AMENDMENT OF DEED OF TRUST, ASSIGNMENT OF LEASES AND RENTS, SECURITY AGREEMENT AND FIXTURE FILING
EXHIBIT 10.12
This Amendment was prepared
by and when recorded should
be mailed to:
Erika K. Del Duca, Esq.
Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP
1 Chase Manhattan Plaza
New York, New York 10005
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AMENDMENT OF DEED OF TRUST, ASSIGNMENT OF LEASES AND RENTS,
SECURITY AGREEMENT AND FIXTURE FILING
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS:
THIS AMENDMENT OF DEED OF TRUST, ASSIGNMENT OF LEASES AND RENTS, SECURITY AGREEMENT AND FIXTURE FILING (this Amendment) is made as of the 19th day of May, 2006 by STYROCHEM U.S., LTD., a Texas limited partnership, successor by conversion to StyroChem U.S., Inc., a Texas corporation, having an office at c/o Radnor Holdings Corporation, Radnor Financial Center, 150 Radnor Chester Road, Building A, Suite 300, Radnor, Pennsylvania 19087 (the Grantor), in favor of COMMONWEALTH LAND TITLE OF FORT WORTH, INC., having an address at 777 Taylor Street, Suite 902, Fort Worth, Texas 76102 (the Trustee), for the benefit of TENNENBAUM CAPITAL PARTNERS, LLC, having an office at 2951 28th Street, Suite 1000, Santa Monica, California 90405, in its capacity as collateral agent (together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the Beneficiary).
WITNESSETH
WHEREAS, reference is made to the Credit Agreement dated as of December 1, 2005 (the Original Credit Agreement) among Radnor Holdings Corporation, as borrower (the Company), the Grantor, as one of several guarantors, the other Guarantors, the Lenders and the Beneficiary, as agent and collateral agent;
WHEREAS, as security for the promises, terms, conditions, agreements and obligations imposed on the Grantor under the Original Credit Agreement and the Other Documents, the Grantor executed and delivered to the Trustee for the benefit of the Beneficiary a Deed of Trust, Assignment of Leases and Rents, Security Agreement and Fixture Filing dated as of December 1, 2005 and recorded on December 6, 2005 as Document Number D205362759 with the Office of the County Clerk in Tarrant County of the State of Texas (the Existing Deed of Trust), which covers the real property described in Exhibit A attached hereto; and
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WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of that certain Amendment No. 1 dated as of April 4, 2006 (as may be further amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified and in effect from time to time, the Amendment No. 1) among the Company, the Grantor, as one of several guarantors, the Guarantors, the Lenders and the Beneficiary, the parties have agreed to amend the Original Credit Agreement to authorize the issuance of additional loans in the amount of Twenty Three Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($23,500,000) (the Tranche C Loans), increasing the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness from Ninety Five Million Dollars ($95,000,000) to One Hundred Eighteen Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($118,500,000); and
WHEREAS, the Grantor and the Beneficiary desire to amend, extend and modify the Existing Deed of Trust, and the liens created thereby, as set forth herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties agree that the Existing Deed of Trust shall be hereby amended and modified as follows:
Section 1. Defined Terms. Each capitalized term used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning assigned thereto in the Existing Deed of Trust, as amended by this Amendment, or if not defined therein, in the Original Credit Agreement, as amended by Amendment No. 1. Each reference in the Existing Deed of Trust to this Deed of Trust shall be deemed to be a reference to the Existing Deed of Trust, as amended by this Amendment.
