Dated as of December 16, 1998
Teachers Insurance and Annuity
Association of America
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Amerus Life Insurance Company
c/o Amerus Capital Management
000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxx Xxxxxx, Xxxx 00000-0000
Modern Woodmen of America
0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Reference is made to those certain Note Purchase Agreements between
Xxxxxxxxxx Technology Incorporated, a Minnesota corporation (the "Company"), and
each of Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America, Central Life
Assurance Company and Modern Woodmen of America (collectively, the
"Purchasers"), each dated as of April 20, 1994, as heretofore amended
(collectively, as amended, the "Agreements"), pursuant to which the Purchasers
purchased the 7.46% Senior Notes of the Company in the aggregate original
principal amount of $30,000,000 (the "Notes"). The addressees of this letter
agreement (collectively, the "Noteholders") are the registered holders of 100%
of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Notes as reflected in the
Note Register required to be maintained by the Company pursuant to Section 10.1
of each of the Agreements, and the Noteholders whose signatures are affixed
below hold 100% of the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Notes
outstanding as of the date hereof.
The Company has informed the Noteholders that it desires to amend the
Agreements in certain respects as of the date hereof, and the Noteholders have
agreed to such amendments as more fully described below in this letter agreement
("this Amendment").
Now, therefore, the Company and the Noteholders (by their acceptance
hereof) hereby agree as follows:
1. INTEREST RATE CHANGE. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the
Agreements or the Notes, from and after the Effective Date (as defined in
paragraph 5 below) and until the Reduction Date (as defined below) each of the
Notes shall bear interest at a rate equal to the rate which would be borne by
the Notes in the absence of this paragraph, plus 0.50%; and from and after the
Reduction Date each of the Notes shall bear interest at a rate equal to the rate
which would be borne by the Notes in the absence of this paragraph, plus 0.25%.
As
used herein the term "Reduction Date" shall mean the date on which (a) any
unsecured indebtedness of the Company is given a rating of BBB- or better by
Standard & Poor's Rating Group, a division of McGraw Hill, Inc., or Baa3 or
better by Xxxxx'x Investors Service, Inc., or BBB- or better by Fitch IBCA, and
(b) each holder of Notes shall have been furnished with a copy of a letter from
the relevant rating agency or other evidence reasonably satisfactory to it of
such rating.
2. AMENDMENTS.
The Agreements will be amended as hereafter in this paragraph 2 set forth,
such amendments to become effective as provided in paragraph 5 hereof:
(a) Section 1.1 of the Agreements is amended by (i) deleting the phrase
"the rate of 7.46% per annum" in clause (i) thereof and inserting in lieu
thereof the phrase "the Interest Rate (as defined in Exhibit A)"; and
(ii) deleting the phrase "the rate of 9.46% per annum" in said clause (i) and
inserting in lieu thereof the phrase "the Overdue Rate (as defined in
Exhibit A)."
(b) Section 6.2(b) of each of the Agreements is amended by adding the
following before the period at the end thereof:
; provided that, for purposes of this clause (ii) (but not the foregoing
clause (i)), for Determination Dates with respect to 1999 fiscal quarters,
the percentage set forth above shall be 120% for the first 1999 fiscal
quarter, 80% for the second 1999 fiscal quarter, 105% for the third 1999
fiscal quarter and 140% for the final 1999 fiscal quarter.
(c) Section 6.3(a)(iii) of each of the Agreements is amended by restating
such section in its entirety as follows:
(iii) the Company may become and remain liable in respect of (A)
unsecured Funded Debt in accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement
in an aggregate amount at any one time outstanding not exceeding the lesser
of (x) the Aggregate Commitment (as defined in the Credit Agreement) at
such time and (y) $1,500,000; (B) Funded Debt or Current Debt under a
working capital line in an aggregate principal amount at any one time
outstanding not exceeding $50,000,000 (the "Working Capital Facility")
which may be secured by Liens permitted by Section 6.4(n); and (C) Funded
Debt in connection with the South Dakota Revolving Economic Development &
Initiative ("REDI") Fund in an aggregate principal amount at any one time
outstanding not exceeding $1,500,000 which may be secured by Liens
permitted by Section 6.4(m);
(d) Section 6.3(b) of each of the Agreements is amended by restating such
section in its entirety as follows:
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(b) The Company will not on any date occurring during its 1999 fiscal
year or during the first quarter of its 2000 fiscal year permit the sum of
Consolidated Funded Debt PLUS Consolidated Current Debt to exceed 55% of
Total Capitalization; and will not on any other date permit the sum of
Consolidated Funded Debt PLUS Consolidated Current Debt to exceed 50% of
Total Capitalization.
