Exhibit 10.9
CONSENT AND AMENDMENT NO.
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TO FIRST LIEN CREDIT AND GUARANTY
AGREEMENT AND AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
(FIRST LIEN)
CONSENT AND AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO
FIRST LIEN CREDIT AND GUARANTY AGREEMENT AND AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO
PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT (FIRST LIEN) , dated as of August 18, 2009 (this “
Agreement ”), among X-RITE, INCORPORATED , a
Michigan corporation, and successor by merger to OTP, Incorporated,
X-Rite Ma, Incorporated, Monaco Acquisition Company, Holovision
Acquisition Company and Pantone India, Inc. (the “
Company ”), X-RITE GLOBAL, INCORPORATED ,
a Michigan corporation (“ X-Rite Global ”),
X-RITE HOLDINGS, INC. , a Michigan corporation (“
X-Rite Holdings ”), 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 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, X-Rite Global, X-Rite Holdings, XR Ventures,
GretagMacbeth, Pantone, Pantone Asia, Pantone Germany, 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 the same
has been amended pursuant to that certain Forbearance Agreement and
Consent, Waiver and Amendment No. 1 to First Lien Credit and
Guaranty Agreement dated as of August 20, 2008, is currently
being amended, and may further be 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 or in the
Security Agreement described below, as applicable);
WHEREAS, the Company, the other
Credit Parties and the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the
Secured Parties, have entered into that certain Pledge and Security
Agreement (First Lien) dated as of October 24, 2007 (as
amended, amended and restated, extended, supplemented or otherwise
modified and in effect from time to time, the “ Security
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, and
(b) each Credit Party (other than the Company) has guaranteed
all existing and future Obligations of the Company and the other
Credit Parties;
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Security
Agreement, each of the Company and each other Credit Party has
secured all of the Obligations by granting to the Collateral Agent,
for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a Lien on the Collateral
described therein;
WHEREAS, the Company and the other
Credit Parties have informed the Administrative Agent and the
Lenders that the Company and the other Credit Parties desire to
implement an entity structure reorganization and, in connection
therewith, in order to effectuate such entity structure
reorganization, (a) the Company desires to form a wholly-owned
Foreign Subsidiary (the “ New Subsidiary Formation
”) under the laws of Switzerland (“ New Amazys
Holdco ”), (b) the Company desires to sell one
hundred percent (100%) of the issued and outstanding equity
securities of Amazys Holding GmbH, a corporation formed under the
laws of Switzerland, formerly known as Amazys Holding AG (“
Amazys ”) to the New Amazys Holdco (the “
Amazys Sale ”) in exchange for an intercompany
promissory note (which shall be in form and substance reasonably
acceptable to the Administrative Agent) issued by New Amazys Holdco
in favor of the Company in an aggregate principal amount to be
determined based on a third party valuation of Amazys (the “
Amazys Sale Note ”), (c) following the
consummation of the Amazys Sale and the issuance of the Amazys Sale
Note, Amazys desires to merge with and into New Amazys Holdco, with
New Amazys Holdco being the surviving entity (the “ Amazys
Merger ”) and (d) following the consummation of the
Amazys Merger, X-Rite Europe GmbH, a corporation formed under the
laws of Switzerland (“ X-Rite Europe ”), a
wholly-owned Foreign Subsidiary of New Amazys Holdco, desires to
issue an intercompany promissory note (which shall be in form and
substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent) to New
Amazys Holdco in an aggregate principal amount to be determined
based on X-Rite Europe’s balance sheet (the “ Amazys
Subsidiary Note ”; the New Subsidiary Formation, the
Amazys Sale, the issuance of the Amazys Sale Note, the Amazys
Merger and the issuance of the Amazys Subsidiary Note are referred
to herein as the “ Amazys Restructuring
”);
WHEREAS, the Company and the other
Credit Parties have also informed the Administrative Agent and the
Lenders that certain of the Permitted Holders desire to purchase a
portion of the Second Lien Indebtedness from certain of the Second
Lien Lenders (the “ Selling Lenders ”) in an
aggregate principal par amount not to exceed $41,561,223.12 in the
aggregate (the “ Second Lien Investor Purchase
”) and, immediately following the consummation of the Second
Lien Investor Purchase, the Permitted Holders who acquired such
