-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, TB/ncm7LSGriXBddf4c2LZ51CNlXEtYnUkukUSLlPmeB+oIF6kbqa2MnOpqZrf/s 9+dFThpcoTu9XsinReo9Xg== 0001193125-05-014802.txt : 20050131 0001193125-05-014802.hdr.sgml : 20050131 20050131103021 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-05-014802 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 6 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20050127 ITEM INFORMATION: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement ITEM INFORMATION: Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20050131 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20050131 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: LEXINGTON PRECISION CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000012570 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: FABRICATED RUBBER PRODUCTS, NEC [3060] IRS NUMBER: 221830121 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0814 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-03252 FILM NUMBER: 05560173 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 767 THIRD AVE 29TH FL CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10017 BUSINESS PHONE: 2123194657 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 30195 CHAGRIN BLVD STREET 2: SUITE 208W CITY: CLEVELAND STATE: OH ZIP: 44124-5755 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: BLASIUS INDUSTRIES INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19890116 8-K 1 d8k.htm FORM 8-K Form 8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 


 

FORM 8-K

 


 

CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT

TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): January 27, 2005

 


 

Lexington Precision Corporation

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 


 

Delaware

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

 

0-3252   22-1830121
(Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer Identification No.)
40 East 52nd Street, New York, NY   10022
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

 

(212) 319-4657

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

N/A

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 


 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 



Section 1 - Registrant’s Business and Operations

 

Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

On January 27, 2005, Lexington Precision Corporation (“LPC”) and its subsidiary, Lexington Rubber Group, Inc. (“LRG”), entered into an amendment (the “Wachovia Amendment”) to the Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement (the “Wachovia Agreement”), dated as of December 18, 2003, by and among LPC and LRG, as borrowers (collectively, the “Borrowers”), the parties to the Wachovia Agreement, as lenders, and Wachovia Bank, National Association (“Wachovia”), as agent for the lenders, as amended.

 

The Wachovia Amendment provides for an additional term loan to the Borrowers in the amount of $1,500,000, resulting in an aggregate outstanding principal amount of $11,400,000 in term loans under the Wachovia Agreement. Under the terms of the Amendment, the Borrowers’ monthly principal payments are reduced to $200,000 from $300,000. In addition, the Wachovia Amendment eliminates the option of a Eurodollar Rate for term loans and requires that the Borrowers pay interest on any borrowings at the following rates per annum:

 

    1.00% in excess of the Prime Rate, for Prime Rate Revolving Loans;

 

    3.25% in excess of the Adjusted Eurodollar Rate, for Eurodollar Rate Revolving Loans; and

 

    4.75% in excess of the Prime Rate, for Prime Rate Term Loans.

 

The Wachovia Amendment also modifies certain financial covenants in the Wachovia Agreement and eliminates $600,000 of reserves against the availability of funds under the revolving credit facility. The revolving credit facility under the Wachovia Agreement was amended to reduce the maximum borrowings thereunder from $23,500,000 to $20,000,000, subject to availability under a borrowing base formula. A copy of the Wachovia Amendment is filed herewith as Exhibit 10.1 and is incorporated by reference herein. Copies of the amended term notes issued by LPC and LRG are filed herewith as Exhibits 10.2 and 10.3, respectively, and are incorporated by reference herein.

 

On January 27, 2005, the Borrowers also entered into an amendment (the “Ableco Amendment”) to the Loan and Security Agreement (the “Ableco Agreement”), dated as of December 18, 2003, by and among the Borrowers, the parties to the Ableco Agreement, as lenders, and Ableco Finance LLC (“Ableco”), as agent for the lenders, as amended. The Ableco Amendment modifies the financial covenants in the Ableco Agreement to reflect the provisions of the Wachovia Amendment and permits the Borrowers to borrow additional funds under the Wachovia Amendment, subject to certain conditions. A copy of the Ableco Amendment is filed herewith as Exhibit 10.4 and is incorporated by reference herein.

 

On January 27, 2005, Wachovia, as agent for the lenders under the Wachovia Agreement, and Ableco, as agent for the lenders under the Ableco Agreement, entered into an amendment to the Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of December 18, 2003, by and between Wachovia, the lenders under the Wachovia Agreement, Ableco and the lenders under the Ableco Agreement. The amendment modifies the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement and permits the Borrowers to borrow additional funds under the Wachovia Amendment. A copy of Amendment No. 1 to Intercreditor Agreement is filed herewith as Exhibit 10.5 and is incorporated by reference herein.

 

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Section 2 - Financial Information

 

Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off- Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.

 

The date, parties and a brief description of the amended term loans are provided in Item 1.01 above, and incorporated herein by reference. The material terms of the amended term loans are described here.

 

Under the amended term loans, the Borrowers will pay interest at a rate equal to 4.75% per annum in excess of the Prime Rate on the first day of each month commencing on February 1, 2005, and will pay principal in sixteen consecutive monthly installments of $200,000 each commencing on March 1, 2005, with the entire unpaid balance due on June 30, 2006. Copies of the amended term notes issued by LPC and LRG are filed herewith as Exhibits 10.2 and 10.3, respectively, and are incorporated by reference herein.

 

Section 9 - Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(a) Financial Statements of Businesses Acquired.

 

Not applicable.

 

(b) Pro Forma Financial Information.

 

Not applicable.

 

(c) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit 10.1    Amendment No. 4 to Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of January 27, 2005, by and among Lexington Precision Corporation, Lexington Rubber Group, Inc., the lenders party to the Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement and Wachovia Bank, National Association, as agent for the lenders.
Exhibit 10.2    Second Amended and Restated Term Promissory Note, dated as of January 27, 2005, by Lexington Precision Corporation, as debtor, payable to the order of Wachovia Bank, National Association, as agent for the lenders under the Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement.
Exhibit 10.3    Second Amended and Restated Term Promissory Note, dated as of January 27, 2005, by Lexington Rubber Group, Inc., as debtor, payable to the order of Wachovia Bank, National Association, as agent for the lenders under the Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement.
Exhibit 10.4    Amendment No. 4 to Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of January 27, 2005, by and among Lexington Precision Corporation, Lexington Rubber Group, Inc., the lenders party to the Loan and Security Agreement and Ableco Finance LLC as agent for the lenders.

 

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Exhibit 10.5    Amendment No. 1 to Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of January 27, 2005, by Wachovia Bank, National Association, as agent for the lenders under the Working Capital Loan and Security Agreement, and Ableco Finance LLC, as agent for the lenders under the Term Loan and Security Agreement.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

   

LEXINGTON PRECISION CORPORATION

   

                            (Registrant)

Date: January 31, 2005

       
   

By:

 

/s/ Dennis J. Welhouse


   

Name:

 

Dennis J. Welhouse

   

Title:

 

Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description


10.1   Amendment No. 4 to Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of January 27, 2005, by and among Lexington Precision Corporation, Lexington Rubber Group, Inc., the lenders party to the Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement and Wachovia Bank, National Association, as agent for the lenders.
10.2   Second Amended and Restated Term Promissory Note, dated as of January 27, 2005, by Lexington Precision Corporation, as debtor, payable to the order of Wachovia Bank, National Association, as agent for the lenders under the Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement.
10.3   Second Amended and Restated Term Promissory Note, dated as of January 27, 2005, by Lexington Rubber Group, Inc., as debtor, payable to the order of Wachovia Bank, National Association, as agent for the lenders under the Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement.
10.4   Amendment No. 4 to Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of January 27, 2005, by and among Lexington Precision Corporation, Lexington Rubber Group, Inc., the lenders party to the Loan and Security Agreement and Ableco Finance LLC as agent for the lenders.
10.5   Amendment No. 1 to Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of January 27, 2005, by Wachovia Bank, National Association, as agent for the lenders under the Working Capital Loan and Security Agreement, and Ableco Finance LLC, as agent for the lenders under the Term Loan and Security Agreement.

 

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EX-10.1 2 dex101.htm AMENDMENT NO. 4 TO AMENDED AND RESTATED LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT Amendment No. 4 to Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement

Exhibit 10.1

 

EXECUTION

 

AMENDMENT NO. 4 TO AMENDED AND RESTATED

LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

AMENDMENT NO. 4 TO AMENDED AND RESTATED LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT, dated as of January 27, 2005, by and among Lexington Precision Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“LPC”), Lexington Rubber Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“LRG” and together with LPC, individually, each a “Borrower” and collectively, “Borrowers”), the parties to the Loan Agreement (as hereinafter defined) as lenders (each individually, a “Lender” and collectively, “Lenders”) and Wachovia Bank, National Association, a national banking association, (as successor by merger to Congress Financial Corporation), in its capacity as agent for Lenders (in such capacity, “Agent”).

 

W I T N E S S E T H :

 

Whereas, Agent, Lenders and Borrowers have entered into financing arrangements pursuant to which Lenders (or Agent on behalf of Lenders) have made and may make loans and advances to Borrowers as set forth in the Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement, dated December 18, 2003, by and among Borrowers, Agent, The CIT Group/Business Credit, Inc., in its capacity as co-agent (in such capacity, “Co-Agent”), and Lenders, as amended by Amendment No. 1 to Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of March 31, 2004, by and among Borrowers, Agent and Lenders, Amendment No. 2 to Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of August 16, 2004, by and among Borrowers, Agent and Lenders and Amendment No. 3 to Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of September 3, 2004, by and among Borrowers, Agent and Lenders (as the same now exists and is amended hereby or may hereafter be further amended, modified, supplemented, extended, renewed, restated or replaced, the “Loan Agreement”), and other agreements, documents and instruments at any time executed and/or delivered in connection therewith (all of the foregoing, including the Loan Agreement, as the same now exist or may hereafter be amended, modified, supplemented, extended, renewed, restated or replaced, being collectively referred to herein as the “Financing Agreements”).

 

WHEREAS, Borrowers have requested that Agent and Lenders agree to certain amendments to the Loan Agreement, including an increase in the Term Loan to LRG and Agent and Lenders are willing to agree to such amendments, subject to the terms and conditions contained herein; and

 

WHEREAS, by this Amendment No. 4, Borrowers, Agent and Lenders intend to evidence such amendments.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual agreements and covenants contained herein, the parties hereto agree as follows:


SECTION 1. Definitions.

 

1.1 Defined Terms. For purposes of this Amendment No. 4, unless otherwise defined herein, all terms used herein, including, but not limited to, those terms used and/or defined in the recitals above, shall have the respective meanings assigned to such terms in the Loan Agreement.

 

1.2 Additional Definitions. As used herein, the following terms shall have the respective meanings given to them below and the Loan Agreement shall be deemed and is hereby amended to include, in addition and not in limitation, each of the following definitions:

 

(a) “Ableco” shall mean Ableco Finance LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, together with its successors and assigns.

 

(b) “Amendment No. 4” shall mean this Amendment No. 4 to Amended Restated Loan and Security Agreement by and among Agent, Lenders and Borrowers as the same now exists or may hereafter be amended, modified, supplemented, extended, renewed, restated or replaced, and the Loan Agreement shall be deemed and is hereby amended to include, in addition and not in limitation of, such definition.