(e) Section 6.4 of each of the Agreements is amended by deleting the word
"and" at the end of Section 6.4(j), substituting a semicolon for the period at
the end of Section 6.4(k) and adding the following new paragraphs immediately
following Section 6.4(k):
(l) Liens securing, on an equal and ratable basis, the Notes and the
Company's 7.85% Senior Notes due 2003 and 8.07% Senior Note due 2006 issued
pursuant to Note Purchase Agreements, dated as of July 26, 1996, as
amended, between the Company and the institutional investors identified
therein (the interest rates on which Senior Notes due 2003 and Senior Note
due 2006 have been increased and the maturity of which Senior Note due 2006
has been changed, pursuant to an amendment to said Note Purchase
Agreements) and not securing any other indebtedness or obligations of the
Company or any Subsidiary;
(m) Liens securing Funded Debt incurred in connection with the South
Dakota REDI Fund permitted by Section 6.3(a)(iii)(C) on production
equipment of the Company located in South Dakota having a book value at the
time of the creation or incurrence of such Liens, as determined in good
faith by the Company, not exceeding 250% of the aggregate principal amount
of such Funded Debt secured thereby; provided that, no such Lien shall at
any time extend to or cover any property or asset of the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries other than (i) such production equipment on which it was
originally imposed (and proceeds thereof) (the "South Dakota Collateral"),
or (ii) production equipment substituted for production equipment included
in the South Dakota Collateral (or other equipment previously substituted
therefor as permitted by this clause (ii)) so long as, concurrently with
any such substitution, the equipment for which such substitution is made
shall be released from such Lien and, after giving effect to any such
substitution, the aggregate book value of all equipment subject to such
Lien shall not exceed 250% of the aggregate principal amount of the Funded
Debt secured thereby; and
(n) Liens on inventory and receivables of the Company and its
Subsidiaries, and proceeds thereof and records and software related thereto
(collectively, "Working Capital Collateral") securing Debt of the Company
incurred under the Working Capital Facility; provided that (i) no such Lien
shall at any time extend to or cover any property or asset of the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries other than Working Capital Collateral and
(ii) in the event that any such Lien on Working Capital Collateral which is
created as permitted by this subdivision (n)
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shall thereafter be discharged, no further Lien on Working Capital
Collateral may be created pursuant to this subdivision (n).
(f) Section 6.10(a) of each of the Agreements is amended by restating
clause (i) thereof in its entirety to read as follows:
(i) the aggregate amount of all Long Term Lease Rentals for which the
Company and its Subsidiaries shall be liable in any one fiscal year
(including the then current and each future fiscal year) under all Long
Term Leases shall not exceed 10% of Consolidated Net Worth as at the end of
the then most recently completed fiscal quarter of the Company for each
fiscal quarter other than 1999 and 2000 fiscal quarters, and 15% of
Consolidated Net Worth as at the end of the then most recently completed
fiscal quarter of the Company for each 1999 and 2000 fiscal quarter, and
(g) The definition of "Credit Agreement" in each of the Agreements is
amended by restating such definition in its entirety as follows:
CREDIT AGREEMENT: the Credit Agreement, dated as of December 8,
1995, by and among the Company, the Lenders identified (and as that
term is defined) therein and The First National Bank of Chicago, as
agent for said Lenders, as the same may be amended, modified and in
effect from time to time.
(h) Exhibit A to the Agreements is amended to be and read in its entirety
as set forth in Exhibit A to this Amendment.
