-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, Jo8GC8i/hWdjLzHZaqrsphzE5+T8msuahScDRKXaVPCFXtuMmklvz6diYmPRS6SE rSzoltKJwXODTL3rphOyRQ== 0000950124-97-004845.txt : 19970924 0000950124-97-004845.hdr.sgml : 19970924 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950124-97-004845 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 10-K405 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 7 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 19970630 FILED AS OF DATE: 19970923 SROS: NASD FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: AUTOCAM CORP/MI CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000879235 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: MOTOR VEHICLE PARTS & ACCESSORIES [3714] IRS NUMBER: 382790152 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MI FISCAL YEAR END: 0630 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 10-K405 SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-19544 FILM NUMBER: 97684131 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 4070 EAST PARIS AVE CITY: KENTWOOD STATE: MI ZIP: 49512 BUSINESS PHONE: 6166980707 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 4070 EAST PARIS AVENUE SE CITY: KENTWOOD STATE: MI ZIP: 49512 10-K405 1 FORM 10-K405 1 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 ------------ FORM 10-K (Mark One) [X] ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 or 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES AND CHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the fiscal year ended June 30, 1997. OR [ ] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 or 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the transition period from to --------------- --------------- Commission file number 0-19544 AUTOCAM CORPORATION - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter) MICHIGAN 38-2790152 - ------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------- (State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer incorporation or organization) Identification No.) 4070 EAST PARIS AVE., KENTWOOD, MICHIGAN 49512 - ---------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------ (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code) Registrant's telephone number, including area code - (616) 698-0707 -------------- Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: Name of each exchange on Title of each class which registered - ------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------- None None Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: Common Stock, Without Par Value ------------------------------------------- (Title of Class)
2 Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes [X] No [ ] Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of Registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. [X] The aggregate market value of voting stock of the Registrant held by nonaffiliates was $27,364,892 as of September 1, 1997. The number of shares outstanding of the Registrant's common stock as of September 1, 1997 was 5,726,762 shares of common stock without par value. DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE Part of Form 10-K Into Which Portions Document of Documents are Incorporated - ---------------------------------------- --------------------------------------- Autocam Corporation 1997 Annual Report to Shareholders. Parts I, II and IV Definitive Proxy Statement for the 1997 Annual Meeting of Shareholders filed with Securities and Exchange Commission, September 1997. Part III [Cover page 2 of 2] 3 AUTOCAM CORPORATION FORM 10-K Year Ended June 30, 1997 TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page ---------- PART I. Item 1. Business 1-6 Item 2. Properties 6 Item 3. Legal Proceedings 6 Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security-Holders 6 PART II. Item 5. Market for Registrant's Common Equity and Related Shareholder 7 Matters Item 6. Selected Financial Data 7 Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition Item 7. and Results of Operations 7 Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data 8 Changes in and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting Item 9. and Financial Disclosure 8 PART III. Item 10. Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant 8 Item 11. Executive Compensation 8 Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management 8 Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions 8 PART IV. Item 14. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules and Reports on Form 8-K - Index 8-12 SIGNATURES Principal Executive Officer, Principal Financial and Accounting Officer 13 Directors 13 EXHIBITS E-1 - E-90
4 PART I ITEM 1. BUSINESS GENERAL The Company designs and manufactures close-tolerance, specialty metal alloy components which are sold to the automotive, computer electronics and medical devices industries. These components are used primarily in automotive fuel and braking systems, devices for surgical procedures, and computer rigid disk drives. The Company's production equipment consists of high-precision, automatic cam-driven turning machines and computer numerically-controlled turning, milling and grinding machines capable of high-volume production while maintaining close tolerances. BUSINESS STRATEGY The Company's sales have grown from $18 million in fiscal 1990 to $62 million in fiscal 1997. The Company's management attributes its growth to the following factors: (i) increased sales of domestically-produced automobiles and the trend toward more environmentally efficient port electronic fuel injectors; (ii) increased sales of anti-lock braking system components reflecting increased demand and acceptance of this safety feature; (iii) the proliferation of personal computers and their need for precise machined components; and, (iv) the introduction of precision-machined medical devices to its product offerings. The Company's growth and profitability reflect its business strategy to: - Identify Products Which are Early in Their Life Cycles - The Company selectively pursues new sales opportunities based primarily on identifying products early in their product life cycles that have strong unit growth potential. The Company believes these components can be manufactured with a unit price structure and quality standards that favor the Company in its highly competitive environment. By identifying products early in their life cycles and building strong customer relationships, sales growth has been enhanced through sole source, long-term supply contracts with selected customers. In fiscal 1997, 70% of the Company's total sales were to three customers, Delphi Automotive Systems ("DAS"; a division of General Motors Corporation), Robert Bosch Corporation and ITT Automotive. - Provide Technologically High Quality Products on a Timely Basis - The Company believes that the reputation it has achieved in supplying high quality components has been instrumental in allowing it to achieve new business and maintain existing business. The Company's manufacturing strategy is to produce high-volume, close-tolerance, high-precision components which have excellent growth prospects. To this end, the Company has identified products in the automotive industry, such as fuel and braking systems components, the medical devices industry, such as minimally invasive ophthalmic and cardiovascular surgery equipment components, and the computer electronics industry, such as rigid disk drive fastener and motor, and microprocessor heat dispersion components. The Company's manufacturing expertise includes process flexibility and product quality to meet customer demands. The Company was one of only 41 of General Motors' worldwide supplier base of over 30,000 companies to receive the General Motors Supplier of the Year Award in June 1997 and 1996. In fiscal 1997, the Company also received the 1996 Partnership in Quality award from Hitachi Automotive Products, the top quality award bestowed by Hitachi on its suppliers. The Company expects to use this experience and knowledge to diversify its industry, customer and product bases. 1 5 - Focus on Aggressively Reducing Cost - Since its inception, the Company has emphasized a continuous improvement program involving all employees. The Company believes that this ongoing program, in conjunction with the capital expenditures it has made, allows it to be the low-cost producer of the products it manufactures. The Company believes that there are future opportunities to increase efficiency, improve productivity and reduce costs. The Company intends to continue focusing on manufacturing components requiring high-volume, close-tolerance, high-precision production which have excellent growth prospects. The Company's strategy is to expand its base of automotive customers as well as diversify its product mix to the automotive market which may include low-tolerance components. Current and future supplier consolidation within the automotive industry will require the Company to provide low- and high-tolerance machining capability in order to maintain its position as a premier supplier to the industry. In addition, the Company plans to increase its penetration of non-automotive markets, such as medical devices, by identifying products consistent with its business strategy. These expansion plans may be realized through strategic acquisitions. The Company is continually seeking to acquire businesses which complement and expand its product offerings. Such opportunities should be created as OEMs continue to consolidate their supplier bases. MARKETS The Company currently sells its products in the automotive, medical devices and computer electronics industries as described below. Automotive Industry. The automotive parts industry is composed of two major segments -- the original equipment manufacturer ("OEM") market and the automotive aftermarket. The Company sells substantially all of its products to tier-one and tier-two suppliers to OEMs for installation as original equipment on new cars and light trucks. The market for new cars and light trucks in North America is large and cyclical, with new vehicle demand tied closely to the overall strength of the North American economy. Developments within the industry, including consolidation among suppliers and increased outsourcing of components by OEMs, have substantially altered the competitive environment for automotive suppliers and have had a favorable impact on the Company's growth. Due to ever-increasing global competition, OEMs are continually revising their supplier requirements. OEMs are requiring suppliers to meet increasingly strict standards of quality, overall cost reductions and increased support for up-front design, engineering and project management. These requirements are continually accelerating the trend toward consolidation of the OEMs' supplier bases. For more capable suppliers, the new environment will continue to create the opportunity to grow rapidly by obtaining business previously provided by other suppliers. In addition, automotive manufacturers are producing vehicles with more features designed for convenience, vehicle performance, and, in response to both state- and federally-imposed standards related to safety and the environment such as the Federal Corporate Average Fuel Economy Requirements, emission standards and passive restraint requirements. As a result, new, more sophisticated systems have been added to automobiles which require components of the type produced by the Company. As the OEMs follow this trend, significant opportunities should develop for the Company. The Company believes it will continue to be well-positioned as a supplier to this market. Medical Devices Industry. The health care industry continues to undergo a major transformation affecting all segments of the industry. While the final outcome of this transformation is unknown, certain identifiable developments have already impacted this industry. Cost concerns are increasing the trend toward outpatient and non-physician attended facilities. These facilities will require more compact, mobile and user-friendly diagnostic and surgical devices. The industry is also demanding suppliers that enhance quality while lowering costs. 2 6 The Company believes it can capitalize on its automotive manufacturing expertise by applying these skills to similar manufacturing processes used within the medical devices industry. The Company has already made positive impressions on companies within this market who were skeptical about an automotive company's ability to meet the expectations of the medical industry. Computer Electronics Industry. Computer electronics is a dynamic, innovative industry which encompasses a wide range of products. The Company has focused on the manufacture of precision components used in suspension assemblies for rigid disk drives, microprocessor heat dispersion units and rigid disk drive motors. These and other personal computer subassemblies require high-precision metal machined components of the type manufactured by the Company. This industry also experiences frequent product changes with short lead times from development to market as a result of technology advances and increasing demand for a variety of product configurations. The Company believes its ability to make rapid product changeovers while maintaining high-volume production has, and will continue to, enable it to take advantage of these opportunities as the arise. PRODUCT APPLICATIONS A summary of the Company's sales and percentage of total sales by product application for each of the last three fiscal years is presented on page E-3 of the Exhibit 13 to this Form 10-K. Fuel Systems. Sales of fuel system components represented 73.7%, 62.5% and 61.4% of the Company's sales for the years ended June 30, 1997, 1996 and 1995, respectively. Sales of components to DAS represented 62%, 74% and 87% of total fuel system components sales for each of the respective periods presented. Fuel systems meter fuel flow more precisely than traditional carburation, and therefore, permit engines to burn less fuel more cleanly. The Company expects fuel system components to be its primary product for the near-term. The Company has built a strong reputation in the industry for lowest total cost, which it has earned through continuous process improvement and equipment and labor adaptability. The Company believes that most light vehicles manufactured in North America are equipped with multi-port fuel injection systems, and it does not expect meaningful growth in North American light vehicle production in the foreseeable future. Management expects Company sales to grow in the face of these market conditions through employing a market diversification strategy. The Company has established relationships with several new customers in this market, including one which manufactures diesel fuel injectors, which should provide a majority of its fuel system sales growth in the near future. Braking Systems. Sales of braking system components represented 10.9%, 22.3% and 20.1% of the Company's sales for the years ended June 30, 1997, 1996 and 1995, respectively. The Company manufactures several production components for anti-lock braking systems ("ABS"), including components of pistons, sensors, plugs, solenoids and valve bodies. It also manufactures valve rods and push rod assemblies used in the assembly of ABS and conventional braking systems. The Company expects to benefit from a market diversification strategy in this area through exploiting core competencies for consistently holding to increasingly tight machining tolerances and stringent requirements for cleanliness. Other Automotive. Other automotive components sales represented 2.3%, 1.7% and 1.6% of the Company's sales for the years ended June 30, 1997, 1996 and 1995, respectively. The Company manufactures a component used in electronic door lock assemblies which allow the remote operation of all vehicle door locks. The Company believes that the increased safety and convenience of electronic door locks will lead to increased sales of these systems and corresponding increased sales of components manufactured by the Company. The Company expects further growth in this area through the manufacture of components for other convenience items such as electric motors for seats and windows. 3 7 Medical Devices. Medical device components sales represented 10.2%, 6.7% and 5.7% of the Company's sales for the years ended June 30, 1997, 1996 and 1995, respectively. The Company manufactures components which are sold to the ophthalmic and cardiovascular surgical device industries. It continues to benefit from increased penetration by its largest ophthalmic surgical device customer into foreign markets. During late fiscal 1996 and 1997, the Company began manufacturing precision-machined metal components for innovative cardiovascular surgical device manufacturers, including those that sell coronary stents. Sales to these customers have increased every quarter during fiscal 1996 and 1997. Computer Electronics. Sales of computer electronics components represented 2.9%, 6.8% and 11.2% of the Company's sales for the years ended June 30, 1997, 1996 and 1995, respectively. These components are primarily machined, precision fastening devices, known as baseplates, used to join certain components of rigid disk drives used on personal computers. Sales have dropped in this industry as the Company fell victim to uncharacteristic baseplate life cycle shifts; specifically, demand for suspension assemblies which featured Company machined baseplates was replaced by those featuring stamped baseplates. The Company expects to reverse this declining sales trend over the next year as significant orders exist to provide high-volume, high-precision metal components used in the production of thermoplates for computer microprocessors. The Company began shipping these components in August 1997, and if customers take delivery of the product as forecasted, sales of computer electronics components will increase substantially throughout fiscal 1998. MANUFACTURING The Company manufactures its products using turning, grinding and milling processes. Substantially all of the Company's production machinery has been acquired new since 1985 and consists of high-precision, automatic cam-driven turning machines and computer numerically-controlled turning, milling and grinding machines. These machines are capable of high-volume production while maintaining close tolerances. Products are typically produced from bar stock using multi-spindle cam automatic bar machines or centerless grinders. Secondary machining in some cases is necessary. Parts are then deburred, cleaned, in some cases, plated or heat treated at outsource locations, packaged and shipped directly to the customer. On a new job, the first parts produced are used to establish process capability and sent to the customer for approval. After approval, the part is placed in the Company's production planning systems and, as production begins, statistical process control techniques are employed to maintain quality and gather data for the Company's continuous improvement efforts. The continuous improvement process focuses the attention of all employees on improving each step of the process in order to increase quality, lower cost and improve customer service. In the manufacturing area, this focus emphasizes reducing dimensional variation to narrow the tolerance range for a given process, increasing perishable tool life, reducing scrap, and increasing both human and equipment productivity. The Company anticipates that additional manufacturing equipment will be necessary if firm orders are received during fiscal 1998 and 1999 in quantities currently contemplated under its existing contracts and purchase orders. The Company has entered into commitments to purchase certain of such equipment (See "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations - Liquidity and Capital Resources" and "Business - Contracts and Purchase Orders"). Raw materials and other resources used by the Company are generally not restricted in availability; however, the Company obtains 82% of its supply of metal alloys from one supplier. While these materials are available from several other sources, the Company could experience production delays and lost sales while qualifying a new supplier. 4 8 MARKETING AND SALES The Company markets its products primarily by bidding upon component specifications submitted by the customer. In addition, the Company makes direct calls on potential customers, domestically by its internal sales department and internationally through independent sales representatives. It is the Company's objective to establish long-term sole source contracts in order to strengthen its position in the marketplace. In addition, the Company continues to expand its base of customers in order to reduce its dependence on any particular customer or industry. CONTRACTS AND PURCHASE ORDERS The Company's automotive customers typically award blanket purchase orders for each calendar year. The Company currently manufactures numerous fuel injection components for DAS and signed a life-of-the-product supplier agreement with DAS in July 1994, thereby securing a majority of its annual sales to DAS for as long as the current DAS fuel injector program remains in production. The remainder of its components may be subject to an annual rebidding process. As a certified supplier of DAS, the Company has, in the past, retained and been awarded business in competitive bidding situations and would expect to be competitive in any such future bidding. Additionally, the Company is currently operating with open and blanket purchase orders from approximately 20 customers primarily covering automotive fuel and braking systems, medical devices, and computer electronics components. Orders are not firm under blanket purchase orders until specific releases are granted. BACKLOG AND SEASONALITY The Company's business is relatively consistent throughout the year, except for slowness traditionally experienced in July and August due to automotive model changeovers and during late December as its customers in the automotive industry typically shut down around the Christmas and New Year holidays. The Company does not reflect an order in backlog until it has received a purchase order and release committing to a quantity and delivery date. Generally, orders are shipped within three months of a release and as a result, the Company does not believe backlog is a material concept to its business. COMPETITION The markets in which the Company competes are highly competitive, and the Company believes that it competes within the above industries on the basis of price, quality and technology. The Company believes that there are approximately 40 companies in the United States that have the equipment to be manufacturers of precision metal parts in competition with the Company. Certain of the Company's competitors have substantially greater resources than the Company, including DAS which could move components currently manufactured by the Company in-house. The Company also competes with approximately 10 companies in Europe and Asia. Some of the components currently manufactured by the Company can also be manufactured using alternative technologies including stamping and coldheading processes which, in some cases, can process high-precision parts as efficiently as those technologies utilized by the Company. EMPLOYEES The Company had 373 full-time employees as of June 30, 1997 -- 244 employed at the Company's Kentwood, Michigan facility, 70 at the Company's Dowagiac, Michigan facility, 36 at the Company's Hayward, California facilities, and 23 at the Company's Gaffney, South Carolina facility. Fifty-four were salaried managerial and administrative personnel, 22 were salaried engineers, and 297 were hourly workers engaged in manufacturing. None of the Company's employees are part of a collective bargaining unit, except for 59 employees of the Company's Dowagiac, Michigan facility who are represented by the two local units of The United Steelworkers of America. The Company has never experienced a work stoppage and considers relations with its employees to be excellent. 5 9 EXPORT SALES During the fiscal years ended June 30, 1997, 1996 and 1995, the Company's export sales of fuel systems components to two European automotive customers and sales of computer electronics components to one European and two Asian computer electronics customers were $8,485,000, $7,961,500 and $7,240,700, respectively. ITEM 2. PROPERTIES The Company owns or leases manufacturing facilities which are suitable and adequate for the production and marketing of its products. The Company's executive and administrative offices occupy 12,000 square feet of its Kentwood, Michigan facility. The following is a list of the Company's locations and each's approximate square footage:
Approximate Square Feet ---- Owned: Kentwood, Michigan 88,000 Dowagiac, Michigan 67,000 Gaffney, South Carolina 25,000 Leased: Kentwood, Michigan 100,000 Hayward, California 27,000
The Company subleases 67,000 square feet of its leased Kentwood, Michigan facility to a company related by virtue of its 100%-ownership by the Company's president. The Company has machinery and equipment with an aggregate cost of $76,703,000. The Company owns $57,938,000 of this equipment, $1,331,000 is leased under capital leases, and $17,434,000 is leased under operating leases. For information concerning minimum future lease payments under non-cancelable leases, see Note 5 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements filed as Exhibit 13 hereto. The Company believes its facilities are modern, well-maintained, adequately insured and suitable for their present and intended uses. In order to meet demand primarily from automotive and computer electronics customers, management will purchase $15.7 million of equipment and invest $2.1 million in facilities over the next twelve months (on which deposits of $1.3 million had been placed as of June 30, 1997). See Item 1 under "Business - Manufacturing" and "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations - Liquidity and Capital Resources". ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS The Company is not presently involved in any legal proceedings other than ordinary or routine proceedings incidental to its operations, which in the opinion of management, would not have a material adverse effect on the Company if determined against the Company. ITEM 4. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY-HOLDERS None. 6 10 PART II ITEM 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT'S COMMON EQUITY AND RELATED SHAREHOLDER MATTERS The Company's common stock trades on the Nasdaq National Market tier of The Nasdaq Stock Market under the symbol ACAM. The following table sets forth the range of high and low sales prices of the Company's common stock as reported by the Nasdaq Stock Market, adjusted for the effects of share dividends issued during the periods presented.
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- High Low - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fiscal 1997: Fourth quarter 12 1/4 8 1/4 Third quarter 12 1/4 10 3/4 Second quarter 12 8 5/16 First quarter 10 1/2 8 5/16 Fiscal 1996: Fourth quarter 12 1/8 8 9/16 Third quarter 13 9/16 9 1/2 Second quarter 13 5/8 10 3/16 First quarter 11 3/16 10
As of September 1, 1997, the Company's common stock was held by 188 holders of record, and approximately 2,000 beneficial shareholders. DIVIDENDS The Company began paying quarterly cash dividends of two cents per Common share in the second quarter of fiscal 1997. The Company expects this practice of paying quarterly dividends on its Common shares will continue, although future dividends will continue to depend upon the Company's earnings, capital requirements, financial condition and other factors. ITEM 6. SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA Information required by this Item 6 is incorporated by reference to page E-1 of the Company's 1997 Annual Report to Shareholders filed as Exhibit 13 hereto. ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS Information required by this Item 7 is incorporated by reference to pages E-2 - E-6 of the Company's 1997 Annual Report to Shareholders filed as Exhibit 13 hereto. 7 11 ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA Registrant hereby incorporates the financial statements required by this Item 8 by reference to Item 14(a)(1) hereof, and the supplementary financial information required by this Item 8 by reference to page E-1 of the Company's 1997 Annual Report to Shareholders filed as Exhibit 13 hereto. ITEM 9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE None. PART III The Registrant hereby incorporates the information required by Form 10-K, Items 10-13 by reference to the Registrant's definitive proxy statement for its 1997 annual meeting of shareholders which will be filed with the Commission prior to September 30, 1997. PART IV ITEM 14. EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K - INDEX (a) The following documents are filed as a part of this report: 1. Financial Statements - The following consolidated financial statements and the report of independent auditors set forth on pages E-7 - E-20 of the Company's 1997 Annual Report to Shareholders filed as Exhibit 13 hereto are incorporated by reference in this Annual Report on Form 10-K: Consolidated Balance Sheets as of June 30, 1997 and 1996 For each of the three years in the period ended June 30, 1997: Consolidated Statements of Operations Consolidated Statements of Shareholders' Equity Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements Report of Independent Auditors 2. Financial Statement Schedules - No such schedules are included because of the absence of the conditions under which they are required, or because the information called for is included in the consolidated financial statements or notes thereto. 3. Exhibits 3(a) Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(a) of the Registrant's Form S-1, Registration No. 33-42670, filed September 17, 1991). 8 12 3(b) Bylaws of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(b) of the Registrant's Form S-1, Registration No. 33-42670, filed September 17, 1991). 4(a) Specimen Common Stock Certificate of Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4(a) of the Registrant's Form S-1, Registration No. 33-42670, filed September 17, 1991). 10(a) Revolving Credit Loan Agreement, dated June 27, 1997, between Comerica Bank and the Registrant (filed herewith, E-21 - E-82). 10(b) Stock Redemption Agreements, dated November 6, 1992 and September 20, 1993, between John C. Kennedy and Nancy G. Kennedy in their individual capacities and as co-trustees of the John C. Kennedy Living Trust u/a, dated February 14, 1986, as amended, and the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(b) of the Registrant's Form 10-K, filed September 27, 1993). Stock Redemption Agreement, dated August 1, 1996, between John C. Kennedy and Nancy G. Kennedy in their individual capacities and as co-trustees of the John C. Kennedy Living Trust u/a, dated February 14, 1986, as amended, and the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(b) of the Registrant's Form 10-K, filed September 19, 1996). 10(c) Autocam Corporation 1991 Incentive Stock Option Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(c) of the Registrant's Form 10-K, filed September 23, 1994). 10(d) Employment Agreement dated September 1, 1991, between Registrant and Edward W. Hekman (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(e) of the Registrant's Form S-1, Registration No. 33-42670, filed September 17, 1991). 10(e) Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company Joint Comp Life insurance policies covering John C. Kennedy and Nancy G. Kennedy, Policy Nos. 12 443 196 and 12 200 147 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(e) of the Registrant's Form 10-K, filed September 27, 1993). 10(f) Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company Adjustable Whole Life Insurance Policies covering John C. Kennedy, Policy Nos. 9 718 337, 10 755 204 and 10 755 185 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(f) of the Registrant's Form S-1, Registration No. 33-42670, filed September 17, 1991). 10(g) Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company Extraordinary Life Insurance Policies covering John C. Kennedy, Policy Nos. 9 053 592, 9 112 232 and 10 369 805 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(g) of the Registrant's Form S-1, Registration No. 33-42670, filed September 17, 1991). 10(h) Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company Disability Income Policies covering John C. Kennedy, Policy Nos. D316131, D316137, D374518, D532736 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(h) of the Registrant's Form S-1, Registration No. 33-42670, filed September 17, 1991). 10(i) Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company Joint Comp Life Insurance Policy covering John C. Kennedy and Nancy G. Kennedy, Policy No. 11 199 261 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(i) of the Registrant's Form S-1, Registration No. 33-42670, filed September 17, 1991). 10(j) Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company Whole Life Insurance Policies covering John C. Kennedy, Policy Nos. 11 466 899 and 11 467 109 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(j) of the Registrant's Form S-1, Registration No. 33-42670, filed September 17, 1991). 9 13 10(k) Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company Whole Life Insurance Policy covering John C. Kennedy, Policy No. 4 400 303 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(k) of the Registrant's Form S-1, Registration No. 33-42670, filed September 17, 1991). 10(l) Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company Disability Income Policy covering Edward W. Hekman, Policy No. D597564 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(l) of the Registrant's Form S-1, Registration No. 33-42670, filed September 17, 1991). 10(m) Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company Joint CompLife Policy covering John C. Kennedy and Nancy G. Kennedy, Policy No. 13 542 762 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(m) of the Registrant's Form 10-K, filed September 19, 1996). 10(n) Lease Agreement, dated March 1, 1995, between Registrant as lessee, and Rieth Partners and Marys' Share, both Michigan partnerships, as lessors, regarding industrial facilities located at 4060 East Paris Avenue, Kentwood, Michigan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(n) of the Registrant's Form 10-K, filed September 25, 1995). 