Document:

Sixth Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated October 25, 2002

 Exhibit 10(k)(6) 
  
 EXECUTION COPY 
  
 SIXTH AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT 
  
 THIS SIXTH AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of October 25, 2002 (the “Agreement”), by and among ON Marine Services Company (formerly
known as Oglebay Norton Company), a Delaware corporation (“ONMS”), Oglebay Norton Marine Services Company, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company (“LLC”, and together with ONMS, collectively, “Borrower”), and
National City Bank, a national banking association (“Bank”). 
  
 WITNESSETH THAT: 
  
 WHEREAS, Bank and ONMS
entered into a Credit Agreement, dated as of July 14, 1997, as amended by a First Amendment to Credit Agreement dated January 15, 1999, pursuant to which LLC became a borrower, a Second Amendment to Credit Agreement dated July 15, 1999, a Third
Amendment to Credit Agreement dated July 12, 2000, a Fourth Amendment to Credit Agreement dated September 30, 2001 and a Fifth Amendment to Credit Agreement dated December 24, 2001 (together with all Exhibits and Schedules thereto, the “Credit
Agreement”), under which Bank, subject to certain conditions, agreed to make a term loan to Borrower in the original principal amount of $17,000,000 in accordance with the terms thereof; and 
  
 WHEREAS, the parties desire to amend the Credit Agreement as set forth
herein; 
  
 NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and
the mutual covenants and agreements contained herein, the parties hereto agree as follows: 
  
 1. Effect of Amendment; Definitions. 
  
 The Credit Agreement shall be and hereby is amended as provided in Section 2 hereof. Except as expressly amended in Section 2 hereof, from and after the date hereof, the Credit Agreement shall continue in full force
and effect in accordance with its provisions as amended hereby. As used in the Credit Agreement, the terms “Credit Agreement”, “Agreement”, “this Agreement”, “herein”, “hereinafter”,
“hereto”, “hereof’, and words of similar import shall, unless the context otherwise requires, mean the Credit Agreement as amended and modified by this Agreement. Each defined term used herein and not otherwise defined herein
shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Credit Agreement. 

 2. Amendments. 
  
 (A) Section 2.04 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the “Pricing Grid Table” and substituting
in lieu thereof the following: 
  
 “PRICING GRID TABLE”

 (expressed in basis points) 
  

					
	 Leverage Ratio

	  	 Applicable Margin
 Eurodollar
Loan

	  	 Applicable Margin for Prime
 Rate Loan

	 Greater than or equal to 5.00 to 1.00
	  	400	  	150
			
	 Greater than or equal to 4.00 to 1.00 and less than 5.00 to 1.00
	  	350	  	100
			
	 Greater than or equal to 3.00 to 1.00 and less than 4.00 to 1.00
	  	300	  	50
			
	 Less than 3.00 to 1.00
	  	275	  	0

  
 (B) Subsection 3B of
the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the same and substituting in lieu thereof the following: 
  
 “3B. GENERAL FINANCIAL STANDARDS - Borrower agrees that until the Subject Indebtedness shall have been paid in full, Borrower will cause Guarantor to
observe each of the following: 
  

	 	(a)	the financial covenants contained in sections 5.7(a) through 5.7(f) of the Credit Agreement between Guarantor and KeyBank National Association dated May 15, 1998, as amended and
restated as of April 3, 2000 and as subsequently amended as of June 30, 2001, November 9, 2001, December 24, 2001 and October 15, 2002 (the “KeyBank Credit Agreement”), as such financial covenants exist on October 25, 2002, a copy of such
financial covenants and the definitions of the terms referenced therein being attached hereto as Exhibit A and incorporated herein by reference as if set forth herein in their entirety; and 

  

	 	(b)	Guarantor and its Subsidiaries shall not make Consolidated Capital Expenditures in an aggregate amount exceeding Twenty-Seven Million Five Hundred Thousand ($27,500,000) in any
fiscal year of Guarantor.” 

  

	 	(c)	Section 3D.02 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by (x) deleting the word “or” at the end of subsection (vi), (y) deleting the period at the end of subsection
(vii), and (z) inserting the following subsections (viii) and (ix) at the end thereof: 

  

	 	“(viii)	Borrower becoming a Guarantor under each of the KeyBank Credit Agreement and KeyBank Loan 

 Agreement and entering into a Guaranty in connection with the KeyBank Credit Agreement and KeyBank Loan
Agreement, or 
  
 Borrower becoming a Guarantor under the Senior
Secured Fund Notes and entering into a Guaranty in connection with the 2002 Senior Secured Fund Notes.” 
  

