exv10w1






Exhibit 10.1




CONFORMED VERSION




THIRD AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT




     THIRD AMENDMENT dated as of July 31, 2008 (this “Third Amendment”) among VERIFONE
INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS, INC., a Delaware corporation (“Holdings”), VERIFONE, INC., a
Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), the Lenders party or consenting hereto and JPMORGAN
CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”) to
the Credit Agreement (as defined below).



     Holdings, the Borrower, the banks and other lending institutions from time to time party
thereto (each a “Lender” and, collectively, the “Lenders”), the Administrative
Agent, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Swing Line Lender and as an L/C Issuer, Bank Leumi USA and
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Co-Documentation Agents, and Lehman Commercial Paper Inc., as
Syndication Agent, are parties to a Credit Agreement dated as of October 31, 2006, as amended by a
First Amendment dated as of January 25, 2008 and a Second Amendment dated as of April 28, 2008
(together, the “Credit Agreement”). Terms used herein without definition which are defined
in the Credit Agreement being used herein as therein defined. Holdings and the Borrower have
requested that the Required Lenders agree to certain amendments to the Credit Agreement, and each
of the Lenders party or consenting hereto (which Lenders collectively constitute the Required
Lenders), have agreed, subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, to amend the Credit
Agreement as herein provided. Accordingly, Holdings, the Borrower and the Lenders party or
consenting hereto agree as follows:



ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS



          Section 1.01 Definitions. Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms defined
in the Credit Agreement or in Section 2.01(a) of this Third Amendment have the same
meanings when used in this Third Amendment. The following additional terms, as used herein, have
the following respective meanings:


          “Consenting Lender” means each Lender that consents to this Third Amendment as
evidenced by the receipt by Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP, counsel to the
Administrative Agent, of an executed counterpart signature page evidencing such Lender’s consent
and agreement to this Third Amendment from such Lender prior to 12:00 noon (local time in New York
City) on July 31, 2008.


          “Third Amendment Fee” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(e) of this
Third Amendment.



ARTICLE II

AMENDMENTS TO THE CREDIT AGREEMENT



          Section 2.01 Amendment to Article II of the Credit Agreement. The proviso to
Section 2.09(b)(ii) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by inserting “September 10,
2008” in lieu of “August 10, 2008”.


          Section 2.02 Amendments to Article VI of the Credit Agreement.


          (a)     Section 6.01(a) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended to read in full as
follows:



 









 






     “(a)     Annual Financial Statements. As soon as available, and in any
event (i) within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year of Parent Holdings
(commencing with the fiscal year ended October 31, 2006 but other than the fiscal
year ended October 31, 2007) and (ii) by August 31, 2008 with respect to the fiscal
year ended October 31, 2007, a consolidated balance sheet of Parent Holdings and its
Consolidated Subsidiaries, as of the end of such fiscal year, and the related
consolidated statement of operations and retained earnings and consolidated
statement of cash flows for such fiscal year, setting forth in comparative form
consolidated figures for the preceding fiscal year, all such financial statements to
be in reasonable form and detail and audited by Parent Holdings’ registered
independent public accounting firm and accompanied by an opinion of such firm (which
shall not be qualified or limited in any material respect) to the effect that such
consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with GAAP and
present fairly in all material respects the consolidated financial position and
consolidated results of operations and cash flows of Parent Holdings and its
Consolidated Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP consistently applied (except for
changes with which such accountants concur).”


          (b)     Section 6.01(b) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended to read in full as
follows:




     “(b)     Quarterly Financial Statements. As soon as available, and in any
event (i) within 45 days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters in
each fiscal year of Parent Holdings (commencing with fiscal quarter ended January
31, 2007 but other than the Affected Quarters and the fiscal quarters ended January
31, 2008 and April 30, 2008) and (ii) by August 31, 2008 with respect to the
Affected Quarters and the fiscal quarters ended January 31, 2008 and April 30, 2008,
a consolidated balance sheet of Parent Holdings and its Consolidated Subsidiaries as
of the end of such fiscal quarter, together with related consolidated statement of
operations and retained earnings and consolidated statement of cash flows for such
fiscal quarter and the then elapsed portion of such fiscal year, setting forth in
comparative form consolidated figures for the corresponding periods of the preceding
fiscal year, all such financial statements to be in form and detail and reasonably
acceptable to the Administrative Agent, and accompanied by a certificate of the
chief financial officer of Parent Holdings to the effect that such quarterly
financial statements have been prepared in accordance with GAAP and present fairly
in all material respects the consolidated financial position and consolidated
results of operations and cash flows of Parent Holdings and its Consolidated
Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP consistently applied, subject to changes
resulting from normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes
required by GAAP.”