10(o) Equipment Leases: 1. Master Lease Agreement, dated August 21, 1989, between Registrant and General Electric Capital Corporation, with Schedule Nos. 4 & 5, dated May 11, 1992 and June 30, 1992, respectively, covering three Tornos Bechler MS-7 Automatic Lathes, one Mikron PAS-16 Multi-spindle Horizontal Machining Center, and one Tornos Bechler SAS-16DC Multi-spindle Automatic Bar Machine (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(o)(1) of the Registrant's Form S-1, Registration No. 33-42670, filed September 17, 1991 (master lease) and the Registrant's Form 10-K, filed September 25, 1992 (schedules)). Equipment Lease Schedule Nos. 6, 7, 8 & 9, dated December 11, 1992, March 31, 1993, April 30, 1993, and June 1, 1993, respectively, covering five Tornos Bechler SAS-16DC Multi-spindle Automatic Bar Machines and one Mikron PAS-16 Multi-spindle Horizontal Machining Center (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(o)(1) of the Registrant's Form 10-K, filed September 27, 1993). Equipment Lease Schedule Nos. 10 and 11, dated September 10, 1993 and October 22, 1993, respectively, covering five Tornos Bechler SAS-16DC Multi-spindle Automatic Bar Machines (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(o)(1) of the Registrant's Form 10-K, filed September 23, 1994). Equipment Lease Schedule Nos. 12 and 13, both dated November 22, 1994, covering four Tornos Bechler SAS-16DCH Multi-spindle Automatic Screw Machines and two Mikron PAS-16 rotary transfer machines (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(o)(1) of the Registrant's Form 10-K, filed September 25, 1995). Equipment Lease Schedule No. 14, dated September 1, 1995, covering two Tornos Bechler SAS-16DCH Multi-spindle Automatic Screw Machines (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(o)(1) of the Registrant's Form 10-K, filed September 25, 1995). Equipment Lease Schedule Nos. 15 & 16, dated January 1, 1996, covering one Index G200 Horizontal Turning Center and one Index MS-25E Multi-spindle Automatic Screw Machine (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(o)(1) of the Registrant's Form 10-K, filed September 19, 1996). 10 14 Equipment Lease Schedule No. 17, dated June 1, 1997, covering four Mikron CX-24 Rotary Transfer Machines (filed herewith, E-83 - E-87). 2. Master Lease Agreement, dated December 8, 1992, between Registrant and Fleet Credit Corporation, with schedule No. 30720-02 covering various equipment, including CNC turning and milling centers (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(o)(2) of the Registrant's Form 10-K, filed September 27, 1993). 3. Master Lease Agreement, dated August 22, 1989, between Registrant and Textron Financial Corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(o)(3) of the Registrant's Form S-1, Registration No. 33-42670, filed September 17, 1991). Equipment Lease Schedule No. 8, dated December 29, 1992, covering one Star SST-16 CNC Automatic Lathe, one Hardinge Conquest CT CNC Chucker, and one Wasino CNC Lathe Model SH-5DM (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(o)(3) of the Registrant's Form 10-K, filed September 27, 1993). 4. Master Lease Agreement, dated June 6, 1991, between Registrant and Textron Financial Corporation, with Schedule, covering two Tornos Bechler SAS-16 Multi-spindle Automatic Bar Machines (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(o)(4) of the Registrant's Form S-1, Registration No. 33-42670, filed September 17, 1991). 5. Equipment Lease Agreement, dated May 1, 1994, between Registrant and John C. Kennedy, covering one Index MS-25 Multi-spindle Automatic Bar Machine, eight Tornos Bechler SAS-16 Multi-spindle Automatic Bar Machines, and one Cincinnati Milacron 220-8 Centerless Grinder (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(o)(7) of the Registrant's Form 10-K, filed September 23, 1994). 6. Aircraft Lease Agreement, dated November 21, 1991, between Registrant and General Electric Capital Corporation covering a Cessna Citation II aircraft (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(o)(13) of the Registrant's Form 10-K, filed September 25, 1992). Aircraft Lease Agreement Amendment, dated July 23, 1996, between Registrant and General Electric Capital Corporation covering a Cessna Citation II aircraft (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(o)(8) of the Registrant's Form 10-K, filed September 19, 1996). 7. Master Lease Agreement, dated August 20, 1993, between Registrant and Fleet Credit Corporation, with Schedule No. 30720-03 covering four Tornos Bechler SAS-16DC Multi-spindle Automatic Bar Machines (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(o)(10) of the Registrant's Form 10-K, filed September 23, 1994). 8. Master Lease Agreement, dated August 30, 1993, between Registrant and Textron Financial Corporation, with Schedule Nos. 9 and 10, covering one Micron MD600II SP-RD Centerless Grinder and one Stream Model TGM-102 HD 5-Axis Tool Grinding Machine (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(o)(11) of the Registrant's Form 10-K, filed September 23, 1994). 9. Master Equipment Lease Agreement, dated July 10, 1995, between Registrant and KeyCorp Leasing, Ltd., with Schedule No. 1 covering four Tornos Bechler SAS-16DCH Multi-spindle Automatic Screw Machines (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(o)(12) of the Registrant's Form 10-K, filed September 25, 1995). 11 15 10(p) Lifetime contract, dated April 26, 1993, between Registrant and General Motors Corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(p) of the Registrant's Form 10-K, filed September 27, 1993, as amended by the Registrant's Form 10-K/A, Amendment No. 1, filed November 29, 1993). 10(q) Lifetime contract, dated May 1, 1994, between Registrant and General Motors Corporation. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(p) of the Registrant's Form S-3, filed September 23, 1994). 10(r) Promissory Note, dated May 12, 1995, between Old Kent Bank and the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(r) of the Registrant's Form 10-K, filed September 25, 1995). 13 1997 Annual Report to Shareholders (filed herewith, pages E-1 - E-20). 21 Subsidiaries of Registrant (filed herewith, page E-88). 23 Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP (filed herewith, page E-89). 27 Financial Data Schedule (filed herewith, page E-90). (b) Reports on Form 8-K during quarter ended June 30, 1997 - On July 14, 1997, the Registrant filed a Form 8-K, dated June 30, 1997, reporting the purchase of certain assets for $18.1 million, and the assumption of certain liabilities totaling $699,000, of Hamilton-Pax, Inc. and Dowagiac Manufacturing Company (together, the "Hamilton Group"). Such Form 8-K was amended by Form 8-K/A, dated June 30, 1997 and filed with the Commission on September 9, 1997, which included Combined Financial Statements of the Hamilton Group as of December 31, 1996 and certain Pro Forma Consolidating Financial Information of the Company as of March 31, 1997. 12 16 SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized. AUTOCAM CORPORATION By: /S/ John C. Kennedy ----------------------------- John C. Kennedy, Principal Executive Officer By: /S/ Warren A. Veltman ----------------------------- Warren A. Veltman, Principal Financial and Accounting Officer Dated: September 23, 1997 Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature and Title Date ------------------- ---- By: /S/ John C. Kennedy September 23, 1997 - ------------------------------------------- John C. Kennedy, Director By: /S/ Warren A. Veltman September 23, 1997 - ------------------------------------------- Warren A. Veltman, Director By: /S/ Robert L. Hooker September 23, 1997 - ------------------------------------------- Robert L. Hooker, Director By: /S/ Kim Korth September 23, 1997 - ------------------------------------------- Kim Korth, Director By: Kenneth K. Rieth September 23, 1997 - ------------------------------------------- Kenneth K. Rieth, Director By: /S/ David J. Wagner September 23, 1997 - ------------------------------------------- David J. Wagner, Director
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION TO BE FURNISHED WITH REPORTS FILED PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE ACT BY REGISTRANTS WHICH HAVE NOT REGISTERED SECURITIES PURSUANT TO SECTION 12 OF THE ACT. Not Applicable. 13 17 EXHIBIT INDEX EXHIBIT NO. DESCRIPTION - ----------- ----------- 1. Financial Statements - The following consolidated financial statements and the report of independent auditors set forth on pages E-7 - E-20 of the Company's 1997 Annual Report to Shareholders filed as Exhibit 13 hereto are incorporated by reference in this Annual Report on Form 10-K: Consolidated Balance Sheets as of June 30, 1997 and 1996 For each of the three years in the period ended June 30, 1997: Consolidated Statements of Operations Consolidated Statements of Shareholders' Equity Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements Report of Independent Auditors 2. Financial Statement Schedules - No such schedules are included because of the absence of the conditions under which they are required, or because the information called for is included in the consolidated financial statements or notes thereto. 3. Exhibits 3(a) Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(a) of the Registrant's Form S-1, Registration No. 33-42670, filed September 17, 1991). 3(b) Bylaws of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(b) of the Registrant's Form S-1, Registration No. 33-42670, filed September 17, 1991). 4(a) Specimen Common Stock Certificate of Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4(a) of the Registrant's Form S-1, Registration No. 33-42670, filed September 17, 1991). 10(a) Revolving Credit Loan Agreement, dated June 27, 1997, between Comerica Bank and the Registrant (filed herewith, E-21 - E-82). 10(b) Stock Redemption Agreements, dated November 6, 1992 and September 20, 1993, between John C. Kennedy and Nancy G. Kennedy in their individual capacities and as co-trustees of the John C. Kennedy Living Trust u/a, dated February 14, 1986, as amended, and the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(b) of the Registrant's Form 10-K, filed September 27, 1993). Stock Redemption Agreement, dated August 1, 1996, between John C. Kennedy and Nancy G. Kennedy in their individual capacities and as co-trustees of the John C. Kennedy Living Trust u/a, dated February 14, 1986, as amended, and the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(b) of the Registrant's Form 10-K, filed September 19, 1996). 10(c) Autocam Corporation 1991 Incentive Stock Option Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(c) of the Registrant's Form 10-K, filed September 23, 1994). 10(d) Employment Agreement dated September 1, 1991, between Registrant and Edward W. Hekman (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(e) of the Registrant's Form S-1, Registration No. 33-42670, filed September 17, 1991). 10(e) Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company Joint Comp Life insurance policies covering John C. Kennedy and Nancy G. Kennedy, Policy Nos. 12 443 196 and 12 200 147 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(e) of the Registrant's Form 10-K, filed September 27, 1993). 10(f) Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company Adjustable Whole Life Insurance Policies covering John C. Kennedy, Policy Nos. 9 718 337, 10 755 204 and 10 755 185 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(f) of the Registrant's Form S-1, Registration No. 33-42670, filed September 17, 1991). 10(g) Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company Extraordinary Life Insurance Policies covering John C. Kennedy, Policy Nos. 9 053 592, 9 112 232 and 10 369 805 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(g) of the Registrant's Form S-1, Registration No. 33-42670, filed September 17, 1991). 10(h) Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company Disability Income Policies covering John C. Kennedy, Policy Nos. D316131, D316137, D374518, D532736 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(h) of the Registrant's Form S-1, Registration No. 33-42670, filed September 17, 1991). 10(i) Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company Joint Comp Life Insurance Policy covering John C. Kennedy and Nancy G. Kennedy, Policy No. 11 199 261 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(i) of the Registrant's Form S-1, Registration No. 33-42670, filed September 17, 1991). 10(j) Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company Whole Life Insurance Policies covering John C. Kennedy, Policy Nos. 11 466 899 and 11 467 109 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(j) of the Registrant's Form S-1, Registration No. 33-42670, filed September 17, 1991). 10(k) Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company Whole Life Insurance Policy covering John C. Kennedy, Policy No. 4 400 303 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(k) of the Registrant's Form S-1, Registration No. 33-42670, filed September 17, 1991). 10(l) Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company Disability Income Policy covering Edward W. Hekman, Policy No. D597564 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(l) of the Registrant's Form S-1, Registration No. 33-42670, filed September 17, 1991). 10(m) Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company Joint CompLife Policy covering John C. Kennedy and Nancy G. Kennedy, Policy No. 13 542 762 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(m) of the Registrant's Form 10-K, filed September 19, 1996). 10(n) Lease Agreement, dated March 1, 1995, between Registrant as lessee, and Rieth Partners and Marys' Share, both Michigan partnerships, as lessors, regarding industrial facilities located at 4060 East Paris Avenue, Kentwood, Michigan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(n) of the Registrant's Form 10-K, filed September 25, 1995). 10(o) Equipment Leases: 1. Master Lease Agreement, dated August 21, 1989, between Registrant and General Electric Capital Corporation, with Schedule Nos. 4 & 5, dated May 11, 1992 and June 30, 1992, respectively, covering three Tornos Bechler MS-7 Automatic Lathes, one Mikron PAS-16 Multi-spindle Horizontal Machining Center, and one Tornos Bechler SAS-16DC Multi-spindle Automatic Bar Machine (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(o)(l) of the Registrant's Form S-1, Registration No. 33-42670, filed September 17, 1991 (master lease) and the Registrant's Form 10-K, filed September 25, 1992 (schedules)). Equipment Lease Schedule Nos. 6, 7, 8 & 9, dated December 11, 1992, March 31, 1993, April 30, 1993, and June 1, 1993, respectively, covering five Tornos Bechler SAS-16DC Multi-spindle Automatic Bar Machines and one Mikron PAS-16 Multi-spindle Horizontal Machining Center (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(o)(l) of the Registrant's Form 10-K, filed September 27, 1993). Equipment Lease Schedule Nos. 10 and 11, dated September 10, 1993 and October 22, 1993, respectively, covering five Tornos Bechler SAS-16DC Multi-spindle Automatic Bar Machines (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(o)(l) of the Registrant's Form 10-K, filed September 23, 1994). Equipment Lease Schedule Nos. 12 and 13, both dated November 22, 1994, covering four Tornos Bechler SAS-16DCH Multi-spindle Automatic Screw Machines and two Mikron PAS-16 rotary transfer machines (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(o)(l) of the Registrant's Form 10-K, filed September 25, 1995). Equipment Lease Schedule No. 14, dated September 1, 1995, covering two Tornos Bechler SAS-16DCH Multi-spindle Automatic Screw Machines (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(o)(l) of the Registrant's Form 10-K, filed September 25, 1995). Equipment Lease Schedule Nos. 15 & 16, dated January 1, 1996, covering one Index G200 Horizontal Turning Center and one Index MS-25E Multi-spindle Automatic Screw Machine (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(o)(l) of the Registrant's Form 10-K, filed September 19, 1996). Equipment Lease Schedule No. 17, dated June 1, 1997, covering four Mikron CX-24 Rotary Transfer Machines (filed herewith, E-83 - E-87). 2. Master Lease Agreement, dated December 8, 1992, between Registrant and Fleet Credit Corporation, with schedule No. 30720-02 covering various equipment, including CNC turning and milling centers (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(o)(2) of the Registrant's Form S-1, filed September 27, 1993). 3. Master Lease Agreement, dated August 22, 1989, between Registrant and Textron Financial Corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(o)(3) of the Registrant's Form S-1, Registration No. 33-42670, filed September 17, 1991). Equipment Lease Schedule No. 8, dated December 29, 1992, covering one Star SST-16 CNC Automatic Lathe, one Hardinge Conquest CT CNC Chucker, and one Wasino CNC Lathe Model SH-5DM (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(o)(3) of the Registrant's Form 10-K, filed September 27, 1993). 4. Master Lease Agreement, dated June 6, 1991, between Registrant and Textron Financial Corporation, with Schedule, covering two Tornos Bechler SAS-16 Multi-spindle Automatic Bar Machines (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(o)(4) of the Registrant's Form S-1, Registration No. 33-42670, filed September 17, 1991). 5. Equipment Lease Agreement, dated May 1, 1994, between Registrant and John C. Kennedy, covering one Index MS-25 Multi-spindle Automatic Bar Machine, eight Tornos Bechler SAS-16 Multi-spindle Automatic Bar Machines, and one Cincinnati Milacron 220-8 Centerless Grinder (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(o)(7) of the Registrant's Form 10-K, filed September 23, 1994). 6. Aircraft Lease Agreement, dated November 21, 1991, between Registrant and General Electric Capital Corporation covering a Cessna Citation II aircraft (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(o)(13) of the Registrant's Form 10-K, filed September 25, 1992). Aircraft Lease Agreement Amendment, dated July 23, 1996, between Registrant and General Electric Capital Corporation covering a Cessna Citation II aircraft (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(o)(8) of the Registrant's Form 10-K, filed September 19, 1996). 7. Master Lease Agreement, dated August 20, 1993, between Registrant and Fleet Credit Corporation, with Schedule No. 30720-03 covering four Tornos Bechler SAS-16DC Multi-spindle Automatic Bar Machines (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(o)(10) of the Registrant's Form 10-K, filed September 23, 1994). 8. Master Lease Agreement, dated August 30, 1993, between Registrant and Textron Financial Corporation, with Schedule Nos. 9 and 10, covering one Micron MD600II SP-RD Centerless Grinder and one Stream Model TGM-102 HD 5-Axis Tool Grinding Machine (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(o)(11) of the Registrant's Form 10-K, filed September 23, 1994). 9. Master Equipment Lease Agreement, dated July 10, 1995, between Registrant and KeyCorp Leasing, Ltd., with Schedule No. 1 covering four Tornos Bechler SAS-16DCH Multi-spindle Automatic Screw Machines (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(o)(12) of the Registrant's Form 10-K, filed September 25, 1995). 10(p) Lifetime contract, dated April 26, 1993, between Registrant and General Motors Corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(p) of the Registrant's Form 10-K, filed September 27, 1993, as amended by the Registrant's Form 10-K/A, Amendment No. 1, filed November 29, 1993). 10(q) Lifetime contract, dated May 1, 1994, between Registrant and General Motors Corporation. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(p) of the Registrant's Form S-3, filed September 23, 1994). 10(r) Promissory Note, dated May 12, 1995, between Old Kent Bank and the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(r) of the Registrant's Form 10-K, filed September 25, 1995). 13 1997 Annual Report to Shareholders (filed herewith, pages E-1 - E-20). 21 Subsidiaries of Registrant (filed herewith, page E-88). 23 Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP (filed herewith, page E-89). 27 Financial Data Schedule (filed herewith, page E-90). EX-10.A 2 EXHIBIT 10A 1 Exhibit 10(a) REVOLVING CREDIT LOAN AGREEMENT Dated as of June 27, 1997 by and between AUTOCAM CORPORATION and COMERICA BANK E-21 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page ---- ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS -E-25- 1.1 Certain Definitions -E-25- 1.2 Other Definitions; Rules of Construction -E-34- ARTICLE II THE COMMITMENTS AND THE LOANS -E-34- 2.1 Commitments of the Bank -E-34- 2.2 Notes/Evidence of Borrowing -E-34- 2.3 Notice of Borrowings -E-35- 2.4 Minimum Amounts of Borrowings -E-35- 2.5 Termination/Maturity -E-36- 2.6 Subsequent Elections as to Borrowing -E-36- 2.7 Equipment Loan Conversion -E-37- 2.8 Subsequent Elections as to Borrowing -E-37- 2.9 Limitations of Requests and Elections -E-38- ARTICLE III CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO OBLIGATIONS OF BANK -E-38- 3.1 Conditions for First Borrowing -E-38- 3.2 Further Conditions for Disbursement -E-39- 3.3 Additional Conditions for Equipment Loans -E-40- 3.4 Additional Conditions for the Mortgage Loan -E-41- ARTICLE IV PAYMENTS AND PREPAYMENTS OF LOANS -E-41- 4.1 Principal Payments -E-41- 4.2 Optional Prepayment of Principal -E-42- 4.3 Interest Payments -E-42- 4.4 Fees -E-42- 4.5 General Provisions as to Payments -E-43- 4.6 Computation of Interest and Fees -E-43- 4.7 No Set Off or Deduction -E-43- 4.8 Additional Costs -E-43- 4.9 Illegality and Impossibility -E-44- 4.10 Funding Losses -E-44- 4.11 Regulation D Compensation -E-45- ARTICLE V SECURITY -E-45- E-22 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page ---- ARTICLE VI REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES -E-45- 6.1 Organization and Good Standing -E-45- 6.2 Due Authorization -E-46- 6.3 Third-Party Consents -E-46- 6.4 Validity of Agreements -E-46- 6.5 Financial Statements -E-46- 6.6 Litigation -E-46- 6.7 Regulation U -E-46- 6.8 Title to Property -E-46- 6.9 Other Agreements -E-46- 6.10 Taxes -E-47- 6.11 Accuracy of Information -E-47- 6.12 Subsidiaries -E-47- 6.13 ERISA -E-47- 6.14 Environmental and Safety Matters -E-47- 6.15 Financial Condition -E-48- 6.16 Conditions Precedent -E-48- 6.17 Indebtedness -E-48- ARTICLE VII AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY -E-48- 7.1 Preservation of Corporate Existence, Etc -E-48- 7.2 Compliance with Laws, Etc -E-48- 7.3 Maintenance of Properties; Insurance -E-49- 7.4 Reporting Requirements -E-49- 7.5 Maintain Tangible Net Worth -E-50- 7.6 Maintain Funded Debt Leverage Ratio -E-50- 7.7 Use of Loan Proceeds -E-50- ARTICLE VIII NEGATIVE COVENANTS -E-50- 8.1 Liens and Encumbrances -E-50- 8.2 Indebtedness -E-51- 8.3 Extensions of Credit -E-51- 8.4 Guarantee Obligations -E-51- 8.5 Subordinate Indebtedness -E-51- 8.6 Property Transfer, Merger or Lease-Back -E-51- 8.7 Pension Plan -E-51- 8.8 Misrepresentation -E-51- 8.9 Margin Stock -E-51- E-23 4 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page ---- ARTICLE IX EVENTS OF DEFAULT - ENFORCEMENT - APPLICATION OF PROCEEDS -E-51- 9.1 Events of Default -E-51- 9.2 Acceleration of Indebtedness; Remedies -E-53- 9.3 Application of Proceeds -E-53- 9.4 Cumulative Remedies -E-53- ARTICLE X MISCELLANEOUS -E-53- 10.1 Amendments, Etc. -E-53- 10.2 Notices -E-54- 10.3 No Waiver By Conduct; Remedies Cumulative -E-54- 10.4 Reliance on and Survival of Various Provisions -E-54- 10.5 Expenses -E-54- 10.6 Successors and Assigns -E-55- 10.7 Counterparts -E-55- 10.8 Governing Law -E-55- 10.9 Table of Contents and Headings -E-55- 10.10 Construction of Certain Provisions -E-55- 10.11 Integration and Severability -E-56- 10.12 Independence of Covenants -E-56- 10.13 Interest Rate Limitation -E-56- 10.14 Release and Discharge -E-56- 10.15 Waiver of Jury Trial -E-56- E-24 5 REVOLVING CREDIT LOAN AGREEMENT THIS REVOLVING CREDIT LOAN AGREEMENT, dated as of June 27, 1997 (as amended, the "Agreement"), is by and AUTOCAM CORPORATION, a Michigan corporation (the "Company"), and COMERICA BANK, a Michigan banking corporation (the "Bank"). INTRODUCTION The Company desires to obtain a credit facility from the Bank providing for: (i) a revolving credit facility in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $13,500,000 to provide working capital and to provide financing for the acquisition of the assets of Hamilton-Pax, Inc. and Dowagiac Manufacturing Company, Inc. (the "Corporate Sellers"); (ii) a term loan in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $10,000,000 to finance the purchase of certain machinery and equipment from the Corporate Sellers; (iii) a machinery and equipment line of credit in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $6,000,000; and (iv) a mortgage loan in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $1,200,000 to finance the purchase of real estate and improvements in Gaffney, South Carolina, and Dowagiac, Michigan. ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS 1.1 Certain Definitions. As used herein the following terms shall have the following respective meanings: "Accounts," "Chattel Paper," "Documents," "Equipment," "Fixtures," "General Intangibles," "Goods," "Instruments" and "Inventory" shall have the meanings assigned to them in the UCC on the date of this Agreement. "Accounts Receivable" shall mean and include all Accounts, Chattel Paper and General Intangibles now owned or hereafter acquired by Company. "Affiliate" shall mean, when used with respect to any person, any other person, which directly or indirectly, controls or is controlled by or is under common control with such person. For purposes of this definition, "control" (including the correlative meanings of the terms "controlled by" and "under common control with"), with respect to any person, shall mean possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such person, whether through the ownership of voting securities or by contract or otherwise. "Agreement" shall mean this Revolving Credit Loan Agreement. "Applicable Interest Period" shall mean with respect to any Eurodollar Rate Loan or Quoted Rate Loan, the Eurodollar Interest Period or Quoted Rate Interest Period then in effect with respect to such Borrowing. "Applicable Lending Office" shall mean, with respect to any Loan made by the Bank or with respect to the Bank's Commitment, the office of the Bank or of any Affiliate of the Bank located at the address specified for the Bank on the signature pages hereof (or identified on the signature pages hereof as the lending office for a particular type of Loan) or any other office or Affiliates of the Bank or of any Affiliate of the Bank hereafter selected and notified to the Company as an Applicable Lending Office for a particular type of Loan by the Bank. "Applicable Margin" shall mean that number of percentage points to be taken into account in computing the interest rate that accrues on the Loans. The Applicable Margin shall be determined by reference to the Borrower's ratio of Funded Debt Leverage Ratio in accordance with the following table: E-25 6
Funded Debt Eurodollar Quoted Rate Prime Leverage Ratio Margin Margin Margin -------------- ---------- ----------- ------ Less than or equal to .39 to 1.0 1.2% 1.2% -.5% More than .39 to 1.0 but less than or equal to .69 to 1.0 1.3% 1.3% -.5% More than .69 to 1.0 but less than or equal to .99 to 1.0 1.4% 1.4% -.5% More than .99 to 1.0 but less than or equal to 1.49 to 1.0 1.5% 1.5% -.5% More than 1.49 to 1.0 but less than or equal to 1.99 to 1.0 1.6% 1.6% -.5% More than 1.99 to 1.0 but less than or equal to 2.49 to 1.0 1.7% 1.7% -.5% More than 2.49 to 1.0 but less than or equal to 2.99 to 1.0 1.8% 1.8% -.25% More than 2.99 to 1.0 but less than or equal to 3.49 to 1.0 1.9% 1.9% -.25% More than 3.49 to 1.0 but less than 3.99 to 1.0 2.0% 2.0% -.25%
"Asset Purchase" shall mean the purchase by Pax of substantially all of the non-cash assets of the Corporate Sellers, together with the Premises. "Bankruptcy Code" shall mean Title 11 of the United States Code, as amended, or any successor act or code. "Borrowing" shall mean the aggregation of Loans of the Bank to be made to the Company pursuant to Article II on a single date and for a single Eurodollar Interest Period, which Borrowings may be classified for purposes of this Agreement by reference to the type of Loans comprising the related Borrowing, e.g., a "Eurodollar Rate Borrowing" is a Borrowing compromised of Eurodollar Rate Loans. "Business Day" shall mean a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which the Bank is not open to the public for carrying on substantially all of its banking functions, and if the applicable Business Day relates to a Eurodollar Rate Loan or request therefor, a day which is also a day on which dealings in Dollar deposits are carried out in the London interbank market. "Code" shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, and the regulations thereunder. "Collateral" shall mean all property of the Company now or hereafter in the possession of the Bank or any Affiliate of the Bank (or as to which the Bank or any Affiliate of the Bank now or hereafter controls possession by documents or otherwise), all amounts in all deposit or other accounts (including without limit an account evidenced by E-26 7 a certificate of deposit) of the Company now or hereafter with the Bank or any Affiliate of the Bank and all of Company's Equipment (other than titled vehicles), Fixtures, and Real Estate, wherever located and whether now owned or hereafter acquired, together with all replacements thereof, substitutions therefor, accessions thereto, and all proceeds and products of all the foregoing and all additional property (real or personal) of the Company which is now or hereafter subject to a security interest, mortgage, lien, claim or other encumbrance granted by the Company to, or in favor of, the Bank. "Collateral Documents" shall mean the Mortgages, the Security Agreement, the Financing Statement and such other documents executed and delivered to the Bank pursuant to this Agreement granting the Bank a security interest in or lien upon the Collateral. "Commitments" shall mean the Bank's commitments to make loans as set forth herein. For purposes of this Agreement, Commitments may be classified as Revolving Credit Commitments, Term Loan Commitments, Equipment Loan Commitments or Mortgage Loan Commitments. "Consolidated" or "consolidated" shall mean, when used with reference to any financial term of this Agreement, the aggregate for two or more persons of the amounts signified by such term for all such persons determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP. "Conversion Date" shall mean the date the principal amount outstanding on the Equipment Loan converts to an Equipment Term Loan. "Cost of Funds" means that per annum rate of interest quoted by the Bank as the "Cost of Funds" on that date in amounts and at maturities comparable to the amount and maturities requested by the Company. The Cost of Funds may or may not be the lowest rate at which the Bank can obtain funds, and the Bank, for other purposes, may calculate a cost of funding its loans which is more or less than the Cost of Funds. "Debt" shall mean, as of any applicable date of determination, all items of indebtedness, obligation or liability of a person, whether matured or unmatured, liquidated or unliquidated, direct to indirect, absolute or contingent, joint or several, that should be classified as liabilities in accordance with GAAP. "Default" shall mean any of the events or conditions described in Section 9.1 which might become an Event of Default with notice or lapse of time or both. "Dollars" and "$" shall mean the lawful money of the United States of America. "EBITDA" shall mean Net Income before interest, income taxes, depreciation and amortization. "Effective Date" shall mean the effective date specified in the final paragraph of this Agreement. "Environmental Laws" at any date shall mean all provisions of law, statute, ordinances, rules, regulations, judgments, writs, injunctions, decrees, orders, awards and standards promulgated by the government of the United States of America or any foreign government or by any state, province, municipality or other political subdivision thereof or therein or by any court, agency, instrumentality, regulatory authority or commission of any of the foregoing concerning the protection of, or regulating the discharge of substances into, the environment. "Equipment Loan Commitment Amount" shall mean, as of any applicable date of determination, Six Million Dollars ($6,000,000), reduced by the original principal amount of Equipment Term Loans made under this Agreement. "Equipment Loan" shall mean any Borrowing under Section 2.3 evidenced by the Equipment Note and made pursuant to Section 2.1.3. E-27 8 "Equipment Note" shall mean any promissory note of the Company evidencing the Equipment Loan, in substantially the form annexed hereto as Exhibit C, as amended or modified from time to time and together with any promissory note or notes in exchange or replacement therefor. "Equipment Term Loan" shall mean any portion of the Equipment Loan that has been converted to a term loan under Section 2.7 evidenced by an Equipment Term Note. "Equipment Term Note" shall mean any promissory note of the Company, in form acceptable to the Bank, evidencing an Equipment Term Loan. "ERISA" shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time, and the regulations thereunder. "ERISA Affiliate" shall mean, with respect to any person, any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) which, together with such person or any Subsidiary of such person, would be treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the Code. "Eurodollar Interest Period" shall mean, with respect to any Eurodollar Rate Loan, the period commencing on the day such Eurodollar Rate Loan is made and ending on the date not less than thirty (30) days later nor more than one (1) year later, as the Company may elect in the applicable Notice of Borrowing; provided, that (a) any Eurodollar Interest Period which would otherwise end on a day which is not a Business Day shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day; (b) any Eurodollar Interest Period which begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month during which such Eurodollar Interest Period is to end, shall end on the last Business Day of such calendar month; and (c) no Eurodollar Interest Period may be elected with respect to any Loan that extends beyond the Termination Date for such Loan. "Eurodollar Lending Office" means the Bank's office located in the Grand Cayman Islands, British West Indies, or such other branch of the Bank, domestic or foreign, as it may hereafter designate as its Eurodollar Lending Office by notice to the Company and the Bank. "Eurodollar Rate" shall mean, with respect to any Eurodollar Rate Loan and the related Eurodollar Interest Period, the per annum rate that is equal to the sum of: (a) the Applicable Margin, plus (b) the quotient of: (i) the per annum interest rate at which the Bank's Eurodollar Lending Office offers deposits to prime banks in the eurodollar market in an amount comparable to the relevant Eurodollar Rate Loan and for a period equal to the relevant Eurodollar Interest Period at or about 11:00 a.m. (Grand Rapids, Michigan time) (or as soon thereafter as practical) two (2) Business Days prior to the first day of such Eurodollar Interest Period; divided by E-28 9 (ii) a percentage equal to 100% minus the maximum rate on such date at which the Bank is required to maintain reserves on "Eurocurrency Liabilities" as defined in and pursuant to Regulation D