Exhibit 10.8
AMENDMENT AND WAIVER
TO
COMMERCIAL LOAN AGREEMENT AND LOAN
DOCUMENTS
THIS AMENDMENT AND WAIVER TO
COMMERCIAL LOAN AGREEMENT AND LOAN DOCUMENTS (this
“Amendment”), made effective as of June 26, 2009
(the “Effective Date”), is by and among RBS CITIZENS
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association and successor
by merger to Citizens Bank New Hampshire with a place of business
at 875 Elm Street, Manchester, New Hampshire 03101 (the
“Bank”); MICRONETICS, INC., a Delaware corporation with
an executive office at 26 Hampshire Drive, Hudson, New Hampshire
03051 (the “Borrower”); MICROWAVE & VIDEO
SYSTEMS, INC., a Connecticut corporation with an executive office
at 160B Shelton Road, Monroe, Connecticut 06468, MICROWAVE
CONCEPTS, INC., and STEALTH MICROWAVE, INC., each a Delaware
corporation, and all with an executive office at 26 Hampshire
Drive, Hudson, New Hampshire 03051; and MICA MICROWAVE CORPORATION,
a Delaware corporation with an executive office at 1096 Mellon
Avenue, Manteca, California 95337 and formerly known as “Del
Merger Subsidiary, Inc.” (individually, a
“Guarantor”, and collectively, the
“Guarantors”).
R E C I T A
L S :
WHEREAS, the Bank has extended to
the Borrower certain credit facilities consisting of a revolving
line of credit loan in the principal amount of up to Five Million
Dollars ($5,000,000.00) (the “Revolving Line of Credit
Loan”), and a term loan in the original principal amount of
Six Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($6,500,000.00) (the
“Term Loan”), all pursuant to a certain Commercial Loan
Agreement dated March 30, 2007 by and among the Bank, the
Borrower and the Guarantors, as amended to date (the “Loan
Agreement”) and the Loan Documents as defined
therein;
WHEREAS, the Borrower would be in
default in the performance of certain of its obligations under the
Loan Agreement in that it has violated its financial covenants
under Sections III. A. (i.e., Debt Service Coverage) and B. (i.e.,
ratio of Total Funded Debt to EBITDA) of Schedule B of the Loan
Agreement for the fiscal quarter ending March 31, 2009
(collectively, the “Covenant Defaults”); and
WHEREAS, the Bank, at the request of
the Borrower and the Guarantors, has agreed to (i) waive the
Covenant Defaults, (ii) suspend the testing of the financial
covenants under Sections III. A. and B. of Schedule B of the Loan
Agreement until the fiscal quarter ending March 31, 2010, and
(iii) amend said financial covenants in certain respects, all
upon and subject to the terms and conditions of this Amendment.
Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the
meanings ascribed to them in the Loan Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of
the foregoing premises and the mutual covenants, agreements and
promises contained herein, and other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby
acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:
1. Waiver of Covenant
Defaults . The Bank hereby acknowledges the Borrower’s
Covenant Defaults under the Loan Agreement as of the fiscal quarter
ending March 31, 2009. The Bank hereby waives the Covenant
Defaults by the Borrower solely as of the fiscal quarter ending
March 31, 2009 (the “Waiver”). The Waiver applies
only to Borrower’s compliance with the financial covenants
under Sections III. A. and B. of Schedule B of the Loan Agreement
as of the Fiscal Quarter ending March 31, 2009. The Bank does
not waive compliance by the Borrower with any of its other
covenants under the Loan Agreement or Loan Documents or for any
other dates or for any other periods.
2. Amendments to Loan
Agreement .
(a) Section III.A.2 of the Loan
Agreement shall be, and hereby is, deleted in its entirety and
replaced with the following new Section II.A.2:
“2. Applicable Margin .
