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Exhibit 1063
March 14, 1996
Lexington Precision Corporation
767 Third Avenue
New York, New York 10017
Re: Amendment to Financing Agreements and Consent
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Gentlemen:
Reference is made to certain financing agreements dated January 11, 1990
between Lexington Precision Corporation ("LPC") and Congress Financial
Corporation ("Congress"), including, but not limited to, an Accounts Financing
Agreement [Security Agreement], as amended (the "Accounts Agreement"), and all
supplements thereto and all other related financing and security agreements
(collectively, all of the foregoing, as the same have heretofore or
contemporaneously been or may be hereafter, amended, replaced, extended,
modified or supplemented, the "Financing Agreements").
LPC has requested Congress' consent to: (i) the security interest in certain
equipment of LPC granted to CIT (as defined below) to secure certain loans by
CIT to LPC in the aggregate principal amount of up to $5,500,000, (ii) the
security interest in certain equipment and mortgage liens upon certain real
property and related personal property of LPC, to be granted by LPC to Bank One
(as defined below) in order to secure certain loans by Bank One to LPC in the
aggregate principal amount of up to $4,300,000 and LPC's guarantee of a loan by
Bank One to LCI in the principal amount of $1,500,000, and (iii) the mortgage
lien to be granted by LCI to Bank One covering certain real property and
related personal property in Vienna, Ohio to secure such $1,500,000 loan to
LCI. Congress is willing to provide such consent upon the terms and conditions
set forth in this Amendment to Financing Agreements and Consent (this
"Amendment") and, in connection with such consent and other matters pertaining
to the financing arrangements pursuant to the Accounts Agreement and the other
Financing Agreements, the parties hereto hereby agree to amend the Financing
Agreements, as set forth below (capitalized terms used herein, unless otherwise
defined herein, shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Accounts
Agreement and the other Financing Agreements):
1. Definitions.
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(a) "Bank One" shall mean Bank One, Akron, NA, a national banking
association, and its successors and assigns.
(b) "Bank One Collateral" shall mean the collateral set forth on Exhibits
A, B and C annexed hereto.
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(c) "Bank One Financing" shall mean the loans made and to be made by Bank
One to LPC and LCI in the aggregate principal amount of up to $5,800,000 and
the respective guarantees thereof by LPC and LCI in favor of Bank One, all
pursuant to the Bank One Financing Agreements.
(d) "Bank One Financing Agreements" shall mean the Credit Facility and
Security Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, among LPC, LCI and Bank One,
together with the promissory notes, guarantees and mortgages delivered
thereunder and all other documents, instruments and agreements executed in
connection therewith or pursuant thereto, as the same now exist or may
hereafter be amended, modified, supplemented, renewed, restated or replaced.
(e) "CIT" shall mean The CIT Group/Equipment Financing, Inc., and its
successors and assigns.
(f) "CIT Collateral" shall mean the equipment of LPC described on Exhibit
A to the Subordination Agreement, dated as of January 17, 1996, as amended by
Amendment No. 1 to Subordination Agreement, dated as of February 29, 1996, each
between CIT and Congress, agreed to and confirmed by LPC, together with the
proceeds thereof.
(g) "CIT Financing" shall mean the loans to LPC in the aggregate principal
amount not to exceed $5,500,000, secured by the CIT Collateral, pursuant to the
CIT Financing Agreements.
(h) "CIT Financing Agreements" shall the Loan and Security Agreement,
dated as of January 17, 1996, as amended by Amendment No. 1 thereto, dated as
of February 29, 1996, and Rider A to Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of
January 17, 1996, each between LPC and CIT, together with all notes, guarantees
and other documents, instruments and agreements executed pursuant thereto or in
connection therewith, as the same now exist or may hereafter be amended,
modified, supplemented, renewed, restated or replaced.
