Exhibit 10.1
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AMENDMENT, WAIVER, RESIGNATION
AND
APPOINTMENT
AGREEMENT
THIS AMENDMENT, WAIVER,
RESIGNATION AND APPOINTMENT AGREEMENT, dated as of May 4,
2009 (this “ Amendment ”), is by and
among SYNIVERSE HOLDINGS, INC. , a Delaware corporation (the
“ Parent ”), SYNIVERSE TECHNOLOGIES,
INC. , a Delaware corporation (the “
Borrower ”), the Lenders (as defined below)
party hereto, LEHMAN COMMERCIAL PAPER INC. (“
LCPI ”), a debtor and debtor in possession
under chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code (as defined below), as
resigning Administrative Agent (as each such role is defined in the
2007 Credit Agreement defined below and in the other Loan
Documents) and Swing Line Lender under the 2007 Credit Agreement
(as defined below), and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. (“
Bank of America ”), as successor Administrative
Agent and Swing Line Lender under the Amended Credit Agreement (as
defined below).
W I T N E S S E T
H:
WHEREAS , the Borrower is party to that certain Amended
and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of August 9, 2007 (as
amended, restated or otherwise modified to but excluding the
Effective Date (as defined below) hereof, the “ 2007
Credit Agreement ”), among the Parent, the Borrower,
the financial institutions from time to time party thereto, as
lenders (collectively, the “ Lenders ”
and each a “ Lender ”), Lehman Brothers
Inc. and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., as joint lead arrangers and
joint book-running managers, Lehman Commercial Paper Inc. (“
LCPI ”), as administrative agent and collateral
agent (in such capacity, the “ Administrative
Agent ”), Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as
syndication agent (the “ Syndication Agent
”), and Bear Stearns Corporate Lending Inc. and LaSalle Bank
National Association, as co-documentation agents (together with the
Administrative Agent and the Syndication Agent, collectively, the
“ Agents ”); capitalized terms used and
not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to
such terms in the 2007 Credit Agreement;
WHEREAS , on October 5, 2008, LCPI commenced a
voluntary case under chapter 11 of title 11 of the United States
Code (the “ Bankruptcy Code ”) and on
such date, pursuant to section 362(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, an
automatic stay went into effect that prohibits actions to interfere
with, or obtain possession or control of, LCPI’s property or
to collect or recover from LCPI any debts or claims that arose
before such date;
WHEREAS , on October 6, 2008, the United States
Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York entered an
order (the “ Bankruptcy Court Order ”) in
the bankruptcy case of LCPI authorizing and empowering LCPI to
transfer, assign or resign from any administrative agent positions
in LCPI’s business judgment in accordance with the provisions
of any applicable credit agreements and in accordance with the
Bankruptcy Court Order; and
WHEREAS , the Borrower has notified the Lenders,
pursuant to the notice attached as Exhibit A hereto (the
“ Notice ”), that (a) LCPI desires
to resign as Administrative Agent and Swing Line Lender under the
Loan Documents and (b) Bank of America has agreed to be
appointed as successor Administrative Agent and Swing Line Lender
under the Loan
Documents, in each case in accordance with
(i) Section 9.9 of the 2007 Credit Agreement,
(ii) the Resignation, Assignment and Assumption Agreement,
substantially in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto (the
“ Assignment and Assumption ”), and
(iii) the terms and conditions hereof;
NOW THEREFORE
, for good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as
follows:
SECTION 1.01.
Amendments to
Section 1 .
Section 1.1 of the 2007 Credit Agreement is hereby amended,
effective as of the Effective Date, by:
(a) deleting the definitions of Base
Rate, Business Day, Defaulting Lender, Dollar Equivalent, Euribor
Base Rate, Euribo Rate, Eurocurrency Base Rate, Eurocurrency Loans,
Eurocurrency Reserve Requirements and Federal Funds Effective Rate,
and inserting the following definitions in alphabetical
order:
“ Agent Parties
”: as defined in Section 10.2(c).
“ Bank of America
”: Bank of America, N.A.
“ Bankruptcy Code
”: chapter 11 of title 11 of the United States
Code.
