WAIVER AND TENTH AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT
Exhibit
10.1
WAIVER
AND TENTH AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT
This
Waiver and Tenth Amendment to Credit Agreement (this "Amendment") is dated
as of
May 1, 2007, and is by and among General Electric Capital Corporation, a
Delaware corporation, individually as a Lender and as Agent and Security Trustee
for the Lenders, and Analysts International Corporation, a Minnesota corporation
("Borrower").
W
I T
N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS,
pursuant to a certain Credit Agreement dated as of April 11, 2002, by and among
General Electric Capital Corporation, a Delaware corporation, individually
as a
Lender and as Agent and Security Trustee for the Lenders, the other Credit
Parties signatory from time to time thereto, and Borrower (as amended or
otherwise modified from time to time, the "Credit Agreement"; capitalized terms
used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed
to
such terms in the Credit Agreement), Agent and Lenders agreed, subject to the
terms and provisions thereof, to provide certain loans and other financial
accommodations to Borrower;
WHEREAS,
Borrower has notified Agent and Lenders that Borrower has entered into surety
and/or performance bond reimbursement agreements or similar arrangements
involving the issuance of surety and/or performance bonds for the account of
the
Credit Parties in a net amount outstanding as of the date hereof equal to
approximately $10,000,000 (the "Surety Bond Issuances"), which Surety Bond
Issuances constituted Defaults under Section 6.3 of the Credit Agreement
(although such Surety Bond Issuances are not Defaults under Section 6.7 of
the
Credit Agreement) and separate Events of Default under Section 8.1(b) of the
Credit Agreement (collectively, the "Existing Events of Default");
WHEREAS,
pursuant to Section 5 of that certain Waiver, Consent and Ninth Amendment to
Credit Agreement dated as of February 1, 2007, on or prior to May 1, 2007,
Borrower is required to, and is required to cause each other Credit Party to,
at
such Credit Party's expense, duly execute and deliver to Agent an amendment
and
restatement to the Credit Agreement and such further instruments, in each case
in form and substance satisfactory to Agent, and do and cause to be done such
further acts, as the Agent may request to effect the addition of AISSS and
Medical Staffing as borrowers under the Credit Agreement (collectively, the
“Ninth Amendment Covenant”); and
WHEREAS,
Borrower has requested that Agent and Requisite Lenders waive the Existing
Events of Default and the Ninth Amendment Covenant and amend the Credit
Agreement in certain respects, in each case as set forth below.
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged,
the
parties hereto agree as follows:
1. Waivers.
In
reliance upon the representations and warranties of Borrower set forth in
Section 4 below and subject to the conditions to effectiveness set forth in
Section 3 below, Agent and Requisite Lenders hereby waive the Existing Events
of
Default and the requirements of the Ninth Amendment Covenant. Such waivers
are
limited waivers and shall not be deemed to constitute a waiver of, or consent
to, any other future breach of the Credit Agreement.
2. Amendments.
In
reliance upon the representations and warranties of Borrower set forth in
Section 4 below and subject to the conditions to effectiveness set forth in
Section 3 below, the Credit Agreement is hereby amended as follows:
(a) Section
6.3(a)
of the
Credit Agreement is hereby amended by inserting a new clause (vi) therein to
read as follows:
(vi)
Indebtedness not to exceed $10,000,000 in the aggregate at any time outstanding
incurred in connection with surety and/or performance bond reimbursement
agreements or similar arrangements entered into in the ordinary course of
business of the Credit Parties involving the issuance of surety and/or
performance bonds delivered for the account of any Credit Party,
(b) Section
6.20
of the
Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety, as
follows:
6.20
Credit
Parties Other than Borrower.
None
of
the Credit Parties other than Borrower shall engage in any trade or business,
or
own any assets (other than Stock of their Subsidiaries) or incur any
Indebtedness or Guaranteed Indebtedness (other than the Obligations),
provided that
(a)
Medical Staffing shall be permitted to engage in its relevant business and
own
assets, (b) the Staffing Subsidiaries (other than Analysts International
Strategic Sourcing Services, LLC, a Minnesota limited liability company) shall
be permitted to employ personnel to be leased back to the Borrower under those
certain Employee Services Agreements by and between Borrower and each Staffing
Subsidiary (the "Employee Services Agreements"), (c) Analysts International
Strategic Sourcing Services, LLC, a Minnesota limited liability company, shall
be permitted to (i) employ personnel to be leased back to the Borrower under
the
Employee Services Agreements, (ii) engage in the managed services group business
and (iii) own net assets in connection with the managed services group business
not to exceed $4,000,000 at any time outstanding, and (d) the Staffing
Subsidiaries shall be permitted to incur Indebtedness otherwise permitted in
this Agreement in connection with surety and/or performance bond reimbursement
agreements or similar arrangements involving the issuance of surety and/or
performance bonds delivered for the account of such Staffing
Subsidiary.
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(c) Disclosure
Schedule (3.17)
of the
Credit Agreement is hereby amended by replacing the "Trust Agreement dated
October 20, 1992, with Norwest Bank Minneapolis, N.A." with the "Trust Under
the
Analysts International Corporation Special Executive Retirement Plan dated
as of
February 15, 2007 between the Borrower and Wachovia Bank".
3. Conditions
Precedent.
