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FIFTH AMENDMENT AND WAIVER to CREDIT AGREEMENT

Waiver Agreement

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Title: FIFTH AMENDMENT AND WAIVER to CREDIT AGREEMENT
Governing Law: Texas     Date: 3/24/2005
Industry: Computer Services     Sector: Technology

FIFTH AMENDMENT AND WAIVER to CREDIT AGREEMENT, Parties: bank of america  n.a. , fyi incorporated , sourcecorp  incorporated
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Exhibit 99.1

 

FIFTH AMENDMENT AND WAIVER

to

CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

This FIFTH AMENDMENT AND WAIVER TO CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “ Amendment and Waiver ”) is executed to be effective as of March 23, 2005, by and among SOURCECORP, INCORPORATED , formerly known as F.Y.I. Incorporated, a Delaware corporation (“ Borrower ”), Bank of America, N.A. , as a Lender and as Administrative Agent for Lenders (in such capacity, “Administrative Agent ) and the other Agents and Lenders party hereto.

 

A.                                   Borrower, Administrative Agent and Lenders entered into that certain Credit Agreement dated as of April 3, 2001, as amended by the First Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of June 27, 2001, as further amended by the Second Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of September 27, 2002, as further amended by the Third Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of March 26, 2003, and as further amended by the Fourth Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of July 30, 2004 (such Credit Agreement, as so amended, the “ Credit Agreement ”).

 

B.                                     On or before November 12, 2004, Borrower advised Administrative Agent and Lenders that, based on the results of an ongoing investigation of historical revenue recognition practices, (a) the financial statements of Borrower, and the related compliance certificate, for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2004 would not be delivered to Administrative Agent on or before November 15, 2004, as required by Sections 8.1(b) and 8.1(c) of the Credit Agreement, (b) the previously reported financial statements of Borrower for the fiscal quarter and year ended December 31, 2003 and the fiscal quarters ended March 31, 2004 and June 30, 2004 (and possibly for one or more fiscal quarters ended prior to December 31, 2003) should no longer be relied upon and may be restated, (c) until the investigation was complete, the impact on previously reported financial statements of Borrower could not be finally determined and further adjustments to previously reported financial statements of Borrower may be required, (d) Borrower may not have been in compliance with Section 10.3 of the Credit Agreement for fiscal quarters ended on or prior to September 30, 2004 and may not be in compliance with Section 10.3 of the Credit Agreement for the fiscal quarter ending December 31, 2004, (e) at least three putative shareholder class action lawsuits had been filed against Borrower and some of its officers and directors as a result of Borrower’s announcement that certain previously reported financial statements should not be relied upon and that its forecasts were being updated, (f) a Material Adverse Effect may have occurred and been continuing as of November 12, 2004, as a result of the events described in clauses (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) preceding, and (g) a Default or Event of Default may have occurred and been continuing as of November 12, 2004, as a result of the events described in clauses (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) preceding.

 

C.                                     On or before November 12, 2004, Borrower requested that Lenders waive the matters set forth in the immediately preceding paragraph (the “Subject Matters” ), that Lenders agree that the Subject Matters did not (and, in the case of the Subject Matter described in clause (d) of the immediately preceding paragraph, would not) constitute a Material Adverse Effect, a Default or an Event of Default, and that the Subject Matters be excluded from the representations and warranties that were required to be true and correct on and as of the date of the making of any Loan or the issuance of any Letter of Credit as conditions precedent thereto (the waiver, agreement and exclusion requested by Borrower being herein called the “Subject Waiver” ).

 

D.                                    In response to such request, Borrower and Lenders entered into that certain Waiver to Credit Agreement dated as of November 12, 2004, as extended and modified by that certain Extension and Modification of Waiver dated as of March 15, 2005 (the “ Waiver ”), wherein, subject to and upon certain terms and conditions, the Lenders granted the Subject Waiver.

 

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E.                                      Borrower has performed its obligations under Section 2 of the Waiver and has requested that the Subject Waiver be made permanent, that the provisions and restrictions set forth in Sections 2(b), (c), (d) and (e) of the Waiver expire and have no further force or effect and that the Credit Agreement be amended to, among other things, allow certain Letters of Credit to expire after the Maturity Date, modify certain definitions, modify certain representations and warranties, modify certain Schedules to the Credit Agreement, and modify Exhibit E to the Credit Agreement, all as set forth in this Amendment and Waiver.

 

F.                                      For purposes of this Amendment and Waiver, the Subject Matters covered by the Subject Waiver shall include any noncompliance by Borrower with Section 10.2 of the Credit Agreement for fiscal quarters ended on or prior to September 30, 2004 and any Material Adverse Effect, Default or Event of Default that may have occurred as a result of such noncompliance.

 

NOW, THEREFORE , in consideration of the mutual promises herein contained, and for other valuable consideration, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

Section 1Defined Terms; References .  Unless otherwise specifically defined herein, each term used herein that is defined in the Credit Agreement shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Credit Agreement.

 

Section 2Permanent Waiver .  Effective as of the date hereof, but subject to satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 5 hereof, Lenders hereby grant the Subject Waiver on a permanent basis and agree on a permanent basis that the Subject Matters do not constitute a Material Adverse Effect, a Default or an Event of Default and that the Subject Matters (and the facts and circumstances underlying or relating to the Subject Matters) are excluded from the representations and warranties that are required to be true and correct on and as of the date of the making of any Loan or the issuance of any Letter of Credit or for any other purpose under the Loan Documents; provided that the waiver of compliance by Borrower with Section 10.2 and Section 10.3 of the Credit Agreement for the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2004 has expired and is of no further force or effect.

