EXHIBIT 10.25
AMENDMENT NO. 5
Dated as of February 19, 1999
to
THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
Dated as of October 17, 1997
This Amendment No. 5 ("Amendment") dated as of February 19, 1999 is
entered into among AVIATION SALES DISTRIBUTION SERVICES COMPANY, a Delaware
corporation ("ASOC"), AEROCELL STRUCTURES, INC., an Arkansas corporation
("Aerocell"), AVS/▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇ MACHINE COMPANY, a Delaware corporation
("▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇"), WHITEHALL CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation ("Whitehall"),
TRIAD INTERNATIONAL MAINTENANCE CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation ("TIMCO"),
APEX MANUFACTURING, INC., an Arizona corporation ("Apex"), CARIBE AVIATION,
INC., a Florida corporation ("Caribe"),and AIRCRAFT INTERIOR DESIGN, INC., a
Florida corporation ("Design")(ASOC, Aerocell, ▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇, Whitehall, TIMCO,
Apex, Caribe, and Design being collectively referred to as the "Existing
Borrowers"), AVIATION SALES LEASING COMPANY, a Delaware corporation, and the
"Lenders" (as defined in the Credit Agreement identified below). Capitalized
terms used herein without definition are used herein as defined in the Credit
Agreement.
PRELIMINARY STATEMENT:
WHEREAS, the Existing Borrowers, Citicorp USA, Inc., as Agent, and
certain financial institutions, as Lenders and Issuing Bank, are parties to that
certain Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of October 17,
1997, as heretofore amended (the "Credit Agreement");
WHEREAS, the Existing Borrowers have requested that certain Inventory
of ASOC be designated as Eligible Inventory and become part of the Borrowing
Base under the Credit Agreement;
WHEREAS, the Existing Borrowers have requested that Leasing Affiliate
become a "Borrower" under the Credit Agreement so that certain Inventory of
Leasing Affiliate could be designated as Eligible Inventory and become part of
the Borrowing Base under the Credit Agreement;
WHEREAS, Parent has heretofore effected certain changes in the
corporate structure of its Subsidiaries as permitted by certain consents
heretofore delivered under the terms of the Credit Agreement, including, without
limitation, the merger of Aero Corporation and Aero Corp Macon Inc., each of
which have heretofore been "Borrowers" under the Credit Agreement, with and into
TIMCO, and certain provisions of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, the Credit
Agreement require modification to reflect such changes and to update the
disclosures made in such Schedules;
WHEREAS, Parent and the Existing Borrowers have requested that the
Credit Agreement be amended to include Leasing Affiliate as a "Borrower" and to
effect the foregoing modifications to the Borrowing Base, other provisions of
the Credit Agreement, and the Exhibits and Schedules to the Credit Agreement;
WHEREAS, the parties hereto have agreed to amend the Credit Agreement
as set forth below in SECTION 1, subject to the terms and conditions stated
herein;
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
SECTION 1. AMENDMENTS TO THE CREDIT AGREEMENT. Effective as of February
19, 1999, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in
SECTION 2 hereof, the Credit Agreement is hereby amended as follows:
1.1 SECTION 1.01 is amended to (a) delete the definitions of
"Aircraft Parts Lease Agreement", "Apex", "Borrowing Base", "Borrowers",
"Eligible Inventory", "Guarantor", "▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇", "Leased Inventory", "Net Cash
Proceeds of Issuance of Equity Securities or Indebtedness", "Net Cash Proceeds
of Sale", and "Parent" and substitute the following definitions therefor:
"AIRCRAFT PARTS LEASE AGREEMENT" means an agreement, which is
subject to a collateral assignment in favor of the Agent for the benefit of the
Holders in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent, between ASOC or Leasing
Affiliate, as lessor, and a Person which is not an Affiliate of ASOC or Leasing
Affiliate, as lessee, pursuant to which Inventory of ASOC or Leasing Affiliate,
as applicable, is leased to such Person and includes, as of February 19, 1999,
those agreements identified on SCHEDULE 1.01.1 attached hereto.
