Exhibit 10.3
REVOLVING NOTE
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No.
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$50,000,000.00
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Dated as of May 9,
2005
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Chicago,
Illinois
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Due: May 9, 2006
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1. Agreement to Pay . On
or before May 9, 2006 (the “ Maturity Date
”), WMS INDUSTRIES INC., a Delaware corporation (“
Borrower ”), for value received, promises to
pay to the order of LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national
banking association (collectively, together with any holder hereof,
“ Bank ”), at the main office of Bank
located at 135 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60603, the
principal sum of FIFTY MILLION DOLLARS ($50,000,000) or, if less,
the aggregate unpaid principal amount of all “Loans”
(hereinafter defined) by Bank to Borrower and evidenced
hereby.
2. Definitions .
Capitalized terms used herein, unless otherwise defined herein,
shall have the following meanings:
“
Adjusted LIBOR ” shall mean a per annum rate
equal to LIBOR plus the Applicable Margin.
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Applicable Margin ” shall mean the rate per
annum added to LIBOR as determined by the ratio of Senior Debt to
EBITDA of Borrower for the prior four fiscal quarters ending on the
most recent fiscal quarter, effective as of any Interest Rate
Change Date, as set forth below:
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Ratio of Senior Debt to
EBITDA
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Applicable Margin
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greater than or equal to 1.50 to 1.00
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1.75%
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greater than 1.00 to 1.00, but less than 1.50 to
1.00
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1.50%
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less than or equal to 1.00 to 1.00
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1.25%
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“
Assumed Exposure ” shall mean an amount equal
to eight percent (8.00%) multiplied by the aggregate face amount of
all FX Transactions, such percentage subject to change by Bank in
its sole discretion upon three days prior notice to
Borrower.
“
Bank ” shall have the meaning set forth in the
first section hereof.
“
Borrower ” shall have the meaning set forth in
the first section hereof.
“
Business Day ” shall mean any day other than a
Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday on which banks are authorized
or required to be closed for the conduct of commercial banking
business in Chicago, Illinois.
“
Debt ” shall mean, at any time, (a) all
capital lease obligations (as defined in accordance with GAAP) of
Borrower, (b) all other debt, secured or unsecured, created,
issued, incurred or assumed by Borrower for money borrowed or for
the deferred purchase price of any fixed or capital asset,
(c) indebtedness secured by any lien existing on property
owned by Borrower whether or not the indebtedness secured thereby
has been assumed, and (d) all obligations of Borrower with
respect to letters of credit, banker acceptances and other
extensions of credit whether or not representing obligations for
borrowed money.
“
Default ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 15 hereof.
“
Default Rate ” shall mean a floating per annum
rate of interest equal to the Prime Rate plus two percent
(2%).
“
Depreciation ” shall mean the total amounts
added to depreciation and amortization, as reflected on
Borrower’s financial statements and determined in accordance
with GAAP.
“
EBIT ” shall mean, for any period, (a) the
sum for such period of: (i) Net Income, plus
(ii) Interest Charges, plus (iii) provisions for
federal, state and foreign income tax (including the Illinois
replacement tax, but excluding federal, state and foreign income
tax benefits), plus (v) non-cash stock
option/restricted stock charges (equity compensation), minus
(b) income or loss attributable to equity in any
non-consolidated affiliate or subsidiary, in each case to the
extent included in determining Net Income for such
period.
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EBITDA ” shall mean, for any period,
(a) the sum for such period of: (i) Net Income,
plus (ii) Interest Charges, plus
(iii) provisions for federal, state and foreign income tax
(including the Illinois replacement tax, but excluding federal,
state and foreign income tax benefits), plus
(iv) Depreciation, plus (v) non-cash stock
option/restricted stock charges, minus (b) income or
loss attributable to equity in any non-consolidated affiliate or
subsidiary, in each case to the extent included in determining Net
Income for such period.
