EXHIBIT 10.11.2
FOURTH AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT, LIMITED WAIVER, AND FIRST
AMENDMENT TO SECURITY AGREEMENT
This FOURTH AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT, LIMITED WAIVER, AND FIRST
AMENDMENT TO SECURITY AGREEMENT (this "Amendment") is entered into as of August
18, 2000 by and among DITECH COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation
("Borrower"), and FLEET NATIONAL BANK (f/k/a BANKBOSTON, N.A.), a national
banking association ("Lender"), with reference to the following facts:
A. Borrower and Lender are parties to that certain Credit Agreement
dated as of August 20, 1997, by and among the Borrower and the Lender, as
amended (the "Credit Agreement"), and that certain Security Agreement dated as
of August 20, 1997 (the "Security Agreement"). The Credit Agreement and all
related and supporting documents collectively are referred to in this Amendment
as the "Loan Documents."
B. The parties desire to amend and waive certain provisions of the
Credit Agreement, in accordance with the terms of this Amendment.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the promises and the agreements,
provisions and covenants herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1. DEFINED TERMS. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall
have the same meanings as set forth in the Credit Agreement.
2. WAIVER. Subject to the terms and conditions contained herein, and in
reliance on the representations and warranties of the Borrower set forth herein,
the Lender hereby waives all restrictions in the Credit Agreement that would
prevent the Borrower from consummating the acquisitions of Telinnovation Service
Corporation and Atmosphere Networks, Inc. Without limiting the generality of the
provisions of Section 8.1 of the Credit Agreement, the waiver set forth herein
shall be limited precisely as written, and nothing in this Amendment shall be
deemed to (i) constitute a waiver of compliance by the Borrower with any such
provision of the Credit Agreement in any other instance, or (ii) constitute a
waiver of any other Event of Default or other failure by Borrower to perform in
accordance with the Loan Documents or this Amendment, or (iii) prejudice any
right or remedy that the Lender may now have or may have in the future under or
in connection with the Credit Agreement or the Loan Documents.
3. AMENDMENTS TO CREDIT AGREEMENT. The Credit Agreement is hereby
amended as follows:
(a) The following defined terms in Section 1.1 are amended to
read as follows:
"CONSOLIDATED NET INCOME": For any period, the net
income (or loss) after income taxes for such period of the Borrower and
its consolidated
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, excluding (i) any
acquisition-related non-cash charges, and (ii) any extraordinary gains
or losses, as determined in accordance with GAAP.
"MATURITY DATE": August 20, 2001.
"REVOLVING COMMITMENT": Four Million Dollars
($4,000,000), as such amount may be reduced pursuant to Section 2.1(c).
(b) Section 6.2(c) is amended to read as follows:
(c) FIXED CHARGE COVERAGE RATIO. As at the
end of any fiscal quarter of the Borrower, permit the ratio of (a) the
sum of (i) Consolidated Cash Flow, for the four quarters ending on any
date of determination, minus (ii) Consolidated Capital Expenditures for
such four quarters, minus (iii) Consolidated Taxes for such four
quarters, to (b) Consolidated Debt Service for such four quarters, to
be less than 1.50 to 1.00.
(c) Section 6.2(h) is amended to read as follows:
(h) CONSOLIDATION, MERGER. Consolidate or
merge with any other Person, liquidate, wind-up or dissolve itself or
acquire by purchase or otherwise all or substantially all of the
business, property or fixed assets of, or stock or other evidence of
beneficial ownership of, any Person, or permit any of its Subsidiaries
to do any of the foregoing, except that:
(i) any Subsidiary of the Borrower
may be merged or consolidated with or into the Borrower or any
wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Borrower, or be liquidated, wound up or
dissolved, or all or any substantial part of its business, property or
assets may be conveyed, sold, leased, transferred or otherwise disposed
of, in one transaction or a series of transactions, to the Borrower or
any wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Borrower; provided that, in the case
of such a merger or consolidation, the Borrower or such wholly-owned
Subsidiary shall be the continuing or surviving corporation; and
(ii) the Borrower may acquire the
business, property, fixed assets or stock of Persons in a related
business (each, an "Acquisition"), provided that (i) immediately
following the consummation of any such Acquisition there shall exist no
condition or event that constitutes an Event of Default or a Potential
Event of Default and (ii) the aggregate fair market value of the
consideration in the form of cash, assumed liabilities, or debt
securities of the Borrower paid in all such Acquisitions during the
term of this Agreement does not exceed $20,000,000 in the aggregate.
(d) Section 6.2(r) is amended to read as follows:
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(r) ADJUSTED QUICK RATIO. As at the end of
any fiscal quarter of the Borrower, permit the ratio of (a)
Consolidated Quick Assets to (b) the sum of (i) Consolidated Current
Liabilities (excluding any Deferred Revenue Liabilities) plus (ii) the
aggregate principal amount of outstanding Revolving Loans to be less
than 2.00 to 1.00.
(e) EXHIBIT D is replaced with EXHIBIT D hereto.
