- rights to the payment of money or other forms of consideration of any kind (whether classified under the Uniform Commercial Code as accounts, chattel paper, general intangibles, payment intangibles, instruments or otherwise) including, but not limited to, accounts receivable, letters of credit, letter-of-credit rights, chattel paper, tax refunds, insurance proceeds, contract rights, notes, drafts, instruments, documents, acceptances, and all other debts, obligations and liabilities in whatever form from any Person,
- all guarantees, security and Liens and other supporting obligations securing payment thereof,
- all goods, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, and whether sold, delivered, undelivered, in transit or returned, which may be represented by, or the sale or lease of which may have given rise to, any such right to payment or other debt, obligation or liability, and
- all cash and non-cash proceeds of any of the foregoing.
"Account Debtor" means a Person who is obligated on an Account or a General Intangible.
"Acquire" or "Acquisition," as applied to any Business Unit or Investment, means the acquiring or acquisition of such Business Unit or Investment by purchase, exchange, issuance of stock or other securities, or by merger, reorganization or any other method.
"Affiliate" means, with respect to a Person, (a) any partner, officer, shareholder (if holding more than ten percent (10%) of the outstanding shares of capital stock of such Person), director, employee or managing agent of such Person, (b) any other Person (other than a Subsidiary) that, (i) directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with, such given Person, (ii) directly or indirectly beneficially owns or holds ten percent (10%) or more of any class of voting stock or partnership or other voting interest of such Person or any Subsidiary of such Person, or (iii) ten percent (10%) or more of the voting stock or partnership or other voting interest of which is directly or indirectly beneficially owned or held by such Person or a Subsidiary of such Person. The term "control" means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, wheth er through ownership of voting securities or partnership or other voting interest, by contract or otherwise.
"Agent" means FCC and any successor agent appointed pursuant toSection 14.9 hereof.
"Agent's Office" means the office of the Agent specified in or determined in accordance with the provisions ofSection 15.1.
"Agreement" means and includes this Loan and Security Agreement, including all Schedules, Exhibits and other attachments hereto, and all amendments, modifications and supplements hereto and thereto.
"Agreement Date" means the date as of which this Agreement is dated.
"Anniversary" means the date one year from the Effective Date which falls on the same day of the same month as the Effective Date and the same day of each year thereafter.
"Applicable Interest Margin" means 0.00% as to Base Rate Loans and 1.75% as to LIBOR Loans.
"Applicable Law" means all applicable provisions of constitutions, statutes, rules, regulations and orders of all governmental bodies and of all orders and decrees of all courts and arbitrators, including, without limitation, Environmental Laws.
"Applicable Percentage" means, as applied to
- [restart]Eligible Accounts - 85%,
- Eligible Finished Goods Inventory - (i) 95% as to all Eligible Finished Goods Inventory described in clause (a) of the definition thereof, and (ii) 50% as to all Eligible Finished Goods Inventory described in clause (b) of the definition thereof,
- Eligible Chassis Inventory - 95%,
- Eligible Ford Finished Goods Inventory - 95%,
- Eligible Raw Materials Inventory - 50%, and
- Eligible Used Vehicle Inventory - 50%,
or in each case such lesser percentage as the Agent may in the exercise of its reasonable credit judgment determine from time to time.
"Asset Disposition" means the disposition of any asset of a Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, other than sales of Inventory in the ordinary course of business.
"Assignment and Acceptance" means an assignment and acceptance in the form attached hereto asExhibit D assigning all or a portion of a Lender's interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement pursuant toSection 13.1.
"Availability" means, at the time of determination, (a) the lesser of (i) the Borrowing Base at such time and (ii) the Revolving Credit Facility at such time,minus (b) the sum of Revolving Credit Loans outstanding and the Letter of Credit Reserve at such time.
"Bank" means Fleet National Bank, a national banking association.
"Base Rate" means at any time a fluctuating interest rate per annum equal to the greater of (i) the rate of interest announced or quoted by Bank from time to time as its prime rate for commercial loans, whether or not such rate is the lowest rate charged by Bank to its most preferred borrowers, and, if such prime rate for commercial loans is discontinued by Bank as a standard, a comparable reference rate designated by Bank as a substitute therefor shall be the Base Rate, and (ii) the Federal Funds Effective Rate plus 1/2 of 1% per annum.
"Base Rate Loan" means a Base Rate Revolving Credit Loan or Base Rate Term Loan.
"Base Rate Revolving Credit Loan" means a Revolving Credit Loan which bears interest determined with reference to the Base Rate.
"Base Rate Term Loan" means a Term Loan which bears interest determined with reference to the Base Rate.
"Benefit Plan" means an "employee pension benefit plan" as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA (other than a Multiemployer Plan) in respect of which any Borrower or any Related Company is, or within the immediately preceding six years was, an "employer" as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA, including such plans as may be established after the Agreement Date.
"Borrower" means each of Collins, Bus, Brutzer, Mid Bus, WCI, Capacity, Mobile, Mobile Products and World Trans.
"Borrowers' Representative" means the Person appointed pursuant toSection 4.11.
"Borrowing Base" means, at any time, an amount equal to:
- [restart]the Applicable Percentage of the face value of Eligible Accounts due and owing to the Borrowers at such time,plus
- the lesser of (i) the Applicable Percentage of the Cost of Eligible Finished Goods Inventory,plus, from the Effective Date to and including December 31, 2002, the lesser of the Applicable Percentage of the Cost of Eligible Ford Finished Goods Inventory (exclusive of chassis incorporated in such Eligible Ford Finished Goods Inventory) and the Ford Finished Goods Inventory Sublimit and (ii) the Finished Goods Sublimit,plus
- the lesser of (i) the Applicable Percentage of the Cost of Eligible Chassis Inventory and (ii) the Chassis Sublimit,plus
- the lesser of (i) the Applicable Percentage of the Cost of Eligible Raw Materials Inventory and (ii) the Raw Materials Sublimit,plus
- the lesser of (i) the Applicable Percentage of the Cost of Eligible Used Vehicle Inventory and (ii) the Used Vehicle Sublimit,plus
(f) from and including the Effective Date to and including December 31, 2002, the lesser of (i) the Applicable Percentage of the Cost of Eligible Ford Finished Goods Inventory (exclusive of the chassis incorporated into such Eligible Ford Finished Goods Inventory) and (ii) the Ford Finished Goods Sublimit,minus
(g)the Rent Reserve, minus
(h) such other reserves as the Agent in its reasonable credit judgment may establish from time to time, including, without limitation, reserves for the net obligations, in excess of $600,000, of the Borrowers in respect of Interest Rate Protection Agreements to which the Agent, a Lender or any Affiliate of the Agent or any Lender is a counterparty (the amount of any such obligations to be equal at any time to the termination value of the Interest Rate Protection Agreements giving rise to such obligations that would be payable by the Borrowers (or any of them) at such time), warranty claims, customer deposits (if not offset against accounts receivable), credit memos over 90 days old, and parts and supplies.
"Borrowing Base Certificate" means a certificate in the form attached hereto asExhibit C.
"Brutzer" means Brutzer Corporation, an Ohio corporation, a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Collins, and its successors and assigns.
"Bus" means Collins Bus Corporation, a Kansas corporation, a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Collins, and its successors and assigns.
"Business Day" means, any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday on which banks in Atlanta, Georgia or Hartford, Connecticut are not open for the conduct of a substantial part of their commercial banking business and, when used with respect to LIBOR Loans, means any such day on which dealings are also carried on in the applicable interbank Eurodollar market.
"Business Unit" means the assets constituting the business or a division or operating unit thereof of any Person.
"Capacity" means Capacity of Texas, Inc., a Texas corporation, a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Collins, and its successors and assigns.
"Capital Expenditures" means, with respect to any Person, all expenditures made and liabilities incurred for the acquisition of assets (other than Inventory or assets which constitute a Business Unit) which are not, in accordance with GAAP, treated as expense items for such Person in the year made or incurred or as a prepaid expense applicable to a future year or years.
"Capitalized Lease" means a lease that is required to be capitalized for financial reporting purposes in accordance with GAAP.
"Capitalized Lease Obligation" means Indebtedness represented by obligations under a Capitalized Lease other than an IRB Lease, and the amount of such Indebtedness shall be the capitalized amount of such obligations determined in accordance with GAAP.
"Cash Equivalents" means
- [restart]marketable direct obligations issued or unconditionally guaranteed by the United States Government or issued by any agency thereof and backed by the full faith and credit of the United States, in each case maturing within one year from the date of acquisition thereof;
- commercial paper maturing no more than one year from the date issued and, at the time of acquisition thereof, having a rating of at least A-1 from Standard & Poor's Corporation or at least P-1 from Moody's Investors Service, Inc.; and
- certificates of deposit or bankers' acceptances issued in Dollar denominations and maturing within one year from the date of issuance thereof issued by any commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States of America or any State thereof or the District of Columbia having combined capital and surplus of not less than $100,000,000 and, unless issued by the Agent or a Lender, not subject to set-off or offset rights in favor of such bank arising from any banking relationship with such bank.
