WAIVER AND AMENDMENT NO. 5
TO
CREDIT AGREEMENT
THIS WAIVER AND AMENDMENT NO. 5 TO CREDIT
AGREEMENT (this “ Amendment ”), dated as of the
31 st
day of July, 2009, is by and among
BALDWIN TECHNOLOGY COMPANY, INC., a Delaware corporation (“
Parent ”), BALDWIN GERMANY HOLDING GMBH, a German
company (“ Newco ”), BALDWIN GERMANY GMBH, a
German company (“ BGG ”), BALDWIN OXY-DRY GMBH
(formerly known as “OXY-DRY MASCHINEN GMBH”), a German
company (“ Oxy-Dry GmbH ”, and, collectively
with the Parent, Newco and BGG, the “ Borrowers
”), the other Credit Parties (as defined in the Guaranty and
Collateral Agreement (as defined below)) a party hereto, the
Lenders (as defined in the Credit Agreement referred to below)
signatory hereto and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., a national banking
association (as successor-by-merger to LASALLE BANK NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION), in its capacity as administrative agent (in such
capacity, the “ Administrative Agent ”) for the
Lenders.
A. The Borrowers, the Lenders and the
Administrative Agent are parties to that certain Credit Agreement,
dated as of November 21, 2006, as amended by that certain
(i) Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of
December 29, 2006, (ii) Waiver, Consent and Amendment
No. 2, dated as of April 18, 2007 (“ Amendment
No. 2 ”), (iii) Waiver, Consent and Amendment
No. 3 to Credit Agreement dated as of January 3, 2008,
(iv) Amendment No. 4 to Credit Agreement dated as of
February 26, 2008 and (v) Modification and Limited Waiver
Agreement dated as of March 31, 2009, as amended and restated
as of May 15, 2009 and amended on June 22, 2009 (such
Modification and Limited Waiver Agreement, as so amended and
restated and as so amended, and as may be further amended,
restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the
“ Modification and Limited Waiver ”);
B. The term “ Credit Agreement
” as used in this Amendment shall mean such Credit Agreement
as amended as set forth in paragraph A above.
C. The Guaranty and Collateral Agreement
(as defined in the Credit Agreement) was amended pursuant to an
Amendment No. 1 to Guaranty and Collateral Agreement, dated as
of June 24, 2009 (the “ Amendment No. 1 to
Guaranty and Collateral Agreement ”).
D. The Borrowers, the Administrative Agent
and the Lenders party hereto desire to further amend the Credit
Agreement, as hereafter set forth, and each of the Borrowers, the
Administrative Agent and such Lenders is willing to do so upon the
terms and conditions set forth in this Amendment; and
E. The Borrowers have requested that the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders waive the “Specified
Events of Default” set forth in the Modification and Limited
Waiver, and the Administrative Agent and the Lenders are willing to
waive such “Specified Events of Default” upon the terms
and conditions set forth in this Amendment.
NOW, THEREFORE , in consideration of the premises herein
contained and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt
and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties,
intending to be legally bound, agree as follows:
1.01 Capitalized terms used in this Amendment and not
defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in
the Credit Agreement unless otherwise stated herein.
2.01 Amendment to Section 1.1: Addition
of New Definitions .
Section 1.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended
by adding the following new definitions (to be inserted in proper
alphabetical order):
Amendment No. 5 means that certain Waiver and Amendment
No. 5 to Credit Agreement dated as of July 31, 2009,
among Borrowers, the other Credit Parties a party thereto, the
Lenders signatory thereto and the Administrative Agent, as amended,
restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time.
