UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Schedule 13D
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. 7)*
First Financial Fund, Inc.
(Name of Issuer)
Common Stock
(Title of Class of Securities)
320228 10 9
(CUSIP Number)
Stephen C. Miller, Esq.
Krassa, Madsen & Miller, LLC
1680 38th Street, Suite 800
Boulder, Colorado 80301
(303) 444-5483
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to
Receive Notices and Communications)
February 11, 2000
(Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement)
If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G
to report the acquisition which is the subject of this Schedule 13D,
and is filing this schedule because of ss.ss.240.13d-1(e), 240.13d-
1(f) or 240.13d-1(g), check the following box. 0
Note: Schedules filed in paper format shall include a signed
original and five copies of the schedule, including all exhibits.
See ss.240.13d-7 for other parties to whom copies are to be sent.
* The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a
reporting person's initial filing on this form with respect to the
subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment
containing information which would alter disclosures provided in a
prior cover page.
The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall
not be deemed to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Act") or otherwise subject to the
liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all
other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).
CUSIP No. 320228 10 9
1. Names of Reporting Persons.
I.R.S. Identification Nos. of above persons (entities only)
Ernest Horejsi Trust No. 1B
2. Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See
Instructions)
(A)
(B)
3. SEC Use Only
4. Source of Funds (See Instructions) WC OO
5. Check if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings is Required Pursuant
to Items 2(d) or 2(e)
6. Citizenship or Place of Organization Kansas
Number of 7. Sole Voting Power 1,795,100
Shares Bene-
ficially 8. Shares Voting Power
Owned by Each
Reporting 9. Sole Dispositive Power 1,795,100
Person With
10. Shared Dispositive Power
11. Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person
1,795,100
12. Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain
Shares (See Instructions)
13. Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (11)
7.29%
14. Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions)
OO
CUSIP No. 320228 10 9
1. Names of Reporting Persons.
I.R.S. Identification Nos. of above persons (entities only)
Lola Brown Trust No. 1B
2. Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See
Instructions)
(A)
(B)
3. SEC Use Only
4. Source of Funds (See Instructions) WC OO
5. Check if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings is Required Pursuant
to Items 2(d) or 2(e)
6. Citizenship or Place of Organization Kansas
Number of 7. Sole Voting Power 1,922,200
Shares Bene-
ficially 8. Shares Voting Power
Owned by Each
Reporting 9. Sole Dispositive Power 1,922,200
Person With
10. Shared Dispositive Power
11. Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person
1,922,200
12. Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain
Shares (See Instructions)
13. Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (11)
7.81%
14. Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions)
OO
CUSIP No. 320228 10 9
1. Names of Reporting Persons.
I.R.S. Identification Nos. of above persons (entities only)
Mildred B. Horejsi Trust
2. Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See
Instructions)
(A)
(B)
3. SEC Use Only
4. Source of Funds (See Instructions) WC OO
5. Check if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings is Required Pursuant
to Items 2(d) or 2(e)
6. Citizenship or Place of Organization New York
Number of 7. Sole Voting Power 863,400
Shares Bene-
ficially 8. Shares Voting Power
Owned by Each
Reporting 9. Sole Dispositive Power 863,400
Person With
10. Shared Dispositive Power
11. Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person
863,400
12. Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain
Shares (See Instructions)
13. Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (11)
3.51%
14. Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions)
OO
CUSIP No. 320228 10 9
1. Names of Reporting Persons.
I.R.S. Identification Nos. of above persons (entities only)
Stewart R. Horejsi
2. Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See
Instructions)
(A)
(B)
3. SEC Use Only
4. Source of Funds (See Instructions) Not applicable
5. Check if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings is Required Pursuant
to Items 2(d) or 2(e)
6. Citizenship or Place of Organization United States
Number of 7. Sole Voting Power 0
Shares Bene-
ficially 8. Shares Voting Power 0
Owned by Each
Reporting 9. Sole Dispositive Power 0
Person With
10. Shared Dispositive Power 0
11. Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person
0
12. Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain
Shares (See Instructions) X
13. Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (11)
0%
14. Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions)
IN
Amendment No. 7 to Statement on Schedule 13D
This amended statement on Schedule 13D relates to the
Common Stock, $.001 par value per share (the "Shares"), of
First Financial Fund, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the
"Company"). Items 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 of this statement,
previously filed by the Ernest Horejsi Trust No. 1B (the
"Trust"), the Lola Brown Trust No. 1B (the "Brown Trust") and
the Mildred B. Horejsi Trust (the "Mildred Trust"), as the
direct beneficial owner of Shares, and Stewart R. Horejsi, by
virtue of the relationships described previously in this
statement, are hereby amended as set forth below.
