FORM
OF FIRST AMENDMENT, CONSENT AND WAIVER
TO CREDIT AGREEMENT
THIS
FIRST AMENDMENT, CONSENT AND WAIVER TO CREDIT AGREEMENT (this
“ Amendment ”) is entered into as of
February 12, 2009, among COINSTAR, INC. , a Delaware
corporation (the “ Borrower ”), the Lenders
party to the Credit Agreement (hereinafter defined) and BANK OF
AMERICA, N.A. , as the Administrative Agent for the Lenders (in
such capacity, the “ Administrative Agent
”).
A. The
Borrower, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent are party to
that certain Credit Agreement dated as of November 20, 2007
(as the same may be amended, modified, supplemented, restated or
amended and restated from time to time, the “ Credit
Agreement ”).
B. The
Borrower has advised the Lenders and the Administrative Agent that
(a) the Borrower and GetAMovie Inc., an Illinois corporation
(“ GAM ”), have entered into that certain
Purchase and Sale Agreement dated as of the date hereof (the
“ GAM Purchase and Sale Agreement ”), pursuant
to which the Borrower has agreed to acquire all of the equity
interests of Redbox Automated Retail, LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company (“ Redbox ”), owned by GAM
upon and subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein, and
(b) the Borrower may, but shall not be obligated to, enter
into one or more purchase and sale agreements (substantially upon
the same terms and conditions as the GAM Purchase and Sale
Agreement, with such changes therein as are necessary to reflect
the relative ownership interests in Redbox subject thereto,
collectively, the “ Additional Purchase and Sale
Agreement ”), with certain minority interest owners (the
“ Minority Interest Owners ”) of Redbox,
pursuant to which the Borrower would agree to purchase all of the
equity interests of Redbox owned by the Minority Interest Owners
(the GAM Purchase and Sale Agreement and the Additional Purchase
and Sale Agreement, as the same may be amended or modified as
permitted herein, being herein collectively called the “
Purchase and Sale Agreement ” and the acquisitions
that have been agreed to pursuant to the GAM Purchase and Sale
Agreement and that may be agreed to pursuant to the Additional
Purchase and Sale Agreement being herein collectively called the
“ Redbox Acquisition ”).
C. The
Borrower has requested that the Lenders consent to the execution,
delivery and performance by the Borrower of the Purchase and Sale
Agreement upon and subject to the terms and conditions set forth
therein and waive certain covenants set forth in the Credit
Agreement that would or might be breached as a result of such
execution, delivery and performance. The Borrower has also
requested that the Lenders agree to amend certain provisions of the
Credit Agreement. The Lenders have agreed to such consent, waiver
and amendments.
In
consideration of the foregoing and the mutual agreements contained
in the Credit Agreement and herein and for other good and valuable,
the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the
parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
1.
Terms and References . Unless otherwise stated in
this Amendment, (a) terms defined in the Credit Agreement have
the same meanings when used in this Amendment and
(b) references to “ Sections ” are to the
Credit Agreement’s sections.
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2.
Consents and Waivers . (a) The Lenders hereby
consent to the execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower
of the Purchase and Sale Agreement upon and subject to the terms
and conditions set forth therein and waive the provisions of
Sections 7.02 , 7.03 , 7.05 ,
7.06 , 7.09 and 7.11 (in the case of
Section 7.11 , to permit the payment and prepayment of the
obligations of the Borrower under the Purchase and Sale Agreement)
to the extent that such Sections would or might be breached as a
result of such execution, delivery and performance; provided
that such consent and waiver are conditioned on the following (and
the Borrower hereby covenants and agrees to observe and perform
such conditions):
(i)
concurrently with its delivery pursuant to the Purchase and Sale
Agreement, the Borrower will deliver to the Administrative Agent a
true and correct copy of the Closing Deferred Consideration
Schedule (as defined in the Purchase and Sale
Agreement);
(ii)
the aggregate cash consideration payable to GAM at the closing of
the Redbox Acquisition pursuant to the GAM Purchase and Sale
Agreement will not exceed $10,000,000 and the aggregate cash
consideration payable to the Minority Interest Owners at the
closing of the Redbox Acquisition pursuant to the Additional
Purchase and Sale Agreement will not exceed $2,500,000;
(iii)
after giving effect to the payment of any cash consideration for
the Redbox Acquisition after any closing thereof, the sum of
(i) the difference between the Aggregate Commitments and the
Total Outstandings and (ii) the cash (excluding cash in an
amount equal to amounts owing to counterparties to Coinstar
Installation Agreements as a result of the issuance by such
counterparties of payment vouchers pursuant to such Coinstar
Installation Agreements in respect of coins contained in automated
coin counting machines that are owned by the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries and that are subject to such Coinstar Installation
Agreements) and Eligible Cash Equivalents of Borrower and its
Subsidiaries, but only to the extent owned by the Borrower or any
of its Subsidiaries free and clear of all Liens (other than Liens
created under the Loan Documents and Liens permitted by Section
7.01(m) ), shall be at least $40,000,000;
(iv)
the Borrower will not pay in cash any of the consideration payable
for the Redbox Acquisition after any closing thereof if an Event of
Default exists or would result therefrom;
(v)
the Borrower will not amend, modify or waive any of the terms and
conditions of the Purchase and Sale Agreement if such amendment,
modification or waiver would increase the amount or accelerate the
time of payment of any of the consideration payable thereunder or
would otherwise reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect or be materially adverse to the interests of the Lenders and
the Administrative Agent, without the prior written consent of the
Administrative Agent; and
(vi)
the closing of the Redbox Acquisition shall occur on or before
March 31, 2009.
