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Exhibit
10.1
FOURTH SUPPLEMENTAL
INDENTURE
THIS FOURTH SUPPLEMENTAL
INDENTURE (this “ Fourth Supplemental Indenture
”) dated as of May 19, 2008, among VELOCITY EXPRESS
CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the “ Company
”), and WILMINGTON TRUST, as successor to WELLS FARGO BANK,
N.A. (the “ Trustee ”), to the INDENTURE, dated
as of July 3, 2006, among the Company, the guarantors party
thereto and the Trustee, pursuant to which the Company has issued
and there remains outstanding $78,205,000 in aggregate principal
amount of 12.0% Senior Secured Notes due 2010 (the “
Notes ”), as amended by the First Supplemental
Indenture, dated as of August 17, 2006, the Second
Supplemental Indenture, dated as of December 22, 2006 and the
Third Supplemental Indenture dated as July 25, 2007 (as so
amended by the First Supplemental Indenture, the Second
Supplemental Indenture, and the Third Supplemental Indenture, the
“ Indenture ”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS , the Company
wishes to amend the Indenture to,
(1) waive the requirements of
Section 2.01(b)(ii) of the Indenture in order to permit the
issuance of additional Notes (the “ Additional Notes
”), in an amount up to $7,820,000.00, on a pro rata
basis, to Noteholders who consent to this Fourth Supplemental
Indenture (the “ Consenting Noteholders
”);
(2) permit the Company, at
its option, until September 18, 2008 to redeem any and all
outstanding Notes at the One Time Redemption Price (as defined
below) and to decrease the interest rate on and after the
redemption date on the outstanding Notes by 125 basis points for
each $10 million dollars of Equity Sale Proceeds used to make such
redemption;
(3) provide for the
distribution of the proceeds from the sale of certain assets
pursuant to Section 4.12 of the Indenture;
(4) permit the issuance of
four (4) year warrants to Consenting Noteholders, on a pro
rata basis, which enable the Consenting Noteholders to purchase up
to fifteen percent (15%) of the issued and outstanding Common
Stock of the Company in the aggregate;
(5) waive and amend under
Section 4.16A of the Indenture relating to the
Noteholders’ Refinancing and Defaulted Financing
Options;
(6) waive existing financial
covenants and substitute new financial covenants; and
(7) permit the Required
Holders to designate two board members;
WHEREAS , in
consideration for such amendments and waivers, the Company is
consenting to increase the interest rate on the Notes from thirteen
percent (13%) to eighteen (18%) per year (subject to
reduction as set forth in paragraph 2 of the Second Allonge to Note
annexed hereto) and permitting at the Noteholders’ option,
one-half of the PIK interest to be paid in registered common shares
of the Company at VWAP, as defined herein;
WHEREAS , Sections
8.02(a) of the Indenture provides that, with the consent of
Noteholders of at least fifty percent (50%) in aggregate
principal amount of the Notes (the “ Requisite
Consents ”), the Company and the Trustee shall be
entitled to execute supplemental indentures adding any provisions
to or changing in any manner or eliminating any provision of the
Indenture or any Security Document or modifying the rights of such
Holders (with certain exceptions as provided in
Section 8.02(b) of the Indenture not relevant to this Fourth
Supplemental Indenture since each Holder affected has
consented);
WHEREAS , the Company
has solicited consents from Noteholders to approve the amendments
to the Indenture set forth herein (the “ Proposed
Amendments ”);
WHEREAS , the Company
has received, in form acceptable to the Trustee, and delivered to
the Trustee, the Requisite Consents to effect the Proposed
Amendments under the Indenture; and
WHEREAS , all things
necessary to make this Fourth Supplemental Indenture a valid
agreement of the Company in accordance with its terms have been
done.
NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the premises, it is mutually covenanted and
agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Noteholders,
as follows:
ARTICLE I
AUTHORIZATIONS
1.1. Effectiveness and
Effect
(a) This Fourth Supplemental
Indenture shall become binding upon execution and effective upon
the (i) satisfaction of each of the conditions set forth in
Article IV, (ii) receipt and delivery of the Requisite
Consents to the Company and the Trustee, (iii) execution of
this Supplemental Indenture and the Second Allonge in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit A by the Company and the Trustee,
(iv) issuance by the Company of the Additional Notes on a
pro rata basis to the nearest $1,000 to Noteholders who
consent to this Fourth Supplemental Indenture, and (v) except
with the consent of holders of a majority in aggregate principal
amount of the Notes, the accuracy and completeness of all
statements, representations and warranties made in connection with
this Fourth Supplemental Indenture or in any document delivered in
connection herewith. Upon execution and delivery of this Fourth
Supplemental Indenture, the Indenture shall be modified, amended
and supplemented in accordance with this Fourth Supplemental
Indenture, and all the terms and conditions of both shall be read
together as though they constitute one instrument, except that, in
the case of conflict, the provisions of this Fourth Supplemental
Indenture will control. In the case of a conflict between the terms
and conditions contained in the Notes and those contained in the
Indenture, as modified, amended and supplemented by this Fourth
Supplemental Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture, as
modified, amended and supplemented by this Fourth Supplemental
Indenture, shall control. Each of the Indenture, as modified,
amended and supplemented by this Fourth Supplemental Indenture, and
the Notes as amended by the Second Allonge are hereby ratified and
confirmed, in all respects, and shall remain in full force and
effect and shall bind every Noteholder.
