SECOND AMENDMENT TO REVOLVING CREDIT AND  

LETTER OF CREDIT LOAN AGREEMENT

THIS SECOND AMENDMENT TO REVOLVING CREDIT AND LETTER OF CREDIT LOAN AGREEMENT
(this “Amendment”) is entered into this the 12th day of August, 2005 by and
between, U.S. XPRESS ENTERPRISES, INC., a Nevada corporation (the “Borrower”),
and SUNTRUST BANK, FLEET NATIONAL BANK, LASALLE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
BRANCH BANKING AND TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL CITY BANK, REGIONS FINANCIAL
CORPORATION (collectively the “Lenders”), and SUNTRUST BANK, in its capacity as
Administrative Agent for the Lenders (the “Administrative Agent”).

RECITALS:

A.           The Borrower, Administrative Agent and the Lenders previously
entered into that certain Revolving Credit and Letter of Credit Loan Agreement
dated October 14, 2004 (as previously amended and as it may be amended from time
to time, the “Agreement”).

B.          The Borrower, Administrative Agent and the Lenders desire to amend
the Agreement to increase the amount of allowable stock redemption payments
under Section 7.5 of the Agreement, as provided herein.

C.            Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the
meanings ascribed to them in the Agreement.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and for other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which is hereby acknowledged, the
Borrower, Administrative Agent and the Lenders agree as follows:

1.            Section 7.5 of the Agreement concerning "Restricted Payments" is
deleted and the following is substituted in lieu thereof:

7.5          Restricted Payments. The Borrower will not, and will not permit its
Subsidiaries to, declare or make, or agree to pay or make, directly or
indirectly, any dividend on any class of its stock, or make any payment on
account of, or set apart assets for a sinking or other analogous fund for, the
purchase, redemption, retirement, defeasance or other acquisition of, any shares
of common stock or Indebtedness subordinated to the Obligations of the Borrower
or any options, warrants, or other rights to purchase such common stock or such
Indebtedness, whether now or hereafter outstanding (each, a “Restricted
Payment”), except for (i) dividends payable by the Borrower solely in shares of
any class of its common stock; (ii) Restricted Payments made by any Subsidiary
to the Borrower or to another Subsidiary Loan Party; and (iii) from the Closing
Date, the Borrower may make stock redemptions not to exceed $15,000,000 in the
aggregate during the term hereof. Notwithstanding any provision herein to the
contrary, no payments under subsection (i) or (iii) may be made if a Default or
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time such dividend is
paid or redemption is made.

2.            Section 6.4 of the Agreement concerning "Consolidated Tangible Net
Worth" is amended by adding the following sentence at the end thereof:

Notwithstanding any provision of this Section to the contrary, the required
Consolidated Tangible Net Worth shall be reduced by the allowable stock
redemptions made under Section 7.5 from and after August 12, 2005.

 

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3.            Conditions. The effectiveness of this Amendment is subject to the
satisfaction of the following conditions precedent:

(a)           The Lenders shall have received this Amendment duly executed by
the Borrower and the Guarantors;

(b)           The representations and warranties in the Loan Documents, as
amended hereby, shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the
date hereof as if made on the date hereof, except for such representations and
warranties limited by their terms to a specific date;

 

(c)

No Default shall exist; and

(d)           In consideration for the consents by the Required Lenders to this
Amendment, the Borrower shall pay, concurrently with the execution hereof, an
amendment fee equal to two and one-half hundredths of one percent (2.5 bps) of
the Total Commitments of the Lenders which consent to this Amendment on or
before August 12, 2005. Such fee shall be paid to the Administrative Agent for
payment to such consenting Lenders on a pro rata basis.

4.            Payment of Expenses. The Borrower agrees to pay or reimburse the
Administrative Agent for all its reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses
incurred in connection with the preparation and execution of this Amendment.

5.            Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed by one or more of the
parties hereto on any number of separate counterparts, and all of said
counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same
instrument.

6.            Severability; Headings. Any provision of this Amendment which is
prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction,
be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability, without
invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or
unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render
unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. The section and
subsection headings used in this Amendment are for convenience of reference only
and are not to affect the construction hereof or to be taken into consideration
in the interpretation hereof.

7.            Continuing Effect Upon Other Documents. This Amendment shall not
constitute an amendment or waiver of any other provision of the Agreement not
expressly referred to herein and, except to the extent that the Agreement has
been amended hereby, shall not be construed as a waiver or consent to any
further or future action on the part of the Borrower that would require a waiver
or consent of the Lenders or the Administrative Agent. Except as expressly
amended, modified or supplemented hereby, the provisions of the Agreement are
and shall remain in full force and effect.

8.            GOVERNING LAW. THIS AMENDMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF
THE PARTIES UNDER THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND
INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE.

 

 

 

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Guarantor Consent

Each of the undersigned Guarantors: (i) consent and agree to this Amendment and
(ii) agree that the Loan Documents to which it is a party shall remain in full
force and effect and shall continue to be the legal, valid and binding
obligation of such Guarantor enforceable against it in accordance with their
respective terms.

GUARANTORS:

 

 

U.S. Xpress, Inc.

 

 

U.S. Xpress Leasing, Inc.

 

 

Xpress Air, Inc.

 

 

Xpress Company Store, Inc.

 

 

Xpress Holdings, Inc.

 

 

[Xpress Global Systems, Inc.]

 

Xpress Colorado, Inc.

 

 

Cargo Movement Corp.

 

 

Xpress Nebraska, Inc.

 

 

Xpress Waiting, Inc.

 

Colton Xpress, LLC

 

By:  /s/Ray M. Harlin 

Name:  Ray M. Harlin

 

Authorized Officer of each Guarantor

 

 

 

 

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ENTERED INTO as of the date first above written.

BORROWER:

 

U.S. XPRESS ENTERPRISES, INC.

 

By: /s/ Ray M. Harlin                                          

 

Title: Executive VP and CFO                            

 

LENDERS:

 

SUNTRUST BANK

as Administrative Agent, as an Issuing Bank,

as Swingline Lender and as a Lender

 

By: /s/ William H. Copeland                              

 

Title: Director                                                       

 

 

 

 

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BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Issuing Bank for Existing Letters of Credit and as a
Lender

 

By:       /s/Andrew Bunton                                    

 

Title: Vice President                                          

 

 

 

 

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LASALLE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

By: /s/ Chris Hersey                                                

 

Title: Assistant Vice President                              

 

 

 

 

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BRANCH BANKING AND TRUST COMPANY

 

By:   /s/L. Allen Rathbone                                    

 

Title:      Senior Vice President                              

 

 

 

 

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NATIONAL CITY BANK

 

By:   /s/John H. Ankerman                                     

 

Title: Senior Vice President                                    

 

 

 

 

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REGIONS FINANCIAL CORPORATION

 

By:        /s/Elaine B. Passman                                

 

Title: Assistant Vice President                              

 

 

 

 

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