3. SECURITY. In order to induce the Noteholders to enter into this
Amendment and consent and agree to the amendments to the Agreements and the
Notes provided for herein, the Company covenants and agrees that, for the equal
and ratable benefit and security of the Notes and the Company's 7.85% Senior
Notes due 2003 and 8.07% Senior Note due 2006 issued pursuant to several
separate Note Purchase Agreements, dated as of July 26, 1996 as amended, (the
"1996 Agreements"; and said Senior Notes, as amended, the "1996 Notes"), between
the Company and the respective institutional investors identified therein, and
in order to secure the payment of principal, interest and other amounts owing
under or in respect of the Notes, the 1996 Notes, the Agreements and the 1996
Agreements and the performance and observance by the Company of its obligations
pursuant to the Notes, the 1996 Notes, the Agreements and the 1996 Agreements,
the Company will, on or prior to January 31, 1999:
(a) enter into (i) a collateral agency or trust agreement for the benefit
of the holders from time to time of the Notes and the 1996 Notes ("Trust
Agreement") with a commercial bank or trust company ("Trustee") reasonably
satisfactory to the Noteholders; and (ii) mortgages or deeds of trust
(collectively, the "Mortgages") in favor or for the benefit of such Trustee with
respect to real property owned by the Company and located in Sioux Falls, South
Dakota, Eau Claire, Wisconsin and Hutchinson, Minnesota, more particularly
described on Schedule A hereto
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(collectively, the "Mortgaged Properties"), such Trust Agreement and Mortgages
to be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Noteholders and their
special counsel;
(b) furnish to the Noteholders and the Trustee copies of surveys of the
Mortgaged Properties and title reports in respect thereof, all acceptable in
form and detail to the Noteholders and their special counsel and if requested by
Noteholders holding not less than 66 2/3% in aggregate principal amount of the
Notes at the time outstanding, mortgage title policies in form and substance
satisfactory to the Noteholders and containing such endorsements as the
Noteholders may reasonably request;
(c) procure such property and general liability insurance relating to the
Mortgaged Properties, naming the Noteholders, the holders of the 1996 Notes and
the Trustee as additional insureds or loss payee, as appropriate, as is
customary for real estate secured financings with institutional investors
comparable to the Noteholders;
(d) cause to be furnished to each Noteholder and the Trustee an opinion or
opinions of counsel concerning such legal matters relating to the Trust
Agreement, the Mortgages and the transactions contemplated thereby as such
Noteholder or the Trustee may reasonably request;
(e) cause the Mortgages, and all other instruments and documents
(including financing statements) as shall be necessary or appropriate for the
purpose, to be duly recorded, published, registered and filed in such manner and
in such places as shall be required by law to establish, perfect, preserve and
protect the Mortgages as direct first mortgage or deed of trust liens in favor
of the Trustee for the benefit of the Notes and the 1996 Notes, and pay all
taxes, fees and other charges as shall be payable in connection with the
execution, delivery, recording, publishing, registration and filing of such
instruments; and
(f) at the time of execution and delivery of the Mortgages, furnish an
Officers' Certificate to each Noteholder to the effect that each of the
representations and warranties set forth in clauses (d) through (h) of
paragraph 4 of this Amendment are true and correct;
(g) furnish to each Noteholder and the Trustee environmental site
assessments concerning the Mortgaged Properties, prepared by independent
environmental consultants, which shall be satisfactory in form and substance to
the Noteholders and the Trustee; and
(h) furnish to the Noteholders and their special counsel all such
documents and papers relating to proceedings taken in connection with the
authorization and consummation of the matters contemplated by this paragraph 3,
all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Noteholders and their
special counsel, as the Noteholders or such special counsel may reasonably
request.
The Company acknowledges and agrees that its failure to comply with the
foregoing covenant and agreement on or prior to January 31, 1999 shall
constitute an Event of Default under each of the Agreements for all purposes
thereof, with the same force and effect as if set forth in full as an Event of
Default in Section 8.1 of the Agreements. It is acknowledged that (i) the Trust
Agreement and
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the Mortgages shall provide for the release, at the Company's expense, of
unimproved portions of the Mortgaged Properties in connection with the
development and financing, including a sale leaseback transaction, of new
facilities or expansions of existing facilities, by the Company, and (ii)
pursuant to the Trust Agreement and the Mortgages, the liens of the Mortgages
shall be subject to release and discharge, at the Company's expense, upon the
permanent release and discharge of any and all liens securing the Working
Capital Facility referred to in paragraph 2(c) of this Amendment.
