UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 10-Q
(Mark One)
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QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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For the Quarterly Period Ended November 1, 2009
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TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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For the transition period from
to
Commission file number 000-27999
Finisar Corporation
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware
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(State or other jurisdiction of
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94-3038428
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incorporation or organization)
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(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
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1389 Moffett Park Drive
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Sunnyvale, California
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94089
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(Address of principal executive offices)
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(Zip Code)
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Registrants telephone number, including area code:
408-548-1000
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed
by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or
for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been
subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes
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No
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its
corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted
pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period
that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes
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No
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated
filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of large
accelerated filer, accelerated filer and smaller reporting company in Rule 12b-2 of the
Exchange Act. (Check one):
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Large accelerated filer
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Accelerated filer
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Non-accelerated filer
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Smaller reporting company
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(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of
the Exchange Act). Yes
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No
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At November 30, 2009, there were 64,808,071 shares of the registrants common stock, $.001 par
value, issued and outstanding.
INDEX TO QUARTERLY REPORT ON FORM 10-Q
For the Quarter Ended November 1, 2009
2
FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS
This report contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. We use words like anticipates, believes, plans, expects,
future, intends and similar expressions to identify these forward-looking statements. We have
based these forward-looking statements on our current expectations and projections about future
events; however, our business and operations are subject to a variety of risks and uncertainties,
and, consequently, actual results may materially differ from those projected by any forward-looking
statements. As a result, you should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements
since they may not occur.
Certain factors that could cause actual results to differ from those projected are discussed
in Item 1A. Risk Factors. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any
forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information or future events.
3
PART I FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1.
Financial Statements
FINISAR
CORPORATION
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
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November 1, 2009
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April 30, 2009 *
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(In thousands, except share and per share data)
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(unaudited)
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ASSETS
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Current assets:
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Cash and cash equivalents
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$
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80,595
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$
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37,129
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Short-term available-for-sale investments
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79
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92
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Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts
of $1,859 at November 1, 2009 and $1,069 at April 30, 2009
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95,924
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81,820
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Accounts receivable, other
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9,747
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10,033
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Inventories
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113,133
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107,764
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Prepaid expenses
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6,738
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6,795
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Current assets associated with discontinued operations
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4,863
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Total current assets
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306,216
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248,496
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Property, plant and improvements, net
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81,077
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81,606
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Purchased technology, net
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14,074
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16,459
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Other intangible assets, net
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12,559
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13,427
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Minority investments
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12,289
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14,289
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Other assets
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6,183
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2,584
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Non-current assets associated with discontinued operations
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3,527
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Total assets
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$
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432,398
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$
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380,388
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LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY
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Current liabilities:
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Accounts payable
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$
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54,915
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$
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48,421
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Accrued compensation
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10,885
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11,428
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Other accrued liabilities (Note 11)
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25,403
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30,513
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Deferred revenue
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2,079
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1,703
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Current portion of convertible debt (Note 12)
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33,334
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Current portion of long-term debt (Note 13)
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6,241
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6,107
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Non-cancelable purchase obligations
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596
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2,965
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Current liabilities associated with discontinued operations
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3,160
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Total current liabilities
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133,453
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104,297
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Long-term liabilities:
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Convertible notes, net of current portion (Note 12)
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100,000
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134,255
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Long-term debt, net of current portion (Note 13)
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12,151
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15,305
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Other non-current liabilities
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5,832
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2,511
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Deferred income taxes
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1,136
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1,149
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Non-current liabilities associated with discontinued operations
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650
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Total liabilities
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252,572
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258,167
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Stockholders equity:
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Preferred stock, $0.001 par value, 5,000,000 shares authorized,
no shares issued and outstanding at November 1, 2009 and April 30, 2009
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Common stock, $0.001 par value, 750,000,000 shares authorized,
64,799,969 shares issued and outstanding at November 1, 2009
and 59,686,507 shares issued and outstanding at April 30, 2009
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65
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60
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Additional paid-in capital
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1,887,167
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1,831,224
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Accumulated other comprehensive income
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9,840
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2,662
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Accumulated deficit
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(1,717,246
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(1,711,725
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Total stockholders equity
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179,826
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122,221
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Total liabilities and stockholders equity
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$
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432,398
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$
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380,388
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*
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The condensed consolidated balance sheet at April 30, 2009 has been derived from
audited consolidated financial statements at that date.
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See accompanying notes.
4
FINISAR CORPORATION
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(Unaudited, in thousands, except share and per share data)
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Three Months Ended
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Six Months Ended
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November 1, 2009
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November 2, 2008
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November 1, 2009
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November 2, 2008
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Revenues
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$
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145,730
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$
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147,746
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$
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274,455
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$
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263,520
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Cost of revenues
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104,745
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106,536
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202,875
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180,671
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Amortization of acquired developed technology
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1,192
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1,253
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2,385
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2,103
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Gross profit
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39,793
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39,957
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69,195
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80,746
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Operating expenses:
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Research and development
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21,575
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21,774
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42,622
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39,187
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Sales and marketing
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7,313
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7,903
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14,132
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14,779
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General and administrative
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8,177
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10,538
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17,798
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19,049
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Acquired in-process research and development
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10,500
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10,500
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Restructuring charges
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4,173
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4,173
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Amortization of purchased intangibles
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518
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614
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1,219
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743
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Impairment of goodwill and intangible assets
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178,768
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178,768
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Total operating expenses
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41,756
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230,097
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79,944
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263,026
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Loss from operations
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(1,963
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(190,140
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(10,749
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(182,280
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Interest income
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9
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657
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19
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1,625
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Interest expense
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(2,167
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(4,113
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(4,601
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(9,356
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Loss on debt extinguishment
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(25,067
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(25,067
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Other income (expense), net
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(2,191
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(3,282
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(1,938
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(3,179
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Loss from continuing operations before
income taxes
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(31,379
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(196,878
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(42,336
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(193,190
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Provision (benefit) for income taxes
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38
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(7,743
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197
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(6,997
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Loss from continuing operations
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$
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(31,417
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$
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(189,135
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$
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(42,533
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$
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(186,193
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Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of
income taxes
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$
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(67
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$
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1,115
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$
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37,012
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$
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990
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Net loss
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$
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(31,484
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$
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(188,020
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$
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(5,521
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$
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(185,203
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Net income (loss) per share:
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Basic
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Continuing operations
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$
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(0.49
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$
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(3.55
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$
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(0.68
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$
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(4.06
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Discontinued operations
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$
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(0.00
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$
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0.02
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$
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0.60
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$
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0.02
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Diluted
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Continuing operations
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$
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(0.49
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$
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(3.55
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$
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(0.68
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$
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(4.06
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Discontinued operations
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$
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(0.00
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$
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0.02
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$
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0.60
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$
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0.02
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Weighted
average number of common shares outstanding:
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Basic
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64,198
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53,325
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62,157
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45,889
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Diluted
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64,198
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53,325
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62,157
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45,889
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See accompanying notes.
5
FINISAR CORPORATION
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(Unaudited, in thousands)
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Six Months Ended
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November 1, 2009
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November 2, 2008
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Operating activities
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Net loss
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$
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(5,521
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(185,203
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Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided (used) by operating activities:
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Depreciation and amortization
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14,782
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14,303
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Stock-based compensation expense
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8,807
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6,827
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Amortization of beneficial conversion feature of convertible notes
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1,817
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Non-cash interest cost on 2.5% convertible senior subordinated notes
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2,291
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2,470
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Amortization of purchased technology and finite lived intangibles
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1,296
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1,021
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Amortization of acquired developed technology
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2,555
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2,749
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Impairment of minority investments
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2,000
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Loss on sale or retirement of assets
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275
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395
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Loss on debt extinguishment
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23,581
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232
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Gain on remeasurement of derivative liability
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(1,135
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(Gain) loss on sale of equity investment
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(375
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12
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(Gain) loss on sale of a product line
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(1,250
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919
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Other than temporary decline in fair market value of equity security
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1,920
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Gain on sale of discontinued operation
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(36,053
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Impairment of goodwill
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178,768
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Acquired in-process R&D
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10,500
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Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
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Accounts receivable
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(14,104
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(17,450
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Inventories
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(3,675
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)
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(5,718
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Other assets
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(2,137
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(1,511
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Deferred income taxes
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(13
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(7,846
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)
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Accounts payable
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6,494
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(104
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Accrued compensation
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(886
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)
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1,741
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Other accrued liabilities
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(1,945
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(3,046
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Deferred revenue
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174
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|
|
|
(286
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities
|
|
|
(3,704
|
)
|
|
|
1,375
|
|
Investing activities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Purchases of property, equipment and improvements
|
|
|
(10,711
|
)
|
|
|
(15,532
|
)
|
Sale of short and long-term investments, net
|
|
|
29
|
|
|
|
30,684
|
|
Proceeds from sale of equity investment
|
|
|
375
|
|
|
|
90
|
|
Proceeds from disposed product line
|
|
|
1,250
|
|
|
|
|
|
Purchase of intangible assets
|
|
|
(375
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
Proceeds from sale of discontinued operations
|
|
|
40,683
|
|
|
|
|
|
Purchase of subsidiaries, net of cash assumed
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
30,101
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash provided by investing activities
|
|
|
31,251
|
|
|
|
45,343
|
|
Financing activities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Repayment of convertible notes related to acquisition
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(11,918
|
)
|
Proceeds from term loan
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
19,968
|
|
Issuance of 5% convertible notes
|
|
|
98,057
|
|
|
|
|
|
Repayments of liability related to sale-leaseback of building
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(101
|
)
|
Repayments of borrowings under notes
|
|
|
(3,021
|
)
|
|
|
(1,241
|
)
|
Repayment of convertible notes
|
|
|
(82,575
|
)
|
|
|
(92,026
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Proceeds from exercise of stock options and stock purchase plan, net of repurchase of
unvested shares
|
|
|
3,458
|
|
|
|
3,350
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities
|
|
|
15,919
|
|
|
|
(81,968
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
increase(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
|
|
|
43,466
|
|
|
|
(35,250
|
)
|
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
|
|
|
37,129
|
|
|
|
79,442
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
|
|
$
|
80,595
|
|
|
$
|
44,192
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash paid for interest
|
|
$
|
2,215
|
|
|
$
|
3,749
|
|
Cash paid for taxes
|
|
$
|
211
|
|
|
$
|
266
|
|
Issuance of common stock and assumption of options and warrants in connection with merger
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
|
251,382
|
|
Issuance of common stock for repayment of convertible debt
|
|
$
|
16,383
|
|
|
|
|
|
See accompanying notes.
6
FINISAR CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(unaudited)
1. Basis of Presentation
Description of Business
Finisar Corporation is a leading provider of optical subsystems and components that
are used to interconnect equipment in local area networks, or LANs, storage area networks, or SANs, metropolitan area networks,
or MANs, fiber-to-home networks, or FTTx, cable television networks, or CATV, and wide area
networks, or WANs. The Companys optical subsystems consist primarily of transceivers and
transponders which provide the fundamental optical-electrical
interface for connecting various types of equipment used in building
these networks, including switches, routers and file servers used in
wireline networks as well as antennas and base stations for wireless
networks. These products rely on the use of digital and analog RF
semiconductor lasers in conjunction with integrated circuit design and novel packaging technology
to provide a cost-effective means for transmitting and receiving digital signals over fiber optic
cable using a wide range of network protocols, transmission speeds and physical configurations over
distances from 100 meters up to 200 kilometers. The Company also provides products for dynamically
switching network traffic from one optical link to another across multiple wavelengths without
first converting to an electrical signal known as reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexers, or
ROADMs. The Companys line of optical components consists primarily of packaged lasers and
photodetectors used in transceivers, primarily for LAN and SAN applications and passive optical
components used in building MANs. Demand for the Companys
products is largely driven by the continually growing need for
additional bandwidth created by the ongoing proliferation of data and
video traffic that must be handled by both wireline and wireless
networks. The Companys manufacturing operations are vertically integrated
and include integrated circuit design and internal assembly and test capabilities for the Companys
optical subsystem products, as well as key components used in those subsystems. The Company sells
its optical subsystem and component products to manufacturers of storage and networking equipment
such as Alcatel-Lucent, Brocade, Cisco Systems, EMC, Emulex, Ericsson, Hewlett-Packard Company,
Huawei, IBM, Juniper, Qlogic, Siemens and Tellabs.
The Company formerly provided network performance test systems through its Network Tools
Division. On July 15, 2009, the Company consummated the sale of substantially all of the assets of
the Network Tools Division to JDS Uniphase Corporation (JDSU). In accordance with Financial
Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) 205-20,
Presentation
of Financial Statements, Discontinued Operations
(formerly referenced as Statement of Financial
Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 144,
Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long Lived
Asset
s), the operating results of this business and the assets and liabilities for all applicable
prior periods are reported as discontinued operations in the condensed consolidated financial
statements for the period ended November 1, 2009. See Note 4 for further details regarding the sale
of division.
Finisar Corporation was incorporated in California in April 1987 and reincorporated in
Delaware in November 1999.
The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements as of November 1, 2009
and for the three and six month periods ended November 1, 2009 and November 2, 2008, have been
prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles for interim financial
statements and pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
SEC), and include the accounts of Finisar Corporation and its wholly-owned subsidiaries
(collectively, Finisar or the Company). Inter-company accounts and transactions have been
eliminated in consolidation. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in
annual financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting
principles (U.S. GAAP) have been condensed or omitted pursuant to such rules and regulations. In
the opinion of management, the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements reflect all
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adjustments (consisting only of normal recurring adjustments) necessary for a fair
presentation of the Companys financial position at November 1, 2009 and its operating results and
cash flows for the three and six month periods ended November 1, 2009 and November 2, 2008. These
unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the
Companys audited financial statements and notes for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2009. The
Company has evaluated subsequent events through December 11, 2009, the date these financial
statements were issued.
FASB Accounting Standards Codification
In June 2009, the FASB issued SFAS No. 168,
The FASB Accounting Standards Codification and the
Hierarchy of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
a replacement of SFAS No. 162
(SFAS
168), which establishes the FASB ASC as the source of authoritative U.S. GAAP recognized by the
FASB to be applied by non-governmental entities. This guidance is effective for interim periods and
fiscal years ending after September 15, 2009. On July 1, 2009, the Company adopted the provisions
of this guidance and as a result, the majority of references to historically issued accounting
pronouncements are now superseded by references to the FASB ASC. Certain accounting pronouncements,
such as SFAS 168, will remain authoritative until they are integrated into the FASB ASC.
Fiscal Periods
The Company maintains its financial records on the basis of a fiscal year ending on April 30,
with fiscal quarters ending on the Sunday closest to the end of the period (thirteen-week periods).
Reclassifications
Certain reclassifications have been made to the prior year financial statements to conform to
the current year presentation. These changes had no impact on the Companys previously reported
financial position, results of operations and cash flows.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to
make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and
accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from these estimates.
Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes
In May 2008, the FASB issued FASB ASC 470-20,
Debt with Conversion and Other Options
(ASC
470-20) (formerly referenced as FASB Staff Position (FSP) Accounting Principles Board Opinion
No. 14-1,
Accounting for Convertible Debt Instruments That May Be Settled in Cash upon Conversion
(Including Partial Cash Settlement)
(FSP APB 14-1)). This standard addresses instruments commonly
referred to as Instrument C which requires the issuer to settle the principal amount in cash and
the conversion spread in cash or net shares at the issuers option. It requires that issuers of
these instruments account for their liability and equity components separately by bifurcating the
conversion option from the debt instrument, classifying the conversion option in equity and then
accreting the resulting discount on the debt as additional interest expense over the expected life
of the debt. ASC 470-20 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2008 and interim
periods within those fiscal years and requires retrospective application to all periods presented.
On May 1, 2009, the Company adopted the provisions of ASC 470-20 on a retrospective basis and
reflected additional interest expense of $1.1 million and $1.2 million for the three months ended
November 1, 2009 and
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November 2, 2008, respectively, and $2.3 million and $2.5 million for the six months ended
November 1, 2009 and November 2, 2008, respectively, in its condensed consolidated statement of
operations. In addition, the retrospective adoption of ASC 470-20 decreased debt issuance costs
included in other assets by an aggregate of $313,000, decreased convertible senior notes, net
included in long-term liabilities by $7.7 million, and increased total stockholders equity by $7.4
million after a charge of $12.1 million to accumulated deficit on its condensed consolidated
balance sheet as of April 30, 2009. See Note 12 for the impact of the adoption of ASC 470-20 on
prior period balances.
Reverse Stock Split
On September 25, 2009, the Company effected a 1-for-8 reverse split of its common stock,
pursuant to previously obtained stockholder authorization. The number of authorized shares of
common stock was not changed. The reverse stock split reduced the Companys issued and outstanding
shares of common stock as of September 25, 2009 from approximately 517,161,351 shares of Common
Stock to approximately 64,645,169 shares.
All share and per-share information in the accompanying financial statements have been
restated retroactively to reflect the reverse stock split. The common stock and additional paid-in
capital accounts at April 30, 2009 were adjusted retroactively to reflect the reverse stock split.
2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Revenue Recognition
The Companys revenue transactions consist predominately of sales of products to customers.
The Company follows FASB ASC 605-10,
Revenue Recognition, Products
(formerly referenced as SEC
Staff Accounting Bulletin (SAB) No. 104,
Revenue Recognition
) and FASB ASC 605-25,
Revenue
Recognition, Multiple-Element Arrangement
(formerly referenced as Emerging Issues Task Force
(EITF) Issue 00-21,
Revenue Arrangements with Multiple Deliverables
). Specifically, the Company
recognizes revenue when persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, title and risk of loss have
passed to the customer, generally upon shipment, the price is fixed or determinable, and
collectability is reasonably assured. For those arrangements with multiple elements, or in related
arrangements with the same customer, the arrangement is divided into separate units of accounting
if certain criteria are met, including whether the delivered item has stand-alone value to the
customer and whether there is objective and reliable evidence of the fair value of the undelivered
items. The consideration received is allocated among the separate units of accounting based on
their respective fair values, and the applicable revenue recognition criteria are applied to each
of the separate units. In cases where there is objective and reliable evidence of the fair value of
the undelivered item in an arrangement but no such evidence for the delivered item, the residual
method is used to allocate the arrangement consideration. For units of accounting which include
more than one deliverable, the Company generally recognizes all revenue and cost of revenue for the
unit of accounting during the period in which the last undelivered item is delivered.
At the time revenue is recognized, the Company establishes an accrual for estimated warranty
expenses associated with sales, recorded as a component of cost of revenues. The Companys
customers and distributors generally do not have return rights. However, the Company has
established an allowance for estimated customer returns, based on historical experience, which is
netted against revenue.
Sales to certain distributors are made under agreements providing distributor price
adjustments and rights of return under certain circumstances. Revenue and costs relating to
distributor sales are deferred until products are sold by the distributors to end customers.
Revenue recognition depends on notification from the distributor that
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product has been sold to the end customer. Also reported by the distributor are product resale
price, quantity and end customer shipment information, as well as inventory on hand. Deferred
revenue on shipments to distributors reflects the effects of distributor price adjustments and, the
amount of gross margin expected to be realized when distributors sell-through products purchased
from the Company. Accounts receivable from distributors are recognized and inventory is relieved
when title to inventories transfers, typically upon shipment from the Company at which point the
Company has a legally enforceable right to collection under normal payment terms.
Segment Reporting
FASB ASC 280,
Segment Reporting
(formerly referenced as SFAS No. 131,
Disclosures about
Segments of an Enterprise and Related Information)
establishes standards for the way that public
business enterprises report information about operating segments in annual financial statements and
requires that those enterprises report selected information about operating segments in interim
financial reports. ASC 280 also establishes standards for related disclosures about products and
services, geographic areas and major customers. Prior to the first quarter of fiscal 2010, the
Company had determined that it operated in two segments consisting of optical subsystems and
components and network test systems. After the sale of the assets of the Network Tools Division to
JDSU in the first quarter of fiscal 2010, the Company has one reportable segment comprising
optical subsystems and components.
Concentrations of Credit Risk
Financial instruments which potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk
include cash, cash equivalents, available-for-sale and restricted investments and accounts
receivable. The Company places its cash, cash equivalents, available-for-sale and restricted
investments with high-credit quality financial institutions. Such investments are generally in
excess of FDIC insurance limits.
Concentrations of credit risk, with respect to accounts receivable, exist to the extent of
amounts presented in the financial statements. Generally, the Company does not require collateral
or other security to support customer receivables. The Company performs periodic credit evaluations
of its customers and maintains an allowance for potential credit losses based on historical
experience and other information available to management. Losses to date have not been material.
The Companys five largest customers represented 41% and 48% of total accounts receivable at
November 1, 2009 and April 30, 2009, respectively. As of November 1, 2009, one customer accounted
for 13% of total accounts receivable. As of April 30, 2009, two customers accounted for 19% and
17%, respectively, of total accounts receivable.
The Company sells products primarily to customers located in Asia and North America. During
the three and six months ended November 1, 2009, sales to the Companys five largest customers
represented 43% of total revenues, respectively. During the three and six months ended November 2,
2008, sales to the Companys five largest customers represented 42% and 40% of total revenues,
respectively. One customer, Cisco Systems, represented more than 10% of total revenues during each
of these periods.
Included in the Companys condensed consolidated balance sheet at November 1, 2009 are the net
assets of the Companys manufacturing operations, substantially all of which are located at its
overseas manufacturing facilities and which total approximately $84.2 million.
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Foreign Currency Translation
The functional currency of the Companys foreign subsidiaries is the local currency. Assets
and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated using the exchange rate on the
balance sheet dates. Revenues and expenses are translated using average exchange rates prevailing
during the year. Any translation adjustments resulting from this process are shown separately as a
component of accumulated other comprehensive income. Foreign currency transaction gains and losses
are included in the determination of net loss.
Research and Development
Research and development expenditures are charged to operations as incurred.
Shipping and Handling Costs
The Company records costs related to shipping and handling in cost of sales for all periods
presented.
Cash and Cash Equivalents
Finisars cash equivalents consist of money market funds and highly liquid short-term
investments with qualified financial institutions. Finisar considers all highly liquid investments
with an original maturity from the date of purchase of three months or less to be cash equivalents.
Investments
Available-for-Sale Investments
Available-for-sale investments consist of interest bearing securities with maturities of
greater than three months from the date of purchase and equity securities. Pursuant to FASB ASC
320,
Investments-Debt and Equity Securities
(formerly referenced as SFAS No. 115,
Accounting for
Certain Investments in Debt and Equity Securities
), the Company has classified certain of its
investments as available-for-sale. Available-for-sale securities are stated at market value, which
approximates fair value, and unrealized holding gains and losses, net of the related tax effect,
are excluded from earnings and are reported as a separate component of accumulated other
comprehensive income until realized. A decline in the market value of the security below cost that
is deemed other than temporary is charged to earnings, resulting in the establishment of a new cost
basis for the security.
Other Investments
The Company uses the cost method of accounting for investments in companies that do not have a
readily determinable fair value in which it holds an interest of less than 20% and over which it
does not have the ability to exercise significant influence. For entities in which the Company
holds an interest of greater than 20% or in which the Company does have the ability to exercise
significant influence, the Company uses the equity method. In determining if and when a decline in
the market value of these investments below their carrying value is other-than-temporary, the
Company evaluates the market conditions, offering prices, trends of earnings and cash flows, price
multiples, prospects for liquidity and other key measures of performance. The Companys policy is
to recognize an impairment in the value of its minority equity investments when clear evidence of
an impairment exists, such as (a) the completion of a new equity financing that may indicate a new
value for the investment, (b) the failure to complete a new equity financing arrangement after
seeking to raise additional funds or (c) the commencement of proceedings under which the assets of
the business may be placed in receivership or liquidated to satisfy the claims of debt and equity
stakeholders. The Companys minority investments in private companies are generally made in exchange for preferred stock with a
liquidation preference that is intended to help protect the underlying value of its investment.
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Fair Value Accounting
FASB ASC 820,
Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures
(formerly referenced as SFAS No. 157,
Fair Value Measurements
), defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value and
expands the related disclosure requirements. This statement applies to accounting pronouncements
that require or permit fair value measurements with certain exclusions. The standard provides that
a fair value measurement assumes that the transaction to sell an asset or transfer a liability
occurs in the principal market for the asset or liability or, in the absence of a principal market,
the most advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market
participants on the measurement date. This standard establishes a valuation hierarchy for
disclosure of the inputs to valuation used to measure fair value. Valuation techniques used to
measure fair value under this standard must maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the
use of unobservable inputs The standard describes a fair value hierarchy based on three levels of
inputs, of which the first two are considered observable and the last unobservable, that may be
used to measure fair value which are the following:
Level 1 inputs are unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or
liabilities;
Level 2 inputs are quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets or
inputs that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly through market
corroboration, for substantially the full term of the financial instrument; and
Level 3 inputs are unobservable inputs based on our own assumptions used to measure assets and
liabilities at fair value. A financial asset or liabilitys classification within the hierarchy is
determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement.
The Company classifies investments within Level 1 if quoted prices are available in active
markets. Level 1 assets include instruments valued based on quoted market prices in active markets
which generally include money market funds, corporate publicly traded equity securities on major
exchanges and U.S. Treasury notes with quoted prices on active markets. The Company classifies
items in Level 2 if the investments are valued using observable inputs to quoted market prices,
benchmark yields, reported trades, broker/dealer quotes or alternative pricing sources with
reasonable levels of price transparency. These investments include: government agencies, corporate
bonds and commercial paper. See Note 9 for additional details regarding the fair value of the
Companys investments.
The Company did not hold financial assets and liabilities which were valued using unobservable
inputs as of November 1, 2009 or April 30, 2009.
Inventories
Inventories are stated at the lower of cost (determined on a first-in, first-out basis) or
market.
The Company permanently writes down the cost of inventory that the Company specifically
identifies and considers obsolete or excessive to fulfill future sales estimates. The Company
defines obsolete inventory as inventory that will no longer be used in the manufacturing process.
Excess inventory is generally defined as inventory in excess of projected usage and is determined
using managements best estimate of future demand, based upon information then available to the
Company. The Company also considers: (1) parts and
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subassemblies that can be used in alternative finished products, (2) parts and subassemblies
that are likely to be engineered out of the Companys products, and (3) known design changes which
would reduce the Companys ability to use the inventory as planned.
In quantifying the amount of excess inventory, the Company assumes that the last twelve months
of demand is generally indicative of the demand for the next twelve months. Inventory on hand that
is in excess of that demand is written down. Obligations to purchase inventory acquired by
subcontractors based on forecasts provided by the Company are recognized at the time such
obligations arise.
Property and Equipment
Property and equipment are stated at cost, net of accumulated depreciation and amortization.
Property and equipment are depreciated on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful lives of
the assets, generally three years to seven years except for buildings, which are depreciated over
twenty-five years. Land is carried at acquisition cost and not depreciated. Leased land is
depreciated over the life of the lease.
Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets
Goodwill, purchased technology, and other intangible assets result from acquisitions are
accounted for under the purchase method. Intangible assets with finite lives are amortized over
their estimated useful lives. Amortization of purchased technology and other intangibles has been
provided on a straight-line basis over periods ranging from three to ten years. The amortization of
goodwill ceased with the adoption of FASB ASC 350,
Intangibles- Goodwill and Other
(formerly
referenced as SFAS No. 142,
Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets
) beginning in the first quarter of
fiscal 2003. Goodwill is assessed for impairment annually or more frequently when an event occurs
or circumstances change between annual tests that would more likely than not reduce the fair value
of the reporting unit below its carrying value.
Accounting for the Impairment of Long-Lived Assets
The Company periodically evaluates whether changes have occurred to long-lived assets that
would require revision of the remaining estimated useful life of the assets or render them not
recoverable. If such circumstances arise, the Company uses an estimate of the undiscounted value of
expected future operating cash flows to determine whether the long-lived assets are impaired. If
the aggregate undiscounted cash flows are less than the carrying amount of the assets, the
resulting impairment charge to be recorded is calculated based on the excess of the carrying value
of the assets over the fair value of such assets, with the fair value determined based on an
estimate of discounted future cash flows.
Stock-Based Compensation Expense
The Company accounts for stock-based compensation in accordance with FASB ASC 718 (ASC 718),
Compensation-Stock Compensation
(formerly referenced as SFAS No. 123 (revised 2004),
Share-Based
Payment
), which requires the measurement and recognition of compensation expense for all
stock-based payment awards made to employees and directors including employee stock options and
employee stock purchases under the Companys Employee Stock Purchase Plan based on estimated fair
values. ASC 718 requires companies to estimate the fair value of stock-based payment awards on the
date of grant using an option pricing model. The Company uses the Black-Scholes option pricing
model to determine the fair value of stock based awards under ASC 718. The value of the portion of
the award that is ultimately expected to vest is recognized as expense over the requisite service
periods in the consolidated statements of operations.
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Stock-based compensation expense recognized in the condensed consolidated statements of
operations for the three and six months ended November 1, 2009 and November 2, 2008 included
compensation expense for stock-based payment awards granted prior to, but not yet vested as of, the
adoption of ASC 718. Compensation expense for expected-to-vest stock-based awards that were granted
on or prior to April 30, 2006 was valued under the multiple-option approach and will continue to be
amortized using the accelerated attribution method. Subsequent to April 30, 2006, compensation
expense for expected-to-vest stock-based awards is valued under the single-option approach and
amortized on a straight-line basis, net of estimated forfeitures.
Computation of Net Income (Loss) Per Share
Basic and diluted net income (loss) per share is presented in accordance with FASB ASC 260,
Earnings Per Share
(ASC 260), (formerly referenced as SFAS No. 128,
Earnings Per Share
)
,
for all
periods presented. Basic net income (loss) per share has been computed using the weighted-average
number of shares of common stock outstanding during the period. Diluted net income (loss) per share
has been computed using the weighted-average number of shares of common stock and dilutive
potential common shares from options and warrants (under the treasury stock method) and convertible
notes (on an as-if-converted basis) outstanding during the period.
The following table presents common stock equivalents related to potentially dilutive
securities excluded from the calculation of diluted net loss per share from continuing operations
because they are anti-dilutive (in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended
|
|
|
Six Months Ended
|
|
|
|
November 1,
|
|
|
November 2,
|
|
|
November 1,
|
|
|
November 2,
|
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2008
|
|
Employee stock options
|
|
|
1,423
|
|
|
|
418
|
|
|
|
1,252
|
|
|
|
301
|
|
Conversion of
convertible
subordinated notes
|
|
|
2,401
|
|
|
|
3,771
|
|
|
|
2,015
|
|
|
|
3,771
|
|
Warrants
|
|
|
34
|
|
|
|
35
|
|
|
|
33
|
|
|
|
35
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,858
|
|
|
|
4,224
|
|
|
|
3,300
|
|
|
|
4,107
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Comprehensive Income (Loss)
FASB ASC 220,
Comprehensive Income
(ASC 220) (formerly referenced as SFAS No. 130,
Reporting
Comprehensive Income
)
,
establishes rules for reporting and display of comprehensive income or loss
and its components. ASC 220 requires unrealized gains or losses on the Companys available-for-sale
securities and foreign currency translation adjustments to be included in comprehensive income
(loss).
The components of comprehensive income (loss) for the three and six months ended November 1,
2009 and November 2, 2008 were as follows (in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended
|
|
|
Six Months Ended
|
|
|
|
November 1,
|
|
|
November 2,
|
|
|
November 1,
|
|
|
November 2,
|
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2008
|
|
Net loss
|
|
$
|
(31,484
|
)
|
|
$
|
(188,020
|
)
|
|
$
|
(5,521
|
)
|
|
$
|
(185,203
|
)
|
Foreign currency translation adjustment
|
|
|
3,289
|
|
|
|
(7,228
|
)
|
|
|
7,162
|
|
|
|
(9,180
|
)
|
Change in unrealized loss on securities, net of
reclassification adjustments for realized loss
|
|
|
(1
|
)
|
|
|
(216
|
)
|
|
|
16
|
|
|
|
(1,067
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Comprehensive income (loss)
|
|
$
|
(28,196
|
)
|
|
$
|
(195,464
|
)
|
|
$
|
1,657
|
|
|
$
|
(195,450
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The components of accumulated other comprehensive income, net of taxes, were as follows (in
thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
November 1, 2009
|
|
|
April 30, 2009
|
|
Net unrealized losses on available-for-sale securities
|
|
$
|
(5
|
)
|
|
$
|
(21
|
)
|
Cumulative translation adjustment
|
|
|
9,845
|
|
|
|
2,683
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accumulated other comprehensive income
|
|
$
|
9,840
|
|
|
$
|
2,662
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income Taxes
We use the liability method to account for income taxes as required by FASB ASC 740,
Income
Taxes
(formerly referenced as SFAS No. 109,
Accounting for Income Taxes
). As part of the process of
preparing our consolidated financial statements, we are required to estimate income taxes in each
of the jurisdictions in which we operate. This process involves determining our income tax expense
together with calculating the deferred income tax expense related to temporary differences
resulting from the differing treatment of items for tax and accounting purposes, such as deferred
revenue or deductibility of certain intangible assets. These temporary differences result in
deferred tax assets or liabilities, which are included within the consolidated balance sheets.
We record a valuation allowance to reduce our deferred tax assets to an amount that we
estimate is more likely than not to be realized. We consider estimated future taxable income and
prudent tax planning strategies in determining the need for a valuation allowance. When we
determine that it is more likely than not that some or all of our tax attributes will be realizable
by either refundable income taxes or future taxable income, the valuation allowance will be reduced
and the related tax impact will be recorded to the provision in that quarter. Likewise, should we
determine that we are not likely to realize all or part of our deferred tax assets in the future,
an increase to the valuation allowance would be recorded to the provision in the period such
determination was made.
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Recent Adoption of New Accounting Standards
As discussed earlier, the Company has adopted SFAS No. 168,
The FASB Accounting Standards
Codification and the Hierarchy of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles a Replacement of FASB
Statement No. 162
(SFAS 168) and provides references to the topics of the codification in this
report alongside references to the previous standards.
In the first quarter of fiscal 2010, the Company adopted FASB ASC 470-20 which specifies that
issuers of convertible debt instruments that may be settled in cash upon conversion should
separately account for the liability and equity components in a manner that will reflect the
entitys nonconvertible debt borrowing rate when interest cost is recognized in subsequent periods.
See Note 12 for the impact of the adoption of ASC 470-20 on the Companys financial position and
results of operations.
In May 2009, the FASB issued FASB ASC 855,
Subsequent Events
(ASC 855) (formerly referenced
as SFAS No. 165,
Subsequent Events
). ASC 855 requires an entity to recognize in the financial
statements the effects of all subsequent events that provide additional evidence about conditions
that existed at the date of the balance sheet. For nonrecognized subsequent events that must be
disclosed to keep the financial statements from being misleading, an entity will be required to
disclose the nature of the event as well as an estimate of its financial effect, or a statement
that such an estimate cannot be made. In addition, ASC 855 requires an entity to disclose the date
through which subsequent events have been evaluated. ASC 855 is effective for the Company beginning
in the first quarter of fiscal 2010 and is required to be applied prospectively. The implementation
of this standard did not have any impact on the financial statements of the Company. Subsequent
events through the filing date of this Form 10-Q report have been evaluated for disclosure and
recognition.
In April 2009, the FASB issued FASB ASC 825-10,
Financial Instruments
(ASC 825-10) (formerly
referenced as SFAS No. 107-1) and FASB ASC 270-10-05-01,
Interim Reporting
(ASC 270-10-05-01)
(formerly referenced as Accounting Principle Board Opinion No. 28-1,
Interim Disclosures About
Fair Value of Financial Instrument
). ASC 825-10 and ASC 270-10-05-01 require fair value
disclosures in both interim and annual financial statements in order to provide more timely
information about the effects of current market conditions on financial instruments. ASC 825-10
and ASC 270-10-05-01 are effective for interim and annual periods ending after June 15, 2009. The
Company adopted these standards as of May 1, 2009. As ASC 825-10 and ASC 270-10-05-01 relate
specifically to disclosures, these standards had no impact on the Companys financial condition,
results of operations or cash flows. See Note 18 for further discussion.
In December 2007, the FASB issued FASB ASC 810,
Consolidation, Non-Controlling Interests
(ASC
810) (formerly referenced as SFAS No. 160,
Noncontrolling Interests in Consolidated Financial
Statements-an amendment of Accounting Research Bulletin No. 51
). ASC 810 addresses the accounting
and reporting standards for ownership interests in subsidiaries held by parties other than the parent, the
amount of consolidated net income attributable to the parent and to the noncontrolling interest,
changes in a parents ownership interest, and the valuation of retained noncontrolling equity
investments when a subsidiary is deconsolidated. ASC 810 also establishes disclosure requirements
that clearly identify and distinguish between the interests of the parent and the interests of the
noncontrolling owners. ASC 810 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2008. The
adoption of this standard had no impact on the Companys financial condition, results of operations
or cash flows.
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In December 2007, the FASB issued FASB ASC 805,
Business Combinations
(ASC 805) (formerly
referenced as SFAS No. 141 (revised 2007),
Business Combinations
) which established principles and
requirements for how the acquirer of a business recognizes and measures in its financial statements
the identifiable assets acquired, the liabilities assumed, and any non-controlling interest in the
acquiree. The statement also provides guidance for recognizing and measuring the goodwill acquired
in the business combination and determines what information to disclose to enable users of the
financial statement to evaluate the nature and financial effects of the business combination. ASC
805 is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after December 15,
2008. Accordingly, any business combinations the Company engages in subsequent to May 1, 2009 will
be accounted for in accordance with ASC 805. The Company expects ASC 805 will have an impact on its
consolidated financial statements but the nature and magnitude of the specific effects will depend
upon the nature, terms and size of any acquisitions it may consummate after the effective date.
There were no business combinations consummated in the first half of fiscal 2010 by the Company.
Pending Adoption of New Accounting Standards
In September 2009, the FASB amended the ASC as summarized in ASU 2009-14,
Software (Topic
985): Certain Revenue Arrangements That Include Software Elements
, and ASU 2009-13,
Revenue
Recognition (Topic 605): Multiple-Deliverable Revenue Arrangements
. As summarized in ASU 2009-14,
ASC Topic 985 has been amended to remove from the scope of industry specific revenue accounting
guidance for software and software related transactions, tangible products containing software
components and non-software components that function together to deliver the products essential
functionality. As summarized in ASU 2009-13, ASC Topic 605 has been amended (1) to provide updated
guidance on whether multiple deliverables exist, how the deliverables in an arrangement should be
separated, and the consideration allocated; (2) to require an entity to allocate revenue in an
arrangement using estimated selling prices of deliverables if a vendor does not have
vendor-specific objective evidence (VSOE) or third-party evidence of selling price; and (3) to
eliminate the use of the residual method and require an entity to allocate revenue using the
relative selling price method. The accounting changes summarized in ASU 2009-14 and ASU 2009-13 are
both effective for fiscal years beginning on or after June 15, 2010, with early adoption permitted.
Adoption may either be on a prospective basis or by retrospective application. The Company has not
completed its assessment of the impact ASU 2009-14 and ASU 2009-13 will have on its financial
condition, results of operations or cash flows.
In June 2009, the FASB issued FASB ASC 860,
Transfers and Servicing
(ASC 860) (formerly
referenced as SFAS No. 166,
Accounting for Transfers of Financial Assets
, an amendment of SFAS 140,
Accounting for Transfers and Servicing of Financial Assets and Extinguishments of Liabilities
). The
FASBs objective in issuing ASC 860 was to improve the relevance, representational faithfulness,
and comparability of the information that a reporting entity provides in its financial statements
about a transfer of financial assets; the effects of a transfer on its financial position,
financial performance, and cash flows; and a transferors continuing involvement, if any, in
transferred financial assets. ASC 860 must be applied as of the beginning of each reporting
entitys first annual reporting period that begins after November 15, 2009, for interim periods
within that first annual reporting period and for interim and annual reporting periods
thereafter. Earlier application is prohibited. ASC 860 must be applied to transfers occurring on or
after the effective date. The Company is currently evaluating the potential impact, if any, of the
adoption of ASC 860 on its consolidated results of operations and financial condition.
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3. Business Combination
On August 29, 2008, the Company consummated a combination with Optium Corporation, a leading
designer and manufacturer of high performance optical subsystems for use in telecommunications and
cable TV network systems, through the merger of Optium with a wholly-owned subsidiary of the
Company. The Companys management and board of directors believe that the combination of the two
companies created the worlds largest supplier of optical components, modules and subsystems for
the communications industry and will leverage the Companys leadership position in the storage and
data networking sectors of the industry and Optiums leadership position in the telecommunications
and CATV sectors to create a more competitive industry participant. In addition, as a result of the
combination, management believes that the Company should be able to realize cost synergies related
to operating expenses and manufacturing costs resulting from (1) the transfer of production to
lower cost locations, (2) improved purchasing power associated with being a larger company and (3)
cost synergies associated with the integration of internally manufactured components into product
designs in place of components previously purchased by Optium in the open market. The Company has
accounted for the combination using the purchase method of accounting and as a result has included
the operating results of Optium in its consolidated financial results since the August 29, 2008
consummation date. The following table summarizes the components of the total purchase price (in
thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
Fair value of Finisar common stock issued
|
|
$
|
242,821
|
|
Fair value of vested Optium stock options and warrants assumed
|
|
|
8,561
|
|
Direct transaction costs
|
|
|
2,431
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total purchase price
|
|
$
|
253,813
|
|
|
|
|
|
At the closing of the merger, the Company issued 20,101,082 shares of its common stock valued
at approximately $242.8 million for all of the outstanding common stock of Optium. The value of the
shares issued was calculated using the five day average of the closing price of the Companys
common stock from the second trading day before the merger announcement date on May 16, 2008
through the second trading day following the announcement, or $12.08 per share. There were
approximately 2,150,325 shares of the Companys common stock issuable upon the exercise of the
outstanding options, warrants and restricted stock awards it assumed in accordance with the terms
of the merger agreement. The number of shares was calculated based on the fixed conversion ratio of
0.7827 shares of Finisar common stock for each share of Optium common stock. The purchase price
includes $8.6 million representing the fair market value of the vested options and warrants
assumed.
The Company also expects to recognize approximately $5.1 million of non-cash stock-based
compensation expense related to the unvested options assumed on the acquisition date. This expense
will be recognized beginning from the acquisition date over the remaining service period of the
awards. The Company has recognized $1.8 million of expense relating to these options as of November
1, 2009. The stock options and warrants were valued using the Black-Scholes option pricing model
using the following weighted average assumptions:
|
|
|
|
|
Interest rate
|
|
|
2.17 - 4.5
|
%
|
Volatility
|
|
|
47 - 136
|
%
|
Expected life
|
|
1 - 6 years
|
Expected dividend yield
|
|
|
0
|
%
|
Direct transaction costs include estimated legal and accounting fees and other external costs
directly related to the merger.
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Purchase Price Allocation
The Company accounted for the purchase of Optium using the purchase method of accounting. The
purchase price was allocated to tangible and intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed
based on their estimated fair values at the acquisition date of August 29, 2008. The excess of the
purchase price over the fair value of the net assets acquired was allocated to goodwill. The
Company believes the fair value assigned to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed was based
on reasonable assumptions. The total purchase price has been allocated to the fair value of assets
acquired and liabilities assumed as follows (in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
Tangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed:
|
|
|
|
|
Cash and short-term investments
|
|
$
|
31,825
|
|
Other current assets
|
|
|
64,233
|
|
Fixed assets
|
|
|
19,129
|
|
Other non-current assets
|
|
|
889
|
|
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
|
|
|
(47,005
|
)
|
Other liabilities
|
|
|
(973
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
Net tangible assets
|
|
|
68,098
|
|
Identifiable intangible assets
|
|
|
25,100
|
|
In-process research and development
|
|
|
10,500
|
|
Goodwill
|
|
|
150,115
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total purchase price allocation
|
|
$
|
253,813
|
|
|
|
|
|
Identifiable Intangible Assets
Intangible assets consist primarily of developed technology, customer relationships and
trademarks. Developed technology is comprised of products that have reached technological
feasibility and are a part of Optiums product lines. This proprietary know-how can be leveraged to
develop new technology and products and improve our existing products. Customer relationships
represent Optiums underlying relationships with its customers. Trademarks represent the fair value
of brand name recognition associated with the marketing of Optiums products. The fair values of
identified intangible assets were calculated using an income approach and estimates and assumptions
provided by both Finisar and Optium management. The rates utilized to discount net cash flows to
their present values were based on the Companys weighted average cost of capital and ranged from
15% to 30%. This discount rate was determined after consideration for the Companys rate of return
on debt capital and equity and the weighted average return on invested capital. The amounts
assigned to developed technology, customer relationships, and trademarks were $12.1 million, $11.9
million and $1.1 million, respectively. The Company expects to amortize developed technology,
customer relationships, and trademarks on a straight-line basis over their weighted average
expected useful life of 10, 5, and 1 years, respectively. Developed technology is amortized into
cost of sales while customer relationships and trademarks are amortized into operating expenses.
In-Process Research and Development
The Company expensed in-process research and development (IPR&D) upon acquisition as it
represented incomplete Optium research and development projects that had not reached technological
feasibility and had no alternative future use as of the date of the merger. Technological
feasibility is established when an enterprise has completed all planning, designing, coding, and
testing activities that are necessary to establish that a product can be produced to meet its
design specifications including functions, features, and technical performance requirements. The
value assigned to IPR&D of $10.5 million was determined by considering the importance of
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each project to the Companys overall development plan, estimating costs to develop the purchased IPR&D
into commercially viable products, estimating the resulting net cash flows from the projects when
completed and discounting the net cash flows to their present values based on the percentage of
completion of the IPR&D projects as of the date of the merger.
Pro Forma Financial Information
The unaudited financial information in the table below summarizes the combined results of
operations of the Company and Optium on a pro forma basis after giving effect to the merger at the
beginning of each period presented. The pro forma information is for informational purposes only
and is not necessarily indicative of the results of operations that would have been achieved if the
merger had happened at the beginning of either of the periods presented.
The unaudited pro forma financial information for the three months ended November 2, 2008
combines the historical results of the Company for the three months ended November 2, 2008 with the
historical results of Optium for one month ended August 29, 2008. The unaudited pro forma financial
information for the six months ended November 2, 2008 combines the historical results of the
Company for the six months ended November 2, 2008 with the historical results of Optium for one
month ended August 29, 2008 and the three months ended August 2, 2008.
The following pro forma financial information for the periods presented includes purchase
accounting adjustments for amortization charges from acquired identifiable intangible assets and
depreciation on acquired property and equipment (in thousands, except per share information):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three months ended
|
|
Six months ended
|
|
|
November 2, 2008
|
|
November 2, 2008
|
Net revenue
|
|
$
|
152,520
|
|
|
$
|
315,512
|
|
Net loss
|
|
|
(195,286
|
)
|
|
|
(195,992
|
)
|
Net loss per share basic and diluted
|
|
$
|
(3.66
|
)
|
|
$
|
(4.27
|
)
|
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4. Discontinued Operations
During the three months ended August 2, 2009, the Company completed the sale of
substantially all of the assets of its Network Tools Division to JDSU. The Company received $40.6
million in cash and recorded a net gain on sale of the business of $36.1 million before income
taxes, which is included in income from discontinued operations, net of tax, in the Companys
condensed consolidated statements of operations. In accordance with FASB ASC 360,
Property, Plant
and Equipment- Impairment or Disposal of Long Lived Assets
(ASC 360) (formerly referenced as SFAS
144,
Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long Lived Assets
), the operating results of this
business, through November 1, 2009 and for all applicable prior periods are reported as
discontinued operations in the condensed consolidated financial statements. The assets and
liabilities related to this business have been classified as discontinued operations in the
consolidated financial statements for all periods presented. As a result, the prior period
comparative financial statements have been restated to exclude assets, liabilities and results of
operations related to the discontinued operations. In accordance with FASB ASC 230,
Statement of
Cash Flows
(formerly referenced as SFAS No. 95,
Statement of Cash Flows
), the Company has elected
not to separately disclose the cash flows associated with the discontinued operations in the
condensed consolidated statements of cash flows.
The following table summarizes results from discontinued operations (in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended
|
|
Six Months Ended
|
|
|
November 1,
|
|
November 2,
|
|
November 1,
|
|
November 2,
|
|
|
2009
|
|
2008
|
|
2009
|
|
2008
|
Net revenue
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
11,760
|
|
|
$
|
6,753
|
|
|
$
|
24,699
|
|
Gross profit
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
8,187
|
|
|
|
4,892
|
|
|
|
16,820
|
|
Income (loss) from discontinued operations
|
|
|
(67
|
)
|
|
|
1,115
|
|
|
|
959
|
|
|
|
990
|
|
Gain on sale of discontinued operations
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
36,053
|
|
|
|
|
|
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The following table summarizes assets and liabilities classified as discontinued
operations (in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
April 30, 2009
|
|
ASSETS
|
|
|
|
|
Current assets:
|
|
|
|
|
Prepaid expenses
|
|
$
|
327
|
|
Inventories
|
|
|
4,536
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total current assets
|
|
|
4,863
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Purchased technoloy, net
|
|
$
|
204
|
|
Other intangible assets, net
|
|
|
889
|
|
Property, plant and improvements, net
|
|
|
2,434
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total assets of discontinued operations
|
|
$
|
8,390
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
LIABILITIES
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current liabilities:
|
|
|
|
|
Warranty accrual
|
|
|
200
|
|
Deferred revenue
|
|
|
2,960
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,160
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Non-current liabilities associated with discontinued operations
|
|
|
|
|
Deferred Revenue
|
|
|
650
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total liabilities of discontinued operations
|
|
$
|
3,810
|
|
|
|
|
|
The following table summarizes the gain on sale of discontinued operations (in
thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
Gross proceeds from sale
|
|
$
|
40,683
|
|
Assets sold
|
|
|
|
|
Inventory
|
|
|
(4,814
|
)
|
Property and equipment
|
|
|
(2,295
|
)
|
Intangibles
|
|
|
(845
|
)
|
Liabilities transferred
|
|
|
|
|
Deferred revenue
|
|
|
3,102
|
|
Other accruals
|
|
|
312
|
|
Other charges
|
|
|
(90
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
36,053
|
|
|
|
|
|
In connection with the sale of the assets of the Network Tools Division, the Company
entered into a transition services agreement with the buyer. Under this agreement, the Company will
provide manufacturing services to the buyer for a period which is not expected to be more than one
year. The buyer will reimburse the Company for material costs plus 10% for the first six months,
plus 12% for the first three months of any extension and plus 15% for the second three months of
any extension. The buyer will also pay the Company a fixed fee of $50,000 per month to cover
manufacturing overhead and direct labor costs. Under the agreement, the buyer will also pay a fixed
fee for leasing the Companys facilities and a service fee for the use of the
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Companys information technology, communication services and employee services. The duration for which these services
will be provided is not expected to be more than twelve months. During the second quarter of fiscal
2010, the Company incurred net operating expense of $67,000 for providing manufacturing services to
the buyer.
5. Inventories
Inventories consist of the following (in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
November 1, 2009
|
|
|
April 30, 2009
|
|
Raw materials
|
|
$
|
39,885
|
|
|
$
|
36,153
|
|
Work-in-process
|
|
|
44,341
|
|
|
|
36,042
|
|
Finished goods
|
|
|
28,907
|
|
|
|
35,569
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total inventories
|
|
$
|
113,133
|
|
|
$
|
107,764
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
During the three and six months ended November 1, 2009, the Company recorded charges of
$5.6 million and $14.8 million, respectively, for excess and obsolete inventory, and sold inventory
that was written-off in previous periods with an approximate cost of $4.4 million and $7.1 million,
respectively. As a result, cost of revenue associated with the sale of this inventory was zero.
During the three and six months ended November 2, 2008, the Company recorded charges of $3.6
million and $6.0 million, respectively, for excess and obsolete inventory, and sold inventory that
was written-off in previous periods with an approximate cost of $1.2 million and $2.9 million,
respectively. As a result, cost of revenue associated with the sale of this inventory was zero.
6. Property and Equipment
Property and equipment consist of the following (in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
November 1, 2009
|
|
April 30, 2009
|
Buildings
|
|
$
|
7,805
|
|
|
$
|
7,416
|
|
Computer equipment
|
|
|
33,552
|
|
|
|
33,232
|
|
Office equipment, furniture and fixtures
|
|
|
3,535
|
|
|
|
3,739
|
|
Machinery and equipment
|
|
|
161,749
|
|
|
|
154,505
|
|
Leasehold improvements
|
|
|
18,037
|
|
|
|
17,246
|
|
Construction-in-process
|
|
|
1,392
|
|
|
|
445
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
226,070
|
|
|
|
216,583
|
|
Accumulated depreciation and amortization
|
|
|
(144,993
|
)
|
|
|
(134,977
|
)
|
|
|
|
Property, equipment and improvements (net)
|
|
$
|
81,077
|
|
|
$
|
81,606
|
|
|
|
|
7. Income Taxes
The Company recorded a provision for income taxes of $38,000 and a benefit for income taxes of
$7,743,000 for the three months ended November 1, 2009 and November 2, 2008, respectively. The
income tax benefit for the three months ended November 2, 2008 includes a non-cash benefit of
$8,398,000 from the
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reversal of the previously recorded deferred tax liabilities related to tax
amortization of goodwill for which no financial statement amortization has occurred. The provision
for income tax expense of $38,000 for the three months ended November 1, 2009 includes minimum
state taxes, federal refundable credits and foreign income taxes arising in certain foreign
jurisdictions in which the Company conducts business.
The Company records a valuation allowance against its deferred tax assets for each period in
which management concludes that it is more likely than not that the deferred tax assets will not be
realized. Realization of the Companys net deferred tax assets is dependent upon future taxable
income the amount and timing of which are uncertain. Accordingly, the Companys net deferred tax
assets as of November 1, 2009 have been fully offset by a valuation allowance.
A portion of the valuation allowance for deferred tax assets at November 1, 2009 relates to
the stock option deductions, the tax benefit of which will be credited to paid-in capital if and
when realized, and, thereafter, to income tax expense.
Utilization of the Companys net operating loss and tax credit carryforwards may be subject to
a substantial annual limitation due to the ownership change limitations set forth by Internal
Revenue Code Section 382 and similar state provisions. Such an annual limitation could result in
the expiration of the net operating loss and tax credit carryforwards before utilization.
The Companys total gross unrecognized tax benefits as of May 1, 2009 and November 1, 2009
were $12.5 million. There was no change in the uncertain tax position. Excluding the effects of
recorded valuation allowances for deferred tax assets, $10.5 million of the unrecognized tax
benefits would favorably impact the effective tax rate in future periods if recognized.
Due to the Companys taxable loss position since inception, all tax years are subject to
examination in the U.S. and state jurisdictions. The Company is also subject to examination in
various foreign jurisdictions, none of which are individually material. It is the Companys belief
that no significant changes in the unrecognized tax benefit positions will occur within 12 months
of April 30, 2009.
The Company records interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits in income tax
expense. At November 1, 2009, there were no accrued interest or penalties related to uncertain tax
positions. The Company recorded no interest or penalties for the quarter ended November 1, 2009.
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8. Intangible Assets Including Goodwill
Intangible Assets
The following table reflects intangible assets subject to amortization as of November 1, 2009
and April 30, 2009 (in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
November 1, 2009
|
|
|
|
Gross Carrying
|
|
|
Accumulated
|
|
|
Net Carrying
|
|
|
|
Amount
|
|
|
Amortization
|
|
|
Amount
|
|
Purchased technology
|
|
$
|
75,937
|
|
|
$
|
(61,863
|
)
|
|
$
|
14,074
|
|
Purchased trade name
|
|
|
1,172
|
|
|
|
(1,172
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
Purchased customer relationships
|
|
|
15,970
|
|
|
|
(3,761
|
)
|
|
|
12,209
|
|
Purchased patents
|
|
|
375
|
|
|
|
(25
|
)
|
|
|
350
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Totals
|
|
$
|
93,454
|
|
|
$
|
(66,821
|
)
|
|
$
|
26,633
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
April 30, 2009
|
|
|
|
Gross Carrying
|
|
|
Accumulated
|
|
|
Net Carrying
|
|
|
|
Amount
|
|
|
Amortization
|
|
|
Amount
|
|
Purchased technology
|
|
$
|
75,936
|
|
|
$
|
(59,478
|
)
|
|
$
|
16,458
|
|
Purchased trade name
|
|
|
1,172
|
|
|
|
(805
|
)
|
|
|
367
|
|
Purchased customer relationships
|
|
|
15,970
|
|
|
|
(2,909
|
)
|
|
|
13,061
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Totals
|
|
$
|
93,078
|
|
|
$
|
(63,192
|
)
|
|
$
|
29,886
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Estimated remaining amortization expense for each of the next five fiscal years ending
April 30, is as follows (in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
Year
|
|
Amount
|
|
2010
|
|
$
|
3,229
|
|
2011
|
|
|
6,222
|
|
2012
|
|
|
5,405
|
|
2013
|
|
|
3,993
|
|
2014 and beyond
|
|
|
7,784
|
|
|
|
|
|
total
|
|
$
|
26,633
|
|
|
|
|
|
Goodwill impairment
During the second quarter of fiscal 2009, the Company performed a goodwill impairment analysis
as it concluded that there were sufficient indicators to require an interim goodwill impairment
analysis. Among these indicators were a significant deterioration in the macroeconomic environment
largely caused by the widespread unavailability of business and consumer credit, a significant
decrease in the Companys market capitalization as a result of a decrease in the trading price of
its common stock to $4.88 at the end of the quarter and a decrease in internal expectations for
near term revenues, especially those expected to result from the Optium merger. For the purposes of
this analysis, the Companys estimates of fair value were based on a combination of the income
approach, which estimates the fair value of its reporting units based on future discounted cash
flows, and the market approach, which estimates the fair value of its reporting units based on
comparable market prices. As of the filing of its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the second
quarter of fiscal 2009, the Company had not completed its analysis due to the complexities involved
in determining the implied fair value of the goodwill for the optical subsystems and components
reporting unit, which is based on the determination of the fair value of all assets and liabilities
of this reporting unit. However, based on the work performed through the date of the filing, the
Company concluded that an impairment loss was probable and could be reasonably estimated.
Accordingly, it recorded a $178.8 million non-cash goodwill impairment charge, representing its
best estimate of the impairment loss during the second quarter of fiscal 2009.
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9. Investments
Available-for-Sale Investments
The following table presents a summary of the Companys available-for-sale investments
measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of November 1, 2009 (in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Significant
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Quoted Prices in
|
|
|
Other
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Active Markets
|
|
|
Observable
|
|
|
Significant
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
For Identical
|
|
|
Remaining
|
|
|
Unobservable
|
|
|
|
|
Assets Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis
|
|
Assets
|
|
|
Inputs
|
|
|
Inputs
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
|
(Level 1)
|
|
|
(Level 2)
|
|
|
(Level 3)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash equivalents and available-for-sale investments:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Money market funds
|
|
$
|
3,729
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
3,729
|
|
Mortgage-backed debt
|
|
|
79
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
79
|
|
|
|
|
Total cash equivalents and available-for-sale investments
|
|
$
|
3,808
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
3,808
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
76,866
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total cash, cash equivalents and available-for-sale investments
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
80,674
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Reported as:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
80,595
|
|
Short-term available-for-sale investments
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
79
|
|
Long-term available-for-sale investments
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total cash, cash equivalents and available-for-sale investments
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
80,674
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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The following table presents the summary of the Companys available-for-sale investments
measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of April 30, 2009 (in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Quoted
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Prices in
|
|
|
Significant
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Active
|
|
|
Other
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Markets For
|
|
|
Observable
|
|
|
Significant
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Identical
|
|
|
Remaining
|
|
|
Unobservable
|
|
|
|
|
Assets Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis
|
|
Assets
|
|
|
Inputs
|
|
|
Inputs
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
|
(Level 1)
|
|
|
(Level 2)
|
|
|
(Level 3)
|
|
|
|
|
Cash equivalents, and available-for-sales investments:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Money market funds
|
|
$
|
25
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
25
|
|
Mortgage-backed debt
|
|
|
92
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
92
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total cash equivalents and available-for-sale investments
|
|
$
|
117
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
|
117
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
37,104
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total cash, cash equivalents and available-for-sale
investments
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
37,221
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Reported as:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
37,129
|
|
Short-term available-for-sale investments
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
92
|
|
Long-term available-for-sale investments
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total cash, cash equivalents and available-for-sale
investments
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
37,221
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The following is a summary of the Companys available-for-sale investments by contractual
maturity (in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Amortized
|
|
|
Unrealized
|
|
|
Market
|
|
|
Amortized
|
|
|
Unrealized
|
|
|
Market
|
|
|
|
Cost
|
|
|
Loss
|
|
|
Value
|
|
|
Cost
|
|
|
Loss
|
|
|
Value
|
|
Mature in less than one year
|
|
$
|
84
|
|
|
|
5
|
|
|
$
|
79
|
|
|
$
|
113
|
|
|
|
21
|
|
|
$
|
92
|
|
Gross realized gains and losses for the three and six months ended November 1, 2009 and
November 2, 2008 were immaterial. Realized gains and losses were calculated based on the specific
identification method.
Sale of an Available-for-Sale Equity Security
During fiscal 2008, the Company granted an option to a third party to acquire 3.8 million
shares of stock of a publicly-held company held by the Company. The Company determined that this
option should be accounted for under the provisions of FASB ASC 815,
Derivatives and Hedging
(formerly referenced as SFAS No. 133,
Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging
Activities
), which requires the Company to calculate the fair value of the option at the end of
each reporting period, upon the exercise of the option or at the time the option expires and
recognize the change in fair value through other income (expense), net. As of April 30, 2008, the
Company had recorded a current liability of $1.1 million related to the fair value of this option.
During the first quarter of fiscal 2009, the third party did not exercise its option to purchase
any of the shares and the option expired. Accordingly, the Company reduced the carrying value of
the option liability to zero and recorded $1.1 million of other income during the three months
ended August 3, 2008.
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During the quarter ended November 2, 2008, the Company sold 300,000 shares of this investment
for $90,000 resulting in a realized loss of $12,000. As of November 2, 2008, the Company classified
the remaining 3.5 million shares as available-for-sale securities in accordance with FASB ASC 320,
Investments- Debt and Equity Securities
(formerly referenced as SFAS No. 115,
Accounting for
Certain Investments in Debt and Equity Securities
). The Company determined that the full carrying
value of these shares was other-than-temporarily impaired and it recorded a loss of $1.2 million
during the second quarter of fiscal 2009.
10. Minority Investments
The carrying value of the Companys minority investments at April 30, 2009 was $14.3 million
and was comprised of minority investment in four privately held companies accounted for under the
cost method. The Company concluded that there were sufficient indicators during the second quarter
of fiscal 2010 to require an investment impairment analysis of its investment in one of these
companies. Among these indicators was the completion of a new round of equity financing by the
investee and the resultant conversion of the Companys preferred stock holdings to common stock.
The Company determined that the value of its minority equity investment was impaired and recorded a
$2.0 million impairment loss as other expense on the condensed consolidated statement of
operations. At November 1, 2009, the carrying value of minority investments was $12.3 million and
was comprised of the Companys minority investment in three privately held companies.
During the first half of fiscal 2009, the Company completed the sale of a product line to a
third party in exchange for an 11% equity interest in the acquiring company in the form of
preferred stock and a note convertible into preferred stock. This product line was related to the
Companys Network Tools Division, the remaining assets of which were sold to JDSU in the first
quarter of fiscal 2010 and accounted for as discontinued operations. For accounting purposes, no
value was originally placed on the equity interest due to the uncertainty in the recoverability of
this investment and note. The sale included the transfer of certain assets and liabilities and the
retention of certain obligations related to the sale of the product line resulting in a net loss of
approximately $919,000 which was included in operating expenses. In the first quarter of fiscal
2010, the Company sold the note and all of the preferred stock back to the buyer of the product
line for $1.2 million in cash and recorded the $1.2 million as income from discontinued operations.
11. Other Accrued Liabilities
Accrued liabilities consist of the following (in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
November 1, 2009
|
|
|
April 30, 2009
|
|
Warranty accrual (Note 17)
|
|
$
|
6,523
|
|
|
$
|
6,413
|
|
Other liabilities
|
|
|
18,880
|
|
|
|
24,100
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
$
|
25,403
|
|
|
$
|
30,513
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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12. Convertible Debt
5.0% Convertible Senior Notes due 2029
On October 15, 2009, the Company sold $100 million aggregate principal amount of 5.0%
Convertible Senior Notes due 2029. The notes will mature on October 15, 2029, unless earlier
repurchased, redeemed or converted. Interest on the notes will be payable semi-annually in arrears
at a rate of 5.0% per annum on each April 15 and October 15, beginning on April 15, 2010. The notes
are senior unsecured and unsubordinated obligations of the Company, and rank equally in right of
payment with the Companys other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness, but are effectively
subordinated to the Companys secured indebtedness and liabilities to the extent of the value of
the collateral securing those obligations, and structurally subordinated to the indebtedness and
other liabilities of the Companys subsidiaries. Holders may convert the notes into shares of the
Companys common stock, at their option at any time prior to the close of business on the trading
day before the stated maturity date. The initial conversion rate is 93.6768 shares of Common Stock
per $1,000 principal amount of the notes (equivalent to an initial conversion price of
approximately $10.68 per share of common stock), subject to adjustment upon the occurrence of
certain events. Upon conversion of the notes, holders will receive shares of common stock unless
the Company obtains consent from a majority of the holders to deliver cash or a combination of cash
and shares of common stock in satisfaction of its conversion obligation. If a holder elects to
convert the notes in connection with a fundamental change (as defined in the indenture) that
occurs prior to October 15, 2014, the conversion rate applicable to the notes will be increased as
provided in the indenture.
Holders may require the Company to redeem, for cash, all or part of their notes upon a
fundamental change at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the notes being
redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest up to, but excluding, the redemption date. Holders may
also require the Company to redeem, for cash, any of their notes on October 15, 2014, October 15,
2016, October 15, 2019 and October 15, 2024 at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal
amount of the Notes being redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest up to, but excluding, the
redemption date.
The Company has the right to redeem the Notes in whole or in part at a redemption price equal
to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest to,
but excluding, the redemption date, at any time on or after October 22, 2014 if the last reported
sale price per share of the Companys common stock exceeds 130% of the conversion price for at
least 20 trading days within a period of 30 consecutive trading days ending within five trading
days of the date on which the Company provides the notice of redemption.
29
The Companys convertible senior notes, convertible subordinated notes and convertible
senior subordinated notes as of November 1, 2009 and April 30, 2009 were as follows (in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Carrying
|
|
|
Interest
|
|
|
Due in
|
|
Description
|
|
Amount
|
|
|
Rate
|
|
|
Fiscal year
|
|
As of November 1, 2009
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Convertible senior notes
|
|
$
|
100,000
|
|
|
|
5.00
|
%
|
|
|
2029
|
|
Convertible subordinated notes
|
|
|
4,400
|
|
|
|
2.50
|
%
|
|
|
2011
|
|
Convertible senior subordinated notes
|
|
|
30,681
|
|
|
|
2.50
|
%
|
|
|
2011
|
|
Unamortized debt discount
|
|
|
(1,747
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Convertible senior subordinated notes, net
|
|
|
28,934
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
$
|
133,334
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
As of April 30, 2009
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Convertible subordinated notes
|
|
$
|
50,000
|
|
|
|
2.50
|
%
|
|
|
2011
|
|
Convertible senior subordinated notes
|
|
|
92,000
|
|
|
|
2.50
|
%
|
|
|
2011
|
|
Unamortized debt discount
|
|
|
(7,745
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Convertible senior subordinated notes, net
|
|
|
84,255
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
$
|
134,255
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
As discussed in Note 1, the Company adopted the provisions of FASB ASC 470-20 in the
first quarter of fiscal 2010. The provisions of this ASC apply to the Companys 2 1/2% Convertible
Senior Subordinated Notes due 2010, and the Company has accounted for the debt and equity
components of the notes to reflect the estimated nonconvertible debt borrowing rate at the date of
issuance of 8.59%.
The following table reflects the Companys previously reported amounts, along with the
adjusted amounts reflecting the adoption of ASC 470-20.
30
Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations (Unaudited)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
As reported
|
|
As Adjusted
|
|
Effect of Change
|
|
|
(in thousands, except per share data)
|
Three Months Ended November 2, 2008
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest expense
|
|
$
|
2,878
|
|
|
$
|
1,235
|
|
|
$
|
(1,643
|
)
|
Loss from continuing operations
|
|
|
(187,946
|
)
|
|
|
(189,135
|
)
|
|
|
(1,189
|
)
|
Net loss
|
|
|
(186,831
|
)
|
|
|
(188,020
|
)
|
|
|
(1,189
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loss per share from continuing operations:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic
|
|
|
(3.52
|
)
|
|
|
(3.55
|
)
|
|
|
(0.03
|
)
|
Diluted
|
|
|
(3.52
|
)
|
|
|
(3.53
|
)
|
|
|
(0.01
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
As reported
|
|
As Adjusted
|
|
Effect of Change
|
|
|
(in thousands, except per share data)
|
Six Months Ended Novemeber 2, 2008
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest expense
|
|
$
|
6,886
|
|
|
$
|
2,470
|
|
|
$
|
(4,416
|
)
|
Loss from continuing operations
|
|
|
(183,815
|
)
|
|
|
(186,193
|
)
|
|
$
|
(2,378
|
)
|
Net loss
|
|
|
(182,825
|
)
|
|
|
(185,203
|
)
|
|
$
|
(2,378
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loss per share from continuing operations:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic
|
|
|
(4.01
|
)
|
|
|
(4.06
|
)
|
|
$
|
(0.05
|
)
|
Diluted
|
|
|
(4.01
|
)
|
|
|
(4.06
|
)
|
|
$
|
(0.05
|
)
|
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet (Unaudited)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
As reported
|
|
As Adjusted
|
|
Effect of Change
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(in thousands)
|
|
|
|
|
As of April 30, 2009
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other assets
|
|
$
|
2,897
|
|
|
$
|
2,584
|
|
|
$
|
(313
|
)
|
Convertible notes
|
|
|
142,000
|
|
|
|
134,255
|
|
|
|
(7,745
|
)
|
Additional paid in capital
|
|
|
1,811,298
|
|
|
|
1,830,807
|
|
|
|
19,509
|
|
Accumulated deficit
|
|
|
(1,699,648
|
)
|
|
|
(1,711,725
|
)
|
|
|
(12,077
|
)
|
31
Interest (cash interest cost) on the 2 1/2% Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes is
payable semiannually on April 15 and October 15. The notes become convertible, at the option of the
holder, upon the trading price of the Companys common stock reaching $39.36 for a period of time
at a conversion price of $26.24 per share, which is equal to a rate of approximately 38.1097 shares
of common stock per $1,000 principal amount of the notes. The conversion price is subject to
adjustment. The notes contain a net share settlement feature which requires that, upon conversion
of the notes into common stock, Finisar will pay holders in cash for up to the principal amount of
the converted notes and that any amounts in excess of the cash amount will be settled in shares of
common stock. At November 1, 2009, the if-converted value of the 2 1/2% Convertible Senior
Subordinated Notes did not exceed the principal balance.
At November 1, 2009, the $1.7 million unamortized debt discount had a remaining amortization
period of approximately 12 months.
The following table provides additional information about the Companys 2 1/2% Convertible
Senior Subordinated Notes that may be settled for cash (in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
November 1,
|
|
April 30,
|
|
|
2009
|
|
2009
|
Carrying amount of the equity component
|
|
$
|
19,466
|
|
|
$
|
19,509
|
|
Effective interest rate on liability component
|
|
|
8.59
|
%
|
|
|
8.59
|
%
|
The following table presents the associated interest expense related to the Companys 2
1/2% Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes that may be settled in cash, which consists of both the
contractual interest coupon (cash interest cost) and amortization of the discount on the liability
(non-cash interest cost) (in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended
|
|
|
Six Months Ended
|
|
|
|
November 1,
|
|
|
November 2,
|
|
|
November 1,
|
|
|
November 2,
|
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2008
|
|
Non-cash interest cost
|
|
$
|
1,056
|
|
|
$
|
1,235
|
|
|
$
|
2,291
|
|
|
$
|
2,470
|
|
Cash interest cost
|
|
|
484
|
|
|
|
625
|
|
|
|
1,085
|
|
|
|
1,250
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
1,540
|
|
|
$
|
1,860
|
|
|
$
|
3,376
|
|
|
$
|
3,720
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The Companys 2 1/2% Convertible Subordinated and 2 1/2% Convertible Senior Subordinated
Notes are due in fiscal 2011.
Settlement of Exchange Offers
On August 11, 2009, the Company exchanged $47,504,000 aggregate principal amount of its 2 1/2%
Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes due 2010 and its 2 1/2% Convertible Subordinated Notes due
2010 pursuant to exchange offers which commenced on July 9, 2009 at a price of $870 for each $1,000
principal amount of notes. The consideration for the exchange consisted of (i) $525 in cash and
(ii) 596 shares of the Companys common stock per $1,000 principal amount of notes. The Company
issued approximately 3.5 million shares of common stock and paid out approximately $24.9 million in
cash to the former holders of
32
notes validly tendered and not withdrawn in the exchange offers. The
Company settled $33,100,000, or 66.2%, of the $50,000,000 aggregate outstanding principal amount of
2 1/2% Convertible Subordinated Notes due 2010; and $14,404,000, or approximately 15.7%, of the
$92,000,000 aggregate outstanding principal amount of 2 1/2% Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes
due 2010. In accordance with the provisions of ASC 470-20, this exchange was considered to be an
induced conversion and a loss on induced conversion of $23.7 million was recorded during the second
quarter of fiscal 2010 as loss on debt extinguishment. The Company incurred $1.5 million of
expenses in connection with the exchange offers which was recorded as loss on debt extinguishment
in the condensed consolidated statement of operations.
Repurchases of Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes
During the second quarter of fiscal 2010, the Company repurchased an aggregate of $46.9
million principal amount of its 2 1/2% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2010 in privately negotiated
transactions for a total purchase price of $45.4 million plus accrued interest of $172,000.
Repurchase of Convertible Subordinated Notes
On October 27, 2009, the Company repurchased $12.5 million principal amount of the 2 1/2%
Subordinated Notes due 2010 in a privately negotiated transaction for a total purchase price of
$12.2 million plus accrued interest of $10,000 and recorded a gain on debt extinguishment of
$92,000.
33
13. Long-term Debt
In December 2005, the Company entered into a note and security agreement with a financial
institution. Under this agreement, the Company borrowed $9.9 million at an interest rate of 5.9%
per annum. The note is payable in 60 equal monthly installments beginning in January 2006 and is
secured by certain property and equipment of the Company. In January 2009, the agreement was
amended to increase the rate of interest from 5.9% to 12.9% per annum. The following table provides
information regarding the current and long term portion of the remaining principal outstanding
under this note as of the respective dates (in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
November 1,
|
|
|
April 30,
|
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2009
|
|
Current portion of long-term debt
|
|
$
|
2,241
|
|
|
$
|
2,107
|
|
Long-term debt, net of current portion
|
|
|
401
|
|
|
|
1,555
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
$
|
2,642
|
|
|
$
|
3,662
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The outstanding balance of this loan as of November 1, 2009 was subsequently repaid.
In July 2008, the Companys Malaysian subsidiary entered into two separate loan agreements
with a Malaysian bank. Under these agreements, the Companys Malaysian subsidiary borrowed a total
of $20 million at an initial interest rate of 5.05% per annum. The first loan is payable in 20
equal quarterly installments of $750,000 beginning in January 2009, and the second loan is payable
in 20 equal quarterly installments of $250,000 beginning in October 2008. Both loans are secured by
certain property of the Companys Malaysian subsidiary, guaranteed by the Company and subject to
certain covenants. The Company was in compliance with all covenants associated with these loans as
of November 1, 2009 and April 30, 2009. The following table provides information regarding the
current and long term portion of the remaining principal outstanding under these notes as of the
respective dates (in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
November 1,
|
|
|
April 30,
|
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2009
|
|
Current portion of long-term debt
|
|
$
|
4,000
|
|
|
$
|
4,000
|
|
Long-term debt, net of current portion
|
|
|
11,750
|
|
|
|
13,750
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
$
|
15,750
|
|
|
$
|
17,750
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
14. Revolving Line of Credit Agreement
Former Credit Facility
On October 23, 2009, the Company terminated its revolving line of credit agreement with
Silicon Valley Bank. This line of credit agreement allowed for advances in the aggregate amount of
$25 million subject to certain restrictions and limitations. Borrowings under this line were
collateralized by substantially all of the Companys assets except its intellectual property rights
and bear interest, at the Companys option, at either the banks prime rate plus 0.5% or LIBOR plus
3%. There were no outstanding borrowings under this revolving line as of April 30, 2009 or on the
date of termination of the agreement.
34
New Credit Facility
On October 2, 2009, the Company entered into an agreement with Wells Fargo Foothill, LLC to
establish a new four-year $70 million senior secured revolving credit facility. Borrowings under
the credit facility will bear interest at rates based on the prime rate and LIBOR plus variable
margins, under which applicable interest rates currently range from 5.75% to 6.25% per annum.
Borrowings will be guaranteed by Finisars U.S. subsidiaries and secured by substantially all of
the assets of Finisar and its U.S. subsidiaries. The credit facility matures four years following
the date of the agreement, subject to certain conditions. The Company was in compliance with all
covenants associated with this facility as of November 1, 2009. There were no outstanding
borrowings under this revolving line of credit at November 1, 2009.
15. Letter of Credit Reimbursement Agreement
In April 2005, the Company entered into a letter of credit reimbursement agreement with
Silicon Valley Bank. Several amendments were made to the agreement subsequently. The last amendment
was on April 30, 2009. Under the terms of the amended agreement, Silicon Valley Bank agreed to
provide to the Company, through October 24, 2009, a $4.0 million letter of credit facility covering
existing letters of credit issued by Silicon Valley Bank and any other letters of credit that may
be required by the Company. The cost related to the credit facility consisted of the banks out of
pocket expenses associated with the credit facility. The credit facility was unsecured but included
a negative pledge that prohibited the Company from creating a security interest in any of its
assets in favor of a subsequent creditor without the approval of Silicon Valley Bank. Outstanding
letters of credit secured under this agreement at April 30, 2009 totaled $3.4 million. On October
23, 2009, the Company terminated this letter of credit agreement. As of November 1, 2009, the $3.4
million of letters of credit issued by Silicon Valley Bank remained outstanding, as the Company was
in the process of obtaining new replacement letters of credit through Wells Fargo Bank. Following
the termination of the agreement, the Company secured the outstanding letters of credit with
restricted certificates of deposit of $3.4 million.
16. Non-recourse Accounts Receivable Purchase Agreement
On October 28, 2004, the Company entered into a non-recourse accounts receivable purchase
agreement with Silicon Valley Bank. Several amendments were subsequently made to the agreement. The
last amendment was on October 28, 2008. Under the terms of the amended agreement, the Company could
sell to Silicon Valley Bank, through October 24, 2009 up to $16 million of qualifying receivables
whereby all right, title and interest in the Companys invoices were purchased by Silicon Valley
Bank. In these non-recourse sales, the Company removed sold receivables from its books and records
no liability related to the sale, as the Company has assessed that the sales should be accounted
for as true sales in accordance with FASB ASC 860,
Transfers and Servicing
. The discount interest
for the facility is based on the number of days in the discount period multiplied by Silicon Valley
Banks prime rate plus 0.25% and a non-refundable administrative fee of 0.25% of
the face amount of each invoice. During the three and six months ended November 2, 2008, the
Company sold approximately $10.0 million and $15.2 million, respectively of its trade receivables.
During the first half of fiscal 2010, the Company did not sell any receivables under the facility.
On October 23, 2009, the Company terminated this non-recourse accounts receivable purchase
agreement with Silicon Valley Bank.
17. Warranty
The Company generally offers a one-year limited warranty for its products. The specific terms
and conditions of these warranties vary depending upon the product sold. The Company estimates the
costs that may be incurred under its basic limited warranty and records a liability in the amount
of such costs based on revenue
35
recognized. Factors that affect the Companys warranty liability include the historical
and anticipated rates of warranty claims. The Company periodically assesses the adequacy of its
recorded warranty liabilities and adjusts the amounts as necessary.
Changes in the Companys warranty liability during the following period were as follows (in
thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Six Months Ended
|
|
|
|
November 1, 2009
|
|
Beginning balance at April 30, 2009
|
|
$
|
6,413
|
|
Additions during the period based on product sold
|
|
|
1,703
|
|
Settlements
|
|
|
(368
|
)
|
Changes in liability for pre-existing warranties, including expirations
|
|
|
(1,225
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
Ending balance at November 1, 2009
|
|
$
|
6,523
|
|
|
|
|
|
18. Fair Value of Financial Instruments
The following disclosure of the estimated fair value of financial instruments presents amounts
that have been determined using available market information and appropriate valuation
methodologies. The estimated fair values of the Companys financial instruments as of November 1,
2009 are as follows (dollars in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
November 1, 2009
|
|
|
|
Carrying
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Amount
|
|
|
Fair value
|
|
Financial assets:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents
|
|
$
|
80,595
|
|
|
$
|
80,595
|
|
Short-term available-for -sale investments
|
|
|
79
|
|
|
$
|
79
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Financial liabilities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Convertible notes
|
|
|
133,334
|
|
|
|
135,829
|
|
Long-term debt
|
|
|
18,392
|
|
|
$
|
18,392
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Totals
|
|
$
|
232,400
|
|
|
$
|
234,895
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
and cash equivalents
The fair value of cash and cash equivalents approximates its carrying value.
Short-term
available-for-sale investments
The fair value of short-term available-for-sale investments approximates their carrying value.
Convertible
notes
-The fair value of subordinated and senior subordinated
convertible notes is estimated using the price from the repurchase transaction that the Company completed during October 2009. The fair value of the 5.0% Senior Convertible Notes due 2029 is
based on model derived valuation using observable market inputs, such
as LIBOR-based yield curves, stock volatility and credit ratings.
Long-term debt
The fair value of long-term debt approximates its carrying value.
The Company has not estimated the fair value of its minority investments as it is not
practicable to estimate the fair value of these investments because of the lack of a quoted market
price and the inability to estimate fair value without incurring excessive costs. As of November 1,
2009, the carrying value of its minority investments is $12.3 million which management believes is
not impaired as of November 1, 2009.
36
19. Stockholders Equity
Valuation and Expense
The following table summarizes stock-based compensation expense related to employee stock
options, restricted stock awards and employee stock purchases under FASB ASC 718 for the three and
six months ended November 1, 2009 and November 2, 2008 which was reflected in the Companys
operating results (in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended
|
|
|
Six Months Ended
|
|
|
|
November 1,
|
|
|
November 2,
|
|
|
November 1,
|
|
|
November 2,
|
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
|
(unaudited, in thousands)
|
|
|
(unaudited, in thousands)
|
|
Cost of revenues
|
|
$
|
1,288
|
|
|
$
|
840
|
|
|
$
|
2,320
|
|
|
$
|
1,661
|
|
Research and development
|
|
|
1,490
|
|
|
|
1,509
|
|
|
|
3,011
|
|
|
|
2,369
|
|
Sales and marketing
|
|
|
431
|
|
|
|
440
|
|
|
|
1,009
|
|
|
|
767
|
|
General and administrative
|
|
|
723
|
|
|
|
686
|
|
|
|
1,763
|
|
|
|
1,201
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
$
|
3,932
|
|
|
$
|
3,475
|
|
|
$
|
8,103
|
|
|
$
|
5,998
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The total stock-based compensation capitalized as part of inventory as of November 1,
2009 was $504,318.
