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EXHIBIT 10.1
SECOND
FORBEARANCE AGREEMENT
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This SECOND FORBEARANCE
AGREEMENT (this "Agreement") is entered into as
of this 15th day of April, 2007, by and among All American Semiconductor, Inc.,
a Delaware corporation (the "Borrower"), the other "Designated
Companies,"
Harris N.A., successor by merger to Harris Trust and Savings Bank, as
administrative agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, the
"Administrative
Agent"), U.S. Bank National Association, as co-administrative agent for
the
Lenders (the "Co-Administrative Agent"), and the lenders from time to
time party
thereto (collectively, the "Lenders"). Capitalized terms used but not
otherwise
defined herein shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in the
Credit Agreement (as hereinafter defined).
WHEREAS, the Borrower, the
Administrative Agent, the Co-Administrative
Agent and the Lenders are parties to that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of
May 14, 2003 (as amended, restated or otherwise modified from time to time,
including, without limitation, pursuant to the First Forbearance Agreement (as
defined below) and this Agreement, the "Credit Agreement"), as
amended by that
certain First Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of June 11, 2004, as
amended by that certain Second Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of August
8, 2005, as amended by that certain Third Amendment to Credit Agreement dated
as
of March 31, 2006, as amended by that certain Fourth Amendment to Credit
Agreement dated as of May 22, 2006, as amended by that certain Fifth Amendment
to Credit Agreement dated as of August 14, 2006, and as amended by that certain
Sixth Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of November 14, 2006; and
WHEREAS, Administrative Agent,
Co-Administrative Agent, each Lender,
Borrower and each other Designated Company are parties to that certain
Forbearance Agreement, dated as of March 29, 2007 (as amended, restated or
otherwise modified, the "First Forbearance Agreement"), pursuant to
which
Administrative Agent and Lenders agreed, subject to the terms and conditions
set
forth therein, to (i) forbear from exercising certain default-related rights
and
remedies under the Credit Agreement, other Loan Documents and applicable law,
and (ii) continue to make certain extensions of credit to Borrower in the form
of Revolving Loans, in each case through a date no later than April 15, 2007
notwithstanding the continuance or expected occurrence, as applicable, of
certain Events of Default specified therein;
WHEREAS, by its terms, the
"Forbearance Period" (as such term is
defined in the First Forbearance Agreement) (the "First Forbearance
Period") is
scheduled to expire on the date hereof;
WHEREAS, the Events of Default
listed as "Current Defaults" on Exhibit
A attached hereto have occurred and are continuing under the Credit Agreement
as
of the date hereof (the "Current Defaults"), and the Events of
Default listed as
"Anticipated Defaults" on Exhibit A attached hereto are expected to
occur and
continue under the Credit Agreement during the Forbearance Period (as defined
below) (if, as and when they become Events of Default, the "Anticipated
Defaults," and together with the Current Defaults, the "Specified
Defaults");
WHEREAS, the Borrower has
advised the Administrative Agent that it has
been in discussions with product vendors from which it intends to purchase
Inventory and/or obtain value-added services during the Forbearance Period
(collectively, the "Product Vendors") and that as of the date hereof
certain of
the Product Vendors have agreed in principle to continue to deliver new
Inventory or provide additional value-added services, as applicable, to
Borrower
during the Forbearance Period pursuant to "cash on delivery" or
"cash in
advance" payment terms.
WHEREAS, in view of the imminent
expiration of the First Forbearance
Period, the Borrower has requested that Administrative Agent, Co-Administrative
Agent and Lenders agree, notwithstanding the existence or, as the case may be,
the occurrence during the Forbearance Period of the Specified Defaults, to (i)
continue to forbear from exercising certain of their default-related rights and
remedies under the Credit Agreement, other Loan Documents and applicable law
through and including April 24, 2007; and (ii) continue to make, and permit to
remain outstanding, certain additional Revolving Loans to Borrower during the
Forbearance Period (as defined below); and
WHEREAS, Administrative Agent,
Co-Administrative Agent and Lenders are
willing to continue to forbear and extend additional credit in the form of
Revolving Loans to Borrower, in each case subject to the terms and conditions
set forth herein.
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NOW THEREFORE, in consideration
of the mutual conditions and agreements
set forth in the Credit Agreement and this Agreement, and for other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
Confirmation of Obligations and Specified Defaults.
