AMENDMENT NUMBER SIX TO CREDIT
AGREEMENT
This
AMENDMENT NUMBER SIX TO CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “
Amendment ”), dated as of March 25, 2009, is entered
into by and among BELL INDUSTRIES, INC. , a California
corporation (“ Parent ”), and each of
Parent’s Subsidiaries identified on the signature pages
hereof (such Subsidiaries, together with Parent are referred to
hereinafter each individually as a “ Borrower ”,
and individually and collectively, jointly and severally, as the
“ Borrowers ”), the lenders signatory hereto
(such lenders, together with their respective successors and
permitted assigns, are referred to hereinafter each individually as
a “ Lender ” and collectively, the “
Lenders ”), and WELLS FARGO FOOTHILL, INC. , a
California corporation (“ WFF ”), as the
arranger and administrative agent for the Lenders (in such
capacity, together with its successors and assigns in such
capacity, the “ Agent ”). Initially capitalized
terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the
meaning ascribed thereto in the Credit Agreement (as defined
below).
WHEREAS,
Borrowers and the Lender Group are parties to that certain Credit
Agreement, dated as of January 31, 2007 (as amended, restated,
supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time, the “
Credit Agreement ”);
WHEREAS,
the Borrowers have requested that the Agent and the Lenders make
certain amendments to the Credit Agreement; and
WHEREAS,
upon the terms and conditions set forth herein, Agent and Lenders
are willing to accommodate the Borrowers’
requests.
NOW
THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and for other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are
hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as
follows:
1.
Amendments to Credit Agreement .
(a)
Schedule 1.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended
by deleting the following definitions in their entirety:
“Atlanta MDS Availability Block Amount”, “Atlanta
MDS Date”, “Atlanta Net Cash Proceeds”,
“Eligible SkyTel Accounts”, “MDS Availability
Block Amount”, “NY MDS Availability Block
Amount”, “NY MDS Date”, “NY MDS Net Cash
Proceeds”, “Second Amendment Block Amount”, and
“SkyTel Dilution Reserve”.
(b)
Schedule 1.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended
and modified by amending and restating, or adding (as applicable)
the following definitions in the appropriate alphabetical
order:
““
Availability Block ” means (a) from March 1,
2009 and up to and including June 30, 2009, $4,500,000,
(b) from July 1, 2009 and up to and including
October 31, 2009, $3,500,000, and (c) from and after
November 1, 2009, $6,000,000.”
““
Base LIBOR Rate ” means the greater of (a) 3.0%
percent per annum, and (b) the rate per annum, determined by
Agent in accordance with its customary procedures, and utilizing
such electronic or other quotation sources as it considers
appropriate, to be the rate at which Dollar deposits (for delivery
on the first day of the requested Interest Period) are offered to
major banks in the London interbank market 2 Business Days prior to
the commencement of the requested Interest Period, for a term and
in an amount comparable to the Interest Period and the amount of
the LIBOR Rate Loan requested (whether as an initial LIBOR Rate
Loan or as a continuation of a LIBOR Rate Loan or as a conversion
of a Base Rate Loan to a LIBOR Rate Loan) by Administrative
Borrower or any other Borrower in accordance with the Agreement,
which determination shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest
error.”
““
Base Rate ” means, the greater of (a) 3.50%
percent per annum and (b) the rate of interest announced, from
time to time, within Wells Fargo at its principal office in San
Francisco as its “prime rate”, with the understanding
that the “prime rate” is one of Wells Fargo’s
base rates (not necessarily the lowest of such rates) and serves as
the basis upon which effective rates of interest are calculated for
those loans making reference thereto and is evidenced by the
recording thereof after its announcement in such internal
publications as Wells Fargo may designate.”
““
Base Rate Margin ” means (a) at any time prior to
November 1, 2009, 4.00 percentage points, (b) from
November 1, 2009 and up to and including January 31,
2010, 4.25 percentage points, (c) from and after
February 1, 2010, 4.50 percentage
points.”
“
Borrowing Base ” means, as of any date of
determination, the result of:
(a) 85% of
the amount of Eligible Bell Accounts, less the amount, if
any, of the Bell Dilution Reserve, plus
(b) 60% of
the amount of Eligible Dating Terms Accounts, less the
amount, if any, of the Dating Terms Dilution Reserve,
plus
(ii) 50% of the
value of Eligible Inventory, and
(iii) 80%
times the most recently determined Net Liquidation
Percentage (the “ NOLV Percentage ”)
times the book value of Bell Minnesota’s Eligible
Inventory (it being understood that the NOLV Percentage is subject
to seasonal adjustments and Agent may, in its discretion, determine
the periods subject to such adjustments), minus
(d) the
sum of (i) the Bank Product Reserve, (ii) the Landlord
Reserve, (iii) the Ingram Micro Reserve, (iv) the GE
Reserve, (v) the IBM Reserve, and (vi) the aggregate
amount of reserves, if any, established by Agent under
Section 2.1(b) .”
