CVU CPI Aerostructures Inc

 

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): November 13, 2024

 

CPI AEROSTRUCTURES, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

New York		001-11398		11-2520310
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

91 Heartland Boulevard, Edgewood, New York		11717
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (631) 586-5200

 

N/A

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

☐		Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class		Trading symbol(s)		Name of each exchange on which registered
Common stock, $0.001 par value per share		CVU		NYSE American

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter). Emerging growth company ☐

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

 

 

Item 1.01

Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

On November 13, 2024, CPI Aerostructures, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into a Fourteenth Amendment (the “Fourteenth Amendment”) to that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement with the lenders named therein (the “Lenders”) and BankUnited, N.A. as Sole Arranger, Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent, dated as of March 24, 2016 (as amended from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”).

 

Under the Fourteenth Amendment, the parties amended the Credit Agreement by: (i) extending the maturity date of the Company’s existing revolving line of credit (the “Revolving Credit Loans”) to August 31, 2026; (ii) reducing the Base Rate Margin (as defined in the Credit Agreement) from 3.50% to 2.0%; (iii) resetting the aggregate maximum principal amount of all Revolving Credit Loans to $16,890,000 from January 1, 2025 through March 31, 2025, $16,140,000 from April 1, 2025 through June 30, 2025, $15,390,000 from July 1, 2025 through September 30, 2025, $14,640,000 from October 1, 2025 through December 31, 2025, $13,890,000 from January 1, 2026 through March 31, 2026, $13,140,000 from April 1, 2026 through June 30, 2026, and $12,390,000 from July 1, 2026 onward and for payments to be made by the Company to comply therewith (if any such payments are necessary), on the first day of each such period; and (iv) requiring the Company, if it does not deliver to BankUnited, N.A. by December 31, 2025, a commitment letter with banks and terms and conditions reasonably acceptable to the Lenders for refinancing the obligations under the Credit Agreement, to make a payment by January 31, 2026, equal to 2% of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Revolving Credit Loans as of December 31, 2025, with 50% of such payment applied to reduce the aggregate outstanding principal and the remaining 50% retained by the Lenders as an amendment fee with respect to the Fourteenth Amendment.

 

The foregoing description is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Fourteenth Amendment, a copy of which is attached to this Form 8-K as Exhibit 10.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits:

 

	Exhibit	Description
	10.1*	Fourteenth Amendment to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of November 13, 2024 by and between CPI Aerostructures, Inc., the several lenders from time to time party thereto, and BankUnited, N.A., as Sole Arranger, Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent.
	104	Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

*	Certain exhibits and schedules to this exhibit have been omitted in accordance with Regulation S-K Item 601(a)(5). The Company agrees to furnish supplementally a copy of all omitted exhibits and schedules to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon its request.

 

SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

Dated: November 13, 2024	CPI AEROSTRUCTURES, INC.
	By:	/s/ Philip Passarello
		Philip Passarello
		Chief Financial Officer

 

CPI AEROSTRUCTURES, INC. 8-K

Exhibit 10.1

 

Execution Version

 

FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT
TO AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”) entered into as of November 13, 2024 by and among CPI AEROSTRUCTURES, INC. (the “Borrower”), BANKUNITED, N.A., a national banking association, as Sole Arranger, Agent and a Lender, DIME COMMUNITY BANK, a New York banking corporation, as a Lender, and the other financial institutions from time to time parties thereto as lenders (collectively, the “Lenders” and each a “Lender”), and BANKUNITED, N.A., a national banking association, as administrative agent and collateral agent for the Lenders thereunder (in such capacities, the “Administrative Agent” and the “Collateral Agent,” respectively and each an “Agent”).

 

WHEREAS, the Borrower, the Agent and each Lender are parties to that Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of March 24, 2016, as amended by that First Amendment and Waiver to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of May 9, 2016, as further amended by that Second Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of July 13, 2017, as further amended by that Third Amendment and Waiver to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of August 15, 2018, as further amended by that Fourth Amendment dated as of December 20, 2018, as further amended by that Fifth Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of June 25, 2019, as further amended by that Sixth Amendment and Waiver to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of August 24, 2020, as further amended by that Consent, Waiver and Seventh Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of May 11, 2021, as further amended by that Waiver and Eighth Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of October 28, 2021 (the “Eighth Amendment”), as further amended by that Consent, Waiver and Ninth Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of April 12, 2022, as further amended by that Consent, Waiver and Tenth Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of August 17, 2022, as further amended by that Eleventh Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of November 9, 2022, as further amended by that Twelfth Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of March 23, 2023 and as further amended by that Thirteenth Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of February 20, 2024 (collectively, the “Agreement”);

 

WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested that the Agent and each Lender amend certain provisions of the Agreement including to extend the maturity date of the Loans; and

 

WHEREAS, the Agent and each Lender are willing to accede to such request to amend certain provisions of the Agreement, subject to the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the agreements hereinafter set forth and for other good and valuable consideration, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

 

1.             All capitalized terms used herein, unless otherwise defined herein, have the same meanings provided therefor in the Agreement. This Amendment constitutes a Loan Document.