          (c)     Section 6.02(f) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended to read in full as
follows:




     “(f)     Excess Cash Flow. Commencing with the fiscal year ending October
31, 2007, a certificate of the chief financial officer of Holdings containing
information regarding the calculation of the amount, if any, required to be prepaid
by the Borrower under Section 2.09(b)(ii) in respect of Excess Cash Flow for
such fiscal year. Such certificate shall be due (i) for the fiscal year ending
October 31, 2007, on or before September 10, 2008 and (ii) within 100 days after the
end of each fiscal year of Holdings thereafter.”



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ARTICLE III

CONDITIONS TO EFFECTIVENESS



          Section 3.01 Conditions to Effectiveness of this Third Amendment. This Third
Amendment, and each of the amendments contained herein, shall become effective on the date (the
“Third Amendment Effective Date”) when each of the following conditions precedent have been
fulfilled (or waived) to the reasonable satisfaction of the Administrative Agent:


          (a)     Execution and Delivery of this Third Amendment. The Administrative Agent shall
have received counterparts of this Third Amendment duly executed by Holdings, the Borrower and the
Administrative Agent and duly consented to by the Required Lenders.


          (b)     Acknowledgement. The Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts of an
Acknowledgement and Agreement, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, duly executed
by each of the Persons (other than Holdings and the Borrower) who are or are required by the
Finance Documents to be Loan Parties.


          (c)     Payment of Fees. All costs, fees and expenses due to the Administrative Agent and
the Lenders on or before the Third Amendment Effective Date pursuant to the Finance Documents shall
have been paid, including, without limitation, the Third Amendment Fee.


          (d)     Counsel Fees. Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP (“Fried
Frank”) shall have received full payment from the Borrower of the fees and expenses of Fried
Frank described in Section 6.07(a) of this Third Amendment which are billed through the
Third Amendment Effective Date.


          (e)     Amendment Fee. The Borrower shall have paid to the Administrative Agent for the
account of each Consenting Lender a non-refundable and fully earned fee (the “Third Amendment
Fee”) equal to 0.125% of each such Consenting Lender’s aggregate Revolving Commitment and the
outstanding principal amount of its Term B Loans, in each case as of the Third Amendment Effective
Date.


          (f)     Other. The Administrative Agent shall have received such other documents,
instruments, agreements or information as may be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent.
All corporate and legal proceedings and all instruments and agreements relating to the transactions
contemplated by this Third Amendment or in any other document delivered in connection herewith
shall be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Administrative Agent and Fried Frank,
and the Administrative Agent shall have received all information and copies of all documents and
papers, including records of corporate proceedings, governmental approvals, good standing
certificates and bring-down telegrams, if any, which the Administrative Agent may reasonably have
requested, such documents and papers where appropriate to be certified by proper corporate or
governmental authorities. The documents referred to in this Section 3.01(f) shall be
delivered to the Administrative Agent no later than the Third Amendment Effective Date.


          Section 3.02 Effects of this Third Amendment.


          (a)     Once the Third Amendment Effective Date has occurred, the Credit Agreement will be
automatically amended retroactive to, and as of, the date of this Third Amendment to reflect the
amendments thereto provided for in this Third Amendment. Once the Third Amendment Effective date
has occurred, then on and after the Third Amendment Effective Date, the rights and obligations of
the parties to the Credit Agreement shall be governed by the Credit Agreement, as amended by this
Third Amendment. Once the Third Amendment Effective Date has occurred, all references to the
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Agreement in any document, instrument, agreement or writing shall be deemed to refer to the
Credit Agreement as amended by this Third Amendment.


