Exhibit 10.1
AMENDMENT NO. 2, CONSENT AND
LIMITED WAIVER TO SECOND
AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT
AGREEMENT
This Amendment No. 2, Consent and Limited Waiver
to Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (this "
Amendment ") dated as of June 30, 2008 is made by and among
COVENANT ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC. , a Nevada corporation (the
" Borrower "), COVENANT TRANSPORTATION GROUP, INC.
(formerly known as Covenant Transport, Inc.), a Nevada corporation
and the owner of 100% of the issued and outstanding common stock of
the Borrower (the " Parent "), BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., a
national banking association organized and existing under the laws
of the United States (" Bank of America "), in its capacity
as administrative agent for the Lenders (as defined in the Credit
Agreement (as defined below)) (in such capacity, the "
Administrative Agent "), each of the Lenders signatory
hereto and each of the Subsidiary Guarantors (as defined below)
signatory hereto.
W I T N E S S E T
H :
WHEREAS , the Borrower, the Parent, the Administrative
Agent and the Lenders have entered into that certain Second Amended
and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of December 21, 2006, as
amended by Amendment No. 1 to Second Amended and Restated Credit
Agreement dated August 28, 2007 (as hereby amended and as from time
to time hereafter further amended, modified, supplemented,
restated, or amended and restated, the " Credit Agreement ";
the capitalized terms used in this Amendment not otherwise defined
herein shall have the respective meanings given thereto in the
Credit Agreement), pursuant to which the Lenders have made
available to the Borrower various revolving credit facilities,
including a letter of credit facility and a swing line
facility;
WHEREAS , the Parent has entered into the Parent
Guaranty and certain Subsidiaries of the Parent, including, without
limitation, CTG Leasing Company, a Nevada corporation ("
CTGL "), Southern Refrigerated Transport, Inc., an Arkansas
corporation (" SRT "), and Star Transportation, Inc., a
Tennessee corporation (" Star "; and together with CTGL and
SRT, the " Daimler Finance Subs ") (each a " Subsidiary
Guarantor " and together the " Subsidiary Guarantors ")
have entered into a Subsidiary Guaranty pursuant to which it has
guaranteed certain or all of the obligations of the Borrower under
the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and the Parent,
the Borrower and the Subsidiary Guarantors have entered into
various of the Security Instruments to secure their respective
obligations and liabilities with respect to the Loans and the Loan
Documents;
WHEREAS , the Borrower has advised the Administrative
Agent that for the Four-Quarter Period ending June 30, 2008, it
will not be in compliance with the Consolidated Leverage Ratio as
required by Section 7.01(b) of the Credit Agreement (the "
Leverage Non-Compliance ");
WHEREAS , the Borrower and the Parent have advised the
Administrative Agent that they (together with the Daimler Finance
Subs) desire to enter into a new equipment financing facility in an
amount up to $200,000,000 with Daimler Truck Financial (the "
Daimler Financing "), which will be used to (i) refinance
the existing outstanding Revolving Loans, (ii) reduce each
Lender's Commitment, and (iii) cash collateralize the issued and
outstanding Letters of Credit;
WHEREAS , in connection with the proposed Daimler
Financing, the Borrower and the Parent hereby request (i) the
Lenders consent to the Daimler Financing, (ii) a reduction in
the Aggregate Commitments under the Credit Agreement, and
(iii) the release of the Agent's Liens on certain Collateral
to be pledged under the Daimler Financing; and
WHEREAS , the Borrower and the Parent have requested
certain waivers, consents and amendments under and to certain
provisions of the Credit Agreement, and the Administrative Agent
and the Lenders signatory hereto are willing to effect such
waivers, consents and amendments, in each case as set forth below
pursuant to the terms and conditions contained in this
Amendment.
NOW, THEREFORE , in consideration of the premises and further
valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is
hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as
follows:
1.
