THE PRIVATEBANK AND TRUST COMPANY LETTERHEAD]
Exhibit 99.2
[THE PRIVATEBANK AND TRUST COMPANY LETTERHEAD]
November 23, 2009
ISI Security Group, Inc.
00000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000
00000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000
Gentlemen:
The PrivateBank and Trust Company (the “Bank”) is pleased to provide to ISI Security Group, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), the Bank’s commitment to enter into an amendment (the
“Amendment”) to that certain Loan and Security Agreement dated October 3, 2008 (as amended, the
“Loan Agreement”) on terms and conditions set out below. Capitalized terms used herein without
definition shall have the meanings given to them in the Loan Agreement.
The terms of the Amendment are as follows:
A. Reduction in Facility A Loan Commitment. On the Closing Date (as defined
below) the Facility A Loan Commitment shall be reduced from $10 million to $8 million.
B. Termination of Facility B Loan Commitment. On the Closing Date, the Facility
B Loan Commitment shall be terminated in full and amounts outstanding under the Facility B
Loan (consisting of $500,000 in principal drawn on the letter of credit plus letter of
credit fees and unused line fees, plus accrued and unpaid interest) shall be transferred
to, and be deemed to be outstanding under, the Facility A Loan.
C. | Principal Reductions on Facility C Loan; Xxxxxxxx’s Requirement to Unwind
Certain Hedging Agreement. |
i. | On the Closing Date, Argyle Security, Inc. (“Parent”) shall
make a capital contribution to the Borrower in an amount equal to $8 million
from proceeds from the Bridge Notes (as defined below) and the Borrower shall
use $3 million of such funds to prepay the Facility C Loan Note. The
Amendment shall provide that principal payments on the Facility C Loan Note
shall be as follows: (1) $0 on December 31, 2009, (2) $166,666.67 on each of
March 31, 2010, June 30, 2010, and September 30, 2010, and (3) $500,000.00 on
each of December 31, 2010 and on the last day of each fiscal quarter
thereafter. |
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ii. | On or before the Closing Date, the Borrower must terminate
and unwind at least $5.0 million in notional amount of the interest rate Hedge
Agreement entered into pursuant that certain ISDA Master Agreement dated
October 6, 2008 between the Bank and the Borrower. |
D. Interest Rate Increase. Effective as of the Closing Date, the respective
Applicable Margin for Prime Loans and LIBOR Loans shall increase by 0.50% for each “Level”
under the definition of “Applicable Margin”.
E. Re-Set of Financial Covenants. The financial covenants under Sections 10.1,
10.2, 10.3, and 10.5 of the Loan Agreement shall be re-set as follows commencing with the
quarter ending December 31, 2009:
i. | Senior Debt to EBITDA. |
(a) | 2.00 to 1.00 for fiscal quarter ending
December 31, 2009, |
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(b) | 2.00 to 1.00 for fiscal quarter ending
March 31, 2010, |
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(c) | 2.70 to 1.00 for fiscal quarter ending June
30, 2010,and |
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(d) | 2.00 to 1.00 for each fiscal quarter ending
thereafter. |
ii. | Total Debt to EBITDA. |
(a) | 4.25 to 1.00 for fiscal quarter ending
December 31, 2009, |
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(b) | 5.25 to 1.00 for fiscal quarter ending
March 31, 2010, |
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(c) | 7.50 to 1.00 for fiscal quarter ending June
30, 2010, and |
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(d) | 3.50 to 1.00 for each fiscal quarter
thereafter. |
iii. | Fixed Charge Coverage. |
(a) | 1.00 to 1.00 for fiscal quarter ending
December 31, 2009, |
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(b) | 1.00 to 1.00 for fiscal quarter ending
March 31, 2010, and |
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(c) | 1.10 to 1.00 for each fiscal quarter
thereafter. |
For fiscal quarters commencing with the fiscal quarter ending December 31,
2009 through the fiscal quarter ending June 30, 2010, the Fixed Charge
Coverage Ratio shall be based on cumulative reporting beginning October 1,
2009 for such periods, and for the fiscal quarters ending September 30,
2010 and thereafter, the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio shall be measured on
a trailing twelve (12) month basis.
iv. | Capital Expenditures. Limited to $250,000 per fiscal quarter. |
F. Pledge by Parent of Xxxxxxxx’s Capital Stock. Parent shall execute and
deliver a pledge agreement in favor of the Bank (in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Parent and the Bank) pledging 100% of the capital stock of Borrower to
secure payment and performance of all obligations arising under the Loan Agreement.
Parent’s guaranty in favor of the Bank (the “Parent Guaranty”) will remain in effect until
the payment in full of the obligations and termination of the Bank’s commitment to extend
credit under the Loan Documents.
G. Consent to Amendment to Subordinated Debt and Payment on Note A. The Bank
agrees to consent to the Borrower entering into an amendment to the Note and Warrant
Purchase Agreement pursuant to clause (c)(i) below, which includes, among other provisions,
the Bank’s consent to the Borrower’s $5.0 million prepayment on Note A under the Note and
Warrant Purchase Agreement, and issuance of the New Note (as defined in the commitment
letter dated the same date hereof between the Borrower and Xxxxx Xxxx, as defined below,
described in clause (c)(i) below)).
H. Consent to Note Modification Agreements to PDI Seller Notes. The Bank agrees
to consent to the modifications to the PDI Seller Notes (as defined below) on terms
consistent with the terms set forth the commitment letter dated the date hereof between ISI
Detention (as defined below) and the holders of the PDI Seller Notes.
