AMENDMENT AND TEMPORARY WAIVER
AGREEMENT
This THIRD AMENDMENT AND TEMPORARY WAIVER
AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”) is made as of the
12 th
day of August, 2009
among:
(a)
CONCORD STEEL, INC. (formerly known as
SIG Acquisition Corp.), a Delaware corporation
(“Borrower”);
(b)
the Lenders, as defined in the Credit
Agreement, as hereinafter defined; and
(c) BANK
OF AMERICA, N.A., successor to LaSalle Bank National Association,
as lead arranger and administrative agent for the Lenders under the
Credit Agreement (“Administrative Agent”).
WHEREAS, Borrower, Administrative Agent and the
Lenders are parties to that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of
October 3, 2006, that provides, among other things, for loans and
letters of credit aggregating Thirty-Three Million Dollars
($33,000,000), all upon certain terms and conditions (as amended
and as the same may from time to time be further amended, restated
or otherwise modified, the “Credit
Agreement”);
WHEREAS, Borrower, Administrative Agent and the
Lenders desire to amend the Credit Agreement to modify certain
provisions thereof and add certain provisions thereto;
WHEREAS, each capitalized term used herein and
defined in the Credit Agreement, but not otherwise defined herein,
shall have the meaning given such term in the Credit Agreement;
and
WHEREAS, unless otherwise specifically provided
herein, the provisions of the Credit Agreement revised herein are
amended effective as of the date of this Amendment;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises
and of the mutual covenants herein and for other valuable
consideration, Borrower, Administrative Agent and the Lenders agree
as follows:
1.
Amendment to Definitions
. Section 1.1 of the Credit
Agreement is hereby amended to delete the definitions of
“Applicable Margin”, “Base Rate”,
“Base Rate Margin”, “Borrowing Base”,
“L/C Fee Rate”, “LIBOR Margin”,
“LIBOR Rate” and “Non-Use Fee Rate”
therefrom and to insert in place thereof, respectively, the
following:
“Applicable Margin”
means the Base Rate Margin or the LIBOR Margin, as
appropriate.
“Base Rate” means at
any time a rate per annum equal to the greatest of (a) the Federal
Funds Rate plus fifty (50.00) basis points, (b) the Prime Rate, and
(c) three hundred twenty-five (325.00) basis points.
“Base Rate Margin”
means a rate per annum equal to four hundred fifty (450.00) basis
points.
“Borrowing Base” means
an amount equal to the sum of:
(a)
(i) for the period from the Third
Amendment Effective Date through August 17, 2009, Three Hundred
Ninety-Five Thousand Dollars ($395,000), (ii) for the period from
August 18, 2009 through August 24, 2009, Seven Hundred Ninety
Thousand Dollars ($790,000), (iii) for the period from August 25,
2009 through August 31, 2009, One Million One Hundred Seventy-Eight
Thousand Dollars ($1,178,000), (iv) for the period from September
1, 2009 through September 12, 2009, One Million Three Hundred
Eighty-Two Thousand Dollars ($1,382,000), and (v) for the period
from September 13, 2009 and thereafter, Zero Dollars; provided that
the amounts set forth in subparts (iii) and (iv) above are subject
to confirmation by the financial consultant hired pursuant to
Section 10.13 hereof (acting reasonably) as to the reasonableness
of the amount and timing of payments set forth in the Budget for
such periods; plus
(b)
the undrawn amount of the Letter of
Credit outstanding on the Third Amendment Effective Date;
plus
(c)
(i) any amount due and payable by
Borrower to the financial consultant hired pursuant to Section
10.13 hereof, but only to the extent such amount is approved in
advance by Administrative Agent, and (ii) interest payable to the
Lenders under Section 4.2 hereof.
“L/C Fee Rate” means a
rate per annum equal to two hundred (200.00) basis
points.
“LIBOR Margin” means a
rate per annum equal to six hundred (600.00) basis
points.
“LIBOR Rate” means a
rate per annum equal to the greater of (a) the quotient obtained by
dividing (i) the rate of interest at which United States dollar
deposits in an amount comparable to the amount of the relevant
LIBOR Loan and for a period equal to the relevant Interest Period
are offered in the London Interbank Eurodollar market at 11:00 A.M.
(London time) two Business Days prior to the commencement of such
Interest Period (or three Business Days prior to the commencement
of such Interest Period if banks in London, England were not open
and dealing in offshore United States dollars on such second
preceding Business Day), as displayed in the Bloomberg Financial
Markets system (or other authoritative source selected by
Administrative Agent in its sole discretion) or, if the
Bloomberg Financial Markets system or another authoritative
source is not available, as the LIBOR Rate is otherwise determined
by Administrative Agent in its sole and absolute discretion,
divided by (ii) a number determined by subtracting from 1.00 the
then stated maximum reserve percentage for determining reserves to
be maintained by member banks of the Federal Reserve System for
Eurocurrency funding or liabilities as defined in Regulation D (or
any successor category of liabilities under Regulation D), such
rate to remain fixed for such Interest Period; and (b) one hundred
(100.00) basis points. Administrative Agent’s
determination of the LIBOR Rate shall be conclusive, absent
manifest error.