The fair value of each option grant was estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes
single option pricing model with the following weighted-average assumptions:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Employee Stock Option Plans
|
|
|
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
|
|
|
Employee Stock Option Plans
|
|
|
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
|
|
|
|
Three months ended
|
|
|
Six months ended
|
|
|
|
November 1,
|
|
|
November 2,
|
|
|
November 1,
|
|
|
November 2,
|
|
|
November 1,
|
|
|
November 2,
|
|
|
November 1,
|
|
|
November 2,
|
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2008
|
|
Weighted
average fair value
per share
|
|
$
|
4.65
|
|
|
$
|
6.24
|
|
|
$
|
3.44
|
|
|
$
|
4.08
|
|
|
$
|
4.29
|
|
|
$
|
6.24 - $7.92%
|
|
|
$
|
3.44
|
|
|
$
|
4.08
|
|
Expected term (in
years)
|
|
|
4.77
|
|
|
|
5.05
|
|
|
|
0.75
|
|
|
|
0.74
|
|
|
|
4.67
|
|
|
|
5.05 - 5.14
|
|
|
|
0.75
|
|
|
|
0.74
|
|
Volatility
|
|
|
84
|
%
|
|
|
74
|
%
|
|
|
102
|
%
|
|
|
58
|
%
|
|
|
84
|
%
|
|
|
72 - 74%
|
|
|
|
102
|
%
|
|
|
58
|
%
|
Risk-free interest
rate
|
|
|
2.4
|
%
|
|
|
2.8
|
%
|
|
|
3.2
|
%
|
|
|
3.3
|
%
|
|
|
2.5
|
%
|
|
|
2.8% - 3.2%
|
|
|
|
3.2
|
%
|
|
|
3.3
|
%
|
Dividend yield
|
|
|
0.00
|
%
|
|
|
0.00
|
%
|
|
|
0.00
|
%
|
|
|
0.00
|
%
|
|
|
0.00
|
%
|
|
|
0.00%
|
|
|
|
0.00
|
%
|
|
|
0.00
|
%
|
During the three and six months ended November 1, 2009, 0 and 801,518 shares of common
stock were issued under the Companys Employee Stock Purchase Plan, respectively, and 297,479 and
331,426 stock options were exercised, respectively. As of November 1, 2009, total compensation cost
related to unvested stock options and restricted stock units not yet recognized was approximately
$16.6 million which is expected to be recognized over the next 26 months on a weighted-average
basis.
Accuracy of Fair Value Estimates
The Black-Scholes option valuation model requires the input of highly subjective assumptions,
including the expected life of the stock-based award and the stock price volatility. The
assumptions listed above represent managements best estimates, but these estimates involve
inherent uncertainties and the application of
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management judgment. As a result, if other assumptions had been used, the Companys
recorded stock-based compensation expense could have been materially different from that depicted
above. In addition, the Company is required to estimate the expected forfeiture rate and only
recognize expense for those shares expected to vest. If the Companys actual forfeiture rate is
materially different from the estimate, stock-based compensation expense could be materially
different.
20. Segments
Prior to first quarter of fiscal 2010, the Companys Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of
the Board viewed the Companys business as having two principal operating segments, consisting of
optical subsystems and components, and network performance test systems. After the sale of the
assets of the Network Tools Division to JDSU in the first quarter of fiscal 2010, the Company has
one reportable segment consisting of optical subsystems and components.
Optical subsystems consist primarily of transceivers sold to manufacturers of storage and
networking equipment for SANs and LANs and MAN applications. Optical subsystems also include
multiplexers, de-multiplexers and optical add/drop modules for use in MAN applications. Optical
components consist primarily of packaged lasers and photo-detectors which are incorporated in
transceivers, primarily for LAN and SAN applications.
21. Geographic Information
The following is a summary of revenues within geographic areas based on the location of the
entity purchasing the Companys products (in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended
|
|
|
Six Months Ended
|
|
|
|
November 1,
|
|
|
November 2,
|
|
|
November 1,
|
|
|
November 2,
|
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2008
|
|
Revenues from sales to unaffiliated customers:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
United States
|
|
$
|
54,929
|
|
|
$
|
45,097
|
|
|
$
|
103,931
|
|
|
$
|
70,861
|
|
Malaysia
|
|
|
25,658
|
|
|
|
26,920
|
|
|
|
48,019
|
|
|
|
54,261
|
|
China
|
|
|
18,182
|
|
|
|
19,362
|
|
|
|
35,204
|
|
|
|
34,789
|
|
Rest of the world
|
|
|
46,961
|
|
|
|
56,367
|
|
|
|
87,301
|
|
|
|
103,609
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
145,730
|
|
|
$
|
147,746
|
|
|
$
|
274,455
|
|
|
$
|
263,520
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenues generated in the United States are all from sales to customers located in the
United States.
The following is a summary of long-lived assets of continuing operations within geographic
areas based on the location of the assets (in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
November 1,
|
|
|
April 30,
|
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2009
|
|
Long-lived assets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
United States
|
|
$
|
75,701
|
|
|
$
|
83,119
|
|
Malaysia
|
|
|
31,030
|
|
|
|
28,067
|
|
Rest of the world
|
|
|
19,451
|
|
|
|
17,180
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
126,182
|
|
|
$
|
128,366
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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22. Restructuring Charges
During the second quarter of fiscal 2006, the Company consolidated its Sunnyvale facilities
into one building and permanently exited a portion of its Scotts Valley facility. As a result of
these activities, the Company recorded restructuring charges of approximately $3.1 million. These
restructuring charges included $290,000 of miscellaneous costs required to effect the closures and
approximately $2.8 million of non-cancelable facility lease payments. Of the $3.1 million in
restructuring charges, $1.9 million related to the Companys optical subsystems and components
segment and $1.2 million related to discontinued operations. During the first quarter of fiscal
2009, the Company recorded additional restructuring charges of $600,000 for lease payments for the
remaining portion of the Scotts Valley facility that had been used for a product line of our
discontinued operations which was sold in first quarter of fiscal 2009. During the second quarter
of fiscal 2010, the Company recorded restructuring charges of $4.2 million for the non-cancelable
facility lease relating to the abandoned and unused portion of its facility in Allen, Texas.
The following table summarizes the activities of the restructuring accrual during the first
half of fiscal 2010 (in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
Balance as of April 30, 2009
|
|
$
|
850
|
|
Charges during six months ended November 1, 2009
|
|
|
4,173
|
|
Adjustment to deferred rent
|
|
|
297
|
|
Cash payments
|
|
|
(262
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
Balance as of November 1, 2009
|
|
|
5,058
|
|
|
|
|
|
As of November 1, 2009, $5.1 million of committed facilities payments related to restructuring
activities remained accrued, of which $1.1 million is expected to be fully utilized in the next
twelve months and $4.0 million to be paid out from fiscal 2010 through fiscal 2020.
23. Pending Litigation
Stock Option Derivative Litigation
On November 30, 2006, the Company announced that it had undertaken a voluntary review of its
historical stock option grant practices subsequent to its initial public offering in November 1999.
The review was initiated by senior management, and preliminary results of the review were discussed
with the Audit Committee of the Companys board of directors. Based on the preliminary results of
the review, senior management concluded, and the Audit Committee agreed, that it was likely that
the measurement dates for certain stock option grants differed from the recorded grant dates for
such awards and that the Company would likely need to restate its historical financial statements
to record non-cash charges for compensation expense relating to some past stock option grants. The
Audit Committee thereafter conducted a further investigation and engaged independent legal counsel
and financial advisors to assist in that investigation. The Audit Committee concluded that
measurement dates for certain option grants differed from the recorded grant dates for such awards.
The Companys management, in conjunction with the Audit Committee, conducted a further review to
finalize revised measurement dates and determine the appropriate accounting adjustments to its
historical financial statements. The announcement of the investigation resulted in delays in filing
the Companys quarterly reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended October 29, 2006, January 28, 2007, and January 27, 2008, and the
Companys annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2007. On December 4, 2007,
the Company filed all four of these reports which included revised financial statements.
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Following the Companys announcement on November 30, 2006 that the Audit Committee of the
board of directors had voluntarily commenced an investigation of the Companys historical stock
option grant practices, the Company was named as a nominal defendant in several shareholder
derivative cases. These cases have been consolidated into two proceedings pending in federal and
state courts in California. The federal court cases have been consolidated in the United States
District Court for the Northern District of California. The state court cases have been
consolidated in the Superior Court of California for the County of Santa Clara. The plaintiffs in
all cases have alleged that certain of the Companys current or former officers and directors
caused the Company to grant stock options at less than fair market value, contrary to the Companys
public statements (including its financial statements), and that, as a result, those officers and
directors are liable to the Company. No specific amount of damages has been alleged, and by the
nature of the lawsuits, no damages will be alleged against the Company. On May 22, 2007, the state
court granted the Companys motion to stay the state court action pending resolution of the
consolidated federal court action. On June 12, 2007, the plaintiffs in the federal court case filed
an amended complaint to reflect the results of the stock option investigation announced by the
Audit Committee in June 2007. On August 28, 2007, the Company and the individual defendants filed
motions to dismiss the complaint. On January 11, 2008, the Court granted the motions to dismiss,
with leave to amend. On May 12, 2008, the plaintiffs filed an amended complaint. The Company and
the individual defendants filed motions to dismiss the amended complaint on July 1, 2008. The
Court granted the motions to dismiss on September 22, 2009, and entered judgment in favor of the
defendants The plaintiffs have appealed the judgment to the United States Court of Appeal for the
Ninth Circuit.
505 Patent Litigation
DirecTV Litigation
On April 4, 2005, the Company filed an action for patent infringement in the United States
District Court for the Eastern District of Texas against the DirecTV Group, Inc., DirecTV Holdings,
LLC, DirecTV Enterprises, LLC, DirecTV Operations, LLC, DirecTV, Inc., and Hughes Network Systems,
Inc. (collectively, DirecTV). The lawsuit involves the Companys U.S. Patent No. 5,404,505, or
the 505 patent, which relates to technology used in information transmission systems to provide
access to a large database of information. On June 23, 2006, following a jury trial, the jury
returned a verdict that the Companys patent had been willfully infringed and awarded the Company
damages of $78,920,250. In a post-trial hearing held on July 6, 2006, the Court determined that,
due to DirecTVs willful infringement, those damages would be enhanced by an additional $25
million. Further, the Court awarded the Company pre-judgment interest on the jurys verdict and
court costs in the aggregate amount of approximately $13.5 million. The Court denied the Companys
motion for injunctive relief, but ordered DirecTV to pay a compulsory ongoing license fee to the
Company at the rate of $1.60 per set-top box activated by or on behalf of DirecTV for the period
beginning June 16, 2006 through the duration of the patent, which expires in April 2012.
DirecTV appealed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. In its appeal,
DirecTV raised issues related to claim construction, infringement, invalidity, willful infringement
and enhanced damages. The Company cross-appealed raising issues related to the denial of the
Companys motion for a permanent injunction, the trial courts refusal to enhance future damages
for willfulness and the trial courts determination that some of the asserted patent claims are
invalid. The appeals were consolidated.
On April 18, 2008, the appeals court issued its decision affirming in part, reversing in part,
and remanding the case for further proceedings before the trial court in Texas. Specifically, the
appeals court ruled that the lower courts interpretation of some of the patent claim terms was too
broad and issued its own, narrower interpretation of those terms. The appeals court also determined
that one of the seven patent claims (Claim 16)
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found infringed by the jury was invalid, that
DirecTVs infringement of the 505 patent was not willful, and that the trial court did not err in
its determination that various claims of the 505 patent were invalid for indefiniteness. As a
result, the judgment, including the compulsory license, was vacated and the case was remanded to
the trial court to reconsider infringement and validity of the six remaining patent claims and
releasing to DirecTV the escrow funds it had deposited.
On July 11, 2008, the United States District Court for the Northern District of California
issued an order in the Comcast lawsuit described below in which it held that one of the claims of
the 505 patent, Claim 25, is invalid. The order in the Comcast lawsuit also, in effect, ruled
invalid a related claim, Claim 24, which is one of the six remaining claims of the 505 patent that
were returned to the trial court for retrial in the DirectTV lawsuit.
On December 1, 2008, both parties filed motions for summary judgment on the issue of validity
in the trial court. On May 19, 2009, the Court granted DirecTVs motions for summary judgment and
entered final judgment in the case in favor of DirecTV. The Company is appealing this ruling.
EchoStar Litigation
On July 10, 2006, EchoStar Satellite LLC, EchoStar Technologies Corporation and NagraStar LLC
(collectively, EchoStar), filed an action against the Company in the United States District Court
for the District of Delaware seeking a declaration that EchoStar does not infringe, and has not
infringed, any valid claim of the Companys 505 patent. The 505 patent is the same patent that is
in dispute in the DirecTV lawsuit. On December 4, 2007, the Court approved the parties stipulation
to stay the case pending issuance of the Federal Circuits mandate in the DirecTV case. This stay
expired when the mandate of the Federal Circuit issued in the DirecTV case on April 18, 2008. On
August 11, 2009, the Court administratively dismissed the case in light of the grant of summary
judgment in favor of DirecTV in the DirecTV litigation.
Requests for Re-Examination of the 505 Patent
Four requests for re-examination of the Companys 505 patent have been filed with the U. S.
Patent and Trademark Office. The 505 patent is the patent that is in dispute combined in the
DirecTV and EchoStar lawsuits. The PTO granted each of these requests and these proceedings into a
single re-examination. On October 9, 2009, the PTO issued a final office action invalidating all
other claims in the 505 patent. The Company is appealing this final office action.
Securities Class Action
A securities class action lawsuit was filed on November 30, 2001 in the United States District
Court for the Southern District of New York, purportedly on behalf of all persons who purchased the
Companys common stock from November 17, 1999 through December 6, 2000. The complaint named as
defendants the Company, Jerry S. Rawls, its President and Chief Executive Officer, Frank H.
Levinson, its former Chairman of the Board and Chief Technical Officer, Stephen K. Workman, its
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, and an investment banking firm that served as an
underwriter for the Companys initial public offering in November 1999 and a secondary offering in
April 2000. The complaint, as subsequently amended, alleges violations of Sections 11 and 15 of the
Securities Act of 1933 and Sections 10(b) and 20(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, on the grounds that the prospectuses incorporated in the registration statements for the
offerings failed to disclose, among other things, that (i) the underwriter had solicited and
received excessive and undisclosed commissions from certain investors in exchange for which the
underwriter allocated to those investors material portions of the shares of the Companys stock
sold in the offerings and (ii) the underwriter had entered into
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agreements with customers whereby
the underwriter agreed to allocate shares of the Companys stock sold in the offerings to those
customers in exchange for which the customers agreed to purchase additional shares of the Companys
stock in the aftermarket at pre-determined prices. No specific damages are claimed. Similar
allegations have been made in lawsuits relating to more than 300 other initial public offerings
conducted in 1999 and 2000, which were consolidated for pretrial purposes. In October 2002, all
claims against the individual defendants were dismissed without prejudice. On February 19, 2003,
the Court denied defendants motion to dismiss the complaint.
In February 2009, the parties reached an understanding regarding the principal elements of a
settlement, subject to formal documentation and Court approval. On October 2, 2009, the Court
granted approval of the settlement. Under the settlement, the underwriter defendants will pay a
total of $486 million, and the issuer defendants and their insurers will pay a total of $100
million to settle all of the cases. The order approving the settlement has been appealed by certain
individual class members. On August 25, 2009, the Company funded approximately $327,000 with
respect to its pro rata share of the issuers contribution to the settlement and certain costs.
This amount was accrued in the financial statements during the first quarter of fiscal 2010.
Section 16(b) Lawsuit
A lawsuit was filed on October 3, 2007 in the United States District Court for the Western
District of Washington by Vanessa Simmonds, a purported holder of the Companys common stock
against two investment banking firms that served as underwriters for the initial public offering of
the Companys common stock in November 1999. None of the Companys officers, directors or employees
were named as defendants in the complaint. On February 28, 2008, the plaintiff filed an amended
complaint. The complaint, as amended, alleges that: (i) the defendants, other underwriters of the
offering, and unspecified officers, directors and the Companys principal shareholders constituted
a group that owned in excess of 10% of the Companys outstanding common stock between November
11, 1999 and November 20, 2000; (ii) the defendants were therefore subject to the short swing
prohibitions of Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and (iii) the defendants
engaged in purchases and sales, or sales and purchases, of the Companys common stock within
periods of less than six months in violation of the provisions of Section 16(b). The complaint
seeks disgorgement of all profits allegedly received by the defendants, with interest and attorneys
fees, for transactions in violation of Section 16(b). The Company, as the statutory beneficiary of
any potential Section 16(b) recovery, is named as a nominal defendant in the complaint.
This case is one of 54 lawsuits containing similar allegations relating to initial public
offerings of technology company issuers, which were coordinated (but not consolidated) by the
Court. On July 25, 2008, the real defendants in all 54 cases filed a consolidated motion to
dismiss, and a majority of the nominal defendants (including the Company) filed a consolidated
motion to dismiss, the amended complaints. On March 19, 2009, the Court dismissed the amended
complaints naming the nominal defendants that had moved to dismiss, without prejudice, because the
plaintiff had not properly demanded action by their respective boards of directors before filing
suit; and dismissed the amended complaints naming nominal defendants that had not moved to dismiss,
with prejudice, finding the claims time-barred by the applicable statute of limitation. Also on
March 19, 2009, the Court entered judgment against the plaintiff in all 54 cases. The plaintiff has
appealed the order and judgments. The real defendants have cross-appealed the dismissal of certain
amended complaints without prejudice, contending that dismissal should have been with prejudice
because those amended complaints are barred by the applicable statute of limitation.
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JDSU/Emcore Patent Litigation
On September 11, 2006, JDS Uniphase Corporation (JDSU) and Emcore Corporation filed a
complaint in the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania alleging
that certain cable television transmission products acquired in connection with the Companys
acquisition of Optium Corporation, specifically the Companys 1550 nm HFC externally modulated
transmitter, in addition to possibly products as yet unidentified, infringe on two U.S. patents,
referred to as the 003 and 071 Patents. On March 14, 2007, JDSU and Emcore filed a second
complaint in the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania alleging
that the Companys 1550 nm HFC quadrature amplitude modulated transmitter used in cable television
applications, in addition to possibly products as yet unidentified, infringes on another U.S.
patent, referred to as the 374 Patent. On December 10, 2007, the Company filed a complaint in
the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania seeking a declaration
that the patents asserted against the Companys HFC externally modulated transmitter are
unenforceable due to inequitable conduct committed by the patent applicants and/or the attorneys or
agents during prosecution. On February 18, 2009, the Court granted JDSUs and Emcores motion for
summary judgment dismissing the Companys declaratory judgment action on inequitable conduct. The
Company has appealed this ruling.
A trial with respect to the remaining two actions was held in October 2009. On November 1,
2009, the jury delivered its verdict that the Company had infringed the 003 and the 071 Patents
as well as the 374 Patent. In addition, the jury found that the Companys infringement of the
003 and the 071 Patents was willful. The jury determined that, with respect to the 003 and the
071 Patents, Emcore was entitled to $974,364 in damages and JDSU was entitled to $622,440 in
damages, and, with respect to the 374 Patent, Emcore was entitled to $1,800,000 in damages. The
Court has not yet ruled on the amount, if any, by which the damages award with respect to the 003
and 071 Patents should be enhanced as a result of the jurys determination that the Companys
infringement of the 003 and the 071 Patents was willful. In addition, the plaintiffs have
requested that the Court issue a permanent injunction against further manufacture or sale of the
products found to have infringed the patents-in-suit. The Company has filed motions for a new
trial and, alternatively, the vacating of the jurys verdict. The Court has not yet ruled on these
motions.
Based on the Companys review of the record in this case, including discussion with
and analysis by counsel of the bases for the Companys appeal, the Company has determined that it
has a number of strong arguments available on appeal and, although there can be no assurance as to
the ultimate outcome, the Company is confident that the judgment against it will ultimately be
reversed, or remanded for a new trial in which the Company believes it would prevail. As a result,
the Company concluded that it is not probable that Emcore and JDSU will ultimately prevail in this
matter; therefore, the Company has not recorded any liability for this judgment.
Export Compliance
During mid-2007, Optium became aware that certain of its analog RF over fiber products may,
depending on end use and customization, be subject to the International Traffic in Arms
Regulations, or ITAR. Accordingly, Optium filed a detailed voluntary disclosure with the United
States Department of State describing the details of possible inadvertent ITAR violations with
respect to the export of a limited number of certain prototype products, as well as related
technical data and defense services. Optium may have also made unauthorized transfers of
ITAR-restricted technical data and defense services to foreign persons in the workplace. Additional
information has been provided upon request to the Department of State with respect to this matter.
In late 2008, a grand jury subpoena from the office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District
of Pennsylvania was received requesting documents from 2005 through the present referring to, relating to or involving the
subject matter of the above referenced voluntary disclosure and export activities.
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While the Department of State encourages voluntary disclosures and generally affords parties
mitigating credit under such circumstances, the Company nevertheless could be subject to continued
investigation and potential regulatory consequences ranging from a no-action letter, government
oversight of facilities and export transactions, monetary penalties, and in extreme cases,
debarment from government contracting, denial of export privileges and criminal sanctions, any of
which would adversely affect the Companys results of operations and cash flow. The Department of
State and U.S. Attorney inquiries may require the Company to expend significant management time and
incur significant legal and other expenses. The Company cannot predict how long it will take or how
much more time and resources it will have to expend to resolve these government inquiries, nor can
it predict the outcome of these inquiries.
Other Litigation
In the ordinary course of business, the Company is a party to litigation, claims and
assessments in addition to those described above. Based on information currently available,
management does not believe the impact of these other matters will have a material adverse effect
on its business, financial condition, results of operations or cash flows of the Company.
24. Guarantees and Indemnifications
In November 2002, the FASB issued Interpretation No. 45,
Guarantors Accounting and Disclosure
Requirements for Guarantees, Including Indirect Guarantees of Indebtedness of Others
(FIN 45).
FIN 45 requires that upon issuance of a guarantee, the guarantor must recognize a liability for the
fair value of the obligations it assumes under that guarantee. As permitted under Delaware law and
in accordance with the Companys Bylaws, the Company indemnifies its officers and directors for
certain events or occurrences, subject to certain limits, while the officer or director is or was
serving at the Companys request in such capacity. The term of the indemnification period is for
the officers or directors lifetime. The Company may terminate the indemnification agreements with
its officers and directors upon 90 days written notice, but termination will not affect claims for
indemnification relating to events occurring prior to the effective date of termination. The
maximum amount of potential future indemnification is unlimited; however, the Company has a
director and officer insurance policy that may enable it to recover a portion of any future amounts
paid.
The Company enters into indemnification obligations under its agreements with other companies
in its ordinary course of business, including agreements with customers, business partners, and
insurers. Under these provisions the Company generally indemnifies and holds harmless the
indemnified party for losses suffered or incurred by the indemnified party as a result of the
Companys activities or the use of the Companys products. These indemnification provisions
generally survive termination of the underlying agreement. In some cases, the maximum potential
amount of future payments the Company could be required to make under these indemnification
provisions is unlimited. The Company believes the fair value of these indemnification agreements is
not material. Accordingly, the Company has not recorded any liabilities for these agreements as of
August 1, 2009. To date, the Company has not incurred material costs to defend lawsuits or settle
claims related to these indemnification agreements and payments under the loans are expected to be
paid when due.
During the first quarter of fiscal 2009, the Companys Malaysian subsidiary entered into loan
agreements with a Malaysian bank (See Note 13. Long-term Debt) for which the Company has provided
corporate guarantees. The Company guaranteed loan payments of up to $23.1 million in the event of
non-payment by its Malaysian subsidiary. These guarantees are effective during the term of these loans. The
principal balance of this loan outstanding as of November 1, 2009, was $15.8 million.
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25. Related Party Transactions
Frank H. Levinson, the Companys former Chairman of the Board and Chief Technical Officer and
a member of the Companys board of directors until August 29, 2008, is a member of the board of
directors of Fabrinet, Inc., a privately held contract manufacturer. In June 2000, the Company
entered into a volume supply agreement, at rates which the Company believes to be market, with
Fabrinet under which Fabrinet serves as a contract manufacturer for the Company. In addition,
Fabrinet purchases certain products from the Company. The Company recorded purchases of $28.5
million from Fabrinet during the four months period ending August 29, 2008 and Fabrinet purchased
products from the Company totaling to $16.2 million during the same period.
During the three months and six months ended November 1, 2009, the Company paid a sales and
marketing consultant, who is the brother of the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, $38,579 and
$75,279 in cash compensation, respectively.
Amounts paid to related parties represented values considered by management to be fair and
reasonable, reflective of an arms length transaction.
26. Subsequent Events
Repurchase of Senior Subordinated Notes
On November 16, 2009, the Company repurchased $5.0 million principal amount of its 2 1/2%
Senior Subordinated Notes due 2010 in a privately negotiated transaction. For each $1,000 principal
amount of the notes, the Company paid $977.5 in cash, for a total purchase price of $4.9 million
plus accrued interest of $11,000.
On November 16, 2009, the Company repurchased $500,000 principal amount of its 2 1/2%
Subordinated Notes due 2010 in a privately negotiated transaction. For each $1,000 principal amount
of the notes, the Company paid $977.5 in cash, for a total purchase price of $488,750 plus accrued
interest of $1,000.
After the repurchase of the convertible notes discussed above, approximately $29.6 million
aggregate principal amount of 2 1/2% notes due 2010 remained outstanding.
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Item 2.
Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
Forward-Looking Statements
The following discussion contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and
uncertainties. Our actual results could differ substantially from those anticipated in these
forward-looking statements as a result of many factors, including those referred to in Part II,
Item 1A. Risk Factors below. The following discussion should be read together with our
consolidated financial statements and related notes thereto included elsewhere in this report.
Business Overview
We
are a leading provider of optical subsystems and components that are used
to interconnect equipment in short-distance
local area networks, or LANs, and storage area networks, or SANs, and longer distance metropolitan
area networks, or MANs and wide area networks, or WANs. Our optical subsystems consist primarily of
transmitters, receivers, transceivers and transponders which provide the fundamental
optical-electrical interface for connecting the equipment various types of equipment used in building
these networks, including switches, routers and file servers used in
wireline networks as well as antennas and base stations for wireless
networks. These
products rely on the use of semiconductor lasers and photodetectors in conjunction with integrated
circuit design and novel packaging technology to provide a cost-effective means for transmitting
and receiving digital signals over fiber optic cable at speeds ranging from less than 1Gbps to
40Gbps, using a wide range of network protocols and physical configurations over distances of 70
meters to 200 kilometers. We supply optical transceivers and transponders that allow point-to-point
communications on a fiber using a single specified wavelength or, bundled with multiplexing
technologies, can be used to supply multi-gigabit bandwidth over several wavelengths on the same
fiber. We also provide products for dynamically switching network traffic from one optical
wavelength to another across multiple wavelengths known as reconfigurable optical add/drop
multiplexers, or ROADMs. Our line of optical components consists primarily of packaged lasers and
photodetectors used in transceivers for LAN and SAN applications and passive optical components
used in building MANs. Demand for the Companys
products is largely driven by the continually growing need for
additional bandwidth created by the ongoing proliferation of data and
video traffic that must be handled by both wireline and wireless
networks. Our manufacturing operations are vertically integrated and we utilize
internal sources for many of the key components used in making our products including lasers,
photodetectors and integrated circuits, or ICs, designed by our own internal IC engineering teams.
We also have internal assembly and test capabilities that make use of internally designed equipment
for the automated testing of our optical subsystems and components.
We sell our optical products to manufacturers of storage systems, networking equipment and
telecommunication equipment or their contract manufacturers, such as Alcatel-Lucent, Brocade, Cisco
Systems, EMC, Emulex, Ericsson, Hewlett-Packard Company, Huawei, IBM, Juniper, Qlogic, Siemens and
Tellabs. These customers, in turn, sell their systems to businesses and to wireline and wireless
telecommunications service providers and cable TV operators, collectively referred to as carriers.
Recent Developments
Combination with Optium Corporation
On August 29, 2008, we completed a business combination with Optium Corporation, a leading
designer and manufacturer of high performance optical subsystems for use in telecommunications and
cable TV network systems, through the merger of Optium with a wholly-owned subsidiary of Finisar.
We believe that the combination of the two companies created the worlds largest supplier of
optical components, modules and subsystems for the communications industry and will leverage
Finisars leadership position in the storage and data networking sectors of the industry and
Optiums leadership position in the telecommunications and CATV sectors to create a more
competitive industry participant. In addition, as a result of the combination, we expect
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to realize cost synergies related to operating expenses and manufacturing costs resulting from
(1) the transfer of production to lower cost locations, (2) improved purchasing power associated
with being a larger company and (3) cost synergies associated with the integration of internally
manufactured components into product designs in place of components previously purchased by Optium
in the open market. At the closing of the merger, we issued 20,101,082 shares of Finisar common
stock, valued at approximately $242.8 million, in exchange for all of the outstanding common stock
of Optium.
We have accounted for the combination using the purchase method of accounting and as a result
have included the operating results of Optium in our consolidated financial results since the
August 29, 2008 consummation date.
Sale of Network Tools Division
In the first quarter of fiscal 2010, we sold substantially all of the assets of our Network
Tools Division to JDSU for $40.6 million in cash. We recorded a net gain on sale of the business of
$36.1 million before income taxes, which is included in income from discontinued operations, net of
income tax, in our condensed consolidated statements of operations. In accordance with FASB ASC
205-20,
Presentation of Financial Statements, Discontinued Operations,
the assets and liabilities,
results of operations related to the business, have been classified as discontinued operations in
the condensed consolidated financial statements for all periods presented. In accordance with FASB
ASC 230,
Statement of Cash Flows
, we elected not to separately disclose the cash flows associated
with the discontinued operations in the condensed consolidated statements of cash flow.
Critical Accounting Policies
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting
principles requires management to make judgments, estimates and assumptions in the preparation of
our consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from
those estimates. We believe there have been no significant changes in our critical accounting
policies as discussed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended April 30, 2009 other
than the adoption of FASB ASC 470-20 (see Note 1 to condensed consolidated financial statements).
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Results of Operations
The following table sets forth certain statement of operations data as a percentage of
revenues for the periods indicated:
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
|
(Unaudited)
|
|
Revenues
|
|
|
100.0
|
%
|
|
|
100.0
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%
|
|
|
100.0
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%
|
|
|
100.0
|
%
|
Cost of revenues
|
|
|
71.9
|
|
|
|
72.1
|
|
|
|
73.9
|
|
|
|
68.6
|
|
Amortization of acquired developed technology
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|
|
0.8
|
|
|
|
0.8
|
|
|
|
0.9
|
|
|
|
0.8
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gross profit
|
|
|
27.3
|
|
|
|
27.1
|
|
|
|
25.2
|
|
|
|
30.6
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating expenses:
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Research and development
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|
|
14.8
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|
|
|
14.7
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|
|
|
15.5
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|
|
|
14.9
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|
Sales and marketing
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|
|
5.0
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|
|
|
5.3
|
|
|
|
5.1
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|
|
|
5.6
|
|
General and administrative
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|
|
5.6
|
|
|
|
7.1
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|
|
|
6.5
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|
|
|
7.2
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|
Acquired in-process research and development
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|
|
|
|
|
|
7.1
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|
|
|
0.0
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|
|
|
4.0
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|
Restructuring charges
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|
|
2.9
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|
|
|
0.0
|
|
|
|
1.5
|
|
|
|
0.0
|
|
Amortization of purchased intangibles
|
|
|
0.4
|
|
|
|
0.4
|
|
|
|
0.4
|
|
|
|
0.3
|
|
Impairment of goodwill and intangible assets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
121.0
|
|
|
|
0.0
|
|
|
|
67.8
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total operating expenses
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|
|
28.7
|
|
|
|
155.6
|
|
|
|
29.0
|
|
|
|
99.8
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loss from operations
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|
|
(1.4
|
)
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|
|
(128.5
|
)
|
|
|
(3.8
|
)
|
|
|
(69.2
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest income
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|
|
|
|
|
|
0.4
|
|
|
|
0.0
|
|
|
|
0.6
|
|
Interest expense
|
|
|
(1.5
|
)
|
|
|
(2.8
|
)
|
|
|
(1.7
|
)
|
|
|
(3.6
|
)
|
Loss on debt extinguishment
|
|
|
(17.2
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(9.1
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
Other income (expense), net
|
|
|
(1.5
|
)
|
|
|
(2.2
|
)
|
|
|
(0.7
|
)
|
|
|
(1.2
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loss from continuing operations before income
taxes
|
|
|
(21.6
|
)
|
|
|
(133.1
|
)
|
|
|
(15.3
|
)
|
|
|
(73.4
|
)
|
Provision (benefit) for income taxes
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(5.2
|
)
|
|
|
0.1
|
|
|
|
(2.7
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loss from continuing operations
|
|
|
(21.6
|
)
|
|
|
(127.9
|
)
|
|
|
(15.4
|
)
|
|
|
(70.7
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income (loss) from discontinued operations,
net of taxes
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.8
|
|
|
|
13.5
|
|
|
|
0.4
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss
|
|
|
(21.6)
|
%
|
|
|
(127.1)
|
%
|
|
|
(1.9)
|
%
|
|
|
(70.3
|
)%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenues.
Revenues from continuing operations decreased $2.0 million, or 1.4%, to $145.7
million in the quarter ended November 1, 2009 compared to $147.7 million in the quarter ended
November 2, 2008. The decrease was principally due to the general weakness in the global economy.
Revenues from continuing operations increased $10.9 million, or 4.1%, to $274.5 million in the
six months ended November 1, 2009 compared to $263.5 million in the six months ended November 2,
2008. The increase was due to the inclusion of revenues from Optiums operations offset by a
decline of $12.1 million in sales of pre-merger Finisar products. Revenues of $59.5 million from
Optium operations is included in our revenues for the six months ended November 1, 2009 compared to
Optium revenue for two months of $36.5 million included in the six months ended November 2, 2008
results. The decrease in revenue from sales of pre-merger Finisar products was due to the general
weakness in the global economy. While weakness in the general economy had a negative impact on
sales of some of our slower speed products, we experienced strong revenue growth in our higher
speed products.
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The following table sets forth the changes in revenues from continuing operations by market
segment and speed:
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three months ended
|
|
|
Six months ended
|
|
|
|
November 1,
|
|
|
November 2,
|
|
|
November 1,
|
|
|
November 2,
|
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2008
|
|
Transceivers, transponders, components
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Greater than 10 Gbps
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
LAN/SAN
|
|
|
16,463
|
|
|
|
8,907
|
|
|
|
29,940
|
|
|
|
18,932
|
|
Metro/Telecom
|
|
|
38,854
|
|
|
|
45,097
|
|
|
|
77,278
|
|
|
|
67,291
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Subtotal
|
|
|
55,317
|
|
|
|
54,004
|
|
|
|
107,218
|
|
|
|
86,223
|
|
Less than 10 Gbps
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
LAN/SAN
|
|
|
43,946
|
|
|
|
54,422
|
|
|
|
80,950
|
|
|
|
105,229
|
|
Metro/Telecom
|
|
|
25,931
|
|
|
|
27,132
|
|
|
|
51,071
|
|
|
|
59,813
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Subtotal
|
|
|
69,878
|
|
|
|
81,553
|
|
|
|
132,021
|
|
|
|
165,042
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total transceivers, transponders,
components
|
|
|
125,195
|
|
|
|
135,558
|
|
|
|
239,239
|
|
|
|
251,265
|
|
ROADM linecards and WSS modules
|
|
|
15,464
|
|
|
|
8,804
|
|
|
|
26,409
|
|
|
|
8,804
|
|
CATV
|
|
|
5,073
|
|
|
|
3,384
|
|
|
|
8,807
|
|
|
|
3,451
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total revenues
|
|
|
145,731
|
|
|
|
147,746
|
|
|
|
274,455
|
|
|
|
263,520
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Amortization of Acquired Developed Technology.
Amortization of acquired developed
technology related to continuing operations, a component of cost of revenues, decreased $61,000, or
4.9%, to $1.2 million in the quarter ended November 1, 2009 compared to $1.3 million in the quarter
ended November 2, 2008 and increased $282,000, or 13.4%, to $2.4 million in the six months ended
November 1, 2009 compared to $2.1 million in the six months ended November 2, 2008. The decrease
for the quarter was primarily due to the full amortization during fiscal 2009 of certain assets
associated with our Honeywell and Kodeos acquisitions, partially offset by $605,000 of amortization
of Optium assets. The increase for the six month period was primarily due to six months of
amortization of the Optium assets in fiscal 2010 compared to three months in fiscal 2009.
Gross Profit.
Gross profit from continuing operations decreased $162,000, or 0.4% , to $39.8
million in the quarter ended November 1, 2009 compared to $40.0 million in the quarter ended
November 2, 2008. The slight decrease in gross profit was primarily due to the $2.0 million
decrease in revenue. Gross profit as a percentage of revenue was 27.3% in the quarter ended
November 1, 2009 compared to 27.0% in the quarter ended November 2, 2008. We recorded charges of
$5.6 million for obsolete and excess inventory in the quarter ended November 1, 2009 compared to
$3.6 million in the quarter ended November 2, 2008. We sold inventory that was written-off in
previous periods resulting in a benefit of $4.4 million in the quarter ended November 1, 2009 and
$1.2 million in the quarter ended November 2, 2008. As a result, we recognized a net charge of $1.2
million in the quarter ended November 1, 2009 compared to $2.4 million in the quarter ended
November 2, 2008. Manufacturing overhead includes stock-based compensation charges of $1.3 million
in the quarter ended November 1, 2009 and $840,000 in the quarter ended November 2, 2008. Excluding
amortization of acquired developed technology, the net impact of excess and obsolete inventory
charges and stock-based compensation charges, gross profit would have been $43.5 million, or 29.8%
of revenues, in the quarter ended November 1, 2009 compared to $44.5 million, or 30.1% of revenues,
in the quarter ended November 2, 2008. The relatively flat gross margin reflects the unfavorable
impact of lower sales prices on some products, lower manufacturing yields and greater scrap charges in the current quarter offset by
lower component costs, manufacturing labor costs and overhead spending, despite the fact that manufacturing spending
in the prior year period reflected only a partial quarter of Optium operations following the
merger.
Gross profit from continuing operations decreased $11.6 million, or 14.3%, to $69.2 million in
the six months ended November 1, 2009 compared to $80.7 million in the six months ended November 2,
2008. The decrease in gross profit resulted from many factors including increased manufacturing
spending and lower
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margins on certain products related to the Optium merger, price reduction on
certain of our slower speed products and lower yield rates on our new higher speed components and
modules. Gross profit as a percentage of total revenue was 25.2% in the six months ended November
1, 2009 compared to 30.6% in the six months ended November 2, 2008. We recorded charges of $14.8
million for obsolete and excess inventory in the six months ended November 1, 2009 compared to $6.0
million in the six months ended November 2, 2008. We sold inventory that was written-off in
previous periods resulting in a benefit of $7.1 million in the six months ended November 1, 2009
and $2.9 million in the six months ended November 2, 2008. As a result, we recognized a net charge
of $7.7 million in the six months ended November 1, 2009 compared to $3.1 million in the six months
ended November 2, 2008. Manufacturing overhead includes stock-based compensation charges of $2.3
million in the six months ended November 1, 2009 and $1.7 million in the six months ended November
2, 2008. Excluding amortization of acquired developed technology, the net impact of excess and
obsolete inventory charges and stock-based compensation charges, gross profit would have been $81.6 million, or
29.7% of revenue, in the six months ended November 1, 2009 compared to $87.6 million, or 33.2% of
revenue in the six months ended November 2, 2008. The lower gross margin primarily reflects the
unfavorable impact of lower sales prices on some products, lower manufacturing yields and greater scrap charges in the current quarter
in addition to the impact of the sales of lower margin Optium products for the full six months as
compared to only two months in the prior year period.
Research and Development Expenses.
Research and development expenses of continuing operations
decreased $199,000, or 0.9%, to $21.6 million in the quarter ended November 1, 2009 compared to
$21.8 million in the quarter ended November 2, 2008. Included in research and development expenses
were stock-based compensation charges of $1.5 million in the quarter ended November 1, 2009 and in
the quarter ended November 1, 2008. Research and development expenses as a percent of revenues
increased slightly to 14.8% in the quarter ended November 1, 2009 compared to 14.7% in the quarter
ended November 1, 2008.
Research and development expenses of continuing operations increased $3.4 million, or 8.8%, to
$42.6 million in the six months ended November 1, 2009 compared to $39.2 million in the six months
ended November 1, 2008. The increase was primarily due to the additional four months of expenses
from Optium operations following the merger which are included in the 2009 balances. Included in
research and development expenses were stock-based compensation charges of $3.0 million in the six
months ended November 1, 2009 and $2.4 million in the six months ended November 1, 2008. Research
and development expenses as a percent of revenues increased to 15.5% in the six months ended
November 1, 2009 compared to 14.9% in the six months ended November 2, 2008.
Sales and Marketing Expenses.
Sales and marketing expenses of continuing operations decreased
$590,000, or 7.5%, to $7.3 million in the quarter ended November 1, 2009 compared to $7.9 million
in the quarter ended November 1, 2008. The decrease was primarily due to cost synergies realized as
a result of the Optium merger. Included in sales and marketing expenses were stock-based
compensation charges of $431,000 in the quarter ended November 1, 2009 and $440,000 in the quarter
ended November 1, 2008. Sales and marketing expenses as a percent of revenues decreased slightly to
5.0% in the quarter ended November 1, 2009 compared to 5.3% in the quarter ended November 2, 2008.
Sales and marketing expenses of continuing operations decreased $647,000, or 4.4%, to $14.1
million in the six months ended November 1, 2009 compared to $14.8 million in the six months ended
November 2, 2008. The decrease was primarily due to cost synergies realized as a result of the
Optium merger. Included in sales and marketing expenses were stock-based compensation charges of
$1.0 million in the six months ended November 1, 2009 and $767,000 in the six months ended November
2, 2008. Sales and marketing expenses as a percent of revenues decreased to 5.1% in the six months
ended November 1, 2009 compared to 5.6% in the six months ended November 2, 2008.
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General and Administrative Expenses.
General and administrative expenses of continuing
operations decreased $2.4 million, or 22.4%, to $8.2 million in the quarter ended November 1, 2009
compared to $10.5 million in the quarter ended November 2, 2008. The decrease was primarily due to
cost synergies realized as a result of the Optium merger, a decrease in legal fees due to reduced
litigation and IP related activities and recoveries of previously written off accounts receivable.
Included in general and administrative expenses were stock-based compensation charges of $726,000
in the quarter ended November 1, 2009 and $686,000 in the quarter ended November 2, 2008. Also
included in the quarter ended November 1, 2009 were non-recurring severance costs of $178,000.
General and administrative expenses as a percent of revenues decreased to 5.6% in the quarter ended
November 1, 2009 compared to 7.1% in the quarter ended November 28, 2008.
General and administrative expenses of continuing operations decreased $1.3 million, or 6.6%,
to $17.8 million in the six months ended November 1, 2009 compared to $19.0 million in the six
months ended November 2, 2008, although a full six months of
expenses related to the Optium operations were included in the later
period compared to two months in the prior year period. The decrease was primarily due to cost synergies realized as a
result of the Optium merger and a decrease in legal fees due to reduced litigation and IP related
activities. Included in general and administrative expenses were stock-based compensation charges
of $1.8 million in the six months ended November 1, 2009 and $1.2 million in the six months ended
November 2, 2008. Also included in the six months ended November 1, 2009 were non-recurring
severance costs of $187,000. General and administrative expenses as a percent of revenues decreased
to 6.5% in the six months ended November 1, 2009 compared to 7.2% in the six months ended November
2, 2008.
Acquired In-process Research and Development
. In-process research and development, or IPR&D,
expenses were $10.5 million in the quarter and six month period ended November 2, 2008, compared to
$0 in the quarter and six month period ended November 1, 2009. The IPR&D charges were related to
the Optium merger.
Amortization of Purchased Intangibles.
Amortization of purchased intangibles decreased
$96,000, or 15.6%, to $518,000 in the quarter ended November 1, 2009 compared to $614,000 in the
quarter ended November 2, 2008 and increased $476,000, or 64.1%, to $1.2 million in the six months
ended November 1, 2009 compared to $743,000 in the six months ended November 2, 2008. The decrease
for the quarter was due to the full amortization of certain trademarks related to the Optium
merger. The increase for the six month period was primarily due the amortization of additional
intangible assets acquired in the Optium merger. The amortization of these Optium assets for the
two months included in the quarter and six month periods ended November 2, 2008 was $485,000
compared to $962,000 in the six months ended November1, 2009.
Impairment of Goodwill.
As a result of the financial liquidity crisis, the economic recession,
reductions in our internal revenue and operating forecasts and a substantial reduction in our
market capitalization, during the period ended November 2, 2008, we performed an analysis to
determine if there was an indication of impairment of our intangible assets. As a result of this
analysis, we determined that the goodwill related to our optical subsystems and components
reporting unit was impaired and had an implied fair value of $59.6 million compared to a carrying
value of $238.4 million. As a result, we recorded an estimated impairment charge of $178.8 million
during the quarter ended November 2, 2008. Following the completion of goodwill impairment
analyses, we recorded additional charges of $46.5 million in the quarter ended February 1, 2009 and
$13.2 million in the quarter ended April 30, 2009. As a result of these impairment charges, as of
April 30, 2009 the carrying value of our goodwill was zero.
Restructuring Costs.
As a result of moving certain manufacturing activities from our facility
in Allen, Texas to our lower cost manufacturing facility in Ipoh, Malaysia, we have determined that
approximately 32% of the space in the Allen facility is no longer required for manufacturing. As a
result, we closed that portion of the facility in the quarter ended November 1, 2009 and are
actively searching for a tenant to sub-lease the vacated
space. As a result, we recorded a restructuring charge of $4.2 million in the quarter ended
November 1, 2009 which represents the present value of that portion of the lease payments we are obligated to
make over the remaining lease term.
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Interest Income.
Interest income decreased $648,000, or 98.6%, to $9,000 in the quarter ended
November 1, 2009 compared to $657,000 in the quarter ended November 2, 2008 and decreased $1.6
million, or 98.8%, to $19,000 in the six months ended November 1, 2009 compared to $1.6 million in
the six months ended November 2, 2008. These decreases were due primarily to a decrease in our cash
balance as a result of the principal repayment in the second quarter of fiscal 2009 of $92.0
million on our 5 1/4% Convertible Subordinated Notes due 2008.
Interest Expense.
Interest expense decreased $1.9 million, or 47.3%, to $2.2 million in the
quarter ended November 1, 2009 compared to $4.1 million in the quarter ended November 2, 2008. The
decrease was primarily related to the principal repayment in the second quarter of fiscal 2009 of
$92.0 million on our 5 1/4% Convertible Subordinated Notes due 2008. Included in interest expense
for the quarter ended November 1, 2009 is a non-cash charge of $1.1 million related to the
accounting for our senior convertible notes. Included in interest expense for the quarter ended
November 2, 2008 is a non-cash charge of $1.2 million related to the accounting for our senior
convertible notes and a non-cash charge of $671,000 to amortize the beneficial conversion feature
of the notes due in October 2008.
Interest expense decreased $4.8 million, or 50.8%, to $4.6 million in the six months ended
November 1, 2009 compared to $9.4 million in the six months ended November 2, 2008. The decrease
was primarily related to the principal repayment in the second quarter of fiscal 2009 of $92.0
million on our 5 1/4% Convertible Subordinated Notes due 2008. Included in interest expense for the
six months ended November 1, 2009 is a non-cash charge of $2.3 million related to the accounting
for our senior convertible notes. Included in interest expense for the quarter ended November 2,
2008 is a non-cash charge of $2.5 million related to the accounting for our senior convertible
notes and a non-cash charge of $1.8 million to amortize the beneficial conversion feature of the
notes due in October 2008.
Loss on Repurchase/Purchase of Convertible Notes
. On August 11, 2009,
we retired $33,100,000, or 66.2%, of the $50,000,000 aggregate outstanding principal amount of our 2 1/2% Convertible Subordinated Notes due 2010 and $14,404,000, or
approximately 15.7%, of the $92,000,000 aggregate outstanding principal amount of our 2 1/2% Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes due 2010 pursuant to exchange offers
which commenced on July 9, 2009. The consideration for the exchange consisted of (i) $525 in cash and (ii) 596 shares of the Company's common stock per $1,000 principal
amount of notes. We issued approximately 3.5 million shares of common stock and paid out approximately $24.9 million in cash to the former holders of notes in the exchange
offers. The total consideration paid in the exchange was approximately $4.7 million less than the par value of the notes retired. However, in accordance with the provisions
of ASC 470-20, this exchange was considered an induced conversion and the retirement of the notes was accounted for as if they had been converted according to their original
terms, with that value compared to the fair value of the consideration paid in the exchange offers. The original conversion price of the notes was $30.08 per share, accordingly,
although the trading price of our common stock was $5.04 at the time of the exchange, we recorded a loss on debt extinguishment of $23.7 million in the quarter ended
November 1, 2009.
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Other Income (Expense), Net.
Other expense was $2.2 million in the quarter ended November 1,
2009 compared to $3.1 million in the quarter ended November 2, 2008. Other expense was $1.9 million
in the six months ended November 1, 2009 compared to $2.9 million in the six months ended November
2, 2008. Other expense in the quarter and six months ended November 1, 2009 was primarily related
to a $2 million other-than-temporary write-down of a minority interest investment. Other expense in
the quarter and six month periods ended November 2, 2008 was primarily related to a $1.7 million
non-cash foreign exchange loss related to the re-measurement of a $19.8 million note re-payable in
U.S. dollars which is recorded on the books of our subsidiary in Malaysia whose functional currency
is the Malaysian ringgit and a $1.2 million other-than-temporary write-down of a minority
investment during the period.
Provision for Income Taxes.
We recorded an income tax provision of $38,000 and an income tax
benefit of $7.7 million, respectively, for the quarters ended November 1, 2009 and November 2, 2008
and an income tax provision of $197,000 and an income tax benefit of $7.0 million, respectively,
for the six months ended November 1, 2009 and November 2, 2008. The income tax benefit for the
three months ended November 2, 2008 included a non-cash benefit of $8.4 million from the reversal
of the previously recorded deferred tax liabilities related to tax amortization of goodwill for
which no financial statement amortization had occurred. The income tax provision of $38,000 for the
three months ended November 1, 2009 included minimum state taxes, federal refundable credits and
foreign income taxes arising in certain foreign jurisdictions in which the Company conducts
business.
Discontinued Operations.
As discussed above, on July 15, 2009, we completed the sale of
certain assets related to our Network Tools Division to JDSU. During the three months ended
November 1, 2009, we incurred net operating expenses of $67,000 for providing manufacturing
services to JDSU under a transition services agreement entered into at the time of the sale. These
expenses have been classified as results of discontinued operations. Income from discontinued
operations during the three months ended November 2, 2008 was $1.1 million. Income from
discontinued operations for the six months ended November 1, 2009 was $37.1 million, including a
gain on the sale of the business unit of $36.1 million compared to $990,000 in the quarter ended
November 2, 2008.
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Liquidity and Capital Resources
Cash Flows From Operating Activities
Net cash used in operating activities in the six months ended November 1, 2009 totaled $5.6
million, compared to net cash provided by operating activities of $1.4 million in the six months
ended November 2, 2008. Cash used in operating activities in the six months ended November 1, 2009
was due to changes in working capital which
were primarily related to an increase in accounts receivable and inventories offset by an increase
in accounts payable. Accounts receivable increased by $14.1 million primarily due to the increase
in shipments and no sales of accounts receivable under our non-recourse accounts receivable
purchase agreement with Silicon Valley Bank during the second quarter of fiscal 2010 compared to
$10 million sold in the second quarter of fiscal 2009. Inventory increased by $3.7 million and
accounts payable increased by $6.5 million due to higher purchases to support increased sales. Net
cash provided by operating activities in the six months ended November 2, 2008 primarily consisted
of changes in working capital which were primarily
related to increases in inventory, accounts receivable and deferred income taxes.
Cash Flows From Investing Activities
Net cash provided by investing activities totaled $31.3 million in the six months ended
November 1, 2009 compared to $45.3 million in the six months ended November 2, 2008. Net cash
provided by investing activities in the six months ended November 1, 2009 was primarily due to the
$40.7 cash received from sale of the assets of our Network Tools Division to JDSU on July 15, 2009.
We also received $1.2 million in cash in the first quarter of fiscal 2010 from the sale a
promissory note and all of the preferred stock that we received as consideration for the sale of a
product line in the first quarter of fiscal 2009. These receipts were partially offset by $10.7
million of expenditures for capital equipment. Net cash provided by investing activities in the
six months ended November 2, 2008 was primarily related to the net maturities of available-for-sale
investments of $30.7 million and acquisition of net assets of Optium of $30.1 million as a result
of a business combination offset by $15.5 million purchases of equipment to support production
expansion.
Cash Flows From Financing Activities
Net cash provided by financing activities totaled $17.9 million in the six months ended
November 1, 2009 compared to net cash used in financing activities of $82.0 million in the six
months ended November 2, 2008. Cash provided by financing activities for the six months ended
November 1, 2009 primarily consisted of $98.1 million in proceeds from the issuance of our 5.0%
Convertible Senior Notes, partially offset by $82.6 million of cash used to settle existing
convertible notes. Cash provided by financing activities for the six months ended November 2, 2008
primarily reflected proceeds of $20.0 million from bank borrowings and proceeds from the exercise
of stock options and purchases under our stock purchase plan totaling $3.4 million, offset by
repayments of $92 million on our outstanding 5 1/4% convertible subordinated notes on October 15,
2008 and repayment on borrowings of $13.4 million.
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Contractual Obligations and Commercial Commitments
At November 1, 2009, we had contractual obligations of $228 million as shown in the following
table (in thousands):
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Payments Due by Period
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Less than
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Contractual Obligations
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1 Year
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5 Years
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Short-term debt
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6,241
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$
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6,241
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Long-term debt
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12,151
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8,401
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3,750
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Convertible debt
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135,081
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35,081
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100,000
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Interest on debt
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27,893
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6,832
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10,907
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10,154
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Operating leases (a)
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46,383
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7,709
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10,366
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7,829
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20,479
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Purchase obligations
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596
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596
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Total contractual obligations
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228,345
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$
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56,459
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29,674
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At November 1, 2009, total long-term debt and principal amount due under the convertible debt
was $153.5 million, compared to $163.4 million at April 30, 2009.
Long-term debt consists of a note payable to a financial institution under which we borrowed
$9.9 million in December 2005. At November 1, 2009, the remaining principal balance outstanding
under this note was $2.6 million. This note is payable in 60 equal monthly installments beginning
in January 2006 and is secured by certain property and equipment. On November 25, 2009, we repaid
the remaining balance of this loan. Long-term debt also includes borrowings made by our Malaysian
subsidiary under two separate loan agreements entered into by it with a Malaysian bank in July
2008. The first loan is payable in 20 equal quarterly installments of $750,000 beginning in January
2009 and the second loan is payable in 20 equal quarterly installments of $250,000 beginning in
October 2008. Both loans are secured by certain property of our Malaysian subsidiary, guaranteed by
us and subject to certain covenants. We and our subsidiary were in compliance with all covenants
associated with these loans as of November 1, 2009. At November 1, 2009, the principal balance
outstanding under these loans was $15.8 million.
Convertible debt consists of a series of convertible subordinated notes in the aggregate
principal amount of $4.4 million due October 15, 2010, a series of convertible senior subordinated
notes in the aggregate principal amount of $30.7 million due October 15, 2010 and a series of
convertible senior notes in the aggregate principal amount of $100.0 million due October 15, 2029.
The notes are convertible by the holders at any time prior to
maturity into shares of Finisar common stock at specified conversion prices. The notes are
redeemable by us, in whole or in part. Aggregate annual interest payments on all the series of
notes are approximately $5.9 million.
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On November 16, 2009, the Company repurchased $5.0 million principal amount of its senior
subordinated notes in a privately negotiated transaction for a total purchase price of $4.9 million
plus accrued interest of $11,000. On November 16, 2009, the Company repurchased $500,000 principal
amount of its subordinated notes in a privately negotiated transaction for a total purchase price
of $488,750 plus accrued interest of $1,000. After the repurchase of the Convertible Notes
discussed above, approximately $129.6 million aggregate principal amount of notes remained
outstanding.
Interest on debt consists of the scheduled interest payments on our short-term, long-term, and
convertible debt.
Operating lease obligations consist primarily of base rents for facilities we occupy at
various locations.
Purchase obligations consist of standby repurchase obligations and are related to materials
purchased and held by subcontractors on our behalf to fulfill the subcontractors purchase order
obligations at their facilities. Our repurchase obligations of $596,000 have been expensed and
recorded on the condensed consolidated balance sheet as non-cancelable purchase obligations as of
November 1, 2009.
Sources
of Liquidity and Capital Resource Requirements
At November 1, 2009, our principal sources of liquidity consisted of $80.7 million of cash,
cash equivalents and available-for-sale investments and an aggregate of $70 million available
under our credit facility with Wells Fargo Bank subject to certain restrictions and limitations.
On October 2, 2009, we entered into an agreement with Wells Fargo Foothill, LLC to establish a
new four-year $70 million senior secured revolving credit facility to finance working capital and
to refinance existing indebtedness, including the repurchase or repayment of our remaining
outstanding convertible notes. Borrowings under the credit facility bear interest at rates based on
the prime rate and LIBOR plus variable margins, under which applicable interest rates currently
range from 5.75% to 6.25% per annum. Borrowings will be guaranteed by our U.S. subsidiaries and
secured by substantially all of the assets of Finisar and its U.S. subsidiaries. The credit
facility matures four years following the date of the agreement, subject to certain conditions.
On October 23, 2009, we terminated agreements with Silicon Valley Bank under which various
credit facilities had been available to us. As of November 1, 2009, $3.4 million of letters of
credit issued by Silicon Valley Bank remained outstanding as we were in the process of obtaining
new letters of credit through Wells Fargo Bank. Following the termination of the agreement, we
secured the outstanding letters of credit with restricted certificates of deposit of $3.4 million.
We believe that our existing balances of cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments,
together with the cash expected to be generated from future operations and borrowings under our
bank credit facility, will be sufficient to meet our cash needs for working capital and capital
expenditures for at least the next 12 months. We may, however, require additional financing to fund
our operations in the future or to repay or otherwise retire all of our outstanding convertible
debt in the aggregate principal amount of $129.6 million, of which $29.6 matures in October 2010
and the remaining $100 million is subject to redemption by the holders in October 2014, 2016, 2019
and 2024. A significant contraction in the capital markets, particularly in the technology sector,
may make it difficult for us to raise additional capital if and when it is required, especially if
we experience disappointing operating results. If adequate capital is not available to us as
required, or is not
available on favorable terms, our business, financial condition and results of operations will
be adversely affected.
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Off-Balance-Sheet Arrangements
At November 1, 2009 and April 30, 2009, we did not have any off-balance sheet arrangements or
relationships with unconsolidated entities or financial partnerships, such as entities often
referred to as structured finance or special purpose entities, which are typically established for
the purpose of facilitating off-balance sheet arrangements or other contractually narrow or limited
purposes.
Item 3.
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
Our exposure to market risk for changes in interest rates relates primarily to our investment
portfolio. The primary objective of our investment activities is to preserve principal while
maximizing yields without significantly increasing risk. We place our investments with high credit
issuers in short-term securities with maturities ranging from overnight up to 36 months or have
characteristics of such short-term investments. The average maturity of the portfolio will not
exceed 18 months. The portfolio includes only marketable securities with active secondary or resale
markets to ensure portfolio liquidity. We have no investments denominated in foreign country
currencies and therefore our investments are not subject to foreign exchange risk.
We invest in equity instruments of privately held companies for business and strategic
purposes. These investments are included in other long-term assets and are accounted for under the
cost method when our ownership interest is less than 20% and we do not have the ability to exercise
significant influence. For entities in which we hold greater than a 20% ownership interest, or
where we have the ability to exercise significant influence, we use the equity method. For these
non-quoted investments, our policy is to regularly review the assumptions underlying the operating
performance and cash flow forecasts in assessing the carrying values. We identify and record
impairment losses when events and circumstances indicate that such assets are impaired. If our
investment in a privately-held company becomes marketable equity securities upon the companys
completion of an initial public offering or its acquisition by another company, our investment
would be subject to significant fluctuations in fair market value due to the volatility of the
stock market.
There has been no material change in our interest rate exposure since April 30, 2009.
Item 4.
Controls and Procedures
Evaluation of Effectiveness of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Chairman,
our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer, we evaluated the effectiveness of our
disclosure controls and procedures, as such term is defined under Rule 13a-15(e) promulgated under
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Based upon that evaluation, our Chairman, our
Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and
procedures were effective as of the end of the period covered by this quarterly report.
Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
Cycle counting of parts in inventory is an important financial control process that is
conducted at all of our primary manufacturing facilities throughout the fiscal year. During the
quarter ended February 1, 2009, the
cycle counting process at our Ipoh, Malaysia manufacturing facility was discontinued as a
result of
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discrepancies noted between the actual physical location of a number of parts compared to
their location as indicated by our management information systems. Because of the failure of this
control, we augmented our inventory procedures shortly after the end of the quarter to include
physical inventory counts covering a substantial portion of the inventory held at this site in
order to verify quantities on hand at each period end. We evaluated the cause of discrepancies in
the cycle counting process at the Ipoh facility, made appropriate operational and system changes
and restarted the cycle count process for finished goods during the quarter ended April 30, 2009.
Additional improvements to our inventory systems and controls at our Ipoh facility and our other
facilities were made during the six months ended November 1, 2009. We will continue to augment the
process with additional physical inventory counts as warranted until the cycle count process is
fully operational once again. Other than these changes in inventory procedures, there were no
changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the quarter ended November 1, 2009
that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control
over financial reporting.
PART II OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1.
Legal Proceedings
Reference is made to Part I, Item I, Financial Statements Note 23. Pending Litigation for
a description of pending legal proceedings, including material developments in certain of those
proceedings during the quarter ended November 1, 2009.
Item 1A.
Risk Factors
OUR FUTURE PERFORMANCE IS SUBJECT TO A VARIETY OF RISKS, INCLUDING THOSE DESCRIBED BELOW.
IF ANY OF THE FOLLOWING RISKS ACTUALLY OCCUR, OUR BUSINESS COULD BE HARMED AND THE TRADING PRICE OF
OUR COMMON STOCK COULD DECLINE. YOU SHOULD ALSO REFER TO THE OTHER INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS
REPORT, INCLUDING OUR CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND THE RELATED NOTES.
During the six months ended November 1, 2009, we (i) completed the exchange of $47.5
million aggregate principal amount of our outstanding convertible subordinated notes for $24.9
million in cash and approximately 3.5 million shares of our common stock, (ii) repurchased an
additional $59.4 million aggregate principal amount of the notes for cash, (iii) sold $100 million
aggregate principal amount of a new series of 5.0% Convertible Senior Notes due 2029 and (iv)
established a new four-year $70 million senior revolving credit facility. As a result of these
transactions, we substantially reduced the principal amount of our outstanding notes maturing in
October 2010 and substantially improved our liquidity. Accordingly, we have eliminated from the
following discussion the risk factor entitled We may have insufficient cash flow to meet our debt
service obligations, including payments due on our subordinated convertible notes which was
included in Item 1A of our annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2009 (the
2009 10-K) and have modified other risk factors relating to our potential need for additional
capital. We also added a risk factor entitled Our liability to use certain net operating loss
carryforwards and tax credit carryforwards may be limited under Section 382 of the Internal Revenue
Code. Except for these changes, the risk factors described below do not include any material
changes from those disclosed in the 2009 10-K.
Our quarterly revenues and operating results fluctuate due to a variety of factors, which
may result in volatility or a decline in the price of our stock.
Our quarterly operating results have varied significantly due to a number of factors,
including:
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the timing of new product introductions or enhancements by us and our
competitors;
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the level of market acceptance of new and enhanced versions of our products;
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the timing or cancellation of large customer orders;
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the length and variability of the sales cycle for our products;
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pricing policy changes by us and our competitors and suppliers;
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the availability of development funding and the timing of development revenue;
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changes in the mix of products sold;
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increased competition in product lines, and competitive pricing pressures; and
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the evolving and unpredictable nature of the markets for products
incorporating our optical components and subsystems.
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We expect that our operating results will continue to fluctuate in the future as a
result of these factors and a variety of other factors, including:
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the emergence of new industry standards;
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failure to anticipate changing customer product requirements;
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product obsolescence; and
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the amount of research and development expenses associated with new product
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the continuation or worsening of the current global economic slowdown or
economic conditions in various geographic areas where we or our customers do
business;
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acts of terrorism and international conflicts or crises;
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We may experience a delay in generating or recognizing revenues for a number of
reasons.
Orders at the beginning of each quarter typically represent a small percentage of
expected
revenues for that quarter and are generally cancelable with minimal notice.
Accordingly, we depend on obtaining orders during each quarter for shipment in that
quarter to achieve our revenue objectives. Failure to ship these products by the end
of a quarter may adversely affect our operating results. Furthermore, our customer
agreements typically provide that the customer may delay scheduled delivery dates and
cancel orders within specified timeframes without significant penalty. Because we base
our operating expenses on anticipated revenue trends and a high percentage of our
expenses are fixed in the short term, any delay in generating or recognizing
forecasted revenues could significantly harm our business. It is likely that in some
future quarters our operating results will again decrease from the previous quarter or
fall below the expectations of securities analysts and investors. In this event, it is
likely that the trading price of our common stock would significantly decline.
As a result of these factors, our operating results may vary significantly from
quarter to quarter. Accordingly, we believe that period-to-period comparisons of our
results of operations are not meaningful and should not be relied upon as indications
of future performance. Any shortfall in revenues or net income from levels expected by
the investment community could cause a decline in the trading price of our stock.
We may lose sales if our suppliers or independent contractors fail to meet our needs
or go out of business.
We currently purchase a number of key components used in the manufacture of our
products from single or limited sources, and we rely on several independent contract
manufacturers to supply us with certain key subassemblies, including lasers,
modulators, and printed circuit boards. We depend on these sources to meet our
production needs. Moreover, we depend on the quality of the components and
subassemblies that they supply to us, over which we have limited control. Several of
our suppliers are or may become financially unstable as the result of current global
market conditions. In addition, we have encountered shortages and delays in obtaining
components in the past and expect to encounter additional shortages and delays in the
future. Recently, many of our suppliers have extended lead times for many of their
products as the result of significantly reducing capacity in light of the global
slowdown in demand. This reduction in capacity has reduced the ability of many
suppliers to respond to increases in demand. If we cannot supply products due to a
lack of components, or are unable to redesign products with other components in a
timely manner, our business will be significantly harmed. We generally have no
long-term contracts with any of our component suppliers or contract manufacturers. As
a result, a supplier or contract manufacturer can discontinue supplying components or
subassemblies to us without penalty. If a supplier were to discontinue supplying a key
component or cease operations, our business may be harmed by the resulting product
manufacturing and delivery delays. We are also subject to potential delays in the
development by our suppliers of key components which may affect our ability to
introduce new products. Similarly, disruptions in the services provided by our
contract manufacturers or the transition to other suppliers of these services could
lead to supply chain problems or delays in the delivery of our products. These
problems or delays could damage our relationships with our customers and adversely
affect our business.
We use rolling forecasts based on anticipated product orders to determine our
component and subassembly requirements. Lead times for materials and components that
we order vary significantly and depend on factors such as specific supplier
requirements, contract terms and
current market demand for particular components. If we overestimate our component
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requirements, we may have excess inventory, which would increase our costs.
If we underestimate our component requirements, we may have inadequate inventory,
which could interrupt our manufacturing and delay delivery of our products to our
customers. Any of these occurrences could significantly harm our business.
If we are unable to realize anticipated cost savings from the transfer of certain
manufacturing operations to our overseas locations and increased use of
internally-manufactured components our results of operations could be harmed.
As part of our cost of goods sold cost reduction initiatives planned for the next
several quarters, we expect to realize significant cost savings through (i) the
transfer of certain product manufacturing operations to lower cost off-shore locations
and (ii) product engineering changes to enable the broader use of
internally-manufactured components. The transfer of production to overseas locations
may be more difficult and costly than we currently anticipate which could result in
increased transfer costs and time delays. Further, following transfer, we may
experience lower manufacturing yields than those historically achieved in our U.S.
manufacturing locations. In addition, the engineering changes required for the use of
internally-manufactured components may be more technically-challenging than we
anticipate and customer acceptance of such changes could be delayed. If we fail to
achieve the planned product manufacturing transfer and increase in
internally-manufactured component use within our currently anticipated time frame, or
if our manufacturing yields decrease as a result, our actual cost savings will be less
than anticipated and our results of operations could be harmed.
We may not be able to obtain additional capital in the future, and failure to do so
may harm our business.
We believe that our existing balances of cash, cash equivalents and short-term
investments, together with the cash expected to be generated from future operations
and borrowings under our bank credit facility, will be sufficient to meet our cash
needs for working capital and capital expenditures for at least the next 12 months. We
may, however, require additional financing to fund our operations in the future or to
repay or otherwise retire all of our outstanding convertible debt in the aggregate
principal amount of $129.6 million, of which $29.6 matures in October 2010 and the
remaining $100 million is subject to redemption by the holders in October 2014, 2016,
2019 and 2024. Due to the unpredictable nature of the capital markets, particularly in
the technology sector, we cannot assure you that we will be able to raise additional
capital if and when it is required, especially if we experience disappointing
operating results. If adequate capital is not available to us as required, or is not
available on favorable terms, we could be required to significantly reduce or
restructure our business operations. If we do raise additional funds through the
issuance of equity or convertible debt securities, the percentage ownership of our
stockholders could be significantly diluted, and these newly-issued securities may
have rights, preferences or privileges senior to those of existing stockholders.
We expect that our revenues and profitability will be adversely affected following our
recently completed sale of our network performance test systems business.
On July 15, 2009, we completed the sale of substantially all of the assets of our
Network Tools Division (excluding accounts receivable and payable) to JDSU for $40.6
million in cash. As a result of this transaction, we no longer offer network
performance test products. These products accounted for $37.3 million, $38.6 million
and $44.2 million in revenues during fiscal
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2007, 2008 and 2009, respectively. Gross profit and operating profit margins on
sales of network performance test products were generally higher than on our optical
subsystem and component products. Accordingly, we expect that our revenues and
profitability will continue to be lower than historical levels as a result of the sale
unless and until we are able to achieve significant growth in our optical subsystems
and components business.
Failure to accurately forecast our revenues could result in additional charges for
obsolete or excess inventories or non-cancellable purchase commitments.
We base many of our operating decisions, and enter into purchase commitments, on
the basis of anticipated revenue trends which are highly unpredictable. Some of our
purchase commitments are not cancelable, and in some cases we are required to
recognize a charge representing the amount of material or capital equipment purchased
or ordered which exceeds our actual requirements. In the past, we have sometimes
experienced significant growth followed by a significant decrease in customer demand
such as occurred in fiscal 2001, when revenues increased by 181% followed by a
decrease of 22% in fiscal 2002. Based on projected revenue trends during these
periods, we acquired inventories and entered into purchase commitments in order to
meet anticipated increases in demand for our products which did not materialize. As a
result, we recorded significant charges for obsolete and excess inventories and
non-cancelable purchase commitments which contributed to substantial operating losses
in fiscal 2002. Should revenues in future periods again fall substantially below our
expectations, or should we fail again to accurately forecast changes in demand mix, we
could be required to record additional charges for obsolete or excess inventories or
non-cancelable purchase commitments.
If we encounter sustained yield problems or other delays in the production or delivery
of our internally-manufactured components or in the final assembly and test of our
transceiver products, we may lose sales and damage our customer relationships.
Our manufacturing operations are highly vertically integrated. In order to reduce
our manufacturing costs, we have acquired a number of companies, and business units of
other companies, that manufacture optical components incorporated in our optical
subsystem products and have developed our own facilities for the final assembly and
testing of our products. For example, we design and manufacture many critical
components including all of the short wavelength VCSEL lasers incorporated in
transceivers used for LAN/SAN applications at our wafer fabrication facility in Allen,
Texas and manufacture a portion of our internal requirements for longer wavelength
lasers at our wafer fabrication facility in Fremont, California. We assemble and test
most of our transceiver products at our facility in Ipoh, Malaysia. As a result of
this vertical integration, we have become increasingly dependent on our internal
production capabilities. The manufacture of critical components, including the
fabrication of wafers, and the assembly and testing of our products, involve highly
complex processes. For example, minute levels of contaminants in the manufacturing
environment, difficulties in the fabrication process or other factors can cause a
substantial portion of the components on a wafer to be nonfunctional. These problems
may be difficult to detect at an early stage of the manufacturing process and often
are time-consuming and expensive to correct. From time to time, we have experienced
problems achieving acceptable yields at our wafer fabrication facilities, resulting in
delays in the availability of components. Moreover, an increase in the rejection rate
of products during the quality control process before, during or after manufacture,
results in lower yields and margins. In addition, changes in manufacturing processes
required as a result of changes in product specifications, changing customer needs and
the introduction of new product lines have
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historically significantly reduced our manufacturing yields, resulting in low or
negative margins on those products. Poor manufacturing yields over a prolonged period
of time could adversely affect our ability to deliver our subsystem products to our
customers and could also affect our sale of components to customers in the merchant
market. Our inability to supply components to meet our internal needs could harm our
relationships with customers and have an adverse effect on our business.
We are dependent on widespread market acceptance of our optical subsystems and
components, and our revenues will decline if the markets for these products do not
expand as expected.
We derive all of our revenue from sales of our optical subsystems and components.
Accordingly, widespread acceptance of these products is critical to our future
success. If the market does not continue to accept our optical subsystems and
components, our revenues will decline significantly. Our future success ultimately
depends on the continued growth of the communications industry and, in particular, the
continued expansion of global information networks, particularly those directly or
indirectly dependent upon a fiber optics infrastructure. As part of that growth, we
are relying on increasing demand for voice, video and other data delivered over
high-bandwidth network systems as well as commitments by network systems vendors to
invest in the expansion of the global information network. As network usage and
bandwidth demand increase, so does the need for advanced optical networks to provide
the required bandwidth. Without network and bandwidth growth, the need for optical
subsystems and components, and hence our future growth as a manufacturer of these
products, and systems that test these products, will be jeopardized, and our business
would be significantly harmed.
Many of these factors are beyond our control. In addition, in order to achieve
widespread market acceptance, we must differentiate ourselves from our competition
through product offerings and brand name recognition. We cannot assure you that we
will be successful in making this differentiation or achieving widespread acceptance
of our products. Failure of our existing or future products to maintain and achieve
widespread levels of market acceptance will significantly impair our revenue growth.
We depend on large purchases from a few significant customers, and any loss,
cancellation, reduction or delay in purchases by these customers could harm our
business.
A small number of customers have consistently accounted for a significant portion
of our revenues. For example, sales to our top five customers represented 43% of our
revenues in first half of fiscal 2010 and 42% of our revenues in fiscal 2009. Our
success will depend on our continued ability to develop and manage relationships with
our major customers. Although we are attempting to expand our customer base, we expect
that significant customer concentration will continue for the foreseeable future. We
may not be able to offset any decline in revenues from our existing major customers
with revenues from new customers, and our quarterly results may be volatile because we
are dependent on large orders from these customers that may be reduced or delayed.
The markets in which we have historically sold our optical subsystems and
components products are dominated by a relatively small number of systems
manufacturers, thereby limiting the number of our potential customers. Recent
consolidation of portions of our customer base, including telecommunications systems
manufacturers and potential future consolidation, may
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have a material adverse impact on our business. Our dependence on large orders
from a relatively small number of customers makes our relationship with each customer
critically important to our business. We cannot assure you that we will be able to
retain our largest customers, that we will be able to attract additional customers or
that our customers will be successful in selling their products that incorporate our
products. We have in the past experienced delays and reductions in orders from some of
our major customers. In addition, our customers have in the past sought price
concessions from us, and we expect that they will continue to do so in the future.
Cost reduction measures that we have implemented over the past several years, and
additional action we may take to reduce costs, may adversely affect our ability to
introduce new and improved products which may, in turn, adversely affect our
relationships with some of our key customers. Further, some of our customers may in
the future shift their purchases of products from us to our competitors or to joint
ventures between these customers and our competitors. The loss of one or more of our
largest customers, any reduction or delay in sales to these customers, our inability
to successfully develop relationships with additional customers or future price
concessions that we may make could significantly harm our business.
Because we do not have long-term contracts with our customers, our customers may cease
purchasing our products at any time if we fail to meet our customers needs.
Typically, we do not have long-term contracts with our customers. As a result, our
agreements with our customers do not provide any assurance of future sales.
Accordingly:
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Sales are typically made pursuant to inventory hub arrangements under which
customers may draw down inventory to satisfy their demand as needed or pursuant to
individual purchase orders, often with extremely short lead times. If we are unable to
fulfill these orders in a timely manner, it is likely that we will lose sales and
customers. If our major customers stop purchasing our products for any reason, our
business and results of operations would be harmed.
The markets for our products are subject to rapid technological change, and to compete
effectively we must continually introduce new products that achieve market acceptance.
The markets for our products are characterized by rapid technological change,
frequent new product introductions, substantial capital investment, changes in
customer requirements and evolving industry standards with respect to the protocols
used in data communications, telecommunications and cable TV networks. Our future
performance will depend on the successful development, introduction and market
acceptance of new and enhanced products that address these changes as well as current
and potential customer requirements. For example, the market for optical subsystems is
currently characterized by a trend toward the adoption of pluggable modules and
subsystems that do not require customized interconnections and by the development of
more complex and integrated optical subsystems. We expect that new technologies will
emerge as competition and the need for higher and more cost-effective bandwidth
increases. The introduction of new and enhanced products may cause our customers to
defer or cancel orders for existing products. In addition, a slowdown in demand for
existing products ahead of a new product introduction could result in a write-down in
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inventory on hand related to existing products. We have in the past experienced a
slowdown in demand for existing products and delays in new product development and
such delays may occur in the future. To the extent customers defer or cancel orders
for existing products due to a slowdown in demand or in the expectation of a new
product release or if there is any delay in development or introduction of our new
products or enhancements of our products, our operating results would suffer. We also
may not be able to develop the underlying core technologies necessary to create new
products and enhancements, or to license these technologies from third parties.
Product development delays may result from numerous factors, including:
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expense reduction measures we have implemented, and others we may
implement, to conserve our cash and attempt to achieve and sustain
profitability;
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difficulties in hiring and retaining necessary technical personnel;
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difficulties in reallocating engineering resources and overcoming
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The development of new, technologically advanced products is a complex and
uncertain process requiring high levels of innovation and highly skilled engineering
and development personnel, as well as the accurate anticipation of technological and
market trends. The introduction of new products also requires significant investment
to ramp up production capacity, for which benefit will not be realized if customer
demand does not develop as expected. Ramping of production capacity also entails risks
of delays which can limit our ability to realize the full benefit of the new product
introduction. We cannot assure you that we will be able to identify, develop,
manufacture, market or support new or enhanced products successfully, if at all, or on
a timely basis. Further, we cannot assure you that our new products will gain market
acceptance or that we will be able to respond effectively to product announcements by
competitors, technological changes or emerging industry standards. Any failure to
respond to technological change would significantly harm our business.
Continued competition in our markets may lead to an accelerated reduction in our
prices, revenues and market share.
The end markets for optical products have experienced significant industry
consolidation during the past few years while the industry that supplies these
customers has not. As a result, the markets for optical subsystems and components are
highly competitive. Our current competitors include a number of domestic and
international companies, many of which have substantially greater financial,
technical, marketing and distribution resources and brand name recognition than we
have. We may not be able to compete successfully against either current or future
competitors. Companies competing with us may introduce products that are competitively
priced, have increased performance or functionality, or incorporate technological
advances and may be able to react quicker to changing customer requirements and
expectations. There is also the risk that network systems vendors may re-enter the
subsystem market and begin to manufacture the optical subsystems incorporated in their
network systems. Increased competition could result in significant price erosion,
reduced revenue, lower margins or loss of market share,
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any of which would significantly harm our business. For optical subsystems, we
compete primarily with Avago Technologies, Capella Intelligent Subsystems, CoAdna
Photonics, Emcore, Fujitsu Computer Systems, JDS Uniphase, Opnext, Oplink, StrataLight
Communications, Sumitomo, and a number of smaller vendors. BKtel, Emcore, Olson
Technology and Yagi Antenna are our main competitors with respect to our cable TV
products. Our competitors continue to introduce improved products and we will have to
do the same to remain competitive.
Decreases in average selling prices of our products may reduce our gross margins.
The market for optical subsystems is characterized by declining average selling
prices resulting from factors such as increased competition, overcapacity, the
introduction of new products and increased unit volumes as manufacturers continue to
deploy network and storage systems. We have in the past experienced, and in the future
may experience, substantial period-to-period fluctuations in operating results due to
declining average selling prices. We anticipate that average selling prices will
decrease in the future in response to product introductions by competitors or us, or
by other factors, including pricing pressures from significant customers. Therefore,
in order to achieve and sustain profitable operations, we must continue to develop and
introduce on a timely basis new products that incorporate features that can be sold at
higher average selling prices. Failure to do so could cause our revenues and gross
margins to decline, which would result in additional operating losses and
significantly harm our business.
We may be unable to reduce the cost of our products sufficiently to enable us to
compete with others. Our cost reduction efforts may not allow us to keep pace with
competitive pricing pressures and could adversely affect our margins. In order to
remain competitive, we must continually reduce the cost of manufacturing our products
through design and engineering changes. We may not be successful in redesigning our
products or delivering our products to market in a timely manner. We cannot assure you
that any redesign will result in sufficient cost reductions to allow us to reduce the
price of our products to remain competitive or improve our gross margins.
Shifts in our product mix may result in declines in gross margins.
Our optical products sold for longer distance MAN and telecom applications
typically have higher gross margins than our products for shorter distance LAN or SAN
applications. Gross margins on individual products fluctuate over the products life
cycle. Our overall gross margins have fluctuated from period to period as a result of
shifts in product mix, the introduction of new products, decreases in average selling
prices for older products and our ability to reduce product costs, and these
fluctuations are expected to continue in the future.
Our customers often evaluate our products for long and variable periods, which causes
the timing of our revenues and results of operations to be unpredictable.
The period of time between our initial contact with a customer and the receipt of
an actual purchase order may span a year or more. During this time, customers may
perform, or require us to perform, extensive and lengthy evaluation and testing of our
products before purchasing and using the products in their equipment. These products
often take substantial time to develop because of their complexity and because
customer specifications sometimes change during the development cycle. Our customers
do not typically share information on the duration or magnitude of these qualification
procedures. The length of these qualification processes also may vary substantially by
product and customer, and, thus, cause our results of operations to be
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unpredictable. While our potential customers are qualifying our products and
before they place an order with us, we may incur substantial research and development
and sales and marketing expenses and expend significant management effort. Even after
incurring such costs we ultimately may not sell any products to such potential
customers. In addition, these qualification processes often make it difficult to
obtain new customers, as customers are reluctant to expend the resources necessary to
qualify a new supplier if they have one or more existing qualified sources. Once our
products have been qualified, the agreements that we enter into with our customers
typically contain no minimum purchase commitments. Failure of our customers to
incorporate our products into their systems would significantly harm our business.
We will lose sales if we are unable to obtain government authorization to export
certain of our products, and we would be subject to legal and regulatory consequences
if we do not comply with applicable export control laws and regulations.
Exports of certain of our products are subject to export controls imposed by the
U.S. Government and administered by the United States Departments of State and
Commerce. In certain instances, these regulations may require pre-shipment
authorization from the administering department. For products subject to the Export
Administration Regulations, or EAR, administered by the Department of Commerces
Bureau of Industry and Security, the requirement for a license is dependent on the
type and end use of the product, the final destination, the identity of the end user
and whether a license exception might apply. Virtually all exports of products subject
to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations, or ITAR, administered by the
Department of States Directorate of Defense Trade Controls, require a license.
Certain of our fiber optics products are subject to EAR and certain of our RF over
fiber products, as well as certain products developed with government funding, are
currently subject to ITAR. Products developed and manufactured in our foreign
locations are subject to export controls of the applicable foreign nation.
