0001193125-13-388748.txt : 20131002 0001193125-13-388748.hdr.sgml : 20131002 20131002160632 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-13-388748 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 3 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20130926 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: 20131002 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20131002 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: BTU INTERNATIONAL INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000840883 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SPECIAL INDUSTRY MACHINERY, NEC [3559] IRS NUMBER: 042781248 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-17297 FILM NUMBER: 131130316 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 23 ESQUIRE ROAD CITY: NORTH BILLERICA STATE: MA ZIP: 01862 BUSINESS PHONE: 5086674111 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 23 ESQUIRE ROAD CITY: NORTH BILLERICA STATE: MA ZIP: 01862 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: BTU CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19881109 8-K 1 d605396d8k.htm FORM 8-K Form 8-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 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) September 26, 2013

 

 

BTU International, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

DELAWARE   000-17297   04-2781248

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

23 ESQUIRE ROAD, N. BILLERICA,

MASSACHUSETTS

  01862
(Address of principal executive offices)  

(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (978) 667-4111

NOT APPLICABLE

(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:

 

¨ 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))

 

 

 


ITEM 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On September 26, 2013, BTU International, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into a Second Modification Agreement (the “Modification Agreement”) with Salem Five Cents Savings Bank (“Salem Five”) pursuant to which the parties agreed to modify the Company’s existing mortgage facility by (i) extending the maturity date from December 23, 2015 to September 26, 2023, (ii) adjusting the interest rate applicable to the facility from 5.50% to 4.43% until September 26, 2018 and the FHLB Five Year Classic Regular Advance Rate plus two hundred forty basis points thereafter, and (iii) revising the schedule of payments of principal and interest. The principal amount outstanding under the facility on September 26, 2013 was $7,703,367.57. This summary does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Modification Agreement and the Second Amended and Restated Commercial Real Estate Promissory Note by the Company in favor of Salem Five attached hereto as Exhibits 10.1 and 10.2, respectively, and incorporated herein by reference.

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

The information disclosed under Item 1.01 above is incorporated into this Item 2.03 by reference.

ITEM 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit
No.

  

Description

10.1    Second Modification Agreement between the Company and Salem Five dated September 26, 2013
10.2    Second Amended and Restated Commercial Real Estate Promissory Note by the Company in favor of Salem Five dated September 26, 2013


SIGNATURE

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.

 

   

BTU International, Inc.

    (Registrant)

October 2, 2013

   

/s/ PETER J. TALLIAN

(Date)     Peter J. Tallian
    Chief Operating Officer
EX-10.1 2 d605396dex101.htm EX-10.1 EX-10.1

Exhibit 10.1

 

SALEM FIVE CENTS SAVINGS BANK   

SECOND MODIFICATION

AGREEMENT

 

This Modification Agreement (the “Modification Agreement”) is made as of the 26th day of September, 2013 by and among:

Salem Five Cents Savings Bank, a Massachusetts bank with a principal office a 210 Essex Street, Salem, Massachusetts 01970 (the “Bank”); and

BTU International, Inc., a Delaware corporation with a principal place of business at 23 Esquire Road, North Billerica, Massachusetts 01862 (the “Borrower”).

in consideration of the mutual covenants herein contained and the benefits to be derived herefrom.

BACKGROUND:

A. WHEREAS, on or about December 23, 2003, the Bank established a certain term loan facility (the “Loan”) in favor of Borrower, which Loan was evidenced by a certain Commercial Real Estate Promissory Note dated December 23, 2003, in the original principal amount of FIVE MILLION SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($5,600,000.00) (hereinafter, the “Original Note”), and secured by, among other things, a certain Mortgage, Security Agreement and Assignment dated December 23, 2003 and recorded with the Middlesex North District Registry of Deeds (“recorded”) at Book 16689, Page 1, and filed with the Middlesex North Registry District of the Land Court (“filed”) as Document No. 221324 (hereinafter, as may be amended [including the Mortgage Amendment defined below], the “Mortgage”), pursuant to which Borrower, among other things, granted a first priority security interest in and to the premises known as 23 Esquire Road, North Billerica, Massachusetts (hereinafter, the “Premises”), to secure the prompt, punctual and faithful payment and performance of all and each of its present and future Liabilities (as such term is defined in the Mortgage) to the Bank.