of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or, if such regulation or definition is modified, and as long as the Bank is required to maintain reserves against a category of liabilities which includes eurodollar deposits or includes a category of assets which includes Eurodollar Rate Loans, the rate at which such reserves are required to be maintained on such category. "Eurodollar Rate Loan" shall mean any Borrowing which bears interest at the Eurodollar Rate. "Event of Default" shall mean any of the events or conditions described in Section 9. "Federal Funds Rate" shall mean, for any day, the average of the rates on overnight federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by federal funds brokers, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York for such day, or, if such rate is not so published for any day, the average of the quotations for such rates received by the Bank from three federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by the Bank in its discretion from time to time as the opening federal funds rate paid or payable by the Bank in its regional federal funds market for overnight borrowings from other banks. "Financial Statements" shall mean all those balance sheets, earnings statements and statements of cash flow (whether of the Company, any Subsidiary or otherwise) which have been furnished to the Bank for the purposes of, or in connection with, this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby. "Financing Statements" shall mean UCC financing statements describing the Bank as secured party and the Company as debtor covering the Collateral and otherwise in such form, for filing in such jurisdictions and with such filing offices as the Bank shall reasonably deem necessary or advisable. "Funded Debt" shall mean any Debt evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or other similar instruments, or obligations under installment sales contracts, and liabilities with respect to lease obligations that are required to be capitalized in accordance with GAAP. "Funded Debt Leverage Ratio" shall mean the ratio of the Company's Funded Debt less the amount of cash plus marketable securities held by the Company in excess of $750,000 to its EBITDA. For purposes of this Agreement, the Funded Debt Leverage Ratio shall be calculated at the end of each quarter of the Company's fiscal year commencing June 30, 1997, using the previous four (4) quarters. "GAAP" shall mean generally accepted accounting principles applied on a basis consistent with that reflected in the Financial Statements as of the date hereof. "Guarantor" shall mean Autocam-Pax, Inc., a Michigan corporation, Autocam South Carolina, Inc., a Michigan corporation, Autocam Acquisition, Inc., a Michigan corporation, and Autocam Laser Technologies, Inc., a Michigan corporation. "Guarantor Mortgages" shall mean continuing collateral mortgages in form and content acceptable to the Bank pursuant to which Pax and South Carolina shall grant the Bank a mortgage of first priority in the Guarantor Premises. "Guarantor Premises" shall mean the real estate and improvements described in the Guarantor Mortgages, being 201 and 605 Percy Street, Dowagiac, Michigan, and 348 Huntington Road, Gaffney, South Carolina. "Guarantor Security Agreements" shall mean the security agreements from the Guarantor in form and content acceptable to the Bank. E-29 10 "Guaranty" shall mean a guaranty in the form and content of Exhibit E to this Agreement. "Indebtedness" shall mean all loans, advances and indebtedness of the Company to the Bank under this Agreement, together with all other indebtedness, obligations and liabilities whatsoever of the Company to the Bank (including those loans identified on Schedule 1 attached hereto), whether matured or unmatured, liquidated or unliquidated, direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, joint or several, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising. "Interest Payment Date" shall mean the first day of each month, commencing August 1, 1997. "Legal Rate" shall mean the maximum interest rate permitted to be paid by corporate debtors or received by the Bank with respect to the indebtedness represented by the Notes under applicable law. "Lien" shall mean any pledge, assignment, hypothecation, mortgage, security interest, deposit arrangement, option, conditional sale or title retaining contract, sale and leaseback transaction, financing statement filing, lessor's or lessee's interest under any lease, subordination of any claim or right, or any other type of lien, charge, encumbrance, preferential arrangement or other claim or right. "Loan" shall mean the Revolving Credit Loan, the Term Loan, the Equipment Loan, any Equipment Term Loan, and the Mortgage Loan. Subject to the terms and conditions contained herein, such Loans may also be designated as a Prime Rate Loan, a Eurodollar Rate Loan or a Quoted Rate Loan, which are referred to herein as "types" of Loans. "Maturity Date" shall mean the earlier to occur of the date on which any Loan is accelerated pursuant to Section 9.2 or (i) with respect to the Term Loan, October 1, 2003; (ii) with respect to any Equipment Term Loan, the date that is not more than six (6) years after the first Equipment Loan relating to such Equipment Term Loan was made; and (iii) with respect to the Mortgage Loan, October 1, 2002. "Mortgage Commitment Amount" shall mean the lesser of: (i) One Million Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($1,200,000), or (ii) eighty percent (80%) of the fair market value of the Premises described in the Mortgages, as determined by appraisals satisfactory to the Bank. "Mortgage Loan" shall mean any Borrowing under Section 2.3 evidenced by the Mortgage Note and made pursuant to Section 2.1.4. "Mortgage Note" shall mean any promissory note of the Company evidencing the Mortgage Loan, in substantially the form annexed hereto as Exhibit D, as amended or modified from time to time, and together with any promissory note or notes in exchange or replacement therefor. "Mortgages" shall mean continuing collateral mortgages in the form and content acceptable to the Bank pursuant to which the Company shall grant (or has granted) the Bank mortgages on the Premises described therein. "Multiemployer Plan" shall mean any "multiemployer plan" as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) or ERISA or Section 414(f) of the Code. "Net Income" shall mean the net income (or loss) of a person for any period determined in accordance with GAAP but excluding in any event: E-30 11 (i) any gains or losses on the sale or other disposition, not in the ordinary course of business, of investments or fixed or capital assets, and any taxes on the excluded gains and any tax deductions or credits on account of any excluded losses; and (ii) in the case of the Company, net earnings or losses of any Person in which the Company has an ownership interest (excluding any wholly-owned Subsidiary), unless such net earnings or losses shall have actually been received by the Company in the form of cash distributions. "Notes" shall mean the Revolving Credit Note, the Term Note, the Equipment Note, any Equipment Term Note and the Mortgage Note; and "Note" shall mean any one of them. "Notice of Borrowing" shall mean any notice of any Borrowing. "Overdue Rate" shall mean (a) in respect of the principal of any Eurodollar Rate Loan or Quoted Rate Loan, a rate per annum that is equal to the sum of three percent (3%) per annum plus the per annum rate in effect thereon until the end of the then current Applicable Interest Period and, thereafter, a rate per annum that is equal to the sum of three percent (3%) per annum plus the Prime Rate, and (b) in respect of the principal of any Prime Rate Loan, and other amounts payable by the Company hereunder (other than interest or amounts described in clause (a) above), a per annum rate that is equal to the sum of three percent (3%) per annum plus the Prime Rate. "PBGC" shall mean the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation and any entity succeeding to any or all of its functions under ERISA. "Pax" shall mean Autocam-Pax, Inc., a Michigan corporation. "Permitted Liens" shall mean: (a) Liens and encumbrances in favor of the Bank; (b) Liens for taxes, assessments or other governmental charges incurred in the ordinary course of business and not yet past due or being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and, if requested by the Bank as applicable, bonded in a manner satisfactory to the Bank; (c) Liens not delinquent created by statute, state or federal, in connection with workers' compensation, unemployment insurance, social security and similar statutory obligations; (d) Liens of mechanics, materialmen, carriers, warehousemen or other like statutory or common law liens securing obligations incurred in good faith in the ordinary course of business that are not yet due and payable; (e) Those existing Liens described on Schedule 8.2 attached hereto; (f) Purchase money security interests, leases or any title retention interest granted or retained in connection with the purchase or leasing of equipment, office machines, real estate or fixtures by the Company. "Person" or "person" shall include an individual, a corporation, an association, a partnership, a trust or estate, a joint stock company, an unincorporated organization, a joint venture, a trade or business (whether or not incorporated), a government (foreign or domestic) and any agency or political subdivision thereof, or any other entity. E-31 12 "Plan" shall mean, with respect to any person, any pension plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan) subject to Title IV of ERISA or to the minimum funding standards of Section 412 of the Code which has been established or maintained by such person, any subsidiary of such person or any ERISA Affiliate, or by any other person if such person, any Subsidiary of such person or any ERISA Affiliate could have liability with respect to such pension plan. "Premises" shall mean the real estate and improvements described in the Mortgages, being 4070 East Paris Avenue, S.E., Kentwood, Michigan. "Prepayment Amount" shall mean the sum of: (i) the amount of principal which the Borrower has elected to prepay or the amount of principal which the Bank has required the Borrower to prepay because of acceleration, as the case may be (the "Prepaid Principal Amount"), (ii) interest accruing on the Prepaid Principal Amount up to, but not including, the Prepayment Date, (iii) Five Hundred Dollars ($500), plus (iv) the present value, discounted at the Reinvestment Rates (as defined below), of the positive amount by which (A) the interest the Bank would have earned had the Prepaid Principal Amount been paid at the end of the current Applicable Interest Period (or in the case of the Term Loan or any Equipment Term Loan, in accordance with the amortization schedule for the Term Loan or any Equipment Term Loan), exceeds (B) the interest the Bank would earn by reinvesting the Prepaid Principal Amount at the Reinvestment Rates. "Prepayment Date" shall mean the date on which the Borrower prepays any principal of a Eurodollar Rate Loan or Quoted Rate Loan. "Prime Rate" shall mean the per annum rate that is equal to the sum of: (a) the Applicable Margin, plus (b) the greater of (i) the per annum rate of interest announced from time to time by the Bank as its "prime rate", which rate may not necessarily be the lowest rate charged by the Bank to any of its customers, or (ii) the Federal Funds Rate plus one half percent (1/2%) per annum. The Prime Rate shall change simultaneously with any change in such "prime rate" or such Federal Funds Rate, if applicable. "Prime Rate Loan" shall mean any Borrowing which bears interest at the Prime Rate. "Prohibited Transaction" shall mean any transaction involving any Plan which is proscribed by Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code. "Quoted Rate" shall mean the sum of (a) the Applicable Margin, plus (b) the Bank's Cost of Funds. "Quoted Rate Interest Period" shall mean (a) with respect to the Term Loan, the period commencing on or before October 1, 1997, and ending on the Maturity Date; and (b) with respect to each Equipment Term Loan, the period commencing on the Conversion Date and ending on the Maturity Date for such Equipment Term Loan. "Quoted Rate Loan" shall mean any Loan which bears interest at a Quoted Rate. "Reinvestment Rates" shall mean the per annum rates of interest equal to one-half percent (1/2%) above the rates of interest reasonably determined by the Bank to be in effect not more than seven (7) days prior to the Prepayment Date in the secondary market for United States Treasury Obligations in amount(s) and with maturity(ies) which correspond (as closely as possible) to the principal installment amount(s) and the payment date(s) against which the Prepaid Principal Amount will be applied. "Reportable Event" shall mean a reportable event as described in Section 4043(b) of ERISA including those events as to which the thirty (30) day notice period is waived under Part 2615 of the regulations promulgated by PBGC under ERISA. E-32 13 "Revolving Credit Commitment Amount" shall mean, as of any applicable date of determination, Thirteen Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($13,500,000) (or such lesser amount to which the Revolving Credit Commitment Amount may be reduced by the Borrower from time to time under Section 2.6 of this Agreement). Within the Revolving Credit Commitment Amount, Twelve Million Dollars ($12,000,000) is available to the Company for general corporate purposes and One Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($1,500,000) is reserved exclusively to facilitate foreign exchange transactions. Within the Twelve Million Dollars ($12,000,000) available for general corporate purposes, up to One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) is available for the issuance of letters of credit. The amount of any letters of credit issued by the Bank on behalf of the Company reduces the amount available to be advanced under the Revolving Credit Commitment. "Revolving Credit Loan" shall mean any Borrowing under Section 2.3 evidenced by the Revolving Credit Note and made pursuant to Section 2.1.1. "Revolving Credit Note" shall mean any promissory note of the Company evidencing the Revolving Credit Loan, in substantially the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A, as amended or modified from time to time and together with any promissory note or notes in exchange or replacement therefor. "Security Agreement (Equipment)" shall mean the security agreement in the form of Exhibit E to the Agreement pursuant to which the Company grants to the Bank a security interest in the Equipment (other than titled vehicles), Fixtures and Goods, wherever located and whether now owned or hereafter acquired, together with all replacements thereof, substitutions therefor and all proceeds and products thereof. "South Carolina" shall mean Autocam South Carolina, Inc., a Michigan corporation. "Subsidiary" of any person shall mean any other person (whether now existing or hereafter organized or acquired) in which (other than directors qualifying shares required by law) at least a majority of the securities or other ownership interests of each class having ordinary voting power or analogous rights (other than securities or other ownership interest which have such power or right only by reason of the happening of a contingency), at the time as of which any determination is being made, are owned, beneficially and of record, by such person or by one or more of the other Subsidiaries of such person or by any combination thereof. Unless otherwise specified, reference to "Subsidiary" shall mean a Subsidiary of the Company. "Tangible Net Worth" shall mean, as of any date, the excess of (i) the net book value of all assets of a Person (other than patents, patent rights, trademarks, trade names, franchises, copyrights, licenses, goodwill, and similar intangible assets) after all appropriate deductions (including, without limitation, reserves for doubtful receivables, obsolescence, depreciation and amortization), all as determined in accordance with GAAP, over (ii) all Debt of such Person. "Term Loan Commitment Amount" shall mean Ten Million Dollars ($10,000,000) until September 30, 1997, and thereafter the sum of Four Million Dollars ($4,000,000) plus the fair market value of Guarantor's machinery and equipment acquired in the Asset Purchase (but not to exceed Ten Million Dollars ($10,000,000)), reduced by principal payments required to be made on the Term Loan. "Term Loan" shall mean any Borrowing under Section 2.3 evidenced by the Term Note and made pursuant to Section 2.1.2. "Term Note" shall mean any promissory note of the Company evidencing the Term Loan, in substantially the form annexed hereto as Exhibit B, as amended or modified from time to time and together with any promissory note or notes in exchange or replacement therefor. E-33 14 "Termination Date" shall mean the earlier to occur of: (i) the date on which the Commitments shall be terminated pursuant to Section 9.2; or (ii) with respect to the Revolving Credit Commitment, October 1, 1998 (or such earlier date on which the Company has permanently terminated the Revolving Credit Commitment pursuant to Section 2.6); and (iii) with respect to the Equipment Loan Commitment, October 1, 1998. "UCC" shall mean Public Act 174 of 1962 of the State of Michigan, as amended. "Unfunded Benefit Liabilities" shall mean, with respect to any Plan as of any date, the amount of the unfunded benefit liabilities determined in accordance with Section 4001(a)(18) or ERISA. 1.2 Other Definitions; Rules of Construction. As used herein, the terms "Bank" and "Company" shall have the respective meanings ascribed thereto in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement. Such terms, together with the other terms defined in Section 1.1, shall include both the singular and the plural forms thereof and shall be construed accordingly. All computations required hereunder and all financial terms used herein shall be made or construed in accordance with GAAP unless such principles are inconsistent with the express requirements of this Agreement. Use of the terms, "herein", "hereof", and "hereunder" shall be deemed references to this Agreement in its entirety and not to the Section or clause in which such term appears. References to "Sections" and "subsections" shall be to Sections and subsections, respectively, of this Agreement unless otherwise specifically provided. ARTICLE II THE COMMITMENTS AND THE LOANS 2.1 Commitments of the Bank. 2.1.1 Revolving Credit Loan Commitment. The Bank agrees, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, to make Revolving Credit Loans to the Company on a revolving basis in such amount as the Company requests pursuant to Section 2.3, from time to time, from and including the Effective Date, to but excluding the Termination Date, in an amount not to exceed the Revolving Credit Commitment Amount. 2.1.2 Term Loan Commitment. The Bank agrees, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, to make the Term Loan to the Company in an amount not to exceed the Term Loan Commitment Amount. 2.1.3 Equipment Loan Commitment. Upon satisfaction of the conditions contained in Sections 3.1, 3.2 and 3.3 hereof, the Bank agrees, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, to make Equipment Loans to the Company, in such amounts as the Company requests pursuant to Section 2.3, from time to time, from and including the Effective Date, to, but excluding the Termination Date, in an amount not to exceed the Equipment Loan Commitment Amount. 2.1.4 Mortgage Loan Commitment. Upon satisfaction of the conditions contained in Sections 3.1, 3.2 and 3.4 hereof, at any time prior to September 30, 1997, the Bank agrees, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, to make the Mortgage Loan to the Company, in such amounts as the Company requests pursuant to Section 2.3, in an amount not to exceed the Mortgage Loan Commitment Amount. 2.2 Notes/Evidence of Borrowing. 2.2.1 Revolving Credit Note. The Revolving Credit Loan shall be evidenced by the Revolving Credit Note payable to the order of the Bank in an amount equal to the Revolving Credit Commitment Amount. 2.2.2 Term Note. The Term Loan shall be evidenced by the Term Note payable to the order of the Bank in an amount equal to the initial Term Loan Commitment Amount. E-34 15 2.2.3 Equipment Note. The Equipment Loan shall be evidenced by the Equipment Note payable to the order of the Bank in an amount equal to the Equipment Loan Commitment Amount. 2.2.4 Mortgage Note. The Mortgage Loan shall be evidenced by the Mortgage Note payable to the order of the Bank in an amount equal to the Mortgage Loan. 2.2.5 Equipment Term Notes. The Equipment Term Loans shall be evidenced by Equipment Term Notes payable to the order of the Bank in an amount equal to such Equipment Term Loan. 2.2.6 Evidence of Borrowing. The Bank shall record on its books and records appropriate notations to evidence, the date, amount and maturity of each Loan made by it and the date and amount of each payment of principal made by the Company with respect thereto; provided that the failure of the Bank to make any such recordation or endorsement shall not affect the obligations of the Company hereunder or under the Notes. The Bank is hereby irrevocably authorized by the Company so to endorse its Notes and to attach to and make a part of any Note a schedule of any borrowings or payments as and when required. The records and endorsements of the Bank regarding the Loans made by it shall constitute prima facie evidence of the information contained therein. 2.3 Notice of Borrowings. The Company shall give the Bank verbal notice (a "Notice of Borrowing") of each Borrowing not later than 12:00 p.m. Grand Rapids time on (a) the Business Day each Prime Rate Borrowing is to be made, and (b) three Business Days before each Eurodollar Rate or Quoted Rate Borrowing is to be made, specifying: (i) the date of such Borrowing, which shall be a Business Day; (ii) the aggregate amount of such Borrowing; (iii) whether such Borrowing is a Revolving Credit Loan; (iv) whether the Loans comprising such Borrowing are to be Prime Rate Loans, Eurodollar Rate Loans, or, in the case of the Term Loan or an Equipment Term Loan, a Quoted Rate Loan; and (v) the Applicable Interest Period. At the request of the Bank, the Company shall promptly confirm all notices of Eurodollar Rate or Quoted Rate Borrowing in writing. 2.4 Minimum Amounts of Borrowings. 2.4.1 Revolving Credit Borrowings. Except for (a) Borrowings and conversions thereof which exhaust the entire remaining amount of the Revolving Credit Commitment, and (b) payments required pursuant to Section 4.1, each Revolving Credit Borrowing and each continuation or conversion thereof and each repayment thereof shall be in a minimum amount of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) and in an integral multiple of Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000). 2.4.2 Other Borrowings. Except for elections or conversions to a Quoted Rate Loan, all other types of Borrowing and each continuation or conversion thereof shall be in a minimum amount of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) and in integral multiples of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000). 2.4.3 Quoted Rate Borrowings. All Quoted Rate Borrowings shall be for the entire outstanding principal amount of the Term Loan or each Equipment Term Loan. E-35 16 2.5 Termination/Maturity. 2.5.1 Termination Date. The obligation by the Bank to advance funds pursuant to the Revolving Credit Commitment and the Equipment Loan Commitment shall terminate on the respective Termination Date therefor, and any Revolving Loans or Equipment Loans outstanding (together with accrued interest thereon) pursuant to such Revolving Credit Commitment or Equipment Loan Commitment shall be due and payable on such date, or, in the case of Equipment Loans, converted to Equipment Term Loans. 2.5.2 Maturity Date. The outstanding principal balance (together with accrued interest thereon) of the Term Loan and any Equipment Term Loans shall be due and payable on the respective Maturity Date. 2.6 Termination or Reduction in Commitments. 2.6.1 Revolving Credit Commitments. The Company, at any time and from time to time (except as may hereinafter be provided), upon at least five (5) Business Days' prior written notice received by the Bank, may permanently terminate or reduce the Revolving Credit Commitment Amount by an integral multiple of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000), provided, however, that the Company, on the effective date of such termination or reduction, shall pay to the Bank, in the case of a termination, the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Revolving Loan, or, in the case of a reduction, the amount, if any, by which the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Revolving Loan exceeds the then reduced Revolving Credit Commitment. The notice shall specify the Termination Date or, in the case of a reduction, (i) the reduced amount of the Revolving Credit Commitment, and (ii) the effective date of such reduction. The Company may not revoke any such notice of termination or reduction without the prior written consent of the Bank. After any such reduction, the commitment fee provided under Section 4.4.2 of this Agreement shall be calculated on the Revolving Credit Commitment as so reduced and the Revolving Credit Commitment may not be increased or otherwise reinstated without the express written consent of the Bank. Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing to the contrary, the Company does not have the right or option to permanently terminate or to permanently reduce any Revolving Credit Commitment to an amount less than the Eurodollar Rate Borrowings then outstanding. 2.6.2 Term Loan Commitments. Effective September 30, 1997, the Term Loan Commitment shall be equal to the lesser of: (i) Ten Million Dollars ($10,000,000), or (ii) the sum of Four Million Dollars ($4,000,000) plus one hundred percent (100%) of the fair market value of the machinery and equipment purchased by the Guarantor in the Asset Purchase, as evidenced by an appraisal acceptable to the Bank. Failure to provide the Bank with an acceptable appraisal by September 30, 1997, shall result in an automatic reduction of the Term Loan Commitment to Four Million Dollars ($4,000,000). Any principal outstanding on the Term Loan as of September 30, 1997, in excess of the revised Term Loan Commitment shall be immediately due and payable. 2.6.3 Equipment Loan Commitments. The maximum amount available to the Company under the Equipment Loan Commitment is Six Million Dollars ($6,000,000). The Equipment Loan Commitment is not a revolving loan commitment. Amounts advanced to the Company under the Equipment Loan Commitment permanently reduce the amount available to be advanced hereunder, whether or not repaid by the Company or converted to an Equipment Term Loan as provided in Section 2.7. 2.6.4 Mortgage Loan Commitment. Effective September 30, 1997, the Mortgage Loan Commitment shall be terminated if Borrower has not provided the Bank with: E-36 17 (a) Environmental Audit. The Company shall have furnished to the Bank an environmental audit report, covering the Guarantor Premises, in form, content and by an environmental consultant acceptable to the Bank. The Company agrees that the Bank may disclose the contents of the environmental audit report to such governmental agencies and entities as the Bank deems necessary under applicable law, and the Company shall deliver to the Bank the written consent to such disclosure from the environmental consultant and the seller of any property the purchase of which is being financed in whole or in part under this Agreement. (b) Appraisal. The Bank shall have received an appraisal of the Guarantor Premises, in form and content acceptable to the Bank, from an appraiser approved by the Bank. If Borrower satisfies the conditions set forth in (a) and (b) above, the Mortgage Loan Commitment shall be the lesser of: (i) One Million Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($1,200,000), or (ii) eighty percent (80%) of the fair market value of the Guarantor Premises as shown on the appraisal thereof. 2.7 Equipment Loan Conversion. At any time up to and including the Termination Date, the Company may elect to convert all or a portion of the then outstanding principal balance of the Equipment Loan to an Equipment Term Loan by notifying the Bank, specifying the amount to be converted, the Conversion Date, and the other matters required in a Notice of Borrowing; provided, however, that all such conversions shall be in a minimum amount of Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000). 2.8 Subsequent Elections as to Borrowing. 2.8.1 Eurodollar Rate Conversion. The Company may elect (a) to continue a Eurodollar Rate Borrowing or a portion thereof, as a Eurodollar Rate Borrowing, or (b) to convert a Eurodollar Rate Borrowing or a portion thereof, to a Prime Rate Borrowing, or (c) elect to convert a Prime Rate Borrowing, or a portion thereof, to a Eurodollar Rate Borrowing, in each case by giving verbal notice thereof to the Bank not later than 12:00 p.m. Grand Rapids time (i) three Business Days prior to the date any such continuation of or conversion to a Eurodollar Rate Borrowing is to be effective and (ii) one Business Day prior to the date any such continuation of or conversion to a Prime Rate Borrowing to be effective, provided that an outstanding Eurodollar Rate Borrowing may only be converted on the last day of the Applicable Interest Period with respect to such Borrowing, and provided further, if a continuation of a Borrowing as, or a conversion of a Borrowing to, a Eurodollar Rate Borrowing is requested, such notice shall also specify the Applicable Interest Period to be applicable thereto upon such continuation or conversion. If the Company shall not timely deliver such a notice with respect to any outstanding Eurodollar Rate Borrowing, the Company shall be deemed to have elected to convert such Eurodollar Rate Borrowing to a Prime Rate Borrowing on the last day of the then current Applicable Interest Period with respect to such Borrowing. If requested by the Bank, the Company shall confirm any verbal notice hereunder in writing. 2.8.2 Quoted Rate Election. (a) Term Loan. The Company may elect to have the entire outstanding principal balance of the Term Loan (as finally determined on or before September 30, 1997) bear interest at a Quoted Rate for the Applicable Interest Period by delivering to the Bank an appropriate Notice of Borrowing confirming the Quoted Rate as provided in Section 2.3 hereof. (b) Equipment Term Loan. The Company may elect to have the entire principal balance of any Equipment Term Loan as of a Conversion Date bear interest at a Quoted Rate for the Applicable Interest Period by delivering to the Bank an appropriate Notice of Borrowing confirming the Quoted Rate as provided in Section 2.3 hereof. E-37 18 2.9 Limitations of Requests and Elections. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, if, upon receiving a request for a Eurodollar Rate Borrowing, a request for a continuation of a Eurodollar Rate Borrowing as a Eurodollar Rate Borrowing or a request for a conversion of a Prime Rate Borrowing to a Eurodollar Rate Borrowing, (a) in the case of any Eurodollar Rate Borrowing, deposits in Dollars for periods comparable to the Eurodollar Interest Period elected by the Company are not available to any Bank in the relevant interbank secondary market, or (b) the Eurodollar Rate will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to any Bank of making, funding or maintaining the related Eurodollar Rate Loan, or (c) by reason of national or international financial, political or economic conditions or by reason of any applicable law, treaty, rule or regulation (whether domestic or foreign) now or hereafter in effect, or the interpretation or administration thereof by any governmental authority charged with the interpretation or administration thereof, or compliance by any Bank with any guideline, request or directive of such authority (whether or not having the force of law), including without limitation exchange controls, it is impracticable, unlawful or impossible for any Bank (i) to make or fund Eurodollar Rate Borrowings or (ii) to maintain outstanding such Eurodollar Rate Borrowing, or (iii) to convert a Loan to a Eurodollar Rate Loan, then the Company shall not be entitled, so long as such circumstances continue, to request a Eurodollar Rate Borrowing or a continuation of or conversion to a Eurodollar Rate Borrowing. In the event that such circumstances no longer exist, the Bank shall again consider requests for Eurodollar Rate Borrowings, and requests for continuations of and conversions to Eurodollar Rate Borrowings. ARTICLE III CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO OBLIGATIONS OF BANK 3.1 Conditions for First Borrowing. The obligation of the Bank to make a Loan on the occasion of the first Borrowing is subject to receipt by the Bank of the following documents and completion of the following matters, in form and substance satisfactory to the Bank. 3.1.1 Documents Executed and Filed. The Company shall have executed (or caused to be executed) and delivered to the Bank the following: (i) the Notes (excluding the Mortgage Note); (ii) the Security Agreement (Equipment); and (iii) the Guaranty (together with a Security Agreement and Financing Statements from the Guarantor acceptable to the Bank). 3.1.2 Charter Documents. Certificates of recent date of the appropriate authority or official of the Company's state of incorporation listing all charter documents of the Company on file in that office and certifying as to the good standing and corporate existence of the Company, together with copies of such charter documents of the Company, certified as of a recent date by such authority or official and certified as true and correct as of the Effective Date by a duly authorized officer of the Company; 3.1.3 By-Laws and Corporate Authorizations. Copies of the by-laws of the Company together with all authorizing resolutions and evidence of other corporate action taken by the Company to authorize the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement and the Notes and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby, certified as true and correct as of the Effective Date by a duly authorized officer of the Company; E-38 19 3.1.4 Incumbency Certificate. Certificates of incumbency of the Company containing, and attesting to the genuineness of, the signatures of those officers authorized to act on behalf of the Company in connection with this Agreement and the Notes and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby, certified as true and correct as of the Effective Date by a duly authorized officer of the Company; 3.1.5 Representations and Warranties. A certificate of a senior officer of the Company to the effect that (i) the representations and warranties of the Company contained in this Agreement are true in all material respects, and (ii) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing; 3.1.6 Legal Opinion of Counsel for the Company. The favorable written opinion of counsel for the Company covering such other matters relating to the transactions contemplated hereby as the Bank may reasonably request, dated the Effective Date and satisfactory in form and substance to the Bank; 3.1.7 Fees. The payment in full of all fees required to be paid by the Company on or before the Effective Date hereunder; 3.1.8 UCC Lien Search. The Bank shall have received UCC record and copy searches, disclosing no notice of any liens or encumbrances filed against any of the Collateral other than the Permitted Liens. 