"Chassis Sublimit" means the sum of $12,000,000.
"Clearing Bank" means Bank and any other banking institution with which a Controlled Account has been established pursuant to a Control Agreement.
"Collateral" means and includes all IRB Collateral and all of each Borrower's right, title and interest in and to each of the following, wherever located and whether now or hereafter existing or now owned or hereafter acquired or arising:
- [restart]all Accounts,
- all Inventory,
- all Equipment,
- all General Intangibles,
- all Deposit Accounts (excluding,however, the Deposit Accounts described onSchedule 1.1A - Excluded Deposit Accounts),
- all Investment Property,
- all Investment Accounts,
- all Real Estate covered by any Mortgage,
- all goods and other property, whether or not delivered,
- the sale or lease of which gives or purports to give rise to any Account, including, but not limited to, all merchandise returned or rejected by or repossessed from customers, or
- securing any Account,
including, without limitation, all rights as an unpaid vendor or lienor (including, without limitation, stoppage in transit, replevin and reclamation) with respect to such goods and other property,
- all supporting obligations, including all mortgages, deeds to secure debt and deeds of trust on real or personal property, guaranties, leases, security agreements, and other agreements and property which secure or relate to any Account or other Collateral, or are acquired for the purpose of securing and enforcing any item thereof,
- all documents of title, policies and certificates of insurance, securities, chattel paper and other documents and instruments evidencing or pertaining to any and all items of Collateral,
- all files, correspondence, computer programs, tapes, discs and related data processing software which contain information identifying or pertaining to any of the Accounts or any Account Debtor, or showing the amounts thereof or payments thereon or otherwise necessary or helpful in the realization thereon or the collection thereof,
- all cash deposited with the Agent or any Lender or any Affiliate of the Agent or any Lender or which the Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, or any Lender or such Affiliate is entitled to retain or otherwise possess as collateral pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement or any of the Security Documents or any agreement relating to any Letters of Credit, and
- any and all products and proceeds of the foregoing (including, but not limited to, any claim to any item referred to in this definition, and any claim against any third party for loss of, damage to or destruction of any or all of, the Collateral or for proceeds payable under, or unearned premiums with respect to, policies of insurance) in whatever form, including, but not limited to, cash, negotiable instruments and other instruments for the payment of money, chattel paper, security agreements and other documents.
"Collins" means Collins Industries, Inc., a Missouri corporation.
"Commitment" means, as to each Lender at any time, the Revolving Credit Commitment of such Lender.
"Commitment Percentage" means, as to any Lender, the percentage of the Total Commitment obtained by dividing such Lender's Commitment by the Total Commitment.
"Consolidated Subsidiaries" means, as to Collins, Bus, Brutzer, Mid Bus, WCI, Capacity, Mobile, Mobile Products, World Trans, Collins Financial Services, Inc., a Kansas corporation, Collins International, Inc., a U.S. Virgin Islands corporation, and any other Subsidiaries of Collins whose accounts are at the time in question, in accordance with GAAP and pursuant to the written consent of the Required Lenders, which consent may be withheld in their absolute discretion and conditioned upon,interalia, the execution and delivery of guaranties, security agreements, mortgages and other documents required by the Required Lenders in their absolute discretion, consolidated with those of Collins.
"Contaminant" means any waste, pollutant, hazardous substance, toxic substance, hazardous waste, special waste, petroleum or petroleum-derived substance or waste, or any constituent of any such substance or waste.
"Contra" means at the time of determination, as to any Account, the aggregate amount of all offsets, deductions, counterclaims, disputes, or other contingencies with respect to such Account and any other amount owing by a Borrower to the Account Debtor.
"Control Agreement" means an agreement among a Borrower, the Agent and a Clearing Bank, in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent, confirming the Security Interest in the Controlled Account maintained at the Clearing Bank and governing the collection and transfer of payments which represent the proceeds of Accounts or of any other Collateral.
"Controlled Account" means a Deposit Account of a Borrower maintained by it with a Clearing Bank pursuant to a Control Agreement.
"Copyrights" means and includes, as to any Person, all of such Person's then-owned or existing and future acquired or arising right, title and interest in and to
- [restart]all copyrights, rights and interests in copyrights, works protectable by copyright, copyright registrations and copyright applications;
- all renewals of any of the foregoing;
- all income, royalties, damages and payments now or hereafter due and/or payable under any of the foregoing, including, without limitation, damages or payments for past or future infringements of any of the foregoing;
- the right to sue for past, present and future infringements of any of the foregoing; and
- all rights corresponding to any of the foregoing throughout the world.
"Cost," when used in connection with Eligible Inventory, means the lesser of (i) cost computed on a first-in-first-out basis as determined in accordance with GAAP, and (ii) fair market value at the time of determination.
"Current Maturities" means, when used in connection with Long-Term Liabilities, or Capitalized Lease Obligations as of any date of determination, the principal amount of such Liabilities coming due on such date or during the twelve-month period following such date in accordance with the terms of any instrument or agreement evidencing such Liabilities or relating thereto.
"Default" means any of the events specified inSection 12.1 which with the passage of time or giving of notice or both would constitute an Event of Default.
"Default Interest Margin" means 4.0%.
"Deposit Accounts" means and includes, as to any Person, any demand, time, savings, passbook, money market or like depository account and all certificates of deposit, maintained with a bank, savings and loan association, credit union or like organization (other than an account evidenced by a certificate of deposit that is an instrument under the UCC), in each case for such Person, wherever located and whether now existing or owned or hereafter arising or acquired.
"Disbursement Account" means one or more accounts maintained by and in the name of one or more Borrowers (or any of them) with a Disbursing Bank for the purposes of disbursing Revolving Credit Loan proceeds and amounts deposited thereto.
"Disbursing Bank" means any commercial bank with which a Disbursement Account is maintained after the Effective Date.
"Dollar" and "$" means freely transferable United States dollars.
"Effective Date" means the later of:
- [restart]the Agreement Date, and
- the first date on which all of the conditions to the initial Loans set forth inArticle 5 shall have been fulfilled.
"Effective Interest Rate" means each rate of interest per annum on the Revolving Credit Loans in effect from time to time pursuant to the provisions ofSections 4.1(a) and(b).
"Eligible Account" means an Account of a Borrower that consists of the unpaid portion of a Rebate Account or the obligation stated on the invoice issued to an Account Debtor with respect to Inventory sold and shipped to or services performed for such Account Debtor in the ordinary course of business, net of any credits or rebates owed by such Borrower to the Account Debtor, and that the Agent, in the exercise of its reasonable credit judgment, determines to meet all of the following requirements:
- [restart]such Account is owned by a Borrower and represents a complete bona fide transaction which requires no further act under any circumstances on the part of any Borrower to make such Account payable by the Account Debtor,
- the due date for such Account shall not be more than 30 days after the date of the shipment of the goods the sale of which gave rise to such Account (or the date of performance of services for Accounts arising from the performance of services),
- no more than 90 days have elapsed from the date of the original invoice, unless the Account Debtor is New York City, in which case no more than 150 days have elapsed from the date of the original invoice,
- the goods the sale of which gave rise to such Account were shipped or delivered to the Account Debtor on an absolute sale basis and not on a bill and hold sale basis, a consignment sale basis, a guaranteed sale basis, a sale or return basis, or on the basis of any other similar understanding and no material part of such goods has been returned or rejected,
- such Account is not evidenced by chattel paper or an instrument of any kind unless such chattel paper or instrument has been collaterally assigned to the Agent, for the benefit of itself as Agent and the Lenders, pursuant to an assignment in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent and is in the possession of the Agent,
- the Account Debtor with respect to such Account is not insolvent or the subject of any bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings of any kind or of any other proceeding or action, threatened or pending, which might, in the Agent's sole judgment, have a Materially Adverse Effect on such Account Debtor,
- such Account is not owing by an Account Debtor having 50% or more in face value of its then-existing accounts owing to the Borrowers remaining unpaid more than 90 days (or in the case of New York City, 150 days) after the date of the original invoice,
- such Account is not owing by an Account Debtor whose then-existing Accounts owing to the Borrowers exceed in face amount 20% of the Borrowers' total Eligible Accounts (provided that only Accounts in excess of such percentage shall be deemed ineligible),
- if such Account arises from the performance of services, such services have been fully rendered and do not relate to any warranty claim or obligation,
- if the Account Debtor with respect to such Account is located outside the United States, Canada or Puerto Rico, the goods which gave rise to such Account were shipped after receipt by the applicable Borrower from the Account Debtor of an irrevocable letter of credit that has been confirmed by a financial institution acceptable to the Agent in its reasonable judgment, is in form and substance acceptable to the Agent, payable at least in the full face amount of the face value of the Account in Dollars at a place of payment located within the United States and has been duly assigned to the Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders,
- such Account is a valid, legally enforceable obligation of the Account Debtor with respect thereto,
- such Account is subject to the Security Interest, which is perfected as to such Account, and is subject to no other Lien whatsoever other than a Permitted Lien,
- such Account is evidenced by an invoice or other documentation in form acceptable to the Agent,
- the Account is not subject to the Assignment of Claims Act of 1940, as amended from time to time, or any Applicable Law now or hereafter existing similar in effect thereto, or to any other prohibition (under Applicable Law, by contract or otherwise) against its assignment or requiring notice of or consent to such assignment, unless all such required notices have been given, all such required consents have been received and all other procedures have been complied with such that the Account shall have been duly and validly assigned to the Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders,
- the goods giving rise to such Account were not, at the time of the sale thereof, subject to any Lien, except the Security Interest and Permitted Liens,
- no Borrower is in breach of any express or implied representation or warranty with respect to the goods the sale of which gave rise to such Account nor in breach of any representation or warranty, covenant or other agreement contained in the Loan Documents with respect to such Account,
- such Account does not arise out of any transaction with any Subsidiary, Affiliate, creditor, tenant or lessor of the relevant Borrower,
- the relevant Borrower is not the beneficiary of any letter of credit (unless such letter of credit has been assigned to the Agent), nor has any bond or other undertaking by a guarantor or surety been obtained, supporting such Account and the Account Debtor's obligations in respect thereof,
- such Account does not arise out of finance or similar charges by a Borrower or other fees for the time value of money,
- the Account Debtor with respect to such Account is not located in New Jersey or any other State denying creditors access to its courts in the absence of qualification to transact business in such State or the filing of a Notice of Business Activities Report or other similar filing, unless the relevant Borrower has either qualified as a foreign corporation authorized to transact business in such State or has filed a Notice of Business Activities Report or similar filing with the applicable State agency for the then-current year,
- if such Account arises out of the performance of the Ford Motor Contract, (i) December 31, 2002 shall not have elapsed, and (ii) the face amount of such Account, when added to the face amount of all other Eligible Accounts arising out of the performance of the Ford Motor Contract, does not exceed $2,600,000,
- such Account is not subject to a Contra the face amount of which, when added to the aggregate face amount of all other Contras relating to Eligible Accounts at such time, exceeds $100,000, provided that such Account shall be ineligible only to the extent that the aggregate face amount of all such Contras exceeds $100,000; and
- neither the Account Debtor with respect to such Account, nor such Account, is determined by the Agent, in the exercise of its reasonable credit judgment, discretion to be ineligible for any other reason.
