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EXHIBIT 10.1

AMENDMENT NO. 4

TO

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

This Amendment No. 4 (this “Amendment”) is entered into this 24 day of June, 2016, by and among Perficient, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Borrower”), the several banks and other financial institutions or entities from time to time parties to the Credit Agreement (as defined below) (“Lenders”) and Silicon Valley Bank, as Lead Arranger, Book Manager, Swingline Lender, and as Administrative Agent for the Lenders (“Administrative Agent”).  Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the same meanings given them in the Credit Agreement (as defined below).

Recitals

A. Whereas, Borrower, Lenders and Administrative Agent have entered into that certain Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of July 31, 2013 (as amended, restated, or otherwise modified, the “Credit Agreement”), pursuant to which Lenders agreed to extend certain credit facilities to Borrower;

B. Whereas, Borrower has informed Lenders and Administrative Agent that it desires that Lenders and Administrative Agent amend certain provisions of Credit Agreement to, among other things, extend the Revolving Termination Date;

C. Whereas, the undersigned Lenders (constituting the “Required Lenders” as defined in the Credit Agreement) and Administrative Agent have agreed to amend certain provisions of the Credit Agreement, as more fully set forth below, but only to the extent, in accordance with the terms, subject to the conditions and in reliance upon the representations and warranties set forth below.

Now, Therefore, in consideration of the foregoing recitals and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which is hereby acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound, the parties hereto agree as follows:

Agreement

1. Amendments to Credit Agreement.

	
1.1

	
Addition of Agents.  The cover page to the Credit Agreement is hereby amended to add the following:  “and U.S. Bank, N.A. as Documentation Agent, and Bank of America, N.A. as Syndication Agent”.

	
1.2

	
Section 1.1 (Defined Terms).  The following definitions in Section 1.1 of the Credit Agreement are hereby amended and restated in their entirety as follows:

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‘“Applicable Margin”: the rate per annum set forth under the relevant column heading below:

	
Consolidated Leverage Ratio

	
Eurodollar Loans

	
ABR Loans

	
< 1.00:1.00

	
1.75%

	
0%

	
> 1.00:1.00 but < 2.50:1.00

	
2.00%

	
0.25%

	
> 2.50:1:00

	
2.25%

	
0.50%

‘“Eurodollar Rate”: with respect to each day during each Interest Period pertaining to a Eurodollar Loan, a rate per annum determined for such day in accordance with the following formula:

Eurodollar Base Rate

1.00 – Eurocurrency Reserve Requirements

Provided that, if the Eurodollar Base Rate shall be less than zero, then such rate shall be deemed zero for purposes of this Agreement.  The Eurodollar Rate shall be adjusted automatically as of the effective date of any change in the Eurocurrency Reserve Requirements.’

‘“Fee Letter”: the Second Amended and Restated Fee Letter dated June 24, 2016, between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.’

‘“Revolving Termination Date”: July 31, 2018.’

 ‘“Specified Threshold”: an amount equal to the lesser of (i) $5,000,000 or (ii) one percent (1%) of the total assets of Borrower and its Subsidiaries determined in accordance with GAAP.’

	
1.3

	
Section 1.1 (Defined Terms).  The following definitions are hereby added in the appropriate alphabetical order to Section 1.1 of the Credit Agreement:

‘“Documentation Agent”: U.S. Bank, N.A. It is expressly understood and agreed that U.S. Bank, N.A. shall bear liabilities hereunder as a Lender, and the fact of acting as “Documentation Agent” does not cause it to have additional powers, duties, obligations or liabilities hereunder.’

‘“Syndication Agent”: Bank of America, N.A.  It is expressly understood and agreed that Bank of America, N.A. shall bear liabilities hereunder as a Lender, and the fact of acting as “Syndication Agent” does not cause it to have additional powers, duties, obligations or liabilities hereunder.’

	
1.4

	
Section 6.9 (Operating Accounts).  Section 6.9 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated as follows:

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“Operating Accounts. Maintain the Borrower’s, Guarantors’ and their respective Subsidiaries’ primary depository and operating accounts and securities accounts with Lenders or Lenders’ Affiliates; provided that this Section 6.9 shall not apply to any of Borrower’s and Guarantors’ Foreign Subsidiaries to the extent (i) such accounts are required in a jurisdiction where a Lender or a Lender’s Affiliate is unable to provide such accounts on commercially reasonable terms or transferring existing accounts would involve undue burden or expense and (ii) the aggregate amount in all such accounts of Foreign Subsidiaries shall not exceed $12,000,000.”

