for Lenders, BANC OF
AMERICA SECURITIES LLC , as sole lead arranger and book manager
(“Arranger”), and each of WABASH NATIONAL
CORPORATION , a Delaware corporation with its chief executive
office and principal place of business at 1000 Sagamore
Parkway South, Lafayette, Indiana 47905 (“Wabash”) and
EACH SUBSIDIARY OF WABASH THAT IS IDENTIFIED ON THE SIGNATURE
PAGES HERETO AS A BORROWER ; Wabash and each such Subsidiary
are hereafter referred to collectively, as “Borrowers”
and individually, as “Borrower”. Capitalized terms used
in this Agreement have the meanings assigned to them in
Appendix A, General Definitions. Accounting terms not
otherwise specifically defined herein shall be construed in
accordance with GAAP consistently applied. This Agreement shall be
effective as of the Closing Date (as defined below) upon the
satisfaction of the conditions set forth herein; effective on the
Closing Date, this Agreement amends, supercedes, restates and
replaces in its entirety that certain Second Amended and Restated
Loan and Security Agreement dated as of March 6, 2007 (the
“Original Loan Agreement”) by and among Agent, the
other agents party thereto, Lenders and Borrowers, which in turn
amended, superceded, restated and replaced in its entirety that
certain Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement dated as
of December 30, 2004 by and among Agent, the other agents
party thereto, Lenders and Borrowers, which in turn amended,
superceded, restated and replaced in its entirety that certain Loan
and Security Agreement dated as of September 23, 2003 by and
among Agent, the other agents party thereto, Lenders, Fleet
Securities, Inc., as arranger, and Borrowers.
SECTION 1. CREDIT
FACILITY
Subject
to the terms and conditions of, and in reliance upon the
representations and warranties made in, this Agreement and the
other Loan Documents, Lenders agree to make a Total Credit Facility
of up to $100,000,000 available to Borrowers upon a
Borrower’s request therefor, as follows:
1.1.1.
Revolving Credit Loans . Each Lender agrees, severally and
not jointly, for so long as no Default or Event of Default exists,
to make Revolving Credit Loans to Borrowers from time to time
during the period from the Closing Date to but
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not including
the last day of the Term, as requested by Borrowers in the manner
set forth in Section 1.4 and subsection 3.1.1 hereof, up
to a maximum principal amount at any time outstanding equal to the
lesser of (i) such Lender’s Revolving Loan Commitment
minus the product of such Lender’s Revolving Loan
Percentage and the sum of the Dollar Equivalent of the LC Amount
and LC Obligations minus the product of such Lender’s
Revolving Loan Percentage and reserves (not including any reserve
included in the definition of Borrower Base), if any and
(ii) the product of (a) such Lender’s Revolving
Loan Percentage and (b) an amount equal to the sum of the
Borrowing Base at such time minus the sum of the Dollar
Equivalent of the LC Amount and LC Obligations minus
reserves (not including any reserve included in the definition of
Borrower Base), if any. Agent shall have the right to establish
reserves in such amounts, and with respect to such matters as Agent
shall deem necessary or appropriate in its reasonable credit
judgment (using commercially reasonable standards), against the
amount of Revolving Credit Loans which Borrowers may otherwise
request under this subsection 1.1.1 including without
limitation with respect to (i) price adjustments, damages,
unearned discounts, returned products or other matters for which
credit memoranda are issued in the ordinary course of a
Borrower’s business; (ii) dilution related to Accounts
in excess of five percent (5%); (iii) shrinkage, spoilage and
obsolescence of Inventory; (iv) slow moving Inventory;
(v) other sums chargeable against a Borrower’s Loan
Account as Revolving Credit Loans under any section of this
Agreement; (vi) amounts owing by a Borrower to any Person to
the extent secured by a Lien on, or trust over, any Property of
such Borrower, including without limitation Prior Claims;
(vii) amounts owing by a Borrower in connection with Product
Obligations and relating to currency exchange rate risk; and
(viii) such other specific events, conditions or contingencies
as to which Agent, in its reasonable credit judgment as is
customary for asset based facilities of this type, determines
reserves should be established from time to time hereunder.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Agent shall not establish any
reserves in respect of any matters relating to any items of
Collateral that have been taken into account in determining
Eligible Inventory, Eligible Trailer Inventory or Eligible
Accounts, as applicable. The Revolving Credit Loans shall be
repayable in accordance with the terms of the Revolving Notes and
as set forth in subsection 3.2.1, and shall be secured by,
among other things, all of the Collateral.
1.1.2.
Overadvances . Insofar as a Borrower may request and Agent
or Majority Lenders (as provided below) may be willing in their
sole and absolute discretion to make Revolving Credit Loans to such
Borrower at a time when the unpaid balance of Revolving Credit
Loans plus the sum of the Dollar Equivalent of the LC Amount plus
the Dollar Equivalent of the amount of LC Obligations that have not
been reimbursed by Borrowers or funded with a Revolving Credit
Loan, plus reserves, exceeds, or would exceed with the making of
any such Revolving Credit Loan, the Borrowing Base (such Loan or
Loans being herein referred to individually as an
“Overadvance” and collectively, as
“Overadvances”), Agent shall enter such Overadvances as
debits in the Loan Account. All Overadvances shall be repaid on
demand, shall be secured by the Collateral and shall bear interest
as provided in this
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Agreement for
Revolving Credit Loans generally. Any Overadvance made pursuant to
the terms hereof shall be made by all Lenders ratably in accordance
with their respective Revolving Loan Percentages. Overadvances in
the aggregate amount of $5,000,000 or less may, unless a Default or
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing (other than a
Default or an Event of Default caused by the existence or making of
such Overadvance), be made in the sole and absolute discretion of
Agent. Overadvances in an aggregate amount of more than $5,000,000
but less than $7,500,000 may, unless a Default or an Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing (other than a Default or
Event of Default caused by the existence or making of such
Overadvance), be made in the sole and absolute discretion of the
Majority Lenders. Overadvances in an aggregate amount of $7,500,000
or more and Overadvances to be made after the occurrence and during
the continuation of a Default or an Event of Default (other than a
Default or Event of Default caused by the existence or making of
such Overadvance) shall require the consent of all Lenders. The
foregoing notwithstanding, in no event, unless otherwise consented
to by all Lenders, (w) shall any Overadvances be outstanding
for more than thirty (30) consecutive days, (x) after all
outstanding Overadvances have been repaid, shall Agent or Lenders
make any additional Overadvances unless sixty (60) days or
more have expired since the last date on which any Overadvances
were outstanding, (y) shall Overadvances be outstanding for
more than sixty (60) days within any one hundred eighty day
(180) period or (z) shall Agent make Revolving Credit
Loans on behalf of Lenders under this subsection 1.1.2 to the
extent such Revolving Credit Loans would cause a Lender’s
share of the Revolving Credit Loans to exceed such Lender’s
Revolving Loan Commitment minus such Lender’s Revolving Loan
Percentage of the sum of the Dollar Equivalent of the LC Amount and
the LC Obligations.
1.1.3. Use of
Proceeds . The Revolving Credit Loans shall be used solely for
(i) the payment of fees and expenses associated with the
transactions contemplated hereby, (ii) Borrowers’
general operating capital needs (including Capital Expenditures
permitted hereunder) in a manner consistent with the provisions of
this Agreement and all applicable laws, (iii) the funding of
Permitted Acquisitions, and (iv) other general corporate
purposes.
1.1.4.
Swingline Loans . In order to reduce the frequency of
transfers of funds from Lenders to Agent for making Revolving
Credit Loans and for so long as no Default or Event of Default
exists, Agent shall be permitted (but not required) to make
Revolving Credit Loans to Borrowers upon request by Borrowers (such
Revolving Credit Loans to be designated as “Swingline
Loans”) provided that the aggregate amount of Swingline Loans
outstanding at any time will not (i) exceed $10,000,000;
(ii) when added to the principal amount of Agent’s other
Revolving Credit Loans then outstanding plus Agent’s
Revolving Loan Percentage of the sum of the Dollar Equivalent of
the LC Amount and the LC Obligations, exceed Agent’s
Revolving Credit Commitment; or (iii) when added to the
principal amount of all other Revolving Credit Loans then
outstanding plus the sum of the Dollar Equivalent
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of the LC
Amount and the LC Obligations plus reserves, exceed the
Borrowing Base. Within the foregoing limits, each Borrower may
borrow, repay and reborrow Swingline Loans. All Swingline Loans
shall be treated as Revolving Credit Loans for purposes of this
Agreement, except that (a) all Swingline Loans shall be Base
Rate Portions and (b) notwithstanding anything herein to the
contrary (other than as set forth in the next succeeding sentence),
all principal and interest paid with respect to Swingline Loans
shall be for the sole account of Agent in its capacity as the
lender of Swingline Loans. Notwithstanding the foregoing, not more
than 2 Business Days after (1) Lenders receive notice from
Agent that a Swingline Loan has been advanced in respect of a
drawing under a Letter of Credit or LC Guaranty or (2) in any
other circumstance, demand is made by Agent during the continuance
of an Event of Default, each Lender shall irrevocably and
unconditionally purchase and receive from Agent, without recourse
or warranty from Agent, an undivided interest and participation in
each Swingline Loan to the extent of such Lender’s Revolving
Loan Percentage thereof, by paying to Agent, in same day funds, an
amount equal to such Lender’s Revolving Loan Percentage of
such Swingline Loan. Swingline Loans will be settled between the
Agent and the Lenders in the manner set forth in
subsection 3.1.2 and Agent will settle any interest and
principal actually received from Borrowers with any Lender that
becomes participant in the Swingline Loan during the continuance of
an Event of Default pursuant to immediately preceding sentence on a
weekly (or more frequently, as determined by Agent in its sole
discretion) basis. For purposes of this Agreement, Swingline Loans
shall include any “Swingline Loans” made under the
Original Loan Agreement and outstanding on the Closing
Date.
1.1.5. Agent
Loans . Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an
Event of Default, Agent, in its sole discretion, may make Revolving
Credit Loans on behalf of Lenders, in an aggregate amount not to
exceed $5,000,000, if Agent, in its reasonable business judgment,
deems that such Revolving Credit Loans are necessary or desirable
(i) to protect all or any portion of the Collateral,
(ii) to enhance the likelihood, or maximize the amount of,
repayment of the Loans and the other Obligations, or (iii) to
pay any other amount chargeable to any Borrower pursuant to this
Agreement, including without limitation costs, fees and expenses as
described in Sections 2.8 and 2.9 (hereinafter, “Agent
Loans”); provided , that in no event shall
(a) the maximum principal amount of the Revolving Credit Loans
plus the Dollar Equivalent of the LC Amount and the LC Obligations
exceed the aggregate Revolving Loan Commitments and
(b) Majority Lenders may at any time revoke Agent’s
authorization to make Agent Loans. Any such revocation must be in
writing and shall become effective prospectively upon Agent’s
receipt thereof. Each Lender shall be obligated to advance its
Revolving Loan Percentage of each Agent Loan. If Agent Loans are
made pursuant to the preceding sentence, then (a) the
Borrowing Base shall be deemed increased by the amount of such
permitted Agent Loans, but only for so long as Agent allows such
Agent Loans to be outstanding, and (b) all Lenders that have
committed to make Revolving Credit Loans shall be bound
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make, or permit
to remain outstanding, such Agent Loans based upon their Revolving
Loan Percentages in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement.
1.2. Letters of
Credit; LC Guaranties .
1.2.1. Issuance
of Letters of Credit and LC Guarantees . Agent agrees, for so
long as no Default or Event of Default exists and if requested by a
Borrower, to (i) issue its, or cause to be issued by Bank or
another Affiliate of Agent, on the date requested by such Borrower,
Letters of Credit (sight drafts only) for the account of a Borrower
or (ii) execute LC Guaranties by which Agent, Bank, or another
Affiliate of Agent, on the date requested by a Borrower, shall
guaranty the payment or performance by a Borrower of its
reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit issued
for a Borrower’s account by other Persons; provided ,
that (a) the Dollar Equivalent of the LC Amount shall not
exceed $15,000,000 at any time and (b) at no time will a
Letter of Credit or LC Guaranty be issued if doing so could cause a
violation of subsection 1.1.1. Prior to the Closing Date, Bank
issued certain letters of credit for the account of one or more
Borrowers under the Original Loan Agreement, which Letters of
Credit are still outstanding on the Closing Date and are more
particularly described on Exhibit 1.2.1 hereto (the
“Existing Letters of Credit”). Agent, Lenders and
Borrowers hereby agree that the Existing Letters of Credit shall be
deemed to be Letters of Credit issued under this Agreement on the
Closing Date. No Letter of Credit or LC Guaranty may have an
expiration date (a) after the last day of the Term,
(b) in the case of standby Letters of Credit or LC Guaranties
supporting standby letters of credit, more than 1 year after
the issuance date thereof or (c) in the case of documentary
Letters of Credit or LC Guaranties supporting documentary letters
of credit, more than 180 days after the issuance date
thereof.
