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FNSR 10.55. 04.30.11

EXHIBIT 10.55

THIRD AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT AND FIRST AMENDMENT TO SECURITY AGREEMENT

THIS THIRD AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT AND FIRST AMENDMENT TO SECURITY AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”), dated as of February 9, 2011, is entered into by and among WELLS FARGO CAPITAL FINANCE, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company formerly known as Wells Fargo Foothill, LLC, as administrative agent (in such capacity, “Agent”) for the Lenders (as defined below), FINISAR CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), OPTIUM CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation, (“Optium” and Parent, each individually a “Borrower”, and individually and collectively, jointly and severally, the “Borrowers”) and the Lenders.
RECITALS
A.    Borrowers, the lenders party thereto from time to time (the “Lenders”) and Agent, have previously entered into that certain Credit Agreement dated as of October 2, 2009 (as the same may be modified, supplemented or amended from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), pursuant to which the Lenders have made certain loans and financial accommodations available to Borrowers.  Terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Credit Agreement.
B.    Borrowers, certain of Borrowers' subsidiaries identified on the signature pages thereof (such subsidiaries together with Borrowers, collectively, "Grantors") and Agent have previously entered into that certain Security Agreement dated as of October 2, 2009 (as the same may be modified, supplemented or amended from time to time, the “Security Agreement”).
C.    Borrowers have requested that Agent and the Lenders amend the Credit Agreement, and Grantors have requested that Agent and the Lenders amend the Security Agreement, all of which Agent and the Lenders are willing to do pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth herein.
D.    Borrowers and Grantors are entering into this Amendment with the understanding and agreement that, except as specifically provided herein, none of Agent's or any Lender's rights or remedies as set forth in the Credit Agreement or the Security Agreement are being waived or modified by the terms of this Amendment.
AGREEMENT
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual covenants herein contained, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereby agree as follows: 
1.Amendments to Credit Agreement.
(a)Schedule E-1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety.
(b)The following definitions are hereby added to Schedule 1.1 of the Credit Agreement in alphabetical order:
" 'Acquired Indebtedness' means Indebtedness of a Person whose assets or Stock is acquired by Parent or its Subsidiaries in a Permitted Acquisition; provided, however, that such Indebtedness (a) is either Purchase Money Indebtedness or a Capital Lease with respect to Equipment or mortgage financing with respect to Real Property, (b) was in existence prior to the date of such Permitted Acquisition, and (c) was not incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such Permitted Acquisition." 
" 'Acquisition' means (a) the purchase or other acquisition by a Person or its Subsidiaries of all or substantially all of the assets of (or any division or business line of) any other Person, or (b) the purchase or other acquisition (whether by means of a merger, consolidation, or otherwise) by a Person or its Subsidiaries of all or substantially all of the Stock of any other Person."
" 'Covenant Testing Trigger Date' means the first day after the Third Amendment Effective Date that Excess Availability is less than $25,000,000." 
" 'Permitted Acquisition' means any Acquisition so long as: 
(a)    no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result from the 

consummation of the proposed Acquisition and the proposed Acquisition is consensual, 
(b)    no Indebtedness will be incurred, assumed, or would exist with respect to Parent or its Subsidiaries as a result of such Acquisition, other than Indebtedness permitted under clause (n) of the definition of Permitted Indebtedness and no Liens will be incurred, assumed, or would exist with respect to the assets of Parent or its Subsidiaries as a result or such Acquisition other than Permitted Liens,
(c)    Borrowers have provided Agent with written confirmation, supported by reasonably detailed calculations, that on a pro forma basis (including pro forma adjustments arising out of events which are directly attributable to such proposed Acquisition, are factually supportable, and are expected to have a continuing impact, in each case, determined as if the combination had been accomplished at the beginning of the relevant period; such eliminations and inclusions to be mutually and reasonably agreed upon by Borrowers and Agent) created by adding the historical combined financial statements of Parent and its Subsidiaries (including the combined financial statements of any other Person or assets that were the subject of a prior Permitted Acquisition during the relevant period) to the historical consolidated financial statements of the Person to be acquired (or the historical financial statements related to the assets to be acquired) pursuant to the proposed Acquisition, Parent and its Subsidiaries (i) would have had a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of at least 1.1 to 1.0 for the 4 fiscal quarter period ended immediately prior to the proposed date of consummation of such proposed Acquisition, and (ii) are projected to have a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of at least 1.1 to 1.0 for the 4 fiscal quarter period ended one year after the proposed date of consummation of such proposed Acquisition,
(d)    Borrowers have provided Agent with their due diligence package relative to the proposed Acquisition, including forecasted balance sheets, profit and loss statements, and cash flow statements of the Person or assets to be acquired, all prepared on a basis consistent with such Person's (or assets') historical financial statements, together with appropriate supporting details and a statement of underlying assumptions for the 1 year period following the date of the proposed Acquisition, on a quarter by quarter basis), in form and substance (including as to scope and underlying assumptions) reasonably satisfactory to Agent,
(e)    Borrowers shall have (i) Excess Availability plus Qualified Cash in an amount equal to or greater than $50,000,000 and (ii) Excess Availability in an amount equal to or greater than $35,000,000 immediately after giving effect to the consummation of the proposed Acquisition,
(f)    Borrowers have provided Agent with written notice of the proposed Acquisition at least 15 Business Days prior to the anticipated closing date of the proposed Acquisition and, not later than 5 Business Days prior to the anticipated closing date of the proposed Acquisition, copies of the acquisition agreement and other material documents relative to the proposed Acquisition, which agreement and documents must be reasonably acceptable to Agent,
(g)    the assets being acquired (other than a de minimis amount of assets in relation to Parent's and its Subsidiaries' total assets), or the Person whose Stock is being acquired, are useful in or engaged in, as applicable, the business of Parent and its Subsidiaries or a business reasonably related thereto, 
(h)    the subject assets or Stock, as applicable, are being acquired directly by a Borrower or one of its Subsidiaries that is a Loan Party, and, in connection therewith, such Borrower or the applicable Loan Party shall have complied with Section 5.11 or 5.12, as applicable, of the Agreement and, in the case of an acquisition of Stock, such Borrower or the applicable Loan Party shall have demonstrated to Agent that the new Loan Parties have received consideration sufficient to make the joinder documents binding and enforceable against such new Loan Parties, and
(i)    the purchase consideration payable in respect of all Permitted Acquisitions (including the proposed Acquisition and including any Acquired Indebtedness and deferred payment obligations) shall not exceed, together with the purchase consideration payable in respect of all Investments permitted under clause (n) of the definition of Permitted Investments, $75,000,000 in the aggregate; provided, however, that the purchase consideration payable in respect of any single Acquisition or series of related Acquisitions shall not exceed $50,000,000 in the aggregate. 
Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, in no event will assets acquired pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition constitute assets eligible for inclusion in the Borrowing Base prior to completion of a 

