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Exhibit 10.4

 

Pledge Agreement

 

This Pledge Agreement (this “Agreement”) is dated as of April 22, 2016, among TWIN DISC, INCORPORATED, a Wisconsin corporation (the “Borrower”) and MILL-LOG EQUIPMENT CO., INC., an Oregon corporation (“Mill-Log Equipment” and together with the Borrower, each individually a “Pledgor”, and individually and collectively, jointly and severally, the “Pledgors”), each with its mailing address as set forth in Section 10(c) hereof, and BANK OF MONTREAL, as “Administrative Agent” for the secured lenders (the “Secured Parties”) under the Credit Agreement referenced below dated on even date herewith (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, if any, the “Agent”), with its mailing address as set forth in Section 10(c) hereof.

 

Preliminary Statements

 

A.     The Borrower has requested that the Lenders (as hereinafter defined) from time to time extend credit or otherwise make financial accommodations available to or for the account of the Borrower, including, without limitation, pursuant to the terms of that certain Credit Agreement dated as of even date herewith, among the Borrower, the financial institutions from time to time party thereto as lenders (the “Lenders”), the Agent, as the same may from time to time be amended, restated, supplemented, or otherwise modified (the “Credit Agreement”; capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings given such terms in the Credit Agreement). Mill-Log Equipment is a Guarantor under the Credit Agreement.

 

B.     As a condition to extending credit or otherwise making financial accommodations available to or for the account of the Borrower, the Agent and the other Secured Parties each require, among other things, that each Pledgor pledge and assign to the Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Lenders and the Letter of Credit Issuer, and grant to the Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, a security interest in all of the Pledged Collateral (as defined below), whether now owned or hereafter acquired, to secure prompt payment and full performance of the Secured Obligations (as defined below).

 

Now, therefore, in consideration of the benefits accruing to each Pledgor, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

Section 1.      Pledge of Collateral. As collateral security for the payment, performance and observance of all of the Secured Obligations, each Pledgor hereby pledges and assigns to Agent (and its agents and designees), for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and grants to Agent (and its agents and designees), for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a continuing security interest in, all of the following property of such Pledgor, wherever located and whether now or hereafter existing and whether now owned or hereafter acquired (all being collectively referred to herein as the “Pledged Collateral”): 

 

(a)      those certain shares of capital stock or other equity interests owned beneficially and, if applicable, of record by each Pledgor listed on Schedule I attached hereto and made a part hereof (provided that the Pledged Collateral shall not include more than 65% of any voting capital stock or other voting equity interests of foreign issuers owned beneficially and, if applicable, of record by any Pledgor), and all cash, dividends, other securities, instruments, rights, and other property at any time and from time to time received or receivable in respect thereof or in exchange for all or any part thereof, including without limitation, dividends, distributions, warrants, profits, rights to subscribe, rights to return of its contribution, conversion rights, liquidating dividends, and other rights (subject to Section 7 below); 

 

 

 

 

  

(b)      all other property hereafter delivered to the Agent (or any agent or bailee holding on behalf of the Agent) by each Pledgor in substitution for or in addition to any of the foregoing, and all certificates and instruments representing or evidencing such other property and all cash, dividends, other securities, instruments, rights, and other property at any time and from time to time received or receivable in respect thereof or in exchange for all or any part thereof, including without limitation, dividends, distributions, warrants, profits, rights to subscribe, conversion rights, liquidating dividends, and other rights; and 

 

(c)      all Proceeds of all of the foregoing.

 

All terms which are used in this Agreement which are defined in the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of Wisconsin as in effect from time to time (“UCC”) shall have the same meanings herein as such terms are defined in the UCC, unless this Agreement shall otherwise specifically provide. 

 

Section 2.     Secured Obligations Hereby Secured. The security interest created hereby in the Pledged Collateral constitutes continuing collateral security for all of the following obligations, whether now existing or hereafter incurred (the “Secured Obligations”):

 

(a)      the prompt payment by each Loan Party, as and when due and payable (whether by scheduled maturity, required prepayment, acceleration, demand or otherwise), of all amounts from time to time owing by it in respect of (i) the Obligations, and (ii) in the case of a Loan Party that is a Guarantor, all amounts from time to time owing by such Loan Party in respect of its guaranty made pursuant to Section 10 of the Credit Agreement or under any other Guaranty to which it is a party; and 

 

(b)     the due performance and observance by each Loan Party of all of its other obligations from time to time existing in respect of the Loan Documents and all documents evidencing the Obligations.

 

Section 3.      Pledged Collateral. 

 

(a)      On or before June 21, 2016, all certificates or instruments representing or evidencing the Pledged Collateral must be delivered to and held by or on behalf of the Agent pursuant to this Agreement and must be in suitable form for transfer by delivery, or accompanied by duly executed instruments of transfer or assignment in blank, all in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent. The Agent has the right, at any time after an Event of Default (as defined herein) has occurred and is continuing and which has not been waived in writing by the Agent, in its reasonable discretion and without notice to any Pledgor, to transfer to or to register any or all of the Pledged Collateral in the name of the Agent or any of its nominees. In addition, the Agent has the right at any time to exchange certificates or instruments representing or evidencing any or all of the Pledged Collateral for certificates or instruments of smaller or larger denominations.

