FORBEARANCE
AGREEMENT
AND THIRD AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT
AGREEMENT
THIS FORBEARANCE
AGREEMENT AND THIRD AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT
AGREEMENT, dated as of September 4, 2008 (this “
Agreement ”), is entered into by and among LCC
INTERNATIONAL, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “
Borrower ”), the Guarantors identified on the
signature pages hereto (the “ Guarantors ” and,
collectively with the Borrower, the “ Loan Parties
”), the Lenders identified on the signature pages hereto (the
“ Lenders ”) and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as
administrative agent (the “ Administrative Agent
”). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined
shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Credit Agreement
(as defined below) as amended hereby.
A. The Loan
Parties, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent have entered into
that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of
May 29, 2007 (as amended by that certain First Amendment to
Amended and Restated Credit Agreement and Waiver dated as of
November 30, 2007 and that certain Second Amendment to Amended
and Restated Credit Agreement and Waiver dated as of June 25, 2008
and as further amended and otherwise modified from time to time,
the “ Credit Agreement ”).
B. Certain
Events of Default have occurred as a result of the Borrower’s
failure to comply with (i) Section 2.03(b)(i) of the
Credit Agreement with respect to the prepayment of Revolving Loans
due on July 22, 2008 in the amount of approximately $1,400,000
in respect of the overadvance that existed on such date and in the
amount of approximately $3,600,000 in respect of the overadvance
that existed as of the date hereof after giving effect to all
payments made by the Borrower on the date hereof (the “
Overadvance Defaults ”),
(ii) Section 2.06(c) of the Credit Agreement with respect
to the interest payments due and payable on June 30, 2008 and
July 31, 2008 (collectively, the “ Payment Defaults
”), (iii) Section 8.11 of the Credit Agreement with
respect to certain fiscal quarters ending prior to the date hereof
and Section 8.16 of the Credit Agreement with respect to the
fiscal quarter ending June 30, 2008 (the “ Existing
Covenant Defaults ”), (iv) Section 7.01(b) of
the Credit Agreement with respect to the financial statements for
the month ended July 31, 2008 (the “ Reporting
Default ”), (v) Section 7.02(a) of the Credit
Agreement with respect to the Borrower’s 10Q for the fiscal
quarter ended June 30, 2008 (the “ 10Q Default
”), (vi) Section 7.05 of the Credit Agreement with
respect to the Borrower’s good standing under the Laws of the
states of Delaware and Virginia (the “ Good Standing
Defaults ”) and (vii) Section 7.04 of the
Credit Agreement with respect to the Borrower’s failure to
pay certain vendors prior to the date hereof (the “ Vendor
Defaults ”).
C. The Loan
Parties have informed the Lender and the Administrative Agent that
certain additional Events of Default are expected to occur as a
result of the Borrower’s anticipated failure to comply with
the financial covenants set forth in Section 8.11 and 8.16 of
the Credit Agreement with the respect to the applicable periods
ending from and after the date hereof through the Maturity Date
(the “ Anticipated Covenant Defaults ” and,
together with the Existing Covenant Defaults, the “
Covenant Defaults ”).
D. The Loan
Parties have requested that the Administrative Agent and the
Lenders (i) forbear from exercising their rights and remedies
arising under the Loan Documents in connection with the Covenant
Defaults, the Overadvance Defaults, the Reporting Default, the 10Q
Default, the Vendor Defaults and the Good Standing Defaults,
(ii) permit the Loan Parties to cure the Payment Defaults,
(iii) make additional extensions of credit to the Loan Parties
in the form of a new term loan tranche under the Credit Agreement
and (iv) make certain modifications to the Credit
Agreement.
E. The
Administrative Agent and the Lenders have agreed to do so, but only
pursuant to the terms set forth herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants hereinafter
contained, and for other good and valuable consideration, the
receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the
parties hereto agree as follows:
1.
Estoppel, Acknowledgement and Reaffirmation . The Loan
Parties hereby acknowledge and agree that, as of September 3,
2008, (a) the Payment Defaults, the Overadvance Defaults, the
Reporting Default, the 10Q Default, the Good Standing Defaults, the
Vendor Defaults and the Covenant Defaults currently exist and have
not been waived by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and
(b) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of (i) the
Revolving Loans is not less than $21,951,000 and (ii) the Term
Loan is not less than $2,300,000, each of which amounts constitute
a valid and subsisting obligation of the Loan Parties to the
Lenders that is not subject to any credits, offsets, defenses,
claims, counterclaims or adjustments of any kind. The Loan Parties
hereby acknowledge their obligations under the respective Loan
Documents to which they are party, reaffirm that each of the liens
and security interests created and granted in or pursuant to the
Collateral Documents is valid and subsisting and agree that this
Agreement shall in no manner impair or otherwise adversely effect
such obligations, liens or security interests, except as explicitly
set forth herein.