1.2.2. Lender
Participation . Immediately upon the issuance of a Letter of
Credit or an LC Guaranty under this Agreement, each Lender shall be
deemed to have irrevocably and unconditionally purchased and
received from Agent, without recourse or warranty, an undivided
interest and participation therein equal to the sum of the Dollar
Equivalent of the applicable LC Amount and the applicable LC
Obligations multiplied by such Lender’s
Revolving Loan Percentage. Agent will notify each Lender on a
weekly basis, or if determined by Agent, a more frequent basis,
upon presentation to it of a draw under a Letter of Credit or a
demand for payment under a LC Guaranty. On a weekly basis, or more
frequently if requested by Agent, each Lender shall make payment to
Agent in immediately available funds in Dollars, of an amount equal
to such Lender’s pro rata share (based on such Lender’s
Revolving Loan Percentage) of the amount of any payment made by
Agent in respect to any Letter of Credit or LC Guaranty. The
obligation of each Lender to reimburse Agent under this
subsection 1.2.2 shall be unconditional, continuing,
irrevocable and absolute, except in respect of indemnity claims
arising out of Agent’s willful misconduct or gross
negligence. In the event that any Lender fails to make payment to
Agent of any amount due under this subsection 1.2.2, Agent
shall be entitled to receive, retain and apply against such
obligation the principal and interest otherwise payable to such
Lender hereunder until Agent receives such payment from such Lender
or such
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obligation is
otherwise fully satisfied; provided , however , that
nothing contained in this sentence shall relieve such Lender of its
obligation to reimburse the Agent for such amount in accordance
with this subsection 1.2.2.
1.2.3.
Reimbursement . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained herein, Borrowers, Agent and Lenders hereby agree that
all LC Obligations and all obligations of each Borrower relating
thereto shall be satisfied by the prompt issuance of one or more
Revolving Credit Loans in Dollars that are Base Rate Portions,
which Borrowers hereby acknowledge are requested and Lenders hereby
agree to fund. In the event that Revolving Credit Loans are not,
for any reason, promptly made to satisfy all then existing LC
Obligations, each Lender hereby agrees to pay to Agent, on demand,
an amount equal to the Dollar Equivalent of such LC Obligations
multiplied by such Lender’s Revolving Loan
Percentage, and until so paid, such amount shall be secured by the
Collateral and shall bear interest and be payable at the same rate
and in the same manner as Base Rate Portions. In no event shall
Agent or any Lender make any Revolving Credit Loan in respect of
any Obligation that has already been satisfied by any
Borrower.
1.3.
Reallocation of Revolving Loan Commitments .
Each
Borrower and each Lender hereby acknowledges and agrees that on the
Closing Date each Lender will each assign portions of its existing
Revolving Loan Commitment to and among the various other Lenders,
without recourse and without representations or warranties other
than that no liens or security interests were created by such
Lender on such Lender’s Revolving Loan Commitment, in amounts
sufficient to cause each Lender’s respective Revolving Loan
Commitment to be the amounts set forth below such Lender’s
name on the signature pages to this Agreement.
For
ease of administration of this Agreement, each Borrower other than
Wabash hereby appoints Wabash as its borrowing agent hereunder. In
such capacity, Wabash will request all Revolving Credit Loans to be
made pursuant to Section 1.1, will request all Letters of
Credit and LC Guaranties to be issued pursuant to Section 1.2
and will submit all LIBOR Requests with respect to obtaining any
LIBOR Portion pursuant to subsection 3.1.7, converting any
Base Rate Portion into a LIBOR Portion pursuant to
subsection 3.1.8 or continuing any LIBOR Portion into a
subsequent Interest Period pursuant to subsection 3.1.9, in
each case pursuant to the procedures set forth in Section 3.1.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this
Agreement, no Borrower other than Wabash shall be entitled to
directly request any Revolving Credit Loans, Letters of Credit or
LC Guaranties or to submit any LIBOR Requests hereunder and such
requests shall be directed through Wabash, as borrowing agent
hereunder, for any requesting Borrower. The proceeds of all
Revolving Credit Loans made hereunder shall be advanced to or at
the direction of Wabash and used solely for the purposes described
in subsection 1.1.3.
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1.5. Alternate
Currencies .
After
the Closing Date, Borrowers may request that Letters of Credit
and/or LC Guaranties be issued in any lawful currency other than
Dollars that is at such time freely traded in the offshore
interbank foreign exchange and foreign deposit market in which Bank
customarily funds loans in currencies other than Dollars, by means
of a written request received by Agent at least 7 Business Days
prior to the issuance date for the Letter of Credit or LC Guaranty.
Agent may accept or reject such request in the exercise of its sole
discretion and shall promptly inform Borrowers thereof. If Agent
accepts any such request, the currency designated shall be referred
to as an “Agreed Alternate Currency”. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, any otherwise Agreed Alternate Currency shall
automatically cease being an Agreed Alternate Currency at such time
that, in Agent’s determination, such currency could not
reasonably be converted by Agent into Dollars within 3 Business
Days. Upon any draw upon a Letter of Credit or LC Guaranty, the
amount of such draw shall be immediately converted into Dollars in
the manner provided in Section 1.6. All reserves against
Availability relating to the LC Amount or LC Obligations shall be
adjusted at a frequency determined by Agent (but no less frequently
than monthly) on the basis of a mark-to-market conversion completed
in the manner set forth in Section 1.6.
1.6.
Dollars; Conversion to Dollars .
Unless
otherwise specifically set forth in this Agreement, all monetary
amounts shall be in Dollars. All valuations or computations of
monetary amounts set forth in this Agreement shall include the
Dollar Equivalent of amounts designated in any Agreed Alternate
Currency. In connection with all Dollar amounts set forth in this
Agreement, all amounts in any Agreed Alternate Currency shall be
converted to Dollars in accordance with prevailing exchange rates,
as determined by Agent in its sole discretion, on the applicable
date.
1.7.
Judgment Currency; Contractual Currency .
(i) If, for the
purpose of obtaining or enforcing judgment against any Borrower or
Guarantor or any other party to this Agreement in any court in any
jurisdiction, it becomes necessary to convert into any other
currency (such other currency being hereinafter in this
Section 1.7 referred to as the “Judgment
Currency”) an amount due under any Loan Document in any
currency (the “Obligation Currency”) other than the
Judgment Currency, the conversion shall be made at the rate of
exchange prevailing on the Business Day immediately preceding
(a) the date of actual payment of the amount due, in the case
of any proceeding in the courts of any jurisdiction that will give
effect to such conversion being made on such date, or (b) the
date on which the judgment is given, in the case of any proceeding
in the courts of any other jurisdiction (the applicable date as of
which such conversion is made pursuant to this Section 1.7
being hereinafter in this Section 1.7 referred to as the
“Judgment Conversion Date”).
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(ii) If, in the
case of any proceeding in the court of any jurisdiction referred to
in subsection 1.7(i), there is a change in the rate of exchange
prevailing between the Judgment Conversion Date and the date of
actual receipt for value of the amount due, the applicable Borrower
or Guarantor shall pay such additional amount (if any, but in any
event not a lesser amount) as may be necessary to ensure that the
amount actually received in the Judgment Currency, when converted
at the rate of exchange prevailing on the date of payment, will
produce the amount of the Obligation Currency which could have been
purchased with the amount of the Judgment Currency stipulated in
the judgment or judicial order at the rate of exchange prevailing
on the Judgment Conversion Date. Any amount due from a Borrower or
Guarantor under this subsection 1.7(ii) shall be due as a separate
debt and shall not be affected by judgment being obtained for any
other amounts due under or in respect of any of the
Documents.
(iii) The term
“rate of exchange” in this Section 1.7 means the
rate of exchange at which Agent would, on the relevant date at or
about 12:00 noon (Chicago time), be prepared to sell the Obligation
Currency against the Judgment Currency.
(iv) Any amount
received or recovered by Agent in respect of any sum expressed to
be due to it (whether for itself or as trustee for any other
person) from any Borrower or Guarantor of any other party under
this Agreement or under any of the other Loan Documents in a
currency other than the currency (the “contractual
currency”) in which such sum is so expressed to be due
(whether as a result of or from the enforcement of, any judgment or
order of a court or tribunal of any jurisdiction, the winding-up of
a Borrower or Guarantor or otherwise) shall only constitute a
discharge of such Borrower or Guarantor to the extent of the amount
of the contractual currency that Agent is able, in accordance with
its usual practice, to purchase with the amount of the currency so
received or recovered on the date of receipt or recovery (or, if
later, the first date on which such purchase is practicable). If
the amount of the contractual currency so purchased is less than
the amount of the contractual currency so expressed to be due, such
Borrower or Guarantor shall indemnify Agent against any loss
sustained by it as a result, including the cost of making any such
purchase.
Wabash
is the direct or indirect and beneficial owner and holder of all of
the issued and outstanding shares of stock or other equity
interests in each other Borrower and Subsidiary Guarantor.
Borrowers and Subsidiary Guarantors make up a related organization
of various entities constituting a single economic and business
enterprise so that Borrowers and Subsidiary Guarantors share a
substantial identity of interests such that any benefit received by
any one of them benefits the others. Borrowers and certain of the
Subsidiary Guarantors render services to or for the benefit of
Borrowers and/or the other Subsidiary
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Guarantors, as
the case may be, purchase or sell and supply goods to or from or
for the benefit of the others, make loans, advances and provide
other financial accommodations to or for the benefit of Borrowers
and Subsidiary Guarantors (including inter alia , the
payment by Borrowers and Subsidiary Guarantors of creditors of the
Borrowers or Subsidiary Guarantors and guarantees by Borrowers and
Subsidiary Guarantors of indebtedness of Borrowers and Subsidiary
Guarantors and provide administrative, marketing, payroll and
management services to or for the benefit of Borrowers and
Subsidiary Guarantors). Borrowers and Subsidiary Guarantors have
centralized accounting, common officers and directors and are in
certain circumstances, identified to creditors as a single economic
and business enterprise.
1.9.
Effectiveness of this Agreement; Effect of Amendment and
Restatement .
Prior
the Closing Date, the Original Loan Agreement and all of the Loan
Documents (as defined in the Original Loan Agreement) (the
“Original Loan Documents”) shall remain in full force
and effect and the indebtedness and other liabilities of each
Borrower shall be governed by the Original Loan Agreement and the
Original Loan Documents. Effective upon the Closing Date, the
indebtedness and other liabilities of each Borrower previously
governed by the Original Loan Agreement and the Original Loan
Documents shall continue in full force and effect, but shall be
governed by the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement
and the other Loan Documents. Such liabilities, together with any
and all additional liabilities incurred by each Borrower hereunder
or under any of the other Loan Documents, shall continue to be
secured by, among other things, the Collateral, whether now
existing or hereafter acquired and wheresoever located, all as more
specifically set forth herein and in the Security Documents. Each
Borrower hereby reaffirms its obligations, liabilities, grants of
security interests, pledges and the validity of all covenants by
such Borrower contained in any and all Security Documents.
Effective upon the Closing Date, the effectiveness of this
Agreement shall not constitute a novation or repayment of the
indebtedness outstanding under the Original Loan Agreement. Each
Borrower hereby acknowledges and agrees that effective as of the
Closing Date any and all references to Original Loan Documents in
the Original Loan Agreement shall be deemed to be amended to refer
to Loan Documents under this Agreement. Each Borrower hereby
reaffirms its obligations, liabilities and indebtedness arising
under this Agreement and each of the Loan Documents existing on the
Closing Date, in each case after giving effect to the provisions of
the preceding sentence.
SECTION 2. INTEREST, FEES AND
CHARGES
2.1.1. Rates of
Interest . Interest shall accrue on the principal amount of the
Base Rate Portions outstanding at the end of each day at a
fluctuating rate per annum equal to the Applicable Margin then in
effect plus the Base Rate. Said rate of interest shall
increase or decrease by an amount equal to any increase or decrease
in the Base Rate, effective as of the opening of business on the
day that any such change in the Base Rate occurs. If a Borrower
exercises its LIBOR Option as provided in
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Section 3.1, interest shall accrue on the
principal amount of the LIBOR Portions outstanding at the end of
each day at a rate per annum equal to the Applicable Margin then in
effect plus the LIBOR applicable to each LIBOR Portion for
the corresponding Interest Period.
2.1.2. Default
Rate of Interest . At the option of Agent or the Majority
Lenders, upon and after the occurrence of an Event of Default and
during the continuation thereof, the principal amount of all Loans
shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to 2.0% plus
the interest rate otherwise applicable thereto (the “Default
Rate”).
2.1.3. Maximum
Interest . In no event whatsoever shall the aggregate of all
amounts deemed interest hereunder or under the Notes and charged or
collected pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or pursuant to
the Notes exceed the highest rate permissible under any law which a
court of competent jurisdiction shall, in a final determination,
deem applicable hereto. If any provisions of this Agreement or the
Notes are in contravention of any such law, such provisions shall
be deemed amended to conform thereto (the “Maximum
Rate”). If at any time, the amount of interest paid hereunder
is limited by the Maximum Rate, and the amount at which interest
accrues hereunder is subsequently below the Maximum Rate, the rate
at which interest accrues hereunder shall remain at the Maximum
Rate, until such time as the aggregate interest paid hereunder
equals the amount of interest that would have been paid had the
Maximum Rate not applied.
2.2.
Computation of Interest and Fees .
Interest,
Letter of Credit and LC Guaranty fees and Unused Line Fees
hereunder shall be calculated daily and shall be computed on the
actual number of days elapsed over a year of 360 days.
Borrowers
shall jointly and severally pay to Agent certain fees and other
amounts in accordance with the terms of the third amended and
restated fee letter among Borrowers and Agent, dated as of the date
hereof (the “Fee Letter”).
2.4. Letter of
Credit and LC Guaranty Fees .