Item 3. Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration.
No change except for the addition of the following:
The total amount of funds required by the Mildred Trust to
purchase the Shares as reported in Item 5(c) was $3,080,308.52.
Such funds were provided by the Mildred Trust's cash on hand, from
margin borrowings under a cash management account maintained by the
Mildred Trust with Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
Incorporated and from intertrust advances from affiliated trusts
under the Cash Management Agreement described in Item 6 below.
Item 4. Purpose of Transaction.
No change except for the addition of the following:
The Mildred Trust acquired the Shares described in Item 5(c)
of this statement in order to increase its equity interest in the
Company. Depending upon their evaluation of the Company's
investments and prospects, and upon future developments (including,
but not limited to, performance of the Shares in the market, the
effective yield on the Shares, availability of funds, alternative
uses of funds, and money, stock market and general economic
conditions), any of the Reporting Persons or other entities that may
be deemed to be affiliated with the Reporting Persons may from time
to time purchase Shares, and any of the Reporting Persons or other
entities that may be deemed to be affiliated with the Reporting
Persons may from time to time dispose of all or a portion of the
Shares held by such person, or cease buying or selling Shares. Any
such additional purchases or sales of the Shares may be in open
market or privately-negotiated transactions or otherwise.
Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer.
No change except for the addition of the following:
(a) As reported in its Semi-Annual Report dated November 3,
1999, for the period ending September 30, 1999, and filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on December 9, 1999, the Company
purchased 436,200 Shares which resulted in a reduction of the
Shares outstanding as of September 30, 1999, to 24,628,781 Shares
(the "Outstanding Shares"). The Trust is the direct beneficial
owner of 1,795,100 Shares, or approximately 7.29% of the Outstanding
Shares. The Brown Trust is the direct beneficial owner of 1,922,200
Shares, or approximately 7.81% of the Outstanding Shares. The
Mildred Trust is the direct beneficial owner of 863,400 Shares, or
approximately 3.51% of the Outstanding Shares.
By virtue of the relationships reported in this statement, Mr.
Horejsi may be deemed to share indirect beneficial ownership of the
Shares directly beneficially owned by the Trust, the Brown Trust and
the Mildred Trust. Mr. Horejsi disclaims all such beneficial
ownership.
(c) The table below sets forth purchases of the Shares by the
Mildred Trust since February 4, 2000. Such purchases were effected
by the Mildred Trust on the New York Stock Exchange.
Date
Amount of Shares
Approximate Price
Per Share
(exclusive of commissions)
02/04/00
15000
$8.0000
02/04/00
11400
$7.9375
02/04/00
10000
$8.0000
02/04/00
5000
$7.9375
02/07/00
13400
$7.9375
02/07/00
10000
$8.0000
02/07/00
10000
$7.9375
02/08/00
15000
$8.0625
02/08/00
12000
$8.0625
02/08/00
12000
$8.0000
02/08/00
10000
$8.0000
02/08/00
10000
$8.0000
02/08/00
10000
$8.0000
02/08/00
4000
$7.9375
02/08/00
300
$8.0000
02/09/00
4200
$8.0000
02/09/00
2600
$7.9375
02/10/00
45000
$8.0000
02/10/00
18400
$7.9375
02/10/00
6200
$7.9375
02/11/00
20000
$7.9375
02/11/00
12000
$7.9375
02/11/00
9300
$7.8750
02/14/00
20700
$7.8750
02/15/00
25100
$7.8750
02/16/00
14600
$7.8750
02/16/00
7300
$7.8125
02/17/00
50000
$7.8750
02/17/00
3400
$7.8750
Item 6. Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or
Relationships With Respect to Securities of the Issuer.