B. WHEREAS, on or about March 30, 2006, Borrower and the Bank amended the Loan to, among other things, increase the loan amount, and in connection therewith (i) amended and restated the Original Note in its entirety by executing and delivering that certain Amended and Restated Commercial Real Estate Promissory Note dated March 30, 2006 in the principal amount of TEN MILLION DOLLARS ($10,000,000.00) (the “Note”), and (ii) amended the Mortgage by executing and delivering that certain Amendment to Mortgage, Security Agreement and Assignment dated March 30, 2006 (the “Mortgage Amendment”) in order to secure the Note, which Mortgage Amendment is recorded in Book 19948, Page 274 and filed as Document No. 2347424.

C. WHEREAS, on or about September 9, 2010, pursuant to a certain Modification Agreement dated September 9, 2010 by and between the Borrower and the Bank (the “First Modification Agreement”), Borrower and the Bank amended the Loan to, among other things, reduce the interest rate applicable to the Loan, by which First Modification Agreement (i) the Note was amended to reduce the interest rate and adjust the schedule

 

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for the payment of principal and interest, and (ii) the Mortgage was further amended so as to include the obligations of the Borrower under the First Modification Agreement and the Note, as previously amended and as amended by the First Modification Agreement within the definition of Liabilities (as defined in the Mortgage). The Note, the Mortgage, the Mortgage Amendment, the First Modification Agreement and all other instruments and documents establishing, evidencing or securing the Loan are hereinafter referred to as to the “Loan Documents.”

D. WHEREAS, Borrower agrees that the Mortgage as amended by the Mortgage Amendment fully secures the Note and all of Borrower’s obligations under the Loan and the Loan Documents.

E. WHEREAS, Borrower has requested that the Bank (i) extend the maturity date of the Note; (ii) adjust the interest rate applicable to the Loan, and (iii) revise the schedule of payments of principal and interest and the Bank is willing to accommodate Borrower’s request, but only based upon and subject to the terms and conditions of this Modification Agreement.

NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and legal sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereby agree that the Loan Documents, including, but not limited to, the Note and the Mortgage, and the other Loan Documents are hereby amended as follows:

 

  I. DEFINITIONS

Any capitalized, undefined term used herein shall have the same meaning given such term in the Loan Documents.

 

  II. ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF LOAN BALANCE

The Borrower hereby acknowledges and agrees that the principal amount outstanding under the Loan as of September 26, 2013 is $7,703,367.57.

Borrower further acknowledges and agrees that, in addition to the foregoing, Borrower is liable to the Bank under the Loan Documents for all interest accruing pursuant to the Note and for all costs, expenses, and costs of collection (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements) previously, now, or hereafter incurred by the Bank under or in connection with the Loan Documents.

 

  III. THE NOTE

The Note is hereby modified and amended as follows:

(i) The term of the Note shall be extended to September 26, 2023.

(ii) Commencing as of the date hereof until the Change Date (as defined below), the interest rate shall be fixed at the rate of four and 43/100 percent (4.43%) per annum. Thereafter, on September 26, 2018 (the “Change Date”), the interest rate will be adjusted to a per annum

 

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fixed rate (to be applicable until the Maturity Date), equal to the aggregate of the FHLB Five Year Classic Regular Advance Rate (as defined below) quoted as of the Change Date plus two hundred forty (240) basis points. The term “FHLB Five Year Classic Regular Advance Rate” means, as of the date of any calculation or determination, the most recent published Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston Classic Regular Advance Rate for five (5) year maturities. In the event that the Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston announces more than one “Classic Advance Rate” for the indicated term, the Classic Advance Rate selected by the Bank from those so announced (plus the spread) shall be the rate applicable hereto. In the event that the Change Date falls on a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday, the Change Date shall be deemed to occur on the first business day next following such Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday.

(iii) Principal and interest on the Note shall be repaid as follows:

 

  (a) Commencing October 26, 2013 and on the like day of each calendar month thereafter, through and including September 26, 2018, the Borrower shall make monthly payments of principal and interest on the unpaid principal balance thereof, each in the amount of Fifty Seven Thousand Nine Hundred Ninety Six and 59/100 Dollars ($57,996.59).

 

  (b) Commencing October 26, 2018 and on the like day of each calendar month thereafter, the required monthly payments of principal and interest shall be adjusted to reflect the change in the interest rate applicable hereto, with such adjusted monthly payments to be based upon (x) the outstanding principal amount of this Note as of the Change Date; (y) the fixed rate of interest then in effect; and (z) an amortization schedule equal to 180 months less the number of months from the date of this Note through and including the Change Date.