Borrowers shall
jointly and severally pay to Agent:
(i) for standby
Letters of Credit and LC Guaranties of standby letters of credit,
for the ratable benefit of Lenders a per annum fee equal to the
Applicable Margin then in effect for LIBOR Portions of the
aggregate undrawn available amount of such Letters of Credit and LC
Guaranties outstanding from time to time during the term of this
Agreement, plus all normal and customary charges associated
with the issuance, processing and administration thereof, which
fees and charges shall be deemed fully earned
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upon issuance
(or as advised by Agent or Bank) of each such Letter of Credit or
LC Guaranty, shall be due and payable in arrears on the first
Business Day of each month (or as advised by Agent or Bank) and
shall not be subject to rebate or proration upon the termination of
this Agreement for any reason; provided , that at any time
that the Default Rate is in effect, the fee applicable under this
subsection shall be equal to the otherwise applicable fee plus
2.00%;
(ii) for
documentary Letters of Credit and LC Guaranties of documentary
letters of credit, for the ratable benefit of Lenders a per annum
fee equal to the Applicable Margin then in effect for LIBOR
Portions of the aggregate undrawn available amount of such Letters
of Credit and LC Guaranties outstanding from time to time during
the term of this Agreement, plus all normal and customary
charges associated with the issuance, processing and administration
of each such Letter of Credit or LC Guaranty (which fees and
charges shall be fully earned upon issuance, renewal or extension
(as the case may be) of each such Letter of Credit or LC Guaranty
(or as advised by Agent or Bank), shall be due and payable in
arrears on the first Business Day of each month (or as advised by
Agent or Bank), and shall not be subject to rebate or proration
upon the termination of this Agreement for any reason);
provided , that at any time that the Default Rate is in
effect, the fee applicable under this subsection shall be equal to
the otherwise applicable fee plus 2.00%; and
(iii) with respect
to all Letters of Credit and LC Guaranties, for the account of
Agent only, a per annum fronting fee equal to 0.125% of the
aggregate undrawn available amount of such Letters of Credit and LC
Guaranties outstanding from time to time during the term of this
Agreement, which fronting fees shall be due and payable monthly in
arrears on the first Business Day of each month and shall not be
subject to rebate or proration upon the termination of this
Agreement for any reason.
Borrowers
shall jointly and severally pay to Agent, for the ratable benefit
of Lenders and Agent (as lender of the Swingline Loans), a fee (the
“Unused Line Fee”) equal to the Applicable Margin per
annum for the Unused Line Fee multiplied by the average daily
amount by which the Revolving Credit Maximum Amount exceeds the sum
of (i) the outstanding principal balance of the Revolving
Credit Loans and the Swingline Loans plus (ii) the sum
of the Dollar Equivalent of the LC Amount and the LC Obligations;
provided , that for purposes of allocating the Unused Line
Fee among Lenders (other than Agent), outstanding Swingline Loans
shall not be included as part of the outstanding balance of the
Loans for purposes of calculating such fees owed to Lenders other
than Agent. The Unused Line Fee shall be payable monthly in arrears
on the first day of each month hereafter.
2.6.
Intentionally omitted .
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Borrowers
shall jointly and severally pay to Agent commercially reasonable
audit fees in accordance with Agent’s current schedule of
fees in effect from time to time in connection with audits of the
books and records and Properties of each Borrower and its
Subsidiaries and such other matters as Agent shall deem appropriate
in its reasonable credit judgment, plus all reasonable
out-of-pocket expenses incurred by Agent in connection with such
audits, whether such audits are conducted by employees of Agent or
by third parties hired by Agent. Such audit fees and out-of-pocket
expenses shall be payable on the first day of the month following
the date of issuance by Agent of a request for payment thereof to
Wabash. Agent may, in its discretion, provide for the payment of
such amounts by making appropriate Revolving Credit Loans to one or
more Borrowers and charging the appropriate Loan Account or Loan
Accounts therefor.
2.8.
Reimbursement of Expenses .
If,
at any time or times regardless of whether or not an Event of
Default then exists, (i) Agent or Arranger incurs reasonable
legal or accounting expenses or any other costs or out-of-pocket
expenses in connection with (1) the negotiation and
preparation of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents,
any amendment of or modification of this Agreement or any of the
other Loan Documents, or any syndication or attempted syndication
of the Obligations (including, without limitation, printing and
distribution of materials to prospective Lenders and all costs
associated with bank meetings, but excluding any closing fees paid
to Lenders in connection therewith) or (2) the administration
of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents and the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby; or (ii) Agent,
Arranger or any Lender incurs reasonable legal or accounting
expenses or any other costs or out-of-pocket expenses in connection
with (1) any litigation, contest, dispute, suit, proceeding or
action (whether instituted by Agent, any Lender, any Borrower or
any other Person) relating to the Collateral, this Agreement or any
of the other Loan Documents or any Borrower’s, any
Subsidiary’s or any Guarantor’s affairs; (2) any
amendment, modification, waiver or consent with respect to the Loan
Documents requested of any Lender at a time when an Event of
Default is in existence; (3) any attempt to enforce any rights
of Agent or any Lender against any Borrower or any other Person
which may be obligated to Agent or any Lender by virtue of this
Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, including, without
limitation, the Account Debtors; or (4) any attempt to
inspect, verify, protect, preserve, restore, collect, sell,
liquidate or otherwise dispose of or realize upon the Collateral;
then all such reasonable legal and accounting expenses, other costs
and out of pocket expenses of Agent or any Lender, as applicable,
shall be charged to Borrowers on a joint and several basis;
provided , that Borrowers shall not be responsible for such
expenses, costs and out-of-pocket expenses to the extent incurred
because of the gross negligence or willful misconduct of Agent,
Arranger or such Lender seeking reimbursement. All amounts
chargeable to Borrowers under this Section 2.8 shall be
Obligations secured by all of the Collateral, shall be payable on
demand to Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, and shall bear
interest from the date such demand is made until paid in full at
the rate applicable to Base Rate Portions from time to time.
Borrowers shall also jointly and severally reimburse Agent and
Lenders for expenses incurred by Agent in its administration of
the
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Collateral to
the extent and in the manner provided in Sections 2.9 and 2.10
hereof. Agent may, in its discretion, provide for the payment of
such amounts by making appropriate Revolving Credit Loans to one or
more Borrowers and charging the appropriate Loan Account or Loan
Accounts therefor.
Borrowers
shall jointly and severally pay to Agent and each applicable
Lender, on demand, any and all fees, costs or expenses which Agent
or such Lender pays to a bank or other similar institution arising
out of or in connection with (i) the forwarding to any
Borrower or any other Person on behalf of any Borrower, by Agent or
any Lender, of proceeds of Loans made to any Borrower pursuant to
this Agreement and (ii) the depositing for collection by Agent
or any Lender of any check or item of payment received or delivered
to Agent or any Lender on account of the Obligations.
2.10.
Collateral Protection Expenses; Appraisals; Field
Examinations .
All
commercially reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in
protecting, storing, warehousing, insuring, handling, maintaining
and shipping the Collateral, and any and all excise, property,
sales, and use taxes imposed by any state, federal, or local
authority on any of the Collateral or in respect of the sale
thereof shall be jointly and severally borne and paid by Borrowers.
If Borrowers fail to promptly pay any portion thereof when due,
Agent may, at its option, but shall not be required to, pay the
same and charge one or more Borrowers therefor or make appropriate
Revolving Credit Loans to one or more Borrowers and change the
appropriate Loan Account or Loan Accounts therefor. At
Borrowers’ joint and several expense, as requested by Agent
or Majority Lenders in their reasonable credit judgment, Agent
shall (a) obtain one (1) desk top appraisal of the
Inventory and the Trailer Inventory of the Companies conducted by a
third party appraiser reasonably acceptable to Agent in any
calendar year and (b) obtain one (1) appraisal of the
Inventory and the Trailer Inventory of the Companies from a third
party appraiser reasonably acceptable to Agent in any calendar
year, each of which appraisals shall include an assessment of the
net orderly liquidation percentage of each category or type of
Inventory and Trailer Inventory; provided that if an Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing, (x) Agent may obtain
such additional desk top appraisals and appraisals in its
reasonable discretion and (y) Agent may obtain appraisals of
the fixed assets of the Companies conducted by a third party
appraiser reasonably acceptable to Agent (provided that Borrowers
shall be required to reimburse Agent for only one such fixed asset
appraisal during the term of this Agreement). Additionally, from
time to time, if Agent or any Lender determines that obtaining
appraisals is necessary in order for it to comply with applicable
laws or regulations, and at any time if a Default or an Event of
Default shall have occurred and be continuing, Agent may, and at
the direction of the applicable Lender, Agent shall, at
Borrowers’ joint and several expense, obtain appraisals from
appraisers (who may be personnel of Agent), stating the then
current fair market value of all or any portion of the real
Property or personal Property of any Company, including without
limitation the Inventory of any Company. Additionally, as requested
by Agent or Majority Lenders from time to time upon prior notice
and during normal business hours, Agent shall obtain field
examinations conducted by a third party
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examiner
reasonably acceptable to Agent at Borrowers’ joint and
several expense, including all commercially reasonable
out-of-pocket expenses and the Agent’s standard per day
charge per field examiner (currently $1,000 per day per field
examiner); provided, however, that if no Event of Default has
occurred or is continuing, Borrowers shall only be required to pay
for three (3) field examinations annually.
2.11.
Payment of Charges .
All
amounts chargeable to any Borrower under this Agreement shall be
Obligations secured by all of the Collateral, shall be, unless
specifically otherwise provided, payable on demand and shall bear
interest from the date demand was made or such amount is due, as
applicable, until paid in full at the rate applicable to Base Rate
Portions from time to time.
Any
and all payments or reimbursements made hereunder shall be made
free and clear of and without deduction for any and all taxes,
levies, imposts, deductions, charges or withholdings, and all
liabilities with respect thereto; excluding, however, the
following: taxes imposed on the income of Agent or any Lender or
franchise taxes by the jurisdiction under the laws of which Agent
or any Lender is organized or doing business or any political
subdivision thereof and taxes imposed on its income by the
jurisdiction of Agent’s or such Lender’s applicable
lending office or any political subdivision thereof or franchise
taxes (all such taxes, levies, imposts, deductions, charges or
withholdings and all liabilities with respect thereto excluding
such taxes imposed on net income, herein “Tax
Liabilities”). If any Borrower shall be required by law to
deduct any such Tax Liabilities from or in respect of any sum
payable hereunder to Agent or any Lender, then the sum payable
hereunder by Borrowers shall be increased as may be necessary so
that, after all required deductions are made, Agent or such Lender
receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no
such deductions been made.
2.13.
Joint and Several Obligations .
Each
Borrower acknowledges that it is jointly and severally liable for
all of the Obligations and as a result hereby unconditionally
guaranties the full and prompt payment when due, whether at
maturity or earlier, by reason of acceleration or otherwise, and at
all times thereafter, of all indebtedness, liabilities and
obligations of every kind and nature of each other Borrower to
Agent and Lenders and, howsoever created, arising or evidenced,
whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, joint or
several, now or hereafter existing, or due or to become due, and
howsoever owned, held or acquired by Agent or any Lender. Each
Borrower agrees that if this guaranty, or any Liens securing this
guaranty, would, but for the application of this sentence, be
unenforceable under applicable law, this guaranty and each such
Lien shall be valid and enforceable to the maximum extent that
would not cause this guaranty or such Lien to be unenforceable
under applicable law, and this guaranty shall automatically be
deemed to have been amended accordingly at all relevant
times.
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Each
Borrower hereby agrees that its obligations under this guaranty
shall be unconditional, irrespective of (a) the validity or
enforceability of the Obligations or any part thereof, or of any
promissory note or other document evidencing all or any part of the
Obligations, (b) the absence of any attempt to collect the
Obligations from any other Borrower or any Guarantor or other
action to enforce the same, (c) the waiver or consent by Agent
or any Lender with respect to any provision of any agreement,
instrument or document evidencing or securing all or any part of
the Obligations, or any other agreement, instrument or document now
or hereafter executed by any other Borrower and delivered to Agent
or any Lender (other than a waiver, forgiveness or consent by Agent
and Lenders that reduces the amount of any of the Obligations),
(d) the failure by Agent or any Lender to take any steps to
perfect and maintain its security interest in, or to preserve its
rights to, any security or Collateral for the Obligations, for its
benefit, (e) Agent’s or any Lender’s election, in
any proceeding instituted under the United States Bankruptcy Code
or any other similar bankruptcy or insolvency legislation, of the
application of Section 1111(b)(2) of the United States
Bankruptcy Code or any other similar bankruptcy or insolvency
legislation, (f) any borrowing or grant of a security interest
by any Borrower as debtor-in-possession, under Section 364 of
the United States Bankruptcy Code or any other similar bankruptcy
or insolvency legislation, (g) the disallowance, under
Section 502 of the United States Bankruptcy Code or any other
similar bankruptcy or insolvency legislation, of all or any portion
of Agent’s or any Lender’s claim(s) for repayment of
the Obligations or (h) any other circumstance which might
otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a
borrower or a guarantor.
Each
Borrower hereby waives diligence, presentment, demand of payment,
filing of claims with a court in the event of receivership or
bankruptcy of any Borrower, protest or notice with respect to the
Obligations and all demands whatsoever, and covenants that this
guaranty will not be discharged, except by complete and irrevocable
payment and performance of the Obligations. No notice to any
Borrower or any other party shall be required for Agent or any
Lender to make demand hereunder. Such demand shall constitute a
mature and liquidated claim against the applicable Borrower. Upon
the occurrence of any Event of Default, Agent or any Lender may, in
its sole election, proceed directly and at once, without notice,
against all or any Borrower to collect and recover the full amount
or any portion of the Obligations, without first proceeding against
any other Borrower or any other Person, or any security or
collateral for the Obligations. During the existence of an Event of
Default, Agent and each Lender shall have the exclusive right to
determine the application of payments and credits, if any from any
Borrower, any other Person or any security or collateral for the
Obligations, on account of the Obligations or of any other
liability of any Borrower to Agent or any Lender.
