EXECUTION COPY
WAIVER, CONSENT AND AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT
August 13, 2002
Cross Media Marketing Corporation
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, 00 xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Gentlemen:
Reference is made to the Credit Agreement among Cross Media Marketing
Corporation ("Cross Media"), Media Outsourcing, Inc. ("Media"), National
Syndications, Inc. and Preferred Consumer Marketing, Inc. (together with their
successors or assigns, the "Borrowers"), each of the lenders which is a
signatory thereto or which shall become a party thereto from time to time
(together with their respective successors and assigns, the "Lenders") and Fleet
National Bank, as agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, together with its
successors and assigns, the "Agent"), and as Issuing Agent, dated as of March
19, 2002 (as amended through the date hereof, the "Credit Agreement") and each
of the other Facility Documents referred to therein. All capitalized terms used
herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Credit Agreement, unless
otherwise defined herein.
The Borrowers have advised the Agent and the Lenders that they are in
violation with certain provisions of the Credit Agreement. In addition, Cross
Media has requested permission to borrow up to $3,000,000 in additional
subordinated indebtedness and to secure such indebtedness with a security
interest in Borrowers' assets, which will be subordinated to the Agent's
security interest therein.
Therefore, the Borrowers have requested the Agent and the Lenders to
permit the borrowing of up to $3,000,000 as described above and to waive its
noncompliance with certain provisions of the Credit Agreement.
In consideration of granting such waivers and consent and for other good
and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, each of the undersigned hereby agrees as follows:
1. Consent to Borrowing. Subject to the terms and conditions contained
herein, the Agent and the Lenders hereby agree that, notwithstanding anything to
the contrary contained in Sections 8.01 and 8.03 of the Credit Agreement, the
Borrowers may incur subordinated indebtedness in an amount not to exceed
$3,000,000 (the "New Subordinated Indebtedness"), and may secure such
indebtedness with a Lien on its assets, provided that (a) the form and substance
of the promissory note representing such indebtedness and the security agreement
relating thereto are acceptable to the Agent and its counsel and (b) the
subordinated lenders and the Borrowers enter into a Subordination Agreement in
form and substance acceptable to the Agent and the Lenders.
2. Waivers.
(a) The failure to pay trade payables to Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx LLP and
Blank Rome Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx, as required by Section 7.16 of the Credit
Agreement and the continued failure not to pay amounts due and payable to such
trade creditors, and the resulting Event of Default created under Section
10.01(c) of the Credit Agreement, are hereby waived.
(b) The Events of Default under Section 10.01 (d) of the Credit
Agreement resulting from the failure of the Borrowers to make note payments with
respect to the Seller Debt on June 30, 2002 ($175,000) and July 31, 2006
($175,000) are hereby waived, provided that such payments are made within 30
days from the date hereof.
(c) The Event of Default under Section 10.01(d) of the Credit
Agreement, resulting from the Borrowers' failure to make lease payments of
$59,951 to ePlus Group, is hereby waived, provided that payments with respect to
such lease are made current within 45 days of the date hereof.
3. Subordinated Debt. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained
herein or in the Credit Agreement, the Borrowers may not make any borrowings and
the Lenders shall not be obligated to make any Loans or issue any Letters of
Credit under the Credit Agreement until the full $3,000,000 of the New
Subordinated Indebtedness has been received by the Borrowers and the conditions
set forth in Section 1 above have been satisfied and the fee payable to the
Agent pursuant to paragraph 9 hereof shall have been paid; provided, however, if
Borrowers fail to receive the full $3,000,000 of the New Subordinated
Indebtedness as provided herein, within twenty (20) days from the date hereof,
an Event of Default shall be deemed to have occurred and the Agent and the
Lenders shall have all of the remedies set forth in Section 10.2 of the Credit
Agreement.
