CONSENT AND TWENTY-FIRST AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT
Exhibit 10.6
CONSENT AND TWENTY-FIRST AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT
THIS CONSENT AND TWENTY-FIRST AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”) is entered into as of June 26, 2013, by and among Dialogic Corporation, a British Columbia corporation (“Borrower”), Dialogic Inc., a Delaware corporation formerly known as Veraz Networks, Inc. (“Parent”), Xxxxx Fargo Foothill Canada ULC, an unlimited corporation existing under the laws of Alberta, as administrative agent for the Lenders (“Administrative Agent”), and the financial institutions named as lenders on the signature pages hereto (the “Lenders”).
WHEREAS, Borrower, Administrative Agent and the Lenders are parties to that certain Credit Agreement dated as of March 5, 2008 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”);
WHEREAS, Borrower and Parent have informed Administrative Agent and the Lenders that Borrower and/or certain of its Subsidiaries desire to sell certain patents and patent applications owned by Borrower or such Subsidiary in one or more sales transactions;
WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain Consent to Credit Agreement, dated as of May 20, 2013, by and among Borrower, Parent, Administrative Agent and Required Lenders, on or prior to June 30, 2013, Borrower is required to deliver to Administrative Agent the items set forth in clauses (b) and (c) to Schedule 5.3 of the Credit Agreement (the “Q1 Financial Reports”), and evidence that Borrower has filed a 10-Q for Borrower’s fiscal quarter ending on March 31, 2013 pursuant to the terms of Section 5.24 of the Credit Agreement (the “Q1 10-Q”); and
WHEREAS, Borrower and Parent have requested that Administrative Agent and Required Lenders (i) extend the date by which Borrower is required to deliver to Administrative Agent the Q1 Financial Reports and evidence that Borrower has filed the Q1 Q1 until July 3I, 2013 (together, the “Q1 Extensions”), and (ii) amend the Credit Agreement in certain respects and, subject to the terms and conditions specified herein, Borrower, Parent and Required Lenders have agreed to do so as set forth herein;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual agreements herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:
I. Defined Terms. Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Credit Agreement.
2. Consent. Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 4 below and in reliance upon the representations and warranties set forth in Section 5 below, Required Lenders hereby consent to the Q1 Extensions. The failure to deliver the Q1 Financial Reports and evidence that the Q1 10-Q has been filed on or before July 3I, 20I3 shall constitute an immediate Event of Default. The foregoing consent shall not constitute (x) a modification or alteration of the terms, conditions or covenants of the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, (y) a waiver of, or consent to, any breach of, or any Event of Default under, the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document or (z) a waiver, release or limitation upon the exercise by Administrative Agent or any Lender of any of its rights, legal or equitable, under the
Credit Agreement, the other Loan Documents and applicable law, all of which are hereby reserved.
3. Amendments. Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 4 below and in reliance on the representations and warranties set forth in Section 5 below, the Credit Agreement is hereby amended as follows:
(a) Section 4.15 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by amending and restating the second sentence therein to read as follows:
“Attached hereto as Schedule 4.15 (as updated from time to time as provided in Section 5.21) is a true, correct, and complete listing of all registered patents, filed and pending patent applications, registered trademarks, filed and pending trademark applications and registered copyrights as to which Parent or one of its Subsidiaries is the owner, provided that Schedule 4.15 does not reflect the disposition of any patents or filed and pending patent applications which are Permitted Dispositions.”
(b) Schedule 1.1 to the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by amending and restating the definition of “Availability Block” as follows:
“Availability Block” means an availability block in the amount of $600,000, which amount shall increase by an additional $100,000 on July 1, 2013 and on the first day of each Fiscal Quarter thereafter.
