Exhibit 10.37
TWELFTH AMENDMENT AND
WAIVER
TWELFTH AMENDMENT AND WAIVER (this
“ Agreement ”), dated as of November
, 2008, to the Credit Agreement, dated as
of December 22, 2006 (as amended, restated, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time, including all schedules
thereto, the “ Credit Agreement ”), by and among
the lenders identified on the signature pages thereof (such
lenders, together with their respective successors and permitted
assigns, are referred to hereinafter each individually as a “
Lender ” and collectively as the “
Lenders ”), Wells Fargo Foothill, Inc . , a
California corporation, as the arranger and administrative agent
for the Lenders (in such capacity, together with its successors and
assigns in such capacity, the “ Agent ”),
Velocity Express Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “
Parent ”), each of the Parent’s Subsidiaries
identified on the signature pages thereof as a Borrower (such
Subsidiaries are referred to hereinafter each individually as a
“ Borrower ”, and individually and collectively,
jointly and severally, as the “ Borrowers ”),
and each of Parent’s Subsidiaries identified on the signature
pages thereof as a Guarantor (such Subsidiaries, together with the
Parent, are referred to hereinafter each individually as a “
Guarantor ”, and individually and collectively,
jointly and severally, as the “ Guarantors ”).
Capitalized terms used in this Agreement and not defined herein
shall have the applicable meanings given to such terms in the
Credit Agreement.
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, one or more Events of
Default have occurred and are continuing under
Section 7.2(a) of the Credit Agreement as a result of
the noncompliance by the Parent and its Subsidiaries with the
driver pay covenant set forth in Section 6.16(c) of the
Credit Agreement for the three week periods ending October 17,
2008 (the “ Specified Default ”);
WHEREAS, the Borrowers have
requested that the Agent and the Required Lenders agree and,
subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Agent
and the Required Lenders have agreed to waive the Specified Default
commencing on the Twelfth Amendment and Waiver Effective Date (as
defined below).
NOW, THEREFORE, the Agent, the
Required Lenders and the Loan Parties hereby agree as
follows:
1. Loan Parties
Acknowledgments . The Loan Parties hereby acknowledge, confirm
and agree that:
(a) As of the close of business on
November , 2008, (i) the aggregate
outstanding principal amount of the Advances (not including amounts
accrued but not yet charged to the Loan Account) is
$
and the aggregate stated amount of all outstanding Letters of
Credit is
$ ,
and (ii) the Borrowers are unconditionally indebted and liable
for the repayment in full of the outstanding principal amount of
all Advances, all contingent reimbursement obligations with respect
to outstanding Letters of Credit and all other Obligations,
including, without limitation, the Applicable Prepayment Premium,
the fees set forth in the Fee Letter and the fees and expenses of
legal counsel to the Agent, without offset, defense or counterclaim
of any kind, nature or description.
(b) All Obligations are secured by
valid, enforceable and perfected first priority Liens (except as
otherwise expressly provided in the Loan Documents) in all of the
Collateral, which Liens are enforceable without offset, defense or
counterclaim.
(c) (i) Each of the Loan
Documents to which the Loan Parties are a party has been duly
executed and delivered to the Agent and each is in full force and
effect as of the date hereof, (ii) the agreements and
obligations of the Loan Parties contained in the Loan Documents to
which they are a party constitute the legal, valid and binding
obligations of the Loan Parties, enforceable against them in
accordance with their terms, and the Loan Parties have no offset,
defense or counterclaim to the enforcement of such Obligations, and
(iii) the Agent and the other members of the Lender Group are
and shall be entitled to the rights, remedies and benefits provided
for in the Loan Documents, subject to the terms of this
Agreement.
(d) The Agent’s and the
Lenders’ execution of this Agreement shall not constitute a
novation, refinancing, discharge, extinguishment or refunding nor
is it to be construed as a release, waiver or modification of any
of the terms, conditions, representations, warranties, covenants,
rights or remedies set forth in the Credit Agreement or any of the
other Loan Documents, except as expressly provided
herein.