The Mildred Trust is a party to a Cash Management
Agreement pursuant to which the Mildred Trust participates in
intertrust advances with affiliated trusts. Interest under this
agreement is charged to participants with deficit balances at the
Short-term, Annual Applicable Federal Rate and is payable
monthly. As of February 17, 2000, the Mildred Trust had an
approximate $1,375,046.91 deficit balance under this agreement.
The foregoing summary of the Cash Management Agreement is
qualified in its entirety by reference to the attached Exhibit 4,
which is incorporated in this statement by reference.
Item 7. Material to Be Filed as Exhibits
Exhibit 4: Cash Management Agreement dated December
15, 1997.
Signature
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and
belief, I certify that the information set forth in this
statement is true, complete and correct.
Date: February 18, 2000
/s/ Stewart R. Horejsi
Stewart R. Horejsi
/s/ Stephen C. Miller
Stephen C. Miller, as Vice
President of Badlands Trust
Company, trustee of the Ernest
Horejsi Trust No. 1B, the Lola
Brown Trust No. 1B and the Mildred
B. Horejsi Trust.
Exhibit 4
CASH MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT
THIS CASH MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT (this "Agreement") is made
as of this 15th day of December, 1997, by and among:
THE BADLANDS TRUST COMPANY, a South Dakota trust company (the
"Manager");
and
LOLA BROWN TRUST NO. 1B; ERNEST HOREJSI TRUST NO. 1B; MILDRED
HOREJSI TRUST; STEWART R. HOREJSI TRUST NO. 2; SUSAN L. HOREJSI
TRUST NO.3; JOHN S. HOREJSI TRUST NO.3; STEWART WEST INDIES TRUST;
and THE EVERGREEN TRUST (collectively and individually referred to
herein as the "Participants").
RECITALS
A. The Manager is the "administrative trustee" for
each of the Participants.
B. The Manager has established and holds various trust
accounts at Norwest Bank located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota which
accounts are intended to fund the day-to-day activities of trustee
on behalf of the Participants. Norwest Bank or such other bank with
whom the Participants may chose to place their funds is referred to
herein as the "Bank".
C. Each of the Participants holds an operating account
("Operating Account") at the Bank.
D. The Participants have determined that it is in
their best administrative and economic interests to jointly
administer their aggregate cash resources and cash needs by treating
the aggregate of their Operating Accounts as a single cash
management fund. Because this is a typical business request of the
Bank's customers who have affiliated entities, the Bank has
established an internal accounting system to administer such
treatment (i.e., zero balance accounts). The Bank has agreed to
treat the aggregate of the Operating Accounts as a single account
having the Account Number 0835015877 (the "Cash Management Account"
or the "CMA").
E. Notwithstanding the foregoing recital, Participants
do not intend to use, and will not use, the Cash Management Account
as a common or jointly held checking account from which they will
conduct individual day-to-day business affairs (i.e., drawing checks
on the CMA to pay for services, materials or invoices attributable
to such Participant). Instead, the Participants will conduct their
business out of their respective Operating Accounts, and the Cash
Management Account will be a jointly funded pool of cash reserves
from which any Participant may draw in order to fund cash deficits
in their respective Operating Accounts (i.e., similar to an
overdraft-protection line-of-credit).
F. It is anticipated that, at any given time, because
of day-to-day varying cash needs or resources, any Participant may
have a positive, negative or zero cash balance with respect to the
Cash Management Account. In this regard, the Participants intend
that negative balance Operating Accounts will constitute debts owed
by the respective Participants to the Cash Management Account on
which interest will be due and payable. Similarly, positive
balance Operating Accounts will be treated as a receivable to the
respective Participant from the Cash Management Account, on which
interest will be due and payable.