Given the current global political climate, obtaining export licenses can be
difficult and time-consuming. Failure to obtain export licenses for these shipments
could significantly reduce our revenue and materially adversely affect our business,
financial condition and results of operations. Compliance with U.S. Government
regulations may also subject us to additional fees and costs. The absence of
comparable restrictions on competitors in other countries may adversely affect our
competitive position.
During mid-2007, Optium became aware that certain of its analog RF over fiber
products may, depending on end use and customization, be subject to ITAR. Accordingly,
Optium filed a detailed voluntary disclosure with the United States Department of
State describing the details of possible inadvertent ITAR violations with respect to
the export of a limited number of certain prototype products, as well as related
technical data and defense services. Optium may have also made unauthorized transfers
of ITAR-restricted technical data and defense services to foreign persons in the
workplace. Additional information has been provided upon request to the Department of
State with respect to this matter. In late 2008, a grand jury subpoena from the office
of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania was received requesting
documents from 2005 through the present referring to, relating to or involving the
subject matter of the above referenced voluntary disclosure and export activities.
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While the Department of State encourages voluntary disclosures and generally
affords parties mitigating credit under such circumstances, we nevertheless could be
subject to continued investigation and potential regulatory consequences ranging from a no-action
letter, government oversight of facilities and export transactions, monetary
penalties, and in extreme cases, debarment from government contracting, denial of
export privileges and criminal sanctions, any of which would adversely affect our
results of operations and cash flow. The Department of State and U.S. Attorney
inquiries may require us to expend significant management time and incur significant
legal and other expenses. We cannot predict how long it will take or how much more
time and resources we will have to expend to resolve these government inquiries, nor
can we predict the outcome of these inquiries.
We depend on facilities located outside of the United States to manufacture a
substantial portion of our products, which subjects us to additional risks.
In addition to our principal manufacturing facility in Malaysia, we operate
smaller facilities in Australia, China, Israel and Singapore. We also rely on several
contract manufacturers located in Asia for our supply of key subassemblies. Each of
these facilities and manufacturers subjects us to additional risks associated with
international manufacturing, including:
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greater difficulty in overseeing manufacturing operations;
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greater difficulty in hiring and retaining direct labor;
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the outbreak of infectious diseases such as the H1N1 influenza virus and/or
severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS, which could result in travel
restrictions or the closure of our facilities or the facilities of our customers
and suppliers.
Any of these factors could significantly impair our ability to source our
contract manufacturing requirements internationally.
Our future operating results may be subject to volatility as a result of exposure to
foreign exchange risks.
We are exposed to foreign exchange risks. Foreign currency fluctuations may
affect both our revenues and our costs and expenses and significantly affect our
operating results. Prices for our products are currently denominated in U.S. dollars
for sales to our customers throughout the world. If there is a significant devaluation
of the currency in a specific country relative to the dollar, the prices of our
products will increase relative to that countrys currency, our products may be less
competitive in that country and our revenues may be adversely affected.
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Although we price our products in U.S. dollars, portions of both our cost of
revenues and operating expenses are incurred in foreign currencies, principally the
Malaysian ringgit, the Chinese yuan, the Australian dollar and the Israeli shekel. As
a result, we bear the risk that the rate of inflation in one or more countries will
exceed the rate of the devaluation of that countrys currency in relation to the U.S.
dollar, which would increase our costs as expressed in U.S. dollars. To date, we have
not engaged in currency hedging transactions to decrease the risk of financial
exposure from fluctuations in foreign exchange rates.
Our business and future operating results are subject to a wide range of uncertainties
arising out of the continuing threat of terrorist attacks and ongoing military actions
in the Middle East.
Like other U.S. companies, our business and operating results are subject to
uncertainties arising out of the continuing threat of terrorist attacks on the United
States and ongoing military actions in the Middle East, including the economic
consequences of the war in Afghanistan and Iraq or additional terrorist activities and
associated political instability, and the impact of heightened security concerns on
domestic and international travel and commerce. In particular, due to these
uncertainties we are subject to:
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Malaysia;
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Singapore and Israeli facilities and our Asian contract manufacturers and
more frequent instances of shipping delays; and
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the risk that future tightening of immigration controls may
adversely affect the residence status of non-U.S. engineers and other key
technical employees in our U.S. facilities or our ability to hire new
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Past and future acquisitions could be difficult to integrate, disrupt our business,
dilute stockholder value and harm our operating results.
In addition to our recent combination with Optium, we have completed the
acquisition of ten privately-held companies and certain businesses and assets from six
other companies since October 2000. We continue to review opportunities to acquire
other businesses, product lines or technologies that would complement our current
products, expand the breadth of our markets or enhance our technical capabilities, or
that may otherwise offer growth opportunities, and we from time to time make proposals
and offers, and take other steps, to acquire businesses, products and technologies.
The Optium merger and several of our other past acquisitions have been material,
and acquisitions that we may complete in the future may be material. In 13 of our 17
acquisitions, we issued common stock or notes convertible into common stock as all or
a portion of the consideration. The issuance of common stock or other equity
securities by us in any future transaction would dilute our stockholders percentage
ownership.
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Other risks associated with acquiring the operations of other companies include:
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problems assimilating the purchased operations, technologies or products;
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adverse effects on existing business relationships with suppliers and
customers;
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risks associated with entering markets in which we have no or
limited prior experience; and
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Not all of our past acquisitions have been successful. In the past, we have
subsequently sold some of the assets acquired in prior acquisitions, discontinued
product lines and closed acquired facilities. As a result of these activities, we
incurred significant restructuring charges and charges for the write-down of assets
associated with those acquisitions. Through fiscal 2009, we have written off all of
the goodwill associated with past acquisitions. We cannot assure you that we will be
successful in overcoming problems encountered in connection with more recently
completed acquisitions or potential future acquisitions, and our inability to do so
could significantly harm our business. In addition, to the extent that the economic
benefits associated with any of our completed or future acquisitions diminish in the
future, we may be required to record additional write downs of goodwill, intangible
assets or other assets associated with such acquisitions, which would adversely affect
our operating results.
We have made and may continue to make strategic investments which may not be
successful, may result in the loss of all or part of our invested capital and may
adversely affect our operating results.
Through the first half of fiscal 2010, we made minority equity investments in
early-stage technology companies, totaling approximately $56 million. Our investments
in these early stage companies were primarily motivated by our desire to gain early
access to new technology. We intend to review additional opportunities to make
strategic equity investments in pre-public companies where we believe such investments
will provide us with opportunities to gain access to important technologies or
otherwise enhance important commercial relationships. We have little or no influence
over the early-stage companies in which we have made or may make these strategic,
minority equity investments. Each of these investments in pre-public companies
involves a high degree of risk. We may not be successful in achieving the financial,
technological or commercial advantage upon which any given investment is premised, and
failure by the early-stage company to achieve its own business objectives or to raise
capital needed on acceptable economic terms could result in a loss of all or part of
our invested capital. Between fiscal 2003 and 2009, we wrote off an aggregate of $24.8
million in six investments which became impaired and reclassified $4.2 million of
another investment to goodwill as the investment was deemed to have no value. During
the second quarter of fiscal 2010, we wrote off $2.0 million of our investment in
another privately held company. We may be required to write off all or a portion of
the $12.3 million in such investments remaining on our balance sheet as of November 1,
2009 in future periods.
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Our ability to utilize certain net operating loss carryforwards and tax credit
carryforwards may be limited under Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code.
As of April 30, 2009, we had net operating loss, or NOL, carryforward amounts of
approximately $489 million for U.S. federal income tax purposes and $159.8 million for
state income tax purposes, and U.S. federal and state tax credit carryforward amounts
of approximately $14.4 million for U.S. federal income tax purposes and $10.1 million
for state income tax purposes. These NOLs and tax credit carryforwards will expire at
various dates beginning in 2010, if not utilized. Utilization of these NOL and tax
credit carryforward amounts may be subject to a substantial annual limitation if the
ownership change limitations under Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code and
similar state provisions are triggered by changes in the ownership of our capital
stock. Such an annual limitation could result in the expiration of the NOL and tax
credit carryforward amounts before utilization.
Because of competition for technical personnel, we may not be able to recruit or
retain necessary personnel.
We believe our future success will depend in large part upon our ability to
attract and retain highly skilled managerial, technical, sales and marketing, finance
and manufacturing personnel. In particular, we may need to increase the number of
technical staff members with experience in high-speed networking applications as we
further develop our product lines. Competition for these highly skilled employees in
our industry is intense. In making employment decisions, particularly in the
high-technology industries, job candidates often consider the value of the equity they
are to receive in connection with their employment. Therefore, significant volatility
in the price of our common stock may adversely affect our ability to attract or retain
technical personnel. Furthermore, changes to accounting principles generally accepted
in the United States relating to the expensing of stock options may limit our ability
to grant the sizes or types of stock awards that job candidates may require to accept
employment with us. Our failure to attract and retain these qualified employees could
significantly harm our business. The loss of the services of any of our qualified
employees, the inability to attract or retain qualified personnel in the future or
delays in hiring required personnel could hinder the development and introduction of
and negatively impact our ability to sell our products. In addition, employees may
leave our company and subsequently compete against us. Moreover, companies in our
industry whose employees accept positions with competitors frequently claim that their
competitors have engaged in unfair hiring practices. We have been subject to claims of
this type and may be subject to such claims in the future as we seek to hire qualified
personnel. Some of these claims may result in material litigation. We could incur
substantial costs in defending ourselves against these claims, regardless of their
merits.
Our failure to protect our intellectual property may significantly harm our business.
Our success and ability to compete is dependent in part on our proprietary
technology. We rely on a combination of patent, copyright, trademark and trade secret
laws, as well as confidentiality agreements to establish and protect our proprietary
rights. We license certain of our proprietary technology, including our digital
diagnostics technology, to customers who include current and potential competitors,
and we rely largely on provisions of our licensing agreements to protect our
intellectual property rights in this technology. Although a number of patents have
been issued to us, we have obtained a number of other patents as a result of our
acquisitions, and we have filed applications for additional patents, we cannot assure
you that any patents will issue as a result of pending patent applications or that our
issued patents will be
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upheld. Additionally, significant technology used in our product lines is not the
subject of any patent protection, and we may be unable to obtain patent protection on
such technology in the future. Any infringement of our proprietary rights could result
in significant litigation costs, and any failure to adequately protect our proprietary
rights could result in our competitors offering similar products, potentially
resulting in loss of a competitive advantage and decreased revenues.
Despite our efforts to protect our proprietary rights, existing patent,
copyright, trademark and trade secret laws afford only limited protection. In
addition, the laws of some foreign countries do not protect our proprietary rights to
the same extent as do the laws of the United States. Attempts may be made to copy or
reverse engineer aspects of our products or to obtain and use information that we
regard as proprietary. Accordingly, we may not be able to prevent misappropriation of
our technology or deter others from developing similar technology. Furthermore,
policing the unauthorized use of our products is difficult and expensive. We are
currently engaged in pending litigation to enforce certain of our patents, and
additional litigation may be necessary in the future to enforce our intellectual
property rights or to determine the validity and scope of the proprietary rights of
others. In connection with the pending litigation, substantial management time has
been, and will continue to be, expended. In addition, we have incurred, and we expect
to continue to incur, substantial legal expenses in connection with these pending
lawsuits. These costs and this diversion of resources could significantly harm our
business.
Claims that we infringe third-party intellectual property rights could result in
significant expenses or restrictions on our ability to sell our products.
The networking industry is characterized by the existence of a large number of
patents and frequent litigation based on allegations of patent infringement. We have
been involved in the past as a defendant in patent infringement lawsuits, and we were
recently found liable in a patent infringement lawsuit filed against Optium by JDS
Uniphase Corporation and Emcore Corporation. From time to time, other parties may
assert patent, copyright, trademark and other intellectual property rights to
technologies and in various jurisdictions that are important to our business. Any
claims asserting that our products infringe or may infringe proprietary rights of
third parties, if determined adversely to us, could significantly harm our business.
Any claims, with or without merit, could be time-consuming, result in costly
litigation, divert the efforts of our technical and management personnel, cause
product shipment delays or require us to enter into royalty or licensing agreements,
any of which could significantly harm our business. In addition, our agreements with
our customers typically require us to indemnify our customers from any expense or
liability resulting from claimed infringement of third party intellectual property
rights. In the event a claim against us was successful and we could not obtain a
license to the relevant technology on acceptable terms or license a substitute
technology or redesign our products to avoid infringement, our business would be
significantly harmed.
Numerous patents in our industry are held by others, including academic
institutions and competitors. Optical subsystem suppliers may seek to gain a
competitive advantage or other third parties may seek an economic return on their
intellectual property portfolios by making infringement claims against us. In the
future, we may need to obtain license rights to patents or other intellectual property
held by others to the extent necessary for our business. Unless we are able to obtain
those licenses on commercially reasonable terms, patents or other intellectual
property held by others could inhibit our development of new products. Licenses
granting us the right to use third party technology may not be available on
commercially reasonable terms, if at
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all. Generally, a license, if granted, would include payments of up-front fees,
ongoing royalties or both. These payments or other terms could have a significant
adverse impact on our operating results.
Our products may contain defects that may cause us to incur significant costs, divert
our attention from product development efforts and result in a loss of customers.
Our products are complex and defects may be found from time to time. Networking
products frequently contain undetected software or hardware defects when first
introduced or as new versions are released. In addition, our products are often
embedded in or deployed in conjunction with our customers products which incorporate
a variety of components produced by third parties. As a result, when problems occur,
it may be difficult to identify the source of the problem. These problems may cause us
to incur significant damages or warranty and repair costs, divert the attention of our
engineering personnel from our product development efforts and cause significant
customer relation problems or loss of customers, all of which would harm our business.
We are subject to pending shareholder derivative legal proceedings.
We have been named as a nominal defendant in several purported shareholder
derivative lawsuits concerning the granting of stock options. These cases have been
consolidated into two proceedings pending in federal and state courts in California.
The plaintiffs in all of these cases have alleged that certain current or former
officers and directors of Finisar caused it to grant stock options at less than fair
market value, contrary to our public statements (including statements in our financial
statements), and that, as a result, those officers and directors are liable to
Finisar. No specific amount of damages has been alleged and, by the nature of the
lawsuits no damages will be alleged, against Finisar. On May 22, 2007, the state court
granted our motion to stay the state court action pending resolution of the
consolidated federal court action. On August 28, 2007, we and the individual
defendants filed motions to dismiss the complaint which were granted on January 11,
2008. On May 12, 2008, the plaintiffs filed a further amended complaint in the federal
court action. On July 1, 2008, we and the individual defendants filed motions to
dismiss the amended complaint. On September 22, 2009, the Court granted the motions to
dismiss. The plaintiffs are appealing this order. We will continue to incur legal
fees in this case, including expenses for the reimbursement of legal fees of present
and former officers and directors under indemnification obligations. The expense of
continuing to defend such litigation may be significant. The amount of time to resolve
these lawsuits is unpredictable and these actions may divert managements attention
from the day-to-day operations of our business, which could adversely affect our
business, results of operations and cash flows.
Our business and future operating results may be adversely affected by events outside
our control.
Our business and operating results are vulnerable to events outside of our
control, such as earthquakes, fire, power loss, telecommunications failures and
uncertainties arising out of terrorist attacks in the United States and overseas. Our
corporate headquarters and a portion of our manufacturing operations are located in
California. California in particular has been vulnerable to natural disasters, such as
earthquakes, fires and floods, and other risks which at times have disrupted the local
economy and posed physical risks to our property. We are also dependent on
communications links with our overseas manufacturing locations and would be
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significantly harmed if these links were interrupted for any significant length
of time. We presently do not have adequate redundant, multiple site capacity if any of
these events were to occur, nor can we be certain that the insurance we maintain
against these events would be adequate.
The conversion of our outstanding convertible subordinated notes would result in
substantial dilution to our current stockholders.
As of November 1, 2009, we had outstanding 5.0% Convertible Senior Notes due 2029
in the principal amount of $100.0 million, 2 1/2% Convertible Senior Subordinated
Notes due 2010 in the principal amount of $30.7 million and 2 1/2% Convertible
Subordinated Notes due 2010 in the principal amount of $4.4 million. As a result of
subsequent repurchases, the principal balance of the 2 1/2% Convertible Senior
Subordinated Notes outstanding has been reduced to $25.7 million and the principal
balance of the 2 1/2% Convertible Subordinated Notes due 2010 outstanding has been
reduced to $3.9 million. The $100.0 million in principal amount of our 5% Senior Notes
are convertible, at the option of the holder, at any time on or prior to maturity into
shares of our common stock at a conversion price of $10.68 per share. The $3.9
million in principal amount of our 2 1/2% Subordinated Notes are convertible, at the
option of the holder, at any time on or prior to maturity into shares of our common
stock at a conversion price of $29.64 per share. The $25.7 million in principal amount
of our 2 1/2% Senior Subordinated Notes are convertible at a conversion price of
$26.24, with the underlying principal payable in cash, upon the trading price of our
common stock reaching $39.36 for a period of time. An aggregate of approximately
9,490,000 shares of common stock would be issued upon the conversion of all
outstanding convertible notes at these exchange rates, which would dilute the voting
power and ownership percentage of our existing stockholders. We have previously
entered into privately negotiated transactions with certain holders of our convertible
notes for the repurchase of notes in exchange for a greater number of shares of our
common stock than would have been issued had the principal amount of the notes been
converted at the original conversion rate specified in the notes, thus resulting in
more dilution. We may enter into similar transactions in the future and, if we do so,
there will be additional dilution to the voting power and percentage ownership of our
existing stockholders.
Delaware law, our charter documents and our stockholder rights plan contain provisions
that could discourage or prevent a potential takeover, even if such a transaction
would be beneficial to our stockholders.
Some provisions of our certificate of incorporation and bylaws, as well as
provisions of Delaware law, may discourage, delay or prevent a merger or acquisition
that a stockholder may consider favorable. These include provisions:
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prohibiting cumulative voting in the election of directors;
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limiting the persons who may call special meetings of stockholders;
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prohibiting stockholder actions by written consent;
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creating a classified board of directors pursuant to which our
directors are elected for staggered three-year terms;
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permitting the board of directors to increase the size of the board and to fill
vacancies;
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requiring a super-majority vote of our stockholders to amend our
bylaws and certain provisions of our certificate of incorporation; and
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establishing advance notice requirements for nominations for
election to the board of directors or for proposing matters that can be acted
on by stockholders at stockholder meetings.
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We are subject to the provisions of Section 203 of the Delaware General
Corporation Law which limit the right of a corporation to engage in a business
combination with a holder of 15% or more of the corporations outstanding voting
securities, or certain affiliated persons.
In addition, in September 2002, our board of directors adopted a stockholder
rights plan under which our stockholders received one share purchase right for each
share of our common stock held by them. Subject to certain exceptions, the rights
become exercisable when a person or group (other than certain exempt persons)
acquires, or announces its intention to commence a tender or exchange offer upon
completion of which such person or group would acquire, 20% or more of our common
stock without prior board approval. Should such an event occur, then, unless the
rights are redeemed or have expired, our stockholders, other than the acquirer, will
be entitled to purchase shares of our common stock at a 50% discount from its
then-Current Market Price (as defined) or, in the case of certain business
combinations, purchase the common stock of the acquirer at a 50% discount.
Although we believe that these charter and bylaw provisions, provisions of
Delaware law and our stockholder rights plan provide an opportunity for the board to
assure that our stockholders realize full value for their investment, they could have
the effect of delaying or preventing a change of control, even under circumstances
that some stockholders may consider beneficial.
We do not currently intend to pay dividends on Finisar common stock and, consequently,
a stockholders ability to achieve a return on such stockholders investment will
depend on appreciation in the price of the common stock.
We have never declared or paid any cash dividends on Finisar common stock and we
do not currently intend to do so for the foreseeable future. We currently intend to
invest our future earnings, if any, to fund our growth. Therefore, a stockholder is
not likely to receive any dividends on such stockholders common stock for the
foreseeable future.
Our stock price has been and is likely to continue to be volatile.
The trading price of our common stock has been and is likely to continue to be
subject to large fluctuations. Our stock price may increase or decrease in response to
a number of events and factors, including:
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changes in the market price of the products we sell;
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changes in financial estimates and recommendations by securities analysts;
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acquisitions and financings;
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quarterly variations in our operating results;
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the operating and stock price performance of other companies that
investors in our common stock may deem comparable; and
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purchases or sales of blocks of our common stock.
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Part of this volatility is attributable to the current state of the stock market,
in which wide price swings are common. This volatility may adversely affect the prices
of our common stock regardless of our operating performance. If any of the foregoing
occurs, our stock price could fall and we may be exposed to class action lawsuits
that, even if unsuccessful, could be costly to defend and a distraction to management.
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Item 6.
Exhibits
The exhibits listed in the Exhibit Index are filed as part of this report (see page 81).
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized.
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FINISAR CORPORATION
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By:
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/s/ JERRY S. RAWLS
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Jerry S. Rawls
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Chairman of the Board (Co-Principal Executive Officer)
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/s/ EITAN GERTEL
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Eitan Gertel
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Chief Executive Officer (Co-Principal Executive Officer)
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Stephen K. Workman
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Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer
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Dated: December 10, 2009
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EXHIBIT INDEX
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Exhibit
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Description
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3.1
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Certificate of Amendment of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Finisar Corporation (1)
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4.1
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Specimen certificate representing the common stock
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10.1*
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Credit Agreement dated October 2, 2009 by and among Finisar Corporation, Optium Corporation and
Wells Fargo Foothill, LLC
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10.2
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Security Agreement dated October 2, 2009, among Finisar Corporation, Optium Corporation, AZNA
LLC, Finisar Sales, Inc., Kailight Photonics, Inc. and Wells Fargo Foothill, LLC
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10.3
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Purchase Agreement dated October 8, 2009, by and between Finisar Corporation and Piper Jaffrey
& Co., as amended by a letter agreement dated October 12, 2009
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31.1
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Certification of Principal Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
of 2002
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31.2
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Certification of Principal Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
of 2002
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31.3
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Certification of Principal Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
of 2002
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32.1
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Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted
pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
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Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted
pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
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Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted
pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
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This exhibit has been filed separately with the Commission pursuant to an application for
confidential treatment. The confidential portion of this exhibit has been omitted and marked by
asterisks.
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CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT HAS BEEN REQUESTED AS TO CERTAIN PORTIONS OF THIS EXHIBIT, WHICH PORTIONS HAVE BEEN OMITTED AND REPLACED WITH [****] AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION.
Exhibit 10.1
CREDIT AGREEMENT
by and among
FINISAR CORPORATION
and
OPTIUM CORPORATION
as Borrowers,
THE LENDERS THAT ARE SIGNATORIES HERETO
as the Lenders,
and
WELLS FARGO FOOTHILL, LLC
as the Agent
Dated as of October 2, 2009
CONFIDENTIAL
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Governmental Regulation
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OFAC
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4.24
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Employee and Labor Matters
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Eligible Accounts, Eligible Investment Grade Accounts, Eligible Credit Insured Accounts
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Eligible Inventory
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4.27
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Eligible Inventory
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4.28
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Locations of Inventory and Equipment
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4.29
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Inventory Records
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4.30
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The Indentures
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AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
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5.1
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Financial Statements, Reports, Certificates
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Collateral Reporting
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Existence
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5.4
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Maintenance of Properties
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5.5
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Taxes
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5.6
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Insurance
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Inspection
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Compliance with Laws
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Environmental
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Disclosure Updates
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Formation of Subsidiaries
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Further Assurances
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Lender Meetings
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Material Contracts
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Location of Inventory and Equipment
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Assignable Material Contracts
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Indebtedness
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Liens
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Restrictions on Fundamental Changes
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Disposal of Assets
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Change Name
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Nature of Business
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Prepayments and Amendments
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Change of Control
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Distributions
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Accounting Methods
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6.11
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Investments
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6.12
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Transactions with Affiliates
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Use of Proceeds
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6.14
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Consignments
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Inventory and Equipment with Bailees
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FINANCIAL COVENANTS
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EVENTS OF DEFAULT
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RIGHTS AND REMEDIES
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9.1
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Rights and Remedies
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Remedies Cumulative
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WAIVERS; INDEMNIFICATION
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Demand; Protest; etc
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10.2
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The Lender Groups Liability for Collateral
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Indemnification
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NOTICES
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CHOICE OF LAW AND VENUE; JURY TRIAL WAIVER
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ASSIGNMENTS AND PARTICIPATIONS; SUCCESSORS
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Assignments and Participations
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Successors
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AMENDMENTS; WAIVERS
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Amendments and Waivers
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Replacement of Holdout Lender
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No Waivers; Cumulative Remedies
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Appointment and Authorization of Agent
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Delegation of Duties
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Liability of Agent
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Reliance by Agent
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Notice of Default or Event of Default
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Credit Decision
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Costs and Expenses; Indemnification
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Agent in Individual Capacity
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Successor Agent
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Lender in Individual Capacity
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Collateral Matters
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Restrictions on Actions by Lenders; Sharing of Payments
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Agency for Perfection
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Payments by Agent to the Lenders
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Concerning the Collateral and Related Loan Documents
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15.16
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Audits and Examination Reports; Confidentiality; Disclaimers
by Lenders; Other Reports and Information
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Several Obligations; No Liability
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WITHHOLDING TAXES
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GENERAL PROVISIONS
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Effectiveness
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Interpretation
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Severability of Provisions
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Debtor-Creditor Relationship
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Counterparts; Electronic Execution
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Revival and Reinstatement of Obligations
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Confidentiality
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Integration
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Designated Senior Indebtedness
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Exhibit A-1
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Form of Assignment and Acceptance
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Exhibit B-l
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Form of Borrowing Base Certificate
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Exhibit C-L
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Form of Compliance Certificate
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Exhibit L-l
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Form of LIBOR Notice
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Exhibit P-l
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Permitted Convertible Note Debt Terms and Conditions
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Schedule A-l
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Agents Account
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Schedule A-2
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Authorized Persons
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Schedule C-l
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Revolver Commitments
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Schedule D-l
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Designated Account
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Schedule E-l
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Eligible Inventory and Eligible Equipment Locations
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Schedule E-2
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Eligible Investment Grade Account Debtors
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Schedule E-3
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Eligible Specified Account Debtors
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Schedule P-l
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Permitted Investments
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Schedule P-2
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Permitted Liens
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Schedule R-l
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Real Property Collateral
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Schedule 1.1
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Definitions
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Schedule 3.1
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Conditions Precedent
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Schedule 4.1 (a)
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Due Organization and Qualification; Subsidiaries
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Schedule 4.1(b)
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Capitalization of Parent
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Schedule 4.1(c)
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Capitalization of Parents Subsidiaries
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Schedule 4.6(a)
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States of Organization
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Schedule 4.6(b)
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Chief Executive Offices
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Schedule 4.6(c)
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Organizational Identification Numbers
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Schedule 4.6(d)
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Commercial Tort Claims
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Schedule 4.7
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Litigation
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Schedule 4.8
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Compliance with Laws
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Schedule 4.11
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Employee Benefits
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Schedule 4.13
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Intellectual Property
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Schedule 4.15
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Deposit Accounts and Securities Accounts
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Schedule 4.17
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Material Contracts
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Schedule 4.19
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Permitted Indebtedness
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Schedule 4.24
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Employee and Labor Matters
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Schedule 4.28
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Locations of Inventory and Equipment
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Schedule 5.1
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Financial Statements, Reports, Certificates
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Schedule 5.2
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Collateral Reporting
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CREDIT AGREEMENT
THIS CREDIT AGREEMENT
(this
Agreement
), is entered into as of October 2, 2009, by
and among the lenders identified on the signature pages hereof (such lenders, together with their
respective successors and permitted assigns, are referred to hereinafter each individually as a
Lender
and collectively as the
Lenders
),
WELLS FARGO FOOTHILL, LLC,
a Delaware
limited liability company, as agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, together with its
successors and assigns in such capacity,
Agent
).
FINISAR CORPORATION,
a Delaware
corporation (
Parent
), and
OPTIUM CORPORATION,
a Delaware corporation, (Optium and
Parent are referred to hereinafter each individually as a
Borrower
, and individually and
collectively, jointly and severally, as the
Borrowers
).
The parties agree as follows:
1
.
DEFINITIONS AND CONSTRUCTION.
1.1
Definitions
.
Capitalized terms used in this Agreement shall have the meanings
specified therefor on
Schedule 1.1
.
1.2
Accounting Terms
.
All accounting terms not specifically defined herein shall be
construed in accordance with GAAP;
provided
,
however
, that if Parent notifies Agent
that Parent requests an amendment to any provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any Accounting
Change occurring after the Closing Date or in the application thereof on the operation of such
provision (or if Agent notifies Administrative Borrower that the Required Lenders request an
amendment to any provision hereof for such purpose), regardless of whether any such notice is given
before or after such Accounting Change or in the application thereof, then Agent and Borrowers
agree that they will negotiate in good faith amendments to the provisions of this Agreement that
are directly affected by such Accounting Change with the intent of having the respective positions
of the Lenders and Borrowers after such Accounting Change conform as nearly as possible to their
respective positions as of the date of this Agreement and, until any such amendments have been
agreed upon, the provisions in this Agreement shall be calculated as if no such Accounting Change
had occurred. When used herein, the term financial statements shall include the notes and
schedules thereto. Whenever the term Parent is used in respect of a financial covenant or a
related definition, it shall be understood to mean Parent and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated
basis, unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
1.3
Code
.
Any terms used in this Agreement that are defined in the Code shall be
construed and defined as set forth in the Code unless otherwise defined herein;
provided
,
however
, that to the extent that the Code is used to define any term herein and such term
is defined differently in different Articles of the Code, the definition of such term contained in
Article 9 of the Code shall govern.
1.4
Construction
.
Unless the context of this Agreement or any other Loan Document
clearly requires otherwise, references to the plural include the singular, references to the
singular include the plural, the terms includes and including are not limiting, and the term
or has, except where otherwise indicated, the inclusive meaning represented by the phrase
and/or. The words hereof, herein, hereby, hereunder, and similar terms in this Agreement
or any other Loan Document refer to this Agreement or such other Loan Document, as the case may be,
as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement or such other Loan Document, as
the case may be. Section, subsection, clause, schedule, and exhibit references herein are to this
Agreement unless otherwise specified. Any reference in this Agreement or in any other Loan Document
to any agreement, instrument, or document shall include all alterations, amendments, changes,
extensions, modifications, renewals, replacements, substitutions, joinders, and supplements,
thereto and thereof, as applicable (subject to any restrictions on such alterations, amendments,
changes, extensions, modifications, renewals, replacements, substitutions, joinders, and
supplements set forth herein). The words asset and property shall be construed to have the
same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all
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tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts, and contract
rights. Any reference herein or in any other Loan Document to the satisfaction, repayment, or
payment in full of the Obligations shall mean the repayment in full in cash (or, in the case of
Letters of Credit or Bank Products, providing Letter of Credit Collateralization or Bank Product
Collateralization, as applicable) of all Obligations other than unasserted contingent
indemnification Obligations and other than any Bank Product Obligations that, at such time, are
allowed by the applicable Bank Product Provider to remain outstanding and that are not required by
the provisions of this Agreement to be repaid or cash collateralized. Any reference herein to any
Person shall be construed to include such Persons successors and assigns. Any requirement of a
writing contained herein or in any other Loan Document shall be satisfied by the transmission of a
Record.
1.5
Schedules and Exhibits
.
All of the schedules and exhibits attached to this
Agreement shall be deemed incorporated herein by reference.
2. LOAN AND TERMS OF PAYMENT.
2.1
Revolver Advances
.
(a) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, and during the term of this
Agreement, each Lender with a Revolver Commitment agrees (severally, not jointly or jointly and
severally) to make advances (
Advances
) to Borrowers in an amount at any one time
outstanding not to exceed such Lenders Pro Rata Share of an amount equal to
the lesser of
(i) the
Maximum Revolver Amount
less
the Letter of Credit Usage at such time, and (ii) the Borrowing Base
at such time
less
the Letter of Credit Usage at such time.
(b) Amounts borrowed pursuant to this
Section 2.1
may be repaid and, subject to the
terms and conditions of this Agreement, reborrowed at any time during the term of this Agreement.
The outstanding principal amount of the Advances, together with interest accrued thereon, shall be
due and payable on the Maturity Date or, if earlier, on the date on which they are declared due and
payable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
(c) Anything to the contrary in this
Section 2.1
notwithstanding, Agent shall have the
right to establish reserves against the Borrowing Base in such amounts, and with respect to such
matters, as Agent in its Permitted Discretion shall deem necessary or appropriate, including
reserves with respect to (i) sums that Parent or its Subsidiaries are required to pay under any
Section of this Agreement or any other Loan Document (such as taxes, assessments, insurance
premiums, or, in the case of leased assets, rents or other amounts payable under such leases) and
has failed to pay, and (ii) amounts owing by Parent or its Non-CFC Subsidiaries to any Person to
the extent secured by a Lien on, or trust over, any of the Collateral (other than a Permitted
Lien), which Lien or trust, in the Permitted Discretion of Agent likely would have a priority
superior to Agents Liens (such as Liens or trusts in favor of landlords, warehousemen, carriers,
mechanics, materialmen, laborers, or suppliers, or Liens or trusts for
ad valorem,
excise, sales,
or other taxes where given priority under applicable law) in and to such item of the Collateral.
2.2
[Reservedl
2.3
Borrowing Procedures and Settlements
.
(a)
Procedure for Borrowing.
Each Borrowing shall be made by a written request by an
Authorized Person delivered to Agent. Unless Swing Lender is not obligated to make a Swing Loan
pursuant to
Section 2.3(b)
below, such notice must be received by Agent no later than 10:00
a.m. (California time) on the Business Day that is the requested Funding Date specifying (i) the
amount of such Borrowing, and (ii) the requested Funding Date, which shall be a Business Day;
provided
,
however
, that if Swing Lender is not obligated to make a Swing Loan as to
a requested Borrowing, such notice must be received by Agent no later than 10:00 a.m. (California
time) on the Business Day prior to the date that is the requested Funding Date. At
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Agents election, in lieu of delivering the above-described written request, any Authorized Person
may give Agent telephonic notice of such request by the required time. In such circumstances,
Borrowers agree that any such telephonic notice will be confirmed in writing within 24 hours of
the giving of such telephonic notice, but the failure to provide such written confirmation shall
not affect the validity of the request.
(b)
Making of Swing Loans.
In the case of a request for an Advance and so long as either (i)
the aggregate amount of Swing Loans made since the last Settlement Date, minus the amount of
Collections or payments applied to Swing Loans since the last Settlement Date, plus the amount of
the requested Advance does not exceed $10,000,000, or (ii) Swing Lender, in its sole discretion,
shall agree to make a Swing Loan notwithstanding the foregoing limitation, Swing Lender shall make
an Advance in the amount of such Borrowing (any such Advance made solely by Swing Lender pursuant
to this
Section 2.3(b)
being referred to as a
Swing Loan
and such Advances being
referred to collectively as
Swing Loans
) available to Borrowers on the Funding Date
applicable thereto by transferring immediately available funds to the Designated Account. Each
Swing Loan shall be deemed to be an Advance hereunder and shall be subject to all the terms and
conditions (including Section 3) applicable to other Advances, except that all payments on any
Swing Loan shall be payable to Swing Lender solely for its own account. Subject to the provisions
of
Section 2.3(d)(ii)
, Swing Lender shall not make and shall not be obligated to make any
Swing Loan if Swing Lender has actual knowledge that (i) one or more of the applicable conditions
precedent set forth in
Section 3
will not be satisfied on the requested Funding Date for
the applicable Borrowing, or (ii) the requested Borrowing would exceed the Availability on such
Funding Date. Swing Lender shall not otherwise be required to determine whether the applicable
conditions precedent set forth in
Section 3
have been satisfied on the Funding Date
applicable thereto prior to making any Swing Loan. The Swing Loans shall be secured by Agents
Liens, constitute Obligations hereunder, and bear interest at the rate applicable from time to time
to Advances that are Base Rate Loans.
(c)
Making of Loans.
(i) In the event that Swing Lender is not obligated to make a Swing Loan, then
promptly after receipt of a request for a Borrowing pursuant to
Section 2.3(a)
. Agent
shall notify the Lenders, not later than 1:00 p.m. (California time) on the Business Day
immediately preceding the Funding Date applicable thereto, by telecopy, telephone, or other
similar form of transmission, of the requested Borrowing. Each Lender shall make the amount of
such Lenders Pro Rata Share of the requested Borrowing available to Agent in immediately
available funds, to Agents Account, not later than 10:00 a.m. (California time) on the Funding
Date applicable thereto. After Agents receipt of the proceeds of such Advances, Agent shall make
the proceeds thereof available to Administrative Borrower on the applicable Funding Date by
transferring immediately available funds equal to such proceeds received by Agent to the
Designated Account;
provided
,
however
, that, subject to the provisions of
Section 2.3(d)(ii)
, Agent shall not request any Lender to make, and no Lender shall have
the obligation to make, any Advance if (1) one or more of the applicable conditions precedent set
forth in
Section 3
will not be satisfied on the requested Funding Date for the applicable
Borrowing unless such condition has been waived, or (2) the requested Borrowing would exceed the
Availability on such Funding Date.
(ii) Unless Agent receives notice from a Lender prior to 9:00 a.m. (California
time) on the date of a Borrowing, that such Lender will not make available as and when required
hereunder to Agent for the account of Borrowers the amount of that Lenders Pro Rata Share of the
Borrowing, Agent may assume that each Lender has made or will make such amount available to Agent
in immediately available funds on the Funding Date and Agent may (but shall not be so required),
in reliance upon such assumption, make available to Borrowers on such date a corresponding amount.
If any Lender shall not have made its full amount available to Agent in immediately available
funds and if Agent in such circumstances has made available to Borrowers such amount, that Lender
shall on the Business Day following such Funding Date make such amount available to Agent,
together with interest at the Defaulting Lender Rate for each day during such period. A notice
submitted by Agent to any Lender with respect to amounts owing under this
Section 2.3(c)(ii)
shall be conclusive, absent manifest error. If such amount is so made available, such payment
to Agent shall
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constitute such Lenders Advance on the date of Borrowing for all purposes of this Agreement. If
such amount is not made available to Agent on the Business Day following the Funding Date, Agent
will notify Administrative Borrower of such failure to fund and, upon demand by Agent, Borrowers
shall pay such amount to Agent for Agents account, together with interest thereon for each day
elapsed since the date of such Borrowing, at a rate per annum equal to the interest rate
applicable at the time to the Advances composing such Borrowing. If such Advance repaid is a LIBOR
Rate Loan, Borrowers shall not be obligated to pay any Funding Losses with respect to such repaid
Advance. The failure of any Lender to make any Advance on any Funding Date shall not relieve any
other Lender of any obligation hereunder to make an Advance on such Funding Date, but no Lender
shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to make the Advance to be made by such
other Lender on any Funding Date.
(iii) Agent shall not be obligated to transfer to a Defaulting Lender any payments
made by Borrowers to Agent for the Defaulting Lenders benefit (or any Collections or proceeds of
Collateral that would otherwise be remitted hereunder to the Defaulting Lender), and, in the
absence of such transfer to the Defaulting Lender, Agent shall transfer any such payments (A)
first, to Swing Lender to the extent of any Swing Loans that were made by Swing Lender and that
were required to be, but were not, repaid by the Defaulting Lender, (B) second, to the Issuing
Lender, to the extent of the portion of a Letter of Credit Disbursement that was required to be,
but was not, repaid by the Defaulting Lender, (C) third, to each non-Defaulting Lender ratably in
accordance with its Revolver Commitment (but, in each case, only to the extent that such Defaulting
Lenders portion of an Advance (or other funding obligation) was funded by such other
non-Defaulting Lender), and (D) to a suspense account maintained by Agent, the proceeds of which
shall be retained and may be made available to be re-advanced to Borrowers as if such Defaulting
Lender had made its portion of Advances (or other funding obligations) to Borrowers. Subject to the
foregoing, Agent may hold and, in its Permitted Discretion, re-lend to Borrowers for the account of
such Defaulting Lender the amount of all such payments received and retained by Agent for the
account of such Defaulting Lender. Solely for the purposes of voting or consenting to matters with
respect to the Loan Documents, such Defaulting Lender shall be deemed not to be a Lender and such
Lenders Revolver Commitment shall be deemed to be zero. This Section shall remain effective with
respect to such Lender until (x) the Obligations under this Agreement shall have been declared or
shall have become immediately due and payable, (y) the non-Defaulting Lenders, Agent, and
Administrative Borrower shall have waived such Defaulting Lenders default in writing, or (z) the
Defaulting Lender makes its Pro Rata Share of the applicable Advance and pays to Agent all amounts
owing by Defaulting Lender in respect thereof. The operation of this Section shall not be construed
to increase or otherwise affect the Revolver Commitment of any Lender, to relieve or excuse the
performance by such Defaulting Lender or any other Lender of its duties and obligations hereunder,
or to relieve or excuse the performance by Borrowers of their duties and obligations hereunder to
Agent or to the Lenders other than such Defaulting Lender. Any such failure to fund by any
Defaulting Lender shall constitute a material breach by such Defaulting Lender of this Agreement
and shall entitle Administrative Borrower at its option, upon written notice to Agent, to arrange
for a substitute Lender to assume the Revolver Commitment of such Defaulting Lender, such
substitute Lender to be reasonably acceptable to Agent. In connection with the arrangement of such
a substitute Lender, the Defaulting Lender shall have no right to refuse to be replaced hereunder,
and agrees to execute and deliver a completed form of Assignment and Acceptance in favor of the
substitute Lender (and agrees that it shall be deemed to have executed and delivered such document
if it fails to do so) subject only to being repaid its share of the outstanding Obligations (other
than Bank Product Obligations, but including an assumption of its Pro Rata Share of the Letters of
Credit) without any premium or penalty of any kind whatsoever;
provided
,
however
,
that any such assumption of the Revolver Commitment of such Defaulting Lender shall not be deemed
to constitute a waiver of any of the Lender Groups or Borrowers rights or remedies against any
such Defaulting Lender arising out of or in relation to such failure to fund.
(d)
Protective Advances and Optional Overadvances.
(i) Any contrary provision of this Agreement notwithstanding, Agent hereby is
authorized by Borrowers and the Lenders, from time to time in Agents sole discretion, (A) after
the occurrence and during the continuance of a Default or an Event of Default, or (B) at any time
that any of the
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other applicable conditions precedent set forth in
Section 3
are not satisfied, to make
Advances to, or for the benefit of, Borrowers on behalf of the Lenders that Agent, in its Permitted
Discretion, deems necessary or desirable (1) to preserve or protect the Collateral, or any portion
thereof, or (2) to enhance the likelihood of repayment of the Obligations (other than the Bank
Product Obligations) (any of the Advances described in this
Section 2.3(d)(i)
shall be
referred to as
Protective Advances
).
(ii) Any contrary provision of this Agreement notwithstanding, the Lenders
hereby authorize Agent or Swing Lender, as applicable, and either Agent or Swing Lender, as
applicable, may, but is not obligated to, knowingly and intentionally, continue to make Advances
(including Swing Loans) to Borrowers notwithstanding that an Overadvance exists or thereby would be
created, so long as (A) after giving effect to such Advances, the outstanding Revolver Usage does
not exceed the Borrowing Base by more than $10,000,000, and (B) after giving effect to such
Advances, the outstanding Revolver Usage (except for and excluding amounts charged to the Loan
Account for interest, fees, or Lender Group Expenses) does not exceed the Maximum Revolver Amount.
In the event Agent obtains actual knowledge that the Revolver Usage exceeds the amounts permitted
by the immediately foregoing provisions, regardless of the amount of, or reason for, such excess,
Agent shall notify the Lenders as soon as practicable (and prior to making any (or any additional)
intentional Overadvances (except for and excluding amounts charged to the Loan Account for
interest, fees, or Lender Group Expenses) unless Agent determines that prior notice would result in
imminent harm to the Collateral or its value), and the Lenders with Revolver Commitments thereupon
shall, together with Agent, jointly determine the terms of arrangements that shall be implemented
with Borrowers intended to reduce, within a reasonable time, the outstanding principal amount of
the Advances to Borrowers to an amount permitted by the preceding sentence. In such circumstances,
if any Lender with a Revolver Commitment objects to the proposed terms of reduction or repayment of
any Overadvance, the terms of reduction or repayment thereof shall be implemented according to the
determination of the Required Lenders. In any event: (x) if any unintentional Overadvance remains
outstanding for more than 30 days, unless otherwise agreed to by the Required Lenders, Borrowers
shall immediately repay the Advances in an amount sufficient to eliminate all such unintentional
Overadvances, and (y) after the date all such Overadvances have been eliminated, there must be at
least five consecutive days before intentional Overadvances are made. The foregoing provisions are
meant for the benefit of the Lenders and Agent and are not meant for the benefit of Borrowers,
which shall continue to be bound by the provisions of
Section 2.5
. Each Lender with a
Revolver Commitment shall be obligated to settle with Agent as provided in
Section 2.3(e)
for the amount of such Lenders Pro Rata Share of any unintentional Overadvances by Agent reported
to such Lender, any intentional Overadvances made as permitted under this
Section
2.3(d)(ii)
, and any Overadvances resulting from the charging to the Loan Account of interest,
fees, or Lender Group Expenses.
(iii) Each Protective Advance and each Overadvance shall be deemed to be an
Advance hereunder, except that no Protective Advance or Overadvance shall be eligible to be a
LIBOR Rate Loan and, prior to Settlement therefor, all payments on the Protective Advances shall
be payable to Agent solely for its own account. The Protective Advances and Overadvances shall be
repayable on demand, secured by Agents Liens, constitute Obligations hereunder, and bear interest
at the rate applicable from time to time to Advances that are Base Rate Loans. The ability of
Agent to make Protective Advances is separate and distinct from its ability to make Overadvances
and its ability to make Overadvances is separate and distinct from its ability to make Protective
Advances. For the avoidance of doubt, the limitations on Agents ability to make Protective
Advances do not apply to Overadvances and the limitations on Agents ability to make Overadvances
do not apply to Protective Advances. The provisions of this
Section 2.3(d)
are for the
exclusive benefit of Agent, Swing Lender, and the Lenders and are not intended to benefit
Borrowers in any way.
(e)
Settlement.
It is agreed that each Lenders funded portion of the Advances is intended by
the Lenders to equal, at all times, such Lenders Pro Rata Share of the outstanding Advances. Such
agreement notwithstanding, Agent, Swing Lender, and the other Lenders agree (which agreement shall
not be for the benefit of any Borrower) that in order to facilitate the administration of this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents, settlement among the Lenders as to the Advances, the Swing
Loans, and the Protective Advances shall take place on a periodic basis in accordance with the
following provisions:
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(i) Agent shall request settlement (
Settlement
) with the Lenders on a weekly
basis, or on a more frequent basis if so determined by Agent (1) on behalf of Swing Lender, with
respect to the outstanding Swing Loans, (2) for itself, with respect to the outstanding Protective
Advances, and (3) with respect to Borrowers or their Subsidiaries Collections or payments
received, as to each by notifying the Lenders by telecopy, telephone, or other similar form of
transmission, of such requested Settlement, no later than 2:00 p.m. (California time) on the
Business Day immediately prior to the date of such requested Settlement (the date of such requested
Settlement being the
Settlement Date
). Such notice of a Settlement Date shall include a
summary statement of the amount of outstanding Advances, Swing Loans, and Protective Advances for
the period since the prior Settlement Date. Subject to the terms and conditions contained herein
(including
Section 2.3(c)(iii)
): (y) if a Lenders balance of the Advances (including Swing
Loans and Protective Advances) exceeds such Lenders Pro Rata Share of the Advances (including
Swing Loans and Protective Advances) as of a Settlement Date, then Agent shall, by no later than
12:00 p.m. (California time) on the Settlement Date, transfer in immediately available funds to a
Deposit Account of such Lender (as such Lender may designate), an amount such that each such Lender
shall, upon receipt of such amount, have as of the Settlement Date, its Pro Rata Share of the
Advances (including Swing Loans and Protective Advances), and (z) if a Lenders balance of the
Advances (including Swing Loans and Protective Advances) is less than such Lenders Pro Rata Share
of the Advances (including Swing Loans and Protective Advances) as of a Settlement Date, such
Lender shall no later than 12:00 p.m. (California time) on the Settlement Date transfer in
immediately available funds to Agents Account, an amount such that each such Lender shall, upon
transfer of such amount, have as of the Settlement Date, its Pro Rata Share of the Advances
(including Swing Loans and Protective Advances). Such amounts made available to Agent under clause
(z) of the immediately preceding sentence shall be applied against the amounts of the applicable
Swing Loans or Protective Advances and, together with the portion of such Swing Loans or Protective
Advances representing Swing Lenders Pro Rata Share thereof, shall constitute Advances of such
Lenders. If any such amount is not made available to Agent by any Lender on the Settlement Date
applicable thereto to the extent required by the terms hereof, Agent shall be entitled to recover
for its account such amount on demand from such Lender together with interest thereon at the
Defaulting Lender Rate.
(ii) In determining whether a Lenders balance of the Advances, Swing Loans,
and Protective Advances is less than, equal to, or greater than such Lenders Pro Rata Share of the
Advances, Swing Loans, and Protective Advances as of a Settlement Date, Agent shall, as part of the
relevant Settlement, apply to such balance the portion of payments actually received in good funds
by Agent with respect to principal, interest and fees payable by Borrowers and allocable to the
Lenders hereunder, and proceeds of Collateral.
(iii) Between Settlement Dates, Agent, to the extent Protective Advances or
Swing Loans are outstanding, may pay over to Agent or Swing Lender, as applicable, any Collections
or payments received by Agent, that in accordance with the terms of this Agreement would be applied
to the reduction of the Advances, for application to the Protective Advances or Swing Loans.
Between Settlement Dates, Agent, to the extent no Protective Advances or Swing Loans are
outstanding, may pay over to Swing Lender any Collections or payments received by Agent, that in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement would be applied to the reduction of the Advances, for
application to Swing Lenders Pro Rata Share of the Advances. If, as of any Settlement Date,
Collections or payments of Parent or its Subsidiaries received since the then immediately preceding
Settlement Date have been applied to Swing Lenders Pro Rata Share of the Advances other than to
Swing Loans, as provided for in the previous sentence, Swing Lender shall pay to Agent for the
accounts of the Lenders, and Agent shall pay to the Lenders, to be applied to the outstanding
Advances of such Lenders, an amount such that each Lender shall, upon receipt of such amount, have,
as of such Settlement Date, its Pro Rata Share of the Advances. During the period between
Settlement Dates, Swing Lender with respect to Swing Loans, Agent with respect to Protective
Advances, and each Lender (subject to the effect of agreements between Agent and individual
Lenders) with respect to the Advances other than Swing Loans and Protective Advances, shall be
entitled to interest at the applicable rate or rates payable under this Agreement on the daily
amount of funds employed by Swing Lender, Agent, or the Lenders, as applicable.
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(f)
Notation.
Agent, as a non-fiduciary agent for Borrowers, shall maintain a register
showing the principal amount of the Advances, owing to each Lender, including the Swing Loans owing
to Swing Lender, and Protective Advances owing to Agent, and the interests therein of each Lender,
from time to time and such register shall, absent manifest error, conclusively be presumed to be
correct and accurate.
(g)
Lenders Failure to Perform.
All Advances (other than Swing Loans and Protective
Advances) shall be made by the Lenders contemporaneously and in accordance with their Pro Rata
Shares. It is understood that (i) no Lender shall be responsible for any failure by any other
Lender to perform its obligation to make any Advance (or other extension of credit) hereunder, nor
shall any Revolver Commitment of any Lender be increased or decreased as a result of any failure by
any other Lender to perform its obligations hereunder, and (ii) no failure by any Lender to perform
its obligations hereunder shall excuse any other Lender from its obligations hereunder.
2.4 Payments; Reductions of Revolver Commitments; Prepayments.
(a)
Payments by Borrowers.
(i) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all payments by Borrowers
shall be made to Agents Account for the account of the Lender Group and shall be made in
immediately available funds, no later than 11:00 a.m. (California time) on the date specified
herein. Any payment received by Agent later than 11:00 a.m. (California time) shall be deemed to
have been received on the following Business Day and any applicable interest or fee shall continue
to accrue until such following Business Day.
(ii) Unless Agent receives notice from Administrative Borrower prior to the date
on which any payment is due to the Lenders that Borrowers will not make such payment in full as
and when required, Agent may assume that Borrowers have made (or will make) such payment in full
to Agent on such date in immediately available funds and Agent may (but shall not be so required),
in reliance upon such assumption, distribute to each Lender on such due date an amount equal to
the amount then due such Lender. If and to the extent Borrowers do not make such payment in full
to Agent on the date when due, each Lender severally shall repay to Agent on demand such amount
distributed to such Lender, together with interest thereon at the Defaulting Lender Rate for each
day from the date such amount is distributed to such Lender until the date repaid.
(b)
Apportionment and Application.
(i) So long as no Application Event has occurred and is continuing and except
as otherwise provided with respect to Defaulting Lenders, all principal and interest payments shall
be apportioned ratably among the Lenders (according to the unpaid principal balance of the
Obligations to which such payments relate held by each Lender) and all payments of fees and
expenses (other than fees or expenses that are for Agents separate account) shall be apportioned
ratably among the Lenders having a Pro Rata Share of the Revolver Commitment or Obligation to which
a particular fee or expense relates. All payments to be made hereunder by Borrowers shall be
remitted to Agent and all (subject to
Section 2.4 (b)(iv)
,
Section 2.4(d)(ii)
, and
Section 2.4(e)
) such payments, and all proceeds of Collateral received by Agent, shall be
applied, so long as no Application Event has occurred and is continuing, to reduce the balance of
the Advances outstanding and, thereafter, to Borrowers (to be wired to the Designated Account) or
such other Person entitled thereto under applicable law.
(ii) At any time that an Application Event has occurred and is continuing and
except as otherwise provided with respect to Defaulting Lenders, all payments remitted to Agent
and all proceeds of Collateral received by Agent shall be applied as follows:
(A)
first
, to pay any Lender Group Expenses (including cost or expense
reimbursements) or indemnities then due to Agent under the Loan Documents, until paid in full,
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(B)
second
, to pay any fees or premiums then due to Agent under the Loan Documents
until paid in full,
(C)
third
, to pay interest due in respect of all Protective Advances until paid in
full,
(D)
fourth
, to pay the principal of all Protective Advances until paid in full,
(E)
fifth
, ratably to pay any Lender Group Expenses
(including cost or expense reimbursements) or indemnities then due to any of the Lenders under the Loan Documents,
until paid in full,
(F)
sixth
, ratably to pay any fees or premiums then due to any of the Lenders under
the Loan Documents until paid in full,
(G)
seventh
, ratably to pay interest due in respect of the Advances (other than
Protective Advances) and the Swing Loans until paid in full,
(H)
eighth
, ratably (i) to pay the principal of all Swing Loans until paid
in full, (ii) to pay the principal of all Advances until paid in full, (iii) to Agent, to be held
by Agent, for the benefit of Issuing Lender (and for the ratable benefit of each of the Lenders
that have an obligation to pay to Agent, for the account of the Issuing Lender, a share of each
Letter of Credit Disbursement), as cash collateral in an amount up to 105% of the Letter of Credit
Usage (which cash collateral shall be applied to the reimbursement of any Letter of Credit
Disbursement as and when such disbursement occurs and, if a Letter of Credit expires undrawn, the
cash collateral held by Agent in respect of such Letter of Credit shall be reapplied pursuant to
this
Section 2.4(b)(ii)
, beginning with tier (A) hereof), and (iv) ratably, to the Bank
Product Providers on account of all amounts then due and payable in respect of Bank Product
Obligations, with any balance to be paid to Agent, to be held by Agent, for the ratable benefit of
the Bank Product Providers, as cash collateral in an amount up to the amount the Bank Product
Providers reasonably determine to be the credit exposure of Parent and its Subsidiaries in respect
of Bank Product Obligations (which cash collateral shall be applied, ratably, to the payment or
reimbursement of any amounts due and payable with respect to such Bank Product Obligations as and
when such amounts first become due and payable and, if any such Bank Product Obligation is paid or
otherwise satisfied in full, the cash collateral held by Agent in respect of such Bank Product
Obligation shall be reapplied pursuant to this
Section 2.4(b)(ii)
, beginning with tier (A)
hereof),
(I)
ninth
, to pay any other Obligations, and
(J)
tenth
, to Borrowers (to be wired to the Designated Account) or such other
Person entitled thereto under applicable law.
(iii) Agent promptly shall distribute to each Lender, pursuant to the applicable
wire instructions received from each Lender in writing, such funds as it may be entitled to
receive, subject to a Settlement delay as provided in
Section 2.3(e)
.
(iv) In each instance, so long as no Application Event has occurred and is
continuing,
Section 2.4(b)(i)
shall not apply to any payment made by Borrowers to Agent
and specified by Borrowers to be for the payment of specific Obligations then due and payable (or
prepayable) under any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
(v) For purposes of
Section 2.4(b)(ii)
, paid in full means payment in cash of
all amounts owing under the Loan Documents, including loan fees, service fees, professional fees,
interest (and specifically including interest accrued after the commencement of any Insolvency
Proceeding), default interest,
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interest on interest, and expense reimbursements, whether or not any of the foregoing would be or
is allowed or disallowed in whole or in part in any Insolvency Proceeding.
(vi) In the event of a direct conflict between the priority provisions of this
Section 2.4
and any other provision contained in any other Loan Document, it is the
intention of the parties hereto that such provisions be read together and construed, to the
fullest extent possible, to be in concert with each other. In the event of any actual,
irreconcilable conflict that cannot be resolved as aforesaid, the terms and provisions of this
Section 2.4
shall control and govern.
(c)
Reduction of Revolver Commitments.
The Revolver Commitments shall terminate on the
Maturity Date. Borrowers may reduce the Revolver Commitments to an amount not less than the
greater of (i) $50,000,000 and (ii) the sum of (A) the Revolver Usage as of such date, plus (B) the
principal amount of all Advances not yet made as to which a request has been given by
Administrative Borrower under
Section 2.3(a)
, plus (C) the amount of all Letters of Credit
not yet issued as to which a request has been given by Administrative Borrower pursuant to
Section 2.11(a)
. Each such reduction shall be in an amount which is not less than
$5,000,000, shall be made by providing not less than 10 Business Days prior written notice to Agent
and shall be irrevocable. Once reduced, the Revolver Commitments may not be increased. Each such
reduction of the Revolver Commitments shall reduce the Revolver Commitments of each
Lender proportionately in accordance with its Pro Rata Share thereof.
(d)
Optional Prepayments.
Borrowers may prepay the principal of any Advance at any time in
whole or in part.
(e)
Mandatory Prepayments.
If, at any time, (A) the Revolver Usage on such date exceeds (B)
the Borrowing Base (such excess being referred to as the
Borrowing Base Excess
), then
Borrowers shall promptly, but in any event, within 1 Business Day prepay the Obligations in
accordance with
Section 2.4(f)(i)
in an aggregate amount equal to the Borrowing Base
Excess.
(f)
Application of Payments.
Each prepayment pursuant to
Section 2.4(e)
shall, (A) so
long as no Application Event shall have occurred and be continuing, be applied,
first,
to the
outstanding principal amount of the Advances until paid in full, and
second,
to cash collateralize
the Letters of Credit in an amount equal to 105% of the then extant Letter of Credit Usage, and (B)
if an Application Event shall have occurred and be continuing, be applied in the manner set forth
in
Section 2.4(b)(ii)
.
(g)
Application of Payments Between LIBOR and Base Rate Loans.
If one or more LIBOR Rate Loans
are outstanding, along with Base Rate Loans, all payments from Borrowers applied to the Advances
pursuant to Section 2.4(a) or Section 2.4(f), shall be applied first to the principal amount of the
Base Rate Loans outstanding, and then to the principal amount of the LIBOR Rate Loans, and if there
is more than one (1) LIBOR Rate Loan outstanding, the payments shall be applied to the LIBOR Rate
Loans in the order of the occurrence of the last day of the Interest Periods for such Advances.
2.5
Overadvances
.
If, at any time or for any reason, the amount of Obligations owed
by Borrowers to the Lender Group pursuant to
Section 2.1
or
Section 2.11
is greater
than any of the limitations set forth in
Section 2.1
or
Section 2.11
, as applicable
(an
Overadvance
), Borrowers shall promptly, but in any event, within 1 Business Day of
the initial occurrence of an Overadvance pay to Agent, in cash, the amount of such excess, which
amount shall be used by Agent to reduce the Obligations in accordance with the priorities set forth
in
Section 2.4(b)
. Borrowers promise to pay the Obligations (including principal, interest,
fees, costs, and expenses) in Dollars in full on the Maturity Date or, if earlier, on the date on
which the Obligations are declared due and payable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
2.6
Interest Rates and Letter of Credit Fee: Rates, Payments, and Calculations
.
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(a)
Interest Rates.
Except as provided in
Section 2.6(c)
, all Obligations (except
for undrawn Letters of Credit and except for Bank Product Obligations) that have been charged to
the Loan Account pursuant to the terms hereof shall bear interest on the Daily Balance thereof as
follows:
(i) if the relevant Obligation is a LIBOR Rate Loan, at a per annum rate equal to the
LIBOR Rate plus the LIBOR Rate Margin, and
(ii) otherwise, at a per annum rate equal to the Base Rate plus the Base Rate Margin.
(b)
Letter of Credit Fee.
Borrowers shall pay Agent (for the ratable benefit of the Lenders
with a Revolver Commitment, subject to any agreements between Agent and individual Lenders), a
Letter of Credit fee (in addition to the charges, commissions, fees, and costs set forth in
Section 2.11(e)
) which shall accrue at a per annum rate equal to the LIBOR Rate Margin
times the Daily Balance of the undrawn amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit.
(c)
Default Rate.
Upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default and
at the election of the Required Lenders,
(i) all Obligations (except for undrawn Letters of Credit and except for Bank
Product Obligations) that have been charged to the Loan Account pursuant to the terms hereof shall
bear interest on the Daily Balance thereof at a per annum rate equal to 2 percentage points above
the per annum rate otherwise applicable hereunder, and
(ii) the Letter of Credit fee provided for in
Section 2.6(b)
shall be increased to
2 percentage points above the per annum rate otherwise applicable hereunder.
(d)
Payment.
Except to the extent provided to the contrary in
Section 2.10
or
Section 2.12(a)
, interest, Letter of Credit fees, all other fees payable hereunder or under
any of the other Loan Documents, and all costs, expenses, and Lender Group Expenses payable
hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents shall be due and payable, in arrears, on the
first day of each month at any time that Obligations or Revolver Commitments are outstanding.
Borrowers hereby authorize Agent, from time to time without prior notice to Borrowers, to charge
all interest, Letter of Credit fees, and all other fees payable hereunder or under any of the other
Loan Documents (in each case, as and when due and payable), all costs, expenses, and Lender Group
Expenses payable hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents (in each case, as and when
incurred), all charges, commissions, fees, and costs provided for in
Section 2.11(e)
(as
and when accrued or incurred), all fees and costs provided for in
Section 2.10
(as and when
accrued or incurred), and all other payments as and when due and payable under any Loan Document
(including any amounts due and payable to the Bank Product Providers in respect of Bank Products)
to the Loan Account, which amounts thereafter shall constitute Advances hereunder and shall accrue
interest at the rate then applicable to Advances that are Base Rate Loans. Any interest, fees,
costs, expenses, Lender Group Expenses, or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan
Document not paid when due shall be compounded by being charged to the Loan Account and shall
thereafter constitute Advances hereunder and shall accrue interest at the rate then applicable to
Advances that are Base Rate Loans (unless and until converted into LIBOR Rate Loans in accordance
with the terms of this Agreement).
(e)
Computation.
All interest and fees chargeable under the Loan Documents shall be computed
on the basis of a 360 day year, in each case, for the actual number of days elapsed in the period
during which the interest or fees accrue. In the event the Base Rate is changed from time to time
hereafter, the rates of interest hereunder based upon the Base Rate automatically and immediately
shall be increased or decreased by an amount equal to such change in the Base Rate.
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(f)
Intent to Limit Charges to Maximum Lawful Rate.
In no event shall the interest rate or
rates payable under this Agreement, plus any other amounts paid in connection herewith, exceed the
highest rate permissible under any law that a court of competent jurisdiction shall, in a final
determination, deem applicable. Borrowers and the Lender Group, in executing and delivering this
Agreement, intend legally to agree upon the rate or rates of interest and manner of payment stated
within it;
provided
,
however
, that, anything contained herein to the contrary
notwithstanding, if said rate or rates of interest or manner of payment exceeds the maximum
allowable under applicable law, then,
ipso facto,
as of the date of this Agreement, Borrowers are
and shall be liable only for the payment of such maximum as allowed by law, and payment received
from Borrowers in excess of such legal maximum, whenever received, shall be applied to reduce the
principal balance of the Obligations to the extent of such excess.
2.7
Crediting Payments
.
The receipt of any payment item by Agent shall not be
considered a payment on account unless such payment item is a wire transfer of immediately
available federal funds made to Agents Account or unless and until such payment item is honored
when presented for payment. Should any payment item not be honored when presented for payment,
then Borrowers shall be deemed not to have made such payment and interest shall be calculated
accordingly. Anything to the contrary contained herein notwithstanding, any payment item shall be
deemed received by Agent only if it is received into Agents Account on a Business Day on or before
11:00 a.m. (California time). If any payment item is received into Agents Account on a
non-Business Day or after 11:00 a.m. (California time) on a Business Day, it shall be deemed to
have been received by Agent as of the opening of business on the immediately following Business
Day.
2.8
Designated Account
.
Agent is authorized to make the Advances, and Issuing Lender
is authorized to issue the Letters of Credit, under this Agreement based upon telephonic or other
instructions received from anyone purporting to be an Authorized Person or, without instructions,
if pursuant to
Section 2.6(d)
. Administrative Borrower agrees to establish and maintain the
Designated Account with the Designated Account Bank for the purpose of receiving the proceeds of
the Advances requested by Borrowers and made by Agent or the Lenders hereunder. Unless otherwise
agreed by Agent and Borrowers, any Advance or Swing Loan requested by Borrowers and made by Agent
or the Lenders hereunder shall be made to the Designated Account.
2.9
Maintenance of Loan Account; Statements of Obligations
.
Agent shall maintain an
account on its books in the name of Borrowers (the
Loan Account
) on which Borrowers will
be charged with all Advances (including Protective Advances and Swing Loans) made by Agent, Swing
Lender, or the Lenders to Borrowers or for Borrowers account, the Letters of Credit issued or made
by Issuing Lender for Borrowers account, and with all other payment Obligations hereunder or under
the other Loan Documents (except for Bank Product Obligations), including, accrued interest, fees
and expenses, and Lender Group Expenses. In accordance with
Section 2.7
, the Loan Account
will be credited with all payments received by Agent from Borrowers or for Borrowers account.
Agent shall render monthly statements regarding the Loan Account to Administrative Borrower,
including principal, interest, fees, and including an itemization of all charges and expenses
constituting Lender Group Expenses owing, and such statements, absent manifest error, shall be
conclusively presumed to be correct and accurate and constitute an account stated between Borrowers
and the Lender Group unless, within 30 days after receipt thereof by Administrative Borrower,
Administrative Borrower shall deliver to Agent written objection thereto describing the error or
errors contained in any such statements.
2.10
Fees
. Borrowers shall pay to Agent,
(a) for the account of Agent, as and when due and payable under the terms of the Fee Letter,
the fees set forth in the Fee Letter; and
(b) for the ratable account of those Lenders with Revolver Commitments, on the first day of
each month from and after the Closing Date up to the first day of the month prior to the Payoff
Date and on
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the Payoff Date, an unused line fee in an amount equal to the Unused Line Margin times the result
of (i) the Maximum Revolver Amount, less (ii) the average Daily Balance of the Revolver Usage
during the immediately preceding month (or portion thereof).
2.11
Letters of Credit
.
(a) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, upon the request of Administrative
Borrower made in accordance herewith, the Issuing Lender agrees to issue, or to cause an Underlying
Issuer, as Issuing Lenders agent, to issue, a requested Letter of Credit. If Issuing Lender, at
its option, elects to cause an Underlying Issuer to issue a requested Letter of Credit, then
Issuing Lender agrees that it will obligate itself to reimburse such Underlying Issuer (which may
include, among, other means, by becoming an applicant with respect to such Letter of Credit or
entering into undertakings which provide for reimbursements of such Underlying Issuer with respect
to such Letter of Credit; each such obligation or undertaking, irrespective of whether in writing,
a
Reimbursement Undertaking
) with respect to Letters of Credit issued by such Underlying
Issuer. By submitting a request to Issuing Lender for the issuance of a Letter of Credit,
Administrative Borrower shall be deemed to have requested that Issuing Lender issue or that an
Underlying Issuer issue the requested Letter of Credit and to have requested Issuing Lender to
issue a Reimbursement Undertaking with respect to such requested Letter of Credit if it is to be
issued by an Underlying Issuer (it being expressly acknowledged and agreed by Borrowers that
Administrative Borrower is and shall be deemed to be an applicant (within the meaning of Section
5-102(a)(2) of the Code) with respect to each Underlying Letter of Credit). Each request for the
issuance of a Letter of Credit, or the amendment, renewal, or extension of any outstanding Letter
of Credit, shall be made in writing by an Authorized Person and delivered to the Issuing Lender via
hand delivery, telefacsimile, or other electronic method of transmission reasonably in advance of
the requested date of issuance, amendment, renewal, or extension. Each such request shall be in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Issuing Lender and shall specify (i) the amount
of such Letter of Credit, (ii) the date of issuance, amendment, renewal, or extension of such
Letter of Credit, (iii) the expiration date of such Letter of Credit, (iv) the name and address of
the beneficiary of the Letter of Credit, and (v) such other information (including, in the case of
an amendment, renewal, or extension, identification of the Letter of Credit to be so amended,
renewed, or extended) as shall be necessary to prepare, amend, renew, or extend such Letter of
Credit. Anything contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the Issuing Lender may, but
shall not be obligated to, issue or cause the issuance of a Letter of Credit or to issue a
Reimbursement Undertaking in respect of an Underlying Letter of Credit, in either case, that
supports the obligations of Parent or its Subsidiaries in respect of (1) a lease of real property,
or (2) an employment contract. Borrowers agree that this Agreement (along with the terms of the
applicable application) will govern each Letter of Credit and its issuance. The Issuing Lender
shall have no obligation to issue a Letter of Credit or a Reimbursement Undertaking in respect of
an Underlying Letter of Credit, in either case, if any of the following would result after giving
effect to the requested issuance:
(i) the Letter of Credit Usage would exceed the Borrowing Base
less
the outstanding
amount of Advances, or
(ii) the Letter of Credit Usage would exceed $10,000,000, or
(iii) the Letter of Credit Usage would exceed the Maximum Revolver Amount
less
the
outstanding amount of Advances.
Each Letter of Credit shall be in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Issuing
Lender, including the requirement that the amounts payable thereunder must be payable in Dollars.
If Issuing Lender makes a payment under a Letter of Credit or an Underlying Issuer makes a payment
under an Underlying Letter of Credit, Borrowers shall pay to Agent an amount equal to the
applicable Letter of Credit Disbursement on the date such Letter of Credit Disbursement is made
and, in the absence of such payment, the amount of the Letter of Credit Disbursement immediately
and automatically shall be deemed to be an Advance hereunder and, initially, shall bear interest
at the rate then applicable to Advances that are Base Rate Loans. If
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a Letter of Credit Disbursement is deemed to be an Advance hereunder, Borrowers obligation to pay
the amount of such Letter of Credit Disbursement to Issuing Lender shall be discharged and
replaced by the resulting Advance. Promptly following receipt by Agent of any payment from
Borrowers pursuant to this paragraph, Agent shall distribute such payment to the Issuing Lender
or, to the extent that Lenders have made payments pursuant to
Section 2.11(b)
to reimburse
the Issuing Lender, then to such Lenders and the Issuing Lender as their interests may appear.
(b) Promptly following receipt of a notice of a Letter of Credit Disbursement pursuant to
Section 2.11(a)
, each Lender with a Revolver Commitment agrees to fund its Pro Rata
Share of any Advance deemed made pursuant to
Section 2.11(a)
on the same terms and conditions as if
Borrowers had requested the amount thereof as an Advance and Agent shall promptly pay to Issuing Lender the amounts so
received by it from the Lenders. By the issuance of a Letter of Credit or a Reimbursement Undertaking (or an
amendment to a Letter of Credit or a Reimbursement Undertaking increasing the amount thereof) and without
any further action on the part of the Issuing Lender or the Lenders with Revolver Commitments, the Issuing
Lender shall be deemed to have granted to each Lender with a Revolver Commitment, and each Lender with a
Revolver Commitment shall be deemed to have purchased, a participation in each Letter of Credit issued
by Issuing Lender and each Reimbursement Undertaking, in an amount equal to its Pro Rata Share of such
Letter of Credit or Reimbursement Undertaking, and each such Lender agrees to pay to Agent, for the
account of the Issuing Lender, such Lenders Pro Rata Share of any Letter of Credit Disbursement made by
Issuing Lender or an Underlying Issuer under the applicable Letter of Credit. In consideration and in
furtherance of the foregoing, each Lender with a Revolver Commitment hereby absolutely and unconditionally agrees
to pay to Agent, for the account of the Issuing Lender, such Lenders Pro Rata Share of each Letter of
Credit Disbursement made by Issuing Lender or an Underlying Issuer and not reimbursed by Borrowers on
the date due as provided in
Section 2.11(a)
, or of any reimbursement payment required to be
refunded to Borrowers for any reason. Each Lender with a Revolver Commitment acknowledges and agrees that its obligation
to deliver to Agent, for the account of the Issuing Lender, an amount equal to its respective Pro Rata
Share of each Letter of Credit Disbursement pursuant to this
Section 2.11(b)
shall be absolute and
unconditional and such
remittance shall be made notwithstanding the occurrence or continuation of an Event of Default
or Default or the failure to satisfy any condition set forth in
Section 3
. If any such Lender fails
to make available to Agent
the amount of such Lenders Pro Rata Share of a Letter of Credit Disbursement as provided in
this Section, such Lender shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender and Agent (for the account of the
Issuing Lender) shall be entitled to recover such amount on demand from such Lender together with interest thereon
at the Defaulting Lender Rate until paid in full.
(c) Each Borrower hereby agrees to indemnify, save, defend, and hold the Lender Group
and each Underlying Issuer harmless from any loss, cost, expense, or liability, and reasonable
attorneys fees incurred by Issuing Lender, any other member of the Lender Group, or any Underlying Issuer
arising out of or in connection with any Reimbursement Undertaking or any Letter of Credit;
provided
,
however
, that Borrowers shall not be obligated hereunder to indemnify for any loss, cost, expense, or
liability to the extent that a court of competent jurisdiction finally determines that such loss, cost, expense, or
liability resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Issuing Lender, any other member of the
Lender Group, or any Underlying Issuer. Each Borrower agrees to be bound by the Underlying Issuers
regulations and interpretations of any Letter of Credit or by Issuing Lenders interpretations of any
Reimbursement Undertaking even though this interpretation may be different from such Borrowers own, and
each Borrower understands and agrees that none of the Issuing Lender, the Lender Group, or any Underlying
Issuer shall be liable for any error, negligence, or mistake, whether of omission or commission, in following
Borrowers instructions or those contained in the Letter of Credit or any modifications, amendments, or
supplements thereto. Each Borrower understands that the Reimbursement Undertakings may require Issuing
Lender to indemnify the Underlying Issuer for certain costs or liabilities arising out of claims by
Borrowers against such Underlying Issuer. Each Borrower hereby agrees to indemnify, save, defend, and hold Issuing
Lender and the other members of the Lender Group harmless with respect to any loss, cost, expense (including
reasonable attorneys fees), or liability incurred by them as a result of the Issuing Lenders
indemnification of an Underlying Issuer;
provided
,
however
, that no Borrower shall be obligated
hereunder to indemnify for any
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such loss, cost, expense, or liability to the extent that it is caused by the gross negligence or
willful misconduct of the Issuing Lender or any other member of the Lender Group. Each Borrower
hereby acknowledges and agrees that none of the Issuing Lender, any other member of the Lender
Group, or any Underlying Issuer shall be responsible for delays, errors, or omissions resulting
from the malfunction of equipment in connection with any Letter of Credit.
(d) Each Borrower hereby authorizes and directs any Underlying Issuer to deliver to the
Issuing Lender all instruments, documents, and other writings and property received by such
Underlying Issuer pursuant to such Underlying Letter of Credit and to accept and rely upon the Issuing Lenders
instructions with respect to all matters arising in connection with such Underlying Letter of Credit and the
related application.
(e) Any and all issuance charges, usage charges, commissions, fees, and costs incurred
by the Issuing Lender relating to Underlying Letters of Credit shall be Lender Group Expenses
for purposes of this Agreement and shall be reimbursable promptly, but in any event, within 1 Business Day by
Borrowers to Agent for the account of the Issuing Lender; it being acknowledged and agreed by Borrowers
that, as of the Closing Date, the usage charge imposed by the Underlying Issuer is .825% per annum times the
undrawn amount of each Underlying Letter of Credit, that such usage charge may be changed from time to
time, and that the Underlying Issuer also imposes a schedule of charges for amendments, extensions,
drawings, and renewals.
(f) If by reason of (i) any change after the Closing Date in any applicable law, treaty,
rule, or regulation or any change in the interpretation or application thereof by any
Governmental Authority, or (ii) compliance by the Issuing Lender, any other member of
the Lender Group, or Underlying Issuer with any direction, request, or requirement
(irrespective of whether having the force of law) of any Governmental Authority or
monetary authority including, Regulation D of the Federal Reserve Board as from
time to time in effect (and any successor thereto):
(i) any reserve, deposit, or similar requirement is or shall be imposed or modified in
respect of any Letter of Credit issued or caused to be issued hereunder or hereby, or
(ii) there shall be imposed on the Issuing Lender, any other member of the
Lender Group, or Underlying Issuer any other condition regarding any Letter of Credit or
Reimbursement Undertaking,
and the result of the foregoing is to increase, directly or indirectly, the cost to the Issuing
Lender, any other member of the Lender Group, or an Underlying Issuer of issuing, making,
guaranteeing, or maintaining any Reimbursement Undertaking or Letter of Credit or to reduce the
amount receivable in respect thereof, then, and in any such case, Agent may, at any time within a
reasonable period after the additional cost is incurred or the amount received is reduced, notify
Administrative Borrower, and Borrowers shall pay within 30 days after demand therefor, such
amounts as Agent may specify to be necessary to compensate the Issuing Lender, any other member of
the Lender Group, or an Underlying Issuer for such additional cost or reduced receipt, together
with interest on such amount from the date of such demand until payment in full thereof at the
rate then applicable to Base Rate Loans hereunder;
provided
,
however
, that
Borrowers shall not be required to provide any compensation pursuant to this
Section 2.11(f)
for any such amounts incurred more than 180 days prior to the date on which the demand
for payment of such amounts is first made to Borrowers;
provided
further
,
however
,
that if an event or circumstance giving rise to such amounts is retroactive, then the 180-day
period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof.
The determination by Agent of any amount due pursuant to this
Section 2.11(f)
, as set
forth in a certificate setting forth the calculation thereof in reasonable detail, shall, in the
absence of manifest or demonstrable error, be final and conclusive and binding on all of the
parties hereto.
2.12
LIBOR Option
.
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(a)
Interest and Interest Payment Dates.
In lieu of having interest charged at the rate
based upon the Base Rate, Borrowers shall have the option, subject to
Section 2.12(b)
below (the
LIBOR Option
) to have interest on all or a portion of the Advances
be charged (whether at the time when made (unless otherwise provided herein), upon conversion
from a Base Rate Loan to a LIBOR Rate Loan, or upon continuation of a LIBOR Rate Loan as a LIBOR
Rate Loan) at a rate of interest based upon the LIBOR Rate. Interest on LIBOR Rate Loans shall be
payable on the earliest of (i) the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto; (ii) the
date on which all or any portion of the Obligations are accelerated pursuant to the
terms hereof, or (iii) the date on which this Agreement is terminated pursuant to the terms
hereof. On the last day of each applicable Interest Period, unless Administrative Borrower
properly has exercised the LIBOR Option with respect thereto, the interest rate applicable
to such LIBOR Rate Loan automatically shall convert to the rate of interest then applicable
to Base Rate Loans of the same type hereunder. At any time that an Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing Borrowers no longer shall have the option to request that
Advances bear interest at a rate based upon the LIBOR Rate.
(b)
LIBOR Election.
(i) Administrative Borrower may, at any time and from time to time, so long as
no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, elect to exercise the LIBOR Option by
notifying Agent prior to 11:00 a.m. (California time) at least 3 Business Days prior to the
commencement of the proposed Interest Period (the
LIBOR Deadline
). Notice of
Administrative Borrowers election of the LIBOR Option for a permitted portion of the Advances and
an Interest Period pursuant to this Section shall be made by delivery to Agent of a LIBOR Notice
received by Agent before the LIBOR Deadline, or by telephonic notice received by Agent before the
LIBOR Deadline (to be confirmed by delivery to Agent of a LIBOR Notice received by Agent prior to
5:00 p.m. (California time) on the same day). Promptly upon its receipt of each such LIBOR Notice,
Agent shall provide a copy thereof to each of the affected Lenders.
(ii) Each LIBOR Notice shall be irrevocable and binding on Borrowers. In
connection with each LIBOR Rate Loan, each Borrower shall indemnify, defend, and hold Agent and
the Lenders harmless against any loss, cost, or expense actually incurred by Agent or any Lender
as a result of (A) the payment of any principal of any LIBOR Rate Loan other than on the last day
of an Interest Period applicable thereto (including as a result of an Event of Default), (B) the
conversion of any LIBOR Rate Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable
thereto, or (C) the failure to borrow, convert, continue or prepay any LIBOR Rate Loan on the date
specified in any LIBOR Notice delivered pursuant hereto (such losses, costs, or expenses,
Funding Losses
). A certificate of Agent or a Lender delivered to Administrative Borrower
setting forth in reasonable detail any amount or amounts that Agent or such Lender is entitled to
receive pursuant to this
Section 2.12
shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Borrowers
shall pay such amount to Agent or the Lender, as applicable, within 30 days of the date of its
receipt of such certificate. If a payment of a LIBOR Rate Loan on a day other than the last day of
the applicable Interest Period would result in a Funding Loss, Agent may, in its sole discretion
at the request of Administrative Borrower, hold the amount of such payment as cash collateral in
support of the Obligations until the last day of such Interest Period and apply such amounts to
the payment of the applicable LIBOR Rate Loan on such last day, it being agreed that Agent has no
obligation to so defer the application of payments to any LIBOR Rate Loan and that, in the event
that Agent does not defer such application, Borrowers shall be obligated to pay any resulting
Funding Losses.
(iii) Borrowers shall have not more than 5 LIBOR Rate Loans in effect at any
given time. Borrowers only may exercise the LIBOR Option for proposed LIBOR Rate Loans of at
least
$1,000,000.
(c)
Conversion.
Borrowers may convert LIBOR Rate Loans to Base Rate Loans at any
time;
provided
,
however
, that in the event that LIBOR Rate Loans are converted
or prepaid on any date that is not the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto,
including as a result of any automatic prepayment through the required application by Agent
of proceeds of Parents and its Non-CFC Subsidiaries Collections
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in accordance with
Section 2.4(b)
or for any other reason, including early termination of
the term of this Agreement or acceleration of all or any portion of the Obligations pursuant to the
terms hereof, each Borrower shall indemnify, defend, and hold Agent and the Lenders and their
Participants harmless against any and all Funding Losses in accordance with
Section 2.12(b)(ii)
.
(d)
Special Provisions Applicable to LIBOR Rate.
(i) The LIBOR Rate may be adjusted by Agent with respect to any Lender on a
prospective basis to take into account any additional or increased costs to such Lender of
maintaining or obtaining any eurodollar deposits or increased costs, in each case, due to changes
in applicable law occurring subsequent to the commencement of the then applicable Interest Period,
including changes in tax laws (except changes of general applicability in corporate income tax
laws) and changes in the reserve requirements imposed by the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System (or any successor), excluding the Reserve Percentage, which additional or increased
costs would increase the cost of funding or maintaining loans bearing interest at the LIBOR Rate.