4. Amendments to Credit Agreement. The Credit Agreement is hereby amended
as follows:
(a) The first preamble of the Credit Agreement is amended to delete
the figure "$35,000,000" therefrom and to substitute "$30,700,000" in lieu
thereof. In connection therewith, Schedule 1.1A to the Credit Agreement is
hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:
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"Schedule 1.1A
Revolving Credit Commitments
Lender Revolving Credit Commitment
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Fleet National Bank $12,280,000
Key Bank National Association 6,578,570
First Union Bank 6,578,570
Signature Bank 5,262,860
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$30,700,000"
(b) The definition of "Applicable Margin" in Section 1.1 of the
Credit Agreement is amended in its entirety to read as follows:
'Applicable Margin' means a percentage equal to 0.50% with
respect to Revolving Credit Loans that are Prime Rate Loans, 3.25%
with respect to Revolving Credit Loans that are LIBOR Loans and
.375% with respect to the Commitment Fee."
(c) Article II to the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by adding a
new Section 2.13, which shall read as follows:
"The Revolving Credit Commitments shall automatically be reduced at
the end of each Fiscal Quarter, commencing with the Fiscal Quarter
ending September 30, 2002, consistent with the automatic reduction
of outstanding L/C Obligations in accordance with the terms of the
outstanding Standby Letters of Credit issued under the Credit
Agreement as set forth on Schedule A attached hereto. Each such
reduction shall reduce each Lender's Revolving Credit Commitment,
pro rata.
(d) Section 9.01 of the Credit Agreement, effective as of June 30,
2002, is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:
"Section 9.01 Leverage Ratio. The Borrowers shall maintain, as
determined at the end of each Fiscal Quarter, a Leverage Ratio of
not greater than (a) 3.00 to 1.00 for the Fiscal Quarter ending June
30, 2002, (b) 4.75 to 1.00 for the Fiscal Quarter ending September
30, 2002, (c) 4.25 to 1.00 for the Fiscal Quarter ending December
31, 2002, and (d) 2.00 to 1.00 for each Fiscal Quarter thereafter."
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(e) Section 9.04 of the Credit Agreement, effective as of June 30,
2002, is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:
"Section 9.04. Minimum EBITDA. The Borrowers shall maintain, as
determined as at the end of each Fiscal Quarter, for the four Fiscal
Quarter period ending on such date of determination, Consolidated
EBITDA of not less than (a) $12,000,000 at the end of the Fiscal
Quarter ending June 30, 2002, (b) $8,700,000 at the end of the
Fiscal Quarter ending September 30, 2002, (c) $9,300,000 at the end
of the Fiscal Quarter ending December 31, 2002, and (d) $15,000,000
at the end of each Fiscal Quarter thereafter; each such amount shall
be increased by an amount equal to 75% of the EBITDA of any entity
that is the subject of an Acquisition during such four Fiscal
Quarter measurement period (provided that, with respect to an
Acquisition of a joint venture, such joint venture becomes, upon
consummation of the Acquisition, a Consolidated Entity) for the same
four Fiscal Quarter period during which the Acquisition of such
entity occurred, including the EBITDA of such entity for the
portions of such four Fiscal Quarter period occurring both before
and after the consummation of the Acquisition."
