EXECUTION VERSION [[3672294]] FIRST AMENDMENT dated as of September 12, 2017 (this “Amendment”) to the CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of January 5, 2016 (as in effect immediately prior to the effectiveness of this Amendment, the “Credit Agreement”), among...
EXECUTION VERSION
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FIRST AMENDMENT dated as of September 12, 2017 (this
“Amendment”) to the CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of January 5,
2016 (as in effect immediately prior to the effectiveness of this
Amendment, the “Credit Agreement”), among PITNEY XXXXX INC., a
corporation duly organized and validly existing under the laws of the State
of Delaware, the BANKS party thereto, and JPMORGAN CHASE
BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent.
WHEREAS, the Banks have extended credit to the Borrower under the Credit
Agreement on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein; and
WHEREAS, the parties hereto have agreed to amend the Credit Agreement as set
forth herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained
and other good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency and receipt of which are hereby
acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
SECTION 1. Defined Terms. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined
herein (including in the recitals hereto) have the meanings assigned to them in the Credit
Agreement.
SECTION 2. Initial Amendments to Credit Agreement. Effective on the Initial
Effective Date (as defined below), the Credit Agreement is amended as follows:
(a) The following new definitions are inserted in their proper alphabetical
positions in Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement:
“2017 Term Loan Agreement” shall mean a credit agreement providing
for term loans in an initial aggregate principal amount of up to $200,000,000
entered into by the Company in connection with the Neutron Acquisition, as
amended from time-to-time.
“Bail-In Action” shall mean, as to any EEA Financial Institution, the
exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable EEA
Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an EEA Financial Institution.
“Bail-In Legislation” shall mean, with respect to any EEA Member
Country implementing Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU of the European
Parliament and of the Council of the European Union, the implementing law for
such EEA Member Country from time to time which is described in the EU Bail-
In Legislation Schedule.
“EEA Financial Institution” shall mean (a) any institution established in
any EEA Member Country that is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution
Authority, (b) any entity established in an EEA Member Country that is a parent
of an institution described in clause (a) of this definition, or (c) any institution
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established in an EEA Member Country that is a subsidiary of an institution
described in clause (a) or (b) of this definition and is subject to consolidated
supervision with its parent.
“EEA Member Country” shall mean any of the member states of the
European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway.
“EEA Resolution Authority” shall mean any public administrative
authority or any Person entrusted with public administrative authority of any EEA
Member Country (including any delegee) having responsibility for the resolution
of any EEA Financial Institution.
“EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule” shall mean the EU Bail-In Legislation
Schedule published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor person), as
in effect from time to time.
“Neutron” shall mean NGS Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
“Neutron Acquisition” shall mean the acquisition by the Borrower,
directly or indirectly, pursuant to the terms of the Neutron Acquisition
Agreement, of all or substantially all the equity interests of Neutron for “Merger
Consideration” (as defined in the Neutron Acquisition Agreement) consisting of
cash.
“Neutron Acquisition Agreement” shall mean that certain Agreement and
Plan of Merger dated as of September 6, 2017, among the Borrower, Neutron
Acquisition Corp., NGS Holdings, Inc. and Xxxxxxxxxx Fund IV, L.P., together
with all schedules, exhibits and disclosure letters related thereto.
“Neutron Acquisition Closing Date” shall mean the date on which the
Neutron Acquisition is consummated.
“Neutron Acquisition Transactions” shall mean the Neutron Acquisition,
together with the other financing transactions related to the Neutron Acquisition
(including the redemption of the Borrower’s 4.75% Medium Term Notes due
2018 and any redemptions or repayments by the Borrower of existing
Indebtedness of Neutron or any of its subsidiaries made in connection with the
Neutron Acquisition) and the payment of fees and expenses incurred in
connection with the foregoing.
“NYFRB” shall mean the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
“NYFRB Rate” shall mean, for any day, the greater of (a) the Federal
Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day and (b) the Overnight Bank Funding
Rate in effect on such day (or for any day that is not a Business Day, for the
immediately preceding Business Day); provided that if none of such rates are
published for any day that is a Business Day, the term “NYFRB Rate” shall mean
the rate for a federal funds transaction quoted at 11:00 a.m., New York City time,
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on such day received by the Administrative Agent from a Federal funds broker of
recognized standing selected by it; provided, further, that if any of the aforesaid
rates shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for purposes of
this Agreement.
“Overnight Bank Funding Rate” shall mean, for any day, the rate
comprised of both overnight federal funds and overnight Eurodollar borrowings
by U.S.-managed banking offices of depository institutions, as such composite
rate shall be determined by the NYFRB as set forth on its public website from
time to time, and published on the next succeeding Business Day by the NYFRB
as an overnight bank funding rate (from and after such date as the NYFRB shall
commence to publish such composite rate).