At
any time after and during the continuance of an Event of Default,
Agent and each Lender may, in its sole discretion, without notice
to any Borrower and regardless of the acceptance of any collateral
for the payment hereof, appropriate and apply toward payment of the
Obligations (i) any indebtedness due or to become due from
Agent or any Lender to such Borrower and (ii) any moneys,
credits or other property belonging to such
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Borrower at any
time held by or coming into the possession of Agent or any Lender
or any Affiliates thereof, whether for deposit or
otherwise.
Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary set forth in this Section 2.13, it is
the intent of the parties hereto that the liability incurred by
each Borrower in respect of the Obligations of the other Borrowers
(and any Lien granted by each Borrower to secure such Obligations),
not constitute a fraudulent conveyance under Section 548 of
the United States Bankruptcy Code or a fraudulent conveyance or
fraudulent transfer under the provisions of any applicable law of
any state or other governmental unit (“Fraudulent
Conveyance”). Consequently, each Borrower, Agent and each
Lender hereby agree that if a court of competent jurisdiction
determines that the incurrence of liability by any Borrower in
respect of the Obligations of any other Borrower (or any Liens
granted by such Borrower to secure such Obligations) would, but for
the application of this sentence, constitute a Fraudulent
Conveyance, such liability (and such Liens) shall be valid and
enforceable only to the maximum extent that would not cause the
same to constitute a Fraudulent Conveyance, and this Agreement and
the other Loan Documents shall automatically be deemed to have been
amended accordingly.
Each
Borrower expressly waives all rights it may have now or in the
future under any statute, or at common law, or at law or in equity,
or otherwise, to compel Agent or Lenders to marshal assets or to
proceed in respect of the Obligations guaranteed hereunder against
any other Borrower or any Guarantor, any other party or against any
security for the payment and performance of the Obligations before
proceeding against, or as a condition to proceeding against, such
Borrower. It is agreed among each Borrower, Agent and Lenders that
the foregoing waivers are of the essence of the transaction
contemplated by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and
that, but for the provisions of this Section 2.13 and such
waivers, Agent and Lenders would decline to enter into this
Agreement.
Each
Borrower agrees that the provisions of this Section 2.13 are
for the benefit of Agent and Lenders and their respective
successors, transferees, endorsees and assigns, and nothing herein
contained shall impair, as between any other Borrower and Agent or
Lenders, the obligations of such other Borrower under the Loan
Documents.
Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this Agreement or in any other Loan
Document, and except as set forth in Section 2.13, each
Borrower hereby expressly and irrevocably subordinates to payment
of the Obligations any and all rights at law or in equity to
subrogation, reimbursement, exoneration, contribution,
indemnification or set off (including those set forth in
Section 2.14) and any and all defenses available to a surety,
guarantor or accommodation co-obligor until the Obligations are
indefeasibly paid in full in cash. Each Borrower acknowledges and
agrees that this subordination is intended to benefit Agent and
Lenders and shall not limit or otherwise affect such
Borrower’s liability hereunder or the enforceability of this
Section 2.13, and that Agent, Lenders and their respective
successors and assigns are intended third party beneficiaries of
the waivers and agreements set forth in this
Section 2.13.
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If
Agent or any Lender may, under applicable law, proceed to realize
its benefits under any of the Loan Documents giving Agent or such
Lender a Lien upon any Collateral, whether owned by any Borrower or
by any other Person, either by judicial foreclosure or by
non-judicial sale or enforcement, Agent or any Lender may, at its
sole option, determine which of its remedies or rights it may
pursue without affecting any of its rights and remedies under this
Section 2.13. If, in the exercise of any of its rights and
remedies, Agent or any Lender shall forfeit any of its rights or
remedies, including its right to enter a deficiency judgment
against any Borrower or any other Person, whether because of any
applicable laws pertaining to “election of remedies” or
the like, each Borrower hereby consents to such action by Agent or
such Lender and waives any claim based upon such action, even if
such action by Agent or such Lender shall result in a full or
partial loss of any rights of subrogation that each Borrower might
otherwise have had but for such action by Agent or such Lender. Any
election of remedies that results in the denial or impairment of
the right of Agent or any Lender to seek a deficiency judgment
against any Borrower shall not impair any other Borrower’s
obligation to pay the full amount of the Obligations. In the event
Agent or any Lender shall bid at any foreclosure or trustee’s
sale or at any private sale permitted by law or the Loan Documents,
Agent or such Lender may bid all or less than the amount of the
Obligations and the amount of such bid need not be paid by Agent or
such Lender but shall be credited against the Obligations. The
amount of the successful bid at any such sale, whether Agent,
Lender or any other party is the successful bidder, shall be
conclusively deemed to be the fair market value of the Collateral
and the difference between such bid amount and the remaining
balance of the Obligations shall be conclusively deemed to be the
amount of the Obligations guaranteed under this Section 2.13,
notwithstanding that any present or future law or court decision or
ruling may have the effect of reducing the amount of any deficiency
claim to which Agent or any Lender might otherwise be entitled but
for such bidding at any such sale.
The
liability of Borrowers under this Section 2.13 is in addition
to and shall be cumulative with all liabilities of each Borrower to
Agent and Lenders under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents
to which such Borrower is a party or in respect of any Obligations
or obligation of the other Borrower, without any limitation as to
amount, unless the instrument or agreement evidencing or creating
such other liability specifically provides to the
contrary.
2.14.
Subrogation and Contribution .
Each
Borrower agrees that if any other Borrower or any Guarantor makes a
payment in respect of the Obligations, subject to
Section 2.13, it shall be subrogated to the rights of the
payees thereof against the other Borrowers and Guarantors with
respect to such payment and shall have the rights of contribution
set forth below against the other Borrowers and Guarantors. Subject
to Section 2.13, each Borrower or Guarantor shall make
payments in respect of the Obligations or contribution payments to
the other Borrowers and Guarantors such that, taking into account
all payments received on account of subrogation or contribution
rights: (a) each Borrower or Guarantor shall have repaid at
some time after the date hereof all Obligations the benefit of
which have been received by it or, if the aggregate of all such
repayments would exceed the outstanding Obligations, its pro rata
share of the
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outstanding
Obligations, in accordance with the benefit received by it and
(b) if there remain Obligations unpaid after application of
the payments referred to above, the deficiency shall be shared by
Borrowers and Guarantors pro rata in preparation to their
respective net worths on the Closing Date.
SECTION 3. LOAN
ADMINISTRATION.
3.1.
Manner of Borrowing Revolving Credit Loans/LIBOR Option
.
Borrowings
under the credit facility established pursuant to Section 1
hereof shall be as follows:
3.1.1. Loan
Requests . A request for a Revolving Credit Loan shall be made,
or shall be deemed to be made, in the following manner:
(a) subject to the terms of Section 1.4, Wabash (on
behalf of Borrowers) may give Agent notice of its intention to
borrow, in which notice Wabash shall specify the amount of the
proposed borrowing of a Revolving Credit Loan (which shall be no
less than $500,000 or an integral multiple of $100,000) and the
proposed borrowing date, which shall be a Business Day, no later
than 11:00 a.m. (Chicago, Illinois time) on the proposed
borrowing date (or in accordance with subsection 3.1.7, 3.1.8
or 3.1.9, as applicable, in the case of a request for a LIBOR
Portion), provided , however, that no such request may be
made at a time when there exists a Default or an Event of Default;
and (b) the becoming due of any amount required to be paid
under this Agreement, or the Notes, whether as interest or for any
other Obligation, shall be deemed irrevocably to be a request by a
Borrower for a Revolving Credit Loan on the due date in the amount
required to pay such interest or other Obligation.
3.1.2. Payment
by Lenders . Agent shall give to each Lender prompt written
notice by facsimile, telex or cable of the receipt by Agent from
Wabash of any request for a Revolving Credit Loan. Each such notice
shall specify the requested date and amount of such Revolving
Credit Loan, whether such Revolving Credit Loan shall be subject to
the LIBOR Option, and the amount of each Lender’s advance
thereunder (in accordance with its applicable Revolving Loan
Percentage). Each Lender shall, not later than 2:00 p.m. (Chicago
time) on such requested date, wire to a bank designated by Agent
the amount of that Lender’s Revolving Loan Percentage of the
requested Revolving Credit Loan. The failure of any Lender to make
the Revolving Credit Loans to be made by it shall not release any
other Lender of its obligations hereunder to make its Revolving
Credit Loan. Neither Agent nor any other Lender shall be
responsible for the failure of any other Lender to make the
Revolving Credit Loan to be made by such other Lender. The
foregoing notwithstanding, Agent, in its sole discretion, may from
its own funds make a Revolving Credit Loan on behalf of any Lender.
In such event, the Lender on behalf of whom Agent made the
Revolving Credit Loan shall reimburse Agent for the amount of such
Revolving Credit Loan made on its behalf, on a weekly (or more
frequent, as determined by Agent in its sole discretion) basis. In
addition, Agent shall notify Lenders on a weekly (or more frequent,
as determined by Agent in its sole discretion) basis regarding
settlement of
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the Swingline
Loans, and promptly following such notice, each Lender shall
reimburse Agent (in accordance with its applicable Revolving Loan
Percentage) for the amount of the Swingline Loans outstanding. On
each such settlement date, Agent will pay to each Lender the net
amount owing to such Lender in connection with such settlement,
including without limitation amounts relating to Loans, fees,
interest and other amounts payable hereunder. The entire amount of
interest attributable to such Revolving Credit Loan or Swingline
Loan for the period from the date on which such Revolving Credit
Loan or Swingline Loan was made by Agent on such Lender’s
behalf until Agent is reimbursed by such Lender, shall be paid to
Agent for its own account.
3.1.3.
Disbursement . Each Borrower hereby irrevocably authorizes
Agent to disburse the proceeds of each Loan requested, or deemed to
be requested, pursuant to subsection 3.1.1 as follows:
(i) the proceeds of each Revolving Credit Loan requested under
subsection 3.1.1(a) shall be disbursed by Agent in lawful
money of the United States of America in immediately available
funds, in the case of the initial borrowing, in accordance with the
terms of the written disbursement letter from Borrowers, and in the
case of each subsequent borrowing, by wire transfer to such bank
account as may be agreed upon by Borrowers and Agent from time to
time or elsewhere if pursuant to a written direction from a
Borrower and (ii) the proceeds of each Revolving Credit Loan
deemed requested under subsection 3.1.1(b) shall be disbursed
by Agent by way of direct payment of the relevant interest or other
Obligation. If at any time any Loan is funded by Agent or Lenders
in excess of the amount requested or deemed requested by a
Borrower, such Borrower agrees to repay the excess to Agent
immediately upon the earlier to occur of (a) such
Borrower’s discovery of the error and (b) notice thereof
to such Borrower from Agent or any Lender.
3.1.4.
Authorization . Each Borrower hereby irrevocably authorizes
Agent, in Agent’s sole discretion, to advance to Wabash or
another Borrower, and to charge to the appropriate Borrower’s
Loan Account hereunder as a Revolving Credit Loan (which shall be a
Base Rate Portion), a sum sufficient to pay all interest accrued on
the Obligations during the immediately preceding month, to pay all
principal due and payable at any time and to pay all fees, costs
and expenses and other Obligations at any time owed by each
Borrower to Agent, Arranger or any Lender hereunder; provided
however that the applicable Borrower shall have 2 Business Days to
review and pay expenses related to attorneys’ fees prior to
Agent charging the appropriate Borrower’s Loan Account
hereunder related thereto.
3.1.5. Letter
of Credit and LC Guaranty Requests . A request for a Letter of
Credit or LC Guaranty shall be made in the following manner: Wabash
(on behalf of Borrowers) shall give Agent and Bank a written notice
of its request for the issuance of a Letter of Credit or LC
Guaranty, not later than 11:00 a.m. (Chicago, Illinois time),
at least one Business Day before the proposed issuance date
thereof, in which notice such Borrower shall specify the proposed
issuer, issuance date and format and wording for the Letter of
Credit or LC Guaranty being requested (which shall be satisfactory
to Agent and the Person being asked to issue such Letter of Credit
or LC
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Guaranty);
provided , that no such request may be made at a time when
there exists a Default or Event of Default. Such request shall be
accompanied by an executed application and reimbursement agreement
in form and substance satisfactory to Agent and the Person being
asked to issue the Letter of Credit or LC Guaranty, as well as any
required corporate resolutions or other documents reasonably
requested by Agent or Bank.
3.1.6. Method
of Making Requests . As an accommodation to Borrowers, unless a
Default or an Event of Default is then in existence, (i) Agent
shall permit telephonic or electronic requests for Revolving Credit
Loans to Agent, (ii) Agent and Bank may, in their discretion,
permit electronic transmittal of requests for Letters of Credit and
LC Guaranties to them, and (iii) Agent may, in Agent’s
discretion, permit electronic transmittal of instructions,
authorizations, agreements or reports to Agent. Unless a Borrower
specifically directs Agent or Bank, as applicable in writing not to
accept or act upon telephonic or electronic communications from
such Borrower (which direction shall only be applicable to the
Persons who have received the same in writing), neither Agent, Bank
nor any Lender shall have any liability to any Borrower for any
loss or damage suffered by any Borrower as a result of
Agent’s or Bank’s honoring of any requests, execution
of any instructions, authorizations or agreements or reliance on
any reports communicated to it telephonically or electronically and
purporting to have been sent to Agent or Bank by any Borrower, and
neither Agent or Bank shall have any duty to verify the origin of
any such communication or the authority of the Person sending it.