"APEX" means Apex Manufacturing, Inc., an Arizona corporation
and wholly-owned Subsidiary of Manufacturing.
"BORROWING BASE" means, as of any date of determination, an
amount equal to the sum of
(a) seventy-five percent (75%) of the face amount of Eligible
Receivables of ASOC, Aerocell, ▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇, Distribution, and Apex (net of
maximum discounts, allowances, retainage and any other amounts deferred with
respect thereto), PLUS
(b) eighty-five percent (85%) of the face amount of Eligible
Receivables of Caribe and TIMCO (net of maximum discounts, allowances, retainage
and any other amounts deferred with respect thereto), PLUS
(c) fifty percent (50%) of the face amount of earned, but
unbilled for periods less than ninety-one (91) days, Receivables of TIMCO (net
of maximum discounts, allowances, retainage and any other amounts deferred with
respect thereto), PLUS
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(d) up to forty percent (40%) of the value of Eligible
Inventory of Aerocell, ▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇, Caribe, Apex, and TIMCO, in each case as set
forth on the Borrowing Base Certificate, PLUS
(e) to the extent not otherwise provided for in CLAUSES (VIII)
- (X) below, (a) during the period commencing on September 22, 1998 and ending
on March 21, 1999, up to the respective percentages of the value of Eligible
Inventory included in Inventory Asset Group A, Inventory Asset Group B, and
Inventory Asset Group C, in each case as set forth on the Borrowing Base
Certificate, or (b) from and after March 22, 1999, the lesser of (1) up to the
respective percentages of the value of Eligible Inventory included in Inventory
Asset Group A, Inventory Asset Group B, and Inventory Asset Group C, in each
case as set forth on the Borrowing Base Certificate, or (2) seventy percent
(70%) of the appraised value of Eligible Inventory included in Inventory Asset
Group A, Inventory Asset Group B and Inventory Asset Group C, in each case as
set forth in appraisals prepared in form and substance and by appraisers
satisfactory to the Requisite Lenders on an orderly liquidation basis consistent
with that methodology used in preparation of the Appraisals, PLUS
(f) fifty percent (50%) of the appraised fair market value of
▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇'▇ owned Real Property, PLUS
(g) sixty percent (60%) of the appraised orderly liquidation
value of ▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇'▇ owned Equipment, PLUS
(h) with respect to Eligible Inventory of Leasing Affiliate
consisting of Airbus Series A300B4-200 and Airbus Series A300B4-100 aircraft,
(a) thirty percent (30%) of the book value of such Eligible Inventory prior to
commencement of its conversion from passenger aircraft to cargo aircraft, PLUS
(b) forty percent (40%) of the book value of such Eligible Inventory during its
conversion from passenger aircraft to cargo aircraft, PLUS (c) sixty-five
percent (65%) of the book value of such Eligible Inventory from and after the
30th day after completion of such conversion, PLUS
(i) with respect to Eligible Inventory of Leasing Affiliate or
ASOC consisting of engines, forty percent (40%) of the book value, net of
maintenance reserves, of such Eligible Inventory, PLUS
(j) with respect to Eligible Inventory of ASOC and Leasing
Affiliate consisting of landing gear, sixty percent (60%) of the book value of
such Eligible Inventory.
For purposes of this definition, (1) Eligible Receivables and Eligible
Inventory, in each case and as of any date of determination, shall be determined
after deduction of all Eligibility Reserves then effective with respect to such
items, (2) the value referenced in CLAUSES (IV) and (V) shall be determined on
the bases described in the Borrowing Base Certificate as reflected on the books
and records of the Borrowers or Distribution, as applicable, (3) the advance
rates applicable under CLAUSE (I) with respect to Eligible Receivables of Apex
and Caribe, CLAUSE (II), CLAUSE (III), and CLAUSE (IV) with respect to Eligible
Inventory of Caribe, Apex, and TIMCO, (and the related provisions of the
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form of Borrowing Base Certificate) shall be subject to adjustment
(increase/decrease but in no event in the case of CLAUSES (I) or (II) below 75%)
and modification by the Agent on or before March 22, 1999 by written notice to
the Borrowers and Lenders dependent upon the results of the Agent's audit of the
Receivables and Inventory of Caribe, Apex, and TIMCO, and (4) that portion of
the Borrowing Base determined based on aircraft and Leased Inventory shall in no
event exceed, at any time, $40,000,000 in the aggregate. In each instance, the
amounts described hereinabove shall be designated as such on the Borrowing Base
Certificate dated as of such date of determination.