 

(c) “Approved Fund” shall mean with respect to any Lender that is a fund or similar investment vehicle that makes or invests in commercial loans, any other fund or similar investment vehicle that invests in commercial loans which is managed or advised by the same investment advisor as such Lender or by an Affiliate of such investment advisor.

 

(d) “Other Taxes” shall mean any present or future stamp or documentary taxes or any other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies which arise from any payment made hereunder or from the execution, delivery or registration of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any of the other Financing Agreements.

 

(e) “Second Amended LPC Term Note” shall mean the Second Amended and Restated Term Promissory Note, dated of even date herewith, made by LPC payable to the order of Agent in the original principal amount of $2,944,000, as the same now exists or may hereafter be amended, modified, supplemented, extended, renewed, restated or replaced.

 

(f) “Second Amended LRG Term Note” shall mean the Second Amended and Restated Term Promissory Note, dated of even date herewith, made by LRG payable to the order of Agent in the original principal amount of $8,456,000, as the same now exists or may hereafter be amended, modified, supplemented, extended, renewed, restated or replaced.

 

SECTION 2. Amendments to the Loan Agreement.

 

2.1 Credit Facility Revolving Loan Limit. Section 1.30 of the Loan Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

 

“1.30 “Credit Facility Revolving Loan Limit” shall mean $20,000,000.00.

 

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2.2 Interest Rate. Section 1.73 of the Loan Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

 

“1.73 Interest Rate” shall mean,

 

“(a) Subject to clause (b) of this definition below:

 

(i) as to Prime Rate Revolving Loans, a rate equal to one (1%) percent per annum in excess of the Prime Rate,

 

(ii) as to Prime Rate Term Loans, a rate equal to four and three-quarters (4 3/4%) percent per annum in excess of the Prime Rate, and

 

(iii) as to Eurodollar Rate Revolving Loans, a rate equal to three and one-quarter (3 1/4%) percent per annum in excess of the Adjusted Eurodollar Rate (in each case, based on the Eurodollar Rate applicable for the Interest Period selected by a Borrower, or by Administrative Borrower on behalf of such Borrower, as in effect three (3) Business Days after the date of receipt by Agent of the request of or on behalf of such Borrower for such Eurodollar Rate Loans in accordance with the terms hereof, whether such rate is higher or lower than any rate previously quoted to any Borrower).

 

(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in clause (a) of this definition, the Interest Rate (i) shall mean the rate of three (3%) percent per annum in excess of the Prime Rate as to Prime Rate Revolving Loans and the rate of five and one-quarter (5 1/4%) percent per annum in excess of the Adjusted Eurodollar Rate as to Eurodollar Rate Revolving Loans and (ii) shall mean the rate of six and three-quarters (6 3/4%) percent per annum in excess of the Prime Rate as to Prime Rate Term Loans, at Agent’s option or at the direction of the Required Lenders, without notice, (A) either (1) for the period on and after the date of termination or non-renewal hereof until such time as all Obligations are indefeasibly paid and satisfied in full in immediately available funds, or (2) for the period from and after the date of the occurrence of any Event of Default, and for so long as such Event of Default is continuing as determined by Agent and (B) on the Revolving Loans to any Borrower at any time outstanding in excess of the Borrowing Base of such Borrower or the Revolving Loan Limit of such Borrower (whether or not such excess(es) arise or are made with or without Agent’s or any Lender’s knowledge or consent and whether made before or after an Event of Default).”

 

2.3 Reserves. Section 1.119 of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the following words in the last two sentences thereof: “, the Appraisal Reserve and the Rubber Group Reserve.”

 

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2.4 Revolving Loan Limit. Section 1.120 of the Loan Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

 

1.120 “Revolving Loan Limit” shall mean, as to each Borrower, at any time, the amount equal to $20,000,000 minus the then outstanding principal amount of the Revolving Loans and Letter of Credit Accommodations provided to the other Borrower.

 

2.5 Special Reserve. Section 1.128 of the Loan Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

 

“1.128 “Special Reserve” shall mean the Reserve in the amount equal to $750,000.

 

2.6 Term Loans. Section 1.135 of the Loan Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

 

“1.135 Term Loans” shall mean, collectively, the term loans made by or on behalf of Lenders to each Borrower evidenced by the Term Notes as provided for in Section 2.3 hereof and in Section 3 of Amendment No. 4; sometimes being referred to herein individually as a “Term Loan”.

 

2.7 Term Notes. Section 1.136 of the Loan Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

 

“1.136 Term Notes” shall mean, collectively, the LPC Term Note and the Second Amended LRG Term Note; sometimes being referred to herein individually as a “Term Note”.

 

2.8 Existing LPC Term Notes. Section 1.52 of the Loan Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

 

“1.52 “Existing LPC Term Notes” shall mean, the Amended and Restated Promissory Note, dated December 18, 2003, in the principal amount of $4,000,000 made by LRG, in favor of Agent.

 

2.9 Existing LRG Term Notes. Section 1.53 of the Loan Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

 

“1.53 “Existing LRG Term Notes” shall mean, the Amended and Restated Promissory Note, dated December 18, 2003, in the principal amount of $9,500,000 made by LRG, in favor of Agent.”

 

2.10 Maximum Credit. Section 1.87 of the Loan Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

 

“1.87 “Maximum Credit” shall mean the amount of $31,400,000, minus, at any time of determination, the then aggregate amount of principal re-paid by Borrowers to Agent and Lenders in respect of

 

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the Term Loans in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Term Notes.”

 

2.11 Required Lenders. The following sentence is added to the end of the definition of “Required Lenders” set forth at Section 1.118 of the Loan Agreement:

 

“For purposes of this definition, sixty-six and two-thirds (66 2/3%) percent is deemed to be 66.666%.”

 

2.12 Term Loans. Section 2.3 is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

 

“(a) Agent, Lenders and LPC are hereby amending and restating the terms of the outstanding term loans to LPC evidenced by the Existing LPC Term Notes. LPC hereby acknowledges, confirms and agrees that as of January 27, 2005, the aggregate outstanding principal amount in respect of the Existing LPC Term Notes is $2,944,000.00. As of the date of Amendment No. 4, LPC hereby acknowledges, confirms and agrees that as of January 27, 2005, the aggregate outstanding principal amount outstanding in respect of the LPC Term Loan is $2,944,000.00 (the “LPC Term Loan”). The indebtedness of LPC to Agent and Lenders arising pursuant to the LPC Term Loan is hereby amended and restated as set forth in the LPC Term Note. The terms of the LPC Term Loan, shall be set forth in the Second Amended and Restated LPC Term Note and evidenced thereby and shall together constitute part of the Term Loans.

 

(b) The LPC Term Loan is (i) evidenced by the Second Amended LPC Term Note in such original principal amount duly executed and delivered by LPC to Agent concurrently with the execution of Amendment No. 4 and shall constitute part of the Term Loans; (ii) to be repaid, together with interest and other amounts, in accordance with this Agreement and the Second Amended LPC Term Note and (iii) secured by all of the Collateral. The principal amount of the LPC Term Loan shall be repaid in seventeen consecutive (17) consecutive monthly installments (or earlier as provided herein), of which the first sixteen (16) installments shall payable on the first day of each month commencing March 1, 2005 and shall be in the amount of $50,000 and the last installment due on June 30, 2006, shall be in the amount of the entire unpaid balance of the LPC Term Loan LPC may not reborrow any principal amounts prepaid pursuant to the Second Amended LPC Term Note. The amendment and restatement contained herein, including, without limitation, the amendment and restatement of the LPC Term Note, shall not, in any manner, be construed to constitute payment of, or impair, limit, cancel or extinguish, or constitute a novation in respect of, the Obligations evidenced by or arising under the Financing Agreements, and the liens and security

 

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interests securing such Obligations shall not in any manner be impaired, limited, terminated, waived or released.

 

(c) Agent, Lenders and LRG are hereby amending and restating the terms of the outstanding term loans to LRG evidenced by the Existing LRG Term Notes. LRG hereby acknowledges, confirms and agrees that as of January 27, 2005, the aggregate outstanding principal amount in respect of the Existing LRG Term Notes is $6,956,000.00. As of the date of Amendment No. 4, (i) LRG hereby acknowledges, confirms and agrees that as of January 27, 2005, the aggregate outstanding principal amount outstanding in respect of the LRG Term Loan is $6,956,000.00, and (ii) subject to and upon the terms and conditions contained herein, each Lender severally (and not jointly) agrees to make an additional advance to LRG in an amount equal to its Pro Rata Share of an additional advance in the aggregate amount of $1,500,000. Such advance shall, together with the amount outstanding in respect of the Existing LRG Term Notes immediately prior thereto, constitute the Term Loan to LRG (the “LRG Term Loan”), which shall be in the total principal amount of $8,456,000.00. The indebtedness of LRG to Agent and Lenders arising pursuant to the LRG Term Loan and including the additional advance provided for herein is hereby amended and restated as set forth in the LRG Term Note. The terms of the LRG Term Loan, including the additional advance described above, shall be set forth in the LRG Second Amended and Restated Term Note and evidenced thereby and shall together constitute part of the Term Loans.

 

(d) The LRG Term Loan is (a) evidenced by the Second Amended LRG Term Note in such original principal amount duly executed and delivered by LRG to Agent concurrently with the execution of Amendment No. 4 and shall constitute part of the Term Loans; (b) to be repaid, together with interest and other amounts, in accordance with this Agreement and the Second Amended LRG Term Note and (c) secured by all of the Collateral. The principal amount of the LRG Term Loan shall be repaid in seventeen consecutive (17) consecutive monthly installments (or earlier as provided herein), of which the first sixteen (16) installments shall payable on the first day of each month commencing March 1, 2005 and shall be in the amount of $150,000 and the last installment due on June 30, 2006, shall be in the amount of the entire unpaid balance of the LRG Term Loan. LRG may not reborrow any principal amounts prepaid pursuant to the Second Amended LRG Term Note. The amendment and restatement contained herein, including, without limitation, the amendment and restatement of the LRG Term Note, shall not, in any manner, be construed to constitute payment of, or impair, limit, cancel or extinguish, or constitute a novation in respect of, the Obligations evidenced by or

 

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arising under the Financing Agreements, and the liens and security interests securing such Obligations shall not in any manner be impaired, limited, terminated, waived or released.”

 

2.13 Eurodollar Rate Term Loans. Section 31. is hereby amended to include the following new subsection 3.1(e):

 

“(e) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein or in any of the other Financing Agreements, after giving effect to Amendment No. 4, Borrowers shall not request and Agent shall not honor any request for, a Eurodollar Rate Term Loan.”

 

2.14 Taxes. A new Section 6.12 is hereby added to Section 6 of the Loan Agreement:

 

“6.12 Taxes.