 

  IV. EXECUTION OF SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE PROMISSORY NOTE.

Contemporaneously herewith, the Borrower shall execute and deliver to the Bank a Second Amended and Restated Commercial Real Estate Promissory Note so as to reflect the extension of the term of the Loan and the modification of the interest rate and payment schedule as set forth herein. Such Second Amended and Restated Commercial Real Estate Promissory Note (the “Replacement Note”) shall amend, restate and replace the Note in its entirety and shall constitute a “substitution”, “modification” and “replacement” of the Note, as said terms are used in the Mortgage, but the Replacement Note shall not be evidence of satisfaction of indebtedness owed by the Borrower to the Bank. Further, any and all references to the “Note” in any and all of the Loan Documents, including, but not limited to, the Mortgage, shall include and also refer to the Replacement Note, as it may be amended in writing from time to time hereafter.

 

  V. AMENDMENT OF MORTGAGE

The Mortgage is hereby amended, to the extent necessary, to amend, ratify and confirm that the obligations of the Borrower under (i) this Modification Agreement, and (ii) the

 

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Replacement Note, in its original form and as modified and amended hereby, and, in each case, as the same may be further amended and modified and any further extensions, renewals, substitutions, modifications or replacements thereof are included with the definition of Liabilities (as defined in the Mortgage) secured by the Mortgage. Borrower ratifies, confirms and agrees that the Replacement Note, constitutes a “modification” of the Note, as such term is used in the Mortgage. Without limiting the foregoing, Borrower acknowledges and agrees that (i) each and every reference in the Mortgage to the “Note” shall be deemed to mean the Replacement Note, as modified and amended hereby, and any and all extensions, renewals, substitutions, modifications or replacements thereof; and (ii) this Modification Agreement and the Replacement Note, as modified and amended hereby, and, in each case, any and all extensions, renewals, substitutions, modifications or replacements thereof, shall be deemed included in the definition of (a) “Liabilities” secured by the Mortgage, as said term is defined in the Mortgage, and (b) “Loan Documents”. Each and every reference in the Loan Documents to the Mortgage shall be deemed to refer to and include the Mortgage as amended by this Modification Agreement. Without limiting the foregoing, contemporaneously herewith, to incorporate the terms and provisions of this Modification Agreement, Borrower shall execute and deliver an amendment to the Mortgage (the “Mortgage Amendment”), in form and substance satisfactory to the Bank, together with and any such other instruments relative to any and all of the Loan Documents as Bank, in its sole discretion, deems necessary to effectuate the intent of this Modification Agreement. Each and every reference in the Loan Documents to the Mortgage shall mean and refer to the Mortgage as previously amended and as amended by the Mortgage Amendment. In addition to, and not in lieu of, all other conditions to the Bank’s consent to enter into this Modification Agreement, the Bank’s consent to enter into this Modification Agreement is subject to the filing and recording by the Bank of the Mortgage Amendment after a rundown of the title to the Premises (and the examination of the records of such other government offices as the Bank deems appropriate) reveal no intervening matters of record affecting either the Premises or the Borrower since the filing of the Mortgage.

 

  VI. RATIFICATION OF LOAN DOCUMENTS AND COLLATERAL SECURITY

Borrower ratifies, confirms and agrees that the execution and delivery of all of the Loan Documents, including, without limitation, the Replacement Note and this Modification Agreement, was and is made in accordance with the terms and provisions of the Borrower’s Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws and with the authorization of, to the extent required, the shareholders of the Borrower, and that it does not violate or contravene any provision of said Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws or any other indenture or contract to which the Borrower is a party; that the Loan Documents, including specifically, but not limited to, the Replacement Note, as modified hereby, the Mortgage, as modified hereby, and this Modification Agreement, are valid, binding and enforceable against the Borrower and that no consent of any other party is required in connection with the execution, delivery, performance or enforceability of each of the Loan Documents, including this Modification Agreement. Borrower further ratifies and confirms that the Mortgage, together with any and all other Loan Documents, granted a continuing security interest in and to the Property, and that the Mortgage, together with any and all other Loan Documents, secure Borrower’s prompt, punctual and faithful payment and performance of (i) the Replacement Note and any extensions, renewals, substitutions, modifications or replacements thereof; (ii) this Modification Agreement, and any extensions,

 

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renewals, substitutions, modifications or replacements thereof; (iii) any and all liabilities, debts, and obligations of the Borrower to the Bank (including without limitation, this Modification Agreement and the Replacement Note, as modified hereby); (iv) any and all liabilities, debts and obligations, whether now existing or hereafter arising, or at any time owing by Borrower to the Bank, including without limitation, costs, costs of collection, attorneys’ reasonable fees and all court and litigation costs and expenses; and (v) all sums, bearing interest at the highest rate provided in the Replacement Note, as modified hereby, advanced to or on behalf of Borrower by the Bank for any purposes, whether dependent or independent of this transaction, all of which shall be equally secured with and have the same priority as the original advances under the Note, as amended and modified hereby, and the other Loan Documents. Without limiting the foregoing, Borrower acknowledges and agrees that (i) each and every reference in the Mortgage to the Note shall be deemed to include the Replacement Note and any and all extensions, renewals, substitutions, modifications or replacements thereof; and (ii) the Replacement Note shall be deemed included in the definition of (a) “Liabilities” secured by the Mortgage, and (b) “Loan Documents”, as each of said terms is defined in the Mortgage.