"BORROWER" means, individually, any of Aviation Sales
Distribution Services Company, a Delaware corporation; Aviation Sales Leasing
Company, a Delaware corporation; Aerocell Structures, Inc., an Arkansas
corporation; Apex Manufacturing, Inc., an Arizona corporation; Caribe Aviation,
Inc., a Florida corporation; AVS/▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇ Machine Company, a Delaware
corporation; Aircraft Interior Design, Inc., a Florida corporation; Triad
International Maintenance Corporation, a Delaware corporation; and Whitehall
Corporation, a Delaware corporation; and "BORROWERS" means, collectively, all of
such Persons.
"ELIGIBLE INVENTORY" means, as of the date of determination
therefor, all Inventory of the Borrowers and Distribution consisting of
commercial aircraft or commercial aircraft spare parts which, when scheduled to
the Agent on a Borrowing Base Certificate and at all times thereafter, (i) is
included in Inventory Asset Group A, Inventory Asset Group B, or Inventory Asset
Group C or (without duplication) is identified, or of a type identified and
accepted by the Agent, on SCHEDULE 1.01.11 attached hereto and made a part
hereof, (ii) is in the required quantity and in the required condition as set
forth on such Borrowing Base Certificate, and (iii) is (a) not Leased Inventory
and is located at a Borrower's or Distribution's owned or leased warehouses in
the United States or is (b) Leased Inventory and:
(a) is stored and maintained in an identifiable, segregated
area disclosed to the Agent in the United States or in a
location and on terms satisfactory to the Agent or (A) if the
subject Inventory is an engine identified, or of a type
identified and accepted by the Agent, on SCHEDULE 1.01.11, the
same bears a plate identifying Leasing Affiliate or ASOC, as
applicable, as the owner thereof, (B) if the subject Inventory
is an aircraft identified, or of a type identified and
accepted by the Agent, on SCHEDULE 1.01.11, the same bears a
plate identifying Leasing Affiliate as the owner thereof, and
(C) the subject Inventory is landing gear; and
(b) is subject to a first priority perfected Lien in favor of
the Agent for the benefit of the Holders and no other Liens.
In any event, Eligible Inventory shall not consist of:
(1) goods in transit; or
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(2) goods held on consignment or any similar
arrangement, including, without limitation, goods held by a
Borrower or Distribution but owned by a customer of a Borrower
or Distribution, as applicable; or
(3) goods (A) with respect to which the Agent does
not have a perfected security interest senior in priority to
any other or (B) which are subject to a Lien in favor of a
landlord or bailee, except with respect to aircraft undergoing
conversion, Liens in favor of the bailee thereof for supplier
and materialman Liens which are otherwise Customary Permitted
Liens; or
(4) goods located on premises with respect to which
the Agent has not received a landlord's waiver, bailee
agreement, or consignee agreement in form and substance
satisfactory to the Agent (and substantially in the applicable
form attached as part of EXHIBIT D) within the time required
by the terms of this Agreement; or
(5) goods constituting "Scrap/Out of Date Material".
"GUARANTOR" means any of the Parent; Finance Affiliate;
Manufacturing; MR&O; Distribution; Aviation Sales SPS I, Inc. and Aero Hushkit
Corporation (each a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned Subsidiaries of
Leasing Affiliate); Aviation Sales Property Management Corp., a Delaware
corporation; AVSRE, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership; Hydroscience, Inc., a
Texas corporation; and each Subsidiary of a Borrower or one of the foregoing
named Guarantors which is not a Foreign Subsidiary or a Borrower.
"▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇" means AVS/▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇ Machine Company, a
Delaware corporation and wholly-owned Subsidiary of Manufacturing.
