EXHIBIT 10.3
 
CONSENT
 
THIS CONSENT dated as of March 14, 2014 (the or this “Consent”) is between
SCHAWK, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and each of the
institutions which is a signatory to this Consent (collectively, the
“Noteholders”).
 
RECITALS:
 
A.           The Company and each of the Noteholders have heretofore entered
into the Amended and Restated Note Purchase and Private Shelf Agreement dated as
of January 27, 2012 (as amended by that certain First Amendment to Amended and
Restated Note Purchase and Private Shelf Agreement dated as of September 6, 2012
among the Company and the Noteholders, and the Consent thereto dated as of
February 27, 2013, and as otherwise hereafter amended, modified and supplemented
from time to time, the “Note Agreement”).  The Company has heretofore issued the
$25,000,000 4.38% Series F Senior Notes Due January 27, 2019 dated January 27,
2012 (collectively, the “Notes”) pursuant to the Note Agreement.
 
B.           The Company has informed the Noteholders that (i) the Company is
currently in negotiations with an entity previously disclosed to the Noteholders
and code named Moonlight (“Moonlight”) pursuant to which the Company may be
acquired by Moonlight pursuant to a merger of a wholly-owned subsidiary of
Moonlight with and into the Company (the “Merger”) and (ii) in connection
therewith, certain stockholders of the Company are considering entering into a
stockholder agreement (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A,
the “Stockholder Agreement”) with Moonlight pursuant to which such stockholders
shall, subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein, (A) vote their
equity interests in the Company in favor of the Merger and (B) grant an
irrevocable proxy to Moonlight and its executive officers and other designees to
vote their shares as contemplated by the foregoing clause (A) (the foregoing
agreements by such shareholders being referred to herein as the “Specified
Voting Arrangements”).  The Specified Voting Arrangements would constitute a
“Change of Control” under the Note Agreement pursuant to clause (a) of such
definition and therefore the Company has requested that, notwithstanding the
foregoing, the Noteholders consent to and agree that the Specified Voting
Arrangements shall not constitute a Change of Control.
 
C.           Capitalized terms used herein shall have the respective meanings
ascribed thereto in the Note Agreement unless herein defined or the context
shall otherwise require.
 
NOW, THEREFORE, upon the full and complete satisfaction of the conditions
precedent to the effectiveness of this Consent set forth in Section 3 hereof,
and in consideration of good and valuable consideration the receipt and
sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the Company and the Noteholders do
hereby agree as follows:
 
SECTION 1.  CONSENT.
 
The Noteholders and Prudential consent to and agree that the Specified Voting
Arrangements shall not constitute a Change of Control under the Note Agreement,
provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, it is expressly understood and agreed
that this Consent does not
 

 
 
 

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permit or otherwise approve or consent to the Merger and that the consummation
of the Merger shall constitute a Change of Control.  This Consent shall
terminate on the earliest of (i) the termination of the Stockholder Agreement,
(ii) the termination of the merger agreement in respect of the Merger or the
abandonment of the Merger and (iii) October 31, 2014.
 
SECTION 2.  REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY.
 
To induce the Noteholders to execute and deliver this Consent (which
representations shall survive the execution and delivery of this Consent), the
Company represents and warrants to the Noteholders that:
 
(a)         this Consent has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by it
and this Consent constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation, contract
and agreement of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with
its terms, except as enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or similar laws or equitable principles relating to
or limiting creditors’ rights generally;
 
(b)         the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this
Consent (i) has been duly authorized by all requisite corporate action and, if
required, shareholder action, (ii) does not require the consent or approval of
any governmental or regulatory body or agency, and (iii) will not (A) violate
(1) any provision of law, statute, rule or regulation or its certificate of
incorporation or bylaws, (2) any order of any court or any rule, regulation or
order of any other agency or government binding upon it, or (3) any provision of
any material indenture, agreement or other instrument to which it is a party or
by which its properties or assets are or may be bound, or (B) result in a breach
or constitute (alone or with due notice or lapse of time or both) a default
under any indenture, agreement or other instrument referred to in clause
(iii)(A)(3) of this Section 2(b);
 