““
LIBOR Rate Margin ” means (a) at any time prior
to November 1, 2009, 4.00 percentage points,
(b) from November 1, 2009 and up to and including
January 31, 2010, 4.25 percentage points, (c) from
and after February 1, 2010, 4.50 percentage
points.”
(c)
Section 2.1(a) of the Credit Agreement is hereby
amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
“(a)
Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, and during
the term of this Agreement, each Lender with a Revolver Commitment
agrees (severally, not jointly or jointly and severally) to make
advances (“ Advances ”) to Borrowers in an
amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed such
Lender’s Pro Rata Share of an amount equal to the lesser
of (i) the result of (y) the Maximum Revolver Amount
at such time less (z) the Letter of Credit Usage at
such time, and (ii) the result of (y) the Borrowing Base
at such time less (z) the sum of (A) the Availability
Block at such time plus (B) the Letter of Credit Usage at such
time.”
(d)
Section 2.6(b) of the Credit Agreement is hereby
amended and restated in its entirety as follows:
“(b)
Letter of Credit Fee . Borrowers shall pay Agent (for the
ratable benefit of the Lenders with a Revolver Commitment, subject
to any agreements between Agent and individual Lenders), a Letter
of Credit fee (in addition to the charges, commissions, fees, and
costs set forth in Section 2.12(e) ) which shall accrue
at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate Margin times the Daily Balance of
the undrawn amount of all outstanding Letters of
Credit.”
(e)
Section 2.12(a)(i) of the Credit Agreement is hereby
amended and restated in its entirety as follows:
“(i)
the Letter of Credit Usage would exceed the result of (y) the
Borrowing Base less (z) the sum of (A) the Availability
Block plus (B) the outstanding amount of Advances,
or”
(f)
Section 3.3 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended
and restated in its entirety as follows:
“3.3
Term . This Agreement shall continue in full force and
effect for a term ending on March 31, 2010 (the “
Maturity Date ”). The foregoing notwithstanding, the
Lender Group, upon the election of the Required Lenders, shall have
the right to terminate its obligations under this Agreement
immediately and without notice upon the occurrence and during the
continuation of an Event of Default.”
(g)
Section 5.9 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended
and modified by adding the following new provision at the end
thereof:
“The
foregoing to the contrary notwithstanding, Borrowers’ failure
to provide Agent with a Collateral Access Agreement with respect to
the following location shall not constitute an Event of Default
under the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document: 580 Yankee
Doodle Road, Eagan, MN 55121.”
(h)
Section 6.16(a) of the Credit Agreement hereby is
amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
“(a)
Minimum Adjusted EBITDA.
Fail
to achieve Adjusted EBITDA, measured on a month-end 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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$ (839,000)
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For the 12 month period
ending
December 31, 2008
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$(1,400,000)
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For the 2 month period ending
February 28, 2009
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$(2,100,000)
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For the 3 month period ending
March 31, 2009
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$(2,400,000)
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For the 4 month period ending
April 30, 2009
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$(2,000,000)
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For the 5 month period ending
May 30, 2009
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$(1,900,000)
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For the 6 month period ending
June 30, 2009
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$(1,300,000)
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For the 7 month period ending
July 31, 2009
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$ (500,000)
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For the 8 month period ending
August 31, 2009
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Applicable Amount
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Applicable Period
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$(500,000)
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For the 9 month period ending
September 30, 2009
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$(500,000)
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For the 10 month period ending
October 31, 2009
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$(500,000)
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For the 11 month period ending
November 30, 2009
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$(500,000)
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For the 12 month period ending
December 31, 2009
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Agent,
in its Permitted Discretion, shall establish the minimum Adjusted
EBITDA covenant for each trailing 12 month period after
December 31, 2009, which covenant levels will be based upon
Borrowers’ projections for such trailing 12 month period
delivered to Agent pursuant to Section 5.3 of this Agreement
and utilizing criteria similar to the criteria that Agent used to
establish the Adjusted EBITDA covenants in the above table.
Borrowers shall execute any amendment to this
Section 6.16(a) reasonably requested by Agent in order
to document the inclusion of such minimum Adjusted EBITDA covenant
levels for such periods in the covenant set forth in this
Section 6.16(a) . If Borrowers fail to timely deliver
the projections pursuant to Section 5.3 of
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