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Exhibit
10.1
OMNIBUS AMENDMENT NO. 11
and LIMITED WAIVER
Dated as of April 1,
2008
to
SECOND AMENDED AND
RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
Dated as of
February 12, 2007
THIS OMNIBUS AMENDMENT
No. 11 and LIMITED WAIVER (this “ Amendment
”) is entered into as of April 1, 2008, by and among
SYNNEX CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the “
Borrower ”), GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION, a
Delaware corporation (“ GE Capital ”), as a
Lender and in its capacity as the contractual representative for
itself and the Lenders (the “ Agent ”), BANK OF
AMERICA, N.A., as a Lender (“ Bank of America
”), SUMITOMO MITSUI BANKING CORPORATION, as a Lender (“
SMBC ”) and each other Person identified on the
signature pages hereto as a “New Lender” (together with
GE Capital, Bank of America and SMBC, the “ Lenders
”). Capitalized terms used in this Amendment which are not
otherwise defined herein, shall have the meanings given such terms
in the Credit Agreement (as defined below), as amended
hereby.
RECITALS:
WHEREAS, the Borrower, the
Lenders and the Agent are parties to that certain Second Amended
and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of February 12, 2007,
as amended by that certain Amendment No. 1 and Confirmation,
dated as of March 9, 2007, as further amended by that certain
Amendment No. 2 and Limited Waiver, dated April 27, 2007,
as further amended by that certain Amendment No. 3, dated
May 14, 2007, as further amended by that certain Amendment
No. 4, dated August 31, 2007, as further amended by that
certain Amendment No. 5, dated September 28, 2007, as
further amended by that certain Amendment No. 6, dated
October 31, 2007, as further amended by that certain Amendment
No. 7, dated November 30, 2007, as further amended by
that certain Amendment No. 8, dated February 11, 2008, as
further amended by that certain Amendment No. 9, dated
February 25, 2008 (“ Amendment No. 9
”), and as further amended by that certain Amendment
No. 10, dated March 27, 2008 (the “ Credit
Agreement ”);
WHEREAS, the Borrower and
Agent are parties to that certain Amended and Restated Security
Agreement dated as of July 9, 2002, as amended by that certain
Omnibus Amendment and Reaffirmation Agreement dated as of
February 12, 2007 (as amended, restated, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Security
Agreement ”);
WHEREAS, in connection with
the NAE Acquisition, Borrower has requested certain amendments to
the consent provided in Amendment No. 9 with respect thereto
as well as certain amendments to the Credit Agreement and Security
Agreement and certain limited waivers to the Credit Agreement set
forth below;
NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the premises set forth above, the terms and
conditions contained herein, and other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, the Borrower, the Lenders and the Agent hereby agree
as follows:
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1. Amendment to the
Consent . As of the Effective Date, Sections 3.2, 3.3(b)
and 3.6 of the consent to the NAE Acquisition in Amendment
No. 9 are hereby deleted and replaced with the following,
respectively:
3.2 (a) No liabilities
or obligations under the Existing LSA shall be assumed by Borrower
or any of its Subsidiaries and no liabilities or obligations under
any letter of credit shall be assumed by Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries (including, but not limited to, any letter of credit
the beneficiary of which is Hewlett-Packard Company or any of its
Affiliates), and (b) a payoff letter shall have been executed
and delivered by the administrative agent under the Existing LSA
with GE Capital as an addressee thereof in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to GE Capital providing for, inter alia,
the payment in full of all obligations and liabilities under the
Existing LSA and release of all Liens and delivery of documents
necessary to effectuate such release (the “
Payoff Letter ”); provided , that on
the date of consummation of the NAE Acquisition, Borrower may
assume all principal and interest payment obligations under the
Existing LSA payable on such date as set forth in the Payoff Letter
and agreed to by GE Capital so long as such amounts are paid on
such date in accordance with the Payoff Letter to the financing
providers under the Existing LSA extinguishing any and all other
obligations of Borrower with respect thereto; provided further,
that with the prior consent of GE Capital (subject to its sole
discretion) Borrower may be permitted to cash collateralize 102% of
(x) the face amount of that certain letter of credit number
407467 issued June 14, 2000, with the beneficiary Watson Land
Co. in a maximum available face amount of $120,000 and (y) the
face amount of that certain letter of credit number 580342 issued
September 15, 2006, with the beneficiary Shanghai Hewlett
Packard in a maximum available face amount of
$2,000,000;
3.3 (b)
Section 6.2(g)(viii), (x), (xi) and (xii) shall be
complied with in respect of the NAE Acquisition and in connection
therewith, Agent hereby advises Borrower of the following required
deliverables pursuant to Section 6.2(g)(x)(A) and 6.2(g)(xii):
(i) the schedules with respect to the purchase agreement,
(ii) execution copies of all documents delivered in connection
with the closing of the NAE Acquisition, (iii) the
documentation specified in Section 5.10 with respect to the
NAE Assets on the terms set forth in, and subject to the terms of
such
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Section, and (iv) all
documentation necessary to provide Agent with a first priority
perfected security interest in all intellectual property
constituting NAE Assets and all information necessary for Agent to
make filings with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to reflect
such security interest;
3.6 [Intentionally
Omitted.]