Section 2. Modification. The Existing Deed of Trust is hereby amended as follows:
(a) The first WHEREAS clause is hereby amended and restated in full by deleting it in its entirety and replacing it with the following:
WHEREAS, the Lenders (as defined in the Credit Agreement (as defined below)) have extended, at the request of Radnor Holdings Corporation (the Company), ninety two million six hundred thousand dollars ($92,600,000) aggregate principal amount of Tranche A Loans (the Tranche A Loans), two million four hundred thousand dollars ($2,400,000) aggregate principal amount of Tranche B Loans (the Tranche B Loans) and twenty three million five hundred thousand dollars ($23,500,000) aggregate principal amount of Tranche C Loans (the Tranche C Loans) (the Tranche A Loans, Tranche B Loans and Tranche C Loans are collectively referred herein as, the Loans); the total aggregate principal amount of the Loans not exceeding one hundred eighteen million five hundred thousand dollars ($118,500,000) and which Loans are evidenced by the Tranche A Notes executed by the Company (the Tranche A Notes), the Tranche B Notes executed by the Company (the Tranche B Notes) and the Tranche C Notes executed by the Company (the Tranche C Notes) pursuant to the Credit Agreement, dated December 1, 2005, between the Company, the Companys subsidiaries that provide guarantees under the
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Credit Agreement (the Guarantors), the Lenders and Tennenbaum Capital Partners, LLC, as agent and collateral agent, as amended by Amendment No. 1, dated as of April 4, 2006 (as amended, the Credit Agreement);;
(b) The second WHEREAS clause is hereby amended and restated in full by deleting it in its entirety and replacing it with the following:
WHEREAS, the Company, the Guarantors, and Beneficiary, as collateral agent, have entered into that certain Tranche A Security Agreement dated as of December 1, 2005 pursuant to which the Company and the Guarantors have granted a security interest in, and undertaken obligations with respect to, certain collateral and other property described therein, as amended by that certain Amendment No. 1 To Tranche A Security Agreement dated as of April 4, 2006 (as amended, the Tranche A Security Agreement);;
(c) The fourth WHEREAS clause is hereby amended and restated in full by deleting it in its entirety and replacing it with the following:
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Credit Agreement, the Guarantors have unconditionally guaranteed the repayment of the indebtedness evidenced and represented by the Tranche A Notes and the Tranche C Notes (the Indebtedness), as well as the payment, performance, observance and discharge by the Company of all obligations, covenants, conditions and agreements made by the Company to, with, in favor of and for the benefit of Beneficiary or any of the Tranche A Lenders and the Tranche C Lenders (as those terms are defined in the Credit Agreement) under the Credit Agreement and the Other Documents (as defined below);;
(d) The fifth WHEREAS clause is hereby amended and restated in full by deleting it in its entirety and replacing it with the following:
WHEREAS, Beneficiary, the Tranche A Lenders and the Tranche C Lenders, as a condition precedent to the transactions contemplated by the Credit Agreement, have required that Grantor execute and deliver this Deed of Trust to the Trustee for the benefit of Beneficiary; and;
(e) The first paragraph of the Granting Clauses is hereby amended and restated in full by deleting it in its entirety and replacing it with the following:
NOW, THEREFORE, to secure to Tranche A Lenders and the Tranche C Lenders (i) the payment or performance and discharge of all sums due under this Deed of Trust; (ii) the payment or performance and discharge of all terms, conditions and covenants, including the Secured Obligations, set forth in the Credit Agreement and the Other Documents, other than the payment of
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principal, prepayment premium, if any, and interest on, the Tranche B Loans and the performance of the Guarantors with respect thereto; and (iii) the payment or performance and discharge of all other obligations or indebtedness of Grantor, the Company, or the other Guarantors to Beneficiary, Tranche A Lenders or Tranche C Lenders of whatever kind or character and whenever borrowed or incurred under the Credit Agreement or the Other Documents, including without limitation, principal, prepayment premium, if any, and interest (as the same may vary in accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement) on the Tranche A Loans and the Tranche C Loans (but excluding the payment of principal, prepayment premium, if any, and interest on, the Tranche B Loans), fees, late charges and expenses, including attorneys fees (subsections (i), (ii) and (iii) collectively, the Liabilities), Grantor DOES HEREBY GRANT, BARGAIN, SELL, CONVEY, TRANSFER, ASSIGN, MORTGAGE and SET OVER to Trustee, his/her substitutes and assigns, for the benefit of Beneficiary, Tranche A Lenders and Tranche C Lenders, all right, title and interest of Grantor in and to the following (collectively, the Property):;
(f) The references in the fifth grammatical paragraph on page 4 of the Existing Deed of Trust (i.e., the paragraph beginning with the words The present principal amount of the Liabilities) to $92,600,000 are hereby deleted and $116,100,000 is substituted therefor;
(g) Section 3 is hereby amended and restated in full by deleting it in its entirety and replacing it with the following:
SECURITY AGREEMENT. This Deed of Trust (i) shall be construed as a Deed of Trust on real property, and (ii) shall also constitute and serve as a Security Agreement on personal property within the meaning of the Code, and shall evidence until the grant of this Deed of Trust shall terminate, a first and prior security interest under the Code as to property within the scope thereof and in the state where the Property is situated with respect to the Service Equipment, fixtures, Contracts, Rents and Leases. To this end, Grantor GRANTS to, has GRANTED, BARGAINED, CONVEYED, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED and SET OVER, and by these presents does GRANT, BARGAIN, CONVEY, ASSIGN, TRANSFER and SET OVER, unto Trustee and Beneficiary, a first and prior security interest and all of Grantors right, title and interest in, to, under and with respect to the Service Equipment, fixtures, Contracts, Rents, Leases and Proceeds to secure the full and timely payment of the Tranche A Notes and the Tranche C Notes, and the full and timely performance and discharge of the Liabilities. It is the intent of Grantor, Beneficiary and Trustee that this Deed of Trust encumber all Leases and that all items contained in the definition of Leases which are included within the Code be covered by the security interest granted in this Section 3; and all items contained in the definition of Leases which are excluded from the Code be covered by the provisions of the grant to Trustee herein. Grantor hereby agrees with Beneficiary to deliver to Beneficiary, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Beneficiary, such Financing Statements, as such term is
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used in the Code, and execute and deliver such further assurances as Beneficiary may, from time to time, reasonably consider necessary to create, perfect, and preserve Beneficiarys security interest herein granted, and Tranche A Lenders or Tranche C Lenders may cause such statements and assurances to be recorded and filed, as such times and places as may be required or permitted by law to so create, perfect and preserve such security interest. Grantor authorizes Beneficiary to file such Financing Statements describing such parts of the Property as Beneficiary may desire. This Deed of Trust shall also constitute a fixture filing for the purposes of the Code. All or part of the Property are or are to become fixtures; information concerning the security interest herein granted may be obtained from either party at the address of such party set forth herein. For purposes of the security interest herein granted, the addresses of debtor (Grantor) and the secured party (Beneficiary) are set forth in the first paragraph of this Deed of Trust.;
(h) Section 4.1 is hereby amended and restated in full by deleting it in its entirety and replacing it with the following:
Assignment: For good and valuable consideration, including the indebtedness evidenced by the Tranche A Notes and the Tranche C Notes, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged and confessed, Grantor has absolutely GRANTED, BARGAINED, SOLD and CONVEYED, and by these presents does absolutely and unconditionally GRANT, BARGAIN, SELL and CONVEY the Rents and Leases unto Beneficiary, in order to provide a source of future payment of the Tranche A Notes, the Tranche C Notes and the Liabilities, subject only to the Permitted Exceptions applicable thereto and the License (herein defined), it being the intention of Grantor and Beneficiary that this conveyance be presently effective; TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the Rents and Leases unto Beneficiary, forever, and Grantor does hereby bind itself, its successors and assigns to warrant and forever defend the title to the Rents and Leases unto Beneficiary against every Person whomsoever lawfully claiming or to claim the same or any part thereof; provided, however, that if Grantor shall pay or cause to be paid the Tranche A Notes and the Tranche C Notes as and when same shall become due and payable and shall perform and discharge or cause to be performed and discharged the Liabilities on or before the date same are to be performed and discharged, then this assignment shall terminate and be of no further force and effect.;
(i) Section 4.2 is hereby amended and restated in full by deleting it in its entirety and replacing it with the following:
Limited License. Beneficiary hereby grants to Grantor a limited license (the License) subject to termination of the License and the other terms and provisions of Section 4, to exercise and enjoy all incidences of the status of a lessor with respect to the Rents and Leases, including the right to collect, demand, sue for, attach, levy, recover and receive the Rents, and to give proper receipts, releases and acquittances therefor. Grantor hereby agrees to lawfully
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receive all Rents and hold the same as Beneficiarys agent (for the limited purposes set forth herein) to be applied, and to apply the Rents so collected, first to the payment of the Tranche A Notes and the Tranche C Notes, next to the performance and discharge of the Liabilities, and next to the payment of any operating expenses of the Property. Thereafter, Grantor may use the balance of the Rents collected in any manner not inconsistent with this Deed of Trust, the Credit Agreement and the Other Documents. Neither this assignment nor the receipt of Rents by Beneficiary (except to the extent, if any, that the Rents are actually applied to the Tranche A Notes and the Tranche C Notes by Beneficiary upon and after such receipt) shall effect a pro tanto payment of the debt evidenced by the Tranche A Notes and the Tranche C Notes, and such Rents shall be applied as provided in Section 4.4 below. Furthermore, and notwithstanding the provisions of Section 4.4, no credit shall be given by Beneficiary for any Rents until the money collected is actually received by Beneficiary at its principal office, or at such other place as Beneficiary shall designate in writing, and no such credit shall be given for any Rents after termination of the License, after foreclosure or other transfer of the Property (or part thereof from which Rents are derived pursuant to this Deed of Trust) to Beneficiary or any other third party.;