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Borrower and each other
Designated Company acknowledges and agrees that
as of the close of business on April 11, 2007, the aggregate principal balance
of the outstanding Obligations under the Credit Agreement was not less than
$45,875,923.33, broken down as follows:
Revolving Loans (excluding L/C
Obligations): $45,875,923.33
L/C Obligations: $0.00
The foregoing amounts do not include interest, fees, expenses and other amounts
which are chargeable or otherwise reimbursable under the Credit Agreement and
the other Loan Documents.
Borrower and each other
Designated Company acknowledges and agrees that
each of the Current Defaults constitutes a material Event of Default that has
occurred and is continuing as of the date hereof, and each of the Anticipated
Defaults is expected to occur and continue during the Forbearance Period, as
the
case may be. Prior to the effectiveness of this Agreement, the existence of the
Specified Defaults (i) upon the direction of the Required Lenders to the extent
provided in the Credit Agreement would have relieved Administrative Agent and
Lenders from any obligation to extend any Loan or provide any other financial
accommodation to Borrower under the Credit Agreement or other Loan Documents
(including consenting to Borrower's use of cash collateral), and (ii) upon the
direction of the Required Lenders to the extent provided in the Credit
Agreement
would have permitted Administrative Agent and Lenders to, among other things,
(A) suspend or terminate any commitment to provide Loans or make other
extensions of credit under any or all of the Credit Agreement and the other
Loan
Documents, (B) accelerate all or any portion of the Obligations, (C) continue
to
charge, and demand immediate payment of, interest with respect to any and all
of
the Obligations at the default rate to the fullest extent permitted under
Section 1.10 of the Credit Agreement, (D) commence any legal or other action to
collect any or all of the Obligations from Borrower, any other Designated
Company and/or any Collateral or any other property as to which any other
Person
granted Administrative Agent or any Lender a security interest therein as
security for the Obligations or any guaranty thereof (collectively, the
"Other
Collateral"), (E) foreclose or otherwise realize on any or all of the
Collateral
and Other Collateral, and/or appropriate, set-off and apply to the payment of
any or all of the Obligations, any or all of the Collateral and Other
Collateral, and/or (F) take any other enforcement action or otherwise exercise
any or all rights and remedies provided for by any or all of the Credit
Agreement, the other Loan Documents or applicable law.
Forbearance; Forbearance Default Rights and Remedies.
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Effective as of the Forbearance
Effective Date (as defined below),
Administrative Agent, Co-Administrative Agent and each Lender agrees that until
the expiration or termination of the Forbearance Period as provided herein, it
will forbear from exercising its default-related rights and remedies against
Borrower or any other Designated Company and its or their respective Collateral
and other property solely with respect to the Specified Defaults; provided,
however:
except as otherwise expressly
provided in Section 3(c) hereof, the
Specified Defaults shall continue to
constitute actionable Events of
Default for the purpose of
triggering all limitations, restrictions or
prohibitions on certain actions that
may be taken or omitted or otherwise
acquiesced to, by or on behalf of,
the Borrower or any other Designated
Company pursuant to the Credit
Agreement or any other Loan Document,
including, without limitation, any
limitations, restrictions or
prohibitions with respect to any
distribution, advance or other payment
from Borrower or any other
Designated Company to any other Designated
Company, any direct or indirect
owner of an equity interest in Borrower or
any other Designated Company or any
Affiliate of any of the foregoing; and
any actions or inactions taken or
omitted or otherwise acquiesced to, by or
on behalf of, any Borrower or any
other Designated Company in violation of
such provisions while any Event of
Default (including any Specified
Default) exists will constitute
additional Events of Default under the
Credit Agreement and the other Loan
Documents, as well as a Forbearance
Default (as defined below) under
this Agreement;
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nothing herein shall restrict,
impair or otherwise affect
Administrative Agent's or any
Lender's rights and remedies under any
blocked account, control account,
bank agency, lock box or similar
agreement to which Administrative
Agent is a party relating to any deposit
or other account of Borrower or any
other Designated Company; provided,
that notwithstanding the provisions
of Section 3.1(c) of the Credit
Agreement, during the Forbearance
Period the provisions of Section 3.1(b)
of the Credit Agreement shall,
unless otherwise expressly provided herein
(including, without limitation, in
Section 3(a) hereof), govern the
application of funds and other
Collateral proceeds deposited or held in the
lock boxes and deposit and other
accounts governed by such blocked account,
control account, bank agency, lock
box or similar agreements; and
(iii) nothing herein shall restrict, impair or
otherwise affect
Administrative Agent's or any
Lender's right to file, record, publish or
deliver a notice of default or
document of similar effect, except for
Specified Defaults during the
Forbearance Period unless a Forbearance
Default has occurred.
