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Second amendment to the loan agreement

SECOND AMENDMENT TO LOAN AGREEMENT

 

Second Amendment to Loan Agreement, dated the 8th day of February, 2005, by and among Matthews International Corporation, a Pennsylvania corporation (the "Borrower"), the Banks (as defined in the Loan Agreement (as hereinafter defined)), Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania, a Pennsylvania banking institution, in its capacity as lead arranger and administrative agent for the Banks (in such capacity, the "Agent"), PNC Bank, National Association, a national banking association, in its capacity as lead arranger and syndication agent for the Banks (in such capacity, the "Syndication Agent") and National City Bank of Pennsylvania, in its capacity as documentation agent for the Banks (in such capacity, the "Documentation Agent") (the "Second Amendment").

 

W I T N E S S E T H:

 

WHEREAS, the Borrower, the Banks, the Agent and the Documentation Agent entered into that certain Loan Agreement, dated December 3, 2001, as amended by that certain First Amendment to Loan Agreement, dated April 21, 2004, by and among the Borrower, the Banks, the Agent, the Syndication Agent and the Documentation Agents (as amended, the "Loan Agreement"), pursuant to which, among other things, the Banks agreed to extend a revolving credit facility to the Borrower in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed One Hundred Twenty-Five Million and 00/100 Dollars ($125,000,000.00); and

 

WHEREAS, the Borrower desires to amend certain provisions of the Loan Agreement and the Banks and the Agent desire to permit such amendments pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth herein.

 

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

 

1.  All capitalized terms used herein which are defined in the Loan Agreement shall have the same meaning herein as in the Loan Agreement unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.

 

2.  The reference to "One Hundred Twenty Five Million and 00/100 Dollars ($125,000,000.00)" in the first "WHEREAS" clause of the Loan Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and in its stead is inserted the following: "One Hundred Fifty Million and 00/100 Dollars ($150,000,000.00)".

 

3.  Section 1.01 of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended by inserting the following definitions:

 

"British Pounds Sterling" shall mean the official currency of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

 

"Computation Date" shall mean that as set forth in Section 2.17.

 

"Dollar, Dollars, U.S. Dollars, United States Dollars" and the symbol "$" shall mean the official currency of the United States of America.

 

"Dollar Equivalent" shall mean, with respect to any amount of any currency, the Equivalent Amount of such currency expressed in Dollars.

 

"Equivalent Amount" shall mean, at any time, as determined in good faith by the Agent in accordance with its customary practices (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error), with respect to an amount of any currency (the "Reference Currency") which is to be computed as an equivalent amount of another currency (the "Equivalent Currency"): (i) if the Reference Currency and the Equivalent Currency are the same, the amount of such Reference Currency, or (ii) if the Reference Currency and the Equivalent Currency are not the same, the amount of such Equivalent Currency converted from such Reference Currency at the Agent's spot selling rate (based on the market rates then prevailing and available to the Agent) for the sale of such Equivalent Currency for such Reference Currency at a time determined by the Agent on the second (2nd) Business Day immediately preceding the event for which such calculation is made.

 

"Equivalent Currency" shall mean that as set forth in the definition of Equivalent Amount.

 

"Euro" shall mean the European common currency pursuant to the European Monetary Union.

 

"Eurocurrency Liabilities" shall mean that as set forth in the definition of Libor Reserve Requirements.

 

"Existing Restrictive Agreement" shall mean that as set forth in Section 6.02.

 

"Optional Currency" shall mean any of the following currencies: (i) British Pounds Sterling, (ii) Euros, and (iii) any other currency approved by Agent and all of the Banks pursuant to Section 2.17(d).

 

"Original Currency" shall mean that as set forth in Section 9.20(a).

 

"Other Currency" shall mean that as set forth in Section 9.20(a).

 

"Overnight Rate" shall mean for any day with respect to any Revolving Credit Loans in an Optional Currency, the rate of interest per annum as determined in good faith by the Agent in accordance with its customary practices at which overnight deposits in such currency, in an amount approximately equal to the amount with respect to which such rate is being determined, would be offered for such day in the applicable offshore interbank market.

 

"Reference Currency" shall mean that as set forth in the definition of Equivalent Amount.

 

4.  Section 1.01 of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the following definitions in their entirety and in their stead inserting the following:

 

"Business Day" shall mean a day of the year on which banks are not required or authorized to close in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and (i) if the applicable Business Day relates to a Libor Rate Loan, on which dealings are carried on in the London interbank eurodollar market, and (ii) with respect to advances or payments of Revolving Credit Loans or any other matters relating to Revolving Credit Loans denominated in an Optional Currency, such day also shall be a day on which (a) dealings in deposits in the relevant Optional Currency are carried on in the applicable interbank market, and (b) all applicable banks into which Loan proceeds may be deposited are open for business and foreign exchange markets are open for business in the principal financial center of the country of such currency.

 

"GAAP" shall mean generally accepted accounting principles as are in effect in the United States of America (as such principles may change from time to time), which shall include the official interpretations thereof by the Financial Accounting Standards Board, applied on a consistent basis.

 

"Guarantor" or "Guarantors" shall mean, singularly or collectively, as the context may require, York Group and any other person that executes and delivers a Guaranty Agreement to the Agent for the ratable benefit of the Banks on or after February 8, 2005.

 

"Guaranty Agreement" or "Guaranty Agreements" shall mean, singularly or collectively, as the context may require, the York Group Guaranty, and any other Guaranty and Suretyship Agreement executed and delivered to the Agent for the ratable benefit of the Banks on or after the date hereof substantially in the form of Exhibit "E" attached hereto and made a part hereof.

 

"Libor Rate" shall mean, for any Interest Period, a fixed rate per annum (rounded upwards to the next higher whole multiple of 1/100% if such rate is not such a multiple) equal at all times during such Interest Period to the quotient of (a) the rate per annum determined in good faith by the Agent in accordance with its customary procedures (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) to be the average of the rates per annum (rounded upwards to the next higher whole multiple of 1/100% if such rate is not such a multiple) at which deposits in immediately available United States Dollars or an Optional Currency, as applicable, are offered at 11:00 a.m. (London, England time) (or as soon thereafter as is reasonably practicable) to major money center banks by prime banks in the London interbank eurodollar market three (3) Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period in an amount and maturity equal to the amount and maturity of such Libor Rate Loan, divided by (b) a number equal to 1.00 minus the aggregate (without duplication) of the rates (expressed as a decimal fraction) of the Libor Reserve Requirements.

 

"Libor Reserve Requirements" shall mean, for any day of any Interest Period for a Libor Rate Loan, the percentage (rounded upward to the next higher whole multiple of 1/100% if such rate is not such a multiple) as determined in good faith by the Agent in accordance with its customary procedures (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) as representing the maximum reserves (whether basic, supplemental, marginal, emergency or otherwise) (i) prescribed by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (or any successor) with respect to liabilities or assets consisting of or including "Eurocurrency Liabilities" (as defined in Regulation D of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System) in an amount and for a maturity equal to such Libor Rate Loan and such Interest Period; and (ii) to be maintained by a Bank as required for reserve liquidity, special deposit, or a similar purpose by any governmental or monetary authority of any country or political subdivision thereof (including any central bank), against (A) any category of liabilities that includes deposits by reference to which a Libor Rate is to be determined, or (B) any category of extension of credit or other assets that includes Loans to which a Libor Rate applies. The Libor Rate shall be adjusted automatically as of the effective date of each change in the Libor Reserve Requirements.

 

"Prime Rate Loan" shall mean any Loan that bears interest with reference to the Prime Rate and which shall only be denominated in Dollars.

 

"Total Commitment Amount" shall mean the obligation of the Banks hereunder to make Revolving Credit Loans and to issue Letters of Credit up to the maximum aggregate principal amount of One Hundred Fifty Million and 00/100 Dollars ($150,000,000.00) or such greater amount as may be applicable in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.21 hereof.

 

5.  Section 1.01 of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the following definitions:

 

"MIAC"

"MIAC Guaranty"

 

6.  The first sentence of Section 2.01(a) of the Loan Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and in its stead is inserted the following:

 

Subject to the terms and conditions and relying upon the representations and warranties set forth in this Agreement, the Notes and the other Loan Documents, the Banks severally (but not jointly) agree to make loans in either Dollars or one or more Optional Currencies (the "Revolving Credit Loans") to the Borrower at any time or from time to time on or after the Closing Date and to and including the Business Day immediately preceding the Expiry Date in an aggregate Dollar Equivalent principal amount which, when combined with the amount of aggregate Letters of Credit Outstanding, shall not exceed at any one time outstanding One Hundred Fifty Million and 00/100 Dollars ($150,000,000.00) or such greater amount as may be applicable in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.21 hereof (the "Revolving Credit Facility Commitment"); provided, however, that (i) no Bank shall be required to make Revolving Credit Loans (or participate in the issuance of Letters of Credit) in an aggregate Dollar Equivalent principal amount outstanding at any one time exceeding such Bank's Commitment, (ii) no Prime Rate Loan shall be made in an Optional Currency, and (iii) after giving effect to any Revolving Credit Loan denominated in Optional Currencies the Dollar Equivalent amount of all such Revolving Credit Loans shall not exceed Fifty Million and 00/100 Dollars ($50,000,000.00).

 

7.  Section 2.01(c) of the Loan Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and in its stead is inserted the following:

 

(c)    Making, Renewing or Converting of Revolving Credit Loans. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and provided that the Borrower has satisfied all applicable conditions specified in Article IV hereof, the Banks shall make Revolving Credit Loans to the Borrower which, as selected by the Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.01(c), shall be Prime Rate Loans or Libor Rate Loans and, with respect to Libor Rate Loans, shall be denominated in Dollars or an Optional Currency. In addition, subject to the terms and conditions set forth below, the Borrower shall have the opportunity (i) convert Prime Rate Loans into Libor Rate Loans, (ii) convert Libor Rate Loans into Prime Rate Loans or (iii) renew Libor Rate Loans as Libor Rate Loans for additional Interest Periods.

 

(i)    Each Revolving Credit Loan that is made as or converted (from a Libor Rate Loan) into a Prime Rate Loan shall be made or converted on such Business Day and in such amount as an Authorized Representative of the Borrower shall request by written or telephonic notice (confirmed promptly, but in no event later than one Business Day thereafter, in writing) received by the Agent no later than 10:00 a.m. (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania time) on the date of requested disbursement of or conversion into the requested Prime Rate Loan. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, on each borrowing date, the Agent shall make the proceeds of the Prime Rate Loan available to the Borrower at the Agent's Office in immediately available funds not later than 2:00 p.m. (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania time). Unless an Authorized Representative of the Borrower shall provide the Agent with the required written notice to convert a Prime Rate Loan into a Libor Rate Loan on or prior to the third (3rd) Business Day prior to the date of requested conversion, such Prime Rate Loan shall automatically continue as a Prime Rate Loan.