Currency Adjusted Net Sales
means, with respect to any period,
the net sales of the Parent and its Subsidiaries for such period on
a consolidated basis. Such Currency Adjusted Net Sales shall,
subject to the immediately succeeding sentence, be calculated in
accordance with GAAP in a manner consistent with how net sales were
calculated in the financial statements delivered pursuant to
Sections 10.1.1 and 10.1.2 prior to the Fifth
Amendment Effective Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
(i) sales for June of 2009 made in currencies other than
Dollars shall be converted to Dollars using the exchange rates set
forth in the projections for June of 2009 previously delivered to
the Lenders and (ii) sales made on or after July 1, 2009
in the following currencies shall, for purposes of calculating
Currency Adjusted Net Sales, be converted to Dollars using the
following respective exchange rates (which exchange rates are
referred to herein as the “ Specified Assumed Exchange
Rates ”):
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Foreign
Currency
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Exchange Rate (per
Dollar)
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0.61
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1.36
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99.31
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7.36
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7.77
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6.84
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0.73
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2.06
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46.82
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1.46
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1.12
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Excess Cash Flow means, without duplication, with respect to any
applicable Fiscal Year of the Parent and its Subsidiaries,
(a) EBITDA with respect to such Fiscal Year minus
(b) the consolidated Capital Expenditures of the Parent and
its Subsidiaries during such Fiscal Year to the extent such Capital
Expenditures are permitted by this Agreement and are not financed
with the proceeds of Debt (other than Revolving Loans),
minus (c) Interest Expense (whenever accrued) actually
paid in cash by the Parent or its Subsidiaries in such Fiscal Year,
minus (d) to the extent not deducted in determining
such EBITDA, any scheduled permanent principal payments (but
excluding for the avoidance of doubt any mandatory prepayments
required under Section 6.2.2 ) actually paid in cash by
the Parent or its Subsidiaries in respect of Total Debt (other than
the Revolving Loans or other revolving indebtedness) permitted
under this Agreement, minus (e) any voluntary
prepayments (if any) of the Term Loans made by Newco in such Fiscal
Year and any voluntary prepayment of the Revolving Loans made in
such Fiscal Year and after the Fifth Amendment Effective Date but
only to the extent that the applicable Revolving Commitments are
simultaneously and permanently reduced by the amount of such
prepayment, minus (f) consolidated income taxes and
franchise taxes (to the extent in lieu of income taxes) actually
paid in cash by the Parent or its Subsidiaries in such Fiscal Year,
plus (in the case of extraordinary items consisting of a
gain or income) and minus (in the case of extraordinary
items consisting of a loss or expense) (g) the cash component
(if any) of any extraordinary item (but excluding, in each case,
any extraordinary item covered by clause (h) below) in such
Fiscal Year, minus (in the case of a gain) and plus
(in the case of a loss) (h) any gain or loss from any Asset
Disposition in such Fiscal Year, minus (i) any
restructuring charges or restructuring expenses paid in cash by the
Parent and its Subsidiaries in such Fiscal Year to the extent such
charges or expenses are added-back in calculating EBITDA pursuant
to clause (vii) of the definition of EBITDA and minus
(i) any Fifth Amendment Expenses (as defined in the definition of
EBITDA) paid in cash by the Parent and its Subsidiaries in such
Fiscal Year and added-back in calculating EBITDA pursuant to clause
(x) of the definition of EBITDA.
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Fifth Amendment Effective Date
means July 31, 2009.
Four Fiscal Quarter Computation
Period means each period
of four consecutive Fiscal Quarters ending on the last day of a
Fiscal Quarter.
German Pledge Agreements means the German Pledge Agreements as defined in
the Guaranty and Collateral Agreement.
Minimum Liquidity and Currency Adjusted Net
Sales Certificate means a
Minimum Liquidity and Currency Adjusted Net Sales Certificate in
substantially the form of Exhibit C .
Specified Assumed Exchange Rates
— see the definition of
Currency Adjusted Net Sales.
Specified Availability Amount
means $7,900,000, or such lesser
amount (if any) as the Required Lenders may (in their absolute
discretion) agree to in writing from time to time.
Specified Currency Prepayment Amount
means, at any time, an amount equal
to $25,000,000 less the applicable Specified Availability Amount at
such time.
Technotrans Litigation means any and all claims, counterclaims or other
causes of action of the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries against
technotrans AG or its Affiliates arising out of or otherwise
relating to any patent infringements (or the like).