“ Base
Rate ”: for any day a fluctuating rate per annum equal to
the highest of (a) the Federal Funds Effective Rate
plus 1
/
2 of 1.00%, (b) the rate of
interest in effect for such day as publicly announced from time to
time by Bank of America as its “prime rate” and
(c) the 30-day Eurocurrency Rate for Dollars plus 1.00%
The “prime rate” is a rate set by Bank of America,
based upon various factors including Bank of America’s costs
and desired return, general economic conditions and other factors,
and is used as a reference point for pricing some loans, which may
be priced at, above, or below such announced rate. Any change in
such rate announced by Bank of America shall take effect at the
opening of business on the day specified in the public announcement
of such change.
“ BBA LIBOR ”: as
specified in the definition of Eurocurrency Rate.
“ Borrower Materials
”: as defined in Section 10.2(c).
“ Business Day ”:
any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which
commercial banks are authorized to close under the Laws of, or are
in fact closed in, the state where the Administrative Agent’s
Office with respect to Obligations denominated in Dollars is
located and:
(a) if such day relates to any
interest rate settings as to a Eurocurrency Loan denominated in
Dollars, any fundings, disbursements, settlements and payments in
Dollars in respect of any such Eurocurrency Loan, or any other
dealings in Dollars to be carried out pursuant to this Agreement in
respect of any such Eurocurrency Loan, means any such day on which
dealings in deposits in Dollars are conducted by and between banks
in the London interbank eurodollar market; and
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(b) if such day relates to any
interest rate settings as to a Eurocurrency Loan denominated in
Euro, any fundings, disbursements, settlements and payments in Euro
in respect of any such Eurocurrency Loan, or any other dealings in
Euro to be carried out pursuant to this Agreement in respect of any
such Eurocurrency Loan, means a TARGET Day.
“ Defaulting Lender
”: any Lender (a) that has failed to fund any portion of
its Revolving Commitment, its obligations under
Section 2.26 , its obligations as a Multicurrency L/C
Participant or participations in Swing Line Loans required to be
funded by it hereunder within one Business Day of the date required
to be funded by it hereunder unless such failure has been cured,
(b) that has otherwise failed to pay over to the
Administrative Agent, any Multicurrency Issuing Lender or any other
Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder within
one Business Day of the date when due, unless the subject of a good
faith dispute or unless such failure has been cured, or
(c) with respect to which a Distress Event has occurred (or
has occurred with respect to any Affiliate of such Lender that
directly or indirectly controls such Lender) and has not been cured
in accordance with Section 10.24 .
“ Distress Event
”: with respect to any Person (each, a “ Distressed
Person ”), a voluntary or involuntary case with respect
to such Distressed Person under the Bankruptcy Code or any similar
bankruptcy laws of its jurisdiction of formation, or a custodian,
conservator, receiver or similar official is appointed for such
Distressed Person or any substantial part of such Distressed
Person’s assets, or such Distressed Person makes a general
assignment for the benefit of creditors or is otherwise adjudicated
as, or determined by any governmental authority having regulatory
authority over such Distressed Person or its assets to be,
insolvent, bankrupt, or deficient in meeting any capital adequacy
or liquidity standard of any governmental authority applicable to
such Distressed Person.
“ Dollar Equivalent
”: at any time, (a) with respect to any amount
denominated in Dollars, such amount, and (b) with respect to
any amount denominated in Euros, the equivalent amount thereof in
Dollars as determined by the Administrative Agent or the
Multicurrency Issuing Lender, as the case may be, at such time on
the date of determination on the basis of the Spot Rate for the
purchase of Dollars with Euros as of such date.
“ Distressed Person
”: as specified in the definition of Distress
Event.
“ Euribo Rate ”:
as of any date of determination, the Eurocurrency Rate for such
date for any Loan denominated in Euros.
“ Eurocurrency Base
Rate ”: as specified in the definition of Eurocurrency
Rate.
“ Eurocurrency Loans
”: Loans for which the applicable rate of interest is based
upon the Eurocurrency Rate (excluding Loans for which the
applicable rate of interest is based on clause (c) of the
definition of Base Rate) or Euribo Rate.