“ FX
Obligations ” shall mean, at any time, an amount
equal to the aggregate face amounts of all FX Transactions times
the Assumed Exposure minus the sum of (i) the amount of any
reductions in the original face amount of FX Transactions,
(ii) the amount of any payments made by Bank pursuant to FX
Transactions for which Borrower has reimbursed Bank, and
(iii) the amount of any payments made by Bank pursuant to FX
Transactions which have been converted to one or more Prime
Loans.
“ FX
Transactions ” shall mean all foreign exchange
transactions between Borrower and Bank including, without
limitation, options, forward contracts and spot
contracts.
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FX/LC Sublimit ” shall mean Two Million Dollars
($2,000,000).
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GAAP ” shall mean generally accepted accounting
principles, using the accrual basis of accounting and consistently
applied.
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Interest Charges ” shall mean, for any period,
the sum of: (a) all interest, charges and related expenses
payable with respect to that fiscal period to a lender in
connection with borrowed money or the deferred purchase price of
assets that are treated as interest in accordance with GAAP,
plus (b) the portion of rent payable with respect to
that fiscal period under capital leases that should be treated as
interest in accordance with GAAP.
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Interest Period ” shall mean, with regard to
any LIBOR Loan, successive one, two, three or six month periods as
selected from time to time by Borrower by notice given to Bank not
less than two Business Days prior to the first day of each
respective Interest Period; provided that: (i) each such
Interest Period occurring after the initial Interest Period of any
LIBOR Loan shall commence on the day on which the preceding
Interest Period for such LIBOR Loan expires, (ii) whenever the last
day of any Interest Period would otherwise occur on a day other
than a Business Day, the last day of such Interest Period shall be
extended to occur on the next succeeding Business Day, provided
that, if such extension would cause the last day
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of such Interest Period to occur
in the next following calendar month, then the last day of such
Interest Period shall occur on the immediately preceding Business
Day; (iii) whenever the first day of any Interest Period
occurs on a day of an initial calendar month for which there is no
numerically corresponding day in the calendar month that succeeds
such initial calendar month by the number of months equal to the
number of months in such Interest Period, such Interest Period
shall end on the last Business Day of such succeeding calendar
month; (iv) the final Interest Period shall be such that its
expiration occurs on or before the Maturity Date, and (v) if
for any reason Borrower shall fail to select timely a period, then
it shall be deemed to have selected a one-month period; provided,
however, that if any Interest Period expires less than one month
before the Maturity Date, then, for the period commencing on the
expiration date of such Interest Period and ending on the Maturity
Date, such LIBOR Loan shall automatically convert to a Prime
Loan.
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Interest Rate Change Date ” shall mean the date
two (2) Business Days after the delivery to Bank of the
quarterly or year-end financial statements of Borrower, which
initial Change Date shall occur after the delivery to Bank of the
financial statements of Borrower for the fiscal quarter ending
March 31, 2005.
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Letter(s) of Credit ” shall mean, individually
and collectively, such letters of credit issued by Bank, in its
sole discretion, upon the execution and delivery by Borrower and
the acceptance by Bank of a Master Letter of Credit Agreement in
Bank’s standard form and an application for Letter of Credit,
as more particularly set forth herein.
“
Letter of Credit Obligations ” shall mean, at
any time, an amount equal to the aggregate of the original face
amounts of all Letters of Credit minus the sum of (i) the
amount of any reductions in the original face amount of any Letter
of Credit which did not result from a draw thereunder,
(ii) the amount of any payments made by Bank with respect to
any draws made under a Letter of Credit for which Borrower has
reimbursed Bank, (iii) the amount of any payments made by Bank
with respect to any draws made under a Letter of Credit which have
been converted to a Revolving Loan as set forth herein, and
(iv) the portion of any issued but expired Letter of Credit
which has not been drawn by the beneficiary thereunder. For
purposes of determining the outstanding Letter of Credit
Obligations at any time, Bank’s acceptance of a draft drawn
on Bank pursuant to a Letter of Credit shall constitute a draw on
the applicable Letter of Credit at the time of such
acceptance.