 

(b)      Except as provided in Section 7 below, in the event that any Pledgor receives any cash, dividends, other securities, instruments, rights, or other property at any time and from time to time received or receivable in respect of any of the Pledged Collateral, or in exchange for all or any part thereof, including without limitation, dividends, distributions, warrants, profits, rights to subscribe, conversion rights, liquidating dividends, and other rights, such Pledgor acknowledges that the same will be received IN TRUST for the Agent and will immediately deliver the same to the Agent in original form of receipt, together with any stock or bond powers, assignments, endorsements, or other documents or instruments as the Agent may request to establish, protect, or perfect the Agent’s interest in respect of such Pledged Collateral. 

 

 

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Section 4.      Representations and Warranties. Each Pledgor represents and warrants that:

 

(a)      Such Pledgor is the sole legal, beneficial, and, if applicable, record owner of its Pledged Collateral (or, in the case of after-acquired Pledged Collateral, will be the sole such owner thereof), having good and marketable title thereto, free of all liens, security interests, encumbrances, or claims of any kind other than those in favor of the Agent under this Agreement.

 

(b)      All capital stock or other equity interests constituting such Pledgor’s Pledged Collateral: (i) have been duly authorized, are validly issued, fully-paid and non-assessable and free of preemptive rights; (ii) are not subject to any restrictions upon the voting rights or upon the transfer thereof; (iii) constitute (A) all capital stock or other equity interests of the domestic issuers, if any, of such Pledged Collateral owned beneficially and of record by such Pledgor and (B) no more than 65% of the voting capital stock or other voting equity interests of the foreign issuers of such Pledged Collateral; and (iv) include the percentages of the issued and outstanding capital stock or other equity interests as set forth on Schedule I attached hereto. 

 

(c)      Without limiting any of the foregoing representations and warranties, each Pledgor represents and warrants that each of the representations and warranties set forth in the Credit Agreement and in the Security Agreement are true, correct, and complete as written.

 

(d)      No Loan Document contains any untrue statement of a material fact regarding any Pledgor or its properties, nor fails to disclose any material fact regarding any Pledgor or its properties necessary to make the statements contained therein not materially misleading. There is no fact or circumstance that any Pledgor has failed to disclose to the Agent in writing that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

Section 5.      Covenants. Until all of the Secured Obligations, both for principal and interest, have been fully paid and satisfied and all agreements of the Agent to extend credit to or for the account of the Borrower have expired or otherwise have been terminated, each Pledgor shall:

 

(a)           preserve and protect its Pledged Collateral;

 

(b)      not create, incur, assume, or permit to exist any liens, encumbrances, security interests, levies, assessments, or charges on or in any of its Pledged Collateral, except liens permitted by the Loan Documents;

 

(c)      except as otherwise agreed to by the Agent, not sell, encumber or otherwise dispose of or transfer any of its Pledged Collateral, or any right or interest therein, and cause any issuer not to sell, encumber, or otherwise dispose of or transfer any of its voting capital stock or other voting equity interests of foreign issuers owned beneficially and, if applicable, of record by any issuer, or any right or interest therein, and will: (i) cause the issuer(s) of its Pledged Collateral not to issue any other voting stock in addition to or in substitution for such Pledged Collateral, except to such Pledgor, or in connection with outstanding stock options or with the prior written consent of the Agent; and (ii) pledge hereunder, immediately upon such Pledgor’s acquisition (directly or indirectly) thereof, any and all additional shares of stock or other securities of the issuers of its Pledged Collateral;

 

 

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(d)      appear in and defend, at such Pledgor’s own expense, any action or proceeding that may affect such Pledgor’s title to or the Agent’s interest in such Pledgor’s Pledged Collateral;

 

(e)      promptly pay and discharge all taxes, assessments, and governmental charges or levies imposed on such Pledgor or any of its Pledged Collateral before the same become delinquent;

 

(f)      procure or execute and deliver, from time to time, in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent, any stock powers, bond powers, endorsements, assignments, financing statements, estoppel certificates, or other writings deemed necessary or appropriate by the Agent to perfect, maintain, or protect the Agent’s security interest in such Pledgor’s Pledged Collateral and the priority thereof, and take such other action and deliver such other documents, instruments, and agreements pertaining to such Pledgor’s Pledged Collateral as the Agent may reasonably request to effectuate the intent of this Agreement;

 

(g)      if the Agent gives value to enable such Pledgor to acquire rights in or use of any of its Pledged Collateral, use such value only for such purpose; and

 

(h)      keep separate, accurate, and complete records of its Pledged Collateral and provide the Agent with access thereto with the right to make extracts therefrom and provide the Agent with such other information pertaining to such Pledgor’s Pledged Collateral as the Agent may reasonably request from time to time.