	 	(d)	Section 3D.03 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by (x) deleting the word “or” at the end of subsection (iv), (y) deleting the period at the end of subsection (v),
and (z) inserting the following subsections (vi) and (vii) at the end thereof: 

  

	 	“(vi)	the indebtedness incurred under or in connection with the KeyBank Credit Agreement and the KeyBank Loan Agreement, or 

  
 (vii) the indebtedness incurred under or in connection with the 2002 Senior Secured Fund
Notes.” 
  

	 	(e)	Section 3D.04 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by (x) deleting the word “or” at the end of subsection (ix), (y) deleting subsection (x), and (z) inserting the
following subsections (x) and (xi) at the end thereof: 

  

	 	“(x)	any mortgage, security interest or other liens on the Borrower’s property securing the Borrower’s obligations under the KeyBank Credit Agreement and the KeyBank Loan
Agreement, including a Second Preferred Fleet Mortgage in favor of KeyBank National Association as security for Borrower’s obligations under the KeyBank Credit Agreement, or 

  

	 	(xi)	any mortgage, security interest or other liens on the Borrower’s property (other than the “Wolverine” and “David Z. Norton” vessels) securing the
Borrower’s obligations under the 2002 Senior Secured Fund Notes; provided, that, notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrower will not suffer or permit the “Wolverine” and “David Z. Norton” vessels to be encumbered by any
mortgage, security interest or other liens except for the liens under the First Preferred Fleet Mortgage and the Second Preferred Fleet Mortgage.” 

	 	(f)	Section 5B.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the same and substituting in lieu thereof the following: 

  
 “5B.01 OPTIONAL DEFAULTS - If any Event of Default referred to in
subsection 5A.01 through 5A.04 and subsection 5A.06, both inclusive, shall occur and be continuing, Bank shall have the right in its discretion, by giving written notice to Borrower, to accelerate the maturity of all of Borrower’s Debt to Bank
(other than Debt, if any, already due and payable), and all such Debt shall thereupon become and thereafter be immediately due and payable in full without any presentment or demand and without any further or other notice of any kind, all of which
are hereby waived by Borrower.” 
  
 Section 9 of the Credit
Agreement is hereby amended by inserting the following definitions in alphabetical order: 
  
 “KeyBank Credit Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(B)(a). 
  
 “Key Bank Loan Agreement” shall mean that certain Loan Agreement dated April 3, 2000 between Guarantor and KeyBank National Association and as
amended June 30, 2001, November 9, 2001, December 24, 2001 and October 25, 2002. 
  
 “Note Purchase Agreement” shall mean that certain Senior Secured Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of October ;1,5 2002, among Guarantor, the guarantors listed therein, The 1818 Mezzanine Fund II, L.P. and
the other Purchasers signatories thereto, as amended, supplemented and otherwise modified from time to time. 
  
 “2002 Senior Secured Fund Notes” shall mean those certain Senior Secured Notes of Guarantor in the original principal amount of $75,000,000
with a coupon of 18% per annum, of which 13% per annum is payable in cash and 5% per annum is payable, at the option of the Guarantor, in cash or in-kind and having a maturity date of October 25, 2008, issued by Guarantor pursuant to the Note
Purchase Agreement.” 
  
 (h) The Supplemental Schedule to the
Credit Agreement is amended by deleting the same and replacing such schedule with a new Supplemental Schedule as attached hereto and such revised Supplemental Schedule shall be incorporated into the Credit Agreement as if fully written therein.

 3. Representations and Warranties. 
  
 (A) Each Borrower hereby represents and warrants to Banks that all representations and warranties set forth in the Credit
Agreement, as amended hereby, are true and correct in all material respects, and that this Agreement has been executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of each Borrower and constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of each
Borrower, enforceable against each Borrower in accordance with its terms. 
  
 (B) The execution, delivery and performance by each Borrower of this Agreement and its performance of the Credit Agreement has been authorized by all requisite corporate action and will not (1) violate (a) any order
of any court, or any rule, regulation or order of any other agency of government, (b) the Articles of Incorporation, the Code of Regulations or any other instrument of corporate governance of such Borrower, or (c) any provision of any indenture,
agreement or other instrument to which such Borrower is a party, or by which such Borrower or any of its properties or assets is or may be bound; (2) be in conflict with, result in a breach of or constitute, alone or with due notice or lapse of time
or both, a default under any indenture, agreement or other instrument referred to in (1)(c) above; or (3) result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance of any nature whatsoever. 
  
 4. Conditions Precedent. 
  
 This Agreement shall become effective as of the date on which each of the
following conditions precedent have been satisfied (the “Effective Date”): 
  
 (A) Borrower shall have caused Guarantor to execute and deliver to Bank a certificate confirming its obligations under the Guaranty (as defined in the Credit Agreement) in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B (the
“Confirmation”); 
  
 (B) Guarantor shall have (i)
successfully issued its 2002 Senior Secured Fund Notes and received net proceeds ($75,000,000, net of selling expenses, including without limitation, any reasonable broker’s fees or commissions, and other costs directly related to such sales)
from such issuance, (ii) used, immediately upon receipt by Guarantor of the funds, not less than $57,000,000 to repay the Revolving Credit Loans (as defined under the KeyBank Credit Agreement) and (iii) immediately thereafter shall permanently
reduce by $60,000,000 the Revolving Credit Commitment (as defined under the KeyBank Credit Agreement). 
  