“Revolver” shall mean the Credit Agreement dated as of January 6, 2015,
as amended from time to time, among the Borrower, the subsidiary borrowers
party thereto, the banks party thereto, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as
Administrative Agent.
“Write-Down and Conversion Powers” shall mean, with respect to any
EEA Resolution Authority, the write-down and conversion powers of such EEA
Resolution Authority from time to time under the Bail-In Legislation for the
applicable EEA Member Country, which write-down and conversion powers are
described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule.
(b) The definition of “Base Rate” in Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is
amended by replacing each instance of the term “Federal Funds Rate” therein with the term
“NYFRB Rate”.
(c) The definition of “Federal Funds Rate” in Section 1.01 of the Credit
Agreement is amended to read as follows:
““Federal Funds Rate” shall mean, for any day, the rate calculated by the
NYFRB based on such day’s federal funds transactions by depository institutions
(as determined in such manner as the NYFRB shall set forth on its public website
from time to time) and published on the next succeeding Business Day by the
NYFRB as the federal funds effective rate; provided that if such rate shall be less
than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for all purposes of this
Agreement.”
(d) The definition of “Total Adjusted Debt” in Section 1.01 of the Credit
Agreement is amended by adding the following proviso at the end thereof:
“; provided that at all times prior to (but not after) the earlier to occur of (i)
the Neutron Acquisition Closing Date and (ii) in the event that the Neutron
Acquisition Agreement terminates or expires for any reason other than the
consummation of the Neutron Acquisition, the date that is 45 days after the
date of such termination or expiration, Total Adjusted Debt shall exclude the
amount, up to aggregate amount of $825,000,000, of any Indebtedness issued
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or incurred by the Borrower and/or any of its Subsidiaries to finance the
Neutron Acquisition Transactions”
(e) Section 7 of the Credit Agreement is amended by inserting the following
new Section 7.13 immediately following Section 7.12:
“7.13 EEA Financial Institutions. None of the Borrower or its
Subsidiaries is an EEA Financial Institution.”
(f) The first sentence of Section 8.04 of the Credit Agreement is amended by
inserting immediately prior to the word “except” the words “or engage in any Securitization
Transaction”.
(g) Clause (k) of Section 8.04 of the Credit Agreement is amended to read as
follows:
“(k) Securitization Transactions in which fair equivalent value is received
for accounts receivable or chattel paper sold thereunder and any Liens deemed to
exist in connection therewith; provided, that the sum, without duplication, of (i)
the principal amount of all Securitization Transactions permitted by this clause
(k), (ii) the aggregate principal amount of all Indebtedness incurred in reliance on
the last sentence of this Section 8.04 and (iii) the aggregate principal amount of
all Indebtedness incurred in reliance on the last sentence of Section 8.08, does not
exceed, at the time of and after giving effect to any transfer of accounts receivable
or other assets or rights pursuant to any such Securitization Transaction, 10% of
Consolidated Net Tangible Assets of the Borrower and its Domestic
Subsidiaries;”
(h) Section 8.04 of the Credit Agreement is amended by inserting the
following new clause (n) immediately after clause (m);
“(n) Liens securing obligations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries under
the Revolver and the 2017 Term Loan Agreement; provided, that the obligations
of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries under this Agreement are simultaneously
secured on an equal and ratable basis under documentation approved in writing by
the Administrative Agent (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld,
delayed or conditioned).”
(i) The first sentence of the final paragraph of Section 8.04 of the Credit
Agreement is amended and restated to read as follows:
“Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section, the Borrower and its
Domestic Subsidiaries may create, incur, assume or suffer to exist Liens (in
addition to those permitted under the preceding clauses (a) through (n)) securing
Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount which, together with the sum,
without duplication, of (A) the principal amount of all Securitization Transactions
permitted by clause (k) of the foregoing provisions and (B) the aggregate
principal amount of all Indebtedness incurred in reliance on the last sentence of
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Section 8.08, does not exceed, at the time of and after giving effect to any
incurrence of such Liens or Indebtedness or any transfer of accounts receivable
or other assets or rights pursuant to any such Securitization Transaction, 10% of
Consolidated Net Tangible Assets of the Borrower and its Domestic
Subsidiaries.”
