Commitment Letter for $40,000,000 Senior Secured Credit Facilities between The O'Gara Group, Inc. and PNC Bank
This agreement is between The O'Gara Group, Inc. and PNC Bank, National Association, with PNC Capital Markets LLC as arranger. PNC Bank commits to provide $40 million in senior secured credit facilities, including a $25 million revolving credit line and a $15 million term loan, subject to due diligence, satisfactory documentation, and certain conditions. The agreement outlines the roles of PNC Bank as administrative agent and PNC Capital Markets as lead arranger, and details the process for syndicating the loan to other lenders. The commitment is contingent on final agreements and regulatory requirements.
Chief Financial Officer
The OGara Group, Inc.
7870 East Kemper Road
Suite 460
Cincinnati, Ohio 45249
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/s/ Christopher T. Belletti | ||
PNC Capital Markets LLC | ||
/s/ Peter M. Hilton | ||
Agreed to and accepted: | ||
The OGara Group, Inc. |
By: | /s/ Steven P. Ratterman | |||
Date: | October 28, 2008 |
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SUMMARY OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Borrower: | The OGara Group, Inc. (the Borrower). | |
Guarantors: | To include all existing and hereinafter acquired, or created direct and indirect domestic subsidiaries of the Borrower and the guarantee of all foreign subsidiaries (the Guarantors and together with the Borrower, the Loan Parties) except where, (i) the delivery of a guarantee is restricted by the jurisdiction in which such foreign subsidiary is organized, (ii) the giving of a guarantee by such foreign subsidiary would result in material increased tax liabilities for the Borrower and its consolidated subsidiaries, taken as a whole or (iii) the costs of obtaining a guaranty in any particular foreign jurisdiction are unreasonably excessive in relation to the benefits to the Lenders (as hereinafter defined) afforded thereby. | |
Administrative Agent: | PNC Bank, National Association (the Administrative Agent). | |
Lead Arranger: | PNC Capital Markets LLC (the Arranger). | |
Lenders: | Lending institutions acceptable to the Arranger and the Borrower (collectively, the Lenders). | |
Transaction: | Simultaneous with closing of the Credit Facilities (defined below) and a pending Initial Public Offering (IPO), the Borrower will acquire Finanziaria Industriale S.p.A. (together with its wholly- and partially- owned subsidiaries, Isoclima), Transportadora de Proteccion y Seguridad, S.A. de C.V. (TPS), and OmniTech Partners, Inc., Optical Systems Technology, Inc. and Keystone Applied Technologies, Inc. (collectively, OmniTech) (OmniTech, together with Isoclima and TPS, the Pending Acquisitions) using the proceeds from the IPO, borrowings under the Credit Facilities and issuances of its common stock (the Transaction). | |
Credit Facilities: | $40,000,000 in Senior Secured Credit Facilities (defined below). | |
a) $25,000,000 Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility with a $10,000,000 sublimit for the issuance of letters of credit (the Revolver), a $TBD sublimit for swingline borrowings and a $TBD sublimit for loans denominated in an Alternate Currency. Borrowings under the swing line will reduce availability under the Revolver. Pricing on swingline borrowings to be based on the Agents offered rate plus the applicable LIBOR margin then in effect. | ||
Alternate Currency means, with respect to any Revolver loan, Euros and Pesos to the extent that such currency is freely tradable and exchangeable into U.S. Dollars in the London or other applicable interbank market and for which an exchange rate can be determined by reference to the Bloomberg Financial Markets system. | ||
b) $15,000,000 Senior Secured Term Loan (the Term Loan and together with the Revolver, the Credit Facilities). |
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Accordion Feature: | At or after the Closing Date, the Borrower shall have the option to increase the Term Loan in an amount not to exceed $10,000,000 without the consent of the Lenders. | |
The Borrower may solicit any Lender and/or any other financial institution reasonably satisfactory to the Agent and the Borrower to provide such additional or new commitments. No Lender shall be committed to provide any incremental commitment until it expressly agrees to provide such commitment. | ||
Purpose: | The Credit Facilities shall be used to (i) partially finance the Pending Acquisitions, (ii) pay fees and expenses in connection with the Transaction, (iii) refinance certain existing indebtedness, and (iv) with respect to the Revolver, to fund working capital, Permitted Acquisitions, capital expenditures and other general corporate purposes of the Borrower and its subsidiaries, including the issuance of letters of credit. Refer to Exhibit II for Estimated Sources and Uses at closing. | |
Closing Date: | TBD. | |
Maturity: | a) Three years from the Closing Date. | |
b) Three years from the Closing Date. | ||