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(b) The Section headings in
the Fourth Supplemental Indenture have been inserted for
convenience and reference only, are not to be considered a part
hereof or thereof and shall in no way modify or restrict any of the
terms or provisions hereof or thereof.
(c) On and after the date
hereof, all references to the Indenture in the Indenture or in any
agreement, document or instrument delivered in connection therewith
or pursuant thereto shall be deemed to refer to the Indenture as
modified, amended and supplemented by this Fourth Supplemental
Indenture.
ARTICLE II
WAIVER AND
CONSENT
2.1. The Noteholders hereby
waive the conditions precedent to the issuing of the additional
notes in Section 2.01(b)(ii) of the Indenture and consent to
the issuance pro rata (based on the principal amount of
Notes held by each Consenting Noteholder on May 19, 2008
divided by $78,205,000) to the Consenting Noteholders of up to an
additional $7,820,000 of Notes due 2010, so that an aggregate of up
to $86,025,000 principal amount of Notes may be
outstanding.
ARTICLE III
AMENDMENTS TO
INDENTURE
3.1.
Definitions . SECTION 1.01 of the Indenture “
Definitions ” is amended to include the following
additional definitions in alphabetical order:
“ Acceptable
Refinancing ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 4.16A.
“ Base
Compensation ” has the meaning set forth in Exhibit
D.
“ China
Transaction ” means net proceeds from the sale or
licensing of the Company’s technology for use in
China.
“ Consenting
Noteholders ” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals
to the Fourth Supplemental Indenture.
“ Consolidated
Adjusted EBITDA ” means, for any period, an amount
determined for Borrowers on a consolidated basis equal to
(i) the sum, without duplication, of the amounts for such
period of (a) Consolidated Net Income, plus
(b) Consolidated Interest Expense, plus
(c) provisions for taxes based on income, plus
(d) total depreciation expense, plus (e) total
amortization expense, plus (f) other non-cash items
reducing Consolidated Net Income (including, without limitation,
liabilities resulting from trade/barter transactions, but excluding
any such non-cash item to the extent that it represents an accrual
or reserve for potential Cash items in any future period or
amortization of a prepaid Cash item that was paid in a prior
period), less (ii) the sum, without duplication of the
amounts for such period of (a) other non-cash items increasing
Consolidated Net Income for such period (including, without
limitation, gains resulting from trade/barter transactions,
excluding any such non-cash item to the extent it represents the
reversal of an accrual or reserve for potential Cash item in any
prior period), plus (b) interest income, plus
(c) other non operating income.
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“ Disclosed Sale
” shall mean the sale for at least fifteen million dollars
($15,000,000) of the Company’s operations described in a
letter to the Noteholders dated this date.
“ Fourth
Supplemental Indenture ” shall mean the Fourth Supplement
dated as of May 19, 2008 among the Company, the Subsidiary
Guarantors named therein and the Trustee.
“ LTM EBITDA
” means the Company’s Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA
calculated for the most recently ended four fiscal
quarters.
“ Office Depot
Litigation ” shall mean that certain litigation between
the Company and Office Depot, Inc. pending in Delaware Superior
Court for Kent County, Delaware.
“ One Time
Redemption Price ” means the par value of the Notes, plus
any and all accrued and unpaid interest on such Notes to but
excluding the Redemption Date.
“ Payment
Proceeds ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 4.12 (b).
“ PIK Interest
” has the meaning set forth in the Second Allonge.
“ Remaining
Proceeds ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 4.12 (b).
“ Scanner Amount
” means an amount of money which a majority of the Board of
Directors, with the consent of at least one of the Noteholder
Directors, determines is necessary or desirable for the Company to
use to support its program to lease or acquire scanners;
provided that such amount shall not exceed $5.0 million and
is permitted to be incurred (and is incurred) pursuant to
Section 4.09(i).
“ Trading Day
” means (i) if the relevant stock or security is listed
or admitted for trading on The New York Stock Exchange, Inc., the
Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Capital Market or any other
national securities exchange, a day on which such exchange is open
for business; (ii) if the relevant stock or security is quoted
on a system of automated dissemination of quotations of securities
prices, a day on which trades may be effected through such system;
or (iii) if the relevant stock or security is not listed or
admitted for trading on any national securities exchange or quoted
on any system of automated dissemination of quotation of securities
prices, a day on which the relevant stock or security is traded in
a regular way in the over-the-counter market and for which a
closing bid and a closing asked price for such stock or security
are available.
“ Velocity
Technology Sale ” means any sale or license in a single
transaction for at least ten million dollars ($10,000,000) of the
Company’s technology and standard operating procedures for
use outside North America.
“ VWAP ”
on a Trading Day means the greater of (i) the volume weighted
average price of the Common Stock for such Trading Day and the
previous four days (five day VWAP) as reported by Bloomberg
Financial Markets or, if Bloomberg Financial Markets is not then
reporting such prices, by a comparable reporting service of
national reputation selected by the Required Holders and reasonably
satisfactory to the Company; and (ii) $.88, being the greater
of the closing price of the Common Stock on the Trading Date on
which this Agreement is executed and delivered or the Trading Date
immediately prior to the date of this Agreement. If VWAP cannot be
calculated for the Common Stock on such Trading Day on any of the
foregoing bases, then the Company shall submit such calculation to
an independent investment banking firm of
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national reputation reasonably
acceptable to the Noteholders, and shall cause such investment
banking firm to perform such determination and notify the Company
and the Investors of the results of determination no later than two
(2) Business Days from the time such calculation was submitted
to it by the Company. All such determinations shall be
appropriately adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split or other
similar transaction during such period.