(j) The following new Section 8.08 is inserted immediately after Section
8.07 of the Credit Agreement:
“8.08. Indebtedness of Subsidiaries. The Borrower will not permit any of
its Subsidiaries to create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Indebtedness or any
preferred stock or other preferred equity interests other than:
(a) Indebtedness in existence on the date hereof and listed on
Schedule 8.08 hereto and any refinancings, refundings, renewals or extensions
thereof; provided that the amount of such Indebtedness is not increased at the time
of such refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension, except by an amount equal
to any premium or other amount paid, and fees and expenses incurred, in
connection therewith;
(b) Indebtedness of any Subsidiary to the Borrower or any other
Subsidiary;
(c) Indebtedness of any Person that becomes a Subsidiary of the Borrower
(or of any Person not previously a Subsidiary that is merged or consolidated with
or into a Subsidiary in a transaction permitted hereunder), or Indebtedness of any
Person that is assumed by any Subsidiary in connection with an acquisition of
assets by such Subsidiary, in each case, after the date hereof; provided that such
Indebtedness is in existence at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary of the
Borrower (or is so merged or consolidated) or such assets are acquired and is not
created in anticipation thereof, and any refinancings, refundings, renewals or
extensions thereof, provided that the amount of such Indebtedness is not increased
at the time of such refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension except by an
amount equal to any premium or other amount paid, and fees and expenses
incurred, in connection therewith;
(d) Indebtedness of any Subsidiary incurred to finance the acquisition,
construction or improvement of any real and/or tangible personal Property
acquired, constructed or improved by such Subsidiary, including Capital Lease
Obligations; provided that such Indebtedness is incurred prior to or within one
year after such acquisition or the completion of such construction or improvement
and the principal amount of such Indebtedness does not exceed the cost of
acquiring, constructing or improving such real and/or tangible personal Property,
and any refinancings, refundings, renewals, amendments or extensions thereof,
provided that the amount of such Indebtedness is not increased at the time of such
refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension except by an amount equal to any
premium or other amount paid, and fees and expenses incurred, in connection
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therewith;
(e) (i) Guarantees by Subsidiaries of obligations of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries under the Revolver and the 2017 Term Loan Agreement; provided,
that the obligations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries under this Agreement are
simultaneously guaranteed by such Subsidiaries under documentation approved in
writing by the Administrative Agent and (ii) Guarantees of Indebtedness of any
Subsidiary to the extent such Indebtedness is otherwise permitted under this
Agreement;
(f) Indebtedness of any Subsidiary of the Borrower as an account party in
respect of letters of credit backing obligations that do not constitute Indebtedness;
(g) Indebtedness of Subsidiaries deemed to exist in connection with
Securitization Transactions otherwise permitted pursuant to Section 8.04(k); and
(h) Indebtedness arising in connection with customary cash management
services and from the honoring by a bank or financial institution of a check, draft
or similar instrument drawn against insufficient funds, in each case in the ordinary
course of business.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section, the Borrower’s
Subsidiaries may create, incur, assume or suffer to exist Indebtedness (in addition
to that permitted under the preceding clauses (a) through (f)) in an aggregate
principal amount which, together with the sum, without duplication, of (i) the
principal amount of all Securitization Transactions permitted by Section 8.04(k)
and (ii) the aggregate principal amount of all Indebtedness incurred in reliance on
the last sentence of Section 8.04, does not exceed, at the time of and after giving
effect to any incurrence of such Indebtedness, 10% of Consolidated Net Tangible
Assets of the Borrower and its Domestic Subsidiaries.”
(k) Section 11 of the Credit Agreement is amended by inserting the
following new Section 11.15 immediately following Section 11.14 of the Credit Agreement:
“11.15 Acknowledgment and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial
Institutions. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Loan Document or
in any other agreement, arrangement or understanding among the parties hereto,
each party hereto acknowledges that any liability of any EEA Financial Institution
arising under any Loan Document may be subject to the Write-Down and
Conversion Powers of an EEA Resolution Authority and agrees and consents to,
and acknowledges and agrees to be bound by:
(a) the application of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by an EEA
Resolution Authority to any such liabilities arising hereunder which may be
payable to it by any party hereto that is an EEA Financial Institution; and
(b) the effects of any Bail-In Action on any such liability, including, if
applicable:
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(i) a reduction in full or in part or cancelation of any such liability;
(ii) a conversion of all, or a portion of, such liability into shares or other
instruments of ownership in such EEA Financial Institution, its parent entity, or a
bridge institution that may be issued to it or otherwise conferred on it, and that
such shares or other instruments of ownership will be accepted by it in lieu of any
rights with respect to any such liability under this Agreement or any other Loan
Document; or
(iii) the variation of the terms of such liability in connection with the
exercise of the Write-Down and Conversion Powers of any EEA Resolution
Authority.”
(l) Schedule 8.08 attached to this Amendment is added as a new Schedule
8.08 to the Credit Agreement.
SECTION 3. Acquisition Amendments to Credit Agreement. Effective on the
Acquisition Effective Date (as defined below), the Credit Agreement is amended as follows:
(a) The following new definition is inserted in its proper alphabetical
position in Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement:
“Leverage Ratio” shall mean, on the last day of any fiscal quarter, the ratio
of (a) Total Adjusted Debt on such day to (b) Adjusted Consolidated EBITDA for
the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters then ended.
