Exhibit 10.3
EXECUTION VERSION
FORBEARANCE
AGREEMENT
AND
CONSENT, WAIVER AND AMENDMENT NO.
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TO FIRST LIEN CREDIT AND GUARANTY
AGREEMENT
FORBEARANCE AGREEMENT AND
CONSENT, WAIVER AND AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FIRST LIEN CREDIT AND
GUARANTY AGREEMENT ,
dated as of August 20, 2008 (this “ Agreement
”), among X-RITE, INCORPORATED , a Michigan
corporation (the “ Company ”), OTP,
INCORPORATED , a Michigan corporation (“ OTP
”), MONACO ACQUISITION COMPANY , a Michigan
corporation (“ Monaco ”), X-RITE GLOBAL,
INCORPORATED , a Michigan corporation (“ X-Rite
Global ”), X-RITE HOLDINGS, INC. , a Michigan
corporation (“ X-Rite Holdings ”), X-RITE MA,
INCORPORATED , a Michigan corporation (“ X-Rite MA
”), HOLOVISION ACQUISITION COMPANY , a Michigan
corporation (“ Holovision ”). XR VENTURES,
LLC , a Michigan limited liability company (“ XR
Ventures ”), GRETAGMACBETH, LLC , a Delaware
limited liability company (“ GretagMacbeth ”),
PANTONE, INC. , a Delaware corporation (“
Pantone ”), PANTONE ASIA, INC. , a Delaware
corporation (“ Pantone Asia ”), PANTONE
GERMANY, INC. , a Delaware corporation “ Pantone
Germany ”), PANTONE INDIA, INC. , a Delaware
corporation (“ Pantone India ”), PANTONE
JAPAN, INC. , a Delaware corporation (“ Pantone
Japan ”), PANTONE U.K., INC. , a Delaware
corporation (“ Pantone UK ”), the other Persons
party hereto that are designated as a “Credit Party” on
the signature pages hereof (such Persons, together with the
Company, OTP, Monaco, X-Rite Global, X-Rite Holdings, X-Rite MA,
Holovision, XR Ventures, GretagMacbeth, Pantone, Pantone Asia,
Pantone Germany, Pantone India, Pantone Japan and Pantone UK are
referred to herein each individually as a “ Credit
Party ” and collectively as the “ Credit
Parties ”), FIFTH THIRD BANK , a Michigan banking
corporation (in its individual capacity, “ Fifth Third
”), as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “
Administrative Agent ”) and collateral agent (in such
capacity, the “ Collateral Agent ”) for certain
financial institutions from time to time party thereto (each a
“ Lender ” and collectively the “
Lenders ”), and the other LENDERS signatory
hereto.
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, the Company, the other
Credit Parties, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and
the Lenders have entered into that certain First Lien Credit and
Guaranty Agreement dated as of October 24, 2007 (as amended,
amended and restated, extended, supplemented or otherwise modified
and in effect from time to time, the “ Credit
Agreement ”; capitalized terms used herein and not
defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the
Credit Agreement);
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Credit
Agreement, (a) the Lenders have agreed to make, and have made,
certain Loans and other extensions of credit to the Company,
(b) the Company has secured all of the Obligations by granting
to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of Secured Parties, a
First Priority Lien on substantially all of its assets, and
(c) each Credit Party (other than the Company) has
(i) guaranteed all existing and future Obligations of the
Company and the other Credit Parties and (ii) secured all of
the Obligations by granting to the Collateral Agent, for the
benefit of Secured Parties, a First Priority Lien on substantially
all of its assets;
WHEREAS, certain Defaults and Events
of Default have occurred and are continuing as of the date hereof
(or the Credit Parties have informed the Agents and the Lenders
that certain other Defaults and Events of Default will occur and be
continuing after the date hereof), in each case as set forth in
Schedule 1 hereto (such Defaults and Events of Default are
referred to herein each individually as a “ Designated
Default ” and collectively as the “ Designated
Defaults ”);
WHEREAS, each Credit Party
acknowledges and agrees that, as a result of the existence of the
Designated Defaults, (a) the Agents and the Lenders are
entitled to accelerate the Obligations, to seek immediate repayment
in full of the Obligations and to exercise any or all of their
respective rights and remedies under the Credit Agreement, each of
the other Credit Documents and applicable law; and (b) the
Lenders have no obligation to make any further Loans or other
extensions of credit to the Company under the Credit Agreement or
otherwise;
WHEREAS, the Company has further
informed the Agents and the Lenders that the Company intends to
enter into (a) an Investment Agreement dated of even date
herewith, a true, complete and correct copy of which is attached
hereto as Exhibit A-1 (without giving effect to any
amendments or supplements thereto, or restatements or modifications
thereof, except for any of the foregoing previously consented to by
the Administrative Agent (which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld, delayed or conditioned) and copies of which shall have
been provided to the Administrative Agent, the “ OEP
Investment Agreement ”), with OEPX, LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company (“ OEP ”), pursuant to
which the Company shall issue to OEP, and OEP shall purchase from
the Company, 28,571,429 shares of common stock, $0.10 par value per
share (the “ Common Stock ”) of the Company (the
“ OEP Equity Issuance ”) for a Cash purchase
price of at least $100,000,000 (the “ OEP Gross
Proceeds ”), and (b) an Investment Agreement dated
of even date herewith, a true, complete and correct copy of which
is attached hereto as Exhibit A-2 (without giving effect to
any amendments or supplements thereto, or restatements or
modifications thereof, except for any of the foregoing previously
consented to by the Administrative Agent (which consent shall not
be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned) and copies of
which shall have been provided to the Administrative Agent, the
“ Additional Investors Investment Agreement ”;
the Additional Investors Investment Agreement and the OEP
Investment Agreement are referred to herein each individually as an
“ Investment Agreement ” and collectively as the
“ Investment Agreements ”) with each of Sagard
Capital Partners, L.P., Tinicum Capital Partners II, L.P., Tinicum
Capital Partners II Parallel Fund, L.P., and Tinicum Capital
Partners II Executive Fund, L.L.C. (each an “ Additional
Investor ” and collectively the “ Additional
Investors ”; the Additional Investors and OEP are
referred to herein each individually as an “ Equity
Investor ” and collectively as the “ Equity
Investors ”), pursuant to which the Company shall issue
to the Additional Investors, and the Additional Investors shall
purchase in the aggregate from the Company, 8,333,334 shares of
Common Stock of the Company (the “ Additional Investors
Equity Issuance ”; the Additional Investors Equity
Issuance and the OEP Equity Issuance are referred to herein
collectively as the “ Required Equity Issuance
”) for a Cash purchase price of at least $25,000,000 (the
“ Additional Investors Gross Proceeds ; the Additional
Investors Gross Proceeds and the OEP Gross Proceeds are referred to
herein collectively as the “ Required Gross Proceeds
”);
WHEREAS, the Company has further
informed the Agents and Lenders that the Company intends to issue
10,000,000 additional shares of Common Stock (the “
Incremental Equity Issuance ”; the Required Equity
Issuance and the Incremental Equity Issuance are referred to herein
collectively as the “ Equity Issuance ”) to
certain of the Equity Investors for a Cash purchase price of not
less than $30,000,000 (the “ Incremental Gross
Proceeds ”);
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WHEREAS, the Company has further
