Exhibit 4.1
Credit and Security Agreement (Committed) |
CREDIT AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
BY AND BETWEEN
MGP INGREDIENTS, INC.,
a Kansas corporation
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WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Acting through its Wells Fargo Business Credit operating division
July 21, 2009
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS |
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Section 1.1 |
Definitions |
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Section 1.2 |
Other Definitional Terms; Rules of Interpretation |
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ARTICLE II AMOUNT AND TERMS OF THE CREDIT FACILITY |
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Section 2.1 |
Revolving Advances |
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Section 2.2 |
Procedures for Requesting Advances |
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Section 2.3 |
Reserved |
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Section 2.4 |
Letters of Credit |
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Section 2.5 |
Special Account |
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Section 2.6 |
Interest; _Minimum Interest Charge; Default Interest Rate; Participations; Usury |
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Section 2.7 |
Fees |
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Section 2.8 |
Time for Interest Payments; Payment on Non-Business Days; Computation of Interest and Fees |
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Section 2.9 |
Collection of Accounts; Application to the Borrowers Indebtedness |
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Section 2.10 |
Voluntary Prepayment; Reduction of the Maximum Line Amount; Termination of the Credit Facility by the Borrower |
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Section 2.11 |
Mandatory Prepayment |
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Section 2.12 |
Revolving Advances to Pay Indebtedness |
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Section 2.13 |
Use of Proceeds |
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Section 2.14 |
Liability Records |
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ARTICLE III SECURITY INTEREST; OCCUPANCY; SETOFF |
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Section 3.1 |
Grant of Security Interest |
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Section 3.2 |
Notification of Account Debtors and Other Obligors |
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Section 3.3 |
Assignment of Insurance |
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Section 3.4 |
Occupancy |
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Section 3.5 |
License |
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Section 3.6 |
Financing Statement |
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Section 3.7 |
Setoff |
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Section 3.8 |
Collateral |
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ARTICLE IV CONDITIONS OF LENDING |
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Section 4.1 |
Conditions Precedent to the Initial Advances and Letter of Credit |
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Section 4.2 |
Conditions Precedent to All Advances and Letters of Credit |
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ARTICLE V REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES |
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Section 5.1 |
Existence and Power; Name; Chief Executive Office; Inventory and Equipment Locations; Federal Employer Identification Number and Organizational Identification Number |
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Section 5.2 |
Capitalization |
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Section 5.3 |
Authorization of Borrowing; No Conflict as to Law or Agreements |
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Section 5.4 |
Legal Agreements |
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Section 5.5 |
Subsidiaries |
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Section 5.6 |
Financial Condition; No Adverse Change |
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Section 5.7 |
Litigation |
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Section 5.8 |
Regulation U |
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Section 5.9 |
Taxes |
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Section 5.10 |
Titles and Liens |
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Section 5.11 |
Intellectual Property Rights |
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Section 5.12 |
Plans |
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Section 5.13 |
Default |
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Section 5.14 |
Environmental Matters |
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Section 5.15 |
Submissions to Lender |
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Section 5.16 |
Financing Statements |
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Section 5.17 |
Rights to Payment |
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Section 5.18 |
Financial Solvency |
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Section 5.19 |
IWGA License |
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ARTICLE VI COVENANTS |
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Section 6.1 |
Reporting Requirements |
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Section 6.2 |
Financial Covenants |
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Section 6.3 |
Permitted Liens; Financing Statements |
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Section 6.4 |
Indebtedness |
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Section 6.5 |
Guaranties |
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Section 6.6 |
Investments and Subsidiaries |
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Section 6.7 |
Dividends and Distributions |
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Section 6.8 |
Salaries; Stock Incentive Compensation |
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Section 6.9 |
Reserved |
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Section 6.10 |
Books and Records; Collateral Examination, Inspection and Appraisals |
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Section 6.11 |
Account Verification |
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Section 6.12 |
Compliance with Laws |
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Section 6.13 |
Payment of Taxes and Other Claims |
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Section 6.14 |
Maintenance of Properties |
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Section 6.15 |
Insurance |
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Section 6.16 |
Preservation of Existence |
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Section 6.17 |
Delivery of Instruments, etc. |
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Section 6.18 |
Sale or Transfer of Assets; Suspension of Business Operations |
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Section 6.19 |
Consolidation and Merger; Asset Acquisitions |
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Section 6.20 |
Sale and Leaseback |
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Section 6.21 |
Restrictions on Nature of Business |
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Section 6.22 |
Accounting |
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Section 6.23 |
Discounts, etc. |
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Section 6.24 |
Plans |
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Section 6.25 |
Place of Business; Name |
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Section 6.26 |
Constituent Documents; S Corporation Status |
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Section 6.27 |
Performance by the Lender |
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Section 6.28 |
Bank Accounts |
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Section 6.29 |
Payments to Railroads and Railcar Owners |
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Section 6.30 |
Non-Operation at Certain Locations |
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Section 6.31 |
Non-Sale of Pet Business |
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Section 6.32 |
Grant of Mortgage Lien on Real Estate Collateral |
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Section 6.33 |
Delivery of Licensor Agreements |
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Section 6.34 |
Landlord Waiver |
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Section 6.35 |
ADM Control Agreement |
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ARTICLE VII EVENTS OF DEFAULT, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES |
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Section 7.1 |
Events of Default |
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Section 7.2 |
Rights and Remedies |
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Section 7.3 |
Certain Notices |
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ARTICLE VIII MISCELLANEOUS |
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Section 8.1 |
No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies; Compliance with Laws |
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Section 8.2 |
Amendments, Etc. |
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Section 8.3 |
Notices, Requests, and Communications; Confidentiality |
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Section 8.4 |
Borrower Information Reporting; Confidentiality |
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Section 8.5 |
Costs and Expenses |
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Section 8.6 |
Indemnity |
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Section 8.7 |
Participants |
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Section 8.8 |
Execution in Counterparts; Telefacsimile Execution |
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Section 8.9 |
Retention of Borrowers Records |
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Section 8.10 |
Binding Effect; Assignment; Complete Agreement; Sharing Information |
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Section 8.11 |
Severability of Provisions |
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Section 8.12 |
Headings |
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Section 8.13 |
Governing Law; Jurisdiction, Venue; Waiver of Jury Trial |
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Section 8.14 |
Further Documents |
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Section 8.15 |
Entire Agreement |
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CREDIT AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
Dated July 21, 2009
MGP INGREDIENTS, INC., a Kansas corporation (the Borrower), and WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (as more fully defined in Article I herein, the Lender) acting through its Wells Fargo Business Credit operating division, hereby agree as follows:
Section 1.1 Definitions. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings given them in this Section:
Account Funds is defined in Section 2.9(a).
Accounts shall have the meaning given it under the UCC.
Accounts Advance Rate means up to eighty-five percent (85%), or such lesser rate as the Lender in its sole but reasonable discretion may deem appropriate from time to time; provided that, as of any date of determination, the Accounts Advance Rate shall be reduced by one (1) percentage point for each percentage by which Dilution is in excess of three percent (3.0%).
Advance means a Revolving Advance .
Affiliate or Affiliates means Firebird Acquisitions, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, D.M. Ingredients GmbH, Midwest Grain Pipeline, Inc. and any other Person controlled by, controlling or under common control with the Borrower, including any Subsidiary of the Borrower. For purposes of this definition, control, when used with respect to any specified Person, means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.
Aggregate Face Amount means the aggregate amount that may then be drawn under each outstanding Letter of Credit, assuming compliance with all conditions for drawing.
Agreement means this Credit and Security Agreement.
Authenticated means (a) to have signed; or (b) to have executed or to have otherwise adopted a symbol, or have encrypted or similarly processed a Record in whole or in part, with the present intent of the authenticating Person to identify the Person and adopt or accept a Record.
Availability means the amount, if any, by which the Borrowing Base exceeds the sum of (i) the outstanding principal balance of the Revolving Note and (ii) the L/C Amount.
Average Excess Availability means, as of any date of determination by Lender, the average of Borrowers Availability assuming, for purposes of calculation, that all accounts payable which remain unpaid more than sixty (60) days after the invoice date thereof as the close of business on such date are treated as additional Advances outstanding on such date.
Borrowing Base means at any time the lesser of:
Borrowing Base Reserve means, as of any date of determination, such amounts (expressed as either a specified amount or as a percentage of a specified category or item) as the Lender, in its sole but reasonable discretion may from time to time establish and adjust in reducing Availability (a) to reflect events, conditions, contingencies or risks which, as determined by the Lender, do or may affect (i) the Collateral or its value, (ii) the assets, business or prospects of the Borrower, or (iii) the security interests and other rights of the Lender in the Collateral (including the enforceability, perfection and priority thereof), or (b) to reflect the Lenders judgment that any collateral report or financial information furnished by or on behalf of
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the Borrower to the Lender is or may have been incomplete, inaccurate or misleading in any material respect, or (c) in respect of any state of facts that the Lender determines constitutes a Default or an Event of Default.
Business Day means a day on which the Federal Reserve Bank of New York is open for business.
Capital Expenditures means for a period, any expenditure of money during such period for the lease, purchase or other acquisition of any capital asset, or for the lease of any other asset whether payable currently or in the future.
Collateral means all of the Borrowers Accounts, chattel paper and electronic chattel paper, deposit accounts, documents, Equipment, General Intangibles, goods, instruments, Inventory, Investment Property, letter-of-credit rights, letters of credit, all sums on deposit in any Collection Account, and any items in any Lockbox; together with (i) all substitutions and replacements for and products of any of the foregoing; (ii) in the case of all goods, all accessions; (iii) all accessories, attachments, parts, equipment and repairs now or hereafter attached or affixed to or used in connection with any goods; (iv) all warehouse receipts, bills of lading and other documents of title now or hereafter covering such goods; (v) all collateral subject to the Lien of any Security Document; (vi) any money, or other assets of the Borrower that now or hereafter come into the possession, custody, or control of the Lender; (vii) all sums on deposit in the Special Account; (viii) proceeds of any and all of the foregoing; (ix) books and records of the Borrower, including all mail or electronic mail addressed to the Borrower; and (x) all of the foregoing, whether now owned or existing or hereafter acquired or arising or in which the Borrower now has or hereafter acquires any rights. Notwithstanding the forgoing, Collateral shall not include any Excluded Assets.
Collection Account means Collection Account as defined in the Master Agreement for Treasury Management Services and related Lockbox and Collection Account Service Description or Collection Account Service Description, whichever is applicable.
Commercial Letter of Credit Agreement means an agreement governing the issuance of documentary letters of credit by the Lender, entered into between the Borrower as applicant and the Lender as issuer.
Commitment means the Lenders commitment to make Advances to, and to issue Letters of Credit for the account of, the Borrower.
Constituent Documents means with respect to any Person, as applicable, such Persons certificate of incorporation, articles of incorporation, by-laws, certificate of formation, articles of organization, limited liability company agreement, management agreement, operating agreement, shareholder agreement, partnership agreement or similar document or agreement governing such Persons existence, organization or management or concerning disposition of ownership interests of such Person or voting rights among such Persons owners.
Credit Facility means the credit facility under which Revolving Advances and Letters of Credit may be made available to the Borrower by the Lender under Article II.
