FIRST AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AND
SECURITY AGREEMENT
AND WAIVER OF
DEFAULT
THIS FIRST AMENDMENT (this
“Amendment”), dated as of March 11, 2009, is
entered into by and between GLOBAL EMPLOYMENT SOLUTIONS, INC., a
Colorado corporation (“Global”), EXCELL PERSONNEL
SERVICES CORPORATION, an Illinois corporation
(“Excell”), FRIENDLY ADVANCED SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY,
INC., a New York corporation (“Friendly”), TEMPORARY
PLACEMENT SERVICE, INC., f/k/a Michaels & Associates, Inc. and
successor by merger to Temporary Placement Service, Inc., a Georgia
corporation (“TPS”), GLOBAL EMPLOYMENT SOLUTIONS PEO
INC., f/k/a Southeastern Staffing, Inc., a Florida corporation
(“Southeastern”), GLOBAL EMPLOYMENT SOLUTIONS PEO V
INC., f/k/a Southeastern Personnel Management, Inc., a Florida
corporation (“SPM”), MAIN LINE PERSONNEL SERVICES,
INC., a Pennsylvania corporation (“Main Line”), GLOBAL
EMPLOYMENT SOLUTIONS PEO III INC., f/k/a Bay HR, Inc., a Florida
corporation (“BHR”), GLOBAL EMPLOYMENT SOLUTIONS PEO IV
INC., f/k/a Southeastern Georgia HR, Inc., a Georgia corporation
(“SGHR”), GLOBAL EMPLOYMENT SOLUTIONS PEO II INC.,
f/k/a Southeastern Staffing II, Inc., a Florida corporation
(“SEII”), GLOBAL EMPLOYMENT SOLUTIONS PEO VI INC.,
f/k/a Southeastern Staffing III, Inc., a Florida corporation
(“SEIII”), GLOBAL EMPLOYMENT SOLUTIONS PEO VII INC.,
f/k/a Southeastern Staffing IV, Inc., a Florida corporation
(“SEIV”), GLOBAL EMPLOYMENT SOLUTIONS PEO VIII INC.,
f/k/a Southeastern Staffing V, Inc., a Florida corporation
(“SEV”), GLOBAL EMPLOYMENT SOLUTIONS PEO IX INC., f/k/a
Southeastern Staffing VI, Inc., a Florida corporation
(“SEVI”), and KEYSTONE ALLIANCE, INC., a Florida
corporation (Global, Excell, Friendly, TPS, Southeastern, SPM, Main
Line, BHR, SGHR, SEII, SEIII, SEIV, SEV, SEVI, and Keystone are
each referred to herein as a “Borrower” and
collectively as the “Borrowers”), and WELLS FARGO BANK,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (the “Lender”), acting through its
Wells Fargo Business Credit operating division.
The Borrowers and the Lender are parties to a
Credit and Security Agreement dated as of April 29, 2008 (as
amended from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”).
Capitalized terms used in these recitals have the meanings given to
them in the Credit Agreement unless otherwise specified.
The Borrowers have requested that certain
amendments be made to the Credit Agreement, which the Lender is
willing to make pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth
herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises
and of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained, it is
agreed as follows:
1. Defined Terms . Capitalized
terms used in this Amendment which are defined in the Credit
Agreement shall have the same meanings as defined therein, unless
otherwise defined herein. In addition, Section 1.1 of the
Credit Agreement is amended by adding or amending, as the case may
be, the following definitions:
“ Daily Three Month LIBOR ”
means, for any day, the rate of interest equal to LIBOR then in
effect for delivery for a three (3) month period. When
interest is determined in relation to Daily Three Month LIBOR, each
change in the interest rate shall become effective each Business
Day that the Lender determines that Daily Three Month LIBOR has
changed.
“ Floating Rate ” means,
(i) with respect to Revolving Advances evidenced by the
Revolving Note, an annual interest rate equal to the WFBC Base Rate
plus one half of one percent (0.50%), and (ii) with respect to
Term Advances evidenced by the Term Note, an annual interest rate
equal to the sum of the WFBC Base Rate plus two and three quarters
of one percent (2.75%), which interest rate shall, in each case,
change when and as the Prime Rate changes.