          (b)     Other than as specifically provided herein, this Third Amendment shall not operate as a
waiver or amendment of any right, power or privilege of the Administrative Agent or any Lender
under the Credit Agreement or any other Finance Document or of any other term or condition of the
Credit Agreement or any other Finance Document, nor shall the entering into of this Third Amendment
preclude the Administrative Agent and/or any Lender from refusing to enter into any further waivers
or amendments with respect thereto. This Third Amendment is not intended by any of the parties
hereto to be interpreted as a course of dealing which would in any way impair the rights or
remedies of the Administrative Agent or any Lender except as expressly stated herein, and no Lender
shall have any obligation to extend credit to the Borrower other than pursuant to the strict terms
of the Credit Agreement and the other Finance Documents, as amended or supplemented to date
(including by means of this Third Amendment).



ARTICLE IV


REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES



          Section 4.01 Representations and Warranties. In order to induce the Required Lenders
to consent to the amendments contained herein, each of Holdings and the Borrower represents and
warrants as set forth below:


          (a)     After giving effect to this Third Amendment, the Credit Agreement, as amended, does not
impair the validity, effectiveness or priority of the Liens granted pursuant to the Collateral
Documents, and such Liens continue unimpaired with the same priority to secure repayment of all
Finance Obligations, whether heretofore or hereafter incurred. The position of the Lenders with
respect to such Liens, the Collateral in which a security interest was granted pursuant to the
Collateral Documents and the ability of the Administrative Agent to realize upon such Liens
pursuant to the terms of the Collateral Documents have not been adversely affected in any material
respect by the amendments to the Credit Agreement effected pursuant to this Third Amendment or by
the execution, delivery, performance or effectiveness of this Third Amendment.


          (b)     Each of Holdings and the Borrower reaffirms as of the date hereof and the Third Amendment
Effective Date its covenants and agreements contained in the Credit Agreement and each Collateral
Document and other Finance Document to which it is a party, including, in each case, as such
covenants and agreements may be modified by this Third Amendment on the Third Amendment Effective
Date. Each of Holdings and the Borrower further confirms that each Collateral Document and other
Finance Document to which it is a party is, and shall continue to be, in full force and effect, and
the same are hereby ratified, approved and confirmed in all respects, except as the Credit
Agreement may be amended by this Third Amendment.


          (c)     Immediately after giving effect to this Third Amendment, the representations and
warranties set forth in Article V of the Credit Agreement (as so amended) and each other
Finance Document are, in each case, true and correct in all material respects (unless stated to
relate solely to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true
and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date).


          (d)     This Third Amendment constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of each of
Holdings and the Borrower enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to the effects of
bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws



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relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally, general equitable principles (whether
considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and an implied covenant of good faith and fair
dealing.


          (e)     The parties signatory to the Acknowledgment and Agreement delivered pursuant to
Section 3.01(b) of this Third Amendment constitute all of the Persons who (together with
Holdings and the Borrower) are or are required under the terms of the Finance Documents to be Loan
Parties.


          (f)     The written statements and information contained in this Third Amendment and the other
documents, certificates and statements furnished or made to the Administrative Agent and the
Lenders on or prior to the Third Amendment Effective Date by or on behalf of any Loan Party for use
in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Third Amendment, taken as a whole, do not,
as of the Third Amendment Effective Date, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit
to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained therein not materially
misleading.


          (g)     Each of Holdings and the Borrower has all requisite corporate power and authority to enter
into this Third Amendment and to carry out the transactions contemplated by, and perform its
obligations under, this Third Amendment and the Credit Agreement as amended by this Third
Amendment.


          (h)     As of the Third Amendment Effective Date (and giving effect to this Third Amendment), no
event has occurred and is continuing or will result from the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Third Amendment or the Credit Agreement as amended by this Third Amendment
that would constitute an Event of Default or a Default.



