SIXTH AMENDED AND RESTATED REVOLVINGNOTE

EX-10.20 21 v356656_ex10-20.htm EXHIBIT 10.20

 

Exhibit 10.20

 

SIXTH AMENDED AND RESTATED REVOLVING NOTE

 

  No. 0905696662-18-26
$20,000,000.00 Dated: as of May 28, 2013
Chicago, Illinois Due Date: November 21, 2014

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, LTN STAFFING, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“LTN Staffing”), whose address is 14900 Landmark Boulevard, Suite 300, Dallas, Texas 75254, BG STAFFING, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“BG Staffing”), whose address is 14900 Landmark Boulevard, Suite 300, Dallas, Texas 75254, BG PERSONNEL SERVICES, LP, a Texas limited partnership (“BG Personnel Services”), whose address is 14900 Landmark Boulevard, Suite 300, Dallas, Texas 75254, BG PERSONNEL, LP, a Texas limited partnership (“BG Personnel”), whose address is 14900 Landmark Boulevard, Suite 300, Dallas, Texas 75254, and B G STAFF SERVICES INC., a Texas corporation (“B G Staff Services”, and together with LTN Staffing, BG Staffing, BG Personnel Services and BG Personnel, collectively, “Borrowers” and each a “Borrower”), whose address is 14900 Landmark Boulevard, Suite 300, Dallas, Texas 75254, JOINTLY AND SEVERALLY, promise to pay to the order of FIFTH THIRD BANK, an Ohio banking corporation, successor by merger with Fifth Third Bank, a Michigan banking corporation (hereinafter, together with any holder hereof, “Lender”), whose address is 222 South Riverside Plaza, 32nd Floor, Chicago, Illinois 60606, on or before November 21, 2014 (the “Revolving Loan Maturity Date”), the lesser of (i) TWENTY MILLION AND NO/100 DOLLARS ($20,000,000.00), or (ii) the aggregate principal amount of all Revolving Loans outstanding under and pursuant to that certain Loan and Security Agreement dated as of May 24, 2010 by and among Borrowers and Lender, as amended from time to time (as amended, restated, modified or supplemented and in effect from time to time, the “Loan Agreement”), and made available by Lender to Borrowers at the maturity or maturities and in the amount or amounts stated on the records of Lender, together with interest (computed on the actual number of days elapsed on the basis of a 360 day year) on the aggregate principal amount of all Revolving Loans outstanding from time to time as provided in the Loan Agreement. Capitalized words and phrases not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Loan Agreement.

 

This Sixth Amended and Restated Revolving Note (this “Note”) evidences the Revolving Loans incurred by Borrowers under and pursuant to the Loan Agreement, to which reference is hereby made for a statement of the terms and conditions under which the Revolving Loan Maturity Date or any payment hereon may be accelerated. The holder of this Note is entitled to all of the benefits and security provided for in the Loan Agreement. All Revolving Loans shall be repaid by Borrowers on the Revolving Loan Maturity Date, unless payable sooner pursuant to the provisions of the Loan Agreement.

 

Principal and interest shall be paid to Lender at its address set forth above, or at such other place as the holder of this Note shall designate in writing to Borrowers. Each Revolving Loan made by Lender, and all payments on account of the principal and interest thereof shall be recorded on the books and records of Lender and the principal balance as shown on such books and records, or any copy thereof certified by an officer of Lender, shall be rebuttably presumptive evidence of the principal amount owing hereunder.

 

 
 

 

Except for such notices as may be required under the terms of the Loan Agreement, each Borrower waives presentment, demand, notice, protest, and all other demands, or notices, in connection with the delivery, acceptance, performance, default, or enforcement of this Note, and assents to any extension or postponement of the time of payment or any other indulgence.

 

The Revolving Loans evidenced hereby have been made and this Note has been delivered at Lender’s main office set forth above. This Note shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Illinois, in which state it shall be performed, and shall be binding upon each Borrower, and such Borrower’s legal representatives, successors, and assigns. Wherever possible, each provision of the Loan Agreement and this Note shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of the Loan Agreement or this Note shall be prohibited by or be invalid under such law, such provision shall be severable, and be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the remaining provisions of the Loan Agreement or this Note. The terms “Borrower” and “Borrowers” as used herein shall mean all parties signing this Note, and each one of them, and all such parties, their respective successors and assigns, shall be jointly and severally obligated hereunder.

 

This Note constitutes a renewal and restatement of, and replacement and substitution for, that certain Fifth Amended and Restated Revolving Note dated as of December 3, 2012 executed jointly and severally by Borrowers and made payable to the order of Lender in the maximum principal amount of $12,000,000.00 (the “Prior Note”), and evidences a renewal and an increase of the indebtedness evidenced by the Prior Note. The indebtedness evidenced by the Prior Note is continuing indebtedness evidenced hereby, and nothing herein shall be deemed to constitute a payment, settlement or novation of the Prior Note, or to release or otherwise adversely affect any lien, mortgage or security interest securing such indebtedness or any rights of Lender against any guarantor, surety or other party primarily or secondarily liable for such indebtedness.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Borrowers have executed this Sixth Amended and Restated Revolving Note as of the date set forth above.

 

  LTN STAFFING, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
     
  By:  /s/ L. Allen Baker, Jr.
  Name: L. Allen Baker, Jr.
  Title: President and Chief Executive Officer

 

  BG STAFFING, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
     
  By: LTN Staffing, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
  Its: Sole Member

 

  By:  /s/ L. Allen Baker, Jr.
  Name: L. Allen Baker, Jr.
  Title: President and Chief Executive Officer

 

  BG PERSONNEL SERVICES, LP, a Texas limited partnership
     
  By: BG Staffing, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
  Its: General Partner

 

  By: LTN Staffing, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
  Its: Sole Member

 

  By:  /s/ L. Allen Baker, Jr.
  Name: L. Allen Baker, Jr.
  Title: President and Chief Executive Officer

 

 
 

 

  BG PERSONNEL, LP, a Texas limited partnership
     
  By: BG Staffing, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
  Its: General Partner

 

  By: LTN Staffing, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
  Its: Sole Member

 

  By:  /s/ L. Allen Baker, Jr.
  Name: L. Allen Baker, Jr.
  Title: President and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

  B G STAFF SERVICES INC., a Texas corporation
     
  By:  /s/ L. Allen Baker, Jr.
  Name: L. Allen Baker, Jr.
  Title: President and Chief Executive Officer