The
effectiveness of the waiver, consent and amendment contemplated hereby is
subject to the prior receipt by Agent of each of the following documents and
agreements, each in form and substance acceptable to Agent in its sole
discretion:
(a) Agent
shall have received a fully executed copy of this Amendment;
(b) No
Default or Event of Default (other than the Existing Events of Default) shall
have occurred and be continuing; and
(c) All
proceedings taken in connection with the transactions contemplated by this
Amendment and all agreements, documents, instruments and other legal matters
incident thereto shall be satisfactory to Agent and its legal
counsel.
4. Representations
and Warranties.
To
induce Agent to enter into this Amendment, the Borrower hereby represents and
warrants to Agent that:
(a) The
execution, delivery and performance by each Credit Party of this Amendment
and
each other agreement and document contemplated hereby are within their corporate
or limited liability company power, have been duly authorized by all necessary
corporate or limited liability company action, have received all necessary
governmental approval (if any shall be required), and do not and will not
contravene or conflict with any provision of law applicable to any Credit Party,
the articles of incorporation, articles of organization, by-laws or operating
agreement of any Credit Party, any order, judgment or decree of any court or
governmental agency, or any agreement, instrument or document binding upon
any
Credit Party or any of their respective properties;
(b) Each
of
the Credit Agreement, the other Loan Documents, and each other agreement and
document contemplated hereby is the legal, valid and binding obligation of
the
applicable Credit Party, enforceable against such Credit Party in accordance
with their terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable
bankruptcy, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent transfer or other similar
laws affecting creditors' rights generally or by principles governing the
availability of equitable remedies;
(c) All
of
the statements contained in Section 2.2 of the Credit Agreement and in Section
4
of the Security Agreement are true and correct on the date hereof;
(d) Each
Credit Party has performed all of its obligations under the Credit Agreement
and
the Loan Documents to be performed by it on or before the date hereof and as
of
the date hereof, each Credit Party is in compliance with all applicable terms
and provisions of the Credit Agreement and each of the Loan Documents to be
observed and performed by it and, except to the extent otherwise waived by
the
provisions hereof, no Event of Default or other event which, upon notice or
lapse of time or both, would constitute an Event of Default, has
occurred.
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5. Reaffirmation.
Each
of
Medical Concepts Staffing, Inc., a Minnesota corporation ("Medical Staffing"),
Analysts International Management Services, LLC, a Minnesota limited liability
company ("AIMS"), Analysts International Business Solution Services, LLC, a
Minnesota limited liability company ("AIBSS"), Analysts International Business
Resource Services, LLC, a Minnesota limited liability company ("AIBRS") and
Analysts International Strategic Sourcing Services, LLC, a Minnesota limited
liability company ("AISSS"; AIMS, AIBSS, AIBRS and AISSS are collectively the
"Staffing Subsidiaries" and each a "Staffing Subsidiary") hereby consents to
Borrower's execution and delivery of this Amendment and agrees to be bound
hereby. Medical Staffing hereby affirms that nothing contained herein shall
modify in any respect whatsoever its obligations under the Loan Documents,
including, without limitation, its guaranty of the obligations of Borrower
to
Agent and Lenders pursuant to the terms of that certain Guaranty, dated as
of
April 7, 2003 (the "MCS Guaranty"), executed by Medical Staffing in favor of
Agent and Lenders and reaffirms that the MCS Guaranty is and shall continue
to
remain in full force and effect. Each Staffing Subsidiary hereby affirms that
nothing contained herein shall modify in any respect whatsoever its obligations
under the Loan Documents, including, without limitation, its guaranty of the
obligations of Borrower to Agent and Lenders pursuant to the Guaranty, dated
December 31, 2003, executed by such Staffing Subsidiary in favor of Agent and
Lenders and reaffirms that such Guaranty is and shall continue to remain in
full
force and effect. Although Medical Staffing and each Staffing Subsidiary has
been informed of the matters set forth herein and has acknowledged and agreed
to
same, such Person understands that Agent and Lenders have no obligation to
inform any such Person of such matters in the future or to seek any such
Person's acknowledgment or agreement to future consents or waivers, and nothing
herein shall create such a duty.
6. Counterparts.
This
Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the different
parties on separate counterparts, and each such counterpart shall be deemed
to
be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one
and
the same Amendment. Any such counterpart which may be delivered by facsimile
transmission or electronic portable document format (i.e., "pdf") shall be
deemed the equivalent of an originally signed counterpart and shall be fully
advisable in any enforcement proceeding regarding this Amendment.
7. Continued
Effectiveness.
Except
as amended hereby, the Credit Agreement and each of the Loan Documents shall
continue in full force and effect according to its terms.
8. Costs
and Expenses.
Borrower hereby agrees that all expenses incurred by Agent in connection with
the preparation, negotiation and closing of the transactions contemplated
hereby, including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses,
shall be part of the Obligations.
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9. Governing
Law.
This
Amendment shall be a contract made under and governed by the internal laws
of
the State of Illinois.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, this Amendment has been executed as of the day and year first
written above.
ANALYSTS
INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
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By
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Its
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MEDICAL
CONCEPTS STAFFING, INC.
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By
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Its
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ANALYSTS
INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT
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SERVICES,
LLC
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By
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Its
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ANALYSTS
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
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SOLUTION
SERVICES, LLC
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By
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Its
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ANALYSTS
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
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RESOURCE
SERVICES, LLC
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By
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Its
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ANALYSTS
INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC
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SOURCING
SERVICES, LLC
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By
_____________________________________
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Its
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GENERAL
ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION,
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As
Agent, Security Trustee and Lender
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By
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An
Authorized Signatory
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