3.2 “
Warrant” Definition . The definition of “
Warrant ” in Section 1.01 of the Indenture is
hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:
“ Warrant
” or “ Warrants ” means collectively each
of those certain warrants (i) originally issued to the Initial
Purchasers on the Issue Date together with the Notes as comprising
the Units and (ii) issued pursuant to the Fourth Supplemental
Indenture.
3.3 Optional
Redemption . Section 3.01 of the Indenture (“
Optional Redemptions ”) is hereby amended to add a new
Section 3.01(e) as follows:
3.01(e) At any time prior to
September 18, 2008, the Company may, at its option, on any one
or more occasions, redeem any or all of the Notes against payment
of the One-Time Redemption Price from any Equity Sale Proceeds. If
the Company effects any redemption pursuant to this paragraph, the
interest rate on the Notes outstanding following such redemption
will be decreased on and after the redemption date by one hundred
and twenty five basis points (1.25%) for each $10 million in
aggregate principal amount of Notes actually redeemed pursuant to
this paragraph; provided that the interest rate shall not be
decreased to a rate of less than 13.0% per annum by reason of
this paragraph.
3.4. Asset
Sales . Section 4.12. of the Indenture
(“Limitation on Asset Sales”) is hereby amended and
restated in its entirety as follows:
SECTION 4.12. Limitation on Asset
Sales .
Pending the final application of any
such Net Proceeds, the Company may temporarily reduce the revolving
Indebtedness included among the Senior Facility Obligations or
otherwise invest such Net Proceeds in Cash Equivalents.
(a) Any Net Proceeds from
Asset Sales (other than Velocity Technology Sale and Disclosed
Sale) that are not applied or invested as provided in the first
sentence of this Section, or otherwise used as a permanent
reduction of the Senior Facility Obligations, will be deemed to
constitute “ Excess Proceeds ”. The Company may,
subject to the other terms of this Indenture, use any of the Excess
Proceeds equal to or less than $1,000,000 in the aggregate, for any
purpose not prohibited by the Indenture. On any date that the
aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds under this Indenture exceeds
one million dollars ($1,000,000) (an “Asset Sale Offer
Trigger Date”), the Company will be required to make an offer
to all Holders of Notes issued under this Indenture (an
“Asset Sale Offer”) to purchase the maximum principal
amount of Notes and, if the Company is required to do so under the
terms of any other Indebtedness on a pro rata basis with the Notes
that may be purchased out of the Excess Proceeds, at a purchase
price in cash in an amount equal to one hundred percent
(100%) of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid
interest, if any, thereon, to the date of purchase in accordance
with the procedures set out in this Indenture. To the extent that
the aggregate amount of Notes (and any Other Indebtedness subject
to such Asset Sale Offer) tendered pursuant to such Asset Sale
Offer is less than the Excess Proceeds, the Company may, subject to
the other terms of this Indenture,
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use any remaining Excess Proceeds for
any purpose not prohibited by this Indenture. If the aggregate
principal amount of Notes surrendered by Holders thereof in
connection with any Asset Sale Offer exceeds the amount of Excess
Proceeds, the Trustee shall select the Notes to be purchased on a
pro rata basis; provided that no Note shall be repurchased in part
if the remaining balance thereof would be less than one thousand
dollars ($1000). Upon completion of the offer to purchase made
under this Indenture, the amount of Excess Proceeds that was the
subject of such offer to purchase shall be reset at
zero.
(b)
(i) One hundred percent
(100%) of the Net Proceeds of any recovery from the Office
Depot Litigation,
(ii) one hundred percent
(100%) of the Net Proceeds from the first ten million dollars
($10,000,000) and seventy percent (70%) of Net Proceeds in
excess of ten million dollars ($10,000,000) from any Velocity
Technology Sale, and
(iii) one hundred percent
(100%) of the Net Proceeds from the first ten million dollars
($10,000,000) and seventy percent (70%) of Net Proceeds in
excess of ten million dollars ($10,000,000) from the Disclosed
Sale, the Net Proceeds described in clauses (i) (ii) and
(iii) (the “Payment Proceeds”).
shall, to the extent required by the
Senior Facility Agent, be applied by the Company to permanently
reduce the Senior Facility Obligations (a “ Permanent
Reduction ”) with the remaining proceeds (the “
Remaining Proceeds ”) made available to the Company.
