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SECOND AMENDMENT TO FINANCING AGREEMENT
This Second Amendment to Financing Agreement (this
“Amendment”), dated as of
March 16, 2005, is entered into by and between VIEWSONIC CORPORATION, a
Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and
THE CIT GROUP/BUSINESS CREDIT, INC., a New York corporation, as the agent (the “Agent”)
for the lenders party to the Financing Agreement (defined below) from time to
time (the “Lenders”) and as a Lender.
RECITALS
A. The Company, the Agent and the Lenders
previously entered into that certain Financing Agreement dated as of December
18, 2001 (as amended, supplemented, restated and modified from time to time,
the “Financing Agreement”), pursuant to which the
Lenders provide loans and other financial accommodations to the Company from
time to time.
B. The Agent and the Lenders have agreed to amend
the Financing Agreement subject to the terms and conditions of this Amendment.
AGREEMENT
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, the
mutual covenants and agreements set forth below and other valuable
consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the
parties agree as follows:
1. Definitions. Capitalized terms used
herein, including in the Recitals hereto, and not otherwise defined herein have
the respective meanings set forth in the Financing Agreement.
2. Amendments. The Financing Agreement is
hereby amended as follows:
(a) The following defined terms are hereby added
to Section 1 of the Financing Agreement in alphabetical order:
Average Availability Test has the meaning given to it in Section 7.10(a).
Current Assets shall mean those assets of the Company (on a
consolidated basis) which, in accordance with GAAP, are classified as current.
Current Liabilities shall mean those liabilities of the Company (on a
consolidated basis) which, in accordance with GAAP, are classified as
“current.”
Current Ratio shall mean the ratio determined by dividing Current
Assets by the sum of, without duplication, Current Liabilities and the maximum
dollar amount of all redeemable preferred stock of Company held by Intel
Corporation and its Affiliates.
Eligible In Transit Inventory shall mean that portion of the Company's Inventory
which the Agent otherwise determines to be Eligible Inventory and which also
satisfies the following additional requirements: (i) such Inventory is
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insured against loss, damage, hazards and risks and in amount
satisfactory to Agent in its discretion and the benefits of the insurance have
been assigned to Agent; (ii) Agent has received appropriate documentation
evidencing title in such Inventory and all other relevant shipping documents
(such documents, at a minimum, to include clean, straight on-board bills of
lading issued by the relevant carrier naming Company, or at Agent's requests,
Agent as consignee, together with a commercial invoice describing such
Inventory and, if applicable, a Certificate of Inspection and Certificate of
Origin), provided that, until such time as Agent notifies Company that Company
must deliver the documents evidencing title and other shipping documents to
Agent, Company shall hold such documents in trust as custodian for Agent, it
being understood that Agent may require delivery to it of originals of such
documents; (iii) Agent has received a Custom Broker's Consent Agreement in form
and substance acceptable to Agent and, if requested by Agent, a Freight
Forwarder's Consent Agreement in form and substance acceptable to Agent; (iv)
such Inventory has not yet arrived at a port in the United States; and (v)
Agent has filed all documents necessary to establish or maintain a first
priority perfected security interest in such Inventory.
Incremental Advance Criteria shall mean: (i) the Trailing Three Month EBITDA
Covenant; and (ii) the Current Ratio covenant each set forth in Section
7.10(a), whether or not compliance with either covenant is then required under
Section 7.10(a) due to the Company’s satisfaction of the Average
Availability Test.
Incremental Inventory Revolving Loans shall mean those Revolving Loans which are based on
the incremental Availability created by Section (b)(ii)(y) of the definition of
Borrowing Base.
Liquidity Ratio shall mean the ratio determined by dividing Current
Assets by the sum of, without duplication, Current Liabilities, the outstanding
Revolving Loans, the current portion of Permitted Indebtedness, and the maximum
dollar amount of all redeemable preferred stock of Company held by Intel
Corporation and its Affiliates.
Second Amendment to Financing Agreement shall mean that certain Second Amendment to Financing
Agreement dated as of February 16, 2005 by and between the Company, the Agent,
and the Lender(s).