3.1.9 Casualty Insurance. The Company shall have furnished to the Bank, in form, content and amounts and with companies satisfactory to the Bank, casualty insurance policies with loss payable clauses in favor of the Bank, relating to the assets and properties (including, but not limited to, the Collateral) of the Company. 3.1.10 Asset Purchase Complete. The Asset Purchase shall have been completed on terms and conditions acceptable to the Bank and the Bank shall have received from the Company such documents, certificates and opinions evidencing the completion of the acquisition reasonably satisfactory to the Bank. 3.1.11 Approval of Bank's Counsel. All actions, instruments and documents required to carry out the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or incidental thereto and all other related legal matters shall have been satisfactory to Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, P.L.C., counsel for the Bank, and said counsel shall have been furnished with such certified copies of actions and proceedings and such other instruments and documents as they shall have reasonably requested. 3.1.12 Other Conditions. The Company shall have delivered to the Bank such other certificates and documents as the Bank may reasonably request. 3.2 Further Conditions for Disbursement. The obligation of the Bank to make any Loan on the occasion of each Borrowing (including without limitation the first Borrowing) is further subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent: (a) receipt by the Bank of a Notice of Borrowing as required under this Agreement; (b) the fact that, immediately after such Borrowing, the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Borrowings will not exceed the aggregate amount of the relevant Commitments or otherwise be in excess of the amount permitted under this Agreement; (c) the fact that, at the time of, and immediately after, such Borrowing, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing; and E-39 20 (d) the fact that the representations and warranties of the Company contained in this Agreement shall be true in all material respects as of the date of such Borrowing. Each Borrowing hereunder shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty by the Company on the date of such Borrowing as to the facts specified in subsection (b), (c) and (d) of this Section. For purposes of this Section the representations and warranties contained in Section 6.5 hereof shall be deemed made with respect to the Financial Statements. 3.3 Additional Conditions for Equipment Loans. The obligation of the Bank to make Equipment Loans on the occasion of each Equipment Loan Borrowing is further subject to the satisfaction of the following: 3.3.1 Notice. The Company may request a notice of the Company's desire for an Equipment Loan in a writing signed by an authorized officer of the Company specifying the proposed Disbursement Date, the amount of the proposed advance for such Equipment Loan, a copy of the invoice for the machinery and equipment to be purchased with the proceeds from the proposed advance, and such other information as the Bank may reasonably request. 3.3.2 Borrowing Warranties and Representations. A request by the Company for an Equipment Loan (whether or not in writing) shall constitute a warranty and representation by the Company that as of the date of such request no Default or Event of Default has occurred or is continuing, and the warranties and representations set forth in Section 6 of this Agreement are true and correct, and with respect to such machinery and equipment Company is purchasing that (a) Company has (or will have) good and marketable title to and ownership of such machinery and equipment, free and clear of any lien or security interest, except for the security interest of the Bank; (b) such Equipment Loan does not exceed one hundred percent (100%) of the cost of such machinery and equipment (or in the case of the payoff of an existing lease, the lease balance) (the "Equipment Advance Amount"); and (c) the machinery and equipment subject to such request is in good condition and repair and used (or shall be used) by Company in the ordinary course of business. Acceptance by the Company of the proceeds of an Equipment Loan shall constitute a warranty and representation by the Company that as of such Disbursement Date no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, and the warranties and representations set forth herein and in Section 6 of this Agreement are true and correct. 3.3.3 Bank's Discretion to Make Advances. The Bank is under no obligation to make advances to the Company under the Equipment Note if: (a) Any of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 3 of this Agreement shall not have been satisfied or waived by the Bank in accordance with this Agreement; (b) A request for an advance is made after the Termination Date; (c) The Bank shall know or have any reasonable reason to believe that as of the date of such Equipment Loan: (i) any Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing; (ii) any warranty or representation set forth in Section 6 of this Agreement shall not be true and correct; or (iii) any provision of law, any order of any court or other agency or government, or any regulation, rule or interpretation thereof shall have had any materially adverse effect on the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any of the related documents; (d) Such Borrowing would result in the total amount of Equipment Loans to exceed the Equipment Loan Commitment Amount. E-40 21 3.4 Additional Conditions for the Mortgage Loan. In addition to the requirements set forth in this Article III, the obligation of the Bank to make the Mortgage Loan is subject to receipt by the Bank of the following documents and completion of the following matters, in form and substance satisfactory to the Bank: 3.4.1 Documents Executed and Filed. The Company shall have executed (or caused to be executed) and delivered to the Bank the following: (i) the Mortgage Note; and (ii) the Guarantor Mortgages. 3.4.2 Title Insurance; Survey. The Company shall have furnished to the Bank, in form, content and amount satisfactory to the Bank, (i) a policy insuring the Guarantor Mortgages as a first lien under a standard ALTA title insurance policy, subject only to the Permitted Liens, with such endorsements as the Bank may require, and (ii) a survey of the Guarantor Premises made within thirty (30) days of the effective date of the Mortgage Loan, showing the improvements situated therein to be within all lot lines and set-back lines, showing all easements (identified by recording information), showing no encroachments and showing such other information as the Bank may request, said survey to be certified to the Bank, the title company and such other persons as the Bank may request. ARTICLE IV PAYMENTS AND PREPAYMENTS OF LOANS 4.1 Principal Payments. Unless earlier payment is required under this Agreement, the Company shall pay to the Bank the principal of the Loans as provided in this Section 4.1. 4.1.1 Revolving Credit Loans. The Company shall pay to the Bank the principal amount of each Eurodollar Rate Borrowing included in any Revolving Credit Borrowing on the last day of the Applicable Interest Period (unless continued as provided in Section 2.6 hereof) or on the Termination Date, whichever is earlier, and the principal amount of each Prime Rate Loan included in any Revolving Credit Borrowing shall be due and payable on the Termination Date. 4.1.2 Term Loan. The Company shall pay to the Bank the principal amount of the Term Loan, unless accelerated pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, in seventy-two (72) equal monthly installments on the first day of each consecutive calendar month, beginning no later than November 1, 1997. All outstanding principal and accrued interest shall be due and payable on the Maturity Date. 4.1.3 Equipment Loan. The Company shall pay to the Bank the principal amount of the Equipment Loan, unless sooner accelerated pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, on the Termination Date, to the extent not converted to Equipment Term Loans. 4.1.4 Mortgage Loan. The Company shall pay to the Bank the principal amount of the Mortgage Loan, unless accelerated pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, in not more than sixty (60) equal installments (with an amortization period of not more than fifteen (15) years on the first day of each consecutive calendar month, beginning no later than November 1, 1997. All outstanding principal and accrued interest shall be due and payable on the Maturity Date. E-41 22 4.1.5 Equipment Term Loans. The Company shall pay to the Bank the principal amount of any Equipment Term Loan, unless sooner terminated pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, in not more than seventy-two (72) equal monthly installments on the first day of each consecutive calendar month, beginning on the first day of the month following each Conversion Date. All outstanding principal and accrued interest shall be due and payable on the Maturity Date. 4.2 Optional Prepayment of Principal. 4.2.1 Prime Rate Loans. The Company may, upon notice to the Bank, pay all or part of the Loans outstanding at any time and from time to time bearing interest at the Prime Rate without penalty, premium or other charge. 4.2.2 Eurodollar Rate Loans. The Company may not prepay any portion of the Loans as to which an election for a continuation of or a conversion to a Eurodollar Rate Loan is pending, and any Eurodollar Rate Loan may only be paid on the last day of the Applicable Interest Period with respect thereto. 4.2.3 Quoted Rate Loans. Except for required monthly installments of principal as set forth in Section 4.1, the Company may not prepay any portion of the Term Loan or an Equipment Term Loan that bears interest at a Quoted Rate. 4.2.4 Notice of Prepayment. All notices of prepayment that are delivered to the Bank by the Company pursuant to this Section 4.2 shall be delivered by 10:00 a.m. Grand Rapids time on the relevant Business Day or if delivered at a later time shall be deemed to have been delivered as of the next Business Day. A notice of prepayment with respect to a Eurodollar Rate Borrowing or Quoted Rate Borrowing shall not be revocable by the Company. 4.3 Interest Payments. The Company shall pay interest to the Bank on the unpaid principal amount of each Loan, for the period commencing on the date such Loan is made until such Loan is paid in full, on each Interest Payment Date and at maturity (whether at stated maturity, by demand, by acceleration or otherwise), and thereafter on demand, at the rate applicable thereto as designated in the appropriate Notice of Borrowing or as otherwise provided herein. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall pay interest on demand at the Overdue Rate on the outstanding principal amount of any Loan and any other amount payable by the Company hereunder (other than interest) which is not paid in full when due (whether at stated maturity, by demand, by acceleration or otherwise) for the period commencing on the due date thereof until the same is paid in full. 4.4 Fees. 4.4.1 Closing Fee. The Company shall pay to the Bank, at the closing, a closing fee of Seven Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($7,500). 4.4.2 Commitment Fee. The Company shall pay to the Bank a commitment fee for the period from the date of this Agreement to and including the Termination Date equal to one-eighth of one percent (1/8%) per annum on the average daily excess of the Revolving Credit Commitment (less the amount reserved exclusively to facilitate foreign exchange transactions) exceeds the sum of: (i) the average unpaid balance of the Revolving Loan plus (ii) Two Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($2,500,000). Such commitment fee shall be payable on the first Business Day of each January, April, July and October, beginning October 1, 1997, and on the Termination Date, for the periods ending on such date. E-42 23 4.4.3 Preparation Fees. Upon demand of the Bank from time to time, the Company shall pay to the Bank the amount of the expenses (including without limit reasonable attorneys' fees and disbursements) incurred by the Bank from time to time in connection with the preparation of this Agreement and related instruments and/or the making (or preparation for the making) of any advance hereunder. 4.5 General Provisions as to Payments. The Company shall make each payment of principal and interest on the Loans and of fees and other amounts payable hereunder, not later than 12:00 p.m. Grand Rapids time on the date when due, to the Bank at its address referred to in the signature line to this Agreement. Whenever any payment of principal of, or interest on, the Loans or any commitment, facility or other fee or expense payable hereunder shall be due on the day which is not a Business Day, the date for payment thereof shall be extended to then next succeeding Business Day. If the date for any payment of principal is extended pursuant to this Section, by operation of law, or otherwise, interest thereon shall be payable for such extended time. 4.6 Computation of Interest and Fees. Interest hereunder shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and paid for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day). 4.7 No Set Off or Deduction. All payments of principal of and interest on the Loans and other amounts payable by the Company hereunder shall be made by the Company without set off or counterclaim, and free and clear of, and without deduction or with holding for, or on account of, any present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments, or other charges of whatever nature, imposed by any governmental authority, or by any department, agency or other political subdivision or taxing authority. 4.8 Additional Costs. (a) In the event that the adoption of, or any change in or in the interpretation by any governmental authority of, any applicable law, treaty, rule or regulation (whether domestic or foreign), or compliance by any Bank or the Bank with any guideline, request or directive of any governmental authority that is promulgated, made, issued, or changed (whether or not having the force of law), shall (i) change the basis of taxation of payments to any Bank or the Bank of any amounts payable by the Company under this Agreement (other than taxes imposed on the overall net income of the Bank, in which the Bank has its principal office), or (ii) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended by the Bank, or (iii) impose any other condition with respect to this Agreement, the Commitments, the Notes or the Loans, and the result of any of the foregoing is to increase the cost to the Bank of making, funding or maintaining any Eurodollar Rate Loan or to reduce the amount of any sum receivable by the Bank thereon, then the Company shall pay to the Bank, from time to time, upon request by the Bank additional amounts sufficient to compensate the Bank for such increased cost or reduced sum receivable to the extent, in the case of any Eurodollar Rate Loan, the Bank is not compensated therefor in the computation of the interest rate applicable to such Eurodollar Rate Loan or pursuant to subsection (b) of this Section. A statement as to the amount of such increased cost or reduced sum receivable and reason therefor, prepared in good faith and in reasonable detail by the Bank and submitted by or the Bank to the Company, shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes absent manifest error in computation. E-43 24 (b) In the event that any applicable law, rule, regulation, or guideline now in effect relating to capital adequacy, or that the adoption of, or any change in or in the interpretation by any governmental authority of any applicable law, treaty, rule or regulation (whether domestic or foreign), or that compliance by the Bank with any guideline, request or directive of any governmental authority (whether or not having the force of law) relating to capital adequacy that is promulgated, made, issued, or changed including any risk-based capital guidelines, affects or would affect the amount of capital required or expected to be maintained by the Bank (or any corporation controlling the Bank) and the Bank determines that the amount of such capital required or expected to be maintained is increased by or based upon the existence of the Bank's obligations hereunder and such increase has the effect of reducing the rate of return on the Bank's (or such controlling corporation's) capital as a consequence of such obligations hereunder to a level below that which the Bank (or such controlling corporation) could have achieved but for such circumstances (taking into consideration its policies with respect to capital adequacy) by an amount deemed by the Bank to be material, then the Company shall pay to the Bank, from time to time, upon request by the Bank, additional amounts sufficient to compensate the Bank (or such controlling corporation) for any increase in the amount of capital and reduced rate of return which the Bank reasonably determines to be allocable to the existence of the Bank's obligations hereunder. A statement as to the amount of such compensation and reason therefor, prepared in good faith and in reasonable detail by or the Bank, and submitted by the Bank to the Company, shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes absent manifest error in computation. 4.9 Illegality and Impossibility. In the event that the adoption of, or any change in or in the interpretation by any governmental authority of, any applicable law, treaty, rule or regulation (whether domestic or foreign), or compliance by the Bank with any guideline, request or directive of any governmental authority that is promulgated, made, issued, or changed (whether or not having the force of law), including without limitation exchange controls, shall make it unlawful or impossible for the Bank to maintain any Eurodollar Rate Loan under this Agreement, the Company shall upon receipt of notice thereof from the Bank, repay in full the then outstanding principal amount of each Eurodollar Rate Loan so affected, together with all accrued interest thereon to the date of payment and all amounts owing to the Bank under this Section 4.9, (a) on the last day of the then current Eurodollar Interest Period applicable to such Loan if the Bank may lawfully continue to maintain such Loan to such day, or (b) immediately if the Bank may not continue to maintain such Loan to such day. 4.10 Funding Losses. In addition to any other amounts required to be paid hereunder, if the Company makes any payment of principal with respect to any Eurodollar Rate Loan or Quoted Rate Loan on any day other than the last day of the Applicable Interest Period (whether pursuant to Article IV, Article VIII or otherwise), or if the Company fails to borrow any Eurodollar Rate Loan or Quoted Rate Loan after notice has been given to the Bank in accordance with Section 2.3, or if the Company fails to make any payment of principal or interest in respect of a Eurodollar Rate Loan or Quoted Rate Loan when due, the Company shall, in addition to any amounts that may be payable pursuant to Section 4.8 or 4.11, reimburse the Bank the Prepayment Amount on demand. A statement as to the amount of such loss or expense and reason therefor, prepared in good faith and in reasonable detail by the Bank and submitted by the Bank to the Company, shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes in the absence of manifest error in computation. E-44 25 4.11 Regulation D Compensation. If the Eurocurrency liabilities (as defined in and pursuant to Regulation D of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, as amended or modified from time to time) of the Bank is a positive number, the Bank may require the Company to pay, to the extent not already provided for in the calculation of Eurodollar Rate, contemporaneously with each payment of interest on the Eurodollar Rate Loans, additional interest on the related Eurodollar Rate Loan of the Bank at a rate per annum equal to the excess of (a)(i) the applicable Eurodollar Rate expressed as a decimal, divided by (ii) one minus the maximum rate (expressed as a decimal) at which the Bank is required to maintain reserves on Eurocurrency liabilities or, if such regulation or definition is modified, and as long as the Bank is required to maintain reserves against a category of liabilities which includes deposits in Dollars or includes a category of assets which includes loans in Dollars, the rate at which such reserves are required to be maintained on such category, over (b) the rate specified in clause (a)(i). The Bank shall so notify the Company of such requirement either on or before the Effective Date or at least three Business Days prior to the first Eurodollar Interest Period to which such requirement shall apply, which notice shall indicate the place where such additional interest shall be payable to the Bank. In the event the Bank shall have given notice to the Company pursuant to the foregoing sentence, thereafter the Company shall pay to the Bank at the place indicated in such notice the additional interest due under this Section 4.11 on all Eurodollar Rate Loans made by the Bank thereafter, until the Bank notifies the Company that it no longer wishes to require the payment of the additional interest under this Section 4.11, and all such additional interest shall be payable on the Interest Payment Date with respect thereto. ARTICLE V SECURITY To secure full and timely performance of the Company's covenants set out in this Agreement and to secure the repayment of the Notes and all other Indebtedness, the Company agrees to grant and assign a lien upon, and security interest in, the Collateral pursuant to the Security Agreement, the Financing Statement, the Mortgages and such other agreements as the Bank shall from time to time require and the Company shall have caused to be executed and delivered to the Bank the Guaranty. If the Company's Funded Debt Leverage Ratio is greater than 2.49 to 1.0, the Company agrees to grant and assign a lien upon, and security interest in, all of the Company's Accounts, Chattel Paper, Documents, General Intangibles, Instruments and Inventory pursuant to a security agreement and financing statement acceptable to the Bank. ARTICLE VI REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES The Company represents and warrants to the Bank that: 6.1 Organization and Good Standing. The Company is a corporation duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Michigan, and the Company is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction where failure to qualify would have a material adverse effect on the Company or its business, and the Company has all requisite power and authority, corporate or otherwise, to conduct its business, to own and operate its properties and to execute and deliver, and to perform all of its obligations under, this Agreement, the Notes and the Collateral Documents. E-45 26 6.2 Due Authorization. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement, the Notes and the Collateral Documents have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action and do not and will not (a) require any consent or approval of the stockholders of the Company, (b) violate any provision of any law, rule, regulation, order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree, determination or award presently in effect having applicability to the Company or of the Articles of Incorporation or By-Laws of the Company, or (c) result in a breach of or constitute a default under any indenture or loan or credit agreement or any other agreement, lease or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it or its properties may be bound or affected; and the Company is not in default under any such law, rule, regulation, order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree, determination or award or any such indenture, agreement, lease or instrument where such default could have a material adverse effect on the business, properties, operations, or condition, financial or otherwise, of the Company. 6.3 Third-Party Consents. To the best of the Company's knowledge, no authorization, consent, approval, license, exemption of or filing or registration with any court or governmental department, commission, board, bureau, agency or instrumentality, domestic or foreign, is or will be necessary to the valid execution, delivery or performance by the Company of this Agreement, the Notes or the Collateral Documents. 6.4 Validity of Agreements. This Agreement constitutes, and the Notes and Collateral Documents when delivered hereunder will constitute, legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms. 6.5 Financial Statements. The Financial Statements fairly present the consolidated financial condition of the Company and its Subsidiaries as at such date and the consolidated results of the operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of such date and the consolidated results of the operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries for the period ended on such date, all in accordance with GAAP, and since June 30, 1996, there has been no material adverse change in such consolidated financial condition or operations. 6.6 Litigation. There are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against the Company or any Subsidiary or the properties of the Company or any Subsidiary before any court or governmental department, commission, board, bureau, agency or instrumentality, domestic or foreign, which, if determined adversely to the Company or such Subsidiary, could have a material adverse effect on the financial condition or business of the Company or such Subsidiary. 6.7 Regulation U. The Company is not engaged as one of its principal activities in the business of extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), and no part of the proceeds of any Loan hereunder will be used to purchase or carry any margin stock or for any other purpose that would violate any of the margin regulations of the Board of Governors. 6.8 Title to Property. To the best of the Company's knowledge, the Company and the Subsidiaries have good and marketable title to their respective properties and assets, including the properties and assets reflected in the most recent audited Financial Statements referred to in Section 6.5 or delivered pursuant to Section 7.4, subject to no Lien except Permitted Liens. 6.9 Other Agreements. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to any indenture, loan or credit agreement or any lease or other agreement or instrument or subject to any charter or corporate restriction which would have a material adverse effect on the business, properties, assets, operations or condition, financial or otherwise, of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or on the ability of the Company to carry out its obligations under this Agreement, the Notes or the Collateral Documents. E-46 27 6.10 Taxes. The Company and each Subsidiary have filed all tax returns (Federal, state and local) required to be filed and paid all taxes shown thereon to be due, including interest and penalties, or provided adequate reserves for payment thereof. 6.11 Accuracy of Information. No information, exhibit or report furnished in writing by the Company to the Bank in connection with this Agreement contains any material untrue statement of fact or omitted to state a material fact or any fact necessary to make the statements contained therein not materially misleading at the time that they were made. 6.12 Subsidiaries. The list of Subsidiaries and their jurisdictions of incorporation or existence and addresses set forth on Schedule 6.12 hereto is accurate and complete as of the Effective Date. Each Subsidiary is validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction, is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction where failure to qualify would have a material adverse effect on the Company or its business and has all requisite power and authority, corporate or otherwise, to own and operate its properties. All outstanding shares of capital stock of each class of each corporate Subsidiary of the Company have been and will be validly issued and are and will be fully paid and nonassessable and are and will be owned, beneficially and of record, by the Company free and clear of any Liens. 6.13 ERISA. To the best of the Company's knowledge, the Company, its Subsidiaries, their ERISA Affiliates and their respective Plans are in compliance in all material respects with those provisions of ERISA and of the Code which are applicable with respect to any Plan. No Prohibited Transaction and no Reportable Event has occurred with respect with any such Plan. None of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their ERISA Affiliates is an employer with respect to any Multiemployer Plan. The Company, its Subsidiaries and their ERISA Affiliates have met the minimum funding requirements under ERISA and the Code with respect to each of their respective Plans, if any, and have not incurred any liability to the PBGC or any Plan. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the Notes do not constitute a Prohibited Transaction. There is no material unfunded benefit liability, determined in accordance with Section 4001(a)(18) of ERISA, with respect to any Plan of the Company, its Subsidiaries or their ERISA Affiliates. 6.14 Environmental and Safety Matters. Except as provided on Schedule 6.14, to the best of the Company's knowledge, the Company and each Subsidiary is in substantial compliance with all federal, state and local laws, ordinances and regulations relating to safety and industrial hygiene or to the environmental condition, including without limitation all Environmental Laws in jurisdictions in which the Company or any Subsidiary owns or operates, or has owned or operated, a facility or site, or arranges or has arranged for disposal or treatment of hazardous substances, solid waste or other wastes, accepts or has accepted for transport any hazardous substances, solid wastes or other wastes or holds or has held any interest in real property or otherwise. To the best of the Company's knowledge, no demand, claim, notice, suit, suit in equity, action, administrative action, investigation or inquiry whether brought by any governmental authority, private person or entity or otherwise, arising under, relating to or in connection with any Environmental Laws is pending or threatened against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, any real property in which the Company or any such Subsidiary holds or has held an interest or any past or present operation of the Company or any Subsidiary. To the best of the Company's knowledge, except as provided on Schedule 6.14, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries (a) is the subject of any governmental investigation evaluating whether any remedial action is needed to respond to a release of any toxic substance, radioactive materials, hazardous wastes or related materials into the environment, (b) has received any notice of any of its properties in violation of any Environmental Laws, or (c) knows of any basis for any such investigation, notice or violation. To the best of the Company's knowledge, except as provided on Schedule 6.14, no release, threatened release or disposal of hazardous waste, solid waste or other wastes is occurring or has occurred on, under or to any real property in which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries holds any interest or performs any of its operations, in violation of any Environmental Law. E-47 28 6.15 Financial Condition. The Company is solvent, able to pay its debts as they mature, has capital sufficient to carry on its business and has assets the fair market value of which exceed its liabilities, and the Company will not be rendered insolvent, undercapitalized or unable to pay maturing debts by the execution or performance of this Agreement or the other documents contemplated hereby. There have been no material adverse change in the business, properties or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries since the date of the latest Financial Statement. 6.16 Conditions Precedent. To the best knowledge of the Company, as of each Disbursement Date, all appropriate conditions precedent referred to in Section 2 hereof shall have been satisfied or waived in writing by the Bank. 6.17 Indebtedness. Except as disclosed on Schedule 6.17 attached hereto, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has any indebtedness for money borrowed or any direct or indirect obligations under any leases (whether or not required to be capitalized under GAAP) or any agreements of guarantee or surety except for the endorsement of negotiable instruments by the Company or its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business for deposit or collection. ARTICLE VII AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY The Company covenants and agrees that until all Loans and other amounts due hereunder are irrevocably paid in full, and all Commitments shall expire or terminate, unless the Bank shall otherwise consent in writing: 7.1 Preservation of Corporate Existence, Etc. It will do or cause to be done, and cause all Subsidiaries to do or cause to be done, all things necessary to preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect its legal existence, and its qualification as necessary under applicable law, and the rights, licenses, permits (including those required under Environmental Laws), franchises, patents, copyrights, trademarks and trade names material to the conduct of its business; and defend all of the foregoing against all claims, actions, demands, suits or proceedings at law or in equity or by or before any governmental instrumentality or other agency or regulatory authority. 