Exhibit






    
Exhibit 10.1
Execution Version


AMENDMENT NO. 3 TO CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of February 25, 2016 (this “Amendment”), among THE KEYW CORPORATION, a Maryland corporation (the “Borrower”), each of the undersigned guarantors (the “Guarantors”) the Lenders party hereto and ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”) for the Lenders (such capitalized term and, unless otherwise specified, all other capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Credit Agreement referred to below).


WHEREAS, the Borrower, the Lenders party thereto and the Administrative Agent and the other parties named therein, are party to that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of July 21, 2014 (as amended by Amendment No. 1 to Credit Agreement, dated as of January 15, 2015, and as further amended by Amendment No. 2 to Credit Agreement, dated as of November 5, 2015, and as further amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified to (but not including) the date hereof, the “Credit Agreement”), pursuant to which the Lenders have made certain extensions of credit available to and on behalf of the Borrower; and


WHEREAS, the Borrower and the Lenders party hereto have agreed to amend the Credit
Agreement, but only on the terms and conditions herein set forth.


NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and covenants contained herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound hereby, agree as follows:


Section 1.          Credit Agreement Amendments.   Effective as of,  and subject to  the occurrence of, the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date (as defined below):


(a)       Section  1.01  of  the  Credit  Agreement  is  amended  by  adding  the following definitions in the appropriate alphabetical order:


“Amendment No. 3 to Credit Agreement” means Amendment No. 3 to Credit Agreement, dated as of February 25, 2016 between the Borrower, the Guarantors party thereto, the Lenders party thereto and the Administrative Agent.


“Amendment No.  3  Effective  Date”  means  February  25,  2016,  being  the  date  on  which
Amendment No. 3 to Credit Agreement became effective.


(b)       The aggregate Revolving Commitments are hereby permanently reduced to $20,000,000.  Such reduction of the Commitment and the Revolving Commitments is applied to each Lender according to its Applicable Percentage.  The Revolving Commitments permanently terminated pursuant to this clause (a) are hereinafter referred to as the “Terminated Commitments”.


(c)       The definition of “Accommodation Period” set forth in Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is amended by replacing the words “through and including March 31, 2016” with the words “to (but excluding) the date on which the Loan Parties deliver financial statements pursuant to Section 7.01(b) in respect of the fiscal quarter ending June 30, 2016”.


(d)    The definition of “Applicable Rate” set forth in Section 1.01 of the Cred- it Agreement is amended by replacing the words “the following percentages per annum” with the words “(i) from the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date until the termination of the Accommodation Period, (x)









4.50% per annum in respect of Eurodollar Rate Loans and (y) 3.50% per annum in respect of Base Rate


Loans and (ii) from and after the termination of the Accommodation Period, the following percentages per annum”.


(e)       The definition of “Consolidated EBITDA” set forth in Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is amended by deleting the word “and” appearing before clause (xii) thereof and replacing the “;” at the end of clause (xii) thereof with the following:


“, and (xiii) without duplication of any add-backs pursuant to clause (xi) and solely for the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2015, up to $2,000,000 in cost savings realized by the Parent and its Subsidiaries as a result of certain January  2016 cost reductions, as certified by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower in a certificate reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent containing reasonably detailed supporting calculations;”


(f)       Section 2.05(b)(i) of the Credit Agreement is amended by deleting the words “(x) during the Accommodation Period, the lesser of (1) $20,000,000 and (y) the Revolving Commitments then in effect and (y) at all other times,” in the first sentence thereof.


(g)      Section 2.09(a) of the Credit Agreement is amended by replacing the reference to “0.625%” with the words “(x) during the Accommodation Period, 0.625% and (y) at all other times, 0.50%”.


(h) Section 8.12(b) of  the  Credit Agreement is  amended and restated in its entirety as follows:


“(b)      Consolidated Cash  Interest Coverage Ratio.    Permit  the  Consolidated Cash  Interest Coverage Ratio (1) as of the end of any fiscal quarter of the Parent (other than for the fiscal quarters ended September 30, 2015, December 30, 2015 and March 31, 2016) during the applicable period to be less than 3.50:1.00, (2) as of the end of the fiscal quarter of the Parent ended September 30, 2015 to be less than 1.60:1.00, (3) as of the end of the fiscal quarter of the Parent ended December 31, 2015 to be less than 2.25:1.00 and (4) as of the end of the fiscal quarter of the Parent ended March 31, 2016 to be less than 3.25:1.00.”