Second Lien Indebtedness shall cancel one hundred percent
(100%) of the par principal amount of such Second Lien
Indebtedness in exchange for (a) warrants (the “
Warrants ”) to acquire an aggregate of 7,500,000
(subject to customary anti-dilution adjustments) shares of common
stock, par value $.10 per share, of the Company at an initial
exercise price of $0.01 per share, and (b) Series A Preferred
Stock of the Company (the “ Preferred Stock ”)
that shall be issued on the terms and conditions set forth in that
certain Certificate of Designation, Preferences and Rights of
Series A Preferred Stock of X-Rite, Incorporated (the “
Certificate of Designations ”), as in effect on the
Second Amendment Effective Date (as defined herein) (such issuance
of the Warrants and the Preferred Stock and such exchange and
cancellation, in each case, as described above, the “
Second Lien Exchange ”); and
WHEREAS, the Company and the other
Credit Parties have requested that the Administrative Agent and the
Requisite Lenders (a) consent to the Amazys Restructuring,
(b) consent to the Second Lien Exchange and (c) amend the
Credit Agreement in certain respects, in each case in accordance
with the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein;
and
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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.
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. Consents
.
(a) Consent to Amazys
Restructuring . Effective as of the Second Amendment Effective
Date, upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth in
Section 4 of this Agreement, and notwithstanding anything to
the contrary contained in the Credit Agreement (including, without
limitation, Section 6.7 (other than Section 6.7(j) of the
Credit Agreement, as amended hereby), Section 6.9 and
Section 6.10 of the Credit Agreement) or any other Credit
Document (other than Section 6.7(j) of the Credit Agreement,
as amended hereby), the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent
and the Lenders signatories hereto hereby consent to the Amazys
Restructuring; provided that the effectiveness of the foregoing
consent is subject to the following conditions:
(i) all steps of the Amazys
Restructuring are consummated no later than June 30, 2010 and
the Amazys Merger is consummated promptly following the
consummation of the Amazys Sale and the issuance of the Amazys Sale
Note;
(ii) the Amazys Sale Note shall be
unsecured and shall be subject to a First Priority Lien in favor of
the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties,
pursuant to the Security Agreement;
(iii) promptly following the
formation of New Amazys Holdco, the Company shall have delivered a
Pledge Supplement whereby the Company shall pledge sixty-five
percent (65%) of the voting Capital Stock of New Amazys Holdco
and one hundred percent (100%) of the non-voting Capital Stock
of New Amazys Holdco (such stock, the “ Pledged Stock
”) to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured
Parties, together with the stock certificates of New Amazys Holdco
representing the Pledged Stock, along with related assignments
separate from certificate and proxies, pursuant to which the
Collateral Agent shall have received, for the benefit of the
Secured Parties, a First Priority Lien in all of the Pledged
Stock;
(iv) promptly following the
formation of New Amazys Holdco, the Company shall have delivered
(w) a First Priority Share Pledge Agreement by and between the
Company and the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured
Parties, with respect to the Pledged Stock, governed by the laws of
Switzerland, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Collateral Agent, (x) certified copies of the Share Register
of New Amazys Holdco, (y) the necessary resolutions of New
Amazys Holdco (under Swiss law), certified by an authorized officer
or a director as being in full force and effect without
modification or amendment, and (z) an opinion of Swiss counsel
to the Company, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
the Administrative Agent;
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(v) (x) promptly following the
formation of New Amazys Holdco, the Company shall deliver certified
copies of the Organizational Documents of New Amazys Holdco and
(y) promptly following the consummation of the Amazys Merger,
the Company shall deliver certified copies of the merger documents
effectuating the merger of Amazys with and into New Amazys Holdco,
in each case in clauses (x) and (y), that have been certified
by the appropriate governmental authority in Switzerland as of a
recent date (to the extent such certification is available in
Switzerland); and
(vi) the Company shall have
otherwise complied with the requirements of Sections 5.10(a) of the
Credit Agreement, to the extent applicable.