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“ Eurocurrency Rate
”: for any Interest Period with respect to a Eurocurrency
Loan, a rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent
pursuant to the following formula:
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Eurocurrency Rate =
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1.00 – Eurocurrency Reserve
Requirements
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Where, “ Eurocurrency Base
Rate ” means, for such Interest Period:
(a) the rate per annum equal to the
British Banker’s Association LIBOR Rate (“ BBA
LIBOR ”), as published by Reuters (or other commercially
available source providing quotations of BBA LIBOR as designated by
the Administrative Agent from time to time) at approximately 11:00
a.m., London time, two Business Days prior to the commencement of
such Interest Period, for deposits in the relevant currency (for
delivery on the first day of such Interest Period) with a term
equivalent to such Interest Period.
(b) If such rate referenced in the
preceding clause (a) is not available at such time for any
reason, then the “ Eurocurrency Base Rate ”) for
such Interest Period shall be the rate per annum determined by the
Administrative Agent to be the rate at which deposits in the
relevant currency for delivery on the first day of such Interest
Period in Same Day Funds in the approximate amount of the
Eurocurrency Loan being made, continued or converted by Bank of
America and with a term equivalent to such Interest Period would be
offered by Bank of America’s London Branch (or other Bank of
America branch or Affiliate) to major banks in the London or other
offshore interbank market for such currency at their request at
approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two Business Days prior to
the commencement of such Interest Period.
“ Eurocurrency Reserve
Requirements ”: for any day during any Interest Period,
the reserve percentage (expressed as a decimal, carried out to five
decimal places) in effect on such day, whether or not applicable to
any Lender, under regulations issued from time to time by the FRB
for determining the maximum reserve requirement (including any
emergency, supplemental or other marginal reserve requirement) with
respect to Eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as
“Eurocurrency liabilities”). The Eurocurrency Rate for
each outstanding Eurocurrency Loan shall be adjusted automatically
as of the effective date of any change in the Eurocurrency Reserve
Requirements.
“ Euro Equivalent
”: at any time, (a) with respect to any amount
denominated in Euros, such amount, and (b) with respect to any
amount expressed in Dollars, the equivalent amount thereof in Euros
as determined by the
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Administrative Agent or the
Multicurrency Issuing Lender, as the case may be, at such time on
the basis of the Spot Rate on the date of determination for the
purchase of Euros with Dollars as of such date.
“ Federal
Funds Effective Rate ”: for any day, the rate per annum
equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal
funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System
arranged by Federal funds brokers on such day, as published by the
Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the Business Day next
succeeding such day; provided that (a) if such day is
not a Business Day, the Federal Funds Effective Rate for such day
shall be such rate on such transactions on the next preceding
Business Day as so published on the next succeeding Business Day,
and (b) if no such rate is so published on such next
succeeding Business Day, the Federal Funds Effective Rate for such
day shall be the average rate (rounded upward, if necessary, to a
whole multiple of 1 / 100 of 1%) charged to Bank of
America, on such day on such transactions as determined by the
Administrative Agent.
“ First Amendment
” means that certain Amendment, Waiver, Resignation and
Appointment Agreement, dated as of May 4, 2009, among the
Parent, the Borrower, Lehman Commercial Paper Inc., as resigning
Administrative Agent, Bank of America, N.A., as replacement
Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders party
thereto.
“ First Amendment Effective
Date ” means the “Effective Date” as defined
in the First Amendment.
“ FRB ”: the
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United
States.
“ Impacted Lender
”: any Revolving Credit Lender (a) that has given verbal
or written notice to the Administrative Agent or any Lender or has
otherwise publicly announced that such Lender believes it will
become, or that fails following inquiry promptly to provide to the
Administrative Agent, a Multicurrency Issuing Lender or the Swing
Line Lender making such inquiry reasonably satisfactory assurance
that such Lender will not become, a Defaulting Lender, or
(b) as to which the Administrative Agent or a Multicurrency
Issuing Lender has a good faith belief that such Lender has
defaulted more than once in fulfilling its funding obligations (as
a lender, letter of credit issuer or issuer of bank guarantees and
including, but not limited to, funding or paying when due loan
requests, swingline participations, letter of credit
participations, pro rata sharing obligations and expense and
indemnification obligations) under any other syndicated credit
facility and such Lender shall not have provided assurances
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and Multicurrency Issuing
Lender that despite such defaults such Lender will not become a
Defaulting Lender hereunder.
