WITNESSETH:

 

 

 

This First Amendment to Credit Agreement (this “Amendment”), dated as of May 15, 2002, is entered into between WORLD FUEL SERVICES CORPORATION, a Florida corporation (“Borrower”), and LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association (“Bank”), and amends the Credit Agreement, dated as of December 7, 2001 (as heretofore or hereinafter modified, supplemented, restated or otherwise amended, hereinafter referred to as the “Agreement”).

 

 

WHEREAS, Borrower has requested that Bank amend the Agreement to, among other things, increase the Letter of Credit Commitment under the Agreement; and

 

WHEREAS, Bank is willing to so amend the Agreement, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

1.    Incorporation of Defined Terms.    Each capitalized term used in this Amendment but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in the Agreement.

 

2.    Amendment.    The reference to “$15,000,000” in Section 2.1.2 of the Agreement is amended to read “$25,000,000.”

 

3.    Amendment.    Section 11.6.3 of the Agreement is amended in its entirety to read:

 

Not pay any dividend during any fiscal quarter if the cumulative amount of (i) such dividend, (ii) all other dividends paid during such quarter, and (iii) all dividends paid during the immediately preceding three fiscal quarters exceeds thirty-five percent (35%) of the Consolidated Net Income for the four fiscal quarters ended on the last day of such three fiscal quarter period.

 

4.    Modifications.    All references in the Agreement and the other Loan Documents to the term “Loan Documents” shall be deemed to include this Amendment.

 

5.    Ratification.    Except as modified hereby, the terms and conditions of the Agreement and the other Loan Documents including, without limitation, the Pledge Agreements

to which Borrower is a party, shall remain in full force and effect and are hereby ratified and confirmed in all respects.

 

6.    Representations and Warranties.    Borrower represents and warrants to, and agrees with, Bank that (i) it has no defenses, set-offs or counterclaims of any kind or nature whatsoever against Bank with respect to any Indebtedness created under the Agreement and the other Loan Documents, any of the agreements among the parties hereto, including, without limitation, the obligations of Borrower under the Agreement or any other Loan Document, or any action previously taken or not taken by Bank with respect thereto or with respect to any Lien or Collateral in connection therewith to secure such indebtedness, and (ii) this Amendment has been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of Borrower, has been duly executed by Borrower, and constitutes the valid and binding obligation of Borrower, enforceable against Borrower in accordance with the terms hereof.

 

7.    Agreement Representations and Warranties.    Borrower hereby certifies that the representations and warranties contained in the Agreement continue to be true and correct and that no Unmatured Event of Default or Event of Default has occurred that has not been cured or waived.

 

8.    Conditions to Effectiveness of Amendment.    This Amendment shall become effective when the Bank shall have received (i) counterparts of this Amendment duly executed by the Borrower and (ii) counterparts of the Reaffirmation and Consents attached hereto executed by each Pledgor and Guarantor, as applicable.

 

9.    Counterparts.    This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts which, when taken together, shall constitute one original. Any telecopied signature hereto shall be deemed a manually executed and delivered original.

 

10.    Governing Law.    This Amendment shall be governed by, and construed and interpreted in accordance with, the laws of the State of Florida.

 

11.    Titles.    The section titles contained in this Amendment are and shall be without substantive meaning or content of any kind whatsoever and are used for convenience of reference only.

 

12.    WAIVER OF TRIAL BY JURY.    EACH OF THE BORROWER AND THE BANK HEREBY WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING TO ENFORCE OR DEFEND ANY RIGHTS UNDER THIS AMENDMENT, ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT AND ANY AMENDMENT, INSTRUMENT, DOCUMENT OR AGREEMENT DELIVERED OR WHICH MAY IN THE FUTURE BE DELIVERED IN CONNECTION HEREWITH OR THEREWITH OR ARISING FROM ANY BANKING RELATIONSHIP EXISTING IN CONNECTION

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WITH ANY OF THE FOREGOING, AND AGREES THAT ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE TRIED BEFORE A COURT AND NOT BEFORE A JURY.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be executed as of the date first above written.

 

WORLD FUEL SERVICES

CORPORATION, a Florida corporation

 

By:		/s/    CARLOS ABAUNZA, CFO
		Carlos Abaunza, Chief Financial Officer

 

LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

By:		/s/    JOHN THURSTON
		Vice President

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The terms and conditions of the Continuing Unconditional Guaranty, dated as of December 7, 2001, executed by the undersigned are hereby ratified, reaffirmed and confirmed in all respects. The undersigned Guarantor acknowledges and agrees that the undersigned is and shall remain liable for the payment of all of the Indebtedness to the full extent provided in such Continuing Unconditional Guaranty, irrespective of the execution and delivery of this Amendment.

 

TRANS-TEC SERVICES, INC., a Delaware corporation
By:		/S/    CARLOS ABAUNZA, CF0
		Carlos Abaunza, Chief Financial Officer & VP

 

 

The terms and conditions of the Securities Pledge Agreement, dated as of December 7, 2001, between the Pledgor and Bank, as same has been amended or modified from time to time, are hereby ratified, reaffirmed and confirmed in all respects. The undersigned Pledgor acknowledges and agrees that the undersigned’s pledged Collateral is and shall remain as security for the full and prompt performance of the Indebtedness to the full extent provided in such Securities Pledge Agreement, irrespective of the execution and delivery of this Amendment.

 

TRANS-TEC SERVICES (UK) Ltd., a United Kingdom corporation
By:		/S/    CARLOS ABAUNZA, CFO
		Carlos Abaunza, Chief Financial Officer & VP

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