ARTICLE V

WAIVER



          Section 5.01 Waiver Subject to the terms and conditions hereof and compliance by
Holdings and the Borrower with their respective obligations hereunder and under the Credit
Agreement as amended hereby, and in reliance on the representations and warranties of Holdings and
the Borrower set forth herein, the Lenders agree that no Default or Event of Default that may have
arisen under the Credit Agreement by virtue of the failure to deliver accurate financial statements
or related certifications for the Affected Quarters prior to the delivery of the Restated
Financials shall constitute a Default or an Event of Default under the Credit Agreement, and any
such Default or Event of Default shall for all purposes of the Loan Documents be waived.



ARTICLE VI


MISCELLANEOUS



          Section 6.01 Headings. The various headings of this Third Amendment are inserted for
convenience only and shall not affect the meaning or interpretation of this Third Amendment or any
provisions hereof.


          Section 6.02 Execution in Counterparts. This Third Amendment may be executed by the
parties hereto in several counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original and all of
which shall constitute together but one and the same agreement. A counterpart hereof executed and
delivered by facsimile or pdf or other similar electronic transmission shall be effective as an
original.


          Section 6.03 Successors and Assigns. This Third Amendment shall be binding upon and
inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns.



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          Section 6.04 Governing Law.


          (a)     THIS THIRD AMENDMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE
GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW
YORK (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION SECTION 5-1401 OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW OF THE STATE OF
NEW YORK), WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF LAWS PRINCIPLES.


          (b)     Any legal action or proceeding with respect to this Third Amendment may be brought in the
courts of the State of New York in New York County, or of the United States for the Southern
District of New York, and, by execution and delivery of this Third Amendment, each of Holdings and
the Borrower hereby irrevocably accepts for itself and in respect of its property, generally and
unconditionally, the nonexclusive jurisdiction of such courts. Each of Holdings and the Borrower
irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by Law, any objection which it may now or
hereafter have to the laying of the venue of any such proceeding brought in such court and any
claim that any such proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.


          Section 6.05 Waiver of Right to Trial by Jury. EACH PARTY TO THIS THIRD AMENDMENT
HEREBY EXPRESSLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY CLAIM, DEMAND, ACTION OR CAUSE OF ACTION
ARISING HEREUNDER OR UNDER ANY OTHER FINANCE DOCUMENT OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH OR RELATED OR
INCIDENTAL TO THE DEALINGS OF THE PARTIES HERETO OR ANY OF THEM WITH RESPECT TO THIS THIRD
AMENDMENT OR ANY OTHER FINANCE DOCUMENT, OR THE TRANSACTIONS RELATED HERETO OR THERETO, IN EACH
CASE WHETHER NOW EXISTING OR HEREAFTER ARISING, AND WHETHER FOUNDED IN CONTRACT OR TORT OR
OTHERWISE; AND EACH PARTY HEREBY AGREES AND CONSENTS THAT ANY SUCH CLAIM, DEMAND, ACTION OR CAUSE
OF ACTION SHALL BE DECIDED BY COURT TRIAL WITHOUT A JURY, AND THAT ANY PARTY TO THIS THIRD
AMENDMENT MAY FILE AN ORIGINAL COUNTERPART OR A COPY OF THIS SECTION WITH ANY COURT AS WRITTEN
EVIDENCE OF THE CONSENT OF THE SIGNATORIES HERETO TO THE WAIVER OF THEIR RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY.


          Section 6.06 Entire Agreement. This Third Amendment constitutes the entire
understanding among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes any
prior agreements, written or oral, with respect thereto.


          Section 6.07 Fees and Expenses.


          (a)     The Borrower agrees to pay all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the
Administrative Agent in connection with the preparation, negotiation, execution, delivery and
enforcement of this Third Amendment and the other documents and instruments referred to herein or
contemplated hereby, including, but not limited to, the fees and disbursements of Fried Frank,
counsel to the Administrative Agent.


          (b)     If the Borrower fails to deliver the financial statements as of and for the fiscal year
ended October 31, 2007, the Affected Quarters and the fiscal quarters ended January 31, 2008 and
April 30, 2008 by August 31, 2008 as required under Section 6.01(a) and (b) of the
Credit Agreement as amended hereby, the Borrower agrees to promptly pay to the Administrative
Agent for the account of each Consenting Lender a non-refundable and fully earned fee equal to
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Lender’s aggregate Revolving Commitment and the outstanding principal amount of its Term B
Loans, in each case as of the Third Amendment Effective Date.