 

(a) Any and all payments by or on behalf of a Borrower hereunder and under any other Financing Agreement shall be made, in accordance with Section 6.4, free and clear of and without deduction for any and all Taxes, excluding the following: (i) income or branch profit taxes imposed on the net income of Agent or any Lender (or any transferee or assignee of such Lender, including any Participant, any such transferee or assignee being referred to as a “Transferee”) in the jurisdiction of Agent’s or such Lender’s applicable lending office, jurisdiction of organization or any political subdivision thereof or jurisdiction in which it is otherwise doing business and (ii) franchise or similar taxes imposed on or determined by reference to the net income of Agent or any Lender (or Transferee), in each case by the United States of America or by any jurisdiction under the laws of which such Lender (or Transferee): (A) is organized or any political subdivision thereof, (B) has its applicable lending office located or (C) is otherwise doing business (the Taxes referred to in clauses (i) and (ii) of this Section are collectively referred to as “Excluded Taxes”). In addition, Borrowers and Guarantors agree to pay to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law any Other Taxes.

 

(b) If a Borrower or Guarantor shall be required by law to deduct or withhold in respect of any Taxes or Other Taxes from or in respect of any sum payable hereunder to Agent or any Lender, then:

 

(i) the sum payable shall be increased as necessary so that after making all required deductions and withholdings (including deductions and withholdings applicable to additional sums payable under this Section) such Lender (or Agent on behalf of such Lender or itself, as

 

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the case may be) receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions or withholdings been made;

 

(ii) such Borrower or Guarantor shall make such deductions and withholdings;

 

(iii) such Borrower or Guarantor shall pay the full amount deducted or withheld to the relevant taxing authority or other authority in accordance with applicable law; and

 

(iv) to the extent not paid to Agent and Lenders pursuant to clause (i) above, Borrowers and Guarantors shall also pay to Agent or any Lender, at the time interest is paid, all additional amounts which Agent or any Lender specifies as necessary to preserve the after tax yield such Lender would have received if such Taxes or Other Taxes had not been imposed.

 

(c) Within thirty (30) days after the date of any payment by a Borrower or Guarantor of Taxes or Other Taxes, upon Agent’s request, Administrative Borrower shall furnish to Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt evidencing payment thereof, or other evidence of payment reasonably satisfactory to Agent.

 

(d) Borrowers and Guarantors will indemnify Agent and each Lender (or Transferee) for the full amount of Taxes and Other Taxes paid by Agent or such Lender (or Transferee, as the case may be). If Agent or such Lender (or Transferee) receives a refund in respect of any Taxes or Other Taxes for which Agent or such Lender (or Transferee) has received payment from a Borrower or Guarantor hereunder, Agent or such Lender (as the case may be) shall credit to the loan account of the applicable Borrower the amount of such refund plus any interest received (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made, or additional amounts paid, by or on behalf of such Borrower under this Section 6.12 with respect to the Taxes or Other Taxes giving rise to such refund). If a Lender (or any Transferee) claims a tax credit in respect of any Taxes for which it has been indemnified by a Borrower or Guarantor pursuant to this Section 6.12, such Lender will apply the amount of the actual dollar benefit received by such Lender as a result thereof, as reasonably calculated by such Lender and net of all expenses related thereto, to the Loans made by such Lender. If Taxes or Other Taxes were not correctly or legally asserted, Agent or such Lender shall, upon Administrative Borrower’s request and at the expense of Borrowers and Guarantors, provide such documents to Administrative Borrower in form and substance satisfactory to Agent, as Administrative

 

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Borrower may reasonably request, to enable such Borrower or Guarantor to contest such Taxes or Other Taxes pursuant to appropriate proceedings then available to such Borrower or Guarantor (so long as providing such documents shall not, in the good faith determination of Agent or the Lender, have a reasonable likelihood of resulting in any liability of Agent or such Lender for which Agent has not established a Reserve). The indemnity provided for herein shall survive the payment of the Obligations and the termination of this Agreement. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability and setting forth in reasonable detail the calculation and basis for such payment or liability delivered to Administrative Borrower by a Lender or by Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender, shall be conclusive, absent manifest error.

 

(e) Each Lender, Transferee of a Lender or Agent that is not a United States person within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code and that is a Lender or claims indemnification or additional amounts under this Section 6.12 (a “Non U.S. Person”) shall deliver to Agent (or, in the case of an assignee of a Lender which (x) is an Affiliate of such Lender or an Approved Fund of such Lender and (y) does not deliver an Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to the last sentence of Section 13.7(a), to the assigning Lender only) two (2) copies of the applicable United States Internal Revenue Service Forms wherein such Non-U.S. Person claims entitlement to a complete exemption from U.S. federal income withholding tax on all payments by or on behalf of Borrowers and Guarantors under this Agreement and the other Financing Agreements. In addition, in the case of a Non-U.S. Person claiming exemption from U.S. Federal withholding tax under Section 871(h) or 881(c) of the Code, such Non-U.S. Lender hereby represents to the Agent and the Borrowers that such Non-U.S. Lender is not a bank for purposes of Section 881(c) of the Code, is not a 10-percent shareholder (within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code) of any Borrower and is not a controlled foreign corporation related to any Borrower (within the meaning of Section 864(d)(4) of the Code), and such Non-U.S. Person agrees that it shall promptly notify the Agent in the event any such representation is no longer accurate. Each Non- U.S. Person who does not deliver a Form W-8ECI, W-BEN or W-8 IMY, as the case may be, represents that all services performed hereunder with respect to any fees received or to be received will have been and will be, performed outside of the United States. Such forms shall be delivered by any Non U.S. Person receiving payments by or on behalf of Borrowers and Guarantors on or before the date it becomes a party to this Agreement (or, in the case of a Transferee that is a Participant, on or before the date such Participant becomes a Transferee hereunder) and on or before the

 

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date, if any, such Non U.S. Person changes its applicable lending office by designating a different lending office (a “New Lending Office”). In addition, a Non U.S. Person shall upon written notice from Agent or the assigning Lender, as applicable, promptly deliver such new forms as are required by the relevant Governmental Authority to claim exemption from, or reduction in the rate of, U.S. Federal withholding tax upon the obsolescence or invalidity of any form previously delivered by such Non U.S. Person. Each Lender and Agent that is a United States Person (other than a Lender or Agent that is a corporation or otherwise exempt from United States backup withholding tax) shall deliver at the time(s) and in the manner(s) if and to the extent such delivery is required under applicable law, to Agent (or, in the case of an assignee of a Lender which (x) is an Affiliate of such Lender or an Approved Fund of such Lender and (y) does not deliver an Assignment and Acceptance to the pursuant to the last sentence of Section 13.7(a), to the assigning Lender only), a properly completed and duly executed United States Internal Revenue Form W 9 or any successor form, certifying that such Person is exempt from United States backup withholding Tax on payments made by or on behalf of Borrowers and Guarantors hereunder. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 6.12(e), no Non U.S. Person, Agent or Lender shall be required to deliver any form pursuant to this Section 6.12(e) that such Non-U.S. Person, Agent or Lender is not legally able to deliver.

 

(f) Borrowers shall not be required to indemnify any Person or to pay any additional amounts to any Person pursuant to subsections (a), (b) or (d) above to the extent that the (i) the Tax was applicable on the date such Person became a party to this Agreement (or, in the case of a Transferee or a Participant, on the date such Person became a Transferee or Participant hereunder) or, with respect to payments to a New Lending Office, the date such Person designated such New Lending Office with respect to a Loan; provided, that this subsection shall not apply to any Transferee or New Lending Office that becomes a Transferee or New Lending Office as a result of an assignment, participation, transfer or designation made at the request or with the approval of any Borrower or Guarantor or (ii) the obligation to pay such additional amounts would not have arisen but for a failure by such Person to comply with the provisions of subsection (e) above or the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Person as determined pursuant to a final, non appealable order of a court of competent jurisdiction.

 

(g) In the event that any Borrower is required to pay additional amounts pursuant to this Section 6.12, Borrowers may, upon notice to Agent and the applicable Lender, either prepay in

 

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whole or in part the outstanding balance of any Loan being maintained by the applicable Lender or require such Lender to assign and delegate without recourse all of its interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement to an assignee selected by Borrower or Agent.”

 

2.15 Minimum EBITDA. As of December 1, 2004, Section 9.18 of the Loan Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

 

“9.18 Minimum EBITDA.

 

(a) The EBITDA of Borrowers (on a consolidated basis) for the immediately preceding twelve (12) consecutive months (treated as a single accounting period) as of the end of each month set forth below shall be not less than the amount set forth below with respect to such month:

 

Month


   Minimum EBITDA

December 2004

   $ 11,500,000

January 2005

   $ 11,500,000

February 2005

   $ 11,500,000

March 2005

   $ 11,500,000

April 2005

   $ 12,000,000

May 2005

   $ 12,500,000

June 2005

   $ 13,000,000

July 2005

   $ 13,500,000

August 2005

   $ 14,000,000

September 2005

   $ 14,500,000

October 2005

   $ 15,000,000

November 2005

   $ 15,500,000

December 2005 and as of the end of each month thereafter for the 12 months then ended

   $ 16,000,000

 

2.16 Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio. Section 9.19 of the Loan Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

 

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“The Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of Borrowers (on a consolidated basis) for the immediately preceding twelve (12) consecutive months (treated as a single accounting period) as of the last day of each fiscal quarter set forth below shall be not less than the ratio set forth below with respect to such fiscal quarter:

 

Fiscal Quarter Ending


   Ratio

December 31, 2004    0.55:1
March 31, 2005    0.60:1
June 30, 2005    0.80:1
September 30, 2005    0.90:1
December 31, 2005    0.95:1
March 31, 2006 and the last day of each fiscal quarter thereafter    1.00:1”

 

2.17 Early Termination Fee. Section 13.1(c) of the Loan Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

 

“(c) If for any reason this Agreement is terminated prior to the Renewal Date, in view of the impracticality and extreme difficulty of ascertaining actual damages and by mutual agreement of the parties as to a reasonable calculation of Agent’s and each Lender’s lost profits as a result thereof, Borrowers agree to pay to Agent for itself and the ratable benefit of Lenders (except as set forth below), upon the effective date of such termination, an early termination fee in the amount equal to:

 

Amount


  

Period


(i) $470,000 plus 2% of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Term Loans

   December 18, 2003, through December 18, 2005; and

(ii) $235,000 plus 1% of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Term Loans

   From and after December 19, 2005 to but not including the date which is sixty (60) days prior to the Renewal Date

 

Such early termination fee shall be presumed to be the amount of damages sustained by Agent and Lenders as a result of such early termination and Borrowers agree that it is reasonable under the circumstances currently existing. In addition, Agent and Lenders shall be entitled to such early termination fee upon

 

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the occurrence of any Event of Default described in Sections 10.1(g) and 10.1(h) hereof, even if Agent and Lenders do not exercise the right to terminate this Agreement, but elect, at their option, to provide financing to any Borrower or permit the use of cash collateral under the United States Bankruptcy Code. The early termination fee provided for in this Section 13.1 shall be deemed included in the Obligations. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Section 13.1(c), any early termination fee payable by Borrowers to Agent for the benefit of Lenders shall be reduced by the amount equal to the Pro Rata Share attributable to Ableco or to any assignee or participant of Ableco and Ableco agrees on behalf of itself and any assignee or participant that it shall not be entitled to receive any portion of such fee.”