 

The Agent may, in its discretion at any time and from time to time, at the Pledgors’ expense, pay any amount or do any act required of any Pledgor hereunder or otherwise lawfully requested by the Agent to (i) enforce any Loan Document or collect any Secured Obligations; (ii) protect, insure, maintain, or realize upon any Pledged Collateral; or (iii) defend or maintain the validity or priority of the Agent’s Liens in any Pledged Collateral, including any payment of a judgment or any discharge of a Lien. All payments, costs, and expenses (including extraordinary expenses) of the Agent under this Section shall be jointly and severally payable by the Pledgors immediately without notice or demand, shall constitute additional Secured Obligations secured hereby, and shall bear interest from the date incurred to the date of payment thereof at the rate specified in the Credit Agreement. Any payment made or action taken by the Agent under this Section shall be without prejudice to any right to assert an Event of Default or to exercise any other rights or remedies under the Loan Documents. No payment made or action taken by the Agent under this Section shall in any way obligate the Agent to take any further or future action with respect thereto. The Agent, in making any payment hereby authorized, may do so according to any bill, statement or estimate procured from the appropriate public office or holder of the claim to be discharged without inquiry into the accuracy of such bill, statement or estimate or into the validity of any tax assessment, sale, forfeiture, tax lien or title or claim and may request reimbursement thereof from any Pledgor for the amount of such sums and amounts so expended.

 

Section 6.      Authorized Action by the Agent

 

(a)      Subject to Section 7, each Pledgor hereby irrevocably appoints the Agent as its attorney-in-fact to do (but the Agent shall not be obligated to and shall not incur any liability to any Pledgor or any third party for failure to do) any act that such Pledgor is obligated by this Agreement to do, and exercise such rights and powers as such Pledgor might exercise with respect to such Pledgor’s Pledged Collateral, including without limitation, the right to:

 

 

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(i)      collect by legal proceedings or otherwise and endorse, receive, and receipt for all payments, proceeds and other sums and property now or hereafter payable on or in respect of proceeds, and other sums and property now or hereafter payable on or in respect of such Pledged Collateral, including dividends, profits, and interest payments;

 

(ii)      enter into any extension, reorganization, deposit, merger, or consolidation agreement or other agreement pertaining to any of such Pledged Collateral, and in connection therewith, to: (A) deposit or surrender control of such Pledged Collateral thereunder; (B) accept other property in exchange therefor; and (C) do and perform such acts and things as the Agent may deem proper; and any money or property secured in exchange therefor will be applied to the Secured Obligations or held by the Agent pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement;

 

(iii)      protect and preserve such Pledged Collateral;

 

(iv)      transfer such Pledged Collateral to its own or its nominee’s name; and

 

(v)      make any compromise, settlement, or adjustment, and take any action the Agent deems advisable, with respect to such Pledged Collateral.

 

(b)      Each Pledgor agrees to reimburse the Agent upon demand for any costs and reasonable expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, that the Agent may incur while acting as such Pledgor’s attorney-in-fact under this Agreement, all of which costs and expenses are included in the Secured Obligations and are payable upon demand. It is further agreed and understood between the parties hereto that such care as the Agent gives to the safekeeping of its own property of like kind constitutes reasonable care of each Pledgor’s Pledged Collateral when in the Agent’s possession; provided, however, that the Agent will not be required to make any presentment, demand, or protest, or give any notice and need not take any action to preserve any rights against any prior party or any other person in connection with the Secured Obligations or with respect to any Pledged Collateral.

 

(c)      All the foregoing powers authorized in this Section 6, being coupled with an interest, are irrevocable so long as any of the Secured Obligations are outstanding.

 

Section 7.      Transfer, Voting, Dividends, Etc.

 

(a)      Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and which has not been waived in writing by the Agent:

 

(i)      each Pledgor is entitled to exercise all voting powers pertaining to all shares of stock and other securities constituting its Pledged Collateral for all purposes not inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement;

 

(ii)      each Pledgor is entitled to receive and retain all dividends (other than shares of stock or liquidating dividends) and all interest payments payable in respect of its Pledged Collateral; provided, that such dividends or interest payments are permitted by the terms of the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents; and provided, further, however, that all shares of stock or property representing shares of stock or liquidating dividends or a distribution or return of capital upon or in respect of the shares of stock constituting its Pledged Collateral or resulting from a split-up, revision, or reclassification of its Pledged Collateral or received in exchange therefor, as a result of a merger, consolidation, or otherwise, must be paid or transferred directly to the Agent immediately upon receipt thereof by such Pledgor and be retained by the Agent as Pledged Collateral hereunder; and

 

 

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(iii)      in order to permit each Pledgor to exercise such voting powers and to receive such dividends, the Agent will, if necessary and upon the written request of such Pledgor, from time to time, execute and deliver to such Pledgor appropriate proxies.