 

(ii)    Each Revolving Credit Loan that is made as, renewed as or converted (from a Prime Rate Loan) into a Libor Rate Loan shall be made, renewed or converted, on such Business Day, in such Dollar Equivalent amount (expressed in the currency in which such Loan shall be funded and also as a Dollar Equivalent amount if such Loan shall be funded in an Optional Currency) (greater than or equal to One Million and 00/100 Dollars ($1,000,000.00); provided, however, that any Dollar Equivalent amount in excess of One Million and 00/100 Dollars ($1,000,000.00) may only be in Dollar Equivalent increments of Five Hundred Thousand and 00/100 Dollars ($500,000.00)), with such an Interest Period and in such currency as an Authorized Representative of the Borrower shall request by written or telephonic notice (confirmed promptly, but in no event later than one Business Day thereafter, in writing) received by the Agent no later than 10:00 a.m. (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania time) on the (a) third (3rd) Business Day prior to the requested date of disbursement of, renewal of or conversion into the requested Libor Rate Loan denominated in Dollars, and (b) fourth (4th) Business Day prior to the requested date of disbursement of, renewal of or conversion into the requested Libor Rate Loan denominated in an Optional Currency. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, on each borrowing date, the Agent shall make the proceeds of the Libor Rate Loan available to the Borrower at the Agent's Office in immediately available funds, no later than 10:00 a.m. (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania time). In addition, in the event that the Borrower desires to renew a Libor Rate Loan for an additional Interest Period, an Authorized Representative of the Borrower shall provide the Agent with written notice thereof on or prior to (a) with respect to Libor Rate Loans denominated in Dollars, the third (3rd) Business Day prior to the expiration of the applicable Interest Period, and (b) with respect to Libor Rate Loans denominated in an Optional Currency, the fourth (4th) Business Day prior to the expiration of the applicable Interest Period. In the event that an Authorized Representative of the Borrower fails to provide the Agent with the required written or telephonic notice (confirming promptly, but in no event later than one Business Day thereafter, in writing) on or prior to the third (3rd) Business Day prior to the expiration of the applicable Interest Period for a Libor Rate Loan denominated in Dollars, the Borrower shall be deemed to have given written notice that such Loan shall be converted into a Prime Rate Loan on the last day of the applicable Interest Period. In the event that an Authorized Representative of the Borrower fails to provide the Agent with the required written or telephonic notice (confirming promptly, but in no event later than one Business Day thereafter, in writing) on or prior to the fourth (4th) Business Day prior to the expiration of the applicable Interest Period for a Libor Rate Loan denominated in an Optional Currency, the Borrower shall be deemed to have given written notice that such Loan shall be renewed for an Interest Period of one (1) Month. Each written notice of any Libor Rate Loan shall be irrevocable and binding on the Borrower and the Borrower shall indemnify the Agent and the Banks against any loss or expense incurred by the Banks as a result of any failure by the Borrower to consummate such transaction calculated as set forth in Section 2.12(c) hereof.

 

(iii)    Each Bank hereby authorizes the Agent to make all Loans that are requested by the Borrower on the proposed date of disbursement as described above. Upon receipt of a request to make, renew or convert a Revolving Credit Loan hereunder, the Agent shall promptly advise each of the Banks of the proposed date of disbursement, renewal or conversion, the amount and type of each such Revolving Credit Loan, the applicable Interest Period, the applicable currency and the Bank's Commitment amount thereof. Each Bank shall remit its Commitment Percentage of the principal amount of each Revolving Credit Loan to the Agent at the Office of the Agent in the applicable currency and immediately available funds no later than 2:00 p.m. (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania time) on the applicable date of disbursement. If the amount of such Bank's Commitment Percentage is not made available to the Agent by such Bank on the applicable borrowing date, the Agent shall not be required to fund such Bank's Commitment Percentage of the Revolving Credit Loans on the applicable borrowing date; provided, however, the Agent may elect in its sole discretion to fund such Bank's Commitment Percentage on the applicable borrowing date, and such Bank shall be subject to the repayment obligations set forth below.

 

(iv)    The Agent may assume that each Bank has made or will make the proceeds of a Loan available to the Agent in the applicable currency unless the Agent shall have been notified by such Bank on or before the later of (a) the close of business on the Business Day preceding the applicable borrowing date with respect to the Loan, or (b) one (1) hour before the time on which the Agent actually funds the proceeds of such Loan to the Borrower (whether using its own funds pursuant to this subsection or using proceeds deposited with the Agent by the Banks and whether such funding occurs before or after the time on which the Banks are required to deposit the proceeds of such Loan with the Agent). The Agent may, in reliance upon such assumption (but shall not be required to), make available to the Borrower a corresponding amount in the applicable currency. If such corresponding amount is not in fact made available to the Agent by such Bank in the applicable currency, the Agent shall be entitled to recover such amount on demand from such Bank (or, if such Bank fails to pay such amount, forthwith upon such demand from the Borrower) together with interest thereon, in respect of each day during the period commencing on the date such amount was made available to the Borrower and ending on the date the Agent recovers such amount, at a rate per annum equal to (y) with respect to Loans denominated in Dollars, (A) the Federal Funds Rate during the first three (3) days after such interest shall begin to accrue and (B) the Applicable Rate in respect of such Loan after the end of such three (3) day period, and (z) with respect to Loans denominated in an Optional Currency, the Overnight Rate.

 

8.  Section 2.01(d) of the Loan Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and in its stead is inserted the following:

 

(d)    Maximum Principal Balance of Revolving Credit Loans and Letters of Credit Outstanding. The sum of the aggregate Dollar Equivalent principal amount of all Revolving Credit Loans outstanding and the aggregate Letters of Credit Outstanding shall not exceed the amount of the Revolving Credit Facility Commitment subject to Section 2.20. The Borrower agrees that if at any time the sum of the aggregate Dollar Equivalent principal amount of all Revolving Credit Loans outstanding and the aggregate Letters of Credit Outstanding exceeds the amount of the Revolving Credit Facility Commitment (the "Excess Amount"), the Borrower shall promptly, but in no event later than one Business Day thereafter, pay to the Agent (for the ratable benefit of the Banks) such Excess Amount. If not sooner paid, the entire principal balance of all outstanding Revolving Credit Loans, together with all unpaid accrued interest thereon, and all other sums and costs owed to the Agent and the Banks by the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement, shall be immediately due and payable on the Expiry Date, without notice, presentment or demand of any kind.

 

9.  Section 2.02(a) of the Loan Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and in its stead is inserted the following:

 

(a)    Conversion Option. Upon the written request (the "Term Loan Notice") by the Borrower received by the Agent at any time or times prior to April, 29, 2008, and so long as no Potential Default or Event of Default has occurred, the Borrower may convert (the "Conversion Option") all or any portion of the outstanding principal balance of the Revolving Credit Loans which are denominated in Dollars (the "Term Amount") into a term loan or term loans which will be denominated in Dollars (each such term loan is a "Term Loan" and collectively, the "Term Loans"). Each such conversion shall be effective on the first (1st) day of the first (1st) full calendar month following the Agent's receipt of such written request so long as such written request was received at least five (5) Business Days prior to the effective date of such conversion and the Borrower executes and delivers to the Agent a Term Note for each Bank in the amount of each Bank's Pro Rata Share. Upon each exercise by the Borrower of the Conversion Option, the Revolving Credit Facility Commitment shall be reduced by such Term Amount; provided, however, that upon the repayment of any principal amount of any Term Loan, the Revolving Credit Facility Commitment shall be increased by the principal amount of such repayment. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, there shall not be more than four (4) Term Loans outstanding at any one time.

 

10.  Section 2.02(e) of the Loan Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and in its stead is inserted the following:

 

(e)    Payments of Principal and Maturity. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, commencing on the last day of the first (1st) Fiscal Quarter immediately following the first (1st) day of a Term Loan, and on the last day of each successive Fiscal Quarter thereafter through and including the Expiry Date, the Borrower shall make equal quarterly principal payments in Dollars to the Agent for the ratable account of the Banks in such amount as the Agent shall advise the Borrower prior to or on the first (1st) day of a Term Loan (such amount shall be an amount which will result in a level principal payment necessary to amortize the principal balance of such Term Loan over a period selected by the Borrower; provided, however, that such amortization period shall not exceed five (5) years), plus accrued interest as set forth in Section 2.04 hereof. All remaining unpaid principal, accrued interest and all other sums and costs incurred by the Agent and the Banks pursuant to this Agreement with respect to the Term Loan(s) shall be immediately due and payable on the Expiry Date without notice, presentment or demand of any kind.

 

11.  Section 2.03(b) of the Loan Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and in its stead is inserted the following:

 

(b)    Calculation of Interest and Fees; Adjustment to Prime Rate. Interest on the Loans, unpaid fees and other sums payable hereunder shall be computed on the basis of a year of three hundred sixty (360) days and paid for the actual number of days elapsed; provided that, for Revolving Credit Loans made in an Optional Currency for which a three hundred sixty five (365) day basis is the only market practice available to the Agent, such rate shall be calculated on the basis of a year of three hundred sixty five (365) or three hundred sixty six (366) days, as the case may be, for the actual days elapsed. In the event of any change in the Prime Rate, the rate of interest applicable to each Prime Rate Loan shall be adjusted to immediately correspond with such change; provided, however, that any interest rate charged hereunder shall not exceed the Maximum Rate.

 

12.  The first sentence of Section 2.03(c) of the Loan Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and in its stead is inserted the following:

 

Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, (i) the unpaid principal amount of the Loans or any portion thereof, accrued interest thereon, any fees or any other sums payable hereunder shall thereafter until paid in full bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the Applicable Rate plus two percent (2.00%); (ii) each Libor Rate Loan denominated in Dollars shall automatically convert into a Prime Rate Loan at the end of the applicable Interest Period; (iii) each Libor Rate Loan denominated in an Optional Currency shall automatically convert into a Prime Rate Loan at the time of such Event of Default and the Borrower shall pay to the Agent for the ratable account of the Banks such additional amounts as are required pursuant to and in accordance with Sections 2.12(c) and 2.18; and (iv) no Loans may be made in an Optional Currency and no Loans may be made as, renewed as or converted into a Libor Rate Loan.

 

13.  Section 2.04 of the Loan Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and in its stead is inserted the following:

 

2.04    Interest Payments.

 

The Borrower shall pay to the Agent for the ratable account of the Banks interest on the aggregate outstanding balance of the Loans which are Prime Rate Loans in arrears, on July 31, 2004 and on the last day of each October, January, April and July thereafter through and including the Expiry Date. The Borrower shall pay to the Agent for the ratable account of the Banks interest on the unpaid principal balance of the Loans that are Libor Rate Loans on the earlier of (i) the last day of the applicable Interest Period for such Loan or (ii) for such Loans with an applicable Interest Period exceeding three (3) Months, on each and every three (3) Month anniversary of each such Loan during the period from the Closing Date to and including the Expiry Date. After maturity of any part of the Loans (whether upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, by acceleration or otherwise), interest on such part of the Loans shall be immediately due and payable without notice, presentment, or demand of any kind. Interest on the principal amount of each Loan made in an Optional Currency shall be paid by the Borrower in such Optional Currency.

