AMENDMENT NO. 4
AMENDMENT NO. 4, dated as of January 31, 1997, to Amended and
Restated Senior Loan Agreement, dated as of November 8, 1993, as amended (as so
amended, the "Loan Agreement"), between Plastic Specialties and Technologies,
Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Borrower"), the lenders named therein ("Lenders")
and General Electric Capital Corporation, a New York corporation ("GE Capital"),
as agent for the Lenders (GE Capital, in such capacity, being "Agent").
The parties hereto agree as follows:
1. Defined Terms. Terms not otherwise defined herein shall
have the meanings ascribed to them in the Loan Agreement.
2. Amendment to Loan Agreement. Lenders, Agent and Borrower
each agree that the following amendments are hereby made to the Loan Agreement:
(a) Definition of "Borrowing Base". The definition of the term
"Borrowing Base" in Section 1 is hereby amended to delete the proviso at the end
of the first sentence thereof and to add the following in lieu thereof: ",
provided that the aggregate portion of the Borrowing Base represented by
Eligible Hose Inventory and Eligible Nonhose Inventory shall be limited to
$30,000,000."
(b) Definition of "Commitment Termination Date". The
definition of the term "Commitment Termination Date" in Section 1 is hereby
amended to delete the reference therein to "July 31, 1997" and to substitute the
reference to "July 31, 2000" in lieu thereof.
(c) Definition of "Index Rate". The definition of the term
"Index Rate" in Section 1 is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Index Rate" shall mean, for any day, a floating rate
equal to the higher of (i) the rate publicly quoted from time to time by The
Wall Street Journal as the "base rate on corporate loans at large U.S. money
center commercial banks" (or, if The Wall Street Journal ceases quoting a base
rate of the type described, the highest per annum rate of interest published by
the Federal Reserve Board in Federal Reserve statistical release H. 15 (519)
entitled "Selected Interest Rates" as the Bank prime loan
rate or its equivalent), and (ii) the Federal Funds Rate plus fifty (50) basis
points per annum. Each change in any interest rate provided for in the Agreement
based upon the Index Rate shall take effect as of the opening of business on the
effective day of such change in the Index Rate.
(d) Definition of "Performance Fixed Charges". The definition
of the term "Performance Fixed Charges" in Section 1 is hereby amended to read
as follows:
"Performance Fixed Charges" for any period, shall mean the
aggregate amount (determined in accordance with GAAP) of principal,
interest and other amounts required to be paid during such period by
Borrower on a consolidated basis in respect of tax liabilities and
Indebtedness (including, without limitation, the Revolving Credit
Advances and Letter of Credit Obligations) plus the lesser of (x)
Capital Expenditures (up to a maximum amount of $8,000,000) and (y)
depreciation expense."
(e) Additional Definitions. Section 1 is hereby amended to add
the following new definitions in the proper alphabetical order:
"Federal Funds Rate" shall mean, for any day, a floating rate
equal to the weighted average of the rates of overnight federal funds
transactions among members of the Federal Reserve System, which appears on
Telerate Page 118.
"Index Rate Loan" shall mean a Revolving Credit Advance
bearing interest by reference to the Index Rate.
"Interest Payment Date" shall mean (a) as to any Index Rate
Loan, the first Business Day of each month to occur while such loan is
outstanding, (b) as to any LIBOR Loan, the last day of the applicable LIBOR
Period; and provided that, in addition to the foregoing, each of (x) the date
upon which all of the Revolving Credit Commitments have been terminated and the
Revolving Credit Advances have been paid in full and (y) the Commitment
Termination Date shall be deemed to be an "Interest Payment Date" with respect
to any interest which is then accrued under the Agreement.
"LIBOR Business Day" shall mean a Business Day on which banks
in the city of London are generally open for interbank or foreign exchange
transactions.
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"LIBOR Loan" shall mean a Revolving Credit Advance bearing
interest by reference to the LIBOR Rate.