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Current Maturities of Long Term Debt means during a period beginning and ending on designated dates, the amount of the Borrowers long-term debt and capitalized leases which become due during that period.
Cut-off Time means 11:59 a.m. Central Time.
Daily Three Month LIBOR means, for any day, the rate of interest equal to LIBOR then in effect for delivery for a three (3) month period. When interest is determined in relation to Daily Three Month LIBOR, each change in the interest rate shall become effective each Business Day that Lender determines that Daily Three Month LIBOR has changed.
Debt means of a Person as of a given date, all items of indebtedness or liability which in accordance with GAAP would be included in determining total liabilities as shown on the liabilities side of a balance sheet for such Person and shall also include the aggregate payments required to be made by such Person at any time under any lease that is considered a capitalized lease under GAAP.
Debt Service Coverage Ratio means (a) the sum of (i) Funds from Operations and (ii) Interest Expense minus (iii) Unfinanced Capital Expenditures minus (iv) dividends and distributions paid by Borrower during the current test period divided by (b) the sum of (i) Current Maturities of Long Term Debt and (ii) Interest Expense.
Default means an event that, with giving of notice or passage of time or both, would constitute an Event of Default.
Default Period means any period of time beginning on the day a Default or Event of Default occurs and ending on the date identified by the Lender in writing as the date that such Default or Event of Default has been cured or waived.
Default Rate means an annual interest rate in effect during a Default Period or following the Termination Date, which interest rate shall be equal to three percent (3%) over the applicable Floating Rate, as such rate may change from time to time.
Dilution means, as of any date of determination, a percentage, based upon the experience of the trailing six-month period ending on the date of determination, which is the result of dividing (a) actual bad debt write-downs, discounts, advertising allowances, credits, or other dilutive items with respect to the Accounts as determined by Lender in its sole but reasonable discretion during such period, by (b) the Borrowers net sales during such period (excluding extraordinary items) plus the amount of clause (a).
Director means a director of the Borrower..
Distilled Spirits Tax Reserve means an amount determined by Lender in good faith to reasonably approximate the amount of taxes which are due and unpaid in respect of Borrowers Inventory pursuant to 26 U.S.C. 5001 et seq.(and any actual or effective substitutions or replacements thereof).
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Eligible Accounts means all unpaid Accounts of the Borrower arising from the sale or lease of goods or the performance of services, net of any credits, but excluding any such Accounts having any of the following characteristics:
(i) That portion of Accounts unpaid 90 days or more after the invoice date;
(ii) That portion of Accounts related to goods or services with respect to which the Borrower has received notice of a claim or dispute, which are subject to a claim of offset or a contra account, or which reflect a reasonable reserve for warranty claims or returns;
(iii) That portion of Accounts not yet earned by the final delivery of goods or that portion of Accounts not yet earned by the final rendition of services by the Borrower to the account debtor, including with respect to both goods and services, progress billings, and that portion of Accounts for which an invoice has not been sent to the applicable account debtor;
(iv) Accounts constituting (i) proceeds of copyrightable material unless such copyrightable material shall have been registered with the United States Copyright Office, or (ii) proceeds of patentable inventions unless such patentable inventions have been registered with the United States Patent and Trademark Office;
(v) Accounts owed by any unit of government, whether foreign or domestic (except that there shall be included in Eligible Accounts that portion of Accounts owed by such units of government for which the Borrower has provided evidence satisfactory to the Lender that (A) the Lender has a first priority perfected security interest and (B) such Accounts may be enforced by the Lender directly against such unit of government under all applicable laws);
(vi) Accounts denominated in any currency other than United States dollars;
(viii) Accounts owed by an account debtor that is insolvent, the subject of bankruptcy proceedings or has gone out of business;
(ix) Accounts owed by an Owner, Subsidiary, Affiliate, Officer or employee of the Borrower;
(x) Accounts not subject to a duly perfected security interest in the Lenders favor or which are subject to any Lien in favor of any Person other than the Lender;
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(xi) That portion of Accounts that has been restructured, extended, amended or modified;
(xii) That portion of Accounts that constitutes advertising, finance charges, service charges or sales or excise taxes;
(xiii) Accounts owed by an account debtor, regardless of whether otherwise eligible, to the extent that the aggregate balance of such Accounts exceeds fifteen percent (15%) of the aggregate amount of all Accounts;
(xiv) Accounts owed by an account debtor, regardless of whether otherwise eligible, if twenty five percent (25%) or more of the total amount of Accounts due from such debtor is ineligible under clauses (i), (ii), or (xi) above;
(xv) That portion of Accounts that constitutes COD or credit card sales; and
(xvi) Accounts, or portions thereof, otherwise deemed ineligible by the Lender in its sole but reasonable discretion.
Eligible Food Grade Alcohol Inventory means all Inventory owned by Borrower consisting of food grade alcohol which is (a) acceptable to Lender in its sole but reasonable discretion determined in good faith for lending purposes and (b) Eligible Inventory in all respects.
Eligible Food Grade Alcohol Inventory Advance Rate means up to eighty percent (80%) until August 31, 2009 and thereafter a percentage which shall automatically decline by one percent (1%) at the end of each fourteen (14) day period until such advance rate reaches seventy percent (70%) on January 11, 2010, and seventy percent (70%) thereafter, or such lesser rate as the Lender in its sole but reasonable discretion may deem appropriate from time to time.
Eligible Fuel Grade Alcohol Inventory means all Inventory owned by Borrower consisting of fuel grade alcohol which is (a) acceptable to Lender in its sole but reasonable discretion determined in good faith for lending purposes and (b) Eligible Inventory in all respects.
Eligible Fuel Grade Alcohol Inventory Advance Rate means up to seventy percent (70%), or such lesser rate as the Lender in its sole but reasonable discretion may deem appropriate from time to time.
Eligible Corn Inventory means all Inventory owned by Borrower consisting of corn which is (a) acceptable to Lender in its sole but reasonable discretion determined in good faith for lending purposes, (b) Eligible Inventory in all respects and (c) Raw Materials Inventory.
Eligible Corn Inventory Advance Rate means up to seventy five percent (75%), or such lesser rate as the Lender in its sole but reasonable discretion may deem appropriate from time to time.
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Eligible Finished Goods Inventory means all Inventory owned by Borrower consisting of a finished product (which finished product is to be held by Borrower for sale, lease or furnishing under a contract for service in the ordinary course of Borrowers business) which is (a) acceptable to Lender in its sole but reasonable discretion determined in good faith for lending purposes and (b) Eligible Inventory in all respects (other than Eligible Food Grade Alcohol Inventory, Eligible Fuel Grade Alcohol Inventory, Eligible Protein Inventory and Eligible Starch Inventory).
Eligible Finished Goods Inventory Advance Rate means up to sixty percent (60%), or such lesser rate as the Lender in its sole but reasonable discretion may deem appropriate from time to time.
Eligible Flour Inventory means all Inventory owned by Borrower consisting of flour which is (a) acceptable to Lender in its sole but reasonable discretion determined in good faith for lending purposes, (b) Eligible Inventory in all respects and (c) Raw Materials Inventory.
Eligible Flour Inventory Advance Rate means up to sixty five percent (65%), or such lesser rate as the Lender in its sole but reasonable discretion may deem appropriate from time to time.
Eligible Inventory means all Inventory of the Borrower, valued at the lower of cost or market in accordance with GAAP; but excluding any Inventory having any of the following characteristics:
(i) Inventory that is: in-transit; located at any warehouse, job site or other premises not approved by the Lender in writing (and for which Lender has received an acceptable lien waiver); not subject to a duly perfected first priority security interest in the Lenders favor (other than Liens on Inventory consisting of distilled spirits arising under 26 USC 5004 which have reduced the Borrowing Base in accordance with its terms); subject to any lien or encumbrance that is subordinate to the Lenders first priority security interest; covered by any negotiable or non-negotiable warehouse receipt, bill of lading or other document of title; on consignment from any Person; on consignment to any Person or subject to any bailment unless such consignee or bailee has executed an agreement with the Lender;
(ii) Supplies, packaging, maintenance parts or sample Inventory, fabricated parts Inventory, or customer supplied parts or Inventory;
(iii) Work-in-process Inventory;
(iv) Inventory that is damaged, contaminated, discontinued, rejected, defective, obsolete, slow moving or not currently saleable in the normal course of the Borrowers operations, or the amount of such Inventory that has been reduced by shrinkage;
(v) Inventory that the Borrower has returned, has attempted to return, is in the process of returning or intends to return to the vendor thereof;
(vi) Inventory that is live;
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(vii) Inventory manufactured by the Borrower pursuant to a license unless the applicable licensor has agreed in writing to permit the Lender to exercise its rights and remedies against such Inventory;
(viii) Inventory that is subject to a Lien in favor of any Person other than the Lender (other than Liens on Inventory consisting of distilled spirits arising under 26 USC 5004 which have reduced the Borrowing Base in accordance with its terms);
(ix) Inventory stored at (a) locations holding less than ten (10%) of the aggregate value of the Borrowers Inventory, (b) the Pekin Plant, (c) the Flour Mill or (d) the KCK Facility; and
(x) Inventory otherwise deemed ineligible by the Lender in its sole but reasonable discretion.
Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, for purposes of Eligible Inventory, in-transit shall not be deemed to include Rail Inventory located at the Rail Staging Area.
Eligible Protein Inventory means all Inventory owned by Borrower consisting of protein which is (a) acceptable to Lender in its sole but reasonable discretion determined in good faith for lending purposes and (b) Eligible Inventory in all respects.
Eligible Protein Inventory Advance Rate means up to sixty five percent (65%), or such lesser rate as the Lender in its sole but reasonable discretion may deem appropriate from time to time.
Eligible Starch Inventory means all Inventory owned by Borrower consisting of starch which is (a) acceptable to Lender in its sole but reasonable discretion determined in good faith for lending purposes and (b) Eligible Inventory in all respects.
Eligible Starch Inventory Advance Rate means up to sixty percent (60%), or such lesser rate as the Lender in its sole but reasonable discretion may deem appropriate from time to time.
Environmental Law means any federal, state, local or other governmental statute, regulation, law or ordinance dealing with the protection of human health and the environment.
Equipment shall have the meaning given it under the UCC.
ERISA means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time.
ERISA Affiliate means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that is a member of a group which includes the Borrower and which is treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the IRC.
Event of Default is defined in Section 7.1.
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Excluded Assets means (a) the KCK Equipment, (b) Pet Business IP and (c) the Borrowers equity interest in D.M. Ingredients GmbH, as such definition may be amended pursuant to Section 6.31.
Financial Covenants means the covenants set forth in Section 6.2.
Floating Rate means an interest rate equal to the sum of (i) Daily Three Month LIBOR, which interest rate shall change whenever Daily Three Month LIBOR changes, plus (ii) five percent (5.0%), subject to a minimum interest rate of five and one half of one percent (5.5%), which will apply regardless of fluctuations in Daily Three Month LIBOR that would otherwise cause the interest rate of the Revolving Note to be less than this minimum interest rate floor.
Floating Rate Advance means an Advance bearing interest at the Floating Rate.
Flour Mill means those Premises of Borrower located at 1100 Main Street in Atchison, Kansas.
