Exhibit 10.3

 

IMPORTANT NOTICE

 

THIS INSTRUMENT CONTAINS A CONFESSION OF JUDGMENT PROVISION WHICH CONSTITUTES A
WAIVER OF IMPORTANT RIGHTS YOU MAY HAVE AS A DEBTOR AND ALLOWS THE CREDITOR TO
OBTAIN A JUDGMENT AGAINST YOU WITHOUT ANY FURTHER NOTICE.

 

SECOND AMENDMENT

TO TERM NOTE

 

THIS SECOND AMENDMENT TO TERM NOTE (“Second Amendment”) is made as of March 16,
2009, by and among EF Johnson Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation
(formerly known as EFJ, Inc.), E. F. Johnson Company, a Minnesota corporation,
Transcrypt International, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and 3e Technologies
International, Inc., a Maryland corporation (jointly and severally, the
“Borrower”) and Bank of America, N.A., a national banking association (the
“Lender”).

 

RECITALS

 

A.                                   Borrower is obligated to Lender with
respect to a term loan (the “Term Loan”) evidenced by that certain Term Note
dated as of July 11, 2006, as modified by that certain First Amendment to Term
Note dated as of March 10, 2008, made payable by Borrower to Lender in the
original principal amount of Fifteen Million and 00/100 Dollars
($15,000,000.00)(the “Term Note”).

 

B.                                   The Term Note evidences the Borrower’s
obligations to repay advance(s) of principal made by the Lender under a
Revolving Line of Credit Loan Agreement and Security Agreement, dated as of
November 15, 2002, as amended by that certain First Amendment to Revolving Line
of Credit Loan Agreement and Security Agreement dated as of September 13, 2004,
and as further amended by that certain Second Amendment to Revolving Line of
Credit Loan Agreement and Security Agreement dated as of July 11, 2006,  and as
further amended by that certain Third Amendment to Revolving Line of Credit Loan
Agreement, Term Loan Agreement and Security Agreement dated as of March 7, 2007,
and as further modified by that certain Fourth Amendment to Revolving Line of
Credit Loan Agreement, Term Loan Agreement and Security Agreement dated as of
March 10, 2008 (the “Original Loan Agreement”).  The Term Note is governed, in
part, by certain provisions of the Original Loan Agreement.

 

C.                                   The Original Loan Agreement has been
further amended by that certain Fifth Amendment to Revolving Line of Credit Loan
Agreement, Term Loan Agreement  and Security between Borrower and Lender, of
even date herewith (the Original

 

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Loan Agreement, as so modified, being referred to hereafter as the “Loan
Agreement”) to, among other things, (1) provide for the waiver of a certain
financial covenant as it applies for Borrower’s fiscal quarter ending
December 31, 2008, (2) to amend certain existing financial covenants, and
(3) for certain other purposes.

 

D.                                  Borrower and Lender desire to amend the Term
Note to, among other things,  revise the interest rate in effect under the Term
Note.

 

AGREEMENTS

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, the mutual agreements herein
contained, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Borrower and the Lender hereby
agree as follows:

 

1.                                       Capitalized Terms.  Capitalized terms
used in this Second Amendment but not defined herein have the meanings ascribed
to them in the Term Note.

 

2.                                       Interest.  Section 1 of the Note
entitled “Interest” is hereby deleted in its entirety and restated as follows:

 

“1.                                 Interest.   Commencing as of the date
hereof, interest on the principal balance outstanding from time to time shall
accrue at a fluctuating annual rate equal to the “LIBOR-Based Rate” (as
hereinafter defined).  The LIBOR-Based Rate is equal to the “LIBOR Rate” (as
hereinafter defined) in effect from time to time plus the applicable “LIBOR
Margin” (as defined below).  The “LIBOR Rate” means the interest rate determined
by the following formula, rounded upward to the nearest 1/100 of one percent.

 

LIBOR Rate =

 

London Inter-Bank Offered Rate

 

 

 

(1.00 - Reserve Percentage)

 

 

“London Inter-Bank Offered Rate” means the average per annum interest rate at
which U.S. dollar deposits would be offered for an “Interest Period” of one
(1) month by major banks in the London inter-bank market, as shown on the
Telerate Page 3750 (or any successor page) at approximately 11:00 a.m. London
time two (2) London Banking Days before the commencement of the Interest
Period.  If such rate does not appear on the Telerate Page 3750 (or any
successor page), the rate for that Interest Period will be determined by such
alternate method as reasonably selected by Lender.  A “London Banking Day” is a
day on which Lender’s London Banking Center is open for business and dealing in
offshore dollars.  “Reserve Percentage” means the total of the maximum reserve
percentages for determining the reserves to be maintained by member banks of the

 

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Federal Reserve System for Eurocurrency Liabilities, as defined in Federal
Reserve Board Regulation D, rounded upward to the nearest 1/100 of one percent. 
The percentage will be expressed as a decimal, and will include, but not be
limited to, marginal, emergency, supplemental, special, and other reserve
percentages.   The first day of the Interest Period must be a day other than a
Saturday, or a Sunday on which Lender is open for business in New York and
London and dealing in offshore dollars (a “LIBOR Banking Day”).  The last day of
the Interest Period and the actual number of days during the Interest Period
will be determined by Lender using the practices of the London inter-bank
market.  Absent manifest error, the Lender’s certificate to the Borrower stating
the LIBOR Rate for each Interest Period shall be conclusive.