Technotrans Litigation Net Proceeds
shall mean (i) any recovery (or
other receipt of cash proceeds) by the Parent or any of its
Subsidiaries from the Technotrans Litigation, whether from any
judgment, decision, award, settlement or otherwise less
(ii) any and all out-of-pocket costs and expenses, including
out-of-pocket attorney fees and disbursements and the out-of-pocket
fees and disbursements of other outside experts, paid by the Parent
or any of its Subsidiaries in bringing or prosecuting the
Technotrans Litigation or in any settlement thereof, or in
defending or settling any counterclaims related thereto. If
requested by the Administrative Agent, the Parent shall provide
reasonable evidence of the amount(s) under clause (i) and/or
(ii) of the immediately preceding sentence.
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2.02 Amendment to Section 1.1: Amendment
and Restatement of Certain Definitions . Section 1.1 of the Credit
Agreement is hereby amended by amending and restating the following
definitions to read in their entireties as follows:
Applicable Margin means, for any day on or after March 31,
2009, the rate per annum set forth below (it being understood and
agreed that the Applicable Margin for (i) LIBOR Loans shall be
the percentage set forth under the column “LIBOR
Margin”, (ii) Base Rate Loans shall be the percentage
set forth under the column “Base Rate Margin”,
(iii) the Non-Use Fee Rate shall be the percentage set forth
under the column “Non-Use Fee Rate” and (iv) the
L/C Fee Rate shall be the percentage set forth under the column
“L/C Fee Rate”):
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LIBOR
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Margin
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Margin
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Fee Rate
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Rate
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3.00
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Bank Product Agreements means those certain cash management service
agreements and other agreements or other documents entered into
from time to time between any Loan Party and a Lender or its
Affiliates or the Administrative Agent in connection with any of
the Bank Products.
Collateral Documents means, collectively, the Guaranty and Collateral
Agreement, each Mortgage (if any), each Collateral Access
Agreement, the Foreign Pledge Agreements, the German Opco Security
Documents (as defined in the Guaranty and Collateral Agreement),
each control agreement and any other agreement or instrument
pursuant to which at any time the Parent, any Subsidiary or any
other Person grants or purports to grant collateral to the
Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders or otherwise
relates to such collateral.
EBITDA means, for any period, Consolidated Net Income
for such period plus (without duplication), in each case to
the extent deducted in determining such Consolidated Net Income in
such period, (i) Interest Expense, (ii) income tax expense and
franchise tax expense (to the extent in lieu of income tax
expense), (iii) depreciation and amortization,
(iv) non-cash charges (if any) under FAS No. 142
regarding the impairment of goodwill, (v) other non-cash
impairment charges with respect to long-term assets (for the
avoidance of doubt there is no “add-back” under this
clause (v) or any other clause of this definition for any
increases in the reserves with respect to inventory or accounts
receivable or for any write-off with respect to inventory or
accounts receivable), (vi) non-cash write offs of previously
capitalized financing costs, (vii) restructuring charges or
restructuring expenses (whether cash or non-cash) incurred by the
Parent or its Subsidiaries with respect to (a) the closure or
consolidation of plants or offices, (b) rent reserves for
closed or consolidated plants or offices and (c) severance
payments for employees terminated as part of a general downsizing,
(viii) establishment or increase in reserves for uninsured
litigation claims provided that the aggregate add-back under this
clause (viii) shall not exceed $100,000 for such period,
(ix) non-cash expenses (if any) resulting from the grant by
the Parent of Capital Securities (including options), and
(x) non-capitalized one-time out-of-pocket fees (including the
Amendment Fee (as defined in Amendment No. 5) and any fees
payable pursuant to the Agent Fee Letter in connection with
Amendment No. 5) and legal and financial advisor expenses, not to
exceed $998,000 in the aggregate for purposes of this clause (x),
incurred (in such period) by the Parent and its Subsidiaries in
connection with the negotiation, execution and delivery of
Amendment No. 5 and any documents prepared and delivered in
connection therewith or any term sheet relating thereto (such
one-time fees and expenses, the “ Fifth Amendment
Expenses ”), all on a consolidated basis of the Parent
and its Subsidiaries.
