1. | FACILITY NO. 1 REVOLVING LINE OF CREDIT |
(a) | During the availability period described below, the Bank will provide a line of credit to the Borrower. The amount of the line of credit (the Facility No. 1 Commitment) is Twenty-five Million Dollars ($25,000,000). | |
(b) | This is a revolving line of credit. During the availability period, the Borrower may repay principal amounts and reborrow them so long as the aggregate principal amount outstanding at any time does not exceed $25,000,000, increased if applicable and as provided in Section 1.9, and reduced as provided in Sections1.7(b) and, if applicable Section 1.8. |
(a) | The Borrower will pay interest on January 1, 2011 and on the first day of each month thereafter until payment in full of any principal outstanding under this facility. | |
(b) | The Borrower will repay in full any principal, interest or other charges outstanding under this facility no later than the Facility No. 1 Expiration Date. | |
(d) | The Borrower may prepay the loans in full or in part at any time. |
(a) | The interest rate is a rate per year equal to the Banks Prime Rate plus the Applicable Rate, each as defined below. | |
(b) | The Prime Rate is the rate of interest publicly announced from time to time by the Bank as its Prime Rate. The Prime Rate is set by the Bank based on various factors, including the Banks costs and desired return, general economic conditions and other factors, and is used as a reference point for pricing some loans. The Bank may price loans to its customers at, above, or below the Prime Rate. Any change in the Prime Rate shall take effect at the opening of business on the day specified in the public announcement of a change in the Banks Prime Rate. |
The LIBOR Rate (as defined in Section 2.2) plus the Applicable Rate, each as defined below. |
Applicable Rate | ||||||||||||||||
(in percentage points per annum) | ||||||||||||||||
Funded Debt/ | Unused | |||||||||||||||
Pricing Level | EBITDA | LIBOR + | Prime Rate + | Commitment Fee | ||||||||||||
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> 3.00 | 2.00 | 0 | .375 | ||||||||||||
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> 2.25 and < 3.00 | 1.75 | 0 | .350 | ||||||||||||
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> 1.50 and < 2.25 | 1.50 | 0 | .300 | ||||||||||||
4 |
> 1.00 and < 1.50 | 1.25 | 0 | .250 | ||||||||||||
5 |
< 1.00 | 1.00 | 0 | .200 |
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(a) | During the availability period, at the request of the Borrower, the Bank will issue: |
(i) | Letters of credit; and | ||
(ii) | Guarantees issued by the Banks Shanghai, China branch (Bank Guarantees) of obligations of Borrowers Chinese subsidiary, Graham Vacuum and Heat Transfer Technology (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. (Graham China). |
(b) | The amount of the letters of credit outstanding at any one time (including the drawn and unreimbursed amounts of the letters of credit) plus 105% of the amount of Bank Guarantees may not exceed the Facility No. 1 Commitment. In calculating the principal amount outstanding under the Facility No. 1 Commitment, the calculation shall include the amount of any letters of credit outstanding (including the drawn and unreimbursed amounts of the letters of credit) plus 105% of the outstanding amount of Bank Guarantees. The Bank will revalue the outstanding amount of Bank Guarantees from time to time at its discretion. If as a result of currency fluctuations the value in US Dollars of outstanding Bank Guarantees has increased by more than 5%, the amount available under the Facility No. 1 Commitment shall be correspondingly reduced by the amount of the excess. | |
(c) | Letters of credit and Bank Guarantees shall have a maximum maturity of three (3) years from the date of issuance, and may not to extend more than three (3) years beyond the Facility No. 1 Expiration Date; provided, however, a maximum of $7,500,000 of letters of credit and Bank Guarantees may have a maximum maturity of five (5) years from the date of issuance and extend up to five (5) years beyond the Facility No. 1 Expiration Date. | |
(d) | Letters of credit and Bank Guarantees in the aggregate amount of $15,078,758.50 are outstanding from the Bank for the account of the Borrower as of November 30, 2010. As of the date of this Agreement, these letters of credit and Bank Guarantees shall be deemed to be outstanding under this Agreement, and shall be subject to all the terms and conditions stated in this Agreement. | |
(e) | The Borrower agrees: |
(i) | Any sum drawn under a letter of credit or Bank Guarantee may, at the option of the Bank, be added to the principal amount outstanding under this Agreement. The amount will bear interest and be due as described elsewhere in this Agreement. | ||
(ii) | If there is a default under this Agreement, to immediately cash collateralize any outstanding letters of credit and Bank Guarantees. | ||
(iii) | The issuance of any letter of credit or Bank Guarantee and any amendment thereto is subject to the Banks written approval which shall not be unreasonably withheld or conditioned and must be in form and content satisfactory to the Bank and in favor of a beneficiary reasonably acceptable to the Bank. | ||
(iv) | To sign the Banks applicable form Application and Agreement for Letter of Credit, or agreements related to Bank Guarantees, as applicable. | ||
(v) | To pay any issuance and/or other fees that the Bank notifies the Borrower will be charged for issuing and processing letters of credit and Bank Guarantees for the |
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account of the Borrower, including without limitation a $150 administrative fee for each letter of credit issued. | |||
(vi) | To allow the Bank to automatically charge its checking account for applicable fees, discounts, and other charges. | ||