informed the Agents and Lenders that the Company desires to use:
(a) a portion of the Required Gross Proceeds to (i) pay
certain fees and expenses of the Company and each of the Equity
Investors incurred in connection with the Required Equity Issuance,
this Agreement and the respective transactions and other
documentation related thereto (or reimburse the Company and each of
the Equity Investors in respect of any such fees and expenses paid
by such Persons prior to the First Amendment Effective Date (as
such term is defined below), in each case set forth in Schedule
2 hereto (or in any revised such Schedule 2 prepared in
good faith by Company and delivered by Company to the
Administrative Agent at any time and from time to time after the
date hereof) in an aggregate amount for all such fees and expenses
not to exceed $25,000,000 (the “ Initial Equity Issuance
Payment ”); provided that any determination of the
Company’s compliance with such limitation on the amount of
the Initial Equity Issuance Payment shall exclude (x) the
First Lien Lender Fees (as such term is defined below) and Second
Lien Lender Fees (as such term is defined in the Corresponding
Second Lien Agreement referred to below), (y) the Goldman
Hedge Payoff Amount (as such term is defined below), and
(z) fees, costs and expenses of the Company (collectively, the
“ Superior Proposal Expenses ”) arising as a
result of the receipt by the Company of a Superior Proposal or
Acquisition Proposal (as such terms are defined in the Investment
Agreements); (ii) pay in full the outstanding principal
balance due and owing to Goldman Sachs Capital Markets, L.P. and
its Affiliates (collectively, “ Goldman ”) in
connection with the Interest Rate Agreements set forth on
Schedule 3 hereto (collectively, the “ Existing
Hedge Agreements ”) in an aggregate amount not to exceed
$12,165,000 plus the aggregate amount of interest accruing thereon
pursuant to the Existing Hedge Agreements through the First
Amendment Effective Date (the “ Goldman Hedge Payoff
Amount ”), (iii) prepay the Existing Headquarters
Loan by an amount equal to $3,500,000 (the “ Existing
Headquarters Loan Repayment Amount ”) and (iv) pay
the First Lien Lender Fees and Second Lien Lender Fees (the
Existing Headquarters Loan Repayment Amount, the Goldman Hedge
Payoff Amount, the First Lien Lender Fees, the Second Lien Lender
Fees and the portion of the Required Gross Proceeds used to
consummate the Initial Equity Issuance Payment, collectively, the
“ Restructuring Transaction Costs ”);
(b) ninety percent (90%) of the Required Gross Proceeds,
net of the Restructuring Transaction Costs (such net Required Gross
Proceeds, are referred to herein as the “ Net Cash
Proceeds from Required Equity Issuance ”) to make a
mandatory prepayment of the Term Loan (the “ Required
Equity Issuance Mandatory Prepayment ”) in accordance
with the terms of the Credit Agreement; and (c) ten percent
(10%) of the Net Cash Proceeds from Required Equity Issuance
to voluntarily prepay the Second Lien Term Loan and any prepayment
premium on the amount prepaid payable pursuant to
Section 2.13(b) of the Second Lien Credit Agreement (the
“ Initial Second Lien Prepayment ”);
WHEREAS, the Company has further
informed the Agents and Lenders that the Company desires to use the
Incremental Gross Proceeds to: (a) pay all fees, costs and
expenses incurred by the Company and the Equity Investors in
connection with the Incremental Equity Issuance and the respective
transactions and documents related thereto (the “
Incremental Equity Issuance Payment ”; the Initial
Equity Issuance Payment and the Incremental Equity Issuance Payment
are referred to herein collectively as the “ Equity
Issuance Payment ”), in each case set forth in
Schedule 4 hereto (or in any revised such Schedule 4
prepared in good faith by Company and delivered by Company to the
Administrative Agent at any time and from time to time
after
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the date hereof); and (b) voluntarily
prepay the Second Lien Term Loan and any prepayment premium on the
amount prepaid payable pursuant to Section 2.13(b) of the
Second Lien Credit Agreement with any portion thereof remaining
after payment of the Incremental Equity Issuance Payment, in an
amount not exceeding $30,000,000 (the “ Incremental Second
Lien Prepayment ”; the Initial Second Lien Prepayment and
the Incremental Second Lien Prepayment are referred to herein
collectively as the “ Second Lien Prepayment
”);
WHEREAS, the Company has further
informed the Agents and Lenders that the Company desires to enter
into an amendment and modification to the Existing Headquarters
Mortgage, a true, complete and correct copy of which is attached
hereto as Exhibit B (the “ Existing Headquarters
Mortgage Modification ”), pursuant to which the Company
shall amend certain terms and provisions of the Existing
Headquarters Loan, which such amendment and modification shall
become effective on or prior to August 30, 2008 (the “
Existing Headquarters Mortgage Modification Effective Date
”);
WHEREAS, the Company has informed
the Agents and Lenders that the Company desires to sell (the
“ Life Insurance Policy Sale ”) those certain
Key-Person Life Insurance Policies set forth in Schedule 5
hereto;
WHEREAS, the Company has requested
that (a) the Lenders continue to make Loans and other
extensions of credit under the Credit Agreement, and (b) the
Agents and Lenders forbear in accordance with the terms and subject
to the conditions hereof from accelerating the Obligations and
taking action to collect payment of the Obligations;
WHEREAS, the Company and the other
Credit Parties have further requested that the Administrative Agent
and the Requisite Lenders, in each case effective as of the
Forbearance Effective Date (as such term is defined in
Section 5 hereof), consent to (a) the Life
Insurance Policy Sale (and (x) subject to the terms and
conditions set forth Section 2(c), waive any mandatory
prepayment required pursuant to Section 2.14 of each of the
Credit Agreement and the Second Lien Credit Agreement as a result
thereof and (y) subject to the terms and provisions contained
herein, permit the Company to retain $7,500,000 of the Net Asset
Sale Proceeds thereof), (b) the execution and delivery by the
Company of the Existing Headquarters Mortgage Modification,
(c) the Equity Issuance (and waive any mandatory prepayment
that would be required pursuant to Section 2.14 of each of the
Credit Agreement and the Second Lien Credit Agreement as a result
thereof), and (d) payment by the Company of the Equity
Issuance Payment, Required Equity Issuance Mandatory Payment, the
Goldman Hedge Payoff Amount, the Existing Headquarters Loan
Repayment Amount and the Second Lien Prepayment,
respectively;
WHEREAS, the Company and the other
Credit Parties have further requested that the Administrative Agent
and the Requisite Lenders, in each case effective as of the First
Amendment Effective Date, (a) waive the Designated Defaults,
and (b) amend the Credit Agreement in certain respects, in
each case in accordance with the terms and subject to the
conditions set forth herein; and
WHEREAS, the Agents and Lenders
agree to accommodate such requests of the Company and the other
Credit Parties, in each case on the terms and subject to the
conditions herein set forth;
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NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of
the foregoing, the covenants and conditions contained herein and
other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency
of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as
follows:
Section 1. Forbearance;
Forbearance Period .
