EXHIBIT 10.2
LaSalle Bank NA
135 South LaSalle Street, Suite 425
Chicago, Illinois 60603
(312) 904-8490
Fax: (312)904-6109
June 28, 2004
AMCON Distributing Company
7405 Irvington Road
Omaha, Nebraska 68122
Re: Sixth Amendment
Gentlemen:
AMCON Distributing Company, a Delaware corporation ("Borrower") and
LaSalle Bank National Association, (in its individual capacity,
"LaSalle"), a national banking association for itself, as a Lender,
and as Agent ("Agent), for all lenders that are now or hereafter
parties to this Agreement (the "Lenders"), Gold Bank, a Kansas state
bank ("Gold Bank"), as a Lender, have entered into that certain Loan
and Security Agreement dated June 1, 2001 (the "Security Agreement").
From time to time thereafter, Borrower, Agent and Lenders may have
executed various amendments (each an "Amendment" and collectively the
"Amendments") to the Security Agreement (the Security Agreement and
the Amendments hereinafter are referred to, collectively as the
"Agreement"). Borrower, Agent and Lenders now desire to further amend
the Agreement as provided herein, subject to the terms and conditions
hereinafter set forth.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing recitals, the mutual
covenants and agreements set forth herein and other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
1. The Agreement hereby is amended as follows:
(a) Paragraph (6)(c) of Exhibit A of the Agreement is deleted in
its entirety and the following is substituted in its place:
(c) Documentation Fee: Borrower shall pay to Agent, for the
Benefit of Lender a documentation fee of Three Thousand Five Hundred
and No/100 Dollars ($3,500.00), which fee shall be fully earned by
Agent and payable on June 30, 2004.
(b) Paragraph (6) of Exhibit A of the Agreement is hereby amended
to add the following subparagraph (d):
(d) Amendment Fee: Borrower shall pay to Agent for the Benefit
of Lender an amendment fee of Ten Thousand and No/l00 Dollars
($10,000.00), which fee shall be fully earned by Agent on the date of
this amendment and payable on June 30, 2004.
(c) Exhibit A of the Agreement is hereby amended to add the
following provision:
19. OTHER PROVISIONS:
(a) Guaranty for Trinity Springs, Ltd: Borrower shall cause to be
executed in favor of Borrower and delivered to Borrower the Guaranty
of William Wright of any and all indebtedness of Borrower to Trinity
Springs, Ltd in form and substance satisfactory to Agent, which
Guaranty shall provide that the maximum liability of the Guarantor
thereunder shall not exceed the sum of (i) the dollar amount of
aggregate payments made by Borrower, if any, pursuant to Borrower's
Guaranty dated June 17, 2004 in favor of Trinity Springs, Ltd.; plus
(ii) interest on such amount computed at the highest rate provided in
the Agreement; plus (iii) all costs and expenses, including, without
limitation, all court costs and reasonable attorneys' fees and
paralegals' fees paid or incurred by Agent in endeavoring to collect,
or in prosecuting any action against, the Guarantor under the Guaranty
of William Wright.
(b) Additional Equity: Borrower shall cause an additional Ten
Million and No/100 Dollars ($10,000,000.00) to be raised (pursuant to
the issuance by Borrower of common stock, preferred stock (with a
dividend of up to 8.0% per annum) or subordinated debt with an
interest rate of no more than 8.0% per annum (pursuant to a
subordination agreement satisfactory to the Agent and which
subordinated debt may be issued with or without warrants to purchase
common stock of Borrower) as follows: (i) $2,500,000.00 to have been
received by Borrower no later than June 15, 2004 for the purchase of
Trinity Springs, Ltd. water bottling operation located outside Sun
Valley, Idaho, for the working capital of TSL Acquisition Corp., and
(ii) the remaining $7,500,000.00 to be received by Agent no later than
September 1, 2004 for the repayment of the existing sub-debt due in
2004, all in terms and substance acceptable to Agent in its sole
discretion.
(c) Consent to Acquisition: Relative to the purchase of the assets
of Trinity Springs, Ltd. water bottling operation located outside Sun
Valley, Idaho (the "Purchase"), please let this letter serve to
confirm LaSalle's and Gold Bank' s consent to the Purchase, subject to
(i) Borrower's non- utilization of any of the availability to borrow
monies under the Agreement for the Purchase or for the working capital
of TSL Acquisition Corp., (ii) Borrower shall cause an additional
$10,000,000.00 of equity or subordinated debt with an interest rate of
not more than 8.0% per annum (pursuant to a subordination agreement
satisfactory to the Agent and which subordinated debt may be issued
with or without warrants to purchase common stock of Borrower) to be
raised (pursuant to the issuance by Borrower of common stock,
preferred stock (with a dividend of up to 8.0% per annum) or
subordinated debt of Borrower with an interest rate of not more than
8.0% per annum (pursuant to a subordination agreement satisfactory to
the Agent and which subordinated debt may be issued with or without
warrants to purchase common stock of Borrower), $2,500,000.00 of which
shall have been received by Borrower no later than June 15, for the
Purchase and for the working capital of TSL Acquisition Corp., and the
remaining $7,500,000.00 of which shall be received by Agent no later
than September 1, 2004 for the repayment of the existing sub-debt due
in 2004, (iii) Borrower completing the amended and restated Agreement
to add Hawaiian Natural Water Company, Inc., The Beverage Group, Inc.,
The Healthy Inc., Health Food Associates, Inc., and Chamberlin Natural
Foods, Inc. as additional borrowers and collateral by September 10,
2004, and in conjunction therewith, Gold Bank's revolving loans to
Hawaiian Natural Water Company and The Healthy Edge in an amount not
to exceed $2,750,000 principal with respect to Hawaiian Natural Water
Company and $2,000,000 principal with respect to The Healthy Edge
shall be paid off and (iv) all documentation and legal matters
pertaining to the Purchase being in form and substance satisfactory to
Agent including but not limited to, (a) a Guaranty executed by William
Wright in favor of Borrower limited to payments made by Borrower under
it's guaranty in the Purchase.
2. This Amendment shall not become effective until fully executed by
all parties hereto.
3. Except as expressly amended hereby and by any other supplemental
documents or instruments executed by either party hereto in order to
effectuate the transactions contemplated hereby, the Agreement and
Exhibit A thereto hereby are ratified and confirmed by the parties
hereto and remain in full force and effect in accordance with the
terms thereof.
LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
a national banking association, as Agent
and a Lender
By: Joseph Fudacz
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Joseph Fudacz
Title: Senior Vice President
Pro Rata Percentage: 72.7273%
Maximum Loan Amount: $40,000,015.00
GOLD BANK. a Kansas state bank, as a
Lender
By: Mark Jannaman
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Mark Jannaman
Title: Vice President
Pro Rata Percentage: 27.2727%
Maximum Loan Amount: $14,999,98
ACKNOWLEDGED AND AGREED TO
this 26th day of July, 2004:
AMCON DISTRIBUTING COMPANY
By: Michael D. James
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Michael D. James
Title: Vice President & CFO