"Eligible Assignee" means (i) a commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States, or any State thereof, having total assets in excess of $1,000,000,000 or any commercial finance or asset based lending Affiliate of any such commercial bank; (ii) a savings and loan association or savings bank organized under the laws of the United States, or any State thereof, having a net worth of at least $250,000,000 calculated in accordance with GAAP; and (iii) any Lender listed on the signature page of this Agreement;provided in each case that the representation contained inSection 13.1(c)(i) hereof shall be applicable with respect to such institution or Lender.
"Eligible Chassis Inventory" means, as of the date of determination, Inventory that constitutes Eligible Inventory and consists of new, unused motor vehicle chassis (i) manufactured by Capacity or purchased by a Borrower from a dealer for an Acceptable Chassis Manufacturer (1) within twelve (12) months of such date of determination, or (2) if such manufacture or purchase occurs prior to such 12-month period, for which such Borrower has obtained a valid and binding purchase order or contract to purchase acceptable to the Agent, (ii) as to which the manufacturer's certificate or statement of origin is held by, or is in transit to, the Trustee for the benefit of the Agent and the Lenders under the Trust Agreement, and (iii) in the case of purchased chassis, as to which the purchase price has been paid in full by such Borrower.
"Eligible Finished Goods Inventory" means, as of the date of determination, Inventory that constitutes Eligible Inventory and (a) in the case of motor vehicles, any such motor vehicle the manufacture of which has been completed within six (6) months of such date of determination and which is held for sale by a Borrower in the ordinary course of business without further manufacturing or processing, and (b) in the case of other finished goods, such goods as are held by a Borrower for sale in the ordinary course of business without further manufacturing or processing.
"Eligible Ford Finished Goods Inventory" means, as of the date of determination, Inventory manufactured pursuant to the terms of the Ford Motor Contract that (i) would constitute Eligible Finished Goods Inventory of the type described in clause (a) of the definition thereof but for the fact that the chassis incorporated into such Inventory is owned by Ford Motor Company, and (ii) is subject to an enforceable mechanic's Lien securing an obligation of Ford Motor Company at least equal to the Cost of such Inventory in favor of WCI (or another Borrower), which Lien has not been waived.
"Eligible Inventory" means Inventory which the Agent, in the exercise of its reasonable credit judgment, determines to meet all of the following requirements:
- [restart]such Inventory is owned by a Borrower, is stored at a location listed onSchedule 6.1(u), is subject to the Security Interest, which is perfected as to such Inventory, and is subject to no other Lien whatsoever other than a Permitted Lien,
- such Inventory does not consist of work-in-process,
- such Inventory is in good condition and meets all standards imposed by any governmental agency, or department or division thereof, having regulatory authority over such goods, their use or sale,
- such Inventory is currently either usable or salable, at prices approximating at least Cost, in the normal course of such Borrower's business and is not slow moving or stale,
- such Inventory is not obsolete or returned or repossessed or used goods taken in trade to the extent that such Inventory is not Eligible Used Vehicle Inventory,
- such Inventory is located within the United States at one of the locations set forth in the most recent Schedule of Inventory,
- such Inventory is in the possession and control of a Borrower and not any third party,
- if such Inventory is located in a warehouse or other facility leased by a Borrower, the lessor has delivered to the Agent, on behalf of the Lenders, a waiver and consent in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent or such warehouse or other facility is reflected in the Rent Reserve, and
- such Inventory is not determined by the Agent, on behalf of the Lenders, in the exercise of its reasonable credit judgment, to be ineligible for any other reason.
"Eligible Raw Materials Inventory" means Inventory that constitutes Eligible Inventory and consists of all raw materials used or consumed in the business of any Borrower, other than motor vehicle chassis, less the Dollar value thereof attributed by any Borrower to obsolescence.
"Eligible Used Vehicle Inventory" means Inventory that constitutes Eligible Inventory and consists of motor vehicles in good, saleable condition as used vehicles in the ordinary course of a Borrower's business which a Borrower has taken in trade in connection with the sale of other vehicles manufactured by it and as to which all certificates of title and other title documents are held by the Trustee under the Trust Agreement for the benefit of the Agent and the Lenders.
"Environmental Laws" means all federal, state, local and foreign laws now or hereafter in effect relating to pollution or protection of the environment, including laws relating to emissions, discharges, Releases or threatened Releases of pollutants, Contaminants, chemicals, or industrial, toxic or hazardous substances or wastes into the environment (including, without limitation, ambient air, surface water, ground water, or land), or otherwise relating to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, removal, transport, or handling of pollutants, Contaminants, chemicals, or industrial, toxic or hazardous substances or wastes, and any and all regulations, notices or demand letters issued, entered, promulgated or approved thereunder; such laws and regulations include but are not limited to the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 6901etseq., as amended; the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 9601etseq., as amended; the Toxic Substances Control Act, 15 U.S.C. Sec. 2601etseq., as amended; the Clean Air Act, 46 U.S.C. Sec. 7401etseq., as amended; and state and federal lien and environmental cleanup programs.
"Environmental Lien" means a Lien in favor of any governmental entity for (a) any liability under Environmental Laws or (b) damages arising from, or costs incurred by such governmental entity in response to, a Release or threatened Release of Contaminant into the environment.
"Equipment" means and includes, as to any Person, all of such Person's then-owned or existing and future acquired or arising machinery, apparatus, equipment, motor vehicles, tractors, trailers, rolling stock, fittings, fixtures and other tangible personal property (other than Inventory) of every kind and description used in such Person's business operations or owned by such Person or in which such Person has an interest, and all parts, accessories and special tools and all increases and accessions thereto and substitutions and replacements therefor.
"ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as in effect from time to time.
"Event of Default" means any of the events specified inSection 12.1,provided that any requirement for notice or lapse of time or any other condition has been satisfied.
"FCC" means Fleet Capital Corporation, a Rhode Island corporation.
"Federal Funds Effective Rate" means, for any period, a fluctuating interest rate per annum equal for each day during such period to the weighted average of the rates on overnight federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve system arranged by federal funds brokers, as published for such day (or, if such day is not a Business Day, for the next preceding Business Day) by the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, or, if such rate is not so published for any day which is a Business Day, the average of the quotations for such day on such transactions received by Bank from three federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by Bank.
"Financed Capex" means Capital Expenditures (i) funded with the proceeds of Debt (excluding Loans) or (ii) represented by Capitalized Lease Obligations.
"Financial Officer" means the chief financial officer of Collins.
"Financing Statements" means any and all Uniform Commercial Code financing statements, in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent, including any which are executed and delivered by a Borrower or a Guarantor to the Agent the filing of which by the Agent is authorized by the debtor named therein, naming the Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, as secured party and such Borrower or Guarantor as debtor, in connection with this Agreement and the Loan Documents.
"Finished Goods Sublimit" means the sum of $9,000,000.
"Fiscal Year" means the accounting year of the Borrowers beginning November 1 of each year and ending on October 31 of the following year.
"Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio" means, for any period, the ratio of (i) the sum of consolidated Net Income of Collins and its Consolidated Subsidiaries for such periodplus (without duplication) consolidated depreciation expenseplus consolidated amortizationplus consolidated interest expenseplus consolidated Non-Cash Charges of Collins and its Consolidated Subsidiaries for such period, to the extent the same were deducted in computing such consolidated Net Income,lessthe sum of consolidated Capital Expenditures (exclusive of Financed Capex), Restricted Payments and Restricted Purchases of Collins and its Consolidated Subsidiaries, in each case made during such period, to (ii) the sum of consolidated Current Maturities of Long-Term Liabilities and Capitalized Lease Obligations of Collins and its Consolidated Subsidiaries as of the last day of such periodplus consolidated interest expense of Collins and its Consolidated Subsidiaries for such period;provided, that for any accounting period of less than twelve consecutive months, consolidated Current Maturities of Long-Term Liabilities and Capitalized Lease Obligations of Collins and its Consolidated Subsidiaries as of the date of determination shall be multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of months included in such accounting period and the denominator of which is twelve.
"Ford Finished Goods Sublimit" means $1,600,000.
"Ford Motor Contract" means Ford Motor Company Purchase Order PO01 203096 dated January 16, 2002 and executed on behalf of Ford Motor Company, a copy of which has been delivered to the Agent prior to the Effective Date, requesting the manufacture by WCI of 183 "Type I" ambulance units and 98 "Type II" ambulance units to be delivered to Israel for the account of Ford Motor Company, all upon the terms and conditions more particularly set forth therein, including the Ford Motor Company global terms and conditions incorporated therein by reference.
"GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied and maintained throughout the period indicated and, when used with reference to the Borrowers or any Subsidiary, consistent with the prior financial practice of the Borrowers, as reflected on the financial statements referred to inSection 6.1(n);provided, however, that, in the event that changes shall be mandated by the Financial Accounting Standards Board or any similar accounting authority of comparable standing, or shall be recommended by the Borrowers' independent public accountants, such changes shall be included in GAAP as applicable to the Borrowers only from and after such date as the Borrowers, the Required Lenders and the Agent shall have amended this Agreement to the extent necessary to reflect any such changes in the financial covenants set forth inArticle 11.
"General Intangibles" means and includes, as to any Person, all of such Person's then-owned or existing and future acquired or arising general intangibles, choses in action and causes of action, commercial tort claims and all other intangible personal property of such Person of every kind and nature (other than Accounts), including, without limitation, any rights under contracts not yet earned by performance and not evidenced by an instrument or chattel paper, all Proprietary Rights, corporate or other business records, inventions, designs, blueprints, plans, specifications, goodwill, computer software, customer lists, registrations, licenses, franchises, tax refund claims, reversions or any rights thereto and any other amounts payable to such Person from any Plan or other employee benefit plan, rights and claims against carriers and shippers, rights to indemnification, business interruption insurance and proceeds thereof, property, casualty or any similar type of insurance and any proceeds thereof , proceeds of insurance covering the lives of key employees on which such Person is beneficiary and any letter of credit, guarantee, claims, security interest or other security held by or granted to such Person to secure payment by an Account Debtor of any of the Accounts.
"Government Acts" shall have the meaning set forth inSection 2A.8(a).
"Governmental Approvals" means all authorizations, consents, approvals, licenses and exemptions of, registrations and filings with, and reports to, all governmental bodies, whether federal, state, local or foreign national or provincial and all agencies thereof.
"Guarantor" means one of Collins International, Inc., a U.S. Virgin Islands corporation, and Collins Financial Services, Inc., a Kansas corporation, and each Person becoming a party as a Guarantor to the Guaranty Agreement after the Effective Date, and "Guarantors" means more than one of the foregoing.
"Guarantor Collateral" means property of the Guarantors in which a Lien is granted in favor of the Agent for the benefit of the Lenders under the Guarantor Security Agreement.
"Guarantor Security Agreement" means the Security Agreements, in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent and the Lenders, executed and delivered on or about the Effective Date by each of the Guarantors pursuant to which each Guarantor grants a continuing Lien and security interest in all of its property as collateral security for its obligations under the Guaranty Agreement.
"Guaranty," "Guaranteed" or to "Guarantee" as applied to any obligation of another Person shall mean and include
- [restart]a guaranty (other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business), directly or indirectly, in any manner, of any part or all of such obligation of such other Person, and
- an agreement, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, and whether or not constituting a guaranty, the practical effect of which is to assure the payment or performance (or payment of damages in the event of nonperformance) of any part or all of such obligation of such other Person whether by
- the purchase of securities or obligations,
- the purchase, sale or lease (as lessee or lessor) of property or the purchase or sale of services primarily for the purpose of enabling the obligor with respect to such obligation to make any payment or performance (or payment of damages in the event of nonperformance) of or on account of any part or all of such obligation, or to assure the owner of such obligation against loss,
- the supplying of funds to or in any other manner investing in the obligor with respect to such obligation,
- repayment of amounts drawn down by beneficiaries of letters of credit, or
- the supplying of funds to or investing in a Person on account of all or any part of such Person's obligation under a Guaranty of any obligation or indemnifying or holding harmless, in any way, such Person against any part or all of such obligation.
"Guaranty Agreement" means the Guaranty Agreements, in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent and the Lenders, executed and delivered on or about the Effective Date by each of the Guarantors pursuant to which each Guarantor guaranties the Secured Obligations.
"Indebtedness" of any Person means, without duplication, all Liabilities of such Person, and to the extent not otherwise included in Liabilities, the following:
- [restart]all obligations for Money Borrowed or for the deferred purchase price of property or services,
- all obligations (including, during the noncancellable term of any lease in the nature of a title retention agreement, all future payment obligations under such lease discounted to their present value in accordance with GAAP) secured by any Lien to which any property or asset owned or held by such Person is subject, whether or not the obligation secured thereby shall have been assumed by such Person,
- all obligations of other Persons which such Person has Guaranteed, including, but not limited to, all obligations of such Person consisting of recourse liability with respect to accounts receivable sold or otherwise disposed of by such Person,
- all obligations of such Person in respect of Interest Rate Protection Agreements, and
- in the case of the Borrowers (without duplication) all obligations under the Revolving Credit Loans and the Term Loans.
"Installment Payment Date" means the first day of each January, April, July and October commencing on July 1, 2002 and continuing thereafter until the Term Loans have been irrevocably paid in full.
"Interest Payment Date" means the first day of each calendar month commencing on June 1, 2002 and continuing thereafter until the Secured Obligations have been irrevocably paid in full.
"Interest Period" means, with respect to each LIBOR Loan, the period commencing on the date of the making or continuation of or conversion to such LIBOR Loan and ending one, two, three or six months thereafter, as the Borrower may elect in the applicable Notice of Borrowing or Notice of Conversion or Continuation;provided, that:
- any Interest Period that would otherwise end on a day that is not a Business Day shall, subject to the provisions ofclause (iii) below, be extended to the next succeeding Business Day, unless such Business Day falls in the next calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the immediately preceding Business Day;
- any Interest Period that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the last calendar month included in such Interest Period) shall, subject toclause (iii) below, end on the last Business Day of a calendar month;
- any Interest Period that would otherwise end after the last day of the then effective term of this Agreement shall end on such last day;
- no Interest Period applicable to a LIBOR Term Loan may end after the next installment of principal is due unless the aggregate principal amount of Base Rate Term Loans and LIBOR Loans having Interest Periods ending prior to such payment date is at least equal to the amount of principal repayment due hereunder on such payment date; and
- notwithstandingclause (iii) above, no Interest Period shall have a duration of less than one month and if any applicable Interest Period would be for a shorter period, such Interest Period shall not be available hereunder.
"Interest Rate Protection Agreement" shall mean an interest rate swap, cap or collar agreement or similar arrangement between any Person and a financial institution providing for the transfer or mitigation of interest risks either generally or under specific contingencies.
"Internal Revenue Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
"Inventory" means and includes, as to any Person, all of such Person's then-owned or existing and future acquired or arising inventory, as such term is defined in the Uniform Commercial Code, and shall include, without limitation,
- [restart]all goods intended for sale or lease by a Person, or for display or demonstration, including, without limitation, all motor vehicles, wheel chair and other lifts and related accessories and other products intended for sale by such Person to its customers,
- all work in process,
- all raw materials and other materials and supplies of every nature and description used or which might be used in connection with the manufacture, packing, shipping, advertising, selling, leasing or furnishing of such goods or otherwise used or consumed in such Person's business, including, without limitation, motor vehicle chassis, and
- all documents evidencing and general intangibles relating to any of the foregoing.
"Investment" means, with respect to any Person:
- [restart]the acquisition or ownership by such Person of any share of capital stock, evidence of Indebtedness or other security issued by any other Person,
- any loan, advance or extension of credit to, or contribution to the capital of, any other Person, excluding advances to employees in the ordinary course of business for business expenses,
- any Guaranty of the obligations of any other Person,
- any other investment (other than the Acquisition of a Business Unit) in any other Person, and
- any commitment or option to make any of the investments listed inclauses (a) through(d) above if, in the case of an option, the consideration therefor exceeds $100.