(a) Each of the Administrative
Agent, the Collateral Agent and each of the Lenders signatories
hereto agrees that, upon the terms and subject to the conditions
set forth herein (and notwithstanding the existence of the
Designated Defaults), during the period (the “ Forbearance
Period ”) commencing on the Forbearance Effective Date
(as such term is defined below) and ending on the date (the “
Forbearance Termination Date ”) that is the earlier to
occur of (i) January 1, 2009, and (ii) the date of
the occurrence of a Forbearance Termination Event (as such term is
defined below), such Person shall not exercise or enforce any of
its rights and remedies against any Credit Party that such Person
would otherwise be entitled to exercise under the Credit Agreement
or any of the other Credit Documents or applicable law, including,
without limitation, the UCC, by reason (and only by reason) of the
existence of the Designated Defaults (the “
Forbearance ”). The occurrence of any of the following
events or circumstances shall constitute a termination event with
respect to the Forbearance (each a “ Forbearance
Termination Event ”):
(i) the OEP Investment Agreement
(A) is terminated by any party thereto pursuant to Article
V thereof; (B) automatically terminates because the
Company and/or any Subsidiary of the Company shall have commenced
any case, proceeding or other action (x) under any existing or
future law of any jurisdiction, relating to bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or relief of debtors, seeking to have an order for
relief entered with respect to it, or seeking to adjudicate it a
bankrupt or insolvent, or seeking reorganization, arrangement,
adjustment, winding up, liquidation, dissolution or composition, or
(y) seeking appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian,
conservator or other similar official for it or for all or any
substantial part of its assets; or (C) terminates because
there shall be commenced against the Company and/or any Subsidiary
of the Company, any case, proceeding or other action of a nature
referred to in clause (B) above that results in the entry of
an order for relief or any such adjudication or appointment;
or
(ii) the later to occur of
(A) the occurrence of an event or events, since
December 30, 2007, that would have a Material Adverse Effect
(as such term is defined in the OEP Investment Agreement) except as
was Previously Disclosed (as such term is defined in the OEP
Investment Agreement), and (B) the receipt by the Company and
OEP of (x) a written notice from the Administrative Agent,
acting at the direction of the Requisite Lenders, or (y) a
written notice from the Second Lien Administrative Agent, acting at
the direction of the Requisite Lenders (as such term is defined in
the Second Lien Credit Agreement), in each case stating that an
event has occurred, or events have occurred, since
December 30, 2007, that would have a Material Adverse Effect
(as such term is defined in the OEP Investment Agreement), except
as was Previously Disclosed (as such term is defined in the OEP
Investment Agreement). No Lender shall have a right to terminate
this Agreement as a result of a “Forbearance Termination
Event” under this clause (ii) until the fifth Business
Day following the receipt by the Company and OEP of (x) a
written notice from the Administrative Agent, acting at the
direction of the Requisite Lenders, or (y) a written notice
from the Second Lien Administrative Agent, acting at the direction
of the Requisite Lenders (as such term is defined in the
Second
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Lien Credit Agreement), in each case
stating that an event has occurred, or events have occurred, since
December 30, 2007, that would have a Material Adverse Effect
(as such term is defined in the OEP Investment Agreement), except
as was Previously Disclosed (as such term is defined in the OEP
Investment Agreement, and setting forth in good faith and in
reasonable detail a description of the applicable event or
events.
(b) The Forbearance is temporary and
limited in nature and nothing contained herein is intended, or
shall be deemed or construed: (i) to preclude or prevent any
Agent or Lender from exercising any rights or remedies against any
Credit Party under the Credit Agreement, any of the other Credit
Documents or applicable law, including, without limitation the UCC,
arising on account of (A) any Default or Event of Default
other than a Designated Default, or (B) any Designated Default
from and after the Forbearance Termination Date; (ii) except
as otherwise expressly set forth herein, to effect any amendment or
other modification of the Credit Agreement or any of the other
Credit Documents, all of which shall remain in full force and
effect in accordance with their respective terms; (iii) except
as otherwise expressly set forth herein, to constitute a waiver of
any of the Designated Defaults or any future Defaults or Events of
Default or any term or provision of the Credit Agreement or any of
the other Credit Documents or applicable law; or (iv) to
establish a custom or course of dealing between the Agents and the
Lenders, on the one hand, and the Credit Parties, on the other
hand. Furthermore, nothing contained herein is intended, or should
be deemed or construed, to require any Agent or Lender to extend
the Forbearance Termination Date for any reason
whatsoever.
(c) Notwithstanding anything
contained herein to the contrary, on the Forbearance Termination
Date, without the requirement of any notice to any Credit Party or
any other Person: (i) the Forbearance and all agreements set
forth in Section 1(a) of this Agreement shall terminate
automatically and be of no further force or effect, and
(ii) subject to the terms of the Credit Documents and
applicable law, including, without limitation, the UCC, each Agent
and Lender shall be free in its sole and absolute discretion
without limitation to proceed to enforce any or all of such
Person’s rights and remedies set forth in this Agreement, the
Credit Agreement, the other Credit Documents and applicable law,
including, without limitation, the right to sue, ask for or demand
from the Credit Parties payment in full of all Obligations to the
extent then permitted pursuant to the Credit Agreement, in whole or
in part, and to otherwise enforce any or all of its rights and
remedies (including rights of acceleration and foreclosure) under
the Credit Documents against any Credit Party or any other Person.
In furtherance of the foregoing, and notwithstanding the occurrence
of the Forbearance Effective Date, each Credit Party acknowledges
and confirms that, subject to the Forbearance, all rights and
remedies of the Agents and Lenders under the Credit Documents and
applicable law with respect to such Credit Party shall continue to
be available to the Agents and Lenders from and after the
Forbearance Effective Date.
(d) The Administrative Agent and the
Lenders signatories hereto hereby agree that, during the
Forbearance Period:
(i) in addition to the Revolving
Loans and Letters of Credit outstanding under the Credit Agreement
as of the Forbearance Effective Date, but in any event subject to
the satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in
Section 3.2(a) of the Credit Agreement (other than the
conditions precedent set forth in Section 3.2(a)(iii)
and Section 3.2(a)(iv) thereof), each Lender with a
Revolving Commitment shall continue to make Revolving Loans, and to
issue or cause to be issued, and participate in, Letters of
Credit,
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in each case to or for the account
of Company; provided that the aggregate outstanding principal
balance of such additional Revolving Loans plus the
aggregate undrawn face amount of all such additional Letters of
Credit shall not exceed $10,000,000 (the “ Maximum
Forbearance Amount ”) at any time during the Forbearance
Period; and, provided further that (i) only up to $2,000,000
of the Maximum Forbearance Amount shall be available at all times
during the Forbearance Period, (ii) only up to $3,000,000 of
the Maximum Forbearance Amount shall be available at all times
during the Forbearance Period for the payment of fees and expenses
incurred in connection with this Agreement, the Corresponding
Second Lien Agreement, the Equity Issuance and the other
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the respective
Investment Agreements and any related documentation, and
(iii) the remaining $5,000,000 of the Maximum Forbearance
Amount shall be available only to the extent that an equal amount
of Cash is held by Foreign Subsidiaries. Notwithstanding anything
contained herein or in the Credit Agreement to the contrary, during
the Forbearance Period (x) no Revolving Loans shall be
advanced as Eurodollar Rate Loans, and (y) no Loans may be
converted into or continued as Eurodollar Rate Loans;
and
(ii) the Company shall not be
required to comply with the financial covenants set forth in
Section 6.8 of the Credit Agreement with respect to any
Fiscal Quarter occurring prior to the Fiscal Quarter ending closest
to December 31, 2008.