(c) Schedule 1.1 to the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by amending and restating clause (e) of the definition of “Permitted Disposition” as follows:
“(e) sale or disposition of: United States patent numbers 5,812,819, 5,598,536, 7,406,696, 7,885,272, 8,286,190, 6,047,327, 7,958,442, 5,815,669, 6,023,470, 6,393,515, 6,034,965, 6,141,329, 6,631,132, 6,219,395, 6,515,985, 6,278,995, 6,295,532, 7,310,342, 6,378,017, 6,952,407, 6,226,303, 6,396,851, 6,343,086, 7,155,385, 6,757,259, 7,417,982, 7,113,580, 6,920,143, 7,149,287, 5,459,781, 5,825,854, 6,542,584, 6,438,224, 7,298,830, 7,174,006, 6,829,335, and 7,095,827 and United States pending patent application number 13/097,531 (published as US20110209047), as well as any and all equivalent, counterpart, or corresponding foreign patents and foreign patent applications related to any such United States patent and/or United States patent application,”
4. Conditions to Effectiveness of Amendment. This Amendment shall become effective upon the satisfaction of the following conditions (each in form and substance satisfactory to Administrative Agent):
(a) each party hereto shall have executed and delivered this Amendment to Administrative Agent;
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(b) Administrative Agent shall have received fully executed copies of the Consent and Reaffirmation attached hereto;
(c) Administrative Agent shall have received a fully executed copy of a Consent to the Term Loan Credit Agreement (the “Term Loan Consent”), dated as of the date hereof, and the transactions contemplated thereunder shall have been consummated in accordance with the terms of such amendment; and
(d) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
5. Representations and Warranties. In order to induce Administrative Agent and the Lenders to enter into this Amendment, Borrower hereby represents and warrants to Administrative Agent and the Lenders:
(a) after giving effect to this Amendment and the Term Loan Consent, all representations and warranties contained in the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents are true and correct on and as of the date of this Amendment, in each case as if made on and as of such date, except (i) to the extent such representations and warranties expressly refer to an earlier date (in which case such representations and warranties were true and correct in all material respects (unless otherwise qualified by materiality, Material Adverse Changes or a dollar threshold, in which case they shall be true in all respects) on and as of such earlier date and (ii) to the extent that any Schedule relating to any such representation and warranty was not required to be updated pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement (it being understood that the Administrative Agent has not requested any such update);
(b) after giving effect to this Amendment and the Term Loan Consent, no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing; and
(c) this Amendment constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of Borrower and is enforceable against Borrower in accordance with its terms.
6. Release.
(a) In consideration of the agreements of Administrative Agent and Lenders contained herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, each of Parent and each Subsidiary of Parent, on behalf of itself, its successors, assigns, and other legal representatives, hereby absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably releases, remises and forever discharges Administrative Agent, Lenders, Xxxxx Fargo, Xxxxx Fargo Capital Finance, LLC, Xxxxx Fargo Capital Finance, Inc., Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A. and their successors and assigns, and their present and former shareholders, predecessors, directors, officers, attorneys, employees, agents and other representatives and their affiliates, subsidiaries and divisions engaged in the provision of financial services to Borrower and any of its subsidiaries (Administrative Agent, each Lender, Xxxxx Fargo, Xxxxx Fargo Capital Finance, LLC, Xxxxx Fargo Capital Finance, Inc., Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A. and all such other Persons being hereinafter referred to collectively as the “Releasees” and individually as a “Releasee”), of and from all demands, actions, causes of action, suits, covenants, contracts, controversies, agreements, promises, sums of money, accounts, bills, reckonings, damages and any and all other claims, counterclaims, defenses, rights of set-off, demands and liabilities whatsoever
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(individually, a “Claim” and collectively, “Claims”) of every name and nature, known or unknown, suspected or unsuspected, both at law and in equity, which Parent or such Subsidiary or any of their successors, assigns, or other legal representatives may now or hereafter own, hold, have or claim to have against the Releasees or any of them for, upon, or by reason of any circumstance, action, cause or thing whatsoever which has arisen at any time on or prior to the date of this Amendment for or on account of, or in relation to, or in any way in connection with any of the Credit Agreement, or any of the other Loan Documents or transactions thereunder or related thereto.
(b) Each of Parent and each Subsidiary of Parent understands, acknowledges and agrees that the release set forth above may be pleaded as a full and complete defense and may be used as a basis for an injunction against any action, suit or other proceeding which may be instituted, prosecuted or attempted in breach of the provisions of such release.
(c) Each of Parent and each Subsidiary of Parent agrees that no fact, event, circumstance, evidence or transaction which could now be asserted or which may hereafter be discovered shall affect in any manner the final, absolute and unconditional nature of the release set forth above.
7. Miscellaneous.
(a) Expenses. Each of Parent and each Subsidiary of Parent agrees to pay on demand all costs and expenses of Administrative Agent (including the reasonable fees and expenses of outside counsel for Administrative Agent) in connection with the preparation, negotiation, execution, delivery and administration of this Amendment and all other instruments or documents provided for herein or delivered or to be delivered hereunder or in connection herewith.