(c)         as of the date hereof and after giving effect to this Consent, no
Default or Event of Default has occurred which is continuing and no condition
exists which has resulted in, or could reasonably be expected to have, a
Material Adverse Effect;
 
(d)         all the representations and warranties contained in Section 5 of the
Note Agreement and in Section 5 of the Subsidiary Guaranty are true and correct
in all material respects with the same force and effect as if made by the
Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors, respectively, on and as of the date
hereof;
 
(e)         all Subsidiaries that are required to enter into the Subsidiary
Guaranty or enter into a joinder agreement in respect of the Subsidiary Guaranty
pursuant to Section 9.6 of the Note Agreement have so entered into the
Subsidiary Guaranty or a joinder agreement in respect of the Subsidiary Guaranty
and are listed on the signature pages to this Consent as Subsidiary Guarantors;
and
 
(f)         neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries on or prior to the
Consent Effective Date has paid or agreed to pay, nor will the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries pay or agree to pay on or after to the Consent Effective Date,
any fees or other compensation to the Administrative Agent, any Bank Lender or
any holder of the
 

 
 
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2003 Notes for or with respect to the Bank Credit Agreement Consent (as defined
below) or the 2003 Note Agreement Consent (as defined below) (in each case other
than for the reimbursement of out of pocket expenses in connection therewith).
 
SECTION 3.  CONDITIONS TO EFFECTIVENESS OF THIS CONSENT.
 
This Consent shall not become effective until, and shall become effective when,
each and every one of the following conditions shall have been satisfied:
 
(a)         executed counterparts of this Consent, duly executed by the Company,
each of the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Noteholders, shall have been delivered
to the Noteholders;
 
(b)         the Company shall have delivered to the Noteholders executed copies
of (i) the Consent Memorandum dated as of the date hereof among the Company,
certain Subsidiaries of the Company named therein, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as
agent, and the other financial institutions party thereto (the “Bank Credit
Agreement Consent”), and (ii) the Consent dated as of the date hereof among the
Company and the holders of the 2003 Notes (the “2003 Note Agreement Consent”),
and all related agreements, documents and instruments, in each case, in
connection therewith, all of which shall be in form and substance satisfactory
to the Noteholders; and
 
(c)         the representations and warranties of the Company set forth in
Section 2 hereof are true and correct on and with respect to the date hereof.
 
Upon receipt of all of the foregoing, this Consent shall become effective (the
“Consent Effective Date”).

SECTION 4.  MISCELLANEOUS.
 
Section 4.1.  This Consent shall be construed in connection with and as part of
the Note Agreement and, except as expressly provided in this Consent, all terms,
conditions and covenants contained in the Note Agreement, the Subsidiary
Guaranty and the Notes are hereby ratified and shall be and remain in full force
and effect.
 
Section 4.2.  Except as expressly provided in this Consent, the execution,
delivery and effectiveness of this Consent shall not (a) amend the Note
Agreement, the Subsidiary Guaranty or any Note, (b) operate as a waiver of any
right, power or remedy of any Noteholder, or (c) constitute a waiver of, or
consent to any departure from, any provision of the Note Agreement, the
Subsidiary Guaranty or any Note at any time.
 
Section 4.3.  Any and all notices, requests, certificates and other instruments
executed and delivered after the execution and delivery of this Consent may
refer to the Note Agreement without making specific reference to this Consent
but nevertheless all such references shall include this Consent unless the
context otherwise requires.  At all times on and after the Consent Effective
Date, each reference to the Note Agreement in any other document, instrument or
agreement shall mean and be a reference to the Note Agreement as modified by
this Consent.
 
 
 
 
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Section 4.4.  The descriptive headings of the various Sections or parts of this
Consent are for convenience only and shall not affect the meaning or
construction of any of the provisions hereof.
 
Section 4.5.  This Consent shall be governed by and construed in accordance with
the laws of the State of New York excluding choice-of-law principles of the law
of such State that would require the application of the laws of a jurisdiction
other than such State.
 
Section 4.6.  The Company hereby confirms its obligations under the Note
Agreement, whether or not the transactions hereby contemplated are consummated,
to pay, promptly after request, the reasonable fees and expenses of Schiff
Hardin LLP, special counsel to the Noteholders, in connection with the
negotiation, preparation, approval, execution and delivery of this Consent.
 