G. It is anticipated that some Participants will
primarily act as Lenders (as defined below), expecting compensation
in the form of the Prorata Interest Payments (as defined below) for
their cash surpluses within the Cash Management Account, and others
will primarily act as Borrowers (as defined below), expecting to pay
the Prorata Interest Charge in exchange for the use of the cash
surpluses within the Cash Management Account. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, expectations (i.e., a Participant acting primarily as a
Lender or Borrower) may change from time to time depending on the
respective business goals of the Participants.
H. The Participants wish to memorialize their
agreement with respect to their rights and obligations in
participating in the Cash Management Account.
COVENANTS
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises
contained herein, to induce the Participants to fund and participate
in the Cash Management Account, and for other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, the Participants hereto agree as follows:
1. Definitions.
(a) "Manager" shall mean that person who keeps the
books and records and does the end of month reporting to the Bank.
Initially, the Manager shall be The Badlands Trust Company.
(b) "Accounting Period" shall mean any calendar
month during which the Interest Rate is assessed against deficits
within the Cash Management Account and, for the purpose of
calculating the Total Interest Charge, shall include the actual
number of days within such calendar month.
(c) "Daily Report" shall mean the report generated
by the Bank on the last day of any Accounting Period an example of
which is attached hereto as Exhibit A.
(d) "Daily Average" is the daily average account
balance for any Participant for the applicable Accounting Period as
set forth on the Daily Report.
(e) "Borrower" shall mean any Participant whose
Operating Account has a negative Daily Average.
(f) "Lender" shall mean any Participant whose
Operating Account has a positive Daily Average.
(g) "Interest Rate" shall mean the daily interest
rate charged to Borrowers under the terms of this Agreement, which
interest rate shall be: the Short-Term, Annual Applicable Federal
Rate as advertised by the Internal Revenue Service from time to time
for the particular Accounting Period to which the rate is to be
applied divided by 365.
(h) "Daily Surplus" shall mean a positive Daily
Average.
(i) "Daily Deficit" shall mean a negative Daily
Average.
(j) "Total Daily Surplus" means the total of all
Daily Surpluses.
(k) "Total Daily Deficit" means the total of all
Daily Deficits.
(l) "Percent of Surplus" means the percentage of
Total Daily Surplus attributable to a particular Participant
calculated as follows: Participant's Daily Surplus divided by Total
Daily Surplus.
(m) "Prorata Interest Payment" is that amount of
interest payable to a particular Lender under Section 3(b).
(n) "Prorata Interest Charge" is that amount of
interest charged to a particular Borrower under Section 3(a).
(o) "Total Interest Charge" is the total of all
interest charged to all Borrowers during an Accounting Period and is
calculated as follows: Total Daily Deficit times the Interest Rate
times the actual number of days in the applicable Accounting Period.
2. Mutual Agreement to Fund Cash Management Account.
Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, each
Participant agrees to fund their respective Operating Accounts as
necessary to maintain a net surplus balance within the Cash
Management Account. Notwithstanding the foregoing, it is understood
that initially, and from time to time, several of the Participants
will act primarily as Lenders (e.g., initially, Lola Brown Trust No.
1B, Ernest Horejsi Trust No. 1B, and Stewart R. Horejsi Trust No.2)
in exchange for which they will receive a Prorata Interest Payment.
Similarly, initially and from time to time, several of the
Participants will act primarily as Borrowers (e.g., initially,
Mildred Horejsi Trust) in consideration for which they will pay a
Prorata Interest Charge.
3. Calculation of Prorata Interest. Prorata Interest
Payments and Prorata Interest Charges shall be calculated as
follows:
(a) Prorata Interest Charges. Borrowers shall be
charged interest monthly in an amount equal to: the Interest Rate
times their respective Daily Deficit times the number of days in
the Accounting Period.
(b) Prorata Interest Payments. Lenders shall be
credited interest payments monthly in an amount equal to the Percent
of Surplus attributable to such Lender times the Total Interest
Charge.
Promptly after the end of each Accounting Period, the Manager shall
calculate all Prorata Interest Charges and Prorata Interest Payments
and report the same to the Bank who will make corresponding credits
and debits to the respective Operating Accounts. Upon request from
any Participant, the Manager shall provide a copy of any memoranda
of such credits and debits.