 

(b)      If any Event of Default has occurred, is continuing, is beyond all applicable cure periods and which has not been waived in writing by the Agent:

 

(i)      the Agent or its nominee or nominees may, if the Agent so elects by written notice to the Borrower and, without duplication, the applicable Pledgor, have the sole and exclusive right to exercise all voting powers pertaining to the shares of stock constituting such Pledgor’s Pledged Collateral, and may exercise such powers in such manner as the Agent may elect, and such Pledgor hereby grants the Agent an irrevocable proxy, coupled with an interest, to vote such shares of stock; provided, however, that such proxy will terminate upon termination of the Agent’s security interest in such Pledgor’s Pledged Collateral; and

 

(ii)      all dividends and other distributions and profits made upon or in respect of the Pledged Collateral and all interest payments must be paid directly to and be retained by the Agent as Pledged Collateral hereunder (or applied to the Secured Obligations, consistent with the terms of the Credit Agreement and the Security Agreement).

 

Section 8.      Default and Remedies

 

(a)      The occurrence and continuance of any “Event of Default” (as defined in the Credit Agreement) beyond all applicable cure periods and which has not been waived in writing by the Agent shall constitute an “Event of Default” hereunder.

 

(b)      Upon the occurrence and the continuation of any Event of Default beyond all applicable cure periods and which has not been waived in writing by the Agent, the Agent shall have, in addition to all other rights provided herein or in any other Loan Document or by law, the rights and remedies of a Agent under the UCC (regardless of whether the UCC is the law of the jurisdiction where the rights or remedies are asserted and regardless of whether the UCC applies to the affected Pledged Collateral), and further the Agent may:

 

(i)      settle, compromise, or release, on terms acceptable to the Agent, in whole or in part, any amounts owing on the Pledged Collateral, and to extend the time of payment, in the Agent’s name or in the name of any Pledgor, in respect thereof;

 

(ii)      apply to the payment of the Secured Obligations, or collect the Pledged Collateral, notwithstanding any forfeiture of interest or loss of other rights of any Pledgor against any obligor on its Pledged Collateral resulting from such action; and

 

(iii)      sell or otherwise dispose of all or any part of the Pledged Collateral in accordance with applicable law, either at public or private sale, on any broker’s board or securities exchange, in lots or in bulk, for cash, on credit, or otherwise, with or without representations or warranties, and upon such terms as are acceptable to the Agent. 

 

 

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(c)      The net cash proceeds resulting from the collection, liquidation, sale or other disposition of the Pledged collateral will be applied as set forth in Section 9.03(b) of the Credit Agreement. 

 

(d)     If by reason of any prohibition contained in applicable federal securities laws, Wisconsin securities laws or other state securities laws, as now or hereafter in effect, or in any rules or regulations pertaining to any of the foregoing laws, the Agent believes in its sole judgment that it is compelled to resort to one or more private sales of shares of stock constituting Pledged Collateral to a single purchaser or a restricted group of purchasers who will be obliged to agree, among other things, to acquire such securities for their own account, for investment and not with a view to the distribution or resale thereof, each Pledgor acknowledges and agrees that private sales of such Pledged Collateral may be held notwithstanding that such sales may be at prices and on other terms less favorable to the applicable Pledgor than if such Pledged Collateral were sold at public sale. Each Pledgor further agrees that the Agent has no obligation to delay the sale of any such Pledged Collateral for the period of time necessary to permit registration of such Pledged Collateral, even if the issuer thereof would, or should, agree to register such Pledged Collateral for public sale under applicable securities laws. Each Pledgor specifically agrees that private sales made under the foregoing circumstances shall be deemed to have been made in a “commercially reasonable” manner.

 

(e)      Under this Section 8, the Agent is not under any duty or obligation whatsoever to collect any dividends, interest, profits, or other payments due or accruing in respect of the Pledged Collateral or to take any action to preserve rights in connection with any Pledged Collateral, including without limitation, making or giving any presentment, demands for performance, notices of non-performance, protests, notices of protest, or notices of dishonor in connection with any Pledged Collateral.

 

(f)      The Agent may deliver any Pledgor’s Pledged Collateral to such Pledgor at any time and the receipt thereof by such Pledgor will be a complete and full acquittance in respect of such Pledged Collateral so delivered, and the Agent will thereafter be discharged from any liability or responsibility therefor.

 

(g)      Remedies Cumulative; No Waiver.

 

(i)      All covenants, conditions, provisions, warranties, guaranties, indemnities, and other undertakings of each Pledgor contained in the Loan Documents are cumulative and not in derogation or substitution of each other. In particular, the rights and remedies of the Agent are cumulative, may be exercised at any time and from time to time, concurrently or in any order, and shall not be exclusive of any other rights or remedies that the Agent may have, whether under any agreement, by law, at equity, or otherwise. 