 (C) There shall have occurred no change in the business, property, prospects, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations of the Borrower
and the Subsidiaries which could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; and 
  
 (D) Borrower will cause Oglebay Norton Marine Management Company, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company, to execute a guaranty of Borrower’s
payment obligations under the Credit Agreement in favor of the Bank in form substantially similar to the existing Guaranty within fifteen (15) days of the date hereof. 

 (E) Borrower shall have delivered or caused to be delivered such other documents as Bank may reasonably
request. 
  
 5. Waiver. Subject to the conditions set forth
in Section 4 of this Amendment, the Bank hereby waives Borrower’s failure to cause Guarantor to comply with the financial covenants set forth in Section 5.7(b) (Senior Secured Debt Ratio) of Exhibit A of the Credit Agreement, which was referred
to in subsection 3B of the Credit Agreement, during the period from July 1, 2002 through and including September 30, 2002; provided, however, that (i) in all other respects Borrower shall be and remain in full compliance with the
Credit Agreement and (ii) the foregoing waiver shall not extend to or prejudice any rights of the Bank in respect of any other breach, if any, by Borrower of any other provisions of the Credit Agreement. Such waiver shall apply only to the
Guarantor’s compliance with such financial covenants during the period set forth in the immediately preceding sentence and not to any other date or period and not to any other covenants and agreements contained in the Credit Agreement or the
other Related Writings. 
  
 6. Miscellaneous. 

 
 (A) This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by
the laws of the State of Ohio, without reference to principles of conflict of laws. Borrower, on a joint and several basis, agrees to pay to Bank at the time this Agreement is executed and delivered by Bank an amendment fee in an aggregate amount
equal to $100,000 immediately after this Agreement is executed and delivered by Bank, and to pay on demand all reasonable costs and expenses of Bank, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, in connection with the preparation,
execution and delivery of this Agreement. 
  
 (B) Each Borrower
acknowledges and agrees that, as of the date hereof, all of such Borrower’s outstanding loan obligations to Bank under the Credit Agreement and the Related Writings are owed without any offset, deduction, defense or counterclaim of any nature
whatsoever, and such Borrower hereby waives any such offset, deduction, defense and counterclaim of any nature whatsoever with respect thereto. 
  
 (C) This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which, when taken together, shall
constitute but one instrument. 

 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of the day and year
first above written. 
  

			
	ON MARINE SERVICES COMPANY
	
	 /s/ Julie A. Boland

	By:	 	Julie A. Boland
	Title:	 	Vice President
	
	OGLEBAY NORTON MARINE SERVICES COMPANY, L.L.C., by its Member ON Marine Services Company
	
	 /s/ R. F. Walk

	By:	 	R. F. Walk
	Title:	 	Manager
	
	NATIONAL CITY BANK
	
	 /s/ Janice E. Focke

	By:	 	Janice E. Focke
	Title:	 	Senior Vice PresidentSeventh Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated July 14, 1997

 Exhibit 10(k)(7) 
  
 National City Bank    
 155 East Broad Street  
 Columbus, OH 43251  
  
 Thomas E. Redmond 
 Vice President             
  
 April 18. 2003 
  
 Ms. Julie A. Boland 
 Vice President, Chief Financial Officer 
 and Treasurer 
 Oglebay Norton Company 
 1001 Lakeside Avenue, 15th floor

 Cleveland, Ohio 44114-1151 
  

	Re:	Seventh Amendment to Credit Agreement dated July 14, 1997, as amended and Temporary Waiver 

  
 Dear Julie: 
  
 Listed below are the terms and conditions related to your request for National City Bank (the “Bank”) to grant a temporary waiver of certain financial covenants
in the Credit Agreement dated July 14, 1997, and subsequently amended, by and between ON Marine Services Company, Oglebay Norton Marine Services Company, L.L.C. (collectively, the “Borrower”) and the Bank. 
  
 1. Temporary Waiver. Effective upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth below,
the Bank temporarily waives any failure by Borrower to comply with the requirements set forth in Sections 5.7 of Exhibit A to the Credit Agreement for the period ending March 31, 2003, including resulting defaults, from the date of occurrence until
and including June 15, 2003. The foregoing waiver will become effective upon satisfaction of the following conditions: 
  
 a. Both Bank and Borrower shall have executed and delivered this letter agreement; and 
  
 b. Borrower shall have paid to Bank a fee of $15,000.00. 
  
