HVIDE MARINE INC
10-Q, EX-1, 2000-11-14
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                              SECOND AMENDMENT


         SECOND  AMENDMENT (this  "Amendment"),  dated as of June 29, 2000 among
HVIDE MARINE INCORPORATED, a corporation existing under the laws of Delaware, as
borrower  (the  "Borrower"),  the  financial  institutions  party to the  Credit
Agreement  referred to below (the "Lenders") and Bankers Trust Company ("BTCo"),
as administrative  agent (in such capacity,  the  "Administrative  Agent").  All
capitalized  terms used herein and not otherwise  defined  herein shall have the
respective  meanings  provided  such terms in the Credit  Agreement  referred to
below.


                          W I T N E S S E T H:
                          - - - - - - - - - -

         WHEREAS,  the Borrower,  the Lenders and the  Administrative  Agent are
parties to a Credit Agreement, dated as of December 15, 1999 among the Borrower,
the Administrative Agent, the Lenders,  Deutsche Bank Securities,  Inc., as lead
arranger and book manager,  MeesPierson  Capital Corp., as syndication agent and
co-arranger,  GMAC  Commercial  Credit and Merrill Lynch & Co.,  Merrill  Lynch,
Pierce,  Fenner & Smith  Incorporated  as  co-documentation  agents (the "Credit
Agreement");

         WHEREAS,  the  Borrower  has  requested  an  amendment  to  the  Credit
Agreement; and

         WHEREAS,  subject to the terms and  conditions of this  Amendment,  the
Lenders are willing to grant such amendment.

         NOW, THEREFORE, it is agreed:

         1. Section  4.02(A)(g)  of the Credit  Agreement  is hereby  amended by
deleting the text appearing  therein in its entirety and inserting the following
new sub-clause (g) in lieu thereof:

         "(g)  In addition to any other  mandatory  repayments  pursuant to this
               Section 4.02,  on each date after the  Effective  Date upon which
               the Borrower or any of its  Subsidiaries  receives  proceeds from
               the  disposition  of assets,  an amount  equal to 100% of the Net
               Sale  Proceeds from such  disposition  of any assets (other than,
               except with  respect to Permitted  Asset  Sales,  (i) the sale or
               other disposition of the Lightship Tanker Entities as provided in
               Section 8.02(xiii), provided that the Lenders receive 100% of the
               first -------- $15,000,000, 50% of the next $10,000,000, and 100%
               of any proceeds in excess thereof,  of the proceeds of such sale,
               (ii) such  dispositions  the Net Sale  Proceeds of which are less
               than $100,000 per disposition,  (iii)  dispositions which are not
               excluded  under  clause (i) and (ii),  the Net Sale  Proceeds  of
               which not to exceed $5 million in any fiscal year of the Borrower
               and (iv) dispositions permitted under Section 8.02(ii), (iv), (v)
               and (viii)) of the Borrower or any of its  Subsidiaries  shall be
               applied contemporaneously with the closing of such disposition to
               repay  the   outstanding   Term  Loans  in  accordance  with  the
               requirements of Section 4.02(B)(b);"



         2.  Section  8.02(x)  is  hereby  amended  by  (i)  deleting  the  text
"Permitted  Scheduled Asset Sales" appearing therein and (ii) inserting the text
"Permitted Asset Sales" in lieu thereof.

         3. Section 8.02 of the Credit  Agreement is hereby  further  amended by
(i) deleting the text "and"  appearing at the end of sub-clause  (xii) appearing
therein and  inserting a semi-colon  in lieu  thereof,  (ii) deleting the period
appearing at the end of sub-clause  (xiii)  appearing  therein and inserting the
text "; and" in lieu  thereof and (iii)  inserting  immediately  thereafter  the
following new sub-clause (xiv):

         "(xiv)  sale  or  disposition  of any  assets,  in form  and  substance
satisfactory to the  Administrative  Agent, to the extent that the aggregate Net
Sales Proceeds  received from all such sales and dispositions  permitted by this
sub-clause (xiv) shall not exceed $20 million;  provided that (i) each such sale
shall be for an amount  at least  equal to the fair  market  value  thereof  (as
determined  in good faith by the Board of Directors or senior  management of the
Borrower),  (ii) at least 100% of the  consideration  therefor shall be in cash,
(iii) the proceeds thereof shall be applied as required under Section 4.02(A)(g)
and (iv) the prior written approval of the Administrative  Agent shall have been
obtained  for each such sale  (such  sales,  the  "Approval  Asset  Sales"  and,
together  with  the  Permitted  Scheduled  Asset  Sales,  the  "Permitted  Asset
Sales")."