 

  VII. CONDITIONS TO BANK’S OBLIGATIONS

The willingness of the Bank to consent to and enter into this Modification Agreement is subject to the following conditions:

 

  (a) Concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Modification Agreement, the Bank shall have received such documents, certificates, resolutions, instruments, insurance certificates, title insurance endorsements and agreements from Borrower as the Bank may reasonably request.

 

  (b) Concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Modification Agreement, Borrower hereby agrees to pay to the Bank the fees and expenses incurred by the Bank, including, but not limited to, (i) a commitment fee in the amount of $50,071.89, and (ii) the legal fees and expenses and disbursements, incurred in connection with the preparation and implementation of this Agreement.

 

  VIII. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

Borrower hereby represents and warrants that:

 

  (a) The representations and warranties, acknowledgements and waivers contained in the Loan Documents, as hereby amended, are true and correct in all material respects on the date hereof with the same effect as though such representations and warranties, acknowledgements and waivers had been made on the date hereof;

 

  (b) Borrower has complied and is now in compliance with all of the terms and provisions set forth in the Loan Documents, on its part to be observed and performed;

 

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  (c) No Event of Default as specified in any of the Loan Documents has occurred and is continuing; and

 

  (d) The execution, delivery, and performance of this Modification Agreement, (i) has been duly authorized by all requisite corporate action by the Borrower, (ii) will not violate either (x) any provision of law applicable to Borrower, any governmental regulation, Borrower’s Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws or (y) any order of any court or other agency of government binding on Borrower or any indenture, agreement, or other instrument to which the Borrower is a party, or by which Borrower or any of Borrower’s property is bound, and (iii) will not be in conflict with, result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, any such indenture, agreement, or other instrument.

 

  IX. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL

BORROWER MAKES THE FOLLOWING WAIVER KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY, AND INTENTIONALLY, AND UNDERSTANDS THAT THE BANK, IN ENTERING INTO THE WITHIN MODIFICATION AGREEMENT, IS RELYING THEREON. BORROWER, TO THE EXTENT OTHERWISE ENTITLED THERETO, HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY PRESENT OR FUTURE RIGHT TO A JURY IN ANY TRIAL OF ANY CASE OR CONTROVERSY IN WHICH THE BANK IS OR BECOMES A PARTY (WHETHER SUCH CASE OR CONTROVERSY IN INITIATED BY OR AGAINST THE BANK OR IN WHICH THE BANK IS JOINED AS A PARTY LITIGANT), WHICH CASE OR CONTROVERSY ARISES OUT OF, OR IS IN RESPECT OF, ANY RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BORROWER AND THE BANK.

 

  X. MISCELLANEOUS

A. Borrower hereby agrees that, contemporaneously with the execution of this Modification Agreement and at any time thereafter, upon the request of the Bank, Borrower shall execute and deliver all documents, instruments and agreements as reasonably required by the Bank as a precondition for extending the accommodations set forth in this Modification Agreement.

B. In addition to the Events of Default provided in the Loan Documents, the failure by the Borrower to comply with all terms and conditions contained herein and/or the determination by the Bank that any representation or warranty made by Borrower to the Bank in any of the Loan Documents was not true when given shall constitute a default hereunder and an Event of Default under the Loan Documents, pursuant to which the Bank may exercise all of its rights and remedies upon default.

C. Borrower warrants and represents that it has complied with and is now in compliance with all of the terms and provisions set forth in the Loan Documents and that no event of default as specified in any of the Loan Documents has occurred and is continuing.

D. The Bank does not hereby waive any defaults now existing or hereinafter arising under the Loan Documents or any of its rights and remedies upon the occurrence of a default under the Loan Documents.

