FIRST AMENDMENT TO 2003 RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT AND
CONSENT TO OFFERING
This First Amendment to 2003 Restated Credit Agreement and
Consent to Offering (this "Seventh Amendment"), dated as of November
30, 2004, is entered into by and among (a) CADIZ INC. ("Cadiz")
(f/k/a Cadiz Land Company, Inc.) in its own capacity and as
successor by merger to Cadiz Valley Development Corporation, and
CADIZ REAL ESTATE LLC ("CRE"), as co-borrowers (collectively, the
"Borrowers"), (b) ING Capital, LLC ("ING") (f/k/a ING Baring (U.S.)
Capital LLC and ING Baring (U.S.) Capital Corporation), a Delaware
corporation, as administrative agent (in such capacity, the
"Administrative Agent"), and (c) the Lender(s) (the "Lenders" and,
along with the Administrative Agent, the "Lender Parties") party to
that Sixth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of
December 15, 2003 (as amended and restated from time to time, the
"Revolving Credit Agreement"), among the Borrowers, the Lenders and
the Administrative Agent. This Seventh Amendment amends the
Revolving Credit Agreement.
R E C I T A L S
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A. This Seventh Amendment refers to that certain Revolving Credit
Agreement.
B. Pursuant to that certain Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as
of November 25, 1997 (the "1997 Revolving Credit Agreement"), among
Cadiz, the Lenders party thereto and the Administrative Agent, as
agent for such Lenders, such Lenders agreed to provide a revolving
credit facility to Cadiz Borrower.
C. Pursuant to that certain First Amendment to Credit Agreement,
dated as of September 28, 1999, by and between Cadiz, Lenders and
the Administrative Agent (the "First Amendment Agreement"), the
parties agreed to amend certain terms of the 1997 Revolving Credit
Agreement.
D. Pursuant to that certain Second Amendment to Credit Agreement,
dated as of December 22, 1999, by and between Cadiz, Lenders and the
Administrative Agent (the "Second Amendment Agreement"), and the
other Second Amendment Documents, as defined in the Second Amendment
Agreement (collectively, the "Second Amendment Documents"), the
parties agreed to amend certain terms of the 1997 Revolving Credit
Agreement, as amended and in effect at that time.
E. Pursuant to that certain Third Amendment to Credit Agreement,
dated as of December 22, 2000, by and between Cadiz Borrower,
Lenders and the Administrative Agent (the "Third Amendment
Agreement"), as amended by that certain First Amendment to Third
Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of October 22, 2001 between
Borrower, Lenders and the Administrative Agent, and the other Third
Amendment Documents, as defined in the Third Amendment Agreement
(collectively, the "Third Amendment Documents"), the parties agreed
to amend certain terms of the 1997 Revolving Credit Agreement, as
amended and in effect at that time.
F. Pursuant to that certain Fourth Amendment to Credit Agreement,
dated as of January 31, 2002, by and between Cadiz Borrower, Lenders
and the Administrative Agent (the "Fourth Amendment Agreement"), and
the other Fourth Amendment Documents, as defined in the Fourth
Amendment Agreement (collectively, the "Fourth Amendment
Documents"), the parties agreed to amend certain terms of the 1997
Revolving Credit Agreement, as amended and in effect at that time.
G. Pursuant to that certain Fifth Amended and Restated Credit
Agreement, dated as of March 7, 2002, by and between Cadiz Borrower,
Lenders and the Administrative Agent (the "Fifth Amendment
Agreement"), and the other documents executed or delivered in
connection therewith (collectively, the "Fifth Amendment
Documents"), the parties agreed to amend certain terms of the 1997
Revolving Credit Agreement, as amended and in effect at that time;
H. Pursuant to that certain Sixth Amended and Restated Credit
Agreement, dated as of December 15, 2003, by and between Cadiz and
CRE, as borrowers, Lenders and the Administrative Agent (the "Sixth
Amendment Agreement"), and the other documents executed or delivered
in connection therewith (collectively, the "Sixth Amendment
Documents"), the parties agreed to amend certain terms of the
Revolving Credit Agreement, as amended and in effect at that time.
I. Cadiz and CRE have requested that the Revolving Credit
Agreement, as amended and in effect at this time, be amended to
reflect the restructuring of the Loan Obligations on the terms set
forth herein.
J. The Lenders and the Administrative Agent are willing to amend
the Revolving Credit Agreement, as amended and in effect at this
time, on the terms and subject to the conditions and requirements
set forth in this Seventh Amendment and the other documents executed
or delivered in connection herewith to, among other things,
(a) confirm the obligations of Borrowers in favor of Lenders and
Administrative Agent under the Revolving Credit Agreement, as
amended and in effect at this time; (b) consent to the Offering, and
(c) provide for the conversion of 99,000 shares of the Series F
Preferred Stock issued by Cadiz to the Lenders into 1,711,665 shares
of Common Stock; (d) amend the interest rate on the Loan
Obligations; (e) provide for the further extension of the Maturity
Date of the Notes and other modifications thereof, (f) provide for
the immediate repayment of all outstanding Term Loan Obligations,
and (g) establish a $2.4 million credit for use in the Cash
Collateral Account as consideration for the Offering-ING Units, all
of the foregoing upon the terms and conditions set forth herein and
in the other Seventh Amendment Documents.
K. The parties acknowledge that the Borrowers have previously
fully drawn on the Revolving Loans and the availability provided
under the Revolving Credit Agreement and that there are no undrawn
Commitments under the Revolving Credit Agreement.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of foregoing and for other
good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of
which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
AGREEMENT
SECTION 1. Definitions.
All capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall
have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Revolving Credit
Agreement, as amended by this Seventh Amendment. The following
terms shall have the following meanings when used herein (all terms
defined in this Section 1 or in other provisions of this Seventh
Amendment in the singular shall have the same meaning in the plural
and vice versa).
"NEW CADIZ SERIES F PREFERRED STOCK CERTIFICATE": means
the certificate of Series F Preferred Stock issued by Cadiz to ING
pursuant to Section 8 of the Seventh Amendment with the rights,
privileges and preferences as set forth in the Revised Preferred
Stock Certificate of Designations, in the form as attached hereto in
Exhibit I.
"OFFERING": means the offering by Cadiz of $20,000,000 to
$24,000,000 of its common stock, $0.01 par value, in order (i) to
reduce the outstanding balance on the Loan Obligations to
$25,000,000 and (ii) to provide additional working capital, which
Offering shall be effected pursuant to documentation in form and
substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent in its reasonable
discretion.
"OFFERING MATERIALS CERTIFICATE": means the Offering
Materials Certificate delivered by the Borrowers to the
Administrative Agent in the form as attached hereto in Exhibit J,
"OFFERING REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT": means the
Offering Registration Rights Agreement in the form as attached
hereto in Exhibit K,
"REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT AMENDMENT" means the
amendment to the Registration Rights Agreement in the form as
attached hereto in Exhibit H.
"REVISED PREFERRED STOCK CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS":
means the revised Preferred Stock Certificate of Designations issued
by Cadiz to ING pursuant Seventh Amendment in the form as attached
hereto in Exhibit M, which Revised Preferred Stock Certificate of
Designations shall be in form and substance acceptable to ING.
"REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT" means the Agreement.
"SEVENTH AMENDMENT DOCUMENTS": means the Seventh
Amendment and all of the other documents executed in connection
therewith or relating thereto and schedules and exhibits thereto.
