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[EXECUTION COPY]
Exhibit
10.1
PC CONNECTION,
INC.
Route 101A (730 Milford
Road)
Merrimack, NH
03054
Dated as of: October 15,
2007
RBS Citizens, National
Association
28 State Street
Boston, MA 02109
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Re: |
Amendment No. 3 to Second Amended and Restated Credit
and Security |
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Agreement and related Documents |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We refer to the Second
Amended and Restated Credit and Security Agreement, dated as of
June 29, 2005 (as amended by that certain Amendment
No. 1, dated as of August 12, 2005, and Amendment
No. 2, dated as of January 3, 2007, the “Credit
Agreement”), by and among PC Connection, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the “Borrower”), certain subsidiary
guarantors party thereto, and RBS Citizens, National Association,
successor by merger to Citizens Bank of Massachusetts, as the
lender (in such capacity, the “Lender”) and agent
(together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the
“Agent”).
We have requested that the
Agent and Lender agree to make certain amendments to the Credit
Agreement and we have been advised that the Agent and Lender are
prepared and would be pleased to make the amendments to the Credit
Agreement upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth
below.
Accordingly, in consideration
of the premises, promises, mutual covenants and agreements set
forth below, and fully intending to be legally bound hereby, the
parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
AMENDMENTS TO CREDIT
AGREEMENT
Effective as of
October 15, 2007 (the “Amendment Date”), and
subject to the fulfillment of the conditions contained in Article
II of this Amendment, the Credit Agreement is hereby amended in
each of the following respects:
(a) The term, “Documents”
shall, wherever used in the Credit Agreement or Other Documents, be
deemed to also mean and include this Amendment. All capitalized
terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to
such terms in the Credit Agreement.
(b) The Credit Agreement is amended as
follows:
(i)
Section 1.2 . Section 1.2 of the Credit
Agreement is amended by amending and restating the following
defined terms therein to read in their entirety as
follows:
“ Applicable
Margin ” shall mean, for each of the Base Rate, the
Eurodollar Rate, the LIBOR Advantage Rate and the Commitment Fee,
the per annum percentage set forth below opposite the corresponding
Funded Debt Ratio for the preceding fiscal quarter, as determined
by the Compliance Certificate and the corresponding financial
statements delivered to the Agent by the Borrower pursuant to
Section 9.8 hereof:
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Funded Debt
Ratio
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Applicable
Base
Rate Margin
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Applicable
Eurodollar
Rate Margin |
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Applicable
LIBOR
Advantage
Rate
Margin
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Applicable
Commitment
Fee Margin |
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greater than
1.25:1
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0.00% |
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1.50% |
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1.50% |
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0.25% |
| II |
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less than or
equal to 1.25:1
but greater
than 0.50:1
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0.00% |
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1.00% |
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1.00% |
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0.20% |
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less than or
equal to 0.50:1
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0.00% |
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0.50% |
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0.50% |
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.150% |
; provided , that if
the Borrower shall fail to deliver a Compliance Certificate and the
corresponding financial statements within the time required by such
Section 9.8, then the Applicable Margin for each of the Base
Rate, the Eurodollar Rate, the LIBOR Advantage Rate and the
Commitment Fee shall be the respective Applicable Margin set forth
in Level I for the period commencing on the first calendar day of
the fiscal quarter following the fiscal quarter for which such
financial statements are to be delivered pursuant to
Section 9.8 until such Compliance Certificate is delivered.
Subject to the last clause of the immediately preceding sentence,
any increase or reduction in the Applicable Margin shall be
effective on the first calendar day of the month following the
month in which the Agent receives the Compliance Certificate and
the corresponding financial statements pursuant to
Section 9.8, accompanied in the case of any reduction in the
Applicable Margin by a certificate of the Borrower requesting such
reduction. In the event that the Borrower’s annual financial
statements indicate that the Applicable Margin as applied in any
fiscal quarter therein was lower than it should have been due to an
error in the quarterly financial statements and/or
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Compliance Certificate
delivered by the Borrower, then the amount of additional interest
that would have been due for each such fiscal quarter if the
correct Applicable Margin had been applied shall be paid by the
Borrower to the Agent on demand.
“ Permitted
Acquisitions ” shall mean the acquisition by Borrower of
all or a substantial portion of the assets or capital stock of any
Person (the “Acquired Entity”) engaged in a business
substantially similar to the Line of Business, which acquisition
satisfies all of the following criteria: (a) the aggregate
consideration paid or payable by Borrower in connection with such
acquisition (including earn out payments, seller paper or deferred
purchase price payments) shall not exceed $15,000,000;
(b) Borrower causes any new Subsidiary acquired or formed in
connection with such Permitted Acquisition to comply with all of
the provisions of Section 6.10; and (c) no Default or
Event of Default shall have occurred or result from such
Acquisition (to be demonstrated through delivery by the Borrower of
a pro forma Compliance Certificate to Agent satisfactory to the
Agent).