2. Cure
of Payment Defaults . On the date hereof, the Loan Parties
shall pay to the Administrative Agent (for the ratable benefit of
the Lenders) $283,716.38 (the “ Past Due Amount
”) consisting of the amount due under Section 2.06(c) of
the Credit Agreement in respect of the interest and late fee
payments due and payable on or about July 1, 2008 and
August 1, 2008. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders
hereby acknowledge and agree that, upon receipt of the Past Due
Amount in cash on the date hereof, the Payment Defaults shall be
deemed cured and any Defaults or Events of Default arising in
connection therewith shall be deemed waived.
3.
September Amortization Payment . On the date hereof, the
Loan Parties shall pay to the Administrative Agent (for the ratable
benefit of the Lenders) $650,000 (the “ September
Payment ”) to be applied to the Term Loan.
4. August
Interest Payment . On the date hereof, the Loan Parties shall
pay to the Administrative Agent (for the ratable benefit of the
Lenders) $130,152.75 (the “ August Interest Payment
”) in respect of the interest payment due under
Section 2.06(c) of the Credit Agreement on or about
August 30, 2008.
5.
Forbearance . Subject to the terms and conditions set forth
herein, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders hereby agree that,
during the Forbearance Period (as defined below), the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall forbear from exercising
any and all rights or remedies available to them under the Loan
Documents or under applicable law as a result of the Covenant
Defaults, the Reporting Default, the 10Q Default, the Good Standing
Defaults, the Vendor Defaults and the Overadvance Defaults, but
only to the extent that such rights or remedies arise exclusively
as a result of the existence or continuation of the Covenant
Defaults, the Reporting Default, the 10Q Default, the Good Standing
Defaults, the Vendor Defaults and the Overadvance Defaults;
provided , however, that the Administrative Agent and the
Lenders shall be free to exercise any or all of their rights and
remedies arising on account of the Covenant Defaults, the Reporting
Default, the 10Q Default, the Good Standing Defaults, the Vendor
Defaults and the Overadvance Defaults at any time upon or after the
occurrence of a Forbearance Termination Event (as defined
below).
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6.
Forbearance Termination Events . Nothing set forth herein or
contemplated hereby is intended to constitute an agreement by the
Administrative Agent or the Lenders to forbear from exercising any
of the rights or remedies available to them under the Loan
Documents or under applicable law (all of which rights and remedies
are hereby expressly reserved by the Administrative Agent and the
Lenders) upon or after the occurrence of a Forbearance Termination
Event. As used herein, a “ Forbearance Termination
Event ” shall mean the occurrence of any of the
following: (a) any breach of this Agreement (including without
limitation, the financial covenants set forth in
Section 7 below) by any Loan Party, (b) any Event
of Default under the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document
other than the Covenant Defaults, the Reporting Default, the 10Q
Default, the Good Standing Defaults, the Vendor Defaults and the
Overadvance Defaults or (c) November 25, 2009. The period
from the date hereof to (but excluding) the date that a Forbearance
Termination Event occurs shall be referred to as the “
Forbearance Period ”.
7.
Forbearance Period Financial Covenants .
(a) From and after
the date hereof, the Loan Parties shall not permit Consolidated
EBITDA to be less than:
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(i)
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for
the fiscal quarter ending September 30, 2008,
$400,000;
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(ii)
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for
the four-month period ending October 31, 2008,
$1,000,000;
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(iii)
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for
the five-month period ending November 30, 2008,
$1,600,000;
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(iv)
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for
the six-month period ending December 31, 2008,
$2,400,000;
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(v)
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for
the nine-month period ending March 31, 2009,
$1,750,000;
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(vi)
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for
the twelve-month period ending June 30, 2009, $2,400,000;
and
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(vii)
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for
the twelve-month period ending September 30, 2009,
$3,400,000.
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Within 10
Business Days of the end of each month, the Loan Parties shall
deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate setting forth the
calculation of Consolidated EBITDA, in the same manner as the
calculation of Consolidated EBITDA is set forth on a Compliance
Certificate, for the applicable period ended as of the last day of
the preceding month.
(b) From and after
the date hereof, the Loan Parties shall not permit Consolidated
Capital Expenditures, in the aggregate, during any period of the
Borrower set forth below to exceed the amount set forth
below:
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(i)
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for
the four-month period ending December 31, 2008,
$1,725,000;
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(ii)
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for
the fiscal quarter ending March 31, 2009, $500,000;
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(iii)
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for
the fiscal quarter ending June 30, 2009, $500,000;
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(iv)
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for
the fiscal quarter ending September 30, 2009, $400,000;
and
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(v)
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for
the period thereafter through the Maturity Date,
$400,000.
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8.