"LIBOR Period" shall mean, with respect to any LIBOR Loan,
each period commencing on a LIBOR Business Day selected by Borrower pursuant to
the Agreement and ending one, two or three months thereafter, as selected by
Borrower's irrevocable notice to Agent as set forth in Section 2.1(b); provided
that the foregoing provision relating to LIBOR Periods is subject to the
following:
(a) if any LIBOR Period would otherwise end on a day that is
not a LIBOR Business Day, such LIBOR Period shall be extended to the next
succeeding LIBOR Business Day unless the result of such extension would be to
carry such LIBOR Period into another calendar month in which event such LIBOR
Period shall end on the immediately preceding LIBOR Business Day;
(b) any LIBOR Period that would otherwise extend beyond the
Commitment Termination Date shall end two (2) LIBOR Business Days prior to such
date;
(c) any LIBOR Period pertaining to a LIBOR Loan that begins on
the last LIBOR Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is
no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such LIBOR
Period) shall end on the last LIBOR Business Day of a calendar month;
(d) Borrower shall select LIBOR Periods so as not to require a
payment or prepayment of any LIBOR Loan during a LIBOR Period for such Loan; and
(e) Borrower shall select LIBOR Periods so that there shall be
no more than five (5) separate LIBOR Loans in existence at any one time.
"LIBOR Rate" shall mean for each LIBOR Period, a rate of
interest determined by Agent equal to:
(a) the offer rate for deposits in United States Dollars for
the applicable LIBOR Period which appears on Telerate Page 3750 as of 11:00
a.m., London time, on the second full LIBOR Business Day next preceding the
first day of each LIBOR Period (unless such date is not a Business Day, in which
event the next succeeding Business Day will be used); divided by
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(b) a number equal to l.0 minus the aggregate (but without
duplication of the rates (expressed as a decimal fraction) of reserve
requirements in effect on the date which is two (2) LIBOR Business Days prior to
the beginning of such LIBOR Period (including basic, supplemental, marginal and
emergency reserves under any regulations of the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System or other governmental authority having jurisdiction with
respect thereto, as now and from time to time in effect) for Eurocurrency
funding (currently referred to as "Eurocurrency liabilities" in Regulation D of
such Board which are required to be maintained by a member bank of the Federal
Reserve System (such rate to be adjusted to the nearest one sixteenth of one
percent (1/16th or 1%) or, if there is not a nearest one sixteenth of one
percent (1/16th of 1%), to the next highest one sixteenth of one percent (1/16th
of 1%); provided that a Lender shall be deemed to be subject to such reserve
requirements only from and after the date that such Lender has certified to
Borrower that a governmental authority has imposed such reserve requirements
subsequent to the date hereof which increase the cost to such Lender of making
or maintaining LIBOR Loans hereunder.
If such interest rates shall cease to be available from
Telerate News Service, the LIBOR Rate shall be determined from such financial
reporting service or other information as shall be mutually acceptable to Agent
and Borrower.
"Notice of Conversion/Continuation" shall have the meaning
assigned to it in Section 2.5(e).
"Receivables Agreement" shall mean that certain Receivable
Purchase Program Agreement to be entered into between GE Capital and Borrower
containing terms and conditions acceptable to the Required Lenders.
(f) Revolving Credit Advances. Section 2.1(a) is hereby
amended to delete the reference to $8,000,000 in clause (ii) of the proviso
thereto and to substitute the reference to "$20,000,000" in lieu therefor.
Section 2.1(b) is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:
"(b) Each Revolving Credit Advance shall be made on notice,
given by Borrower to Agent not later than noon (New York time) on the Business
Day of the proposed Revolving Credit Advance, in the case of an Index Rate Loan,
or noon (New York time) on the date which is three (3) Business Days prior to
the proposed Revolving Credit
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Advance, in the case of a LIBOR Loan. Each such notice (a "Notice of Revolving
Credit Advance") must be given in writing (by telecopy or overnight courier)
substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto, and shall include the information
required in such Exhibit and such other information as may be required by Agent.
If Borrower desires to have the Revolving Credit Advances bear interest by
reference to a LIBOR Rate, it must comply with Section 2.5(e)."