Trailing Three
Month EBITDA Covenant has
the meaning given to it in Section 7.10(a).”
(b) The definition of “Anniversary
Date” in Section 1 of the Financing Agreement is hereby amended and
restated in its entirety to read as follows:
“Anniversary
Date shall mean the date occurring three (3) years from the date
of the Second Amendment to Financing Agreement and the same date in each year
thereafter.”
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(c) The definition of
“Availability Reserve” in Section 1 of the Financing Agreement is
hereby amended by amending and restating in full the last sentence thereof to
read as follows:
“Without limiting the foregoing, Agent may in its sole discretion
establish a reserve for Company’s accrued warranty liability to be
calculated in the following manner, subject however to Agent’s right to
change such calculation in accordance with Section 7.14 or in its discretion,
reasonable exercised:
Book warranty liability times
65% less the excess of 85% of the net orderly liquidation value over Fifteen
Million Dollars ($15,000,000) of the Eligible In Transit Inventory.”
(d) The definition of “Borrowing
Base” is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
Borrowing Base shall mean the sum of:
(a) eighty five percent (85%) of the Company's aggregate outstanding
Eligible Accounts Receivable less the greater of:
(i) that portion of dilution (excluding inter-company accounts)
exceeding 5% calculated on a rolling three month average (if dilution does
exceed 5% as determined by Agent, the advance rate shall be reduced by 1% for
each percentage of dilution in excess of 5%) or
(ii) Company's accrued promotional expense liability balance,
plus
(b) the lesser of clause (i), (ii) and (iii) below:
(i) (x) sixty percent (60%) of
the aggregate value of the Company's Eligible Inventory, valued at the lower of
cost or market, on a first in, first out basis, or
(y) if the
Company is in compliance with the Incremental Advance Criteria and no Default
has occurred and is continuing and no Event of Default has occurred unless, in
the case of an Event of Default, such Event of Default has been cured to the
extent expressly curable under and in conformity with the terms of this
Agreement, sixty five percent (65%) of the aggregate value of the Company's
Eligible Inventory, valued at the lower of cost or market, on a first in, first
out basis,
(ii) (x) eighty five percent (85%) of the net orderly
liquidation
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value of the Company's Eligible Inventory (as determined by appraisal
pursuant to Section 6.3), or
(y) if the Company is in compliance with the Incremental Advance
Criteria and no Default has occurred and is continuing and no Event of Default
has occurred unless, in the case of an Event of Default, such Event of Default
has been cured to the extent expressly curable under and in conformity with the
terms of this Agreement, a percentage of the aggregate value of the Company's
Eligible Inventory, valued at the lower of cost or market, on a first in, first
out basis, which is equivalent to eighty five percent (85%) of the net orderly
liquidation value of the Company's Eligible Inventory (as determined by appraisal
pursuant to Section 6.3) plus twenty (20) basis points, but not to
exceed sixty five percent (65%), provided that the aggregate
incrememental Availability provided by this clause (b)(ii)(y) must not exceed
Fifteen Million Dollars ($15,000,000) at any time,
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the Inventory Loan Cap, |
less
(c) any applicable Availability Reserves.
In no event shall the aggregate Availability based on Eligible In
Transit Inventory exceed Fifteen Million Dollars ($15,000,000) at any
time.”
(e) The definition of “Early Termination
Fee” is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
“Early Termination Fee shall: (a) mean the fee the Agent on behalf of the
Lenders is entitled to charge the Company in the event the Revolving Line of
Credit or this Financing Agreement is terminated on any Early Termination Date;
and (b) be determined by multiplying the Revolving Line of Credit by (x) two
percent (2%) if the Early Termination Date occurs on or before one (1) year
from the date of the Second Amendment to Financing Agreement, and (y) one half
of one percent (0.5%) if the Early Termination Date occurs after one (1) year
from the date of the Second Amendment to Financing Agreement but on or before
two (2) years from the date of the Second Amendment to Financing
Agreement.”
