SECOND AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT
EXHIBIT
10.15.1
SECOND
AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT
THIS
SECOND
AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”) is entered into as of
July 11, 2005, by and between PLANTRONICS, INC., a Delaware corporation
(“Borrower”), and XXXXX FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (“Bank”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS,
Borrower
is currently indebted to Bank pursuant to the terms and conditions of that
certain Credit Agreement between Borrower and Bank dated as of July 31, 2003,
as
amended from time to time (the “Credit Agreement”).
WHEREAS,
Bank and
Borrower have agreed to certain changes in the terms and conditions set forth
in
the Credit Agreement and have agreed to amend the Credit Agreement to reflect
said changes.
NOW,
THEREFORE, for
valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, the parties hereto agree that, effective as of the date hereof,
the Credit Agreement shall be amended as follows:
Section
1. Definitions.
Each capitalized
term used but not otherwise defined herein has the meaning assigned to it in
the
Credit Agreement.
Section
2. Amendments
to
Credit Agreement.
The Credit
Agreement is hereby amended as follows:
(a) Section 1.01
Certain
Defined
Terms
is hereby amended
by adding the following defined terms in their proper alphabetical
order:
“Altec
Lansing”
means Altec
Lansing Technologies, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation.
“Permitted
AL
Acquisition”
means an
Acquisition of Altec Lansing (a) that is on substantially the terms
disclosed to the Bank in writing on or before July 8, 2005, (b) that
is fully consummated on or before September 30, 2005, (c) that
results
in the payment by the Company and its Affiliates, either directly or indirectly,
of total consideration therefor of not more than $170,000,000, (d) that
results in Altec Lansing being a Wholly Owned Subsidiary immediately following
the effectiveness thereof, and (e) pursuant to which, immediately following
the effectiveness thereof, Altec Lansing (or survivor thereto) becomes a
guarantor of the Company’s Obligations to the Bank.
(b) Section 1.01
Certain
Defined
Terms
is hereby amended
by deleting in their entirety the definitions of the terms “Cash Interest
Expense” and “Interest Coverage Ratio”.
(c) The
definition of
the term “Revolving Termination Date” is hereby amended and restated to read in
full as follows:
“Revolving
Termination Date”
means the earlier
to occur of: (a) August 1, 2010; and (b) the date on which
the
Commitment terminates in accordance with the provisions of this
Agreement.
(d) Section 2.01
The
Revolving Credit
is hereby deleted
in its entirety and the following substituted therefor:
2.01
The
Revolving
Credit.
The Bank agrees,
on the terms and conditions set forth herein, to make loans to the Company
from
time to time on any Business Day during the period from the Closing Date to
the
Revolving Termination Date in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time
outstanding the principal amount of One Hundred Million Dollars ($100,000,000)
(such amount, as the same may be reduced under Section 2.05 or as a
result
of one or more assignments under Section 10.08, the Bank’s “Commitment”);
provided that, after giving effect to any Credit Extension, the Effective Amount
of all outstanding Loans and L/C Obligations together shall not at any time
exceed the Commitment. Within the limits of the Commitment, and subject to
the
other terms and conditions hereof, the Company may borrow under this
Section 2.01, prepay under Section 2.06 and reborrow under this
Section 2.01.
(e) Paragraph (a)
of Section 2.09 is hereby amended and restated to read in full as
follows:
(a)
Subject to the
Company’s right to convert to other Types of Loans under Section 2.04): (i) each
Prime Rate Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof
from the applicable Borrowing Date at a rate per annum equal to the Prime Rate
minus one percent (1.00%) per annum; and (ii) each LIBOR Loan shall bear
interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof from the applicable
Borrowing Date at a rate per annum equal to LIBOR plus three-quarters of one
percent (0.750%) per annum.
(f) Paragraph (c)
of Section 8.02 is hereby amended and restated to read in full as
follows:
(c)
Transfers of
Property for Fair Market Value where the Net Proceeds thereof do not exceed
$10,000,000 in the aggregate on a cumulative basis in each case in any fiscal
year;
(g) Paragraph (j)
of Section 8.04 is hereby amended and restated to read in full as
follows:
(j)
Investments by
the Company in Subsidiaries of the Company in an aggregate amount for all such
Investments not to exceed $30,000,000 at any time outstanding; provided
that, for purposes
of calculating such amount (i) the aggregate amount of (A) all
repayments of advances to, dividends paid to, and Investments made in, and
the
Fair Market Value of all Property that has been transferred to, pursuant to
a
Transfer permitted under Section 8.02, the Company by all such Subsidiaries
and (B) mergers of Subsidiaries with the Company permitted under
Section 8.03(a), shall be subtracted from the amount of such Investments
to
the extent the foregoing amounts have not been previously netted against such
Investments; (ii) the aggregate amount of Guaranty Obligations made
pursuant to Section 8.05(m) shall be added to the amount of such
Investments; and (iii) the aggregate amount of Investments by the Company
made in Altec Lansing, up to a maximum amount of $170,000,000, shall be
subtracted from the amount of such Investments so long as Altec Lansing became
a
Subsidiary of the Company pursuant to a transaction or series of transaction
constituting a Permitted AL Acquisition;
(h) Paragraph (c)
of Section 8.08 is hereby amended and restated to read in full as
follows:
(c)
other operating
leases entered into by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries after the Closing
Date in the Ordinary Course of Business; provided
that the aggregate
annual rental payments for all such operating leases shall not exceed $5,000,000
for any fiscal year.
(i) Section 8.12
Interest
Coverage Ratio
is hereby deleted
in its entirety and the following substituted therefor:
8.12
Net
Income.
Net income after
taxes not less than $1.00 on an annual basis, determined as of each fiscal
year
end.
Section
3. Interpretation.
Except as
specifically provided herein, all terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement
remain in full force and effect, without waiver or modification. This Amendment
and the Credit Agreement shall be read together, as one document.
Section
4. Representations,
Warranties and Covenants.
Borrower hereby
remakes all representations and warranties contained in the Credit Agreement
and
reaffirms all covenants set forth therein. Borrower further certifies that
as of
the date of this Amendment there exists no Event of Default, nor any condition,
act or event which with the giving of notice or the passage of time or both
would constitute any such Event of Default.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF,
the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be executed as of the day
and
year first written above.
PLANTRONICS,
INC.
By: /s/
Xxxxxxx
X. Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx
X.
Xxxxxxx
Senior
Vice
President, Finance &
Administration
and
Chief
Financial Officer
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XXXXX
FARGO BANK,
NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION
By: /s/
Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxx
Vice
President
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By: /s/
Xxxxxxx
X. Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx
X.
Xxxxxxx
Vice
President, Secretary and
General
Counsel
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