(b) Consent to Second Lien
Exchange . Effective as of the Second Amendment Effective Date,
upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 4 of
this Agreement, and notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained in the Credit Agreement (including, without limitation,
Section 6.5 of the Credit Agreement) or any other Credit
Document, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the
Lenders signatories hereto hereby consent to the Second Lien
Exchange and the payment in cash by the Company to the Selling
Lenders on the Second Amendment Effective Date of all accrued and
unpaid interest (including any PIK Interest (as defined in the
Second Lien Credit Agreement as such agreement is in effect on the
date hereof)) on the aggregate principal par amount of Second Lien
Indebtedness acquired by the Permitted Holders in connection with
the Second Lien Investor Purchase (the “ Accrued
Interest ”); provided that the effectiveness of the
foregoing consent is subject to the following
conditions:
(i) the Second Lien Exchange
(including, without limitation, the cancellation of such Second
Lien Indebtedness by the Permitted Holders) is consummated on the
Second Amendment Effective Date immediately following the Second
Lien Investor Purchase;
(ii) promptly following the Second
Lien Investor Purchase, the Administrative Agent shall receive
evidence, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent, that the Second Lien Indebtedness purchased
by the Permitted Holders has been cancelled (the Administrative
Agent acknowledges that the cancellation language contained in the
assignment and acceptance agreement reviewed by the Administrative
Agent prior to the date hereof, once executed and delivered to the
Administrative Agent, shall constitute reasonably satisfactory
evidence of such cancellation);
(iii) the principal par amount of
Second Lien Indebtedness acquired by the Permitted Holders (in the
aggregate) in connection with the Second Lien Exchange shall not to
exceed $41,561,223.12 in the aggregate;
(iv) all Accrued Interest is paid in
cash by the Company to the Selling Lenders on the Second Amendment
Effective Date and the aggregate amount of all Accrued Interest
paid to the Selling Lenders shall not exceed
$703,836.47;
(v) the Preferred Stock is issued in
accordance with the terms set forth in the Certificate of
Designations (as in effect on the date hereof), accrues and
cumulates
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dividends quarterly at a rate not to
exceed 14.375% per annum (plus any applicable penalty or
default rate required pursuant to the terms of the Certificate of
Designations (as in effect on the date hereof or as amended from
time to time as permitted pursuant to the terms of the Credit
Agreement, as amended hereby)) and does not require (x) any
cash dividends or distributions on, (y) cash payments in
respect of or (z) mandatory redemptions of the Preferred Stock
at any time prior to January 23, 2014 (except in connection
with a Fundamental Change (as such term is defined in the
Certificate of Designations (as in effect on the date hereof or as
amended from time to time as permitted pursuant to the terms of the
Credit Agreement, as amended hereby) that will result in the
Obligations being paid in full in cash, the Revolving Commitments
being terminated and all Letters of Credit, if any, being returned
to the LC Issuer, backstopped or cash collateralized in a manner
acceptable to the LC Issuer and the Administrative Agent);
and
(vi) the Warrants do not contain any
put rights or otherwise require any mandatory redemptions at any
time prior to January 23, 2014 (except in connection with a
Fundamental Change (as such term is defined in the Certificate of
Designations (as in effect on the date hereof or as amended from
time to time as permitted pursuant to the terms of the Credit
Agreement, as amended hereby) that will result in the Obligations
being paid in full in cash, the Revolving Commitments being
terminated and all Letters of Credit, if any, being returned to the
LC Issuer, backstopped or cash collateralized in a manner
acceptable to the LC Issuer and the Administrative
Agent).