(e) Subsections (c) and (e) of the definition of
“Eligible Inventory” in Section 1 of the Financing Agreement are
hereby amended and restated in their entirety to read as follows:
“(c) Inventory not
present in the United States of America other than Eligible Inventory In
Transit,”
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and
“(e) all
Inventory in transit other than Eligible Inventory In Transit, and”
The defined term “In
Transit Inventory” is hereby deleted in its entirety from the Financing
Agreement.
(f) The definition of “Inventory Line
Cap” is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
“Inventory
Line Cap shall mean one
hundred percent (100%) of the amount calculated by the formula set forth in
clause (a) of the definition of Borrowing Base.”
(g) The definition of “Line of
Credit” in Section 1 of the Financing Agreement is hereby amended by
replacing “$50,000,000” as it appears therein with
“$60,000,000.”
(h) The definition of “Line of Credit
Fee” in Section 1 of the Financing Agreement is hereby amended and
restated in its entirety to read as follows:
“Line of Credit Fee shall: (a) mean the
fee due the Agent at the end of each month on the Line of Credit (based on
$60,000,000), and (b) be determined by multiplying the difference between (i)
the Revolving Line of Credit, and (ii) the sum, for said month, of (x) the
average daily balance of Revolving Loans plus (y) the average daily balance of
Letters of Credit outstanding for said month, by the per annum percentage under
the column entitled “Line of Credit Fee” set forth in the pricing
matrix in Section 8.20 for the number of days in said month.”
(i) The definition of “Revolving Line of
Credit” in Section 1 of the Financing Agreement is hereby amended by
replacing “$50,000,000” as it appears therein with
“$60,000,000.”
(j) The third sentence of Section 6.3 of the
Financing Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as
follows:
“The Inventory shall be appraised by Emerald Technology LLC or
other appraiser chosen by Agent no more frequently than once per calendar year,
provided the Agent may require appraisals as frequently as Agent
determines in its sole discretion (a) if an Event of Default has occurred, or
(b) during any period that the aggregate outstanding loans advanced pursuant to
clause (b) of the definition of Borrowing Base exceed $10,000,000, it
being understood that all appraisals conducted pursuant to this Agreement are
at the Company’s expense.”
(k) Section 7.5(a) of the Financing Agreement is
hereby amended by replacing “In Transit Inventory” as it appears
therein to “Eligible In Transit Inventory.”
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(l) Section 7.9(e) of the Financing Agreement is
hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
“Assume, guarantee, endorse, or otherwise become liable upon the
obligations of any person, firm, entity or corporation, except: (i) by the
endorsement of negotiable instruments for deposit or collection or similar
transactions in the ordinary course of business; and (ii) provided no Default has
occurred and is continuing and no Event of Default has occurred unless, in the
case of an Event of Default, such Event of Default has been cured to the extent
expressly curable under and in conformity with the terms of this Agreement,
within six (6) months of the date of the Second Amendment to Financing
Agreement, by applying for and causing to be issued a stand-by Letter of Credit
naming as beneficiary the revolving credit lender for ViewSonic China Ltd.,
which Letter of Credit must be in an amount not to exceed Eight Million Five
Hundred Thousand Dollars ($8,500,000), must not be secured by any assets of
Company other than cash, and otherwise must be in form and substance
satisfactory to the Agent.”