(vii) | To be responsible for any foreign exchange or conversion costs related to converting RMB to United States Dollars for any drawings under Bank Guarantees, and such costs shall be added to amounts outstanding under Facility No. 1. | ||
(viii) | To pay the Bank 0.25% per annum of the outstanding undrawn amount of each documentary letter of credit, payable annually in advance, calculated on the basis of the amount outstanding on the day the fee is calculated. Commissions on documentary letters of credit with maturities of less than one year shall be charged ratably. | ||
(ix) | To pay a non-refundable fee on the outstanding undrawn amount of each standby letter of credit and outstanding undrawn amount of each Bank Guarantee, payable annually in advance, calculated on the basis of the amount outstanding on the day the fee is calculated, at the Applicable LC Rate set forth below for letters of credit secured by cash and cash equivalents, or not so secured, as applicable: |
Applicable LC Rate | ||||||||||||
Applicable LC Rate | Cash/Cash | |||||||||||
Not Cash Secured | Equivalents Secured | |||||||||||
Pricing | Funded Debt/ | (in percentage | (in percentage points | |||||||||
Level | EBITDA | points per annum) | per annum) | |||||||||
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> 3.00 | 1.25 | .55 | |||||||||
2 |
> 2.25 and < 3.00 | 1.00 | .55 | |||||||||
3 |
> 1.50 and < 2.25 | 1.00 | .55 | |||||||||
4 |
> 1.00 and < 1.50 | .85 | .55 | |||||||||
5 |
< 1.00 | .75 | .55 |
The Applicable LC Rate shall be determined in the same manner as the Applicable Rate is determined with respect to interest as set forth in Section 1.6 above. Commissions on letters of credit with maturities of less than one year shall be charged ratably. |
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(a) | Provided that no default, or event or circumstance that with notice or lapse of time or both would be a default, has occurred that has not been waived in writing by the Bank, upon notice to the Bank the Borrower may from time to time request an increase in the Facility No. 1 Commitment by an amount (for all such requests) not exceeding $25,000,000 in the aggregate; provided that any such request for an increase shall be in a minimum amount of $5,000,000 and, if in excess thereof, in $1,000,000 increments. Each such request shall be accompanied by a certificate of the Borrower signed by a responsible officer: (i) certifying and attaching resolutions adopted by the Borrower approving such increase, and (ii) certifying that, before and after giving effect to such increase, (A) the representations and warranties contained in Section 7 are and will be true and correct, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct as of such earlier date, and (B) no default, or event or circumstance that with notice or lapse of time or both would be a default, has occurred that has not been waived in writing by the Bank. | |
(b) | The Bank will consider whether or not to grant the Borrowers request subject only to credit approval, it being understood that the Banks credit approval process includes a full review of the Borrowers business, financial condition and collateral as of the applicable time. Within 20 business days of receiving a request, the Bank shall notify the Borrower whether or not the Bank has agreed to increase the Facility No. 1 Commitment by the amount requested and the effective date of any approved increase (Increase Effective Date). Any failure by the Bank to respond within such time period shall be deemed to be a decline of the request. If the Bank has approved a requested increase, the Facility No. 1 Commitment shall be increased by the applicable amount on the Increase Effective Date. | |
2. | OPTIONAL INTEREST RATES |
(a) | The interest period during which the LIBOR Rate will be in effect will be one, two, or three months. The first day of the interest period must be a day other than a Saturday or a Sunday on which banks are open for business in New York and London and dealing in offshore dollars (a LIBOR Banking Day). The last day of the interest period and the actual number of days during the interest period will be determined by the Bank using the practices of the London inter-bank market. | |
(b) | Each LIBOR Rate Portion will be for an amount not less than One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000). |
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(d) | The LIBOR Rate means the interest rate determined by the following formula. (All amounts in the calculation will be determined by the Bank as of the first day of the interest period.) |
Where, |
(i) | London Inter-Bank Offered Rate means, for any applicable interest period, the rate per annum equal to the British Bankers Association LIBOR Rate (BBA LIBOR), as published by Reuters (or other commercially available source providing quotations of BBA LIBOR as selected by the Bank from time to time) at approximately 11:00 a.m. London time two (2) London Banking Days before the commencement of the interest period, for U.S. Dollar deposits (for delivery on the first day of such interest period) with a term equivalent to such interest period. If such rate is not available at such time for any reason, then the rate for that interest period will be determined by such alternate method as reasonably selected by the Bank. A London Banking Day is a day on which banks in London are open for business and dealing in offshore dollars. | ||
(ii) | Reserve Percentage means the total of the maximum reserve percentages for determining the reserves to be maintained by member banks of the Federal Reserve System for Eurocurrency Liabilities, as defined by the Federal Reserve Board Regulation D, rounded upward to the nearest 1/100 of one percent. The percentage will be expressed as a decimal, and will include, but not be limited to, marginal, emergency, supplemental, special, and other reserve percentages. |