field examination and other due diligence acceptable to Agent in its Permitted Discretion (which field examination may be conducted prior to the closing of such Permitted Acquisition)."
" 'Third Amendment Effective Date' means February 9, 2011." 
(c)The definition of “Base LIBOR Rate” set forth in Schedule 1.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
" 'Base LIBOR Rate' means the rate per annum rate appearing on Bloomberg L.P.'s (the “Service”) Page BBAM1/(Official BBA USD Dollar Libor Fixings) (or on any successor or substitute page of such Service, or any successor to or substitute for such Service) 2 Business Days prior to the commencement of the requested Interest Period, for a term and in an amount comparable to the Interest Period and the amount of the LIBOR Rate Loan requested (whether as an initial LIBOR Rate Loan or as a continuation of a LIBOR Rate Loan or as a conversion of a Base Rate Loan to a LIBOR Rate Loan) by Administrative Borrower in accordance with the Agreement, which determination shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error."
(d)The definition of “Base Rate” set forth in Schedule 1.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
" 'Base Rate' means the greatest of (a) the Federal Funds Rate plus 1⁄2%, (b) the Base LIBOR Rate (which rate shall be calculated based upon an Interest Period of 3 months and shall be determined on a daily basis), plus 1 percentage point, and (c) the rate of interest announced, from time to time, within Wells Fargo at its principal office in San Francisco as its “prime rate”, with the understanding that the “prime rate” is one of Wells Fargo's base rates (not necessarily the lowest of such rates) and serves as the basis upon which effective rates of interest are calculated for those loans making reference thereto and is evidenced by the recording thereof after its announcement in such internal publications as Wells Fargo may designate."
(e)The definition of “Base Rate Margin” set forth in Schedule 1.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
" 'Base Rate Margin' means 1.75 percentage points." 
(f)The definition of “Borrowing Base” set forth in Schedule 1.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
" 'Borrowing Base' means, as of any date of determination, the result of:
(a)    85% of the amount of Eligible Accounts, less the amount, if any, of the Dilution Reserve, plus
(b)    80% of the amount of Eligible Investment Grade Accounts, less the amount, if any, of the Dilution Reserve, plus
(c)    the lesser of 
(i) $40,000,000, and
(ii) 80% of the amount of Eligible Credit Insured Accounts, less the amount, if any, of the Dilution Reserve, plus 
(d)    the lowest of 
(i) $10,000,000,
(ii) 80% of the amount of Eligible Specified Accounts, less the amount, if any, of the Dilution Reserve, minus
(e)    the sum of (i) the Bank Product Reserve, (ii) the Credit Insurance Reserve, and (iii) the aggregate amount of reserves, if any, established by Agent under Section 2.1(c) of the Agreement."
(g)The definition of “LIBOR Rate Margin” set forth in Schedule 1.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
" 'LIBOR Rate Margin' means 2.75 percentage points." 
(h)Clauses (a) and (m) of the definition of “Permitted Dispositions” set forth in Schedule 1.1 

of the Credit Agreement are hereby amended and restated in their entirety to read as follows:
"(a) sales, abandonment, or other dispositions of Equipment that is substantially worn, damaged, obsolete or no longer used in the ordinary course of business,"
"(m) so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, dispositions of assets (other than Accounts, intellectual property, licenses, Stock of Subsidiaries of Parent, or Material Contracts) not otherwise permitted in clauses (a) through (l) above so long as made at fair market value and the aggregate fair market value of all assets disposed of in all such dispositions in any fiscal year (including the proposed disposition) would not exceed $3,000,000."
(i)Clause (l) of the definition of “Permitted Indebtedness” set forth in Schedule 1.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
“(l)     the Permitted Convertible Note Debt so long as Parent receives Net Cash Proceeds therefrom in an amount not less than $60,000,000 at the time such Indebtedness is incurred; provided, however, that no cash payments shall be made by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries on account of such Indebtedness prior to the Payoff Date unless (i) both before and after giving effect to any such cash payment, Borrowers have (A) Excess Availability plus Qualified Cash in an amount equal to or greater than $50,000,000 and (B) Excess Availability in an amount equal to or greater than $35,000,000, (ii) such cash payment is permitted by applicable law and the Indenture governing the Permitted Convertible Note Debt, and (iii) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom; and”
(j)The definition of “Permitted Indebtedness” set forth in Schedule 1.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by: (i) deleting the "." immediately after clause (m) of such definition and inserting a "," in lieu thereof, and (ii) adding the following clauses immediately after clause (m) of such definition:
"(n)  Acquired Indebtedness in an amount not to exceed $15,000,000 outstanding at any one time, and
(o) unsecured Indebtedness incurred by Loan Parties in an aggregate amount not to exceed $20,000,000." 
(k)Clauses (l) through (o) of the definition of “Permitted Investments” set forth in Schedule 1.1 of the Credit Agreement are hereby amended and restated in their entirety to read as follows:
"(l) [Reserved],
(m) Permitted Acquisitions,
(n)  so long as (i) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom, and (ii) Borrowers have (x) Excess Availability plus Qualified Cash in an amount equal to or greater than $50,000,000 and (y) Excess Availability in an amount equal to or greater than $35,000,000 both before and after giving effect to any such Investment, any other Investments (other than Acquisitions) in an aggregate amount not to exceed, together with all purchase consideration payable in respect of all Permitted Acquisitions (including all Acquired Indebtedness and deferred payment obligations), $75,000,000 during the term of the Agreement, and
(o)  so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom, any other Investments in an aggregate amount not to exceed $5,000,000 in the aggregate amount outstanding at any time;"
(l)The following definitions are hereby deleted from Schedule 1.1 of the Credit Agreement in their entirety:
"Eligible Equipment ", 
"Eligible Equipment Sublimit",
"Eligible Inventory", 
"Net Orderly Liquidation Value", and
"Unused Line Margin".
(m)Schedule 5.2 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and replaced with Schedule 5.2 attached hereto.
(n)Section 2.10(b) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:

"(b)  for the ratable account of those Lenders with Revolver Commitments, on the first day of each month from and after the Closing Date up to the first day of the month prior to the Payoff Date and on the Payoff Date, an unused line fee in an amount equal to 0.50% per annum times the result of (i) the Maximum Revolver Amount, less (ii) the average Daily Balance of the Revolver Usage during the immediately preceding month (or portion thereof)."
(o)Section 4.26 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
"4.26    [Reserved]"
(p)Section 4.27 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
"4.27    [Reserved]"
(q)Section 6.7(a)(i) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows: 
“(i) optionally prepay, redeem, defease, purchase, or otherwise acquire any Indebtedness of Parent or its Subsidiaries, other than (A) the Obligations in accordance with this Agreement, and (B) Permitted Intercompany Advances; provided, however, that Parent and its Subsidiaries may optionally prepay, redeem, defease, purchase, or otherwise acquire any Indebtedness of Parent or its Subsidiaries if not otherwise prohibited by the terms hereunder and if both before and after giving effect thereto (x) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, (y) Excess Availability plus Qualified Cash is equal to or greater than $50,000,000, and (z) Excess Availability is equal to or greater than $35,000,000,”
(r)Section 6.11(b)(iii) of the Credit Agreement through and including the “;” thereafter is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
"(iii) in the case of Subsidiaries of Parent that are CFCs, an aggregate amount of not more than $50,000,000 at any one time (in each case, calculated at current exchange rates);"
(s)Section 7 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
"FINANCIAL COVENANTS.  Each Borrower covenants and agrees that, until termination of all of the Revolver Commitments and payment in full of the Obligations, commencing on the Covenant Testing Trigger Date, Parent and its Subsidiaries will have a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of at least 1.1 to 1.0, calculated on a trailing four quarter basis as of: (a) the end of the last fiscal quarter immediately preceding the Covenant Testing Trigger Date for which financial statements have most recently been delivered pursuant to Section 5.1 of this Agreement, and (b) the end of each fiscal quarter thereafter for which financial statements are delivered pursuant to Section 5.1 of this Agreement." 
(t)Section 14.1(a)(xi) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
"(xi)    change the definition of Borrowing Base or any of the defined terms (including the definitions of Eligible Accounts, Eligible Investment Grade Account and Eligible Credit Insured Account) that are used in such definition to the extent that any such change results in more credit being made available to Borrowers based upon the Borrowing Base, but not otherwise, or the definitions of Maximum Revolver Amount,"
2.Amendments to Security Agreement.
(a)The following definitions are hereby added to Section 1 of the Security Agreement in alphabetical order:
" 'Activation Instruction' has the meaning specified therefor in Section 6(k)."
" 'Triggering Event' means, as of any date of determination, that (a) an Event of Default has occurred as of such date, or (b) Excess Availability is less than $25,000,000 as of such date." 
(b)Section 6(k)(ii)(C) of the Security Agreement amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
"(C) upon the instruction of Agent (an “Activation Instruction”), the Controlled Account Bank will forward by daily sweep all amounts in the applicable Controlled Account to the Agent's Account.  Agent agrees not to issue an Activation Instruction with respect to the Controlled Accounts unless a Triggering Event has occurred and is continuing at the time such Activation Instruction is issued.  Agent agrees to use commercially reasonable efforts to rescind an Activation Instruction (the “Rescission”) if: (1) the Triggering 