 

2.             Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Agreement is hereby amended as follows:

 

 

(a)           Section 1.1 of the Agreement (Defined Terms) is amended by deleting the following definitions “Aggregate Revolving Credit Maximum Amount,” “Applicable Margin” and “Revolving Credit Termination Date,” and substituting the following therefor:

 

“Aggregate Revolving Credit Maximum Amount”: shall mean the principal amount of up to (a) $19,800,000 from January 1, 2024 through March 31, 2024, (b) $19,080,000 from April 1, 2024 through June 30, 2024, (c) $18,360,000 from July 1, 2024 through September 30, 2024, (d) $17,640,000 from October 1, 2024 through December 31, 2024, (e) $16,890,000 from January 1, 2025 through March 31, 2025, (f) $16,140,000 from April 1, 2025 through June 30, 2025, (g) $15,390,000 from July 1, 2025 through September 30, 2025, (h) $14,640,000 from October 1, 2025 through December 31, 2025, (i) $13,890,000 from January 1, 2026 through March 31, 2026, (j) $13,140,000 from April 1, 2026 through June 30, 2026 and (k) $12,390,000 thereafter.

 

“Applicable Margin”: means from time to time with respect to Revolving Credit Loans and Term Loans and the fees payable under Section 3.5(a), the following percentages per annum:

 

Base Rate Margin	Commitment Fee
2.00% from November 1, 2022 through August 31, 2026	0.50% through the Revolving Credit Termination Date

 

“Revolving Credit Termination Date”: August 31, 2026.

 

(b)           Section 2.3 of the Agreement (Repayment of Revolving Credit Loans) is amended by deleting the last sentence thereof and substituting the following therefor:

 

“Without limitation of the foregoing, the Borrower shall repay the Revolving Credit Loans on each of April 1, 2024, July 1, 2024, October 1, 2024, January 1, 2025, April 1, 2025, July 1, 2025, October 1, 2025, January 1, 2026, April 1, 2026 and July 1, 2026 in an amount equal to the difference, if greater than zero, of the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Revolving Credit Loans at such time minus the amount of the Aggregate Revolving Credit Maximum Amount at such time.”

 

(c)           Schedule 4.18 of the Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the same and substituting the attached Schedule 4.18 therefor.

 

(d)           Schedule 7.2 of the Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the same and substituting the attached Schedule 7.2 therefor.

 

(e)           Schedule 7.3 of the Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the same and substituting the attached Schedule 7.3 therefor.

 

 

(f)            Except as amended herein, all other provisions of the Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall remain in full force and effect and are hereby ratified and confirmed.

 

3.             Each Lender and the Borrower agree that as of November 8, 2024, the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Revolving Credit Loans as evidenced by Revolving Credit Notes is $17,640,000.08.

 

4.             The Borrower hereby represents and warrants to each Lender that:

 

(a)           Each and every of the representations and warranties set forth in the Agreement is true as of the date hereof and with the same effect as though made on the date hereof and is hereby incorporated herein in full by reference as if fully restated herein in its entirety.

 

(b)           No Default or Event of Default and no event or condition which, with the giving of notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute a Default or Event of Default, now exists or would exist after giving effect hereto.

 

(c)           There are no defenses or offsets to the Borrower’s obligations under the Agreement, the Notes or the other Loan Documents or any of the other agreements in favor of the Lenders referred to in the Agreement.

 

(d)           The WHEREAS clauses set forth hereinabove are true and correct.

 

5.             It is expressly understood and agreed that all collateral security for the Loans and other extensions of credit set forth in the Agreement prior to the amendment provided for herein is and shall continue to be collateral security for the Loans, obligations and other extensions of credit provided in the Agreement (as herein amended) and the other Loan Documents.