 

14.  Section 2.05 of the Loan Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and in its stead is inserted the following:

 

2.05    Fees.

 

The Borrower shall pay to the Agent for the ratable account of the Banks:

 

(i)    A commitment fee in Dollars on the unused portion of the amount of the Revolving Credit Facility Commitment during the period from the date of this Agreement to the Expiry Date, payable quarterly in arrears beginning on January 1, 2002 and continuing on the first (1st) day of each April, July, October and January thereafter and on the Expiry Date. Such fee shall be calculated daily, and shall equal the amount by which the amount of the Revolving Credit Facility Commitment has exceeded the closing principal balance of the sum of the outstanding Dollar Equivalent principal balance of the Revolving Credit Loans and the Letters of Credit Outstanding on each day, multiplied by the applicable percentage with respect to commitment fees for such day determined by reference to the Borrower's Leverage Ratio as set forth in set forth in Section 2.03(a)(ii) hereof (the "Applicable Commitment Fee Percentage"); and

 

(ii)    The Letter of Credit Commission pursuant to Section 2.07 hereof.

 

15.  The first sentence of Section 2.07 of the Loan Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and in its stead is inserted the following:

 

The Borrower shall pay to the Agent for its own account in Dollars (a) a fronting fee for each Letter of Credit issued hereunder, such fee shall be equal to one-eighth of one percent (0.125%) of the daily average amount of Letters of Credit Outstanding during the preceding calendar quarter, payable quarterly in arrears beginning on January 1, 2002 and continuing on the first (1st) day of each April, July, October and January thereafter and on the Expiry Date, (b) the Agent's standard amendment fees for each Letter of Credit issued hereunder, such fees to be paid on the date of the amendment of such Letter of Credit and (c) any reasonable out-of-pocket expenses and costs incurred by the Agent for the issuance of any Letter of Credit issued hereunder, such fees to be paid on the day of issuance of such Letter of Credit.

 

16.  Section 2.12(a) of the Loan Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and in its stead is inserted the following:

 

(a)    If, due to either (i) the introduction of, or any change in, or in the interpretation of, any Law or (ii) the compliance with any guideline or request from any central bank or other Official Body (whether or not having the force of Law), there shall be any increase in the cost to, or reduction in income receivable by, a Bank of making, funding or maintaining Loans (or commitments to make the Loans), then the Borrower shall from time to time, upon demand by such Bank made within a reasonable time after such Bank's determination thereof, pay to the Agent for the account of such Bank additional amounts sufficient to reimburse such Bank for any such additional costs or reduction in income. All such additional amounts shall be determined by such Bank in good faith using appropriate attribution and averaging methods ordinarily employed by such Bank. A certificate of such Bank submitted to the Borrower in good faith as to the amount of such additional costs shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error. Within ten (10) Business Days after the Agent or such Bank notifies the Borrower in writing of any such additional costs pursuant to this Section 2.12(a), the Borrower may (A) repay in full all Loans of any types or currencies so affected then outstanding, together with interest accrued thereon to the date of such repayment, or (B) convert all Loans of any types or currencies so affected then outstanding into Loans of any other type or currency not so affected upon not less than four (4) Business Days’ notice to the Agent. If any such repayment or conversion of any Libor Rate Loan occurs on any day other than the last day of the applicable Interest Period for such Loan, the Borrower also shall pay to the Agent for the ratable account of the Banks such additional amounts as set forth in Section 2.12(c).

 

17.  Section 2.12(b) of the Loan Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and in its stead is inserted the following:

 

(b)    If either (i) the introduction of, or any change in, or in the interpretation of, any Law or (ii) the compliance with any guideline or request from any central bank or other Official Body (whether or not having the force of Law), affects the amount of capital required to be maintained by any Bank or any corporation controlling any Bank and such Bank determines in good faith that the amount of such capital is increased by or based upon the existence of the Loans (or commitment to make the Loans), then, within ten (10) Business Days of demand by such Bank, the Borrower shall pay to the Agent for the account of such Bank from time to time as specified by such Bank, additional amounts sufficient to compensate such Bank in the light of such circumstances, to the extent that such Bank determines in good faith such increase in capital to be allocable to the existence of such Bank's Loans (or commitment to make the Loans). Any such demand by a Bank must be made within a reasonable time after such Bank's determination as set forth in the immediately preceding sentence. A certificate of such Bank in good faith submitted to the Borrower as to such amounts shall be presumptive evidence of such amounts. Within ten (10) Business Days after the Agent or such Bank notifies the Borrower in writing of any such additional costs pursuant to this Section 2.12(b), the Borrower may (A) repay in full all Loans of any types or currencies so affected then outstanding, together with interest accrued thereon to the date of such prepayment, or (B) convert all Loans of any types or currencies so affected then outstanding into Loans of any other type or currency not so affected upon not less than four (4) Business Days’ notice to such Bank. If any such prepayment or conversion of any Libor Rate Loan occurs on any day other than the last day of the applicable Interest Period for such Loan, the Borrower also shall pay to the Agent for the ratable account of the Banks such additional amounts as set forth in Section 2.12(c).

 

18.  Section 2.13 of the Loan Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and in its stead is inserted the following:

 

2.13    Illegality; Impracticability. 

 

Notwithstanding any other provision contained in this Agreement, if: (a) it is unlawful, or any central bank or other Official Body shall determine that it is unlawful, for the Agent or any Bank to perform its obligations hereunder to make, renew, or convert Loans hereunder; or (b) on any date on which a Libor Rate would otherwise be set, any Bank shall have in good faith determined (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) that (i) adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining a Libor Rate, (ii) a contingency has occurred which materially and adversely affects the interbank markets, or (iii) the effective cost to such Bank of funding a proposed Libor Rate Loan exceeds the Libor Rate then (y) upon notice thereof by the Agent or such Bank to the Borrower, the obligation of such Bank to make or renew a Loan of a type or currency so affected or to convert any type of Loan or any Loan denominated in an Optional Currency into a Loan of a type or currency so affected shall terminate and the Banks shall thereafter be obligated to make Prime Rate Loans whenever any written notice requests any type of Loans or any Loan denominated in an Optional Currency so affected and (z) upon written demand therefor by such Bank to the Borrower, the Borrower shall (i) forthwith prepay in full all Loans of the type or currency so affected then outstanding, together with interest accrued thereon or (ii) request that such Bank, upon five (5) Business Days' notice, convert all Loans of the type or currency so affected then outstanding into Loans of a type or currency not so affected. If any such prepayment or conversion of any Libor Rate Loan occurs on any day other than the last day of the applicable Interest Period for such Loan, the Borrower also shall pay to the Agent for the ratable benefit of the Banks such additional amounts as set forth in Section 2.12(c).

 

19.  Section 2.14 of the Loan Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and in its stead is inserted the following:

 

2.14    Payments. 

 

All payments to be made with respect to principal, interest, fees or other amounts due from the Borrower under this Agreement or under the Notes are payable at 12:00 noon (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania time), on the day when due, without presentment, demand, protest or notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived, and an action for the payments will accrue immediately. All such payments must be made to the Agent at its Office in U.S. Dollars except that payments of principal or interest shall be made in the currency in which such Loan was made and in funds immediately available at such Office, without setoff, counterclaim or other deduction of any nature. The Agent may in its discretion deduct such payments from the Borrower's demand or deposit accounts with the Agent if not paid within five (5) Business Days after the due date. All such payments shall be applied at the option of the Agent and the Banks to accrued and unpaid interest, outstanding principal and other sums due under this Agreement in such order as the Agent and the Banks, in their sole discretion, shall elect. All such payments shall be made absolutely net of, without deduction or offset, and altogether free and clear of any and all present and future taxes, levies, deductions, charges, and withholdings and all liabilities with respect thereto, excluding income and franchise taxes imposed on the Banks under the Laws of the United States or any state or political subdivision thereof. If the Borrower is compelled by Law to deduct any such taxes or to make any such other deductions, charges, or withholdings (collectively, the "Required Deductions"), the Borrower will pay to the Agent for the ratable benefit of the Banks an additional amount equal to the sum of (i) the aggregate amount of all Required Deductions and (ii) the aggregate amount of United States federal or state income taxes required to be paid by the Banks in respect of such Required Deductions.

 

20.  Section 2.15 of the Loan Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and in its stead is inserted the following:

 

2.15    Loan Account. 

 

The Agent will open and maintain on its books and records, including computer records, in accordance with its customary procedures, a loan account (the "Loan Account") for the Borrower in which shall be recorded the date and amount of each Loan made by the Banks and the date and amount of each payment and prepayment in respect thereof. The Agent shall record in the Loan Account the principal amount of the Loans owing to each Bank from time to time. The Loan Account shall constitute presumptive evidence of the accuracy of the information contained therein (including the Equivalent Amounts of the applicable currencies where such computations are required). Any failure by the Agent to make any such notation or record shall not affect the obligations of the Borrower to the Banks with respect to the Loans.

 

21.  The following is hereby inserted as a new Section 2.17 of the Loan Agreement:

 

2.17    Utilization of Commitments in Optional Currencies.

 

(a)    Periodic Computations of Dollar Equivalent Amounts of Revolving Credit Loans. The Agent will determine the Dollar Equivalent amount of (i) proposed Revolving Credit Loans to be denominated in an Optional Currency as of the requested borrowing date, and (ii) outstanding Revolving Credit Loans denominated in an Optional Currency as of the end of each Interest Period (each such date under clauses (i) and (ii), a "Computation Date").

 

(b)    Notices From Banks That Optional Currencies Are Unavailable to Fund New Revolving Credit Loans. The Banks shall be under no obligation to make the Revolving Credit Loans requested by the Borrower which are denominated in an Optional Currency if any Bank notifies the Agent by 5:00 p.m. (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania time), four (4) Business Days prior to the borrowing date for such Loans that such Bank cannot provide its share of such Loans in such Optional Currency due to the introduction of, or any change in, any applicable Law or any change in the interpretation or administration thereof by any Official Body charged with the interpretation or administration thereof, or compliance by such Bank (or any of its lending offices) with any request or directive (whether or not having the force of Law) of any such Official Body which would make it unlawful or impossible for such Bank (or any of its lending offices) to honor its obligations hereunder to make a Revolving Credit Loan in an Optional Currency. In the event the Agent timely receives a notice from a Bank pursuant to the preceding sentence, the Agent will notify the Borrower no later than 12:00 noon (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania time), three (3) Business Days prior to the borrowing date for such Loans that the Optional Currency is not then available for such Loans, and the Agent shall promptly thereafter notify the Banks of the same. If the Borrower receives a notice described in the preceding sentence, the Borrower may, by notice to the Agent not later than 5:00 p.m. (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania time), three (3) Business Days prior to the borrowing date for such Loans, withdraw the loan request for such Loans. If the Borrower withdraws such loan request, the Agent will promptly notify each Bank of the same and the Banks shall not make such Loans. If the Borrower does not withdraw such loan request before such time, (i) the Borrower shall be deemed to have requested that the Loans referred to in its loan request shall be made in Dollars in an amount equal to the Dollar Equivalent amount of such Loans and shall bear interest under the Prime Rate, and (ii) the Agent shall promptly deliver a notice to each Bank stating: (A) that such Loans shall be made in Dollars and shall bear interest under the Prime Rate, (B) the aggregate amount of such Loans, and (C) such Bank's Pro Rata Share of such Loans.