4. Term. The term of this Agreement shall begin on
the date hereof and shall end, unless otherwise extended or
terminated as provided herein, on that date which is five (5) years
following the date of this Agreement set forth in the Introductory
Paragraph (the "Initial Term"). However, this Agreement shall
automatically renew and shall remain in force for additional twelve-
month periods (each an "Extended Term") unless written notice of
termination is given by the terminating party to the others, not
less than one-hundred twenty (120) days before the expiration of the
Initial Term or the respective Extended Term.
5. This Agreement Constitutes Commercial Paper. Each
Participant's execution of this Agreement constitutes a promise to
pay all amounts advanced on behalf of such Participant hereunder,
shall be deemed "commercial paper" under Article 3 of the Uniform
Commercial Code (the "UCC"), and shall be enforceable under the
terms and conditions set forth herein and under the provisions of
the UCC. This Agreement shall constitute a "note" as such term is
defined in Section 3-104 of the UCC as adopted in the State of South
Dakota and shall be enforceable as a "promissory note" under the
civil and common laws of the State of South Dakota.
6. Termination. Any Participant may terminate its
participation in the Cash Management Account and its obligations
under this Agreement (a "Terminating Participant") by giving thirty
(30) days prior written notice to the other Participants of its
intent to terminate its participation hereunder. Such termination
shall not affect the non-terminating Participants' rights and
obligations hereunder and this Agreement shall continue in full
force and effect with respect to such non-terminating Participants.
Immediately upon the effective date of a termination under this
Section, the following provisions shall apply depending on whether
the Terminating Participant has a positive or negative balance in
the Cash Management Account:
(a) Positive Balance. If, upon such termination,
the Terminating Participant has a positive balance in the Cash
Management Account (i.e., a "Lender"), the Terminating Participant
shall be entitled to withdraw the entire amount of such positive
balance, plus interest thereon as provided herein, such that its
respective Operating Account has a zero dollar ($0.00) balance
immediately after such withdrawal. In such event, the remaining
Participants shall immediately replenish the Cash Management Account
as necessary to avoid a net deficit balance therein. Thereafter,
the Manager shall arrange with the Bank for removal of the
Terminating Participant from its participation in the Cash
Management Account.
(b) Deficit Balance. If, upon such termination,
the Terminating Participant has a negative balance in the Cash
Management Account (i.e., a "Borrower"), the Terminating Participant
shall immediately fund the entire amount of such negative balance,
including any prorata interest due thereon, such that its respective
Operating Account has a zero dollar ($0.00) balance. Thereafter, the
Manager shall arrange with the Bank for removal of the Terminating
Participant from its participation in the Cash Management Account.
7. Demand Obligation. This Agreement shall constitute
a demand obligation pursuant to which any Borrower shall be
obligated, upon receipt of ten (10) days prior written notice from
any Lender, to replenish all or any portion of its Operating Account
so as to achieve a zero dollar ($0.00) balance or such lesser amount
so demanded by such Lender.
8. Default. Upon a Participant's default in payment
of any amounts due hereunder (i.e., upon a demand under Sections
6(b) or 7, the defaulting Participant shall be deemed in default
hereunder and, in addition to the other remedies provided herein or
at law, a default rate of interest equal to the Interest Rate plus
ten (10) percentage points shall be assessed against the entire
amount of any negative balance respecting such defaulting
Participant from the date of default until the default is cured.
9. Enforcement. Any Lender hereunder shall have
standing and the right to bring an action against a Borrower who is
in default hereunder. If any legal action is necessitated by a
default or violation of other terms and conditions hereunder, the
prevailing party shall be entitled to recover all reasonable costs
in enforcing its legal rights, including attorneys' fees and court
costs, from the defaulting party or parties. Upon enforcement of the
obligations hereunder (i.e., upon collection from a defaulting
Participant), the Lenders agree that any amounts collected, whether
through settlement or judgment, or whether such amounts constitute
the entire amount owed or any portion thereof, shall be allocated
among the Lenders on a pari passu basis in relation to the Lenders'
respective Percent of Surplus on the date the default occurs. If
any Participant comes into possession of any assets of a Borrower
who is in default hereunder, such party shall immediately and
without demand deliver and distribute such assets to the other
Lenders in accordance with this Section (i.e., on a pari passu
basis).