Borrowing Base/Overadvance . From and after the date hereof,
the Loan Parties shall not permit the aggregate principal amount of
all Revolving Loans outstanding at any time to exceed the lesser of
(A) the Borrowing Base then in effect plus $3,600,000 (less
the aggregate amount of any payments hereafter made pursuant to
Section 2.05(a) of the Credit Agreement) and (B) the
Aggregate Revolving Commitments then in effect (such excess amount,
an “ Overadvance ”). If, at any time, an
Overadvance exists, the Loan Parties shall immediately prepay the
Revolving Loans in an amount equal to the Overadvance. Any failure
by the Loan Parties to timely make such prepayment shall constitute
an immediate Forbearance Termination Event hereunder and Event of
Default under the Credit Agreement.
9.
Shareholder Guarantor Cure of Events of Default . In the
event that a Forbearance Termination Event or an Event of Default
occurs as a result of (a) the Loan Parties’ failure to
comply with the financial covenants set forth in
Section 7 hereof, (b) the Loan Parties’
failure to make a Scheduled Principal Payment as and when due in
accordance with Section 2.05(a) of the Credit Agreement or
(c) the Loan Parties’ failure to comply with
Section 8 hereof, such Forbearance Termination Event or
Event of Default, as applicable, shall be deemed cured by the
Shareholder Guarantors’ depositing additional cash collateral
with the Administrative Agent pursuant to the terms of the
Shareholder Guaranty and the Cash Collateral Agreement with a
corresponding increase in the amount guaranteed pursuant to the
Shareholder Guaranty in an amount equal to (A) in the case of
a Forbearance Termination Event described in clause (a)
above, the amount of the shortfall of the Loan Parties with respect
to the applicable financial covenant, (B) in the case of an
Event of Default described in clause (b) above, the amount
necessary to make the Scheduled Principal Payment required and
(C) in the case of a Forbearance Termination Event described
in clause (c) hereof, the amount by which the aggregate
principal amount of Revolving Loans outstanding at such time
exceeds the amount permitted under Section 8 hereof. In
connection with any such deposit of additional cash collateral, the
Borrower shall cause the Shareholder Guarantors to execute any
documents reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent in
connection therewith.
10.
Forbearance Fee . In consideration of the Lenders’
willingness to enter into this Agreement, the Loan Parties shall be
obligated to pay to the Administrative Agent (for the ratable
benefit of the Lenders) a forbearance fee of $275,000 (which amount
includes, for the avoidance of doubt, fees in the amount of $75,000
accrued prior to the date hereof, the “ Forbearance
Fee ”) which fee shall be fully earned and non-refundable
as of the date hereof; provided that the Forbearance Fee
shall be due and payable upon the occurrence of a Forbearance
Termination Event.
11.
Extension Fees . The Loan Parties shall be obligated to pay
to the Administrative Agent (for the ratable benefit of the
Lenders) (i) a first extension fee in the amount of 0.2% of
the aggregate amount of Obligations outstanding under the Loan
Documents as of January 1, 2009, which fee shall be fully
earned and non-refundable as of such date, (ii) a second
extension fee in the amount of 0.2% of the aggregate amount of
Obligations outstanding under the Loan Documents as of
April 1, 2009, which fee shall be fully earned and
non-refundable as of such date, (iii) a third extension fee in
the amount of 0.2% of the aggregate amount of Obligations
outstanding under the Loan Documents as of July 1, 2009, which
fee shall be fully earned and non-refundable as of such date and
(iv) a fourth extension fee in the amount of 0.2% of the
aggregate amount of Obligations outstanding under the Loan
Documents as of October 1, 2009, which fee shall be fully
earned and non-refundable as of such date; provided that the
foregoing extension fees shall be due and payable upon the
occurrence of a Forbearance Termination Event (to the extent earned
prior to or concurrent with the occurrence of such Forbearance
Termination Event).
12.
Guaranty Agreement . The Loan Parties shall cause Milfam
Guarantor, LLC and BR Investco, LLC (the “ Shareholder
Guarantors ”) to execute and deliver to the
Administrative Agent (a) a limited guaranty agreement, in the
form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “
Shareholder Guaranty
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Agreement ”) and (b) a lender/guarantor
agreement, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B
(the “ Lender/Guarantor Agreement ”).
13. Cash
Collateral . As collateral security for the obligations of the
Shareholder Guarantors under the Shareholder Guaranty Agreement,
the Loan Parties shall cause the Shareholder Guarantors (i) to
deposit cash in an amount equal to $9,000,000 (the “
Deposit ”) into an account maintained with the
Administrative Agent (in which the Loan Parties shall have no
interest) and (ii) to execute and deliver a Cash Collateral
Agreement, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C
(the “ Cash Collateral Agreement ”), to the
Administrative Agent.
14.
Amendments to Credit Agreement .
(a) The following
definitions in Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement are hereby
amended and restated in their entirety to read as
follows:
“
Aggregate Commitments ” means the Aggregate Revolving
Commitments, the Aggregate Term Loan Commitments and the Aggregate
Term B Loan Commitments.
“
Collateral Documents ” means, collectively,
(a) the Security Agreement and other security documents as may
be executed and delivered by the Loan Parties pursuant to the terms
of Section 7.14 and (b) the Cash Collateral
Agreement.