(j) The fourth sentence in Section 4.4 is hereby amended and restated in full by deleting it in its entirety and replacing it with the following:
In no event will the provisions of this Section 4 reduce the Tranche A Notes or the Tranche C Notes except to the extent, if any, that Rents are actually received by Beneficiary and applied upon or after said receipt to the Tranche A Notes or the Tranche C Notes in accordance with the preceding sentence.;
(k) The first sentence in Section 10.4 is hereby amended and restated in full by deleting it in its entirety and replacing it with the following:
Except as expressly provided in the Credit Agreement and this Deed of Trust, Beneficiary may, without notice, demand, presentment, notice of nonpayment or nonperformance, protest, notice of protest, notice of intent to accelerate, notice of acceleration or any other notice or any other action, all of which are hereby waived by Grantor and all other parties obligated in any manner whatsoever on the Liabilities, declare the entire unpaid balance of the Tranche A Notes and the Tranche C Notes immediately due and payable, and upon such declaration, the entire unpaid balance of the Tranche A Notes and the Tranche C Notes shall be immediately due and payable.; and
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(l) The first sentence in Section 10.11 is hereby amended and restated in full by deleting it in its entirety and replacing it with the following:
The proceeds from any sale, lease or other disposition made pursuant to this Section 10, or the proceeds from the surrender of any insurance policies pursuant hereto, or any Rents collected by Beneficiary from the Property (following any application of such Rents in accordance with the assignment herein) or sums received pursuant hereto, or proceeds from insurance which Beneficiary elects to apply to the Liabilities pursuant to this Deed of Trust, shall be applied by Trustee, or by Beneficiary, as the case may be, to the Liabilities in the following order and priority: (i) to the payment of all expenses of advertising, selling and conveying the Property or part thereof, and/or prosecuting or otherwise collecting rents, proceeds, premiums or other sums; (ii) to the remainder of the Liabilities, unless otherwise required by the applicable provisions of the Tranche A Security Agreement, as follows: first, to the remaining accrued but unpaid interest, second, to the matured part of principal of the Tranche A Notes and the Tranche C Notes, and third, to prepayment of the unmatured part, if any, of principal of the Tranche A Notes or the Tranche C Notes applied to installments of principal in inverse order of maturity; (iii) the balance, if any and to the extent applicable, remaining after the full and final payment of the Tranche A Notes and the Tranche C Notes, and full performance and discharge of the Liabilities to the holder of any inferior liens covering the Property, if any, in order of the priority of such inferior liens (Trustee and Beneficiary shall hereby be entitled to rely exclusively upon a commitment for title insurance issued to determine such priority); and (iv) the cash balance, if any, to Grantor.;
it being the intent of this Amendment that the obligations of the Grantor under the Credit Agreement shall be entitled to the benefits and collateral security under the Existing Deed of Trust as fully as if such obligations had been incurred under the Original Credit Agreement as originally in effect.
Section 3. Confirmation and Restatement. The Grantor, in order to continue to secure the payment of the Liabilities, hereby confirms and restates (a) the grant of a deed of trust pursuant to the Existing Deed of Trust to the Trustee for the benefit of the Beneficiary with respect to the Property and (b) the grant pursuant to the Existing Deed of Trust of a security interest in the Service Equipment. Nothing contained in this Amendment shall be construed as (a) a novation of the Liabilities or (b) a release or waiver of all or any portion of the grant of a deed of trust to the Trustee for the benefit of the Beneficiary with respect to the Property or the grant to the Beneficiary of a security interest in the Service Equipment pursuant to the Existing Deed of Trust.
Section 4. Representations and Warranties. The Grantor hereby represents and warrants that the representations and warranties made by it in the Existing Deed of Trust are true and complete in all material respects on and as of the date hereof as if made on and as of the date hereof.
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Section 5. Covenants. The Grantor hereby covenants and agrees to perform each and every duty and obligation of the Grantor contained in the Existing Deed of Trust as amended by this Amendment.
Section 6. Effectiveness. This Amendment shall be effective as of the day and year first written above upon its execution and delivery by the Grantor. Except as herein provided, the Existing Deed of Trust shall remain unchanged and in full force and effect.
Section 7. Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original and all of which shall constitute one instrument.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Amendment has been duly executed by the Grantor as of the day and year first above written.