2. CONSENT REGARDING CIT COLLATERAL AND BANK ONE COLLATERAL. To the extent
such consent is required under the Financing Agreements, Congress hereby
consents to (i) the security interest in the CIT Collateral granted by LPC to
CIT to secure the CIT Financing pursuant to the CIT Financing Agreements, such
consent to be effective as of January 17, 1996, and (ii) the mortgage liens and
security interests in the Bank One Collateral granted by LPC and LCI to Bank
One to secure the Bank One Financing pursuant to the Bank One Financing
Agreements, including any documents contemplated thereby which are to be
executed and delivered after the date hereof in connection with the loans to be
advanced pursuant to the Bank One Financing
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Agreements after the date hereof, such consent to be effective as of the date
hereof.
3. ADDITIONAL COVENANTS RELATING TO THE CIT COLLATERAL AND BANK ONE
COLLATERAL. In addition to all other covenants, representations and warranties
contained in the Financing Agreements applicable to the types or items of
property included in the CIT Collateral and Bank One Collateral, respectively
(whether or not included in the Collateral), LPC agrees as follows:
(a) LPC shall not remove any of the CIT Collateral from the premises of
LPC located at 3181 North Lear Avenue, Casa Grande, Arizona, 3011 in North
Piper Avenue, Casa Grade, Arizona or 677 Buffalo Road, Rochester, New York
(such three premises, collectively, the "CIT Collateral Locations"), except
removal upon prior written notice to Congress to locations otherwise permitted
under the Financing Agreements. In addition, LPC shall not remove from the
premises of LPC described in Exhibit A annexed hereto (the "North Canton
Property"), any of the tangible personal property comprising part of the Bank
One Collateral, nor shall any equipment or other tangible personal property of
LPC, of any subsidiary of LPC, be moved from another location of LPC or a
subsidiary of LPC, to the North Canton Property, in each case, except upon
prior written notice to Congress. Notices given under this Section 3(a) shall
include serial numbers or other information sufficient to identify the
particular items removed.
(b) LPC shall furnish to Congress all material written notices or demands
concerning the CIT Financing and Bank One Financing, required to be delivered
pursuant to the CIT Financing Agreements and Bank One Financing Agreements,
respectively, other than notices under the Bank One Financing Agreements as to
future advances or loans or interest rates or interest periods on borrowings,
either received by LPC, promptly after receipt thereof, or sent by LPC or on
its behalf, promptly upon the sending thereof, as the case may be.
4. CERTAIN COLLATERAL NOT ELIGIBLE FOR LENDING PURPOSES. Anything contained
in the Financing Agreements to the contrary notwithstanding, i) no Inventory
located or to be located at the North Canton Property shall be considered
Eligible Inventory for lending purposes, and ii) no Equipment located or to be
located at the North Canton Property shall be considered Eligible New Equipment
for purposes of New Equipment Term Loans from time to time requested by LPC.
5. ADDITIONAL REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS. In addition to the
continuing representations, warranties and covenants heretofore or hereafter
made by LPC to Congress pursuant to the Financing Agreements, LPC hereby
represents,
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warrants and covenants with and to Congress as follows (which
representations, warranties and covenants are continuing and shall survive the
execution and delivery hereof and shall be incorporated into and made a part of
the Financing Agreements):
(a) No Event of Default exists or has occurred and is continuing on the
date of this Amendment and on the date of each advance in respect of the CIT
Financing and Bank One Financing.
(b) This Amendment has been duly executed and delivered by LPC and is in
full force and effect as of the date hereof, and the agreements and obligations
of LPC contained herein constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of
LPC enforceable against LPC in accordance with their terms.