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Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio
means, for any Four Fiscal Quarter
Computation Period, the ratio of (a) the total for such Four
Fiscal Quarter Computation Period of EBITDA minus the sum of
(i) income taxes (and franchise taxes in lieu of income taxes)
paid, or required to be paid, in cash by the Parent and its
Subsidiaries in such Four Fiscal Quarter Computation Period plus
(ii) all Capital Expenditures of the Parent and its
Subsidiaries for such Four Fiscal Quarter Computation Period to the
extent not financed (it being agreed that Capital Expenditures paid
with the proceeds of Revolving Loans shall not be considered
financed for such purposes) to (b) the sum for such Four
Fiscal Quarter Computation Period of (i) Interest Expense with
respect to such Four Fiscal Quarter Computation Period plus
(ii) all payments of principal of Debt (including the Term
Loans but excluding payments required under
Section 6.2.2 and also excluding required payments of
the Revolving Loans) required to be paid by the Parent or its
Subsidiaries in such Four Fiscal Quarter Computation Period
plus (iii) any Rabbi Trust Permitted Payments made in
such Four Fiscal Quarter Computation Period.
Foreign Pledge Agreements
shall mean (i) the German
Pledge Agreements, (ii) the Pledge Agreement between BEC BV
and the Administrative Agent, pledging the shares of Baldwin Jimek
AB, (iii) the respective Share Pledge Agreements, as
supplemented and modified by any Undertaking and Acknowledgement(s)
if applicable, and any other share pledge modifications,
agreements, undertakings and acknowledgments pledging the shares of
BEC BV and Baldwin Graphic Equipment B.V. in favor of the
Administrative Agent at any time entered into (collectively, the
“ Netherlands Pledge Agreements ”), and
(iv) the Stock Pledge Agreement pledging the shares of
Japan-Baldwin Ltd. in favor of the Administrative Agent.
German Revolving Commitment
or German Revolving Loan
Commitment means, with respect to a Permanent Lender at the
applicable time, the commitment of such Permanent Lender to make
German Revolving Loans. The initial amount (in Dollars) of the
respective German Revolving Commitment of each initial Permanent
Lender that has made such a commitment is set forth in Annex
A hereto; and, as of the Fifth Amendment Effective Date, the
amount (in Dollars) of the respective German Revolving Commitment
of each Permanent Lender that has made such a commitment is also
set forth in Annex A hereto. The German Revolving Commitment
of each Permanent Lender may be reduced pursuant to
Section 6 . The German Revolving Commitment(s) of the
applicable assigning and assignee Permanent Lender shall be
adjusted to give effect to any assignments of a German Revolving
Commitment(s) pursuant to Section 15.6.1 .
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German Revolving Commitments
or the German Revolving Loan
Commitments means, collectively, the aggregate amount, at the
applicable time, of all German Revolving Commitments of all
Permanent Lenders. The initial aggregate amount of the German
Revolving Commitments shall be $15,000,000 and, as of the Fifth
Amendment Effective Date, the aggregate amount of the German
Revolving Commitments shall be $5,000,000.
Loan Documents means this Agreement, the Notes, the Letters of
Credit, the Master Letter of Credit Agreement, the L/C
Applications, the Agent Fee Letter, the Collateral Documents, any
applicable subordination agreements (if any), and all documents,
instruments and agreements at any time delivered in connection with
the foregoing.
Obligations means all obligations (monetary (including
post-petition interest, allowed or not) or otherwise) of any Loan
Party under this Agreement and any other Loan Document including
Attorney Costs and any reimbursement obligations of each Loan Party
in respect of Letters of Credit (including those to the Issuing
Lender or any other applicable Person) and surety bonds, all
Hedging Obligations of any Loan Party permitted hereunder which are
owed to any Lender or its Affiliate or the Administrative Agent
(whether or not such Lender or the Person acting as Administrative
Agent subsequently is no longer a party to this Agreement), and all
Bank Product Obligations, all in each case howsoever created,
arising or evidenced, whether direct or indirect, absolute or
contingent, now or hereafter existing, or due or to become
due.
