SECOND AMENDMENT TO REVOLVING
CREDIT AGREEMENT
This Amendment,
dated effective as of October 22, 2008, is made by and between
Zareba Systems, Inc., a Minnesota corporation
(“Systems”) and Zareba Security, Inc., a Minnesota
corporation (“Security”) (Systems and Security are
individually and collectively referred to herein as the
“Borrower”), and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., a national
banking association (the “Lender”).
The Borrower and
the Lender have entered into a Credit and Security Agreement dated
as of August 29, 2007, as amended by that certain First
Amendment to Revolving Credit Agreement dated September 30,
2008 (as so amended, the “Credit Agreement”).
Capitalized terms used in these recitals have the meanings given to
them in the Credit Agreement unless otherwise specified.
The Borrower has
requested that certain amendments be made to the Credit Agreement,
which the Lender is willing to make pursuant to the terms and
conditions set forth herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the premises and of the mutual covenants and
agreements herein contained, it is agreed as follows:
1. Defined
Terms . Capitalized terms used in this Amendment which are
defined in the Credit Agreement shall have the same meanings as
defined therein, unless otherwise defined herein. In addition,
Section 1.1 of the Credit Agreement is amended by adding or
amending, as the case may be, the following definitions:
“Banking
Day” means any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other
day on which commercial banks in New York City are authorized or
required by law to remain closed; provided that, when used in
connection with a LIBOR Advance, the term “Banking Day”
shall also exclude any day on which banks are not open for dealings
in dollar deposits in the London interbank market.
“Change
in Law” means (a) the adoption of any law, rule or
regulation after the date of this Agreement, (b) any change in
any law, rule or regulation or in the interpretation or application
thereof by any Governmental Authority after the date of this
Agreement or (c) compliance by the Lender (or by any applicable
lending office of such Lender) with any request, guideline or
directive (whether or not having the force of law) of any
Governmental Authority made or issued after the date of this
Agreement
“Governmental Authority” means the
government of the United States of America, any other nation or any
political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any
agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central
bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial,
taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or
pertaining to government.
“LIBOR” means, with respect to any
LIBOR Advance for any Interest Period, an interest rate per annum
(rounded upward, if necessary, to the next 1/16th of 1%) equal to
(a) the rate appearing on Reuters Screen LIBOR 01 (or on any
successor or substitute page of such Service, or any successor to
or substitute for such Service, providing rate quotations
comparable to those currently provided on such page of such
Service, as determined by the Lender from time to time for purposes
of providing quotations of interest rates applicable to dollar
deposits in the London interbank market) at approximately
11:00 a.m., London time, two Banking Days prior to the
commencement of such Interest Period, as the rate for dollar
deposits with a maturity comparable to such Interest Period
multiplied by (b) a fraction (expressed as a decimal), the
numerator of which is the number one and the denominator of which
is the number one minus the aggregate of the maximum reserve
percentages (including any marginal, special, emergency or
supplemental reserves) expressed as a decimal established by the
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to which the
Lender is subject eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as
“Eurocurrency Liabilities” in Regulation D of the
Board). Such reserve percentages shall include those imposed
pursuant to such Regulation D. LIBOR Advances shall be deemed
to constitute eurocurrency funding and to be subject to such
reserve requirements without benefit of or credit for proration,
exemptions or offsets that may be available from time to time under
such Regulation D or any comparable regulation. The statutory
reserve rate described in this clause (b) shall be adjusted
automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in any
reserve percentage. In the event that such rate is not available at
such time for any reason, then the “LIBOR” with respect
to such LIBOR Advance for such Interest Period shall be the rate at
which dollar deposits in the approximate amount of principal
outstanding on such date and for a maturity comparable to such
Interest Period are offered by the principal London office of the
Lender in immediately available funds in the London interbank
market at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two Banking
Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period.
“Prime
Rate” means the rate of interest per annum announced from
time to time by the Lender as its prime rate. The Prime Rate is a
variable rate and each change in the Prime Rate is effective from
and including the date the change is announced as being effective.
THE PRIME RATE IS A REFERENCE RATE AND MAY NOT BE THE
LENDER’S LOWEST RATE.
2.
Section 2.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by
adding clause (d) thereto which shall read as
follows:
(d)
Alternate Rate of Interest . If prior to the commencement of
any Interest Period for a LIBOR Advance :
(i) the Lender
determines (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest
error) that adequate and reasonable means do not exist for
ascertaining LIBOR for such Interest Period; or
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(ii) LIBOR for
such Interest Period will not adequately and fairly reflect the
cost to the Lender of making or maintaining the LIBOR Advance for
such Interest Period;
then the Lender
shall give notice thereof to the Borrower by telephone or telecopy
as promptly as practicable thereafter and, until the Lender
notifies the Borrower that the circumstances giving rise to such
notice no longer exist, (i) any interest election request that
requests the conversion of any Advance to, or continuation of any
Advance as, a LIBOR Advance shall be ineffective, and (ii) any
request for a new LIBOR Advance shall be made as a Base Rate
Advance.
3.
Section 2.8 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended in its
entirety to read as follows:
Section 2.8 Computation and Payment of
Interest and Fees . Interest shall be payable on Base Rate
Advances in arrears on the first day of each calendar month and on
the Termination Date. Interest shall be payable on LIBOR Advances
on the last day of the Interest Period applicable to such Advance
and on the Termination Date. Interest accruing on the outstanding
principal balance of the Note and fees hereunder outstanding from
time to time shall be computed on the basis of actual number of
days elapsed in a year of three hundred and sixty
(360) days.
4.
Section 2.18 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended in its
entirety to read as follows:
Section 2.18 Increased Costs.
(a) If any
Change in Law shall:
(i) impose, modify
or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit or similar
requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of,
or credit extended by, the Bank (except any such reserve
requirement reflected in LIBOR); or
(ii) impose on the
Lender or the London interbank market any other condition affecting
this Agreement or LIBOR Advance made by the Lender;
and the result
of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to the Lender
of making or maintaining any LIBOR Advance (or of maintaining its
obligation to make any such LIBOR Advance) or to increase the cost
or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by the
Lender (whether of principal, interest or otherwise), then the
Borrower will pay to the Lender such additional amount or amounts
as will compensate the Lender for such additional costs incurred or
reduction suffered.
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(b) If the
Lender determines that any Change in Law regarding capital
requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of
return on the Lender’s capital or on the capital of the
Lender’s holding company, if any, as a consequence of this
Agreement or the Loans made by the Lender to a level below that
which the Lender or the Lender’s holding company could have
achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration the
Lender’s policies with respect to capital adequacy), then
from time to time the Borrower will pay to the Lender, such
additional amount or amounts as will compensate the Lender or the
Lender’s holding company for any such reduction
suffered.
(c) A
certificate of the Lender setting forth the
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