7.2 Compliance with Laws, Etc. It will, and will cause each Affiliate to, comply in all material respects with all applicable laws, rules, regulations and orders of any governmental authority, whether federal, state, local or foreign (including without limitation ERISA, the Code and Environmental Laws), in effect from time to time; and pay and discharge promptly when due all taxes, assessments and governmental charges or levies imposed upon it or upon its income, revenues or property, before the same shall become delinquent or in default, as well as all lawful claims for labor, materials and supplies or otherwise, which, if unpaid, might give rise to Liens upon such properties or any portion thereof, except to the extent that payment of any of the foregoing is then being contested in good faith by appropriate legal proceedings and with respect to which adequate financial reserves have been established on the books and records of the Company or such Affiliate. E-48 29 7.3 Maintenance of Properties; Insurance. It will, and will cause each Subsidiary to, maintain, preserve and protect all property that is material to the conduct of the business of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and keep such property in good repair, working order and condition and from time to time make, or cause to be made all needful and proper repairs, renewals, additions, improvements and replacements thereto necessary in order that the business carried on in connection therewith may be properly conducted at all times in accordance with customary and prudent business practices for similar businesses; and maintain in full force and effect insurance with responsible and reputable insurance companies or associations in such amounts, on such terms and covering such risks, including fire and other risks insured against by extended coverage, as is usually carried by companies engaged in similar business and owning similar properties similarly situated and maintain in full force and effect public liability insurance, insurance against claims for personal injury or death or property damage occurring in connection with any of its activities or any of any properties owned, occupied or controlled by it, in such amount as it shall reasonably deem necessary, and maintain such other insurance as may be required by law or as may be reasonably requested by the Bank for purposes of assuring compliance with this Section 7.3. 7.4 Reporting Requirements. It will furnish to the Bank the following: 7.4.1 Adverse Event. Promptly and in any event within ten (10) business days after becoming aware of the occurrence of (i) any Event of Default or Default, or (ii) the commencement of any material litigation against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and any material developments therein, or (iii) entering into any material contract or undertaking that is not entered into in the ordinary course of business, or (iv) any development in the business or affairs of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries which has resulted in, or which is likely in the reasonable judgment of the Company to result in, a material adverse change in the business, properties, operations or condition, financial or otherwise, of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, a statement of the chief executive, chief operating officer or chief financial officer of the Company setting forth details of such Event of Default or Default or such event or condition of any of the foregoing events and the action which the Company or such Subsidiary, as the case may be, has taken and proposes to take with respect thereto; 7.4.2 Quarterly Financial Statements. As soon as available and in any event within forty-five (45) days after the end of each fiscal quarter of the Company, the consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the end of such quarter, and the related consolidated statements of income and cash flow, commencing at the end of the previous fiscal year and ending with the end of such quarter, setting forth in each case in comparative form the corresponding figures for the corresponding date or period of the preceding fiscal year, all in reasonable detail and duly certified (subject to year-end audit adjustments) by the chief financial officer of the Company as having been prepared in accordance with GAAP, together with a certificate of the chief financial officer of the Company stating that no Event of Default or Default has occurred and is continuing or, if an Event of Default or Default has occurred and is continuing, a statement setting forth the details thereof and the action which the Company has taken and proposes to take with respect thereto; 7.4.3 Annual Financial Statement. As soon as available and in any event within ninety (90) days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company, a copy of the consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the end of such fiscal year and the related consolidated statements of income and cash flow of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for such fiscal year, in the case of consolidated financial statements, certified by independent certified public accountants selected by the Company and acceptable to the Bank, together with a certificate of the chief financial officer of the Company stating that no Event of Default or Default has occurred and is continuing or, if an Event of Default or Default has occurred and is continuing, a statement setting forth the details thereof and the action in which the Company has taken and proposes to take with respect thereto; E-49 30 7.4.4 ERISA Event. Promptly and in any event within ten (10) calendar days after receiving or becoming aware there has occurred a Reportable Event (i) a copy of any notice of intent to terminate any Plan of the Company, its Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate filed with the PBGC, (ii) a statement of the chief financial officer of the Company setting forth the details of the occurrence of any Reportable Event with respect to any such Plan, (iii) a copy of any notice that the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate may receive from the PBGC relating to the intention of the PBGC to terminate any such Plan or to appoint a trustee to administer any such Plan, or (iv) a copy of any notice of failure to make a required installment or other payment within the meaning of Section 412(n) of the Code or Section 302(f) of ERISA with respect to any such Plan; and 7.4.5 Shareholder Reports. Promptly upon becoming available, a copy of all financial statements, reports, notices, proxy statements and other communications sent by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to their stockholders, and all regular and periodic reports filed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with any securities exchange, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Corporation, Securities and Land Development Bureau of the Department of Consumer and Industry Services of the State of Michigan or any governmental authorities succeeding to any or all of the functions of said Commission or Bureau. 7.4.6 Management Letters. Promptly upon receipt thereof, copies of all management letters and other reports of substance submitted to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries by independent certified public accountants in connection with any annual or interim audit of the books of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. 7.4.7 Other Information. Promptly, such other information respecting the business, properties, operations or condition, financial or otherwise, of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries as the Bank may from time to time reasonably request. 7.5 Maintain Tangible Net Worth. On a consolidated basis, maintain a Tangible Net Worth for it of not less than Twenty-eight Million Dollars ($28,000,000). 7.6 Maintain Funded Debt Leverage Ratio. On a consolidated basis and nonconsolidated basis, maintain its Funded Debt Leverage Ratio at not more than 3.99 to 1.0. 7.7 Use of Loan Proceeds. Use the proceeds of the Loan hereunder only for the purposes set forth in the recitals to this Agreement. ARTICLE VIII NEGATIVE COVENANTS On a continuing basis from the date of this Agreement until the later of the Termination Date or when the Indebtedness is paid in full and the Company has performed all of its other obligations hereunder, the Company covenants and agrees that it will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary, without the written consent of the Bank, to: 8.1 Liens and Encumbrances. Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any mortgage, pledge, encumbrance, security interest, lien or charge of any kind upon any of its property or assets (including without limit any charge upon property purchased or acquired under a conditional sales or other title retaining agreement or lease required to be capitalized under GAAP) whether now owned or hereafter acquired other than Permitted Liens. E-50 31 8.2 Indebtedness. Incur, create, assume or permit to exist any indebtedness or liability on account of deposits or advances or any indebtedness or liability for borrowed money, or any other indebtedness or liability evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or similar obligations, or any other indebtedness whatsoever, except for (a) the Indebtedness, (b) indebtedness subordinated to the prior payment in full of the Indebtedness upon terms and conditions approved in writing by the Bank, (c) existing indebtedness to the extent set forth on attached Schedule 6.17, (d) trade indebtedness incurred and paid in the ordinary course of business, and (e) indebtedness secured by Permitted Liens. 8.3 Extensions of Credit. Make loans, advances or extensions of credit to any Person, except for: (i) sales on open account and in the ordinary course of business; (ii) advances to John C. Kennedy and/or Kennedy Capital Corporation not exceeding an aggregate amount outstanding at any time of $200,000; or (iii) loans to other employees of the Company not to exceed an aggregate of $50,000 outstanding at any time. 8.4 Guarantee Obligations. Guarantee or in any way be or become responsible for obligations of any other Person, whether by agreement to purchase the indebtedness of any other Person, agreement for the furnishing of funds to any other Person through the furnishing of goods, supplies or services, by way of stock purchase, capital contribution, advance or loan, for the purpose of paying or discharging (or causing the payment or discharge of) the indebtedness of any other Person, or otherwise, except for the endorsement of negotiable instruments by the Company in the ordinary course of business for deposit or collection. 8.5 Subordinate Indebtedness. Subordinate any indebtedness due to it from a Person to indebtedness of other creditors of such Person. 8.6 Property Transfer, Merger or Lease-Back. (a) Sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of properties and assets having an aggregate book value of more than Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000) (whether in one transaction or in a series of related transactions) except as to the sale of inventory in the ordinary course of business; and (b) change its name, consolidate with or merge into any other corporation (other than the Subsidiary), permit another corporation to merge into it, acquire all or substantially all the properties or assets of any other Person, enter into any reorganization or recapitalization or reclassify its capital stock. 8.7 Pension Plan (a) Allow any fact, condition or event to occur or exist with respect to any employee pension or profit sharing plans established or maintained by it which might constitute grounds for termination of any such plan or for the court appointment of a trustee to administer any such plan, or (b) permit any such plan to be the subject of termination proceedings (whether voluntary or involuntary) from which termination proceedings there may result a liability of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to the PBGC which, in the opinion of the Bank, will have a materially adverse effect upon the operations, business, property, assets, financial condition or credit of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. 8.8 Misrepresentation. Furnish the Bank with any certificate or other document that knowingly contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary to make such certificate or document not misleading in light of the circumstances under which it was furnished. 8.9 Margin Stock. Apply any of the proceeds of the Note to the purchase or carrying of any "margin stock" within the meaning of Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, or any regulations, interpretations or rulings thereunder. ARTICLE IX EVENTS OF DEFAULT - ENFORCEMENT - APPLICATION OF PROCEEDS 9.1 Events of Default. The occurrence of any of the following events shall constitute an Event of Default hereunder: E-51 32 9.1.1 Failure to Pay Monies Due. If the Company shall fail to pay within ten (10) days of when due, any principal or interest under the Notes or any taxes, insurance or other amount payable by the Company under this Agreement or if the Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall fail to pay, when due, any indebtedness, obligation or liability whatsoever of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to the Bank. 9.1.2 Misrepresentation. If any warranty or representation of the Company in connection with or contained in this Agreement, or if any financial data or other information now or hereafter furnished to the Bank by or on behalf of the Company, shall prove to be false or misleading in any material respect. 9.1.3 Noncompliance with Agreement. If the Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall fail to perform in the time and manner required any of its obligations or covenants under, or shall fail to comply with any of the provisions of, this Agreement or any other agreement with the Bank to which it may be a party, which does not involve the failure to make a payment when due (be it principal, interest, taxes, insurance or otherwise) and which is not cured by the Company within thirty (30) days after the earlier of the date of notice to the Company by the Bank of such Default or the date the Bank is notified, or should have been notified pursuant to the Company's obligation under Section 7.4.1 hereof, of such Default. 9.1.4 Other Defaults. If the Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall default in the payment when due of any of its indebtedness (other than to the Bank) or in the observance or performance of any term, covenant or condition in any agreement or instrument evidencing, securing or relating to such indebtedness, and such default be continued for a period sufficient to permit acceleration of the indebtedness, unless such default is cured or waived. 9.1.5 Judgments. If there shall be rendered against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries one or more judgments or decrees involving an aggregate liability of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000) or more, which has or have become non-appealable and shall remain undischarged, unsatisfied by insurance and unstayed for more than thirty (30) days, whether or not consecutive; or if a writ of attachment or garnishment against the property of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall be issued and levied in an action claiming One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000) or more and not released or appealed and bonded in an amount and manner satisfactory to the Bank within thirty (30) days after such issuance and levy. 9.1.6 Business Suspension, Bankruptcy, Etc. If the Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall voluntarily suspend transaction of its business; or if the Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall not generally pay its debts as they mature or shall make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors; or proceedings in bankruptcy, or for reorganization or liquidation of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries under the Bankruptcy Code or under any other state, federal or foreign law for the relief of debtors shall be commenced or shall be commenced against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and shall not be discharged within thirty (30) days of commencement; or a receiver, trustee or custodian shall be appointed for the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or for any substantial portion of their respective properties or assets. 9.1.7 Inadequate Funding or Termination of Employee Benefit Plan(s). If the Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall fail to meet its minimum funding requirements under ERISA with respect to any employee benefit plan established or maintained by it, or if any such plan shall be the subject of termination proceedings (whether voluntary or involuntary) and there shall result from such termination proceedings a liability of Company or any of its Subsidiaries to the PBGC which in the opinion of the Bank will have a materially adverse effect upon the operations, business, property, assets, financial condition or credit of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, as the case may be. E-52 33 9.1.8 Occurrence of Certain Reportable Events. If there shall occur, with respect to any pension plan maintained by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries any reportable event (within the meaning of Section 4043(b) of ERISA) which the Bank shall determine constitutes a ground for the termination of any such plan, and if such event continues for thirty (30) days after the Bank gives written notice to the Company, provided that termination of such plan or appointment of such trustee would, in the opinion of the Bank, have a materially adverse effect upon the operations, business, property, assets, financial condition or credit of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, as the case may be. 9.2 Acceleration of Indebtedness; Remedies. Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, the obligation of the Bank to make advances pursuant to the Commitments shall cease and all Indebtedness shall be due and payable in full immediately at the option of the Bank without presentation, demand, protest, notice of dishonor or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived. Unless all of the Indebtedness is then immediately fully paid, the Bank shall have and may exercise any one or more of the rights and remedies for which provision is made for a secured party under the UCC, under the Security Agreement, the Mortgage or under any other document contemplated hereby or for which provision is provided by law or in equity, including, without limitation, the right to take possession and sell, lease or otherwise dispose of any or all of the Collateral and to set off against the Indebtedness any amount owing by the Bank to the Company and/or any property of the Company in possession of the Bank. The Company agrees, upon request of the Bank, to assemble the Collateral and make it available to the Bank at any place designated by the Bank which is reasonably convenient to the Bank. 9.3 Application of Proceeds. All of the Indebtedness shall constitute one loan secured by the Bank's security interest in the Collateral and by all other security interests, mortgages, liens, claims, and encumbrances now and from time to time hereafter granted from the Company to the Bank. Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default which is not cured within the cure period, if any, provided in Section 9.1, the Bank may in its sole discretion apply the Collateral to any portion of the Indebtedness. The proceeds of any sale or other disposition of the Collateral authorized by this Agreement shall be applied by the Bank, first upon all expenses authorized by the UCC or otherwise in connection with the sale and all reasonable attorneys' fees and legal expenses incurred by the Bank; the balance of the proceeds of such sale or other disposition shall be applied in the payment of the Indebtedness, first to interest, then to principal, then to other Indebtedness and the surplus, if any, shall be paid over to the Company or to such other Person or Persons as may be entitled thereto under applicable law. The Company shall remain liable for any deficiency, which the Company shall pay to the Bank immediately upon demand. 9.4 Cumulative Remedies. The remedies provided for herein are cumulative to the remedies for collection of the Indebtedness as provided by law, in equity or by any mortgage, security agreement or other document contemplated hereby. Nothing herein contained is intended, nor shall it be construed, to preclude the Bank from pursuing any other remedy for the recovery of any other sum to which the Bank may be or become entitled for the breach of this Agreement by the Company. ARTICLE X MISCELLANEOUS 10.1 Amendments, Etc. (a) No amendment, modification, termination or waiver of any provision of this Agreement nor any consent to any departure therefrom shall be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Bank and the Company. (b) Any such amendment, waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given. E-53 34 (c) In the event of any conflict between this Agreement and the Notes or Collateral Documents, the provisions of this Agreement shall control. 10.2 Notices. Except as provided in Section 2.2, all notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be delivered or sent to the Company and the Bank at the respective addresses and numbers for notices set forth on the signature pages hereof, or to such other address as may be designated by the Company or the Bank by notice to the other party hereto. All notices and other communications shall be deemed to have been given at the time of actual delivery thereof to such address, or if sent by certified or registered mail, postage prepaid, to such address, on the third day after the date of mailing, or if deposited prepaid with a nationally recognized overnight delivery service prior to the deadline for next day delivery, or the Business Day next following such deposit, or if sent via facsimile promptly confirmed, provided, however, that notices to the Bank shall not be effective until received. 10.3 No Waiver By Conduct; Remedies Cumulative. No course of dealing on the part of the Bank, nor any delay or failure on the part of the Bank in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver of such right, power or privilege or otherwise prejudice the Bank's rights and remedies hereunder; nor shall any single or partial exercise thereof preclude any further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. No right or remedy conferred upon or reserved to the Bank under this Agreement, the Notes or the Collateral Documents is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall be cumulative and in addition to every other right or remedy granted thereunder or now or hereafter existing under any applicable law. Every right and remedy granted by this Agreement or the Notes or by applicable law to the Bank may be exercised from time to time and as often as may be deemed expedient by the Bank and, unless contrary to the express provisions of this Agreement, the Notes, or the Collateral Documents irrespective of the occurrence or continuance of any Default or Event of Default. 10.4 Reliance on and Survival of Various Provisions. All terms, covenants, agreements, representations and warranties of the Company made herein or in any certificate, report, financial statement or other document furnished by or on behalf of the Company or any Subsidiary in connection with this Agreement shall be deemed to be material and to have been relied upon by the Bank, notwithstanding any investigation heretofore or hereafter made by the Bank, and those covenants and agreements of the Company set forth in Section 4.9, 4.11 and 10.5 hereof shall survive the repayment in full of the Loans and termination of the Commitments. 10.5 Expenses. The Company agrees to pay, or reimburse the Bank for the payment of, on demand, (i) the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel to the Bank, including without limitation the fees and expenses of Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, P.L.C., as counsel for the Bank, in connection with the preparation, execution, delivery and administration of this Agreement, the Notes, the Collateral Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, and in connection with advising the Bank as to its rights and responsibilities with respect thereto, and in connection with any amendments, waivers or consents in connection therewith, and (ii) all stamp and other taxes and fees payable or determined to be payable in connection with the execution, delivery, filing or recording of this Agreement, the Notes and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, and any and all liabilities with respect to or resulting from any delay caused by Borrower in paying or omitting to pay such taxes or fees, and (iii) all reasonable costs and expenses of the Bank (including reasonable fees and expenses of counsel and whether incurred through negotiations, legal proceedings or otherwise) in connection with any other matters or proceedings arising out of or in connection with any lending arrangement between the Bank and the Company, which costs and expenses include, without limit, payments made by the Bank for taxes, insurance, assessments, or other costs or expenses which the Company is required to pay under this Agreement or the other documents contemplated hereby; expenses related to the examination of the Collateral; audit expenses; court costs and reasonable attorneys' fees (whether in-house or outside counsel is used, whether legal assistants are used, and whether such costs are incurred in formal or informal collection actions, federal bankruptcy proceedings, probate proceedings, or on appeal); and all other costs and expenses of the Bank incurred in connection with the foregoing. E-54 35 10.6 Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns, provided that the Company may not, without prior consent of the Bank, assign its rights or obligations hereunder or under the Notes and the Bank shall not be obligated to make any Loan hereunder to any entity other than the Company. The Bank may sell to any financial institution or institutions, and such financial institution or institutions may further sell, a participation interest (undivided or divided) in, the Loans and the Bank's rights and benefits under this Agreement, the Notes and the Collateral Documents, and to the extent of such sale such participant or participants shall have the same rights and benefits against the Company as it or they would have had if such participant or participants were the Bank making the Loans to the Company hereunder, provided, however, that (a) the Bank's obligations under this agreement shall remain unmodified and fully effective and enforceable against the Bank, (b) the Bank shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations, (c) the Bank shall remain the holder of its Notes for all purposes of this Agreement, (d) the Company shall continue to deal solely and directly with the Bank in connection with the Bank's rights and obligations under this Agreement, and (e) the Bank shall not grant to its participant any rights to consent or withhold consent to any action taken by the Bank under this agreement. The Bank from time to time in its sole discretion may appoint agents for the purpose of servicing and administering this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby and enforcing or exercising any rights or remedies of the Bank provided under this Agreement, the Notes, the Collateral Documents or otherwise. In furtherance of such agency, the Bank may from time to time direct that the Company provide notices, reports and other documents contemplated by this Agreement (or duplicates thereof) to such agent. The Company hereby consents to the appointment of such agent acting on behalf of the Bank in the same manner as would be required if dealing with the Bank itself. 10.7 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument and any of the parties hereto may execute this Agreement by signing any such counterpart. 10.8 Governing Law. This Agreement is a contract made under, and shall be governed by and construed in accordance with, the law of the State of Michigan applicable to contracts made and to be performed entirely within such State and without giving effect to choice of law principals of such State. The Company further agrees that any legal action or proceeding with respect to this Agreement, the Notes, the Collateral Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby may be brought in any court of the State of Michigan, Kent County, or in any court of the United States of America sitting in the Western District of Michigan, and the Company hereby submits to and accepts generally and unconditionally the jurisdiction of those courts with respect to its person and property, and irrevocably consents to the service of process in connection with any such action or proceeding by personal delivery to the Company or by the mailing thereof by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid to the Company at its address set forth in the signature line. Nothing in this paragraph shall affect the right of the Bank to serve process in any other manner permitted by law or limit the right of the Bank to bring any such action or proceeding against the Company or property in the courts of any other jurisdiction. The Company hereby irrevocably waives any objection to the laying of venue of any such suit or proceeding in the above described courts. 10.9 Table of Contents and Headings. The table of contents and the headings of the various subdivisions hereof are for the convenience of reference only and shall in no way modify any of the terms or provisions hereof. 10.10 Construction of Certain Provisions. If any provision of this Agreement refers to any action to be taken by any person, or which such person is prohibited from taking, such provision shall be applicable whether such action is taken directly or indirectly by such person, whether or not expressly specified in such provision. E-55 36 10.11 Integration and Severability. This Agreement embodies the entire agreement and understanding between the Company and the Bank, and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings, relating to the subject matter hereof. In case any one or more of the obligations of the Company under this Agreement, the Notes or the Collateral Documents shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining obligations of the Company shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby, and such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability in one jurisdiction shall not affect the validity, legality or enforceability of the obligations of the Company under this Agreement, the Notes or the Collateral Documents in any other jurisdiction. 10.12 Independence of Covenants. All covenants hereunder shall be given independent effect so that if a particular action or condition is not permitted by any such covenant, the fact that it would be permitted by an exception to, or would be otherwise within the limitations of, another covenant shall not avoid the occurrence of a Default or an Event of Default or any event or condition which with notice or lapse of time, or both, could become such a Default or an Event of Default if such action is taken or such condition exists. 