EX-10 10 rail-ex10_302.htm EX-10.30.2

EXECUTION VERSION

EXHIBIT 10.31.2

EXECUTION VERSION

SECOND AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED
LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

THIS SECOND AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”), dated as of November 22, 2022, is entered into by and among JAC Operations, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“JAC”), Freight Car Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Freight”), JAIX Leasing Company, a Delaware corporation (“JAIX”), FreightCar Short Line, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Short”), Johnstown America, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Johnstown”), FreightCar Alabama, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Alabama”), FreightCar Rail Services, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Rail”), FreightCar Rail Management Services, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Management”), FreightCar North America, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“FCNA”), FCA-Fasemex, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“FCA” and, together with JAC, Freight, JAIX, Short, Johnstown, Alabama, Rail, Management, FCNA, and any other Person who from time to time becomes a Borrower under the Loan Agreement, collectively, the “Borrowers” and each individually, a “Borrower”), each of the Guarantors signatory hereto and SIENA LENDING GROUP LLC (“Lender”). Terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Loan Agreement defined below.

RECITALS

A. Lender, Borrowers and Guarantors have previously entered into that certain Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement dated July 30, 2021 (as amended, modified and supplemented from time to time, the “Loan Agreement”), pursuant to which Lender has made certain loans and financial accommodations available to Borrowers.

B. Lender, Borrowers and Guarantors now wish to amend the Loan Agreement on the terms and conditions set forth herein.

C. The Loan Parties are entering into this Amendment with the understanding and agreement that, except as specifically provided herein, none of Lender’s rights or remedies as set forth in the Loan Agreement or any other Loan Document is being waived or modified by the terms of this Amendment.

AGREEMENT

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

1.
Amendment to Loan Agreement. Schedule F to the Loan Agreement is amended and restated in its entirety and replaced with the schedule in the form of Exhibit F hereto.
2.
Amendment Fee. In consideration of the agreements set forth herein, Borrowers hereby agree to jointly and severally pay to Lender an amendment fee in the amount of $7,500 (the “Amendment Fee”), which fee is non-refundable when paid and is fully-earned as of and due and payable on the date of this Amendment.

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3.
Effectiveness of this Amendment. This Amendment shall become effective upon the satisfaction, as determined by Lender, of the following conditions.
(a)
Amendment. Lender shall have received this Amendment fully executed by all the parties hereto;
(b)
Amendment Fee. Lender shall have received the Amendment Fee by wire transfer in immediately available funds;
(c)
Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties set forth herein and in the Loan Agreement must be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date of this Amendment with the same effect as though made on and as of such date, except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date (in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date); provided that any representation and warranty qualified by “materiality”, “Material Adverse Effect” or similar language shall be true and correct (after giving effect to any qualification therein) in all respects;
(d)
Payment of Expenses. Lender shall have received payment or reimbursement for its reasonable and documented out-of-pocket attorneys’ fees and expenses in connection with the preparation, negotiation and execution of this Amendment and the documents provided for herein or related hereto (the “Fees and Expenses”). Borrowers hereby authorize Lender to charge as a Revolving Loan the amount of the Fees and Expenses all when due and payable in satisfaction thereof, and request, to the extent that Borrowers have not separately reimbursed Lender, that Lender makes one or more Revolving Loans on or after the date hereof in an aggregate amount equal to the total amount of such Fees and Expenses, and that Lender disburses the proceeds of such Revolving Credit Loan(s) in satisfaction thereof.
(e)
Other Required Documentation. All other documents and legal matters in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Amendment shall have been delivered or executed or recorded, as reasonably required by Lender.
4.
Representations and Warranties. Each Loan Party represents and warrants as follows:
(a)
Authority. Such Loan Party has the requisite corporate or limited liability company, as applicable, power and authority to execute and deliver this Amendment, and to perform its obligations hereunder, under the Loan Agreement (as amended or modified hereby) and under the other Loan Documents to which it is a party. The execution, delivery and performance by such Loan Party of this Amendment have been duly approved by all necessary corporate or limited liability company, as applicable, action and no other corporate or limited liability company, as applicable, proceedings are necessary to consummate such transactions.
(b)
Enforceability. This Amendment has been duly executed and delivered by each Loan Party. This Amendment, the Loan Agreement (as amended or modified hereby) and each other Loan Document is the legal, valid and binding obligation of each Loan Party, enforceable against each Loan Party in accordance with its terms, and is in full force and effect, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.
(c)
Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties contained in the Loan Agreement and each other Loan Document (other than any such representations or warranties that, by their terms, are specifically made as of a date other than the date hereof) are correct in all material