Repayment: | a) At maturity. Until maturity, the Borrower may borrow, repay and reborrow an amount not to exceed the amount of the Revolver less outstanding letters of credit and swingline borrowings. | |
b) In quarterly principal payments based upon annual reductions as follows: Year 1: $3,000,000Year 2: $5,000,000 Year 3: $7,000,000 | ||
The full amount of the Term Loan must be drawn in a single drawing on the Closing Date. No amount of the Term Loan may be re-borrowed (although LIBOR rollovers and conversions will be permitted). | ||
Interest Rate and Letters of Credit Fees: | Interest rates and letter of credit fees for the Credit Facilities will be subject to a performance based pricing grid which is attached hereto. The basis for pricing will be based on the Borrowers Leverage Ratio per the attached pricing grid. Initial pricing (as expressed in basis points) is expected to be as follows: |
LIBOR Margin | Base Rate Margin | |||
Revolver | L + 400 | BR + 300 | ||
Term Loan | L + 400 | BR + 300 |
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Base Rate Option: | The Base Rate is the higher of (i) the Administrative Agents prime rate or (ii) the Federal Funds Open Rate plus 1/2%. Notwithstanding the above, the Administrative Agents prime rate, for any pricing period, will not be quoted at a rate of less than the sum of the one-month LIBOR rate plus 100 basis points. | |
Interest on Base Rate borrowings is calculated on an actual/365 or 366 day basis and is payable quarterly. | ||
LIBOR Option: | Interest on LIBOR borrowings is calculated on an actual/360 day basis and is payable the earlier of quarterly or on the last day of each interest period. LIBOR advances will be available for periods of 1, 2, 3 or 6 months. LIBOR pricing will be adjusted for any statutory reserves. | |
Letters of Credit: | The Borrower shall pay letter of credit fees equal to the then applicable spread above LIBOR on the aggregate face amount of standby letters of credit issued under the Revolver to each Lender quarterly in proportion to such Lenders commitment. In addition, the Borrower shall pay the Issuing Lender a 1/4% fronting fee, payable quarterly, on the aggregate face amount of such letters of credit. | |
Default Rate: | Subsequent to an Event of Default which continues beyond any applicable cure period, outstandings shall bear interest at 2% over the rate of interest applicable under the Base Rate pricing option. | |
Interest Rate Protection: | The Borrower shall enter into interest rate protection agreements for a period of not less than two (2) years in a form acceptable to the Administrative Agent on at least 50% of the outstandings on the Term Loan. The interest rate protection agreements shall be entered within 60 days of closing on the Term Loan. | |
If an interest rate protection agreement is provided by one of the Lenders, such interest rate protection may be secured by liens which are pari passu with those securing the Credit Facilities to the extent of such institutions credit exposure. Such institution shall calculate its credit exposure in a reasonable and customary manner. | ||
Documentation for interest rate protection shall conform to ISDA standards and must be acceptable to the Agent with respect to inter-creditor issues. | ||
Yield Protection: | The Borrower shall pay the Lenders such additional amounts as will compensate the Lenders in the event applicable law, or change in law, subjects the Lenders to reserve requirements, capital requirements, taxes (except for taxes on the overall net income of the Lenders) or other charges which increase the cost or reduce the yield to the Lenders, under customary yield protection provisions. | |
Expenses: | The Borrower shall pay all of the Arrangers and Administrative Agents costs and expenses associated with the preparation, due diligence, administration, syndication and enforcement of all documentation executed in connection with the Credit Facilities, including, without limitation, the legal fees of counsel to the Administrative Agent and the Arranger, regardless of whether or not the Credit Facilities close. |
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Fees: | ||
Commitment Fee: | A Commitment Fee of 50 basis points shall be paid on the unused portion of the Revolver payable to each Lender quarterly in arrears in proportion to such Lenders commitment. | |
Collateral: | The Credit Facilities will have a first priority security interest on all tangible and intangible existing and subsequently acquired property, including, but not limited to, receivables, inventory, equipment, furniture, fixtures, improvements, intangibles and owned real property of the Loan Parties. First priority perfected lien on 100% of the common stock of each domestic subsidiary of the Borrower, and in the event that a guarantee by foreign subsidiaries would have adverse tax consequences, 65% of the Companys first tier foreign subsidiaries; to include an applicable pledge of all subsequently acquired or formed subsidiaries. | |
Voluntary Prepayments: | Outstandings or commitments under the Credit Facilities may be prepaid or terminated at the Borrowers option without premium or penalty, in minimum principal amounts to be agreed, subject to reimbursement of any costs associated with prepayments of LIBOR advances or any other provisions contained in the credit agreement. | |
