First Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Loan Agreement



 Exhibit 10.56 
 

 
 FIRST AMENDMENT TO 
 SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED LOAN AGREEMENT 
 THIS FIRST AMENDMENT TO
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED LOAN AGREEMENT (herein called this “First Amendment”) made as of May 1, 2009, by and between U.S. HOME SYSTEMS, INC., a Delaware corporation (“Borrower”), and THE FROST NATIONAL BANK, a national
banking association (“Lender”). 
 W I T N E S S E T H: 
 WHEREAS, Borrower and Lender have entered into that certain Second Amended and Restated Loan Agreement dated as of December 19, 2008 (as from time
to time amended, modified or restated, the “Original Agreement”) for the purposes and consideration therein expressed, pursuant to which Lender became obligated to make loans to Borrower as therein provided; and 
 WHEREAS, Borrower and Lender desire to amend the Original Agreement for the purposes expressed herein; 
 NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants and agreements contained herein and in the Original Agreement, in consideration
of the loans which may hereafter be made by Lender to Borrower, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto do hereby agree as follows: 
 ARTICLE I. 
 DEFINITIONS AND REFERENCES

 § 1.1 Terms Defined in the Original Agreement. Unless the context otherwise requires or unless otherwise expressly defined
herein, the terms defined in the Original Agreement shall have the same meanings whenever used in this Amendment. 
 § 1.2. Other
Defined Terms. Unless the context otherwise requires, the following terms when used in this First Amendment shall have the meanings assigned to them in this § 1.2. 
 “Loan Agreement” means the Original Agreement as amended hereby. 
 “First Amendment” means this First Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Loan Agreement. 
  

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 ARTICLE II. 
 AMENDMENTS TO ORIGINAL AGREEMENT 
 § 2.1. Financial Covenants. Section 11 of the
Original Agreement is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows: 
 11. Financial Covenants. Until
(i) the Note and all other obligations and liabilities of Borrower under this Loan Agreement and the other Loan Documents are fully paid and satisfied, and (ii) the Lender has no further commitment to lend hereunder, beginning with
Borrower’s first fiscal quarter of 2009, Borrower will maintain the following financial covenants: 
 (a) Tangible Net
Worth. Borrower will maintain, at all times, its Tangible Net Worth at not less than $15,000,000. 
 (b) Debt to
Adjusted Tangible Net Worth Ratio. Borrower will maintain, at the end of each fiscal quarter, a ratio of (a) total liabilities minus Subordinated Debt to (b) Tangible Net Worth of not greater than 1.5 to 1.0. 
 (c) Intentionally Omitted. 
 (d) Quick Ratio. Borrower will maintain, a ratio of (a) Borrower’s unencumbered cash, cash equivalents, marketable securities and accounts receivable net of reserves, to (b) current liabilities
of not less than 1.2 to 1.0 
 As used herein, the term “Tangible Net Worth” means, as of any date, the sum
of (i) the par value (or value stated on the books of the corporation) of the capital stock (but excluding treasury stock and capital stock subscribed and unissued) of Borrower and its subsidiaries plus (ii) the amount of the paid-in
capital and retained earnings of Borrower and its subsidiaries, minus all intangible assets, plus Subordinated Debt. As used herein, the term “Subordinated Debt” means any indebtedness owing by Borrower or the Guarantor which
has been subordinated by written agreement to all indebtedness now or hereafter owing by Borrower or the Guarantor to Lender, such agreement to be in form and substance acceptable to Lender. Unless otherwise specified, all accounting and financial
terms and covenants set forth above are to be determined according to generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied. 
 ARTICLE III. 
 CONDITIONS OF EFFECTIVENESS 
 § 3.1. Effective Date. This First Amendment shall become effective as of the date first written above, when and only when Lender shall have received, at Lender’s office, in form and substance
satisfactory to Lender, this First Amendment duly executed and delivered by Borrower and the attached Consent and Agreement duly executed and delivered by Guarantor. 
  