Each telephonic request for a Revolving Credit Loan accepted by
Agent or Bank hereunder shall be promptly followed by a written
confirmation of such request from the applicable Borrower to Agent
and Bank.
3.1.7. LIBOR
Portions . Provided that as of both the date of the LIBOR
Request and the first day of the Interest Period, no Default or
Event of Default exists, in the event a Borrower desires to obtain
a LIBOR Portion, Wabash (on behalf of such Borrower) shall give
Agent a LIBOR Request no later than 11:00 a.m. (Chicago,
Illinois time) on the third Business Day prior to the requested
borrowing date. Each LIBOR Request shall be irrevocable and binding
on Borrowers. In no event shall Borrowers be permitted to have
outstanding at any one time LIBOR Portions with more than six
(6) different Interest Periods.
3.1.8.
Conversion of Base Rate Portions . Provided that as of both
the date of the LIBOR Request and the first day of the Interest
Period, no Default or Event of Default exists, a Borrower may, on
any Business Day, convert any Base Rate Portion of such Borrower
into a LIBOR Portion. If a Borrower desires to convert a Base Rate
Portion, Wabash (on behalf of such Borrower) shall give Agent a
LIBOR Request no later then 11:00 a.m. (Chicago, Illinois
time) on the third Business Day prior to the requested conversion
date. After giving effect to any conversion of Base Rate Portions
to LIBOR Portions, Borrowers shall not be permitted to have
outstanding at any one time LIBOR Portions with more than six (6)
different Interest Periods.
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3.1.9.
Continuation of LIBOR Portions . Provided that as of both
the date of the LIBOR Request and the first day of the Interest
Period, no Default or Event of Default exists, a Borrower may, on
any Business Day, continue any LIBOR Portions of such Borrower into
a subsequent Interest Period of the same or a different permitted
duration. If a Borrower desires to continue a LIBOR Portion, Wabash
(on behalf of such Borrower) shall give Agent a LIBOR Request no
later than 11:00 a.m. (Chicago, Illinois time) on the second
Business Day prior to the requested continuation date. After giving
effect to any continuation of LIBOR Portions, Borrowers shall not
be permitted to have outstanding at any one time LIBOR Portions
with more than six (6) different Interest Periods. If a
Borrower shall fail to give timely notice of its election to
continue any LIBOR Portion or portion thereof as provided above, or
if such continuation shall not be permitted, such LIBOR Portion or
portion thereof, unless such LIBOR Portion shall be repaid, shall
automatically be converted into a Base Rate Portion at the end of
the Interest Period then in effect with respect to such LIBOR
Portion.
3.1.10.
Inability to Make LIBOR Portions . Notwithstanding any other
provision hereof, if any applicable law, treaty, regulation or
directive, or any change therein or in the interpretation or
application thereof, shall make it unlawful for any Lender (for
purposes of this subsection 3.1.10, the term
“Lender” shall include the office or branch where such
Lender or any corporation or bank then controlling such Lender
makes or maintains any LIBOR Portions) to make or maintain its
LIBOR Portions, or if with respect to any Interest Period, Agent is
unable to determine the LIBOR relating thereto, or adverse or
unusual conditions in, or changes in applicable law relating to,
the London interbank market make it, in the reasonable judgment of
Agent, impracticable to fund therein any of the LIBOR Portions, or
make the projected LIBOR unreflective of the actual costs of funds
therefor to any Lender, the obligation of Agent and Lenders to make
or continue LIBOR Portions or convert Base Rate Portions to LIBOR
Portions hereunder shall forthwith be suspended during the pendency
of such circumstances and the applicable Borrower shall, if any
affected LIBOR Portions are then outstanding, promptly upon request
from Agent, convert such affected LIBOR Portions into Base Rate
Portions.
Except
where evidenced by Notes issued by one or more Borrowers to any
Lender and accepted by such Lender specifically containing payment
instructions that are in conflict with this Section 3.2 (in
which case the conflicting provisions of said notes or other
instruments shall govern and control), the Obligations shall be
payable as follows:
3.2.1.
Principal . Principal on account of Revolving Credit Loans
shall be payable by Borrowers to Agent for the ratable benefit of
Lenders immediately upon the earliest of (i) at all times
during a Dominion Period, the receipt by Agent, any Company or any
Guarantor of any proceeds of any of the Collateral (except as
otherwise provided herein), including without limitation pursuant
to subsections 3.3.1 and 6.2.4, to the extent of said proceeds,
subject to Borrowers’ rights to reborrow such
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amounts in
compliance with subsection 1.1.1 hereof; (ii) the
occurrence of an Event of Default in consequence of which Agent or
Majority Lenders elect to accelerate the maturity and payment of
the Obligations, (iii) subject to the provisions of
subsection 1.1.2, at all times that the calculations set forth
in subsection 1.1.1 reflect a negative amount, to the extent
of such amount, or (iv) termination of this Agreement pursuant
to Section 4 hereof; provided , however , that,
if an Overadvance shall exist at any time, Borrowers shall, on
demand, jointly and severally repay the Overadvance. Each payment
(including principal prepayment) on account of principal of the
Revolving Credit Loans shall be applied first to Base Rate Portions
and then to LIBOR Portions.
(i) Base Rate
Portion . Interest accrued on Base Rate Portions shall be due
and payable on the earliest of (1) the first calendar day of
each month (for the immediately preceding month), computed through
the last calendar day of the preceding month, (2) the
occurrence of an Event of Default in consequence of which Agent or
Majority Lenders elect to accelerate the maturity and payment of
the Obligations or (3) termination of this Agreement pursuant
to Section 4 hereof.
(ii) LIBOR
Portion . Interest accrued on each LIBOR Portion shall be due
and payable on each LIBOR Interest Payment Date and on the earlier
of (1) the occurrence of an Event of Default in consequence of
which Agent or Majority Lenders elect to accelerate the maturity
and payment of the Obligations or (2) termination of this
Agreement pursuant to Section 4 hereof.
3.2.3. Costs,
Fees and Charges . Costs, fees and charges payable pursuant to
this Agreement shall be jointly and severally payable by Borrowers
to Agent, as and when provided in Section 2 or Section 3
hereof, as applicable to Agent or a Lender, as applicable, or to
any other Person designated by Agent or such Lender in
writing.
3.2.4. Other
Obligations . The balance of the Obligations requiring the
payment of money, if any, shall be jointly and severally payable by
Borrowers to Agent for distribution to Lenders, as appropriate, as
and when provided in this Agreement, the Other Agreements or the
Security Documents, or on demand, whichever is later.
3.2.5.
Prepayment of/Failure to Borrow LIBOR Portions . Borrowers
may prepay a LIBOR Portion only upon at least three
(3) Business Days prior written notice to Agent (which notice
shall be irrevocable). In the event of (i) the payment of any
principal of any LIBOR Portion other than on the last day of the
Interest Period applicable thereto (including as a result of an
Event of Default), (ii) the conversion of any LIBOR Portion
other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable
thereto, or (iii) the failure to borrow, convert, continue or
prepay any LIBOR Portion on the date specified in any notice
delivered pursuant hereto, then, in any such event,
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Borrowers shall
jointly and severally compensate each Lender for the loss, cost and
expense attributable to such event, as determined by such Lender in
a manner consistent with its customs and practices.
3.3. Mandatory
and Optional Prepayments .
3.3.1. Proceeds
of Sale, Loss, Destruction or Condemnation of Collateral .
Except for proceeds of Collateral received during the existence of
a Event of Default (which shall be applied as set forth in
subsection 3.4.2), if any Company or any Guarantor sells any of the
Collateral or if any of the Collateral is lost, damaged or
destroyed or taken by condemnation, the applicable Company or
Guarantor shall, unless otherwise agreed by Majority Lenders, pay
to Agent for the ratable benefit of Lenders as and when received by
such Company or Guarantor and as a mandatory prepayment of the
Loans, as herein provided, a sum equal to 100% of the net proceeds
(including insurance payments but net of costs and taxes incurred
in connection with such sale or event) received by such Company or
Guarantor from such sale, loss, damage, destruction or
condemnation. In each case, the applicable prepayment shall be
applied to reduce the outstanding principal balance of the
Revolving Credit Loans, but shall not permanently reduce the
Revolving Loan Commitments and thereafter to any outstanding
Obligations. In addition, if the Collateral subject to such sale,
loss, damage, destruction or condemnation consists of Eligible
Accounts, Eligible Inventory or Eligible Trailer Inventory, at all
times such prepayment shall be specifically applied against any
limits or sublimits contained in the Borrowing Base that are
predicated on such Collateral.
3.3.2.
Intentionally omitted .
3.3.3. Proceeds
from Issuance of Additional Indebtedness . If any Borrower or
any Guarantor issues any additional Indebtedness, Borrowers shall
jointly and severally pay to Agent for the ratable benefit of
Lenders, when and as received by any Borrower or any Guarantor and
as a mandatory prepayment of the Obligations, a sum equal to 100%
of the net proceeds to such Borrower or such Guarantor of the
issuance of such Indebtedness. Any such prepayment shall be applied
to reduce the outstanding principal balance of the Revolving Credit
Loans, but shall not permanently reduce the Revolving Loan
Commitments.
3.3.4. Proceeds
from Issuance of Additional Equity . If any Borrower or any
Guarantor issues any additional equity (excluding (i) equity
issued upon exercise of employee and director options or as
restricted stock issued under compensatory arrangements with
employees, consultants and directors, (ii) equity issued in a
stock split, stock dividend or similar capital event not for the
purpose of raising cash and (iii) equity issued in a business
combination not for the purposes of raising cash), Borrowers shall
jointly and severally pay to Agent for the ratable benefit of
Lenders, when and as received by any Borrower or any Guarantor, and
as a mandatory prepayment of the Obligations, a sum equal to 50% of
the net proceeds to such Borrower or such Guarantor of the issuance
of such equity. Notwithstanding the
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foregoing, the
net proceeds of the Lincolnshire Investment less approximately
$8,000,000 (which shall be paid at the direction of Wabash directly
by Lincolnshire to certain vendors) shall be applied on the Closing
Date to reduce the outstanding principal balance of the Revolving
Credit Loans. Any such prepayment shall be applied to reduce the
outstanding principal balance of the Revolving Credit Loans, but
shall not permanently reduce the Revolving Loan
Commitments.
3.3.5. Other
Mandatory Prepayments . If any Borrower or any Guarantor
receives any proceeds from any tax refunds, indemnity payments or
pension plan reversions, Borrowers shall jointly and severally pay
to Agent for the benefit of Lenders, when and as received by such
Borrower or such Guarantor, and as a mandatory prepayment of the
Obligations, a sum equal to 100% of such proceeds of such tax
refund, indemnity payment or pension plan reversions. Any such
prepayment shall be applied to reduce the outstanding principal
balance of the Revolving Credit Loans, but shall not permanently
reduce the Revolving Loan Commitments.
3.3.6. LIBOR
Portions . If the application of any payment made in accordance
with the provisions of this Section 3.3 at a time when no
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing would result in
termination of a LIBOR Portion prior to the last day of the
Interest Period for such LIBOR Portion, the amount of such
prepayment shall not be applied to such LIBOR Portion, but will, at
Borrowers’ option, be held by Agent in a non-interest bearing
account at a Lender or another bank satisfactory to Agent in its
discretion, which account is in the name of Agent and from which
account only Agent can make any withdrawal, in each case to be
applied as such amount would otherwise have been applied under this
Section 3.3 at the earlier to occur of (i) the last day
of the relevant Interest Period or (ii) the occurrence of a
Default or an Event of Default.
3.3.7. Optional
Reductions of Revolving Loan Commitments . Borrowers may, at
their option from time to time but not more than once in any
12 month period upon not less than 30 Business Days’
prior written notice to Agent, terminate in whole or permanently
reduce ratably in part, the unused portion of the Revolving Loan
Commitments, provided, however, that (i) each such partial
reduction shall be in an amount of $1,000,000 or integral multiples
of $1,000,000 in excess thereof and (ii) the aggregate of all
optional reductions to the Revolving Credit Commitments may not
exceed $25,000,000 during the Term. Except for charges under
subsection 3.2.5 applicable to prepayments of LIBOR Portions,
such prepayments shall be without premium or penalty.
3.4.
Application of Payments and Collections .
3.4.1.
Collections . All items of payment received by Agent in
immediately available funds by 12:00 noon, Chicago, Illinois, time,
on any Business Day shall be deemed received on that Business Day.
All items of payment received after 12:00 noon, Chicago, Illinois,
time, on any Business Day shall be deemed received on
the
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following
Business Day. If as the result of collections of Accounts as
authorized by subsection 6.2.4 hereof or otherwise, a credit
balance exists in the Loan Account, such credit balance shall not
accrue interest in favor of Borrowers, but shall be disbursed to a
Borrower or otherwise at a Borrower’s direction in the manner
set forth in subsection 3.1.3, upon a Borrower’s request
at any time, so long as no Default or Event of Default then exists.