(e) Each of the Credit Parties
hereby agrees that, during the Forbearance Period:
(i) subject to the Forbearance, the
waiver of Designated Defaults set forth in Section 3
hereof and the other terms and provisions of this Agreement, all of
the Credit Documents shall remain in full force and effect and the
Credit Parties shall continue to comply with all covenants and
other obligations under the Credit Documents including, but not
limited to, the obligation to make any and all scheduled payments
of principal or interest on the Loans or pursuant to the Notes and
other payments required under the Credit Documents in each case
when due and payable;
(ii) the Company shall deliver to
Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders within 30 days after
the end of each monthly fiscal period of the Company ending after
the Forbearance Effective Date, (A) the consolidated balance
sheets of Company and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such
monthly fiscal period and the related consolidated statements of
income and cash flows of Company and its Subsidiaries for such
monthly fiscal period and (B) a rolling thirteen
(13) week cash flow forecast and cash balance report on a
consolidated basis for the Company and its Subsidiaries, in each
case in the form customarily prepared by the Company;
and
(iii) on a date certain to be agreed
upon by the Company and the Administrative Agent after the delivery
by the Company of the financial statements referred to the
foregoing clause (ii) with respect to any monthly
fiscal period, the Company shall conduct a single conference call
with the Administrative Agent and any Lender that desires to
participate therein regarding the financial results and the
financial condition of the Company and its Subsidiaries, on which
conference call shall be present the chief financial officer or
such other authorized representative of the Credit Parties as may
be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, each of such
conference calls to be held at a time convenient to the
Administrative Agent, the Requisite Lenders and the
Company.
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Section 2. Consents
.
(a) Effective as of the Forbearance
Effective Date, and notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained in the Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document, the
Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Lenders
signatories hereto hereby consent to (i) the Required Equity
Issuance (and hereby acknowledge and agree that the Required Equity
Issuance shall not constitute a Change of Control and will not
result in an Event of Default under Section 8.1(k) of
the Credit Agreement), (ii) the Initial Equity Issuance
Payment, and (iii) the payment of the Goldman Hedge Payoff
Amount, the Existing Headquarters Loan Repayment Amount and the
Initial Second Lien Prepayment (and hereby waive the requirements
of Section 2.14 of the Credit Agreement, solely with
respect to the Net Cash Proceeds from Required Equity Issuance, to
the extent such proceeds substantially contemporaneously with
receipt thereof by or for the account of the Company are used to
pay the Goldman Hedge Payoff Amount, the Required Equity Issuance
Mandatory Prepayment, the First Lien Lender Fees, the Second Lien
Lender Fees, the Existing Headquarters Loan Repayment Amount and
the Initial Second Lien Prepayment); provided that the
effectiveness of each of the forgoing consents and waivers is
subject to the following conditions:
(i) the Required Equity Issuance
(x) is consummated no later than January 1, 2009,
(y) results in the concurrent receipt by the Company in
immediately available Dollars of Required Gross Proceeds in an
aggregate amount not less than $125,000,000 and (z) is
consummated in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth
in the respective Investment Agreements and applicable
law;
(ii) the Required Gross Proceeds are
used by the Company solely to pay the Restructuring Transaction
Costs and, substantially contemporaneously with receipt thereof by
or for the account of the Company, to make the Required Equity
Issuance Mandatory Prepayment and the Initial Second Lien
Prepayment;
(iii) on or prior to the First
Amendment Effective Date, the Company shall have delivered to the
Administrative Agent a funds flow describing the sources and uses
of the Required Gross Proceeds and the Net Cash Proceeds from
Required Equity Issuance, in form and substance reasonably
acceptable to the Administrative Agent;
(iv) with respect to the Goldman
Hedge Payoff Amount, on or prior to the First Amendment Effective
Date, the Company shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent
evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that
such amount has been applied to payment of the Company’s
obligations in respect of the Existing Hedge Agreements and the
Company shall deliver a payoff letter evidencing the payment in
full of all amounts due and owing under the Existing Hedge
Agreements and the release of all claims against the Company and
each other Credit Party by Goldman, in form and substance
reasonable satisfactory to Administrative Agent; and
(v) the Existing Headquarters Loan
shall have been repaid in an amount equal to $3,500,000.
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(b) Effective as of the Forbearance
Effective Date, and notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained in the Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document, the
Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Lenders
signatories hereto hereby consent to (i) the Incremental
Equity Issuance, (ii) the Incremental Equity Issuance Payment
and (iii) the Incremental Second Lien Prepayment (and hereby
waive the requirements of Section 2.14 of the Credit
Agreement solely with respect to the Net Cash Proceeds from the
Incremental Equity Issuance to the extent that the Incremental
Gross Proceeds substantially contemporaneously with receipt thereof
are used to consummate the Incremental Equity Issuance Payment and
the Incremental Second Lien Prepayment); provided that the
effectiveness of each of the forgoing consents and waivers is
subject to the following conditions:
(i) the Incremental Equity Issuance
(x) is consummated no later than January 1, 2009 and is
consummated substantially contemporaneously with the Required
Equity Issuance and (y) is consummated on terms and conditions
substantially the same as those set forth in the respective
Investment Agreements;
(ii) the Incremental Gross Proceeds
are used by the Company, substantially contemporaneously with
receipt thereof by or for the account of the Company, solely to
make the Incremental Equity Issuance Payment and the Incremental
Second Lien Prepayment;
(iii) on or prior to the First
Amendment Effective Date, the Company shall have delivered to the
Administrative Agent a funds flow describing the sources and uses
of the Incremental Gross Proceeds and the Net Cash Proceeds from
the Incremental Equity Issuance, in form and substance reasonably
acceptable to the Administrative Agent; and
(iv) any Incremental Gross Proceeds
in excess of $30,000,000 shall be applied substantially
contemporaneously with receipt thereof by or for the account of the
Company as a mandatory prepayment of the Loans in accordance with
Section 2.14 of the Credit Agreement.
(c) Effective as of the Forbearance
Effective Date, and notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained in the Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document, the
Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Lenders
signatories hereto hereby consent to the Life Insurance Policy Sale
so long as the Net Asset Sale Proceeds of the Life Insurance Policy
Sale are promptly delivered to the Administrative Agent to be
applied as a mandatory prepayment of the Loans as required pursuant
to Section 2.14 of the Credit Agreement; provided that,
notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the aggregate gross
proceeds of the Life Insurance Policy Sale shall be in an amount no
less than the cash surrender value of the Key-Person Life Insurance
Policies set forth in Schedule 5 hereto on the date on which the
Company enters into a binding agreement providing for the Life
Insurance Policy Sale, and (ii) the Company shall be permitted
to retain $7,500,000 of such Net Asset Sale Proceeds (the “
Retained Insurance Proceeds ”); provided, further,
that until the First Amendment Effective Date, all Retained
Insurance Proceeds shall be held by the Company in a segregated
deposit account maintained with the Collateral Agent or with a bank
that has entered into an account control agreement with the
Collateral Agent, the Second Lien Collateral Agent and the Company
in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral
Agent (the “ Insurance Proceeds Control Agreement
”); provided that on the First Amendment Effective Date, the
Insurance Proceeds Control Agreement shall be terminated and the
Retained Insurance Proceeds shall be released to the Company for
use by the Company for general corporate purposes.