 

6.             The amendments set forth herein are limited precisely as written, based on the facts specified, and shall not be deemed to (a) be a consent with respect to or a waiver of any term or condition of the Agreement, the other Loan Documents or any of the documents referred to therein, or (b) prejudice any right or rights which either Lender may now have or may have in the future under or in connection with the Agreement, the other Loan Documents or any documents referred to therein. Whenever the Agreement is referred to in this Amendment, the other Loan Documents or any of the instruments, agreements or other documents or papers executed and delivered in connection therewith, it shall be deemed to mean the Agreement as modified by this Amendment.

 

7.             The Borrower agrees to pay on demand, and the Agent may charge any deposit or loan accounts of the Borrower, all expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) incurred by the Lenders in connection with the negotiation and preparation of this Amendment and all instruments, agreements and other documents executed or delivered in connection herewith.

 

8.             In consideration of the accommodations provided by the Agent and the Lenders under this Amendment, the Borrower and the Guarantors (by virtue of their undersigned consent), on behalf of themselves and for each of their direct and indirect Affiliates, successors, predecessors and assigns, and their present and former legal representatives, employees, agents, and attorneys, and their trustees, successors and assigns (collectively, the “Releasors”), hereby knowingly, voluntarily, intentionally, unconditionally and irrevocably waive, release and forever discharge (the “Release”) the Agent and the Lenders and the Agent and the Lenders’ Affiliates and subsidiaries (collectively, the “Lender Parties”) from and against any and all rights, claims, counterclaims, demands, suits, actions or causes of action against the Agent or either Lender or the other Lender Parties, whether known or unknown, contingent or absolute, liquidated or unliquidated or otherwise, arising out of the Agent or the Lenders’ or the other Lender Parties’ actions or inactions in connection with the Loans prior to the execution and delivery of this Amendment prior to the execution and delivery of this Amendment, as well as any and all rights of setoff, defenses, claims, counterclaims, demands, suits, actions, and causes of action, in each case in connection with the Loans prior to the execution and delivery of this Amendment, and any other bar to the enforcement of the Agreement, the Notes or any of the other Loan Documents which shall have accrued prior to the execution and delivery of this Amendment. In any litigation arising from or related to an alleged breach of the Release, the Release may be pleaded as a defense, counterclaim or cross claim and shall be admissible into evidence without foundation testimony whatsoever. The Releasors expressly covenant and agree that the Release shall be binding in all respects upon their respective successors, assigns and transferees including, without limitation, any trustee in bankruptcy, and shall inure to the benefit of the successors and assigns of the Agent, the Lenders and the other Lender Parties.

 

 

9.             If any of the Borrower or the Guarantors shall (a) file with any bankruptcy or similar court or be the subject of any petition under any Debtor Relief Law; (b) be the subject of an order for relief under any Debtor Relief Law; (c) file or be the subject of a petition seeking any reorganization, arrangement, composition, readjustment, liquidation, dissolution, or similar relief under any present or future Debtor Relief Law; (d) seek, consent to or acquiesce in the appointment of a trustee, receiver, conservator or liquidator; or (e) be the subject of an order, judgment or decree entered by a court of competent jurisdiction approving a petition filed against any of the Borrower or the Guarantors for any reorganization, arrangement, composition, readjustment, liquidation, dissolution, or similar relief under any present or future Debtor Relief Law, then the Agent shall thereupon be entitled to relief from any automatic stay imposed by Section 362 of the United States Bankruptcy Code or from any other stay or suspension of remedies of the rights and remedies otherwise available to the Agent under the Agreement or any other Loan Documents, and each of the Borrower and the Guarantors specifically acknowledges that “cause” exists for such relief within the meaning of Section 362(d) of the United States Bankruptcy Code and agrees not to oppose any motion by the Agent for relief from the automatic stay imposed by Section 362.

 

10.           This Amendment shall become effective on such date as all of the following conditions shall be satisfied retroactive to the date set forth in the first paragraph hereof (the “Effective Date”):

 

(a)           Loan Documents. The Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts of this Amendment (inclusive of all exhibits, and attachments), executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of the Borrower and the Guarantors, with a counterpart or a conformed copy for each Lender.

 

(b)           Secretary’s Certificate of the Borrower. The Administrative Agent shall have received, with a counterpart for each Lender, a certificate, dated as of the Effective Date, executed by the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of the Borrower certifying (i) a copy of the resolutions, in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, of the Board of Directors of the Borrower authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment and (ii) the incumbency and signature of the officers of the Borrower executing this Amendment and any other Loan Document, which certificate shall be in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and shall state that the resolutions thereby certified have not been amended, modified, revoked or rescinded.