4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. The Company represents and warrants
and covenants to and for the benefit of the Noteholders as follows:
(a) The execution and delivery by the Company of this Amendment and the
performance by the Company of this Amendment and of the Agreements and the Notes
as amended hereby (i) have been duly authorized by all requisite corporate
action on the part of the Company (no action on the part of the shareholders of
the Company being required therefor), (ii) after giving effect to the
simultaneous amendment of the 1996 Agreements, do not require the consent or
approval of (A) any Governmental Body, or (B) except as set forth below, any
other Person, and (iii) after giving effect to the simultaneous amendment of the
1996 Agreements, do not and will not, except as set forth below, (A) violate
(1) any provision of any law, statute, rule or regulation or of the articles of
incorporation or by-laws of the Company, (2) any Order of any court,
administrative body or arbitrator or any rule, regulation or Order of any
Governmental Body binding upon the Company or any of its properties, or (3) any
provision of any loan or credit agreement, indenture, mortgage or other
agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it or any of
its properties are or may be bound, or (B) result in any breach of or constitute
(alone or with notice or lapse of time or both) a default under any such loan or
credit agreement, indenture, mortgage or other agreement or instrument.
Compliance by the Company with the provisions of paragraph 3 of this Amendment
would violate the terms of the Credit Agreement. The Company covenants and
agrees that (I) on or before January 31, 1999 it will either (x) obtain an
amendment or waiver of all terms of the Credit Agreement which would be so
violated or (y) terminate the Credit Agreement, and (II) until such time as the
Company shall have complied in full with paragraph 3 hereof it will not effect
any borrowing under the Credit Agreement or permit any borrowing to remain
outstanding thereunder; provided that, a Facility Letter of Credit (as defined
in the Credit Agreement) in an amount not exceeding $1,500,000 issued under the
Credit Agreement, and any reimbursements for drafts drawn thereunder, shall not
be deemed "borrowings" for purposes of this clause (II).
(b) This Amendment, and the Agreements and the Notes as amended hereby,
constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations and agreements of the
Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their respective
terms, except as such enforcement may be limited by applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws or equitable principles
relating to or limiting creditors' rights generally.
(c) As of the date hereof, and after giving effect to the amendments to
the Agreements effected by this Amendment and to the amendments to the 1996
Agreements effected by a letter agreement delivered simultaneously herewith, no
Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing under and within the
meaning of the Agreements.
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(d) The Company has good and marketable title to, and is lawfully seized
and possessed of, all of the Mortgaged Properties, and, except as set forth
below, such Mortgaged Properties are subject only to (i) liens for taxes,
assessments and similar charges the payment of which is not currently due or the
payment of which is not at the time required by Section 6.16 of the Agreements,
(ii) easements, rights-of-way, servitudes, permits, exceptions, reservations and
similar encumbrances incurred in the ordinary course of business and not
interfering in any material respect with the ordinary conduct of the business of
the Company conducted thereon, and (iii) liens of mechanics, materialmen,
carriers, warehousemen, suppliers or vendors incurred in the ordinary course of
business for sums which are either not yet due, or the payment of which is not
at the time required by Section 6.16 of the Agreements, or for which such
reserve or other appropriate provisions as are required by GAAP have been made.
A Mortgage and Security Agreement between Xxxxxxxxxx Industrial Corporation and
National City Bank of Minneapolis, as Trustee, dated as of June 1, 1979, is
recorded as an encumbrance with respect to the Mortgaged Property located in
Hutchinson, Minnesota, but the indebtedness such Mortgage and Security Agreement
secured has been refinanced and is not subject to such Mortgage. The Company
covenants and agrees that, on or before January 31, 1999, it will obtain and
record a Satisfaction of said Mortgage and Security Agreement. There are no
currently effective leases or occupancy agreements relating to any of the
Mortgaged Properties or any part thereof or any commitments to enter into any
such lease or occupancy agreements.
