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Title:

Credit Agreement

Entities:

First Union National Bank; Old Dominion Freight Line Inc.; Wachovia Bank, NA; Wachovia Securities Inc.; Bank of America, NA; Bank of New York; Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice PLLC

Date:

2003

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CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

among

 

OLD DOMINION FREIGHT LINE, INC.,

 

THE LENDERS NAMED HEREIN,

 

and

 

WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Agent

 

$80,000,000 Senior Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility

 

Lead Arranger and Sole Book-Runner:

WACHOVIA SECURITIES, INC.

 

Dated as of June 30, 2003

 



TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

     Page

RECITALS

   1

ARTICLE I

 

DEFINITIONS

    

1.1

  

Defined Terms

   1

1.2

  

Accounting Terms

   17

1.3

  

Other Terms; Construction

   17

ARTICLE II

 

AMOUNT AND TERMS OF THE LOANS

    

2.1

  

Commitments

   17

2.2

  

Borrowings

   18

2.3

  

Disbursements; Funding Reliance; Domicile of Loans

   21

2.4

  

Notes.

   22

2.5

  

Termination and Reduction of Commitments and Swingline Commitment

   23

2.6

  

Mandatory Payments and Prepayments

   23

2.7

  

Voluntary Prepayments

   24

2.8

  

Interest.

   24

2.9

  

Fees

   26

2.10

  

Interest Periods

   27

2.11

  

Conversions and Continuations

   28

2.12

  

Method of Payments; Computations

   29

2.13

  

Recovery of Payments

   30

2.14

  

Use of Proceeds

   30

2.15

  

Pro Rata Treatment

   30

2.16

  

Increased Costs; Change in Circumstances; Illegality; etc.

   31

2.17

  

Taxes

   33

2.18

  

Compensation

   35

2.19

  

Substitution of Lender

   36

ARTICLE III

 

LETTERS OF CREDIT

    

3.1

  

Issuance; Existing Letters of Credit

   36

3.2

  

Notices

   37

3.3

  

Participations

   38

3.4

  

Reimbursement

   38

3.5

  

Payment by Revolving Loans

   38

3.6

  

Payment to Lenders

   39

 

i


3.7

  

Obligations Absolute

   39

3.8

  

Cash Collateral Account

   41

3.9

  

Effectiveness

   42

ARTICLE IV

 

CONDITIONS OF BORROWING

    

4.1

  

Conditions of Initial Borrowing

   42

4.2

  

Conditions of All Borrowings

   45

ARTICLE V

 

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

    

5.1

  

Corporate Organization and Power

   45

5.2

  

Authorization; Enforceability

   46

5.3

  

No Violation

   46

5.4

  

Governmental and Third-Party Authorization; Permits

   46

5.5

  

Litigation

   47

5.6

  

Taxes

   47

5.7

  

Subsidiaries

   47

5.8

  

Full Disclosure

   47

5.9

  

Margin Regulations

   48

5.10

  

No Material Adverse Change

   48

5.11

  

Financial Matters

   48

5.12

  

Ownership of Properties

   49

5.13

  

ERISA

   49

5.14

  

Environmental Matters

   50

5.15

  

Compliance with Laws

   51

5.16

  

Regulated Industries

   51

5.17

  

Insurance

   51

5.18

  

Material Contracts

   51

5.19

  

Trade Relations

   51

5.20

  

Labor Relations

   52

5.21

  

Leases

   52

ARTICLE VI

 

AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

    

6.1

  

Financial Statements

   52

6.2

  

Other Business and Financial Information

   53

6.3

  

Existence; Franchises; Maintenance of Properties

   56

6.4

  

Compliance with Laws

   56

6.5

  

Payment of Obligations

   56

6.6

  

Insurance

   56

6.7

  

Maintenance of Books and Records; Inspection

   57

 

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6.8

  

Permitted Acquisitions

   57

6.9

  

Creation or Acquisition of Subsidiaries

   58

6.10

  

Further Assurances

   58

6.11

  

Most Favored Lender

   58

ARTICLE VII

 

FINANCIAL COVENANTS

    

7.1

  

Adjusted Debt to Capital Ratio

   59

7.2

  

Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio

   59

7.3

  

Consolidated Tangible Net Worth

   59

ARTICLE VIII

 

NEGATIVE COVENANTS

    

8.1

  

Merger; Consolidation

   60

8.2

  

Indebtedness

   60

8.3

  

Liens

   62

8.4

  

Disposition of Assets

   63

8.5

  

Investments

   63

8.6

  

Restricted Payments

   64

8.7

  

Transactions with Affiliates

   65

8.8

  

Lines of Business

   65

8.9

  

Limitation on Certain Restrictions

   65

8.10

  

No Other Negative Pledges

   66

8.11

  

Fiscal Year

   66

8.12

  

Accounting Changes

   66

ARTICLE IX

 

EVENTS OF DEFAULT

    

9.1

  

Events of Default

   66

9.2

  

Remedies: Termination of Commitments, Acceleration, etc.

   69

9.3

  

Remedies: Set-Off

   69

ARTICLE X

 

THE AGENT

    

10.1

  

Appointment

   70

10.2

  

Nature of Duties

   70

10.3

  

Exculpatory Provisions

   70

10.4

  

Reliance by Agent

   71

10.5

  

Non-Reliance on Agent and Other Lenders

   71

10.6

  

Notice of Default

   72

 

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10.7

  

Indemnification

   72

10.8

  

The Agent in its Individual Capacity

   73

10.9

  

Successor Agent

   73

10.10

  

Issuing Lender and Swingline Lender

   73

ARTICLE XI

 

MISCELLANEOUS

    

11.1

  

Fees and Expenses

   74

11.2

  

Indemnification

   74

11.3

  

Governing Law; Consent to Jurisdiction

   75

11.4

  

Arbitration; Preservation and Limitation of Remedies

   76

11.5

  

Notices

   77

11.6

  

Amendments, Waivers, etc.