 

(ii)      The failure or delay of the Agent to require strict performance by any Pledgor with any terms of the Loan Documents, or to exercise any rights or remedies with respect to Pledged Collateral or otherwise, shall not operate as a waiver thereof nor as establishment of a course of dealing. All rights and remedies shall continue in full force and effect until all of the Secured Obligations, both for principal and interest, have been fully paid and satisfied and all agreements of the Agent to extend credit to or for the account of the Borrower have expired or otherwise have been terminated. No modification of any terms of any Loan Documents (including any waiver thereof) shall be effective, unless such modification is specifically provided in a writing directed to each Pledgor and executed by the Agent, and such modification shall be applicable only to the matter specified. No waiver of any Default or Event of Default shall constitute a waiver of any other Default or Event of Default that may exist at such time, unless expressly stated. If the Agent accepts performance by any Pledgor under any Loan Document in a manner other than that specified therein, or during any Default or Event of Default, or if the Agent shall delay or exercise any right or remedy under any Loan Document, such acceptance, delay, or exercise shall not operate to waive any Default or Event of Default nor to preclude exercise of any other right or remedy.

 

 

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Section 9.     Application of Proceeds. The proceeds and avails of the Pledged Collateral at any time received by the Agent after the occurrence and during the continuation of any Event of Default beyond all applicable cure periods and which has not been waived in writing by the Agent shall, when received by the Agent in cash or its equivalent, be applied by the Agent as follows:

 

(i)     first, to the payment and satisfaction of all sums paid and costs and expenses incurred by the Agent hereunder or otherwise in connection herewith, including such monies paid or incurred in connection with protecting, preserving or realizing upon the Pledged Collateral or enforcing any of the terms hereof, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and court costs, together with any interest thereon (but without preference or priority of principal over interest or of interest over principal), to the extent the Agent is not reimbursed therefor by any Obligor; and

 

(ii)     second, to the payment and satisfaction of the remaining Secured Obligations, whether or not then due (in whatever order the Agent elects), both for interest and principal.

 

Any surplus remaining after the full payment and satisfaction of the foregoing shall be returned to the Borrower or to whomsoever the Agent reasonably determines is lawfully entitled thereto.

 

Section 10.      Miscellaneous.

 

(a)     This Pledge Agreement shall be a continuing agreement in every respect and shall remain in full force and effect until all of the Secured Obligations, both for principal and interest, have been fully paid and satisfied and all agreements of the Secured Parties to extend credit to or for the account of the Borrower have expired or otherwise have been terminated. Upon such termination of this Security Agreement, the Agent shall, upon the request and at the expense of the Borrower, forthwith release its security interest hereunder.

 

(b)      No amendment of this Agreement shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Agent and the Pledgors. All of the rights, privileges, remedies and options given to the Agent hereunder shall inure to the benefit of its successors and assigns, and all the terms, conditions, covenants, agreements, representations and warranties of and in this Agreement shall bind each Pledgor and its legal representatives, successors and assigns, provided that no Pledgor may assign its rights or delegate its duties hereunder without the Agent’s prior written consent.

 

(c)     Except as otherwise specified herein, all notices hereunder shall be in writing (including, without limitation, notice by facsimile) and shall be given to the relevant party at its address or facsimile number set forth below, or such other address or facsimile number as such party may hereafter specify by notice to the other given by courier, by United States certified or registered mail, by facsimile or by other telecommunication device capable of creating a written record of such notice and its receipt. 

 

 

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(i)
	
If to the Agent:
	
Bank of Montreal

	
 
	
 
	
111 West Monroe

	
 
	
 
	
Chicago, IL 60603

	
 
	
 
	
Attention: Asset Based Lending

	
 
	
 
	
Facsimile No.: (312) 765-1641

	
 
	
 
	
 

	
 
	
with a copy to: 
	
Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

	
 
	
 
	
100 East Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 3300

	
 
	
 
	
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202

	
 
	
 
	
Attention: Alexander P. Fraser, Esq.

	
 
	
 
	
Facsimile No.: (414) 271-0656

	
 
	
 
	
apfraser@michaelbest.com 

	
 
	
 
	
 

	
(ii) 
	
If to a Pledgor:
	
Twin Disc, Incorporated

	
 
	
 
	
1328 Racine Street

	
 
	
 
	
Racine, Wisconsin 53403

	
 
	
 
	
Attention: Chief Financial Officer

	
 
	
 
	
Facsimile No.: (262) 638-4481

	
 
	
 
	
 

	
 
	
with a copy to:
	
von Briesen & Roper, s.c.

	
 
	
 
	
411 East Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 1000

	
 
	
 
	
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202

	
 
	
 
	
Attention: Brion Winters, Esq.

	
 
	
 
	
Facsimile No.: (414) 238-6445

	
 
	
 
	
bwinters@vonbriesen.com

 

(d)     In the event and to the extent that any provision hereof shall be deemed to be invalid or unenforceable by reason of the operation of any law or by reason of the interpretation placed thereon by any court, this Agreement shall to such extent be construed as not containing such provision, but only as to such locations where such law or interpretation is operative, and the invalidity or unenforceability of such provision shall not affect the validity of any remaining provisions hereof, and any and all other provisions hereof which are otherwise lawful and valid shall remain in full force and effect.

 

(e)     This Agreement shall be deemed to have been made in the State of Wisconsin and shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Wisconsin. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning of any provision hereof.