Agent may at its option, offset such credit balance against any of
the Obligations upon and during the continuance of an Event of
Default.
3.4.2.
Apportionment, Application and Reversal of Payments .
Principal and interest payments shall be apportioned ratably among
Lenders (according to the unpaid principal balance of the Loans to
which such payments relate held by each Lender). All payments shall
be remitted to Agent and all such payments not relating to
principal or interest of specific Loans, or not constituting
payment of specific fees, and all proceeds of Accounts, or, except
as provided in subsection 3.3.1, other Collateral received by
Agent, shall be applied, ratably, subject to the provisions of this
Agreement, first , to pay any fees, indemnities, or expense
reimbursements (other than amounts related to Product Obligations)
then due to Agent or Lenders from any Borrower; second , to
pay interest due from Borrowers in respect of all Loans, including
Swingline Loans and Agent Loans; third , to pay or prepay
principal of Swingline Loans and Agent Loans; fourth , to
pay or prepay principal of the Revolving Credit Loans (other than
Swingline Loans and Agent Loans) and unpaid reimbursement
obligations in respect of Letters of Credit; fifth , to pay
an amount to Agent equal to all outstanding Letter of Credit
Obligations to be held as cash Collateral for such Obligations (in
an amount of 105% of the aggregate amount thereof); sixth ,
to the payment of any other Obligation (other than amounts related
to Product Obligations) due to the Agent or any Lender by any
Borrower; and seventh , to pay any amounts owing in respect
of Product Obligations. As between Agent and Borrowers, after the
occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, Agent
shall have the continuing exclusive right to apply and reapply any
and all such payments and collections received at any time or times
hereafter by Agent or its agent against the Obligations, in such
manner as Agent may deem advisable, notwithstanding any entry by
Agent or any Lender upon any of its books and records.
3.5. All Loans
to Constitute One Obligation .
The
Loans, Letters of Credit and LC Guarantees shall constitute one
general joint and several Obligation of Borrowers, and shall be
secured by Agent’s Lien upon all of the
Collateral.
Agent
shall enter all Loans as debits to one or more loan accounts (each,
a “Loan Account”) and shall also record in the Loan
Account all payments made by or on behalf of each Borrower on any
Obligations and all proceeds of Collateral which are finally paid
to Agent, and may record therein, in accordance with customary
accounting practice,
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other debits
and credits, including interest and all charges and expenses
properly chargeable to each Borrower.
3.7.
Statements of Account .
Agent
will account to Borrowers monthly with a statement of Loans,
charges and payments made pursuant to this Agreement during the
immediately preceding month, and such account rendered by Agent
shall be deemed final, binding and conclusive upon Borrowers absent
demonstrable error unless Agent is notified by Borrowers in writing
to the contrary within 30 days of the date each accounting is
received by Borrowers. Such notice shall only be deemed an
objection to those items specifically objected to
therein.
If
any law or any governmental or quasi-governmental rule, regulation,
policy, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of
law) adopted or implemented after the date of this Agreement and
having general applicability to all banks or finance companies
within the jurisdiction in which any Lender operates (excluding,
for the avoidance of doubt, the effect of and phasing in of capital
requirements or other regulations or guidelines passed prior to the
date of this Agreement), or any interpretation or application
thereof by any governmental authority charged with the
interpretation or application thereof, or the compliance of such
Lender therewith, shall:
(i)
(1) subject such Lender to any tax with respect to this
Agreement (other than (a) any tax based on or measured by net
income or otherwise in the nature of a net income tax, including,
without limitation, any franchise tax or any similar tax based on
capital, net worth or comparable basis for measurement and
(b) any tax collected by a withholding on payments and which
neither is computed by reference to the net income of the payee nor
is in the nature of an advance collection of a tax based on or
measured by the net income of the payee) or (2) change the
basis of taxation of payments to such Lender of principal, fees,
interest or any other amount payable hereunder or under any Loan
Documents (other than in respect of (a) any tax based on or
measured by net income or otherwise in the nature of a net income
tax, including, without limitation, any franchise tax or any
similar tax based on capital, net worth or comparable basis for
measurement and (b) any tax collected by a withholding on
payments and which neither is computed by reference to the net
income of the payee nor is in the nature of an advance collection
of a tax based on or measured by the net income of the
payee);
(ii) impose,
modify or hold applicable any reserve (except any reserve taken
into account in the determination of the applicable LIBOR), special
deposit, assessment or similar requirement against assets held by,
or deposits in or for the account of, advances or loans by, or
other credit extended by, any office of such Lender, including
(without limitation) pursuant to Regulation D; or
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(iii) impose on
such Lender or the London interbank market any other condition with
respect to any Loan Document;
and the result
of any of the foregoing is to increase the cost to such Lender of
making, renewing or maintaining Loans hereunder or the result of
any of the foregoing is to reduce the rate of return on such
Lender’s capital as a consequence of its obligations
hereunder, or the result of any of the foregoing is to reduce the
amount of any payment (whether of principal, interest or otherwise)
in respect of any of the Loans, then, in any such case, Borrowers
shall jointly and severally pay such Lender, upon demand and
certification not later than sixty (60) days following its
receipt of notice of the imposition of such increased costs, such
additional amount as will compensate such Lender for such
additional cost or such reduction, as the case may be, to the
extent such Lender has not otherwise been compensated, with respect
to a particular Loan, for such increased cost as a result of an
increase in the Base Rate or the LIBOR. An officer of the
applicable Lender shall determine the amount of such additional
cost or reduced amount using reasonable averaging and attribution
methods and shall certify the amount of such additional cost or
reduced amount to Borrowers, which certification shall include a
written explanation of such additional cost or reduction to
Borrowers. Such certification shall be conclusive absent manifest
error. If a Lender claims any additional cost or reduced amount
pursuant to this Section 3.8, then such Lender shall use
reasonable efforts (consistent with legal and regulatory
restrictions) to designate a different lending office or to file
any certificate or document reasonably requested by Borrowers if
the making of such designation or filing would avoid the need for,
or reduce the amount of, any such additional cost or reduced amount
and would not, in the sole discretion of such Lender, be otherwise
disadvantageous to such Lender.
3.9.
Basis for Determining Interest Rate Inadequate .
In
the event that Agent or any Lender shall have determined
that:
(i) reasonable
means do not exist for ascertaining the LIBOR for any Interest
Period; or
(ii) Dollar
deposits in the relevant amount and for the relevant maturity are
not available in the London interbank market with respect to a
proposed LIBOR Portion, or a proposed conversion of a Base Rate
Portion into a LIBOR Portion; then
Agent or such
Lender shall give Borrowers prompt written, telephonic or
electronic notice of the determination of such effect. If such
notice is given, (i) any such requested LIBOR Portion shall be
made as a Base Rate Portion, unless Borrowers shall notify Agent no
later than 11:00 a.m. (Chicago, Illinois time) three
(3) Business Days prior to the date of such proposed borrowing
that the request for such borrowing shall be canceled or made as an
unaffected type of LIBOR Portion, and (ii) any Base Rate
Portion which was to have been converted to an affected type of
LIBOR Portion shall be continued as or converted into a Base Rate
Portion, or, if Borrowers shall notify Agent, no later than
11:00 a.m. (Chicago,
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Illinois time)
three (3) Business Days prior to the proposed conversion,
shall be maintained as an unaffected type of LIBOR
Portion.
3.10.
Sharing of Payments, Etc .
If
any Lender shall obtain any payment (whether voluntary,
involuntary, through the exercise of any right of set-off, or
otherwise) on account of any Loan made by it in excess of its
ratable share of payments on account of Loans made by all Lenders,
such Lender shall forthwith purchase from each other Lender such
participation in such Loan as shall be necessary to cause such
purchasing Lender to share the excess payment ratably with each
other Lender; provided , that if all or any portion of such
excess payment is thereafter recovered from such purchasing Lender,
such purchase from each Lender shall be rescinded and such Lender
shall repay to the purchasing Lenders the purchase price to the
extent of such recovery, together with an amount equal to such
Lender’s ratable share (according to the proportion of
(i) the amount of such Lender’s required repayment to
(ii) the total amount so recovered from the purchasing Lender)
of any interest or other amount paid or payable by the purchasing
Lender in respect of the total amount so recovered. Borrowers agree
that any Lender so purchasing a participation from another Lender
pursuant to this Section 3.10 may, to the fullest extent
permitted by law, exercise all its rights of payment (including the
right of set-off) with respect to such participation as fully as if
such Lender were the direct creditor of each Borrower in the amount
of such participation. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained herein, all purchases and repayments to be made under
this Section 3.10 shall be made through Agent.
SECTION 4. TERM AND
TERMINATION
Subject
to the right of Lenders to cease making Loans to Borrowers during
the continuance of any Default or Event of Default, this Agreement
shall be in effect from the Closing Date through and including
third anniversary of the Closing Date (the “Term”),
unless terminated earlier as provided in Section 4.2
hereof.
4.2.1.
Termination by Lenders . Agent may, and at the direction of
Majority Lenders shall, terminate this Agreement upon notice during
the continuance of an Event of Default.
4.2.2.
Termination by Borrowers . Upon at least 30 days’
prior written notice to Agent and Lenders, Borrowers may, at their
option, terminate this Agreement; provided , however
, no such termination shall be effective until Borrowers have paid
or collateralized to Agent’s reasonable satisfaction all of
the Obligations in immediately available funds, all Letters of
Credit and LC Guaranties have expired, terminated or have been cash
collateralized (in an amount equal to 105% of the Dollar Equivalent
of the LC Amount) to Agent’s reasonable satisfaction and
Borrowers have
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complied with
subsection 3.2.5. Any notice of termination given by Borrowers
shall be irrevocable unless all Lenders otherwise agree in writing
and no Lender shall have any obligation to make any Loans or issue
or procure any Letters of Credit or LC Guaranties on or after the
termination date stated in such notice. Without limiting
Borrowers’ right to reduce the amount of the Revolving Loan
Commitments pursuant to subsection 3.3.7, Borrowers may elect
to terminate this Agreement in its entirety only. No section of
this Agreement or type of Loan available hereunder may be
terminated singly.
4.2.3. Effect
of Termination . All of the Obligations shall be immediately
due and payable upon the last day of the Term or the termination
date stated in any notice of termination of this Agreement. All
undertakings, agreements, covenants, warranties and representations
of Borrowers contained in the Loan Documents shall survive any such
termination and Agent shall retain its Liens in the Collateral and
Agent and each Lender shall retain all of its rights and remedies
under the Loan Documents notwithstanding such termination until all
Obligations have been discharged or paid, in full, in immediately
available funds, including, without limitation, all Obligations
under subsection 3.2.5 resulting from such termination.
Notwithstanding the foregoing or the payment in full of the
Obligations, Agent shall not be required to terminate its Liens in
the Collateral unless, with respect to any loss or damage Agent may
incur as a result of dishonored checks or other items of payment
received by Agent from any Borrower or any Account Debtor and
applied to the Obligations, Agent shall, at its option,
(i) have received a written agreement satisfactory to Agent,
executed by Borrowers and by any Person whose loans or other
advances to any Borrower are used in whole or in part to satisfy
the Obligations, indemnifying Agent and each Lender from any such
loss or damage or (ii) have retained cash Collateral or other
Collateral for such period of time as Agent, in its reasonable
discretion, may deem necessary to protect Agent and each Lender
from any such loss or damage.
SECTION 5. SECURITY
INTERESTS
5.1.
Security Interest in Collateral .
To
secure the prompt payment and performance to Agent, each Lender and
each Affiliate of Agent and each Lender of the Obligations, each
Borrower hereby grants to Agent for the benefit of itself, each
Lender and each Affiliate of Agent and each Lender a continuing
Lien upon all of such Borrower’s assets, including all of the
following Property and interests in Property of such Borrower,
whether now owned or existing or hereafter created, acquired or
arising and wheresoever located:
(ii) Certificated
Securities;
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(iv) Computer
Hardware and Software and all rights with respect thereto,
including, any and all licenses, options, warranties, service
contracts, program services, test rights, maintenance rights,
support rights, improvement rights, renewal rights and
indemnifications, and any substitutions, replacements, additions or
model conversions of any of the foregoing;
(xi) General
Intangibles, including Payment Intangibles and Software;
(xii) Goods
(including all of its Equipment, Fixtures and Inventory), and all
accessions, additions, attachments, improvements, substitutions and
replacements thereto and therefor;
(xiv) Intellectual
Property;
(xv) Inventory
(including without limitation Bill and Hold Inventory and Trailer
Inventory);
(xvi) Investment
Property;
(xvii) money (of
every jurisdiction whatsoever);
(xviii)
Letter-of-Credit Rights;
(xix) Payment
Intangibles;
(xx) Security
Entitlements;
(xxii) Supporting
Obligations;
(xxiii)
Uncertificated Securities; and
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(xxiv) to the
extent not included in the foregoing, all other personal property
of any kind or description;
together with
all books, records, writings, data bases, information and other
property relating to, used or useful in connection with, or
evidencing, embodying, incorporating or referring to any of the
foregoing, and all Proceeds, products, offspring, rents, issues,
profits and returns of and from any of the foregoing;
provided , that to the extent that the provisions of any
lease or license of Computer Hardware and Software or Intellectual
Property expressly prohibit (which prohibition is enforceable under
applicable law) any assignment thereof, and the grant of a security
interest therein, Agent will not enforce its security interest in
the applicable Borrower’s rights under such lease or license
(other than in respect of the Proceeds thereof) for so long as such
prohibition continues, it being understood that upon request of
Agent, such Borrower will in good faith use reasonable efforts to
obtain consent for the creation of a security interest in favor of
Agent (and to Agent’s enforcement of such security interest)
in Agent’s rights under such lease or license ,
excluding licenses to use JD Edwards World, SAP and One World
software, for which no Lien or consent shall be requested or
obtained.