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The execution hereof by you shall constitute a contract between us for the uses
and purposes hereinabove set forth, and this Consent may be executed in any
number of counterparts, each executed counterpart constituting an original, but
all together only one agreement.
 
 
 
   
Very truly yours,

SCHAWK, INC.
 
 
   
 
    By:
/s/Timothy J. Cunningham
        Name:  Timothy J. Cunningham       Title:  EVP & CFO  

 
 

    Each of the Subsidiary Guarantors hereby (i) consents to the foregoing
Consent and ratifies the consents contained therein, (ii) ratifies and reaffirms
all of its obligations and liabilities under each Subsidiary Guaranty (as
defined in the Note Agreement referred to in the Consent) notwithstanding the
Consent or otherwise, (iii) confirms that each Subsidiary Guaranty remains in
full force and effect after giving effect to the Consent, (iv) represents and
warrants that there is no defense, counterclaim or offset of any type or nature
under any Subsidiary Guaranty, (v) agrees that nothing in any Subsidiary
Guaranty, the Note Agreement, the Consent or any other agreement or instrument
relating thereto requires the consent of any Subsidiary Guarantor or shall be
deemed to require the consent of any Subsidiary Guarantor to any future
amendment or other modification to the Note Agreement, and (vi) waives
acceptance and notice of acceptance hereof.
 
 
 
 
 
   
SCHAWK USA, INC.
 
   
 
    By:
/s/Timothy J. Cunningham
        Name: Timothy J. Cunningham         Title: EVP & CFO  

 
 
 
   
SCHAWK WORLDWIDE HOLDINGS INC.
 
   
 
    By:
/s/Timothy J. Cunningham
        Name: Timothy J. Cunningham         Title: EVP & CFO  

  
 
 
   
SCHAWK LLC
 
   
 
    By:
/s/Timothy J. Cunningham
        Name: Timothy J. Cunningham         Title: EVP & CFO  

 
 
 

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SCHAWK HOLDINGS INC.
 
   
 
    By:
/s/Timothy J. Cunningham
        Name: Timothy J. Cunningham         Title: EVP & CFO  

 
 
 
   
SEVEN SEATTLE, INC.
 
   
 
    By:
/s/Timothy J. Cunningham
        Name: Timothy J. Cunningham         Title: EVP & CFO  

 
 
 
   
SCHAWK DIGITAL SOLUTIONS INC.
 
   
 
    By:
/s/Timothy J. Cunningham
        Name: Timothy J. Cunningham         Title: EVP & CFO  

 
 
 
   
MIRAMAR EQUIPMENT, INC.
 
   
 
    By:
/s/Timothy J. Cunningham
        Name: Timothy J. Cunningham         Title: EVP & CFO  

 
 
 
   
KEDZIE AIRCRAFT, LLC
 
   
 
    By:
/s/Timothy J. Cunningham
        Name: Timothy J. Cunningham         Title: EVP & CFO  

 
 
 
   
SCHAWK LATIN AMERICA HOLDINGS LLC
 
   
 
    By:
/s/Timothy J. Cunningham
        Name: Timothy J. Cunningham         Title: EVP & CFO  

 
 

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Accepted as of the date first written above.
 
 
PRUDENTIAL INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, INC.
 
 
   
 
 
  By:
/s/Anthony Colletta
         

 
Vice President
     
 
 

 
 

 
 
 
THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA
 
 
   
 
  By:
/s/Anthony Colletta
         

 
Vice President
     
 
 

 
 

 
 
 
PRUCO LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
 
 
   
 
  By:
/s/Anthony Colletta
         

 
Assistant Vice President
     
 
 

 
 

 
 
 
 
 
PRUDENTIAL RETIREMENT INSURANCE
AND ANNUITY COMPANY
 
        By:
Prudential Investment Management, Inc.,
as investment manager
 
 
         

 

By:
/s/Anthony Colletta
     
 
    Vice President                

 
 

 
 
 
 

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Exhibit A
 
Form of Stockholder Agreement
 
See Attached