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 ARTICLE IV. 
 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES 
 § 4.1. Representations and Warranties of Borrower. In
order to induce Lender to enter into this First Amendment, Borrower represents and warrants to Lender that: 
 (a) The
representations and warranties contained in Section 7 of the Original Agreement are true and correct at and as of the time of the effectiveness hereof. 
 (b) Borrower is duly authorized to execute and deliver this First Amendment and is and will continue to be duly authorized to borrow and
to perform its obligations under the Loan Agreement. Borrower has duly taken all action necessary to authorize the execution and delivery of this First Amendment and to authorize the performance of the obligations of Borrower hereunder. 

(c) The execution and delivery by Borrower of this First Amendment, the performance by Borrower of its obligations hereunder and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby do not and will not conflict with any provision of law, statute, rule or regulation or of the organizational documents of Borrower, or of any material agreement, judgment, license, order or permit
applicable to or binding upon Borrower, or result in the creation of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any assets or properties of Borrower. Except for those which have been duly obtained, no consent, approval, authorization or order of any court
or governmental authority or third party is required in connection with the execution and delivery by Borrower of this First Amendment or to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. 
 (d) When duly executed and delivered, each of this First Amendment and the Loan Agreement will be a legal and binding instrument and
agreement of Borrower, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as limited by bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws applying to creditors’ rights generally and by principles of equity applying to creditors’ rights generally.

 ARTICLE V. 
 MISCELLANEOUS

 § 5.1. Ratification of Agreements. The Original Agreement as hereby amended is hereby ratified and confirmed in all
respects. The execution, delivery and effectiveness of this First Amendment shall not, except as expressly provided herein or therein, operate as a waiver of any right, power or remedy of Lender under the Loan Agreement, the Note, or any other Loan
Document nor constitute a waiver of any provision of the Loan Agreement, the Note or any other Loan Document. 
 § 5.2. Survival of
Agreements. All representations, warranties, covenants and agreements of Borrower herein shall survive the execution and delivery of this First Amendment and the performance hereof, including without limitation the making or granting of the Loan
and shall further survive until the Loan is paid in full. 
  

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 § 5.3. Loan Documents. This First Amendment is a Loan Document, and all provisions in the
Loan Agreement pertaining to Loan Documents apply hereto. 
 § 5.4. Governing Law. This First Amendment shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas and any applicable laws of the United States of America in all respects, including construction, validity and performance. 
 § 5.5. Counterparts. This First Amendment may be separately executed in counterparts and by the different parties hereto in separate
counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to constitute one and the same Amendment. 
 THIS FIRST AMENDMENT AND THE
OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS REPRESENT THE FINAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PARTIES AND MAY NOT BE CONTRADICTED BY EVIDENCE OF PRIOR, CONTEMPORANEOUS, OR SUBSEQUENT ORAL AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES. THERE ARE NO UNWRITTEN ORAL AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES.

 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this First Amendment is executed as of the date first written above. 
  

			
	U.S. HOME SYSTEMS, INC.
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Robert A. DeFronzo

	Name:	 	Robert A. DeFronzo
	Title:	 	Chief Financial Officer
	
	THE FROST NATIONAL BANK
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Steve Martin

	Name:	 	Steve Martin
	Title:	 	Vice President


  

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 First Amendment 
 CONSENT AND AGREEMENT 
 The undersigned hereby consents to the provisions of this First
Amendment and the transactions contemplated herein, and hereby ratifies and confirms the Second Amended and Restated Guaranty Agreement dated as of December 19, 2008, made by it for the benefit of Lender, and agrees that its obligations and
covenants thereunder are unimpaired hereby and shall remain in full force and effect. 
  

			
	U.S. REMODELERS, INC.
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Robert A. DeFronzo

	Name:	 	Robert A. DeFronzo
	Title:	 	Chief Financial Officer


  

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