(c) Consent to Second Lien
Amendment . Effective as of the Second Amendment Effective
Date, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the
Lenders signatories hereto hereby consent to the consent and
amendment to the Second Lien Indebtedness Documents regarding the
substance of this Agreement, substantially in the form attached
hereto as Exhibit A (the “ Corresponding Second
Lien Amendment ”); provided that the effectiveness of
such consent is subject to the Second Lien Lender Parties’
consent to the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.
Section 2. Amendments to
Credit Agreement . Effective as of the Second 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:
“ Amazys Sale Note
” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Second
Amendment Agreement.
“ Certificate of
Designations ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such
term in the Second Amendment Agreement.
“ Preferred Stock
” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Second
Amendment Agreement.
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“ Second Amendment
Agreement ” means that certain Consent and Amendment
No. 2 to First Lien Credit and Guaranty Agreement and
Amendment No. 1 to Pledge and Security Agreement (First Lien)
dated as of the Second Amendment Effective Date by and among the
Company, the Guarantors, certain other Credit Parties, the
Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Requisite
Lenders.
“ Second Amendment
Effective Date ” shall mean August 18,
2009.
(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:
“ 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; (iii) any “change of control” or
similar event under the Second Lien Credit Agreement shall occur or
(iv) any “Fundamental Change” (as defined in the
Certificate of Designations) or similar event under the Certificate
of Designations shall occur.
“ 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. The foregoing notwithstanding, solely for purposes of
calculating Interest Coverage Ratio as of any date of measurement
ending on or prior to July 3, 2010, Consolidated Cash Interest
Expense for any period set forth below included in the twelve month
period ending on such date shall be deemed to equal the amount set
forth below (each such amount an “ Interest Expense
Plug ”) for such period:
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Interest Expense Plug:
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Fiscal Quarter ending closest to March 31,
2009
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$
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4,842,925.00
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Fiscal Quarter ending closest to June 30,
2009
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$
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4,625,773.00
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Fiscal month ending closest to July 31,
2009
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$
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1,306,555.00
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Fiscal month ending closest to August 31,
2009
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$
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1,306,555.00
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“ 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
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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,
(e) transaction costs and expenses paid in Cash in connection
with Permitted Acquisitions (whether or not consummated) and added
back to net income in the determination of Consolidated Adjusted
EBITDA and (f) restructuring charges paid in cash in
connection with the Pantone Mergers, the Prior Tender Offer and
restructurings occurring after the First Amendment Effective Date,
solely to the extent (x) added back to Consolidated Net Income
in the calculation of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA and (y) not
paid with the proceeds of any Indebtedness (other than Revolving
Loans) or from the issuance of, or capital contribution in respect
of, any Capital Stock or other equity securities.
“ Restricted Junior
Payment ” means (i) any dividend or other
distribution, direct or indirect, on account of any shares or units
of any Capital Stock of Company or any Subsidiary of Company now or
hereafter outstanding, except a dividend payable solely in shares
or units of any Capital Stock to the holders of that class;
(ii) any redemption, retirement, sinking fund or similar
payment, purchase or other acquisition for value, direct or
indirect, of any Capital Stock of Company or any Subsidiary of
Company now or hereafter outstanding; (iii) any payment made
to retire, or to obtain the surrender of, any outstanding warrants,
options or other rights to acquire any Capital Stock of Company or
any Subsidiary of Company now or hereafter outstanding and
(iv) any payment or prepayment of principal of, premium, if
any, or interest on, or redemption, purchase, retirement,
defeasance (including in-substance or legal defeasance), sinking
fund or similar payment with respect to Indebtedness under the
Second Lien Credit Agreement or with respect to Indebtedness
incurred pursuant to Section 6.1(o).