Parent Revolving Commitment
or Parent Revolving Loan
Commitment means, with respect to a Permanent Lender at the
applicable time, the commitment of such Permanent Lender to make
Parent Revolving Loans. The initial amount (in Dollars) of the
respective Parent Revolving Commitment of each initial Permanent
Lender that made such a commitment is set forth in Annex A
hereto; and, as of the Fifth Amendment Effective Date, the amount
(in Dollars) of the respective Parent Revolving Commitment of each
Permanent Lender that has made such a commitment is also set forth
in Annex A hereto. The Parent Revolving Commitment of each
Permanent Lender may be reduced pursuant to Section 6 .
The Parent Revolving Commitment(s) of the applicable assigning and
assignee Permanent Lender shall be adjusted to give effect to any
assignments of a Parent Revolving Commitment pursuant to
Section 15.6.1 .
Rabbi Trust Existing Contributions
means cash contributions made by the
Parent to the Rabbi Trust prior to the Closing Date and aggregating
no more than $1,250,000.
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Rabbi Trust Permitted Payments
shall mean the following
contributions to the Rabbi Trust made after the Closing Date:
(a) cash contributions made prior to January 1, 2009 in
compliance with the terms and provisions of this Agreement (as it
existed at the time of such contributions) and (b) upon the
occurrence of a Potential Change of Control (as defined in the
Rabbi Trust Agreement as constituted on November 21, 2006) the
Parent shall be permitted to make those contributions required to
be made (as a result of the Potential Change of Control) under the
Rabbi Trust Agreement (as constituted on November 21,
2006).
Required Lenders means Permanent Lenders whose Pro Rata Shares
are equal (in the aggregate) to at least 66
2 / 3 %
as determined pursuant to clause (d) of the definition of
“Pro Rata Share”.
Specified Permitted Redemption
means (i) the $1,721,000 of
redemptions consummated by the Parent prior to February 26,
2008 pursuant to the Announced 1999 Stock Repurchase Program (as
defined below) and (ii) redemptions (if any) by the Parent, on
or after February 26, 2008 and prior to January 1, 2009,
of shares of the Parent’s Class A Common Stock in
compliance with the terms and provisions of this Agreement (as it
existed at the time of such redemption). The “ Announced
1999 Stock Repurchase Program ” means the stock
repurchase program announced by the Parent on November 3, 1999
pursuant to which program the Parent was authorized (pursuant to
prior resolutions adopted by the Parent’s Board of Directors)
to utilize up to $5,000,000 to repurchase its Class A Common
Stock. Borrowers acknowledge and agree that no Specified Permitted
Redemptions are permitted to be made after January 1,
2009.
Total Debt to EBITDA Ratio
means, as of the last day of any
Fiscal Quarter, the ratio of (a) Total Debt as of such day to
(b) EBITDA for the Four Fiscal Quarter Computation Period
ending on such day.
2.03 Amendment to Section 1.1: Amendment
of Interest Period Definition . Section 1.1 of the Credit Agreement is
hereby amended by amending the definition “Interest
Period” as follows:
The definition
of “Interest Period” in Section 1.1 of the
Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting “one, two,
three or six months thereafter as selected” where it appears
therein, and inserting, in lieu thereof, “(i) prior to
the Fifth Amendment Effective Date, one (1), two (2), three
(3) or six (6) months thereafter and (ii) on or
after the Fifth Amendment Effective Date, one (1) month
thereafter (unless additional periods are otherwise consented to as
Interest Periods by the Required Lenders in their sole discretion),
as selected (to the extent available)”.
