Exhibit 10.31
FIRST
AMENDMENT
TO AMENDED AND RESTATED LOAN
AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
This First Amendment To Amended and
Restated Loan And Security Agreement (this “ Amendment
”) dated as of November 10, 2008, is entered into by and
among Bell Microproducts Inc., a California corporation (“
Administrative Borrower ”), Bell Microproducts –
Future Tech, Inc., a California corporation (“ Future
Tech ”), Rorke Data, Inc., a Minnesota corporation
(“ Rorke ”), Bell Microproducts Canada –
Tenex Data ULC, a Nova Scotia unlimited liability company (“
Tenex ”), Total Tec Systems, Inc., a New Jersey
corporation (“ Total Tec ”), Forefront Graphics
US Inc., an Ontario corporation (“ Forefront ”
and together with Administrative Borrower, Future-Tech, Rorke,
Tenex and Total Tec, individually, a “ Borrower
” and collectively, “ Borrowers ”), Bell
Microproducts Canada Inc., a California corporation (“
Bell Micro Canada ”), Bell Microproducts Mexico
Shareholder, LLC, a Florida limited liability company (“
Mexico Shareholder ”), Wachovia Capital Finance
Corporation (Western), in its capacity as administrative agent for
the financial institutions from time to time parties to the Loan
Agreement (as defined below) as lenders (each individually, a
“ Lender ” and collectively, “
Lenders ”) (in such capacity, “ Agent
”), and Required Lenders (as defined in the Loan Agreement),
with reference to the following facts:
RECITALS
A. Lenders are extending various
secured financial accommodations to Borrowers upon the terms of
that certain Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement dated
as of September 29, 2008 (the “ Loan Agreement
”).
B. Borrowers, Bell Micro Canada,
Mexico Shareholder, Required Lenders and Agent now desire to amend
the Loan Agreement and the Consent upon the terms and conditions
set forth herein.
AMENDMENT
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of
the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the
receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged by each party
hereto, Borrowers, Required Lenders and Administrative Agent hereby
agree as follows:
1. Defined Terms . Unless
otherwise specified herein, any capitalized terms defined in the
Loan Agreement shall have the same respective meanings as used
herein.
2. Amendment to Loan
Agreement . Section 9.10(n) of the Loan Agreement is
hereby amended and restated, effective as of the date of the Loan
Agreement (subject to the conditions set forth in Section 3
below), to read in its entirety as follows:
“(n) intercompany receivables
owed by any Affiliate of a Borrower that is not a
‘Borrower’ hereunder to any Borrower, so long as
(i) no Event of Default exists and is continuing or would
result from the existence of such receivable , and
(ii) the aggregate amount of such intercompany receivables
outstanding on the last day of each of the months set forth below
does not exceed the difference of the amount set forth
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opposite such month minus the sum of
investments heretofore or hereafter made in Bell Microproducts
Brazil Holdings, LLC, a Minnesota limited liability company, in
connection with Net Storage Computers Ltd. as contemplated in
Section 9.10(p) :
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Amounts
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Each month through and including November
2008
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$
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60,000,000
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Each month from December 2008 through February
2009, inclusive
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$
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50,000,000
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Each month from March 2009 through August 2009,
inclusive
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$
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45,000,000
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Each month after August 2009
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$
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40,000,000
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3. Conditions to
Effectiveness . The effectiveness of this Amendment is subject
to the receipt by Agent or the satisfaction of the following
conditions precedent:
(a) Counterparts of this Amendment
duly executed and delivered by Borrowers, Bell Micro Canada, Mexico
Shareholder, Agent and Required Lenders;
(b) No Event of Default or act,
condition or event which with notice or passage of time or both
would constitute an Event of Default, shall exist;
(c) The representations and
warranties set forth herein and in the Loan Agreement shall be true
and correct; and
(d) All other documents and legal
matters in connection with the transactions contemplated by this
Amendment shall have been delivered or executed or recorded and
shall be in form and substance satisfactory to Agent.
4. Guarantors’
Acknowledgement . Bell Micro Canada and Mexico Shareholder each
hereby acknowledge and consent to the terms, conditions and
provisions of this Amendment and to the transactions contemplated
hereby. Bell Micro Canada hereby reaffirms its obligations under
its Guarantee, dated as of May 14, 2001, and agrees that it is
and shall remain responsible for the Obligations of Borrowers under
the Loan Agreement as amended by this Amendment. Mexico Shareholder
hereby reaffirms its obligations under its Guarantee, dated as of
October 9, 2003, and agrees that it is and shall remain
responsible for the Obligations of Borrowers under the Loan
Agreement as amended by this Amendment.
5. Representations and
Warranties . Each Borrower and Guarantor reaffirms that the
representations and warranties made to Lenders and Agent in the
Loan Agreement and other Financing Agreements are true and correct
in all material respects as of the date of this Amendment as though
made as of such date and after giving effect to this Amendment. In
addition, each Borrower and Guarantor makes the following
representations and warranties to Lenders and Agent, which shall
survive the execution of this Amendment.
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(a) The execution, delivery and
performance of this Amendment are within each Borrower’s and
Guarantor’s powers, have been duly authorized by all
necessary actions, have received all necessary governmental
approvals, if any, and do not contravene any law or any contractual
restrictions binding on any Borrower or Guarantor.
(b) This Amendment is the legal,
valid and binding obligation of each Borrower and Guarantor
enforceable against each Borrower and Guarantor in accordance with
its terms, except as enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency, moratorium and other similar laws affecting the rights
of creditors generally.
(c) No event has occurred and is
continuing, after giving effect to this Amendment, which
constitutes an Event of Default under the Loan Agreement or any
other of the Financing Agreements, or would constitute such an
Event of Default but for the requirement that notice be given or
time elapse or both.
6. Continuing Effect of Financing
Agreements . To the extent of any inconsistencies between the
terms of this Amendment and the Loan Agreement, this Amendment
shall govern. In all other respects, the Loan Agreement and other
Financing Agreements shall remain in full force and effect and are
hereby ratified and confirmed.
7. References . Upon the
effectiveness of this Amendment, each reference in any Financing
Agreements to “the Agreement”, “hereunder,”
“herein,” “hereof,” or of like import
referring to the Loan Agreement shall mean and be a reference to
the Loan Agreement as amended hereby.
8. Governing Laws . This
Amendment, upon becoming effective, shall be deemed to be a
contract made under, governed by, and subject to, and shall be
construed in accordance with, the internal laws of the State of
California.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties
hereto, intending to be legally bound hereby, have executed this
Amendment as of the date first set forth above, to become effective
in the manner set forth above.