In any such event, the affected Lender shall give Administrative Borrower and Agent notice of such
a determination and adjustment and Agent promptly shall transmit the notice to each other Lender
and, upon its receipt of the notice from the affected Lender, Administrative Borrower may, by
notice to such affected Lender (y) require such Lender to furnish to Administrative Borrower a
statement setting forth the basis for adjusting such LIBOR Rate and the method for determining the
amount of such adjustment, or (z) repay the LIBOR Rate Loans with respect to which such adjustment
is made (together with any amounts due under
Section 2.12(b)(ii
)).
(ii) In the event that any change in market conditions or any law, regulation,
treaty, or directive, or any change therein or in the interpretation or application thereof, shall
at any time after the date hereof, in the reasonable opinion of any Lender, make it unlawful or
impractical for such Lender to fund or maintain LIBOR Rate Loans or to continue such funding or
maintaining, or to determine or charge interest rates at the LIBOR Rate, such Lender shall give
notice of such changed circumstances to Agent and Administrative Borrower and Agent promptly shall
transmit the notice to each other Lender and (y) in the case of any LIBOR Rate Loans of such
Lender that are outstanding, the date specified in such Lenders notice shall be deemed to be the
last day of the Interest Period of such LIBOR Rate Loans, and interest upon the LIBOR Rate Loans
of such Lender thereafter shall accrue interest at the rate then applicable to Base Rate Loans,
and (z) Borrowers shall not be entitled to elect the LIBOR Option until such Lender determines
that it would no longer be unlawful or impractical to do so.
(e)
No Requirement of Matched Funding.
Anything to the contrary contained herein
notwithstanding, neither Agent, nor any Lender, nor any of their Participants, is required
actually to acquire eurodollar deposits to fund or otherwise match fund any Obligation as to which interest
accrues at the LIBOR Rate.
2.13
Capital Requirements
.
(a) If, after the date hereof, any Lender determines that (i) the adoption of or change in
any law, rule, regulation or guideline regarding capital requirements for banks or bank holding
companies, or any change in the interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental
Authority charged with the administration thereof, or (ii) compliance by such Lender or its parent
bank holding company with any guideline, request or directive of any such entity regarding capital
adequacy (whether or not having the force of law), has the effect of reducing the return on such
Lenders or such holding companys capital as a consequence of such Lenders Revolver Commitments
hereunder to a level below that which such Lender or such holding company could have achieved but
for such adoption, change, or compliance (taking into consideration such Lenders or such holding
companys then existing policies with respect to capital adequacy and assuming the full
utilization of such entitys capital) by any amount deemed by such Lender to be material, then
such Lender may notify Administrative Borrower and Agent thereof. Following receipt of such
notice, Borrowers agree to pay such Lender on demand the amount of such reduction of return of
capital as and when
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such reduction is determined, payable within 30 days after presentation by such Lender of a
statement in the amount and setting forth in reasonable detail such Lenders calculation thereof
and the assumptions upon which such calculation was based (which statement shall be deemed true and
correct absent manifest error). In determining such amount, such Lender may use any reasonable
averaging and attribution methods. Failure or delay on the part of any Lender to demand
compensation pursuant to this Section shall not constitute a waiver of such Lenders right to
demand such compensation;
provided
that Borrowers shall not be required to compensate a
Lender pursuant to this Section for any reductions in return incurred more than 180 days prior to
the date that such Lender notifies Administrative Borrower of such law, rule, regulation or
guideline giving rise to such reductions and of such Lenders intention to claim compensation
therefor;
provided
further
that if such claim arises by reason of the adoption of or change
in any law, rule, regulation or guideline that is retroactive, then the 180-day period referred to
above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof.
(b) If any Lender requests reimbursement for additional or increased costs referred to in
Section 2.12(d)(i)
or amounts under
Section 2.13 (a)
(any such Lender, an
Affected Lender
), then such Affected Lender shall use reasonable efforts to promptly
designate a different one of its lending offices or to assign its rights and obligations hereunder
to another of its offices or branches, if (i) in the reasonable judgment of such Affected Lender,
such designation or assignment would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to
Section
2.12(d)(i)
or
Section 2.13(a)
, as applicable, and (ii) in the reasonable judgment of
such Affected Lender, such designation or assignment would not subject it to any material
unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be materially disadvantageous to it.
Borrowers agree to pay all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by such Affected
Lender in connection with any such designation or assignment. If, after such reasonable efforts,
such Affected Lender does not so designate a different one of its lending offices or assign its
rights to another of its offices or branches so as to eliminate Borrowers obligation to pay any
future amounts to such Affected Lender pursuant to
Section 2.12(d)(i)
or
Section
2.13(a)
, as applicable, then Borrowers (without prejudice to any amounts then due to such
Affected Lender under
Section 2.12(d)(i)
or
Section 2.13(a)
, as applicable) may,
unless prior to the effective date of any such assignment the Affected Lender withdraws its
request for such additional amounts under
Section 2.12(d)(i)
or
Section 2.13(a)
,
as applicable, may seek a substitute Lender reasonably acceptable to Agent to purchase the
Obligations owed to such Affected Lender and such Affected Lenders Revolver Commitments hereunder
(a
Replacement Lender
), and if such Replacement Lender agrees to such purchase, such
Affected Lender shall assign to the Replacement Lender its Obligations and Revolver Commitments,
pursuant to an Assignment and Acceptance Agreement, and upon such purchase by the Replacement
Lender, such Replacement Lender shall be deemed to be a Lender for purposes of this Agreement
and such Affected Lender shall cease to be a Lender for purposes of this Agreement.
2.14
Joint and Several Liability of Borrowers
.
(a) Each Borrower is accepting joint and several liability hereunder and under the other
Loan Documents in consideration of the financial accommodations to be provided by the Lender
Group under this Agreement, for the mutual benefit, directly and indirectly, of each Borrower and in
consideration of the undertakings of the other Borrowers to accept joint and several liability for the Obligations.
(b) Each Borrower, jointly and severally, hereby irrevocably and unconditionally
accepts, not merely as a surety but also as a co-debtor, joint and several liability with the
other Borrowers, with respect to the payment and performance of all of the Obligations
(including any Obligations arising under this
Section 2.14
). it being the intention
of the parties hereto that all the Obligations shall be the joint and several
obligations of each Borrower without preferences or distinction among them.
(c) If and to the extent that any Borrower shall fail to make any payment with respect to
any of the Obligations as and when due or to perform any of the Obligations in accordance with
the terms thereof, then in each such event the other Borrowers will make such payment with respect to,
or perform, such Obligation.
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(d) The Obligations of each Borrower under the provisions of this
Section 2.14
constitute the absolute and unconditional, full recourse Obligations of each Borrower
enforceable against each
Borrower to the full extent of its properties and assets, irrespective of the validity,
regularity or enforceability of this Agreement or any other circumstances whatsoever.
(e) Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, each Borrower hereby
waives notice of acceptance of its joint and several liability, notice of any Advances or
Letters of Credit issued under or pursuant to this Agreement, notice of the occurrence of any Default, Event of
Default, or of any demand for any payment under this Agreement, notice of any action at any time taken or omitted
by Agent or Lenders under or in respect of any of the Obligations, any requirement of diligence or to
mitigate damages and, generally, to the extent permitted by applicable law, all demands,
notices and other formalities of every kind in connection with this Agreement (except as
otherwise provided in this Agreement). Each Borrower hereby assents to, and waives notice
of, any extension or postponement of the time for the payment of
any of the Obligations, the acceptance of any payment of any of the Obligations, the acceptance of any
partial payment thereon, any waiver, consent or other action or acquiescence by Agent or Lenders at any time
or times in respect of any default by any Borrower in the performance or satisfaction of any term,
covenant, condition or provision of this Agreement, any and all other indulgences whatsoever by Agent or Lenders in
respect of any of the Obligations, and the taking, addition, substitution or release, in whole or in part, at
any time or times, of any security for any of the Obligations or the addition, substitution or release, in whole or
in part, of any Borrower. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Borrower assents to any other
action or delay in acting or failure to act on the part of any Agent or Lender with respect to the failure by
any Borrower to comply with any of its respective Obligations, including, without limitation, any failure
strictly or diligently to assert any right or to pursue any remedy or to comply fully with applicable laws or
regulations thereunder, which might, but for the provisions of this
Section 2.14
afford grounds for
terminating, discharging or relieving any Borrower, in whole or in part, from any of its Obligations under this
Section 2.14
, it being the intention of each Borrower that, so long as any of the Obligations hereunder remain
unsatisfied, the Obligations of each Borrower under this
Section 2.14
shall not be discharged except by
performance and then only to the extent of such performance. The Obligations of each Borrower under this
Section 2.14
shall not be diminished or rendered unenforceable by any winding up, reorganization, arrangement,
liquidation, reconstruction or similar proceeding with respect to any Borrower or any Agent or Lender.
(f) Each Borrower represents and warrants to Agent and Lenders that such Borrower is
currently informed of the financial condition of Borrowers and of all other circumstances
which a diligent inquiry would reveal and which bear upon the risk of nonpayment of the Obligations. Each
Borrower further represents and warrants to Agent and Lenders that such Borrower has read and understands the
terms and conditions of the Loan Documents. Each Borrower hereby covenants that such Borrower will
continue to keep informed of Borrowers financial condition, the financial condition of other guarantors, if
any, and of all other circumstances which bear upon the risk of nonpayment or nonperformance of the Obligations.
(g) Each Borrower waives all rights and defenses arising out of an election of remedies
by Agent or any Lender, even though that election of remedies, such as a nonjudicial
foreclosure with respect to security for a guaranteed obligation, has destroyed Agents
or such Lenders rights of subrogation and reimbursement against such Borrower by the
operation of Section 580(d) of the California Code of Civil Procedure or otherwise:
(h) Each Borrower waives all rights and defenses that such Borrower may have because
the Obligations are secured by Real Property. This means, among other things:
(i) Agent and Lenders may collect from such Borrower without first foreclosing on any
real or personal property Collateral pledged by Borrowers.
(ii) If Agent or any Lender forecloses on any Real Property Collateral pledged by
Borrowers:
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(A) The amount of the Obligations may be reduced only by the price for
which that collateral is sold at the foreclosure sale, even if the collateral is worth more
than the sale price.
(B) Agent and Lenders may collect from such Borrower even if Agent
or Lenders, by foreclosing on the Real Property Collateral, has destroyed any right such Borrower
may have to collect from the other Borrowers.
This is an unconditional and irrevocable waiver of any rights and defenses such Borrower may have
because the Obligations are secured by Real Property. These rights and defenses include, but are
not limited to, any rights or defenses based upon Section 580a, 580b, 580d or 726 of the
California Code of Civil Procedure.
(i) The provisions of this
Section 2.14
are made for the benefit of Agent, Lenders
and their respective successors and assigns, and may be enforced by it or them from time to time
against any or all Borrowers as often as occasion therefor may arise and without requirement on
the part of Agent, Lender, successor or assign first to marshal any of its or their claims or to
exercise any of its or their rights against any Borrower or to exhaust any remedies available to
it or them against any Borrower or to resort to any other source or means of obtaining payment of
any of the Obligations hereunder or to elect any other remedy. The provisions of this
Section
2.14
shall remain in effect until all of the Obligations shall have been paid in full or
otherwise fully satisfied. If at any time, any payment, or any part thereof, made in respect of
any of the Obligations, is rescinded or must otherwise be restored or returned by Agent or any
Lender upon the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of any Borrower, or otherwise, the
provisions of this
Section 2.14
will forthwith be reinstated in effect, as though such
payment had not been made.
(j) Until the Obligations have been paid in full and all of the Revolver Commitments
terminated, each Borrower hereby agrees that it will not enforce any of its rights of contribution
or subrogation against any other Borrower with respect to any liability incurred by it hereunder
or under any of the other Loan Documents, any payments made by it to Agent or Lenders with respect
to any of the Obligations or any collateral security therefor until such time as all of the
Obligations have been paid in full in cash. Any claim which any Borrower may have against any
other Borrower with respect to any payments to any Agent or Lender hereunder or under any other
Loan Documents are hereby expressly made subordinate and junior in right of payment, without
limitation as to any increases in the Obligations arising hereunder or thereunder, to the prior
payment in full in cash of the Obligations and, in the event of any insolvency, bankruptcy,
receivership, liquidation, reorganization or other similar proceeding under the laws of any
jurisdiction relating to any Borrower, its debts or its assets, whether voluntary or involuntary,
all such Obligations shall be paid in full in cash before any payment or distribution of any
character, whether in cash, securities or other property, shall be made to any other Borrower
therefor.
(k) Each Borrower hereby agrees that, after the occurrence and during the continuance of any
Default or Event of Default, the payment of any amounts due with respect to the indebtedness owing
by any Borrower to any other Borrower is hereby subordinated to the prior payment in full in cash
of the Obligations. Each Borrower hereby agrees that after the occurrence and during the
continuance of any Default or Event of Default, such Borrower will not demand, sue for or otherwise
attempt to collect any indebtedness of any other Borrower owing to such Borrower until the
Obligations shall have been paid in full in cash. If, notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, such
Borrower shall collect, enforce or receive any amounts in respect of such indebtedness, such
amounts shall be collected, enforced and received by such Borrower as trustee for Agent, and such
Borrower shall deliver any such amounts to Agent for application to the Obligations in accordance
with
Section 2.4(b)
.
3. CONDITIONS; TERM OF AGREEMENT.
3.1
Conditions Precedent to the Initial Extension of Credit
.
The obligation of each
Lender to make its initial extension of credit provided for hereunder, is subject to the
fulfillment, to the satisfaction of Agent and each Lender of each of the conditions precedent set
forth on
Schedule 3.1
(the making of such
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initial extension of credit by a Lender being conclusively deemed to be its satisfaction or waiver
of the conditions precedent).
3.2
Conditions Precedent to all Extensions of Credit
.
The obligation of the Lender
Group (or any member thereof) to make any Advances hereunder (or to extend any other credit hereunder)
at any time shall be subject to the following conditions precedent:
(a) the representations and warranties of Parent or its Subsidiaries contained in this
Agreement or in the other Loan Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects
(except that such materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any representations and warranties that
already are qualified or
modified by materiality in the text thereof) on and as of the date of such extension of
credit, as though made on
and as of such date (except to the extent that such representations and warranties relate
solely to an earlier date); and
(b) no
Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of
such extension of credit, nor shall either result from the making thereof.
3.3
Maturity
.
This Agreement shall continue in full force and effect for a term
ending on October 2, 2013 (the
Maturity Date
);
provided
that if on or prior to August
12, 2010, a 2010 Event has not
occurred, then the Maturity Date shall be August 12, 2010. The foregoing notwithstanding, the
Lender Group, upon the election of the Required Lenders, shall have the right to terminate its obligations
under this Agreement immediately and without notice upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an
Event of Default.
3.4
Effect of Maturity
.
On the Maturity Date, all commitments of the Lender Group to
provide additional credit hereunder shall automatically be terminated and all Obligations (including
contingent reimbursement obligations of Borrowers with respect to outstanding Letters of Credit and
including all Bank
Product Obligations) immediately shall become due and payable without notice or demand (and,
as a part of such Obligations becoming due and payable, Borrowers shall immediately and automatically be
obligated to provide (a) Letter of Credit Collateralization, and (b) Bank Product Collateralization). No
termination of the obligations of the Lender Group (other than payment in full of the Obligations and termination
of the Revolver Commitments) shall relieve or discharge any Loan Party of its duties, Obligations, or
covenants hereunder or under any other Loan Document and Agents Liens in the Collateral shall continue to secure the
Obligations and shall remain in effect until all Obligations have been paid in full and the Revolver
Commitments have been terminated. When all of the Obligations have been paid in full and the Lender Groups
obligations to provide additional credit under the Loan Documents have been terminated irrevocably, Agent
will, at Borrowers sole expense, execute and deliver any termination statements, lien releases,
discharges of security interests, and other similar discharge or release documents (and, if applicable, in recordable
form) as are reasonably necessary to release, as of record, Agents Liens and all notices of security
interests and liens previously filed by Agent with respect to the Obligations.
3.5
Early Termination by Borrowers
.
Borrowers have the option, at any time upon 10
Business Days prior written notice to Agent, to terminate this Agreement and terminate the
Revolver Commitments hereunder by paying to Agent the Obligations (including (a) providing Letter of
Credit Collateralization with respect to the then existing Letter of Credit Usage, and (b) providing
Bank Product Collateralization with respect to the then existing Bank Products), in full.
4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.
In order to induce the Lender Group to enter into this Agreement, each Borrower makes the
following representations and warranties to the Lender Group which shall be true, correct, and
complete, in all material respects (except that such materiality qualifier shall not be applicable
to any representations and warranties that already are qualified or modified by materiality in the
text thereof), as of the Closing Date, and
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shall be true, correct, and complete, in all material respects (except that such materiality
qualifier shall not be applicable to any representations and warranties that already are qualified
or modified by materiality in the text thereof), as of the date of the making of each Advance (or
other extension of credit) made thereafter, as though made on and as of the date of such Advance
(or other extension of credit) (except to the extent that such representations and warranties
relate solely to an earlier date) and such representations and warranties shall survive the
execution and delivery of this Agreement:
4.1
Due Organization and Qualification; Subsidiaries
.
(a) Except as set forth on
Schedule 4.1(a)
, each Loan Party (i) is duly organized and
existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, (ii) is
qualified to do business in any state where the failure to be so qualified could reasonably be expected to
result in a Material
Adverse Change, and (iii) has all requisite power and authority to own and operate its
properties, to carry on its
business as now conducted and as proposed to be conducted, to enter into the Loan Documents to
which it is a party and to carry out the transactions contemplated thereby.
(b) Set forth on
Schedule 4.1(b)
is a complete and accurate description of the
authorized capital Stock of each Borrower, by class, and, as of the Closing Date, a description of the
number of shares of each such class that are issued and outstanding. Other than as described on
Schedule 4.1(b)
,
there are no subscriptions, options, warrants, or calls relating to any shares of any Borrowers capital
Stock, including any right of conversion or exchange under any outstanding security or other instrument. No
Borrower is subject to any obligation (contingent or otherwise) to repurchase or otherwise acquire or retire any
shares of its capital Stock or any security convertible into or exchangeable for any of its capital Stock.
(c) Set forth on
Schedule 4.1(c)
(as such Schedule may be updated from time to time to
reflect changes resulting from transactions permitted under this Agreement), is a complete and
accurate list of the Loan Parties direct and indirect Subsidiaries, showing: (i) the number of shares of each
class of common and preferred Stock authorized for each of such Subsidiaries, and (ii) the number and the
percentage of the outstanding shares of each such class owned directly or indirectly by Parent. All of the
outstanding capital Stock of each such Subsidiary has been validly issued and is fully paid and non-assessable.
(d) Except as set forth on
Schedule 4.1 (c)
(as such Schedule may be updated from time
to time to reflect changes resulting from transactions permitted under this Agreement), there
are no subscriptions, options, warrants, or calls relating to any shares of Parents Subsidiaries
capital Stock, including any right of conversion or exchange under any outstanding security or other
instrument. Neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries is subject to any obligation (contingent or otherwise) to
repurchase or otherwise acquire or retire any shares of Parents Subsidiaries capital Stock or any security
convertible into or exchangeable for any such capital Stock.
4.2
Due Authorization; No Conflict
.
(a) As to each Loan Party, the execution, delivery, and performance by such Loan Party
of the Loan Documents to which it is a party have been duly authorized by all necessary action
on the part of such Loan Party.
(b) As to each Loan Party, the execution, delivery, and performance by such Loan Party
of the Loan Documents to which it is a party do not and will not (i) violate any material
provision of federal, state, or local law or regulation applicable to any Loan Party or its Subsidiaries, the
Governing Documents of any Loan Party or its Subsidiaries, or any order, judgment, or decree of any court or other
Governmental Authority binding on any Loan Party or its Subsidiaries, (ii) conflict with, result in a
breach of, or constitute (with due notice or lapse of time or both) a default under any Material Contract of any Loan
Party or its Subsidiaries except to the extent that any such conflict, breach or default could not
individually or in the aggregate reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Change, (iii) result in or require
the creation or
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imposition of any Lien of any nature whatsoever upon any assets of any Loan Party, other than
Permitted Liens, or (iv) require any approval of any Loan Partys interest holders or any approval
or consent of any Person under any Material Contract of any Loan Party, other than consents or
approvals that have been obtained and that are still in force and effect and except, in the case
of Material Contracts, for consents or approvals, the failure to obtain could not individually or
in the aggregate reasonably be expected to cause a Material Adverse Change.
4.3
Governmental Consents
.
The execution, delivery, and performance by each Loan Party
of the Loan Documents to which such Loan Party is a party and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents do not and will not require any registration with, consent,
or approval of, or notice to, or other action with or by, any Governmental Authority, other than
registrations, consents, approvals, notices, or other actions that have been obtained and that are still in force and
effect and except for filings and recordings with respect to the Collateral to be made, or otherwise delivered to
Agent for filing or recordation, as of the Closing Date, and except for actions with or by Governmental
Authorities the failure to take which could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change.
4.4
Binding Obligations; Perfected Liens.
(a) Each Loan Document has been duly executed and delivered by each Loan Party that
is a party thereto and is the legally valid and binding obligation of such Loan Party,
enforceable against such
Loan Party in accordance with its respective terms, except as enforcement may be limited by
equitable principles or by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, or similar laws relating
to or limiting creditors rights generally.
(b) Agents Liens are validly created, perfected (other than (i) in respect of motor
vehicles that are subject to a certificate of title and as to which Agent has not caused its
Lien to be noted on the
applicable certificate of title, and (ii) any Deposit Accounts and Securities Accounts not
subject to a Control
Agreement as permitted by
Section 6.11
, and subject only to the filing of financing
statements, the recordation
of the Copyright Security Agreement, and the recordation of the Mortgages, in each case, in
the appropriate filing offices), and first priority Liens, subject only to Permitted Liens.
4.5
Title to Assets; No Encumbrances
.
Each of the Loan Parties and its Subsidiaries
has (i) good, sufficient and legal title to (in the case of fee interests in Real Property), (ii)
valid leasehold interests in
(in the case of leasehold interests in real or personal property), and (iii) good and
marketable title to (in the
case of all other personal property), all of their respective assets reflected in their most
recent financial
statements delivered pursuant to
Section 5.1
, in each case except for assets disposed
of since the date of such
financial statements to the extent permitted hereby. All of such assets are free and clear of
Liens except for Permitted Liens.
4.6
Jurisdiction of Organization; Location of Chief Executive Office;
Organizational Identification Number; Commercial Tort Claims
.
(a) The name of (within the meaning of Section 9-503 of the Code) and jurisdiction of
organization of each Loan Party and each of its Subsidiaries is set forth on
Schedule
4.6(a)
(as such Schedule
may be updated from time to time to reflect changes resulting from transactions permitted
under this Agreement).
(b) The chief executive office of each Loan Party and each of its Subsidiaries is located
at the address indicated on
Schedule 4.6(b)
(as such Schedule may be updated from time
to time to reflect changes resulting from transactions permitted under this Agreement).
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(c) Each Loan Partys and each of its Subsidiaries tax identification numbers and
organizational identification numbers, if any, are identified on
Schedule 4.6(c)
(as
such Schedule may be updated from time to time to reflect changes resulting from transactions permitted under this
Agreement).
(d) As of the Closing Date, no Loan Party and no Subsidiary of a Loan Party holds any
commercial tort claims, except as set forth on
Schedule 4.6(d)
.
4.7
Litigation
.
(a) There are no actions, suits, or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of each
Borrower, after due inquiry, threatened in writing against a Loan Party or any of its
Subsidiaries that either individually or in the aggregate could reasonably be expected
to result in a Material Adverse Change.
(b)
Schedule 4.7(b)
sets forth a complete and accurate description, with respect to
each of the actions, suits, or proceedings with asserted liabilities in excess of, or that could
reasonably be expected to result in liabilities in excess of, $500,000, that, as of the Closing
Date, is pending or, to the knowledge of
each Borrower, after due inquiry, threatened against a Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries,
of (i) the parties to such actions, suits, or proceedings, (ii) the nature of the dispute that is the subject of
such actions, suits, or proceedings, (iii) the status, as of the Closing Date, with respect to such actions, suits, or
proceedings, and (iv) whether any liability of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries in connection with such
actions, suits, or proceedings is covered by insurance.
4.8
Compliance with Laws
.
Except as set forth on
Schedule 4.8
, no Loan Party nor any of its
Subsidiaries (a) is in violation of any applicable laws, rules, regulations, executive orders, or
codes (including Environmental Laws) that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Change, or (b) is subject to or in default with respect
to any final judgments, writs, injunctions, decrees, rules or regulations of any court or any
federal, state, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board, bureau, agency or
instrumentality, domestic or foreign, that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Change.
4.9
No Material Adverse Change
.
All historical financial statements relating to the
Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries that have been delivered by Borrowers to Agent have been
prepared in accordance with GAAP (except, in the case of unaudited financial statements, for the lack of
footnotes and being subject to year-end audit adjustments) and present fairly in all material respects, the
Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries consolidated financial condition as of the date thereof and results of
operations for the period then ended. Since April 30, 2009, no event, circumstance, or change has occurred that
has or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change with respect to the Loan Parties and their
Subsidiaries.
4.10
Fraudulent Transfer
.
(a) Each Loan Party is Solvent.
(b) No transfer of property is being made by any Loan Party and no obligation is being
incurred by any Loan Party in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
or the other Loan Documents with the intent to hinder, delay, or defraud either present or future creditors
of such Loan Party.
4.11
Employee Benefits
.
Except as set forh on
Schedule 4.11
, no Loan Party,
none of their Subsidiaries, nor any of their ERISA Affiliates maintains or contributes to any Benefit Plan.
4.12
Environmental Condition
.
(a) To each Borrowers knowledge, no Loan Partys nor any of
its Subsidiaries properties or assets has ever been used by a Loan Party, its Subsidiaries,
or by previous
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owners or operators in the disposal of, or to produce, store, handle, treat, release, or transport,
any Hazardous Materials, where such disposal, production, storage, handling, treatment, release or
transport was in violation, in any material respect, of any applicable Environmental Law, (b) to
each Borrowers knowledge, after due inquiry, no Loan Partys nor any of its Subsidiaries
properties or assets has ever been designated or identified in any manner pursuant to any
environmental protection statute as a Hazardous Materials disposal site, (c) no Loan Party nor any
of its Subsidiaries has received notice that a Lien arising under any Environmental Law has
attached to any revenues or to any Real Property owned or operated by a Loan Party or its
Subsidiaries, and (d) no Loan Party nor any of its Subsidiaries nor any of their respective
facilities or operations is subject to any outstanding written order, consent decree, or settlement
agreement with any Person relating to any Environmental Law or Environmental Liability that,
individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Change.
4.13
Intellectual Property
.
Each Loan Party and its Subsidiaries own, or hold
licenses in, all trademarks, trade names, copyrights, patents, and licenses that are necessary to the conduct
of its business as currently conducted, and attached hereto as
Schedule 4.13
(as updated each fiscal
quarter of Parent) is a true, correct, and complete listing of all trademarks, trade names, copyrights, patents, and
material licenses as to which Parent or one of its Subsidiaries is the owner or is an exclusive licensee;
provided
,
however
, that Administrative Borrower may amend
Schedule 4.13
to add additional intellectual
property so long as such amendment occurs by written notice to Agent at the time that Parent provides its Compliance
Certificate for each fiscal quarter pursuant to
Section 5.1
.
4.14
Leases
. Each Loan Party and its Subsidiaries enjoy peaceful and undisturbed
possession under all leases material to their business and to which they are parties or under which they
are operating, and, subject to Permitted Protests, all of such material leases are valid and subsisting and no
material default by the applicable Loan Party or its Subsidiaries exists under any of them.
4.15
Deposit Accounts and Securities Accounts
.
Set forth on
Schedule 4.15
(as updated
pursuant to the provisions of the Security Agreement from time to time) is a listing of all of
the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries Deposit Accounts and Securities Accounts, including, with respect to
each bank or securities intermediary (a) the name and address of such Person, and (b) the account numbers
of the Deposit Accounts or Securities Accounts maintained with such Person.
4.16
Complete Disclosure
.
All factual information taken as a whole (other than
forward-looking information and projections and information of a general economic nature and general
information about Borrowers industry) furnished by or on behalf of a Loan Party or its Subsidiaries in writing
to Agent or any Lender (including all information contained in the Schedules hereto or in the other Loan
Documents) for purposes of or in connection with this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, and all other
such factual information taken as a whole (other than forward-looking information and projections and
information of a general economic nature and general information about Borrowers industry) hereafter furnished
by or on behalf of a Loan Party or its Subsidiaries in writing to Agent or any Lender will be, true and
accurate, in all material respects, on the date as of which such information is dated or certified and not
incomplete by omitting to state any fact necessary to make such information (taken as a whole) not misleading in any
material respect at such time in light of the circumstances under which such information was provided. The
Projections delivered to Agent on September 1, 2009 represent, and as of the date on which any other
Projections are delivered to Agent, such additional Projections represent, Borrowers good faith estimate, on
the date such Projections are delivered, of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries future performance for
the periods covered thereby based upon assumptions believed by Borrowers to be reasonable at the time of
the delivery thereof to Agent (it being understood that such Projections are subject to uncertainties and
contingencies, many of which are beyond the control of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries, that no assurances
can be given that such Projections will be realized, and that actual results may differ in a material manner
from such Projections).
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4.17
Material Contracts
.
Set forth on
Schedule 4.17
(as such Schedule may be
updated from time to time in accordance herewith) is a reasonably detailed description of the Material
Contracts of each Loan Party and its Subsidiaries as of the most recent date on which Borrowers provided its
Compliance Certificate pursuant to
Section 5.1
;
provided
,
however
, that
Administrative Borrower may amend
Schedule
4.17 to add additional Material Contracts so long as such amendment occurs by written notice
to Agent on the date that Parent provides its Compliance Certificate. Except for matters which, either
individually or in the
aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change, each
Material Contract (other than those that have expired at the end of their normal terms or in accordance with the
termination provisions therein) (a) is in full force and effect and is binding upon and enforceable
against the applicable Loan Party or its Subsidiary and, to each Borrowers knowledge, after due inquiry, each other
Person that is a party thereto in accordance with its terms, (b) has not been otherwise amended or modified
(other than amendments or modifications permitted by
Section 6.7(b))
, and (c) is not in default
due to the action or inaction of the applicable Loan Party or its Non-CFC Subsidiary.
4.18
Patriot Act
. To the extent applicable, each Loan Party is in compliance, in all
material respects, with the (a) Trading with the Enemy Act, as amended, and each of the foreign assets
control regulations of the United States Treasury Department (31 CFR, Subtitle B, Chapter V, as
amended) and any other enabling legislation or executive order relating thereto, and (b) Uniting and
Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA Patriot Act of
2001) (the
Patriot Act
). No part of the proceeds of the loans made hereunder will be used by
any Loan Party or any of their Affiliates, directly or indirectly, for any payments to any governmental official or
employee, political party, official of a political party, candidate for political office, or anyone else acting in
an official capacity, in order to obtain, retain or direct business or obtain any improper advantage, in violation of
the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended.
4.19
Indebtedness
. Set forth on
Schedule 4.19
is a true and complete list of
all Indebtedness of each Loan Party and each of its Subsidiaries outstanding immediately prior to the Closing Date
that is to remain outstanding immediately after giving effect to the closing hereunder on the Closing
Date and such Schedule accurately sets forth the aggregate principal amount of such Indebtedness as of the
Closing Date.
4.20
Payment of Taxes
. Except as otherwise permitted under
Section 5.5
, all
tax returns and reports of each Loan Party and its Subsidiaries required to be filed by any of them have been
timely filed, and all taxes shown on such tax returns to be due and payable and all assessments, fees and other
governmental charges upon a Loan Party and its Subsidiaries and upon their respective assets, income,
businesses and franchises that are due and payable have been paid when due and payable. Each Loan Party and
each of its Subsidiaries have made adequate provision in accordance with GAAP for all taxes not yet due
and payable. No Borrower knows of any proposed tax assessment against a Loan Party or any of its
Subsidiaries that is not being actively contested by such Loan Party or such Subsidiary diligently, in good faith, and
by appropriate proceedings;
provided
such reserves or other appropriate provisions, if any, as shall
be required in conformity with GAAP shall have been made or provided therefor.
4.21
Margin Stock
. No Loan Party nor any of its Subsidiaries is engaged principally,
or as one of its important activities, in the business of extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or
carrying any Margin Stock. No part of the proceeds of the loans made to Borrowers will be used to purchase
or carry any such Margin Stock or to extend credit to others for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any
such Margin Stock or for any purpose that violates the provisions of Regulation T, U or X of the Board of
Governors of the United States Federal Reserve.
4.22
Governmental Regulation
.
No Loan Party nor any of its Subsidiaries is subject to
regulation under the Federal Power Act or the Investment Company Act of 1940 or under any
other federal or state statute or regulation which may limit its ability to incur Indebtedness or which may
otherwise render all or any portion of the Obligations unenforceable. No Loan Party nor any of its Subsidiaries is
a registered investment company or a company controlled by a registered investment company or a
principal
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underwriter of a registered investment company as such terms are defined in the Investment
Company Act of 1940.
4.23
OFAC
.
No Loan Party nor any of its Subsidiaries is in violation of any of the
country or list based economic and trade sanctions administered and enforced by OFAC. No Loan Party nor any
of its Subsidiaries (a) is a Sanctioned Person or a Sanctioned Entity, (b) has its assets located in
Sanctioned Entities, or (c) derives revenues from investments in, or transactions with Sanctioned Persons or
Sanctioned Entities. The proceeds of any Advance will not be used to fund any operations in, finance any
investments or activities in, or make any payments to, a Sanctioned Person or a Sanctioned Entity.
4.24
Employee and Labor Matters
.
There is (i) no unfair labor practice complaint
pending or, to the knowledge of Borrowers, threatened against Parent or its Subsidiaries before any
Governmental Authority and no grievance or arbitration proceeding pending or threatened against Parent or its
Subsidiaries which arises out of or under any collective bargaining agreement and that could reasonably be expected to
result in a material liability, (ii) no strike, labor dispute, slowdown, stoppage or similar action or
grievance pending or threatened in writing against Parent or its Subsidiaries that could reasonably be expected to
result in a material liability, or (iii) except as set forth on
Schedule 4.24
, to the knowledge of any
Borrower, after due inquiry, no union representation question existing with respect to the employees of Parent or its
Subsidiaries and no union organizing activity taking place with respect to any of the employees of Parent or its
Subsidiaries. None of Parent or its Subsidiaries has incurred any liability or obligation under the Worker
Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act or similar state law, which remains unpaid or unsatisfied. The hours worked
and payments made to employees of Parent or its Subsidiaries have not been in violation of the Fair Labor
Standards Act or any other applicable legal requirements, except to the extent such violations could not,
individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change. All material
payments due from Parent or its Subsidiaries on account of wages and employee health and welfare insurance and
other benefits have been paid or accrued as a liability on the books of Parent, except where the failure to
do so could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Change.
4.25
Eligible Accounts, Eligible Investment Grade Foreign Accounts and Eligible Credit
Insured Accounts
.
As to each Account that is identified by Administrative Borrower as
an Eligible Account,
an Eligible Investment Grade Account or an Eligible Credit Insured Account in a Borrowing Base
Certificate submitted to Agent, such Account is (a) a bona fide existing payment obligation of the
applicable Account Debtor created by the sale and delivery of Inventory or the rendition of services to such
Account Debtor in the ordinary course of Borrowers business, (b) owed to a Borrower without any known defenses,
disputes, offsets, counterclaims, or rights of return or cancellation, and (c) not excluded as ineligible by
virtue of one or more of the excluding criteria (other than Agent-discretionary criteria) set forth in the definition
of Eligible Accounts, Eligible Investment Grade Accounts or Eligible Credit Insured Accounts, as applicable.
4.26
Eligible Inventory
.
As to each item of Inventory that is identified by Administrative
Borrower as Eligible Inventory in a Borrowing Base Certificate submitted to Agent, such
Inventory is (a) of good and merchantable quality, free from known defects, and (b) not excluded as ineligible by
virtue of one or more of the excluding criteria (other than Agent-discretionary criteria) set forth in the
definition of Eligible Inventory.
4.27
Eligible Equipment
.
As to each item of Equipment that is identified by
Administrative Borrower as Eligible Equipment in a Borrowing Base Certificate submitted to Agent, such
Equipment is (a) of good and merchantable quality, free from known defects, and (b) not excluded as ineligible by
virtue of one or more of the excluding criteria (other than Agent-discretionary criteria) set forth in the
definition of Eligible Equipment.
4.28
Locations of Inventory and Equipment
.
The Inventory and Equipment (other than
vehicles or Equipment out for repair) of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries are not stored with a
bailee,
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warehouseman, or similar party and are located only at, or in-transit between or to, the locations
identified on
Schedule 4.28
(as such Schedule may be updated pursuant to
Section
5.15)
.
4.29
Inventory Records
.
Each Loan Party keeps correct and accurate records itemizing
and describing the type, quality, and quantity of its and its Subsidiaries Inventory and the book
value thereof.
4.30
The Indentures
.
Neither the execution or performance of the Loan Documents nor
the incurrence of any Obligations by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries violates any of the 2003
Indenture, the 2006 Indenture or the Subordinated Notes. The Revolver Commitments and Obligations constitute
Designated Senior Indebtedness under each Indenture. Agent may condition Borrowings, Letters of Credit
and other credit accommodations under the Loan Documents from time to time upon Agents receipt of
evidence that the Revolver Commitments and Obligations continue to constitute Designated Senior Indebtedness
at such time.
5. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS.
Each Borrower covenants and agrees that, until termination of all of the Revolver Commitments
and payment in full of the Obligations, the Loan Parties shall and shall cause each of their
Subsidiaries to comply with each of the following:
5.1
Financial Statements, Reports, Certificates
.
Deliver to Agent, with copies to each
Lender,
each of the financial statements, reports, and other items set forth on
Schedule 5.1
no later than the times specified therein. In addition, each Borrower agrees that no Subsidiary of a Loan Party will
have a fiscal year different from that of Parent. In addition, Parent agrees to maintain a system of accounting
that enables Parent to produce financial statements in accordance with GAAP. Each Loan Party shall also (a) keep
a reporting system that shows all additions, sales, claims, returns, and allowances with respect to its
and its Subsidiaries sales, and (b) maintain its billing systems/practices consistent with those disclosed by
Borrowers to Agent prior to the Closing Date and shall only make material modifications thereto with notice to,
and with the consent of, Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned).
5.2
Collateral Reporting
.
Provide Agent (and if so requested by Agent, with copies
for each Lender) with each of the reports set forth on
Schedule 5.2
at the times specified
therein. In addition, Borrowers agree to use commercially reasonable efforts in cooperation with
Agent to facilitate and implement a system of electronic collateral reporting in order to provide
electronic reporting of each of the items set forth on such Schedule.
5.3
Existence
.
Except as otherwise permitted under
Section 6.3
or
Section 6.4
, at all times maintain and preserve in full force and effect its existence (including being in good standing
in its jurisdiction of organization) and all rights and franchises, licenses and permits material to its business;
provided
,
however
, that no Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries shall be required to preserve any such right or
franchise, licenses or permits if such Persons board of directors (or similar governing body) shall determine
that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of such Person, and that the
loss thereof is not disadvantageous in any material respect to such Person or to the Lenders.
5.4
Maintenance of Properties
.
Maintain and preserve all of its assets that are
necessary or useful in the proper conduct of its business in good working order and condition, ordinary
wear, tear, and casualty excepted and Permitted Dispositions excepted, and comply with the material provisions
of all material leases to which it is a party as lessee, so as to prevent the loss or forfeiture thereof,
unless such provisions are the subject of a Permitted Protest.
5.5
Taxes
.
Cause all assessments and taxes imposed, levied, or assessed against any
Loan Party or its Subsidiaries, or any of their respective assets or in respect of any of its income,
businesses, or franchises to be paid in full, before delinquency or before the expiration of any extension period,
except to the extent that the validity of such assessment or tax shall be the subject of a Permitted Protest and so long
as, in the case of
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an assessment or tax that has or may become a Lien against any of the Collateral, such contest
proceedings conclusively operate to stay the sale of any portion of the Collateral to satisfy such
assessment or tax. Parent will and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to make timely payment or
deposit of all tax payments and withholding taxes required of it and them by applicable laws,
including those laws concerning F.I.C.A., F.U.T.A., state disability, and local, state, and
federal income taxes, and will, upon request, furnish Agent with proof reasonably satisfactory to
Agent indicating that Parent and its Subsidiaries have made such payments or deposits.
5.6
Insurance
.
At Borrowers expense, maintain insurance respecting each of the Loan
Parties and their Subsidiaries assets wherever located, covering loss or damage by fire, theft,
explosion, and all other
hazards and risks as ordinarily are insured against by other Persons engaged in the same or
similar businesses. Borrowers also shall maintain (with respect to each of the Loan Parties and their
Subsidiaries) business interruption, general liability, product liability insurance, directors and officers
liability insurance, fiduciary
liability insurance, and employment practices liability insurance, as well as insurance
against larceny, embezzlement, and criminal misappropriation. All such policies of insurance shall be with
responsible and reputable insurance companies acceptable to Agent and in such amounts as is carried generally
in accordance with sound business practice by companies in similar businesses similarly situated and located
and in any event in amount, adequacy and scope reasonably satisfactory to Agent. All property insurance
policies covering the Collateral are to be made payable to Agent for the benefit of Agent and the
Lenders, as their interests may appear, in case of loss, pursuant to a standard loss payable endorsement with a
standard non contributory lender or secured party clause and are to contain such other provisions as
Agent may reasonably require to fully protect the Lenders interest in the Collateral and to any
payments to be made under such policies. All certificates of property and general liability insurance are to be
delivered to Agent, with the loss payable (but only in respect of Collateral) and additional insured endorsements in favor
of Agent and shall provide for not less than 30 days (10 days in the case of non-payment) prior written notice to
Agent of the exercise of any right of cancellation. If any Borrower fails to maintain such insurance, Agent
may arrange for such insurance, but at Borrowers expense and without any responsibility on Agents part for
obtaining the insurance, the solvency of the insurance companies, the adequacy of the coverage, or the
collection of claims. Administrative Borrower shall give Agent prompt notice of any loss exceeding $500,000 covered
by its casualty or business interruption insurance. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance
of an Event of Default, Agent shall have the sole right to file claims under any property and casualty
insurance policies in respect of the Collateral, to receive, receipt and give acquittance for any payments that may
be payable thereunder, and to execute any and all endorsements, receipts, releases, assignments,
reassignments or other documents that may be necessary to effect the collection, compromise or settlement of any
claims under any such insurance policies.
5.7
Inspection
.
Permit Agent and each of its duly authorized representatives or
agents to visit any of its properties and inspect any of its assets or books and records, to conduct
appraisals and valuations, to
examine and make copies of its books and records, and to discuss its affairs, finances, and
accounts with, and to be advised as to the same by, its officers and employees at such reasonable times and
intervals as Agent may designate and, so long as no Default or Event of Default exists, with reasonable prior notice
to Administrative Borrower.
5.8
Compliance with Laws
.
Comply with the requirements of all applicable laws, rules,
regulations, and orders of any Governmental Authority (including, without limitation, all laws
restricting or governing the export of Inventory from the United States), other than laws, rules,
regulations, and orders the non-compliance with which, individually or in the aggregate, could
not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change.
5.9
Environmental
.
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(a) Keep any property either owned or operated by Parent or its Subsidiaries free of any
Environmental Liens or post bonds or other financial assurances sufficient to satisfy the
obligations or liability evidenced by such Environmental Liens,
(b) Comply, in all material respects, with Environmental Laws and provide to Agent
documentation of such compliance which Agent reasonably requests,
(c) Promptly notify Agent of any release of which any Borrower has knowledge of a Hazardous
Material in any reportable quantity from or onto property owned or operated by Parent or its
Subsidiaries and take any Remedial Actions required to abate said release or otherwise to come into
compliance, in all material respects, with applicable Environmental Law, and
(d) Promptly, but in any event within 5 Business Days of its receipt thereof, provide Agent
with written notice of any of the following: (i) notice that an Environmental Lien has been filed
against any of the real or personal property of Parent or its Subsidiaries, (ii) commencement of
any Environmental Action or written notice that an Environmental Action will be filed against
Parent or its Subsidiaries, and (iii) written notice of a violation, citation, or other
administrative order from a Governmental Authority, which could reasonably be expected to result in
a Material Adverse Change.
5.10
Disclosure Updates
.
Promptly and in no event later than 5 Business Days after
obtaining knowledge thereof, notify Agent if any written information, exhibit, or report furnished
to the Lender Group contained, at the time it was furnished, any untrue statement of a material
fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary to make the statements contained therein not
misleading in light of the circumstances in which made. The foregoing to the contrary
notwithstanding, any notification pursuant to the foregoing provision will not cure or remedy the
effect of the prior untrue statement of a material fact or omission of any material fact nor shall
any such notification have the effect of amending or modifying this Agreement or any of the
Schedules hereto.
5.11
Formation of Subsidiaries
.
At the time that any Loan Party forms any direct or
indirect Subsidiary or acquires any direct or indirect Subsidiary after the Closing Date, such Loan
Party shall (a) within 10 days of such formation or acquisition (or such later date as permitted by
Agent in its sole discretion) cause any such new Subsidiary to provide to Agent a joinder to the
Guaranty and the Security Agreement, together with such other security documents (including
mortgages with respect to any Real Property owned in fee of such new Subsidiary, as well as
appropriate financing statements (and with respect to all property subject to a mortgage, fixture
filings), all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent (including being sufficient to
grant Agent a first priority Lien (subject to Permitted Liens) in and to the assets of such newly
formed or acquired Subsidiary);
provided
that the Guaranty, the Security Agreement, and
such other security documents shall not be required to be provided to Agent with respect to any
Subsidiary of Parent that is a CFC if providing such documents would result in adverse tax
consequences or the costs to the Loan Parties of providing such Guaranty, executing any security
documents or perfecting the security interests created thereby are unreasonably excessive (as
determined by Agent in consultation with Administrative Borrower) in relation to the benefits of
Agent and the Lenders of the security or guarantee afforded thereby, (b) within 10 days of such
formation or acquisition (or such later date as permitted by Agent in its sole discretion) provide
to Agent a pledge agreement (or an addendum to the Security Agreement) and appropriate certificates
and powers or financing statements, pledging all of the direct or beneficial ownership interest in
such new Subsidiary reasonably satisfactory to Agent;
provided
that only 65% of the total
outstanding voting Stock of any first tier Subsidiary of Parent that is a CFC (and none of the
Stock of any Subsidiary of such CFC) shall be required to be pledged if pledging a greater amount
would result in adverse tax consequences or the costs to the Loan Parties of providing such pledge
or perfecting the security interests created thereby are unreasonably excessive (as determined by
Agent in consultation with Administrative Borrower) in relation to the benefits of Agent and the
Lenders of the security or guarantee afforded thereby (which pledge, if reasonably requested by
Agent, shall be governed by the laws of the jurisdiction of such Subsidiary), and (c) within 10
days of such formation or acquisition (or such later date as permitted by Agent in its sole
discretion) provide to Agent all other
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documentation, including one or more opinions of counsel reasonably satisfactory to Agent, which
in its opinion is appropriate with respect to the execution and delivery of the applicable
documentation referred to above (including policies of title insurance or other documentation with
respect to all Real Property owned in fee and subject to a mortgage). Any document, agreement, or
instrument executed or issued pursuant to this
Section 5.11
shall be a Loan Document.
5.12
Further Assurances
.
At any time upon the reasonable request of Agent, execute or
deliver to Agent any and all financing statements, fixture filings, security agreements, pledges,
assignments, endorsements of certificates of title, mortgages, deeds of trust, opinions of counsel,
and all other documents (collectively, the
Additional Documents
) that Agent may
reasonably request in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent, to create, perfect, and
continue perfected or to better perfect Agents Liens in all of the assets of Parent and its
Subsidiaries (whether now owned or hereafter arising or acquired, tangible or intangible, real or
personal), to create and perfect Liens in favor of Agent in any Real Property acquired by Parent or
its Subsidiaries after the Closing Date, and in order to fully consummate all of the transactions
contemplated hereby and under the other Loan Documents;
provided
that the foregoing shall
not apply to any Subsidiary of Parent that is a CFC if providing such documents would result in
adverse tax consequences or the costs to the Loan Parties of providing such documents are
unreasonably excessive (as determined by Agent in consultation with Administrative Borrower) in
relation to the benefits of Agent and the Lenders of the benefits afforded thereby. To the
maximum extent permitted by applicable law, each Borrower authorizes Agent to execute any such
Additional Documents in the applicable Loan Partys or its Subsidiarys name, as applicable, and
authorizes Agent to file such executed Additional Documents in any appropriate filing office. In
furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, each Loan Party shall take such actions as
Agent may reasonably request from time to time to ensure that the Obligations are guarantied by the
Guarantors and are secured by substantially all of the assets of Parent and its Subsidiaries and
all of the outstanding capital Stock of Parents Subsidiaries (subject to exceptions and
limitations contained in the Loan Documents with respect to CFCs).
5.13
Lender Meetings
.
Within 90 days after the close of each fiscal year of Parent, at
the request of Agent or of the Required Lenders and upon reasonable prior notice, hold a meeting
(at a mutually agreeable location and time or, at the option of Agent, by conference call) with all
Lenders who choose to attend such meeting at which meeting shall be reviewed the financial results
of the previous fiscal year and the financial condition of Parent and its Subsidiaries and the
projections presented for the current fiscal year of Parent.
5.14
Material Contracts
.
Contemporaneously with the delivery of each Compliance
Certificate pursuant to
Section 5.1
, provide Agent with copies of (a) each Material
Contract entered into since the delivery of the previous Compliance Certificate, and (b) each
material amendment or modification of any Material Contract entered into since the delivery of the
previous Compliance Certificate.
5.15
Location of Inventory and Equipment
.
Keep each Loan Parties and its
Subsidiaries Inventory and Equipment (other than vehicles and Equipment out for repair) only at
the locations identified on
Schedule 4.28
and their chief executive offices only at the
locations identified on
Schedule 4.6(b)
;
provided
,
however
, that
Administrative Borrower may amend
Schedule 4.28
or
Schedule 4.6(b)
so long as such
amendment occurs by written notice to Agent not less than 10 days prior to the date on which such
Inventory or Equipment is moved to such new location or such chief executive office is relocated
and so long as such new location is within the continental United States, and so long as, at the
time of such written notification, Administrative Borrower uses commercially reasonable efforts
to provide Agent a Collateral Access Agreement with respect thereto.
5.16
Assignable Material Contracts
.
Use commercially reasonable efforts to ensure
that any Material Contract entered into after the Closing Date by Parent or one of its Non-CFC
Subsidiaries that generates or, by its terms, will generate revenue, permits the assignment of such
agreement (and all rights of Parent or such Non-CFC Subsidiary, as applicable, thereunder) to
Parents or such Non-CFC Subsidiarys lenders or an agent for any lenders (and any transferees of
such lenders or such agent, as applicable).
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6. NEGATIVE COVENANTS.
Each Borrower covenants and agrees that, until termination of all of the Revolver Commitments
and payment in full of the Obligations, the Loan Parties will not and will not permit any of their
Subsidiaries to do any of the following:
6.1
Indebtedness
.
Create, incur, assume, suffer to exist, guarantee, or otherwise
become or remain, directly or indirectly, liable with respect to any Indebtedness, except for
Permitted Indebtedness.
6.2
Liens
.
Create, incur, assume, or suffer to exist, directly or indirectly, any
Lien on or with respect to any of its assets, of any kind, whether now owned or hereafter acquired,
or any income or profits therefrom, except for Permitted Liens.
6.3
Restrictions on Fundamental Changes
.
(a) Enter into any merger, consolidation, reorganization, or recapitalization, or reclassify
its Stock, except for (i) any merger between Loan Parties,
provided
that to the extent the
merger involves a Borrower, a Borrower must be the surviving entity of any such merger, (ii) any
merger between Loan Parties and Subsidiaries of Parent that are not Loan Parties so long as such
Loan Party is the surviving entity of any such merger, and (iii) any merger between Subsidiaries of
Parent that are not Loan Parties,
(b) Liquidate, wind up, or dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation or dissolution), except
for (i) the liquidation or dissolution of non-operating Subsidiaries of Parent with nominal assets
and nominal liabilities, (ii) the liquidation or dissolution of a Loan Party (other than any
Borrower) or any of its wholly-owned Subsidiaries so long as all of the assets (including any
interest in any Stock) of such liquidating or dissolving Loan Party or Subsidiary are transferred
to a Loan Party that is not liquidating or dissolving, or (iii) the liquidation or dissolution of a
Subsidiary of Parent that is not a Loan Party (other than any such Subsidiary the Stock of which
(or any portion thereof) is subject to a Lien in favor of Agent) so long as all of the assets of
such liquidating or dissolving Subsidiary are transferred to a Subsidiary of Parent that is not
liquidating or dissolving, or
(c) Suspend or go out of a substantial portion of its or their business, except as permitted
pursuant to clauses (a) or (b) above or in connection with the transactions permitted pursuant to
Section 6.4
.
6.4
Disposal of Assets
.
Other than Permitted Dispositions, Permitted
Investments, or transactions expressly permitted by
Sections 6.3
and
6.11
,
convey, sell, lease, license, assign, transfer, or otherwise dispose of (or enter into an agreement
to convey, sell, lease, license, assign, transfer, or otherwise dispose of) any of Parents or its
Subsidiaries assets.
6.5
Change Name
.
Change Parents or any of its Subsidiaries name,
organizational identification number, state of organization or organizational identity;
provided
,
however
, that Parent or any of its Subsidiaries may change their names
upon at least 10 days prior written notice to Agent of such change.
6.6
Nature of Business
.
Make any change in the nature of its or their business as
described in
Schedule 6.6
or acquire any properties or assets that are not reasonably
related to the conduct of such business activities;
provided
,
however
, that the
foregoing shall not prevent Parent and its Subsidiaries from engaging in any business that is
reasonably related or ancillary to its or their business.
6.7
Prepayments and Amendments
.
(a) Except in connection with Refinancing Indebtedness permitted by
Section 6.1
,
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(i) optionally prepay, redeem, defease, purchase, or otherwise acquire any Indebtedness
of Parent or its Subsidiaries, other than (A) the Obligations in accordance with this Agreement,
(B) Permitted Intercompany Advances and (C) Permitted Notes Redemptions,
(ii) make any payment on account of Indebtedness that has been contractually subordinated in
right of payment if such payment is not permitted at such time under the subordination terms and
conditions, or
(b) Directly or indirectly, amend, modify, or change any of the terms or provisions of
(i) any agreement, instrument, document, indenture, or other writing evidencing or concerning
Permitted Indebtedness other than (A) the Obligations in accordance with this Agreement, (B)
Permitted Intercompany Advances, and (C) Indebtedness permitted under
clauses (c), (f), (h)
and
(i)
of the definition of Permitted Indebtedness,
(ii) any Material Contract except to the extent that such amendment,
modification, or change could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to be
materially adverse to the interests of the Lenders, or
(iii) the Governing Documents of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries if the
effect thereof, either individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to be
materially adverse to the interests of the Lenders.
6.8
Change of Control
.
Cause, permit, or suffer, directly or indirectly, any Change
of Control.
6.9
Distributions
.
Make any distribution or declare or pay any dividends (in cash or
other property, other than common Stock) on, or purchase, acquire, redeem, or retire any of
Parents or any other Borrowers Stock, of any class, whether now or hereafter outstanding;
provided, however, that, so long as it is permitted by law:
(a) so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing
or would result therefrom, Parent may make distributions to former employees, officers, or
directors (or any spouses, ex-spouses, or estates of any of the foregoing) on account of
redemptions of Stock of Parent held by such Persons,
provided
,
however
, that the
aggregate amount of such distributions made by Parent to such Persons during any fiscal year of
Parent does not exceed $500,000 per year; and Parent may make distributions to former employees,
officers, or directors (or any spouses, ex-spouses, or estates of any of the foregoing), solely in
the form of forgiveness of Indebtedness of such Persons owing to Parent or a Borrower on account of
repurchases of the Stock of Parent or a Borrower held by such Persons;
provided
that such
Indebtedness was incurred by such Persons solely to acquire Stock of Parent or such Borrower; and
(b) Parents Subsidiaries may make distributions to Parent for the sole purpose of
allowing Parent to, and Parent shall use the proceeds thereof solely to (i) pay federal and state
income taxes and franchise taxes solely arising out of the consolidated operations of Parent and
its Subsidiaries, after taking into account all available credits and deductions (provided that
neither a Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries shall make any distribution to Parent in any amount
greater than the share of such taxes arising out of such Borrowers consolidated net income), and
(ii) so long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result
therefrom, pay other reasonable administrative and maintenance expenses arising solely out of the
consolidated operations (including maintenance of existence) of Parent and its Subsidiaries.
6.10
Accounting Methods
.
Modify or change its fiscal year or its method of accounting
(other than as may be required to conform to GAAP).
6.11
Investments; Controlled Investments
.
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(a) Except for Permitted Investments, directly or indirectly, make or acquire any Investment
or incur any liabilities (including contingent obligations) for or in connection with any
Investment.
(b) Other than (i) an aggregate amount of not more than $10,000 at any one time, in the case
of Parent and its Subsidiaries (other than those Subsidiaries that are CFCs), (ii) amounts
deposited into Deposit Accounts specially and exclusively used for payroll, payroll taxes and other
employee wage and benefit payments to or for Parents or its Subsidiaries employees, and (iii) in
the case of Subsidiaries of Parent that are CFCs, an aggregate amount of not more than: (A)
$10,000,000 in any five (5) consecutive day period, and (B) $25,000,000 at any one time (in each
case, calculated at current exchange rates); make, acquire, or permit to exist Permitted
Investments consisting of cash, Cash Equivalents, or amounts credited to Deposit Accounts or
Securities Accounts unless Parent or its Subsidiary, as applicable, and the applicable bank or
securities intermediary have entered into Control Agreements with Agent governing such
Permitted Investments in order to perfect (and further establish) Agents Liens in such Permitted
Investments. Except as provided in
Section 6.11(b)(i)
,
(ii)
, and (
iii
), Parent
shall not and shall not permit its Non-CFC Subsidiaries to establish or maintain any Deposit
Account or Securities Account unless Agent shall have received a Control Agreement in respect of
such Deposit Account or Securities Account.
6.12
Transactions with Affiliates
.
Directly or indirectly enter into or permit to
exist any transaction with any Affiliate of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries except for:
(a) transactions (other than the payment of management, consulting, monitoring, or advisory
fees) between Parent or its Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and any Affiliate of Parent or its
Subsidiaries, on the other hand, so long as such transactions (i) are fully disclosed to Agent
prior to the consummation thereof, if they involve one or more payments by Parent or its
Subsidiaries in excess of $500,000 for any single transaction or series of related transactions,
and (ii) are no less favorable, taken as a whole, to Parent or its Subsidiaries, as applicable,
than would be obtained in an arms length transaction with a non-Affiliate,
(b) so long as it has been approved by Parents or its applicable Subsidiarys board of
directors (or comparable governing body) in accordance with applicable law, any indemnity provided
for the benefit of directors (or comparable managers) of Parent or its applicable Subsidiary,
(c) so long as it has been approved by Parents or its applicable Subsidiarys board of
directors (or comparable governing body) in accordance with applicable law, the payment of
reasonable compensation, severance, or employee benefit arrangements to employees, officers, and
outside directors of Parent and its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business and consistent
with industry practice,
(d) transactions permitted by
Section 6.3
or
Section 6.9
, or any Permitted
Intercompany Advance, and
(e) purchases of Inventory by the Loan Parties from Non-Loan Parties in the ordinary course of
business so long as such transactions are no less favorable, taken as a whole, to the Loan Parties
than would be obtained in an arms length transaction with a non-Affiliate.
6.13
Use of Proceeds
.
Use the proceeds of the Advances for any purpose other than
(a) on the Closing Date, (i) to repay, in full, the outstanding principal, accrued interest, and
accrued fees and expenses owing under or in connection with the Existing Credit Facility, and (ii)
to pay transactional fees, costs, and expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement, the
other Loan Documents, and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, and (b) thereafter,
consistent with the terms and conditions hereof, for its lawful and permitted purposes.
6.14
Consignments
.
Consign any of its or their Inventory or sell any of its or their
Inventory on bill and hold, sale or return, sale on approval, or other conditional terms of sale;
provided
,
however
, that Parent
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and its Subsidiaries may consign their Inventory with customers so long as the aggregate value
of all such Inventory (valued at the higher of cost or market) consigned at any one time does
not exceed $25,000,000.
6.15
Inventory and Equipment with Bailees
.
Store the Inventory or Equipment of any
Loan Party at any time now or hereafter with a bailee, warehouseman, or similar party, other
than Inventory with an aggregate book value of less than $100,000 at any one time.
7. FINANCIAL COVENANTS.
Each Borrower covenants and agrees that, until termination of all of the Revolver
Commitments and payment in full of the Obligations, Borrowers will comply with each of the
following financial covenants:
(a)
Excess Liquidity.
Have Excess Liquidity
plus
Qualified Cash in an aggregate amount of
least [****] at all times.
(b)
Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio.
Have a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, measured at the end of
each fiscal quarter of Parent on a trailing 4 fiscal quarter basis, of at least the required
amount set forth in the following table for the applicable period set forth opposite thereto:
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Applicable Ratio
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Applicable Period
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[****]
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For the 4 fiscal quarter period ending November 1, 2009
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[****]
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For the 4 fiscal quarter period ending January 31, 2010
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[****]
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For the 4 fiscal quarter period ending April 30, 2010,
and for the 4 fiscal quarter period ending at the end of
each fiscal quarter thereafter
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(c)
Capital Expenditures.
Make Capital Expenditures in any fiscal year in an amount
less than or equal to, but not greater than, the amount set forth in the following table for the
applicable period:
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Fiscal year ending on or about April 30, 2010
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$
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26,500,000
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Fiscal year ending on or about April 30, 2011
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$
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28,750,000
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Fiscal year ending on or about April 30, 2012 and each fiscal
year ending thereafter
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$
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30,000,000
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8. EVENTS OF DEFAULT.
Any one or more of the following events shall constitute an event of default (each, an
Event of Default
) under this Agreement:
8.1
If Borrowers fail to pay when due and payable, or when declared due and payable,
(a) all or any portion of the Obligations consisting of interest, fees, or charges due the Lender
Group, reimbursement of
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Lender Group Expenses, or other amounts (other than any portion thereof constituting principal)
constituting Obligations (including any portion thereof that accrues after the commencement of an
Insolvency Proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in whole or in part as a claim
in any such Insolvency Proceeding), and such failure continues for a period of 3 Business Days, or
(b) all or any portion of the principal of the Obligations;
8.2
If any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries:
(a) fails to perform or observe any covenant or other agreement contained in any of (i)
Sections 5.1
,
5.2
,
5.3
(solely if a Borrower is not in good standing in its
jurisdiction of organization),
5.6
,
5.7
(solely if a Borrower refuses to allow Agent or its
representatives or agents to visit such Borrowers properties, inspect its assets or books or
records, examine and make copies of its books and records, or discuss such Borrowers affairs,
finances, and accounts with officers and employees of such Borrower),
5.10
,
5.11
,
5.13
, or
5.14
of this Agreement, (ii) Sections
6.1
through
6.15
of this
Agreement, (iii) Section 7 of this Agreement, or (iv) Section 6 of the Security Agreement;
(b) fails to perform or observe any covenant or other agreement contained in any of
Sections 5.3
(other than if a Borrower is not in good standing in its jurisdiction of
organization),
5.4
,
5.5
,
5.8
,
5.12
, and
5.15
of this Agreement and such
failure continues for a period of 10 days after the earlier of (i) the date on which such failure
shall first become known to any officer of any Borrower or (ii) the date on which written notice
thereof is given to Administrative Borrower by Agent; or
(c) fails to perform or observe any covenant or other agreement contained in this Agreement,
or in any of the other Loan Documents, in each case, other than any such covenant or agreement that
is the subject of another provision of this
Section 8
(in which event such other provision
of this
Section 8
shall govern), and such failure continues for a period of 30 days after
the earlier of (i) the date on which such failure shall first become known to any officer of any
Borrower or (ii) the date on which written notice thereof is given to Administrative Borrower by
Agent;
8.3
If one or more judgments, orders, or awards for the payment of money involving an
aggregate amount of $500,000, or more (except to the extent fully covered (other than to the extent
of customary deductibles) by insurance pursuant to which the insurer has not denied coverage) is
entered or filed against a Loan Party or any of its Non-CFC Subsidiaries, or with respect to any of
their respective assets, and either (a) there is a period of 30 consecutive days at any time after
the entry of any such judgment, order, or award during which (1) the same is not discharged,
satisfied, vacated, or bonded pending appeal, or (2) a stay of enforcement thereof is not in
effect, or (b) enforcement proceedings are commenced upon such judgment, order, or award;
8.4
If an Insolvency Proceeding is commenced by a Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries;
8.5
If an Insolvency Proceeding is commenced against a Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries
and any of the following events occur: (a) such Loan Party or such Subsidiary consents to the
institution of such Insolvency Proceeding against it, (b) the petition commencing the Insolvency
Proceeding is not timely controverted, (c) the petition commencing the Insolvency Proceeding is not
dismissed within 60 calendar days of the date of the filing thereof, (d) an interim trustee is
appointed to take possession of all or any substantial portion of the properties or assets of, or
to operate all or any substantial portion of the business of, such Loan Party or its Subsidiary, or
(e) an order for relief shall have been issued or entered therein;
8.6
If a Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries is enjoined, restrained, or in any way
prevented by court order from continuing to conduct all or any material part of the business
affairs of Parent and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;
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8.7
If there is a default in one or more agreements to which a Loan Party or any of its
Subsidiaries is a party with one or more third Persons relative to a Loan Partys or any of its
Subsidiaries Indebtedness involving: (a) an aggregate amount of $2,500,000 or more, and such
default results in a right by such third Person, irrespective of whether exercised, to accelerate
the maturity of such Loan Partys or its Subsidiarys obligations thereunder, or (b) an aggregate
amount of $500,000 or more, and such default (i) occurs at the final maturity of the obligations
thereunder, (ii) results in the actual acceleration by such Person or Persons of the maturity of
such Loan Partys obligations thereunder, or (iii) is not cured or waived within thirty (30) days
of its occurrence;
8.8
If any warranty, representation, certificate, statement, or Record made herein or in any
other Loan Document or delivered in writing to Agent or any Lender in connection with this
Agreement or any other Loan Document proves to be untrue in any material respect (except that such
materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any representations and warranties that already
are qualified or modified by materiality in the text thereof) as of the date of issuance or making
or deemed making thereof;
8.9
If the obligation of any Guarantor under the Guaranty is limited or terminated by
operation of law or by such Guarantor (other than in accordance with the terms of this Agreement or
the Guaranty);
8.10
If the Security Agreement or any other Loan Document that purports to create a Lien,
shall, for any reason, fail or cease to create a valid and perfected and, except to the extent
permitted by the terms hereof or thereof, first priority Lien on the Collateral covered thereby,
except as a result of a disposition of the applicable Collateral in a transaction permitted under
this Agreement; or
8.11
The validity or enforceability of any Loan Document shall at any time for any reason
(other than solely as the result of an action or failure to act on the part of Agent or the
Lenders) be declared to be null and void by a court of competent jurisdiction, or a proceeding
shall be commenced by a Loan Party or its Subsidiaries, or by any Governmental Authority having
jurisdiction over a Loan Party or its Subsidiaries, seeking to establish the invalidity or
unenforceability thereof, or a Loan Party or its Subsidiaries shall deny that such Loan Party or
its Subsidiaries has any liability or obligation purported to be created under any Loan Document.
8.12
If a fundamental change, as described in
Exhibit P-l
, or as otherwise defined
in any documents evidencing the Permitted Convertible Note Debt, occurs.
9. RIGHTS AND REMEDIES.
9.1
Rights and Remedies
.
Upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event
of Default, Agent may, and, at the instruction of the Required Lenders, shall, in each case by
written notice to Administrative Borrower and in addition to any other rights or remedies provided
for hereunder or under any other Loan Document or by applicable law, do any one or more of the
following on behalf of the Lender Group:
(a) declare the Obligations, whether evidenced by this Agreement or by any of the other Loan
Documents immediately due and payable, whereupon the same shall become and be immediately due and
payable, without presentment, demand, protest, or further notice or other requirements of any kind,
all of which are hereby expressly waived by each Borrower; and
(b) declare the Revolver Commitments terminated, whereupon the Revolver Commitments shall
immediately be terminated together with any obligation of any Lender hereunder to
make Advances and the obligation of the Issuing Lender to issue Letters of Credit.
The foregoing to the contrary notwithstanding, upon the occurrence of any Event of Default
described in
Section 8.4
or
Section 8.5
, in addition to the remedies set forth
above, without any notice to any Borrower or
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any other Person or any act by the Lender Group, the Revolver Commitments shall automatically
terminate and the Obligations then outstanding, together with all accrued and unpaid interest
thereon and all fees and all other amounts due under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents,
shall automatically and immediately become due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest,
or notice of any kind, all of which are expressly waived by each Borrower.
9.2
Remedies Cumulative
.
The rights and remedies of the Lender Group under this
Agreement, the other Loan Documents, and all other agreements shall be cumulative. The Lender
Group shall have all other rights and remedies not inconsistent herewith as provided under the
Code, by law, or in equity. No exercise by the Lender Group of one right or remedy shall be deemed
an election, and no waiver by the Lender Group of any Event of Default shall be deemed a
continuing waiver. No delay by the Lender Group shall constitute a waiver, election, or
acquiescence by it.
10. WAIVERS; INDEMNIFICATION.
10.1
Demand; Protest; etc
. Each Borrower waives demand, protest, notice of protest,
notice of default or dishonor, notice of payment and nonpayment, nonpayment at maturity, release,
compromise, settlement, extension, or renewal of documents, instruments, chattel paper, and
guarantees at any time held by the Lender Group on which any Borrower may in any way be liable.
10.2
The Lender Groups Liability for Collateral
.
Each Borrower hereby agrees that:
(a) so long as Agent complies with its obligations, if any, under the Code, the Lender Group shall
not in any way or manner be liable or responsible for: (i) the safekeeping of the Collateral, (ii)
any loss or damage thereto occurring or arising in any manner or fashion from any cause, (iii) any
diminution in the value thereof, or (iv) any act or default of any carrier, warehouseman, bailee,
forwarding agency, or other Person, and (b) all risk of loss, damage, or destruction of the
Collateral shall be borne by Borrowers.
10.3
Indemnification
.
Each Borrower shall pay, indemnify, defend, and hold the
Agent-Related Persons, the Lender-Related Persons, and each Participant (each, an
Indemnified
Person
) harmless (to the fullest extent permitted by law) from and against any and all claims,
demands, suits, actions, investigations, proceedings, liabilities, fines, costs, penalties, and
damages, and all reasonable fees and disbursements of attorneys, experts, or consultants and all
other costs and expenses actually incurred in connection therewith or in connection with the
enforcement of this indemnification (as and when they are incurred and irrespective of whether suit
is brought), at any time asserted against, imposed upon, or incurred by any of them (a) in
connection with or as a result of or related to the execution and delivery (provided that Borrowers
shall not be liable for costs and expenses (including attorneys fees) of any Lender (other than
WFF) incurred in advising, structuring, drafting, reviewing, administering or syndicating
the Loan Documents), enforcement, performance, or administration (including any
restructuring or workout with respect hereto) of this Agreement, any of the other Loan Documents,
or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or the monitoring of Parents and its
Subsidiaries compliance with the terms of the Loan Documents
(provided
,
however
,
that the indemnification in this clause (a) shall not extend to (i) disputes solely between or
among the Lenders or (ii) disputes solely between or among the Lenders and their respective
Affiliates; it being understood and agreed that the indemnification in this clause (a) shall extend
to disputes between or among Agent on the one hand, and one or more Lenders, or one or more of
their Affiliates, on the other hand), (b) with respect to any investigation, litigation, or
proceeding related to this Agreement, any other Loan Document, or the use of the proceeds of the
credit provided hereunder (irrespective of whether any Indemnified Person is a party thereto), or
any act, omission, event, or circumstance in any manner related thereto, and (c) in connection with
or arising out of any presence or release of Hazardous Materials at, on, under, to or from any
assets or properties owned, leased or operated by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or any
Environmental Actions, Environmental Liabilities or Remedial Actions related in any way to any such
assets or properties of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries (each and all of the foregoing, the
Indemnified Liabilities
). The foregoing to the contrary notwithstanding, no Borrower
shall have any obligation to any Indemnified Person under this
Section 10.3
with respect to
any Indemnified Liability to the extent that a court of competent jurisdiction finally determines
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to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnified Person or its
officers, directors, employees, attorneys, or agents. This provision shall survive the termination
of this Agreement and the repayment of the Obligations. If any Indemnified Person makes any
payment to any other Indemnified Person with respect to an Indemnified Liability as to which
Borrowers were required to indemnify the Indemnified Person receiving such payment, the
Indemnified Person making such payment is entitled to be indemnified and reimbursed by Borrowers
with respect thereto.
WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE FOREGOING INDEMNITY SHALL APPLY TO EACH INDEMNIFIED
PERSON WITH RESPECT TO INDEMNIFIED LIABILITIES WHICH IN WHOLE OR IN PART ARE CAUSED BY OR ARISE
OUT OF ANY NEGLIGENT ACT OR OMISSION OF SUCH INDEMNIFIED PERSON OR OF ANY OTHER PERSON.
11. NOTICES.
Unless otherwise provided in this Agreement, all notices or demands relating to this Agreement
or any other Loan Document shall be in writing and (except for financial statements and other
informational documents which may be sent by first-class mail, postage prepaid) shall be personally
delivered or sent by registered or certified mail (postage prepaid, return receipt requested),
overnight courier, electronic mail (at such email addresses as a party may designate in accordance
herewith), or telefacsimile. In the case of notices or demands to Borrowers in care of
Administrative Borrower or Agent, as the case may be, they shall be sent to the respective address
set forth below:
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FINISAR CORPORATION
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Borrower:
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1389 Moffett Park Drive
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Sunnyvale, CA 94089
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Attn: Stephen Workman, CFO
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Fax No. (408) 541-6138
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with copies to:
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DLA PIPER LLP
(US)
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2000 University Avenue
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East Palo Alto, CA 94303
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Attn: Dennis Sullivan, Esq.
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Fax No.: (650) 687-1200
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If to Agent:
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WELLS FARGO FOOTHILL, LLC
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2450 Colorado Avenue
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Suite 3000 West
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Santa Monica, California 90404
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Attn: Business Finance Division Manager
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Fax No.: (310) 453-7413
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with copies to:
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DEWEY
&
LEBOEUF LLP
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333 South Grand Ave.
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Los Angeles, CA 90071
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Attn: Marshall Stoddard, Esq.
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Any party hereto may change the address at which they are to receive notices hereunder, by
notice in writing in the foregoing manner given to the other party. All notices or demands sent in
accordance with this
Section 11
, shall be deemed received on the earlier of the date of
actual receipt or 3 Business Days after the deposit thereof in the mail;
provided
, that
(a) notices sent by overnight courier service shall be deemed to have been given when received,
(b) notices by facsimile shall be deemed to have been given when
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sent (except that, if not given during normal business hours for the recipient, shall be deemed to
have been given at the opening of business on the next Business Day for the recipient) and (c)
notices by electronic mail shall be deemed received upon the senders receipt of an acknowledgment
from the intended recipient (such as by the return receipt requested function, as available,
return email or other written acknowledgment).
12. CHOICE OF LAW AND VENUE; JURY TRIAL WAIVER; JUDICIAL REFERENCE.
(a)
THE VALIDITY OF THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS (UNLESS
EXPRESSLY PROVIDED TO THE CONTRARY IN ANOTHER LOAN DOCUMENT IN RESPECT OF SUCH OTHER LOAN
DOCUMENT), THE CONSTRUCTION, INTERPRETATION, AND ENFORCEMENT HEREOF AND THEREOF, AND THE RIGHTS OF
THE PARTIES HERETO AND THERETO WITH RESPECT TO ALL MATTERS ARISING HEREUNDER OR THEREUNDER
OR RELATED HERETO OR THERETO SHALL BE DETERMINED UNDER, GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
(b)
THE PARTIES AGREE THAT ALL ACTIONS OR PROCEEDINGS ARISING IN CONNECTION WITH
THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS SHALL BE TRIED AND LITIGATED ONLY IN THE STATE AND, TO
THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, FEDERAL COURTS LOCATED IN THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE
OF CALIFORNIA;
PROVIDED
,
HOWEVER
, THAT ANY SUIT SEEKING ENFORCEMENT AGAINST ANY COLLATERAL
OR OTHER PROPERTY MAY BE BROUGHT, AT AGENTS OPTION, IN THE COURTS OF ANY JURISDICTION WHERE AGENT ELECTS TO BRING SUCH ACTION OR WHERE SUCH COLLATERAL OR
OTHER PROPERTY MAY BE FOUND. EACH BORROWER AND EACH MEMBER OF THE LENDER GROUP WAIVE, TO THE EXTENT
PERMITTED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT EACH MAY HAVE TO ASSERT THE DOCTRINE OF
FORUM NON CONVENIENS
OR TO OBJECT TO VENUE TO THE EXTENT ANY PROCEEDING IS BROUGHT IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THIS
SECTION 12(b)
.
(c)
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, EACH BORROWER AND EACH MEMBER OF THE
LENDER GROUP HEREBY WAIVE THEIR RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION
BASED UPON OR ARISING OUT OF ANY OF THE LOAN DOCUMENTS OR ANY OF THE TRANSACTIONS
CONTEMPLATED THEREIN, INCLUDING CONTRACT CLAIMS, TORT CLAIMS, BREACH OF DUTY CLAIMS, AND
ALL OTHER COMMON LAW OR STATUTORY CLAIMS. EACH BORROWER AND EACH MEMBER OF THE LENDER GROUP
REPRESENT THAT EACH HAS REVIEWED THIS WAIVER AND EACH KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY WAIVES ITS JURY
TRIAL RIGHTS FOLLOWING CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL. IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, A COPY OF THIS
AGREEMENT MAY BE FILED AS A WRITTEN CONSENT TO A TRIAL BY THE COURT.
(d)
IF ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING IS FILED IN A COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA BY OR AGAINST
ANY PARTY HERETO IN CONNECTION WITH ANY OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY
DOCUMENT RELATED HERETO AND EACH PARTY HERETO OR THERETO DOES NOT SUBSEQUENTLY WAIVE IN AN
EFFECTIVE MANNER UNDER CALIFORNIA LAW ITS RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY, (a) THE COURT SHALL, AND
IS HEREBY DIRECTED TO, MAKE A GENERAL REFERENCE PURSUANT TO CALIFORNIA CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE
SECTION 638 TO A REFEREE OR REFEREES TO HEAR AND DETERMINE ALL OF THE ISSUES IN SUCH ACTION OR
PROCEEDING (WHETHER OF FACT OR OF LAW) AND TO REPORT A STATEMENT OF DECISION, PROVIDED THAT
ANY SUCH ISSUES PERTAINING TO A PROVISIONAL REMEDY AS DEFINED IN CALIFORNIA CODE OF CIVIL
PROCEDURE SECTION 1281.8 SHALL BE HEARD AND DETERMINED BY THE COURT, AND (b) BORROWERS SHALL BE
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SOLELY RESPONSIBLE TO PAY ALL FEES AND EXPENSES OF ANY REFEREE APPOINTED IN SUCH ACTION OR
PROCEEDING.
13. ASSIGNMENTS AND PARTICIPATIONS; SUCCESSORS.
13.1
Assignments and Participations
.
(a) With the prior written consent of Agent, which consent of Agent shall not be unreasonably
withheld, delayed or conditioned, and shall not be required in connection with an assignment to a
Person that is a Lender or an Affiliate (other than individuals) of a Lender, any Lender may assign
and delegate to one or more assignees (each, an
Assignee
;
provided
,
however
, that
no Loan Party or Affiliate of a Loan Party shall be permitted to become an Assignee) all or any
portion of the Obligations, the Revolver Commitments and the other rights and obligations of such
Lender hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, in a minimum amount (unless waived by Agent)
of $5,000,000 (except such minimum amount shall not apply to (x) an assignment or delegation by any
Lender to any other Lender or an Affiliate of any Lender or (y) a group of new Lenders, each of
which is an Affiliate of each other or a Related Fund of such new Lender to the extent that the
aggregate amount to be assigned to all such new Lenders is at least $5,000,000);
provided
,
however
, that Borrowers and Agent may continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender
in connection with the interest so assigned to an Assignee until (i) written notice of such
assignment, together with payment instructions, addresses, and related information with respect to
the Assignee, have been given to Administrative Borrower and Agent by such Lender and the Assignee,
(ii) such Lender and its Assignee have delivered to Administrative Borrower and Agent an Assignment
and Acceptance and Agent has notified the assigning Lender of its receipt thereof in accordance
with
Section 13.1(b)
, and (iii) unless waived by Agent, the assigning Lender or Assignee
has paid to Agent for Agents separate account a processing fee in the amount of $3,500.
(b) From and after the date that Agent notifies the assigning Lender (with a copy to
Administrative Borrower) that it has received an executed Assignment and Acceptance and, if
applicable, payment of the required processing fee, (i) the Assignee thereunder shall be a party
hereto and, to the extent that rights and obligations hereunder have been assigned to it pursuant
to such Assignment and Acceptance, shall have the rights and obligations of a Lender under the Loan
Documents, and (ii) the assigning Lender shall, to the extent that rights and obligations hereunder
and under the other Loan Documents have been assigned by it pursuant to such Assignment and
Acceptance, relinquish its rights (except with respect to
Section 10.3
) and be released
from any future obligations under this Agreement (and in the case of an Assignment and Acceptance
covering all or the remaining portion of an assigning Lenders rights and obligations under this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto and thereto);
provided
,
however
, that nothing contained herein shall release any assigning Lender
from obligations that survive the termination of this Agreement, including such assigning Lenders
obligations under
Section 15
and
Section 17.9(a)
.
(c) By executing and delivering an Assignment and Acceptance, the assigning Lender thereunder
and the Assignee thereunder confirm to and agree with each other and the other parties hereto as
follows: (i) other than as provided in such Assignment and Acceptance, such assigning Lender makes
no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to any statements,
warranties or representations made in or in connection with this Agreement or the
execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of this
Agreement or any other Loan Document furnished pursuant hereto, (ii) such assigning Lender makes no
representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to the financial condition of
any Borrower or the performance or observance by any Borrower of any of its obligations under this
Agreement or any other Loan Document furnished pursuant hereto, (iii) such Assignee confirms that
it has received a copy of this Agreement, together with such other documents and information as it
has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into such Assignment
and Acceptance, (iv) such Assignee will, independently and without reliance upon Agent, such
assigning Lender or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it shall deem
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appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action
under this Agreement, (v) such Assignee appoints and authorizes Agent to take such actions and to
exercise such powers under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as are delegated to Agent,
by the terms hereof and thereof, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto,
and (vi) such Assignee agrees that it will perform all of the obligations which by the terms of
this Agreement are required to be performed by it as a Lender.
(d) Immediately upon Agents receipt of the required processing fee, if applicable, and
delivery of notice to the assigning Lender pursuant to
Section 13.1(b)
, this Agreement
shall be deemed to be amended to the extent, but only to the extent, necessary to reflect the
addition of the Assignee and the resulting adjustment of the Revolver Commitments arising
therefrom. The Revolver Commitment allocated to each Assignee shall reduce such Revolver
Commitments of the assigning Lender
pro tanto.
