THIRTEENTH AMENDMENT AND MODIFICATION TO CREDIT AGREEMENT
THIS THIRTEENTH AMENDMENT AND MODIFICATION TO CREDIT AGREEMENT (the
"Amendment") is made as of the 3rd day of November, 2003, by and among
SYSTEMS & COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION ("Company"), SCT SOFTWARE & RESOURCE
MANAGEMENT CORPORATION (collectively, "Borrowers" and individually a "Borrower")
and CITIZENS BANK OF PENNSYLVANIA, successor to Mellon Bank, N.A. ("Bank").
BACKGROUND
A. By a Credit Agreement dated June 20, 1994 among Bank and Borrowers,
as amended by that certain Amendment and Modification to Credit Agreement dated
April 8, 1997, that certain Second Amendment and Modification to Credit
Agreement dated April 8, 1997, that certain Third Amendment and Modification to
Credit Agreement dated June 4, 1997, that certain Fourth Amendment and
Modification to Credit Agreement dated May 6, 1998, that certain Fifth Amendment
and Modification to Credit Agreement dated October 9, 1998, that certain Sixth
Amendment and Modification to Credit Agreement dated July 7, 2000, that certain
Seventh Amendment and Modification to Credit Agreement dated September 7, 2000,
that certain Eighth Amendment and Modification to Credit Agreement dated June
20, 2001, that certain Ninth Amendment and Modification to Credit Agreement
dated February 19, 2002, that certain Tenth Amendment and Modification to Credit
Agreement dated May 30, 2002, that certain Eleventh Amendment and Modification
to Credit Agreement dated October 18, 2002 and that certain Twelfth Amendment
and Modification to Credit Agreement dated March 5, 2003 (as the same may be
further amended from time to time, the "Credit Agreement"), Bank agreed, inter
alia, to extend to Borrowers a revolving credit facility in the principal amount
of up to Thirty Million Dollars ($30,000,000.00), as further evidenced by that
certain Amended and Restated Promissory Note dated April 8, 1997 payable to Bank
in the original principal amount of Thirty Million Dollars ($30,000,000.00).
B. On or about April, 2002, the Company issued a comfort letter to the
Royal Bank of Scotland on behalf of SCT International Ltd. (the "SCT
International Comfort Letter"). In connection with the SCT International Comfort
Letter, Bank established a reserve of Five Hundred Thousand Dollars
($500,000.00) against the sums otherwise available under the Revolving Credit.
SCT International Ltd. is currently in the process of winding up its business
and will be dissolving.
C. On March, 2003, the Company issued a comfort letter to the Royal
Bank of Scotland on behalf of Systems & Computer Technology Limited (the "SCTL
Comfort Letter").
D. Borrowers and Bank have agreed to amend the Credit Agreement,
subject to the terms set forth herein, in order to (a) extend the maturity date
of the Revolving Credit through June 20, 2005 and (b) establish a reserve in
connection with the SCTL Comfort Letter.
E. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have
the meanings provided for such terms in the Credit Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties
hereto agree as follows:
1. EXTENSION. The definition of "Maturity Date" set forth in Section 1
of the Credit Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the
following:
""Maturity Date": June 20, 2005, which date is subject to extension
as provided in Section 2.01(f)."
2. COMFORT LETTER RESERVE. In connection with the SCTL Comfort Letter,
Bank will establish a reserve against the sums otherwise available under the
Revolving Credit in an amount Bank deems sufficient. The initial amount of such
reserve will be One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00). Such reserve shall replace
any other reserves previously established by Bank in connection with the SCT
International Comfort Letter.
3. FURTHER ASSURANCES. Each Borrower covenants and agrees to execute
and deliver to Bank or to cause to be executed and delivered at the sole cost
and expense of Borrowers, from time to time, any and all other documents,
agreements, statements, certificates and information as Bank shall reasonably
request to evidence or effect the terms hereof, the Credit Agreement, as
amended, or any of the other Loan Documents.
4. AMENDMENT/REFERENCES. The Credit Agreement and the other Loan
Documents are hereby amended to be consistent with the terms of this Amendment.
All references in the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents to (i) the
"Credit Agreement" shall mean the Credit Agreement as amended hereby; and (ii)
the "Loan Documents" shall include this Amendment and all other instruments or
agreements executed pursuant to or in connection with the terms hereof.