(ii)
Section 1.2 . Section 1.2 of the Credit
Agreement is further amended by adding the following new defined
terms in appropriate alphabetical order therein:
“ LA Interest
Payment Date ” means, initially, November 15, 2007,
and thereafter the day of each succeeding month which numerically
corresponds to such date or, if a month does not contain a day that
numerically corresponds to such date, the LA Interest Payment Date
shall be the last day of such month.
“ LA Interest
Period ” means, with respect to any LIBOR Advantage Rate
Loan, the period commencing on (and including) October 15,
2007 (the “Start Date”) and ending on (but excluding)
the date which numerically corresponds to such date one month
later, and thereafter, each one month period ending on the day of
such month that numerically corresponds to the Start Date. If a LA
Interest Period is to end in a month for which there is no day
which numerically corresponds to the Start Date, the LA Interest
Period will end on the last day of such month.
“ LIBOR Advantage
Loan ” shall mean a Revolving Advance for which the
applicable rate of interest is based upon the LIBOR Advantage
Rate.
“ LIBOR Advantage
Rate ” means, relative to any LA Interest Period, the
offered rate for delivery in two London Banking Days of deposits of
U.S. Dollars for a term coextensive with the LA Interest Period
which the British Bankers’ Association fixes as its LIBOR
rate as of 11:00 a.m. London time on the day on which such LA
Interest Period commences. If the first day of any LA Interest
Period is not a day which is both a (i) Business Day, and
(ii) a London Banking Day, the LIBOR Advantage Rate shall be
determined by reference to the next preceding day which is both a
Business Day and a London Banking Day. If for any reason the LIBOR
Advantage Rate is unavailable and/or the Agent is unable
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to determine the LIBOR
Advantage Rate for any LA Interest Period, the Agent may, at its
discretion, either: (a) select a replacement index based on
the arithmetic mean of the quotations, if any, of the interbank
offered rate by first class banks in London or New York for
deposits with comparable maturities or (b) accrue interest at
a rate per annum equal to the Domestic Rate as of the first day of
any LA Interest Period for which the LIBOR Advantage Rate is
unavailable or cannot be determined.
“ London Banking
Day ” means any day on which dealings in US dollar
deposits are transacted in the London interbank market.
“ Type ”
means a LIBOR Rate Loan, a Domestic Rate Loan or a LIBOR Advantage
Loan, as the case may be.
(iii)
Section 2.1.
Section 2.1 of the Credit Agreement is
amended and restated to read in its entirety as follows:
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2.1 Revolving Advances
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(a) Subject to the terms and conditions
set forth in this Agreement including, without limitation,
Section 2.1(b), each Lender, severally and not jointly, will
make Revolving Advances to Borrower in aggregate amounts
outstanding at any time equal to such Lender’s Commitment
Percentage of the lesser of (x) the Maximum Advance Amount
less (i) the aggregate amount of outstanding Letters of Credit
and (ii) the Foreign Exchange Sub-Limit, or (y) an amount
equal to the sum of:
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up to 80%, subject to the provisions of Section 2.1(b)
hereof (“Eligible Receivables Advance Rate”), of
Eligible Receivables, other than Eligible Government Receivables,
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up to 50%, subject to the provisions of Section 2.1(b)
hereof (“Eligible Government Receivables Advance
Rate”), of Eligible Government Receivables (the Eligible
Receivables Advance Rate and the Eligible Government Receivables
Advance Rate shall be referred to collectively as the
“Advance Rates”), minus |
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(iii) |
the aggregate amount of charges outstanding and additional
amounts available under Letters of Credit (other than Letters of
Credit that are 105% cash collateralized), minus |
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the Foreign Exchange Sub-Limit. |
The amount derived from
(x) the sum of Sections 2.1(a)(y)(i) and (ii) minus
(y) the sum of Sections 2.1(a)(y)(iii) and (iv) at any
time and from time to time shall be referred to as the
“Formula Amount”. The Revolving Advances shall be
evidenced by one or more secured promissory notes (collectively,
the
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“Revolving Credit
Note”) substantially in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit 2.1(a) .]
(b)
Discretionary Rights . The Advance Rates may be increased or
decreased by Agent at any time and from time to time in the
exercise of its reasonable discretion. Borrower consents to any
such increases or decreases and acknowledges that decreasing the
Advance Rates may limit or restrict Advances requested by
Borrower.”
Section 2.2
. Section 2.2 of the Credit Agreement is
amended and restated to read in its entirety as follows:
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2.2 Procedure for Revolving
Advance Borrowing; Eurodollar Rate Loans
; LIBOR Advantage Loans
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(a) With respect to Revolving Advances,
Borrower may notify Agent prior to 12:00 noon (Boston time) at
least one Business Day prior to the date of the proposed borrowing
of Borrower’s request to incur a Revolving Advance hereunder.