(g) Mandatory Repayment; Commitment Reduction. The first
sentence of Section 2.3(b) is hereby amended to read as follows: "Borrower shall
have the right to cancel the Revolving Credit Commitments in their entirety on
30 days' prior written notice to Agent and upon payment of a cancellation fee
equal to $175,000, if such cancellation occurs prior to January 31, 1998, and
$100,000, if such cancellation occurs on or after January 31, 1998 and prior to
September 30, 1998."
(h) Interest on Revolving Credit Advances. Sections 2.5(a)
through (c) are hereby deleted, the following new sections are added and Section
2.5(d) is re- lettered as 2.5(f):
"2.5 Interest on Revolving Credit Advances.
(a) Borrower shall pay interest to Agent, for the ratable
benefit of Lenders in accordance with the Revolving Credit Advances being made
by each Lender, in arrears on each applicable Interest Payment Date, at the
following rates: the Index Rate plus the Applicable Revolver Index Margin per
annum set forth below or, at the election of Borrower, the applicable LIBOR Rate
plus the Applicable Revolver LIBOR Margin per annum set forth below, based on
the aggregate Revolving Credit Advances outstanding from time to time.
The Applicable Revolver Index Margin and Applicable Revolver
LIBOR Margin will be 0.25% and 3.00% per annum, respectively, as of the
effective date of Amendment No. 4 to this Agreement, dated January 31, 1997.
Such Applicable Margins will be adjusted (up or down) prospectively on a monthly
basis as determined by the ratio of Borrower's consolidated EBITDA to
Performance Fixed Charges (the "Performance Ratio") for each rolling 12 month
period, commencing with the first day of the first calendar month that occurs
after delivery of Borrower's monthly financial statements to Lenders pursuant to
Section 5.1(a) hereof for the fiscal month ending January 31, 1997.
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Adjustments in such Applicable Margins will be determined by reference to the
following grid:
If Performance Ratio is: Level of Applicable Margins:
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(less than) 1.42:1.00 Level I
(greater than or equal to) 1.42:1.00 but (less than) 1.52:1.00 Level II
(greater than or equal to) 1.52:1.00 Level III
Applicable Margins
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Level I Level II Level III
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Applicable Revolver 0.25% 0.00% 0.00%
Index Margin
Applicable Revolver 3.00% 2.75% 2.50%
LIBOR Margin
All adjustments in such Applicable Margins after January 31,
1997 will be implemented monthly on a prospective basis, for each calendar month
commencing on the first calendar day after the date of delivery to Lenders of
the monthly unaudited financial statements of Borrower evidencing the need for
an adjustment. Concurrently with the delivery of those financial statements,
Borrower shall deliver to Agent and Lenders a certificate, signed by its chief
financial officer, setting forth in reasonable detail the basis for the
continuance of, or any change in, the Applicable Margins. Failure to timely
deliver such financial statements shall, in addition to any other remedy
provided for in this Agreement, result in an increase in the Applicable Margins
to the highest level set forth in the foregoing grid, until the first day of the
first calendar month following the delivery of those financial statements
demonstrating that such an increase is not required. If a Default or an Event of
Default shall have occurred or be continuing at the time any reduction in the
Applicable Margins is to be implemented, that reduction shall be deferred until
the first day of the first calendar month following the date on which such
Default or Event of Default is waived or cured.
(b) If any payment on any Loan becomes due and payable on a
day other than a Business Day, the maturity thereof will be extended to the next
succeeding Business Day (except as set forth in the definition of LIBOR Period)
and, with respect to payments of principal, interest thereon
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shall be payable at the then applicable rate during such extension.
(c) All computations of interest shall be made by Agent on the
basis of a 360 day year, in each case for the actual number of days occurring in
the period for which such interest is payable. The Index Rate shall be
determined each day based upon the Index Rate as in effect each day. Each
determination by Agent of an interest rate hereunder shall be conclusive, absent
manifest error.
(d) So long as any Default or Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing, and at the election of Agent (or upon the written
request of the Requisite Lenders) confirmed by written notice from Agent to
Borrower, the interest rates applicable to the Revolving Credit Advances shall
be increased by 2% per annum above the rates of interest otherwise applicable
hereunder ("Default Rate"), and all outstanding Obligations shall bear interest
at the Default Rate applicable to such Obligations. Interest at the Default Rate
shall accrue from the initial date of such Default or Event of Default until
that Default or Event of Default is cured or waived and shall be payable upon
demand.