 

(c)    Notices From Banks That Optional Currencies Are Unavailable to Fund Renewals of Libor Rate Loans Denominated in an Optional Currency. If the Borrower delivers a loan request requesting that the Banks renew any Libor Rate Loan which is denominated in an Optional Currency, the Banks shall be under no obligation to renew such Libor Rate Loan if any Bank delivers to the Agent a notice by 5:00 p.m. (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania time), four (4) Business Days prior to effective date of such renewal that such Bank cannot continue to provide Loans in such Optional Currency due to the introduction of, or any change in, any applicable Law or any change in the interpretation or administration thereof by any Official Body charged with the interpretation or administration thereof, or compliance by such Bank (or any of its lending offices) with any request or directive (whether or not having the force of Law) of any such Official Body which would make it unlawful or impossible for such Bank (or any of its lending offices) to honor its obligations hereunder to make a Loan in an Optional Currency. In the event the Agent timely receives a notice from a Bank pursuant to the preceding sentence, the Agent will notify the Borrower no later than 12:00 noon (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania time), three (3) Business Days prior to the renewal date that the renewal of such Loans in such Optional Currency is not then available, and the Agent shall promptly thereafter notify the Banks of the same. If the Agent shall have so notified the Borrower that any such continuation of Optional Currency Loans is not then available, any notice of renewal with respect thereto shall be deemed withdrawn, and such Optional Currency Loans shall be redenominated into Prime Rate Loans with effect from the last day of the Interest Period with respect to any such Optional Currency Loans. The Agent will promptly notify the Borrower and the Banks of any such redenomination, and in such notice, the Agent will state the aggregate Dollar Equivalent amount of the redenominated Optional Currency Loans as of the Computation Date with respect thereto and such Bank's Pro Rate Share thereof.

 

(d)    Requests for Additional Optional Currencies. The Borrower may deliver to the Agent a written request that Revolving Credit Loans hereunder also be permitted to be made in any other lawful currency (other than Dollars), in addition to the currencies specified in the definition of "Optional Currency" herein provided that such currency must be freely traded in the offshore interbank foreign exchange markets, freely transferable, freely convertible into Dollars and available to the Banks in the applicable interbank market. The Agent will promptly notify the Banks of any such request promptly after the Agent receives such request. The Agent and each Bank may grant or accept such request in its sole discretion. The Agent will promptly notify the Borrower of the acceptance or rejection by the Agent and each of the Banks of the Borrower's request. The requested currency shall be approved as an Optional Currency hereunder only if the Agent and all of the Banks approve of the Borrower's request.

 

22.  The following is hereby inserted as a new Section 2.18 of the Loan Agreement:

 

2.18    Currency Repayments.

 

Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the entire amount of principal of and interest on any Revolving Credit Loan made in an Optional Currency shall be repaid in the same Optional Currency in which such Loan was made, provided, however, that (a) if it is impossible or illegal for Borrower to effect payment of a Loan in the Optional Currency in which such Loan was made, (b) if Borrower defaults in its obligations to do so, or (c) if a Libor Rate Loan denominated in an Optional Currency automatically converts to a Prime Rate Loan pursuant to Section 2.03(c) hereof, the Majority Banks may at their option (and, in the case of (a) above shall) permit such payment to be made (i) at and to a different location, subsidiary, affiliate or correspondent of Agent, or (ii) in the Equivalent Amount of Dollars or (iii) in an Equivalent Amount of such other currency (freely convertible into Dollars) as the Majority Banks may solely at their option designate. Upon any events described in (i) through (iii) of the preceding sentence, Borrower shall make such payment and Borrower agrees to hold each Bank harmless from and against any loss incurred by any Bank arising from the cost to such Bank of any premium, any costs of exchange, the cost of hedging and covering the Optional Currency in which such Loan was originally made, and from any change in the value of Dollars, or such other currency, in relation to the Optional Currency that was due and owing. Such loss shall be calculated for the period commencing with the first day of the Interest Period for such Loan and continuing through the date of payment thereof.

 

23.  The following is hereby inserted as a new Section 2.19 of the Loan Agreement:

 

2.19    Optional Currency Amounts.

 

Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, Agent may, with respect to notices by Borrower for Revolving Credit Loans in an Optional Currency or voluntary prepayments of less than the full amount of a Loan denominated in an Optional Currency, engage in reasonable rounding (in accordance with the Agent's usual and customary Optional Currency policies) of the Optional Currency amounts requested to be loaned or repaid; and, in such event, Agent shall promptly notify Borrower and the Banks of such rounded amounts and Borrower's request or notice shall thereby be deemed to reflect such rounded amounts.

 

24.  The following is hereby inserted as a new Section 2.20 of the Loan Agreement:

 

2.20    Mandatory Prepayments for Currency Fluctuations.

 

If on any Computation Date the sum of the aggregate Dollar Equivalent principal amount of all Revolving Credit Loans outstanding and the aggregate Letters of Credit Outstanding is equal to or greater than one hundred percent (100%) of the Revolving Credit Facility Commitment as a result of a change in exchange rates between one (1) or more Optional Currencies and Dollars, then the Agent shall notify the Borrower of the same. The Borrower shall pay or prepay Revolving Credit Loans (subject to Borrower's indemnity obligations under Section 2.12) within one (1) Business Day after receiving such notice such that the Dollar Equivalent principal amount of all Revolving Credit Loans outstanding and the aggregate Letters of Credit Outstanding shall not exceed the Revolving Credit Facility Commitment after giving effect to such payments or prepayments.

 

25.  The following is hereby inserted as a new Section 2.21 of the Loan Agreement:

 

2.21    Increase of Revolving Credit Facility Commitment.

 

If at any time after the Closing Date, and so long as no Event of Default or Potential Default has occurred and is continuing, the Borrower desires to increase the Commitments, (each, an "Additional Increase") the Borrower shall notify the Agent in writing, who will promptly notify each Bank thereof, provided that any such Additional Increase shall be in a minimum of Ten Million and 00/100 Dollars ($10,000,000.00) and the aggregate of all such Additional Increases shall not exceed Twenty Five Million and 00/100 Dollars ($25,000,000.00). The existing Banks shall have the right at any time within fourteen (14) days following such notice to increase their respective Commitment by providing written notice of the same to the Agent so as to provide such additional Commitment pro-rata in accordance with such Bank's Pro Rata Share, and any portion of such Additional Increase which is not provided by any such existing Bank shall be available to the other existing Banks; provided, that if more than one existing Bank desires to increase its Commitment in respect of the portion of such Additional Increase not provided by an existing Bank, such participating Banks shall provide such portion of the additional Commitments on a pro rata basis in accordance with the proportion that their Pro Rata Share bears to each other, and thereafter, to the extent not provided by existing Banks, to any additional lending institution or institutions proposed by the Borrower and which is approved by the Agent (which approval will not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) and which becomes a party to this Agreement pursuant to documentation reasonably acceptable to the Agent and prepared at the Borrower's expense, which documentation may be executed by the Borrower and the Agent (as agent for the Banks) without further consent or action of the Banks, such consent hereby deemed to be irrevocably given to the Agent by the Banks; provided, however, that the Borrower shall have the right to have the entire amount of each Additional Increase provided by such approved additional lending institution or institutions if all the existing Banks decline to increase their Commitments to accommodate any such Additional Increase. In the event of any such Additional Increase in the aggregate Commitments and in the Commitment of any Bank effected pursuant to the terms of this Section 2.21, new Notes shall, to the extent deemed reasonably necessary or appropriate by the Agent, be executed and delivered by the Borrower, and the affected Banks shall promptly surrender and cancel the existing Notes; and the Borrower shall execute and deliver such additional documentation setting forth the new Commitments and Pro Rata Shares as the Agent shall reasonably request (which documentation may be executed by the Borrower and the Agent (as agent for the Banks) without further consent or action of the Banks, such consent herein is deemed to be irrevocably given to the Agent by the Banks).

 

26.  Section 5.16 of the Loan Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and in its stead is inserted the following:

 

5.16    Subsidiary Guaranty Agreements.

 

Each Domestic Subsidiary of a Loan Party created or acquired subsequent to the Closing Date shall immediately execute and deliver to the Agent a Guaranty Agreement, along with such corporate governance and authorization documents as may be deemed reasonably necessary or advisable by the Agent and the Banks; provided, however, that a Domestic Subsidiary shall not be required to execute such Guaranty Agreement so long as (i) the total assets (excluding all loans and advances made to such Subsidiary from a Loan Party or a Subsidiary of a Loan Party) of such Domestic Subsidiary are less than Fifty Million and 00/100 Dollars ($50,000,000.00), and (ii) the aggregate of the total assets (excluding all loans and advances made to such Subsidiary from a Loan Party or a Subsidiary of a Loan Party) of all such Domestic Subsidiaries with total asset values (excluding all loans and advances made to such Subsidiary from a Loan Party or a Subsidiary of a Loan Party) of less than Fifty Million and 00/100 Dollars ($50,000,000.00) does not exceed the aggregate amount of One Hundred Twenty-Five Million and 00/100 Dollars ($125,000,000.00). In the event that the total assets of any Subsidiary which is not a Domestic Subsidiary or a Guarantor are at any time equal to or greater than Twenty Million and 00/100 Dollars ($20,000,000.00), the Borrower shall provide the Agent and the Banks with prompt written notice of such asset value.

 

27.  Section 6.02 of the Loan Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and in its stead is inserted the following:

 

6.02    Restrictions on Non-Loan Party Subsidiaries.

 

No Loan Party shall permit any of its Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties to enter into or otherwise be bound by any agreement prohibiting or restricting (i) the payment of dividends or distributions to any Loan Party, (ii) the making of loans or advances to any Loan Party, or (iii) the making of investments in any Loan Party; provided, however, that with respect to Subsidiaries of Loan Parties acquired after the date hereof, existing agreements of such Subsidiaries with Persons not an Affiliate of such Subsidiary or any Loan Party that may prohibit or restrict those activities described in (i) through (iii) above shall be permitted hereunder (each such agreement an "Existing Restrictive Agreement"). In addition, the Borrower shall provide written notice to the Agent of any such Existing Restrictive Agreement within thirty (30) days after the acquisition of a Subsidiary which has previously entered into any such Existing Restrictive Agreement.