 

Section 3Reinstatement of Credit Agreement Terms .  Effective as of the date hereof, but subject to satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 5 hereof, Lenders hereby agree that the provisions and restrictions set forth in Sections 2(b) , (c) , (d) and (e) of the Waiver have expired and are of no further force and effect.

 

Section 4Amendments .  Effective as of the date hereof, but subject to satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 5 hereof, the Credit Agreement is hereby amended as follows:

 

(a)                                  The definition of “ EBITDA ” in Section 1.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:

 

“‘ EBITDA’ means, for any period, without duplication, the sum of the following for F.Y.I. and its Subsidiaries (or other applicable Person) for such period determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP: (a) Consolidated Net Income, plus (b) Interest Expense, plus (c) income and franchise taxes to the extent deducted in determining Consolidated Net Income, plus (d) depreciation and amortization expense and other non-cash, non-tax items to the extent deducted in determining Consolidated Net Income, plus (e) the Subject Seller Earn Outs paid in cash during such period to the extent deducted in determining Consolidated Net Income, minus (f) non-cash income to the extent included in determining Consolidated Net Income, minus (g) any cash payments received as the result of any claim or cause of action arising out of the payment of the Subject Seller Earn Outs, whether under any insurance policy,

 

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through litigation or negotiated settlement, or otherwise, to the extent included in determining Consolidated Net Income; provided, however, that for purposes of calculating the EBITDA of F.Y.I. and its consolidated Subsidiaries for any period of four consecutive fiscal quarters including, without limitation, the four consecutive fiscal quarter period used in determining compliance with the twelve month trailing EBITDA requirement in the definition of Permitted Acquisition, (i) the EBITDA associated with any Person or assets acquired in a Permitted Acquisition during such period of four consecutive fiscal quarters shall be added, without duplication, if either (A) the financial statements of the Person or assets acquired from which such EBITDA would be determined were audited by independent certified public accountants of recognized standing acceptable to the Administrative Agent or (B) the Permitted Acquisition and the EBITDA of the Person or assets acquired were approved in writing by the Required Lenders; and (ii) the EBITDA associated with any Person or assets disposed of in a Permitted Disposition during such period of four consecutive fiscal quarters shall be deducted.”

 

(b)                                 The definition of “ Fixed Charges ” in Section 1.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:

 

“‘ Fixed Charges’ means, for any period, the sum of (a) cash Interest Expense of F.Y.I. and its Subsidiaries during such period, plus (b) all scheduled payments (as such scheduled payments are reduced by application of any prepayments) of principal with respect to the Loans and other outstanding Debt during such period, plus (c) Rental Expense of F.Y.I. and its Subsidiaries during such period, plus (d) Seller Earn Outs paid in cash by F.Y.I. and its Subsidiaries during such period (other than the Subject Seller Earn Outs).”

 

(c)                                  A new definition, reading in its entirety as follows, is added to Section 1.1 of the Credit Agreement in the appropriate alphabetical location:

 

“‘ Subject Seller Earn Outs’ means the Seller Earn Outs in an aggregate amount not exceeding $26,000,000 paid on or before September 30, 2004 in connection with the Permitted Acquisition of an operating Subsidiary in the Information Management Division of F.Y.I.’s Information Management and Distribution reportable segment.”

 

(d)                                 The third sentence of Section 2.14(b) of the Credit Agreement is amended in its entirety to read as follows:

 

“Each Letter of Credit shall have an expiration date that does not exceed one year from the date of issuance ( provided , however , that the B&B Letter of Credit may have an expiration date that is up to eighteen months after the date of issuance and the Existing B of A Letter of Credit may have an expiration date that extends to March 31, 2003) and that does not extend beyond the date that is six months after the Maturity Date ( provided , however , that the B&B Letter of Credit may not extend beyond the Maturity Date), shall be payable in Dollars, shall support a transaction entered into in the ordinary course of the account party’s or parties’ business, shall be satisfactory in form and substance to the Issuing Bank and shall be issued pursuant to such agreements, documents and instruments (including a Letter of Credit Agreement) as the Issuing Bank may reasonably require, none of which shall be inconsistent with this Section 2.14 .”

 

(e)                                  The first sentence of Section 2.14(c) of the Credit Agreement is amended in its entirety to read as follows:

 

“F.Y.I. agrees to pay the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender, in arrears on each Quarterly Date beginning on June 30, 2001 and on the Maturity Date and on the date that any

 

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Letter of Credit expires after the Maturity Date, a nonrefundable letter of credit fee with respect to each Letter of Credit issued in an amount equal to the product of (i) the Applicable Margin for Eurodollar Loans in effect on the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit (with respect to the fee due on the first Quarterly Date after issuance) or on the first day of the applicable quarter or other period beginning after the calendar quarter during which the issuance of such Letter of Credit occurred (with respect to the fee due on each subsequent Quarterly Date or on the Maturity Date and on the date that any Letter of Credit expires after the Maturity Date, multiplied by (ii) the daily average face amount of the Letters of Credit in effect during the applicable period.”

 

(f)                                    A new Section 2.14(h) , reading in its entirety as follows, is added to the Credit Agreement:

 

“(h)                         Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.14 or any other provision contained in the Loan Documents that may be to the contrary, and provided that no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing on the Maturity Date, from and after the Maturity Date, (i) no Lender other than Bank of America shall have any participation risk or obligation in respect of any Letter of Credit that expires after the Maturity Date (other than any unreimbursed drawing made on or before the Maturity Date under any such Letter of Credit), (ii) no Lender other than Bank of America shall have the right to share in any letter of credit fees accruing in respect of any such Letter of Credit, and (iii) the Commitment Percentage of Bank of America in respect of any such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be 100% (other than in respect of any unreimbursed drawing made on or before the Maturity Date under any such Letter of Credit).”

 

(g)                                 Section 7.6 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended in its entirety to read






















 
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