(e) Any Lender may at any time sell to one or more commercial banks, financial institutions,
or other Persons (a
Participant
) participating interests in all or any portion of its
Obligations, its Revolver Commitment, and the other rights and interests of that Lender (the
Originating Lender
) hereunder and under the other Loan Documents;
provided
,
however
, that (i) the Originating Lender shall remain a Lender for all purposes of this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents and the Participant receiving the participating interest in
the Obligations, the Revolver Commitments, and the other rights and interests of the Originating
Lender hereunder shall not constitute a Lender hereunder or under the other Loan Documents and
the Originating Lenders obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) the
Originating Lender shall remain solely responsible for the performance of such obligations, (iii)
Borrowers, Agent, and the Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with the Originating
Lender in connection with the Originating Lenders rights and obligations under this Agreement and
the other Loan Documents, (iv) no Lender shall transfer or grant any participating interest under
which the Participant has the right to approve any amendment to, or any consent or waiver with
respect to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document, except to the extent such amendment to, or
consent or waiver with respect to this Agreement or of any other Loan Document would (A) extend the
final maturity date of the Obligations hereunder in which such Participant is participating, (B)
reduce the interest rate applicable to the Obligations hereunder in which such Participant is
participating, (C) release all or substantially all of the Collateral or guaranties (except to the
extent expressly provided herein or in any of the Loan Documents) supporting the Obligations
hereunder in which such Participant is participating, (D) postpone the payment of, or reduce the
amount of, the interest or fees payable to such Participant through such Lender (other than a
waiver of default interest), or (E) change the amount or due dates of scheduled principal
repayments or prepayments or premiums, and (v) all amounts payable by Borrowers hereunder shall be
determined as if such Lender had not sold such participation, except that, if amounts outstanding
under this Agreement are due and unpaid, or shall have been declared or shall have become due and
payable upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, each Participant shall be deemed to have the
right of set off in respect of its participating interest in amounts owing under this Agreement to
the same extent as if the amount of its participating interest were owing directly to it as a
Lender under this Agreement. The rights of any Participant only shall be derivative through the
Originating Lender with whom such Participant participates and no Participant shall have any rights
under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or any direct rights as to the other Lenders,
Agent, Borrowers, the Collections of Parent or its Subsidiaries, the Collateral, or otherwise in
respect of the Obligations. No Participant shall have the right to participate directly in the
making of decisions by the Lenders among themselves.
(f) In connection with any such assignment or participation or proposed assignment or
participation or any grant of a security interest in, or pledge of, its rights under and interest
in this Agreement, a Lender may, subject to the provisions of
Section 17.9
, disclose all
documents and information which it now or hereafter may have relating to Parent and its
Subsidiaries and their respective businesses.
(g) Any other provision in this Agreement notwithstanding, any Lender may at any time create a
security interest in, or pledge, all or any portion of its rights under and interest in this
Agreement in favor of any Federal Reserve Bank in accordance with Regulation A of the Federal
Reserve Bank or U.S.
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Treasury Regulation 31 CFR §203.24, and such Federal Reserve Bank may enforce such pledge or
security interest in any manner permitted under applicable law.
13.2
Successors
.
This Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of the respective
successors and assigns of each of the parties;
provided
,
however
, that Borrowers
may not assign this Agreement or any rights or duties hereunder without the Lenders prior written
consent and any prohibited assignment shall be absolutely void
ab initio.
No consent to assignment
by the Lenders shall release any Borrower from its Obligations. A Lender may assign this Agreement
and the other Loan Documents and its rights and duties hereunder and thereunder pursuant to
Section 13.1
and, except as expressly required pursuant to
Section 13.1
, no
consent or approval by any Borrower is required in connection with any such assignment.
14. AMENDMENTS; WAIVERS.
14.1
Amendments and Waivers
.
(a) No amendment, waiver or other modification of any provision of this Agreement or any
other Loan Document (other than Bank Product Agreements or the Fee Letter), and no consent with
respect to any departure by any Borrower therefrom, shall be effective unless the same shall be in
writing and signed by the Required Lenders (or by Agent at the written request of the Required
Lenders) and the Loan Parties that are party thereto and then any such waiver or consent shall be
effective, but only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given;
provided
,
however
, that no such waiver, amendment, or consent shall, unless in
writing and signed by all of the Lenders directly affected thereby and the Loan Parties that are
party thereto, do any of the following:
(i) increase the amount of or extend the expiration date of the Revolver Commitment of
any Lender,
(ii) postpone or delay any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan
Document for any payment of principal, interest, fees, or other amounts due hereunder or under any
other Loan Document,
(iii) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest on, any loan or other extension
of credit hereunder, or reduce any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan
Document (except (y) in connection with the waiver of applicability of
Section 2.6(c)
(which waiver shall be effective with the written consent of the Required Lenders), and (z) that
any amendment or modification of defined terms used in the financial covenants in this Agreement
shall not constitute a reduction in the rate of interest or a reduction of fees for purposes of
this clause (iii)),
(iv) amend or modify this Section or any provision of this Agreement providing for consent
or other action by all Lenders,
(v) other than as permitted by
Section 15.11
, release Agents Lien in and to any
of the Collateral,
(vi) change the definition of Required Lenders or Pro Rata
Share,
(vii) contractually subordinate any of Agents Liens,
(viii) other than in connection with a merger, liquidation, dissolution or sale of
such Person expressly permitted by the terms hereof or the other Loan Documents, release any
Borrower or any Guarantor from any obligation for the payment of money or consent to the
assignment or transfer by any Borrower or any Guarantor of any of its rights or duties under this
Agreement or the other Loan Documents,
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(ix) amend any of the provisions of
Section 2.4(b)(i)
or (
ii
) or
Section 2.4(e)
or (
f
),
(x) amend
Section 13.1(a)
to permit a Loan Party or an Affiliate of a Loan Party
to be permitted to become an Assignee, or
(xi) change the definition of Borrowing Base or any of the defined terms
(including the definitions of Eligible Accounts, Eligible Investment Grade Account, Eligible
Credit Insured Account, Eligible Equipment and Eligible Inventory) that are used in such
definition to the extent that any such change results in more credit being made available to
Borrowers based upon the Borrowing Base, but not otherwise, or the definitions of Maximum Revolver
Amount,
(b) No amendment, waiver, modification, or consent shall amend, modify, or waive (i) the
definition of, or any of the terms or provisions of, the Fee Letter, without the written consent of
Agent and Borrowers (and shall not require the written consent of any of the Lenders), and (ii) any
provision of Section 15 pertaining to Agent, or any other rights or duties of Agent under this
Agreement or the other Loan Documents, without the written consent of Agent, Borrowers, and the
Required Lenders,
(c) No amendment, waiver, modification, or consent shall amend, modify, or waive any provision
of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents pertaining to Issuing Lender, or any other rights or
duties of Issuing Lender under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, without the written
consent of Issuing Lender, Agent, Borrowers, and the Required Lenders,
(d) No amendment, waiver, modification, or consent shall amend, modify, or waive any provision
of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents pertaining to Swing Lender, or any other rights or
duties of Swing Lender under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, without the written
consent of Swing Lender, Agent, Borrowers, and the Required Lenders, and
(e) Anything in this
Section 14.1
to the contrary notwithstanding, any amendment,
modification, waiver, consent, termination, or release of, or with respect to, any provision of
this Agreement or any other Loan Document that relates only to the relationship of the Lender Group
among themselves, and that does not affect the rights or obligations of any Loan Party, shall not
require consent by or the agreement of any Loan Party.
14.2
Replacement of Certain Lenders
.
(a) If (i) any action to be taken by the Lender Group or Agent hereunder requires the
unanimous consent, authorization, or agreement of any Lender directly adversely affected thereby
and if such action has received the consent, authorization, or agreement of the Required Lenders
but not such greater number of the Lenders as may be required by
Section 14.1
or (ii) any
Lender makes a claim for compensation under
Section 16
, then Borrowers or Agent, upon at
least 5 Business Days prior irrevocable notice, may permanently replace any Lender (a
Holdout
Lender
) that failed to give its consent, authorization, or agreement or made a claim for
compensation (a
Tax Lender
) with one or more Replacement Lenders, and the Holdout Lender
or Tax Lender, as applicable, shall have no right to refuse to be replaced hereunder. Such notice
to replace the Holdout Lender or Tax Lender, as applicable, shall specify an effective date for
such replacement, which date shall not be later than 15 Business Days after the date such notice is
given.
(b) Prior to the effective date of such replacement, the Holdout Lender and each Replacement
Lender shall execute and deliver an Assignment and Acceptance, subject only to the Holdout Lender
being repaid its share of the outstanding Obligations (including an assumption of its Pro Rata
Share of the Letters of Credit) without any premium or penalty of any kind whatsoever. If the
Holdout Lender shall refuse or fail to execute and deliver any such Assignment and Acceptance prior
to the effective date of such replacement, the Holdout Lender shall be deemed to have executed and
delivered such Assignment and
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Acceptance. The replacement of any Holdout Lender shall be made in accordance with the terms of
Section 13.1
. Until such time as the Replacement Lenders shall have acquired all of the
Obligations, the Revolver Commitments, and the other rights and obligations of the Holdout Lender
hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, the Holdout Lender shall remain obligated to make the
Holdout Lenders Pro Rata Share of Advances and to purchase a participation in each Letter of
Credit, in an amount equal to its Pro Rata Share of such Letters of Credit.
14.3
No Waivers; Cumulative Remedies
.
No failure by Agent or any Lender to exercise
any right, remedy, or option under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or delay by Agent or
any Lender in exercising the same, will operate as a waiver thereof. No waiver by Agent or any
Lender will be effective unless it is in writing, and then only to the extent specifically stated.
No waiver by Agent or any Lender on any occasion shall affect or diminish Agents and each
Lenders rights thereafter to require strict performance by each Borrower of any provision of this
Agreement. Agents and each Lenders rights under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents will
be cumulative and not exclusive of any other right or remedy that Agent or any Lender may have.
15. AGENT; THE LENDER GROUP.
15.1
Appointment and Authorization of Agent
.
Each Lender hereby designates and
appoints WFF as its agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and each Lender hereby
irrevocably authorizes Agent to execute and deliver each of the other Loan Documents on its behalf
and to take such other action on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and each other
Loan Document and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to
Agent by the terms of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, together with such powers as are
reasonably incidental thereto. Agent agrees to act as agent for and on behalf of the Lenders (and
the Bank Product Providers) on the conditions contained in this
Section 15.
Any provision
to the contrary contained elsewhere in this Agreement or in any other Loan Document
notwithstanding, Agent shall not have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set
forth herein or in the other Loan Documents, nor shall Agent have or be deemed to have any
fiduciary relationship with any Lender (or Bank Product Provider), and no implied covenants,
functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement
or any other Loan Document or otherwise exist against Agent. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, the use of the term agent in this Agreement or the other Loan Documents with reference
to Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising
under agency doctrine of any applicable law. Instead, such term is used merely as a matter of
market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only a representative relationship between
independent contracting parties. Each Lender hereby further authorizes (and by its acceptance of
the benefits of the Loan Documents, each Bank Product Provider shall be deemed to authorize) Agent
to act as the secured party under each of the Loan Documents that create a Lien on any item of
Collateral. Except as expressly otherwise provided in this Agreement, Agent shall have and may use
its sole discretion with respect to exercising or refraining from exercising any discretionary
rights or taking or refraining from taking any actions that Agent expressly is entitled to take or
assert under or pursuant to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, or of any other provision of the Loan Documents that provides rights
or powers to Agent, Lenders agree that Agent shall have the right to exercise the following powers
as long as this Agreement remains in effect: (a) maintain, in accordance with its customary
business practices, ledgers and records reflecting the status of the Obligations, the Collateral,
the Collections of Parent and its Non-CFC Subsidiaries, and related matters, (b) execute or file
any and all financing or similar statements or notices, amendments, renewals, supplements,
documents, instruments, proofs of claim, notices and other written agreements with respect to the
Loan Documents, (c) make Advances, for itself or on behalf of Lenders, as provided in the Loan
Documents, (d) exclusively receive, apply, and distribute the Collections of Parent and its
Subsidiaries as provided in the Loan Documents, (e) open and maintain such bank accounts and cash
management arrangements as Agent deems necessary and appropriate in accordance with the Loan
Documents for the foregoing purposes with respect to the Collateral and the Collections of Parent
and its Non-CFC Subsidiaries, (f) perform, exercise, and enforce any and all other rights and
remedies of the Lender Group with respect to Parent or its Non-CFC Subsidiaries, the Obligations,
the Collateral, the Collections of Parent
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and its Non-CFC Subsidiaries, or otherwise related to any of same as provided in the Loan
Documents, and (g) incur and pay such Lender Group Expenses as Agent may deem necessary or
appropriate for the performance and fulfillment of its functions and powers pursuant to the Loan
Documents.
15.2
Delegation of Duties
.
Agent may execute any of its duties under this Agreement or
any other Loan Document by or through agents, employees or attorneys in fact and shall be entitled
to advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to such duties. Agent shall not be
responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any agent or attorney in fact that it selects as
long as such selection was made without gross negligence or willful misconduct.
15.3
Liability of Agent
.
None of the Agent-Related Persons shall (a) be liable for
any action taken or omitted to be taken by any of them under or in connection with this Agreement
or any other Loan Document or the transactions contemplated hereby (except for its own gross
negligence or willful misconduct), or (b) be responsible in any manner to any of the Lenders (or
Bank Product Providers) for any recital, statement, representation or warranty made by Parent or
any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, or any officer or director thereof, contained in this
Agreement or in any other Loan Document, or in any certificate, report, statement or other document
referred to or provided for in, or received by Agent under or in connection with, this Agreement or
any other Loan Document, or the validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency
of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or for any failure of Parent or its Subsidiaries or
any other party to any Loan Document to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder. No
Agent-Related Person shall be under any obligation to any Lenders (or Bank Product Providers) to
ascertain or to inquire as to the observance or performance of any of the agreements contained in,
or conditions of, this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or to inspect the books and records or
properties of Parent or its Subsidiaries.
15.4
Reliance by Agent
.
Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected
in relying, upon any writing, resolution, notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, letter,
telegram, telefacsimile or other electronic method of transmission, telex or telephone message,
statement or other document or conversation believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have
been signed, sent, or made by the proper Person or Persons, and upon advice and statements of legal
counsel (including counsel to Borrowers or counsel to any Lender), independent accountants and
other experts selected by Agent. Agent shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any
action under this Agreement or any other Loan Document unless Agent shall first receive such advice
or concurrence of the Lenders as it deems appropriate and until such instructions are received,
Agent shall act, or refrain from acting, as it deems advisable. If Agent so requests, it shall
first be indemnified to its reasonable satisfaction by the Lenders (and, if it so elects, the Bank
Product Providers) against any and all liability and expense that may be incurred by it by reason
of taking or continuing to take any such action. Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in
acting, or in refraining from acting, under this Agreement or any other Loan Document in accordance
with a request or consent of the requisite Lenders and such request and any action taken or failure
to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all of the Lenders (and Bank Product Providers).
15.5
Notice of Default or Event of Default
.
Agent shall not be deemed to have
knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, except with respect to
defaults in the payment of principal, interest, fees, and expenses required to be paid to Agent for
the account of the Lenders and, except with respect to Events of Default of which Agent has actual
knowledge, unless Agent shall have received written notice from a Lender or Administrative Borrower
referring to this Agreement, describing such Default or Event of Default, and stating that such
notice is a notice of default. Agent promptly will notify the Lenders of its receipt of any
such notice or of any Event of Default of which Agent has actual knowledge. If any Lender obtains
actual knowledge of any Event of Default, such Lender promptly shall notify the other Lenders and
Agent of such Event of Default. Each Lender shall be solely responsible for giving any notices to
its Participants, if any. Subject to
Section 15.4
, Agent shall take such action with
respect to such Default or Event of Default as may be requested by the Required Lenders in
accordance with
Section 9
;
provided
,
however
, that unless and until Agent
has received any such request, Agent may (but shall not be obligated to)
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take such action, or refrain from taking such action, with respect to such Default or Event of
Default as it shall deem advisable.
15.6
Credit Decision
.
Each Lender (and Bank Product Provider) acknowledges that none
of the Agent-Related Persons has made any representation or warranty to it, and that no act by
Agent hereinafter taken, including any review of the affairs of Parent and its Subsidiaries or
Affiliates, shall be deemed to constitute any representation or warranty by any Agent-Related
Person to any Lender (or Bank Product Provider). Each Lender represents (and by its acceptance of
the benefits of the Loan Documents, each Bank Product Provider shall be deemed to represent) to
Agent that it has, independently and without reliance upon any Agent-Related Person and based on
such due diligence, documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own appraisal
of and investigation into the business, prospects, operations, property, financial and other
condition and creditworthiness of Borrowers or any other Person party to a Loan Document, and all
applicable bank regulatory laws relating to the transactions contemplated hereby, and made its own
decision to enter into this Agreement and to extend credit to Borrowers. Each Lender also
represents (and by its acceptance of the benefits of the Loan Documents, each Bank Product Provider
shall be deemed to represent) that it will, independently and without reliance upon any
Agent-Related Person and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at
the time, continue to make its own credit analysis, appraisals and decisions in taking or not
taking action under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and to make such investigations as
it deems necessary to inform itself as to the business, prospects, operations, property, financial
and other condition and creditworthiness of Borrowers or any other Person party to a Loan Document.
Except for notices, reports, and other documents expressly herein required to be furnished to the
Lenders by Agent, Agent shall not have any duty or responsibility to provide any Lender (or Bank
Product Provider) with any credit or other information concerning the business, prospects,
operations, property, financial and other condition or creditworthiness of Borrowers or any other
Person party to a Loan Document that may come into the possession of any of the Agent-Related
Persons. Each Lender acknowledges (and by its acceptance of the benefits of the Loan Documents,
each Bank Product Provider shall be deemed to acknowledge) that Agent does not have any duty or
responsibility, either initially or on a continuing basis (except to the extent, if any, that is
expressly specified herein) to provide such Lender (or Bank Product Provider) with any credit or
other information with respect to any Borrower, its Affiliates or any of their respective business,
legal, financial or other affairs, and irrespective of whether such information came into Agents
or its Affiliates or representatives possession before or after the date on which such Lender
became a party to this Agreement (or such Bank Product Provider entered into a Bank Product
Agreement).
15.7
Costs and Expenses; Indemnification
.
Agent may incur and pay Lender Group
Expenses to the extent Agent reasonably deems necessary or appropriate for the performance and
fulfillment of its functions, powers, and obligations pursuant to the Loan Documents, including
court costs, attorneys fees and expenses, fees and expenses of financial accountants, advisors,
consultants, and appraisers, costs of collection by outside collection agencies, auctioneer fees
and expenses, and costs of security guards or insurance premiums paid to maintain the Collateral,
whether or not Borrowers are obligated to reimburse Agent or Lenders for such expenses pursuant to
this Agreement or otherwise. Agent is authorized and directed to deduct and retain sufficient
amounts from the Collections of Parent and its Subsidiaries received by Agent to reimburse Agent
for such out-of-pocket costs and expenses prior to the distribution of any amounts to Lenders (or
Bank Product Providers). In the event Agent is not reimbursed for such costs and expenses by Parent
or its Subsidiaries, each Lender hereby agrees that it is and shall be obligated to pay to Agent
such Lenders Pro Rata Share thereof. Whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby are
consummated, the Lenders shall indemnify upon demand the Agent-Related Persons (to the extent not
reimbursed by or on behalf of Borrowers and without limiting the obligation of Borrowers to do so),
according to their Pro Rata Shares, from and against any and all Indemnified Liabilities;
provided
,
however
, that no Lender shall be liable for the payment to any
Agent-Related Person of any portion of such Indemnified Liabilities resulting solely from such
Persons gross negligence or willful misconduct nor shall any Lender be liable for the obligations
of any Defaulting Lender in failing to make an Advance or other extension of credit hereunder.
Without limitation of the foregoing, each Lender shall reimburse Agent upon demand for such
Lenders Pro Rata Share of any costs or out of pocket expenses (including attorneys, accountants,
advisors, and consultants fees and expenses) incurred
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by Agent in connection with the preparation, execution, delivery, administration, modification,
amendment, or enforcement (whether through negotiations, legal proceedings or otherwise) of, or
legal advice in respect of rights or responsibilities under, this Agreement, any other Loan
Document, or any document contemplated by or referred to herein, to the extent that Agent is not
reimbursed for such expenses by or on behalf of Borrowers. The undertaking in this Section shall
survive the payment of all Obligations hereunder and the resignation or replacement of Agent.
15.8
Agent in Individual Capacity
.
WFF and its Affiliates may make loans to, issue
letters of credit for the account of, accept deposits from, provide Bank Products to, acquire
equity interests in, and generally engage in any kind of banking, trust, financial advisory,
underwriting, or other business with Parent and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates and any other
Person party to any Loan Document as though WFF were not Agent hereunder, and, in each case,
without notice to or consent of the other members of the Lender Group. The other members of the
Lender Group acknowledge (and by its acceptance of the benefits of the Loan Documents, each Bank
Product Provider shall be deemed to acknowledge) that, pursuant to such activities, WFF or its
Affiliates may receive information regarding Parent or its Affiliates or any other Person party to
any Loan Documents that is subject to confidentiality obligations in favor of Parent or such other
Person and that prohibit the disclosure of such information to the Lenders (or Bank Product
Providers), and the Lenders acknowledge (and by its acceptance of the benefits of the Loan
Documents, each Bank Product Provider shall be deemed to acknowledge) that, in such circumstances
(and in the absence of a waiver of such confidentiality obligations, which waiver Agent will use
its reasonable best efforts to obtain), Agent shall not be under any obligation to provide such
information to them. The terms Lender and Lenders include WFF in its individual capacity.
15.9
Successor Agent
.
Agent may resign as Agent upon 30 days prior written notice to
the Lenders (unless such notice is waived by the Required Lenders) and Administrative Borrower
(unless such notice is waived by Administrative Borrower) and without any notice to the Bank
Product Providers. If Agent resigns under this Agreement, the Required Lenders shall be entitled,
with (so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing) the consent of Administrative
Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed, or conditioned), appoint a
successor Agent for the Lenders (and the Bank Product Providers). If, at the time that Agents
resignation is effective, it is acting as the Issuing Lender or the Swing Lender, such resignation
shall also operate to effectuate its resignation as the Issuing Lender or the Swing Lender, as
applicable, and it shall automatically be relieved of any further obligation to issue Letters of
Credit, to cause the Underlying Issuer to issue Letters of Credit, or to make Swing Loans. If no
successor Agent is appointed prior to the effective date of the resignation of Agent, Agent may
appoint, after consulting with the Lenders and Administrative Borrower, a successor Agent. If
Agent has materially breached or failed to perform any material provision of this Agreement or of
applicable law, the Required Lenders may agree in writing to remove and replace Agent with a
successor Agent from among the Lenders with (so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing) the consent of Administrative Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld,
delayed, or conditioned). In any such event, upon the acceptance of its appointment as successor
Agent hereunder, such successor Agent shall succeed to all the rights, powers, and duties of the
retiring Agent and the term Agent shall mean such successor Agent and the retiring Agents
appointment, powers, and duties as Agent shall be terminated. After any retiring Agents
resignation hereunder as Agent, the provisions of this
Section 15
shall inure to its
benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was Agent under this
Agreement. If no successor Agent has accepted appointment as Agent by the date which is 30 days
following a retiring Agents notice of resignation, the retiring Agents resignation shall
nevertheless thereupon become effective and the Lenders shall perform all of the duties of Agent
hereunder until such time, if any, as the Lenders appoint a successor Agent as provided for above.
15.10
Lender in Individual Capacity
.
Any Lender and its respective Affiliates may
make loans to, issue letters of credit for the account of, accept deposits from, provide Bank
Products to, acquire equity interests in and generally engage in any kind of banking, trust,
financial advisory, underwriting, or other business with Parent and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates
and any other Person party to any Loan Documents as though such Lender were not a Lender hereunder
without notice to or consent of the other members of the
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Lender Group (or the Bank Product Providers). The other members of the Lender Group acknowledge
(and by its acceptance of the benefits of the Loan Documents, each Bank Product Provider shall be
deemed to acknowledge) that, pursuant to such activities, such Lender and its respective
Affiliates may receive information regarding Parent or its Affiliates or any other Person party to
any Loan Documents that is subject to confidentiality obligations in favor of Parent or such other
Person and that prohibit the disclosure of such information to the Lenders, and the Lenders
acknowledge (and by its acceptance of the benefits of the Loan Documents, each Bank Product
Provider shall be deemed to acknowledge) that, in such circumstances (and in the absence of a
waiver of such confidentiality obligations, which waiver such Lender will use its reasonable best
efforts to obtain), such Lender shall not be under any obligation to provide such information to
them.
15.11
Collateral Matters
.
(a) The Lenders hereby irrevocably authorize (and by its acceptance of the benefits of the
Loan Documents, each Bank Product Provider shall be deemed to authorize) Agent to release any Lien
on any Collateral (i) upon the termination of the Revolver Commitments and payment and satisfaction
in full by Borrowers of all Obligations, (ii) constituting property being sold or disposed of if a
release is required or desirable in connection therewith and if Administrative Borrower certifies
to Agent that the sale or disposition is permitted under
Section 6.4
(and Agent may rely
conclusively on any such certificate, without further inquiry), (iii) constituting property in
which Parent or its Subsidiaries owned no interest at the time Agents Lien was granted nor at any
time thereafter, or (iv) constituting property leased to Parent or its Subsidiaries under a lease
that has expired or is terminated in a transaction permitted under this Agreement. The Lenders
hereby irrevocably authorize (and by its acceptance of the benefits of the Loan Documents, each
Bank Product Provider shall be deemed to authorize) Agent, based upon the instruction of the
Required Lenders, to credit bid and purchase (either directly or through one or more acquisition
vehicles) all or any portion of the Collateral at any sale thereof conducted by Agent under the
provisions of the Code, including pursuant to Sections 9-610 or 9-620 of the Code, at any sale
thereof conducted under the provisions of the Bankruptcy Code, including Section 363 of the
Bankruptcy Code, or at any sale or foreclosure conducted by Agent (whether by judicial action or
otherwise) in accordance with applicable law. Except as provided above, Agent will not execute and
deliver a release of any Lien on any Collateral without the prior written authorization of (y) if
the release is of all or substantially all of the Collateral, all of the Lenders (without requiring
the authorization of the Bank Product Providers), or (z) otherwise, the Required Lenders (without
requiring the authorization of the Bank Product Providers). Upon request by Agent or Administrative
Borrower at any time, the Lenders will (and is so requested, the Bank Product Providers will)
confirm in writing Agents authority to release any such Liens on particular types or items of
Collateral pursuant to this
Section 15.11
;
provided
,
however
, that (1)
Agent shall not be required to execute any document necessary to evidence such release on terms
that, in Agents opinion, would expose Agent to liability or create any obligation or entail any
consequence other than the release of such Lien without recourse, representation, or warranty, and
(2) such release shall not in any manner discharge, affect, or impair the Obligations or any Liens
(other than those expressly being released) upon (or obligations of Borrowers in respect of) all
interests retained by Borrowers, including, the proceeds of any sale, all of which shall continue
to constitute part of the Collateral. The Lenders further hereby irrevocably authorize (and by
its acceptance of the benefits of the Loan Documents, each Bank Product Provider shall be deemed to
authorize) Agent, at its option and in its sole discretion, to subordinate any Lien granted to or
held by Agent under any Loan Document to the holder of any Permitted Lien on such property if such
Permitted Lien secures Permitted Purchase Money Indebtedness.
(b) Agent shall have no obligation whatsoever to any of the Lenders (or the Bank Product
Providers) to assure that the Collateral exists or is owned by Parent or its Subsidiaries or is
cared for, protected, or insured or has been encumbered, or that Agents Liens have been properly
or sufficiently or lawfully created, perfected, protected, or enforced or are entitled to any
particular priority, or to exercise at all or in any particular manner or under any duty of care,
disclosure or fidelity, or to continue exercising, any of the rights, authorities and powers
granted or available to Agent pursuant to any of the Loan Documents, it being understood and agreed
that in respect of the Collateral, or any act, omission, or event related thereto, subject to the
terms and conditions contained herein, Agent may act in any manner it may deem appropriate, in
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its sole discretion given Agents own interest in the Collateral in its capacity as one of the
Lenders and that Agent shall have no other duty or liability whatsoever to any Lender (or Bank
Product Provider) as to any of the foregoing, except as otherwise provided herein.
15.12
Restrictions on Actions by Lenders; Sharing of Payments
.
(a) Each of the Lenders agrees that it shall not, without the express written consent of
Agent, and that it shall, to the extent it is lawfully entitled to do so, upon the written request
of Agent, set off against the Obligations, any amounts owing by such Lender to Parent or its
Non-CFC Subsidiaries or any deposit accounts of Parent or its Non-CFC Subsidiaries now or hereafter
maintained with such Lender. Each of the Lenders further agrees that it shall not, unless
specifically requested to do so in writing by Agent, take or cause to be taken any action,
including, the commencement of any legal or equitable proceedings to enforce any Loan Document
against any Borrower or any Guarantor or to foreclose any Lien on, or otherwise enforce any
security interest in, any of the Collateral.
(b) If, at any time or times any Lender shall receive (i) by payment, foreclosure, setoff, or
otherwise, any proceeds of Collateral or any payments with respect to the Obligations, except for
any such proceeds or payments received by such Lender from Agent pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement, or (ii) payments from Agent in excess of such Lenders Pro Rata Share of all such
distributions by Agent, such Lender promptly shall (A) turn the same over to Agent, in kind, and
with such endorsements as may be required to negotiate the same to Agent, or in immediately
available funds, as applicable, for the account of all of the Lenders and for application to the
Obligations in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Agreement, or (B) purchase,
without recourse or warranty, an undivided interest and participation in the Obligations owed to
the other Lenders so that such excess payment received shall be applied ratably as among the
Lenders in accordance with their Pro Rata Shares;
provided
,
however
, that to the
extent that such excess payment received by the purchasing party is thereafter recovered from it,
those purchases of participations shall be rescinded in whole or in part, as applicable, and the
applicable portion of the purchase price paid therefor shall be returned to such purchasing party,
but without interest except to the extent that such purchasing party is required to pay interest in
connection with the recovery of the excess payment.
15.13
Agency for Perfection
.
Agent hereby appoints each other Lender (and each Bank
Product Provider) as its agent (and each Lender hereby accepts (and by its acceptance of the
benefits of the Loan Documents, each Bank Product Provider shall be deemed to accept) such
appointment) for the purpose of perfecting Agents Liens in assets which, in accordance with
Article 8 or Article 9, as applicable, of the Code can be perfected by possession or control.
Should any Lender obtain possession or control of any such Collateral, such Lender shall notify
Agent thereof, and, promptly upon Agents request therefor shall deliver possession or control of
such Collateral to Agent or in accordance with Agents instructions.
15.14
Payments by Agent to the Lenders
.
All payments to be made by Agent to the
Lenders (or Bank Product Providers) shall be made by bank wire transfer of immediately available
funds pursuant to such wire transfer instructions as each party may designate for itself by written
notice to Agent. Concurrently with each such payment, Agent shall identify whether such payment (or
any portion thereof) represents principal, premium, fees, or interest of the Obligations.
15.15
Concerning the Collateral and Related Loan Documents
.
Each member of the
Lender Group authorizes and directs Agent to enter into this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents. Each member of the Lender Group agrees (and by its acceptance of the benefits of the
Loan Documents, each Bank Product Provider shall be deemed to agree) that any action taken by Agent
in accordance with the terms of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents relating to the
Collateral and the exercise by Agent of its powers set forth therein or herein, together with such
other powers that are reasonably incidental thereto, shall be binding upon all of the Lenders (and
such Bank Product Provider).
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15.16
Audits and Examination Reports: Confidentiality; Disclaimers by Lenders; Other
Reports and Information
.
By becoming a party to this Agreement, each Lender:
(a) is deemed to have requested that Agent furnish such Lender, promptly after it becomes
available, a copy of each field audit or examination report respecting Parent or its Subsidiaries
(each a
Report
and collectively,
Reports
) prepared by or at the request of
Agent, and Agent shall so furnish each Lender with such Reports,
(b) expressly agrees and acknowledges that Agent does not (i) make any representation or
warranty as to the accuracy of any Report, and (ii) shall not be liable for any information
contained in any Report,
(c) expressly agrees and acknowledges that the Reports are not comprehensive audits or
examinations, that Agent or other party performing any audit or examination will inspect only
specific information regarding Parent and its Subsidiaries and will rely significantly upon
Parents and its Subsidiaries books and records, as well as on representations of Borrowers
personnel,
(d) agrees to keep all Reports and other material, non-public information regarding Parent and
its Subsidiaries and their operations, assets, and existing and contemplated business plans in a
confidential manner in accordance with
Section 17.9
, and
(e) without limiting the generality of any other indemnification provision contained in this
Agreement, agrees: (i) to hold Agent and any other Lender preparing a Report harmless from any
action the indemnifying Lender may take or fail to take or any conclusion the indemnifying Lender
may reach or draw from any Report in connection with any loans or other credit accommodations that
the indemnifying Lender has made or may make to Borrowers, or the indemnifying Lenders
participation in, or the indemnifying Lenders purchase of, a loan or loans of Borrowers, and (ii)
to pay and protect, and indemnify, defend and hold Agent, and any such other Lender preparing a
Report harmless from and against, the claims, actions, proceedings, damages, costs, expenses, and
other amounts (including, attorneys fees and costs) incurred by Agent and any such other Lender
preparing a Report as the direct or indirect result of any third parties who might obtain all or
part of any Report through the indemnifying Lender.
In addition to the foregoing: (x) any Lender may from time to time request of Agent in writing that
Agent provide to such Lender a copy of any report or document provided by Parent or its
Subsidiaries to Agent that has not been contemporaneously provided by Parent or such Subsidiary to
such Lender, and, upon receipt of such request, Agent promptly shall provide a copy of same to such
Lender, (y) to the extent that Agent is entitled, under any provision of the Loan Documents, to
request additional reports or information from Parent or its Subsidiaries, any Lender may, from
time to time, reasonably request Agent to exercise such right as specified in such Lenders notice
to Agent, whereupon Agent promptly shall request of Administrative Borrower the additional reports
or information reasonably specified by such Lender, and, upon receipt thereof from Administrative
Borrower, Agent promptly shall provide a copy of same to such Lender, and (z) any time that Agent
renders to Administrative Borrower a statement regarding the Loan Account, Agent shall send a copy
of such statement to each Lender.
15.17
Several Obligations; No Liability
.
Notwithstanding that certain of the Loan
Documents now or hereafter may have been or will be executed only by or in favor of Agent in its
capacity as such, and not by or in favor of the Lenders, any and all obligations on the part of
Agent (if any) to make any credit available hereunder shall constitute the several (and not joint)
obligations of the respective Lenders on a ratable basis, according to their respective Revolver
Commitments, to make an amount of such credit not to exceed, in principal amount, at any one
time outstanding, the amount of their respective Revolver Commitments. Nothing contained herein
shall confer upon any Lender any interest in, or subject any Lender to any liability for, or in
respect of, the business, assets, profits, losses, or liabilities of any other Lender. Each Lender
shall be solely responsible for notifying its Participants of any matters relating to the Loan
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to the extent any such notice may be required, and no Lender shall have any obligation, duty, or
liability to any Participant of any other Lender. Except as provided in
Section 15.7
, no
member of the Lender Group shall have any liability for the acts of any other member of the Lender
Group. No Lender shall be responsible to any Borrower or any other Person for any failure by any
other Lender (or Bank Product Provider) to fulfill its obligations to make credit available
hereunder, nor to advance for such Lender (or Bank Product Provider) or on its behalf, nor to take
any other action on behalf of such Lender (or Bank Product Provider) hereunder or in connection
with the financing contemplated herein.
16.
WITHHOLDING TAXES
.
(a) All payments made by any Borrower hereunder or under any note or other Loan Document will
be made without setoff, counterclaim, or other defense. In addition, all such payments will be made
free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for, any present or future Taxes, and in
the event any deduction or withholding of Taxes is required, each Borrower shall comply with the
next sentence of this
Section 16(a)
. If any Taxes are so levied or imposed, each Borrower
agrees to pay the full amount of such Taxes and such additional amounts as may be necessary so that
every payment of all amounts due under this Agreement, any note, or Loan Document, including any
amount paid pursuant to this
Section 16(a)
after withholding or deduction for or on account
of any Taxes, will not be less than the amount provided for herein; provided, however, that no
Borrower shall be required to increase any such amounts if the increase in such amount payable
results from Agents or such Lenders own willful misconduct or gross negligence (as finally
determined by a court of competent jurisdiction). Each Borrower will furnish to Agent as promptly
as possible after the date the payment of any Tax is due pursuant to applicable law, certified
copies of tax receipts evidencing such payment by any Borrower.
(b) Each Borrower agrees to pay any present or future stamp, value added or documentary taxes
or any other excise or property taxes, charges, or similar levies that arise from any payment made
hereunder or from the execution, delivery, performance, recordation, or filing of, or otherwise
with respect to this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
(c) If a Lender or Participant is entitled to claim an exemption or reduction from United
States withholding tax, such Lender or Participant agrees with and in favor of Agent, to deliver to
Agent (or, in the case of a Participant, to the Lender granting the participation only) one of the
following before receiving its first payment under this Agreement:
(i) if such Lender or Participant is entitled to claim an exemption from United
States withholding tax pursuant to the portfolio interest exception, (A) a statement of the Lender
or Participant, signed under penalty of perjury, that it is not a (I) a bank as described in
Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the IRC, (II) a 10% shareholder of any Borrower (within the meaning of
Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the IRC), or (III) a controlled foreign corporation related to any
Borrower within the meaning of Section 864(d)(4) of the IRC, and (B) a properly completed and
executed IRS Form W-8BEN or Form W-8IMY (with proper attachments);
(ii) if such Lender or Participant is entitled to claim an exemption from, or a
reduction of, withholding tax under a United States tax treaty, a properly completed and executed
copy of IRS Form W-8BEN;
(iii) if such Lender or Participant is entitled to claim that interest paid under this
Agreement is exempt from United States withholding tax because it is effectively connected with a
United States trade or business of such Lender, a properly completed and executed copy of IRS Form
W-8ECI;
(iv) if such Lender or Participant is entitled to claim that interest paid under this
Agreement is exempt from United States withholding tax because such Lender or Participant serves
as an intermediary, a properly completed and executed copy of IRS Form W-8IMY (with proper
attachments); or
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(v) a properly completed and executed copy of any other form or forms,
including IRS Form W-9, as may be required under the IRC or other laws of the United States as a
condition to exemption from, or reduction of, United States withholding or backup withholding tax.
Each Lender or Participant shall provide new forms (or successor forms) upon the expiration or
obsolescence of any previously delivered forms and to promptly notify Agent (or, in the case of a
Participant, to the Lender granting the participation only) of any change in circumstances which
would modify or render invalid any claimed exemption or reduction.
(d) If a Lender or Participant claims an exemption from withholding tax in a jurisdiction
other than the United States, such Lender or such Participant agrees with and in favor of Agent, to
deliver to Agent (or, in the case of a Participant, to the Lender granting the participation only)
any such form or forms, as may be required under the laws of such jurisdiction as a condition to
exemption from, or reduction of, foreign withholding or backup withholding tax before receiving its
first payment under this Agreement, but only if such Lender or such Participant is legally able to
deliver such forms,
provided
,
however
, that nothing in this Section 16(d) shall
require a Lender or Participant to disclose any information that it deems to be confidential
(including without limitation, its tax returns). Each Lender and each Participant shall provide
new forms (or successor forms) upon the expiration or obsolescence of any previously delivered
forms and to promptly notify Agent (or, in the case of a Participant, to the Lender granting the
participation only) of any change in circumstances which would modify or render invalid any claimed
exemption or reduction.
(e) If a Lender or Participant claims exemption from, or reduction of, withholding tax and
such Lender or Participant sells, assigns, grants a participation in, or otherwise transfers all or
part of the Obligations of Borrowers to such Lender or Participant, such Lender or Participant
agrees to notify Agent (or, in the case of a sale of a participation interest, to the Lender
granting the participation only) of the percentage amount in which it is no longer the beneficial
owner of Obligations of Borrowers to such Lender or Participant. To the extent of such percentage
amount, Agent will treat such Lenders or such Participants documentation provided pursuant to
Section 16(c)
or
16(d)
as no longer valid. With respect to such percentage amount,
such Participant or Assignee may provide new documentation, pursuant to
Section 16(c)
or
16(d)
, if applicable. Each Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the
benefits of this
Section 16
with respect to its participation in any portion of the
Revolver Commitments and the Obligations so long as such Participant complies with the obligations
set forth in this
Section 16
with respect thereto.
(f) If a Lender or a Participant is entitled to a reduction in the applicable withholding tax,
Agent (or, in the case of a Participant, to the Lender granting the participation) may withhold
from any interest payment to such Lender or such Participant an amount equivalent to the applicable
withholding tax after taking into account such reduction. If the forms or other documentation
required by
Section 16(c)
or
16(d)
are not delivered to Agent (or, in the case of a
Participant, to the Lender granting the participation), then Agent (or, in the case of a
Participant, to the Lender granting the participation) may withhold from any interest payment to
such Lender or such Participant not providing such forms or other documentation an amount
equivalent to the applicable withholding tax.
(g) If the IRS or any other Governmental Authority of the United States or other jurisdiction
asserts a claim that Agent (or, in the case of a Participant, to the Lender granting the
participation) did not properly withhold tax from amounts paid to or for the account of any Lender
or any Participant due to a failure on the part of the Lender or any Participant (because the
appropriate form was not delivered, was not properly executed, or because such Lender failed to
notify Agent (or such Participant failed to notify the Lender granting the participation) of a
change in circumstances which rendered the exemption from, or reduction of, withholding tax
ineffective, or for any other reason) such Lender shall indemnify and hold Agent harmless (or, in
the case of a Participant, such Participant shall indemnify and hold the Lender granting the
participation harmless) for all amounts paid, directly or indirectly, by Agent (or, in the case of
a Participant, to the Lender granting the participation), as tax or otherwise, including penalties
and interest, and including any taxes imposed by any jurisdiction on the amounts payable to Agent
(or, in the case of a Participant, to the
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Lender granting the participation only) under this
Section 16
, together with all costs and
expenses (including attorneys fees and expenses). The obligation of the Lenders and the
Participants under this subsection shall survive the payment of all Obligations and the
resignation or replacement of Agent.
(h) If Agent or a Lender determines, in its sole discretion, that it has received a refund of
any Taxes as to which it has been indemnified by any Borrower or with respect to which any
Borrower has paid additional amounts pursuant to this Section 16, so long as no Default or Event
of Default has occurred and is continuing, it shall pay over such refund to such Borrower (but
only to the extent of payments made, or additional amounts paid, by such Borrower under this
Section 16 with respect to Taxes giving rise to such a refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses
of Agent or such Lender and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant
Governmental Authority with respect to such a refund); provided, that Borrowers, upon the request
of Agent or such Lender, agrees to repay the amount paid over to any Borrower (plus any penalties,
interest or other charges, imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority, other than such
penalties, interest or other charges imposed as a result of the willful misconduct or gross
negligence of Agent hereunder) to Agent or such Lender in the event Agent or such Lender is
required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. Notwithstanding anything in this
Agreement to the contrary, this Section 16 shall not be construed to require Agent or any Lender
to make available its tax returns (or any other information which it deems confidential) to any
Borrower or any other Person.
17. GENERAL PROVISIONS.
17.1
Effectiveness
.
This Agreement shall be binding and deemed effective when
executed by each Borrower, Agent, and each Lender whose signature is provided for on the signature
pages hereof.
17.2
Section Headings
.
Headings and numbers have been set forth herein for
convenience only. Unless the contrary is compelled by the context, everything contained in each
Section applies equally to this entire Agreement.
17.3
Interpretation
.
Neither this Agreement nor any uncertainty or ambiguity herein
shall be construed against the Lender Group or any Borrower, whether under any rule of construction
or otherwise. On the contrary, this Agreement has been reviewed by all parties and shall be
construed and interpreted according to the ordinary meaning of the words used so as to accomplish
fairly the purposes and intentions of all parties hereto.
17.4
Severability of Provisions
.
Each provision of this Agreement shall be severable
from every other provision of this Agreement for the purpose of determining the legal
enforceability of any specific provision.
17.5
Bank Product Providers
.
Each Bank Product Provider shall be deemed a third
party beneficiary hereof and of the provisions of the other Loan Documents for purposes of any
reference in a Loan Document to the parties for whom Agent is acting. Agent hereby agrees to act as
agent for such Bank Product Providers and, by virtue of providing a Bank Product, each Bank Product
Provider shall be automatically deemed to have appointed Agent as its agent; it being understood
and agreed that the rights and benefits of each Bank Product Provider under the Loan Documents
consist exclusively of such Bank Product Providers being a beneficiary of the Liens and security
interests (and, if applicable, guarantees) granted to Agent and the right to share in payments and
collections out of the Collateral as more fully set forth herein. In connection with any such
distribution of payments and collections, Agent shall be entitled to assume no amounts are owing to
any Bank Product Provider unless such Bank Product Provider has provided written notification to
Agent of the amount that is owing to it and such notification is received by Agent a reasonable
period of time prior to the making of such distribution.
17.6
Debtor-Creditor Relationship
.
The relationship between the Lenders and Agent, on
the one hand, and the Loan Parties, on the other hand, is solely that of creditor and debtor. No
member of the Lender
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Group has (or shall be deemed to have) any fiduciary relationship or duty to any Loan Party
arising out of or in connection with the Loan Documents or the transactions contemplated thereby,
and there is no agency or joint venture relationship between the members of the Lender Group, on
the one hand, and the Loan Parties, on the other hand, by virtue of any Loan Document or any
transaction contemplated therein.
17.7
Counterparts; Electronic Execution
.
This Agreement may be executed in any number
of counterparts and by different parties on separate counterparts, each of which, when executed and
delivered, shall be deemed to be an original, and all of which, when taken together, shall
constitute but one and the same Agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of this Agreement by
telefacsimile or other electronic method of transmission shall be equally as effective as delivery
of an original executed counterpart of this Agreement. Any party delivering an executed counterpart
of this Agreement by telefacsimile or other electronic method of transmission also shall deliver an
original executed counterpart of this Agreement but the failure to deliver an original executed
counterpart shall not affect the validity, enforceability, and binding effect of this Agreement.
The foregoing shall apply to each other Loan Document
mutatis mutandis.
17.8
Revival and Reinstatement of Obligations
.
If the incurrence or payment of the
Obligations by any Borrower or Guarantor or the transfer to the Lender Group of any property should
for any reason subsequently be asserted, or declared, to be void or voidable under any state or
federal law relating to creditors rights, including provisions of the Bankruptcy Code relating to
fraudulent conveyances, preferences, or other voidable or recoverable payments of money or
transfers of property (each, a
Voidable Transfer
), and if the Lender Group is required to
repay or restore, in whole or in part, any such Voidable Transfer, or elects to do so upon the
reasonable advice of its counsel, then, as to any such Voidable Transfer, or the amount thereof
that the Lender Group is required or elects to repay or restore, and as to all reasonable costs,
expenses, and attorneys fees of the Lender Group related thereto, the liability of Borrowers or
Guarantors automatically shall be revived, reinstated, and restored and shall exist as though such
Voidable Transfer had never been made.
17.9
Confidentiality
.
(a) Agent and Lenders each individually (and not jointly or jointly and severally) agree that
material, non-public information regarding Parent and its Subsidiaries, their operations, assets,
and existing and contemplated business plans (
Confidential Information
) shall be treated
by Agent and the Lenders in a confidential manner, and shall not be disclosed by Agent and the
Lenders to Persons who are not parties to this Agreement, except: (i) to attorneys for and other
advisors, accountants, auditors, and consultants to any member of the Lender Group (
Lender
Group Representatives
), (ii) to Subsidiaries and Affiliates of any member of the Lender Group
(including the Bank Product Providers), provided that any such Subsidiary or Affiliate shall have
agreed to receive such information hereunder subject to the terms of this
Section 17.9
,
(iii) as may be required by regulatory authorities so long as such authorities are informed of the
confidential nature of such information, (iv) as may be required by statute, decision, or judicial
or administrative order, rule, or regulation; provided that (x) prior to any disclosure under this
clause (iv), the disclosing party agrees to provide Administrative Borrower with prior notice
thereof, to the extent that it is practicable to do so and to the extent that the disclosing party
is permitted to provide such prior notice to Administrative Borrower pursuant to the terms of the
applicable statute, decision, or judicial or administrative order, rule, or regulation and (y) any
disclosure under this clause (iv) shall be limited to the portion of the Confidential Information
as may be required by such statute, decision, or judicial or administrative order, rule, or
regulation, (v) as may be agreed to in advance by any Borrower or as requested or required by any
Governmental Authority pursuant to any subpoena or other legal process, provided, that, (x) prior
to any disclosure under this clause (v) the disclosing party agrees to provide Administrative
Borrower with prior notice thereof so as to allow Administrative Borrower the opportunity to
obtain a protective order or similar court protection, to the extent that it is practicable to do
so and to the extent that the disclosing party is permitted to provide such prior notice to
Administrative Borrower pursuant to the terms of the subpoena or other legal process and (y) any
disclosure under this clause (v) shall be limited to the portion of the Confidential Information
as may be required by such governmental authority pursuant to such subpoena or other legal
process, (vi) as to any such information that is or becomes generally available to the public
(other than as a result of prohibited disclosure by Agent or the
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Lenders or the Lender Group Representatives), (vii) in connection with any assignment,
participation or pledge of any Lenders interest under this Agreement, provided that any such
assignee, participant, or pledgee shall have agreed in writing to receive such information
hereunder subject to the terms of this Section, (viii) in connection with any litigation or other
adversary proceeding involving parties hereto which such litigation or adversary proceeding
involves claims related to the rights or duties of such parties under this Agreement or the other
Loan Documents; provided, that, prior to any disclosure to any Person (other than any Loan Party,
Agent, any Lender, any of their respective Affiliates, or their respective counsel) under this
clause (viii) with respect to litigation involving any Person (other than Borrowers, Agent, any
Lender, any of their respective Affiliates, or their respective counsel), the disclosing party
agrees to provide Administrative Borrower with prior notice thereof so as to allow Administrative
Borrower the opportunity to obtain a protective order or similar court protection, and (ix) in
connection with, and to the extent reasonably necessary for, the exercise of any secured creditor
remedy under this Agreement or under any other Loan Document.
(b) Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, Agent may provide information
concerning the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to loan
syndication and pricing reporting services.
17.10
Lender Group Expenses
.
Borrowers agree to pay any and all Lender Group
Expenses promptly after demand therefor by Agent and agree that their obligations contained in this
Section 17.10
shall survive payment or satisfaction in full of all other Obligations.
17.11
USA PATRIOT Act
.
Each Lender that is subject to the requirements of the Patriot
Act hereby notifies Borrowers that pursuant to the requirements of the Act, it is required to
obtain, verify and record information that identifies Borrowers, which information includes the
name and address of Borrowers and other information that will allow such Lender to identify
Borrowers in accordance with the Patriot Act.
17.12
Integration
.
This Agreement, together with the other Loan Documents, reflects
the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby and
shall not be contradicted or qualified by any other agreement, oral or written, before the date
hereof.
17.13
Parent as Agent for Borrowers
.
Each Borrower hereby irrevocably appoints Parent
as the borrowing agent and attorney-in-fact for all Borrowers (the
Administrative
Borrower
) which appointment shall remain in full force and effect unless and until Agent shall
have received prior written notice signed by each Borrower that such appointment has been revoked
and that another Borrower has been appointed Administrative Borrower. Each Borrower hereby
irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Borrower (i) to provide Agent with all
notices with respect to Advances and Letters of Credit obtained for the benefit of any Borrower and
all other notices and instructions under this Agreement and (ii) to take such action as the
Administrative Borrower deems appropriate on its behalf to obtain Advances and Letters of Credit
and to exercise such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto to carry out the purposes of
this Agreement. It is understood that the handling of the Loan Account and Collateral of Borrowers
in a combined fashion, as more fully set forth herein, is done solely as an accommodation to
Borrowers in order to utilize the collective borrowing powers of Borrowers in the most efficient
and economical manner and at their request, and that Lender Group shall not incur liability to any
Borrower as a result hereof. Each Borrower expects to derive benefit, directly or indirectly,
from the handling of the Loan Account and the Collateral in a combined fashion since the successful
operation of each Borrower is dependent on the continued successful performance of the integrated
group. To induce the Lender Group to do so, and in consideration thereof, each Borrower hereby
jointly and severally agrees to indemnify each member of the Lender Group and hold each member of
the Lender Group harmless against any and all liability, expense, loss or claim of damage or
injury, made against the Lender Group by any Borrower or by any third party whosoever, arising from
or incurred by reason of (a) the handling of the Loan Account and Collateral of Borrowers as herein
provided, (b) the Lender Groups relying on any instructions of the Administrative Borrower, or (c)
any other action taken by the Lender Group hereunder or under the other Loan Documents, except that
Borrowers will have no liability to the relevant Agent-Related Person or Lender-Related Person
under this
Section 17.13
with respect to any liability that has
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been finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted solely from the gross
negligence or willful misconduct of such Agent-Related Person or Lender-Related Person, as the case
may be.
17.14
Designated Senior Indebtedness
.
(a) The Revolver Commitments and the Obligations
shall be Designated Senior Indebtedness (as defined in the 2003 Indenture) for purposes of the
2003 Indenture and the Subordinated Notes issued pursuant to the 2003 Indenture; and
(b) The Revolver Commitments and the Obligations shall be Designated Senior Indebtedness (as
defined in the 2006 Indenture) for purposes of the 2006 Indenture and the Subordinated Notes issued
pursuant to the 2006 Indenture.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF,
the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed and delivered
as of the date first above written.
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a Delaware corporation
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OPTIUM CORPORATION,
a Delaware corporation
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a Delaware limited liability company,
as Agent and as a Lender
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Schedule
1.1
As used in the Agreement, the following terms shall have the following definitions:
2003 Indenture
means the Indenture, dated October 15, 2003, by and between Parent
and U.S. Bank Trust National Association, as trustee, due 2010.
2006 Indenture
means the Indenture, dated October 12, 2006, by and between Parent
and U.S. Bank Trust National Association, as trustee, due 2010.
2010 Event
means any of the following:
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the Subordinated Notes have been paid in full pursuant to a
Permitted Notes Redemption; or
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the Subordinated Notes have been refinanced on terms and
conditions satisfactory to Agent, including without limitation, a maturity
date of no sooner than March 31, 2014.
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Account
means an account (as that term is defined in the Code).
Account Debtor
means any Person who is obligated on an Account, chattel paper, or a
general intangible.
Accounting Changes
means changes in accounting principles required by the
promulgation of any rule, regulation, pronouncement or opinion by the Financial Accounting
Standards Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (or successor thereto or
any agency with similar functions).
ACH Transactions
means any cash management or related services (including the
Automated Clearing House processing of electronic fund transfers through the direct Federal
Reserve Fedline system) provided by a Bank Product Provider for the account of Parent or its
Subsidiaries.
Additional Documents
has the meaning specified therefor in
Section 5.12
of
the Agreement.
Administrative Borrower
has the meaning specified therefor in
Section
17.13
.
Advances
has the meaning specified therefor in
Section 2.1
(a)
of the Agreement.
Affected Lender
has the meaning specified therefor in
Section 2.13(b)
of
the Agreement.
Affiliate
means, as applied to any Person, any other Person who controls, is
controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person. For purposes of this definition,
control means the possession, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, of the
power to direct the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of Stock, by
contract, or otherwise;
provided
,
however
, that, for purposes of the definition of
Eligible Accounts, and
Section 6.12
of the Agreement: (a) any Person which owns directly or
indirectly 10% or more of the Stock having ordinary voting power for the election of directors or
other members of the governing body of a Person or 10% or more of the partnership or other
ownership interests of a Person (other than as a limited partner of such Person) shall be deemed an
Affiliate of such Person, (b) each
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director (or comparable manager) of a Person shall be deemed to be an Affiliate of such Person,
and (c) each partnership in which a Person is a general partner shall be deemed an Affiliate of
such Person.
Agent
has the meaning specified therefor in the preamble to the
Agreement.
Agent-Related Persons
means Agent, together with its Affiliates, officers,
directors, employees, attorneys, and agents.
Agents Account
means the Deposit Account of Agent identified on
Schedule A-1
.
Agents Liens
means the Liens granted by Loan Parties to Agent under the Loan
Documents.
Agreement
means the Credit Agreement to which this
Schedule 1.1
is attached.
Application Event
means the occurrence of (a) a failure by Borrowers to repay all
of the Obligations in full on the Maturity Date, or (b) an Event of Default and the election by
Agent or the Required Lenders to require that payments and proceeds of Collateral be applied
pursuant to
Section 2.4(b)(ii)
of the Agreement.
Assignee
has the meaning specified therefor in
Section 13. (a)
of
the Agreement.
Assignment and Acceptance
means an Assignment and Acceptance Agreement
substantially in the form of
Exhibit A-1
.
Authorized Person
means any one of the individuals identified on
Schedule
A-2
, as such schedule is updated from time to time by written notice from Administrative
Borrower to Agent.
Availability
means, as of any date of determination, the amount that Borrowers are
entitled to borrow as Advances under
Section 2.1
of the Agreement (after giving effect to
all then outstanding Obligations (other than Bank Product Obligations)).
Average Daily Excess Availability
means, for any period, the result of (a) the sum
of the aggregate amount by which the Maximum Revolver Amount exceeds the Revolver Usage as of each
Business Day during such period (calculated as of the end of each Business Day during such period)
divided by (b) the number of Business Days in such period.
Bank Product
means any financial accommodation extended to Parent or its
Subsidiaries by a Bank Product Provider (other than pursuant to the Agreement) including: (a)
credit cards, (b) credit card processing services, (c) debit cards, (d) purchase cards (including
so-called procurement cards or P-cards), (e) ACH Transactions, (f) cash management, including
controlled disbursement, accounts or services, or (g) transactions under Hedge Agreements.
Bank Product Agreements
means those agreements entered into from time to time by
Parent or its Subsidiaries with a Bank Product Provider in connection with the obtaining of any of
the Bank Products.
Bank Product Collateralization
means providing cash collateral (pursuant to
documentation reasonably satisfactory to Agent) to be held by Agent for the benefit of the Bank
Product Providers in an amount determined by Agent as sufficient to satisfy the reasonably
estimated credit exposure with respect to the then existing Bank Product Obligations.
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Bank Product Obligations
means (a) all obligations, liabilities, reimbursement
obligations, fees, or expenses owing by Parent or its Subsidiaries to any Bank Product Provider
pursuant to or evidenced by a Bank Product Agreement and irrespective of whether for the payment
of money, whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing
or hereafter arising, (b) all obligations of Borrowers to reimburse an Underlying Issuer in
respect of Underlying Letters of Credit, and (c) all amounts that Parent or its Subsidiaries are
obligated to reimburse to Agent or any member of the Lender Group as a result of Agent or such
member of the Lender Group purchasing participations from, or executing guarantees or indemnities
or reimbursement obligations to, a Bank Product Provider with respect to the Bank Products
provided by such Bank Product Provider to Parent or its Subsidiaries.
Bank Product Provider
means Wells Fargo or any of its Affiliates.
Bank Product Reserve
means, as of any date of determination, the amount of
reserves that Agent has established (based upon the Bank Product Providers reasonable
determination of the credit exposure of Parent and its Subsidiaries in respect of Bank Products)
in respect of Bank Products then provided or outstanding.
Bankruptcy Code
means title 11 of the United States Code, as in effect from time
to time.
Base LIBOR Rate
means the greater of (a) 2.00 percent per annum, and (b) the rate
per annum rate appearing on Bloomberg L.P.s (the
Service
) Page BBAM1/(Official BBA
USD Dollar Libor Fixings) (or on any successor or substitute page of such Service, or any
successor to or substitute for such Service) 2 Business Days prior to the commencement of the
requested Interest Period, for a term and in an amount comparable to the Interest Period and the
amount of the LIBOR Rate Loan requested (whether as an initial LIBOR Rate Loan or as a
continuation of a LIBOR Rate Loan or as a conversion of a Base Rate Loan to a LIBOR Rate Loan)
by Administrative Borrower in accordance with the Agreement, which determination shall be
conclusive in the absence of manifest error.
Base Rate
means the greatest of (a) 3.25 percent per annum, (b) the Federal Funds
Rate plus
1
/
2
%, (c) the Base LIBOR Rate (which rate shall be calculated based upon an Interest
Period of 3 months and shall be determined on a daily basis), plus 1 percentage point, and (d)
the rate of interest announced, from time to time, within Wells Fargo at its principal office in
San Francisco as its prime rate, with the understanding that the prime rate is one of Wells
Fargos base rates (not necessarily the lowest of such rates) and serves as the basis upon which
effective rates of interest are calculated for those loans making reference thereto and is
evidenced by the recording thereof after its announcement in such internal publications as Wells
Fargo may designate.
Base Rate Loan
means each portion of the Advances that bears interest at a rate
determined by reference to the Base Rate.
Base Rate Margin
means, as of any date of determination, the percentage points
set forth below based upon the Average Daily Excess Availability for the immediately preceding
calendar quarter, as determined by Agent in its Permitted Discretion:
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Level
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Average Daily Excess Availability
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If Average Daily
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is greater than or
equal to
$10,000,000 but
less than or equal
to $25,000,000
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provided
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however
, that for the period commencing on the Closing Date
through the end of October 31, 2009, the Base Rate Margin shall be the percentage points
specified for Pricing Level II as set forth in this definition;
provided
,
further
,
however
, that if the Borrowers fail to provide any reports or
certifications required to determine the Average Daily Excess Availability when due, the Base
Rate Margin shall be set at the percentage points specified for Pricing Level III until such
reports or certifications are delivered, on which date (but not retroactively), without
constituting a waiver of any Default or Event of Default occasioned by the failure to timely
deliver such reports or certifications, the Base Rate Margin shall be set at the percentage
based upon the calculation determined pursuant to such reports or certifications. For purposes
of the preceding sentence (and subject to the forgoing provisos), at the end of each calendar
quarter Agent will test the Borrowers Average Daily Excess Availability, which amount will be
based upon reports and certifications delivered to Agent in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement. If any such reports or certifications are subsequently determined to be incorrect in
any material respect in a manner that would result in a lower Average Daily Excess Availability,
Agent may increase the Base Rate Margin retroactively to the beginning of the relevant quarter
to the extent that such error caused the applicable Base Rate Margin to be less than the Base
Rate Margin that would have been in effect if the error was not made.
Benefit Plan
means a defined benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(35) of
ERISA) for which Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or ERISA Affiliates has been an employer
(as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA) within the past six years.
Board of Directors
means the board of directors (or comparable managers) of
Parent or any committee thereof duly authorized to act on behalf of the board of directors (or
comparable managers).
Borrower
and
Borrowers
have the respective the meanings specified
therefor in the preamble to the Agreement.
Borrowing
means a borrowing hereunder consisting of Advances made on the same day
by the Lenders (or Agent on behalf thereof), or by Swing Lender in the case of a Swing Loan, or
by Agent in the case of a Protective Advance.
Borrowing Base
means, as of any date of determination, the result of:
(a)
85% of the amount of Eligible Accounts,
less
the amount, if any, of the Dilution Reserve,
plus
(b)
80% of the amount of Eligible Investment Grade Accounts,
less
the amount, if any, of the Dilution Reserve,
plus
(c)
the lesser of
(i) $40,000,000, and
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(ii) 80% of the amount of Eligible Credit Insured Accounts,
less
the
amount, if any, of the Dilution Reserve,
plus
(d)
the lowest of
(i) $10,000,000,
(ii) 80% of the amount of Eligible Specified Accounts,
less
the
amount, if any, of the Dilution Reserve,
plus
(e)
the lowest of
(i) $10,000,000,
(ii) 50% of the value (calculated at the lower of cost or market on a
basis consistent with Borrowers historical accounting practices) of
Eligible Inventory, and
(iii) 85%
times
the most recently determined Net Liquidation
Percentage
times
the value (calculated at the lower of cost or market on a
basis consistent with Borrowers historical accounting practices) of
Eligible Inventory,
plus
(f)
the lesser of
(i) the Eligible Equipment Sublimit, and
(ii) 80%
times
the most recently determined Net Orderly Liquidation
Value of Eligible Equipment,
minus
(g) the sum of (i) the Bank Product Reserve, (ii) the Credit Insurance
Reserve, and (iii) the aggregate amount of reserves, if any, established by
Agent under
Section 2. l(c)
of the Agreement.
Borrowing Base Certificate
means a certificate in the form of
Exhibit B-l
.
Borrowing Base Excess Amount
has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(e).
Business Day
means any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, or other day on which
banks are authorized or required to close in the state of California, except that, if a
determination of a Business Day shall relate to a LIBOR Rate Loan, the term Business Day also
shall exclude any day on which banks are closed for dealings in Dollar deposits in the London
interbank market.
Capital Expenditures
means, with respect to any Person for any period, the
aggregate of all expenditures by such Person and its Subsidiaries during such period that are
capital expenditures as determined in accordance with GAAP, whether such expenditures are paid in
cash or financed;
provided
that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained
herein, Capital Expenditures shall be deemed to be: (1) $5,121,000 for the fiscal quarter ended
February 1, 2009, (2) $3,265,000 for the fiscal quarter ended April 30, 2009, and (3) $3,149,000
for the fiscal quarter ended August 2, 2009.
Capitalized Lease Obligation
means that portion of the obligations under a Capital
Lease that is required to be capitalized in accordance with GAAP.
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Capital Lease
means a lease that is required to be capitalized for financial
reporting purposes in accordance with GAAP.
Cash Equivalents
means (a) marketable direct obligations issued by, or
unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States or issued by any agency thereof and backed by the
full faith and credit of the United States, in each case maturing within 1 year from the date of
acquisition thereof, (b) marketable direct obligations issued or fully guaranteed by any state of
the United States or any political subdivision of any such state or any public instrumentality
thereof maturing within 1 year from the date of acquisition thereof and, at the time of
acquisition, having one of the two highest ratings obtainable from either Standard & Poors Rating
Group (S&P) or Moodys Investors Service, Inc. (Moodys), (c) commercial paper maturing no more
than 270 days from the date of creation thereof and, at the time of acquisition, having a rating of
at least A-l from S&P or at least P-l from Moodys, (d) certificates of deposit, time deposits,
overnight bank deposits or bankers acceptances maturing within 1 year from the date of acquisition
thereof issued by any bank organized under the laws of the United States or any state thereof or
the District of Columbia or any United States branch of a foreign bank having at the date of
acquisition thereof combined capital and surplus of not less than $250,000,000, (e) Deposit
Accounts maintained with (i) any bank that satisfies the criteria described in clause (d) above, or
(ii) any other bank organized under the laws of the United States or any state thereof so long as
the full amount maintained with any such other bank is insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation, (f) repurchase obligations of any commercial bank satisfying the requirements of
clause (d) of this definition or recognized securities dealer having combined capital and surplus
of not less than $250,000,000, having a term of not more than seven days, with respect to
securities satisfying the criteria in clauses (a) or (d) above, (g) debt securities with maturities
of six months or less from the date of acquisition backed by standby letters of credit issued by
any commercial bank satisfying the criteria described in clause (d) above, and (h) Investments in
money market funds substantially all of whose assets are invested in the types of assets described
in clauses (a) through (g) above.
CFC
means a controlled foreign corporation (as that term is defined in
the IRC).
Change of Control
means that (a) any person or group (within the meaning of
Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act) becomes the beneficial owner (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of 30%, or more, of the Stock of Parent having
the right to vote for the election of members of the Board of Directors, (b) a majority of the
members of the Board of Directors do not constitute Continuing Directors, (c) a Change of Control
as defined in the Indentures occurs, or (d) Parent fails to own and control, directly or
indirectly, 100% of the Stock of each other Loan Party.
Closing Date
means the date of the making of the initial Advance (or other
extension of credit) hereunder.
Code
means the California Uniform Commercial Code, as in effect from time to time.
Collateral
means all assets and interests in assets and proceeds thereof now owned
or hereafter acquired by Parent or its Subsidiaries in or upon which a Lien is granted by such
Person in favor of Agent or the Lenders under any of the Loan Documents. The term
Collateral
shall not include the assets or the voting Stock of any CFC, solely to the
extent that (y) such Stock represents more than 65% of the outstanding voting Stock of such CFC,
and (z) hypothecating more than 65% of the total outstanding voting Stock of such CFC would result
in material adverse tax consequences.
Collateral Access Agreement
means a landlord waiver, bailee letter, or
acknowledgement agreement of any lessor, warehouseman, processor, consignee, or other Person in
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possession of, having a Lien upon, or having rights or interests in Parents or any of its Non-CFC
Subsidiaries books and records, Equipment, or Inventory, in each case, in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to Agent.
Collections
means
all
cash, checks, notes, instruments, and other items of payment
(including insurance proceeds, cash proceeds of asset sales, rental proceeds, and tax refunds).
Compliance Certificate
means a certificate substantially in the form of
Exhibit
C-l
delivered by the chief financial officer of Parent to Agent.
Confidential Information
has the meaning specified therefor in
Section
17.9(a)
of the Agreement.
Continuing Director
means (a) any member of the Board of Directors who was a
director (or comparable manager) of Parent on the Closing Date, and (b) any individual who becomes
a member of the Board of Directors after the Closing Date if such individual was approved,
appointed or nominated for election to the Board of Directors by a majority of the Continuing
Directors, but excluding any such individual originally proposed for election in opposition to the
Board of Directors in office at the Closing Date in an actual or threatened election contest
relating to the election of the directors (or comparable managers) of Parent and whose initial
assumption of office resulted from such contest or the settlement thereof.
Control Agreement
means a control agreement, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to Agent, executed and delivered by Parent or one of its Non-CFC Subsidiaries, Agent,
and the applicable securities intermediary (with respect to a Securities Account) or bank (with
respect to a Deposit Account).
Controlled Account Agreement
has the meaning specified therefor in the Security
Agreement.
Copyright Security Agreement
has the meaning specified therefor in the Security
Agreement.
Credit Insurance Reserve
means, as of any date of determination, the amount of
reserves that Agent has established in respect of: (a) all deductibles applicable to any credit
insurance covering Eligible Credit Insured Accounts; and (b) all potential offsets against any
credit insurance covering Eligible Credit Insured Accounts.
Daily Balance
means, as of any date of determination and with respect to any
Obligation, the amount of such Obligation owed at the end of such day.
Default
means an event, condition, or default that, with the giving of notice, the
passage of time, or both, would be an Event of Default.
Defaulting Lender
means any Lender that fails to make any Advance (or other
extension of credit, including the failure to make available to Agent amounts required pursuant to
a Settlement or to make payment in connection with a Letter of Credit Disbursement) that it is
required to make hereunder on the date that it is required to do so hereunder.
Defaulting Lender Rate
means (a) for the first 3 days from and after the date the
relevant payment is due, the Base Rate, and (b) thereafter, the interest rate then applicable to
Advances that are Base Rate Loans (inclusive of the Base Rate Margin applicable thereto).
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Deposit Account
means any deposit account (as that term is defined in the
Code).
Designated Account
means the Deposit Account of Administrative Borrower identified
on
Schedule D-l
.
Designated Account Bank
has the meaning specified therefor in
Schedule D-l
.
Dilution
means, as of any date of determination, a percentage, based upon the
experience of the immediately prior 180 consecutive days, that is the result of dividing the
Dollar amount of (a) bad debt write-downs, discounts, advertising allowances, credits, or other
dilutive items with respect to Borrowers Accounts during such period, by (b) Borrowers billings
with respect to Accounts during such period.
Dilution Reserve
means, as of any date of determination, an amount sufficient to
reduce the advance rate against Eligible Accounts, Eligible Credit Insured Accounts and Eligible
Investment Grade Accounts, as applicable, by 1 percentage point for each percentage point by which
Dilution is in excess of 5%.
Dollars
or
$
means United States dollars.
EBITDA
means, with respect to any fiscal period, the result of:
(a) Parents
consolidated net earnings (or loss) (but excluding from the determination of net earnings (or loss) any tax refunds, tax credits, or other tax benefits),
minus
(b) to the extent included in the calculation of Parents consolidated net earnings (or loss), the sum of: (i) extraordinary gains (including, without limitation, gains from the
sale of equipment and the repurchase of bonds), (ii) interest income, (iii) any non-cash decrease in
the cost of goods sold attributed to the reversal of an inventory obsolescence and slow moving reserve
expensed in a prior period, consistent with historical processes for determining such non-cash charges,
(iv) the EBITDA Inventory Disposal Amount, and (v) any
reductions of the impaired rent reserve in such period, consistent with historical processes for determining such reductions,
plus
(c) to the extent deducted in the calculation of Parents consolidated net earnings (or loss), the sum of: (i) non-cash extraordinary losses (including non-cash
impairment related to minority investments), (ii) non-cash stock compensation expense, (iii) interest
expense, (iv) income taxes, (v) depreciation and amortization, and (vi) any non-cash increase in cost of
goods sold attributed to the implementation of an inventory obsolescence and slow moving reserve during
the current period, consistent with historical processes for determining such non-cash charges;
provided
.
however
, that the amount calculated pursuant to this clause (c)(vi) shall in no event
exceed 50% of EBITDA prior to giving effect to this clause (c)(vi);
in each case, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP;
provided
that,
notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, EBITDA shall be deemed to be: (1)
$9,149,000 for the fiscal quarter ended February 1, 2009, (2) $7,592,000 for the fiscal quarter
ended April 30, 2009, and (3) $10,020,000 for the fiscal quarter ended August 2, 2009.
EBITDA Inventory Disposal Amount
means, with respect to any fiscal period, an
amount equal to the greater of (a) 1% of Parents consolidated net revenues for such fiscal
period, and (b) the value (calculated at cost) of all Inventory of Parent and its Subsidiaries
disposed of during such period.
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Eligible Accounts
means those Accounts created by Borrowers in the ordinary course
of their business, that arise out of Borrowers sale of goods or rendition of services, that
comply with each of the representations and warranties respecting Eligible Accounts made in the
Loan Documents, and that are not excluded as ineligible by virtue of one or more of the excluding
criteria set forth below;
provided
,
however
, that such criteria may be revised
from time to time by Agent in Agents Permitted Discretion to address the results of any audit
performed by Agent from time to time after the Closing Date. In determining the amount to be
included, Eligible Accounts shall be calculated net of customer deposits and unapplied cash.
Eligible Accounts shall not include the following:
(a) Accounts
that the Account Debtor has failed to pay within 120 days of original invoice date, or Accounts that are more than 60 days past due,
(b) Accounts owed by an Account Debtor (or its Affiliates) where 50% or more of all Accounts owed by that Account Debtor (or its Affiliates) are deemed ineligible under
clause (a) above,
(c) Accounts with respect to which the Account Debtor is an Affiliate of a Borrower or an employee or agent of a Borrower or any Affiliate of a Borrower,
(d) Accounts arising in a transaction wherein goods are placed on consignment or are sold pursuant to a guaranteed sale, a sale or return, a sale on approval, a bill and
hold, or any other terms by reason of which the payment by the Account Debtor may be conditional,
(e) Accounts that are not payable in Dollars,
(f) Accounts with respect to which the Account Debtor either (i) does not maintain its chief executive office in the United States, or (ii) is not organized under the
laws of the United States or any state thereof, or (iii) is the government of any foreign country or
sovereign state, or of any state, province, municipality, or other political subdivision thereof, or of any
department, agency, public corporation, or other instrumentality thereof, unless the Account is supported
by an irrevocable letter of credit reasonably satisfactory to Agent (as to form, substance, and
issuer or domestic confirming bank) that has been delivered to Agent and is directly drawable by Agent,
(g) Accounts with respect to which the Account Debtor is either (i) the United States or any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States (exclusive, however,
of Accounts with respect to which the applicable Borrower has complied, to the reasonable
satisfaction of Agent, with the Assignment of Claims Act, 31 USC §3727), or (ii) any state of the United
States (exclusive, however, of (i) Accounts owed by any state that does not have a statutory
counterpart to the Assignment of Claims Act, or (ii) Accounts owed by any state that has a statutory
counterpart to the Assignment of Claims Act as to which the Borrowers have complied to the Agents reasonable
satisfaction),
(h) Accounts with respect to which the Account Debtor is a creditor of Borrowers, has or has
asserted a right of setoff, or has disputed its obligation to pay all or any portion of the
Account, to the extent of such claim, right of setoff, or dispute,
(i) Accounts
with respect to an Account Debtor whose total obligations owing to
Borrowers (i) with respect to Accounts owed by [****]
or [****] exceed 20%, and
(ii) with respect to Accounts owed by any other Account Debtor, exceed 10%, (in each case, such
percentage, as applied to a particular Account Debtor, being subject to reduction by Agent in its
Permitted Discretion if the creditworthiness of such Account Debtor deteriorates) of all Eligible
Accounts, Eligible Credit Insured Accounts, Eligible Investment Grade Accounts and Eligible
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Specified Accounts, to the extent of the obligations owing by such Account Debtor in excess of
such percentage;
provided
,
however
, that, in each case, the amount of Eligible
Accounts that are excluded because they exceed the foregoing percentage shall be determined by
Agent based on all of the otherwise Eligible Accounts prior to giving effect to any eliminations
based upon the foregoing concentration limit,
(j) Accounts with respect to which the Account Debtor is subject to an Insolvency Proceeding,
is not Solvent, has gone out of business, or as to which any Borrower has received notice of an
imminent Insolvency Proceeding or a material impairment of the financial condition of such Account
Debtor,
(k) Accounts, the collection of which, Agent, in its Permitted Discretion, believes to be
materially impaired by reason of the Account Debtors financial condition,
(l) Accounts that are not subject to a valid and perfected first priority Agents Lien,
(m) Accounts with respect to which (i) the goods giving rise to such Account have not been
shipped and billed to the Account Debtor, or (ii) the services giving rise to such Account have
not been performed and billed to the Account Debtor,
(n) Accounts with respect to which the Account Debtor is a Sanctioned Person or Sanctioned
Entity,
(o) Accounts that represent the right to receive progress payments or other advance billings
that are due prior to the completion of performance by Borrowers of the subject contract for goods
or services, or
(p) Accounts with respect to which (i) the Account Debtor has been billed by the applicable
Borrower from an office or location of the applicable Borrower that is not located in the United
States, or (ii) the collection thereof is to occur via an office or location of the applicable
Borrower that is not located in the United States.
Eligible Credit Insured Accounts
means an Account (other than an Eligible Investment
Grade Account) that (a) satisfies all of the criteria set forth in the definition of Eligible
Accounts other than clause (f) of such definition and (b) is covered by credit insurance in form,
substance, and amount, and by an insurer, satisfactory to Agent;
provided
,
however
,
that such criteria may be revised from time to time by Agent in Agents Permitted Discretion to
address the results of any audit performed by Agent from time to time after the Closing Date. In
determining the amount to be included, Eligible Credit Insured Accounts shall be calculated net of
customer deposits and unapplied cash.
Eligible Equipment
means the Equipment owned by Borrowers, that complies with each
of the representations and warranties respecting Eligible Equipment made in the Loan Documents,
and that is not excluded as ineligible by virtue of one or more of the excluding criteria set
forth below;
provided
,
however
, that such criteria may be revised from time to
time by Agent in Agents Permitted Discretion to address the results of any audit or appraisal
performed by Agent from time to time after the Closing Date. A piece of Equipment shall not be
included in Eligible Equipment if:
(a) the applicable Borrower does not have good, valid, and marketable title thereto,
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(b) it is not subject to a valid and perfected first priority Agents Lien,
(c) the full purchase price for such equipment has not been paid by Borrowers,
(d) it
is not located at one of the locations in the continental United States set forth on
Schedule E-l
,
(e) it is located on real property leased by a Borrower unless either (i) it is subject to a Collateral Access Agreement executed by the lessor, or (ii) Agent has established
a reserve against the Borrowing Base in an amount equal to three (3) months rent with respect to
such premises (or such lesser amount as agreed to by Agent in its sole discretion),
(f) it is not in good working order and condition (ordinary wear and tear excepted) or it is not used or held for use by Borrowers in the ordinary course of business of
the Borrowers,
(g) it is subject to any agreement which restricts the ability of Borrowers to use, sell, transport or dispose of such equipment or which restricts the Agents ability to take
possession of, sell or otherwise dispose of such equipment, or
(h) it constitutes fixtures under the applicable laws of the jurisdiction in which such
equipment is located.
Eligible Equipment Sublimit
means Six Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars
($6,500,000);
provided
,
however
, that beginning on January 31, 2010 and on the
last day of each fiscal quarter of Parent thereafter, the Eligible Equipment Sublimit shall be
reduced by Three Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars ($325,000).
Eligible Inventory
means Inventory consisting of first quality finished goods held
for sale in the ordinary course of Borrowers business, that complies with each of the
representations and warranties respecting Eligible Inventory made in the Loan Documents, and that
is not excluded as ineligible by virtue of one or more of the excluding criteria set forth below;
provided
,
however
, that such criteria may be revised from time to time by Agent in
Agents Permitted Discretion to address the results of any audit or appraisal performed by Agent
from time to time after the Closing Date. In determining the amount to be so included, Inventory
shall be valued at the lower of cost or market on a basis consistent with Borrowers historical
accounting practices. An item of Inventory shall not be included in Eligible Inventory if:
(a) the
applicable Borrower does not have good, valid, and marketable title
thereto,
(b) the
applicable Borrower does not have actual and exclusive possession thereof (either directly or through a bailee or agent of such Borrower),
(c) it
is not located at one of the locations in the continental United States set forth on
Schedule E-l
(or in-transit from one such location to another such location),
(d) it is in-transit to or from a location of a Borrower (other than in-transit from one location set forth on
Schedule E-l
to another location set forth on
Schedule
E-l
),
(e) it is located on real property leased by a Borrower or in a contract warehouse, in each case, unless it is segregated or otherwise separately identifiable from
goods of others, if any, stored on the premises, and either (i) it is subject to a Collateral Access
Agreement
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executed by the lessor or warehouseman, as the case may be, or (ii) Agent has established a
reserve against the Borrowing Base in an amount equal to three (3) months rent with respect to
such premises or three (3) months warehouse charges with respect to such premises, as applicable
(or such lesser amount as agreed to by Agent in its sole discretion),
(f) it is the subject of a bill of lading or other document of title,
(g) it is not subject to a valid and perfected first priority Agents Lien,
(h) it consists of goods returned or rejected by the applicable Borrowers customers, or
(i) it consists of goods that are obsolete or slow moving, restrictive or custom items,
work-in-process, raw materials, or goods that constitute spare parts, packaging and shipping
materials, supplies used or consumed in Borrowers business, bill and hold goods, defective goods,
seconds, or Inventory acquired on consignment.
Eligible Investment Grade Accounts
means an Account (a) that satisfies all of the
criteria set forth in the definition of Eligible Accounts other than clause (f) of such definition,
and (b) is owed by an Account Debtor that is an Eligible Investment Grade Account Debtor;
provided
.
however
, that such criteria may be revised from time to time by Agent in
Agents Permitted Discretion to address the results of any audit performed by Agent from time to
time after the Closing Date. In determining the amount to be included, Eligible Investment Grade
Accounts shall be calculated net of customer deposits and unapplied cash.
Eligible Investment Grade Account Debtors
means an Account Debtor listed on
Schedule E-2
(as such list may be added to from time to time by Agent in its sole
discretion): that (a) does not maintain its chief executive office in the United States, or (b) is
not organized under the laws of the United States or any state thereof or the District of
Columbia, in either case, so long as such Account Debtor, or the owner of all of the Stock of such
Account Debtor, has a credit rating of at least BBB- by S&P or Baa3 by Moodys.
Eligible Specified Accounts
means an Account that (a) satisfies all of the criteria
set forth in the definition of Eligible Accounts other than clause (f) of such definition, and (b)
is owed by an Account Debtor that is an Eligible Specified Account Debtor;
provided
,
however
, that such criteria may be revised from time to time by Agent in Agents Permitted
Discretion to address the results of any audit performed by Agent from time to time after the
Closing Date. In determining the amount to be included, Eligible Specified Accounts shall be
calculated net of customer deposits and unapplied cash.