4. AMENDMENTS TO SECURITY AGREEMENT. The Security Agreement is hereby
amended as follows:
(a) The term "Collateral" in Section 1 is amended to read as
follows:
(i) all now existing and hereafter arising
accounts receivable, accounts, contract rights, royalties, license
rights and all other forms of obligations owing to Grantor arising out
of the sale or lease of goods, the licensing of technology or the
rendering of services by Grantor, whether or not earned by performance,
and any and all credit insurance, guaranties, and other security
therefor, as well as all merchandise returned to or reclaimed by
Grantor (collectively, the "Accounts");
(ii) all books, records, ledger cards,
files, correspondence, computer programs, tapes, disks and related data
processing software that at any time evidence or contain information
relating to any of the Collateral or are otherwise necessary or helpful
in the collection thereof or realization thereupon;
(iii) all proceeds, products, rents and
profits of or from any and all of the foregoing Collateral and, to the
extent not otherwise included, all payments under insurance (whether or
not Secured Party is the loss payee thereof), or any indemnity,
warranty or guaranty, payable by reason of loss or damage to or
otherwise with respect to any of the foregoing Collateral. For purposes
of this Agreement, the term "proceeds" includes whatever is receivable
or received when Collateral or proceeds are sold, exchanged, collected
or otherwise disposed of, whether such disposition is voluntary or
involuntary.
5. CONDITIONS TO EFFECTIVENESS.
This Amendment shall become effective as of August 18, 2000
(the "Closing Date"), only upon:
(i) receipt by the Lender of the following (each of which
shall be in form and substance satisfactory to the Lender and its counsel):
(a) counterparts of this Amendment duly executed on
behalf of the Borrower and the Lender;
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(b) copies of resolutions of the Board of Directors
or other authorizing documents of the Borrower, authorizing the execution and
delivery of this Amendment; and
(ii) completion of such other matters and delivery of such
other agreements, documents and certificates as Lender may reasonably request.
6. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. In order to induce the Lender to
enter into this Amendment, the Borrower represents and warrants to the Lender
that the following statements are true, correct and complete as of the effective
date of this Amendment:
(a) CORPORATE POWER AND AUTHORITY. The Borrower has all
requisite corporate power and authority to enter into this Amendment and to
carry out the transactions contemplated by, and perform its obligations under,
the Credit Agreement as amended by this Amendment (the "Amended Agreement"). The
Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Borrower have not been amended
since the copies previously delivered to the Lender.
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF AGREEMENTS. The execution and delivery of
this Amendment and the performance by the Borrower of the Amended Agreement have
been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the
Borrower.
(c) NO CONFLICT. The execution and delivery by the Borrower of
this Amendment do not and will not contravene (i) any law or any governmental
rule or regulation applicable to the Borrower, (ii) the Certificate of
Incorporation or Bylaws of the Borrower, (iii) any order, judgment or decree of
any court or other agency of government binding on the Borrower, or (iv) any
material agreement or instrument binding on the Borrower.
(d) GOVERNMENTAL CONSENTS. The execution and delivery by the
Borrower of this Amendment and the performance by the Borrower of the Amended
Agreement do not and will not require any registration with, consent or approval
of, or notice to, or other action to, with or by, any federal, state or other
governmental authority or regulatory body.
(e) BINDING OBLIGATION. This Amendment and the Amended
Agreement have been duly executed and delivered by the Borrower and are the
binding obligations of the Borrower, enforceable against the Borrower in
accordance with their respective terms, except in each case as such
enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
liquidation, moratorium or other similar laws and equitable principles relating
to or affecting creditors' rights.
(f) INCORPORATION OF REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES FROM
CREDIT AGREEMENT. The representations and warranties contained in Section 5.1 of
the Credit Agreement are correct on and as of the effective date of this
Amendment as though made on and as of such date (except to the extent such
representations and warranties expressly refer to an earlier date, in which case
they were true and correct as of such earlier date).
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(g) ABSENCE OF DEFAULT. After giving effect to this Amendment,
no event has occurred and is continuing or will result from the consummation of
the transactions contemplated by this Amendment that would constitute an Event
of Default or a Potential Event of Default.
7. MISCELLANEOUS.
(a) REFERENCE TO AND EFFECT ON THE CREDIT AGREEMENT AND THE
OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS.
(i) On and after the Closing Date, each reference in
the Credit Agreement to "this Agreement", "hereunder", "hereof", "herein" or
words of like import referring to the Credit Agreement, and each reference in
the other Loan Documents to the "Credit Agreement," "thereunder", "thereof" or
words of like import referring to the Credit Agreement, shall mean and be a
reference to the Amended Agreement.
(ii) Except as specifically amended by this
Amendment, the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall remain in
full force and effect and are hereby ratified and confirmed.
(iii) The execution, delivery and performance of this
Amendment shall not, except as expressly provided herein, constitute a waiver of
any provision of, or operate as a waiver of any right, power or remedy of the
Lender under the Credit Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents.