Funding Date is defined in Section 2.1.
Funds from Operations means for a given period, the sum of (i) Net Income, (ii) depreciation and amortization, (iii) any increase (or decrease) in deferred income taxes, (iv) any increase (or decrease) in lifo reserves, and (v) other non-cash items, each as determined for such period in accordance with GAAP.
GAAP means generally accepted accounting principles, applied on a basis consistent with the accounting practices applied in the financial statements described in Section 5.6.
General Intangibles shall have the meaning given it under the UCC.
Guarantor means every Person now or in the future who agrees to guaranty the Indebtedness.
Guaranty means each unconditional continuing guaranty executed by a Guarantor in favor of the Lender.
Hazardous Substances means pollutants, contaminants, hazardous substances, hazardous wastes, petroleum and fractions thereof, and all other chemicals, wastes, substances and materials listed in, regulated by or identified in any Environmental Law.
Indebtedness is used herein in its most comprehensive sense and means any and all advances, debts, obligations and liabilities of the Borrower to the Lender, heretofore, now or hereafter made, incurred or created, whether voluntary or involuntary and however arising, whether due or not due, absolute or contingent, liquidated or unliquidated, determined or undetermined, including under any swap, derivative, foreign exchange, hedge, deposit, treasury management or other similar transaction or arrangement at any time entered into by the Borrower with the Lender, and whether the Borrower may be liable individually or jointly with others, or whether recovery upon such Indebtedness may be or hereafter becomes unenforceable.
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Indemnified Liabilities is defined in Section 8.6
Indemnitees is defined in Section 8.6.
IRC means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
Infringement or Infringing when used with respect to Intellectual Property Rights means any infringement or other violation of Intellectual Property Rights.
Intellectual Property Rights means all actual or prospective rights arising in connection with any intellectual property or other proprietary rights, including all rights arising in connection with copyrights, patents, service marks, trade dress, trade secrets, trademarks, trade names or mask works.
Interest Expense means for a fiscal year-to-date period, the Borrowers total gross interest expense during such period (excluding interest income), and shall in any event include (i) interest expensed (whether or not paid) on all Debt and (ii) the portion of any capitalized lease obligation allocable to interest expense.
Interest Payment Date is defined in Section 2.8(a).
Inventory shall have the meaning given it under the UCC.
Investment Property shall have the meaning given it under the UCC.
KCK Equipment means Equipment owned by Borrower which is (a) listed on Exhibit D attached hereto and (b) actually located at the KCK Facility.
KCK Facility means Borrowers Premises located at 16 Kansas Avenue in Kansas City, Kansas.
L/C Amount means the sum of (i) the Aggregate Face Amount of any outstanding Letters of Credit, plus (ii) the amount of each Obligation of Reimbursement that either remains unreimbursed or has not been paid through a Revolving Advance on the Credit Facility.
L/C Application means an application for the issuance of standby or documentary letters of credit pursuant to the terms of a Standby Letter of Credit Agreement or a Commercial Letter of Credit Agreement in form acceptable to the Lender.
Lender means Wells Fargo Bank, National Association in its broadest and most comprehensive sense as a legal entity, and is not limited in its meaning to Lenders Wells Fargo Business Credit operating division, or to any other operating division of Lender.
Letter of Credit is defined in Section 2.4(a).
LIBOR means the rate per annum (rounded upward, if necessary, to the nearest whole 1/8th of one percent (1%)) determined pursuant to the following formula:
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LIBOR = |
Base LIBOR |
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100% - LIBOR Reserve Percentage |
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(a) Base LIBOR means the rate per annum for United States dollar deposits quoted by Lender for the purpose of calculating the effective Floating Rate for loans that reference Daily Three Month LIBOR as the Inter-Bank Market Offered Rate in effect from time to time for three (3) month delivery of funds in amounts approximately equal to the principal amount of such loans. Borrower understands and agrees that Lender may base its quotation of the Inter-Bank Market Offered Rate upon such offers or other market indicators of the Inter-Bank Market as Lender in its discretion deems appropriate, including but not limited to the rate offered for U.S. dollar deposits on the London Inter-Bank Market.
(b) LIBOR Reserve Percentage means the reserve percentage prescribed by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (or any successor) for Eurocurrency Liabilities (as defined in Regulation D of the Federal Reserve Board, as amended), adjusted by Lender for expected changes in such reserve percentage during the applicable term of the Revolving Note.
Licensed Intellectual Property is defined in Section 5.11(c).
Lien means any security interest, mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, lien, charge, encumbrance, title retention agreement or analogous instrument or device, including the interest of each lessor under any capitalized lease and the interest of any bondsman under any payment or performance bond, in, of or on any assets or properties of a Person, whether now owned or subsequently acquired and whether arising by agreement or operation of law.
Loan Documents means this Agreement, the Revolving Note, each Guaranty, each Subordination Agreement, each L/C Application, each Standby Letter of Credit Agreement and each Commercial Letter of Credit Agreement and the Security Documents, together with every other agreement, note, document, contract or instrument to which the Borrower now or in the future may be a party and which is required by the Lender.
Loan Year is defined in Section 2.6(c).
Loan Manager means the treasury management service defined in the Master Agreement for Treasury Management Services and related Loan Manager Service Description.
Lockbox means Lockbox as defined in the Master Agreement for Treasury Management Services and related Lockbox and Collection Account Service Description.
Master Agreement for Treasury Management Services means the Master Agreement for Treasury Management Services, the related Acceptance of Services, and the Service Description governing each treasury management service used by Company.
Maturity Date means July 20, 2012.
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Maximum Line Amount means $25,000,000 unless this amount is reduced pursuant to Section 2.10, in which event it means such lower amount.
Minimum Interest Charge is defined in Section 2.6(c).
Multiemployer Plan means a multiemployer plan (as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA) to which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate contributes or is obligated to contribute.
Net Income means fiscal year-to-date after-tax net income from continuing operations, including extraordinary losses but excluding extraordinary gains, all as determined in accordance with GAAP. For the Borrowers fiscal year ended June 30, 2010, gain or loss from the sale of capital assets shall not be included in Net Income.
Obligation of Reimbursement means the obligation of the Borrower to reimburse the Lender pursuant to the terms of the Standby Letter of Credit Agreement and the Commercial Letter of Credit Agreement and any applicable L/C Application.
Officer means with respect to the Borrower, an officer if the Borrower is a corporation, a manager if the Borrower is a limited liability company, or a partner if the Borrower is a partnership.
OFAC is defined in Section 6.12(c).
Operating Account is defined in Section 2.2(a), and maintained in accordance with the terms of Lenders Commercial Account Agreement in effect for demand deposit accounts.
Overadvance means the amount, if any, by which the outstanding principal balance of the Revolving Note, plus the L/C Amount, is in excess of the then-existing Borrowing Base.
Owned Intellectual Property is defined in Section 5.11(a).
Owner means with respect to the Borrower, each Person having legal or beneficial title to five percent (5%) or more of the ownership interest in the Borrower or a right to acquire such an interest.
Patent and Trademark Security Agreement means each Patent and Trademark Security Agreement now or hereafter executed by the Borrower in favor of the Lender, which includes the Pet Business IP Agreement.
Pet Business is defined in Section 6.31.
Pet Business Sale is defined in Section 6.31.
Pet Business IP means the Intellectual Property Rights relating to the Pet Business set forth on Exhibit E attached hereto.
Pet Business IP Agreement means a Trademark and Patent Security Agreement covering the Pet Business IP.
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Pekin Plant means those Premises of Borrower located at 1301 South Front Street in Pekin, Illinois.
Pension Plan means a pension plan (as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA) maintained for employees of the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate and covered by Title IV of ERISA.
Permitted Lien and Permitted Liens are defined in Section 6.3(a).
Person means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, association, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
Plan means an employee benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) maintained for employees of the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate.
Premises means all locations where the Borrower conducts its business or has any rights of possession, including the locations legally described in Exhibit C attached hereto.
Rail Inventory means Eligible Food Grade Alcohol Inventory or Eligible Fuel Grade Alcohol Inventory which is located in rail cars at locations acceptable to Lender in its sole but reasonable discretion.
Rail Reserve means $175,000 or such other amount as the Lender may from time to time establish in its sole but reasonable discretion as an amount sufficient offset certain costs of exercising rights and remedies in respect of Inventory of the Borrower located or anticipated to be located on or in railcars from time to time.
Rail Staging Area means (i) that certain CSX Corporation rail siding located adjacent to the premises of Reckitt Benckiser at 799 Route 206, Belle Meade, NJ 08502, (ii) that certain CSX Corporation rail siding located adjacent to the premises of Dundee Foods, LLC at 74 Seneca Street, Dundee, NY 14837 and (iii) that certain CSX Corporation rail siding located adjacent to the premises of Cone Solvents at 6185 Cockrill Bend Circle, Nashville, TN 37209.
Raw Materials Inventory shall mean raw materials held for the purpose of production into a finished product (which finished product is to be held by Borrower for sale, lease or furnishing under a contract for service in the ordinary course of Borrowers business), but which have not yet been subject to the commencement of such production, and which are new and unused and free from defects which would, in Lenders sole determination determined in good faith, affect their market value.
Real Estate Collateral means all real estate owned by Borrower, except the KCK Facility.
Reportable Event means a reportable event (as defined in Section 4043 of ERISA), other than an event for which the 30-day notice requirement under ERISA has been waived in regulations issued by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
Revolving Advance is defined in Section 2.1.
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Revolving Note means the Borrowers revolving promissory note, payable to the order of the Lender in substantially the form of Exhibit A hereto, as same may be renewed and amended from time to time, and all replacements thereto.
Security Documents means this Agreement, the Wholesale Lockbox and Collection Account Agreement, the Patent and Trademark Security Agreement and any other document delivered to the Lender from time to time to secure the Indebtedness.
Security Interest is defined in Section 3.1.
Special Account means a specified cash collateral account maintained with Lender or another financial institution acceptable to the Lender in connection with Letters of Credit, as contemplated by Section 2.5.
Standby Letter of Credit Agreement means an agreement governing the issuance of standby letters of credit by Lender entered into between the Borrower as applicant and Lender as issuer.
Subordinated Creditors means the Cloud Clay, Jr. Trust, the Union Pacific Railroad, Ameren, and every other Person now or in the future who agrees to subordinate indebtedness of the Borrower held by that Person to the payment of the Indebtedness.
Subordinated Debt means indebtedness due to Company that has been subordinated to Lender by a Subordinated Creditor pursuant to a Subordination Agreement.
Subordination Agreement means a subordination agreement executed by a Subordinated Creditor in favor of the Lender and acknowledged by the Borrower.
Subsidiary means any Person of which more than fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding ownership interests having general voting power under ordinary circumstances to elect a majority of the board of directors or the equivalent of such Person, regardless of whether or not at the time ownership interests of any other class or classes shall have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency, is at the time directly or indirectly owned by the Borrower, by the Borrower and one or more other Subsidiaries, or by one or more other Subsidiaries.
