FIRST AMENDMENT TO SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED
LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
This First Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Loan and Security
Agreement ("Amendment") is dated as of June 30, 2000 and is entered into by and
between Guardian International, Inc. ("Borrower"), the Borrowing Subsidiaries
from time to time parties thereto and Xxxxxx Financial, Inc., ("Lender").
WHEREAS, Lender and Borrower are parties to a certain Second Amended
and Restated Loan and Security Agreement dated February 23, 1998 (as such
agreement has from time to time been amended, supplemented or otherwise
modified, the "Agreement"); and
WHEREAS, the parties desire to amend the Agreement as hereinafter set
forth.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual conditions and agreements
set forth in the Agreement and this Amendment, and other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the
parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
1. Definitions. Capitalized terms used in this Amendment, unless
otherwise defined herein, shall have the meaning ascribed to such terms in the
Agreement.
2. Amendments. Subject to the conditions set forth below, the Agreement
is amended as follows:
(a) Paragraph (2) of Subsection 2.1 is amended by deleting
such subsection in its entirety and inserting the following in lieu thereof:
"2.1 (2) "Borrowing Base" means, as of any date of
determination, an amount equal to the lesser of (a) Borrowers'
Pro Forma EBIDAT as of the last day of the most recently ended
fiscal month for the trailing twelve-month period then ended,
multiplied by 4.00, or (b) aggregate MRI in respect of all
Contracts of Borrowers as of the last day of the then most
recently ended month, multiplied by 25. The Borrowing Base
shall be determined from time to time based on the most recent
Borrowing Base Certificate delivered by Borrower
Representative to Lender. "Pro Forma EBIDAT" shall be defined
and calculated in accordance with the Borrowing Base
Certificate attached hereto as Exhibit A."
(b) Annex A attached to the Agreement is amended by deleting
the definition of "Expiry Date" in its entirety and inserting the following in
lieu thereof:
"Expiry Date" means the earlier of (a) the suspension (subject
to reinstatement) of the Lender's obligations to make Loans
pursuant to subsection 8.2, (b) the acceleration of the
Obligations pursuant to subsection 8.3 or (c) June 30, 2002.
3. Conditions. The effectiveness of this Amendment is subject to the
following conditions precedent (unless specifically waived in writing by Agent):
(a) Borrower shall have executed and delivered this Amendment
and such other documents and instruments as Lender may require shall have been
executed and/or delivered to Agent;
(b) All proceedings taken in connection with the transactions
contemplated by this Amendment and all documents, instruments and other legal
matters incident thereto shall be satisfactory to Lender and its legal counsel;
(c) No Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing; and
(d) Borrower shall have paid Lender an amendment fee in the
amount of $150,000.
4. Representations and Warranties. To induce Lender to enter into this
Amendment, Borrower represents and warrants to Lender:
(a) that the execution, delivery and performance of this
Amendment has been duly authorized by all requisite corporate action on the part
of Borrower and that this Amendment has been duly executed and delivered by
Borrower;
(b) that each of the representations and warranties set forth
in Section 4 of the Agreement (other than those which, by their terms,
specifically are made as of certain date prior to the date hereof) are true and
correct in all material respects as of the date hereof; and
5. Severability. Any provision of this Amendment held by a court of
competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unenforceable shall not impair or
invalidate the remainder of this Amendment and the effect thereof shall be
confined to the provision so held to be invalid or unenforceable.
6. References. Any reference to the Agreement contained in any
document, instrument or agreement executed in connection with the Agreement
shall be deemed to be a reference to the Agreement as modified by this
Amendment.
7. Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in one or more
counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which taken
together shall be one and the same instrument.
8. Ratification. The terms and provisions set forth in this Amendment
shall modify and supersede all inconsistent terms and provisions of the
Agreement and shall not be deemed to be a consent to the modification or waiver
of any other term or condition of the Agreement.
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Except as expressly modified
and superseded by this Amendment, the terms and provisions of the Agreement are
ratified and confirmed and shall continue in full force and effect.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be
duly executed under seal and delivered by their respective duly authorized
officers on the date first written above.
Xxxxxx Financial, Inc., GUARDIAN INTERNATIONAL, INC.
By: /s/Xxxxx X. Xxxx By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Title: Assistant Vice President Title: Chief Financial Officer
and Vice President
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