Eligible Specified Account Debtor
means an Account Debtor listed on Schedule E-3
(as such list may be added to from time to time by Agent in its sole discretion), so long as such
Account Debtor, or the owner of all of the Stock of such Account Debtor, has a credit rating of at
least BB+ by S&P or Bal by Moodys.
Environmental Action
means any written complaint, summons, citation, notice,
directive, order, claim, litigation, investigation, judicial or administrative proceeding,
judgment, letter, or other written communication from any Governmental Authority, or any third
party involving violations of Environmental Laws or releases of Hazardous Materials (a) from any
assets, properties, or businesses of any Borrower, any Subsidiary of a Borrower, or any of their
predecessors in interest, (b) from adjoining properties or businesses, or (c) from or onto any
facilities which received Hazardous Materials generated by any Borrower, any Subsidiary of a
Borrower, or any of their predecessors in interest.
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Environmental Law
means any applicable federal, state, provincial, foreign or local
statute, law, rule, regulation, ordinance, code, binding and enforceable guideline, binding and
enforceable written policy, or rule of common law now or hereafter in effect and in each case as
amended, or any judicial or administrative interpretation thereof, including any judicial or
administrative order, consent decree or judgment, in each case, to the extent binding on Parent or
its Subsidiaries, relating to the environment, the effect of the environment on employee health,
or Hazardous Materials, in each case as amended from time to time.
Environmental Liabilities
means all liabilities, monetary obligations, losses,
damages, costs and expenses (including all reasonable fees, disbursements and expenses of counsel,
experts, or consultants, and costs of investigation and feasibility studies), fines, penalties,
sanctions, and interest incurred as a result of any claim or demand, or Remedial Action required,
by any Governmental Authority or any third party, and which relate to any Environmental Action.
Environmental Lien
means any Lien in favor of any Governmental Authority for
Environmental Liabilities.
Equipment
means equipment (as that term is defined in the Code).
ERISA
means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and any
successor statute thereto.
ERISA Affiliate
means (a) any Person subject to ERISA whose employees are treated as
employed by the same employer as the employees of Parent or its Subsidiaries under IRC Section
414(b), (b) any trade or business subject to ERISA whose employees are treated as employed by the
same employer as the employees of Parent or its Subsidiaries under IRC Section 414(c), (c) solely
for purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the IRC, any organization subject to ERISA
that is a member of an affiliated service group of which Parent or any of its Subsidiaries is a
member under IRC Section 414(m), or (d) solely for purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412
of the IRC, any Person subject to ERISA that is a party to an arrangement with Parent or any of its
Subsidiaries and whose employees are aggregated with the employees of Parent or its Subsidiaries
under IRC Section 414(o).
Event of Default
has the meaning specified therefor in
Section 8
of the Agreement.
Excess Availability
means, as of any date of determination, the amount equal to
Availability
minus
the aggregate amount, if any, of all trade payables of Parent and its
Subsidiaries aged in excess of the greater of historical levels with respect thereto or ninety
(90) days and all book overdrafts of Parent and its Subsidiaries in excess of historical practices
with respect thereto, in each case as determined by Agent in its Permitted Discretion.
Excess Liquidity
means, as of any date of determination, the sum of (a) Excess
Availability as of such date,
plus
(b) Suppressed Availability as of such date in an amount not to
exceed [****].
Exchange Act
means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as in effect from time to
time.
Existing Credit Facility
means the credit facility provided to Parent pursuant to
the Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of March 14, 2008, among Parent and Silicon Valley Bank,
a California corporation.
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Fee Letter
means that certain fee letter, dated as of even date with the Agreement,
among Borrowers and Agent, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent.
Federal Funds Rate
means, for any period, a fluctuating interest rate per annum
equal to, for each day during such period, the weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal
funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers,
as published on the next succeeding Business Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if
such rate is not so published for any day which is a Business Day, the average of the quotations
for such day on such transactions received by Agent from three Federal funds brokers of recognized
standing selected by it.
Fixed Charges
means, with respect to any fiscal period and with respect to Parent
determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, the sum, without duplication, of (a)
Interest Expense accrued (other than interest paid-in-kind, amortization of financing fees, and
other non-cash Interest Expense during such period), (b) principal payments in respect of
Indebtedness that are required to be paid during such period, and (c) all federal, state, and
local income taxes accrued during such period;
provided
that, notwithstanding anything to
the contrary contained herein, Fixed Charges shall be deemed to be: (1) $3,473,000 for the fiscal
quarter ended February 1, 2009, (2) $3,018,000 for the fiscal quarter ended April 30, 2009, and
(3) $2,872,000 for the fiscal quarter ended August 2, 2009.
Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio
means, with respect to Parent and its Subsidiaries for
any period, the ratio of (i) EBITDA for such period
minus
unfinanced Capital Expenditures made (to
the extent not already incurred in a prior period) or incurred during such period, to (ii) Fixed
Charges for such period.
Foreign Lender
means any Lender or Participant that is not a United States person
within the meaning of IRC section 7701(a)(30).
Funding Date
means the date on which a Borrowing occurs.
Funding Losses
has the meaning specified therefor in
Section 2.12(b)(ii)
of
the Agreement.
GAAP
means generally accepted accounting principles as in effect from time to time
in the United States, consistently applied.
Governing Documents
means, with respect to any Person, the certificate or articles
of incorporation, by-laws, or other organizational documents of such Person.
Governmental Authority
means any federal, state, local, or other governmental or
administrative body, instrumentality, board, department, or agency or any court, tribunal,
administrative hearing body, arbitration panel, commission, or other similar dispute-resolving
panel or body.
Guarantors
means (a) each Subsidiary of Parent (other than any Borrower or any
Subsidiary that is not required to become a Guarantor pursuant to
Section 5.11
), and (b)
each other Person that becomes a guarantor after the Closing Date pursuant to
Section 5.11
of the Agreement, and
Guarantor
means any one of them.
Guaranty
means that certain general continuing guaranty, dated as of even date with
the Agreement, executed and delivered by each Guarantor in favor of Agent, for the benefit of
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the Lender Group and the Bank Product Providers, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
Agent.
Hazardous Materials
means (a) substances that are defined or listed in, or
otherwise classified pursuant to, any applicable laws or regulations as hazardous substances,
hazardous materials, hazardous wastes, toxic substances, or any other formulation intended
to define, list, or classify substances by reason of deleterious properties such as ignitability,
corrosivity, reactivity, carcinogenicity, reproductive toxicity, or EP toxicity, (b) oil,
petroleum, or petroleum derived substances, natural gas, natural gas liquids, synthetic gas,
drilling fluids, produced waters, and other wastes associated with the exploration, development,
or production of crude oil, natural gas, or geothermal resources, (c) any flammable substances or
explosives or any radioactive materials, and (d) asbestos in any form or electrical equipment that
contains any oil or dielectric fluid containing levels of polychlorinated biphenyls in excess of
50 parts per million.
Hedge Agreement
means any and all agreements or documents now existing or hereafter
entered into by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries that provide for an interest rate, credit,
commodity or equity swap, cap, floor, collar, forward foreign exchange transaction, currency swap,
cross currency rate swap, currency option, or any combination of, or option with respect to, these
or similar transactions, for the purpose of hedging such Persons exposure to fluctuations in
interest or exchange rates, loan, credit exchange, security, or currency valuations or commodity
prices.
Holdout Lender
has the meaning specified therefor in
Section 14.2(a)
of the
Agreement.
Indebtedness
means (a) all obligations for borrowed money, (b) all obligations
evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, or other similar instruments and all reimbursement or other
obligations in respect of letters of credit, bankers acceptances, or other financial products, (c)
all obligations as a lessee under Capital Leases, (d) all obligations or liabilities of others
secured by a Lien on any asset of such Person, irrespective of whether such obligation or liability
is assumed, (e) all obligations to pay the deferred purchase price of assets (other than trade
payables incurred in the ordinary course of business and repayable in accordance with customary
trade practices), (f) all obligations owing under Hedge Agreements (which amount shall be
calculated based on the amount that would be payable by such Person if the Hedge Agreement were
terminated on the date of determination), (g) any Prohibited Preferred Stock, and (h) any
obligation guaranteeing or intended to guarantee (whether directly or indirectly guaranteed,
endorsed, co-made, discounted, or sold with recourse) any obligation of any other Person that
constitutes Indebtedness under any of clauses (a) through (g) above. For purposes of this
definition, (i) the amount of any Indebtedness represented by a guaranty or other similar
instrument shall be the lesser of the principal amount of the obligations guaranteed and still
outstanding and the maximum amount for which the guaranteeing Person may be liable pursuant to the
terms of the instrument embodying such Indebtedness, and (ii) the amount of any Indebtedness
described in clause (d) above shall be the lower of the amount of the obligation and the fair
market value of the assets of such Person securing such obligation.
Indemnified Liabilities
has the meaning specified therefor in
Section 10.3
of the Agreement.
Indemnified Person
has the meaning specified therefor in
Section 10.3
of
the Agreement.
Indentures
means, collectively, the 2003 Indenture and the 2006
Indenture.
Insolvency Proceeding
means any proceeding commenced by or against any Person under
any provision of the Bankruptcy Code or under any other state or federal bankruptcy or
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insolvency law, assignments for the benefit of creditors, formal or informal moratoria,
compositions, extensions generally with creditors, or proceedings seeking reorganization,
arrangement, or other similar relief.
Intercompany Subordination Agreement
means an intercompany subordination agreement,
dated as of even date with the Agreement, executed and delivered by Parent, each of its
Subsidiaries, and Agent, the form and substance of which is reasonably satisfactory to Agent.
Interest Expense
means, for any period, the aggregate of the interest expense of
Parent for such period, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
Interest Period
means, with respect to each LIBOR Rate Loan, a period commencing on
the date of the making of such LIBOR Rate Loan (or the continuation of a LIBOR Rate Loan or the
conversion of a Base Rate Loan to a LIBOR Rate Loan) and ending 1, 2, or 3 months thereafter;
provided
,
however
, that (a) interest shall accrue at the applicable rate based
upon the LIBOR Rate from and including the first day of each Interest Period to, but excluding,
the day on which any Interest Period expires, (b) any Interest Period that would end on a day that
is not a Business Day shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such Business
Day falls in another calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next
preceding Business Day, (c) with respect to an Interest Period that begins on the last Business
Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the
calendar month at the end of such Interest Period), the Interest Period shall end on the last
Business Day of the calendar month that is 1, 2, or 3 months after the date on which the Interest
Period began, as applicable, and (d) Borrowers (or Administrative Borrower on behalf thereof) may
not elect an Interest Period which will end after the Maturity Date.
Inventory
means inventory (as that term is defined in the Code).
Investment
means, with respect to any Person, any investment by such Person in any
other Person (including Affiliates) in the form of loans, guarantees, advances, capital
contributions (excluding (a) commission, travel, and similar advances to directors, officers,
employees and consultants of such Person made in the ordinary course of business, and (b)
bona
fide
Accounts arising in the ordinary course of business), or acquisitions of Indebtedness, Stock,
or all or substantially all of the assets of such other Person (or of any division or business
line of such other Person), and any other items that are or would be classified as investments on
a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP.
IRC
means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as in effect from time to
time.
Issuing Lender
means WFF or any other Lender that, at the request of Administrative
Borrower and with the consent of Agent, agrees, in such Lenders sole discretion, to become an
Issuing Lender for the purpose of issuing Letters of Credit or Reimbursement Undertakings pursuant
to
Section 2.11
of the Agreement.
Lender
and
Lenders
have the respective meanings set forth in the preamble
to the Agreement, includes the Issuing Lender, and shall include any other Person made a party to
the Agreement pursuant to the provisions of
Section 13.1
of the Agreement.
Lender Group
means each of the Lenders (including the Issuing Lender) and Agent, or
any one or more of them.
Lender Group Expenses
means all (a) costs or expenses (including taxes, and
insurance premiums) required to be paid by Parent or its Subsidiaries under any of the Loan
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Documents that are paid, advanced, or incurred by the Lender Group, (b) out-of-pocket fees or
charges paid or incurred by Agent in connection with the Lender Groups transactions with Parent
or its Subsidiaries under any of the Loan Documents, including, fees or charges for photocopying,
notarization, couriers and messengers, telecommunication, public record searches (including tax
lien, litigation, and UCC searches and including searches with the patent and trademark office,
the copyright office, or the department of motor vehicles), filing, recording, publication,
appraisal (including periodic collateral appraisals or business valuations to the extent of the
fees and charges (and up to the amount of any limitation) contained in the Agreement or the Fee
Letter), real estate surveys, real estate title policies and endorsements, and environmental
audits, (c) out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by Agent in the disbursement of funds to
Borrowers or other members of the Lender Group (by wire transfer or otherwise), (d) out-of-pocket
charges paid or incurred by Agent resulting from the dishonor of checks payable by or to any Loan
Party, (e) reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses paid or incurred by the Lender Group to
correct any default or enforce any provision of the Loan Documents, or during the continuance of
an Event of Default, in gaining possession of, maintaining, handling, preserving, storing,
shipping, selling, preparing for sale, or advertising to sell the Collateral, or any portion
thereof, irrespective of whether a sale is consummated, (f) reasonable out-of-pocket audit fees
and expenses (including travel, meals, and lodging) of Agent related to any inspections or audits
to the extent of the fees and charges (and up to the amount of any limitation) contained in the
Agreement or the Fee Letter, (g) reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses of third party claims
or any other suit paid or incurred by the Lender Group in enforcing or defending the Loan
Documents or in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents or the Lender
Groups relationship with Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, (h) Agents reasonable costs and
expenses (including reasonable attorneys fees) incurred in advising, structuring, drafting,
reviewing, administering (including travel, meals, and lodging), syndicating, or amending the Loan
Documents, and (i) Agents and each Lenders reasonable costs and expenses (including reasonable
attorneys, accountants, consultants, and other advisors fees and expenses) incurred in
terminating, enforcing (including attorneys, accountants, consultants, and other advisors fees and
expenses incurred in connection with a workout, a restructuring, or an Insolvency Proceeding
concerning Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or in exercising rights or remedies under the Loan
Documents), or defending the Loan Documents, irrespective of whether suit is brought, or in taking
any Remedial Action concerning the Collateral.
Lender Group Representatives
has the meaning specified therefor in
Section 17.9
of the Agreement.
Lender-Related Person
means, with respect to any Lender, such Lender, together with
such Lenders Affiliates, officers, directors, employees, attorneys, and agents.
Letter of Credit
means a letter of credit issued by Issuing Lender or a letter of
credit issued by Underlying Issuer, as the context requires.
Letter of Credit Collateralization
means either (a) providing cash collateral
(pursuant to documentation reasonably satisfactory to Agent, including provisions that specify that
the Letter of Credit fee and all usage charges set forth in the Agreement will continue to accrue
while the Letters of Credit are outstanding) to be held by Agent for the benefit of those Lenders
with a Revolver Commitment in an amount equal to 105% of the then existing Letter of Credit Usage,
(b) causing the Letters of Credit to be returned to the Issuing Lender, or (c) providing Agent with
a standby letter of credit, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent, from a
commercial bank acceptable to Agent (in its sole discretion) in an amount equal to 105% of the then
existing Letter of Credit Usage (it being understood that the Letter of Credit fee and all usage
charges set forth in the Agreement will continue to accrue while the Letters of Credit are
outstanding and that any such fees that accrue must be an amount that can be drawn under any such
standby letter of credit).
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Letter of Credit Disbursement
means a payment made by Issuing Lender or
Underlying Issuer pursuant to a Letter of Credit.
Letter of Credit Usage
means, as of any date of determination, the aggregate
undrawn amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit.
LIBOR Deadline
has the meaning specified therefor in
Section 2.12(b)(i)
of the Agreement.
LIBOR Notice
means a written notice in the form of
Exhibit L-l
.
LIBOR Option
has the meaning specified therefor in
Section 2.12(a)
of the
Agreement.
LIBOR Rate
means, for each Interest Period for each LIBOR Rate Loan, the rate per
annum determined by Agent by
dividing
(a) the Base LIBOR Rate for such Interest Period, by (b)
100%
minus
the Reserve Percentage. The LIBOR Rate shall be adjusted on and as of the effective
day of any change in the Reserve Percentage.
LIBOR Rate Loan
means each portion of an Advance that bears interest at a rate
determined by reference to the LIBOR Rate.
LIBOR Rate Margin
means, as of any date of determination (with respect to any
portion of the outstanding Advances on such date that is a LIBOR Rate Loan), the applicable
margin set forth in the following table based upon the Average Daily Excess Availability for the
immediately preceding calendar quarter, as determined by Agent in its Permitted Discretion:
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Level
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Average Daily Excess Availability
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Base Rate Margin
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I
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If Average Daily Excess Availability is
greater than $25,000,000
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3.75 percentage points
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II
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If Average Daily Excess Availability is
greater than or equal to $10,000,000 but
less than or equal to $25,000,000
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4.00 percentage points
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III
|
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If Average Daily Excess Availability is
less than $10,000,000
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4.25 percentage points
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;
provided
,
however
, that for the period commencing on the Closing Date
through the end of October 31, 2009, the LIBOR Rate Margin shall be the percentage points
specified for Pricing Level II as set forth in this definition;
provided
,
further
,
however
, that if the Borrowers fail to provide any reports or
certifications required to determine the Average Daily Excess Availability when due, the LIBOR
Rate Margin shall be set at the percentage points specified for Pricing Level III until such
reports or certifications are delivered, on which date (but not retroactively), without
constituting a waiver of any Default or Event of Default occasioned by the failure to timely
deliver such reports or certifications, the LIBOR Rate Margin shall be set at the percentage
based upon the calculation determined pursuant to such reports or certifications. For purposes
of the preceding sentence (and subject to the forgoing provisos), at the end of each calendar
quarter Agent will test the Borrowers Average Daily Excess Availability, which amount will be
based upon reports and certifications delivered to Agent in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement. If any such reports or certifications are subsequently determined to be incorrect in
any material respect in a manner that
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would result in a lower Average Daily Excess Availability, Agent may increase the LIBOR Rate
Margin retroactively to the beginning of the relevant quarter to the extent that such error caused
the applicable LIBOR Rate Margin to be less than the LIBOR Rate Margin that would have been in
effect if the error was not made.
Lien
means any mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, charge,
deposit arrangement, encumbrance, easement, lien (statutory or other), security interest, or other
security arrangement and any other preference, priority, or preferential arrangement of any kind
or nature whatsoever, including any conditional sale contract or other title retention agreement,
the interest of a lessor under a Capital Lease and any synthetic or other financing lease having
substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing.
Loan Account
has the meaning specified therefor in
Section 2.9
of
the Agreement.
Loan Documents
means the Agreement, the Bank Product Agreements, any Borrowing Base
Certificate, the Controlled Account Agreements, the Control Agreements, the Copyright Security
Agreement, the Fee Letter, the Guaranty, the Intercompany Subordination Agreement, the Letters of
Credit, the Mortgages, the Patent Security Agreement, the Security Agreement, the Trademark
Security Agreement, any note or notes executed by Borrowers in connection with the Agreement and
payable to any member of the Lender Group, any letter of credit application entered into by any
Borrower in connection with the Agreement, and any other agreement entered into, now or in the
future, by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries and any member of the Lender Group in connection with
the Agreement.
Loan Party
means any Borrower or any Guarantor.
Margin Stock
as defined in Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System as in effect from time to time.
Material Adverse Change
means (a) a material adverse change in the business,
operations, results of operations, assets, liabilities or condition (financial or otherwise) of
Parent and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (b) a material impairment of Parents and its
Subsidiaries ability to perform their obligations under the Loan Documents to which they are
parties or of the Lender Groups ability to enforce the Obligations or realize upon the
Collateral, or (c) a material impairment of the enforceability or priority of Agents Liens with
respect to the Collateral as a result of an action or failure to act on the part of Parent or any
of its Non-CFC Subsidiaries.
Material Contract
means, with respect to any Person, (i) each contract or agreement
to which such Person or any of its Subsidiaries is a party involving aggregate consideration
payable to or by such Person or such Subsidiary of $500,000 or more (other than purchase orders in
the ordinary course of the business of such Person or such Subsidiary and other than contracts
that by their terms may be terminated by such Person or Subsidiary in the ordinary course of its
business upon less than 60 days notice without penalty or premium) and (ii) all other contracts or
agreements, the loss of which could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change.
Maturity Date
has the meaning specified therefor in
Section 3.3
of the Agreement.
Maximum Revolver Amount
means $70,000,000, decreased by the amount of reductions in
the Revolver Commitments made in accordance with
Section 2.4(c)
of the Agreement.
Moodys
has the meaning specified therefor in the definition of Cash
Equivalents.
Mortgage Policy
has the meaning specified therefor in
Schedule
3.1(v)
.
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Mortgages
means, individually and collectively, one or more mortgages, deeds of
trust, or deeds to secure debt, executed and delivered by Parent or its Subsidiaries in favor of
Agent, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent, that encumber the Real Property
Collateral.
Net Cash Proceeds
means, with respect to the issuance or incurrence of any
Indebtedness by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, the aggregate amount of cash received (directly
or indirectly) from time to time (whether as initial consideration or through the payment or
disposition of deferred consideration) by or on behalf of Parent or such Subsidiary in connection
with such issuance or incurrence, after deducting therefrom only (i) reasonable fees, commissions,
and expenses related thereto and required to be paid by Parent or such Subsidiary in connection
with such issuance or incurrence, (ii) taxes paid or payable to any taxing authorities by Parent or
such Subsidiary in connection with such issuance or incurrence, in each case to the extent, but
only to the extent, that the amounts so deducted are, at the time of receipt of such cash, actually
paid or payable to a Person that is not an Affiliate of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, and are
properly attributable to such transaction.
Net Liquidation Percentage
means the percentage of the book value of Borrowers
Inventory that is estimated to be recoverable in an orderly liquidation of such Inventory net of
all associated costs and expenses of such liquidation, such percentage to be as determined from
time to time by an appraisal company selected by Agent.
Net Orderly Liquidation Value
means, with respect to Equipment of any Person, the
orderly liquidation value thereof as determined in a manner acceptable to Agent by an appraiser
acceptable to Agent, net of all costs of liquidation thereof.
Non-CFC Subsidiary
means any Subsidiary of Parent that is not a
CFC.
Non-Loan Party
means any Subsidiary of Parent that
is not a Loan Party.
Obligations
means (a) all loans, Advances, debts, principal, interest (including
any interest that accrues after the commencement of an Insolvency Proceeding, regardless of
whether allowed or allowable in whole or in part as a claim in any such Insolvency Proceeding),
contingent reimbursement or indemnification obligations with respect to Reimbursement Undertaking
or with respect to Letters of Credit, premiums, liabilities (including all amounts charged to the
Loan Account pursuant to the Agreement), obligations (including indemnification obligations), fees
(including the fees provided for in the Fee Letter), Lender Group Expenses (including any fees or
expenses that accrue after the commencement of an Insolvency Proceeding, regardless of whether
allowed or allowable in whole or in part as a claim in any such Insolvency Proceeding),
guaranties, covenants, and duties of any kind and description owing by Borrowers to the Lender
Group pursuant to or evidenced by the Loan Documents and irrespective of whether for the payment
of money, whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing
or hereafter arising, and including all interest not paid when due and all other expenses or other
amounts that Borrowers are required to pay or reimburse by the Loan Documents or by law or
otherwise in connection with the Loan Documents, and (b) all Bank Product Obligations. Any
reference in the Agreement or in the Loan Documents to the Obligations shall include all or any
portion thereof and any extensions, modifications, renewals, or alterations thereof, both prior
and subsequent to any Insolvency Proceeding.
OFAC
means The Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the
Treasury.
Originating Lender
has the meaning specified therefor in
Section 13.1 (e)
of the
Agreement.
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Overadvance
has the meaning specified therefor in
Section 2.5
of
the Agreement.
Parent
has the meaning specified therefor in the preamble
to the Agreement.
Participant
has the meaning specified therefor in
Section 13.1(e)
of the Agreement.
Participant Register
has the
meaning set forth in
Section 13.1(i)
of the Agreement.
Patent Security Agreement
has the meaning specified therefor in the Security
Agreement.
Patriot Act
has the meaning specified therefor in
Section 4.18
of
the Agreement.
Payoff Date
means the first date on which all of the Obligations are paid in full
and the Revolver Commitments of the Lenders are terminated.
Permitted Convertible Note Debt
means the Indebtedness evidenced by convertible
notes and an indenture, the terms and conditions of which are substantially similar to the terms
and conditions described on
Exhibit P-l
, as determined by Agent in its Permitted
Discretion, which determination shall be evidenced by a certificate executed and delivered by
Agent to Borrowers.
Permitted Discretion
means a determination made in the exercise of reasonable (from
the perspective of a secured lender) business judgment.
Permitted Dispositions
means:
(a) sales, abandonment, or other dispositions of: (i) Equipment (other than Eligible Equipment) that is substantially worn, damaged, obsolete or no longer used in the ordinary
course of business; and (ii) Eligible Equipment that is substantially worn, damaged, obsolete or no
longer used in the ordinary course of business so long as: (A) both before and after giving effect to any
such sale or other disposition, no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, (B) both
before and after giving effect to any such sale or other disposition, Excess Availability is greater
than $10,000,000, (C) Administrative Borrower provides Agent with prior written notice of such sale
or other disposition, (D) the aggregate appraised value of all Eligible Equipment sold or
otherwise disposed of in any fiscal year of Parent does not exceed $1,000,000,
(b) sales of Inventory to buyers in the ordinary course of business,
(c) the
use or transfer of money or Cash Equivalents in a manner that is not prohibited by the terms of the Agreement or the other Loan Documents,
(d) the
licensing, on a non-exclusive basis, of patents, trademarks, copyrights, and other intellectual property rights in the ordinary course of business,
(e) the granting of Permitted Liens,
(f) the
sale or discount, in each case without recourse, of Accounts arising in the ordinary course of business, but only in connection with the compromise or collection thereof,
(g) any involuntary loss, damage or destruction of property,
(h) any involuntary condemnation, seizure or taking, by exercise of the power of eminent
domain or otherwise, or confiscation or requisition of use of property,
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(i) the leasing or subleasing of assets of Parent or its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course
of business,
(j) the sale or issuance of Stock (other than Prohibited Preferred Stock),
(k) the lapse of registered patents, trademarks and other intellectual property of Parent and
its Subsidiaries to the extent not economically desirable in the conduct of their business and so
long as such lapse is not materially adverse to the interests of the Lenders,
(1) the making of a Permitted Investment, and
(m) so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, dispositions of assets
(other than Eligible Equipment, Accounts, intellectual property, licenses, Stock of Subsidiaries
of Parent, or Material Contracts) not otherwise permitted in
clauses
(a)
through (1) above
so long as made at fair market value and the aggregate fair market value of all assets disposed of
in all such dispositions in any fiscal year (including the proposed disposition) would not exceed
$2,000,000.
Permitted Indebtedness
means:
(a) Indebtedness evidenced by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, together with Indebtedness owed to Underlying Issuers with respect to Underlying Letters of
Credit,
(b) Indebtedness
set forth on
Schedule 4.19
and any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of such Indebtedness,
(c) Permitted
Purchase Money Indebtedness and any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of such Indebtedness,
(d) endorsement of instruments or other payment items for deposit,
(e) Indebtedness consisting of (i) unsecured guarantees incurred in the ordinary course of business with respect to surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds, bid bonds,
appeal bonds, completion guarantee and similar obligations; and (ii) unsecured guarantees arising
with respect to customary indemnification obligations to purchasers
in connection with Permitted Dispositions,
(f) Indebtedness incurred in the ordinary course of business under performance,
surety, statutory, and appeal bonds,
(g) Indebtedness owed to any Person providing property, casualty, liability, or other insurance to Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, so long as the amount of such Indebtedness is
not in excess of the amount of the unpaid cost of, and shall be incurred only to defer the cost of,
such insurance for the year in which such Indebtedness is incurred and such Indebtedness is
outstanding only during such year,
(h) the incurrence by Parent or its Subsidiaries of Indebtedness under Hedge Agreements that
are incurred for the bona fide purpose of hedging the interest rate or foreign currency risk
associated with Parents and its Subsidiaries operations and not for speculative purposes,
(i) unsecured Indebtedness incurred in respect of netting services, overdraft protection, and
other like services, in each case, incurred in the ordinary course of business,
(j) Indebtedness composing Permitted Investments,
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(k) the Subordinated Debt and any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof;
(1) the Permitted Convertible Note Debt so long as Parent receives Net Cash Proceeds
therefrom in an amount not less than $60,000,000 at the time such Indebtedness is incurred;
provided
,
however
, that no principal payments shall be made by Parent or any of
its Subsidiaries on account of such Indebtedness prior to the Payoff Date;
provided
,
further
,
however
, that such principal payment prohibition shall not apply to any
cash payments made in lieu of issuance of fractional shares upon conversion of any of the notes
that constitute Permitted Convertible Note Debt so long as the aggregate amount of all such cash
payments does not exceed $250,000; and
(m) Indebtedness incurred by Non-Loan Parties in an aggregate amount not to exceed
$10,000,000;
provided
,
however
, that no Loan Party shall guaranty or otherwise be
liable on account of such Indebtedness.
Permitted Intercompany Advances
means loans made by (a) a Loan Party to another
Loan Party, (b) a Non-Loan Party to another Non-Loan Party, (c) a Non-Loan Party to a Loan Party,
so long as the parties thereto are party to the Intercompany Subordination Agreement.
Permitted Investments
means:
(a) Investments in cash and Cash Equivalents,
(b) Investments
in negotiable instruments deposited or to be deposited for collection in the ordinary course of business,
(c) advances
made in connection with purchases of goods or services in the ordinary course of business,
(d) Investments received in settlement of amounts due to any Loan Party or
any of its Subsidiaries effected in the ordinary course of business or owing to
any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries as a result of Insolvency Proceedings involving an Account Debtor or upon the foreclosure or enforcement of
any Lien in favor of a Loan Party or its Subsidiaries,
(e) Investments
owned by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries on the Closing Date and set forth on
Schedule P-l
,
(f) guarantees permitted under the definition of Permitted Indebtedness,
(g) Permitted Intercompany Advances,
(h) Stock or other securities acquired in connection with the satisfaction or enforcement of
Indebtedness or claims due or owing to a Loan Party or its Subsidiaries (in bankruptcy of
customers or suppliers or otherwise outside the ordinary course of business) or as security for
any such Indebtedness or claims,
(i) deposits of cash made in the ordinary course of business to secure performance of
operating leases,
(j) non-cash loans to employees, officers, and directors of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries
for the purpose of purchasing Stock in Parent so long as the proceeds of such loans are used in
their entirety to purchase such stock in Parent,
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(k) Investments in the form of Hedge Agreements that are permitted under the Agreement,
(1) so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time of
any such Investment or would result therefrom, Investments in joint ventures to the extent that
the aggregate amount invested outstanding at any time does not exceed $2,000,000,
(m) so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom,
any other Investments in an aggregate amount not to exceed $2,000,000 in the aggregate amount
outstanding at any time.
Permitted Liens
means
(a) Liens held by Agent to secure the Obligations,
(b) Liens for unpaid taxes, assessments, or other governmental charges or levies
that either (i) are not yet delinquent, or (ii) do not have priority over Agents Liens and the
underlying taxes, assessments, or charges or levies are the subject of Permitted Protests,
(c) judgment
Liens arising solely as a result of the existence of judgments, orders, or awards that do not constitute an Event of Default under
Section 8.3
of the Agreement,
(d) Liens set forth on
Schedule P-2
;
provided
,
however
, that to
qualify as a Permitted Lien, any such Lien described on
Schedule P-2
shall only secure the Indebtedness that
it secures on the Closing Date and any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof,
(e) the
interests of lessors under operating leases and non-exclusive licensors under license agreements,
(f) purchase money Liens or the interests of lessors under Capital Leases to the extent that such Liens or interests secure Permitted Purchase Money Indebtedness and so long as (i) such
Lien attaches only to the asset purchased or acquired and the
proceeds thereof, and (ii) such Lien only secures the Indebtedness that was incurred to acquire the asset purchased or acquired or any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof,
(g) Liens arising by operation of law in favor of warehousemen, landlords, carriers, mechanics, materialmen, laborers, or suppliers, incurred in the ordinary course of business
and not in connection with the borrowing of money, and which Liens either (i) are for sums not yet
delinquent, or (ii) are the subject of Permitted Protests,
(h) Liens on amounts deposited to secure Parents and its Subsidiaries obligations in
connection with workers compensation or other unemployment insurance,
(i) Liens on amounts deposited to secure Parents and its Subsidiaries obligations in
connection with the making or entering into of bids, tenders, or leases in the ordinary course of
business and not in connection with the borrowing of money,
(j) Liens on amounts deposited to secure Parents and its Subsidiaries reimbursement
obligations with respect to surety or appeal bonds obtained in the ordinary course of business,
(k) with respect to any Real Property, easements, rights of way, and zoning restrictions that
do not materially interfere with or impair the use or operation thereof,
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(1) non-exclusive licenses of patents, trademarks, copyrights, and other intellectual
property rights in the ordinary course of business,
(m) Liens that are replacements of Permitted Liens to the extent that the original
Indebtedness is the subject of permitted Refinancing Indebtedness and so long as the replacement
Liens only encumber those assets that secured the original Indebtedness,
(n) rights of setoff or bankers liens upon deposits of cash in favor of banks or other
depository institutions, solely to the extent incurred in connection with the maintenance of such
deposit accounts in the ordinary course of business,
(o) Liens granted in the ordinary course of business on the unearned portion of insurance
premiums securing the financing of insurance premiums to the extent the financing is permitted
under the definition of Permitted Indebtedness,
(p) Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure
payment of customs duties in connection with the importation of goods, and
(q) any interest or title of a licensor or lessor under any lease or license permitted by the
Agreement.
Permitted Notes Redemption
means the optional redemption or repurchase of the
Subordinated Notes by Parent so long as: (a) such redemption or repurchase is permitted by
applicable law and the Indentures (as applicable), (b) the purchase price is not in excess of the
par value of the Subordinated Notes being redeemed or repurchased, (c) no Default or Event of
Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom, and (d) the sum of Excess
Liquidity
plus
Qualified Cash both before and immediately after giving effect to such redemption
or repurchase is greater than $10,000,000.
Permitted Protest
means the right of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries to protest
any Lien (other than any Lien that secures the Obligations), taxes (other than payroll taxes or
taxes that are the subject of a United States federal tax lien), or rental payment, provided that
(a) a reserve with respect to such obligation is established on Parents or its Subsidiaries books
and records in such amount as is required under GAAP, (b) any such protest is instituted promptly
and prosecuted diligently by Parent or its Subsidiary, as applicable, in good faith, and (c) Agent
is satisfied that, while any such protest is pending, there will be no impairment of the
enforceability, validity, or priority of any of Agents Liens.
Permitted Purchase Money Indebtedness
means, as of any date of determination,
Purchase Money Indebtedness incurred after the Closing Date in an aggregate principal amount
outstanding at any one time not in excess of $10,000,000.
Person
means natural persons, corporations, limited liability companies, limited
partnerships, general partnerships, limited liability partnerships, joint ventures, trusts, land
trusts, business trusts, or other organizations, irrespective of whether they are legal entities,
and governments and agencies and political subdivisions thereof.
Preferred Stock
means, as applied to the Stock of any Person, the Stock of any
class or classes (however designated) that is preferred with respect to the payment of dividends,
or as to the distribution of assets upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation or dissolution
of such Person, over shares of Stock of any other class of such Person.
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Prohibited Preferred Stock
means any Preferred Stock that by its terms is
mandatorily redeemable or subject to any other payment obligation (including any obligation to pay
dividends, other than dividends of shares of Stock (so long as such Stock would not otherwise
constitute Prohibited Preferred Stock)) on or before a date that is less than 1 year after the
Maturity Date, or, on or before the date that is less than 1 year after the Maturity Date, is
redeemable at the option of the holder thereof for cash or assets or securities (other than
distributions in kind of shares of Stock (so long as such Stock would not otherwise constitute
Prohibited Preferred Stock)).
Projections
means Parents forecasted (a) balance sheets, (b) profit and loss
statements, and (c) cash flow statements, all prepared on a basis consistent with Parents
historical financial statements, together with appropriate supporting details and a statement of
underlying assumptions.
Pro Rata Share
means, as of any date of determination:
(a) with respect to a Lenders obligation to make Advances and right to receive payments of principal, interest, fees, costs, and expenses with respect thereto, (i) prior to
the Revolver Commitments being terminated or reduced to zero, the percentage obtained by dividing (y) such Lenders Revolver Commitment, by (z) the aggregate Revolver Commitments of all Lenders, and
(ii) from and after the time that the Revolver Commitments have been terminated or reduced to zero,
the percentage obtained by dividing (y) the outstanding principal amount of such Lenders Advances
by (z) the outstanding principal amount of all Advances,
(b) with respect to a Lenders obligation to participate in Letters of Credit and Reimbursement Undertakings, to reimburse the Issuing Lender, and right to receive payments of
fees with respect thereto, (i) prior to the Revolver Commitments being terminated or reduced to
zero, the percentage obtained by dividing (y) such Lenders Revolver Commitment, by (z) the aggregate Revolver Commitments of all Lenders, and (ii) from and after the time that the Revolver
Commitments have been terminated or reduced to zero, the percentage obtained by dividing (y) the outstanding principal amount of such Lenders Advances by (z) the outstanding principal amount
of all Advances;
provided
,
however
, that if all of the Advances have been repaid in full and Letters of Credit remain outstanding, Pro Rata Share under this clause shall be determined based upon
subclause (i) of this clause as if the Revolver Commitments had not been terminated or reduced to zero and based upon the Revolver Commitments as they existed immediately prior to their termination or
reduction to zero, and
(c) with respect to all other matters as to a particular Lender (including the indemnification obligations arising under
Section 15.7
of the Agreement), (i) prior to
the Revolver Commitments being terminated or reduced to zero, the percentage obtained by dividing (y) such Lenders Revolver Commitment by (z) the aggregate amount of Revolver Commitments of all
Lenders, and (ii) from and after the time that the Revolver Commitments have been terminated or reduced to zero, the percentage obtained by dividing (y) the outstanding principal amount of
such Lenders Advances, by (z) the outstanding principal amount of all Advances;
provided
,
however
, that if all of the Advances have been repaid in full and Letters of Credit remain outstanding, Pro
Rata Share under this clause shall be determined based upon subclause (i) of this clause as if the Revolver Commitments had not been terminated or reduced to zero and based upon the Revolver Commitments as they existed immediately prior to their termination or reduction to zero.
Protective Advances
has the meaning specified therefor in
Section 2.3(d)(i)
of the Agreement.
Purchase Money Indebtedness
means Indebtedness (other than the Obligations, but
including Capitalized Lease Obligations), incurred at the time of, or within 20 days after, the
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acquisition of any fixed assets for the purpose of financing all or any part of the acquisition
cost thereof.
Qualified Cash
means, as of any date of determination, the amount of unrestricted
cash and Cash Equivalents of Parent and its Subsidiaries that is in Deposit Accounts or in
Securities Accounts, or any combination thereof, and which such Deposit Account or Securities
Account is the subject of a Control Agreement and is maintained by a branch office of the bank or
securities intermediary located within the United States.
Real Property
means any estates or interests in real property now owned or
hereafter acquired by Parent or its Subsidiaries and the improvements thereto.
Real Property Collateral
means the Real Property identified on
Schedule R-l
and any Real Property hereafter acquired by any Loan Party.
Record
means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored
in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form.
Refinancing Indebtedness
means refinancings, renewals, or extensions of Indebtedness
so long as:
(a) such refinancings, renewals, or extensions do not result in an increase in the principal amount of the Indebtedness so refinanced, renewed, or extended, other than by the
amount of premiums paid thereon and the fees and expenses incurred in connection therewith and by the
amount of unfunded commitments with respect thereto,
(b) such refinancings, renewals, or extensions do not result in a shortening of the average weighted maturity (measured as of the refinancing, renewal, or extension) of the
Indebtedness so refinanced, renewed, or extended, nor are they on terms or conditions that, taken as a
whole, are or could reasonably be expected to be materially adverse to the interests of the Lenders,
(c) if the Indebtedness that is refinanced, renewed, or extended was subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations, then the terms and conditions of the refinancing,
renewal, or extension must include subordination terms and conditions that are at least as favorable to
the Lender Group as those that were applicable to the refinanced, renewed, or extended Indebtedness, and
(d) the Indebtedness that is refinanced, renewed, or extended is not recourse to any Person that is liable on account of the Obligations other than those Persons which were
obligated with respect to the Indebtedness that was refinanced, renewed, or extended.
Reimbursement Undertaking
has the meaning specified therefor in
Section 2.11(a)
of the Agreement.
Related Fund
means, with respect to any Lender that is an investment fund, any
other investment fund that invests in commercial loans and that is managed or advised by the same
investment advisor as such Lender or by an Affiliate of such investment advisor.
Remedial Action
means all actions taken to (a) clean up, remove, remediate, contain,
treat, monitor, assess, evaluate, or in any way address Hazardous Materials in the indoor or
outdoor environment, (b) prevent or minimize a release or threatened release of Hazardous
Materials so they do not migrate or endanger or threaten to endanger public health or welfare or
the indoor or outdoor environment, (c) restore or reclaim natural resources or the environment,
(d) perform any pre-
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remedial studies, investigations, or post-remedial operation and maintenance activities, or (e)
conduct any other actions with respect to Hazardous Materials required by Environmental Laws.
Replacement Lender
has the meaning specified therefor in
Section 2.13(b)
of
the Agreement.
Report
has the meaning specified therefor in
Section 15.16
of the
Agreement.
Required Availability
means that the sum of (a) Excess Availability,
plus
(b)
Qualified Cash exceeds $30,000,000.
Required Lenders
means, at any time, Lenders whose aggregate Pro Rata Shares
(calculated under clause (c) of the definition of Pro Rata Shares) exceed 50%;
provided
,
however
, that at any time there are 2 or more Lenders, Required Lenders must include at
least 2 Lenders.
Reserve Percentage
means, on any day, for any Lender, the maximum percentage
prescribed by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (or any successor Governmental
Authority) for determining the reserve requirements (including any basic, supplemental, marginal,
or emergency reserves) that are in effect on such date with respect to eurocurrency funding
(currently referred to as eurocurrency liabilities) of that Lender, but so long as such Lender
is not required or directed under applicable regulations to maintain such reserves, the Reserve
Percentage shall be zero.
Revolver Commitment
means, with respect to each Lender, its Revolver Commitment,
and, with respect to all Lenders, their Revolver Commitments, in each case as such Dollar amounts
are set forth beside such Lenders name under the applicable heading on
Schedule C-l
or in
the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which such Lender became a Lender hereunder, as such
amounts may be reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to assignments made in accordance
with the provisions of
Section 13.1
of the Agreement.
Revolver Usage
means, as of any date of determination, the sum of (a) the amount of
outstanding Advances (including Swing Loans),
plus
(b) the amount of the Letter of Credit Usage.
Sanctioned Entity
means (a) a country or a government of a country, (b) an agency
of the government of a country, (c) an organization directly or indirectly controlled by a country
or its government, (d) a Person resident in or determined to be resident in a country, in each
case, that is subject to a country sanctions program administered and enforced by OFAC.
Sanctioned Person
means a person named on the list of Specially Designated
Nationals maintained by OFAC.
S&P
has the meaning specified therefor in the definition of Cash Equivalents.
SEC
means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any successor
thereto.
Securities Account
means a securities account (as that term is defined in the Code).
Securities Act
means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time, and
any successor statute.
Security Agreement
means a security agreement, dated as of even date with the
Agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent, executed and delivered by
Borrowers and Guarantors to Agent.
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Settlement
has the meaning specified therefor in
Section 2.3(e)(i)
of the
Agreement.
Settlement Date
has the meaning specified therefor in
Section 2.3(e)(i)
of
the Agreement.
Solvent
means, with respect to any Person on a particular date, that, at fair
valuations, the sum of such Persons assets is greater than all of such Persons debts.
Stock
means all shares, options, warrants, interests, participations, or other
equivalents (regardless of how designated) of or in a Person, whether voting or nonvoting,
including common stock, preferred stock, or any other equity security (as such term is defined
in Rule 3a l1-1 of the General Rules and Regulations promulgated by the SEC under the Exchange
Act).
Subordinated Debt
means the Indebtedness of the Parent issued pursuant to the
Subordinated Notes and the Indentures.
Subordinated Notes
means, collectively, the 2
1
/
2
% Convertible Subordinated Notes
due 2010, and the 2
1
/
2
% Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes due 2010, issued pursuant to the
Indentures.
Subsidiary
of a Person means a corporation, partnership, limited liability company,
or other entity in which that Person directly or indirectly owns or controls the shares of Stock
having ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors (or appoint other
comparable managers) of such corporation, partnership, limited liability company, or other entity.
Suppressed Availability
means, as of any date of determination, the result (so long
as it is a positive number) of (a) the Borrowing Base as of such date,
minus
(b) the Maximum
Revolver Amount as of such date; if the result of the foregoing is a negative number, then
Suppressed Availability is zero.
Swing Lender
means WFF or any other Lender that, at the request of Administrative
Borrower and with the consent of Agent agrees, in such Lenders sole discretion, to become the
Swing Lender under
Section 2.3(b)
of the Agreement.
Swing Loan
has the meaning specified therefor in
Section 2.3(b)
of the Agreement.
Taxes
means any taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges
of whatever nature now or hereafter imposed by any jurisdiction or by any political subdivision or
taxing authority thereof or therein with respect to such payments and all interest, penalties or
similar liabilities with respect thereto;
provided
,
however
, that Taxes shall
exclude (i) any tax imposed on the net income or net profits of any Lender or any Participant
(including any branch profits taxes) or any net worth or capital taxes imposed as a minimum tax in
lieu of a tax determined based upon the net income or net profits of any Lender or any
Participant, in each case imposed by the jurisdiction (or by any political subdivision or taxing
authority thereof) in which such Lender or such Participant is organized or the jurisdiction (or
by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof) in which such Lenders or such
Participants principal office is located in each case as a result of a present or former
connection between such Lender or such Participant and the jurisdiction or taxing authority
imposing the tax (other than any such connection arising solely from such Lender or such
Participant having executed, delivered or performed its obligations or received payment under, or
enforced its rights or remedies under the Agreement or any other Loan Document); (ii) taxes
resulting from a Lenders or a Participants failure to comply with the requirements of
Section 16(c)
or
(d)
of the Agreement, and (iii) any United States federal withholding
taxes that would be imposed on amounts payable to a
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Foreign Lender based upon the applicable withholding rate in effect at the time such Foreign
Lender becomes a party to the Agreement (or designates a new lending office),
except
that Taxes shall include (A) any amount that such Foreign Lender (or its assignor, if any) was
previously entitled to receive pursuant to
Section 16(a)
of this Agreement, if any, with
respect to such withholding tax at the time such Foreign Lender becomes a party to this
Agreement (or designates a new lending office), and (B) additional United States federal
withholding taxes that may be imposed after the time such Foreign Lender becomes a party to the
Agreement (or designates a new lending office), as a result of a change in law, rule,
regulation, order or other decision with respect to any of the foregoing by any Governmental
Authority.
Tax Lender
has the meaning specified therefor in
Section 14.2(a)
of the
Agreement.
Trademark Security Agreement
has the meaning specified therefor in the Security
Agreement.
Underlying Issuer
means Wells Fargo or one of its Affiliates.
Underlying Letter of Credit
means a Letter of Credit that has been issued by an
Underlying Issuer.
United States
means the United States of America.
Unused Line Margin
means, as of any date of determination, the percentage points
set forth below based upon the Average Daily Excess Availability for the immediately preceding
calendar quarter, as determined by Agent in its Permitted Discretion:
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Level
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Average Daily Excess Availability
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|
Unused Line Margin
|
I
|
|
If Average Daily Excess Availability is
greater than $25,000,000
|
|
0.50 percentage points
|
|
|
|
|
|
II
|
|
If Average Daily Excess Availability is
greater than or equal to $10,000,000
but less than or equal to $25,000,000
|
|
0.625 percentage points
|
|
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|
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|
III
|
|
If Average Daily Excess Availability is
less than $10,000,000
|
|
0.75 percentage points
|
;
provided
,
however
, that for the period commencing on the Closing Date
through the end of October 31, 2009, the Unused Line Margin shall be the percentage points
specified for Pricing Level II as set forth in this definition;
provided
,
further
,
however
, that if the Borrowers fail to provide any reports or
certifications required to determine the Average Daily Excess Availability when due, the Unused
Line Margin shall be set at the percentage points specified for Pricing Level III until such
reports or certifications are delivered, on which date (but not retroactively), without
constituting a waiver of any Default or Event of Default occasioned by the failure to timely
deliver such reports or certifications, the Unused Line Margin shall be set at the percentage
based upon the calculation determined pursuant to such reports or certifications. For purposes
of the preceding sentence (and subject to the forgoing provisos), at the end of each calendar
quarter Agent will test the Borrowers Average Daily Excess Availability, which amount will be
based upon reports and certifications delivered to Agent in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement. If any such reports or certifications are subsequently determined to be incorrect in
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would result in a lower Average Daily Excess Availability, Agent may increase the Unused Line
Margin retroactively to the beginning of the relevant quarter to the extent that such error caused
the applicable Unused Line Margin to be less than the Unused Line Margin that would have been in
effect if the error was not made.
Voidable Transfer
has the meaning specified therefor in
Section 17.8
of the
Agreement.
Wells Fargo
means Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, a national banking
association.
WFF
means Wells Fargo Foothill, LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company.
EXHIBIT 10.2
SECURITY AGREEMENT
This
SECURITY AGREEMENT
(this
Agreement
), dated as of October 2, 2009, among the
Grantors listed on the signature pages hereof and those additional entities that hereafter become
parties hereto by executing the form of Joinder attached hereto as
Annex 1
(collectively,
jointly and severally, the
Grantors
and each, individually, a
Grantor
), and
WELLS FARGO FOOTHILL, LLC
, a Delaware limited liability company (
WFF
), in its capacity as
agent for the Lender Group and the Bank Product Providers (in such capacity, together with its
successors and assigns in such capacity,
Agent
).
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS
, pursuant to that certain Credit Agreement of even date herewith (as amended,
restated, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time, the
Credit Agreement
) by
and among Finisar Corporation, a Delaware corporation (
Parent
), Optium Corporation, a
Delaware corporation (
Optium
and Parent each, individually, as a
Borrower
, and
individually and collectively, jointly and severally, as the
Borrowers
), the lenders
party thereto as Lenders (such Lenders, together with their respective successors and assigns in
such capacity, each, individually, a
Lender
and, collectively, the
Lenders
),
and Agent, the Lender Group has agreed to make certain financial accommodations available to
Borrowers from time to time pursuant to the terms and conditions thereof; and
WHEREAS
, Agent has agreed to act as agent for the benefit of the Lender Group and the Bank
Product Providers in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Credit Agreement and this
Agreement; and
WHEREAS
, in order to induce the Lender Group to enter into the Credit Agreement and the other
Loan Documents and to induce the Lender Group to make financial accommodations to Borrowers as
provided for in the Credit Agreement, Grantors have agreed to grant a continuing security interest
in and to the Collateral in order to secure the prompt and complete payment, observance and
performance of, among other things, the Secured Obligations.
NOW, THEREFORE
, for and in consideration of the recitals made above and other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt, sufficiency and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the
parties hereto agree as follows:
1.
Defined Terms
. All initially capitalized terms used herein (including
in the preamble and recitals hereof) without definition shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in
the Credit Agreement. Any terms (whether capitalized or lower case) used in this Agreement that
are defined in the Code shall be construed and defined as set forth in the Code unless otherwise
defined herein or in the Credit Agreement;
provided
,
however
, that to the extent
that the Code is used to define any term used herein and if such term is defined differently in
different Divisions of the Code, the definition of such term contained in Division 9 of the Code
shall govern. In addition to those terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement, as used in this
Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
(a)
Account
means an account (as that term is defined in Division9 of
the Code).
(b)
Account Debtor
means an account debtor (as that term is defined in
the Code).
(c)
Agent
has the meaning specified therefor in the preamble to this
Agreement.
(d)
Agents Lien
has the meaning specified therefor in the Credit
Agreement.
(e)
Agreement
has the meaning specified therefor in the preamble to this
Agreement.
(f)
Bank Product Obligations
has the meaning specified therefor in the
Credit Agreement.
(g)
Bank Product Provider
has the meaning specified therefor in the
Credit Agreement.
(h)
Books
means books and records (including each Grantors Records
indicating, summarizing, or evidencing such Grantors assets (including the Collateral) or
liabilities, each Grantors Records relating to such Grantors business operations or financial
condition, and each Grantors goods or General Intangibles related to such information).
(i)
Borrower
and
Borrowers
have the meanings specified
therefor in the recitals to this Agreement.
(j)
Cash Equivalents
has the meaning specified therefor in the Credit
Agreement.
(k)
Chattel Paper
means chattel paper (as that term is defined in the
Code), and includes tangible chattel paper and electronic chattel paper.
(l)
Code
means the California Uniform Commercial Code, as in effect from
time to time;
provided
,
however
, that in the event that, by reason of mandatory
provisions of law, any or all of the attachment, perfection, priority, or remedies with respect to
Agents Lien on any Collateral is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code as enacted and in effect
in a jurisdiction other than the State of California, the term Code shall mean the Uniform
Commercial Code as enacted and in effect in such other jurisdiction solely for purposes of the
provisions thereof relating to such attachment, perfection, priority, or remedies.
(m)
Collateral
has the meaning specified therefor in
Section 2
.
(n)
Collections
has the meaning specified therefor in the Credit
Agreement.
(o)
Commercial Tort Claims
means commercial tort claims (as that term is
defined in the Code), and includes those commercial tort claims listed on
Schedule 1
.
(p)
Controlled Account
has the meaning specified therefor in
Section
6(k)
.
(q)
Controlled Account Agreements
means those certain cash management
agreements, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent, each of which is executed and
delivered by a Grantor, Agent, and one of the Controlled Account Banks.
(r)
Controlled Account Bank
has the meaning specified therefor in
Section 6(k)
.
(s)
Copyrights
means any and all rights in any works of authorship,
including (i) copyrights and moral rights, (ii) copyright registrations and recordings thereof and
all applications in connection therewith including those listed on
Schedule 2
, (iii)
income, license fees, royalties, damages, and payments now and hereafter due or payable under and
with respect thereto, including payments under all licenses entered into in connection therewith
and damages and payments for past, present, or future infringements thereof, (iv) the right to sue
for past, present, and future infringements thereof, and (v) all of each Grantors rights
corresponding thereto throughout the world.
(t)
Copyright Security Agreement
means each Copyright Security Agreement
executed and delivered by Grantors, or any of them, and Agent, in substantially the form of
Exhibit A
.
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(u)
Credit Agreement
has the meaning specified therefor in the recitals
to this Agreement.
(v)
Deposit Account
means a deposit account (as that term is defined in
the Code).
(w)
Equipment
means equipment (as that term is defined in the Code).
(x)
Event of Default
has the meaning specified therefor in the Credit
Agreement.
(y)
Fixtures
means fixtures (as that term is defined in the Code).
(z)
General Intangibles
means general intangibles (as that term is
defined in the Code), and includes payment intangibles, contract rights, rights to payment, rights
arising under common law, statutes, or regulations, choses or things in action, goodwill,
Intellectual Property, Intellectual Property Licenses, purchase orders, customer lists, monies due
or recoverable from pension funds, route lists, rights to payment and other rights under any
royalty or licensing agreements, including Intellectual Property Licenses, infringement claims,
pension plan refunds, pension plan refund claims, insurance premium rebates, tax refunds, and tax
refund claims, interests in a partnership or limited liability company which do not constitute a
security under Division 8 of the Code, and any other personal property other than Commercial Tort
Claims, money, Accounts, Chattel Paper, Deposit Accounts, goods, Investment Related Property,
Negotiable Collateral, and oil, gas, or other minerals before extraction.
(aa)
Grantor
and
Grantors
have the respective meanings
specified therefor in the preamble to this Agreement.
(bb)
Guaranty
has the meaning specified therefor in the Credit
Agreement.
(cc)
Insolvency Proceeding
has the meaning specified therefor in the
Credit Agreement.
(dd)
Intellectual Property
means any and all Patents, Copyrights,
Trademarks, trade secrets, know-how, inventions (whether or not patentable), algorithms, software
programs (including source code and object code), processes, product designs, industrial designs,
blueprints, drawings, data, customer lists, URLs and domain names, specifications, documentations,
reports, catalogs, literature, and any other forms of technology or proprietary information of any
kind, including all rights therein and all applications for registration or registrations thereof.
(ee)
Intellectual Property Licenses
means, with respect to any Person
(the
Specified Party
), (i) any licenses or other similar rights provided to the Specified
Party in or with respect to Intellectual Property owned or controlled by any other Person, and (ii)
any licenses or other similar rights provided to any other Person in or with respect to
Intellectual Property owned or controlled by the Specified Party, in each case, including (A) any
software license agreements (other than license agreements for commercially available off-the-shelf
software that is generally available to the public which have been licensed to a Grantor pursuant
to end-user licenses), (B) the license agreements listed on
Schedule 3
, and (C) the right
to use any of the foregoing in connection with the enforcement of the Lender Groups rights under
the Loan Documents, including the right to prepare for sale and sell any and all Inventory and
Equipment now or hereafter owned by any Grantor and now or hereafter covered by such licenses.
(ff)
Inventory
means inventory (as that term is defined in the Code).
(gg)
Investment Related Property
means (i) any and all investment
property (as that term is defined in the Code), and (ii) any and all of the following (regardless
of whether classified as investment property under the Code): all Pledged Interests, Pledged
Operating Agreements, and Pledged Partnership Agreements.
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(hh)
Joinder
means each Joinder to this Agreement executed and delivered
by Agent and each of the other parties listed on the signature pages thereto, in substantially the
form of
Annex 1
.
(ii)
Lender Group
has the meaning specified therefor in the Credit
Agreement.
(jj)
Lender
and
Lenders
have the respective meanings specified
therefor in the recitals to this Agreement.
(kk)
Loan Document
has the meaning specified therefor in the Credit
Agreement.
(ll)
Material Patents
means all Patents of each Grantor that such
Grantor has determined are material to its business in its reasonable business judgment.
(mm)
Negotiable Collateral
means letters of credit, letter-of-credit
rights, instruments, promissory notes, drafts and documents (as each such term is defined in the
Code).
(nn)
Obligations
has the meaning specified therefor in the Credit Agreement.
(oo)
Optium
has the meaning specified therefor in the recitals to this Agreement.
(pp)
Parent
has the meaning specified therefor in the recitals to this Agreement.
(qq)
Patents
means patents and patent applications, including (i) the
patents and patent applications listed on
Schedule 4
, (ii) all continuations, divisionals,
continuations-in-part, re-examinations, reissues, and renewals thereof and improvements thereon,
(iii) all income, royalties, damages and payments now and hereafter due or payable under and with
respect thereto, including payments under all licenses entered into in connection therewith and
damages and payments for past, present, or future infringements thereof, (iv) the right to sue for
past, present, and future infringements thereof, and (v) all of each Grantors rights corresponding
thereto throughout the world.
(rr)
Patent Security Agreement
means each Patent Security Agreement
executed and delivered by Grantors, or any of them, and Agent, in substantially the form of
Exhibit B
.
(ss)
Permitted Liens
has the meaning specified therefor in the Credit Agreement.
(tt)
Person
has the meaning specified therefor in the Credit Agreement.
(uu)
Pledged Companies
means each Person listed on
Schedule 6
as
a Pledged Company, together with each other Person (including a CFC, subject to the pledge limits
set forth in the Credit Agreement), all or a portion of whose Stock is acquired or otherwise owned
by a Grantor after the Closing Date.
(vv)
Pledged Interests
means all of each Grantors right, title and
interest in and to all of the Stock now owned or hereafter acquired by such Grantor, regardless of
class or designation, including in each of the Pledged Companies (subject to the limits on the
pledge of Stock issued by CFCs, as set forth in the Credit Agreement), and all substitutions
therefor and replacements thereof, all proceeds thereof and all rights relating thereto, also
including any certificates representing the Stock, the right to receive any certificates
representing any of the Stock, all warrants, options, share appreciation rights and other rights,
contractual or otherwise, in respect thereof and the right to receive all dividends, distributions
of income, profits, surplus, or other compensation by way of income or liquidating distributions,
in cash or in kind, and all cash, instruments, and other property from time to time received,
receivable, or otherwise distributed in respect of or in addition to, in substitution of, on
account of, or in exchange for any or all of the foregoing.
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(ww)
Pledged Interests Addendum
means a Pledged Interests Addendum
substantially in the form of
Exhibit C
.
(xx)
Pledged Operating Agreements
means all of each Grantors rights,
powers, and remedies under the limited liability company operating agreements of each of the
Pledged Companies that are limited liability companies.
(yy)
Pledged Partnership Agreements
means all of each Grantors rights,
powers, and remedies under the partnership agreements of each of the Pledged Companies that are
partnerships.
(zz)
Proceeds
has the meaning specified therefor in
Section 2.
(aaa)
PTO
means the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
(bbb)
Real Property
means any estates or interests in real property now
owned or hereafter acquired by any Grantor or any Subsidiary of any Grantor and the improvements
thereto.
(ccc)
Records
means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium
or which is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form.
(ddd)
Secured Obligations
means each and all of the following: (a) all
of the present and future obligations of each of the Grantors arising from, or owing under or
pursuant to, this Agreement, the Credit Agreement, or any of the other Loan Documents (including
any Guaranty), (b) all Bank Product Obligations, and (c) all Obligations of
Borrowers
(including, in the case of each of clauses (a), (b) and (c), reasonable attorneys fees and expenses
and any interest, fees, or expenses that accrue after the filing of an Insolvency Proceeding,
regardless of whether allowed or allowable in whole or in part as a claim in any Insolvency
Proceeding).
(eee)
Securities Account
means a securities account (as that term is
defined in the Code).
(fff)
Security Interest
has the meaning specified
therefor in
Section 2.
(ggg)
Stock
has the meaning specified therefor in the Credit Agreement.
(hhh)
Supporting Obligations
means supporting obligations (as such term
is defined in the Code), and includes letters of credit and guaranties issued in support of
Accounts, Chattel Paper, documents, General Intangibles, instruments or Investment Related
Property.
(iii)
Trademarks
means any and all trademarks, trade names, registered
trademarks, trademark applications, service marks, registered service marks and service mark
applications, including (i) the trade names, registered trademarks, trademark applications,
registered service marks and service mark applications listed on
Schedule 5
, (ii) all
renewals thereof, (iii) all income, royalties, damages and payments now and hereafter due or
payable under and with respect thereto, including payments under all licenses entered into in
connection therewith and damages and payments for past or future infringements or dilutions
thereof, (iv) the right to sue for past, present and future infringements and dilutions thereof,
(v) the goodwill of each Grantors business symbolized by the foregoing or connected therewith, and
(vi) all of each Grantors rights corresponding thereto throughout the world.
(jjj)
Trademark Security Agreement
means each Trademark Security
Agreement executed and delivered by Grantors, or any of them, and Agent, in substantially the form
of
Exhibit D
.
(kkk)
URL
means uniform resource locator, an internet web address.
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2.
Grant of Security
. Each Grantor hereby unconditionally grants,
assigns, and pledges to Agent, for the benefit of each member of the Lender Group and each of the
Bank Product Providers, to secure the Secured Obligations, a continuing security interest
(hereinafter referred to as the
Security Interest
) in all of such Grantors right, title,
and interest in and to the following, whether now owned or hereafter acquired or arising and
wherever located (collectively, the
Collateral
):
(a) all of such Grantors Accounts;
(b) all of such Grantors Books;
(c) all of such Grantors Chattel Paper;
(d) all of such Grantors Deposit Accounts;
(e) all of such Grantors Equipment and Fixtures (other than Equipment listed on
Schedule 9);
(f) all of such Grantors General Intangibles;
(g) all of such Grantors Inventory;
(h) all of such Grantors Investment Related Property;
(i) all of such Grantors Negotiable Collateral;
(j) all of such Grantors Supporting Obligations;
(k) all of such Grantors Commercial Tort Claims;
(l) all of such Grantors money, Cash Equivalents, or other assets of such Grantor
that now or hereafter come into the possession, custody, or control of Agent (or its agent or
designee) or any other member of the Lender Group; and
(m) all of the proceeds (as such term is defined in the Code) and products,
whether tangible or intangible, of any of the foregoing, including proceeds of insurance or
Commercial Tort Claims covering or relating to any or all of the foregoing, and any and all
Accounts, Books, Chattel Paper, Deposit Accounts, Equipment, Fixtures, General Intangibles,
Inventory, Investment Related Property, Negotiable Collateral, Supporting Obligations, money, or
other tangible or intangible property resulting from the sale, lease, license, exchange,
collection, or other disposition of any of the foregoing, the proceeds of any award in condemnation
with respect to any of the foregoing, any rebates or refunds, whether for taxes or otherwise, and
all proceeds of any such proceeds, or any portion thereof or interest therein, and the proceeds
thereof, and all proceeds of any loss of, damage to, or destruction of the above, whether insured
or not insured, and, to the extent not otherwise included, any indemnity, warranty, or guaranty
payable by reason of loss or damage to, or otherwise with respect to any of the foregoing (the
Proceeds
). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the term Proceeds
includes whatever is receivable or received when Investment Related Property or proceeds are sold,
exchanged, collected, or otherwise disposed of, whether such disposition is voluntary or
involuntary, and includes proceeds of any indemnity or guaranty payable to any Grantor or Agent
from time to time with respect to any of the Investment Related Property.
Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, the term Collateral
shall not include: (i) voting Stock of any CFC, solely to the extent that (y) such Stock represents
more than 65% of the outstanding voting Stock of such CFC, and (z) pledging or hypothecating more
than 65% of the total outstanding voting Stock of such CFC would result in material adverse tax
consequences; or (ii) any rights or
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interest in any contract, lease, permit, license, or license agreement covering real or
personal property of any Grantor if under the terms of such contract, lease, permit, license, or
license agreement, or applicable law with respect thereto, the grant of a security interest or lien
therein is prohibited as a matter of law or under the terms of such contract, lease, permit,
license, or license agreement and such prohibition or restriction has not been waived or the
consent of the other party to such contract, lease, permit, license, or license agreement has not
been obtained (provided, that, (A) the foregoing exclusions of this clause (ii) shall in no way be
construed (1) to apply to the extent that any described prohibition or restriction is unenforceable
under Section 9406, 9407, 9408, or 9409 of the Code or other applicable law, or (2) to apply to the
extent that any consent or waiver has been obtained that would permit Agents Security Interest or
Lien notwithstanding the prohibition or restriction on the pledge of such contract, lease, permit,
license, or license agreement and (B) the foregoing exclusions of clauses (i) and (ii) shall in no
way be construed to limit, impair, or otherwise affect any of Agents, any other member of the
Lender Groups or any Bank Product Providers continuing Security Interests in and liens upon any
rights or interests of any Grantor in or to (1) monies due or to become due under or in connection
with any described contract, lease, permit, license, license agreement, or Stock (including any
Accounts or Stock), or (2) any Proceeds from the sale, license, lease, or other dispositions of any
such contract, lease, permit, license, license agreement, or Stock); or (iii) any United States
intent-to-use trademark applications to the extent that, and solely during the period in which, the
grant of a security interest therein would impair the validity or enforceability of such
intent-to-use trademark applications under applicable federal law, provided that upon submission
and acceptance by the PTO of an amendment to allege use pursuant to 15 U.S.C. Section 1060(a) (or
any successor provision), such intent-to-use trademark application shall be considered Collateral.
3.
Security for Secured Obligations
. The Security Interest created hereby
secures the payment and performance of the Secured Obligations, whether now existing or arising
hereafter. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, this Agreement secures the payment of
all amounts which constitute part of the Secured Obligations and would be owed by Grantors, or any
of them, to Agent, the Lender Group, the Bank Product Providers or any of them, but for the fact
that they are unenforceable or not allowable (in whole or in part) as a claim in an Insolvency
Proceeding involving any Grantor due to the existence of such Insolvency Proceeding.
4.
Grantors Remain Liable
. Anything herein to the contrary
notwithstanding, (a) each of the Grantors shall remain liable under the contracts and agreements
included in the Collateral, including the Pledged Operating Agreements and the Pledged Partnership
Agreements, to perform all of the duties and obligations thereunder to the same extent as if this
Agreement had not been executed, (b) the exercise by Agent or any other member of the Lender Group
of any of the rights hereunder shall not release any Grantor from any of its duties or obligations
under such contracts and agreements included in the Collateral, and (c) none of the members of the
Lender Group shall have any obligation or liability under such contracts and agreements included in
the Collateral by reason of this Agreement, nor shall any of the members of the Lender Group be
obligated to perform any of the obligations or duties of any Grantors thereunder or to take any
action to collect or enforce any claim for payment assigned hereunder. Until an Event of Default
shall occur and be continuing, except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the Credit
Agreement, or any other Loan Document, Grantors shall have the right to possession and enjoyment of
the Collateral for the purpose of conducting the ordinary course of their respective businesses,
subject to and upon the terms hereof and of the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, it is the intention of the parties hereto that
record and beneficial ownership of the Pledged Interests, including all voting, consensual,
dividend, and distribution rights, shall, subject to any restrictions contained in the Credit
Agreement, remain in the applicable Grantor until (i) the occurrence and continuance of an Event of
Default and (ii) Agent has notified the applicable Grantor of Agents election to exercise such
rights with respect to the Pledged Interests pursuant to
Section 15
.
5.
Representations and Warranties
. Each Grantor hereby represents and
warrants to Agent, for the benefit of the Lender Group and the Bank Product Providers, which
representations and warranties shall be true, correct, and complete, in all material respects
(except that such materiality qualifier shall not be
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applicable to any representations and warranties that already are qualified or modified by
materiality in the text thereof), as of the Closing Date, and shall be true, correct, and complete,
in all material respects (except that such materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any
representations and warranties that already are qualified or modified by materiality in the text
thereof), as of the date of the making of each Advance (or other extension of credit) made
thereafter, as though made on and as of the date of such Advance (or other extension of credit)
(except to the extent that such representations and warranties relate solely to an earlier date, in
which case such representations and warranties shall be true, correct and complete in all material
respects as of such earlier date) and such representations and warranties shall survive the
execution and delivery of this Agreement:
(a) The exact legal name of each of the Grantors is set forth on the signature
pages of this Agreement or a written notice provided to Agent pursuant to
Section 6.5
of
the Credit Agreement.
(b)
Schedule 7
sets forth all Real Property owned by any of the Grantors
as of the Closing Date.
(c) As of the Closing Date: (i)
Schedule 2
provides a complete and correct
list of all registered Copyrights owned by any Grantor, all applications for registration of
Copyrights owned by any Grantor, and all other Copyrights owned by any Grantor and material to the
conduct of the business of any Grantor; (ii)
Schedule 3
provides a complete and correct
list of all Intellectual Property Licenses entered into by any Grantor pursuant to which (A) any
Grantor has provided any license or other rights in Intellectual Property owned or controlled by
such Grantor to any other Person other than non-exclusive software licenses granted in the ordinary
course of business or (B) any Person has granted to any Grantor any license or other rights in
Intellectual Property owned or controlled by such Person that is material to the business of such
Grantor, including any Intellectual Property that is incorporated in any Inventory, software, or
other product marketed, sold, licensed, or distributed by such Grantor; (iii)
Schedule 4
provides a complete and correct list of all Patents owned by any Grantor and all applications for
Patents owned by any Grantor; and (iv)
Schedule 5
provides a complete and correct list of
all registered Trademarks owned by any Grantor, all applications for registration of Trademarks
owned by any Grantor, and all other Trademarks owned by any Grantor and material to the conduct of
the business of any Grantor.
(d) (i) (A) each Grantor owns exclusively or holds licenses in all Intellectual
Property that is necessary to the material conduct of its business, and (B) all employees and
contractors of each Grantor who were involved in the creation or development of any Intellectual
Property for such Grantor that is necessary to the business of such Grantor have signed agreements
containing assignment of Intellectual Property rights to such Grantor and obligations of
confidentiality;
(ii) To each Grantors knowledge, no Person has infringed or misappropriated or is
currently infringing or misappropriating any Intellectual Property rights owned by such Grantor, in
each case, that either individually or in the aggregate could reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Change;
(iii) Except as set forth on Schedule 5(d)(iii), (A) to each Grantors knowledge,
(1) such Grantor has never infringed or misappropriated and is not currently infringing or
misappropriating any Intellectual Property rights of any Person, and (2) no product manufactured,
used, distributed, licensed, or sold by or service provided by such Grantor has ever infringed or
misappropriated or is currently infringing or misappropriating any Intellectual Property rights of
any Person, in each case, except where such infringement or misappropriation either individually or
in the aggregate could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change, and (B)
there are no pending, or to any Grantors knowledge, threatened infringement or misappropriation
claims or proceedings pending against any Grantor, and no Grantor has received any notice or other
communication of any actual or alleged infringement or misappropriation of any Intellectual
Property rights of any Person, in each case, except where such infringement either individually or
in the aggregate could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change;
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(iv) to each Grantors knowledge, all registered Copyrights, registered
Trademarks, and issued Patents that are owned by such Grantor and necessary in to the conduct of
its business are valid, subsisting and enforceable and in compliance with all legal requirements,
filings, and payments and other actions that are required to maintain such Intellectual Property in
full force and effect, and
(v) each Grantor has taken reasonable steps to maintain the confidentiality of and
otherwise protect and enforce its rights in all trade secrets owned by such Grantor that are
necessary in the business of such Grantor.
(e) This Agreement creates a valid security interest in the Collateral of each
Grantor, to the extent a security interest therein can be created under the Code, securing the
payment of the Secured Obligations. Except to the extent a security interest in the Collateral
cannot be perfected by the filing of a financing statement under the Code, all filings and other
actions necessary or desirable to perfect and protect such security interest have been duly taken
or will have been taken upon the filing of financing statements listing each applicable Grantor, as
a debtor, and Agent, as secured party, in the jurisdictions listed next to such Grantors name on
Schedule 8
. Upon the making of such filings, Agent shall have a first priority perfected
security interest in the Collateral of each Grantor to the extent such security interest can be
perfected by the filing of a financing statement. Upon filing of the Copyright Security Agreement
with the United States Copyright Office, filing of the Patent Security Agreement and the Trademark
Security Agreement with the PTO, and the filing of appropriate financing statements in the
jurisdictions listed on
Schedule 8
, all action necessary or desirable to protect and
perfect the Security Interest in and to on each Grantors Material Patents, Trademarks, or
Copyrights has been taken and such perfected Security Interest is enforceable as such as against
any and all creditors of and purchasers from any Grantor. All action by any Grantor necessary to
protect and perfect such security interest on each item of Collateral has been duly taken.
(f) (i) Except for the Security Interest created hereby, each Grantor is and will
at all times be the sole holder of record and the legal and beneficial owner, free and clear of all
Liens other than Permitted Liens, of the Pledged Interests indicated on
Schedule 6
as being
owned by such Grantor and, when acquired by such Grantor, any Pledged Interests acquired after the
Closing Date; (ii) all of the Pledged Interests are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable and the Pledged Interests constitute or will constitute the percentage of the issued
and outstanding Stock of the Pledged Companies of such Grantor identified on
Schedule 6
as
supplemented or modified by any Pledged Interests Addendum or any Joinder to this Agreement; (iii)
such Grantor has the right and requisite authority to pledge, the Investment Related Property
pledged by such Grantor to Agent as provided herein; (iv) all actions necessary or desirable to
perfect and establish the first priority of, or otherwise protect, Agents Liens in the Investment
Related Property, and the proceeds thereof, have been duly taken, upon (A) the execution and
delivery of this Agreement; (B) the taking of possession by Agent (or its agent or designee) of any
certificates representing the Pledged Interests, together with undated powers (or other documents
of transfer acceptable to Agent) endorsed in blank by the applicable Grantor; (C) the filing of
financing statements in the applicable jurisdiction set forth on
Schedule 8
for such
Grantor with respect to the Pledged Interests of such Grantor that are not represented by
certificates, and (D) with respect to any Securities Accounts, the delivery of Control Agreements
with respect thereto; and (v) each Grantor has delivered to and deposited with Agent all
certificates representing the Pledged Interests owned by such Grantor to the extent such Pledged
Interests are represented by certificates, and undated powers (or other documents of transfer
acceptable to Agent) endorsed in blank with respect to such certificates. None of the Pledged
Interests owned or held by such Grantor has been issued or transferred in violation of any
securities registration, securities disclosure, or similar laws of any jurisdiction to which such
issuance or transfer may be subject.
(g) No consent, approval, authorization, or other order or other action by, and no
notice to or filing with, any Governmental Authority or any other Person is required (i) for the
grant of a Security Interest by such Grantor in and to the Collateral pursuant to this Agreement or
for the execution, delivery, or performance of this Agreement by such Grantor, or (ii) for the
exercise by Agent of the voting or other rights provided for in this Agreement with respect to the
Investment Related Property or the remedies in respect of
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the Collateral pursuant to this Agreement, except as may be required in connection with such
disposition of Investment Related Property by laws affecting the offering and sale of securities
generally. No Intellectual Property License of any Grantor that is necessary to the conduct of
such Grantors business requires any consent of any other Person in order for such Grantor to grant
the Security Interest granted hereunder in such Grantors right, title or interest in or to such
Intellectual Property License.
(h) Intentionally Omitted.
(i) As to all limited liability company or partnership interests, issued under any Pledged
Operating Agreement or Pledged Partnership Agreement, each Grantor hereby represents and warrants
that the Pledged Interests issued pursuant to such agreement (A) are not dealt in or traded on
securities exchanges or in securities markets, (B) do not constitute investment company securities,
and (C) are not held by such Grantor in a securities account. In addition, none of the Pledged
Operating Agreements, the Pledged Partnership Agreements, or any other agreements governing any of
the Pledged Interests issued under any Pledged Operating Agreement or Pledged Partnership
Agreement, provide that such Pledged Interests are securities governed by Division 8 of the Uniform
Commercial Code as in effect in any relevant jurisdiction.
6.
Covenants
. Each Grantor, jointly and severally, covenants and agrees
with Agent that from and after the date of this Agreement and until the date of termination of this
Agreement in accordance with
Section 22
:
(a)
Possession of Collateral
. In the event that any Collateral, including
Proceeds, is evidenced by or consists of Negotiable Collateral, Investment Related Property, or
Chattel Paper, in each case, having an aggregate value or face amount of $100,000 or more for all
such Negotiable Collateral, Investment Related Property, or Chattel Paper, the Grantors shall
promptly (and in any event within two (2) Business Days after receipt thereof), notify Agent
thereof, and if and to the extent that perfection or priority of Agents Security Interest is
dependent on or enhanced by possession, the applicable Grantor, promptly (and in any event within
two (2) Business Days) after request by Agent, shall execute such other documents and instruments
as shall be requested by Agent or, if applicable, endorse and deliver physical possession of such
Negotiable Collateral, Investment Related Property, or Chattel Paper to Agent, together with such
undated powers (or other relevant document of transfer acceptable to Agent) endorsed in blank as
shall be requested by Agent, and shall do such other acts or things deemed necessary or desirable
by Agent to protect Agents Security Interest therein;
(b)
Chattel Paper
.
(i) Promptly (and in any event within two (2) Business Days) after request by
Agent, each Grantor shall take all steps reasonably necessary to grant Agent control of all
electronic Chattel Paper in accordance with the Code and all transferable records as that term is
defined in Section 16 of the Uniform Electronic Transaction Act and Section 201 of the federal
Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act as in effect in any relevant
jurisdiction, to the extent that the aggregate value or face amount of such electronic Chattel
Paper equals or exceeds $100,000;
(ii) If any Grantor retains possession of any Chattel Paper or instruments (which
retention of possession shall be subject to the extent permitted hereby and by the Credit
Agreement), promptly upon the request of Agent, such Chattel Paper and instruments shall be marked
with the following legend: This writing and the obligations evidenced or secured hereby are
subject to the Security Interest of Wells Fargo Foothill, LLC, as Agent for the benefit of the
Lender Group and the Bank Product Providers;
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(c)
Control Agreements
.
(i) Except to the extent otherwise excused by the Credit Agreement, each Grantor
shall obtain an authenticated Control Agreement (which may include a Controlled Account Agreement),
from each bank maintaining a Deposit Account for such Grantor;
(ii) Except to the extent otherwise excused by the Credit Agreement, each Grantor
shall obtain an authenticated Control Agreement, from each issuer of uncertificated securities,
securities intermediary, or commodities intermediary issuing or holding any financial assets or
commodities to or for any Grantor;
(iii) Except to the extent otherwise excused by the Credit Agreement, each Grantor
shall obtain an authenticated Control Agreement with respect to all of such Grantors investment
property;
(d)
Letter-of-Credit Rights
. If the Grantors (or any of them) are or
become the beneficiary of letters of credit having a face amount or value of $100,000 or more in
the aggregate, then the applicable Grantor or Grantors shall promptly (and in any event within two
(2) Business Days after becoming a beneficiary), notify Agent thereof in writing and, promptly (and
in any event within two (2) Business Days) after request by Agent, enter into a tri-party agreement
with Agent and the issuer or confirming bank with respect to letter-of-credit rights assigning such
letter-of-credit rights to Agent and directing all payments thereunder to Agents Account, all in
form and substance satisfactory to Agent;
(e)
Commercial Tort Claims
. If the Grantors (or any of them) obtain
Commercial Tort Claims having a value, or involving an asserted claim, in the amount of $100,000 or
more in the aggregate for all Commercial Tort Claims, then the applicable Grantor or Grantors
shall promptly (and in any event within two (2) Business Days of obtaining such Commercial Tort
Claim), notify Agent upon incurring or otherwise obtaining such Commercial Tort Claims and,
promptly (and in any event within two (2) Business Days) after request by Agent, amend
Schedule
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to describe such Commercial Tort Claims in a manner that reasonably identifies such
Commercial Tort Claims and which is otherwise reasonably satisfactory to Agent, and hereby
authorizes the filing of additional financing statements or amendments to existing financing
statements describing such Commercial Tort Claims, and agrees to do such other acts or things
deemed necessary or desirable by Agent to give Agent a first priority, perfected Security Interest
in any such Commercial Tort Claim;
(f)
Government Contracts
. Other than Accounts and Chattel Paper the
aggregate value of which does not at any one time exceed $100,000, if any Account or Chattel Paper
arises out of a contract or contracts with the United States of America or any department, agency,
or instrumentality thereof, Grantors shall promptly (and in any event within two (2) Business Days
of the creation thereof) notify Agent thereof and, promptly (and in any event within two (2)
Business Days) after request by Agent, execute any instruments or take any steps reasonably
required by Agent in order that all moneys due or to become due under such contract or contracts
shall be assigned to Agent, for the benefit of the Lender Group and the Bank Product Providers, and
shall provide written notice thereof under the Assignment of Claims Act or other applicable law;
(g)
Intellectual Property
.