 

28.  Clause (a) of Section 9.02 of the Loan Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and in its stead is inserted the following:

 

(a) any increase in the Commitments hereunder (other than pursuant to Section 2.21 hereof),

 

29.  The following is hereby inserted as a new Section 9.20 of the Loan Agreement:

 

9.20    Judgment Currency.

 

(a)    Currency Conversion Procedures for Judgments. If for the purposes of obtaining judgment in any court it is necessary to convert a sum due hereunder or under a Revolving Credit Note in any currency (the "Original Currency") into another currency (the "Other Currency"), the parties hereby agree, to the fullest extent permitted by Law, that the rate of exchange used shall be that at which in accordance with normal banking procedures each Bank could purchase the Original Currency with the Other Currency after any premium and costs of exchange on the Business Day preceding that on which final judgment is given.

 

(b)    Indemnity in Certain Events.

 

The obligation of Borrower in respect of any sum due from Borrower to any Bank hereunder shall, notwithstanding any judgment in an Other Currency, whether pursuant to a judgment or otherwise, be discharged only to the extent that, on the Business Day following receipt by any Bank of any sum adjudged to be so due in such Other Currency, such Bank may in accordance with normal banking procedures purchase the Original Currency with such Other Currency. If the amount of the Original Currency so purchased is less than the sum originally due to such Bank in the Original Currency, Borrower agrees, as a separate obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment or payment, to indemnify such Bank against such loss.

 

30.  Schedule 1 to the Loan Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced by Schedule 1 attached hereto.

 

31.  Schedule 3.21 to the Loan Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced by Schedule 3.21 attached hereto.

 

32.  The provisions of Section 2 through 31 and Section 37 of this Second Amendment shall not become effective until the Agent has received the following, each in form and substance acceptable to the Agent:

 

	 	(a)	this Second Amendment, duly executed by the Borrower and the Banks;

 

	 	(b)	the documents listed in the Preliminary Closing Checklist set forth on Exhibit A attached hereto and made a part hereof; and

 

	 	(c)	such other documents as may be reasonably requested by the Agent.

 

33.  The Borrower hereby reconfirms and reaffirms all representations and warranties, agreements and covenants made by and pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Loan Agreement, except as such representations and warranties, agreements and covenants may have heretofore been amended, modified or waived in writing in accordance with the Loan Agreement, and except any such representations or warranties made as of a specific date or time, which shall have been true and correct in all material respects as of such date or time.

 

34.  The Borrower acknowledges and agrees that each and every document, instrument or agreement which at any time has secured payment of the Borrower's Indebtedness under the Loan Agreement including, but not limited to, (i) the Loan Agreement and (ii) the Guaranty Agreements continue to secure prompt payment when due of the Borrower's Indebtedness under the Loan Agreement.

 

35.  The Borrower hereby represents and warrants to the Banks and the Agent that (i) the Borrower has the legal power and authority to execute and deliver this Second Amendment; (ii) the officers of the Borrowers executing this Second Amendment have been duly authorized to execute and deliver the same and bind the Borrower with respect to the provisions hereof; (iii) the execution and delivery hereof by the Borrower and the performance and observance by the Borrower of the provisions hereof and of the Loan Agreement and all documents executed or to be executed therewith, do not violate or conflict with the organizational documents of the Borrower or any Law applicable to the Borrower or result in a breach of any provision of or constitute a default which would have a Material Adverse Effect under any other agreement, instrument or document binding upon or enforceable against the Borrower and (iv) this Second Amendment, the Loan Agreement and the documents executed or to be executed by the Borrower in connection herewith or therewith constitute valid and binding obligations of the Borrower in every respect, enforceable in accordance with their respective terms.

 

36.  The Borrower represents and warrants that (i) no Event of Default exists under the Loan Agreement, nor will any occur as a result of the execution and delivery of this Second Amendment or the performance or observance of any provision hereof; (ii) the Schedules attached to and made part of the Loan Agreement are true and correct as of the date hereof in all material respects and there are no material modifications or supplements thereto; and (iii) it presently has no claims or actions of any kind at law or in equity against the Banks or the Agent arising out of or in any way relating to the Loan Agreement or the other Loan Documents.

 

37.  The Agent and the Banks hereby waive the requirement that Cloverleaf Group, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation which was acquired by the Borrower, execute and deliver a Guaranty Agreement to the Agent in accordance with the provisions of Sections 5.16 of the Loan Agreement.

 

38.  Each reference to the Loan Agreement that is made in the Loan Agreement or any other document executed or to be executed in connection therewith shall hereafter be construed as a reference to the Loan Agreement as amended hereby.

 

39.  The agreements contained in this Second Amendment are limited to the specific agreements made herein. Except as amended hereby, all of the terms and conditions of the Loan Agreement shall remain in full force and effect. This Second Amendment amends the Loan Agreement and is not a novation thereof.

 

40.  This Second Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the different parties hereto on separate counterparts each of which, when so executed, shall be deemed an original, but all such counterparts shall constitute but one and the same instrument.

 

41.  This Second Amendment shall be governed by, and shall be construed and enforced in accordance with, the Laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania without regard to the principles or the conflicts thereof. The Borrower hereby consents to the jurisdiction and venue of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania and the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania with respect to any suit arising out of or mentioning this Second Amendment.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, and intending to be legally bound, the parties hereto, have caused this Second Amendment to be duly executed by their duly authorized officers on the day and year first above written.

 

Borrower:

	
ATTEST

 

By: David F. Beck    

Name: David F. Beck    

Title: Controller    
	
Matthews International Corporation

 

By:__Steven F. Nicola_ _________

Name: _ Steven F. Nicola________________

Title: _Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer ____________________

	 	 
	 	
Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania, as Agent and for itself as a Bank

 

By:__ Dwayne R. Finney _______________

Name: __Dwayne R. Finney ___________

Title: _Senior Vice President _____________

	 	 
	 	
PNC Bank, National Association, as Syndication Agent and for itself as a Bank

 

By:_Brett R. Schweike __________________

Name: _ Brett R. Schweike _ _____________

Title: _Vice President ________________

	 	 
	 	
National City Bank of Pennsylvania, as Documentation Agent and for itself as a Bank

 

By:__J. Barrett Donovan_________________

Name: _ J. Barrett Donovan______________

Title: _Assistant Vice President___________

	 	 
	 	 
	 	 

	

	 	 	 
	

	

EXHIBIT A

 

Preliminary Closing Checklist

See AttachedSchedule 1

 

	  
	 	 	 
	

	 

 

Schedule of Banks and Commitments

 

 

	
Bank
	
Commitment
	
Commitment Percentage

	
Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania

525 William Penn Place

Pittsburgh, PA 15219

Attn: Dwayne Finney
	
$60,000,000.00
	
40%

	
PNC Bank, National Association

One PNC Plaza

249 Fifth Avenue

Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Attn: Brett R. Schweikle
	
$60,000,000.00
	
40%

	
National City Bank of Pennsylvania

National City Center

20 Stanwix Street

Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Attn: Barrett Donovan
	
$30,000,000.00
	
20%

	
Total Commitment Amount
	
$150,000,000.00
	
100%

	  
	 	 	 
	

	 

Schedule 3.21

Subsidiaries

See Attached

	

	 	 	 
	

	

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA            )

 

)    SS:

 

COUNTY OF ALLEGHENY            )

 

On this, the _____ day of February, 2005, before me, a Notary Public, the undersigned officer, personally appeared ________________, who acknowledged himself/herself to be the ______________ of Matthews International Corporation, a Pennsylvania corporation (the "Company"), and that he/she as such officer, being authorized to do so, executed the foregoing instrument for the purposes therein contained by signing the name of the Company as such officer.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand and official seal.

 

______________________________

Notary Public

 

My Commission Expires:Registration Rights Agreement

EXHIBIT 10.3

 

 

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

 

This Registration Rights Agreement (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of December ___, 2004, by and among Stinger Systems, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), and the purchasers signatory hereto (each such purchaser, a “Purchaser” and collectively, the “Purchasers”).

 

This Agreement is made pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of the date hereof among the Company and the Purchasers (the “Purchase Agreement”).

 

The Company and the Purchasers hereby agree as follows:

 

1.  Definitions. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein that are defined in the Purchase Agreement shall have the meanings given such terms in the Purchase Agreement. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

 

“Advice” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(d).

 

“Effectiveness Date” means, with respect to the Registration Statement required to be filed hereunder, the earlier of (a) the 150th calendar day following the date of the Purchase Agreement, and (b) the fifth Trading Day following the date on which the Company is notified by the Commission that the Registration Statement will not be reviewed or is no longer subject to further review and comments.

 

“Effectiveness Period” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a).

 

“Event” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(b).

 

“Event Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(b).

 

“Filing Date” means, with respect to the Registration Statement required to be filed hereunder, the 30th calendar day following the date of the Purchase Agreement.

 

“Holder” or “Holders” means the holder or holders, as the case may be, from time to time of Registrable Securities.

 

“Indemnified Party” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(c).

 

“Indemnifying Party” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(c).

 

“Losses” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(a).

 

“Plan of Distribution” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a). 

 

	 
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“Proceeding” means an action, claim, suit, investigation or proceeding (including, without limitation, an investigation or partial proceeding, such as a deposition), whether commenced or threatened.

 

“Prospectus” means the prospectus included in the Registration Statement (including, without limitation, a prospectus that includes any information previously omitted from a prospectus filed as part of an effective registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A promulgated under the Securities Act), as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement, with respect to the terms of the offering of any portion of the Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement, and all other amendments and supplements to the Prospectus, including post-effective amendments, and all material incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such Prospectus.

 

“Registrable Securities” means all of the Shares and the Warrant Shares issuable, together with any shares of Common Stock issued or issuable upon any stock split, dividend or other distribution, recapitalization or similar event with respect to the foregoing.

 

“Registration Statement” means the registration statements required to be filed hereunder, including (in each case) the Prospectus, amendments and supplements to the registration statement or Prospectus, including pre- and post-effective amendments, all exhibits thereto, and all material incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference in the registration statement.

 

“Rule 415” means Rule 415 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same purpose and effect as such Rule.

 

“Rule 424” means Rule 424 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same purpose and effect as such Rule.

 

“Selling Shareholder Questionnaire” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(a).

 

2.   Registration.

 

(a)  On or prior to the Filing Date, the Company shall prepare and file with the Commission the Registration Statement covering the resale of all of the Registrable Securities for an offering to be made on a continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415. The Registration Statement required hereunder shall be on Form S-1 or SB-2 at the Company’s election (except if the Company is not then eligible to register for resale the Registrable Securities on Form S-1 or SB-2, in which case the Registration shall be on another appropriate form in accordance herewith). The Registration Statement required hereunder shall contain (except if otherwise directed by the Holders) substantially the “Plan of Distribution” attached hereto as Annex A. Subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Company shall use its best efforts to cause the Registration Statement to be declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as possible after the filing thereof, but in any event not later than the Effectiveness Date, and shall use its best efforts to keep the Registration Statement continuously effective under the Securities Act until the date when all Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement have been sold or may be sold without volume restrictions pursuant to Rule 144(k) as determined by the counsel to the Company pursuant to a written opinion letter to such effect, addressed and acceptable to the Company’s transfer agent and the affected Holders (the “Effectiveness Period”). The Company shall immediately notify the Holders via facsimile of the effectiveness of the Registration Statement on the same day that the Company receives notification of the effectiveness from the Commission. Failure to so notify the Holder within 1 Trading Day of such notification shall be deemed an Event under Section 2(b).