10.13 Interest Rate Limitation. Notwithstanding any provisions of this Agreement, the Notes or the Collateral Documents, in no event shall the amount of interest paid or agreed to be paid by the Company exceed an amount computed at the highest rate of interest permissible under applicable law. If, from any circumstances whatsoever, fulfillment of any provision of this Agreement, the Notes or the Collateral Documents at the time performance of such provision shall be due, shall involve exceeding the interest rate limitation validly prescribed by law which a court of competent jurisdiction may deem applicable hereto, then, ipso facto, the obligations to be fulfilled shall be reduced to an amount computed at the highest rate of interest permissible under applicable law, and if for any reason whatsoever the Bank shall ever receive as interest an amount which would be deemed unlawful under such applicable law such interest shall be automatically applied to the payment of principal of the Loans outstanding hereunder (whether or not then due and payable) and not to the payment of interest, or shall be refunded to the Company if such principal and all other obligations of the Company to the Bank have been paid in full. 10.14 Release and Discharge. Upon full payment of the Indebtedness and performance by the Company of all its other obligations hereunder, the parties shall thereupon automatically each be fully, finally and forever released and discharged from any claim, liability or obligation in connection with this Agreement and the other documents contemplated hereby, and the Bank shall record and file such terminations, releases or other documents required by law. 10.15 Waiver of Jury Trial. The Bank and the Company, after consulting or having had the opportunity to consult with counsel, knowingly, voluntarily and intentionally waive any right any of them may have to a trial by jury in any litigation based upon or arising out of this Agreement, the Notes or any related instrument or agreement or any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any course of conduct, dealing, statements (whether oral or written) or actions of either of them. Neither the Bank nor the Company shall seek to consolidate, by counterclaim or otherwise, any such action in which a jury trial has been waived with any other action in which a jury trial cannot be or has not been waived. These provisions shall not be deemed to have been modified in any respect or relinquished by the Bank or the Company except by a written instrument executed by all of them. E-56 37 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered on the 27th day of June, 1997, which shall be the Effective Date of this Agreement, notwithstanding the day and year first above written. AUTOCAM CORPORATION By:___________________________ Address for Notices: Its________________________ 4070 East Paris, S.E. Kentwood, MI 49512 Fax: (616) 927-0808 COMERICA BANK By:___________________________ Address for Notices: Its________________________ 1000 Campau Square Plaza 99 Monroe Avenue N.W. Grand Rapids, MI 49503 Fax: (616) 776-7885 E-57 38 EXHIBIT LIST Exhibit A Revolving Credit Note Exhibit B Term Note Exhibit C Equipment Note Exhibit D Security Agreement (Equipment) Exhibit E Guaranty E-58 39 SCHEDULES Schedule 1 Bank Indebtedness Schedule 6.12 Subsidiaries Schedule 6.14 Environmental and Safety Schedule 6.17 Indebtedness Schedule 8.2 Existing Liens and Encumbrances E-59 40 EXHIBIT A REVOLVING CREDIT NOTE $13,500,000.00 Grand Rapids, Michigan June 27, 1997 FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned promises to pay to the order of COMERICA BANK (the "Payee Bank") at any office of the Bank, on the Termination Date, the principal sum or so much of the principal sum of Thirteen Million Five Hundred Thousand and 00/100 Dollars ($13,500,000.00) as may from time to time have been advanced and be outstanding under that certain Revolving Credit Loan Agreement dated June 27, 1997, between the undersigned and the Bank (the "Loan Agreement") plus all accrued but unpaid interest thereon. The unpaid principal amount of this Note shall bear interest at the rate provided in the Loan Agreement. Interest shall be payable to the extent accrued as provided in the Loan Agreement, until maturity (whether by acceleration or otherwise) and, thereafter, on demand at a rate equal to three percent (3%) per annum plus the rate otherwise prevailing hereunder, but in no event to exceed the Legal Rate (as defined in the Loan Agreement). This Note is a Revolving Credit Note referred to in the Loan Agreement under which sums may or must be repaid from time to time and under which new advances are to be made by the Payee Bank pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Loan Agreement, and the books and records of the Payee Bank shall constitute the best evidence of the amount of indebtedness at any time owing hereunder. This Note is secured as described in the Loan Agreement, to which reference is made for, among other things, the conditions under which this Note may or must be paid in whole or in part prior to its due date or its due date accelerated. The Payee Bank is hereby granted a security interest in all property of the undersigned at any time in the possession of the Payee Bank or any Affiliate (as defined in the Loan Agreement) of the Payee Bank (or as to which the Payee Bank or any Affiliate of the Payee Bank at any time controls possession by documents or otherwise) and in all balances of deposit or other accounts (including without limit an account evidenced by a certificate of deposit) of the undersigned from time to time with the Payee Bank or any Affiliate of the Payee Bank. If an Event of Default (as defined in the Loan Agreement) occurs and is not cured within the time, if any, provided for by the Loan Agreement, the Payee Bank may exercise any one or more of the rights and remedies granted by the Loan Agreement or any document contemplated thereby or given to a secured party under applicable law, including without limit the right to accelerate this Note and any other Indebtedness (as defined in the Loan Agreement), and may set off against the principal of and interest on this Note or against any other Indebtedness (i) any amount owing by the Payee Bank to the undersigned, (ii) any property of the undersigned at any time in the possession of the Payee Bank or any Affiliate of the Payee Bank and (iii) any amount in any deposit or other account (including without limit an account evidenced by a certificate of deposit) of the undersigned with the Payee Bank or any Affiliate of the Payee Bank. The Undersigned and all accommodation parties, guarantors and indorsers (i) waive presentment, demand, protest and notice of dishonor, (ii) agree that no extension or indulgence to the undersigned or release or non-enforcement of any security, whether with or without notice, shall affect the obligations of any accommodation party, guarantor or indorser, and (iii) agree to reimburse the holder of this Note for any and all costs and expenses incurred in collecting or attempting to collect any and all principal and interest under this Note (including reasonable attorney fees). This Note shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Michigan. E-60 41 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Note as of the 27th day of June, 1997. AUTOCAM CORPORATION By_________________________________ Its_____________________________ EXHIBIT B E-61 42 EXHIBIT B TERM NOTE $10,000,000.00 June 27, 1997 FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned promises to pay to the order of COMERICA BANK (the "Bank") at any office of the Bank, the principal sum of Ten Million and 00/100 Dollars ($10,000,000.00) in consecutive monthly installments as provided in that certain Revolving Credit Loan Agreement dated June 27, 1997 (the "Loan Agreement"), which Loan Agreement, as it may be amended from time to time, is by this reference incorporated herein and made a part hereof, beginning November 1, 1997, and on the first day of each month thereafter, with all outstanding principal and accrued but unpaid interest due and payable on October 1, 2003. The unpaid principal amount of this Note shall bear interest at the rate provided in the Loan Agreement. This Note is the Term Note referred to in the Loan Agreement. This Note is secured as described in the Loan Agreement, to which reference is made for, among other things, the conditions under which this Note may be accelerated. The Bank is hereby granted a security interest in all property of the undersigned at any time in the possession of the Bank or any Affiliate (as defined in the Agreement) of the Bank (or as to which the Bank or any Affiliate of the Bank at any time controls possession by documents or otherwise) and in all balances of deposit or other accounts (including without limit an account evidenced by a certificate of deposit) of the undersigned from time to time with the Bank or any Affiliate of the Bank. If an Event of Default (as defined in the Loan Agreement) occurs and is not cured within the time, if any, provided for by the Loan Agreement, the Bank may exercise any one or more of the rights and remedies granted by the Loan Agreement or any document contemplated thereby or given to a secured party under applicable law, including without limit the right to accelerate this Note and any other Indebtedness (as defined in the Loan Agreement), and may set off against the principal of and interest on this Note or against any other Indebtedness (i) any amount owing by the Bank to the undersigned, (ii) any property of the undersigned at any time in the possession of the Bank or any Affiliate of the Bank and (iii) any amount in any deposit or other account (including without limit an account evidenced by a certificate of deposit) of the undersigned with the Bank or any Affiliate of the Bank. The undersigned and all accommodation parties, guarantors and endorsers (i) waive presentment, demand, protest and notice of dishonor, (ii) agree that no extension or indulgence to the undersigned or release or non-enforcement of any security, whether with or without notice, shall affect the obligations of any accommodation party, guarantor or endorser, and (iii) agree to reimburse the holder of this Note for any and all costs and expenses incurred in collecting or attempting to collect any and all principal and interest under this Note (including, but not limited to, court costs and reasonable attorney fees, whether in-house or outside counsel is used and whether such costs and expenses are incurred al or informal collection actions, federal bankruptcy proceedings, appellate proceedings, probate proceedings, or otherwise). This Note shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Michigan. To the extent not defined in this Note, capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Loan Agreement. E-62 43 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Note as of the 27th day of June, 1997. AUTOCAM CORPORATION By________________________________ Its__________________________ E-63 44 EXHIBIT C EQUIPMENT NOTE $6,000,000.00 June 27, 1997 FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned promises to pay to the order of COMERICA BANK (the "Bank") at any office of the Bank, on the Termination Date at the principal sum or so much of the principal sum of Six Million and 00/100 Dollars ($6,000,000.00) as may from time to time have been advanced and be outstanding under that certain Revolving Credit Loan Agreement dated June 27, 1997, between the undersigned and the Bank (the "Loan Agreement") plus all accrued but unpaid interest thereon. The unpaid principal amount of this Note shall bear interest at the rate provided in the Loan Agreement. Interest shall be payable to the extent accrued as provided in the Loan Agreement. This Note is a Master Note and is referred to as the Equipment Note in the Loan Agreement under which new advances are to be made by the Bank pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Loan Agreement, and the books and records of the Bank shall constitute the best evidence of the amount of indebtedness at any time owing hereunder. This Note is secured by the Collateral described in the Loan Agreement, to which reference is made for, among other things, the conditions under which this Note may or must be paid in whole or in part prior to its due date or its due date accelerated. The Bank is hereby granted a security interest in all property of the undersigned at any time in the possession of the Bank or any Affiliate (as defined in the Agreement) of the Bank (or as to which the Bank or any Affiliate of the Bank at any time controls possession by documents or otherwise) and in all balances of deposit or other accounts (including without limit an account evidenced by a certificate of deposit) of the undersigned from time to time with the Bank or any Affiliate of the Bank. If an Event of Default (as defined in the Loan Agreement) occurs and is not cured within the time, if any, provided for by the Loan Agreement, the Bank may exercise any one or more of the rights and remedies granted by the Loan Agreement or any document contemplated thereby or given to a secured party under applicable law, including without limit the right to accelerate this Note and any other Indebtedness (as defined in the Loan Agreement), and may set off against the principal of and interest on this Note or against any other Indebtedness (i) any amount owing by the Bank to the undersigned, (ii) any property of the undersigned at any time in the possession of the Bank or any Affiliate of the Bank and (iii) any amount in any deposit or other account (including without limit an account evidenced by a certificate of deposit) of the undersigned with the Bank or any Affiliate of the Bank. The Undersigned and all accommodation parties, guarantors and endorsers (i) waive presentment, demand, protest and notice of dishonor, (ii) agree that no extension or indulgence to the undersigned or release or non-enforcement of any security, whether with or without notice, shall affect the obligations of any accommodation party, guarantor or endorser, and (iii) agree to reimburse the holder of this Note for any and all costs and expenses incurred in collecting or attempting to collect any and all principal and interest under this Note (including reasonable attorney fees). This Note shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Michigan. To the extent not defined in this Note, capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Loan Agreement. E-64 45 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Note as of the 27th day of June, 1997. AUTOCAM CORPORATION By________________________________ Its____________________________ E-65 46 EXHIBIT D SECURITY AGREEMENT THIS SECURITY AGREEMENT is made as of June 27, 1997, by the DEBTOR, as hereafter defined, in favor of COMERICA BANK, a Michigan banking corporation ("Secured Party"). 1. Debtor. As used in this Agreement, "Debtor" means Autocam Corporation, a Michigan corporation. 2. Grant of Security Interest. Debtor hereby grants to Secured Party a continuing security interest in and lien upon all of Debtor's Equipment and Fixtures, wherever located, now owned or later acquired, and also in (a) all other similar property, wherever located, now owned or later acquired by Debtor, (b) all additions, attachments, accessions, parts, replacements, substitutions and renewals of or for all Equipment and Fixtures of Debtor, wherever located, now owned or later acquired, (c) all of Debtor's property in Possession of Bank, and (d) the Proceeds and products of all of the above. All of the foregoing properties and assets of Debtor are referred to collectively in this Agreement as the "Collateral." 3. Indebtedness Secured. This Agreement secures payment and performance of all obligations, indebtedness and liabilities of every kind of Debtor now and hereafter owing to Secured Party, whether direct or indirect, however acquired or evidenced, together with interest and charges, and including, without limitation, the obligations, indebtedness and liabilities of Debtor to Secured Party under this Security Agreement, a certain Revolving Credit Loan Agreement ("Loan Agreement") of even date herewith between Secured Party and Debtor, and the Notes executed pursuant thereto, the Indebtedness (as defined in the Loan Agreement), and all replacements, modifications, extensions and renewals thereof (collectively, the "Indebtedness"). 4. Warranties and Representations. Debtor warrants and represents to Secured Party as follows with respect to itself and its Collateral: (a) Debtor is validly organized and in good standing as a corporation under the laws of the State of Michigan; (b) Debtor has all necessary corporate power and authority to execute, perform and deliver this Agreement; the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement has been duly authorized by all necessary action of its board of directors; (c) This Agreement is a valid and binding obligation of Debtor, enforceable against Debtor in accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights and by general principles of equity; (d) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by Debtor to the best of its knowledge will not violate or contravene its articles of incorporation or bylaws, or any law, statute, rule, regulation, order, judgment or agreement to which it is a party or by which it is bound; and (e) Debtor's address set forth below its signature is the location of its chief executive office. E-66 47 (f) At the time any Collateral becomes, or is represented to be, subject to a security interest in favor of Secured Party, Debtor shall be deemed to have warranted that (i) Debtor is the lawful owner of the Collateral and has the right and authority to subject it to a security interest granted to Secured Party; (ii) none of the Collateral is subject to any security interest other than that in favor of Secured Party and there are no financing statements on file, other than in favor of Secured Party or evidencing Permitted Liens; and (iii) Debtor acquired its rights in the Collateral in the ordinary course of business. 5. Agreements of Debtor. Until the Indebtedness has been paid in full, Debtor agrees that it shall, with respect to Collateral in its possession or control: (a) Not cause or permit any lien, security interest or encumbrance to be placed on any Collateral except in favor of Secured Party or Permitted Liens as defined in the Loan Agreement; (b) Not sell, lease, or otherwise dispose of any of the Collateral except as permitted in the Loan Agreement; (c) Maintain all Collateral in good condition and repair, ordinary wear and tear excepted, and maintain insurance on the Collateral as required by the Loan Agreement; (d) Execute, file and procure from third parties, if applicable, such financing statements, subordination agreements and any other documents as Secured Party may deem reasonably necessary to perfect, or continue the perfection, or maintain the priority of, Secured Party's security interest in the Collateral, and will pay on demand all costs and expenses of searches, filing and recording deemed reasonably necessary by Secured Party to establish, determine or continue the validity and priority of Secured Party's security interest; (e) Maintain all records concerning the Collateral at its chief executive office identified on the last page of this Agreement, and keep the Collateral at the present location or locations of the Collateral; (f) Furnish Secured Party with such information regarding the Collateral as Secured Party shall from time to time reasonably request and allow Secured Party at any reasonable time and upon reasonable notice to inspect the Collateral and Debtor's records regarding the Collateral; (g) If any of the Collateral (or any records concerning the Collateral) is located or kept by Debtor on leased premises, (i) provide a complete and correct copy of all applicable leases to Secured Party, (ii) furnish or cause to be furnished to Secured Party from each landlord under such leases a lessor's acknowledgment and subordination in form reasonably satisfactory to Secured Party authorizing, on Default, Secured Party's entry on such Premises to enforce its rights and remedies under this Agreement, and (iii) comply with all such leases. Debtor's rights under all such leases shall further be part of the Collateral and included in the security interest granted to Secured Party hereunder; (h) Pay or perform the Indebtedness when the same shall be due and payable. E-67 48 6. Secured Party's Right to Perform. If Debtor fails to perform any obligation of Debtor under this Agreement, Secured Party may, upon five (5) business days' prior written notice to Debtor, perform that obligation on behalf of Debtor. (This may include, for example, obtaining insurance coverage for Collateral or paying off liens on Collateral.) Debtor will reimburse Secured Party on demand for any expense that Secured Party incurs in performing any such obligation and will pay to Secured Party interest thereon, from the date the expense was incurred by Secured Party, at three percent (3%) above the rate of interest announced from time to time by Secured Party as its "prime" rate of interest. Secured Party is not required to perform an obligation that Debtor has failed to perform. If Secured Party does so, that will not be a waiver of Secured Party's right to declare the Indebtedness immediately due and payable by reason of Debtor's failure to perform. 7. Events of Default and Acceleration. Any part or all of the Indebtedness shall, at the option of Secured Party, become immediately due and payable without notice or demand (which are expressly waived by Debtor), upon the occurrence of the following events of default: (a) If any Event of Default shall occur and be continuing under the Loan Agreement. (b) If Debtor shall fail to perform any of its other obligations under, or to comply with any of the terms, conditions, and covenants, contained in, this Agreement and that failure shall continue for thirty (30) days after written notice from Secured Party to Debtor, provided that no additional notice shall be required as to any failure that also constitutes an Event of Default under the Loan Agreement. 8. Secured Party's Rights and Remedies. Upon the occurrence of any Event of Default, Secured Party may at its discretion and without prior notice to Debtor declare any or all of the Indebtedness to be immediately due and payable, and shall have and may exercise any one or more of the following rights and remedies: (a) exercise all the rights and remedies upon default, in foreclosure and otherwise, available to secured parties under the provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code and other applicable law; (b) institute legal proceedings to foreclose upon and against the lien and security interest granted by this Agreement, to recover judgment for all amounts then due and owing as Indebtedness, and to collect the same out of any of the Collateral or the proceeds of any sale of it; (c) institute legal proceedings for the sale, under the judgment or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, of any or all of the Collateral; and/or (d) personally or by agents, attorneys, or appointment of a receiver, enter upon any Premises where the Collateral or any part of it may then be located, and take possession of all or any part of it and/or render it unusable; and without being responsible for loss or damage to such Collateral, (i) hold, store, and keep idle, or lease, operate, remove or otherwise use or permit the use of the Collateral or any part of it, for that time and upon those terms as Secured Party, in its reasonable discretion, deems to be in its own best interest, and demand, collect and retain all resulting earnings and other sums due and to become due from any party, accounting only for net earnings, if any (unless the Collateral is retained in satisfaction of the Indebtedness, in which case no accounting will be necessary), arising from that use (which net earnings may be applied against the Indebtedness) and charging against all receipts from the use of the Collateral or from its sale, by court proceedings or pursuant to subsection (ii) below, all other costs, expenses, charges, damages and other losses resulting from that use; and/or E-68 49 (ii) sell, lease, dispose of, or cause to be sold, leased or disposed of, all or any part of the Collateral at one or more public or private sales, leasings or other dispositions, at places and times and on terms and conditions as Secured Party may deem fit, without any previous demand or advertisement; and except as provided in this Agreement, all notice of sale, lease or other disposition, and advertisement, and other notice or demand, any right or equity of redemption, and any obligation of a prospective purchaser or lessee to inquire as to the power and authority of Secured Party to sell, lease or otherwise dispose of the Collateral or as to the application by Secured Party of the proceeds of sale or otherwise, which would otherwise be required by, or available to Debtor under, applicable law are expressly waived by Debtor to the fullest extent permitted. At any sale pursuant to this Section 8, whether under the power of sale, by virtue of judicial proceedings or otherwise, it shall not be necessary for Secured Party or a public officer under order of a court to have present physical or constructive possession of the Collateral to be sold. The recitals contained in any conveyances and receipts made and given by Secured Party or the public officer to any purchaser at any sale made pursuant to this Agreement shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law, conclusively establish the truth and accuracy of the matters stated (including, without limit, as to the amounts of the principal of and interest on the Indebtedness, the accrual and nonpayment of it and advertisement and conduct of the sale); and all prerequisites to the sale shall be presumed to have been satisfied and performed. Upon any sale of any of the Collateral, the receipt of the officer making the sale under judicial proceedings or of Secured Party shall be sufficient discharge to the purchaser for the purchase money, and the purchaser shall not be obligated to see to the application of the money. Any sale of any of the Collateral under this Agreement shall be a perpetual bar against Debtor with respect to that Collateral. All rights and remedies of Secured Party under this Agreement, whether or not exercisable only on default, shall be cumulative and may be exercised from time to time. No delay by Secured Party in the exercise of any right or remedy shall operate as a waiver thereof, and no single or partial exercise of any right or remedy shall preclude other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or remedy. 9. Proceeds of Sale. The proceeds of any sale or other disposition of Collateral authorized by this Agreement shall be applied by Secured Party as provided in Section 9.3 of the Loan Agreement. 10. Power of Attorney. Upon an Event of Default continuing beyond any applicable cure period, Debtor irrevocably appoints Secured Party or any employee or agent of Secured Party (which appointment is coupled with an interest) the true and lawful attorney of Debtor (with full power of substitution) in the name, place and stead of, and at the expense of, Debtor: (a) with respect to any Collateral, to assent to any or all extensions or postponements of the time of its payment or any other indulgence in connection with it, to the substitution, exchange, or release of Collateral, to the addition or release of any party primarily or secondarily liable, to the acceptance of partial payments on it and the settlement, compromise or adjustment of it, all in a manner and at times as Secured Party shall deem advisable; (b) to make all necessary transfers of all or any part of the Collateral in connection with any sale, lease or other disposition made pursuant to this Agreement; (c) to adjust and compromise any insurance loss on the Collateral and to endorse checks or drafts payable to Debtor in connection with the insurance; E-69 50 (d) to execute and deliver for value all necessary or appropriate bills of sale, assignments and other instruments in connection with any sale, lease or other disposition of the Collateral. Debtor ratifies and confirms all that its said attorney (or any substitute) shall lawfully do under this Agreement. Nevertheless, if requested by Secured Party or a purchaser or lessee, Debtor shall ratify and confirm any sale, lease or other disposition by executing and delivering to Secured Party or the purchaser or lessee all proper bills of sale, assignments, releases, leases and other instruments as may be designated in any request; and (e) to execute and file in the name of and on behalf of Debtor all financing statements or other filings deemed necessary or desirable by Secured Party to evidence, perfect or continue the security interests granted in this Agreement. 11. Assemble Collateral. Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, Debtor also agrees, upon request of Secured Party, to assemble the Collateral and make it available to Secured Party at any place designated by Secured Party which is reasonably convenient to Secured Party and Debtor. 12. Expenses. Debtor shall reimburse Secured Party on demand for all reasonable attorney fees, legal expenses, and other out-of-pocket expenses that Secured Party incurs in perfecting, protecting and enforcing its interest in the Collateral and its rights under this Agreement. Secured Party may apply any proceeds of collection or disposition of Collateral to Secured Party's reasonable attorney fees, legal expenses and other out-of-pocket expenses. 13. Amendments and Waivers. No provision of this Agreement may be modified or waived except by a written agreement signed by Secured Party. Secured Party will continue to have all of its rights under this Agreement even if it does not fully and promptly exercise them on all occasions. Secured Party may, at its option, waive any default, defer an action on any default; extend or modify the time or manner of payment of the Indebtedness or waive or modify any term or condition relating to the Indebtedness; release Collateral or other security for the Indebtedness; release any person liable for any of the Indebtedness, including Debtor; or make advances or other extensions of credit secured hereby; all without giving Debtor notice or obtaining Debtor's consent. Any such action by Secured Party will not release or impair its security interest in the Collateral or Debtor's obligations under this Agreement. Secured Party's security interest in the Collateral and Debtor's obligations under this Agreement will not be released or impaired if Secured Party fails to obtain, perfect, or secure priority of any other security for the Indebtedness that is agreed to be given, or is given, by anyone else. Secured Party is not required to sue upon or otherwise enforce payment of the Indebtedness or any other security before exercising its rights under this Agreement. 14. Notices. Any notices or communications required or permitted under this Agreement shall be in the manner provided for in the Loan Agreement. Debtor will give Secured Party not less than ninety (90) days prior written notice of all contemplated changes in Debtor's name, identity, corporate structure, and/or any of its addresses, but the giving of this notice shall not cure any default caused by this change. 15. Financing Statement. A carbon, photographic or other reproduction of this Agreement shall be sufficient as a financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code and may be filed by Secured Party in any filing office. 16. Other. This Agreement and the parties' rights and obligations under it shall be governed and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of Michigan, without giving effect to conflicts of law principles. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of Secured Party, Debtor and their respective successors and assigns. Secured Party may assign this Agreement in connection with an assignment of all or any portion of the Indebtedness. Capitalized terms used in this Agreement and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Loan Agreement. E-70 51 17. Jury Waiver. DEBTOR AND SECURED PARTY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IS A CONSTITUTIONAL ONE, BUT THAT IT MAY BE WAIVED. EACH PARTY, AFTER CONSULTING (OR HAVING HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONSULT) WITH COUNSEL OF ITS CHOICE, KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY, AND FOR THEIR MUTUAL BENEFIT WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION REGARDING THE PERFORMANCE OR ENFORCEMENT OF, OR IN ANY WAY RELATED TO, THIS AGREEMENT OR THE INDEBTEDNESS. 18. Amendment and Restatement. This Agreement amends and restates in its entirety that certain Security Agreement (Machinery and Equipment) entered into between Debtor and Secured Party as of the 15th day of December, 1989. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Debtor and Secured Party have executed this Security Agreement as of the date first above written. SECURED PARTY: COMERICA BANK By:________________________________ Thomas Hammer, Vice President 1000 Campau Square Plaza 99 Monroe, N.W. Grand Rapids, MI 49503 DEBTOR: AUTOCAM CORPORATION By:________________________________ Its:________________________ 4070 East Paris Ave., S.E. Kentwood, MI 49512 E-71 52 EXHIBIT E GUARANTY THIS GUARANTY is given this 27th day of June, 1997, by GUARANTOR, as hereafter defined, in favor of COMERICA BANK, a Michigan banking corporation, of 1000 Campau Square Plaza, 99 Monroe, N.W., Grand Rapids, Michigan 49503 ("Bank"), pursuant to a certain Revolving Credit Loan Agreement ("Loan Agreement") of even date herewith between Bank and AUTOCAM CORPORATION, a Michigan corporation (the "Company"). 1. As used in this Guaranty, "Guarantor" means Autocam Pax, Inc., a Michigan corporation, Autocam South Carolina, Inc., a Michigan corporation, Autocam Laser Technologies, Inc., a Michigan corporation, and Autocam Acquisition, Inc., a Michigan corporation. 2. In consideration of any credit heretofore or hereafter extended by Bank to Company, Guarantor hereby absolutely, unconditionally, and irrevocably guarantees prompt payment when due, and at all times thereafter, of the Indebtedness (as defined in the Loan Agreement). 3. Guarantor shall reimburse Bank for all costs, reasonable attorney fees, and other expenses at any time expended or incurred by Bank in the collection or attempted collection of the Indebtedness or in the enforcement of this Guaranty or the realization upon any security now or hereafter granted for this Guaranty. 4. Bank may grant or continue credit from time to time to Company without notice to or authorization from Guarantor, regardless of Company's financial or other conditions at the time of any such grant or continuation. Bank shall have no obligation to disclose or discuss with Guarantor its assessment of the financial condition of the Company. The execution of this Guaranty by Guarantor, however, shall create no obligation or duty of Bank to grant or continue credit to Company. 5. Bank in its sole discretion may, without affecting, impairing, or reducing Guarantor's obligations under this Guaranty, (i) apply payments or collections received from any source to the payment of indebtedness other than the Indebtedness, even though Bank could have applied those payments to the Indebtedness; and (ii) apply payments or collections received from Guarantor or from any present or future security for this Guaranty to any liability of Guarantor under this Guaranty or to any liability of Guarantor for payment to Bank of any other indebtedness. Any payments or collections that Bank applies to the liability of Guarantor under this Guaranty shall be applied to costs or expenses described in Paragraph 3 above and to the components of the Indebtedness, all in such manner as Bank in its sole discretion shall determine. 6. Unless and until all the Indebtedness has been paid in full, Guarantor will not exercise or enforce, and hereby waives, any right of contribution, reimbursement, recourse, or subrogation available to Guarantor against Company or any other person liable for payment of all or part of the Indebtedness, or as to any security therefor. 7. Guarantor warrants and represents to Bank that (i) all financial statements and other information concerning Guarantor furnished to Bank are true and correct in all material respects; and (ii) this Guaranty constitutes the valid and binding obligation of Guarantor and is enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights and by general principles of equity. E-72 53 8. Guarantor waives (i) notice of the acceptance of this Guaranty and of the extension or continuation of all or any part of the Indebtedness; (ii) presentment, protest, notice, demand, or action with respect to any default in payment of all or any part of the Indebtedness and with respect to any default by Guarantor in his obligations under this Guaranty; and (iii) any right to require Bank to sue Company or any other person obligated with respect to all or any part of the Indebtedness or to foreclose or realize upon any security for all or any part of the Indebtedness. 9. This Guaranty shall continue in effect until receipt by Bank of written notice of its termination and, notwithstanding that receipt, thereafter as to Indebtedness incurred, arising, or committed for prior to receipt by Bank of notice of termination. 10. The validity and enforceability of this Guaranty shall not be impaired or affected by any of the following (whether occurring before or after receipt by Bank of notice of termination of this Guaranty) with respect to all or part of the Indebtedness or any agreement relating thereto or with respect to any present or future guaranty or other security for all or part of the Indebtedness: (i) any extension, modification, renewal, indulgence, or substitution; (ii) any failure or omission to enforce any right, power, or remedy; (iii) any waiver of any right, power, or remedy or of any default; (iv) any release, surrender, compromise, settlement, subordination, or modification, with or without consideration; (v) the unenforceability or invalidity thereof; (vi) any failure by Bank to perfect or secure any priority of its rights with respect to any security; or (vii) any consent by Bank to any sale or transfer of any security; all whether or not the undersigned shall have had notice or knowledge of any act, omission, or circumstance referred to in this Paragraph. 