“
Commitment ” means, as to each Lender, the Revolving
Commitment, the Term Loan Commitment or the Term B Loan Commitment,
as applicable, of such Lender.
“ Default
Rate ” means an interest rate equal to (i) the Base
Rate plus (ii) the Applicable Rate, if any, applicable
to Base Rate Loans plus (iii) 2% per annum;
provided , however , that (i) with respect to a
Eurodollar Rate Loan, the Default Rate shall be an interest rate
equal to the interest rate (including any Applicable Rate)
otherwise applicable to such Loan plus 2% per annum and
(ii) with respect to a Special Rate Loan, the Default Rate
shall be an interest rate equal to the Special Rate plus 2% per
annum, in each case to the fullest extent permitted by applicable
Laws; provided that the Default Rate shall be payable on a
Special Rate Loan only so long as an Event of Default has occurred
and is continuing as a result of the Loan Parties’ failure to
timely make any payment with respect to such Special Rate
Loan.
“
Loan ” means an extension of credit by a Lender to the
Borrower under Article II in the form of a Revolving
Loan, a Term Loan or a Term B Loan.
“ Loan
Documents ” means this Agreement, each Note, each Joinder
Agreement, the Collateral Documents and the Intercreditor
Agreement.
“
Note ” means the Revolving Notes, the Term Loan Notes
and the Term B Loan Notes, individually or collectively, as
appropriate.
(b) The following
definitions are hereby added to Section 1.01 of the Credit
Agreement in the appropriate alphabetical order:
“
Aggregate Term B Loan Commitments ” means the Term B
Loan Commitments of all the Lenders. The initial amount of the
Aggregate Term B Loan Commitments in effect as of September 4,
2008 is NINE MILLION DOLLARS ($9,000,000).
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“ Cash
Collateral Agreement ” means that certain Cash Collateral
Agreement dated as of September 4, 2008 given by the
Shareholder Guarantors to the Administrative Agent.
“
Domestic Loan Parties ” means the Loan Parties other
than the Foreign Guarantors and Foreign Subsidiaries.
“ Foreign
Guarantor ” means a Guarantor that is a Foreign
Subsidiary.
“
Lender/Guarantor Agreement ” means that certain
Lender/Guarantor Agreement, dated as of September 4, 2008, by
and among the Shareholder Guarantors and the Lenders.
“
Obligors ” means, collectively, the Borrower, the
Guarantors and the Shareholder Guarantors.
“
Shareholder Guarantors ” means Milfam Guarantor, LLC
and BR Investco, LLC.
“
Shareholder Guaranty Agreement ” means that certain
Shareholder Guaranty Agreement dated as of September 4, 2008
given by the Shareholder Guarantors to the Administrative
Agent.
“ Special
Rate ” means for any day a fluctuating rate per annum
equal to the Federal Funds Rate plus 9%.
“ Special
Rate Loan ” means a Loan that bears interest at the
Special Rate.
“ Term B
Cash Pay Interest ” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.06(c) .
“ Term B
Loan ” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.01(c) .
“ Term B
Loan Commitment ” means, as to each Lender, its
obligation to make Term B Loans to the Borrower pursuant to
Section 2.01 , in an aggregate principal amount at any
one time outstanding not to exceed the amount set forth opposite
such Lender’s name on Schedule 2.01 or in the
Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender becomes a
party hereto, as applicable, as such amount may be adjusted from
time to time in accordance with this Agreement.
“ Term B
Loan Note ” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.09 .
“ Term B
PIK Interest ” has the meaning specified in Section
2.06(c) .
“ Third
Amendment ” means that certain Forbearance Agreement and
Third Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as
of September 4, 2008, by and among the Administrative Agent,
the Lenders and the Loan Parties.
(c) The definition
of “Applicable Rate” in Section 1.01 of the Credit
Agreement is hereby amended by replacing the pricing grid contained
therein with the following pricing grid:
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Pricing
Tier
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Consolidated
Leverage Ratio
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Commitment
Fee
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Eurodollar Rate
Based Loans
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Base Rate
Loans
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≤ 2.5 to 1.0
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0.250%
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4.00%
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2.50%
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> 2.5 to 1.0
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0.250%
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4.50%
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3.00%
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(d) Each reference
to “Loan Party” or “Loan Parties” in the
following provisions of the Credit Agreement is amended to read
“Domestic Loan Party” or “Domestic Loan
Parties”, as applicable:
-definitions of
Disposition, Eligible Domestic Accounts Receivable, Eligible
Unbilled Receivables, Excluded Property, Permitted Acquisitions
(other than clause (d) thereof) and Security Agreement
-Section 7.15
-Section 7.17
-Section 8.08(a)
(e) The following
sentence is added to the end of the definition of “Excluded
Taxes” in Section 1.01 of the Credit
Agreement:
Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained in this definition,
“Excluded Taxes” shall not include any withholding tax
imposed at any time on payments made by or on behalf of a Foreign
Subsidiary to any Lender hereunder or under any other Loan
Document, provided that such Lender shall have complied with
the last paragraph of Section 3.01(e) ; and
provided further that, if the Borrower or the Foreign
Subsidiary informs the Lender with reasonable advance notice that
the Lender may be entitled to an exemption or reduction from
withholding tax imposed by the jurisdiction in which the Foreign
Subsidiary is organized and if the Lender determines in its
reasonable discretion that it is entitled to claim such exemption
or reduction (with Borrower agreeing to pay any reasonable costs
and expenses incurred by the Lender in connection with making such
determination and such claim), Lender shall have claimed such
exemption or reduction.