 

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E. Borrower represents and warrants that it has no defense, set-off or counterclaim to the payment of the liabilities and obligations to the Bank arising under the Loan with respect to any actions, inactions or statements of fact arising or existing prior and up to the date of this Modification Agreement and to the extent that Borrower has any such defense, set-off or counterclaim, Borrower affirmatively WAIVES any such claim. Borrower hereby releases and forever discharges the Bank and its representatives from any and all claims, defenses, actions, causes of action, suits, controversies, agreements, provisions and demands in law or in equity which Borrower ever had, has as of the date of this Modification Agreement or may have in the future, against the Bank or its representatives, including, but not limited to, claims relating to and arising out of the Loan, provided however, that the future release and discharge set forth herein shall not apply to any act by the Bank found by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final judgment from which no appeal has been taken to constitute willful misfeasance or gross negligence.

F. This Modification Agreement and all other documents, instruments and agreements executed in connection herewith represent the entire agreement of the parties hereto and incorporate the final results of all discussions and negotiations between Borrower and the Bank, either express or implied, concerning the matters included herein and in such other documents, instruments, and agreements, any custom, usage, or course of dealings to the contrary notwithstanding. No such discussions, negotiations, custom, usage, or course of dealings shall limit, modify, or otherwise affect the provisions hereof. Any modification, amendment, or waiver of any provision of this Modification Agreement or of any provision of any other Loan Document or any other agreement between Borrower and the Bank must be executed in writing by the Bank and the party against which/whom enforcement is sought.

G. Borrower hereby ratifies and confirms in all respects and without condition all of the terms and provisions of the Loan Documents, as modified herein, and each agrees that said terms and provisions, except to the extent expressly modified herein, continues in full force and effect.

H. Borrower has, as of this day: (i) had ample opportunity to review with counsel the terms and provisions of this Modification Agreement and every other agreement, instrument and/or document executed or delivered in connection therewith; and (ii) understood and assented to the obligations imposed by this Modification Agreement and every other agreement, instrument and/or document executed or delivered in connection therewith; and (iii) knowingly and willingly entered into this and every other agreement, instrument and/or document executed or delivered in connection therewith.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has affixed its signature or caused its seal to be affixed hereto as a sealed instrument as of the date first above written.

 

    BORROWER:
Witness     BTU International, Inc.

/s/ Amy N. Joyce

    By:  

/s/ Paul J. van der Wansen

Print Name: Amy N. Joyce     Name:  

Paul J. van der Wansen

    Title:  

President, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

    BANK:
Witness     Salem Five Cents Savings Bank

/s/ Comaseen Lawrence

    By:  

/s/ Joseph G. Greenough

Print Name: Comaseen Lawrence     Name:  

Joseph G. Greenough

    Title:  

Senior Vice President

Signature Page of Second Modification Agreement

EX-10.2 3 d605396dex102.htm EX-10.2 EX-10.2

Exhibit 10.2

This Second Amended and Restated Commercial Real Estate Promissory Note has been executed and delivered in accordance with (i) that certain Commitment Letter (the “Commitment Letter”) dated September 19, 2013 between the Borrower (as defined below) and the Bank (as defined below), and (ii) that certain Second Modification Agreement (the “Second Modification Agreement”) of even date by and between the Borrower and the Bank, the terms of each of which are incorporated herein by reference and made a part of this Note. This Note amends and restates that certain Amended and Restated Commercial Real Estate Promissory Note dated March 30, 2006 in the principal amount of Ten Million Dollars ($10,000,000.00) made by the Borrower payable to the Bank. That certain Mortgage, Security Agreement and Assignment (as amended, the “Mortgage”) dated December 23, 2003, by and between the Borrower and the Bank, sets forth further terms and conditions upon which the entire unpaid principal hereof and all interest hereon may become due and payable, and generally as to further rights of the Bank and duties of the Borrower to the Bank with respect hereto. Neither this reference to the Mortgage, nor any provision thereof, shall affect or impair the absolute and unconditional obligation of the Borrower to pay the principal and interest on the Note as provided herein. This Second Amended and Restated Commercial Real Estate Promissory Note is the Replacement Note as referenced in the Second Modification Agreement.