Voluntary prepayments of the Term Loan shall be applied in the inverse order of scheduled payments and may not be reborrowed. | ||
Mandatory Prepayments: | Mandatory prepayments of the Term Loan shall be required in an amount equal to: | |
(i) 100% of the net proceeds of material additional indebtedness, with appropriate baskets to be agreed upon. | ||
(ii) 50% of the net proceeds of any equity issuance, excluding the pending IPO. | ||
(iii) 100% of the net cash proceeds from material asset or property sales, with appropriate baskets to be agreed upon. | ||
(iv) 100% of the net proceeds from any recovery event, with appropriate baskets to be agreed upon. | ||
(v) 100% of the outstandings under the Revolver that exceed the Revolver commitment as a result of a fluctuation in exchange rates between Alternate Currency and U.S. Dollars. | ||
Payments (i) through (v) will be first applied to reduce the Term Loan in inverse order to the remaining principal payments and then to the Revolver outstandings, if any. Mandatory prepayments of the Term Loan may not be reborrowed. Payment (vi) is only applicable to the Revolver. | ||
All payments (including voluntary prepayments) shall be accompanied by (i) payment of accrued interest on the amount prepaid to the date of prepayment, and (ii) in the case of a prepayment of a LIBOR Loan, compensation to the Lenders for break funding. |
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Representations and Warranties: | Usual and customary for transactions of this type including those listed below and such additional Representations and Warranties as may be required by the Arranger and Lenders. | |
a. Organization and qualification. a. | ||
b. Capitalization and ownership. | ||
c. Subsidiaries. | ||
d. Power and authority. | ||
e. Validity, binding effect and enforceability. | ||
f. No conflict. | ||
g. Litigation. | ||
h. Title to properties. | ||
i. Financial statements; no material adverse change. | ||
j. Use of proceeds; margin stock. | ||
k. Full disclosure. | ||
l. Taxes. | ||
m. Consents and approvals. | ||
n. No Event of Default. | ||
o. Patents, trademarks, copyrights, licenses. | ||
p. Solvency. | ||
q. Perfection and priority of liens securing the Credit Facilities. | ||
r. Insurance. | ||
s. Compliance with laws. | ||
t. Material contracts. | ||
u. Investment companies. | ||
v. Plans and benefit arrangements. | ||
w. Employment matters. | ||
x. Environmental matters. |
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y. Senior debt status. | ||
z. Anti-terrorism laws. | ||
Conditions Precedent To Closing: | The loan documentation will contain conditions to the effectiveness of the Credit Facilities reasonably satisfactory to the Lenders including, but not limited to the following: | |
a. The Company shall have acquired the stock of the Pending Acquisitions on terms and conditions acceptable to the Arranger, the Administrative Agent and Lenders in their sole discretion, including without limitation, documentation, title to assets, purchase price adjustments, and liabilities assumed. | ||
b. A certified copy of the stock purchase agreements for the Pending Acquisitions (including all amendments, supplements, schedules and exhibits thereto), which shall provide for an aggregate cash purchase price not to exceed [$TBD] million (excluding Transaction expenses). The Borrower shall have raised a minimum of $145,000,000 in equity proceeds through an IPO of its common stock. | ||
c. Satisfactory evidence that, after giving effect to the Transaction, (i) the Borrowers trailing twelve month PF Adjusted EBITDA for the period ended June 30, 2008, as determined in accordance with GAAP, shall be at least equal to $28,200,000, (ii) the ratio of pro forma total debt to total trailing twelve month PF Adjusted EBITDA at closing shall not exceed 3.0x and (iii) the ratio of pro forma total debt less Isoclima debt to total trailing twelve month PF Adjusted EBITDA less Isoclima PF Adjusted EBITDA at closing shall not exceed 2.75x. . | ||
d. Any existing credit agreements and the obligations thereunder shall have been repaid in full and all related documentation and liens shall have been terminated with the exception of debt to be assumed as part of the Pending Acquisitions, including the debt of the Italian subsidiary which may remain outstanding as of the Closing Date in an amount not to exceed 34,786,010 Euros. | ||
e. Negotiation, execution and delivery of definitive documentation with respect to the Credit Facilities satisfactory to the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders. | ||
f. Closing certificate as to the accuracy of Representations and Warranties, compliance with covenants and absence of an Event of Default or Potential Default. | ||
g. Certified resolutions, incumbency certificate and corporate documents. | ||
h. Search of lien, tax and judgment filings in various jurisdictions. | ||