The Company may, subject to the other terms of this Indenture, use
any of the Remaining Proceeds for any purpose not prohibited by
this Indenture (other than a Restricted Payment). If the Senior
Facility Agent does not require such mandatory reduction or
otherwise waives the application of any Payment Proceeds as a
permanent reduction on the Senior Facility Obligations, the Company
may use such Payment Proceeds for its scanner lease and purchase
program (“ Scanner Use ”) in an amount not to
exceed the Scanner Amounts. To the extent any Payment Proceeds are
not used as a Permanent Reduction or Scanner Use, the Company shall
be required to use such Payment Proceeds to make an Asset Sale
Offer to all Holders of Notes issued under this Indenture to
purchase the maximum principal amount of Notes and, if the Company
is required to do so under the terms of any other Indebtedness on a
pro rata basis with the Notes that may be purchased out of the
Payment Proceeds, at a purchase price in cash in an amount equal to
one hundred percent 100% of the principal amount thereof plus
accrued and unpaid interest, if any, thereon, to the date of
purchase in accordance with the procedures set out in this
Indenture. To the extent that the aggregate amount of Notes (and
any Other Indebtedness subject to such Asset Sale Offer) tendered
pursuant to such Asset Sale Offer is less than the Payment
Proceeds, the Company may, subject to the other terms of this
Indenture, use any of the Payment Proceeds for any purpose not
prohibited by this Indenture. If the aggregate principal amount of
Notes surrendered by Holders thereof in connection with any Asset
Sale Offer exceeds the amount of Payment Proceeds, the Trustee
shall select Notes to be purchased on a pro rata basis;
provided that no Note shall be repurchased in part if the remaining
balance thereof would be less than $1,000. No reduction of the
Senior Facility Obligations shall adversely affect the ability of
the Company to borrow the Scanner Amounts subject to the conditions
for such borrowing in the definition thereof.
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3.5. Refinancing and
Defaulted Financing Options in Favor of Holders .
Section 4.16A. of the Indenture (“Refinancing and
Defaulted Financing Options in Favor of Holders”) is hereby
amended and restated in its entirety as follows:
SECTION 4.16A. Refinancing and
Defaulted Financing Options in Favor of Holders .
The Noteholders hereby
consent to any refinancing of Senior Facility Obligations
provided that (a) the amount to be refinanced does not
exceed $11.5 million plus the Scanner Amount, (b) the rate of
interest (not including any default rate or PIK interest) does not
exceed LIBOR plus 800 basis points (the “ Acceptable
Refinancing ”) and (c) the final maturity date of
any facility shall be the later of (i) the final maturity date
of the Senior Facility Obligations or (ii) May 31, 2010.
In the event Company desires to refinance the Senior Facility
Obligations in a manner other than an Acceptable Refinancing, then
in that event, the Company shall afford the Noteholders, by
delivery of written notice to the Trustee ( the
“Refinancing Notice ”) of such proposed refinancing
(i) setting forth all of the material terms and conditions for
such proposed refinancing; (ii) providing a reasonably
detailed description of the procedures to be followed by such
Holders to exercise their rights under this Section 4.16A(a)
and (iii) attaching or enclosing a copy of this
Section 4.16A(a), and the Holders shall have, a five
(5) day period (subject to earlier termination effective
immediately upon the Holders’ delivery of written notice to
the Company indicating their intention not to pursue any such
option) after receipt by the Holders of such notice (the “
Refinance Option Period ”) during which the Holders
shall have the right to provide such refinancing to the Company on
substantially the same terms and conditions and in any event on
terms and conditions at least as favorable to the Company as those
set forth in the Refinancing Notice. Each Noteholder who desires to
participate in such refinancing shall deliver to the Company, prior
to the end of the Refinance Option Period, a notice electing to
participate in such refinancing and stating the maximum principal
amount of such refinancing such Noteholder is willing to fund. The
Holders shall not be permitted to participate in such refinancing
unless the Company receives during the Refinance Option Period
notices from Holders electing to fund an amount at least equal to
the full amount of the refinancing described in the Refinancing
Notice (a “ Qualified Notice ”) (which notice
may be signed and delivered in counterparts). During the Refinance
Option Period (and if the Holders deliver a Qualified Notice,
thereafter until the consummation of such refinancing), the Company
shall provide such cooperation and information as such Holders that
have delivered the Qualified Notice, or any of them, may reasonably
request in connection with their evaluation of such refinancing. If
the Holders deliver a Qualified Notice, then the Holders who
delivered such notice (the “ Participating Holders
”) shall enter into definitive documentation for such
facility with the Company and shall be prepared to fund any such
facility pursuant to the terms thereof (subject to the terms and
conditions for the closing of such financing), and such financing
shall be provided by the respective Participating Holders in
proportion to the amount of financing or refinancing each of them
committed to fund in the Qualified Notice or in such other
proportion as such Holders shall agree. If the Holders fail to
deliver a Qualified Notice during the Refinance Option Period, then
the Company may consummate such financing or refinancing during the
forty-five (45) day period after the expiration of the
Refinance Option Period on the terms and conditions described to
the Holders in the Refinancing Notice. If the Company does not
consummate such financing or refinancing during such forty-five
(45) day period or if the Company proposes to modify any
material terms of such financing or refinancing, then the Company
shall not consummate such financing or refinancing without again
following the procedures provided in this Section 4.16A(a).
The rights provided by this Section 4.16A(a) shall apply to
any subsequent Obligations of the Company and/or its Restricted
Subsidiaries incurred as a result of the entry into or later
refinancing or replacement
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of the Senior Facility
Documents as referred to in the first sentence of this
Section 4.16A(a), and the rights of the Holders under this
Section 4.16A(a) as to any particular financing or refinancing
shall not be affected by the failure of the Holders to exercise the
right provided by this Section 4.16A(a) with respect to any
preceding financing or refinancing.
3.6 Conditions and
Limitations Regarding Senior Facility Obligations .