 

SALEM FIVE CENTS SAVINGS BANK   

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED

COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE

PROMISSORY NOTE

 

 

 

$7,703,367.57   

Boston, Massachusetts

Date: As of September 26, 2013

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned (also referred to herein as the “Borrower”) promises to pay to the order of

Salem Five Cents Savings Bank

(hereinafter, with any subsequent holder, the “Bank”)

at an office of the Bank, the sum of SEVEN MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED THREE THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED SIXTY SEVEN AND 57/100 DOLLARS ($7,703,367.57), or so much thereof as may have been advanced, with interest on the unpaid principal balance of this Note (based upon a three hundred and sixty (360) day year and actual day months) at a fixed rate to be determined as follows:

Commencing as of the date hereof until the Change Date (as defined below), the interest rate shall be fixed at the rate of four and 43/100 percent (4.43%) per annum. Thereafter, on September 26, 2018 (the “Change Date”), the interest rate will be adjusted to a per annum fixed rate (to be applicable until the Maturity Date), equal to the aggregate of the FHLB Five Year Classic Regular Advance Rate (as defined below) quoted as of the Change Date plus two hundred forty (240) basis points. The term “FHLB Five Year Classic Regular Advance Rate” means, as of the date of any calculation or determination, the most recent published Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston Classic Regular Advance Rate for five (5) year maturities. In the event that the Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston announces more than one “Classic Advance Rate” for the indicated term, the Classic Advance Rate selected by the Bank from those so announced (plus the spread) shall be the rate applicable hereto. In the event that the Change Date falls on a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday, the Change Date shall be deemed to occur on the first business day next following such Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday.


Notwithstanding the foregoing, following the occurrence of any Event of Default and until paid in full, the outstanding principal of this Note shall bear interest at the greater of (i) five percent (5%) above the interest rate in effect as of the occurrence of such default, and (ii) eighteen percent (18%) per annum. Interest will be calculated on the basis of a 360 day banking year and charged for the actual number of calendar days elapsed.

Principal and interest on this Note shall be repaid as follows:

(a) Commencing October 26, 2013 and on the like day of each calendar month thereafter, through and including September 26, 2018, the Borrower shall make monthly payments of principal and interest on the unpaid principal balance hereof, each in the amount of Fifty Seven Thousand Nine Hundred Ninety Six and 59/100 Dollars ($57,996.59).

(b) Commencing October 26, 2018 and on the like day of each calendar month thereafter, the required monthly payments of principal and interest shall be adjusted to reflect the change in the interest rate applicable hereto, with such adjusted monthly payments to be based upon (x) the outstanding principal amount of this Note as of the Change Date; (y) the fixed rate of interest then in effect; and (z) an amortization schedule equal to 180 months less the number of months from the date of this Note through and including the Change Date.

(c) In all events and under all circumstances, the entire outstanding principal balance hereof and all accrued and unpaid interest hereon shall be due and payable on September 26, 2023 (the “Maturity Date”).

If the entire amount of any required periodic payment of principal and/or interest is not paid in full within ten (10) days after the same is due (excluding in any event sums due upon acceleration or maturity), the Borrower shall pay to the Bank a late fee equal to three percent (3%) of the required payment.

The Borrower may prepay all or any portion of the unpaid principal balance of this Note by paying, in addition to the payment of principal, accrued interest and any other sums due to the Bank at the time of prepayment, a prepayment premium in an amount equal to the percentage of the amount of principal being prepaid as follows: (i) three percent (3.00%) of any principal amount prepaid during the first and sixth years of this Note; (ii) one and one half percent (1.50%) of any principal amount prepaid on this Note during the second, third, seventh and eighth years of this Note; (iii) one half (.50%) percent of any principal amount prepaid on this Note during the fourth and ninth years of this Note; and (iv) zero percent (0.00%) of any principal amount prepaid on this Note during the fifth and tenth years of this Note.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, there shall be no prepayment penalty if such prepayment is made as required pursuant to Section 4-25 of Mortgage.

Any payment received by the Bank on account of this Note (which shall be made by ACH wire transfer) prior to demand or acceleration shall be applied first, to any costs, expenses, or charges then owed the Bank by the undersigned, second, to accrued and unpaid interest, and third, to the unpaid principal balance hereof. Any payments so received after demand or

 

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acceleration shall be applied in such manner as the Bank may determine. The undersigned hereby authorizes the Bank to charge any deposit account which the undersigned may maintain with the Bank for any payment required hereunder.

The undersigned represents to the Bank that the proceeds of this Note will not be used for personal, family, or household purposes.