"LEASED INVENTORY" means Inventory of ASOC or Leasing
Affiliate which is subject to an Aircraft Parts Lease Agreement.
"NET CASH PROCEEDS OF ISSUANCE OF EQUITY SECURITIES OR
INDEBTEDNESS" means net cash proceeds (including cash, equivalents readily
convertible into cash, and such proceeds of any notes received as consideration
or any other non-cash consideration) received by the Parent, any Borrower, or
any Subsidiary of the Parent (other than Aviation Sales SPS I, Inc.) or a
Borrower at any time after the Effective Date on account of the issuance of (i)
equity Securities of the Parent, (ii) equity Securities of a Borrower or
Subsidiary of the Parent to any Person other than the Parent, (iii) equity
Securities of any Subsidiary of a Borrower (other than Aviation Sales SPS I,
Inc.) to any Person other than such Borrower, (iv) Indebtedness (other than
Indebtedness permitted under SECTION 10.01) of any Borrower or any Subsidiary of
a Borrower, or (v) Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness described on SCHEDULE
1.01.3 attached hereto and made a part hereof) of the Parent, in each case net
of all transaction costs and underwriters' discounts with respect thereto.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, such net cash proceeds received by the Parent on
account of the issuance of equity Securities of the Parent and the issuance of
Indebtedness of the Parent which are used by the Parent
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to make a capital contribution to any a Borrower within one hundred eighty (180)
days after Parent's receipt of such net cash proceeds shall not be included in
the definition of "Net Cash Proceeds of Issuance of Equity Securities or
Indebtedness".
"NET CASH PROCEEDS OF SALE" means (i) proceeds received by any
Borrower, any Subsidiary of any Borrower (other than Aviation Sales SPS I,
Inc.), or any other Subsidiary of Parent in cash (including cash, equivalents
readily convertible into cash, and such proceeds of any notes received as
consideration or any other non-cash consideration) from the sale, assignment or
other disposition of (but not the lease or license of) any Property, other than
sales permitted under CLAUSES (B), (C)(II)(A), and (D) of SECTION 10.02, net of
(A) the costs of sale, assignment or other disposition, (B) any income,
franchise, transfer or other tax liability arising from such transaction and (C)
amounts applied to the repayment of Indebtedness (other than the Obligations)
secured by a Lien permitted by SECTION 10.03 on the asset disposed of, if such
net proceeds arise from any individual sale, assignment or other disposition or
from any group of related sales, assignments or other dispositions; and (ii) to
the extent provided in SECTION 9.08, proceeds of insurance on account of the
loss of or damage to any such Property or Properties, and payments of
compensation for any such Property or Properties taken by condemnation or
eminent domain.
"PARENT" means Aviation Sales Company, a Delaware corporation.
(b) delete the definition of "Whitehall Subsidiaries" in its entirety, (c)
delete the reference to "and the Whitehall Subsidiaries" in the definition of
"Eligibility Reserves", and (d) add the following definition:
"MANUFACTURING" means Aviation Sales Manufacturing Company, a
Delaware corporation and wholly-owned Subsidiary of Parent.
1.2 All references to "M&R" in the Credit Agreement shall be
deemed to be references to Manufacturing. All references to "Leasing Affiliate
Liabilities" in the provisions related thereto appearing in SECTIONS 2.05,
3.01(A)(II), 6.02(E), 6.04, 10.04(F), 10.05(D), and 10.14 are hereby deleted in
their entirety. All references to Subsidiaries of the Borrowers in the Credit
Agreement shall be deemed to exclude Subsidiaries of Leasing Affiliate, unless
such Subsidiaries are explicitly referenced.