(f) A new
Section 2.01(c) is hereby added to the Credit Agreement to
read as follows:
(c) Term B
Loan . Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein,
each Lender severally agrees to make its portion of a term loan
(the “ Term B Loan ”) to the Borrower in Dollars
on the effective date of the Third Amendment in an amount not to
exceed such Lender’s Term B Loan Commitment. Amounts repaid
on the Term B Loan may not be reborrowed. The Term B Loan shall be
a Special Rate Loan.
(g)
Section 2.02(a) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by
adding the following sentence to the end thereof:
Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary herein, a Term B Loan may not be converted
to a Eurodollar Rate Loan or a Base Rate Loan, but instead shall at
all times be a Special Rate Loan.
(h)
Section 2.03(a) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by
deleting the first sentence thereof and replacing it with the
following sentence:
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The Borrower
may, upon notice from the Borrower to the Administrative Agent, at
any time or from time to time voluntarily prepay Loans in whole or
in part without premium or penalty; provided that
(A) such notice must be received by the Administrative Agent
not later than 11:00 a.m. (1) three Business Days prior
to any date of prepayment of Eurodollar Rate Loans and (2) on
the date of prepayment of Base Rate Loans or Eurodollar Daily
Floating Rate Loans; (B) any such prepayment shall be in a
principal amount of $250,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in
excess thereof (or, if less, the entire principal amount thereof
then outstanding) (except in connection with any automatic sweep
provisions contemplated under Section 7.17 ) and
(C) the Borrower may not prepay the Term B Loan until such
time as all other Obligations have been repaid in full and the
Commitments have been terminated.
(i)
Section 2.03(b)(i)(B) of the Credit Agreement is hereby
amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
(B) the Borrowing
Base then in effect plus $3,600,000 (less the aggregate amount of
any payments made pursuant to Section 2.05(a) after
September 5, 2008)
(j)
Section 2.03(b)(v)(B) of the Credit Agreement is hereby
amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
(B) with respect
to all amounts prepaid pursuant to Sections 2.03(b)(ii) ,
(iii) and (iv) :
(1) first, to the
Term Loan (to the remaining principal amortization payments of the
Term Loan in reverse order thereof (other than with respect to any
prepayment made with Net Cash Proceeds of the Nokia Disposition,
which shall be applied (I) first, to the Term Loan in the
direct order of maturity in accordance with the amortization
schedule set forth in Section 2.05 and
(II) thereafter, to the payment of any accrued and unpaid
interest on the Loans (but subject to Section 9.04 in
the case of payment of interest on the Term B Loan)));
(2) second, (after
the Term Loan has been paid in full) to the Revolving Loans (with a
corresponding permanent reduction in the Aggregate Revolving
Commitments); and
(3) third, to the
remaining Obligations in the order set forth in
Section 9.03 (but subject to Section 9.04
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(k)
Section 2.05(a) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and
restated in its entirety to read as follows:
(a) The Borrower
shall repay the principal balance of the Loans (applied first to
the Term Loan until the Term Loan has been repaid in full, and
thereafter, to the Revolving Loans with a corresponding reduction
to the Aggregate Revolving Commitments) by making a payment on each
date set forth below in the respective amount set forth in the
table below (each such payment, a “ Scheduled Principal
Payment ”):
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Date
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(l)
Section 2.06(a) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and
restated in its entirety to read as follows:
(a) Subject to the
provisions of subsection (b) below, (i) each Eurodollar
Rate Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount
thereof for each Interest Period at a rate per annum equal to the
sum of the Eurodollar Rate for such Interest Period plus the
Applicable Rate, (ii) each Eurodollar Daily Floating Rate Loan
shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof
from the applicable borrowing date at a rate per annum equal to the
Eurodollar Daily Floating Rate plus the Applicable Rate,
(iii) each Base Rate Loan shall bear interest on the
outstanding principal amount thereof from the applicable borrowing
date at a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate plus the
Applicable Rate and (iv) each Special Rate Loan shall bear
interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof from the
applicable borrowing date at a rate per annum equal to the Special
Rate.