2. Amendment to the
Credit Agreement . As of the Effective Date, the Credit
Agreement is hereby amended as follows:
(a) The preamble is
hereby amended by deleting the parenthetical “(this “
Agreement ”)” and replacing it with the
following: “(as amended, restated, supplemented and otherwise
modified from time to time, this “ Agreement
”)”.
(b) The following new
Section 1.2(h) is added in the proper alphanumerical
order:
(h) For the purposes of
increasing the Revolving Credit Commitments, the Borrower may
request new or additional commitments in an amount of up to
$30,000,000 (a “ 3rd Incremental Commitment ”)
from one or more Lenders or other Persons consented to by the Agent
pursuant to the 3rd Incremental Commitment Agreement (each such
Person upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth herein, a
“ 3rd Incremental Lender ”) so long as
(w) the effective date of such 3rd Incremental Commitment (as
determined based upon when the applicable conditions precedent
thereto are satisfied) shall be on or prior to May 31, 2008,
(x) after giving effect to such 3rd Incremental Commitment,
the Revolving Credit Commitment shall not exceed $150,000,000,
(y) Borrower provides Lenders with at least 10 days’
prior written notice of its request for a 3rd Incremental
Commitment, and (z) on the date on which such 3rd Incremental
Commitment is requested to be effective (such date, an “
3rd Incremental Commitment Date ”), no Default or
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, or will
occur after giving effect to such 3rd Incremental Commitment. No
3rd Incremental Commitment pursuant to this
Section 1.2(h) shall be effective unless the Borrower
delivers to the Agent (1) a 3rd Incremental Commitment
Agreement executed and delivered by the Borrower and the related
3rd Incremental Lenders, (2) a certificate executed by an
officer of the Borrower listed in Schedule 10.8 to the
effect that the condition set forth in clause (z)
above is satisfied and (3) substantially similar legal
opinions and corporate certificates as requested in connection with
funding the 2 nd Incremental Commitment under clause (g) above.
Neither the Agent nor any Lender shall be obligated to deliver or
fund any 3rd Incremental Commitment pursuant hereto unless such
Person
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becomes party to a 3rd
Incremental Commitment Agreement as a 3rd Incremental Lender. On
each 3rd Incremental Commitment Date, and as a condition to
becoming a Lender hereunder, the applicable 3rd Incremental Lenders
shall fund Advances to the Agent in an amount necessary for such
3 rd
Incremental Lender’s
Pro Rata Share to be equal to (I) the sum of (A) such
Lender’s Revolving Credit Advances, plus (B) such
Lender’s share of the obligations to purchase participations
in Swing Line Advances and refinance Swing Line Advances pursuant
to Section 1.1(b) of this Agreement, divided by (II)
the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Revolving Credit
Loan and the Swing Line Loan on such 3rd Incremental Commitment
Date. Upon receipt of such amount, the Agent shall disburse such
amounts to the other Lenders ratably in accordance with their Pro
Rata Shares. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in
connection with any request by Borrower for a 3rd Incremental
Commitment hereunder by any Person, Borrower shall first deliver to
the Agent a written notice requesting that the existing Lenders
provide such 3rd Incremental Commitment hereunder based on such
Lenders’ Pro Rata Shares, and to the extent that any Lender
hereunder agrees to provide any portion of such 3rd Incremental
Commitment, such Lender shall always be entitled to fund a portion
of such 3rd Incremental Commitment that is necessary to preserve
its Pro Rata Share hereunder as in effect immediately prior to
giving effect to such 3rd Incremental Commitment.
(c) ARTICLE V of the
Credit Agreement is hereby amended by adding Section 5.18
thereto to read as follows:
Section 5.18.
Dissolution of NAE Newco . Borrower shall dissolve NAE Newco
within thirty (30) days of the date of the Eleventh
Amendment.