1.3 SECTION 3.01 is amended to (a) delete the reference to "or
Leasing Affiliate" in the first sentence thereof prior to CLAUSE (A), (b) delete
the references to "or Leasing Affiliate," in CLAUSE (B)(I) thereof, (c) delete
the reference to "and Leasing Affiliate" in CLAUSE (C)(I)(B) thereof, (d) delete
the references to "or Leasing Affiliate" in CLAUSE (D)(I)(A) and CLAUSES (D)(II)
and (D)(III) thereof, (e) delete the reference to "or Leasing Affiliate," in
CLAUSE (E)(II) thereof, (f) delete the references to "Leasing Affiliate or" and
", Leasing Affiliate," in CLAUSE (F) thereof, (g) delete the references to
"Leasing Affiliate, or" and ", Leasing Affiliate's," in CLAUSE (G) thereof, and
(h) delete the reference to ", Leasing Affiliate," in CLAUSE (I) thereof.
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1.4 SECTION 7.01 is amended to (a) delete CLAUSE (A)(I)
thereof in its entirety and substitute the following therefor:
(a) ORGANIZATION; POWERS. (i) Each of ASOC, ▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇,
▇▇▇▇▇, Whitehall Corporation, MR&O, Manufacturing, Finance Affiliate,
Distribution, Leasing Affiliate, Aviation Sales SPS I, Inc., Aero Hushkit
Corporation, Aviation Sales Property Management Corp. and Parent is a
corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws
of the State of Delaware. Aerocell is a corporation duly organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Arkansas. Apex is a
corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws
of the State of Arizona and of each other jurisdiction in which failure to be so
qualified and in good standing will result, or is reasonably likely to result,
in a Material Adverse Effect. Caribe and Aircraft Interior Design, Inc. are
corporations duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the
laws of the State of Florida and of each other jurisdiction in which failure to
be so qualified and in good standing will result, or is reasonably likely to
result, in a Material Adverse Effect. Hydroscience, Inc. is a corporation duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of
Texas and of each other jurisdiction in which failure to be so qualified and in
good standing will result, or is reasonably likely to result, in a Material
Adverse Effect. AVSRE, L.P. is a limited partnership duly organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and is in
good standing under the laws of the State of Texas. ASOC is duly qualified to do
business and is in good standing under the laws of the states of Texas, Florida,
California, Oklahoma, and Washington, and of each other jurisdiction in which
failure to be so qualified and in good standing will result, or is reasonably
likely to result, in a Material Adverse Effect. Aerocell is duly qualified to do
business and is in good standing under the laws of the state of Arkansas and of
each other jurisdiction in which failure to be so qualified and in good standing
will result, or is reasonably likely to result, in a Material Adverse Effect.
▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇ is duly qualified to do business and is in good standing under the
laws of the states of Kentucky and Ohio and of each other jurisdiction in which
failure to be so qualified and in good standing will result, or is reasonably
likely to result, in a Material Adverse Effect. Leasing Affiliate is duly
qualified to do business and is in good standing under the laws of the state of
Florida and of each other jurisdiction in which failure to be so qualified and
in good standing will result, or is reasonably likely to result, in a Material
Adverse Effect. TIMCO is duly qualified to do business and is in good standing
under the laws of the state of North Carolina and of each other jurisdiction in
which failure to be so qualified and in good standing will result, or is
reasonably likely to result, in a Material Adverse Effect. Parent and Whitehall
are duly qualified to do business and are in good standing under the laws of the
state of Florida and of each other jurisdiction in which failure to be so
qualified and in good standing will result, or is reasonably likely to result,
in a Material Adverse Effect. Distribution is duly qualified to do business and
is in good standing under the laws of the states of Florida and Georgia and of
each other jurisdiction in which failure to be so qualified and in good standing
will result, or is reasonably likely to result, in a Material Adverse Effect.
Finance Affiliate and each Guarantor not specifically referenced hereinabove is
duly qualified to do business and is in good standing under the laws of each
jurisdiction in which failure to be so qualified and in good standing will
result, or is reasonably likely to result, in a Material Adverse Effect. Each
Borrower and Guarantor (A) has filed and maintained effective (unless exempt
from the requirements for filing) a current Business Activity Report with the
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appropriate Governmental Authority in the states of Minnesota and New Jersey,
(B) is a corporation for federal income tax purposes, and (C) has all requisite
corporate power and authority to own, operate and encumber its Property and to
conduct its business as presently conducted and as proposed to be conducted in
connection with and following the consummation of the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement.