"SEVENTH AMENDMENT EFFECTIVE DATE": means the date on
which the conditions specified in Section 7 are satisfied (or waived
in writing by the Administrative Agent).
"TERM LOAN PAYOFF LETTER": means the Term Loan Payoff
Letter among the parties hereto in the form as attached hereto in
Exhibit N,
SECTION 2. AMENDMENTS.
Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent
specified in Section 7 hereof, and effective as of the Seventh
Amendment Effective Date, the Revolving Credit Agreement shall be
amended as follows:
Section 2.01 References in the Agreement to "this Agreement" (and
indirect references such as "hereunder", "hereby", "herein" and
"hereof") shall be deemed to be references to the Agreement as
amended and in effect from time to time, including as amended by the
Seventh Amendment and the Seventh Amendment Documents.
Section 2.02 Section 1.01 of the Revolving Credit Agreement shall
be amended by deleting and replacing the current definitions of
"Agreement", "Loan Documents", "Permitted Investments", "Maturity
Date" and "PIK Portion Rate" with the following:
"AGREEMENT" means the Sixth Amended and Restated Credit
Agreement, dated as of December 15,2003, among Borrowers,
the Lenders party hereto, and the Administrative Agent, as
amended and in effect from time to time.
"LOAN DOCUMENTS": means this Agreement, each Security
Document, each Note, the First Amendment Agreement, the
Second Amendment Documents, the Third Amendment Documents,
the Fourth Amendment Documents, the Fifth Amendment
Documents, the Sixth Amendment Documents and the Seventh
Amendment Documents, and any other document, instrument or
agreement delivered, executed or to be executed under or
in connection with any of the foregoing.
"MATURITY DATE" means March 31, 2010.
"PERMITTED INVESTMENTS" means:
(a) Cash Equivalents;
(b) transactions permitted pursuant to the
provisions of Sections 5.10 and 5.11 hereof; and
(c) acquisitions (by merger or purchase of assets)
where 100% of the purchase price is paid in equity of
the Borrowers, provided, however, that (i) any such
acquisition must be reasonably acceptable to the
Lender Parties and (ii) any equity interests so
acquired must be pledged to the Administrative Agent
as provided in Section 5.10 of the Agreement.
"PIK PORTION RATE " means (a) for the period between the
Seventh Amendment Effective Date and March 31, 2008, 4%
and (b) for all Interest Periods from and after April 1,
2008, 6%.
Section 2.03 Section 1.01 of the Revolving Credit Agreement shall
be amended by adding the following definitions:
"ING-OFFERING CASH COLLATERAL" has the meaning ascribed to
such term in Section 2.27 of the Agreement.
"MANDATORY WARRANT PREPAYMENT" has the meaning ascribed to
such term in Section 2.21(e) of the Agreement.
"OFFERING" has the meaning ascribed to such term in the
Seventh Amendment.
"OFFERING-ING COMMON STOCK" has the meaning ascribed to
such term in Section 2.27 of the Agreement.
"OFFERING-ING UNITS" means, collectively, the Offering-ING
Common Stock and the Offering-ING Warrants.
"OFFERING-ING WARRANTS" has the meaning ascribed to such
term in Section 2.27 of the Agreement.
"OFFERING WARRANTS" means any warrants and other equity
interests (excluding Common Stock of Cadiz Borrower)
issued under the Offering, including, but not limited to,
the Offering-ING Warrants.
"REPAYMENT FEE" means (a) in the event that ING (or ING's
nominee, as the case may be) does not sell, in its sole
discretion, all of its Offering-ING Units to any Entity on
or before March 31, 2005, an amount equal to the amount of
any remaining ING-Offering Cash Collateral after
application of Section 2.28(a) of the Agreement, and (b)
if ING (or ING's nominee, as the case may be), in its sole
discretion, sells all of its Offering-ING Units to any
Entity (but excluding any sale or transfer to any
Affiliate of ING) on or before March 31, 2005, an amount
equal to the amount of any remaining ING-Offering Cash
Collateral after application of Sections 2.28(a) and
2.28(b) of the Agreement.
"REQUIRED CASH COLLATERAL AMOUNT" means, as of any
Interest Payment Date, an amount in cash equal to the Cash
Portion due on all Loans on the next Interest Payment
Date.
"SEVENTH AMENDMENT" means that certain First Amendment to
2003 Restated Credit Agreement and Consent to Offering,
dated as of November 30, 2004, by and among (a) the
Borrowers, as borrowers, (b) the Lenders, as lenders, and
(c) the Administrative Agent, as administrative agent.
"SEVENTH AMENDMENT DOCUMENTS" has the meaning ascribed to
such term in the Seventh Amendment.
"SEVENTH AMENDMENT EFFECTIVE DATE" has the meaning
ascribed to such term in the Seventh Amendment.
Section 2.04 Section 1.01 of the Revolving Credit Agreement shall
be amended by deleting the definitions of "FIRST EXTENSION
REQUIREMENTS", "MaxIMUM CASH COLLATERAL AMOUNT", "SECOND EXTENSION
REQUIREMENTS", and "THIRD EXTENSION REQUIREMENTS".
Section 2.05 The Revolving Credit Agreement shall be amended by
deleting Section 2.01 in its entirety and inserting the following
revised Section 2.01 in lieu thereof:
(a) TRANCHE A LOANS. The parties hereby acknowledge
and agree that each Lender has made loans (the "Tranche A
Loans") to the Borrowers from time to time during the
Availability Period in an aggregate principal amount equal
to each Lender's Tranche A Commitment. The parties hereby
further acknowledge and agree that prior to the Seventh
Amendment Effective Date, the Borrowers have borrowed the
principal amount of $15,020,000 of Tranche A Loans from
the Lenders and, as of the Seventh Amendment Effective
Date the principal amount of $15,000,000 of Tranche A
Loans remains outstanding. Each Lender's Tranche A Loans
are the joint and several obligation of the Borrowers to
repay such Tranche A Loans and are evidenced by a revised
and restated Tranche A Loan Note payable to the order of
such Lender, and, as of the Seventh Amendment Effective
Date, has been duly and validly executed and delivered by
the Borrowers, payable to the order of such Lender, which
Tranche A Loan Note shall replace the Tranche A Loan Note
issued in connection with the Sixth Amendment Documents.
Each Revolving Loan Note shall be dated as of the Seventh
Amendment Effective Date (or the later date of any
Assignment and Acceptance). The Borrowers acknowledge and
agree that the principal amount of Tranche A Loans
outstanding on the Seventh Amendment Effective Date is
equal to $15,000,000.
(b) TRANCHE B LOANS. The parties hereby acknowledge
and agree that each Lender has made loans (the "Tranche B
Loans") to the Borrowers from time to time during the
Availability Period in an aggregate principal amount equal
to each Lender's Tranche B Commitment. The parties hereby
further acknowledge and agree that prior to the Seventh
Amendment Effective Date, the Borrowers have borrowed the
principal amount of $10,000,000 of Tranche B Loans from
the Lenders, which Tranche B Loans remain outstanding on
the Seventh Amendment Effective Date. Each Lender's
Tranche B Loans are the joint and several obligation of
the Borrowers to repay such Tranche B Loans and are
evidenced by a revised and restated Tranche B Loan Note
payable to the order of such Lender, and, as of the
Seventh Amendment Effective Date, has been duly and
validly executed and delivered by the Borrowers, payable
to the order of such Lender, which Tranche B Loan Note
shall replace the Tranche B Loan Note issued in connection
with the Sixth Amendment Documents. Each Note shall be
dated as of the Seventh Amendment Effective Date (or the
later date of any Assignment and Acceptance). The
Borrowers acknowledge and agree that the principal amount
of Tranche B Loans outstanding on the Seventh Amendment
Effect Date is equal to $10,000,000.