"Investment Accounts" means and includes, for any Person, (i) any investment account maintained by or on behalf of such Person with the Agent or any Lender or any Affiliate of the Agent or any Lender, (ii) any agreement governing such account, (iii) all cash proceeds and Investment Property now or hereafter held by the Agent or any Lender or any Affiliate of the Agent or any Lender on behalf of such Person in connection with such investment account and (iv) all documents evidencing and general intangibles related to the foregoing, wherever located and whether now or hereafter existing or hereafter arising or acquired.
"Investment Property" means and includes, for any Person, all certificated and uncertificated securities (excluding the equity securities of any Subsidiary of Collins), all security entitlements, all securities accounts, all commodity contracts and all commodity accounts of such Person, wherever located and whether now or hereafter existing or owned or hereafter acquired or arising.
"IRB Collateral" means Collateral Securities, Pledged Bonds, the Trust Estate, the Sinking Fund Collateral, the Cash Collateral Account and any and all other real or personal property at any time securing the IRB Letter of Credit Obligations.
"IRB Documents" means, collectively, (i) at any time prior to the IRB Letter of Credit Substitution Date, the Reimbursement Agreement between Collins and Bank of America, N.A. dated as of April 1, 1999and the Related Documents (as that term is defined in the Reimbursement Agreement) and (ii) at any time on or after the IRB Letter of Credit Substitution Date, a reimbursement agreement, in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent, entered into between Collins, the Lender and Bank relating to the IRB Letter of Credit described in clause (i) of the definition thereof and the Related Documents (as that term is defined in such reimbursement agreement).
"IRB Lease" means any lease of an IRB Project.
"IRB Letter of Credit" means one or more letters of credit issued by Bank in an aggregate face amount not in excess of $4,200,000, in its discretion and pursuant to documentation satisfactory in form and substance to it, for the account of one or more Borrowers and Guaranteed by FCC, (i) to directly support industrial revenue bonds issued to finance an IRB Project or (ii) to provide credit support for a letter of credit issued by Bank of America, N.A. for this purpose.
"IRB Letter of Credit Obligations" means, at any time, the sum of (a) the reimbursement or repayment obligations of the Borrowers to Bank or (but without duplication) FCC with respect to drawings under all IRB Letters of Credit at such time,plus, (b) the aggregate of the maximum amount that is available for drawing at the time under all IRB Letters of Credit,plus (c) all other obligations of the Borrowers arising under the IRB Documents.
"IRB Letter of Credit Substitution Date" means the date on which the IRB Letter of Credit described in clause (i) of the definition thereof is first issued by Bank.
"IRB Project" means one or more facilities or improvements to facilities of one or more Borrowers financed with part or all of the proceeds of one or more issues of industrial revenue bonds.
"IRB Obligations" means the Indebtedness or other obligations of one or more Borrowers with respect to the construction and financing of the IRB Projects, including, without limitation, Indebtedness under related industrial revenue bonds, in amounts approved by the Required Lenders in their discretion.
"IRB Transaction" means the transaction contemplated by the IRB Documents.
"IRS" means the Internal Revenue Service.
"Issuing Bank" means Bank.
"Lender" means at any time any financial institution party to this Agreement in such capacity at such time, including any such Person becoming a party hereto pursuant to the provisions ofArticle 13, and its successors and assigns, and "Lenders" means at any time all of the financial institutions party to this Agreement in such capacity at such time, including any such Persons becoming parties hereto pursuant to the provisions ofArticle 13, and their successors and assigns.
"Letter of Credit" means any standby or documentary Letter of Credit issued by an Issuing Bank for the account of a Borrower and Guaranteed by FCC pursuant to the provisions ofArticle 2A, excluding, however, any IRB Letter of Credit.
"Letter of Credit Amount" means, at any time with respect to any Letter of Credit Guarantee, the aggregate maximum amount at any time available for drawing under the Guaranteed Letter of Credit at such time (assuming all conditions to drawing are satisfied).
"Letter of Credit Availability" means, as of the date of determination, the aggregate amount of Letter of Credit Obligations available to be incurred hereunder at the time of determination in accordance withSection 2A.2, which shall be an amount equal to the lesser of (i) the Letter of Credit Facilityminus the Letter of Credit Obligations and (ii) Availability, in each case on such date.
"Letter of Credit Documents" means the documents, in form and substance satisfactory to the Issuing Bank, required by the Issuing Bank to be executed by one or more Borrowers in connection with the issuance of a Letter of Credit, including, without limitation, a letter of credit application and Reimbursement Agreement.
"Letter of Credit Facility" means a subfacility of the Revolving Credit Facility providing for the issuance of Letters of Credit and Letter of Credit Guarantees as described inArticle 2A in an aggregate amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed $2,500,000.
"Letter of Credit Guarantee" means any Guarantee pursuant to which FCC or any of its Affiliates Guarantees to the Issuing Bank, the payment or performance by a Borrower of its Reimbursement Obligations under any Letter of Credit, including by FCC's (or such Affiliate's) joining in the reimbursement agreement for such Letter of Credit as a co-applicant or otherwise as acceptable to the Issuing Bank.
"Letter of Credit Obligations" means, at any time, the sum of (a) the Reimbursement Obligations of the Borrowers at such time,plus (b) the aggregate Letter of Credit Amount of Letters of Credit outstanding at such time,plus (c) the aggregate Letter of Credit Amount of Letters of Credit the issuance of which has been authorized by the Agent and the Issuing Bank pursuant to the provisions ofArticle 2A but that have not yet been issued, in each case as determined by the Agent.
"Letter of Credit Reserve" means, at any time as to any Borrower, the aggregate Letter of Credit Obligations at such time, other than Letter of Credit Obligations that are fully secured by cash collateral.
"Leverage Ratio" means, at any time, the ratio of consolidated Liabilities of Collins and its Consolidated Subsidiaries at such time minus consolidated Subordinated Indebtedness at such time to Tangible Net Worth at such time plus consolidated Subordinated Indebtedness at such time.
"Liabilities" of any Person means all items (except for items of capital stock, additional paid-in capital or retained earnings, or of general contingency or deferred tax reserves) which in accordance with GAAP would be included in determining total liabilities as shown on the liability side of a balance sheet of such Person as at the date as of which Liabilities are to be determined.
"LIBOR" means for any LIBOR Loan, the rate per annum (rounded upward, if necessary to the nearest 1/100 of one percent) as determined on the basis of the offered rates for deposits in Dollars, for a period comparable to the Interest Period for such LIBOR Loan which appears on the Telerate page 3750 as of 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the day that is three Business Days preceding the first day of the Interest Period for such LIBOR Loan divided by an amount equal to one minus the Reserve Percentage; provided, however, if the rate described above does not appear on the Telerate System on any applicable interest determination date, LIBOR shall be the rate (rounded upwards as described above, if necessary) for deposits in Dollars for a period substantially equal to the Interest Period for such LIBOR Loan appearing on the Reuters Page "LIBO" (or such other page as may replace the LIBO Page on that service for the purpose of displaying such rates), as of 11:00 a.m. (London time), on the day that is three Bu siness Days prior to the beginning of such Interest Period divided by an amount equal to one minus the Reserve Percentage. If both the Telerate and Reuters systems are unavailable, then the rate for that date will be determined on the basis of the offered rates for deposits in Dollars for a period comparable to the Interest Period for such LIBOR Loan which are offered by four major banks in the London interbank market at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time), on the day that is three Business Days preceding the first day of the Interest Period for such LIBOR Loan, as selected by the Agent. The principal London office of each of the major London Banks so selected will be requested to provide a quotation of its Dollar deposit offered rate. If at least two such quotations are provided, the rate for that date will be the arithmetic mean of the quotations divided by an amount equal to one minus the Reserve Percentage. If fewer than two quotations are provided as requested, the rate for that date will be determin ed on the basis of the rates quoted for loans in Dollars to leading European banks for a period comparable to the Interest Period for such LIBOR Loan offered by major banks in New York City at approximately 11:00 a.m. (New York City time), on the day that is two Business Days preceding the first day of the Interest Period for such LIBOR Loan divided by an amount equal to one minus the Reserve Percentage. In the event that Lender is unable to obtain any such quotation as provided above, it will be determined that LIBOR for such LIBOR Loan cannot be determined.
"LIBOR Loan" means a LIBOR Revolving Credit Loan or a LIBOR Term Loan.
"LIBOR Revolving Credit Loan" means a Revolving Credit Loan which bears interest determined with reference to LIBOR.
"LIBOR Term Loan" means a Term Loan which bears interest determined with reference to LIBOR.