Section 2.          Representations and Warranties, No Default.  The Borrower represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders as of the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date that:  (a) this Amendment is within each Loan Party’s corporate or other organizational powers; (b) this Amendment has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other organizational action; (c) this Amendment does not and will not (i) contravene the terms of any of such Person’s organizational documents, (ii) conflict with or result in any breach or contravention of, or the creation of any Lien under, or require any payment to be made under (A) any Contractual Obligation to which such Person is a party or affecting such Person or the properties of such Person or any of its Subsidiaries or (B) any order, injunction, writ or decree of any Governmental Authority or any arbitral award to which such Person or its property is subject or (iii) violate in any material respect any Law to which such Person or its property is subject; (d) this Amendment has been duly executed and delivered by each of the Loan Parties and constitutes, a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Loan Party, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms and (e) this Amendment does not require any consent, approval, exemption or authorization of, registration or filing (other than any filings required under applicable Federal or state securities laws) with, or any other action by, any Governmental Authority or any other Person.


Section 3.          Conditions to  Effectiveness of  Amendment.    This  Amendment shall become effective on the date (the “Amendment No. 3 Effective Date”) on which each of the following
conditions are satisfied or waived by each applicable party:


(a)                   The Administrative Agent shall have received executed signature pages to this Amendment from the Lenders, the Borrower and each other Loan Party;











(b)                   The representations and warranties of each Loan Party set forth in the Loan Documents are true and correct in all material respects on and as of Amendment Effective Date with the  same  effect  as  though  such  representations  and  warranties  had  been  made  on  and  as  of  the Amendment Effective Date, provided that, to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, they shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date;


(c)    At the time of and immediately after giving effect to this Amendment, no
Default has occurred and is continuing;


(d)                   The Borrower shall have paid or caused to be paid all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent and its Affiliates (without duplication) including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of legal counsel to the Administrative Agent incurred in connection with this Amendment; and


(e)                   The Borrower shall have paid, (i) for the account of each Lender that has returned an executed signature page to this Amendment to the Administrative Agent at or prior to 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on February 22, 2016, amendment fees in the amount equal to 0.15% of the sum, without duplication, of such Lender’s outstanding Revolving Loans and Revolving Commitments, (ii) for the account of each Lender, all fees accrued under the Credit Agreement in respect of the Terminated Commitments and (ii) for the account of Royal Bank of Canada (or its applicable affiliates), such other fees as shall have been agreed with Royal Bank of Canada in writing prior to the date hereof.


(f)                   The Borrower shall have prepaid the outstanding Loans and/or Cash Collateralized the outstanding L/C Obligations to the extent the Total Revolving Outstanding on the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date exceeds $20,000,000.


Section 4.          Counterparts.   This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto on separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single instrument.  Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Amendment by facsimile or other electronic transmission (i.e. a “PDF” or “TIF”) shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof.


Section 5.          Applicable Law.   THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN  ACCORDANCE WITH  AND  GOVERNED BY  THE  LAWS  OF  THE  STATE  OF  NEW YORK.


Section 6.          Headings.    The  headings  of  this  Amendment  are  for  purposes  of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.


Section 7.          Effect  of  Amendment.    Except  as  expressly  set  forth  herein,  this Amendment shall not by implication or otherwise limit, impair, constitute a waiver of or otherwise affect the rights and remedies of the Lenders under the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, and shall not alter, modify, amend or in any way affect any of the terms, conditions, obligations, covenants or
agreements contained in the Credit Agreement or any other provision of either such agreement or any other Loan Document, and each Loan Party acknowledges and agrees that each of the Loan Documents to which it is a party or otherwise bound shall continue in full force and effect and that all of its obligations thereunder shall be valid and enforceable and shall not be impaired or limited by the execution or effectiveness of this Amendment.  Each and every term, condition, obligation, covenant and agreement contained in the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document is hereby ratified and reaffirmed in all respects and shall continue in full force and effect.  Each Loan Party ratifies and reaffirms its obligations under the Loan Documents to which it is party, the Liens granted by it pursuant to the Collateral Documents, which continue to secure the Obligations, and if such Loan Party is a Guarantor, its guaranty of  the  Obligations pursuant  to  the  Guaranty.    From  and  after  the  Amendment Effective Date,  all references to the Credit Agreement in any Loan Document shall, unless expressly provided otherwise, refer to the Credit Agreement as amended by this Amendment.  In entering into this Amendment, each Lender has undertaken 









its own analysis and has not relied on any other Lender in making its decision to enter into this Amendment. This Amendment constitutes a Loan Document. The Borrower agrees to pay all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses of the Administrative Agent in connection with the preparation, execution, delivery and administration of this Amendment and the other instruments and documents to be delivered hereunder (including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Administrative Agent) in accordance with the terms of Section 11.04 of the Credit Agreement.