i. The Lenders shall have been granted on the Closing Date first-priority perfected liens and guarantees to the extent required and shall have received such other reports, documents and agreements as are customarily delivered in connection with security interests in the types of assets subject to such liens. |
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j. Environmental assessment (including flood plain determination) and review of title and related documentation as may be required by the Administrative Agent. | ||
k. The Borrower shall have delivered projected consolidated financial statements (including a pro forma opening balance sheet, pro forma statements of operations and cash flows) for 2008 through 2011 that are reasonably acceptable to the Lenders and the Arranger. | ||
l. All regulatory approvals and licenses, absence of any legal or regulatory prohibitions or restrictions. | ||
m. Delivery of satisfactory and customary legal opinion(s) of Loan Parties and Pending Acquisition counsel, including secured transaction and perfection opinion. | ||
n. Delivery of legal opinion(s) of counsel or memoranda of accountants or similar assurances, acceptable to the Administrative Agent and Arranger (upon which the Lenders shall be permitted to rely) including an opinion or memorandum or assurance satisfactory to the Agent and Lenders concerning continued repatriation of European foreign cash flows through the Luxemburg Trust and of other cash flows from Mexico. | ||
o. No material adverse change with respect to the Company and its subsidiaries. | ||
p. No material litigation. | ||
q. Evidence of required insurance. | ||
r. Payment of all fees and expenses subject to reimbursement. | ||
Conditions Precedent To All Loans: | Usual and customary for transactions of this type, to include without limitation the following covenants applicable to the Borrower and its subsidiaries: | |
a. All Representations and Warranties are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date of any borrowing, before and after giving effect to such borrowing and to the application of the proceeds therefrom, as though made on and as of such date; and, | ||
b. No Event of Default or event, which, with the giving of notice or passage of time or both, would be an Event of Default, has occurred and is continuing, or would result from such Borrowing. | ||
Affirmative Covenants: | Usual and customary for transactions of this type, to include without limitation the following covenants applicable to the Borrower and its subsidiaries: |
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a. Maintenance of books, records and inspection. | ||
b. Maintenance of insurance. | ||
c. Payment of taxes. | ||
d. Preservation of corporate existence, rights and authority. | ||
e. Maintenance of properties and leases. | ||
f. Maintenance of patents, trademarks, etc. | ||
g. Compliance with laws (including environmental laws and ERISA matters) and material contractual obligations. | ||
h. Use of proceeds. | ||
i. Subordination of intercompany loans. | ||
j. A portion of all foreign cash flow from offshore subsidiaries, other than the minimum amount necessary to service the permitted indebtedness of the offshore subsidiaries, shall be repatriated on a regular basis and at least on a quarterly basis in an amount as necessary to service domestic Fixed Charges . | ||
Negative Covenants: | Usual and customary for transactions of this nature with respect to the Borrower and the Guarantors, including, but not limited to, the following: | |
a. Maximum Leverage Ratio The ratio of Consolidated Indebtedness to Consolidated EBITDA calculated at the end of each fiscal quarter for the four fiscal quarters then ended, according to the following schedule with step-downs: |
Period | Level | |||
12/31/08 | TBD | |||
TBD | TBD |
b. Minimum Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio As of the end of each fiscal quarter, the ratio of EBITDA less capital expenditures to Fixed Charges (to be defined in the loan documentation) (Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio), as measured on a rolling four quarter basis (unless otherwise noted below) at each fiscal quarter end according to the following schedule: |
Period | Level | |||
9/30/09 | TBDx | |||
(for the previous three quarters) | ||||
12/31/09 and Thereafter | TBDx |
c. Maximum Capital Expenditures Capital expenditures shall not exceed [$TBD] on an annual basis. | ||
d. Minimum PF Adjusted EBITDA, as measured on a rolling four quarter basis at each fiscal quarter end according to the following schedule: |
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Period | Level | |||
12/31/08 | TBD | |||
3/31/09 | TBD | |||
6/30/09 | TBD |
Minimum PF Adjusted EBITDA shall not be tested after the quarter ended June 30, 2009. | ||
e. Limitation on Acquisitions Maximum pro forma Leverage Ratio at close of a Permitted Acquisition shall be the lower of (i) TBDx or (ii) 0.50x less than the maximum leverage covenant then in effect at the time of the acquisition. $10,000,000 of unused availability under the Revolver after giving effect to such acquisition. Other conditions included in the loan documentation. | ||
f. Limitations on joint ventures or creation of non wholly-owned subsidiaries. | ||