"Lien" as applied to the property of any Person means:
- [restart]any mortgage, deed to secure debt, deed of trust, lien, pledge, charge, lease constituting a Capitalized Lease Obligation, conditional sale or other title retention agreement, or other security interest, security title or encumbrance of any kind in respect of any property of such Person, or upon the income or profits therefrom,
- any arrangement, express or implied, under which any property of such Person is transferred, sequestered or otherwise identified for the purpose of subjecting the same to the payment of Indebtedness or performance of any other obligation in priority to the payment of the general, unsecured creditors of such Person,
- any Indebtedness which is unpaid more than 30 days after the same shall have become due and payable and which if unpaid might by law (including, but not limited to, bankruptcy and insolvency laws), or otherwise, be given any priority whatsoever over the claims of general unsecured creditors of such Person, and
- the filing of, or any agreement to give, any financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code or its equivalent in any jurisdiction, excluding informational financing statements relating to property leased by a Borrower.
"Limited Chassis Liens" means Purchase Money Liens in favor of a party who has executed an intercreditor agreement with the Agent on terms and conditions satisfactory to the Agent in its reasonable discretion, which Liens are limited to chassis and the proceeds thereof.
"Loan" means any Revolving Credit Loan or a Term Loan, as well as all such loans collectively, as the context requires.
"Loan Account" and "Loan Accounts" shall have the meanings ascribed thereto inSection 4.5.
"Loan Documents" means collectively this Agreement, the Notes, the Security Documents, IRB Documents and each other instrument, agreement or document executed by a Borrower, a Guarantor or any Affiliate or Subsidiary of a Borrower or a Guarantor in connection with this Agreement, whether prior to, on or after the Effective Date, and each other instrument, agreement or document referred to herein or contemplated hereby.
"Lockbox" means each U.S. Post Office Box specified in a Lockbox Agreement.
"Lockbox Agreement" means each agreement between a Borrower and a Clearing Bank concerning the establishment of a Lockbox for the collection of Accounts.
"Long-Term Liabilities" means, with respect to any Person, the aggregate amount of all Liabilities of such Person other than Current Liabilities.
"Make-Whole Amount" shall have the meaning set forth inSection 4.7(b).
"Margin Stock" means margin stock as defined in Section 221.1(h) of Regulation U, as the same may be amended or supplemented from time to time.
"Materially Adverse Effect" means, with respect to any Person, a materially adverse effect upon such Person's business, assets, liabilities, condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations or business prospects, and in addition with respect to any Borrower, means a materially adverse effect upon the Borrowers' ability to perform their obligations hereunder or under any other Loan Document to which any Borrower is a party or upon the enforceability of such obligations against such Borrowers taken as a whole.
"Mid Bus" means Mid Bus, Inc., an Ohio corporation, a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Collins, and its successors and assigns.
"Mobile" means Mobile-Tech Corporation, a Kansas corporation, a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Collins, and its successors and assigns.
"Mobile Products" means Mobile Products, Inc., a Kansas corporation, a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Collins, and its successors and assigns.
"Money Borrowed" means, as applied to Indebtedness,
- [restart]Indebtedness for money borrowed,
- Indebtedness, whether or not in any such case the same was for money borrowed,
- represented by notes payable and drafts accepted that represent extensions of credit,
- constituting obligations evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments, or
- upon which interest charges are customarily paid or that was issued or assumed as full or partial payment for property (other than trade credit that is incurred in the ordinary course of business),
- Indebtedness that constitutes a Capitalized Lease Obligation, and
- Indebtedness that is such by virtue ofclause (c) of the definition thereof, but only to the extent that the obligations Guaranteed are obligations that would constitute Indebtedness for Money Borrowed.
"Mortgages" means and includes any and all of the mortgages, deeds of trust, deeds to secure debt, assignments and other instruments executed and delivered by one or more Borrowers to or for the benefit of the Agent by which the Agent on behalf of the Lenders acquires a Lien on certain of the Borrowers' Real Estate or a collateral assignment of any Borrower's interest under leases of Real Estate.
"Multiemployer Plan" means a "multiemployer plan" as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA to which a Borrower or a Related Company is required to contribute or has contributed within the immediately preceding six (6) years.
"Net Amount" means, with respect to any Investments made by any Person, the gross amount of all such Investmentsminus the aggregate amount of all cash received and the fair value, at the time of receipt by such Person, of all property received as payments of principal or premiums, returns of capital, liquidating dividends or distributions, proceeds of sale or other dispositions with respect to such Investments.
"Net Income" means, as applied to any Person, the net income (or net loss) of such Person for the period in question after giving effect to deduction of or provision for all operating expenses, all taxes and reserves (including reserves for deferred taxes) and all other proper deductions, all determined in accordance with GAAP, provided that there shall be excluded:
- [restart]the net income (or net loss) of any Person accrued prior to the date it becomes a Subsidiary of, or is merged into or consolidated with, the Person whose Net Income is being determined or a Subsidiary of such Person,
- the net income (or net loss) of any Person in which the Person whose Net Income is being determined or any Subsidiary of such Person has an ownership interest, except, in the case of net income, to the extent that any such income has actually been received by such Person or such Subsidiary in the form of cash dividends or similar distributions,
- any restoration of any contingency reserve, except to the extent that provision for such reserve was made out of income during such period,
- any net gains or losses on the sale or other disposition, not in the ordinary course of business, of Investments, Business Units and other capital assets, provided that there shall also be excluded any related charges for taxes thereon,
- any net gain arising from the collection of the proceeds of any insurance policy,
- any write-up of any asset, and
- any other extraordinary item.
"Net Outstandings" of any Lender means, at any time, the sum of (a) all amounts paid by such Lender (other than pursuant toSection 14.7) to the Agent in respect of Revolving Credit Loans or otherwise under this Agreement,minus (b) all amounts paid by the Agent to such Lender which are received by the Agent and which, pursuant to this Agreement, are paid over to such Lender for application in reduction of the outstanding principal balance of the Revolving Credit Loans.
"Net Worth" means, with respect to any Person, such Person's total shareholders' equity (including capital stock, additional paid-in capital and retained earnings, after deducting treasury stock) which would appear as such on a balance sheet of such Person prepared in accordance with GAAP.
"Non-Cash Charges" means all non-cash expenses, losses and deductions other than depreciation and amortization deducted by Collins and its Consolidated Subsidiaries in determining their consolidated Net Income. For the purposes of this definition, (i) accruals for realized or unrealized bad debts shall not be considered to be Non-Cash Charges and (ii) no expense, accrual or charge shall be a Non-Cash Charge if it may result in the expenditure of cash in a present or future period.
"Non-Ratable Loan" means a Revolving Credit Loan made by FCC in accordance with the provisions ofSection 4.8(c).
"Note" means any of the Revolving Credit Notes or Term Notes, and "Notes" means more than one such Note.
"Notice of Borrowing" has the meaning specified inSection 2.2(a)(i)(A).
"Notice of Conversion or Continuation" has the meaning specified inSection 4.19.
"Operating Lease" means any lease (other than a lease constituting a Capitalized Lease) of real or personal property.
"PBGC" means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation and any successor agency.
"Patent Security Agreement" means each Patent Security Agreement, dated on or about the Effective Date, made by a Borrower to the Agent for the benefit of the Lenders, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time.
"Patents" means and includes, as to any Person, all of such Person's then-owned or existing and future acquired or arising right, title and interest in and to
- [restart]any and all patents and patent applications,
- inventions and improvements described and claimed therein,
- reissues, divisions, continuations, renewals, extensions and continuations-in-part thereof,
- income, royalties, damages, claims and payments now or hereafter due and/or payable under and with respect thereto, including, without limitation, damages and payments for past and future infringements thereof,
- rights to sue for past, present and future infringements thereof, and
- all rights corresponding to any of the foregoing throughout the world.
"Pending Loan" shall have the meaning set forth inSection 4.22(b).
"Permitted Investments" means Investments of a Borrower in
- [restart]Cash Equivalents,
- sales of Inventory on credit in the ordinary course of business,
- shares of capital stock, evidence of Indebtedness or other security acquired by the Borrowers (or any of them) in consideration for or as evidence of past-due or restructured Accounts in an aggregate face amount of such Accounts at any time not to exceed $1,000,000,
- loans to officers, directors, shareholders, Subsidiaries and Affiliates not to exceed $50,000 in aggregate outstanding principal amount at any time as to all Borrowers, provided that any loan or advance made by a Borrower to any other Borrower shall be permitted without limitation to the amount thereof,
- Guaranties permitted pursuant toSection 11.3,
- those items described onSchedule 1.1B - Permitted Investments,
- other Borrowers,
- leases of finished goods Inventory to customers entered into in the ordinary course of business,provided that the Security Interest is duly perfected therein, and
- shares of capital stock of publicly-traded competitors of the Borrowers in an amount not to exceed $50,000 in the aggregate.