11. If any one or more provisions of this Guaranty should be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein shall not in any way be affected, impaired, prejudiced or disturbed thereby. If at any time any portion of the obligations of Guarantor under this Guaranty shall be determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, unenforceable or avoidable, the remaining portion of the obligations of Guarantor under this Guaranty shall not in any way be affected, impaired, prejudiced or disturbed thereby and shall remain valid and enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law. If at any time all or any portion of the obligation of Guarantor under this Guaranty would otherwise be determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, unenforceable or avoidable under Section 548 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code or under a similar applicable law of any jurisdiction, then notwithstanding any other provisions of this Guaranty to the contrary, that obligation or portion thereof of Guarantor under this Guaranty shall not exceed (a) the maximum amount which could be incurred hereunder by Guarantor without rendering this Guaranty void or unenforceable under applicable law relating to fraudulent conveyance, fraudulent transfer or the like after taking into account the probability of Guarantor making any payment pursuant to this Guaranty, the amount of such probable payment, and all consideration and value directly or indirectly received by Guarantor from Bank or the Company as a result of Bank making loans and other financial accommodations to the Company now or hereafter, less (b) one dollar. If Guarantor claims that Guarantor's liability hereunder is subject to the foregoing limitation, Guarantor agrees that Guarantor has the burden of proof as to all matters pertaining to that limitation in light of the fact that Guarantor has possession of all the financial information needed to determine the amount of such limitation. 12. The obligations of Guarantor under this Guaranty are and will be independent of any other guaranties or obligations at any time in effect with respect to all or any part of the Indebtedness and may be enforced regardless of the existence, validity, enforcement, or nonenforcement of any such other guaranties or other obligations. Bank is authorized to release or modify the obligations of or surrender any security given by or waive any rights against Company, or any other person or entity, without in any manner affecting or impairing the liability of the Guarantor. E-73 54 13. Guarantor waives any and all defenses, claims, and discharges of the Company or any other obligor with respect to the Indebtedness, except the defense of discharge by payment. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Guarantor will not assert, plead, or enforce against Bank any defense of waiver, release, discharge in bankruptcy, statute of limitations, res judicata, statute of frauds, antideficiency statute, fraud, incapacity, minority, usury, ultra vires, lack of authorization, illegality, or unenforceability that may be available to the Company or any other person liable in respect of any Indebtedness or any setoff available against Bank to the Company or any such other person, whether or not on account of a related transaction. Guarantor shall be liable for any deficiency remaining after foreclosure of or realization upon any security for all or part of the Indebtedness, whether or not the liability of Company or any other obligor for the deficiency is discharged pursuant to statute or judicial decision. 14. If any payment applied by Bank to the Indebtedness is set aside, recovered, rescinded, or required to be returned for any reason (including, without limitation, the bankruptcy, insolvency, or reorganization of Company, Guarantor, or any other person liable in respect of any Indebtedness), the Indebtedness to which the payment was applied shall for the purposes of this Guaranty be deemed to have continued in existence, notwithstanding the application, and this Guaranty shall be enforceable as to such Indebtedness as fully as if Bank had not made the application. 15. This Guaranty and the rights and obligations of the parties shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of Michigan, without giving effect to principles of conflicts of laws. 16. The obligation of the undersigned shall be several and also joint, each with all and also each with any one or more of the others, and may be enforced at the option of the Bank against each severally, any two or more jointly, or some severally and some jointly. The Bank, in its sole discretion, may release any one or more of the undersigned for any consideration which it deems adequate, and may fail or elect not to prove a claim against the estate of any bankrupt or insolvent guarantor; and after that, without notice to any other guarantor, the Bank may extend or renew any or all Indebtedness and may permit the Company to incur additional Indebtedness, without affecting in any manner the unconditional obligation of any remaining guarantor. This action by the Bank shall not, however, be deemed to affect any right to contribution which may exist among the undersigned. 17. This Guaranty contains the entire agreement between Guarantor and Bank with respect to the subject matter hereof. There are no promises, terms, conditions, or obligations other than those contained herein. Capitalized terms used herein not otherwise defined shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Loan Agreement. This Guaranty may not be modified except by writing signed by the party to be charged. Any notices or communications required or permitted under this Guaranty shall be in writing and shall be deemed given when served either personally or by certified United States mail (postage prepaid), or by overnight express courier, addressed to Guarantor at his address set forth below, and to Bank at its address set forth on the first page of this Guaranty, or to such other place as either party shall designate by notice served upon the other parties in accordance with this Paragraph. 18. This Guaranty shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of Bank and Guarantor and their respective successors and assigns. Bank may assign this Guaranty in connection with an assignment of all or any portion of the Indebtedness. 19. All obligations of Guarantor under this Guaranty are secured by the security interests in Guarantor's Equipment and Fixtures pursuant to a Security Agreement of even date herewith. If the Company's Funded Debt Leverage Ratio exceeds 2.49 to 1.0, Guarantor agrees to grant and assign a lien upon, and security interest in, all of Guarantor's Accounts, Chattel Paper, Documents, General Intangibles, Instruments and Inventory pursuant to a security agreement in form acceptable to the Bank. The foregoing is not intended to limit the total obligation of Guarantor hereunder, which obligation is unlimited. E-74 55 20. Guarantor is affiliated with Company and will therefore derive substantial direct and indirect benefits from the extensions of credit by Bank to Company under the Loan Agreement. Accordingly, this Guaranty is necessary and convenient to the conduct, promotion and attainment of the business of Company. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Guarantor has executed and delivered this Guaranty as of the date first above written. GUARANTOR: AUTOCAM PAX, INC. AUTOCAM SOUTH CAROLINA, INC. By____________________________ By____________________________ Its___________________________ Its___________________________ Address: Address: 4070 East Paris Ave., S.E. 4070 East Paris Ave., S.E. Kentwood, MI 49512 Kentwood, MI 49512 AUTOCAM LASER TECHNOLOGIES, INC. AUTOCAM ACQUISITION, INC. By____________________________ By____________________________ Its___________________________ Its___________________________ Address: Address: 4070 East Paris Ave., S.E. 4070 East Paris Ave., S.E. Kentwood, MI 49512 Kentwood, MI 49512 E-75 56 SCHEDULE 1 TO REVOLVING CREDIT LOAN AGREEMENT DATED June 27, 1997, BETWEEN AUTOCAM CORPORATION AND COMERICA BANK Indebtedness in Favor of Comerica Bank -------------------------------------- Original Note No. Date Principal - ------------- -------- ---------- 000-00-0027-3 03/01/95 $1,224,224 000-00-0011-7 10/26/92 1,200,000 000-00-0012-5 09/01/93 1,900,000 000-00-0016-6 10/01/93 768,000 000-00-0021-6 11/07/94 2,500,000 000-00-0025-7 03/01/95 3,000,000 000-00-0029-9 06/01/95 1,500,000 000-00-0036-4 02/01/96 1,250,000 000-00-0035-6 04/01/96 1,100,000 000-00-0037-2 06/01/96 750,000 000-00-0034-9 06/01/96 925,000 000-00-0038-0 08/01/96 800,000 000-00-0039-8 01/01/97 750,000 000-00-0040-6 02/01/97 1,000,000 E-76 57 SCHEDULE 6.12 TO REVOLVING CREDIT LOAN AGREEMENT DATED June 27, 1997, BETWEEN AUTOCAM CORPORATION AND COMERICA BANK Subsidiaries ------------ Autocam International Sales Corporation Autocam Acquisition, Inc. Autocam Laser Technologies, Inc. Autocam-Pax, Inc. Autocam South Carolina, Inc. E-77 58 SCHEDULE 6.14 TO REVOLVING CREDIT LOAN AGREEMENT DATED June 27, 1997, BETWEEN AUTOCAM CORPORATION AND COMERICA BANK Environmental and Safety ------------------------ Autocam Corporation has provided a copy to Comerica Bank of the Phase I Environmental Site Assessment of the Hamilton Group properties located at 201 Percy Street (Dowagiac Manufacturing Company) and 605 Percy Street (Hamilton-Pax, Inc.), Dowagiac, Michigan, performed by Envirologic Technologies, Inc., Kalamazoo, Michigan, dated February 28, 1997. Autocam Corporation has provided a copy to Comerica Bank of the Phase II Environmental Site Assessment of the Hamilton Group properties located at 201 Percy Street (Dowagiac Manufacturing Company) and 605 Percy Street (Hamilton-Pax, Inc.), Dowagiac, Michigan, performed by Envirologic Technologies, Inc., Kalamazoo, Michigan, dated June 23, 1997. Autocam Corporation has provided a copy to Comerica Bank of the Phase I Environmental Site Assessment of the Hamilton Group property located at 348 Huntington Drive, Gaffney, South Carolina (Hamilton-Pax, Inc.), performed by GZA GeoEnvironmental, Inc., Duluth, Georgia, dated February 20, 1997. Autocam Corporation has provided a copy to Comerica Bank of the Limited Phase II Subsurface Assessment of the Hamilton Group property located at 348 Huntington Drive, Gaffney, South Carolina (Hamilton-Pax, Inc.), performed by GZA GeoEnvironmental, Inc., Duluth, Georgia, dated February 28, 1997. E-78 59 SCHEDULE 6.17 TO REVOLVING CREDIT LOAN AGREEMENT DATED June 27, 1997, BETWEEN AUTOCAM CORPORATION AND COMERICA BANK Indebtedness Leases: Textron-Sch. 7/ITT/GECC JCK/Kennedy Capital AT&T/Society/Keycorp GECC-SCH.004 GECC-SCH.005 GECC-SCH.006 Textron-SCH.008 GECC-SCH.007 GECC-SCH.008 GECC.SCH.009 Textron-SCH.009 GECC-SCH.010/US Bancorp Fleet-SCH.003 Textron-SCH.010 GECC-SCH.011 GECC-SCH.012 GECC-SCH.013 Keycorp-SCH.001 GECC-SCH.014 GECC-SCH.015 GECC-SCH.016 Loan - Original Loan Date Principal - ------------- -------- ---------- Old Kent Bank 06/01/95 $3,000,000 E-79 60 SCHEDULE 8.2 TO REVOLVING CREDIT LOAN AGREEMENT DATED June 27, 1997, BETWEEN AUTOCAM CORPORATION AND COMERICA BANK Permitted Liens (I) Michigan Secretary of State
Secured Party Date File # Collateral =============================================================================================== General Electric Capital Corporation 12/2/94 C911571 4 Tornos Screw Machines (Lease) - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- General Electric Capital Corporation 12/2/94 C911572 2 Mikron Rotary Transfer Machines (Lease) - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Old Kent Bank 5/15/95 C970054 1 Micron Grinder 5 Tornos SAS-16 1 Index MS 1 IMAS Rotary 1 Index G200 CNC - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Key Corp Leasing Ltd. 8/7/95 D000135 4 Tornos Multispindles (Lease) - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- General Electric Capital Corporation 9/21/95 60718B 1 Index Turning Center (Lease) - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- General Electric Capital Corporation 1/2/96 65268B 1 Index Turning Center (Lease) - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wasino Corp. 4/18/97 D222870 1 Wasino CNC Lathe - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Encore International 4/17/89(?) C207607 1 Micron Grinder Assigned to CIT Corp. ? (Lease) 5 Tornos Spindles Assigned to North American 3/13/91 ? Financial Corporation cont. 3/21/94 09885B Assigned to Park National Bank and 10/20/95 40926B Trust of Chicago 62040B - -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Secured Party Date File # Collateral =============================================================================================== AT&T System Leasing Corp. 2/1/91 08938B 1 TSCHUDIN CNC Assigned to CLC Equipment Corp. 2/22/91 C450468 Grinding Machine Assigned to The Fifth Third Bank 6/20/94 C855049 1 Index Spindle cont. 65165B 1 Tornos Spindle 10/27/95 - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- John C. Kennedy, Assigned to 5/28/91 C483476 1 NIIGATA CNC Michigan National Bank cont. D045727 Machinery Center Assigned to John C. Kennedy III 12/26/95 D1688867 8 Tornos Spindles 12/5/96 - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Textron Financial 1/4/93 C670944 1 Star CNC Swiss Automatic Lathe 1 Wasino Turning Center 1 Gary Tooler - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- General Electric Capital Corporation 1/5/93 C671453 2 Tornos Spindle Turning Centers - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Textron 3/7/91 C455053 1 CNC Coordinate Measuring cont. (Lease) Machine D05539L 1 Screw Machine - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Textron 6/20/91 C491950 2 Tornos Lathes Assigned to ITT Capital 7/15/91 C499181 Assigned to General Electric 5/11/95 55697B Capital Corporation cont. 65147B 12/27/95 - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- General Electric Capital Corporation 12/10/91 C545973 Cessna Citation cont. 6/18/95 72803B - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- General Electric Capital Corporation 6/11/92 C606779 1 Tornos Lathes (Lease) 1 Mikron Machinery Center - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- General Electric Capital Corporation 7/14/92 C617434 2 Tornos Lathes (Lease) cont. 1/21/97 81644B - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fleet Credit Corporation 1/4/93 26961B Seiki, et al. - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- General Electric Capital Corporation 4/15/93 C706326 1 Tornos Turning Center (Lease) - -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Secured Party Date File # Collateral ======================================================================================= General Electric Capital Corporation 6/9/93 C725948 2 Tornos Turning Centers (Lease) - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- General Electric Capital Corporation 7/21/93 C738901 1 Mikron Machinery Center (Lease) - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Textron Financial 9/13/93 C756986 1 Stream Grinding Machine (Lease) - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- General Electric Capital Corporation 9/24/93 C761398 3 Tornos Lathes Assigned to US Bancorp Leasing - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Textron Financial 10/4/93 C764171 1 Micron Grinder - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Comerica Bank 10/8/93 C765880 3 Micron Grinders - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rem Sales 10/19/93 C769109 Shimada Automatic Lathe - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fleet Credit Corporation 11/3/93 36661B 4 Tornos SAS-16 - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fleet Credit Corporation 11/3/93 36662B All Equipment Financed by Fleet - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- General Electric Capital Corporation 11/4/93 C774851 2 Tornos SAS 16 - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- General Electric Capital Corporation 1/9/96 65611B 1 Index Automatic Screw Machine =======================================================================================
E-82 EX-10.(O)(1) 3 EXHIBIT 10(O)(1) 1 Exhibit 10(o)(1) MACHINE TOOLS EQUIPMENT SCHEDULE SCHEDULE NO. 017 DATED THIS JUNE 1, 1997 TO MASTER LEASE AGREEMENT DATED AS OF AUGUST 21, 1994 Lessor & Mailing Address: Lessee & Mailing Address: GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION AUTOCAM CORPORATION 1787 SENTRY PARKWAY/WEST 16 SENTRY PARK/WEST, SUITE 200 4070 E. PARIS AVENUE BLUE BELL, PA 19422 KENTWOOD, MI 49512
Capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Master Lease Agreement identified above ("AGREEMENT"; said Agreement and this Schedule being collectively referred to as "LEASE"). A. EQUIPMENT Pursuant to the terms of the Lease, Lessor agrees to acquire and lease to Lessee the Equipment listed on Annex A attached hereto and made a part hereof. B. FINANCIAL TERMS 1. Advance Rent (if any): $33,982.25. 2. Capitalized Lessor's Cost: $2,795,661.99. 3. Basic Term Lease Rate Factor: .01215535. 4. Daily Lease Rate Factor: .00040518. 5. Basic Term (No. of Months): Ninety-Six (96) Months. 6. Basic Term Commencement Date: June 1, 1997. 7. Equipment Location: 4070 E. Paris Avenue, Kentwood, MI 49512. 8. Lessee Federal Tax ID No: 382790152. 9. Supplier: Mikron Corp Monroe. 10. Last Delivery Date: _____________________ 11. First Termination Date: Thirty-Six (36) months after the Basic Term Commencement Date. E-83 2 C. TAX BENEFITS Depreciation Deductions: a. Depreciation Method: 200% declining balance method, switching to straight line method for the 1st taxable year for which using the straight line method with respect to the adjusted basis as of the beginning of such year will yield a larger allowance. b. Recovery Period: SEVEN (7) YEARS. c. Basis: 100% of Capitalized Lessor's Cost. D. TERM AND RENT 1. Interim Rent. For the period from and including the Lease Commencement Date to the Basic Term Commencement Date ("INTERIM PERIOD"), Lessee shall pay as rent ("INTERIM RENT") for each unit of Equipment, the product of the Daily Lease Rate Factor times the Capitalized Lessor's Cost of such unit times the number of days in the Interim Period. Interim Rent shall be due on NOT APPLICABLE. 2. Basic Term Rent. Commencing on JUNE 1, 1997 and on the same day of each month thereafter (each, a "RENT PAYMENT DATE") during the Basic Term, Lessee shall pay as rent ("BASIC TERM RENT") the product of the Basic Term Lease Rate Factor times the Capitalized Lessor's Cost of all Equipment on this Schedule. 3. Adjustment to Capitalized Lessor's Cost. Lessee hereby irrevocably authorizes Lessor to adjust the Capitalized Lessor's Cost up or down by no more than ten percent (10%) to account for equipment change orders, equipment returns, invoicing errors, and similar matters. Lessee acknowledges and agrees that the Rent shall be adjusted as a result of such change in the Capitalized Lessor's Cost (pursuant to paragraphs 1 and 2 above). Lessor shall send Lessee a written notice stating the final Capitalized Lessor's Cost, if different from that disclosed on this Schedule. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Lessee and Lessor have caused this Schedule to be executed by their duly authorized representatives as of the date first above written. LESSOR: LESSEE: GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION AUTOCAM CORPORATION By: By: /s/ Warren A. Veltman --------------------------- --------------------------- Name: Name: Warren A. Veltman --------------------------- --------------------------- Title: --------------------------- Title: Treasurer --------------------------- ATTEST By: /s/ Darlynn Jansen --------------------------- Name: Darlynn Jansen ---------------------------
E-84 3 ADDENDUM TO SCHEDULE NO. 017 TO MASTER LEASE AGREEMENT DATED AS OF AUGUST 21, 1994 THIS ADDENDUM (this "ADDENDUM") amends and supplements the above referenced schedule (the "SCHEDULE") to the above referenced lease (the "LEASE"), between GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION ("LESSOR") and AUTOCAM CORPORATION ("LESSEE") and is hereby incorporated into the Schedule as though fully set forth therein. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Lease. For purposes of this Schedule only, the Lease is amended by adding the following thereto: EARLY PURCHASE OPTION. (a) Provided that the Lease has not been earlier terminated and provided further that Lessee is not in default under the Lease or any other agreement between Lessor and Lessee, Lessee may, UPON AT LEAST 30 DAYS BUT NO MORE THAN 270 DAYS PRIOR WRITTEN NOTICE TO LESSOR OF LESSEE'S IRREVOCABLE ELECTION TO EXERCISE SUCH OPTION, purchase all (but not less than all) of the Equipment listed and described in this Schedule on the rent payment date (the "EARLY PURCHASE DATE") which is 72 months from the Basic Term Commencement Date of the Schedule for a price equal to $1,231,098.00 (the "BIV EARLY OPTION PRICE"), plus all applicable sales taxes on an AS IS BASIS. Lessor and Lessee agree that the FMV Early Option Price is a reasonable prediction of the Fair Market Value (as such term is defined in Section XIX(b) hereof) of the Equipment at the time the option is exercisable. Lessor and Lessee agree that if Lessee makes any non-severable improvement to the Equipment which increases the value of the Equipment and is not required or permitted by Sections VII or XI of the Lease prior to lease expiration, then at the time of such option being exercised, Lessor and Lessee shall adjust the purchase price to reflect any addition to the price anticipated to result from such improvement. (The purchase option granted by this subsection shall be referred to herein as the "EARLY PURCHASE OPTION".) (b) If Lessee exercises its Early Purchase Option with respect to the Equipment leased hereunder, then on the Early Purchase Option Date, Lessee shall pay to Lessor any Rent and other sums due and unpaid on the Early Purchase Option Date and Lessee shall pay the FMV Early Option Price, plus all applicable sales taxes, to Lessor in cash. E-85 4 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Lessee and Lessor have caused this Addendum to be executed by their duly authorized representatives as of the date first above written. LESSOR: LESSEE: GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION AUTOCAM CORPORATION By: By: /s/ Warren A. Veltman --------------------------- --------------------------- Name: Name: Warren A. Veltman --------------------------- --------------------------- Title: Title: Treasurer --------------------------- --------------------------- ATTEST By: /s/ Darlynn Jansen --------------------------- Name: Darlynn Jansen ---------------------------
E-86 5 ANNEX A TO SCHEDULE NO. 017 TO MASTER LEASE AGREEMENT DATED AS OF AUGUST 21, 1994 DESCRIPTION OF EQUIPMENT
NUMBER COST OF UNITS PER UNIT MANUFACTURER SERIAL NUMBERS TYPE AND MODEL OF EQUIPMENT One (1) $797,306.53 Mikron KA6026M Model CX-24 Rotary Transfer Machine One (1) $749,230.58 Mikron KA6027M Model CX-24 Rotary Transfer Machine One (1) $596,242.20 Mikron KA6025M Model CX-24 Rotary Transfer Machine One (1) $652,882.68 Mikron KA6029M Model CX-24 Rotary Transfer Machine
The above is a complete list of the equipment and all attachments related to the equipment. Initials: /s/ WAV ---------------------------- ----------- Lessor Lessee E-87 EX-13 4 EXHIBIT 13 1 Exhibit 13 FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS QUARTERLY RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- First Quarter Second Quarter Third Quarter Fourth Quarter In thousands, except per share data 1997 1996 1997 1996 1997 1996 1997 1996 - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sales $14,648 $13,571 $15,270 $14,414 $16,058 $15,047 $16,011 $14,679 Gross profit 3,331 3,164 3,627 3,120 3,107 3,598 3,304 3,598 Income from operations 2,483 2,332 2,680 2,226 2,029 2,625 2,391 2,716 Net income 1,404 1,290 1,541 1,244 1,080 1,465 1,386 1,590 Net income per share (1) $ .24 $ .22 $ .27 $ .21 $ .19 $ .25 $ .24 $ .27
SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ In thousands, except per share data 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Statement of operations data: Sales $61,986 $57,711 $54,304 $47,201 $35,835 Gross profit 13,369 13,480 12,610 11,197 6,653 Income from operations 9,584 9,899 9,374 7,767 4,256 Net income 5,411 5,589 5,233 4,756 2,714 Net income per share (1) $ .94 $ .97 $ .91 $ .83 $ .49 Balance sheet data: Current assets $17,518 $13,768 $11,313 $ 9,106 $ 7,669 Total assets 83,638 59,812 52,990 42,355 27,202 Current liabilities 13,216 9,241 9,163 7,423 3,897 Long-term obligations, net of current maturities 25,192 12,086 13,334 11,089 6,650 Deferred taxes 7,802 6,333 4,620 3,203 1,970 Shareholders' equity 36,615 31,286 25,218 19,759 14,534
STATISTICS
- --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 - --------------------------------------------------------------------- Book value per common share (1) 6.41 5.49 4.45 3.52 2.60 Current ratio 1.33 1.49 1.23 1.23 1.97 Ratio of debt to equity 0.85 0.51 0.68 0.73 0.52 Return on shareholders' equity 15.9% 19.8% 23.3% 27.7% 20.7%
(1) All amounts adjusted to give effect to all common share dividends and splits issued in fiscals 1993-1997. E-1 2 MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS Certain matters discussed in the following pages pertaining to fiscal 1998 information include forward looking statements consisting of risks and uncertainties including but not limited to economic, competitive, government and technological factors affecting Autocam Corporation and its subsidiaries' (together, the "Company") operations, markets, products, services and prices. RESULTS OF OPERATIONS The following table presents, for the periods indicated, the components of the Company's Consolidated Statements of Operations as a percentage of sales.
- ------------------------------------------------------------------- For the year ended 6.30.97 6.30.96 6.30.95 - ------------------------------------------------------------------- Sales 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% Cost of sales 78.4% 76.6% 76.8% ------ ------ ------ Gross profit 21.6% 23.4% 23.2% Selling, general and administrative 5.8% 5.9% 5.6% Other operating expenses .3% .4% .4% ------ ------ ------ Income from operations 15.5% 17.1% 17.2% Interest and other expense, net 2.2% 2.4% 2.6% ------ ------ ------ Income before tax provision 13.3% 14.7% 14.6% Tax provision 4.6% 5.0% 5.0% ------ ------ ------ Net Income 8.7% 9.7% 9.6% ====== ====== ======
E-2 3 SALES The following table indicates the Company's sales (in thousands) and percentage of total sales by product application for the years ended June 30, 1997, 1996 and 1995.
- --------------------------------------------------------------------- For the year ended 6.30.97 6.30.96 6.30.95 - --------------------------------------------------------------------- Fuel systems $45,700 73.7% $36,089 62.5% $33,356 61.4% Braking systems 6,744 10.9% 12,845 22.3% 10,925 20.1% Other automotive 1,416 2.3% 986 1.7% 877 1.6% ------- ---- ------- ---- ------- ---- Total automotive 53,860 86.9% 49,920 86.5% 45,158 83.1% Medical devices 6,299 10.2% 3,875 6.7% 3,082 5.7% Computer electronics 1,827 2.9% 3,916 6.8% 6,064 11.2%
Sales increased $4,275,000, or 7%, from fiscal 1996 to fiscal 1997, and $3,408,000, or 6%, from fiscal 1995 to fiscal 1996. The Company experienced sales growth during the three years ended June 30, 1997 in its automotive fuel systems and medical devices target markets. Sales to customers in the computer electronics industry continued to fall as manufacturing process trends utilized in the manufacture of rigid disk drive specialty fasteners changed. After a year of growth, sales to braking systems customers fell during fiscal 1997 due to the elimination of certain components which were no longer used in a customer's new-generation system. Sales of components for fuel system applications were $45,700,000 during the year ended June 30, 1997, an increase of 27% over fiscal 1996 sales, and fiscal 1996 sales of fuel system components increased 8% over fiscal 1995 levels. Sales of components to Delphi Automotive Systems ("DAS", a division of General Motors Corporation) represented 45%, 46% and 54% of total Company sales for the fiscal years ended June 30, 1997, 1996 and 1995, respectively. Sales to DAS increased $1,658,000 from fiscal 1996 to 1997 as the Company began shipping prototype components for a new fuel injector program. Sales to DAS decreased $2,536,000 from fiscal 1995 to 1996 primarily as a result of a 10% decline in North American light vehicle production by General Motors during the first calendar quarter of 1996 versus the same period in calendar 1995, and the effects of a protracted DAS brake facility strike in March 1996. The Company has been successful in diversifying its fuel systems customer base. Combined sales of fuel system components to other customers were $17,511,000, $9,408,000 and $4,289,000 for the years ended June 30, 1997, 1996 and 1995, respectively. The Company has been awarded business on several new injector programs with these customers over the past year which should result in continued sales growth to this industry for the foreseeable future. Sales of braking system components for the year ended June 30, 1997 were $6,744,000, a decrease of 47% from fiscal 1996 levels, and fiscal 1996 sales were 18% higher than fiscal 1995 sales. The Company's production volumes of braking system components increased from fiscal 1995 to 1996 simultaneously with the increase in consumer demand for two- and four-wheel anti-lock braking systems ("ABS"). The Company's largest customer in this area is the market leader in North American four-wheel ABS. In fiscal 1997, this customer eliminated certain components manufactured by the Company which were no longer utilized on its new generation system. Sales of components for medical device applications were $6,299,000 during fiscal 1997, an increase of 63% over fiscal 1996 levels, and fiscal 1996 sales were 26% greater than fiscal 1995 sales. The Company manufactures components which are sold to the ophthalmic and cardiovascular surgical device industries. It continues to benefit from increased penetration by its largest ophthalmic surgical device customer into foreign markets. During late fiscal 1996 and 1997, the Company began manufacturing precision-machined metal components for innovative cardiovascular surgical device manufacturers, including those that sell coronary stents. Sales to these customers have increased every quarter during fiscal 1996 and 1997. E-3 4 Sales of components for computer electronic applications were $1,827,000 during the year ended June 30, 1997, a decrease of 53% from fiscal 1996 sales, and fiscal 1996 sales were 35% lower than fiscal 1995 sales. Sales of baseplates, a specialty metal fastener, to manufacturers of suspension assemblies for rigid disk drives declined as these components are now being manufactured primarily by a precision stamping process which is more economical than the Company's turning process. Management believes that year-over-year sales growth in fiscal 1998 will approximate 30%. Growth is expected to be generated primarily from growth in sales of automotive braking system and computer electronics components. On June 30, 1997, the Company purchased certain assets and assumed certain liabilities of The Hamilton Group ("Hamilton"), a manufacturer of precision automotive braking system components. Incremental sales of Hamilton components are expected to approximate $12,000,000 in fiscal 1998. The Company believes a significant opportunity exists to provide high-volume, high-precision metal components used in the production of thermoplates for computer microprocessors. If such contracts are consummated as anticipated, significant production of these components should begin during the second quarter of fiscal 1998. GROSS PROFIT Gross profit, as a percentage of sales, for the year ended June 30, 1997 represented 21.6% versus 23.4% in fiscal 1996 and 23.2% in fiscal 1995. The decrease in gross profit margin between fiscal 1997 and 1996 can be attributed primarily to project start-up costs associated with new fuel system programs during the third and fourth quarters of fiscal 1997. Although it is common for margins to be lower on new program start-ups, third and fourth quarter margins were adversely affected by machine tools which were not only delivered late, but did not perform as expected. In order to meet customer demand for these components, the Company was forced to employ less-efficient work-around manufacturing processes in lieu of the production processes which relied on the machine tools in question. The machine tools were in place and qualified for production as of the end of fiscal 1997. The negative impact on margins caused by these factors was partially offset by increased production of medical device components which allowed for improved utilization of existing equipment and labor. Gross profit on sales to customers in the medical devices market nearly doubled between fiscal 1995 and 1996 contributing to the growth in corporate-wide gross profit when comparing those periods. This improvement was offset by the negative effects of lower DAS and computer electronic sales and underutilization of equipment purchased in anticipation of increased business with new fuel system customers. Management expects that fiscal 1998 gross profit, as a percentage of sales, will improve over fiscal 1997 levels, particularly in the latter half of the year. The following factors are expected to contribute to this improvement: - - Production qualification of new fuel system program equipment will allow the Company to eliminate less-efficient, work-around manufacturing processes utilized in the third and fourth quarters of fiscal 1997. Also, as customer demand grows, efficiencies are typically gained through continuous improvement activities. - - The expected addition of new computer electronics business will allow for the full utilization of equipment and labor which had been underutilized as a result of the reduction in the baseplate business. - - The integration of Hamilton's operations, and the implementation of continuous improvement concepts employed by Autocam, are expected to result in improved margins on products manufactured in the Dowagiac, Michigan and Gaffney, South Carolina facilities. These improvements will be partially offset by the loss of certain mature ABS business. E-4 5 SELLING, GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE Selling, general and administrative expenses, as a percentage of sales, were 5.8%, 5.9% and 5.6% in fiscal 1997, 1996 and 1995, respectively. These expenses increased monetarily during all periods presented commensurate with the growth in business. Nonrecurring marketing costs associated with developing relationships with new computer electronics customers were incurred in fiscal 1996, and consulting fees incurred in association with evaluating the Company's long-term strategic plan, including location and capacity planning, were incurred in late fiscal 1996 and throughout fiscal 1997. Management expects that selling, general and administrative expenses, as a percentage of sales, will remain relatively consistent between fiscal 1997 and 1998. OTHER OPERATING EXPENSES Other operating expenses represent the straight-line amortization of employment and deferred compensation agreements between the Company and a key employee. INTEREST AND OTHER EXPENSE, NET Net interest and other expense decreased slightly during all periods presented caused primarily by the consistent decline of average borrowings outstanding since June 30, 1994. The retirement of certain debt with higher interest rates during the periods presented also reduced interest costs. Management expects interest expense to increase over fiscal 1997 levels in the coming year, both monetarily and as a percentage of sales. The Company borrowed $16.8 million on June 30, 1997 to finance the acquisition of Hamilton's net assets (see Liquidity and Capital Resources), which alone will require interest payments during fiscal 1998 of approximately $1.2 million. TAX PROVISION Federal income tax has been provided at effective tax rates of 33.7%, 33.9% and 33.7% for the years ended June 30, 1997, 1996 and 1995, respectively. Tax provisions for all years presented include a provision for California Unitary tax which is levied on an allocated portion of the Company's income at a rate of 9.3%. Management does not expect the Company's effective income tax rate to change materially in fiscal 1998 from fiscal 1997 levels. E-5 6 LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES New equipment placed into service and deposits paid on future equipment purchases during the year ended June 30, 1997 totaling $12.1 million were financed through operating cash flows and bank borrowings ($9.3 million) and operating lease agreements ($2.8 million). The Company expects to be reimbursed $777,000 in equipment deposits in fiscal 1998 by acquiring $955,000 of production equipment under an operating lease agreement. During the year ended June 30, 1997, the Company paid $911,000 to purchase equipment formerly leased under operating lease agreements. These purchases, resulting in annual cash flow improvements of $265,600, were financed through bank borrowings. In order to meet demand primarily from automotive and computer electronics customers, management will purchase $15.7 million of equipment and invest $2.1 million in facilities over the next twelve months (on which deposits of $1.3 million had been placed as of June 30, 1997). Management expects to finance these purchases with cash on hand, operating cash flows, and bank borrowings, including its equipment line of credit ($6,000,000 in availability as of June 30, 1997) which allows the Company to retire borrowings over a period not to exceed six years with either variable or fixed interest rates. Nearly 30% of the planned equipment additions will be acquired subject to commitments from new computer electronics customers to reimburse the Company for any underutilization of such equipment over a period of two to three years. Management believes that the Company has adequate credit facilities and cash available to meet its working capital needs through fiscal 1998. The Company has a $13,500,000 revolving line of credit, $1,500,000 of which was reserved for foreign currency futures contracts as of June 30, 1997, and $1,000,000 of which was reserved for a letter of credit associated with the acquisition of the net assets of Hamilton. As of June 30, 1997, the remaining availability under the revolving line of credit was $4,217,000. Management anticipates retiring current maturities of long-term obligations with cash on hand ($2.5 million as of June 30, 1997) and future operating cash flows. As of June 30, 1997, $16.8 million of the Company's long-term debt was subject to variable interest rates; however, management plans to convert such debt to term notes with fixed interest rates based on the bank's quoted rate during the first quarter of fiscal 1998. E-6 7 CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6.30.97 6.30.96 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Assets Current assets: Cash $ 2,510,500 $ 1,466,751 Accounts receivable 8,841,516 7,467,834 Inventories 5,444,420 4,171,233 Prepaid expenses and other current assets 722,020 662,223 ----------- ----------- Total current assets 17,518,456 13,768,041 ----------- ----------- Deposits on equipment 2,642,269 1,753,798 Property, plant and equipment, net 53,291,418 40,801,512 Goodwill and other intangible assets 6,443,364 4,893 Other long-term assets 3,742,321 3,483,978 ----------- ----------- Total Assets $83,637,828 $59,812,222 Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity Current liabilities: Current maturities of long-term obligations $ 5,905,541 $ 3,738,689 Accounts payable 4,398,050 4,124,240 Accrued liabilities Salaries and bonuses 839,416 687,474 Due to The Hamilton Group 1,000,000 Other 1,072,523 690,438 ----------- ----------- Total current liabilities 13,215,530 9,240,841 ----------- ----------- Long-term obligations, net of current maturities 25,191,778 12,086,326 Deferred taxes 7,802,000 6,333,000 Deferred credits and other 813,550 866,206 Shareholders' equity: Preferred stock - 200,000 shares authorized; no shares issued or outstanding Common stock - 10,000,000 shares authorized; 5,711,587 and 5,427,882 shares issued and outstanding as of June 30, 1997 and 1996, respectively 26,270,940 23,185,548 Deferred compensation (645,833) (800,833) Retained earnings 10,989,863 8,901,134 ----------- ----------- Total shareholders' equity 36,614,970 31,285,849 ----------- ----------- Total Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity $83,637,828 $59,812,222 =========== ===========