“ Laws ”:
collectively, all international, foreign, Federal, state and local
statutes, treaties, rules, guidelines, regulations, ordinances,
codes and
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administrative or judicial
precedents or authorities, including the interpretation or
administration thereof by any Governmental Authority charged with
the enforcement, interpretation or administration thereof, and all
applicable administrative orders, directed duties, requests,
licenses, authorizations and permits of, and agreements with, any
Governmental Authority, in each case whether or not having the
force of law.
“ Lender Cure Period
”: as defined in Section 10.24.
“ Platform ”: as
defined in Section 10.2(c).
“ Public Lender
”: as defined in Section 10.2(c).
“ Reinstatement Date
”: as defined in Section 10.24.
“ Same Day Funds
”: (a) with respect to disbursements and payments in
Dollars, immediately available funds, and (b) with respect to
disbursements and payments in Euros, same day or other funds as may
be determined by the Administrative Agent or the Multicurrency
Issuing Lender, as the case may be, to be customary in the place of
disbursement or payment for the settlement of international banking
transactions in Euros.
“ Specified Lender
Default ”: as defined in Section 10.24.
“ Spot Rate ”:
for a currency means the rate determined by the Administrative
Agent or the Multicurrency Issuing Lender, as applicable, to be the
rate quoted by the Person acting in such capacity as the spot rate
for the purchase by such Person of such currency with another
currency through its principal foreign exchange trading office at
approximately 11:00 a.m. on the date two Business Days prior to the
date as of which the foreign exchange computation is made;
provided that the Administrative Agent or the Multicurrency
Issuing Lender may obtain such spot rate from another financial
institution designated by the Administrative Agent or the
Multicurrency Issuing Lender if the Person acting in such capacity
does not have as of the date of determination a spot buying rate
for any such currency; and provided further that the
Multicurrency Issuing Lender may use such spot rate quoted on the
date as of which the foreign exchange computation is made in the
case of any Multicurrency Letter of Credit.
“ TARGET Day ”:
any day on which the Trans-European Automated Real-time Gross
Settlement Express Transfer (TARGET) payment system (or, if such
payment system ceases to be operative, such other payment system
(if any) determined by the Administrative Agent to be a suitable
replacement) is open for the settlement of payments in
Euro.
(b) inserting the following proviso
immediately before the “.” at the end of the definition
of “ Majority Facility Lenders ”:
“; provided that, in
any event, the Commitment of, and the portion of the Commitment
outstanding held or deemed held by, any Defaulting Lender shall be
excluded for purposes of making a determination of Majority
Facility Lenders.”
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(c) inserting the following proviso
immediately before the “.” at the end of the definition
of “ Required Lenders ”:
“; provided that, in
any event, the Commitment of, and the portion of the Commitment
outstanding held or deemed held by, any Defaulting Lender shall be
excluded for purposes of making a determination of Required
Lenders.”
SECTION 1.02.
Replacement of References to
LCPI . Other than in the
first recital of the 2007 Credit Agreement, each instance of the
words “Lehman Commercial Paper Inc.” is hereby replaced
with “Bank of America, N.A.” and “LCPI” in
the 2007 Credit Agreement is hereby replaced with “Bank of
America”.
SECTION 1.03.
Termination of LCPI Revolving
Credit Commitment; Incremental Revolving Credit
Commitment
(a) In accordance with
Section 10.1(a)(viii) of the 2007 Credit Agreement, each
Revolving Credit Lender hereby waives the requirement of
Section 2.18(a) of the 2007 Credit Agreement that any
reduction in the Revolving Credit Commitments be made pro rata and
each such Revolving Credit Lender, together with the Borrower and
each other undersigned Lender, hereby consents, effective as of the
Effective Date, to the termination of 100% of the Revolving Credit
Commitments of LCPI, it being understood that the aggregate
outstanding amount of the Revolving Credit Loans as of the date
hereof is zero ($0). In furtherance thereof, it is hereby agreed
that upon such termination of LCPI as a Revolving Credit Lender,
the Revolving Credit Percentage, the Revolving Credit Dollar
Percentage and the Revolving Credit Euro Percentage of LCPI
automatically shall be reduced to zero percent (0%) and the
applicable Revolving Credit Percentage, the Revolving Credit Dollar
Percentage and the Revolving Credit Euro Percentage of each other
Revolving Credit Lender shall be increased such that the Revolving
Credit Percentage, the Revolving Credit Dollar Percentage and the
Revolving Credit Euro Percentage of all the remaining Revolving
Credit Lenders equals one hundred percent (100%) respectively.