(i) Upon the request of Agent, in order to facilitate filings with the United
States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office, each Grantor shall
execute and deliver to Agent one or more Copyright Security Agreements, Trademark Security
Agreements, or Patent Security Agreements to further evidence Agents Lien on such Grantors
Material Patents, Trademarks, or Copyrights, and the General Intangibles of such Grantor relating
thereto or represented thereby;
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(ii) Each Grantor shall have the duty, with respect to Intellectual Property that
is necessary in the conduct of such Grantors business, to protect and diligently enforce and
defend at such Grantors expense its Intellectual Property, including (A) to diligently enforce and
defend, including promptly suing for infringement, misappropriation, or dilution and to recover any
and all damages for such infringement, misappropriation, or dilution, and filing for opposition,
interference, and cancellation against conflicting Intellectual Property rights of any Person, (B)
to prosecute diligently any trademark application or service mark application that is part of the
Trademarks pending as of the date hereof or hereafter until the termination of this Agreement, (C)
to prosecute diligently any patent application that is part of the Patents pending as of the date
hereof or hereafter until the termination of this Agreement, (D) to take all reasonable and
necessary action to preserve and maintain all of such Grantors Trademarks, Patents, Copyrights,
Intellectual Property Licenses, and its rights therein, including paying all maintenance fees and
filing of applications for renewal, affidavits of use, and affidavits of noncontestability, and (E)
to require all employees, consultants, and contractors of each Grantor who were involved in the
creation or development of such Intellectual Property to sign agreements containing assignment of
Intellectual Property rights and obligations of confidentiality. Each Grantor further agrees not
to abandon any Intellectual Property or Intellectual Property License that is necessary in the
conduct of such Grantors business. Each Grantor hereby agrees to take the steps described in this
Section 6(g)(ii)
with respect to all new or acquired Intellectual Property to which it or
any of its Subsidiaries is now or later becomes entitled that is necessary in the conduct of such
Grantors business;
(iii) Grantors acknowledge and agree that the Lender Group shall have no duties
with respect to any Intellectual Property or Intellectual Property Licenses of any Grantor.
Without limiting the generality of this
Section 6(g)(iii)
, Grantors acknowledge and agree
that no member of the Lender Group shall be under any obligation to take any steps necessary to
preserve rights in the Collateral consisting of Intellectual Property or Intellectual Property
Licenses against any other Person, but any member of the Lender Group may do so at its option from
and after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, and all expenses
incurred in connection therewith (including reasonable fees and expenses of attorneys and other
professionals) shall be for the sole account of Borrowers and shall be chargeable to the Loan
Account;
(iv) Each Grantor shall promptly file an application with the United States
Copyright Office for any Copyright that has not been registered with the United States Copyright
Office if such Copyright is necessary in connection with the conduct of such Grantors business.
Any expenses incurred in connection with the foregoing shall be borne by the Grantors;
(v) On each date on which a Compliance Certificate is delivered by Administrative
Borrower pursuant to
Section 5.1
of the Credit Agreement, each Grantor shall provide Agent
with a written report of all new Patents or Trademarks that are registered or the subject of
pending applications for registrations, and of all Intellectual Property License Agreements that
are material to the conduct of such Grantors business, in each case, which were acquired,
registered, or for which applications for registration were filed by any Grantor during the prior
period and any statement of use or amendment to allege use with respect to intent-to-use trademark
applications. In the case of such registrations or applications therefor, which were acquired by
any Grantor, each such Grantor shall file the necessary documents with the appropriate Governmental
Authority identifying the applicable Grantor as the owner (or as a co-owner thereof, if such is the
case) of such Intellectual Property. In each of the foregoing cases, the applicable Grantor shall
promptly cause to be prepared, executed, and delivered to Agent supplemental schedules to the
applicable Loan Documents to identify such Patent and Trademark registrations and applications
therefor (with the exception of Trademark applications filed on an intent-to-use basis for which no
statement of use or amendment to allege use has been filed) and Intellectual Property Licenses as
being subject to the security interests created thereunder;
(vi) Anything to the contrary in this Agreement notwithstanding, in no event shall
any Grantor, either itself or through any agent, employee, licensee, or designee, file an
application for the registration of any Copyright with the United States Copyright Office or any
similar office or agency in another country without giving Agent written notice thereof at least
three (3) Business Days prior to such filing
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and complying with
Section 6(g)(i)
. Upon receipt from the United States Copyright
Office of notice of registration of any Copyright, each Grantor shall promptly (but in no event
later than three (3) Business Days following such receipt) notify Agent of such registration by
delivering, or causing to be delivered, to Agent, documentation sufficient for Agent to perfect
Agents Liens on such Copyright. If any Grantor acquires from any Person any Copyright registered
with the United States Copyright Office or an application to register any Copyright with the United
States Copyright Office, such Grantor shall promptly (but in no event later than three (3) Business
Days following such acquisition) notify Agent of such acquisition and deliver, or cause to be
delivered, to Agent, documentation sufficient for Agent to perfect Agents Liens on such Copyright.
In the case of such Copyright registrations or applications therefor which were acquired by any
Grantor, each such Grantor shall promptly (but in no event later than three (3) Business Days
following such acquisition) file the necessary documents with the appropriate Governmental
Authority identifying the applicable Grantor as the owner (or as a co-owner thereof, if such is the
case) of such Copyrights;
(vii) Each Grantor shall take reasonable steps to maintain the confidentiality of,
and otherwise protect and enforce its rights in, the Intellectual Property that is necessary in the
conduct of such Grantors business, including, as applicable (A) protecting the secrecy and
confidentiality of its confidential information and trade secrets by having and enforcing a policy
requiring all current employees, consultants, licensees, vendors and contractors with access to
such information to execute appropriate confidentiality agreements; (B) taking actions reasonably
necessary to ensure that no trade secret falls into the public domain; and (C) protecting the
secrecy and confidentiality of the source code of all software programs and applications of which
it is the owner or licensee by having and enforcing a policy requiring any licensees (or
sublicensees) of such source code to enter into license agreements with commercially reasonable use
and non-disclosure restrictions; and
(viii) No Grantor shall enter into any Intellectual Property License to receive
any license or rights in any Intellectual Property of any other Person unless such Grantor has used
commercially reasonable efforts to permit the assignment of or grant of a security interest in such
Intellectual Property License (and all rights of Grantor thereunder) to the (and any transferees of
Agent).
(h)
Investment Related Property
.
(i) If any Grantor shall acquire, obtain, receive or become entitled to receive
any Pledged Interests after the Closing Date, it shall promptly (and in any event within two (2)
Business Days of acquiring or obtaining such Collateral) deliver to Agent a duly executed Pledged
Interests Addendum identifying such Pledged Interests;
(ii) Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default,
following the request of Agent, all sums of money and property paid or distributed in respect of
the Investment Related Property that are received by any Grantor shall be held by the Grantors in
trust for the benefit of Agent segregated from such Grantors other property, and such Grantor
shall deliver it forthwith to Agent in the exact form received;
(iii) Each Grantor shall promptly deliver to Agent a copy of each material notice
or other material communication received by it in respect of any Pledged Interests;
(iv) No Grantor shall make or consent to any amendment or other modification or
waiver with respect to any Pledged Interests, Pledged Operating Agreement, or Pledged Partnership
Agreement to the extent that such amendment, other modification or waiver could reasonably be
expected to materially adversely affect the interests of Agent or any member of the Lender Group,
or enter into any agreement or permit to exist any restriction with respect to any Pledged
Interests if the same is prohibited pursuant to the Loan Documents;
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(v) Each Grantor agrees that it will cooperate with Agent in obtaining all
necessary approvals and making all necessary filings under federal, state, local, or foreign law to
effect the perfection of the Security Interest on the Investment Related Property or to effect any
sale or transfer thereof;
(vi) As to all limited liability company or partnership interests, issued under
any Pledged Operating Agreement or Pledged Partnership Agreement, each Grantor hereby covenants
that the Pledged Interests issued pursuant to such agreement (A) are not and shall not be dealt in
or traded on securities exchanges or in securities markets, (B) do not and will not constitute
investment company securities, and (C) are not and will not be held by such Grantor in a securities
account. In addition, none of the Pledged Operating Agreements, the Pledged Partnership
Agreements, or any other agreements governing any of the Pledged Interests issued under any Pledged
Operating Agreement or Pledged Partnership Agreement, provide or shall provide that such Pledged
Interests are securities governed by Division 8 of the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in any
relevant jurisdiction.
(i)
Real Property; Fixtures.
Each Grantor covenants and agrees that upon
the acquisition of any fee interest in Real Property it will promptly (and in any event within two
(2) Business Days of acquisition) notify Agent in writing of the acquisition of such Real Property
and will grant to Agent, for the benefit of the Lender Group and the Bank Product Providers, a
first priority Mortgage on each fee interest in Real Property now or hereafter owned by such
Grantor and shall deliver such other documentation and opinions, in form and substance satisfactory
to Agent, in connection with the grant of such Mortgage as Agent shall request in its Permitted
Discretion, including title insurance policies, financing statements, fixture filings and
environmental audits and such Grantor shall pay all recording costs, intangible taxes and other
fees and costs (including reasonable attorneys fees and expenses) incurred in connection therewith.
Each Grantor acknowledges and agrees that, to the extent permitted by applicable law, all of the
Collateral shall remain personal property regardless of the manner of its attachment or affixation
to real property;
(j)
Transfers and Other Liens
. Grantors shall not (i) sell, assign (by
operation of law or otherwise) or otherwise dispose of, or grant any option with respect to, any of
the Collateral, except as expressly permitted by the Credit Agreement, or (ii) create or permit to
exist any Lien upon or with respect to any of the Collateral of any Grantor, except for Permitted
Liens. The inclusion of Proceeds in the Collateral shall not be deemed to constitute Agents
consent to any sale or other disposition of any of the Collateral except as expressly permitted in
this Agreement or the other Loan Documents;
(k)
Controlled Accounts
.
(i) Each Grantor shall (A) establish and maintain cash management services of a
type and on terms reasonably satisfactory to Agent at one or more of the banks set forth on
Schedule 6(k)
(each a
Controlled Account Bank
), and shall take reasonable steps
to ensure that all of its and its Non-CFC Subsidiaries Account Debtors forward payment of the
amounts owed by them directly to such Controlled Account Bank, and (B) deposit or cause to be
deposited promptly, and in any event no later than the first Business Day after the date of receipt
thereof, all of their Collections (including those sent directly by their Account Debtors to a
Grantor) into a bank account of such Grantor (each, a
Controlled Account
) at one of the
Controlled Account Banks;
(ii) Each Grantor shall establish and maintain Controlled Account Agreements with
Agent and the applicable Controlled Account Bank, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to
Agent. Each such Controlled Account Agreement shall provide, among other things, that (A) the
Controlled Account Bank will comply with any instructions originated by Agent directing the
disposition of the funds in such Controlled Account without further consent by the applicable
Grantor, (B) the Controlled Account Bank waives, subordinates, or agrees not to exercise any rights
of setoff or recoupment or any other claim against the applicable Controlled Account other than for
payment of its service fees and other charges directly related to the administration of such
Controlled Account and for returned checks or other items of payment, and (C) the
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Controlled Account Bank will forward by daily sweep all amounts in the applicable Controlled
Account to the Agents Account; and
(iii) So long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing,
Borrowers may amend
Schedule 6(k)
to add or replace a Controlled Account Bank or Controlled
Account;
provided
,
however
, that (A) such prospective Controlled Account Bank shall
be reasonably satisfactory to Agent, and (B) prior to the time of the opening of such Controlled
Account, the applicable Grantor and such prospective Controlled Account Bank shall have executed
and delivered to Agent a Controlled Account Agreement. Each Grantor shall close any of its
Controlled Accounts (and establish replacement Controlled Account accounts in accordance with the
foregoing sentence) as promptly as practicable and in any event within forty-five (45) days of
notice from Agent that the operating performance, funds transfer, or availability procedures or
performance of the Controlled Account Bank with respect to Controlled Account Accounts or Agents
liability under any Controlled Account Agreement with such Controlled Account Bank is no longer
acceptable in Agents reasonable judgment;
7.
Relation to Other Security Documents
. The provisions of this Agreement
shall be read and construed with the other Loan Documents referred to below in the manner so
indicated.
(a)
Credit Agreement
. In the event of any conflict between any provision
in this Agreement and a provision in the Credit Agreement, such provision of the Credit Agreement
shall control.
(b)
Patent, Trademark, Copyright Security Agreements
. The provisions of
the Copyright Security Agreements, Trademark Security Agreements, and Patent Security Agreements
are supplemental to the provisions of this Agreement, and nothing contained in the Copyright
Security Agreements, Trademark Security Agreements, or the Patent Security Agreements shall limit
any of the rights or remedies of Agent hereunder. In the event of any conflict between any
provision in this Agreement and a provision in a Copyright Security Agreement, Trademark Security
Agreement or Patent Security Agreement, such provision of this Agreement shall control.
8.
Further Assurances
.
(a) Each Grantor agrees that from time to time, at its own expense, such Grantor
will promptly execute and deliver all further instruments and documents, and take all further
action, that Agent may reasonably request, in order to perfect and protect the Security Interest
granted hereby, to create, perfect or protect the Security Interest purported to be granted hereby
or to enable Agent to exercise and enforce its rights and remedies hereunder with respect to any of
the Collateral.
(b) Each Grantor authorizes the filing by Agent of financing or continuation
statements, or amendments thereto, and such Grantor will execute and deliver to Agent such other
instruments or notices, as Agent may reasonably request, in order to perfect and preserve the
Security Interest granted or purported to be granted hereby.
(c) Each Grantor authorizes Agent at any time and from time to time to file,
transmit, or communicate, as applicable, financing statements and amendments (i) describing the
Collateral as all personal property of debtor or all assets of debtor or words of similar
effect, (ii) describing the Collateral as being of equal or lesser scope or with greater detail, or
(iii) that contain any information required by part 5 of Division 9 of the Code for the sufficiency
or filing office acceptance. Each Grantor also hereby ratifies any and all financing statements or
amendments previously filed by Agent in any jurisdiction.
(d) Each Grantor acknowledges that it is not authorized to file any financing
statement or amendment or termination statement with respect to any financing statement filed in
connection with this Agreement without the prior written consent of Agent, subject to such
Grantors rights under Section 9509(d)(2) of the Code.
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9.
Agents Right to Perform Contracts, Exercise Rights, etc
. Upon the
occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, Agent (or its designee) (a) may
proceed to perform any and all of the obligations of any Grantor contained in any contract, lease,
or other agreement and exercise any and all rights of any Grantor therein contained as fully as
such Grantor itself could, (b) shall have the right to use any Grantors rights under Intellectual
Property Licenses in connection with the enforcement of Agents rights hereunder, including the
right to prepare for sale and sell any and all Inventory and Equipment now or hereafter owned by
any Grantor and now or hereafter covered by such licenses, and (c) shall have the right to request
that any Stock that is pledged hereunder be registered in the name of Agent or any of its nominees.
10.
Agent Appointed Attorney-in-Fact
. Each Grantor hereby irrevocably
appoints Agent its attorney-in-fact, with full authority in the place and stead of such Grantor and
in the name of such Grantor or otherwise, at such time as an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing under the Credit Agreement, to take any action and to execute any instrument which Agent
may reasonably deem necessary or advisable to accomplish the purposes of this Agreement, including:
(a) to ask, demand, collect, sue for, recover, compromise, receive and give
acquittance and receipts for moneys due and to become due under or in connection with the Accounts
or any other Collateral of such Grantor;
(b) to receive and open all mail addressed to such Grantor and to notify postal
authorities to change the address for the delivery of mail to such Grantor to that of Agent
(provided that, upon removing Collateral or information regarding Collateral from such mail, Agent
shall forward such mail to Grantor);
(c) to receive, indorse, and collect any drafts or other instruments, documents,
Negotiable Collateral or Chattel Paper;
(d) to file any claims or take any action or institute any proceedings which Agent
may deem necessary or desirable for the collection of any of the Collateral of such Grantor or
otherwise to enforce the rights of Agent with respect to any of the Collateral;
(e) to repair, alter, or supply goods, if any, necessary to fulfill in whole or in
part the purchase order of any Person obligated to such Grantor in respect of any Account of such
Grantor;
(f) to use any Intellectual Property or Intellectual Property Licenses of such
Grantor, including but not limited to any labels, Patents, Trademarks, trade names, URLs, domain
names, industrial designs, Copyrights, or advertising matter, in preparing for sale, advertising
for sale, or selling Inventory or other Collateral and to collect any amounts due under Accounts,
contracts or Negotiable Collateral of such Grantor; and
(g) Agent, on behalf of the Lender Group or the Bank Product Providers, shall have
the right, but shall not be obligated, to bring suit in its own name to enforce the Intellectual
Property and Intellectual Property Licenses and, if Agent shall commence any such suit, the
appropriate Grantor shall, at the request of Agent, do any and all lawful acts and execute any and
all proper documents reasonably required by Agent in aid of such enforcement.
To the extent permitted by law, each Grantor hereby ratifies all that such attorney-in-fact
shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This power of attorney is coupled with an
interest and shall be irrevocable until this Agreement is terminated.
11.
Agent May Perform
. If any Grantor fails to perform any agreement
contained herein, Agent may itself perform, or cause performance of, such agreement, and the
reasonable expenses of Agent incurred in connection therewith shall be payable, jointly and
severally, by Grantors.
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12.
Agents Duties
. The powers conferred on Agent hereunder are solely to
protect Agents interest in the Collateral, for the benefit of the Lender Group and the Bank
Product Providers, and shall not impose any duty upon Agent to exercise any such powers. Except
for the safe custody of any Collateral in its actual possession and the accounting for moneys
actually received by it hereunder, Agent shall have no duty as to any Collateral or as to the
taking of any necessary steps to preserve rights against prior parties or any other rights
pertaining to any Collateral. Agent shall be deemed to have exercised reasonable care in the
custody and preservation of any Collateral in its actual possession if such Collateral is accorded
treatment substantially equal to that which Agent accords its own property.
13.
Collection of Accounts, General Intangibles and Negotiable Collateral
.
At any time upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, Agent or
Agents designee may (a) notify Account Debtors of any Grantor that the Accounts, General
Intangibles, Chattel Paper or Negotiable Collateral of such Grantor have been assigned to Agent,
for the benefit of the Lender Group and the Bank Product Providers, or that Agent has a security
interest therein, and (b) collect the Accounts, General Intangibles and Negotiable Collateral of
any Grantor directly, and any collection costs and expenses shall constitute part of such Grantors
Secured Obligations under the Loan Documents.
14.
Disposition of Pledged Interests by Agent
. None of the Pledged
Interests existing as of the date of this Agreement are, and none of the Pledged Interests
hereafter acquired on the date of acquisition thereof will be, registered or qualified under the
various federal or state securities laws of the United States and disposition thereof after an
Event of Default may be restricted to one or more private (instead of public) sales in view of the
lack of such registration. Each Grantor understands that in connection with such disposition,
Agent may approach only a restricted number of potential purchasers and further understands that a
sale under such circumstances may yield a lower price for the Pledged Interests than if the Pledged
Interests were registered and qualified pursuant to federal and state securities laws and sold on
the open market. Each Grantor, therefore, agrees that: (a) if Agent shall, pursuant to the terms
of this Agreement, sell or cause the Pledged Interests or any portion thereof to be sold at a
private sale, Agent shall have the right to rely upon the advice and opinion of any nationally
recognized brokerage or investment firm (but shall not be obligated to seek such advice and the
failure to do so shall not be considered in determining the commercial reasonableness of such
action) as to the best manner in which to offer the Pledged Interest or any portion thereof for
sale and as to the best price reasonably obtainable at the private sale thereof; and (b) such
reliance shall be conclusive evidence that Agent has handled the disposition in a commercially
reasonable manner.
15.
Voting and Other Rights in Respect of Pledged Interests
.
(a) Upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default, (i)
Agent may, at its option, and with two (2) Business Days prior notice to any Grantor, and in
addition to all rights and remedies available to Agent under any other agreement, at law, in
equity, or otherwise, exercise all voting rights, or any other ownership or consensual rights
(including any dividend or distribution rights) in respect of the Pledged Interests owned by such
Grantor, but under no circumstances is Agent obligated by the terms of this Agreement to exercise
such rights, and (ii) if Agent duly exercises its right to vote any of such Pledged Interests, each
Grantor hereby appoints Agent, such Grantors true and lawful attorney-in-fact and IRREVOCABLE
PROXY to vote such Pledged Interests in any manner Agent deems advisable for or against all matters
submitted or which may be submitted to a vote of shareholders, partners or members, as the case may
be. The power-of-attorney and proxy granted hereby is coupled with an interest and shall be
irrevocable.
(b) For so long as any Grantor shall have the right to vote the Pledged Interests
owned by it, such Grantor covenants and agrees that it will not, without the prior written consent
of Agent, vote or take any consensual action with respect to such Pledged Interests which would
materially adversely affect the rights of Agent, the other members of the Lender Group, or the Bank
Product Providers, or the value of the Pledged Interests.
16.
Remedies
. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event
of Default:
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(a) Agent may, and, at the instruction of the Required Lenders, shall exercise in
respect of the Collateral, in addition to other rights and remedies provided for herein, in the
other Loan Documents, or otherwise available to it, all the rights and remedies of a secured party
on default under the Code or any other applicable law. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, each Grantor expressly agrees that, in any such event, Agent without demand of
performance or other demand, advertisement or notice of any kind (except a notice specified below
of time and place of public or private sale) to or upon any Grantor or any other Person (all and
each of which demands, advertisements and notices are hereby expressly waived to the maximum extent
permitted by the Code or any other applicable law), may take immediate possession of all or any
portion of the Collateral and (i) require Grantors to, and each Grantor hereby agrees that it will
at its own expense and upon request of Agent forthwith, assemble all or part of the Collateral as
directed by Agent and make it available to Agent at one or more locations where such Grantor
regularly maintains Inventory, and (ii) without notice except as specified below, sell the
Collateral or any part thereof in one or more parcels at public or private sale, at any of Agents
offices or elsewhere, for cash, on credit, and upon such other terms as Agent may deem commercially
reasonable. Each Grantor agrees that, to the extent notice of sale shall be required by law, at
least ten (10) days notice to the applicable Grantor of the time and place of any public sale or
the time after which any private sale is to be made shall constitute reasonable notification and
specifically such notice shall constitute a reasonable authenticated notification of disposition
within the meaning of Section 9611 of the Code. Agent shall not be obligated to make any sale of
Collateral regardless of notice of sale having been given. Agent may adjourn any public or private
sale from time to time by announcement at the time and place fixed therefor, and such sale may,
without further notice, be made at the time and place to which it was so adjourned. Each Grantor
agrees that the internet shall constitute a place for purposes of Section 9610(b) of the Code.
Each Grantor agrees that any sale of Collateral to a licensor pursuant to the terms of a license
agreement between such licensor and a Grantor is sufficient to constitute a commercially reasonable
sale (including as to method, terms, manner, and time) within the meaning of Section 9610 of the
Code.
(b) Agent is hereby granted a license or other right to use, without liability for
royalties or any other charge, each Grantors Intellectual Property, including but not limited to,
any labels, Patents, Trademarks, trade names, URLs, domain names, industrial designs, Copyrights,
and advertising matter, whether owned by any Grantor or with respect to which any Grantor has
rights under license, sublicense, or other agreements (including any Intellectual Property
License), as it pertains to the Collateral, in preparing for sale, advertising for sale and selling
any Collateral, and each Grantors rights under all licenses and all franchise agreements shall
inure to the benefit of Agent.
(c) Agent may, in addition to other rights and remedies provided for herein, in
the other Loan Documents, or otherwise available to it under applicable law and without the
requirement of notice to or upon any Grantor or any other Person (which notice is hereby expressly
waived to the maximum extent permitted by the Code or any other applicable law), (i) with respect
to any Grantors Deposit Accounts in which Agents Liens are perfected by control under Section
9104 of the Code, instruct the bank maintaining such Deposit Account for the applicable Grantor to
pay the balance of such Deposit Account to or for the benefit of Agent, and (ii) with respect to
any Grantors Securities Accounts in which Agents Liens are perfected by control under Section
9106 of the Code, instruct the securities intermediary maintaining such Securities Account for the
applicable Grantor to (A) transfer any cash in such Securities Account to or for the benefit of
Agent, or (B) liquidate any financial assets in such Securities Account that are customarily sold
on a recognized market and transfer the cash proceeds thereof to or for the benefit of Agent.
(d) Any cash held by Agent as Collateral and all cash proceeds received by Agent
in respect of any sale of, collection from, or other realization upon all or any part of the
Collateral shall be applied against the Secured Obligations in the order set forth in the Credit
Agreement. In the event the proceeds of Collateral are insufficient to satisfy all of the Secured
Obligations in full, each Grantor shall remain jointly and severally liable for any such
deficiency.
(e) Each Grantor hereby acknowledges that the Secured Obligations arise out of a
commercial transaction, and agrees that if an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing Agent
shall have
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the right to an immediate writ of possession without notice of a hearing. Agent shall have
the right to the appointment of a receiver for the properties and assets of each Grantor, and each
Grantor hereby consents to such rights and such appointment and hereby waives any objection such
Grantor may have thereto or the right to have a bond or other security posted by Agent.
17.
Remedies Cumulative
. Each right, power, and remedy of Agent as
provided for in this Agreement or in the other Loan Documents or now or hereafter existing at law
or in equity or by statute or otherwise shall be cumulative and concurrent and shall be in addition
to every other right, power, or remedy provided for in this Agreement or in the other Loan
Documents or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or by statute or otherwise, and the
exercise or beginning of the exercise by Agent, of any one or more of such rights, powers, or
remedies shall not preclude the simultaneous or later exercise by Agent of any or all such other
rights, powers, or remedies.
18.
Marshaling
. Agent shall not be required to marshal any present or
future collateral security (including but not limited to the Collateral) for, or other assurances
of payment of, the Secured Obligations or any of them or to resort to such collateral security or
other assurances of payment in any particular order, and all of its rights and remedies hereunder
and in respect of such collateral security and other assurances of payment shall be cumulative and
in addition to all other rights and remedies, however existing or arising. To the extent that it
lawfully may, each Grantor hereby agrees that it will not invoke any law relating to the marshaling
of collateral which might cause delay in or impede the enforcement of Agents rights and remedies
under this Agreement or under any other instrument creating or evidencing any of the Secured
Obligations or under which any of the Secured Obligations is outstanding or by which any of the
Secured Obligations is secured or payment thereof is otherwise assured, and, to the extent that it
lawfully may, each Grantor hereby irrevocably waives the benefits of all such laws.
19.
Indemnity and Expenses
.
(a) Each Grantor agrees to indemnify Agent and the other members of the Lender
Group from and against all claims, lawsuits and liabilities (including reasonable attorneys fees)
growing out of or resulting from this Agreement (including enforcement of this Agreement) or any
other Loan Document to which such Grantor is a party, except claims, losses or liabilities
resulting from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the party seeking indemnification as
determined by a final non-appealable order of a court of competent jurisdiction. This provision
shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the Credit Agreement and the repayment of the
Secured Obligations.
(b) Grantors, jointly and severally, shall, upon demand, pay to Agent (or Agent,
may charge to the Loan Account) all the Lender Group Expenses which Agent may incur in connection
with (i) the administration of this Agreement, (ii) the custody, preservation, use or operation of,
or, upon an Event of Default, the sale of, collection from, or other realization upon, any of the
Collateral in accordance with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (iii) the exercise or
enforcement of any of the rights of Agent hereunder or (iv) the failure by any Grantor to perform
or observe any of the provisions hereof.
20.
Merger, Amendments; Etc.
THIS AGREEMENT, TOGETHER WITH THE OTHER LOAN
DOCUMENTS, REPRESENTS THE FINAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PARTIES AND MAY NOT BE CONTRADICTED BY
EVIDENCE OF PRIOR, CONTEMPORANEOUS OR SUBSEQUENT ORAL AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES. THERE ARE NO
UNWRITTEN AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE PARTIES. No waiver of any provision of this Agreement, and no
consent to any departure by any Grantor herefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same
shall be in writing and signed by Agent, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in
the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given. No amendment of any provision
of this Agreement shall be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by Agent and
each Grantor to which such amendment applies.
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21.
Addresses for Notices
. All notices and other communications provided
for hereunder shall be given in the form and manner and delivered to Agent at its address specified
in the Credit Agreement, and to any of the Grantors at their respective addresses specified in the
Credit Agreement or Guaranty, as applicable, or, as to any party, at such other address as shall be
designated by such party in a written notice to the other party.
22.
Continuing Security Interest: Assignments under Credit Agreement.
This Agreement shall create a continuing security interest in the Collateral and shall (a) remain
in full force and effect until the Obligations have been paid in full in accordance with the
provisions of the Credit Agreement and the Commitments have expired or have been terminated, (b) be
binding upon each Grantor, and their respective successors and assigns, and (c) inure to the
benefit of, and be enforceable by, Agent, and its successors, transferees and assigns. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing clause (c), any Lender may, in accordance with the
provisions of the Credit Agreement, assign or otherwise transfer all or any portion of its rights
and obligations under the Credit Agreement to any other Person, and such other Person shall
thereupon become vested with all the benefits in respect thereof granted to such Lender herein or
otherwise. Upon payment in full of the Secured Obligations in accordance with the provisions of
the Credit Agreement and the expiration or termination of the Commitments, the Security Interest
granted hereby shall terminate and all rights to the Collateral shall revert to Grantors or any
other Person entitled thereto. At such time, Agent will authorize the filing of appropriate
termination statements to terminate such Security Interests. No transfer or renewal, extension,
assignment, or termination of this Agreement or of the Credit Agreement, any other Loan Document,
or any other instrument or document executed and delivered by any Grantor to Agent nor any
additional Advances or other loans made by any Lender to Borrowers, nor the taking of further
security, nor the retaking or re-delivery of the Collateral to Grantors, or any of them, by Agent,
nor any other act of the Lender Group or the Bank Product Providers, or any of them, shall release
any Grantor from any obligation, except a release or discharge executed in writing by Agent in
accordance with the provisions of the Credit Agreement. Agent shall not by any act, delay,
omission or otherwise, be deemed to have waived any of its rights or remedies hereunder, unless
such waiver is in writing and signed by Agent and then only to the extent therein set forth. A
waiver by Agent of any right or remedy on any occasion shall not be construed as a bar to the
exercise of any such right or remedy which Agent would otherwise have had on any other occasion.
23.
Governing Law
.
(a)
THE VALIDITY OF THIS AGREEMENT, THE CONSTRUCTION, INTERPRETATION, AND
ENFORCEMENT HEREOF, AND THE RIGHTS OF THE PARTIES HERETO WITH RESPECT TO ALL MATTERS ARISING
HEREUNDER OR RELATED HERETO SHALL BE DETERMINED UNDER, GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
(b)
THE PARTIES AGREE THAT ALL ACTIONS OR PROCEEDINGS ARISING IN CONNECTION WITH
THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE TRIED AND LITIGATED ONLY IN THE STATE AND, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY
APPLICABLE LAW, FEDERAL COURTS, LOCATED IN THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA;
PROVIDED
,
HOWEVER
, THAT ANY SUIT SEEKING ENFORCEMENT AGAINST ANY COLLATERAL OR
OTHER PROPERTY MAY BE BROUGHT, AT AGENTS OPTION, IN THE COURTS OF ANY JURISDICTION WHERE AGENT
ELECTS TO BRING SUCH ACTION OR WHERE SUCH COLLATERAL OR OTHER PROPERTY MAY BE FOUND. AGENT AND
EACH GRANTOR WAIVE, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT EACH MAY HAVE TO ASSERT
THE DOCTRINE OF
FORUM
NON
CONVENIENS
OR TO OBJECT TO VENUE TO THE EXTENT
ANY PROCEEDING IS BROUGHT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS
SECTION 23(b)
.
(c)
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, AGENT AND EACH GRANTOR
HEREBY WAIVE THEIR RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO A JURY
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TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF
THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREIN, INCLUDING CONTRACT CLAIMS, TORT CLAIMS, BREACH OF DUTY
CLAIMS, AND ALL OTHER COMMON LAW OR STATUTORY CLAIMS. AGENT AND EACH GRANTOR REPRESENT THAT EACH
HAS REVIEWED THIS WAIVER AND EACH KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY WAIVES ITS JURY TRIAL RIGHTS FOLLOWING
CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL. IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, A COPY OF THIS AGREEMENT MAY BE FILED
AS A WRITTEN CONSENT TO A TRIAL BY THE COURT.
(d)
IF ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING IS FILED IN A COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA BY
OR AGAINST ANY PARTY HERETO IN CONNECTION WITH ANY OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS
AGREEMENT OR ANY DOCUMENT RELATED HERETO AND EACH PARTY HERETO OR THERETO (OTHER THAN A MEMBER OF
THE LENDER GROUP) DOES NOT SUBSEQUENTLY WAIVE IN AN EFFECTIVE MANNER UNDER CALIFORNIA LAW ITS RIGHT
TO A TRIAL BY JURY, (a) THE COURT SHALL, AND IS HEREBY DIRECTED TO, MAKE A GENERAL REFERENCE
PURSUANT TO CALIFORNIA CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE SECTION 638 TO A REFEREE OR REFEREES TO HEAR AND
DETERMINE ALL OF THE ISSUES IN SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING (WHETHER OF FACT OR OF LAW) AND TO REPORT
A STATEMENT OF DECISION, PROVIDED THAT ANY SUCH ISSUES PERTAINING TO A PROVISIONAL REMEDY AS
DEFINED IN CALIFORNIA CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE SECTION 1281.8 SHALL BE HEARD AND DETERMINED BY THE
COURT, AND (b) GRANTORS SHALL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE TO PAY ALL FEES AND EXPENSES OF ANY REFEREE
APPOINTED IN SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING.
24.
New Subsidiaries
. Pursuant to
Section 5.11
of the Credit
Agreement, certain Subsidiaries (whether by acquisition or creation) of any Grantor are required to
enter into this Agreement by executing and delivering in favor of Agent a Joinder to this Agreement
in substantially the form of
Annex 1
. Upon the execution and delivery of
Annex 1
by any such new Subsidiary, such Subsidiary shall become a Grantor hereunder with the same force
and effect as if originally named as a Grantor herein. The execution and delivery of any
instrument adding an additional Grantor as a party to this Agreement shall not require the consent
of any Grantor hereunder. The rights and obligations of each Grantor hereunder shall remain in
full force and effect notwithstanding the addition of any new Grantor hereunder.
25.
Agent
. Each reference herein to any right granted to, benefit
conferred upon or power exercisable by the Agent shall be a reference to Agent, for the benefit
of each member of the Lender Group and each of the Bank Product Providers.
26.
Miscellaneous
.
(a) This Agreement is a Loan Document. This Agreement may be executed in any
number of counterparts and by different parties on separate counterparts, each of which, when
executed and delivered, shall be deemed to be an original, and all of which, when taken together,
shall constitute but one and the same Agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of this
Agreement by telefacsimile or other electronic method of transmission shall be equally as effective
as delivery of an original executed counterpart of this Agreement. Any party delivering an
executed counterpart of this Agreement by telefacsimile or other electronic method of transmission
also shall deliver an original executed counterpart of this Agreement but the failure to deliver an
original executed counterpart shall not affect the validity, enforceability, and binding effect of
this Agreement. The foregoing shall apply to each other Loan Document
mutatis mutandis
.
(b) Any provision of this Agreement which is prohibited or unenforceable shall be
ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the
remaining provisions hereof in that jurisdiction or affecting the validity or enforceability of
such provision in any other jurisdiction.
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Each provision of this Agreement shall be severable from every other provision of this
Agreement for the purpose of determining the legal enforceability of any specific provision.
(c) Headings and numbers have been set forth herein for convenience only. Unless
the contrary is compelled by the context, everything contained in each Section applies equally to
this entire Agreement.
(d) Neither this Agreement nor any uncertainty or ambiguity herein shall be
construed against any member of the Lender Group or any Grantor, whether under any rule of
construction or otherwise. This Agreement has been reviewed by all parties and shall be construed
and interpreted according to the ordinary meaning of the words used so as to accomplish fairly the
purposes and intentions of all parties hereto.
(e) The pronouns used herein shall include, when appropriate, either gender and
both singular and plural, and the grammatical construction of sentences shall conform thereto.
(f) Unless the context of this Agreement clearly requires otherwise, references to
the plural include the singular, references to the singular include the plural, the terms
includes and including are not limiting, and the term or has, except where otherwise
indicated, the inclusive meaning represented by the phrase and/or. The words hereof, herein,
hereby, hereunder, and similar terms in this Agreement refer to this Agreement as a whole and
not to any particular provision of this Agreement. Section, subsection, clause, schedule, and
exhibit references herein are to this Agreement unless otherwise specified. Any reference in this
Agreement to any agreement, instrument, or document shall include all alterations, amendments,
changes, extensions, modifications, renewals, replacements, substitutions, joinders, and
supplements, thereto and thereof, as applicable (subject to any restrictions on such alterations,
amendments, changes, extensions, modifications, renewals, replacements, substitutions, joinders,
and supplements set forth herein). The words asset and property shall be construed to have the
same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties,
including cash, securities, accounts, and contract rights. Any reference herein to the
satisfaction, repayment, or payment in full of the Secured Obligations shall mean the repayment in
full in cash (or, in the case of Letters of Credit or Bank Products, providing Letter of Credit
Collateralization or Bank Product Collateralization, as applicable) of all Secured Obligations
other than unasserted contingent indemnification Secured Obligations and other than any Bank
Product Obligations that, at such time, are allowed by the applicable Bank Product Provider to
remain outstanding and that are not required by the provisions of the Credit Agreement to be repaid
or cash collateralized. Any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such
Persons successors and assigns. Any requirement of a writing contained herein shall be satisfied
by the transmission of a Record.
(g) All of the annexes, schedules and exhibits attached to this Agreement shall be
deemed incorporated herein by reference.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed
and delivered as of the day and year first above written.
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GRANTORS:
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FINISAR CORPORATION.
a Delaware corporation
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By:
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/s/ S.K. Workman
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Name:
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S.K. Workman
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Title:
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CFO
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OPTIUM CORPORATION
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a Delaware corporation
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By:
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/s/ S.K. Workman
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Name:
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S.K. Workman
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Title:
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CFO
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AZNA LLC
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a Delaware limited liability company
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By:
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/s/ S.K. Workman
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Name:
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S.K. Workman
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Title:
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CFO
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FINISAR SALES, INC.
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a Delaware corporation
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By:
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/s/ S.K. Workman
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Name:
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S.K. Workman
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Title:
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CFO
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KAILIGHT PHOTONICS, INC.
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a Delaware corporation
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By:
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/s/ S.K. Workman
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Name:
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S.K. Workman
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Title:
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CFO
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[SIGNATURE PAGE TO SECURITY AGREEMENT]
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AGENT:
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WELLS FARGO FOOTHILL,
LLC,
a Delaware limited
liability company
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/s/ David R. Klages
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David R. Klages
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[SIGNATURE PAGE TO SECURITY AGREEMENT]
EXHIBIT A
COPYRIGHT SECURITY AGREEMENT
This COPYRIGHT SECURITY AGREEMENT (this
Copyright Security Agreement
) is made this
______day of ___, 20___, by and among Grantors listed on the signature pages hereof
(collectively, jointly and severally,
Grantors
and each individually
Grantor
),
and
WELLS FARGO FOOTHILL, LLC
, a Delaware limited liability company (
WFF
), in its
capacity as agent for the Lender Group and the Bank Product Providers (in such capacity, together
with its successors and assigns in such capacity,
Agent
).
W
I
T
N
E
S
S
E
T
H
:
WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain Credit Agreement of even date herewith (as amended,
restated, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time, the
Credit Agreement
) by
and among Finisar Corporation, a Delaware corporation (
Parent
), Optium Corporation, a
Delaware corporation (
Optium
and Parent each individually as a
Borrower
, and
individually and collectively, jointly and severally, as the
Borrowers
), the lenders
party thereto as Lenders (such Lenders, together with their respective successors and assigns in
such capacity, each, individually, a
Lender
and, collectively, the
Lenders
),
and Agent, the Lender Group has agreed to make certain financial accommodations available to
Borrowers from time to time pursuant to the terms and conditions thereof; and
WHEREAS, the members of the Lender Group are willing to make the financial accommodations to
Borrowers as provided for in the Credit Agreement, but only upon the condition, among others, that
Grantors shall have executed and delivered to Agent, for the benefit of the Lender Group and the
Bank Product Providers, that certain Security Agreement, dated as of October 2, 2009 (including all
annexes, exhibits or schedules thereto, as from time to time amended, restated, supplemented or
otherwise modified, the
Security Agreement
); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Security Agreement, Grantors are required to execute and deliver to
Agent, for the benefit of the Lender Group and the Bank Product Providers, this Copyright Security
Agreement;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual covenants herein contained and for
other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, Grantors hereby agree as follows:
1.
DEFINED TERMS
. All initially capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined
herein have the meanings given to them in the Security Agreement or, if not defined therein, in the
Credit Agreement.
2.
GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST IN COPYRIGHT COLLATERAL
. Each Grantor hereby
unconditionally grants, assigns, and pledges to Agent, for the benefit each member of the Lender
Group and each of the Bank Product Providers, to secure the Secured Obligations, a continuing
security interest (referred to in this Copyright Security Agreement as the
Security
Interest
) in all of such Grantors right, title and interest in and to the following, whether
now owned or hereafter acquired or arising (collectively, the
Copyright Collateral
):
(a) all of such Grantors Copyrights and Copyright Intellectual Property Licenses to which it
is a party including those referred to on
Schedule I
;
(b) all renewals or extensions of the foregoing; and
(c) all products and proceeds of the foregoing, including any claim by such Grantor against
third parties for past, present or future infringement of any Copyright or any Copyright
exclusively
licensed under any Intellectual Property License, including the right to receive damages, or
the right to receive license fees, royalties, and other compensation under any Copyright
Intellectual Property License.
3.
SECURITY FOR SECURED OBLIGATIONS
. This Copyright Security Agreement and the
Security Interest created hereby secures the payment and performance of the Secured Obligations,
whether now existing or arising hereafter. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, this
Copyright Security Agreement secures the payment of all amounts which constitute part of the
Secured Obligations and would be owed by Grantors, or any of them, to Agent, the Lender Group, the
Bank Product Providers or any of them, whether or not they are unenforceable or not allowable due
to the existence of an Insolvency Proceeding involving any Grantor.
4.
SECURITY AGREEMENT
. The Security Interest granted pursuant to this Copyright
Security Agreement is granted in conjunction with the security interests granted to Agent, for the
benefit of the Lender Group and the Bank Product Providers, pursuant to the Security Agreement.
Each Grantor hereby acknowledges and affirms that the rights and remedies of Agent with respect to
the Security Interest in the Copyright Collateral made and granted hereby are more fully set forth
in the Security Agreement, the terms and provisions of which are incorporated by reference herein
as if fully set forth herein. To the extent there is any inconsistency between this Copyright
Security Agreement and the Security Agreement, the Security Agreement shall control.
5.
AUTHORIZATION TO SUPPLEMENT
. Grantors shall give Agent prior written notice of no
less than three (3) Business Days before filing any additional application for registration of any
Copyright and prompt notice in writing of any additional copyright registrations granted therefor
after the date hereof. Without limiting Grantors obligations under this Section, Grantors hereby
authorize Agent unilaterally to modify this Copyright Security Agreement by amending
Schedule
I
to include any future United States registered copyrights or applications therefor of each
Grantor. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no failure to so modify this Copyright Security Agreement
or amend
Schedule I
shall in any way affect, invalidate or detract from Agents continuing
security interest in all Collateral, whether or not listed on
Schedule I.
6.
COUNTERPARTS
. This Copyright Security Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts and by different parties on separate counterparts, each of which, when executed and
delivered, shall be deemed to be an original, and all of which, when taken together, shall
constitute but one and the same Copyright Security Agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart
of this Copyright Security Agreement by telefacsimile or other electronic method of transmission
shall be equally as effective as delivery of an original executed counterpart of this Copyright
Security Agreement. Any party delivering an executed counterpart of this Copyright Security
Agreement by telefacsimile or other electronic method of transmission also shall deliver an
original executed counterpart of this Copyright Security Agreement but the failure to deliver an
original executed counterpart shall not affect the validity, enforceability, and binding effect of
this Copyright Security Agreement.
7.
CONSTRUCTION
. This Copyright Security Agreement is a Loan Document. Unless the
context of this Copyright Security Agreement clearly requires otherwise, references to the plural
include the singular, references to the singular include the plural, the terms includes and
including are not limiting, and the term or has, except where otherwise indicated, the
inclusive meaning represented by the phrase and/or. The words hereof, herein, hereby,
hereunder, and similar terms in this Copyright Security Agreement refer to this Copyright
Security Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Copyright Security
Agreement. Section, subsection, clause, schedule, and exhibit references herein are to this
Copyright Security Agreement unless otherwise specified. Any reference in this Copyright Security
Agreement to any agreement, instrument, or document shall include all alterations, amendments,
changes, extensions, modifications, renewals, replacements, substitutions, joinders, and
supplements, thereto and thereof, as applicable (subject to any restrictions on such alterations,
amendments, changes, extensions, modifications, renewals, replacements, substitutions, joinders,
and supplements set forth herein). The words asset and property shall be construed to have the
same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all
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tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts, and
contract rights. Any reference herein to the satisfaction, repayment, or payment in full of the
Secured Obligations shall mean the repayment in full in cash (or, in the case of Letters of Credit
or Bank Products, providing Letter of Credit Collateralization or Bank Product Collateralization,
as applicable) of all Secured Obligations other than unasserted contingent indemnification Secured
Obligations and other than any Bank Product Obligations that, at such time, are allowed by the
applicable Bank Product Provider to remain outstanding and that are not required by the provisions
of the Credit Agreement to be repaid or cash collateralized. Any reference herein to any Person
shall be construed to include such Persons successors and assigns. Any requirement of a writing
contained herein shall be satisfied by the transmission of a Record.
8.
THE VALIDITY OF THIS COPYRIGHT SECURITY AGREEMENT, THE CONSTRUCTION, INTERPRETATION, AND
ENFORCEMENT HEREOF, AND THE RIGHTS OF THE PARTIES HERETO WITH RESPECT TO ALL MATTERS ARISING
HEREUNDER OR RELATED HERETO SHALL BE DETERMINED UNDER, GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
9.
THE PARTIES AGREE THAT ALL ACTIONS OR PROCEEDINGS ARISING IN CONNECTION WITH THIS COPYRIGHT
SECURITY AGREEMENT SHALL BE TRIED AND LITIGATED ONLY IN THE STATE AND, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY
APPLICABLE LAW, FEDERAL COURTS LOCATED IN THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA;
PROVIDED
,
HOWEVER
, THAT ANY SUIT SEEKING ENFORCEMENT AGAINST ANY COLLATERAL OR
OTHER PROPERTY MAY BE BROUGHT, AT AGENTS OPTION, IN THE COURTS OF ANY JURISDICTION WHERE AGENT
ELECTS TO BRING SUCH ACTION OR WHERE SUCH COLLATERAL OR OTHER PROPERTY MAY BE FOUND. AGENT AND
EACH GRANTOR WAIVE, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT EACH MAY HAVE TO ASSERT
THE DOCTRINE OF
FORUM
NON
CONVENIENS
OR TO OBJECT TO VENUE TO THE EXTENT
ANY PROCEEDING IS BROUGHT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS
SECTION 9
.
10.
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, AGENT AND EACH GRANTOR HEREBY WAIVE
THEIR RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON OR ARISING OUT
OF THIS COPYRIGHT SECURITY AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREIN, INCLUDING
CONTRACT CLAIMS, TORT CLAIMS, BREACH OF DUTY CLAIMS, AND ALL OTHER COMMON LAW OR STATUTORY CLAIMS.
AGENT AND EACH GRANTOR REPRESENT THAT EACH HAS REVIEWED THIS WAIVER AND EACH KNOWINGLY AND
VOLUNTARILY WAIVES ITS JURY TRIAL RIGHTS FOLLOWING CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL. IN THE EVENT
OF LITIGATION, A COPY OF THIS COPYRIGHT SECURITY AGREEMENT MAY BE FILED AS A WRITTEN CONSENT TO A
TRIAL BY THE COURT.
11.
IF ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING IS FILED IN A COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA BY OR AGAINST
ANY PARTY HERETO IN CONNECTION WITH ANY OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS COPYRIGHT SECURITY
AGREEMENT OR ANY DOCUMENT RELATED HERETO AND EACH PARTY HERETO OR THERETO DOES NOT SUBSEQUENTLY
WAIVE IN AN EFFECTIVE MANNER UNDER CALIFORNIA LAW ITS RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY, (a) THE COURT
SHALL, AND IS HEREBY DIRECTED TO, MAKE A GENERAL REFERENCE PURSUANT TO CALIFORNIA CODE OF CIVIL
PROCEDURE SECTION 638 TO A REFEREE OR REFEREES TO HEAR AND DETERMINE ALL OF THE ISSUES IN SUCH
ACTION OR PROCEEDING (WHETHER OF FACT OR OF LAW) AND TO REPORT A STATEMENT OF DECISION, PROVIDED
THAT ANY SUCH ISSUES PERTAINING TO A PROVISIONAL REMEDY AS DEFINED IN CALIFORNIA CODE OF CIVIL
PROCEDURE SECTION 1281.8 SHALL BE HEARD AND DETERMINED BY THE COURT, AND (b) GRANTORS
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SHALL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE TO PAY ALL FEES AND EXPENSES OF ANY REFEREE APPOINTED IN SUCH
ACTION OR PROCEEDING.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Copyright Security Agreement to be
executed and delivered as of the day and year first above written.
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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AGENT:
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ACCEPTED AND ACKNOWLEDGED BY
:
WELLS FARGO FOOTHILL, LLC
, a
Delaware limited liability company
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[SIGNATURE PAGE TO COPYRIGHT SECURITY AGREEMENT]
EXHIBIT B
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT
This PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT (this
Patent Security Agreement
) is made this
day
of
, 20
, by and among the Grantors listed on the signature pages hereof (collectively,
jointly and severally,
Grantors
and each individually
Grantor
), and
WELLS FARGO
FOOTHILL, LLC
, a Delaware limited liability company (
WFF
), in its capacity as agent for
the Lender Group and the Bank Product Providers (in such capacity, together with its successors and
assigns in such capacity,
Agent
).
W
I
T
N
E
S
S
E
T
H
:
WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain Credit Agreement of even date herewith (as amended,
restated, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time, the
Credit Agreement
) by
and among Finisar Corporation, a Delaware corporation (
Parent
), Optium Corporation, a
Delaware corporation (
Optium
and Parent each individually as a
Borrower
, and
individually and collectively, jointly and severally, as the
Borrowers
), the lenders
party thereto as Lenders (such Lenders, together with their respective successors and assigns in
such capacity, each, individually, a
Lender
and, collectively, the
Lenders
),
and Agent, the Lender Group has agreed to make certain financial accommodations available to
Borrowers from time to time pursuant to the terms and conditions thereof; and
WHEREAS, the members of Lender Group are willing to make the financial accommodations to
Borrowers as provided for in the Credit Agreement, but only upon the condition, among others, that
the Grantors shall have executed and delivered to Agent, for the benefit of the Lender Group and
the Bank Product Providers, that certain Security Agreement, dated as of October 2, 2009 (including
all annexes, exhibits or schedules thereto, as from time to time amended, restated, supplemented or
otherwise modified, the
Security Agreement
); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Security Agreement, Grantors are required to execute and deliver to
Agent, for the benefit of the Lender Group and the Bank Product Providers, this Patent Security
Agreement;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual covenants herein contained and for
other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, each Grantor hereby agrees as follows:
1.
DEFINED TERMS
. All initially capitalized terms used but not otherwise
defined herein have the meanings given to them in the Security Agreement or, if not defined
therein, in the Credit Agreement.
2.
GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENT COLLATERAL
. Each Grantor hereby
unconditionally grants, assigns, and pledges to Agent, for the benefit each member of the Lender
Group and each of the Bank Product Providers, to secure the Secured Obligations, a continuing
security interest (referred to in this Patent Security Agreement as the
Security
Interest
) in all of such Grantors right, title and interest in and to the following, whether
now owned or hereafter acquired or arising (collectively, the
Patent Collateral
):
(a) all of its Patents and Patent Intellectual Property Licenses to which it is a
party including those referred to on
Schedule I
;
(b) all divisionals, continuations, continuations-in-part, reissues,
reexaminations, or extensions of the foregoing; and
(c) all products and proceeds of the foregoing, including any claim by such
Grantor against third parties for past, present or future infringement of any Patent or any Patent
exclusively licensed under any Intellectual Property License, including the right to receive
damages, or right to receive license fees, royalties, and other compensation under any Patent
Intellectual Property License.
3.
SECURITY FOR SECURED OBLIGATIONS
. This Patent Security Agreement and
the Security Interest created hereby secures the payment and performance of the Secured
Obligations, whether now existing or arising hereafter. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, this Patent Security Agreement secures the payment of all amounts which constitute part
of the Secured Obligations and would be owed by Grantors, or any of them, to Agent, the Lender
Group, the Bank Product Providers or any of them, whether or not they are unenforceable or not
allowable due to the existence of an Insolvency Proceeding involving any Grantor.
4.
SECURITY AGREEMENT
. The Security Interest granted pursuant to this
Patent Security Agreement is granted in conjunction with the security interests granted to Agent,
for the benefit of the Lender Group and the Bank Product Providers, pursuant to the Security
Agreement. Each Grantor hereby acknowledges and affirms that the rights and remedies of Agent with
respect to the Security Interest in the Patent Collateral made and granted hereby are more fully
set forth in the Security Agreement, the terms and provisions of which are incorporated by
reference herein as if fully set forth herein. To the extent there is any inconsistency between
this Patent Security Agreement and the Security Agreement, the Security Agreement shall control.
5.
AUTHORIZATION TO SUPPLEMENT
. If any Grantor shall obtain rights to any
new patent application or issued Patent or become entitled to the benefit of any patent application
or Patent for any divisional, continuation, continuation-in-part, reissue, or reexamination of any
existing Patent or patent application, the provisions of this Patent Security Agreement shall
automatically apply thereto. Grantors shall give prompt notice in writing to Agent with respect to
any such new patent rights. Without limiting Grantors obligations under this Section, Grantors
hereby authorize Agent unilaterally to modify this Patent Security Agreement by amending
Schedule I
to include any such new patent rights of each Grantor. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, no failure to so modify this Patent Security Agreement or amend
Schedule I
shall
in any way affect, invalidate or detract from Agents continuing security interest in all
Collateral, whether or not listed on
Schedule I
.
6.
COUNTERPARTS
. This Patent Security Agreement may be executed in any
number of counterparts and by different parties on separate counterparts, each of which, when
executed and delivered, shall be deemed to be an original, and all of which, when taken together,
shall constitute but one and the same Patent Security Agreement. Delivery of an executed
counterpart of this Patent Security Agreement by telefacsimile or other electronic method of
transmission shall be equally as effective as delivery of an original executed counterpart of this
Patent Security Agreement. Any party delivering an executed counterpart of this Patent Security
Agreement by telefacsimile or other electronic method of transmission also shall deliver an
original executed counterpart of this Patent Security Agreement but the failure to deliver an
original executed counterpart shall not affect the validity, enforceability, and binding effect of
this Patent Security Agreement.
7.
CONSTRUCTION
. This Patent Security Agreement is a Loan Document.
Unless the context of this Patent Security Agreement clearly requires otherwise, references to the
plural include the singular, references to the singular include the plural, the terms includes
and including are not limiting, and the term or has, except where otherwise indicated, the
inclusive meaning represented by the phrase and/or. The words hereof, herein, hereby,
hereunder, and similar terms in this Patent Security Agreement refer to this Patent Security
Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Patent Security Agreement.
Section, subsection, clause, schedule, and exhibit references herein are to this Patent Security
Agreement unless otherwise specified. Any reference in this Patent Security Agreement to any
agreement, instrument, or document shall include all alterations, amendments, changes, extensions,
modifications, renewals, replacements, substitutions, joinders, and supplements, thereto and
thereof, as
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applicable (subject to any restrictions on such alterations, amendments, changes, extensions,
modifications, renewals, replacements, substitutions, joinders, and supplements set forth herein).
The words asset and property shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to
refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities,
accounts, and contract rights. Any reference herein to the satisfaction, repayment, or payment in
full of the Secured Obligations shall mean the repayment in full in cash (or, in the case of
Letters of Credit or Bank Products, providing Letter of Credit Collateralization or Bank Product
Collateralization, as applicable) of all Secured Obligations other than unasserted contingent
indemnification Secured Obligations and other than any Bank Product Obligations that, at such time,
are allowed by the applicable Bank Product Provider to remain outstanding and that are not required
by the provisions of this Patent Security Agreement to be repaid or cash collateralized. Any
reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Persons successors and assigns.
Any requirement of a writing contained herein shall be satisfied by the transmission of a Record.
8.
THE VALIDITY OF THIS PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT, THE CONSTRUCTION,
INTERPRETATION, AND ENFORCEMENT HEREOF, AND THE RIGHTS OF THE PARTIES HERETO WITH RESPECT TO ALL
MATTERS ARISING HEREUNDER OR RELATED HERETO SHALL BE DETERMINED UNDER, GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
9.
THE PARTIES AGREE THAT ALL ACTIONS OR PROCEEDINGS ARISING IN CONNECTION WITH
THIS PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT SHALL BE TRIED AND LITIGATED ONLY IN THE STATE AND, TO THE EXTENT
PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, FEDERAL COURTS LOCATED IN THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF
CALIFORNIA;
PROVIDED
,
HOWEVER
, THAT ANY SUIT SEEKING ENFORCEMENT AGAINST ANY
COLLATERAL OR OTHER PROPERTY MAY BE BROUGHT, AT AGENTS OPTION, IN THE COURTS OF ANY JURISDICTION
WHERE AGENT ELECTS TO BRING SUCH ACTION OR WHERE SUCH COLLATERAL OR OTHER PROPERTY MAY BE FOUND.
AGENT AND EACH GRANTOR WAIVE, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT EACH MAY HAVE
TO ASSERT THE DOCTRINE OF
FORUM
NON
CONVENIENS
OR TO OBJECT TO VENUE TO THE
EXTENT ANY PROCEEDING IS BROUGHT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS
SECTION 9
.
10.
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, AGENT AND EACH GRANTOR
HEREBY WAIVE THEIR RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON OR
ARISING OUT OF THIS PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREIN,
INCLUDING CONTRACT CLAIMS, TORT CLAIMS, BREACH OF DUTY CLAIMS, AND ALL OTHER COMMON LAW OR
STATUTORY CLAIMS. AGENT AND EACH GRANTOR REPRESENT THAT EACH HAS REVIEWED THIS WAIVER AND EACH
KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY WAIVES ITS JURY TRIAL RIGHTS FOLLOWING CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL.
IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, A COPY OF THIS PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT MAY BE FILED AS A WRITTEN
CONSENT TO A TRIAL BY THE COURT.
11.
IF ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING IS FILED IN A COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA BY
OR AGAINST ANY PARTY HERETO IN CONNECTION WITH ANY OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS PATENT
SECURITY AGREEMENT OR ANY DOCUMENT RELATED HERETO AND EACH PARTY HERETO OR THERETO DOES NOT
SUBSEQUENTLY WAIVE IN AN EFFECTIVE MANNER UNDER CALIFORNIA LAW ITS RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY, (a)
THE COURT SHALL, AND IS HEREBY DIRECTED TO, MAKE A GENERAL REFERENCE PURSUANT TO CALIFORNIA CODE OF
CIVIL PROCEDURE SECTION 638 TO A REFEREE OR REFEREES TO HEAR AND DETERMINE ALL OF THE ISSUES IN
SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING (WHETHER OF FACT OR OF LAW) AND TO REPORT A STATEMENT OF DECISION,
PROVIDED THAT ANY SUCH ISSUES PERTAINING
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TO A PROVISIONAL REMEDY AS DEFINED IN CALIFORNIA CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE SECTION 1281.8
SHALL BE HEARD AND DETERMINED BY THE COURT, AND (b) GRANTORS SHALL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE TO PAY ALL
FEES AND EXPENSES OF ANY REFEREE APPOINTED IN SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Patent Security Agreement to be
executed and delivered as of the day and year first above written.
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WELLS FARGO FOOTHILL, LLC
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a Delaware limited liability
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[SIGNATURE PAGE TO PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT]
EXHIBIT C
PLEDGED INTERESTS ADDENDUM
This Pledged Interests Addendum, dated as of
___, 20___(this
Pledged Interests
Addendum
), is delivered pursuant to Section 6 of the Security Agreement referred to below.
The undersigned hereby agrees that this Pledged Interests Addendum may be attached to that certain
Security Agreement, dated as of
, 20___, (as amended, restated, supplemented, or otherwise
modified from time to time, the
Security Agreement
), made by the undersigned, together
with the other Grantors named therein, to
WELLS FARGO FOOTHILL, LLC
, a Delaware limited liability
company, as Agent. Initially capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meaning
ascribed to such terms in the Security Agreement or, if not defined therein, in the Credit
Agreement. The undersigned hereby agrees that the additional interests listed on
Schedule
I
shall be and become part of the Pledged Interests pledged by the undersigned to Agent in the
Security Agreement and any pledged company set forth on
Schedule I
shall be and become a
Pledged Company under the Security Agreement, each with the same force and effect as if
originally named therein.
This Pledged Interests Addendum is a Loan Document. Delivery of an executed counterpart of
this Pledged Interests Addendum by telefacsimile or other electronic method of transmission shall
be equally as effective as delivery of an original executed counterpart of this Pledged Interests
Addendum. If the undersigned delivers an executed counterpart of this Pledged Interests Addendum
by telefacsimile or other electronic method of transmission, the undersigned shall also deliver an
original executed counterpart of this Pledged Interests Addendum but the failure to deliver an
original executed counterpart shall not affect the validity, enforceability, and binding effect of
this Pledged Interests Addendum.
The undersigned hereby certifies that the representations and warranties set forth in Section
5 of the Security Agreement of the undersigned are true and correct as to the Pledged Interests
listed herein on and as of the date hereof.
THE VALIDITY OF THIS PLEDGED INTERESTS ADDENDUM, THE CONSTRUCTION, INTERPRETATION, AND
ENFORCEMENT HEREOF, AND THE RIGHTS OF THE PARTIES HERETO WITH RESPECT TO ALL MATTERS ARISING
HEREUNDER OR RELATED HERETO SHALL BE DETERMINED UNDER, GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
THE PARTIES AGREE THAT ALL ACTIONS OR PROCEEDINGS ARISING IN CONNECTION WITH THIS PLEDGED
INTERESTS ADDENDUM SHALL BE TRIED AND LITIGATED ONLY IN THE STATE, AND, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY
APPLICABLE LAW, FEDERAL COURTS LOCATED IN THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, THAT ANY SUIT SEEKING ENFORCEMENT AGAINST ANY COLLATERAL OR OTHER PROPERTY MAY BE BROUGHT,
AT AGENTS OPTION, IN THE COURTS OF ANY JURISDICTION WHERE AGENT ELECTS TO BRING SUCH ACTION OR
WHERE SUCH COLLATERAL OR OTHER PROPERTY MAY BE FOUND. AGENT AND EACH GRANTOR WAIVE, TO THE EXTENT
PERMITTED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT EACH MAY HAVE TO ASSERT THE DOCTRINE OF FORUM NON
CONVENIENS OR TO OBJECT TO VENUE TO THE EXTENT ANY PROCEEDING IS BROUGHT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS
PARAGRAPH.
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, AGENT AND EACH GRANTOR HEREBY WAIVE THEIR
RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON OR ARISING OUT OF THIS
PLEDGED INTERESTS ADDENDUM OR ANY OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREIN, INCLUDING CONTRACT
CLAIMS, TORT CLAIMS, BREACH OF DUTY CLAIMS, AND ALL OTHER COMMON LAW OR STATUTORY
CLAIMS. AGENT AND EACH GRANTOR REPRESENT THAT EACH HAS REVIEWED THIS WAIVER AND EACH
KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY WAIVES ITS JURY TRIAL RIGHTS FOLLOWING CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL.
IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, A COPY OF THIS PLEDGED INTERESTS ADDENDUM MAY BE FILED AS A WRITTEN
CONSENT TO A TRIAL BY THE COURT.
IF ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING IS FILED IN A COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA BY OR AGAINST ANY
PARTY HERETO IN CONNECTION WITH ANY OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS PLEDGED INTERESTS
ADDENDUM OR ANY DOCUMENT RELATED HERETO AND EACH PARTY HERETO OR THERETO DOES NOT SUBSEQUENTLY
WAIVE IN AN EFFECTIVE MANNER UNDER CALIFORNIA LAW ITS RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY, (a) THE COURT
SHALL, AND IS HEREBY DIRECTED TO, MAKE A GENERAL REFERENCE PURSUANT TO CALIFORNIA CODE OF CIVIL
PROCEDURE SECTION 638 TO A REFEREE OR REFEREES TO HEAR AND DETERMINE ALL OF THE ISSUES IN SUCH
ACTION OR PROCEEDING (WHETHER OF FACT OR OF LAW) AND TO REPORT A STATEMENT OF DECISION, PROVIDED
THAT ANY SUCH ISSUES PERTAINING TO A PROVISIONAL REMEDY AS DEFINED IN CALIFORNIA CODE OF CIVIL
PROCEDURE SECTION 1281.8 SHALL BE HEARD AND DETERMINED BY THE COURT, AND (b) GRANTORS SHALL BE
SOLELY RESPONSIBLE TO PAY ALL FEES AND EXPENSES OF ANY REFEREE APPOINTED IN SUCH ACTION OR
PROCEEDING.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Pledged Interests Addendum to be executed
and delivered as of the day and year first above written.
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EXHIBIT
D
TRADEMARK SECURITY AGREEMENT
This TRADEMARK SECURITY AGREEMENT (this
Trademark Security Agreement
) is made this
day of
, 20
, by and among Grantors listed on the signature pages hereof
(collectively, jointly and severally,
Grantors
and each individually
Grantor
),
and
WELLS FARGO FOOTHILL, LLC
, a Delaware limited liability company (
WFF
), in its
capacity as agent for the Lender Group and the Bank Product Providers (in such capacity, together
with its successors and assigns in such capacity,
Agent
).
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain Credit Agreement of even date herewith (as amended,
restated, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time, the
Credit Agreement
) by
and among Finisar Corporation, a Delaware corporation (
Parent
), Optium Corporation, a
Delaware corporation (
Optium
and Parent each individually as a
Borrower
, and
individually and collectively, jointly and severally, as the
Borrowers
), the lenders
party thereto as Lenders (such Lenders, together with their respective successors and assigns in
such capacity, each, individually, a
Lender
and, collectively, the
Lenders
),
and Agent, the Lender Group has agreed to make certain financial accommodations available to
Borrowers from time to time pursuant to the terms and conditions thereof; and
WHEREAS, the members of the Lender Group are willing to make the financial accommodations to
Borrowers as provided for in the Credit Agreement, but only upon the condition, among others, that
Grantors shall have executed and delivered to Agent, for the benefit of Lender Group and the Bank
Product Providers, that certain Security Agreement, dated as of October 2, 2009 (including all
annexes, exhibits or schedules thereto, as from time to time amended, restated, supplemented or
otherwise modified, the
Security Agreement
); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Security Agreement, Grantors are required to execute and deliver to
Agent, for the benefit of Lender Group and the Bank Product Providers, this Trademark Security
Agreement;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual covenants herein contained and for
other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, each Grantor hereby agrees as follows:
1.
DEFINED TERMS
. All initially capitalized terms used but not otherwise
defined herein have the meanings given to them in the Security Agreement or, if not defined
therein, in the Credit Agreement.
2.
GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST IN TRADEMARK COLLATERAL
. Each Grantor
hereby unconditionally grants, assigns, and pledges to Agent, for the benefit each member of the
Lender Group and each of the Bank Product Providers, to secure the Secured Obligations, a
continuing security interest (referred to in this Trademark Security Agreement as the
Security
Interest
) in all of such Grantors right, title and interest in and to the following, whether
now owned or hereafter acquired or arising (collectively, the
Trademark Collateral
):
(a) all of its Trademarks and Trademark Intellectual Property Licenses to which it
is a party including those referred to on Schedule I;
(b) all goodwill of the business connected with the use of, and symbolized by,
each Trademark and each Trademark Intellectual Property License; and
(c) all products and proceeds (as that term is defined in the Code) of the foregoing, including any claim by such Grantor against third parties for past, present or future
(i) infringement or dilution
of any Trademark or any Trademarks exclusively licensed under any Intellectual Property License, including right to receive any damages, (ii) injury to the goodwill
associated with any Trademark, or (iii) right to receive license fees, royalties, and other
compensation under any Trademark Intellectual Property License.
3.
SECURITY FOR SECURED OBLIGATIONS
. This Trademark Security Agreement
and the Security Interest created hereby secures the payment and performance of the Secured
Obligations, whether now existing or arising hereafter. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, this Trademark Security Agreement secures the payment of all amounts which constitute
part of the Secured Obligations and would be owed by Grantors, or any of them, to Agent, the Lender
Group, the Bank Product Providers or any of them, whether or not they are unenforceable or not
allowable due to the existence of an Insolvency Proceeding involving any Grantor.
4.
SECURITY AGREEMENT
. The Security Interest granted pursuant to this
Trademark Security Agreement is granted in conjunction with the security interests granted to
Agent, for the benefit of the Lender Group and the Bank Product Providers, pursuant to the Security
Agreement. Each Grantor hereby acknowledges and affirms that the rights and remedies of Agent with
respect to the Security Interest in the Trademark Collateral made and granted hereby are more fully
set forth in the Security Agreement, the terms and provisions of which are incorporated by
reference herein as if fully set forth herein. To the extent there is any inconsistency between
this Trademark Security Agreement and the Security Agreement, the Security Agreement shall control.
5.
AUTHORIZATION TO SUPPLEMENT
. If any Grantor shall obtain rights to any
new trademarks, the provisions of this Trademark Security Agreement shall automatically apply
thereto. Grantors shall give prompt notice in writing to Agent with respect to any such new
trademarks or renewal or extension of any trademark registration. Without limiting Grantors
obligations under this Section, Grantors hereby authorize Agent unilaterally to modify this
Trademark Security Agreement by amending
Schedule I
to include any such new trademark
rights of each Grantor. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no failure to so modify this Trademark
Security Agreement or amend
Schedule I
shall in any way affect, invalidate or detract from
Agents continuing security interest in all Collateral, whether or not listed on
Schedule
I
.
6.
COUNTERPARTS
. This Trademark Security Agreement may be executed in any
number of counterparts and by different parties on separate counterparts, each of which, when
executed and delivered, shall be deemed to be an original, and all of which, when taken together,
shall constitute but one and the same Trademark Security Agreement. Delivery of an executed
counterpart of this Trademark Security Agreement by telefacsimile or other electronic method of
transmission shall be equally as effective as delivery of an original executed counterpart of this
Trademark Security Agreement. Any party delivering an executed counterpart of this Trademark
Security Agreement by telefacsimile or other electronic method of transmission also shall deliver
an original executed counterpart of this Trademark Security Agreement but the failure to deliver an
original executed counterpart shall not affect the validity, enforceability, and binding effect of
this Trademark Security Agreement.
7.
CONSTRUCTION
. This Copyright Security Agreement is a Loan Document.
Unless the context of this Trademark Security Agreement clearly requires otherwise, references to
the plural include the singular, references to the singular include the plural, the terms
includes and including are not limiting, and the term or has, except where otherwise
indicated, the inclusive meaning represented by the phrase and/or. The words hereof, herein,
hereby, hereunder, and similar terms in this Trademark Security Agreement refer to this
Trademark Security Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Trademark
Security Agreement. Section, subsection, clause, schedule, and exhibit references herein are to
this Agreement unless otherwise specified. Any reference in this Trademark Security Agreement to
any agreement, instrument, or document shall include all alterations, amendments, changes,
extensions, modifications, renewals, replacements, substitutions, joinders, and supplements,
thereto and thereof, as applicable (subject to any restrictions on such alterations, amendments, changes, extensions,
modifications, renewals, replacements, substitutions, joinders, and supplements set forth herein).
The words asset and
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property shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities,
accounts, and contract rights. Any reference herein to the satisfaction, repayment, or payment in
full of the Secured Obligations shall mean the repayment in full in cash (or, in the case of
Letters of Credit or Bank Products, providing Letter of Credit Collateralization or Bank Product
Collateralization, as applicable) of all Secured Obligations other than unasserted contingent
indemnification Secured Obligations and other than any Bank Product Obligations that, at such time,
are allowed by the applicable Bank Product Provider to remain outstanding and that are not required
by the provisions of this Trademark Security Agreement to be repaid or cash collateralized. Any
reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Persons successors and assigns.
Any requirement of a writing contained herein or in any other Loan Document shall be satisfied by
the transmission of a Record.
8.
THE VALIDITY OF THIS TRADEMARK SECURITY AGREEMENT, THE CONSTRUCTION,
INTERPRETATION, AND ENFORCEMENT HEREOF, AND THE RIGHTS OF THE PARTIES HERETO WITH RESPECT TO ALL
MATTERS ARISING HEREUNDER OR RELATED HERETO SHALL BE DETERMINED UNDER, GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
9.
THE PARTIES AGREE THAT ALL ACTIONS OR PROCEEDINGS ARISING IN CONNECTION WITH
THIS TRADEMARK SECURITY AGREEMENT SHALL BE TRIED AND LITIGATED ONLY IN THE STATE AND, TO THE EXTENT
PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, FEDERAL COURTS LOCATED IN THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF
CALIFORNIA;
PROVIDED
,
HOWEVER
, THAT ANY SUIT SEEKING ENFORCEMENT AGAINST ANY
COLLATERAL OR OTHER PROPERTY MAY BE BROUGHT, AT AGENTS OPTION, IN THE COURTS OF ANY JURISDICTION
WHERE AGENT ELECTS TO BRING SUCH ACTION OR WHERE SUCH COLLATERAL OR OTHER PROPERTY MAY BE FOUND.
AGENT AND EACH GRANTOR WAIVE, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT EACH MAY HAVE
TO ASSERT THE DOCTRINE OF
FORUM
NON
CONVENIENS
OR TO OBJECT TO VENUE TO THE
EXTENT ANY PROCEEDING IS BROUGHT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS
SECTION 9
.
10.
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, AGENT AND EACH GRANTOR
HEREBY WAIVE THEIR RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON OR
ARISING OUT OF THIS TRADEMARK SECURITY AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREIN,
INCLUDING CONTRACT CLAIMS, TORT CLAIMS, BREACH OF DUTY CLAIMS, AND ALL OTHER COMMON LAW OR
STATUTORY CLAIMS. AGENT AND EACH GRANTOR REPRESENT THAT EACH HAS REVIEWED THIS WAIVER AND EACH
KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY WAIVES ITS JURY TRIAL RIGHTS FOLLOWING CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL.
IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, A COPY OF THIS TRADEMARK SECURITY AGREEMENT MAY BE FILED AS A WRITTEN
CONSENT TO A TRIAL BY THE COURT.
11.
IF ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING IS FILED IN A COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA BY
OR AGAINST ANY PARTY HERETO IN CONNECTION WITH ANY OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS
TRADEMARK SECURITY AGREEMENT OR ANY DOCUMENT RELATED HERETO AND EACH PARTY HERETO OR THERETO DOES
NOT SUBSEQUENTLY WAIVE IN AN EFFECTIVE MANNER UNDER CALIFORNIA LAW ITS RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY,
(a) THE COURT SHALL, AND IS HEREBY DIRECTED TO, MAKE A GENERAL REFERENCE PURSUANT TO CALIFORNIA
CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE SECTION 638 TO A REFEREE OR REFEREES TO HEAR AND DETERMINE ALL OF THE
ISSUES IN SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING (WHETHER OF FACT OR OF LAW) AND TO REPORT A STATEMENT OF DECISION, PROVIDED THAT ANY SUCH ISSUES PERTAINING TO A PROVISIONAL
REMEDY AS DEFINED IN CALIFORNIA CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE
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SECTION 1281.8 SHALL BE HEARD AND DETERMINED BY THE COURT, AND (b) GRANTORS SHALL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE TO PAY ALL FEES AND EXPENSES
OF ANY REFEREE APPOINTED IN SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Trademark Security Agreement to be
executed and delivered as of the day and year first above written.
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[SIGNATURE PAGE TO TRADEMARK SECURITY AGREEMENT]
Exhibit 10.3
EXECUTION VERSION
5.0% Convertible Senior Notes due 2029
FINISAR CORPORATION
PURCHASE AGREEMENT
October 8, 2009
PIPER JAFFRAY & CO.
345 California Street, Suite 2400
San Francisco, CA 94104
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Finisar Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
Company
), proposes to issue and sell to
Piper Jaffray & Co. (the
Initial Purchaser
) an aggregate of $90,000,000 principal amount of its
5.0% Convertible Senior Notes due 2029 (the
Firm Securities
). In addition, the Company has
granted to the Initial Purchaser an option to purchase up to an additional aggregate of $10,000,000
principal amount of its 5.0% Convertible Senior Notes due 2029 (the
Option Securities
) as
provided in Section 3 hereof. The Firm Securities and, if and to the extent such option is
exercised, the Option Securities, are collectively called the
Securities
. The Securities will be
convertible into shares (the
Underlying Securities
) of common stock of the Company, $0.001 par
value (the
Common Stock
). The Securities will be issued pursuant to an Indenture (the
Indenture
), to be dated as of October 14, 2009, between the Company and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.,
as trustee (the
Trustee
).
The Securities and the Underlying Securities will be offered without being registered under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, in reliance on exemptions therefrom provided by the Act and
the rules and regulations thereunder (collectively, the
Securities Act
).
You and your direct and indirect transferees will be entitled to the benefits of a
Registration Rights Agreement dated the First Closing Date (as defined in Section 3(a) hereof)
between you and the Company (the
Registration Rights Agreement
).
Section 1.
Offering Memorandum
. In connection with the offer and sale of the Securities, the
Company (a) has prepared and delivered to you copies of (i) a preliminary offering memorandum dated
October 7, 2009 (the
Preliminary Offering Memorandum
) and (ii) a pricing term sheet attached
hereto as
Schedule A
, which includes the pricing terms and other information with respect
to the Securities and other matters not included in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum (the
Pricing Term Sheet
) and (b) will prepare and deliver to you on the date hereof or the next
succeeding day, copies of a final offering memorandum dated October 8, 2009 (the
Final Offering
Memorandum
), each for use by you in connection with your solicitation of purchases of, or offering
of, the Securities.
Offering Memorandum
means, with respect to any date or time referred to in
this Agreement, the most recent Offering Memorandum (whether the Preliminary Offering Memorandum or
Final Offering Memorandum, or any amendment or supplement to either document), including exhibits
thereto, which has been
prepared and delivered by the Company to you in connection with your solicitation of purchases
of, or offering of, the Securities. The Offering Memorandum includes or incorporates certain
information concerning, among other things, the Company, the Securities and the Underlying
Securities. The Offering Memorandum also incorporates by reference each document or report filed
by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
Commission
) pursuant to Sections
13, 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
Exchange Act
), after the
date thereof and prior to the termination of the distribution of the Securities as set forth in the
Offering Memorandum, except for reports on Form 8-K which contain only information furnished under
Items 2.02 or 7.01 of Form 8-K. As used herein, the term
Offering Memorandum
shall include in
each case the documents incorporated by reference therein (the
Incorporated Documents
), and any
and all supplements and amendments to such documents incorporated by reference therein and any and
all amendments and supplements to the Offering Memorandum. The terms
supplement
,
amendment
and
amend
as used herein shall include all documents deemed to be incorporated by reference in the
Offering Memorandum that are filed subsequent to the date of such Offering Memorandum with the
Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act.
Section 2.
Representations and Warranties of the Company
. The Company hereby represents,
warrants and agrees with the Initial Purchaser as follows:
(a) Each Incorporated Document filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to the
Exchange Act complied or will comply as to form, as the case may be, when so filed in all material
respects with the Exchange Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission
thereunder; and the Offering Memorandum, as amended or supplemented, as of its date, at all
subsequent times until the expiration of the Offering Memorandum Delivery Period (as defined in
Section 4(a) hereof), and at the First Closing Date and Second Closing Date, did not and will not
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order
to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading. The preceding sentence does not apply to statements in or omissions from the Offering
Memorandum, or any amendments or supplements thereto, made in reliance upon and in conformity with
written information relating to you furnished to the Company by you, specifically for use in the
preparation thereof it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by you
consists of the information described as such in Section 7(f) hereof.
(b) The Preliminary Offering Memorandum, as of its date, did not include any untrue statement
of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The preceding
sentence does not apply to statements in or omissions from any Offering Memorandum or any Pricing
Term Sheet based upon and in conformity with written information relating to you furnished to the
Company by you, specifically for use in the preparation thereof, it being understood and agreed
that the only such information furnished by you consists of the information described as such in
Section 7(f) hereof.
(c) Neither (A) the Pricing Term Sheet issued at or prior to the Time of Sale and the
Preliminary Offering Memorandum, all considered together (collectively,
Time of Sale Disclosure
Package
), nor (B) any individual Supplemental Offering Materials (as
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defined below), when considered together with the Time of Sale Disclosure Package, includes or
included as of the Time of Sale any untrue statement of a material fact or omits or omitted as of
the Time of Sale to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in
light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The preceding sentence does
not apply to statements in or omissions from any Offering Memorandum or any Pricing Term Sheet
based upon and in conformity with written information relating to you furnished to the Company by
you, specifically for use in the preparation thereof, it being understood and agreed that the only
such information furnished by you consists of the information described as such in Section 7(f)
hereof. As used in this paragraph and elsewhere in this Agreement:
(1)
Time of Sale
means 10:00 p.m., Pacific time, on October 8, 2009.
(2)
Supplemental Offering Materials
means any written communication (within the meaning of
the Securities Act) prepared by or on behalf of the Company, or used or referred to by the Company,
that constitutes an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy the Securities other than
the Offering Memorandum or amendments or supplements thereto (including the Pricing Term Sheet),
including, without limitation, any roadshow relating to the Securities that constitutes such a
written communication.
(d) The financial statements of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries, together with
the related notes thereto, set forth or incorporated by reference in the Time of Sale Disclosure
Package and the Offering Memorandum comply as to form in all material respects with the
requirements of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act and fairly present the financial condition
of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries as of the dates indicated and the results of
operations and changes in cash flows for the periods therein specified in conformity with generally
accepted accounting principles in the United States (
GAAP
) consistently applied throughout the
periods involved; and the other financial information included or incorporated by reference into
the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum has been derived from the
accounting records of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries and present fairly the
information shown thereby. Ernst & Young LLP, which has expressed its opinion with respect to
certain of the financial statements and schedules incorporated by reference into the Time of Sale
Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum, is an independent public accounting firm with
respect to the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of
the Commission thereunder and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) and
such accountants are not in violation of the auditor independence requirements of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
).
(e) The Company has been duly organized, is validly existing as a corporation in good standing
under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, has the corporate power and authority to
own its property and to conduct its business as described in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package
and the Offering Memorandum and is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in
each jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business or its ownership or leasing of property
requires such qualification, except to the extent that the failure to be so qualified or be in good
standing would not have a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise),
results of operations, stockholders equity, properties,
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management, business or prospects of Finisar Malaysia Sdn Bhd (
Finisar Malaysia
) or of the
Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or adversely effect the power or ability of the
Company to perform its obligations under this Agreement, the Indenture, the Registration Rights
Agreement or the Securities or to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Time of Sale
Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum (a
Material Adverse Effect
).
(f) All of the direct and indirect subsidiaries (each, a
Subsidiary
) of the Company are set
forth on the Companys most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10-K. The Company owns, directly
or indirectly, all of the capital stock or other equity interests of each Subsidiary free and clear
of any liens, and all the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of each Subsidiary are
validly issued and are fully paid, non-assessable and free of preemptive and similar rights to
subscribe for or purchase securities. Each Subsidiary has been duly organized, is validly existing
as a corporation, partnership or limited liability company in good standing under the laws of the
jurisdiction of its organization, has the corporate or other power and authority to own its
property and to conduct its business as described in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the
Offering Memorandum and is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each
jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business or its ownership or leasing of property requires
such qualification, except to the extent that the failure to be so qualified or be in good standing
would not have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. No Subsidiary is
currently prohibited, directly or indirectly, from paying any dividends to the Company, from making
any other distribution on such Subsidiarys capital stock, from repaying to the Company any loans
or advances to such Subsidiary from the Company or from transferring any of such Subsidiarys
property or assets to the Company or any other Subsidiary of the Company, except that the terms of
loan agreements between Finisar Malaysia and HSBC Bank Malaysia Berhad (
HSBC
) prohibit the
transfer of certain assets, the declaration or payment of dividends or the repayment of loans to
the Company without the prior written consent of HSBC.