(e) The Company holds and at all times heretofore the Company has held all
Environmental Permits required under all Environmental Laws currently in effect
applicable to the Mortgaged Properties or any of them, except to the extent
failure to have any such Environmental Permit has not had and will not have a
Material Adverse Effect; and the Company is and at all times heretofore the
Company has been in compliance with all terms and conditions of all such
Environmental Permits and all other limitations, conditions, standards,
prohibitions, requirements, obligations, schedules and timetables contained in
all Environmental Laws currently in effect applicable to the Mortgaged
Properties or any of them, except to the extent failure to comply therewith, in
any one case or in the aggregate, has not had and will not have a Material
Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor, so far as is known to it, any
predecessor in interest to the Company in respect of any of the Mortgaged
Properties, has ever received from any Governmental Body or other Person any
notice of, and the Company has no knowledge of, any events, conditions or
circumstances that could prevent continued compliance in all material respects
with any Environmental Permits referred to in the preceding sentence or any
scheduled renewals thereof or any Environmental Laws currently in effect
applicable to the Mortgaged Properties or the Company's operations thereon, or
that could give rise to any liability on the part of the Company or form the
basis of any Environmental Claims involving the Mortgaged Properties or the
Company's operations thereon based on or related to (i) a violation of any
applicable Environmental Law currently in effect or (ii) the manufacture,
generation, refining, processing, distribution, use, sale, treatment, receipt,
storage, disposal, transport, arranging for transport or handling, or the
emission, discharge, release or threatened release into the environment of, any
Hazardous Substance in violation of any applicable Environmental Laws currentl
in effect (other than liabilities and Environmental Claims that have not had and
will not have, in any one case or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect).
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(f) The Mortgaged Properties and the Company's use and operation thereof
are in compliance in with (i) all laws, statutes, codes, acts, ordinances,
orders, judgments, decrees, authorizations, directions and requirements of all
Governmental Bodies which are applicable to the Mortgaged Properties or any part
thereof, except to the extent failure to comply therewith, in any one case or in
the aggregate, has not had and will not have a Material Adverse Effect, and (ii)
all terms of any insurance policy covering or applicable to the Mortgaged
Properties or any part thereof, all requirements of the issuer of any such
policy, and all orders, rules, regulations and requirements of the National
Board of Fire Underwriters applicable to or affecting the Mortgaged Properties
or any part thereof or any use or condition thereof, except to the extent
failure to comply therewith, in any one case or in the aggregate, has not had
and will not have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company (i) has procured and
is in compliance with all permits, licenses and other authorizations necessary
in any material respect for any use of the Mortgaged Properties now being made
and for the proper erection, installation, operation and maintenance of any and
all improvements on the Mortgaged Properties and (ii) is in compliance with all
instruments of record and currently in force affecting the Mortgaged Properties
or any part thereof, to the extent noncompliance with any such permits,
licenses, authorizations or instruments of record would, individually or in the
aggregate, cause or permit a reversion or forfeiture of the Mortgaged Properties
or would have a Material Adverse Effect on the right, title or interest of the
Company in and to the Mortgaged Properties.
(g) Schedule A accurately sets forth, opposite the description of each
Mortgaged Property thereon, (i) the original book value, and (ii) the current
assessed valuation for property tax purposes, of such Mortgaged Property.
(h) No taking, conveyance or sale of all or any part of any Mortgaged
Property or interest therein or right accruing thereto, as a result of, or in
lieu or anticipation of the exercise of the right of appropriation,
confiscation, condemnation or eminent domain, or any change of grade affecting
any Mortgaged Property (any such taking, conveyance or sale, and any such change
of grade, a "Taking") has occurred and no proceedings or negotiations have
commenced which might result in any Taking. No damage to or loss or destruction
of any Mortgaged Property has occurred other than (i) any such damage, loss or
destruction which has been fully restored and in respect of which all costs of
restoration have been paid in full and (ii) damage, loss and destruction as to
which the costs of full restoration as estimated in good faith by the Company,
do not exceed $200,000 in the aggregate for any one Mortgaged Property.
