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Exhibit 10.1

 

SECOND AMENDMENT TO 
THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

This SECOND AMENDMENT TO THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of June 2, 2020 (this “Amendment”) is made by and among NOVANTA CORPORATION, a Michigan corporation (the “Lead Borrower”), NOVANTA UK INVESTMENTS HOLDING LIMITED, a private limited company incorporated in England and Wales (the “U.K. Borrower”), Novanta Europe GmbH, a limited liability company (Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung) formed and existing under the laws of Germany (the “German Borrower” and jointly and severally together with the Lead Borrower and the U.K. Borrower, collectively the “Borrowers”), NOVANTA INC., a company continued and existing under the laws of the Province of New Brunswick, Canada (“Holdings”), each of the Subsidiaries of Holdings listed under the caption “GUARANTORS” on the signature pages hereto (each a “Guarantor” and collectively the “Guarantors”), each lender party hereto and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”), Swing Line Lenders and L/C Issuer.

WHEREAS, the Borrowers, the lenders from time to time party thereto (collectively, the “Lenders” and individually, a “Lender”) and the Administrative Agent are parties to that certain Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of December 31, 2019, as amended by the First Amendment to Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of March 27, 2020 (as further amended, restated, extended, supplemented or otherwise modified in writing from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), pursuant to which the Lenders have agreed to make certain financial accommodations to the Borrowers; and

WHEREAS, the Borrowers, the Guarantors the Required Lenders and the Administrative Agent wish to amend the Credit Agreement in certain respects, all on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual covenants herein contained, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties signatory hereto agree as follows:

1.Definitions.  Except as otherwise defined in this Amendment, terms defined in the Credit Agreement are used herein as defined therein.

2.Amendments to Credit Agreement.  Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent specified in Section 3 below, the undersigned Lenders hereby agree that, effective as of the date hereof, the Credit Agreement shall be amended as follows:

Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the definition of “Consolidated Leverage Ratio” in its entirety and inserting the following definition in its stead:

“Consolidated Leverage Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a)(i) Consolidated Funded Indebtedness as of such date minus (ii) an amount equal to the lesser of (x) $25,000,000 and (y) the sum of the amount of (without duplication) (A) unrestricted cash and Cash Equivalents of the Loan Parties as of such date, (B) unrestricted cash and Cash Equivalents 

 



 

of Holdings and its Subsidiaries held at deposit or securities accounts with the Administrative Agent or any Lender as of such date and (C) cash and Cash Equivalents of the Loan Parties held at deposit or securities accounts with the Administrative Agent or any Lender and restricted solely in favor of the Secured Parties as collateral security for the Obligations as of such date, to (b) Consolidated EBITDA of Holdings and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for the most recently completed Measurement Period. 

3.Conditions Precedent.  The amendments to the Credit Agreement set forth in Section 2 hereof shall become effective, as of the date hereof, upon satisfaction of the following conditions precedent:

(a)the Lead Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent a counterpart of this Amendment executed by each Loan Party;

(b)the Lenders constituting Required Lenders and the Administrative Agent shall, in each case, have indicated their consent and agreement by executing this Amendment;

(c)the Borrowers shall have paid all fees and other amounts due and payable by them under the Credit Agreement, including to the extent invoiced the reasonable fees, costs and expenses owing to Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP;

(d)the representations and warranties made by each Loan Party in Section 4 hereof are true and correct as of the date hereof; and

(e)no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

4.Representations and Warranties.  The Lead Borrower and the other Loan Parties each represents and warrants to the Lenders that the representations and warranties of the Loan Parties contained in Article V of the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, or which are contained in any document furnished at any time under or in connection herewith or therewith, are true and correct in all material respects on the date hereof, except that any representation and warranty that is qualified as to “materiality,” “Material Adverse Effect” or similar language shall be true and correct in all respects on the date hereof; provided that (a) to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they shall be true and correct as of such earlier date, (b) the representations and warranties contained in Sections 5.05(a) and (b) of the Credit Agreement shall be deemed to refer to the most recent statements furnished pursuant to Sections 6.01(a) and (b) of the Credit Agreement, respectively and (c) each reference in the Credit Agreement to “this Agreement” or the “Credit Agreement” or the like shall include reference to this Amendment and the Credit Agreement as amended hereby.