g. Limitations on asset divestitures. | ||
h. Limitations on additional indebtedness/guarantee obligations, liens and investments. | ||
i. Limitation on dividends, redemptions and repurchases with respect to capital stock. | ||
j. Limitation on changes in line of business conducted by Borrower and Guarantors. | ||
k. Limitations on transactions with affiliates. | ||
Other Negative Covenants with respect to the Borrower and the Guarantors as reasonably appropriate. | ||
Reporting Requirements: | a. Within 45 days after each of the first three fiscal quarters, financial statements of the Borrower and its subsidiaries, consisting of a consolidated and consolidating balance sheet as of the end of such fiscal quarter and related consolidated and consolidating statements of income, retained earnings and cash flows for the fiscal quarter then ended and the fiscal year through that date, all in reasonable detail and certified by the Chief Executive Officer, President or Chief Financial Officer of the Borrower as having been prepared in accordance with GAAP. | |
b. Provide within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Borrower, financial statements of the Borrower and its subsidiaries consisting of a consolidated and consolidating statements of income, retained earnings and cash flows for the fiscal year then ended, and with respect to such consolidated financial statements, audited by independent certified public accountants of nationally recognized standing satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and including an unqualified opinion. | ||
c. Concurrent with delivery of the financial statements, a compliance certificate signed by the Chief Executive Officer, President or Chief Financial Officer of the Borrower. |
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d. Annual budget and forecast. | ||
e. Delivery of notices of default, material litigation and material governmental and environmental proceedings. | ||
f. Other information as reasonably requested. | ||
Events of Default: | a. Payment default. | |
b. Breach of Representations or Warranties. | ||
c. Violation of covenant(s). | ||
d. Cross default to any other indebtedness | ||
e. Bankruptcy, insolvency. | ||
f. Change of control. | ||
g. Judgments. | ||
Other Events of Default as appropriate. | ||
Required Lenders: | Amendments and waivers of the definitive credit documentation will require the approval of Lenders holding loans and commitments representing more than 50% of the aggregate amount of loans and commitments under the Credit Facilities (the Required Lenders), except that the consent of all the Lenders affected thereby shall be required with respect to any amendment or waiver that (i) increases the amount of the Revolver or Term Loan commitments, (ii) extension of the Revolver or Term Loan expiration date, (iii) postpones or delays any date fixed for payment of principal, interest or fees, (iv) reduces the interest rate or decreases the amount of any payment of principal, interest, fees, or other amounts payable, (v) changes the percentage of the aggregate commitments or principal amounts required for any Lender or the Lenders to take action, (vi) changes the pro rata shares of the Lenders, (vii) releases a material amount of collateral (if lien on collateral is then in effect) or releases a Guarantor (other than in connection with a permitted sale of assets) or (viii) changes any provision of the credit agreement that requires unanimous consent of Lenders. | |
Governing Law: | State of New York. | |
Agents Counsel | Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC. |
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Level I | Level II | Level III | Level IV | |||||||||||||
If the | If the | |||||||||||||||
Leverage | Leverage | |||||||||||||||
If the | Ratio is | Ratio is | If the | |||||||||||||
Leverage | greater than | greater than | Leverage | |||||||||||||
Ratio is less | 2.0 but less | 2.5 but less | Ratio is | |||||||||||||
Basis for | than or equal | than or equal | than or | greater than | ||||||||||||
Pricing | to 2.0 to 1.0. | to 2.5. | equal to 3.0. | 3.0. | ||||||||||||
Term Loan | ||||||||||||||||
LIBOR + | 250 | 300 | 350 | 400 | ||||||||||||
Base Rate + | 150 | 200 | 250 | 300 | ||||||||||||
Revolver | ||||||||||||||||
LIBOR + | 250 | 300 | 350 | 400 | ||||||||||||
Base Rate + | 150 | 200 | 250 | 300 |
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Estimated Sources and Uses
Sources of Funds | ||||
Revolver | $ | 11,275,500 | ||
Term Loan | 15,000,000 | |||
IPO | 145,000,000 | |||
Assumed Isoclima Debt | 49,023,000 | |||
Total Sources | $ | 220,298,500 |
Uses of Funds | ||||||
Isoclima Purchase Price | $ | 87,915,700 | ||||
TPS Purchase Price | 31,235,200 | |||||
OmniTech Purchase Price | 27,041,700 | |||||
Repay Isoclima Debt | 49,022,900 | |||||
Repay OGara Debt | 4,362,000 | |||||
Repay TPS Debt | 2,571,000 | |||||
Repay OmniTech Debt | 250,000 | |||||
Founders Plan | 2,000,000 | |||||
Fees and Expenses | 15,900,000 | |||||
Total Uses | $ | 220,298,500 |
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