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LIBOR ” shall mean the rate of interest at
which United States dollar deposits in an amount comparable to the
amount of the relevant LIBOR Loan and for a period equal to the
relevant Interest Period are offered generally to Bank in the
London Interbank Eurodollar market at 11:00 a.m. (London time) two
Business Days prior to the commencement of each Interest Period, or
as LIBOR is otherwise determined by Bank in its sole and absolute
discretion, such rate to remain fixed for such Interest Period.
Bank’s determination of LIBOR as provided herein shall be
conclusive, absent manifest error.
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LIBOR Loan(s) ” shall mean, individually and
collectively, each portion of the outstanding principal amount
hereof that bears interest at Adjusted LIBOR.
“ Loan(s) ” shall mean, individually
and collectively, the Prime Loans, the LIBOR Loans, the Letter of
Credit Obligations and the FX Obligations. Under no circumstances
shall the aggregate outstanding amount of Loans exceed Fifty
Million Dollars ($50,000,000).
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Maturity Date ” has the meaning set forth in
the first section hereof.
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MDDR ” shall mean the aggregate amount of the
maximum daily delivery risk of all FX Transactions.
“ MDDR
Subli mit ” shall mean One Million Dollars
($1,000,000).
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“ Net
Income ” shall mean, with respect to Borrower for any
period, the net income (or loss) of Borrower for such period as
determined in accordance with GAAP, excluding (i) any
extraordinary gains, (ii) any gains from discontinued
operations, and (iii) any gains from the sale, lease,
assignment or other transfer for value by Borrower to any entity
(other than any subsidiary of Borrower) of any asset or right of
Borrower (including, the loss, destruction or damage of any thereof
or any actual or threatened condemnation, confiscation,
requisition, seizure or taking thereof), other than (a) the
disposition of any asset which is to be replaced, and is in fact
replaced, within thirty (30) days with another asset
performing the same or a similar function, or (b) the sale or
lease of assets in the ordinary course of business.
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Obligations ” shall mean any amount payable on
this Note or on any other liability or obligation of Borrower to
Bank for amounts due hereunder or under documents evidencing
transactions contemplated by this Note, howsoever created, arising
or evidenced, and howsoever owned, held or acquired, whether now or
hereafter existing, whether now due or to become due, whether
direct or indirect, or absolute or contingent, and whether several,
joint or joint and several.
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Prime Loan(s) ” shall mean, individually and
collectively, each portion of the outstanding principal amount
hereof that bears interest at the Prime Rate.
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Prime Rate ” shall mean the rate which, at any
time and from time to time, shall be the rate of interest then most
recently announced by Bank as its prime rate which is not intended
to be Bank’s lowest or most favorable rate of interest at any
one time. The effective date of any change in the Prime Rate shall
for purposes hereof be the date the rate is changed by Bank. Bank
shall not be obligated to give notice of any change in the Prime
Rate.
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Senior Debt ” shall mean the difference between
Debt minus Subordinated Debt.
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Subordinated Debt ” shall mean that portion of
Borrower’s Debt which is subordinated to the Obligations in a
manner satisfactory to Bank, and shall include Borrower’s
2.75% Convertible Subordinated Notes due 2010 .
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Tangible Assets ” shall mean the total of all
assets appearing on a balance sheet of Borrower prepared in
accordance with GAAP (with Inventory being valued at the lower of
cost or market), after deducting all proper reserves (including
reserves for Depreciation) minus the sum of (i) goodwill,
patents, trademarks, royalties, licenses, deposits, deferred
charges and other personal property which is classified as
intangible property in accordance with GAAP, and (ii) any
amounts due from shareholders, affiliates, officers or employees of
Borrower.
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Tangible Net Worth ” shall mean at any time the
total of Tangible Assets minus all liabilities of Borrower
that would be shown as such on a balance sheet of Borrower prepared
in accordance with GAAP, plus Subordinated Debt.