(e) So long as no Default or Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing, and subject to the additional conditions precedent
set forth in Section 3.2, Borrower shall have the option to (i) request that any
Revolving Credit Advances be made as a LIBOR Loan, (ii) convert at any time all
or any part of outstanding Revolving Credit Advances from Index Rate Loans to
LIBOR Loans, (iii) convert any LIBOR Loan to an Index Rate Loan, subject to
payment of LIBOR breakage costs in accordance with Section 2.11(b) if such
conversion is made prior to the expiration of the LIBOR Period applicable
thereto, or (iv) continue all or any portion of any Revolving Credit Advance as
a LIBOR Loan upon the expiration of the applicable LIBOR Period and the
succeeding LIBOR Period of that continued Revolving Credit Advance shall
commence on the last day of the LIBOR Period of the Revolving Credit Advance to
be continued. Any Revolving Credit Advance to be made or continued as, or
converted into, a LIBOR Loan must be in a minimum amount of $5,000,000 and
integral multiples of $500,000 in excess of such amount. Any such election must
be made by noon (New York time) on the third (3rd) Business Day prior to (1) the
date of any proposed Revolving Credit Advance which is to bear interest at the
LIBOR Rate, (2) the end of each LIBOR Period with respect to any LIBOR Loans to
be continued as such, or (3) the date on which Borrower wishes to convert
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any Index Rate Loan to a LIBOR Loan for a LIBOR Period designated by Borrower in
such election. If no election is received with respect to a LIBOR Loan by noon
(New York time) on the third (3rd) Business Day prior to the end of the LIBOR
Period with respect thereto (or if a Default or an Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing or the additional conditions precedent set forth in
Section 3.2 shall not have been satisfied), that LIBOR Loan shall be converted
to an Index Rate Loan at the end of its LIBOR Period. Borrower must make such
election by notice to Agent in writing, by telecopy or overnight courier. In the
case of any conversion or continuation, such election must be made pursuant to a
written notice (a "Notice of Conversion/Continuation") in the form of Exhibit
2.5(e)."
(i) Indemnity. Section 2.11 is hereby amended by adding "(a)"
before the first paragraph thereof and by adding the following:
"(b) To induce Lenders to provide the LIBOR Rate option on the
terms provided herein, if (i) any LIBOR Loans are repaid in whole or in part
prior to the last day of any applicable LIBOR Period (whether that repayment is
made pursuant to any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or
is the result of acceleration, by operation of law or otherwise); (ii) Borrower
shall default in making any borrowing of, conversion into or continuation of
LIBOR Loans after Borrower has given notice requesting the same in accordance
therewith; or (iii) Borrower shall fail to make any prepayment of a LIBOR Loan
after Borrower has given a notice thereof in accordance herewith, Borrower shall
indemnify and hold harmless each Lender from and against all losses, costs and
expenses resulting from or arising from any of the foregoing. Such
indemnification shall include any loss (including loss of margin) or expense
arising from the reemployment of funds obtained by it or from fees payable to
terminate deposits from which such funds were obtained. For the purpose of
calculating amounts payable to a Lender under this subsection, each Lender shall
be deemed to have actually funded its relevant LIBOR Loan through the purchase
of a deposit bearing interest at the LIBOR Rate in an amount equal to the amount
of that LIBOR Loan and having a maturity comparable to the relevant Interest
Period; provided, however, that each Lender may fund each of its LIBOR Loans in
any manner it sees fit, and the foregoing assumption shall be utilized only for
the calculation of amounts payable under this subsection. This covenant shall
survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment of the Revolving
Credit Notes and all other amounts payable
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hereunder. As promptly as practicable under the circumstances, each Lender shall
provide Borrower with its written calculation of all amounts payable pursuant to
this Section 2.11(b), and such calculation shall be binding on the parties
hereto unless Borrower shall object in writing within ten (10) Business Days of
receipt thereof, specifying the basis for such objection in detail."