Amendments to Credit Agreement . Subject to the
terms and conditions set forth herein, the Credit Agreement is
hereby amended as follows:
(a) The
existing definition of " Aggregate Commitments " in
Section 1.02 is amended by deleting "$200,000,000" from the
second line and inserting "$81,000,000" in lieu thereof.
(b) The
existing definition of " Borrowing Base " in Section
1.02 is deleted in its entirety and the following is inserted
in lieu thereof:
" ' Borrowing Base ' means, in each
case determined at the end of each month and certified by the
Borrower and the Parent in a Borrowing Base Certificate, the
difference of (i) 85% of the net orderly liquidation value of any
Eligible Revenue Equipment as determined under the Taylor Martin
Appraisal, plus (ii) 70% of the net book value of any Eligible
Revenue Equipment that is not valued in the Taylor Martin
Appraisal, plus (iii) the balance in the Cash Collateral Account,
less (iv) the sum of (x) all unsecured Indebtedness permitted
pursuant to Sections 7.04(h) and (i) , (y) any other
unsecured Indebtedness which is not permitted as of the Closing
Date but which may be permitted after the Closing Date in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement, as this Agreement may
be subsequently amended and (z) any other unsecured Indebtedness
not permitted pursuant to Section 7.04 ; provided
that despite any determination of "Borrowing Base" which includes
any Indebtedness under clause (iv)(z) above, nothing in this
definition shall be deemed to permit any Indebtedness not expressly
permitted under this Agreement or to constitute a waiver or cure of
any Default or Event of Default that arises as a result of the
incurrence of Indebtedness that is not permitted under this
Agreement."
(c) The
existing definition of " Letter of Credit Sublimit " in
Section 1.02 is amended by deleting "$100,000,000" from the
first line and inserting "$51,000,000" in lieu thereof.
(d) The
following definitions are added to Section 1.02 in the
appropriate alphabetical locations therein:
" ' Cash Collateral Account ' means
account #1235840848 established at Bank of America, which shall be
subject to a Lien in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit
of the Credit Secured Parties.
" ' Daimler Equipment Facility '
means the $200,000,000 Daimler Truck Financial credit facility, as
in effect on the date hereof or as amended from time to time in
accordance with this Agreement.
" ' Daimler Collateral ' means any
Certificate-of-Title Collateral which secures the Daimler Equipment
Facility.
" ' Daimler Loan Documents ' means any
and all documents, instruments or agreements evidencing or relating
to the Daimler Equipment Facility.
" ' Second Amendment Effective Date
' means June 30, 2008.
" ' Taylor Martin Appraisal ' means the
Summary Appraisal Report for Certain Assets of Covenant
Transportation Group, Inc. dated as of June 3, 2008, prepared by
Taylor & Martin, Inc.
(e)
Section 2.01 is deleted in its entirety and the following is
inserted in lieu thereof:
" 2.01. Revolving Loans
. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein,
each Lender severally agrees to make loans (each such loan, a '
Revolving Loan ') to the Borrower from time to time, on any
Business Day during the Availability Period, in an aggregate amount
not to exceed at any time outstanding the amount of such Lender's
Commitment; provided , however , that after giving
effect to any Revolving Borrowing, (i) the Total Outstandings
shall not exceed the lesser of (x) the Aggregate Commitments, or
(y) the Borrowing Base, (ii) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of
the Revolving Loans of any Lender, plus such Lender's
Applicable Percentage of the Outstanding Amount of all L/C
Obligations, plus such Lender's Applicable Percentage of the
Outstanding Amount of all Swing Line Loans shall not exceed such
Lender's Commitment, and (iii) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of
the Revolving Loans of all Lenders shall not exceed
$30,000,000. Within the limits of each Lender's
Commitment, and subject to the other terms and conditions hereof,
the Borrower may borrow under this Section 2.01 , prepay
under Section 2.05 , and reborrow under this Section
2.01 . Revolving Loans may be Base Rate Loans or
Eurodollar Rate Loans, as further provided herein."