(e) | The Borrower shall irrevocably request a LIBOR Rate Portion no later than 12:00 noon New York time on the LIBOR Banking Day preceding the day on which the London Inter-Bank Offered Rate will be set, as specified above. For example, if there are no intervening holidays or weekend days in any of the relevant locations, the request must be made at least three days before the LIBOR Rate takes effect. | |
(f) | The Bank will have no obligation to accept an election for a LIBOR Rate Portion if any of the following described events has occurred and is continuing: |
(i) | Dollar deposits in the principal amount, and for periods equal to the interest period, of a LIBOR Rate Portion are not available in the London inter-bank market; or | ||
(ii) | the LIBOR Rate does not accurately reflect the cost to the Bank of maintaining a LIBOR Rate Portion. |
(g) | Each prepayment of a LIBOR Rate Portion, whether voluntary, by reason of acceleration or otherwise, will be accompanied by the amount of accrued interest on the amount prepaid and, if the prepayment is made on a date other than the last day of the interest period for such Portion, a LIBOR Rate Portion prepayment fee as described below. A prepayment is a payment of an amount on a date earlier than the scheduled payment date for such amount as required by this Agreement. | |
(h) | The LIBOR Rate Portion prepayment fee shall be in an amount sufficient to compensate the Bank for any loss, cost or expense incurred by it as a result of the prepayment, including any loss of anticipated profits and any loss or expense arising from the liquidation or reemployment of funds obtained by it to maintain such Portion or from fees payable to terminate the deposits from which such funds were obtained. The Borrower |
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shall also pay any customary administrative fees charged by the Bank in connection with the foregoing. For purposes of this Section, the Bank shall be deemed to have funded each Portion by a matching deposit or other borrowing in the applicable interbank market, whether or not such Portion was in fact so funded. | ||
3. | FEES AND EXPENSES |
(a) | Loan Fee. The Borrower agrees to pay a loan fee in the amount of Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000). This fee is due on the date of this Agreement. | |
(b) | Unused Commitment Fee. The Borrower agrees to pay a fee on any difference between the Facility No. 1 Commitment and the amount of credit it actually uses, determined by the average of the daily amount of credit outstanding during the specified period. The fee will be calculated at the Applicable Rate according to Section 1.6 hereof. The calculation of credit outstanding shall include the undrawn amount of letters of credit as well as the undrawn amount of Bank Guarantees. | |
This fee is due on the first day of each calendar quarter until the expiration of the availability period. | ||
(b) | Waiver Fee. If the Bank, at its discretion, agrees to waive or amend any terms of this Agreement, the Borrower will, at the Banks option, pay the Bank a fee for each waiver or amendment in an amount advised by the Bank at the time the Borrower requests the waiver or amendment. Nothing in this Section shall imply that the Bank is obligated to agree to any waiver or amendment requested by the Borrower. The Bank may impose additional requirements as a condition to any waiver or amendment. | |
(c) | Late Fee. To the extent permitted by law, the Borrower agrees to pay a late fee in an amount not to exceed four percent (4%) of any payment that is more than fifteen (15) days late. The imposition and payment of a late fee shall not constitute a waiver of the Banks rights with respect to the default. |
(a) | The Borrower agrees to reimburse the Bank for any expenses it incurs in the preparation of this Agreement and any agreement or instrument required by this Agreement. Expenses include, but are not limited to, reasonable attorneys fees, including any allocated costs of the Banks in-house counsel to the extent permitted by applicable law. | |
(b) | The Borrower agrees to reimburse the Bank for the cost of periodic field examinations of the Borrowers books, records and collateral, and appraisals of the collateral, at such intervals as the Bank may reasonably require. The actions described in this Section may be performed by employees of the Bank or by independent appraisers. |
(a) | In the event that the Borrower enters into any Swap Contract with the Bank or any of its affiliates, any costs incurred by the Bank or its affiliates in connection therewith, including without limitation any interest, expenses, fees, premiums, penalties or other charges associated with any obligations undertaken by the Bank or its affiliates to hedge or offset the Banks or its affiliates obligations pursuant to such agreement, or the termination of any such obligations, shall be (i) deemed additional interest and/or a |
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related expense (to be determined in the sole discretion of the Bank) and due as part of the obligations of the Borrower hereunder and (ii) secured by all collateral and guarantees granted to or made in favor of the Bank to the full extent thereof, and included in any judgment in any proceeding instituted by the Bank. | ||
(b) | Swap Contract means any interest rate, credit, commodity or equity swap, cap, floor, collar, forward foreign exchange transaction, currency swap, cross currency rate swap, currency option, securities puts, calls, collars, options or forwards or any combination of, or option with respect to, these or similar transactions. | |
4. | COLLATERAL |
5. | DISBURSEMENTS, PAYMENTS AND COSTS |