"Permitted Liens" means:
- [restart]Liens securing taxes, assessments and other governmental charges or levies (excluding any Lien imposed pursuant to any of the provisions of ERISA) or the claims of materialmen, mechanics, carriers, warehousemen or landlords for labor, materials, supplies or rentals incurred in the ordinary course of business, but (i) in all cases only if payment shall not at the time be required to be made in accordance withSection 9.6, and (ii) in the case of warehousemen or landlords, only if such Liens are junior to the Security Interest in any of the Collateral or the relevant premises are reflected in the Rent Reserve,
- Minor survey exceptions or minor encumbrances, easements or reservations, or rights of others for rights-of-way, utilities and other similar purposes, or zoning or other restrictions as to the use of real properties which are necessary for the conduct of the activities of the applicable Borrower or which customarily exist on properties of corporations engaged in similar activities and similarly situated and which do not in any event materially impair their use in the operation of the business of the applicable Borrower,
- Liens securing Permitted Purchase Money Indebtedness,
- Judgment Liens to the extent that the underlying judgment does not constitute an Event of Default underSection 12.1(i),
- Liens incurred or deposits made in the ordinary course of business in connection with workers' compensation, unemployment insurance and other types of social security, or to secure the performance of tenders, statutory obligations, bids, leases, government contracts, performance, surety and return-of-money bonds and other similar obligations (exclusive of obligations for the payment of Indebtedness for Money Borrowed),
- Any extension, renewal or replacement (or successive extensions, renewals or replacements) in whole or in part of any Lien referred to in the foregoing paragraphs (a) through (e) inclusive, provided, however, that the principal amount of Indebtedness secured thereby shall not exceed the principal amount of Indebtedness so secured at the time of such extension, renewal or replacement, and that such extension, renewal or replacement shall be limited to the property which was subject to the Lien so extended, renewed or replaced,
- Liens shown onSchedule 1.1C - Permitted Liens, and
- Liens of the Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, arising under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
"Permitted Purchase Money Indebtedness" means Purchase Money Indebtedness (i) secured only by Purchase Money Liens and Capitalized Lease Obligations, incurred by a Borrower after the Agreement Date, up to an aggregate amount outstanding at any time equal to $250,000, (ii) secured only by Limited Chassis Liens or (iii) consisting of IRB Obligations.
"Person" means an individual, corporation, partnership, association, trust or unincorporated organization, or a government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
"Plan" means, as to any Person, any employee benefit plan as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA in respect of which such Person or any Related Company is, or within the immediately preceding six years was, an "employer" as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA.
"Proprietary Rights" means and includes, as to any Person, all of such Person's then-owned or existing and future arising or acquired: Patents, Copyrights, Trademarks, applications therefor and licenses in respect thereof including, without limitation, those Proprietary Rights of the Borrowers set forth onSchedule 6.1(bb) hereto, and all other rights under any of the foregoing, all extensions, renewals, reissues, divisions, continuations, and continuations-in-part of any of the foregoing, and all rights to sue for past, present and future infringement of any of the foregoing.
"Purchase Money Indebtedness" means Indebtedness created or assumed to finance the payment of all or any part of the purchase price (not in excess of the fair market value thereof) of any tangible asset (other than Inventory) and incurred at the time of or within 10 days prior to or after the acquisition of such tangible asset.
"Purchase Money Lien" means any Lien securing Purchase Money Indebtedness, but only if such Lien shall at all times be confined solely to the tangible asset (other than Inventory) the purchase price of which was financed through the incurrence of the Purchase Money Indebtedness secured by such Lien.
"Quarterly Compliance Certificate" means a certificate in substantially the form ofExhibit F to the effect set forth inSection 10.3.
"Raw Materials Sublimit" means the sum of $7,500,000.
"Real Estate" means all of each Borrower's now or hereafter owned or leased estates in real property, including, without limitation, all fees, leaseholds and future interests, together with all of such Borrower's now or hereafter owned or leased interests in the improvements and emblements thereon, the fixtures attached thereto and the easements appurtenant thereto, including, without limitation the real property described onSchedule 6.1(w).
"Rebate Accounts" means Accounts owing to a Borrower from a dealer for an Acceptable Chassis Manufacturer representing such Borrower's proportionate share of rebates payable to such dealer by any such Acceptable Chassis Manufacturer by reason of the sale of motor vehicle chassis to such Borrower.
"Register" shall have the meaning set forth inSection 13.1(d).
"Regulation U" means Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (or any successor), as the same may be amended or supplemented from time to time.
"Reimbursement Agreement" means, with respect to a Letter of Credit, such form of application therefor and form of reimbursement agreement therefor (whether in a single document or several documents) as the Issuing Bank may employ in the ordinary course of business for its own account, in such form as may be acceptable to FCC in its reasonable judgment and with such modifications thereto as may be agreed upon by the Issuing Bank, FCC and the applicable Borrower, provided that such application and agreement and any modifications thereto are not inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement.
"Reimbursement Obligations" means the reimbursement or repayment obligations of a Borrower to FCC pursuant toArticle 2A or (but without duplication) to the Issuing Bank pursuant to a Reimbursement Agreement with respect to amounts that have been drawn under Letters of Credit Guaranteed by FCC.
"Related Company" means, as to any Person, any (i) corporation which is a member of the same controlled group of corporations (within the meaning of Section 414(b) of the Internal Revenue Code) as such Person; (ii) partnership or other trade or business (whether or not incorporated) under common control (within the meaning of Section 414(c) of the Internal Revenue Code) with such Person; or (iii) member of the same affiliated service group (within the meaning of Section 414(m) of the Internal Revenue Code) as such Person, any corporation described inclause (i) above or any partnership, trade or business described inclause (ii) above.
"Release" means release, spill, emission, leaking, pumping, injection, deposit, disposal, discharge, dispersal, leaching or migration into the indoor or outdoor environment or into or out of any property, including the movement of Contaminants through or in the air, soil, surface water or groundwater.
"Remedial Action" means actions required to (i) clean up, remove, treat or in any other way address Contaminants in the indoor or outdoor environment; (ii) prevent the Release or threat of Release or minimize the further Release of Contaminants so they do not migrate or endanger or threaten to endanger public health or welfare or the indoor or outdoor environment; or (iii) perform pre-remedial studies and investigations and post-remedial monitoring and care.
"Rent Reserve" means an amount approximately equal to three times the aggregate monthly rental payable by the Borrowers on all leased Real Estate in respect of which landlord's or warehouseman's waivers, in form and substance acceptable to the Agent, arenot in effect or such greater amount as the Agent may, in its reasonable credit judgment, determine to be appropriate after notice to the Borrowers.
"Reserve Percentage" means that percentage (expressed as a decimal) which is in effect from time to time under Regulation D of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, as such regulation may be amended from time to time, or any successor regulation, as the maximum reserve requirement (including, without limitation, any basic, supplemental, emergency, special, or marginal reserves) applicable with respect to Eurocurrency liabilities as that term is defined in Regulation D (or against any other category of liabilities that includes deposits by reference to which the interest rate of LIBOR Loans is determined), whether or not any Lender has any Eurocurrency liabilities subject to such reserve requirement at that time. LIBOR Loans shall be deemed to constitute Eurocurrency liabilities and as such shall be deemed subject to reserve requirements without benefits of credits for proration, exceptions or offsets that may be available from time to time to any Lender.
"Reportable Event" has the meaning set forth in Section 4043(b) of ERISA, but shall not include a Reportable Event as to which the provision for 30 days' notice to the PBGC is waived under applicable regulations.
"Required Lenders" means, at any time, any combination of Lenders whose Commitment Percentages at such time aggregate in excess of 51%.
"Restricted Payment" means (a) any dividend, distribution or payment on or with respect to (i) any shares of a Borrower's capital stock (other than dividends payable solely in shares of its capital stock) or (ii) any partnership interest in a Borrower, excluding, however, any such dividend, distribution or payment to a Borrower or any Subsidiary of a Borrower, (b) any redemption or prepayment or other retirement by a Borrower, prior to the stated maturity thereof or prior to the due date of any regularly scheduled installment or amortization payment with respect thereto, of any Indebtedness for Money Borrowed (other than the Secured Obligations) or of any Indebtedness that is junior and subordinate to the Secured Obligations, (c) the payment by a Borrower of the principal amount of or interest on any Indebtedness (other than trade debt) owing to a shareholder, partner or equity holder of a Borrower or to any Affiliate of any such shareholder, partner or equity holder, which Affiliate is n ot a Borrower, and (d) the payment of any management, consulting or similar fee by a Borrower to any of its Affiliates other than a Borrower.
"Restricted Purchase" means any payment on account of the purchase, redemption or other acquisition or retirement by a Person of any (a) shares of such Person's capital stock (except shares acquired on the conversion thereof into other shares of capital stock of such Person) or (b) a partnership interest in such Person, if such Person is a partnership.
"Revolving Credit Commitment" means, as to FCC, initially $25,000,000 and, as to each Lender from and after an assignment by FCC, the amount set forth for such Lender in the Register maintained by the Agent pursuant toSection 13.1(d), representing such Lender's aggregate obligation, upon and subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, to make Revolving Credit Loans to each of the Borrowers.
"Revolving Credit Facility" means, at any time, the principal amount of $25,000,000.
"Revolving Credit Loan" means Loans made to a Borrower pursuant toSections 2.1 and2.2.
"Revolving Credit Note" means each Revolving Credit Note made by the Borrowers, jointly and severally, payable to the order of a Lender evidencing the obligation of the Borrowers to pay the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Revolving Credit Loan made to them by such Lender (and any promissory note or notes that may be issued from time to time in substitution, renewal, extension, replacement or exchange therefor, whether payable to such Lender or to a different Lender in connection with a Person becoming a Lender after the Effective Date or otherwise) substantially in the form ofExhibit A hereto, with all blanks properly completed, either as originally executed or as the same may from time to time be supplemented, modified, amended, renewed, extended or refinanced.