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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed as of the date first above written.
	
					
	Borrower:
	 
	THE KEYW CORPORATION,

	 
	 
	a Maryland corporation

	 
	 
	 
	 
	 

	 
	 
	By:
	/s/ Philip L. Calamia
	 

	 
	 
	Name:
	Philip L. Calamia
	 

	 
	 
	Title:
	Chief Financial Officer
	 

	 
	 
	 
	 
	 

	Guarantors:
	 
	THE KEYW HOLDING CORPORATION,

	 
	 
	a Maryland corporation

	 
	 
	 
	 
	 

	 
	 
	By:
	/s/ Philip L. Calamia
	 

	 
	 
	Name:
	Philip L. Calamia
	 

	 
	 
	Title:
	Chief Financial Officer
	 

	 
	 
	 
	 
	 

	 
	 
	THE ANALYSIS GROUP, LLC,

	 
	 
	a Virginia limited liability company

	 
	 
	 
	 
	 

	 
	 
	By:
	/s/ Philip L. Calamia
	 

	 
	 
	Name:
	Philip L. Calamia
	 

	 
	 
	Title:
	Chief Financial Officer
	 

	 
	 
	 
	 
	 

	 
	 
	EVEREST TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS, INC.,

	 
	 
	a Delaware corporation

	 
	 
	 
	 
	 

	 
	 
	By:
	/s/ Philip L. Calamia
	 

	 
	 
	Name:
	Philip L. Calamia
	 

	 
	 
	Title:
	Chief Financial Officer
	 

	 
	 
	 
	 
	 

	 
	 
	HEXIS CYBER SOLUTIONS, INC.,

	 
	 
	a Maryland corporation

	 
	 
	 
	 
	 

	 
	 
	By:
	/s/ Philip L. Calamia
	 

	 
	 
	Name:
	Philip L. Calamia
	 

	 
	 
	Title:
	Chief Financial Officer
	 

	 
	 
	 
	 
	 

	 
	 
	AEROPTIC, LLC,

	 
	 
	a Massachusetts limited liability company

	 
	 
	 
	 
	 

	 
	 
	By:
	/s/ Philip L. Calamia
	 

	 
	 
	Name:
	Philip L. Calamia
	 

	 
	 
	Title:
	Manager
	 

	 
	 
	 
	 
	 













	
					
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 

	 
	 
	SENSAGE, INC.,

	 
	 
	a California corporation

	 
	 
	 
	 
	 

	 
	 
	By:
	/s/ Philip L. Calamia
	 

	 
	 
	Name:
	Philip L. Calamia
	 

	 
	 
	Title:
	Chief Financial Officer
	 

	 
	 
	 
	 
	 

	 
	 
	PONTE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC,

	 
	 
	a Maryland limited liability company

	 
	 
	 
	 
	 

	 
	 
	By:
	/s/ Philip L. Calamia
	 

	 
	 
	Name:
	Philip L. Calamia
	 

	 
	 
	Title:
	Chief Financial Officer
	 

	 
	 
	 
	 
	 















	
					
	 
	 
	ROYAL BANK OF CANADA,

	 
	 
	as a Lender

	 
	 
	 
	 
	 

	 
	 
	By:
	/s/ Sinan Tarlan
	 

	 
	 
	Name:
	Sinan Tarlan
	 

	 
	 
	Title:
	Authorized Signatory
	 

	 
	 
	 
	 
	 













	
					
	 
	 
	BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.

	 
	 
	as a Lender

	 
	 
	 
	 
	 

	 
	 
	By:
	/s/ Mark A. Zirkle
	 

	 
	 
	Name:
	Mark A. Zirkle
	 

	 
	 
	Title:
	Senior Vice President
	 

	 
	 
	 
	 
	 













	
					
	 
	 
	SUNTRUST BANK

	 
	 
	as a Lender

	 
	 
	 
	 
	 

	 
	 
	By:
	/s/ Paul Deerin
	 

	 
	 
	Name:
	Paul Deerin
	 

	 
	 
	Title:
	Senior Vice President
	 

	 
	 
	 
	 
	 













	
					
	 
	 
	Acknowledged and Accepted

	 
	 
	ROYAL BANK OF CANADA,

	 
	 
	as Administrative Agent

	 
	 
	 
	 
	 

	 
	 
	By:
	/s/ Ann Hurley
	 

	 
	 
	Name:
	Ann Hurley
	 

	 
	 
	Title:
	Manager, Agency