(a) | Each payment by the Borrower will be made in U.S. Dollars and immediately available funds by debit to a deposit account, as described in this Agreement or otherwise authorized by the Borrower. For payments not made by direct debit, payments will be made by mail to the address shown on the Borrowers statement or at one of the Banks banking centers in the United States, or by such other method as may be permitted by the Bank. | |
(b) | The Bank may honor instructions for advances or repayments given by the Borrower (if an individual), or by any one of the individuals authorized to sign loan agreements on behalf of the Borrower, or any other individual designated by any one of such authorized signers (each an Authorized Individual). | |
(c) | For any payment under this Agreement made by debit to a deposit account, the Borrower will maintain sufficient immediately available funds in the deposit account to cover each debit. If there are insufficient immediately available funds in the deposit account on the |
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date the Bank enters any such debit authorized by this Agreement, the Bank may reverse the debit. | ||
(d) | Each disbursement by the Bank and each payment by the Borrower will be evidenced by records kept by the Bank. In addition, the Bank may, at its discretion, require the Borrower to sign one or more promissory notes. | |
(e) | Prior to the date each payment of principal and interest and any fees from the Borrower becomes due (the Due Date), the Bank will mail to the Borrower a statement of the amounts that will be due on that Due Date (the Billed Amount). The calculations in the bill will be made on the assumption that no new extensions of credit or payments will be made between the date of the billing statement and the Due Date, and that there will be no changes in the applicable interest rate. If the Billed Amount differs from the actual amount due on the Due Date (the Accrued Amount), the discrepancy will be treated as follows: |
(i) | If the Billed Amount is less than the Accrued Amount, the Billed Amount for the following Due Date will be increased by the amount of the discrepancy. The Borrower will not be in default by reason of any such discrepancy. | ||
(ii) | If the Billed Amount is more than the Accrued Amount, the Billed Amount for the following Due Date will be decreased by the amount of the discrepancy. |
Regardless of any such discrepancy, interest will continue to accrue based on the actual amount of principal outstanding without compounding. The Bank will not pay the Borrower interest on any overpayment. |
(a) | The Bank may honor telephone or telefax instructions for advances or repayments, or for the designation of optional interest rates, and telefax requests for the issuance of letters of credit given, or purported to be given, by any one of the Authorized Individuals. | |
(b) | Advances will be deposited in and repayments will be withdrawn from account number 2653346 owned by the Borrower, or such other of the Borrowers accounts with the Bank as designated in writing by the Borrower. | |
(c) | The Borrower will indemnify and hold the Bank harmless from all liability, loss, and costs in connection with any act resulting from telephone or telefax instructions the Bank reasonably believes are made by any Authorized Individual. This Section will survive this Agreements termination, and will benefit the Bank and its officers, employees, and agents. |
(a) | The Borrower agrees that on the Due Date the Bank will debit the Billed Amount from deposit account number 2653346 owned by the Borrower, or such other of the Borrowers accounts with the Bank as designated in writing by the Borrower (the Designated Account). |
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6. | CONDITIONS |
(a) | Signed original security agreements covering the personal property collateral that the Bank requires of the Borrower and each of its domestic direct and indirect subsidiaries, and to the extent that no material adverse tax consequences would result, each foreign subsidiary, in form satisfactory to the Bank. | |
(b) | Signed guaranties from each direct or indirect domestic subsidiary of Borrower, and to the extent that no material adverse tax consequences would result, each foreign subsidiary in form satisfactory to the Bank. | |
(c) | Signed security agreements covering all present and future shares of capital stock of each present and future subsidiary of Borrower, limited in the case of foreign subsidiaries to a pledge of 65% of such stock if any greater percentage would result in an adverse tax consequence in form satisfactory to the Bank. |
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7. | REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES |
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(a) | Each Plan (other than a multiemployer plan) is in compliance in all material respects with the applicable provisions of ERISA, the Code and other federal or state law. Each Plan has either: (i) received a favorable determination letter from the IRS and to the best knowledge of the Borrower, nothing has occurred which would cause the loss of such qualification, or (ii) is entitled to rely upon an IRS opinion letter stating that such Plan is qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code.. The Borrower has fulfilled its obligations, if any, under the minimum funding standards of ERISA and the Code with respect to each Plan, and has not incurred any liability with respect to any Plan under Title IV of ERISA. | |
(b) | There are no claims, lawsuits or actions (including by any governmental authority), and there has been no prohibited transaction or violation of the fiduciary responsibility rules, with respect to any Plan which has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in a material adverse effect. | |