5.2.1.
Commercial Tort Claims . The applicable Borrower shall
notify Agent in writing at the time monthly financial statements
are to be delivered pursuant to subsection 8.1.3(ii), after
incurring or otherwise obtaining a Commercial Tort Claim against
any third party in an amount greater than $1,000,000 and, upon
request of Agent, promptly enter into an amendment to this
Agreement and do such other acts or things deemed appropriate by
Agent to give Agent a security interest in any such Commercial Tort
Claim. Each Borrower represents and warrants that as of the date of
this Agreement, to its knowledge, it does not possess any
Commercial Tort Claims other than as described on
Exhibit 5.2.1 hereto.
5.2.2. Other
Collateral . The applicable Borrower shall notify Agent in
writing at the time monthly financial statements are to be
delivered pursuant to subsection 8.1.3(ii), upon acquiring or
otherwise obtaining any Collateral after the Closing Date
consisting of any Deposit Accounts, Investment Property in an
amount greater than $1,000,000, Letter-of-Credit Rights in an
amount greater than $1,000,000 or Electronic Chattel Paper in an
amount greater than $1,000,000 and, upon the request of Agent,
promptly execute such other documents, and do such other acts or
things deemed appropriate by Agent to deliver to Agent control with
respect to such Collateral; promptly notify Agent in writing at the
time monthly financial statements are to be delivered pursuant to
subsection 8.1.3(ii), upon acquiring or otherwise obtaining
any Collateral consisting of Documents or Instruments valued in an
amount greater than $1,000,000 and, upon the request of Agent, will
promptly execute such other documents, and do such other acts or
things deemed appropriate by Agent to deliver to Agent possession
of such Documents which are negotiable and Instruments, and, with
respect to nonnegotiable Documents, to have such nonnegotiable
Documents issued in the name of Agent; and with respect to
Collateral in the
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possession of a
third party, other than Certificated Securities and Goods covered
by a Document, obtain an acknowledgement from the third party that
it is holding the Collateral for the benefit of Agent.
5.3.
Lien Perfection; Further Assurances .
Each
Borrower shall execute such instruments, assignments or documents
as are necessary to perfect Agent’s Lien upon any of the
Collateral and shall take such other action as may be required to
perfect or to continue the perfection of Agent’s Lien upon
the Collateral. Unless prohibited by applicable law, each Borrower
hereby authorizes Agent to execute and file any UCC, PPSA or
similar financing statement, including, without limitation,
financing statements that indicate the Collateral (i) as all
assets of such Borrower or words of similar effect, or (ii) as
being of an equal or lesser scope, or with greater or lesser
detail, than as set forth in Section 5.1, on such
Borrower’s behalf. Each Borrower also hereby ratifies its
authorization for Agent to have filed in any jurisdiction any like
financing statements or amendments thereto if filed prior to the
date hereof. The parties agree that a carbon, photographic or other
reproduction of this Agreement shall be sufficient as a financing
statement and may be filed in any appropriate office in lieu
thereof. At Agent’s request, each Borrower shall also
promptly execute or cause to be executed and shall deliver to Agent
any and all documents, instruments and agreements deemed necessary
by Agent, to give effect to or carry out the terms or intent of the
Loan Documents.
In
addition to the Property described in Sections 5.1 and 5.2 and
the Property of each Guarantor described in the applicable Security
Documents, the due and punctual payment and performance of the
Obligations shall also be secured by the Lien created by Mortgages
upon all real Property of each Borrower or Guarantor owned on the
date hereof. The applicable Borrower or Guarantor shall deliver to
Agent such other documents as Agent and its counsel may reasonably
request relating to the real Property subject to the
Mortgages.
SECTION 6. COLLATERAL
ADMINISTRATION
6.1.1. Location
of Collateral . All Collateral, other than (i) Inventory
in transit, (ii) motor vehicles not included in Trailer
Inventory or (iii) Collateral in the possession of Agent, will
at all times be kept by a Borrower or one of its Subsidiaries at
one or more of the business locations set forth in
Exhibit 6.1.1 hereto as such schedule shall be updated
from time to time in accordance with
Section 8.1.11.
6.1.2.
Insurance of Collateral . Borrowers shall maintain and pay
for insurance upon all Collateral wherever located and with respect
to the business of each Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries,
covering casualty, hazard, public liability, workers’
compensation, business interruption and such other risks in such
amounts and with such insurance companies as are reasonably
satisfactory to Agent.
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Borrowers shall
deliver certified copies of such policies to Agent as promptly as
practicable, with satisfactory lender’s loss payable
endorsements, naming Agent as a mortgagee, loss payee, assignee or
additional insured, as appropriate, as its interest may appear,
showing only such other mortgagees, loss payees, assignees and
additional insureds (i) as required under contractual
arrangements customary to Borrowers’ operations (but not
involving Indebtedness for Money Borrowed) or (ii) as
otherwise are satisfactory to Agent and with respect to business
interruption insurance, an executed collateral assignment thereof.
Each policy of insurance or endorsement shall contain a clause
requiring the insurer to give not less than 10 days’
prior written notice to Agent in the event of cancellation of the
policy for nonpayment of premium and not less than
30 days’ prior written notice to Agent in the event of
cancellation of the policy for any other reason whatsoever and a
clause specifying that the interest of Agent shall not be impaired
or invalidated by any act or neglect of any Borrower, any of its
Subsidiaries or the owner of the Property or by the occupation of
the premises for purposes more hazardous than are permitted by said
policy. All proceeds of business interruption insurance (if any) of
each Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall be remitted to Agent for
application to the outstanding balance of the Revolving Credit
Loans, but shall not permanently reduce the Revolving Loan
Commitments.
Unless Borrowers
provide Agent with evidence of the insurance coverage required by
this Agreement, Agent may, but need not, purchase insurance at
Borrowers’ joint and several expense to protect Agent’s
interests in the Properties of each Borrower and its Subsidiaries.
This insurance may, but need not, protect the interests of each
Borrower and its Subsidiaries. The coverage that Agent purchases
may not pay any claim that a Borrower or any Subsidiary of such
Borrower makes or any claim that is made against a Borrower or any
such Subsidiary in connection with said Property. Borrowers may
later cancel any insurance purchased by Agent, but only after
providing Agent with evidence that Borrowers and their Subsidiaries
have obtained insurance as required by this Agreement. If Agent
purchases insurance, Borrowers will be jointly and severally
responsible for the costs of that insurance, including interest and
any other charges Agent may impose in connection with the placement
of insurance, until the effective date of the cancellation or
expiration of the insurance. The costs of the insurance may be
added to the Obligations. Agent may, in its discretion, provide for
the payment of such costs by making appropriate Revolving Credit
Loans to one or more Borrowers and changing the appropriate Loan
Account or Loan Accounts. The costs of the insurance may be more
than the cost of insurance that Borrowers and the Subsidiaries may
be able to obtain on their own.
6.1.3.
Protection of Collateral . Neither Agent nor any Lender
shall be liable or responsible in any way for the safekeeping of
any of the Collateral or for any loss or damage thereto (except for
reasonable care in the custody thereof while any Collateral is in
Agent’s or any Lender’s actual possession) or for any
diminution in the value thereof, or for any act or default of any
warehouseman, carrier, forwarding agency, or other person
whomsoever, but the same shall be at Borrowers’ sole
risk.
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6.2.
Administration of Accounts .
6.2.1. Records,
Schedules and Assignments of Accounts . Each Company shall keep
accurate and complete records of its Accounts and all payments and
collections thereon. Concurrently with the delivery of each
Borrowing Base Certificate described in subsection 8.1.4, each
Company shall deliver to Agent a detailed aged trial balance of all
of its Accounts in such form and with such detail as may be
reasonably requested by Agent from time to time (“Schedule of
Accounts”), and upon Agent’s request therefor, such
additional information with respect to such Accounts as Agent shall
reasonably request. Concurrently with the delivery of the financial
statements to be delivered pursuant to subsection 8.1.3(i),
each Company shall deliver to Agent a listing of Account Debtors,
showing all names and addresses.
6.2.2.
Intentionally Omitted .
6.2.3. Account
Verification . At any time or times hereafter that Availability
is less than $25,000,000 for 10 consecutive days or an Event of
Default is in existence, any of Agent’s officers, employees
or agents shall have the right, in the name of Agent, any designee
of Agent or a Company, to verify the validity, amount or any other
matter relating to any Accounts by mail, telephone, electronic
communication or otherwise. Each Company shall cooperate fully with
Agent in an effort to facilitate and promptly conclude any such
verification process.
6.2.4.
Maintenance of Dominion Account . Each Company shall
maintain a Dominion Account or Dominion Accounts pursuant to
lockbox and blocked account arrangements acceptable to Agent with
Bank and such other banks as may be selected by such Company. Each
Company shall obtain the agreement by the applicable banks in favor
of Agent to waive any recoupment, setoff rights, and any security
interest in, or against, the funds so deposited. Each Company shall
issue to any such banks an irrevocable letter of instruction
directing such banks to deposit all payments or other remittances
received to the Dominion Account, to the Dominion Account
immediately upon the receipt of notice from Agent that a Dominion
Period is in effect. All funds deposited in the Dominion Account
shall be available to Borrowers at their discretion unless a
Dominion Period is in effect. Upon the occurrence of a Dominion
Event, Agent may, and at the direction of Majority Lenders Agent
shall, send the appropriate notice to Borrowers to commence a
Dominion Period. If a Dominion Period is in effect, all funds in
the Dominion Account shall (I) immediately become the property
of Agent, for the ratable benefit of Lenders and (II) be
applied on account of the Obligations as provided in
subsection 3.2.1. Once a Dominion Period has been commenced,
it shall remain in effect until (a) no Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing, (b) Excess Availability is greater
than or equal to $30,000,000 for 60 consecutive Business Days and
(c) Wabash delivers a written request to Agent that the
Dominion Period be ended; provided that Wabash shall not have the
right to request a termination of a Dominion Period more than two
times during the term of this Agreement. Agent assumes no
responsibility for such lockbox
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and blocked
account arrangements, including, without limitation, any claim of
accord and satisfaction or release with respect to deposits
accepted by any bank thereunder.
6.2.5.
Collection of Accounts, Proceeds of Collateral . To expedite
collection, each Company shall endeavor in the first instance to
make collection of its Accounts for Agent. If no Default or Event
of Default is in existence, (i) each Company shall directly
collect remittances on account of its Accounts owing from retail
customers at its branch locations and (ii) each Company agrees
that all invoices rendered and other requests made by such Company
for payment in respect of Accounts other than retail Accounts shall
contain a written statement directing payment in respect of such
Accounts to be paid to a lockbox established pursuant to
subsection 6.2.4. All remittances received by each Company on
account of Accounts, together with the proceeds of any other
Collateral, shall be held as Agent’s property, for its
benefit and the benefit of Lenders, by such Company as trustee of
an express trust for Agent’s benefit and such Company shall
immediately deposit same in kind in a blocked account or in
the Dominion Account. Upon the occurrence of a Default or an Event
of Default, each Company agrees that all Accounts (including retail
Accounts) shall be collected by payment to a lockbox in the manner
described in clause (ii) above. Agent retains the right at all
times after the occurrence and during the continuance of a Default
or an Event of Default to notify Account Debtors that each
Company’s Accounts have been assigned to Agent and to collect
each Company’s Accounts directly in its own name, or in the
name of Agent’s agent, and to charge the collection costs and
expenses, including attorneys’ fees, jointly and severally to
Borrowers.
6.2.6.
Taxes . If an Account includes a charge for any tax payable
to any governmental taxing authority, Agent is authorized, in its
sole discretion, to pay the amount thereof to the proper taxing
authority for the account of any Borrower and to charge any
Borrower therefor, except for taxes that (i) are being
actively contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings and
with respect to which the applicable Company maintains reasonable
reserves on its books therefor and (ii) would not reasonably
be expected to result in any Lien other than a Permitted Lien. In
no event shall Agent or any Lender be liable for any taxes to any
governmental taxing authority that may be due by any
Company.
6.3.
Administration of Inventory .
6.3.1.
Recordkeeping; Physicals . Each Company shall keep separate
records of its Inventory and Trailer Inventory, which records shall
be complete and accurate and complete in all material respects.
Borrowers shall furnish to Agent separate Inventory and Trailer
Inventory reports for each Company concurrently with the delivery
of each Borrowing Base Certificate described in
subsection 8.1.4, which reports will be in such other format
and detail as Agent shall reasonably request. Each Company shall
conduct a physical inventory no less frequently than annually (or,
if an Event of Default is in existence, quarterly if so requested
by Agent), and, in each case, shall provide to Agent a report based
on each such physical inventory
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promptly
thereafter, together with such supporting information as Agent
shall reasonably request.
6.3.2.
[Intentionally Omitted] .
6.3.3. Vehicle
Titles . Each Borrower that maintains Trailer Inventory shall
at all times maintain in place its current system for processing
and safekeeping of certificates of title for used trailers
constituting part of the Trailer Inventory.
6.4.
Administration of Equipment .
Each
Company shall keep records of its Equipment which shall be complete
and accurate in all material respects itemizing and describing the
kind, type, quality, quantity and book value of its Equipment and
all dispositions made in accordance with subsection 8.2.9
hereof.