 

2.18 Assignments; Participations. Section 13.7 of the Loan Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

 

“13.7 Assignments; Participations.

 

(a) Each Lender may, with the prior written consent of Agent, assign all or, if less than all, a portion equal to at least $5,000,000 in the aggregate for the assigning Lender, of such rights and obligations under this Agreement to one or more Eligible Transferees or Approved Funds (but not including for this purpose any assignments in the form of a participation), each of which assignees shall become a party to this Agreement as a Lender by execution of an Assignment and Acceptance; provided, that, (i) except as otherwise provided in the last sentence of this Section 13.7(a), such transfer or assignment will not be effective until recorded by Agent on the Register (as defined below), (ii) no written consent of Agent shall be required in connection with any assignment by a Lender to an Affiliate of such Lender or an Approved Fund, and (iii) Agent shall have received for its sole account payment of a processing fee from the assigning Lender or the assignee in the amount of $5,000, provided, that, such fee shall not be applicable to any assignments made to Affiliates of the assigning Lender or Approved Funds. Notwithstanding anything contained to the contrary in this Section 13.7(a), a Lender may assign any or all of its rights under the Financing Agreements to an Affiliate of such Lender or an Approved Fund without delivering an Assignment and Acceptance to the Agent or to the Borrowers; provided, however, that (A) the Borrowers and the Agent may continue to deal solely and directly with such assigning Lender until an Assignment and Acceptance has been delivered to the Agent for recordation on the Register, (B) the failure of such assigning Lender to deliver an Assignment and Acceptance to Agent shall not affect the legality, validity, or binding effect of such assignment, and (C) an Assignment and Acceptance between the assigning Lender and an Affiliate of such Lender or an

 

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Approved Fund of such Lender shall be effective as of the date specified in such Assignment and Acceptance.

 

(b) Agent, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent for Borrowers, shall maintain a register of the names and addresses of Lenders, their Commitments and the principal amount of their Loans (the “Register”). Agent shall also maintain a copy of each Assignment and Acceptance delivered to and accepted by it and shall modify the Register to give effect to each Assignment and Acceptance. The entries in the Register shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error, and any Borrowers, Obligors, Agent and Lenders may treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement. The Register shall be available for inspection by Administrative Borrower and any Lender at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice. In the case of an assignment by a Lender to any of its Approved Funds that is not reflected in Agent’s Register, the assigning Lender, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of Borrowers, shall maintain a comparable register on behalf of Borrowers (a “Related Party Register”).

 

(c) Upon such execution, delivery, acceptance and recording, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Acceptance, the assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and to the other Financing Agreements and, to the extent that rights and obligations hereunder have been assigned to it pursuant to such Assignment and Acceptance, have the rights and obligations (including, without limitation, the obligation to participate in Letter of Credit Accommodations) of a Lender hereunder and thereunder and the assigning Lender shall, to the extent that rights and obligations hereunder have been assigned by it pursuant to such Assignment and Acceptance, relinquish its rights and be released from its obligations under this Agreement.

 

(d) By execution and delivery of an Assignment and Acceptance, the assignor and assignee thereunder confirm to and agree with each other and the other parties hereto as follows: (i) other than as provided in such Assignment and Acceptance, the assigning Lender makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to any statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with this Agreement or any of the other Financing Agreements or the execution, legality, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of this Agreement or any of the other Financing Agreements furnished pursuant hereto, (ii) the assigning Lender makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to the financial condition of any Borrower, Obligor or any of their Subsidiaries or the performance or observance by any Borrower or

 

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Obligor of any of the Obligations; (iii) such assignee confirms that it has received a copy of this Agreement and the other Financing Agreements, together with such other documents and information it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into such Assignment and Acceptance, (iv) such assignee will, independently and without reliance upon the assigning Lender, Agent and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under this Agreement and the other Financing Agreements, (v) such assignee appoints and authorizes Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers under this Agreement and the other Financing Agreements as are delegated to Agent by the terms hereof and thereof, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto, and (vi) such assignee agrees that it will perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations which by the terms of this Agreement and the other Financing Agreements are required to be performed by it as a Lender. Agent and Lenders may furnish any information concerning any Borrower or Obligor in the possession of Agent or any Lender from time to time to assignees and Participants.

 

(e) Each Lender may sell participations to one or more banks or other entities in or to all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement and the other Financing Agreements (including, without limitation, all or a portion of its Commitments and the Loans owing to it and its participation in the Letter of Credit Accommodations, without the consent of Agent or the other Lenders); provided, that, (i) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement (including, without limitation, its Commitment hereunder) and the other Financing Agreements shall remain unchanged, (ii) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations, and Borrowers, the other Lenders and Agent shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement and the other Financing Agreements, and (iii) the Participant shall not have any rights under this Agreement or any of the other Financing Agreements (the Participant’s rights against such Lender in respect of such participation to be those set forth in the agreement executed by such Lender in favor of the Participant relating thereto) and all amounts payable by any Borrower or Obligor hereunder shall be determined as if such Lender had not sold such participation.

 

(f) Nothing in this Agreement shall prevent or prohibit any Lender from pledging its Loans hereunder to a Federal Reserve Bank in support of borrowings made by such Lenders from such Federal

 

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Reserve Bank or to any other lender or group of lenders that provides financing to such Lender as security for such Lender’s obligations to such lender or group of lenders; provided, that, no such pledge shall release such Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee for such Lender as a party hereto.

 

(g) Borrowers agree to cooperate with Agent or any Lender permitted to sell assignments or participations under this Section 13.7 and upon request shall take commercially reasonable actions in order to enable or effect any such assignment or participation, including (but not limited to) the execution and delivery of any and all agreements, notes and other documents and instruments as shall be reasonably requested by Agent or any Lender and the delivery of informational materials, appraisals or other documents for, and the participation of relevant management in meetings and conference calls with, potential Lenders or Participants.

 

(h) (i) Loans (and any Note, if any, evidencing the same) may be assigned or sold in whole or in part only by registration of such assignment or sale on the Register or the Related Party Register (and each Note shall expressly so provide). Any assignment or sale of all or part of such Loan (and the Note, if any, evidencing the same) may be effected only by registration of such assignment or sale on the Register or the Related Party Register, together with the surrender of the Note, if any, evidencing the same duly endorsed by (or accompanied by a written instrument of assignment or sale duly executed by) the holder of such Note, whereupon, at the request of the designated assignee(s) or transferee(s), one or more new Notes in the same aggregate principal amount shall be issued to the designated assignee(s) or transferee(s). Prior to the registration of assignment or sale of any Loan (and the Note, if any evidencing the same), Agent and Borrowers shall treat the Person in whose name such Loan (and the Note, if any, evidencing the same) is registered as the owner thereof for the purpose of receiving all payments thereon and for all other purposes, notwithstanding notice to the contrary; and

 

(ii) In the event that any Lender sells participations in a Loan, such Lender shall, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrowers, maintain a register on which it enters the name of all participants in such Registered Term Loan (the “Participant Register”). A Loan (and the Registered Term Note, if any, evidencing the same) may be participated in whole or in part only by registration of such participation on the Participant Register (and each Registered Term Note shall expressly so provide). Any participation of such Loan (and the Registered Term Note, if any, evidencing the same) may be effected only by the registration of such participation on the Participant Register.

 

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SECTION 3. Waiver of Event of Default.

 

3.1 Subject to the satisfaction of each of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 8 hereof, Agent and Lenders hereby waive the Event of Default under Section 10.1(a)(iii) of the Loan Agreement arising as a result of the failure of Borrowers to comply with the terms of Section 9.18 of the Loan Agreement with respect to the period ending November 30, 2004 (the “Existing Default”).

 

3.2 Except as agreed to in writing by the Agent prior to the date hereof, Agent and Lenders have not waived, are not by this Amendment No. 4 waiving, and have no intention of waiving any Event of Default which may have occurred on or prior to the date hereof, whether or not continuing on the date hereof, or which may occur after the date hereof (whether the same or similar to the Events of Default referred to in Section 4.1 above or otherwise), other than the Existing Default (subject to the terms and conditions set forth in Section 4.1 above). The foregoing waiver shall not be construed as a bar to or a waiver of any other or further Event of Default on any future occasion, whether similar in kind or otherwise and shall not constitute a waiver, express or implied, of any of the rights and remedies of Agent and Lenders arising under the terms of the Loan Agreement or any other Financing Agreements on any future occasion or otherwise.

 

SECTION 4. Additional Events of Default. The parties hereto acknowledge, confirm and agree that the failure of any Borrower to comply with any of the covenants, conditions and agreements contained herein or in any other agreement, document or instrument at any time executed by any Borrower in connection herewith shall constitute an Event of Default under the Financing Agreements.

 

SECTION 5. Amendment Fee. In addition to all other fees, charges, interest and expenses payable by Borrowers to Agent and Lenders under the Loan Agreement and the other Financing Agreements, Borrowers shall pay to Agent for the ratable account of Lenders, contemporaneously with the effectiveness of this Amendment No. 4, an amendment fee in the amount of $120,000, which fee shall be fully earned and nonrefundable as of the date hereof and may be charged to any loan account of Borrowers.

 

SECTION 6. Representations and Warranties. Borrowers, jointly and severally, represent, warrant and covenant with and to Agent and Lenders as follows, which representations, warranties and covenants are continuing and shall survive the execution and delivery hereof, the truth and accuracy of, or compliance with each, together with the representations, warranties and covenants in the other Financing Agreements, being a continuing condition of the making of any Loans by Lenders to Borrowers:

 

6.1 As of the date hereof and after giving effect to this Amendment No. 4, no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

 

6.2 Amendment No. 4 has been duly executed and delivered by Borrowers and is in full force and effect as of the date hereof and the agreements and obligations of Borrowers contained herein constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of Borrowers enforceable against Borrowers in accordance with their respective terms.