Section 2.06 Section 2.12 of the Revolving Credit Agreement shall
be amended by adding the following sentence at the end of the
current Section 2.12:
In addition to any other obligations provided herein, on
the date on which the Revolving Loan Obligations are being
paid in full, the Borrowers shall satisfy the Repayment
Fee as provided in Section 2.28(c) hereof.
Section 2.07 The Revolving Credit Agreement shall be amended by
deleting Subsection 2.14(a) in its entirety and inserting the
following revised Subsection 2.14(a) in lieu thereof:
(a) In its sole discretion, as provided in this
section, Borrowers may elect to pay accrued interest on a
Borrowing on an Interest Payment Date (or, in the case of
a prepayment under Section 2.11 of the Agreement, on the
Prepayment Date) for such Borrowing either:
(i) at the PIK&Cash Payment Rate through the
remittance of both (A) the Cash Portion, which is a
payment in cash corresponding to an interest rate of
4% per annum plus (B) the PIK Portion, which is the
payment in kind (the payment of interest in the form
of additional principal added to the applicable Note)
corresponding to an interest rate equal to the PIK
Portion Rate (such election, a "PIK&Cash Payment
Election"); or
(ii) at the Cash Payment Rate through the
remittance of the Cash Payment Amount, which is a
payment on cash corresponding to an interest rate of
8% (such election, a "Cash Payment Election").
Section 2.08 The Revolving Credit Agreement shall be amended by
deleting Section 2.16 in its entirety and inserting the following
revised Section 2.16 in lieu thereof:
Section 2.16. CASH COLLATERAL ACCOUNT
. In accordance with Section 4.01, the Cadiz Borrower has
agreed to establish the Cash Collateral Account and to
grant to Lenders perfected first priority security
interests therein, all upon the terms and subject to the
terms and conditions of the Cash Collateral Account
Agreement. Subject to the terms of this Section 2.16 and
Sections 2.27 and 2.28 of the Agreement, the Lender
Parties may utilize the amount (or any portion thereof) in
the Cash Collateral Account as provided in the Cash
Collateral Account Agreement. Subject to the restrictions
on the use and application of the ING-Offering Cash
Collateral, to the extent that the amount in the Cash
Collateral Account exceeds the Required Cash Collateral
Amount, the Borrowers may utilize such excess (or any
portion thereof) to pay the interest payments next due on
the Loan Obligations, and if all interest due and owing
has been paid, to pay amounts due under the Agreement in
accordance with the application of proceeds provisions of
Section 2.21(c) of this Agreement. On each Interest
Payment Date after the Seventh Amendment Effective Date,
and during each Interest Period after the after the
Seventh Amendment Effective Date, to the extent that the
amount in the Cash Collateral Account is less than the
Required Cash Collateral Amount, then the Borrowers
immediately shall deposit the amount of such deficiency
into the Cash Collateral Account, with the amount in such
account subject to the Cash Collateral Account Agreement
and this Agreement. Provided that no Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing, but subject to the terms of
Sections 2.27 and 2.28 of this Agreement, on the final
Maturity Date, Cadiz Borrower may utilize any remaining
cash in the Cash Collateral Account to repay the Loan
Obligations in accordance with the application of proceeds
provisions of Section 2.21(c) of this Agreement.
Section 2.09 The Revolving Credit Agreement shall be amended by
deleting Subsection 2.21(a) in its entirety and inserting the
following revised Subsection 2.21(a) in lieu thereof:
(a) CERTAIN MANDATORY PREPAYMENTS FOR EQUITY
CONTRIBUTION. Subject to Sections 2.21(b) and (e) below,
to the extent, if any, that either Borrower raises,
collects, or receives, proceeds (whether cash or
otherwise) from any Equity Issuance in any manner after
the Seventh Amendment Effective Date, then the Borrowers
shall prepay the Loan Obligations in an aggregate amount
equal to 35% of such cumulative gross proceeds to prepay
the Lender's outstanding Loan Obligations (such amount of
proceeds, the "MANDATORY EQUITY PREPAYMENT").
Section 2.10 Section 2.21 of the Revolving Credit Agreement shall
be amended by adding the following new subsections (e), (f) and (g)
at the end of such Section 2.21.
(e) OFFERING WARRANTS. Unless ING (or ING's
nominee, as the case may be), in its sole discretion,
sells all of its Offering-ING Units to any Entity (but
excluding any sale or transfer to any Affiliate of ING) on
or before March 31, 2005, to the extent that either
Borrower raises, collects, or receives, proceeds from the
exercise of any Offering Warrants in any manner after the
Seventh Amendment Effective Date, then the Borrowers shall
prepay the Loan Obligations in an aggregate amount equal
to 100% of such cumulative gross proceeds to prepay the
Lender's outstanding Loan Obligations (such amount of
proceeds, the "MANDATORY WARRANT PREPAYMENT"). All
proceeds of the Mandatory Warrant Prepayments shall be
applied toward the mandatory prepayment required under
Section 2.21(f) of the Agreement. If ING (or ING's
nominee, as the case may be), in its sole discretion,
sells all of its Offering-ING Units to any Entity (but
excluding any sale or transfer to any Affiliate of ING) on
or before March 31, 2005, then from and after the date
that ING (or ING's nominee, as the case may be) actually
receives the proceeds of such sale the additional
prepayment requirements set forth in this Section 2.21(e)
will thenceforth cease to be in effect, but the other
sections in Section 2.21 of the Agreement shall remain
effective (including, without limitation, the provisions
of Section 2.21(a)).
(f) MANDATORY PREPAYMENT OF $10 MILLION OF TRANCHE A
LOANS ON OR BEFORE MARCH 31, 2008. In addition to any
other payments or prepayments required to be made under
the Loan Documents, after the Seventh Amendment Effective
Date and prior to or on March 31, 2008 the Borrowers shall
make a $10,000,000 principal payment to the Administrative
Agent on account of the Loans, which $10,000,000 principal
prepayment shall be applied in the manner set forth in
Subsection (c)(iii) and (iv) of Section 2.21(c) of the
Agreement; provided, however, that the foregoing
$10,000,000 mandatory repayment amount required under this
Section 2.21(f) of the Agreement shall be reduced by the
total amount of prepayments under Sections 2.11 and
2.21(a) made prior to March 31, 2008; provided, further,
that such mandatory repayment under this Section 2.21(f)
shall not be reduced below $0..
(g) REDUCTION IN COMMITMENTS. All payments of
principal under Section 2.21 of the Agreement shall effect
a permanent reduction of (a) the Tranche A Commitments in
an amount equal to the principal amount of the Tranche A
Loans so prepaid, and (b) the Tranche B Commitments in an
amount equal to the principal amount of the Tranche B
Loans so prepaid. Any reduction of the Commitments
required under this Section 2.21(g) shall apply as a
proportional and permanent reduction of the Commitments of
each of the Lenders. If the aggregate outstanding
principal amount of the Loans exceeds the Commitments,
Borrowers shall immediately prepay such Loans to the
extent necessary to eliminate such excess.