(c) | With respect to any Plan subject to Title IV of ERISA: |
(i) | No reportable event has occurred under Section 4043(c) of ERISA for which the PBGC requires 30-day notice. | ||
(ii) | No action by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate to terminate or withdraw from any Plan has been taken and no notice of intent to terminate a Plan has been filed under Section 4041 of ERISA. | ||
(iii) | No termination proceeding has been commenced with respect to a Plan under Section 4042 of ERISA, and no event has occurred or condition exists which might constitute grounds for the commencement of such a proceeding. |
(d) | The following terms have the meanings indicated for purposes of this Agreement: |
(i) | Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time. | ||
(ii) | ERISA means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time. | ||
(iii) | ERISA Affiliate means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) under common control with the Borrower within the meaning of Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code. | ||
(iv) | PBGC means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation. | ||
(v) | Plan means a pension, profit-sharing, or stock bonus plan intended to qualify under Section 401(a) of the Code, maintained or contributed to by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate, including any multiemployer plan within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA. |
8. | COVENANTS |
(a) | To use the proceeds of Facility No. 1 only for general corporate purposes, including letters of credit and capital expenditures. Proceeds from Facility No. 1 may also be used to finance acquisitions permitted by Section 8.13(b). |
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(b) | That proceeds of Facility No. 1 may not be used directly or indirectly to purchase or carry any margin stock as that term is defined in Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, or extend credit to or invest in other parties for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any such margin stock, or to reduce or retire any indebtedness incurred for such purpose. None of the proceeds of this Loan Agreement may be used directly or indirectly in furtherance of any transaction or series of transactions to acquire a controlling interest in any publicly-traded company unless the Bank otherwise consents in writing. |
(a) | By July 31 of each year, the annual financial statements of Borrower, certified and dated by an authorized financial officer. These financial statements must be audited (with an opinion satisfactory to the Bank) by a Certified Public Accountant acceptable to the Bank. The statements shall be prepared on a consolidated basis. | |
(b) | Within 50 days of the periods end (excluding the last period in each fiscal year), quarterly financial statements of Borrower, certified and dated by an authorized financial officer. The statements shall be prepared on a consolidated basis. | |
(c) | With each financial statement provided pursuant to Section 8.2(a) and (b), a compliance certificate of the Borrower, signed by an authorized financial officer and setting forth (i) the information and computations (in sufficient detail) to establish compliance with all financial covenants at the end of the period covered by the financial statements then being furnished and (ii) whether there existed as of the date of such financial statements and whether there exists as of the date of the certificate, any default under this Agreement and, if any such default exists, specifying the nature thereof and the action the Borrower is taking and proposes to take with respect thereto. | |
(d) | Promptly, upon sending or receipt, copies of any management letters and correspondence relating to management letters, sent or received by the Borrower to or from the Borrowers auditor. If no management letter is prepared, the Bank may, in its discretion, request a letter from such auditor stating that no deficiencies were noted that would otherwise be addressed in a management letter. | |
(e) | Annual business plan, including financial projections covering a time period acceptable to the Bank and specifying the assumptions used in creating the projections. The annual business plan shall be provided to the Bank no less often than 60 days after the end of each fiscal year. |
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(a) | dividends payable in capital stock; | |
(b) | provided that immediately before and after such declaration or payment no event of default has occurred: (i) if Borrowers ratio of Funded Debt to EBITDA, calculated as provided in Section 8.3 is equal to or less than 2.0 to 1.0, Borrower may make unlimited dividends, redemptions of stock, distributions and withdrawals to its owners, and (ii) if Borrowers ratio of Funded Debt to EBITDA, calculated as provided in Section 8.3 is greater than 2.0 to 1.0, Borrower may make dividends, redemptions of stock, distributions and withdrawals to its owners limited to 25% of net income. |
(a) | Acquiring goods, supplies, or merchandise on normal trade credit. | |
(b) | Payroll and compensation obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business. | |
(c) | Endorsing negotiable instruments received. | |
(d) | Liabilities, lines of credit and leases described in Schedule 8.7 to this Agreement. | |
(e) | Additional Indebtedness for business purposes which do not exceed an aggregate total principal amount of $1,000,000 outstanding at any one time. |
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(f) | Additional Contingent Liabilities (not including liabilities treated as Indebtedness under subsection (e)) which do not exceed an aggregate total principal amount of $1,000,000 outstanding at any one time. |
(i) | all obligations of such person for borrowed money and all obligations of such person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, loan agreements or other similar instruments; | |