(b) delete the last sentence of CLAUSE (C) thereof in its entirety and
substitute the following therefor:
The outstanding Capital Stock of each Borrower and each Guarantor is
duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and
(except for the Capital Stock of the Parent) is not Margin Stock, are
free and clear of all Liens, except for Liens granted pursuant to the
Loan Documents, are not subject to any option or purchase rights,
conversion or exchange rights, call, commitment or claim of any right,
title or interest therein or thereto, and have been issued in
compliance with all applicable Requirements of Law.
and (c) delete the provisions of CLAUSE (AA) thereof in their entirety and
substitute the following therefor:
(aa) PLEDGE OF SECURITIES. The grant and perfection of the
security interest in the equity Securities of Borrowers, each Borrower's
Subsidiaries, and each Guarantor other than the Parent as contemplated by the
Loan Documents is not made in violation of any Requirement of Law.
1.5 SECTION 8.01 is amended to delete the references to (a)
"Leasing Affiliate and its Subsidiaries and" in CLAUSES (A)(I)(B) and (A)(II)(B)
thereof, (b) ", Leasing Affiliate and its Subsidiaries," in the last phrase of
CLAUSE (A) thereof, (c) "Leasing Affiliate and its Subsidiaries and" in CLAUSE
(B)(II) thereof and in the last phrase of the first sentence of CLAUSE (B)
thereof, (d) "Leasing Affiliate and its Subsidiaries and" in CLAUSE (C) thereof,
and (e) ",Leasing Affiliate and its Subsidiaries, and" in CLAUSE (F) thereof.
1.6 SECTION 8.11 is amended to delete the provisions thereof
in their entirety and substitute the following therefor:
8.11. HEDGE AGREEMENTS. ASOC shall provide to the Agent, promptly upon
the execution by any Borrower or any Subsidiary of a Borrower of any
Hedge Agreement, written notice of the notional amount thereof.
1.7 SECTION 10.01 is amended to add the following provision at
the end thereof.
No Borrower or Subsidiary of a Borrower may make any intercompany loan
or other advance to any Subsidiary of Leasing Affiliate.
1.8 SECTION 10.02(E) is amended to delete the provisions
thereof in their entirety and substitute the following therefor:
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(e) the sale or other transfer of Inventory in the ordinary course of
such Borrower's business, prior to the occurrence of an Event of
Default, to any Subsidiary of Leasing Affiliate which Inventory is
purchased after the Effective Date by such Borrower acting as a
purchasing agent for such Subsidiary and, after giving effect to the
sale or transfer thereof to such Subsidiary, the aggregate amount of
the unpaid sale price of Inventory of the Borrowers sold or otherwise
transferred to Subsidiaries of Leasing Affiliate determined at the
value of such Inventory after application of the advance rates
applicable thereto on the then most recent Borrowing Base Certificate
does not exceed $20,000,000.
1.9 SECTION 10.04 is amended to delete the last sentence
thereof in its entirety and substitute the following therefor:
No Borrower or Subsidiary of a Borrower may make any Investment in any
Subsidiary of Leasing Affiliate.
1.10 SECTION 10.05 is amended to delete the last sentence
thereof in its entirety and substitute the following therefor:
No Borrower or Subsidiary of a Borrower shall incur any Accommodation
Obligation with respect to Indebtedness of any Subsidiary of Leasing
Affiliate.
1.11 SECTION 10.08(D) is amended to delete the provisions
thereof in their entirety and substitute the following therefor:
(d) the sale or other transfer of Inventory of a Borrower to a
Subsidiary of Leasing Affiliate at cost, if such Inventory is purchased
by such Borrower acting as purchasing agent for such Subsidiary of
Leasing Affiliate after February 19, 1999; PROVIDED THAT the sale or
other transfer of such Inventory is otherwise permissible under the
terms of SECTION 10.02(E).