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(d) Effective as of the Forbearance
Effective Date, and notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained in the Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document, the
Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Lenders
signatories hereto hereby consent to the Existing Headquarters
Mortgage Modification and the transactions contemplated
thereby.
(e) Effective as of the Forbearance
Effective Date, and notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained in the Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document, the
Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Lenders
signatories hereto hereby consent to the Corresponding Second Lien
Agreement; provided that the effectiveness of such consent is
subject to the following: (A) the execution and delivery to
the Administrative Agent by the Second Lien Collateral Agent on or
prior to the First Amendment Effective Date of the Intercreditor
Reaffirmation (as such term is defined below) pursuant to which the
Second Lien Lenders shall have agreed that the increase in the
Applicable Margin provided for herein shall not apply against the
basket of permitted increases therein set forth in the
Intercreditor Agreement and (B) the Second Lien Lender Parties
shall have consented to the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.
Section 3. Waiver of
Designated Defaults . Effective as of, and subject to the
occurrence of, the First Amendment Effective Date, and in reliance
on the representations and warranties of the Company set forth in
this Agreement and in the Credit Agreement, as amended hereby, the
Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Lenders
signatories hereto hereby waive each of the Designated Defaults.
The foregoing waiver is not intended and shall not be deemed or
construed to constitute a waiver of any other Default or Event of
Default existing under the Credit Agreement or that hereafter may
occur under the Credit Agreement, as amended, or to establish a
custom or course of dealing among the Company, any other Credit
Party, any Agent, the Lenders or any of them. Except as
specifically set forth herein, the Agents and the Lenders hereby
expressly reserve all of their rights and remedies under the Credit
Agreement, as amended, the other Credit Documents and applicable
law.
Section 4. Amendments to
Credit Agreement . Effective as of, and subject to the
occurrence of, the First Amendment Effective Date, and in reliance
on the representations and warranties of the Company set forth in
this Agreement and in the Credit Agreement, as amended hereby, the
Credit Agreement is hereby amended as follows:
(a) Section 1.1 of the
Credit Agreement is hereby amended by adding thereto the following
defined terms and their respective definitions in the correct
alphabetical order:
“Control Investment
Affiliate” means,
as to any Person, any other Person that (a) directly or
indirectly, is in control of, is controlled by, or is under common
control with, such Person and (b) is organized by such Person
primarily for the purpose of making equity or debt investments in
one or more companies. For purposes of this definition,
“control” of a Person means the power, directly or
indirectly, to direct or cause the direction of the management and
policies of such Person whether by contract or
otherwise.
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“Corresponding Second Lien
Agreement” shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in the First Amendment
Agreement.
“Equity
Issuance” shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in the First Amendment
Agreement.
“ Existing Headquarters
Mortgage Modification” shall have the meaning ascribed to
such term in the First Amendment Agreement.
“ Existing Headquarters
Mortgage Modification Effective Date” shall have the
meaning ascribed to such term in the First Amendment
Agreement.
“First Amendment
Agreement” means
that certain Forbearance Agreement and Consent, Waiver and
Amendment No. 1 to First Lien Credit and Guaranty Agreement
dated as of August 20, 2008 and effective as of the
Forbearance Effective Date by and among the Company, the
Guarantors, certain other Credit Parties, the Administrative Agent,
the Collateral Agent and the Requisite Lenders.
“First Amendment Effective
Date” shall have
the meaning ascribed to such term in the First Amendment
Agreement.
“Forbearance Effective
Date” shall have
the meaning ascribed to such term in the First Amendment
Agreement.
“Intercreditor
Reaffirmation” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in
the First Amendment Agreement.
“OEP”
means OEPX, LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company.
“Permitted
Holders” means,
collectively , OEP, Sagard Capital Partners, L.P., Tinicum
Capital Partners II, L.P., Tinicum Capital Partners II Parallel
Fund, L.P. Tinicum Capital Partners II Executive Fund, L.L.C. and
their respective Control Investment Affiliates.
“Restructuring Transaction
Costs” shall have
the meaning ascribed to such term in the First Amendment
Agreement.
“Second Lien Amendment
Agreement” shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in the First Amendment
Agreement.
(b) Section 1.1 of the
Credit Agreement is hereby further amended by substituting the
definitions of the terms set forth below in lieu of the current
versions of such definitions contained in Section 1.1
of the Credit Agreement:
“Adjusted Eurodollar
Rate” means, for
any Interest Rate Determination Date with respect to an Interest
Period for a Eurodollar Rate Loan, the rate of interest equal to
the greater of (x) three percent (3.00%) and (y) the
rate per annum obtained by dividing (and rounding upward to the
next whole multiple of 1/16 of 1%) (i) (a) the rate per
annum (rounded to the nearest 1/100 of 1%) equal
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to the rate
determined by Administrative Agent to be the offered rate which
appears on the page of the Reuters Screen which displays an average
British Bankers Association Interest Settlement Rate (such page
currently being LIBOR01 Page) for deposits (for delivery on the
first day of such period) with a term equivalent to such period in
Dollars, determined as of approximately 11:00 a.m. (London, England
time) on such Interest Rate Determination Date, or (b) in the
event the rate referenced in the preceding clause (a) does not
appear on such page or service or if such page or service shall
cease to be available, the rate per annum (rounded to the
nearest 1
/
100
of 1%) equal to the
rate determined by Administrative Agent to be the offered rate on
such other page or other service which displays an average British
Bankers Association Interest Settlement Rate for deposits (for
delivery on the first day of such period) with a term equivalent to
such period in Dollars, determined as of approximately 11:00 a.m.
(London, England time) on such Interest Rate Determination Date, or
(c) in the event the rates referenced in the preceding clauses
(a) and (b) are not available, the rate per annum
(rounded to the nearest 1 / 100 of 1%) equal to the offered
quotation rate to first class banks in the London interbank market
by the Administrative Agent for deposits (for delivery on the first
day of the relevant period) in Dollars of amounts in same day funds
comparable to the principal amount of the applicable Loan of
Administrative Agent, in its capacity as a Lender, for which the
Adjusted Eurodollar Rate is then being determined with maturities
comparable to such period as of approximately 11:00 a.m. (London,
England time) on such Interest Rate Determination Date, by
(ii) an amount equal to (a) one minus (b) the
Applicable Reserve Requirement.
