SEVENTH AMENDMENTTO LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

EX-10.1 2 a07-17621_1ex10d1.htm EX-10.1

Exhibit 10.1

SEVENTH AMENDMENT TO
LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

THIS SEVENTH AMENDMENT TO LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”), dated as of June 26, 2007 (the “Effective Date”), is entered into by and among Channell Commercial Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Domestic Borrower”), Channell Commercial Canada Inc., an Ontario corporation (“Canadian Borrower”), Channell Limited, a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales (“CLU”), Channell Commercial Europe Limited, a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales (“CCEL” and, together with CLU, “UK Borrowers”, and, together with Domestic Borrower, Canadian Borrower and CLU, “Borrowers”), Bank of America, N.A., as assignee of Banc of America Leasing and Capital, LLC, successor-in-interest to Fleet Capital Corporation, as Administrative Agent under the Loan Agreement referred to below (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”), BABC Global Finance Inc., as assignee of Fleet Capital Global Finance, Inc., as assignee of Fleet Capital Canada Corporation, as Canadian Agent under the Loan Agreement referred to below (in such capacity, the “Canadian Agent”), Bank of America, N.A., as successor-in-interest to Fleet National Bank, London U.K. Branch, as UK Agent under the Loan Agreement referred to below (in such capacity, the “UK Agent”), and the Lenders party to the Loan Agreement referred to below, with reference to the following facts:

RECITALS

A.                                   The Borrowers are party to the Loan and Security Agreement dated as of September 25, 2002 (as heretofore amended, the “Loan Agreement”), with the lenders party thereto from time to time (collectively, the “Lenders”), the Administrative Agent, the Canadian Agent, and the UK Agent, pursuant to which the Lenders have provided certain credit facilities to the Borrowers.

B.                                     Pursuant to the letter agreement dated as of July 25, 2006, by and among the Administrative Agent, Domestic Borrower and Canadian Borrower, the Administrative Agent consented to an intercompany loan by Domestic Borrower to Bushmans Group Pty Limited (“Bushman Tanks”), an affiliate of Domestic Borrower, in an initial principal amount of $1,600,000, which loan was to mature on March 22, 2007 (such loan is hereafter referred to as the “First Bushman Tanks Loan”).  Pursuant to the Sixth Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement, the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the First Bushman Tanks Loan was increased from $943,000 to $1,193,000 and the maturity date of the loan was extended to June 30, 2007. On or about May 4, 2007, Domestic Borrower made a subsequent inter-company loan to Bushman Tanks in the original principal amount of $500,000, also with a maturity of June 30, 2007 (the “Second Bushman Tanks Loan” and together with the First Bushman Tanks Loan, collectively, the “Bushman Tanks Loans”).  The current outstanding principal of the Bushman Tanks Loans is 1,744,515.77.

C.                                     The Borrowers have requested that the Lenders consent to an extension of the maturity date of, and an increase in the principal amount of, the Bushman Tanks Loans, extend the maturity date of the Loan Agreement, and make certain other modifications to the Loan Agreement set forth herein.

D.                                    The Lenders are willing to consent to such amendments, subject to the conditions hereof.




NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, and for other good and valuable consideration, the adequacy of which is hereby acknowledged, each of the undersigned hereby agrees as follows:

1.                                       Defined Terms.  Any and all initially capitalized terms used in this Amendment without definition shall have the respective meanings specified in the Loan Agreement.

2.                                       Extension of Maturity Date of Loan Agreement.  Section 4.1 of the Loan Agreement is amended to read in full as follows:

“4.1                           Term of Agreement.

Subject to the right of Lenders to cease making Loans to Borrowers during the continuance of any Default or Event of Default, this Agreement shall be in effect from the Closing Date through and including July 30, 2007 (the “Term”), unless terminated as provided in Section 4.2 hereof.”

3.                                       Reduction of Aggregate Availability Requirement.  Section 8.2.18 of the Loan Agreement is amended to read in full as follows:

“8.2.18  Aggregate Availability.

Permit Aggregate Availability to be less than $1,000,000.”

4.                                       Consent to Amendments to Bushman Tanks Loans.  The Lenders hereby consent to an amendment to the Bushman Tanks Loans in order to (a) increase the aggregate outstanding principal amount from $1,744,515.77 to $2,744,515.77 and (b) extend the maturity date from June 30, 2007 to July 30, 2007.