6.5.
Payment of Charges .
All
amounts chargeable to any Borrower under Section 6 hereof
shall be Obligations secured by all of the Collateral, shall be
payable on demand and shall bear interest from the date such
advance was made until paid in full at the rate applicable to Base
Rate Portions from time to time.
SECTION 7. REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES
7.1.
General Representations and Warranties .
To
induce Agent and each Lender to enter into this Agreement and to
make advances hereunder, each Borrower warrants, represents and
covenants to Agent and each Lender that:
7.1.1.
Qualification . Each Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries
is a corporation, limited partnership or limited liability company
duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the
laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization. Each
Borrower and each of each Borrower’s Domestic Subsidiaries is
duly qualified and is authorized to do business and is in good
standing as a foreign limited liability company, limited
partnership or corporation, as applicable, in (a) as of the
date hereof, each state or jurisdiction listed on
Exhibit 7.1.1 hereto and (b) all states and
jurisdictions in which the failure of such Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries to be so qualified could reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect.
7.1.2. Power
and Authority . Each Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries is
duly authorized and empowered to enter into, execute, deliver and
perform this Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents to
which it is a party. The execution, delivery and performance of
this Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents have been duly
authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership or
other
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relevant action
and do not and will not (i) require any consent or approval of
the shareholders, partners or members of such Borrower or any of
the shareholders, partners or members, as the case may be, of any
Subsidiary of such Borrower; (ii) contravene such
Borrower’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ charter,
articles or certificate of incorporation, partnership agreement,
certificate of formation, by-laws, limited liability agreement,
operating agreement or other organizational documents (as the case
may be); (iii) violate, or cause such Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries to be in default under, any provision of any law,
rule, regulation, order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree,
determination or award in effect having applicability to such
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, the violation of which could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(iv) result in a breach of or constitute a default under any
indenture or loan or credit agreement or any other agreement, lease
or instrument to which such Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is
a party or by which it or its Properties may be bound or affected,
the breach of or default under which could reasonably be expected
to have a Material Adverse Effect; or (v) result in, or
require, the creation or imposition of any Lien (other than
Permitted Liens) upon or with respect to any of the Properties now
owned or hereafter acquired by such Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries.
7.1.3. Legally
Enforceable Agreement . This Agreement is, and each of the
other Loan Documents when delivered under this Agreement will be, a
legal, valid and binding obligation of each Borrower and each of
its Subsidiaries party thereto, enforceable against it in
accordance with its respective terms.
7.1.4. Capital
Structure . Exhibit 7.1.4 hereto states, as of the
date hereof, (i) the correct name of each of the Subsidiaries
of each Borrower, its jurisdiction of incorporation or organization
and the percentage of its Voting Stock owned by such Borrower,
(ii) the name of each Borrower’s and each of its
Subsidiaries’ corporate or Joint Venture relationships and
the nature of the relationship, (iii) the number, nature and
holder of all outstanding Securities of each Borrower other than
Wabash and the holder of Securities of each Subsidiary of such
Borrower and (iv) the number of authorized, issued and
treasury Securities of each Borrower other than Wabash. Each
Borrower has good title to all of the Securities it purports to own
of each of such Subsidiaries, free and clear in each case of any
Lien other than Permitted Liens. All such Securities have been duly
issued and are fully paid and non-assessable. Except as set forth
on Exhibit 7.1.4 , as of the date hereof, there are no
outstanding options to purchase, or any rights or warrants to
subscribe for, or any commitments or agreements to issue or sell
any Securities or obligations convertible into, or any powers of
attorney relating to any Securities of any Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries. Except as set forth on Exhibit 7.1.4 , as
of the date hereof, there are no outstanding agreements or
instruments binding upon any of any Borrower’s or any of its
Subsidiaries’ partners, members or shareholders, as the case
may be, relating to the ownership of its Securities.
7.1.5. Names;
Organization . As of the date hereof, neither any Borrower nor
any of its Subsidiaries has been known as or has used any legal,
fictitious or trade
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names except
those listed on Exhibit 7.1.5 hereto. Except as set
forth on Exhibit 7.1.5 , as of the date hereof neither
any Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries has been the surviving
entity of a merger or consolidation or has acquired all or
substantially all of the assets of any Person. As of the date
hereof, each Borrower’s and each of its Subsidiaries’
state(s) of incorporation or organization, Type of Organization and
Organizational I.D. Number is set forth on
Exhibit 7.1.5 . As of the date hereof, the exact legal
name of each Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries is set forth on
Exhibit 7.1.5 .
7.1.6. Business
Locations; Agent for Process . Each Borrower’s and each
of its Subsidiary’s chief executive office, location of books
and records and other places of business are as listed on
Exhibit 6.1.1 hereto, as updated from time to time by
Borrowers in accordance with the provisions of
subsection 6.1.1. During the preceding one-year period,
neither any Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries has had an office,
place of business or agent for service of process, other than as
listed on Exhibit 6.1.1 . All tangible Collateral is
and will at all times be kept by a Borrower and its Subsidiaries in
accordance with subsection 6.1.1 or subsection 6.3.2.
Except as shown on Exhibit 6.1.1 , as of the date
hereof, no Inventory is stored with a bailee, distributor,
warehouseman or similar party, nor is any Inventory consigned to
any Person.
7.1.7. Title to
Properties; Priority of Liens . Each Borrower and each of its
Subsidiaries has good, indefeasible and marketable title to and fee
simple ownership of, or valid and subsisting leasehold interests
in, all of its real Property, and good title to all of the
Collateral and all of its other Property, in each case, free and
clear of all Liens except Permitted Liens. Each Borrower and each
of its Subsidiaries has paid or discharged all lawful claims which,
if unpaid, might become a Lien against any of such Borrower’s
or such Subsidiary’s Properties that is not a Permitted Lien.
The Liens granted to Agent under Section 5 hereof are first
priority Liens, subject only to Permitted Liens.
7.1.8.
Accounts . Agent may rely, in determining which Accounts are
Eligible Accounts, on all statements and representations made by
each Company with respect to any Account or Accounts. With respect
to each of each Company’s Eligible Accounts, unless otherwise
disclosed to Agent in writing:
(i) it is genuine
and in all respects what it purports to be, and it is not evidenced
by a judgment;
(ii) it arises out
of a completed, bona fide sale and delivery of goods
or rendition of services by such Company, in the ordinary course of
its business and in accordance with the terms and conditions of all
purchase orders, contracts or other documents relating thereto and
forming a part of the contract between such Company and the Account
Debtor;
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(iii) it is for a
liquidated amount maturing as stated in the duplicate invoice
covering such sale or rendition of services, a copy of which has
been furnished or is available to Agent;
(iv) there are no
facts, events or occurrences which in any way impair the validity
or enforceability of any Accounts or tend to reduce the amount
payable thereunder from the face amount of the invoice and
statements delivered or made available to Agent with respect
thereto;
(v) to the best of
such Company’s knowledge, the Account Debtor thereunder
(1) had the capacity to contract at the time any contract or
other document giving rise to the Account was executed and
(2) such Account Debtor is Solvent; and
(vi) to the best
of such Company’s knowledge, there are no proceedings or
actions which are threatened or pending against the Account Debtor
thereunder which might result in any material adverse change in
such Account Debtor’s financial condition or the
collectibility of such Account.
7.1.9.
Equipment . The Equipment of each Borrower and each of its
Subsidiaries is maintained pursuant to customary industry standards
established by Borrowers prior to the date hereof, and all
necessary replacements of and repairs thereto shall be made so that
the operating efficiency thereof shall be maintained and preserved,
reasonable wear and tear excepted. Neither any Borrower nor any of
its Subsidiaries will permit any Equipment to become affixed to any
real Property leased to any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries so
that an interest arises therein under the real estate laws of the
applicable jurisdiction unless the landlord of such real Property
has executed a landlord waiver or leasehold mortgage in favor of
and in form reasonably acceptable to Agent, and no Borrower will
permit any of the Equipment of any Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries to become an accession to any personal Property other
than Equipment that is subject to first priority (except for
Permitted Liens) Liens in favor of Agent.
7.1.10.
Financial Statements; Fiscal Year . The Consolidated balance
sheets of Wabash and its Subsidiaries (including the accounts of
all Subsidiaries of Wabash and their respective Subsidiaries for
the respective periods during which a Subsidiary relationship
existed) as of December 31, 2008, and the related statements
of income, changes in shareholder’s equity, and changes in
financial position for the period ended on such date delivered to
Agent and Lenders, have been prepared in accordance with GAAP, and
present fairly in all material respects the financial positions of
Wabash and such Persons, taken as a whole, at such date and the
results of Wabash’s and such Persons’ operations, taken
as a whole, for such period. As of the date hereof, the fiscal year
of Wabash and each of its Subsidiaries ends on December 31 of
each year.
7.1.11. Full
Disclosure . The financial statements referred to in
subsection 7.1.10 hereof do not, nor does this Agreement or
any other written
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statement of
any Borrower to Agent or any Lender contain any untrue statement of
a material fact or omit a material fact necessary to make the
statements contained therein or herein not misleading. There is no
fact which any Borrower has failed to disclose to Agent or any
Lender in writing which could reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect.
7.1.12. Solvent
Financial Condition . After giving effect to the Loans made
hereunder and the Letters of Credit and LC Guaranties to be issued
hereunder, and the consummation of the other transactions
contemplated hereby, each of Wabash, each other Borrower and each
of their respective Subsidiaries will be Solvent.
7.1.13. Surety
Obligations . Except as set forth on Exhibit 7.1.13
, as of the date hereof, neither any Borrower nor any of its
Subsidiaries is obligated as surety or indemnitor under any surety
or similar bond or other contract or has issued or entered into any
agreement to assure payment, performance or completion of
performance of any undertaking or obligation of any
Person.
7.1.14.
Taxes . The federal tax identification number of each
Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries is shown on
Exhibit 7.1.14 hereto, as updated from time to time by
notice to Agent. Each Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries has
filed all applicable federal, state and local tax returns and other
reports relating to taxes it is required by law to file, and has
paid, or made provision for the payment of, all taxes, assessments,
fees, levies and other governmental charges upon it, its income and
Properties as and when such taxes, assessments, fees, levies and
charges are due and payable, unless and to the extent any thereof
are being actively contested in good faith and by appropriate
proceedings, each Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries maintains
reasonable reserves on its books therefor, no Lien has arisen to
secure such amounts and no Collateral has become subject to
forfeiture or loss as a result of such contest. The provision for
taxes on the books of each Borrower and its Subsidiaries is
adequate for all years not closed by applicable statutes, and for
the current fiscal year.
7.1.15.
Brokers . Except as shown on Exhibit 7.1.15
hereto, there are no claims for brokerage commissions,
finder’s fees or investment banking fees payable by any
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
7.1.16.
Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights and Licenses . Each Borrower
and each of its Subsidiaries owns, possesses or licenses or has the
right to use all the patents, trademarks, service marks, trade
names, copyrights, licenses and other Intellectual Property
necessary for the present and planned future conduct of its
business without any known conflict with the rights of others,
except for such conflicts as could not reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect. All such patents, trademarks,
service marks, tradenames, copyrights, licenses, and other similar
rights as of the date hereof are listed on
Exhibit 7.1.16 hereto, as updated from time to time
pursuant to subsection 8.1.11. As of the date hereof, no claim
has been asserted to any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries which
is currently pending that
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their use of
their Intellectual Property or the conduct of their business does
or may infringe upon the Intellectual Property rights of any third
party. To the knowledge of each Borrower and except as set forth on
Exhibit 7.1.16 hereto, as of the date hereof, no Person
is engaging in any activity that infringes in any material respect
upon any Borrower’s or any of its Subsidiaries material
Intellectual Property. Except as set forth on
Exhibit 7.1.16 , each Borrower’s and each of its
Subsidiaries (i) material trademarks, service marks, and
copyrights are registered with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
or in the U.S. Copyright Office, as applicable, or similarly
registered in Canada and (ii) material license agreements and
similar arrangements relating to its Inventory (1) permits,
and does not restrict, the assignment by any Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries to Agent, or any other Person designated by Agent, of
all of such Borrower’s or such Subsidiary’s, as
applicable, rights, title and interest pertaining to such license
agreement or such similar arrangement and (2) would permit the
continued use by such Borrower or such Subsidiary, or Agent or its
assignee, of such license agreement or such similar arrangement and
the right to sell Inventory subject to such license agreement for a
period of no less than 6 months after a default or breach of
such agreement or arrangement. The consummation and performance of
the transactions and actions contemplated by this Agreement and the
other Loan Documents, including without limitation, the exercise by
Agent of any of its rights or remedies under Section 10, will
not result in the termination or impairment of any of any
Borrower’s or any of its Subsidiaries ownership or rights
relating to its Intellectual Property, except for such Intellectual
Property rights the loss or impairment of which could not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as
listed on Exhibit 7.1.16 and except as could not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect,
(i) neither any Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries is in
breach of, or default under, any term of any license or sublicense
with respect to any of its Intellectual Property and (ii) to
the knowledge of each Borrower, no other party to such license or
sublicense is in breach thereof or default thereunder, and such
license is valid and enforceable.
7.1.17.
Governmental Consents . Each Borrower and each of its
Subsidiaries has, and is in good standing with respect to, all
governmental consents, approvals, licenses, authorizations,
permits, certificates, inspections and franchises necessary to
continue to conduct its business as heretofore or proposed to be
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