See notes to consolidated financial statements. E-7 8 CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- For the year ended 6.30.97 6.30.96 6.30.95 - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sales $ 61,986,238 $ 57,711,295 $ 54,303,660 Cost of sales 48,617,727 44,231,105 41,693,461 ------------ ------------ ------------ Gross profit 13,368,511 13,480,190 12,610,199 Selling, general and administrative 3,577,373 3,373,622 3,028,739 Other operating expenses 207,500 207,500 207,500 ------------ ------------ ------------ Income from operations 9,583,638 9,899,068 9,373,960 Interest and other expense, net 1,345,533 1,396,155 1,420,408 ------------ ------------ ------------ Income before tax provision 8,238,105 8,502,913 7,953,552 Tax provision 2,827,139 2,913,866 2,720,395 ------------ ------------ ------------ Net Income $ 5,410,966 $ 5,589,047 $ 5,233,157 ============ ============ ============ Net Income Per Share $ .94 $ .97 $ .91 ============ ============ ============ Weighted Average Shares Outstanding 5,777,999 5,778,300 5,778,906
See notes to consolidated financial statements. E-8 9 CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Deferred Common Stock Compen- Retained Shares Amount sation Earnings Total - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Balance, 6.30.94 4,852,452 $16,410,997 ($1,110,833) $ 4,458,948 $19,759,112 Net income 5,233,157 5,233,157 Share dividend 244,409 2,871,806 (2,872,888) (1,082) Exercise of stock options, including related tax benefits 11,575 97,757 97,757 Redemption of warrants 32,446 (26,116) (26,116) Amortization of deferred compensation 155,000 155,000 --------- ----------- ------------ ----------- ----------- Balance, 6.30.95 5,140,882 19,354,444 (955,833) 6,819,217 25,217,828 Net income 5,589,047 5,589,047 Share dividend 257,293 3,505,616 (3,507,130) (1,514) Exercise of stock options, including related tax benefits 15,700 137,786 137,786 Contribution of common shares to 401(k) plan, net of share issuance costs 14,007 187,702 187,702 Amortization of deferred compensation 155,000 155,000 --------- ----------- ------------ ----------- ----------- Balance, 6.30.96 5,427,882 23,185,548 (800,833) 8,901,134 31,285,849 Net income 5,410,966 5,410,966 Share dividend 271,292 2,984,212 (2,985,335) (1,123) Cash dividends (336,902) (336,902) Exercise of stock options, including related tax benefits 12,413 101,180 101,180 Amortization of deferred compensation 155,000 155,000 --------- ----------- ------------ ----------- ----------- Balance, 6.30.97 5,711,587 $26,270,940 ($ 645,833) $10,989,863 $36,614,970 ========= =========== ============ =========== ===========
See notes to consolidated financial statements. E-9 10 CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ For the year ended 6.30.97 6.30.96 6.30.95 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Cash flows from operating activities: Cash received from customers $ 62,762,333 $ 57,135,200 $ 52,898,024 Cash paid to suppliers, employees and leasing companies (46,544,216) (42,244,679) (41,464,401) Income taxes paid, net (1,395,000) (1,475,000) (827,000) Interest paid, net (1,257,225) (1,349,677) (1,214,582) ------------- ------------ ------------- Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities 13,565,892 12,065,844 9,392,041 ------------- ------------ ------------- Cash flows from investing activities: Capital expenditures (10,205,483) (9,196,498) (11,392,414) Proceeds from sale of equipment 7,050 235,850 185,428 Purchase of net assets of The Hamilton Group (16,868,594) Payment for option to purchase real estate (630,000) Payment of life insurance premiums and other (473,578) (401,850) (361,785) ------------- ------------ ------------- Net Cash Used in Investing Activities (27,540,605) (9,362,498) (12,198,771) ------------- ------------ ------------- Cash flows from financing activities: Repayments of line of credit, net (162,000) (1,220,000) Proceeds from issuance of long-term obligations 19,332,853 4,025,000 10,000,000 Principal payments of long-term obligations (4,060,549) (5,244,275) (6,070,030) Cash dividends paid (338,023) (1,514) (1,083) Proceeds from exercise of employee stock options and other 84,181 102,670 81,777 ------------- ------------ ------------- Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Financing Activities 15,018,462 (1,280,119) 2,790,664 ------------- ------------ ------------- Net increase (decrease) in cash 1,043,749 1,423,227 (16,066) Cash at beginning of period 1,466,751 43,524 59,590 ------------- ------------ ------------- Cash at End of Period $ 2,510,500 $ 1,466,751 $ 43,524 ============= ============ =============
See notes to consolidated financial statements. E-10 11 NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 1. OPERATIONS AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES Principles of consolidation - The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Autocam Corporation and its wholly-owned subsidiaries (the "Company"). All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. Nature of operations - The Company designs and manufactures close-tolerance, specialty metal alloy components for mechanical and electromechanical systems using turning, grinding and milling processes. Currently, the Company manufactures components for use on automotive fuel and braking systems, medical devices and computer electronics. Its customers are located primarily in North America, Austria, Germany and Japan. Estimates - The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Although management believes the estimates are reasonable, actual results could differ from those estimates. Financial instruments of the Company consist principally of cash, accounts receivable and payable, and debt. The carrying amounts of all financial instruments approximate estimated fair value. The estimated fair value amounts have been determined by the Company using available market information and valuation methodologies. Inventories are stated at the lower of standard cost, which approximates actual cost, on a first-in, first-out (FIFO) basis, or market. Property is stated at cost. Depreciation is computed using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets as follows: Buildings 31 years Leasehold improvements 3 to 12 years Machinery and equipment 3 to 12 years Furniture and fixtures 5 to 10 years Maintenance and repairs which do not improve or extend the lives of the respective assets are charged to expense. When properties are retired or sold, the related cost and accumulated depreciation are removed from the accounts and any gain or loss on disposition is recognized in income. Gains arising from sale and leaseback transactions are deferred for amortization to income over the lives of the related operating leases. Other long-term assets consist primarily of cash surrender value of keyman life insurance policies, receivables from officers and certain key employees under split-dollar life insurance agreements (see Note 8) and a payment for an option to purchase real estate (see Note 8). Deferred compensation - Unearned deferred compensation, recorded as an offset to shareholders' equity, is being amortized on a straight-line basis over the ten-year life of the associated employment agreement. Revenue recognition - Sales are recognized at the time product is shipped. All accounts receivable are due and considered collectible within one year. E-11 12 Income taxes - Deferred income tax assets and liabilities are computed for differences between the financial statement and tax bases of assets and liabilities that will result in taxable or deductible amounts in the future. Such deferred income tax asset and liability computations are based on enacted tax laws and rates applicable to periods in which the differences are expected to affect taxable income. Valuation allowances are established when necessary to reduce deferred tax assets to the amounts expected to be realized. Income tax expense is the tax payable or refundable for the period plus or minus the change during the period in deferred tax assets and liabilities (see Note 6). Net income per share has been computed based upon the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the periods presented plus the effects of common stock equivalents from stock options and warrants. All share and per share amounts have been adjusted for the effects of share dividends and splits. Derivatives - The Company has only limited involvement with derivative financial instruments and does not use them for trading purposes. They are used to manage foreign currency rate risks arising out of the Company's purchases of certain machinery and equipment. Gains or losses on foreign currency futures contracts are deferred and included in the cost of machinery and equipment purchased. Financial Accounting Standards - Effective July 1, 1996, the Company adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standard No. 123, "Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation," and as permitted by this standard, will continue to apply the recognition and measurement principles of Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 25, "Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees," to its stock-based compensation. The Company has determined that stock-based compensation expense calculated under SFAS No. 123 is not significant in relation to reported net income and net income per share. Reclassifications - Certain reclassifications have been made to the 1996 and 1995 financial statements in order to conform with the 1997 presentation. 2. INVENTORIES Inventories are summarized as follows: - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6.30.97 6.30.96 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Raw materials $1,389,735 $1,037,777 Production supplies 1,163,588 1,233,360 Work in-process 2,073,987 1,414,555 Finished goods 817,110 485,541 ---------- ---------- Total Inventories $5,444,420 $4,171,233 ========== ========== E-12 13 3. PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT Property, plant and equipment is summarized by major classification as follows: - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6.30.97 6.30.96 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Land $ 1,842,781 $ 1,534,096 Buildings 6,869,861 5,380,345 Leasehold improvements 340,014 324,226 Machinery and equipment 59,268,918 44,165,812 Furniture and fixtures 2,543,855 2,313,836 Construction in progress 57,546 ------------ ------------ Total 70,922,975 53,718,315 Accumulated depreciation and amortization (17,631,557) (12,916,803) ------------ ------------ Property, Plant and Equipment, Net $ 53,291,418 $ 40,801,512 ============ ============ 4. LONG-TERM OBLIGATIONS Long-term obligations consisted of the following:
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6.30.97 6.30.96 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Term notes payable to banks - payable in monthly installments, plus interest at rates from 6.4% to 9.25%; due through October 2003 $21,599,739 $12,688,370 Mortgage payable to bank - payable in monthly installments, including interest at 9.35%; due February 2000 1,039,234 1,123,385 Second mortgage payable to bank - payable in monthly installments, including interest at 7%; due July 1998 1,007,829 1,063,514 Revolving credit note with bank - interest due monthly at 1/2% below the bank's prime rate (8% at June 30, 1997); due October 1998 6,782,853 Capital lease obligation - payable in monthly installments, including interest at 7.8% per annum; due November 1997 667,664 949,746 ----------- ----------- Total 31,097,319 15,825,015 Less current maturities 5,905,541 3,738,689 ----------- ----------- Long-Term $25,191,778 $12,086,326 =========== ===========
The Company has a master loan agreement (the "Agreement") with a bank which includes a $13.5 million revolving credit note, a $10 million acquisition term note, a $6 million equipment line of credit, and a $1.2 million acquisition mortgage note. Terms of the Agreement require that the Company maintain minimum levels of net worth and not exceed certain leverage ratios. Loans under the Agreement are collateralized by substantially all machinery and equipment of the Company. The following portions of the revolving credit note have been reserved: $1,500,000 for foreign currency futures contracts, and $1,000,000 for a letter of credit associated with the acquisition of the net assets of The Hamilton Group (see Note 11). As of June 30, 1997, the remaining availability under the revolving line of credit was $4,217,000. No amounts are outstanding as of June 30, 1997 under the equipment line of credit or the acquisition mortgage note. Borrowings under the equipment line of credit may be retired over a period not to exceed six years with either variable or fixed interest rates. The Company expects to retire the acquisition term note, currently subject to variable interest rates (8% at June 30, 1997), over six years, including equal monthly installments of principal and a fixed interest rate based upon the bank's quoted rate. E-13 14 At June 30, 1997, the annual aggregate maturities of long-term obligations for each of the five years subsequent to June 30, 1997 and thereafter were as follows:
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Year ending 6.30 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1998 $ 5,905,541 1999 12,569,209 2000 5,129,714 2001 3,534,522 2002 1,875,000 Thereafter 2,083,333 ------------ Total $31,097,319 ============
5. COMMITMENTS The Company leases certain equipment under a capital lease. The Company also leases a building and certain equipment under noncancellable operating leases. The operating leases generally contain renewal and purchase options at fair market value at the end of the lease terms. The cost and accumulated amortization of the Company's assets under the capital lease are as shown below: - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6.30.97 6.30.96 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Machinery and equipment $1,321,700 $1,331,200 Less accumulated amortization 593,200 469,400 ---------- ---------- Total $ 728,500 $ 861,800 ========== ========== Amortization of machinery and equipment under capital leases, determined on a straight-line basis over the useful lives of the assets, amounted to $127,800, $242,900 and $316,200 for the years ended June 30, 1997, 1996 and 1995, respectively. Minimum future lease payments under noncancellable leases (including noncancellable leases with the Company's majority shareholder -- see Note 8) as of June 30, 1997 are summarized as follows: Capital Operating Year ending 6.30 Lease Leases - ---------------- ----------- ------------ 1998 $ 683,300 $ 3,454,700 1999 3,287,700 2000 3,227,200 2001 2,776,500 2002 1,914,600 Thereafter 3,019,100 ----------- ------------ Total 683,300 $17,679,800 ============ Less amounts representing interest 15,600 ----------- Present value of minimum lease payments 667,700 Less current maturities 667,700 ----------- Long-Term Portion of Capital Lease Obligation $ 0 ===========
E-14 15 Rent expense under operating leases summarized above was $3,104,100, $3,535,000 and $3,542,000 for the years ended June 30, 1997, 1996 and 1995, respectively. As of June 30, 1997, the Company committed to purchase certain equipment under noncancellable purchase agreements totaling $4,001,000. In accordance with terms of the purchase agreements, final acceptance of such equipment is contingent upon the equipment demonstrating certain capabilities as documented in Company purchase orders. The Company has entered into one foreign currency futures contract to reduce the impact of changes in foreign currency rates on a firm commitment to purchase equipment. Under the contract, the Company is obligated to purchase 345,000 Swiss Francs at a rate of 1.39 Swiss Francs per U.S. Dollar. The contract expires in August 1997. 6. INCOME TAXES The provisions for income taxes consisted of the following:
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6.30.97 6.30.96 6.30.95 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Current $1,447,139 $1,220,866 $1,312,175 Deferred 1,380,000 1,693,000 1,408,220 ---------- ---------- ----------- Total $2,827,139 $2,913,866 $2,720,395 ========== ========== ===========
The Company's effective income tax rate differs from the Federal statutory tax rate as follows: - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6.30.97 6.30.96 6.30.95 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tax at Federal statutory rate 34.0% 34.0% 34.0% Research and development credit (0.7) (1.1) Other 1.0 .3 1.3 ------ ------ ------ Effective Tax Rate 34.3% 34.3% 34.2% ====== ====== ====== Deferred income taxes result from differences in the timing of the recognition of certain income and expenses for income tax and financial reporting purposes and from the differences between the book and tax bases of certain assets and liabilities. Temporary differences which give rise to deferred tax assets and liabilities at June 30, 1997 and 1996 were as follows:
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6.30.97 6.30.96 Asset Liability Asset Liability - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Depreciation $6,740,000 $5,369,000 Deferred compensation 294,000 365,000 Tax credit carryforwards (43,000) Domestic international sales corporation income 911,000 707,000 Accrued expenses $98,000 $111,000 Other (143,000) (65,000) ------- -------- Total Deferred Taxes $98,000 $7,802,000 $111,000 $6,333,000 ======= ============ ======== ==========
Federal income tax of $265,000 as of June 30, 1997 has not been provided on undistributed earnings of a subsidiary that are considered to be permanently invested in the business and are not subject to tax until distributed as dividends. E-15 16 7. SIGNIFICANT CUSTOMERS The Company has two significant automotive customers. Sales to those customers were $37,761,300, $38,334,300 and $37,259,000 for the years ended June 30, 1997, 1996 and 1995, respectively. Export sales to those customers were $8,181,400, $7,734,400 and $7,231,500, for the years ended June 30, 1997, 1996 and 1995, respectively. Accounts receivable due from those customers totaled $4,750,100, $2,522,300 and $4,863,800 as of June 30, 1997, 1996 and 1995, respectively. 8. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS The Company leases certain real property and equipment from its majority shareholder under an operating lease agreement. During fiscal 1994, the Company and the majority shareholder executed a long-term lease covering production equipment that the Company had been leasing on a month-to-month basis. The new lease, which expires May 31, 2001, reduced the monthly rental payments from $58,035 to $23,747 following an initial payment of $234,811, and grants the Company an option to purchase the equipment at the expiration of the lease term. Total lease expense, including an amortization of the initial payment over the lease term, was $351,000 for all periods presented. The Company leased a building from its majority shareholder under a noncancellable operating lease through March 1995. Such lease was under the same terms and conditions as the majority shareholder's lease from a partnership in which a director has a 50% interest. Rent expense under the lease with the shareholder was $330,000 for the year ended June 30, 1995. During March 1995, the Company and the majority shareholder terminated the lease, and the Company and the partnership executed a ten-year lease covering the building. Annual rentals under the new lease are $300,000, and for a consideration of $630,000, the Company obtained an option to purchase the building for $3,125,000 at the end of the lease term. Rent expense under this lease was $300,000 for each of the years ended June 30, 1997 and 1996, and $86,300 for the year ended June 30, 1995. The Company subleases a portion of this facility to Conway Products Corporation ("Conway"), an affiliate by virtue of the majority shareholder's 100% ownership of Conway. Income under this sublease was $259,600, $231,500 and $262,100 in fiscal 1997, 1996 and 1995, respectively. During fiscal 1996 and 1995, the Company chartered its leased aircraft to the majority shareholder and others through AMR Executive Charters, Inc. ("AMR"), an affiliate by virtue of the majority shareholder's 100% ownership interest of AMR. The Company received $96,000 and $275,000 in charter revenue from AMR during the years ended June 30, 1996 and 1995, respectively, and $7,800 and $10,800 in charter revenue from its majority shareholder during the years ended June 30, 1997 and 1996, respectively. The Company paid AMR $68,900 and $461,000 during fiscal 1996 and 1995, respectively, for various services and merchandise consisting primarily of the purchase of aviation fuel at AMR's cost. The majority shareholder sold his interest in AMR during November 1995. The Company has stock redemption agreements with its majority shareholder whereby the Company is obligated to redeem up to $18,000,000 of common shares following his and his spouse's death. The Company maintains joint life insurance policies in order to fund its obligations under the agreements. The Company has receivables from its officers and certain key employees in connection with a life insurance program, collateralized by the cash surrender value of the related insurance policies. Amounts receivable, included in Other Long-Term Assets, were $1,080,000, $901,000 and $736,000 at June 30, 1997, 1996 and 1995, respectively, including $713,000, $617,000 and $520,000, respectively, due from the majority shareholder. E-16 17 9. COMMON STOCK The Board of Directors approved and distributed five percent common share dividends in each year during the three-year period ended June 30, 1997. The Board of Directors also approved 2 cent per share quarterly cash dividends during each of the last three fiscal quarters during the year ended June 30, 1997. The Company has reserved 525,000 common shares for issuance to employees under the 1991 Incentive Stock Option Plan (the "Plan"). Options granted vest at a rate of twenty percent annually over a five-year period, and options covering 232,200 shares were vested as of June 30, 1997. Under terms of the Plan, the option price per share may not be less than the fair market value of a share on the option grant date, and the maximum term of an option may not exceed ten years. Transactions under the Plan are summarized as follows: - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shares Price Range - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Options Outstanding at 6.30.94 308,578 $6.35 to $7.86 Fiscal 1995: Options granted 50,050 $11.19 to $14.28 Options exercised (12,154) $6.35 to $10.79 Options terminated (22,155) $6.35 to $14.28 ------- Options Outstanding at 6.30.95 324,319 $6.35 to $14.28 Fiscal 1996: Options granted 50,946 $10.84 to $11.19 Options exercised (16,485) $6.35 to $8.88 Options terminated (9,765) $6.35 to $14.28 ------- Options Outstanding at 6.30.96 349,015 $6.35 to $14.28 Fiscal 1997: Options granted 28,250 $8.88 to $10.94 Options exercised (12,413) $6.35 to $8.88 Options terminated (11,819) $6.35 to $14.28 ------- Options Outstanding at 6.30.97 353,033 $6.35 to $14.28 ======= In conjunction with its initial public offering, the Company issued warrants to purchase 66,150 of the Company's common shares at $7.26 per share. The warrants were redeemed during the year ended June 30, 1995 in exchange for 32,446 shares of the Company's common stock. 10. EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS The Company maintains a self-funded health plan for the majority of its Kentwood, Michigan full-time employees. Benefit payments are made by a third-party administrator, and an estimate of the Company's liability for unpaid and incurred but not reported claims is accrued. Employees of the Company's subsidiaries are enrolled in various insured group health plans. The Company sponsors a 401(k) savings plan for all qualified full-time employees. The plan document provides for a discretionary employer matching contribution which has historically been dollar-for-dollar up to $1,000 per participant. In fiscal 1997, the Company satisfied a portion of its calendar 1997 and all of its calendar 1996 obligations to the Plan by contributing $146,100 and $222,000, respectively. In fiscal 1996, the Company satisfied its obligation for calendar 1995 by contributing 14,007 shares of its common stock with a market value at December 31, 1995 of $195,800. E-17 18 11. BUSINESS COMBINATIONS Autocam-Pax, Inc. ("Autocam-Pax"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, was formed in June 1997, solely for the purpose of acquiring certain assets and assuming certain liabilities of Dowagiac Manufacturing Company and Hamilton-Pax, Inc. (together, "The Hamilton Group"). The Hamilton Group is engaged primarily in the manufacture of close-tolerance, specialty metal alloy components for automotive braking systems. On June 30, 1997, the acquisition was consummated for $18,081,000 in cash consideration and the assumption of $699,000 in liabilities. Of the total purchase price, $1,000,000 is being held in escrow as contingent consideration until the related contingencies are discharged. The acquisition was accounted for as a purchase, and accordingly, the purchase price was allocated to assets acquired and liabilities assumed based upon their relative fair market values. Cost in excess of the fair value of the net assets acquired (goodwill) was $6,342,000 and is being amortized over 20 years on a straight-line basis. The Consolidated Statements of Operations exclude the results of Autocam-Pax as the transaction was consummated on the last day of the fiscal year. The following unaudited pro forma information presents summary Consolidated Statements of Operations data of the Company as if the acquisition had occurred at the beginning of the earliest period presented. These pro forma results were based upon assumptions considered appropriate by management and included adjustments as considered necessary in the circumstances. Such adjustments included interest expense that would have been incurred to finance the purchase, less depreciation expense based on the fair market value of the property, plant and equipment acquired, and the amortization of intangibles arising from the transaction. These pro forma results have been prepared for comparative purposes only and do not purport to be indicative of results which would have actually been reported had the acquisition taken place on the date indicated or which may be reported in the future. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For the year ended (unaudited) 6.30.97 6.30.96 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sales $74,713,284 $70,565,747 Net income 6,816,210 7,168,409 Net income per share $ 1.18 $ 1.24 E-18 19 12. SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION Following is a reconciliation of net income to net cash provided by operating activities and other supplemental cash flow information:
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ For the year ended 6.30.97 6.30.96 6.30.95 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Net income $ 5,410,966 $ 5,589,047 $ 5,233,157 Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities: Depreciation and amortization 5,521,243 4,877,683 4,020,253 Deferred taxes 1,397,000 1,720,000 1,424,200 Other, net 42,302 Changes in assets and liabilities that provided (used) cash Accounts receivable 814,851 (622,824) (983,254) Inventories 378,230 (362,599) (1,123,679) Prepaid expenses and other current assets (65,094) (69,146) (150,628) Other long-term assets 212,838 274,368 (108,178) Accounts payable 76,074 312,900 636,495 Accrued liabilities (54,524) 134,616 628,878 Deferred credits and other long-term liabilities (125,692) 211,799 (227,505) ----------- ----------- ----------- Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities $13,565,892 $12,065,844 $ 9,392,041 =========== =========== =========== Details of acquisition (see Note 11): Fair value of assets acquired $18,828,917 Fair value of liabilities assumed (699,334) Escrow amounts and professional fees to be paid (1,260,989) =========== Cash Paid $16,868,594 ===========
During fiscal 1996, the Company satisfied its $195,800 employer matching obligation to the Autocam Corporation 401(k) Employee Savings Plan through the contribution of the Company's common shares (see Note 10). During each fiscal year presented, the Company issued 5% share dividends. E-19 20 REPORT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS To the Shareholders and Board of Directors of Autocam Corporation, We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Autocam Corporation and subsidiaries as of June 30, 1997 and 1996, and the related consolidated statements of operations, shareholders' equity and of cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended June 30, 1997. These financial statements are the responsibility of Autocam's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based upon our audits. We conducted our audits in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion. In our opinion, such financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Autocam Corporation and subsidiaries at June 30, 1997 and 1996, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended June 30, 1997, in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles. /s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP Grand Rapids, Michigan August 4, 1997 E-20 EX-21 5 EXHIBIT 21 1 Exhibit 21 SUBSIDIARIES OF REGISTRANT Autocam International Sales Corporation Autocam Acquisition, Inc. Autocam Laser Technologies, Inc. Autocam-Pax, Inc. Autocam South Carolina, Inc. E-88 EX-23 6 EXHIBIT 23 1 Exhibit 23 INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT Autocam Corporation Grand Rapids, Michigan We consent to the incorporation by reference in Registration Statement No. 33-72818 and Registration Statement No. 33-80933 of Autocam Corporation on Forms S-8 of our report dated August 4, 1997, incorporated by reference in this Annual Report on Form 10-K of Autocam Corporation for the year ended June 30, 1997. /s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP September 18, 1997 E-89 EX-27 7 EXHIBIT 27
5 12-MOS JUN-30-1998 JUL-01-1996 JUN-30-1997 2,510,500 0 8,841,516 0 5,444,420 17,518,456 70,922,975 17,631,557 83,637,828 13,215,530 25,191,778 0 0 26,270,940 10,344,030 83,637,828 61,986,238 61,986,238 48,617,727 48,617,727 0 0 1,345,533 8,238,105 2,827,139 5,410,966 0 0 0 5,410,966 .94 .94
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