 

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SECTION 7. Conditions Precedent. This Amendment No. 4 shall be effective as of the date hereof but only upon the satisfaction of each of the following conditions precedent in a manner satisfactory to Agent:

 

7.1 Agent shall have received an original of this Amendment No. 4, duly authorized, executed and delivered by each Borrower;

 

7.2 Agent shall have received the fee referred to in Section 6 hereof;

 

7.3 Agent shall have received an original Second Amended LRG Term Note, dated of even date herewith, made by LRG payable to the order of Agent in the original principal amount of $8,456,000, duly authorized, executed and delivered by LRG;

 

7.4 Agent shall have received a fully-executed copy of an amendment to the Term Loan Lender Agreements, in form and substance satisfactory to Agent;

 

7.5 Agent shall have received, in form and substance satisfactory to Agent, a consent to the transactions set forth in this Amendment No. 4 duly authorized, executed and delivered by Ableco, as Term Loan Lender and an amendment to the Intercreditor Agreement between Agent and Term Loan Lender, in form and substance satisfactory to Agent;

 

7.6 Agent shall have received an Assignment and Acceptance, effective as of the date hereof, made by each of Wachovia Bank, National Association and The CIT Group/Business Credit, Inc., respectively, as Assignors and Ableco, as Assignee with respect to the assignment of each such Lender’s commitment to Ableco, such that after giving effect to all of such assignments each Lender’s commitment shall be as set forth on the signature pages hereto; and

 

7.7 no Default or Event of Default shall exist or have occurred and be continuing (after giving effect to the amendments and waivers set forth in this Amendment No. 4).

 

SECTION 8. Commitments. As of the effective date of this Amendment No. 4, Ableco shall be deemed a Lender under the Loan Agreement and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth on the signature pages to the Loan Agreement, the commitment as to each Lender shall be the principal amount set forth below such Lender’s signature on the signatures pages hereto.

 

SECTION 9. Consent. Agent and Lenders by their signatures below hereby consent to Borrowers entering into Amendment No. 4 to Loan and Security Agreement between Borrowers and Term Loan Lender, in substantially the form annexed hereto as EXHIBIT A.

 

SECTION 10. General.

 

10.1 Except as modified pursuant hereto, no other changes or modifications to the Financing Agreements are intended or implied and in all other respects the Financing Agreements are hereby specifically ratified, restated and confirmed by all parties hereto as of the date hereof. To the extent of conflict between the terms of this Amendment No. 4 and the Financing Agreements, the terms of this Amendment No. 4 shall control.

 

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10.2 The parties hereto shall execute and deliver such additional documents and take such additional actions as may be necessary to effectuate the provisions and purposes of this Amendment No. 4.

 

10.3 The rights and obligations hereunder of each of the parties hereto shall be governed by and interpreted and determined in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, but excluding any principles of conflicts of law or other rule of law that would result in the application of the law of any jurisdiction other than the laws of the State of New York.

 

10.4 This Amendment No. 4 is binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of Agent, Lenders and Borrowers and their respective successors and assigns.

 

10.5 The execution of this Amendment No. 4 by the Agent and Co-Agent represents the consent and authorization of the Required Lenders under the Loan Agreement with respect to the matters set forth herein.

 

10.6 This Amendment No. 4 may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original but all of which when taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument. In making proof of this Amendment No. 4, it shall not be necessary to produce or account for more than one counterpart thereof signed by each of the parties hereto. Delivery of an executed counterpart of this Amendment No. 4 by telefacsimile shall have the same force and effect as delivery of an original executed counterpart of this Amendment No. 4. Any party delivering an executed counterpart of this Amendment No. 4 by telefacsimile also shall deliver an original executed counterpart of this Amendment No. 4, but the failure to deliver an original executed counterpart shall not affect the validity, enforceability, and binding effect of this Amendment No. 4 as to such party or any other party.

 

10.7 The Agent and the Lenders agree that, upon the effectiveness of this Agreement No. 4, including the execution and delivery of the Second Amended LRG Term Note and the Second Amended and Restated LPC Term Note, the Existing LRG Term Notes and the Existing LPC Term Notes shall be marked “amended and restated” and the originals thereof returned by the Agent and the Lenders to the Borrower.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Agent, Lenders and Borrowers have caused this Amendment No. 4 to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.

 

LEXINGTON PRECISION CORPORATION

By:

 

/s/ Michael A. Lubin


Title:

 

Chairman of the Board

LEXINGTON RUBBER GROUP, INC.

By:

 

/s/ Michael A. Lubin


Title:

 

Chairman of the Board

 

AGREED:

 

WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

(successor by merger to Congress Financial Corporation),

as Agent and Lender

   

By:

 

/s/ Herbert C. Korn


   

Title:

 

Vice President

   

Commitment $10,466,876.00

 

Pro Rata Share: 33.334%

THE CIT GROUP/BUSINESS CREDIT, INC.,

   

as Lender

   

By:

 

/s/ George Louis McKinley


   

Title:

 

Vice President

   

Commitment $10,466,562.00

 

Pro Rata Share: 33.333%

ABLECO FINANCE LLC,

   

as Lender

   

By:

 

/s/ Dan Wolf


   

Title:

 

Senior Vice President

   

Commitment $10,466,562.00

 

Pro Rata Share: 33.333%

EX-10.2 3 dex102.htm SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED TERM PROMISSORY NOTE Second Amended and Restated Term Promissory Note

Exhibit 10.2

 

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED

TERM PROMISSORY NOTE

 

$2,944,000

  

New York, New York

    

January 27, 2005

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, LEXINGTON PRECISION CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the “Debtor”), hereby unconditionally promises to pay to the order of WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (as successor by merger to Congress Financial Corporation), a national banking association, in its capacity as agent pursuant to the Loan Agreement (as hereinafter defined) acting for and on behalf of the parties to the Loan Agreement as lenders (in such capacity, “Payee”), at the offices of Payee at 1133 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10036, or at such other place as the Payee or any holder hereof may from time to time designate, the principal sum of TWO MILLION NINE HUNDRED FORTY-FOUR THOUSAND AND 00/100 DOLLARS ($2,944,000) in lawful money of the United States of America and in immediately available funds, in seventeen (17) consecutive monthly installments (or earlier as provided herein), of which the first sixteen (16) installments shall payable on the first day of each month commencing March 1, 2005 and shall be in the amount of FIFTY THOUSAND AND 00/100 DOLLARS ($50,000), and the last installment due on June 30, 2006, shall be in the amount of the entire unpaid balance of this Note.

 

Debtor hereby further promises to pay interest to the order of Payee on the unpaid principal balance hereof at the Interest Rate. Such interest shall be paid in like money at said office or place from the date hereof, commencing February 1, 2005 and on the first day of each month thereafter until the indebtedness evidenced by this Note is paid in full. Interest payable upon and after an Event of Default or termination or non-renewal of the Loan Agreement shall be payable upon demand.

 

For purposes hereof, (i) subject to clause (i) below, the term “Interest Rate” shall mean, a rate equal to four and three quarters (4 3/4%) percent per annum in excess of the Prime Rate (determined as provided in the Loan Agreement); provided, that, (i) notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained above, the Interest Rate shall mean the rate of six and three-quarters (6 3/4%) percent per annum in excess of the Prime Rate, at Payee’s option, without notice, (A) either (1) for the period on and after the date of termination or non-renewal hereof until such time as all Obligations are indefeasibly paid and satisfied in full in immediately available funds, or (2) for the period from and after the date of the occurrence of any Event of Default, and for so long as such Event of Default is continuing as determined by Payee, (ii) the term “Prime Rate” shall mean the rate from time to time publicly announced by Wachovia Bank, National Association, or its successors, as its prime rate, whether or not such announced rate is the best rate available at such bank, (iii) the term “Event of Default” shall mean an Event of Default as such term is defined in the Loan Agreement, and (iv) the term “Loan Agreement” shall mean the Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement, dated of even date herewith, by and among Payee, the lenders party thereto, Debtor and Lexington Rubber Group, Inc., as the same now exists or may hereafter be amended, modified, supplemented, extended, renewed, restated or replaced. Unless otherwise defined herein, all capitalized terms used herein shall have the


meaning assigned thereto in the Loan Agreement.

 

The Interest Rate applicable to the Term Loans payable hereunder shall increase or decrease as to by an amount equal to each increase or decrease, respectively, in the Prime Rate, effective on the first day of the month after any change in the Prime Rate is announced. The increase or decrease shall be based on the Prime Rate in effect on the last day of the month in which any such change occurs. Interest shall be calculated on the basis of a three hundred sixty (360) day year and actual days elapsed. In no event shall the interest charged hereunder exceed the maximum permitted under the laws of the State of New York or other applicable law.

 

This Note is issued pursuant to the terms and provisions of the Loan Agreement to evidence the LPC Term Loan made by Payee to Debtor and to amend and restate the Existing LPC Term Notes, and as so amended and restated, the Existing LPC Term Notes are replaced and superseded by this Note in their entirety. Debtor is, as of the date hereof, indebted to Payee in the principal amount of this Note, together with interest accruing after the date hereof, without offset, defense or counterclaim of any kind, nature or description whatsoever. The substitution and replacement of the Existing LPC Term Notes shall not, in any manner, be construed to constitute payment of the unpaid indebtedness and other obligations and liabilities of Debtor evidenced by or arising under the Existing LPC Term Notes.

 

This Note is secured by the Collateral described in the Loan Agreement and the other Financing Agreements, and is entitled to all of the benefits and rights thereof and of the other Financing Agreements. At the time any payment is due hereunder, at its option, Payee may charge the amount thereof to any account of Debtor maintained by Payee.

 

If any payment of principal or interest is not made when due hereunder, or if any other Event of Default shall occur for any reason, or if the Loan Agreement shall be terminated or not renewed for any reason whatsoever, then and in any such event, in addition to all rights and remedies of Payee under the Financing Agreements, applicable law or otherwise, all such rights and remedies being cumulative, not exclusive and enforceable alternatively, successively and concurrently, Payee may, at its option, declare any or all of Debtor’s Obligations, including, without limitation, all amounts owing under this Note, to be due and payable in accordance with the terms of the Loan Agreement, whereupon the then unpaid balance hereof, together with all interest accrued thereon, shall forthwith become due and payable, together with interest accruing thereafter at the then applicable Interest Rate stated above until the Obligations are paid in full.

 

Debtor (i) waives diligence, demand, presentment, protest and notice (except as otherwise expressly provided in Section 10.2 of the Loan Agreement) of any kind, (ii) agrees that it will not be necessary for Payee to first institute suit in order to enforce payment of this Note and (iii) consents to any one or more extensions or postponements of time of payment, release, surrender or substitution of collateral security, or forbearance or other indulgence, without notice or consent. The pleading of any statute of limitations as a defense to any demand against Debtor is expressly hereby waived by Debtor. Upon any Event of Default or termination or non-renewal of the Loan Agreement, Payee shall have the right, but not the obligation to setoff against this Note all money owed by Payee to Debtor.

 

Payee shall not be required to resort to any Collateral for payment, but may proceed against Debtor and any guarantors or endorsers hereof in such order and manner (as is consistent with the terms of the Loan Agreement) as Payee may choose. None of the rights of Payee shall

 

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be waived or diminished by any failure or delay in the exercise thereof.