(e) (i) Neither the Loan Parties nor
any of their Subsidiaries or Affiliates has any claim or cause of
action against the Agent, any Agent-Related Person, any Lender or
any Lender-Related Person (or any of the directors, officers,
employees, agents, Affiliates or attorneys of the foregoing), and
(ii) the Lender Group has heretofore properly performed and
satisfied in a timely manner all of its obligations to the Loan
Parties and all of their Subsidiaries and Affiliates (if any) under
the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, Loan Parties wish (and the Agent and Lenders agree)
to eliminate any possibility that any past conditions, acts,
omissions, events or circumstances would impair or otherwise
adversely affect the Agent or any Lenders’ rights, interests,
security and/or remedies under the Credit Agreement and the other
Loan Documents. Accordingly, for and in consideration of the
agreements contained in this Agreement and other good and valuable
consideration, the Loan Parties for themselves and their Affiliates
and the successors, assigns, heirs and representatives of each of
the foregoing) (collectively, the “ Releasors ”)
does hereby fully, finally, unconditionally and irrevocably
release, waive and forever discharge the Agent, any Agent-Related
Person, any Lender or any Lender-Related Person, together with
their respective successors, assigns, subsidiaries, affiliates,
agents and attorneys (collectively, the “ Released
Parties ”) from: (x) any and all liabilities,
obligations, duties, responsibilities, promises or indebtedness of
any kind of the Released Parties to the Releasors or any of them
and (y) all claims, demands, disputes, offsets, causes of
action (whether at law or equity), suits or defenses of any kind
whatsoever (if any), which the Releasors or any of them had from
the beginning of the world, now has or might hereafter have against
the Released Parties or any of them, in either case of clauses
(x) or (y) on account of any condition, act, omission,
event, contract, liability, obligation, indebtedness, claim, cause
of action, defense, circumstance or matter of any kind
(1) that existed, arose or occurred at any time from the
beginning of the world to the execution of this Agreement or
(2) that could hereafter arise as a
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result, directly or indirectly, of the execution
of (or the observance of the terms of) this Agreement, the Credit
Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents. For purposes of the
release contained in this clause (e), any reference to any Releasor
shall mean and include, as applicable, such Person’s
successors and assigns, including, without limitation, any
receiver, trustee or debtor-in-possession, acting on behalf of such
Person. As to each and every claim released hereunder, the Loan
Parties hereby represent that they have received the advice of
legal counsel with regard to the releases contained herein and
agrees that no such common law or statutory rule or principle shall
affect the validity or scope or any other aspect of such
release.
2. Amendments . The Loan
Parties, the Lenders and the Agent wish to amend the Credit
Agreement. Accordingly, on the Twelfth Amendment and Waiver
Effective Date, the parties hereto hereby agree as
follows:
(a) Schedule 1.1 of the
Credit Agreement is hereby amended by adding the following new
definitions in the applicable alphabetical order:
“‘ December Fee
” has the meaning specified therefore in
Section 2.11(b) .”
(b) Schedule 1.1 of the
Credit Agreement is hereby amended by amending and restating the
following definition in its entirety:
“‘ Special
Reserve ’ means, the sum of (i) $1,000,000
plus (ii) the amount set forth in the following table
for the applicable period set forth opposite thereto:
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Applicable Amount
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On each Monday commencing on June 30, 2008
through November 16, 2008
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$
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25,000
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On Monday November 17, 2008 through
November 23, 2008
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$
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75,000
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On Monday November 24, 2008 through
November 30, 2008
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$
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25,000
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On each Monday commencing on
December 1, 2008 through December 21, 2008
February 28, 2009
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$
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37,500
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On Monday December 22, 2008 through
December 28, 2008
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$
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75,000
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On each Monday commencing on December 29,
2008 through February 28, 2009
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$
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37,500
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On each Monday commencing on March 2, 2009
through May 31, 2009
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$
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50,000
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On each Monday commencing on June 1, 2009
through December 31, 2009
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$
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62,500”
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(c) Section 2.11 of the
Credit Agreement is hereby amended by amending and restating the
section in its entirety to read as follows:
“ 2.11 Fees .
(a) Borrowers shall pay to
Agent, as and when due and payable under the terms of the Fee
Letter, the fees set forth in the Fee Letter and the following
fees:
(b) If all Obligations have not been
paid in full, on the date that is ninety (90) days after the
Eleventh Amendment Effective Date (the “ Eleventh
Amendment Fee Date ”) , the Borrower shall be obligated
to pay to the Agent, for its sole and separate account, a
non-refundable fee equal to $500,000 (the “ Eleventh
Amendment Fee ”) which fee shall be earned in full on the
Eleventh Amendment Fee Date and shall be payable (i) $250,000,
in immediately available funds, in Dollars, on the Eleventh
Amendment Fee Date and (ii) $250,000, in immediately available
funds, in Dollars, on the date which all other Obligations are
repaid in full, provided , that if an Event of Default
occurs anytime after the Eleventh Amendment Fee Date, any portion
of the Eleventh Amendment Fee that has not been paid shall
immediately become due and payable.
(c) If all Obligations have not been
paid in full, on or before December 19, 2008, the Borrowers
shall be obligated to pay the Agent, for its sole and separate
account, a non-refundable fee equal to $25,000 (the “
December Fee &rdq