(f)
Section 7.03(h) is deleted in its entirety and the following
inserted in lieu thereof:
"(h) Liens
securing financing permitted by Section 7.04(j) or Liens
securing the Daimler Equipment Financing; and"
(g)
Section 7.04(k) is amended by inserting the phrase "or the
Daimler Equipment Facility" after "Permitted Receivables
Securitization".
(h)
Section 7.19(a) is deleted in its entirety and the following
is inserted in lieu thereof:
"(a) Amend,
modify or change in any manner any term or condition of any
Indebtedness described in Section 7.04(a), (d), (f), (g), (h),
(i), (j), or (l) , other than as permitted by Section
7.04(l) , or any Subordination Agreement, the Receivables
Purchase Agreement or any other document governing or evidencing a
Permitted Receivables Securitization (except where the purpose of
such amendment, modification or change is to add additional
originators to the Permitted Receivables Securitization or to
permit annual renewals of the Permitted Receivables
Securitization), or any Daimler Loan Document, or any document
governing or evidencing Synthetic Lease Obligations, so that the
terms and conditions thereof are any less favorable to the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders than the terms thereof as of
the Closing Date or as thereafter initially entered into in
compliance with the terms of this Agreement, or deprive the
Borrower or any Guarantor or other Subsidiary of the Parent as a
party to any Licensing Agreement or Servicing Agreement of any
license or right granted thereunder necessary or conducive to the
operation of its trucking business; and"
(i)
Section 8.01(e) is deleted in its entirety and the following
is inserted in lieu thereof:
"(e)
Defaults Under Other Agreements . If there shall
occur (i) a default, which is not waived, in the payment of any
principal, interest, premium or other amount with respect to (A)
the Permitted Receivables Securitization, (B) the Synthetic Lease
Obligations, (C) the Daimler Equipment Facility, or (D) any other
Indebtedness (other than the Loans and other Obligations) of the
Borrower, the Parent or any Subsidiary of either in an amount or
Rate Hedge Value, as applicable, not less than $2,500,000 in the
aggregate outstanding, or (ii) a default, which is not waived, in
the performance, observance or fulfillment of any term or covenant
contained in (A) the Receivables Purchase Agreement, (B) any
document governing or evidencing the Synthetic Lease Obligations,
(C) the Daimler Equipment Facility, or (D) any agreement or
instrument under or pursuant to which any such Indebtedness or Rate
Hedging Obligation may have been issued, created, assumed,
guaranteed or secured by the Borrower, the Parent or any Subsidiary
of the Parent, or (iii) with respect to any such Rate Hedging
Obligation, any termination event shall occur as to which the
Borrower, the Parent or any Subsidiary of the Parent is the
"affected party" under the agreement or instrument governing such
Rate Hedging Obligation, or (iv) any other event of default as
specified in any agreement or instrument under or pursuant to which
any such Indebtedness may have been issued, created, assumed,
guaranteed or secured by the Borrower, the Parent or any Subsidiary
of either, and such default or event of default or termination
shall continue for more than the period of grace, if any, therein
specified, or such default or event of default or termination event
shall permit the holder of or counterparty to any such Indebtedness
(or any agent or trustee acting on behalf of one or more holders or
counterparties) to accelerate the maturity of any such Indebtedness
or terminate any agreement or instrument governing any such Rate
Hedging Obligation; or"
(j)
Section 9.10 is deleted in its entirety and the following is
inserted in lieu thereof:
" 9.10 Collateral and Guaranty
Matters . The Lenders and the L/C Issuer irrevocably
authorize the Administrative Agent, at its option and in its
discretion,
"(a) to
release any Lien on any property granted to or held by the
Administrative Agent under any Loan Document (i) upon termination
of the Aggregate Commitments and payment in full of all Obligations
(other than contingent indemnification obligations) and the
expiration or termination of all Letters of Credit, (ii) that
is sold or to be sold as part of or in connection with any sale
permitted hereunder or under any other Loan Document, or (iii)
subject to Section 10.01 , if approved, authorized or
ratified in writing by the Required Lenders;
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