Section 2.11 The Revolving Credit Agreement shall be amended by
deleting Section 2.27 in its entirety and inserting the following
revised Section 2.27 and new Section 2.28 in lieu thereof:
Section 2.27. OFFERING OPTION FOR ING AND UTILIZATION OF
PROCEEDS OF SUCH OFFERING TO SATISFY CASH PORTION FOR
CERTAIN INTEREST PERIODS. The Lenders and the
Administrative Agent hereby grant the Borrowers the
following option, and the Borrowers hereby exercise such
option: notwithstanding anything else contained in this
Agreement, (a) the Borrowers shall deliver on the Seventh
Amendment Effective Date (i) to the transfer agent for the
Cadiz Common Stock irrevocable instructions for the
delivery to ING (or ING's nominee) of a stock certificate
representing 200,000 shares of Common Stock of Cadiz
Borrower underlying 40,000 units under the Offering, which
units shall have an aggregate value of $2,400,000 under
the Offering (the "OFFERING-ING COMMON STOCK"), and (ii)
to ING (or ING's nominee) of warrants (the "OFFERING-ING
WARRANTS") to purchase 40,000 shares of Cadiz Common Stock
and other rights provided to a subscriber of $2,400,000
worth of units under the Offering, (b) in exchange for the
Offering-ING Units, ING shall grant a $2,400,000 credit to
be utilized for obligations arising under the Agreement
solely as provided in Section 2.28 of the Agreement (the
"ING-OFFERING CASH COLLATERAL"), and (c) for each of the
five Interest Periods between the Seventh Amendment
Effective Date and the Interest Period ending on March 31,
2007, the Borrowers have elected to make, and shall be
deemed to have made for purposes of Section 2.14 of the
Agreement, the PIK&Cash Payment Election. The ING-
Offering Cash Collateral shall be reflected as a deemed
deposit into the Cash Collateral Account and shall be
credited in calculating whether the Borrowers should
deposit further cash into the Cash Collateral Amount to
satisfy the Required Cash Collateral Amount requirement
set forth in Section 2.16 of the Agreement. ING (or ING's
nominee,as the case may be) shall be treated as a
purchaser under the Offering (and all documents,
agreements, certificates arising in connection therewith)
of all Offering-ING Units and shall be entitled to receive
a duly executed subscription agreement, warrant
certificate and the Offering Registration Rights Agreement
in respect thereof. As of any date, the sole evidence of
the amount, if any, of the ING-Offering Cash Collateral
shall be a record maintained by the Administrative Agent
setting and shall be conclusive as among the Borrowers,
the Administrative Agent and the Lenders absent manifest
error.
Section 2.28. USE AND APPLICATION OF ING-OFFERING CASH
COLLATERAL. The ING-Offering Cash Collateral shall be
utilized solely in respect of Revolving Loan Obligations
and solely as follows: (a) prior to any other application
of the ING-Offering Cash Collateral as provided in
Sections 2.28(b) or (c) of the Agreement, the Borrowers
shall utilize the ING-Offering Cash Collateral to satisfy,
to the extent available, the payment of the Cash Portion
interest when due under the Agreement, and the amount of
ING-Offering Cash Collateral shall be reduced by the
amount so utilized, (b) if ING (or ING's nominee, as the
case may be), in its sole discretion, sells its Offering-
ING Units to any Entity (but excluding any sale or
transfer to any Affiliate of ING) on or before March 31,
2005, then in any subsequent prepayment-in-full or
repayment-in-full of the Revolving Loan Obligations, the
Borrowers may utilize the ING-Offering Cash Collateral (to
the extent not previously utilized to satisfy the Cash
Portion interest obligation as provided in Section 2.28(a)
of the Agreement) to satisfy the Revolving Loan
Obligations, and the amount of ING-Offering Cash
Collateral shall be reduced by the amount so utilized, and
(c) on any date on which all of the Revolving Loan
Obligations are being paid in full, the Borrowers shall
utilize the remaining ING-Offering Cash Collateral to
satisfy the Repayment Fee and the amount of ING-Offering
Cash Collateral shall be reduced by the amount so
utilized. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
herein, at no time shall either the Administrative Agent,
ING (or its nominee) or any of the Lenders be required to
deposit moneys into the Cash Collateral Account or be
transferred to either of the Borrowers or any other party
as a result of the any of the matters set forth in
Sections 2.27 or 2.28 of the Agreement.
Section 2.12 Section VII of the Revolving Credit Agreement shall
be amended by (a) deleting the "or" at the end of subclause VII(q),
and (b) adding the following new clauses VII(s) and (t) as follows:
(s) the failure of Cadiz Borrower (or the transfer
agent for the Common Stock of Cadiz Borrower) to deliver
to ING on or before the tenth (10) Business Day after the
Seventh Amendment Effective Date both (i) a stock
certificate representing 1,711,665 shares of Common Stock
of Cadiz Borrower issuable upon the conversion of Series F
Preferred Stock as provided in Section 8 of the Seventh
Amendment, and (ii) a stock certificate representing
200,000 shares of Common Stock of Cadiz Borrower, which is
the Offering-ING Common Stock issuable in accordance with
Section 2.27 of the Agreement;
(t) The failure to of the Borrowers to maintain Cash
in the Cash Collateral account in the amount required
under Section 2.16 of the Agreement, which failure has not
been cured within three (3) days after the due date
thereof;
SECTION 3. CONSENT.
Subject to, and effective as of, the occurrence of the
Seventh Amendment Effective Date, the Lender Parties consent to the
Offering. Except as expressly provided herein, the Lender Parties
and the Borrowers agree that (a) this consent does not affect in any
way the Lender Parties' security interests, rights and remedies as
provided under the Security Documents and the other Loan Documents,
(b) the Lender Parties have expressly reserved any and all of its
rights and remedies, including under the Loan Documents and under
applicable law, waiving none of its rights by the execution of this
consent, and (c) this consent is also without prejudice to, and
shall not act as a waiver of, any of the Lender Parties' rights and
remedies with respect to any Default or Event of Default which may
have occurred and which may be continuing.
SECTION 4. CERTAIN ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
The Borrower hereby expressly acknowledges and agrees that
as of the Seventh Amendment Effective Date, the outstanding
principal under the Loan Documents is in the amount of
$25,000,000.00.
SECTION 5. NO SATISFACTION.
The Borrower hereby expressly acknowledges and agrees that
nothing in this Seventh Amendment or in any document or instrument
executed in connection with or pursuant to this Seventh Amendment
shall constitute a satisfaction of or a novation as to all or any
portion of Borrowers' indebtedness under the Revolving Credit
Agreement. Borrower hereby unconditionally reaffirms, reconfirms
and restates its obligation to pay in full the indebtedness arising
under the Revolving Credit Agreement or any of the Loan Documents to
the Administrative Agent and/or the Lenders, as the case may be, the
Revolving Loan Obligations or the other or Loan Obligations.
Borrowers as to the Revolving Loan Obligations and the other or Loan
Obligations hereby further acknowledges and agrees that it has no
defenses to the enforcement of such obligations (or any portion
thereof), nor any counter-claims or claims of offset whatsoever with
respect to the Revolving Loan Obligations and/or the other or Loan
Obligations and that neither this Seventh Amendment nor the
consummation of the transactions contemplated herein will give rise
to any such defenses, counter-claims or claims of offset.
SECTION 6. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES; UNDERTAKINGS.