 

	 
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(b)  If: (i) a Registration Statement is not filed on or prior to the Filing Date (if the Company files a Registration Statement without affording the Holder the opportunity to review and comment on the same as required by Section 3(a), the Company shall not be deemed to have satisfied this clause (i)), or (ii) the Company fails to file with the Commission a request for acceleration in accordance with Rule 461 promulgated under the Securities Act, within five Trading Days of the date that the Company is notified (orally or in writing, whichever is earlier) by the Commission that a Registration Statement will not be “reviewed,” or is not subject to further review, or (iii) [intentionally omitted], or (iv) a Registration Statement filed or required to be filed hereunder is not declared effective by the Commission on or before the Effectiveness Date, or (v) after a Registration Statement is first declared effective by the Commission, it ceases for any reason to remain continuously effective as to all Registrable Securities for which it is required to be effective, or the Holders are not permitted to utilize the Prospectus therein to resell such Registrable Securities, for in any such case 10 consecutive calendar days but no more than an aggregate of 15 calendar days during any 12 month period (which need not be consecutive Trading Days)(any such failure or breach being referred to as an “Event,” and for purposes of clause (i) or (iv) the date on which such Event occurs, or for purposes of clause (ii) the date on which such five Trading Day period is exceeded, or for purposes of clause (v) the date on which such 10 or 15 calendar day period, as applicable, is exceeded being referred to as “Event Date”), then in addition to any other rights the Holders may have hereunder or under applicable law, then, on each such Event Date and on each monthly anniversary of each such Event Date (if the applicable Event shall not have been cured by such date) until the applicable Event is cured, the Company shall pay to each Holder an amount in cash, as partial liquidated damages and not as a penalty, equal to 1.5% of the aggregate purchase price paid by such Holder pursuant to the Purchase Agreement for any Registrable Securities then held by such Holder. If the Company fails to pay any partial liquidated damages pursuant to this Section in full within seven days after the date payable, the Company will pay interest thereon at a rate of 18% per annum (or such lesser maximum amount that is permitted to be paid by applicable law) to the Holder, accruing daily from the date such partial liquidated damages are due until such amounts, plus all such interest thereon, are paid in full. The partial liquidated damages pursuant to the terms hereof shall apply on a daily pro-rata basis for any portion of a month prior to the cure of an Event.

 

3.   Registration Procedures

 

In connection with the Company’s registration obligations hereunder, the Company shall:

 

	 
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(a)  Not less than five Trading Days prior to the filing of the Registration Statement or any related Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, the Company shall, (i) furnish to the Holders copies of all such documents proposed to be filed (including documents incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference to the extent requested by such Person) which documents will be subject to the review of such Holders, and (ii) cause its officers and directors, counsel and independent certified public accountants to respond to such inquiries as shall be necessary, in the reasonable opinion of respective counsel to conduct a reasonable investigation within the meaning of the Securities Act. The Company shall not file the Registration Statement or any such Prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto to which the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities shall reasonably object in good faith, provided that the Company is notified of such objection in writing no later than 5 Trading Days after the Holders have been so furnished copies of such documents. Each Holder agrees to furnish to the Company a completed Questionnaire in the form attached to this Agreement as Annex B (a “Selling Shareholder Questionnaire”) not less than two Trading Days prior to the Filing Date or by the end of the fourth Trading Day following the date on which such Holder receives draft materials in accordance with this Section.

 

(b)  (i) Prepare and file with the Commission such amendments, including post-effective amendments, to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus used in connection therewith as may be necessary to keep the Registration Statement continuously effective as to the applicable Registrable Securities for the Effectiveness Period and prepare and file with the Commission such additional Registration Statements in order to register for resale under the Securities Act all of the Registrable Securities; (ii) cause the related Prospectus to be amended or supplemented by any required Prospectus supplement, and as so supplemented or amended to be filed pursuant to Rule 424; (iii) respond as promptly as reasonably possible to any comments received from the Commission with respect to the Registration Statement or any amendment thereto and, as promptly as reasonably possible, upon request, provide the Holders true and complete copies of all correspondence from and to the Commission relating to the Registration Statement; and (iv) comply in all material respects with the provisions of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act with respect to the disposition of all Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement during the applicable period in accordance with the intended methods of disposition by the Holders thereof set forth in the Registration Statement as so amended or in such Prospectus as so supplemented.

 

	 
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(c)  Notify the Holders of Registrable Securities to be sold as promptly as reasonably possible and (if requested by any such Person) confirm such notice in writing promptly following the day (i)(A) when a Prospectus or any Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement is proposed to be filed; (B) when the Commission notifies the Company whether there will be a “review” of the Registration Statement and whenever the Commission comments in writing on the Registration Statement (the Company shall upon request provide true and complete copies thereof and all written responses thereto to each of the Holders); and (C) with respect to the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment, when the same has become effective; (ii) of any request by the Commission or any other Federal or state governmental authority during the period of effectiveness of the Registration Statement for amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or Prospectus or for additional information; (iii) of the issuance by the Commission or any other federal or state governmental authority of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement covering any or all of the Registrable Securities or the initiation of any Proceedings for that purpose; (iv) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification or exemption from qualification of any of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction, or the initiation or threatening of any Proceeding for such purpose; and (v) of the occurrence of any event or passage of time that makes the financial statements included in the Registration Statement ineligible for inclusion therein or any statement made in the Registration Statement or Prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference untrue in any material respect or that requires any revisions to the Registration Statement, Prospectus or other documents so that, in the case of the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, as the case may be, it will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

 

(d)  Use best efforts to avoid the issuance of, or, if issued, obtain the withdrawal of (i) any order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, or (ii) any suspension of the qualification (or exemption from qualification) of any of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction, at the earliest practicable moment.

 

(e)  Furnish to each Holder, without charge, at least one conformed copy of the Registration Statement and each amendment thereto, including financial statements and schedules, all documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference to the extent requested by such Person, and all exhibits to the extent requested by such Person (including those previously furnished or incorporated by reference) promptly after the filing of such documents with the Commission.

 

(f)  Promptly deliver to each Holder, without charge, as many copies of the Prospectus or Prospectuses (including each form of prospectus) and each amendment or supplement thereto as such Persons may reasonably request in connection with resales by the Holder of Registrable Securities. Subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Company hereby consents to the use of such Prospectus and each amendment or supplement thereto by each of the selling Holders in connection with the offering and sale of the Registrable Securities covered by such Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, except after the giving on any notice pursuant to Section 3(c).

 

	 
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(g)  Prior to any resale of Registrable Securities by a Holder, use its commercially reasonable efforts to register or qualify or cooperate with the selling Holders in connection with the registration or qualification (or exemption from the Registration or qualification) of such Registrable Securities for the resale by the Holder under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions within the United States as any Holder reasonably requests in writing, to keep the Registration or qualification (or exemption therefrom) effective during the Effectiveness Period and to do any and all other acts or things reasonably necessary to enable the disposition in such jurisdictions of the Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement; provided, that the Company shall not be required to qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not then so qualified, subject the Company to any material tax in any such jurisdiction where it is not then so subject or file a general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction.

 

(h)  If requested by the Holders, cooperate with the Holders to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing Registrable Securities to be delivered to a transferee pursuant to the Registration Statement, which certificates shall be free, to the extent permitted by the Purchase Agreement, of all restrictive legends, and to enable such Registrable Securities to be in such denominations and registered in such names as any such Holders may request.

 

(i)  Upon the occurrence of any event contemplated by Section 3(c)(v), as promptly as reasonably possible, prepare a supplement or amendment, including a post-effective amendment, to the Registration Statement or a supplement to the related Prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference, and file any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered, neither the Registration Statement nor such Prospectus will contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. If the Company notifies the Holders in accordance with clauses (ii) through (v) of Section 3(c) above to suspend the use of any Prospectus until the requisite changes to such Prospectus have been made, then the Holders shall suspend use of such Prospectus. The Company will use its best efforts to ensure that the use of the Prospectus may be resumed as promptly as is practicable. The Company shall be entitled to exercise its right under this Section 3(i) to suspend the availability of a Registration Statement and Prospectus, subject to the payment of partial liquidated damages pursuant to Section 2(b), for a period not to exceed 60 days (which need not be consecutive days) in any 12 month period.

 

(j)  Comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission.

 

(k)  The Company may require each selling Holder to furnish to the Company a certified statement as to the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by such Holder and, if required by the Commission, the person thereof that has voting and dispositive control over the Shares. During any periods that the Company is unable to meet its obligations hereunder with respect to the registration of the Registrable Securities solely because any Holder fails to furnish such information within three Trading Days of the Company’s request, any liquidated damages that are accruing at such time as to such Holder only shall be tolled and any Event that may otherwise occur solely because of such delay shall be suspended as to such Holder only, until such information is delivered to the Company.

 

	 
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4.  Registration Expenses. All fees and expenses incident to the performance of or compliance with this Agreement by the Company shall be borne by the Company whether or not any Registrable Securities are sold pursuant to the Registration Statement. The fees and expenses referred to in the foregoing sentence shall include, without limitation, (i) all registration and filing fees (including, without limitation, fees and expenses (A) with respect to filings required to be made with the Trading Market on which the Common Stock is then listed for trading, (B) in compliance with applicable state securities or Blue Sky laws reasonably agreed to by the Company in writing (including, without limitation, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company in connection with Blue Sky qualifications or exemptions of the Registrable Securities and determination of the eligibility of the Registrable Securities for investment under the laws of such jurisdictions as requested by the Holders) and (C) with respect to any filing that may be required to be made by any broker through which a Holder intends to make sales of Registrable Securities with NASD Regulation, Inc. pursuant to the NASD Rule 2710, so long as the broker is receiving no more than a customary brokerage commission in connection with such sale, (ii) printing expenses (including, without limitation, expenses of printing certificates for Registrable Securities and of printing prospectuses if the printing of prospectuses is reasonably requested by the holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities included in the Registration Statement), (iii) messenger, telephone and delivery expenses, (iv) fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company, (v) Securities Act liability insurance, if the Company so desires such insurance, and (vi) fees and expenses of all other Persons retained by the Company in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. In addition, the Company shall be responsible for all of its internal expenses incurred in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (including, without limitation, all salaries and expenses of its officers and employees performing legal or accounting duties), the expense of any annual audit and the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the listing of the Registrable Securities on any securities exchange as required hereunder. In no event shall the Company be responsible for any broker or similar commissions or, except to the extent provided for in the Transaction Documents, any legal fees or other costs of the Holders.