(c) Section 6.1(b) of the
Credit Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and the
following is substituted in lieu thereof:
“(b) Investments permitted
pursuant to Section 6.7(d) and
Section 6.7(j);”
(d) Section 6.1(o) of the
Credit Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and the
following is substituted in lieu thereof
“(o) solely to the extent
consented to by the holders of the Preferred Stock, unsecured
Indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries not to exceed
$30,000,000 in aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding
which is subordinated to the Obligations in a manner reasonably
satisfactory to Administrative Agent; provided, that, immediately
prior to the incurrence of any
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such Indebtedness, the Leverage
Ratio, as determined of the last day of the immediately preceding
Fiscal Quarter with respect to which the Company has delivered to
Administrative Agent and Lenders the financial statements required
pursuant to Section 5.1(b)(ii), for the twelve (12) month
period ending on such date, is less than 4.00 to
1.00.”
(e) Section 6.5 of the Credit
Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and the following is
substituted in lieu thereof:
“ 6.5 Restricted Junior
Payments. No Credit Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its
Subsidiaries through any manner or means to, directly or
indirectly, declare, order, pay, make or set apart, or agree to
declare, order, pay, make or set apart, any sum for any Restricted
Junior Payment, except that the foregoing shall not prohibit any
Subsidiary of the Company from making dividends or distributions,
directly or indirectly, to the Company or to any Wholly-Owned
Subsidiary of Company, and except that:
(a) Subject to the terms of the
Intercreditor Agreement, Company may make regularly scheduled
payments of interest with respect to the Indebtedness incurred
under the Second Lien Credit Agreement in accordance with the terms
thereof, and only to the extent required by the Second Lien Credit
Agreement as in effect on the date hereof or as modified in
accordance with the terms set forth in the Intercreditor
Agreement;
(b) the Company may accrue and
cumulate dividends (but not pay in cash) on the Preferred Stock in
accordance with the terms set forth in the Certificate of
Designations (as in effect on the Second Amendment Effective Date
or as amended from time to time as permitted pursuant to
Section 6.18); and
(c) the Company and its Subsidiaries
may pay, as and when due and payable, regularly scheduled payments
of interest on any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to
Section 6.1(o), to the extent such payments are permitted
pursuant to the subordination terms governing such
Indebtedness.
Except as expressly permitted by the
foregoing sentence, no Credit Party shall, nor shall it permit any
of its Affiliates through any manner or means or through any other
Person to, directly or indirectly, declare, order, pay, make or set
apart, or agree to declare, order, pay, make or set apart, any sum
for any Restricted Junior Payment in respect of any Indebtedness
incurred pursuant to Section 6.1(o).”
(f) Section 6.7 of the Credit
Agreement is hereby amended by (i) deleting the
“and” at the end of clause (h) thereof,
(ii) deleting the period at the end of clause (i) thereof
and substituting “; and” therefor and (iii) adding
a new clause (j) thereto immediately following clause
(i) thereof as follows:
“(j) the intercompany loan
that is evidenced by the Amazys Sale Note; provided, that the
Amazys Sale Note shall be subject to a First Priority Lien pursuant
to the Pledge and Security Agreement.”
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(g) Section 6 of the Credit
Agreement is hereby amended by adding a new Section 6.18
thereto immediately following Section 6.17 thereof as
follows:
“ 6.18 Amendments to
Certificate of Designations . No Credit Party shall nor shall
it permit any of its Subsidiaries to amend, amend and restate,
supplement, waive or otherwise modify the Certificate of
Designations (or the terms of the Preferred Stock) (a) to
require the payment of any cash dividends or distributions or any
other cash payments in respect thereof or to require mandatory
redemptions of the Preferred Stock at any time prior to
January 23, 2014 (except in connection with a Fundamental
Change (as such term is defined in the Certificate of Designations
(as in effect on the Second Amendment Effective Date or as amended
from time to time as permitted pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement) that will result in the Obligations being paid in full
in cash), (b) to increase the quarterly rate at which
cumulative dividends accrue on the Preferred Stock in excess of
14.375% per annum (plus any applicable penalty or default rate
required pursuant to the terms of the Certificate of Designations
(as in effect on the Second Amendment Effective Date or as amended
from time to time as permitted pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement)), or (c) in any other manner that would be
materially adverse to the Agents or any Lender.”