(f) Section 10.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by
deleting the "or" after subsection 10.01(l) and by adding new subsections (n)
and (o) thereto, which shall read as follows:
"(n) if the Action commenced by the Federal Trade Commission against
Cross Media and Media, and certain of their officers, alleging that
their magazine division was violating the Telemarketing Sales Rules,
the Federal Trade Commission Act and a 1997 FTC order entered into
by Direct Sales International, Inc., a predecessor company, is
settled by the Borrowers on terms that would require the Borrowers
to make a payment of damages, penalties, fines or similar payment in
excess of $1,000,000; or
(o) if the Borrowers fail (i) to pay the Obligations in full and the
Lenders' obligation to make Loans pursuant to the Credit Agreement
has not been terminated or (ii) to enter into a binding commitment
with one or more financial institutions reasonably acceptable to the
Agent (a "Binding Commitment"), which will enable the Borrowers to
pay in full all of the Obligations and terminate the Credit
Agreement, on or before November 1, 2002; provided, however, that if
Borrowers have obtained a binding commitment in satisfaction of
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subclause (ii) hereof, but if the Obligations are not paid in full
and the Lenders' obligation to make Loans has not been terminated on
or before November 30, 2002, then an Event of Default hereunder
shall be deemed to have occurred; provided, however, that no Event
of Default shall be deemed to have occurred if the Borrowers pay to
the Agent, for the pro-rata benefit of the Lenders, a non-refundable
extension fee in the amount of $50,000, on or before November 1,
2002 or November 30, 2002, whichever is applicable (the "Extension
Fee"); provided, however, if the Extension Fee is paid, an Event of
Default shall nonetheless be deemed to have occurred (x) if the
Borrowers have not obtained a Binding Commitment on or before
November 30, 2002 or, (y) if such Binding Commitment is obtained by
such date, if the Borrowers fail to pay the Obligations in full and
the Lenders' obligation to make Loans under the Credit Agreement has
not been terminated on or before December 31, 2002."
(g) Except as amended herein, the Credit Agreement shall remain in
full force and effect.
5. Representations, Warranties and Covenants. In addition to the
continuing representations, warranties and covenants heretofore or hereafter
made by Borrowers to the Agent and the Lenders pursuant to the Facility
Documents, the Borrowers represent, warrant and covenant with and to the Agent
and the Lenders as follows (which representations, warranties and covenants are
continuing and shall survive the execution hereof):
(a) the representations and warranties contained in the Credit
Agreement and each other Facility Document are true and correct in all material
respects on and as of the date hereof (after giving effect hereto) as though
made on and as of the date hereof, except to the extent (i) that any such
representation or warranty was made as of a specific date, and (ii) the Agent
and the Lenders have been previously notified of amendments thereto, as
indicated on Schedule B attached hereto;
(b) this Waiver, Consent and Amendment to Credit Agreement has been
duly executed and delivered by Borrower and is in full force and effect as of
the date hereof, and the agreements and obligations of Borrower contained herein
constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of Borrower, enforceable
against each of them in accordance with its terms;
(c) no Default or Event of Default (after giving effect hereto)
exists on the date hereof; and
(d) the failure of Borrower to comply with the covenants, conditions
and agreements contained herein, or if any representation, warranty or statement
in effect by Borrower
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to the Agent or the Lenders contained herein is false or misleading in any
material respect, it shall constitute an Event of Default.
6. Defaults and Events of Default. The parties hereto acknowledge, confirm
and agree that the execution and delivery of this Waiver, Consent and Amendment
to Credit Agreement by the Agent, the Lenders and the Issuing Lender shall not
be construed to constitute a waiver (except as provided in paragraph 2 hereof)
or release by the Agent, the Lenders or the Issuing Lender of any Default or
Event of Default which has occurred prior to the date hereof, or which exists as
of the date hereof or may exist or occur at any time after the date hereof, or
of any rights or remedies of the Agent, the Lenders or the Issuing Lender as a
result thereof, under any of the Facility Documents, applicable law or
otherwise.
7. Conditions Precedent. This Waiver, Consent and Amendment to Credit
Agreement shall become effective upon delivery to the Agent of original
counterpart signature pages to this Waiver, Consent and Amendment to Credit
Agreement, duly executed and delivered by the Borrowers.