Section 4.16(c) of the Indenture (the “Conditions and
Limitations Regarding Senior Facility Obligations”) is hereby
amended and restated in its entirety as follows:
(c) The Intercreditor
Agreement provides that the maximum amount of Senior Facility
Obligations permitted thereunder shall be permanently reduced by
all amounts applied from time to time to repay principal of the
Senior Facility Obligations (other than pursuant to any initial or
subsequent refinancing in whole or in part), which are accompanied
by a permanent reduction in the revolving credit commitment under
the Senior Facility Agreement, and the Company and each Restricted
Subsidiary agrees that as between the Company and the Restricted
Subsidiaries, on one hand, and the Trustee and the Noteholders, on
the other hand, the amount of the Senior Facility Obligations that
are permitted to be incurred under Section 4.09 and
Section 4.16 shall be permanently reduced by any such
reduction in the maximum amount of Senior Facility Obligations
permitted under the Intercreditor Agreement.
3.7. Financial
Covenants . Sections 3.11, 4.21 and 4.22 of the Indenture
are deleted. A new Section 4.21 “ Financial
Covenants ” is added to the Indenture immediately
following Section 4.20 and reads as follows:
SECTION 4.21 Financial
Covenants
The Company and its
Restricted Subsidiaries shall maintain the financial covenants set
forth on Exhibit B annexed hereto, which are made a part of the
Indenture.
3.8. Consent of
Noteholders . The lead in clause to Section 8.02(b) is
amended and restated as follows:
(b) However, no modification
or amendment may, without the consent of a two-thirds
(2/3rds) majority of the Holders of the then outstanding
balance of notes affected thereby,
3.9. Warrants .
A new Article 13 “ Warrants ” is added to the
Indenture immediately following Article 12 and reads as
follows:
ARTICLE 13 Warrants
.
(a) The Company issued
certain Common Stock Purchase Warrants to the Noteholders in
connection with the original issuance of the Notes. The Company
agrees to modify all Warrants held by Consenting Noteholders to
have an exercise price of $1.35 per share and to modify
anti-dilution protections for issuances based on price pursuant to
the Amendment Agreement annexed hereto as Exhibit E.
(b) As additional
consideration for entering into this Fourth Supplemental Indenture,
the Company agrees to issue to each Consenting Noteholder its
pro rata share (based on the principal amount of Notes held
by each Consenting Noteholder on May 19, 2008 divided by
$78,205,000) of four year Warrants to purchase 433,855 shares of
the Common Stock of the Company (representing 15.0% of the issued
and outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company as of the
date hereof) on the terms and in the form of Exhibit F annexed
hereto.
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(c) Nasdaq . The
issuance and amendment of the Warrants provided for in (a) and
(b) above, the issuance of the shares underlying such Warrants
and the issuance of Common Stock in payment of PIK Interest under
the terms of the Notes as amended by the allonge annexed hereto is
subject to the filing of an additional listing application for such
shares with Nasdaq. The Company will promptly file such application
after the date hereof and use commercially reasonable efforts to
cause such shares to be approved for listing by Nasdaq as promptly
as practical. If for any reason Nasdaq does not agree to approve
any or all of such shares for listing, the Company will either
(i) schedule a meeting of shareholders and cause its
shareholders to approve the issuance of such shares or
(ii) issue to the Consenting Noteholders the shares and/or
warrants to purchase shares that are approved for listing and
negotiate in good faith with the Consenting Noteholders to provide
them with modified or alternative consideration which has
reasonably equivalent value to the shares or warrants which can not
be issued without approval by the shareholders of the
Company.
3.10. Directors
. A new Article 14 “ Director ” is added to the
Indenture immediately following Article 13 and reads as
follows:
ARTICLE 14 Director
.
(a) The Required Holders (the
“ Director Designator ”) shall have the right to
designate up to two directors (the “ Noteholder
Directors ”) to be appointed to the Board promptly
following such designation, and the Company shall cause such
Noteholder Directors to be duly appointed or elected to the Board;
provided , however , that such directors must be
(a) reasonably qualified to serve as a Board member and
(b) agree to and be qualified to serve as a member of the
audit committee of the Board, in full compliance with all SEC and
Nasdaq requirements for such service. The Company agrees not to
seek to fill the current vacancy in the sixth Board seat. If the
Director Designator agrees to filling the open vacancy (leaving a
Board of six directors), only one of the designees need to serve
and be qualified for service on the Audit Committee (but must
otherwise satisfy Nasdaq and SEC standards for service and
independence). Each Noteholder Director shall be provided with
reasonable and customary insurance and have the benefit of
customary indemnification and exculpation agreements with the
Company.
(b) The Company agrees to
cause (within five business days of the date that a Noteholder
Director becomes a director pursuant to paragraph (a) above)
one of the Noteholder Directors to be engaged as a consultant to
the Company pursuant to the terms of a consulting agreement
containing terms and conditions that are commercially reasonable to
be mutually agreed upon by the Company and the Director
Designator.
(c) In the event that either
of the Noteholder Directors resigns or is removed from office, the
Company agrees to take all necessary actions to install, in lieu of
such person, such new person on the Board as may be designated by
the Director Designator, in accordance with Section
(a) above.
(d) Except for actions as may
be taken by the Company’s preferred or common shareholders
under existing agreements or without the consent of the Company,
the Company agrees not to take any action, whether at any annual or
special meeting of the Company’s stockholders or in
connection with any other to increase the size of the Board from
its current size of six members or reduce the size of the Board to
less than two directors without the affirmative consent of the
Director Designator.