          Section 6.08 Finance Document Pursuant to Credit Agreement. This Third Amendment is
a Finance Document executed pursuant to the Credit Agreement and shall be construed, administered
and applied in accordance with all of the terms and provisions of the Credit Agreement (and,
following the date hereof, the Credit Agreement, as amended hereby).



[Signature Pages Follow]




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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the signatories hereto have caused this Third Amendment to be executed by
their respective officers thereunto duly authorized as of the day and year first above written.



	 	 	 	 	 
	HOLDINGS: 	VERIFONE INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS, INC.

 	 
	 	By:  	                 /s/  Douglas Bergeron
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Douglas Bergeron 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Chief Executive Officer 	 
	 
	BORROWER: 	VERIFONE, INC.

 	 
	 	By:  	                 /s/  Douglas Bergeron
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Douglas Bergeron 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Chief Executive Officer 	 
	 




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	ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT: 	JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/  Sharon Bazbaz
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Sharon Bazbaz 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Vice President 	 
	 




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Lender Signature Page to the Third Amendment to Credit Agreement




	 	 	 	 	 
	REQUIRED LENDERS: 	SIGNATURE PAGE TO THE THIRD AMENDMENT DATED AS OF

JULY 31, 2008 TO THE CREDIT AGREEMENT DATED AS OF

OCTOBER 31, 2006 AND AMENDED AS OF JANUARY 25,

2008 AND APRIL 28, 2008 AMONG VERIFONE

INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS, INC., VERIFONE, INC., THE

LENDERS PARTY THERETO, JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,

AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, AN L/C ISSUER AND SWING

LINE LENDER, BANK LEUMI USA AND WELLS FARGO BANK,

N.A., AS CO-DOCUMENTATION AGENTS, AND LEHMAN

COMMERCIAL PAPER INC., AS SYNDICATION AGENT



JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as 

     Administrative Agent, for and on behalf of the 

     Required Lenders who have consented hereto 

     as provided in Section 10.01 of the Credit Agreement

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/  Sharon Bazbaz
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Sharon Bazbaz 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Vice President 	 
	 




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EXHIBIT A




ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND AGREEMENT




     Each Loan Party listed below hereby acknowledges that it has reviewed the Third Amendment to
the Credit Agreement to which this Acknowledgement and Agreement is attached as an exhibit (the
“Third Amendment”) and hereby consents to the execution, delivery and performance thereof
by each of Holdings and the Borrower. Each Loan Party hereby confirms its obligation under each
Finance Document to which it is a party and agrees that, after giving effect to the Third
Amendment, neither the modification of the Credit Agreement or any other Finance Document effected
pursuant to the Third Amendment, nor the execution, delivery, performance or effectiveness of the
Third Amendment or any other Finance Document impairs the validity or effectiveness of any Finance
Document to which it is a party or impairs the validity, effectiveness or priority of the Liens
granted pursuant to any other Finance Document to which it is a party or by which it is otherwise
bound. Each Loan Party hereby further agrees that the Liens created pursuant to the Finance
Documents continue unimpaired with the same enforceability and priority to secure repayment of all
Loans and other obligations arising thereunder, whether heretofore or hereafter incurred. Under
the foregoing circumstances, the position of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders with respect
to such Liens, the Collateral in which a security interest was granted pursuant to the Finance
Documents, and the ability of the Administrative Agent to enforce the provisions of the Finance
Documents and to realize upon such Liens pursuant to the terms of the Finance Documents, have not
been adversely affected in any material respect by the amendments to the Credit Agreement effected
pursuant to the Third Amendment, the amendment or modification of any other Finance Document
effected pursuant to the Third Amendment or the execution, delivery, performance or effectiveness
of the Third Amendment.



	 	 	 	 	 
	 	VERIFONE HOLDINGS, INC.

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/  Douglas Bergeron
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Douglas Bergeron 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Chief Executive Officer