6. CONDITIONS TO THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THIS AMENDMENT. Anything contained in
this Amendment to the contrary notwithstanding, this Amendment shall be
effective only upon the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent:
(a) Congress shall have received an executed original or executed original
counterparts (as the case may be) of this Amendment together with the
following, each of which shall be in form and substance satisfactory to
Congress;
(b) Congress shall have received true and complete copies of the CIT
Financing Agreements and the Bank One Financing Agreements as in effect on the
date hereof;
(c) Congress shall have received a duly executed Intercreditor Agreement
between Congress and Bank One, duly executed and delivered on behalf of Bank
One;
(d) Congress shall have received from LPC an executed original or
executed original counterparts of a letter agreement pursuant to which LPC and
LCI acknowledge and consent to the Intercreditor Agreement between Congress and
Bank One and agree that, although neither LPC nor LCI is a party thereto, each
of LPC and LCI will, together with its successors and assigns, be bound by the
provisions thereof;
(e) Congress shall have received from LCI an executed original or executed
original counterparts of a letter agreement re: Amendment to Financing
Agreements and Consent, pertaining to the Bank One Collateral to be granted by
LCI to Bank One pursuant to the Bank One Financing and related matters,
together with the documents, instruments and agreements to be delivered
pursuant thereto;
(f) Congress shall have received from Bank One, the sum of $1,500,000, in
immediately available funds, representing full disbursement for the account of
LCI of the "Vienna Term
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Loan" (as defined in the Bank One Financing Agreements), which sum shall be
applied to fully prepay the outstanding principal amount of the LCI Ohio Real
Estate Loan (as defined in the LCI Financing Agreements) and the balance
applied to the Revolving Loan (as defined in the LCI Financing Agreements)
account of LCI maintained by Congress;
(g) Congress shall have received from Bank One, the sum
of $1,000,000, in immediately available funds, representing full disbursement
for the account of LPC of the "North Canton Interim Loan" (as defined in the
Bank One Financing Agreements), $418,118 of which shall be used to prepay the
unpaid principal installments under the LPC Second Restated Note in the inverse
order of the maturities thereof, and the balance of which shall be applied to
the Revolving Loan account of LPC maintained by Congress;
(h) All representations and warranties contained herein,
in the Accounts Agreements and in the other Financing Agreements shall be true
and correct in all material respects; and
(i) No Event of Default shall have occurred and no event
shall have occurred or condition shall be existing which, with notice or
passage of time or both, would constitute an Event of Default.
7. EFFECT OF THIS AMENDMENT. Except as modified pursuant hereto,
the Accounts Agreement and all supplements to the Accounts Agreement,
including, without limitation, the Covenant Supplement and all other Financing
Agreements, are hereby specifically ratified, restated and confirmed by the
parties hereto as of the date hereof and no existing defaults or Events of
Default have been waived in connection herewith. To the extent of conflict
between the terms of this Amendment and the Accounts Agreement or any of the
other Financing Agreements, the terms of this Amendment control.
8. FURTHER ASSURANCES. LPC shall execute and deliver such
additional documents and take such additional actions as may reasonably be
requested by Congress to effectuate the provisions and purposes of this
Amendment.
9. GOVERNING LAW. This Amendment shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York without
reference to its principles of conflicts of law.
By the signatures hereto of the duly authorized officers,
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the parties hereto mutually covenant, warrant and agree as set forth herein.
Very truly yours,
CONGRESS FINANCIAL CORPORATION
By: Frank L. Chiovari
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Title: Vice President
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AGREED AND ACCEPTED:
LEXINGTON PRECISION CORPORATION
By: Warren Delano
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Title: President
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CONSENT
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The undersigned guarantor hereby consents to the foregoing Amendment,
agrees to be bound by its terms applicable to it, and ratifies and confirms the
terms of its Guarantee and Waiver dated January 11, 1990 as applicable to all
present and future indebtedness, liabilities and obligations of LEXINGTON
PRECISION CORPORATION ("LPC") to CONGRESS FINANCIAL CORPORATION ("Congress"),
including, without limitation, all indebtedness, liabilities and obligations
under the Financing Agreements as amended hereby.
LEXINGTON COMPONENTS, INC.
By: Warren Delano
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Title: Vice Chairman
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