EXHIBIT 10.1
NINTH AMENDMENT TO CREDIT
AGREEMENT
THIS NINTH AMENDMENT TO CREDIT
AGREEMENT (this “
Amendment ”), dated as of March 27, 2009, is by and
among ENTERTAINMENT DISTRIBUTION COMPANY, LLC , a Delaware
limited liability company (the “ Borrower ”),
those Domestic Subsidiaries of the Borrower identified as a
“Guarantor” on the signature pages hereto (individually
a “ Guarantor ” and collectively the “
Guarantors ”), the financial institutions party hereto
as lenders (the “ Lenders ”) and WACHOVIA
BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION , as administrative agent under the
Credit Agreement (defined below) (in such capacity, the “
Administrative Agent ”).
W I T N E S S E T
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WHEREAS , the Borrower, the Guarantors, Glenayre
Electronics, Inc., a Colorado corporation, the Lenders and the
Administrative Agent are parties to that certain Credit Agreement
dated as of May 31, 2005 (as previously amended, modified or
supplemented and as further amended, modified, supplemented,
restated or amended and restated from time to time, the “
Credit Agreement ”; capitalized terms used herein
shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Credit Agreement as
amended hereby); and
WHEREAS , the Borrower and the Lenders have agreed to
amend the Credit Agreement on the terms and conditions set forth
herein;
NOW, THEREFORE
, in consideration of the agreements
hereinafter set forth, and for other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby
acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
AMENDMENTS TO CREDIT
AGREEMENT
1.1
Amendment to Section 1.1 . Section 1.1 of
the Credit Agreement is hereby amended as follows:
(a) Each
of the following terms is hereby amended and restated in its
entirety as follows:
“ Consolidated EBITDA
” shall mean, for any period, the sum of (a) Consolidated Net
Income for such period, plus (b) an amount which, in the
determination of Consolidated Net Income for such period, has been
deducted for (i) Consolidated Interest Expense, (ii) total federal,
state, local and foreign income taxes and (iii) depreciation and
amortization expense, all as determined in accordance with GAAP
(except for the exclusion of Rebate
Payments). Notwithstanding the foregoing, for the fiscal
quarter ended December 31, 2008, and each fiscal quarter
thereafter, Consolidated EBITDA shall be calculated by adding to
the number determined pursuant to the foregoing sentence impairment
charges, non-cash charges and one-time charges for the Sony Sale
and any charges related to U.S. operations or discontinued
operations (but not including any ongoing overhead from U.S.
operations), and impairment charges pertaining to the write-down of
intangibles of the German operations, which charges to be added
back shall not exceed, in the aggregate, $30,000,000, to the extent
such charges were deducted in the determination of Consolidated Net
Income for the applicable period.
(b) The
following defined terms are hereby added to the Credit Agreement in
the appropriate alphabetical order:
“ Ninth Amendment
” shall mean that certain Ninth Amendment to Credit Agreement
dated as of March 27, 2009, by and among the Borrower, the
Guarantors, the Parent, the Administrative Agent and the
Lenders.
“ Ninth Amendment Effective
Date ” shall mean the date upon which each of the
conditions set forth in Article II hereof have been
satisfied.
ARTICLE II
CONDITIONS TO
EFFECTIVENESS
2.1
Closing Conditions . This Amendment shall
become effective as of the date hereof (the “Ninth Amendment
Effective Date”) upon satisfaction of the
following conditions (in form
and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent):
(a)
Executed Amendment . The Administrative Agent
shall have received a copy of this Amendment duly executed by each
of the Credit Parties, the Lenders and the Administrative
Agent.
(b)
Amendment Fee . The Borrower shall have paid or
caused to be paid an additional amendment fee to the Administrative
Agent in connection with this Amendment for the account of
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