5.Effect on Loan Documents.  The Credit Agreement (as amended hereby) and the other Loan Documents shall be and remain in full force and effect in accordance with their terms and hereby are ratified and confirmed in all respects.  Except as expressly set forth herein the execution, delivery, and performance of this Amendment shall not operate as a waiver or an amendment of any right, power, or remedy of the Administrative Agent or any Lender under the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, as in effect prior to the date hereof.  Each of the 

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Loan Parties hereby ratifies and confirms in all respects all of its obligations under the Credit Agreement (as amended hereby) and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party.

6. No Novation; Entire Agreement.  This Amendment evidences solely the amendment of the terms and provisions of the obligations of the Lead Borrower and the other Loan Parties under the Loan Documents and is not a novation or discharge thereof.  There are no other understandings, express or implied, among the Lead Borrower, the other Loan Parties, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders regarding the subject matter hereof or thereof.

7.Choice of Law.  This Amendment shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.

8.Electronic Signatures; Counterparts.  This Amendment and any document, amendment, approval, consent, information, notice, certificate, request, statement, disclosure or authorization related to this Amendment (each a “Communication”), including Communications required to be in writing, may be in the form of an Electronic Record and may be executed using Electronic Signatures.  Each of the Loan Parties agrees that any Electronic Signature on or associated with any Communication shall be valid and binding on each of the Loan Parties to the same extent as a manual, original signature, and that any Communication entered into by Electronic Signature, will constitute the legal, valid and binding obligation of each of the Loan Parties enforceable against such in accordance with the terms thereof to the same extent as if a manually executed original signature was delivered.   Any Communication may be executed in as many counterparts as necessary or convenient, including both paper and electronic counterparts, but all such counterparts are one and the same Communication.  For the avoidance of doubt, the authorization under this paragraph may include, without limitation, use or acceptance by the Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders of a manually signed paper Communication which has been converted into electronic form (such as scanned into PDF format), or an electronically signed Communication converted into another format, for transmission, delivery and/or retention. The Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders may, at its option, create one or more copies of any Communication in the form of an imaged Electronic Record (“Electronic Copy”), which shall be deemed created in the ordinary course of such Person’s business, and destroy the original paper document.  All Communications in the form of an Electronic Record, including an Electronic Copy, shall be considered an original for all purposes, and shall have the same legal effect, validity and enforceability as a paper record.  Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the Administrative Agent is under no obligation to accept an Electronic Signature in any form or in any format unless expressly agreed to by the Administrative Agent pursuant to procedures approved by it; provided, further, without limiting the foregoing, (a) to the extent the Administrative Agent has agreed to accept such Electronic Signature, the Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders shall be entitled to rely on any such Electronic Signature purportedly given by or on behalf of any Loan Party without further verification and (b) upon the request of the Administrative Agent or any Lender, any Electronic Signature shall be promptly followed by such manually executed counterpart.  For purposes hereof, “Electronic Record” and “Electronic Signature” shall have the meanings assigned to them, respectively, by 15 USC §7006, as it may be amended from time to time.  For the avoidance of doubt, upon the request of the Administrative Agent, each Loan Party and each Lender party hereto hereby agrees to deliver a manually signed original counterpart of each 

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Communication to the Administrative Agent within a reasonable time after the effectiveness of this Amendment.