Swap Contract means: (a) any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps, credit derivative transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, forward commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond index swaps or options or forward bond or forward bond price or forward bond index transactions, interest rate options, forward foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar transactions, currency swap transactions, cross-currency rate swap transactions, currency options, spot contracts, or any other similar transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing (including any options to enter into any of the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is governed by or subject to any master agreement; and (b) any and all transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations, that are subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, any form of master agreement published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange
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Master Agreement, or any other master agreement including any such obligations or liabilities under any such master agreement (in each case, together with any related schedules).
Termination Date means the earliest of (i) the Maturity Date, (ii) the date the Borrower terminates the Credit Facility, or (iii) the date the Lender demands payment of the Indebtedness, following an Event of Default, pursuant to Section 7.2.
UCC means the Uniform Commercial Code in effect in the state designated in this Agreement as the state whose laws shall govern this Agreement, or in any other state whose laws are held to govern this Agreement or any portion of this Agreement.
Unfinanced Capital Expenditures means for a period, any expenditure of money during such period for the purchase or construction of assets, or for improvements or additions to such assets, which are not financed with borrowed funds and are capitalized on Companys balance sheet.
Unused Amount is defined in Section 2.7(b).
Wholesale Lockbox and Collection Account Agreement means the Wholesale Lockbox and Collection Account Agreement by and between the Borrower and the Lender.
Section 1.2 Other Definitional Terms; Rules of Interpretation. The words hereof, herein and hereunder and words of similar import when used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement. All accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in accordance with GAAP. All terms defined in the UCC and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in the UCC. References to Articles, Sections, subsections, Exhibits, Schedules and the like, are to Articles, Sections and subsections of, or Exhibits or Schedules attached to, this Agreement unless otherwise expressly provided. The words include, includes and including shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase without limitation. Unless the context in which used herein otherwise clearly requires, or has the inclusive meaning represented by the phrase and/or. Defined terms include in the singular number the plural and in the plural number the singular. Reference to any agreement (including the Loan Documents), document or instrument means such agreement, document or instrument as amended or modified and in effect from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof (and, if applicable, in accordance with the terms hereof and the other Loan Documents), except where otherwise explicitly provided, and reference to any promissory note includes any promissory note which is an extension or renewal thereof or a substitute or replacement therefor. Reference to any law, rule, regulation, order, decree, requirement, policy, guideline, directive or interpretation means as amended, modified, codified, replaced or reenacted, in whole or in part, and in effect on the determination date, including rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
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Section 2.1 Revolving Advances. The Lender agrees, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, to make advances (Revolving Advances) to the Borrower from time to time from the date that all of the conditions set forth in 4.1 are satisfied (the Funding Date) to and until (but not including) the Termination Date in an amount not in excess of the Maximum Line Amount. The Lender shall have no obligation to make a Revolving Advance to the extent that the amount of the requested Revolving Advance exceeds Availability. The Borrowers obligation to pay the Revolving Advances shall be evidenced by the Revolving Note and shall be secured by the Collateral. Within the limits set forth in this Section 2.1, the Borrower may borrow, prepay pursuant to Section 2.10, and reborrow.
Section 2.2 Procedures for Requesting Advances.
(a) Advances Credited to Operating Account. All Advances, shall be credited to Borrowers demand deposit account maintained with Lender (the Operating Account), unless the parties agree in an Authenticated Record to disburse to another account.
(b) Advances upon Borrowers Request. Borrower may request one or more Advances on any Business Day. No request for an Advance will be deemed received until Lender acknowledges receipt, and Borrower, if requested by Lender, confirms the request in an Authenticated Record. Borrower shall repay all Advances, even if the Person requesting the Advance on behalf of Borrower lacked authorization. Borrower may request an Advance at the Floating Rate no later than the Cut-off Time on the Business Day on which Borrower wants the Floating Rate Advance to be funded.
(c) Advances through Loan Manager. If Lender and Borrower have separately agreed that Borrower will use the Lender Loan Manager service (Loan Manager), Advances will be initiated by Lender and credited to the Operating Account as Floating Rate Advances as of the end of each Business Day in an amount sufficient to maintain an agreed upon ledger balance in the Operating Account, subject only to Availability. If Lender terminates Borrowers access to Loan Manager, Borrower may continue to request Advances as provided in Section 2.2(b). Lender shall have no obligation to make an Advance through Loan Manager during a Default Period, or in an amount in excess of Availability, and may terminate Loan Manager at any time in its sole but reasonable discretion. Advances through Loan Manager shall not be made as Fixed Rate Advances.
(d) Protective Advances; Advances to Pay Indebtedness Due. Lender may initiate an Advance in its sole but reasonable discretion for any reason at any time, without Borrowers compliance with any of the conditions of this Agreement, and (i) disburse the proceeds directly to third Persons in order to protect Lenders interest in Collateral or to perform any of Borrowers obligations under this Agreement, or (ii) apply the proceeds to the amount of any Indebtedness then due and payable to Lender.
Section 2.3 Reserved.
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Section 2.4 Letters of Credit.
Each Letter of Credit, if any, shall be issued pursuant to a separate L/C Application made by the Borrower. The terms and conditions set forth in each such L/C Application shall supplement the terms and conditions of the Standby Letter of Credit Agreement or the Commercial Letter of Credit Agreement, as applicable.
Section 2.5 Special Account. If the Credit Facility is terminated for any reason while any Letter of Credit is outstanding, the Borrower shall thereupon pay the Lender in immediately available funds for deposit in the Special Account an amount equal to the L/C Amount plus any anticipated fees and costs. If the Borrower fails to promptly make any such payment in the amount required hereunder, then the Lender may make a Revolving Advance against the Credit Facility in an amount sufficient to fulfill this obligation and deposit the proceeds to the Special Account. The Special Account shall be an interest bearing account either maintained with the Lender or with a financial institution acceptable to the Lender. Any interest earned on amounts deposited in the Special Account shall be credited to the Special Account. The Lender may apply amounts on deposit in the Special Account at any time or from time to time to the Indebtedness in the Lenders sole but reasonable discretion. The Borrower may not withdraw any amounts on deposit in the Special Account as long as the Lender maintains a security interest therein. The Lender agrees to transfer any balance in the Special Account to the Borrower when the Lender is required to release its security interest in the Special Account under applicable law.
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Section 2.6 Interest; _Minimum Interest Charge; Default Interest Rate; Participations; Usury.
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Section 2.7 Fees.
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Section 2.8 Time for Interest Payments; Payment on Non-Business Days; Computation of Interest and Fees.
Section 2.9 Collection of Accounts; Application to the Borrowers Indebtedness.
Section 2.10 Voluntary Prepayment; Reduction of the Maximum Line Amount; Termination of the Credit Facility by the Borrower. Except as otherwise provided herein, the
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Borrower may prepay the Advances in whole at any time or from time to time in part. The Borrower may terminate the Credit Facility or reduce the Maximum Line Amount at any time if it (i) gives the Lender at least 90 days advance written notice prior to the proposed Termination Date, and (ii) pays the Lender applicable termination, prepayment and Maximum Line Amount reduction fees in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. Any reduction in the Maximum Line Amount shall be in multiples of $100,000, and with a minimum reduction of at least $500,000. If the Borrower terminates the Credit Facility or reduces the Maximum Line Amount to zero, all Indebtedness shall be immediately due and payable, and if the Borrower gives the Lender less than the required 90 days advance written notice, then the interest rate applicable to borrowings evidenced by Revolving Note shall be the Default Rate for the period of time commencing 90 days prior to the proposed Termination Date through the date that the Lender actually receives such written notice. If the Borrower does not wish the Lender to consider renewal of the Credit Facility on the next Maturity Date, then the Borrower shall give the Lender at least 90 days written notice prior to the Maturity Date that it will not be requesting renewal. If the Borrower fails to give the Lender such timely notice, then the interest rate applicable to borrowings evidenced by the Revolving Note shall be the Default Rate for the period of time commencing 90 days prior to the Maturity Date through the date that the Lender actually receives such written notice.
Section 2.11 Mandatory Prepayment. Without notice or demand, unless the Lender shall otherwise consent in a written agreement that sets forth the terms and conditions which the Lender in its discretion may deem appropriate, including without limitation the payment of an Overadvance fee, if an Overadvance shall at any time exist with respect to the Credit Facility, then the Borrower shall (i) first, immediately prepay the Revolving Advances to the extent necessary to eliminate such excess; and (ii) if prepayment in full of the Revolving Advances is insufficient to eliminate such excess (due, for example, to the L/C Amount), pay to the Lender in immediately available funds for deposit in the Special Account an amount equal to the remaining excess. Any voluntary or mandatory prepayment received by the Lender may be applied to the Indebtedness, in such order and in such amounts as the Lender in its sole but reasonable discretion may determine from time to time.
Section 2.12 Revolving Advances to Pay Indebtedness. Notwithstanding the terms of Section 2.1, the Lender may, in its discretion at any time or from time to time, without the Borrowers request and even if the conditions set forth in Section 4.2 would not be satisfied, make a Revolving Advance in an amount equal to the portion of the Indebtedness from time to time due and payable.
Section 2.13 Use of Proceeds. The Borrower shall use the proceeds of Advances and each Letter of Credit to pay off its existing Lender, support Letters of Credit and for ordinary working capital purposes.
Section 2.14 Liability Records. The Lender may maintain from time to time, at its discretion, records as to the Indebtedness. All entries made on any such record shall be presumed correct until the Borrower establishes the contrary. Upon the Lenders demand, the Borrower will admit and certify in writing the exact principal balance of the Indebtedness that the Borrower then asserts to be outstanding. Any billing statement or accounting rendered by the
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Lender shall be conclusive and fully binding on the Borrower unless the Borrower gives the Lender specific written notice of exception within 30 days after receipt.
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SECURITY INTEREST; OCCUPANCY; SETOFF
Section 3.1 Grant of Security Interest. The Borrower hereby pledges, assigns and grants to the Lender, a lien and security interest (collectively referred to as the Security Interest) in the Collateral, as security for the payment and performance of: (a) all present and future Indebtedness of the Borrower to the Lender; (b) all obligations of the Borrower and rights of the Lender under this Agreement; and (c) all present and future obligations of the Borrower to the Lender of other kinds. Upon request by the Lender, the Borrower will grant to the Lender a security interest in all commercial tort claims that the Borrower may have against any Person.
Section 3.2 Notification of Account Debtors and Other Obligors. The Lender may at any time (from and after the occurrence of a Default or Event of Default) notify any account debtor or other Person obligated to pay the amount due that such right to payment has been assigned or transferred to the Lender for security and shall be paid directly to the Lender. The Borrower will join in giving such notice if the Lender so requests. At any time after the Borrower or the Lender gives such notice to an account debtor or other obligor, the Lender may, but need not, in the Lenders name or in the Borrowers name, demand, sue for, collect or receive any money or property at any time payable or receivable on account of, or securing, any such right to payment, or grant any extension to, make any compromise or settlement with or otherwise agree to waive, modify, amend or change the obligations (including collateral obligations) of any such account debtor or other obligor. From and after the occurrence of a Default or Event of Default, the Lender may, in the Lenders name or in the Borrowers name, as the Borrowers agent and attorney-in-fact, notify the United States Postal Service to change the address for delivery of the Borrowers mail to any address designated by the Lender, otherwise intercept the Borrowers mail, and receive, open and dispose of the Borrowers mail, applying all Collateral as permitted under this Agreement and holding all other mail for the Borrowers account or forwarding such mail to the Borrowers last known address.