 2. Amendments to Credit Agreement. The Credit Agreement shall be, and hereby is, amended as follows effective upon the satisfaction
of the conditions to the temporary wavier set forth in paragraph 1 above: 
  
 a. The Libor Margin and Prime Rate Margin will be increased to 450 basis points and 225 basis points respectively from the time these amendments become effective, to and including August I S, 200 

 b. Section 5.7 of Exhibit A to the Credit Agreement is amended from the effective date of these
amendments until and including June 15, 2003 by incorporating the following financial covenants: 
  

	 	(a)	The Companies shall not suffer or permit at any time the Leverage Ratio to exceed 6.90 to 1.00 on March 31, 2003 through and including June 15, 2003. 

  

	 	(b)	The Companies shall not suffer or permit at any time the ratio of: (x) Total Senior Funded Indebtedness to the extent such Indebtedness is a secured obligation (but, excluding for
purposes hereof, the Indebtedness evidenced by the 2002 Senior Secured Fund Notes) to (y) Consolidated Pro-Forma EBITDA to be greater than 4.05 to 1.00 on March 31, 2003 through and including June 15, 2003, based upon the financial statements of the
Companies for the most recently completed four (4) fiscal quarters. 

  

	 	(c)	The Companies shall not suffer of permit at any time the ratio of: (x) Consolidated Pro-Forma EBITDA to (y) Consolidated Pro-Forma Interest Expense (less non cash amortized
financing and FAS 133 costs to the extent included in Consolidated Pro-Forma Interest Expense in accordance with GAAP) to be less than 1.40 to 1.00 on March 31, 2003 through and including June 15, 2003, based upon the financial statements of the
Companies for the most recently completed four (4) fiscal quarters. 

  

	 	(d)	The Companies shall not suffer or permit at any time the ratio of: (x) Consolidated Pro-Forma Cash Flow to (y) Consolidated Pro-Forma Fixed Charges (excluding from Pro-Forma Fixed
Charges for purposes of calculating compliance with this covenant, amounts payable with respect to the Revolving Loans and Term Loans (as defined in the Loan Agreement)) to be less than .90 to 1.00 on March 31, 2003 through and including June 15,
2003, based upon the financial statements of the Companies for the most recently completed four (4) fiscal quarters. 

  

	 	(e)	The Companies shall not suffer or permit Consolidated Net Worth at any time, based upon Consolidated financial statements of the Companies for the most recently completed fiscal
quarter, to fall below the current minimum amount required, which current minimum amount required shall be as of March 31, 2003, an amount equal to $98,643,000; provided, however, that (i) any non-cash impact to Consolidated Net Worth related to FAS
142 shall be excluded in calculating Borrower’s compliance with this covenant and (ii) any potential non-cash impact associated with the extinguishment of Indebtedness (as a result of the issuance of the 2002 Senior Secured Fund Notes and the
required repayment of a portion of the Revolving Credit Loans) as indicated pursuant to EITF 96.19/SFAS 140 shall likewise be excluded in calculating Borrower’s compliance with this covenant. 

  

	 	(f)	The Companies shall not suffer or permit at any time Consolidated Pro-Forma EBITDA to be less than $62,500,000 on March 31, 

 2003 through and including June 15, 2003, based upon the financial statements of the Companies for the
most recently completed four (4) fiscal quarters. 
  
 3. Certain Additional
Agreements. Borrower also agrees: 
  
 a. to obtain updated
appraisals for the vessels Wolverine and David Z. Norton, which secure the Term Loan between Borrower and Bank, with such appraisals being in a form, and from an individual or entity, acceptable to Bank. The cost of such appraisals to
be paid by Borrower; and 
  
 b. to submit to the Bank copies of
the documents governing the “Pooling Arrangement” between Borrower and the American Steamship Company.

			
	Sincerely,
	National City Bank
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Thomas E. Redmond

	Thomas E. Redmond Vice President
	Approved and accepted this 18th day of April
2003
	
	ON Marine Services Company
		
	By:	 	 /s/ R. F. Walk

	Name:	 	R. F. Walk
	Title:	 	VP & Secretary
	
	Oglebay Norton Marine Management Company, L.L.C., as guarantor
		
	By:	 	 /s/ R. F. Walk

	Name:	 	R. F. Walk
	Title:	 	Manager
	
	Oglebay Norton Marine Services Company, L.L.C.,
		
	By:	 	 /s/ R. F. Walk

	Name:	 	R. F. Walk
	Title:	 	Manager
	
	Oglebay Norton Company, as guarantor
		
	By:	 	 /s/ R. F. Walk

	Name:	 	R. F. Walk
	Title:	 	VP, General Counsel & Secretary

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