Amendment No.3, Consent
and Waiver
This
Amendment No.3 ,
Consent and Waiver ,
dated as of September 21, 2006 (this “ Amendment
”), to and under the Credit Agreement , dated as of
March 20, 2006 (as amended, including by this Amendment, the
“ Credit Agreement ”), among Affiliated Computer Services,
Inc. , a Delaware corporation (the “ Company
”), ACS Commercial
Solutions, Inc. , a Nevada corporation, ACS Education Services, Inc. , a
Delaware corporation, ACS
Enterprise Solutions, Inc., a Delaware corporation,
ACS HR Solutions,
LLC, a Pennsylvania limited liability company, ACS Outsourcing Solutions, Inc. ,
a Michigan corporation, ACS
State & Local Solutions, Inc. , a New York corporation,
ACS State Healthcare,
LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, ACS TradeOne Marketing, Inc., a
Delaware corporation, Buck
Consultants, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
, ACS Worldwide Lending
Limited , a limited company organized under the laws of
England and Wales, and each other Subsidiary Borrower party thereto
from time to time, the
Lenders and Issuers party thereto from time to time, and
Citicorp USA
, Inc . (“
Citicorp ”), as administrative agent (in such
capacity, the “ Administrative Agent ”). Unless
otherwise specified herein, all capitalized terms used in this
Amendment shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Credit
Agreement.
WHEREAS,
in connection with the investigation relating to the
Company’s historical stock option practices prior to the
Effective Date (as defined below) as disclosed in the
Company’s press release dated August 7, 2006 (the
“ Options Matter ”), the Company has requested a
waiver of certain covenants under the Credit Agreement and certain
amendments to the Credit Agreement as herein set forth;
WHEREAS,
the Company, each of the Lenders signatory to an acknowledgment and
consent, in the form set forth as Exhibit A (an “
Acknowledgment and Consent ”), and the Administrative
Agent have agreed to such waiver and amendments on the terms and
subject to the conditions herein provided.
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, and for other good
and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which
are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as
follows:
SECTION
1. Consent and Waiver .
(a) As
of the Effective Date, the Administrative Agent and each Lender
signatory to an Acknowledgment and Consent hereby (i) consent
to (A) the delivery of the Financial Statements required by
Section 6.1(a) ( Quarterly Reports ) and the
related Compliance Certificate required by
Section 6.1(c) ( Compliance Certificate ) for
the Fiscal Quarter ended June 30, 2006 and the Fiscal Quarter
ending on September 30, 2006, on or prior to December 31,
2006, and (B) the delivery of the Financial Statements and
related accountant’s report required by
Section 6.1(b) ( Annual Reports ) and the
related Compliance Certificate required by
Section 6.1(c) ( Compliance Certificate ) for
the Fiscal Year ended June 30, 2006, on or prior to
December 31, 2006 and (ii) waive any Default or Event
of
Default
(x) arising from the Company’s failure to comply with
Section 6.1(a) ( Quarterly Reports ) ,
Section 6.1(b) ( Annual Reports ) or
Section 6.1(c) ( Compliance Certificate ) (all
such financial statements, reports and certificates being the
“ Delayed Reports ”); provided that, in
each case, the failure to deliver each of the Delayed Reports
within the applicable time period provided by the Credit Agreement
shall have resulted directly or indirectly from the Options
Matter.
(b) The
Administrative Agent and each Lender signatory to an Acknowledgment
and Consent hereby waive any Default or Event of Default under
Section 9.1(c) ( Events of Default ) solely to
the extent that the representation or warranties made or deemed to
have been made pursuant to Section 4.4(a) (
Financial Statements ), Section 4.9 ( Full
Disclosure ), Section 6.1(a) ( Quarterly
Reports ) or Section 6.1(e) ( Business Plan
) shall prove to have been incorrect when made or deemed to have
been made as a result of a restatement, adjustment or other
modification of the Financial Statements delivered to the
Administrative Agent prior to the Effective Date; provided
that such restatement, adjustment or other modification shall have
resulted directly or indirectly from the Options Matter.
(c) The
Administrative Agent and each Lender signatory to an Acknowledgment
and Consent hereby waive any Default or Event of Default under
Section 9.1(e) ( Events of Default ), arising
from the Company’s or any other Group Member’s failure
to comply with similar reporting covenants under any other
Indebtedness (including any requirement to file any report with the
SEC or to furnish such report to the holders of such Indebtedness)
(collectively, “ Similar Reporting Covenants ”);
provided that (i) such failure to comply shall have resulted
directly or indirectly from the Options Matter and (ii) the
Company and/or such other Group Member, as applicable, shall have
delivered all reports and all other statements required by each
such Similar Reporting Covenant on or prior to December 31,
2006.