1.5 Section 7.4(a) (Fundamental Changes).  Section 7.4(a) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

“(a) Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor may merge with or acquire all or substantially all of the property of another Person where (i) for each such transaction during the term of this Agreement (x) cash consideration is less than or equal to $35,000,000, and (y) total consideration including cash and the value of any non-cash consideration, does not in the aggregate exceed $45,000,000; and (ii) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would exist after giving effect to the transactions (each such acquisition, a “Permitted Acquisition”); provided that, in any such merger transaction, Borrower or such Subsidiary Guarantor shall be the surviving legal entity, and

Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor may acquire all or substantially all of the Capital Stock of another Person where (i) for each such transaction during the term of this Agreement (x) cash consideration is less than or equal to $35,000,000, and (y) total consideration including cash and the value of any non-cash consideration, does not in the aggregate exceed $45,000,000; and (ii) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would exist after giving effect to the transactions (each such stock acquisition, also a “Permitted Acquisition”); provided that any such acquired Person will become a Domestic Subsidiary and such newly acquired Domestic Subsidiary shall comply with the requirements of Section 6.11(c) within the specified time periods thereunder;”

1.6 Section 7.7(f) (Investments).  Section 7.7(f) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

“(f) Investments by the Borrower or any Guarantor in Excluded Foreign Subsidiaries, in the ordinary course of business, not to exceed $2,000,000 at any time outstanding;”

2. Limitation of Amendment.

	
2.1

	
The Amendment set forth in Section 1 above, is effective for the purposes set forth herein and shall be limited precisely as written and shall not be deemed (a) to be a consent to any amendment, waiver or modification of any other term or condition of the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Documents, (b) to be a consent to any future amendment or modification or waiver to any instrument or agreement the execution and delivery of which is consented to hereby, or to any waiver of any of the provisions thereof, or (c) otherwise prejudice any right or remedy which Lenders and Administrative Agent may now have or may have in the future under or in connection with any Loan Document.

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2.2

	
This Amendment shall be construed in connection with and as part of the Loan Documents and all terms, conditions, representations, warranties, covenants and agreements set forth in the Credit Agreement and other Loan Documents, except as herein amended, are hereby ratified and confirmed and shall remain in full force and effect.

3. Representations and Warranties.  To induce Lenders and Administrative Agent to enter into this Amendment, Borrower and each Guarantor hereby represent and warrant to Lenders and Administrative Agent as follows:

	
3.1

	
Immediately after giving effect to this Amendment (a) the representations and warranties contained in the Loan Documents are true, accurate and complete in all material respects as of the date hereof (except to the extent such representations and warranties relate to an earlier date, in which case they are true, accurate and complete as of such date), and (b) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing;

	
3.2

	
Borrower and each Guarantor has the power and authority to execute and deliver this Amendment and to perform its obligations under the Loan Documents;

	
3.3

	
The organizational documents of Borrower and each Guarantor delivered to Lenders and Administrative Agent on the Closing Date pursuant to Section 5.1(d) remain true, accurate and complete and have not been amended, supplemented or restated and are and continue to be in full force and effect;

	
3.4

	
The execution and delivery by Borrower and each Guarantor of this Amendment and the performance by Borrower and each Guarantor of its obligations under the Loan Documents do not and will not contravene (a) any law or regulation binding on or affecting Borrower, (b) any contractual restriction with a Person binding on Borrower, (c) any order, judgment or decree of any court or other governmental or public body or authority, or subdivision thereof, binding on Borrower or any Guarantor, or (d) the organizational documents of Borrower or any Guarantor;

	
3.5

	
The execution and delivery by Borrower and each Guarantor of this Amendment and the performance by Borrower or any Guarantor of its obligations under the Loan Documents do not require any order, consent, approval, license, authorization or validation of, or filing, recording or registration with, or exemption by any governmental or public body or authority, or subdivision thereof, binding on Borrower or any Guarantor, except as already has been obtained or made;

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3.6

	
This Amendment has been duly executed and delivered by Borrower and each Guarantor and is the binding obligation of Borrower and each Guarantor, enforceable against Borrower or each Guarantor in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, liquidation, moratorium or other similar laws of general application and equitable principles relating to or affecting creditors’ rights; and

	
3.7

	
As of the date hereof, it has no defenses against the obligations to pay any amounts under the Obligations.  Borrower and each Guarantor acknowledge that Lenders and Administrative Agent have acted in good faith and have conducted in a commercially reasonable manner each of their relationships with Borrower and each Guarantor in connection with this Amendment and in connection with the Loan Documents.

Borrower and each Guarantor understands and acknowledges that Lenders and Administrative Agent are entering into this Amendment in reliance upon, and in partial consideration for, the above representations and warranties, and agrees that such reliance is reasonable and appropriate.

4. Effectiveness.  This Amendment shall be deemed effective upon the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent, such date being the “Amendment Effective Date”:

	
4.1

	
Amendment to Credit Agreement.  Each Loan Party, Required Lenders and Administrative Agent shall have duly executed and delivered this Amendment to Administrative Agent.