 

The validity, interpretation and enforcement of this Note and the other Financing Agreements and any dispute arising in connection herewith or therewith shall be governed by the internal laws of the State of New York, but excluding any principles of conflicts of law or other rule of law that would result in the application of the law of any jurisdiction other than the laws of the State of New York.

 

Debtor irrevocably consents and submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the State of New York for New York County and the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, whichever Payee may elect, and waives any objection based on venue or forum non conveniens with respect to any action instituted therein arising under this Note or any of the other Financing Agreements or in any way connection with or related or incidental to the dealings of Debtor and Payee in respect of this Note or any of the other Financing Agreements or the transactions related hereto or thereto, in each case whether now existing or hereafter arising, and whether in contract, tort, equity or otherwise, and agrees that any dispute arising out of the relationship between Debtor and Payee or the conduct of such persons in connection with this Note or otherwise shall be heard only in the courts described above (except that Payee shall have the right to bring any action or proceeding against Debtor or its property in the courts of any other jurisdiction which Payee deems necessary or appropriate in order to realize on the Collateral or to otherwise enforce its rights against Debtor or its property).

 

Debtor hereby waives personal service of any and all process upon it and consents that all such service of process may be made by certified mail (return receipt requested) directed to it and service so made shall be deemed to be completed five (5) days after the same shall have been so deposited in the U.S. mails, or, at Payee’s option, by service upon Debtor in any other manner provided under the rules of any such courts. Within thirty (30) days after such service, Debtor shall appear in answer to such process, failing which Debtor shall be deemed in default and judgment may be entered by Payee against Debtor for the amount of the claim and other relief requested.

 

DEBTOR HEREBY WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY CLAIM, DEMAND, ACTION OR CAUSE OF ACTION (i) ARISING UNDER THIS NOTE OR (ii) IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH OR RELATED OR INCIDENTAL TO THE DEALINGS BETWEEN DEBTOR AND PAYEE IN RESPECT OF THIS NOTE OR ANY OF THE OTHER FINANCING AGREEMENTS OR THE TRANSACTIONS RELATED HERETO OR THERETO IN EACH CASE WHETHER NOW EXISTING OR HEREAFTER ARISING, AND WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT, EQUITY OR OTHERWISE. DEBTOR AGREES AND CONSENTS THAT ANY SUCH CLAIM, DEMAND, ACTION OR CAUSE OF ACTION SHALL BE DECIDED BY COURT TRIAL WITHOUT A JURY.

 

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This Note shall be binding upon the successors and assigns of Debtor and inure to the benefit of Payee and its successors, endorsees and assigns. Whenever used herein, the term “Debtor” shall be deemed to include its successors and assigns and the term “Payee” shall be deemed to include its successors, endorsees and assigns. If any term or provision of this Note shall be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity of all other terms and provisions hereof shall in no way be affected thereby.

 

LEXINGTON PRECISION CORPORATION

By:

 

/s/ Michael A. Lubin


Title:

 

Chairman of the Board

 

 

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EX-10.3 4 dex103.htm SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED TERM PROMISSORY NOTE Second Amended and Restated Term Promissory Note

Exhibit 10.3

 

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED

TERM PROMISSORY NOTE

 

$8,456,000

  New York, New York
    January 27, 2005

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, LEXINGTON RUBBER GROUP, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Debtor”), hereby unconditionally promises to pay to the order of WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (as successor by merger to Congress Financial Corporation), a national banking association, in its capacity as agent pursuant to the Loan Agreement (as hereinafter defined) acting for and on behalf of the parties to the Loan Agreement as lenders (in such capacity, “Payee”), at the offices of Payee at 1133 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10036, or at such other place as the Payee or any holder hereof may from time to time designate, the principal sum of EIGHT MILLION FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY SIX THOUSAND AND 00/100 DOLLARS ($8,456,000) in lawful money of the United States of America and in immediately available funds, in seventeen (17) consecutive monthly installments (or earlier as provided herein), of which the first sixteen (16) installments shall payable on the first day of each month commencing March 1, 2005 and shall be in the amount of ONE HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND AND 00/100 DOLLARS ($150,000), and the last installment due on June 30, 2006, shall be in the amount of the entire unpaid balance of this Note.

 

Debtor hereby further promises to pay interest to the order of Payee on the unpaid principal balance hereof at the Interest Rate. Such interest shall be paid in like money at said office or place from the date hereof, commencing February 1, 2005 and on the first day of each month thereafter until the indebtedness evidenced by this Note is paid in full. Interest payable upon and after an Event of Default or termination or non-renewal of the Loan Agreement shall be payable upon demand.

 

For purposes hereof, (v) subject to clause (i) below, the term “Interest Rate” shall mean, a rate equal to four and three quarters(4 3/4%) percent per annum in excess of the Prime Rate (determined as provided in the Loan Agreement); provided, that, (i) notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained above, the Interest Rate shall mean the rate of six and three-quarters (6 3/4%) percent per annum in excess of the Prime Rate, at Payee’s option, without notice, (A) either (1) for the period on and after the date of termination or non-renewal hereof until such time as all Obligations are indefeasibly paid and satisfied in full in immediately available funds, or (2) for the period from and after the date of the occurrence of any Event of Default, and for so long as such Event of Default is continuing as determined by Payee, (vi) the term “Prime Rate” shall mean the rate from time to time publicly announced by Wachovia Bank, National Association, or its successors, as its prime rate, whether or not such announced rate is the best rate available at such bank, (vii) the term “Event of Default” shall mean an Event of Default as such term is defined in the Loan Agreement, and (viii) the term “Loan Agreement” shall mean the Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement, dated of even date herewith, by and among Payee, the lenders party thereto, Debtor and Lexington Precision Corporation, as the same now exists or may hereafter be amended, modified, supplemented, extended, renewed, restated or replaced. Unless otherwise defined herein, all capitalized terms used herein shall


have the meaning assigned thereto in the Loan Agreement.

 

The Interest Rate applicable to the Term Loans payable hereunder shall increase or decrease as to by an amount equal to each increase or decrease, respectively, in the Prime Rate, effective on the first day of the month after any change in the Prime Rate is announced. The increase or decrease shall be based on the Prime Rate in effect on the last day of the month in which any such change occurs. Interest shall be calculated on the basis of a three hundred sixty (360) day year and actual days elapsed. In no event shall the interest charged hereunder exceed the maximum permitted under the laws of the State of New York or other applicable law.

 

This Note is issued pursuant to the terms and provisions of the Loan Agreement to evidence the LRG Term Loan made by Payee to Debtor and to amend and restate the Existing LRG Term Notes, and as so amended and restated, the Existing LRG Term Notes are replaced and superseded by this Note in their entirety. Debtor is, as of the date hereof, indebted to Payee in the principal amount of this Note, together with interest accruing after the date hereof, without offset, defense or counterclaim of any kind, nature or description whatsoever. The substitution and replacement of the Existing LRG Term Notes shall not, in any manner, be construed to constitute payment of the unpaid indebtedness and other obligations and liabilities of Debtor evidenced by or arising under the Existing LRG Term Notes.

 

This Note is secured by the Collateral described in the Loan Agreement and the other Financing Agreements, and is entitled to all of the benefits and rights thereof and of the other Financing Agreements. At the time any payment is due hereunder, at its option, Payee may charge the amount thereof to any account of Debtor maintained by Payee.

 

If any payment of principal or interest is not made when due hereunder, or if any other Event of Default shall occur for any reason, or if the Loan Agreement shall be terminated or not renewed for any reason whatsoever, then and in any such event, in addition to all rights and remedies of Payee under the Financing Agreements, applicable law or otherwise, all such rights and remedies being cumulative, not exclusive and enforceable alternatively, successively and concurrently, Payee may, at its option, declare any or all of Debtor’s Obligations, including, without limitation, all amounts owing under this Note, to be due and payable in accordance with the terms of the Loan Agreement, whereupon the then unpaid balance hereof, together with all interest accrued thereon, shall forthwith become due and payable, together with interest accruing thereafter at the then applicable Interest Rate stated above until the Obligations are paid in full.

 

Debtor (i) waives diligence, demand, presentment, protest and notice (except as otherwise expressly provided in Section 10.2 of the Loan Agreement) of any kind, (ii) agrees that it will not be necessary for Payee to first institute suit in order to enforce payment of this Note and (iii) consents to any one or more extensions or postponements of time of payment, release, surrender or substitution of collateral security, or forbearance or other indulgence, without notice or consent. The pleading of any statute of limitations as a defense to any demand against Debtor is expressly hereby waived by Debtor. Upon any Event of Default or termination or non-renewal of the Loan Agreement, Payee shall have the right, but not the obligation to setoff against this Note all money owed by Payee to Debtor.

 

Payee shall not be required to resort to any Collateral for payment, but may proceed against Debtor and any guarantors or endorsers hereof in such order and manner (as is consistent with the terms of the Loan Agreement) as Payee may choose. None of the rights of Payee shall

 

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be waived or diminished by any failure or delay in the exercise thereof.

 

The validity, interpretation and enforcement of this Note and the other Financing Agreements and any dispute arising in connection herewith or therewith shall be governed by the internal laws of the State of New York, but excluding any principles of conflicts of law or other rule of law that would result in the application of the law of any jurisdiction other than the laws of the State of New York.

 

Debtor irrevocably consents and submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the State of New York for New York County and the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, whichever Payee may elect, and waives any objection based on venue or forum non conveniens with respect to any action instituted therein arising under this Note or any of the other Financing Agreements or in any way connection with or related or incidental to the dealings of Debtor and Payee in respect of this Note or any of the other Financing Agreements or the transactions related hereto or thereto, in each case whether now existing or hereafter arising, and whether in contract, tort, equity or otherwise, and agrees that any dispute arising out of the relationship between Debtor and Payee or the conduct of such persons in connection with this Note or otherwise shall be heard only in the courts described above (except that Payee shall have the right to bring any action or proceeding against Debtor or its property in the courts of any other jurisdiction which Payee deems necessary or appropriate in order to realize on the Collateral or to otherwise enforce its rights against Debtor or its property).

 

Debtor hereby waives personal service of any and all process upon it and consents that all such service of process may be made by certified mail (return receipt requested) directed to it and service so made shall be deemed to be completed five (5) days after the same shall have been so deposited in the U.S. mails, or, at Payee’s option, by service upon Debtor in any other manner provided under the rules of any such courts. Within thirty (30) days after such service, Debtor shall appear in answer to such process, failing which Debtor shall be deemed in default and judgment may be entered by Payee against Debtor for the amount of the claim and other relief requested.