(j) Capital Adequacy; Increased Costs; Illegality. Section
2.13 is hereby amended to change the heading to read "Capital Adequacy;
Increased Costs; Illegality.", by adding an "(a)" before the first paragraph
thereof and by adding the following:
(b) If, due to either (i) the introduction of or any change in
any law or regulation (or any change in the interpretation thereof) or (ii) the
compliance with any guideline or request from any central bank or other
Governmental Authority (whether or not having the force of law), there shall be
any increase in the cost of any Lender of agreeing to make or making, funding or
maintaining any Revolving Credit Advance, then Borrower shall from time to time,
upon demand by such Lender (with a copy of such demand to Agent), pay to Agent
for the account of such Lender additional amounts sufficient to compensate such
Lender for such increased cost. A certificate as to the amount of such increased
cost, submitted to Borrower and to Agent by such Lender, shall be conclusive and
binding on Borrower for all purposes, absent manifest error. Each Lender agrees
that, as promptly as practicable after it becomes aware of any circumstances
referred to above which would result in any such increased cost, the affected
Lender shall, to the extent not inconsistent with such Lender's internal
policies of general application, use reasonable commercial efforts to minimize
costs and expenses incurred by it and payable to it by Borrower pursuant to this
Section 2.13(b).
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein,
if the introduction of or any change in any law or regulation (or any change in
the interpretation thereof) shall make it unlawful, or any central bank or other
Governmental Authority shall assert that it is unlawful, for any Lender to agree
to make or to make or to continue to fund or maintain any LIBOR Loan, then,
unless that Lender is able to make or to continue to fund or to maintain such
LIBOR Loan at another branch or office of that Lender without, in that Lender's
opinion, adversely affecting it or its Revolving Credit Advances or the income
obtained therefrom, on notice thereof and demand therefor by
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such Lender to Borrower through Agent, (i) the obligation of such Lender to
agree to make or to make or to continue to fund or maintain LIBOR Loans shall
terminate and (ii) Borrower shall forthwith prepay in full all outstanding LIBOR
Loans owing to such Lender, together with interest accrued thereon, unless
Borrower, within five (5) Business Days after the delivery of such notice and
demand, converts all such Revolving Credit Advances into a Revolving Credit
Advance bearing interest based on the Index Rate.
(d) Each Lender shall notify Borrower of any event occurring
after the date of this Agreement entitling such Lender to compensation under
paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section 2.13 as promptly as practicable, but in any
event within 90 days after such Lender obtains actual knowledge thereof;
provided that if any Lender fails to give such notice within 90 days after it
obtains actual knowledge of such an event, such Lender shall, with respect to
compensation payable pursuant to this Section 2.13 in respect of any costs
resulting from such event, only be entitled to payment under this Section 2.13
for costs incurred from and after the date 90 days prior to the date that such
Lender does give such notice."
(k) Cash Management Systems. Section 2.15(b) is hereby amended
by adding the following at the end of the first sentence thereof: ", except for
amounts payable from the Concentration Account to GE Capital pursuant to the
Receivables Agreement." Section 2.15(b) is hereby further amended by adding the
words "and paid to GE Capital pursuant to the Receivables Agreement" after the
words "Letter of Credit Obligations" in the third sentence thereof.
(l) Financial Covenants. Sections 6.3(a) and (b)
are hereby amended in their entirety to read as follows:
"(a) Borrower shall have on a consolidated basis for each four
fiscal quarter period ending on the last day of each fiscal quarter set forth
below EBITDA of not less than the following:
Fiscal Quarter EBITDA
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January 31, 1997 $32,900,000
April 30, 1997 33,000,000
July 31, 1997 33,100,000
Each fiscal quarter thereafter 33,600,000
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(b) Borrower shall have on a consolidated basis for each four
fiscal quarter period ending on the last day of each fiscal quarter set forth
below a ratio of (x) EBITDA less Capital Expenditures to (y) Fixed Charges of
not less than the following:
Fiscal Quarter Ratio
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January 31, 1997 1.27:1.00
April 30, 1997 1.27:1.00
July 31, 1997 1.27:1.00
Each fiscal quarter thereafter 1.37:1.00"
All financial covenants and financial definitions in Section 6.3, including
Section 6.3(c), and any other provision of this Agreement shall be determined on
a consolidated basis notwithstanding any references to "Unconsolidated Basis" in
the applicable definitions, which references are hereby deleted.