1.12 SECTION 10.17(C) is amended to delete the provisions
thereof in their entirety and substitute the following therefor:
(c) engage in any business other than that of acting as a holding
company for ASOC, Leasing Affiliate, Finance Affiliate, MR&O,
Manufacturing, Aviation Sales Property Management Corp., and Aviation
Sales Company FSC, Ltd., a Barbados corporation;
1.13 SECTION 15.07(C)(VI) is amended to delete the provisions
thereof in their entirety and substitute the following therefor:
(vi) change in SECTION 10.08(D).
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1.14 Exhibits B, F and G and Schedules 1.01.1, 7.01-A and
7.01-C to the Credit Agreement are deleted in their entirety and the Exhibits
and Schedules attached hereto are substituted therefor. Schedule 1.01.11
attached hereto is hereby added as a Schedule to the Credit Agreement as
referenced above.
SECTION 2. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO EFFECTIVENESS OF THIS AMENDMENT.
This Amendment shall become effective as of February 19, 1999, if, and only if
the Agent shall have received (a) a facsimile or original executed copy of this
Amendment executed by the Parent, each Borrower and each Lender, (b) a
Reaffirmation Agreement, in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent,
executed by each Borrower and Guarantor, and (c) corporate resolutions and a
secretary's certificate with respect thereto for each of the Borrowers and
Guarantors a party to this Amendment or the aforesaid Reaffirmation Agreement
authorizing the execution and delivery of such agreements on behalf of such
Persons and such other agreements as are contemplated by the terms of this
Amendment or to realize the benefits of the changes in the Borrowing Base in
accordance with the terms of this Amendment; and the provisions of this
Amendment pertaining to supplemental additions to the Borrowing Base shall
further be conditioned upon the Agent's receipt, prior to, or concurrent with,
submission of a Borrowing Base Certificate including thereon Inventory described
in CLAUSES (VIII) and (IX) of the definition of "Borrowing Base" as amended by
the terms of this Amendment, (i) aircraft mortgages and other agreements in form
and substance satisfactory to the Agent and its counsel executed and delivered
by Leasing Affiliate and ASOC with respect to the new categories of Inventory to
be included in the Borrowing Base, (ii) collateral assignments of lease in form
and substance satisfactory to the Agent and its counsel executed and delivered
by Leasing Affiliate with respect to the lease agreements identified on SCHEDULE
1.01.1, and (iii) legal opinions of outside counsel to the Borrowers or the
Agent in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent and its counsel with
respect to the mortgages and collateral assignments referenced in CLAUSE (C)
above and the Liens created thereby.
SECTION 3. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES; ACKNOWLEDGMENT. The
Borrowers hereby represent and warrant as follows:
3.1 This Amendment and the Credit Agreement as previously
executed and delivered and as amended hereby constitute legal, valid and binding
obligations of the Borrowers and are enforceable against the Borrowers in
accordance with their terms.
3.2 No Event of Default or Potential Event of Default exists,
other than that arising due to Borrowers' failure to comply with the
restrictions on the amount of Leasing Affiliate Liabilities set forth in the
Credit Agreement as disclosed to the Agent and Lenders, or would result from any
of the transactions contemplated by this Amendment.
3.3 Upon the effectiveness of this Amendment, each Borrower
hereby reaffirms all covenants, representations and warranties made by it in the
Credit Agreement to the extent the same are not amended hereby and agree that
all such covenants, representations and warranties shall be deemed to have been
remade as of the date this Amendment becomes effective (unless a
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representation and warranty is stated to be given on and as of a specific date,
in which case such representation and warranty shall be true, correct and
complete as of such date).
The Borrowers hereby acknowledge the Agent's request, in accordance with the
provisions of SECTION 8.03(B) of the Credit Agreement, for a semi-annual
appraisal of each Borrower's and its respective Subsidiary's Inventory prepared
by an independent appraiser satisfactory to the Agent and on the same basis as
the Appraisal, and covenant and agree to obtain such appraisal and deliver the
same to the Agent and the Lenders by no later than May 19, 1999.
SECTION 4. REFERENCE TO AND EFFECT ON THE CREDIT AGREEMENT.