Event upon which such Activation Instruction was issued has been waived in writing in accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement, and (2) no additional Triggering Event has occurred and is continuing prior to the date of the Rescission or is reasonably expected to occur on or immediately after the date of the Rescission."
3.Conditions Precedent to Effectiveness of this Amendment.  This Amendment shall not become effective until all of the following conditions precedent shall have been satisfied in the sole discretion of Agent or waived by Agent:
(a)Amendment.  Agent shall have received this Amendment fully executed in a sufficient number of counterparts for distribution to all parties.
(b)Representations and Warranties.  The representations and warranties set forth herein, in the Credit Agreement and in the Security Agreement (other than any such representations or warranties that, by their terms, are specifically made as of a date other than the date hereof) must be true and correct.
(c)Other Required Documentation.  Agent shall have received all other documents and legal matters in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Amendment and such documents shall have been delivered or executed or recorded and shall be in form and substance satisfactory to Agent.
4.Representations and Warranties.  Each Borrower and each Grantors represents and warrants as follows:
(a)Authority.  Each Borrower and each Grantor has the requisite corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Amendment, and to perform its obligations hereunder and under the Loan Documents (as amended or modified hereby) to which it is a party.  The execution, delivery and performance by each Borrower and each Grantor of this Amendment have been duly approved by all necessary corporate action, have received all necessary governmental approval, if any, and do not contravene any law or any contractual restriction binding on any Borrower or any Grantor.  No other corporate proceedings are necessary to consummate such transactions.
(b)Enforceability.  This Amendment has been duly executed and delivered by each Borrower and each Grantor.  This Amendment and each Loan Document (as amended or modified hereby) is the legal, valid and binding obligation of each Borrower and each Grantor, enforceable against each Borrower and each Grantor in accordance with its terms, and is in full force and effect.
(c)Representations and Warranties.  The representations and warranties contained in each Loan Document (other than any such representations or warranties that, by their terms, are specifically made as of a date other than the date hereof) are correct on and as of the date hereof as though made on and as of the date hereof.
(d)No Default.  No event has occurred and is continuing that constitutes a Default or Event of Default.
5.Choice of Law.  The validity of this Amendment, the construction, interpretation, and enforcement hereof, and the rights of the parties hereto with respect to all matters arising hereunder or related hereto shall be determined under, governed by, and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California.
6.Counterparts.  This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties and separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered, shall be deemed an original, and all of which, when taken together, shall constitute one and the same instrument.  Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Amendment by telefacsimile shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Amendment.
7.Reference to and Effect on the Loan Documents.
(a)Upon and after the effectiveness of this Amendment, each reference in the Credit Agreement to “this Agreement”, “hereunder”, “hereof” or words of like import referring to the Credit Agreement, and each reference in the other Loan Documents to “the Credit Agreement”, “thereof” or words of like import referring to the Credit Agreement, shall mean and be a reference to the Credit Agreement as modified and amended hereby.  Upon and after the effectiveness of this Amendment, each reference in the Security Agreement to “this Agreement”, “hereunder”, “hereof” or words of like import referring to the Security Agreement, and each reference in the other Loan Documents to “the Security Agreement”, “thereof” or words of like import referring to the Security Agreement, shall mean and be a reference to the Security Agreement as modified and amended hereby
(b)Except as specifically set forth in this Amendment, the Credit Agreement, the Security Agreement and all other Loan Documents, are and shall continue to be in full force and effect and are hereby in all respects ratified and confirmed and shall constitute the legal, valid, binding and enforceable obligations of Borrowers and Grantors to Agent and Lenders without defense, offset, claim or contribution.
(c)The execution, delivery and effectiveness of this Amendment shall not, except as expressly provided herein, operate as a waiver of any right, power or remedy of Agent or any Lender under any of the Loan Documents, nor constitute a waiver of any provision of any of the Loan Documents.
8.Ratification.  Each Borrower and each Grantor hereby restates, ratifies and reaffirms each and every term and condition set forth in the Credit Agreement, as amended hereby, and the Loan Documents effective as of the date hereof.
9.Estoppel.  To induce Agent and Lenders to enter into this Amendment and to induce Agent and Lenders to continue to make advances to Borrowers under the Credit Agreement, each Borrower hereby acknowledges and agrees that, after giving effect to this Amendment, as of the date hereof, there exists no Default or Event of Default and no right of offset, 

defense, counterclaim or objection in favor of any Borrower as against Agent or any Lender with respect to the Obligations.
10.Integration.  This Amendment, together with the other Loan Documents, incorporates all negotiations of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and is the final expression and agreement of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof.
11.Severability.  In case any provision in this Amendment shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, such provision shall be severable from the remainder of this Amendment and the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
12.Submission of Amendment.  The submission of this Amendment to the parties or their agents or attorneys for review or signature does not constitute a commitment by Agent or any Lender to waive any of their respective rights and remedies under the Loan Documents, and this Amendment shall have no binding force or effect until all of the conditions to the effectiveness of this Amendment have been satisfied as set forth herein.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have entered into this Amendment as of the date first above written.

	
		
	 
	FINISAR CORPORATION, 
a Delaware corporation

	 
	 

	 
	By: /s/  Kurt Adzema

	 
	Name: Kurt Adzema

	 
	Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

	 
	 

	 
	 

	 
	OPTIUM CORPORATION, 
a Delaware corporation

	 
	 

	 
	By: /s/  Kurt Adzema

	 
	Name: Kurt Adzema

	 
	Title: Secretary and Treasurer

	 
	 

	 
	 

	 
	AZNA, LLC,
a Delaware limited liability company

	 
	 

	 
	By: /s/  Kurt Adzema

	 
	Name: Kurt Adzema

	 
	Title: Secretary and Treasurer

	 
	 

	 
	 

	 
	FINISAR SALES INC.,
a Delaware corporation

	 
	 

	 
	By: /s/  Kurt Adzema

	 
	Name: Kurt Adzema

	 
	Title: Secretary and Treasurer

	 
	 

	 
	 

	 
	KAILIGHT PHOTONICS, INC.,
a Delaware corporation

	 
	 

	 
	By: /s/  Kurt Adzema

	 
	Name: Kurt Adzema

	 
	Title: Secretary and Treasurer

	 
	 

	 
	 

	
		
	 
	WELLS FARGO CAPITAL FINANCE, LLC,
a Delaware limited liability company, as Agent and as a Lender

	 
	 

	 
	By: /s/ Patrick McCormack

	 
	Name:Patrick McCormack

	 
	Title:Vice President

	 
	 

	 
	 

	 
	BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., 
a national banking association, as a Lender

	 
	 

	 
	By: /s/ Nima Rassouli

	 
	Name: Nima Rassouli

	 
	Title: Assistant Vice President

Schedule 5.2

Provide Agent (and if so requested by Agent, with copies for each Lender) with each of the documents set forth below at the following times in form satisfactory to Agent:

	
		
	Immediately upon occurrence or receipt of
	any decrease or termination of insurance coverage on any credit insured account,  
any claim for payment under any credit insurance policy, and
copies of all reports as required under any credit insurance policy. 

