Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
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Exhibit 10.2
CONSENT LETTER
June 3, 2011
Gibraltar Industries, Inc.
3556 Lake Shore Road
Buffalo, New York 14219
Attention: Kenneth W. Smith
Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
3556 Lake Shore Road
Buffalo, New York 14219
Attention: Kenneth W. Smith
Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
Re: KeyBanks Agented Credit Facility for Gibraltar Industries, Inc., et al.
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Reference is made to that certain Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of July 24, 2009, among Gibraltar Industries, Inc., a Delaware corporation (Gibraltar), Gibraltar Steel Corporation of New York, a New York corporation (GSNY and, together with Gibraltar, collectively, Borrowers and, individually, each a Borrower), the lenders from time to time listed on Schedule 1 thereto (together with their respective successors and assigns, collectively, the Lenders and, individually, each a Lender), KeyBank National Association as the lead arranger, sole book runner and administrative agent for the Lenders (Agent), JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and BMO Harris Financing, Inc., formerly known as BMO Capital Markets Financing, Inc., as co-syndication agents, and HSBC Bank USA, National Association and Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company, as co-documentation agents (as amended, the Credit Agreement). Capitalized terms used in this consent letter (this Consent Letter) and not otherwise defined herein shall be defined as set forth in the Credit Agreement.
Borrowers have notified Agent and the Lenders that, on or about June 3, 2011, Southeastern Metals Manufacturing Company, Inc., a Florida corporation, a Guarantor of Payment, plans to acquire all of the outstanding capital stock of Pacific Award Metals, Inc., a California corporation (the Target), for an aggregate amount of cash Consideration of approximately Sixteen Million Dollars ($16,000,000) (the Acquisition).
Borrowers have also notified Agent and the Lenders that the Target EBITDA of the Target (excluding proposed synergies and other post acquisition actions or enhancements) for the most recently completed twelve (12) consecutive calendar months is negative.
Section 5.13(g)(iii) of the Credit Agreement prohibits Borrowers from effecting any acquisition if the target entity has not generated positive Target EBITDA (excluding proposed synergies and other post acquisition actions or enhancements) for the most recently completed twelve (12) consecutive months prior to such Acquisition. Borrowers have requested that Agent and the Lenders consent to the Acquisition, notwithstanding the restriction in Section 5.13(g)(iii) of the Credit Agreement.
Agent and the Lenders hereby consent to the foregoing on the following conditions:
(a) without giving effect to the terms of this Consent Letter, Borrowers shall be in compliance with Section 5.13 of the Credit Agreement (other than Section 5.13(g)(iii) of the Credit Agreement), both before and after the Acquisition;
(b) after giving effect to the terms of this Consent Letter, no Default or Event of Default shall exist under the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document;
(c) the aggregate amount of Consideration paid by the Companies for the Acquisition shall not exceed Twenty Million Dollars ($20,000,000); and
(d) Borrowers shall pay all legal fees and expenses of Agent in connection with this Consent Letter.
Except as otherwise expressly specified in this Consent Letter, the Credit Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and shall be unaffected hereby. This Consent Letter (a) is a Loan Document pursuant to the Credit Agreement, (b) is not intended to, nor shall it, establish any course of dealing among Borrowers, Agent and the Lenders that is inconsistent with the express terms of the Credit Agreement, and (c) shall not operate as a waiver or amendment of any other right, power or remedy of Agent and the Lenders under the Credit Agreement or constitute a continuing consent of any kind. The consent requested by Borrowers and granted by Agent and the Required Lenders hereunder relates solely to the items set forth in this Consent Letter. No further consent has been requested or granted. This Consent Letter shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the internal laws of the State of New York.
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This Consent Letter shall not be effective until (a) it has been executed by the Required Lenders, and (b) each Borrower and Guarantor of Payment have executed the attached Acknowledgment and Acceptance. This Consent Letter may be executed in any number of counterparts, by different parties hereto in separate counterparts and by facsimile or electronic signature, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed to be an original and all of which when taken together shall constitute but one and the same agreement.