“ LIBOR ” means the rate per
annum (rounded upward, if necessary, to the nearest whole
1/8 th
of one percent (1%)) determined
pursuant to the following formula:
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Base LIBOR
100% - LIBOR Reserve
Percentage
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(a) “ Base LIBOR ” means the
rate per annum for United States dollar deposits quoted by the
Lender (i) for the purpose of calculating the effective
Floating Rate for loans making reference to Daily Three Month LIBOR
as the Inter-Bank Market Offered Rate in effect from time to time
for three (3) month delivery of funds in amounts approximately
equal to the principal amount of such loans, or (ii) for the
purpose of calculating the effective LIBOR Advance Rate for loans
making reference to LIBOR as the Inter-Bank Market Offered Rate on
the first day of an Interest Period for delivery of funds on said
date for a period of time approximately equal to the number of days
in the Interest Period and in an amount approximately equal to the
principal amount to which the Interest Period applies. The Borrower
understands and agrees that the Lender may base its quotation of
the Inter-Bank Market Offered Rate upon such offers or other market
indicators of the Inter-Bank Market as the Lender in its discretion
deems appropriate, including but not limited to the rate offered
for U.S. dollar deposits on the London Inter-Bank
Market.
(b) “ LIBOR Reserve Percentage
” means the reserve percentage prescribed by the Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve System (or any successor) for
“Eurocurrency Liabilities” (as defined in
Regulation D of the Federal Reserve Board, as amended),
adjusted by the Lender for expected changes in such reserve
percentage during the applicable term of the Revolving Note and
Term Note.
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“ Maximum Line Amount ” means
(a) prior to April 30, 2009, $20,000,000 and (b) on
and after April 30, 2009, $15,000,000, unless, in each case,
this amount is reduced pursuant to Section 2.11, in which
event it means such lower amount.
“ Subordinated Creditor ”
means Victory Park Management, LLC, in its capacity as collateral
agent for the Subordinated Creditors, together with any replacement
or successor collateral agent; each Buyer; and every other Person
now or in the future who agrees to subordinate indebtedness of any
Borrower held by that Person to the payment of the
Indebtedness.
“ TPS Acquisition ” means the
execution of the TPS Acquisition Document and the consummation of
the transaction contemplated thereby.
“ TPS Acquisition Document ”
means that certain Asset Purchase and Sale Agreement by and among
Public Parent, TPS and Eastern Staffing, LLC, a California limited
liability company, d/b/a Select Staffing, dated as of March 9,
2009.
“ WFBC Base Rate ” means, for
any day, a fluctuating rate equal to the higher of: (a) the
Prime Rate in effect on such day, or (b) a rate determined by
the Lender to be one and one-half percent (1.50%) above Daily Three
Month LIBOR.
2. Section 2.3 of the Credit Agreement
is hereby amended by adding a new subsection (e) to read in
its entirety as follows:
“(e) LIBOR Advances Restricted .
Notwithstanding any other provisions contained in this Agreement,
beginning March 11, 2009, and thereafter, unless otherwise
specified by the Borrowers and approved in writing by the Lender in
its sole discretion, (i) all Advances shall be Floating Rate
Advances, and (ii) the Borrowers shall not be permitted to (A)
request LIBOR Advances, (B) convert all or any part of the
principal amount of any outstanding Floating Rate Advance into a
LIBOR Advance or (C) cause all or any part of any maturing
LIBOR Advance to be renewed as a new LIBOR Advance, in each case
until such time, if any, that the Lender approves such requests in
writing, as the Lender shall determine in its sole
discretion.”
3. Section 2.6(a) of the Credit
Agreement is hereby amended to read in its entirety as
follows:
“(a) Beginning on May 30, 2008, and
on the last day of each month thereafter, in substantially equal
monthly installments equal to $170,833.33 plus, upon the second
Term Advance, if any, an amount sufficient to fully amortize the
principal amount of the second Term Advance over an assumed term
ending on the date that is 24 months after the date of such
second Term Advance plus, beginning on June 1, 2009 and on the
last day of each quarter thereafter, $20,000; provided, however,
that such $20,000 quarterly payments shall only be required after
the receipt by TPS of each payment owed to TPS under that certain
Promissory Note by Eastern Staffing, LLC, dated March 9, 2009,
in the original principal amount of $250,000; and”
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4. Section 6.2(d) of the Credit
Agreement is hereby amended and restated to read in its entirety as
follows:
“(d) Capital Expenditures . The
Borrowers will not incur or contract to incur Capital Expenditures
of more than (i) $500,000 in the aggregate during fiscal year 2009
and (ii) $200,000 thereafter until new Financial Covenants are set
pursuant to Section 6.2(f).”
5. Section 6.6 of the Credit Agreement
is hereby amended by (i) deleting the word “and”
at the end of subsection (c), (ii) replacing the
“.” at the end of subsection (d) with “;
and” and (iii) adding a new subsection (e) to read in
its entirety as follows:
“(e) At all times after March 11,
2009, new loans and advances made to TPS and new investments and
interests acquired in TPS, including the amount of fees and
expenses incurred by
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