10. Prepayment. Any Borrower may, at any time, and
without any penalties or other assessments, replenish all or any
portion of its Operating Account so as to essentially prepay its
borrowings hereunder.
11. Notice under the UCC. If a Lender is required by
the UCC or any other applicable law to give notice to other Lenders
or Participants of intended disposition of any assets of Borrower,
such notice shall be given as provided in the Notices Section and
five (5) days' notice shall be deemed to be commercially reasonable.
12. No Partnership. Nothing contained in this
Agreement or otherwise inferred in the structure and operation of
the Cash Management Account is intended to create a partnership,
joint venture, common enterprise or other association among the
Participants, or in any way make any Participant a co-principal or
co-venturer with any other Participant with respect to other
endeavors in which such other Participant may be involved.
Furthermore, except as specifically provided herein, no Participant
shall have any rights to any funds deposited by any other
Participant and, under no circumstances shall any such funds be
considered to be "partnership property" as such term is defined in
Uniform Partnership Act or other similar statute in the State of
South Dakota. Any inferences to the contrary of the foregoing
statements are expressly negated.
13. Security Agreement and Financing Statement.
(a) Security Agreement. This Agreement shall
constitute a security agreement as contemplated under the Uniform
Commercial Code as adopted by the State of South Dakota ("UCC"). To
secure the payment and performance of the obligations hereunder
(i.e., repaying the respective deficit obligations as they occur
from time to time), each party hereunder grants, sells, conveys,
assigns, transfers and pledges unto the Agent (as defined below) a
first and prior security interest under the UCC in and to, and a
general first lien upon and right of set-off against, all of each
Participant's right, title and interest in and to the Cash
Management Account and their respective Operating Accounts. The
parties contemplate and agree that the security interest granted
hereunder shall cover all increases in the deficits contemplated
hereunder (i.e., future advances), notwithstanding a Participant's
paying down its respective deficit or becoming a Lender hereunder
(i.e., having a surplus).
(b) Appointment of Agent. For the purpose of this
Section, the Manager and Participants irrevocably appoint Horejsi
Inc., a South Dakota corporation and an affiliate of the
Participants ("the "Agent"), to be their agent for the purpose of
enforcing their respective rights under Article 9 of the UCC. Agent
shall be deemed as acting on behalf of, and shall be an agent for,
each Participant who, from time to time, acts as a Lender hereunder;
each such Lender shall be deemed a "secured party" under Article 9
of the UCC; and each Participant who, from time to time acts as a
Borrower hereunder, shall be deemed a "debor" under Article 9 of the
UCC.
(c) Financing Statement. Contemporaneously with
the execution and delivery of this Agreement, each Participant shall
deliver to the Agent a fully executed UCC-1 financing statement
pursuant to which each Participant acknowledges its grant of a
security interest. Upon such execution, such UCC-1 shall be filed
in the records of the Secretary of State of South Dakota.
(d) Remedies. Agent shall have all of the rights,
remedies and recourses with respect to the Cash Management Account
and the respective Operating Accounts as are afforded a secured
party by the UCC, which rights, remedies and recourses shall be in
addition to, and not in limitation of, the other rights, remedies
and recourses afforded to the Agent by the terms of this Agreement
and applicable law. Agent shall continuously hold the security
interest granted hereunder, pending full performance by each
Participant of their obligations hereunder.
14. Miscellaneous Provisions.
(a) Binding Agreement. This Agreement shall be
binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and
their respective successors and assigns.
(b) Survival. This Agreement shall continue in
force until all obligations and indebtedness of the Borrowers are
indefeasibly paid in full and satisfied.
(c) Governing Law. This Agreement is made in, and
shall be governed by, construed, and enforced in accordance with,
the laws of the State of South Dakota.