(ii) | all direct or contingent obligations of such person arising under letters of credit (including standby and commercial), bankers acceptances, bank guaranties, surety bonds and similar instruments; | |
(iii) | net obligations of such person under any Swap Contract; | |
(d) | all obligations of such person to pay the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than trade accounts payable in the ordinary course of business and, in each case, not past due for more than 60 days after the date on which such trade account payable was created); | |
(e) | indebtedness (excluding prepaid interest thereon) secured by a lien on property owned or being purchased by such person (including indebtedness arising under conditional sales or other title retention agreements), whether or not such indebtedness shall have been assumed by such person or is limited in recourse; | |
(f) | capital leases and synthetic lease obligations; and | |
(g) | all guarantees of such person in respect of any of the foregoing. |
(a) | Liens and security interests in favor of the Bank. | |
(b) | Liens outstanding on the date of this Agreement disclosed in writing to the Bank on Schedule 8.7 to this Agreement. | |
(c) | Liens securing debt and lease obligations incurred pursuant to Section 8.6(e) which do not secure more than an aggregate total principal amount of $1,000,000 outstanding at any one time. |
(a) | Not to sell, assign, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any material part of the Borrowers business or assets except in the ordinary course of the Borrowers business. | |
(b) | Not to sell, lease, transfer, or otherwise dispose of any assets for less than fair market value, or enter into any agreement to do so. |
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(c) | Not to enter into any sale and leaseback agreement covering any of its fixed assets. | |
(d) | To maintain and preserve all rights, privileges, and franchises the Borrower now has. | |
(e) | To make any repairs, renewals, or replacements to keep the Borrowers properties in good working condition, ordinary war and tear and obsolescence excepted. |
(a) | Existing investments disclosed to the Bank in writing. | |
(b) | Investments in any of the following: |
(i) | certificates of deposit; | ||
(ii) | U.S. treasury bills and other obligations of the federal government; | ||
(iii) | readily marketable securities (including commercial paper, but excluding restricted stock and stock subject to the provisions of Rule 144 of the Securities and Exchange Commission). |
(c) | Investments: |
(i) | in and loans to the Borrowers then current Affiliates (not including the WOFE described below) that do not exceed an aggregate amount of $1,000,000 at any one time outstanding, | ||
(ii) | permitted under Section 8.13(b), and | ||
(iii) | investments in and loans to other persons and entities that do not exceed an aggregate amount of $500,000 outstanding at any one time. |
Affiliate shall mean any entity which directly or indirectly, or through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by or is under common control with the Borrower. | ||
(d) | Investments in and loans to Borrowers Wholly Owned Foreign Enterprise (the WOFE) formed in China which investments and loans shall not exceed an aggregate amount of $2,500,000 outstanding at any one time. |
(a) | Enter into any consolidation, merger, or other combination, or become a partner in a partnership, a member of a joint venture, or a member of a limited liability company. | |
(b) | Acquire or purchase a business or its assets; provided, however, Borrower may make such an acquisition if: (i) on a pro forma basis the Borrower will have a Funded Debt to EBITDA Ratio not greater than 3.0 to 1.0 on a going forward basis after completion of such acquisition, (ii) Borrower is in compliance, and will continue to comply on a going forward basis after completion of such acquisition, with the other covenants contained in this Agreement, (iii) the acquired business is in a similar or complementary line of business to the existing business of the Borrower, and (iv) if the acquired business is or becomes a Borrower subsidiary, documents and agreements for and related to such subsidiary of the nature required from Borrower by Section 6. |
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(c) | Engage in any business activities substantially different from the Borrowers present business. | |
(d) | Liquidate or dissolve the Borrowers business. |
(a) | Any dispute or lawsuit between the Borrower and any third party or governmental authority which would be required to be disclosed in the Borrowers reports to the Securities and Exchange Commission. | |
(b) | Any event of default under this Agreement, or any event which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute an event of default. | |
(c) | Any material adverse change in the Borrowers business condition (financial or otherwise), operations, properties or prospects, or ability to repay the credit. | |
(d) | Any change in the Borrowers name, legal structure, place of business, or chief executive office if the Borrower has more than one place of business. | |
(e) | Any actual Contingent Liabilities of the Borrower, and any such Contingent Liabilities which are reasonably foreseeable, where such liabilities are in excess of $1,000,000 in the aggregate. |
(a) | General Business Insurance. To maintain insurance satisfactory to the Bank as to amount, nature and carrier covering property damage (including loss of use and occupancy) to any of the Borrowers properties, business interruption insurance, public liability insurance including coverage for contractual liability, product liability and workers compensation, and any other insurance which is usual for the Borrowers business. Each policy shall provide for at least thirty (30) days prior notice to the Bank of any cancellation thereof. | |
