Exhibit 10.10
AMENDMENT NO. 1,
CONSENT AND WAIVER TO
SUNTRON
CORPORATION
SECOND AMENDED AND
RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
Amendment
No. 1, Consent and Waiver (this “ Amendment
”), dated as of March 29, 2005, to the Second Amended
and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of July 7, 2004 (as
amended to the date hereof, the “ Credit Agreement
”), among K*TEC Operating Corp. and EFTC Operating Corp.,
each a Delaware corporation, as borrowers (each a “
Borrower ” and collectively, the “
Borrowers ”), Suntron Corporation (the “
Company ”), the Lenders party thereto (the “
Lenders ”), the Issuers party thereto (the “
Issuers ”), Citicorp USA, Inc. as Administrative Agent
and Collateral Agent (in such capacity, the “
Administrative Agent ”) and Congress Financial
Corporation (Western), as Syndication Agent (the “
Syndication Agent ”). Capitalized terms used herein
but not defined herein are used as defined in the Credit
Agreement.
W I T N E S S E T
H:
WHEREAS , the
Company, the Borrowers, the Lenders, the Issuers, the
Administrative Agent and the Syndication Agent are party to the
Credit Agreement;
WHEREAS , the Company
has notified the Administrative Agent and the Requisite Lenders
that the Events of Default specified on Schedule A (Events
of Default) (the “ Specified Events of Default
”) hereto have occurred and are continuing;
WHEREAS, the Company
desires to sell (the “ Transaction ”) pursuant
to the letter of intent, dated as of March 8, 2005, among
Suntron Corporation, as seller, and Continental Poly Bags, Inc., as
buyer, the real property comprising all of commercial reserves
“A” and “B” of Sugar Land Business Park,
tracts 130 and 131, slide no. 1356B, F.B.C.P.R. Brown and Belknap
League, A-15, Fort Bend County, Sugar Land, Texas, described
therein, and for a purchase price in excess of $800,000.00, which
shall result in a receipt by the Loan Parties of Net Cash Proceeds
in an amount in excess of $725,000.00, which shall result in a
prepayment of the Obligations in such amount by the Loan Parties as
required pursuant to Section 2.9 (Mandatory
Prepayments) of the Credit Agreement;
WHEREAS , the Company
has requested that the Administrative Agent and the Requisite
Lenders waive the Specified Events of Default; and
WHEREAS , the
Company, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Syndication
Agent have agreed, subject to certain limitations and conditions
set forth below, to (a) waive the Specified Events of Default
for the periods and subject to the conditions set forth herein, (b)
consent to the Transaction and (c) make certain amendments to
the Credit Agreement, as more specifically set forth
below;
NOW, THEREFORE , in
consideration of the premises and the covenants and obligations
contained herein the parties hereto agree as follows:
Section 1. Consent and
Waiver
(a) Effective
as of the Amendment Effective Date until (and including)
April 15, 2005 (the “ Waiver Period ”), the
Administrative Agent, the Syndication Agent and the
AMENDMENT NO. 1,
CONSENT AND WAIVER TO
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED
CREDIT AGREEMENT
SUNTRON
CORPORATION
Lenders and Issuers party hereto
(constituting the Requisite Lenders) hereby waive the Specified
Events of Default for the Waiver Period.
(b) The
Company shall deliver to the Administrative Agent (with sufficient
copies for each of the Lenders) prior to the end of the Waiver
Period, in form satisfactory to it (i) a Form 10-K of the
Company, (ii) an analysis thereof by the management of the
Company and (iii) a related certification by the
Company’s Accountants as set forth in Section 6.1(c)
(Financial Statements) of the Credit Agreement. Effective on
the later of the Amendment Effective Date and the end of the Waiver
Period, and subject to the prior compliance by the Company with the
provisions of the preceding sentence, the Administrative Agent, the
Syndication Agent and the Lenders and Issuers party hereto
(constituting the Requisite Lenders) hereby waive the Specified
Events of Default.