(m) Capital Expenditures. Section 7.9 is hereby amended in its
entirety to read as follows:
"7.9. Capital Expenditures. Borrower on a
consolidated basis shall not make Capital Expenditures during the following
fiscal years that exceed in the aggregate the amounts set forth opposite each of
such periods:
Fiscal Year Ending Maximum Capital
July 31, Expenditures
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1997 $8,500,000
1998 9,000,000
1999 and each Fiscal 9,500,000"
Year thereafter
(n) Events of Default. Section 9.1(n) is hereby deleted and
replaced with the words "Intentionally Omitted."
(o) Notices. Section 11.11(a) is hereby amended in its
entirety to read as follows:
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(a) If to Agent or GE Capital, at:
General Electric Capital Corporation
201 High Ridge Road
Stamford, CT 06927
Attention: Account Manager-PST
Telecopy Number: 203-316-7893
With Copies to:
General Electric Capital Corporation
201 High Ridge Road
Stamford, CT 06927
Attention: Corporate Counsel-Commercial
Finance
Telecopy Number: 203-316-7822
and
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
767 Fifth Avenue
New York, New York 10153
Attention: Ted S. Waksman, Esq.
Telecopy Number: 212-310-8007"
3. Exhibits to Loan Agreement. Exhibit C to the Loan Agreement
is hereby amended in its entirety as set forth on Exhibit C hereto and a new
Exhibit 2.5(e) is added as set forth on Exhibit 2.5(e) hereto.
4. Sale of Receivables.
(a) Agent and Lenders hereby consent (i) to the sale by
Borrower from time to time hereafter of its Receivables pursuant to and as
defined in that certain Receivable Purchase Program Agreement to be entered into
between GE Capital and Borrower on terms and conditions acceptable to the
Required Lenders (the "Receivables Agreement"), without any amendments thereto
not consented to by the Required Lenders, and (ii) to the granting by Borrower
of Liens in favor of GE Capital pursuant to the Receivables Agreement, which
Liens shall be senior to the Liens granted to the Agent and Lenders as to the
collateral covered thereby in the manner contemplated by Section 4(c) hereof.
The net proceeds to be received by Borrower from such sale of Receivables shall
be used by it within 180 days after receipt to finance Capital Expenditures
permitted by the Agreement, and, until so used, such net proceeds shall be
applied to repay outstanding Revolving Credit Advances.
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(b) GE Capital and Borrower intend, and the Lenders concur,
that the transactions contemplated in the Receivables Agreement shall be treated
as a purchase and sale of Receivables for all purposes and not as a lending
transaction. Agent and each Lender acknowledges that it has no right, title
and/or interest in or to (i) any Receivable, whether or not as proceeds of
inventory, sold to GE Capital pursuant to the Receivables Agreement, (ii)
deposits, credit balances and/or reserves on the books of GE Capital established
in connection with the Receivables Agreement, including the Reserve Account
established pursuant thereto, and (iii) returned merchandise sold in connection
with a Receivable sold to GE Capital that has not been paid for by Borrower
under the Receivables Agreement, except, in each case, as specifically provided
in Section 4(c) hereof. Agent and each Lender retains its existing right, title
and/or interest in all other accounts receivable and other property of Borrower.
Agent and the Lenders shall in no event challenge the transactions or actions
contemplated in the Receivables Agreement, GE Capital's Liens thereunder, or the
recognition of such transactions as a purchase and sale of Receivables,
including without limitation through any characterization of such transactions
as a secured loan.