As used herein, the term
"Forbearance Period" shall mean the period
beginning on the Forbearance Effective Date and ending on the earlier to occur
of: (i) any Forbearance Default (as hereinafter defined), or (ii) April 24,
2007. As used herein, the term "Forbearance Default" shall mean any
of: (A) the
occurrence of any Default or Event of Default other than the Specified
Defaults,
(B) the failure of Borrower or any other Designated Company to timely and
strictly comply with any term, condition, covenant, agreement or other
obligation set forth in this Agreement, (C) the failure of any representation
or
warranty made by Borrower or any other Designated Company under or in
connection
with this Agreement to be true and complete in all material respects as of the
date when made or any other material breach of any such representation or
warranty, (D) the taking of any action by Borrower or any other Designated
Company to in any way repudiate or assert a defense to any Obligation under the
Credit Agreement, this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents or the
assertion of any claim or cause of action against Administrative Agent,
Co-Administrative Agent or any Lender relating in any way thereto, (E) the date
on which Administrative Agent, in its sole discretion or at the direction of
the
Required Lenders, delivers to Borrower a written notice terminating the
Forbearance Period, which notice may be delivered at any time upon or after the
delivery of any Proposed Vendor Payment Schedule Rejection Notice (as defined
below) by the Administrative Agent in accordance with Section 3(c)(ii) hereof,
or (F) Borrower fails to receive Inventory purchased with a CIA Payment (as
defined below) within six (6) Business Days of the making of such CIA Payment.
The occurrence of any Forbearance Default shall constitute an immediate Event
of
Default under the Credit Agreement and other Loan Documents.
Upon the termination or
expiration of the Forbearance Period, the
agreement of Administrative Agent, Co-Administrative Agent and each Lender
hereunder to forbear from exercising its default-related rights and remedies
shall immediately terminate without the requirement of any demand, presentment,
protest, or notice of any kind, all of which Borrower and each other Designated
Company hereby waives. Borrower and each other Designated Company further
agrees
that any of Administrative Agent (upon direction of the Required Lenders to the
extent provided in the Credit Agreement) and each Lender may at any time after
the expiration or termination of the Forbearance Period proceed to exercise any
and all of its rights and remedies under any or all of the Credit Agreement,
any
other Loan Document and/or applicable law, all of which rights and remedies are
hereby fully reserved by Administrative Agent and each Lender.
Any agreement by Administrative
Agent and the Lenders to extend the
Forbearance Period, if any, must be set forth in writing and signed by
Administrative Agent and the Lenders. Borrower and each other Designated
Company
acknowledges that none of Administrative Agent or any Lender has made any
assurances concerning any possibility of any extension of the Forbearance
Period.
Borrower and each other
Designated Company acknowledges and agrees that
any Loan or other financial accommodation which Administrative Agent,
Co-Administrative Agent or any Lender makes to or for the benefit of Borrower
or
any other Designated Company on or after the Forbearance Effective Date has
been
made by such party in reliance upon, and is consideration for, among other
things, the general releases and indemnities contained in Section 5 hereof and
the other covenants, agreements, representations and warranties of Borrower and
each other Designated Company hereunder.
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Supplemental Terms, Conditions and Covenants During the Forbearance Period.
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The parties hereto hereby agree
to comply with the following terms,
conditions, covenants, agreements and other obligations in each case
notwithstanding any provision to the contrary set forth in this Agreement, the
Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, including, without limitation,
Sections 1.1 and 7.1 of the Credit Agreement:
[Intentionally omitted.]
Delivery of Weekly Proposed
Vendor Payment Schedules. On or prior to
12:00 p.m. prevailing Central time on April 16, 2007, and on or prior to each
Thursday thereafter during the Forbearance Period, Borrower shall prepare and
deliver to Administrative Agent a schedule in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit B, which sets forth each and every product vendor payment that Borrower
proposes to make during the immediately following week (or portion thereof) in
accordance with the Forbearance Budget (as defined below) (each, a
"Proposed
Vender Payment Schedule").