“Applicable
Margin” means
(a) for the period commencing on the
First Amendment Effective Date through the date that is five
(5) days after the date on which financial statements for the
Fiscal Quarter ending closest to March 31, 2009 are delivered,
(x) with respect to each Loan that is a Base Rate Loan, four
percent (4.00%) per annum and (y) with respect to each
Loan that is a Eurodollar Loan, five percent (5.00%) per
annum; and
(b) thereafter, the Applicable
Margin shall equal the applicable percentage per annum Eurodollar
margin or Base Rate margin, as the case may be, in effect from time
to time determined as set forth below based upon the Leverage Ratio
set forth in the most recent Compliance Certificate delivered by
the Company to the Administrative Agent in accordance with
Section 5.1(d) pursuant to the appropriate column under the
table below:
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Revolving Loans, Swing Line Loans
and Term Loans
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|
|
|
|
|
|
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Eurodollar
Margin
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|
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Base Rate
Margin
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greater than or equal to 4.00 to
1.00
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5.00
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%
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4.00
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%
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greater than or equal to 3.50 to 1.00 but less
than 4.00 to 1.00
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4.50
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%
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3.50
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%
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greater than or equal to 3.00 to 1.00 but less
than 3.50 to 1.00
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4.00
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%
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3.00
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%
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less than 3.00 to 1.00
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3.50
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%
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2.50
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%
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The Applicable Margin shall be
adjusted from time to time upon delivery to the Administrative
Agent of the quarterly financial statements for each Fiscal Quarter
required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.1(b) hereof
accompanied by a written calculation of the Leverage Ratio together
with a Financial Officer Certification as of the end of the Fiscal
Quarter for which such financial statements are delivered. If such
calculation indicates that the Applicable Margin shall increase or
decrease, then on effective as of date of delivery of such
financial statements and written calculation the Applicable Margin
shall be adjusted in accordance therewith; provided ,
however, that if the Company shall fail to deliver any such
financial statements for any such Fiscal Quarter by the date
required pursuant to Section 5.1, then, at the Administrative
Agent’s election, effective as of the date on which such
financial statements were to have been delivered, and continuing
through the date (if ever) when such financial statements and such
written calculation are finally delivered, the Applicable Margin
shall be conclusively presumed to equal the highest Applicable
Margin specified in the pricing table set forth above.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, Swing Line Loans
may not be Eurodollar Loans.
“Change of
Control” means, at
any time, (i) any Person or “group” (within the
meaning of Rules 13d 3 and 13d 5 under the Exchange Act), other
than the Permitted Holders, (a) shall have acquired beneficial
ownership of 35% or more on a fully diluted basis of the voting
and/or economic interest in the Capital Stock of the Company or
(b) shall have obtained the power (whether or not exercised)
to elect a majority of the members of the board of directors (or
similar governing body) of Company; (ii) the majority of the
seats (other than vacant seats) on the board of directors (or
similar governing body) of Company cease to be occupied by Persons
who were nominated for election by the board of directors of
Company, a majority of whom were directors on the First Amendment
Effective Date or whose election or nomination for election was
previously approved by a majority of such directors; or
(iv) any “change of control” or similar event
under the Second Lien Credit Agreement shall occur.
“ Consolidated Adjusted
EBITDA ” means, for any period, an amount determined for
Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis equal to
(i) the sum, without duplication, of the amounts for such
period of (a) Consolidated Net Income, (b) Consolidated
Interest Expense (including, without duplication and to the extent
constituting Consolidated Interest Expense in accordance
with
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GAAP, interest expense relating to
the settlement of the Existing Interest Rate Agreements),
(c) provisions for taxes based on income, (d) total
depreciation expense, (e) total amortization expense,
(f) Cash restructuring charges in connection with the Pantone
Mergers, the Prior Tender Offer and restructurings occurring after
the First Amendment Effective Date of up to $17,500,000 in the
aggregate with respect to all such charges, (g) non-Cash
charges associated with the cash surrender value of Company’s
life insurance policy portfolio, (h) fees and expenses
incurred in connection with the Equity Issuance to the extent
deducted in the calculation of net income (or loss) for such
period, (i) property taxes paid prior to the First Amendment
Effective Date by the Company on the Existing Headquarters Asset to
the extent (x) deducted in the calculation of net income (or
loss) for such period, and (y) all addbacks in respect of
property taxes do not exceed $801,000, (j) the amount of
non-Cash expenses related to the implementation of changes in
accounting methods or estimates at the time of such implementation,
(k) one-time charges or reserves (including, without
limitation, fees and expenses) constituting Restructuring
Transaction Costs, (l) fees and expenses payable to any Agent
or Lender on the Forbearance Effective Date or First Amendment
Effective Date, respectively, (m) fees and expenses payable to
the Second Lien Administrative Agent or any Second Lien Lender on
the Forbearance Effective Date or First Amendment Effective Date,
respectively, (n) one-time fees and expenses relating to
Permitted Acquisitions (whether or not consummated), and
(o) other non-Cash losses, charges, costs or other items
reducing Consolidated Net Income (excluding any such non-Cash loss,
charge, cost or other item to the extent that it represents an
accrual or reserve for potential Cash items in any future period or
amortization of a prepaid Cash item that was paid in a prior
period), minus (ii) other non-Cash items increasing
Consolidated Net Income for such period (excluding any such
non-Cash item to the extent it represents the reversal of an
accrual or reserve for potential Cash item in any prior
period).
“Consolidated Cash Interest
Expense” means, for
any period, Consolidated Interest Expense for such period,
excluding any amount not payable in Cash and, to the extent
constituting Consolidated Interest Expense, payments made in
respect of the Existing Interest Rate Agreements.
“ Consolidated Excess Cash
Flow ” means, for any period, an amount (if positive)
equal to: (i) the sum, without duplication, of the amounts for
such period of (a) Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA, plus
(b) the Consolidated Working Capital Adjustment, minus
(ii) the sum, without duplication, of the amounts for such
period of (a) Consolidated Capital Expenditures (net of any
proceeds of (y) any related financings with respect to such
expenditures and (z) any sales of assets used to finance such
expenditures), (b) Consolidated Cash Interest Expense,
(c) provisions for current taxes based on income of Company
and its Subsidiaries and payable in Cash with respect to such
period, (d) Cash payments for the purchase price paid in
connection with Permitted Acquisitions (whether or not
consummated), to the extent not paid with the proceeds of any
Indebtedness (other than Revolving Loans) or from the issuance of,
or capital contribution in respect of, any equity securities and
(e) transaction costs and expenses paid in
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Cash in connection with Permitted
Acquisitions (whether or not consummated) and added back to net
income in the determination of Consolidated Adjusted
EBITDA.
“ Consolidated Interest
Expense ” means, for any period, total interest expense
(including that portion attributable to Capital Leases and
capitalized interest) of Company and its Subsidiaries on a
consolidated basis with respect to all outstanding Indebtedness of
Company and its Subsidiaries, including all commissions, discounts
and other fees and charges owed with respect to letters of credit
and net costs under Interest Rate Agreements.
“Consolidated Net
Income” means, for
any period, (i) the net income (or loss) of Company and its
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for such period taken as a
single accounting period determined in conformity with GAAP,
excluding (ii) (a) the income (or loss) of any Person
(other than a Subsidiary of Company) in which any other Person
(other than Company or any of its Subsidiaries) has a joint
interest, except to the extent of the amount of dividends or other
distributions actually paid to Company or any of its Subsidiaries
by such Person during such period, (b) the income (or loss) of
any Person accrued prior to the date it becomes a Subsidiary of
Company or is merged into or consolidated with Company or any of
its Subsidiaries or that Person’s assets are acquired by
Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (c) the income of any
Subsidiary of Company to the extent that the declaration or payment
of dividends or similar distributions by that Subsidiary of that
income is not at the time permitted by operation of the terms of
its charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order,
statute, rule or governmental regulation applicable to that
Subsidiary, (d) any after tax gains or losses attributable to
Asset Sales or returned surplus assets of any Pension Plan, and
(e) (to the extent not included in clauses (a) through
(d) above) any net extraordinary gains or net extraordinary
losses.
“ Consolidated Total
Debt ” means, as at any date of determination, the
aggregate stated balance sheet amount of all Indebtedness of
Company and its Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis in
accordance with GAAP.