The Borrower represents and warrants to the Lender Parties
that the representations and warranties set forth in Loan Documents
are true and complete in all material respects on the date hereof as
if made on and as of the date hereof (except to the extent any such
representation and warranty stated to relate to a specific earlier
date is true and correct as of such earlier date) and as if each
reference therein to that document included reference to the Loan
Documents as amended from time to time (including as amended by the
Seventh Amendment Documents). The Borrower further represents and
warrants that (a) it is in compliance with all of the affirmative,
negative and financial covenants set forth in the Loan Documents as
of the date hereof, (b) all audited financial statements and all
financial statements provided to the Securities and Exchange
Commission (as part of filings on Form 10-K, Form 10-Q or other SEC
forms) delivered to the Administrative Agent through the date hereof
have been complete and correct in all material respects and fairly
presented the financial condition of the Borrower and their
Subsidiaries as at such dates and the results of its operations for
the periods covered thereby, all in accordance with GAAP
consistently applied, (c) on the date hereof no Event of Default or
default (other than those that have been previously cured or waived)
under any Revolving Credit Document has occurred, (d) the execution
and delivery by it of this Seventh Amendment and the other Seventh
Amendment Documents has been duly authorized by all requisite
corporate action (including, but not limited to, any consent
required to be obtained by any shareholder), and it has obtained or
will obtain prior to the Seventh Amendment Effective Date any
required approvals of third parties for the execution and delivery
of such documents, (e) Administrative Agent and the Lenders have
performed or complied with all material obligations required to be
performed or complied with by it under the Loan Documents and, as of
the date hereof, there are no amounts due and owing by
Administrative Agent or the Lenders under the Loan Documents, (f) to
the Borrower's knowledge, upon due inquiry, Administrative Agent and
the Lenders have not engaged in any acts, conduct or omissions that
could result in the Administrative Agent and the Lenders receiving a
smaller distribution on account of the Revolving Loan Obligations,
and (g) all shares of Common Stock to be issued under the Offering-
ING Warrants have been duly and validly reserved and all such
shares, as well as the shares of Common Stock that will be issued to
ING on the date hereof pursuant to Sections 2.27 and 8 hereof are
not subject to any preemptive or similar rights (whether arising by
contract, law, charter documents or otherwise), other than as may
arise in favor of ING pursuant to the Series F Certificate of
Designations. Each of the parties hereto represents and warrants
that such party has full authority and legal power to execute this
Seventh Amendment and each of the other Seventh Amendment Documents
that it has executed and that this Seventh Amendment and each of the
Loan Documents (as amended by the Seventh Amendment Documents)
constitute valid and binding obligations of such party.
SECTION 7. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT.
This Amendment shall become effective on the date on which
the Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrowers that the
following conditions have been satisfied in the Administrative
Agent's sole discretion:
A. the Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts
of this Seventh Amendment and the other Seventh Amendment Documents
(in recordable form, where appropriate) duly executed and delivered
by the Borrower in form and substance satisfactory to Administrative
Agent (in Administrative Agent's absolute discretion), including,
but not limited to, the following:
(1) this Seventh Amendment;
(2) The Amended and Restated Tranche A Revolving
Credit Note between Borrowers and ING, in the form as
attached hereto in Exhibit A;
(3) The Amended and Restated Tranche B Revolving
Credit Note between Borrowers and ING in the form as
attached hereto in Exhibit B;
(4) Sixth Amended and Restated Pledge and Security
Agreement between Borrowers and ING, in the form as
attached hereto in Exhibit C;
(5) Sixth Modification of the Revolver Deed of
Trust, in the form as attached hereto in Exhibit D;
(6) Sixth Modification of the Revolver SWFG Deed of
Trust, in the form as attached hereto in Exhibit E;
(7) Sixth Modification of the Revolver Piute Deed of
Trust, in the form as attached hereto in Exhibit F;
(8) a copy of the Revised Preferred Stock
Certificate of Designations evidencing to the
satisfaction of the Lender Parties that such document
has been properly filed with the Secretary of State
of the State of Delaware;
(9) The 1934 Act Compliance Letter duly executed by
Cadiz, in the form as attached hereto in Exhibit G;
(10) The Registration Rights Agreement Amendment
in the form as attached hereto in Exhibit H;
(11) The New Cadiz Series F Preferred Stock
Certificate in the form attached hereto as Exhibit I;
(12) The Offering Materials Certificate in the
form attached hereto as Exhibit J;
(13) The Offering Registration Rights Agreement
in the form attached hereto as Exhibit K;
(14) The Offering-ING Warrants in the form attached
hereto as Exhibit L; and
(15) a copy of the instructions given to the
transfer agent for the Cadiz Common Stock evidencing
to the satisfaction of the Lender Parties that such
transfer agent has been irrevocably instructed to
issue (a) shares of Common Stock of Cadiz to ING in
accordance with Section 8 hereof and (b) shares of
Common Stock of Cadiz to ING in accordance with
Section 2.27 of the Agreement;
(B) Each of the Borrowers, to the extent that it is a party
thereto, shall have confirmed in writing that the following
documents remain valid and binding agreements and/or instruments,
which written confirmation is in form and substance satisfactory to
the Administrative Agent, in its sole discretion, and that Borrowers
and, as applicable, their Participating Subsidiaries remain bound by
the terms and provisions of the following documents:
(1) the Pledge and Security Agreement and the Mortgages,
and/or any amendments to any such existing Loan Documents;
(2) the Cadiz Reaffirmation Agreement; and
(3) the other Loan Documents, as amended from time to
time.