5. FURTHER AGREEMENTS AND REPRESENTATIONS. Each Borrower does hereby:
(a) ratify, confirm and acknowledge that the statements contained in
the foregoing Background are true and complete and that, as amended hereby, the
Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents are in full force and effect and
are valid, binding and enforceable against each Borrower and each Guarantor and
their respective assets and properties, all in accordance with the terms
thereof, as amended hereby;
(b) covenant and agree to perform all of such Borrower's or
Guarantor's obligations under the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents,
as amended;
(c) acknowledge and agree that as of the date hereof, such Borrower
or such Guarantor has no defense, set-off, counterclaim or challenge against the
payment of any sums owing under any of the Notes or any other obligations of
Borrowers under the Credit Agreement ("Bank Indebtedness"), or the enforcement
of any of the terms of the Credit Agreement or of the other Loan Documents, as
amended;
(d) acknowledge and agree that except as heretofore disclosed to
Bank by Borrowers or Guarantors in writing, all representations and warranties
of Borrowers and Guarantors contained in the Credit Agreement and/or the other
Loan Documents, as amended are true, accurate and correct on and as of the date
hereof as if made on and as of the date hereof;
(e) represent and warrant that, after giving effect to the terms and
conditions of this Amendment, no Event of Default exists;
(f) covenant and agree that Borrowers' or Guarantors' failure to
comply with any of the terms of this Amendment or any other instrument or
agreement executed or delivered in connection herewith, shall constitute an
Event of Default under the Credit Agreement, subject to the notice and grace
periods provided therein, if applicable; and
(g) acknowledge and agree that nothing contained herein, and no
actions taken pursuant to the terms hereof, are intended to constitute a
novation of any of the Notes, the Credit Agreement or of any of the other Loan
Documents and does not constitute a release, termination or waiver of any
existing Event of Default or of any of the rights or remedies granted to Bank in
any of the Loan Documents, which rights and remedies are hereby ratified,
confirmed, extended and continued as security for all Bank Indebtedness.
6. COSTS AND EXPENSES. Borrowers shall pay to Bank all reasonable costs
and expenses incurred by Bank in connection with the review, preparation and
negotiation of this Amendment and all documents in connection therewith,
including, without limitation, Bank's reasonable attorneys' fees and costs.
7. INCONSISTENCIES. To the extent of any inconsistency between the
terms, conditions and provisions of this Amendment and the terms, conditions and
provisions of the Credit Agreement or the other Loan Documents, the terms,
conditions and provisions of this Amendment shall prevail. All terms, conditions
and provisions of the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents not
inconsistent herewith shall remain in full force and effect and are hereby
ratified and confirmed by Borrowers.
8. NO WAIVER. Nothing contained herein and no actions taken pursuant to
the terms hereof are intended to nor shall they constitute a waiver by the Bank
of any rights or remedies available to Bank at law or in equity or as provided
in the Credit Agreement or the other Loan Documents. Nothing contained herein
constitutes an agreement or obligation by Bank to grant any further amendments
or consents.
9. BINDING EFFECT. This Amendment shall be binding upon and inure to
the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns.
10. GOVERNING LAW. This Amendment shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
11. HEADINGS. The headings of the sections of this Amendment are
inserted for convenience only and shall not be deemed to constitute a part of
this Amendment.
12. COUNTERPARTS. This Amendment may be executed in any number of
counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be an original,
but all of which shall together constitute one and the same instrument.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound
hereby, have caused this Amendment to be executed the day and year first above
written.
SYSTEMS & COMPUTER
TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
By: /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxx
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Name/Title: Xxxx Xxxxxxx
Executive Vice President
SCT SOFTWARE & RESOURCE
MANAGEMENT CORPORATION
By: /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxx
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Name/Title: Xxxx Xxxxxxx
Executive Vice President
CITIZENS BANK OF PENNSYLVANIA
By: /s/ Xxxxx Mohap
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Name/Title:
ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND CONSENT
The undersigned Guarantors hereby acknowledge and consent to the
foregoing Amendment and agree that the foregoing Amendment shall not constitute
a release or waiver of any of the obligations of the undersigned to the Bank
under the terms of their respective Subsidiary Guaranty Agreements dated June
20, 1994 or Subsidiary Guaranty Agreement dated October 18, 2002, as applicable,
all of which are hereby ratified and confirmed.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, intending to be legally bound
hereby, have executed this Acknowledgment and Consent, effective as of the date
of the foregoing Agreement.
SCT FINANCIAL CORPORATION
By: /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxx
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Name/Title:
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SCT INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
By: /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxx
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Name/Title:
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SCT PROPERTY, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxx
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Name/Title:
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CAMPUS PIPELINE, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxx
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Name/Title:
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