Very truly yours, KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION as Agent and as a Lender | ||||
By: | /s/ Timothy W. Kenealy | |||
Name: | Timothy W. Kenealy | |||
Title: | Vice President | |||
HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION as a Co-Documentation Agent and as a Lender | ||||
By: | /s/ Frank M. Eassa | |||
Name: | Frank M. Eassa | |||
Title: | Assistant Vice President | |||
MANUFACTURERS AND TRADERS TRUST COMPANY as a Co-Documentation Agent and as a Lender | ||||
By: | /s/ Jonathan Z. Falk | |||
Name: | Jonathan Z. Falk | |||
Title: | Vice President | |||
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. as a Co-Syndication Agent and as a Lender | ||||
By: | /s/ Marie C. Duhamel | |||
Name: | Marie C. Duhamel | |||
Title: | Vice President | |||
BMO HARRIS FINANCING, INC. as a Co-Syndication Agent and as a Lender | ||||
By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: | ||||
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HARRIS N.A. as a Fronting Lender | ||||
By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: | ||||
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. | ||||
By: | /s/ Mary Louise Grzeskowiak | |||
Name: | Mary Louise Grzeskowiak | |||
Title: | Vice President | |||
PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION as successor to National City Bank | ||||
By: | /s/ William A. Feldmann | |||
Name: | William A. Feldmann | |||
Title: | Senior Vice President | |||
US BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | ||||
By: | /s/ Kenneth R. Fieler | |||
Name: | Kenneth R. Fieler | |||
Title: | Assistant Vice President U.S. Bank, N.A. | |||
RBS CITIZENS, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | ||||
By: | /s/ Michael Kenneth | |||
Name: | Michael Kenneth | |||
Title: | Vice President | |||
FIRST NIAGARA BANK, N.A. | ||||
By: | /s/ John C. Wright | |||
Name: | John C. Wright | |||
Title: | Vice President | |||
COMERICA BANK | ||||
By: | /s/ Blake Arnett | |||
Name: | Blake Arnett | |||
Title: | Vice President | |||
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PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | ||||
By: | /s/ William A. Feldmann | |||
Name: | William A. Feldmann | |||
Title: | Senior Vice President | |||
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND ACCEPTANCE
Each of the undersigned hereby acknowledges and accepts the terms of the foregoing Consent Letter dated as of June ___, 2011. Each of the undersigned further certifies that the following statements are true as of the date hereof: (a) the representations and warranties contained in each of the Loan Documents are correct in all material respects as though made on and as of the date hereof, except to the extent that any thereof expressly relate to an earlier date; (b) after giving effect to the terms of the Consent Letter, no event has occurred and is continuing that constitutes a Default or Event of Default; and (c) the undersigned does not have any claim or offset against, or defense or counterclaim to, any obligation or liability of any of the undersigned under the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document.
This Acknowledgment and Acceptance is executed by the undersigned as of the date first written above.
GIBRALTAR INDUSTRIES, INC. GIBRALTAR STEEL CORPORATION OF NEW YORK AIR VENT INC. ALABAMA METAL INDUSTRIES CORPORATION AMICO HOLDING COMPANY, INC. APPLETON SUPPLY CO., INC. CONSTRUCTION METALS, LLC DIAMOND PERFORATED METALS, INC. THE D.S. BROWN COMPANY D.S.B. HOLDING CORP. FLORENCE CORPORATION FLORENCE CORPORATION OF KANSAS GIBRALTAR STRIP STEEL, INC. NOLL/NORWESCO, LLC SEA SAFE, INC. SOLAR GROUP, INC. SOLAR OF MICHIGAN, INC. SOUTHEASTERN METALS MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC. | ||||
By: | /s/ Kenneth W. Smith | |||
Kenneth W. Smith | ||||
Chief Financial Officer | ||||
Signature Page to Acknowledgment and Acceptance