3. Interest Rates .
Subject to the terms and provisions of this Note, the principal
amount of each advance outstanding hereunder shall bear interest,
at Borrower’s option from time to time of (i) the Prime
Rate, or (ii) Adjusted LIBOR. From and after the date of any
Default and the expiration of any applicable cure period, interest
on funds outstanding hereunder shall accrue at the Default Rate.
All interest and fees, if any, payable hereunder shall be computed
for the actual number of days elapsed on the basis of a year
consisting of three hundred sixty (360) days. Bank is
authorized to rely on the oral or written loan requests, including
telecopy or telegraphic loan requests, which Bank believes in its
good faith judgment to emanate from a properly authorized
representative of Borrower, whether or not that is in fact the
case.
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4. Prime Loans . A request
by Borrower for a Prime Loan must be received no later than
11:00 a.m. Chicago, Illinois time, on the day such Prime Loan
(a) is to be advanced by Bank or (b) shall begin to bear
interest at the Prime Rate. Interest on the unpaid principal
balance of Prime Loans shall be payable, in arrears, beginning on
June 1, 2005 and continuing on the first day of each month
thereafter, and on the Maturity Date. Prime Loans may be prepaid in
whole or in part, together with all accrued interest thereon to the
date of such prepayment, at any time without premium or
penalty.
5. LIBOR Loans . Each
LIBOR Loan must be in the minimum amount of $500,000.00 or an
integral multiple thereof. A request by Borrower for a LIBOR Loan
must be received by Bank no later than 11:00 a.m. Chicago,
Illinois time, two Business Days before the Business Day on which
such LIBOR Loan is to be funded. Interest on the unpaid principal
balance of each LIBOR Loan shall accrue through, but not including,
the last day of each Interest Period and shall be payable on (i)
the last Business Day of the relevant Interest Period for each such
LIBOR Loan (and, in the case of a LIBOR Loan having an Interest
Period of six-months, on the last day of the third month of such
Interest Period), (ii) the date of any principal repayment of
the amount paid, (iii) at maturity of the Note, and
(iv) after maturity (whether by acceleration or otherwise) on
demand from Bank.
6. Provisions Relating to
LIBOR Loans .
(a) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein, the principal balance of
any LIBOR Loan may not be prepaid in whole or in part at any time.
If, for any reason, a LIBOR Loan is paid prior to the last Business
Day of any Interest Period, whether voluntary, involuntary, by
reason of acceleration or otherwise, each such prepayment of a
LIBOR Loan will be accompanied by the amount of accrued interest on
the amount prepaid and any and all costs, expenses, penalties and
charges incurred by Bank as a result of the early termination or
breakage of a LIBOR Loan, plus the amount, if any, by which
(i) the additional interest which would have been payable
during the Interest Period on the LIBOR Loan prepaid had it not
been prepaid, exceeds (ii) the interest which would have been
recoverable by Bank by placing the amount prepaid on deposit in the
domestic certificate of deposit market, the eurodollar deposit
market, or other appropriate money market selected by Bank, for a
period starting on the date on which it was prepaid and ending on
the last day of the Interest Period for such LIBOR Loan. The amount
of any such loss or expense payable by Borrower to Bank under this
section shall be determined in Bank’s sole discretion based
upon the assumption that Bank funded its loan commitment for LIBOR
Loans in the London Interbank Eurodollar market and using any
reasonable attribution or averaging methods which Bank deems
appropriate and practical, provided, however, that Bank is not
obligated to accept a deposit in the London Interbank Eurodollar
market in order to charge interest on a LIBOR Loan at the LIBOR
Rate.
(b) If Bank
determines in good faith (which determination shall be conclusive,
absent manifest error) prior to the commencement of any Interest
Period that (i) United States dollar deposits of sufficient
amount and maturity for funding any LIBOR Loan are not available to
Bank in the London Interbank Eurodollar market in the ordinary
course of business, or (ii) by reason of circumstances
affecting the London Interbank Eurodollar market,
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