         4.  Section  8.08 of the  Credit  Agreement  is hereby  amended  by (i)
deleting the text "June 30,  2000"  appearing in  sub-clause  (b)(ii)  appearing
therein and (ii) inserting the text "July 17, 2000" in lieu thereof.

         5. Section 10 of the Credit  Agreement  is hereby  amended by inserting
the following new definitions in the appropriate alphabetical locations:

         " `Approval  Asset  Sales'  shall have the meaning  provided in Section
8.02 (xiv)."

         " `Permitted  Asset  Sales' shall have the meaning  provided in Section
8.02 (xiv)."

         6.  Schedule X of the Credit  Agreement is hereby  amended by inserting
the following text at the end of said schedule:

                  "Seabulk Red Tern1

                  Seabulk Evangeline

                  Sun State No. 1

                  Sun State No. 3

                  Sun State No. 6

                  Reliant

                  Mobile Power

                  Mobile Point

                  Trooper

                  Condor

                  Hawk

                  Eagle II"



         7. The Borrower  hereby  represents and warrants that (x) no Default or
Event of  Default  exists on the Second  Amendment  Effective  Date (as  defined
below),  both before and after giving effect to this  Amendment,  and (y) all of
the  representations  and  warranties  contained in the Credit  Agreement or the
other Credit  Documents are true and correct in all material  respects on and as
of the Second  Amendment  Effective Date, both before and after giving effect to
this  Amendment,  with  the same  effect  as  though  such  representations  and
warranties  had been made on and as of such date (it being  understood  that any
representation  or warranty made as of a specific date shall be true and correct
in all material respects as of such specific date).

         8. This  Amendment is limited as specified  and shall not  constitute a
modification,  acceptance  or  waiver  of any  other  provision  of  the  Credit
Agreement or any other Credit Document. All capitalized terms not defined herein
shall have the meaning given to them in the Credit Agreement.

         9. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts  and by
the  different   parties  hereto  on  separate   counterparts,   each  of  which
counterparts when executed and delivered shall be an original,  but all of which
shall  together  constitute  one and the  same  instrument.  A  complete  set of
counterparts shall be lodged with the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.

         10.  THIS  AMENDMENT  AND THE RIGHTS  AND  OBLIGATIONS  OF THE  PARTIES
HEREUNDER  SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE  WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAW OF THE
STATE OF NEW YORK.

         11. This  Amendment  shall  become  effective  on the date (the "Second
Amendment  Effective  Date") when each of the Borrower and the Required  Lenders
shall have signed a copy hereof  (whether the same or different  copies) and, in
each case, shall have delivered (including by way of telecopier) the same to the
Administrative Agent at the Notice Office.

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                  IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  each of the parties  hereto has caused a
counterpart  of this  Amendment to be duly executed and delivered as of the date
first above written.


                            HVIDE MARINE INCORPORATED



                             By________________________________
                                 Name:
                             Title:

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                             BANKERS TRUST COMPANY,
                                Individually and as Administrative Agent


                             By________________________________
                                 Name:
                                Title:

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                            FORTIS CAPITAL CORP.
                            (f/k/a MEES PIERSON CAPITAL CORP.)



                            By________________________________
                                Name:
                               Title:

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                           MERRILL LYNCH CAPITAL CORPORATION



                            By________________________________
                              Name:
                              Title:

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                       GMAC COMMERICAL CREDIT



                       By________________________________
                           Name:
                          Title:

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                       NATIONAL WESTMINSTER BANK PLC

                          By: NatWest Capital Markets Limited, its Agent

                               By: Greenwich Capital Markets, Inc., its Agent


                               By________________________________
                               Name:
                               Title:

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                          PROVIDENT BANK




                           By________________________________
                               Name:
                              Title:

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                          OFFITBANK




                          By________________________________
                              Name:
                             Title:


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