SECOND AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

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EX-10.1 2 dex101.htm SECOND AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT Second Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement

EXHIBIT 10.1

SECOND AMENDMENT TO

AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

THIS SECOND AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”) is entered into as of September 2, 2008, between NATUS MEDICAL INCORPORATED, a Delaware corporation (“Borrower”), and WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (“Bank”).

RECITALS

WHEREAS Borrower is currently indebted to Bank pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of November 28, 2007 (as amended, modified or supplemented prior to the date hereof, the “Credit Agreement”), between Borrower and Bank; and

WHEREAS Borrower has informed Bank that it desires to make an investment and it desires to receive Bank’s consent to make such investment; and

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 such changes;

NOW, THEREFORE, for valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, Bank and Borrower hereby agree that the Credit Agreement shall be amended as follows; provided that nothing contained herein shall terminate any security interests, guaranties, subordinations or other documents in favor of Bank, all of which shall remain in full force and effect unless expressly amended hereby:

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. Subject to Section 3 hereof, the Credit Agreement is hereby amended as follows:

(a) The definition of “Applicable Rate” contained in Section 1.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:

Applicable Rate” means, from time to time, with respect to any Base Rate Loan, or LIBOR Loan, or with respect to the Unused Commitment Fees payable pursuant to Section 2.7(a), as the case may be, the applicable rate per annum set forth below (expressed in basis points) under the caption “LIBOR Spread,” “Base Rate Spread” or “Unused Commitment Fee Rate,” as the case may be, based upon, subject to Section 2.6(d), the Leverage Ratio as set forth in the most recent


Compliance Certificate received by Bank pursuant to Section 5.1(b)(vii) or Section 6.3(d), as applicable:

 

Tier

  

Leverage Ratio

   LIBOR
Spread
   Base Rate
Spread
   Unused
Commitment
Fee Rate
1    Greater than or equal to 1.00    200.00    0.00    30.00
2    Less than 1.00 but greater than or equal to 0.50    175.00    0.00    20.00
3    Less than 0.50    150.00    0.00    12.50

(b) The definition of “Permitted Investments” in Section 1.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended to add immediately after the last sentence of paragraph (j) thereof the following:

“; and

(k) An Eighteen Million Dollar ($18,000,000.00) investment by Borrower in the stock of NeuroCom International, Inc., an Oregon corporation, pursuant to documentation, copies of which were provided to Bank on or before the Second Amendment Closing Date.”

(c) The following definition is hereby added to Section 1.1 of the Credit Agreement in a manner that maintains alphabetical order:

Second Amendment Closing Date” means September 2, 2008.

Section 3. Conditions Precedent. This Amendment, including, without limitation the amendments to the Credit Agreement contained herein, shall become effective as of the date first set forth above (the “Effective Date”) upon satisfaction of all of the conditions set forth in this Section 3 to the satisfaction of Bank; provided that, in the event such conditions are not so satisfied, then this Amendment shall be of no further force and effect:

(a) Bank shall have received each of the following, duly executed and delivered by each of the applicable parties thereto:

(i) this Amendment together with the Consent and Reaffirmation attached hereto; and

 

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(ii) such other documents as Bank may require under any other Section of this Amendment; and

(b) No Event of Default or event which, with the giving of notice, the lapse of time or both would constitute an Event of Default, shall have occurred and be continuing.

Section 4. 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. The Recitals hereto, including the terms defined therein, are incorporated herein by this reference and acknowledged by Borrower to be true, correct and complete.

Section 5. Representations, Warranties and Covenants. Borrower hereby remakes all representations and warranties contained in the Credit Agreement and reaffirms all covenants set forth therein (as amended hereby) as of the date of this Amendment. 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 an Event of Default.

Section 6. Further Assurances. Borrower will make, execute, endorse, acknowledge, and deliver any agreements, documents, or instruments, and take any and all other actions, as may from time to time be reasonably requested by Bank to perfect and maintain the validity and priority of the liens and security interests granted to Bank pursuant to the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents and to effect, confirm, or further assure or protect and preserve the interests, rights, and remedies of Bank under the Credit Agreement (as amended hereby) and the other Loan Documents.

Section 7. Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in any number of identical counterparts, any set of which signed by all the parties hereto shall be deemed to constitute a complete, executed original for all purposes. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Amendment by telefacsimile transmission shall be as effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof.

Section 8. Governing Law. This Amendment shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of California.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be executed as of the date first written above.

 

NATUS MEDICAL INCORPORATED,

a Delaware corporation

   

WELLS FARGO BANK,

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

By:         By:    
Name:   Steven J. Murphy     Name:   Alicia Kachmarik
Title:  

Vice President Finance and Chief

Financial Officer

    Title:   Assistant Vice President


CONSENT AND REAFFIRMATION

The undersigned, a subsidiary of Natus Medical Incorporated (“Borrower”) who has executed a Continuing Guaranty in favor of Wells Fargo Bank, National Association (“Bank”), hereby: (i) consents to the foregoing Second Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement and Waiver; (ii) reaffirms its obligations under such Continuing Guaranty; (iii) reaffirms the waivers of each and every one of the defenses to such obligations as set forth in such Continuing Guaranty; and (iv) reaffirms that its obligations under such Continuing Guaranty are separate and distinct from the obligations of any other party under the Credit Agreement (as modified by the Second Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement and Waiver) and the other Loan Documents.

Dated as of September 2, 2008

GUARANTOR:

 

NATUS ACQUISITION CORPORATION
By:    

Name:

 

Steven J. Murphy

Title:

 

Chief Financial Officer

CONSENT AND REAFFIRMATION