Section 3. Amendments to
Security Agreement . Effective as of the Second Amendment
Effective Date, and in reliance on the representations and
warranties of the Company and the other Credit Parties set forth in
this Agreement and in the Credit Agreement, as amended hereby, and
the Security Agreement, as amended hereby, the Security Agreement
is hereby amended as follows:
(a) Section 4.7(a)(i)(C) of the
Security Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and the
following is substituted in lieu thereof:
“(C) Intentionally
omitted;”
(b) Section 4.7(b)(iii) of the
Security Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and the
following is substituted in lieu thereof:
“(iii) it shall, together with
each delivery of financial statements of the Company and its
Subsidiaries pursuant to Section 5.1(b)(ii) and 5.1(c) of the
Credit Agreement, notify the Collateral Agent of the filing of any
application to register any Copyright in the United States
Copyright Office or any state registry or foreign counterpart of
the foregoing (whether such application is filed by such Grantor or
through any agent, employee, licensee, or designee thereof) during
the most recent Fiscal Quarter then ended by executing and
delivering to the Collateral Agent a completed Pledge Supplement,
substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto, together
with all Supplements to Schedules thereto;”
(c) Section 4.7(b)(vii) of the
Security Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and the
following is substituted in lieu thereof:
“(vii) it shall, together with
each delivery of financial statements of the Company and its
Subsidiaries pursuant to Section 5.1(b)(ii) and 5.1(c) of
the
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Credit Agreement, report to the
Collateral Agent (i) the filing of any application to register
any Intellectual Property with the United States Patent and
Trademark Office or any state registry or foreign counterpart of
the foregoing (whether such application is filed by such Grantor or
through any agent, employee, licensee, or designee thereof) during
the most recent Fiscal Quarter then ended and (ii) the
registration of any Intellectual Property by any such office during
the most recent Fiscal Quarter then ended, in each case by
executing and delivering to the Collateral Agent a completed Pledge
Supplement, substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto,
together with all Supplements to Schedules
thereto;”
(d) Section 4.7(b)(viii) of the
Security Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and the
following is substituted in lieu thereof:
“(viii) it shall, together
with each delivery of financial statements of the Company and its
Subsidiaries pursuant to Section 5.1(b)(ii) and 5.1(c) of the
Credit Agreement, report to the Collateral Agent the registration
of any Copyright by the United States Copyright Office or any state
registry or foreign counterpart of the foregoing during the most
recent Fiscal Quarter then ended by executing and delivering to the
Collateral Agent a completed Pledge Supplement, substantially in
the form of Exhibit A attached hereto, together with all
Supplements to Schedules thereto;”
(e) Section 4.7(b)(x) of the
Security Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and the
following is substituted in lieu thereof:
“(x) no Grantor shall sell,
assign, transfer, license, grant any option, or create or suffer to
exist any Lien upon or with respect to the Intellectual Property,
except for the Lien created by and under this Agreement and the
other Credit Documents and other Permitted Liens;”
(f) Section 4.7(b)(xiii) of the
Security Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and the
following is substituted in lieu thereof:
“(xiii) it shall, promptly
upon the reasonable request of the Collateral Agent, together with
each delivery of financial statements of the Company and its
Subsidiaries pursuant to Section 5.1(b)(ii) and 5.1(c) of the
Credit Agreement, update Schedule 4.7 so that, as of the date of
such update, it sets forth a true and complete list of (1) all
material United States, state and foreign registrations of and
applications for Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights owned by each
Grantor and (2) all Patent Licenses, Trademark Licenses, Trade
Secret Licenses and Copyright Licenses material to the conduct of
the business of such Grantor;”
Section 4. Conditions to
Effectiveness of this Agreement . Notwithstanding anything to
the contrary set forth herein, this Agreement shall become
effective upon satisfaction in a manner reasonably satisfactory to
the Administrative Agent of each of the following
conditions:
(a) the delivery to the
Administrative Agent of this Agreement executed by each Credit
Party, the Administrative Agent and the Requisite
Lenders;
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(b) the delivery to the
Administrative Agent of a copy of the fully executed Corresponding
Second Lien Amendment, and evidence that all conditions contained
therein (other than the effectiveness of this Agreement) have been
satisfied;
(c) the Company shall have paid to
the Administrative Agent in immediately available Dollars, for the
benefit of each Lender who has delivered an executed signature page
to this Agreement on or prior to 5:00 P.M., New York City time, on