(d) Notices. All notices hereunder shall be
deemed given (i) when hand delivered against signed receipt, (ii)
when actually delivered by an overnight delivery service that
provides confirmation of delivery, or (iii) two business days after
the date mailed by U.S. first class certified mail, return receipt
requested, postage prepaid, addressed to the parties at the
addresses as the parties hereto may give notice to the others in
accordance with this Section.
(e) Recitals. The Recitals are a substantive part
of this Agreement.
(f) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed
in any number of counterparts.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this
Agreement to be executed as of the date first above written.
THE MANAGER:
BADLANDS TRUST COMPANY, a South Dakota
trust company
By: /s/ Stephen C. Miller
Stephen C. Miller
Its: Vice President
THE AGENT:
HOREJSI INC., a South Dakota
corporation
By: /s/ Ann M. Hartmann
Ann M. Hartmann
Its: President
PARTICIPANTS:
LOLA BROWN TRUST NO. 1B, a South
Dakota trust
By: THE BADLANDS TRUST COMPANY, a
South Dakota trust company, Trustee
By: /s/ Stephen C. Miller
Stephen C. Miller
Its: Vice President
By: /s/ Larry L. Dunlap, Trustee
Larry L. Dunlap, Trustee
By: /s/ Susan L. Ciciora, Trustee
Susan L. Ciciora, Trustee
ERNEST HOREJSI TRUST NO. 1B, a South
Dakota trust
By: THE BADLANDS TRUST COMPANY, a
South Dakota trust company, Trustee
By: /s/ Stephen C. Miller
Stephen C. Miller
Its: Vice President
By: /s/ Larry L. Dunlap, Trustee
Larry L. Dunlap, Trustee
By: /s/ Susan L. Ciciora, Trustee
Susan L. Ciciora, Trustee
MILDRED HOREJSI TRUST, a South Dakota
Trust
By: THE BADLANDS TRUST COMPANY, a
South Dakota trust company, Trustee
By: /s/ Stephen C. Miller
Stephen C. Miller
Its: Vice President
By: /s/ Joel Looney, Trustee
Joel Looney, Trustee
By: /s/ Susan L. Ciciora, Trustee
Susan L. Ciciora, Trustee
STEWART R. HOREJSI TRUST NO. 2, a
South Dakota Trust
By: THE BADLANDS TRUST COMPANY, a
South Dakota trust company, Trustee
By: /s/ Stephen C. Miller
Stephen C. Miller
Its: Vice President
By: /s/ Robert Ciciora, Trustee
Robert Ciciora, Trustee
By: /s/ Robert H. Kastner, Trustee
Robert H. Kastner, Trustee
SUSAN L. HOREJSI TRUST NO. 3, a South
Dakota Trust
By: THE BADLANDS TRUST COMPANY, a
South Dakota trust company, Trustee
By: /s/ Stephen C. Miller
Stephen C. Miller
Its: Vice President
By: /s/ Susan L. Ciciora, Trustee
Susan L. Ciciora, Trustee
By: _/s/ M. Frances Horejsi, Trustee
M. Frances Horejsi, Trustee
JOHN S. HOREJSI TRUST NO. 3, a South
Dakota Trust
By: THE BADLANDS TRUST COMPANY, a
South Dakota trust company, Trustee
By: /s/ Stephen C. Miller
Stephen C. Miller
Its: Vice President
By: /s/ John S. Horejsi, Trustee
John S. Horejsi, Trustee
By: /s/ M. Frances Horejsi, Trustee
M. Frances Horejsi, Trustee
THE EVERGREEN TRUST, a South Dakota
trust
By: THE BADLANDS TRUST COMPANY, a
South Dakota trust company, Trustee
By: /s/ Stephen C. Miller
Stephen C. Miller
Its: Vice President
By: /s/ Stephen C. Miller, Trustee
Stephen C. Miller, Trustee
By: /s/ Larry L. Dunlap, Trustee
Larry L. Dunlap, Trustee
STEWART WEST INDIES TRUST, a South
Dakota Trust
BY: THE BADLANDS TRUST COMPANY, a
South Dakota trust company
By: /s/ Stephen C. Miller
Stephen C. Miller
Its: Vice President