8. Release. In consideration of, among other things, the execution and
delivery of this Waiver, Consent and Amendment to Credit Agreement by the Agent,
the Lenders and the Issuing Lender, each of the Borrowers, on behalf of itself
and its successors and assigns (collectively, "Releasors"), hereby forever
waives, releases and discharges to the fullest extent permitted by law any and
all claims (including without limitation, crossclaims, counterclaims, rights of
set off and recoupment, causes of action, demands, suits, costs, expenses and
damages (collectively, the "Claims")), that any Releasor now has or hereafter
may have, of whatsoever nature and kind, whether known or unknown, whether now
existing or hereafter arising, whether arising at law or in equity, against any
or all of the Agent, the Lenders and the Issuing Lender and their respective
affiliates, shareholders and "controlling persons" (within the meaning of the
federal securities laws), and their respective successors and assigns and each
and all of the officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys, consultants
and other representatives of each of the foregoing (collectively, the
"Releasees"), based in whole or in part on facts, whether or not now known,
existing on or before the execution of this Waiver, Consent and Amendment to
Credit Agreement. In entering into this Waiver, Consent and Amendment to Credit
Agreement, the Borrowers have consulted with, and been represented by, legal
counsel and expressly disclaim any reliance on any representations, acts or
omissions by any of the Releasees and hereby agree and acknowledge that the
validity and effectiveness of the release set forth above do not depend in any
way on any such representations, acts and/or omissions or the accuracy,
completeness or validity hereof. The provisions of this paragraph 7 shall
survive the termination of the Credit Agreement and the other Facility Documents
and payment in full of the Obligations.
9. Fees. In consideration of providing the waivers and consent in
accordance herewith, the Borrowers agree to pay to the Agent for the pro-rata
benefit of the Lenders a non-refundable fee of $75,000, which shall be payable
at the earlier of (a) receipt by the Borrowers of the proceeds of
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the $3,000,000 of the New Subordinated Indebtedness or (b) twenty (20) days from
the date hereof . The Borrowers also acknowledge and agree that, pursuant to the
Credit Agreement, it is obligated to pay the Agent, upon demand, all reasonable
costs and expenses incurred in connection with the preparation, execution and
enforcement of this Waiver, Consent and Amendment to Credit Agreement.
10. Governing Law. This Waiver, Consent and Amendment to Credit Agreement
and the rights and obligations hereunder of each of the parties hereto shall be
governed by and interpreted and determined in accordance with the laws of the
State of New York.
11. Binding Effect. This Waiver, Consent and Amendment to Credit Agreement
shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of each of the parties hereto and
their respective successors and assigns.
12. Severability. Any provision of this Waiver, Consent and Amendment to
Credit Agreement held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or
unenforceable shall not impair or invalidate the remainder of this Waiver,
Consent and Amendment to Credit Agreement and the effect thereof shall be
confirmed to the provision so held to be invalid or unenforceable.
13. Counterparts. This Waiver, Consent and Amendment to Credit Agreement
may be executed in any number of counterparts, but all of such counterparts
shall together constitute but one and the same agreement. In making proof of
this Waiver, Consent and Amendment to Credit Agreement, it shall not be
necessary to produce or account for more than one counterpart thereof signed by
each of the parties hereto.
[Signature page to follow]
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If you are in agreement with the foregoing, please sign the enclosed
counterparts of this Agreement in the spaces provided below, whereupon this
Agreement, as so accepted, shall become a binding agreement between the parties
hereof.
FLEET NATIONAL BANK, As Agent
By : /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxx Xxxxxxx
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Title: Vice President
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LENDERS:
FLEET NATIONAL BANK
By : /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxx Xxxxxxx
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Title: Vice President
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KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
By : /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxx
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Title: District SVP
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FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK
By : /s/ Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
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Title: Vice President
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SIGNATURE BANK
By : /s/ Xxxxx Xxxx
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Name: Xxxxx Xxxx
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Title: Vice President
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ISSUING LENDER:
FLEET NATIONAL BANK, as Issuing Lender
By : /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxx Xxxxxxx
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Title: Vice President
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READ AND AGREED TO:
BORROWERS:
CROSS MEDIA MARKETING CORPORATION
By: /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxx Xxxxxxx
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Title: SVP & CFO
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MEDIA OUTSOURCING, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxx Xxxxxxx
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Title: SVP & CFO
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NATIONAL SYNDICATIONS, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxx Xxxxxxx
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Title: SVP & CFO
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PREFERRED CONSUMER MARKETING, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxx Xxxxxxx
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Title: SVP & CFO
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