(b) FEES AND EXPENSES. All costs and expenses of the Lender,
including, but not limited to, reasonable attorneys' fees, incurred by the
Lender in the preparation and negotiation of this Amendment constitute costs and
expenses in connection with the amendment and restructuring of the Loan
Documents, and as such are payable by the Borrower in accordance with Section
8.5 of the Credit Agreement.
(c) HEADINGS. Section and subsection headings in this
Amendment are included herein for convenience of reference only and shall not
constitute a part of this Amendment for any other purpose or be given any
substantive effect.
(d) APPLICABLE LAW. THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND
SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA, WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF LAWS PRINCIPLES.
(e) COUNTERPARTS. This Amendment may be executed in any number
of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each
of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed an original, but all
such counterparts together shall constitute but one and the same instrument;
signature pages may be detached from multiple separate counterparts and attached
to a single counterpart so that all signature pages are physically attached to
the same document.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be
executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, as of the date
first above written.
DITECH COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Title: Vice President Finance and Chief
Financial Officer
FLEET NATIONAL BANK (F/K/A BANKBOSTON, N.A.)
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇
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Title: Assistant Vice President
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EXHIBIT D
COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
1. This Compliance Certificate ("Compliance Certificate") is executed
and delivered by Ditech Communications Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
"Borrower") to Fleet National Bank (f/k/a BankBoston, N.A.) (the "Lender")
pursuant to Section 6.1(a)(iii)(B) of the Credit Agreement dated as of August
20, 1997 between the Borrower and the Lender. Any terms used herein and not
defined herein shall have the meanings defined in the Credit Agreement. This
Compliance Certificate covers the Borrower's:
Fiscal quarter ended _________, 20__
Fiscal year ended ________, 20__
2. The following paragraphs set forth calculations in compliance with
obligations pursuant to Section 6.2(a), (b), (c), (d), (r), (s), and (t) of the
Credit Agreement, as of the end of the fiscal period set forth in paragraph 1
hereof.
A. DEBT COVERAGE RATIO (SEC 6.2(a)):
(a) Consolidated Debt $___________
(b) Consolidated Cash Flow for the four-quarter $___________
period ending on the last day of the most recently
ended fiscal quarter
Ratio (a) to (b) ____________
Maximum Permitted Ratio:
Quarter Ending Ratio
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April 30, 1999 3.40 : 1.00
July 31, 1999 2.75 : 1.00
October 31, 1999 2.50 : 1.00
January 31, 2000 2.25 : 1.00
April 30, 2000 and thereafter 2.00 : 1.00
B. CASH FLOW COVERAGE RATIO (SEC 6.2(b)):
(a) Consolidated Cash Flow for the four-quarter $___________
period ending on the last day of the most recently
ended fiscal quarter
(b) Consolidated Interest Expense for the $___________
four-quarter period ending on the last
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day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter
Ratio (a) to (b)
Minimum Permitted Ratio:
Quarter Ending Ratio
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April 30, 1999 2.75 : 1.00
July 31, 1999 3.50 : 1.00
October 31, 1999 4.25 : 1.00
January 31, 2000 and thereafter 5.00 : 1.00
C. FIXED CHARGE COVERAGE RATIO (SEC 6.2(c)):
(a) $___________
(i) Consolidated Cash Flow for the $___________
four-quarter period ending on the last day of
the most recently ended fiscal quarter
(ii) minus Consolidated Capital $___________
Expenditures for such period
(iii) minus Consolidated Taxes for such $___________
period
(b) Consolidated Debt Service for such period $___________
Ratio (a) to (b) ____________
Minimum Permitted Ratio: 1.50 : 1.00
D. CONSOLIDATED NET INCOME (SEC. 6.2(d)):
(a) Consolidated Net Income $___________
Required: (Commencing April 30, 1999)
(a) > $0
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E. ADJUSTED QUICK RATIO (SEC. 6.2(r):
(a) Consolidated Quick Assets $___________
(b)
(i) Consolidated Current Liabilities $___________
(excluding Deferred Revenue Liabilities)
(ii) plus outstanding Revolving Loans $___________
Ratio (a) to (b) ____________
Minimum Permitted Ratio 2.00 : 1.00
3. The undersigned has reviewed the terms of the Credit
Agreement and has made, or caused to be made under his/her supervision, a review
in reasonable detail of the transactions and condition of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries during the fiscal period covered by this Compliance Certificate.
The undersigned does not (either as a result of such review or otherwise) have
any knowledge of the existence as of the date of this Compliance Certificate of
any condition or event that constitutes an Event of Default or a Potential Event
of Default, with the exception set forth below in response to which the Borrower
is taking or proposes to take the following actions (if none, so
state):_________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
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4. This Compliance Certificate is executed on __________, ____
by the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, or Controller of the
Borrower. The undersigned hereby certifies that each and every matter contained
herein is derived from the Borrower's books and records and is, to the best
knowledge of the undersigned, true and correct.
DITECH COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
a Delaware corporation
By:
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Title:
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