	
4.2

	
Expenses.  Borrower shall have paid all expenses (including all reasonable attorneys’ fees and reasonable expenses), as described in Section 10.5 of the Credit Agreement, incurred and invoiced through the date of this Amendment.

	
4.3

	
Fee  Letter.  Borrower shall have executed and delivered the Fee Letter to Administrative Agent, and paid the fees as specified. 

		 

 

5. Integration.  This Amendment and any documents executed in connection herewith or pursuant hereto contain the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior agreements, understandings, offers and negotiations, oral or written, with respect thereto and no extrinsic evidence whatsoever may be introduced in any judicial or arbitration proceeding, if any, involving this Amendment; except that any financing statements or other agreements or instruments filed by Administrative Agent with respect to each Loan Party shall remain in full force and effect.

 

6. Counterparts.  This Amendment may be signed in any number of counterparts, and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, with the same effect as if the signatures to each such counterpart were upon a single instrument.  All counterparts shall be deemed an original of this Amendment.

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7. Governing Law; Venue.  THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.  Each party hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the State and Federal courts in the Northern District of the State of California.

[Signature page follows.]

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed and delivered by their proper and duly authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.

BORROWER:

PERFICIENT, INC.

By: /s/ Paul E. Martin 

Name: Paul E. Martin 

Title: CFO 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed and delivered by their proper and duly authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.

GUARANTOR:

BOLDTECH INTERNATIONAL, LLC

 By:  Perficient, Inc.

Its:  Sole Member

By: /s/ Paul E. Martin 

Name: Paul E. Martin 

 Title: CFO 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed and delivered by their proper and duly authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.

GUARANTOR:

FORWARDTHINK GROUP INC.

 By: /s/ Paul E. Martin 

 Name: Paul E. Martin 

 Title: CFO 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed and delivered by their proper and duly authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.

GUARANTOR:

BIOPHARM SYSTEMS, INC.

 By: /s/ Paul E. Martin 

 Name: Paul E. Martin 

 Title: CFO 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed and delivered by their proper and duly authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.

GUARANTOR:

MARKET STREET SOLUTIONS, INC.

By: /s/ Paul E. Martin 

Name: Paul E. Martin 

Title: CFO 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed and delivered by their proper and duly authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.

ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT:

SILICON VALLEY BANK

By: /s/ Matt Kelty 

Name: Matt Kelty 

Title: VP 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed and delivered by their proper and duly authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.

LENDER:

SILICON VALLEY BANK

 as Issuing Lender and as a Lender

By: /s/ Matt Kelty 

Name: Matt Kelty 

Title: VP 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed and delivered by their proper and duly authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.

LENDER:

U.S. BANK, N.A.,

as Documentation Agent and as a Lender

By: /s/ Justin Hastings 

Name: Justin Hastings 

Title: Vice President 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed and delivered by their proper and duly authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.

LENDER:

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,

 as Syndication Agent and as a Lender

By: /s/ Eric A. Escagne 

Name: Eric Escagne 

Title: Senior Vice President 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed and delivered by their proper and duly authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.

LENDER:

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

 as a Lender

By: /s/ Stephen Bode  

Name: Stephen Bode 

Title: Senior Vice PresidentJune 26, 2016

 

 

Douglas Godshall

8 Overfield Drive

Medfield, MA 02052

 

 

Dear Doug,

 

Reference is made to the employment letters (the “Agreements”) between you and HeartWare International, Inc. (“HWII”), dated December 16, 2009, and between you and HeartWare, Inc. (“HWI”, HWII and HWI together, the “Company”), dated December 21, 2010, each as amended from time to time.  You and the Company desire to amend the Agreements in the manner described below.

 

	
  

	
1.

	
Total Salary.  The definition of “Total Salary” in your Agreements shall be replaced by the following:

 

“Total Salary” means your current Base Salary plus your current target annual cash bonus assuming 100% corporate and individual achievement.

 

	
  

	
2.

	
No Other Changes. The terms and conditions of the Agreements, to the extent not modified hereby, will continue to apply as specified in the Agreements.

 

To indicate your acceptance of these updated terms and conditions of your employment, please sign below.

 

	 	
Sincerely,

	 
	 	HEARTWARE INTERNATIONAL, INC.	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	BY:	 /s/ Lawrence J. Knopf	 
	 	Title:   	SVP and General Counsel	 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

  

  

 

	 	HEARTWARE, INC.	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	BY:	 /s/ Lawrence J. Knopf	 
	 	Title:   	SVP and General Counsel	 

 

 

 

	
Accepted and agreed:

	 
	 	 
	 	 
	 	 
	 	 
	 /s/ Douglas Godshall	 
	Douglas Godshall

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