(m)
Section 2.06(c) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and
restated in its entirety to read as follows:
(c) Interest on
each Revolving Loan and the Term Loan shall be due and payable in
cash in arrears on each Interest Payment Date applicable thereto
and at such other times as may be specified herein. Interest on the
Term B Loan shall be payable as follows: the Borrower shall make a
cash interest payment to the Administrative Agent in an amount
equal to the Federal Funds Rate multiplied by the outstanding
principal balance of the Term B Loan on each Interest Payment Date
(the “ Term B Cash Pay Interest ”), and the
Borrower shall pay all interest (including for the avoidance of
doubt, any interest at the Default Rate) accrued in respect of the
Term B Loan, other than the Term B Cash Pay Interest (the “
Term B PIK Interest ”) upon the earlier to occur of
(i) the Maturity Date, (ii) the payment of the Term B
Loan in its entirety or (iii) upon acceleration of the Term B
Loan after the occurrence of an Event of Default. Interest
hereunder shall be due and payable in accordance with the terms
hereof before and after judgment, and before and after the
commencement of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief
Law.
(n)
Section 2.09 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by
deleting the second-to-last sentence thereof and replacing it with
the following sentence:
Each such
promissory note shall (i) in the case of Revolving Loans, be
in the form of Exhibit 2.09(a) (a “ Revolving
Note ”), (ii) in the case of the Term Loan, be in
the form of Exhibit 2.09(b) (a “ Term Loan
Note ”) and (iii) in the case of the Term B Loan, be
in the form of Exhibit 2.09(c) a (“ Term B
Loan Note ”).
(o) A new clause
(b) is added to Section 7.12 of the Credit Agreement to
read as follows:
(b) With respect
to any Foreign Subsidiary, if a Guarantee of the Obligations by
such Foreign Subsidiary could not reasonably be expected to cause
any material
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adverse tax
consequences to the Borrower or violate any agreement or obligation
to which such Foreign Subsidiary is a party as of September 4,
2008 (the Borrower and such Foreign Subsidiary hereby agreeing to
use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain a waiver of any such
agreement or obligation in order to permit the Guarantee of the
Obligations by such Foreign Subsidiary), cause such Foreign
Subsidiary to (i) become a Guarantor by executing and delivering to
the Administrative Agent a Joinder Agreement or such other
documents as the Administrative Agent shall deem appropriate for
such purpose, and (ii) upon the request of the Administrative
Agent in its sole discretion, deliver to the Administrative Agent
such Organization Documents, resolutions and favorable opinions of
counsel, all in form, content and scope reasonably satisfactory to
the Administrative Agent.
(p) In clause
(a)(ii) of Section 7.14 of the Credit Agreement, the
parenthetical “(or such greater percentage that, due to a
change in an applicable Law after the date hereof, (1) could
not reasonably be expected to cause the undistributed earnings of
such Foreign Subsidiary as determined for United States federal
income tax purposes to be treated as a deemed dividend to such
Foreign Subsidiary’s United States parent and (2) could
not reasonably be expected to cause any material adverse tax
consequences)” is amended to read “(or such greater
percentage that could not reasonably be expected to cause any
material adverse tax consequences to the
Borrower)”.
(q) Clause
(d) of Section 8.02 of the Credit Agreement is amended to
read as follows:
(d)
(i) Investments in any Person that is a Domestic Loan Party
prior to or upon giving effect to such Investment, provided that if
such Investment is a loan or advance from a Foreign Subsidiary,
such loan or advance shall be subordinated to the Obligations in a
manner and to an extent reasonably acceptable to the Administrative
Agent;
(ii) Investments
by any Foreign Guarantor in any Person that is a Foreign Guarantor
prior to or upon giving effect to such Investment;
(r) Clause
(b) of Section 8.04 of the Credit Agreement is amended to
read as follows:
(b) any Subsidiary
may merge or consolidate with any other Subsidiary provided that
(i) if a Domestic Loan Party is a party to such transaction,
the continuing or surviving Person is a Domestic Loan Party and
(ii) of a Domestic Loan Party is not party to such transaction
and a Foreign Guarantor is party to such transaction, the
continuing or surviving Person is a Foreign Guarantor,
(s) Clause (a)(v)
of Section 8.09 of the Credit Agreement is amended to read as
follows:
(v) in the case of
any Person that is not a Foreign Subsidiary, pledge its property
pursuant to the Loan Documents or any renewals, refinancings,
exchanges, refundings or extension thereof (and, in the case of a
Foreign Subsidiary, after the effective date of the Third
Amendment, enter into any Contractual Obligation which encumbers or
restricts its ability to pledge its property pursuant to the Loan
Documents or any renewals, refinancings, exchanges, refundings or
extension thereof or
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(t) The phrase
“or any Shareholder Guarantor” is added after each
reference to “or any Subsidiary” in
Section 9.01(f) of the Credit Agreement, and the phrase
“if (and so long as), in any such case involving any
Shareholder Guarantor, the Collateral under and as defined in the
Cash Collateral Agreement is subject to any stay or other
restriction on the Administrative Agent’s rights and remedies
thereunder” is added at the end of such section.