 

DEBTOR HEREBY WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY CLAIM, DEMAND, ACTION OR CAUSE OF ACTION (i) ARISING UNDER THIS NOTE OR (ii) IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH OR RELATED OR INCIDENTAL TO THE DEALINGS BETWEEN DEBTOR AND PAYEE IN RESPECT OF THIS NOTE OR ANY OF THE OTHER FINANCING AGREEMENTS OR THE TRANSACTIONS RELATED HERETO OR THERETO IN EACH CASE WHETHER NOW EXISTING OR HEREAFTER ARISING, AND WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT, EQUITY OR OTHERWISE. DEBTOR AGREES AND CONSENTS THAT ANY SUCH CLAIM, DEMAND, ACTION OR CAUSE OF ACTION SHALL BE DECIDED BY COURT TRIAL WITHOUT A JURY.

 

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This Note shall be binding upon the successors and assigns of Debtor and inure to the benefit of Payee and its successors, endorsees and assigns. Whenever used herein, the term “Debtor” shall be deemed to include its successors and assigns and the term “Payee” shall be deemed to include its successors, endorsees and assigns. If any term or provision of this Note shall be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity of all other terms and provisions hereof shall in no way be affected thereby.

 

LEXINGTON RUBBER GROUP, INC.

By:

 

/s/ Michael A. Lubin


Title:

 

Chairman of the Board

 

 

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EX-10.4 5 dex104.htm AMENDMENT NO. 4 TO LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT Amendment No. 4 to Loan and Security Agreement

Exhibit 10.4

 

AMENDMENT NO. 4 TO

LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

AMENDMENT NO. 4 TO LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT (this “Fourth Amendment”) dated as of January 27, 2005 by and among Lexington Precision Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“LPC”) and Lexington Rubber Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“LRG”, and together with LPC, each, individually, a “Borrower” and collectively, “Borrowers”), the lenders party to the Loan Agreement (as hereinafter defined) (each individually, a “Lender” and collectively, “Lenders”) and Ableco Finance LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, in its capacity as agent for Lenders (in such capacity, “Agent”).

 

WITNESSETH

 

WHEREAS, Borrowers, Agent and Lenders have entered into financing arrangements pursuant to which Lenders have made loans to Borrowers as set forth in the Loan and Security Agreement, dated December 18, 2003, by and among Borrowers, Agent and Lenders (as heretofore amended or otherwise modified, as amended hereby, and as the same may hereafter be further amended, modified, supplemented, extended, renewed, restated or replaced, the “Loan Agreement”) and the other agreements, documents and instruments referred to therein or at any time executed and/or delivered in connection therewith or related thereto, including this Fourth Amendment (all of the foregoing, including the Loan Agreement, as the same now exist or may hereafter be further amended, modified, supplemented, extended, renewed, restated or replaced, being collectively referred to herein as the “Financing Agreements”); and

 

WHEREAS, Borrowers have requested that Agent and Lenders agree to certain amendments to the Loan Agreement and Agent and Lenders are willing to agree to the requested amendments, subject to the terms and conditions contained herein.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual conditions and agreements and covenants set forth herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the adequacy and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

Section 1. Definitions.

 

1.1. Defined Terms. For purposes of this Fourth Amendment, unless otherwise defined herein, all terms used herein, including, but not limited to, those terms used and/or defined in the recitals above, shall have the respective meanings assigned to such terms in the Loan Agreement.

 

1.2. Additional Definitions. As used herein, the following terms shall have the respective meanings given to them below and the Loan Agreement shall be deemed and is hereby amended to include, in addition and not in limitation, each of the following definitions:

 

(a) “Fourth Amendment” shall mean Amendment No. 4 to Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of January 27, 2005, by and among the Borrowers, the Agent and the Lenders.


(b) “Fourth Amendment Effective Date” shall mean the date the Fourth Amendment becomes effective.

 

Section 2. Amendments to the Loan Agreement.

 

2.1. Borrowing Base. The definition of the term “Borrowing Base” set forth in Section 1.14 of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:

 

“1.14 “Borrowing Base” shall mean the term “Borrowing Base” as defined, together with the terms used therein, in the Working Capital Loan Agreement as in effect on the Fourth Amendment Effective Date.”

 

2.2. Excess Availability. The definition of the term “Excess Availability” set forth in Section 1.40 of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:

 

“1.40 “Excess Availability” shall mean the term “Excess Availability” as defined in the Working Capital Loan Agreement as in effect on the Fourth Amendment Effective Date.”

 

2.3. Reserves. The definition of the term “Reserves” set forth in Section 1.100 of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:

 

“1.100 “Reserves” shall mean the term “Reserves” as defined in the Working Capital Loan Agreement as in effect on the Fourth Amendment Effective Date.”

 

2.4. Special Reserve. The definition of the term “Special Reserve” set forth in Section 1.107 of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:

 

“1.107 “Special Reserve” shall mean the term “Special Reserve” as defined in the Working Capital Loan Agreement as in effect on the Fourth Amendment Effective Date.”

 

2.5. WC Term Loans. The definition of the term “WC Term Loans” set forth in Section 1.113 of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:

 

“1.113 “WC Term Loans” shall mean the term “Term Loans” as defined in the Working Capital Loan Agreement as in effect on the Fourth Amendment Effective Date.”

 

2.6. Indebtedness. Clause (i) of Section 9.9(e) of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:

 

“(i) the principal amount of such Indebtedness shall not exceed the sum of (A) the lesser of (1) $20,000,000 and (2) 100% of the Borrowing Base, plus (B) the Term Loans (as defined in the Working Capital Loan Agreement as in effect on the Fourth Amendment Effective Date) in an amount equal to $11,400,000 as reduced from time to time by the principal payments and prepayments thereof, whether optional or mandatory;”

 

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2.7. Financial Covenants.

 

(a) Section 9.17 of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:

 

“9.17 Leverage Ratio. Borrowers and their Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, shall, not permit the ratio of consolidated secured Indebtedness (including letters of credit) to consolidated EBITDA as of the end of each trailing twelve month period of Borrowers and their Subsidiaries for which the last month ends on a date set forth below to be greater than the applicable ratio set forth below:

 

Leverage Ratio


    

Applicable Period


3.35:1.00     

For the trailing twelve months ending December 31, 2003

3.35:1.00     

For the trailing twelve months ending January 31, 2004

3.35:1.00     

For the trailing twelve months ending February 29, 2004

3.35:1.00     

For the trailing twelve months ending March 31, 2004

3.35:1.00     

For the trailing twelve months ending April 30, 2004

3.35:1.00     

For the trailing twelve months ending May 31, 2004

3.50:1.00     

For the trailing twelve months ending June 30, 2004

3.50:1:00     

For the trailing twelve months ending July 31, 2004

3.50:1.00     

For the trailing twelve months ending August 31, 2004

3.50:1.00     

For the trailing twelve months ending September 30, 2004

3.25:1.00     

For the trailing twelve months ending October 31, 2004

3.25:1.00     

For the trailing twelve months ending November 30, 2004

3.35:1.00     

For the trailing twelve months ending December 31, 2004

3.35:1.00     

For the trailing twelve months ending January 31, 2005

3.35:1.00     

For the trailing twelve months ending February 28, 2005

3.35:1.00     

For the trailing twelve months ending March 31, 2005

3.25:1.00     

For the trailing twelve months ending April 30, 2005

3.10:1.00     

For the trailing twelve months

 

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Leverage Ratio


    

Applicable Period


      

ending May 31, 2005

3.00:1.00     

For the trailing twelve months ending June 30, 2005

2.75:1.00     

For the trailing twelve months ending July 31, 2005

2.50:1.00     

For each trailing twelve months period ending on the last day of each calendar month thereafter”

 

(b) As of December 1, 2004, Section 9.18 of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:

 

“9.18 Minimum EBITDA . (a) Borrowers and their Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, shall, at all times have, and shall maintain, EBITDA, measured on a quarter-end basis, of at least the required amount set forth in the following table for the applicable period set forth opposite thereto:

 

Applicable Amount

  

Applicable Period


$ 10,000,000   

For the trailing twelve months ending December 31, 2003

$ 10,000,000   

For the trailing twelve months ending March 31, 2004

$ 12,000,000   

For the trailing twelve months ending June 30, 2004

$ 12,500,000   

For the trailing twelve months ending September 30, 2004

$ 11,500,000   

For the trailing twelve months ending December 31, 2004

$ 11,500,000   

For the trailing twelve months ending March 31, 2005

$ 13,000,000   

For the trailing twelve months ending June 30, 2005

$ 14,500,000   

For the trailing twelve months ending September 30, 2005

$ 16,000,000   

For each trailing twelve months period ending on the last day of each quarter thereafter

 

(b) Borrowers and their Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, shall, at all times have, and shall maintain, Rubber Group EBITDA, measured on a quarter-end basis, of at least the required amount set forth in the following table for the applicable period set forth opposite thereto:

 

Applicable Amount

  

Applicable Period


$ 3,250,000   

For the three month period ending September 30, 2004

 

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Applicable Amount

  

Applicable Period


$ 5,000,000   

For the six month period ending December 31, 2004

$ 9,500,000   

For the nine month period ending March 31, 2005

$ 13,500,000   

For the trailing twelve months ending June 30, 2005

$ 15,000,000   

For the trailing twelve months ending September 30, 2005

$ 16,000,000   

For the trailing twelve months ending December 31, 2005

$ 16,000,000   

For each trailing twelve months period ending on the last day of each quarter thereafter”

 

(c) Section 9.19 of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:

 

“9.19 Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio . Borrowers and their Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, shall, at all times have, and shall maintain, a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, measured on a quarter-end basis, of at least the required amount set forth in the following table for the applicable period set forth opposite thereto:

 

Fixed Charge Coverage
Ratio


  

Applicable Period


0.50:1.00   

For the three months ending December 31, 2003

0.85:1.00   

For the three months ending March 31, 2004

0.45:1.00   

For the six months ending June 30, 2004

0.45:1.00   

For the nine months ending September 30, 2004

0.55:1.00   

For the twelve months ending December 31, 2004

0.60:1.00   

For the trailing twelve months ending March 31, 2005

0.80:1.00   

For the trailing twelve months ending June 30, 2005

0.90:1.00   

For the trailing twelve months ending September 30, 2005

0.95:1.00   

For the trailing twelve months ending December 31, 2005

1.00:1.00   

For each trailing twelve months period ending on the last day of each quarter thereafter”

 

 

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Section 3. Representations and Warranties. In addition to the continuing representations, warranties and covenants heretofore or hereafter made by each Borrower to Agent and Lenders pursuant to the other Financing Agreements, Borrowers, jointly and severally, hereby represent, warrant and covenant with and to Agent and Lenders as follows (which representations, warranties and covenants are continuing and shall survive the execution and delivery hereof and shall be incorporated into and made a part of the Financing Agreements):

 

3.1. Corporate Power and Authority. This Fourth Amendment and each other agreement or instrument to be executed and delivered by each Borrower have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by all necessary action on the part of such Borrower which is a party hereto and thereto and, if necessary, its stockholders, and is in full force and effect as of the date hereof, as the case may be, and the agreements and obligations of each Borrower contained herein and therein constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of such Borrower enforceable against it in accordance with their terms except as such enforceability may be limited by (a) bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws of general applicability affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights and (b) the application of general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).