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(e) The Company agrees to
take all actions necessary or advisable such that, the Director
Designator is permitted to designate a director to the Board, at
least one Noteholder Director shall be a member of each committee
of the Company’s Board and the Board of each Subsidiary of
the Company (and each committee thereof).
3.11.
Compensation . The Company makes the undertakings in
Exhibit D “ Compensation of Vincent Wasik
”.
3.12. Senior
Obligations . Section 4.09(i) is amended and restated
in its entirety as follows:
“the incurrence or
existence of no more than $11.5 million (plus the Scanner Amount)
in aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness constituting, at any
time on or after the Issue Date (but only as and when permitted to
be incurred thereafter in accordance with all applicable conditions
and limitations contained in Section 4.16 (the
“Applicable Facility Cap”), Senior Facility
Obligations, less, without duplication, (i) 50% of the
aggregate amount of any repayments of term Indebtedness under
Senior Facility Obligations, (ii) all repayments of revolving
credit Indebtedness under such Senior Facility Obligations effected
with a corresponding commitment reduction under such Senior
Facility Obligation, and (iii) 100% of the Net Proceeds of
Asset Sales used to repay Indebtedness under Senior Facility
Obligations;
3.13 Representations
and Warranties . The Company makes the representations and
warranties to the Company set forth in Exhibit C annexed
hereto.
ARTICLE IV
CONDITIONS
PRECEDENT
4.1 Conditions
Precedent . The effectiveness of the amendments to the
Indenture contemplated by Article III are subject to the
following:
(a) delivery to the
Noteholders and the Trustee of the Waiver and Eleventh Amendment in
the form of Exhibit G hereto (the “ First Lien
Amendment ”), duly executed by the holders of the
requisite principal amount of indebtedness thereunder, and the
satisfaction of all conditions to effectiveness thereunder;
and
(b) delivery to the
Noteholders of a Perfection Certificate in the form attached hereto
as Exhibit H and continued compliance with the provisions of this
Fourth Supplemental Indenture.
(c) delivery to the Trustee
of (i) and Officer’s Certificate; (ii) and Opinion
of Counsel; and (iii) such other documents, certificates and
consents as Trustee may reasonably request pursuant to the terms of
the Indenture.
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ARTICLE V
MISCELLANEOUS
5.1. Counterparts .
This Fourth Supplemental Indenture may be executed in several
counterparts, each of which shall be an original and all of which
shall constitute the same instrument.
5.2. Conflict with the
Trust Indenture Act . If any provision of this Fourth
Supplemental Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with any
provision of the Trust Indenture Act (the “ TIA
”) that is required under the TIA to be part of and govern
any provision of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture, the provision
of the TIA shall control. If any provision of this Fourth
Supplemental Indenture modifies or excludes any provision of the
Fourth Supplemental Indenture that may be so modified or excluded,
the provision of the TIA shall be deemed to apply to the Indenture
as so modified or to be excluded by this Fourth Supplemental
Indenture, as the case may be.
5.3. Successor; Benefits
of Fourth Supplemental Indenture, etc . All agreements of the
Company in this Fourth Supplemental Indenture shall bind their
respective successors. Nothing in this Fourth Supplemental
Indenture or the Notes, express or implied, shall give to any
Person, other than the parties hereto and thereto and their
respective successors hereunder or thereunder and the Holders of
the Notes, any benefit of any legal or equitable right, remedy or
claim under the Indenture, this Fourth Supplemental Indenture or
the Notes.
5.4. Certain Duties and
Responsibilities of the Trustee . In entering into this Fourth
Supplemental Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to the
benefit of every provision of the Indenture relating to the conduct
or affecting the liability or affording protection to the Trustee,
whether or not elsewhere herein so provided.
5.5. Expenses .
Notwithstanding anything set forth in the Indenture to the
contrary, the Company shall reimburse the Trustee for all
reasonable out-of-pocket cost and expenses incurred in connection
with this Fourth Supplemental Indenture.
5.6. Governing Law .
The law of the State of New York shall govern and be used to
construe this Fourth Supplemental Indenture.
5.7 Ratification .
Except as specifically amended above, the Indenture is and shall
continue to be in full force and effect and is hereby ratified and
confirmed in all respects. Each Guarantor hereby acknowledges that
it has read this Fourth Supplemental Indenture and consents to the
terms hereof and further confirms and agrees that, notwithstanding
the effectiveness of this Supplemental Indenture, its obligations
under its Guarantee shall not be impaired or affected and such
Guarantee is, and shall continue to be, in full force and effect
and is hereby confirmed and ratified in all respects.
5.8 Further Assurances
. The Company and each of its subsidiaries agree that, from time to
time upon the request of the Trustee or any Noteholder, it will
promptly execute and deliver such further documents and do such
other acts and things as the Trustee or such Noteholder may request
in order to affect the purposes of any Security
Document.
[Signature page
follows]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the
parties have caused this Fourth Supplemental Indenture to be duly
executed as of the date first written above.
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| THE COMPANY |
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| VELOCITY EXPRESS CORPORATION |
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| By: |
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/s/ Mark T.
Carlesimo
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Mark T.