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For
purposes of the foregoing waiver and consent and of the Credit
Agreement, (A) the Redbox Acquisition shall be deemed to be a
Material Acquisition that occurred on the first day of the third
full fiscal quarter prior to the fiscal quarter in which the Redbox
Acquisition pursuant to the GAM Purchase and Sale Agreement
actually occurs, (B) the Redbox Acquisition shall be deemed to
be a Permitted Acquisition (but the consideration paid and payable
in connection therewith shall be excluded from the amount set forth
in clause (e) of the definition of Permitted Acquisition),
(C) Redbox shall be deemed to be a Guarantor from and after
the closing of the Redbox Acquisition pursuant to the GAM Purchase
and Sale Agreement, (D) Indebtedness incurred by the Borrower
under the Purchase and Sale Agreement shall be excluded from the
amounts set forth in Sections 7.03(g) , (h)
and (i) , and (E) payments made by the Borrower
pursuant to the Purchase and Sale Agreement shall be excluded from
the amount set forth in Section 7.05(g) ;
(b) The
Lenders hereby consent to the Disposition of all or any portion of
the stock or assets of Coinstar Entertainment Services Inc. or any
of its Subsidiaries, agree that the proceeds of any such
Disposition shall be excluded from the amount set forth in
Section 7.05(g) , and authorize the Administrative
Agent to release Collateral and Coinstar Entertainment Services
Inc. and/or any of its Subsidiaries from its obligations under the
Guarantee and Collateral Agreement in connection with any such
Disposition as provided in Section 9.10 .
3.
Amendments . The Credit Agreement is amended as
follows:
(a) The
definition of “ Applicable Rate ” set forth in
Section 1.01 is amended to read in its entirety as
follows:
“
Applicable Rate ” means the following percentages per
annum, based upon the Consolidated Leverage Ratio as set forth in
the most recent Compliance Certificate received by the
Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 6.02(b)
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0.50
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2.50
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1.50
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2
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0.50
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2.75
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Any
increase or decrease in the Applicable Rate resulting from a change
in the Consolidated Leverage Ratio shall become effective as of the
first Business Day immediately following the date a Compliance
Certificate is delivered pursuant to Section 6.02(b) ;
provided that, if a Compliance Certificate is not delivered
when due in accordance with such Section, then Pricing Level 5
shall apply as of the first Business Day after the date on which
such Compliance Certificate was required to have been delivered
until the first Business Day immediately following the date such
Compliance
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Certificate
is delivered ( provided that, the foregoing shall not
operate as a waiver of any Default or Event of Default that may
exist as a result of the failure to timely deliver such Compliance
Certificate); and provided , further , that,
notwithstanding the Consolidated Leverage Ratio that may be set
forth in any Compliance Certificate delivered prior to such time,
(a) Pricing Level 1 or 2 shall not apply from the Closing Date
until the first Business Day immediately following the date a
Compliance Certificate is delivered pursuant to
Section 6.02(b) for the fiscal quarter ended
March 31, 2008, and (b) Pricing Level 5 shall apply from
February 12, 2009 until the first Business Day immediately
following the date a Compliance Certificate is delivered pursuant
to Section 6.02(b) for the fiscal quarter ended
March 31, 2009. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained in this definition, the determination of the Applicable
Rate for any period shall be subject to the provisions of
Section 2.10(b) .
(b) The
definition of “ Base Rate ” set forth in
Section 1.01 is amended to read in its entirety as
follows:
“
Base Rate ” means, for any day, a fluctuating rate per
annum equal to the highest of (a) the Federal Funds Rate plus
1/2 of 1%, (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 Eurodollar Rate that
would be in effect for a one-month Interest Period if such Interest
Period began and was in effect on such day (or if such day is not a
Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day) plus 1%. 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.