 

 

(c)           Secretary’s Certificates of the Guarantors. The Administrative Agent shall have received, with a counterpart for each Lender, a certificate, dated as of the Effective Date, executed by the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of each Guarantor certifying (i) a copy of the resolutions, in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, of the Board of Directors of such Guarantor authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment and (ii) the incumbency and signature of the officers of such Guarantor executing this Amendment and any other Loan Document, which certificate shall be in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and shall state that the resolutions thereby certified have not been amended, modified, revoked or rescinded.

 

(d)           Fees. The Lenders shall have received all invoiced fees, costs, expenses and compensation required to be paid on the Effective Date (including reimbursement for or direct payment of the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of legal counsel to the Arranger, the Agent and the Lenders).

 

(e)           Consents, Licenses and Approvals. All governmental and material third party approvals necessary in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents shall have been obtained and be in full force and effect or shall continue to be in full force and effect.

 

(f)            Litigation. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.6 of the Agreement, there shall be no litigation or administrative proceeding or proposed or pending regulatory changes in law or regulations applicable to the Borrower or its Subsidiaries, which, if adversely determined could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or a material adverse effect on the ability of the parties to consummate the execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents and the Borrowings hereunder.

 

(g)           Indebtedness. As of the Effective Date, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall not have outstanding Indebtedness for borrowed money or preferred stock other than (i) Indebtedness under the Loan Documents, (ii) Indebtedness permitted under the Agreement, and Indebtedness as set forth on Schedule 7.2 of the Agreement.

 

(h)           Documentation. The Lenders shall have received such other documents and other instruments or certificates as they may reasonably request.

 

(i)            Material Adverse Effect. Since June 30, 2022, there has been no development or event which has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(j)            Execution by Lenders. This Amendment shall have been executed and delivered by each Lender hereunder.

 

 

11.           If on or before December 31, 2025 the Borrower shall not have delivered to the Administrative Agent a commitment letter from one or more banks acceptable to the Lenders providing for the refinancing in full of the Obligations on terms and conditions (including, without limitations, conditions to effectiveness) acceptable to the Lenders, in each case in their reasonable discretion, the Borrower shall pay to the Lenders (pro rata), on or before January 31, 2026, an amount equal to 2% of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Revolving Credit Loans as of December 31, 2025, which shall be deemed fully earned and non-refundable as of December 31, 2025, of which (a) 50% shall be applied to reduce the aggregate then-outstanding principal amount of the Revolving Credit Loans and (b) 50% shall be retained by the Lenders as an amendment fee with respect to this Amendment.

 

12.           This Amendment is dated as of the date set forth in the first paragraph hereof and shall be effective (after satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 10 above) on the date of execution by the Agent and the Lenders, retroactive to such date.

 

13.           This Amendment shall be governed by, and construed and interpreted in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.

 

14.           This Amendment may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original, and each of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Amendment by PDF or other electronic means shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed original counterpart hereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrower and Guarantors shall execute and deliver four (4) original counterparts of this Amendment to the Administrative Agent on or about the Effective Date.

 

[Signature Page to Follow]

 

 

SIGNATURE PAGE

 

Fourteenth Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed and delivered by their respective duly authorized officers as of the date first above written.

 

	CPI AEROSTRUCTURES, INC., as Borrower
	By:	/s/ Philip Passarello
		Philip Passarello
		Chief Financial Officer

 

	BANKUNITED, N.A., as Arranger, Agent and a Lender
	By:	/s/ Brian McGahee
		Brian McGahee
		Senior Vice President

 

	BANKUNITED, N.A., as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent
	By:	/s/ Brian McGahee
		Brian McGahee
		Senior Vice President

 

	DIME COMMUNITY BANK, as a Lender
	By:	/s/ JoAnn Bello
		Name: JoAnn Bello
		Title: Senior Vice President

 

Signature Page to Fourteenth Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement

 

 

Each of the Guarantors indicated below hereby consent to this Amendment and acknowledge its continuing liability under its respective Guaranty with respect to the Agreement, as amended hereby, including (without limitation) the Loan Documents executed in connection with the Obligations and all other documents, instruments and agreements executed pursuant thereto or in connection therewith, without offset, defense of counterclaim, any such offset, defense or counterclaim as may exist being hereby irrevocably waived by each Guarantor.

 

	GUARANTORS:
	WELDING METALLURGY, INC.
	By:	/s/ Philip Passarello
		Philip Passarello
		Chief Financial Officer

 

	COMPAC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
	By:	/s/ Philip Passarello
		Philip Passarello
		Chief Financial Officer

 

Guarantor Consent to Fourteenth Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement

 

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