(b) Governing Law. This Amendment shall be a contract made under and governed by the laws of the province of Ontario, Canada.
(c) Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, and by the parties hereto on the same or separate counterparts, and each such counterpart, when executed and delivered, shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same Amendment.
[Signature page follows]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized and delivered as of the date first above written.
DIALOGIC CORPORATION, a British Columbia corporation |
/s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx Title: Director |
DIALOGIC, INC., a Delaware corporation formerly known as Veraz Networks, Inc. |
/s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx Title: Secretary |
XXXXX FARGO FOOTHILL CANADA ULC, as Administrative Agent and as a Lender |
/s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx Title: Vice President |
Signature Page to Consent and Twenty-First Amendment to Credit Agreement
CONSENT AND REAFFIRMATION
Dialogic (US) Inc., formerly known as Dialogic Inc. (“Dialogic US”), Cantata Technology, Inc. (“Cantata”), Dialogic Distribution Limited (“Dialogic Ireland”), Dialogic Networks (Israel) Ltd. (“Dialogic Israel”) and Dialogic do Brasil Comercio de Equipamentos Para Telecomunicacao Ltda., formerly known as Veraz Networks Do Brasil Comercio De Equipamentos Para Telecomunicacao Ltda. (“Dialogic Brazil”; Dialogic US, Cantata, Dialogic Ireland, Dialogic Israel and Dialogic Brazil are each, individually, a “Guarantor” and, collectively, the “Guarantors”) each hereby (i) acknowledges receipt of a copy of the foregoing Consent and Twenty-First Amendment to Credit Agreement (the “Amendment”; capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in that certain Credit Agreement dated as of March 5, 2008 (as amended through the date hereof) by and among Dialogic Inc., formerly known as Veraz Networks, Inc., Dialogic Corporation, Xxxxx Fargo Foothill Canada ULC, as administrative agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, “Administrative Agent”), and the lenders from time to time party thereto (the “Lenders”)), (ii) consents to Borrower’s execution and delivery of the Amendment; (iii) agrees to be bound by the Amendment (including without limitation, Sections 6 and 7(a) thereof); (iv) affirms that nothing contained in the Amendment shall modify in any respect whatsoever any Loan Document to which it is a party except as expressly set forth therein; and (v) reaffirms its obligations under each of the other Loan Documents to which it is a party (collectively, the “Reaffirmed Loan Documents”). Although each Guarantor has been informed of the matters set forth herein and has acknowledged and agreed to same, each Guarantor understands that neither Administrative Agent nor the Lenders have any obligation to inform any Guarantor of such matters in the future or to seek any Guarantor’s acknowledgment or agreement to future amendments, waivers or consents, and nothing herein shall create such a duty.
The undersigned further agree that after giving effect to the Amendment, each Reaffirmed Loan Document shall remain in full force and effect.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Guarantor has executed this Consent and Reaffirmation on and as of the date of the Amendment.
DIALOGIC (US) INC.,
a Delaware corporation formerly known as Dialogic Inc.
/s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx
Title: Secretary
CANTATA TECHNOLOGY, INC.,
a Massachusetts corporation
/s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx
By: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx
Title: Director
DIALOGIC DISTRIBUTION LIMITED
(a company organized under the laws of Ireland)
/s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx
By: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx
Title: Director
SIGNED SEALED AND DELIVERED AS A
DEED
/s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx
the attorney for and on behalf of
DIALOGIC DISTRIBUTION LIMITED
in the presence of:
Witness: /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Print Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Print Address:
0000, Xxxx-xx-Xxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxx 000
Xxxxx-Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxx X0X 0X0 Xxxxxx
Signature Page to Consent and Reaffirmation to Consent and Twenty-First Amendment to Credit Agreement
DIALOG IC NETWORKS (ISRAEL) LTD.,
a limited liability company incorporated
under the laws of Israel
/s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx
Title: Director
DIALOGIC DO BRASIL COMERCIO
DE EQUIPAMENTOS PARA
TELECOMUNICACAO LTDA., a limited
liability company duly organized and existing under the laws of Brazil, f/k/a Veraz
Networks Do Brasil Comercio De
Equipamentos Para Telecomunicacao Ltda.
/s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx
Title: EVP, Corporate Affairs and General
Counsel
Signature Page to Consent and Reaffirmation to Consent and Twenty-First Amendment to Credit Agreement