“ Credit Document
” means any of this Agreement, the Notes, if any, the
Collateral Documents, the Intercreditor Agreement, the First
Amendment Agreement and any documents or certificates executed by
Company in favor of Issuing Bank relating to Letters of Credit, and
all other documents, instruments or agreements executed and
delivered by a Credit Party for the benefit of any Agent, Issuing
Bank or any Lender in connection herewith.
“ Excluded Equity
Issuance ” means (a) Cash proceeds resulting from
the issuance of Capital Stock by the Company to management or
employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries under any
employee stock option or stock purchase plan or other employee
benefits plan in existence from time to time, (b) Cash
proceeds resulting from the issuance of Capital Stock by a
wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company to the Company or another
wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company constituting an Investment
permitted under Section 6.7, (c) Cash proceeds resulting
from the issuance of Capital Stock by the Company to the
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extent used within one hundred
eighty (180) days of receipt thereof by or for the account of
the Company to finance the consummation of a Permitted Acquisition,
(d) up to $50,000,000 of Cash proceeds resulting from the
issuance of Capital Stock (other than proceeds of the Equity
Issuance) by the Company to the extent used within sixty
(60) days of receipt thereof by or for the account of the
Company to finance Capital Expenditures of the Company and its
Subsidiaries and/or any Investment otherwise permitted pursuant to
Section 6.7 and (e) Cash proceeds resulting from the
issuance of Capital Stock by a Foreign Subsidiary to qualify
directors where required to satisfy requirements of applicable law,
in each instance, with respect to the ownership of Capital Stock of
such Foreign Subsidiary.
“ Existing Headquarters
Asset ” means the property commonly known as 3100 44th
Street Southwest, Grandville, Michigan.
“ Existing Headquarters
Asset Sale ” means the sale by the Company of the
Existing Headquarters Asset pursuant to an Asset Sale.
“ Existing Headquarters
Reserve ” means, (a) at any time prior to the
payment in full of the obligations under the Existing Headquarters
Loan, an amount equal to the then outstanding principal balance of
the Existing Headquarters Loan, and (b) at all times
thereafter, an amount equal to zero Dollars ($-0-). For the
avoidance of doubt the Existing Headquarters Reserve shall be zero
Dollars ($-0-) in the event that any Revolving Loan is concurrently
used when made to repay in full the obligations under the Existing
Headquarters Loan.
“Interest
Coverage Ratio” means the ratio as of the last
day of any Fiscal Quarter of (a) Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA
for the four Fiscal Quarter period then ended to
(b) Consolidated Cash Interest Expense for such four Fiscal
Quarter period. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of
determining the Interest Coverage Ratio for the Fiscal Quarter
(i) ending closest to December 31, 2008, the Consolidated
Cash Interest Expense for such Fiscal Quarter (after giving pro
forma effect to the Company’s recapitalization plan and
assuming such recapitalization plan was consummated as of the first
day of such Fiscal Quarter) shall be multiplied by four,
(ii) ending closest to March 31, 2009, the Consolidated
Cash Interest Expense for such Fiscal Quarter shall be multiplied
by four, (iii) ending closest to June 30, 2009, the
Consolidated Cash Interest Expense for the two most recently ended
Fiscal Quarters shall be multiplied by two, and (iv) ending
closest to September 30, 2009, the Consolidated Cash Interest
Expense for the three most recently ended Fiscal Quarters
multiplied by 4 / 3 .
“ Lender Counterparty
” means each Lender or any Affiliate of a Lender counterparty
to a Hedge Agreement (including any Person who is a Lender (and any
Affiliate thereof) as of the First Amendment Effective Date but
subsequently, whether before or after entering into a Hedge
Agreement, ceases to be a Lender) including, without limitation,
each such Affiliate that enters into a joinder agreement acceptable
to the Collateral Agent.
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(c) The definition of the term
“Permitted Acquisition” set forth in
Section 1.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended
by (i) substituting the provisions set forth below in lieu of
clause (f) thereof, and (ii) re-designating current
clause (g) thereof as clause “(h)”
(f) after giving effect to such
acquisition (and the borrowing of any Loans in connection
therewith), the Revolving Commitments and Cash of the Company and
its Subsidiaries shall exceed the Total Utilization of Revolving
Commitments plus the Existing Headquarters Reserve by at least
$20,000,000;
(g) after giving effect to such
acquisition, Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for the most recent
twelve month period prior to the acquisition date for which
financial statements are available shall not be reduced by more
than $2,000,000, subject to pro forma adjustments reasonably
acceptable to the Administrative Agent; and
(d) Section 2.14(a) of
the Credit Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and the
following is substituted in lieu thereof:
(a) Asset Sales . No later
than the third (3rd) Business Day following the date of
receipt by Company or any of its Subsidiaries of any Net Asset Sale
Proceeds, Company shall prepay the Loans and/or the Revolving
Commitments shall be permanently reduced as set forth in
Section 2.15(b) in an aggregate amount equal to such Net Asset
Sale Proceeds; provided , that (i) so long as no
Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing,
and (ii) to the extent that aggregate Net Asset Sale Proceeds
from the Closing Date through the applicable date of determination
do not exceed $5,000,000, Company shall have the option, directly
or through one or more of its Subsidiaries, to invest such Net
Asset Sale Proceeds (other than Net Asset Sale Proceeds from any
Existing Headquarters Asset Sale) within one hundred eighty days of
receipt thereof in long term productive assets of the general type
used in the business of Company and its Subsidiaries;
provided , further , that, pending any such
investment all such Net Asset Sale Proceeds shall be applied to
prepay Revolving Loans to the extent outstanding (without a
reduction in Revolving Commitments); provided still further,
the Net Asset Sale Proceeds from the Existing Headquarters Asset
Sale may be applied first against the Existing Headquarters Loan,
with any such Net Asset Sale Proceeds remaining after payment in
full in Cash of the Existing Headquarters Loan being applied as
otherwise required by this Section 2.14(a) (without being
reinvested as otherwise permitted by
Section 2.14(a)).
(e) Section 2.14(e) of
the Credit Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and the
following is substituted in lieu thereof:
(e) Consolidated Excess Cash
Flow . In the event that there shall be Consolidated Excess
Cash Flow for any Fiscal Year (commencing with Fiscal Year ending
closest to December 31, 2009), Company shall, no later than
ninety days after the end of such Fiscal Year, prepay the Loans
and/or the Revolving Commitments shall be permanently reduced as
set forth in Section 2.15(b) in an aggregate amount equal to
(i) 75% of such Consolidated Excess Cash Flow minus
(ii) voluntary repayments of the Term Loans and Revolving
Loans to the extent
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the Revolving Commitments are
permanently reduced in connection with such repayments of Revolving
Loans; provided , for any Fiscal Year in which the Leverage
Ratio (determined by reference to the Compliance Certificate
delivered pursuant to Section 5.1(d) calculating the Leverage
Ratio as of the last day of such Fiscal Year) shall be 3.00 to 1.00
or less, Company shall only be required to make the prepayments
and/or reductions otherwise required hereby in an amount equal to
50% of such Consolidated Excess Cash Flow.