Concurrently with any subsequent payment of interest or fees to the
Lenders with respect to any period before the foregoing termination
of Revolving Credit Commitments, the Borrower shall pay to the
Administrative Agent, for the account of LCPI, LCPI’s ratable
share (based on its Revolving Credit Commitments before giving
effect to such termination) of such interest or fees, as
applicable. From and after the Effective Date, LCPI shall have no
further obligation to fund any amount or extend any credit under
the Loan Documents.
(b) Subject to the occurrence of the
Effective Date with respect to this Amendment, the Borrower hereby
exercises its rights under Section 2.26(a) of the Amended
Credit Agreement to request, and Bank of America, N.A., in its
capacity as a Revolving Credit Lender, hereby agrees, effective as
of the Effective Date hereof (which date shall constitute the
Incremental Effective Date with respect to such increase) to accept
the Borrower’s allocation of, a $10,000,000 Incremental
Revolving Credit Commitment.
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SECTION 1.04.
Amendments to
Section 2 .
(a) Section 2.5 of the 2007
Credit Agreement is hereby amended by inserting “(or, if
Swing Line Loans are unavailable for any reason other than failure
to satisfy conditions precedent set forth in Section 5.3,
prior to 1:00 PM, New York City time)” immediately after
“prior to 12:00 Noon, New York City time” in the first
sentence thereof.
(b) Section 2.6 of the 2007
Credit Agreement is hereby amended by inserting “, at its
sole discretion,” immediately after “the Swing Line
Lender agrees” in the second line thereof.
(c) The first sentence of
Section 2.16(a) of the 2007 Credit Agreement is hereby deleted
in its entirety and replaced with the following:
Interest, fees and
commissions payable pursuant hereto shall be calculated on the
basis of a 360-day year for the actual days elapsed, except that,
with respect to the calculation of Base Rate Loans, the interest
thereon shall be calculated on the basis of a
365
/
366
-day year for the
actual days elapsed.
(d) Clause (ii) of
Section 2.24(a) of the 2007 Credit Agreement is hereby deleted
in its entirety and replaced with the following: “(ii) any
Lender is a Defaulting Lender”.
(e) The first sentence of
Section 2.26(a) of the 2007 Credit Agreement is hereby deleted
in its entirety and replaced with the following:
The Borrower may request, at any
time prior to the date that is one hundred eighty (180) days
prior to the Term Loan Maturity Date (with respect to incremental
Term Loans) or one hundred eighty (180) days prior to the
Revolving Credit Termination Date (with respect to an increase in
the Revolving Credit Commitments), by irrevocable written notice to
the Administrative Agent, (i) an increase in the existing
Revolving Credit Commitments (any such increase, an “
Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment ”) in an
amount not in excess of $130,000,000 in the aggregate and not less
than $10,000,000 individually or (ii) incremental term loans
(each, an “ Incremental Term Loan ”) in an
amount not in excess of $100,000,000 in the aggregate and not less
than $25,000,000 individually; provided , that in no event
shall the aggregate amount of all Incremental Revolving Credit
Commitments and Incremental Term Loans exceed
$130,000,000.
SECTION 1.05.
Amendments to
Section 3 .
(a) Section 3.1(a) of the 2007
Credit Agreement is hereby amended by inserting the following at
the end thereof:
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in
the event that (i) a Lender is a Defaulting Lender or
(ii) any Multicurrency Issuing Lender determines in good faith
or obtains actual knowledge that any Lender is an Impacted Lender
(in which case such Multicurrency Issuing Lender shall give prompt
notice thereof to the
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Borrower and the Administrative
Agent), the respective Multicurrency Issuing Lender shall not be
required to issue any Multicurrency Letter of Credit unless
arrangements satisfactory to the respective Multicurrency Issuing
Lender shall have been entered into to eliminate such Multicurrency
Issuing Lender’s risk