Carlesimo |
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Secretary
and General Counsel |
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| THE
SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS |
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| VELOCITY
EXPRESS, INC. |
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| VXP
MID-WEST, INC. |
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| VELOCITY
SYSTEMS FRANCHISING CORPORATION, INC. |
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| VELOCITY
EXPRESS LEASING, INC. |
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| VXP LEASING
MID-WEST, INC. |
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| CD&L,
INC. |
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| CLAYTON/NATIONAL COURIER SYSTEMS, INC. |
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| CLICK
MESSENGER SERVICE, INC. |
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| OLYMPIC
COURIER SYSTEMS, INC. |
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| SECURITIES
COURIER CORPORATION |
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| SILVER STAR
EXPRESS, INC. |
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| By: |
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/s/ Mark T.
Carlesimo
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| Name: |
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Mark T.
Carlesimo |
| Title: |
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Secretary |
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| THE TRUSTEE |
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| WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, as
Trustee |
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| By: |
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/s/ Suzanne
MacDonald
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| Name: |
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Suzanne
MacDonald |
| Title: |
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Vice
President |
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EXHIBIT A
SECOND ALLONGE TO
NOTE
Second Allonge to one in the
series of the 12.0% Senior Secured Notes due 2010, dated as of
July 3, 2006 (the “ Note ”) in the
aggregate principal amount of $78,205,000, issued by VELOCITY
EXPRESS CORPORATION. From and after the date of this Second
Allonge:
1. The interest rate of the
Note shall be 18% per annum effective as of the date
hereof.
2. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, if the Company effects a redemption of the Notes
pursuant to Section 3.01(e) of the Indenture, then the
interest rate on the Note shall decrease effective on and after the
date of redemption, by one hundred and twenty five basis points
(1.25%) for every $10 million of aggregate principal amount of
Notes actually redeemed by the Company; provided that the
interest rate shall not be decreased to a rate of less than
13.0% per annum by reason of this paragraph
3. The Company will pay
interest hereon (except Defaulted Interest, which shall be payable
to Persons who are registered Holders on any earlier date of
written demand therefore) to the Persons who are registered Holders
at the close of business on May 31 or November 30 next
preceding the Interest Payment Date (whether or not a Business
Day). All interest payments in 2008 shall accrue and shall be paid
on each Interest Payment Date by addition of such amount to the
principal amount outstanding under this Note (“ PIK
Interest ”). Interest payments in 2009 shall accrue and
be paid 50% in cash and 50% in PIK Interest on each Interest
Payment Date. All interest payments in 2010 shall accrue and be
paid in cash. At the option of the Noteholder on at least five
(5) business days prior written notice, fifty percent
(50%) of the PIK Interest may be paid in registered shares of
Common Stock the Company based on the VWAP measured as of the
Interest Payment Date. The Company shall deliver such shares in
payment of PIK Interest within ten (10) business days after
the relevant Interest Payment Date. Holders must surrender Notes to
a Paying Agent to collect principal payments. The Company will pay
principal and non PIK Interest in money of the United States of
America that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of
public and private debts. Non PIK Interest may be paid by check
mailed to the Noteholder entitled thereto at the address indicated
on the register maintained by the Registrar for the Notes.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Holder shall be entitled to
request that PIK Interest be paid in shares of Common Stock of the
Company if the receipt of such shares would cause the Holder to
become a beneficial owner of 19.9% or more of the Common Stock of
the Company.
Dated: June 6, 2008.
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| VELOCITY EXPRESS CORPORATION, as Issuer |
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/s/ Mark T.
Carlesimo
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| Name: |
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Mark T.
Carlesimo |
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Secretary
and General Counsel |
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EXHIBIT B
FINANCIAL
COVENANTS
A. Minimum Cash
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The Company and the
Subsidiary Guarantors shall maintain at all times cash and Cash
Equivalents which are subject to the perfected Lien created in
favor of the Trustee for the benefit of the Holders pursuant to the
Security Documents (in each case, free of Liens other than
(i) Security Document Liens as aforesaid, (ii) rights of
setoff of the applicable depository bank or securities
intermediary, and (iii) the Senior Lien as, when and to the
extent applicable pursuant to the Intercreditor Agreement) of not
less than $3.0 million.
B. Minimum Cash and
Accounts Receivable .
The Company and the
Subsidiary Guarantors shall maintain at all times cash, Cash
Equivalents and Qualified Accounts Receivable which are subject to
the perfected Lien created in favor of the Trustee for the benefit
of the Holders pursuant to the Security Documents (in each case,
free of Liens other than (i) Security Document Liens as
aforesaid, (ii) rights of setoff of the applicable depository
bank or securities intermediary, and (iii) the Senior Lien as,
when and to the extent applicable pursuant to the Subordination
Agreement) of not less than $26 million.
C. Minimum Quarterly
EBITDA
The Company shall not fail to
achieve LTM EBITDA, measured on a quarterly basis, of at least the
required amount set forth in the following table for the applicable
period set forth opposite thereto:
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Applicable
Amount
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Applicable Period
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(2,750,000) |
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Quarter
ended June 2008 |
| $ |
(709,000) |
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Quarter
ended September 2008 |
| $ |
3,257,000 |
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Quarter
ended December 2008 |
| $ |
6,894,000 |
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Quarter
ended March 2009 |
| $ |
8,260,000 |
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Quarter
ended June 2009 |
| $ |
9,182,000 |
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Quarter
ended September 2009 |
| $ |
10,260,000 |
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Quarter
ended December 2009 |
| $ |
10,260,000 |
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Quarter
ended March 2010 |
The Company shall deliver to
the Trustee via and Officer’s Certificate and each Noteholder
a detailed computation of its LTM EBITDA no later than the
30 th calendar day following the end of each fiscal quarter set forth
above. Notwithstanding the forgoing, any Noteholder may elect by
written notice to the Company to not receive such information until
such information is publicly disclosed by the Company.