(m) Section 7.9(f)(iii) of the Financing
Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
“(iii) redeem capital stock owned by Intel Corporation; provided
(w) the Company is contractually obligated to redeem such stock, (x) no Default
has occurred and is continuing and no Event of Default has occurred unless, in
the case of an Event of Default, such Event of Default has been cured to the
extent expressly curable under and in conformity with the terms of this
Agreement, (y) in no event shall the aggregate amount of such redemptions under
this clause (iii) exceed $15,000,000 and (z) both before and after giving
effect to any such redemption, the Company shall have not less than $15,000,000
in excess Availability (exclusive of the incrememental Availability provided by
clause (b)(ii)(y) in the definition of “Borrowing Base”);”
(n) Section 7.10 of the Financing Agreement is
hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
7.10 If
at any time a Default has occurred and is continuing or an Event of Default has
occurred unless, in the case of an Event of Default, such Event of Default has
been cured to the extent expressly curable under and in conformity with the
terms of this Agreement, or if at any time the Company shall fail to have at
least $15,000,000 in excess Availability (exclusive of the incrememental
Availability provided by clause (b)(ii)(y) of the definition of
“Borrowing Base”), to be measured on the last Business Day of each
calendar week based on the average excess Availability for the five Business
Days prior to and including such Business Day ("Average Availability
Test"), the Company shall maintain: (a) minimum consolidated EBITDA of
at least Ten Million Dollars ($10,000,000) on a trailing three month basis
("Trailing Three Month EBITDA Covenant"); and (b) a Current
Ratio of not less than 1.1 to 1.0. The financial covenants set forth in this
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Section 7.10 will be measured on a monthly basis based on the Company's
most recently issued monthly financial statements and, if the Agent shall so
require in its sole discretion, quarter end and year end financial statements.
With respect to the Trailing Three Month EBITDA Covenant, EBITDA will be
calculated to add back any write-downs for Inventory that have been reflected
on the Borrowing
Base Certificate delivered to the Agent by the Company during the three
month period for which the trailing Three Month EBITDA Covenant is being
tested.
(o) Section 8.2 of the
Financing Agreement is hereby amended by replacing “two percent (2%) per
annum” with “one and one-half percent (1.5%) per annum.”
(p) Section 8.20 of the Financing Agreement is
hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
“Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this Section 8 (but without limiting the
Agent’s right to charge the Default Rate of Interest pursuant to this
Agreement):
(a) the Chase Bank Rate
Loans and Libor Loans shall bear interest and the Line of Credit Fee shall be
calculated pursuant to the below pricing matrix:
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Level |
EBITDA Level |
Liquidity Ratio |
Margin over Chase Bank Rate/ Libor |
Line of Credit Fee |
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I |
Greater than $40,000,000 |
Greater than 1.40 to 1 |
0.00%/1.75% |
.250% |
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II |
Equal to or greater than $40,000,000 |
Equal to or less than 1.40 to 1 |
0.00%/2.00% |
.375% |
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III |
Greater than $25,000,000 but less than $40,000,000 |
N/A |
0.25%/2.25% |
.375% |
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IV |
Equal to or less than $25,000,000 |
N/A |
0.50%/2.50% |
.375% |
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(b) the Incremental
Inventory Revolving Loans shall bear interest at the Chase Bank Rate plus
the applicable margin set forth in the pricing matrix set forth in Section
8.20(a) plus one half of one percent (0.50%).”
Exhibit A to the Financing
Agreement is hereby amended and restated by Exhibit A to this Amendment, and
Exhibit B to the Financing Agreement is hereby amended and restated by Exhibit
B to this Amendment.
3. Condition Subsequent. No later than ten
(10) days after the date of this Amendment, the Company shall provide the Agent
with updated disclosure schedules in form and substance satisfactory to the
Agent with respect to the Collateral, including, without limitation, the
Company’s investment property and intellectual property.
4. Closing Fee. In consideration for the
accommodations granted by the Agent and the Lenders in this Amendment and in
addition to all other fees and costs, the Company hereby agrees to pay to Agent
for the benefit of the Lenders a nonrefundable closing fee of Fifty Thousand
Dollars ($50,000) which shall be fully earned, due and payable as of the date
of this Amendment (the “Closing Fee”), whether or
not the Conditions Precedent have been satisfied.
5. Conditions to Effectiveness. This
Amendment shall become binding upon the Agent and the Lenders only upon the
satisfaction of all of the following conditions precedent (the “Conditions
Precedent” and the date of satisfaction of all such conditions
being referred to as the “Amendment Effective Date”):
(a) The Agent shall have received this Amendment,
duly executed and delivered by the Agent, the Lenders and the Company.
(b) The Company shall have paid the Closing Fee
to the Agent.
(c) The Company shall have delivered to the Agent
a Promissory Note in the form set forth as Exhibit A to this Amendment
reflecting the increased Revolving Line of Credit.