5. CONDITIONS TO EFFECTIVENESS OF THIS AMENDMENT. The amendments to the
Agreements provided for in this Amendment shall not become effective until, and
shall become effective on, the date ("Effective Date") when, each and every one
of the following conditions shall have been satisfied:
(a) counterparts of this Amendment shall have been duly executed and
delivered by the Company and the holders of 100% in aggregate principal amount
of Notes at the time outstanding (as provided in Section 12(a) of the
Agreements);
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(b) the representations and warranties of the Company set forth in
paragraph 4 of this Amendment shall be true and correct and no Default or Event
of Default shall have occurred and be continuing; and the Noteholders shall have
received an Officers' Certificate of the Company to the foregoing effect; and
(c) the Noteholders shall have received the favorable opinion of counsel
to the Company, dated the Effective Date, which opinion shall be in form and
substance satisfactory to the Noteholders, and shall be to the effects that
(i) the execution and delivery by the Company of this Amendment and the
performance by the Company of this Amendment and of the Agreements and the Notes
as amended hereby (A) have been duly authorized by all requisite corporate
action on the part of the Company (no action on the part of the shareholders of
the Company being required therefor), (B) after giving effect to the
simultaneous amendment of the 1996 Agreements, do not require the consent or
approval of (1) any Governmental Body, or (2) except as set forth in paragraph 4
above, to its knowledge, any other Person, (C) do not and will not, except as
set forth in paragraph 4 above, (1) violate (x) any provision of any applicable
law, statute, rule or regulation or of the articles of incorporation or by-laws
of the Company, (y) any Order known to such counsel of any court, administrative
body or arbitrator binding upon the Company or any of its properties or (z) any
provision of any material loan or credit agreement, indenture, mortgage or other
agreement or instrument known to such counsel to which the Company is a party or
by which it or any of its properties are or may be bound or (2) result in any
breach of or constitute (alone or with notice or lapse of time or both) a
default under any such material loan or credit agreement, indenture, mortgage or
other agreement or instrument known to such counsel, and (ii) this Amendment,
and the Agreements and the Notes as amended hereby, constitute the legal, valid
and binding obligations and agreements of the Company, enforceable against the
Company in accordance with their respective terms, except as enforcement may be
limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or
similar laws or equitable principles relating to or limiting creditors' rights
generally.
6. EXCHANGE OF NOTES. At the request of any Noteholder holding a Note or
Notes, the Company will, at its expense, execute and deliver to such Noteholder,
in exchange for and upon surrender of such Note or Notes, a new Note or Notes,
as the case may be, in authorized denominations as requested by such Noteholder,
in the same aggregate unpaid principal amount or the aggregate unpaid principal
amount of the Note or Notes so surrendered, and of the same series as such
surrendered Note or Notes but in the form of Exhibit A to this Amendment. Each
such new Note shall be made payable to and registered in the name of such
surrendering Noteholder.
7. MISCELLANEOUS. Except as specifically amended hereby, all terms and
provisions of each of the Agreements shall remain in full force and effect.
Without limiting the provisions of Section 15.1 of the Agreements, the Company
will (i) pay all expenses incurred by each Noteholder in connection with this
Amendment and the matters contemplated by paragraph 3 hereof, including the fees
and disbursements of special counsel for the Noteholders, (ii) pay, and save the
Noteholders harmless from and against, all costs and expenses incident to the
consummation of the matters described in paragraph 3, including, without
limitation, the fees and expenses of the Trustee, surveyor and title company
fees and recording fees. This Amendment may be executed in two or more
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which taken
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together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Capitalized terms used
but not otherwise defined in this Amendment shall have the meanings assigned to
them by each of the Agreements.
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If you are in agreement with the foregoing, please so indicate by executing
the form of acknowledgment set forth below, whereupon this Amendment shall
become a binding agreement effective as of the date hereof.
Very truly yours,
XXXXXXXXXX TECHNOLOGY
INCORPORATED
By /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
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Its CFO
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Agreed to and accepted as of
the date first above written.
TEACHERS INSURANCE AND ANNUITY
ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA
By /s/ Xxxxx Xxx
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Its Director-Private Placements
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AMERUS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
By /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxx
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Its Vice President, Investment
Management & Research
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MODERN WOODMEN OF AMERICA
By /s/ Xxxx X. Coin
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Its Manager, Securities Division
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