Permitted Forbearance
Overadvances. Subject to Section 3(a) hereof,
each Lender severally agrees, solely during the Forbearance Period, to make
additional Revolving Loans to Borrower up to the amount of such Lender's
Revolving Credit Commitment and in proportion to its Revolver Percentage (each,
a "Permitted Forbearance Overadvance"), in each case subject to the
satisfaction
of all the following terms and conditions as determined by Administrative Agent
in its sole discretion:
Administrative Agent shall have
received a written request for each
such Borrowing to be made pursuant
to this Section 3(c) prior to 1:00 p.m.
prevailing Central time on such
date, and such request shall be accompanied
by a Borrowing Base Certificate
calculating the Borrowing Base (which shall
include the $1,500,000 of Excess
Availability required pursuant to Section
8.22(g) of the Credit Agreement) in
reasonable detail as at the close of
business on the immediately
preceding Business Day. Both the Eligible
Receivables and Eligible Inventory
components of each such Borrowing Base
shall be determined as at the close
of business on the immediately
preceding Business Day; provided,
however, that (A) the determination of
whether a Receivable is an Eligible
Receivable shall be determined as
currently being done under the
Credit Agreement, and (B) the Eligible
Inventory component as at each
Business Day, subject to true-up on or prior
to the fifth Business Day of each
week using actual Eligible Inventory
reflected on the then most recently
delivered weekly Borrowing Base
Certificate pursuant to Section
8.5(a) of the Credit Agreement, shall be
equal to (a) the aggregate amount of
Eligible Inventory for the immediately
preceding Business Day minus (b) the
aggregate amount of sales of Eligible
Inventory booked by Borrower on the
such immediately preceding Business Day
(less the aggregate amount of gross
margin associated therewith) plus (c)
the aggregate amount of Eligible
Inventory purchased during such
immediately preceding Business Day.
For the purpose of avoidance of doubt
and without in any way limiting the
Credit Agreement, "in-transit"
Inventory shall not be included in
any Borrowing Base calculated pursuant
to this Agreement.
Solely with respect to that
portion of any Permitted Forbearance
Overadvance to be used for product
vendor payments, Administrative Agent
shall not have delivered to
Borrower, prior to 12:00 p.m. prevailing
Central time on Monday of such week,
written notice of the Lenders' refusal
to consent to the use of any Loan or Collateral proceeds to fund the
payments reflected in the Proposed
Vendor Payment Schedule covering such
week, which notice Administrative
Agent shall have the right to deliver in
its sole discretion or at the
direction of Required Lenders in their sole
discretion (each, a "Proposed
Vendor Payment Schedule Rejection Notice");
provided, however, that if the
Administrative Agent shall have timely
delivered a Proposed Vendor Payment
Schedule Rejection Notice to Borrower
with respect to a Proposed Vendor
Payment Schedule in accordance with this
subparagraph (ii), neither
Administrative Agent nor any Lender shall have
any obligation under this Agreement,
the Credit Agreement or otherwise to
fund any payments set forth on such
Proposed Vendor Payment Schedule.
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The sum of the aggregate
principal amount of all Revolving Loans and
L/C Obligations at any time outstanding
shall not exceed the lesser of: (a)
the aggregate amount of all Lenders'
Revolving Credit Commitments in effect
at such time, and (b) the sum of (I)
the Borrowing Base in effect at such
time and reflected on a Borrowing
Base Certificate delivered to
Administrative Agent in accordance
with Section 3(c)(i) hereof, plus (II)
an amount equal to (A) $4,948,000 at
all times from and including April 16,
2007 through and including April 20,
2007, and (B) $4,912,000 at all times
thereafter during the Forbearance Period
(clause (II) is referred to herein
as the "Permitted Forbearance
Overadvance Amount").
All proceeds of Permitted
Forbearance Overadvances shall be used solely
to pay the types of disbursements
reflected in the respective line items
set forth in the Budget (which
Borrower represents it prepared in
consultation with RAS Management
Advisors, Inc. and which shall be in form
and substance acceptable to
Administrative Agent and Lenders) provided by
the Borrower to the Administrative
Agent on the date hereof (the
"Forbearance Budget"), and
at no time during the Forbearance Period shall
Borrower make disbursements (A) for
any week that, in the aggregate, exceed
the aggregate disbursements for all
line items set forth in the Forbearance
Budget for such week or (B) with
respect to any particular line item set
forth in the Forbearance Budget for
any week that exceed by more than five
percent (5%) the forecasted total
disbursements with respect to such line
item for such week in the
Forbearance Budget. On or prior to 9:00 a.m.
prevailing Eastern time each Tuesday
during the Forbearance Period,
Borrower shall prepare and deliver
to Administrative Agent a reconciliation
of the projected cash receipts and
disbursements for the immediately
preceding week set forth in the
Forbearance Budget with the actual cash
receipts and disbursements for such
week.