 

(f)     This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto on separate counterpart signature pages, each constituting an original, but all together one and the same instrument. Each Pledgor acknowledges that this Agreement is and shall be effective upon its execution and delivery to the Agent, and it shall not be necessary for the Agent to execute this Agreement or any other acceptance hereof or otherwise to signify or express its acceptance hereof. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by facsimile or in electronic (e.g., “pdf” or “tif”) format shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.

 

(g)     Each Pledgor hereby submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin and of any Wisconsin state court sitting in the City of Milwaukee for purposes of all legal proceedings arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby. Each Pledgor irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of any such proceeding brought in such a court and any claim that any such proceeding brought in such a court has been brought in an inconvenient form. Each Pledgor and the Agent each hereby irrevocably waives any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

[Signature Page Follows]

 

 

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In Witness Whereof, each Pledgor has caused this Pledge Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the day and year first above written.

 

	
 
	
TWIN DISC, INCORPORATED
	
 

	
 
	
 
	
 
	
 

	
 
	
 
	
 
	
 

	
 
	
By: 
	
 
	
 

	
 
	
 
	
Name: Jeffrey S. Knutson
	
 

	
 
	
 
	
Title: Vice President – Finance and Chief Financial Officer
	
 

	 	 	 	 
	 	MILL-LOG EQUIPMENT CO., INC. 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	By:	 	 
	 	 	Name: Dennis Hoff	 
	 	 	Title: President	 

 

 

Accepted and agreed to as of the day and year first above written.

 

	
 
	
BANK OF MONTREAL,
	
 

	 	as Administrative Agent	 
	
 
	
 
	
 
	
 

	
 
	
 
	
 
	
 

	
 
	
By: 
	
 
	
 

	
 
	
 
	
Name: Jason Hoefler
	
 

	
 
	
 
	
Title: Director
	
 

 

 

[Signature Page to Pledge Agreement] 

 

 

SCHEDULE I

 

 

	
Pledgor
	
Entity Owned by Grantor
	
Percentage Interest/Number of Shares/Interests

Owned by Grantor

	
Twin Disc, Incorporated
	
Mill-Log Equipment Co., Inc. (an Oregon corporation)
	
100% owned by Twin Disc, Incorporated

	
Twin Disc, Incorporated
	
Twin Disc International, S.P.R.L. (a Belgian corporation)
	
157,573 Ordinary Shares owned by Twin Disc, Incorporated;

1 Ordinary Share owned by John Batten; and

10,835 Preferred Shares owned by Twin Disc, Incorporated

	
Twin Disc, Incorporated
	
Twin Disc (Pacific) Pty. Ltd. (an Australian corporation)
	
100% owned by Twin Disc, Incorporated

	
Twin Disc, Incorporated
	
Twin Disc (Far East) Ltd. (a Delaware corporation operating in Singapore)
	
100% owned by Twin Disc, Incorporated

	
Twin Disc, Incorporated
	
Twin Disc (Far East) Pte. Ltd. (a Singapore corporation)
	
1 Share owned by Twin Disc, Incorporated

	
Twin Disc, Incorporated
	
Twin Disc Nico Co., Ltd (a Japanese corporation)
	
66% owned by Twin Disc, Inc.; and

34% owned by Hitachi

	
Twin Disc, Incorporated
	
Twin Disc Japan (a Japanese corporation)
	
100% owned by Twin Disc, Incorporated

	
Twin Disc, Incorporated
	
Twin Disc Netherlands Holdings B.V. (a Netherlands corporation)
	
100% owned by Twin Disc, Incorporated

	
Mill-Log Equipment Co., Inc.
	
Mill Log Wilson Equipment (a Canadian corporation)
	
100% owned by Mill-Log Equipment Co., Inc.

 

 

Schedule I to Pledge Agreementex10-5.htm

Exhibit 10.5

 

GUARANTY AGREEMENT

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED and in consideration of advances made or to be made, or credit given or to be given, or other financial accommodation afforded or to be afforded to TWIN DISC, INCORPORATED, a Wisconsin corporation (hereinafter designated as “Debtor”), by BANK OF MONTREAL, a Canadian chartered bank acting through its Chicago branch (hereinafter called the “Bank”), from time to time, the undersigned hereby guarantees the full and prompt payment to the Bank or any affiliate of the Bank at maturity and at all times thereafter of any and all indebtedness, obligations and liabilities of every kind and nature of the Debtor to the Bank or such affiliate, howsoever evidenced, whether now existing or hereafter created or arising, whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, joint or several, or joint and several and howsoever owned, held or acquired, whether through discount, overdraft, purchase, direct loan or as collateral, or otherwise (hereinafter all such indebtedness, obligations and liabilities being collectively referred to as the “Indebtedness”); and the undersigned further agrees to pay all expenses, legal and/or otherwise (including court costs and attorneys’ fees), paid or incurred by the Bank or any affiliate of the Bank in endeavoring to collect the Indebtedness, or any part thereof, and in enforcing this guaranty in any litigation, bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding or otherwise.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term “Indebtedness” shall not include, and the undersigned does not hereby guaranty the payment of, Excluded Swap Obligations. For purposes of this guaranty:

 

“Commodity Exchange Act” means the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.).