	Commencing on the first day after the Third Amendment Effective Date that Excess Availability is less than $25,000,000, weekly, and before such date, monthly (no later than the 15th day after the end of each month), or more frequently as Agent may request in its Permitted Discretion
	an Account roll-forward with supporting details supplied from sales journals, collection journals, credit registers and any other records,
a detailed aging, by total, of Borrowers' Accounts, together with a reconciliation and supporting documentation for any reconciling items noted (delivered electronically in an acceptable format), 
a detailed report regarding Parent's and its Subsidiaries' cash and Cash Equivalents, including an indication of which amounts constitute Qualified Cash, and
a Borrowing Base Certificate.

	Monthly (no later than the 15th day of each month)
	notice of all claims, offsets, or disputes asserted by Account Debtors with respect to each Borrower's and its Subsidiaries' Accounts, 
a monthly Account roll-forward, in a format acceptable to Agent in its discretion, tied to the beginning and ending account receivable balances of each Borrower's general ledger, and
a summary aging, by vendor, of each Borrower's and its Subsidiaries' accounts payable and any book overdraft, and accrued expenses, together with a reconciliation to each Borrower's general ledger accounts (delivered electronically in an acceptable format), and an aging, by vendor, of any held checks.

	Monthly (no later than the 30th day of each month)
	a reconciliation of Accounts and trade accounts payable of each Borrower's general ledger accounts to its monthly financial statements including any book reserves related to each category.

	Quarterly
	 a report regarding Parent's and its Subsidiaries' accrued, but unpaid, ad valorem taxes, and
a detailed report of each Borrower's and its Subsidiaries' deemed dividend tax liability.

	Annually
	a detailed list of Parent's and its Subsidiaries' customers, with address and contact information.

	Upon request by Agent
	copies of invoices together with corresponding shipping and delivery documents, and credit memos together with corresponding supporting documentation, with respect to invoices and credit memos, and 
any other information or reports as to the Collateral or the financial condition of Parent or its Subsidiaries, as Agent may reasonably request.exhibit10_12.htm

Exhibit 10.12

_____________, 20__

[Name]

83 Gerber Road West

South Windsor, CT 06074

Dear ________:

Gerber Scientific, Inc. (the “Company”) considers it essential to the best interests of its stockholders to foster the continuous employment of key management personnel.  In this connection, should the Company face a possible Change in Control (as defined in Section 2 of this Agreement), such as the acquisition of a substantial share of the equity or voting securities of the Company, the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) has determined that it is imperative that it and the Company be able to rely upon your continued services without concern that you might be distracted by the personal uncertainties and risks that the possibility of a Change in Control might entail.

Accordingly, the Board has determined that appropriate steps should be taken to reinforce and encourage the continued attention and dedication of members of the Company's management to their assigned duties without distraction in the face of potentially disturbing circumstances that could arise out of a possibility for a Change in Control of the Company.

In order to induce you to remain in the employ of the Company and its subsidiaries and in consideration of your agreement set forth in Section 2(B) hereof, the Company agrees that you shall receive the severance benefits set forth in this letter agreement (“Agreement”) in the event your employment with the Company and its subsidiaries is terminated subsequent to a Change in Control under the circumstances described below.

1. Term of Agreement

 

This Agreement shall commence on the date hereof and shall continue in effect through April 30, 20__ provided, however, the term of this Agreement shall automatically be extended for one additional year commencing on May 1, 20__ and on each May 1 thereafter, unless, not later than 90 days before end of term, the Company shall have given notice that it does not wish to extend this Agreement; provided further that, notwithstanding any such notice by the Company not to extend, if a Change in Control shall have occurred during the original or any extended term of this Agreement, this Agreement shall continue in effect for a period of twenty-four (24) months beyond the expiration of the term in effect immediately before such Change in Control; provided further that, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if at any time prior to a Change in Control you, for whatever reason, cease to be  [Title]           of the Company, then this Agreement shall automatically terminate and, at all times thereafter, shall be null and void and of no further force and effect and you shall not be entitled to any benefits whatsoever hereunder.

 

2. Change in Control

 

(A) No benefits shall be payable hereunder unless there shall have been a Change in Control of the Company, as set forth below. For purposes of this Agreement a “Change in Control” of the Company shall mean the occurrence of any one or more of the following events:

 

(i) the Company shall (1) merge or consolidate with or into another corporation or entity or enter into a share exchange between the Company or stockholders of the Company and another individual, corporation or other entity and as a result of such merger, consolidation or share exchange less than fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding voting securities of the surviving or resulting corporation or entity shall then be owned in the aggregate by the former stockholders of the Company; or (2) sell, lease, exchange or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the Company’s property and assets in one transaction or a series of related transactions to one or more individuals, corporations or other entities that are not subsidiaries of the Company, assuming that if consummation of such transaction is subject, at the time of such approval by stockholders, to the consent of any government or governmental agency, such consent by the government or governmental agency is obtained (either explicitly or implicitly by consummation of the transaction);

 

(ii) the stockholders of the Company adopt a plan of complete liquidation of the Company;

 

(iii) any “person” (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) or 14(d)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) (other than the Employee, the Company, any of the Company’s subsidiaries, any employee benefit plan of the Company and/or one or more of its subsidiaries or any person or entity organized, appointed or established pursuant to the terms of any such employee benefit plan) becomes the beneficial owner (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) of voting securities of the Company representing thirty percent (30%) or more of the total number of votes eligible to be cast at any election of directors of the Company; provided, however, that no Change in Control shall be deemed to have occurred under this subparagraph (iii) if such "person" becomes a holder of the Company's securities in one or more transactions initiated or pursued by the Company unless after such transaction(s) less than fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding voting securities of the Company shall be owned in the aggregate by the former stockholders of the Company; or

 

(iv)  as a result of, or in connection with, any tender offer or exchange offer, share exchange, merger, consolidation or other business combination, sale, lease, exchange or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets, a contested election, or any combination of the foregoing transactions, the persons who are directors of the Company on the date hereof (the “Incumbent Board”) shall cease to constitute a majority of the Board of Directors of the Company or any successor to the Company; provided that any person becoming a director subsequent to the date hereof whose election or nomination for election by the Company’s stockholders was approved by a vote of at least three-quarters (3/4) of the directors comprising the Incumbent Board (either by a specific vote or by approval of a proxy statement of the Company in which such person is named as a nominee for director without any objection to such nomination) shall be, for purposes herein, considered as though such person were a member of the Incumbent Board.