August 17, 2009 (collectively, the “ Signing
Lenders ”), a non-refundable fee in an aggregate amount
equal to 0.10% of each such Signing Lender’s Revolving
Commitment and the outstanding principal balance of the Term Loans
held by each such Signing Lender, which fee shall be non-refundable
for any reason and fully earned and payable as of the date
hereof;
(d) the Company shall have paid all
fees then due and payable to the Administrative Agent pursuant to
the Credit Documents and, to the extent invoiced by the
Administrative Agent not less than two (2) Business Days prior
to the Second Amendment Effective Date, shall have reimbursed the
Administrative Agent for all reasonable costs and expenses incurred
by the Administrative Agent in connection with this Agreement,
including, without limitation, the preparation, negotiation and
execution of this Agreement (including reasonable attorney’s
fees of counsel to the Administrative Agent);
(e) Administrative Agent shall have
received a copy of the Certificate of Designations, in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, duly
executed by the Company;
(f) the accuracy of the
representations and warranties contained in Section 5
hereof; and
(g) no Default or Event of Default
under the Credit Agreement shall have occurred and be
continuing.
The “Second Amendment
Effective Date” shall mean the first date on which each of
the conditions set forth in this Section 4 have been
satisfied.
Section 5. Representations
and Warranties .
To induce the Agents and the Lenders
to enter into this Agreement, each Credit Party hereby represents
and warrants to the Agents and Lenders that as of the date
hereof:
(a) each of the representations and
warranties made by such Credit Party contained in the Credit
Documents are true and correct in all material respects (without
duplication of any materiality qualifiers contained therein) as of
such date, except to the extent such representation or warranty
expressly relates to an earlier date (in which case, such
representations and warranties were true and correct in all
material respects (without duplication of any materiality
qualifiers contained therein) as of such earlier date);
(b) such Credit Party has all
requisite corporate or limited liability company, as applicable,
power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations
under this Agreement, the Credit Agreement, as amended hereby, and
the Security Agreement, as amended hereby;
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(c) the execution, delivery and
performance by such Credit Party of this Agreement, the Credit
Agreement, as amended hereby, and the Security Agreement, as
amended hereby, have been duly authorized by all necessary action
by such Credit Party;
(d) the execution, delivery and
performance by such Credit Party of this Agreement, the Credit
Agreement, as amended hereby, and the Security Agreement, as
amended hereby, and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, the Credit Agreement, as amended
hereby, and the Security Agreement, as amended hereby, do not and
will not (i) violate any provision of any law or any
governmental rule or regulation applicable to the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries, any of the Organizational Documents (including,
without limitation, the Certificate of Designations) of the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries, or any order, judgment or decree of any
court or other agency of government binding on the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries, except, to the extent that any such violations
could not singly or in the aggregate reasonably be expected to have
a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) conflict with, result in a
breach of or constitute (with due notice or lapse of time or both)
a default under any Contractual Obligation of Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, except to the extent that any such conflicts,
breaches or defaults could not singly or in the aggregate
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(iii) result in or require the creation or imposition of any
Lien upon any of the properties or assets of Company or any of its
Subsidiaries (other than any Liens created under any of the Credit
Documents in favor of Collateral Agent, on behalf of Secured
Parties and Second Lien Indebtedness Liens contemplated by the
Corresponding Second Lien Amendment); or (iv) require any
approval of stockholders, members or partners or any approval or
consent of any Person under any Contractual Obligation of Company
or any of its Subsidiaries, except for such approvals or consents
that were obtained on or before the date hereof and disclosed in
writing to the Administrative Agent except for any such approvals
or consents the failure of which to obtain could not singly or in
the aggregate reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect;
(e) this Agreement, the Credit
Agreement, as amended hereby, and the Security Agreement, as
amended hereby, each constitute, the legal, valid and binding
obligation of such Credit Party, enforceable against such Person in
accordance with its terms, except as may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws relating to
or limiting creditors’ rights generally or by equitable
principles relating to enforceability;
(f) no Default or Event of Default
presently exists.