(d) The Company shall have delivered to the Agent
officer certificates, corporate resolutions, and, if required by the Agent in
its sole discretion, opinions of legal counsel, demonstrating and confirming,
without limitation, the Company’s authority and election to enter into
and perform this Amendment and the documents related hereto, all in accordance
with Company’s governing documents and applicable law.
(e) Each of the representations and warranties
set forth in this Amendment shall be true and correct as of the Amendment
Effective Date.
(f) The Agent shall have received such good
standing certificates, updated articles of incorporation and by-laws,
documents, certificates, opinions and information, including, without
limitation, any third party consents, that the Agent shall require, each in
form and substance satisfactory to the Agent.
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6. Representations and Warranties. In
order to induce the Agent and the Lenders to enter into this Amendment, the
Company represents and warrants to the Agent and the Lenders as of the
Amendment Effective Date as follows:
7. Power and Authority. The Company
has all requisite corporate power and authority to enter into this Amendment
and to carry out the transactions contemplated by, and perform its obligations
under, the Financing Agreement, as amended and supplemented by this Amendment.
(a) Authorization of Agreements. The
execution and delivery of this Amendment by the Company and the performance by
the Company of the Financing Agreement, as amended and supplemented hereby,
have been duly authorized by all necessary action, and this Amendment has been
duly executed and delivered by the Company.
(b) Representations and Warranties in the
Financing Agreement. The Company confirms that as of the Amendment
Effective Date, the representations and warranties contained in Section 7 of
the Financing Agreement are (before and after giving effect to this Amendment)
true and correct in all material respects (except to the extent any such
representation and warranty is expressly stated to have been made as of a specific
date, in which case it shall be true and correct as of such specific date).
8. Miscellaneous.
(a) Reference to and Effect on the Existing
Financing Agreement.
(i) Except as specifically amended or
supplemented by this Amendment and the documents executed and delivered in
connection herewith, the Financing Agreement shall be unmodified and continue
in full force and effect and is hereby ratified and confirmed.
(ii) The execution and delivery of this Amendment
and performance of the Financing Agreement shall not, except as expressly
provided herein, constitute a waiver of any provision of, or operate as a
waiver of any right, power or remedy of the Agent or the Lenders under, the
Financing Agreement or any of the Loan Documents.
(iii) This Amendment shall be construed as one
with the existing Financing Agreement, and the existing Financing Agreement
shall, where the context so requires, be read and construed throughout to
incorporate this Amendment.
(b) Fees and Expenses. The Company
acknowledges that all costs, fees and expenses incurred in connection with this
Amendment will be paid in accordance with Section 8.5 of the Financing
Agreement. The prevailing party in any litigation relating to this Amendment
will be entitled to reimbursement of its reasonable attorneys’ fees and
costs.
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(c) Headings. Section and subsection
headings in this Amendment are included for convenience of reference only and
shall not constitute a part of this Amendment for any other purpose or be given
any substantive effect.
(d) Counterparts. This Amendment may
be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an
original but all of which together shall constitute one and the same
instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of this Amendment by telefacsimile
or electronic file image shall be equally effective as delivery of an original
executed counterpart of this Amendment.
(e) Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH OF THE
PARTIES HERETO WAIVES ITS RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION TO ENFORCE,
DEFEND, INTERPRET OR OTHERWISE CONCERNING THIS AMENDMENT.
(f) Governing Law. This Amendment shall be
governed by and construed according to the laws of the State of California
(without reference to the choice of law provisions thereof).
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this
Amendment as of the date first above written.
VIEWSONIC CORPORATION,
a Delaware corporation
By: /s/ James A.
Morlan
Name: James A.
Morlan
Title: CFO
THE CIT GROUP/BUSINESS CREDIT, INC., a New York corporation, as
Agent
By: /s/
Steven Ogus
Name:
Steven Ogus
Title: Vice
President
THE CIT GROUP/BUSINESS CREDIT, INC., a New York corporation, as Lender
By: /s/
Steven Ogus
Name: Steven
Ogus
Title: Vice President &