(u) A new
Section 9.04 is hereby added to the Credit Agreement to read
as follows:
9.04
Application to Term B Loan
Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein, including without
limitation Section 9.03 , no amounts received by the
Administrative Agent or any Lender on account of the Obligations
shall be applied by the Administrative Agent to Obligations
constituting unpaid principal or Term B PIK Interest of the Term B
Loan until such time as all other Obligations have been paid in
full and all Commitments terminated. Any amounts thereafter
received on account of the Obligations shall be applied by the
Administrative Agent (i) first, to unpaid Term B Cash Pay
Interest, (ii) second, to the payment of that portion of the
Obligations constituting unpaid principal of the Term B Loan and
(iii) thereafter, to the payment of that portion of the
Obligations constituting Term B PIK Interest, in each case, ratably
among the Lenders in proportion to the respective amounts of the
Term B Loan held by them.
(v)
Section 11.06(b)(iii)(A) of the Credit Agreement is hereby
amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
(A) the consent of
the Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or
delayed) shall be required unless (1) an Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing at the time of such assignment or
(2) such assignment is to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender,
an Approved Fund or a Shareholder Guarantor; and
(w)
Section 11.06(b)(v) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended
and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
(v) No
Assignment to Borrower . No such assignment shall be made to
the Borrower or any of the Borrower’s Affiliates (except any
Shareholder Guarantor, including any such assignment to such
Shareholder Guarantor made pursuant to Section 5 of the
Lender/Guarantor Agreement) or Subsidiaries.
(x)
Schedule 2.01 to the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and
restated in its entirety to read as follows:
Commitments and Applicable
Percentages
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(y) A new
Exhibit 2.09(c) is hereby added to the Credit Agreement in the
form of Exhibit D attached hereto.
15.
Financial Consultant . Counsel to the Administrative Agent
has retained FTI Consulting, Inc. as its financial consultant (the
“ Financial Consultant ”) to advise counsel to
the Administrative Agent with regard to the operations and
financial performance of the Loan Parties. The Loan Parties shall
(a) continue to cooperate fully with the Financial Consultant,
which cooperation shall include, but shall not be limited to,
allowing the Financial Consultant (i) full access to observe the
Loan Parties’ respective operations, (ii) the
opportunity to inspect the Loan Parties’ respective financial
records and projections and (iii) the opportunity to meet
with, upon reasonable notice, the Loan Parties’ officers, the
Investment Banker and, to the extent retained, any restructuring
consultant or similar advisor and (b) upon demand, reimburse
counsel to the Administrative Agent for the reasonable fees and
expenses of the Financial Consultant.
16.
Investment Banker . On or before September 15, 2008,
the Loan Parties shall select a qualified investment banker
reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders
(the “ Investment Banker ”). On or before
September 22, 2008, the Loan Parties shall have retained the
Investment Banker to evaluate the feasibility of, and, as requested
by the Borrower, facilitate, a sale or sales of certain assets,
lines of business or Equity Interests in Subsidiaries of the Loan
Parties and any and all alternatives for raising capital to enable
the Loan Parties to repay all Obligations under the Loan Documents.
The Loan Parties hereby agree that they shall require the
Investment Banker, pursuant to the terms of such retention, to
deliver the Investment Banker’s initial report regarding the
feasibility of a sale or sales of certain assets, lines of business
or Equity Interests in Subsidiaries of the Loan Parties and any and
all alternatives for raising capital to enable the Loan Parties to
repay all Obligations under the Loan Documents to the
Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Financial Consultant on
or before October 31, 2008. The Loan Parties shall pay all
costs and fees associated with the retention of the Investment
Banker as and when due. The Loan Parties hereby agree to cooperate
fully with the Investment Banker and to allow the Investment Banker
to have access to such information regarding the Loan
Parties’ operations and financial performance as is
reasonably requested by the Investment Banker or the Administrative
Agent. Upon the request of the Administrative Agent, the Loan
Parties shall make the Investment Banker available to the
Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Financial Consultant to
provide such information as is reasonably requested by the
Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Financial
Consultant.
17.
Joinder of Guarantors . On or before October 31, 2008
and in any event, within 10 Business Days after the Administrative
Agent or its counsel shall have delivered the applicable
documentation to the Loan Parties, the Loan Parties shall cause
each of their respective Subsidiaries identified on
Schedule A hereto (the “ Foreign Loan
Parties ”) to (a) become a Guarantor by executing and
delivering to the Administrative Agent a Joinder Agreement (or
other documentation acceptable to the Administrative Agent) and
such other documents as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably
request, (b) grant a security interest (or the applicable
foreign equivalent) on its personal property as collateral for its
obligations as a Guarantor and deliver any related instruments,
documents or filings as are reasonably requested by the
Administrative Agent in connection with such security interest and
(c) deliver to the Administrative Agent such Organization
Documents, resolutions and favorable opinions of counsel as the
Administrative Agent shall reasonably request, all in form content
and scope reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;
provided that, in the case of LCC Wireless Communications
Espana, SA (“ LCC Spain ”) and LCC Networth
Services, BV (“ LCC Netherlands ”) such
Guarantee of the Obligations or granting of such security interest
by LCC Spain or LCC Netherlands shall not be required to the extent
that, and for so long as, such Guarantee of the Obligations or
granting of such security interest, as applicable, could not
reasonably be expected to violate any agreement or obligation to
which LCC Spain
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or LCC
Netherlands is a party as of September 4, 2008 (the Borrower
and LCC Spain or LCC Netherlands, as applicable, hereby agreeing to
use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain a waiver of any such
agreement or obligation in order to permit the Guarantee of the
Obligations and grant of security interest by LCC Spain or LCC
Netherlands, as applicable).