Provided that Administrative
Agent does not timely deliver a Proposed
Vendor Payment Schedule Rejection
Notice with respect to the Proposed
Vendor Payment Schedule covering any
week, Borrower shall only make
payments to Product Vendors during
such week if, and to the extent, all of
the following conditions precedent
are satisfied to the reasonable
satisfaction of Administrative
Agent: (a) each Product Vendor and
corresponding payment is listed in
the Proposed Vendor Payment Schedule for
such week (provided, however, that
at the Company's request, such approved
Proposed Vendor Payment Schedule may
be amended with the prior consent of
the Administrative Agent so long as
the amended schedule complies with all
terms and conditions set forth
herein); (b) each such payment is made
either (I) in contemporaneous
exchange for Inventory of equal or greater
value (i.e., pursuant to "cash
on delivery" payment terms) (each, a "COD
Payment") or (II) in advance by
wire transfer for Inventory of equal or
greater value (i.e., pursuant to
"cash in advance" payment terms) (each, a
"CIA Payment") and is made
subject to a written agreement between the
Borrower and such Product Vendor, in
the form attached hereto as Exhibit C
or otherwise in form and substance
acceptable to the Administrative Agent
in its sole discretion; and (c) all
Inventory being purchased by Borrower
is at the time of ordering subject
to existing customer purchase orders and
can be shipped to such customers
within two (2) Business Days of receipt;
provided, however, that if Inventory
purchased by Borrower is, prior to
delivery to a customer, subject to
the completion of services provided to
Borrower by a provider of value-added
services, then such provider of
value-added services shall be deemed
to be an additional Product Vendor
with respect to such Inventory and
Borrower shall have no obligation to
ship such Inventory to its customer
until two (2) Business Days after
receipt from such Product Vendor.
For the avoidance of doubt, neither
Administrative Agent nor any Lender
shall have any obligation under this
Agreement, the Credit Agreement or
otherwise to fund any payment set forth
on any Proposed Vendor Payment
Schedule that does not satisfy all of the
conditions precedent set forth in
this Section 3(c)(v).
(vi) Neither Administrative Agent nor any
Lender shall have any
obligation to make any Permitted
Forbearance Overadvance to fund any
payment reflected in the Forbearance
Budget that Borrower paid prior to the
date hereof.
(vii) No proceeds of any Collateral or any
Permitted Forbearance
Overadvance may be used by Borrower
or any other Designated Company to pay
any fees or expenses of legal
counsel in connection with the investigation
and/or assertion of or joinder in
any claim, counterclaim, action,
proceeding, application, motion,
objection, defense or other contested
matter, the purpose of which is to
seek or the result of which would be to
obtain any order, judgment,
determination, declaration or similar relief:
(A) invalidating, setting aside,
avoiding or subordinating, in whole or in
part, any Obligations or
Administrative Agent's liens and security
interests in any Collateral; (B) for
monetary, injunctive or other
affirmative relief against any or
all of the Administrative Agent and any
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Lenders or the Collateral; or (B)
preventing, hindering or otherwise
delaying the exercise by any or all
of the Administrative Agent and the
Lenders of any of their respective
rights and remedies under this
Agreement, any other Loan Document
or applicable law, or the enforcement or
realization (whether by foreclosure,
credit bid, court order or otherwise)
by Administrative Agent or any
Lender upon any Collateral.
Administrative Agent Access and
Cooperation. In supplement to, and
without in any way limiting, the rights of Administrative Agent,
Co-Administrative Agent and the Lenders under the Credit Agreement and other
Loan Documents, Borrower and each other Designated Company hereby agrees to:
(A)
give Administrative Agent and its Representatives (defined below) access to the
offices, properties, officers, employees, accountants, auditors, counsel and
other representatives, books and records of Borrower and the other Designated
Companies, (B) furnish to Administrative Agent and its Representatives such
financial, operating and property related data and other information as such
persons shall reasonably request, and (C) instruct Borrower's and any other
Designated Company's employees, accountants, auditors, counsel, financial
advisors (including, without limitation, Raymond James & Associates, Inc.
and
RAS Management Advisors, Inc.) and other representatives to fully cooperate
with, and upon request regularly consult with, Administrative Agent and its
Representatives in respect of the aforementioned clauses (A) and (B)). For
purposes of this Agreement, the term "Representatives" shall mean
Administrative
Agent's employees, agents, representatives, advisors and consultants, and any
financial advisor or consultant retained by Administrative Agent's counsel to
assist in the representation of Administrative Agent in connection with this
matter (including, without limitation, Giuliani Capital Advisors and its
members, employees and other representatives).
Immediate Repayment of
Overadvances in Excess of Permitted Forbearance
Overadvances. If at any time the sum of the aggregate principal amount of all
Revolving Loans (including