"Schedule of Accounts" means a schedule delivered by the Borrowers to the Agent pursuant to the provisions ofSection 8.12(a).
"Schedule of Inventory" means a schedule delivered by the Borrowers to the Agent pursuant to the provisions ofSection 8.12(b).
"Secured Obligations" means, in each case whether now in existence or hereafter arising,
- [restart]the principal of, and interest and premium, if any, on, the Loans,
- all Reimbursement Obligations and other obligations of the Borrowers (or any of them) relating to Letters of Credit,
- all IRB Letter of Credit Obligations,
- all obligations to the Agent, a Lender or any Affiliate of the Agent or any Lender under or relating to Interest Rate Protection Agreements,
- all obligations of the Borrowers to Bank in connection with the maintenance of accounts, funds transfer, account analysis, cash management fees and related items, and
- all indebtedness, liabilities, obligations, covenants and duties of the Borrowers, or any of them, to the Agent or to the Lenders of every kind, nature and description arising under or in respect of this Agreement, the Notes or any of the other Loan Documents, whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or not due, contractual or tortious, liquidated or unliquidated, and whether or not evidenced by any note, and whether or not for the payment of money, including without limitation, fees required to be paid pursuant toArticle 4 and expenses required to be paid or reimbursed pursuant toSections 15.2 and15.14.
"Security Documents" means each of the following:
- [restart]the Financing Statements,
- the Mortgages,
- the Trust Agreement,
- the Trademark Security Agreement,
- the Patent Security Agreement,
- the Guaranty Agreement,
- the Guarantor Security Agreement, and
- this Agreement and each other writing executed and delivered by a Borrower or any other Person securing the Secured Obligations.
"Security Interest" means the Liens of the Agent, for the benefit of itself as Agent and the Lenders, on and in the Collateral and the Guarantor Collateral effected hereby or by any of the Security Documents or pursuant to the terms hereof or thereof.
"Settlement Date" means each Business Day after the Effective Date selected by the Agent in its sole discretion subject to and in accordance with the provisions ofSection 4.8(c) as of which a Settlement Report is delivered by the Agent and on which settlement is to be made among the Lenders in accordance with the provisions ofSection 4.8.
"Settlement Report" means each report, substantially in the form attached hereto asExhibit E, prepared by the Agent and delivered to each Lender and setting forth, among other things, as of the Settlement Date indicated thereon and as of the next preceding Settlement Date, the aggregate principal balance of all Revolving Credit Loans outstanding, each Lender's Commitment Percentage thereof, each Lender's Net Outstandings and all Non-Ratable Loans made, and all payments of principal, interest and fees received by the Agent from the Borrowers during the period beginning on such next preceding Settlement Date and ending on such Settlement Date.
"Subordinated Indebtedness" means any Indebtedness for Money Borrowed, which is subordinated to the Secured Obligations on terms and conditions acceptable to the Required Lenders in their sole discretion.
"Subsidiary"
- [restart]when used to determine the relationship of a Person to another Person, means a Person of which an aggregate of 50% or more of the stock of any class or classes or 50% or more of other ownership interests is owned of record or beneficially by such other Person, or by one or more Subsidiaries of such other Person, or by such other Person and one or more Subsidiaries of such Person,
- if the holders of such stock, or other ownership interests, (A) are ordinarily, in the absence of contingencies, entitled to vote for the election of a majority of the directors (or other individuals performing similar functions) of such Person, even though the right so to vote has been suspended by the happening of such a contingency, or (B) are entitled, as such holders, to vote for the election of a majority of the directors (or individuals performing similar functions) of such Person, whether or not the right so to vote exists by reason of the happening of a contingency, or
- in the case of such other ownership interests, if such ownership interests constitute a majority voting interest, and
- when used without other designation, means a Subsidiary of a Borrower.
"Tangible Net Worth" means, at any time, as applied to the Borrowers, the consolidated Net Worth of Collins and its Consolidated Subsidiaries at the time in question, after excluding therefrom all Accounts due from officers, directors, shareholders and Affiliates of the Borrowers and the amount of all intangible items reflected therein, including, without limitation, all unamortized debt discount and expense, unamortized research and development expense, unamortized deferred charges, goodwill, patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights, non-compete agreements and similar covenants, unamortized excess cost of investment in non-Consolidated Subsidiaries over equity at dates of acquisition and all similar items which should properly be treated as intangibles in accordance with GAAP.
"Termination Date" means May 17, 2005, such earlier date as all Secured Obligations shall have been irrevocably paid in full and the Revolving Credit Facility shall have been terminated, or such later date as to which the same may be extended pursuant to the provisions ofSection 2.5.
"Termination Event" means
- [restart]a Reportable Event, or
- the filing of a notice of intent to terminate a Plan or the treatment of a Plan amendment as a termination under Section 4041 of ERISA, or
- the institution of proceedings to terminate a Plan by the PBGC under Section 4042 of ERISA, or the appointment of a trustee to administer any Plan."Term Loan" means either Term Loan A or Term Loan B, and refers to both LIBOR Term Loans and Base Rate Term Loans and "Term Loans" means all such Loans.
"Term Loan A" means the aggregate Loans made to the Borrowers pursuant toSection 3.1(a).
"Term Loan A Facility" means a principal amount equal to $7,000,000.
"Term Loan B" means the aggregate of the Term Loan B Advances made to the Borrowers pursuant toSection 3.1(b).
"Term Loan B Advance" means any advance of Term Loan B pursuant to the provisions ofSection 3.1(b).
"Term Loan B Advance Date" means the date on which a Term Loan B Advance is made pursuant to the provisions ofSections 3.1 and 3.2.
"Term Loan B Availability" means the excess, if any, at the time of determination of the Term Loan B Facility over the outstanding unpaid principal balance of Term Loan B.
"Term Loan B Facility" means, at any time, a principal amount equal to $2,000,000.
"Term Note" means any of the Term Notes A or the Term Notes B and "Term Notes means more than one such Note.
"Term Note A" means any of the promissory notes made by the Borrowers, jointly and severally, payable to the order of a Lender evidencing the obligations of such Borrowers to pay the aggregate unpaid amount of the Term Loan A made by such Lender to the Borrowers (and any promissory note or notes that may be issued from time to time in substitution, renewal, extension, replacement or exchange therefor whether payable to the same or different Lender, whether issued in connection with a Person becoming a Lender after the Effective Date or otherwise), substantially in the form ofExhibit B-1 hereto, with all blanks properly completed, either as originally executed or as the same may be from time to time be supplemented, modified, amended, renewed, extended or refinanced, and "Term Notes A" means more than one such Term Note A.
"Term Note B" means any of the promissory notes made by the Borrowers, jointly and severally, payable to the order of a Lender evidencing the obligations of such Borrowers to pay the aggregate unpaid amount of the Term Loan A made by such Lender to the Borrowers (and any promissory note or notes that may be issued from time to time in substitution, renewal, extension, replacement or exchange therefor whether payable to the same or different Lender, whether issued in connection with a Person becoming a Lender after the Effective Date or otherwise), substantially in the form ofExhibit B-2 hereto, with all blanks properly completed, either as originally executed or as the same may be from time to time be supplemented, modified, amended, renewed, extended or refinanced, and "Term Notes B" means more than one such Term Note B.
"Total Commitment" means at any time the sum of the Revolving Credit Commitments of all Lenders at such time.
"Trademark Security Agreement" means each Trademark Security Agreement, dated on or about the Effective Date, made by a Borrower to the Agent for the benefit of the Lenders.
"Trademarks" means and includes, as to any Person, all of such Person's then-owned or existing and future acquired or arising right, title and interest in and to
- [restart]trademarks (including service marks), trade names and trade styles and the registrations and applications for registration thereof and the goodwill of the business symbolized by the trademarks,
- licenses of the foregoing, whether as licensee or licensor,
- renewals thereof,
- income, royalties, damages and payments now or hereafter due and/or payable with respect thereto, including, without limitation, damages, claims and payments for past and future infringements thereof,
- rights to sue for past, present and future infringements thereof, including the right to settle suits involving claims and demands for royalties owing, and
- all rights corresponding to any of the foregoing throughout the world.
"Trust Agreement" means, collectively, the Trust Agreements, dated on or about the Effective Date, among a Borrower, the Agent and the named trustee, in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent, providing for the holding by such trustee on behalf of the Lenders of title documents relating to Eligible Chassis Inventory and Eligible Finished Goods Inventory and periodic reporting relating thereto.
"Trustee" means the person serving as Trustee under the Trust Agreement from time to time.
"Unfunded Vested Accrued Benefits" means with respect to any Plan at any time, the amount (if any) by which
- [restart]the present value of all vested nonforfeitable benefits under such Plan exceeds
- the fair market value of all Plan assets allocable to such benefits, all determined as of the then most recent valuation date for such Plan.