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respects on and as of the date hereof as though made on and as of the date hereof, except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date (in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date); provided that any representation and warranty qualified by “materiality”, “Material Adverse Effect” or similar language shall be true and correct (after giving effect to any qualification therein) in all respects.
(d)
Due Execution. The execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment are within the power of each Loan Party, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or limited liability company, as applicable, action, have received all necessary governmental approval, if any, and do not contravene any applicable law or any material contractual restrictions binding on any Loan Party.
(e)
No Default. No event has occurred and is continuing that constitutes a Default or an Event of Default.
5.
Choice of Law. THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO CONTRACTS MADE AND TO BE PERFORMED THEREIN WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAW PRINCIPLES (EXCEPT SECTIONS 5-1401 AND 5-1402 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATION LAW). FURTHER, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL APPLY TO ALL DISPUTES OR CONTROVERSIES ARISING OUT OF OR CONNECTED TO OR WITH THIS AMENDMENT AND ALL SUCH RELATED LOAN DOCUMENTS WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAW PRINCIPLES (EXCEPT SECTIONS 5-1401 AND 5-1402 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATION LAW).
6.
Counterparts; Facsimile Signatures. This Amendment may be executed in any number of and by different parties hereto on separate counterparts, all of which, when so executed, shall be deemed an original, but all such counterparts shall constitute one and the same agreement. Any signature delivered by a party by facsimile or other similar form of electronic transmission shall be deemed to be an original signature hereto.
7.
Reference to and Effect on the other Loan Documents.
(a)
Upon and after the effectiveness of this Amendment, each reference in the Loan Agreement to “this Agreement”, “hereunder”, “hereof’ or words of like import referring to the Loan Agreement, and each reference in the other Loan Documents to “the Loan Agreement”, “thereof” or words of like import referring to the Loan Agreement, shall mean and be a reference to the Loan Agreement as modified and amended hereby.
(b)
Except as specifically amended above, the Loan Agreement and all other Loan Documents, are and shall continue to be in full force and effect and are hereby in all respects ratified and confirmed and shall constitute the legal, valid, binding and enforceable obligations of Borrowers to Lender, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.
(c)
The execution, delivery and effectiveness of this Amendment shall not, except as expressly provided herein, operate as a waiver of any right, power or remedy of the Lender under the Loan Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, nor constitute a waiver of any provision of the Loan Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents.
(d)
To the extent that any terms and conditions in any of the other Loan Documents shall contradict or be in conflict with any terms or conditions of the Loan Agreement, after giving effect to this

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Amendment, such terms and conditions are hereby deemed modified or amended accordingly to reflect the terms and conditions of the Loan Agreement as modified or amended hereby.
8.
Estoppel. To induce Lender to enter into this Amendment and to continue to make advances to Borrowers under the Loan Agreement, each Loan Party hereby acknowledges and agrees that, as of the date hereof, there exists no right of offset, defense, counterclaim or objection in favor of Borrowers as against Lender with respect to the Obligations.
9.
Integration. This Amendment, together with the Loan Agreement and the other Loan Documents, incorporates all negotiations of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and is the final expression and agreement of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof.
10.
Severability. If any part of this Amendment is contrary to, prohibited by, or deemed invalid under Applicable Laws, such provision shall be inapplicable and deemed omitted to the extent so contrary, prohibited or invalid, but the remainder hereof shall not be invalidated thereby and shall be given effect so far as possible.
11.
Submission of Amendment. The submission of this Amendment to the parties or their agents or attorneys for review or signature does not constitute a commitment by Lender to waive any of its rights and remedies under the Loan Agreement or any other Loan Document, and this Amendment shall have no binding force or effect until all of the conditions to the effectiveness of this Amendment have been satisfied as set forth herein.
12.
Guarantors’ Acknowledgment. With respect to the amendments to the Loan Agreement effected by this Amendment, each Guarantor hereby acknowledges and agrees to this Amendment and confirms and agrees that its Guaranty (as modified and supplemented in connection with this Amendment) is and shall continue to be, in full force and effect and is hereby ratified and confirmed in all respects except that, upon the effectiveness of, and on and after the date of this Amendment, each reference in such Guaranty to the Loan Agreement, “thereunder”, “thereof” or words of like import referring to the Loan Agreement, shall mean and be a reference to the Loan Agreement as amended or modified by this Amendment. Although Lender has informed the Guarantors of the matters set forth above, and each Guarantor has acknowledged the same, each Guarantor understands and agrees that Lender has no duty under the Loan Agreement, any Guaranty or any other agreement with any Guarantor to so notify any Guarantor or to seek such an acknowledgement, and nothing contained herein is intended to or shall create such a duty as to any transaction hereafter.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have entered into this Amendment as of the date first above written.

BORROWERS: | JAC OPERATIONS, INC.
| By: /s/ Michael Riordan
| Name: Michael Riordan
| Title: CFO
| FREIGHT CAR SERVICES, INC.
| By: /s/ Michael Riordan
| Name: Michael Riordan
| Title: CFO
| JAIX LEASING COMPANY
| By: /s/ Michael Riordan
| Name: Michael Riordan
| Title: CFO
| FREIGHTCAR SHORT LINE, INC.
| By: /s/ Michael Riordan
| Name: Michael Riordan
| Title: CFO
| JOHNSTOWN AMERICA, LLC
| By: /s/ Michael Riordan
| Name: Michael Riordan
| Title: CFO
| FREIGHTCAR ALABAMA, LLC
| By: /s/ Michael Riordan
| Name: Michael Riordan
| Title: CFO
| FREIGHTCAR RAIL SERVICES, LLC
| By: /s/ Michael Riordan
| Name: Michael Riordan
| Title: CFO
| FREIGHTCAR RAIL MANAGEMENT SERVICES, LLC
| By: /s/ Michael Riordan
| Name: Michael Riordan

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| Title: CFO
| FREIGHTCAR NORTH AMERICA, LLC
| By: /s/ Michael Riordan
| Name: Michael Riordan
| Title: CFO
| FCA-FASEMEX, LLC
| By: /s/ Michael Riordan
| Name: Michael Riordan
| Title: CFO
GUARANTORS: | FREIGHTCAR AMERICA, INC.
| By: /s/ Michael Riordan
| Name: Michael Riordan
| Title: CFO
| FCA-FASEMEX, S. DE R.L. DE C.V.
| By: /s/ Michael Riordan
| Name: Michael Riordan
| Title: CFO
| FCA-FASEMEX ENTERPRISE, S. DE R.L. DE C.V.
| By: /s/ Michael Riordan
| Name: Michael Riordan
| Title: CFO

| SIENA LENDING GROUP LLC
| By: /s/ Keith Holler
| Name: Keith Holler
| Title: Authorized Signatory
| By: /s/ Steve Sanicola
| Name: Steve Sanicola
| Title: Authorized Signatory

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Exhibit F

Schedule F

[Schedule of Eligible Accounts]

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