 

5.  Indemnification

 

(a)  Indemnification by the Company. The Company shall, notwithstanding any termination of this Agreement, indemnify and hold harmless each Holder, the officers, directors, agents, brokers (including brokers who offer and sell Registrable Securities as principal as a result of a pledge or any failure to perform under a margin call of Common Stock), investment advisors and employees of each of them, each Person who controls any such Holder (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) and the officers, directors, agents and employees of each such controlling Person, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, costs (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees) and expenses (collectively, “Losses”), as incurred, arising out of or relating to any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, any Prospectus or any form of prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any preliminary prospectus, or arising out of or relating to any omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of any Prospectus or form of prospectus or supplement thereto, in light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading, except to the extent, but only to the extent, that (i) such untrue statements or omissions are based solely upon information regarding such Holder furnished in writing to the Company by such Holder expressly for use therein, or to the extent that such information relates to such Holder or such Holder’s proposed method of distribution of Registrable Securities and was reviewed and expressly approved in writing by such Holder expressly for use in the Registration Statement, such Prospectus or such form of Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto (it being understood that the Holder has approved Annex A hereto for this purpose) or (ii) in the case of an occurrence of an event of the type specified in Section 3(c)(ii)-(v), the use by such Holder of an outdated or defective Prospectus after the Company has notified such Holder in writing that the Prospectus is outdated or defective and prior to the receipt by such Holder of the Advice contemplated in Section 6(d). The Company shall notify the Holders promptly of the institution, threat or assertion of any Proceeding of which the Company is aware in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

	 
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(b)  Indemnification by Holders. Each Holder shall, severally and not jointly, indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, officers, agents and employees, each Person who controls the Company (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section 20 of the Exchange Act), and the directors, officers, agents or employees of such controlling Persons, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, from and against all Losses, as incurred, to the extent arising out of or based solely upon: (x) such Holder’s failure to comply with the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act or (y) any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement, any Prospectus, or any form of prospectus, or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any preliminary prospectus, or arising out of or relating to any omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading (i) to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or omission is contained in any information so furnished in writing by such Holder to the Company specifically for inclusion in the Registration Statement or such Prospectus or (ii) to the extent that (1) such untrue statements or omissions are based solely upon information regarding such Holder furnished in writing to the Company by such Holder expressly for use therein, or to the extent that such information relates to such Holder or such Holder’s proposed method of distribution of Registrable Securities and was reviewed and expressly approved in writing by such Holder expressly for use in the Registration Statement (it being understood that the Holder has approved Annex A hereto for this purpose), such Prospectus or such form of Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or (2) in the case of an occurrence of an event of the type specified in Section 3(c)(ii)-(v), the use by such Holder of an outdated or defective Prospectus after the Company has notified such Holder in writing that the Prospectus is outdated or defective and prior to the receipt by such Holder of the Advice contemplated in Section 6(d). In no event shall the liability of any selling Holder hereunder be greater in amount than the dollar amount of the net proceeds received by such Holder upon the sale of the Registrable Securities giving rise to such indemnification obligation.

 

(c)  Conduct of Indemnification Proceedings. If any Proceeding shall be brought or asserted against any Person entitled to indemnity hereunder (an “Indemnified Party”), such Indemnified Party shall promptly notify the Person from whom indemnity is sought (the “Indemnifying Party”) in writing, and the Indemnifying Party shall have the right to assume the defense thereof, including the employment of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Party and the payment of all fees and expenses incurred in connection with defense thereof; provided, that the failure of any Indemnified Party to give such notice shall not relieve the Indemnifying Party of its obligations or liabilities pursuant to this Agreement, except (and only) to the extent that it shall be finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction (which determination is not subject to appeal or further review) that such failure shall have prejudiced the Indemnifying Party

 

	 
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An Indemnified Party shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such Proceeding and to participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Party or Parties unless: (1) the Indemnifying Party has agreed in writing to pay such fees and expenses; (2) the Indemnifying Party shall have failed promptly to assume the defense of such Proceeding and to employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Party in any such Proceeding; or (3) the named parties to any such Proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both such Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party, and such Indemnified Party shall reasonably believe that a material conflict of interest is likely to exist if the same counsel were to represent such Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party (in which case, if such Indemnified Party notifies the Indemnifying Party in writing that it elects to employ separate counsel at the expense of the Indemnifying Party, the Indemnifying Party shall not have the right to assume the defense thereof and the reasonable fees and expenses of one separate counsel shall be at the expense of the Indemnifying Party). The Indemnifying Party shall not be liable for any settlement of any such Proceeding effected without its written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. No Indemnifying Party shall, without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party, effect any settlement of any pending Proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified Party is a party, unless such settlement includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Party from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such Proceeding.

 

Subject to the terms of this Agreement, all reasonable fees and expenses of the Indemnified Party (including reasonable fees and expenses to the extent incurred in connection with investigating or preparing to defend such Proceeding in a manner not inconsistent with this Section) shall be paid to the Indemnified Party, as incurred, within ten Trading Days of written notice thereof to the Indemnifying Party; provided, that the Indemnified Party shall promptly reimburse the Indemnifying Party for that portion of such fees and expenses applicable to such actions for which such Indemnified Party is not entitled to indemnification hereunder, determined based upon the relative faults of the parties.

 

	 
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(d)  Contribution. If a claim for indemnification under Section 5(a) or 5(b) is unavailable to an Indemnified Party (by reason of public policy or otherwise), then each Indemnifying Party, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Party, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Party as a result of such Losses, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Indemnifying Party and Indemnified Party in connection with the actions, statements or omissions that resulted in such Losses as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of such Indemnifying Party and Indemnified Party shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any action in question, including any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission of a material fact, has been taken or made by, or relates to information supplied by, such Indemnifying Party or Indemnified Party, and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such action, statement or omission. The amount paid or payable by a party as a result of any Losses shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth in this Agreement, any reasonable attorneys’ or other reasonable fees or expenses incurred by such party in connection with any Proceeding to the extent such party would have been indemnified for such fees or expenses if the indemnification provided for in this Section was available to such party in accordance with its terms.

 

The parties hereto agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 5(d) were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation that does not take into account the equitable considerations referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 5(d), no Holder shall be required to contribute, in the aggregate, any amount in excess of the amount by which the proceeds actually received by such Holder from the sale of the Registrable Securities subject to the Proceeding exceeds the amount of any damages that such Holder has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission, except in the case of fraud by such Holder.

 

The indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this Section are in addition to any liability that the Indemnifying Parties may have to the Indemnified Parties.

 

6.  Miscellaneous

 

(a)  Remedies. In the event of a breach by the Company or by a Holder, of any of their obligations under this Agreement, each Holder or the Company, as the case may be, in addition to being entitled to exercise all rights granted by law and under this Agreement, including recovery of damages, will be entitled to specific performance of its rights under this Agreement. The Company and each Holder agree that monetary damages would not provide adequate compensation for any losses incurred by reason of a breach by it of any of the provisions of this Agreement and hereby further agrees that, in the event of any action for specific performance in respect of such breach, it shall waive the defense that a remedy at law would be adequate.

 

	 
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(b)  No Piggyback on Registrations. Except as set forth on Schedule 6(b) attached hereto, neither the Company nor any of its security holders (other than the Holders in such capacity pursuant hereto) may include securities of the Company in a Registration Statement other than the Registrable Securities. No Person has any right to cause the Company to effect the registration under the Securities Act of any securities of the Company. The Company shall not file any other registration statements until the Registration Statement required hereunder is declared effective by the Commission, provided that this Section 6(b) shall not prohibit the Company from filing amendments to registration statements already filed.

 

(c)  Compliance. Each Holder covenants and agrees that it will comply with the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act as applicable to it in connection with sales of Registrable Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement.

 

(d)  Discontinued Disposition. Each Holder agrees by its acquisition of such Registrable Securities that, upon receipt of a notice from the Company of the occurrence of any event of the kind described in Section 3(c), such Holder will forthwith discontinue disposition of such Registrable Securities under the Registration Statement until such Holder’s receipt of the copies of the supplemented Prospectus and/or amended Registration Statement or until it is advised in writing (the “Advice”) by the Company that the use of the applicable Prospectus may be resumed, and, in either case, has received copies of any additional or supplemental filings that are incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such Prospectus or Registration Statement. The Company will use its best efforts to ensure that the use of the Prospectus may be resumed as promptly as it practicable. The Company agrees and acknowledges that any periods during which the Holder is required to discontinue the disposition of the Registrable Securities hereunder shall be subject to the provisions of Section 2(b).

 

(e)  Piggy-Back Registrations. If at any time during the Effectiveness Period there is not an effective Registration Statement covering all of the Registrable Securities and the Company shall determine to prepare and file with the Commission a registration statement relating to an offering for its own account or the account of others under the Securities Act of any of its equity securities, other than on Form S-4 or Form S-8 (each as promulgated under the Securities Act) or their then equivalents relating to equity securities to be issued solely in connection with any acquisition of any entity or business or equity securities issuable in connection with the stock option or other employee benefit plans, then the Company shall send to each Holder a written notice of such determination and, if within fifteen days after the date of such notice, any such Holder shall so request in writing, the Company shall include in such registration statement all or any part of such Registrable Securities such Holder requests to be registered, subject to customary underwriter cutbacks applicable to all holders of registration rights.

 

(f)  Amendments and Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement, including the provisions of this sentence, may not be amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures from the provisions hereof may not be given, unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Company and each Holder of the then outstanding Registrable Securities. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a waiver or consent to depart from the provisions hereof with respect to a matter that relates exclusively to the rights of Holders and that does not directly or indirectly affect the rights of other Holders may be given by Holders of all of the Registrable Securities to which such waiver or consent relates; provided, however, that the provisions of this sentence may not be amended, modified, or supplemented except in accordance with the provisions of the immediately preceding sentence.

 

	 
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(g)  Notices. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries required or permitted to be provided hereunder shall be delivered as set forth in the Purchase Agreement.

 

(h)  Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and permitted assigns of each of the parties and shall inure to the benefit of each Holder. The Company may not assign its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of all of the Holders of the then-outstanding Registrable Securities. Each Holder may assign their respective rights hereunder in the manner and to the Persons as permitted under the Purchase Agreement.

 

(i)  No Inconsistent Agreements. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has entered, as of the date hereof, nor shall the Company or any of its subsidiaries, on or after the date of this Agreement, enter into any agreement with respect to its securities, that would have the effect of impairing the rights granted to the Holders in this Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof. Except as set forth on Schedule 6(i), neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has previously entered into any agreement granting any registration rights with respect to any of its securities to any Person that have not been satisfied in full.