(c) In the event and to the extent that, a final decision by a
court of competent jurisdiction finds that the transactions contemplated in the
Receivables Agreement are not considered the purchase and sale of Receivables
despite the intentions of the parties thereto, notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained herein, in the Receivables Agreement, or otherwise, and
irrespective of the time, order or method of attachment or perfection of the
Liens and security interests granted thereby or the time or order of filing of
financing statements or other Liens, the parties hereto agree among themselves,
as to the perfection and priorities to be accorded to their respective interests
in any Receivable, that (i) the Lien of GE Capital in any Receivable or other
property of Borrower pursuant to the Receivables Agreement shall be superior and
prior in right to the Lien of the Agent and Lenders in such property, and (ii)
such security interest of GE Capital shall constitute a perfected first priority
Lien in such property. To the extent that such final court decision is issued,
it is acknowledged and agreed by the parties hereto that the Agent and Lenders
shall have a second priority Lien in such property.
5. Syndication. Following the date hereof, GE Capital's
affiliate, GECC Capital Markets Group, Inc.
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("GECMG"), may initiate discussions with potential lenders relating to possible
assignments of up to $10,000,000 of GE Capital's Revolving Credit Advances and
Revolving Credit Commitment. Borrower hereby agrees to assist GECMG in such
syndication. Such assistance shall include, but not be limited to (i) prompt
assistance in the preparation of an Information Memorandum and the verification
of the completeness and accuracy of the information contained therein; (ii)
preparation of projections by Borrower; (iii) providing GECMG with information
reasonably deemed necessary by GECMG to successfully complete the syndication;
(iv) confirmation as to the reasonableness in the opinion of Borrower of such
projections; and (v) participation of Borrower's senior management in meetings
and conference calls with potential lenders at such times and places as GECMG
may reasonably request. Borrower further agrees to pay GECMG at the time of any
such assignment an arrangement fee equal to 3/8% of the amount of any Revolving
Credit Commitment so assigned and to pay the up-front fees charged by any such
assignee of a Revolving Credit Commitment.
6. Representations and Warranties. Borrower represents and
warrants to Agent and Lenders as follows:
(a) All of the representations and warranties of Borrower
contained in the Agreement and in the other Loan Documents are true and correct
on the date hereof as though made on such date, except to the extent that any
such representation or warranty expressly relates to an earlier date and for
changes permitted or contemplated by the Agreement. No Default or Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing or would result from the transactions
contemplated hereby.
(b) The execution, delivery and performance by Borrower of
this Amendment have been duly authorized by all necessary or proper corporate
action and do not require the consent or approval of any Person which has not
been obtained.
(c) This Amendment has been duly executed and delivered by
Borrower and each of this Amendment and the Agreement as amended hereby
constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of Borrower, enforceable
against Borrower in accordance with its terms.
7. Continued Effectiveness. Except as expressly modified by
this Amendment, the provisions of the Loan
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Agreement shall remain in full force and effect, and are hereby in all respects
ratified and confirmed.
8. Effectiveness. This Amendment shall become effective on the
date the fee referred to in clause (c) is paid, provided it is paid no later
than February 28, 1997, and further provided that on the date hereof each of the
following other conditions has been satisfied, including the delivery to Agent
of each of the documents set forth below in form and substance satisfactory to
agent:
(a) Counterparts of this Amendment duly executed by Borrower,
each Lender and Agent.
(b) An opinion of counsel to Borrower addressed to Agent and
Lenders in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Agent.
(c) Payment by Borrower to Agent of an amendment fee equal to
$75,000.
(d) All of the representations and warranties of Borrower
contained in Section 6 hereof shall be true and correct and certified by a
certificate of an officer of Borrower.
If such fee is not paid by February 28, 1997, this Amendment
shall not become effective.
9. Expenses. Borrower agrees to pay on demand all reasonable
out-of-pocket costs and expenses of Agent in connection with the preparation,
execution and delivery of this Amendment, including, without limitation, the
reasonable fees and out-of-pocket expenses of counsel for Agent with respect
thereto.
10. Governing Law. This Amendment shall be governed by,
construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of New York,
without regard to conflict of laws principles thereof.
11. Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in any number
of counterparts, which shall, collectively and separately, constitute one
agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this
Amendment to be duly executed as of the date first above written.
PLASTIC SPECIALTIES AND
TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
By:
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Name:
Title:
GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL
CORPORATION,
as Agent and Lender
By:
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Name:
Title:
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