I. Amendment Fee. On the Closing Date, the Borrower will pay to the Bank an
amendment fee equal to $85,500.
J. Blocked Seller Note Payments. Subject to execution and delivery of the
Amendment, on or after January 1, 2010, the Borrower may make principal and interest
payments to the holders of the PDI Seller Notes and to the holders of that certain
$3,515,000 Subordinated Promissory Note dated January 31, 2008 by ISI Controls, Ltd.
payable to the order of Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx and Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx.
K. Legal Fees. At closing, the Borrower will pay the reasonable legal fees and
expenses of the Bank’s outside counsel in connection with the preparation, negotiation and
closing of the Amendment, whether or not the Amendment closes.
All other terms and provisions of the Loan Agreement and the other Loan Documents will remain
unchanged and in full force and effect.
The Bank’s commitment to enter into the Amendment is subject to the following conditions precedent:
(a) satisfaction of each of the terms and conditions set forth herein; (b) the negotiation,
execution and delivery of definitive documentation for the Amendment consistent with this
commitment letter; and (c) the negotiation, execution and delivery of definitive documentation for
(i) an amendment to that certain Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement dated as of October 22, 2004
between Xxxxxxxx and Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Mezzanine Capital Fund III, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership
(“Xxxxx Mezz”) consistent with the terms set forth in the commitment letter dated the date hereof
between Borrower and Xxxxx Mezz, (ii) a note modification agreement to each of those certain
Guaranteed Convertible Promissory Notes dated January 1, 2008 by ISI Detention Contracting Group,
Inc., a California corporation (“ISI Detention”), payable to the order of Xxxxxxxx Detention, Inc.,
a California corporation (“PDI”), each in the original principal amount of $1.5 million
(collectively and as amended or modified, the “PDI Seller Notes”) consistent with the terms set
forth the commitment letter dated the date hereof between ISI Detention and the holders of the PDI
Seller Notes, and (iii) an aggregate of $10.45 million in convertible debt to be issued to one or
more affiliates of MML Capital Partners, LLC by Parent in the form of (y) $8.0 million principal
amount of convertible subordinated bridge notes (the “Bridge Note”), and (z) $2.45 million
principal amount of convertible subordinated notes, consistent with the terms set forth in the
commitment letter dated the date hereof between Mezzanine Management Fund IV A, LP, Mezzanine
Management Fund IV Coinvest A, LP and the Parent. The definitive documentation with respect to
each of the transactions referred to clause (c) above shall be in form and substance satisfactory
to the Bank, and without the prior written consent of the Bank, contain any substantive provisions
not set forth in the commitment letters referred to in clause (c) above.
The Bank hereby waives the Events of Default that occurred and exist as a result of (i) Borrower’s
non-compliance with the financial covenant set out in Section 10.2 of the Loan Agreement for the
period ended September 30, 2009, (ii) the Event of Default under Section 11.5 of the Loan Agreement
arising from Borrower’s violations of the financial covenant under Section 4.7(c)(ii) the Purchase
Agreement for the period ended September 30, 2009 and (iii) Borrower’s non-compliance with Section
9.9 of the Loan Agreement arising from Borrower’s cancelation of accounts receivable identified as
“Xxxxxx” in the amount of $423,981.45; provided that, the foregoing waivers will be null and void
if the Borrower and the Bank have not executed and delivered the Amendment on or before December
15, 2009 on terms consistent with this commitment letter and in form and substance satisfactory to
the Bank. The Bank hereby agrees that it shall not avail itself any of the remedies set forth in
Section 12 of the Loan Agreement, including but not limited to its right to accelerate the payment
obligations of the Borrower. Such waivers shall not prejudice or constitute a waiver of any right
or remedies which the Bank may have or be entitled to with respect to any other breach of any other
provision of the Loan Agreement. The waivers granted herein shall not be construed as a waiver of any other presently
existing or future violation of a covenant or an Event of Default.
This commitment letter forms the entire agreement that has been entered into between us with
respect to the Amendment and sets forth the entire understanding of the parties with respect
thereto. This commitment letter may be modified or amended only by the written agreement of all of
us. This commitment letter is not assignable by the Borrower without our prior written consent and
is intended to be solely for the benefit of the parties hereto.
This commitment letter may be executed in counterparts which, taken together, shall constitute an
original. Delivery of an executed counterpart of this commitment letter by .pdf or facsimile shall
be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart thereof. This commitment letter shall
be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Illinois.
This commitment letter will expire at 5:00 p.m. (central time) on November 23, 2009, unless
accepted in writing by the Company on or before such time and will expire at 5:00 p.m. (central
time) on December 15, 2009 unless definitive documentation for the Amendment is executed and
delivered and all conditions for closing have been satisfied or waived (such date, the “Closing
Date”) on or prior to such date.
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We appreciate the opportunity to present you with this commitment and look forward to working with
you.
Very truly yours,
THE PRIVATEBANK AND TRUST COMPANY | ||||
By:
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/s/ Xxxx Xxxxxx
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Xxxx Xxxxxx | ||||
Associate Managing Director | ||||
ACKNOWLEDGED AND AGREED: | ||||
ISI SECURITY GROUP, INC. | ||||
By:
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/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |||
Name:
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Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |||
Title:
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Chief Financial Officer | |||
ARGYLE SECURITY, INC. | ||||
By:
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/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |||
Name:
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Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |||
Title:
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Chief Financial Officer |