 

(B) In exchange for the benefits under this Agreement, you agree that, subject to the terms and conditions herein, in the event of a potential Change in Control of the Company occurring after the date hereof, you will not voluntarily terminate your employment with the Company and its subsidiaries until the earlier of (i) the date which is six months after the occurrence of such potential Change in Control of the Company or (ii) the occurrence of a Change in Control of the Company.  If more than one potential Change in Control occurs during the term of this Agreement, the provisions of the preceding sentence shall be applicable to each potential Change in Control occurring prior to an actual Change in Control.   For the purposes of this Agreement, a "potential Change in Control" of the Company shall be deemed to have occurred if: (i) the Company enters into an agreement, the consummation of which would result in the occurrence of a Change in Control; (ii) any person (including the Company) publicly announces an intention to take or to consider taking actions which if consummated would constitute a Change in Control; or (iii) the Board adopts a resolution to the effect that, for purposes of this Agreement, a potential Change in Control of the Company has occurred.

 

3. Termination Following Change in Control. If any of the events described in Section 2 hereof constituting a Change in Control shall have occurred, you shall be entitled to the benefits provided in Section 4 hereof upon the subsequent termination of your employment with the Company and its subsidiaries during the term of this Agreement and within two (2) years of the Change in Control, unless such termination is (x) a result of your death, Disability, or Retirement; (y) by you for other than Good Reason (as defined in Section 3(A)); or (z) by the Company or any of its subsidiaries for Cause (as defined in Section 3(C)).  The benefits provided in Section 4 shall be in lieu of any termination, separation, severance or similar benefits under your employment agreement, if any, or under the Company’s termination, separation, severance or similar plans or policies, if any (other than benefit plans of the Company which incidentally provide for benefits in the event of a change in control, as such term is defined in such plans). If your employment is terminated as a result of your death, Disability or Retirement, by you for other than Good Reason or by the Company or any of its subsidiaries for Cause, then you shall not be entitled to any termination, separation, severance or similar benefits under this Agreement, and you shall be entitled to benefits under your employment agreement, if any, and/or under the Company’s termination, separation, severance or similar plans or policies, if any, only in accordance with the terms of any such employment agreement, plans and policies.

 

(A) Good Reason. You shall be entitled to terminate your employment for Good Reason.  For the purposes of this Agreement, “Good Reason” shall mean the occurrence, without your express written consent, of any Good Reason circumstance as detailed below (“Good Reason Circumstance”); provided, however, that within ninety (90) days of the initial existence of the Good Reason Circumstance, you must provide a Notice of Termination (as defined below) setting forth a summary of the facts and circumstances which provide the basis for termination of your employment with Company and the citing the particular Good Reason Circumstance, and the Company shall then be provided a period of thirty (30) days by which to remedy the Good Reason Circumstance.  You shall only be entitled to terminate your employment for Good Reason upon the completion of your providing timely notice to the Company and the Company subsequently not remedying your stated Good Reason Circumstance within the thirty-day

 

(30-day) remedy period.  For the purposes of this Agreement, Good Reason shall mean any of the following Good Reason Circumstances:

 

(i) a material diminution in the nature or scope of your authorities, duties or responsibilities from those applicable to you immediately prior to the date on which a Change in Control occurs;

 

(ii) a reduction in your base annual salary from that provided to you immediately prior to the date on which a Change in Control occurs;

 

(iii) a diminution in your eligibility to participate in compensation plans and employee benefits and perquisites which provide opportunities to receive overall compensation and benefits and perquisites from the greater of:

 

(a)           the opportunities provided by the Company (including its subsidiaries) for executives with comparable duties; or

 

(b)           the opportunities under any such plans and perquisites under which you were participating immediately prior to the date on which a Change in Control occurs;

 

(iv) a change in the location of your principal place of employment by the Company (including its subsidiaries) by more than fifty (50) miles from the location where you were principally employed immediately prior to the date on which a Change in Control occurs;

 

(v) a significant increase in the frequency or duration of your business travel;

 

(vi) or a reasonable determination by the Board of Directors of the Company that, as a result of a Change in Control and a change in circumstances thereafter significantly affecting your position, you are unable to exercise the authorities, powers, functions or duties attached to your position immediately prior to the date on which a Change in Control occurs.

 

(B) Disability; Retirement.

 

(i) For purposes of this Agreement, “Disability” shall mean permanent and total disability as such term is defined under Section 22(e)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”).  Any question as to the existence of your Disability upon which you and the Company cannot agree shall be determined by a qualified independent physician selected by you (or, if you are unable to make such selection, such selection shall be made by any adult member of your immediate family or your legal representative) and approved by the Company, said approval not to be unreasonably withheld.  The determination of such physician shall be made in writing to the Company and to you and shall be final and conclusive for all purposes of this Agreement.

 

(ii) For purposes of this Agreement, “Retirement” shall mean your voluntary termination of employment with the Company at or after the age of 65 in accordance with the Company's retirement policies (excluding early retirement) generally applicable to its salaried employees or in accordance with any retirement arrangement established with your consent with respect to you.