3. Amendment to Annex A
to the Credit Agreement . As of the Effective Date, Annex A
to the Credit Agreement is hereby amended as follows:
(a) The defined term
“Intercreditor Agreements” is hereby deleted in its
entirety and replaced with the following:
“ Intercreditor
Agreements ” shall mean each of (i) that certain
Amended and Restated Intercreditor Agreement dated as of the date
hereof, among the Borrower, SFC, the other Subsidiaries of the
Borrower from time to time party thereto and GE Capital, and
acknowledged by Redwood Receivables Corporation, (ii) the IBM
Intercreditor Agreement, (iii) the GECDFC Intercreditor
Agreement, and (iv) each other intercreditor agreement
entered
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into from time to time by the
Borrower, SFC, any Subsidiaries of the Borrower, GE Capital in
various capacities, and other creditors, in each case as amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
(b) The defined term
“NAE Assets” is hereby deleted in its entirety and
replaced with the following:
“ NAE Assets
” means all assets acquired in connection with the NAE
Acquisition.
(c) The following new
defined terms are hereby added to Annex A in the proper
alphabetical order as follows:
“ Eleventh
Amendment ” means that certain Amendment No. 11,
dated as of April 1, 2008, to the Agreement.
“ 3rd Incremental
Commitment ” shall have the meaning assigned to it in
Section 1.2(h) .
“ 3rd Incremental
Commitment Agreement ” means an agreement delivered by a
3rd Incremental Lender, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Agent and accepted by it and the Borrower, by
which such 3rd Incremental Lender confirms its new or additional
commitment pursuant to Section 1.2(h) and agrees to
become bound to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as a
“Lender” thereunder.
“ 3rd Incremental
Commitment Date ” shall have the meaning assigned to it
in Section 1.2(h) .
“ 3rd Incremental
Lender ” shall have the meaning assigned to it in
Section 1.2(h) .
(d) The defined term
“Canadian Subsidiary Securitization Agreement” is
hereby amended by deleting the word “and” prior to the
words “the Sixth Amendment” and by adding the following
language immediately prior to the “.” at the end of
such definition:
“the Seventh Amendment
to Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated as of November 28,
2007, the Eighth Amendment to Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated
as of November 28, 2007, and the Ninth Amendment to
Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated as of February 8,
2008”
(e) The parenthetical
in clause (ii) of the “Borrowing Base” definition
is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the
following:
“( provided ,
however , that the sum of clauses (i) and (ii) of
this definition shall in no event exceed
$120,000,000)”
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4. Amendment to Annex B
to Credit Agreement . As of the Effective Date, Annex B to
the Credit Agreement is hereby amended as follows:
(a) Paragraph 4 is
hereby amended by adding the phrase “or which are flexible
spending accounts” at the end of the first parenthetical of
the first sentence thereof.
(b) New paragraph 13
is added in the proper alphanumerical order as follows:
13. Account Number
2655107909428 maintained with Wachovia Bank (as successor to First
Union National Bank) acquired by Borrower in connection with the
NAE Acquisition shall be used only to deposit cash and checks
received consistent with past practices in the ordinary course of
business in connection with goods, merchandise or services sold on
the same day on which such payment is received, and such deposit
account shall be closed no later than 30 days after the date
hereof. At no time shall amounts on deposit therein be greater than
$100,000. No Blocked Account Agreement or Restricted Account
Agreement shall be required to be delivered with respect to the
aforementioned Wachovia deposit account.
(c) New paragraph 14
is added in the proper alphanumerical order as follows:
14. Borrower may maintain in
the name of New Age Electronics, Inc. the five deposit accounts
maintained with Wells Fargo Bank acquired by Borrower in connection
with the NAE Acquisition provided that within 10 days of the date
hereof the name of such account is changed to the name of Borrower
or such deposit account is closed.
(d) Attachment I to
Annex B is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with
Exhibit B attached hereto.
5. Amendments to
Schedules to the Credit Agreement . As of the Effective
Date, the following schedules to the Credit Agreement are hereby
amended by deleting them in their entirety and replacing them to
read as set forth in Exhibit C :
Schedules 3.2 (Executive
Offices, Collateral Locations; Corporate or Other Names), 3.5
(Litigation), 3.6 (Taxes), 3.8 (Real Property), 3.9 (Material
Contracts), 3.11 (Ventures, Subsidiaries and Affiliates;
Outstanding Stock and Debt), 3.14 (ERISA), 3.16 (Intellectual
Property), 3.19 (Insurance Policies), 3.20 (Deposit and
Disbursement Accounts), 6.2 (Investments), 6.4 (Affiliate and
Employee Loans and Transactions), and 6.7 (Liens) and 10.8
(Authorized Officers).
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