 

The “LIBOR Margin” shall be based on the Borrower’s ratio of “Funded Debt” (as
defined in the Loan Agreement (as defined below)) to “EBITDA” (as defined in the
Loan Agreement), and is the applicable annual rate of interest shown in the
Performance Pricing Grid set forth below.  The LIBOR Margin based on the
financial statements of Borrower previously provided to Lender, and having an
effective date of March 1, 2009,  is the level 3 rate of 4.00%.  Unless
otherwise expressly provided in this Second Amendment, if the Borrower comprises
a parent corporation and its subsidiaries, the covenants herein relating to the
financial condition of the Borrower refer to the financial condition of the
parent corporation and those subsidiaries stated on a consolidated basis.

 

The rate at which interest shall accrue under this Note may change immediately
upon any change at the commencement of each Interest Period (if the London
Inter-Bank Offered Rate has changed) and/or upon any change in the LIBOR Margin.

 

If the LIBOR Rate is discontinued or unavailable, interest on the outstanding
principal balance shall accrue at the “Prime Rate” (as hereafter defined) plus
the applicable “Prime Margin” (as defined below).  The “Prime Rate” is a
fluctuating rate announced by the Lender from time to time, in the Lender’s sole
discretion, as the Lender’s Prime Rate.  Changes in the Prime Rate will be
effective, without prior notice, as of the date any change is announced.  The
Prime Rate is a reference rate only; it is not necessarily the most favorable
rate of interest that the Lender charges to any borrower or class of borrowers. 
The “Prime Margin” shall  be based on the Borrower’s ratio of Debt to EBITDA,
and is the applicable annual rate of interest shown in the Performance Pricing
Grid set forth below.

 

Pursuant to Section 6.11d. of the Loan Agreement, as soon as available but in no
event more than forty-five (45) days after the close of each of the Borrower’s
fiscal quarters, the Borrower will provide management prepared balance sheets
and profit and loss statements, with supporting schedules, setting forth the
financial

 

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condition of the Borrower as of the end of the most recent fiscal quarter and
for the year to date.  The ratio of Borrower’s Funded Debt to EBITDA will be
measured at the end of each fiscal quarter of Borrower on a rolling four quarter
basis, pursuant to the financial statements most recently and timely provided by
Borrower in accordance with the Loan Agreement.  Any change in the LIBOR Margin
(or the Prime Margin if the LIBOR Rate is discontinued or unavailable) shall go
into effect the first day of the first calendar month following the due date for
Borrower to deliver such financial statements to Lender (e.g., financial
statements to be provided for the fiscal quarter ending June 30, 2009 are due on
August 14, 2009; accordingly, if such statements are timely provided, the change
in LIBOR Margin would occur on September 1, 2009). If, however, Borrower fails
to timely provide the financial statements required under the Loan Agreement,
the LIBOR Margin shall automatically change to the level 1 rate of 5.00% (or if
the Prime Margin is applicable, then the rate shall change to the level 1 rate
of 3.00%), effective the first day of the first calendar month following the due
date for delivery of such financial statements to Lender.

 

Performance Pricing Grid means the following table:

 

 

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Level 4

 

Level 5

 

Level 6

 

Debt/ EBITDA

 

Ratio > 6.00x

 

6.00 > Ratio >

 

5.00 > Ratio

 

4.00 > Ratio >

 

3.00 > Ratio >

 

Ratio < 2.00x

 

LIBOR +

 

5.00%

 

4.50%

 

4.00%

 

3.50%

 

3.00%

 

2.50%

 

Prime Rate +

 

3.00%

 

2.50%

 

2.00%

 

1.50%

 

1.00%

 

.50%

 

 

All interest payable under the terms of this Note shall be calculated by
applying a daily interest rate, determined by multiplying the outstanding
principal balance by the applicable annual interest rate and dividing the
resulting product by 360, to the actual number of days principal is
outstanding.”

 

3.                                       Default Interest.  Section 3 of the
Term Note entitled “Default Interest” is hereby deleted in its entirety and
restated, as follows:

 

“Default Interest.  Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default (as hereinafter
defined), the unpaid Principal Sum shall bear interest thereafter, until the
Event of Default is cured, at a rate of four percent (4%) per annum in excess of
the rate of interest that would otherwise be in effect under this Note.”

 

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4.                                       Reaffirmation of terms; no offsets or
defenses.  Except as modified by this Second Amendment, the Term Note remains in
full force and effect and unmodified.  Borrower warrants and represents that it
has no offsets or defenses to its obligations under the Term Note, as modified
by this Second Amendment.