C. the Administrative Agent shall have received an opinion
from each of the Borrowers' counsel in form and substance
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (A) that such Borrower is
in good standing in the States of Delaware and California, (B) as to
the due authorization, execution and delivery of this Seventh
Amendment, the other Seventh Amendment Documents and the other Loan
Documents, (C) that this Seventh Amendment, the other Seventh
Amendment Documents and the other Loan Documents constitute valid,
binding and enforceable obligations of such Borrower, and (D) as to
such other matters as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably
request, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such
Borrower and the Lender Parties;
D. ING shall have received payment in full of the Term Loan
Obligations through the receipt of $10,976,675.92, which payment
shall be made by the Borrowers from the proceeds of the Offering;
E. The Borrowers shall have paid the Administrative Agent the
principal amount of $2,074,678 as a repayment of a portion of the
Revolving Loan Obligations. After giving effect to such repayment,
the outstanding principal balance of the Revolving Loan Obligations
shall be $25,000,000.00;
F. the Administrative Agent shall have received certified
copies of the resolutions (in form and content satisfactory to
Administrative Agent) of the Board of Directors of Cadiz approving
and authorizing this Seventh Amendment and the other Seventh
Amendment Documents, and the effectuation of the transactions
contemplated herein and/or therein, as the case may be, and any and
all actions to be taken by Borrowers in furtherance and in
connection with this Seventh Amendment and/or the other Seventh
Amendment Documents;
F. the Administrative Agent shall have received from the
Delaware Secretary of State a Certificate of Good Standing with
respect to each of the Borrowers and a certificate evidencing that
each Borrower is qualified to do business in California, all of
which certificates must be in form and content satisfactory to
Administrative Agent;
G. the Administrative Agent shall have received certificates
(in form and content satisfactory to Administrative Agent) of the
Chief Executive Officer of each Borrower, certifying as to the names
and signatures of the officers authorized to sign this Seventh
Amendment and the other documents to be executed and delivered on
its behalf pursuant to this Seventh Amendment;
H. to the best of Borrower's knowledge, all real property
taxes with respect to the property encumbered by any of the ING
Collateral, as well as all real property taxes affecting the
property encumbered by any and all deeds of trust pledged or
assigned to Administrative Agent as security for the Revolving Loan
Obligations (or any of them), shall have been paid prior to the date
any fine, penalty, interest, late-charge or loss may be added to
such taxes or charged against such real property or other ING
Collateral for the non-payment or late-payment of such taxes;
I. Each Borrower shall have caused appropriate officers of
Borrower to execute and deliver to Administrative Agent such
additional certificates with respect to matters relating to the
transactions contemplated herein as Administrative Agent may
require;
J. Each Borrower shall have executed and delivered or caused
the appropriate third parties to execute and/or deliver (in
recordable form, where appropriate, and otherwise in form and
content satisfactory to Administrative Agent) such other documents,
instruments, agreements and writings as Administrative Agent may
require in connection with the creation or continuation of any
security interest(s) granted to Administrative Agent in furtherance
of the transactions contemplated by this Seventh Amendment or as
Administrative Agent may otherwise require in connection with the
consummation of such transactions (including, without limitation,
estoppel certificates, guaranty waivers, security agreements;
pledges; assignments; subordination agreements; endorsements;
certificates; certifications; reports; and studies);
K. the Borrowers shall have paid to the Administrative Agent
all interest that accrued under the Revolving Credit Agreement
through and including the Seventh Amendment Effective Date in the
amount of $367,012.30 as of November 30, 2004 plus a per diem amount
at the rate of $8,563.62 for each day that the Seventh Amendment
Effective Date occurs after November 30, 2004 (which per diem rate
includes amounts due under the Term Loan Obligations and Revolving
Loan Obligations); and
L. The representations and warranties of each Borrower set
forth in this Seventh Agreement and each other Seventh Amendment
Document shall be true and correct on and as of the Seventh
Amendment Effective Date.
M. No Default shall have occurred and be continuing after
giving effect to the transactions set forth in this Seventh
Amendment and the other Seventh Amendment.
N. After giving effect to the transactions set forth in this
Seventh Amendment and the other Seventh Amendment Documents, each
Borrower shall have performed or observed and be continuing to
perform each term, covenant or agreement contained in any Loan
Document.
O. The Administrative Agent shall have received all fees,
preferred stock, common stock and other amounts due and payable on
or prior to the Seventh Amendment Effective Date, including, to the
extent invoiced, reimbursement or payment of all out-of-pocket
expenses required to be reimbursed or paid by the Borrowers
hereunder.
P. All governmental and third party approvals necessary or,
in the discretion of the Administrative Agent, advisable in
connection with the Transaction, the financing contemplated hereby
and the continuing operations of the Borrowers shall have been
obtained and be in full force and effect, and all applicable waiting
periods shall have expired without any action being taken or
threatened by any competent authority which would restrain, prevent
or otherwise impose adverse conditions on the transactions or the
financing under the Seventh Amendment.
Q. the Lender Parties shall have received a "date down and
modification" endorsement to each of the mortgagee title insurance
policies (collectively, the "TITLE POLICIES") issued for the benefit
of the Lender Parties with respect to the Cadiz Deeds of Trust, and
the CVDC Deeds of Trust, which endorsements shall (i) be issued by
the Chicago Title Insurance Company for the benefit of the Lender
and its successors and assigns, (ii) insure the amendments to the
Cadiz Deeds of Trust and the CVDC Deeds of Trust required to be
delivered pursuant to Section 7 of the Seventh Amendment and the
continued priority of the Cadiz Deeds of Trust and the CVDC Deeds of
Trust granted to the Lender, (iii) confirm that all real property
taxes with respect to the property encumbered by the Cadiz Deeds of
Trust and the CVDC Deeds of Trust have been paid prior to the date
of the Title Policies, along with any fine, penalty, interest, late
charge or similar fine or penalty with respect to the payment of
such taxes, (iv) be otherwise in form and substance satisfactory to
the Lender in its sole discretion;
R. all real property taxes with respect to the property
encumbered by the Cadiz Deeds of Trust and the CVDC Deeds of Trust
have been paid prior to the date of the Title Policies, along with
any fine, penalty, interest, late charge or similar fine or penalty
with respect to the payment of such taxes, and
S. the Lender Parties shall have received confirmation, in
form and substance satisfactory to the Lender Parties, that
(i) Borrowers have paid (a) all premiums for the endorsements to the
Title Policies required pursuant to Section 7(Q) hereof, (b) all
recording and filing fees relating to the recording of the Revolver
Deeds of Trust required to be delivered pursuant to this Section 7
of this Seventh Amendment, and (c) amounts sufficient to satisfy all
real property taxes with respect to the property encumbered by the
Revolver Deeds of Trust and Mortgages, along with any fine, penalty,
interest, late charge or similar fine or penalty with respect to the
payment of such taxes, to Chicago Title Insurance Company with
instructions to utilize such funds to pays such taxes, fines,
penalties, interest, late charges or similar fines or penalties, and
(ii) all amendments to the Revolver Deeds of Trust and Mortgages
required to be delivered pursuant to this Section 7 of this Seventh
Amendment, each in form and substance satisfactory to Administrative
Agent and as executed and ready for recordation, have been duly
delivered to Chicago Title Insurance Company;
T. the Administrative Agent shall have received such other
documents as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request;
U. each of the Borrowers and the Lender Parties shall have
delivered to each other, each (as applicable) as executed by such
party: (i) the Term Loan Payoff Letter in the form as attached
hereto in Exhibit N; (ii) the Waiver of Certain Preemptive Rights in
the form as attached hereto in Exhibit O; and (iii) the Subscription
Agreement in the form as attached hereto in Exhibit P; and
V. each of the items required to be effected and delivered
under Section 8 hereof has contemporaneously occurred with the
occurrence of the Seventh Amendment Effective Date.
Each of the conditions set forth in this Section 7 shall be waivable
by Administrative Agent in its sole and absolute discretion, it
being understood and agreed that any such waiver shall only be valid
if made in writing by Administrative Agent.
For purposes of the payments referenced in Subsections (D), (E) and
(K) of this Section 7, each of the parties hereto acknowledge and
agree that the Borrowers shall utilize the $700,000 currently in the
Cash Collateral Account, which amount shall be transferred from the
Cash Collateral Account to the Administrative Agent (as it so
directs) as a partial payment of such obligations.
SECTION 8. CONVERSION OF SERIES F SHARES.
Section 8.01 OBLIGATIONS OF ING ON SEVENTH AMENDMENT EFFECTIVE
DATE, On the Seventh Amendment Effective Date, ING, in its capacity
as the holder of the Cadiz Series F Preferred Stock Certificate,
shall (a) deliver to Cadiz on the Unanimous Written Consent of
Series F Holders, in the form as annexed hereto as Exhibit Q, (b)
exercise its right to convert 99% of the Series F Shares that it
holds to Common Stock of Cadiz in accordance with the terms of the
Revised Preferred Stock Certificate of Designations, and (c) in
connection with the conversion described in Section 8.01(b), deliver
its original Cadiz Series F Preferred Stock Certificate to Cadiz in
exchange for the 1,711,665 shares of Common Stock of Cadiz and 1,000
shares of Cadiz Series F Preferred Stock.