Section 6. Reference and
Effect on the Credit Documents .
(a) On and after the Second
Amendment Effective Date each reference in the Credit Agreement to
“this Agreement”, “hereunder”,
“hereof” or words of like import referring to the
Credit Agreement, and each reference in the Notes and the other
Credit Documents to the “Credit Agreement”, shall mean
and be a reference to the Credit Agreement, as amended or otherwise
modified hereby. On and after the Second Amendment Effective Date
each reference in the Security Agreement to “this
Agreement”, “hereunder”, “hereof”
or
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words of like import referring to the Security
Agreement, and each reference in the other Credit Documents to the
“Security Agreement”, shall mean and be a reference to
the Security Agreement, as amended or otherwise modified
hereby.
(b) The Credit Agreement, the Notes,
the Security Agreement and each of the other Credit Documents, as
specifically amended or otherwise modified by this Agreement, are
and shall continue to be in full force and effect and are hereby in
all respects ratified and confirmed.
(c) The execution, delivery and
effectiveness of this Agreement shall not, except as expressly
provided herein, operate as a waiver of any right, power or remedy
of any Lender or the Agents under any of the Credit Documents, nor
constitute a waiver of any provision of any of the Credit
Documents. The Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents are
in full force and effect and are hereby in all respects ratified
and confirmed.
(d) Except as expressly set forth
herein, nothing contained in this Agreement and no action by, or
inaction on the part of, any Lender or the Agent shall, or shall be
deemed to, directly or indirectly constitute a consent to or waiver
of any past, present or future violation of any provisions of the
Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document.
(e) This Agreement is a Credit
Document.
Section 7. Amendments;
Successors and Assigns .
No amendment, modification,
termination or waiver of any provision of this Agreement, or
consent to any departure by any Credit Party therefrom, shall in
any event be effective without the written concurrence of the
Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Requisite
Lenders and, in the case of any such amendment or modification,
each of the Credit Parties. This Agreement shall be binding upon
the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns and
shall inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and the successors
and assigns of Lenders. No Credit Party’s rights or
obligations hereunder nor any interest therein may be assigned or
delegated to any other Person by any Credit Party without the prior
written consent of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent
and the Requisite Lenders.
Section 8. Agreement Not a
Defense .
Each Credit Party agrees that,
subject to the terms and provisions of this Agreement, the
agreements of the Agents and Lenders under this Agreement shall not
constitute a defense by the Credit Parties to the exercise by any
Agent or any Lender of any right, power or remedy which such Person
may have under or in respect of the Credit Agreement or any of the
other Credit Documents and any other agreement or document relating
thereto (and including rights, powers and remedies at law, in
equity or by statute).
Section 9. GOVERNING LAW AND
JURISDICTION .
(a) GOVERNING LAW . THIS
AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER
SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD
TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF.
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(b) SUBMISSION TO
JURISDICTION . ALL JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS BROUGHT AGAINST ANY
CREDIT PARTY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING HERETO MAY BE BROUGHT IN
ANY STATE OR FEDERAL COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION IN THE STATE,
COUN