Each request for a Revolving Advance shall, unless Borrower
requests a loan of another Type, be deemed to be a request for a
LIBOR Advantage Loan. The amount of any Revolving Advance request
shall be a minimum of $100,000. Should any amount required to be
paid as interest hereunder, or as fees or other charges under this
Agreement or any other agreement with Agent or Lenders, or with
respect to any other Obligation, become due, same shall be deemed a
request for a Revolving Advance as of the date such payment is due,
in the amount required to pay in full such interest, fee, charge or
Obligation under this Agreement or any other agreement with Agent
or Lenders, and such request shall be irrevocable.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of
subsection (a) above, with respect to all Advances, in the
event Borrower desires to obtain a Eurodollar Rate Loan, Borrower
must notify Agent prior to 10:00 a.m. (Boston time) at least two
(2) Business Days’ prior to the date of the proposed
borrowing specifying (i) the date of the proposed borrowing
(which shall be a Business Day), (ii) the type of borrowing
and the amount on the date of such Advance to be borrowed, which
amount shall be a minimum of $1,000,000 and an integral multiple of
$1,000,000, and (iii) the duration of the first Interest
Period therefor. Interest Periods for Eurodollar Rate Loans shall
be for one, two, three, four or six months; provided, if an
Interest Period would end on a day that is not a Business Day, it
shall end on the next succeeding Business Day unless such day falls
in the next succeeding calendar month in which case the Interest
Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day. No Eurodollar
Rate Loan or LIBOR Advantage Loan shall be made available to
Borrower during the continuance of a Default or an Event of
Default.
(c) Each Interest Period of a Eurodollar
Rate Loan shall commence on the date such Eurodollar Rate Loan is
made and shall end on such date as
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Borrower may elect as set
forth in subsection (b)(iii) above provided that the exact length
of each Interest Period shall be determined in accordance with the
practice of the interbank market for offshore Dollar deposits and
no Interest Period shall end after the last day of the Term.
Borrower shall elect the initial Interest Period applicable to a
Eurodollar Rate Loan by its notice of borrowing given to Agent
pursuant to Section 2.2(b) or by its notice of conversion
given to Agent pursuant to Section 2.2(d), as the case may be.
Borrower shall elect the duration of each succeeding Interest
Period by giving irrevocable written notice to Agent of such
duration not less than three (3) Business Days prior to the
last day of the then current Interest Period applicable to such
Eurodollar Rate Loan. If Agent does not receive timely notice of
the Interest Period elected by Borrower, Borrower shall be deemed
to have elected to convert to a LIBOR Advantage Loan subject to
Section 2.2(d) herein below.
(d) Borrower may, subject to the notice
requirements set forth below, on any Business Day convert any
Revolving Advance of one Type into a Revolving Advance of another
Type in the same aggregate principal amount, provided that
no Revolving Advance may be converted into a LIBOR Advantage Loan
or Eurodollar Rate Loan if any Default or Event of Default shall
have occurred and be continuing, and provided ,
further , that no Eurodollar Rate Loan may be converted into
a Loan of another Type or of a different Interest Period except on
the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto. If Borrower
desires to convert a Revolving Advance, Borrower shall give prior
written notice to agent by 10:00 a.m. (Boston time) (i) in the
case of converting to a Eurodollar Rate Loan or a LIBOR Advantage
Loan, not less than two (2) nor more than five
(5) Business Days’ prior to the date of conversion and
(ii) in the case of converting to a Domestic Rate Loan, not
less than one Business Day prior to the date of conversion, which
notice shall specify the proposed date of such conversion (which in
the case of Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be on the last day of the
Interest Period applicable thereto), the Revolving Advance and
amount to be converted (which, in the case of conversions to
Eurodollar Rate Loans or LIBOR Advantage Loans shall be in an
aggregate minimum amount of $1,000,000 and integral multiples of
$1,000,000), and, in the case of conversions to Eurodollar Rate
Loans, the Interest Period applicable thereto. After giving effect
to any borrowing or each such conversion, there shall not be
outstanding more than four (4) Eurodollar Rate Loans, in the
aggregate.
(e) If
any Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, at the option of the Required Lenders, each Eurodollar
Rate Loan and LIBOR Advantage Loan shall be deemed to convert to a
Domestic Rate Loan on the last day of the Interest Period or LA
Interest Period, as applicable, in effect with respect
thereto.