(f) Section 4.9 of the
Credit Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and the
following is substituted in lieu thereof:
4.9. No Material Adverse
Change . Since
December 30, 2007, no event, circumstance or change has
occurred that has caused or evidences, either in any case or in the
aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect; provided , that the
Lenders acknowledge that, in and of themselves, (i) the
Designated Defaults, (ii) the events that have been Previously
Disclosed (as such term is defined in the Investment Agreements),
and (iii) the execution and delivery of the First Amendment
Agreement, the Corresponding Second Lien Agreement and the
Investment Agreements, in and of themselves, and the consummation
of the respective transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, do
not constitute a Material Adverse Effect for purposes of this
Agreement.
(g) Schedule 4.21 to the
Credit Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and a revised
Schedule 4.21 attached hereto as Exhibit C is
substituted in lieu thereof.
(h) Section 5.1(b) of
the Credit Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and the
following is substituted in lieu thereof:
(b) Monthly and Quarterly
Financial Statements .
(i) As soon as available, and in any
event within 30 days after the end of each monthly fiscal period,
the consolidated balance sheet of Company and its Subsidiaries as
at the end of such monthly fiscal period and the related
consolidated statements of income and cash flows of Company and its
Subsidiaries for such monthly fiscal period, in each case in the
form customarily prepared by the Company; and
(ii) As soon as available, and in
any event within 45 days after the end of each of the first three
Fiscal Quarters of each Fiscal Year, the consolidated balance sheet
of Company and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such Fiscal
Quarter and the related consolidated statements of income and cash
flows of Company and its Subsidiaries for such Fiscal Quarter and
for the period from the beginning of the then current Fiscal Year
to the end of such Fiscal Quarter, setting forth in each case in
comparative form the corresponding figures for the corresponding
periods of the previous Fiscal Year and the corresponding figures
from the Financial Plan for the current Fiscal Year, all in
reasonable detail, together with a Financial Officer Certification
and a Narrative Report with respect thereto,
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provided , that, the Company acknowledges and agrees that
the Company shall in any event deliver financial statements under
this clause (b)(ii) with no less information set forth therein than
the financial disclosures required to be provided by the Company in
respect thereof in form 10-Q;
(i) Section 5.1(c) of
the Credit Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and the
following is substituted in lieu thereof:
(c) Annual Financial
Statements . As soon as available, and in any event within 90
days after the end of each Fiscal Year, (i) the consolidated
balance sheet of Company and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such
Fiscal Year and the related consolidated statements of income,
stockholders’ equity and cash flows of Company and its
Subsidiaries for such Fiscal Year, setting forth in each case in
comparative form the corresponding figures for the previous Fiscal
Year and the corresponding figures from the Financial Plan for the
Fiscal Year covered by such financial statements, in reasonable
detail, together with a Financial Officer Certification and a
Narrative Report with respect thereto; and (ii) with respect
to such consolidated financial statements a report thereon of
Ernst & Young LLP or other independent certified public
accountants of recognized national standing selected by Company,
and reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent (which report
shall be unqualified as to going concern and scope of audit, and
shall state that such consolidated financial statements fairly
present, in all material respects, the consolidated financial
position of Company and its Subsidiaries as at the dates indicated
and the results of their operations and their cash flows for the
periods indicated in conformity with GAAP applied on a basis
consistent with prior years (except as otherwise disclosed in such
financial statements) and that the examination by such accountants
in connection with such consolidated financial statements has been
made in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards)
together with a written statement by such independent certified
public accountants stating (1) that their audit examination
has included a review of the terms of the Credit Documents and
(2) whether, in connection therewith, any condition or event
that constitutes a Default or an Event of Default has come to their
attention and, if such a condition or event has come to their
attention, specifying the nature and period of existence
thereof;
(j) Section 5.1(i) of
the Credit Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and the
following is substituted in lieu thereof:
(i) Financial
Plan . As soon as practicable and in any event no later than
March 7 th of each Fiscal Year, a
consolidated plan and financial forecast for the then current
Fiscal Year and the forthcoming Fiscal Year (or portions thereof)
on a year by year basis, and for the then current Fiscal Year on a
quarter by quarter basis (a “ Financial Plan ”),
including (i) a forecasted consolidated balance sheet and
forecasted consolidated statements of income and cash flows of
Company and its Subsidiaries for each such Fiscal Year, together
with pro forma Compliance Certificates for each such Fiscal Year
and an explanation of the assumptions on which such forecasts are
based, and (ii) forecasted consolidated statements of income
and cash flows of Company and its Subsidiaries for each quarter of
each such Fiscal Year;
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(k) Section 5.1(p) of
the Credit Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and the
following is substituted in lieu thereof:
(p) Other Information .
(A) Promptly upon their becoming available, copies of
(i) all financial statements, reports, notices and proxy
statements sent or made available generally by Company to its
security holders acting in such capacity or by any Subsidiary of
Company to its security holders other than Company or another
Subsidiary of Company, (ii) all regular and periodic reports
and all registration statements and prospectuses, if any, filed by
Company or any of its Subsidiaries with any securities exchange or
with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any governmental or
private regulatory authority, (iii) all press releases and
other statements made available generally by Company or any of its
Subsidiaries to the public concerning material developments in the
business of Company or any of its Subsidiaries of a kind generally
required to be filed by the Company and its Subsidiaries on Form 8
K, provided , that any information in this clause
(A) that is filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
by the Company shall be deemed delivered for purposes of this
Section 5.1(p) and (B) such other information and
data with respect to Company or any of its Subsidiaries as from
time to time may be reasonably requested by Administrative Agent;
and.
(l) Section 5.10 of the
Credit Agreement is hereby amended by adding new clause
(c) immediately following clause (b) thereof as
follows:
(c) The foregoing provisions of this
Section 5.10 notwithstanding, in the event the Collateral
Agent or Administrative Agent shall determine in its reasonable
discretion, that the costs of obtaining Liens and security interest
required by this Section 5.10 are excessive in relation to the
value of the security to be afforded thereby or obtaining such
interest is not commercially practicable, then the Company or the
applicable Subsidiary shall not be required to comply with the
provisions of clauses (a) and/or (b) of this
Section 5.10; provided , that the Second Lien Lenders
have made a similar determination and the Second Lien Collateral
Agent shall not have been granted Liens on or security interests in
such assets.
(m) Section 5.11 of the
Credit Agreement is hereby amended by adding the following language
immediately following the last sentence of such
Section 5.11 :
The foregoing provisions of this
Section 5.11 notwithstanding, in the event the Collateral
Agent or Administrative Agent shall determine in its reasonable
discretion, that the costs of obtaining liens and security interest
required by this Section 5.11 are excessive in relation to the
value of the security to be afforded thereby or obtaining such
interest is not commercially practicable, then the Company or the
applicable Subsidiary shall not be required to comply with the
provisions of this Section 5.11; provided , that the
Second Lien Lenders have made a similar determination and the
Second Lien Collateral Agent shall not have been granted liens on
or security interests in such assets.
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(n) Section 5.12 of the
Credit Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and the
following is substituted in lieu thereof:
5.12. Interest Rate
Protection . No later
than one hundred twenty (120) days following the First
Amendment Effective Date and at all times thereafter until the
third anniversary of the Closing Date, Company shall obtain and
cause to be maintained protection against fluctuations in interest
rates pursuant to one or more Interest Rate Agreements in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent, in order
to ensure that no less than 50% of the aggregate principal amount
of the total Indebtedness of Company and its Subsidiaries then
outstanding from time to t