 

“Excluded Swap Obligation” means any Swap Obligation of the Borrower if, and to the extent that, all or a portion of the guarantee of the undersigned of such Swap Obligation is or becomes illegal under the Commodity Exchange Act or any rule, regulation or order of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (or the application or official interpretation of any thereof) by virtue of the undersigned’s failure for any reason to constitute an "eligible contract participant" as defined in the Commodity Exchange Act at the time this guaranty becomes effective with respect to such Swap Obligation. If a Swap Obligation arises under a master agreement governing more than one swap, such exclusion shall apply only to the portion of such Swap Obligation that is attributable to swaps for which such guarantee is or becomes illegal.

 

“Swap Obligation” means any obligation of the Borrower to pay or perform under any agreement, contract or transaction that constitutes a "swap" within the meaning of Section 1a(47) of the Commodity Exchange Act.

 

 

 

 

  

This guaranty is a continuing, absolute and unconditional guaranty, and shall remain in full force and effect until written notice of its discontinuance shall be actually received by the Bank, and also until any and all of the Indebtedness created, existing or committed to before receipt of such notice shall be fully paid. The liability of the undersigned hereunder shall in no way be affected or impaired by (and the Bank is hereby expressly authorized to make from time to time, without notice to anyone) any sale, pledge, surrender, compromise, settlement, release, renewal, extension, indulgence, alteration, substitution, exchange, change in, modification or other disposition of any of the Indebtedness, either express or implied, or of any contract or contracts evidencing any thereof, or of any security or collateral therefor. The liability of the undersigned hereunder shall also in no way be affected or impaired by any acceptance by the Bank of any security for or other guarantors upon any of the Indebtedness, or by any failure, neglect or omission on the part of the Bank to realize upon or protect any of the Indebtedness, or any collateral or security or other guaranty therefor, or to exercise any lien upon or right of appropriation of any moneys, credits or property of the Debtor possessed by the Bank toward the liquidation of the Indebtedness, or by any application of payments or credits thereon. The Bank shall have the exclusive right to determine how, when and what application of payments and credits, if any, shall be made on the Indebtedness, or any part thereof. In order to hold the undersigned liable hereunder, there shall be no obligation on the part of the Bank, at any time, to resort for payment to the Debtor or to any other guaranty, or to any other person or corporation, their properties or estate, or resort to any collateral, security, property, liens or other rights or remedies whatsoever and the Bank shall have the right to enforce this guaranty irrespective of whether or not other proceedings or steps are pending seeking resort to or realization upon or from any of the foregoing.

 

All diligence in collection or protection, and all presentment, demand, protest and/or notice, as to any and everyone, whether or not the Debtor or the undersigned or others, of dishonor and of default and of non-payment and of the creation and existence of any and all of the Indebtedness, and of any security and collateral therefor, and of the acceptance of this guaranty, and of any and all extensions of credit and indulgence, are expressly waived.

 

The undersigned hereby irrevocably waives any claim or other rights which it may now or hereafter acquire against the Debtor that arise from the existence, payment, performance or enforcement of the undersigned’s obligations under this guaranty, including, without limitation, any right of subrogation, reimbursement, exoneration, contribution, indemnification, or any right to participate in any claim or remedy of the Bank against the Debtor whether or not such claim, remedy or right arises in equity, or under contract, statute or common law, including, without limitation, the right to take or receive from the Debtor directly or indirectly, in cash or other property or by set-off or in any other manner, payment or security on account of such claim or other rights.

 

In the case of the dissolution, liquidation, or insolvency (howsoever evidenced) of, or the institution of bankruptcy or receivership proceedings against the Debtor or the undersigned, all of the Indebtedness then existing shall, at the option of the Bank, immediately become due and accrued and payable from the undersigned. All dividends or other payments received from the Debtor, or on account of the Debtor from whatsoever source, shall be taken and applied as payment in gross, and this guaranty shall apply to and secure any ultimate balance that shall remain owing to the Bank.

 

The Bank may, without any notice whatsoever to anyone, sell, assign, or transfer all of the Indebtedness, or any part thereof, or grant participations therein, and in that event each and every immediate and successive assignee, transferee, or holder of or participant in all or any part of the Indebtedness, shall have the right to enforce this guaranty, by suit or otherwise, for the benefit of such assignee, transferee, holder or participant, as fully as if such assignee, transferee, holder or participant were herein by name specifically given such rights, powers and benefits; but the Bank shall have an unimpaired right to enforce this guaranty for the benefit of the Bank or any such participant, as to such of the Indebtedness that it has not sold, assigned or transferred.

 

 

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If any payment applied by the Bank to the Indebtedness is thereafter set aside, recovered, rescinded or required to be returned for any reason (including, without limitation, the bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of the Debtor or any other obligor), the Indebtedness to which such payment was applied shall for the purposes of this guaranty be deemed to have continued in existence, notwithstanding such application, and this guaranty shall be enforceable as to such of the Indebtedness as fully as if such application had never been made.