(b) Section 8.07 of the Credit Agreement is amended to read as follows:
“8.07. Financial Covenant. The Borrower will not permit the
Leverage Ratio to exceed (a) as of the last day of the fiscal quarter during
which the Neutron Acquisition Closing Date shall occur and each subsequent
fiscal quarter ending after the Neutron Acquisition Closing Date and on or
prior to September 30, 2018, 4.50 to 1.00, or (b) as of the last day of any
other fiscal quarter, 3.50 to 1.00.”
SECTION 4. Representations and Warranties. To induce the other parties hereto
to enter into this Amendment, the Borrower represents and warrants to each of the Banks and the
Administrative Agent that: (a) this Amendment has been duly authorized, executed and delivered
by the Borrower and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Borrower,
enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general
principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law, and (b)
the representations and warranties made by the Borrower in Section 7 of the Credit Agreement
are true and complete on and as of the Initial Effective Date (or, if any such representation or
warranty is expressly stated to have been made as of a specific date, as of such specific date)
with the same force and effect as if made on and as of such date; provided, however, that for
purposes of this Section 4, the dates in the last sentence of Section 7.02 of the Credit Agreement
and in Section 7.03 of the Credit Agreement shall be deemed to be December 31 of the year for
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which the Borrower shall most recently have filed an Annual Report on Form 10-K with the
Securities and Exchange Commission prior to the Initial Effective Date.
SECTION 5. Effectiveness.
(a) The amendments provided for in Section 2 of this Amendment shall
become effective on the first date on which each of the following conditions is satisfied (the
“Initial Effective Date”):
(i) this Amendment shall have been executed by the Majority Banks and
the Administrative Agent shall have received a counterpart hereof executed by the
Borrower;
(ii) the Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate, dated the
Initial Effective Date, of a senior officer of the Borrower to the effect that (i) no Default
has occurred and is continuing as of the Initial Effective Date and (ii) the representations
and warranties made by the Borrower in Section 7 of the Credit Agreement (in each
case, as amended hereby and as adjusted by Section 4 hereof) are true and complete on
and as of the Initial Effective Date (or, if any such representation or warranty is expressly
stated to have been made as of a specific date, as of such specific date) with the same
force and effect as if made on and as of such date;
(iii) the Administrative Agent shall have received a written opinion
(which may be an opinion of internal counsel for the Borrower) addressed to the
Administrative Agent and the Banks and dated the Initial Effective Date as to the due
authorization and enforceability of this Amendment and the Credit Agreement as
amended hereby;
(iv) the Borrower shall have paid all fees payable by it under Section 6
hereof; and
(v) the Administrative Agent shall have received reimbursement or
payment of all out-of-pocket expenses required to be reimbursed or paid by the Borrower
under the Credit Agreement or Section 7 hereof.
(b) The amendments provided for in Section 3 of this Amendment shall
become effective on the first date on which each of the following conditions is satisfied (the
“Acquisition Effective Date”):
(i) the Initial Effective Date shall have occurred; and
(ii) the Neutron Acquisition Closing Date shall have occurred, and the
Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate, dated the Acquisition Effective
Date, of a senior officer of the Borrower to that effect.
SECTION 6. Fees. The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for
the account of each Bank party hereto, an amendment fee equal to 0.05% of the aggregate
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amount of such Bank’s outstanding Term Loans on the Initial Effective Date, which fee will be
due and payable on the Initial Effective Date.
SECTION 7. Expenses. The Borrower agrees to reimburse the Administrative
Agent for its reasonable out-of-pocket expenses in connection with this Amendment and the
transactions contemplated hereby, including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of
Cravath, Swaine & Xxxxx LLP.
SECTION 8. Effect of Amendment. Except as expressly set forth herein, this
Amendment shall not by implication or otherwise limit, impair, constitute a waiver of or
otherwise affect the rights and remedies of the Banks or the Administrative Agent under the
Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, and shall not alter, modify, amend or in any way
affect any of the terms, conditions, obligations, covenants or agreements contained in the Credit
Agreement or any other Loan Document, all of which are ratified and affirmed in all respects and
shall continue in full force and effect. This Amendment shall apply and be effective only with
respect to the provisions of the Credit Agreement specifically referred to herein. This
Amendment shall constitute a Loan Document. On and after the Amendment Effective Date,
any reference to the Credit Agreement contained in the Loan Documents shall mean the Credit
Agreement as modified hereby.
SECTION 9. Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in counterparts,
all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of an
executed counterpart of a signature page of this Amendment by facsimile or other electronic
transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this
Amendment.
SECTION 10. Governing Law. THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED
BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF
NEW YORK.
SECTION 11. Headings. The headings of this Amendment are for purposes of
reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.
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LENDER SIGNATURE PAGE TO
PITNEY XXXXX INC. FIRST AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT
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[Signature Page to First Amendment (Term Loan)]
SCHEDULE 8.08
Existing Subsidiary Indebtedness
None.