(b) Anything
in the Credit Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, the
Administrative Agent, Syndication Agent and the Lenders and Issuers
party hereto (constituting the Requisite Lenders) hereby consent,
to the extent required under the Credit Agreement, to the
consummation of the Transaction (which Transaction, for the
avoidance of doubt, shall not be taken into account when
calculating the amount set forth in Section 8.4(f)(i) (Sale
of Assets) of the Credit Agreement) on the terms set forth
above.
Section 2.
Amendment
Effective
as of the Amendment Effective Date (as defined below) and subject
to the satisfaction (or due waiver) of the conditions set forth in
Section 4 (Amendment to Article VI (Financial
Statements)
(a) Section 6.1
(Financial Statements) of the Credit Agreement shall be amended
by inserting a new clause (j) at the end thereof to read in
its entirety as follows:
(j) Cash Flow Forecasts. No later than the third Business
Day of each calendar week (which calendar week shall be deemed to
start on each Sunday), forecasts of cash flow prepared by
management of the Company for the succeeding thirteen week period,
certified by a Responsible Officer.
Conditions Precedent to the
Effectiveness of this Amendment ) hereof, the Administrative Agent, the
Syndication Agent and the Lenders and Issuers party hereto hereby
agree to amend the Credit Agreement as follows:
(a)
Amendment to Article I (Definitions, Interpretation and
Accounting Terms)
(i) The
following definition is hereby inserted in Section 1.1
(Defined Terms) of the Credit Agreement in the appropriate
place to preserve the alphabetical order of the definitions in such
section:
“
Average Excess Availability ” means, with respect to
any fiscal month, an amount equal to (a) the sum of Excess
Availability at the close of business on each Business Day during
such fiscal month, divided by (b) the number of
Business Days in such fiscal month.
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AMENDMENT NO. 1,
CONSENT AND WAIVER TO
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED
CREDIT AGREEMENT
SUNTRON
CORPORATION
(ii) The
definition of “ Applicable Margin ” in
Section 1.1 (Defined Terms) of the Credit Agreement is
hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:
“
Applicable Margin ” means, (a) during the period
commencing on the Effective Date and ending March 28, 2005,
with respect to (i) Base Rate Loans, 0.75% per annum and (ii)
Eurodollar Rate Loans, 2.75% per annum and (b) thereafter,
with respect to each period set forth below, a per annum rate equal
to the rate set forth below opposite such period and under the
applicable type of Loan:
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PERIOD
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BASE RATE
LOANS
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EURODOLLAR
RATE LOANS
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From March 29, 2005 through June 30,
2005
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1.75%
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3.25%
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From July 1, 2005 through
September 30, 2005
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2.00%
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3.50%
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From October 1, 2005 through
December 31, 2005
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2.25%
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3.75%
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From January 1, 2006 and
thereafter
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2.50%
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4.00%
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(iii) The
definition of “ Reduced Liquidity Month ” in
Section 1.1 (Defined Terms) of the Credit Agreement is
hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:
“
Reduced Liquidity Month ” means, (a) in the case
of the first two fiscal months of any fiscal quarter, any fiscal
month for which Average Excess Availability for such month failed
to exceed $10,000,000 and (b) in the case of the third fiscal
month of any fiscal quarter, any fiscal month for which Average
Excess Availability for such month failed to exceed
$12,500,000.
(b)
Amendment to Article V (Financial
Covenants)
Clause (c) of Section 5.1 (Minimum EBITDA ) of
the Credit Agreement shall be amended by deleting the table set
forth therein and inserting the following new table in its
place:
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APPLICABLE
PERIOD
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MINIMUM
EBITDA
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$
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2,000,000
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Fiscal Month January 2005
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$
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2,000,000
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Fiscal Month February 2005
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$
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2,000,000
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-$2,300,000
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-$2,500,000
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-$2,300,000
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-$1,800,000
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-$1,200,000
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-$300,000
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Fiscal Month September 2005
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$
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1,000,000
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Fiscal Month October 2005
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$
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1,500,000
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Fiscal Month November 2005
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$
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1,500,000
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Fiscal Month December 2005
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$
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1,800,000
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Fiscal Year 2006 and thereafter
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$
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2,500,000
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AMENDMENT NO. 1,
CONSENT AND WAIVER TO
SECOND
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