Section 3.3 Assignment of Insurance. As additional security for the payment and performance of the Indebtedness, the Borrower hereby assigns to the Lender any and all monies (including proceeds of insurance and refunds of unearned premiums) due or to become due under, and all other rights of the Borrower with respect to, any and all policies of insurance now or at any time hereafter covering the Collateral or any evidence thereof or any business records or valuable papers pertaining thereto, and the Borrower hereby directs the issuer of any such policy to pay all such monies directly to the Lender. At any time, whether or not a Default Period then exists, the Lender may (but need not), in the Lenders name or in the Borrowers name, execute and deliver proof of claim, receive all such monies, endorse checks and other instruments representing payment of such monies, and adjust, litigate, compromise or release any claim against the issuer of any such policy. Any monies received as payment for any loss under any insurance policy mentioned above (other than liability insurance policies) or as payment of any award or compensation for condemnation or taking by eminent domain, shall be paid over to the Lender to be applied, at the option of the Lender, either to the prepayment of the
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Indebtedness or shall be disbursed to the Borrower under staged payment terms reasonably satisfactory to the Lender for application to the cost of repairs, replacements, or restorations. Any such repairs, replacements, or restorations shall be effected with reasonable promptness and shall be of a value at least equal to the value of the items or property destroyed prior to such damage or destruction.
Section 3.4 Occupancy.
Section 3.5 License. Without limiting the generality of any other Security Document, the Borrower hereby grants to the Lender a non-exclusive, worldwide and royalty-free license to use or otherwise exploit all Intellectual Property Rights of the Borrower for the purpose of: (a) completing the manufacture of any in-process materials during any Default Period so that such materials become saleable Inventory, all in accordance with the same quality standards previously adopted by the Borrower for its own manufacturing and subject to the Borrowers reasonable exercise of quality control; and (b) selling, leasing or otherwise disposing of any or all Collateral during any Default Period.
Section 3.6 Financing Statement. The Borrower authorizes the Lender to file from time to time, such financing statements against collateral described as all personal property or all assets or describing specific items of collateral including commercial tort claims as the Lender deems necessary or useful to perfect the Security Interest, provided such filings omit the Excluded Assets. All financing statements filed before the date hereof to perfect the Security Interest were authorized by the Borrower and are hereby re-authorized. A carbon, photographic or other reproduction of this Agreement or of any financing statements signed by the Borrower is sufficient as a financing statement and may be filed as a financing statement in any state to
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perfect the security interests granted hereby. For this purpose, the Borrower represents and warrants that the following information is true and correct:
Name and address of Debtor:
MGP Ingredients, Inc.
100 Commercial Street
Atchison, KS 66002
Federal Employer Identification No. 48-0531200
Organizational Identification No. 0083220
Name and address of Secured Party:
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
MAC N9312-040
109 South 7th Street, 4th Floor
Minneapolis, MN 55402
Attn: Becky A. Koehler
Federal Employer Identification No. 41-1237652
Section 3.7 Setoff. The Lender may at any time or from time to time, at its sole but reasonable discretion and without demand and without notice to anyone, setoff any liability owed to the Borrower by the Lender, whether or not due, against any Indebtedness, whether or not due. In addition, each other Person holding a participating interest in any Indebtedness shall have the right to appropriate or setoff any deposit or other liability then owed by such Person to the Borrower, whether or not due, and apply the same to the payment of said participating interest, as fully as if such Person had lent directly to the Borrower the amount of such participating interest.
Section 3.8 Collateral. This Agreement does not contemplate a sale of accounts, contract rights or chattel paper, and, as provided by law, the Borrower is entitled to any surplus and shall remain liable for any deficiency. The Lenders duty of care with respect to Collateral in its possession (as imposed by law) shall be deemed fulfilled if it exercises reasonable care in physically keeping such Collateral, or in the case of Collateral in the custody or possession of a bailee or other third Person, exercises reasonable care in the selection of the bailee or other third Person, and the Lender need not otherwise preserve, protect, insure or care for any Collateral. The Lender shall not be obligated to preserve any rights the Borrower may have against prior parties, to realize on the Collateral at all or in any particular manner or order or to apply any cash proceeds of the Collateral in any particular order of application. The Lender has no obligation to clean-up or otherwise prepare the Collateral for sale. The Borrower waives any right it may have to require the Lender to pursue any third Person for any of the Indebtedness.
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ARTICLE
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Section 4.1 Conditions Precedent to the Initial Advances and Letter of Credit. The Lenders obligation to make the initial Advances or to cause any Letters of Credit to be issued shall be subject to the condition precedent that the Lender shall have received all of the following, each properly executed by the appropriate party and in form and substance satisfactory to the Lender:
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Section 4.2 Conditions Precedent to All Advances and Letters of Credit. The Lenders obligation to make each Advance or to cause the issuance of a Letter of Credit shall be subject to the further conditions precedent that:
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The Borrower represents and warrants to the Lender as follows:
Section 5.1 Existence and Power; Name; Chief Executive Office; Inventory and Equipment Locations; Federal Employer Identification Number and Organizational Identification Number. The Borrower is a corporation, duly organized, validly existing and in good standing
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under the laws of the State of Kansas and is duly licensed or qualified to transact business in all jurisdictions where the character of the property owned or leased or the nature of the business transacted by it makes such licensing or qualification necessary. The Borrower has all requisite power and authority to conduct its business, to own its properties and to execute and deliver, and to perform all of its obligations under, the Loan Documents. For the five (5) year period prior to the Funding Date, the Borrower has done business solely under the names set forth in Schedule 5.1. The Borrowers chief executive office and principal place of business is located at the address set forth in Schedule 5.1, and all of the Borrowers records relating to its business or the Collateral are kept at that location. All Inventory and Equipment is located at that location or at one of the other locations listed in Schedule 5.1. The Borrowers federal employer identification number and organization identification number are correctly set forth in Section 3.6.
Section 5.2 Capitalization. Schedule 5.2 constitutes a correct and complete list of (a) all ownership interests of the Borrower equal to or greater than five percent (5%) of the aggregate ownership interests in Borrower, and (b) all rights (other than the public market) to acquire ownership interests equal to or greater than five percent (5%). Schedule 5.2 will include the record holder, number of interests and percentage interests on a fully diluted basis with respect to each of (a) and (b) above, and will include an organizational chart showing the ownership structure of all Subsidiaries of the Borrower.
Section 5.3 Authorization of Borrowing; No Conflict as to Law or Agreements. The execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower of the Loan Documents and the borrowings from time to time hereunder have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action and do not and will not (i) require any consent or approval of the Borrowers Owners; (ii) require any authorization, consent or approval by, or registration, declaration or filing with, or notice to, any governmental department, commission, board, bureau, agency or instrumentality, domestic or foreign, or any third party (other than consents required by the holders of Permitted Indebtedness for Lender to take a Lien in the Real Estate Collateral, which consents Borrower shall not be required to obtain until the date which is thirty (30) days past the Funding Date), except such authorization, consent, approval, registration, declaration, filing or notice as has been obtained, accomplished or given prior to the date hereof; (iii) violate any provision of any law, rule or regulation (including Regulation X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System) or of any order, writ, injunction or decree presently in effect having applicability to the Borrower or of the Borrowers Constituent Documents; (iv) result in a breach of or constitute a default under any indenture or loan or credit agreement or any other material agreement, lease or instrument to which the Borrower is a party or by which it or its properties may be bound or affected; or (v) result in, or require, the creation or imposition of any Lien (other than the Security Interest) upon or with respect to any of the properties now owned or hereafter acquired by the Borrower.
Section 5.4 Legal Agreements. This Agreement constitutes and, upon due execution by the Borrower, the other Loan Documents will constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Borrower, enforceable against the Borrower in accordance with their respective terms.
Section 5.5 Subsidiaries. Except as set forth in Schedule 5.5 hereto, the Borrower has no Subsidiaries.
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Section 5.6 Financial Condition; No Adverse Change. The Borrower has furnished to the Lender its audited financial statements for its fiscal year ended June 30, 2008 and unaudited financial statements for the fiscal-year-to-date period ended May 31, 2009 and those statements fairly present the Borrowers financial condition on the dates thereof and the results of its operations and cash flows for the periods then ended and were prepared in accordance with GAAP. Since the date of the most recent financial statements, there has been no material adverse change in the Borrowers business, properties or condition (financial or otherwise).
Section 5.7 Litigation. There are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the Borrowers knowledge, threatened against or affecting the Borrower or any of its Affiliates or the properties of the Borrower or any of its Affiliates before any court or governmental department, commission, board, bureau, agency or instrumentality, domestic or foreign, which, if determined adversely to the Borrower or any of its Affiliates, would result in a final judgment or judgments against the Borrower or any of its Affiliates in an amount in excess of $100,000, apart from those matters specifically listed in Schedule 5.7 as of the Funding Date or after the Funding Date, which have not been disclosed to Lender in writing.
Section 5.8 Regulation U. The Borrower is not engaged in the business of extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), and no part of the proceeds of any Advance will be used to purchase or carry any margin stock or to extend credit to others for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any margin stock.
Section 5.9 Taxes. The Borrower and its Affiliates have paid or caused to be paid to the proper authorities when due all federal, state and local taxes (including without limitation, taxes pursuant to 26 U.S.C. 5001 et seq.and any actual or effective substitutions or replacements thereof) required to be paid and have withheld or caused to be withheld all federal, state and local taxes (including without limitation, taxes pursuant to 26 U.S.C. 5001 et seq.and any actual or effective substitutions or replacements thereof) required to be withheld by each of them. The Borrower and its Affiliates have filed all federal, state and local tax returns which to the knowledge of the Officers of the Borrower or any Affiliate, as the case may be, are required to be filed, and the Borrower and its Affiliates have paid or caused to be paid to the respective taxing authorities all taxes as shown on said returns or on any assessment received by any of them to the extent such taxes have become due.
Section 5.10 Titles and Liens. The Borrower has good and absolute title to all Collateral free and clear of all Liens other than Permitted Liens. No financing statement naming the Borrower as debtor is on file in any office except to perfect only Permitted Liens.
Section 5.11 Intellectual Property Rights.
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Section 5.12 Plans. Except as disclosed to the Lender in writing prior to the date hereof, neither the Borrower nor any ERISA Affiliate (a) maintains or has maintained any Pension Plan, (b) contributes or has contributed to any Multiemployer Plan or (c) provides or has provided post-retirement medical or insurance benefits with respect to employees or former
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employees (other than benefits required under Section 601 of ERISA, Section 4980B of the IRC or applicable state law). Neither the Borrower nor any ERISA Affiliate has received any notice or has any knowledge to the effect that it is not in full compliance with any of the requirements of ERISA, the IRC or applicable state law with respect to any Plan. No Reportable Event exists in connection with any Pension Plan. Each Plan which is intended to qualify under the IRC is so qualified, and no fact or circumstance exists which may have an adverse effect on the Plans tax qualified status. Neither the Borrower nor any ERISA Affiliate has (i) any accumulated funding deficiency (as defined in Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the IRC) under any Plan, whether or not waived, (ii) any liability under Section 4201 or 4243 of ERISA for any withdrawal, partial withdrawal, reorganization or other event under any Multiemployer Plan or (iii) any liability or knowledge of any facts or circumstances which could result in any liability to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, the Internal Revenue Service, the Department of Labor or any participant in connection with any Plan (other than routine claims for benefits under the Plan).