2.04 Amendment to Section 1.1: Amendment
to Definition of Change of Control . The definition of Change of Control in
Section 1.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended
by deleting the phrase “any Change of Control as defined in
the Rabbi Trust Agreement” and inserting in lieu thereof the
phrase “any Change of Control or Potential Change of Control
as those terms are respectively defined in the Rabbi Trust
Agreement”.
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2.05 Amendment to Section 1.1: Deletion
of Definitions .
Section 1.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended
by deleting the definition “Computation
Period”.
2.06 Amendment to
Section 2.1.2 .
Section 2.1.2 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended
by deleting the last sentence thereof and substituting in lieu
thereof the following:
The Parent
Revolving Loans may (i) before the Fifth Amendment Effective
Date, be borrowed in Dollars or Euros and (ii) on or after the
Fifth Amendment Effective Date, only be borrowed in Dollars. In
addition to (and not in impairment of) any other limitation on the
borrowing of the Parent Revolving Loans contained in this
Agreement, the Parent agrees to also comply with the limitations
set forth in Section 11.14.6(b) .
2.07 Amendment to
Section 2.1.3 .
Section 2.1.3 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended
as follows:
(a) by amending and restating clause
(ii) of the first sentence thereof to read in its entirety as
follows:
(ii)(a) after
the Initial German Revolving Loan, only the German Opcos shall be
permitted to borrow German Revolving Loans and (b) on or after
March 31, 2009, only BGG shall be permitted to borrow German
Revolving Loans,
(b) by
adding the following sentence to the end thereof:
In addition to
(and not in impairment of) any other limitation on the borrowing of
German Revolving Loans contained in this Agreement, BGG agrees to
also comply with the limitations set forth in
Section 11.14.6(b) .
2.08 Amendment to
Section 2.1.5 .
Section 2.1.5 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended
and restated to read in its entirety as follows:
2.1.5 L/C Commitments . Subject to
Section 2.3.1 , the Issuing Lender agrees to issue
letters of credit, in each case containing such terms and
conditions as are permitted by this Agreement and are reasonably
satisfactory to the Issuing Lender (each, a “ Letter of
Credit ”), at the request of and for the account of the
Parent or a German Opco (except that on or after the Fifth
Amendment Effective Date Oxy-Dry GmbH may not request or have
issued on its account a Letter of Credit), as the case may be, from
time to time before the scheduled Termination Date and, as more
fully set forth in Section 2.3.2 , each Permanent
Lender with a Parent Revolving Commitment agrees to purchase a
participation in each Parent Letter of Credit (and such obligation
to so purchase shall not be impaired by any termination of the
Parent Revolving Commitments) and each Permanent Lender with a
German Revolving Commitment agrees to purchase a participation in
each German Letter of Credit (and such obligation to so purchase
shall not be impaired by any termination of the German Revolving
Commitments); provided that, the Issuing Lender shall have
no obligation to issue or increase any Letter of Credit (and
the
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applicable
Borrower shall have no right to request such issuance or increase),
unless (among other conditions precedent) (i) the aggregate
Dollar Equivalent (as of the most recent Revaluation Date) of the
Parent Stated Amounts and the German Stated Amounts shall not
exceed $6,000,000, (ii) the Dollar Equivalent (as of the most
recent Revaluation Date) of all Parent Revolving Outstandings shall
not exceed the Parent Revolving Loan Commitments (in Dollars),
(iii) the Dollar Equivalent (as of the most recent Revaluation
Date) of all German Revolving Outstandings shall not exceed the
German Revolving Loan Commitments (in Dollars), and (iv) the
Dollar Equivalent (as of the most recent Revaluation Date) of
Revolving Outstandings shall not exceed the Revolving Commitments
(in Dollars). In addition to (and not in impairment of) any other
limitations under the Agreement with respect to the issuance (or
increase) of any Letter of Credit, (i) the Borrowers agree to
also comply with the applicable limitations set forth in
Section 11.14.6(b) or (ii) if any Lender (other than
the Issuing Lender) has failed to make a required Loan hereunder or
has failed to make any required payment to the Administrative Agent
or the Issuing Lender or otherwise failed to make a required
payment hereunder the Issuing Lender shall not be required to issue
(or increase) any Letter of Credit. The Letters of Credit shall
include the Initial Letters of Credit. The Initial Letters of
Credit (to the extent issued) shall be part of the Parent Letters
of Credit (and the Master Letter of Credit Agreement executed by
the Parent shall cover, among other things, the Initial Letters of
Credit (to the extent issued) as well as any other Parent Letters
of Credit). The Parent Letters of Credit may only (i) before
the Fifth Amendment Effective Date, be issued in Dollars or Euros
and (ii) on or after the Fifth Amendment Effective Date be issued
in Dollars. The German Letters of Credit may only be issued in
Dollars or Euros.