9.Construction.  This Amendment is a Loan Document.  This Amendment and the Credit Agreement shall be construed collectively and in the event that any term, provision or condition of any of such documents is inconsistent with or contradictory to any term, provision or condition of any other such document, the terms, provisions and conditions of this Amendment shall supersede and control the terms, provisions and conditions of the Credit Agreement.  Upon and after the effectiveness of this Amendment, each reference in the Credit Agreement to “this Agreement”, “hereunder”, “herein”, “hereof” or words of like import referring to the Credit Agreement, and each reference in the other Loan Documents to “the Credit Agreement”, “thereunder”, “therein”, “thereof” or words of like import referring to the Credit Agreement, shall mean and be a reference to the Credit Agreement as modified and amended hereby.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be executed as of the date first above written.

BORROWERS:

NOVANTA CORPORATION

 

 

By:  /s/ Robert Buckley

Name:  Robert Buckley

Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

NOVANTA UK INVESTMENTS HOLDING LIMITED 

 

 

By:  /s/ Robert Buckley

Name:  Robert Buckley

Title: Director

 

NOVANTA EUROPE GmbH

 

 

By:  /s/ Robert Buckley

Name:  Robert Buckley

Title:    Managing Director

 

 

 

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HOLDINGS:

NOVANTA INC.

 

 

By:  /s/ Robert Buckley

Name:  Robert Buckley

Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

 

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OTHER GUARANTORS:

NOVANTA TECHNOLOGIES UK LIMITED

 

 

By:  /s/ Robert Buckley

Name:  Robert Buckley

Title: Director

 

 

 

NDS SURGICAL IMAGING LLC

 

 

By:  /s/ Robert Buckley

Name:  Robert Buckley

Title:    President

 

 

MED X CHANGE, INC.

 

 

By:  /s/ Robert Buckley

Name:  Robert Buckley

Title:    President

 

 

NOVANTA MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES CORP.

 

 

By:  /s/ Robert Buckley

Name:  Robert Buckley

Title:    President

 

 

W.O.M. WORLD OF MEDICINE USA, INC.

 

 

By:  /s/ Timothy Spinella    

Name:  Timothy Spinella

Title:    Treasurer

 

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bank of america, n.a., as 
Administrative Agent

 

 

By:  /s/ Melissa Mullis

Name:  Melissa Mullis

Title:   Assistant Vice President


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bank of america, n.a., as a Lender

 

 

By:  /s/ John F. Lynch

Name:  John F. Lynch

Title:  Senior Vice President

 

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JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as a Lender 

 

 

By:  /s/ Maria Riaz

Name:  MARIA RIAZ

Title:    VICE PRESIDENT




 

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WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as a Lender 

 

 

By:  /s/ Cody King

Name:  Cody King

Title:    Vice President

 

 

 

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SILICON VALLEY BANK, as a Lender 

 

 

By:  /s/ Michael Shuhy

Name:  Michael Shuhy

Title:  Managing Director

 

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TD BANK, N.A., as a Lender 

 

 

By:  /s/ Leonid Batsevitsky

Name:  Leonid Batsevitsky

Title: Vice President 

 

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BANK OF MONTREAL, as a Lender 

 

 

By:  /s/ Anne Robles

Name:  Anne Robles

Title:  Vice President

 

 

 

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BANK OF MONTREAL, London Branch, as a Lender 

 

 

By:  /s/ Tom Woolgar

Name:  Tom Woolgar

Title: Managing Director

 

 

 

By:  /s/ Scott Matthews

Name:  Scott Matthews

Title: Managing Director 

 

 

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HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as a Lender

 

 

By:  /s/ Shaun R. Kleinman

Name:  Shaun R. Kleinman

Title: Senior vice President 

 

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HSBC UK BANK PLC, as a Lender

 

 

By:  /s/ Rachel Shatliff

Name:  Rachel Shatliff

Title:  Managing Director and Head of International Subsidiary Banking

 

 

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PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as a Lender

 

 

By:  /s/ Eileen P. Murphy

Name:  Eileen P. Murphy

Title:  Vice President

 

 

 

 

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