The term “Applicable Margin” means the annual
percentage rate to be added to the Bank’s prime rate to
determine the Prime Rate under this Agreement and LIBOR to
determine the LIBOR Rate under this Agreement. The Applicable
Margin shall be 4.25% per annum with respect to the Revolving
Line of Credit Loan, and 3.75% with respect to the Term Loan, until
a determination is made otherwise in accordance with this Agreement
based upon the ratio of Total Funded Debt to EBITDA as of the
Fiscal Quarter ending March 31, 2010. The Applicable Margin
for both the Revolving Line of Credit Loan and the Term Loan will
be adjusted (up or down) on a quarterly basis as determined by
Borrower’s Total Funded Debt to EBITDA ratio beginning with
the Fiscal Quarter ending March 31, 2010. Adjustments in the
Applicable Margin will be determined by reference to the following
grid:
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If Total Funded Debt to
EBITDA
Ratio is:
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Then
Applicable Margin is :
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Greater than or equal to 2.0:1
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4.25% with respect to
the
Revolving Line of Credit Loan
and 3.75% with respect to the
Term Loan
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Greater than 1.25:1 but less than
2.0:1
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3.50%
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Less than or equal to 1.25:1
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2.50%
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Within forty-five (45) days of
the end of each Fiscal Quarter, beginning with the Fiscal Quarter
ending March 31, 2010, of Borrower (provided that Borrower
shall have ninety (90) days after the end of each Fiscal Year
thereafter), Borrower shall (a) deliver to the Bank its
Financial Statements covering such Fiscal Quarter (which shall be
management prepared financial statements for purposes hereof),
(b) deliver to the Bank the quarterly financial covenant
compliance certificate of Borrower, and (c) certify to Bank
the then Total Funded Debt to EBITDA ratio of Borrower and
Borrower’s determination of Applicable Margin therefrom on
such
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form as the Bank may from time to
time specify. Borrower shall also provide to the Bank such other
reasonable information as the Bank may request of Borrower to
verify its determination of the Applicable Margin. As of the tenth
(10th) Business Day after the Borrower’s delivery of all
of the above-referenced items to the Bank, the Bank shall notify
Borrower of its determination of the Applicable Margin. The new
Applicable Margin as so determined by the Bank shall be effective
as to all then outstanding LIBOR Advances and all new LIBOR
Advances thereafter made, and such new Applicable Margin shall
remain in effect through the next date upon which the determination
of a new Applicable Margin becomes effective in accordance with the
above provisions. Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon any Event of
Default, the Applicable Margin with respect to the Revolving Line
of Credit Loan shall be 4.25% and the Applicable Margin with
respect to the Term Loan shall be 3.75%.”
(b) Section III.A.14 of the Loan
Agreement shall be, and hereby is, deleted in its entirety and
replaced with the following new Section III.A.14:
“14. Prime Rate . The
term “Prime Rate” means the variable per annum rate of
interest so designated from time to time by Bank as its prime rate
plus the Applicable Margin. The Bank’s prime rate is a
reference rate and does not necessarily represent the lowest or
best rate being charged to any customer. Changes in the Prime Rate
resulting from changes in the Bank’s prime rate shall take
place immediately without notice or demand of any
kind.”
(c) Section III.A.16 of the Loan
Agreement shall be, and hereby is, added a new section of the Loan
Agreement immediately after Section III.A.15 of the Loan
Agreement:
“16. LIBOR Definitions for
LIBOR Advantage Program . Revolving Credit Advances to the
Borrower under the Bank’s automated sweep program shall bear
interest under, and in accordance with, the Bank’s LIBOR
Advantage Program. The Bank shall designate all Revolving Credit
Advances which are subject to the LIBOR Advantage Program.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement,
including the provisions of Section III.B. hereof regarding
selection of interest rates, automatic Revolving Credit Advances to
the Borrower under the Bank’s automated sweep program are
subject to the provisions of the Bank’s LIBOR Advantage
Program and do not require any notice from Borrower.
Notwithstanding the definitions set forth in this Section III.A.,
solely for purposes of such Revolving Credit Advances under the
LIBOR Advantage Program, the following definitions shall apply in
lieu of the definitions provided for such terms set forth above in
this Section III.A.:
“ Interest Payment Date
” means (a) as to any Prime Rate Advance, the first
Business Day of each January, April, July, and October while such
Advance is outstanding, and (b) as to any LIBOR Advance under
the LIBOR Advantage Program, initially, June 26, 2009, 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 Interest Payment Date
shall be the last day of such month.
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“ Interest Period
” means with respect to each LIBOR Advance under the LIBOR
Advantage Program, the period commencing on (and including)
June 26, 2009 (the “Start Date”) and ending on
(but excluding) the date which numerically corresponds to such date
one (1) month later, and thereafter, each one (1) month
period ending on the day of such month that numerically corresponds
to the Start Date. If an Interest Period with respect to a LIBOR
Advance under the LIBOR Advantage Program i