The Bank, at its option, may declare the entire unpaid principal balance of this Note and accrued unpaid interest thereon to be immediately due and payable without demand, notice or protest (which are hereby waived) upon the occurrence of any one or more of the following events (herein, “Events of Default”):

(a) The failure by the undersigned to pay any amount due under this Note within ten (10) days of when due; (b) The failure by the undersigned to pay within ten (10) days of when due, any of the undersigned’s liabilities, obligations, and indebtedness to the Bank (herein, the “Liabilities”); (c) The failure by the undersigned to promptly, punctually, and faithfully perform, discharge, or comply with any of the undersigned’s nonmonetary Liabilities within thirty (30) days of notice thereof, and if not susceptible of cure within thirty (30) days, such longer period as may be required, but in no event to exceed ninety (90) days; (d) Any representation or warranty heretofore, now, or hereafter made by the undersigned to the Bank, in any document, instrument, agreement, or paper was not true or accurate in any material respect when given; (e) The occurrence of any event such that any indebtedness of the undersigned to any lender other than the Bank could be accelerated, notwithstanding that such acceleration has not taken place ; (f) The occurrence of any event of default (continuing beyond the expiration of applicable grace and/or cure periods, if any) under any agreement between the Bank and the undersigned, or instrument or paper given the Bank by the undersigned, whether such agreement, instrument, or paper now exists or hereafter arises (notwithstanding that the Bank may not have exercised its rights upon default under any such other agreement, instrument or paper); (g) Any act by, against, or relating to the undersigned, or its property or assets, which act constitutes the application for, consent to, or sufferance of the appointment of a receiver, trustee, or other person, pursuant to court action or otherwise, over all, or any part of the undersigned’s property; the granting of any trust mortgage or execution of an assignment for the benefit of the creditors of the undersigned, or the occurrence of any other voluntary or involuntary liquidation or extension of debt agreement for the undersigned; the failure by the undersigned to generally pay the debts of the undersigned as they mature; adjudication of bankruptcy or insolvency relative to the undersigned; the entry of an order for relief or similar order with respect to the undersigned in any proceeding pursuant to the Title 11, United States Code (commonly referred to as the Bankruptcy Code) or any other federal bankruptcy law; the filing of any complaint, application, or petition by or against the undersigned initiating any matter in which the undersigned is or may be granted any relief from the debts of the undersigned pursuant to the Bankruptcy Code or to any other insolvency statute or procedure; provided, it shall not be an Event of Default hereunder if such complaint, application or petition is filed against the undersigned, whereby such complaint, application or petition is being diligently contested until the earlier of (x) the entry of an Order For Relief against the undersigned, or (y) the expiration of forty five (45) days without dismissal of such complaint, application or petition); the offering by, or entering into by, the undersigned of any composition, extension or any other arrangement seeking relief or extension

 

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for the debts of the undersigned, or the initiation of any other judicial or non-judicial proceeding or agreement by, against, or including the undersigned which seeks or intends to accomplish a re-organization or arrangement with creditors; (h) The entry of any judgment against the undersigned, which judgment is not satisfied or appealed from (with execution or similar process stayed) within thirty (30) days of its entry; (i) The termination of existence, dissolution, winding up, or liquidation of the undersigned; (j) The occurrence of any of the foregoing Events of Default with respect to any beneficiary or partner of the undersigned or any guarantor, endorser, or surety to the Bank of the Liabilities, as if such beneficiary, partner, guarantor, endorser, or surety were the “undersigned” described therein; (k) The termination of any guaranty by any guarantor of the Liabilities.

In addition, at the Bank’s option and without demand, notice or protest, the occurrence of any such Event of Default shall also constitute a default under all other agreements between the Bank and the undersigned and under all other instruments and papers given the Bank by the undersigned.

Any and all deposits or other sums at any time credited by, or due to the undersigned from, the Bank or any of its banking or lending affiliates or any bank acting as a participant under any loan arrangement between the Bank and the undersigned, and any cash, securities, instruments, or other property of the undersigned in the possession of the Bank, or any of its banking or lending affiliates, or any bank acting as a participant under any loan arrangement between the Bank and the undersigned, whether for safekeeping, or otherwise, or in transit to or from the Bank or any of its banking or lending affiliates or any such participant, or in the possession of any third party acting on the Bank’s behalf (regardless of the reason the Bank had received same or whether the Bank has conditionally released the same) shall at all times constitute security for any and all Liabilities, and may be applied or set off against such Liabilities at any time whether or not other collateral is available to the Bank.

No delay or omission by the Bank in exercising or enforcing any of the Bank’s powers, rights, privileges, remedies, or discretions hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof on that occasion nor on any other occasion. No waiver of any default hereunder shall operate as a waiver of any other default hereunder, nor as a continuing waiver.

But for claims in which it is finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction that the Bank has acted with gross negligence and/or willful misconduct, the undersigned, and each endorser and guarantor of this Note, shall indemnify, defend, and hold the Bank harmless against any claim brought or threatened against the Bank by the undersigned, by any endorser or guarantor, or by any other person (as well as from attorneys’ reasonable fees and expenses in connection therewith) on account of the Bank’s relationship with the undersigned or any endorser or guarantor hereof (each of which may be defended, compromised, settled, or pursued by the Bank with counsel of the Bank’s selection, but at the expense of the undersigned and any endorser and/or guarantor).