2.09 Amendment to
Section 2.3.1 .
Section 2.3.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended
by adding to the end thereof the following sentence: “It is
hereby acknowledged and agreed that failure by Parent or any German
Opco to execute a Master Letter of Credit Agreement shall not limit
or otherwise impair the obligations of the Borrowers, any
Subsidiary thereof or any other party under this Agreement or any
other Loan Document with respect to any Letter of
Credit.”
2.10 Amendment to
Section 5.1 .
Section 5.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended
by adding the following sentence immediately after the third
sentence of Section 5.1 and immediately before the fourth
sentence of Section 5.1 :
(For the
avoidance of doubt, Borrowers acknowledge and agree that the
limitations on borrowings set forth in Section 11.14.6
shall not, and shall not be interpreted to, limit the non-use fees
payable under this Section 5.1 .)
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2.11 Amendment to
Section 6.2.2 .
Section 6.2.2 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended
as follows:
(a) by adding the following new clauses
(iv) and (v) to paragraph (a) therein as
follows:
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Within three (3) Business Days
of the receipt by the Parent or any Subsidiary of the Parent of any
Technotrans Litigation Net Proceeds, in an amount equal to 100% of
such Technotrans Litigation Net Proceeds.
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(v)
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On or before October 10, 2010,
in an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of the Excess Cash Flow
for the Fiscal Year ending June 30, 2010.
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(b)
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by adding the following to the end
of paragraph (b) of such Section 6.2.2
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In addition to,
and not in limitation of, any other mandatory prepayment provisions
set forth in this Agreement, if at any time (as of the most recent
Revaluation Date) the Dollar Equivalent of all Revolving
Outstandings at any time in the period from (and including) the
Fifth Amendment Effective Date to (and including) November 16,
2010 exceeds 105% of the Specified Currency Prepayment Amount, the
Parent shall immediately cause the prepayment of the Revolving
Loans and Cash Collateralization of the outstanding Letters of
Credit, or do a combination of the foregoing (provided, that if so
instructed by the Administrative Agent, prepayments shall be made
to eliminate the excess before any Cash Collateralization), in an
amount sufficient to eliminate such excess. Nothing contained in
this Section 6.2.2(b) shall, or shall be interpreted
to, impair any limitation contained in this Agreement on the
borrowing of Revolving Loans or the issuance or increase of any
Letters of Credit. Notwithstanding anything contained in
Section 6.2.2(d) to the contrary, the Parent shall not
have the option provided for in Section 6.2.2(d) with
respect to a prepayment required under the third sentence of this
Section 6.2.2(b) unless the Administrative Agent in its
absolute discretion permits the Parent to use such
option.
2.12 Amendment to Section 9.4
. Section 9.4 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and
restated to read in its entirety as follows:
9.4
Financial Condition .
The audited
consolidated financial statements of the Parent and its
Subsidiaries as at (and for the Fiscal Years ended) June 30,
2007 and June 30, 2008, and the unaudited consolidated financial
statements of the Parent and its Subsidiaries as at (and for the
nine months ended) March 31, 2009, copies of each of which
have been delivered to the Administrative Agent and each Lender,
were prepared in accordance with GAAP (subject, in the case of such
unaudited statements, to the absence of footnotes and to normal
year-end adjustments) and present fairly, in all material respects,
the consolidated financial condition of the Parent and its
Subsidiaries as at such dates and the results of their operations
and cash flows for the periods then ended.