   77

11.7

  

Assignments, Participations

   78

11.8

  

No Waiver

   81

11.9

  

Successors and Assigns

   81

11.10

  

Survival

   81

11.11

  

Severability

   81

11.12

  

Construction

   82

11.13

  

Confidentiality

   82

11.14

  

Counterparts

   82

11.15

  

Disclosure of Information

   82

11.16

  

Entire Agreement

   83

 

iv


EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit A-1

  

Form of Revolving Note

Exhibit A-2

  

Form of Swingline Note

Exhibit B-1

  

Form of Notice of Borrowing

Exhibit B-2

  

Form of Notice of Swingline Borrowing

Exhibit B-3

  

Form of Notice of Conversion/Continuation

Exhibit B-4

  

Form of Letter of Credit Notice

Exhibit C

  

Form of Compliance Certificate

Exhibit D

  

Form of Assignment and Acceptance

Exhibit E

  

Form of Subsidiary Guaranty

 

SCHEDULES

 

Schedule 3.1

  

Existing Letters of Credit

Schedule 5.4

  

Consents and Approvals

Schedule 5.7

  

Subsidiaries

Schedule 5.17

  

Insurance

Schedule 5.18

  

Material Contracts

Schedule 5.21A

  

Capital Leases

Schedule 5.21B

  

Operating Leases

Schedule 8.2

  

Indebtedness

Schedule 8.3

  

Liens

Schedule 8.5A

  

Existing Investments

Schedule 8.5B

  

Borrowers Investment Policy

Schedule 8.7

  

Transactions with Affiliates


CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

THIS CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of the 30th day of June, 2003, is made among OLD DOMINION FREIGHT LINE, INC., a Virginia corporation (the Borrower), the banks and financial institutions listed on the signature pages hereto or that become parties hereto after the date hereof, and WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (Wachovia), as agent for the Lenders. Capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings given to such terms in Article I.

 

RECITALS

 

A. The Borrower has requested that the Lenders make available to the Borrower a revolving credit facility in the aggregate principal amount of $80,000,000. The Borrower will use the proceeds of this facility to refinance certain existing indebtedness, to pay or reimburse certain fees and expenses in connection herewith, and for working capital, the issuance of letters of credit, and general corporate purposes, all as more fully described herein.

 

B. The Lenders are willing to make available to the Borrower the revolving credit facility described herein subject to and on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.

 

AGREEMENT

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual provisions, covenants and agreements herein contained, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE I

 

DEFINITIONS

 

1.1 Defined Terms.

 

For purposes of this Agreement, in addition to the terms defined elsewhere herein, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below (such meanings to be equally applicable to the singular and plural forms thereof):

 

Account Designation Letter shall mean a letter from the Borrower to the Agent, duly completed and signed by an Authorized Officer and in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent, listing any one or more accounts to which the Borrower may from time to time request the Agent to forward the proceeds of any Loans made hereunder.

 

Acquisition shall mean any transaction or series of related transactions, consummated on or after the date hereof, by which the Borrower directly, or indirectly through one or more Subsidiaries, (i) acquires any going business, or all or substantially all of the assets, of any Person, whether through purchase of assets, merger or otherwise, or (ii) acquires securities or other ownership interests of any Person having at least a majority of combined voting power of the then outstanding securities or other ownership interests of such Person.


Acquisition Amount shall mean, with respect to any Acquisition, the sum (without duplication) of (i) the amount of cash paid by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in connection with such Acquisition, (ii) the Fair Market Value of all Capital Stock of the Borrower issued or given in connection with such Acquisition, (iii) the amount (determined by using the face amount or the amount payable at maturity, whichever is greater) of all Indebtedness incurred, assumed or acquired by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in connection with such Acquisition, (iv) all additional purchase price amounts in connection with such Acquisition in the form of earnouts and other contingent obligations that should be recorded as a liability on the balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries or expensed, in either event in accordance with GAAP, Regulation S-X under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any other rule or regulation of the Securities and Exchange Commission, (v) all amounts paid in respect of covenants not to compete, consulting agreements and other affiliated contracts in connection with such Acquisition, (vi) the amount of all transaction fees and expenses (including, without limitation, legal, accounting and finders fees and expenses) incurred by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in connection with such Acquisition and (vii) the aggregate fair market value of all other consideration given by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in connection with such Acquisition.

 

Adjusted Base Rate shall mean, at any time with respect to any Base Rate Loan, a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate as in effect at such time plus the Applicable Margin Percentage for Base Rate Loans as in effect at such time.

 

Adjusted Debt to Capital Ratio shall mean, as of the last day of any fiscal quarter, the ratio of (i) Consolidated Funded Debt, plus the Net Present Value of Operating Leases of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, plus the aggregate face amount of all outstanding letters of credit (whether or not drawn) issued on behalf of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries to (ii) Consolidated Total Capitalization, plus the Net Present Value of Operating Leases of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, plus the aggregate face amount of all outstanding letters of credit (whether or not drawn) issued on behalf of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries.


 

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