Section 5.13 Default. The Borrower is in compliance with all provisions of all agreements, instruments, decrees and orders to which it is a party or by which it or its property is bound or affected, the breach or default of which could have a material adverse effect on the Borrowers financial condition, properties or operations.
Section 5.14 Environmental Matters.
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Section 5.15 Submissions to Lender. All financial and other information provided to the Lender by or on behalf of the Borrower in connection with the Borrowers request for the credit facilities contemplated hereby (i) is true and correct in all material respects (or if such financial and other information was true and correct in all material respects when submitted, but such information has since changed, Borrower has delivered to Lender such information required to make such previously submitted information true and correct in all material respects), (ii) does not omit any material fact necessary to make such information not misleading and, (iii) as to projections, valuations or proforma financial statements, presents a good faith opinion as to such projections, valuations and proforma condition and results.
Section 5.16 Financing Statements. The Borrower has authorized the filing of financing statements sufficient when filed to perfect the Security Interest and the other security interests created by the Security Documents to the extent such Security Interests are capable of being perfected by filing financing statements. When such financing statements are filed in the offices noted therein, the Lender will have a valid and perfected security interest in all Collateral which is capable of being perfected by filing financing statements. None of the Collateral is or will become a fixture on real estate, unless a sufficient fixture filing is in effect with respect thereto.
Section 5.17 Rights to Payment. Each right to payment and each instrument, document, chattel paper and other agreement constituting or evidencing Collateral is (or, in the case of all future Collateral, will be when arising or issued) the valid, genuine and legally enforceable obligation, subject to no defense, setoff or counterclaim, of the account debtor or other obligor named therein or in the Borrowers records pertaining thereto as being obligated to pay such obligation.
Section 5.18 Financial Solvency. Both before and after giving effect to the Loans and all of the transactions contemplated in the Loan Documents, none of the Borrower or its Affiliates:
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Section 5.19 IWGA License. The Borrower no longer uses the Field Limited Sub-License Agreement dated as of May 1, 1998, by and between the Borrower and IWGA Marketing, Corp. or any Intellectual Property Rights described therein.
ARTICLE
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So long as the Indebtedness shall remain unpaid, or the Credit Facility shall remain outstanding, the Borrower will comply with the following requirements, unless the Lender shall otherwise consent in writing:
Section 6.1 Reporting Requirements. The Borrower will deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Lender each of the following, which shall be in form and detail acceptable to the Lender:
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Section 6.2 Financial Covenants.
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7/1/2009 Through 7/31/2009 |
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200,000 |
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700,000 |
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7/1/2009 Through 9/30/2009 |
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1,000,000 |
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1,250,000 |
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1,350,000 |
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1,500,000 |
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7/1/2009 Through 1/31/2010 |
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1,800,000 |
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2,200,000 |
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2,575,000 |
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7/1/2009 Through 4/30/2010 |
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$ |
3,000,000 |
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$ |
3,250,000 |
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7/1/2009 Through 6/30/2010 |
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$ |
3,500,000 |
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$ |
200,000 |
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7/1/2010 Through 8/31/2010 |
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700,000 |
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1,000,000 |
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Section 6.3 Permitted Liens; Financing Statements.
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Section 6.4 Indebtedness. The Borrower will not incur, create, assume or permit to exist any indebtedness or liability on account of deposits or advances or any indebtedness for borrowed money or letters of credit issued on the Borrowers behalf, or any other indebtedness or liability evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or similar obligations, except:
Section 6.5 Guaranties. The Borrower will not assume, guarantee, endorse or otherwise become directly or contingently liable in connection with any obligations of any other Person, except:
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Section 6.6 Investments and Subsidiaries. The Borrower will not make or permit to exist any loans or advances to, or make any investment or acquire any interest whatsoever in, any other Person or Affiliate, including any partnership or joint venture, nor purchase or hold beneficially any stock or other securities or evidence of indebtedness of any other Person or Affiliate, except:
Section 6.7 Dividends and Distributions. The Borrower will not declare or pay any dividends (other than dividends payable solely in stock of the Borrower) on any class of its stock, or make any payment on account of the purchase, redemption or other retirement of any shares of such stock, or other securities or evidence of its indebtedness or make any distribution in respect thereof, either directly or indirectly, provided Borrower may otherwise declare and pay dividends if (A) no Borrower Default has occurred or would occur as a result of any such dividend, (B) Borrower shall have had Average Excess Availability of not less than $10,000,000 for the 60 day period prior to such dividend, (iii) on the date of such dividend and after giving effect to such dividend, Borrower shall have Average Excess Availability of not less than $5,000,000 and (iv) on the date of such dividend, Borrower shall have paid all accounts payable which remain unpaid more than thirty (30) days after the invoice date.
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Section 6.8 Salaries; Stock Incentive Compensation. The Borrower will not pay excessive or unreasonable salaries, bonuses, commissions, consultant fees or other compensation; or increase the salary, bonus, commissions, consultant fees or other compensation of any Director, Officer or consultant, or any member of their families, except in accordance with Schedule 6.8 or 6.8A, or pay any such increase from any source other than profits earned in the year of payment. The Borrower may make awards of stock in the Borrower to its Officers and Directors as compensation in accordance with Schedule 6.8 or 6.8B provided no Borrower Default has occurred or would occur as a result of any such issuances.
Section 6.9 Reserved.
Section 6.10 Books and Records; Collateral Examination, Inspection and Appraisals.
Section 6.11 Account Verification.
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Section 6.12 Compliance with Laws.
Section 6.13 Payment of Taxes and Other Claims. The Borrower will pay or discharge, when due, (a) all taxes, assessments and governmental charges levied or imposed upon it or upon its income or profits, upon any properties belonging to it (including the Collateral) or upon or against the creation, perfection or continuance of the Security Interest, prior to the date on which penalties attach thereto, (b) all federal, state and local taxes required to be withheld by it, and (c) all lawful claims for labor, materials and supplies which, if unpaid, might by law become a Lien upon any properties of the Borrower; provided, that the Borrower shall not be required to pay any such tax, assessment, charge or claim whose amount, applicability or validity is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which proper reserves have been made.
Section 6.14 Maintenance of Properties.
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Section 6.15 Insurance. The Borrower shall at all times maintain insurance with insurers acceptable to Lender, in such amounts and on such terms (including deductibles) as Lender in its sole but reasonable discretion may require and including, as applicable and without limitation, business interruption insurance (including force majeure coverage), hazard coverage on an all risks basis for all tangible Collateral, and theft and physical damage coverage for Collateral consisting of motor vehicles. All insurance policies must contain an appropriate lenders interest endorsement or clause, and name Lender as an additional insured.
Section 6.16 Preservation of Existence. The Borrower will preserve and maintain its existence and all of its rights, privileges and franchises necessary or desirable in the normal conduct of its business and shall conduct its business in an orderly, efficient and regular manner.
Section 6.17 Delivery of Instruments, etc. Upon request by the Lender, the Borrower will promptly deliver to the Lender in pledge all instruments, documents and chattel paper constituting Collateral, duly endorsed or assigned by the Borrower.
Section 6.18 Sale or Transfer of Assets; Suspension of Business Operations. The Borrower will not sell, lease, assign, transfer or otherwise dispose of (i) the stock of any Subsidiary, (ii) all or a substantial part of its assets, or (iii) any Collateral or any interest therein (whether in one transaction or in a series of transactions) to any other Person other than the sale of Inventory in the ordinary course of business and will not liquidate, dissolve or suspend business operations. The Borrower will not transfer any part of its ownership interest in any Intellectual Property Rights and will not permit any agreement under which it has licensed Licensed Intellectual Property to lapse, except that the Borrower may transfer such rights or permit such agreements to lapse if it shall have reasonably determined that the applicable Intellectual Property Rights are no longer useful in its business. If the Borrower transfers any Intellectual Property Rights for value, the Borrower will pay over the proceeds to the Lender for application to the Indebtedness. The Borrower will not license any other Person to use any of the Borrowers Intellectual Property Rights, except that the Borrower may grant licenses in the ordinary course of its business in connection with sales of Inventory or provision of services to its customers.
Section 6.19 Consolidation and Merger; Asset Acquisitions. The Borrower will not consolidate with or merge into any Person, or permit any other Person to merge into it, or acquire (in a transaction analogous in purpose or effect to a consolidation or merger) all or substantially all the assets of any other Person.
Section 6.20 Sale and Leaseback. The Borrower will not enter into any arrangement, directly or indirectly, with any other Person whereby the Borrower shall sell or transfer any real or personal property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, and then or thereafter rent or
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lease as lessee such property or any part thereof or any other property which the Borrower intends to use for substantially the same purpose or purposes as the property being sold or transferred.
Section 6.21 Restrictions on Nature of Business. The Borrower will not engage in any line of business materially different from that presently engaged in by the Borrower and will not purchase, lease or otherwise acquire assets not related to its business.
Section 6.22 Accounting. The Borrower will not adopt any material change in accounting principles other than as required by GAAP. The Borrower will not adopt, permit or consent to any change in its fiscal year.
Section 6.23 Discounts, etc. After notice from the Lender, the Borrower will not grant any discount, credit or allowance to any customer of the Borrower or accept any return of goods sold. The Borrower will not at any time modify, amend, subordinate, cancel or terminate the obligation of any account debtor or other obligor of the Borrower.
Section 6.24 Plans. Except as disclosed to the Lender in writing prior to the date hereof, neither the Borrower nor any ERISA Affiliate will (i) adopt, create, assume or become a party to any Pension Plan, (ii) incur any obligation to contribute to any Multiemployer Plan, (iii) incur any obligation to provide post-retirement medical or insurance benefits with respect to employees or former employees (other than benefits required by law) or (iv) amend any Plan in a manner that would materially increase its funding obligations.
Section 6.25 Place of Business; Name. The Borrower will not transfer its chief executive office or principal place of business, or move, relocate, close or sell any business location. The Borrower will not permit any tangible Collateral or any records pertaining to the Collateral to be located in any state or area in which, in the event of such location, a financing statement covering such Collateral would be required to be, but has not in fact been, filed in order to perfect the Security Interest. The Borrower will not change its name or jurisdiction of organization.
Section 6.26 Constituent Documents; S Corporation Status. The Borrower will not amend its Constituent Documents. The Borrower will not become an S Corporation.