Section 8.02 OBLIGATIONS OF CADIZ ON SEVENTH AMENDMENT EFFECTIVE
DATE. On the Seventh Amendment Effective Date, Cadiz shall, in
connection with the conversion described in Section 8.01(b), (a)
deliver evidence that it has irrevocably instructed the transfer
agent for Cadiz Common Stock to issue 1,711,665 shares of Common
Stock of Cadiz to ING, and (b) deliver to ING 1,000 shares of Cadiz
Series F Preferred Stock in the form of the New Cadiz Series F
Preferred Stock Certificate.
SECTION 9. DELIVERY OF TERM LOAN PAYOFF LETTER.
Upon the occurrence of the Seventh Amendment Effective
Date, the Lender Parties shall deliver the Term Loan Payoff Letter
to the Borrowers as executed by the Lender Parties. On or as soon
as practicable after the ninety-first day after the Seventh
Amendment Effective Date, the Lender Parties shall release any
Security Documents that solely secured the repayment of Term Loan
Obligations. Notwithstanding the prior sentence, any Security
Documents that secure, in whole or in part, the Revolving Loan
Obligations shall not be subject to the provisions of the prior
sentence and such Security Documents shall remain in full force and
effect with respect to the Revolving Loan Obligations.
SECTION 10. GENERAL RELEASE.
In consideration of the amendments, waivers, consents, and
the other terms and provisions of this Seventh Amendment and the
other Seventh Amendment Documents, Borrower, on behalf of itself,
its agents, successors, assigns, subsidiaries, partners and
Affiliates hereby fully release and forever discharge the
Administrative Agent, the Lenders and each of their agents,
consultants, heirs, successors, assigns, Affiliates, directors,
officers, employees, shareholders, executives, servants, attorneys,
accountants, representatives and other related persons
(collectively, the "Released Parties") from any and all rights,
claims, demands, actions, causes of action, costs, losses, suits,
liens, debts, damages, judgments, executions and demands of every
nature, kind and description whatsoever, whether now known or
unknown, either at law, in equity or otherwise, which Cadiz or any
of its agents, successors, assigns, subsidiaries, partners and/or
Affiliates ever had or may have against the Administrative Agent,
the Lenders or the other Released Parties, including, without
limitation, all claims arising under or in connection with the
Loans, the other Revolver Obligations, the Revolving Credit
Agreement, the Seventh Amendment Documents, the other Loan
Documents, and/or in connection with the dealings between the
parties up to and including the closing of the transactions
contemplated in this Seventh Amendment and all claims which have
arisen or may arise in any other way whatsoever; provided that
nothing herein shall be deemed to release the Administrative Agent,
the Lenders or any other Released Party from any liability or
obligations arising in connection with facts or circumstances which
occur or arise for the first time after the Seventh Amendment
Effective Date of the transaction contemplated by this Seventh
Amendment.
It is further understood and agreed that the foregoing
general release extends to all claims of every kind and nature
whatsoever, known, suspected or unsuspected, liquidated or
contingent, foreseen or unforeseen, and Cadiz and its agents,
successors, assigns, subsidiaries, partners and Affiliates hereby
waive all rights under Section 1542 of the California Civil Code.
Section 1542 of the California Civil Code provides as follows:
"A GENERAL RELEASE DOES NOT EXTEND TO CLAIMS WHICH THE
CREDITOR DOES NOT KNOW OR SUSPECT TO EXIST IN HIS FAVOR AT THE TIME
OF EXECUTING THE RELEASE, WHICH IF KNOWN BY HIM MUST HAVE MATERIALLY
AFFECTED HIS SETTLEMENT WITH DEBTOR."
SECTION 11. WAIVER OF ANTI-DEFICIENCY PROTECTION.
Each Borrower hereby waives, as to this Seventh Amendment
and any and all Loan Documents heretofore executed in connection
with any of the Loans, the other Revolving Loan Obligations, the
Agreement, the Seventh Amendment Documents, and the other Loan
Documents, any defense, protection or right under:
(a) California Code of Civil Procedure ("CCP") Section
580(d) concerning the bar against rendition of a deficiency judgment
after foreclosure under a power of sale;
(b) CCP Section 580(a) purporting to limit the amount of
a deficiency judgment which may be obtained following exercise of a
power of sale under a deed of trust; and
(c) CCP Section 726 concerning exhaustion of collateral,
the form of foreclosure proceedings with respect to real property
security located in California and otherwise limiting the amount of
a deficiency judgment which may be recovered following completion of
judicial foreclosure by reference to the "fair value" of the
foreclosed collateral.
SECTION 12. ADVICE OF COUNSEL.
Each of the parties acknowledges that it has entered into
this Seventh Amendment and the other Seventh Amendment Documents
voluntarily and that it has had the full opportunity to obtain and
consult with counsel of its own choice to advise it in the
negotiations for, and in execution of, this Seventh Amendment and
the documents to be executed pursuant hereto. Each of the parties
further acknowledges that it has read this Seventh Amendment, that
it is fully aware of the contents of this Seventh Amendment and its
legal effect and that it has not relied upon any advice,
representation or warranty of any kind whatsoever from the other
party or its counsel.
SECTION 13. NOTICES.
All notices, elections, consents, approvals, demands,
objections, requests or other communications which the parties may
be required or desire to give pursuant to, under, or by virtue of
this Seventh Amendment, the other Seventh Amendment Documents, or in
the Loan Documents must be in writing and sent by (a) personal
delivery, (b) overnight courier service, (c) certified mail, return
receipt requested, postage prepaid, or (d) telecopy or other
facsimile transmission (provided that if sent by telecopy or other
facsimile transmission, such must also sent by express mail or
courier (for next business day delivery)), addressed as follows:
if to the Borrowers, to it at:
Cadiz Inc.
Attn: Chief Financial Officer
777 S. Figueroa Street
Suite 4250
Los Angeles, California 90017
Telephone No.: 213-271-1600
Facsimile No.: 213 271-1614
with a copy to:
Howard Unterberger, Esq.
Miller & Holguin
1801 Century Park East
Seventh Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90067
Telephone No.: 310-556-1990
Facsimile No.: 310-557-2205
if to the Administrative Agent, to it at:
ING Capital, LLC
1325 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10019
Attention: Joan Chiappe, Vice President, Pam Kaye
and Annette Miller-Lewis and Norma Cruz
Reference: Cadiz
Telephone No.: 646-424-6000
Facsimile No.: 646- 424 8260
with a copy to:
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft
100 Maiden Lane
New York, New York 10038
Attention: Michael J. Edelman, Esq.
Telephone No.: 212-504-6000
Facsimile No.: 212-504-6666
if to ING, as a Lender, to it at:
ING Capital, LLC
1325 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10019
Attention: Joan Chiappe, Vice President
Reference: Cadiz
Telephone No.: 646-424-6000
Facsimile No.: 646- 424 8260
with a copy to:
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft
100 Maiden Lane
New York, New York 10038
Attention: Michael J. Edelman, Esq.
Telephone No.: 212-504-6000
Facsimile No.: 212-504-6666
The parties may designate another addressee or change its address
for notices and other communications hereunder by a notice given to
the other parties in the manner provided in this paragraph. A
notice or other communication sent in compliance with the provisions
of this paragraph shall be deemed given and received on the date it
is delivered to the other party by telecopy, personal delivery,
overnight courier service, or certified mail.