“Non-Use Fee Rate”
means a rate per annum equal to fifty (50.00) basis
points.
2.
Addition to Definitions
. Section 1.1 of the Credit
Agreement is hereby amended to add the following new definitions
thereto:
“Budget” means that certain budget
prepared by Borrower, as set forth in the exhibit attached to the
Budget Letter.
“Budget Letter” means that certain
Budget Letter, dated as of the Third Amendment Effective Date, by
and between Administrative Agent and Borrower, as the same may from
time to time be amended, restated or otherwise modified.
“Cash Collateral Account” means a
commercial Deposit Account designated “cash collateral
account” and maintained by one or more Parent Entities with
Administrative Agent, without liability by Administrative Agent or
the Lenders to pay interest thereon, from which account
Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Lenders, shall have the
exclusive right to withdraw funds until all of the Secured
Obligations are paid in full.
“Collection” means any
payment made from an Account Debtor to one or more Parent Entities
including, but not limited to, cash, checks, drafts and any other
form of payment.
“Controlled Disbursement
Account” means a commercial Deposit Account designated
“controlled disbursement account” and maintained by one
or more Parent Entities with Administrative Agent, without
liability by Administrative Agent to pay interest
thereon.
“Lockbox” means the post office box
rented by and in the name of one or more Parent Entities in
accordance with Section 10.14(a) hereof.
“Operating Account” means a
commercial Deposit Account designated “operating
account” and maintained by one or more Parent Entities with
Administrative Agent, without liability by Administrative Agent to
pay interest thereon, from which account such Parent Entity or
Parent Entities, as the case may be, shall have the right to
withdraw funds until Administrative Agent, on behalf of the
Lenders, terminates such right after the occurrence of a Default or
an Event of Default.
“Security Account” means a
commercial Deposit Account maintained with Administrative Agent,
without liability by Agent to pay interest thereon, as described in
Section 10.14(e) hereof.
“Settlement Date” mean s each Tuesday (or the next Business Day if such
Tuesday is not a Business Day), or as often as Administrative
Agent, in its sole discretion, deems appropriate.
“Third Amendment Effective Date”
means August 13, 2009.
3.
Amendment to Provisions Regarding
Borrowing Procedures . Article II of the Credit Agreement is
hereby amended to delete Section 2.2.2 therefrom and to insert in
place thereof the following:
2.2.2. Borrowing
Procedures . Borrower shall give a Notice of
Borrowing (which shall include a certification from a Senior
Officer that the requested funds shall be used in a manner
consistent with the Budget) to Administrative Agent of each
proposed borrowing not later than (a) in the case of a Base
Rate borrowing, 1:00 P.M. (Eastern Time) on the proposed date
of such borrowing, and (b) in the case of a LIBOR borrowing,
1:00 P.M. (Eastern Time) at least three Business Days prior to
the proposed date of such borrowing. Each such notice
shall be effective upon receipt by Administrative Agent, shall be
irrevocable, and shall specify the date, amount and type of
borrowing and, in the case of a LIBOR borrowing, the initial
Interest Period therefor. So long as Administrative
Agent has not received written notice that the conditions precedent
set forth in Article XI with respect to such borrowing have
not been satisfied, Administrative Agent shall fund such borrowing
on the requested borrowing date. Each borrowing shall be
on a Business Day. Each LIBOR borrowing shall be in an
aggregate amount of at least Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars
($250,000) and integral multiples of at least One Hundred Thousand
Dollars ($100,000).
4.
Amendment to
Swing Line Facility Provisions . Subsection (a) of Section 2.2.4 of the
Credit Agreement is hereby amended to delete the last sentence
therefrom and to insert in place thereof the
following:
Anything in this Agreement to the
contrary notwithstanding (i) effective on the Third Amendment
Effective Date and thereafter, Swing Line Loans shall not be
available, unless otherwise agreed to by Administrative Agent, in
its sole discretion, and (ii) Borrower shall, on the Third
Amendment Effective Date, repay the aggregate outstanding principal
amount of Swing Line Loans then outstanding.
5.
Amendment to Participation in Letters
of Credit Provisions . Article II of the Credit Agreement is
hereby amended to delete Section 2.3.2 therefrom and to insert in
place thereof the following:
2.3.2.