 

(C) Cause.  For purposes of this Agreement, “Cause” shall mean (a) the willful and continued failure by you to substantially perform your duties with the Company (other than any such failure from your incapacity due to physical or mental illness or any such actual or anticipated failure after the issuance of a Notice of Termination in the manner provided for in Section 3(D) by you for Good Reason) after written demand for substantial performance is delivered to you by the Board, which demand specifically identifies the manner in which the Board believes that you have not substantially performed your duties, or (b) the willful engaging by you in conduct which is demonstrably and materially injurious to the Company, monetarily or otherwise.  For purposes of this Section 3(C), no act, or failure to act, on your part shall be deemed “willful” unless done, or omitted to be done, by you not in good faith and without reasonable belief that your action or omission was in the best interest of the Company.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, you shall not be deemed to have been terminated for Cause unless and until there shall have been delivered to you a copy of a resolution duly adopted by the affirmative vote of not less than three-quarters (3/4) of the entire membership of the Board at a meeting of the Board called and held for such purpose (after reasonable notice to you and an opportunity for you, together with your counsel, to be heard before the Board), finding that, in the good faith opinion of the Board you were guilty of conduct set forth above in this Section 3(C) and specifying the particulars thereof.

 

(D) Any termination of your employment by the Company or any of its subsidiaries or by you shall be made by written notice of termination to the other party.  Such “Notice of Termination” shall mean a written document specifying the provision in this Agreement being relied upon and setting forth a summary of the facts and circumstances which provide the basis for termination of your employment.  The “Date of Termination” shall be the date of your “Separation from Service” (as defined under Internal Revenue Code Section 409A)..

 

4. Compensation upon Termination Following a Change in Control

 

(A)   If your employment shall be terminated for any reason otherwise than (x) as a result of your death, Disability or Retirement; (y) by you for other than Good Reason; or (z) by the Company or any of its subsidiaries for Cause, within two (2) years following a Change in Control (as defined in Section 2), then, if you sign a General Release in a form generally acceptable to the Company that releases the Company and its subsidiaries from any and all claims you may have against them and certifies your willingness to comply with Sections 6 and 7 of this Agreement, you shall be entitled to the benefits provided below:

 

(i)  The Company or one of its subsidiaries shall pay you, not later than the fifth business day following the Date of Termination (“Payment Date”), the sum of your full base salary through the Date of Termination, as earned by you but not yet paid to you, at the salary level in effect on (x) the Date of Termination or (y) the day immediately preceding the date of the Change in Control, whichever is higher (“full base salary”), and your pro rata share of your annual incentive bonus payment in effect on the Date of Termination.  The Company or one of its subsidiaries shall also pay you all other amounts to which you are entitled under any compensation plan of the Company applicable to you, at the time such payments are due; provided, however, that if such payments are nonqualified deferred compensation (as defined under Internal Revenue Code Section 409A) and you are a “Specified Employee” (as defined under Internal Revenue Code Section 409A) as of your date of Separation From Service, such payments shall not commence prior to the date six (6) months after the date of your Separation from Service (“Specified Employee Payment Date”).  For purposes of this Section 4 and the other provisions of this Agreement, “your annual incentive bonus payment in effect on the Date of Termination” shall mean the target amount of your annual incentive bonus payment (under the Company’s Annual Incentive Bonus Plan or any successor plan) for the year in which the Notice of Termination is given.  Your pro rata share of your annual incentive bonus payment in effect on the Date of Termination shall be that percentage of your annual incentive bonus payment in effect on the Date of Termination that is equal to the number of days in the fiscal year completed prior to the Date of Termination divided by 365.

 

(ii) On the Payment Date, or if you are a Specified Employee as of your date of Separation from Service, on the Specified Employee Payment Date, the Company shall also pay you a severance payment equal to two and one-half (2 and 1⁄2) times the sum of (x) your full base salary and (y) your annual incentive bonus payment in effect on the Date of Termination.

 

(iii) The Company shall cause (x) all unvested stock options or other stock grants held by you on the Date of Termination immediately to vest and be fully exercisable as of the Date of Termination, (y) any restrictions on all restricted stock held by you on the Date of Termination immediately to lapse and all shares of such stock to fully vest as of the Date of Termination, and (z) any accrued benefit or deferred arrangement of the Company that you otherwise would become entitled to if you continued employment with the Company immediately to vest as of the Date of Termination.

 

(iv) On the Payment Date, or if you are a Specified Employee as of your date of Separation from Service, on the Specified Employee Payment Date, the Company shall also pay you a lump sum cash payment equivalent to 30 monthly payments or, if less, the number of full monthly payments until you reach age 65, that would have been paid by the Company for the cost of all life insurance, health (medical and dental), accidental death and dismemberment, and disability plans and programs in which you are entitled to participate immediately prior to the Date of Termination.

 

There shall be no limit on the amount of payments due you under Section 4(A) unless, after taking into account all amounts or benefits you have received or have a right to receive from the Company which are defined as “Excess Parachute Payments,” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Internal Revenue Code, or any successor provision thereto, but for the application of this sentence, then the payments and benefits to be so paid or provided under this Agreement will be reduced to the minimum extent necessary (but in no event to less than zero) so that no portion of any such payment or benefit, as so reduced, constitutes an Excess Parachute Payment; provided, that the foregoing reduction will be made only if and to the extent that such reduction would result in an increase in the aggregate payments and benefits to be provided, determined on an after-tax basis (taking into account the excise tax imposed pursuant to Section 4999 of the Internal Revenue Code, or any successor provision thereto, any tax imposed by any comparable provision of state law, any applicable federal, state, and local income taxes). The determination of whether any reduction in such payments or benefits to be provided under this Agreement is required pursuant to the preceding sentence will be made at the expense of the Company, if requested by you or the Company, or by the Company’s independent accountants. The fact that your right to payments or benefits may be reduced by reason of the limitations contained in this Section 4(B) will not of itself limit or otherwise affect any other of your rights other than pursuant to this Agreement.