5.                                       Amendment Fee.  In consideration of the agreement of the Agents and the Lenders to enter into this Amendment, Domestic Borrower hereby agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent on the Effective Date, for the sole account of the Domestic Lender, an amendment fee in the amount of $25,000 (the “Amendment Fee”), which fee shall be deemed fully-earned and non-refundable once paid.  Domestic Borrower hereby acknowledges and agrees that the Administrative Agent may effect payment of the Amendment Fee by charging the full amount thereof to the Domestic Loan Account.

6.                                       Conditions Precedent.  The effectiveness of this Amendment shall be subject to the prior satisfaction of the following conditions:

(a)                                  This Amendment.  The Administrative Agent shall have received, in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, an original of this Amendment, duly executed by the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent, the Canadian Agent, and the UK Agent;

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(b)                                 Intercompany Note.  The Administrative Agent shall received, in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, an original second amended and restated intercompany note evidencing the Bushman Tanks Loans duly executed by Bushman Tanks, along with an original endorsement allonge for such note, duly executed by Domestic Borrower;

(c)                                  No Defaults.  The Borrowers and all other Loan Parties shall be in compliance with all the terms and provisions of the Loan Documents applicable to such Person or its Property, and no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing;

(d)                                 Accuracy of Representations and Warranties.  All of Borrowers’ representations and warranties contained herein shall be true and correct on and as of the date of execution hereof; and

(e)                                  Payment of the Amendment Fee.  The Administrative Agent shall have received the Amendment Fee.

7.                                       Representations and Warranties.

(a)                                  Reaffirmation of Prior Representations and Warranties.  Each Borrower hereby reaffirms and restates as of the date hereof all of the representations and warranties made by such Borrower in the Loan Agreement and the other Loan Documents, which shall be true and correct in all material respects, except to the extent such representations and warranties specifically relate to an earlier date.

(b)                                 No Default.  No Default or Event of Default has occurred and remains continuing under any of the Loan Documents.

8.                                       Miscellaneous.

(a)                                  Reference to Loan Agreement.  The Loan Agreement, each of the other Loan Documents, and any and all other agreements, documents or instruments now or hereafter executed and delivered pursuant to the terms hereof, or pursuant to the terms of the Loan Agreement as amended hereby, are hereby amended so that any reference therein to the Loan Agreement shall mean a reference to the Loan Agreement as amended by this Amendment.

(b)                                 Loan Agreement Remains in Effect.  The Loan Agreement and the other Loan Documents remain in full force and effect and the Borrowers ratify and confirm their agreements and covenants contained therein.

(c)                                  APPLICABLE LAW.  THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE BEEN MADE AND TO BE PERFORMABLE IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.

(d)                                 Counterparts.  This Amendment may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have entered into this Amendment by their respective duly authorized officers as of the date first above written.

 

Channell Commercial Corporation,

 

 

a Delaware corporation

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

/s/ Patrick E. McCready

 

 

 

Name:

 

Patrick E. McCready

 

 

 

Title:

 

CFO

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Channell Commercial Canada Inc.,

 

 

an Ontario corporation

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

/s/ William H. Channell, Jr.

 

 

 

Name:

 

William H. Channell, Jr.

 

 

 

Title:

 

President and CEO

 

 

 

 

 

Channell Limited,

 

 

a limited liability company incorporated

 

 

under the laws of England and Wales

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

/s/ William H. Channell, Jr.

 

 

 

Name:

 

William H. Channell, Jr.

 

 

 

Title:

 

President and CEO

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Channell Commercial Europe Limited,

 

 

a limited liability company incorporated

 

 

under the laws of England and Wales

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

/s/ William H. Channell, Jr.

 

 

 

Name:

 

William H. Channell, Jr.

 

 

 

Title:

 

President and CEO

 

 

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Bank of America, N.A.,

 

(as assignee of Banc of America

 

Leasing and Capital, LLC, successor-

 

in-interest to Fleet Capital Corporation),

 

as Administrative Agent and as sole

 

Domestic Lender

 

 

By:

 

/s/ Matthew R. Van Steenhuyse

 

 

 

 

Matthew R. Van Steenhuyse

 

 

 

Senior Vice President & Portfolio Manager

 

 

 

Bank of America, N.A., Canada Branch

 

(successor to BABC Global Finance Inc.)

 

 

 

By:

 

/s/ Nelson Lam

 

 

Name:

 

Nelson Lam

 

Title:

 

Vice President

 

 

 

Bank of America, N.A.

 

(successor-in-interest to Fleet National Bank,

 

London U.K. Branch), as UK Agent and as UK

 

Lender

 

 

 

By:

 

/s/ Matthew R. Van Steenhuyse

 

 

 

 

Matthew R. Van Steenhuyse

 

 

 

Senior Vice President & Portfolio Manager

 

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