(g) The Company has all requisite corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and
perform its obligations under this Agreement. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed
and delivered by the Company.
(h) The Company has an authorized capitalization as set forth in the Time of Sale Disclosure
Package and the Offering Memorandum; and all of the outstanding Common Stock has been duly
authorized and is validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, was issued in compliance with all
United States federal and state and foreign securities laws and not in violation of any preemptive
right, resale right, right of first refusal or similar right and conforms to the description
thereof contained in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum. All of the
Companys options, warrants and other rights to purchase or exchange any securities for the
Companys Common Stock have been duly authorized and validly issued, conform to the description
thereof contained in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum and, although
the Company has been named as defendant in pending stock option derivative litigation proceedings,
the Company reasonably believes all such options, warrants and other rights to purchase or exchange
any securities for the Companys Common Stock were issued in compliance with all United States
federal and state and foreign securities laws. The issuance and sale of the Securities will not
obligate the Company to issue shares of Common Stock or other securities to any person (other than
the
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persons purchasing the Securities) and will not result in a right of any holder of Company
securities to adjust the exercise, conversion, exchange or reset price under any of such
securities. No further approval or authorization of any stockholder, the Board of Directors of the
Company or others is required for the issuance of the Securities. There are no stockholders
agreements, voting agreements or other similar agreements with respect to the Companys capital
stock to which the Company is a party or, to the knowledge of the Company, between or among any of
the Companys stockholders. No Person has any right to cause the Company to effect the
registration under the Securities Act of any securities of the Company, which rights are currently
not satisfied.
(i) With respect to the stock options (the
Stock Options
) granted pursuant to the
stock-based compensation plans of the Company and the Subsidiaries (the
Company Stock Plans
), (A)
each grant of a Stock Option was duly authorized no later than the date on which the grant of such
Stock Option was by its terms to be effective (the
Grant Date
) by all necessary corporate action,
including, as applicable, approval by the board of directors of the Company (or a duly constituted
and authorized committee thereof) and any required stockholder approval by the necessary number of
votes or written consents, and the award agreement governing such grant (if any) was duly executed
and delivered by each party thereto, (B) each such grant was made in accordance with the terms of
the Company Stock Plans, (C) the per share exercise price of each Stock Option was equal to the
fair market value of a share of Common Stock on the applicable Grant Date and (D) each such grant
was properly accounted for in accordance with GAAP in the financial statements (including the
related notes) of the Company and disclosed in the Companys filings with the Commission in
accordance with the Exchange Act and all other applicable laws. The Companys general policy is to
grant Stock Options at regular quarterly meetings of the compensation committee of its board of
directors with Grant Dates which are the later of the third trading day following the public
announcement of the Companys financial results for the previous quarter or the date of such
meeting. Except pursuant to such policy, the Company has not knowingly granted, and there is no
and has been no policy or practice of the Company of granting, Stock Options prior to, or otherwise
coordinate the grant of Stock Options with, the release or other public announcement of material
information regarding the Company or its subsidiaries or their results of operations or prospects.
(j) The Securities have been duly authorized by the Company and, when executed and
authenticated in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture and delivered to and paid for by
the Initial Purchaser in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, will be duly and validly
issued and outstanding and will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company,
enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium and similar laws affecting creditors rights generally and equitable
principles of general applicability, and will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture pursuant
to which such Securities are to be issued and the Registration Rights Agreement. The issuance of
the Securities is not subject to any preemptive rights, rights of first refusal or similar rights.
(k) The Underlying Securities reserved for issuance upon conversion of the Securities have
been duly authorized and reserved and, when issued upon conversion of the Securities in accordance
with the terms of the Securities, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, will be
issued in compliance with all United States federal and state and foreign
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securities laws and the issuance of the Underlying Securities will not be subject to any
preemptive rights, rights of first refusal or similar rights.
(l) The Indenture has been duly authorized by the Company, and when executed and delivered by
the Company and the Trustee (assuming due authorization by the Trustee), will be a valid and
binding agreement of, the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms,
subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws affecting creditors rights generally
and equitable principles of general applicability.
(m) The Registration Rights Agreement has been duly authorized by the Company, and when
executed and delivered by the Company, will be a valid and binding agreement of, the Company,
enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency and similar laws affecting creditors rights generally and equitable principles of
general applicability and except as rights to indemnification and contribution under the
Registration Rights Agreement may be limited under applicable law.
(n) Each of this Agreement, the Indenture, the Registration Rights Agreement and the
Securities conforms in all material respects to the description thereof in the Time of Sale
Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum.
(o) The execution and delivery by the Company of, and the performance by the Company of its
obligations under, this Agreement, the Indenture, the Registration Rights Agreement and the
Securities does not and will not contravene or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms
or provisions of, the imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance on any property or assets of
the Company or any Subsidiary or constitute a default under, any provision of the articles or
by-laws (or similar organizational documents) of the Company or any Subsidiary or any indenture,
mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, license or other material agreement or instrument binding
upon the Company or any Subsidiary, or any law or statute or any judgment, order, rule, regulation
or decree of any governmental body, agency or court having jurisdiction over the Company or any
Subsidiary or any of their properties, and no consent, approval, authorization or order of, or
qualification or filing with, any governmental body or agency or any court or regulatory authority
having jurisdiction over the Company or any Subsidiary is required for the performance by the
Company of its obligations under this Agreement, the Indenture, the Registration Rights Agreement
or the Securities or the issuance and sale of the Securities, except (i) such as may be required by
the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states in connection with the offer and sale of the
Securities and (ii) by United States federal and state securities laws with respect to the
Companys obligations under the Registration Rights Agreement.
(p) Subsequent to the dates as of which information is given in the Time of Sale Disclosure
Package and the Offering Memorandum, there has not occurred any change in the capital stock (other
than grants by the Company or exercises by holders pursuant to existing employee benefit plans,
stock option plans or other employee compensation plans) or long-term borrowings of the Company or
any Subsidiary or any material adverse change, or any development involving a prospective material
adverse change, in the condition (financial or otherwise), or in the results of operations,
stockholders equity, management, properties, business or prospects of Finisar Malaysia or of the
Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a
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whole, from that set forth in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum
provided to prospective purchasers of the Securities.
(q) Subsequent to the dates as of which information is given in the Time of Sale Disclosure
Package and the Offering Memorandum, the Company has not (i) incurred any material liability or
obligation, direct or contingent, (ii) entered into any material transaction not in the ordinary
course of business or (iii) declared or paid any dividend on its capital stock.
(r) The Company and each Subsidiary has good and marketable title to all real property and
good and marketable title to all personal property owned by them, in each case free and clear of
all liens, encumbrances and defects, except such as are described in the Time of Sale Disclosure
Package and the Offering Memorandum or such as do not materially affect the value of such property
and do not materially interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the
Company or any Subsidiary; and all assets held under lease by the Company and each Subsidiary are
held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases, with such exceptions as do not
materially interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such assets by the Company and
each Subsidiary.
(s) Except as described in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum,
the Company and each Subsidiary carries, or are covered by, insurance in such amounts and covering
such risks as is adequate for the conduct of their respective businesses and the value of their
respective properties and as is customary for companies engaged in similar businesses in similar
industries. All policies of insurance of the Company and each Subsidiary are in full force and
effect; the Company and each Subsidiary are in compliance with the terms of such policies in all
material respects; and neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received notice from any insurer
or agent of such insurer that capital improvements or other expenditures are required or necessary
to be made in order to continue such insurance; there are no claims by the Company or any
Subsidiary under any such policy or instrument as to which any insurance company is denying
liability or defending under a reservation of rights clause; and neither the Company nor any such
Subsidiary has any reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance
coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as
may be necessary to continue its business at a cost that could not reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect.
(t) There are no legal, governmental or regulatory proceedings pending or threatened to which
the Company or any Subsidiary is a party or to which any of the properties of the Company or any
Subsidiary is subject other than proceedings accurately described in all material respects in the
Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum and proceedings that if determined
adversely to the Company or any Subsidiary would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and, to the Companys knowledge, no such proceedings
are threatened or contemplated by governmental authorities or threatened by others.
(u) There are no legal or governmental proceedings or contracts or other documents of a
character required to be described in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package
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and the Offering Memorandum or, in the case of documents, to be filed as exhibits to the
Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K, that are not described and filed as required. Neither the
Company nor any Subsidiary has knowledge that any other party to any such contract, agreement or
arrangement has any intention not to render full performance as contemplated by the terms thereof;
and the statements made under the captions Offering Memorandum Summary, The Offering, Risk
Factors, Business and Plan of Distribution in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the
Offering Memorandum and under the captions Item 1A. Risk Factors, Item 3. Legal Proceedings,
Item 7. Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operation,
Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance and Item 13. Certain
Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence in the Companys most recent
Annual Report on Form 10-K, as such disclosure has been amended by reports subsequently filed by
the Company pursuant to the Exchange Act, insofar as they purport to constitute summaries of the
terms of statutes, rules or regulations, legal or governmental proceedings or contracts and other
documents, constitute accurate summaries of the terms of such statutes, rules and regulations,
legal and governmental proceedings and contracts and other documents in all material respects.
(v) No governmental authority has issued any order preventing or suspending the trading of the
Companys securities or the distribution of the Securities, and no investigation, order, inquiry or
proceeding has been commenced or is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company or any Subsidiary,
is contemplated or threatened by any such authority.
(w) No consent, approval, authorization or filing with or order of any U.S. federal, New York,
Delaware or California court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company is
required for the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement,
the Indenture, the Registration Rights Agreement and the Securities or the issuance and sale of the
Securities (including the Underlying Securities issuable upon conversion thereof), except such as
may be required under the blue sky laws of any jurisdiction in connection with the purchase and
distribution of the Securities by the Initial Purchaser in the manner contemplated by this
Agreement and in the Offering Memorandum, by United States federal and state securities laws with
respect to the Companys obligations under the Registration Rights Agreement or under the bylaws,
rules and regulations of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (the
FINRA
).
(x) No relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or among the Company, on the one hand,
and the directors, officers, stockholders, customers or suppliers of the Company, on the other
hand, that is required by the Securities Act to be described pursuant to Section 404 of Regulation
S-K in a registration statement to be filed with the Commission that is not so described in the
Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum.
(y) The Company and each Subsidiary are in compliance with all U.S. federal, state, local and
foreign laws and regulations relating to employment and employment practices, terms and conditions
of employment and wages and hours, except where the failure to be in compliance could not,
individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(z) No labor disturbance by or dispute with the employees of the Company or any Subsidiary
exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent that could reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect.
(aa) Except as described in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum,
the Company has no obligation to provide any material retirement, death or disability benefits to
any of the present or past employees of the Company or any Subsidiary, or any other person.
(bb) The Company and each Subsidiary has filed all federal, state and local and foreign
income, franchise and other tax returns required to be filed through the date hereof, subject to
permitted extensions, and have paid all taxes due thereon, except where such failure to pay or file
would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect; and no tax deficiency has been or reasonably could be expected to be asserted or determined
adversely to the Company or any Subsidiary, nor does the Company have any knowledge of any tax
deficiencies, that could, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect.
(cc) Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary (i) is in violation of its charter or by-laws (or
similar organizational documents), (ii) is in default, and no event has occurred that, with notice
or lapse of time or both, would constitute such a default, in the due performance or observance of
any term, covenant or condition contained in any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan
agreement, license or other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it is bound
or to which any of its properties or assets is subject or (iii) is in violation of any statute or
any order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over
it or its property or assets or has failed to obtain any license, permit, certificate, franchise or
other governmental authorization or permit necessary to the ownership of its property or to the
conduct of its business, except in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii), to the extent any such
conflict, breach, violation or default could not, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have
a Material Adverse Effect.
(dd) The Company and each Subsidiary (i) are in compliance with any and all applicable
foreign, federal, state and local laws and regulations relating to the protection of human health
and safety, the environment or hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants
(
Environmental Laws
), (ii) have received all permits, licenses or other approvals required of
them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses, (iii) are in
compliance with all terms and conditions of any such permit, license or approval and (iv) have not
received notice of any actual or alleged violation of Environmental Laws, or of any potential
liability for or other obligation concerning the presence, disposal or release of hazardous or
toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants, except where such noncompliance with
Environmental Laws, failure to receive required permits, licenses or other approvals or failure to
comply with the terms and conditions of such permits, licenses or approvals would not, singly or in
the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as described in the Time of Sale Disclosure
Package and the Offering Memorandum, (A) there are no proceedings that are pending, or known to be
contemplated, against the Company or any Subsidiary under Environmental Laws in which a
governmental authority is also a party, (B) the Company and each Subsidiary are not aware of any
issues regarding compliance with
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Environmental Laws, or liabilities or other obligations under Environmental Laws or concerning
hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants, that could reasonably be
expected to have a material effect on the capital expenditures, earnings or competitive position of
Finisar Malaysia or of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and (C) none of the
Company or any Subsidiary anticipates material capital expenditures relating to Environmental Laws.
(ee) Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has ever treated, stored, transported, disposed
of, arranged for or permitted the disposal of, handled, released, or exposed any person to, any
kind of toxic wastes or hazardous substances, including, but not limited to, any naturally
occurring radioactive materials, brine, drilling mud, crude oil, natural gas liquids and other
petroleum materials, in violation of any Environmental Laws or in a manner or to a location that
could reasonably be expected to give rise to any liability under the Environmental Laws, except for
any violation or liability which would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(ff) There are no costs or liabilities associated with Environmental Laws (including, without
limitation, any capital or operating expenditures required for clean-up, closure of properties or
compliance with Environmental Laws or any permit, license or approval, any related constraints on
operating activities and any potential liabilities to third parties) which would, individually or
in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(gg) Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary, nor to the knowledge of the Company, any
director, officer, agent, employee or other person acting on behalf of the Company or any
Subsidiary has (i) directly or indirectly, used any funds for unlawful contributions, gifts,
entertainment or other unlawful expenses related to foreign or domestic political activity, (ii)
made any unlawful payment to foreign or domestic government officials or employees or to any
foreign or domestic political parties or campaigns from corporate funds, (iii) failed to disclose
fully any contribution made by the Company (or made by any person acting on its behalf of which the
Company is aware) which is in violation of law, or (iv) violated in any material respect any
provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended (the
FCPA
).
(hh) The Company, each Subsidiary, their affiliates, any of their respective officers and
directors and, to the knowledge of the Company, any of their respective supervisors, managers,
agents, or employees, has not violated and the Company has instituted and maintains policies and
procedures designed to ensure continued compliance with, each of the following laws: (a)
anti-bribery laws, including but not limited to, any applicable law, rule, or regulation of any
locality, including but not limited to any law, rule, or regulation promulgated to implement the
OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business
Transactions, signed December 17, 1997, including the FCPA, or any other law, rule or regulation of
similar purposes and scope, (b) anti-money laundering laws, including but not limited to,
applicable federal, state, international, foreign or other laws, regulations or government guidance
regarding anti-money laundering, including, without limitation, Title 18 US. Code section 1956 and
1957, the Patriot Act, the Bank Secrecy Act, and international anti-money laundering principles or
procedures by an intergovernmental group or
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organization, such as the Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering, of which the United
States is a member and with which designation the United States representative to the group or
organization continues to concur, all as amended, and any Executive order, directive, or regulation
pursuant to the authority of any of the foregoing, or any orders or licenses issued thereunder, or
(c) laws and regulations imposing U.S. economic sanctions measures, including, but not limited to,
the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, the Trading with the Enemy Act, the United Nations
Participation Act and the Syria Accountability and Lebanese Sovereignty Act, all as amended, and
any Executive Order, directive, or regulation pursuant to the authority of any of the foregoing,
including the regulations of the United States Treasury Department set forth under 31 CFR, Subtitle
B, Chapter V, as amended, or any orders or licenses issued thereunder.
(ii) Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any
director, officer or employee of the Company or any Subsidiary is currently subject to any U.S.
sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the
Treasury (
OFAC
); and the Company will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the
offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any Subsidiary, joint
venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any
person currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC.
(jj) The Company is not, and as of each Closing Date and, after giving effect to the offering
and sale of the Securities and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in the Time of
Sale Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum, will not be, an investment company as such
term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(kk) No stamp, issue, registration, documentary, transfer or other similar taxes and duties,
including interest and penalties, are payable on or in connection with the issuance and sale of the
Securities by the Company or the execution and delivery of this Agreement.
(ll) Except as disclosed in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum,
there are no outstanding guarantees or other contingent obligations of the Company or any
Subsidiary that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(mm) Neither the Company nor any affiliate (as defined in Rule 501(b) of Regulation D under
the Securities Act, an
Affiliate
) of the Company has directly, or through any agent (except that
the Company makes no representation or warranty as to any activity of the Initial Purchaser), (i)
sold, offered for sale, solicited offers to buy or otherwise negotiated in respect of, any security
(as defined in the Securities Act) which is or will be integrated with the sale of the Securities
in a manner that would require the registration under the Securities Act of the Securities or (ii)
offered, solicited offers to buy or sold the Securities by any form of general solicitation or
general advertising (as those terms are used in Regulation D under the Securities Act) or in any
manner involving a public offering within the meaning of Section 4(2) of the Securities Act.
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(nn) Assuming the accuracy of the Initial Purchasers statements in Section 5 hereof, and
compliance with the Transfer Restrictions described in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and
the Offering Memorandum, it is not necessary in connection with the offer, sale and delivery of the
Securities to the Initial Purchaser in the manner contemplated by this Agreement to register the
Securities under the Securities Act or to qualify the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act of
1939, as amended.
(oo) The Securities satisfy the requirements set forth in Rule 144A(d)(3) under the Securities
Act.
(pp) Neither the issuance, sale and delivery of the Securities nor the application of the
proceeds thereof by the Company as described in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the
Offering Memorandum will violate Regulation T, U or X of the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System or any other regulation of such Board of Governors.
(qq) Except as disclosed in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum,
to the Companys knowledge, the Company and the Subsidiaries own or possess, or have the right to
use or can acquire on reasonable terms, all patents, patent rights, licenses, inventions,
copyrights, know-how (including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary
or confidential information, systems or procedures), trademarks, service marks and trade names
(collectively,
Intellectual Property
) currently employed by them in commerce, in connection with
the business now operated by them, except where the failure to own or possess or otherwise be able
to acquire such Intellectual Property would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and, except as otherwise described in the Time of Sale
Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum, to the Companys knowledge, the Company is not
infringing or conflicting with asserted rights of others with respect to any of such Intellectual
Property which, individually or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling
or finding, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(rr) The Company and each Subsidiary has such permits, licenses, consents, exemptions,
franchises, authorizations, certificates and other approvals (each, an
Authorization
) of, and has
made all filings with and notices to, all governmental or regulatory authorities and
self-regulatory organizations and all courts and other tribunals, including, without limitation,
under any applicable foreign laws, as are necessary to operate its respective properties and to
conduct its business, except to the extent the failure to have any such Authorization or to make
any such filing or notice would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect. Each such Authorization is valid and in full force and effect and
the Company and each Subsidiary is in compliance, in all material respects, with all the terms and
conditions thereof and with the rules and regulations of the authorities and governing bodies
having jurisdiction with respect thereto; and no event has occurred (including, without limitation,
the receipt of any notice from any authority or governing body) which allows or, after notice or
lapse of time or both, would allow, revocation, suspension or termination of any such Authorization
or results or, after notice or lapse of time or both, would result in any other material impairment
of the rights of the holder of any such Authorization, except to the extent such failure to be
valid and in full force and effect or to be in compliance, the occurrence
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of any such event or the presence of any such restriction would not, individually or in the
aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(ss) Except as disclosed in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and in the Offering
Memorandum, and except for the restrictions applicable to Finisar Malaysia described in Section
2(f) hereof, none of the Company or any Subsidiary is currently prohibited, directly or indirectly,
from paying any dividends or other distributions, or from making any other distribution on its
equity interest; all dividends and other distributions declared and payable upon the equity
interests in the Company and each Subsidiary may be converted into foreign currency that may be
freely transferred out of any applicable foreign jurisdiction, and all such dividends and other
distributions are not and, will not be, subject to withholding or other taxes under the laws and
regulations of any applicable foreign jurisdiction and, are otherwise free and clear of any other
tax, withholding or deduction in such foreign jurisdiction, in each case without the necessity of
obtaining any consent in any foreign jurisdiction, except such as have been obtained.
(tt) The Company and the Subsidiaries (i) make and keep accurate books and records and (ii)
maintain and have maintained effective internal control over financial reporting (as defined in
Rule 13a-15 under the Exchange Act) and a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to
provide reasonable assurances that (A) transactions are executed in accordance with managements
general or specific authorization; (B) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation
of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United
States and to maintain accountability for assets; (C) access to assets is permitted only in
accordance with managements general or specific authorization; and (D) the recorded accountability
for assets is compared with existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken
with respect to any differences.
(uu) The Company and the Subsidiaries (i) have established and maintain disclosure controls
and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15 under the Exchange Act), (ii) such disclosure controls
and procedures are designed to ensure that the information required to be disclosed by the Company
in the reports filed or submitted under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to
management of the Company, including its principal executive officers and principal financial
officers, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding disclosure to be made and (iii) such
disclosure controls and procedures are effective to a reasonable level of assurance to perform the
functions for which they were established. The Company has utilized such disclosure controls and
procedures in preparing and evaluating the disclosures in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and
in the Offering Memorandum.
(vv) Except as disclosed in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and in the Offering
Memorandum, (i) since the most recent balance sheet of the Company and its consolidated
subsidiaries audited by Ernst & Young LLP, there have been no significant deficiencies or
material weaknesses (each as defined by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board) in its
internal control over financial reporting, or any fraud, whether or not material, that involves
management or other employees of the Company who have a significant role in the Companys internal
controls; and (ii) since the end of the latest audited fiscal year, there has been no change in the
Companys internal control over financial reporting (whether or not remediated) that has materially
affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Companys internal control over
financial reporting.
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(ww) The financial statements included in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and in the
Offering Memorandum present fairly the financial position of the Company and its consolidated
subsidiaries as of the dates shown and their results of operations and cash flows for the periods
shown, and such financial statements have been prepared in conformity with GAAP applied on a
consistent basis; and the assumptions used in preparing the pro forma financial statements included
in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and in the Offering Memorandum provide a reasonable basis
for presenting the significant effects directly attributable to the transactions or events
described therein, the related pro forma adjustments give appropriate effect to those assumptions,
and the pro forma columns therein reflect the proper application of those adjustments to the
corresponding historical financial statement amounts.
(xx) As of the date of this Agreement, there is no failure on the part of the Company and any
of the Companys directors or officers, in their capacities as such, to comply with the provisions
of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.
(yy) The section entitled Item 7. Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition
and Results of Operation Critical Accounting Policies in the Companys most recent Annual
Report on Form 10-K, as amended by reports subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to the
Exchange Act, accurately and fully describes (A) the accounting policies that the Company believes
are the most important in the portrayal of the Companys financial condition and results of
operations and that require managements most difficult, subjective or complex judgments
Critical
Accounting Policies
); (B) the judgments and uncertainties affecting the application of the
Critical Accounting Policies; and (C) the likelihood that materially different amounts would be
reported under different conditions or using different assumptions and an explanation thereof. The
Companys board of directors and senior management have reviewed and agreed with the selection,
application and disclosure of the Critical Accounting Policies and have consulted with the
Companys independent accountants with regard to such disclosure.
(zz) There are no securities or preferred stock of or guaranteed by the Company or any
Subsidiary that are rated by a nationally recognized statistical rating organization, as such
term is defined by the Commission for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) under the Securities Act.
(aaa) Any third-party statistical and market-related data included in the Time of Sale
Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum are based on or derived from sources that the
Company believes to be reliable and accurate in all material respects; and the selected operating
data of the Company included in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum are
based on or derived from the Companys internal records and are reliable and accurate in all
material respects.
(bbb) Attached hereto as
Exhibit C
are selected historical consolidated financial data
of Optium Corporation as of and for the years ended August 2, 2003 and July 31, 2004 (collectively,
the
Optium Financial Statement Data
) which are contained in Amendment No. 1 to the Companys
registration statement on Form S-4/A (No. 331-152231) declared effective by the SEC on July 23,
2008. The Optium Financial Statement Data was audited by
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Deloitte & Touche LLP, the independent auditors of Optium Corporation, pursuant to their
report, dated September 23, 2004, delivered to the Board of Directors and Stockholders of Optium
Corporation. To the knowledge of the Company and each Subsidiary, Deloitte & Touche LLP conducted
their audits of the Optium Financial Statement Data in accordance with the standards of the Public
Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States).
(ccc) The Optium Financial Statement Data presents fairly, in all material respects, the
financial position of Optium Corporation as of the dates stated therein, and the results of its
operations and its cash flows for the periods stated therein, in conformity with accounting
principles generally accepted in the United States of America, consistently applied throughout the
periods involved. The Optium Financial Statement Data (A) were derived from the internal accounting
records of Optium Corporation and (B) were prepared on a basis substantially consistent with the
financial statements of the Company set forth or incorporated by reference in the Time of Sale
Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum.
Any certificate signed by any officer of the Company and delivered to the Initial Purchaser or
counsel for the Initial Purchaser in connection with the offering of the Securities shall be deemed
a representation and warranty by the Company, as to the matters covered thereby, to the Initial
Purchaser.
Section 3.
Purchase, Sale and Delivery of Securities
.
(a) On the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements herein contained, but
subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company agrees to issue and sell the Firm
Securities to the Initial Purchaser, and the Initial Purchaser agrees to purchase from the Company,
$90,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Firm Securities at a purchase price for each Firm
Security equal to 98.75% of the principal amount of the Firm Security plus accrued interest, if
any, from October 14, 2009 to the date of the payment and delivery (the
Purchase Price
).
The Firm Securities will be delivered by the Company to the account of the Initial Purchaser
against payment of the purchase price therefor by wire transfer of same day funds, to an account
specified by the Company, with such closing to take place at the offices of Piper Jaffray & Co.,
345 California Street, Suite 2400, San Francisco, California, or such other location as may be
mutually acceptable, at 7:00 a.m., Pacific time, on October 14, 2009, or at such other time and
date as you and the Company determine pursuant to Rule 15c6-1(a) under the Exchange Act, such time
and date of delivery being herein referred to as the
First Closing Date.
Delivery of the Firm
Securities shall be made by credit through full fast transfer to the accounts at The Depository
Trust Company designated by the Initial Purchaser. Certificates representing the Firm Securities,
will be made available for checking and packaging not later than 8:30 a.m., Pacific time, on the
business day preceding the First Closing Date at the offices of Piper Jaffray & Co., 345 California
Street, Suite 2400, San Francisco, California, or such other location as may be mutually
acceptable.
(b) On the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements herein contained, but
subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company, with respect to $10,000,000
aggregate principal amount of Option Securities, hereby grant to the
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Initial Purchaser an option to purchase all or any portion of the Option Securities at the
same Purchase Price as the Firm Securities. The option granted hereunder may be exercised in whole
or in part at any time within 30 days after the effective date of this Agreement upon notice
(confirmed in writing) by the Initial Purchaser to the Company setting forth the aggregate number
of Option Securities as to which the Initial Purchaser is exercising the option, the names and
denominations in which the certificates for the Option Securities are to be registered and the date
and time, as determined by you, when the Option Securities are to be delivered, such time and date
being herein referred to as the
Second Closing
and
Second Closing Date
, respectively, and the
Initial Closing Date and the Second Closing Date each sometimes being herein referred to as a
Closing Date
; provided, however, that the Second Closing Date shall not be earlier than the First
Closing Date nor, unless waived by the Company and the Initial Purchaser, earlier than the second
business day after the date on which the option shall have been exercised. No Option Securities
shall be sold and delivered unless the Firm Securities previously have been, or simultaneously are,
sold and delivered.
The Option Securities will be delivered by the Company to the account of the Initial Purchaser
against payment of the purchase price therefor by wire transfer of same day funds payable to an
account specified by the Company, with such closing to take place at the offices of Piper Jaffray &
Co., 345 California Street, Suite 2400, San Francisco, California, or such other location as may be
mutually acceptable at 7:00 a.m., Pacific time, on the Second Closing Date. If the Initial
Purchaser so elects, delivery of the Option Securities may be made by credit through full fast
transfer to the account at The Depository Trust Company designated by the Initial Purchaser.
Certificates representing the Option Securities, will be made available for checking and packaging
not later than 8:30 a.m., Pacific time, on the business day preceding the Second Closing Date at
the office of Piper Jaffray & Co., 345 California Street, Suite 2400, San Francisco, California, or
such other location as may be mutually acceptable.
Section 4.
Covenants of the Company
. The Company further covenants and agrees with you as
follows:
(a) During the period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the later of the Second
Closing Date or such date as the Offering Memorandum is no longer required by law to be delivered
in connection with sales by a purchaser or dealer (the
Offering Memorandum Delivery Period
),
prior to amending or supplementing the Time of Sale Disclosure Package or the Offering Memorandum,
the Company shall furnish to the Initial Purchaser for review a copy of each such proposed
amendment or supplement, and the Company shall not use any such proposed amendment or supplement to
which the Initial Purchaser or counsel to the Initial Purchaser reasonably objects.
(b) After the date of this Agreement, the Company shall promptly advise the Initial Purchaser
in writing of any amendment or supplement to the Time of Sale Disclosure Package or the Offering
Memorandum or of any order preventing the use of the Time of Sale Disclosure Package or the
Offering Memorandum, or of any proceedings to remove, suspend or terminate from listing or
quotation the Common Stock from any securities exchange upon which it is listed for trading or
included or designated for quotation, or of the threatening or initiation of any proceedings for
any of such purposes.
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(c) Until the completion of the distribution of the Securities as contemplated in this
Agreement and by the Offering Memorandum, the Company will comply as far as it is able with all
requirements imposed upon it by the Securities Act, as now and hereafter amended, and by the rules
and regulations thereunder, as from time to time in force, and by the Exchange Act so far as
necessary to permit the continuance of sales of or dealings in the Securities as contemplated by
the provisions hereof, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum. If at any
time prior to the completion of the distribution of the Securities as contemplated in this
Agreement and by the Offering Memorandum, any event shall occur as a result of which, in the
judgment of the Company or the Initial Purchaser, it becomes necessary to amend or supplement the
Offering Memorandum (or, if the Offering Memorandum is not yet available to prospective purchasers,
the Time of Sale Disclosure Package) in order to make the statements therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or, if it is necessary at any time to
amend or supplement the Offering Memorandum (or, if the Offering Memorandum is not yet available to
prospective purchasers, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package) to comply with applicable law, the
Company promptly will prepare an appropriate amendment or supplement to the Offering Memorandum
(or, if the Offering Memorandum is not yet available to prospective purchasers, the Time of Sale
Disclosure Package) so that the Offering Memorandum (or, if the Offering Memorandum is not yet
available to prospective purchasers, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package) as so amended or
supplemented will not contain statements that, in light of the circumstances under which they were
made, are misleading, or so that the Offering Memorandum (or, if the Offering Memorandum is not yet
available to prospective purchasers, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package) will comply with
applicable law.
(d) The Company shall take or cause to be taken all necessary action to qualify the Securities
for sale under the securities laws of such jurisdictions as you reasonably designate and to
continue such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the Securities,
except that the Company shall not be required in connection therewith to (i) qualify as a foreign
corporation in any jurisdiction in which it would not otherwise be required to so qualify, (ii) to
execute a general consent to service of process in any jurisdiction or (iii) to subject itself to
taxation in any jurisdiction in which it would not otherwise be subject.
(e) The Company will furnish to the Initial Purchaser and counsel for the Initial Purchaser
copies of each Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package, the Offering
Memorandum, the Pricing Term Sheet, and all amendments and supplements to such documents, in each
case as soon as available and in such quantities as you may from time to time reasonably request.
(f) During a period of one year commencing with the date hereof, the Company will furnish to
the Initial Purchaser, and to each purchaser who may so request in writing, copies of all periodic
and special reports furnished to the stockholders of the Company and all public information,
documents and reports filed with the Commission, the FINRA, The Nasdaq Global Select Market or any
securities exchange (other than any such information, documents and reports that are filed with the
Commission electronically via EDGAR or any successor system).
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(g) The Company, whether or not the transactions contemplated hereunder are consummated or
this Agreement is terminated, will pay or cause to be paid (A) all expenses incurred in connection
with the delivery to the Initial Purchaser of the Securities, (B) all expenses and fees (including,
without limitation, fees and expenses of the Companys accountants and counsel but, except as
otherwise provided below, not including fees of the Initial Purchasers counsel) in connection with
the preparation, printing, filing, delivery, and shipping of the Securities, each Preliminary
Offering Memorandum, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package, the Final Offering Memorandum and any
amendment thereof or supplement thereto, and the printing, delivery, and shipping of this Agreement
and other offering documents, including any Blue Sky Memoranda (covering the states and other
applicable jurisdictions), (C) all filing fees and fees and disbursements of the Initial
Purchasers counsel incurred in connection with the qualification of the Securities for offering
and sale by the Initial Purchaser or by dealers under the securities or blue sky laws of the
states, provinces and other jurisdictions which you shall designate, (D) all filing fees and fees
and disbursements incurred with respect to any requirements of the FINRA, (E) the fees and expenses
of any transfer agent, trustee or registrar, (F) listing fees, if any, with respect to any filing
of an additional share listing application for the Underlying Securities with The Nasdaq Global
Select Market, and (G) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance of its obligations
hereunder that are not otherwise specifically provided for herein. If this Agreement is terminated
by the Initial Purchaser pursuant to Section 9 hereof or if the sale of the Securities provided for
herein is not consummated by reason of any failure, refusal or inability on the part of the Company
to perform any agreement on its part to be performed, or because any other condition of the Initial
Purchasers obligations hereunder required to be fulfilled by the Company is not fulfilled, the
Company will reimburse the Initial Purchaser for all out-of-pocket disbursements (including but not
limited to reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel, printing expenses, travel expenses,
postage, facsimile and telephone charges) incurred by the Initial Purchaser in connection with its
investigation, preparing to market and marketing the Securities or in contemplation of performing
their obligations hereunder.
(h) The Company will apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Securities to be sold by it
hereunder for the purposes set forth in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and in the Offering
Memorandum.
(i) The Company will not, without the prior written consent of the Initial Purchaser, from the
date of execution of this Agreement and continuing to and including the date 90 days after the date
of the Offering Memorandum (the
Lock-Up Period
) (A) issue, offer, pledge, announce the intention
to sell, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or
contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant for the sale of, or lend or otherwise dispose
of or transfer any Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable
for or repayable with Common Stock, or file any registration statement under the Securities Act
with respect to any of the foregoing, or (B) enter into any swap, derivative or any other agreement
or any transaction that transfers, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, the economic
consequence of ownership of Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exchangeable for or
repayable with Common Stock, whether any such transaction described in clause (A) or (B) above is
to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or such other securities, in cash or otherwise, except
that the Company may, without such consent, (i) issue and sell the Securities offered hereby or the
Common Stock to be issued upon
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conversion thereof, (ii) file the resale registration statement relating to the resale of the
Securities and the Underlying Securities, and (iii) grant options or issue and sell Common Stock
pursuant to existing or, to the extent described in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package or the
Offering Memorandum, contemplated employee benefit plans, stock option plans or other employee
compensation benefit plans or pursuant to currently outstanding options, warrants or rights
existing on the date hereof and referred to in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Offering
Memorandum. Without the prior written consent of the Initial Purchaser, the Company agrees not to
accelerate the vesting of any option or warrant or the lapse of any repurchase right prior to the
expiration of the Lock-Up Period. If (1) during the period that begins on the date that is 18
calendar days before the last day of the Lock-Up Period and ends on the last day of the Lock-Up
Period, (a) the Company issues an earnings release, (b) the Company publicly announces material
news or (c) a material event relating to the Company occurs; or (2) prior to the expiration of the
Lock-Up Period, the Company announces that it will release earnings results during the 16-day
period beginning on the last day of the Lock-Up Period, then the restrictions in this Agreement,
unless otherwise waived by the Initial Purchaser in writing, shall continue to apply until the
expiration of the date that is 18 calendar days after the date on which (a) the Company issues the
earnings release, (b) the Company publicly announces material news or (c) a material event relating
to the Company occurs. The Company will provide the Initial Purchaser and each shareholder subject
to the Lock-Up Agreement (as defined below) with prior notice of any such announcement that may
give rise to the extension of the Lock-Up Period.
(j) The Company has caused to be delivered to you prior to the date of this Agreement a letter
from each of the Companys directors and officers stating that such person agrees that, subject to
certain conditions, he or she will not, without your prior written consent, offer for sale, sell,
contract to sell or otherwise dispose of, as set forth in such letter, any Common Stock or rights
to purchase Common Stock, for a period of 45 days after the date of this Agreement, subject to
extension in certain circumstances (the
Lock-Up Agreement
). The Company will use its reasonable
best efforts to assist the Initial Purchaser in enforcing the terms of each Lock-Up Agreement and
will issue stop-transfer instructions to the transfer agent for the Common Stock with respect to
any transaction or contemplated transaction that would constitute a breach of or default under the
applicable Lock-Up Agreement.
(k) The Company has not taken and will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed
to or which might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, or which has constituted, the
stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or
resale of the Securities.
(l) The Company will not incur any liability for any finders or brokers fee or agents
commission in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the consummation of
the transactions contemplated hereby.
(m) Until the expiration of one year after the completion of the distribution of the
Securities by the Initial Purchaser as contemplated in this Agreement and the Offering Memorandum,
the Company and the Subsidiaries will maintain such controls and other procedures, including
without limitation those required by Sections 302 and 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the
applicable regulations thereunder, that are designed to ensure that information required to be
disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits under the
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Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified
in the Commissions rules and forms, including without limitation, controls and procedures designed
to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or
submits under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to the Companys management,
including its principal executive officer and its principal financial officer, or persons
performing similar functions, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required
disclosure, to ensure that material information relating to Company, including its subsidiaries, is
made known to them by others within those entities.
(n) Until the expiration of one year after the completion of the distribution of the
Securities by the Initial Purchaser as contemplated in this Agreement and the Offering Memorandum,
the Company and the Subsidiaries will comply in all material respects with the effective applicable
provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
(o) The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to assure that the Option Securities
shall have the same CUSIP number as the CUSIP number assigned to the Firm Securities.
(p) The Company shall submit an additional share listing application for the Underlying
Securities with the Nasdaq Global Select Market prior to the First Closing Date and will use its
reasonable best efforts to promptly have the Underlying Securities approved by the Nasdaq Global
Select Market for listing following the First Closing Date.
(q) During the Offering Memorandum Delivery Period, the Company will file on a timely basis
with the Commission such periodic and special reports as required by the Exchange Act and the rules
and regulations thereunder. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to take all steps
necessary or appropriate to facilitate the distribution of the Securities by the Initial Purchaser
pursuant to Rule 144A as shall be reasonably requested by the Initial Purchaser, including, without
limitation, participation by the Companys executive officers in the preparation of materials for
investor presentations and participation in investor meetings and roadshow presentations reasonably
requested by the Initial Purchaser.
(r) The Company shall issue a press release announcing the pricing of the offering of the
Securities in the form reasonably satisfactory to the Initial Purchaser and its counsel and in
compliance with Rule 135(c) no later that 4:30 a.m., Pacific time, on October 9, 2009.
(s) The Company will at all times reserve and keep available, free of any preemptive rights,
co-sale rights, registration rights, rights of first refusal, other rights to subscribe for or
purchase securities or other rights of security holders similar to any of the foregoing, out of its
authorized but unissued Common Stock, for the purpose of effecting the conversion of the Securities
into the Underlying Securities, the full number of shares of Underlying Securities issuable upon
the conversion of all outstanding Securities.
(t) The Company shall take all actions necessary to cause the Securities to be eligible for
clearance and settlement and book-entry transfer through DTC and the Company agrees to comply
with all agreements set forth in the representation letters of the Company to DTC relating to the
approval of the Securities by DTC for book-entry transfer.
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(u) The Company will indemnify and hold the Initial Purchaser harmless against any
documentary, stamp or similar issuance or transfer taxes, duties or fees and any transaction
levies, commissions or brokerage charges, including any interest and penalties, which are or may be
required to be paid in connection with the creation, allotment, issuance, offer and distribution of
the Securities and the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Indenture, the Registration
Rights Agreement and the Securities; provided, however, that the Company shall not be responsible
for any such taxes, duties, fees, levies or charges that arise as a result of the distribution of
the Securities by the Initial Purchaser in a manner other than that as is customary in such
transactions.
Section 5.
Subsequent Offers and Resales of the Securities
.
(a) The Initial Purchaser and the Company each hereby agree with respect to itself in
connection with the offer and sale of the Securities:
(1) Offers and sales of the Securities shall be made to such persons and in such manner as is
contemplated by the Offering Memorandum.
(2) No general solicitation or general advertising (within the meaning of Rule 502(c) under
the Securities Act) will be used in the United States in connection with the offering or sale of
the Securities.
(3) The transfer restrictions and the other provisions set forth in the Offering Memorandum
under the caption Transfer Restrictions, including the legend required thereby, shall apply to
the Securities except as otherwise agreed by the Company and the Initial Purchaser.
(b) The Company covenants with the Initial Purchaser as follows:
(1) The Company agrees that it will not, and will cause its Affiliates not to, directly or
indirectly, solicit any offer to buy, sell or make any offer or sale of, or otherwise negotiate in
respect of, securities of the Company of any class if, as a result of the doctrine of integration
referred to in Rule 502 under the Securities Act, such offer or sale would render invalid (for the
purpose of (i) the sale of the offered Securities by the Company to the Initial Purchaser, (ii) the
resale of the offered Securities by the Initial Purchaser to subsequent purchasers or (iii) the
resale of the offered Securities by such subsequent purchasers to others) the exemption from the
registration requirements of the Securities Act provided by Section 4(2) thereof or by Rule 144A
thereunder or otherwise.
(2) Until the expiration of one year after the original issuance of the offered Securities,
the Company will not, and will cause its Affiliates not to, resell any offered Securities which are
restricted securities (as such term is defined under Rule 144(a)(3) under the Securities Act),
whether as beneficial owner or otherwise (except as agent acting as a securities broker on behalf
of and for the account of customers in the ordinary course of business in unsolicited brokers
transactions).
(3) To the extent that any Securities or Underlying Securities remain outstanding and are
restricted securities within the meaning of Rule 144 under the
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Securities Act, during the one year period following the First Closing Date (or, if later, the
Second Closing Date) and during the one-year period following the sale of any such Security or
Underlying Security, as the case may be, by an Affiliate of the Company (for purposes of this
Section 5 only, as such term is defined in Rule 144(a)(1) under the Securities Act), the Company
will make available, upon request, to any seller of such Securities or Underlying Securities, as
the case may be, the information specified in Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act, unless the
Company is then subject to and in compliance with Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.
(c) The Initial Purchaser covenants with the Company as follows:
(1) The Initial Purchaser represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the Company that it is
a Qualified Institutional Buyer within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act (a
Qualified Institutional Buyer
) and an accredited investor within the meaning of Rule 501(a)
under the Securities Act (an
Accredited Investor
).
(2) The Initial Purchaser represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the Company that it
will only sell the Securities to persons whom the Initial Purchaser reasonably believes are
Qualified Institutional Buyers.
(3) The Initial Purchaser will take reasonable steps to inform, and cause each of its U.S.
Affiliates to take reasonable steps to inform, persons acquiring Securities from the Initial
Purchaser or such affiliate, as the case may be, that the Securities (A) have not been and will not
be registered under the Securities Act, (B) are being sold to them without registration under the
Securities Act in reliance on Rule 144A or in accordance with another exemption from registration
under the Securities Act, as the case may be, and (C) may not be offered, sold or otherwise
transferred except (1) to the Company, (2) outside the United States in accordance with Regulation
S under the Securities Act and in compliance with the securities laws of such non-United States
jurisdiction, or (3) inside the United States in accordance with (x) Rule 144A to a person whom the
seller reasonably believes is a Qualified Institutional Buyer that is purchasing such Securities
for its own account or for the account of a Qualified Institutional Buyer to whom notice is given
that the offer, sale or transfer is being made in reliance on Rule 144A or (y) pursuant to another
available exemption from registration under the Securities Act.
Section 6.
Conditions of Initial Purchasers Obligations
. The obligations of the Initial
Purchaser hereunder to purchase the Securities is subject to the accuracy, as of the date hereof
and at each of the First Closing Date and the Second Closing Date (as if made at such Closing
Date), of and compliance with all representations, warranties and agreements of the Company
contained herein, to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder and to the
following additional conditions:
(a) The Initial Purchaser shall not have advised the Company that the Time of Sale Disclosure
Package or the Offering Memorandum, or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, or any
Supplemental Offering Material, contains an untrue statement of fact which, in your opinion, is
material, or omits to state a fact which, in your opinion, is material and is required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading.
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(b) Except as contemplated in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and in the Offering
Memorandum, subsequent to the respective dates as of which information is given in the Time of Sale
Disclosure Package, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary shall have incurred any material
liabilities or obligations, direct or contingent, or entered into any material transactions, or
declared or paid any dividends or made any distribution of any kind with respect to its capital
stock; and there shall not have been any change in the capital stock (other than a change in the
number of outstanding shares of Common Stock due to the grant of options or the issuance of shares
under the Companys employee stock plans or upon the exercise of outstanding options, warrants or
the conversion of outstanding convertible securities), or any material change in the short-term or
long-term debt of the Company, or any issuance of options, warrants, convertible securities or
other rights to purchase the capital stock of the Company or any Subsidiary (other than pursuant to
existing employee benefit plans, stock option plans or other employee compensation plans), or any
material adverse change or any development involving a prospective material adverse change (whether
or not arising in the ordinary course of business), or any material loss by strike, fire, flood,
earthquake, accident or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, incurred by the
Company or any Subsidiary, the effect of which, in any such case described above, in your judgment,
makes it impractical or inadvisable to offer or deliver the Securities on the terms and in the
manner contemplated in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and in the Offering Memorandum.
(c) On each Closing Date, there shall have been furnished to you, as the Initial Purchaser,
the opinions of each of:
(1) DLA Piper LLP (US), counsel for the Company, dated such Closing Date and addressed to you,
to the effect set forth on
Exhibit A
hereto; and
(2) Shearn Delamore & Co., Malaysian counsel for the Company, dated such Closing Date and
addressed to you, to the effect set forth on
Exhibit B
hereto.
(d) On each Closing Date, there shall have been furnished to you, as the Initial Purchaser,
such opinions from Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Professional Corporation, counsel for the
Initial Purchaser, dated such Closing Date and addressed to you, with respect to such matters as
you reasonably may request, and such counsel shall have received such papers and information as
they request to enable them to pass upon such matters.
(e) On the date hereof, Ernst & Young LLP shall have furnished to you, as the Initial
Purchaser, a letter dated as of the date hereof in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
the Initial Purchaser. On each Closing Date you, as the Initial Purchaser, shall have received a
letter of Ernst & Young LLP, independent registered public accounting firm, dated such Closing Date
and addressed to you, confirming that they are an independent registered public accounting firm
within the meaning of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder and are in
compliance with the applicable requirements relating to the qualifications of accountants under
Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X of the Commission, and stating, as of the date of such letter (or, with
respect to matters involving changes or developments since the respective dates as of which
specified financial information is given in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package, as of a date not
prior to the date hereof or more than five days prior to the
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date of such letter), the conclusions and findings of said firm with respect to the financial
information and other matters covered by its letter delivered to you concurrently with the
execution of this Agreement, and the effect of the letter so to be delivered on such Closing Date
shall be to confirm the conclusions and findings set forth in such prior letter.
(f) On each Closing Date, there shall have been furnished to you, as the Initial Purchaser, a
certificate dated such Closing Date and addressed to you, signed by the chairman of the board or
the chief executive officer of the Company and by the chief financial officer of the Company, to
the effect that:
(1) The representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and correct,
in all material respects, as if made at and as of such Closing Date, and the Company has complied
with all the agreements and satisfied all the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied
at or prior to such Closing Date.
(2) The signers of said certificate have carefully examined the Time of Sale Disclosure
Package and the Offering Memorandum, and any amendments thereof or supplements thereto (including
any documents filed under the Exchange Act and deemed to be incorporated by reference into the Time
of Sale Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum), and:
(A) the Offering Memorandum, as amended or supplemented, does not include and did not include
as of its date, or such Closing Date, any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state and
did not omit to state as of its date, or such Closing Date, a material fact necessary to make the
statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made;
(B) neither (1) the Time of Sale Disclosure Package nor (2) Supplemental Offering Materials,
when considered together with the Time of Sale Disclosure Package, include, nor included as of the
Time of Sale any untrue statement of a material fact or omits, or omitted as of the Time of Sale,
to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;
(C) since the Time of Sale, there has occurred no event required to be set forth in an amended
or supplemented offering memorandum which has not been so set forth, and there has been no document
required to be filed under the Exchange Act that upon such filing would be deemed to be
incorporated by reference into the Time of Sale Disclosure Package or into the Offering Memorandum
that has not been so filed;
(D) subsequent to the respective dates as of which information is given in the Time of Sale
Disclosure Package, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has incurred any material liabilities or
obligations, direct or contingent, or entered into any material transactions, not in the ordinary
course of business, or declared or paid any dividends or made any distribution of any kind with
respect to its capital stock, and except as disclosed in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and in
the Offering Memorandum, there has not been any change in the capital stock (other than a change in
the number of outstanding Common Stock due to the issuance of shares upon the exercise of
outstanding options or
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warrants), or any material change in the short term or long term debt, or any issuance of
options, warrants, convertible securities or other rights to purchase the capital stock, of the
Company, or any Subsidiary, or any material adverse change or any development involving a
prospective material adverse change (whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business), or
any loss by strike, fire, flood, earthquake, accident or other calamity, whether or not covered by
insurance, incurred by the Company or any Subsidiary; and
(E) except as stated in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and in the Offering Memorandum,
there is not pending, or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened or contemplated, any action,
suit or proceeding to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party before or by any court or
governmental agency, authority or body, or any arbitrator, which would reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect.
(g) On the date hereof, the Company shall have furnished to you an executed copy of the
Consent, by and among Silicon Valley Bank, the Company and Optium Corporation with respect to the
offer, sale and issuance of the Securities.
(h) On the date hereof, the Company shall have furnished to you an executed copy of the
certificate of Wells Fargo Foothill, LLC pursuant to the Credit Agreement, entered into as of
October 2, 2009, by and among the lenders identified therein, Wells Fargo Foothill, LLC, as agent,
the Company and Optium Corporation (the
WFF Agreement
) that the indebtedness evidenced by the
Indenture and the Securities is Permitted Convertible Note Debt (as defined in the WFF Agreement).
(i) The Company shall have furnished to you and counsel for the Initial Purchaser such
additional documents, certificates and evidence as you or they may have reasonably requested.
All such opinions, certificates, letters and other documents will be in compliance with the
provisions hereof only if they are satisfactory in form and substance to you and counsel for the
Initial Purchaser. The Company will furnish you with such conformed copies of such opinions,
certificates, letters and other documents as you shall reasonably request.
Section 7.
Indemnification and Contribution
.
(a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Initial Purchaser against any
losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which the Initial Purchaser may become subject, under the
Securities Act or otherwise (including in settlement of any litigation if such settlement is
effected with the written consent of the Company), insofar as such losses, claims, damages or
liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon (i) an untrue statement
or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Preliminary Offering Memorandum,
the Time of Sale Disclosure Package, the Offering Memorandum, or any amendment or supplement
thereto (including any documents filed under the Exchange Act and deemed to be incorporated by
reference into the Offering Memorandum), any Pricing Term Sheet or Supplemental Offering Materials
or in any materials or information provided to investors by, or with the approval of, the Company
in connection with the marketing of the offering of the Securities (
Marketing Materials
),
including any roadshow or investor
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presentations made to investors by the Company (whether in person or electronically) or arise
out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required
to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and will reimburse
the Initial Purchaser for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by it in connection with
investigating or defending against such loss, claim, damage, liability or action as such expenses
are incurred; or (ii) in whole or in part upon any inaccuracy in the representations and warranties
of the Company contained herein; or (iii) in whole or in part upon any failure of the Company to
perform its obligations hereunder or under law;
provided
,
however
, that the Company shall not be
liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action arises
out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged
omission made in any Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package, the
Offering Memorandum, or any such amendment or supplement, any Pricing Term Sheet or Supplemental
Offering Materials or in any Marketing Materials, in reliance upon and in conformity with written
information furnished to the Company by you specifically for use in the preparation thereof; it
being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by you consists of the
information described as such in Section 7(f) hereof.
(b) The Initial Purchaser will indemnify and hold harmless the Company against any losses,
claims, damages or liabilities to which the Company may become subject, under the Securities Act or
otherwise (including in settlement of any litigation, if such settlement is effected with the
written consent of the Initial Purchaser, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld), insofar as
such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are
based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any
Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package, the Offering Memorandum, or
any amendment or supplement thereto or any Pricing Term Sheet, or arise out of or are based upon
the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to
the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission
was made in any Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package, the Offering
Memorandum, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any Pricing Term Sheet in reliance upon and
in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by you, specifically for use in the
preparation thereof (it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by you
consists of the information described as such in Section 7(f) hereof), and will reimburse the
Company for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Company in connection with
investigating or defending against any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action.
(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under subsection (a) or (b) above of notice
of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is
to be made against the indemnifying party under such subsection, notify the indemnifying party in
writing of the commencement thereof; but the omission so to notify the indemnifying party shall not
relieve the indemnifying party from any liability that it may have to any indemnified party except
to the extent such indemnifying party has been materially prejudiced by such failure (through the
forfeiture of substantive rights or defenses). In case any such action shall be brought against
any indemnified party, and it shall notify the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the
indemnifying party shall be entitled to
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participate in, and, to the extent that it shall wish, jointly with any other indemnifying
party similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel satisfactory to such
indemnified party, and after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of the
indemnifying partys election so to assume the defense thereof, the indemnifying party shall not be
liable to such indemnified party under such subsection for any legal or other expenses subsequently
incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable
costs of investigation.
The indemnifying party under this Section 7 shall not be liable for any settlement of any
proceeding effected without its written consent, but if settled with such consent or if there be a
final judgment for the plaintiff, the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify the indemnified party
against any loss, claim, damage, liability or expense by reason of such settlement or judgment.
Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time an indemnified party shall have requested an
indemnifying party to reimburse the indemnified party for fees and expenses of counsel as
contemplated by this Section 7, the indemnifying party agrees that it shall be liable for any
settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered
into more than 30 days after receipt by such indemnifying party of the aforesaid request and (ii)
such indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed the indemnified party in accordance with such
request prior to the date of such settlement. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior
written consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement, compromise or consent to the entry
of judgment in any pending or threatened action, suit or proceeding in respect of which any
indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity was or could have been sought
hereunder by such indemnified party, unless such settlement, compromise or consent (a) includes an
unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on claims that are the subject
matter of such action, suit or proceeding and (b) does not include a statement as to or an
admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party.
(d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 7 is unavailable or insufficient to
hold harmless an indemnified party under subsection (a) or (b) above, then each indemnifying party
shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of the losses,
claims, damages or liabilities referred to in subsection (a) or (b) above, (i) in such proportion
as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the
Initial Purchaser on the other from the offering of the Securities or (ii) if the allocation
provided by clause (i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is
appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the
relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the Initial Purchaser on the other in connection
with the statements or omissions that resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities, as
well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company
on the one hand and the Initial Purchaser on the other shall be deemed to be in the same proportion
as the total net proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses) received by the Company
bear to the total discounts and commissions received by the Initial Purchaser, in each case as set
forth in the Offering Memorandum or in this Agreement. The relative fault shall be determined by
reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact
or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the
Company or the Initial Purchaser and the parties relevant intent, knowledge, access to information
and opportunity to correct or prevent such
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untrue statement or omission. The Company and the Initial Purchaser agree that it would not
be just and equitable if contributions pursuant to this subsection (d) were to be determined by pro
rata allocation or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable
considerations referred to in the first sentence of this subsection (d). The amount paid by an
indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to in the
first sentence of this subsection (d) shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses
reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending against
any action or claim which is the subject of this subsection (d). Notwithstanding the provisions of
this subsection (d), the Initial Purchaser shall not be required to contribute any amount in excess
of the amount by which the total price at which the Securities were offered exceeds the amount of
any damages that the Initial Purchaser has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue
or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent
misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to
contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.
(e) The obligations of the Company under this Section 7 shall be in addition to any liability
which the Company may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each
person, if any, who controls the Initial Purchaser within the meaning of the Securities Act; and
the obligations of the Initial Purchaser under this Section 7 shall be in addition to any liability
that the Initial Purchaser may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions,
to each director of the Company, to each officer of the Company and to each person, if any, who
controls the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act.
(f) The Initial Purchaser confirms and the Company acknowledges that the statements with
respect to the offering of the Securities by the Initial Purchaser set forth in the first sentence
of the second paragraph under the heading No Prior Market and in the first paragraph under the
heading Stabilization under the section entitled Plan of Distribution in the Time of Sale
Disclosure Package and in the Offering Memorandum are correct and constitute the only information
concerning such Initial Purchaser furnished in writing to the Company by or on behalf of the
Initial Purchaser specifically for inclusion in any Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Time of
Sale Disclosure Package, the Offering Memorandum or any Pricing Term Sheet.
Section 8.
Representations and Agreements to Survive Delivery
. All representations,
warranties, and agreements of the Initial Purchaser and the Company herein or in certificates
delivered pursuant hereto, including but not limited to the agreements of the Initial Purchaser and
the Company contained in Section 7 hereof, shall remain operative and in full force and effect
regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the Initial Purchaser or any controlling
person thereof, or the Company or any of its officers, directors, or controlling persons, and shall
survive delivery of, and payment for, the Securities to and by the Initial Purchaser hereunder.
Section 9.
Termination of this Agreement
.
(a) You, as the Initial Purchaser, shall have the right to terminate this Agreement by giving
notice to the Company as hereinafter specified at any time at or prior to the
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First Closing Date, and the option referred to in Section 3(b) hereof, if exercised, may be
cancelled at any time prior to the Second Closing Date, if (i) the Company shall have failed,
refused or been unable, at or prior to such Closing Date, to perform any agreement on its part to
be performed hereunder, (ii) any condition of the Initial Purchasers obligations hereunder is not
fulfilled, (iii) trading in the Companys Common Stock shall have been suspended by the Commission
or the Nasdaq Global Select Market or trading in securities generally on the Nasdaq Stock Market,
New York Stock Exchange or the American Stock Exchange shall have been suspended, (iv) minimum or
maximum prices for trading shall have been fixed, or maximum ranges for prices for securities shall
have been required, on the Nasdaq Stock Market, New York Stock Exchange or the American Stock
Exchange, by such exchange or by order of the Commission or any other governmental authority having
jurisdiction, (v) a banking moratorium shall have been declared by federal or state or local
authorities in the United States or Malaysia, (vi) there shall have occurred any attack on,
outbreak or escalation of hostilities or act of terrorism involving the United States or Malaysia,
any declaration by the United States or Malaysia of a national emergency or war, any change in
financial markets, any substantial change or development involving a prospective substantial change
in United States or international political, financial or economic conditions, or any other
calamity or crisis that, in your judgment, is material and adverse and makes it impractical or
inadvisable to proceed with the completion of the sale of and payment for the Securities. Any such
termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party except that the provisions
of Section 4(g) and Section 7 hereof shall at all times be effective and shall survive such
termination.
(b) If you elect to terminate this Agreement as provided in this Section 9, the Company shall
be notified promptly by you by telephone, confirmed by letter.
Section 10.
Default by the Company
.
(a) If the Company shall fail at the First Closing Date to sell and deliver the aggregate
principal amount of Securities which it is obligated to sell hereunder, this Agreement shall
terminate without any liability on the part of the Initial Purchaser.
(b) No action taken pursuant to this Section 10 shall relieve the Company so defaulting from
liability, if any, in respect of such default.
Section 11.
Notices
. Except as otherwise provided herein, all communications hereunder shall
be in writing and, if to the Initial Purchaser, shall be mailed, delivered or telecopied to the
Initial Purchaser at 345 California Street, Suite 2400, San Francisco, California 94104, Attention:
Martin Alvarez (telecopy no. (415) 984-5121), with a copy to Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati,
Professional Corporation, 650 Page Mill Road, Palo Alto, California 94304, Attention: John A. Fore,
Esq. (telecopy no. (650) 493-6811), if to the Company, shall be mailed, delivered or telecopied to
it at 1389 Moffett Park Drive, Sunnyvale, California 94089, Attention: Chief Financial Officer
(telecopy no. (408) 541-4154, with a copy to DLA Piper LLP (US), 2000 University Avenue, East Palo
Alto, California 94303, Attention: Dennis C. Sullivan, Esq. (telecopy no. (650) 687-1200). Any
party to this Agreement may change such address for notices by sending to the parties to this
Agreement written notice of a new address for such purpose.
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Section 12.
Persons Entitled to Benefit of Agreement
. This Agreement shall inure to the
benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns and
the controlling persons, officers and directors referred to in Section 7. Nothing in this
Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give to any other person, firm or corporation any
legal or equitable remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any provision herein
contained. The term successors and assigns as herein used shall not include any purchaser, as
such purchaser, of any of the Securities from the Initial Purchaser.
Section 13.
Research Analyst Independence
. The Company acknowledges that the Initial
Purchasers research analysts and research departments are required to be independent from their
investment banking divisions and are subject to certain regulations and internal policies, and that
the Initial Purchasers research analysts may hold views and make statements or investment
recommendations and/or publish research reports with respect to the Company and/or the offering
that differ from the views of their investment banking divisions. The Company hereby waives and
releases, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims that the Company may have against the
Initial Purchaser with respect to any conflict of interest that may arise from the fact that the
views expressed by their independent research analysts and research departments may be different
from or inconsistent with the views or advice communicated to the Company by the Initial
Purchasers investment banking divisions. The Company acknowledges that the Initial Purchaser is a
full service securities firm and as such from time to time, subject to applicable securities laws,
may effect transactions for its own account or the account of its customers and hold long or short
positions in debt or equity securities of the companies that may be the subject of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement.
Section 14.
Absence of Fiduciary Relationship
. The Company acknowledges and agrees that: (a)
the Initial Purchaser has been retained solely to act as an initial purchaser in connection with
the sale of the Securities and that no fiduciary, advisory or agency relationship between the
Company and the Initial Purchaser has been created in respect of any of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, irrespective of whether the Initial Purchaser has advised or is
advising the Company on other matters; (b) the price and other terms of the Securities set forth in
this Agreement were established by the Company following discussions and arms-length negotiations
with the Initial Purchaser and the Company is capable of evaluating and understanding and
understands and accepts the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement; (c) it has been advised that the Initial Purchaser and its affiliates are engaged in a
broad range of transactions which may involve interests that differ from those of the Company and
that the Initial Purchaser has no obligation to disclose such interest and transactions to the
Company by virtue of any fiduciary, advisory or agency relationship; (d) it has been advised that
the Initial Purchaser is acting, in respect of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement,
solely for the benefit of the Initial Purchaser and not on behalf of the Company; (e) it waives, to
the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims it may have against the Initial Purchaser for
breach of fiduciary duty or alleged breach of fiduciary duty in respect of any of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement and agrees, to the fullest extent permitted by law, that the Initial
Purchaser shall have no liability (whether direct or indirect) to the Company in respect of such a
fiduciary duty claim on behalf of or in right of the Company, including stockholders, employees or
creditors of the Company.
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Section 15.
Headings
. The headings herein are inserted for convenience of reference only and
are not intended to be part of, or to affect the meaning or interpretation of, this Agreement.
Section 16.
General Provisions.
This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement of the
parties to this Agreement and supersedes all prior written or oral and all contemporaneous oral
agreements, understandings and negotiations with respect to the subject matter hereof. This
Agreement may not be amended or modified unless in writing by all of the parties hereto, and no
condition herein (express or implied) may be waived unless waived in writing by each party whom the
condition is meant to benefit. The Section headings herein are for the convenience of the parties
only and shall not affect the construction or interpretation of this Agreement.
Section 17.
Governing Law
. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS.
Section 18.
Time
. TIME SHALL BE OF THE ESSENCE OF THIS AGREEMENT. EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE SET
FORTH HEREIN, SPECIFIED TIMES OF DAY REFER TO NEW YORK CITY TIME.
Section 19.
Counterparts
. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts and, if
executed in more than one counterpart, the executed counterparts shall each be deemed to be an
original and all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument.
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Please sign and return to the Company the enclosed duplicates of this letter whereupon this
letter will become a binding agreement between the Company and the Initial Purchaser in accordance
with its terms.
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Finisar Corporation
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SCHEDULE A
Pricing Term Sheet
EXHIBIT A
OPINION OF DLA PIPER LLP (US),
COUNSEL FOR THE COMPANY
The opinion of DLA Piper LLP (US), counsel for the Company, to be delivered pursuant to
Section 6(c)(1) of the Agreement shall be to the effect that:
A. The Company has been duly incorporated and is an existing corporation in good standing
under the laws of the State of Delaware and is duly qualified to do business as a foreign
corporation, and is in good standing, in the States of California, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and
Texas; and has the corporate power to own and lease the properties it purports to own and lease and
to conduct the business in which it is engaged as described in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package,
the Offering Memorandum and the Incorporated Documents.
B. Each Subsidiary of the Company listed on Schedule I hereto has been duly incorporated and
is an existing corporation in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation
and is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation, and is in good standing, in the
states listed on Schedule I hereto; and has the corporate power to own and lease the properties it
purports to own and lease and to conduct the business in which it is engaged as described in the
Time of Sale Disclosure Package, the Offering Memorandum and the Incorporated Documents
C. The Company has all necessary corporate power and authority to execute and deliver the
Agreement, the Indenture, the Registration Rights Agreement and the Securities and to perform its
obligations thereunder.
D. The execution and delivery of the Agreement, the Indenture, the Registration Rights
Agreement and the Securities by the Company and the performance of its obligations thereunder have
been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company.
E. The Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Company.
F. The Securities have been duly authorized and executed by the Company and, when
authenticated by the Trustee in accordance with the Indenture and paid for as provided in the
Agreement, will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company enforceable against
the Company in accordance with their terms and will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture
and the Registration Rights Agreement.
G. The shares of Common Stock initially issuable upon conversion of the Securities being
delivered on the date hereof have been duly authorized and reserved for issuance upon such
conversion and, when issued and delivered upon conversion of the Securities in accordance with the
provisions of the Securities and the Indenture, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and
non-assessable; and such issuance would not be subject to any preemptive or other similar rights to
acquire Common Stock under the certificate of incorporation or by-laws of the Company or the
Delaware General Corporation Law (the DGCL).
H. Each of the Registration Rights Agreement and the Indenture has been duly executed and
delivered by the Company and constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company,
enforceable against the Company in accordance with its respective terms, subject to applicable
bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium and other laws affecting creditors rights
generally and to general principles of equity.
I. The execution and delivery of, and the performance by the Company of its obligations under,
the Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Indenture and the Securities (including the
obligation of the Company to issue Common Stock upon the conversion of the Securities) do not and
will not violate or conflict with, result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, (a) the
certificate of incorporation or by-laws of the Company; (b) any agreement or instrument listed on
Schedule II to such opinion, (c) any U.S. federal or New York, California state statute or the DGCL
or (d) to the knowledge of such counsel, any rule, order, decision, judgment or decree of any court
or governmental body or agency of the United States, Delaware (under the DGCL), New York or
California that may be applicable to the Company or any Subsidiary or any of their respective
properties.
J. The filing of a registration statement with the Commission pursuant to the Registration
Rights Agreement has been duly authorized by and on behalf of the Company.
K. Except for compliance with the securities or Blue Sky laws and the filing of a
Notification: Listing of Additional Shares with The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC, no consents,
approvals, orders or authorizations to be obtained by the Company from, or any registrations,
declarations or filings to be made by the Company with, any governmental authority under any United
States federal or New York, Delaware, California statute, rule or regulation applicable to the
Company or the DGCL are required to have been obtained that have not been obtained or made by the
Company for (a) the valid execution and delivery by the Company of the Agreement, the Registration
Rights Agreement, the Indenture and the Securities, (b) the sale by the Company of the Securities
under the Agreement, (c) the issuance by the Company of the Securities under the Indenture and the
payment by the Company of the Securities, with interest, in accordance with their terms or (d) the
issuance by the Company of Common Stock upon the conversion of the Securities in accordance with
the Indenture.
L. The documents incorporated by reference in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the
Offering Memorandum (other than the financial statements and notes thereto and related financial
statement schedules and the financial data based on or derived from such financial statements or
schedules included therein or omitted therefrom, as to which such counsel need express no opinion),
when they were filed (or, if an amendment with respect to any such document was filed, when such
amendment was filed) with the Commission, complied as to form in all material respects with the
requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.
M. The Company has the authorized capital stock as set forth in the Time of Sale Disclosure
Package and the Offering Memorandum under the caption Description of Capital Stock; The
statements set forth in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum under the
captions Description of Notes, Description of Capital Stock, Plan of Distribution and
Transfer Restrictions insofar as they purport to constitute a summary of
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the terms of the Notes, the capital stock of the Company or legal matters or provisions of the
Purchase Agreement, Indenture, Registration Rights Agreement or the certification of incorporation
or by-laws of the Company, fairly summarize, in all material respects, such terms.
N. The statements set forth in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum
under the caption Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations, insofar as they purport to
describe provisions of the United States federal tax laws referred to therein, fairly summarize, in
all material respects, the matters referred to therein.
O. The Company is not, and after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Securities and
the application of the proceeds thereof as described in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the
Offering Memorandum will not be, required to register as an investment company as such term is
defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
P. To such counsels knowledge except as disclosed in the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and
the Offering Memorandum, (a) no legal or governmental actions, suits or proceedings are pending to
which the Company or any Subsidiary is or may be a party, or to which the property of the Company
or any Subsidiary is or may be subject, except in each case for proceedings that, if the subject of
an unfavorable decision, rule or finding would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be
expect to have a Material Adverse Effect and (b) no such proceedings have been threatened in
writing against the Company or any Subsidiary or with respect to their respective properties.
Q. Assuming the accuracy of the Initial Purchasers representation and warranties, and the
Initial Purchasers compliance with the covenants, contained in the Agreement, no registration of
the Securities or the Underlying Securities under the Securities Act or qualification of the
Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, is required in connection with the
offer, sale and delivery of the Securities by the Company to the Initial Purchaser or the initial
resale of the Securities by the Initial Purchaser in the manner contemplated by the Agreement, the
Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum (it being understood that, such counsel
need express no opinion as to any subsequent resale of the Securities).
Such counsel shall also state that they have participated in conferences with representatives
of the Company and with representatives of the Companys independent accountants and counsel at
which conferences the contents of the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Offering Memorandum
and any amendment and supplement thereto and related matters were discussed and, although such
counsel assume no responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the Time of Sale
Disclosure Package, the Offering Memorandum and any amendment or supplement thereto (except as
expressly provided above), no facts have come to the attention of such counsel to cause such
counsel to believe that the Time of Sale Disclosure Package, at the Time of Sale, contained any
untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or
that the Offering Memorandum or any amendment or supplement thereto, as of its date and as of the
Closing Date, contained or contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to
state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading
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(in each case, other than the financial statements and notes thereto and related financial
statement schedules and the financial data based on or derived from such financial statements or
schedules included therein or omitted therefrom, as to which such counsel need express no opinion).
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SCHEDULE I
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Subsidiary
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Jurisdiction of Incorporation
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Qualified to do Business
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Optium Corporation
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Delaware
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California
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Florida
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New Hampshire
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Pennsylvania
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Massachusetts
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AZNA, LLC
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Delaware
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Massachusetts
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Kailight Photonics, Inc.
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Delaware
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N/A
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Finisar Sales, Inc.
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Delaware
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N/A
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EXHIBIT B
OPINION OF SHEARN DELAMORE & CO.,
MALAYSIAN COUNSEL FOR THE COMPANY
The opinion of Shearn Delamore & Co., Malaysian counsel for the Company, to be delivered
pursuant to Section 6(c)(2) of the Agreement shall be to the effect that:
FINISAR MALAYSIA SDN BHD (Company No.538677-A) (the Company)
We understand that Finisar Corporation (the Issuer), a corporation established in Delaware,
USA, proposes to issue and sell to Piper Jaffray & Co. (the Initial Purchaser), a corporation
established in Delaware, USA, convertible senior notes due 2029, pursuant to a purchase agreement
dated October 8, 2009 (the Purchase Agreement) entered into between both parties (collectively,
the Transaction).
1.
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For the purposes of the Transaction above, we have acted as Malaysian legal counsel for
Finisar Malaysia Sdn Bhd (Company No. 538677-A), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Issuer, in
connection with the matters set out under paragraph 5 below, under the laws of Malaysia.
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2.
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This opinion is limited to the laws of Malaysia of general application published and in
effect on the date of this opinion, as currently applied by the courts of Malaysia, and is
given on the basis that it will be governed by and construed (including all terms used in it)
in accordance with the laws of Malaysia. We have made no investigation of, and do not express
or imply any views on, the laws of any country other than Malaysia.
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3.
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For the purpose of rendering this opinion, we have examined:-
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(a)
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A certified true copy of the Memorandum and Articles of Association of the
Company (the
M&A
) (a copy of which is enclosed herewith as
Appendix I)
;
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(b)
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A certified true copy of the Certificate of Incorporation of Private Company
(Form 9) of the Company dated 8 February 2001 (a copy of which is enclosed herewith as
Appendix II)
;
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(c)
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A certified true copy of each Return of Allotment of Shares (Form 24) dated 13
February 2001, 22 June 2001, 11 February 2003 and 9 September 2004, respectively
(collectively, the
Forms 24
) (copies of which are enclosed herewith as
Appendix III)
;
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(d)
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A certified true extract of the Members Register of the Company setting out
each acquisition by the Issuer of shares in the Company (the
Members Register
) (a
copy of which is enclosed herewith as
Appendix IV
);
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(e)
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A certified true copy of a Notice of Situation of Registered Office and Office
Hours and Particulars of Change (Form 44) dated 16 March 2007 (a copy of which is
enclosed herewith as
Appendix V)
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(f)
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A certified true copy of a Return Giving Particulars in Register of Directors,
Managers & Secretaries and Changes of Particulars (Form 49) dated 7 September 2007 (a
copy of which is enclosed herewith as
Appendix VI)
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(g)
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A certified true copy of the Annual Return of the Company dated 8 October 2008
(the
Annual Return
) (a copy of which is enclosed herewith as
Appendix VII)
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(h)
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An original letter dated October [ ], 2009 from the Company addressed to the
Initial Purchaser, confirming that its issued share capital is fully paid-up
(
Confirmation on Share Capital
) (a copy of which is enclosed herewith as
Appendix
VIII
);
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(i)
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An original certificate dated October [ ], 2009 signed by 2 directors of the
Company confirming
inter alia
that no legal proceedings have been commenced against it,
no action threatened for its liquidation nor have any of its business licences been
suspended or cancelled (the
Certificate
) (a copy of which is enclosed herewith as
Appendix IX
);
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(j)
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A certified true copy of the minutes of each shareholders meeting held on 21
June 2001, 10 February 2003 and 8 September 2004, respectively (collectively, the
Shareholders Resolutions
) (copies of each of which are enclosed herewith as
Appendix
X
);
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(k)
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A certified true copy of each circular Board resolution dated [ ], 22 June
2001, 10 February 2003 and 8 September 2004, respectively (collectively, the
Board
Resolutions
) (copies of each of which are enclosed herewith as
Appendix XI
);
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(l)
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the results of a company search on the Company at the Companies Commission of
Malaysia dated 12 October 2009 based on documents registered with the Companies
Commission as at 10 October 2008 (a copy of which is enclosed herewith as
Appendix
XII);
and
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(m)
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the results of a winding-up search on the Company made with the Director
General of Insolvency on 7 October 2009 (a copy of which is enclosed as
Appendix XIII).
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The Shareholders Resolutions and the Board Resolutions shall hereinafter collectively,
be referred to as the
Resolutions
. We have no knowledge of the day-to-day operations of
the Company and, except to the extent expressly set forth herein, have not undertaken any
independent investigation or inquiry into the Companys affairs or business. Except as
stated in this paragraph 3, we have not examined any other documents and have not made any
other enquiries concerning the Company. The documents as set out in this paragraph 3 are
documents of a type which we would ordinarily request and rely on, in giving our opinion
under paragraph 5 below.
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Assumptions
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For the purpose of this opinion, we have assumed:
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(a)
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that each of the Confirmation on Share Capital and the Certificate has been
duly authorized, executed and delivered by or on behalf of the Company.
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(b)
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the correctness of all facts stated in the Confirmation on Share Capital and
the Certificate.
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(c)
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that none of the Companys signatories to each of the Confirmation on Share
Capital and the Certificate has signed the said documents by reason or in consequence
(whether wholly or in part) of fraud, mistake, duress, undue influence,
misrepresentation or any other similar act, matter or thing which would or might
vitiate or prejudicially affect the Purchase Agreement or otherwise entitle any party
to avoid, rescind or have rectified the Purchase Agreement or any of its obligations
under the Purchase Agreement and/or in connection with the Transaction.
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(d)
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the genuineness of all seals and signatures on all documents and the
completeness, and the conformity to original documents, of all copies and specimens
submitted to us and that any document submitted to us and any authorisation referred to
in this opinion continues in full force and effect.
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(e)
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that the copy of the Companys M&A, submitted to us is up to date and
incorporates all amendments made thereto.
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(f)
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that neither the Initial Purchaser nor any of its officers or employees has
notice (or would, on making reasonable enquiry, become aware) of any matter which would
adversely affect the validity or regularity of the documents set out under paragraph 3.
above.
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(g)
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that all other documents or agreements referred to in the documents set out
under paragraph 3. above, and which may affect the legality, validity and
enforceability of the latter, are themselves legal, valid and enforceable.
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Opinion
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5.
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Based on the documents referred to in paragraph 3 and the assumptions in paragraph 4 above
and subject to the qualification in paragraph 6 below and to any matters not disclosed to us,
we are of the opinion that:
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(a)
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based on the company search conducted on the Company at the Companies
Commission of Malaysia on 12 October 2009, the Company is duly incorporated under the
Companies Act, 1965 of Malaysia and is validly existing as a private company with
limited liability under the laws of Malaysia.
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(b)
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based on the M&A, the Forms 24, the Members Register, the Confirmation on
Share Capital, the results of the company search conducted on 12 October 2009 (referred
to in paragraph 5(a) above), the Annual Return and the Resolutions, respectively:
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(i)
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the Company has a total issued share capital of
RM133,000,000-00;
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(ii)
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the issued share capital is comprised of 133,000,000 ordinary shares of RM1.00 each in the Company (the
Issued Shares
);
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(iii)
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the Issued Shares are fully paid-up;
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(iv)
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the issuance of the Issued Shares by the Company on:
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a.
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8 February 2001 was duly authorized by a Board
resolution passed on [ ], the relevant Form 24 dated 13 February 2001
was duly lodged with the Companies Commission on [ ] in accordance
with Section 54 of the Companies Act 1965 and the corresponding entry
made on the Members Register;
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b.
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22 June 2001 was duly authorized by a
shareholders resolution passed on 21 June 2001 and a circular Board
resolution dated 22 June 2001, the relevant Form 24 dated 22 June 2001
was duly lodged with the Companies Commission on [ ] in accordance
with Section 54 of the Companies Act 1965 and the corresponding entry
made on the Members Register;
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c.
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10 February 2003 was duly authorized by a
shareholders resolution passed on 10 February 2003 and a circular
Board resolution dated 10 February 2003, the relevant Form 24 dated 11
February 2003 was duly lodged with the Companies Commission on [ ] in
accordance with Section 54 of the Companies Act 1965 and the
corresponding entry made on the Members Register; and
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d.
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8 September 2004 was duly authorized by a
shareholders resolution passed on 8 September 2004 and a circular
Board resolution dated 8 September 2004, the relevant Form 24 dated 9
September 2004 was duly lodged with the Companies Commission on [ ] in
accordance with
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Section 54 of the Companies Act 1965 and the corresponding entry made
on the Members Register,
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and based on the documents enumerated at paragraphs 5(b)a. to 5(b)d. above,
the Issued Shares were validly issued.
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(v)
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Finisar Corporation holds all the Issued Shares and is the sole
shareholder of the Company.
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(c)
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based on the winding up search dated 7 October 2009 conducted with the Director
General of Insolvency, no winding-up order has been made against the Company as at the
date of the search. Based on such winding-up search and the Certificate, the Company
has not taken any action nor have any steps been taken or legal or administrative
proceedings been commenced or threatened for the winding-up, dissolution or liquidation
of the Company or for the suspension, withdrawal, revocation or cancellation of any of
its business licences.
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Qualification
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6.
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In addition, this opinion is subject to the following qualification:
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(a)
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that there may be a significant delay between the lodging of documents and the
subsequent entry of information from those documents, on the registers maintained with
the Companies Commission. The official searches will also not reveal whether or not a
winding-up petition has been presented. Notice of a winding-up order made or
resolution passed or receiver or manager appointed may not be filed with the Companies
Commission immediately and there may be a significant delay between the filing of such
notice and its subsequent entry on the register at the Companies Commission.
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Reliance
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This opinion is given for the sole benefit of the Initial Purchaser.
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8.
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This opinion may not be disclosed to anyone else, except that it may be disclosed as required
by law or regulation or to any professional adviser, but only on the express basis that they
may not rely on it.
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9.
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This opinion is not to be quoted or referred to in any public document or filed with anyone
without our written consent.
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EXHIBIT C
OPTIUM CORPORATION FINANCIAL STATEMENT DATA
October 12, 2009
PIPER JAFFRAY & CO.
345 California Street, Suite 2400
San Francisco, CA 94104
Ladies and Gentlemen:
This letter agreement will amend and clarify certain provisions of the Purchase Agreement,
dated as of October 8, 2009 (the
Purchase Agreement
), by and among Finisar Corporation (the
Company
) and Piper Jaffray & Co. (the
Initial Purchaser
). Capitalized terms used herein
without definition shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Purchase Agreement.
In connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement
and in consideration for the mutual agreements set forth herein, the Company and the Initial
Purchaser wish to document their mutual agreement and understanding with respect to the matters set
forth in this letter agreement.
1. The Company and the Initial Purchaser hereby agree and clarify that (i) the First Closing
Date (as defined in Section 3(a) of the Purchase Agreement) shall be at 7:00 a.m., Pacific time, on
October 15, 2009, (ii) the Purchase Price (as defined in Section 3(a) of the Purchase Agreement)
for each Firm Security shall be equal to 98.75% of the principal amount of the Firm Security plus
accrued interest, if any, from October 15, 2009 to the date of the payment and delivery and (iii)
the Indenture (as defined in the first paragraph of the Purchase Agreement) shall be dated as of
October 15, 2009.
2. Notwithstanding anything in the Purchase Agreement to the contrary, the Company and the
Initial Purchaser hereby further agree that all references to October 14, 2009 in the Purchase
Agreement and in the Pricing Term Sheet attached as Schedule A thereto are hereby amended and
modified to refer instead to October 15, 2009.
3. Except as expressly provided above, nothing in this letter agreement shall serve to modify
the terms set forth in the Purchase Agreement.
4. THIS LETTER AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE
STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS.
5. This letter agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts and, if executed in more
than one counterpart, the executed counterparts shall each be deemed to be an original and all such
counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument.
[Signature Page Follows]
Please sign and return to the Company the enclosed duplicates of this letter whereupon this
letter will become a binding agreement between the Company and the Initial Purchaser in accordance
with its terms.
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Very truly yours,
Finisar Corporation
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By:
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/s/ S.K. Workman
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Name:
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S.K. Workman
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Title:
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CFO
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Confirmed as of the date first above
mentioned, on behalf of themselves.
Piper Jaffray & Co.
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By:
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Christie L. Christina
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Managing Director
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[Letter Agreement]