(d) Except
as expressly provided in clauses (a), (b) and (c) above,
nothing contained in this Amendment shall be construed as a waiver
of any Default or Event of Default under the Credit Agreement or
any other Loan Document.
(e) Notwithstanding
the Applicable Margin with respect to Revolving Loans or Applicable
Unused Commitment Fee Rate that would otherwise be in effect, from
and after the Effective Date and through the earlier of
(x) December 29, 2006 and (y) the date that any of
the Delayed Reports have been delivered to the Administrative Agent
in accordance with the requirements set forth in the Credit
Agreement (as amended by this Amendment) (the “
Modification Termination Date ”), (i) “
Applicable Margin ” shall mean with respect to
Revolving Loans maintained as (1) Base Rate Loans, a rate
equal to 0.25% per annum and (2) Eurocurrency Rate
Loans, a rate equal to 1.25% per annum and (ii) “
Applicable Unused Commitment Fee Rate ” shall mean
0.375% per annum . Commencing on the Modification
Termination Date, “ Applicable Margin ” and
“ Applicable Unused Commitment Fee Rate ” shall
each revert to the definition set forth in the Credit Agreement
without giving effect to this Section 1(e) and from and after the
Modification Termination Date, this Amendment shall cease to be of
further force and effect with respect to any Delayed Report that
has been delivered.
(f) Promptly,
but in any event within 10 Business Days after delivery of the
Financial Statements for the Fiscal Year ended June 30, 2006,
the Company shall furnish to the Administrative Agent an update of
the Projections delivered by it in accordance with
Section 6.1(e) ( Business Plan ).
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SECTION
2. Amendments . Subject to the terms and conditions set
forth herein, effective as of the Effective Date, the Credit
Agreement (together with the Exhibits and Schedules thereto) is
hereby amended as follows:
(a)
Section 1.1 ( Defined Terms ) of the Credit
Agreement is hereby amended:
(i) by
inserting the following definitions among the existing definitions
set forth in such Section in alphabetical order:
“ Local
Time ” means, with respect to any Borrowing, notices,
determinations, fundings and payments under or in connection with
(a) the Term Loan Facility or the Primary Revolving Credit
Facility, New York time and (b) the Multicurrency Revolving
Credit Facility, London time.
“ Target
Date ” means a day on which the Trans-European Automated
Real-Time Gross Settlement Express Transfer System ( TARGET
) is operating.
(ii) by
deleting the definitions of “ Business Day ” and
“ Dollar Equivalent ” in their entirety and
replacing them, respectively, with the following:
“
Business Day ” means a day of the year on which banks
are not required or authorized to close in New York City and, if
the applicable Business Day relates to notices, determinations,
fundings and payments in connection with (a) the Eurocurrency
Rate or any Eurocurrency Rate Loans, a day on which dealings in
Dollar deposits are also carried on in the London interbank market,
(b) the Multicurrency Revolving Credit Facility, such day that
is also a day of the year on which banks are not required to or
authorized to close in London, (c) a Borrowing denominated in
Euros, such day that is also a Target Date and (c) a Borrowing
denominated in Available Currency other than Dollars or Euros, such
day that is also a day of the year on which banks are not required
or authorized to close in the principal financial center of such
Available Currency.
“ Dollar
Equivalent ” of any amount means, at the time of
determination thereof, (a) if such amount is expressed in
Dollars, such amount, (b) if such amount is expressed in an
Available Currency, the equivalent of such amount in Dollars
determined by using the rate of exchange quoted by Citibank in New
York, New York at 11:00 a.m. (Local Time) or, if such amount
is determined under or in connection with the Multicurrency
Revolving Credit Facility, Citibank in London, at 11:00 a.m.
(Local Time), on the date of determination (or, if such date is not
a Business Day, the last Business Day prior thereto) to prime banks
in New York, or London, as applicable, for the spot purchase in the
New York, or London, as applicable, foreign exchange market of such
amount of Dollars with such Available Currency and (c) if such
amount is denominated in any other currency, the equivalent of such
amount in Dollars as determined by the Administrative Agent using
any method of determination it deems appropriate.
(b) A
new Section 1.5(h) ( Certain Terms ) is hereby
inserted im
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