 

3.2. Consents: Approvals. No action of, or filing with, or consent of any Governmental Authority is required to authorize, or is otherwise required in connection with, the execution, delivery and performance of this Fourth Amendment other than the filing of a Report on Form 8-K pursuant to the Exchange Act.

 

3.3. No Event of Default. No Event of Default, and no condition or event which, with the giving of notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute an Event of Default, exists or has occurred and is continuing after giving effect to the provisions of this Fourth Amendment. All of the representations and warranties set forth in the Loan Agreement and the other Financing Agreements, are true and correct in all respects on and as of the date hereof as if made on the date hereof, except to the extent any such representation or warranty is made as of a specified date, in which case such representation or warranty shall have been true and correct as of such date.

 

Section 4. Conditions Precedent. This Fourth Amendment shall be effective as of the date hereof but only upon the satisfaction of each of the following conditions precedent in a manner satisfactory to Agent:

 

4.1. Agent shall have received an original of this Fourth Amendment, duly authorized, executed and delivered by Borrowers;

 

4.2. Agent shall have received a fully-executed copy of Amendment No. 4 to the Working Capital Loan Agreement, the form and substance of which shall be satisfactory to Agent;

 

4.3. Agent shall have received a fully-executed copy of an amendment to the Intercreditor Agreement between Agent and Working Capital Agent (and acknowledged and agreed to by Borrowers), in form and substance satisfactory to Agent;

 

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4.4. the Working Capital Agent and the Working Capital Lenders shall have consented to this Fourth Amendment and the amendments to the Loan Agreement set forth herein;

 

4.5. no Default or Event of Default shall exist or have occurred and be continuing; and

 

4.6. all legal matters incident to this Fourth Amendment shall be satisfactory to the Agent and its counsel.

 

Section 5. Consent to Working Capital Amendment. The Agent and the Lenders hereby acknowledge that the Borrowers are entering into an amendment to the Working Capital Lender Agreements on the terms set forth in that certain Amendment No. 4 to Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, among the Borrowers, the Working Capital Agent and the Working Capital Lenders, and consent thereto for all purposes in accordance with the provisions of Section 9.9(e)(v) of the Loan Agreement.

 

Section 6. Events of Default.

 

6.1. No Waiver of Any Events of Default. Except as agreed to in writing by Agent prior to the date hereof, Agent has not waived and is not by this Fourth Amendment waiving, and has no present intention of waiving, any Events of Default, which may have occurred prior to the date hereof, or may be continuing on the date hereof or any Event of Default which may occur after the date hereof. Agent reserves the right, in its discretion, to exercise any or all of its rights and remedies arising under the Financing Agreements or otherwise, as a result of any Events of Default which may have occurred prior to the date hereof, or are continuing on the date hereof, or any Event of Default which may occur after the date hereof.

 

6.2. Additional Events of Default. The parties hereto acknowledge, confirm and agree that the failure of any Borrower to comply with the covenants, conditions and agreements contained herein or in any other agreement, document or instrument at any time executed by any Borrower in connection herewith shall in each case constitute an Event of Default under the Financing Agreements.

 

Section 7. Miscellaneous.

 

7.1. Effect of this Fourth Amendment. Except as modified pursuant hereto, no other changes or modifications to the Financing Agreements are intended or implied and in all other respects the Financing Agreements are hereby specifically ratified, restated and confirmed by all parties hereto as of the effective date hereof. To the extent of conflict between the terms of this Fourth Amendment and the other Financing Agreements, the terms of this Fourth Amendment shall control. The Loan Agreement and this Fourth Amendment shall be read and construed as one agreement.

 

7.2. Governing Law. The rights and obligations hereunder of each of the parties hereto shall be governed by and interpreted and determined in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York but excluding any principles of conflicts of law or other

 

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rule of law that would cause the application of the law of any jurisdiction other than the laws of the State of New York.

 

7.3. Binding Effect. This Fourth Amendment shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of each of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns.

 

7.4. Further Assurances. The parties hereto shall execute and deliver such additional documents and take such additional action as may be necessary to effectuate the provisions and purposes of this Fourth Amendment.

 

7.5. Counterparts. This Fourth Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, but all of such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same agreement. In making proof of this Fourth Amendment, it shall not be necessary to produce or account for more than one counterpart hereof signed by each of the parties hereto. Delivery of an executed counterpart of this Fourth Amendment by facsimile or electronic mail shall have the same force and effect as delivery of an original executed counterpart of this Fourth Amendment. Any party delivering an executed counterpart of this Fourth Amendment by facsimile or electronic mail also shall deliver an original executed counterpart of this Fourth Amendment, but the failure to deliver an original executed counterpart shall not affect the validity, enforceability, and binding effect of this Fourth Amendment as to such party or any other party hereto.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Agent, Lenders and Borrowers have caused this Fourth Amendment to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.

 

AGENT and LENDERS

 

BORROWERS

ABLECO FINANCE LLC, as Agent and Lender

(on behalf of itself and its affiliate assigns)

 

LEXINGTON PRECISION CORPORATION

By:

 

/s/ Dan Wolf


 

By:

 

/s/ Michael A. Lubin


Title:

 

Senior Vice President

 

Title:

 

Chairman of the Board

       

LEXINGTON RUBBER GROUP, INC.

       

By:

 

/s/ Michael A. Lubin


       

Title:

 

Chairman of the Board

 

 

EX-10.5 6 dex105.htm AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT Amendment No. 1 to Intercreditor Agreement

Exhibit 10.5

 

EXECUTION

 

AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT

 

THIS AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT (“Amendment”) dated as of January 27, 2005 is by and between Wachovia Bank, National Association (as successor by merger to Congress Financial Corporation) in its capacity as agent pursuant to the Working Capital Loan and Security Agreement for the lenders who are party from time to time thereto (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the “Working Capital Agent”) and Ableco Finance LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, in its capacity as agent pursuant to the Term Loan and Security Agreement for the lenders who are party from time to time thereto (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the “Term Loan Agent”).

 

W I T N E S S E T H:

 

WHEREAS, Working Capital Agent, Working Capital Lenders, Term Loan Agent and Term Loan Lenders have previously entered into the Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of December 18, 2003 (the “Intercreditor Agreement”); and

 

WHEREAS, Borrowers have requested certain amendments to Working Capital Loan Agreements, including an increase in the principal amount of the Term Loans outstanding under the Working Capital Loan Agreements; and

 

WHEREAS, Working Capital Agent and Term Loan Agent desire to enter into this Amendment to confirm that the terms and conditions of the Intercreditor Agreement, as amended hereby, shall continue to be in full force and effect;

 

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual benefits accruing to each of the parties to the Intercreditor Agreement hereunder and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto do hereby agree as follows:

 

SECTION 1. Interpretation. For purposes of this Amendment, unless otherwise defined herein, all capitalized terms used herein shall have the meaning given to them in the Intercreditor Agreement.

 

SECTION 2. Additional Definitions to Intercreditor Agreement. As used herein, the following terms shall have the meanings given to them below and the Intercreditor Agreement is hereby amended to include, in addition and not in limitation, the following definitions:

 

2.1 “Amendment No. 4” shall mean Amendment No. 4 to Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement, dated January         , 2005, by and among Borrowers, Working Capital Agent and Working Capital Lenders.

 

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SECTION 3. Amendments to Intercreditor Agreement.

 

3.1 Maximum W/C Debt Section 1.12 of the Intercreditor Agreement is hereby deleted and the following is substituted therefor:

 

“1.12 “Maximum W/C Debt” shall mean the sum of (a) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of revolving loans and letter of credit accommodations made or issued pursuant to the Working Capital Loan Agreements up to a maximum amount equal to the lesser of (i) $20,000,000 or (ii) the amount equal to (A) the Availability multiplied by (B) 105% plus (b) the aggregate principal amount of all Term Loans (as such term is defined in the Working Capital Loan and Security Agreement) outstanding immediately after giving effect to Amendment No. 4, as reduced by regularly scheduled payments and prepayments of principal in respect thereof actually received by Working Capital Agent and applied against the Term Loans (subject to Section 2.20 of this Intercreditor Agreement); provided, that, the portion of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of revolving loans and letter of credit accommodations that are made or issued pursuant to the Working Capital Loan and Security Agreement but that are not made or issued intentionally or with actual knowledge that such revolving loans and letter of credit accommodations cause the aggregate outstanding principal amount of revolving loans and letter of credit accommodations to exceed the amount equal to the Availability multiplied by 105% (but do not exceed $20,000,000) calculated at the time made or issued shall be included, together with interest, fees, indemnities, costs and expenses arising under the Working Capital Loan Agreements, in the term “Maximum W/C Debt” as used herein.”

 

SECTION 4. Amendment No. 4. Notwithstanding any prohibition set forth in Section 2.20 of the Intercreditor Agreement with respect to amendments to the Working Capital Loan Agreements, Term Loan Agent, by its signature below, consents to the increase in the principal amount of the Term Loans (as such term is defined in the Working Capital Loan and Security Agreement, after giving effect to Amendment No.4) and the modification of the due dates of principal payments in respect thereof, in each case, as set forth in Amendment No.4.

 

SECTION 5. General

 

5.1 Effect of this Amendment. Except as modified pursuant hereto, no other changes or modifications to the Intercreditor Agreement are intended or implied, and in all other respects, the Intercreditor Agreement is hereby specifically ratified, restated and confirmed by the parties hereto as of the effective date hereof. To the extent of conflict between the terms of this Amendment and the Intercreditor Agreement, the terms of this Amendment shall control. The Intercreditor Agreement and this Amendment shall be read as one agreement.

 

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5.2 Further Assurances. The parties hereto shall execute and deliver such additional documents and take such additional actions, in each case, as may be reasonably necessary to effectuate the provisions and purposes of this Amendment.

 

5.3 Governing Law. The rights and obligations hereunder of each of the parties hereto shall be governed by and interpreted and determined in accordance with the laws of the State of New York (without giving effect to principles of conflicts of laws).

 

5.4 Binding Effect. This Amendment shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of each of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns.

 

5.5 Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, but all of such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same agreement. In making proof of this Amendment, it shall not be necessary to produce or account for more than one counterpart thereof signed by each of the parties thereto.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Amendment No.1 to Intercreditor Agreement to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.

 

WORKING CAPITAL AGENT

WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

By:

 

/s/ Herbert C. Korn


Title:

 

Vice President

TERM LOAN AGENT

ABLECO FINANCE LLC

By:

 

/s/ Dan Wolf


Title:

 

Senior Vice President

 

ACKNOWLEDGED AND AGREED:

LEXINGTON PRECISION CORPORATION

By:

 

/s/ Michael A. Lubin


Title:

 

Chairman of the Board

LEXINGTON RUBBER GROUP, INC.

By:

 

/s/ Michael A. Lubin


Title:

 

Chairman of the Board

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