 

(B) The Company shall also pay to you all legal fees and expenses, if any, reasonably incurred by you in connection with seeking to obtain or enforce any right or benefit provided by this Agreement during the term of this Agreement (including the extension of the Agreement for reason of a Change in Control as provided in Section 1) and for two (2) years thereafter; provided, the amount of expenses eligible for reimbursement during one taxable year will not affect the expenses eligible for reimbursement in another taxable year.

 

(C) You shall not be required to mitigate the amount of any payment provided for in this Section 4 by seeking other employment or otherwise, nor shall the amount of any payment or benefit provided for in this Section 4 be reduced by any compensation earned by you as the result of employment by another employer or by retirement benefits received after the Date of Termination or otherwise.

 

5. Successors; Binding Agreement

 

(A) The Company will require any successor (whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the business and/or assets of the Company to expressly assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Company would be required to perform it if no succession had taken place.  Failure of the Company to obtain such assumption and agreement within thirty days following the effectiveness of any such succession shall be a breach of this Agreement and shall entitle you to compensation from the Company in the same amount and on the same terms as you would be entitled hereunder if you had terminated your employment for Good Reason following a Change in Control, except that for purposes of implementing the foregoing, the date on which any such succession becomes effective shall be deemed the Date of Termination.  As used in this Agreement, “Company” shall mean the Company as hereinbefore defined and any successor to its business and/or assets as aforesaid which assumes and agrees to perform this Agreement by operation of law, or otherwise.

 

(B) This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by your personal or legal representatives, executors, administrators, successors, heirs, distributees, devisees and legatees.  If you should die while any amount would still be payable to you hereunder if you had continued to live, all such amounts, unless otherwise provided herein, shall be paid in accordance with the terms of this Agreement to your devisee, legatee or other designee or, if there is no such designee, to your estate.

 

6. Confidential Information. You shall hold in fiduciary capacity for the benefit of the Company or its subsidiaries all secret or confidential information, knowledge or data relating to the Company, the subsidiaries and their respective businesses, which shall have been obtained during your employment by the Company or its subsidiary and which shall not be public knowledge (other than by acts by you or your representatives in violation of this Agreement). After termination of your employment with the Company or its subsidiaries, you shall not, without prior written consent of the Company or its subsidiaries, communicate or divulge any such information, knowledge or data to anyone other than the Company or its subsidiaries or those designated by them.  The preceding two sentences shall not apply with respect to any information you are required to disclose pursuant to a valid and effective subpoena or order issued by a court of competent jurisdiction or with respect to any information you are reasonably required to disclose in enforcing the terms of this Agreement.  In no event shall an asserted violation of this Section 6 constitute a basis for deferring or withholding any amounts otherwise payable to you under this Agreement, nor will any asserted violation of this Section 6 relieve you of your responsibilities under this Agreement.

 

7. Agreement Not to Compete. You agree that for a period of one year following the Date of Termination, you will not engage, directly or indirectly, whether as a principal, agent, distributor, representative, consultant, employee, partner, stockholder, limited partner or other investor (other than an investment of not more than two percent (2%) of the stock or equity of any corporation the capital stock of which is publicly traded) or otherwise, in the same or a substantially similar business as that conducted and carried on by the Company or any of its subsidiaries and being directly competitive with the Company or any of its subsidiaries on the Date of Termination or at any time during such one-year period.

 

8. Notice. For the purpose of this Agreement, notices and all other communications provided for in this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given when delivered or mailed by United States registered mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed to the address set forth on the first page of this Agreement with respect to the Company and on the signature page with respect to you, provided that all notices to the Company shall be directed to the attention of the President of the Company, or to such other address as either party may have furnished to the other in writing in accordance herewith, except that notice of change of address shall be effective only upon receipt.

 

9. Miscellaneous.  No provision of this Agreement may be modified, waived or discharged unless such modification, waiver or discharge is agreed to in writing and signed by you and such officer as may be specifically designated by the Board.  No waiver by either party hereto at any time of any breach by the other party hereto of, or compliance with, any conditions or provision of this Agreement to be performed by such other party shall be deemed a waiver of similar or dissimilar provisions or conditions at the same or at any prior or subsequent time.  Further, the validity, interpretation, construction and performance of this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Connecticut.  All references to sections of the Code or Exchange Act shall be deemed also to refer to any successor provisions to such sections.  Any payments provided for hereunder shall be paid net of any applicable withholding required under federal, state or local law.

 

10. Employment Status.  This Plan is not, and nothing herein shall be deemed to create, an employment contract between you and the Company or any of its subsidiaries. You acknowledge that the rights of the Company remain wholly intact to change or reduce at any time and from time to time your compensation, title, responsibilities, location, and all other aspects of the employment relationship, or to discharge you prior to a Change in Control.

 

11. Integration.  This Agreement contains the entire agreement of the parties hereto and supersedes all previous agreements between the parties, written or oral, express or implied, covering the subject matter hereof.

 

12. Validity.  The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of this Agreement, which shall remain in full force and effect.

 

13. Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original but all of which together will constitute one and the same instrument.

 

If this letter sets forth our agreement on the subject matter hereof, kindly sign and return to the Company the enclosed copy of this letter which will then constitute our agreement on this subject.

                                                                                                                          Sincerely,

                                                                                                                         GERBER SCIENTIFIC, INC.

                                                                                                                         By: _____________________________________

                                                                                                                                William V. Grickis, Jr.

                                                                                                                                Senior Vice President and General Counsel

 

Agreed to this _____ day of ____________, 20__

By: ____________________________________

     [Name]

     [Title]

     24 Industrial Park Road West

     Tolland, CT 06084

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