The undersigned will pay on demand all attorneys’ reasonable fees and out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Bank in the administration of all Liabilities of the undersigned to the Bank, including, without limitation, costs and expenses associated with travel on behalf of the

 

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Bank. The undersigned will also pay on demand, all attorneys’ reasonable fees, out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Bank’s attorneys and all costs incurred by the Bank, including, without limitation, costs and expenses associated with travel on behalf of the Bank, which costs and expenses are directly or indirectly related to the preservation, protection, collection or enforcement of any of the Bank’s rights against the undersigned or any such endorser or guarantor and against any collateral given the Bank to secure this Note or any other Liabilities of the undersigned or such endorser and guarantor to the Bank (whether or not suit is instituted by or against the Bank).

The undersigned, and each endorser and guarantor of this Note, respectively waives presentment, demand, notice, and protest, and also waives any delay on the part of the holder hereof. Each assents to any extension or other indulgence (including, without limitation, the release or substitution of collateral) permitted the undersigned or any endorser or guarantor by the Bank with respect to this Note and/or any collateral given to secure this Note or any extension or other indulgence, as described above, with respect to any other liability or any collateral given to secure any other liability of the undersigned or any endorser or guarantor to the Bank.

This Note shall be binding upon the undersigned and each endorser and guarantor hereof and upon their respective heirs, successors, assigns, and representatives, and shall inure to the benefit of the Bank and its successors, endorsees, and assigns.

The liabilities of the undersigned and any endorser or guarantor of this Note are joint and several; provided, however, the release by the Bank of the undersigned or any one or more endorser or guarantor shall not release any other person obligated on account of this Note. Each reference in this Note to the undersigned, any endorser, and any guarantor, is to such person individually and also to any such persons jointly. No person obligated on account of this Note may seek contribution from any other person also obligated unless and until all liabilities, obligations and indebtedness to the Bank of the person from whom contribution is sought have been satisfied in full.

The undersigned makes the following waiver knowingly, voluntarily, and intentionally, and understands that the Bank, in the establishment and maintenance of the Bank’s relationship with the Borrower contemplated by the within Note, is relying thereon. THE UNDERSIGNED AND THE BANK, TO THE EXTENT ENTITLED THERETO, EACH HEREBY WAIVE ANY PRESENT OR FUTURE RIGHT OF THE BANK, THE UNDERSIGNED, OR OF ANY GUARANTOR OR ENDORSER OF THE UNDERSIGNED OR OF ANY OTHER PERSON LIABLE TO THE BANK ON ACCOUNT OF OR IN RESPECT TO THE LIABILITIES, TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY CASE OR CONTROVERSY IN WHICH THE BANK IS OR BECOMES A PARTY (WHETHER SUCH CASE OR CONTROVERSY IS INITIATED BY OR AGAINST THE BANK OR IN WHICH THE BANK IS JOINED AS A PARTY LITIGANT), WHICH CASE OR CONTROVERSY ARISES OUT OF, OR IS IN RESPECT TO, ANY RELATIONSHIP AMONGST OR BETWEEN THE UNDERSIGNED, ANY SUCH PERSON, AND THE BANK.

 

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This Note is delivered to the Bank at one of its offices in Massachusetts, shall be governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and shall take effect as a sealed instrument. The undersigned and each endorser and guarantor of this Note each submits to the jurisdiction of the courts of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts for all purposes with respect to this Note, any collateral given to secure their respective liabilities, obligations and indebtedness to the Bank, and their respective relationships with the Bank.

 

MAKER (“the undersigned”)
BTU International, Inc.
By:  

/s/ Paul J. van der Wansen

Name:  

Paul J. van der Wansen

Title:  

President, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS

 

Middlesex, ss.    September 26, 2013

On this 26th day of September, 2013 before me, the undersigned notary public, personally appeared Paul J. van der Wansen, proved to me through satisfactory evidence of identification, which was a driver’s license, to be the person whose name is signed on the preceding or attached document, and acknowledged to me that he/she signed it voluntarily for its stated purpose, as President, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer for BTU International, Inc., a Delaware corporation.

 

/s/ Amy N. Joyce

(official signature and seal of notary)
My Commission expires 5/22/2020

Signature Page of Second Amended and Restated Commercial Real Estate Promissory Note in Favor of Salem Five Cents Savings Bank