Section 6.27 Performance by the Lender. If the Borrower at any time fails to perform or observe any of the foregoing covenants contained in this Article VI or elsewhere herein, and if such failure shall continue for a period of ten calendar days after the Lender gives the Borrower written notice thereof (or in the case of the agreements contained in Section 6.13 and Section 6.15, immediately upon the occurrence of such failure, without notice or lapse of time), the Lender may, but need not, perform or observe such covenant on behalf and in the name, place and stead of the Borrower (or, at the Lenders option, in the Lenders name) and may, but need not, take any and all other actions which the Lender may reasonably deem necessary to cure or correct such failure (including the payment of taxes, the satisfaction of Liens, the performance of obligations owed to account debtors or other obligors, the procurement and maintenance of insurance, the execution of assignments, security agreements and financing statements, and the endorsement of instruments); and the Borrower shall thereupon pay to the Lender on demand the
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amount of all monies expended and all costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys fees and legal expenses) incurred by the Lender in connection with or as a result of the performance or observance of such agreements or the taking of such action by the Lender, together with interest thereon from the date expended or incurred at the Default Rate. To facilitate the Lenders performance or observance of such covenants of the Borrower, the Borrower hereby irrevocably appoints the Lender, or the Lenders delegate, acting alone, as the Borrowers attorney in fact (which appointment is coupled with an interest) with the right (but not the duty) from time to time to create, prepare, complete, execute, deliver, endorse or file in the name and on behalf of the Borrower any and all instruments, documents, assignments, security agreements, financing statements, applications for insurance and other agreements required to be obtained, executed, delivered or endorsed by the Borrower hereunder.
Section 6.28 Bank Accounts. On or before the date which is thirty (30) days from the date of this Agreement, Borrower will deliver to Lender evidence that Borrower has closed any and all deposit accounts maintained by Borrower with Commerce Bank or any financial institution other than Lender.
Section 6.29 Payments to Railroads and Railcar Owners. Borrower shall cause all amounts due to each railroad owner or operator or to each lessor of railcars which are used by Borrower for the shipping of Borrowers Inventory to be paid as and when due (the Rail Invoices). Borrower shall certify in each Compliance Certificate delivered in accordance with Section 6.1 that all such Rail Invoices that are due have been paid and deliver evidence satisfactory to Lender in its sole but reasonable discretion that such Rail Invoices have been paid.
Section 6.30 Non-Operation at Certain Locations. Borrower has advised Lender that it no longer plans to operate the Pekin Plant or the Flour Mill. Borrower shall not commence operations at the Pekin Plant or Flour Mill or cause Inventory to be located at such locations.
Section 6.31 Non-Sale of Pet Business. Borrower has represented to Lender that prior to August 15, 2009, Borrower intends to sell certain assets related to its pet business located at the KCK Facility (Pet Business). Borrower has entered into that certain Letter of Intent for the proposed sale of the Pet Business, including the KCK Facility, KCK Equipment and Pet Business IP, with Sergeants Pet Care Products, Inc. (the Pet Business Sale). Based upon Borrowers representations to Lender regarding the Pet Business Sale, Lender has consented to certain Pet Business Assets to be Excluded Collateral. Borrower shall complete the Pet Business Sale on or before September 30, 2009, on terms acceptable to Lender in its sole but reasonable discretion. In addition to any Event of Default caused thereby, if the Pet Business Sale is not completed by Borrower on or before September 30, 2009 as set forth herein:
(a) The Lender shall be authorized to record the Pet Business IP Agreement with the United States Patent and Trademark office. Notwithstanding anything contained in the Loan Documents to the contrary, the Lender agrees that the Pet Business IP Agreement shall not be effective, and Borrower shall not be deemed to have granted to Lender a security interest in the Pet Business IP, unless and until the Borrower fails to complete the Pet Business Sale as set forth herein on or before September 30, 2009.
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(b) The definition of Excluded Assets shall immediately be deemed to be amended, without further action of Borrower or Lender to read as follows:
Excluded Assets means (i) the KCK Equipment and (ii) the Borrowers equity interest in D.M. Ingredients GmbH.
(c) The Borrower shall deliver to Lender a mortgagee disclaimer and consent from GE Capital Public Finance, Inc. in a form and substance acceptable to Lender in its sole but reasonable discretion.
Section 6.32 Grant of Mortgage Lien on Real Estate Collateral. On or before the date which is thirty (30) days after the Funding Date, the Borrower shall have delivered to Lender, each in a form and substance acceptable to Lender in its sole but reasonable discretion:
Section 6.33 Delivery of Licensor Agreements. On or before the date which is thirty (30) days after the Funding Date, the Borrower shall have delivered to Lender, each in a form and substance acceptable to Lender in its sole but reasonable discretion, Licensor Agreements relating to certain Licensed Intellectual Property from each of (i) Kansas State University Research Foundation and (ii) Regents of the University of Minnesota a constitutional corporation under the laws of the State of Minnesota.
Section 6.34 Landlord Waiver. On or before the date which is thirty (30) days after the Funding Date, Borrower shall deliver to Lender a landlord waiver from the City of Atchison and Commerce Bank as trustee, for Borrowers Premises located at 100 and 200 Commercial Street in Atchison, Kansas 66002, which waiver, shall, among other things, waive the lien of such landlord in the Collateral and otherwise be in a form and substance acceptable to Lender in its sole but reasonable discretion.
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Section 6.35 ADM Control Agreement. On or before the date which is three (3) days after the Funding Date, Borrower shall deliver to Lender a account control from ADM Investor Services, Inc. in a form and substance acceptable to Lender in its sole but reasonable discretion.
Section 7.1 Events of Default. Event of Default, wherever used herein, means any one of the following events:
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Section 7.2 Rights and Remedies. During any Default Period, the Lender may exercise any or all of the following rights and remedies:
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon the occurrence of an Event of Default described in Section 7.1(f) or (g), the Indebtedness shall be immediately due and payable automatically without presentment, demand, protest or notice of any kind. If the Lender sells any of the Collateral on credit, the Indebtedness will be reduced only to the extent of payments actually received. If the purchaser fails to pay for the Collateral, the Lender may resell the Collateral and shall apply any proceeds actually received to the Indebtedness.
Section 7.3 Certain Notices. If notice to the Borrower of any intended disposition of Collateral or any other intended action is required by law in a particular instance, such notice shall be deemed commercially reasonable if given (in the manner specified in Section 8.3) at least ten calendar days before the date of intended disposition or other action.
Section 8.1 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies; Compliance with Laws. No failure or delay by the Lender in exercising any right, power or remedy under the Loan Documents shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right, power or remedy preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or remedy under the Loan Documents. The remedies provided in the Loan Documents are cumulative and not exclusive of any remedies provided by law. The Lender may comply with any applicable state or federal law requirements in connection with a disposition of the Collateral and such compliance will not be considered adversely to affect the commercial reasonableness of any sale of the Collateral.
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Section 8.2 Amendments, Etc. No amendment, modification, termination or waiver of any provision of any Loan Document or consent to any departure by the Borrower therefrom or any release of a Security Interest shall be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Lender, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given. No notice to or demand on the Borrower in any case shall entitle the Borrower to any other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances.
Section 8.3 Notices, Requests, and Communications; Confidentiality. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement:
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Section 8.5 Costs and Expenses. The Borrower shall pay on demand all costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys fees, incurred by the Lender in connection with the Indebtedness, this Agreement, the Loan Documents, any Letter of Credit and any other document or agreement related hereto or thereto, and the transactions contemplated hereby, including all such costs, expenses and fees incurred in connection with the negotiation, preparation, execution, amendment, administration, performance, collection and enforcement of the Indebtedness and all
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such documents and agreements and the creation, perfection, protection, satisfaction, foreclosure or enforcement of the Security Interest.
Section 8.6 Indemnity. In addition to the payment of expenses pursuant to Section 8.5, the Borrower shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Lender, and any of its participants, parent corporations, subsidiary corporations, affiliated corporations, successor corporations, and all present and future officers, directors, employees, attorneys and agents of the foregoing (the Indemnitees) from and against any of the following (collectively, Indemnified Liabilities):
If any investigative, judicial or administrative proceeding arising from any of the foregoing is brought against any Indemnitee, upon such Indemnitees request, the Borrower, or counsel designated by the Borrower and satisfactory to the Indemnitee, will resist and defend such action, suit or proceeding to the extent and in the manner directed by the Indemnitee, at the Borrowers sole costs and expense. Each Indemnitee will use its best efforts to cooperate in the defense of any such action, suit or proceeding. If the foregoing undertaking to indemnify, defend and hold harmless may be held to be unenforceable because it violates any law or public policy, the Borrower shall nevertheless make the maximum contribution to the payment and satisfaction of each of the Indemnified Liabilities which is permissible under applicable law. The Borrowers obligations under this Section 8.6 shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the discharge of the Borrowers other obligations hereunder.
Section 8.7 Participants. The Lender and its participants, if any, are not partners or joint venturers, and the Lender shall not have any liability or responsibility for any obligation, act or omission of any of its participants. All rights and powers specifically conferred upon the Lender may be transferred or delegated to any of the Lenders participants, successors or assigns.
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Section 8.8 Execution in Counterparts; Telefacsimile Execution. This Agreement and other Loan Documents may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed to be an original and all of which counterparts, taken together, shall constitute but one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of this Agreement or any other Loan Document by telefacsimile shall be equally as effective as delivery of an original executed counterpart of this Agreement or such other Loan Document. Any party delivering an executed counterpart of this Agreement or any other Loan Document by telefacsimile also shall deliver an original executed counterpart of this Agreement or such other Loan Document but the failure to deliver an original executed counterpart shall not affect the validity, enforceability, and binding effect of this Agreement or such other Loan Document.
Section 8.9 Retention of Borrowers Records. The Lender shall have no obligation to maintain any electronic records or any documents, schedules, invoices, agings, or other papers delivered to the Lender by the Borrower or in connection with the Loan Documents for more than 30 days after receipt by the Lender. If there is a special need to retain specific records, the Borrower must inform the Lender of its need to retain those records with particularity, which must be delivered in accordance with the notice provisions of Section 8.3 within 30 days of the Lender taking control of same.
Section 8.10 Binding Effect; Assignment; Complete Agreement; Sharing Information. The Loan Documents shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Borrower and the Lender and their respective successors and assigns, except that the Borrower shall not have the right to assign its rights thereunder or any interest therein without the Lenders prior written consent. To the extent permitted by law, the Borrower waives and will not assert against any assignee any claims, defenses or set-offs which the Borrower could assert against the Lender. This Agreement shall also bind all Persons who become a party to this Agreement as a borrower. This Agreement, together with the Loan Documents, comprises the complete and integrated agreement of the parties on the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements, written or oral, on the subject matter hereof. To the extent that any provision of this Agreement contradicts other provisions of the Loan Documents, this Agreement shall control. Without limiting the Lenders right to share information regarding the Borrower and its Affiliates with the Lenders participants, accountants, lawyers and other advisors, the Lender and each direct and indirect subsidiary of Wells Fargo & Company may share with each other any information that they may have in their possession regarding the Borrower and its Affiliates, and the Borrower waives any right of confidentiality it may have with respect to all such sharing of information.
Section 8.11 Severability of Provisions. Any provision of this Agreement which is prohibited or unenforceable shall be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof.
Section 8.12 Headings. Article, Section and subsection headings in this Agreement are included herein for convenience of reference only and shall not constitute a part of this Agreement for any other purpose.