Participations in Letters of Credit
. Concurrently with the issuance of each Letter of
Credit, the Issuing Lender shall be deemed to have sold and
transferred to each Revolving Credit Lender, and each such
Revolving Credit Lender shall be deemed irrevocably and
unconditionally to have purchased and received from the Issuing
Lender, without recourse or warranty, an undivided interest and
participation, to the extent of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share,
in such Letter of Credit and Borrower’s reimbursement
obligations with respect thereto. (For purposes of
clarification, to the extent the Issuing Lender is also a Revolving
Credit Lender, Letters of Credit issued by the Issuing Lender shall
not be included in the calculation of such Revolving Credit
Lender’s Commitment Percentage of the Revolving Credit
Commitment (other than any participation obligations as a Revolving
Credit Lender).) If Borrower does not pay any
reimbursement obligation when due, Borrower shall be deemed to have
immediately requested that the Revolving Credit Lenders make a
Revolving Loan which is a Base Rate Loan in a principal amount
equal to such reimbursement obligations. Administrative
Agent shall, on each Settlement Date, notify the Revolving Credit
Lenders of each such deemed request and, without the necessity of
compliance with the requirements of Section 2.2.2 ,
Section 12.2 or otherwise such Lender shall make available
to Administrative Agent its Pro Rata Share of such Revolving Loans
in accordance with Section 2.6 hereof. The
proceeds of such Revolving Loan shall be paid over by
Administrative Agent to the Issuing Lender for the account of
Borrower in satisfaction of such reimbursement
obligations. For the purposes of this Agreement, the
unparticipated portion of each Letter of Credit shall be deemed to
be the Issuing Lender’s “participation”
therein. The Issuing Lender hereby agrees, upon request
of Administrative Agent or any Revolving Credit Lender, to deliver
to Administrative Agent or such Revolving Credit Lender a list of
all outstanding Letters of Credit issued by the Issuing Lender,
together with such information related thereto as Administrative
Agent or such Revolving Credit Lender may reasonably
request.
6.
Amendment to Borrowing
Provisions . Article II of the Credit Agreement is
hereby amended to add the following new Section 2.6
thereto:
Section 2.6 Funding of Loans . Anything herein to the contrary
notwithstanding, on and after the Third Amendment Effective Date,
on each Settlement Date (by no later than 2:00 P.M. (Eastern
Time)), Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender of the date,
amount and type of borrowing of each Loan and, in the case of a
LIBOR borrowing, the initial Interest Period with respect
thereto. On each settlement date, each Lender shall
provide Administrative Agent at the office specified by
Administrative Agent with immediately available funds covering such
Lender’s Pro Rata Share of such Loan. Each
Lender agrees to reimburse Agent
for such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Loans advanced by
Administrative Agent on behalf of such Lender on the date of such
notice, subject to no conditions precedent
whatsoever. Each Lender acknowledges and agrees that
such Lender’s obligation to reimburse Administrative Agent is
absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any
circumstance whatsoever, including, without limitation, the
occurrence and continuance of a Default or Event of Default, and
that its payment to Administrative Agent shall be made without any
offset, abatement, recoupment, counterclaim, withholding or
reduction whatsoever and whether or not the Commitment shall have
been reduced or terminated. If Administrative Agent shall elect to advance the
proceeds of any Loan prior to receiving funds from such Lender,
Administrative Agent shall have the right, upon prior notice to
Borrower, to debit any account of Borrower or otherwise receive
such amount from Borrower, promptly after demand, in the event that
such Lender shall fail to reimburse Administrative Agent in
accordance with this subsection. If, and to the extent,
any Lender shall not have made its portion of the Loan available to
Administrative Agent by 3:00 P.M. (Eastern Time) on such Settlement
Date and Administrative Agent shall elect to provide such funds,
such Lender agrees to pay interest on such amount to Administrative
Agent, for Administrative Agent’s account, forthwith on
demand, for each day from the date such amount was to have been
delivered to Administrative Agent to the date such amount is paid,
at a rate per annum equal to (a) for the first three days after
demand, the Federal Funds Rate from time to time in effect, and (b)
thereafter, the Base Rate from time to time in
effect.
7.
Amendment to Provisions Regarding Interest Payment Dates
. Article IV of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended
to delete Section 4.2 therefrom and to insert in place thereof the
following:
Section 4.2. Interest Payment
Dates . Accrued interest on each Base Rate Loan and
LIBOR Loan shall be payable in arrears on the first day of each
calendar month and on the Termination Date. After the
Termination Date, and at any time an Event of Default exists,
accrued interest on all Loans shall be payable on
demand.
8.
Addition to Fees Provisions . Article V of the
Credit Agreement is hereby amended to add the following new
Sections 5.4 and 5.5 to the end thereof:
Section 5.4. Collateral Audit and Appraisal Fees
. Borrower shall promptly
reimburse Administrative Agent, for its sole benefit, for all costs
expenses relating to collateral field audits, appraisals (including
appraisals for equipment and machinery, real property and
Inventory) or other collateral assessments that may be conducted
from time to time by or on behalf of Administrative Agent, the
scope and frequency of which shall be in the sole discretion of
Administrative Agent.
Section 5.5. Authorization to Debit Accounts
. Borrower hereby agrees that
Administrative Agent has the right to debit from any deposit
account (including the Cash Collateral Account) of Borrower,
amounts owing to Administrative Agent by Borrower under this
Agreement and the Loan Documents for payment of fees and expenses
incurred in connection therewith.
9.
Amendment to Application of Payments
Provisions . Article VII of the Credit Agreement is hereby
amended to delete Section 7.1 therefrom and to insert in place
thereof the following:
Section 7.1. Making
of Payments .
(a)
Payments from Borrower
. All payments of principal
and interest on the Loans, and of all fees, shall be made by
Borrower to Administrative Agent in immediately available funds at
the office specified by Administrative Agent not later than 2:00
P.M. (Eastern Time) on the date due; and funds received after that
hour shall be deemed to have been recei