(c) Effective
upon the closing of the Redbox Acquisition pursuant to the GAM
Purchase and Sale Agreement (the “ GAM Closing
”), the definition of “ Consolidated EBITDA
” set forth in Section 1.01 is amended by
deleting the last sentence of the definition, which reads as
follows:
Notwithstanding
that Redbox may otherwise be a Subsidiary and notwithstanding the
treatment that may otherwise be given to Redbox under GAAP, Redbox
shall not be considered to be a Subsidiary for purposes of this
definition or included in the calculation of Consolidated EBITDA
pursuant to this definition.
(d) Effective
upon the GAM Closing, the definition of “ Consolidated
Interest Expense ” set forth in Section 1.01
is amended by deleting the proviso in the definition, which reads
as follows:
;
provided that notwithstanding that Redbox may otherwise be a
Subsidiary and notwithstanding the treatment that may otherwise be
given to Redbox under GAAP, Redbox shall not be considered to be a
Subsidiary for purposes of this definition or included in the
calculation of Consolidated Interest Expense pursuant to this
definition.
(e) Effective
upon the GAM Closing, the definition of “ Consolidated Net
Income ” set forth in Section 1.01 is amended
by deleting the proviso in the definition, which reads as
follows:
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;
and provided , further , that notwithstanding that
Redbox may otherwise be a Subsidiary and notwithstanding the
treatment that may otherwise be given to Redbox under GAAP, Redbox
shall not be considered to be a Subsidiary for purposes of this
definition or included in the calculation of Consolidated Net
Income pursuant to this definition.
(f) Effective
upon the GAM Closing, the definition of “ Consolidated
Total Debt ” set forth in Section 1.01 is
amended by deleting the proviso in the definition, which reads as
follows:
;
provided that notwithstanding that Redbox may otherwise be a
Subsidiary and notwithstanding the treatment that may otherwise be
given to Redbox under GAAP, Redbox shall not be considered to be a
Subsidiary for purposes of this definition or included in the
calculation of Consolidated Total Debt pursuant to this
definition.
(g) Effective
upon the GAM Closing, a new definition of “ Eligible Cash
Equivalents ”, reading in its entirety as follows, is
added in the appropriate alphabetical location in
Section 1.01 :
“
Eligible Cash Equivalents ” means any of the following
types of Investments:
(a)
readily marketable obligations issued or directly and fully
guaranteed or insured by the United States of America or any agency
or instrumentality thereof having maturities of not more than
360 days from the date of acquisition thereof; provided that
the full faith and credit of the United States of America is
pledged in support thereof;
(b)
time deposits with, or insured certificates of deposit or
bankers’ acceptances of, any commercial bank that (i)(A) is a
Lender or (B) is organized under the laws of the United States
of America, any state thereof or the District of Columbia or is the
principal banking subsidiary of a bank holding company organized
under the laws of the United States of America, any state thereof
or the District of Columbia, and is a member of the Federal Reserve
System, (ii) issues (or the parent of which issues) commercial
paper rated as described in clause (c) of this definition and
(iii) has combined capital and surplus of at least
$1,000,000,000, in each case with maturities of not more than
90 days from the date of acquisition thereof;
(c)
commercial paper issued by any Person organized under the laws of
any state of the United States of America and rated at least
“Prime-1” (or the then equivalent grade) by
Moody’s or at least “A-1” (or the then equivalent
grade) by S&P, in each case with maturities of not more than
180 days from the date of acquisition thereof; and
(d)
Investments, classified in accordance with GAAP as current assets
of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, in money market
investment programs registered under the Investment Company Act of
1940, which are administered by financial institutions that have
the highest rating obtainable from either Moody’s Investors
Service, Inc. or Standard & Poors Ratings Group, and the
portfolios of
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which
are limited solely to Investments of the character, quality and
maturity described in clauses (a), (b) and (c) of this
definition.
(h) A
new definition of “ Impacted Lender ”, reading
in its entirety as follows, is added in the appropriate
alphabetical location in Section 1.01 :
“
Impacted Lender ” means a Defaulting Lender or a
Lender (a) as to which an entity that controls such Lender has
become insolvent or become subject to a bankruptcy or other similar
proceeding or (b) which has defaulted in fulfilling, and
continues to remain in default in fulfilling, its obligations under
one or more other credit facilities.