 

5.                                       Confession of judgment.  The Borrower
hereby appoints or reappoints (as the case may be) Joseph P. Corish and Jennifer
A. Brust, and each of them, as the Borrower’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact,
for the Borrower, in the Borrower’s name, place and stead, to confess judgment
against the Borrower, following the occurrence of an Event of Default, in the
office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Montgomery County, Maryland, for the
outstanding principal balance owing under the Term Note, as amended hereby,
together with interest, late payment charges, court costs, and attorneys fees of
Fifteen Percent (15%) of the then outstanding principal balance, hereby
ratifying and confirming the acts of said attorney-in-fact as if done by the
Borrower.  Notwithstanding the amount confessed for attorneys fees, Lender
agrees that enforcement of the judgment for such attorneys fees so confessed
shall not exceed the amount of fees and expenses actually charged by counsel for
Lender for services rendered by counsel in connection with the confession of
such judgment and the collection of the sums owing by Borrower to Lender.  The
Borrower consents to immediate execution of any such confessed judgment and
waives the benefit of any exemption laws.  Any provisions set forth hereafter
regarding arbitration of disputes between the Borrower and the Lender shall not
be deemed to limit Lender’s right to have the attorneys-in-fact named in this
paragraph confess judgment against the Borrower in favor of the Lender following
the occurrence of an Event of Default.

 

6.                                       Arbitration.  Provisions of the Loan
Agreement specifying that certain disputes between the Borrower and the Lender
shall be resolved by binding arbitration are incorporated by reference into the
Term Note as modified by this Second Amendment and shall have the same force and
effect as if fully set forth in the Term Note as modified by this Second 
Amendment.

 

7.                                       Lender consent.  Lender has executed
this Second Amendment for the sole purpose of evidencing its consent hereto, and
not for the purpose of becoming liable on the Term Note as a co-maker, endorser
or guarantor.

 

(Signatures and Notary Acknowledgments on following pages)

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have duly executed this Second Amendment as
of the day and year first hereinabove set forth, the Lender having signed for
the sole purpose of evidencing its consent to the amendments herein contained
and not for the purpose of becoming a co-maker of the Term Note.

 

 

 

EF JOHNSON TECHNOLOGIES, INC., a Delaware corporation

(formerly known as EFJ, INC.)

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 /s/ Jana Ahlfinger Bell

(SEAL)

 

 

Name: Jana Ahlfinger Bell

 

 

Title:  Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

State of Texas

 

)

County of Dallas

 

) To Wit:

 

Acknowledged before me by Jana Ahlfinger Bell as Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer of EF Johnson Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation
(formerly known as EFJ, Inc.), this 16th day of March, 2009.

 

[SEAL]

/s/ Elaine Flud Rodriguez

 

 

Notary Public

 

 

My commission expires:

September 23, 2009

 

My registration number:

 

 

 

 

 

E. F. JOHNSON COMPANY, a Minnesota corporation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Jana Ahlfinger Bell

(SEAL)

 

 

Name: Jana Ahlfinger Bell

 

 

Title:  Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

State of Texas

 

)

County of Dallas

 

) To Wit:

 

Acknowledged before me by Jana Ahlfinger Bell as Chief Financial Officer of E.F.
Johnson Company, a Minnesota corporation, this 16th day of March, 2009.

 

[SEAL]

/s/ Elaine Flud Rodriguez

 

 

Notary Public

 

 

My commission expires:

September 23, 2009

 

My registration number:

 

 

 

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TRANSCRYPT INTERNATIONAL, INC., a Delaware corporation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Jana Ahlfinger Bell

(SEAL)

 

 

Name: Jana Ahlfinger Bell

 

 

Title:  Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

State of Texas

 

)

County of Dallas

 

) To Wit:

 

Acknowledged before me by Jana Ahlfinger Bell as Chief Financial Officer of
Transcrypt International, Inc., a Delaware corporation, this 16th day of March,
2009.

 

[SEAL]

/s/ Elaine Flud Rodriguez

 

 

Notary Public

 

 

My commission expires:

September 23, 2009

 

My registration number:

 

 

 

 

 

 

3e TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL, INC., a Maryland corporation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Jana Ahlfinger Bell

(SEAL)

 

 

Name: Jana Ahlfinger Bell

 

 

Title:  Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

State of Texas

 

)

County of Dallas

 

) To Wit:

 

Acknowledged before me by Jana Ahlfinger Bell as Chief Financial Officer of 3e
Technologies International, Inc., a Delaware corporation, this 16th day of
March, 2009.

 

 

[SEAL]

/s/ Elaine Flud Rodriguez

 

 

Notary Public

 

 

My commission expires:

September 23, 2009

 

My registration number:

 

 

 

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BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Michael J. Radcliffe

(SEAL)

 

 

Name: Michael J. Radcliffe

 

 

Title:  Senior Vice President

 

 

 

State of Maryland

 

)

County of Prince George’s

 

) To Wit:

 

Acknowledged before me by Michael J. Radcliffe as Senior Vice President of Bank
of America, N.A., this 16th day of March, 2009.

 

 

[SEAL]

/s/ Faatimah R. Wilson

 

 

Notary Public

 

 

My commission expires:

February 4, 2013

 

My registration number:

 

 

 

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