SECTION 14. LOAN DOCUMENTS REMAIN BINDING EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY
AMENDED OR MODIFIED BY SEVENTH AMENDMENT DOCUMENTS.
Except as specifically and expressly provided herein
and/or in the other Seventh Amendment Documents, the Loan Documents
shall remain unchanged and in full force and effect. Without
limiting the obligations of the Borrower under any of the Loan
Documents, as amended by the Seventh Amendment Documents, Cadiz
agrees to pay or reimburse the Administrative Agent on demand for
all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses of the
Administrative Agent (including, without limitation, the reasonable
fees and expenses of counsel to the Administrative Agent) in
connection with the negotiation, preparation, execution and delivery
of this Seventh Amendment and the Seventh Amendment Documents.
SECTION 15. GOVERNING LAW; DISPUTE RESOLUTION.
A. THIS SEVENTH AMENDMENT, THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE
PARTIES UNDER THIS SEVENTH AMENDMENT, AND ANY CLAIM OR CONTROVERSY
DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY BASED UPON OR ARISING OUT OF THIS SEVENTH
AMENDMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS SEVENTH AMENDMENT
(WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT, OR ANY OTHER THEORY), INCLUDING
ALL MATTERS OF CONSTRUCTION, VALIDITY AND PERFORMANCE, SHALL IN ALL
RESPECTS BE GOVERNED BY AND INTERPRETED, CONSTRUED AND DETERMINED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH, THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
(WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY CONFLICTS OF LAW PROVISION THAT WOULD REQUIRE
THE APPLICATION OF THE LAW OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION).
B. Each of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent and the
Lenders submit to and accept the exclusive jurisdiction of any
United States federal court sitting in the Central District of
California or any other court of appropriate jurisdiction sitting in
the County of Los Angeles, City of Los Angeles with respect to any
action, suit or proceeding arising out of or based upon this Seventh
Amendment or any matter relating hereto and waives any objection it
may have to the laying of venue in any such court or that such court
is an inconvenient forum or does not have personal jurisdiction over
it. Each of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent and the
Lenders agree that service of process in any such action, suit or
proceeding may be validly made upon it by certified or registered
U.S. Mail, postage prepaid, to the address set forth in Section 13
hereof. Each of the parties hereto waives any right it may have to
trial by jury in any proceeding arising out of this Seventh
Amendment. The Parties irrevocably agree that, should either Party
institute any legal action or proceeding in any jurisdiction
(whether for an injunction, specific performance, damages or
otherwise) in relation to this Seventh Amendment, no immunity (to
the extent that it may at any time exist, whether on the grounds of
sovereignty or otherwise) from such action or proceeding shall be
claimed by it or on its behalf, any such immunity being hereby
irrevocably waived, and each Party irrevocably agrees that it and
its assets are, and shall be, subject to such legal action or
proceeding in respect of its obligations under this Seventh
Amendment.
SECTION 16. METHOD OF PAYMENTS.
All payments made by Borrower to the Administrative Agent
on account of the Revolving Loan Obligations shall be made in the
lawful currency of the United States of America by wire transfer of
immediately available funds to the Administrative Agent in
accordance with the wire instructions set forth on Schedule A
hereto.
SECTION 17. MISCELLANEOUS.
A. Survival. All representations, warranties, covenants and
other provisions made by the parties hereto shall be considered to
have been relied upon by the parties hereto and shall survive the
execution, performance and delivery of this Seventh Amendment.
B. Successors and Assigns. This Seventh Amendment and the
other Seventh Amendment Documents, including, without limitation,
the representations, warranties, covenants and indemnities contained
herein or in the other Seventh Amendment Documents, as the case may
be, (i) shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the
parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted
assigns, and (ii) shall be binding upon and enforceable against the
parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns.
C. Further Assurances. Each of the parties hereto agrees to
execute and deliver, or to cause to be executed and delivered, all
such instruments, and to take all such action, as the other party
may reasonably request in order to consummate the transactions and
transfers contemplated hereunder and to effectuate the intent and
purposes of this Seventh Amendment.
D. Counterpart Execution; Telecopies. This Seventh Amendment
may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be
an original but all of which, taken together, shall constitute one
agreement binding all of the parties hereto. Transmission by
telecopier of an executed counterpart of this Seventh Amendment
shall be deemed to constitute due and sufficient delivery of such
counterpart, and the parties hereto hereby agree to deliver to each
other an original of such counterpart promptly after delivery of the
facsimile.
E. Amendments; Waivers.
(1) No amendment of any provision
of this Seventh Amendment or any other Seventh Amendment Document
shall be effective unless it is in writing and signed by the
Administrative Agent, the Lenders (as the case may be) and the
Borrower and no waiver of any provision of this Seventh Amendment or
any other Seventh Amendment Document, nor consent to any departure
by the Administrative Agent, the Lenders or the Borrower therefrom,
shall be effective unless it is in writing and signed by the party
affected thereby, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective
only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which
given.
(2) No failure on the part of any party to exercise, and
no delay in exercising, any right hereunder or under any other
Seventh Amendment Document shall operate as a waiver thereof by such
party, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right
hereunder or thereunder, as the case may be, preclude any other or
further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right. The
rights and remedies of each party provided herein or in the other
Seventh Amendment Documents (x) are cumulative and are in addition
to, and not exclusive of, any rights or remedies provided by law
(except as otherwise expressly set forth herein) and (y) are not
conditional or contingent on any attempt by such party to exercise
any of its rights under any other related document against the other
party or any other entity.
F. Integration. This Seventh Amendment and the other Seventh
Amendment Documents constitute the entire agreement and
understanding between the parties hereto with respect to the subject
matter hereof and supersede all prior agreements, understandings or
representations pertaining to the subject matter hereof, whether
oral or written.
G. Severability. Any provision of this Seventh Amendment
that is invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to
such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity
or unenforceability without rendering invalid or unenforceable the
remaining provisions of this Seventh Amendment or affecting the
validity or enforceability of any provisions of this Seventh
Amendment in any other jurisdiction.
H. Conflict. In the event that any of the terms and
provisions of this Seventh Amendment conflicts with any of the terms
and provisions of the other Seventh Amendment Documents, the terms
and provisions of this Seventh Amendment shall, as between
Administrative Agent, the Lenders and Borrower, govern and control.
I. Costs Borne by Non-Prevailing Party. In the event of any
dispute with respect to this Seventh Amendment, the prevailing party
shall be entitled to recover from the non-prevailing party all costs
and attorneys' fees.
J. Captions; Paragraph Headings. The captions and paragraph
headings used herein are for convenience only and shall not be used
to interpret any term hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and
the Borrower have executed this Seventh Amendment by their duly
authorized officers as of the date first set forth above.
CADIZ INC., as the Borrower
By: /s/ Keith Brackpool
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Name: Keith Brackpool
Title: CEO
CADIZ REAL ESTATE LLC, a Borrower
By: /s/ Richard E. Stoddard
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Name: Richard E. Stoddard
Title: CEO
ING CAPITAL, LLC, as the Administrative
Agent and a Lender
By: /s/ Geoffrey Arens
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Name: Geoffry Arens
Title: Managing Director
SCHEDULE A:
WIRE INSTRUCTIONS FOR ING AS THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Chase Manhattan Bank
New York, New York
ABA No.: 021 000 021
Account No.: 9301035763
Account Name: ING Capital
Attention: J. Chiappe
Reference: Cadiz