(f) Borrower may prepay Domestic Rate
Loans and LIBOR Advantage Loans in whole at any time or in part
from time to time with accrued interest on the principal being
prepaid to the date of such repayment. Upon not less than two
(2) Business Days’ prior written notice, Borrower may
(subject to
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Sections 3.1 and 13.1 hereof)
prepay Eurodollar Rate Loans in whole at any time or in part from
time to time with accrued interest on the principal being prepaid
to the date of such repayment. Borrower shall specify the date of
prepayment of Advances which are Eurodollar Rate Loans and the
amount of such prepayment. In the event that any prepayment of a
Eurodollar Rate Loan is required or permitted on a date other than
the last Business Day of the then current Interest Period with
respect thereto, Borrower shall indemnify Agent and Lenders
therefor in accordance with Section 2.2(g) hereof.
(g) Borrower shall indemnify Agent and
Lenders and hold Agent and Lenders harmless from and against any
and all losses or expenses that Agent and Lenders may sustain or
incur as a consequence of any prepayment, conversion of or any
default, whether voluntary or involuntary by Borrower in the
payment of the principal of or interest on any Eurodollar Rate Loan
or failure by Borrower to complete a borrowing of, a prepayment of
or conversion of or to a Eurodollar Rate Loan after notice thereof
has been given, including, but not limited to, any interest payable
by Agent or the Lenders to other lenders of funds obtained by them
in order to make or maintain their Eurodollar Rate Loans hereunder.
A certificate or statement as to any additional amounts payable
pursuant to the foregoing sentence (which shall include upon the
written request of the Borrower a reasonably detailed calculation
and description) submitted by Agent or any Lender to Borrower shall
be conclusive absent manifest error.
(h) Notwithstanding any other provision
hereof, if any applicable law, treaty, regulation or directive, or
any change therein or in the interpretation or application thereof,
shall make it unlawful for any Lender (for purposes of this
subsection (h), the term “Lender” shall include any
Lender and the office or branch where Lender or any corporation or
bank controlling such Lender makes or maintains Eurodollar Rate
Loans hereof) to make or maintain its Eurodollar Rate Loans, the
obligation of Lenders to make Eurodollar Rate Loans hereunder shall
automatically be cancelled and Borrower shall, if any affected
Eurodollar Rate Loans are then outstanding, promptly upon request
from Agent, either pay all such affected Eurodollar Rate Loans in
full or convert such affected Eurodollar Rate Loans into loans of
another type. If any such payment or conversion of any Eurodollar
Rate Loan is made on a day that is not the last day of the Interest
Period applicable to such Eurodollar Rate Loan, Borrower shall pay
Agent, upon Agent’s request, such amount or amounts as may be
necessary to compensate Lenders for any loss or expense sustained
or incurred by Lenders in respect of such Eurodollar Rate Loan as a
result of such payment or conversion, including (but not limited
to) any interest or other amounts payable by Agent or the Lenders
to other lenders of funds obtained by Lenders in order to make or
maintain such Eurodollar Rate Loan. A certificate or statement as
to any additional amounts payable pursuant to the foregoing
sentence (which shall include upon the written request of the
Borrower a reasonably detailed calculation and description)
submitted by Lenders to Borrower shall be conclusive absent
manifest error.”
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Section 2.19
. Section 2.19 of the Credit
Agreement is amended and restated to read in its entirety as
follows:
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2.19 Increase of
Commitments . At any time during the
Term, the Borrower shall have the right, but not the obligation,
upon no less than ninety (90) days written notice to the
Agent, to increase the Maximum Advance Amount by an aggregate
amount not to exceed $30,000,000 under terms and conditions
identical to those of the Revolving Advances, such additional
amounts to be provided by the then existing Lenders or such other
persons who become Lenders in connection therewith; provided that
no such existing Lender shall be obligated to provide any such
Advance in connection with the increase in the Maximum Advance
Amount, and this section shall not be deemed a commitment by any
Lender to increase such Maximum Advance Amount.”
(v)
Section 3.1 .
Section 3.1 of the Credit Agreement is
amended and restated to read in its entirety as follows:
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3.1 Interest
. Interest on Advances shall be payable in arrears,
on the first day of each month with respect to Domestic Rate Loans,
on each LA Interest Payment Date with respect to LIBOR Advantage
Loans and, with respect to Eurodollar Rate Loans, at the end of
each Interest Period or, for Eurodollar Rate Loans with an Interest
Period in excess of three months, at the earlier of (a) each
three months on the anniversary date of the commencement of such
Eurodollar Rate Loan and (b) the end of the Interest Period.
Interest charges shall be computed on the actual principal amount
of Advances outstanding during the month at a rate per annum equal
to (w) with respect to LIBOR Advantage Loans, the LIBOR
Advantage Rate plus the Applicable Margin thereto, (x) with
respect to Domestic Rate Loans, the Base Rate plus the Applicable
Margin thereto and (y) with respect to Eurodollar Rate Loans,
the Eurodollar Rate plus the Applicable Margin thereto (as
applicable, the “Contract Interest Rate”). Whenever,
subsequent to the date of this Agreement, the Base Rate is
increased or dec
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