GRANTOR: | ||||
STYROCHEM U.S., LTD., a Texas limited partnership, successor by conversion to StyroChem U.S., Inc., a Texas corporation | ||||
By: | StyroChem GP, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company, its general partner | |||
By: | Radnor Chemical Corporation, a Delaware corporation, its sole member | |||
By: | /s/ Paul D. Ridder | |||
Name: | Paul D. Ridder | |||
Title: | President |
AGREED TO AND ACCEPTED:
TENNENBAUM CAPITAL PARTNERS, LLC, as collateral agent for the Lenders
By: | /s/ José Feliciano | |
Name: | José Feliciano | |
Title: | Partner |
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[Grantor]
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA | ) | |||
) | SS. | |||
COUNTY OF DELAWARE | ) |
I CERTIFY that Paul D. Ridder, the President of Radnor Chemical Corporation, a Delaware corporation and the sole member of StyroChem GP, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company and the general partner of STYROCHEM U.S., LTD., a Texas limited partnership, personally appeared before me, who is known to me or satisfactorily proven to be the person who signed the foregoing instrument and acknowledged that he/she was authorized to execute the same on behalf of said corporation in such capacity.
GIVEN under my hand and official seal this 16th day of May, 2006.
/s/ Susan E. Dear | ||
Notary Public | ||
Commission expires January 8, 2009. | Notarial Seal | |
Susan E. Dear, Notary Public | ||
Bethel Twp., Delaware County | ||
My Commission Expires January 8, 2009 |
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[Beneficiary]
STATE OF CALIFORNIA | ) | |||
) | SS. | |||
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES | ) |
I CERTIFY that José Feliciano, the Partner of Tennenbaum Capital Partners, LLC, a limited liability company, as collateral agent, personally appeared before me, who is known to me or satisfactorily proven to be the person who signed the foregoing instrument and acknowledged that he/she was authorized to execute the same on behalf of said limited liability company in such capacity.
GIVEN under my hand and official seal this 18th day of May, 2006.
/s/ Leng Ky Vuong | ||
Notary Public | ||
Commission expires June 29, 2007. | Leng Ky Vuong | |
Comm. # 1427303 | ||
Notary Public California | ||
Los Angeles County | ||
Comm. Exp. June 29, 2007 |
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Exhibit A
Legal Description
That certain real property located at 3607 North Sylvania Avenue, in the City of Fort Worth, County of Tarrant, State of Texas 76111:
Being a 1.2978 acre tract of land out of the Mary Johnson Survey, Abstract No. 858, Tarrant County, Texas, said tract being part of Lot 1, Block 1, of the LONG INDUSTRIAL ADDITION, an addition to the City of Fort Worth, Texas, recorded by plat thereof in Volume 388-79, Page 27, Plat Records of Tarrant County, Texas, being more particularly described as follows:
COMMENCING at a point at the intersection of the west line of said Lot 1 and the South line of Long Avenue (110 feet wide), said point being the northwest corner of said Lot 1, and the northeast corner of Lot 2 of said Long Industrial Addition;
THENCE, DUE EAST, with said line of Long Avenue, a distance of 53.30 feet to a P.K. nail with shiner found for corner, said point being the POINT OF BEGINNING;
THENCE, continuing DUE EAST, with said line of Long Avenue, a distance of 307.70 feet to a 1/2 inch iron rod found at an angle point, said point also being the northerly end of a 15 foot corner clip at the intersection of Long Avenue and Sylvania Avenue;
THENCE, South 45 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East, with said 15 foot corner clip, a distance of 21.21 feet to a 5/8 inch iron rod with GSES, INC., RPLS 4804 cap set at an angle point being in the west line of Sylvania Avenue (100 feet wide);
THENCE, South 00 degrees 04 minutes 00 seconds East, with said line of Sylvania Avenue, a distance of 160.40 feet to a 1/2 inch iron rod found for corner; said point being the northeast corner of Lot 16R, Block 1 of the J. W. Lancaster Industrial Addition, an addition to the City of Fort Worth, recorded by plat thereof in Volume 388-124, Page 29, Plat Records, Tarrant County, Texas;
THENCE, DUE WEST, with the south line of Lot 1, and the north line of said lot 16R, a distance of 323.19 feet to a 5/8 inch iron rod with Gonzalez & Scheenberg cap found for corner;
THENCE, North 00 degrees 06 minutes 00 seconds East, parallel to and 53.30 feet perpendicularly distant from the east line of Lot 2, Block 1 of said Long Industrial Addition, a distance of 175.40 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING, CONTAINING 56,350 square feet or 1.2978 acres of land, more or less.
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