 

This guaranty shall be governed by and construed according to the laws of the State of Wisconsin, in which State it shall be performed by the undersigned. All payments to be made by the undersigned hereunder shall be made in the same currency and funds in which the Indebtedness of the Debtor is payable at the principal office of Bank of Montreal at 111 W. Monroe Street, Chicago, IL 60603-4095 (or at such other place for the account of the Bank as it may from time to time specify to the undersigned) in immediately available and freely transferable funds at the place of payment, all such payments to be paid without setoff, counterclaim or reduction and without deduction for, and free from, any and all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, charges, deductions, withholding or liabilities with respect thereto or any restrictions or conditions of any nature. If the undersigned is required by law to make any deduction or withholding on account of any tax or other withholding or deduction from any sum payable by the undersigned hereunder, the undersigned shall pay any such tax or other withholding or deduction and shall pay such additional amount necessary to ensure that, after making any payment, deduction or withholding, the Bank shall receive and retain (free of any liability in respect of any payment, deduction or withholding) a net sum equal to what it would have received and so retained hereunder had no such deduction, withholding or payment been required to have been made.

 

The payment by the undersigned of any amount or amounts due the Bank hereunder shall be made in the same currency (the “relevant currency”) and funds in which the underlying Indebtedness of the Debtor are payable. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the obligation of the undersigned in respect of any amount due in the relevant currency under this guaranty shall, notwithstanding any payment in any other currency (whether pursuant to a judgment or otherwise), be discharged only to the extent of the amount in the relevant currency that the Bank may, in accordance with normal banking procedures, purchase with the sum paid in such other currency (after any premium and costs of exchange) on the business day immediately following the day on which the Bank receives such payment. If the amount in the relevant currency that may be so purchased for any reason falls short of the amount originally due, the undersigned shall pay such additional amounts, in the relevant currency, as may be necessary to compensate for the shortfall. Any obligations of the undersigned not discharged by such payment shall, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, be due as a separate and independent obligation and, until discharged as provided herein, shall continue in full force and effect.

 

 

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The undersigned waives any and all defenses, claims and discharges of the Borrower, or any other obligor, pertaining to the Indebtedness, except the defense of discharge by payment in full. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the undersigned will not assert, plead or enforce against the Bank any defense of waiver, release, discharge in bankruptcy, statute of limitations, res judicata, statute of frauds, anti-deficiency statute, fraud, incapacity, minority, usury, illegality or unenforceability which may be available to the Debtor or any other person liable in respect of any of the Indebtedness, or any setoff available against the Bank to the Debtor or any such other person, whether or not on account of a related transaction. The undersigned agrees that the undersigned shall be and remain liable for any deficiency remaining after foreclosure of any mortgage or security interest securing the Indebtedness, whether or not the liability of the Debtor or any other obligor for such deficiency is discharged pursuant to statute or judicial decision.

 

The undersigned hereby irrevocably submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of any State of Wisconsin court or the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin for the adjudication of any matter arising out of or relating to this guaranty. Nothing contained herein shall affect the right of the Bank to bring any proceeding hereunder in any jurisdiction where the undersigned may be amenable to suit. The undersigned hereby waives any objection to any action or proceeding in any Wisconsin court or the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin on the grounds of venue or any claim that any State of Wisconsin court or the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin is an inconvenient forum.

 

Notwithstanding anything in this Guaranty to the contrary, the right of recovery against the undersigned under this Guaranty shall not exceed $1.00 less than the lowest amount which would render the undersigned’s obligations under this Guaranty void or voidable under applicable law, including fraudulent conveyance law.

 

Any invalidity or unenforceability of any provision or application of this guaranty shall not affect other lawful provisions and applications hereof, and to this end the provisions of this guaranty are declared to be severable. This guaranty may not be waived, amended, released or otherwise changed except by a writing signed by the Bank.

 

All notices or other communications given hereunder by the Bank to the undersigned shall be addressed to the undersigned at 1328 Racine Street, Racine, Wisconsin 53403, Attention: Chief Financial Officer of Twin Disc, Incorporated or to such other address as the undersigned shall designate by notice in writing to the Bank. Any such notice or other communication shall be effective only upon receipt thereof by the undersigned.

 

This guaranty and every part thereof shall be binding upon the undersigned, and upon the heirs, legal representatives, successors and assigns of the undersigned, and shall inure to the benefit of the Bank, its successors, legal representatives and assigns. The undersigned waives notice of the Bank’s acceptance hereof.

 

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Signed and delivered by the undersigned, this 22nd day of April, 2016.

 

	
 
	
MILL-LOG EQUIPMENT CO., INC.
	
 

	
 
	
 
	
 
	
 

	
 
	
 
	
 
	
 

	
 
	
By: 
	
 
	
 

	
 
	
Name: Dennis Hoff
	
 

	
 
	
Title: President
	
 

 

 

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