Section 8.13 Governing Law; Jurisdiction, Venue; Waiver of Jury Trial. The Loan Documents shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the substantive laws (other than conflict laws) of the State of Minnesota. The parties hereto hereby (i) consent to the
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personal jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located in the State of Minnesota in connection with any controversy related to this Agreement; (ii) waive any argument that venue in any such forum is not convenient; (iii) agree that any litigation initiated by the Lender or the Borrower in connection with this Agreement or the other Loan Documents may be venued in either the state or federal courts located in the City of Minneapolis, County of Hennepin , Minnesota; and (iv) agree that a final judgment in any such suit, action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law.
Section 8.14 Further Documents. The Borrower will from time to time execute, deliver, endorse and authorize the filing of any and all instruments, documents, conveyances, assignments, security agreements, financing statements, control agreements and other agreements and writings that the Lender may reasonably request in order to secure, protect, perfect or enforce the Security Interest or the Lenders rights under the Loan Documents (but any failure to request or assure that the Borrower executes, delivers, endorses or authorizes the filing of any such item shall not affect or impair the validity, sufficiency or enforceability of the Loan Documents and the Security Interest, regardless of whether any such item was or was not executed, delivered or endorsed in a similar context or on a prior occasion).
Section 8.15 Entire Agreement. The following notice is included in compliance with K.S.A. 16-117 and K.S.A. 16-118:
THIS WRITTEN AGREEMENT IS THE FINAL EXPRESSION OF THE CREDIT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PARTIES HERETO AS THE SAME EXISTS TODAY AND MAY NOT BE CONTRADICTED BY EVIDENCE OF ANY PRIOR OR CONTEMPORANEOUS ORAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PARTIES HERETO. THE FOLLOWING SPACE (WHICH THE PARTIES HERETO AGREE IS SUFFICIENT SPACE) IS PROVIDED FOR THE PLACEMENT OF NONSTANDARD TERMS, IF ANY (IF THERE ARE NO NONSTANDARD TERMS TO BE ADDED, STATE NONE):
NONE
BY SIGNING BELOW, THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY AFFIRM THAT THERE IS NO UNWRITTEN ORAL CREDIT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THEMSELVES WITH RESPECT TO THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS WRITTEN CREDIT AGREEMENT.
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THE BORROWER AND THE LENDER WAIVE ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION AT LAW OR IN EQUITY OR IN ANY OTHER PROCEEDING BASED ON OR PERTAINING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized as of the date set forth in the initial caption of this Agreement.
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Wells Fargo Bank, National Association |
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WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION |
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Wells Fargo Business Credit |
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MAC N9312-040 |
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109 South 7th Street, 4th Floor |
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Minneapolis, MN 55402 |
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By: |
/s/ Becky A. Koehler |
Telecopier: (612) 341-2472 |
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Becky A. Koehler |
Attention: Becky A. Koehler |
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Vice President |
e-mail: becky.a.koehler@wellsfargo.com |
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Table of Exhibits and Schedules
Exhibit A |
Form of Revolving Note |
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Exhibit B |
Compliance Certificate |
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Exhibit C |
Premises |
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Exhibit D |
KCK Equipment |
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Exhibit E |
Pet Business IP |
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Schedule 5.1 |
Trade Names, Chief Executive Office, Principal Place of Business, and Locations of Collateral |
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Schedule 5.2 |
Capitalization and Organizational Chart |
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Schedule 5.5 |
Subsidiaries |
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Schedule 5.7 |
Litigation Matters |
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Schedule 5.11 |
Intellectual Property Disclosures |
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Schedule 5.11A |
Owned Trademarks and Trademark Applications |
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Schedule 5.11B |
Owned Patents and Patent Applications |
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Schedule 5.14 |
Environmental Matters |
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Schedule 6.3 |
Permitted Liens |
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Schedule 6.4 |
Permitted Indebtedness and Guaranties |
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Schedule 6.8A |
Compensation Program and Guidelines |
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Schedule 6.8B |
Stock Incentive Program and Guidelines |
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Exhibit A to Credit and Security Agreement
REVOLVING NOTE
$25,000,000 |
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July 21, 2009 |
For value received, the undersigned, MGP INGREDIENTS, INC., a Kansas corporation (the Borrower), hereby promises to pay to the order of WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (the Lender), acting through its Wells Fargo Business Credit operating division, on the Termination Date referenced in the Credit and Security Agreement dated the same date as this Revolving Note that was entered into by the Lender and the Borrower (as amended from time to time, the Credit Agreement), at Lenders office located at MAC N9312-040, 109 South 7th Street, 4th Floor, Minneapolis, MN 55402 , or at any other place designated at any time by the holder hereof, in lawful money of the United States of America and in immediately available funds, the principal sum of TWENTY FIVE MILLION AND NO/100 DOLLARS ($25,000,000) or the aggregate unpaid principal amount of all Revolving Advances made by the Lender to the Borrower under the Credit Agreement, together with interest on the principal amount hereunder remaining unpaid from time to time, computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed and a 360-day year, from the date hereof until this Revolving Note is fully paid at the rate from time to time in effect under the Credit Agreement.
This Revolving Note is the Revolving Note referenced in the Credit Agreement, and is subject to the terms of the Credit Agreement, which provides, among other things, for acceleration hereof. Principal and interest due hereunder shall be payable as provided in the Credit Agreement, and this Revolving Note may be prepaid only in accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement. This Revolving Note is secured, among other things, pursuant to the Credit Agreement and the Security Documents as therein defined, and may now or hereafter be secured by one or more other security agreements, mortgages, deeds of trust, assignments or other instruments or agreements.
The Borrower shall pay all costs of collection, including reasonable attorneys fees and legal expenses if this Revolving Note is not paid when due, whether or not legal proceedings are commenced.
Presentment or other demand for payment, notice of dishonor and protest are expressly waived.
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MGP INGREDIENTS, INC. |
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a Kansas corporation |
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/s/ Timothy W. Newkirk |
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Timothy W. Newkirk |
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President |
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Exhibit B to Credit and Security Agreement
COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
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Wells Fargo Bank, National Association |
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Financial Statements |
In accordance with our Credit and Security Agreement dated , 2009(as amended from time to time, the Credit Agreement), attached are the financial statements of MGP INGREDIENTS, INC., a Kansas corporation (the Borrower) dated [ , 20 ](the Reporting Date) and the year-to-date period then ended (the Current Financials). All terms used in this certificate have the meanings given in the Credit Agreement.
A. Preparation and Accuracy of Financial Statements. I certify that the Current Financials have been prepared in accordance with GAAP, subject to year-end audit adjustments, and fairly present the Borrowers financial condition as of the Reporting Date.
B. Name of Borrower; Merger and Consolidation Related Issues. I certify that:
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o The Borrower has not, since the date of the Credit Agreement, changed its name or jurisdiction of organization, nor has it consolidated or merged with another Person.
o The Borrower has, since the date of the Credit Agreement, either changed its name or jurisdiction of organization, or both, or has consolidated or merged with another Person, which change, consolidation or merger: o was consented to in advance by Lender in writing, and/or o is more fully described in the statement of facts attached to this Certificate.
C. Events of Default. I certify that:
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o I have no knowledge of the occurrence of a Default or an Event of Default under the Credit Agreement, except as previously reported to the Lender in writing.
o I have knowledge of a Default or an Event of Default under the Credit Agreement not previously reported to the Lender in writing, as more fully described in the statement of facts attached to this Certificate, and further, I acknowledge that the Lender may under the terms of the Credit Agreement impose the Default Rate at any time during the resulting Default Period.
D. Litigation Matters. I certify that:
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o I have no knowledge of any material adverse change to the litigation exposure of the Borrower or any of its Affiliates or of any Guarantor.
o I have knowledge of material adverse changes to the litigation exposure of the Borrower or any of its Affiliates or of any Guarantor not previously disclosed in Schedule 5.7, as more fully described in the statement of facts attached to this Certificate.
E. Financial Covenants. I further certify that:
(Check and complete each of the following)
1. Minimum Net Income. Pursuant to Section 6.2(b) of the Credit Agreement, as of the Reporting Date, the Borrowers Net Income was [$ ], which o satisfies o does not satisfy the requirement that Net Income be not less than the amount set forth in the table below (numbers appearing between < > are negative) on the Reporting Date:
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7/1/2009 Through 7/31/2009 |
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200,000 |
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7/1/2009 Through 8/31/2009 |
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700,000 |
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7/1/2009 Through 9/30/2009 |
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$ |
1,000,000 |
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7/1/2009 Through 10/31/2009 |
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1,250,000 |
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7/1/2009 Through 11/30/2009 |
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1,350,000 |
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7/1/2009 Through 12/31/2009 |
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1,500,000 |
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7/1/2009 Through 1/31/2010 |
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1,800,000 |
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7/1/2009 Through 2/28/2010 |
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2,200,000 |
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7/1/2009 Through 3/31/2010 |
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2,575,000 |
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7/1/2009 Through 4/30/2010 |
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3,000,000 |
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7/1/2009 Through 5/31/2010 |
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3,250,000 |
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7/1/2009 Through 6/30/2010 |
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3,500,000 |
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7/1/2010 Through 7/31/2010 |
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200,000 |
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7/1/2010 Through 8/31/2010 |
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700,000 |
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7/1/2010 Through 9/30/2010 |
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1,000,000 |
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2. Minimum Debt Service Coverage Ratio. Pursuant to Section 6.2(b) of the Credit Agreement, as of the Reporting Date, the Borrowers Debt Service Coverage Ratio was [ ]to 1.00, which o satisfies o does not satisfy the requirement that such ratio be not less than 1.15 to 1.00 on the Reporting Date.
3. Capital Expenditures. Pursuant to Section 6.2(c) of the Credit Agreement, for the year-to-date period ending on the Reporting Date, the Borrower has expended or contracted to expend during the fiscal year ended [ , 20 , ] for Capital Expenditures, [ $ ] in the aggregate, which o satisfies o does not satisfy the
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requirement that such expenditures not exceed $4,500,000 in the aggregate during any fiscal year.
4. Salaries. The Borrower has not paid excessive or unreasonable salaries, bonuses, commissions, consultant fees or other compensation, or increased the salary, bonus, commissions, consultant fees or other compensation of any Director, Officer or consultant, or any member of their families, by more than ten percent (10%) as of the Reporting Date over the amount paid in the Borrowers previous fiscal year, either individually or for all such persons in the aggregate, and has not paid any increase from any source other than profits earned in the year of payment, and as a consequence Borrower o is o is not in compliance with Section 6.8 of the Credit Agreement.
5. Rail Invoices. The Borrower has paid all Rail Invoices as such Rail Invoices became due. Attached hereto are copies of all unpaid Rail Invoices and evidence of payment of all Rail Invoices which became due since the delivery of the last Compliance Certificate.
6. Tax Due on Alcohol Inventory. During the one month period ending on the Reporting Date, Borrower has produced [ ] proof gallons of food and fuel grade alcohol. The Borrower has paid all taxes arising from the Borrowers production or possession of Inventory which consists of food and fuel grade alcohol except for taxes in the amount of [$ ] which are set forth in detail on a schedule attached hereto.
Attached are statements of all relevant facts and computations in reasonable detail sufficient to evidence Borrowers compliance with the financial covenants referred to above, which computations were made in accordance with GAAP.
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MGP INGREDIENTS, INC. |
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a Kansas corporation |
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By: |
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Its Chief Financial Officer |
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