D. Driver Accounts
Payable
The Company and its
Restricted Subsidiaries shall cause all amounts due to its
independent contractor drivers to be paid on a timely basis in all
material respects.
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EXHIBIT C
REPRESENTATIONS
The Company represents and warrants to
the Consenting Noteholders as follows:
(i) The Company has been duly
incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good
standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation with
corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its
properties and to conduct its business as described in the
Company’s annual and periodic filings with the SEC and to
execute, deliver and perform its obligations under the Fourth
Supplemental Indenture. The Company has all requisite corporate
power and authority to make and consummate the Consent Solicitation
in accordance with their terms.
(ii) The solicitation of the
Consents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated in
the Indenture Supplement have been duly authorized by all necessary
corporate action on the part of the Company, except to the extent
that Nasdaq determines that shareholder approval is required for
issuance of shares of its common stock in payment of the notes or
upon issuance of the Warrants being issued or amended
hereunder.
(iii) The Indenture
Supplement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the
Company. The Indenture constitutes, and the Indenture Supplement
when duly authorized, executed and delivered by the trustee
thereunder, will constitute, a valid and binding obligation of the
Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its
terms.
(iv) The Notes have been duly
authorized by the Company and constitute valid and binding
obligations of the Company entitled to the benefits of the
Indenture (as amended by the Indenture Supplement), and enforceable
against the Company in accordance with their terms.
(v) (A) The solicitation
of the Consents, (B) the effectuation of the Indenture
Supplement, (C) the execution, delivery and performance by the
Company of the Indenture Supplement, and (D) the consummation
by the Company of the transactions described in the Indenture
Supplement and compliance with the terms herein or therein (all of
the foregoing, collectively, the “ Transactions
”), in each case, (x) do not and will not result in any
violation of the charter or by-laws or similar organizational
documents of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, (y) do
not and will not conflict with, or result in a breach or violation
of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute an event of
default (or an event which with notice or lapse of time or both
would become an event of default) under, or give to others any
rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of,
or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or
encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or any of
its subsidiaries under, (a) any contract, indenture, mortgage,
lease or other agreement, known to such counsel, to which the
Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which any of
them may be bound or to which any of its properties or assets are
bound or affected or (b) any existing applicable law, rule or
regulation, or any judgment, order or decree known to such counsel
of any government, governmental or regulatory instrumentality or
agency or court, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the
Company, any of its subsidiaries
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or any of their properties or assets and
(2) complies and will comply in all material respects with all
applicable laws, rules and regulations of any government or
governmental or regulatory instrumentality of agency, including,
without limitation, the Exchange Act, state takeover laws and
Regulations T, U and X promulgated by the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System.
(vi) None of the Transactions
nor the execution, delivery and performance of the Indenture
Supplement by the Company, and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby, require or will require any consent of,
approval of, waiver by, license or authorization from, or permit
of, or other action by or filing or registration with or
notification to, any governmental or regulatory agency by the
Company or any of its subsidiaries except for filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, the Nasdaq Stock Market and any
state securities filings.
(vii) To the best knowledge
of the Company, no injunction, restraining order or denial of any
application for approval has been issued or proceedings, litigation
or investigation initiated or threatened with respect to the
Transactions by or before any governmental or regulatory agency, or
any court.
(viii) Assuming that each of
the Noteholders is an institutional accredited investor, the
securities of the Company being issued in the Transactions are not
required to be registered pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Securities and
Exchange Commission thereunder.
(ix) The Security Documents
create a valid security interest in favor of the Trustee and the
Noteholders in the Collateral in which each of the Company and its
subsidiaries parties thereto has rights only as and when such
rights are acquired and a valid security interest may be created
under Article 9 of the New York.
(x) The Indenture Supplement
does not, of itself, adversely affect the validity under the UCC of
the security interest of the Trustee and the Noteholders (the
“ Secured Party ”) in that part of the
collateral described in the Security Agreement in which the
Grantors have rights in which a valid security interest may be
created under Article 9 of the UCC (the “ UCC
Collateral ”) and after giving effect to the Indenture
Supplement, Secured Party’s security interest in the UCC
Collateral will be a valid security interest under Article 9 of the
UCC to the same extent that it was a valid security interest
immediately before the effectiveness of the Indenture
Supplement.
(xi) The Indenture Supplement
does not, of itself, adversely affect perfection of Secured
Party’s security interest under the UCC in that part of the
UCC Collateral in which, immediately before the effectiveness of
the Indenture Supplement, Secured Party had a perfected security
interest by virtue of the filing of the Financing Statement in the
Office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware (the
“ Filing Collateral ”) and after giving effect
to the Indenture Supplement, Secured Party’s security
interest in such Filing Collateral will be a perfected security
interest under Article 9 of the UCC to the same extent that it was
a perfected security interest immediately before the effectiveness
of the Indenture Supplement.
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(xii) For that part of the
UCC Collateral that constitutes “certificated
securities” within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(4) of
the UCC (“ the Pledged Securities ”), the
Indenture Supplement does not, of itself, adversely affect
perfection of Secured Party’s security interest under the UCC
in the Pledged Securities and after giving effect to the Indenture
Supplement, Secured Party’s security interest in such Pledged
Securities will be a perfected security interest
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