(a) On or prior to
the date hereof, the Loan Parties shall cause 100% of the Equity
Interests of all Foreign Subsidiaries directly owned by the
Borrower or any Domestic Subsidiary on the date hereof to be
pledged to the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the
Lenders, to secure the Obligations pursuant to documentation in
form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. On or
before September 10, 2008, the Loan Parties shall
(i) deliver to the Administrative Agent all certificates
evidencing such Equity Interests, together with duly executed in
blank, undated stock powers attached thereto (unless deemed
unnecessary by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable
discretion) and (ii) deliver to the Administrative Agent such
Organization Documents, resolutions and favorable opinions of
counsel as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request, all
in form content and scope reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent.
(b) On or before
October 31, 2008 and in any event, within 10 Business Days
after the Administrative Agent or its counsel shall have delivered
the applicable documentation to the Loan Parties, the Loan Parties
shall (i) cause 100% of the Equity Interests of all Foreign
Subsidiaries directly owned by any Foreign Loan Party on the date
hereof to be pledged to the Administrative Agent, for the ratable
benefit of the Lenders, to secure the Obligations pursuant to
documentation in form and substance satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent, (ii) deliver to the Administrative Agent
all certificates evidencing such Equity Interests, together with
duly executed in blank, undated stock powers attached thereto
(unless deemed unnecessary by the Administrative Agent in its
reasonable discretion) and (iii) deliver to the Administrative
Agent such Organization Documents, resolutions and favorable
opinions of counsel as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably
request, all in form content and scope reasonably satisfactory to
the Administrative Agent; provided that the Administrative
Agent shall not require the Loan Parties to take actions necessary
to perfect the pledge described herein in the jurisdictions of any
Foreign Subsidiary that is not a jurisdiction of any Foreign Loan
Party; provided further that such pledge of Equity
Interests of such Foreign Subsidiary shall not be required to the
extent that, and for so long as, such pledge of Equity Interests of
such Foreign Subsidiary could not reasonably be expected to violate
any agreement or obligation to which such Foreign Subsidiary, LCC
Netherlands or LCC Spain is a party as of September 4, 2008
(the Borrower and such Foreign Subsidiary, LLC Netherlands or LCC
Spain, as applicable, hereby agreeing to use commercially
reasonable efforts to obtain a waiver of any such agreement or
obligation in order to permit such pledge of Equity Interests of
such Foreign Subsidiary).
19.
July 2008 Financial Statements . On or before
September 20, 2008, the Loan Parties shall deliver to the
Administrative Agent the financial statements and other
deliverables described in Section 7.01(b) of the Credit
Agreement for the month ended July 31, 2008.
20. Good
Standing . On or before September 30, 2008, the Borrower
shall renew its good standing under the Laws of the states of
Delaware and Virginia and shall deliver evidence of such good
standing to the Administrative Agent.
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21.
Effectiveness; Conditions Precedent . This Agreement (and
any obligation of the Lenders to make the Term B Loan available to
the Loan Parties) shall be effective as of the date hereof upon
satisfaction of the following conditions in form and substance
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent:
(a) The
Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts of this
Agreement duly executed by each of the Loan Parties, the
Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders.
(b) The
Administrative Agent shall have received the Term B Loan Note, duly
executed by the Borrower.
(c) The
Administrative Agent shall have received the Past Due Amount, the
September Payment and the August Interest Payment.
(d) The
Administrative Agent shall have received (i) the Deposit,
(ii) counterparts of the Shareholder Guaranty Agreement and
the Cash Collateral Agreement duly executed by the Shareholder
Guarantors and the Administrative Agent and (iii) such
Organization Documents, resolutions and favorable opinions of
counsel related to the Shareholder Guarantors, the Shareholder
Guaranty Agreement and the Cash Collateral Agreement as the
Administrative Agent shall reasonably request, all in form content
and scope reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent.
(e) The
Administrative Agent shall have received a retainer in the amount
of $150,000 (the “ Retainer ”), which Retainer,
for the avoidance of doubt, represents an estimate rather than a
cap, in respect of expenses expected to be incurred by the
Administrative Agent in c
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