 

(j)  Execution and Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and, all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same Agreement. In the event that any signature is delivered by facsimile transmission, such signature shall create a valid binding obligation of the party executing (or on whose behalf such signature is executed) the same with the same force and effect as if such facsimile signature were the original thereof.

 

(k)  Governing Law. All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement shall be determined with the provisions of the Purchase Agreement.

 

(l)  Cumulative Remedies. The remedies provided herein are cumulative and not exclusive of any remedies provided by law.

 

(m)  Severability. If any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions set forth herein shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated, and the parties hereto shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to find and employ an alternative means to achieve the same or substantially the same result as that contemplated by such term, provision, covenant or restriction. It is hereby stipulated and declared to be the intention of the parties that they would have executed the remaining terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions without including any of such that may be hereafter declared invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable.

 

	 
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(n)  Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.

 

(o)  Independent Nature of Holders’ Obligations and Rights. The obligations of each Holder hereunder are several and not joint with the obligations of any other Holder hereunder, and no Holder shall be responsible in any way for the performance of the obligations of any other Holder hereunder. Nothing contained herein or in any other agreement or document delivered at any closing, and no action taken by any Holder pursuant hereto or thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Holders as a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the Holders are in any way acting in concert with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Each Holder shall be entitled to protect and enforce its rights, including without limitation the rights arising out of this Agreement, and it shall not be necessary for any other Holder to be joined as an additional party in any proceeding for such purpose.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Registration Rights Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

 

	
STINGER SYSTEMS, INC.

	
By:__________________________________________

Name:

Title:

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[HOLDER’S SIGNATURE PAGE TO STIY RRA]

Name of Holder: __________________________

Signature of Authorized Signatory of Holder: __________________________

Name of Authorized Signatory: _________________________

Title of Authorized Signatory: __________________________

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ANNEX A

 

Plan of Distribution

 

The Selling Stockholders (the “Selling Stockholders”) of the common stock (“Common Stock”) of Stinger Systems, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”) and any of their pledgees, assignees and successors-in-interest may, from time to time, sell any or all of their shares of Common Stock on any stock exchange, market or trading facility on which the shares are traded or in private transactions. These sales may be at fixed or negotiated prices. The Selling Stockholders may use any one or more of the following methods when selling shares:

 

	·  	ordinary brokerage transactions and transactions in which the broker-dealer solicits purchasers;

 

	·  	block trades in which the broker-dealer will attempt to sell the shares as agent but may position and resell a portion of the block as principal to facilitate the transaction;

 

	·  	purchases by a broker-dealer as principal and resale by the broker-dealer for its account;

 

	·  	an exchange distribution in accordance with the rules of the applicable exchange;

 

	·  	privately negotiated transactions;

 

	·  	settlement of short sales entered into after the date of this prospectus;

 

	·  	broker-dealers may agree with the Selling Stockholders to sell a specified number of such shares at a stipulated price per share;

 

	·  	a combination of any such methods of sale;

 

	·  	through the writing or settlement of options or other hedging transactions, whether through an options exchange or otherwise; or

 

	·  	any other method permitted pursuant to applicable law.

 

The Selling Stockholders may also sell shares under Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), if available, rather than under this prospectus.

 

Broker-dealers engaged by the Selling Stockholders may arrange for other brokers-dealers to participate in sales. Broker-dealers may receive commissions or discounts from the Selling Stockholders (or, if any broker-dealer acts as agent for the purchaser of shares, from the purchaser) in amounts to be negotiated. Each Selling Stockholder does not expect these commissions and discounts relating to its sales of shares to exceed what is customary in the types of transactions involved.

 

	 
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In connection with the sale of the Common Stock or interests therein, the Selling Stockholders may enter into hedging transactions with broker-dealers or other financial institutions, which may in turn engage in short sales of the Common Stock in the course of hedging the positions they assume. The Selling Stockholders may also sell shares of the Common Stock short and deliver these securities to close out their short positions, or loan or pledge the Common Stock to broker-dealers that in turn may sell these securities. The Selling Stockholders may also enter into option or other transactions with broker-dealers or other financial institutions or the creation of one or more derivative securities which require the delivery to such broker-dealer or other financial institution of shares offered by this prospectus, which shares such broker-dealer or other financial institution may resell pursuant to this prospectus (as supplemented or amended to reflect such transaction).

 

The Selling Stockholders and any broker-dealers or agents that are involved in selling the shares may be deemed to be “underwriters” within the meaning of the Securities Act in connection with such sales. In such event, any commissions received by such broker-dealers or agents and any profit on the resale of the shares purchased by them may be deemed to be underwriting commissions or discounts under the Securities Act. Each Selling Stockholder has informed the Company that it does not have any agreement or understanding, directly or indirectly, with any person to distribute the Common Stock.

 

The Company is required to pay certain fees and expenses incurred by the Company incident to the registration of the shares. The Company has agreed to indemnify the Selling Stockholders against certain losses, claims, damages and liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act. 

 

Because Selling Stockholders may be deemed to be “underwriters” within the meaning of the Securities Act, they will be subject to the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act. In addition, any securities covered by this prospectus which qualify for sale pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act may be sold under Rule 144 rather than under this prospectus. Each Selling Stockholder has advised us that they have not entered into any agreements, understandings or arrangements with any underwriter or broker-dealer regarding the sale of the resale shares. There is no underwriter or coordinating broker acting in connection with the proposed sale of the resale shares by the Selling Stockholders.

 

We agreed to keep this prospectus effective until the earlier of (i) the date on which the shares may be resold by the Selling Stockholders without registration and without regard to any volume limitations by reason of Rule 144(e) under the Securities Act or any other rule of similar effect or (ii) all of the shares have been sold pursuant to the prospectus or Rule 144 under the Securities Act or any other rule of similar effect. The resale shares will be sold only through registered or licensed brokers or dealers if required under applicable state securities laws. In addition, in certain states, the resale shares may not be sold unless they have been registered or qualified for sale in the applicable state or an exemption from the registration or qualification requirement is available and is complied with.

 

Under applicable rules and regulations under the Exchange Act, any person engaged in the distribution of the resale shares may not simultaneously engage in market making activities with respect to the Common Stock for a period of two business days prior to the commencement of the distribution. In addition, the Selling Stockholders will be subject to applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, including Regulation M, which may limit the timing of purchases and sales of shares of the Common Stock by the Selling Stockholders or any other person. We will make copies of this prospectus available to the Selling Stockholders and have informed them of the need to deliver a copy of this prospectus to each purchaser at or prior to the time of the sale.

 

	 
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Annex B

 

Stinger Systems, Inc.

 

Selling Securityholder Notice and Questionnaire

 

The undersigned beneficial owner of common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”), of Stinger Systems, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), (the “Registrable Securities”) understands that the Company has filed or intends to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) a registration statement on Form SB-2 (the “Registration Statement”) for the registration and resale under Rule 415 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), of the Registrable Securities, in accordance with the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of December ___, 2004 (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), among the Company and the Purchasers named therein. A copy of the Registration Rights Agreement is available from the Company upon request at the address set forth below. All capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Registration Rights Agreement.

 

Certain legal consequences arise from being named as a selling securityholder in the Registration Statement and the related prospectus. Accordingly, holders and beneficial owners of Registrable Securities are advised to consult their own securities law counsel regarding the consequences of being named or not being named as a selling securityholder in the Registration Statement and the related prospectus.

 

NOTICE

 

The undersigned beneficial owner (the “Selling Securityholder”) of Registrable Securities hereby elects to include the Registrable Securities owned by it and listed below in Item 3 (unless otherwise specified under such Item 3) in the Registration Statement.

 

	 
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QUESTIONNAIRE

 

1.    Name.

 

		(a)	Full Legal Name of Selling Securityholder

 

	         _________________________________________
	 

		(b)	Full Legal Name of Registered Holder (if not the same as (a) above) through which Registrable Securities Listed in Item 3 below are held:

 

	 
	         _________________________________________

		(c)	Full Legal Name of Natural Control Person (which means a natural person who directly you indirectly alone or with others has power to vote or dispose of the securities covered by the questionnaire):

 

	 
	         _________________________________________

 

2. Address for Notices to Selling Securityholder:

 

	 ______________________________________
	 ______________________________________
	 ______________________________________
	
Telephone:_______________________   

	
Fax:__________________________________  

	
Contact Person:_________________________  

3. Beneficial Ownership of Registrable Securities:

 

		(a)	Type and Number of Registrable Securities beneficially owned:

 

	         ______________________________________
	         ______________________________________
	         ______________________________________
	 

 

	 
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4. Broker-Dealer Status:

 

		(a)	Are you a broker-dealer?

 

Yes [  ]    No [  ]

 

		Note:	If yes, the Commission’s staff has indicated that you should be identified as an underwriter in the Registration Statement.

 

		(b)	Are you an affiliate of a broker-dealer?

 

Yes [  ]    No [  ]

 

		(c)	
If you are an affiliate of a broker-dealer, do you certify that you bought the Registrable Securities in the ordinary course of business, and at the time of the purchase of the Registrable Securities to be resold, you had no agreements or understandings, directly or indirectly, with any person to distribute the Registrable Securities?

 

Yes  [  ]    No [  ]

 

		Note:	If no, the Commission’s staff has indicated that you should be identified as an underwriter in the Registration Statement.

 

5. Beneficial Ownership of Other Securities of the Company Owned by the Selling Securityholder.

 

Except as set forth below in this Item 5, the undersigned is not the beneficial or registered owner of any securities of the Company other than the Registrable Securities listed above in Item 3.

 

		(a)	Type and Amount of Other Securities beneficially owned by the Selling Securityholder:

 

	         ____________________________________________________
	         ____________________________________________________
	 

 

	 
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6. Relationships with the Company:

 

Except as set forth below, neither the undersigned nor any of its affiliates, officers, directors or principal equity holders (owners of 5% of more of the equity securities of the undersigned) has held any position or office or has had any other material relationship with the Company (or its predecessors or affiliates) during the past three years.

 

State any exceptions here:

 

	     _______________________________________________
	     _______________________________________________
	 

 

The undersigned agrees to promptly notify the Company of any inaccuracies or changes in the information provided herein that may occur subsequent to the date hereof at any time while the Registration Statement remains effective.

 

By signing below, the undersigned consents to the disclosure of the information contained herein in its answers to Items 1 through 6 and the inclusion of such information in the Registration Statement and the related prospectus. The undersigned understands that such information will be relied upon by the Company in connection with the preparation or amendment of the Registration Statement and the related prospectus.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned, by authority duly given, has caused this Notice and Questionnaire to be executed and delivered either in person or by its duly authorized agent.

 

Dated:  _____________________________        Beneficial Owner:   ______________________________    

 

By: ___________________________        

Name: 

Title:    

PLEASE FAX A COPY OF THE COMPLETED AND EXECUTED NOTICE AND QUESTIONNAIRE, AND RETURN THE ORIGINAL BY OVERNIGHT MAIL, TO:

 

 

	 
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