(i) Effective
upon the GAM Closing, the definition of “ Permitted
Acquisition ” set forth in Section 1.01 is
amended to read in its entirety as follows:
“
Permitted Acquisition ” means an acquisition of all or
substantially all of the assets or of the assets constituting a
line of business or greater than 50% of the Equity Interests of any
Person where (a) no Default or Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing on the date such Permitted Acquisition
is consummated, before or after giving effect thereto, (b) the
business acquired (or Person acquired) is principally engaged in
the same line of business (or a business reasonably incidental or
complementary thereto) as the Borrower, (c) for any
acquisition for which the fair market value of the consideration to
be paid (including the amount of any Indebtedness or other
obligations or liabilities assumed or acquired, but excluding any
Equity Interests of the Borrower issued in connection therewith
(other than any Equity Interests that any Loan Party is or, upon
the passage of time or the occurrence of any event, may become
obligated to redeem, purchase, retire, defease or otherwise make
any payment in respect thereof)) exceeds the Threshold Amount, the
Borrower shall have demonstrated to the Administrative Agent
compliance with the covenants set forth in Section 7.12
(i) on a pro forma basis (calculated for the
relevant period set forth in Section 7.12 as of the
date of such acquisition as if such acquisition had occurred on the
first day of the relevant period), for the most recent full fiscal
quarter immediately preceding such consummation date for which the
relevant financial information has been delivered pursuant to
Section 6.01 and (ii) on a projected basis, for each of
the four fiscal quarters following the quarter referred to in the
preceding clause (i) , (d) for any acquisition for
which the fair market value of the consideration to be paid
(including the amount of any Indebtedness or other obligations or
liabilities assumed or acquired, but excluding any Equity Interests
of the Borrower issued in connection therewith (other than any
Equity Interests that any Loan Party is or, upon the passage of
time or the occurrence of any event, may become obligated to
redeem, purchase, retire, defease or otherwise make any payment in
respect thereof)) exceeds the Threshold Amount, the Borrower shall
have delivered to the Administrative Agent for itself and for
distribution to each Lender copies of the most recent audited
financial statements (or if unavailable, the most recent unaudited
financial statements) of the acquired Person together with such
other information that the Administrative Agent may reasonably
request, (e) the fair market value of the consideration paid
(including the amount of any Indebtedness or other obligations or
liabilities assumed or acquired, but excluding any Equity Interests
of the Borrower issued in connection therewith (other than any
Equity Interests that any Loan Party is or, upon the passage of
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may
become obligated to redeem, purchase, retire, defease or otherwise
make any payment in respect thereof)) in connection with such
Permitted Acquisition together with that for other Permitted
Acquisitions during the same fiscal year of the Borrower (excluding
the acquisition of GroupEx), shall not be in excess of 50% of
Consolidated EBITDA for the previous four fiscal quarters (the
“ Annual Permitted Acquisitions Amount ”);
provided that, for any acquisition for which the fair market
value of the consideration to be paid (including the amount of any
Indebtedness or other obligations or liabilities assumed or
acquired, but excluding any Equity Interests of the Borrower issued
in connection therewith (other than any Equity Interests that any
Loan Party is or, upon the passage of time or the occurrence of any
event, may become obligated to redeem, purchase, retire, defease or
otherwise make any payment in respect thereof)) exceeds the
Threshold Amount, a Responsible Officer of the Borrower shall have
delivered to the Administrative Agent a Pro Forma Compliance
Certificate; provided , further, that the acquisition of
GroupEx shall be deemed to be a Permitted Acquisition but shall not
otherwise be subject to the requirements and limitations of this
definition; provided , further, that for the
Borrower’s 2009 fiscal year, an acquisition, or acquisitions,
of all or substantially all of the assets or of the assets
constituting a line of business or of greater than 50% of the
Equity Interests of any Person shall be deemed to be a Permitted
Acquisition even if clauses (c) , (d) , and/or
(e) above are not satisfied, so long as the fair market
value of the consideration to be paid in connection with all such
acquisitions (including the amount of any Indebtedness or other
obligations or liabilities assumed or acquired, but excluding any
Equity Interests of the Borrower issued in connection therewith
(other than any Equity Interests that any Loan Party is or, upon
the passage of time or the occurrence of any event, may become
obligated to redeem, purchase, retire, defease or otherwise make
any payment in respect thereof)) does not exceed $15,000,000 in the
aggregate. “Pro Forma Compliance Certificate” means a
certificate to the Administrative Agent certifying as to the
accuracy of clauses (a) through (e) above and
providing a detailed computation of compliance with clause
(c) above.
(j) A
new definition of “ Risk Participation Cash Collateral
”, reading in its entirety as follows, is added in the
appropriate alphabetical location in Section 1.01
:
“
Risk Participation Cash Collateral ” means, with
respect to any Letter of Credit, the pledge and
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