(b) | Insurance Covering Collateral. To maintain all risk property damage insurance policies (including without limitation windstorm coverage, and hurricane coverage as applicable) covering the tangible property comprising the collateral. Each insurance policy must be for the full replacement cost of the collateral and include a replacement cost endorsement. The insurance must be issued by an insurance company acceptable to the Bank and must include a lenders loss payable endorsement in favor of the Bank in a form acceptable to the Bank. | |
(c) | Evidence of Insurance. Upon the request of the Bank, to deliver to the Bank a copy of each insurance policy, or, if permitted by the Bank, a certificate of insurance listing all insurance in force. |
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(a) | The occurrence of any reportable event under Section 4043(c) of ERISA for which the PBGC requires 30-day notice. | |
(b) | Any action by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate to terminate or withdraw from a Plan or the filing of any notice of intent to terminate under Section 4041 of ERISA. | |
(c) | The commencement of any proceeding with respect to a Plan under Section 4042 of ERISA. |
9. | HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES |
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10. | DEFAULT AND REMEDIES |
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(a) | A reportable event shall occur under Section 4043(c) of ERISA with respect to a Plan. | |
(b) | Any Plan termination (or commencement of proceedings to terminate a Plan) or the full or partial withdrawal from a Plan by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate. |
11. | ENFORCING THIS AGREEMENT; MISCELLANEOUS |
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(a) | This Dispute Resolution Provision concerns the resolution of any controversies or claims between the parties, whether arising in contract, tort or by statute, including but not limited to controversies or claims that arise out of or relate to: (i) this agreement (including any renewals, extensions or modifications); or (ii) any document related to this agreement (collectively a Claim). For the purposes of this Dispute Resolution Provision only, the term parties shall include any parent corporation, subsidiary or affiliate of the Bank involved in the servicing, management or administration of any obligation described or evidenced by this agreement. | |
(b) | At the request of any party to this agreement, any Claim shall be resolved by binding arbitration in accordance with the Federal Arbitration Act (Title 9, U.S. Code) (the Act). The Act will apply even though this agreement provides that it is governed by the law of a specified state. | |
(c) | Arbitration proceedings will be determined in accordance with the Act, the then-current rules and procedures for the arbitration of financial services disputes of the American Arbitration Association or any successor thereof (AAA), and the terms of this Dispute Resolution Provision. In the event of any inconsistency, the terms of this Dispute Resolution Provision shall control. If AAA is unwilling or unable to (i) serve as the provider of arbitration or (ii) enforce any provision of this arbitration clause, the Bank may designate another arbitration organization with similar procedures to serve as the provider of arbitration. | |
(d) | The arbitration shall be administered by AAA and conducted, unless otherwise required by law, in any U.S. state where real or tangible personal property collateral for this credit is located or if there is no such collateral, in the state specified in the governing law section of this agreement. All Claims shall be determined by one arbitrator; however, if Claims exceed Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000), upon the request of any party, the Claims shall be decided by three arbitrators. All arbitration hearings shall commence within ninety (90) days of the demand for arbitration and close within ninety (90) days of commencement and the award of the arbitrator(s) shall be issued within thirty (30) days of the close of the hearing. However, the arbitrator(s), upon a showing of good cause, |
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may extend the commencement of the hearing for up to an additional sixty (60) days. The arbitrator(s) shall provide a concise written statement of reasons for the award. The arbitration award may be submitted to any court having jurisdiction to be confirmed and have judgment entered and enforced. | ||
(e) | The arbitrator(s) will give effect to statutes of limitation in determining any Claim and shall dismiss the arbitration if the Claim is barred under the applicable statutes of limitation. For purposes of the application of any statutes of limitation, the service on AAA under applicable AAA rules of a notice of Claim is the equivalent of the filing of a lawsuit. Any dispute concerning this arbitration provision or whether a Claim is arbitrable shall be determined by the arbitrator(s), except as set forth at subsection (h) of this Dispute Resolution Provision. The arbitrator(s) shall have the power to award legal fees pursuant to the terms of this agreement. | |
(f) | This Section does not limit the right of any party to: (i) exercise self-help remedies, such as but not limited to, setoff; (ii) initiate judicial or non-judicial foreclosure against any real or personal property collateral; (iii) exercise any judicial or power of sale rights, or (iv) act in a court of law to obtain an interim remedy, such as but not limited to, injunctive relief, writ of possession or appointment of a receiver, or additional or supplementary remedies. | |