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2.13 Amendment to
Section 9.5 .
Section 9.5 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended
by deleting the date “September 30, 2006” and
inserting the date “March 31, 2009”.
2.14 Amendment to Section 9.26
. Section 9.26 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and
restated to read in its entirety as follows:
9.26 Certain
Rabbi Trust Payments . To the best knowledge of the Parent, as
of the Fifth Amendment Effective Date the amount of aggregate
remaining cash contributions necessary to fully fund the projected
liabilities under the Plans (as defined in the Rabbi Trust
Agreement) would not exceed $3,700,000.
2.15 Amendment to
Section 10.1.3 .
Section 10.1.3 of the Credit Agreement is hereby
amended and restated to read in its entirety as follows:
10.1.3
Compliance Certificates . Contemporaneously with the
furnishing of a copy of each annual audit report pursuant to
Section 10.1.1 and each set of quarterly statements
pursuant to Section 10.1.2 , an accompanying duly
completed Compliance Certificate, with appropriate insertions and
signed by a Senior Officer of the Parent, containing (i) a
computation of all applicable financial covenants and restrictions
set forth in Section 11.14 (except for the Currency
Adjusted Net Sales financial covenant under
Section 11.14.4 and the minimum liquidity financial
covenant under Section 11.14.6 , it being agreed that
Section 10.1.6(a) shall cover the certifications as to
the calculation of such financial covenants), (ii) a statement
that such officer has not become aware of any Event of Default or
Unmatured Event of Default that has occurred and is continuing or,
if there is any such event, describing it and the steps, if any,
being taken to cure it, and (iii) a written statement of the
Parent’s management setting forth a discussion of the
financial condition, changes in financial condition and results of
operations of the Parent and its Subsidiaries. In addition, to, and
not in limitation of, any obligations under the immediately
preceding sentence, the Compliance Certificate delivered in
connection with quarterly statements (A) for each of the first
three Fiscal Quarters of the Fiscal Year ending June 30, 2010
shall also contain a separate computation of the Capital
Expenditures for such Fiscal Quarter and for the elapsed portion of
such Fiscal Year ending with such Fiscal Quarter and (B) for
the Fiscal Quarter ending September 30, 2010 shall also
contain a separate computation of EBITDA for such Fiscal
Quarter.
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2.16 Amendment to
Section 10.1.6 .
Section 10.1.6 of the Credit Agreement is hereby
amended and restated to read in its entirety as follows:
10.1.6
Certain Additional Deliverables .
(a) Within
30 days after the end of each month (commencing with the month
of July of 2009 and ending (in the case of clauses (i) and
(ii) below) with the month of September of 2010 and ending (in
the case of clause (iii) below) with the month of November of
2010), a duly completed Minimum Liquidity and Currency Adjusted Net
Sales Certificate, with appropriate insertions and signed by a
Senior Officer of the Parent (i) attaching (and certifying as
to) a report (in detail reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent including a breakdown of actual consolidated
net sales of the Parent and its Subsidiaries by currency and
comparing such actual net sales to “budgeted” net sales
and showing (for all sales made on or after July 1, 2009) the
conversion of net sales in all applicable foreign currencies using
the Specified Assumed Exchange Rates (and showing for sales for
June of 2009 the applicable exchange rates referred to in the
definition of Currency Adjusted Net Sales for such sales) in order
to obtain the applicable Currency Adjusted Net Sales) of the
Currency Adjusted Net Sales for such month and for the Currency
Adjusted Net Sales for the consecutive three (3) month period
ending with such month, (ii) certifying as to whether or not
the applicable Currency Adjusted Net Sales financial covenant in
Section 11.14.4 for the three (3) months ending on such
date has been satisfied and (iii) certifying (in detail
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent) as to whether
or not the minimum liquidity financial covenant set forth in
Section 11.14.6 and any prepayment requirements under
the t
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