4.1 Upon the effectiveness of this Amendment, each reference
in the Credit Agreement to "this Agreement", "hereunder", "hereof", "herein" or
words of like import shall mean and be a reference to the Credit Agreement, as
amended hereby, and each reference to the Credit Agreement in any other
document, instrument or agreement executed and/or delivered in connection with
the Credit Agreement shall mean and be a reference to the Credit Agreement as
amended hereby.
4.2 Except as specifically amended above, the Credit
Agreement, the Notes and all other Loan Documents shall remain in full force and
effect and are hereby ratified and confirmed.
4.3 The execution, delivery and effectiveness of this
Amendment shall not operate as a waiver of any right, power or remedy of any
Lender or Issuing Bank or the Agent under the Credit Agreement, the Notes or any
of the other Loan Documents, nor constitute a waiver of any provision contained
therein, except as specifically set forth herein.
SECTION 5. EXECUTION IN COUNTERPARTS. This Amendment may be executed in
any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate
counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed to be
an original and all of which taken together shall constitute but one and the
same instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of this Amendment by
telecopier shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of
this Amendment.
SECTION 6. GOVERNING LAW. This Amendment shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
SECTION 7. HEADINGS. Section headings in this Amendment are included
herein for convenience of reference only and shall not constitute a part of this
Amendment for any other purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this
Amendment to be executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized
as of the date first above written.
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AVIATION SALES DISTRIBUTION AEROCELL STRUCTURES, INC.
SERVICES COMPANY
By___________________________________ By_____________________________________
Name:________________________________ Name:__________________________________
Title:_______________________________ Title:_________________________________
AVS/▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇ MACHINE WHITEHALL CORPORATION
COMPANY
By___________________________________ By_____________________________________
Name:________________________________ Name:__________________________________
Title:_______________________________ Title:_________________________________
TRIAD INTERNATIONAL APEX MANUFACTURING, INC.
MAINTENANCE CORPORATION
By___________________________________ By_____________________________________
Name:________________________________ Name:__________________________________
Title:_______________________________ Title:_________________________________
AIRCRAFT INTERIOR DESIGN, INC. CARIBE AVIATION, INC.
By___________________________________ By_____________________________________
Name:________________________________ Name:__________________________________
Title:_______________________________ Title:_________________________________
AVIATION SALES COMPANY AVIATION SALES LEASING COMPANY
By___________________________________ By_____________________________________
Name:________________________________ Name:__________________________________
Title:_______________________________ Title:_________________________________
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CITICORP USA, INC. ▇▇▇▇▇▇ FINANCIAL, INC.
By___________________________________ By_____________________________________
Shapleigh ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Attorney-in-Fact Vice President
CONGRESS FINANCIAL NATIONAL CITY COMMERCIAL
CORPORATION FINANCE, INC.
By:__________________________________ By:____________________________________
Name:________________________________ Name:__________________________________
Title:_______________________________ Title:_________________________________
FIRST UNION COMMERCIAL CREDIT LYONNAIS, ATLANTA
CORPORATION AGENCY
By:__________________________________ By:____________________________________
▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Vice President Vice President & Manager
IBJ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ BUSINESS CREDIT BANKBOSTON, N.A.
CORPORATION
By:__________________________________ By:____________________________________
▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Executive Vice President Vice President
SUNTRUST BANK, MIAMI, N.A. BANKATLANTIC
By:__________________________________ By:____________________________________
▇▇▇▇ ▇. Fine ▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Vice President Senior Vice President
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THE INTERNATIONAL BANK OF NATIONAL BANK OF CANADA, A
MIAMI, N.A. Canadian Chartered Bank
By___________________________________ By:____________________________________
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. D'Alto
Vice President Vice President
Trade Finance Division
By:____________________________________
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Vice President & Manager
MERCANTILE BUSINESS CREDIT, INC. CITIZENS BUSINESS CREDIT
COMPANY
By:__________________________________ By:____________________________________
▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Senior Vice President Vice President
AMSOUTH BANK PNC BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
By:__________________________________ By:____________________________________
Name:________________________________ Name:__________________________________
Title:_______________________________ Title:_________________________________
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