(g) | The filing of a court action is not intended to constitute a waiver of the right of any party, including the suing party, thereafter to require submittal of the Claim to arbitration. | |
(h) | Any arbitration or trial by a judge of any Claim will take place on an individual basis without resort to any form of class or representative action (the Class Action Waiver). Regardless of anything else in this Dispute Resolution Provision, the validity and effect of the Class Action Waiver may be determined only by a court and not by an arbitrator. The parties to this Agreement acknowledge that the Class Action Waiver is material and essential to the arbitration of any disputes between the parties and is nonseverable from the agreement to arbitrate Claims. If the Class Action Waiver is limited, voided or found unenforceable, then the parties agreement to arbitrate shall be null and void with respect to such proceeding, subject to the right to appeal the limitation or invalidation of the Class Action Waiver. The Parties acknowledge and agree that under no circumstances will a class action be arbitrated. | |
(i) | By agreeing to binding arbitration, the parties irrevocably and voluntarily waive any right they may have to a trial by jury in respect of any Claim. Furthermore, without intending in any way to limit this agreement to arbitrate, to the extent any Claim is not arbitrated, the parties irrevocably and voluntarily waive any right they may have to a trial by jury in respect of such Claim. This waiver of jury trial shall remain in effect even if the Class Action Waiver is limited, voided or found unenforceable. WHETHER THE CLAIM IS DECIDED BY ARBITRATION OR BY TRIAL BY A JUDGE, THE PARTIES AGREE AND UNDERSTAND THAT THE EFFECT OF THIS AGREEMENT IS THAT THEY ARE GIVING UP THE RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. |
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(a) | In addition to any rights and remedies of the Bank provided by law, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any event of default under this Agreement, the Bank is authorized, at any time, to set off and apply any and all Deposits of the Borrower or any other person responsible for the Obligations (Obligor) held by the Bank against any and all Obligations owing to the Bank. The set-off may be made irrespective of whether or not the Bank shall have made demand under this Agreement or any guaranty, and although such Obligations may be contingent or unmatured or denominated in a currency different from that of the applicable Deposits. | |
(b) | For the purposes of this Section, Deposits means any deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final, individual or joint) and any instruments owned by the Borrower or any Obligor which come into the possession or custody or under the control of the Bank. Obligations means all obligations, now or hereafter existing, of the Borrower to the Bank under this Agreement and under any other agreement or instrument executed in connection with this Agreement, and the obligations to the Bank of any Obligor. |
(a) | represent the sum of the understandings and agreements between the Bank and the Borrower concerning this credit; | |
(b) | replace any prior oral or written agreements between the Bank and the Borrower concerning this credit; and | |
(c) | are intended by the Bank and the Borrower as the final, complete and exclusive statement of the terms agreed to by them. |
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Bank of America, N.A.
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Graham Corporation | |||||
By:
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/s/ Colleen M. O'Brien | By: | /s/ Jeffrey Glajch | (Seal) | ||
Typed Name: Colleen M. OBrien
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Typed Name: Jeffrey Glajch | |||||
Title: Senior Vice President
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Title: Vice President-Finance & | |||||
Administration
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and Chief Financial Officer | |||||
Address where notices to
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Address where notices to | |||||
the Bank are to be sent:
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the Borrower are to be sent: | |||||
One East Avenue
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20 Florence Avenue | |||||
Rochester, NY 14638
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Batavia, New York 14020 | |||||
Facsimile: (585) 546-9278
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Telephone: (585) 343-2216 | |||||
Facsimile: (585) 815-2003 |
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Secured Party | Financing Statement Date | Filing Number | ||
Safeco Credit Co., Inc.
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08/14/01 | |||
d/b/a Safeline Leasing |
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Toyota Motor Credit Corporation
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09/07/07 | 2007 3849360 | ||
Toyota Motor Credit Corporation
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09/07/07 | 2007 3849402 | ||
Toyota Motor Credit Corporation
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11/09/07 | 2007 4346499 | ||
Toyota Motor Credit Corporation
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11/09/07 | 2007 4346507 | ||
Toyota Motor Credit Corporation
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11/09/07 | 2007 4346531 | ||
GreatAmerica Leasing Corporation
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06/12/08 | 2008 2008413 | ||
GreatAmerica Leasing Corporation
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08/15/08 | 2008 2794269 | ||
IBM Credit, LLC
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01/05/10 | 2010 0020069 |
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